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WASHINGTON (CNS)�While moraloutrage from many quarters greeted thegrowing evidence that some U.S. soldiersabused and tortured Iraqi prisoners, theongoing strife in that country broughtdaily reminders of the dangers that U.S.and other peacekeeping troops face there.

�The abuse and torture of Iraqi prison-ers have brought shame on our nation,�said Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-

U.S. abuse of Iraqi prisoners provokes moral outragecourt-martial for abuse of prisoners at AbuGhraib prison in Iraq. He was sentencedto a year in prison, reduction in rank and abad-conduct discharge. He was expectedto testify against several other soldiersfacing abuse charges.

Pax Christi International, meeting atSeton Hall University in New Jersey onMay 19-23, called on the United States�to stop all forms of torture and abuse

Tallahassee, Fla., chairman of theU.S. bishops� Committee on InternationalPolicy.

Such acts �are an affront to our mostbasic ideals and will undermine legitimateefforts to confront the very real threatsfaced by our nation and the world,� hesaid in a statement on May 14.

Five days later, Spc. Jeremy C. Sivitswas the first American to face a

against detainees wherever they may beand to restore those guarantees that willensure their physical and psychologicalintegrity.� More than 150 delegates from45 countries attended the meeting of theinternational Catholic peace movement.

In a separate statement, Pax Christicondemned �the U.S.-driven war on ter-rorism, the concept of preventive war and

Youth ministershonored forleadershipBy Brandon A. Evans

Two youth ministers were recentlyhonored by the archdiocese with theYouth Ministry Leader of the YearAward.

Brian Kudro, coordinator of youthministry for Our Lady of the GreenwoodParish in Greenwood, and MariaCoudret, youth ministry coordinator forSt. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin andHoly Trinity Parish in Edinburgh, are thisyear�s honorees.

The annual awards were announced at the spring gathering of archdiocesanyouth ministers on May 18 at St. Barna-bas Parish in Indianapolis.

The luncheon was a chance for prayeras well as some business, but also gave achance for the two award winners to begiven the spotlight.

The award honors youth ministerswho have been recognized by other youthministers in the archdiocese for havingdone an outstanding job, said FatherRobert Robeson, director of youth andyoung adult ministry for the archdiocese.

�It�s a real honor,� said FatherRobeson.

Father Robeson said that after thenominations are made by other youthministers, a selection committee�madeup of past award winners�makes theselection.

Kudro, who is currently seeking amaster�s degree in theological studiesfrom Saint Meinrad School of Theology,also served in youth ministry as HolySpirit Parish in Indianapolis for threeyears before taking up his current post in

By Sean Gallagher

BRAZIL��Let heaven rejoice andearth be glad, let all creation sing. Letchildren proclaim in every land, �Hosannato our King!� �

Students at Annunciation School inBrazil sang these words on May 11 duringthe opening hymn of a school Mass. Thesong was appropriate because third-graderMatthew Lund was recognized during theMass for earning first-place among allthird-grade participants in the UnitedStates in the �Try Prayer! It Works!� con-test, sponsored by Holy Cross FamilyMinistries.

This was the second consecutive yearthat Matthew won the national contest.Last year, he received first-place in thesecond-grade division.

Matthew�s award-winning poster was aunique way for him to proclaim the

Gospel of Jesus.The theme for this year�s contest was

�A Light Unto Others� and was inspiredby the mysteries of light of the rosaryintroduced by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

�The contest enables children of allages to creatively express the Gospel mes-sage of love of neighbor as taught byChrist,� said Holy Cross Father JohnPhalen, president of Holy Cross FamilyMinistries. �Through practicing gooddeeds, people can be a light for others.�

Matthew�s entry was a clear expressionof the contest�s theme. At the bottom ofhis poster, he depicted three ways that heis a light to others: visiting nursing homeresidents, praying with friends and family,and helping his grandmother in her gar-den. Overlooking all of this was a pictureof Jesus from which light flowed out to allthree scenes.

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Matthew Lund holds his poster, which won firstplace in the national “Try Prayer! It Works!” con-test sponsored by Holy Cross Family Ministries.

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Ten years ago, Brian Esarey beganan unlikely journey to the priesthood.

He was a Methodist from PerryCounty, who had graduated from asmall Catholic college in Kentucky afew years earlier, and he was searchingfor what to do with his life.

That search led him to askFranciscan Father Thomas Richstatter,a resident of Tell City who teaches atSaint Meinrad School of Theology,�How does a man become a priest?�

From one perspective, his longsearch for an answer will come to anend at 10 a.m. on June 5 in SS. Peterand Paul Cathedral in Indianapoliswhen Archbishop Daniel M. Buechleinwill ordain Esarey, 39, and Deacon EricAugenstein to the priesthood for theArchdiocese of Indianapolis.

From another perspective, he willcontinue to learn for the rest of his lifehow a man becomes a priest.

But the depth of such a question wasnot at the forefront of Esarey�s mindwhen he posed it so many years ago.

In the late 1980s, Esarey had studiedhistory at Brescia College, a schoolfounded by the Ursuline Sisters, inOwensboro, Ky. As he neared gradua-tion he felt conflicted. He wanted toteach and do works of service, but hewasn�t sure how he could do both.

�I had come to the conclusion duringthis time that there was somethingmajor missing in my life,� recalled

Search for purpose leads BrianEsarey to the Church and priesthood

Brian Esarey, 39, kneels before Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein during the Mass at which he wasordained a deacon in the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einseideln at Saint Meinrad Archabbeyon Oct. 25, 2003.

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Esarey. �I needed guidance and direction.�Esarey said as he struggled to sort out

the direction his life should take, hereflected on his experiences at BresciaCollege and the Ursuline sisters whoworked and lived there. He began toappreciate the sisters� life in the Churchand their knowledge of their vocation.

Even though he wasn�t Catholic, hesaid he felt pulled to the Catholic Churchand the priesthood.

�At that time when I needed direction,I was receiving it from God whoreminded me of Christianity and theChurch,� said Esarey, �and [it] made methink of the Church as more than an insti-tution to learn about, but a community tobe a part of. The more I thought aboutthis, the more I honestly thought ofbecoming a priest.�

He decided to join the Church and tookpart in the Rite of Christian Initiation ofAdults (RCIA) at St. Paul Parish in TellCity.

Benedictine Sister Mary EmmaJochum, St. Paul Parish�s director of reli-gious education, oversaw the RCIA processwhen Brian participated in it in 1995-96.

�I could tell that he was grasping, long-ing, searching, looking for answers. Heliked what he heard,� said Sister MaryEmma. �And what he heard through theRCIA process was making sense becauseof all the background reading that he hadalready done.�

Esarey was received into the full com-munion of the Church on April 6, 1996,during the celebration of the Easter Vigilat St. Paul Church.

The Easter Vigil would be especiallyimportant for Esarey over the next fewyears. His mother, Paulette Esarey, joinedthe Church a year after him.

�I became curious myself as to whatthis was that seemed to satisfy and makemy son so happy,� Paulette Esarey said. �Iwent and I listened, and what I heardpleased me.�

And then at the Easter Vigil in 1999,

Esarey�s maternal grandparents, Forrestand Phyllis May, became Catholic.

But what happened to Esarey duringthe Easter Vigil of 2000 made it evenmore meaningful for him.

At the time that he was received intothe Church in 1999, Esarey�s grandfatherwas in poor health. Around the time of theEaster Vigil the next year, he was close todeath.

During the praying of the intercessionof the saints in the celebration of the Vigilat St. Paul Church, Sister Mary Emmawas told that Esarey�s grandfather had justpassed away. She went to Esarey, whowas present in the congregation, andshared the news with him.

�I went to the hospital to see him withmy mother and grandmother,� Esareysaid. �I knew on that most holy night thathe was happy and at peace.�

Esarey�s grandmother, who has beenbattling cancer for many years, said shedoes not want her illness to prevent herfrom witnessing her grandson�s ordinationto the priesthood.

�I want to live for the ordination of mygrandson,� said May. �I just want to bethere.�

At the time of his grandfather�s death,Esarey was beginning his studies at SaintMeinrad School of Theology, starting firstin the lay program and later affiliatingwith the archdiocese as a seminarian.

As his ordination approaches, Esareysaid that his many experiences of theEaster Vigil, especially the one where hisgrandfather passed away, will have aneffect upon the way he lives and ministersas a priest.

�I will always use that as a model formy priesthood so that as a priest much ofmy work will be helping to prepare peopleto enter into eternal life,� said Esarey.�Along our spiritual journey, I will be ableto help them as a spiritual guide and,through the sacraments, give them foodfor the journey. As a priest, I see myself ashelping people to prepare for this greatdestiny.�

In addition to the fact that his grandfa-ther passed away during the Easter Vigil,that event also holds importance for

Esarey because his grandfather served as afather figure during much of his youth.

Esarey�s parents divorced when he was7, and he and his mother moved in withhis grandparents. Esarey only saw hisfather once during the next 12 years.

�I was very grateful during that timethat my grandparents were willing to takein both of us,� said Esarey. �We were bothin need of a home, of love and of encour-agement.�

Esarey�s coming into the full commu-nion of the Church helped change thenature of his relationship with his father.

�It was only after I had entered theChurch and knew the peace and happinessof the faith that the desire to be reconciledwith my father came about,� said Esarey.�Our relationship is much better now thanit was.�

The effect that the Catholic faith hadon Esarey in bringing about a healing inhis relationship with his father has helpedhim to see the importance that reconcilia-tion will be in his life and ministry as apriest.

The fruit of this reconciliation in his

family will be manifested at his ordina-tion, where his mother and grandmotheras well as his father and his current familywill be together in the congregation.

Paulette Esarey thinks that it has beenher son�s constant dedication to prayerthat has brought him to the priesthood.

�I think that [prayer] has brought himvery close to the Lord and focuses hismind and his energy and helps himremember what is truly important,� saidPaulette. �He wouldn�t be what he is todaywere it not for that. There�s no way.�

In the days leading up to his ordination,Esarey said he is thankful for the manyblessings that God has given him.

�So many good things have come aboutbecause of my joining the Church and mycalling,� said Esarey. �I�ve found a way tosatisfy my � desires [including] bringingthe two halves of my family together afterso many years.

�I feel truly blessed. I truly feel thatGod is working in my life. I want hisefforts within me to bear fruit in the nearfuture when I begin my life as a parishpriest.� �

Father Daniel Staublin anoints the forehead of Brian Esarey with chrism in the sacrament of confirma-tion celebrated during the Easter Vigil on April 6, 1996, at St. Paul Church in Tell City. Esarey, raised asa Methodist, was received into the full communion of the Church on that night. He will be ordained tothe priesthood at 10 a.m. on June 5 in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis.

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Greenwood last summer.He said that he turned to youth min-

istry after realizing, despite his careerplans, that he didn�t have a �fire in thebelly� for teaching history.

�My life was really changed by teach-ers,� he said. He saw teaching as a wayto give back.

Through youth ministry, Kudro founda way to both teach and work in a fieldwhere he did have true passion�theCatholic faith.

Youth are the future of the Church aswell as its present, he said, and the job ofyouth ministry is to help them. Churchmembership cannot be taken for grantedanymore, he said.

�People nowadays are shopping;they�re looking,� Kudro said.

�Brian�s passion for youth ministry is

so obvious,� said Janet Roth, youth min-istry coordinator at Sacred Heart ofJesus Parish in Terre Haute, in a lettershe wrote nominating Kudro for theaward.

�He has earned the respect of youngpeople as well as his peers,� she said.�He is creative, never seems to run out ofenergy and his enthusiasm for ministry iscontagious.�

Kudro knows Roth through workingwith her at different archdiocesan events.

�Really,� he said, �Janet Roth is oneof the people I most respect in youthministry.�

Coudret was humbled as well, andsaid that she was shocked when shefound out she had won. She has workedin youth ministry for eight years andknows all the people that have won theaward.

To her, they are on pedestals�they arethe people that she looks up to. She saidthat she wonders if the selection commit-tee is �sure they got the right person.�

One person that is sure is Kudro, whonominated her.

�Maria is truly an example of what isbest in youth ministry,� he wrote in hernominating letter. �She has the rare giftof combining a deep and abiding faithwith a very �down to earth� personalityand sense of humor which draws youth toher, and through her, to Christ.�

Coudret began at St. Rose of LimaParish eight years ago, though for theyear prior to that she taught religiouseducation classes to high school studentsat the parish. Four years ago, she alsostarted working in youth ministry at HolyTrinity Parish.

�I very, very much remember what itwas like to be a teen-ager,� Coudret said,�and I cannot imagine what these kidshave to go through and endure on a dailybasis.�

She sees her job as a way to provideteen-agers with the tools they will needon their faith journey, �kind of like theHome Depot,� she said.

Teen-agers quickly become youngadults, and when they do, she said, theyare expected to take active roles in thelife of their parish.

Youth ministry gets them ready forthat and gives them a taste of it.

The annual spring gathering also hon-ored the parishes that brought the mostyoung people to the National CatholicYouth Conference (NCYC) in Dallas lastyear and to the Archdiocesan Youth Rallythis year.

St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbusbrought 35 young people to NCYC andHoly Family Parish in New Albany took31 youth. Our Lady of the GreenwoodParish, St. Mark the Evangelist Parish inIndianapolis and St. Thomas More Parishin Mooresville each had 25 youths attendNCYC.

At the youth rally, Our Lady of theGreenwood Parish brought 53 youngpeople, St. Monica Parish in Indianapolisbrought 42 youth and St. Thomas MoreParish brought 40 teen-agers. �

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By Brandon A. Evans

With memories of Toronto in 2002 stillin many young people�s minds,Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein recentlyannounced his plans for the upcoming2005 World Youth Day.

The event will be held in Cologne,Germany, and the archbishop is extendingan invitation to all young adults and stu-dents that will be at least high schooljuniors in August of next year.

The pilgrimage will take place fromAug. 10-22, 2005, and members of thearchdiocese will be able to joinArchbishop Buechlein in Italy andGermany.

The trip will cost $2,050 per youngperson (staying three or four to a room)and about $2,400 per adults (two to aroom). The recent announcement from thearchbishop serves to give young people achance to set aside the time, make plansand raise the necessary money to attend.

�I have a desire to bring together asmany young people as possible to par-take in this international Catholic experi-ence,� he wrote in a letter to youth datedMay 17.

�The trip will take us to the Vaticanand historic Rome; beautiful Assisi, thehome of St. Francis; a train ride throughItaly, France and into Germany; [and] aboat ride up the Rhine River to our final

destination: Cologne, Germany,� the arch-bishop wrote.

World Youth Day is an event that takesplace every few years in a different loca-tion in the world as a way for young peo-ple to celebrate their faith, grow in cate-chesis and experience a greater sense ofthe universal Church.

It is also a chance for the Holy Fatherto celebrate Mass with the hundreds ofthousands of young people that attend. Itis a tradition that Pope John Paul II beganin 1986.

�Going to Cologne will be a real treat,not only because it is a foreign country,�the archbishop wrote, �but also because itis the Sister City of Indianapolis.�

During the time spent in Cologne,young people from the archdiocese willalso be able to meet some of the localdignitaries, he said.

�I hope you will pray about this oppor-tunity and speak with your parents aboutit,� Archbishop Buechlein wrote to theyouth. �I realize it is a costly trip, butGod will provide.�

(For more information about the trip, con-tact either your parish youth minister orCatholic high school, or contact FatherRobert Robeson or Father JonathanMeyer, director and associate director ofyouth and young adult ministry, at 317-236-1477, or 800-382-9836, ext. 1477.) �

Archbishop Buechlein to joinpilgrimage to World Youth Day2005 in Cologne, Germany

By Brandon A. Evans

The story of Holy Family Parish inNew Albany is tied in a special way to thelife of Msgr. Louis Marchino.

Fifty years ago, the needs of a growingCatholic population in New Albany werealleviated by the construction of theparish.

At the helm was Msgr. Marchino, whohad served as a chaplain in the PacificTheater of the Second World War.

The day he celebrated the first Massfor the new parish�May 10, 1954�wasjust a few weeks shy of his 15th anniver-sary of ordination.

Fifty years later, Msgr. Marchino isretired but still lives just down the streetfrom the parish. He helps out at the parishhe founded�he�s never stopped�and onMay 30 he will join the two other pastorsof Holy Family Parish for a special Mass.

The 11:30 a.m. Mass will also occur onthe exact day of Msgr. Marchino�s65th anniversary of ordination. He is thesecond longest ordained priest in the arch-diocese.

The parish will also celebrate a specialMass with Archbishop Daniel M.Buechlein at 11:30 a.m. on June 6. A lightreception will follow the liturgy.

Laura Buehler, chair of the parish�s50th anniversary planning committee,said that several events already havetaken place and others are yet to come.

There has been a family fun night, adinner and dance, a parish/school auctionand a Founder�s Day Mass for foundingfamilies. Over the summer, there will bea pitch-in dinner and a school alumniMass.

The purpose of the events is �to drawattention to Holy Family and let peopleknow that we�re proud of our parish,�Buehler said.

The year it was founded, the parish had175 families registered in its books. Bythe end of 2003, that number had grownto nearly 1,200.

Msgr. Marchino was pastor for morethan half of the parish�s history. Heretired from his pastorate in 1983.

The two pastors that followed him aregrateful for his service.

�I fell into a wonderful situationbecause of Father Marchino,� said Father

�Being asked to take an assignment inmy home area was a blessing, and to beinvited to pastor Holy Family Parish wasa great privilege,� he said.

�That there are just three pastors in50 years and that we are all still around isa unique happening for Holy Family andthe archdiocese,� Father Day said.

Msgr. Marchino, though now sufferingthe degeneration of his vision, has helpedout in 76 parishes since his retirement�and that after 30 years of service to HolyFamily Parish.

He said, though, that his years as pas-tor went by in a hurry.

�It seemed to me that way because Iwas so happy,� he said. �

Sunday Mass, she said, to share in fellow-ship.

�I think it has pulled the parishtogether,� she said.

�There is a longing for spiritual enrich-ment in this parish witnessed by the suc-cess of our Christ Renews His Parishweekends for our adults,� Father Daysaid, �and the dedication to our parishschool and our youth ministry for ouryoung and maturing Catholics.�

Father Day is a native of Lanesville,which he said is less than 15 miles away,and he was aware of Holy Family Parishever since he started school at Our Ladyof Providence Jr./Sr. High School inClarksville.

Gerald Burkert, pastor of Holy NameParish in Beech Grove and former pastorof Holy Family Parish. �He was helpfuland always supportive.�

The same esteem for the monsignorcomes from the current pastor, FatherWilfred �Sonny� Day.

�My respect for the foundation thatMsgr. Marchino put down in his 30 yearsas pastor increases with every passingday,� he said.

As for Msgr. Marchino, when he talksabout Holy Family Parish, he talks aboutthe people who make it up.

�The people are just wonderful aroundhere,� he said. �I�m staying because Ilove the people.�

It was a group of parish volunteerswho gathered every Monday night inthose early days of the parish to help withwiring, plaster boarding and all sorts ofother needed tasks to get the parish build-ings up to code.

They poured themselves into theparish, he said, and the people there stilldo.

�They work hard, and they�re veryfriendly,� he said.

Not once, he added, did he ever preachabout money or the need for it. He simplytold the people what the parish needed todo, and the �money was always there.�

�Holy Family parishioners are mostgenerous with their time, talent and trea-sure,� Father Day said.

