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Another Kenrick alum tapped aving an alumnus named a bishop is not unusual for Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, and Bishop Richard F. Stika is the latest in a long line of graduates dating back nearly 200 years to receive that honor. “We are very honored when one of our alumni is called by the Holy Father to serve the church as a bishop,” said Monsignor Ted Wojcicki, Kenrick-Glennon’s president-rector, in a Feb. 20 interview at the Catholic Center in St. Louis. “I’ve known Monsignor Stika ever since he’s been a priest,” said Monsignor Wojcicki. “I was ordained in 1975, and he was ordained about 10 years later.” Bishop Stika received his master of divinity degree from Kenrick Seminary in 1985 and was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 14 of that year. Two of his seminary classmates serve at Kenrick-Glennon, as the institution has been known since 1987. “Monsignor [Timothy P.] Cronin is the rector of Cardinal Glennon College, and Monsignor [James J.] Ramacciotti is a professor of canon law at the seminary, so we’re blessed to have two other of his classmates serving right there with us,” said Monsignor Wojcicki. The Kenrick leader listed several characteristics that will help Bishop Stika as he shepherds East Tennessee Catholics. “He loves being a priest,” said Monsignor Wojcicki, who plans to attend his friend’s ordination and installation. “He loves the church. He’s a very family-oriented person. He can relate to a wide range of people. I predict you will like him.” East Tennesseans will see that “when someone is in need, someone is sick, or someone has a misfortune, Monsignor Stika is going to be one of the first people to reach out,” said Monsignor Wojcicki. “He has that strong pastoral side to him, so he would leave other things behind if he thought someone needed some immediate help. I’m sure he’ll have great outreach to the priests and to the people of the diocese in that way.” Monsignor Wojcicki said he expects Bishop Stika to “be very active promoting vocations.”
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“He’s a man who does not like the status quo—he’s going to get things moving,” he said. “I’m sure he’s going to make himself available to activities where there are young men. He’s a high-energy person. He’ll stay on the move to make himself present to people. “I think he’ll be a promoter of vocations simply by his own enthusiasm for the faith, his enthusiasm for the church. I think his enthusiasm for his own priesthood will be contagious for these young men.” Bishop Stika grew up across the street from current St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and remains a good friend of the city’s leader. “Because he has that kind of personal relationship with one of our most influential citizens, I think that you can see how comfortable he is around most people,” said Monsignor Wojcicki. “I think that gift gives him an even greater comfort level around people who are in responsible positions, and that’s going to be very
beneficial to a bishop, to be able to relate in a very human way to people who are in influential positions and not simply relate to them through their own position of power.” Monsignor Wojcicki has crossed paths with Bishop Stika “quite a bit” over the years. “Not quite so much in the seminary role, but I worked here on Lindell Boulevard [at the Catholic Center] for 12 years, and he worked here quite a long time also. He was on the archbishop’s staff, and he was a vicar general, and we worked together in this building, the Catholic Center, for five years. I was the vicar for planning and the vicar for evangelization, and he had many different responsibilities relating to Archbishop [nowCardinal Justin F.] Rigali, so we worked on a lot of projects together.” Bishop Stika coordinated Pope John Paul II’s visit to St. Louis in 1999, and Monsignor Wojcicki was on a committee with his friend that helped bring the Holy Father to the “Rome of the West.” “We worked daily for nine months getting ready for the pope to come in 1999 and almost six months after he left just on follow-up activities, so that brought us in very close contact,” said Monsignor Wojcicki. “I think there were 70 different committees involved in that in one way or another, and Monsignor [Stika] coordinated those activities.” Another “big project we worked very closely on,” said Monsignor Wojcicki, “was the elementary school teachers’ working out their level of collaboration with one another and the archdiocese, trying to ensure good wages and good working conditions for the teachers and an appropriate relationship with the diocese that could promote our Catholic identity. Monsignor and I worked very closely with those who organized the teachers in defining salary and benefits and creating a communications channel between the teachers and the archbishop’s office. “Catholic elementary schools are very, very important for this archdiocese, have been historically, and so we served as a liaison in some of those communications.” Kenrick continued on page C10
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he above depiction of St. Joseph and the Christ Child was produced by the Tyrolese Art Glass Co. in late-19th-century Germany for Our Lady of Mercy Church in Philadelphia. When the church was closed in the 1980s, some of its stained-glass windows were spared by a special arrangement between the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and a group at St. Joseph’s University, also in Philadelphia. The university’s stained-glass collection has been
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featured in the book Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia (St. Joseph’s University Press, 2002). After discovering the image online, Diocese of Knoxville administrative assistant Janie Hennessy tracked it down and learned of its history. St. Joseph’s University Press granted permission for the diocese to use the artwork in connection with the ordination. The diocese’s ordination committee used the image on the event invitations, in the programs for the March 19 Mass
and the Vespers service the night before, and even on special lapel pins created to identify Chancery staff and special guests on the day of the ordination. Bishop Richard Stika is being ordained on March 19, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In an interview conducted in January, he said, “I’ve always liked St. Joseph. I’ve only rejected him one time. A few years ago I had bypass surgery, and Cardinal [Justin] Rigali came in
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Our Lady of Lourdes, South Pittsburg ■ A chili dinner was held at the parish house after Mass on March 1. ■ Grandview Medical Center in South Pittsburg needs volunteers to work the front desk one day a week for a four-hour shift. Lunch is provided. Call Jamie Lawson in human resources at 423-837-9410.
OLPH, Chattanooga ■ The fifth-grade basketball team
completed an undefeated year and won the league tournament. Coaches were Chris Grannan and Paul Smith. Lee and Lynn Riddle organized and hosted the tournament at OLPH.
St. Catherine Labouré, Copperhill ■ The maintenance committee is
sponsoring a parking-lot upgrade project. Parishioners are invited to sponsor various plants and materials. Pledges and donations of $900 were received as of the week of March 8. Call Dave Pierman at 423-496-4165.
St. Jude, Chattanooga ■ The next mystagogy session will be held at noon Sunday, March 29, in the conference room downstairs in the parish life center. Deacon Tom McConnell will speak about the doctrine of sola fide versus faith and good works. Call David Pollard at 423-316-3295. ■ The youth ministry has a list of babysitters 14 years and older who are raising funds for a trip to Colombia and/or the National Catholic Youth Conference. Call Alicia at 870-8002 if you need a baby-sitter. ■ A video-game tournament begins at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 22, for sixth- through 12th-graders. Call Alicia at the number above to register. ■ A youth Mass will be celebrated at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 22, with a high school meeting to follow. ■ J. J. Bautista, 20, son of parishioners Juancho and Malu Bautista, will ride his bicycle across the United States this summer as part of the Journey of Hope cycling event. The event will raise money for and awareness of people with disabilities. To contribute, visit secure.pushamerica. org/jjbautista or call the parish office at 870-2386.
St. Mary, Athens ■ English classes began Monday, March 16. Thirty-five students had registered as of the week of March 1. Volunteers are needed to help with child care. Call Blanca Rodriguez at 423746-9938 or 368-8979 or Wanda Redding at 829-6642. ■ Bill Milmine, Rafael Frank, and Mike Patuzzi became full Knights of Columbus on Feb. 21.
St. Stephen, Chattanooga ■ “Wounded Church, Healing Lord,”
a parish mission presented by Father Edward Salazar, SJ, will begin Monday, March 30, and continue through Thursday, April 2. Cumberland Mountain Deanery
Blessed Sacrament, Harriman ■ A St. Patrick’s Day covered-dish
dinner and talent show, sponsored by the Council of Catholic Women, was held March 15. ■ Parishioners recently gave $600.73 to the special collection for the Black & Indian Missions. ■ Memorial flowers are available from the CCW for $12 each, with proceeds going toward the cost of the lilies used to decorate the church during the Easter season. Place donations in the collection basket with the name of the person to be remembered. Make checks payable to “The Council of Catholic Women.” ■ The Knights of Columbus will sponsor a family game night, featuring bingo, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in Blessed Sacrament Hall. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
St. John Neumann, Farragut ■ The school athletic department
needs a top dresser and an ATV with a bed. Call Shawn Raines at 865-7770077.
