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September 21, 2011 Vol. 49, No. 16
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Missal changes amount
to dozens of short, new
phrases for congregation
By Patricia Zapor
Catholic News Service
The Centennial Project for the youth of St. Benedict the Moor and St. Augustine churches was to beautify the
grounds of the two churches. Through an anonymous donation, the youth were able to purchase a statue of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus that was dedicated at St. Benedict March 19, the feast of St. Joseph, to the Josephites for their service to the church parish. Father Joseph Rodney SSJ, a former pastor, blesses the statue
during a youth ministry meeting. With him are Father John Osom MSP, current pastor, center, and far left,
Father Charles Andrus SSJ. Photo provided by Jerilyn Williams | St. Benedict the Moor Church Parish
St. Benedict and St. Augustine churches
celebrating centennial
By Laura Deavers
Editor
One hundred years ago people of color living
along Bayou Lafourche, in the towns of Bertrandville, Klotzville, Plattenville, Napoleonville and others, finally had a place where they could go to Mass
and worship God without fear of degradation by
their fellow Catholics who were white.
Oct. 1, parishioners of St. Benedict the Moor
Church in Bertrandville, and its mission church in
Klotzville, St. Augustine, will celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the establishment of St. Benedict
Church when Father Benoit Favard, a member of the
Society of St. Joseph, arrived to take charge of the
Black Missions along Bayou Lafourche and became
first pastor of St. Benedict.
The centennial celebration began a year ago and
has highlighted church ministries throughout the
year. On Oct. 1, the 4 p.m. Mass, which will be attended by several religious dignitaries, will be followed by a dinner. At the 10 a.m. Oct. 2 Bishop Robert W. Muench will celebrate Mass and confirm St.
Benedict and St. Augustine parishioners.
In the late 1800s “Give us a priest and we will build
the church” was reportedly the plea of the African
Americans along Bayou Lafourche who had known
slavery and now wanted freedom to worship God in
peace and harmony. These families became Catholic
because the owners of the land where they worked
were Catholic. Children were baptized Catholic as
their parents had been and their Catholic faith continued for generations.
As early as 1896, according to archival records of
the Josephites, another religious order of priests,
the French Augustinians began a “short-lived min-
istry of African Americans in Klotzville and Bertrandville but were forced to abandon their effort in
1899 because of a lack of financial support.”
Another 1896 letter reveals French Augustinian
priest Father Marcelin writing to Reverend Mother
Katherine Drexel, whose mission was to send priests
and religious to the deep south to spread God’s word.
Father Marcelin thanked Mother Drexel for sending
him “for the evangelization of the colored people.”
An 1899 letter from Catholics in this area to Archbishop Placid L. Chapelle of New Orleans indicates
the Augustinian priests had left and the people
pleaded with the archbishop, “The good works begun by the Augustinians should not be lost.”
The African Americans worshipped at St. Elizabeth Church in Paincourtville, Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary in Plattenville and St. Anne
Church in Napoleonville, but they never felt they
belonged in these white segregated churches, according to Jerilyn Williams and Catherine Moore,
members of St. Benedict the Moor and St. Augustine, who are working on the centennial celebration.
“They were never given dignity or respect even
in the Church,” stated Williams. “They longed for a
church of their own, where they could worship freely and in harmony. There were repeated appeals to
the New Orleans archbishop who eventually invited
the Josephite Fathers to take charge of the Negro
Missions along Bayou Lafourche.”
Father Favard’s first concern was establishing
a school. He moved out of the rectory and into the
church’s sacristry so the rectory could be used as a
school, which opened with one teacher and 55 students.
The early days of St. Benedict Church were finansee centennial page 19
WASHINGTON — When the first Sunday of Advent
rolls around Nov. 27 and English-language Masses in
the United States are all supposed to follow the updated language in the third edition of the Roman Missal,
people’s tongues will undoubtedly trip over some of the
changes.
What adds up to only a few dozen different words
for the congregation begins with the response to the
priest’s greeting and continues through the text of the
whole Mass.
The changes in what the priest says during Mass are
more significant, with numerous bits of new wording
throughout the standard parts of the Mass and in each
of the four eucharistic prayers.
For the congregation, the first change is that the response to the priest’s “The Lord be with you,” repeated
at various times during the Mass, now becomes “And
with your spirit.”
During the penitential rite, whether in Form A, the
traditional Confiteor, or in Form B, the congregation’s
text changes in a few places.
In Form A, the phrase that currently reads “that I
have sinned through my own fault” now will be “that
I have greatly sinned.” After the line: “in what I have
failed to do,” these words are added: “through my fault,
through my fault, through my most grievous fault.”
In Form B, both the priest’s parts and the congregation’s responses change. The prayer now will begin
with the priest saying: “Have mercy on us, O Lord.”
The people respond: “For we have sinned against you.”
Priest: “Show us, O Lord, your mercy.” People: “And
grant us your salvation.”
The text of the Gloria contains numerous changes. It
now reads:
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to
people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory.
Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Only begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father,
you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world, receive our
prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have
mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father,
Amen.”
see missal page 20
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CATHOLICS ARE ENCOURAGED to post
comments on the USCCB website concerning the Department of Health and Human
Services’ proposal that would require
nearly all employers to provide coverage
for sterilization and all FDA-approved contraceptives at no cost to women, on their
insurance plans. PAGE 4
MARRIED
COUPLES attend a diocesan
workshop that
encourages them
to work as hard on
their marriage as
they would if they
were studying for
a PhD. They were
told about key words and phrases that can
make and break a marriage. PAGE 5
answered God’s call to serve his people.
The two deacons, who had been ordained
over 30 years, died recently. PAGES 8-9
STUDENTS FROM CATHOLIC HIGH, ST.
JOSEPH’S ACADEMY AND ST. MICHAEL
are named National Merit semi-finalists.
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SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE EDITION
November 2, 2011
2011
1961
Cathedral is the Mother Church
On Sept. 30, the Diocese of
Baton Rouge will observe the
anniversary of the dedication
of St. Joseph Cathedral. The
church building has actually
been dedicated three times,
the first time in 1856 and the
most recent in 1970.
The present St. Joseph
Church building was apparently first dedicated or consecrated – as it is sometimes
called – on Sept. 30, 1856,
according to the present rector, Father Paul Counce. A
second dedication was held on
Jan. 20, 1924, after the church
building was enlarged to nearly double its size. The third dedication occurred on Sept. 30, 1970, after the church
was once again renovated.
The anniversary of the dedication of a
cathedral is celebrated as a solemnity in
the cathedral church, which means the
proper prayers and texts of the Mass are
taken from a special section of the missal
and lectionary.
When the Diocese of Baton Rouge was
established in 1961, St. Joseph Church
| Pray for those who pray for us
Please pray for the priests, deacons and religious women and men in the Baton Rouge Diocese.
Oct. 2 Rev. Henry W. Gautreau Jr.
Sept. 25 Rev. Thomas P. Duhé
Dcn. Alfred Adams Sr.
Dcn. J. Thomas Traylor
Sr. Ileana Fernandez CSJ
Sr. Diane Dornan MHS
Oct. 3 Rev. Msgr. William L. Greene
Sept. 26 Rev. Matthew C. Dupré
Dcn. Michael A. Agnello
Dcn. John W. Veron
Sr. Dulce Maria Flores HMSS
Br. Alan Drain SC
Sept. 27 Rev. Ayo Emmanuel Efodigbue MSP Oct. 4 Rev. Paul A. Gros
† Dcn. Francis J. Waguespack Jr.
Dcn. Donald L. Ard
Sr. Dehra Elliot CSJ
Sr. Clare Francis MC
Sept. 28 Rev. Denis O. Ekwugha
Oct. 5 Rev. Msgr. Leo Guillot
Dcn. J. Peter Walsh
Dcn. Frank E. Bains
Sr. June Engelbrecht OP
Br. Clement Furno CSsR
Sept. 29 Rev. Francis V. Ferrier SJ
Oct. 6 Rev. Eric V. Gyan
Dcn. James E. Wax
Dcn. J. Phillip BeJeaux
Sr. Rosalina Tesoro Evangelista DM Br. Henry Gaither SC
Sept. 30 Rev. Msgr. Andrew F. Frey
Oct. 7 Rev. Howard B. Hall
Dcn. Alfred P. Zeringue
Dcn. Willie M. Berthelo Sr.
Sr. Victoria Tirao Fajardo DM
Sr. Carol Gonsoulin CSJ
Oct. 1 Rev. Michael A. Galea
Oct. 8 Rev. Ray Hebert SC
Dcn. Henry J. Zeringue
Dcn. William B. Blair Jr.
Sr. Dianne Fanguy CSJ
Sr. Mary Joel Gubler OP
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was raised to the status of cathedral to serve as the home
church of the bishop, house
the bishop’s chair and gather
the faithful of the diocese.
Bishop Robert E. Tracy sat
upon the chair for the first
time as part of the Mass installing him as Bishop of Baton Rouge.
A few years later, Hurricane
Betsy struck Baton Rouge and
damaged the church steeple.
That damage, coupled with
the liturgical changes mandated by the Second Vatican
Council, which ended in 1965,
prompted the late Bishop Tracy to announce plans for the most recent major
renovations to the church building.
The doors to the church were closed on
Jan. 3, 1966, and extensive renovations
took place. The sanctuary was stripped,
the altar turned to face the assembly and
a huge 14-foot crucifix carved out of mahogany by noted sculptor Ivan Mestrovic
was hung in the sanctuary.
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September 21, 2011
Mildred Means still playing after all these years
By Barbara Chenevert
Staff Writer
Mildred Means describes herself as a people lover who is full of
foolishness, has to stay busy and
likes to laugh.
At the age of 93 (“I don’t tell
people I’m that old”), she also
pours her heart into her music,
playing the piano at Mass and
for the entertainment of the residents of the assisted living facility
where she lives.
“You going to play for us today?” asks a resident of Southside
Gardens Community, on Perkins
Road in Baton Rouge, as he stops
by her chair in the community
center to say hello.
“Mildred plays the songs we
like to hear, like the ‘Tennessee
Waltz,’ ” says another.
For the past 46 or so years, Ms.
Means has played the piano or organ for Mass, first in her church
parish of St. Clare in Waveland,
Miss., and currently at Mass at
Southside Gardens.
“My weekends belong to the
church, and I am glad to do it. I
love volunteering,” she said. “I don’t
want to miss even one weekend.”
“To me, that’s the most important thing – service to church.
I hope the Lord thinks so, too. I
just like being of service if I can,”
she said.
Besides playing at the vigil
Mass every Saturday at Southside
Gardens, Ms. Means sometimes
plays in the community room after dinner and also travels to Ollie
Steele Burden Nursing Home in
Baton Rouge on Mondays to play
there. “I love old people. They are
so full of love,” she said.
“The Lord sure knew what he
was doing when he made people.
He made them all so different and
they get along,” she said. “People
are all so nice to me. When you are
nice to people, it works that way.”
