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Readers share how mom’s influence shaped their lives

By John Shaughnessy

mother’s love can make all the difference in thelife of her child.So can her faith.

When The Criterion asked our readers to share theirstories of how their mother lives her faith and influencestheir faith, we received beautiful tributes of how amother’s love and faith touches and changes her children’s lives.

As Mother’s Day nears, we present four of those stories. And to all the mothers who bless their children in so many ways with their love, care and dedication, wewish you a happy Mother’s Day filled with extensiverest, complete pampering and God’s continued blessings.

Music lessonsArlene Locke made sure that every one of her

nine children took music lessons. She even sat next tothem when they practiced on the piano, making suggestions and offering encouragement.

She had the same approach to sharing her faith.“She was always teaching us,” says Francine Bray,

one of Locke’s children. “Her whole life centered aroundthree guideposts: her faith, her family and her music.From our first days, she was teaching us about the loveof God and our Catholic faith.”

Their mother combined her music and faith to teachher children one of the greatest lessons of her life, Braysays. That lesson came near the end of Locke’s life, alife that was marked by singing and playing the organ atseveral churches in Indianapolis.

“In 1995, she was diagnosed with memory loss,” saysBray, a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish inIndianapolis. “She was losing who she was.”

By 2001, her children knew they had to place theirmother in a nursing home—one of the most painful decisions of their lives. Yet from that heartbreak cameanother powerful lesson from their mother.

“Throughout Mom’s life, she had made meditationand prayer a daily priority,” Bray says. “Until she movedto the health care facility, she attended Mass on a dailybasis, arriving early so that she could meditate on God’slove. Following her move into health care, she was nolonger able to attend daily Mass. But when we did takeher, despite her impaired memory, she remembered andrecited all of the prayers and sang the songs.

“Our time spent with her during those years was veryprecious. I’m not sure whether or not she knew that shewas teaching us about her faith in God—giving withoutquestion, finding peace and embracing solitude, and that

our lives are prayers.“We watched her slow decline. However, she never

complained and we believe that the peace and joy shefound in prayer and meditation throughout her life sustained her in her final, long journey. She traveled itwith faith, peace and dignity, teaching us about faith, family and music until she returned to the Lord [on]Feb. 5, 2007. We know she rests in peace.”

A mother’s touchJudy Davis-Fuller sometimes wonders what she would

have done if she hadn’t received her mother’s blessingto become a Catholic.

She just knows that her mother’s blessing finallyfreed her to follow the dream she had for years.

“Just before she died of a malignant brain tumor, Itold her I was looking into becoming a Catholic veryseriously,” Davis-Fuller says. “She was Methodist, andI wasn’t sure what she would say. She said I had to dowhat felt right to me and do whatever would make mehappy. That was a large leap for her.”

Mother’s Day is May 13. Julie and Dylan Mercado, members of St. Henry Parish in Dayton, Ohio, enjoy a warm afternoon at EllenbergerPark in Indianapolis. She is the daughter of Holy Spirit parishioner Diana Hay of Indianapolis, who is the executive assistant and eventplanner for SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Parish in Indianapolis. (See related story on page 2.)

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—They are notpushy or pesky; rather, the pope’s ownpaparazzi are the epitome of discretion andclass.

Vatican photographers stand out fromother media shutterbugs, not just becausethey’re always dressed in ironed dark suitsand ties, but because, coolly clicking away,they are the ones standing right next to thepope.

The papal photographers are also theonly ones allowed to shadow the pontiffalmost everywhere he goes, even duringmore private moments—be they specialaudiences inside the Vatican with heads ofstate or an intimate luncheon with cardinalsor bishops.

According to the head of the Vatican’sphoto service, Salesian Father Giuseppe

Unlike paparazzi, pope’s photographers snap with classColombara, the job of the four official papalphotographers is to create a visual record ofthe pope’s activities and important Vaticanevents.

With the click of a shutter, photographersimmortalize an “unrepeatable masterpiece ofan instant,” he said.

For the past 30 years, papal photographershave captured and preserved thousands ofunforgettable scenes as varied as Pope JohnPaul II collapsing into the arms of his aideafter being hit by bullets in 1981 to him trying on U2 singer Bono’s sunglasses duringa 1999 meeting with the Irish rock star.

These photos and more are on displayfrom April 25 to May 27 at a special exhibitat the Braccio Carlo Magno, a hall next toSt. Peter’s Basilica, to celebrate the photo

Pope JohnPaul II greetsCardinal JosephRatzinger in thisphoto datedOct. 22, 1978.This photo captured by aL’OsservatoreRomanophotographerwould take onspecial significancewith CardinalRatzinger’selection as PopeBenedict XVI.

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Davis-Fuller started the Rite of ChristianInitiation of Adults program in September 2002 at St. Michael Parish inGreenfield.

“The old myths I had grown up hearingabout Catholics kept running through myhead,” she recalls. “But seeing the dedicationand faith of the instructors, hearing theirlessons, their patience in answering mynumerous questions, something in mesnapped and I knew in my heart that I wasmaking the right decision. On April 19, 2003,I was baptized, confirmed and received theEucharist for the first time. I admit that I criedthrough most of the ceremony.”

Knowing the gift her mother had given toher, Davis-Fuller wanted to share that giftwith her son, John. By 2003, John and hiswife, Julie, had two children, Olivia andEvan.

Julie was Catholic, but John wasn’t. Hismother knew that in the spring of 2004,Olivia would receive first Communion.Davis-Fuller wanted her son to be able toshare fully in that milestone moment so shehad a talk with him.

“I quite simply told John that I thought itwould be wonderful if he could go up withJulie and Olivia for Olivia’s First Communioninstead of having to sit in the pew and not beable to receive the most precious gift of theChurch,” she says. “I have to admit that mydaughter-in-law had tried, in vain, to get my

son to convert for many years, but apparentlyhe just wasn’t ready.

“About a week later, my son called to tellme that he had attended his first RCIA class.The following April, he was brought into theCatholic Church. Of course, I cried throughnearly the entire service. And the followingmonth, he and Julie walked together withOlivia for her first Communion. What abeautiful moment that was.”

Both mother and son now teach in theRCIA program.

“I cannot imagine my life now without theFather, the Son and the Holy Spirit as thecenter of my being,” Davis-Fuller says. “Ithank them every morning for seeing mesafely through the night, for my family andfriends, but mostly for the unconditional loveand the pure joy I feel at finally being whereI am. I am honored to be Catholic. I try tospread God’s love to anyone who will listen.”

A mother’s unusual rule of courtshipGrowing up on a farm in southern Indiana,

Marcella Smith loved to hear the stories thather mother shared about her own youth.

“I never met my Grandma Daily, but mymother told me a lot about her,” Smith says.“Often, she would harness the horse andhitch up the buggy and go to church. Thedaily rosary was a part of their family life.My mother told me that if a suitor came overto court a daughter and it was time to say therosary, he was expected to participate.”

Smith’s father obviously passed therosary courtship ritual. Smith’s motherpassed along the importance of the rosary toher six children.

“The daily rosary was a part of my child-hood years,” recalls Smith, now a member ofHoly Spirit Parish in Indianapolis. “That tradition I also try to keep. Our childrenremember many trips where we would saythe rosary. One of them remarked, ‘It prob-ably saved our lives a few times.’

“Sometimes, we were driving pretty fast,”she says with a laugh.

“Faith was a big part of my mother’s lifeand she lived it each day. When passing achurch, she always blessed herself. She wasalways there whenever anyone needed her.I thank God for her example, strong faith

and caring.”

Putting a shine on faithThe smell of Pledge can take Norb Schott

back in time, back to his childhood when hismother had him polish the wood furniture intheir home to make it glow for the neighborswho gathered for the weekly “block rosary”on the south side of Indianapolis.

“The block rosary was every Tuesday,like seven in the evening,” Schott recalls.“The families took turns. Every woman hadto clean up their house before the neighborscame over. My mom made me dust in allthe darnedest places, all the places shecouldn’t reach.”

Still, Schott admires how far his mother’sreach extended to her eight children in matters of faith.

He recalls walking with his mother oneday when the bells of Sacred Heart of JesusChurch rang at noon, and she told him, “Iwill teach you how to say the Angelus.”

He remembers how she put her coat overher house dress, piled her children into thefamily’s stick-shift Chevy and headed forthe noon Mass at Holy Rosary Church.

“Her faith was part of everyday life,”says Schott, now a member of St. PaulParish in Greencastle. “It was a quiet faiththat included taking care of your family,praying the rosary, going to Mass and being attentive to your neighbors. By justwatching her, I sensed her relationship withGod was real. It let me know that God wasthere to pray to. And what we did at churchwas continued at home. There was no disconnect. It was real.” †

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“Grandma time” is limited, butHoly Spirit parishioner Diana Hay ofIndianapolis knows how to make the most of it.

Hay, who has served as executive assis-tant and events coordinator for SS. Peterand Paul Cathedral Parish in Indianapolissince October 1998, has two grown daugh-ters and three young grandsons in Ohio.

She usually visits her children andgrandchildren every other month, and staysconnected to them with frequent telephonecalls as well as e-mail notes and digitalphotographs.

Still, Hay admits, it’s hard on her“mother’s heart” to live in another stateabout 120 miles away from her daughters,son-in-law and three little boys who are thelight of her life.

Her oldest daughter, Julie Mercado,lives in Dayton with her 3-year-old son,Dylan. Joseph and Kimberly Baker havetwo sons, 3-year-old Aaron and 1-year-oldDaniel, and live in nearby Kettering, Ohio.

“Aren’t I lucky?” Hay asked as shelooked at a family portrait.

“We’re a close family,” she said, “andwe stay emotionally connected by phoneand e-mail. When I’m going into with-drawal and need to see them, I beg them tosend me more pictures of the boys. Theywere all here for Easter and pictures weretaken then. ... I have a new screensaver onmy computer. It’s a picture of me with the

A family photo captures three generations withfrom left, back row, John Emard, his mother,Judy Davis-Fuller, and his wife, Julie Emard,and front row, John and Julie Emard’s children,Evan and Olivia.

Another mom’s story: Diana Hay makes the most of her ‘Grandma time’ three boys.”

Hay plans to spend Mother’s Day week-end with her family in Dayton. Fortunately,her daughters live near each other so it’seasy to see everyone during weekend visits.

“Being a grandmother is so much morethan I ever expected it to be and I just feelsuch an incredible awe looking at the boys,”she said. “They’re all so different and so precious. I love them so much.”

As a grandmother, Hay said, she tries notto give her daughters any parenting adviceunless they ask for help.

“I do tell them to enjoy their childrenwhile they are young,” she said. “It certainlydoesn’t take long for them to be grown, married and off on their own so I tell them toenjoy every day they have with them.”

Hay said she was a “hands-on” motherwho always tried to make the most of herdaughters’ childhood years.

When Hay looks at her daughters, she canstill visualize them during their toddler yearsall the way through high school in their bandor sports uniforms.

“I have so many pictures from when theywere little,” she said. “It’s fun to look atthem. There’s one cute picture of them whenthey were having a tea party.

“I love to take pictures so I have albumsand albums full of pictures from when theywere little and as they grew older,” Hay said.“Now I have the same kind of pictures withmy grandsons. My daughters make fun ofme and say, ‘Oh, here comes Mom! She’sgot her camera.’ I love to watch the boys

interact with each other. Those are pricelessmoments, and I want to save them forever.”

Every day, Hay said, she prays the universal mother’s prayer, asking God tokeep her children and grandchildren healthyand safe.

“God has been there for me in all the upsand downs of life,” she said, “and knowingthat brings me comfort.”

Daniel Sarell, director of the archdiocesan Office of Family Ministries,said “technology has come a long way inbringing us closer together” as families.

“The instantaneous nature of our newcommunication technologies allows us tostay in touch with each other … in a virtualsense,” Sarell said, “help to bridge the distance and make it as if we are actuallypresent to each other. … Perhaps the purestuse of these technologies can be for keeping

families together to the extent that they canmaintain ongoing contact with one anotherin lieu of living closer to each other.”

Grandparents can look at digital pictures sent by e-mail, he said, and watchevents in the lives of their grandchildrenvia live or recorded video webcasts.

“A few key things have to happen inorder for this type of connectedness to bepractical,” Sarell said. “Families oftenneed to collaborate with each other to educate their loved ones on the use oftechnology. [The] technology has to beavailable and affordable, and schools and parishes can play a role in makingtheir technology resources available tofamilies, for example, by webcasting special events. … Families that can’t be physically together can still sharecommon experiences.” †

Holy Spirit parishionerDiana Hay of Indianapolisposes for an informalportrait with her activegrandsons, from left,Aaron Baker, DanielBaker and DylanMercado, at EllenbergerPark in Indianapolis. Hayplans to visit her daugh-ters, Julie Mercado andKimberly Baker, and hergrandchildren in Dayton,Ohio, this weekend tocelebrate Mother’s Day.

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNS)—Outside anondescript house behind a wall on theoutskirts of Brazil’s largest city, aclothesline full of tiny shirts flutters in the

breeze.In a cramped

room inside, threesmall children drawdiligently under theeye of a teacher,while several olderchildren alternatelyplay and fight as thearoma of rice andbeans wafts throughthe first floor.

These closequarters will be home for the youngsters forthe next six months while their mothers tryto find jobs and somewhere else to live, andstart to put a bitter past behind them.

The seven women currently living atthe shelter with their 17 children arevictims of domestic violence so severethat their lives are in danger. One wasshot by her husband; another lost herteeth to constant battering.

“These are extreme situations, but theyare a reflection of life on the periphery ofBrazil [where] domestic violence mixeswith urban violence,” said the Rev. HaidiJarschel, a Lutheran pastor and director ofthe Fala Mulher Association. Theassociation, which in English means “speakup, woman,” operates two shelters that arepartly funded by local governments inmetropolitan Sao Paulo.

Violence and aggressiveness—domestic, drug-related and murders overland rights—are part of the landscapethat Pope Benedict XVI will encounter

when he arrives on May 9.One highlight of his May 9-13 visit will

be a youth Mass on May 10, when he willcome face to face with the generation that isperhaps most vulnerable to urban violence.

One-quarter of the population—48 million Brazilians—are between ages 15and 29. Among Brazilian youths betweenages 18 and 24, the murder rate hasincreased by nearly 70 percent between1980 and 2005, according to governmentfigures.

In too many cases, that violencebegins at home, Rev. Jarschel said,recalling a 2-year-old who arrived at oneof the women’s shelters who called hismother a “whore” and other words hehad heard his father use.

The Brazilian countryside is alsodangerous, especially for Church workerswho defend poor rural workers’ labor andland rights.

A man accused of masterminding the2005 murder of Sister Dorothy Stang, amember of the Sisters of Notre Damede Namur, was to go on trial in the northerncity of Belen in mid-May. The U.S. nun wasan outspoken defender of the rights ofrubber workers and small landowners.

Other Church workers who uphold theland rights of peasant farmers andindigenous people, including Bishop ErwinKrautler of Xingu, in northern Para state,have received death threats.

Many murders go unpunished. In ruralareas, large landowners are often shieldedby their economic or political power, whilein urban shantytowns people are afraid toreport drug-gang killings out of fear ofretaliation.

In cities, the violence is fed by

overcrowding. In the pastthree decades, migrationfrom impoverished ruralareas has led to unplanned,explosive urban growth.

About 80 percent ofBrazilians currently live inurban areas, with18 million people inSao Paulo alone. Apreparatory documentissued for the Fifth GeneralConference of the Bishopsof Latin America and theCaribbean, which thepope will open onMay 13, notes that70 percent of LatinAmericans will live incities of more than amillion people.

The challenges of urban ministry inplaces like Sao Paulo will be on thebishops’ agenda for their meeting, whichwill run until May 31.

The overcrowding, joblessness androotless people who have migrated fromsmall towns or rural areas to cities aresources of violence, and both Catholicpriests and Protestant ministers say theirChurches have been slow to respond.

Meanwhile, membership in evangelicalgroups, especially Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal Churches, is growing fasteston urban peripheries. A study published onMay 6 in the daily newspaper Folha de SaoPaulo found that in the southeast of theworld’s most Catholic country, where mostmajor cities are located, 25 percent of thepeople living on the fringes of the citiesidentify themselves as evangelical.

Jucara Terezinha Zottis, who is active invarious ministries in Santa Rita de CassiaParish in a working-class neighborhood innorthern Sao Paulo, said the evangelicalgroups’ promise that God will bringeconomic prosperity and physical healing isa magnet in a country where 45 percent ofthe people live in poverty and many cannotafford health care.

