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‘A church very much alive’ Members of St. Patrick in Morristown celebrate the parish’s first half-century. By Dan McWilliams

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Each and every one of the world’s 408,000 priests should feel loved, respected, valued, and supported in his vocation to bring the Gospel to an increasingly secular— but still open—world, said Cardinal Claudio Hummes.

The Brazilian cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, said the 20092010 Year for Priests, which begins June 19, must recognize the new challenges and possibilities Catholic priests face.

Pope Benedict XVI called for the special year to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Vianney, who was famed for his priestly ministry.

The aim, however, is not to organize a historical commemoration, but to look realistically at the world in which priests live and work and to recognize that the horrible abuse perpetrated by some priests has harmed the reputation of all priests, Cardinal Hummes said.

“Many priests in the world have been wounded by what has happened in recent times—pedophilia and other crimes that the media has publicized and that are true and extremely serious, especially pedophilia in which the victims are

31 by looking out at the assembly and commenting on a particular—but appropriate—color of attire worn by many in the pews.

“Was there a sale on green T-shirts here?” he asked.

St. Patrick outgrew its 1959 church long before its current building was dedicated in 2002. The new and much larger nave still could not hold all of the worshipers gathered for the 50th-anniversary celebration, with many having to stand while others sat in the daily Mass chapel that was formerly the back half of the old church.

Longtime pastor Father Patrick Garrity and associate pastor Father Joseph Hammond, CHS, concelebrated the Pentecost day anniversary Mass, with St. Patrick Deacons Jim Fage and Bob Smearing assisting.

Sabra Buchanan, one of a handful of charter parishioners re-

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Richard F. Year for Priests: B ishop Stika began his at the goldenclergy need love, homily anniversary Mass for St. Patrick Parish in support, help Morristown on May

‘THE CHURCH NEEDS YOU TO PROCLAIM JESUS’ Bishop Richard F. Stika (center) was the principal celebrant for

St. Patrick Parish’s 50th-anniversary Mass on May 31. With him at the altar are (from left) associate pastor Father Joseph Hammond, CHS; Deacon Jim Fage; and pastor Father Pat Garrity. View more photos at dioceseofknoxville.org.

maining at St. Patrick, was among the gift bearers.

Morristown was part of the 34-county mission field served

by Father Emmanuel F. Callahan in the first decade of the 20th century, according to St. Patrick’s silver-anniversary history publication.

Mass was celebrated in the homes of area Catholics in the 1930s and ’40s. Liturgies moved to the

Kingmyer Hotel dining room and the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. building before finding a longer-lasting home in the Morristown City Hall.

Bishop William L. Adrian established Notre Dame Parish in Greeneville in 1955 and made the surrounding eight counties its mission territory, with Father Albert Siener as the first pastor. Father Siener then began the

effort to start a parish in Morristown for the approximately 70 Catholics who lived there.

A five-acre lot was purchased for $12,000 from Mary Graves Baker of Knoxville, a former Morristown resident, in February 1956. Father Bernard Niedergeses succeeded Father Siener as pastor later that year.

Fundraising efforts for a new building, a

move from the city hall to the courthouse for Mass, and the choice of a church design by architect and future Deacon Milton Robelot of St. Dominic in Kingsport all led up to an important day: Aug. 25, 1958, when ground was broken on an $85,720 church.

The Catholic Extension Society suggested the name St. Morristown continued on page 3

Priests continued on page 6

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Gatlinburg pastor Monsignor Philip Thoni celebrates six decades as a priest Monsignor Philip Thoni processes out of St. Mary Church in Gatlinburg on June 8, following a Mass celebrating the 60th anniversary of his priestly ordination on June 4, 1949. Behind him are Bishop William R. Houck, bishop emeritus of Jackson, Miss., and Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville. Fourth Degree Knights provided an honor guard. Seen left to right are Dick Rideout, Joe Saden, Shelton Johnson, and (in the purple hat) Larry Davis, all members of Assembly 2162 from Crossville. Look for the story in the July 12 edition of the ETC.

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Spiritual gifts were from entire diocese

This is a clarification to the story “Our Lady of Fatima parishioners welcome Bishop Stika with a gift” (June 7 ETC). The gift of the rosary was from the people of the diocese, not just parishioners of Our Lady of Fatima. In fact almost half of the participants were from parishes other than Our Lady of Fatima.

But the greater gift was a spiritual bouquet from many members of the diocese. Bishop Stika was given a card with the names of all who were praying for him. Each person participating pledged to say one assigned prayer of the rosary daily to help Bishop Stika in his new role. Many thanks to all who are taking part. More than 15 decades of the rosary are being offered each day across the diocese. The prayers have been fruitful. Bishop Stika is doing a great job!

Thank you, Bishop Stika, for coming to the Diocese of Knoxville.

—Roseanne Nichols Maryville Most germs are not pathogenic In regard to getting germs by shaking hands, the chances are probable you will because germs are as numerous as the stars. Fortunately, most are not pathogenic unless you are immunocompromised or you or your partner have a nosocomial infection. Germs, however, are smarter than we are and mutate in self-defense. Unless we are in a sterile environment bubble, there is little we can do about it. When you are aware you have an infection, you can abstain from shaking hands or drinking wine, in which case you should be at home and not out spreading germs. Germs also help us build our resistance. ■ —Carolyn Luetgens, BSMT (ASCP) Whitwell We welcome letters to the editor and carefully consider all submissions. Letters should be 350 words or less and will be edited for grammar, style, clarity, and length. Submit them by e-mail, mail, or fax: mary@dioceseofknoxville.org, P.O. Box 11127, Knoxville, TN 37939-1127, 865-5848124. Letters to the editor reflect the opinions of their authors and not those of the editorial staff or the publisher.

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Child-protection training sessions he Diocese of Knoxville’s program for the protection of children and youth is based on training developed by Virtus and is offered regularly throughout the diocese.

A three-hour seminar for adults, “Protecting God’s Children,” is required for parish and school employees and regular volunteers in contact with children or vulnerable adults and is recommended for parents and grandparents.

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ing sessions have been scheduled: ■ St. Dominic School, Kingsport, 10 a.m. Friday, June 19; 9 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 20 ■ All Saints Church, Knoxville, 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, June 20; 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 ■ St. Mary Church, Johnson City, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22; 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16; 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19 (sessions will be held in St. Ann’s Hall).

To register, visit virtusonline.org. ■

Diocese of Knoxville procedure for reporting sexual abuse Anyone who has actual knowledge of or who has reasonable cause to suspect an incident of sexual abuse should report such information to the appropriate civil authorities first, then to the bishop’s office, 865-584-3307, or the diocesan victims’ assistance coordinator, Marla Lenihan, 865-482-1388.

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BY FATHER JOSEPH BRANDO

Calming the sea The love of God ‘is the greatest force in the universe.’

Sports teams often choose nicknames that invoke relentless and overwhelming power.

For example, on the collegiate level, there are the Green Wave, the Red Storm, and the Crimson Tide. The names are meant to intimidate the competition and invigorate fans. Anyone who knows what it is to be hit by a major squall at sea knows the fear that such a phenomenon invokes.

Today’s Scriptures relate to such tempestuous occurrences. The first instance comes from the Book of Job, in which God takes offense at the audacity of Job’s complaining. Poetically, God takes Job to the beginning of the

world and the creation of the oceans. Imagine the raw power of all the water in the world bursting forth at the same time. What a terrifying sight that would have been!

Yet the greater power was that of God, who quieted the cataclysmic uproar by “shutting the sea within doors” and “stilling the proud waves.”

The surging of the Sea of Galilee was hardly poetic for the disciples in today’s Gospel.

It was quite real and utterly frightening. They could feel the virtual certainty of imminent death. They were scared to the bones. So much more were they mystified when Jesus calmed the storm. Mark uses understatement when he writes that they were filled with great awe.

Great awe indeed! The fishermen were forced to question their previous understanding

The God of ‘plan B’ Even when things go wrong, the Lord is still in charge.

n important insight has emerged from the creation v. evolution debate. Unbelievers question whether Christians believe God directly willed every individual facet of the created world or did he just throw the dice, allowing our world to be haphazard. The best answer I have seen is the one that admits God threw the dice—but the dice were loaded.