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and “Servant Leadership.” ■ Freedom Fellowship is hosting a gospel-music festival to benefit the Kenya Project of Father William Oruko, AJ, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25. ■ Newcomers: Robert and Linda Burleson; Antonio, Cyntia, Eduardo, and Derek Diaz De Leon; Alejandro and Norma Huerta; Patricia and Nick Imperato; Chris, Kristen, and Lilly Kenefick; Margaret, John, Deidre, and Mary Merrill; Ana Sauthoff; Chris, Nathan, Theo, and Becca Seay; Corey, Joni, Julia, and Ella Serowik; Steve Smith; Ryan and Dayna Thomas; Cruz Torres; Katie and Joey Wood
St. Francis of Assisi, Fairfield Glade ■ The parish rummage sale will be
held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 3, and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 4. Furniture, household items, adult and children’s clothing, and miscellaneous items will be offered. Call Barb Dahar at 931-707-1388 for more information. ■ Anniversaries: Rus and Ruth Koepke (64), Henry and Joan Larsen (40), Robert and Joyce Northcutt (10)
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Monsignor Thoni turns 85 St. Mary Parish in Gatlinburg threw a pair of 85th-birthday parties for its pastor, Monsignor Philip Thoni, with a celebration for adults Jan. 23 and one for religiouseducation students (above) on his birthday the next day.
St. Thomas, Lenoir City ■ A St. Patrick’s Day dinner-dance
was held March 17. ■ More than 2,600 pounds of food and
personal-care items were donated to the Good Samaritan Center in a recent drive. ■ The parish hosted the Cumberland Mountain Deanery spring Council of Catholic Women meeting March 11. ■ Nurses are needed one Sunday a month after Mass to check blood pressures. Call Betsy Metheny at 865-8091814 or Patsy Johnson at 408-1808. ■ Newcomers: Michael and Dana Hogan, Michael and Megan Rapien, Paul and Julie Sheffer, Joan Zurhellen Five Rivers Deanery
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Baby-bottle campaign raises more than $2,800 The Council of Catholic Women of St. Francis of Assisi in Fairfield Glade recently sponsored a baby-bottle campaign that raised $2,854.56 to benefit Plateau Pregnancy Services in Crossville. From left are Pam Brophy, Gail Dede, Patty Johnson, Mary Vivian White, JoAnne Wilkiel, Mary Eva Demet, and Sue Bour.
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week of his ordination, a spiritual bouquet to Bishop Richard F. Stika that included prayers and spiritual and charitable acts. ■ The youth are looking for service projects for spring and summer. Call Susan Collins at 423-639-9382. ■ Items are needed for the treasure chest used during religious-education classes as rewards for attendance or for special occasions. Drop off items in the parish hall. ■ Donations are being accepted for flowers in honor or memory of loved ones for the Easter season. Place an envelope in the offertory or drop it off in the church office by Monday, April 6. ■ Parishioner Ethan Lott and 10 other students from Morristown West High School competed in the Science Olympiad regional event hosted by ETSU recently. The team came in second place and qualified for the state competition to be held Saturday, March 21, at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Lauren Lott was the team coach.
St. Dominic, Kingsport ■ A retreat sponsored by the Martha
& Mary Guild will be held the weekend of March 27 and 28 at the Jubilee House center in Abingdon, Va. Cost is $55 or $30 for Saturday only. Carpooling is available. Sign up in the vestibule. Call Kerry at 423-245-4779 or 239-8744. ■ Deacon Christopher Riehl is teaching a Scripture class on the Passion narrative of the Gospel of John at 7 p.m. Tuesdays during Lent in the parish life center.
St. Patrick, Morristown ■ The Ministerial Association Tem-
porary Shelter (MATS) needs various personal-care and laundry items and cleaning supplies for homeless residents in the Lakeway area. Leave donations in the narthex during weekend Masses in March. ■ The Knights will serve a spaghetti dinner after the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, March 28, in the parish center. Tickets are $8 for adults and $3 for children 4 to 12. Smoky Mountain Deanery
Holy Ghost, Knoxville ■ Holy Ghost parishioners are taking
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IC associate pastor Father Marcos Zamora, CSP (left), and parishioners (from left) Joaquim Williams, Eamon Hosey, Dr. Al Hazari, and Kevin Hosey attend Mass in the Frangipane Chapel in the Fond des Blancs area.
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Immaculate Conception group visits Haiti twin parish our parishioners and a priest from Immaculate Conception in Knoxville visited IC’s twin parish in Haiti, St. Francis Xavier, in the Fond des Blancs (FDB) area in midDecember. FDB, about 60 miles southwest of Haiti’s capital, Portau-Prince, is in the back-country mountains. The group was composed of associate pastor Father Marcos Zamora, CSP, Kevin Hosey and son Eamon, Dr. Al Hazari, and Joaquim Williams. They flew to Miami and then to Port-au-Prince. There they stayed overnight at Matthew 25 House (parishprogram.org/ matthew-25-house). The next day it took them about five hours in a fourwheel-drive vehicle to make the bumpy and dusty trip from the capital to the rural area of FDB. While in the area, the
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group stayed at St. Boniface Hospital (haitihealth.org/ index.php/site/page/ about). Haiti has a population of about 8 million people, is about 80 percent Catholic, and is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The per-capita income is $250 a year. A little over half of elementary school–age children are enrolled in school, and less than 2 percent finish secondary school. The purpose of the trip was to meet St. Francis Xavier’s pastor, Père Joseph Hercules, to reestablish contact with the sister parish and parishioners in Haiti, and to visit the church schools. IC’s financial contributions help to pay teacher salaries and cover other educational expenses. An elementary school teacher’s salary is about $18 per month; it is slightly more for a secondary
school teacher. St. Francis Xavier consists of the main church in FDB as well as 19 chapels in the 25-square-mile mountainous area surrounding FDB. The school in FDB is K-12. Nine of the chapels have elementary schools. IC parishioners, Knoxville-area medical practitioners, St. Mary’s Medical Center, and local Catholic schools donated several items for the trip that filled nine duffel bags. These included school supplies, medicines, infant formula, toiletries, seeds, soccer balls, and two laptop computers. Also, more than $3,000 was raised for St. Francis Xavier’s schools. While in FDB, Father Zamora celebrated Mass with Père Hercules at St. Francis Xavier and proclaimed a reading in Haiti continued on page C5
