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BATESVILLE—“I can feel the fire,Holy Ghost fire. I can feel the fire burningin my soul.”

These words were sung with passionand flowed from a high school auditoriumon March 1 in Batesville during aconference sponsored by St. NicholasParish in Ripley County.

Some 500 people from across Illinois,Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio attending theconference belted out the song betweenpresentations that focused on how the gifts,also known as charisms, of the Holy Spiritare to be used in everyday life to share theGospel with others.

The conference, “The Holy Spirit andEvangelization: Go and Make Disciples ofAll Nations,” featured Bishop Sam Jacobsof the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux inLouisiana, Sister of Charity of New YorkNancy Kellar, Father Daniel Wilder of theDiocese of Peoria, Ill., and Father GregoryBramlage, pastor of St. Nicholas Parish.

Conference connects the Holy Spirit and evangelizationCalled by Name, a music group made

up mostly of members of St. NicholasParish and led by Angie Meyers, ledparticipants in praise and worship songsbetween presentations and during theconference Mass.

Participants thought it was theHoly Spirit that was the driving forcebehind all that happened at the conference.

“I think this is absolutely wonderful,”said conference attendee Chris Dickson, amember of St. Mary Parish in Richmond.“This is the best conference that I’ve everbeen to here yet.

“It really convicted me because I knowthat I haven’t been doing the job [ofevangelization] that the Holy Spirit hasbeen telling me that I’m supposed to do.I’ve been too timid. And now, it’s like, ‘OK,all the stops are out now. You have no moreexcuses.’ ”

In his presentation, “The Charisms andEvangelization,” Bishop Jacobs emphasizedhow the Church’s mission of evangelization

A father’s love, a son’s passion

By Mike Krokos

BEECH GROVE—This is a love story aboutfaith, family, perseverance and passion.

It’s a story about the power of a father’sunconditional love for his son and the dreamsthat love has unleashed.

It’s a story about the sacrifices a father iswilling to make so his son’s dreams can becomereality.

The story of Patrick Henry Hughes, and hisfather, Patrick John Hughes, inspired andcaptured the hearts of more than 500 people whoattended the annual Holy Name of Jesus ParishFather and Son Breakfast on March 2.

Patrick Henry Hughes, who will turn 20 onMarch 10, was born without eyes and the abilityto straighten his arms and legs.

Yet, for Patrick Henry, life is more about usingthe gifts that God has given him.

His view is “not disabilities at all, moreabilities.”

“I see blindness as ability and sight as adisability,” said Patrick Henry, who attends Massat St. Bartholomew Parish in Louisville, Ky., withhis parents and two brothers, ages 17 and 12.

“I just see what’s on the inside [of a person].”For Patrick Henry, his abilities include being a

talented pianist, vocalist and trumpet player.A full-time student at the University of

Louisville who commutes back and forth fromcampus, Patrick Henry also excels in theclassroom. The sophomore is a straight A studentmajoring in Spanish. He is fluent in Spanish andhopes to be an interpreter or internationalambassador to a Spanish-speaking country. And

Hughes familyshares inspiringstory at fatherand son breakfast

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Patrick John Hughes and his son, Patrick Henry Hughes, perform as part ofthe University of Louisville marching band during halftime at a 2006 homefootball game.

Karen Kamphaus, a member of St. NicholasParish in Ripley County, plays a tambourineduring a praise and worship song on March 1during a conference on the Holy Spirit andevangelization sponsored by her parish andheld at Batesville High School in Batesville.

JERUSALEM (CNS)—A Catholicpolitical analyst said the currentU.S. administration is part of the problem inthe Middle East, not the solution.

“Unfortunately [President George W.]Bush’s administration is a failure in the ...Middle East, starting in Afghanistan,stretching through to Iraq and moving on to Lebanon and Israel-Palestine,” saidWadie Abunasser, an Arab and director ofthe International Center for Consultations inHaifa, Israel. “There is a lack of goodAmerican understanding of the reality andmentality of the region.”

Abunasser added that the situationcontinues to deteriorate because of a lack of sufficient international intervention,specifically by the United States.

Despite the numerous visits to the regionby members of the U.S. administration,including U.S. Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice, who arrived inRamallah, West Bank, on March 4, Arabs ingeneral and Palestinians in particular do notfeel they have benefited, he said.

People were not optimistic about Rice’svisit, Abunasser added.

“Palestinians feel the purpose of thepeace process is to bring them to theirknees,” he said.

Although on-again, off-again talks wereresumed following Bush’s visit in January,people have not felt any concrete changeson the ground, he said.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,whose Fatah Party was ousted from theGaza Strip last summer by the Islamicmilitant group Hamas, suspended peacetalks on March 2 after the Israeli incursioninto Gaza.

In Ramallah, Rice said that she believeda peace deal between Israel and thePalestinians was still possible this year andurged the two sides to resume talks.

Abunasser said the recent escalation ofviolence along the Gaza border betweenPalestinian militants and the Israeli militaryis a clear indication of the complete lack oftheir understanding of each other.

“Israel has been running after Hamas for20 years, and Hamas is growing,” he said. “Iam not saying that Hamas is good, but these

Israeli Catholicanalyst saysU.S. is part ofMiddle Eastproblem

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he is in the school’s marching band.But that is only part of Patrick Henry’s

story.

A love of musicHis mom, Patricia, seemed on her way

to a “picture-perfect pregnancy” after sheand her husband conceived a child in1987.

Though there was no explanation why,“his [Patrick Henry’s] eyes didn’t growand his limbs didn’t straighten out,”Patrick John said of his firstborn child.

When doctors gave the young parents alist of all the things that newborn PatrickHenry wouldn’t do in life, his father wasdevastated and tried to come to grips withthe fact that his son wouldn’t be able tocompete in sports and experience many ofthe other things he had enjoyed.

Then one day, when his wife wasshopping, Patrick John was faced with the challenge of trying to calm his crying4-month-old son.

His solution? He sat with Patrick Henryat the piano and played a few notes, whichseemed to soothe and calm the infant.

“He got quiet at the piano,”Patrick John said.

What developed in the months andyears ahead was Patrick Henry’s love ofmusic.

“At 9 months, he would play notesback to me,” his father said.

By age 2, Patrick Henry was playingrequests on the piano like “You Are MySunshine” and“Twinkle, Twinkle,Little Star.”

At the father and son breakfast,Patrick Henry sat at apiano, gently slidinghis fingers on the keysas he performed“Rustles of Spring,” aclassical piece whosesoothing sound ismusic to any listener’sears.

Later, he sharedmelodic vocals as heplayed “Somewhere,Over the Rainbow” andBrooks and Dunn’s hitsong “Believe” on thepiano.

“He’s my hero,” father Patrick Johntold ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi when discussinghis son during a television piece on thefamily in 2006. The video was aired at thefather and son breakfast.

“The places my son has taken me. …He has taken me on a path I would havenever imagined,” Patrick John said at thefather and son breakfast. “I have beenblessed.”

Sacrifices for a sonPatrick John works the graveyard

shift—11 p.m. to 5 a.m. at United ParcelService in Louisville—so he can attendclasses with his son at the University ofLouisville. But that is only one of the

sacrifices that father has made forhis son.

When Patrick Henry enrolled at theUniversity of Louisville in 2006, he wasinterested in playing in the school’spep band at basketball games. There wasone catch: Only members of the marchingband can play in the pep band.

Not to be deterred, Patrick John attendsband practice withPatrick Henry. Fatherlearns each newroutine and pushes his son in hiswheelchair through the 220-memberband’s maneuvers.

The father and son’scommitment has notgone unnoticed. In2006, Patrick Henryreceived the Disney’sWide World ofSports® Spirit Award,given each year tocollege football’s mostinspirational figure.Patrick Henry was thefirst nonathlete to win

the award.For Patrick John, his strength comes

through his son, who he said viewshimself as “just a guy living his life.”

“He’s got a discipline in him that Iwish I had when I was younger,”Patrick John said.

Faith, family, friends and freedomThough he is a straight A student,

Patrick Henry is also known for thestraight F’s he lives in life: faith, family,friends and freedom.

His faith in God is evident. In the pastyear, he spent 15 minutes a day readingthe Bible. He read the entire book inroughly 10 months. It was the fourth timehe has read it in its entirety.

He also lives his life by the acronym“P.A.T.” P is for passion, patience andperseverance; A is for ability and positiveattitude; and T is for try and try again,Patrick Henry says.

“Never give up,” he adds.For his father, the life lessons are

abundant and a blessing.“One of the greatest gifts Patrick has

given me is perspective,” Patrick Johnsaid. “Do you see the day as anopportunity or a struggle?

“No matter what your burden, havefaith and never give up,” he added. “I letthis unfold at God’s speed.”

Afterward, Patrick John offered moreadvice for parents.

“Love your kids, and do what you canfor them,” he said. “Make the most of

‘Love your kids,and do what youcan for them.Make the most ofyour time.’

— Patrick JohnHughes

your time.”Joe Norris, a member of Holy Name

of Jesus Parish, was moved by Patrick John’srelationship with his son, Patrick Henry.

“It’s an amazing commitment that hisfather has,” said Norris, who attended thebreakfast with his son, Jake, a freshman atRoncalli High School in Indianapolis.

Mike Lamping, president of theHoly Name of Jesus Parish Men’s Club,which sponsored the event, said the annualbreakfast is a way to bring familiestogether.

Lamping, who attended with his two sons,Matt, 23, and Mason, 16, said that theHughes’ message struck a chord for bothparents and children at the program.

“You talk about quality time,” Lampingsaid. “That’s what’s it all about.” †

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Patrick JohnHughes, left,watches as his son,Patrick HenryHughes, sings andplays the piano at the annualHoly Name of JesusParish Father andSon Breakfast inBeech Grove onMarch 2.

Alex Law, 11, a member of Holy Name of Jesus Parish, meets Patrick Henry Hughes after the March 2Holy Name of Jesus Parish Father and Son Breakfast.


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How are individual Catholics to applytheir faith to everyday circumstances as

well as to politicaldiscussions on thelocal, state andnational levels in asociety filled withpeople who professa multitude ofreligions or noneat all?

This was thequestion thatRobert Royalsought to answer

in a presentation on Feb. 27 at Our Ladyof the Most Holy Rosary Parish inIndianapolis as part of its Lenten“Spaghetti and Spirituality” adult faithformation speaker series.

Royal is the president of theWashington-based Faith and ReasonInstitute (www.frinstitute.org), and theauthor of several books about theintersection of faith and public life. He isalso the graduate dean for the CatholicDistance University (www.cdu.edu).

At the start of his remarks, Royalsought to distinguish between a societybeing secular, which he said is true tovarying degrees in every age, and asecularism that has been growing instrength in some societies during the pastseveral decades.

“Secularism is something quitedifferent than that secular space where allvoices—religious and non-religious—arewelcome,” Royal said. “Secularism is notneutral. It is a substantive position likeMethodism or Marxism or Catholicism.”

He said that Catholics in theUnited States, speaking from theperspective of their faith, can do much tooppose injustice, especially to those whoare most vulnerable in our society.

“The Church is fulfilling its ownproper role toward a proper secular orderwhen it opposes these things,” Royal said.“And it has a right to say secularismshould not be because it is not a fairsystem in a democracy.”

He also said that religion needs to playa role in discussions about the rightordering of society because it is being re-energized more and more around theworld, despite sociological theories fromthe past that foresaw a gradual secular-ization of society.

Royal said that the fact that theemergence of a new generation of“militant atheists,” such as RichardDawkins (author of the recently publishedThe God Delusion) and ChristopherHitchens (who recently wrote God Is NotGreat) points to the strength of religion,not to its weakness.

“It’s clear you don’t attack somethingthat is weak,” Royal said. “One of thereasons why the secularists are so irritatedat the moment and are coming forth with

these attacks on all religion is thatreligion remains powerful in the world.”

Royal also pointed outthe continuing power ofreligion in the world bydiscussing a speech madelast December in Romeby French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy.

Since its revolution inthe late 18th century, France has beenknown for its growing separation ofreligion from discussion of publicmatters, which in French culture is called“laïcité.”

In his speech,however, Sarkozy saidthat France has torespect the role of faithin its history and thewisdom that religioustraditions can offertoday to Frenchsociety.

“Imagine if even inFrance this sort ofargument is starting tobe made, people havestarted to understandsomething dangerous about what happenswhen we have a strictly secularist societyin which religious voices cannot speak,”Royal said.

He said Catholic voices in the

United States “need to be bold” inspeaking about public matters on whichtheir faith can make contributions to

further the commongood.

This is importantbecause there aretrends in our societyand culture that areputting millions of

lives at risk and having terrible effects onthe lives of the most poor among us.

Royal argued that, contrary to the“militant atheists,” it is not so muchorganized religion that has been a source

of violence in theworld as “organizedirreligion.”

Royal noted that, inthe 20th century,communist regimesbuilt on atheism wereresponsible for some100 million deaths andthat Nazism, whichpromoted a “scientificracism,” accounted foranother 40 milliondeaths.

“But we should not take for granted inour Western democracies that we’veentirely escaped those sorts of slaughtersof the innocents,” he said. “We know thatin this country, since abortion has been

legalized, 50 million babies have died inthe womb. In other words, Roe v. Wadehas killed more children in the wombthan Nazism killed in the 20th century.”

Royal emphasized that injecting aCatholic perspective on discussions ofpublic affairs is primarily the role of thelaity, something that the Second VaticanCouncil highlighted.

“The specific role of the laity is to takeCatholic principles and to see that theypermeate these free societies,” Royal said.“And to do that is hard.

“It means being very quick on yourfeet, and knowing how to argue and whento argue and when not to argue. It meansknowing what you’re talking about. Itmeans being courageous. And one of thehardest things for most people is to saysome hard things when it can havesocial and maybe even professionalconsequences.”

Royal exhorted his listeners, in thisseason of Lent, to grow in holiness for thesake of the common good.

“It’s the way of holiness that will holdour identities as Catholics together,”Royal said. “And count on it. It willtransform not only your families, not onlyyour communities. It can transformAmerica and it can transform the world.That’s why Jesus came into the world andasked his disciples to preach the Gospelto all nations.” †

Lenten speaker says faith can help further the common good

Robert Royal

SPAGHETTI and

Spirituality

Robert Royal, president of the Washington-based Faith and Reason Institute and graduate dean of the Catholic Distance University, speaks to approximately180 people on Feb. 27 at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis during its Lenten “Spaghetti and Spirituality” series. Royal emphasized tohis audience that it is the special role of the Catholic laity to “take Catholic principles and to see that they permeate … free societies.”

‘The specific role ofthe laity is to takeCatholic principlesand to see that theypermeate these freesocieties.’

—Robert Royal

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Letters to the Editor

I would like to comment on the“Be Our Guest” column in the Feb. 22issue of The Criterion.

In the column, the letter writer usedthe word immigration 10 times with nomodifier.

I am a strong believer in legalimmigration, and I am equally opposedto illegal immigration.

In the past, when you used the wordimmigration it always meant legalimmigration. But that has changed.

Now, if you wish to clearly expressyour feelings about immigration youhave to identify whether you aretalking about a legal or illegal status.

I also do not understand why givingsupport to illegal immigrants is theChristian thing to do.

Don’t we understand that bysupporting these uninvited guests weplace them in the most egregioussituation imaginable? By breaking thelaw to enter this country, followed byobtaining illegal documentation—asmany do—puts them in a position to beabused by many people, includingsome Christians.

Why would we want to encourage

anyone to work for below livablewages, live in substandard housingconditions and be in constant fear ofdeportation?

I certainly agree there are those whoabuse illegal immigrants for their ownself-interest. But let’s not forget thatillegal immigration is all about self-interest.

They, for the most part, are notinterested in the welfare of this country,but only in what they can financiallygain while working in this country.

They do not want to assimilate intoour society, learn our language orpermanently add to its diverse culture.

I also agree that the situation is verycomplex. This complexity is the resultof our political leaders neglecting theproblem of illegal immigration for 40 to 50 years and, might I add, fortheir own self-interest.