God always is in charge, even when things go wrong.

The Book of Wisdom applies this principle regarding the most devastating reali-

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ty in our lives—death.

This inspired document admits “God did not make death.” But when sin came about because of the envy of the devil, God rebounded with “plan B.” God used the subsequent reality of death, Paul tells us, to be the means by which he can pluck us from the realm of sin to join him in heaven.

Today’s Gospel gives us two examples of plan B. Jesus was preaching “close to the sea” so everyone would be able to see and hear him. Lo and behold, someone came close enough to touch his cloak. With

Resistance God’s grace gives us power to overcome our troubles.

ne certainty in life is that if you introduce something good into a bad situation the first reaction you will encounter is resistance. The television detective Kojak immortalized this principle, quoting Clare Boothe Luce’s saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Actually, our first reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel exemplified this concept some 2,600 years earlier.

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prophet Ezekiel to the Israelites, he warned him that he would be facing a people obstinate of heart. So why should he go if he was going to raise opposition?

God answers that question: “Whether they heed or resist . . . they shall know that a prophet has been among them.”

There is even a more cogent answer.

Although good always meets resistance, the good, if carried through, will

June 21, 12th Sunday in ordinary time Job 38:1, 8-11 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Mark 4:35-41

plan A thwarted, Jesus makes the best of it. Thus, he cures the woman suffering with hemorrhages. In addition, he takes the occasion to give her, publicly, his peace.

Then, in yet another plan B caused by Jairus’s interrupting his sermon, Jesus stops speaking and goes to cure his daughter. That plan B was foiled by the news that the girl had died. Jesus responds with yet another plan B. He brings the 12year-old back to life.

Thus, Jesus, the second Person of the Trinity, illustrates that God can and does use death to raise us to new life.

In the second reading Paul shows how we can join God in always prevail. Paul applies this principle to himself in the second reading. Paul met a lot of opposition in his time from outside the church and from within. He also encountered resistance from within himself. He experienced what he called a “thorn in the flesh.”

No one knows for sure what Paul was referring to, but we are fairly certain it was a chronic physical pain. Later he lists in full all the categories of resistance he fought against, including weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and

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of who Jesus was. They were struck to their souls.

That’s the effect of Jesus’ calming a storm. It takes a lifetime to figure out what kind of power Jesus had. In fact, it takes more than one generation. Christians through the ages have meditated on the power of the Lord. Paul, in the second reading, calls that power “love.” Moreover, that “love of Christ impels us.” Yes, what keeps every one of us Christians going is nothing less than the love of God, which is the greatest force in the universe.

It is the same power that created the heavens and the earth and is now engaged in recreating the earth. In the beginning the waters and all the forces of nature were tamed. In the present re-creation, Christ will subdue the forces of sin and death. And we are invited to participate in that re-creation. ■

dealing with the failure of plan A. Paul was taking up a collection to help the Christians in the Holy Land who were hit by famine. Famine is not part of God’s plan. It calls for a plan B. The Corinthians’ abundance is the “stuff” of a plan B. It can be transformed from a gift of God to the Corinthians (plan A) to an act of charity that saves the people in Judea from starvation (plan B).

Opportunities to initiate plan B are plentiful. What Paul did we can do likewise. ■ June 28, 13th Sunday in ordinary time Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 1315 Mark 5:21-43

constraints.

With such an intimate knowledge of all kinds of conflict, Paul comes to an inspired conclusion: “My grace is sufficient, for power is made perfect in weakness.” Paul had prayed to be rid of the problems in his life, seemingly to no avail. Then God told him he already possessed the power to overcome. It is nothing less than God’s Readings continued on page 3

July 5, 2009, 14th Sunday in ordinary time Ezekiel 2:2-5 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Mark 6:1-6

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Reasons to give thanks The coming of Knoxville’s third bishop spurs relief, optimism, and faith.

I was standing on the porch of Sacred Heart Cathedral a few minutes before six the afternoon of Wednesday, March 18, 2009. A young man got out of a car and came rather directly toward me. Bishop Stika said to me, “Monsignor Mankel, I would like for you to serve me and the diocese as my vicar general,” to which I, of course, agreed. This is my first opportunity to thank you publicly, Most Reverend Bishop, for having the faith and

confidence in me to make such an appointment.

Until the announcement earlier in the year that he was to be ordained our third bishop of Knoxville, I had not even heard of Monsignor Richard Stika, a beloved priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. I had never heard of Father A. J. O’Connell, nor of Monsignor Joseph E. Kurtz, until 1988 and 1999 respectively (nor they of me), but because of my experience as the off-and-on vicar general since 1988 (remember the VG “dies” when a bishop dies or is transferred), I feel more confident than I used to feel that I can be of some positive help and service to the bishop and the people

of this still very young Diocese of Knoxville.

Reactions to having a new bishop: 1. Relief. Having been blessed

by God and the church through Christ’s vicar, the Mankel continued on page 6

BISHOP STIKA’ S SCHE DUL E The following are some of Bishop Stika’s appointments: June 26–July 1: trip to Rome for the conferral of the pallium on new archbishops July 5: 10 a.m. CDT, Mass, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Fairfield Glade July 11: 11 a.m., gathering with deacons and wives, All Saints Church, Knoxville July 12: 1 p.m., dedication of St. John Neumann Church, Farragut ■ If you’d like to see whether Bishop Stika is available to attend an event, e-mail nfeist@dioceseofknoxville.org with specific information regarding the event, date, time, and location.

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New Pregnancy Help Center to be dedicated in LaFollette on July 2 he fourth of Catholic Charities of East Tennessee’s Pregnancy Help Centers will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 2. Father Ragan Schriver, CCET’s executive director, will lead the ceremony. An open house lasting until 2 p.m. will follow. Refreshments will be provided.

The address is 250 W. Beech Street, LaFollette, TN 37766, the former West End School. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, call 865-251-0488. For online directions, visit bit.ly/DR8sZ. ■

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grace. Divine grace uses whatever resistance is raging against us to sculpt us into the perfect tool God needs to accomplish his saving work in our world.

We can look to Paul as proof that by God’s grace, weakness can be the means by which power reaches perfection. Or we can look at today’s Gospel. Jesus goes back to his hometown and meets opposition. As is so often true, the people who knew him best offered the most brutal resistance. In that environment, not even Jesus could perform many miracles.

Nevertheless, he persisted. He became ultimately powerless at his crucifixion. There, at Jesus’ weakest moment, his power reached perfection. ■ Father Brando is the pastor of St. Jude Parish in Chattanooga.

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CHURCH LADIES Bishop Stika poses with women of St. Patrick Parish in Morristown after the 50th-anniversary Mass. They are wearing traditional costumes and later demonstrated traditional dances. Seen above are (front row, from left) Vanesa Montepeque, Erika (no last name available), Elia (no last name available), Sister Isabel Gonzalez and (back row, from left) Rosie Rodriguez, Marisol Montepeque (partly hidden), Aurora Moreno, and Carolina Gil.

Patrick to recognize a $10,000 donation made to the parish

by Alice Tierney in memory of her father, Patrick Tierney.

The name was adopted Sept.

25, 1958, and the first Mass was celebrated on St. Patrick’s Day, 1959. Bishop Adrian dedicated the new church May 27, 1959.

Bishop Stika compared the pioneering efforts of St. Patrick’s early parishioners to an act of Blessed Mother Teresa, who once tossed a Miraculous Medal onto a piece of property next to the house of the president of Albania because she wanted to purchase the land for a soup kitchen.

“Such was her faith that today if you go to that nation and stand next to the president’s palace, there’s a home for the dying, a soup kitchen, and a facility to take care of those most in need,” said the bishop.

“Fifty years ago, people gathered together in this area to do something spectacular.

Through a donation of a particular parishioner and through the help of the Extension Society, the Catholic parish of St. Patrick’s was founded.

“Fifty years ago this parish began to give glory to almighty God, and that’s why it’s so spectacular that you gather together in your green shirts and your festive costumes, with your smiling faces, to celebrate the presence of Jesus Christ in our midst. . . .