“I was brought up in a strict
Catholic family. My mother died
when I was 5½, leaving behind
five children. The oldest was 8.
Beverly King and Bill Shaffer enjoy listening to 93-year-old Mildred Means sing and play piano at the assisted living facility
where they live. Photo by Barbara Chenevert | The Catholic Commentator
My aunt and my grandmother
raised us. My aunt was a school
teacher. She was strict, but very
fair,” she said.
As she tells her story, Ms. Means
struggles to remember dates and
places. “My brain is getting a lot of
exercise that I am not accustomed
to,” she said, laughing.
Ms. Means, who was educated
in Catholic schools, said she has
never been taught by a lay person. Her childhood church parish
was St. Leo the Great in New Orleans, the same church of Bishop
Robert W. Muench. She attended
Dominican High School for two
years, but then her family sent
her to boarding school at St. Joseph Academy in Bay St. Louis.
“I didn’t like studying, but I had
fun,” she said. “I loved it there.”
“I didn’t want to go to college,” she said. “My sisters went
to Loyola.” Instead when World
War II broke out, she entered the
Women’s Army Corps and wound
up in Washington, D.C. “I enlisted
to release the men for overseas
duty. I did secretarial work. I
wanted to be a truck driver, but
they wouldn’t let me,” she said.
She was released from WAC
service at the end of the war and
moved to New York, which she
loved. But she felt a tug on her
heart to return to New Orleans.
“I got a letter from my father, who
said he missed me and wanted me
to come home. I had a wonderful,
wonderful father.” So back to New
Orleans she went.
She married, but never had
children of her own. Instead, her
29 nieces and nephews, and the
school children she would later
teach, became her family.
Her father had a summer home
in Waveland that the family frequently visited. Ms. Means said she
eventually moved to Waveland and
taught music at St. Clare Elementary School, and also played the
organ for Sunday Mass at St. Clare
Church, a volunteer position she
held for 41 years, until Hurricane
Katrina destroyed the church.
She also lost her home in Waveland and everything she owned
during Katrina.
She moved to Baton Rouge because she had two nieces who
lived in the area. She said she was
delighted when St. Clare, which
has since been rebuilt, donated an
organ to Southside Gardens when
she moved there.
She was active at St. Joseph Cathedral Church in Baton Rouge for
a while until she had to give up her
car. She coordinated the parish’s
prayer line, but said she had to
give that up, too, because she kept
losing the names. “My nieces think
I’m getting a little nutsy,” she said.
Ms. Means said she has always
volunteered her time and refused to be paid, because material things don’t mean much to
her. “My clothes don’t mean anything. I joke about being the best
dressed woman in America, but
actually I am the worst,” she said
with a laugh.
CATHEDRAL: Rich history goes back to Civil War
FROM PAGE 2
The newly renovated church
was dedicated in solemn ceremonies on Sept. 30, 1970. John
Cardinal Cody, then archbishop
of Chicago, attended the consecration, in which 13 candles were
placed about the church, symbolizing the 12 apostles and St. Paul.
At that time the structure was
117 years old.
St. Joseph Church has a rich
history that coincides in large
part with the history of the area.
The church building was heavily
damaged by cannon fire during
the Civil War. It was seized and
sold at auction in the 1870s be-
cause of unpaid debts. It won
awards for the 1960s renovations
that complied with the Vatican II
liturgical changes.
The word “cathedral” comes
from cathedra, or bishop’s chair,
which symbolizes the authority
of the bishop and the leadership
of the local church.
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September 21, 2011
Bishops mobilizing Catholics to guard conscience on contraception
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — The U.S.
bishops are working to mobilize
Catholics across the country to
tell the Obama administration
that contraception and sterilization do not constitute preventive
care for women and must not be
mandated as part of health insurance reform.
Through a new website atusccb.org/conscience, the bishops
hope to generate thousands of
comments directed to the Department of Health and Human
Services about its Aug. 1 proposal
that would require nearly all employers to provide sterilization
and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including some that can
cause an abortion, at no cost to
women covered by their health
insurance plans.
But time is of the essence because the 60-day comment period on the HHS proposal closes
Sept. 30.
The site also includes a second
“action alert,” asking Catholics to
tell their members of Congress to
co-sponsor and pass the Respect
for Rights of Conscience Act,
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which would guarantee the protection of conscience rights in all
aspects of implementation of the
Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act.
Proposed in the House of Representatives this spring, the legislation was introduced in the Senate Aug. 2 by three Republican
senators – Roy Blunt of Missouri,
Marco Rubio of Florida and Kelly
Ayotte of New Hampshire.
“Respect for rights of conscience in health care has been a
matter of strong bipartisan consensus for almost four decades,”
said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo
of Galveston-Houston, chairman
of the U.S. bishops’ Committee
on Pro-Life Activities, in a Sept. 7
letter to Congress.
The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act “would change no
current state or federal mandate
for health coverage, but simply
prevent any new mandates under
(the health reform law) – such as
HHS’ new set of ‘preventive services for women’ – from being
used to disregard the freedom of
conscience that Americans now
enjoy,” he added. “This would
seem to be an absolutely essential element of any promise that
if Americans like the health plan
they now have, they may retain
it.”
In addition to the two action
alerts, the bishops’ new website features backgrounders on
conscience-related topics, news
releases and documents on the
HHS mandate and similar issues,
and a commentary by Richard M.
Doerflinger, associate director of
the bishops’ Secretariat on ProLife Activities, about “the high
costs of ‘free’ birth control.”
Doerflinger said it is “nonsense” to see the proposed requirement that health plans offer
contraceptives without co-pays
or deductibles as “free birth control.”
“Currently women who want
birth control coverage pay for
it through their premiums, and
sometimes also have a co-pay
or out-of-pocket expense,” he
wrote. “Under the new mandate
they will still pay for it, but the
cost will be buried in the overall
premium – and everyone else,
including churches and other religious employers as well as individual Catholics, will be forced to
pay for it in their premiums too,
so payments coerced from those
who object will make birth control coverage a bit cheaper for
those who want it.”
The site also offers information about the HHS mandate and
what the bishops call the “incredibly narrow” religious exemption
to it, the abortion-causing effect
of at least one drug that would be
included under the mandate and
what should constitute preventive services under the health reform law.
“Everyone deserves access to
basic life-affirming health care,
and health care reform is supposed to serve that goal,” says
a backgrounder on preventive
health. “The effect of this mandate is just the opposite, as it
pressures organizations to drop
their health coverage for employees and others altogether if they
have a moral or religious objection to these particular items.”
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Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6 (three consecutive Thursdays) from 6 to 9 p.m. at
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Saturday, October 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Couples work on earning their PhD in marriage
By Debbie Shelley
Assistant Editor
Married couples looked at ways to enkindle their romance in the midst of difficult
challenges in everyday life at a workshop,
“Working on Your PhD in Marriage,” presented by Louis Campos LCSW on Sept. 13
at St. Anne Church in Napoleonville.
Campos, who has practiced family and
marital counseling for the past 25 years
and has worked with Catholic Charities of
the Diocese of Baton Rouge for 13 years,
began his presentation by explaining that a
PhD in marriage means philosophy of durability in marriage. He said, just as it takes
time and hard work to obtain a doctorate
degree, it also takes time and hard work to
build a strong marriage.
Following an opening discussion on
marriage expectations, participants told
another attendee about their “love story,”
including how they and their spouse met,
what attracted them to their spouse and
how long they dated before they married.
In another exercise focusing on expectations, the men were grouped together and
asked to list what they thought women
want. Likewise, the women were asked to
list what they thought men want.
Because men and women can have different wants and needs, conflict can arise.
Campos noted that there are three different levels of conflict. The first level involves
daily decisions, such as weekend or dinner
plans. The next level concerns weightier
issues, such as whether to move or take a
A
pproximately 43.6 million people in the United
States are what we term
“poor,” defined as lacking a
socially acceptable amount of
money or material possessions.
For 2011, the national poverty
level was set at $22,350 for a
family of four. The U.S. Census
Bureau reports that more people
fall below the poverty line this
year than at any time since this
estimate was made available.
New York Times best-selling
author and retired priest Father
Joseph F. Girzone hopes to raise
awareness of the poor who live
among us with the publication of
his newest novel, “The Homeless
Bishop” (Orbis Books).
Father Girzone casts his hero
as intelligent, talented archbishop
Carlo Brunini, who takes a leave
of absence to try to understand
why Jesus so loved the poor and
disadvantaged.
He renounces his status and
worldly goods to experience life
in America as a homeless beggar
new job. The third level is “explosive” and
concerns subjects the couple does not
agree on, such as money, religion, in-laws,
sexuality and vices.
Couples who want to productively solve
conflicts should follow some rules, such as
stating the level of the conflict they wish
to discuss and setting a time to meet and
settle the issue. Spouses should be willing
to compromise, which “does not necessarily reconcile differences or buy happiness,
but salvages intimacy,” Campos said.
Looking at the mystery of romance and
how it factors into intimacy and conflict,
Campos presented different theoretical
models of attraction, focusing on the “unlocking of the conscious” model of attraction. He stated people may unconsciously
try to re-create the conditions of their
childhood in order to correct them. People
may expect their spouse to make up for the
shortcomings of their parents or caretakers. By taking responsibility and healing
wounds of childhood, people can increase
intimacy in their marriage.
Campos also discussed the power of language. He urged spouses to use specific
details rather than general statements that
begin with “You always” and “You never.”
He added that “I can’t” often means “I will
not.”
The spouses learned the importance of
letting each other know when the other
does something that bothers them. Campos suggested that the participants create a
“withholding tax” jar in which each spouse
places slips of paper on which they wrote
Louis Campos, right, reads from “Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales” at a couples’ workshop at
St. Anne Church in Napoleonville. Photo by Debbie Shelley | The Catholic Commentator
something the other does that they dislike.
The couples were urged to share the comments weekly, with the objective of releasing rather than fixing the problems.
Campos also discussed the roles that
hormones play in romance and marriage.
He explained women generally produce
the hormone oxytocin, which is released
when women feel situations are safe and
cooperative and when they are involved
in caring, nurturing activities. When the
hormone is released, women feel calm, and
when depleted, they feel stressed. Men,
generally produce testosterone, which is
released during rest and recreational ac-
tivities, when there is urgency or an emergency, when there is a need for sacrifice or
for problem solving. When it is released,
men feel calm, when depleted, they feel
stressed.
To strengthen a marriage, Campos said
husbands must recognize their wives need
opportunities to nurture, and wives must
recognize their husbands need opportunities to participate in recreational activities,
solve problems and move into action.
Campos concluded the seminar by challenging the husbands and wives to go home
and give each other a list of five things they
would like the other to do for them.
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and, in doing so, gains an entirely
new perspective that equips him
for a leadership role in the church
that he never dreamed of.
Father Girzone’s tale was
inspired by the many years that
he himself spent working directly
with the poor and homeless.
When Father Girzone learned
about an elderly couple freezing
to death, he assigned staff to go
from home to home throughout
his home county to determine
people’s living conditions. Reports revealed that thousands
of elderly people were living in
tenuous conditions.