My hope is that public discussion onthis matter will include precise use ofwords that will clearly define itsposition. Then maybe we can startunderstanding and solving this problem. Leo RhodaIndianapolis

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

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

OPINION

In the mid 1970s, the lateMsgr. Charles Koster traveled from

Indianapolis to Saint Meinrad once aweek to teach a class on the sacramentof marriage to seminarians.

Msgr. Koster was well-qualified forthis assignment. At the time, he wasjudicial vicar for the Archdiocese ofIndianapolis and pastor of St. John theEvangelist Parish in Indianapolis.

Having personally dealt withthousands of married couples—in bothgood times and bad—Msgr. Kosterwas keenly aware of the importance ofthis sacrament for the health andvitality of the family, the Church andsociety.

During one of his classes atSaint Meinrad, he summed up hisview of marriage by saying, “It’sunreasonable to think that any twopeople should be able to stay togetherfor life—without the grace of Christassisting them. There are many seriousobstacles to a successful married life.God’s grace can overcome these, butonly if the couple cooperates.”

Success in marriage involves muchmore than simply “staying together.” Itrequires a partnership that is spiritual,emotional and physical.

It means committing to a lifelongjourney that will require ongoingconversion from self-centeredness to agenuine openness to another.

And it requires the willingness tosacrifice individual goods and desiresfor the sake of others—spouse,children and an extended family thatopens out to the entire community.

Without patience, perseverance anda profound sense of the presence ofGod’s grace, the sacrifices that evenordinary married life demands canseem overwhelming.

And in times of severe doubt ortrial, God’s grace is especially neededto keep the couple together, to healtheir wounds and to strengthen thebonds that selfishness, sin and seriousneglect too often weaken or tear apart.

What’s the secret to a long-lasting,happy and holy married life? If “God’sgrace” is the answer, as Msgr. Kosterbelieved, what should married couplesdo to cooperate with Christ—in goodtimes and bad—and achieve success intheir married lives?

A recent survey of Catholics aboutmarriage conducted in June 2007 bythe Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) atGeorgetown University has identified

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Letters from readers are welcome andevery effort will be made to include lettersfrom as many people and representing asmany viewpoints as possible. Letters shouldbe informed, relevant, well-expressed andtemperate in tone. They must reflect a basicsense of courtesy and respect.

The editors reserve the right to select theletters that will be published and to edit

letters from readers as necessary based onspace limitations, pastoral sensitivity andcontent (including spelling and grammar). Inorder to encourage opinions from a varietyof readers, frequent writers will ordinarily belimited to one letter every three months.Concise letters (usually less than 300 words)are more likely to be printed.

Letters must be signed, but, for seriousreasons, names may be withheld.

Send letters to: “Letters to the Editor,” The Criterion, P.O. Box 1717, Indianap olis,IN 46206-1717. Readers with access to e-mail may send letters [email protected].

Christ’s wedding day messageoffers gentle reminder tobride about sacrificial love

Be Our Guest/Natalie Hoefer

Archbishop Daniel M.Buechlein greetsSt. Mark the Evangelistparishioners Donaldand Ruth Allen duringthe 23rd annualarchdiocesanGolden WeddingAnniversary Mass onSept. 16, 2007, atSS. Peter and PaulCathedral. The Allenshave been married for67 years.

My husband of a few minutes and Iwere kneeling to the left of the altarand slightly behind the priest duringour nuptial Mass. The priest had justconsecrated the host. He placed theEucharist on the altar and genuflected.

As I was gazing at the Eucharist, Ihad a very real sensation that Christwas gazing back at me. He seemed tospeak in my mind: “Now we bothsacrifice our lives—I for the world, andyou for your spouse.”

There were no rays of light. Nochoir of angels sang. It was just asimple, private moment that Christ gaveme as a gift on my wedding day.

And it was not tidings of “Congratu-lations!” or “Now will you stopbothering me?” It was a message oftruth about the type of love to whichspouses are called.

How relevant that his message on thesacrificial nature of marriage cameduring the sacrament of the Eucharist,the pinnacle of sacrifice.

How awesome and humbling it isthat our Savior lifts us to his levelthrough sacrifice: “Now we both

sacrifice,” he said, as if the very act ofsacrificing gives us common groundwith him.

I know sacrifice is not unique tomarried couples. I know we’re allcalled to sacrifice in unique ways,whether single, married or religious.

But the special reminder that Christgave me during the nuptial Massbrought home the essence of marriage:sacrificial love.

I know when our marriage hitsdifficult times or when we’re facedwith day-in and day-out trivialities, Imight forget to refer back to what welearned in our marriage preparation.

But I will try to call upon the gracesreceived during the sacrament ofmarriage, graces given to help ussucceed in our vows.

And I will never forget Christ’ssimple but powerful wedding daymessage that I am called to sacrifice formy spouse as Christ sacrificed himselffor me and the world.

(Natalie Hoefer is a member ofSt. Monica Parish in Indianapolis.) †

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Success in marriage requirescooperation with God’s grace

some simple but very importantinformation.

According to LouisvilleArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, whochairs the U.S. bishops’ subcom-mittee on Marriage and Family Life,the survey shows that “Catholics areneither more nor less likely to getdivorced than anyone else.”

But the archbishop goes on to saythat, based on the CARA researchfindings, those who attend Massweekly are more likely to have aCatholic spouse, to say they are veryfamiliar with Catholic teaching onmarriage, and to have views aboutmarriage that are informed bytheir faith and consistent withChurch teaching.

As Archbishop Kurtz notes,“Religious affiliation and practice arerelated positively to marital stabilityand vice versa,” not only for Catholicsbut also for people of all faiths.

In other words, Catholic marriedcouples who practice their faith andwho attend Mass weekly tend to havestronger marriages. This statistic wouldnot have surprised Msgr. Koster—or hissuccessors in the Marriage Tribunal orpastors in parishes throughout thearchdiocese.

There is a correlation betweenparticipation in the sacraments andsuccess in the vocation of marriage—just as happy, successful priests arefound among those who take seriouslytheir commitment to prayer, to fidelityin priestly ministry and to thesacrificial gift that is celibacy.

Frequent Mass attendance does notguarantee a successful marriage. Butit does make a difference in whethermarried couples are practicing theirfaith. As Msgr. Koster taught in hisclass on the sacrament of marriage forseminarians more than 30 years ago,God’s grace makes all thedifference—if we cooperate.

Lent and Easter are seasons ofspecial grace for those who takeseriously this time of theChurch year. Let’s use this as a timeto pray for the gifts of marriage andfamily life.

Let’s also pray that those who arecalled to the married life will takeseriously the opportunities they haveto cooperate with God’s grace throughtheir active participation in the prayerand worship of the Church.

—Daniel Conway


St. Joseph Church in Jasper is one of thelargest churches in Indiana.It has an awesome character about it and

certainly had that effect on me as a child.Like a lot of families in those days, ourfamily had a favorite pew that we occupiedinvariably.

As a child, I think I had all of thesymbols and images on our side of thechurch memorized.

And I was always startled when, on thefifth Sunday of Lent, called PassionSunday, we arrived in church and all of thestatues were covered in purple cloth.

It was the practice in those days as apenitential and kind of mournful sign tocover the crosses, statues and images in thechurch in view of the approachingobservance of the Passion and death ofJesus.

When I was a junior monk atSaint Meinrad, my assignment for a timewas church decoration. And covering thestatues and images for Passiontide was oneof my jobs. There were a lot of statues!

After the Second Vatican Council andthe reform of the liturgy, a good number ofdevotional practices were set aside. I missedsome of them; this external marking ofPassiontide was one of them.

The Ordo, the official Church calendarfor 2008, has this entry: “In the dioceses ofthe United States, crosses in the church maybe covered from the conclusion of the Massfor the Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent

until the end of the Celebration of theLord’s Passion on Good Friday. Images inthe church may be covered from theconclusion of the Mass for Saturday of theFourth Week of Lent until the beginning ofthe Easter Vigil.” (Notice, the restoration ofthis devotional practice is not obligatory.)

I welcome the practice to markPassiontide. External signs and symbolsthat promote our devotion are an acknowledgement of our need for aids tohelp us strengthen our faith.

We need images and symbols to stir ourimagination and to direct our attention tothe shifts of meaning and experience in theliturgical life of the Church. This is one ofthe distinctive features of Catholic worship.

There was a day when we may haveplaced too much emphasis on devotionalexternals that, in fact, distracted us from theessential meaning and centrality of theEucharist and the mysteries celebrated inthe liturgy of the Church year.

Arguably, in order to achieve aliturgical and devotional balance after theSecond Vatican Council, we tended to theother extreme.

In some respects, our eucharistic andother liturgical celebrations tended tobecome overly intellectualized. Heart andmind and emotions are all important in ourhuman experience of life. So it is in ourexperience of liturgical life in the Church.

I don’t intend to say that this meanscrosses and sacred images should be

Passiontide reminds us to join our sorrow and pain to that of Christ

La Iglesia de San José en Jasper es una delas más grandes en Indiana.

Posee un encanto increíble y ciertamentesurtía ese efecto en mí cuando niño. Al igualque muchas familias hoy en día, nuestrafamilia tenía un banco predilecto queinvariablemente ocupábamos.

De niño creo que había memorizadotodos los símbolos e imágenes presentes ennuestra parte de la iglesia.

Y siempre me impactaba cuando al llegara la iglesia el quinto Domingo de laCuaresma, llamado Domingo de Pasión,todas las estatuas estaban cubiertas conmantos violetas.

En aquella época era costumbre cubrir lascruces, las estatuas y las imágenes de laiglesia en señal de penitencia y de duelo envista del advenimiento y la observación de lapasión y muerte de Jesús.

Cuando era monje júnior en SaintMeinrad, por un tiempo mi tarea fue decorarla iglesia. Y cubrir las estatuas e imágenespara la Pasión era una de mis labores.¡Había muchísimas estatuas!

Después del Concilio Vaticano Segundo yla reforma de la liturgia, muchas prácticasdevocionales cayeron en desuso. Extrañoalgunas de estas prácticas. La expresióntangible de la Pasión es una de ellas.

En El Ordo, el calendario oficial de laIglesia de 2008, viene la siguiente anotación:“En las diócesis de Estados Unidos, lascruces en la iglesia podrán cubrirse a partirde la culminación de la Misa del sábado dela Cuarta Semana de la Cuaresma, hasta elfinal de la Celebración de la Pasión delSeñor el Viernes Santo. Las imágenes de laiglesia podrán cubrirse a partir de la

culminación de la Misa del sábado en laCuarta Semana de la Cuaresma hasta elcomienzo de la Vigilia Pascual.” (Obsérveseque la restitución de esta práctica devocionalno es obligatoria.)

Me acojo a esta práctica para señalar laPasión. Las señales externas y los símbolosque promueven nuestra devoción constituyenun reconocimiento de nuestra necesidad derecursos para fortalecer la fe.

Necesitamos imágenes y símbolos queestimulen nuestra imaginación y dirijannuestra atención a los cambios en lasignificación y la experiencia en la vidalitúrgica de la Iglesia. Esta es una de lascaracterísticas que distinguen la adoracióncatólica.

Quizás hubo una época en la quehacíamos tanto énfasis en los símbolosdevocionales externos que de hecho nosdistraían del significado esencial y del papelcentral que desempeñan la Eucaristía y losmisterios que se celebran durante el añolitúrgico de la Iglesia.

A fin de lograr un equilibrio litúrgico ydevocional después del Concilio VaticanoSegundo, posiblemente nos inclinamos haciael extremo opuesto.

En cierto modo, es probable que nuestrascelebraciones eucarísticas y demáscelebraciones litúrgicas pasaran aintelectualizarse demasiado. El corazón, lamente y las emociones son importantes ennuestra experiencia humana de la vida. Lomismo sucede con nuestra experiencia de lavida litúrgica en la Iglesia.

Con esto no quiero decir que las cruces ylas imágenes sagradas deberían cubrirsedurante las dos semanas de la Pasión. Sin

La Pasión nos recuerda que debemos unir nuestras penas y dolor es a los de Cristo

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

covered during the two weeks ofPassiontide. But practices such as this canhelp capture our attention, and help focusour prayer and reflection more specificallyabout what is being celebrated in theliturgical year.

So what about Passiontide? What shouldbe different in our worship and prayer?Before we celebrate the wonder of Easterwith Jesus, we are led to focus on the starkfact that he suffered an ignominious death.

In order to redeem us from theotherwise hopeless darkness of sin thathad been our human heritage, freely hetook upon himself the burden of oursuffering. He was unjustly convicted andcrucified as a criminal. He accepted thathumiliation, and the very real emotionaland physical suffering it entailed.

That, of course, is by no means the endof the story. But for a brief time in theliturgical year, the Church encourages us toponder the awesome gift of Jesus in all itsstark reality.

It is also in this brief time of Passiontidethat we remind ourselves that when it is ourlot to suffer in this life, we have theopportunity to join our sorrow and pain tothat of Christ.

embargo, prácticas como esta puedenayudarnos a captar nuestra atención ymantener nuestras oraciones y reflexionescentradas más específicamente en aquelloque se está celebrando en el año litúrgico.

¿Y qué hay de la Pasión? ¿Qué deberíaser distinto en nuestra adoración y oración?Antes de celebrar la maravilla de la Pascuacon Jesús se nos lleva a concentrarnos en elhecho desolador de que sufrió una muerteinfame.

Para poder redimirnos de la oscuridadirremediable del pecado que forma parte denuestra herencia humana, Él asumiólibremente la carga de nuestro sufrimiento.Se le condenó injustamente y se le crucificócomo a un criminal. Aceptó esa humillación,así como el crudo sufrimiento físico yemocional que eso conllevaba.

Por supuesto, la historia no termina aquí.Pero durante un breve período en el añolitúrgico la Iglesia nos invita a reflexionarsobre el maravilloso obsequio de Jesús contoda su cruda realidad.

Asimismo, durante este breve período dela Pasión nos recordamos a nosotros mismosque, cuando llega nuestro turno de sufrir enesta vida, tenemos la oportunidad de unirnuestro sufrimiento y dolor al de Cristo.

Y resulta provechoso reflexionar sobre elhecho de que nuestra participación en supasión y muerte le da sentido a nuestro

And it is fruitful to reflect that our partic-ipation in his Passion and death on the crossgives some ultimate meaning to our ownsuffering. No one escapes the reality that inone way or another sickness and the heavyburdens of human loss and sorrow touchevery life.

As we reflect and pray with the Churchduring these weeks of the Passion of Jesus,we recall once more that in the end we havebeen freed of suffering. We walk with himto the Kingdom “where every tear will bewiped away” (Rv 21:4, Rv 7:17).

These two weeks of Passiontide remindus that we arrive at the Kingdom and Easterby way of the cross. †

propio sufrimiento. Nadie está exento de larealidad de que la enfermedad y las pesadascargas de la pérdida humana y elsufrimiento, de alguna forma tocan todas lasvidas.

Mientras reflexionamos y rezamos juntocon la Iglesia en estas semanas de la Pasiónde Jesús, recordemos una vez más que alfinal, hemos sido liberados del sufrimiento.Caminamos con Él hacia el Reino “dondetoda lágrima será enjugada” (Rv 21:4,Rv 7:17).

Estas dos semanas de la Pasión nosrecuerdan que llegamos al Reino y a laPascua por medio de la cruz. †

SEEKING THEFACE OF THE LORD

BUSCANDO LACARA DEL SEÑOR

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

Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for MarchYouth: that they may be open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit so that they can trulydiscern their role in the Church, especially God’s call to priesthood and religious life.

Las intenciones vocationales del Ar zobispo Buechlein para marzoLos jóvenes: que ellos acepten el ánimo del Espíritu Santo, para que puedan discernirsu papel en la Iglesia, especialmente la llamada de Dios a hacerse sacerdote y entrar enuna vida religiosa.

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

Lista de oración del Arzobispo Buechlein

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

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

Archbishop Buechlein’sPrayer List

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


Stammerman, 7-9 p.m.Information: 317-786-4371.

