The Catholic Spirit - June 19, 2014

U.S. bishops meet 11 • Christians flee Iraq 12 • Senior living 16-19 June 19, 2014 Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

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By Jessica Trygstad The Catholic Spirit A theatrical production about the early life of St. John Paul II will serve to inform and entertain as part of the third annual Fortnight for Freedom events hosted locally.

“Lolek,” written and performed by Jeremy Stanbary of Epiphany Studios in Minneapolis, is featured in the July 2 Virtue in the Face of Religious Intolerance event sponsored by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Office of Marriage, Family and Life.

The play begins at 7 p.m. at De La Salle High School in Minneapolis. Registration is required for the free event; visit archspm.org.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops designates the Fortnight for Freedom — this year from June 21 to July 4 — as a time for dioceses and parishes to raise awareness for domestic and international religious freedom.

The timeline coincides with the Church’s liturgical calendar celebrating a series of martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power. They include St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, St. John the Baptist, Sts. Peter and Paul and the first martyrs of the Church of Rome.

This year’s theme — “Freedom to Serve” — emphasizes the link between religious liberty and serving the poor and vulnerable in accord with human dignity and the Church’s teaching.

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FREEDOM Local events include prayer, education and advocacy for religious liberty INSIDE: What our forefathers said about religious liberty • Page 15

Drawing parallels “Lolek,” referencing the childhood nickname of St. John Paul II, takes audiences through the former pontiff’s young adulthood Please turn to WHEN on page 23

ONLINE: For more resources, visit fortnight4freedom.org

ALSO inside

Pentecost plus

World Cup

Prayerful silence

Holy Spirit feast draws two into the Church at Ham Lake parish.

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Pope says event should be celebration of solidarity, peace.

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Leader of religious community explains how to go deeper with God. — Rediscover: section

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OVERHEARD “I cannot greet a nation and tell it that I love it from inside a sardine can, even one made of glass. For me that is a wall. It’s true that something can happen to me, but let’s be realistic, at my age I don’t have much to lose.”

— Pope Francis, addressing the issue of personal security during overseas visits in a wide-ranging interview published June 12 in the Spanish daily La Vanguardia

NEWS notes • The Catholic Spirit PRIEST ATTACK Parishioners, including Jennifer Gustke, right, with her children, pray the rosary near Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Mission in Phoenix the morning after a priest was killed and another critically injured during an attack at the mission’s rectory the night before. Sgt. Steve Martos of the Phoenix Police Department said police received a 911 call at about 9 p.m. June 11 reporting a burglary. Read more on page 11. CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec

The Catholic Spirit announces interim editor Jessica Trygstad, who joined the staff of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Office of Communications as the assistant editor of The Catholic Spirit last November, will move into the role of interim editor July 1.

She replaces Joe Towalski, who has been the editor Jessica of The Catholic Spirit for the past nine years.

TRYGSTAD Towalski will begin his new role as director of communications for the Diocese of St. Cloud July 1.

Trygstad earned a bachelor’s degree at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. After college, she served as night editor at the Daily Globe in Worthington. She spent the last five years writing, editing and managing web content for The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, a national not-for-profit provider of senior care and services.

Annual Retirement fund for religious The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis contributed $411,949 to the 2013 National Retirement Fund for Religious Appeal. “On behalf of all religious, may God reward and bless you,” said Sister Midge Breiter, coordinator of the Office of Retirement Fund for Religious in the archdiocese. For more information about the appeal, visit www.retiredreligious.org.

Totino-Grace names new president REFUGEE CAMP An Iraqi refugee carries a mattress at a camp near the northern city of Irbil June 12. Hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homes in Mosul are left without access to aid, officials said. Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraqi security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub. CNS photo/Stringer, EPA

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See a short video produced by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops about the upcoming Fortnight for Freedom. See Fortnight For Freedom 2014 : Freedom to Serve at http://youtu.be/LozSJmjfBSY.

The Catholic Spirit is published bi-weekly for The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Vol. 19 — No. 13 MOST REVEREND JOHN C. NIENSTEDT, Publisher ANNE STEFFENS, Associate Publisher JOE TOWALSKI, Editor

June 19, 2014 • The Catholic Spirit

Dr. Craig Junker has been selected as the next president of TotinoGrace High School in Fridley and will officially start his new role July 1.

Junker has more than 20 years of experience in Catholic and public education as a coach, teacher, principal, president and superintendent.

He is currently the superintendent of Lake City Public Schools, a position he has held since 2009. He previously served as president of Cotter Schools in Winona.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University, a master’s in Instruction from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, principal and superintendent licensure from Winona State University, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Junker and his wife, Jennifer, a special education teacher, have been married for 15 years and have three children in grade school.

CORRECTION In the June 5 edition, “Archdiocese discloses five additional names” had the incorrect religious order listed for Francis Zachman. He was with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

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3 The feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which we will celebrate this year on Friday, June 27, has its theological origin in sacred Scriptures, not the least of its passages being the powerful scene in the Gospel of St. John, wherein water and blood flow from the pierced heart of Christ (John 19:34). Many of the early Church Fathers spoke powerfully about this vision and its deep ecclesial, eschatological and spiritual meaning.

But with the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Visitation sister who in the 18th century received visions from the Lord regarding his Sacred Heart, the Church’s reflections on this heart “whose thoughts extend to all generations” took on a decidedly personal and devotional perspective. The pierced heart of Christ became not only a sign of the Church’s birth, but also of the burning love of Jesus Christ for each and every human being, a love which is often rejected and ignored.