“When I heard politicians
remarking that there were no real
poor people, just people too lazy
to work, I cringed,” Father Girzone told me in an interview. “I
could not believe that intelligent
people, and people charged with
the responsibility of running our
country, could be so ignorant.”
In his endearing, simple
prose, Father Girzone takes the
reader on a journey from the
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engineer; it was the money he put
into the East Lake community, a
crime-ridden corner of Atlanta.
With some tender love and
care, plus a few dollars, the place
was transformed into a model
community with a 98 percent
graduation rate from high school.
For the first time, those kids
went off to attend prestigious
colleges.
What was Cousins’ motivation? Father Girzone’s protago-
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October 29
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November 19
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December 10
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January 7
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January 28
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February 25
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April 14
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as covering materials espoused in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. 80-clock
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SPIRITUALITY
7
Retreat focuses on how struggles can lead to a better life
By Debbie Shelley
Assistant Editor
Sister Carolyn Kopkowski OSB discussed how struggles provide gifts and
hope during a “Spirituality of Struggle” retreat Aug. 26-27 at The Red Shoes in Baton
Rouge.
The retreat was based on the book,
“Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by
Hope,” by Sister Joan Chittister OSB, who
will present a Faith and Reason seminar,
“God, the World and the Gap Between: Telling the Story a Different Way,” Nov. 11-12 at
St. James Episcopal Church, 205 N. Fourth
St., Baton Rouge.
In an opening activity to demonstrate
that humans are tied together through their
common struggles, attendees anonymously
wrote on slips of paper their past, current
and most difficult struggles and then placed
the papers in a basket. Volunteers read the
struggles out loud between Scripture readings and meditative music.
Sister Carolyn highlighted a passage
in Sister Joan’s book: “Struggle is not one
thing: it is many things. It’s not simply an
event, a happening, a disappointment. It is
all the internal processes that accompany a
blow to the psyche, so momentous, so sudden, so unexpected, so unwanted that there
is no way whatsoever to prepare for its coming.”
According to Sister Carolyn, people
struggle when their lives are altered. Referring to Sister Joan’s book, she said people
T
he theory of evolution has
prompted many Catholics
to question their faith. Before you join them in their doubt,
you should know more about the
troubles of Darwin’s theory.
The doctrine of original sin is
true. Even if the story of Adam
and Eve is only a parable that
tells us that human nature fell
from grace in some mysterious
way, the point is that we do need
a savior.
In order to live joyfully because
of the knowledge of God’s love,
each of us must hold fast to the
Nicene Creed or we will become
sad and confused, and Jesus will
say, “O you of little faith.”
Many aspects of Darwin’s
theory of evolution are disputed
among his own followers, who
are divided into two camps: the
gradualists and the saltationists.
The gradualists maintain that
the higher species of life evolved
gradually from the lower by small
changes, which over millions of
years brought about many new
species through a process Dar-
From left, Vicki Brooks, Terry Griffey, Wayne Parker and Lynda Gaiennie discuss the struggle of isolation. Photo by Debbie Shelley | The Catholic Commentator
must struggle in order to yield the fruits of
experience – strength, courage, compassion and knowledge – in their life.
Participants watched a video presentation by Sister Joan and engaged in small
group discussions and activities focusing
on eight different types of struggles that
people face and the gifts that they bring.
Change is a struggle of accepting new
circumstances or people of different background. The gift of change is conversion,
which includes nurturing differences and
using the imagination.
People who struggle with fear are afraid
to confront the unknown and are paralyzed
by it. The gift of fear is courage, which leads
to hope and spiritual strength.
Vulnerability is a struggle of feeling
struck down and prone to making mistakes. Through this struggle people receive
the gift of learning about their humanity
and being able to accept themselves.
Isolation is feeling alone and psychologically amputated. The gift this struggle
brings is independence, or being aware of
blessings and reaching out to others.
Exhaustion is a deep-down weariness
that can deplete spiritual strength. Those
who successfully handle this struggle become committed to what matters.
Darkness, also known as the “winter of
the soul,” is the struggle of feeling abandoned. The gift of darkness is faith, which
results in spiritual growth and a deeper
awareness of God.
Powerlessness is feeling lost beyond con-
trol. The resulting gift of surrender is crossing over into a new point of life and being
more open to others.
People who are scarred think they are
impaired or forever changed. This struggle
leads to transformation, including a clearer
vision of life, strength and wisdom.
Sister Carolyn also focused on the story
of Jacob’s struggle with God, which Sister
Joan writes about throughout her book.
Sister Joan states Jacob’s story is one of
people who have “wrestled with God and
prevailed – hung on, stayed the course, dug
down deep into their souls and found life
where no life seemed able to exist.”
The presenter emphasized encouraging words of Sister Joan: “The hard thing
to come to understand in life is that it is
the becoming that counts, not the achievements, not the roles in which we manage to
mantle ourselves.”
Sister Carolyn also shared a story in the
concluding chapter of Sister Joan’s book
about Vedran Smailovic, the principal cellist of the Sarajevo Opera Theater, whose
city was destroyed during the Bosnian War.
One day he witnessed 21 people being killed
as they waited in front of the only bakery in
the city with enough flour to make bread.
For the next 21 days, as people risked their
lives and came to the bakery, Smailovic
went to the town square and played Albinoni’s “Adagio,” creating beauty in the middle
of the terror and rubble.
“Each one of us is called to give the world
a concert,” Sister Carolyn said.
The theory of evolution open to critique
Spirituality
For Today
Father John Catoir
win called “natural selection.”
The saltationists admit that
there is no scientific evidence
to prove Darwin’s gradualism.
They maintain that new forms
of life do appear, but suddenly,
after millions of years of stability.
They believe that a reptile one
day produced an egg that in turn
produced not a reptile but a bird.
They claim this is all done without any divine intervention.
Scholar Larry Azar responded:
If any person believes this, then
he must believe in fairy tales.
Azar wrote a 636-page book
with over 40 pages of carefully
researched, scientific bibliography
entitled “Evolution and Other
Fairy Tales.” It is a book that carefully studies the claims of the evolutionists and examines the logic
and cogency of their arguments.
Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI approved the concept of
theistic evolution, which presumes that God is the first cause
of our evolving universe. How and
when we humans appeared in the
process is not spelled out clearly.
Jesuit Father Kenneth Baker
wrote a review of Azar’s book in
Homiletic & Pastoral Review (July
2006), saying, “This is not a book
of creation science. It is a critical analysis of the claims of the
evolutionists. The author shows
that there is no evidence for evolution in the sense that essential
changes occur in a rising spiral
from amoeba to reptiles to birds
to mammals to apes to man.”
Albert Einstein is correct:
There must be a supreme intelligence behind the universe.
The church is also correct in
teaching that Jesus Christ is our
divine savior. The story of the fall
in Genesis is not to be interpreted as literal history; rather,
it is a revealed truth that teaches
us to turn to Jesus as our Lord
and savior.
The doctrine of original
sin, which proclaims the fallen
state of mankind, is the easiest
doctrine to prove. Look at the
Mr. D’s
carnage of the last century.
The theory of evolution led to
the principle of racial superiority which Nazi Germany used to
validate the belief that certain
classes of people – such as Jews,
gypsies, blacks and Catholics –
were inferior.
It is a theory that is deeply
flawed.
Jesus said, “By their fruits you
will know them” (Mt 7:16).
Father Catoir is chaplain of an
emergency assistance program
and writes on spirituality for
Catholic News Service.
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Funds
What is a Seminary Scholarship fund?
A seminary scholarship fund is an invested sum of money,
the interest of which is used in perpetuity to help fund the
education of men studying for the priesthood.
How does someone establish a fund?
It is simple. A fund may be established and named for
anyone you choose – friend, family, bishop, priest,
religious, etc. Anyone can name or establish a fund.
Who do I contact to establish or contribute to a fund?
To create a fund or to make a contribution to an existing fund, please send it to the Vocations and Seminarians Department, P. O. Box 2028, Baton Rouge, LA
70821-2028. For information call 225-336-8778.
This is only a partial list of all Seminary Scholarship Funds.
Visit our website at www.diobr.org/vocations for a
complete list of Seminary Scholarship Funds.
July and August Contributions
Archbishop Antoine Blanc
In Memory of: M/M Abel Daigle
By: KC Council #8878
$70.00
$12,551.31
Brian Blanchard
In Memory of: Birthdays Buddy and Brian Blanchard
By: Marian L. Blanchard
$100.00
$21,445.00
NEW: Deceased Members Ladies Altar Society of St. Gabriel
By: Ladies Altar Society of St. Gabriel
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Father Maynard ‘Tippy’ Hurst
In Memory of: Lee Sheridan
Mercedes Brickley
Mary Alice Wisinger
Johnny Niehues
Lucie Hidalgo
Pee Wee Baughman
Ella Creoli
Hubert Desselles
Reese Lynn Jarreau
Enaux Blanchard
Brady Deen
Johnny Niehues
Deannie Tullier
Henry Cherry
Alvin Valentine
Carmelite & Dominick Restivo
Newman Wray
Montealegre & Villabroza Families
By: Court St. Francis of Assisi #1915
Father Hurst Kay Cee Auxiliary
Teenie Bajon
Donna Calabrese
Rita Valentine
Irene LaFleur
Will Browning
Patricia Ryan
Barbara Schmitt
Dot Devillier
Kathy Morris
Lyn Deville
Jeanelle DeLaune
Friday Nite Pokeno Group
Monday Nite Pokeno Group
UCT Ladies Club
SLKF Altar Society
Rita Blouin
Terrie Martin
Margaret Mannino
Jeryl Anne Salzer
Pat Pavlovich
Betty Baughman
Zita Blackwell
Donna Rogers
Margaret Blackwell
Linda LeBlanc
Gay Montealegre
$902.00
$3,597.00
Father Joseph McLaughlin
In Memory of: David C McLaughlin
By: Marian L. Blanchard
$25.00
Serra Club of Baton Rouge
By: Joan R. Conway
$500.00
Father David Vavasseur
In Honor of: Birthdays of Mr. Glynn F. Vavasseur
Mrs. Jeanne V. Brignac
Mr. Philip E. Vavasseur
By: Rev. Henry C. Vavasseur
$60.00
$19,324.06
$7,825.00
$21,018.17
Additional Scholarship Funds
Mr. & Mrs. Weeks, Sr. and Dr. & Mrs. Wall, Jr. ................$20,000.00
Father Augustine M. Wyshoff ...................................................$20,000.00
Kay M. Acosta and Ann Marie ....................................................$4,038.62
Father Thomas J. Allain ................................................................$23,372.39
Father J. D. Amedee .......................................................................$20,000.00
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney V. Arbour, Sr. ..............................................$20,000.00
Archdiocese of New Orleans ......................................................$60,000.00
Mr. & Mrs. J. Andrew Bahlinger, Jr. .......................................$20,000.00
Father John M. Barbe ....................................................................$20,000.00
Father Victor Baron .......................................................................$20,000.00
Monsignor D. J. Becnel .................................................................$20,000.00
Monsignor D. J. Becnel/Marie Delphine Becnel ....................$694.54
Monsignor D. J. Becnel (St. Aloysius) .....................................$20,000.00
Marie Delphine Becnel .................................................................$20,000.00
Cecelia “Cess” Bergeron ................................................................................