The theme of the conference of bishopsin Aparecida will be mission anddiscipleship, and one likely outcome will bea push to regain some of the ground that hasbeen lost to evangelical groups.

Terezinha hopes that the bishops willrecommit to “the evangelization of a peoplethat is being oppressed” and to making theLatin American Church “a missionaryChurch, a prophetic Church, a committedChurch” rededicated to working for justiceand a better life for the region’s poor. †

Urban ministry in Brazil faces challenges of violence, over crowding

Evangelical Christians pray inside Renascer em Cristo Church inSao Paulo, Brazil, on May 2. The church was filled with about4,000 worshippers. Conversions from Catholicism to Protestantismare increasingly common throughout Brazil.

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Jesus was an undocumented immigrant.Franciscan Father Tom Fox reflects on

that reality—in the Scripture passage aboutthe Holy Family fleeing to Egypt to escapeKing Herod’s wrath and find a safe place tolive (Mt 2:13-15, 19-23)—when hediscusses his concerns about the plight ofundocumented immigrants living in theUnited States.

Father Tom, who serves as a Hispanicministry assistant in the archdiocese, joinedseveral diocesan and order priests for apeaceful march and rally on May 1 indowntown Indianapolis to promote justicefor undocumented immigrants, humanrights and legislative concerns related toimmigration laws.

Several marchers carried a banner withthe theme “El Sueño continua …legalizacion para todos” (“The dreamcontinues ... legalization for all”).

The march and rally were held on thefeast of St. Joseph the Worker, celebratedas Labor Day in many countries.

Media coverage of the march listed thecrowd size as 6,000 to 8,000 people,Father Tom said, but he thought about12,000 people participated in the peacefuldemonstration.

Last year, he said, city officialsestimated that 25,000 people walked in thefirst immigration march.

During the short rally on MonumentCircle after the march, Father Tom helpeddistribute postcards addressed toSen. Richard Lugar, Sen. Evan Bayh andother members of Indiana’s congressionaldelegation.

The postcards asked the senators andrepresentatives to pass a comprehensiveimmigration reform bill such as HouseResolution 1645—the STRIVE Actintroduced by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)and Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)—which issupported by the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops.

The U.S. bishops’ Justice forImmigrants campaign promotes compre-hensive immigration reform that includes“a legalization process for the undocu-mented with a viable path to citizenship, anew worker visa program which includesworker protections, adequate wages and a

chance to earn permanent residence,reductions in family reunification backlogs,restoration of due process protections forimmigrants, and policies which address theroot causes of migration, such as economicinequality in sending communities.”

“The [Gutierrez-Flake] legislation wouldbe a good start for the debate [aboutimmigration reform],” Father Tom said.“We collected the postcards and will …hand-deliver them to the [congressional]offices so we will be able to show supportfor the bill.”

He expects Congress to address thatpending immigration reform legislation ora similar Senate bill in coming weeks.

Father Tom represented the Archdioceseof Indianapolis at the “Justice forImmigrants: A Journey of Hope” nationalconvocation on April 17-19 in Washington,D.C., a campaign organized to offer hopeand promote justice issues.

As part of his archdiocesan ministry,Father Tom will work with a committee toaddress local immigration concerns.

Franciscan Father Arturo Ocampo,pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Indianapolis,told march participants during the rally thathe marched as an American citizen and

Franciscan friar to help undocumentedpeople receive justice in this country.

“There were a lot of Americans thatwere marching,” Father Arturo said. “This[march] is not just undocumented people.We were marching for justice. I think it’svery important for us as Americans to givewitness to the freedom that we have in ourcountry just as we are called to givewitness by loving one another andfollowing Christ. We too must give witnessby exercising our rights to speak the voiceof those who cannot speak.”

Father Arturo said he prays for justicefor all people and is concerned about thechildren of undocumented immigrants.

“Our spiritual prayer is a prayer ofaction because we are apostolicallyinvolved with the people who are undocu-mented [that] we are serving,” FatherArturo said. “The archdiocese, the friars,the priests of the archdiocese and manylaypeople are reaching out to those inneed—especially the immigrants—so thisis a team effort on the part of the Church,and I think we’re doing a wonderful thing.”

In his speech, Father Arturo remindedthe people that, “We—the Americanpeople—and the immigrants are the salt of

the earth. We cannot allow our country torot in politics. That doesn’t do us anygood.”

His speech also was “an expression ofgratitude to God for this wonderfulcountry,” he said. “There’s no other countrylike this in the world.”

Commenting on the march theme,Father Arturo said, “Our dream is forlegislation that would welcome all theimmigrants. However, my particularconcern … is those who are in school. Thechildren are not at fault. They were broughtto this country or they were born here, andtheir parents don’t have Social Securitynumbers. They are entitled to an education.They are entitled to continue their studiesand to pursue that dream which you and Ihave been able to realize because of whowe are. The children are my main concern.”

He said the march was an importantwitness about the need for immigrationreform.

“We marched together as brothers andsisters in faith,” Father Arturo said. “Iwould say that 80 percent of the people thatmarched are Roman Catholic, and thatspeaks to a tremendous effort on the part ofthe Church.” †

‘Brothers and sisters in faith’ march for immigration reformA peaceful march andrally on May 1 indowntown Indian-apolis to promotejustice for undocu-mented immigrants,human rights andlegislative concernsrelated to immigrationlaws drew more than6,000 people.

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Letters to the EditorGovernment createsmany of our country’simmigration problems

The children born here within ourborders are our citizens and are ourchildren. How can we abandon them?

They are citizens, just as you and I, andall who were born here.

So the question we must deal with ishow do we protect our citizens, ourchildren?

We can’t protect them by sending theirparents away. There is no closer relationshipor bond than parent/child, husband/wife.

How can we disavow our own citizens ortear them from the arms of their parents?We can’t. To me, this is the major problemto be solved.

Another problem, which thegovernment creates for itself, is that ittells the Mexican people and theirpresident to tell them, “Come to theU.S.” “Don’t come to the U.S.” “Cometo the U.S.” Perhaps this is to get cheaplabor for their rich constituents.

The third problem is the governmentsends to jail the border guards whoattempt to protect our border. It says onething and does another. This is a problemthe White House and the government hascreated for itself and allowed to happen.

A White House which says it is abovethe law if it doesn’t agree with it—andgovernment officials who say they are

above the law—very likely sends thewrong message.Katherine Carr, Indianapolis

‘No business interferingwith the laws of thiscountry’

In the April 27 issue of The Criterion isan article about the May 1 march inIndianapolis defending illegal immigrants.

The United States has always hadimmigration laws to protect the people ofthis country. The need to enforce the law isprobably more important today than everbefore.

What right do non-citizens of theUnited States have to protest our laws?

Church leaders of any faith have nobusiness interfering with the laws of thiscountry.Frank Gullo, Shelbyville

(Editor’s Note: Church leaders are notattempting to interfere. In their pastoralletter issued earlier this year, Indiana’sbishops recognize that the current way theimmigration issue is being handled is notworking. They note that it is thegovernment’s job to come up with asolution. One of the bishops’ mainconcerns is the pastoral care of the peoplehere. Since we are children of God, theyfeel everyone should be treated withrespect.) †

Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994

Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate PublisherMike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus

OPINION

Arecent article in The New York Timesdescribed research showing that

Hispanic immigrants who come to theUnited States fairly quickly adopt localattitudes toward religious observance.

“Several studies show that Hispanicsare just as likely as other Americans toidentify themselves as having ‘noreligion’ and to not affiliate with aChurch,” the Times article says.

And, while the percentage of“unchurched” Americans of Hispanicdescent is no greater than that of otherAmericans, what might be called theHispanic “dropout rate” is growing.

“Migrating to the U.S. means youhave the freedom to create your ownidentity,” one researcher says. “Whenpeople get here, they realize thatmaintaining a pro forma display ofreligiosity is not essential to doing well.”

A “pro forma display of religiosity”?That is hardly an accurate (or unbiased)characterization of the faith and religiousobservance of Hispanic Catholics, butwe’ll not dispute the basic conclusion tobe drawn from the findings of theresearchers: Hispanic Catholics need tobe evangelized like all other AmericanCatholics.

Evangelization is not a word thatmost Catholics are used to hearing. Asindividuals and as a group, we oftenhesitate to share our faith openly. As aresult, we tend to keep to ourselves. Weare not “evangelical” Christians who gofrom door to door preaching the Gospel.We are often shy about telling otherswhat our faith means to us.

According to the teaching of recentpopes (Paul VI, John Paul II andBenedict XVI), every Catholic Christianin America and throughout the world iscalled to a renewed understanding of(and commitment to) the Gospel.

This means that we are challenged torediscover the richness and power of ourfaith, and to put this new awareness intopractice through our words and ouractions.

But we cannot settle for anindividualized (or private) conversionexperience. Faith is strengthened when itis given to others, the Church teaches.We are all called to be missionaries—even if we never leave our hometowns—by living as Jesus Christ has taught usand by using every opportunity we haveto share our faith with others.

In their recent pastoral statement,I Was A Stranger and You Welcomed Me:Meeting Christ in New Neighbors, theCatholic bishops of Indiana alsoaddressed the issue of evangelization:

“We Catholic bishops of Indianareaffirm the importance of a

‘new evangelization,’ a new opennessand a genuine welcoming outreach toothers that is centered on the person ofJesus Christ. We recommit ourselves andour dioceses to welcoming others asChrist himself.

“Together with all our sisters andbrothers throughout the state of Indiana,we embrace an authentic and enduringform of Hoosier hospitality that goesbeyond superficial slogans or casualtourism to the heart of what it means tobe a community that welcomes all whowish to share our way of life. … Webelieve that the new evangelization—ifit is truly lived in our parishes anddioceses—will lead, in the words ofPope John Paul II, all the peoples andnations of the Americas ‘to a dailyvision of the risen Lord, present andactive in the world, especially in thepoor, in the stranger, and in the migrantand refugee.’ ”

One of the wonderful paradoxes ofChristian living is that we learn our faithmost fully when we share it with others.Evangelization begets conversion,communion and solidarity. When weshare our faith with others, our lives arechanged for the better. When we uniteourselves with others, we come moretruly independent and free.

And when we join hands with thosewho are most in need—the poor, themarginalized and those who suffer inany way—we are liberated from ourpreoccupation with selfish things andreleased from our loneliness and fear.

Pope Benedict XVI recently said:“The fundamental task of the evange-lization of culture is the challenge tomake God visible in the human face ofJesus. In helping individuals torecognize and experience the love ofChrist, we awaken in them the desire todwell in the house of the Lord,embracing the life of the Church. This isour mission.”

It doesn’t matter who we are: Irish-Americans, African-Americans, Italian-Americans, German-Americans,Mexican-Americans or the children ofany other racial, ethnic or culturalheritage. None of us needs “pro formadisplays of religiosity.”

What we need is a new evange-lization. We all need to experience thelove of Christ and to embrace ourfundamental identity as members of theone family of God.

We all need to seek the face of theLord—and to work together totransform our world in accordance withGod’s plan.

— Daniel Conway

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Graduation thoughts: Do we honorwomen at home and at work?

Faith & Precedent/Douglas W. Kmiec

Women pray during aSpanish Mass atSt. Martin of ToursChurch in Gaithersburg,Md., last year. A newstudy from the PewHispanic Center showsthat Latinos areinfluencing U.S.religious practice,especially Catholicism.Latinos account forabout a third of allCatholics in theUnited States.

It’s graduation time, and in most places asmany women as men will be handed collegedegrees.

In a survey of close to 62,000 people,fashion magazine Elle suggests that men and

women are becoming alot alike in theworkplace. Men andwomen are similarlytalented and competitiveas well as equallyhonest.

But there is anessential difference:Women are twice aslikely as men to

interrupt the business day to take care of achild.

Do we as a culture facilitate the additionaland vital role that women continue to play asprimary caregiver?

It’s doubtful. This seems decidedlyshortsighted in a world that knows well that astable home life is essential—for the civicgood, the health of children and theireducation, even the redirection of violentpersonalities a la Virginia Tech.

Twenty-six years ago, Pope John Paul IIpublished a thoughtful reflection called“The Christian Family in the Modern World.”

In this apostolic exhortation, “FamiliarisConsortio,” the pope wrote: “The mentalitywhich honors women more for their workoutside the home than for their work withinthe family must be overcome.” Thephraseology gives priority to family.

The survey in Elle and the government’sown Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal thatclose to half the workforce (46 percent) isfemale, with 75 percent of women workingfull time.

Thirty-eight percent of employed womenare in highly demanding management andprofessional positions from lawyers tobusiness executives to pharmacists andhuman resource directors.

These folks deserve a little specialattention.

For a while, a few companies talked offlextime and job sharing, but increasingly thisis more illusion than reality.

Why?The Conference Board Review attributes

it to demands for increased corporateperformance (profits) and the advent of newtechnology (cell phones, laptops andBlackberries) which raise the expectation thatone will be in the office—at least virtually—at all times.

These increased demands are made onmen and women who are fathers andmothers. But if somebody’s mom is going towork in the next office, we say, “Well, shebetter be putting in the same time as the nextguy” finding new clients, closing deals andmaking sales.

Our sense of equality is premised onscorekeeping. We tend to ignore the papaladmonition to honor women who simulta-neously fulfill commitments to office andhome.

And if we are honest, some men and evensome women who chose not to raise childrenmight actually resent making allowances forthose contributing to the dual communities ofwork and family.

How might we change things?First off, ask chief executives to take a

closer look at reality. Top executives withample resources for full-time childcare maybe unwittingly blind.

Second, we might press all those folksrunning for president to creatively think howthe laws might be rewritten to favor theeconomic compensation of those who areworking and nurturing family at the sametime. Family tax-code allowances and creditsused to do this, but they have effectivelydisappeared.

Third, we can adjust our own attitudes.We can recognize that the daughters we aresending to college and graduate school yearnfor “life to the full,” in the business andfamily sense, and incredibly often manage todo reasonably well.

In 2007, the papal instruction may warranta respectful update. Neither women nor menshould be honored more for their workoutside the home, but then again, womenalone should not have to keep demonstratingagainst an unbending culture how extraor-dinary love can accomplish both.

(Douglas W. Kmiec, a professor at thePepperdine University School of Law, writesfor Catholic News Service.) †


Afriend of mine asked me to helphim review our Catholic teachingiabout our devotion to Mary, and

the saints and angels.Fairly often, we Catholics are criticized

for our devotion to the Blessed MotherMary and the angels and saints.

We are sometimes accused ofworshiping Mary or of making false godsof the saints. This month of May might bea good time to review our Catholic beliefin regard to Mary, the Blessed Mother ofChrist.

We do not adore Mary as we adore Godthe Father, Son and Holy Spirit. True, wesometimes pray to the Blessed Mother, butit is a prayer asking for her intercession.

We believe her intercession is powerfulwith God because of all human personsshe is the closest to Jesus as his mother.That privileged position of Mother of Goddoes not render her divine, but it ispowerful nonetheless.

When I try to help critics understandour belief about our prayers and devotionsto Mary, I use the example of asking afriend to intercede with someone importantwhose favor we are seeking for somecause. We ask someone close to theimportant person (to whom we do notpersonally have access) to help us, tointercede for us. So it is with our prayer tothe Blessed Mother or to a favorite saint.

Through the ages, devotion to theMother of God in our tradition has been

consistent. The late Pope John Paul IIbrought new awareness to the important roleof Mary in our faith. He was stronglyconvinced that she had interceded in his lifeon several occasions. Of course, he grew upwith a great devotion to Mary inherited fromhis father and his Polish heritage.

Perhaps the most striking example of hisconviction about the intercession of Mary inhis life was at the time of the attemptedassassination on his life. He was firmlyconvinced that while “one finger pulled thetrigger, another finger,” that of the BlessedMother, directed the bullet less than acentimeter from a mortal wound.

He gave the infamous bullet to the shrineof Our Lady of Fatima, where it has beenplaced in Mary’s crown. He gave thebloodied white sash he was wearing thatfateful day to the Shrine of Our Lady ofCzestochowa. The sash hangs next to thefamous icon of Our Lady.

These gestures of the late Holy Father arenot acts of adoration of Mary; they are anexpression of his love for her and hisgratitude for her intercession.