They have a good, strong faith and agood, strong work ethic,� Father Burkertsaid. �You can call upon them.�

�I think we have so many people thatare willing to give their time to improvethe parish,� Buehler said.

Additionally, she said, the parish hasalways had good leadership from its ownmembers, but now as they age a new gen-eration is preparing to be good stewards.

�It seems like people are starting tostep up now,� she said.

Buehler said that one thing that hastransformed the spiritual and communalaspect of the parish is the incorporation ofChrist Renews His Parish (CRHP) week-end retreats, which started several yearsago.

�From there, we�ve expanded differentprograms and things,� she said.

Now people stop in the aisles after

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Father Louis Marchino, founding pastor of Holy Family Parish in New Albany, blesses the futuregrounds of the parish on Aug. 15, 1953. He was the pastor there until 1983 and still lives down thestreet from the parish, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Father Marchino was made aprelate of honor in 1997.

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Letters to the EditorThanks to Beech Groveparish for helping families and children

Thank you, Father Jerry Burkert, andthe parishioners of Holy Name Parish inBeech Grove.

The Sisters of Providence andProvidence SelfSufficiency Ministries,Inc. are humbled and awed with yourtruly gracious gift of $5,000 from yourparish stewardship fund! On so manydays, the dust of the fray clouds ourvision and dampens our hope just a bitas we work hard at helping so manychildren and families in need; and thenProvidence sends a message that renewsour confidence in our mission. Your giftand wonderful compliment were thatprovidential message on a mighty toughday. Thank you and God bless you.

Again, Father, I remind you that ourProvidence House for Children ministrywould not be the tall oak that it is todaywithout your belief in our vision andyour kindness in allowing us to use theformer Holy Family Convent in NewAlbany to begin the program. Since webegan Providence House in the fall of1994, we have cared for 160 abused andneglected children. And, because of thegreat start you helped to give us, wenow own 12 acres of land whereon wehave two group homes for abused andneglected children, six fully furnishedapartments where families are reunitedwith their children leaving the fostercare system, and a facility where weprovide life skills classes, adult literacyand other family support services to thefamilies and children living on campusas well as others living in the immediatearea.

In addition to the services provided at

the Providence House for Children cam-pus in Georgetown, we have programsof adult literacy and ESL (English as aSecond Language) classes, counseling,tutoring, computer classes, informationand referral services, and free healthcareand prescription drug services for theuninsured in West Terre Haute, TerreHaute and New Albany in Indiana,Humboldt Park in Chicago andBradenton, Fla.

As we are nearing the 10th anniver-sary of Providence Self SufficiencyMinistries Inc., we celebrate the factthat we have served in excess of 36,000children, families and individuals inneed.

Embracing the rolling horizon of ourministry, in September we will beexpanding the Providence House cam-pus in Georgetown to include affordablehousing and supportive services forsenior citizens. One of the remarkabletreasures about life is that there is nogeneration gap between youth andsenior citizens. We believe this multi-generational concept will create mira-cles of friendship and trust, while guar-anteeing a deepened quality of life forthe youth, moms and dads and seniorcitizens living together on the campus,truly enabling them to raise each otherup to be more than they can be.

We are privileged with your confi-dence in our ministry, and your benefi-cence will assist us in being the hand ofProvidence to many persons. As we goabout our daily ministry, we will holdyou in special prayer with deep grati-tude. Additionally, a boulder honoringyour kindness will be placed at the footof our Tree of Life donor wall inProvidence Place located inGeorgetown.Sister Barbara Ann Zeller, S.P.Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

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

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OPINION

Arecent issue of the NationalCatholic Reporter featured articles

that addressed the question, �Can liber-als love Mary?� One of these articleswas by a popular author, FatherAndrew Greeley, who refers to theopinions of liberal theologians whowould prefer that �Mary be discardedand replaced with a feminine HolySpirit.� Father Greeley, of course, findsthis to be ridiculous. He calls it �anunintentionally comic reductio adabsurdum� caused by a rigid ideology�that wants to sweep away most of thecultural riches of the Catholic heritage,to pretend that nothing worthwhile hap-pened between the last book of theBible and the middle 1960s.�

Mary is indeed part of the richnessof our Catholic heritage. According tothe teaching of the Second VaticanCouncil, �Mary is the image and begin-ning of the Church as it is to be per-fected in the world to come. Likewiseshe shines forth on earth, until the daythe Lord shall come, a sign of certainhope and comfort to the pilgrim Peopleof God� (Lumen Gentium #68).

But Mary is not simply a figment ofsomeone�s religious imagination�acultural or religious symbol that can be�discarded� or �replaced� at the whimof theologians or ecclesiastic leaders ofwhatever ideological persuasion. Maryis an active presence in the Church, atireless advocate for the poor and suf-fering, and a true mother to allhumankind. That�s why Vatican IIcalled her a �pre-eminent and whollyunique member of the Church� whoseintercession makes a difference hereand now (LG #53).

Mary is not simply a historical fig-ure or a religious icon. She is an activemember of the Church�yesterday,today and tomorrow�a Christian disci-ple who works tirelessly on behalf ofothers. That�s why all generations havecalled her blessed: because she is pre-sent and active in every epoch, amother to every nation and people �inthe order of grace� (LG #63).

Mary�s role in the life of the Churchcan be forgotten, ignored or denied, butit can never be diminished. As theteaching of Vatican II clearly states,Mary�s active role in the history of

salvation �continues uninterruptedlyfrom the consent which she loyallygave at the Annunciation and which shesustained without wavering beneath thecross, until the eternal fulfillment of allthe elect. Taken up to heaven she didnot lay aside this saving office but byher manifold intercession continues tobring us the gifts of eternal salvation�(LG #62).

By analogy, we might even say thatMary is the pre-eminent lay minister.She shares in the ministry of her son�just as the priesthood of Christ isshared in various ways both by hisministers and by the faithful.� Throughthe grace of her son, Mary is an effica-cious model of faith and charity, a wit-ness to hope, and an advocate for �theSavior�s work of restoring supernaturallife to souls� (LG #61-62). Above all,the Church teaches that Mary cooper-ates with her son in showing us how tosay �yes� to God�s will and to find truehappiness and peace in union with thewhole Church, the family of God.

Generations of peasants, kings, war-riors, housewives and even liberal the-ologians have called her blessed.Indeed, whether liberal, moderate orconservative, thoughtful Christians inevery generation acknowledge Mary�sdistinctive role in the life of theChurch: �There she stands, in keepingwith the divine plan, enduring with heronly son the intensity of his suffering,joining herself with his sacrifice in hermother�s heart, and lovingly consent-ing to the immolation of this victim,born of her: to be given, by the sameChrist Jesus dying on the cross, as amother to his disciple, with thesewords: Woman, behold your son� (LG #58).

May Christians always and every-where venerate this remarkable womanof faith, Mary. May she be acknowl-edged as a woman for all seasons, theMother of God and our mother, a pre-eminent and wholly unique member ofthe Church.

�Daniel Conway

(Daniel Conway is a member of theeditorial committee of the board ofdirectors of Criterion Press Inc.) �

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Pope John Paul II blesses with incense the statue of Our Lady of Fatima during a prayerservice in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 7, 2000. The pope was joined by 1,500 bishops andtens of thousands of pilgrims in praying the rosary. In a service the following day, heentrusted the world and its future to the protection of Mary.


(Second in a series)

This second column in a series ofarticles on Catholic beliefs thatchallenge our secular culture is

basic. We believe in eternity. Yet it is notvery popular to speak of eternity, muchless death, in a secular society.

The absence of the notion of transcen-dence�that is, the absence of the ideathat there could be spiritual realitybeyond our material experience�is aproduct of secular materialism. So is theabsence of God.

Our culture is virtually bathed in secu-lar materialism. People who have no spiri-tual faith in life hereafter are left with thedaunting prospect of ultimately headingto nothing. That�s called nihilism.Nihilism�certainly not a new �ism� inhuman history�leads to hedonism.

People who have no faith in God and akingdom where death is ultimatelydefeated are compelled to invent hope inthings like reincarnation or bizarre scien-tific goals. The human spirit senses thatthere has to be �something more thannothing� at the moment of death.

For the secular materialist, desire for�something more than nothing� at deathleads to the desperate conviction thateventually human ingenuity and endlessscientific and technological possibilitieswill eliminate death. However, crediblescientists realize that the possibilities of

invention, while far from depleted, arelimited. Faith in God, who is not limited,is far more reasonable than the cult of sec-ular materialism.

These abstract thoughts came to mymind as I contemplated the life of amonk at Saint Meinrad Archabbey whowas not known by many people, not evenby alumni and seminarians who studiedat Saint Meinrad during the last 60 yearsor so.

Brother Lawrence Shidler became aBenedictine monk in 1939 and was listedin the monastery directory as �carpenter.�He died last Holy Thursday at age 84 frominjuries suffered when run over by a car ashe came out of the carpenter shop. Thisrelatively unknown man lived a virtuallyhidden life that all the while was headedtoward a senseless accident.

Brother Lawrence may have lived ahidden life, but those of us who lived withhim in the monastery were affected by hishumble fidelity to what is at the heart ofconsecrated life. Archabbot Lambert Rileyremarked that Brother may not haveknown much theology but that he was aman of deep faith. He never missed visit-ing the Blessed Sacrament before the dailyLiturgy of the Hours and Mass. And afterMass, unfailingly, he would head for aquiet corner in the monastery readingroom to make his thanksgiving.

In his daily work, Brother Lawrencegave himself totally to creating beautiful

Secular materialism produces an absence of transcendence

(Segundo de la serie)

Esta segunda columna de la serie deartículos sobre las creenciascatólicas que desafían la cultura

secular es fundamental. Creemos en laeternidad. Sin embargo no resulta muycomún hablar sobre la eternidad, muchomenos la muerte, en una sociedad secular.

La ausencia de noción de trascendencia,es decir, la ausencia de la idea de quepueda existir una realidad espiritual másallá de nuestra experiencia material, esproducto del materialismo secular. Al igualque la ausencia de Dios.

Nuestra cultura está virtualmenteinmersa en el materialismo secular. Lagente que no tiene fe espiritual en la vidamás allá de la muerte queda con unprospecto desalentador de estarseencaminando hacia la nada. A esto se lellama nihilismo. El nihilismo, queciertamente no es un nuevo �ismo� en lahistoria humana, conlleva al hedonismo.

La gente que no tiene fe en Dios y enun reino donde al final la muerte esderrotada, se siente impulsada a inventar laesperanza en cosas como la reencarnacióno en extrañas metas científicas. El espírituhumano siente que debe de existir �algomás que la nada� al momento de la muerte.

Para el materialista secular, el deseo de�algo más que la nada� después de lamuerte le lleva a la convicción desesperadade que eventualmente la ingenuidadhumana y las posibilidades científicas ytecnológicas ilimitadas eliminarán lamuerte. Sin embargo, ciertos científicosfidedignos se dan cuenta de que lasposibilidades científicas, a pesar de estar

lejos de haberse agotado, son limitadas.La fe en Dios, quien no es limitado, esmucho más razonable que el culto almaterialismo secular.

Me vinieron a la mente estospensamientos abstractos mientrascontemplaba la vida de un monje en laArchiabadía de Saint Meinrad,desconocido por muchos, incluso por ex-alumnos y seminaristas que estudiaron enSaint Meinrad durante los últimossesenta años.

El hermano Lawrence Shidler seordenó como monje benedictino en 1939y aparecía en el directorio del monasteriocomo �carpintero�. Murió el pasadoJueves Santo a los 84 años por lesionessufridas cuando un coche lo atropellósaliendo del taller de carpintería. Estehombre relativamente desconocido vivióuna vida prácticamente oculta que, sinembargo, se encaminó hacia un accidenteabsurdo.

Tal vez el hermano Lawrence vivióuna vida oculta, pero aquellos quevivimos con él en el monasterio nossentimos tocados por su humilde lealtada lo que constituye el corazón de la vidaconsagrada. El archiabad Lambert Rileyseñaló que quizás el Hermano no supieramucho de teología pero que era unhombre de fe profunda. Nunca dejó devisitar el Santo Sacramento antes de laLiturgia de las Horas y la misa diaria. Einfaliblemente después de la misa, seretiraba a un rincón apartado del salón delectura del monasterio para hacer suacción de gracias.

En su trabajo diario el hermanoLawrence se dedicó completamente a

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wood furnishings that would be difficult tomatch these days. It is as though his pres-ence with God inspired him as a crafts-man. He made crosiers for bishops, and hemade elegant chalices as well. I have sometreasured photos of him at the time of myordination as a bishop in 1987 painstak-ingly making my crosier, carving the crookat the top. He was a master carpenter, andhad he been engaged in the material worldBrother could have been quite successful.

But Brother Lawrence lived a hiddenlife. On occasion, I have heard peopleremark �What a waste!� when speaking ofthe life of a monk or a priest. This attitudecauses some parents and friends to objectwhen a young man wants to become apriest or enter a monastery. The value ofthe eternal is missing.

In our materialistic, secular culture, tolive a hidden life in a cloister as a monkor nun is considered strange, even fool-ish. To be a monk or nun flies in the faceof the secular values of economic suc-cess, of productivity, of consumerism. Tolive in a cloister in a virtually unnoticedand hidden way confounds many peoplebecause it appears that they offer nothingto the common good of society.

crear muebles de madera tan hermososque serían difíciles de hallar hoy en día.Pareciera que su presencia ante Dios loinspiraba en su oficio. Elaboró báculospara los obispos y también cálices muyvistosos. Tengo algunas fotos de él queconservo como tesoros de la época de miordenación como obispo en 1987,mientras confeccionaba minuciosamentemi báculo, tallándolo en la punta. Era unmaestro carpintero y si hubiera estadodedicado al mundo material habría tenidobastante éxito.

Pero el hermano Lawrence vivió unavida oculta. En alguna ocasión heescuchado a la gente decir: �¡Quédesperdicio!� refiriéndose a la vida de unmonje o un sacerdote. Esta actitud provocaque algunos padres y amigos se opongancuando un joven desea convertirse ensacerdote o ingresar a un monasterio. Seestá perdiendo el valor de lo eterno.

En nuestra cultura materialista y secularvivir una vida oculta en un claustro comomonje o monja se considera extraño,incluso tonto. Ser un monje o monja esuna burla ante los valores seculares deléxito económico, la productividad, y elconsumismo. Vivir en un claustro de unmodo prácticamente desapercibido yescondido confunde a muchas personasporque pareciera que no aportan nada parael bien común de la sociedad.

Por supuesto, la historia del arte y la

Of course, the history of the arts andsciences and of the educational enterprisein human civilization would easily anddramatically illustrate the impact ofmonasticism and consecrated life on soci-ety. But more important, the supremevalue of faith in God and in the reality ofGod�s kingdom trump secular and mater-ial values.

Brother Lawrence could go to work inhis carpenter shop every day and exercisehis craft with the profound realizationthat his witness of faith in the presence ofGod and eternity was a mighty gift forour culture. Because he was a member ofthe Body of Christ, the hidden and hum-ble holiness of this monk was a gift forall of us.

The gift of Brother Lawrence is multi-plied by hundreds of women and men liv-ing a consecrated life and by thousandsof priests. They witness an eternal valueand remind us just where the real king-dom is. And they remind us that, indeed,God is. �

(Next week: the Catholic view of marriageas countercultural.)

ciencia y la de la labor educativa en lacivilización humana ilustran drástica yfácilmente el impacto en la sociedad de lavida monástica y consagrada. Pero lo quees más importante, el valor supremo de lafe en Dios y en la realidad del reino deDios prevalecen sobre los valoresseculares y materiales.

El hermano Lawrence podía ir atrabajar todos los días en su taller decarpintería y ejercer su oficio con laprofunda convicción de que su testimoniode fe en la presencia de Dios y laeternidad eran un obsequio muy valiosopara nuestra cultura. Debido a que eramiembro del Cuerpo de Cristo, la oculta yhumilde santidad de este monje era unregalo para todos nosotros.

El obsequio del hermano Lawrence semultiplica por cientos a través de loshombres y mujeres que viven una vidaconsagrada y por los miles de sacerdotesque hacen lo propio. Ellos son testimoniodel valor de la eternidad y nos recuerdandónde está el verdadero reino. Y nosrecuerdan que, de veras, Dios Es. �

(La próxima semana: La posición católicafrente al matrimonio va en contra de lacultura.)

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!


Ferdinand and Adaline(Devillez) Dauby, membersof St. Paul Parish in Tell City,celebrated their 65th weddinganniversary on May 23 with aprivate celebration. The cou-ple was married on May 24,1939, at St. Augustine Churchin Leopold. They have onechild: Donald Dauby. Thecouple has two grandchildrenand one great grandchild.

Bob and Phyllis (Borden-kecher) Metzler, members ofSt. Jude Parish in Indiana-polis, celebrated their 50thwedding anniversary onApril 24 with a Mass andreception. The couple wasmarried on that date in 1954at Holy Cross Church inIndianapolis. They have twochildren: Anne Allen andMark Metzler. The couple hasthree grandchildren. �

There will be a Memorial Day Mass at noon onMay 31 at Calvary Cemetery, 435 W. Troy Ave., inIndianapolis. Also at noon on May 31, there will beanother Mass at Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, 9001Haverstick Road, in Indianapolis. All are welcome toattend either event.

The archdiocese will host its next Young Adult Massat 5 p.m. on June 13 at St. Mary Parish, 317 N. NewJersey St., in Indianapolis. A reception will follow. TheMass is offered for Catholics, single or married, in their20s and 30s. It provides an opportunity to meet youngCatholics and deepen each person�s relationship withGod. The event takes place on the second Sunday of everymonth. For more information, e-mail [email protected].

Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, 1530 Union St., inIndianapolis, is planning a celebration in honor of theSacred Heart of Jesus Feast Day. A special novena willbe held daily at 6:30 p.m. in the church starting on June 9and concluding on June 17. There will be a special proces-sion into the church at 5:45 p.m. on June 18, followed bya Mass. There will be an organ concert at 4 p.m. onJune 19 in the church, with David Schafer performing.Mass will begin at 5 p.m. and an ice cream social will beheld immediately after Mass. For more information, callthe parish office at 317-638-5551.

The Class of 1954 of the former St. Mary Academyin Indianapolis will hold its 50th class reunion at6:30 p.m. on June 12 at the Brickyard Crossing GolfResort, 4400 W. 16th St., in Indianapolis. The cost is$40 per person. For more information, call CarolynWindisch Miller at 317-241-2460 or Jane Bailer McArdleat 407-321-2869.

The second annual Garden Retreat will be heldfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on either July 12, 13 or 14 at theBenedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 1402Southern Ave., in Beech Grove. The retreat is based onthe success of the same retreat held last year. The

registration deadline is June 30. �Basketball for Life�Camp will be offered on Aug. 2-5 at the Benedict Inn.The camp is a chance for girls entering grades fourthrough eight to learn the fundamentals of basketball aswell as Benedictine life skills. The registration deadlineis July 1. For more information, call 317-788-7581 ore-mail [email protected] or log on towww.benedictinn.org.

