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March 13, 2015
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Volume 45, Number 27
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Bill to expand safe
haven law passes
House, headed to
Senate
BY BRIGID CURTIS AYER
Statehouse Correspondent for
Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers
Diocese of Evansville
Seminarian Tyler Tenbarge
reads his deacon promises
March 5 during a ceremony
in St. Thomas Aquinas
Chapel at St. Meinrad
Archabbey and Theological
Seminary, where Tenbarge
is a Third Year Theology
student. He joined 16 classmates in making the deacon promises. Standing to
his right is his classmate
Richard Taryn Whittington
of the Diocese of Little
Rock, Ark. In the other
photo, he stands with
Father Tony Ernst, right,
pastor of Sts. Peter and
Paul Parish in Haubstadt,
and Father Sudhakar
Bhastati, associate pastor.
Sts. Peter and Paul is his
home parish.
Photos courtesy of St. Meinrad
Theological Seminary
INDIANAPOLIS — A rise in
abandoned infants in Indiana
prompted one lawmaker to
take action. Rep. Casey Cox,
R-Ft. Wayne, authored a bill to
expand Indiana’s safe haven
law to provide a monitored,
baby-drop box for parents in
crisis — to safely give up their
child without fear of punishment or face-to-face interaction. The Indiana Catholic
Conference supports the legislation.
The legislation, House Bill
1016, would authorize the
state to approve qualifying
service providers to install and
operate a newborn safety incubator which would be monitored for immediate response
once a baby was dropped-off.
Cox, who presented his bill
Feb. 19 to the House Public
Health panel, said the goal of
the legislation is to “reduce
infant mortality” in the state,
saying this type of infant mortality is “completely avoidable.” According to the
Ambulance Medical
Technician (AMT) Children of
Hope Foundation, nationwide
there is an estimated 200 abandoned newborns each year
who are abandoned and die
before someone finds them.
He said the actual number is
estimated to be about three
times higher due to the babies
REP. CASEY FOX
(R-FT. WAYNE)
that die, but are never found.
Cox explained that Indiana
created safe haven laws in the
1990’s in response to an increase
in abandoned babies, which
allowed parents to relinquish
parental rights of a child in certain circumstances. Cox said
that all 50 states have some version of the safe haven law. Cox
said that as long as there are no
signs of abuse, Indiana’s safe
haven law allows legal
anonymity, but not full
anonymity. Current law
requires an in-person, face-toface interaction between parents, a police officer, firefighter,
or hospital personnel in order to
gain legal immunity protection.
“The face-to-face interaction is
debilitating to the purpose of
the safe haven law,” said Cox.
“Can we further the policy?
Can we make the existing safe
haven law better by providing a
greater amount of anonymity? I
See ICC, page 11
Note to readers
40 years of
service
John Casper, center,
is honored for his 40
years of service to
Washington Catholic
High School. Karie
Craney, principal,
said, “Mr. Casper
spent the first 20
years at the ticket
gate for Washington
Catholic, and he has
spent the last 20
years keeping the
boys’ varsity basketball team book.” At
right, he is joined by
his wife, Connie,
and his son, Jon.
Photo submitted courtesy Karie Craney
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MARCH 13, 2015
The Way of the Cross . . . live it every day!
What benefits did we secure by Christ’s sacrifice at
the cross? Do we think about the grace we received,
and how we apply it to our daily life? We are
halfway through the Lenten Season; this holy time of
year is more than six weeks of sacrifice and extra
prayer. These 40 days of observing Christ’s preparation for His Passion and Resurrection should be
more than preparing for Easter. The meaning for this
season is a daily reminder of how much God loves
us.
The Paschal Mystery is one of the central concepts
of Christian faith. Our salvation history is recorded
in the passion, death and Resurrection of Christ. But
it is more than a concept, it is part of our everyday
life; it is the hidden strength in all that we do, and all
that we are. “Paschalis Mysterii” is a document
issued by Pope Paul VI on May 9, 1969. In this text
he approved a reorganization of the liturgical year
and calendar of the Roman Rite. This change allowed
the faithful to communicate in the mystery of Christ
within the cycle of the Church year. It is beautiful to
participate in this mystery of faith during Mass, the
liturgy of the Church. We also experience the process
of dying and rising in the Sacrament of
Reconciliation. Sin separates us from God, but
because of His love and grace we always have hope.
Jesus taught us that new life can come from death,
and we can find meaning in times of misery. His
GRATITUDE FOR
THE GIFT OF FAITH
ZOE CANNON
death on the Cross is more than symbolic; as
Christian believers, we reverence it with honor and
purpose. We cling to it in our own pain and suffering, as we share in the heavy burden of carrying the
Cross.
Pilgrimages have been made to Jerusalem for centuries to retrace the footsteps and meditate on The
Passion of Christ. The tradition of prayerfully
observing the images of His trek to Calvary began
with St. Francis of Assisi. This practice extended
throughout the Roman Catholic Church in medieval
times for those who could not travel to the Holy
Land. An English pilgrim, William Wey, first used
the word “stations” or halting places, in a chronicle
after visiting the Holy Land in the mid-15th century.
He described pilgrims following the footsteps of
Jesus to the cross. If we are truly committed to the
teachings of Jesus, we follow His footsteps to the
cross every day. The Stations of the Cross are prayed
during Lent to commemorate the Passion, but we
can pray this devotion anytime of the year.
We all know someone who is suffering, either
physically or spiritually. I read a verse from an
unknown author; it seemed to capture a very real
description of the grieving process. “Grief never ends
. . . But it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay.
Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith . . .
it is the price of love.” Imagine the grief of the
Blessed Mother as she followed Jesus to Mount
Calvary. The Via Dolorosa (The Sorrowful Way) is
the traditional route in the old city of Jerusalem
where Jesus traveled to His Crucifixion. Mary experienced the price of love as she watched salvation
unfold in the death of her son.
We live in a world where persecution of Christian
people is still very real. Good versus evil is discussed
in the news every day. Scripture tells us: “You are too
just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone
wrongdoing.” — Habakkuk 1:13 “But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8
God must grieve when we are weak in this battle,
but He loves us anyway. Please keep soldiering
beyond the Lenten Season. Christ is counting on you!
Amen!
Zoe Cannon is a member of Sts. Francis and Clare
Parish in Morgantown, Indiana.
Dylan, Ryan and Kyle
One afternoon when my roommates Rus and Gabe
were out doing street evangelism, they walked past a
young man sitting in a white Crown Vic. Rus felt
slightly drawn to talk to him, but wasn’t sure it was
what God wanted, so he kept walking.
Ten paces later though, the slight draw became a
magnetic force tugging Rus to go back, so he and
Gabe stopped to pray. This is common for us missionaries; when we can’t tell if a desire to talk to someone
is from the Lord or not, we’ll often wait to see what
happens if we don’t immediately act on it. If the
desire intensifies, that can be a sign of the Holy Spirit
at work.
Rus decided that they should talk and he invited
Gabe, who was new to mission work, to start the conversation. Gabe was nervous and did his best to make
a friendly introduction, but the young man only
glared and said, “I don’t want to talk to you guys.”
Gabe asked why, and the young man retorted,
“Because you guys don’t believe what I believe.”
Undeterred, Rus squatted next to the open window
and asked playfully, “How do you know?” At this,
the young man cracked a smile, got out of the car,
and introduced himself as Dylan. Dylan was thickly
built and wore a bowling shirt, baggy jeans and
BRUISED, HURTING
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stood in the street by Dylan’s car for nearly two hours
talking about the Lord, reading the Bible and laughing
like old friends.
When it was time to end, the five men put their
hands on each other’s shoulders and prayed that the
Lord would establish their friendship as a light to the
neighborhood. Dylan and Ryan also prayed for jobs,
and for more time with their kids. Looking around the
circle, hands on Rus’ and Ryan’s shoulders, Kyle
exclaimed, “Man, this is totally the Lord! The whole
neighborhood needs this!”
Kyle’s perspective reminds me of Pope Francis’ call
to those seeking to renew their cities to look, “With a
gaze of faith which sees God dwelling in their homes,
in their streets and squares. God’s presence accompanies the sincere efforts of individuals and groups to
find encouragement and meaning in their lives. He
dwells among them, fostering solidarity, fraternity and
the desire for goodness, truth and justice” (E.G. 71).
We’ve been able to see all three of them regularly
since then, and I’m happy to report that less than a
month after we prayed Ryan and Dylan both had jobs
and were seeing their kids much more often. Thank
you, Lord!
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Rus felt moved to tell Dylan about how God wants
to use committed friendships to leaven the whole
neighborhood, especially to heal it from the destructive effects of loneliness and drug addiction. He
explained that these committed friendships would be
the authentic version of brotherhood that gang life
distorts, helping men conquer temptation instead of
leading them straight into it.
This struck a chord in Dylan, who confided that he
had a friend like that named Ryan, whom he’d known
since they were in diapers. Their mothers were addicted to crack cocaine and absent, but their fathers had
become fast friends in their joint struggle as single
fathers. Right as Dylan finished talking about Ryan,
he pointed behind them and said, “Hey, here he is
now!” Sure enough, a thin young man with a faint
moustache and a Bob Marley jacket
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walked up and joined the conversation.