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Chattanoogans for Life and the Knights of Columbus are cosponsoring the sixth annual United We Stand: A Banquet in Celebration of Life at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the Chattanoogan hotel. Author and attorney Dr. Kelly Hollowell, a biotechnology expert, will be the keynote speaker. Cost is $50 or $400 for a table for eight. Sponsorship opportunities are available at levels ranging from $400 to $5,000. To reserve tickets, send a check payable to Chattanoogans for Life to Sue Shramko, Reservations Chair, 4196 Obar Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37419. Tickets may be picked up at the registration table at the banquet. For more information, call Kitty Cross at 423-322-8356. One-hour time slots to pray in front of the abortion clinic at 313 Concord St. in Knoxville are available every Friday during Lent. Visit 40daysknoxville. com/vigil/ or call Lisa Morris at 865567-1245 for details. Married couples are invited to attend a free introductory session for the Creighton Model System, a method of monitoring a couple’s fertility, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29 in the parish library at St. Jude Church in Chattanooga. The natural-familyplanning method assists couples in achieving or avoiding pregnancy, assists couples who have previously experienced infertility, and helps identify underlying health issues. To RSVP or learn more, contact Judi Phillips at 423-892-4668 or jphillips-nfp@ hotmail.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, fun-filled month. To find out more, call Katie Allen at 865-583-0075 or visit www. theulsterproject.com. Father Brent Shelton will present “A History of the Roman Mass” on the Thursdays of Lent, through April 2, at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Alcoa. The one-hour presentations will begin at 7:30 p.m. The sessions are sponsored by the Knoxville Latin Mass Community, and everyone interested in learning about the development of the Mass, from ancient to modern times, is invited to attend. The annual Pro-Life Women’s Day on the Hill will be held Tuesday, April 7, at the Sheraton Downtown Nashville Ballroom. Registration begins at 8 a.m. CDT, followed by a legislative update at 9, an opportunity to meet with your legislator at 10, lunch at 11:30, and a talk by Eileen Smith at noon. Cost is $25 and includes lunch. Contact Nancy Wike at 615-298-5433 or nwike@ tnrtl.org before Wednesday, March 25, to register. The 2009 National Catholic Bible Conference will be held Friday and Saturday, June 26 and 27, at St. Thomas More Church in Centennial, Colo. The theme of the event is “Scripture in the Life and Mission of the Church.” Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver will deliver the keynote talk THE EAST TENNESSEE CATHOLIC
on Friday morning. Talks by Catholic speakers Jeff Cavins, Dr. Tim Gray, Dr. Ted Sri, Dr. Brant Pitre, Dr. Peter Wiliamson, Dr. Mary Healy, Curtis Martin, Thomas Smith, Sarah Christmyer, and Deb Holiday will follow. Visit Catholic BibleConference.com to register. A retreat-style educational program designed to prepare RNs to establish and grow a parish-nurse health ministry is set for June 14 through 19 at St. Ignatius House in Atlanta. Cost is $850 before April 15 and $925 afterward. Interested RNs should contact Linda Hughes at 678-312-2423 or lghughes@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org or Jean Holley at 678-312-2467 or jholley@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org for more information. The Catholic Home Alliance of North Georgia Educators (CHANGE) is holding its third annual North Georgia Catholic Homeschooling Conference on Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, at North Metro Tech in Acworth, Ga. The theme of this year’s conference is “A Journey With St. Paul.” Father Joseph Fessio, SJ, of Ave Maria University and Ignatius Press will give talks titled “Walking in the Footsteps of St. Paul” and “Homeschooling and the Mass.” Other speakers will address aspects of the Catholic homeschooling journey, from getting started to college preparation. A college fair featuring Catholic colleges and local institutions will be presented concurrently with conference speakers from 9 a.m. to noon April 18. Two-day tickets are $25 for one adult and $40 for a married couple. Children’s tickets are $5, and college-bound teens may attend free with a paying adult. To purchase tickets or obtain more information, visit www.chsconferencega.com or leave a message at 770-745-5994. The Christophers have announced their 22nd annual Video Contest for College Students, a competition that challenges students to interpret the theme “One Person Can Make a Difference” in a short film of five minutes or less. Cash prizes totaling $6,000 will be awarded, including a first prize of $3,000. The deadline for entries is June 8. For an entry form, write to College Video Contest, The Christophers, 5 Hanover Square, New York, NY 10004; call 212-759-4008; or visit christophers.org/videocontest. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Chattanooga is hosting the third annual Sugar and Spice Brunch at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28. The gathering is for women of all ages to share the virtue of friendship. Dr. Ruth Queen Smith, pastoral associate at John XXIII Parish in Knoxville, will speak on the topic of “The Graces of Women and Friendship.” The morning activities will also include a basket auction and several raffles. Reserved tables for eight are available for $160. Individual tickets are $20. Call Jan O’Boyle at 706226-9110 or Judi Phillips at 423-892-4668 to purchase a table. Call the OLPH parish office for individual tickets. For more information, call OLPH parish family-life representative Cathy Oliver at 706-673-3029. The inaugural Run for the Schools, a 5K run, one-mile fun walk, and 100yard dash, is scheduled for Saturday, April 4, in Knoxville. Proceeds from the event will benefit participating schools, including diocesan Catholic schools. Packets will be distributed and late registration conducted from 7 to 8:15 a.m. The race will begin at 8:30, the walk at 8:45, and the dash at 9. Awards will be presented in numerous age divisions, from 10-and-under to 75-plus. Preregistration is $10 for Knox County students and $15 for all others, increasing to $12 and $20 on the day of the race. Registration is free for Knox County teachers. Register online or learn more at runfortheschools.org or call race director Betsy Johnson at 865-293-9539 for more details. Heart’s Home, an international Catholic organization committed to promoting a culture of compassion, is currently accepting applications for volunteers. Heart’s Home provides an opportunity for young people to dedicate at least 14 months of their life to serve suffering Calendar continued on page C9
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The Cumberland Mountain Deanery is organizing girls and boys Lenten retreats at St. Mary Church in Oak Ridge. The girls retreat has a theme of “Faithful, Pure, Beautiful” and is set for the weekend of March 27 through 29. A former Miss Tennessee will be a guest. The boys retreat, themed “Run So As to Win,” will be held the weekend of April 3 through 5 at St. Mary Church in Oak Ridge. A former professional athlete is scheduled to appear. Participants will learn how to use the strength and courage of the Christian faith to excel in athletics. The retreat starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday and ends with Mass at 10 a.m. Sunday. High school boys, whether they are involved in sports or not, are invited to attend. Cost is $20 for each retreat. For more information, contact a youth minister; Maria Hermon in the diocesan Youth Ministry office at 865-584-3307, extension 5754, or mhermon@diocese ofknoxville.org; or retreat organizers Margaret and John Merrill at merrill fam@bellsouth.net.
Rites of election held around diocese Father David Boettner, moderator of the curia, signs the Book of the Elect during the Chattanooga Deanery’s rite of election at St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church in Cleveland on Feb. 28. Catechumens and candidates around the diocese publicly affirmed their desire to participate fully in the sacramental life when they join the church at the Easter Vigil. From left are Peggy Rourke, Carol Newton, Lori Cunningham, Jennifer Tablada, and Chris Cunningham. Father Boettner presided at all four rites, including the second one Feb. 28, held for the Cumberland Mountain Deanery at Blessed Sacrament in Harriman. On March 1, St. Dominic in Kingsport hosted the rite for the Five Rivers Deanery, and Immaculate Conception in Knoxville did likewise for the Smoky Mountain Deanery.
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Collins, the seminarian at right, kneels with Scott Carroll of the Diocese of Toledo as Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB, presides.