Holy Name of Jesus Parish,89 N. 17th Ave., Beech Grove.Men’s Club, fish fry,5-7:30 p.m. Information:317-784-5454 or [email protected].

St. Mary of the ImmaculateConception Parish, 203 4th St.,Aurora. School PTO fish fry,4-7 p.m. Information: 812-926-1558.

St. Michael Parish, 11400Farmers Lane, Bradford.Fish fry, 4:30-7 p.m.Information: 812-364-6173.

SS. Frances and Clare Church,5901 Olive Branch Road,Greenwood. “Voices of Easter”of those who were there withJesus during his ministry andPassion, 7 p.m., child careavailable. Information:317-859-4673.

Marian College, 3200 ColdSpring Road, Indianapolis.Benefit concert for School onWheels, 7-8 p.m., donationsaccepted for school supplies.Information: 317-417-8108.

March 8Sheraton Indianapolis CityCentre Hotel, 31 W. Ohio St.,Indianapolis. Catholic Pro-LifeDinner, 6 p.m. registration,7-9 p.m. dinner, $45 per person,$35 per student. Information andreservations: www.archindy.org/prolife/index.html.

St. Christopher Parish, 5301 W.16th St., Indianapolis.Sixth annual CatholicWomen’s Convocation, “God’sWork of Art,” 8 a.m.-3 p.m.,$40 per person. Information:317-241-6314, ext. 122, ore-mail [email protected].

St. Luke the Evangelist Parish,7575 Holliday Drive, Indian-apolis. Natural FamilyPlanning class (NFP), 9-11 a.m.Information: 317-465-0126.

St. Roch Parish, Family Center,3603 S. Meridian St., Indian-apolis. Single Seniors meeting,1 p.m., age 50 and over.Information: 317-784-1102.

Knights of Columbus #6138,695 Pushville Road, Greenwood.St. Patrick’s Day celebration,dinner and music, dinner $10,concert $15, 6 p.m. Information:317-887-1249.

Oldenburg Franciscan Center,22143 Main St., Oldenburg.“Fully Alive! FullyFranciscan!,” Franciscan SisterDiane Jamison, presenter,2-3:30 p.m. and 9-11:30 p.m.,$25 per person. Information:812-933-6437 or [email protected].

St. Elizabeth Seton Parish,10655 Haverstick Road, Carmel,Ind. (Diocese of Lafayette).Morning of Reflection forSeparated and DivorcedCatholics, “Can You Drink theCup?,” 9 a.m.-noon.Information: 317-236-1586 ore-mail [email protected].

March 9Our Lady of the Most HolyRosary Parish, 520 Stevens St.,Indianapolis. “St. Joseph’sTable,” Italian meal, $8 adult,$4 child age 2-11, childrenunder 2 free. Information:317-636-4478.

Holy Cross Parish, Kelley Hall,125 N. Oriental St., Indianapolis.St. Patrick’s Party, 4-7 p.m.,$5 per person, adults only.Information: 317-926-3324.

St. Anthony Parish, 379 N.

Warman Ave., Indianapolis.Euchre party, 1:30 p.m.

House of Joseph, 523 FabyanRoad, Indianapolis.St. Barnabas Parish, divorced,separated, widowed singles inIndianapolis South Deanery,social and guided meditation,Father Jim Farrell, presenter,6:15-8 p.m., Mass, 5 p.m.Information: 317-919-8186 ore-mail Anita@[email protected]

St. Vincent de Paul Parish,Parish Hall, 4218 E. MichiganRoad, Shelbyville. Knights ofColumbus Father SegerCouncil, chicken and noodlesdinner, 3:30-6:30 p.m., $8 perperson. Information: 317-392-2395 or [email protected].

MKVS, Divine Mercy andGlorious Cross Center, Rexville,located on 925 South, .8 mileeast of 421 South and 12 milessouth of Versailles. Confession,1 p.m., Mass, 2 p.m., on thirdSunday holy hour and pitch-in,groups of 10 pray the newMarian Way, 1 p.m., FatherElmer Burwinkel, celebrant.Information: 812-689-3551.

March 11St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. 17thAve., Beech Grove. Ave MariaGuild, meeting, 12:30 p.m.Information: 317-881-5818.

Christ the King School,1827 Kessler Blvd., E. Drive,Indianapolis. Sponsor coupletraining session for FOCCUS,6:30-9 p.m. Information:317-236-1595 or [email protected].

March 12Our Lady of the Most HolyRosary Church, 520 Stevens St.,Indianapolis. “Spaghetti andSpirituality” speaker series,“He Said/She Said: Communi-cating Charitably in anUncharitable World,” ColleenHammond, presenter, Mass,5:45 p.m., meatless pasta dinner,6:30 p.m., presentation,7:15 p.m., $5 suggesteddonation. Registration dueFeb. 18. Information andreservations: 317-636-4478.

Vito’s on Penn, 20 N.Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis.Theology on Tap, “St. Josephand the Role of Fathers:Who’s Your Daddy?,” RichardSontag, presenter, 7 p.m.Information: 317-506-9557 orwww.indytheologyontap.com.

March 13Oldenburg Franciscan Center,22143 Main St., Oldenburg.Lenten Lecture Series, “TheEucharist,” Franciscan SisterOlga Wittekind, presenter,2-3:30 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m.,$10 per session. Information:812-933-6437 or [email protected].

St. Joseph Hill Parish, 2605St. Joe Road West, Sellersburg.Annual dessert card party,7 p.m., $4 per person includesdessert. Information: 812-246-2512.

March 14Northside Knights of ColumbusHall, 2100 E. 71st St., Indian-apolis. Catholic BusinessExchange, “Missionaries inCorporate America,”Lou Russell, president and CEO

of Russell Martin and Associates,speaker, Mass, 6:30 a.m., buffetbreakfast and program withfollow-up workshop, “Buildinga Culture of CustomerService,” Danny O’Malia,presenter, $12 per person.Information and registration:www.catholicbusinessexchange.org.

Monastery ImmaculateConception, 802 E. 10th St.,Ferdinand. “Benedictine LifeWeekend,” weekend come andsee. Information: 800-738-9999.

March 15Indiana Convention Center,500 Ballroom, 100 S. CapitolAve., Indianapolis. MarianCenter of Indianapolis andarchdiocesan Office for Pro-LifeMinistry, fifth annual“Treasuring Womanhood”Indiana Catholic Women’sConference, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,Mass, Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel,celebrant, $40 per personincludes lunch, March 5 earlyregistration deadline, $45 perperson with lunch after March 5.Information and registration:317-924-3982.

St. Vincent Women’s Hospital,8111 Township Line Road,Indianapolis. Natural FamilyPlanning class (NFP), 9-11 a.m.Information: 317-228-9276.

March 16St. Michael the Archangel Parish,3354 W. 30th St., Indianapolis.Lenten concert, St. MichaelChoir, “The Seven Last Words ofChrist” by Theodore Dubois, 4p.m., free admission, donationsbenefit parish. Information: 317-926-7359. †

March 7Our Lady of the Most HolyRosary Church, 520 Stevens St.,Indianapolis. Lumen Deimeeting, Mass, 6:30 a.m., break -fast and program at Priori Hall,“Faith and Business–Can TheyCo-Exist?” Andy Ording,Zipp Speed cycling componentscompany, presenter,$10 members, $15 guests.Information: 317-919-5316 ore-mail [email protected].

Good Shepherd Parish, 1109 E.Cameron St., Indianapolis.Stations of the Cross followedby soup and bread dinner,6 p.m., no charge. Information:317-783-3158.

St. Andrew the Apostle Parish,4050 E. 38th St., Indianapolis.Lenten fish fry, 4:30-8 p.m.Information: 317-546-1571.

St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish,6000 W. 34th St., Indianapolis.Lenten lecture series, “TheReal Teaching of Vatican II,”Benedictine Father MatthiasNeuman, presenter, 7:45-9 p.m.,fish fry, 5-7:30 p.m., Way of theCross, bilingual service, 7 p.m.Information: 317-291-7014.

St. Joan of Arc Church, 4217 N.Central Ave., Indianapolis.Rosary, Mass withBenediction, Stations of theCross, 6 p.m. Information:317-283-5508.

St. Therese of the Infant Jesus(Little Flower) Parish, 1401 N.Bosart Ave., Indianapolis.Lenten fish fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m.Information: 317-357-8352.

St. Jude Church, 5353McFarland Road, Indianapolis.Music and message bySarah Bauer and Marlene

Events Calendar

Cathedral Kitchen and Food Pantry, aministry of SS. Peter and Paul CathedralParish in Indianapolis, recently receivedan anonymous $15,000 gift for thepurpose of establishing an endowment tosupport the ministry’s service to poor andhomeless people in Indianapolis.

Income from the endowment’sinvestment with the archdiocesanCatholic Community Foundation willprovide supplemental funding for theCathedral Kitchen’s regular operation.

Started in the 1930s during theGreat Depression, the Cathedral Kitchenand Food Pantry is now located at

1350 N. Pennsylvania St. at the formerCathedral Grade School building.

The Cathedral Kitchen serves about100 hot meals a day, six days a week, andthe Food Pantry provides assistance for200 households each week.

Volunteers from around the city work inteams to raise funds, procure food, prepareand serve meals, and maintain the facility.

Dr. Margie Pike, director of theCathedral Kitchen, noted that “theCathedral Kitchen and Food Pantry trulyprovide extraordinary opportunities to liveout Christ’s message to serve the poor andneedy with nourishment, dignity and love.” †

Cathedral Kitchen receivesgift to establish endowment

Cathedral Kitchen and Food Pantry volunteers, from left, Immaculate Heart of Mary parishionerRick Sparks of Indianapolis and Our Lady of Mount Carmel parishioners Sally Dennis and DeannaReckelhoff of Carmel, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese, prepare food for homeless and low-incomepeople on Nov. 16, 2005, at the ministry’s location at 14th and Pennsylvania streets in Indianapolis.

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Russell J. and Judith Anne(Couvillion) Dias, members ofSt. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis,celebrated their 50th wedding anniversaryon Feb. 15.

The couple was married onFeb. 15, 1958, at St. Gerard MagellaChurch in Baton Rouge, La.

They have five children: DeniseBroussard, Rhonda Spencer, Randy,Rick and Todd Dias. They have14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. †

F. Robert and Rosemary (Bowlen)Jennings, members of Holy Spirit Parishin Indianapolis, will celebrate their65th wedding anniversary on March 18.

The couple was married onMarch 18, 1943, at the former St. Francisde Sales Church in Indianapolis.

They have nine children: RosemarieAkles, Barbara Cripe, Beverly Davis,Brenda Hopkins, Betty Snodgrass,Rebecca, Brian, Bruce and RobertJennings. They have 22 grandchildren and20 great-grandchildren.

VIPs

James J. Walter, a professor of bioethicsat Loyola Marymount University in

Los Angeles, willdeliver the annualThomas Lecture onPhilosophy andTheology atSaint MeinradSchool of Theologyin St. Meinrad at7 p.m. CDT onMarch 27 in theNewman Theater.

“HumanEmbryonic Stem-Cell Research: A CatholicPerspective” is the title of the lecture.

Walter is the Austin and Ann O’MalleyProfessor of Bioethics and the chairpersonof The Bioethics Institute at LoyolaMarymount University. He earnedfive advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. inethics at the Catholic University of Louvainin Belgium.

He completed a post-doctoral fellowshipin clinical bioethics at the Department ofMedicine of Stritch School of Medicine atLoyola University of Chicago, and hasextensive experience as a bioethicsconsultant for several hospitals.

Walter’s most recent book is ArtificialNutrition and Hydration and thePermanently Unconscious Patient: The

Catholic Debate (Georgetown UniversityPress, 2007). He has also authored dozensof book chapters, articles and reviews,and is the recipient of several awards,including the 2007 Spirit of St. FrancisAward from St. Francis Medical Center inLynwood, Calif., for excellence in clinicalbioethics consultation.

In 2005, he was appointed by theCalifornia Council on Science andTechnology to a one-year, statewide panelon bioethics. He is the founding chair ofThe International Forum for CatholicBioethicists, which meets annually inBrussels, Belgium, with participants fromaround the world.

The Thomas Lecture is made possibleby an endowment established in honor ofthe late George and Mary Thomas and thelate Benedictine Father Kieran Conley. Thelecture provides an opportunity for studentsand faculty members at Saint MeinradSchool of Theology to explore issues inphilosophy and theology.

The lecture is free and open to thepublic. Parking is available at theGuest House and student parking lots.Saint Meinrad operates on central time.

(For more information, call Mary JeanneSchumacher at 812-357-6501 duringbusiness hours.) †

Saint Meinrad lecturer to speakon embryonic stem-cell research

James J. Walter


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The finish line is in sightfor lawmakers racing todeliver property tax relief forIndiana residents by theMarch 14 adjournmentdeadline.

Which propertytax relief plan willmake the finalhurdle? Will it beGov. MitchDaniels’ plan,the SenateRepublicans’ plan,the HouseDemocrats’ plan orsome combinationof the three?

Perhaps thebigger concern, a questionbeing asked by the IndianaCatholic Conference, theIndiana bishops’ officialpublic policy representative,is: “How will the propertytax relief plan affect the leastamong us—the poor?”

The Church is not thelone voice raising thisconcern for the poor.Two Catholic lawmakers,Rep. John Day (D-Indian-apolis) and Sen. JohnBroden (D-South Bend),have chimed in to stand upfor lower income residents.

Rep. Day offered anEarned Income Tax Credit(EITC) amendment toHouse Bill 1001 which wasadopted and passed the fullHouse in late January. TheIndiana Catholic Conferencesupported the amendment.

Rep. Day’s amendmentincreases the EITC from6 percent under current lawto 9 percent.

“The Earned IncomeTax Credit is designed tohelp lower to moderateincome families, especiallythose with children,”Rep. Day said. “Over450,000 families in Indianahave benefited from it. For apoor person, a tax credit isalmost always better than adeduction.

“On a credit, if the creditis greater than the taxesowed on the income earned,the person gets a refund. Forexample, a family of threewith an income of $15,000would get approximately$250 back at the current6 percent EITC,” Rep. Daysaid. “Under the Houseversion of House Bill 1001,that same family would getabout a $400 credit at theproposed 9 percent credit.The Earned Income TaxCredit is a very targeted,focused tax credit to benefitthe families that really needit—the working poor.

“Tax policy should befair,” Rep. Day said. “Itshould be based on ability topay and should help thoselike the elderly on fixedincomes, the working poorand anyone that is strugglingto get by. In hindsight, theU.S. bishops got it right intheir 1986 pastoral letter,Economic Justice for All,when they specificallymention tax fairness and thatthe tax code should reflect asensitivity to the needs ofpoor.”

House Bill 1001, whichcontains significant portionsof the House Democrats’

property tax plan, passed thefull House in a bipartisanvote of 93-1 on Jan. 24.

The primary componentsof the House Democrats’plan include:

1) Home owners wouldpay property taxes based on

income, and capsthe maximumpayment ofhomeowners’property taxes to1 percent ofhousehold incomebeginning in2009;

2) Increases therenter’s deductionfrom the current$2,500 deduction

to $5,000; 3) Eliminates township

assessor positions statewide; 4) Excludes instruction

school building projects fromvoter referendums; and

5) Excludes local debtfrom the cap.

The Republican-controlled Senate amendedHouse Bill 1001 and ties

property tax relief toassessed valuation ofproperty ratherthan tohouseholdincome.

The SenateRepublicans’plan also includes a propertytax cap of 1.5 percent of ahome’s assessed value in2009 and 1 percent of ahome’s assessed value in2010, excludes the earnedincome tax credit, increasesthe renter’s deduction fromthe current $2,500 deductionto $3,000, and allows forvoter referendums on allbuilding projects.

Senate Democrats offeredseveral amendments on thefloor to help low to moderateincome earners in Indiana, tono avail.

Sen. Broden offered anamendment to tie propertytaxes to one’s ability to pay,which paralleled the HouseDemocrats’ plan. Hisamendment would capproperty taxes to a maximum

1 percent of householdincome.