“What a spectacular way that is to sing a song of praise to God, not so much just by saying, ‘we belong to St. Patrick’s’ but actually belonging, actually making a difference.”

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Bishop Stika issued a challenge to St. Patrick parishioners, specifically targeting the younger ones, for the years between the 50th and 75th anniversaries.

“The church needs you to proclaim Jesus, and I have no doubt at all that there are people in this church today, men and women, who are thinking about a vocation to the priesthood or to religious life,” he said.

“They just need the rest of you to nurture that and to pray for them.

“I hope I come back to this parish many times, especially to celebrate a first Mass with a new priest or to celebrate with a family who has given their daughter to the church to proclaim the Gospel as a religious or [their son] as a deacon or as a brother. That is a sign of a church very much alive, not only the number [of families] in a parish but also the vocations that come from that parish.”

At least two priests now active in the Diocese of Knoxville came from St. Patrick: Fathers Tony Dickerson and Patrick Resen.

The parish has grown from about 290 families to more than 700 since Father Garrity—St. Patrick’s longest-serving pastor—arrived in August 1997. At that time, 100 families had just left the parish rolls to join the newly established Holy Trinity Parish in Jefferson City.

Many Catholics from around the country move to Hamblen County to work in one of its two large industrial parks, said Father Garrity, and they find a welcoming parish in St. Patrick.

“The vast majority of the parishioners have no other family here, and so the parish becomes the family,” he said.

Younger parishioners are keeping St. Patrick revitalized, he said.

“Since I’ve been here, the mean age of the Knights of Columbus has been going down, and the mean age of the Council of Catholic Women has been going down,” said Father Garrity.

“The numbers are growing, but the average age of these groups gets to be younger and younger.”

Father Garrity said the anniversary “helps people get focused on who we are.”

“You can see the large cultural diversity—Hispanics and Anglos from all over the United States and Canada and a lot of Filipinos. It helps us get a better sense of who we are as a family because we are growing.”

A picnic, featuring games for children as well as hamburgers and hot dogs grilled by the Knights of Columbus, followed the anniversary Mass.

Parishioner Juanita Clifton came to St. Patrick in 1967.

She well remembers the 1959 church building and said she “can’t believe” how the parish has grown.

“There were probably a hundred families, if that many, when we came here, and now there are 700.”

Mrs. Clifton is involved in many parish activities.

“I sing in the choir, and I help in the office,” she said.

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Monday, June 22: Genesis 12:1-9; Psalm 33:12-13, 1820, 22; Matthew 7:1-5 Tuesday, June 23: Genesis 13:2, 5-18; Psalm 15:2-5; Matthew 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday, June 24: Solemnity, the Nativity of John the Baptist, Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:2226; Luke 1:57-66, 80 Thursday, June 25: Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16; Psalm 106:1-5; Matthew 7:21-29 Friday, June 26: Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22; Psalm 128:1-5; Matthew 8:1-4 Saturday, June 27: Genesis 18:1-15; Luke 1:46-50, 5355; Matthew 8:5-17 Monday, June 29: Solemnity, Peter and Paul, apostles, Acts 12:1-11; Psalm 34:2-9; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18; Matthew 16:13-19 Tuesday, June 30: Genesis 19:15-29; Psalm 26:2-3, 912; Matthew 8:23-27 Wednesday, July 1: Genesis 21:5, 8-20; Psalm 34:7-8, 10-13; Matthew 8:28-34 Thursday, July 2: Genesis 22:1-19; Psalm 115:1-6, 8-9; Matthew 9:1-8 Friday, July 3: Feast, Thomas, apostle, Ephesians 2:1922; Psalm 117:1-2; John 20:24-29 Saturday, July 4: Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29; Psalm 135:1-6; Matthew 9:14-17 Monday, July 6: Genesis 28:10-22; Psalm 91:1-4, 14-15; Matthew 9:18-26 Tuesday, July 7: Genesis 32:23-33; Psalm 17:1-3, 6-8, 15; Matthew 9:32-38 Wednesday, July 8: Genesis 41:55-57 and 42:5-7, 1724; Psalm 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Matthew 10:1-7 Thursday, July 9: Genesis 44:18-21, 23-29 and 45:1-5; Psalm 105:16-21; Matthew 10:7-15 Friday, July 10: Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30; Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Matthew 10:16-23 Saturday, July 11: Memorial, Benedict, abbot, Genesis 49:29-32 and 50:15-26; Psalm 105:1-4, 6-7; Matthew 10:24-33 ■

Mercy scraps plans to build new hospital at Baptist Riverside site he Mercy Health Partners Board of Directors announced June 11 that it had determined it is no longer economically feasible to build a replacement hospital on the Baptist Riverside campus. The decision not to rebuild followed a six-month strategic planning process that included extensive interviews with physicians, staff, volunteers, and community leaders as well as an exhaustive review of financial data, market trends, and emerging national policy.

The medical office buildings on the Riverside campus will remain open; Mercy expects most of the physicians who have practices on the Riverside campus to remain in their current offices.

Mercy President and CEO Debra London said, “As a faith-based health-care provider, Mercy is called to be a good steward of all our resources so we can continue to carry out our mission to those who need us most. Given our current economic situation and the unpredictability of the national health-care policy debate, our board concluded that a significant change in our strategic plan had to be made. We remain committed to the South Knoxville community and hope to announce soon our plans to make new outpatient services available to patients in that part of our city.”

The Board and Administration of Mercy Health Partners remain engaged in a long-range strategic planning process that will guide the development of the Mercy system over the next three to five years. ■

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Chattanooga Deanery

■ The Society of St. Vincent de Paul held a garage sale to raise money for the needs of the community.

■ A contemplative prayer meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, June 29. Call Dennis Westmeier at 875-9487.

Violette have worked in this ministry.

■ High school students have offered to watch parishioners’ children at Towne Crossing 8 Theatres at 10 a.m.

Tuesdays and Wednesday through the month of July.

■ Old phone books will be accepted for recycling through Monday, July 20.

OLPH, Chattanooga

St. Dominic, Kingsport

■ The senior high youth group visit-

■ Paperback books and Reader’s Di-

ed Six Flags on June 18.

■ A fish fry will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, July 3, in the parish life center.

■ Knights of Columbus will serve a pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, in the parish life center to benefit Food for the Poor.

■ A good-luck sendoff will be held to honor Father Mike Nolan and Father Alex Waraksa after the 5:30 p.m. Mass Saturday, July 25.

gest, Guideposts, and Prevention magazines are needed for the Sullivan Country jail ministry. Leave donations in the box on the porch outside the church office. Categories of books wanted include mysteries, detective novels, westerns, nonfiction, biographies, science fiction, inspirational, sports, and parenting. Contact Billye Whitaker at 423-239-3199 or billyeann@charter.net.

■ Rising kindergarten students are invited to participate in apprentice workshop activities from 6 to 8 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month in the parish life center. Call 288-8101.

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Shepherd of the Valley, Dunlap ■ Father Mark Scholz celebrated his

birthday with his parents, sister, and brother Sunday, May 24, at the Shrine’s walk-around rosary.

■ Knights of Columbus and the ladies auxiliary hosted a brunch June 7.

St. Jude, Chattanooga ■ The youth will meet from 4 to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, June 30, at Insane Paintball.

■ A parish family of two adults and four children needs a dependable vehicle. Call Tom at 423-870-2386 for details.

■ A sewing circle is being formed and will meet at 11 a.m. each Wednesday in the parish library. Call Agnes Wheeler at 875-4661.

St. Stephen, Chattanooga ■ The parish provided lunch June 3 for those using the intensive-care waiting rooms at Memorial Hospital.

Sts. Peter and Paul, Chattanooga ■ Bob Nevil, a physical therapist, spoke on sports medicine at the men’s breakfast June 7.

St. Patrick, Morristown ■ Hangers are needed for the youth

yard sale this fall. Drop off from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Smoky Mountain Deanery

Immaculate Conception, Knoxville ■ Knights of Columbus held their annual yard sale June 13.

■ Ladies of Charity membership booklets for 2009 are available.

■ Volunteers are needed to help with a phone tree. Contact Rosilyn Flanagan at 865-579-3312 or phillipcrosilyn@ bellsouth.net.