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Indianapolis celebrated the Mass and instituted the new lectors. Handing the book of sacred Scripture to each seminarian, he said, “Take this book of holy Scripture, and be faithful in handing on the Word of God so that it may grow strong in the hearts of his people.” The institution as lector is
Singer Katrina Rae to perform at DCCW convention he 2009 Diocesan Council of Catholic Women convention, themed “Rejoice and Be Glad” and set for May 1 and 2 at St. Jude Church in Chattanooga, will feature Catholic lay evangelist and performing artist Katrina Rae. Ms. Rae’s music blends the Southern spiritual and country genres. She has received national acclaim, including the United Catholic Music and Video Association’s Performer of the Year awards in 2005 and 2007. In 2000 she was invited by Pope John Paul II
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neer and partner in Mizpah Ministries. Ms. Rae will perform at two different sessions at the DCCW convention on May 2. For a convention registration brochure, visit kdccw.org or parish offices throughout the diocese, or contact convention co-chairs Ann Respess at a.respess@att.net or 423-870-1723 or Cathy Palisoc at cathy. palisoc@comcast.net or 423-322-6482. Hotel accommodations at convention rates are available at Country Inn and Suites. Call 423-3082333 or visit country inns.com/hixsontn. ■
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Creole, the native language of Haiti. On the way back to Port-auPrince, the group stopped at Visitation Hospital in Petite Rivière de Nippes (visitationhospital.org). On the last day of the trip, they spent three hours at Mother Teresa’s Home for Children (ages 6 months to 5 years). They played and even did some chemistry magic with the older kids. The show was one of four such activities in Haiti conducted by “Dr. ALKMST”
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(Dr. Al-Chemist, a.k.a. UT professor Dr. Hazari). Then it was time to feed the babies in their cribs. Group members said this was the most touching and moving activity of their weeklong Haiti trip. Dr. Hazari summarized the trip as “wonderful, interesting, adventurous, sad, exciting, emotional, delightful, and educational, but most of all hopeful.” Haiti is definitely a “country in a slowprogress mode,” he said. ■ MARCH 22, 2009
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Preparing for an ordination Chancery staffers and many other East Tennessee Catholics work hard to organize the March 19 Mass. By Dan McWilliams he Chancery office experienced its own version of March Madness this month. At a recent meeting staffers received the final version of a handout that even resembled a tournament bracket—but instead it was an organizational chart for the ordination leadership team. Virtually every Chancery employee appeared on the chart in at least one position, in a box showing his or her duties for the March 19 event at the Knoxville Convention Center (KCC). Diocesan priests and many other East Tennessee Catholics also had key roles on the leadership team. At the top of the chart was Deacon Sean Smith, the diocesan chancellor and general chairman for the ordination and installation of Knoxville’s third bishop. Along with others at the Chancery, Deacon Smith juggled his regular fulltime tasks with his ordination responsibilities. “The challenge is trying to continue with the important duties of the chancellor that come in daily and also deal with the ordination,” he said. “Although I am extremely busy, I feel blessed to have wonderful committee members and committee leaders to help. It’s a great team.” Bishop Stika and diocesan administrator Father Al Humbrecht were the executive advisers for the ordination. ETC editor Mary C. Weaver and Deacon Patrick Murphy-Racey of St. Albert the Great in Knoxville were co-chairs for communications and media and public relations, assisted by the ETC’s Dan McWilliams and Margaret Hunt. Paul Simoneau, director of the diocesan Justice and Peace Office, headed the logistics committee. Diocesan vocation director Father Peter Iorio and Father Alex Waraksa, diocesan director of Worship and Liturgy, co-chaired the liturgy committee for the ordination. Father Tony Dickerson and Father Michael Maples served as masters of ceremony for the Mass, and moderator of the curia Father David Boettner coordinated the solemn Vespers service March
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from Deacon Smith at a March 11 18. Monsignor John McIntyre was staff meeting for all the assistance Cardinal Justin F. Rigali’s master they had provided to the leaderof ceremonies. ship team. Sister Albertine Paulus, RSM, Venue-location coordinator Jim the diocesan director of EvangeO’Brien of St. Thomas the Apostle lization, produced the printed in Lenoir City was of tremendous programs for the ordination assistance to Deacon Smith, the events and co-chaired the music latter said. committee with Jane Hubbard of “That guy is like an XO [execuSt. Thérèse of Lisieux in Clevetive officer] for a general,” he said. land. Louise Wyman was the prin“He’s my right-hand man, and I’m cipal conductor for the ordination thankful as heck I’ve got him.” choir, assisted by Dr. Douglas H. Helping Mr. O’Brien were Lee Manley. Administrative assistant Paskiet and Bill Jochem, sound Barb Daugherty was assistant coand lighting; Joe Sutter and Fran ordinator for the programs. DioceOlmstead, stage, altar, and chairs; san Youth Ministry coordinator Mary Myers, art and environment; Father Mike Cummins, with adand Laura Seymour, signage. ministrative assistant Maria HerDeacon David Lucheon, diocemon, secured Diocesan Youth san Finance Officer, chaired the Ministry Advisory Council memordination’s finance division with bers to serve as ushers. help from controller Chris Mrs. Wyman, music director Lucheon. Helen Short coordinated emeritus at Holy Ghost in lodging, and Bill Wicke, assisted Knoxville, co-founded the Dioceby Mike Wills, was in charge of san Liturgical Musicians Committransportation. tee with Mrs. Hubbard in the Finding a time when someone mid-1980s, at the request of thenwas not at the Chancery became diocesan director of Worship and more diffiLiturgy Facult as the ther Mike Preparing for the new ordination Linder. day apLourdes bishop’s ordination proached. Garza, Many diocesan has been ‘fun and staffers director of adventure every day, typically Hispanic work when Ministry for sure.’ the buildand ading is ministraopen, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weektive assistant Blanca Primm were days, but Deacon Smith put in a Hispanic coordinators for the or21-hour day on March 7. dination. Superintendent of Cath“Saturday I got here at 4:30 in olic Schools Dr. Sherry Morgan the morning, and I left almost at and her administrative assistant, 1:30 in the morning,” he said. “So Eunice Stearns, served as schools it’s not just my weekdays, it’s my coordinators for the event. Father weekends. But I have the energy to Randy Stice, Father Christian keep going because of the glorious Mathis, diocesan DRE Rich Armoccasion it’s going to be. I love the strong, and diocesan benefits adbishop, and I want to do anything ministrator Marcy Meldahl also I can so that his day is the most assisted. special and wonderful day there is, Dave Roulier of Sacred Heart and I’m giving it my all.” Cathedral, a former Secret Service The bishop’s executive secretary, agent, coordinated security. Nancy Feist, has been in charge of Committee members met each invitations for the ordination, coFriday from Jan. 16 through ordinating the lists with adminisMarch 13, and various subcomtrative assistant Janie Hennessy. mittees and the overall ordination “We got lists from many differcommittee met several times with ent sources—from the U.S. bishKCC staff. They received a salute www.dioceseofknoxville.org
ops’ office, the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Bishop Stika himself, most of our folks here, the priests of Nashville—and we coordinated mailing out 3,000 invitations to all the various events,” said Mrs. Feist. “All those replies came back through this office, so we had to record all the people who said they were coming to the various events.” Mrs. Feist said she helped “send off” Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz to Louisville in 2007 and Bishop James Vann Johnston Jr. to Springfield–Cape Girardeau, Mo., last year, but she’s much busier now that it’s her diocese’s turn to host an episcopal ordination. “It’s a whole lot more complicated when you’re bringing one in,” she said. Mrs. Feist said that she has experienced “fun and adventure every day, for sure.” “There’s never a dull moment,” she said. “At any given moment the phone can ring, 10 e-mails could come in, or 300 reply cards could come in the mail. “But it’s all for a good reason, so I’m happy to do it,” she said. Suzanne Erpenbach, with help from administrative assistant Peggy Humphreys, has been heading up the hospitality effort for the ordination on top of her role as diocesan director of the Stewardship and Development Office. “My primary responsibility is planning the honored-guest luncheon and the reception following the ordination Mass,” she said. “I’ve also been trying to serve as a teammate to those who need help.” Many others from around the diocese helped with the reception to follow the ordination, event and airport transportation, parking for the ordination, and other tasks. “It’s been so neat to see the spirit of teamwork throughout our diocese,” said Mrs. Erpenbach. “It’s been an extraordinary Lenten experience. “We’re all working together to welcome our new bishop, his guests, and all the people from the diocese for a grand day.” ■ MARCH 22, 2009
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Margaret Angela Ryan Dowling, 82, of Chattanooga, the mother of Father John Dowling of St. John Neumann Parish in Farragut, died Sunday, March 1, at her home. Mrs. Dowling graduated from St. Vincent’s Academy and Armstrong State Junior College in Savannah, Ga. She was a parishioner of St. Jude in Chattanooga. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Helen Ryan; brothers, Francis Ryan, John Ryan, and James Persse Ryan; and sister, Mary O’Brien. Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Joseph S. Dowling; son, Father John Dowling; daughter and son-in-law, Marie and Alan Bergheimer; son, Father Kevin Dowling; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Paulette Dowling; daughter, Barbara Dowling; son and daughter-inlaw, Brian and Beth Dowling; daughter and sonin-law, Katherine and George Northrop; eight grandchildren; and two sisters, Helen Richardson and Jane Walker. The funeral Mass was held Wednesday, March 4, at St. Jude Church with Fathers John and Kevin Dowling officiating. Interment followed in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the St. Jude Church Building Fund. RHODA OLECK
Rhoda Andrea Oleck, 81, of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Chattanooga died Friday, Feb. 6. A native of Tennessee, Mrs. Oleck was born Aug. 1, 1927. Throughout her life, she was active in many ministries, including Meals on Wheels, Food for the Poor, prison ministry, hospital ministry, the Ladies of Charity, and the Blue Army. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Deacon William Oleck; daughter, Loretta (Loree) Lewis, of Hixson; two granddaughters; two greatgrandsons; and brothers and sisters-in-law, James and Lena Oleck and Alexander and Michelle Oleck. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church with Father Mike Nolan officiating. Burial followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Ladies of Charity of Chattanooga or Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish. ANN ROBEY
Ann Elizabeth Robey, 58, of East Ridge died Sunday, Feb. 22, at a local hospital. Mrs. Robey was born July 29, 1950, in Mooresville, N.C., to Alvin and Delores Brown. She was of the Catholic faith, a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam era, and employed by the Tennessee Department of Human Resources. She also volunteered for the Girl Scouts of America and served as a district governor for Toastmasters International. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Barry Brown. Surviving are her husband of 37 years, Tom Robey; children, James Robey, Jennifer and husband Eric Weibel, and Timothy and wife Jessica Robey; 12 grandchildren; brothers, David Brown and Dennis Brown; and sisters, Carol Henson and Laurie Courtney. A memorial Mass was held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Chattanooga. Burial will be at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
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Spiritual fitness Lent is the ideal time for all kinds of heavy lifting.