St. Francis Hospitals and Health Centers will host aworkshop for people living with cancer from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. on May 28 at the hospital�s Indianapolis campus,8111 S. Emerson Ave. The workshop, titled �Living withCancer,� is open to current cancer patients, their familiesand caregivers. It will address the latest cancer treatments,treating side effects, pain management, coping skills andother related topics. The main focus of the workshop is tohelp participants with the healing process by sharing

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Three Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College faculty mem-bers recently became the 2004 recipients of the SisterMary Joseph Pomeroy Faculty Excellence Awards.Sharon Ammen, director of the college�s theater programand assistant professor, received the award for teaching.She is known for the creativity, organization and collegial-ity that she brings to her endeavors. David Grabowski,associate professor of biology, received the award for ser-vice. He is involved in college life, but also serves in thelocal community on various boards or by volunteering.Bradley Huffey, assistant professor of social and behav-ioral sciences, received the award for scholarship. Heseeks the integration of theory, practice and personal com-mitments in his scholarly pursuits, and also seeks to con-tribute knowledge and expertise to advance the professionof psychology. The Sister Mary Joseph Pomeroy FacultyExcellence Award, named after a longtime professor ofEnglish at the college who embodied the high ideals ofteaching, scholarship, service and leadership, was inaugu-rated in 1990. In 2001, it was split into three separateawards.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College recognized LindaRose Burger, Class of 1996, and Susan EichmullerHamilton, Class of 1966, as Distinguished AlumnaAwards at the college�s commencement ceremony onMay 8. The award is conferred on those graduates whohave made superior achievements. Burger is the owner ofBurger Chrysler-Jeep in Terre Haute and Burger Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep Inc. in Brazil. She is the first woman to buya Chrysler dealership using only the profits generatedfrom the business itself. Hamilton is a director of Con-fluence, a private venture capital firm. Her previouscareers include being a teacher, the owner of ManchesterTravel and the executive vice president of ManchesterStamping Corporation.

Sarah Thompson, a senior at Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr.High School in Indianapolis, was given the 2004 CityScholar-Athlete of the Year Award on May 5 from theMarion County Coaches of Girls� Sports Association.Sarah is a three-sport athlete who also earned the highestSAT score of all the nominees for the award. She is the

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similar experiences with others. The workshop is free andlunch will be provided. It is sponsored by the AmericanCancer Society, Ortho-Biotech and St. Francis Hospitalsand Health Centers. Space is limited and pre-registrationis required. For more information or to register, call JaniceLeak at 317-782-6704.

Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad will host anoutdoor procession with the Blessed Sacrament onCorpus Christi Sunday, June 13. There will be eucharisticadoration in the Archabbey Church following a Mass at9:30 a.m. until the celebration of Vespers at 4 p.m. Theprocession will begin at 4:30 p.m. and proceed to threeoutdoor stations on the Saint Meinrad campus, wherethere will be opportunities for song and praise. The ser-vice will conclude with Benediction at the last station. Allare invited to attend. For more information, call MaryJeanne Schumacher at 812-357-6501. �

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salutatorian of her senior class, a member of the NationalHonor Society, was named to the Academic All-StateTeam in volleyball, and received both the NewmanScholarship and the San Damiano Scholarship to attendMarian College in Indianapolis. Sarah has also signed aletter of intent to play softball at Marian College.

Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School in Indianapolisreceived the 2004 Crossroads Officials AssociationSportsmanship Award on May 6 at the annual banquet ofthe Crossroads Officials Association. The award is pre-sented each year to the school that exemplifies the highestlevel of sportsmanship.

Marlene Tincher, a member of St. Mary Parish inMitchell, was recently awarded that parish�s annual�Golden Rose Award.� She has been a lifelong member ofthe parish, was president of the Altar Society, secretary ofthe same society, was on the evangelization team, taughtreligious education and served on the first parish council.Tincher has also visited the sick, served at Mass, helpedwith bereavement meals, done various other tasks and is alongtime member of the parish Bible study group. �

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The archdiocesan Office of Stewardship and Develop-ment is offering special workshops throughout the dioceseto pastors, parish life coordinators and lay pastoral leaders.

There will be six different �Called to Serve StewardshipDays� next month.

�Stewardship Days are days set aside for pastors/PLCsand lay leadership to gather in faith and celebration of stew-ardship,� said Dena Perry, director of stewardship, �and, atthe same time, to be inspired by recognized speakers whoprovide outstanding stewardship education presentations.�

The events are a response to a need that has already beenvoiced, and those who attend will also be encouraged toshare their insights and ask questions.

�We do this because parishes have a desire for new stew-ardship education tools,� Perry said. �Many parishes wantto enhance what they are currently doing, and it is our mis-sion to serve them.�

The events are free, and include either a lunch or lightdinner, depending on the time of the workshop.

The first workshop will take place from 11:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m. on June 21 at St. Louis Parish, 13 St. Louis Place,in Batesville.

John Dean, executive consultant at RSI Catholic ServicesGroup, will present a keynote address on �Stewardship andSpirituality.�

Dean is a sought-after speaker and teacher, and hasworked with dioceses to help them expand their ministry

through more generous stewardship.Judy Urban, consultant with Shared Ministry Systems,

will present �Gift Discernment: A Workshop for GrowingMinistry Volunteers.�

Urban has more than 12 years of experience in buildingChurch volunteer systems and, as a pastoral associate at alarge Catholic parish in the Midwest for six years, she builta system that involved more than 3,000 parishioners in165 different ministries.

Dean and Urban will also make the same presentationsat two other locations.

The first program will be from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.on June 22 at the Archbishop O�Meara Catholic Center,1400 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis.

The second presentation will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. onJune 23 at Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish, 335 S.Meridian St., in Greenwood.

Dean will also present �Stewardship and Spirituality�from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on June 28 at St. AgnesParish, 1008 McLary Road, in Nashville.

For the two remaining workshops, C. Justin Clements,director of the Office of Stewardship and Development forthe Diocese of Evansville, will present �Stewardship andHospitality.�

Clements has organized and guided diocesan capitalcampaigns totaling more than $80 million and is responsi-ble for implementing an initiative to convert the Diocese ofEvansville into a �total stewardship diocese.�

The first workshop with Clements will be from5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on June 29 at St. Patrick Parish,1807 Poplar St., in Terre Haute.

The second program will be from 11:30 a.m. to2:30 p.m. at St. Augustine Parish, 315 E. Chestnut St., inTerre Haute.

�We hope that people will leave with new ideas and beinspired by a wonderful learning experience,� Perry said.

(For more information about Stewardship Days or to regis-ter for one of the workshops, call Cyndy Taber at 800-382-9836, ext. 1591, or e-mail [email protected]). �

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Church credibility ‘zilch’if abuse audits stop

NEW YORK (CNS)�Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M.Sullivan of Brooklyn said May 21 that if the bishops do notcontinue with their sexual abuse audits �our credibility willbe zilch.�

He noted that some bishops thought the audits, under-taken as part of the implementation of the 2002 Charter forthe Protection of Children and Young People,�were too bur-densome and wanted to end them.

One audit has been completed. The U.S. bishops�AdHoc Committee on Sexual Abuse and the National ReviewBoard reached an agreement on May 17 on proposals forconducting a second diocesan audit of child sex abuse pre-vention policies and on doing a study of the causes andcontext of the crisis.

The bishops will discuss the proposals during theirJune 14-19 meeting in Denver.

The agreement came after strong criticism by JusticeAnne Burke, interim chairwoman of the review board, thatthe bishops were trying to delay a decision on doing theaudits until November. Burke had also complained thatsome bishops were having second thoughts about indepen-dent monitoring by the review board on compliance withthe sex abuse policies.

Bishop Sullivan said the sex abuse scandal had alreadydone �enormous damage� to the bishops� credibility andaffected their ability now to get public support for theirposition against providing contraceptives for employees ofCatholic hospitals and other social agencies.

The bishop made his comments in delivering the con-cluding address to the annual weeklong Catholic HealthcareAdministrative Personnel program at St. John�s Universityin New York.

Bishop Sullivan�s address was directed primarily to thechallenge presented to the Catholic Church by Californiaand New York state laws requiring Church hospitals andother social service agencies that provide prescription bene-fits for employees to include contraceptives.

Bishop Sullivan said he would fight �to the end� to keepthe Church in health care ministry, but not at the price ofsacrificing principle.

The Church �lost big time� in a decision of the Cali-fornia Supreme Court on March 1 to uphold that state�sWomen�s Contraceptive Equality Act, which requires thathealth insurance for employees include contraceptives.

Exemption is provided for �religious employers,� butthese are defined as institutions directly engaged in further-ing religious belief and made up primarily of members ofthe religious group.

Bishop Sullivan said Catholics define themselves differ-ently than do the courts because they minister with religiousmotivation but extend services to everyone.

�It is unconscionable that the government has tried todefine what it means to be Catholic,� he said.

A law similar to that in California was passed in NewYork state in 2002 and is being challenged in court by anumber of New York Catholic and Baptist organizations.

Suggesting that mandates for abortion and other prac-tices unacceptable to the Church would follow the contra-ceptives laws, Bishop Sullivan said the bishops hoped toget a general exemption from the federal government on aconscience basis.

He said bishops are obligated to teach the Catholic viewof the truth, regardless of how many people might disagree,but that they are handicapped in the public arena by thefailure of many Church members to support them. �

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Both the acts of terror and the war onterrorism are making the world more dan-gerous, it said. �The war on terrorism ispolarizing our world.�

One of the highest-ranking Americansin the Vatican recalled in a mid-May inter-view that he had publicly warned againstthe implicit endorsement of the use of tor-ture in U.S. policy more than a year ago.

Cardinal J. Francis Stafford called theoutcry by politicians and the media now�deceitful in light of the silence that tookplace when torture was being talked aboutin 2001, 2002, 2003.�

The U.S. cardinal, head of the Vaticanoffice that deals with indulgences and thelifting of censures reserved to the pope,was quoted by Catholic News Service inFebruary 2003 saying, �The governmentof the United States has compromised itsown basic principles by implicitly endors-ing the use of torture since Sept. 11,2001.�

In his May interview with a Catholicmagazine, Inside the Vatican, he said,�Muslims are outraged and deceivedbecause Americans appear to be imposingthe same type of life upon Iraqi societythat we said we were going to rescue themfrom. ... Just below the surface ofAmerican civilization, of American popu-lar culture, we are becoming barbaric. Isthat what American democracy is produc-ing today?�

The revelations in Iraq provoked areview of U.S. policy on the treatment ofdetainees in the war against terror, but apriest who served as a chaplain atGuantanamo Bay said he believed therewas no such prisoner abuse there.

Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. militaryenclave in Cuba, is the site where a num-ber of suspected terrorists in Afghanistanwere taken after the United States invadedthat country to unseat its Taliban regimeand root out al-Qaida strongholds andtraining camps.

Father Raymond A. Tetreault, a RhodeIsland priest who was a senior chaplain inGuantanamo Bay from May to December2002, said the guards there �didn�t like thedetainees, but they didn�t abuse them. ... Idon�t think that what happened at AbuGhraib could have happened when I wasthere� in Guantanamo Bay.

Any aftereffects of abuse inflicted onprisoners would have been noticeablewhile they were being led to and frominterrogations, Father Tetreault said. Hesaid other chaplains at the base, includingthree Muslim chaplains who worked withMuslim detainees, would have reported tohim if they noticed suspicious injuries orother signs of abuse, and he received nosuch reports.

He expressed concern that the abuses inIraq could affect the American missionthere and said the soldiers will have towork even harder to maintain discipline,restore confidence and do the work theywere sent there to do.

�Yes, stuff like this happens, but themissions still need to get done,� he said.

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Iraqi Muslim men pray outside the prison of Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad during a strike on May 24against the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by coalition soldiers. At a recent Pax Christi Internationalmeeting, delegates representing 45 countries called on the United States “to stop all forms of tortureand abuse against detainees.”

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mission at successive funerals on May 13and 14 for Poles who died in Iraq.

Polish soldiers in the international coali-tion in Iraq have a �pure and noble mis-sion� to liberate that country from �thepower of darkness,� he said at the May 13funeral of Capt. Slawomir Strozak, thefourth Polish soldier to die in the conflict.

�We went as a sign of hope and peace,�the bishop said. �It�s turned out that thismission isn�t easy. Its aims haven�t beenwell interpreted and understood by every-one.�

The next day, Bishop Glodz celebrated thefuneral Mass for Polish war correspondent

Waldemar Milewicz, killed in Iraq onMay 7.

�Our soldiers know their task is justi-fied, that it conforms with standards ofhuman civilization and culture�yet theyhave met dark forces of evil and terror-ism,� he said.

He said the killing of the journalist,shot near Baghdad while trying to inter-view insurgents, highlighted �a novel, bar-baric feature of our time�terrorism, kid-napping, killing of innocent journalists,hostage-taking, and brutal and indiscrimi-nate attacks on people whose vocation isservice to the truth.� �

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CNS)�Catholic officials in Missouri will sup-port a proposed amendment to theMissouri Constitution defining marriageas a union between one man and onewoman.

Missourians will vote on the proposedamendment at either the August primaryelection or the November general elec-tion.

�This is not a vote against people whoare homosexual,� said Deacon LarryWeber, executive director of the MissouriCatholic Conference, which lobbies thestate General Assembly and educates vot-ers on the Church�s behalf.

�It is a vote in favor of preserving thetraditional family unit in this state.Families are and always have been thefoundation of our society. We believethat without stable families, our societywill collapse,� Deacon Weber said. �AsCatholic people of faith, we believe thatwe must preserve the sacred institution ofmarriage as a means of providing for thecommon good of all people�present andfuture�in Missouri.�

State law already defines marriage asexisting only between one man and onewoman. A constitutional amendment

Missouri to vote on constitutional amendment to define marriagewould prevent state courts or lawmakersfrom striking down that law.

Missouri�s Catholic bishops wrote tothe state�s General Assembly inDecember, urging lawmakers to send tothe voters a constitutional amendmentdefining marriage.

�What is at stake in this debate is thevery underpinning of our society�fami-lies,� the bishops said. �Undermining tra-ditional marriage will lead to the disinte-gration of stable families.�

They added, �Families represent asupport network that members turn to forassistance: parents helping children, chil-dren helping elderly parents. No govern-ment program or agency can ever replacestrong and loving families. We thereforeabandon the institutions of marriage andfamily at our peril. Indeed, history pre-sents numerous examples of the deleteri-ous effect upon societies when marriageand family structure are eroded.�

The proposed amendment�approvedoverwhelmingly by state lawmakers inboth houses��establishes that marriagein this state will consist only of the unionbetween a man and a woman, and nolicense to marry will be issued except toa man and a woman,� according to the

state�s official summary of the bill.�Marriage between persons of the samesex, and full faith and credit of that mari-tal status entered into in another state,will not be recognized as marriage inMissouri.�

The Senate voted 26-6 on May 11 tosend the proposed amendment to the vot-ers. The Missouri House of Representa-tives approved the necessary legislationin a 124-25 vote on May 14.

In their December 2003 letter,Missouri�s bishops observed that,throughout history and in many differentcultures, �marriage has been understoodas the institution created by God for thelifelong commitment between a man anda woman.�

They noted that the institutions ofmarriage and family are already in greatperil, with high divorce rates having dev-astating consequences, especially forwomen and children.

�The response to this crisis,� the bish-ops wrote, �is not to redefine marriage,but to strengthen its traditional purposeso that men and women will make andkeep lifelong commitments to each otherand to their children.�

�If our laws redefine marriage to

include same-sex unions,� the bishopscontinued, �then marriage simplybecomes a menu for choosing a varietyof relationships. If that is all marriage is,then there is no reason why polygamyand other relationships cannot be addedalong with same-sex unions to the bannerof �marriage.� � �

John Sullivan and Chris McCary of Aniston, Ala.,are married by Justice of the Peace JoanDrysdale in Provincetown, Mass., on May 17. InMissouri, residents will vote at either theAugust primary election or the November gen-eral election on a proposed amendment to theMissouri Constitution defining marriage as aunion between one man and one woman.

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Providential journeyEast Coast jewel waits to be discovered

By Mary Ann Wyand

PROVIDENCE, R.I.�It�s well worththe climb up historic College Hill inProvidence to visit one of NewEngland�s finest art museums.

The Rhode Island School of DesignMuseum of Art offers a diverse collec-tion of historic and contemporary art-work from throughout the world thatmerits hours of inspection and reflection.

Works of art by great masters gracethe galleries, and several exhibit areasdevoted to religious artifacts are quiteimpressive.

An integral part of the premieredesign school founded by a group ofwomen in 1877, the RISD Museum�scollections include more than 85,000distinctive examples of fine and decora-tive works of art�from antiquities tothose of contemporary origins�in themuseum at 224 Benefit St. (See a relatedstory on page 12.)

Visitors will find Greek vases andcoins, Roman frescoes and sculptures,and a fascinating medieval art collectionthat includes religious objects fromEngland, France and Spain.

European paintings, sculptures anddecorative arts represent the Renaissanceto the present, while Asian and Egyptiancultures are prominently featured inother beautifully arranged galleries.

Works by Henri Matisse, PabloPicasso, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin,Auguste Rodin, Frank Benson, FrankLloyd Wright and many other notableartists catch the eye in the galleries.

Rodin�s �The Hand of God,� with thefigures of Adam and Eve intertwined inan embrace, offers a compelling preludeto two adjacent galleries arranged withunusual religious artifacts.

Maureen O�Brien, curator of paintingand sculpture for the RISD Museum,said the sculpture is somewhat autobio-graphical as it illustrates Rodin�s ownconcept of himself as a creator.

�In a way, although it represents thehand of God molding Adam and Eve outof clay, it also can represent the hand ofthe artist, who himself fashions figuresout of stone and clay,� she said. �It is acompelling work incorporating dramaticcontrasts between the beautifully refined

carving of the hand and the figures and therough-cut stone from which they emerge.�

O�Brien said �The Hand of God� hasbeen in the museum collection since 1923,when it was purchased from Samuel P. Coltof Bristol, R.I.

�Colt had commissioned it from Rodinin 1916,� she said, �shortly before theartist�s death.�

Other versions are in the MetropolitanMuseum of Art in New York, thePhiladelphia Museum of Art and the RodinMuseum in Paris.

Beyond Rodin�s �The Hand of God�sculpture is the medieval gallery, a roomthat has the quiet atmosphere of aEuropean cloister. It is dominated by aSpanish corpus from a crucifix, made ofoak, which dates back to 1150-1200. Thisdramatic figure, more than 7 feet high, isdisplayed without the cross on which itoriginally hung.

O�Brien said Alexander Dorner, a for-mer museum director, chose to arrange themuseum�s galleries in chronological orderas a way to educate people about how art-work builds upon the past.

�One of the great objects in themedieval gallery is a limestone sculpture ofthe upper body and head of St. Peter, hold-ing a key, which is his attribute�the key tothe kingdom of heaven or the keys to theChurch,� she said. �That sculpture wasmade in the early 12th century for therenowned Third Abbey Church of Cluny,France. Also in this gallery is a carvedstone portal from a Romanesque church inFrance and a huge Spanish wooden head ofa male saint, assumed to be either St. Jamesor St. Christopher.�

In the next exhibit area is a beautifultempera and gold leaf painting of MaryMagdalene that was painted by LippoMemmi.

�This small gold-ground panel paintingfrom the 14th century shows MaryMagdalene holding a jar of ointment,�O�Brien explained. �It was one part of alarger altarpiece, whose central panel wasan image of the Virgin and Child. Thenumerous other wings of that altarpiecerepresented various saints of importance toa regional Church and community.�

It hangs beside �The Stigmatization ofSt. Francis,� a painting on wood by Italianartist Mariotto di Nardo, which was

African woman is featured on apopular postcard sold in themuseum gift shop, and serves as areminder that art continues to beboth a source of reflection and aforce for change in the human con-dition.