The name of his column comes from “Evangelii
Dylan and Ryan told the missionaries
Gaudium,” Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the joy
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of the Gospel. In it, he writes, ”I prefer a Church which is
other from violence, temptation and even
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Sister Kathy discusses her murdered
father and opposing the death penalty
BY BENEDICTINE SISTER KATHY CASH Special to The Message
My parents taught me from an early age to respect
life. We didn’t kill things in our house, except maybe
the occasional fruit fly. We learned early on how to
treat others with kindness and compassion, even if
they had done something to hurt us. When we
argued, we had to stop and listen to each others’
positions rather than yelling and screaming. And
most of all, my parents taught the three of us (my
brother, sister and me) that it is never okay to kill
another person. I was born into a small house on what used to be
known simply as the prison farm just outside of
Eddyville, Ky. My dad was a guard and farm supervisor. Each day he took his crew of men out to milk
the cows and complete the daily farm chores. But his
time with his prisoners did not end when he clocked
out at the end of the day. Each year he would sign
out several of his guys so that they could go to midnight mass on Christmas Eve. My mom and I would
bake cookies to send to work with my father so that
the guys could have a little snack on their
break. From what I know, he never treated the men as
though they were irreparably damaged goods. He
didn’t see them for the crimes they had committed
but for the human beings that they were. He had an
inherent trust in other people. My aunt once asked
him if he was ever afraid of working among so many
criminals. He responded that they didn’t scare him –
they were just people, too. Few ever tried to escape
and if anyone ever did, Dad would hand over his
trucks keys immediately. He didn’t even carry a
gun. He liked working with and learning from the
men on his crew. In fact, my father’s attitude towards
the men won him much respect among the prisoners
as well as his superiors. He was well-liked by everyone.
On May 9, 1986, my dad set off for work early in
the morning. He met with his crew and took them
out to work. However, work halted quickly when the
tractor they had planned on using broke unexpectedly. My father asked one man, William Thompson, to
stay with him to fix the tractor and sent the rest of the
crew on to begin the day’s work. Shortly after the
other men left the two of them alone, my father
leaned over to check something. Mr. Thompson took
a wrench that the two had been using and hit my
father repeatedly in the head. This was my father, a
man who respected his men enough to stay after
work for a talk, who had helped feed Thanksgiving
dinner to his crew, who said that if anyone wanted to
escape he would simply hand over the keys. And Mr.
Thompson did not just hit him one time. Reports
showed that my father was struck in the head 12
times, though he must have been unconscious after
the second or third strike. My father, of course, had
no chance. He was dead long before his supervisors
found him a half-hour later. I was only three years
old when I became a victim’s family member, when I
lost my father to murder.
In Kentucky there is no gray area when it comes to
killing a prison guard. Once convicted of this crime,
the punishment is almost automatic — death by
lethal injection. By October of that year, Mr.
Thompson found himself still in my beautiful hometown of Eddyville, but now on the other side of the
city in the maximum security state penitentiary,
where he bore the label of death-row inmate. In a
town with two state prisons, Kentucky’s law is held
in high regard. Many friends spoke highly of the fate
of Mr. Thompson. My mother, though, did not agree.
My mother is a truly amazing woman. She is a
woman of faith who faced incredible hardship in her
life. Her life changed drastically that morning in early
May. She lost her husband and her home. She lost the
father of her three children, and she lost the security
most feel in small town life. All of these things, and
so many more, had been ripped unjustly from her by
a man that she knew, someone she had baked cookies
for and even prepared meals for. But my mother was
not vengeful. From what I’m told (though I have little
memory) she almost immediately began working to
change Kentucky’s law. She did not believe that the
death penalty should be invoked in this case or in
any case. When she had the chance, she would grab a
politician’s ear. She wrote letters to lobbyists. She
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The Catholic Diocese of Evansville coat of arms appears in
the banner on the front page of The Message, and elsewhere in the paper.
The crescent in the coat of arms symbolizes two
important elements. Evansville, Ind., is situated on a
bend of the Ohio River. As a result, it can suitably
be called a “Crescent City.” The crescent also
symbolizes the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is the
patroness of the diocese.
Appearing immediately below the crescent is the
representation of a crenellated battlement or fortification wall. This represents the original Fort
Vincennes, established as a trading post, which suggests that the diocese derives from historic Vincennes,
Ind., and that the Catholic Faith is a mighty fortress.
The two waves at the bottom of the shield represent the
waters of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers. The Wabash forms the
western boundary of the diocese, and the Ohio forms its southern boundary.
Spiritually, the waves represent the cleansing waters of Baptism.
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pushed for life sentences that would
keep such dangerous
prisoners locked up
with no possibility
for parole. She was
known among prolife advocates in
Kentucky. But in our
SISTER KATHY CASH
small town, people
preferred that she
keep her mouth shut. Most people who live there are
either prison employees or related to one. Those citizens who work day in and day out with the most
dangerous prisoners in the state feel that the only
way to protect their own lives is to have laws that
advocate strict and sure punishment. They believe
that the death penalty is the only way to keep prisoners from attempting more murders like my father’s.
And so my mother learned to be quiet, to keep peace.
But she never said she agreed with it. My mother’s witness was strong for me. She taught
me a lot about right and wrong. I learned from her
that the eye-for-an-eye policy does not lead to a just
world. When I was 16, Mr. Thompson’s attorneys
called for an appeal of the sentence. By that time, I
was old enough to think for myself. I realized that I
had always been against the death penalty just
because my mother told me that was how I ought to
feel. I remember finally coming to terms with exactly
what had happened to my father. I was angry at Mr.
Thompson for taking my dad away from me. I was
upset with the system that had allowed such a dangerous man to be in a minimum security prison. I
was sad that my father would never be around to see
me play soccer or graduate from high school. But as I
began to grapple with all of the issues, I realized that
even in my anger and sadness, my sense of right and
wrong was the same as it had always been. I did
agree with my mother. Killing is not okay. I believe in
life and in a consistent life ethic. To me, believing in
life means believing that all life is of God, all life
deserves respect and no human can make a judgment
See CASH, page 10
March 18 – The Light
will be on for you
BY THE MESSAGE STAFF
Next Wednesday, March 18, Catholics across our 12 counties will have a great opportunity to obtain God’s mercy and
forgiveness during the Lenten event, “The Light is On for
You.” Parishes will offer extended schedules of private, personal confession. One parish will “leave the light on for you”
on March 27, another on April 1. Here is the schedule:
March 18
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Resurrection, Evansville
6-8 p.m., St. Benedict Cathedral, Evansville
6-8 p.m., St. John, Daylight
6 p.m., Holy Redeemer, Evansville
6-8 p.m., Holy Rosary, Evansville
6-8 p.m., Nativity, Evansville
6-8 p.m., St. Boniface Parish, Sacred Heart Church,
Evansville
6-8 p.m., St. James, Haubstadt
6-8 p.m., Sts. Peter and Paul, Haubstadt
6-8 p.m., Precious Blood, Jasper
6-8 p.m., St. Philip, Posey County
6-8 p.m., St. Joseph, Princeton
6-8 p.m., Sacred Heart, Vincennes
6-9 p.m., Our Lady of Hope, Washington
7-8 p.m., St. Joseph, Jasper
7-9 p.m., St. John the Baptist, Vincennes
March 27
6-8 p.m., St. Peter, Linton
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April 1
After 6:30 p.m. Mass, St. Clement, Boonville
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A look at ‘the state of being poor’
Webster defines poverty succinctly: “The state of
being poor.”
As part of this special issue of The Message, we
share with you a pastoral letter on poverty issued by
Indiana’s five bishops. Please spend some time in
that special section, and please keep it for future reference.
Fifty years ago, the federal poverty line was $1,540
for one person and $3,130 for a family of four —
annually. Based on 52 40-hour workweeks, those
numbers translate to $.75 an hour for one person and
$1.50 an hour for the head of a family of four. Yes —
75 cents, and a buck-and-a-half.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the federal poverty line through 2014 is $11,670 for one and
$23,850 for a family of four. Based on the same 52 40hour workweeks, those numbers translate to $5.61 an
hour for one and $11.46 an hour for the head of a
family of four.
How can we not “see, judge and act” — as our
bishops have called us to do in their pastoral letter?
More than a million of our fellow Hoosiers are living
at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level.
Personally, I find myself drawn — again and again
— to two elements outlined in the “act” section of the
letter that relates to health care:
“Promote and defend human dignity from the
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TIM LILLEY
moment of conception until natural death;” and
“Attend to the whole person . . . .”
Those concepts call to mind visions of a tiny coalmining “patch” in southwestern Pennsylvania . . .
where I grew up. When people ask me where I’m
from, I always say Uniontown, Pa. because that was
the county seat — and where my parish was. The
house Mom and Dad bought — unfinished — in
1950 was in that little coal-mining patch — about
four miles west of town.
There were maybe four-dozen homes spread across
a half-dozen streets, and many of them were the kind
of two-story duplexes known in that part of the
world, in that time, as “company houses.” At some
point before I came along, a coal company owned
much of the place, and people lived in the company
houses and shopped at the “company store.”