■ Two leaders are needed to serve the middle school youth ministry.

Call Katie O’Farrell Allen at 583-0075 or Father Joe Ciccone at 522-1508.

■ The women’s group needs large cooking pots for the parish kitchen.

Call Pat Ryan at 687-0050.

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Eagle Scouts Jonathan Mayfield (second from left) and Luke Duffy pose with their fathers (from left) David Mayfield and Terry Duffy.

Two from OLPH Troop 115 earn Eagle honors n March 15 Luke Duffy and Jonathan Mayfield, members of Troop 115 of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Chattanooga, were awarded their Eagle Scout badges. At the time both young men were seniors at Notre Dame High School.

Luke is the son of Terry and Claudia Duffy, parishioners of OLPH. Mr. Terry is the Scoutmaster of Troop 115.

Jonathan is the son of David and Julie Mayfield, members of St. Stephen Parish in Chattanooga, and Mr. Mayfield serves as Assistant Scoutmaster for the troop.

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Jonathan’s service project was erecting a large cross at the corner of the OLPH Church property on South Moore Road and making 115 smaller crosses to be used for Right to Life celebrations.

The awards were given at the Mayfields’ home, and family members and friends of both Eagle Scouts attended.

Committee member and longtime Scouting advisor Alvin Cecil presented the medals to the two Scouts and honors to their mothers and fathers.

Also present were Grant Davis, OLPH Scout Charter Organization Representative, and Eliot Jones, Troop Unit Commissioner, as well as several older Eagles and brother scouts. ■

John XXIII, Knoxville ■ A farewell cookout to honor Father

■ Knights of Columbus pancake breakfasts will not be offered this summer.

They will resume in September.

St. Thomas the Apostle, Lenoir City ■ The parish will celebrate a month of holy rest in July to prepare for the celebration of its feast day. Volunteers will pray for parish families during this time.

■ Newcomers: Joe and Patsi Llumbet, son Jacob and daughter Bridgette; Jimmie and Ruth Middleton; Dielta Oakley; Jeff and Nancy Polakiewicz, sons Jeffrey, Joseph, and Kameril and daughter Jenna; Vincent Sumner

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Holy Trinity, Jefferson City ■ The Young at Heart group elected David Cornell as president, Agnes McEwen as vice-president, Betty Beurgler as secretary, and Alice Cornell as treasurer.

■ Vacation Bible school will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, through Saturday, June 27, and will end with Mass at 5:30 p.m. The theme is Son Rock. Volunteers are needed.

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■ A Corpus Christi procession was held June 14.

■ The Council of Catholic Women presented two $500 CYO scholarships to graduating seniors Abby Bryant and Haley Dirmeyer.

■ Helga Deveau won the 2009 Madeline Woodman Volunteer of the Year award for exemplifying the volunteer spirit.

■ The 55+ group sponsored a picnic potluck and bingo June 19.

■ The theme of vacation Bible school was “parachute with the angels and St. Catherine Labouré.”

■ Knights prepared a pancake breakfast June 28 to benefit seminarians.

■ Totus Tuus will be offered for grades one through six from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 13, to Friday, July 18, and for grades seven through 12 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, through Thursday, July 16. A parish potluck will be held Wednesday, July 15.

■ Volunteers are needed to share time and talent with the religious-education program. Contact Joyce McCormick at 865-981-2676, extension 12, or mccormickmom@charter.net.

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Three Cub Scouts earn Light of Christ award Members of Chattanooga’s St. Jude Cub Pack 3172 (front row, from left) Gabe Hall, Matthew Leutz, and Jack Olenchek recently received the Light of Christ award.

Adults with them are (from left) Deacon Otto Preske, who presented the awards, Mary Pat Hall, Theresa Leutz, Nancy Olenchek, pastor Father Joseph Brando, and Bernard Coombes.

St. Joseph the Worker, Madisonville ■ The ladies group needs recipes for

a parish cookbook. E-mail Judy Stockwell at jim_stockwell@yahoo.com.

■ Detective Pat Henry of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department will address the parish men’s and women’s groups June 20. ■

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■ A pool party and potluck dinner will be held June 24 to mark the end of vacation Bible school.

■ The parish’s ministry to The Life Care Center has been nominated for the Outstanding Volunteer Group of the Year award. Mary Lou Calmes, Wendy Hankins, Carole and Joe McCune, Sue Pearson, Andrea Robinson, and Barbara

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Eric Andrews will be held at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 25, on the lawn.

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Two St. Elizabeth parishioners celebrate first Communion Brian Sehrer and Carlie Lyons received first Communion on Mother’s Day weekend at St. Elizabeth Church in Elizabethton. At left, each child poses with pastor Father Dennis Kress.

All Saints parishioner receives Scouting award Daniel Eshleman (center) was given the Light of Christ award on March 29 at All Saints Church in Knoxville. With him are (from left) Anna Marie LeCrone; George LeCrone, chairman of the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting; Daniel’s brother, Alex, and mother, Gina Eshleman; associate pastor Father Augustine Idra, AJ; and Daniel’s father, Troy Eshleman, holding sister Sofia.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas chapter forms ll Catholic women age 18 and over are invited to an organizational meeting of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, at St. Anne Church, 350 Euclid Ave., Bristol, Va., 24201. The meeting will take place in the great room/cafeteria.

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organization in the world, CDA has chapters in 45 U.S. states.

Members donate to charities, administer scholarship programs, and strive “to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness.”

For details, call Gina Rossetti at 423-878-7827 or visit the website www.catholicdaughters.org. ■ THE E A S T TE NNE S S E E CATHOLI C

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Father Patrick Resen of Holy Ghost Parish in Knoxville will discuss On Conscience (Ignatius Press, 2007) by Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at the Chancery office in Knoxville. All are invited. For details, contact Peggy Humphreys at 865-584-3307 or phumphreys@dioceseofknoxville.org.

Sacred Heart Cathedral’s annual children’s consignment sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 31 and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 1, with most items half-price on Saturday.

Sales will benefit Sacred Heart Cathedral School and Knoxville Catholic High School. For details, e-mail Trish Sellers at sellers.tricia@yahoo.com.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Chattanooga is hosting a football camp from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, June 22, through Friday, June 26, for rising fourth- through eighth-graders.

Cost is $75. Contact Kathy Sumrell at 423-622-1481 or ksumrell@catholic web.com. Visit olph.us/school to download registration forms.

OLPH will conduct numerous sports, academic-enrichment, and fine-arts camps in June and July. Contact Kathy Sumrell (see above announcement) for details or download information from olph.us/school.

The Irish Tennis Camp will continue the weeks of July 13 through 16 and Aug. 3 through 6 at Cedar Bluff Racquet Club in Knoxville. Taught by coaches Rusty Morris and David Price of defending state champion Knoxville Catholic High School, the camp will focus on stroke fundamentals and developing match-play skills in a fun environment for all levels. Ten percent of proceeds will benefit Catholic Charities of East Tennessee. Call the tennis club at 865-690-5700 for details.

A pilgrimage to Fatima and Ireland, departing from New York City, is planned for April 12 through 21, 2010.

The cost from New York is $2,899, and the trip is under the auspices of 206 Tours. For more information, contact Dolores Maglione at 865-982-0090 or maglioned@bellsouth.net.

Bishop Richard F. Stika will lead a diocesan pilgrimage May 9 through 20, 2010, to the sites of Pope John Paul II’s early life in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany. Pilgrims will visit Prague and Munich before the trip ends in Oberammergau, Germany, where they will see a performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play. Cost is $3,799 plus fuel surcharges, taxes, and tips. Early-registration deadline is July 1. For more information, contact Sister Albertine Paulus, RSM, at 865584-3307 or smaevang@yahoo.com.

The Ulster Project of Knoxville seeks families with teenagers ages 14 to 16 to host a teen from Northern Ireland this July. The purpose of the project is to bring Catholic and Protestant teens from Northern Ireland together with American teens for a busy, funfilled month. To learn more, call Katie Allen at 865-583-0075 or visit www.theulsterproject.com.