Father Jules Berthault ....................................................................$20,370.00
Monsignor Dominic Blasco ........................................................$20,000.00
In Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary ........................................$6,007.44
Fellman Blouin ................................................................................. $44,082.92
Eugene Bologna ...............................................................................$20,000.00
Giuseppe (Joe) Bologna .................................................................$20,000.00
Mrs. Emma Booth ...........................................................................$20,000.00
Dr. Lynwood Brassett & JoAnne Brassett Bontemps ....... $53,174.58
Vera Nesom Braud ............................................................................$15,984.91
Paul F. Brown.......................................................................................... $1,050.00
William R. Burk, Sr. .......................................................................$20,000.00
Father Malachi Burns ....................................................................$20,000.00
R. Frank Cangelosi, K.S.G. .........................................................$20,000.00
Mrs. Mena Callari Cangelosi .........................................................$11,000.00
Father Austin Carrico .................................................................... $10,129.58
Catholic Daughters of the Americas ............................................$2,334.90
Rev. David M. Chauvin .....................................................................$3,903.00
Father Vincent Ciolino .................................................................$20,000.00
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Clifton................................................................. $3,900.68
Father Thomas Colbert ................................................................$20,000.00
L. W. Collens ...................................................................................... $16,013.31
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Corde ................................................................ $3,900.68
John Thomas Coutee, Sr. Family ................................................. $9,763.35
Paul Creswell, Jr. .............................................................................$20,000.00
Carol C. Daquanno, Sr. ..................................................................$20,000.00
James Calvin Devillier .................................................................. $20,400.00
Dietrich/Bourgeois Families .....................................................$20,000.00
Isaac Diez, Jr., USMA .....................................................................$20,071.70
September 21, 2011
Deacon
Waguespack
dies Sept. 4
By Laura Deavers
Editor
Deacon Francis Waguespack,
who served the faith community
at St. Philip Church in Vacherie as
a deacon for 35 years, died Sept.
4. Father Vincent Dufresne was
the primary celebrant for his funeral Mass at St. Philip Sept. 9.
Bishop Robert W. Muench and
several priests and deacons were
also at the Mass.
“The crucifix is a promise of
Christ that those who take up
their cross and follow him will
share eternal life with him,” Father Dufresne said during his
homily. “It is a reminder of the
resurrection.”
Father Dufresne said that from
the time he was a young boy he
had known Deacon Waguespack
and had had the privilege of visiting him shortly before his death.
“For all of his life he practiced
the virtue to serve, to give of himself for others,” Father Dufresne
said of the deacon, who had also
held public office. “He was a public servant, but throughout his life
he listened to the voice of God. He
lived the Gospel day in and day
out so others may know the blessing of God.”
Since Deacon Waguespack had
received all seven sacraments,
Father Dufresne mentioned how
the deacon had used the graces
he received from each sacrament
“to give of himself to others” …
and demonstrate “his willingness
to say yes in every way God called
him to serve.”
Deacon Waguespack was “ever
grateful to God for each and every
moment,” Father Dufresne said.
“The words of God ‘It was not you
who chose me but I who chose
you’ bear fruit that will last. We
are blessed to have received his
diaconal service.”
Father Dufresne said the best
way to thank God for Deacon
Waguespack’s life is “to receive
the sacraments of the Church that
will strengthen and enable us to
move forward, so like Francis we
can give praise to God for what he
has done through us.”
“Francis has forged a path for us
filled with love, grace and Christ.”
Bishop Muench said, “God was
good to Francis; Francis was good
to God and to us. He was the image of Jesus, who he served.”
SEE DEACON PAGE 9
September 21, 2011
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Deacon Wallace Gainey Jr. dies Sept. 9
Deacon Wallace L. Gainey Jr.,
who had been deacon assistant at
Holy Ghost Church in Hammond
for 30 years, died Sept. 9. He was
76. As a Third Order Dominican,
Deacon Gainey chose to be buried in the Dominican habit.
Bishop Robert W. Muench,
with the assistance of several
priests of the Diocese of Baton
Rouge, celebrated the funeral
Mass on Sept. 12 at Holy Ghost
Church. The homily was given
by Father Cayet N. Mangiaracina OP, who had been parochial
vicar at Holy Ghost for several
DEACON: First to be ordained
FROM PAGE 8
“Francis made the diaconate alive and
meaningful,” said the bishop of the man
who was the first in the diocese of Baton
Rouge to be ordained under the rite revived by Vatican Council II.
“It is always difficult to give up a human being who is so loved. Where he
is he can help us get there through his
love and prayers,” Bishop Muench said.
“God has not called us yet because God
has more for us to do.”
Deacon Waguespack is survived by
his wife of 59 years, Louise Borne Waguespack, children Anne W. and
Wayne Rodrigue, Francine W. and Greg Gillespie, Francis III and Debra Waguespack, Carolyn W. and Lyn Graugnard, and Clinton Paul and
Tonya Waguespack, and by eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
years before taking his current
assignment at St. Joseph Church
in Ponchatoula. He worked with
Deacon Gainey at Holy Ghost for
many years.
“Wallace carried around a can
of WD40,” related Father Mangiaracina, who explained that
the deacon realized the people
he ministered to had some
“squeaks” in their lives that he
could help resolve.
Using the name by which many
knew the deacon, Father Mangiaracina said, “Sonny lubricated
the lives of people, especially in
Holy Ghost Parish, for 30 years
or more … with the oil of gentleness, kindness, generosity and
understanding.”
Following in the footsteps of his
father, who was also a deacon for
the Diocese of Baton Rouge, the
son never refused a request to
serve as a deacon, said the homilist. There were many requests for
him to preside at the wake service
of a parishioner, and he gained the
reputation of being sensitive to the
family of the deceased.
In addition to his duties at Holy
Ghost Church, Deacon Gainey
helped at St. Albert the Great
Student Center on the Southeastern University Campus, often
conducting Communion services
when the pastor could not be
there.
Ever willing to serve, Father
Mangiaracina said, Deacon Gainey conducted so many baptisms,
“he must have baptized half of the
parishioners at Holy Ghost.”
As a deacon in the Catholic
Church, Deacon Gainey was
called to serve. Father Mangiaracina related how he would
visit people in local hospitals and
nursing homes and in their own
homes. “He would light up when
he would talk about who he had
been with. He always had time to
stay and talk with the people.”
Speaking directly to Angelina
Gainey, the deacon’s wife of 57
years, Father Mangiaracina remarked how she had ministered
for so many years alongside her
husband, and he called them a
“dynamic duo.”
Born in New Orleans, Deacon
Gainey served in the U.S. Army
and was retired from ExxonMobil. He was a Fourth Degree
Knight of Columbus.
Deacon Gainey is survived by
his wife, Angelina, three children and their spouses: Julie
and Matt Meehan, Susan and
Robert McDavitt, and Larry III
and Donna Gainey; seven grandchildren: Brandon Walker, Mallory Walker, Cameron McDavitt,
Corbin McDavitt, Lauren McDavitt, Andrew Gainey and Sarah
Gainey; two brothers, Tom and
Jim Gainey; and sister, Carol
Anne Bethel.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Sarah Stuckey and
Deacon Wallace Lawrence Gainey Sr.
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You SEE
what we have HEAR
is a failure to communicate
Doc Chillville
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Much intellience can be
invested in ignorance when
the need for illusion is deep
Q
I am 79 years of age,
have been a Catholic all
my life and have tried
my best to follow the Ten Commandments. But I find myself
now bothered by religious
doubts and fear that I may really
be an agnostic. Can a person
remain in the state of grace with
this state of mind? (I have read
September 21, 2011
Faith troubled by doubts
that Mother Teresa had similar
feelings before her death.) (Gahanna, Ohio)
Chapter 9) is the prayer of each
one of us: “Lord, I do believe.
Help my unbelief.” You would
do well to share your doubts in
honest conversations – both with
God and with a trusted priest or
spiritual guide.
A
Please let me assure you,
first of all, that you are
not alone. It is characteristic of the lives of many people,
including some outstanding
Christians, to suffer deeply
Bishop Robert W. Muench
cordially invites you
to the
Mass of Thanksgiving
Celebrating the
Golden Jubilee
of the Catholic
Diocese of Baton Rouge
3:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Baton Rouge
River Center Arena
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Contact your church parish
for tickets.
Q
Question Corner
Father Kenneth Doyle
from the feeling that they are
not as certain as they should be
about matters of faith. (Cardinal
Avery Dulles, the learned Jesuit
theologian, once wrote “Faith
is suspended over the abyss of
unbelief and hence is liable to be
questioned at any time.”)
You do well to reference
Blessed Teresa of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) for she
serves as an encouraging model
of those who have weathered this
crisis well.
A book released in 2007,
revealing letters she had written
over half a century, told graphically of her spiritual struggles;
for decades, she was tortured by
the fear that God had abandoned
her. (In one letter to a priest-confidant the now-beatified Mother
Teresa writes: “Jesus has a very
special love for you. As for me,
the silence and emptiness is so
great, that I look and do not see.”)
What Mother Teresa endured,
I believe, was not so much a
crisis of faith. Only two or three
times during more than 50
years does she say that she was
tempted to conclude that God did
not exist, and those times would
pass. Instead, it was more akin
to what St. John of the Cross first
referred to in the 16th century as
the “dark night of the soul,” that
sense that God was absent from
her life and far away when she
needed him most.
You wonder, in your question,
whether your doubts leave you in
the state of grace. Certainly they
do, for you continue to practice
your faith and keep the commandments much as Mother
Teresa continued to pray and to
reverence God in those who were
dying in the streets of Kolkata.
Experiencing uncertainty is a
part of being human. The prayer
of the father of the boy possessed
by the demon (Gospel of Mark,
Until the church begins
to treat its people with
kindness, attempts to
evangelize such as by the new
Roman Missal will never be successful. Parishes in our diocese
have for some time now charged
people a fee to use their church
for weddings and funerals. What
an abhorrent idea that is, to collect an added fee from the same
people who built the church and
maintain it by Sunday collections.
Please justify this practice for
me, if you can. (Baton Rouge, La.)
A
It is true that many parishes have an assigned fee
for a wedding or a funeral
(although certain churches assess this fee only for nonparishioners.) In some parishes, that
income is used mainly to pay the
organist who has provided the
music for that particular liturgy.
In other cases, the money goes
to defray the additional costs incurred: heating and lighting the
church for that service, providing
maintenance personnel to open
and close the church and to clean
it afterward, etc.
Having explained the rationale, I must add that fundamentally I agree with you. Some
parishes are struggling to make
ends meet, so I can understand
their thinking; their budgets
can’t bear the added costs.