Dad worked in a mine; Mom stayed home. We
weren’t rich, for sure; but Dad made way more than
the hourly rate that would have landed us at or
below that 1965 poverty line.
My recollection is that about three in 10 of the families in the patch lived in poverty. More importantly
— in my opinion, at least — they lived in a place
without hope . . . without any sense that their circumstances would change. Their children — some of
whom were my best childhood friends — seemingly
inherited that perspective; and they made their own
reality of poverty.
I blame no one; point no fingers. But the fact
remains that I had no advantages over them —
except that I never heard that I couldn’t do anything I
wanted to do . . . be anything I wanted to be. I thank
God daily for parents who promoted and defended
human dignity — mine and their own — and who
attended to my whole person. I implore myself —
and all of you — to help break the cycle of poverty
by encouraging the poor as much as we help them in
other ways.
Our bishops have completed a groundbreaking
effort with this important pastoral letter. Read it, and
take it to heart; please.
Contact me any time at tlilley@evdio.org with your
comments, questions or suggestions. My Twitter feed is
@Timonbass.
‘Unmask’ this Lent, and consider remaining unmasked
This week, I got to teach the junior high religious
education class at Resurrection Catholic School in
Evansville. The lesson plan was based on the temptation of Jesus in the desert. We read the passage
from Matthew and discussed how Jesus went into
the desert to do the kind of soul-searching and
temptation-facing that we are all called to do during Lent.
As part of the lesson, I explained to the students
that people often wear masks during the Mardi
Gras activities that come just before Lent. Masks are
symbolic of the way we attempt to hide our true
natures. I explained that Lent is a time for taking
off our masks and examining ourselves honestly in
the light of God’s unconditional love for us.
The lesson plan called for the students to decorate paper masks. I asked them to decorate the outside of the masks with words, images and colors
that represent the “outside” selves they project to
the world. On the inside of the masks, they were to
reveal their “inside” selves — the persons that only
God sees. I encouraged them to write down the
anxieties and shortcomings that they keep hidden
from others, as
well as the
insights, gifts and
abilities that they
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age them to complete this task honestly, I separated
them while they worked and told them that they
would not have to show their masks to anyone,
including me.
Since I always participate in classroom assignments, I made my own mask. Decorating the outside of the mask was easy. I know the kind of
image I try to project — the Karen Muensterman
that I want others see. Decorating the inside of the
mask was harder, but perhaps easier for me than it
was for my students. I am much older and have
been engaged in practices of self-awareness, meditation and reflection for longer than they have been
alive. I stay in pretty close touch with the “real me”
— although she rarely gets out of my head, much
less my house.
Back in my office after class, I was getting ready
to crumple my mask up and throw it away when it
suddenly occurred to me that, in a different way, I
do the same thing after every Lent. I spend 40 days
coming to terms with my true self; and then at the
end of Lent, I let out a long sigh of relief, reward
myself with some
chocolate, and go back
to my old way of life. In
effect, I put the mask
News from the
UE Newman Center
March 16 — 5:30 p.m. dinner meeting with
Bishop Charles C. Thompson.
March 18 — 7 p.m. Mid-Lenten
Theological Reflection with St. Meinrad
seminarians.
March 20 — “Faith Night” at the
Evansville Icemen; Newman Club will
provide tickets for UE students.
Email kr53@evansville.edu or call 812-7608610 for information.
Clarification
A photo caption in the March 6 issue of
The Message misidentified Indiana State
Repesentative Jeffrey Thompson. He is a
Republican from Lizton.
back on and walk back out into the world as if my
desert experience had never happened.
It occurs to me that Jesus did the exact opposite.
In the desert, Jesus took off the socially conventional mask the world had been seeing for 30 years and
came face to face with His outer self. What did He
see? Probably, He saw a good Jew who followed
the rules without questioning whether they were
fair; a good Son who stayed within the social norms
and never caused his parents pain; a good carpenter who kept his nose out of other’s people’s business and His heart out of other people’s problems.
Being a full-fledged human, Jesus wrestled with
the temptations all human beings wrestle with. He
was tempted to use his gifts and abilities for personal profit instead of for the common good; He
was tempted to compromise His values for the sake
of popularity and recognition; He was tempted to
grab as much power and influence in life as He
could. Many times during those 40 days, He was
probably tempted to put the mask back on and
return to his old way of life.
But He didn’t.
In an act of unparalleled courage, Jesus turned
the mask inside out. He emerged from the desert
and, for the next three years, He lived according to
God’s will. We call these three years the “public
life” of Jesus; and in that time, He transformed the
world. What would my life be like if I went public
with my true self? What would the world be like if
we all did?
Karen Muensterman is Parish Catechetical Leader at
Evansville’s Resurrection Parish.
Diocesan policy:
Report and inform
Report child abuse
Every allegation of child abuse
must be reported to Child Protection
Services, an agency of Indiana state
government.
Toll-free: 800-800-5556
Denuncie
Toda acusación de abuso de un
niño debe ser reportado a los
Servicios de Protección del Niño
(Child Protection Service, CPS), una
agencia del gobierno del estado de
Indiana.
Gratis: 800-800-5556
Report and inform
In the event of an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor (a person under
18) by diocesan personnel, report the
allegation to authorities, and inform
the Victims Assistance Coordinator
for the diocese.
Toll-free: 866-200-3004, local: 812490-9565
Denuncie e informe
En caso de una acusación del abuso
sexual de un menor de edad (persona
menor de 18 años) por personal
diocesano, es la pol’tica de la diócesis
de Evansville reportar la acusación a
las autoridades públicas e informar al
Coordinador Diocesano de Asistencia
para las V’ctimas.
Gratis: 866-200-3004, local: 812-4909565
The Message
MARCH 13, 2015
5
On living Lent’s character of penance
St. Benedict tells us that the monk’s
life should be a constant Lent. But he
understands that even monks cannot
maintain the discipline of this holy season all year long. Nonetheless, the
Lenten character of penance, penance
for the sake of the coming kingdom,
may be an appropriate mindset for
every Christian all the time. How
might we possibly live that practically?
LENTEN REFLECTION
BY BENEDICTINE FATHER
GODFREY MULLEN
Special to The Message
We can easily turn to the Rule of St.
Benedict: Chapter One on the Four
Types of Monks. There are the cenobites — the monks who live in community under a Rule and an abbot; and
the anchorites — the monks who, after
being tried and proven in communal
life, take up the solitary life of the
desert. But then there are also two
“detestable” types of monks: the
Bishop’s
glorify what I prefer
sarabaites, whose charand condemn what I
acter is soft as lead and
don’t like, simply
who call holy what
because of my preferthey like and forbid
ence? Then maybe I’m
what is distasteful to
partially a sarabaite. Do
them; and the
I move quickly from
gyrovagues, who travel
around endlessly,
friend to friend so that
leaching off various
I’ll never be challenged? Do I resist putcommunities and making a nuisance of themting down roots in genselves.
uine companionship
Now, the typical
and authentic intimacy
reader of The Message
in favor of some more
may be saying, “So
fleeting relationships
what does all this have
that interest me but are
to do with me?” For
FATHER GODFREY MULLEN obviously not good for
anyone, the wisdom of
me? Do I rely all too
St. Benedict can be a bright light for
often on the kindness of strangers,
faithful living. Do I sometimes become
even when I could provide for others
the sarabaite, allowing myself to judge
with the gifts I’ve been given? Do I
others based far less on objective, true
want to be a gyrovague?
and charitable judgment and far more
The Lenten journey we make each
on what I like or how I do things?
year and the year-round Lenten charDoes my character become soft by say- acter of the committed Christian life
call us from the dim and blurry pering one thing and living another? Do I
BY THE MESSAGE STAFF
Mass, Alumni Day of Service,
St. Benedict Cathedral,
Evansville, Saturday, March 14,
4:30 p.m. CDT.
In recognition of the Year of
Consecrated Life, The Message will be
publishing profiles of religious orders
who are serving in the Diocese of
Evansville. This is the first in that
series.
Mass, Installation of Father Ron
Kreilein as Pastor, St. Bernard
Parish, Rockport, Sunday, March
15, 10:30 a.m. CDT.
Priest’s Banquet, Knights of
Columbus, St. Clement worship
site, Boonville, Sunday, March 15,
5 p.m. CDT.
Dinner and Student
Discussion, University of
Evansville Newman Center,
Evansville, Monday, March 16,
5:30 p.m. CDT.
Name: Sisters of St. Benedict of
Ferdinand, Indiana
Official
From the desk of
Bishop Charles C. Thompson
Father Frank Renner has been
appointed pastor of Sts. Peter and
Paul Parish in Petersburg and
Blessed Sacrament Parish in
Oakland City, effective July 1.
Location: Ferdinand, Ind.
Year established in the diocese: 1944
Current number of members: 150
grant populations and helping the
homeless, the poor and those recovering from addictions.
What are the charisms of your community? We, the Sisters of St. Benedict of
Ferdinand, Indiana, are monastic
women seeking God through the
Benedictine tradition of community
life, prayer, hospitality and service to
others. By our life and work, we commit ourselves to be a presence of peace
as we join our sisters and brothers in
the common search for God.