It�s also a tribute to the coura-geous group of women whofounded the art school and museumin Providence�with proceeds fromthe sale of their handicrafts at thePhiladelphia World�s Fair in1876�to educate and inspire peo-ple with art.

(For information about the RhodeIsland School of Design Museum inProvidence, log on to www.risdmu-seum.org.) �

originally part of a lower portion of analtarpiece, but stands alone as a paintingof religious significance.

Religious artwork was created to teachand edify a community that shared reli-gious beliefs, she said, citing the smallItalian panel paintings as images thatillustrate individual scenes from the livesof Christ and the saints.

The panel showing the stigmatizationof St. Francis depicts a more naturalisticsetting than the one of Mary Magdeleneand a more accurate portrayal of thehuman figure, O�Brien said. Like manypanel paintings in American collections, itwas probably removed from an Italianchurch in the late 19th or early 20th cen-tury.

�There was a great devotion toSt. Francis throughout the Renaissance,�O�Brien said,�because hewas a saint whorepresentedgreat humanvalues and thefact that anindividualcould have apersonal rela-tionship withChrist.�

One of themuseum�s mostadmired sculp-tures is Charles-Henri-JosephCordier�s�AfricanVenus,�O�Brien said,which was created in 1852as a symbol ofthe dignity ofall races. Itsunveiling tookplace shortlyafter France hadabolished thepractice of slavery in itscolonies.

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Sculptor Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier created thisbronze bust titled “African Venus” in 1851 as a symbolof the dignity of all races. Its unveiling took placeshortly after France had abolished the practice of slavery in its colonies.

PPaarriisshh FFeessttiivvaallss ��May 28Holy Trinity Parish, 2618 W. St. Clair St.,Indianapolis. Parish �500� Festival,5:30-9 p.m., food, games, music.Information: 317-631-2939.

May 29St. John the Baptist Parish, 8310 St. JohnRoad, Floyds Knobs. Starlight StrawberryFestival, booths open, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., buf-fet dinner, make your own strawberryshortcake, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., entertainment.Information: 812-923-5785.

May 31St. Mary Parish, 317 N. New Jersey St.,Indianapolis. Memorial Day picnic,11 a.m.-3 p.m., $2 per person, music,Latino food. Information: 317-637-3983.

June 3-5St. Simon the Apostle Parish, 8155Oaklandon Road, Indianapolis. Parishfestival, Thurs. 5-11 p.m., Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight, Sat. 3 p.m.�midnight, rides,games, music, food. Information: 317-826-6000, ext. 3.

June 4St. John the Evangelist Parish, 126 W.Georgia St., Indianapolis. �St. John�sNight with the Indians,� cookout,St. John�s Rectory Garden, 5-6:30 p.m.,baseball game, Victory Field, 7 p.m.,$10 per person includes game ticket.Information and reservations: 317-635-2021 by June 1.

June 4-6St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (LittleFlower) Parish, 1401 N. Bosart Ave., Indi-anapolis. Summerfest 2004, Fri. 5-11 p.m.,Sat. 3-11 p.m., Sun. 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.,rides, games, food, entertainment.Information: 317-357-8352.

June 5Knights of Columbus Hall, 2100 E. 71stSt., Indianapolis. �One-of-a-KindAuction� and dinner, 6:30-9:30 p.m., fea-turing the late Father Patrick Kelly�sIndianapolis Colts, Cathedral High Schooland golf memorabilia, $10 adults, $5 chil-dren 10 and under. Information: 317-546-1571.

St. Paul Parish, 218 Scheller Ave.,Sellersburg. Parish picnic and festival,3-11 p.m., chicken dinner, games, booths,refreshments. Information: 812-246-3522.

June 10-12St. Anthony Parish, 379 N. Warman Ave.,Indianapolis. Parish festival, food,games, 5-11 p.m. Information: 317-636-4828.

June 10-13Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish, 335 S.Meridian St., Greenwood. Parish festival,

picnic, Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight, Sat. 2 p.m.-midnight, chicken dinner. Information:812-282-2290.

July 24-25St. Martin Parish, 8044 YorkridgeRoad, Yorkville. Parish picnic, Sat.4:30-11:30 p.m. (EDT), Sun. 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. (EDT) chicken dinner, $8 adults,$4 children. Information: 812-623-3408.

July 25St. Augustine Parish, 18020 Lafayette St.,Leopold. Parish picnic, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,chicken dinner, games, quilts. Infor-mation: 812-843-5143.

July 30-31St. Ann Parish, 2862 S. Holt Road,Indianapolis. Family Fun Fest, Fri. 4:30-11 p.m., Sat. noon-11 p.m., food, games.Information: 317-244-3750.

August 1St. Boniface Parish, 15519 N. State Road545, Fulda. Parish picnic, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.,food, quilts. Information: 812-357-5533.

St. John the Baptist Parish, 331 S.Buckeye St., Osgood. Parish festival,10-a.m.-4 p.m. (EST), chicken dinner,$7 adults, $3.50 children. Information:812-689-4244.

August 7St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, 523 S.Merrill St., Fortville. Parish festival,11-a.m.-10 p.m., games, food, entertain-ment, auction, chicken and noodles din-ner. Information: 317-485-5102.

August 8St. Paul Parish, 9798 N. Dearborn Road,Guilford/New Alsace. Parish festival,11 a.m.-6 p.m. (EDT), chicken dinner.Information: 812-487-2096.

August 15St. Pius Parish, Ripley County. Parishpicnic, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (EST), chickendinner, games, food, entertainment, quilts.Information: 812-934-6218.

St. Mary-of-the-Rock Parish, 17440St. Mary�s Road, Batesville. 81st annualoutdoor Mass at the Marian shrine, can-dlelight procession, Benediction, 7 p.m.Information: 812-934-4165.

St. Mary Parish, 777 S. 11th St., Mitchell.Hog roast, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Information:812-849-3570.

August 22St. Mary-of-the-Rock Parish, 17440St. Mary�s Road, Batesville. Auction,10 a.m. Information: 812-934-4165.

August 27-28Prince of Peace Parish, 201 W. State St.,Madison. Community Festival, Fri.5 p.m.-midnight, Sat. 3 p.m.-midnight,food, carnival rides, games. Information:812-273-5835.

5 p.m.-midnight, Sat. 3 p.m.-midnight,food, rides, games, crafts. Information:317-786-4371.

June 25-26Christ the King Parish, 1827 E. KesslerBlvd., Indianapolis. Summer Social, Fri.-Sat. 5 p.m.-midnight, music, games, food,entertainment, Fri.-Sat. morning, rum-mage sale. Information: 317-255-3666.

July 4St. Mary Parish, 317 N. New Jersey St.,Indianapolis. Picnic, 3-9:30 p.m., food,watch city�s Fourth of July fireworks,bring a chair. Information: 317-637-3983.

St. Maurice Parish, 1963 N. St. John St.,Greensburg. Parish picnic, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,games, quilts, country store. Information:812-663-4754.

July 8-10Holy Spirit Parish, 7243 E. 10th St.,Indianapolis. Parish festival, 6-11 p.m.,rides, food, music, entertainment.Information: 317-353-9404.

July 9-10St. Benedict Parish, 111 S. 9th St., TerreHaute. Community Fun Fest , Fri. noon-midnight, Sat. 4 p.m.-midnight, music,games, food. Information: 812-232-8421.

July 9-11St. Lawrence Parish, 542 Walnut St.,Lawrenceburg. Parish festival, Fri. 4 p.m.-midnight, Sat. 6 p.m.-midnight, Germandinner, Sun. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., chicken dinner.Information: 812-537-3992.

July 11Harrison County Fairgrounds, 341 CapitolAve., Corydon. St. Joseph Parish, parishpicnic, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., chicken dinner,quilts. Information: 812-738-2742.

July 15-17St. Mark Parish, 535 E. Edgewood Ave.,Indianapolis. Fun Fest, 5-11 p.m., food,games. Information: 317-787-8246.

July 18St. John the Baptist Parish, 25743 StateRoad 1, Dover. Summer Festival,11 a.m.-7 p.m. (EDT), fried chicken dinner,11 a.m.-6 p.m. (EDT), games, countrystore. Information: 812-576-4302.

St. Mary Parish, 7500 Navilleton Road,Navilleton/Floyds Knobs. Parish picnic,10 a.m-4 p.m., family-style chicken din-ner. Information: 812-923-5419.

July 22-24St. Christopher Parish, 5301 W. 16th St.,Indianapolis. Midsummer Festival,Thurs., Fri. 5-10 p.m., Sat. noon-10 p.m.,carnival, fish sandwiches. Information:317-241-6314, ext. 100.

July 23-24St. Anthony of Padua Parish, 316 N.Sherwood Ave., Clarksville. Parish

Thurs. 5-11 p.m., Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight,Sat. 2 p.m.-midnight, Sun. noon-9 p.m.,rides, food, games. Information: 317-888-2861, ext. 15.

June 11-12Holy Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens St.,Indianapolis. 21st annual Italian StreetFestival, Fri.-Sat. 5-11 p.m., Italian foods.Information: 317-636-4478.

June 11-13St. Gabriel Parish, 6000 W. 34th St.,Indianapolis. International Festival,Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight, Sat. 5 p.m.-mid-night, Sun. 5-10 p.m., food, games, rides.Information: 317-291-7014.

St. Louis School, 17 St. Louis Place, Bates-ville. Rummage sale, Fri. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.,Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.Information: 812-934-3661.

June 13St. Paul Parish, 814 Jefferson St., Tell City.Parish picnic, City Hall Park, 700 Main St.,across from church, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., booths,crafts, quilts. Information: 812-547-7994.

June 17-19St. Bernadette Parish, 4838 E. FletcherAve., Indianapolis. Parish festival,5-p.m.-midnight, rides, games, food,Howard�s famous pork barbecue.Information: 317-356-5867.

St. Michael Parish, 519 Jefferson Blvd.,Greenfield. Summer Fest 2004, Thurs.5-11 p.m., Fri. 5-11 p.m., Sat. 1-11 p.m.,rides, food. Information: 317-462-4240.

June 18-19St. Mary Parish, 415 E. Eighth St., NewAlbany. Parish festival, food, booths, Fri.5-10 p.m., family night, Sat. 7 p.m.-1 a.m., street dance, $7.50 cover charge.Information: 812-944-0417.

Holy Angels Parish, 740 W. 28th St.,Indianapolis. Juneteenth Celebration, Fri.6 p.m., Sat. noon-8 p.m., Fri. dinner-dance, $35 per person, food. Information:317-926-3324.

June 19Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, 2322 N.13½ St., Terre Haute. Summer auction,antiques, collectibles, new and used mis-cellaneous items, 10 a.m. Information:812-466-1231.

June 20St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. St. NicholasDr., Sunman. Parish picnic, chicken din-ner, turtle soup, games, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.EST. Information: 812-623-2964.

June 24-26St. Jude Parish, 5353 McFarland Road,Indianapolis. Parish festival, Thurs.-Fri.

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September 3-6Sacred Heart Parish, 558 Nebeker St.,Clinton. Little Italy Festival, Water Streetin downtown Clinton, Fri. 7-11 p.m., Sat.11 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.,Mon. 11 a.m.-closing, Italian food, enter-tainment. Information: 765-832-8468.

September 5St. John the Evangelist Parish, 9995 E.Base Road, Enochsburg. Parish festival,fried chicken and roast beef dinners,11 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: 812-934-2880.

September 6St. Peter Parish, 1207 East Road, Brook-ville. Labor Day festival, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.,booths, games, quilts, 10:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m.,chicken dinner in dining room or carryoutmeals. Information: 812-623-3670.

St. Anthony of Padua Parish, 4773 E.Morris Church St., Morris. Labor Day pic-nic, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. (EST), chicken androast beef dinners, turtle soup, refresh-ments, lunch stand, games, entertainment,quilts. Information: 812-934-6218.

September 11-12St. Michael Parish, 250 High St., Brook-ville. Fall Fest, Sat. 4-9 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-9 p.m., pork chop and chicken dinners.Information: 765-647-5462.

September 12St. Augustine Parish, 315 E. Chestnut St.,Jeffersonville. Harvest Chicken Dinner,11 a.m.-3 p.m., $7 adults, $4 children 10and under, under 4 free, bake sale, quilts.Information: 812-282-2677.

St. Mary Parish, 212 Washington St.,North Vernon. Parish festival,9 a.m.-5 p.m., �all you can eat� friedchicken dinner, games, crafts store,quilts. Information: 812-346-3604.

St. Pius V Parish, Highway 66, Troy.Picnic, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., dinners, famoushomemade turtle soup. Information: 812-547-7994.

September 17-18Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, 1530 UnionSt., Indianapolis. Old Southside FallFestival, 5-11 p.m., rides, food, auction,entertainment. Information: 317-638-5551.

St. Malachy Parish, 326 N. Green St.,Brownsburg. Country Fair and hog roast,

4-11 p.m., food, booths. Information: 317-852-3195.

September 18St. Joan of Arc Parish, 4217 Central Ave.,Indianapolis. French Market, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., French food, booths, children�sactivity area, entertainment. Information:317-283-5508.

September 18-19Owen County Apple Butter Festival,Town Square, Spencer. St. Jude Parishbooth #21, Sat. 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun.9 a.m.-5 p.m., crafts, confections, bakedgoods. Information: 812-829-3082.

September 19St. Meinrad Parish, Community Center,13150 E. County Road 1950 N., St.Meinrad. Fall Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.,food, quilts. Information: 812-357-5533.

St. Louis Parish, 13 St. Louis Place, Bates-ville. Parish festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (EST),chicken and roast beef dinners, booths,games. Information: 812-934-3204.

September 22Persimmon Festival, 7th St. and Main St.,Mitchell. St. Mary Parish, food tent,Italian dinner, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Information:812-849-3570.

September 26St. Michael Parish, 11400 Farmers Lane,Bradford. Picnic and festival, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., chicken dinner, silent auction.Information: 812-364-6646.

Fayette County 4-H Fairgrounds, ExpoHall, Connersville. St. Gabriel Parish,Fall Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., friedchicken dinner, games, country store.Information: 317-825-8578.

St. Mark Parish, 5377 Acorn Road, TellCity. Parish festival, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.,shooting match, country store, food,games, rides. Information: 812-836-2481.

October 3Holy Family Parish, 3027 Pearl St.,Oldenburg. Parish festival, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.,food. Information: 812-934-3013.

October 10St. Mary-of-the-Rock Parish, 17440St. Mary�s Road, Batesville. TurkeyFestival, booths, games, food, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: 812-934-4165. �

Share a ride for local funBy Cynthia Dewes

The itch to get out and around strikes usabout this time every year. We�re tired ofwinter, wearing too many clothes, stayinginside. So, most years, we�d probably beplanning rides on nice days or takinglonger trips and vacations by car.

Well, forget that. The price of gasoline isexorbitant, according to U.S. standards, andshows no signs of lowering anytime soon.What to do?

For most of us, taking the entire familyon vacation by airplane or even on a cruiseship may be more than we can afford, socarpooling to destinations closer to homemay be the answer. Maybe we can per-suade Uncle Ted�s family or some of ourfriends with kids to share the costs of dri-ving to homegrown attractions.

Fun is fun, no matter how far away. Andthere are many places to visit and things todo in central and southern Indiana withindriving distance of everyone in our arch-diocese. We just need to know where tolook.

Here�s where Historic LandmarksFoundation of Indiana comes in handy.Located in an appropriately historic build-ing at 340 W. Michigan St. in Indianapolis,it offers information for people planningtheir own tours as well as guided tours theysponsor for a fee.

Call the Historic Landmarks Foundationoffice at 317-639-4534 for more informa-tion about local tours.

Some of the historic sights to see inOrange County are the West Baden SpringsHotel, the French Lick Resort Hotel, thechildhood home of Larry Bird, and MountAirie, the home of former U.S. Sen.Thomas Taggart.

In Columbus are numerous buildings ofarchitectural merit to visit, and down theroad are Brown County attractions such asthe state park, craft shops and art galleries.

Many interesting sites are available tothe public all the time, including churches.

In Indianapolis, there are Sacred Heartof Jesus Church, Christ Church Cathedral,Roberts Park United Methodist Church andPhillips Temple, to name a few.

Some places in Indianapolis are lesswell known, but equally intriguing andeducational. One is the Indiana MedicalHistory Museum in the historic OldPathology Building on the former campusof Central State Hospital. Another is theinterior of the World War Memorial,including the Shrine Room on the top floor,at Meridian and Michigan streets.

At 1230 N. Delaware St. is the home ofBenjamin Harrison, the 23th president ofthe United States. The Harrison Homeoffers many inexpensive opportunities forfamilies, including a free naturalization cer-emony for new citizens at 10 a.m. onJuly 2, and sponsors concerts on the lawnon Friday evenings. Enjoy concerts thereon June 25, July 23, Aug. 20 and Sept. 24.

The Indiana Historical Society at 450 W.Ohio St. presents free discussion series on�Politics in Action� and �Genealogy,� andfree movies at noon on Thursdays.

The Indiana State Museum on WestWashington Street offers children�s summercamps on themes ranging from Indians,archaeology and nature science.

At West 38th Street and North MichiganRoad, the Indianapolis Museum of Artsponsors inexpensive family films with pic-nics on summer evenings.

There are plenty of places to go andthings to see right here in central andsouthern Indiana. With a little effort, wecan have a great summer despite the cost ofgasoline. Happily, we can be �on the roadagain.�

(Cynthia Dewes is a member of St. Paul theApostle Parish in Greencastle and is a reg-ular columnist for The Criterion.) �

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By Mary Ann Wyand

PROVIDENCE, R.I.�Perhaps youwatched the popular NBC drama�Providence� on television a few yearsago. Now visit Rhode Island�s capital cityand discover its East Coast charm.

From the scenic and quite steepCollege Hill�home to Brown University,the Rhode Island School of Design and aneighborhood of historic colonial housesbuilt by sea captains and shipbuilders�tothe landscaped Waterplace Park andRiverwalk�where WaterFire celebrationslight up the downtown at night�the portcity of Providence is a memorable vaca-tion destination.

Sculptor Barnaby Evans created theaward-winning WaterFire Providenceinstallation of 100 braziers in theProvidence River, which add a magicalambiance to the Riverwalk when lit.

The State Capitol, topped by �The

choice before buying tickets for the bustour of ornate Bellevue Avenue andOcean Drive estates. �The Breakers,��The Marble House� and �BelcourtCastle� are among the most popular mansions.

Tourists can walk off some of thecalories by hiking down the famous FortySteps to the ocean and three miles alongthe breathtakingly beautiful Cliff Walk.

Salve Regina University, a Catholicliberal arts college established by theSisters of Mercy in 1934, as well as his-toric Fort Adams State Park and scenicBrenton Point State Park are other won-derful sites to explore in Newport. Bringa kite to catch the ocean breezes.

(For more information about RhodeIsland tourism opportunities, log on towww.visitRhodeIsland.com.) �

Providence boasts a new children�smuseum at 100 South St., and the RogerWilliams Park Zoo features 150 animalspecies.

Rhode Island�s nickname is �theOcean State,� and the state�s 400 miles ofshoreline offers a variety of nice beachesfor summer fun. The Narragansett BayBeach, south of Providence, andScarborough Beach, north of PointJudith, are two of the nicest state recre-ation sites.

Visitors won�t want to leave RhodeIsland without paying the toll to driveover the spectacular Newport Bridgeacross Narragansett Bay, where hundredsof sailboats skim over the waves onwarm summer days. The toll is chargedon each side of the bridge.