The 26th annual Mid-South Regional Charismatic Conference is set for Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church in Antioch, near Nashville. Guest speakers will be Father Larry Hess, bishop’s liaison to the charismatic renewal for the Diocese of Allentown, Pa., and Mother Lucy Lukasiewicz of the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, a charismatic Franciscan religious community.

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$10 after July 10. To register or learn more, call 615-789-4598, e-mail tseibert@bellsouth.net, or visit www.msrcc.org.

The Knox County Chapter of Tennessee Right to Life will hold its annual Right to Life banquet Tuesday, Oct. 20. Mathew D. Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel and a professor of law at Liberty University, will be the keynote speaker. Further details will be published in a future issue.

The next meeting of the Knox County Chapter of Tennessee Right to Life will begin with dinner at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at Naples Restaurant at 5500 Kingston Pike. RSVP to trlknox@knology.net or 865-689-1339. The meeting will feature state legislators, with an overview of the 2009 session.

A Marriage Encounter weekend is set for Aug. 28 through 30 at the Hilton Garden Inn in West Knoxville. For reservations, contact John or Manuela Ptacek at celebrate-love@earthlink.net or 865-531-1719.

he Ladies of Charity of Chattanooga and Memorial Hospital have joined forces to offer a series of monthly ecumenical prayer services. The services, called Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread, begin at 5:30 p.m. at the hospital chapel on second Tuesdays. The hospital is located at 2525 de Sales Ave. in Chattanooga.

Ladies of Charity of Chattanooga distributes about $120,000 in direct and in-kind emergency social assistance each year. As the organization found more and more people in need of help, the group decided to focus a spiritual spotlight on the suffering it observed. The prayer services began in May. Prayers are led and readings done by lay volunteers and religious leaders from area churches and the hospital.

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Ms. Williams said the informal prayer services last 30 minutes, followed by a brief time for fellowship with light refreshments. The remaining dates in the series are July 14, Aug. 11, Sept. 8, and Oct. 13. Use the Memorial patient entrance on Glenwood Avenue at the stoplight in front of the hospital.

Personal pick-up is available for those who lack transportation. To request a pick-up or learn more, call Jan Clark at 423-698-2846. ■

The next Engaged Encounter weekend in the diocese will be held July 17 through 19 at the Magnuson Hotel in Sweetwater. Weekend cost is $239, including meals, rooms, and materials, and couples completing the entire weekend will receive a $60 discount on their marriage license. To register, call Mike or Charla Haley at 865-220-0120.

For more information on Engaged Encounter, e-mail Charlie or Blanca Primm at ceeknoxville@gmail.com or visit www.rc.net/knoxville/cee.

A Seekers of Silence Contemplative Saturday Morning will be held July 11 at John XXIII Catholic Center in Knoxville. Jim Chamberlain will give a talk titled “Spirituality and Care of the Earth.” Coffee and tea will be served at 8:30 a.m.; the workshop will run from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a bag lunch. RSVP to 865-523-7931.

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The Chattanooga Deanery Divorced and Separated fellowship group will meet for Mass and brunch on fifth Sundays. The next gathering is set for Sunday, Aug. 30. The group will meet at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church for the noon Mass, then go out for brunch. For more information about this and other social activities, call Anne Wells at 706-581-0410.

Chattanooga Ladies of Charity, Memorial Hospital host monthly prayer services during poor economy

Our Lady of Perpetual Help parishioners perform labor of love Parishioners of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in LaFollette are providing nearly all of the labor for the addition to their church (May 24 ETC). Above is the OLPH building committee, chaired by LaQuita Ingle (front row, left). With her are (from left, front) Judy Salzano, Jim Gaudy, Ken Nichols, Charlie Ruth, and general contractor Don Boaz and (back) Gail Holtslag, Jim Holtslag, John Sances, Ronnie Nichols, OLPH pastor Father Joe Campbell, Ben Baird, and Alma Wallace. Members not pictured are John Davis, Tim and Cathy Nealon, and Charlotte Sances.

Sant’Egidio is a Catholic lay ecclesial movement that focuses on prayer, communicating the Gospel, friendship with the poor, and the work of peace.

The Johnson City community meets for prayer at 6:30 p.m. on first and third Mondays at the Catholic Center at East Tennessee State University.

The Knoxville community of Sant’ Egidio meets at 5:30 p.m. on second and fourth Mondays at the Chancery office in Knoxville. For more information, call Father Michael Cummins at 423-926-7061.

Holy Resurrection Byzantine Catholic Mission holds Divine Liturgy celebrations at 1:30 p.m. Sundays at Holy Family Church in Seymour. Call 865609-1081 to learn more.

The St. Thomas the Apostle Ukrainian Catholic Mission celebrates the Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. Sundays in the chapel at the Chancery office in Knoxville and Vespers at 6 p.m. Saturdays at the Chancery. For more information, call Father Richard Armstrong at 865-584-3307.

Mass in the extraordinary form (“traditional Latin”) is celebrated at 1:30 p.m. each Sunday at St. Therese Church in Clinton and at 3 p.m. on first and third Sundays at St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church in Cleveland. The weekly Masses at St. Therese will move to Holy Ghost Church in Knoxville in August, with the first one set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2. Visit www.knoxlatinmass.net for details.

Upcoming events for Catholic Singles of Greater Knoxville (40 and over) include the following: ■ Saturday, June 20: Dancing at Andy’s Junction on Chapman Highway, hosted by Gail B., 966-8206. Cost: $5.

■ Wednesday, June 24: Service project: Ronald McDonald House dinner.

Prepare a casserole or bring fresh fruit or 2 percent milk to the House before 6:30 p.m. Call Donna T. at 531-3839 for more information.

■ Thursday, June 25: Line dance lessons at Sacred Heart school gym.

■ Saturday, June 27: Meet host Randy S. at Trio’s on Market Square at 7 p.m. for dinner and possible movie. Call 566-3781. ■

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St. Dominic students earn awards in national art contest Students of St. Dominic School in Kingsport won numerous awards—including two silver medals, three bronze medals, and seven Pentel awards—in the 39th International Children’s Art Exhibition sponsored by Pentel Co. Ltd of Japan. Pentel received 200,000 entries from around the world, 2,000 from the United States alone. The contest’s goal is to foster greater understanding and communication through the honesty and creativity of children’s art. Successful competitors pictured above are (front row, from left) William Stallard, Ava Marlowe,, Faith Lucas, Natalie Bates, and Matthew Kyle and (second row, from left) Trent Davidson, Angelo Niyonzima, Raegan Stone, Rosemarie Davidson, Olivia Barnes, Jennifer Finall, and Joe Finall. In back is Virginia Thompson, St. Dominic art teacher.

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Bishop Stika visits with Carmelites after St. Louis installation Bishop Richard F. Stika took part in Archbishop’s Robert J. Carlson’s installation Mass in St. Louis on June 10. During his visit back home, he was able to catch up with his friends among the Carmelites of the Divine Heart of Jesus. The photo was taken outside the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.

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Jobs open at cathedral, school acred Heart Cathedral School in Knoxville seeks a guidance counselor, a middle-school teacher, and a teaching assistant for the 2009-10 academic year. Middle school teaching candidates must be certified and must hold a current Tennessee teaching license. Applicants for the guidance counselor’s position must meet state certification requirements; candidates who speak both English and Spanish are preferred.

Benefits are excellent, and opportunities for extracurricular involvement are included. Qualified applicants should send a letter of interest and resume to Sedonna Prater, Principal, Sacred Heart Cathedral School, 711 Northshore Dr., Knoxville, TN 37919, or to metzm@shcschool.org. ■

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pope, in his appointment of such sterling leaders in our first and second bishops, it really is a relief to know that the law of averages did not apply this time. Yes, I am relieved that the Holy Spirit and the Holy Father have done it again.

To you, dear Bishop Stika: ad multos annos.

2. Optimism. Our new bishop comes to us at the perfect moment in our history, not just in East Tennessee, but in the world. The Roman Missal is about to come to us in the Englishspeaking world. It will be better than previous translations, and you have seen the improvements in the movements and activities of the Mass as already promulgated in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal that we have had for six years already. Bishop Stika has already announced to his priests that appropriate catechesis will accompany the implementation of the use of the new Roman Missal in English.