How has this focus changed over
the years? Not as high a percentage of teachers
as in the past.
What are the current focuses of
your community within the diocese
and in general? Members serve in Indiana, Kentucky
and Peru. Ministries include teaching,
serving in parishes, offering
retreats, providing health
care, counseling individuals, working with immi-
Meeting, Presbyterate, Catholic
Center, Evansville, Wednesday,
March 18, 9:30 a.m. CDT.
How can people connect with you
and help you in the diocese? To learn more about connecting with
the community, visiting, volunteering,
becoming an Oblate, or attending a
program, visit www.thedome.org, or
send an email to info@thedome.org.
Send prayer requests to www.thedome.org/prayer-requests/. Our phone
number is 812-367-1411. Sisters Teresa
Gunter and Anita Louise Lowe are
vocations directors.
Following are Pope Francis’ posts to Twitter from
March 3-9. The Holy Father did not post daily
during that week.
Meeting, Deans, Catholic
Center, Evansville, Wednesday,
March 18, 12:30 p.m. CDT.
MARCH 3
“The heart grows hard when it does not love.
Lord, give us a heart that knows how to love.”
“El corazón se endurece cuando no ama. Señor,
danos un corazón que sepa amar.”
Reconciliation, The Light Is On
For You, St. Benedict Cathedral,
Evansville, Wednesday, March 18,
6 p.m. CDT.
MARCH 5
“If we are too attached to riches, we are not free.
We are slaves.”
“Si estamos demasiado apegados a las riquezas,
no somos libres. Somos esclavos.”
Mass, Women’s Cursillo, Sarto
Retreat House Chapel, Evansville,
Friday, March 20, 7:15 a.m. CDT.
Dinner, Friends of Sts. Mary
and John Parish, held at St. John
Cafeteria, Evansville, Saturday,
March 21, 6:30 p.m. CDT.
Mass, Installation of Father
Kenneth Walker as Pastor, St.
John the Evangelist Parish, held
at St. John worship site,
Loogootee, Sunday, March 22,
10:30 a.m. EDT.
Benedictine Father Godfrey Mullen is
the rector of St. Benedict Cathedral in
Evansville.
Profile: Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana
Schedule
Mass, Installation of Father Ron
Kreilein as Pastor, St. Martin
Parish, held at St. Martin worship
site, Chrisney, Sunday, March 15,
9 a.m. CDT.
spective of our skewed, selfish lives to
the bright resurrection light of truth
and peace. When ashes were put on
our heads at the beginning of this season, didn’t we hear the mandate to
change, to grow, to reject sin (even
when glamorous) and embrace the
challenging and engaging gospel of
life? And don’t we see the joy that this
Good News brings us?
As we celebrate Lent during this
Year of Consecrated Life, let’s learn
from the wisdom of St. Benedict. By
acknowledging our temptation to
being a sarabaite or gyrovague, or
both, perhaps we’ll open ourselves
more to the grace that Christ offers us;
the grace of conversion, of hospitality,
of peace, of fidelity, of hope — hope in
our own resurrection from death,
through Jesus Christ, whose mercy is
matched by His majesty.
Selfie of the week
Photographer Anna Ubelhor, left, Rosanne Boszor, Judy
VanHoosier and Debbie Achilles are members of the staff at
Good Shepherd School. Ubelhor shot this selfie during a recent
skating party for the students, faculty and staff.
MARCH 7
“Let us build our lives of faith on the rock who
is Christ.”
“Construyamos nuestra vida de fe sobre la
roca, que es Cristo.”
MARCH 9
“Humility saves man: pride makes him lose his
way.”
“La humildad salva al hombre; la soberbia le
hace errar el camino.”
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General Interest
The Mater Dei Stage Show, 7
p.m. each night, March 13 and 14,
Mater Dei High School Kempf
Auditorium, Evansville; show
theme is “Once Upon A Time” featuring the Mater Dei band, choir,
Dance Cats and color guard; tickets are $5/person.
“Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary
Mission” Retreat, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.,
March 14, Holy Redeemer, Evansville; 7:30 a.m. Mass followed by
music at 8:30; focus on bringing
purpose into everyday life; March
13 join John Wood at 6 p.m. for an
hour of Adoration followed by 7
p.m. Stations of the Cross.
Annual Good Friday Ecumenical Breakfast, 9 a.m. registration,
April 3, Madden Hall, St. James,
Haubstadt; ladies of all parishes
invited; reservations by March 19
by calling Donna at 812-867-5242,
Wanda at 812-867-6366, Toni at
812-768-6707.
Diocesan Choir Rehearsal for
Chrism Mass, March 22 and 29, 2-4
p.m., St. Benedict Cathedral School,
Evansville; singers and instrumentalists of all ages and abilities from
all parishes are invited; the Chrism
Mass will be celebrated March 31,
5:30 p.m., St. Benedict Cathedral;
for more information contact
Jeremy Korba at 812-589-3886 or by
e-mail at jkorba@evdio.org.
and 5:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesdays,
March 31-May 19, St. Mary’s Wellness Center, Epworth Crossing,
Newburgh; safe and effective way
to ease the symptoms of arthritis
including pain, depression,
decreased range of motion; call
812-485-5725 to reserve a spot.
Diabetes Classes at Memorial
Hospital, Jasper, Outsmarting
Diabetes, four-hour class, Fridays, 8
a.m.-noon or two, two-hour classes, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 5-7
p.m., program teaches participants
how to control diabetes, physician’s referral required; Outsmarting Pre-Diabetes, first Thursday of
each month from 11:30-1 p.m. or
second Wednesday of each month
from 5:30-7 p.m., focuses on diabetes prevention plan; for more
information or to pre-register call
812-996-0521.
March Fitness Class Schedule at
Memorial Hospital, Monday, Get
Fit 55+, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Core 20,
12:10-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Cardio
HIIT, 4:10-4:30 p.m., Core 20, 4:40-5
p.m., Jazzercise Strength45, 5:456:30 p.m., Jazzercise® Dance Mixx,
6:45-7:45 p.m.; Wednesday, Get Fit
Yoga, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Shape It Up,
5:30-6:30 p.m., Yoga Fitness, 6:457:45 p.m.; Thursday, Core 20, 12:1012:30 p.m., Yoga Flow, 4:15-5:15
p.m., Jazzercise® Dance Mixx, 5:306:30 p.m., Jazzercise® Strength45,
6:45-7:30 p.m.; Friday, Get Fit
Shuffle 10:30-11:15 a.m.; all classes
held at Memorial Southside Office,
Jasper; for more information or to
register visit www.mhhcc.org or
call 812-996-2399.
College Faith Life
Monday Night Dinner and
Discussion, 5:30-7:30 p.m., UE
Newman Center, Evansville; March
16, visit with Bishop Charles C.
Thompson; March 23, Father Tony
Ernst presents Four Marks of the
Church; March 30, Benedictine
Father Godfrey Mullen discusses
Holy Week.
Wednesday Night Faith Exploration, 4:30-6 p.m. study break at
Jazzman’s, 6-7 p.m. dinner at
Ridgway, 7-8:15 p.m. mid-Lenten
reflection at UE Newman Center,
Evansville, March 18.
Classes/Workshops Cursillo
Cooley at scooley@evdio.org, proceeds to benefit Sts. Wendel and
Francis youth attending World
Youth Day in Poland.
Haubstadt Knights of St. John
Chicken Dinner, 10:30 a.m., March
22, Knights of St. John Hall, Haubstadt; serving fried chicken, dressing, dumplings, mashed potatoes,
green beans, corn, cole slaw,
dessert; dine in or carry out; $9.50/
adults, $5/children 10 and under.
55+
Fit Over Fifty, 7 p.m., Mondays,
10 a.m., Tuesdays, 8 a.m. Fridays
during the school year, St. John the
Baptist School Arena, Newburgh;
fitness program designed for people
50 and over includes aerobics,
strength, flexibility, balance exercises, go at your own pace; no cost,
donations accepted; for information
call the parish office at 812-490-1000.
Fundraisers
Pot of Gold Dinner/Dance/Auction, doors open 5 p.m., dinner
served at 6 p.m., dance/auction 7-11
p.m., March 14, Holy Cross School
Kaiser Hall, Haubstadt; tickets
$30/single, $60/couple; call parish
office at 812-753-3548 for tickets.
Sts. Peter and Paul Annual
Rummage Sale, 7:30a.m. $5 early
bird entry, 8 a.m. doors open, March
14, Sts. Peter and Paul Family Life
Center, Haubstadt; merchandise
organized and priced to sell; sponsored by Sts. Peter and Paul PTO.
Pre-Cooked, Barbecued Slabs
of Dewig Ribs and Pork Butts,
$20/ribs, $25/pork butts; pick up
March 14, 4:30-7:30 p.m. St.
Wendel School back dock; to
order call parish office at 812-9633733 or email Sherie Cooley at
scooley@evdio.org; proceeds to
benefit Sts. Wendel and Francis
youth attending World Youth Day
in Poland.