Climbing back onto the exercise bandwagon—and staying aboard—is one of my Lenten resolutions this year. It began with a day of reckoning on the heels of Fat Tuesday: a “fitness assessment.” The very term made me nervous, although the physical trainer, Megan, assured me it would be low-key, “just a few quick exercise tests to see where you’re at.” Soon Megan discovered exactly where I’m at—where my arms are at, where my waist is at, where my thighs are at. She recorded the numbers silently, leaving me to wonder what she made of my girth. Megan listed ways to gauge fitness: pounds, inches, blood pressure, and the Body Mass Index, a person’s weight compared with her height. We can measure our exertion: the speed of our mile, the heft of a weight, the number of repetitions. And we count our consumption: calories, fat grams, sodium milligrams, cholesterol levels. There is no shortage of metrics to gauge
our physical health. This is an apt time for me to return to the elliptical trainer and set to the sweaty business of burning and toning. I’m one of four million couch potatoes who has been loafing through the winter in one of those Snuggies, designed to give just enough range of motion to grab the remote control and dig into a Pringles can. The only information the giant fleece reveals is the fact that you possess ankles and wrists, which makes a few extra pounds in the middle not only permissible but snugglier. My meeting with Megan confirmed that’s been the case. It seems like a wise strategy, to begin gym memberships with an appraisal of how unfit the members are, giving them a clear reason to return often. Perhaps the church would boost attendance if she assessed our spiritual fitness, proclaiming numbers that would startle us onto a kneeler. Of course, our spiritual life can’t be measured. That’s the beauty of it—and the danger: there are no clear-cut indicators to halt us in our tracks. There is no Sin/Grace Index. No pride monitor. No repento-meter. We don’t track hours
at eucharistic adoration versus hours spend gossiping. In the absence of such markers, we must strive for constant spiritual growth, ever watchful for ruts and backward slides. It isn’t a matter of endurance, how many rosaries we can hammer out. It’s about making prayer regular and learning to listen, seeking God’s will and embracing it. As young adults we’re accustomed to black-and-white, hard-and-fast numerical assessments—the number of Facebook friends, the Amazon rank of a book, the number of results yielded from a split-second Google search. But faith defies figures. We don’t forgive just seven times, St. Matthew reminded us this Lent, but 70 times seven. At every opportunity. Again and again. That’s how the slow work of spiritual development begins. Pope Benedict XVI recently reflected on our need for strong interior lives. “Dear young people,” he said, “prepare yourselves to face the important stages of life with spiritual commitment, building every one of your projects on the solid foundations of fidelity to God.” It is a sweaty but sacred Lenten journey: moving forward, in leaps and scooches, ever closer to Christ. ■ Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn. E-mail her at christina@readchristina.com.
In our next issue he April 12 edition will include coverage of Bishop Richard Stika’s ordination Mass as well as the Vespers service held the previous evening, an explanation of the ordination rite and its symbols, additional information on the people who helped put together the events, interviews with the bishop’s family and friends, and more. ■
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Irene Kertay, 91, of Chattanooga died Monday, Feb. 23. Mrs. Kertay was born March 17, 1917. She was an active member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Chattanooga and had been employed as a bookkeeper. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bela Kertay; mother, Barbara Hlatky; and a grandson. Survivors include two sons, Les and wife Maddie Kertay of Chattanooga and Paul and wife Joan Kertay of Prospect Heights, Ill.; one daughter, Marie and husband Bill Blunk of Channahon, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. The funeral Mass was held Friday, Feb. 27, at OLPH Church with Father Mike Nolan officiating. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chattanooga. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. ARLENE SMITH
Arlene Carol Bastian Smith, 66, of East Ridge, died Wednesday, March 4, at a local hospital. A resident of the East Ridge area for the past 12 years, she was formerly of Chicago. She was a former employee of the Two Way Grill, where she worked for 20 years, and was of the Catholic faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Virginia Fennell Bastain. She is survived by three children, Carol Ann Smith and Scott Smith, both of East Ridge, and Rocky Lamkin of Rossville, Ga.; sister, Jeannine Conrad, of Cape Coral, Fla.; three brothers, DanDeaths continued on page C10
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‘One of our own’ a bishop s superintendent of Catholic education for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, George Henry has seen firsthand how Bishop Richard F. Stika works with Catholic schools. Mr. Henry became superintendent in 1995, two years before then-Monsignor Stika was appointed vicar general for the archdiocese. Knoxville’s future bishop also served as vicar of education while vicar general and was “therefore my boss, to whom I reported directly,” said Mr. Henry. Knoxville’s new shepherd is a product of the schools Mr. Henry oversees. “Monsignor Stika graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School. Bishop DuBourg is one of our 10 archdiocesan high schools, and as superintendent I have direct responsibility for those high schools,” he said. “My children went to Bishop DuBourg High School. To have Monsignor Stika be one of its graduates is of great, great pride to us: pride that he would become a priest and now of greater pride that one of our own would become a bishop.” Bishop Stika’s Catholic education also included his elementary days at Epiphany of Our Lord School near his South St. Louis childhood home. “Having had a Catholic school experience is going to help him,” said Mr. Henry. “He was vicar of education, and I had an insight to him as superintendent as to how he might be as bishop in that area. He will be very committed to your Catholic schools and Catholic education system. There is no doubt in my mind that that will be a priority for him personally and for the diocese as he looks forward to those goals and priorities. . . . “He will be very successful in Knoxville—it’s kind of a growth diocese, so I would not be surprised to see him promoting rather aggressively the growth and continuation of Catholic schools. He will be a very good man for
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education in Knoxville.” Mr. Henry said he has known Bishop Stika for “15 or 20 years.” The superintendent, who with his wife vacations annually in South Carolina and stops in Knoxville on his way to and from there, said he “was not surprised” that his friend was named a bishop. “I figured this would be happening at some point in time, and I was very happy for him,” he said. “I think he will be a good bishop in Knoxville.” Two traits will serve Bishop Stika well in his new role, said Mr. Henry. “First, I find him to be very pastoral. I would further define him as a man of prayer, as a man of great spirituality, and as a man who demonstrates compassion for his parishioners and cares for them in a very sincere way,” he said. “The other characteristic is that he is very personable. He genuinely likes people. He doesn’t have a lot of pretense—he’s very authentic and has a great sense of humor.” Bishop Stika “had a lot of opportunities as a vicar general of this diocese to do quite a few things for the youth, so [being around youth] is natural for him,” said Mr. Henry. “He is very youthful at heart in many ways and will relate well to the young people.” Bishop Stika is leaving an archdiocese that has more than 150 Catholic schools, including 120plus elementary schools. The Diocese of Knoxville has eight elementary and two high schools in its Catholic Schools system, but the smaller numbers will not change the new bishop’s approach to education, he said. “I’m very hands on,” said Bishop Stika. “Whether it’s a large system or a small system, it’s all about education and formation of children, so the mission is the same.” Bishop Stika served as pastor of the Church of the Annunziata in Ladue, Mo., until his appointment
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East Tennessee’s new shepherd is a product of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. By Dan McWilliams
George Henry oversees Catholic education for the archdiocese. His children attended Bishop DuBourg High School in St. Louis, also the alma mater of Bishop Stika.