Newport restaurants offer fresh lobsterbisque and clam chowder, a great meal

Independent Man� statue, dominates thedowntown skyline and provides a prettyview for outdoor dining at a cheesecakerestaurant in the Providence Place Mall.

Scores of outstanding restaurants in thecity serve seafood fresh from the AtlanticOcean. Federal Hill, known as �LittleItaly,� is the place to go for exceptionalItalian entrees.

The Financial District and DowncityArts and Entertainment District also lendtheir own styles of charm to the cityestablished by Baptist minister RogerWilliams, who bought the land from twoNarragansett Indian chiefs in 1636 withthe goal of promoting religious tolerance.

The first Baptist Church in America,founded by Williams, is a white clapboardstructure on College Hill. There are anumber of historic churches in Provi-dence, including SS. Peter and PaulCathedral.

E. Lynn Ascoli, assistant editor of TheProvidence Visitor, Rhode Island�s Catholicweekly newspaper since 1875, said thereare 153 Catholic parishes in RhodeIsland�even though it is the smallest statein the U.S.�so tourists won�t have troublefinding a church to attend Mass.

It�s well worth the climb up College Hillto walk along Benefit Street, the addressfor more than 200 restored buildings thatresidents call �the Mile of History.�

The Rhode Island School of DesignMuseum on Benefit Street offers an amaz-ing variety of historic and contemporary artin its beautiful galleries that will entice visi-tors to spend hours there. (See a relatedstory on page 9.)

One of America�s oldest subscriptionlibraries is across the street from themuseum. The Providence Athenaeum, aGreek Revival building, dates back to1753. Continue climbing College Hilland you�ll see the ornate iron Van WickleGates leading to the Brown campus.

Trip to Providence should include time on Rhode Island beaches

A man walks his dog in Kennedy Plaza Park inProvidence. The historic Biltmore Hotel is nextto the downtown park.

On hot summer days, Rhode Islanders and tourists flock to the beaches. The Narragansett Bay Beachsouth of Providence is a popular recreation site. A 6,000-lb. limestone sculpture of NarragansettIndian Chief Canonchet greets visitors from a memorial site near the beach.

The landscaped Waterplace Park and RiverWalk in Providence are the site of WaterFire celebrationsthat light up the downtown at night. Fires are built in 100 braziers installed in the Providence River.

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and the Australian government has estab-lished a lot of regulations to protect them.Only one gentleman in the world isallowed to take a pregnant male and hatchthe young. Then he has to return the adultmale [to the ocean].�

The zoo�s new seahorse exhibit is thefirst major special exhibition in theWaters Biome, he said, and is designed sopeople can get close-up looks at the beau-tiful fish, which range in color from lightyellow hues to shades of blue dependingon their need to adapt to the environment.

�There have been some remarkableadvances in husbandry of seahorses inrecent years,� Elkins said, �and [zoos are]getting so much better at displaying themin aquariums.�

The new exhibit allows visitors towatch the seahorses move about in theirhabitat and observe their upright bodyshape, prehensile tail, independent eyesand siphon nose.

Elkins said a seahorse has a head like ahorse, a tail like a monkey and a mouthlike an aardvark, which makes it seemlike a mythical animal.

�Generally, they are bottom-dwellingfish,� he said, �but they usually stay inless than 100 feet of water due to the veg-etation. They are ambush predators thathang onto plants with their prehensile tail.Their straw-like nose enables them tograb small crustaceans.�

The zoo�s new seahorses eat frozenshrimp and frozen crustaceans, he said,and the sea dragons dine on live shrimpflown in from Florida.

Recently, the Convention onInternational Trade in Endangered Speciesdesignated seahorses as a protectedspecies. Their world population has been

Above, a Potbellied Seahorse uses its pre-hensile tail to hold onto a plant.

Left, this side view of a speckled seahorseshows the marine animal’s upright bodyshape, prehensile tail, independent eyes andsiphon nose. The Indianapolis Zoo is cele-brating its 40th anniversary this year.

Indianapolis Zoo opens new seahorse exhibit

Nearly 300 seahorses, sea dragons and pipefish live in 10 new exhibit areas in the Waters Biome at theIndianapolis Zoo. The exhibit features the nation’s largest collection of seahorses.

public about just how unique these ani-mals are.�

(For visitor information, contact theIndianapolis Zoo at 317-630-2001 or logon to www.indianapoliszoo.com.) �

decimated by fishermen who catch themfor sale as tourist trinkets or ingredientsin Oriental folk medicines.

�Many people have a cartoon image ofseahorses,� Elkins said. �This new exhibitgives us the opportunity to educate the

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Seahorses? In Indianapolis?Yes, and sea dragons, too.The fascinating marine animals, which

are native to temperate and tropicaloceans, are making a �big splash� thisspring in the Waters Biome at theIndianapolis Zoo, located in White RiverState Park west of downtown Indian-apolis.

Nearly 300 seahorses, sea dragons andpipefish live in 10 new exhibit areas con-taining about 10,000 gallons of water.

The exhibit features the nation�s largestcollection of seahorses. It is funded by theIndianapolis Power and Light Company.

Visitors can observe the LongsnoutSeahorse, Lined Seahorse, KynsnaSeahorse, Gulf Pipefish, PotbelliedSeahorse, Leafy Sea Dragon High-crownSeahorse, and Dwarf Seahorse as they eatand swim in five towering cylindricaltanks.

Bruce Elkins, curator of waters, saidstaff members are excited about the addi-tion of these whimsical fish to the zoo�scollection of 365 animal species.

�Everybody is familiar with sea-horses,� Elkins said, �but nobody reallyknows very much about them. Most peo-ple don�t realize that they are fish. Peoplethink they are kin to some type of inverte-brate like sea stars.�

Seahorses have unusual mating habits,he said. The female seahorse produceseggs and the male carries the eggs duringthe developmental stage. Once the babiesare born, they must fend for themselves.

�The sea dragons are a very unique[zoo] holding,� Elkins said. �They areonly found in south Australian waters,

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A waterfall and small rapids lend natural beauty to this trail in scenic Charlestown State Park in southernIndiana.

By Mary Ann Wyand

Prayer walks. Fitness walks. Sightseeing walks.Whatever your reason for putting one foot in front of the other, try walk-

ing along water routes for a change of pace.In downtown Indianapolis, walkers can explore the landscaped Canal

Walk, which passes through White River State Park and winds past theIndiana State Museum, the Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial, theEiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, the Indiana StateOffice Building, the Indiana Historical Society Museum and the U.S.S.Indianapolis Memorial.

Also downtown in Indiana�s capital city, walkers can hike the MononRail Trail, created by the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Greenways,from 10th Street north to 96th Street. The popular 10.5-mile route, whichfollows the old Monon Railroad tracks, connects to the 5-mile MononGreenway of Carmel, Ind., and ends at 146th Street.

Try walking the rail trail north then back home again for a good aerobicworkout. You can catch your breath on the footbridge over White River justnorth of Broad Ripple while you watch wild geese fly in low over thewater.

The Central Canal Towpath, built for barges before the turn of the cen-tury, offers a scenic route past the Indianapolis Museum of Art and ButlerUniversity�s Holcomb Garden then continues on through Broad RippleVillage, where it connects with the Monon Rail Trail.

Those urban water walks offer plenty of scenic views, and may inspireyou to try hiking along creeks in Indiana State Parks or along the banks ofstate reservoirs.

Becky Weber, marketing coordinator for the Indiana State Parks, recom-mends several wooded water walks within easy driving distance of cities incentral and southern Indiana.

�Try camping and hiking at Charlestown State Park then driving over tothe Falls of the Ohio at Clarksville,� Weber said. �Charlestown is the onlystate park that offers full hookup camping with access to water, electric andsewers.

�Charlestown is one of seven properties that have been identified as hid-den jewels within the Indiana Department of Natural Resources system,�she said. �We have double discount camping there on Sunday, Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday You can camp for $15 or $16 a night there.�

There are 72 species of birds along Fourteen Mile Creek in CharlestownState Park, she said, which makes hiking the trails there even more fun.

�Charlestown is a wonderful place to camp if you want to visit the Fallsof the Ohio,� Weber said. �In addition to the fabulous fossils along theOhio River bed, the �Dinosaurs and More� exhibit from 2002 will be thereagain this summer. It includes models of a Tyrannosaurus rex, a carnivo-rous bird and a cave bear.�

(For visitor information about Indiana State Parks and Reservoirs, log onto www.in.gov/dnr and www.fallsoftheohio.org,) �

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RIght, ducks rest along the CanalWalk near a dock for gondolas in

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This scenic trail borders Mississinewa Lake in northeastern Indiana. The lake covers parts of Wabash, Miami andGrant counties.

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Ireland is a magical land of myth and mirthBy Patricia Happel Cornwell

IRELAND�Prehistoric ruins. Sacred shrines.Mountains. Seacoast. Fishing boats. Sheep. Cottages withbrightly painted doors. Castles. Cathedrals. St. Patrick.The Blarney stone.

If none of these things existed, it would still be worthjet lag to visit Ireland. The people alone are worth the trip.

There are 5 million Irish citizens on the world�s20th-largest island, and my husband, John, and I didn�tmeet an unfriendly face when we toured Ireland with anarchdiocesan pilgrimage group in October. For all theirreputation for melancholy, we found the Irish full ofsmiles, laughter and stories.

We left the tour for one day and took a bus fromGalway to Tuam. Armed only with old photos, a 25-year-old address and some names, we set out to find relatives.

At the cathedral office, Deirdre Duggan helped us findJohn�s grandmother�s birth and baptismal records. By acircuitous trail, we tracked down his second cousins, Joeand Mary Kelly, and spent a happy afternoon with them,tracing the family tree. Mary served �tea,� which wedidn�t immediately grasp was a meal. Joe showed us theruins of the thatched-roof cottage where John�s grand-mother grew up. We parted teary-eyed.

The countryside is as lovely as the people. Ireland isbounded by the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Irish andCeltic Seas, so one is never more than 70 miles from thecoast. Palm trees flourish, but you�ll never mistake rainyIreland for a tropical isle. Temperatures range from 40 to60 degrees, and the winter wind can be chilling, but flow-ers bloom well into November because of the jet stream.

The economic boom of the �90s earned the EmeraldIsle the new title of Celtic Tiger. The Irish Republicjoined the European Union in 1973 and adopted the euroin 2002. (Northern Ireland still uses the English poundsterling.) The island is facing forward, as evidenced bythe advent of �cyberpubs.�

Whether you want archaeology, scenery, culture orshopping, every region has its charm.

The Burren in County Clare is often likened to a moon-scape, but these 200 square miles of stony slabs formedby glaciers and erosion are anything but barren. They arehome to mountain goats, small animals, birds and

700 species of wildflowers. A hefty fine is levied for gath-ering a bouquet there.

The Cliffs of Moher, also in County Clare, are world-famous. From the top of O�Brien�s Tower, you can surveythe spectacle of the Atlantic Ocean crashing futilelyagainst these massive cliffs, which are 700 feet high andfive miles long.

Muckross House in County Kerry is a beautiful man-sion. From Killarney, we rode in a �jaunting car� (horse-drawn cart) through the Irish National Forest to tourMuckross House. Now a museum, the 19th-century man-sion with formal gardens was a wedding gift from dotingEnglish parents to their daughter.

Dingle Peninsula, also in County Kerry, is a finger ofland that is rich in archaeological sites and panoramicviews of ocean and mountains.

We stood inside Ireland�s first Christian church, tinyGallarus Oratory, built in 400 A.D. in the shape of anoverturned boat. We lunched at John Benny Moriarity�sPub, and photographed fishing boats and puppies playingtag.

St. Finbarr�s Oratory in County Cork was my mostvisual memory of Ireland. The 19th-century chapel ofSt. Finbarr is nestled in a mountain valley beside a glassylake where swans and geese swim. Close by is a rooflessstone enclosure, the sixth-century hermitage of Finbarrand his monks.

Blarney, also located in County Cork, is home to allthings Blarney�the town, the castle, the stone and theBlarney Woolen Mills Outlet. The emporium offers thebest Irish goods, including Waterford crystal, Beleekchina, Aran sweaters, Connemara marble and lace.

Close by is Blarney Castle, where John and fellow pil-grims ascended 84 circular steps to lean backward andkiss the fabled stone, alleged to bestow eloquence.

The Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary has earnedboth historical and religious significance. On this highplace in 450 A.D., St. Patrick baptized King Aengus.During the sacrament, the saint unwittingly piercedAengus�s foot with his pointed crozier. Asked why he didnot cry out, King Aengus said he thought it was part ofthe baptismal rite.

A chapel and cathedral were built in the ninth- to12th-centuries. The picture-pretty town of Cashel lies atthe foot of the Rock.

Dublin is the capital of the Republic. On the streets ofthis cosmopolitan city, we heard almost every languageand watched the Dublin Marathon.

We saw illuminated manuscripts at Trinity College,shopped on O�Connell Street and walked in St. Stephen�sGreen. The city is home to the National Gallery, theNational Museum, the Guinness Brewery, a zoo, historicbuildings, monuments and more.

Northern Ireland is visited less than the Republicbecause of its history of violence. Most of the island wonindependence from British rule in 1921, but the six north-ern counties were loyal to England. The north is moresecure than ever, but it is best to travel there with a savvyguide.

Every big city has excellent hotels. There are also �bedand breakfasts,� converted castles and youth hostels. Inwestern Ireland, you can even rent a thatched-roofcottage.

We rode the buses in Galway and Dublin, but you canget around by train, taxi or ferry. You can rent a bicycle,but not a moped. If you can bring yourself to drive on the�wrong� side of the road, you can rent a car.

Irish cuisine is excellent. Breakfast is a feast. Eggs areserved with mushrooms, fresh tomatoes and sausages.Pancakes are a cross between Aunt Jemima�s and Frenchcrepes. For other meals, the seafood and Irish beef aretop-notch. After sightseeing, a pint of stout or an Irish cof-fee hits the spot.

Travel videos and guidebooks are helpful in planning atrip to the Emerald Isle. The Berlitz Ireland Pocket Guideis full of tips, and www.tourismireland.com is the coun-try�s official Web site. Books like Thomas Cahill�s Howthe Irish Saved Civilization and Cecil Woodham-Smith�sThe Great Hunger deepen the experience.

We recently received a letter from Joe and Mary Kelly.They invited us back, saying, �The kettle is always boil-ing for the �tea.� � We do want to go back�and takealong some American cousins for a �reunion� with therest of the Irish cousins we�ve never met.

(Patricia Happel Cornwell is a freelance contributor toThe Criterion.) �

Gallarus Oratory, the first Christian church on the Emerald Isle, was built in 400 A.D., predating St. Patrick. To this day, the small dry-masonry structure facing the Atlantic Ocean is waterproof.

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Once the fortified stronghold of kings, the Rock of Cashel overshadows its namesake town. Here, St. Patrick baptized the high king,Aengus, in 450. Given to the Catholic Church in 1101, it became the home of a cathedral and monastery. Its well-preserved buildings arenow a museum.The Benedictine Abbey at Kylemore is a famous tourist destination.

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Tucked into a mountain valley, St. Finbarr’s Oratory was built in the1800s to honor the sixth-century saint and his monks, buried nearby inthe outdoor hermitage where they dedicated their austere lives to God.

The woods that surround St. Finbarr’s Oratory and hermitage in remote County Cork may well be the most peaceful spot in Ireland.

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LONDON�Ever since the movieTitanic appeared, the romantic appeal oftransatlantic travel on a great liner hasgrown in popularity.

And so, since the Queen Elizabeth II�better known as QE II�was making herfarewell voyages across the AtlanticOcean last fall, we decided to join somefriends on one of her final tours.

First, we flew to London for a week.We were on a conducted tour, and one

day we were taken to Stratford-upon-Avon, where we visited the home ofShakespeare�s father.

We also toured the 16th-century cot-tage of Anne Hathaway�s family, wherethe guide showed us the loose plank-topped table in the main room, called the�board,� that was used on the rough sidefor a worktable during the day. When

London tour is fun prelude to transatlantic cruisecompany came to dine, the plank wasturned to the nicely finished side, thusoriginating the phrase �turning thetables.�

This is England, home of our mothertongue after all, so the guide regaled uswith other semantic delights. He said usu-ally there was only one chair at the table,a large armchair at the end used by thehead of the household while the others saton benches at the sides. Thus, the term�chairman of the board.� He also showedus square wooden �trenchers� (a.k.a.plates) the word that brings us �trencher-men,� meaning good eaters, and �squaremeal� for the food filling one�s plate.

Expecting the September weather to berainy in foggy old London town, wepacked a collapsible umbrella and plasticrain-gear. This was a sacrifice, consider-ing our one-suitcase-each rule, but itturned out we didn�t need them. The

Anne Hathaway’s cottage, the family home of Shakespeare’s wife, is located in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The Queen Elizabeth II, known as the “grand old lady” of transatlantic cruise ships, made her farewellvoyages across the Atlantic Ocean last fall.

A yeoman warder, orBeefeater, answerstourists’ questions aspart of his duties inguarding the Tower ofLondon.

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entire week was sunny and lovely.We went many places on our own,

including the Tower of London. This largeenclave of buildings on the Thames Riverincludes the room where the crown jewelsare on display and the Tower Keep, theoriginal palace of William the Conqueror.

Yeoman warders, better known asBeefeaters, run the Tower and live on itsgrounds with their families in ancienthouses surrounding the green where AnneBoleyn, among others, was executed. Tobecome a Beefeater, a man must be40 years old and at least a 22-year armyveteran with a good record.

One of our favorite places to visit wasSt. Martin-in-the-Fields, a church famousfor its classical music presentations andrecordings. Raymond Leppard, conductoremeritus of the Indianapolis Symphony

Orchestra, has long been associated withconcerts there.

Another favorite place was Churchill�sWar Rooms beneath a government build-ing. There we saw living quarters, radioand maps rooms, and a display of wartimecorrespondence that put us back in the1940s. There was a sweet letter fromQueen Elizabeth II, thanking Churchill forhis kindness upon the death of her father.Another letter from King George VIpolitely noted that if Churchill went ashorewith the troops on D-Day then he, as theking, would also be forced to go. Churchilldid not go.

It�s not possible in one week to visit allthe marvels that London offers, however,ancient sites are not her only attractions.

The Millennium Wheel, which we couldsee from our hotel window, is a gigantic

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Ferris wheel that was erected to celebratethe turn of the 21st century and now circlescontinuously for about 20 hours a day. Thewheel contains pods holding 25 passengerseach, and travels so slowly that people mayjump on and off as they wish when theyarrive at ground level.

At the end of our week in London, weprepared for the much-anticipated sea legof our journey, taking the Orient Expressluncheon train to Southampton to meet theQE II. We felt like characters from theAgatha Christie mystery as we ate our wayelegantly through the English countryside.

The QE II did not disappoint, and is stillan impressive ship despite her inevitablereplacement by the new Queen Mary IInow traversing the Atlantic.

Our cabin and bath were small, butattractive and very clean, and there werethe usual luxurious touches, such as finesoaps, chocolates on the pillow and a pleas-ant steward at our beck and call.

This ship was built when the class sys-tem was in force on cruise lines. We foundthat, not being first-class passengers, wecould not access every floor of the shipexcept on the central stairway and certainelevators. We ate in a specific dining room.When some of our friends tried to crash thefirst-class dining room at lunch one day,they were politely turned away.