But most parishes, if they can,
would probably do well to forgo
these special fees and to finance
all of their sacramental celebrations through the regular weekly
collection. Often enough, as
your question shows, people are
puzzled or even offended by such
charges.
My own (very unbusinesslike)
view is that we should simply be
grateful that people choose to
come to church for these important moments.
FATHER DOYLE is a priest of the
Diocese of Albany, N.Y., and has
served as the Rome bureau chief
for Catholic News Service and
as director of media relations for
the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops. Readers may submit
questions to him at askfather
doyle@gmail.com.
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YOUTH
September 21, 2011
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Louisiana’s first lady Supriya Jindal visited Holy Family School Sept. 9 to observe
students utilizing anew Promethean Board in their science
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that were performed that day and many days
following, with the overall theme of the class
being “compassion prevents intolerance.”
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resources extracted from the Library of Congress, and she also shared with them a preserved copy of The Wall Street Journal published on Sept. 12, 2001.
During the preceding week, Hidalgo read
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Everything Would Be All Right,” which was
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see within their homes, schools and nation’s
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YOUTH
Cayette engages others to make the world better
Kaitlin Cayette, 16
Hometown: St. James
School: Ascension Catholic
Church: St. James Church
By Debbie Shelley
Assistant Editor
Kaitlin Cayette, 16, a junior at
Ascension Catholic High School,
exhibits confidence and spiritual strength that conveys to her
peers that they, too, can grow and
speak out about their faith.
Cayette’s family members, who
serve as her role models, taught
her about her faith and the importance of keeping the Ten
Commandments since she was
a young child and regularly involve her in church community
life beyond Sunday Mass. Her
sister, Shelly, is actively involved
with the youth at St. Peter Claver
Church in New Orleans and has
guided her sister practically and
spiritually.
“Her faith is strong and she
always has a positive attitude,
which encourages me to be stronger in my faith. She is a blessing
not just to our family, but she has
helped many of her friends find
love through the eyes of Christ,”
Kaitlyn Cayette said.
Her family emphasizes that to
make the world better she has
to be involved. She serves at the
altar and sings in the choir at St.
James Church in St. James. She
also reads at weekly Mass at Ascension Catholic High School,
where she has been a member of
the dance and track teams since
ninth grade. She also helps foster
respect for life as a member of
Teens for Life.
Cayette appreciates the emphasis on prayer in all the school’s
activities and wishes all youth
could have the same experiences
a Catholic education provides.
“It helps me to have a voice and
makes me feel comfortable talking about my faith,” Cayette said.
Wanting to share her faith
knowledge with her peers, Cayette, president of the youth group
at St. James, said she plans activities that are fun and keep the
members growing in their faith.
Cayette has developed her leadership skills through attending
conventions such as the National
Catholic Youth Leadership Conference, where she learned how to
share her faith with other youth
from across the country. She said
she uses the skills she has learned
to model to others how to stand
up for their faith and to engage
others with the Gospel message.
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MOVIE
REVIEWS
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classifications:
A-I – General patronage
A-II – Adults and adolescents
A-III – Adults
A-IV – Adults, with reservations
L – Limited adult audience
O – Morally offensive
Drive
(FilmDistrict)
A dark and introspective drama about
Driver (Ryan Gosling), a self-absorbed
loner who lives for the open road but unexpectedly finds his conscience along the
way. By day, Driver is a stunt car driver for
action movies, and fixes cars at the auto
body shop run by Shannon (Bryan Cranston). By night, Driver and Shannon run
heists around Los Angeles. Not content
with petty crime, Shannon buys a race car
for Driver and seeks the backing of two
mob bosses (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman), who have more than NASCAR in
mind. So does Driver, who embarks on a
romance with his married neighbor, Irene
(Carey Mulligan). When her husband (Os-
ENTERTAINMENT
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PG – Parental guidance suggested; some
material may not be suitable for children
PG-13 – Parents are strongly cautioned
to give special guidance for attendance
of children under 13; some material may
be inappropriate for young children
R – Restricted; under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian
NC-17 – No one under 17 admitted
car Isaac) is released from prison, Driver
decides to help him with one final heist
that goes terribly wrong. Brutal bloody violence and gore, upper female nudity and
frequent rough language. O; R
I Don’t Know How She Does It
(Weinstein)
Sarah Jessica Parker stars in this sentimental tale about a wife and mother
struggling to succeed in high finance while
juggling the needs of her husband and two
young children. Director Doug McGrath
and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna,
working from the novel by Allison Pearson, create a gentle upper-crust world filled
with wisecracking friends, warm parents,
the occasional understanding boss and
September 21, 2011
picture-postcard views of Boston and New
York. A fleeting reference to abortion, frequent crude and crass language, and fleeting profane language. A-III; PG-13
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
(Columbia)
Human degradation played for attempted comedy as Nick Swardson, playing an
emotionally and intellectually stunted
bucktoothed Iowa boy, tries to succeed
as a star of pornographic films. Director
Tom Brady and screenwriters Swardson,
Adam Sandler and Allen Covert plumb the
depths of their obsession with body functions. Much upper female nudity; frontal
and rear male nudity; pervasive references to body functions and bodily fluids;
and pervasive rough, crude and crass language. O; R
Creature
(The Bubble Factory)
A sleazy, exploitative horror film with
all the stock elements: good-looking singles, gratuitous sex and nudity, buckets
of blood and gore, and a nasty (and very
hungry) monster. Three young couples are
on a road trip to New Orleans when they
take a wrong turn. A stop at the filling station turns into a local history lesson with
tales of a half-man, half-alligator creature
named “Lockjaw.” The curious friends detour to the bayou where Lockjaw lives and
make camp. Soon things go bump in the
night, and it’s feeding time for the monster. First-time director Fred Andrews,
not content with a gorefest, also offers up
a desecration of Christianity. Pervasive
graphic violence and gore, including cannibalism, animal attacks, severed limbs,
gunplay and torture; full-frontal and rear
female nudity; nonmarital sexual activity;
an incestuous relationship; masturbation;
drug use; and frequent rough and profane
language. O; R
Apollo 18
(Dimension/Weinstein)
An inventive horror film presented – in
the spirit of “The Blair Witch Project” –
as a documentary, purporting to tell the
story of a top-secret mission to the moon,
and why we dare not return there anytime
soon. Christmas 1973 finds NASA preparing the titular spacecraft and training its
eager astronauts (most prominently Warren Christie and Lloyd Owen). Once on
the lunar surface, Owen’s character goes
walkabout, stumbles upon footprints and
a dead Soviet cosmonaut, and the fun,
so to speak, begins. Before long, shrieks
are heard, and creepy crawlies are on the
march as Spanish director Gonzalo LopezGallego’s Hollywood debut morphs into a
monster movie. Sporadic but intense moments of terror and fleeting profane and
crude language. A-III; PG-13
Contagion
(Warner Bros.)
Director Steven Soderbergh reimagines the all-star disaster movie genre with
a compelling tale of a deadly virus’ un-
controlled march across the planet. Beth
Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns from
a business trip to Hong Kong and drops
dead, and soon everyone she encountered
along the way meets their maker. It’s an
unknown virus, and as a pandemic erupts
and millions fall, doctors from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet) and the
World Health Organization (Marion Cotillard) race against time to find the cure.
Getting in their way is an enterprising
blogger (Jude Law) who cries conspiracy,
fomenting unrest in the streets. Disturbing
images of dying people, corpses and autopsies, a reference to an adulterous relationship and fleeting rough language. A-III;
PG-13
Shark Night 3
(Rogue)
A gaggle of Tulane University students
– played by Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan,
Alyssa Diaz, Chris Carmack, Katherine
McPhee, Singua Walls and Chris Zylka –
head out to a Louisiana saltwater lake for
a bacchanal, only to find they’re all on the
menu of the titular predators. Director David R. Ellis borrows his stale formula from
any number of 1980s screamers in which
nubile young people are slaughtered by
some relentless killer -- a repulsive recipe
to which he adds only the fins. Excessive
gore, rear male and partial upper female
nudity, sexual banter and frequent profane, crude and crass language. O; PG-13
Straw Dogs
(Screen Gems)
Dreary Southern stereotypes and grotesque, by-rote violence devalue this pointless remake of the 1971 Sam Peckinpah
film. Director-screenwriter Rod Lurie
moves the setting from England to deepest Mississippi for a repulsive story of how
a peaceful man (Nick Marsden) becomes
violent to defend his property. Two violent
rapes, implied upper female nudity, frequent sexual banter, gun violence, pervasive gore, pervasive rough and crude language, fleeting profanity. O; R
Warrior
(Lionsgate)
Poignant, well-acted sports drama set
in the bone-crunching milieu of mixed
martial arts competition plumbs fraternal discord as two brothers (Tom Hardy
and Joel Edgerton), estranged from each
other and from their alcoholic father (Nick
Nolte), face off in a high-profile match. Director and screenwriter Gavin O’Connor
uses a brutal sport to viscerally illustrate
the transformative power of love and forgiveness. Although the fighting is not
graphically depicted or glamorized, some
may find certain sequences difficult to
watch, and the film’s tacit approval of violence as a means of dealing with conflict
renders it suitable for selected viewers
only. Intense boxing violence, much crude
language, some profanity, one use of rough
language, brief sexual innuendo and some
alcohol abuse. L; PG-13
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ENTERTAINMENT
Choosing to show respect and compassion to others
Heart Like Mine
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bet we’d get along just fine; He could calm
a storm and heal the blind; And I bet he’d
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Oh yes, he would
Sung by Miranda Lambert | Copyright © 2011 by Columbia Nashville
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Even though I hate to admit it; Sometimes
I smoke cigarettes; The Christian folks say I
should quit it; And I just smile and say, “God
bless”
iranda Lambert’s “Heart
Like Mine” rose to the
top spot on Billboard’s
country charts last spring. The
song is Lambert’s fifth and last
released single off her 2009 disc
“Revolution.”
This year, Lambert won a
Grammy for the best female
country vocal performance with
“The House That Built Me,” and
four more honors at the Academy
of Country Music Awards.
The girl in “Heart Like Mine”
describes herself as “not the
kind you take home to Mama”
or who would wear a ring. She
hates to admit it, but sometimes she smokes cigarettes. She
resents it when “the Christian folks” say that
she should quit smoking, but she just smiles
and says, “God bless.” Still, she believes that, if
Jesus “could calm a storm and heal the blind,”
then surely “he’d understand a heart like” her
own.
She’s right!
Jesus welcomed and loved all people. As he
did, he often challenged them to realize the best
that they could possibly be.
Jesus’ choice to care about others was not
conditional upon their behavior. He looked beyond exterior appearances.
Because of his unconditional love, many did
choose to change and become the kind of people
who God wanted them to be.
Jesus never judged others as unworthy of
love, but sometimes today’s Christians do. As
the song suggests, too often we slip into judging
others rather than extending the compassion
and caring that Jesus always extended.