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to lead East Tennessee Catholics. Annunziata’s own school closed some years ago, and the building is now used for special education by the archdiocese. The parish does not have a large youth population and didn’t have a youthministry office when he arrived as pastor in 2004, but Bishop Stika planned to change that from the start. “Annunziata is a unique parish,” he said. “We don’t have our own full-time school, so our young adults are kind of scattered through probably six or seven schools.
“The school systems they participate in are very active and busy, so we had to find the right balance between Catholic Christian formation and a commitment to our values, as well as respecting the fact that young adults are pulled in a thousand different directions. “It’s something I wanted to do four years ago, but I had to go slow because I wanted to come up with the right model for the parish. We have two excellent youth ministers who are both involved in campus ministries and Catholic high schools as their other jobs.” ■
the door) for adults and $5 for children ages 3 to 11. Dinner proceeds will benefit Council of Catholic Women and Knights of Columbus charities. ■ A Passover Seder meal will be served at 6 p.m. Monday, April 6, in the social hall. Cost is $5 and includes a lamb dinner.
drive on the weekend of March 28 and 29 to benefit St. Mary’s Hospital North as well as area food pantries. ■ Lenten suppers, followed by Stations of the Cross outside, will be held on Fridays throughout Lent. ■ Parishioners volunteered during four Saturdays in February to work on the property. A walking trail around the church property has been constructed.
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Obama. Participants are sending empty red envelopes to the White House with a message written on the back: “This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception.”
Sacred Heart, Knoxville ■ A mini-boutique sale to benefit the
Ladies of Charity food-assistance fund will be held in the Shea Room from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 3. ■ Singer Tajci will perform “I Thirst: The Crucifixion Story” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4, in the cathedral. Visit her website at idobelieve.com for ad-
ditional details. ■ A parish cleanup day is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4. Bring rakes, shovels, or trimmers to help ready the cathedral grounds for Easter.
Immaculate Conception, Knoxville ■ Dan Murphy entertained parishioners
with Irish songs and stories at Come Alive at 55’s covered-dish dinner March 11.
Our Lady of Fatima, Alcoa ■ The annual CYO Basket Auction
and Spaghetti Dinner will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 28, in the social hall. Costs are $11 ($15 at
St. Albert the Great, Knoxville ■ A first Communion retreat will take
place at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28. A meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, for all parents and children. First Communion is scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday, April 19. ■ The Corporal Works of Mercy Committee is conducting a food
John XXIII, Knoxville ■ The Newman Book Club will meet
in the parish library at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28, to discuss Vipers’ Tangle (Loyola Press, 2005) by François Mauriac. ■
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people. Mission countries include France, Italy, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Peru, India, El Salvador, and the United States. Visit www.hearts homeusa.org or call 718-522-2121 for details. 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. Visit www.knoxlatinmass.net for details. The next Engaged Encounter weekend in the diocese will be held April 17 at Steiner Bell Mountain Haven in Gatlinburg. Additional weekends this year will begin May 22, July 17, and Oct. 16. 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 EnTHE EAST TENNESSEE CATHOLIC
counter, e-mail Charlie or Blanca Primm at ceeknoxville@gmail.com or visit www.rc.net/knoxville/cee. 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. A Seekers of Silence Contemplative Saturday Morning will be held March 21 at John XXIII Catholic Center in Knoxville. The day will feature United in Prayer Day: Contemplative Outreach, a new video with Father Thomas Keating, OCSO. At the next gathering, April 11, Paulist Father Eric Andrews will
give a talk titled “John XXIII: Pastor, Peacemaker, and Prophet.” Coffee and tea will be served at 8:30 a.m. both days; the workshops will run from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a bag lunch. RSVP to 865-523-7931. Holy Resurrection Byzantine Catholic Mission holds Divine Liturgy celebrations at 4 p.m. Sundays at Holy Family Church in Seymour. Call Holy Family at 865-573-1203 for more information. Upcoming events for Catholic Singles of Greater Knoxville (40 and over) include the following: ■ Sunday, March 22: “Brunch and banter” at Ruby Tuesday at West Town Mall, 1 p.m. RSVP to Sandra J. at 6026773 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays) or 504-913-1610. ■ Wednesday, March 25: Ronald McDonald House service project. Prepare a casserole or bring fresh fruit or 2 percent milk and deliver to the house before 6:30 p.m. Call Donna T. at 531-3839.
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dinner party, featuring Cincinnati chili and Zinfandel wine and hosted by Donna T., 7 p.m. Cost is $5. RSVP by March 21 to penguin7@prodigy.net or call 531-3839. ■ Monday, March 30: Magic Tree House: The Musical at the Tennessee Theatre, 7 p.m. Call the theater box office, 684-1200, or Tickets Unlimited, 656-4444, for tickets. ■ Tuesday, March 31: Planning meeting for May-June events at Silver Spoon, 7240 Kingston Pike, 6:15 p.m. RSVP by March 30 to 966-8205 or gbraunsroth@charter.net. ■ Friday, April 3: Stations of the Cross at St. John Neumann School, 6:15 p.m. Call Gail, 966-8205. ■ Sunday, April 5: Knox Greenways Coalition 5K run and two-mile walk and dog jog at Third Creek Greenway, 2 p.m. Cost is $12. Contact Donna T. at 531-3839 or penguin7@prodigy.net. ■ Wednesday, April 8: Coffee and conversation at Panera Bread, Cedar Bluff, 6:30 p.m. Call Randy S. at 556-3781. ■ MARCH 22, 2009
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God will restore us, despite our disobedience, if we rely on him.
Monsignor Ted Wojcicki is a longtime friend of Bishop Stika. The two worked together for many years at the Catholic Center in St. Louis. BISHOP STIKA ‘LOVES BEING A PRIEST’
Bishop Stika and Monsignor Wojcicki are both big baseball fans and were at Busch Stadium in St. Louis in 1998 when Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run of the season, breaking Roger Maris’s 37-year-old single-season homer record. Both priests have known the most famous Cardinal of all, Hall of Fame slugger Stan Musial. “He is one of [Bishop Stika’s] parishioners, and I’ve known Stan going back a long time because he used to go to the Polish church,” said Monsignor Wojcicki. “We made arrangements one time for the two of us and Archbishop Rigali and Stan all to go to a game together with a few other people.” By that point, in the mid-1990s, the future cardinal had returned to the United States after a long diplomatic career with the Vatican. “It was an opportunity for Cardinal Rigali to meet Musial,” said Monsignor Wojcicki. “We figured they both would enjoy that, since Stan has such a strong faith, and Cardinal Rigali didn’t have a chance to watch much baseball on account of he worked in Rome for 30 years, and they don’t play much baseball over there. “We thought that would be a good thing when [Cardinal Rigali] was here if he would have a chance to meet some of the prominent members of the community that way, and Monsignor Stika and I helped arranged that. It was a beautiful experience, and they both enjoyed themselves.” Kenrick-Glennon originated as St. Mary’s Seminary, founded near Perryville, Mo., in 1819. Bishop Stika said that “it’s interesting, the number of bishops that have come out of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary over almost two centuries.” “There’s a long hallway, kind of the main hallway of the building, where there are photographs [and portraits] of bishops since the foundation of the seminary, going back to the 1820s and ’30s,” he said. “I guess eventually my photo will be hanging in the hallway.” ■
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ny Hagen of York, Ill.; Jimmy Bastain of Mission Viejo, Calif.; and Jay Bastain of Silver Lake, Wis.; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday, March 6, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Chattanooga with Father Mike Nolan officiating. Interment followed in Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park, Rossville. HELEN WEIR, SFO
Helen Thomas Weir, SFO, formerly of Holy Ghost Parish in Knoxville, died Monday, Jan. 12. She had been living with her son, Tarron Weir, in Jersey City, N.J., for the past year. Mrs. Weir was a member of the Sts. Francis and Clare Secular Franciscan Group at Sacred Heart Cathedral. A professed Secular Franciscan, she was buried in the Franciscan shroud. She is survived by another son, Morris Thomas Jr.; three grandchildren; and two sisters. The funeral Mass was held Thursday, Jan. 22, at Holy Ghost Church with Monsignor Xavier Mankel officiating. Interment followed in Calvary Cemetery, Knoxville. Members of the Secular Franciscans held a Franciscan wake service for Mrs. Weir. ■ C10
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In today’s first reading the Chronicler (a name given to the person or persons who were inspired to write the Books of Chronicles) presents about 200 years of history in three short paragraphs. What a history it is! More important, what a lesson it teaches the people of Judah, who were living in pretty tough times. He recalled that under very favorable conditions in the past, their leaders had run the country into the ground. They decided to get rich. Accordingly, they compromised their ethics and the purity of their religion to achieve the “good life” of their pagan neighbors. The chief priests and the royal family allowed
all this to go unchecked, despite God’s constant warnings through the prophets. Refusing to heed these divine admonitions leads to ruin. The normal flow of earthly events swallowed them up. As big nations with powerful armies conquer smaller wealthy nations, so Judah became a target of Babylon. First, the Babylonians occupied their country, then sent the people into exile—a situation as bad as if not worse than what they had experienced under the Pharaoh in Egypt. The Chronicler’s real point, however, is to emphasize what God did after that debacle. Encouraged by prophets such as Jeremiah, many of the exiles still trusted that God would deliver them from captivity. And God came through, even earlier than had been expected. God raised up Cyrus. As king of Persia, he defeated the Baby-
Years, days, and hours The sacrifice of Jesus allowed eternity into this world.