As on most cruises, we were required towear formal dress to dinner on someevenings. The men could wear suits andties. Since my last exposure to formal dresswas the senior prom, I had to go shoppingbefore we left. Luckily, I found an inexpen-sive but attractive chubby-lady gown inwhich I felt like Cinderella. There�s some-thing to be said for dressing up.

�Steerage� class or not, our food waswonderful and the service was excellent.Our waiter was Vlad, a rather dour youngman who spoke with a Slavic accent butsaid he was from Canada. He was assistedby a pleasant Irish girl as the second serverand by an Indian wine steward. This shipwas definitely a multicultural place.

Traveling five days across an oceanwithout anything much to look at can beboring, so the cruise had a theme to occupythe passengers. Our week was a LiteraryCruise, and we were treated to discussionswith mystery writers P.D. James and DickFrancis. We also heard talks by the creatorof the Levenger: Tools for Serious Readerscatalog and a longtime pilot for the soon-to-be-retired Concorde airplane.

All this in addition to quiz shows, craftsessions, movies, dance lessons, nightclubevening entertainments, cocktail parties and

exercise opportunities, to name a few of theactivities available.

Again, we were lucky to have wonderfulweather during the cruise. Although itrained sometimes, we never ran into realstorms so seasickness was not a problem.We always take Dramamine with us, just incase. Despite the numbers on board and theconstant activity, we found the ship surpris-ingly quiet and stable so we had no troublesleeping.

The ship had a library, with good light-ing, comfortable chairs and a fine selectionof books and periodicals to read there or totake out and read in our cabins.

Next door was a bookstore with booksby the resident authors, books related to theQE II, souvenir articles and other books.On an upper deck, there were boutiqueshops, including a Harrod�s departmentstore branch, and other stores carrying lux-ury items such as jewelry, clothing, leathergoods and perfume.

Wandering the ship was one of ourfavorite pastimes. We admired the paintingof the ship�s namesake and her husband,Prince Phillip, near one of the stairwells,and checked out the lounge areas whosewindows looked out to sea. We passedcocktail lounges and small counters wherewe could get ice cream or coffee.

We visited the outdoor swimming poolon a lower deck and ate lunch in the poolcafé nearby. On the top deck, we went out-side and joined the other walkers brisklycircling the ship and braving the cold seawinds for their daily exercise.

At night, the intense darkness, some-times illuminated by stars or waves catch-ing their light, gave us a feeling of isola-tion. Suddenly, we were Magellan or someother explorer first on the scene.

We arrived in New York harbor justbefore dawn. As we passed the Statue ofLiberty, we heard �America the Beautiful�and �Fanfare for the Common Man�played on the ship�s public address system.

We watched the lights of the city dimin-ish as day broke and the great ship slippedinto her berth at last. We were truly sorry toleave this grand old lady, the QE II, havingexperienced on her decks more than one�night to remember.�

(For more information about �floatingpalaces,� as described on page 178 of thisexcellent book, read Transatlantic: SamuelCunard, Isambard Brunel and the GreatAtlantic Steamships by Stephen Fox.Cynthia Dewes is a member of St. Paul theApostle Parish in Greencastle and is a reg-ular columnist for The Criterion.) �

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Dinosaurs appear to be �on the run� atthe corner of 30th and Illinois streets inIndianapolis, but that�s cause for celebra-tion rather than alarm.

The Children�s Museum�s new multi-sensory Dinosphere exhibit opens onJune 11 in the former CineDome, andpromises to be a popular educationalexperience for visitors of all ages.

The skeleton of a teen-aged Tyran-nosaurus rex, nicknamed Bucky bymuseum staff members, is the centerpieceof �Dinosphere: Now You�re In TheirWorld.�

Sharon Hendrickson, director of design

one of the most complete Triceratopsskeletons known to science, to a rareLeptoceratops, a small dinosaur with arazor-sharp and parrot-like beak, which isa cousin of the Triceratops.

Dr. Robert Bakker, a world-renownedpaleontologist from Boulder Colo., hasdescribed The Children�s Museum�s newDinosphere as �among the top dozen real-bone dinosaur exhibits in the world.�

That makes the Dinosphere worthbraving the three alamosaurs outside.

(For visitor information, contact TheChildren�s Museum of Indianapolis at317-224-3322 or log on to www.chil-drensmuseum.org.) �

on the earth, so there is a big fascinationwith them.�

Lifesize models of three alamosaurs�an adult and two juveniles�created byCanadian paleoartist Brian Cooley appearto be escaping from the stone Dinosphere,but seem to be heading the correct way onthe one-way streets.

Dinosaur specimens inside theDinosphere include a nearly completeskeleton of a Gorgosaurus, a cousin of theTyrannosaurus rex, and Baby Louie, theonly articulated dinosaur embryo fossilever found in the world. Baby Louie�spicture once graced the cover of NationalGeographic magazine.

Other specimens range from Kelsey,

and exhibit production for The Children�sMuseum, said the Dinosphere is a multi-level, immersive experience that sur-rounds visitors with some of the sights,sounds and smells that dinosaurs encoun-tered some 65 million years ago.

�As you walk down the [entrance]ramp, the light becomes dimmer and dim-mer,� Hendrickson said. �So by the timeyou reach the dome and turn the corner,there is a sense of walking into anotherdimension, a feeling of being in that envi-ronment.�

The realistic environment may promptvisitors to look over their shoulders to seeif any dinosaurs are lurking nearby.

Children love dinosaurs, Hendricksonsaid, and the museum�s new $25 millionDinosphere will entertain and educatethem in fun and creative ways.

�Once you are in the space, the domehelps us re-create an entire day,�Hendrickson said, including an afternoonthunderstorm and sunset as a pteradonflies overhead.

�The surround-sound system enhancesthe dinosaur sounds,� she said, �and withthe lighting effects in the dome, at anypoint, something could catch their eye ortheir ear that causes them to turn awayfrom what they are doing. But it�s notintrusive.�

The Dinosphere�s hefty price tagincludes the purchase of skeletons andspecimens, design and construction ofexhibits, and operational costs for the per-manent installation.

�Most of the specimens are real,�Hendrickson said, which makes themeven more fascinating.

�Children learn the names of dinosaursfrom a very young age,� Hendricksonsaid. �They are fascinated by the skele-tons. Here are these giant creatures thatare being dug up, and they used to walk

Dinosaurs ‘welcome’ visitors to Children’s Museum Dinosphere

Bucky, a teen-age dinosaur skeleton, is the cen-terpiece of The Children’s Museum’s new $25million Dinosphere in Indianapolis.

A construction worker appears to ride an alamosaur “escaping” from The Children’s Museum’s newDinosphere exhibit at 30th and Illinois streets in Indianapolis. The Dinosphere opens on June 11.Indianapolis is home to the largest children’s museum in the United States.

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Discussion Point

This Week�s Question

Describe an occasion when you felt that God�s willfor you was clear.

�My husband was in the military. He was in DesertStorm. When he returned, we discussed whether ornot he should re-enlist. Ultimately, we decided thatit was time to leave, and the decision was crystalclear to us.� (Denise Messier, St. Albans, Vt.)

�When I left my public school principal�s position in1983 to take this job as principal of St. AndrewSchool, I knew that it was the right thing to do, andI have been happy here ever since.� (Phil Bellini,Rock Falls, Ill.)

Divine will guides us in our daily life decisions

Sometimes God’s will is obvious�I was the middle of five children. Our mother diedwhen I was 14, and I essentially ran the householdwhen I was 18. It was often a struggle, but I knewthat I was involved in a good thing.� (PaulineStillwagon, New Cumberland, W.Va.)

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A woman takes timeto pray alone insidea church. To hearGod and to knowwhat God’s will is forus in specific situa-tions, we must payattention to our innerdesires, longingsand aspirations. Todo this, we need topray.

By William Thompson-Uberuaga

St. Ignatius Loyola, the 16th-centuryfounder of the Jesuits, thought that Godsometimes rather forcefully reveals thedivine will to us.

In his Spiritual Exercises, Ignatiuspondered at extraordinary depth what isinvolved in discerning the divine will.

In his conversion experience, St. Paulexperienced God�s forceful revelation ofthe divine will.

Mary Magdalene, when she receivedthe command to communicate the goodnews of the Resurrection, had a similarexperience.

At other times, our minds enjoy a clar-ity about God�s will that removes ourdoubts.

The Ten Commandments offer us a listof imperatives, most of which we gener-ally have no ambiguities about.

Or, when faced with a choice betweengood and evil, we know that good can beour only choice. And we can pretty welltrust that both the �book of nature� (ourtraditional natural law) and the �book ofrevelation� provide us with sufficientlyclear guidelines for discerning betweengood and clear cases of evil.

But Ignatius went on to consider some

of the other times when, well, the divinewill just does not seem so clear, at least inits particularities. Sure, the overall direc-tion remains clear: Follow the command-ments, especially the great commandmentto love.

But what this means more precisely ina concrete case may not be so clear. Itmay not be immediately clear to us that aspecific vocation or state of life is God�sprecise will for us.

And there are other important deci-sions that we face about our friendshipsor about some of the more contentiousethical choices we sometimes face indaily life.

The Spiritual Exercises, among otherimportant documents from St. Ignatius,provide us with important guides formaking difficult ethical choices.

First, they are exercises, something we�do.� We can overlook this, but it isimportant: Learning to make good deci-sions is often a matter of practice andhabit. Fine musicians may never haveseen a particular score, but years of mas-tering other scores have prepared themfor this new one.

So, too, years of practicing the faith, ofliving the Gospel stories (meditationsupon which form the backbone of

Prayer helps discern God’s willBy Fr. Warren Sazama, S.J.

Trying to discern and generouslyrespond to God�s many calls to usthroughout our lives makes life a muchmore exciting adventure than if we try tostay in control by calling all of our ownshots.

The constant prayer of St. Ignatius ofLoyola was for the grace to discoverGod�s will and have the strength to followit. Ignatius experienced God actively andpersonally in his life, and professed Godto be similarly involved in every person�slife, speaking to us directly in our hearts,minds and souls�through our thoughts,feelings, desires and inner inclinations.

But not all of our inner thoughts,movements and desires come from God.We have to discern which are from Godand which are not. God is engaged in alifelong dialogue with us. Our role is topay attention, listen and try to respond.

Can we know God�s will for us inmaking our personal life choices? Yes�ifwe believe, as Ignatius did, that Godcommunicates personally to each of us in

the interior of our hearts and souls.How do we find out God�s will for us

in our personal life choices? We need tolisten to God�s voice in the interior of ourhearts. To hear God, we must pay atten-tion to our inner desires, longings andaspirations. To do this, we need to pray�really pray, setting aside daily, qualitytime to become calm, put ourselves inGod�s presence and listen to our hearts.

It is helpful to have a spiritual director.We are likely to feel uncertainty in manylife decisions. Every �yes� involves a lotof �nos� and surrendering other options.

If we are patient, open and generous,God will eventually reveal his will to us.If we prayerfully listen to God�s voicespeaking through our deepest desires andpay attention to what gives us joy, life,passion, peace, a sense of rightness, andthe best way for us to love and use ourgifts in service, we will know what Godis calling us to do.

(Jesuit Father Warren Sazama is directorof vocations for the Wisconsin Provinceof the Society of Jesus.) �

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Ignatius� book) become the rich launchingpad that moves us in the right ethicaldirection.

Ignatius then goes on to recommendsomething of a dialogue between theGospel stories and our own felt experi-ence, and affective reactions to thechoices confronting us now.

What is the feel and tone of this inter-action? Which choices bring about a con-genial resonance between what Scripturereveals and what our own experience tellsus?

The Gospel stories are also stories ofthe Church community responding toJesus. It seems clear that Ignatius wassuggesting that we should heed the voicesof experience within the Church commu-nity, past and present, and perhaps evenseek out some notable individuals fortheir guidance.

How do we resonate with their sugges-tions? All of these voices, when in conso-nance, would seem to make up a rich har-mony.

Ignatius, then, seems to be recom-mending that we pursue the harmonicchoice.

In a way, what the saint seems to bedoing is developing a very old tradition inthe Church, namely, going to the �book ofrevelation� and to the �book of nature�for guidance about making right decisionsand, accordingly, discerning God�s will.

Ignatius heeded the insights ofScripture and saw in it paradigms of howto make choices. This was and remains abeautiful manner of personalizing divinerevelation.

The saint thought of the other book,that of nature, not so much in terms of thephysical world around us, although thatwas not missing and it deserves moreattention by us today. But he was thinkingof us and other humans. We are humannature in action.

Ignatius possessed a vivid sense ofhuman nature�its actions and its richdimensions, especially our relationships,our feelings and our choices, in additionto our minds.

The saint�s genius and charism was tosuggest that we heed the potential reso-nance between all of these as the road tofollow.

We seem to instinctively return toSt. Ignatius Loyola�s guidance when wethink about discerning God�s will. Thisreminds us that as we strive to �sentirecum ecclesia� (think with the Church),we should keep in mind the specialinsights of the saints, such as Ignatius,whose experience has been tried andtested, and who can be counted upon tokeep us moving in the right direction.

I can�t help but think that Ignatius, ofBasque ancestry himself, knew the oldBasque adage that �people know much ifthey know how to live.�

His Spiritual Exercises are, in a way,suggesting that if we live well, in the eth-ical sense, we will know, or at least wewill have the basis upon which we canknow, what the divine will is for us.

(Dr. William Thompson-Uberuaga isprofessor of theology at DuquesneUniversity in Pittsburgh, Pa.) �


As our country was expanding west-ward during the 19th century, the Catholic

Church went, too.Religious orders ofwomen sent many oftheir sisters to staffschools and hospitals,as we saw two weeksago in my columnabout Sister of CharityBlandina Segale. Thesisters shared all thehardships of other pio-

neer women.One of the most prominent of the

Church�s pioneers was Archbishop JohnBaptist Lamy of Santa Fe, N.M., who wasimmortalized in Willa Cathers� book DeathComes to the Archbishop. ArchbishopLamy built the magnificent cathedral inSanta Fe and was responsible for theChurch�s growth there during the latterhalf of the 19th century. He recruited manyof the sisters who went to Santa Fe.

Settlers traveled west in those daysalong the Santa Fe Trail from Indepen-dence, Mo., to Santa Fe. It was a difficultand backbreaking trip in covered wagons.

It was also a dangerous trip because thepioneers were often subject to attack byIndians. Here is the story of one of thoseattacks that involved Archbishop Lamy.

The archbishop had organized a largewagon train�100 wagons�to take sup-plies from Leavenworth, Kan., to SantaFe. Among the passengers were five nunswhom Archbishop Lamy had recruited.The wagons left Leavenworth in June of1867. By July, they were deep withinKiowa Indian country. Apparently, scoutsspotted a war party of Indians. ArchbishopLamy gave the order to circle the wagons.

A large party of Kiowa Indiansattacked, and the battle, just like in theold western movies, went on until sunset.The Indians withdrew that night, butresumed the battle the next morning.Then, besides the Indian attack, wordspread that cholera had broken out in thecamp. One of the nuns died and a mancame down with the disease. Another ofthe nuns comforted the dying man whilearrows continued to fly. Again, theIndians made repeated attacks, but wererepulsed until dusk. Again, the Indianswithdrew for the night.

From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink

National holidays such as MemorialDay turn our thoughts to patriotism. And

patriotism is one ofthose words that havedifferent meanings foreach person.

It�s interesting that,as historical eventsfade further into thepast, we all tend toaccept the nobilityand patriotism of theircauses. For example,

many of us think it was certainly patrioticto fight in the Civil War, which is the ori-gin of our Memorial Day celebration.Descendants of Rebels and Yankees alikebelieve in the patriotism of their forefa-thers who engaged in the war that pre-served the Union.

Unfortunately, it seems that war is oneof the main stimuli to our feelings ofpatriotism. President George W. Bushconstantly talks about patriotism in pursu-ing the Iraqi war, and the war on terror-ism. Sen. John Kerry probably thoughthe was being patriotic when he threwaway his �ribbons� after his service inVietnam.

To be sure, Vietnam and the Spanish-American War did not go down in history

as particularly patriotic, although manypeople who fought in them were. WorldWar I seems iffy. But the RevolutionaryWar and World War II remain our patrioticstandards.

Almost no one would disagree thatthose wars were patriotic. No one, that is,except a few who forget that their freedomto disagree depended upon such events. Itseems to me that is the heart of the matterbecause patriotism is simply an under-standing of our �American experiment,�and commitment to preserving it forfuture generations.

Aside from war, then, what makes usfeel patriotic? Is it the result of the samefierce tribal loyalty we see in other partsof the world? Think about the factions inBosnia, the Kurds vs. other Iraqis, or thevarious former Soviet states now fight-ing each other. Are we Americans likethat?

The answer is no. Not necessarilybecause we�re the most civilized or themost moral people, but precisely becausewe�re all different. On purpose. The ideabehind our form of government is thefreedom to be different. We are successfulbecause we gather strength from the manygifts of our diverse people.

That kind of freedom demands a

Celebrating patriotism that unites us

Faith and Family/Sean Gallagher

Pilgrimages have been an importantaspect of the Christian life of faith since

the earliest days of theChurch. Travelingfrom where one livesto a place consideredto be holy ground hasalways been an act offaith.

Of course, the mostimportant holy placesfor Christians arethose connected with

our Lord, found in what is known as theHoly Land. Other places have and continueto include shrines where saints areentombed.

Peter Brown, a scholar who hasresearched the development of Christiandevotional life in the early centuries of theChurch, described such shrines as placeswhere �heaven and earth come together.�The power of God, working through theintercession of the saints, has been feltespecially in such shrines as Lourdes orFatima.

It is no wonder, then, that the faithfulacross the centuries have been drawn totravel thousands of miles to visit and prayat such places.

In the Middle Ages, countless pilgrimsmade their way to the western tip ofEurope to pray at the tomb of St. James atSantiago de Compestella in Spain. In ourown time, many people make their way tothe shrine of Our Lady of Monte Cassinonear Saint Meinrad on the Sunday after-noons of May and October to hear a pre-sentation about the Blessed Virgin Maryand pray the rosary together.

But throughout history, such pilgrim-ages often have been occasions for thosewho participate in them to escape from thedrudgery of their everyday lives. There isclear evidence of this from the MiddleAges, which can be found in TheCanterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.Pilgrimages can be a vacation as much as aspiritual event.

And so as Catholic families in the arch-diocese start to make their travel plans forthe summer, I think that it would be a goodthing for them to consider how to inject aspiritual aspect into their vacations.

Often, families like to travel to amuse-ment parks either in Indiana or in nearbystates. As it happens, frequently there aregreat churches and shrines close to suchparks.

Holiday World in Santa Claus, Ind., is ashort trip from the aforementioned OurLady of Monte Cassino Shrine. Our Ladyof the Snows Shrine in Belleville, Ill., isnot far from the Six Flags amusement parkin St. Louis.

If a family wanted to visit Six FlagsKentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Ky., theywould be approximately an hour from sev-eral historic Catholic places in and aroundBardstown, Ky., including the Proto-Cathedral of St. Joseph, the first cathedralin the United States west of the Appala-chian Mountains, and the Trappist Abbeyof Gethsemane, the home of the laterenowned Catholic writer Thomas Merton.

Taking a little bit of time to travel tosuch holy places can help us experiencethat heaven and earth can come together inplaces that are close to our homes and notjust in places thousands of miles away.

Visiting such shrines and churches canalso help broaden our families� understand-ing of the ways in which our Catholic faithhas been lived here in the United States.

And so while we let roller coasters atamusement parks take our bodies to greatheights, stopping along the way to pray atnearby holy places can be an opportunityfor us to allow the Holy Spirit to lift up oursouls as well.

