50¢ July 3, 2011 Volume 85, No. 25 GO DiGiTAL todayscatholicnews.org todayscatholicnews.org Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend CLICK ON CIRCULatION TTODAYODAY’’SS CCATHOLICATHOLIC Teens’ bcX retreat Service in the backyard Called to be what we receive of the diocese Bishop Rhoades celebrates Feast of Corpus Christi at Corpus Christi Parish Page 16 By ChUCK FReeBy New CRS president, CEO SOUTH BEND — With hundreds of faithful follow- Carolyn Woo named to ing behind him, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades carried the Eucharist through the streets of South Bend’s Catholic Relief Services post northwest side Sunday, June 26. Page 4 The sun-splashed procession — celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi — also marked the 50th anniversary of Corpus Christi Church. While the par- ish celebrates its feast day in a similar way annually, Bishop Rhoades said the procession is symbolic of Understanding what all Catholics should do on a daily basis. “We receive the body of vouchers Christ in our body and soul, and then we’re called to be Diocesan plan ambitious, what we receive,” declared More realistic, reasonable Bishop Rhoades in his homily photos are before a packed church. “We available at Page 5 carry Him home and into our www.diocesefwsb.org community where we go. We are tabernacles of the Lord.” The procession stopped at the homes of parish- ioners along the route, with the bishop leading the State baseball crowd in several litanies, including the Litany of the Holy Eucharist and the Litany of the Blood. runner-up Bishop Rhoades remarked to parishioners that the Marian finishes season Feast of Corpus Christi brings back many special memories for him. As a seminarian, Bishop Rhoades Joe RoM ie Page 14 twice acted as a server for Pope John Paul II early in Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades processes through the neighborhoods of northwest South Bend in his papacy. a eucharistic Procession that was part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Corpus Christi “Imagine me being a 21-year-old kid and serving Parish. the procession is an annual tradition at the parish, but this year, it was tied to the for the pope,” recalled Bishop Rhoades of his first parish’s anniversary celebration, and followed with a reception in the parish hall. the pro- cession included stops at three homes of parishioners and a final stop on the grounds of the Summer schedule ChRISt I, P age 9 parish. the parish offers eucharistic adoration 16 hours a day. No issue next week, July 10 Next publication July 17 Bishops approve statement on iN ROmE POPE LEADS assisted suicide, charter revisions CORPUS CHRiSTi PROCESSiON BELLEVUE, Wash. (CNS) — The U.S. vote, the U.S. bishops declared assisted bishops June 16 approved a policy state- suicide “a terrible tragedy, one that a com- ment on physician-assisted suicide, the first passionate society should work to prevent.” on the issue by the bishops as a body, and It says if advocates of assisted suicide they also approved revisions to their 2002 succeed in their campaign to see it legal- “Charter for the Protection of Children and ized in more and more states, “society will Young People.” undergo a radical change.” The votes came on the second day of the The revisions to the charter were bishops’ annual spring general assembly approved 187-5, with four abstentions. held near Seattle in Bellevue June 15-17. They reflect changes in Church law since Taking on the issue of physician-assisted the last revision in 2005, bringing it into suicide in the state where voters most line with recent Vatican instructions in recently approved it, the U.S. bishops hope response to the crisis of sexual abuse of to counter the recent “strong resurgence” minors by priests. These include mention- in activity by the assisted-suicide move- ing child pornography as a crime against ment, said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo Church law and defining the abuse of some- CNS photo/p aul haRiNg of Galveston-Houston, chairman of the one who “habitually lacks reason,” such as Pope Benedict XVI kneels as he leads the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ a person with an intellectual disability, as Committee on Pro-Life Activities, in pre- the equivalent of child abuse. Corpus Christi procession from the Basilica senting the document a day before the vote. They also outline procedures to follow of St. John Lateran to the Basilica of St. In the document, titled “To Live Each Day With Dignity” and approved in a 191-1 C haR teR , P age 3 Mary Major in Rome June 23. 2 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC July 3, 2011 TODAY’S CATHOLIC Official newspaper of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Happy Fourth of July! P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 PUBLISHER: Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades IN TRUTH EDITOR: Tim Johnson AND NEWS EDITOR and STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad CHARITY Editorial Department PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan BY BISHOP KEVIN C. RHOADES FREELANCE WRITERS: Lauren Caggiano, Michelle Castleman, Karen Clifford, his coming Monday, we celebrate the Elmer J. Danch, Bonnie Elberson, birthday of our nation, the day when Denise Fedorow, Diane Freeby, May our founding fathers courageously Lee Johnson, Sister Margie Lavonis, Tdeclared independence from a monarchy CSC, Joe Kozinski and Deb Wagner that had become tyrannical. It is the day when we rightly celebrate our freedom. Business Department On July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice Independence was signed in Philadelphia. AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber We celebrate that day every year with picnics, gatherings of family and friends, BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol parades and fireworks. It is also a day to kvoirol@diocesefwsb.org thank God for our freedom and to pray for our nation, something recommended by Advertising Sales John Adams, who, on the day after signing Tess Steffen (Fort Wayne area) the Declaration of Independence, wrote that (260) 456-2824 July 4th “ought to be commemorated as the CNS photo CourteSy Library of CoN greSS Jeanette Simon (South Bend area) day of deliverance by solemn acts of devo- The signature and portrait of Charles Carroll, is shown in this circa 1876 montage of the signers of (574) 234-0687 tion to God Almighty.” the Declaration of Independence. His image appears in the third row, second from the top. Carroll Web site: www.todayscatholicnews.org Our founding fathers knew that religion was the only Catholic in the group of signatories. and morality were necessary for the success Published weekly except the fourth of their great experiment. In his farewell Sunday in June, second and fourth address at the end of his presidency, George weeks in July and August, the first Washington declared: “Of all the disposi- law which is written on all human hearts, Catholics and as Americans, we are called week of September and last week tions and habits which lead to political a law which is a participation in God’s to proclaim and defend these truths, the in December by the Diocese of Fort prosperity, religion and morality are indis- law. Among these rights, the Declaration transcendent values of the natural law which Wayne-South Bend, 1103 S. Calhoun pensable supports. 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Thomas Jefferson House three years ago when our Holy Mishawaka, IN 46544 the duration of free governments.” It seems wrote: “God who gave us life gave us lib- Father, Pope Benedict XVI, pronounced these words could have been written today. erty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure these words that are apropos for our reflec- News deadline is the Monday morning Some years ago, Blessed John Paul II deliv- when we have removed a conviction that before publication date. Advertising tion on the 4th of July: deadline is nine days before publica- ered a similar message when he said that “a these liberties are the gift of God?” “From the dawn of the Republic, tion date.
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