Miracles are the work of God; they maybe mediated through the intercession ofMary or the saints. Because of the holinessor merit of their lives, we believe they cancourt God’s special favor.

When miracles were ascribed toSt. Theodora Guérin in the process of herbeatification and canonization, we believethey were granted by God through her

Genuine devotion, veneration always lead us to God

Un amigo me pidió que lo ayudara arepasar las enseñanzas católicassobre nuestra devoción a María, a

los santos y a los ángeles.Con gran frecuencia se critica a los

católicos por nuestra devoción a la SantaMadre María y a los ángeles y santos.

En ocasiones se nos acusa de adorar aMaría o de hacer de los santos unos ídolosfalsos. El mes de mayo quizás sea un buenmomento para repasar nuestra creenciacatólica con respecto a María, la SantaMadre de Cristo.

No adoramos a María tal y comoadoramos a Dios el Padre, Hijo y EspírituSanto. Ciertamente a veces le rezamos a laSanta Madre, pero se trata de una oraciónpidiendo su intercesión.

Creemos que su intercesión es poderosaante Dios ya que de todas las personashumanas, ella es la más cercana a Jesús porser su madre. Ese puesto privilegiado deMadre de Dios no la hace divina, pero esindudablemente muy poderoso.

Cuando intento ayudar a que los críticosentiendan nuestra creencia en cuanto a lasdevociones y oraciones a María, utilizo elejemplo de preguntarle a un amigo queinterceda ante alguien importante de quiensolicitamos su ayuda por alguna causa. Lepedimos a alguien cercano a esa personaimportante (a quien no tenemos accesopersonalmente), que nos ayude, queinterceda por nosotros. Así funcionannuestras oraciones a la Santa Madre o anuestro santo preferido.

Nuestra tradición de devoción a laMadre de Dios ha sido una constante desde

tiempos ancestrales. El difunto Papa JuanPablo II creó una nueva conciencia sobre elpapel importante que desempeña María ennuestra fe. Estaba profundamenteconvencido de que ella había intercedidopor su vida en muchas ocasiones. Porsupuesto, creció con una gran devoción aMaría heredada de su padre y de suherencia polaca.

Quizás el ejemplo más impactante de suconvicción sobre la intercesión de María ensu vida fue cuando ocurrió el intento deasesinato en su contra. Estaba firmementeconvencido de que si bien “un dedo tiró delgatillo, otro dedo,” el de la Santa Madre,dirigió la bala a menos de un centímetro deuna herida mortal.

Entregó la infame bala al santuario deNuestra Señora de Fátima donde fuecolocada en la corona de María. Entregó lafaja blanca bañada en sangre que llevabaese aciago día al Santuario de NuestraSeñora de Czestochowa. La faja cuelgajunto al famoso icono de Nuestra Señora.

Estos gestos del difunto Santo Padre noson actos de adoración a María; constituyenuna expresión de su amor por ella y sugratitud por su intercesión.

Los milagros son obra de Dios; tal vezpor medio de la intercesión de María o delos santos. Debido a la santidad o al méritode sus vidas, creemos que puedenconquistar la gracia especial de Dios.

Cuando se le atribuyeron milagros aSanta Theodora Guérin durante el procesode su beatificación y canonización, creemosque éstos fueron concedidos por Dios pormedio de su intercesión. Su santidad, una

La devoción y la veneración genuina siempr e nos conducen a Dios

Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa,Language Training Center, Indianapolis.

intercession. Her holiness, itself a grace ofGod, won God’s special intervention as aresponse to prayer to Mother Theodoreasking for her intercessory help.

I have a special devotion to St. Joseph aswell as to the Blessed Mother. I pray forhis intercession for particular intentionsdaily. There is a saying that St. Joseph’sintercession is “slow but sure.”

Does that mean I adore St. Joseph?No. It means that because of his havingparental responsibility for Jesus in hischildhood and youth he surely enjoys adown-to-earth relationship with him. Hewas a saint who worked with his hands andwas attentive to God’s directions.

I also have a special regard for MotherTheodore Guérin and Blessed Teresa ofCalcutta. They poured out their entire livesfor Jesus in the most difficult circum-stances. Surely the merit of their lives givesthem intercessory power before God.

While we have favorite images andicons of Mary and the saints, we do notworship images as is sometimes believedby non-Catholic friends. Our statues andpictures are reminders of our veneration forthe Mother of God and the saints. It ismuch like our keeping photos of our loved

gracia de Dios en sí misma, obtuvo laintervención especial de Dios en respuestaa la oración a la Madre Theodorepidiéndole su ayuda intercesora.

Le tengo una devoción especial a SanJosé, así como a la Santa Madre. Rezo porsu intercesión a diario para mis intencionesparticulares. Hay un dicho que dice que laintercesión de San José es “lenta perosegura.”

¿Eso significa que adoro a San José?No. Significa que debido a su respons-abilidad como padre de Jesús durante suinfancia y juventud, seguramente goza deuna relación práctica con él. Es un santoque trabajó con sus manos y estaba atento alas instrucciones de Dios.

También siento un afecto especial por laMadre Theodore Guérin y la Beata Teresade Calcuta. Ellas volcaron por completosus vidas a Jesús en las circunstancias másdifíciles. Seguramente el mérito de susvidas les otorga un poder de intercesiónante Dios.

Si bien es cierto que tenemos imágenese iconos preferidos de María y los santos,no veneramos imágenes, como creenalgunos de nuestros amigos no católicos.Nuestras estatuas e imágenes son recorda-torios de nuestra devoción a la Madre deDios y a los Santos. Es similar a conservara la vista fotos de nuestros seres queridoscomo recordatorio de nuestro cariño por

ones before us as reminders of our care forthem and their care for us.

The United States Catholic Catechismfor Adults notes: “Based on our faith in theIncarnation of Christ, we venerate imagesof Christ, Mary, the angels, and the saints.We do not worship the images themselves,but in venerating the image, we veneratewhoever is portrayed—Jesus Christ, Mary,a saint, or an angel. This, in turn, can leadus to a deeper contemplation of Godhimself” (p. 347).

Our veneration of an image or a saintis not adoration. Genuine devotion orveneration, in fact, always leads us toGod. †

ellos y del suyo por nosotros.El Catecismo Católico de Estados

Unidos para Adultos observa: “Basándonosen nuestra fe en la Encarnación de Cristo,veneramos imágenes de Cristo, María, losángeles y los santos. No adoramos lasimágenes en sí mismas, pero al venerarlas,veneramos a quienes ellas representan:Jesucristo, María, un santo, o un ángel.Esto, a su vez, puede llevarnos a obteneruna contemplación más profunda delpropio Dios.” (p. 347).

La veneración de una imagen o un santono es adoración. La devoción o laveneración genuina, de hecho, nosconducen siempre a Dios. †

SEEKING THEFACE OF THE LORD

BUSCANDO LACARA DEL SEÑOR

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B.

Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for MaySeminarians: that they will be faithful to prayer and study , and persevere in theirdesire to serve God and the Church as priests.

La intención de vocaciones del Ar zobispo Buechlein para mayoSeminaristas: ¡Que ellos sean fieles a la oración y estudien, y continúen en su deseode servir a Dios y la Iglesia como sacerdotes!

¿Tiene una intención que deseeincluir en la lista de oración delArzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviarsu correspondencia a:

Lista de oración del Arzobispo Buechlein

Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis1400 N. Meridian St.P.O. Box 1410Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410

Do you have an intention forArchbishop Buechlein’s prayer list?You may mail it to him at:

Archbishop Buechlein’sPrayer List

Archdiocese of Indianapolis1400 N. Meridian St.P.O. Box 1410Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410


Confession, 1 p.m., followed byholy hour, Mass 2 p.m., FatherElmer Burwinkel, celebrant.Information: 812-689-3551.

May 14St. Francis Hospital and HealthCenters, 8111 S. Emerson Ave.,Indianapolis. “Look Good, FeelBetter,” free workshop forwomen with cancer, 2 p.m.Information: 317-784-4422 orwww.StFrancisHospitals.org/cancer.

May 15St. Athanasius the Great Byzan-tine Church, St. Mary Hall,1117 Blaine Ave., Indianapolis.Catholic Charismatic Renewalof Central Indiana, prayermeeting, 7:15 p.m. Information:317-592-1992,www.inholyspirit.org or [email protected].

Sisters of St. Francis, MichaelaFarm, Oldenburg. “Nature andMe” series, Session 2 of fourprograms, 10-11:15 a.m., infantsthrough age 3 and adult care-giver, Beth Ernst-Major,presenter, $20 for the series.Information: 812-933-0661 [email protected].

Ritter’s Frozen Custard, 3219County Line Road, Indianapolis.Fundraiser for Benedict InnRetreat and Conference Center in

Beech Grove, 4-7:30 p.m., centerreceives 15 percent of sales.Information: 317-788-7581.

May 17Marian Inc., 1011 E. St. ClairSt., Indianapolis. CatholicCharities Indianapolis AdultDay Services, “2007 SummerBreezes,” 6 p.m., $50 per per-son. Information: 317-236-1536.

May 18Knights of Columbus Hall,2100 E. 71st St., Indianapolis.Catholic Business Exchange,Greg Rakestraw, director ofsports development for ESPN,speaker, Mass, 6:30 a.m., buffetbreakfast and program, $10 perperson. Information:www.catholicbusinessexchange.org.

Heartland Crossing Golf Links,6701 S. Heartland Blvd., Camby.Second annual CatholicBusiness Exchange GolfOuting, shotgun start, 8:30 a.m.Information: 317-630-1785.

St. Francis Hospital, 8111 S.Emerson Ave., Indianapolis.Seminar for cancer patientsand their families, lunchincluded, noon-2 p.m.registration required. Informa-tion: 317-257-1505 orwww.StFrancisHospitals.org/cancer.

Weber Retreat and ConferenceCenter, Adrian, Mich. AdrianDominican Sisters, “Come andSee” Weekend, June 1-3, regis-tration deadline May 18. Informa-tion: 866-744-0005 [email protected].

May 18-20St. Joseph Parish, 125 E. Broad-way St., Shelbyville. Parishfestival, food, crafts, games, Fri.5-11 p.m., Sat. noon-11 p.m.,Sun. noon-10 p.m. Information:317-392-0639.

May 19St. Michael the ArchangelChurch, 3354 W. 30th St.,Indianapolis. Helpers of God’sPrecious Infants Pro-LifeMass, 8:30 a.m., followed byrosary outside abortion clinic andBenediction at church. Informa-tion: Archdiocesan Office forPro-Life Ministry, 317-236-1569or 800-382-9836, ext. 1569.

Holy Trinity Parish, 2618 W.St. Clair St., Indianapolis. Parishfestival, food, games, noon-8 p.m. Information: 317-888-1273.

May 20Holy Cross Parish, Kelley Gym,125 N. Oriental St., Indianapolis.11th annual Health Fair, freehealth screenings, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Information: 317-637-

2620, ext. 406, or [email protected].

St. Paul Parish, 9788 N. Dear-born Road, Guilford. LadiesSodality, hot breakfast barbuffet, 7:30 a.m.-noon, free-willdonation. Information: 812-623-2349.

May 23Holy Spirit Church, 7243 E.10th St., Indianapolis. DeaneryMass in honor of St. TheodoraGuérin, 7 p.m. Information:317-353-9404.

May 24Cardinal Ritter High School,gymnasium, 3360 W. 30th St.,Indianapolis. 13th annualCardinal Ritter Race Party,6 p.m., $65 per person includesdinner. Information: 317-927-7825 or e-mail [email protected].

May 24-July 5St. Barnabas Parish, House ofJoseph, 523 Fabyan Road,Indianapolis. “Divorce andBeyond” program, Session 1of six programs, 7-9 p.m.Information: 317-236-1596 or800-382-9836 or [email protected].

May 26Sisters of St. Francis, MichaelaFarm, Oldenburg. “Perma-

culture” series, Session 2 offour programs, “Making YourHome Energy Efficient,”10-11:15 a.m., infants throughage 3 and adult caregiver, BethErnst-Major, presenter, $20 forthe series. Information: 812-933-0661 or [email protected].

Daily EventsSt. John the Evangelist Church,126 W. Georgia St., Indiana-polis. Liturgy of the Hours,Mon.-Fri., morning prayer,7:30 a.m., evening prayer,5:15 p.m. Information: 317-635-2021.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church,1530 Union St., Indianapolis.Liturgy of the Hours, Mon.-Fri., morning prayer, 7:05 a.m.,evening prayer 5:30 p.m. Infor-mation: 317-638-5551.

Our Lady of the Most HolyRosary Church, 520 Stevens St.,Indianapolis. Tridentine (Latin)Mass, Mon.-Fri., noon; Wed.,Fri., 5:45 p.m. Information: 317-636-4478.

St. Barnabas Church, 8300Rahke Road, Indianapolis. Mon.-Fri., Liturgy of the Hours,morning prayer, 7:30 a.m.,evening prayer, 6:30 p.m. Infor-mation: 317-882-0724. †

May 11St. Luke the Evangelist Church,7575 Holiday Drive E., Indiana-polis. Catholic CharismaticRenewal of Central Indiana,teaching, 7 p.m., followed bypraise, worship and Mass. Infor-mation: 317-592-1992,www.inholyspirit.org or [email protected].

Holy Name School, Jerry CraneyPerformance Center, 89 N. 17thAve., Beech Grove. “Musicale’07,” 7:30 p.m., $2 per person or$5 per family. Information: 317-784-5454.

May 12Sisters of St. Francis, MichaelaFarm, Oldenburg. “WeavingYour Own Basket,” 1-3 p.m.,Joe Stephens, presenter. Infor-mation: 812-933-0661 or [email protected].

May 13Saint Meinrad Archabbey andSchool of Theology, 200 HillDrive, St. Meinrad. MonteCassino pilgrimage, “Mary,Mother of All,” BenedictineFather Joseph Cox, presenter,2 p.m. Information: 812-357-6501.

MKVS and Divine Mercy Cen-ter, Rexville, located on 925South, .8 mile east of 421 Southand 12 miles south of Versailles.

Regular EventsSecond SaturdaysSt. Agnes Parish, Brown County Public Library,Nashville. Brown County Widowed SupportGroup, 3 p.m. Information and directions: 812-988-2778 or 812-988-4429.

Third SundaysChrist the King Church, 1827 Kessler Blvd., E.Drive, Indianapolis. Exposition of the BlessedSacrament, 2 p.m.-7 a.m. Monday, rosary, 8p.m. Open until midnight.

Knights of Columbus Hall, Mater Dei Council #437, 1305 N. Delaware St., Indiana-polis. Breakfast buffet, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., adults$5, children under 12, $2.50. Information: 317-631-4373.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Church of theImmaculate Conception, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Mass, 11 a.m., sign-interpreted.

Information: 812-535-3131, ext. 434.

Third TuesdaysSt. Francis Medical Clinic, 110 N. 17th Ave.,Suite 300, Beech Grove. Chronic pain supportgroup, 7-8 p.m. Information: 317-831-1177.

Third WednesdaysHoly Name of Jesus Church, 89 N. 17th Ave.,Beech Grove. Holy Hour and rosary, 6 p.m.Information: 317-784-5454.

St. Francis Home Health, 438 S. Emerson Ave.,Greenwood. Cancer support group meeting,6-8 p.m. Information: 317-257-1505.

St. Francis Hospital, 1201 Hadley Road,Mooresville. Cancer support group meeting,6-8 p.m. Information: 317-257-1505.

Mary, Queen of Peace Church, BlessedSacrament Chapel, 1005 W. Main St., Danville.Divine Mercy Chaplet, 7 p.m. Information:317-745-5640.

St. Jude Church, 5353 McFarland Road,Indianapolis. Rosary, 6:15 p.m. Information: 317-783-1445.

Calvary Mausoleum Chapel, 435 Troy Ave.,Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m.

Third ThursdaysOur Lady of Peace Mausoleum Chapel,9001 Haverstick Road, Indianapolis.Mass, 2 p.m.

St. Elizabeth/Coleman Pregnancy and AdoptionServices, 2500 Churchman Ave., Indianapolis.Daughters of Isabella, Madonna Circle meet-ing, noon, dessert and beverages served. Infor-mation: 317-849-5840.

St. Joseph Church, 1375 S. Mickley Ave.,Indianapolis. Adoration of Blessed Sacrament,11 a.m.-7 p.m., Mass, 5:45 p.m. Information:317-244-9002.