(Sean Gallagher is a reporter for TheCriterion.) �

One bad-weather day when fetchingthe morning paper from the end of the

driveway, my hus-band decided to takeour neighbors� paperto their door, too. Thenext day, the neigh-bor reciprocated.Ever since, the twomen (or we wives)have gotten into asemi-routine,although most weeks

the neighbors end up bringing morepapers to our doorstep than vice versa.The unwritten rule seems to be whoeveris up and about first fetches the papers.

Whenever I open our side door andreach out for the carefully placedIndianapolis Star, I say �God bless you!�Sometimes I add a longer prayer for thiscouple�Charlene, who is a teacher in aCatholic school, and Frank, who is anattorney.

As this proves, acts of kindness arecontagious. They are what add to ourhappiness and contentment at a time

when we might find ourselves disillu-sioned with the way of the world as it istoday�or leery about personal involve-ment with neighbors or strangers. I�veknown a few people (not in our neighbor-hood) who have even become a bit para-noid or purposely standoffish aboutneighborly interactions.

Fortunately, Paul and I were able torear our family in friendly neighbor-hoods where�to paraphrase an expres-sion in the former �Cheers� TV sitcom�nearly everybody knows our names. Notonly that, but most of the neighborswe�ve had throughout our married lifehave been friendly, loving, giving andhelpful.

Not everyone is as lucky. Considerother areas where adults and children arefearful for their safety because of vio-lence, drugs, other criminal activities orenvironmental hazards. Consider loca-tions where neighbors are snobbish oreven hostile. Think of places where themajority of people beg and sleep in thestreets or are caught in the terror broughtabout by bombings and war. How can

Neighborliness is next to Godliness

Turn summervacations intopilgrimages

Archbishop Lamy survives an Indian attackKnowing that the caravan couldn�t

hold out another day, and suffering froma lack of water, Archbishop Lamy trieda desperate ruse. He ordered a few of themen to take some food and a keg ofwhisky out onto the prairie. The menmanaged to return safely before theIndians discovered the provisions, andthe whisky. The Indians soon brokeopen the barrel of whisky and began todrink it.

Then Archbishop Lamy ordered camp-fires to be built to give the impression thatthe settlers were preparing the eveningmeal. The Indians were temporarily satis-fied to enjoy the food and liquor left forthem, and soon they dropped off to sleepfrom the effects of the whisky.

Quietly, the wagon train teamstershitched up the wagons and, under coverof darkness and with the campfires burn-ing as if all was normal, the caravan stoleaway. The Indians did not pursue the wag-ons the next day; perhaps they had hang-overs.

The wagons reached Santa Fe twomonths and one day after they leftLeavenworth. �

unique kind of responsibility, too. If weare to be what we used to refer to proudlyas a �melting pot,� we must pull togetherfor the good of the whole and not cling tothe differences with which we arrived.

This doesn�t mean we don�t respectand practice the aspects of our culture orreligion that compose our very identities.Nor does it mean we set aside our values,including convictions about things likeabortion and gay marriage. Rather, weshould fight for what�s right whilerespecting the identities of others.

Just because people don�t agree with usor understand that God�s will must bedone, we shouldn�t label them as bad. Wecan�t let suspicion of someone �different�overcome our good sense. If we canremember this, we�ll truly follow theAmerican way.

So, next time we see kids waving littleAmerican flags as bands march down thestreet playing �The Stars and StripesForever,� we can be teary and get goosebumps without feeling ashamed. BecauseAmerica is still the beautiful land of thefree, and that�s worth celebrating.

(Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul theApostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regu-lar columnist for The Criterion.) �

neighborliness prosper under such, con-ditions�or when a person cannot tellthe good guys from the bad guys?

I�m grateful to have encounteredmany more good neighbors than bad andagree with Proverbs 27:10 in the OldTestament: �Better is a neighbor nearthan a brother who is far away.� (Thisreminds me of an aphorism: �A bird inhand is worth two in a bush.�)

However, Matthew 22:37-40 revealsthe essence of God�s will when thePharisees asked Jesus, �Teacher, which isthe great commandment in the law?�Jesus responded: �You shall love theLord your God with all your heart andwith all your soul and with all yourmind. This is the great commandment.And a second is like it: You shall loveyour neighbor as yourself. On these twocommandments depend all the law andthe prophets.�

(Shirley Vogler Meister, a member ofChrist the King Parish in Indianapolis,is a regular columnist for TheCriterion.) �

Perspectives

Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister

Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes


The Sunday ReadingsSunday, May 30, 2004• Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11• Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13• John 20:19-23

This weekend, the Church celebratesthe feast of Pentecost, one of the greatest

feasts of the Christianyear, and a feast withgreat antiquity.

It is the only ancientJewish feast day stillobserved in theChristian liturgy.

In Old Testamenttimes, Pentecost wasone of the three dayswhen devout Jews

were expected to visit the temple.Originally, it was a time to thank God for abountiful harvest. Later, it came to com-memorate the presentation by God of thelaw, or Ten Commandments, to Moses onMount Sinai.

Receiving the law from God repre-sented the culmination of God�s revelationto the people at the time. By observing thelaw, the people acknowledged thesupremacy of God. This acknowledgementconstituted the most profound wisdom. Italso united the people. Bound together byrecognizing God as supreme, by obeyingGod�s law, the people became indeed theone nation most specially bound to God.

The first reading for this feast is fromthe Acts of the Apostles.

Acts is the same biblical sourceemployed by the Church for first readingsthroughout the weekends of the Easter sea-son. This reading is descriptive and clear inits message.

Gathered together in one room were the�brethren� of Jesus, historically taken to bethe surviving 11 Apostles. They heard arush of wind then they saw tongues of fireappear. These tongues of fire rested overeach of the Apostles. Immediately, theApostles were able to speak in languagesnever before known to them. They did notsay just anything. They proclaimed Jesusas Lord.

Assembled in Jerusalem were pilgrimsfrom all parts of the world. The readingeven lists the origins of these pilgrims.

The Apostles left their meeting placeand went to preach to this crowd of pil-grims. Each pilgrim understood what wassaid.

St. Paul�s First Epistle to theCorinthians provides the second reading.

It makes two important points.Only because of the healing, and

infusion of knowledge, given by theHoly Spirit can anyone realize that Jesusis the Lord.

Secondly, each person is individual,and different in the possession of partic-ular traits and talents. All people havethe Spirit, however, if they truly belongto Christ.

For the Gospel reading, the Churchgives us a passage from St. John�sGospel.

It is a Resurrection Narrative, recall-ing an event that occurred after Jesushad risen from the dead but before theAscension.

Unrestrained by locked doors, Jesusappeared before the Apostles. Hebrought peace to them. Verifying theCrucifixion, the Lord showed thewounds of the nails and of the spear. Heagain brought them the reassurance ofGod�s loving protection.

Then, powerfully, and by breathingon them, another ancient symbol oftransmitting divine strength and author-ity, the Lord gave the Apostles the HolySpirit. Specifically, Jesus gave them thegreatest of divine powers, namely thepower to judge between a person�s goodor evil, and also the power to forgivesins.

ReflectionThis weekend, the Church concludes

the season of Easter. Ordinary Time willresume on May 31 and continue until thestart of the celebration of the FirstSunday of Advent on Nov. 28.

The Church this weekend reminds thefaithful that all who love Jesus are onepeople because they share in the life andlove of the one Holy Spirit. It is a lifeand love that give strength and wisdom.

Each person is an individual, with hisor her own opportunities and skills. Foreach, however, the one goal and rewardis to live with Christ, and in this life togive the love of Christ to others.

The Gospel reminds us that theApostles exercised the Lord�s ownauthority. They guided the Church. TheChurch lives still, and its message is thatof the Apostles, as given to them by theLord. �

Pentecost/Msgr. Owen F. Campion

Daily ReadingsMonday, May 31The Visitation of the Virgin

MaryZephaniah 3:14-18or Romans 12:9-16(Response) Isaiah 12:2-3,

4bcd, 5-6Luke 1:39-56

Tuesday, June 1Justin, martyr2 Peter 3:12-15a, 17-18Psalm 90:2-4, 10, 14, 16Mark 12:13-17

Wednesday, June 2Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12Psalm 123:1-2Mark 12:18-27

Thursday, June 3Charles Lwanga, martyr

and companions, martyrs2 Timothy 2:8-15Psalm 25:4-5, 8-10, 14Mark 12:28-34

Friday, June 42 Timothy 3:10-17Psalm 119:157, 160, 161, 165,

166, 168Mark 12:35-37

Saturday, June 5Boniface, bishop and martyr2 Timothy 4:1-8Psalm 71:8-9, 14-17, 22Mark 12:38-44

Sunday, June 6The Most Holy TrinityProverbs 8:22-31Psalm 8:4-9Romans 5:1-5John 16:12-15

My Journey to God

How glorious is this newborn!

Innocent and glowingEyes closed yet so awareHands reaching out with

eagerness to othersMouth cooing a wondrous

praise of God

Feet anxious to begin the journey of life

Mind open to the will of GodHeart busting with love for all

How small is this newborn,yet

How glorious this gift.

By Patty Brooks

The Glory of the Small

QReincarnation has become a sensitivesubject with a few Christian congre-

gations in our area.New Age groups (sothey call themselves)claim reincarnation isapproved by Christianteachings, and someChristians seem toagree.

I�m not satisfiedwith my answers. Iam not even sure whatthey mean by �rein-

carnation.� Is there any way we Catholicscould fit reincarnation into our faith?(Pennsylvania)

AThe brief answer is no. The conceptof reincarnation contradicts tradi-

tional Christian beliefs in several seriousareas.

The word �reincarnation� means�coming again in the flesh.�

As you suggest, theories promoted bysome groups calling themselves Christiando sound something like reincarnation,but often their explanations are so fuzzythat it�s difficult to know precisely whatthey mean.

According to the teachings of severalreligions or philosophies, particularly inancient Asian cultures, all living beingsexist in a cycle of deaths and rebirths.This is true of everything, from gods tohumans to animals and plants.

When one life is finished, the beingreturns in another form, higher or lower,depending on how well it lived the previ-ous existence.

The process applies in a particularway to human beings. By the lawHindus call �karma,� one�s earthly lifedoes not cease at death. Individualsreturn in another form, usually unawareof their previous existence, though theirnew life is radically affected by pastfailings.

This continuous flow is believed tolead in some mystical way to the absorp-tion of all being into �absolute reality,�which finally will be the only realitythere is. All else will be fantasy, an illu-sion.

These few sentences cannot do justiceto an ancient, massive and intricateworldview of a large part of our humanfamily as it has searched for answers tolife�s great questions. Where did we

come from? Why are we here? Where arewe going? What else is out there?Whence comes evil? How does what wedo here affect what comes after?

These are the cosmic mysteries thatpeople have probed for tens of thousandsof years. And as bizarre as it sounds tous, millions have found a hint of satisfy-ing answers in the intriguing notion ofreincarnation.

This should not, in fact, be surprising.Some of their insights about our humancondition can have value for all of us.

As Pope John Paul II repeats in hisbook Crossing the Threshold of Hope,speaking specifically of non-Christianreligions, the Holy Spirit works effec-tively in cultures and religions outsidethe visible structure of the Church.

The Spirit, the pope explains, uses forgood purpose these �semina Verbi�(seeds of the Word), which constitute akind of root of salvation present in allreligions (pages 80-81).

Just as clearly, however, the doctrineof reincarnation directly contradictsbasic Catholic teachings such as theimmortality of the soul; the final resur-rection of body and soul; the finality ofdeath as the end of our earthly time oftesting and trial; and our personal, con-scious responsibility, in cooperationwith God�s grace, for our definitive des-tiny after death.

These are just a few reasons whybelief in reincarnation, in any traditionalsense of that word, is incompatible withCatholic and Christian faith. �

(Patty Brooks is a member of Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis. Artist IrioOttavio Fantini created this illustration of the Christ child being held in the arms ofMary for the 2001 Vatican Radio Christmas card. �The baby is alert,� Fantini saidat the time. �He sees everything, even all that will happen in the future.�) �

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Reincarnation contradictstraditional Christian beliefs

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Seasonal reflections also are appre-ciated. Please include name, address,parish and telephone number with sub-missions.

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


May 28Holy Trinity Parish, 2618 W. St.Clair St., Indianapolis. Parish�500� Festival, 5:30-9 p.m.,food, games, music. Information:317-631-2939.

Marian College, St. Francis HallChapel, 3200 Cold Spring Road,Indianapolis. Catholic Charis-matic Renewal, prayer meeting,7-8:30 p.m. Information: 317-927-6709.

St. Francis Hospital and HealthCenters, 8111 S. Emerson Ave.,Indianapolis. �Living withCancer,� 9 a.m.-4 p.m., lunchprovided. Registration: 317-782-6704.

May 28-30Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100Hill Dr., St. Meinrad. Weekendretreat, �The Spirituality ofFood,� Benedictine BrotherGabriel Hodges, presenter. Infor-mation: www.saintmeinrad.eduor [email protected].

May 29St. John the Baptist Parish, 8310St. John Road, Floyds Knobs.Starlight Strawberry Festival,booths open, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,buffet dinner, make your ownstrawberry shortcake, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., entertainment. Informa-tion: 812-923-5785.

May 30Brebeuf Jesuit PreparatorySchool, Chapel, 2801 W. 86thSt., Indianapolis. CatholicCharismatic Renewal, PentecostSunday Mass, praise and wor-ship, 2 p.m. Information: 317-927-6709.

Mary�s King�s Village Schoen-statt, Rexville (located on 925South, .8 mile east of 421 South,12 miles south of Versailles),�Schoenstatt Spirituality,�2:30 p.m., Mass, 3:30 p.m., withFather Elmer Burwinkel. Infor-mation: 812-689-3551 or [email protected] or logon to Schoenstatt Web site atwww.seidata.com/~frburwink.

June 1Benedict Inn Retreat and Confer-ence Center, 1402 Southern Ave.,Beech Grove. �Women: NoLonger Second Class,� 7-8:30p.m. Information: 317-788-7581.

June 3-5St. Simon the Apostle Parish,8155 Oaklandon Road, Indiana-polis. Parish festival, Thurs.5-11 p.m., Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight,Sat. 3 p.m.-midnight, rides,games, music, food. Information:317-826-6000, ext. 3.

June 4St. John the Evangelist Parish,

126 W. Georgia St., Indiana-polis. �St. John�s Night with theIndians,� cookout, St. John�sRectory Garden, 5-6:30 p.m.,baseball game, Victory Field,7 p.m., $10 per person includesgame ticket. Information andreservations: 317-635-2021 byJune 1.

St. Luke Parish, 7575 HollidayDr. East, Indianapolis. Coupleto Couple League of Indiana-polis, Natural Family Planning(NFP), 7-9 p.m. Information:317-465-0126.

June 4-6St. Therese of the Infant Jesus(Little Flower) Parish, 1401 N.Bosart Ave., Indianapolis. Sum-merfest 2004, Fri. 5-11 p.m., Sat.3-11 p.m., Sun. 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m., rides, games, food, enter-tainment. Information: 317-357-8352.

Kordes Retreat Center, 841 E.14th St., Ferdinand. Weekendretreat, �Seeking God withSt. Benedict�s Guidance,� Bene-dictine Sister Kathryn Huber,presenter. Information: 812-267-2777 or 800-880-2777 or [email protected].

June 5Knights of Columbus Hall, 2100E. 71st St., Indianapolis. Auc-tion and dinner, 6:30-9:30 p.m.,featuring the late Father PatrickKelly�s Indianapolis Colts,Cathedral High School and golfmemorabilia, $10 adults, $5 chil-dren 10 and under. Information:317-546-1571.

St. Paul Parish, 218 Scheller Ave.,Sellersburg. Parish picnic andfestival, 3-11 p.m., chicken din-ner, games, booths, refreshments.Information: 812-246-3522.

The Active List

The Criterion welcomes announcements of archdiocesanChurch and parish open-to-the-public activities for �TheActive List.� Please be brief�listing date, location, event,sponsor, cost and time. Include a phone number for verifi-cation. No announcements will be taken by telephone.Notices must be in our office by 5 p.m. Thursday 1 week inadvance of (Friday) publication: The Criterion, The ActiveList, 1400 N. Meridian St. (hand deliver), P.O. Box 1717,Indianapolis, IN 46206 (mail); 317-236-1593 (fax),[email protected] (e-mail).

June 6SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral,1347 N. Meridian St., Indiana-polis. St. Agnes Academy all-class reunion, Mass, 10:30 a.m.;brunch, Riviera Club, 5640 N.Illinois St., $16 per person.Information: 317-257-8886.

St. Gabriel Church, 6000 W.34th St., Indianapolis. FilipinoMass, 3 p.m. Information: 317-291-7014.

St. Francis Hospital and HealthCenters, 8111 S. Emerson Ave.,Indianapolis. �Freedom fromSmoking,� seven-week class,6-8 p.m., $50 per person. Infor-mation: 317-782-7999.

June 12Brickyard Crossing Golf Resortand Inn, 4400 W. 16th St.,Indianapolis. St. Mary AcademyClass of 1954, 50th class reunion,6:30 p.m., $40 per person. Infor-mation: 317-241-2460 or 407-321-2869.

MonthlyFirst SundaysSt. Paul Church, 218 SchellerAve., Sellersburg. Prayer group,7-8:15 p.m. Information: 812-246-4555.

Fatima Knights of Columbus,1040 N. Post Road, Indiana-polis. Euchre, 1 p.m. Informa-tion: 317-638-8416.

First MondaysArchbishop O�Meara CatholicCenter, 1400 N. Meridian St.,Indianapolis. Guardian AngelGuild, board meeting, 9:30 a.m.

First TuesdaysDivine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W.30th St., Indianapolis. Confes-sion, 6:45 p.m., Benediction ofthe Blessed Sacrament for voca-tions, 7:30 p.m.

St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. JoeRoad W., Sellersburg. Holyhour for religious vocations,Benediction and exposition ofthe Blessed Sacrament after7 p.m. Mass.

Brebeuf Jesuit PreparatorySchool, 2801 W. 86th St.,Indianapolis. Indiana Autismand Sertoma Club meeting,7-9 p.m., child care provided.Information: 317-885-7295.

First FridaysSt. Vincent de Paul Church, 1723�I� St., Bedford. Exposition ofthe Blessed Sacrament after8:30 a.m. Mass-9 a.m. Sat., rec-onciliation, Fri. 4-6 p.m., Sat.8-9 a.m., �Children of Hope�program, holy hour for children.Information: 812-275-6539.

Holy Name Church, 89 N. 17thAve., Beech Grove. Mass,

8:15 a.m., devotions followingMass until 5 p.m. Benediction.Information: 317-784-5454.

St. Peter Church, 1207 EastRoad, Brookville. Exposition ofthe Blessed Sacrament after8 a.m. until Communion service,1 p.m.

Holy Guardian Angels Church,405 U.S. 52, Cedar Grove.Eucharistic adoration after 8 a.m.Mass-5 p.m.

SS. Francis and Clare Church,5901 Olive Branch Road,Greenwood. Mass, 8 a.m., ado-ration, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., SacredHeart Chaplet, 8:30 a.m., DivineMercy Chaplet, 3 p.m. Informa-tion: 317-859-4673.

Christ the King Church, 1827Kessler Blvd., E. Dr., Indiana-polis. Exposition of the BlessedSacrament after 7:15 a.m. Mass-5:30 p.m. Benediction and ser-vice.