“Thosewith thelowest incomewould receivethe highestproperty tax

credit,” Sen. Broden said.“Households with anadjusted gross income [AGI]of $35,000 and below wouldget a 90 percent credit,$35,000 to $50,000 get a75 percent credit, $50,000 to$75,000 get a 62 percentcredit, $75,000 to $100,000get a 52 percent credit andthose with incomes over$100,000 would get a40 percent homestead credit.

“The problem with theSenate version of House Bill1001 is [that] people’shomes with an assessedvaluation of $200,000 ormore are getting the lion’sshare of the property taxrelief,” he said.

Sen. Broden explainedthat because the House andSenate version increase the

sales tax from 6 to 7 percent,which disproportionallyburdens lower to middleincome families, the Senateversion doesn’t offer poorerfamilies any way to offsetthe higher taxes they willpay.

Under theHouse Democrats’plan, which in partwas contained inSen. Broden’samendment, “Thebig winners wouldbe the widow orolder couples thathave a lot ofequity in theirhome, but are on afixed income,”Sen. Broden said. “Localgovernments and schools arevery nervous about theSenate version of House Bill1001 because they are notsure where they are going toget the money to fill theshortfall. The HouseDemocrats’ plan allows localgovernments the flexibilitythey need.”

House Bill 1001 enteredthe conference committeephase on Feb. 29 where thefour conferees—a HouseDemocrat, HouseRepublican, SenateDemocrat and SenateRepublican—began to

hammer outdifferences.

Thefour conferees areRep. WilliamCrawford (D-Indianapolis),Rep. Jeff Espich(R-Uniondale),Sen. Luke Kenley (R-Noblesville)and Sen. TimSkinner

(D-Terre Haute).Once they agree on a final

plan, it will be voted on bythe House and Senate, andsent to the governor forapproval before it becomeslaw.

(Brigid Curtis Ayer is acorrespondent forThe Criterion.) †

Property tax debate continues at state Capitol

Rep. John Day Sen. John Broden

and, in trying to do a good turn for its university employees,housed them in trailers supplied by the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency, only learning recently that the trailerswere riddled with formaldehyde, a carcinogen.

But New Orleans will not be rebuilt to what it was, saidFrancis, chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority,created in Katrina’s wake. “We will rebuild it the way itshould be.”

John Carr, the U.S. bishops’ secretary for socialdevelopment and world peace, said that, with John Edwardshaving bowed out of the Democratic presidential primaries,“the mantra seems to be ‘whatever you do unto the middleclass, that’s what you do unto me.’ ”

Catholics are a mixed lot politically, caring for bothhuman life as well as human dignity, and caring for theEarth as well as “the wretched of the Earth,” Carr said.

He added that Catholics have to press lawmakers torecognize the connections Catholics have made on thepolitical issues of the day, although it may not be aneasy thing to do.

Reminiscing on his own failed try for elective officedecades ago, Carr said, “There are worse things you can dothan to stand up for what you believe in and lose.” †

if they do not live up to their end of theMillennium Development Goals, aseries of eight objectives to be reachedby 2015, ranging from halving extremepoverty to halting the spread ofHIV/AIDS and providing universalprimary education.

“It is not a failure for that nation.It is a failure for all the developedcountries,” said Knight, who urgedgreater debt relief for poorcountries.

Norman Francis, president ofXavier University of New Orleans, saidon Feb. 25 that poverty should not stillpersist in the United States.

“It is immoral for the United States,for its place in the world, to have theextent of poverty it has,” he said.

“Everybody knows education is the key to eradicatingpoverty,” Francis told his audience.

He said he still rereads from time to time a 25-year-oldfederal report on education, “A Nation at Risk,” on the needto improve the nation’s schools.

“It’s still applicable,” Francis said. “If a foreign nationhad done to us what we had allowed to happen in ournation’s high schools, we would have declared it anact of war.”

Despite the nation’s shortcomings in educating its people,“we have enough educational water in this country to giveevery child a full glass of water,” Francis said.

“We’ve got to find solutions for our schools to stem thedropout rate,” he added.

Although generations of young black men have been lostbecause of subpar education, “the children of the poor havesucceeded despite the odds,” Francis said.

New Orleans’ reconstruction has come along more slowlythan anyone would have hoped since Hurricane Katrinadevastated the city in August 2005. Some critics say “blamethe victim,” but “they never knew” the extent of thedestruction, he added.

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Parishes throughout the archdiocese have scheduledcommunal penance services for Lent. The following is alist of penance services that have been reported toThe Criterion.

Due to space constraints, penance services scheduledlater during Lent may be omitted from the list in thisweek’s newspaper. However, the entire schedule is postedon The Criterion Online at www.CriterionOnline.com.

Batesville DeaneryMarch 12, 7 p.m. at St. John the Baptist, OsgoodMarch 12, 7 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Rock,

Franklin CountyMarch 12, 7 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby CountyMarch 13, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua, MorrisMarch 14, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Greensburg

Bloomington DeaneryMarch 11, 7 p.m. at St. Agnes, Nashville

Connersville DeaneryMarch 11, 7 p.m. for St. Rose, Knightstown, and St. Anne,

New Castle, at St. Anne, New CastleMarch 13, 7 p.m. at St. Bridget, LibertyMarch 13, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Rushville

Indianapolis East DeaneryMarch 13, 7 p.m. for St. Bernadette, Our Lady of Lourdes

and St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower) atSt. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower)

March 13, 7 p.m. for Holy Cross, St. Mary and SS. Peterand Paul Cathedral at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral

Indianapolis North DeaneryMarch 9, 2 p.m. deanery service at St. Pius X

Indianapolis South DeaneryMarch 8, 9:30 a.m. at St. BarnabasMarch 10, 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Greenwood,

GreenwoodMarch 11, 7 p.m. at St. Mark the EvangelistMarch 12, 7 p.m. for St. Joseph and St. Ann at St. Ann

Indianapolis West DeaneryMarch 11, 6:30 p.m. at St. Susanna, PlainfieldMarch 12, 7 p.m. for St. Joseph and St. Ann at St. AnnMarch 13, 7 p.m. at Holy Angels

New Albany DeaneryMarch 8, 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Knobs,

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March 9, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, LanesvilleMarch 10, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, BradfordMarch 10, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua, ClarksvilleMarch 12, 7 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyds KnobsMarch 16, 4 p.m. at Holy Family, New Albany

Tell City DeaneryMarch 9, 2 p.m. deanery service at St. Paul, Tell CityMarch 11, 6:30 p.m. deanery service at St. Meinrad,

St. Meinrad †

Archdiocesan parishes schedule annual Lenten penance ser vices

Be sure to visit The Criterion’s Lenten Web page atwww.archindy.org/lent.

The page consists of links to daily readings, aLenten column by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, afull list of communal penance services taking place atparishes and other features. †

Lenten activitiesare available online

Poverty persistent but can be overcome, speakers sayWASHINGTON (CNS)—Poverty, both domestic and

global, has shown itself to be persistent, but successes havebeen made in ridding the world ofsome of its worst scourges and thereis much yet to be accomplished, saidspeakers at a Catholic conference inWashington.

“The reality of global poverty isgetting closer” to individuals’ lives,said Lesley-Anne Knight, thefirst woman secretary-general ofCaritas Internationalis, but “its sheerpersistence means it can all tooeasily slip from our conscience.”

Still, Knight said, targeted effortshave made inroads: Ghana is implementing a schoolnutrition program with locally grown foods. Burundi hasestablished free medical care for mothers and children. Andin Mozambique, insecticide-treated mosquito netting hashalved the rate of malaria.

Knight made her comments on Feb. 25 at the annualCatholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, attendedby 700 Catholics from across the nation and co-sponsoredby 20 Catholic organizations.

On the other hand, Knight said, the cost of providing abasic education to those children who still lack it wouldcome to about $10 billion a year—or what Americans spendon ice cream annually.

Nutrition-based health care, she added, would run about$13 billion a year, about two-thirds of what Americans andEuropeans spend each year on pet food. Child nutrition,according to Knight, would cost $12 billion a year, theequivalent of U.S. and European annual expenditures onperfume.

The Catholic Campaign Against Global Poverty, which isbeing spearheaded by many Caritas agencies, focuses notonly on aid, but also on trade and debt.

“Trade rules are stacked in favor of rich countries andmultinational companies,” Knight declared, and against thecitizens in developing countries, “most of whom make theirliving from agriculture.”

Meanwhile, African nations are seen as failures, she said,

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When they began their walk of morethan 6,000 miles, the students, teachers andstaff members at Holy Spirit School inIndianapolis never expected how muchtheir Lenten journey would lead them toplaces that would make them smile, shapetheir faith and even break their hearts.

Before the journey began onAsh Wednesday, Holy Spirit principalRita Parsons just wanted to create a Lententheme that would connect with thestudents, and make them focus moreclosely on the challenges and sacrifices thatChrist endured in the days leading to hisdeath and resurrection.

So she and parish nurse Joannie LeBeaucame up with the idea of “Walking toJerusalem,” a 6,236-mile journey fromIndianapolis that they hoped would alsotie in with the school’s efforts towardimproved health and fitness.

Everyone at the school was given apedometer and divided into three teams sothere would be some friendly competitionas the miles accumulated while theywalked at school and at home. Everyone

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—By emphasizingtheir teachings about faith in God and theobligation to love one’s neighbor, Catholicsand Muslims can promote respect forone another and joint actions for peace andjustice, said Vatican and Muslim representatives.

The spiritual and moral values shared byChristianity and Islam are important forforming consciences and guiding the behaviorof believers, said a statement issued after theannual meeting of officials from thePontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogueand from al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.

The Feb. 25-26 meeting in Cairo focusedon the theme “Faith in God and Love of

Shared values of Christianity, Islam guide believers, say officialsNeighbor as the Foundations for Inter -religious Dialogue.”

The theme is similar to that which138 Muslim scholars proposed as the basis ofdialogue when they wrote to Pope BenedictXVI and other Christian leaders in October.

The al-Azhar meeting was chaired byCardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of thepontifical council, and by Sheikh Abdal-Fattah Alaam, president of al-Azhar’spermanent committee for dialogue with themonotheistic religions.

The meeting’s final statement saidChristians and Muslims must get to knoweach other better, and that identifyingcommon spiritual and moral values is

important for increasing cooperation andimproving relations.

The statement also said that Islam,Christianity and Judaism provide firmfoundations “for the values of peace, truth,justice, right behavior” and cooperation inprotecting the environment.

“It is important that these noble principlesand exemplary values guide human behavior,especially at the present time whenboundaries and distinctions between peoplesare decreasing and the phenomenon ofviolence, extremism [and] terrorism isincreasing, together with contempt forreligions, religious values and everything thatis considered sacred,” the delegates said.

Members of the dialogue group alsocalled for respect for religious symbols andpersonalities, and asked the media “to bevigilant that freedom of expression not betaken as a pretext for offending religions.”

In mid-February, a Danish newspaperreprinted cartoons that many Muslims foundoffensive, and that sparked outrage andprotests in 2006.

The Vatican and al-Azhar representativesalso encouraged members of all religiousgroups to “respect the dignity and honor ofthe human person without consideration ofrace, color, religion or conviction,” and to“condemn any offense against personalintegrity, property and honor.” †

was also encouraged to pray and think aboutLent as they walked.

“When we kicked it off onAsh Wednesday, we told the children thatJesus made many sacrifices for us,” Parsonssays. “We told them to challenge themselvesin their walking. The faith connection comesin how they talk about it and pray about it.You’ll find [students in] many classeswalking around the campus with theirrosaries. They see how walking can helpthem and how prayer can be done at thesame time.”

The faith connection was also developedas students were encouraged to give up treatsand use the saved money to contribute toservice projects that would help others. Oneof the service projects especially touchedhome with the Holy Spirit community—afundraiser for the Leukemia Foundation.

On Feb. 9, three days afterAsh Wednesday, the school community wasdevastated when a student teacher namedMichelle “Shelly” Sharp died of the disease.

“She had made such an impression on thefifth-graders and the kindergarten kids,”Parsons says. “She meant a lot to them. Wehad a fundraiser, ‘Pennies for Patients,’ forthe Leukemia Foundation. Our goal was$1,100. And we raised more than $3,200. Wefelt like it was a tribute to her.”

Most of that money came from thestudents’ pockets and their hearts. That samesense of caring has marked their approach tothe figurative walk toward Jerusalem.

“I think it’s a really good idea,” saysRachel Clark, 12, a sixth-grade student atHoly Spirit. “When we walk, we pray theOur Father and the Hail Mary.”

“I think it’s pretty cool that we’re doingthis,” says Lindsey Newhart, 12, aseventh-grade student. “We usually do it inreligion class. It’s part of the wholeJerusalem and resurrection theme. It helps usunderstand Lent more.”

There have been moments of humor, too.In the front section of the school’s main

hallway, a huge map has been placed on the

wall, starting with the United States on theleft and extending to Israel and beyond onthe right. A young child looking at the mapnoticed the huge blue area marking theAtlantic Ocean. He innocently askedParsons, “How are we going to walk onwater?”

Without missing a beat, Parsonsanswered, “Jesus walked on water.”

Her answer seemed to satisfy the boy, atleast for the moment.

The school is also using the map and the“Walk to Jerusalem” as tools for teachingsocial studies. Each Wednesday, thethree teams turn in their mileage for the pastweek. Teachers then pinpoint on the mapwhere the teams are in their imaginary trip toJerusalem.

When one team landed in Hershey, Pa.,teacher John O’Hara pointed out that thecity is the home of the Hershey

chocolate company.When another team’s mileage landed it

in New York City, O’Hara noted that it hasbeen the city with the largest population inthe United States since 1790.

“The kids are getting into it,” Parsonssays. “It’s great. I see the pedometers onthem. The other day, the volleyball teamwas running before practice. They said theywere getting their miles in.”

Parsons says that research has shownthat if people do something for 30 days, itbecomes a habit. She believes that their“Walk to Jerusalem” in the 40 days of Lentwill have a lasting impact on the students.

“The walk is integrating everything,”Parsons says. “It’s integrating their lives.It’s integrating cities and maps. It’sintegrating their health and their faith.They’re going to remember this and howit’s connected to their religion.” †

Students are reminded daily of the impact everystep they take makes during the Lenten season.

At Holy Spirit School in Indianapolis, sixth-grade student Rachel Clark, middle, tracks the progress ofher team’s path in “Walking to Jerusalem,” a 6,236-mile journey that the school community is makingas a Lenten journey. Principal Rita Parsons, left, and seventh-grade student Lindsey Newhart alsoexamine the map.


has been given to all the faithful.“You are an evangelizer,” said

Bishop Jacobs with gusto. “You areto proclaim the word of God. Youare to proclaim the Good News ofsalvation.

“You are to announce what Godhas done for you in baptism, andhow he has brought you into thefullness of his life. And then, whenwe’re confirmed and hands are laidupon us by the bishop and he anointsus with the sign of the cross, he’sempowering us to be evangelizers.He’s empowering us to bewitnesses.”

Bishop Jacobs explained how anordinary conversation we have withanother person can be a real momentof evangelization.

He called such an opportunity “adivine appointment” where God hasbrought the journeys of the twopeople in the conversation togetherat a specific time and place.

“From all eternity, God has willedthat you and that person intersect atthat moment,” Bishop Jacobs said.“That’s not an accident.

“That divine appointment mightbe as simple a thing as listening toanother person. It might meannothing but just being a friend toanother person until that person isready to hear the Good News ofsalvation.”

In her presentation titled “BeingMore Effectively Evangelistic,”Sister Nancy noted that the Greekused in Acts 1:8 to describe thepower that God gave to the Apostlesto work wonders and to preach theGospel is also the root for theEnglish word “dynamite.”

“I think we’re still playing withlittle sparklers,” Sister Nancy said.“[God] wants to make us explosivethrough the power of his Holy Spirit.

“The power of the Holy Spiritwas not given to make uscomfortable. It was given to make usmissionaries. And one of the thingsthat can stifle the gifts of the HolySpirit is that if we do not say ‘Yes’to our mission.”