St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1723 I St., Bedford.Catholic Women in Faith meeting, 7-9 p.m.,open to women 18 years and older. Information:812-275-6539.

Third SaturdaysSt. Michael the Archangel Church, 3354 W.30th St., Indianapolis. Helpers of God’sPrecious Infants monthly pro-life ministry,

Mass for Life by archdiocesan Office forPro-Life Ministry, 8:30 a.m., drive to Clinic forWomen (abortion clinic), 3607 W. 16th St.,Indianapolis, for rosary, return to church forBenediction.

Fourth WednesdaysSt. Thomas More Church, 1200 N. Indiana St.,Mooresville. Mass and anointing of the sick,6 p.m. Information: 317-831-4142. †

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John R. and Dolores A. Williams,members of Our Lady of the Greenwood

Parish in Green-wood, celebratedtheir 50th wed-ding anniversaryon May 4. Thecouple wasmarried onMay 4, 1957, atVisitationChurch inChicago, Ill.They have sixchildren: Donna

Marie, James, John Jr., Michael Sr.,Thomas and Father William Williams.They also have nine grandchildren. †

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Knights of Peter Claver MassSt. Rita parishioner Curtis J. Guynn of Indianapolis, left, and Apryl Lynn Voner of Detroit, the newlyelected Northern District presidents of the Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary, bring up thegifts during a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein on April 29 at the Adams MarkHotel in Indianapolis. The liturgy was part of the organization’s Northern District Regional Confer-ence held from April 26-29. The Knights of Peter Claver was founded in 1909 in Mobile, Ala., and isthe largest historically African-American Catholic fraternal organization in the United States. FatherKenneth Taylor, director of the archdiocesan Office of Multicultural Ministry and pastor of HolyAngels Parish in Indianapolis, and Father Patrick Beidelman, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul CathedralParish in Indianapolis, concelebrated the Mass.

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By Sean Gallagher

When it was launched in 2004, theLegacy for Our Mission: For Our Childrenand the Future campaign had an ambitious

goal of raising$100 million.

By accomplish-ing this goal, thearchdiocese hopesits parishes, sharedministries and homemissions will be seton firm ground foryears to come.

Two years later,with 74 parisheshaving participatedin the campaign,

nearly $60 million has been pledged.“The results thus far give us strong

confidence in the remainder of thecampaign,” said Joseph Therber, executivedirector of the archdiocesan Office ofStewardship and Development.

“The parishes that are participatingthis year have done an excellent job ofidentifying parish ministry priorities and

recruiting leadership teams who will getthe job done and leave a positive imprintfor our children and the future.”

In addition to gathering importantdonations for ministry throughout centraland southern Indiana, the Legacy forOur Mission campaign has also seen morethan 10,000 Catholics volunteer their timeand talent to make it a success.

“The breadth of volunteer andfinancial participation is a testament tothe presence and power of stewardship inthe archdiocese,” Therber said.

“We have seen parish prayer teamscome alive through the campaign,countless members become involved insetting parish priorities andunderstanding the archdiocesan Church,and generous financial gifts come aboutafter a re-evaluation of personal spendingpatterns—all of which reflect God’s will

in the Legacy for Our Missioncampaign.”

Therber has witnessed firsthand theimpact that the campaign has made onnumerous parish communities throughoutthe archdiocese.

“The entire campaign has been a mostrewarding experience in terms ofworking with so many pastoral and layleaders throughout the archdiocese,”he said.

“Parish dreams coming true—fromopening a new elementary school toconstructing a new parish hall to pavinga parking lot to expanding a parishendowment—are real expressions ofstewardship that build community andreflect God in our lives.” †

Legacy for Our Mission campaign more than halfway to its goal

Joseph Therber

‘The breadth ofvolunteer and financialparticipation is atestament to thepresence and power ofstewardship in thearchdiocese.’

—Joseph Therber,executive director of the

archdiocesan Office ofStewardship and

Development

By Sean Gallagher

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has150 parishes. That’s a lot.

Each parish hasits own unique roleto play in theLegacy for OurMission: For OurChildren and theFuture campaign.

At the sametime, no matter howdifferent the needsof one parish mightbe from another,the members of

both can support the archdiocese’s sharedministries through their participation in thecampaign.

St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbussaw the dedication of a new church inMarch 2002 and the completion of a newgymnasium in 2003.

As a result, when the Legacy forOur Mission campaign was launched in2004, St. Bartholomew did not havesignificant capital needs which required thesupport of parish members.

But, according to its pastor, Father ClemDavis, the campaign came at the right timeto help the parish overcome its debt fromits previous building projects.

Currently, St. Bartholomew Parish hasto spend $75,000 per year to service its$1 million debt.

“If we don’t have to be taking that[$75,000] out of operations for debtservice, we could be doing any number ofother things with that,” Father Davis said.“Clearly, we want to get out from underthat particular burden.”

How the parish would use those

freed-up funds in thefuture has not beendetermined. But FatherDavis said that thecommunity is using itsparticipation in thecampaign to plan for itsfuture ministry needs.

In addition toeliminating its debt,St. Bartholomew Parishalso plans to use part ofthe $4 million it hopes toraise through thecampaign to replace theschool’s heating and airconditioning system, andto make improvements tothe school’s restrooms.

UnlikeSt. Bartholomew Parish,which has witnessed twolarge building projectsover the past decade, thefacilities of St. JosephParish in Clark Countyhave largely remainedunchanged for ageneration.

Its last building projecthappened in 1971 when a parish hall wasconstructed.

Now, new housing developments arepopping up all around the rolling woodedhills surrounding the New Albany Deaneryparish. As a result, it is experiencinggrowth in its membership.

The parish community is using itsparticipation in the Legacy for OurMission campaign to accommodate thisgrowth.

Jerry Rauck, chairman of St. JosephParish’s finance commission, thinks the

campaign is starting at just the right time.“We’ve had a lot of new parishioners

come in that have wanted to get involved,and you’ve got a lot of the families thathave been involved for a long period oftime,” Rauck said. “And that’s why I thinkthe timing is perfect for us to do the thingswe’re doing here.”

The parishioners hope to raise$1.4 million through the campaign to makeseveral improvements to the parish campus.

Major renovations will be made to the36-year-old parish hall, including the

installation of a new kitchen, a newbasement storeroom, new meeting roomsthat can also serve as classrooms, and newrestrooms.

“We’re practically rebuilding it,” saidConventual Franciscan Father John Curran,St. Joseph Parish’s pastor.

An addition will also be made to its126-year-old church, which will include areconciliation room and handicap-accessible restrooms.

“St. Joseph is definitely going to have abig future,” Father John said. †

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service’s 30th anniversary and the secondanniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s election.

Called “Vatican Click,” the exhibit show-cases 382 photos from the more than 5 mil-lion housed in the Vatican’s photo archives.

The exhibit also shows early black-and-white shots of life in and around the Vaticanfrom the 1930s through the 1960s: Ethiopianseminarians leaping in a rare Roman snowfall and Italian dictator BenitoMussolini watching workmen build the Via della Conciliazione, the wide boulevardleading to St. Peter’s Square.

Before the Vatican photo service wasestablished, the Vatican newspaper,L’Osservatore Romano, hired professionalphotographers “from the outside” to takepapal pictures, Father Giuseppe told CatholicNews Service.

Then in 1977, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief decided the paper should hire its own photojournalists who would work exclusively and specifically on covering theVatican and the pope.

The timing was providential as, just oneyear later, the most media-friendly pope inmodern times, Pope John Paul, was elected.

Father Giuseppe said the late pope was anatural.

“He had an extraordinary sensibility. He

just knew, felt when a photographer was nearand instinctively, almost automatically,would smile,” move or turn in a way thatwas perfect for a picture, he said.

A close, though professional, rapportgrew easily over the years between PopeJohn Paul and the Vatican photographers,said the Salesian priest.

But the shooting and snapping ease hit aspeed bump in 2005 after the election ofPope Benedict, who was not used to beingtrailed by cameramen and having bulbs flashand shutters click at his every move.

However, Pope Benedict is much morecomfortable now with his personal paparazzi,Father Giuseppe said, and has often directly expressed to the photographers his appreciation for their hard work.

Pope Benedict is also the first pope tohave granted the Vatican’s television andphotography crews wide permission to filmhim in his private apartments, showing“without mystery, without secrets, that theday in the life of a pope is made up of a lotof work and simplicity,” he said.

Father Giuseppe said the best pictures ofany pope are the ones in which he “radiateshuman warmth” and when his fatherly face“points to the very meaning of [his] mission:the person of Jesus.”

While pictures of Pope John Paul atJerusalem’s Western Wall or Pope Benedictin a Turkish mosque have important histori-

cal value, sometimes it’s the simpler shots ofa pope hugging a child or praying the rosarythat have a greater, more emotional impacton the viewer.

“A beautiful photo, a beautiful image,offers an entryway, the first step of evangelization,” Father Giuseppe said.

When a picture of a pope expresses “love,welcoming, understanding, acceptance,” itcan “make the Church loved very, verymuch and be very appreciated by almosteveryone,” whatever their faith belief maybe, he said.

Just as the Church hired great painters andsculptors to depict the beauty and mystery ofGod and the Gospels, it also has employedthe power of the photograph, which can behighly effective in a world where “the image

By Brandon A. Evans

True Christian charity flows from prayerand enables us to show the face of Jesus tothe world. True charity kneels before Godfor its strength and withers without him.

This inseparability of prayer and charitywas the theme that Archbishop Daniel M.Buechlein stressed during a May 2 Mass atSS. Peter and Paul Cathedral inIndianapolis with Catholics from variousparishes that are part of the Miter Society.

The society is made up of faithful stewards who have made large gifts to theannual United Catholic Appeal (UCA) orthe recent Legacy for Our Mission: For OurChildren and the Future campaign. It consistsof people who have made significant sacri-fices for the benefit of the local Church.

There are about 300 Miter Society mem-bers, but because of the ongoing Legacyfor Our Mission campaign, 1,900 peoplewere added as honorary members this year.

“Every gift to the UCA is greatly appre-ciated, and we try to show this in many dif-ferent ways,” said Ron Greulich, director ofmajor gifts for the archdiocese. “Wepromptly thank people and let them knowhow their generous gifts are making a difference in the lives of many.

“Though the Miter Society’s focus is onthose who are able to give in a more signif-icant way, it is our hope that it will alsoserve to motivate others, who are in a posi-tion to do so, to increase their giving to theUnited Catholic Appeal.”

The annual Mass is one way to show

is everything,” he said.Father Giuseppe said that since last

summer Vatican photographers haveswitched to shooting exclusively in digital,which has not only facilitated archivingand research, but has also widened thepublic’s access to their treasures.

A self-described computer buff, FatherGiuseppe led the creation of the Vaticanphoto service Web site, www.photo.va,which was launched last year.

With Vatican photographers churningout at least 2,000 photos on a typicalWednesday, when the pope’s general audi-ence is held, the Web site’s pictures aresimply arranged chronologically in flip-book fashion, giving viewers a chance tofeel as if they are right next to the pope. †

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Archbishop calls Miter Society members to life of prayer, servicegratitude to the Miter Society. Membersalso receive periodic pastoral letters fromthe archbishop and are assured of hisprayers. Some members participate in anannual day of prayer or a tour of a homemission site that has benefited from theirgifts.

But the Mass was not a chance for people to sit in the warm glow of theirrecent generosity. Although they receivedthanks from the archbishop, more impor-tantly, the members of the Miter Societyreceived solid advice on how to truly livea life of charity.

“[Pope Benedict XVI] tells us that ourobligation as a Church to do works ofcharity is inseparable from our duty toproclaim God’s word and to celebrate thesacraments,” Archbishop Buechlein said.

Further quoting the Holy Father, hesaid, “ ‘People who pray are not wastingtheir time even though the situationappears desperate and seems to call foraction alone. Piety does not undermine the struggle against the poverty of ourneighbors, however extreme.’ ”

Prayer, in reality, is one thing we needfor God to turn our weakness into hisstrength, Archbishop Buechlein said.

Looking to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta,the archbishop shared some of her hum-bling words: “ ‘I don’t think there is any-one who needs God’s help and grace asmuch as I do.’

“She said, ‘Sometimes I feel so help-less and so weak. I think this is why Goduses me. Because I cannot depend on my

own strength, I rely on him 24 hours aday.’ ”

Our prayer doesn’t have to be compli-cated, the archbishop said. It can be—ideally—as simple as silence.

At the reception after the Mass,Archbishop Buechlein turned to the example of those who have gone beforeus. He marveled at the tremendous sacrifices that St. Theodora Guérin madeto build a foundation for education inIndiana.

“If you take one thing from the life ofSt. Theodora, it’s that we need to placeour complete trust in God’s Providence,”he said. “If we do that, the Lord will give

us what we need.“We can find that same focus on prayer

and absolute trust if we study the life ofour first bishop, Servant of God SimonBruté.

“When the archdiocese conducts itscapital campaigns,” he said, “it is alwayswith the emphasis that we never lose sightof keeping what we are doing rooted inprayer and thanksgiving toward God.”

That was exactly what the Mass onMay 2 was all about: prayerfully gatheringto not only give thanks for the generosityof certain individuals, but to give over toGod grateful hearts for all his good giftsand to ask for the strength to continue. †

ArchbishopDaniel M.Buechlein andconcelebratingpriests offerthe eucharisticprayer atSS. Peter andPaul Cathedralduring a Massfor membersof the MiterSociety onMay 2.

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By John Valenti

Part of my role as associate directorof evangelization and faith formation for

the Archdioceseof Indianapolis isto communicatethe message ofevangelization.

Jesus said,“Go and makedisciples”(Mt 28:19). Thatseems straight-forward enoughand quite simple.Our commissionis to welcome

people to Christ, specifically through theCatholic Church.

Having labored in the home-missionterritory of the South, where a 1 percentto 3 percent Catholic population is notuncommon, there is a general acceptancethat the “Bible Belt” has had someserious historical resistance toCatholicism.

Catholics represent approximately20 percent of the U.S. population.However, north of the Mason-DixonLine, only three Catholic dioceses havefewer than 10 percent Catholicpopulation. If you draw a line on a mapof the Midwest from Indianapolis toLafayette, Ind., then over toSteubenville, Ohio, this geographictriangle grows lots of corn but fewCatholics.

At a recent collaborative meeting withour Catholic education, Catholic Charitiesand Catholic health care officials, wediscussed all the wonderful things that areaccomplished in the name of Jesusthrough our Catholic schools, socialjustice ministries and hospitals.

More than 20,000 kindergartenthrough 12th-grade children and youthsare served in our 70 Catholic schools.We are committed to serving the urbanpoor in education with our consortiumschools and the new Providence CristoRey High School.

Our Catholic Charities programs arecommitted to supporting groups of low-income individuals as they work tobreak the cycle of poverty as well as toimproving communities throughcounseling, homeless shelters, childadvocacy, adult and youth programs,pregnancy and adoption services, crisisintervention, refugee resettlement,food banks and education for justice.

St. Vincent Health, Indiana’s largesthealth care system, is celebrating125 years of dedicated health careservice to central Indiana residents.

St. Francis Hospital and HealthCenters not only provides medical andeducation services, but also has acollaborative partnership withSt. Elizabeth/Coleman Pregnancy andAdoption Services in Indianapolis, aCatholic Charities agency whichprovides domestic and internationaladoption, free pregnancy testing,prenatal and neonatal medical care,home-based and community-basedoutreach services, adoption andparenting counseling.

The general consensus is that we havesomething to “shout Catholic” about inthe Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

We do not minister to God’s peoplebecause they are Catholic. We provideoutreach and service because we areCatholic.

What is unfortunate is that in the stateof Indiana—where our Catholic schoolsrepresent the fifth largest school district,tens of thousands of people receivesocial services and millions of dollars

John Valenti

‘ShoutCatholic’

By Sean Gallagher

In 1990, Jim Seebeck was abenchwarmer at St. Monica Parish inIndianapolis. He went to Mass and

helped with theparish’s liturgicalmusic, but notmuch else.

Father ClemDavis, his pastorat the time,recently saidSeebeck was atthat time “one ofthose invisiblepeople.”

Then Seebeckparticipated in a Christ Renews His Parishrenewal weekend, and his life has not beenthe same.

For nearly 15 years, Seebeck, who iscurrently a member of Our Lady ofGrace Parish in Noblesville, Ind., in theLafayette Diocese, has been helpingparishes across the archdiocese begintheir own Christ Renews process.