Suppose, for example, that you’re in the
school cafeteria when peers who are obviously
different from you sit down next to you. Perhaps
they are not friendly or belong to a different race
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learn to sing
Daddy cried when he saw my tattoo; But
said he loved me anyway; My brother got
the brains in the family; So I thought I’d
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I ain’t the kind you take home to Mama; I ain’t
the kind to wear no ring; Somehow I always
get stronger; When I’m on my second drink
Refrain:
‘Cause I heard Jesus, he drank wine; And I
bet we’d get along just fine; He could calm
a storm and heal the blind; And I bet he’d
understand a heart like mine
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or culture. Or perhaps they are
just not part of your social group.
Do you silently look down upon
them?
Do you fail to say hello or smile
at them?
Of course, you are always free
to pick your own friends. But you
are also free to decide whether
to withhold judgment, to show
respect and acknowledge that
others are also creating their
lives around their own values.
Passing judgments on others
can happen easily and quickly.
To head this off, it is good to
practice over and over an attitude of compassion. Showing
compassion acknowledges that
more is going on in another’s life than you know
about. You may be different from others in terms
of personal preferences, but basic human needs
and dreams are remarkably similar.
The new school year has just begun. As such,
I offer this challenge to students: Say hello
each day to someone that you don’t know. Don’t
just bump into others in the hallways between
classes. Slow down enough to smile and say,
“Hello, hope you have a good day.”
If this initial greeting leads to a short conversation, tell the person your name and ask for his
or her name, then memorize it.
The next time that you see each other, you
can say that person’s name when you say hello.
Saying another’s name catches that person’s attention and could lead to genuine friendship.
To be a disciple of Jesus means to go beyond
the expected and the ordinary.
On The Record
Charlie Martin
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1 Early Christian symbol
5 ____ Catholic Church
10 Saint of Orleans
14 ____ Domini
15Worship
16 556, to Nero
17Notion
18 Type of prayer
20Rows
22 Sign outside a greasy spoon
23 A mark of 5A
24 Protective helmet
27Denomination
29 Explorer priest
31Boldness
35 Words at the end of an aisle
38 The Diocese of Portland is
here
40 David married his widow
41 James used them at work
43 The ____ of matrimony
45Jester
46 Less common
48 Pertaining to the moon
50Holy___
51Pressed
53 Fits of madness
55Dull
57 Fires up
61 Something to surf
64 Ones, to Pierre
66 Pungent bulb
67 Decorate like the Book of
Kells
71 Launch grp.
72 Number of the commandment that instructs us to
honor our parents
73 Bankrupt energy giant
74 He’s the Red
75 Island converted to Catholicism in the 5th century
76Fibbing
77 Unpleasantly moist
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1 Theological virtue
2 Republic in Asia
3Scoff
4Caches
5 Animal of sacrifice in the Old
Testament
6 Dedicatory verse
7Method
8 Operatic melodies
9 Less than grossed
10 OT hist. book
11Potpourri
12 River in England
13 Novena number
19 “…___ be expected”
21 Son of Noah
25 Middle easterner
26 “And do not bring us to the
time of ___.” (Lk 11:4)
28Streetcar
30 Make void a sacrament
32 Wading bird
33 “…hallowed be thy ___.”
34Exultation
35 Letters above the cross
36 “Angel of God, my guardian
____…”
37 Juan’s “other”
39Boredom
42Transmit
44 What the cantor did
47___ Novarum
49 Nevada diocese
52 One of the prophets
54 Broke a Commandment
56 Amphetamine tablet (slang)
58 Papal crown
59 Reddish dye
60Nosh
61 Sarai, to Abram
62 “…____ lema sabachthani?”
(Mk 15:34)
63 Make indistinct
65 Worn by women in India
68 Script conclusion?
69 Unit of weight
70 Classroom subj.
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VIEWPOINT
America the beautiful and the Christian ethic
n 9/11 we commemorated a moment of great
tragedy and a moment of great heroism and
sacrifice. Its aftermath of war, ongoing now
for almost a decade, has caused us to examine our
national ethic with questions of just war, retaliation,
treatment of enemies, and forgiveness.
During the week before this year’s anniversary
commemoration, our television news flashed back
frequently to a Florida classroom and then President
George W. Bush talking to very young school children
about the virtues of America. He was smiling and enjoying the personal exchange. Suddenly, from the left of the
screen, an unidentified man approached the president
and whispered something in his ear. You could see the
president’s eyes become wider as he bit his lip. Then he
stared unseeing into space as he began to think, “What
must I do now?” Indeed, how does one move from
teaching personal virtue to children to protecting the
citizens of an entire country?
When I was a young priest, the diocese sent me to
Catholic University in Washington to get an advanced
degree in moral theology, also
known as Christian ethics.
One thing I learned was the
difficulty of making ethical decisions. We can follow Christ’s
commands to forgive, turn the
other cheek, walk the extra
mile, etc., when the fight is
between individuals. It is difficult, takes God’s grace and a lot of humility, but we can
do it. However, as we assume responsibility for the care
of others, what is possible on the personal level is not
always possible on the more public level. A father cannot
turn his children’s cheeks – he has to protect them. That
is his first duty. And so it is as you go up the public ladder with police, mayors, governors and presidents. Finding a way to forgive and when to forgive becomes more
difficult as one’s responsibility for others increases.
Coincidentally, the Scriptures we
read at Sunday Mass on this anniversary of 9/11 were about Jesus’ teaching
on forgiveness in Matthew 18:21-25. He
told Peter that we must forgive not seven
times but 77 times — a Jewish way of
using perfect numbers to say “always.”
As God’s love and mercy are infinite and
unconditional, so must we never cease to
find ways to forgive. Jesus’ admonition
was backed up by the strong words of the
Book of Sirach 27:30-28:2. “Wrath and
anger are hateful things, yet the sinner
hugs them tight. ...Forgive your neighbor’s injustice; then when you pray, your
own sins will be forgiven.”
I believe that sometimes we Americans have gotten it right. After the Germans surrendered in World War II, we
instituted the Marshall Plan to rebuild
Europe and especially Germany. Forgiveness
to our defeated enemy brought about a peaceful German democracy and prevented a repeat
of the aftermath of World War I, when harsh
punishments to Germany paved the way for
Nazism. General McArthur’s benign governorship of occupied Japan after its surrender led
to a democracy now allied to us. A lasting peace
was achieved through forgiveness.
President Bush, with the support of just
about all of us, Christian and Jew alike and
probably many Muslim Americans, quickly pledged to
find the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks and bring them
to justice. When the extent of the attack and the identity
of Al-Qaida became known, a “war” on terrorists was
declared. As an ethicist once pointed out, “Forgiveness
and mercy are always required, but not until they stop
shooting at you.” With that common-sense application
of the Christian Gospel, I think that the invasion of
Afghanistan for the purpose of destroying the Taliban-
sponsored training camps of Al-Qaida
could be justified. It was the only way to
prevent further attacks.
We then went on to invade Iraq.
There was wide spread debate in our
country about this, as well as abroad
among our allies. The American
Catholic bishops urged President Bush
not to invade Iraq, saying that without
an imminent threat to us from that
country there was not sufficient cause
to make it a just war. But the president
went ahead to invade with his coalition of the willing. Hindsight is always
better than foresight, but we have to
admit that there was an awful waste
of Iraqi civilian lives, of the lives of our
young people in the military and, as
we are now learning to our chagrin, a
waste of our national resources. And
over reaction led to torture – a shame on our national
character. War is a terrible thing. Used unnecessarily, it
can destroy America the beautiful. That is why war can
only be justified ethically as a last resort for defending
oneself.
When problems are global, we as individuals feel
helpless. Jesus wept over Jerusalem: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, if only you knew the way to peace.” Yet Jesus
always began with the personal, the individual. He
warned us with parables about individuals to not allow
our hearts to become hardened in unforgiveness. He left
it up to us to apply his teaching to our larger problems.
In the meantime, Al-Qaida is still destroying lives with
bullets and bombs. We have to find a way to peace and a
time to forgive. The Christian challenge is to do so while
preserving America the beautiful.
Another
Perspective
Father John Carville
(Jesus) left it up to
us to apply his
teaching to our
larger problems.
T
September 21, 2011
FATHER CARVILLE is a retired priest in the Diocese of
Baton Rouge and writes on spiritual matters for The
Catholic Commentator.
Needed: the epideictic spirit behind noble rhetoric
he lawns were perfectly
manicured, the flowerbeds were awesome and
the sidewalks were immaculately clean. Yet it was difficult
for me to enjoy this scenery
around the U.S. Capitol.
Why was this so?
Because of the pall cast over
it the loss of Americans’ confidence in Congress.
Undoubtedly, we don’t know
fully the power, and even more
so, the potential for havoc in
the wake of globalization and a
global economy.
Given the economy’s complexities, wrangling in the
Congress over the best way to
handle them is to be expected.
But have these squabbles
and the petty behavior behind
them crossed the line?
In “Vatican II: Did Anything Happen?” Jesuit Father
John W. O’Malley states that
the reason the Second Vatican
Council was so successful was
the epideictic tone of its documents. It is the same tone that
was advocated by Cicero, St.
Thomas Aquinas and Blessed
Cardinal John Henry Newman.
Simply put, the epideictic
tone contains an uplifting spirit
that invites sincere dialogue
and collegiality. It prompts
people to focus on what they
have in common rather than on
what might divide them, and
it motivates them to cooperate
in enterprises for the common
good.
When it is missing, lines
between civility and incivility
are crossed and gridlock often
follows.
Father O’Malley writes:
“Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
is an example of the epideictic
genre at its best. In that speech
Lincoln did not try to prove
The Human Side
Father Eugene Hemrick
the war was just or to move his
hearers to any action. He tried
simply to raise appreciation for
what was at stake and, at least
by implication, to praise it as
noble and worthy of the great
cost.”
In short, Lincoln’s rhetoric
held up to his audience ideals
whose attractiveness would
motivate them to strive to
achieve them.
Contentious battles are an
integral part of political history.
At times they have been known
to end in fistfights. It was only
after the dust settled that the
business at hand was accomplished.
However, as much as battles
are to be expected, now is not
the time to repeat the dark side
of history. Like never before,
our times are demanding a new
style of leadership skilled in the
art of rhetoric and the deportment that it requires.
We need leaders to refine the
time-proven art of persuasion,
to spell out more fully Cicero’s
idea of harmonious speech
and to apply in earnest Cardinal Newman’s definition of a
gentleman.
Throughout its illustrous
history, Congress has had
numerous quarrels. But it also
has been blessed with statesmen who could inspire idealism
and move hearts and minds to
agree as one.
In the U.S. Capitol, the motto “In unity there is strength”
appears frequently. It is,
therefore, a reminder that the
nation will remain strong to the
extent that the epideictic spirit
expected of those who work on
its behalf remains strong.
FATHER HEMRICK, a research associate with the Life Cycle Research Institute at The Catholic
University of America and
coordinator of institutional
research at Washington Theological Union, writes on issues
pertinent to the church and the
human spirit for Catholic News
Service.