At the end of his presentation,Bishop Jacobs presented a challengeto his listeners to use the gifts givenin the Holy Spirit for the sake of theGospel.

“If not you, who? If not now,when? If not the truth of the Gospel,what? If not in the power of theSpirit, how? If not in your home orschool or place of work, where?

“God needs us to do our part tohelp others to know his great love,”Bishop Jacobs said. “Has God lovedus? Yes. Now what are we going todo with God’s love? Go and makedisciples of all the nations.” †

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Come HolySpirit!From left, Patty Kohrman, a member of St. Nicholas Parish in Ripley County; Cathy Niese, a member ofHoly Trinity Parish in Edinburgh; and Donna Moore, a member of Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish inGreenwood, dance during a praise and worship song on March 1 performed at a conference on theHoly Spirit and evangelization held at Batesville High School in Batesville.

Chris Dickson, a member of St. Mary Parish in Richmond, prays during theconference.

Bishop Sam Jacobs of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodauxin Louisiana prays during the conference Mass.

Participants sit during the conference Mass. Approximately 500 peoplefrom across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio traveled to Batesville forthe conference.

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By Bryce Bennett

The music to the song “Sanctuary”faded out, but the voices of the youthsonly grew louder.

With eyes closed and hearts open, these550 teenagers prepared themselves for themessage of Jesus Christ during the annualArchdiocesan Youth Rally held onMarch 1-2 at Bishop Chatard High Schoolin Indianapolis.

The 2008 theme of the rally was“Infinite.” What became apparent from themoment the youths came to the rally wasthe infinite eagerness, anticipation andlonging they displayed for the Good News.

Father Jonathan Meyer, archdiocesandirector of youth ministry, touched upon thislonging during his homily at Sunday Mass.

“We need to break down the barriers andmanifest what God wants for us,” he said.

Festivities started on March 1 with thepre-rally at Christ the King Parish inIndianapolis, where youths were invited tosocialize and play basketball andvolleyball. They also had the option ofplaying board games, video games,corn hole or watching a movie. Theevening ended with the Stations of theCross and adoration of the BlessedSacrament.

Youth rally participants also welcomedSteve Angrisano as the keynote speaker.Angrisano is known for his ministry as aChristian recording artist and motivationalspeaker as well as serving as master ofceremonies for the 2005 and 2007National Catholic Youth Conferences. Hesaid he noticed something special aboutthis group of young people.

“Their [the youths’] openness anddesire for God is something that was reallyspecial to see,” Angrisano said. “Thisgroup has thrown themselves into God fortruth.”

Brian Hanley of St. Gabriel theArchangel Parish in Indianapolisrecognized Angrisano and was happy tosee him as the keynote speaker.

“I attended the 2007 National CatholicYouth Conference and was blown away byhis message as well as his singing andguitar playing,” Brian said.

Angrisano’s keynote address focused onthe youths beginning to recognize that Godis all around them. He reminded the teensthat God is in everything they do.

“We have a God of miracles, not just aGod of stained-glass windows. … We havea God who is in this room with us rightnow,” Angrisano said.

After the March 2 morning keynote

address, the youthsseparated into smallergroups by grade levels,where they listened topresentations by otherspeakers who gavepersonal testimonies andadvice focusing onthemes such as love,bullying and friendship.

Jeremy Reiss gave atalk to high schoolseniors on theimportance of love,chastity and marriage.Reiss and his wife, Erin,are newlyweds andmembers of Our Lady ofthe Greenwood Parish inGreenwood.

“Chastity is a hardroad traveled, but in theend the better way,”Jeremy Reiss explained.“My hope is that I willbe able to share my storyin order to help you inyour struggles.”

A key component toJeremy Reiss’ talk onmarriage focused on the commitment to thespouse in marriage.

“Love in marriage is about makingyourself, as well as your partner, a betterperson,” he said.

Joseph Lorentz, 15, of St. Luke theEvangelist Parish in Indianapolis, attendedthe group session on friendship. He said hecame away with a more comfortable senseof who he is.

The youths then divided into evensmaller group sessions to focus on topicsthat are at the core of teenage life. Thesesmaller group sessions allowed the youthsto talk one-on-one with each other aboutthe issues of drama/stress, voting, fittingin and what God has planned for them.

Joe Connelly, youth minister atSt. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, andJanet Roth, youth minister at St. Ann,St. Benedict and Sacred Heart parishes inTerre Haute, hosted a breakout session onthe effects of drama and stress in teens’lives. Roth reminded the teens to ask forGod’s intercession.

“Remember that you are not alone.Remember to pray every day and use Godas your strength,” Roth said. “We do notget to heaven alone.”

The youth rally participants thengathered for Mass at Christ the KingChurch. It was a true celebration of music,

prayer and faith centeredon God’s infinite love andkindness.

Father Meyer asked theyouths to extend thisenthusiasm into theireveryday lives.

“We need to knowChrist on the inside, butwe also need to leteveryone know on theoutside,” he said.

The youth rallyconcluded with a spiritedadoration session andclosing ceremonies inwhich the ArchdiocesanYouth Council memberswere recognized for theirhard work in planning theweekend event.

Kirk Meyers, 18, a member ofAnnunciation Parish in Brazil in theTerre Haute Deanery, was among thosewho served as an Archdiocesan YouthCouncil member. He admitted the workwas hard, but ultimately fulfilling.

“I was amazed at how everyone wasable to come together and worship Godin our own way,” he said.

Pat Jansen, 18, a member ofOur Lady of the Greenwood Parish in

Greenwood, who also served as anArchdiocesan Youth Council member,said he came away with a greaterconfidence in himself and a greaterunderstanding of God’s presence.

“I received so much guidance andadvice from other Archdiocesan YouthCouncil members on how to speak infront of crowds of people,” Pat said.“Spiritually, I have learned this weekendthat, no matter whatever I do, I knowGod will be there for me.” †

Breaking down barriersTeens celebrate God’s infinite love and mercy

at Archdiocesan Youth Rally

Meeting with youths during the Archdiocesan Youth Rally, Benedictine Sister Mary Nicolette Etienne, left, discussesvocations and life at Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove. Vocation efforts were a part of the youth rally that washeld at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis on March 1-2.

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Hoping to grow in their faith, participants in the Archdiocesan Youth Rally filled the main gymnasium atBishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis on March 2. About 550 teenagers from across thearchdiocese attended the event, which was also held at Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis.

Musicians and singers used their talents at the Archdiocesan Youth Rally to try to lead teenagers to adeeper, more meaningful connection to their faith.

Father Jonathan Meyer, archdiocesan director of youth ministry,celebrates the Archdiocesan Youth Rally Mass on March 2 atChrist the King Church in Indianapolis.


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By Mary Ann Wyand

For more than 50 years, the Sisters ofSt. Benedict of Our Lady of GraceMonastery in Beech Grove have invitedguests to join them for Holy Week liturgiesat the monastery chapel.

The sisters offer a four-day “TriduumRetreat” at the monastery with accommo-dations for men and woman at the adjacentBenedict Inn Retreat and ConferenceCenter, located at 1402 Southern Ave.

“These holiest days of the liturgicalyear are filled with the history of oursalvation,” explained Benedictine SisterMary Luke Jones, director of the retreatcenter.

“We consider ourselves to be seekingour way to heaven just like everybodyelse,” she said, “… and we want towelcome others to join us in that prayer.… [St.] Benedict says in his Rule that allguests are to be treated as Christ. That iswhat directs our ministry of hospitality.”

The sisters enjoy sharing their liturgiesand prayers with other faithful throughoutthe year and especially during theTriduum, Sister Mary Luke said. “TheHoly Week services are wrapped in thespirit of silence and prayer and retreat.”

On Holy Thursday, the monasticcommunity and guests enjoy the Agape(love) feast based on an early Christianbanquet or common meal.

“Following the example of Jesus, [our]prioress, Sister Carol Falkner, andsubprioress, Sister Rebecca Marie Fitterer,serve the meal,” Sister Mary Luke said.“Later, during the Mass of the Lord’sSupper, they wash the feet of 12 sisters. Atthe conclusion of the Eucharist, partic-ipants are invited to ‘watch and pray’before the Blessed Sacrament.”

Benedictine Father Matthias Neuman,chaplain, is the celebrant for the Triduumliturgies.

For the Good Friday liturgy,Sister Mary Luke said, the monasterychapel is stripped of decorations, the altaris bare and the door of the emptytabernacle is left standing open as if inmourning.

A single, large cross dominates thechapel for the Adoration of the Crossduring the Good Friday afternoon serviceas Sister Antoinette Purcell proclaims thePassion narrative in the New Testamentfrom memory.

“Each morning and evening [throughoutthe year], the monastery communitygathers for the chanting of the DivineOffice,” Sister Mary Luke said, which isalso known as the Liturgy of the Hours.

“Consisting of hymns, psalms andprayers, this is the official prayer of theChurch that is the responsibility ofmen and women religious,” she said.“The Office takes on special significanceon Holy Saturday while Jesus lies in thetomb. Devoid of organ music and with no‘Alleluias,’ this day of silence and prayerprepares us for the glorious Easter Vigil.”

Outside the monastery chapel, a newfire is kindled to start the Easter Vigil andthe Paschal Candle is lit there. As thesisters and guests process into the chapel,the celebrant sings “Light of Christ.”

Sister Mary Luke said the Scripturereadings are “told” around a fire byfour sisters who memorize the selectionsfrom Genesis, Exodus and Ezekiel.

“Throughout Holy Week, the monasteryschola [choir] sings the traditionallamentations,” she explained, “but on HolySaturday the glorious ‘Alleluia,’ which hasnot been uttered for 40 days, rings forth.Lilies, candles and altar decorations adornthe chapel as the Easter celebrationbegins.”

After the evening liturgy, guests join thesisters at the assembly room in themonastery for hot cross buns, Easter eggs,

breads and drinks.“On Easter Sunday,”

Sister Mary Luke said, “thecommunity gathers onceagain for Mass in honor ofthe Resurrection and inthanksgiving for the sacrificemade by our Lord andSavior. The monastery’sbell choir and schola add tothe assembly’s voices raisedin praise.”

The “Triduum Retreat”includes lunch and dinnerwith the sisters, opportunitiesfor spiritual direction, andtime to walk the grounds aswell as pray at the outdoorlabyrinth and Stations of theCross.

St. John the Evangelistparishioners John andEileen Ahrens of Indian-apolis have enjoyed partici-pating in Advent and Lentenretreats with the sisters sinceDecember 1996.

“We find it veryworthwhile,” Eileen Ahrenssaid. “It’s been a very goodexperience for us. I think,especially at the Triduum, it’s nice tohave the quiet time, to keep the silenceand to be able to pray with the sisters. …It’s a time of quiet and prayer to focus onGod.”

John Ahrens said he has meditated onthe Passion narrative during Holy Weekfor years. He finds it more contemplativeand meaningful at the monastery.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Mercy SisterSharon Euart has been named executivecoordinator of the Canon Law Society ofAmerica, effective on Aug. 1.

Sister Sharon is the first woman to holdwhat is the society’s chief administrativeofficer position. She was president of theorganization in 2004-05.

Sister Sharon has been a member of theCanon Law Society of America since 1984,and was a consultor to its board of governorsin 1995-97, a member of the organization’spublications task force, and served on theCommittee on the Canonical Aspects of theSexual abuse of Minors.

She also was a member of the special taskforce that drafted a guide to the implemen-tation of the U.S. bishops’ essential norms fordiocesan and eparchial policies dealing withallegations of clerical sexual misconduct.

A former associate general secretary of the

U.S. bishops’ conference, Sister Sharonserves as a consultant to the bishops’Committee on Canonical Affairs andChurch Governance and to the work groupon “Apostolos Suos,” the Vatican documentby Pope John Paul II on the theological andjuridical nature of bishops’ conference.

Sister Sharon is also vice chair of theCenter for Applied Research in theApostolate’s board of directors and amember of the Catholic Common GroundInitiative. Currently, she is a canon lawconsultant and visiting canon law instructorat The Catholic University of America inWashington.

She has a doctorate in canon law fromCatholic University and master’s degreesfrom Johns Hopkins University inBaltimore.

The Canon Law Society of America hasmore than 1,500 members. †

Mercy sister named Canon Law Societyof America’s executive coordinator

“It’s sacred time apart, separatenessfrom everything,” he said, a time devotedto God.

(For more information about the“Triduum Retreat,” call the Benedict InnRetreat and Conference Center at 317-788-7581.) †

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Discussion Point

This Week’s Question

Discuss in a few words what you believe is the“lesson” that Christian history should be for us today.

“That God is always faithful and always comesthrough for us. So we have to trust and depend on himat all times.” (Betty Abler, Pierce, Neb.)

“The lesson is that ‘creation continues, Incarnationcontinues, revelation continues’ [to borrow fromKarl Rahner], and we live each moment in thepresence of God—in ourselves and in each other ...despite our mistakes and wounds. We share oneCreator, one human family and one journey.”(Susan Sullivan, Atlanta, Ga.)

“I believe the lesson ... would be the rosary in itself.... That meditation helps me to remember what

Trust God, who is always faithfulhappened to Christ, and makes my eyes widen and seemore around me.” (Kevin Kuklok, Foley, Minn.)

“It tells us, with all the killings in neighborhoods andin wars in other parts of the world, that there will be atime of peace for all our people if we pray to God andtry to be at peace with each other. The Bible showsthat there were wars, but Jesus came to the world toshow us what peace is.” (Jean Hinds, Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Lend Us Your Voice

An upcoming edition asks: What are some questionsyou’ve heard from children that reveal their curiosityabout God?

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In his January 2008 pastoral letter on the Year of St. Paul,which begins in June, Bishop Michael Saltarelli ofWilmington, Del., encouraged the people of his diocese to“discern how best to study, pray and celebrate the life,inspired writing, spirituality and missionary spirit ofSt. Paul.”

So much of the story of the early Church can betraced back to the “contemplative and enthusiastic heartof St. Paul,” Bishop Saltarelli said, adding that the bestway to celebrate the Year of St. Paul is to ask therisen Lord what “deep and intimate conversion of life”

he is calling us to as Christians.“Christ lives within us,” Bishop Saltarelli said. “He wants

to express himself through our facial expressions, our toneof voice, even our body language,” thereby allowing allwhom we encounter to “sense something different in us andbe led to ask themselves questions that could alter their livesand destinies.”

Bishop Saltarelli called the Year of St. Paul “a time for usto stand on the shoulders of Catholic saints through thecenturies and to live Paul’s life-changing words in ways thataddress the world’s need for holiness in the 21st century.”

(Carole Norris Greene is associate editor of Faith Alive!) †

Year of St. Paul challenges us to conversion in our own lives

By Jem Sullivan

Learning about the early Christians and how theyresponded to persecution and challenges is a bit like tracingone’s family tree. In looking back, we rediscover not only howthe first Christians lived, but also how their example helps usto be better Christians today.

Looking back gives us fresh insight into the present and thefuture of Christian faith. But why, after almost 2,000 years,does the witness of early Christianity remain relevant?

Much of what we know about the first Christians comes tous from the New Testament. Scriptures were born out of theheart of the early Christian communities, and the experiencesof those men and women who were privileged to walk, talkand eat with Jesus.

As we hear God’s Word proclaimed at each SundayEucharist, we are reminded of the unique place that thosefirst Christians hold in the history of the Church.

The early Christians lived in a cultural and social climatenot unlike our own. They were often misunderstood,frequently misrepresented, and both subtly and overtlypersecuted for believing in Jesus Christ as the Son of God.

Yet, within a span of four centuries, the witness of the earlyChristians converted the whole Roman Empire.

This remarkable historical fact carries timely lessons for us as we reflect on how we are to live the Gospel incontemporary culture.

The Acts of the Apostles offers us one of many biblicaldescriptions of the daily life of the first Christians. In thesecond chapter of Acts, we read that, “They devotedthemselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to thecommunal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.... All who believed were together and had all things incommon. ... Every day they devoted themselves to meetingtogether in the temple area and to breaking bread in theirhomes, ... and every day the Lord added to their number thosewho were being saved” (Acts 2:42, 44, 46-47).