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Mary’s total gift acknowledged Jesus as priest and king.
oday, we celebrate Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and thus the beginning of Holy Week. There are two Gospels, one of which is the Passion according to Mark. All of the readings contain so many scriptural insights that to meditate on them all could get confusing. But one strange incident stands out starkly, begging to be explained. It is the action of the woman who breaks
March 22, fourth Sunday of Lent 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 Psalm 137:1-6 Ephesians 2:4-10 John 3:14-21
Cana Jesus told Mary had not yet come does arrive in the context of today’s Gospel. Oddly, Jesus announces it has begun when Andrew and Philip tell him some foreigners are asking to see him. What’s the connection? Let’s go back to the prophets. The new covenant they talked about was to unite people’s hearts to God. It was to be extended to the entire world until everyone was united. John reports that Jesus prepared for that hour by immersing himself in humanity. His hour would be the time the whole human race would be reconciled with God. Gradually, those who followed him figured out that he was the
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lonians, freed the Jews, gave them back their homeland, and funded the rebuilding of the Temple. The message is clear. Even when we disobey God and suffer the consequences, God will still restore us if we rely on him. Paul takes the very same Old Testament principle and makes it the cornerstone of New Testament theology. As dead as the world is in its sins, God brings us to life in Jesus Christ. On that basis, Paul deduces that God is rich in mercy. John’s Gospel has the same message, but he presents his case in the opposite logical direction. In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus starts by informing Nicodemus that God loves the world. Then, because he loves us, he sent his Son to offer eternal life so we would not perish in our sins. Paul and John and the Chronicler all agree: it all depends on all of us believing in God. ■
into the formal dinner and showers Jesus’ head with at least $25,000 of perfume. This action is important. It is one of the few events narrated in all four Gospels. In Mark it is even more important. Through this event, Mark gives us a rich symbol of what Jesus’ death was all about. One of the major themes in Mark’s Gospel is discipleship. Jesus is looking for the per-
Son of God. But now, people from other countries wanted to see him. The world was primed and ready for his ultimate sacrifice. He called it an hour. Truly, it was a pinprick in time that allowed eternity to come pouring into our world. It became and remains the point of judgment, the moment of divine reward, and our breakthrough from sin to salvation. Two thousand years later, the Day of the Lord continues to be at hand, awaiting our acceptance. ■ March 29, fifth Sunday of Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:3-4, 12-15 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33
fect disciple. It seems all the usual suspects are flawed in some way—until we get to this woman whom Mark does not name. John does. He identifies her as Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. Mark frames her deed between two incidents in the plot to kill Jesus. In one the priests and scribes conspire. Readings continued on page C11
April 5, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Mark 11:1-10 Isaiah 50:4-7 Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24 Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 14:1–15:47
WEEKDAY READINGS Monday, March 23: Isaiah 65:17-21; Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; John 4:43-54 Tuesday, March 24: Ezra 47:1-9, 12; Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; John 5:1-16 Wednesday, March 25: Solemnity, the Annunciation of the Lord, Isaiah 7:10-14 and 8:10; Psalm 40:7-11; Hebrews 10:4-10; Luke 1:26-38 Thursday, March 26: Exodus 32:714; Psalm 106:19-23; John 5:31-47 Friday, March 27: Wisdom 2:1, 1222; Psalm 34:17-21, 23; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday, March 28: Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalm 7:2-3, 9-12; John 7:40-53 Monday, March 30: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62; Psalm 23:1-6; John 8:1-11 Tuesday, March 31: Numbers 21:4-9;
Psalm 102:2-3, 16-21; John 8:21-30 Wednesday, April 1: Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Daniel 3:52-56; John 8:31-42 Thursday, April 2: Genesis 17:3-9; Psalm 105:4-9; John 8:51-59 Friday, April 3: Jeremiah 20:10-13; Psalm 18:2-7; John 10:31-42 Saturday, April 4: Ezekiel 37:21-28; Jeremiah 31:10-13; John 11:45-56 Monday of Holy Week, April 6: Isaiah 42:1-7; Psalm 27:1-3, 13-14; John 12:1-11 Tuesday of Holy Week, April 7: Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 71:1-6, 15, 17; John 13:21-33, 36-38; chrism Mass, Isaiah 61:1-3, 6, 8-9; Psalm 89:21-22, 25, 27; Revelation 1:5-8; Luke 4:16-21 Wednesday of Holy Week, April 8: Isaiah 50:4-9; Psalm 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Matthew 26:14-25
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Seven petitions The Lord’s Prayer reveals us to ourselves as it reveals the Father to us.
We often under-appreciate and neglect what is most familiar to us. This is certainly true of the most recognized and recited prayer in the world, the Lord’s Prayer. Prayer is man’s response to the question first asked of sinful Adam by God: “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9). Unlike Adam, who hid himself, Moses, Samuel, the Psalmist, and Isaiah are examples of holy responses to God’s call: “Here I am” (Exodus 3:4; 1 Samuel 3:4; Psalm 40:8; Isaiah 40:9). Because in today’s world our own response can be confused by so many “erroneous notions of prayer” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 2726), it is especially important to have recourse to the Lord’s Prayer. Each day we should take up anew the disciple’s request, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1), for Jesus continually beckons us to “learn from me” (Matthew 11:29). Pope Paul VI reminds us that “to know man, authentic man, man in his fullness, one must know God” (homily, Dec. 7, 1965). Because “the Lord’s Prayer reveals us to ourselves at the same time that it reveals the Father to us” (CCC, No. 2783), it is a daily lesson we should closely attend to. To better appreciate the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:913), we may find it helpful to approach it as the prayer of the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12).
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Each of the seven petitions of the Lord’s Prayer (thy name, thy kingdom, thy will, give us, forgive us, lead us, and deliver us) and the doxology pray for what the Beatitudes call blessed (the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the pure of heart, the peacemakers, and those persecuted for righteousness’ sake). Pope Benedict XVI describes these petitions as “signposts to interior prayer” that “provide a basic direction for our being” and that “aim to configure us to the image of the Son” (Jesus of Nazareth [Doubleday, 2007], p. 132). Likewise, the Beatitudes help us to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 13:14; cf. Ephesians 4:24) and to grow more like him upon the steps of the Christian virtues, which stand opposed to the seven deadly sins. To call God “Our Father” and to “hallow” his name requires an act of faith and of being “poor in spirit.” This poverty of heart dispels pride and recognizes God’s total primacy in our life as Father, helping us to become more childlike. In praying “thy kingdom come,” we lose our envy of transient things and seek, in hope, our right relation to God, “mourning” that we are not yet totally in our Bridegroom’s presence (cf. Matthew 9:15). By petitioning “thy will be done,” we seek in “meekness” through charity the image of Christ, true man and true God, instead of trying to impose a gluttonous image of
BY RICHARD M. DOERFLINGER
Science’s rightful place The president is forcing taxpayers to subsidize embryonic-stem-cell research.