September 21, 2011
VIEWPOINT
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Aug. 24 article omitted Biden’s pro-abortion stand
We were greatly disappointed
reading the August 24, 2011, article entitled “Joe Biden is first
Catholic vice president.” It seriously omits his long-standing
pro-abortion position, which he
has proclaimed on many occasions and which is diametrically
contrary to Catholic Church
teaching and belief. He acts as
a “cafeteria” Catholic who picks
and chooses which teaching of
the Church he believes.
His error is much more grave
and scandalous given his public position of authority and his
openly defiant efforts to continue and even expand the extermination of innocent human
life. That he prays the rosary, a
prayer given to us by our Most
Blessed Mother, who brought
the Lord of Life into the world,
is an affront to Catholic faithful
everywhere.
Lynn Coco, John Coco, Monica
Geissler, Paul Geissler, Helen
Gonzales, Don Gonzales, John
Hebert, Dee Marie Roman,
Karen Romano, Leo Segalla,
Joan Walsh, Pete Walsh
Baton Rouge
Statements are anti-abortion, not pro-life
I applaud the three letters
posted in the September 7, 2011,
issue of The Catholic Commentator. Their positions are firmly
stated against the murder of
innocent children through
abortion. Except for the two
words “natural death” in Father
Waguespack’s letter, I did not
follow these letters to be prolife ... only anti-abortion.
Where were the rants against
the legal murder we foster in
our judicial system? Where
were the statements against
Gov. Jindal and all others who
foster the death penalty as a
moral principle in conjunction
with their political principles?
Would Father also refuse Communion to those who promote
the death penalty? One cannot claim to be pro-life if one
fosters acceptance of the death
penalty – only anti-abortion.
Let’s see more articles and interviews with persons against
capital punishment as well!
Let’s see more posters and
statements against capital punishment at the annual Pro-Life
Rally here in our beautiful diocese!
As to another point: What
priest has the right to refuse
the Eucharist to anyone? I don’t
recall our bishop giving a directive for a priest to make such a
personal decision! I agree with
Father Waguespack’s position
against abortion strongly, but
I cannot agree with withholding the Sacred Body of Christ
against anyone! We are all sinners in the eyes of God — no one
is blameless. For us to claim one
sin is greater than another in
His Eyes is using man’s justifi-
cations to promote His Justice!
Who of us knows the condition
of another’s soul, such that we
can claim that person is in mortal sin, and should not be receiving Communion?
Let us pray for those who
support abortion and the death
penalty. Let us, by our love,
show that legal murder is not
the way of God – that we must
love those who do not live as
we believe they should – that
we should not demand to be
at Christ’s right and left because our lives are holier than
others! Let us be Christians of
the Roman Catholic faith! The
Love of the Triune God will
overcome abortion and capital
punishment — not us!
Jim Barnett
Port Allen
Editorial viewpoint no surprise
I was not as surprised as
some of your other readers that
your article on Vice President
Joe Biden did not mention his
stand on the pro-life issue.
I remember that when President Bush established restrictions on embryonic stem cell
research in August 2001, The
Catholic Commentator ran a
front page article criticizing
him for not going far enough
and allowing research using already existing embryonic cells.
However, I did not see any articles in The Catholic Commentator when in 2009 President
Obama lifted all restrictions on
embryonic stem cell research.
It appears that the political
bias of your editorial staff overrides the giving of the “Catholic
viewpoint on important issues
of the present day.”
Armando B. Corripio
Baton Rouge
Only God has right to judge
I am a Catholic receiving the
sacraments weekly and sometimes daily.
I believe that Joe Biden as
an elected official of the United
States of America has a duty to
support the right of the people
to make their personal decisions; and to respect their right
to abortion, according to the
law and may not, or does not
approve of abortions as a general rule.
We are not to judge lest we
be judged – only God has the
right to judge. We must continue to pray for those who practice abortion.
Barbara M. Epstein
Prairieville
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Some personal mini-creeds
W
e are all familiar with
the Nicene and the
Apostles’ creeds, the
two great faith summaries that
anchor our faith. Without them,
eventually we would drift off the
path and lose our way. Creeds
anchor us.
But the great creeds are like
huge rivers that need smaller
tributaries to bring their waters
into various places. Thus, we also
need mini-creeds, short, pithy
truth-statements that anchor us
morally and spiritually. We all, no
doubt, have our own favorite minicreeds. Here are some of mine:
• Love is better than anger.
Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So
let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. Written by Jack Layton,
leader of the New Democratic
Party of Canada, in a letter to the
people of Canada, just before dying of cancer.
• The great challenge is living
your wounds through instead
of thinking them through. It is
better to cry than to worry, better
to feel your wounds deeply than
to understand them, better to let
them enter into your silence than
to talk about them. The choice
you face constantly is whether
you are taking your wounds to
your head or your heart. Written
by Henri Nouwen, journaling
while working through a clinical
depression.
• When something hard happens to you, you have two choices
in how to deal with it. You can
get bitter, or better. Written by
Donald Miller, challenging young
people to a higher ethic.
• When I despair, I remember that all through history, the
way of truth and love has always
won. There have been murderers
and tyrants, and for a time they
can seem invincible. But in the
end they always fall. Think of it,
always. Written by Mohandas K.
Gandhi, asserting his belief in
the ultimate triumph of truth and
goodness.
• Nothing that is worth doing
can be achieved in our lifetime;
therefore we must be saved by
hope. Nothing we do, however
virtuous, can be accomplished
alone; therefore we must be saved
by love. No virtuous act is quite
as virtuous from the standpoint
of our friend or foe as it is from
our standpoint. Therefore we
must be saved by a final act of
love, which is forgiveness. Written by Reinholt Niebuhr on the
complexities of sanctity.
In Exile
Father Ron Rolheiser
• Our faith begins at the very
point where atheists suppose that
it must end. Our faith begins with
the bleakness and power of the
night of the cross, abandonment,
temptation, and doubt about
everything that exists. Written by
Jurgen Moltmann.
• Don’t be afraid to suffer,
give the heaviness back to the
weight of the earth; mountains
are heavy, seas are heavy. Rainer
Marie Rilke, writing to a friend
grieving the death of a loved one.
• Love must wait for wounds
to heal. It is this waiting that we
must do for each other, not with
a sense of mercy, or in judgment, but as if forgiveness were a
rendezvous. Written by novelist
Anne Michaels.
• In this life there is no such
thing as a clear-cut pure joy. But
this intimate experience in which
every bit of life is touched by a bit
of death can point us beyond the
limits of our existence. Written
by Henri Nouwen on how to live
“mourning and weeping in this
valley of tears.”
• To reach satisfaction in all,
desire satisfaction in nothing. To
come to possess all, desire the
possession of nothing. To arrive
at being all, desire to be nothing.
To come to the knowledge of all,
desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to enjoy what you
have not, you must go by a way in
which you enjoy not. To come to
the possession you have not, you
must go by a way in which you
possess not. To come to what you
are not, you must go by a way in
which you are not. Written by
John of the Cross.
OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER, theologian and author, is president of
the Oblate School of Theology in
San Antonio, Texas. He can be
contacted through his website
ronrolheiser.com.
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St. Philomena Church Festival – St. Philomena Church, 120
Convent St., Labadieville, will host its annual festival
on Sunday, Sept. 25. The event will begin with a 10 a.m.
outdoor Mass. After Mass, chefs’ specials, hamburgers
and sweets will be available for purchase. Children can
participate in free games and a petting zoo, while adults
can bid in both silent and live auctions. To donate items
for the auctions call Leah Crochet at 985-526-6758 or
Timi Reece at 985-526-0387. For information about the
festival or to volunteer contact Kris Guillot at 985-3698444.
St. Sharbel Maronite Mass – Father Jeff Bayhi, pastor of
St. John the Baptist Church in Zachary, will celebrate a
Maronite Mass on Sunday, Oct. 2, 3 p.m., at Our Lady
of Mercy Church, 445 Marquette Ave., Baton Rouge. All
are invited to the Mass and a reception of Lebanese food
that will follow in the parish activity center. For information call 225-413-5239.
Secular Franciscans – The Secular Franciscan Order
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the life of St. Francis and living his charisms of peace,
joy and acceptance. SFO meetings are held on the fourth
Sunday of each month at 1:40 p.m. at the chapel of Our
Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, 5000 Hennessy Blvd., Baton Rouge. The next meeting will be Sunday, Sept. 25. For information call 225-924-6392.
Padre Pio Prayer Group – The Padre Pio prayer group in-
September 21, 2011
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Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge. Mass will be celebrated
at 8:45 a.m., followed by benediction and prayers to
Our Lady of Perpetual Help. For information call the St.
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animals, food, beverages and children’s activities. For
information call 225-387-5928.
Study of Faith and Reason – John Baker will present a fivepart series, “An Introduction to the Study of the Soul: A
Study in Reason and Faith,” on Sundays, 9:15-10:15 a.m.,
beginning Oct. 9, at the Our Lady of Mercy Parish Activity Center, 444 Marquette Ave., Baton Rouge. Baker will
discuss ways in which grace strengthens and perfects
the natural faculties of man’s soul and how these insights
can bear fruit in people’s lives. For information call the
Our Lady of Mercy Church office at 225-926-1883.
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9, noon. Mass and rituals will include English, Spanish,
French and Portuguese. After Mass, a reception featuring international dishes will be held in the activity
center. Bring a dish. For more information and to assist,
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on Catholic sexual morality: Sept. 27, 29 and Oct. 6, 6-9
p.m., at St. John the Baptist Church, 402 S. Kirkland
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p.m., Holy Ghost Church, 601 N. Oak St., Hammond; and
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information call 225-336-8760.
Our Lady of the Rosary Feast – Our Lady of Peace Church,
13281 La. Hwy. 644, Vacherie, will celebrate 19 years
of perpetual eucharistic adoration on Friday, Oct. 7,
the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. The rosary will be
prayed at 6:30 p.m. to ask God to move the hearts of his
people to pledge one hour a week before the Blessed Sacrament. Guest speaker will be Father Clarence Waguespack, pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Church in Pierre
Part, who began the perpetual adoration on Oct. 7, 1992
at Our Lady of Peace when he was pastor there.
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p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday, noon-6 p.m.
There will be a horseshoe tournament, cooking contests,
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225-775-8850.
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September 21, 2011
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CENTENNIAL: Josephites, then Missionaries of St. Paul, served the people of Bayou Lafourche well
helped them spiritually and economically.
In 1953 Father Maloney was
succeeded by Father William J.
Levesque SSJ, and the following
year by Father Thomas Sheedy
SSJ. Father John J. Rawlins SSJ
became pastor in 1957 and remained until 1963, when Father
Jeremiah D. Brady SSJ was appointed pastor. Father Rawlins
had begun a fund for building a
new church at St. Benedict, and
Father Brady worked diligently to
build the present St. Benedict the
Moor Church dedicated by Bishop
Robert E. Tracy in 1967.
Education was a pillar of these
churches from their creation. Lay
teachers were joined in 1923 by
Sisters of the Holy Family in New
Orleans to provide an education
for the boys and girls of St. Benedict and St. Augustine.