From this account, we know that the lives of thefirst Christians were centered around the teachings of theApostles summarized in Christian creeds.

To be a Christian was to live by a creed, at the heart ofwhich was the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, theincarnation of God.

To learn more about what the early Christians believed, wenow look to those creeds and councils of the early centuries.

The writings of the Fathers of the Church—bishops, pastorsand theologians of the first four centuries—also provide uswith invaluable wisdom and insight.

We know too that the Eucharist and the Scriptures stood atthe heart of early Christianity.

But faithfulness to the Apostles’ teachings, to theWord of God and the Eucharist, was not simply in therealm of abstract ideas or theological concepts. The geniusof early Christianity was the many ways that Christianbelief took concrete form in family relationships,neighborhoods and society.

As the early Christians gathered their resourcestogether in devotion to the Eucharist and communalprayer, they were attentive to the needs of the poor andthe most vulnerable members of society who sufferedvarious injustices.

These first Christians not only lived for their faith inJesus Christ, they also were willing to die for their faith.

To be an early Christian was to choose a radical way oflife, a life inspired by love of God and neighbor that was sodifferent from the prevailing culture that it compelled moreand more people to choose the same life in spite of threats ofpersecution and martyrdom.

To be an early follower of Christ was to practice acourageous non-conformism and offer counterculturalwitness to faith, hope and love.

By their perseverance through persecution, theirfidelity to the teachings of the Apostles as well as to theEucharist and the Word of God, by their love for Christin the face of the poor and their joyful witness in theface of martyrdom, the first Christians continue to teachus how to “give an account of the hope that is in us” asfollowers of Christ today (1 Pt 3:15).

Looking back to the roots of our Christian family tree, weare encouraged in our own day to live courageously what webelieve in love of God and love of neighbor.

(Jem Sullivan teaches in the Pontifical Faculty of theImmaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studiesin Washington, D.C.) †

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As we hear God’s Word proclaimed at each Sunday Eucharist, we are reminded of the unique place those first Christians hold in thehistory of the Church. The undefined faces of the deceased couple are seen at the center of this “dogmatic sarcophagus” from the firsthalf of the fourth century. The artwork at top shows God creating Eve, the miracle of Cana, and the miracle of the loaves and fishes. Thebottom half depicts the adoration of the Magi, Daniel in the lion’s den and Peter baptizing his jailers. The piece is on display in the earlyChristian funerary art gallery, called the Pio Christian Museum, at the Vatican Museums.

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This week, I’ll continue the story of thegreatest of the biblical women—Mary, the

mother of Jesus.Last week, I noted

what the Bible tells usabout Mary through theAnnunciation and theVisitation, and Joseph’sacceptance of the wordof an angel thatMary’s baby had beenconceived through the

power of the Holy Spirit.Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a town in

Judea, so Joseph and Mary again had tomake a weeklong journey similar to thatwhich Mary took when she visitedElizabeth—from Nazareth to the Sea ofGalilee, down the east side of theJordan River to Jericho to avoid travelingthrough Samaria, then up to Jerusalem andBethlehem.

As we all know, Bethlehem was crowded,and Joseph and Mary found shelter in a

cave, where Jesus was born. I need not gointo the details of the visit of the shepherds,and later the magi from the east. Both groupswere inspired to recognize that God hadcome into the world.

Mary is present next during Jesus’ Presen-tation in the Temple when he was 40 daysold. She and Joseph were following theMosaic Law that required a woman who gavebirth to a son to be purified 40 days after thebirth. Until then, she was forbidden to touchanything sacred or to enter the Temple area.

During this visit, Simeon was inspiredby God to recognize Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah. But he also warnedMary that she, too, would suffer—“youyourself a sword will pierce” (Lk 2:35).The Church considers this as the first ofMary’s seven sorrows.

Although Luke tells us that theHoly Family returned to Nazareth, Matthew’sGospel tells us about their flight to Egypt toescape the wrath of King Herod. This is thesecond of Mary’s seven sorrows. Matthewsays that they remained in Egypt until afterHerod’s death, when they returned and settled

From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink

The coming of Easter makes us thinkabout what it promises, namely the

opportunity to meetGod one day when ourlife ends, and to bewith God foreverthereafter.

Because of Christ’ssacrifice, we mayspend eternity enjoyingGod’s glory in what’scalled the BeatificVision. We shall see

God as he is. Wow.The question for most of us is, if we’re

lucky enough to make it into the presenceof God, what will that entail? What willheaven be like?

Sometimes, reading the Old Testament,we get the impression that an afterlifewould involve blowing rams’ horns andcavorting around as the Jews did whencelebrating earthly events, such asweddings. Of course, not all Jews believedin an afterlife so maybe they just hadn’tgiven it much thought.

Old movies often portray heaven as aplace floating on cumulous clouds, allwhite and puffy and soft-looking. Theinhabitants wear white, flowing robes,something like the dress worn in Jesus’time. Sometimes they have halos over

their heads.Sometimes they even have impressive

wings, although those are mostlyassigned only to angels. St. Peter isdepicted as a semi-comical old guy witha gray beard and a kindly expression. IfGod appears, it is usually as a resonantvoice from above or a majestic figuresitting upon a dazzling throne.

Some folks seem to picture heaven as aplace where fun reigns. It’s a big, continuousparty, which they can enjoy without anyearthly stresses, such as having to get up forwork the next day or not knowing how todance. It’s the sum of all the happy vacationsand nights on the town that they haveenjoyed on Earth.

Personally, I can’t believe heaven is not aplace filled with music. This would be organand choral music along the lines of theMormon Tabernacle Choir and Virgil Fox atthe mighty pipe organ. Come to think of it,this scenario might annoy some people andeven I might tire of it after a few thousandyears. In human time, of course.

I think we catch glimpses of heaven hereon Earth during our lifetimes. They are thetimes we can feel something happening,which is not only important but thrilling,something which has no human explanation.The longer we live, the more we discoversuch insights.

When the Eureka! moment goes on forever

Since Congress failed to pass compre-hensive immigration reform last year,

states have beenscrambling to writetheir own legislation.

Lawmakers inIndiana have beendoing so thislegislative session,and I have beensaddened to see thatthe bills put forth forconsideration are

hostile to immigrants here.I continue to remain perplexed by the

response of many of our citizens, andmost perplexed by the hate-filledresponses by many Catholics.

Members of The Criterion staff tell methat never has the newspaper receivedsuch vicious letters aimed at the Church’sefforts to lead us in a love-filled responseto the immigration dilemma.

I sense incredible fear, and I simplycannot figure out the source of this fear.The only conclusion that seems to makeany sense is that this is more of racismrearing its ugly head.

Racism is all about separation—looking at what is different about us andusing this to separate ourselves from thatwhich is different.

This “separation theology” flies in theface of the Catholic principle ofsolidarity—that we are all members of thesame body of Christ. I am not separatefrom you, and you are not separate fromme. No man-made law can change thisprinciple.

In the immigration “debate,” we have anumber of laws converging. I most oftenhear people cry that immigrants havebroken our laws.

It seems to me that when many lawsconverge, we must look to the greatest ofall laws—the law of love.

Should we not ask, “What would lovehave us do?” Or to borrow a phrasestarted several years ago, “What wouldJesus do?”

My wife, Cathy, and I have five children,and if my own country’s laws, conditions,etc., did not allow me to provide adequatelyfor my family, I would do whatever it takesto provide for them—unless my doing soinfringed upon others’ rights. I don’t believeI am unique in this regard.

Immigrants to our country do notinfringe upon us, but rather addtremendous value to our country. Ourcurrent laws are simply not responsive toour own country’s need for workers norare they kind to those who desire the lifethat our country affords.

Catholic Charities’ programs in ourarchdiocese serve as an example of aloving response. We serve anyone whocomes to us in need, regardless of theirrace, religion, sex or residential status.Our staff and volunteers seek the face ofChrist in those they serve, hoping tohear the voice of Jesus say, “When I wasa stranger, you welcomed me”(Mt 25:35).

Our own Indiana bishops wrote abeautiful pastoral letter to our localChurch in 2007 that outlines how we cancompassionately respond to the law oflove with our world’s immigrants.

You can find “I Was a Stranger, andYou Welcomed Me: Meeting Christ inNew Neighbors” atwww.archindy.org/immigration/files/pastoral2007.pdf.

I invite you to read this response, andthe response of our U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops at www.usccb.org, tomake a decision based on love,compassion and the desire for eachindividual to lead a dignified life.

(David Siler is executive director of theSecretariat for Catholic Charities andFamily Ministries. E-mail him [email protected].) †

Ever since Adam and Eve, men andwomen have interacted poorly because of

different listeningabilities.

A good example ofpoor communicationsis when phoneticsProfessor HenryHiggins, in the musicalMy Fair Lady, tried toturn a poor youngpeasant woman,Eliza Doolittle, into a

proper English lady acceptable in highsociety.

“Why can’t a woman be more like aman?” he asked his fellow linguist friend,Colonel Pickering, who helped himunderstand.

Recently, just about the time I waswishing I could see that musical again, Iwas also wondering why my husband and Iare often on different wave lengths despitegood efforts to communicate with eachother.

Then, serendipitously, a book camealong that enlightened me. How to Get YourHusband to Listen to You: Understanding

How Men Communicate was written by NancyCobb and Connie Grigsby.

These Nebraskan wives and mothers host aweekly radio program called “Lifewalk” inOmaha, and they have co-authored two other books titled How to GetYour Husband to Talk to You andThe Politically Incorrect Wife, which was aGold Medallion Award finalist.

I reluctantly began reading the “listening”book. After all, I had already heard and read somuch advice about marriage through the years.What could these women have to offer that isnew? Well, I found out! Never before have Ibeen led to write anything about this subject—not even a letter.

The basic problem between men andwomen is that the two sexes react, listen andcommunicate differently. Why can’t a womanbe more like a man—or a man more like awoman? Because that’s how God made us: Weare “wired” differently.

The back cover of the Cobb-Grisby bookpromises to “help your husband value whatyou say and how you say it, understand whatyour husband really wants [not what youthink], rebuild love and respect in yourmarriage, become a wife whose husband wants

How to get your husband to listen to you

Biblical women: Mary, mother of Jesusin Nazareth.

There’s nothing more about theHoly Family until Jesus was 12 years old,although Luke says that each year theymade the long trip to Jerusalem for the feastof Passover. Mary and Joseph were raisingJesus in the traditions of Israel, as a faithfulJewish boy.

When Jesus was 12, though, he stayed inJerusalem when his parents joined thecaravan for the return trip. We can imagineMary and Joseph thinking that he was withhis friends. What 12-year-old boy wouldstay with his parents? When they realizedthat he was not in the caravan, they returnedto Jerusalem, where they found Jesus in theTemple in the midst of the teachers.

“And Mary kept all these things,reflecting on them in her heart” (Lk 2:51).

The loss of the Child Jesus was thethird of Mary’s sorrows. The lastfour sorrows involve her son’s Passion anddeath—his carrying his cross to Calvary, hiscrucifixion, his being taken down from thecross and laid in her arms, and his burial,which we will consider next week. †

One of them is surely when a mother isnursing her baby and the infant gazestrustingly into her eyes, resting a tinydimpled hand on her breast. Another is themoment we know we are loved bysomeone, the instant we sense a mysteriousconnection, which really can’t be named.

And we’ve all had a Eureka! momentwhen the evening sun blazes up for aninstant before dropping beneath thehorizon. We’ve experienced dramaticstorms and idyllically peaceful moonlights,which stir in us an indefinable recognition.

Intellectually, it will be so satisfyingto know the reasons for everything: whythis or that happened, why we metcertain people, why our lives turned outthe way they did because of a decisionwe made. Then again, maybe we’ll be sospiritual that those kinds of concernswon’t even come up.

Meeting those we loved who havegone to God before us is probably topson my list of what-I-hope-heaven-to-be.It fills me with love even to think of“seeing” my parents, children andfriends, and to praise God forever withthem. Easter is the answer.

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

her insights, strengthen communication inmarriage through communication with God,and give your husband the desire to listen toyour needs, your words and your heart.”

Initially, after reading that, I was leery.However, the suggestions move gently yetcandidly forward with insights that I had notconsidered before.

What is even more amazing is how theauthors share a deep sorrow that occurredduring the writing of their book. Thehusband of one of the authors became illand died during the week the book wasfinished. The couples’ Christian faithshines throughout, and how his illnessand death was handled is perfecttestimony to Christian love.

The wisdom in this book could help anymale-female relationships duringengagement and marriage, in the workplaceor within friendships.

For information on Multnomah Books,log on to www.mpbooks.com or Internetbooksellers.

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

Perspectives

Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister

Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes

Faith, Hope and Charity/David Siler

Law of loveis greatest


The Sunday ReadingsSunday, March 9, 2008• Ezekiel 37:12-14• Romans 8:8-11• John 11:1-45

One of the major Hebrew prophets,Ezekiel, provides this Lenten weekend’s

first biblical reading.Ezekiel lived and

wrote during theperiod of historycalled the BabylonianCaptivity. ManyHebrews who hadsurvived Babylonia’sconquest of theHoly Land were livingin exile in Babylon,

the imperial capital, located in today’sIraq.

While these exiles were not enslaved,life for them was miserable. They yearnedto return to their homeland. Years passed.Four generations passed, and their exiledid not end. Their yearnings grew inintensity. Surely, many prayed for relief.Likely, many others scorned God for notrescuing them.

Speaking for God—and calling thepeople to renewed devotion to and trust inGod—was no easy undertaking forEzekiel. Nevertheless, he promised thepeople that if they were faithful to Godthen a new day would come for them.

In this reading, Ezekiel uses theimagery of death and resurrection. Heequates life in Babylon with being in agrave. He describes God’s rescue asopening the graves and bringing the deadback to life.

Ezekiel forcefully declares that Godwill rescue the people. God will be true tothe Covenant, as always.

St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans is thesource of the second reading.

Paul wrote this letter to the Christiansof Rome. When he wrote it in the latterpart of the first century A.D., Romeliterally was the center and heart of thewestern world. Its population then isnow estimated to have been at least1 million people, a number farexceeding any other community thenknown to exist.

It was the world capital. The emperorresided in Rome. The governments andmajor courts were seated in Rome. It wasthe world’s commercial center. It was also

the center of the pagan Roman religion.Christians in Rome had to face

challenges rushing at them from all sides.Paul encouraged them and urged them tobe even more loyal followers of Christ inthe midst of all these challenges.

In so doing, Paul reassured theRoman Christians that earthly life passes.Only the spiritual endures. Paul urgesthem to be strong now and earn aneverlasting reward.

St. John’s Gospel tells the story of theLord’s visit to Bethany.

In the first century A.D., Bethany was acommunity just a few miles fromJerusalem. Now it is a communitycompletely enveloped by metropolitanJerusalem.

The Synoptic Gospels often presentJesus as the healer. Here the Lordconfronts death. His friend, Lazarus, hasdied.

Martha, the sister of Lazarus, tells Jesusthat had the Lord been present earlier thenLazarus would not have died. Seeing herfaith, Jesus restores Lazarus to life.

The death of Lazarus, the faith ofMartha and the final raising of Lazarus byJesus are the key parts of the story. Jesuscontrols all things, even death. He offerslife. However, humans, such as Martha,must respond by giving themselves fullyto Jesus in faith.

To accept Jesus is to accept God. To bewith Jesus is to be with God.

ReflectionNext Sunday, the Church will celebrate

Palm Sunday then lead us into Holy Week,commemorating the Last Supper, thePassion and death of the Lord, and theResurrection.

However, these events are much morethan anniversaries or memorials. Jesuslives! He is in our lives now if we permithim to be with us. The Church calls us toallow the Lord into our lives.

The Church invites us to participate inHoly Week with great personalcommitment. Using Paul’s lesson tothe Romans, it calls us to realize thatall that is earthly will die. Earthly lifewill end. But we can live if we trulyaccept Jesus.