Holy Rosary Church, 520 Ste-vens St., Indianapolis. Adora-tion of the Blessed Sacramentafter 5:45 p.m. Mass-9 a.m.Saturday. Information: 317-636-4478.

Our Lady of Lourdes Church,5333 E. Washington St., Indian-apolis. Exposition of the BlessedSacrament, prayer service,7:30 p.m.

St. Anthony Church, 379 N.Warman Ave., Indianapolis.Exposition of the Blessed Sacra-ment after 5:30 p.m. Mass, hourof silent prayer and reflectionfollowed by Benediction of theBlessed Sacrament.

St. Joseph Church, 1375 S.Mickley Ave., Indianapolis.Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-ment, 4 p.m., rosary, 5 p.m.,Benediction, 5:30 p.m., Mass,5:45 p.m. Information: 317-244-9002.

St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr.Andrew J. Brown Ave., Indiana-polis. Sacred Heart devotion,11 a.m., holy hour, 6-7 p.m.Information: 317-632-9349.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church,1530 Union St., Indianapolis.Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-ment, 7:30-10:30 a.m. Informa-tion: 317-638-5551.

Our Lady of Perpetual HelpChurch, 1752 Scheller Lane,New Albany. Adoration con-cluding with confessions at6 p.m. Benediction, 6:45 p.m.

St. Joseph Church, 113 S. 5th St.,Terre Haute. Eucharistic adora-tion, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Benedic-tion, rosary, noon, Mass,

5:15 p.m. Information: 812-235-4996.

First SaturdaysOur Lady of the GreenwoodChurch, 335 S. Meridian St.,Greenwood. Devotions, Mass,7:30 a.m., sacrament of reconcil-iation, rosary, meditations fol-lowing Mass.

Holy Angels Church, 740 W.28th St., Indianapolis. Expo-sition of the Blessed Sacrament,11 a.m.-noon.

St. Therese of the Infant Jesus(Little Flower) Church, Chapel,4720 E. 13th St., Indianapolis.Apostolate of Fatima holy hour,2 p.m.

St. Anthony Church, 379 N.Warman Ave., Indianapolis.Reconciliation, 7:45 a.m., Mass,8:15 a.m. followed by rosary.

St. Thomas More Church, 1200N. Indiana St., Mooresville.Mass, 8:35 a.m. Information:317-831-4142.

St. Nicholas Church, 6461 E.St. Nicholas Dr., Sunman. Mass,praise and worship, 8 a.m., thenSACRED gathering in theschool.

Second MondaysChurch at Mount St. Francis.Holy hour for vocations topriesthood and religious life,7 p.m.

Second TuesdaysSt. Pius X Parish, 7200 Sarto Dr.,Indianapolis. Support Group forSeparated and DivorcedCatholics, 7 p.m. Information:Archdiocesan Office of FamilyMinistries, 317-236-1596 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1596.

Second ThursdaysSt. Luke Church, 7575 HollidayDr. E., Indianapolis. Holy hourfor priestly and religious voca-tions, 7 p.m.

Second SaturdaysSt. Agnes Parish, Brown CountyPublic Library, Nashville. BrownCounty Widowed SupportGroup, 3 p.m. Information anddirections: 812-988-2778 or 812-988-4429.

Third SundaysChrist the King Church, 1827Kessler Blvd., E. Dr., Indiana-polis. Exposition of the BlessedSacrament, 2 p.m.-7 a.m. Mon-day, rosary, 8 p.m. Open untilmidnight.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,Church of the Immaculate Con-ception, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Mass, 10 a.m., sign-interpreted.

Third MondaysSt. Matthew Parish, 4100 E. 56thSt., Indianapolis. YoungWidowed Group, sponsored byarchdiocesan Office of FamilyMinistries, 7:30 p.m. Informa-tion: 317-236-1596 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1596.

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

Third WednesdaysHoly Name Church, 89 N. 17thAve., Beech Grove. Holy hourand rosary, 6 p.m. Information:317-784-5454.

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

Archbishop O�Meara CatholicCenter, 1400 N. Meridian St.,Indianapolis. Catholic WidowedOrganization, 7-9:30 p.m. Infor-mation: 317-784-1102. �

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St. Joan of Arc School inIndianapolis, like the othersix center-city Catholicschools, has added a millionbooks to its library�in amanner of speaking.

Sarah Batt, director ofProject RELATES, the arch-diocese�s 21st CenturyCommunity LearningCenters grant, is responsiblefor seeing to it that each ofthe seven schools gets amajor upgrade to its library.

With money from the21st Century CommunityLearning Center Grant andProject EXCEED, the arch-diocese is helping schoolsteam up with theIndianapolis-Marion CountyPublic Library (I-MCPL).

Students from theschools can borrow anybooks from the publiclibrary. Books are evendelivered twice a week tothe school.

This library renewal pro-gram began at All SaintsSchool in Indianapolisunder the leadership of itsformer principal, Mary PatSharpe.

Sharpe, who is now theprincipal of St. Joan of ArcSchool, is pleased that othercenter-city schools willexperience the benefits shesaw at All Saints School.

�It means that all of thebooks in the library are bar-coded and represented onthe public access catalog onthe Web,� Batt said. �Soanybody in the city can lookup and see what books eachschool library has on theshelf.�

Each of the students atAll Saints School had alibrary card when she leftlast year, Sharpe said, andabout half of the older stu-dents had their 14-digitlibrary card number memo-rized because they used itso often to request bookson-line from I-MCPL.

Besides improving St. Joan of Arc�s librarywith this relationship, newbooks that will stay at theschool are also on the way.

The 21st Century grant�has $120,000 in it to buybooks for the seven center-city schools,� Batt said, �sothere�s a big bunch of booksthat are coming here.�

It�s all very exciting,Sharpe said. Up to thispoint, the library at St. Joanof Arc School had beenlacking.

The �library� was, notlong ago, a series of book-shelves stuck against a wallin a computer lab andcrammed full of old books.

�You could tell just bylooking that nobody wasusing those books,� Battsaid.

Kelly Mosley, part-timelibrarian at the school, saidthat when they cleaned outthe library many of thebooks were outdated.

�Some of the books had48 states [in the text],� shesaid.

What was left and stillrelevant makes up the col-lection in the new St. Joanof Arc library, which wasremodeled from an oldclassroom that had recently


St. Joan of Arc students enjoy new library and reading roombeen used for storage. Thereare relatively few books, fornow, spread about on thenumerous bookshelves.

Besides what the grantwill provide, members ofSt. Joan of Arc Parish havedonated books. ImmaculateHeart of Mary School fac-ulty members inIndianapolis also gavebooks to St. Joan of ArcSchool.

�We�ve had a coupledonations from a coupleteachers at some of theother schools,� Sharpe said.

A parishioner and thehusband of a teacher builtthe bookshelves.

There is good fruit fromall this effort. The childrenare using their library andenjoying it, Mosley said.They are doing moreresearch, and some evenhave parents that get booksthrough the shared system.

�They�re really startingto use it a lot,� she said.�It�s neat.�

Whereas the studentshad thought of the library

as a place to hang outbefore, now they think of itas a place to read andstudy.

On the far wall of thelibrary, there are two doorson opposite ends of theroom that open into a nar-row, no longer used coat-room. This space has nowbecome a gem for thelibrary.

Mosley, her sister andother volunteers painted theroom to look like a woodedpark with animals, lightpoles and a blue sky. Asoft, green carpet resem-bles grass.

Also in the room is apark bench, which Mosleysits on while she reads tothe students. Each class ofstudents, up through thethird grade, comes once aweek for read-aloud time.

Beyond that, the schoolhas also adopted the DEAR(Drop Everything andRead) program, Sharpesaid. Each morning, forabout 15 minutes, activitiesat the school stop and the

students either read pri-vately or are read to byothers.

The library also providesa reprieve for teachers. Inthe past, teachers have paidfor books for their studentsto read out of their ownpockets. Now, they cansend students to the libraryfor pleasure reading or

research materials.The 21st Century grant

also allows for a part-timelibrary assistant to keep thelibrary open during after-school hours.

All this work is because,as Sharpe said, reading isthe bottom line.

�I think that obviouslythe more students read, the

better they�re going to per-form on tests [and] the bet-ter they will achieve in allsubjects,� she said. �To beable to finally have a placein the building where [thestudents] have an opportu-nity to always be reading,or always being able tofind books to read, is big.That�s very big.� �

Kelly Mosley,the librarian atSt. Joan of ArcSchool inIndianapolis,reads to a classof third-gradestudents onApril 15 in thereading room ofthe new schoollibrary. Mosleyand severalother volunteerspainted thewalls to makethe room looklike a park.

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Patricia Hommel. Brother ofJulie Campbell and FredHommel.CHERVENKO, Mary Anna,74, Sacred Heart of Jesus, TerreHaute, April 23. Aunt of sev-eral.FISHER, Patrick Joseph, 81,St. Lawrence, Indianapolis,May 6. Husband of SusanFisher. Father of BarbaraRoettger, Kathleen, Michaeland Patrick Fisher. Stepfather offour. Brother of Theresa Welschand Frank Fisher. Grandfatherof one.GROVE, Leroy, Jr., 82,St. Vincent de Paul, ShelbyCounty, May 14. Husband ofLeonore Grove. Father ofWilliam Grove. Grandfather oftwo. Great-grandfather of one.HATTLEY, John G., Jr., 50,St. Anne, New Castle, May 11.Husband of Vicky L. Hattley.Father of Jennifer Curtis,Patricia and David Hattley. Sonof John and Veronica (Yanko-vich) Hattley. Brother ofMarlene Dultz. Grandfather oftwo.HILGENHOLD, Rachelle(Swihart), 81, St. Paul, TellCity, April 29. Father of RandyVolpe.KIRK, James R., 88,St. Malachy, Brownsburg,May 9. Father of Janice Cundiffand Norman Kirk. Brother ofPatricia Campbell, Bill andTom Kirk. Grandfather of one.Great-grandfather of one.KRUSE, Dorothy J., 93,St. Paul, Tell City, April 28.Mother of Phyllis Ferguson,

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Left, an infantry scene is shownin bronze relief at the newNational World War II Memorial inWashington. A series of 24 pan-els depicts the war years athome and overseas. The memor-ial will be dedicated on May 29near the Washington Monumentand Lincoln Memorial on theNational Mall. It pays tribute tothe 16 million who served in theU.S. armed forces and more than400,000 who died in the war.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)�Pope JohnPaul II called on the world�s richer nationsto help Africa become a continent of justiceand peace.

�The continent urgently needs peace, jus-tice and reconciliation as well as the help ofindustrialized countries who are called tosustain its development,� said the pope in awritten message sent on the occasion of aninternational gathering in the Vatican ondevelopment in Africa.

The pope emphasized that Africans needproper development that allows them tobecome the true �protagonists of their ownfuture, the actors and subjects of their des-tiny.�

�May the international community beable to contribute, with determination andgenerosity, toward the promotion of justiceand peace� in Africa, he wrote.

He also invited Catholics across theworld �to support their brothers of Africa,so that they could have a more human andfraternal life.�

The message was presented to partici-pants attending a one-day meeting spon-sored by the Pontifical Council for Justiceand Peace. The convention, held on May21, brought together Church and govern-ment officials from Africa and diplomats tothe Holy See, as well as experts on sustain-able development and nongovernmentalorganizations.

They reflected on how best to boostAfrica�s social and economic developmentin an era of globalization.

Though Africa continues to bear theweight of grinding poverty, pandemic dis-eases and armed conflict, the worst evilafflicting the continent is indifference anddistrust by the world community, said thecouncil�s president, Cardinal RenatoMartino.

�The sense of resignation and almostgeneral distrust ... surrounds the continentlike an iron curtain of selfishness and indif-ference,� he said in his opening address.

�The true battle to fight is that of con-

structing at all levels ... an environment ofrenewed trust and generosity and intelligententerprise,� said the cardinal.

One group working to restore trustamong the Africans themselves is CatholicRelief Services, the U.S. bishops� agency forinternational relief and development. Itspresident, Kenneth Hackett, told participantsat the Vatican meeting that the Church offersa unique approach to peace-building in soci-eties worn down by years of conflict.

�For the United Nations, peace-buildingis defined another way. But for the CatholicChurch, our efforts are firmly built onGospel teaching and Catholic social teach-ing,� he told Catholic News Service.

The Church�s approach emphasizes and�respects the dignity of the human personand then builds the blocks toward a sustain-able peace,� through conflict resolution andeducation programs in schools and parishes,he said.

The Church in Africa also has a new taskahead of itself, said Hackett, in helpingdetermine how the continent�s vast oil, min-eral and other natural resources will be usedand for whose benefit.

�The estimate is that over the next 10years $200 billion worth of revenues willflow into Africa from just oil. Who�s goingto manage that money? How can you beassured it�s going to the people?� he said.

CRS is working to �help the Church findits place in this debate, making sure it has avoice� in what happens to those revenues,he said.

But first, much of the money Africaneeds to pull itself out of a cycle of povertymust come from the outside in the form ofinvestments from richer countries, saidJeffrey Sachs, a U.S. economist and specialadvisor to the U.N. secretary-general.

�Africa needs just $30 billion to $40 bil-lion a year in investments from the interna-tional community ... that equals just overone-tenth of 1 percent of the annual incomeof rich countries, whose earnings reachabout $150 trillion a year,� he told CNS. �

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Matthew�s mother, Jessie Lund, saidthat after his teacher gave him the contesttheme Matthew went to work creating hisposter.

�I was just thinking of lighting up peo-ple�s day by helping them,� said Matthew.�[Jesus] was there with us, helping uswith it.�

Since the poster portrays scenes fromMatthew�s life, it serves as an expressionof acts of service that he has done, andalso of his Christian identity that has beenformed in him by his family.

�We�re a family that believes in pray-ing together, and we go to church faith-fully. We believe that praying is going tohelp your day,� said Lund. �[Matthew]emphasized to me that he really enjoyspraying in church, and praying with hisfriends and family.�

Lund also noted the important role thatAnnunciation School has played in form-ing her son�s life of faith and its expres-sion in his award-winning poster.

�I think that it�s a tribute to Annunciationfor even participating in [the contest],� saidLund, �and giving a chance to all of thechildren to do some creative thinking andbringing their [religion] into their dailythinking.�

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Barbara Black, principal of AnnunciationSchool, said the praise that Matthewreceived from his classmates upon theannouncement that he had won the contestwas reflective of the foundation of faith thatflows through the school�s community.

�There is a spiritual bond [amongthem], even though not all of the childrenare Catholic. They still have that connec-tion and respect for each other,� saidBlack. �It�s great to see them workingtogether and recognizing each other with-out being upset or jealous.�

Holy Cross Father Steve Gibson cameto Brazil from Notre Dame, Ind., to presentMatthew with a certificate and $100.

In his homily during the Mass at whichMatthew was honored, Father Gibson saidthat prayer was a way for us to becomeholy and to come to know God�s will forus.

He also reflected upon the nature of theplaces where that prayer happens for thestudents of Annunciation School.

�Your school is holy ground,� FatherGibson said. �People who love you, whoteach you [are here]. That is what makes itholy ground.

�When you go home tonight and sit atthe table with your family�with yourbrothers and sisters and moms and dads�that is holy ground. Wherever people wholove one another come together is holyground,� he said. �

Matthew Lund, a third-grader atAnnunciation School in Brazil

and recipient of a first-placeaward in the “Try Prayer! It

Works!” contest, stands with,from left, Father Robert

Hausladen, pastor ofAnnunciation Parish, Barbara

Black, principal of AnnunciationSchool, his mother, Jessie Lund,

and Holy Cross Father SteveGibson.

This is the poster that Matthew Lund, a third-grader at Annunciation School in Brazil, submitted for the“Try Prayer! It Works!” contest sponsored by Holy Cross Family Ministries. Matthew was one of only 13first-place winners out of 3,200 students across the country who participated in the contest.

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Speaker highlights ethicalproblems of stem-cell research

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS)�Embryonic stem-cell research and ther-apeutic cloning are always unethicalbecause they �create life precisely todestroy it,� a priest told members of themedical, legal and scientific communi-ties at the Catholic MedicalAssociation�s conference in St. Paul.

About 160 people, including doctors,nurses, hospital administrators, lawyers,clergy and students, attended the con-ference on May 8 to discuss how theymight collaborate on life issues com-mon to their disciplines. Participantsheard talks on bioethics, cloning,embryo research, intrauterine medicineand reproductive technologies.

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, who hasa doctorate in neuroscience and is anassociate pastor at St. Patrick Parish inFalmouth, Mass., told participants thereis a lot of excitement about the poten-tial for stem-cell therapy to cure dis-eases, but he cautioned against unethi-cal uses of stem cells that destroy life,such as embryonic stem-cell researchand therapeutic cloning.

�The curing of disease is certainly avery good end, one that the RomanCatholic Church actively and vigor-ously supports,� he said, �but even verygood ends cannot ever justify the use ofintrinsically disordered or evil means.�

He said that regulations are neces-sary to protect embryos from exploita-tion, but that scientific progress has thepotential to get out of control.

�It basically becomes a steamrollerwhere you say science must go for-ward. We have to be among the contin-gent in our society that says we need aninformed and intelligent discussion ofthe science because we know that sci-ence can be dangerous,� the priestadded.

Father Pacholczyk said it is a mis-conception that embryonic stem cells,which have the potential to become anyof the more than 200 types of cells inthe body, are more valuable to sciencethan stem cells obtained from adults orumbilical cords.

Though adult stem cells are morerestricted, or limited in what they arecapable of becoming, he said, they are

more reliable than embryonic stem cells,which readily form cancerous growths orare rejected by a person�s immune sys-tem.

He said adult stem cells, obtainedfrom fat cells, nasal lining, bone marrow,tissues and organs, umbilical cords, pla-centas and amniotic fluid, have thepotential to cure most diseases.

The priest noted that those who havenot closely followed this debate mightthink that embryonic stem cells arealready giving exciting cures, which hesaid is �absolutely false.�

He said the number of people whohave been cured of any disease usingstem cells from embryos is �exactlyzero� while �literally thousands, if nottens of thousands, or more people havebeen cured using adult and umbilicalcord stem-cell therapies.�

Father Pacholczyk cited examples ofpeople who have been cured of heart dis-ease, leukemia, sickle cell anemia anddiseases of the central nervous systemfrom adult stem-cell treatments. In onestudy, people with spinal cord injurieswere able to move their limbs slightlyafter undergoing adult stem-cell treat-ments and physical therapy.

He noted that the debate over the useof embryonic stem cells is just heatingup, pointing out that Californians willvote this year on whether to allocate$200 million of state funds every yearfor the next 10 years to support and pro-mote embryonic stem-cell research andtherapeutic cloning.

What people need to remember, headded, is that every human being wasonce an embryo. He said that idea is the�basic foundation and springboard� for acommon discussion of bioethics.

Dr. Fred Noberga, a retired internistfrom the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, saidhe had been looking for years for otherphysicians who shared his Catholicviews on medicine.

He told The Catholic Spirit, newspa-per of the St. Paul and MinneapolisArchdiocese, that he especially wasimpressed with Father Pacholczyk�s talkbecause he �defined things from the sci-entific point of view, which is particu-larly useful for physicians.� �

Ampuls containing a mediumfor storing stem cells areshown by supervising cell biologist Lesley Young at theUK Stem Cell Bank in Londonon May 19. The world's firstembryonic stem-cell bankopened, breaking ground inone of the most controversialareas of medical research.

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