Country Breakfast, 7-11 a.m.,
March 15, Mary, Help of Christian’s Parish Center, Mariah Hill;
serving whole hog sausage, scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, biscuits
and gravy, homemade bread,
muffins, pastries, choice of beverage; $8/adults, $4/ages 4 to 11,
free for ages under 4.
Small Flock Chicken Care
Workshop, 1-5 p.m., March 14,
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice,
St. Mary-of-the-Woods; workshop
will cover chicken physiology, baby
chick care, equipment needs, shelter needs, feeding, basic health and
hygiene for flocks of 30 or fewer
chickens; $25/person, pre-registration required; for more information
or to register call 812-535-2932 or
email rmorton@spsmw.org.
Ultreya Information: First Monday, 6:30 p.m., Our Lady of Hope,
Washington; second Monday, 7
p.m., St. Joseph, Jasper; fourth Monday, 7 p.m., Sts. Peter and Paul,
Haubstadt; second Thursday, 7 p.m.,
St. John the Baptist, Newburgh; second Thursday, 7 p.m., St. Paul, Tell
City; third Thursday, 7 p.m.,
Annunciation of the Lord, Evansville;
last Thursday, 7 p.m., Resurrection,
Evansville.
St. Patrick Family Game and
Card Party, noon, March 15, Sts.
Peter and Paul cafeteria, Haubstadt;
free door prizes, sandwiches, chips
and drink; Chinese auction, halfpot, snacks available; board games
welcome; $5/person, $15/family;
for reservations call 812-768-6941 or
812-753-5048; for more information
contact Ann Minnis at 812-7686768; proceeds to benefit Right to
Life of Gibson County.
Medic First Aid Refresher with
AED, 8-11 a.m., March 23,
Community Classroom, Memorial
Hospital Southside Office, Jasper;
basic training course in emergency
care designed for use in the business/industrial setting; cost is $40,
limited class size; for information
or to register call 812-996-2399.
Dinners
Big Bingo Spectacular, March
15, The Old National Events Plaza,
Evansville; doors open 4 p.m.,
dinner 5 p.m., big bingo and auction begins 6 p.m.; ticket includes
dinner, beverages, Big Bingo
Game cards; attendance prizes,
scramble auction, silent auction
items, Irish entertainment; tickets,
$65/person, $60/age 65 and over,
tables of 8/$440; for tickets call
812-474-2943, ext. 303, email echs-
Tai Chi for Arthritis, 1:30-2:30
p.m., Mondays, March 30-May 18
SWAFFY Rib Dinner, 5-7 p.m.,
March 14, St. Wendel School
Cafetorium, Wadesville; serving
ribs, Texas potatoes, baked beans,
slaw, bread, dessert, beverage; kid’s
menu includes hotdog, macaroni
and cheese, applesauce, dessert,
beverage; tickets $9/adults, $5/children 12 and under, call parish office
at 812-963-3733 or email Sherie
MARCH 13, 2015
2015 Diocesan Fish Fries
Parishes in the Diocese of Evansville were invited to submit
information on fish fries being held during Lent. Below are
the fish fries through March 20.
Evansville East Deanery
Nativity, Evansville, 4:30-7 p.m., March 13 and 20
St. Benedict Cathedral, Evansville, 5-7 p.m., March 13 and 20
St. John, Daylight, 4-7 p.m., March 20
Evansville West Deanery
Resurrection, Evansville, 5-7:30 p.m., March 20
St. Matthew, Mount Vernon, 5-7 p.m., March 20
Holy Redeemer, Evansville, 5-7 p.m., March 13
Jasper Deanery
St. Mary, Huntingburg, 5-7 p.m., March 13 and 20
St. Mary, Ireland, 4 p.m. until sold out, March 13
Newburgh Deanery
St. Clement, Boonville, 4:30-7 p.m., March 13 and 20
St. John the Baptist, Newburgh, 5-7:30 p.m., March 13 and 20
St. Bernard, Rockport, carryout beginning 4:30-5:30 p.m.,
dine in 5-7 p.m., March 13
St. Nicholas, Santa Claus, 4-7 p.m., March 20
Princeton Deanery
St. James, Haubstadt, 4:30-7:30 p.m., March 13
Vincennes Deanery
St. Vincent de Paul, Vincennes, 4:30-8:00 p.m., March 13
St. Francis Xavier (The Old Cathedral), Vincennes, 4-7 p.m.,
March 20
events@evdio.org or send appropriate amount to Evansville
Catholic High Schools, 520 S.
Bennighof Ave., Evansville, IN
47714.
Memorial Hospital Medical Arts
Building Conference Center, Jasper;
allows patients and families to
share information and support; for
more information call 812-996-8478.
Book Fair for Gibault Children’s
Services, buy books or gifts at
Barnes and Noble in store March 21
or online March 21-27 and 10 percent of proceeds will go to Gibault
Children’s Services; Book Fair ID is
11547387; for more questions or
more information call Bob or Jo
Weikert at 812-604-8588.
Women’s Support Group, 6:308 p.m., third Tuesday of each
month, Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center
Conference Room, Memorial
Hospital, Dorbett Street entrance,
Jasper; next meeting is March 17;
offers support for women who
have had cancer of any type and
are currently undergoing cancer
treatment; for more information
call at 812-996-0626.
St. Boniface, Evansville, Bingo,
held in school gym, 2031 W. Michigan; every Friday night, doors open
5:30 p.m., early bird starts 6:30 p.m.
Retreat
Women’s Retreat, March 20-22,
Mount Saint Joseph Conference
and Retreat Center, Maple Mount,
Ky.; “Holiness in Family Life:
Lessons from St. Monica and
Elisabeth Leseur,” will focus on
these women united in constant
prayer for their loved ones to come
to Christ; $180 includes meals and
accommodations, $130/commuters;
for more information or to register
contact Kathy McCarty at 270-2290206 or by email at kathy.mccarty@
maplemount.org.
Support Groups
Your Health and Diabetes
Education, 7-8 p.m., third Monday
of each month, Pavilion Classroom,
Memorial Hospital, Jasper; support
group provides knowledge to help
you feel more secure, manage
problems, avoid hospitalization;
next meeting is March 16; for more
information call 812-996-0521.
Parkinson’s Disease Support
Group, 6:30-8 p.m., March 18,
Vocation
Exploration
Come and See Week, March 2022, Monastery Immaculate
Conception, Ferdinand; open to
single Catholic women, ages 18 to
40; participants will receive an indepth look at Benedictine life as
well as experience prayer, work
and recreation and have retreat
time for personal prayer and faith
sharing; for more information or to
register online visit www.thedome.org/events, call 800-738-9999
or e-mail vocation@thedome.org.
Youth/Young Adult
Camp Nota-Gona-Wheeze, 7:30
a.m.-2 p.m., March 23-27, Delaware
Elementary School, Evansville; free
asthma camp for children in
kindergarten through fifth grade;
campers will learn to identify triggers and tools to help avoid triggers, about medications and how
they work and why it is important
to take as prescribed, share with
other children their age; unique
activities each day; limited number
of openings; for more information
call 812-435-8279 before March 13.
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MARCH 13, 2015
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AROUND
THE
DIOCESE
Handel’s Messiah
in Jasper
“Some people have asked
me how I managed to get the
Evansville Philharmonic
Orchestra and Chorus to do
Handel’s Messiah here at St.
Joseph,” writes Father Ray
Brenner in the newsletter at
the Jasper parish.
“First of all I have been a
patron of the orchestra and
chorus almost since ordination
in 1969. The last couple of
years I have begun to support
it financially more than I used
to. I have season tickets to
both the Classics and the Pops
concerts.
“Gary Wagner, the executive
director made a passing comment one day about performing at St. Joseph. I had a meeting in the Fall of 2014 with
him, the director Alfred Savia
and their technical person.
“I didn’t hear from them for
months, finally I did, asking
me to get a hold of sponsors.
Which I did, plus another
donation of my own. That got
the ball rolling.
“I thought we should have
some tickets here to sell in
advance so he gave me 100,
about a week later I called for
300 more. We sold 350 tickets.
Photo submitted courtesy Fords Portrait Studio
Confirmation in Vincennes
Parishioners from the Vincennes area parishes gather for a photograph after their Confirmation. They include, front row,
Sophia Lane, Erica Johnson, Lyndsey Johnson, Jessica Primus, Anna Donovan, Taylor Buck, Hannah Greenwood, Sydney
Leonard, Madison Hall, Ann Wild, Abigail Wissel, Aaron Preusz, Jillian Banzon, Nathan Miller, second row, Megan Herman,
Gabi Hancock, Isabella Finch, Shelby Stocker, Madeline Halter, Natalie Niehaus, Victoria DeBrock, Karlye Vonderwell, Tanner
Morrison, Ashton Primus, Thomas Vieck, Nick Miller, Jacob Anderson, third row, Father Pascal Nduka, Abe Ramsey, Jack
Cunningham, Ben Templin, Father Dave Fleck and Deacon Cletus Yochum.
Everyone connected with the
orchestra was pleased at performing in a church such as St.
Joseph and talked about
returning. Everyone from here
who attended was pleased.”
Happy Birthday!
Msgr. Kenneth Knapp, a
retired priest of the Diocese of
Evansville, celebrates his
birthday March 18.