“As difficult and trying as the
work was, they had the added
hardship of traveling from Donaldsonville in very unreliable
transportation, coping with poor
or nonexistent personal facilities,
and having no funds to supplement the meager, worn books
handed on when possible from
other parochial or public schools,”
Williams stated. “But these devoted women taught three to five
grades in one room and as time
went on broadened the curriculum beyond the 4 R’s (religion,
reading, ’riting, ’rithmetic) to
teaching music, art, sewing, and
sometimes teaching cooking and
crafts.” In addition to the basic academic courses, girls also learned
to crochet and embroider, while
boys learned to make placemats,
tables and picture frames.
“Perhaps most remarkable of
all, however, is that the sisters
financed these projects with
popcorn and candy made with
two ingredients from lunchroom
commodities: peanut butter and
raisins,” Williams said. “They sent
peanut butter and raisins to the
women in the parish who made
the treats, and at recess they sold
candy and popcorn.”
Williams added, “Helping students develop positive images of
themselves as sons and daughters
of God created in his image and
loved unconditionally by him;
building character in students
and fine tuning their moral compass: these were all life-altering
values. Many students today
readily thank the good nuns for
not giving up on them and for
helping them to believe in themselves.”
From 1966-1969 Father Edward
Walsh SSJ served the Bertrandville and Klotzville communities
until failing health forced his retirement. Father John J. Murphy
SSJ was his successor and served
from 1969-1972.
During the period from 19721998 three other Josephites
served at St. Benedict and St.
Augustine. Father Michel Parent,
who served from 1972-1986, was
committed to upholding Church
standards and leading souls to
Christ. He prepared RCIA candidates, instructed married couples, prepared parents for baptism, and preached fervently on
God and Mother Church.
Father Parent was also a carpenter, like his patron St. Joseph.
He moved and remodeled the
rectory, rebuilt the center in its
present design, and encouraged
tithing. Williams remembered
Father Parent stressed that 10
percent might be more than some
could contribute but surely everyone could contribute five percent.
He also published contributions
once a year. “Offerings increased
significantly and have remained
high,” stated Williams.
In 1986 when Father Richard
Sadlier SSJ arrived, it was immediately evident that he was a joyful priest who liked a spirit-filled
service that reflected the culture.
He organized the first Catholic
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cially difficult with questions
asked if it would be a better use of
the priest’s abilities to assign him
to work in Baton Rouge?
However, the church did not
close. Instead, in 1918 the zealous
missioner Father Joseph Peter
Van Baast SSJ arrived to begin a
monumental effort along Bayou
Lafourche. He remained on Bayou Lafourche from 1918-1948,
traveling from Bertrandville and
Klotzville to Thibodaux, where
he established St. Luke Church,
then to Donaldsonville where St.
Catherine of Siena was founded
in 1924 along with the St. Joseph
Mission in Cassard Lane. At one
time Father Van Baast served all
these parishioners; however, in
1927 Father Van Baast was transferred to St. Catherine, and for 10
years Father Stephen Boysko SSJ
was appointed pastor of St. Benedict, St. Augustine and St. Luke.
Father Van Baast came back to
St. Benedict and St. Augustine
in 1937 and stayed for 11 years.
He was not only a constructor of
buildings, but even more important, an establisher of good strong
Catholic communities.
“So much he accomplished spiritually, so much materially, and
all in those difficult times, when
he could rejoice in the early days
that the Sunday collection had
gone over two dollars,” Williams
stated.
It seems fitting that Father Van
Baast was followed by Father
Harry J. Maloney SSJ, a priest
of the same fervor and dedication to the Black community that
he served. He, too, was a builder
and immediately began plans for
building the present St. Augustine Church, which was dedicated
in 1949. Father Maloney also built
a modern school for kindergartners to eighth-grades at St. Benedict. The school building included
an auditorium, new classroom
furniture and equipment.
Father Maloney was also a fearless champion of his parishioners
speaking out against injustice,
empowering parishioners through
voter registration, improving the
economic circumstances of the
black community by arranging
transportation for employment at
Avondale Shipyard, and exercising the works of mercy. He visited
the sick, fed the hungry, organized
community sports and a Catholic
Youth Organization (CYO), and
baptized many converts to Catholicism. He was a consummate fund
raiser, and older parishioners remember him fondly for the way he
Gospel Choir at St. Benedict.
“This successful effort did much
to reestablish relationships with
our Protestant friends in the communities,” said Williams. “Father
Sadlier also organized a Christian
Aide Society that assumed the
work of most of the current ministries – fund raising, planning the
festival, decorating the church for
special occasions, assisting and
supporting the priest with other
parish needs. Father Sadlier loved
the parishioners and often celebrated with them in their homes.”
Father Joseph Rodney SSJ
holds special distinction as being first and last. After 83 years
the two African-American faith
communities welcomed their first
black pastor when Father Rodney
arrived in October 1994. When he
left four years later, he became the
last of 16 Josephites who served
from 1911-1998.
Father Rodney established
lifelong ties with the people of
St. Benedict and St. Augustine
churches. His sermons, great
singing voice, and scholarly Bible
study had a significant impact on
parishioners.
The Josephites partnered with
the Missionaries of St. Paul (Nigeria) in 1996, so when Father
Rodney received a new pastoral
assignment, St. Benedict and St.
Augustine received their first
MSP pastor, Father Emmanuel
Agbor. He conducted an enlightening weekly Bible study and extended the active ministries in the
parish.
Father Agbor was followed by
Father Fredrick Agbor Isek MSP
in 2003. Though Father Isek’s
tenure was brief, he was able to
draw the youth of the parish into
active church participation and
paired with the pastor of St. Anne
Church, to organize joint youth
programs. He also organized the
Pastoral Social Committee at St.
Benedict and St. Augustine
Father Oliver Obele MSP, who
became pastor in 2004, will be
remembered for his powerful
sermons that were a combination
of preaching and teaching. “He
truly ‘broke open’ the Word every
weekend,” according to Williams.
“His leadership in bringing the
RENEW process into the parish
brought about many small-community, faith-sharing groups that
are still connected today. Father
Oliver was the first official pastor
of our parish as a full MSP parish.”
Father John Osom MSP, who
arrived Dec. 27, 2007, has been
instrumental in completing numerous remodeling projects, such
as the parking lot and the roof of
St. Augustine Hall, and rebuilding the altar and the canopy at St.
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September 21, 2011
MISSAL: “Consubstantial” may be most difficult word to use
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Both the Nicene Creed and
the Apostles’ Creed change by
several short phrases. In the
Nicene Creed, “we believe”
changes in four places to “I believe,” and “all that is seen and
unseen” from the old becomes
“all things visible and invisible”
in the new. The old phrase “the
only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father” becomes
“the only begotten son of God,
born of the Father before all
ages.”
One of the most difficult
words for many people to get
used to may be “consubstantial”
in the Nicene Creed. It replaces
the phrase “one in being with
the Father,” becoming “consubstantial with the Father.” Also
unfamiliar to the tongue may be
this phrasing: “and by the Holy
Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary.” That replaces: “by
the power of the Holy Spirit he
was born of the Virgin Mary.”
Also in the Nicene Creed,
“he is worshipped and glorified”
becomes “is adored and glori-
fied,” and the congregation will
now “confess” rather than “acknowledge” one baptism and
“look forward to” rather than
“look for” the resurrection of
the dead.
The Apostles’ Creed will have
fewer changes. Most are the
elimination of words, such as
the second use of “I believe in” in
the space of a few lines. Instead
of saying “he descended to the
dead,” the line will now be “he
descended into hell.” And the
wording about the Final Judgment will now be: “and is seated
at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will
come to judge the living and the
dead.”
Another point where the new
wording might catch people is in
the Sanctus, where the first line
will now be: “Holy, holy, holy
Lord God of hosts,” instead of
“Lord, God of power and might.”
Two memorial acclamations
familiar to Catholics will no
longer be used in the new missal – “Christ has died, Christ is
risen, Christ will come again”
and “Dying you destroyed our
death, rising you restored our
life. Lord Jesus, come in glory.”
One completely new acclamation
has been added – “We proclaim
your death, O Lord, and profess
your resurrection until you come
again” – and two others were
adapted from the previously
used acclamations. They now
read:
– “When we eat this bread
and drink this cup, we proclaim
your death, O Lord, until you
come again.”
– “Save us, Savior of the
world, for by your cross and resurrection you have set us free.”
The last substantial change
for the congregation is in the
Agnus Dei. The priest’s part now
says: “Behold the Lamb of God,
behold him who takes away the
sins of the world. Blessed are
those called to the supper of the
Lamb.”
To which the people respond:
“Lord I am not worthy that you
should enter under my roof, but
only say the word and my soul
shall be healed.”
Commitment Form for October 31, 2011
Greystone Golf and Country Club
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10:00 a.m. – Registration 12:00 p.m. - Tee-off
10:00 -12:00 p.m. – Lunch for all golfers
Awards Program and Bar-B-Q Dinner to Follow
Sponsor or Player Name _____________________________________

We invite you to join us for a great golf tournament to benefit
St. Vincent de Paul.
This tournament helps us make a real difference in our
community. During this time of layoffs, rising prices and
economic uncertainty, needy families are struggling just to
keep food on the table. In this difficult economy, the demand for our
services continues to grow.
Address __________________________________________________
We need your support of this year’s golf tournament, which will be held
on Monday, October 31st, at the Greystone Country Club in Denham
Springs. Participate in this event – either as a sponsor or as a golfer –
and become part of the city’s premier golf tournament raising awareness
and support for our vital charitable programs.
__________
Corporate Sponsorship
$3000.00
(includes two 4-member teams and top public relations billing)
__________
Associate Sponsorship
$1000.00
(includes one 4-member team and public relations)
__________
Golf Team & Hole Sponsor
$600.00
This tournament supports the great charities of St. Vincent de Paul, such
as Myriam’s House, which provides transitional shelter to
unaccompanied, homeless women, helping them to break the cycle of
homelessness and become self-sufficient. Another program supported
by the tournament is Uniforms for Kids, which is our community’s
safety net for needy public school children. We distributed over 24,000
uniforms this year.
Would you please consider playing or consider a
sponsorship? We have limited the field of golfers, so please
return your completed registration and sponsorship
commitment form as soon as possible.
Please return your
commitment form to St. Vincent de Paul, P. O. Box 127, Baton
Rouge, LA 70821 or call us at (225) 383-7837, extension 204.
Company Contact Name _____________________________________
Phone _______________ Fax ______________ Email _____________
Sponsorship Levels (Please check all that apply.)
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Golf Team
$500.00
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Hole Sponsor
$125.00
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Individual Player
$125.00
Amount Enclosed _________________
I am unable to play, but would like to contribute to the event $ ___________
Please make check payable to St. Vincent de Paul and mail with this
form to: St. Vincent de Paul, P. O. Box 127, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
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Player #2 ___________________________ Phone ________________
Player #3 ________________________
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