“It’s hard to tell how many of ourparishes Jim and Tina [his wife] haveinfluenced because of the spiral natureof the program’s growth,” said JohnValenti, archdiocesan evangelizationcoordinator.

“He has had a hand in dozens of[Christ Renews] outreach programs,sustainability efforts and pastoral care ofmore Christ Renews leaders than I cancount,” Valenti said.

Yet as important a role as he hasplayed in the renewal of the faith ofmany Catholics and parish communitiesin the archdiocese, Seebeck said his ownexperience of Christ Renews is muchlike what has happened in the lives ofmany men and women who have goneon their own renewal weekend.

He likened himself and many othersbefore the retreat weekend as living theminimum life of faith that the Churchrequires—going up to a line, but nofurther.

“Before, you didn’t know there wasmore stuff out there,” Seebeck said.“Then you get across that line and youthink, ‘Wow. I can go anywhere I wantwith this.’ And then you want to share itwith everybody. That’s what ChristRenews does.”

One place Seebeck went with hisrenewed faith after his Christ Renews

weekend was his workplace.The simple action of placing a

crucifix in his cubicle created momentsof evangelization when his co-workerswould ask him about his faith.

“The power of that crucifix tookdown those barriers that most peoplehave up around their faith most of thetime,” Seebeck said. “I think by myexperience of finding Christ and makinghim such a part of my life, that [crucifix

became] a symbol of love for him thatother people picked up on.”

Christ Renews His Parish is a nearly40-year-old parish renewal processwhere separate groups of men andwomen participate in weekend retreatsthat are facilitated by other men orwomen of the parish.

These leaders usually would have hadtheir own retreat six months earlier thenworked through a formation process tohelp them prepare to be retreat leaders.

But when a parish is starting itsparticipation in Christ Renews, separateoutreach teams of men and women fromother parishes who have been on and ledthe retreats elsewhere come in to leadthe first weekend.

Seebeck and his wife, Tina, havehelped organize or lead such outreachteams at parishes in Indiana andKentucky for nearly 15 years.

Although Seebeck has lost count ofthe number of archdiocesan parishes hehas worked with, 47 parishes—nearly athird of all the Catholic faith

communities in central and southernIndiana—have begun Christ Renewssince 1995.

Now Seebeck, in tandem withValenti, has formed the archdiocesanChrist Renews His Parish Committee, asubcommittee of the archdiocesanEvangelization Commission, of whichSeebeck is also a member.

The committee is planning newtraining seminars to help parish leadersmake their Christ Renews process moreeffective.

One way that the information to beshared at these seminars will begathered will be through thecommittee’s Web site. To view it, log onto www.archindy.org/evangelization andclick on “Christ Renews His Parish.”

The committee eventually hopes toestablish message boards on its site thatwould allow people who have gonethrough Christ Renews to share whatthey think can make the process gomore smoothly or what aspects theythink might need to be improved.

“Right now, there is no outlet for thatkind of communication,” Seebeck said,“and that’s what we want to be.”

Father Davis, who so long ago sawSeebeck in the background atSt. Monica Parish, recently observedhim at an Evangelization Commissionmeeting speaking articulately aboutChrist Renews and the impact it canmake on the life of faith of individualsand parish communities.

“It was exciting,” Father Davis said.“I got to see where the Lord workspowerfully in the life of this man. Hislife is very different from what it wouldhave been without the experience [ofChrist Renews].”

Seebeck, whose own life was sodramatically changed by Christ Renewsand who, in turn, strengthened the faithof so many others, has high hopes forthe archdiocesan Christ Renews HisParish Committee.

“Our hope and prayer is that we canbring Christ Renews to every singleparish in the archdiocese some day,” hesaid, “and evangelize as many people aswe can in the process, and just supportit in whatever way that we can.”

(To learn more about Christ Renews HisParish, log on towww.archindy.org/evangelization andclick on “Christ Renews His Parish.”) †

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Men lay hands on each other at a Christ Renews His Parish weekend retreat at St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis. Christ Renews His Parish is a nearly 40-year-old parish renewal process where separate groups of men and women participate in weekend retreats that are facilitated by other men or women ofthe parish.

“Before, you didn’tknow there was morestuff out there. Thenyou get across thatline and you think,‘Wow. I can goanywhere I want withthis.’ And then youwant to share it witheverybody. That’s whatChrist Renews does.”

— Jim Seebeck

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By Mike Krokos

One million and counting.That’s how many pages have been

viewed on the Archdiocese of Indian-apolis’ Web site during the last

18 months.Three hundred

thousand. Thatfigure representsthe number ofvisitors theWeb site has hadover that sametime period.

“We have about950 people cometo the arch-diocesan Web site

each day,” said Brandon A. Evans,archdiocesan Web site manager, whoalso serves as The Criterion’s onlineeditor.

Thanks to a Web site redesign thatwas launched last October, more andmore people have been visiting thearchdiocesan site. The Criterion’sonline edition has risen from about 50-60 visitors per day in 2005 to250 people daily.

While the number of people visitingagencies’ Web pages is increasing,Evans says that the Web site’s overallmission remains a constant: to spreadthe Gospel of Jesus Christ and to informpeople about all aspects of arch-diocesan life.

Evangelization is at the heart of everyarchdiocesan ministry, and that is takento heart where the Web site isconcerned, Evans said.

“As a local Church, we offer so manydiverse services and chances for peopleto learn and live the Gospel,” he said,“and each of our subsites is a reflectionof that particular agency’s way of goingabout that mission.”

For example, the evangelizationoffice’s Web site includes links to

adult faith formation, outreach toinactive or inalienated Catholics,ecumenism, small Christiancommunities, the Rite of ChristianInitiation of Adults, Christ Renew HisParish and Disciples in Mission.

“The goal of our site is to be anonline home for Catholics and to be atool of evangelization, to draw allpeople more deeply into the Gospel ofJesus Christ, and to help them stayconnected to the broad world of ourfaith,” said John Valenti, associatedirector of evangelization and faithformation for the Archdiocese of Indian-apolis.

People from all walks of life arelooking for something meaningful, and agrowing number of them are goingonline for answers, Valenti said.

“The Internet is more than just amedium of communication. The Internetin itself is ‘a community,’ ” he said.“Jesus asks us to take his message ‘tothe ends of the earth’ ” (Mt 28:19).

“If this is the medium people areusing to look for the truth, then that iswhere we need to be,” Valenti said. “Wehave the truth of Jesus Christ and mustuse all the available tools to make thevoice of the Lord comprehensive andaccessible.”

Since the World Wide Web knows noboundaries where age is concerned,Valenti said he believes the Internet isan effective way to reach today’syounger generations of Catholics.

“The Web is revolutionizing the toolsof evangelism,” he said. “Our Web siteprovides news and information in ahigh-tech age to a culture conditionedfor quick responses and quick service.

“In order to evangelize successfully,we have a number of pages and linkswith explanations of the Gospel,thought-provoking articles and question-and-answer sections,” Valenti said.

“The Web site serves as a placewhere people can explore theChristian faith,” he noted, “and lookfor the answers for their ownquestions concerning it.”

In his dual role asarchdiocesan Web site managerand online editor forThe Criterion, Evans sayscatechesis is consistently on hismind as he updates Web sitematerial.

“There are so many Catholicshungry for the rich answers that theChurch provides—or looking for thatauthentic angle on a Church story thatthey are not finding in the secularpress,” he said, “and I hope in some way[that] our site can bring those things topeople.

“In this way, www.archindy.orgcooperates with Archbishop Daniel M.Buechlein, becoming one way that hefulfills his mission to teach the faithful.” †

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Shining the light‘Being there’ is at heart of spreading faith on college campusesBy John Shaughnessy

The light sometimes shines in unusual ways—like theway Notre Dame Sister Carolyn Sur uses a combinationof nature, prayer and readings from Christian literature tobring people closer to God on weekday mornings at SaintMary-of-the Woods College.

The light also peeks through in unexpected places—like the classroom where Dominican Father Bob Kellercelebrates Mass at noon at Indiana University inBloomington.

As a college student, Melissa Hintmann shines herown light of evangelization by planning and leadingCatholic faith-related events at Butler University inIndianapolis.

And Don Markovitch will never forget the nightof April 18 when he was literally surrounded by thelight of glowing candles that students at MarianCollege in Indianapolis held during a vigil toremember the people who were killed at VirginiaTech University two days earlier.

“Evangelization is part of the Gospel, to not onlyspeak the word but follow up with the action,” saidMarkovitch, the director of campus ministry atMarian College.

“There were 50 people for the vigil during whatwas a busy time for students and faculty. They hadtears coming down their cheeks. When it gets downto it, we turn to God to get us through the pain,” hesaid. “There is always hope in God and our faith.The students exemplify that hope and love of Christby being there. They witness the grace of Godthrough their actions.”

Those two phrases—“being there” and “witnessthe grace of God through their actions”—are at theheart of spreading and enhancing the Catholic faithon college campuses.

Yet the call to evangelization on collegecampuses is a challenging one, according to SisterCarolyn, the campus minister at Saint Mary-of-the WoodsCollege.

“There are great needs on a college campus,” she said.“There’s so much competition from the media these dayspromoting commercialism, violence and secularization ofsociety. The parish church and the nuclear family don’thave the same power as in the pre-television era. We needto compete with that and expose them to the values ofleading a simpler, more meditative lifestyle.”

In three years of ministry at Saint Mary-of-the Woods,Sister Carolyn has brought 13 people to the Catholic faith,including a 57-year-old security guard. Sometimes, theconnection starts in one of the theology classes sheteaches or through a service project. But the religioussister of 45 years also uses creative, less traditionalapproaches to share the faith.

She does a morning meditation on Mondays, Tuesdays,Wednesdays and Thursdays—a meditation that involvesreadings from Scriptures, Christian literature and her ownspirituality.

“I do it outside in nature,” she said. “It lasts about 15 to20 minutes. … We pray about world events, about events

in the family. For this, we have more people who are adultsfrom the village surrounding the college. Some people tellme that that’s their main meditation, that they’re not affiliatedwith a Church. That’s a form of evangelization. Hopefully,they’ll become more formally Catholic down the road.”

She also reaches out to students from other Christiandenominations.

“Since less than 50 percent of our campus is RomanCatholic, my goal is to offer something that’s meaningful toeveryone,” she said. “I need to offer programs outside formalliturgy. I feel that the seeds of faith the family has plantedneed to be honored.”

At 21, Melissa Hintmann sees her Catholic faith as thecore of her being, a faith she wants to share with others.When she first came to Butler University in 2004, the

Newman Center for Catholic students had recently beenclosed and the archdiocese asked the nearby parishes ofSt. Thomas Aquinas, St. Joan of Arc and Immaculate Heartof Mary to fill the void at a campus where about one-third ofthe 4,000 students are Catholic.

Several adult Catholics accepted that challenge, includingJane Clarke, a member of St. Thomas who is an adviser tothe Butler Catholic Community. The group was also helpedby the college’s Center for Faith and Vocation, which is ledby another St. Thomas parishioner, Judith Cebula.

“We missed what had been going on on campus,” Clarkesaid. “We wanted to provide a Catholic community for thestudents on campus. I think there’s a Butler CatholicCommunity identity at this time.”

Hintmann has seen that community grow during herthree years at Butler. She has also helped spur that growth asthe president of the Butler Catholic Community.

“It was difficult my freshman year to uphold my beliefsso I had to seek it out and defend it when it wasquestioned,” she recalled. “It inspired me to learn more.When I was a freshman, we had 30 to 40 people at Masson Sunday. Now, it’s 70 to 100. Now, there’s a

board committee of students. We delegate differentsocial programs. We started saying the rosary once amonth. Ash Wednesday is probably our biggest Mass ofthe year. More than 300 people come.”

The Butler Catholic Community was also recognizedthis year as a diversity organization by the college, adistinction that Hintmann believes will help spreadawareness of the faith to non-Catholics.

“We have more dedicated people now,” said thepharmacy student from St. Louis. “I think the studentsrealize the state of the Mass and the state of Catholicismon campus depend on them at this stage. They’re morewilling to take ownership,” she said. “I also see the facultyand staff taking a more active, public role. I think that’svery important to how we have developed.”

Leading people to Christ is also the focus of theDominicans’ efforts at Indiana University inBloomington and Purdue University inWest Lafayette, Ind.

“We want to be the Catholic presence to highereducation—students, faculty and staff,” saidDominican Father Bob Keller, the pastor at St. PaulCatholic Center in Bloomington. “To do that, wethink in terms of programming and creativeloitering. I’ll go on campus and go to an office tovisit a professor. Or we’ll go over to the food courtand just sit there and hope to meet students. It’s notan agenda. It’s just being there.”

Father Bob shared those comments during aninterview last fall at St. Paul’s, where the centeroffers weekday morning Masses, a meditationprayer service on Tuesday evenings, Bible studygroups on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, andsix regular weekend Masses, including a SpanishMass.

“When you’re dealing with students of that agelevel, they have a tremendous amount of freedom,”Father Bob said. “To get their attention and bepersuasive is a challenge. They have a lot of groups

interested in them.“The other challenge is to be intellectually in pace with

them. You can’t say, ‘The Church has always done this orthe pope says this.’You can’t lose credibility with them.One of the things I find a lot—which I’m happy about—isthat there’s a consciousness of justice. They aren’tsatisfied with the way things are. They want to make abetter world.”

In a recent conversation, Father Bob noted that11 Indiana University students were baptized at St. Paulthis school year. Another eight IU students from differentfaiths were received into the Catholic faith.

“There’s something going on,” Father Bob said. “Itcould be we’re on campus more or it could be the studentswho are Catholic. Other students see the way they are.Whatever it is, God is at work here.”

The challenge of evangelization on college campusesusually can be met by one important approach, accordingto Sister Carolyn.

“I think it’s very important to live your faithpassionately,” she said. “If that happens, evangelizationwill be a natural overflow.” †

Notre Dame Sister Carolyn Sur, campus minister at Saint Mary-of-the Woods College, is shown with students on a trip to Chicago in 2006. Sister Carolyn is standing in the center of the back row.

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are freely given in health care—not everyone who benefitsfrom great, Christ-centered education and loving care evenconsiders actually joining the Catholic Church.

We are not in the business of proselytizing, but we arein the business of “making disciples.”

Maintaining brick, mortar and steel is not the mission.Jesus is the mission, the message and the messenger whois asking us to draw people close to him.

That starts with an invitation to explore what it means

to be Catholic. Ministry and service open the door. All wehave to do is ask, “Would you like to join me at my churchthis Sunday?”

We have every reason to be proud to be Catholic. We haveevery reason to have a high opinion of our Church, our parishprograms and our outreach ministries. We must not neglectthis most vital lifeline to evangelizing new people.

St. Francis said, “If given only a sip of water and a fewberries, a bird will sing all day.” Say it and sing it. We haveevery reason to “Shout Catholic.”

(John Valenti is associate director of evangelization and faithformation for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.) †

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Page 12 Evangelization Supplement The Criterion Friday, May 11, 2007

By Mary Ann Wyand

When the priest prayed, he often contemplated a map ofthe world as a reminder that Jesus is a gift from God for allpeople.

Father Jose Marins, a Brazilian priest and author who isinternationally known for his ministry with small Christiancommunities, shared that story about a Jesuit mentor inRome during his Feb. 16 speech at St. Barnabas Parish inIndianapolis.

His keynote address was part of the Convocation forSmall Faith Communities sponsored by the archdiocesanEvangelization Commission.

“The small Christian community will always be amystery … in the tradition of the Church,” Father Marinssaid. “The Church is the socialization of the mystery of Godso Church is a mystery. It is the power of the Spirit … [and]the inexhaustible gift of God.”

Small faith communities are “a concentration of theChurch in communion with the parish,” he said, just as“an embryo is a concentration of a person.”

During 35 years of traveling the world to minister toCatholics in many countries, Father Marins has heardfascinating stories about the life of the Church.

In one small faith community in a Third World country,he said, none of the community members could read so theywere unable to share Scripture with each other from theBible.

Instead, their love for God compelled two members ofthe faith community to walk about two hours to anothervillage every week, Father Marins explained, where aneducated man read the Gospel passage for the comingSunday to them.

After memorizing the Scripture passage, he said, theyreturned to their home and were able to proclaim the Gospelto the people there.

This contemporary faith story is an example of life in theearly Church communities in the years after theResurrection, Father Marins said, when Christians passedthe word of God to each other through stories told in

small groups that met in homes.In small faith communities today, he said, “we are

repeating the pastoral experience of the early Church[through] the Middle Ages.”