With great enthusiasm and optimism, I think it is not far-fetched to expect a balanced use of all our liturgical manuals in the next five years.

Praised be the Lord.

3. Faith. Isn’t it wonderful that at a time in the life of the church when world problems beset us on all sides, some even within our own church, that our Holy Father has given us the Year of the Priest and St. John Mary Vianney as its special patron? Didn’t we just do well with the Year of St. Paul that officially ends on June 29 (I hope, of course, that it will never end)?

And won’t we do well with this Year of the Priest that begins June 19 on the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus? Of course we will.

I would ask that you say at least one prayer a day from now on for priestly vocations and the fruitful ministry of those of us already ordained, especially our pope, our own bishop, and the priests assigned to our parishes. That surely cannot be too much to ask if we have faith—the gift to believe that the body of Christ, our church, will continue to flourish in this particular part of the vineyard.

Back in 1988 three episcopal vicars, Father Bill Gahagan, Father Al Humbrecht, and I were the committee of three who helped in the setting up of the new diocese. We consecrated the project to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to our Blessed Mother. I shall certainly continue that posture as your vicar general. And . . . hurry home, Bishop Stika. ■ Devotedly yours in Christ, Monsignor Mankel

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that 43 percent of the ordinands attended a Catholic high school and 42 percent attended a Catholic college or university.

About two-thirds of the ordinands said they worked full time before entering the seminary.

Careers cited most often included education (16 percent), sales or marketing (10 percent), accounting, finance, or insurance (10 percent), computers (8 percent), skilled labor or farming (7 percent), and management (7 percent).

The class of 2009 includes Justin Minh Nguyen of the Diocese of Austin, Texas, a skilled tailor and a refugee from Vietnam.

Robert Mucci of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., spent 25 years as a Wall Street actuary.

Andrew Smith, who served as a Chicago police officer for 10 years, will be ordained for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Other ordinands include a former probation officer, a veterinarian, a doctor, a locomotive engineer, and a former executive director of entertainment for the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

“These new priests reflect a tremendous dedication to the church and show great promise,” said Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, of Boston, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations.

“Those who formed them in the faith in their families and schools can be proud of their efforts,” he said in a statement. “The Lord planted the seeds of their vocations, and the surrounding community helped them grow.” ■ The full study is available online at usccb.org/ vocations/classof2009. Copyright 2009 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 6

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Bearers of God’s love ‘The world needs more than just social reformers. It needs saints.’

Hours before the death of Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Angelo Comastri, vicar general for Vatican City, visited the dying pontiff. After the pope’s death, the archbishop commented that “there are efficient people who are not at all effective, and there are inefficient people, as the pope was in his suffering, who are extraordinarily effective. With his suffering, the pope has written the most beautiful encyclical of his life, faithful to Jesus to the end.”

The corporate mentality of a highly competitive and materialistic world places great emphasis upon maximizing human potential in order to improve productivity and to get the “biggest bang for the buck.” Inefficiency is the new cardinal sin in a utilitarian society where the cult of progress has become a religion in which the world places its hope. But Pope Benedict XVI warns us that “when we bring people only knowledge, ability, technical competence, and tools we bring them too little” (homily given Sept. 10, 2006, in Munich).

Man, as a composite of body and soul, has needs that extend beyond the corporal and material realm. Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta understood that “People today are hungry for love, for understanding love which is much greater and which is the only answer to loneliness and great poverty” (Come Be My Light [Doubleday, 2007],

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In the Gospels we read of a paralytic carried by four stretcher-bearers who, being unable to navigate through the crowds that had gathered around Jesus, climbed onto the roof of the house where he was speaking. After making a large hole in the roof, no doubt much to the dissatisfaction of the homeowner, the four men lowered the paralytic upon his mat before Jesus, who first forgave the paralytic’s sins and then healed him physically (Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26).

Who were these four stretcher-bearers? The Gospel accounts give no details about their identity or relation to the paralytic other than that their great faith contributed to his spiritual and physical healing. In order to bring the love of Christ to the poorest of the poor and the most rejected of the world, Mother Teresa employed similar stretcher-bearers whom she knew were especially gifted and equipped for this most difficult task. These were people who with their spiritual labors of prayer, sacrifice, and the offering of their own suffering, would bear the paralytics of the world aloft to God and bring them before Christ.

Mother Teresa called these special stretcher-bearers her “spiritual twins” and her “sick and suffering co-workers” (Come Be My Light, p. 146).

Inspired by the desire of a Belgian woman who could not join the Missionaries of Charity because of poor health, Mother Teresa instead asked her to enter into a spiritual relationship with the order and to join it as a suffering mem-

BY LESLIE SHOLLY

What kids deserve Our society’s views on sexual behavior give rise to parental irresponsibility.

Have you heard about Desmond Hatchett?

He’s our very own East Tennessee celebrity, having shown up in news reports across the country and in England after his recent appear-

ance in Knox County Juvenile Court in child-support cases involving his 21 children.

Yes, that’s 21 kids, fathered in 11 busy years with 11 different women by a 29-year-old man who says he knows all his children’s names and birthdays but isn’t sure how he ended up with so many: “It just happened,” he said.

Desmond Hatchett has a minimum-wage job, so his

ber. As stretcher-bearers of souls, these “sick and suffering co-workers” were to labor spiritually to support the physical labors of Mother Teresa and her sisters. “From their continual suffering,” Mother Teresa said, “the work of the Sisters will bear fruit” (Ibid, p. 342).

Writing to her spiritual twin, Mother Teresa said, “Your sufferings and prayers will be the chalice in which we the working members will pour in the love of souls we gather round. Therefore you are just as important [and] necessary for the fulfillment of our aim. . . . In reality, you can do much more while on your bed of pain than I running on my feet, but you [and] I together can do all things in Him who strengthens us” (Ibid, p. 147).

Mother Teresa understood the great value of suffering in accomplishing the work of God (visit the web link bit.ly/Gi9ST). She stated that “without our suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the redemption” (Ibid, p. 220). As Pope John Paul II emphasized, “The world needs more than just social reformers. It needs saints” (address to Catholic education representatives, New Orleans, Sept. 12, 1987).

Indeed, those whom a utilitarian world rejects as being inefficient are in truth the key to the efficiency of love.

With a traditional play on the words of Pope Paul VI, “If you want peace . . . ,” be stretcherbearers of God’s love. ■ If you are interested in becoming a spiritual twin of a sister of the Missionaries of Charity, write Sick and Suffering CoWorkers, c/o Missionaries of Charity, Elisenstrasse 15, 45139 Essen, Germany, or call 49-201-235-641. Mr. Simoneau directs the diocesan Justice and Peace Office. court-ordered child support payments, based on a percentage of his income, will never be enough to support his many children. Their mothers, perhaps with help from the state, will have to take up the slack. More worrisome is the thought of 21 kids with no father in 11 homes—because even if Mr. Hatchett is the most involved father in the world, he has a finite amount of time to spend with them.

Maybe his situation is better than that of Nadya Suleman, whose children have no father.

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minors whose lives often are damaged forever,” Cardinal Hummes told Catholic News Service in early June.

“These are terrible crimes that must be judged and punished,” he said.

But justice also requires people to recognize that the vast majority of the world’s priests have never been involved in any kind of abuse and instead give their lives to Jesus and to serving the church and humanity, he said.

“We must say to priests that we are proud of them and that we recognize they are a group that is very special for the church and society,” the cardinal said. “We must recognize who they are and what they do and tell them that we love them and want to be alongside them to support them.”

Cardinal Hummes is not looking for a yearlong commitment

to baking pies for priests or smiling at them more than usual; he’s looking for study and discussions and meetings and laypeople rolling up their sleeves to work alongside their priests.

And he’s definitely not looking for some 1950s style of keeping the celebration in the church or the parish hall, avoiding the wicked world outside.

“The post-modern, urban, relativistic, secularized culture is the dominant culture,” he said, and the temptation is to say, “’Oh, it is impossible to engage this society. We should remain in our corner, with our little group, closing ourselves into a ghetto,’” the 74-year-old cardinal said.

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society and not demonize it, not ignore it, and not be discouraged by it,” he said.