Deacon Cyril Will, Good
Shepherd Parish, Evansville,
celebrates his birthday March
18.
Father John Brosmer, pastor
at St. Joseph Parish, Dale, St.
Nicholas Parish, Santa Claus,
and Mary, Help of Christians
Parish, Mariah Hill, celebrates
his birthday March 23.
Anniversaries
of ordination
Father Donald Ackerman, a
retired priest of the Diocese of
Evansville, was ordained to
the priesthood March 18, 1961.
Father Jack Durchholz, pastor at St. Ferdinand Parish,
Ferdinand, was ordained to
the priesthood March 18, 1995.
Pennies
for Patients
Angie Johnson, principal at
St. James School in Haubstadt,
writes, “The real winners of
the Pennies for Patients contest are the patients with
leukemia or lymphoma who
are benefiting from our donation of $1,700.
NATIVITY
PARISH
Happy Birthday!
Kathryn Curtis, parish catechetical leader at Corpus
Christi Parish, Evansville, celebrates her birthday March 20.
Serving Three Fridays
March 13 thru March 27
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Fried Catfish Fillet or
Baked Tilapia Dinners
Anniversaries
at St. Joseph
Congratulations to couples
at St. Joseph Parish in Jasper
celebrating March anniver-
Menu includes:
Salads, vegetables, dessert, drink and our famous
Cheese Biscuits. Chicken Tenders also available.
$9.00 Adults
Children 7 and under FREE with Adult Dinner Purchase
Nativity Parish • 3635 Pollack Avenue, Evansville • 812.476.7186
Photo submitted courtesy Rocky Mattingly
At the baptism
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MARCH 13, 2015
When kids make bad decisions
Even when we
are trying to make
the right decisions, sometimes
we make poor
decisions. Adults
have more life
experiences and a
fully developed
brain, yet can still make bad decisions. Not
surprisingly, children will at some point make
a bad decision. Their brains will not finish
developing until their mid-20s; they lack life
experiences; and their emotions can be all over
the place at times. These factors all inhibit the
ability to make rational decisions.
So, the facts are that kids will make bad
decisions, and some will be worse than others
— lying to mom or dad; cheating on a test;
stealing a candy bar; sneaking out with
friends; getting into a fight, trying an illicit
drug; or having teenage sex. Whenever the
“bad decision” is made it elicits a range of
emotions for the parent(s) and influences how
we respond, which can really solidify the situation as an overall positive or negative experience. If we cannot change the fact that kids do
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indeed make bad
decisions, then we
need to focus on
what’s important
and valuable
JOEL FEHSENFELD,
about those
moments: how we
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respond, seeing
the situation as a
teachable moment for character building, and
how to avoid the really serious bad decisions.
ADVICE FROM
YOUTHFIRST
The Parent response
What is the best approach? Simply put, firm
but loving. It is not blowing up, condemning,
name-calling, judging, threatening, or ridiculing the child. It is keeping calm, expressing
love for the child, but setting appropriate
boundaries and explaining why the decision
was not best for them or for others and consequences of those decisions. It is enacting ageappropriate consequences that are disciplinary,
but that offer an ability to earn back trust and
respect from those affected by the bad decision.
Emphasis should be placed on maintaining a
calm demeanor (walk away before responding
in a way you’ll regret), seeking a unified
response (for a two-parent household), understanding the child/teen and what motivated
them to make the decision (show you hear
them) and ultimately leading to a discussion of
lessons learned and connecting them to character and moral development.
Teachable moments
It’s important to always remember that both
good and bad situations can be used to teach
lessons about life. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train a
child in the way he should go, and when he is
old he will not turn from it.” To discipline
someone means to teach by correction. Jesus
often took examples from society or a situation
that occurred among His disciples to teach lessons. Many times the disciples didn’t get it the
first time, yet He was patient to re-teach lessons until they sank in. In some cases, this
took years . . . or never quite sank in at all.
However, it didn’t change whether He pursued a moment as a teachable moment.
Similarly, parents have the responsibility to
teach and train their children to the best of their
abilities. I would venture to guess that the most
valuable lessons many of us remember are
related to situations in which we messed up
and grew from the experience. So, keep in mind
the power of those moments to play on your
emotions, but ultimately the opportunity you
have to teach something valuable to your child.
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‘Didache Bible’ connects
Scripture with the Catechism
SCRIPTOGRAM
A passage from Sunday’s Scripture readings is represented below in code.
CLUE: In this week’s SCRIPTOGRAM,
Q equals R.
SUGGESTION: See the Gospel
Commentary page in this week’s Message, to find
the citations for the chapters and verses of the readings. Solving the biblical reference will provide clues for solving the
rest of the puzzle.
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When it arrived, I immediately turned “The
Didache Bible” to Luke 22 — which includes
Jesus’ institution of the Eucharist at The Last
Supper — and read the accompanying commentaries, which include direct references to specific
paragraphs in the Catechism of the Catholic
Church. I needed less than five minutes to see
that “The Didache Bible” — a collaborative
effort between Ignatius Press and the Midwest
Theological Forum — provides an effective
bridge between Scripture and the Catechism.
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The Message editor
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What’s the passage? The answer is found on page 11.
CROSSWORD
“While the Catechism has greatly benefited
from its many references to Sacred Scripture,”
the Ignatius Press announcement of the volume’s publication said, “there was, unfortunately, nothing that would allow the reader to
go the other way around — that is, an annotated Bible with commentaries that referenced the
Catechism. Such a Bible would facilitate a better understanding of how a particular verse or
verses are directly related to the teachings of
the Catholic Church.”
That’s it! That’s “The Didache Bible” — a
teaching tool that can help anyone dig deeper
into the CCC and the Bible with the kind of connection that shows our faith’s roots in Scripture.
Catholic blogger Kathy Schiffer wrote a
detailed review of “The Didache Bible” for the
popular Patheos website. In it, she discussed
all of the neat features in the book, which is
founded in the Second Catholic Edition of the
Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
As she noted, those features will, indeed,
enhance anyone’s study of Scripture. But from
here, the most important feature is the direct
link it provides between the CCC and the Bible.
If you want to grow a better
personal understanding of the
biblical roots of our Catholic
faith, “The Didache Bible” will
help. If you know the Bible, but
would like to know more about
the CCC, it also will help.
The announcement from
Ignatius
Press also notes that
Gospel for Sunday, March 15, 2015
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
— at the time still known as
John 3:14-21
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger —
celebrated the 10th anniverFollowing is a word search based on the Gospel reading
sary of the CCC’s publication
for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Cycle B, an explanation
with an address in 2002, “in
of the plan of salvation. The words can be found in all
which he strongly advocated
the use of Scripture in the
directions in the puzzle.
Catechism as a means to
explain the faith and emphaMOSES
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read Scripture within the living tradition of the Church.”
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because the Bible is alive. The
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others. While, as Schiffer and
others have noted, there is far
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MARCH 13, 2015
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Gospel: John 3:14-21; First Reading: 2 Chronicles
36:14-16, 19-23; Responsorial Psalm: 137:1-6; Second
Reading: Ephesians 4:2-10
This Sunday’s gospel reading follows a dialogue
between Jesus and Nicodemus. The latter was an
important man in the Jewish establishment in
Jerusalem. He was a member of the Sanhedrin. He
was intrigued enough by Jesus’ words and actions
to approach him. However, he came to Jesus at
night to avoid being seen by his colleagues who
did not see Jesus in a positive light. Nicodemus
became more courageous later on, when he
defended Jesus before his colleagues in the
Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin was the highest governing body among the Jews, both in religious matters
and in civic matters insofar as the Roman occupation forces permitted. The dialogue between Jesus
and Nicodemus has turned into a monologue on
the part of Jesus.
The gospel reading opens with this interesting
statement: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted
up . . . .” The “serpent in the wilderness” refers to
an incident described in Numbers 21:4-9. After
leaving Egypt, the Israelites set out for the Red Sea.
They became impatient and spoke against God and
against Moses. Apparently the Lord had all he
could take of their grumbling and rebellion and
“sent fiery serpents among the people.” Many
were bitten and died. They underwent a quick
change of attitude, admitted their sin, and asked
Moses to pray for them. The Lord told Moses to
make a bronze serpent and set it up on a pole. All
those who were bitten, when they looked up at the
bronze serpent, were healed.
Centuries later, about 50 B.C., the Book of
Wisdom 16:5-6 interprets the bronze serpent as a
symbol of the Torah (the teaching of Moses), “They
received a symbol of deliverance to remind them
of the commandment of your Law (Torah).
Whoever turned to it was saved . . . .” In chapter
one, John’s gospel already proclaimed Jesus the
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on who should live or die. Proponents of the death
penalty say that the execution
can help bring closure to the
victim’s friends and family.