The model of faithfulness presented byEzekiel, as well as Martha’s example,teach us what we must do to attain lifein Christ. †

Fifth Sunday of Lent/Msgr. Owen F. CampionDaily ReadingsMonday, March 10Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30,

33-62or Daniel 13:41c-62Psalm 23:1-6John 8:1-11

Tuesday, March 11Numbers 21:4-9Psalm 102:2-3, 16-21John 8:21-30

Wednesday, March 12Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95(Response) Daniel 3:52-56John 8:31-42

Thursday, March 13Genesis 17:3-9Psalm 105:4-9John 8:51-59

Friday, March 14Jeremiah 20:10-13Psalm 18:2-7John 10:31-42

Saturday, March 15Joseph, husband of the Blessed

Virgin Mary2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24aor Luke 2:41-51a

Sunday, March 16Palm Sunday of the

Lord’s PassionMatthew 21:1-11 (procession)Isaiah 50:4-7Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20,

23-24Philippians 2:6-11Matthew 26:14-27:66or Matthew 27:11-54

My Journey to God

High above is a close grey winter sky.The brown leaves of the beeches still

hang.Most trees are barren of life-giving

leaves,Branches covered with ice where birds

once sang.

The snowflakes float gently downward.They are God’s blessing for us all.Formed from water droplets high above,God gave them symmetry and form as

they fall.

No snowflakes are just like one another.God wanted them to be that way.He welded them together as in a blanket,His gift of a white cathedral is for all to

pray.

Under the blanket, all life slumbers deep.The long winter night descends in cold

splendor.

God’s Winter Treasury

QThe lady in charge of our parishScripture program claims that Christ is

equally as present inScripture as he is in theEucharist.

She cites parisheswhere the Bible is givena special place withlighted candles on eitherside.

I’m confused. I wasalways taught thatChrist is uniquely

present, soul and divinity, in the Eucharist.Besides, isn’t the Eucharist our focal

point as Catholics? (California)

APart of the problem you raise is one ofterminology. When speaking of the

Eucharist or anything relating to the mysteryof God, the words we use are critical.

Any presence of God, of the Trinity or ofJesus in the Bible or in the Eucharist oranywhere else is “unique” in the sense that itis different from all other presences. There’snothing like it. Unique does not necessarilymean that it is better or superior, just thatthere is nothing more perfect of its kind orclass.

We also cannot speak of there being“more” of Jesus in one place or another.God is indivisible. His presence cannot beweighed by pounds or by any other category.Thus, one cannot correctly say that there is“less” of God in one location than there issomewhere else.

The tradition and teaching of the Churchis that in the sacraments, especially in thecelebration of the Eucharist, our Lord ispresent in several ways.

The following explanations andquotations are from the Constitution on theSacred Liturgy of the Second VaticanCouncil (#7-#8), and are repeated in theCatechism of the Catholic Church(#1084-#1090).

Jesus is present, first of all, with hispower so that when someone baptizes, forexample, it is Christ himself who baptizes.

He is present also in his Word. As I hopewe know, when the Scriptures areproclaimed in the church, it is Christ himselfwho speaks to us.

Christ is also present in the person of thepriest or other minister of a sacrament.

And he is present especially (“maxime”)in the eucharistic species of bread and wine.

It is important to note that when the

Church speaks of the Eucharist in this contextit does not mean primarily the simplepresence of Christ in the eucharistic species asit is in the tabernacle, for example. It meansmost directly and essentially the sacrificialliturgy of the Eucharist, the celebration ofMass by the Catholic community. It is in thissense that the Eucharist is the focal point ofour lives as Catholics.

As the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgyexplains, “Every liturgical celebration, as anactivity of Christ the priest and of his bodywhich is the Church, is a sacred action of apre-eminent kind. No other action of theChurch equals its title to power or its degreeof effectiveness.”

This is what it means to say that theEucharist is the center of life and liturgicalworship for us Catholics.

It is why the altar, at which the sacrifice ofthe Mass is offered, is the focal point of ourchurch buildings and where the center of ourCatholic life lies.

It is what inspired the declaration ofSt. Pius X during his papacy early in thelast century that “active lay participation in thecelebration of the Eucharist is the foremostand indispensable font of the trueChristian spirit.”

As the Church’s ritual for the worship ofthe Eucharist outside of Mass notes (#2 and#5), all other aspects of eucharistic worshipand prayer are an extension and reflection ofthis truth.

The celebration of the sacrifice of the Mass“is truly the origin and goal of the worshipwhich is shown to the Eucharist outside ofMass.”

The “primary and original reason for thereservation of the Eucharist after Mass is theadministration of viaticum [Communion topeople who are dying]. The secondary reasonsare the giving of Communion [in Communionservices, for example] and the adoration ofJesus, who is present in the sacrament.”

All the Church’s provisions for thearrangement and conduct of liturgical worshipare intended to respect and safeguard thoseessential doctrinal priorities.

(A free brochure in English or Spanish,answering questions that Catholics ask aboutbaptism practices and sponsors, is availableby sending a stamped, self-addressed envelopeto Father John Dietzen, Box 3315, Peoria, IL61612. Questions may be sent toFather Dietzen at the same address or bye-mail in care of [email protected].) †

(Thomas J. Rillo is a member of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bloomington and aBenedictine oblate of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad. He said his inspirationfor this poem came from “enduring the cold might of winter.”)

Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen

The Eucharist is the centerof liturgical life and worship

The cold winter moon forms patterns inthe snow.

The winter wind blows sharp as a razor.

God’s power sends the great windsblowing,

Sending misty veils of snow swirlingupward,

God’s might reflected in tree limbssnapping.

Lashing of ice pellets are like asharp-edged shard.

God’s gift of winter is an infinitetreasure of beauty,

A gift from Him that is both majestyand apostleship.

The storm tones die away, revealingtranquil silence.

His gift is beauty incarnate and a thingto worship.

By Thomas J. Rillo


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Mary stood by the cross as Jesus was crucified atGolgotha, which means “the Place of the Skull,” nearJerusalem.

With the Blessed Virgin were her sister, Mary, the wifeof Clopas, as well as Mary of Magdala and the beloveddisciple, John.

That heartbreaking image is part of our collectivememory of the Passion narrative recorded in the Gospelaccounts of the Crucifixion, Father Jonathan Meyerexplained in his “40 Hours Devotion” sermon on Feb. 20 atOur Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Indianapolis.

But can you imagine, he asked, can you trulyunderstand, how hard it must have been for her to standthere as her son died on the cross?

Most parents would collapse on the ground in grief asthey watched their child die, Father Meyer said, or at leastreach out for support of some kind.

Scripture tells us that the Mother of God stood thereresolutely, he said, an incredibly strong woman of faithwho is a model of devotion for all Christians.

Father Meyer serves as associate pastor of St. Luke theEvangelist Parish in Indianapolis and director of youthministry for the archdiocese. He preached on theCrucifixion and the Blessed Mother’s devotion onfour nights during Holy Rosary Parish’s annual Lentenobservance of eucharistic adoration on Feb. 17-20.

“Both in the temple at the age of 12 and on the cross at

the age of 33, our Lord shows us that God’swill must reign over all human wills,”Father Meyer said, “over all humanconnections, over all human relationships,even the relationship with his BlessedMother.”

Mary understood that, he said, even asgrief pierced her heart.

“Our Lord is willing to bring anxiety tothe heart of his Blessed Mother to do thewill of his heavenly Father,” Father Meyersaid, “to remain in the temple forthree days at the age of 12 and at the age of33 to die on the cross, knowing the hurtthat it would bring to our Blessed Mother’sheart, but also knowing the joy that itwould ultimately bring.”

Yet Mary stood in vigil at the foot of thecross, he said, knowing what would happenbecause Simeon had told her at the Presen-tation in the Temple that “the sword ofsorrow would pierce her heart” (Lk 2:35).

Because of her Immaculate Conception,Father Meyer said, Mary was “a woman offaith, a woman of prayer, and a womanwhose heart was completely and totallyunited to God.”

Even from the moment of her miraculous conception ofJesus, he said, Mary endured great sorrow because she

was scorned during her pregnancy then the Holy Familyhad to flee to Egypt to save the life of the newbornChrist Child while King Herod’s soldiers searched for himand killed countless infant boys in the Massacre of theHoly Innocents.

Throughout Christ’s life, Father Meyer said, Scripturetells us that “Mary kept all these things, reflecting onthem in her heart” (Lk 2:19).

In Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’sDogmatic Constitution on the Church, he said, “ ‘Thisunion of the mother with the Son in the work of salvationis made manifest from the time of Christ’s virginalconception up to his death. … Thus, the Blessed Virginadvanced in her pilgrimage of faith, and faithfullypersevered in her union with her Son unto the cross,where she stood, in keeping with the divine plan,enduring with her only begotten Son the intensity of hissuffering …” (#57, #58).

The cross was the greatest pulpit that Christ would everpreach from and which brought us our salvation,Father Meyer said, and the beloved disciple who stoodwith Mary at the foot of the cross of Christ represents allthe faithful.

“Blessed Mother Teresa [of Calcutta] said, ‘No Mary,no Jesus. Know Mary, know Jesus,’ ” he explained.“Mary is essential to our spiritual life. … We need theBlessed Virgin Mary. We cannot know Christ without her.The Blessed Virgin Mary’s role [in salvation history]allows us to grow in holiness and in grace.”

When we surrender ourselves to our Blessed Mother andallow her to help us, Father Meyer said, she will perfectwhat we offer to the Divine Teacher and make it worthy.

“But we must go to the Blessed Virgin Mary,” heemphasized, “she who stood at the foot of the cross, shewho endured, she who witnessed, she who kept the faithof the Church alive for those three days in her heart. Sheis our hope. She is our life. She is our sweetness. … Weare to be people of the rosary. We are to be people ofnovenas. We are to be people of statues and prayers. Marystood at the foot of the cross, and she will allow us tostand there as well. … And she may win for us the gracesnecessary for eternal salvation.” †

Priest: Stand with Blessed Virgin Mary at foot of Christ’s crossFather Jonathan Meyercarries theBlessed Sacrament inthe monstrance in aprocession duringBenediction on Feb. 20at Our Lady of theMost Holy RosaryChurch in Indianapolisas part of a Lenten“40 Hours Devotion.”He is the associatepastor of St. Luke theEvangelist Parish inIndianapolis anddirector of youthministry for thearchdiocese.

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Please submit in writing to ouroffice by 10 a.m. Thursdaybefore the week of publication;be sure to state date of death.Obituaries of archdiocesanpriests serving our archdioceseare listed elsewhere inThe Criterion. Order priestsand religious sisters andbrothers are included here,unless they are natives of thearchdiocese or have otherconnec tions to it; those areseparate obituaries on thispage.

BEARD, Alfred R., 78, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Feb. 22.Husband of Gigi Beard. Father ofCandace, Cathy and Linda Beard.Brother of Joan Beard.

BUTLER, Joseph V., 64,St. Monica, Indianapolis, Feb. 18.Husband of Mary Elizabeth(Muller) Butler. Father of MarieSchelonka, Kimberly and JosephButler III. Brother of PatriciaCarafa. Grandfather of 11.

CAITO, Margaret F.(Gerbeck), 81, St. Michael theArchangel, Indianapolis, Feb. 8.Mother of Mary Ellen Jungels,Carol Jean Moran, Clara, Frankand Joseph Caito. Grandmotherof six. Great-grandmother of two.

COURTNEY, Joseph W., 89,Holy Family, New Albany,Feb. 25. Father of LindaAtherton, Cindy Collins andConnie Stephenson. Brother ofStanley Courtney. Grandfather offour. Great-grandfather of five.

CROMWELL, BeulahCatherine, 86, Holy Family,New Albany, Feb. 22. Mother of

Sharon Stultz and DennisCromwell. Grandmother of two.

DOLDER, Lorraine (Isensee),84, St. Anthony, Indianapolis,Feb. 15. Mother of Mary Souza,Jan Weimer, Charles, Craig andJames Dolder. Grandmother of11. Great-grandmother of 16.

EBERT, Clara H., 78,St. Bartholomew, Columbus,Feb. 19. Mother of David, Frankand Steve Ebert. Sister ofAnniemerle Cook and AdrianBrown.

ELSNER, Luke Daniel, 2,St. Joseph, Jennings County,Feb. 1. Son of Andrew andAmber Elsner. Brother of LaneElsner. Grandson of Oscar andEvelyn Elsner and Alvin andJoyce McGuire. Great-grandsonof John and Maxine Shipley.

GRIFFIN, Victoria M., 53,Holy Name of Jesus,Beech Grove, Feb. 22. Mother ofChancemarie Persinger andJonathon Griffin. Sister of BeckyPash, Suzie Tomlinson, Bobbyand Tim Griffin.

KNARTZER, Dorothy, 63,St. Mark the Evangelist, Indian-apolis, Feb. 8. Wife of James F.Knartzer. Mother of KimberlyDinkel and Kurt Knartzer. Sisterof Rosemary Boggs, PattiGraham, Marilyn McCurdy,Barbara Romaine, Susan Winn,James, John, Joseph and SteveWinn. Grandmother of one.

MARSHALL, Chester, 90,St. Anthony, Indianapolis,Feb. 14. Father of CherylSchmelzel. Grandfather of one.

McCARROLL, John D., 87,St. Gabriel, Connersville, Feb. 21.Father of Rita Johnson, BethJones, Mary Limburg and NickMcCarroll. Grandfather of 13.Great-grandfather of 11.

McCLURE, Judith Ann(Waltman), 70, St. Bartholomew,Columbus, Feb. 16. Wife of PhilipMcClure. Mother of JenniferBaltes, Carrie Lynn Castelvetere,Mary Ustanik, Amy Sarros, Johnand Philip McClure Jr. Grand -mother of 14.

McGUIRE, Michael, 69,Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Feb. 11.Father of Andy McGuire.Grandfather of one.

MILLER, Glenn G., 87,St. Mary, North Vernon, Feb. 10.Husband of Linda (Good) Miller.Father of Suzanne Funke, JaneHarton and Dr. Glenn Miller Jr.Brother of Rosemary Ertel.Grand father of 12. Great-grandfather of 10.

MUSSIO, Marian E., 73,St. Jude, Indianapolis, Feb. 19.Wife of Victor Mussio. Mother ofDebbie Duke and VickiTeverbaugh. Sister of LeonoraAgnelneri, Sandra Bayless andTina Myers. Grandmother of two.Great-grandmother of one.

RILEY, Rosemary C.(McGuire), 85, St. Simon theApostle, Indianapolis, Feb. 19.Mother of William Riley. Sister ofKathryn Kimberlin. Grandmotherof one.

SCHOENTRUP, Patricia Jo, 72,St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Feb. 17.Wife of Al Schoentrup. Mother ofBeth Schoentrup and DebbieSchoentrup-Cook. Sister of PeggyThomas, Bill, Lawrence, Stephenand Tom Blackburn.

SCHROEDER, Ruth C.(Lauck), 92, Sacred Heart ofJesus, Indianapolis, Feb. 16.

Mother of Gerald Schroeder.Grandmother of three.

SMITH, Mary Carolyn, 84,St. Michael, Brookville, Feb. 18.Mother of Nancy Monroe,Christopher, Michael, Richardand Stephen Smith. Sister ofMartha Ann McLaughlin andThomas Dolf. Grandmother of14. Great-grandmother of seven.

TABARD, Renaud, 58,Holy Spirit, Indianapolis,Feb. 11. Husband of SharonTabard. Father of PhilippeTabard. Stepfather of Lee AnnAndrews, Melissa Norton, DawnPritchett, Tracy and Scott Miller.Step-grandfather of 12. Step-great-grandfather of one.

THOMPSON, Betty Anne, 84,St. Gabriel, Connersville,Feb. 20. Mother of Colleen,George, Joe and John Thompson.Sister of Don Steimel. Grand -mother of six. Great-grandmotherof four.

TOWNSEND, Mary, 90,Holy Family, New Albany,Feb. 20. Mother of JanetHarmeling and WilliamTownsend Sr. Sister of DorothyRoberts. Grand mother of five.Great-grandmother of seven.