Though tempered by sober realism, President Obama’s inaugural address in January delivered a message of hope—including a hope that science will help our nation solve its serious problems. “We will restore science to its rightful place,” he said, “and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its costs.” But now the president has decided to force U.S. taxpayers to subsidize research that requires destroying live human embryos. That decision actually ignores his pledge to take science seriously—because science is moving on, and embryonic stem cells are becoming “obsolete.” That’s the considered judgment of the first female director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Bernadine Healy, writing in the March 4 issue of U.S. News & World Report. Dr. Healy cites a recent study in Israel, showing the formation of multiple tumors in a boy’s nervous system after he was treated with derivatives from early fetal stem cells. In January a study in Nature Biotechnology confirmed that embryonic-stem-cell cultures generally contain abnormal THE EAST TENNESSEE CATHOLIC
cells that can cause cancer— and there is no simple way to tell which cells are abnormal, as they have a normal genome and may seem to be the healthiest and most viable cells. Dr. Martin Pera, stemcell expert at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, comments: “Ultimately it may be difficult or impossible to rule out with
Adult stem cells, obtained without harming the donor, are benefiting more and more real patients. certainty that a given culture is totally free of abnormal cells.” How reassuring for those needing therapies! Producing genetically tailored embryonic stem cells that cannot be rejected as “foreign” by a patient’s body also remains a challenge. To solve this problem, teams around the world have tried to obtain usable stem cells from cloned human embryos but failed. Cloning also requires a huge supply of women’s eggs—and according to the Feb. 1 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, the drugs needed to stimulate women’s ovaries to produce these eggs boosts
man onto heaven. In asking for “our daily bread,” we must also “hunger and thirst for righteousness,” guided by prudence, which directs our mind and will to recognize and desire God’s truth, his loving plan, his bread. Sloth is the opposite of this holy desire. As justice, the opposite of greed, is the giving of our due to both God and neighbor (cf. CCC, No. 1807), we must especially make a gift to “those who trespass against us” of that same mercy we ourselves seek and receive from God. In the petition “lead us not into temptation,” we seek, as brides of Christ, to be “pure of heart,” the fruit of temperance that purifies us of lust and transforms our passions into a holy desire to make ourselves beautiful for our Bridegroom. In praying “deliver us from evil,” we are called peacemakers to identify ourselves ever more closely with Christ, who made “peace through the blood of his cross” (Colossians 1:20) and to give expression to his total and selfless offering with courage (fortitude), which drowns the world’s wrath. In the doxology the church rejoices and proclaims the triumph of the resurrection, which the eighth beatitude reminds us comes by way of the cross. If justice comes from above and not from below, then to the degree we neglect our prayer we estrange ourselves from God, our very selves, our neighbor, and all of creation. Jesus yearns to continue his lesson of prayer with us every day. With a traditional play upon the words of Pope Paul VI, “If you want peace . . . ,” pray the Lord’s Prayer. ■ Mr. Simoneau directs the diocesan Justice and Peace Office.
the women’s risk of cancer. The bizarre approach of using eggs from animals instead was approved last year in Great Britain, but scientists now find that animal eggs (big surprise) do not program a human genome properly. That’s the sobering reality. Here’s the hope: Adult stem cells, obtained without harming the donor, are benefiting more and more real patients, reversing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease in the latest published trials. An advance hailed by the journal Science as the top scientific breakthrough of last year—a technique for reprogramming ordinary adult cells into “induced pluripotent stem cells”—looks better with each passing month. These “induced” cells can be an exact genetic match to any patient, and the journal Nature just published two studies showing that initial concerns about the safety of the procedure are being resolved. If there is any research purpose for which embryonic stem cells have an advantage, these reprogrammed cells seem able to perform that task as well or better, without ethical problems. Science and ethics are pointing the way forward together. The only thing standing in the way now is an ideology favoring embryo destruction—an ideology that is reflected in the president’s new executive order but that the American people do not support. ■
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The great three days es, the Triduum is drawing near—the great three days without which our life would have no meaning. This is the time when Jesus is lifted up, “drawing all men to himself” (John 12:32), thereby creating the Mystical Body of Christ. Few people understood this and its implications better than Caryll Houselander (1901-1954), an artist, a mystic, a woodcarver, a prolific author, and a comforter of those traumatized by war. Reading her books, one is amazed at her concrete conviction that Christ is literally present in every human being who was, who is, and who will be. In The Way of the Cross (Liguori Publications, 2002, $11.95), she makes “the driest of doctrinal considerations shine out like a restored picture . . . she seemed to find no difficulty [in] getting the right word that left you gasping.” Coming from the late Monsignor Ronald Knox, this is high praise indeed. Before the Easter Bunny, there was the egg, a symbol of the Resurrection. We have a wide selection, ranging from wooden eggs at $3.95 to beautiful Fabergé-like ones for $34. This is a good time for the family to watch Franco Zeffirelli’s twodisc classic Jesus of Nazareth (Artisan, 2002, $24.95) Es como el día y la noche es la diferencia que apreciamos entre los crucifijos hispanos y aquellos que se encuentran en nuestras iglesias. Aquellos, no son bonitos y son difíciles de mirar por mucho tiempo por su crudeza, que es más fiel a la realidad de este terrible acontecimiento. Mel Gibson
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trata de reiterar esto en su DVD: La Pasión de Cristo: La Edición Definitiva (FoxFaith, 2007, $27.95). Como más y más películas en DVD, ésta también tiene subtítulos en español. No es recomendada para niños pequeños. También tenemos Meditando el Viacrucis: El Viacrucis de María de Richard Furey (Twenty-Third Publications, $1.95) que desde 1984 es el favorito de las madres y abuelas, pues representa la pasión desde el punto de vista de María. También en español tenemos el Rosario de las Estaciones de la Cruz, una hermosa devoción por sólo $22. Other seasonal favorites are Gentle Spirit’s CD The Way of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori (2003, $15.99) and The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (TAN, 2005, $18). For children we recommend the nicely illustrated The Story of the Cross: The Stations of the Cross for Children (Loyola Press, 2002, $15.95). Again this year we have a life-sized crown of thorns ($47.95), whose very presence brings home the terrible but necessary deed that wrought our salvation. Once it’s all over, you can settle down to some real fun, creating unique eggs with Ukrainian egg wraps. We wish you all a blessed Easter, especially our brand-new bishop. ■ 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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In the other, Judas volunteers to betray the Lord. So, Pharisees (scribes), Sadducees (priests), and even one of the Twelve discredit themselves as model disciples. Enter Mary. In that one incident she presents her credentials. Consider her case. Jesus looked for a disciple who would leave everything behind and follow. Mary disposed of her entire life savings in a single daring deed as she forcibly and gallantly broke the expensive alabaster jar over Jesus’ head. She no longer could look back. In pouring it over Jesus’ head she recognized that he was both king and priest. Many Jews thought the Messiah would be such a combination. It was a Passover project for all to give to the poor to eliminate poverty. By spending her fortune on Jesus, she proved that she listened well to the Lord as he identified with the poor. This was especially true just days before his crucifixion—a death through which Jesus gave up everything. Then again, Jesus praised her for preparing him for death. Read the Passion narrative with her in mind, and the events of Holy Week and the meaning of Jesus’ sacrifice will become clear to you. ■ Father Brando is the pastor of St. Jude Parish in Chattanooga.
Mr. Doerflinger is associate director of the Secretariat of ProLife Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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