Cardinal Hummes is convinced that men and women are looking for the love of God and salvation in Jesus, but “maybe not with an approach that starts with doctrine and morals.” Once people meet Jesus, he said, “then come doctrine and morality as a form of following that Jesus who attracted me, enchanted me, enlightened me. It is then that you begin talking about what it means to follow Jesus in practice; that’s morality.”

Cardinal Hummes said that showing support for priests includes sharing responsibility with them for parish life and for mission.

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Minister urges peers to join pro-life cause OAKLAND, Calif. (CNS)— The Rev. Walter Hoye, a Baptist minister, is on a mission to save unborn children and offer abortion alternatives to women.

But he also wants to inspire other African-American pastors of black Protestant churches to take up the prolife mantle within their congregation and community. He feels Protestants have been late to the game.

The 52-year-old minister is executive elder of the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in south Berkeley.

After serving 18 days in prison on charges stemming from an arrest during his prolife witness outside an abortion clinic, he recently returned to the public sidewalk outside that clinic, Family Planning Specialists Medical Group in downtown Oakland, to spread information about alternatives to abortion.

“The women going into this clinic are not fully informed on this issue because our pastors have been horribly silent on abortion,” he told The Catholic Voice, newspaper of the Oakland Diocese. “They’ll preach about the cost of discipleship, but in America today you’ve got to be willing to pay the cost of discipleship.”

The “cost of discipleship” is a real risk for pastors in many Protestant churches where “you can get voted out of your pulpit on the same day you preach,” Rev. Hoye said.

“So when I talk to these pastors, I know what I’m asking them to do. I’m asking them to risk their jobs.”

African-Americans, he pointed out, are the “No. 1 customers” of abortion clinics today. Although blacks account for only 12 percent of the U.S. population, 37 percent of all abortions in this country are performed on

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The Rev. Hoye believes abortion is the ‘No. 1 issue’ for African-Americans today.

THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP The Rev. Walter Hoye, executive elder of the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in Berkeley, Calif., is pictured next to a pro-life sign in late May. Rev. Hoye is on a mission not only to save unborn children and offer abortion alternatives to women but also to inspire religious leaders, particularly other African-American pastors, to take up the pro-life mantle within their congregation and community.

black women. He said the live-birth rate is lower than the mortality rate for his community, and he predicted there would be no black Americans left by the year 2100.

“When I explain to the brothers that abortion kills more of us than heart disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, and violent crime, they begin to realize that this is the No. 1 issue facing the African-American community today,” he said.

Rev. Hoye said he was “horribly disappointed” and “heartbroken” about the election of President Barack Obama, who supports keeping abortion legal. Most blacks “put their Bible down when it came to that election” and voted on the basis of the color of his skin, Rev. Hoye said.

“Until we stand up as Christians and look at it as a moral issue, we’re not going to be effective in taking a stand against abortion.”

Rev. Hoye began his sidewalk counseling in 2006 at the Oakland clinic with a lowkey, peaceful presence. Hold-

ing a sign that said GOD LOVES YOU AND YOUR BABY—LET US HELP, he would say to those entering, “Good morning.

May I talk with you about alternatives to the clinic?”

In January 2008 the Oakland City Council passed a new “bubble law” ordinance barring anyone from coming within eight feet of the clinic and harassing clients; it defined “harassing” as handing out literature, displaying a sign, or engaging “in oral protest, education, or counseling.”

Clinic employees would block him with their bodies and raise blank signs to block his signs when patients approached the clinic.

On May 2008 two clinic employees accused Rev. Hoye of harassment, and he was arrested by police. A judge issued a restraining order to prevent him from returning to the clinic.

In January 2009, following a 13-day trial, Rev. Hoye was found guilty of two misdemeanor violations of the “bub-

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In The Curé d’Ars: St. Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney (TAN, 1977, $24), one gets a very clear picture of the influence a priest can have on a church, a town, and in the end, a country. We also have The Curé d’Ars Today: St John Vianney (Ignatius, 1988, $12.95).

We honor men who have been called by God to belong not to themselves but to others. It is the priest who is present at the baptismal font, at the grave, and at many of the other significant moments of our lives, and this is their special year, a time to show our appreciation.

It doesn’t take much to say “thank-you”: a bumper sticker; a daily prayer from a 20-cent prayer card; a card (all starting at $1.50) remembering a priest’s birthday or anniversary or simply expressing appreciation.

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(Hijas de San Pablo, Lima-Perú, 2008, $15.95).

We can show solidarity with our priests by joining them in praying “the prayer of the church.” Several editions are available, including the one-volume Christian Prayer (Catholic Book Publishing, 1976, $36; large print, $37) and the four-volume Liturgy of the Hours (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975, vinyl, $145; leather, $169; large print, $198).

Music often plays a part in our celebrations. What more appropriate gift could there be than last year’s surprise hit The Priests (RCA Records, 2008, $18.95) from three Irish priests.

They captured the hearts of many who saw their performance on TV. The disc has since become one of our best-sellers.

Those interested in the priesthood should talk to their parish priest and may also be interested in watching EWTN’s The Major Religious Orders of Men (2009, $39.99). Who knows? Jesus may be using the events of your life to gently say “follow me.” ■ The Paraclete is a fullservice Catholic book and supply store. Visit 417 Erin Drive in Knoxville, near Sacred Heart Cathedral, or call 865-588-0388 or 800-333-2097. Download the Paraclete’s newsletter online at snipr.com/paraclete.

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and I belong to the women’s club.”

Pat Flederbach, an aunt of Father Resen, is a 35-year parishioner of St. Patrick.

She calls it a “wonderful, wonderful” parish.

“I came from a big parish in Chicago.

There were 10 priests, but you couldn’t know them—they didn’t have time for you. It’s wonderful here.

Everybody wants to meet everybody else.”

Mrs. Flederbach recalls Masses with about 50 people attending in her early days at St. Patrick.

“We went downstairs afterward and had coffee and doughnuts,” she said.

“You met everybody, and it was a good welcome for new people.”

Retired rectory housekeeper Mary Wilson arrived at St. Patrick in 1974, intending to stay only a short time.

“The Department of Employment Security sent me here to replace somebody for a week while she had a sprained ankle,” she said. “I came and I never did see the lady. I don’t know

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50TH-ANNIVERSARY FESTIVITIES Emmalee Christensen, 4, the daughter of Erica and Chuck Christensen of St. Patrick Parish, uses a portable climbing wall provided by the Climbing Center at River Sports in Knoxville.

where she went, but after a length of time I announced that I was ready to go whenever she came back. They had a talk with me, and they hired me.

“I’ve been here ever since,” she added with a laugh.

Although the parish’s buildings have grown, the community’s spirit has remained constant, said Ms. Wilson.

“To me the people are still more or less the same. They have the same spirituality and the same compassion they had

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when I came here. I guess that’s why I’m still here.”

Ms. Wilson joined the Catholic Church during Father Louis Junod’s years as pastor, 1977 to 1982.

“I finally got nosy and wanted to know everything that the Catholics knew, and I started asking questions. One of the priests asked me, why didn’t I take instruction, and I did just so I could learn what all they were thinking. I started liking Catholics, and I converted to Catholicism, and

here I am.”

Ms. Wilson said she “just loved” all the priests she worked under at St. Patrick.

She praised the current pastor, although she also likened him to a “little Dennis the Menace.”

“Oh, my gracious alive. I give Father Patrick credit for my still being here in the health I’m in and the happiness and the joy I’m in because every day was like a holiday,” she said but added, “although I was always ahead of him—he doesn’t realize it.” ■

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around most of the time.

As usual with stories posted on the internet, many who read the accounts had to weigh in, and most of the comments were ugly. Quite a few thought forced sterilization was the answer. One contingent blamed the young mothers for their “stupidity.” After all, added many more, those girls get pregnant on purpose so they can live off welfare.

Most who commented—as in the Suleman case—were primarily concerned with their tax dollars being spent to care for the children. At least one person declared that she didn‘t care whether the kids starved, she didn’t want to pay to raise them.

Only a few voices suggested abstinence and marriage. Tough consequences or contraception and sterilization were the primary methods suggested. But a lack of access to contraception did not precipitate the births of these children.