YOUNG, Deborah A., 52,St. John the Baptist, Osgood,Feb. 1. Wife of Dale Young.Mother of Melissa Pavy, LisaRuble and Teresa Young.Daughter of Wallace and Betty(Dugle) Shafer. Sister of PennyClift, Pamela Keller and DavidShafer. Grandmother of seven.

YOUNG, Jonathan Thomas,35, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis,Jan. 31. Husband of Diane (Fox)Young. Father of Jared andNickolas Young. Son of Clarenceand Janice (Reed) Young. Brotherof Susan Dellarocco. †

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The Mass of Christian Burialwas celebrated on Feb. 22 at theChurch of the ImmaculateConception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Burial followed at thesisters’ cemetery there.

Merry Elizabeth Marcottewas born on Oct. 10, 1942, in Detroit, Mich.

She earned a bachelor’sdegree at the University ofNorth Carolina and master’sdegree at Duke University.

Before entering the Sisters ofProvidence, she served with theAmerican National Red Cross at amilitary hospital in Vietnam.

She entered the congregationof the Sisters of Providence onAug. 23, 1974, professedfirst vows on Aug. 15, 1976, andprofessed final vows on Aug. 15,1984.

During 33 years as a Sister ofProvidence, she ministered fortwo years as foreign studentadviser at Immaculata College inWashington, D.C., from 1976-78.

She directed the UnitedSouthside Community Organi-zation’s Adult Education Programin Indianapolis from 1978-81.

Sister Merry served in parishministry in Chicago andNorth Carolina for five years thenministered at St. Ann Parish inTerre Haute from 1986-91.

Sister Merry served ascoordinator of volunteers for theTerre Haute Council on DomesticAbuse from 1991-94 then movedto southern Indiana, where sheserved in a variety of Churchand community ministries inNew Albany and Louisville.

From 1995-96, she served onthe staff of Providence Self-Sufficiency Ministry inNew Albany.

Sister Merry served on theboard of trustees of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College from 2002-07, when she resigned forhealth reasons.

She is survived by a brother,Charles Marcotte of Houston.

Memorial contributions maybe sent to the Sisters ofProvidence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods,IN 47876. †

Providence Sister RaymondHunter died on Dec. 1, 2007, atMother Theodore Hall atSaint Mary-of-the-Woods. Shewas 100.

The Mass of Christian Burialwas celebrated on Dec. 5 at theChurch of the ImmaculateConception at the motherhouse.Burial followed at the sisters’cemetery there.

Margaret Veronica Hunter was

born on March 1, 1907, inTannochside, Lanarkshire,Scotland.

She entered the congregation ofthe Sisters of Providence onOct. 14, 1924, professed first vowson Aug. 15, 1927, and professedfinal vows on Aug. 15, 1932.

Sister Raymond earned abachelor’s degree in education atSaint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

During 83 years as a Sister ofProvidence, Sister Raymondministered as a teacher for53 years at Catholic schools inIndiana, Illinois, Maryland andWashington, D.C.

In the archdiocese,Sister Raymond taught at theformer St. Ann School inTerre Haute from 1939-40,Our Lady of the GreenwoodSchool in Greenwood from 1962-67 and 1968-82, andHoly Spirit School in Indianapolisfrom 1967-68.

Sister Raymond ministered atOur Lady of the Greenwood Parishas a volunteer from 1982-92.

She returned to themotherhouse in 1992 and served invarious capacities there until 1996when she began her full-timeministry of prayer with the seniorsisters.

Surviving are several nieces.Memorial gifts may be sent to

the Sisters of Providence,Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN47876. †

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JASPER—Two more steps have been taken by the boardof directors of the proposed John Paul the Great High Schoolin Jasper, according to Dr. J.R. Hoffman: The curriculum hasbeen approved and a location has been determined.

The school is to begin in the fall of 2009 using leasedspace on the third floor of the St. Joseph Parish Center.

Details have not been finalized for using the building, butthe St. Joseph parish council agreed to the plan in principleon Feb. 25.

“We’ll start the school with one freshman class,” Hoffmansaid in a telephone interview with The Message on Feb. 26.

Hoffman is president of the board for what is proposed tobe a private Catholic high school, not dependent on parishesfor its operation. The intention is to add to the enrollmentyear by year and eventually have two classrooms for each ofthe four grades.

“If we outgrow the building, then Glory to God! We’ll geta shovel and break ground,” Hoffman said. “If that’s ourproblem, what a terrific problem to have.”

With the anticipated opening of the school 18 monthsaway, board members hope to recruit enough students tomake a commitment. So far, with just a little overone month for meetings and discussion and publicity,three families have made a commitment and five morehave expressed interest.

The first of a series of monthly meetings will be held onApril 6 for interested families.

Hoffman said that junior high and high school students “aregoing to make a decision on this high school based on ‘I wantto go where my friends go.’ ” The monthly meetings will helpprospective students see what the student body would be like.

The board of directors, meeting last weekend, approved a“core 50” curriculum requiring 50 credits to graduate, Hoffman said. An honors program will also be available.

“What is exciting and unique about our curriculum is working in ‘the New Evangelization’ that [the late Pope]John Paul II taught us about,” Hoffman said.

He gave an example of a kind of “catholic environ -mentalism” based on the teaching of John Paul II about thecosmos.

Students would learn about the pope’s teaching, along withwhat they learn about Earth and space biology, and therewould also be a service program for students to be involved inprojects “that have to do with the stewardship of creation.” †

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CARMEL—Needy children in Indianapolis have thechance to pick out their own food each weekend, thanks tothe “kiddie pack” food program run by 16-year-oldStephen Champlin as an offshoot of the Lord’s Pantry.

The food pantry was started 20 years ago byLucious Newsom, 93, a retired Baptist minister who converted to Catholicism in Indianapolis.

Each Saturday morning, the Lord’s Pantry is open at“Anna’s House,” named in honor of a young girl whohelps Newsom feed the poor from her wheelchair.

Ten years ago, Stephen, his parents and two older sisters moved to the area and became members of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Carmel. Newsom spoke

at the parish, askingfor volunteers at theLord’s Pantry, and thefamily began workingthere regularly.

“Lucious hasbecome like a familymember to us,” saidMary Champlin,Stephen’s mother. “Heis such a wonderfulperson. For anythingwe do to help him, weget back 100 times.”

The family hashelped Newsom servethe needy each weekand on holidays.

“Stephen is likeany other kid,” shesaid. “He doesn’talways want to dowhat you say, but he’sreally faithful toLucious. I knowwhere he’s going tobe every Saturday.”

“I used to go on fishing trips with Lucious,” Stephensaid. “We’re pretty close. In September, he came up withthe idea to get the kids food and to have kids serve them.He chose me to run it—he came up to me and talked tome about it.”

“Stephen’s the boss down there,” Newsom said, “andwe don’t like to interfere. I told Stephen to run thekiddie packs. He’s a good kid, kind of laid back, so I gavehim a job and put him in charge.

“We give the kids a job, and boy, do they do a job,” hesaid. “My kids [volunteers] are the best. I always tellthem—you’re Catholic, you are the best. They really workhard. There is no adult supervision of the kids’ line. It’sjust kids helping other kids.

“It’s good for my kids to help,” he said. “It’s theonly way they know they are blessed—their parents are providing for them; they have food athome.”

Before anyone is given food each Saturday,Newsom gathers his volunteers together to remindthem why they are there. It is not to serve theneedy, he says, but to serve Jesus.

Normally, between 30 and 50 children receivekiddie packs each week. Some come as their parentswait in line for food upstairs, and others are neighborhood children. Adults aren’t allowed in thebasement with the kiddie pack line. Instead, the children choose what they want to eat by themselves.

“For most of them, it’s the only food they getfor the weekend when they’re not in school,”Stephen Champlin said. “If they’re not in school,lots of them won’t be eating.”

On a recent Saturday, the children could selectEnglish muffins, jelly, peanut butter, crackers, pretzels, canned ravioli, pudding, cereal, packs ofcelery sticks with peanut butter, and drinks.

“When we first started the kiddie packs, every

week Lucious would tell me to go find helpers, and Iwould ask any kids who were helping at Anna’s House tocome down to the basement to help serve,” Champlin said.“Now that it’s been going on for a few months, the kidscome find me. I have anywhere from 10 to 20 helperseach week.”

“I’ve known Stephen for years,” said Susan McIntosh, aSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton parishioner. “I have worked withLucious for about 20 years, and in October I happened togo by on a Saturday. I heard about the kiddie pantry andsaw tables that high school kids had set up.

“My heart was touched when I saw it, and I askedStephen if I could help in any way, if I could get himsome resources,” she said. “He thought a notice in ourparish bulletin would be great.”

A list of needed foods was printed, and St. ElizabethAnn Seton parishioners donated everything that was askedfor. However, the kids’ pantry doesn’t yet have consistentdonations.

“We have to ration our food according to what we haveon the shelf each week,” Stephen said. “When I come ineach Saturday morning, we might be missing some aspectof a meal so I will go out and buy things before the kidscome in.

“I am there every Saturday that I can go,” he said. “Itfeels really good helping there. I’m sure as long as I’m intown I’ll keep coming every week.”

“The dedication and the commitment are great—andit’s such a wonderful idea,” McIntosh said. “After workingwith Lucious for so long, to see another portion of theprogram started is wonderful. The fact that a young persontook it on is wonderful—Stephen is such a positive rolemodel, and the program itself is such a positive thing.”

(Editor’s note: Anyone interested in volunteering at thefood pantry can call the Champlins at 317-571-1470 or goto Anna’s House, 303 N. Elder Ave., in Indianapolis, anySaturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon.) †

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Stephen Champlin, center, and other teenage volunteers arrange tables with “kiddie pack” items on a recentSaturday morning in Indianapolis.

Lucious Newsom, right, founder of the Lord’s Pantry in Indianapolis, askedSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton parishioner Stephen Champlin, left, to run a foodprogram for children in need.

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policies are not effective, so they [Israelis]have to start looking at other options.”

Palestinians say at least 10 people,including civilians and children, were killedby Israel on March 2, bringing the number ofdead in six days to more than 100. Israel saysmost of those killed were armed militants.

Israeli civilians in the cities of Ashkelonand Netivot were put on alert after Palestinianrockets reached their cities. More than 150rockets were launched into Israel in five daysbeginning on Feb. 27, said Israeli sources.Two Israeli soldiers were killed during themilitary operation in Gaza, and one Israeliwas killed by a Palestinian missile, the firstfatality from missile fire in nine months.Dozens of Israelis have been injured by themissiles.

Ramzi Zananiri, executive director of theNear East Council of Churches in Jerusalem,

said the constant tallying of numbers ofwounded and dead ignored the fact thatbehind those numbers were real peoplesuffering on both sides of the border.

“Just as the human life of an Israeli isimportant, so is the human life of aPalestinian,” he said. “This is unacceptable.Human life is to be honored.”

His real concern, he said, is the growingradicalization in Gaza.

“There is ongoing suffering here and agrowing desperation and hopelessness. Thereis more radicalization, and this is not ahealthy environment to look toward thevision of a two-state solution. We are beingdriven far from it,” said Zananiri. “What ishappening in Gaza is beyond imagination.Instead of moving forward, we are reallymoving backward into the circle of violence.It is very indicative of a dark future.”

People are “being driven to the edge” bythe continuing Israeli-imposed blockade,closures and roadblocks in Gaza and theWest Bank, he said. Israel says these

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Israeli first-graders situnder their desksduring a drillsimulating a warningsiren for incomingrockets in the southerncity of Ashkelon,Israel, on March 3.Israeli troops pulledout of the Gaza Stripon March 3 after daysof fighting that killedmore than 100 people,mostly Palestinians.

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measures are necessary to protect itscitizens from terrorist attacks.

Currently, most Israeli military actionin Gaza is from artillery and airstrikesagainst areas from which missiles havebeen fired. The Ha’aretz daily newspaperreported plans for ground operations.

In late January, Israel instituted anembargo of supplies for Gaza in protest

of the missile attacks, with limitedamounts of fuel, medicine and foodentering the territory. However, in lateFebruary and early March, suppliescontinued to move through the bordercrossings in controlled amounts, andIsrael announced on March 4 that it hadallowed 62 trucks of food and medicineinto Gaza. †

WASHINGTON (CNS)—About100 students at The Catholic University of America in Washington began theirspring break by praying the rosary withPope Benedict XVI via satellite fromVatican City on March 1.

Thousands more university students from other countries joined the satellitetransmission in celebration of the sixth Dayof Prayer for European and AmericanUniversity Students. Besides Washington,participants were in Havana; Mexico City;Toledo, Spain; Aparecida, Brazil; Loja,Ecuador; Naples, Italy; Avignon, France;Bucharest, Romania; and Minsk, Belarus.

“It was beautiful to have all the collegestudents from all over the world to be unitedin solidarity,” said Anne Funk, a seniormajoring in social work at CatholicUniversity, who prayed a Hail Mary that wasbroadcast around the world.

Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl,who is chancellor of Catholic University,presided at the prayer service, joined byVincentian Father David O’Connell, CatholicUniversity’s president. Archbishop PietroSambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States,also attended the prayer service, which washeld at Caldwell Chapel on campus.

Before the pope arrived to pray the rosaryand deliver a message, students participatedin a prayer vigil that included Gospel readings, passages fromPope Benedict’s 2007 encyclical, “Spe Salvi” (“On Christian Hope”), andprayers and student testimonies of faith.

Students from each university greeted thepope, some by jumping, waving flags andwith spirited applause, as he entered the

Catholic University students pray the rosary with pope via satellitePaul VI audience hall in Vatican City.

A smile stretched across the pope’s faceas students from Catholic Universityapplauded and held up banners that read “46 Days and Counting. See You Soon!”referencing the pope’s upcoming visit toWashington in April.

Pope Benedict will be in Washington onApril 15-17 then will be in New York Cityon April 18-20.

In his message to students after therosary, the pope said, “Dear universitystudents of Washington, D.C., I send warmgreetings to you! With the help of God, Iwill be in your city in April. With yourassistance, may America remain faithful toits Christian roots and to its high ideals offreedom in truth and justice.”

During the prayer service, Alba GarciaBellon, a 19-year-old student from theUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain,said she found her faith on a pilgrimage toFatima, Portugal, when she was 14 yearsold. She also thanked the pope for showingthe students hope.

“We university students should invite allto the life of hope which comes from faithand commit ourselves to working toward anew synthesis between faith and reason,”she said.

A student from the University ofSao Paulo in Brazil, Daniel FassaEvangelista, said although he grew up in agood Christian home he found it difficult tolive his faith in college. But with the supportof friends and professors with whom hecould share his faith and pray, Evangelistasaid he came back to Christ.

“In our studies, at work, while we rest, in

our relationships, with our colleagues, inevery one of our actions, we want to giveGod to the world and build a civilization oflove,” he said.

On April 17, the pope will visitCatholic University, and address Catholicuniversity and college presidents and otherCatholic education leaders from across theUnited States.

After the prayer service, Claire Bordelon,a junior at Catholic University, said when thepope comes, he will “be in the places wherewe spend most of our time.” She told theCatholic Standard, newspaper of theWashington Archdiocese, that she waslooking forward to sharing “the same space

as he is.”Many students did not know if they

would see the pope in April, but they werecontent to see him on the satellitetransmission.

A freshman, Deirdre Lawler, noted the“beautiful sense of unity that we had withthe satellite connection.”

Catholic University students led otherparticipants around the world in prayingthe fifth glorious mystery: Mary iscrowned queen of heaven and earth.

Lawler, who said she has been in thepresence of a pope before, called theexperience “other-worldly” and “sort ofmysterious.” †

Students at The Catholic University of America in Washington applaud Pope Benedict XVI after hespoke to them via satellite on March 1. The satellite hookup enabled the pope to recite the rosary withCatholic students at universities around the world. Also pictured are Vincentian Father David M.O’Connell, president of Catholic University, Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington andArchbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

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