The domestic Church continues to give life to the largerChurch through the prayers of small groups within parishes,Father Marins said, as “the visible, efficacious sign ofJesus.”

The Church is comprised of “people living Jesus’ style oflife,” he said. “A small [faith] community is a surprise of theSpirit, … a living cell of the reign of God.”

But in more affluent countries, he said, Christians oftenare evangelized by the consumer society and are notevangelizing others as a missionary people.

“People are becoming consumers of the sacraments,”Father Marins said. “Some places have become much more[of] a corporation than a Christian community.”

Father Marins said parishes and small faith communitiescan learn from the examples of the early Churchcommunities and the work of the Second Vatican Council.

“For we Christians, our vocation is the world, not thesacristy,” he said, “in the sense that every day we need tolook at the world and ask, ‘How is the reign of Godgoing on?’ ”

Throughout the world, he lamented, Latinos are leavingthe Catholic faith for membership in charismatic ProtestantChurches.

“In Latin America, millions leave the Church,” FatherMarins said. “In the United States, the bishops said theLatino migrants are the ones who are leaving the Church ina big percentage. We are happy because [Latinos] arepresent in our celebrations, but for each one that is there youcan count 10 [Hispanics] that are not there. They are goingto the different Christian traditions.”

He said the majority of Christians only share the“experience of Church” during liturgies on Saturday orSunday.

“The goal of the Church is [to promote] the reign ofGod,” Father Marins said. “Mission is a style of life. We are

missionaries in our way of life. … The future of the Churchis a multicultural Church.”

In Africa, he said, “there is a saying [that translates as]‘Small people doing small things make big changes.’ ”

And that, Father Marins said, is the essence of small faithcommunities.

A member of the theological reflection team of CELAM,the Latin American Bishops’ Conference, and an adviser tothe Brazilian Bishops’ Conference, Father Marins helpedresearch and write The Church from the Roots andThe Church in a Small Scale: The Process of Setting aNew Direction, published by Claretian Publications.

From 1973 until 1979, he served as a consultant to thePontifical Secretariat for the Unity of Christians.

St. Monica parishioner Jean Galanti of Indianapolis, whoparticipated in the convocation in spite of a bad snowstorm,said Father Marins spoke with passion and experience abouthow small faith communities have transformed the Churchin many parts of the world.

“Father Marins was a participant at the Second VaticanCouncil,” Galanti said. “Inspired by the council’s vision ofChurch as the people of God, he has spent a significant partof his priestly life promoting that vision. Since 1971, he hasled the Marins Team, an itinerant Latin American team whotravel the world advising local Churches seeking to bring tolife the vision of Vatican II. Establishing small faithcommunities—Base Ecclesial Communities—is a keycomponent of their strategy.”

Recently, Galanti said, she read that “for nearly80 percent of U.S. Catholics, Sunday Mass is their onlyconnection to their Catholic faith. Small faith communitiesare an effective, proven way to help average Catholicsstrengthen the connection between their faith and everydaylife.”

She has been active in the small Church communityministry at St. Monica Parish for a number of years.

“The vision and strategies of small faith communities areapplicable to any parish ministry,” Galanti said, includingadult faith formation, evangelization, stewardship, socialjustice, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, ChristRenews His Parish and Disciples in Mission. †

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Pat Witt couldn’t believe it when she learned thatthieves had stolen a huge bank of coins that school

children at her Indianapolis parishhad donated to help children inAfrica.

As the news of the theft spreadthrough St. Matthew the ApostleParish, so did the shock and angerthat someone would stoop so lowas to steal about $400 from afundraiser that has become anannual tradition at the school.

“It was gut-wrenching to thinksomeone would walk off with thecoins the kids had collected,” says

Witt, the parish’s pastoral associate.Yet from that unthinkable act has come an equally

stunning response of generosity from a parish that wasn’twilling to let the thieves steal something special from itschildren.

The story began in early Lent—at the beginning of theschool’s spring break—during either the late night ofMarch 25 or the early morning of March 26, according toFather Paul Shikany, the pastor of St. Matthew Parish.

Since the beginning of Lent, a huge container had beenplaced inside the church so children could donate theircoins to help Dr. Ellen Einterz care for children who livein the African country of Cameroon. A physician whogrew up in St. Matthew Parish, Einterz has spent morethan 20 years in Africa, trying to bring hope andhealth care to a land devastated by endless cases ofmalaria, malnutrition, cholera and AIDS.

The huge container—which had a sign that read,“Coins for Cameroon”—was placed near a framed pictureof Pope Benedict XVI.

“The school children really got involved with it throughthe years,” Witt says. “It even became a little competitionamong the classes to see who could raise the mostmoney.”

When Father Shikany discovered the container of coinswas missing, he initially thought that someone associatedwith the parish had taken it to count the money. Yet when

he found that no one had, he calledthe police.

“The container itself weighsabout 150 pounds, and we figurethere was about $400 in it,” hesays. “It’s so big and awkward thatyou had to have more than oneperson to lift it. And you’d need atruck to put it on. You couldn’t getit in the back seat of a car.”

Father Shikany also calledCorrine Einterz, the mother ofEllen Einterz, to tell her what hadhappened.

“She told me, ‘Hopefully, theyneeded the money more than thekids of Cameroon did,’ ” FatherShikany recalls.

He also shared the news of thetheft with parishioners duringMasses on the weekend ofMarch 31 and April 1. He neverexpected what happened next.

“It was just to let people know,and then all of a sudden thisgenerosity came out,” he says. “Anumber of people said they wantedto make up for it. They asked howmuch was in it. I said about $400.One man wrote a check for $400.Another wrote a check for $1,000.Then we got a second check for$1,000. Ultimately, we had over$7,800 in two weekends.”

When Father Shikany later sharedthat news with parishioners at Mass,it was greeted with smiles and applause. That reactionwas shared by the Einterz family.

“Obviously, it turned out very well,” says CorrineEinterz. “People just stepped forward and did much morethan what was ever collected. It was great. I sent an e-mail to Ellen and her first comment was, ‘Holy cow!’She was thrilled.”

After hearing the news from her mother, Ellen Einterz

sent an e-mail to the parish. She said the money will beused to help AIDS patients, and provide malaria protectionfor pregnant women and their eventual newborn children.

“I wish I could personally thank everyone whocontributed,” she wrote. “As you know, sometimes all ittakes is a few dollars to get someone going again. Andjust as every single patient is precious to us, so too isevery single donor. A big ‘thank you’ to all!” †

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SYDNEY, Australia (CNS)—The United States had thelargest number of groups registered for World Youth Day2008 in the first 50 days of online group bookings.

Organizers said they were delighted with the response,which indicates that 65,000 pilgrims—including23,000 from the U.S.—are already planning to attend theevent on July 15-20, 2008. Registrations for individualsopen in July.

Danny Casey, chief operating officer for WorldYouth Day, called the early registrations “veryencouraging.” He said the largest number of registrationsafter the United States came from Australia, followed byprevious host countries: Canada, Germany and thePhilippines.

Casey said 77 percent of the pilgrim groups had namedEnglish as their preferred language, with other large groupspreferring Spanish and German.

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is hosting a WorldYouth Day pilgrimage to Australia from July 9-22, 2008.

At the time of the pilgrimage, youths must be at least16 years old to participate. Youths under the age of 18must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Legalguardianship must be signed over for the duration of thetrip to an adult attending World Youth Day. The appointedguardian must also sign the visa requirement for the minor.

Minors under 18 must be chaperoned at a ratio offive minors per one adult. Chaperones must be at least 25.

The pilgrimage is open to parish groups and individuals.The cost of the trip is $3,359 per person.Meanwhile, horse trainers at Royal Randwick Racecourse in

Sydney have asked for compensation for when the venue isused for the vigil and papal Mass. Approximately200,000 pilgrims will camp overnight at the track, which willhave to have all railings removed before the event. Horsetrainers expect that the trampling of the grass will also mean

they have to replace the turf.The New South Wales Trainers Association estimates that

the track will be unusable for six weeks, costing them morethan $12 million in relocation fees for 800 racehorses.

“But it’s the relocation of people which costs the most soit could be more costly,” said Anthony Cummings,spokesman for the trainers.

The racecourse’s sole tenant, the Australian Jockey Club,has urged the track’s owners, the state government andRandwick City Council to reach agreement with allstakeholders on the question of financial compensation.

“We need an agreement,” said Tony King, chief executiveof the Australian Jockey Club. “We may be Christian andloving, but we’re also practical.”

(To learn more or to register online for the 2008 WorldYouth Day pilgrimage, visit www.archindy.org/youth. Formore information, call Kay Scoville, program coordinator forthe archdiocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry at317-236-1477 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1477. E-mail her [email protected].) †

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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.(CNS)—Called in prayer a“dark act done under thecover of night,” the executionof convicted murderer DavidLeon Woods was carried outin the early hours of May 4.

Woods, 42, had beensentenced to death 22 yearsearlier for the stabbing deathof a family friend andneighbor, Juan Placencia,during an attempted robberyin April 1984 in Garrett, Ind.Woods was 19 at the time.

With appeals exhaustedand clemency denied byGov. Mitch Daniels, a groupof death penalty opponentsbegan to assemble at theIndiana State Prison parkinglot shortly before sunset onthe eve of the execution tokeep vigil in support ofWoods, who reportedly hadundergone a conversion ofheart and a transformation offaith while behind bars.

Before entering the prisonto witness the execution, theWoods family stopped toaddress the group.

“David is a special person,a godly person and he has nofear at all tonight,” saidTommy Yeager, theprisoner’s brother-in-law.“He is at total peace andfeels when he leaves heretonight he will be walkingwith Jesus.”

A tearful Yeager pointedto Scripture while noting thatpeople are so quick to judgeothers for what they dowrong.

“If you read the Gospel ofMatthew, it asks why do wecondemn our brother formurder?” Yeager said. “Loveand forgive them, for as youjudge so will you be judged.Why do you notice the speckin your brother’s eye and notthe log in your own?”

Speaking on behalf of hisbrother-in-law, Yeager toldthe crowd that Woods wasgrateful for their prayers andsupport, and hoped his deathwould bring light to the issueof the death penalty in thiscountry.

Lea Govert, a member of

Holy Spirit Parish inWinfield Township innorthern Indiana, regularlyattends death vigils at thestate prison.

Citing the late CardinalJoseph Bernardin of Chicago,Govert said it is worthrepeating his expression thatlife is a seamless garmentfrom birth until natural death.

“I’m here to bear witnessthat this should not happen,”Govert said.

Many in attendanceexpressed concern for themitigating factorssurrounding the execution.Woods was only 19 at thetime and reportedly under theinfluence of drugs.

During the appealsprocess, defense attorneysquestioned state methods fordetermining if Woods hadsome degree of mentalretardation, which wouldhave deemed him ineligiblefor execution. Woods alsohad accepted full responsi-bility for his actions andexpressed remorse.

“This guy has doneeverything he’s supposed todo. He’s changed, shownremorse and yet we’re goingto kill him anyway,” saidSean Napier, a frustratedlocal resident.

During a break from aprayer vigil in front of theGovernor’s Residence inIndianapolis shortly beforemidnight on May 3,St. Susanna parishionerKaren Burkhart of Plainfield

said she had hoped thatGov. Daniels wouldcommute Woods’ sentence tolife in prison without paroleor the U.S. Supreme Courtwould stay the execution.

“We need to stop theviolence,” said Burkhart, ateacher who serves AmnestyInternational as Indiana deathpenalty abolition coordinator.“Killing people to show thatkilling people is wrong reallyis not a way to end theviolence.”

Mary Lou Pilkinton,Woods’ mother, wasoverwhelmed with emotionas she talked about howmuch she would miss herson.

“Thank you all for yourprayers and God be withyou,” she said.

Mary Ann PilkintonYeager was only 9 years oldwhen her brother went toprison for his crime. Shecalled her brother herspiritual guide, and explainedhow he had come to ministerto many of his fellowinmates, bringing the hope ofChrist into their lives.

For Woods, even the lastmeal shared with his familythe previous evening hadspiritual overtones. AsWoods enjoyed a meal ofpizza and soda pop with the12 people closest to him, hecalled the gathering the“breaking of the bread.”

“David asked for abirthday cake,” PilkintonYeager recalled.

While it was not hisbirthday, he explained to hisfamily that the day of hisexecution would become anew birth with Jesus, shesaid. Woods spent those lastmoments comforting hisfamily and telling them notto worry, saying heunderstood the sorrow andpain his victim’s family hadexperienced and hoped theycould one day find a way toforgive him.

According to PilkintonYeager, Woods alsoadmonished his family tostrive to become betterpeople themselves.

“He told my mom to stoptalking about people somuch,” she said. “He askedher to try to be better and shepromised him she would.”

(Criterion senior reporterMary Ann Wyand contributedto this story.) †

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Discussion Point

This Week’s Question

In your words, why is the Church a “community oflove”?

“Because we see the face of Christ in those weencounter.” (Carolyn Von Tersch, Denison, Iowa)

“First, because everyone who goes to church is there asa human being with love in his [or her] heart. When wego, it is because we know God is there, and that otherpeople are there for the same reason with their heartsopen to the love God will give us. It’s so nourishing.”(Joan Waite, Lake Worth, Fla.)

“If everybody looks at the Church as what it truly is—the body of Christ—then they will treat everyone like

Love and charity are the Church’s nature and mission

Christians serve others with loveChrist would want them to treat others.” (DebbieKnoblock, Romeo, Mich.)

“The Church is about the people of God, and Church isliving Jesus’ life with him, so if we go to church andfollow his life and example, we will love people.”(Karleen Dell ’Ova, Durham, N.H.)

Lend Us Your Voice

An upcoming edition asks: What must happen if apattern of negative behavior is to stop or change for thebetter?

To respond for possible publication, send an e-mail [email protected] or write to Faith Alive! at3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. †

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By Dennis Marshall

One of the most beautiful passages inSt. Thomas Aquinas’ “SummaTheologiae” reads, “The Son is not justany word, but the word breathing love.”

In that brief statement, St. ThomasAquinas sums up the confession thatstands at the center of Christian faith—namely, that the triune God is love itselfand that this love has been made known tous in the incarnation of Jesus Christ bythe power of the Holy Spirit.

Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical letter“God Is Love” (“Deus Caritas Est”) isan extended reflection on this essentialtruth of faith. He invites us tocontemplate anew the significance of thelove that lies at the very core of theChurch’s identity so that our faith andlove might be renewed, and we mightgrasp more fully the implications of whythe practice of charity is an“indispensable expression” of theChurch’s nature and mission.

The reason that the practice of love isessential to the Church’s identity andmission is simple and yet profound: Shederives her existence from Christ himself,born out of Christ’s love for the Father.

In Christ’s life, Passion and death, wefind the example of perfect love. But ourability to imitate Christ’s love would bepointless if we were not also given thepower to bring that love to fruition in ourlives. Christ gathers a people to himselfand binds them together in a communityof love by the Holy Spirit.

This community, knit together by theHoly Spirit, is Christ’s body. Animated asit is by the same love which is Christ’s, itnecessarily shares in both his divinity andmission: to show forth the love of God by

pouring its life out for the life of theworld.

According to Pope Benedict XVI, theChurch fulfills the obligations of love inthree distinct but not separate ways.

First, the Church discharges itsobligation of love when she proclaims thegood news of Jesus Christ crucified, diedand risen, inviting all who have “ears tohear” to share in the fullness of grace andtruth.

Words are not enough, however. Theword of love that the Church announcesto the world must be accompanied by anauthentic witness exemplified in a life ofholiness by its members.

Where the Church’s preaching fulfillsthe great commission given her by Christ,the testimony of a holy life demonstratesthe Church’s willingness to be conformedto Christ’s love even to the point of death.

Everything the Church says and doesshould testify to nothing less than the onein whom “we live and move and have ourbeing.”

Secondly, the Church fulfills love’scommands when she celebrates thesacraments. As Christ’s own exampleshows us, it is impossible to accomplishthe will of God unless one’s life is firmlyrooted in prayer. The sacraments are themeans that Christ has chosen to beactually present in, and to, the Church.

In the Eucharist, the Church isnourished by Christ’s own body andblood. By it, we are transformed morefully into his image and strengthened sothat we might fulfill the purpose to whichwe have been called.