We may never know what in Desmond Hatchett’s background contributed to his following this path. But we cannot escape our own responsibility as a society for the situation.

Do I mean that the safety net our government provides leads to people having lots of kids so they can enjoy the privilege of waiting for hours in noisy, crowded DHS waiting rooms; the embarrassment of using food stamps; the substandard, if free, medical care; the condescension of those who are supposed to be helping them? No, I do not.

I mean that any society that gives women the “choice” of carrying their babies to term or not encourages young men to see the children as the woman’s sole responsibility. Any society that embraces a woman’s “right” to have children without a father (like Nadya Suleman) encourages the perception that a woman without a man is like “a fish without a bicycle.”

Any society that teaches and models that sex is for fun, not procreation, and that recreational, consequence-free sex is a right, is almost as responsible for the harvest of the wild oats sown

by Mr. Hatchett and others like him as the fathers are. ■ Mrs. Sholly and her family are members of Knoxville’s Immaculate Conception Parish.

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Year for Priests website highlights international celebration WASHINGTON (CNS)—The U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations has set up a website to mark the Year for Priests, a worldwide celebration from June 19 of this year to June 19, 2010. The website may be found at www.usccb.org/yearforpriests.

The website includes the pope’s message for the occasion and the announcement of the plenary indulgence in conjunction with the celebration. It also offers specially commissioned prayers for priests and laity. Throughout the year the secretariat will use the site to publish monthly articles about the priesthood.

Other activities in the Year for Priests include a retreat on the national level and a gathering of priests in Rome for the celebration’s culmination.

Further details about the national retreat will be available on the site. ■ Copyright 2009 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

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priest’s responsibility—it’s his church. But, no, the church is all of ours,” he said.

Obviously, any discussion about the world’s priests includes talk about the priest shortage, a situation the cardinal insists is not exaggerated.

“We have too few priests,” he said. “Several countries face a very worrying, very difficult future because the number of priests has fallen so drastically.”

Vatican statistics have reported an increase in the number of priests in the world in the past few years, but that increase has not kept pace with the increased number of Catholics in the world, not to mention the world’s growing population.

The Statistical Yearbook of the Holy See, recently released with figures gathered Dec. 31, 2007, reported that there were 408,024 priests in the world. Five years earlier the number was 405,058.

The yearbook also provided tables illustrating Cardinal Hummes’s point about the increased number of priests not keeping up with the increasing population. According to the yearbook, there were 2,810 Catholics for each priest in the world at the end of 2007, whereas there were only 2,642 Catholics per priest at the end of 2002.

Although the significant growth in the number of priests in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe may mean some of those men would be available to minister in Western Europe and North America, Cardinal Hummes said local communities should give rise to local vocations.

“A local church having its own priests is a sign of vitality,” he said. ■ Copyright 2009 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

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ble law” and faced up to two years in prison and $4,000 in fines.

When a judge sentenced him to a fine and a three-year probation requiring a promise he would stay 100 feet from the clinic, Rev. Hoye declined the terms and asked instead for “straight time.” The judge sentenced him to 30 days in prison. He served 18 days and was released.

He said he asked for jail time because he preferred serving the time, “then [being] entirely free to continue to do what I’m doing outside the clinic.”

While in prison Rev. Hoye maintained a round-the-clock prison ministry answering questions about abortion, marriage, and relationships. In his final days in prison, Rev. Hoye was visited by Oakland Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.

The bishop said he had the “highest respect” for the Baptist pastor for “what he was willing to suffer to bear witness to the sanctity of human life on this very contested issue, this very politically uncomfortable issue.”

This May Rev. Hoye returned to the front of the clinic. He stands in one place with his sign and his literature offering help to the women who approach the clinic. He doesn’t think he actually needs to say anything.

“Just my standing there is a powerful witness,” he said, “and much of it is because I’m an African-American and I’m a pastor. Some of them probably know me, and it’s difficult to walk by your pastor into an abortion clinic.”

For Christians, especially black pastors, there’s still the matter of discipleship, he said.

“If we consider the sacrifices we were making in the 1960s in order to use a restroom, a water fountain, go to a restaurant, sit on a bus, why aren’t we willing to make these sacrifices when we’re talking about our own children?” he asked. ■ Copyright 2009 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 8

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Hispanics, Asians make their mark in ordination class This year’s group includes 465 men–a significant increase over last year’s total of 401.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Asian-born men make up 11 percent of the ordination class of 2009 although Asian Catholics are only about 3 percent of the total Catholic population, an annual survey of incoming priests has found.

Men of Hispanic descent make up 12 percent of the country‘s ordination class this spring; the percentage of U.S. Hispanic Catholics is estimated at about 34 percent, reported the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University in a study for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

About 3 percent of the new priests are African or AfricanAmerican—the same percentage as that of African-Americans in the U.S. church.

The survey also reported that 465 men are preparing for ordination this year, a significant increase from the 401 men in the class of 2008.

Nearly 70 percent of the ordinands across the country responded to the survey. The respondents included 239 men being ordained for the

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Four are in their 60s.

The youngest ordinand responding to the survey was 25; the oldest was 66.

At least this year the number of new priests born outside the United States declined from previous years. It was reported that 24 percent of ordinands are foreign-

born, down from the 31 percent to 32 percent rate of the last two years. The largest number of foreignborn seminarians came from Vietnam, Mexico, Poland, and the Philippines.

About 10 percent of the new priests were not raised Catholic, having joined the church at age 21 on average.

Those who became Catholic are almost evenly divided between mainline Protestant denominations—such as Episcopal, Lutheran, Anglican, and United Church of Christ— and evangelical or conservative ones such as Church of Christ, Baptist, or nondenominational Christian.

The survey revealed that more than six in 10 men completed college before entering the seminary. Nearly one in five had earned a graduate degree.

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Save with early registration for Diocesan Day iocesan Day 2009 is set for Saturday, Aug. 22, at All Saints Church in Knoxville. The keynote speaker will be Cardinal Justin Rigali, the Archbishop of Philadelphia. The theme of the day is “You have but one teacher,” from Matthew 23:8.

The focus of the archbishop’s talk and his homily for the Diocesan Day Mass will be the teaching office of the bishop.

For those who wish to get to know Bishop Richard F. Stika better, Diocesan Day is a

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perfect opportunity. During the day’s afternoon sessions Bishop Stika will speak to the faithful, discussing his dialogue with priests and parishioners during his first few months as shepherd of the Knoxville Diocese.

The day will begin with Bishop Stika’s opening remarks and welcome at 9 a.m.

The cardinal’s keynote begins at 9:15. Mass will be celebrated at 10:45, followed by lunch.

Early registration begins on June 22 and extend through

July 19, at a cost of $20 per person, including lunch. After July 19 the cost will increase to $25. To register by mail, use the form printed below or download a registration form online. To register and pay online, visit the diocesan website at bit.ly/dioday.

Proceeds for the event will be donated to Catholic Charities of East Tennessee and Catholic Relief Services.

For more details, contact Paul Simoneau at 865-5843307 or psimoneau@ dioceseofknoxville.org. ■

2009 Diocesan Day registration form Saturday, Aug. 22 All Saints Church 620 N. Cedar Bluff Rd., Knoxville, TN 37923 Early-bird registration, through July 19: $20 (lunch included) July 20 through Aug. 17: $25 (lunch included) After Aug. 17: $25 (lunch not included) Student fee is $10 Note: Payment must accompany registration. Pay by check, using this form, or register and pay online via secure Google checkout. See details below.

Last name _________________________ First name ____________________ Middle initial _________ Address _______________________________________________________________________________ City _________________________________ State _________ ZIP ______________________________ Parish _________________________________________________________________________________ E-mail address (for registration confirmation and Diocesan Day updates) _______________________________________________________________________________________ Phone _________________________________________________________________________________ Make checks payable to Diocese of Knoxville. Mail registration form and payment to Diocesan Day 2009 Diocese of Knoxville P.O. Box 11127 Knoxville, TN 37939 To register and pay online, visit dioceseofknoxville.org; click Resources/ETC, then Event registration (left frame).

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