For me this is not theory, it is
real life. I cannot speak for all
victims’ families, but I can say
this: I will not feel any better
knowing that Mr. Thompson is
dead. I watched my grandmother live 28 years of her life
suffering the loss of her son. If
Mr. Thompson ends up executed (he remains on death
row to this day), there will
then be two mothers grieving
the loss of their sons, two
graves filled with murdered
men, and two families missing
a loved one. I cannot understand how this is considered
justice. Even at the height of
my angry period, I have never
had any sense that the death
of another man will make my
father’s death any more justified. SUNDAY SCRIPTURE
FATHER DONALD DILGER
ultimate Torah or revelation. Therefore John can
now write, “. . . so must the Son of Man (Jesus) be
lifted up, that whoever believes in him will have
eternal life.” The other three gospels speak of Jesus
being put to death on the cross. John uses a different expression, “lifted up.” John uses this expression three times to describe Jesus crucifixion, 3:14;
8:28; 12:32-34. In the last of these three references
John makes it quite clear what he means by “lifted
up,” When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw
all people to myself. He said this to show by what
death he was to die.” Just as the afflicted Israelites
were healed when they looked upon the bronze
serpent on the pole, so all people who look up at
Jesus on the cross, in the sense of believing in his
saving death, are healed and saved.
The next statement in today’s gospel is a famous
quote, “For God so loved the world that he gave
his only Son, that whoever believes in him should
not perish but have eternal life.” Many are familiar
with this quote, if not the words, then the reference. “John 3:16” is seen on posters at athletic
events. In the context in which it occurs in John’s
gospel, it explains the previous statement, “. . .
whoever believes in him has eternal life.” It gives
the reason why faith in Jesus gives eternal life —
because God willed it so. His will was demonstrated by sending his Son to do the work of salvation
for the whole world. The Son, the Word, is sent
into the world to do his Father’s will, “I seek not
my own will but the will of him who sent me.”
This statement attributed to Jesus has important
Old Testament background in Isaiah 55:10-11. The
Lord compares his Word to the rain that comes
down from heaven, enables crops to grow and feed
I asked to share this with
you today because I wanted
you to know about my dad
and my mom and the wonderful people who raised me. I
wanted you to know that for
me capital punishment is
beyond an academic topic. I
wanted you to know that the
topic of the death penalty stirs
in me many thoughts and feelings in a profoundly personal
way. Each morning that we as
a community pray for some-
one who is scheduled to be
executed, we also pray for all
victims of violence. I wanted
you to know that each time
you say that prayer, you are
praying for my father, for my
family, for me. And, in all likelihood, someday you will also
be praying for a man named
William Eugene Thompson,
scheduled to be executed in
the state of Kentucky, who, for
better or for worse, is forever
connected to my life story.
And I will be praying for him,
too.
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people. Then we read, “So shall my word be that
goes forth from my mouth. It shall not return to
me empty . . .” Therefore the last words of Jesus on
the cross in John’s gospel, “It is accomplished.”
The next statement is another attempt to explain
more fully why “whoever believes in him will
have eternal life.” “For God sent the Son into the
world, not to condemn the world, but that the
world might be saved through him.” The “world”
in this instance refers to all humankind. A clearer
expression of this teaching, “. . . God our Savior . . .
wishes all people to be saved and to come to the
knowledge of the truth,” 1 Timothy 2:4. Thus John
and 1Timothy both affirm God’s will for universal
salvation. John already did the same in 1:12, “. . .
but to all who received him he gave the power to
become children of God . . . .” These clear affirmations strongly contradict the bizarre teaching by
some Christian denominations that God created
some people for salvation and others for damnation. Even Thomas Jefferson, who was no friend of
revealed religion, said that to believe that God created some people for damnation is the worst idea
any religion ever produced.
So we must ask, “Will all be saved?’ John
answers in today’s gospel reading. “Those who
believe in him are not condemned. Those who do
not believe are condemned already, because they
have not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God.” What does this mean? Condemnation
does not come from God but from self. Salvation is
out there, like the internet, but it has to be tapped
into by faith. Faith is a gift from God. Since the
Scriptures assert that God wills all to be saved, we
must also believe that God gives the necessary
means to bring that about. God respects the freedom of the human will so profoundly, that the
grace which leads to faith in the One lifted up on
the cross, can be freely accepted or freely rejected.
John notes the necessity of believing “in the Name
of the only Son of God.” What is that Name? The
divine Name! “When you have lifted up the Son of
Man, then you will know that I AM!”
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Support SB 101 Religious Freedom Restoration Act
BY THE INDIANA
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
“The exercise of religion, of its
very nature, consists before all
else in those internal, voluntary
and free acts whereby man sets
the course of his life directly
toward God.” (Dignitatis
Humanae, No. 3.) Therefore, individuals are “not to be forced to
act in manner contrary to [their]
conscience” nor “restrained from
acting in accordance with [their]
conscience . . . .” (Id.)
The Second Vatican Council
explained in “Dignitatis
Humanae” that the foundation of the principle of religious freedom is rooted in the
dignity of the human person,
who is endowed with reason
and free will, and therefore
able to take responsibility for
his or her actions. Religious
liberty is protected in the First
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution and in federal
and state laws.
Religious liberty includes
more than our ability to go to
Mass on Sunday or pray the
Rosary at home; it also
encompasses our ability to
contribute freely to the common good of all Americans.
Because religious traditions
are not learned and practiced
in the vacuum of a church
community but are practiced
in the secular world, it is
important to recognize that the
government has an obligation
to accommodate religion and
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Faith, worship and membership in a religious community
lies at the root of a purposeful
life, and it is often through
religion that one acquires the
virtues associated with good
citizenship that allows for productive participation in a secular society. Further, churches,
as part of their ministry, provide important and necessary
services to the public, such as
health care and educational
and social services — areas of
overlapping and mutual concern of both churches and the
modern secular state.
The First Amendment
reflects a promise that a
church may be distinctive;
that a church may be different from secular entities and
other churches; that the government may not impose
upon a church criteria that
define it; that a church may,
free of government intrusion
and interference, exercise and
enjoy those characteristics
that make it what it is — in
short, a promise that churches can be churches.
While there is no exhaustive list of circumstances in
which church autonomy is
implicated, the concern here
is more related to the pervasive government regulation
in the United States, particularly in the expansion of
jurisdiction through rule
making and executive
authority. These areas have
exponentially broadened the
potential for government
encroachment upon church
autonomy and following
one’s conscience.
The government is expanding its regulatory powers to
redefine and intrude into
areas traditionally beyond
the authority of the state. A
key example is the effort in
several states to insist that all
employers who offer prescription drug coverage for
their employees must include
contraceptives and drugs that
cause abortion. The dilemma
is that Catholic institutions
offer health insurance as an
expression of what, in justice,
we should provide for those
who work for us. The provision of insurance is now the
trigger for these new mandates. These mandates are
coupled with something even
more insidious — a so-called
religious employer exemption crafted not to exempt
religious institutions. These
so called exemptions involve
the government in classifying
among religious ministries,
labeling some religious and
other secular, depending on
what the government thinks
is the function of religion.
According to the definition,
a religious employer is
restricted to a narrow form of
religious work:
1. It must be engaged in
inculcation of religion. Would
Catholic ministries qualify
when the service primarily
provides food and other mate-
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Scriptogram
For Sunday, March 15:
WHOEVER LIVES THE TRUTH
C O M E S T O T H E L I G H T, S O
T H AT H I S W O R K S M AY B E
C L E A R LY S E E N A S D O N E I N
GOD.
— JOHN
3:21
think we can,” said Cox.
Cox said this concept of baby
incubators dates back to the
Middle Ages. In 1198, in
response to numerous abandonments and drownings of
babies in the Tiber River, Pope
Innocent III directed certain
monasteries to begin accepting
abandoned infants anonymously through walls or windows.
Troubled mothers could place
their child in a cylinder, commonly known as a foundling
wheel, which when turned
around would deliver the baby
from the outside to the inside
of the monastery. The mother
would ring a bell alerting the
monastery that a baby had
been put into their care.
Cox said that this concept,
updated to modern day standards, continues. The externalinternal incubators, today, also
commonly referred to as “baby
hatches,” are often built in
police stations or hospitals.
According to Cox, they are in
operation all over the world
and provide full-anonymity for
troubled parents wishing to
relinquish their babies. “There
rial resources to those in need?
2. A religious employer primarily hires its own members.
Would Catholic parishes qualify when many non-Catholic
persons are employed in various capacities, including
parish secretaries?
3. A religious employer primarily serves its own members. Under this definition,
Mother Teresa’s Missionaries
of Charity is a secular
employer because it does not
check religious affiliations of
AIDs patients it serves.
Another example is licensure or accreditation.
Requirements for licensure or
accreditation should not
include unnecessary rules
that compel agencies to act
against their religious beliefs.
Adoption agencies have been
forced out of existence as was
the case in Illinois. Therapists
and doctors could be forced
to practice in ways antithetical to one’s conscience and
belief or lose one’s ability to
serve and earn a livelihood.
Until recently, it was simply unthinkable that one person would attempt to force
another to act contrary to that
person’s religious conscience.
While American law and culture reserved the right to act
against religious practices
when there was clear evidence that they directly
endangered the public health
and safety, it was simply not
acceptable to force a person
to choose between God and
Government. Notwithstanding the Hobby Lobby decision, this has changed in
many respects in many
states’ laws and regulations.