It is impossible to achieve love’s goalwithout Love himself actively working inus. For this reason, worship is notoptional to the life of faith.

By Carole Norris Greene

“To experience love and in this way tocause the light of God to enter into theworld” is the invitation that PopeBenedict XVI extends to people in hisencyclical letter titled “Deus Caritas Est”(“God Is Love”).

“Love is possible, and we are able topractice it because we are created in theimage of God,” the pope writes. “Thecommand of love of neighbor is inscribedby the Creator in man’s very nature.”

Yet, a friend who is a canon lawyerexplained, “You cannot love what you donot know.”

Knowing the object of love is important.

It mattered to God, who revealed muchabout himself through sacred Scripture.

But can we grow to love others whomwe’ve never met?

There is a way, the pope explains, in theencyclical.

“In God ... , I love even the personwhom I do not like or even know. This canonly take place on the basis of an intimateencounter with God, an encounter whichhas become a communion of will. ... Then Ilearn to look on this other person ... fromthe perspective of Jesus Christ. His friendis my friend.”

(Carole Norris Greene is associate editorof Faith Alive!) †

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Thirdly, the Church realizes theobligations of love through service. Thecorporal and spiritual works of mercy areways by which the Church imitates theLord, who “came not to be served but toserve.”

These works give expression also to theChurch’s desire to fulfill the greatcommandments: to love God with one’sentire being and to love one’s neighbor asone’s self.

In this respect, it is an indispensablerequirement of the Church that sheexpress her love and gratitude for Godconcretely in service to others. It is byloving and serving those whom we seethat we demonstrate our love for the onewhom we cannot see.

Furthermore, it is in this active love forothers that the God who cannot be seen ismade manifest.

In short, in the same way Christ madethe Father known through the works hedid, so also does the Church make Christknown through her service to others.

As Pope Benedict points out, the

responsibilities that give expression to theChurch’s nature and mission areinseparable from one another:

• Witness without prayer and servicereduces the obligation to love to a rigiddogmatism.

• Service without prayer and witnessmakes God’s love indistinguishable fromother forms of social and politicalactivism.

• Worship without witness and serviceburies love in the tomb of mechanicalritual observance.

It should be evident why thesealternatives do not express the richness ofthe Church’s true life and purpose.Witness, worship and service togethermake known the Church’s true nature. Inthem, it should be readily seen that theChurch is not just any word, but Christ’sword, his bride, bearing his love to theworld.

(Dennis Marshall is an associateprofessor of theology at Aquinas Collegein Grand Rapids, Mich.) †

The Churchfulfills love’scommands whenit celebrates thesacraments. Inthe Eucharist, theChurch isnourished byChrist’s ownbody and blood.The reason thatthe practice oflove is essentialto the Church’sidentity andmission is simpleand yet profound:She derives herexistence fromChrist himself,born out ofChrist’s love forthe Father.


(Fourth in a series of columns)

Last week, I briefly discussed the first11 chapters of the Book of Genesis.

Before leaving thefirst part completely, I’dbetter say somethingabout the CatholicChurch’s teachings aboutcreation and evolution.Keep in mind theprinciple that scienceand theology cannot bein opposition. Also, the

fact that the Book of Genesis, or any of theBible, is not a scientific treatise.

The Catholic Church does not have aproblem with the theory of evolution if this ishow God decided to create humans.

Pope John Paul II said in his catechesis oncreation in 1986, “The theory of naturalevolution, understood in a sense that does notexclude divine causality, is not in principleopposed to the truth about the creation of thevisible world, as presented in the Book ofGenesis.”

However, he added, “The doctrine of faithaffirms that man’s spiritual soul is createddirectly by God.”

Now, let’s move on to the second part ofGenesis. Chapters 12 through 50 tell us thetruly fascinating stories of Israel’s fourpatriarchal figures: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob andJoseph. I encourage you to read these stories.I guarantee you won’t be bored.

Since the first part of Genesis told us thathumans as a whole proved unresponsive toGod’s self-revelation, the second part saysthat he then turned to a new plan. He wouldwork through a single chosen people whowould respond and witness God’s blessings toall nations.

Both the Jews and the Arabs claimAbraham as their ancestor, and Genesisconfirms that. It tells how God led Abrahamfrom Mesopotamia to Palestine and about thecovenant God made with him to make himthe father of many nations.

Abraham was a nomad with a large flockof sheep, such as you still see the Bedouin inthe Holy Land. His adventures with his wife,Sarah, and his nephew, Lot, are told over

From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink

Considering the erratic weather lately, wemay not believe that spring is finally here.But, just in case it’s true, it’s time for the

family to discover someinteresting parts ofIndiana that we mayhave missed.

Believe it or not,Indiana is an interestingstate. Its populationvaries from farmers toauto racers to basketballplayers to nationallyknown politicians and

entertainers. We have considerable numbersof African-Americans, Hispanics, hillbillies,college professors and Protestants. We don’thave so many Catholics, but the ones we dohave are the feisty Notre Dame types, and wehave Notre Dame to prove it.

Indiana has been home to sophisticates likeCole Porter and Bill Blass, teen idols likeJames Dean and bigots like the Grand Dragonof the Ku Klux Klan. We’ve harbored Dr.Alfred Kinsey and his obsession withAmerican sexual practices as well as celebrityartists such as Robert Indiana and KurtVonnegut.

But, to me, the greatest charm of Indiana isits small towns and hidden natural treasures,many of them only short distances from the

center of the state. One such is the town ofAttica in Fountain County, southwest ofLafayette on the Wabash River. It’s a genuinedestination, not just a dot on the highway map.

In Attica, you may see the remains of partof the Wabash-Erie Canal, covered bridges andseveral 19th-century buildings listed on theNational Register of Historic Places. Some ofthese are beds-and-breakfasts, plus the oldAttica Hotel still providing rooms and afamous prime rib dinner.

Other attractions include antique shopsgalore, the Wolf Candy Store, Portland ArchNature Preserve nearby, and the BadlandsOffroad Park and Campground, which hostsnational offroad vehicle competitions. TheAttica Floral Company is a full-servicegreenhouse and florist business, offering someof the best plants I’ve ever seen, cut flowers,wedding and funeral arrangements, youname it.

Another even smaller town to visit on thewest side of Indiana is Dana, birthplace ofErnie Pyle and home of the Ernie Pyle StateHistoric Site. There’s a free museumillustrating the career of the famous WorldWar II war correspondent, and the farmhousein which he grew up. It’s a peek at the life of aHoosier member of the Greatest Generation.

Putnam County, perhaps to the surprise ofthose who whiz through it on their way to the

Taking an exotic spring cruise around Indiana

Twenty SomethingChristina Capecchi

Antiques Roadshow catches ordinarypeople in an endearing position: their nerve-racking television debut. They tend to be

talkative and made-up,dressed in coral,spattered in rouge andframed in fluffed-upcurls.

Then an appraiserdelivers the news thatthey’re richer than theythought they were.Substantially richer.

The poised persona they were trying toproject snaps, giving way to a MacaulayCulkin face and homespun expressions suchas “Oh my lanta” or “Egads!”

Some can’t fathom the dollar value,repeating “You’re kidding!” in a stunned daze.Others focus on one fact to navigate throughtheir shock. For one man, that was the handleof his sword, which, evidently, was made ofrhinoceros horn. “The most amazing thing isthe rhinoceros!” he exclaimed. “I thought thatwas plastic!”

Now in its 11th season, PublicBroadcasting System’s Roadshow is currentlybeing filmed in Omaha, Neb., which shouldbe fertile ground for granny curls andmy lantas. It’s one of a few reality TV showsthat stimulates rather than saps brain cells. It’spacked with obscure tidbits.

“This artist always painted a blue bird inthe upper right corner of his landscapes. Thisis the only one with a crow in the corner,which increases its value.”

Anything can be rendered fascinating andvaluable on Roadshow. An ashtray. A pocketwatch. A pillowcase. You never know how itwas stitched—or who drooled on it.

Once, I watched an ugly mahogany chairyield an astonishing appraisal. Its back wasunusually long and skinny. But the bottombore the letters RX, “the maker’s mark,” theappraiser said, and the maker was a famousartist.

That phrase lingered in my mind long afterI turned off the TV: “the maker’s mark.”

We each bear the maker’s mark, and ourmaker is the most famous artist of all time. Insix days, he created Niagara Falls and theGrand Canyon. And the original “StarryNight” that Van Gogh later ripped off.

We are each unique, a limited edition, oneout of one. You know what that does to thevalue of the art.

It’s important that we keep this in mind aswe prepare for summer, wriggling intoswimsuits and staring into three-fold, full-length mirrors. It’s hard to shake that model inour mind, and it’s easy to spot our physicaldeviations.

But the image we envy is generic. Oneprint out of 10 million. So don’t sell out.

Many young women make this mistake.Look at Ashlee Simpson, who burst into amusic scene filled with blond look-alikes andturned heads with her black hair, fair skin andfresh look. She looked as though she atepeanut butter. Girls liked that, and they turnedher first album into a triple platinum.

Alas, Ashlee turned skinny, tan and blond.She got a new nose. And her next albumdidn’t come close in sales.

Thousands of girls follow her lead. Somesubmit themselves to ice-cube diets. Otherssubmit themselves to the plastic surgeons on“I Want a Famous Face.”

God created you one of a kind. Hesculpted you carefully, counting the hairs onyour head. So when you try to emulate Eva orJen, you insult your creator’s fine taste.

Like the Blenko glass on Roadshow, ourphysical imperfections add an interest andvalue that collectors covet. The chicken-poxscar on your forehead. The birthmark on yourleft calf. You’ve been trying to hide the verymark that makes you special.

So take care of yourself, the fabulousoriginal, avoiding scratches and cheapimitations. God’s appraisal of your valuewildly exceeds your estimation.

(Christina Capecchi is a graduate student atNorthwestern University in Evanston, Ill. E-mail her at [email protected].) †

Every Mother’s Day, I enjoy sweetnostalgia remembering the various stages ofmotherhood that I have enjoyed but alsoendured.

A mother’s life is bittersweet. Even theBlessed Mother knew the joys and the sorrows

of her role.Now, I share with my

readers this Mother’sDay weekend a delightfulanthology with yearlongrelevancy titled Miraclesof Motherhood: Prayersand Poems for a NewMother.

Published by CenterStreet/Hachette Book

Group (www.centerstreet.com), this bookcomes from seasoned writer and speakerJune Cotner, who has produced 15 otherbeautiful theme collections(www.junecotner.com).

The blessing of the Miracles book,however, is that it is a timeless volumeencompassing pregnancy, birth, new baby,babyhood, the toddler years, christenings,reflections and inspiration. Compact and easyto read, it is a perfect gift at any time.

Father Paul Keenan, a columnist for

Catholic New York and host of the “Religion onthe Line” radio talk show, captured the essenceof Cotner’s book when he said, “The soul ofmotherhood dances, sings and plays in theseinspiring pages.”

Father Keenan did not exaggerate. I smiled,laughed, shed happy tears and was filled withwonder by the short exemplary poems andprayers from more than 80 talented writers.

Two poems are written by an Indianapolisfriend, Joanne Keaton, who I met when wewere non-traditional students earning degreesthrough Indiana University Purdue UniversityIndianapolis.

One of Keaton’s poems titled “Generations,”altered from its poetic form to save columnspace, reflects on motherhood:

“Gazing at your tiny head/it’s not always youI see/Instead, I can imagine/my mom holdingme/just as her mother cuddled her/One day youmay embrace/a babe of your own—and/nowand then think of me.”

The book represents timeless emotionsshared by parents for millenniums. In her poemtitled “Little One,” Mary Lenore Quigley writes:

“Sleep/cradled in God’s love/Crawl/Feelearth’s pulse nourish your everybreath/Stand/Meet the world eye toeye/Smile/gather your courage/then/run with

Recapping the miracles of motherhood

Underestimatingyour value? Don’t

Second part of Genesis: The four patriar chs14 chapters, beginning with Chapter 12. Thedestruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is inChapter 19.

God made his covenant with Abraham inChapter 15, giving him the land we nowknow as the Holy Land. This is importantfor understanding the modern conflictbetween the Jews and the Palestiniansbecause the covenant was made beforeAbraham had any children. His first childwas Ishmael, whom he had with Sarah’sslave girl Hagar. As his part of the covenant,Abraham had Ishmael circumcised andMuslims as well as Jews to this day continuethat practice. Ishmael went on to become thefather of the Arab nations.

Sarah then bore Isaac, Abraham’s secondson and the one from whom the Jews aredescended. Abraham’s biggest test of trust inGod took place when God asked him tosacrifice Isaac on Mount Mariah, on the hugeboulder that was eventually enclosed in theJewish Temples and which today is in theMuslims’ Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.

An angel stopped Abraham from killingIsaac, and he passed God’s test. †

Parke County Covered Bridge Festival everyOctober, is blessed with nine covered bridgesof its own. It also offers elk and buffalofarms where you may purchase meat andgaze at the critters up close. And, if elk andbuffalo aren’t your favorite meats, you canget a great beefsteak at the Red DogSteakhouse (formerly Saloon) inNorth Salem.

Flower lovers adore the Hilltop Orchidsgardens near Cloverdale. Visitors enjoy agreat tour of the greenhouse to see numerousvarieties of orchids for sale or rent, rangingfrom about $15 to one that’s $50,000 and notfor sale. The Hobbitt Gardens near Fillmoreoffer organically grown herbs and plants,plus festivals throughout the year promotinghealthy simple living and holistic remedies.

Greencastle is the site of Eli Lilly’s firstdrugstore, DePauw University and a 500-acreNature Park in which to experience thebeauty of Indiana’s changing seasons. On thecourthouse square are a doughboy statue anda WW II buzz bomb.

Spring is indeed one of God’s greatestgifts to his human creatures. Let’s get outand appreciate it.

(Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul theApostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regularcolumnist for The Criterion.) †

the wind.”The poems encompass nearly every

emotion and experience one can have as God’shelpmate in the miracle of creation.

At the book’s beginning, Cotner writes ashort “Letter to Readers” in which she says,“Parenting is unpredictable. You summonpatience that you didn’t even know you had.Being a mom is hard—but also extremelygratifying. Nobody can move you, completeyou, strengthen you or make you laugh likeyour child. If you succeed as a mother, whichyou will, the rewards are endless.”

When one of my daughters suffered fromearly colic, my doctor said, “This is a test ofthe mother’s mettle.”

So I especially understood Susan Landon’spoem titled “When You Need to Rest” aboutparenting babies:

“Little babies/need you/around theclock/Perhaps it’s then/throughsleeplessness/that you learn/how strong youare.”

Everything in Cotner’s collection comesfrom heartfelt strength.

(Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of Christthe King Parish in Indianapolis, is a regularcolumnist for The Criterion.) †

Perspectives

Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister

Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes


The Sunday ReadingsSunday, May 13, 2007•Acts of the Apostles 15:1-2, 22-29• Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23• John 14:23-29

The Acts of the Apostles again providesthe first reading for a weekend in the Easter

season.As Christianity

grew, it not onlyexpanded beyond itsoriginal base in theHoly Land, but alsodrew gentiles as wellas Jews. Thisincreasinglymulticultural nature ofthe broad Christian

community presented problems.Such a problem is evident in this

weekend’s reading. The dispute arose inAntioch, at the time one of the major citiesof the Roman Empire. It was located on theMediterranean Sea north of the Holy Land.

Obviously, a Christian community hadformed in Antioch. Most likely, itsmembership was composed of people fromall backgrounds. Jews would have beenamong them. The roots of Christianitytheologically, geographically andhistorically were in the Jewish culture andin the Holy Land.

Still, at this point, the major figuresamong the Christians—most certainlyincluding the Apostles who had knownJesus—were Jews.

The dispute was about circumcision, theritual followed by Jewish males to this day.Evidently, in Antioch some of theChristians were demanding that convertsfrom paganism submit themselves to thisritual.

Neither Antioch’s Christian leaders norAntioch’s individual Christians resolved thedispute. It was not left to the personalthinking of the persons directly involved,namely the converts themselves.

Rather, the question was taken toJerusalem for review and response by theApostles.

In their reply, the Apostles called theAntioch Christians “brothers.” The decisionwas that this Hebrew ritual need not beimposed upon converts. The Apostles saidthat this decision was, through them, an actof the Holy Spirit.

The Book of Revelation furnishes thesecond reading.

As are all the readings in Revelation,this passage is poetic and highly symbolic.The city, of course, is heaven, the“heavenly Jerusalem.”