Indiana Senate Bill 101 —
the Religious Freedom
Restoration Act — establishes
a legal standard that protects
state interests, as well as individuals and religious institutions. When there is a compelling state interest in the law
or regulation, it must be done
in the least restrictive manner,
thus protecting both the common good while respecting
the conscience and religious
freedom of all affected.
Long ago, the people of this
country settled the question
that there should be a variety
of institutions serving the
public, including religious
and Catholic agencies. We
want to continue our public
ministries and practice our
faith, which collectively enrich
our country and build up the
common good. This law
would provide assurance that
only compelling laws and regulations, applied in a least
restrictive manner, can interfere with religious practice.
The Catholic Church supports
SB 101 — RFRA — as a prudent way to ensure the religious freedom of Hoosier
individuals and institutions.
are numerous examples in
Europe and Canada,” said Cox.
“Germany has 100 of these
units in operation,” he said, and
Pakistan has 300. Other countries currently using the incubator process include Switzerland,
Hungary, Czech Republic,
Poland, Italy, and Vatican City.
The external-internal infant
incubators are typically temperature and climate-controlled,
and emit a silent alarm notifying first responders that a baby
has been placed dropped-off.
Monica Kelsey, a fire fighter
in Fort Wayne, told the panel
that her mother abandoned her
as an infant. “The problem with
the safe haven law now is these
girls have to walk into a facility
and hand over their baby,” said
Kelsey. “They have gone nine
months without telling anyone
they were pregnant, and they
are in crisis mode. They don’t
want to be seen, and this is the
only alternative that we have to
keep these children safe.”
According to Kelsey, 13
babies have been relinquished
in Indiana under the safe haven
law. Thirty-three have been
abandoned. Thirteen of the 33
were found deceased. “We
have a problem,” said Kelsey.
Sue Swayze, representing
Indiana Right to Life, said,
“We stand in support of the
bill. We think it’s visionary. It
helps a desperate mother with
a place to put her baby.”
Indianapolis resident Linda
Znachka, founder of the “He
Knows Your Name” ministry,
also testified in support of the
bill. Znachka said she formed
her ministry in 2009 when a
baby was found deceased in a
downtown Indianapolis dumpster. After calling the coroner’s
office, Znachka learned that the
baby would be buried in a
mass grave. Znachko said she
was “appalled” that in the 21st
century there would be such
disregard for a child’s dignity.
This set Znachko on a five-year
mission seeking to bring
awareness and dignity to death
for babies. Znachko legally
adopts abandoned babies who
have died, gives them a name
and a proper burial.
House Bill 1016, passed the
House Feb. 24, by a vote of 940, and has been assigned to
the Senate Public Health and
Provider Services Committee.
The bill is expected to receive
a hearing by the Senate panel
before the end of March.
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The Message
12
MARCH 13, 2015
More than 700 compete at Tiger Archery Winter Classic
BY THE MESSAGE STAFF
Reitz Memorial High School
hosted 722 young archers from
33 schools across the tri-state
for the Tiger Archery Winter
Classic, Feb. 27-28.
Following are top individual
and team results.
Individual Standings
Elementary Girls (67
Shooters) — Kendylle Wright,
fifth grade, Bend Gate, 271;
Isabella Oakley, fifth grade,
Spottsville Elementary, 270;
Abbie Go, fourth grade,
Spottsville , 262; Mia Carter,
fifth grade, Good Shepherd,
256; Kyra Haynes, fourth
grade, Spottsville, 256;
Meredith Matzen, fifth grade,
St. Benedict Cathedral, 255;
Hannah Broeker, second grade,
Annunciation – Holy Spirit
Campus, 252; Brextan Tinnell,
fifth grade, Holy Name, 252.
Elementary Boys (92
Shooters) — Kegan Clutter,
fifth grade, Tecumseh, 274;
Gavin McMinn, fourth grade,
St. Benedict Cathedral, 262;
Jackson Larcomb, fourth grade,
Spottsville, 259; Nate Coomes,
fifth grade, Spottsville, 259;
Cameron Scott, fifth grade,
Spottsville, 258; Andrew Golba,
fifth grade, St. Benedict
Cathedral, 258.
Middle School Girls (172
Shooters) — Lilly Buchanan,
sixth grade, Henderson
County North, 283; Tantyanna
Gardner, seventh grade,
Webster County, 280; Kolbi
Alsbrooks, seventh grade,
Webster County, 279; Charity
Melloy, seventh grade,
Henderson County North, 279;
Emily Buchta, eighth grade,
Castle North, 278; Alyssa
Schulz, sixth grade, St.
Benedict Cathedral, 276.
Middle School Boys (169
Shooters) — Kyle Wade,
eighth grade, Boonville, 292;
Jackson King, sixth grade,
Dressing up
Henderson County North, 291;
Mason Johns, seventh grade,
Boonville, 288; Tyler Johnson,
eighth grade, Castle South,
286; Alex Herrenbruck, eighth
grade, Castle North, 285; Max
Ante, sixth grade, St. Benedict
Cathedral, 282; Ethan
Schymik, seventh grade, St.
Benedict Cathedral, 281.
High School Girls (94
Shooters) — Ashley Hinkle,
ninth grade, Henderson
County, 286; Alex Werner,
ninth grade, Tecumseh, 284;
Morgan Daily, 10th grade,
Reitz Memorial, 284; Ashley
Hodges, 12th grade, Castle,
284; Briley Hearrin, 12th
grade, Webster County, 283.
High School Boys (128
Shooters) — Shelby Caton,
11th grade, Boonville, 294;
Jonathan Stevens, 11th grade,
Webster County, 292; Aaron
Wayne, ninth grade,
Henderson County, 289; Garett
Smith, 12th grade, Tell City,
288; Christopher Brake, ninth
grade, Castle, 287.
The Message photo by Tim Lilley
Archery took over the Robert M. Kent Athletic Center at Reitz Memorial High School on Feb.
27-28 as Tiger Archery hosted a tournament for more than 700 young archers from across the
tri-state. During evening competition Feb. 27, more than 50 shooters took aim at bullseyes in
rounds that required them to complete five shots in no more than two minutes. These shooters
are from a variety of elementary schools that feed Reitz Memorial High School.
Top Female Shooter —
Ashley Hinkle, ninth grade,
Henderson County, 286.
Top Male Shooter — Shelby
Caton, 11th grade, Boonville,
294.
Team Standings
Elementary Division —
Spottsville, 3,081; East
Heights, 2,976; St. Benedict
Cathedral, 2,902.
Middle School Division —
Castle North, 3,309;
Henderson County North,
3,299; Boonville, 3,248. St.
Benedict Cathedral finished in
fifth place with a team score of
3,114.
High School Division —
Henderson County, 3,374;
Castle, 3,362; Webster County,
3,312. Reitz Memorial finished
in fourth place with a team
score of 3,268.
Photo submitted courtesy Benedictine Sister
Jane Michele McClure
Photo submitted courtesy Kelley Coppens
Top designer
Reitz Memorial High School student
Lauren Koch displays a certificate she
received for winning the “Blessings —
the Bishop’s Quilt” design contest. She is
with Sharon Burns, director of Catholic
Charities and the Office of Hispanic
Ministry. Catholic Charities hosts the
annual design contest; winning entries
are used in the special quilt.
Photo submitted courtesy Betty Litwiler
First graders at Washington Catholic Elementary School dress up as their
favorite fairy tale character, along with Sarah Hopf, teacher, and Shannan
Armstrong, aide.
Helping Habitat
Mater Dei High School students Kelsey
Brown and Jacob Schapker craft a bookcase for a Habitat for Humanity Home in
Evansville. “When a home is dedicated,
each child in the family receives a red
bookcase with age-appropriate books,”
explains Benedictine Sister Jane Michele
McClure, major gifts officer. “They have
a brass tag with their name so it’s their
very own bookcase. It’s a really cool literacy project.”
Sending their best wishes
Photo submitted by Jon Day
Third graders at St. Benedict Cathedral School prepare a sign for Doug
Griffin, the lead maintenance man at the Evansville school who is recuperating from an illness. “The students want to make sure he knows how
much we miss him!” writes Jon Day, technology and PE teacher.
Be a Part of the Diocesan Choir for
The 2015 Chrism Mass.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 • 5:30 p.m. • St. Benedict Cathedral
Mark your calendars and gets your voices ready to join the
Diocesan Choir for the 2015 Chrism Mass.
Open to singers and instrumentalists of all ages and abilities, this is a great opportunity for musicians from around the Diocese to get
together and share their gifts of music.
Rehearsals are scheduled as follows IN THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL (basement):
• Sunday, March 22 • 2pm – 4:00 pm (Evansville time) • Sunday, March 29 • 2pm – 4:00 pm (Evansville time)
We will be singing a great mix of music - there is something for everyone! We’re looking to grow the group - so if you have ever thought about
it, PLEASE JOIN US! All instrumentalists (violins, flutes, guitars, etc.) are also invited join us. If you or someone you know is interested
in playing, please contact me in advance so that we can prepare the music for rehearsals.
Please invite others in your parish who might enjoy this opportunity!
Please Contact Jeremy Korba via phone at (812) 589-3886 or via email at jkorba@evdio.org for more inform ation.