This heavenly city awaits all those wholove God. On each of its four sides arethree gates. Three was a perfect number.

The gates are open and available to anyone.Written on the city’s walls are the names ofthe 12 tribes of Israel. It is another symbolto say that salvation is offered to all people.

St. John’s Gospel gives this weekend itsthird reading.

It is one of the most eloquent passagesin the New Testament. Three points areimportant.

Jesus calls upon the disciples to loveeach other. The mere construction of thispassage illustrates the fact that followingthe Gospel will not be easy.

However, following Christ will not beimpossible. The Holy Spirit will provideassistance and strength.

Finally, for those who truly love God,peace will be with them. It is notnecessarily an absence of conflict or thepeace that hopefully exists among peopleor among nations. It is the peace of mind,heart and soul that comes from knowingthat right is served and that God is present.

ReflectionAlready, the Church is directing us to

Pentecost, but it is not dwelling on a mereanniversary. It is telling us that if we acceptJesus and live by the Gospel, God will bewith us in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Then the Church gives us very practicaladvice. To be with God in the heavenlyJerusalem is the only true source of peace.Anything else is death.

We reach God’s heavenly Jerusalem byour decisions every day to follow Jesus.Guidance in this regard is not coincidentalnor is it always reliable if it simplyrepresents our personal judgment. God is inthe Church. The Church is here to teach us,judging as it must the questions of ourtime.

There is no escaping the fact that theearly Christian faith, as revealed in theNew Testament, was critically involvedwith the notion of the visible Church, builton the Apostles. †

Sixth Sunday of Easter/Msgr. Owen F. Campion

Daily ReadingsMonday, May 14Matthias, ApostleActs 1:15-17, 20-26Psalm 113:1-8John 15:9-17

Tuesday, May 15Acts 16:22-34Psalm 138:1-3, 7c-8John 16:5-11

Wednesday, May 16Acts 17:15, 22-18:1Psalm 148:1-2, 11-14John 16:12-15

Thursday, May 17Acts 18:1-8Psalm 98:1-4John 16:16-20

Friday, May 18John I, pope and martyrActs 18:9-18Psalm 47:2-7John 16:20-23

Saturday, May 19Acts 18:23-28Psalm 47:2-3, 8-10John 16:23b-28

Sunday, May 20The Ascension of the LordActs 1:1-11Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9Ephesians 1:17-23or Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23Luke 24:46-53

My Journey to God

Imagination tempts meWhen I think of you, St. Anne.What possible elationCould surpass God’s perfect plan!

You hold your grandson, Jesus,As you sing the tribal lore,The lullaby of agesTo be heard forevermore.

This portrait of contentmentSpeaks as only silence can.I know you hear its echoes—Hold him, hold him close, St. Anne.

By Dorothy M. Colgan

Ode to St. Anne

QCould you help me locate one of yourpast columns on the subject of

blessings by laypeopleand the fact that thereis no provision indoctrine for suchblessings?

Priests in my parishcontinue to engage inthis fiction, asking theaudience to extendtheir hands while thepriest recites some

phrases. I do not participate in theseprayers. (Illinois)

AI don’t remember doing a column onthis subject, at least in the last

20 years. If I had, the column would notcontain the comments you quote becausethey are not true.

The Church provides for many blessingsto be given by laypeople. There is, in fact, awhole book of such blessings titledCatholic Household Blessings and Prayers,which is published by the U.S. Conferenceof Catholic Bishops’ Committee on theLiturgy.

The larger Book of Blessings—RomanRitual includes many which may beministered by laypeople. The “GeneralIntroduction” of the ritual notes that the“ministry of blessing involves a particularexercise of the priesthood of Christ ... inkeeping with the place and office within thepeople of God belonging to each person.”

In other words, all baptized Christiansshare in the priesthood of Christ to somedegree, which makes them eligible, withintheir role in the Church, to exercise thatpriesthood by bestowing blessings.

Among the many blessings explicitlymentioned for laypersons’ use are theblessing of sons and daughters, blessing ofan engaged couple, blessing on theoccasion of a birthday, blessing of animals,blessing of Advent wreaths and Christmastrees, blessing of homes and a blessing inthanksgiving.

For all blessings, the ritual givessuggested prayers, Scripture readings,intercessions and a Prayer of Blessing,which a layperson says with hands joined,perhaps making the sign of the cross.

A priest or deacon says the prayer witharms outstretched over those being blessedor otherwise present, usually making thesign of the cross over them.

The Catholic Household Blessings andPrayers volume is especially useful fordeveloping a prayerful spirit in a Catholichome.

The book includes many prayers andrites already common in Catholic families,such as blessings before and after meals. Italso has dozens of other blessings that mostparents and other laypersons would neverthink about—a mother’s blessing of a childwhen nursing or feeding, a blessing intimes of suffering and need, a blessing onwedding anniversaries and so on.

It is not uncommon, and seems withinthe requirements for blessing ceremonies,for a priest to ask others to participate byextending their arms toward those beingblessed as he prays the blessing prayer.

I have done this at baptisms, inviting thefamily and friends present to extend theirhands as the priest or deacon says the finalblessing and makes the sign of the crossover the child and the parents.

Perhaps the occasion you mention is thedismissal of catechumens after theLiturgy of the Word on Sundays duringLent. In many parishes, the priest asks thecongregation to extend their arms in prayerfor the catechumens, perhaps as the choirsings a prayer for them.

It’s not a formal blessing, but it is abeautiful and touching symbol of the entireparish’s support and is much appreciated bythose preparing for baptism. I’m sorry youdon’t feel that you can share in this prayer.

Both books are available throughbookstores or from USCCB Publishing bycalling 800-235-8722.

QOur granddaughter will be confirmedsoon. She wants both my wife and me

to be her sponsors, and doesn’t want to hurtour feelings by choosing one of us.

However, our parish priest said no,another priest said it would involve toomany people and the bishop said canon lawdoes not allow it. (Illinois)

AThey are correct. Canon law assumesthat one person, at most, will serve as

confirmation sponsor (Canon #892-#893).As a practical consideration, particularly

at larger parishes, it could complicateprocedures and even create problems ofspace if those people who are to beconfirmed had more than one sponsor.

A confirmation sponsor is notabsolutely necessary. The confirmationritual and canon law, respectively,specify that “ordinarily” and “insofar asit can be done” a sponsor should bechosen for the candidate. So there maybe no sponsor at all.

You and your wife might explain to yourgranddaughter that neither of you will behurt if the other person is asked. †

(Dorothy M. Colgan is a member of St. Meinrad Parish in St. Meinrad.This statue of St. Anne and Mary as a child is at Our Lady of the MostHoly Rosary Church in Indianapolis.)

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Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen

Laypeople may offer blessingsand prayers for other people

Readers may submit proseor poetry for faith column

The Criterion invites readers tosubmit original prose or poetry relatingto faith or experiences of prayer forpossible publication in the “MyJourney to God” column.

Seasonal reflections also areappreciated. Please include name,address, parish and telephone numberwith submissions.

Send material for consideration to“My Journey to God,” The Criterion,P.O. Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206or e-mail to [email protected]. †


Please submit in writing to ouroffice by 10 a.m. Thursdaybefore the week of publication;be sure to state date of death.Obituaries of archdiocesanpriests serving our archdioceseare listed elsewhere in TheCriterion. Order priests andreligious sisters and brothersare included here, unless theyare natives of the archdioceseor have other connections to it;those are separate obituarieson this page.

BROUGHER, Karen K., 59,Nativity of Our Lord JesusChrist, Indianapolis, April 24.Wife of Jim Brougher. Sister ofSharla Griffith and Jim Cecil.

CARRIER, Nancy (Pfeifer), 71,St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg,April 29. Wife of Gerald Carrier.Mother of Anne Bagshaw, LeaBeck, Alice Keller and Dr. DavidCarrier. Sister of Drs. David andJames Pfeifer.

CROSSEN, William Joseph,93, St. Joseph, Indianapolis,April 22. Father of PatriciaDavisson. Grandfather of two.Great-grandfather of three.

EGAN, Nicholas J., 51,Holy Name of Jesus,Beech Grove, May 1. Husband ofDebi (Bray) Egan. Father ofAshley and Brian Egan. Brotherof Mary Ann Ciely, Kay Lyonsand Thomas Egan.

FRENCH, Mary Frances, 71,St. Pius X, Indianapolis, April 21.Wife of Darroll French. Motherof Karen Komar, Carol Yount andD. Philip French Jr. Sister of Jackand Tom Keller. Grandmother ofseven.

KELLEY, Anna Lou, 81,St. Patrick, Indianapolis,April 27. Wife of Howard Kelley.Mother of Connie Doughty,Paula Laker, Mary McKnight,Karen Miller, Kathy Taylor,Brian, Jimmy, Kelly, Kevin,Mark and Michael Kelley.Grandmother of 33. Great-grand-mother of 27. Great-great-grand-mother of one.

LYLE, Harold, 101,Holy Family, Richmond,April 23. Father of Philip Lyle.Brother of Joseph Lyle.Grandfather of four.

MC DONALD, Betty L., 65,

St. Bartholomew, Columbus,April 13. Wife of JeromeMcDonald. Mother of JerilynBrewer, Jolanda Harmon andJeremy McDonald. Sister ofCarol Boyd, Helen Colvin, Gary,Mike, Rick and Ron Burris.Grandmother of nine.

MC MILLAN, Norma Jean,79, Holy Name of Jesus, BeechGrove, April 14. Wife of RobertMcMillan. Mother of Dan, Gary,Joe, John, Larry and Tim

McMillan. Sister of LaverneShepherd and Richard Lohman.Grandmother of several. Great-grandmother of several.

ROBERTS, Margaret Mary(Mueller), 85, ImmaculateConception, Rushville, April 28.Mother of Marcia Fish, MaryBeth Keely, Margaret Speranza,David and Stephen Roberts.Sister of Mary Eileen Johnson,Charles, Clarence and FrederickMueller. Grandmother of two.

Rest in peace

Harry T. Dearing, a formerbusiness manager for theArchdiocese of Indianapolis, diedon May 4. He was 81.

The Mass of Christian Burialwas celebrated on May 7 atHoly Spirit Church inIndianapolis. Burial was atCalvary Cemetery inIndianapolis.

A longtime member of HolySpirit Parish, Dearing served thearchdiocese for 16 years. Heworked for Archbishop George J.Biskup and Archbishop EdwardT. O’Meara before retiring in1991.

“Harry Dearing was a won-derful Catholic gentleman,” saidMsgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicargeneral. “Not only was he dedi-cated to his faith and to his fam-ily, he was also dedicated to thearchdiocese. … Harry’s

dedication and professionalexpertise laid the groundwork forthe good stewardship the arch-diocese exercises today in termsof our temporal goods.”

Dearing served in theU.S. Army during World War II.He also was a member of theKnights of Columbus, FatimaCouncil, and the ArchdiocesanBuilding Commission.

Surviving are his wife, MaryJo (Foley) Dearing; seven chil-dren, Barbara, Dan, Harry J.,John, Patrick, Terry and TomDearing; two sisters, PattyAuman and Franciscan SisterGeraldine Power; two brothers,Jerry and Vic Dearing; and sevengrandchildren.

Memorial gifts may be sent toHoly Spirit Parish, 7243 E. 10thSt., Indianapolis, IN 46219. †

Benedictine Sister Mary JoanWargel, formerly Sister MaryLinus, died on April 22 at St. PaulHermitage in Beech Grove. Shewas 86 and was a founding mem-ber of Our Lady of GraceMonastery in Beech Grove.

The Mass of Christian Burialwas celebrated on April 26 at themonastery chapel. Burial was atthe sisters’ cemetery.

She was born on July 22,1920, in Mount Vernon. Sheentered the MonasteryImmaculate Conception inFerdinand, Ind., in 1936 and madeher perpetual monastic professionin 1941.

She ministered as a teacher,principal and in health care for

more than 50 years.Sister Mary Joan taught at

Catholic schools in Tell City,Bradford, Floyds Knobs,Indianapolis, Columbus andMount Vernon. She ministered inhealth care at the monastery from1992 until 2003.

Surviving are four sisters, AliceLarrance of Evansville, Ind.,Syvilla Lewis of Mount Vernon,and Benedictine Sisters Dorothyand Renee Wargel of BeechGrove; and a brother, BenedictWargel of Evansville.

Memorial gifts may be madeto Our Lady of Grace Monastery,1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove,IN 46107. †

Harry Dearing served archdioceseas business manager for 16 years

Benedictine Sister Mary Joan Wargelwas founding member of monastery

SAVAGE, Dorothy, 88, SacredHeart, Clinton, April 26. Sister ofJoseph Burdick. Grandmother ofone.

THOMPSON, Olan Chester,72, St. Paul, Tell City, April 21.Husband of Nelda (Crawford)Thompson. Father of CindyKaufman, Bryan and Jay

Thompson. Brother of MaridelCatt, Renea Schaeffer, Ricky andToby Thompson. Grandfather offive. Great-grandfather of five.

VANNATTA, Elizabeth I., 92,St. Jude, Indianapolis, April 25.Mother of Victoria Howes. Sisterof Teresa Cline. Grandmother ofone. †

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Bloomington Mass honors St. Theodora


By Mike Krokos

BLOOMINGTON—Janis Dopp and St. TheodoraGuérin go way back.

Sort of.As a young girl attending St. Emeric School in the

Diocese of Gary, Ind., in the late 1950s, Dopp remembershearing of then Mother Theodore Guérin.

One of Dopp’s teachers, a Daughter of DivineCharity sister, gave her a holy card with a third-classrelic of Mother Theodore.

Although she can’t remember the reason the gift wasgiven, Dopp said getting the card was special.

“I put it in my prayer book, and I still have it today,”she said.

“I treasured it then, and I still do.”On April 30, Dopp and other members of

Bloomington Deanery parishes gathered withArchbishop Daniel M. Buechlein at St. CharlesBorromeo Church to take part in another of thecontinuing series of liturgies throughout the archdiocesein honor of St. Theodora, Indiana’s first saint.

“It was a thrill to see this unfold over the last fewyears,” said Dopp, who serves as St. CharlesBorromeo’s director of religious education.

While Dopp was familiar with St. Theodora’smissionary work, Indiana University students JessicaRichers, John Cecil and Anna Silva were impressed tolearn more about Indiana’s first saint and her

commitment to Catholic education.“I didn’t realize Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

[founded by St. Theodora in 1840] is the oldest Catholiccollege for women in the United States,” Cecil said.

Richers appreciated the way the Mass drew peoplefrom all parts of the deanery.

“It’s exciting to see everyone come together for this,”she said.

Joe Brake, who teaches sixth-grade religion andhistory at St. Charles Borromeo School, said he wasable to incorporate St. Theodora’s sainthood into hiscurriculum.

“We spent a great deal of time on the canonization

process, what it means to be a canonized saint and[asking] them to intercede for us,” he said.

Brake, who is also youth minister and director ofreligious education at St. John the Apostle Parish inBloomington, called the special celebration a wonderfulevent.

“It’s not very often that the archbishop comes to yourparish to celebrate a saint from Indiana,” he said.

In his homily, Archbishop Buechlein said people offaith owe St. Theodora “a great debt of gratitude” forher commitment to founding Catholic education inIndiana.

He called her a great woman of accomplishmentswho had “an all-consuming love for God,” and a personwho “gave her entire life to Jesus in prayer.”

God “blessed her as a valued missionary of faith intruly missionary times,” the archbishop said.

Each of us can follow St. Theodora’s example, headded.

“All of us are called to be missionaries in our way,”Archbishop Buechlein said, “to live our faith, to beproud of our faith.” †

Altar servers and priests process into St. Charles BorromeoChurch at the beginning of Mass.

Indiana University students, from left, John Cecil, Anna Silva andJessica Richers enjoy hospitality at the St. Charles BorromeoParish Hall after the special April 30 Mass.

Cay Smith of St. Charles Borromeo Parish proclaims the firstreading at the April 30 Mass.

Father William Stumpf, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bloomington, and Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein recite the end of the eucharistic prayer at a special Mass on April 30 in honor of St. Theodora Guérin. Priests from the Bloomington Deanery concelebrated the Mass.

Christopher Brake, a third-grader at St. Charles Borromeo School,receives Communion from Archbishop Buechlein.

Members of Bloomington Deanery parishes pray during thespecial April 30 Mass honoring St. Theodora.

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