It was within these visions of St. Margaret Mary that a clarion call for the establishment of a universal feast of the Sacred Heart may be found. From the writings of the saint recorded in June of 1675, we read the following: “Behold this Heart, which has loved men so much, that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself, in order to testify to them its love and in return I receive from the greater number nothing but THAT THEY MAY ingratitude by reason of their irreverence and sacrileges and by the coldness and contempt ALL BE ONE which they show Me in this sacrament of love. But what I feel most keenly is that it is Archbishop hearts which are consecrated to Me that treat John Nienstedt Me like this. Therefore, I ask of you that the Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi be set apart for a special Feast to honor my Heart, by receiving Holy Communion on that day and making reparation to it by a solemn act in order to make amends for the indignities which it has received during the time it has been exposed on the altars. I promise you that My heart shall expand itself to shed in abundance the influence of its divine love upon those who shall likewise honor it and cause it to be honored.”

In 1856, Pope Pius IX established this feast and gave it to the Universal Church for worldwide celebration and commemoration.

Subsequently, in 1889, Pope Leo XIII consecrated the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Even now, after the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, along with its accompanying private devotions, continues to be among the most important of our Church’s celebrations. Indeed, Pius XI went so far to call the Sacred Heart image and devotion “a summary of all our religion, and a guide to a more perfect life” (Miserentissimus Redemptor, paragraph 3).

Thus, devotion to the Sacred Heart has universal appeal and importance. It is not merely one devotion among many. By focusing on the image of Christ’s Sacred Heart, we are reminded of our call to a

deeply personal relationship with Jesus. This relationship is the very core of our life as believers. The Catholic religion is not fundamentally a system of rules and rituals, but rather a total response to the personal and passionate love of Jesus, a Jesus who thirsts for our friendship. It is indeed a religion of love that knows, as St. John tells us in his first Epistle, that it is God who has loved us first.

Contemplating the Sacred Heart should motivate us all to live in a way that gives witness to the image we received by virtue of our baptism, that is, the image of Christ reaching out to draw others to his heart, a heart that is the font of living water welling up even unto eternal life.

And here is where we find the complementarity of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart and the Universal Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, a day of prayer that takes place every year on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. It is the vocation of the priest to strive every day of his life to unite himself completely to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The priest must learn to love with the same love that is revealed by Christ’s pierced heart, which is to say, loving to the point of complete self-gift, of total self-emptying. In this pouring out, the priest, acting in persona Christi, finds the key to his noble calling and therefore to his very life.

A priest, inspired, nourished and sustained by the Sacred Heart, manifests his Christ-like love in the way he offers the holy Eucharist, in the manner in which he celebrates the sacrament of reconciliation and by means of his pastoral zeal for souls. The goal of the priest’s life is to incarnate in his ministry the love that Jesus has for all humanity.

And that love, like Christ’s, is one that knows suffering and even the embrace of the Cross. For Christ’s Sacred Heart is a wounded heart, having felt the ingratitude, the indifference, and at times even the rejection of others.

For the priests of this Archdiocese, the past eight months have been Mass for religious liberty difficult to the point of being painful. The appalling behavior of a Archbishop John Nienstedt will few has reflected badly on the many. celebrate a special Mass at 7 p.m.

Every headline seems to tarnish the Saturday, June 28, at the Cathedral of reputation of the priesthood.

St. Paul as part of Fortnight for Yet, the reality is that the vast Freedom. A Holy Hour for Religious majority of our priests are good, Liberty will follow. hard-working, faithful servants of the Gospel and generous ministers of sacramental grace. They are available to their people 24 hours a day without counting the cost. And despite their own human imperfections, they strive to live out the promises they made at their ordination to preach the Gospel and teach the Catholic faith worthily and wisely, to celebrate the mysteries of Christ faithfully and reverently, to implore God’s mercy without ceasing on the people entrusted to their care and to unite themselves more closely every day to Christ the High Priest. In doing so, our priests are indeed a blessing to their parishioners as well as the whole of this local Church.

As we prepare to celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests on Friday, June 27, let us be united in praying for our priests and in thanking them for all that they do, and for all that they are, for us and for the world.

God love you!

From the Archbishop

Christ’s Sacred Heart draws us closer to him

OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Rev. John C. Nienstedt, has announced the following appointments in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Effective June 15, 2014 • Reverend Jonathan Kelly, appointed to the faculty of Saint John Vianney Seminary in Saint Paul. This is a transfer from his current assignment as parochial vicar of the Church of All Saints in Lakeville.

• Reverend Evan Koop, appointed half-time to the faculty of Saint John Vianney Seminary in Saint Paul, and half-time as Chaplain for Latino ministry for the parishes of Risen Savior in Burnsville and Saint Joseph in Red Wing. This is a transfer from his current assignment as parochial vicar of the Church of Saint Stephen in Anoka.

Effective July 1, 2014 • Reverend Nathaniel Meyers, appointed pastor of the Church of Saint Francis Xavier in Buffalo, Minnesota. This is a transfer from his current appointment as parochial vicar of the Church of Our Lady of Grace in Edina.

• Reverend Fernando Ortega, appointed pastor of the Church of the Guardian Angels in Chaska. This is a transfer from his current appointment as pastor of the Church of Saint Pius V in Cannon Falls and the Church of Saint Joseph in Miesville.

• Reverend James Perkl, appointed pastor of the Church of Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville. This is a transfer from his current appointment as pastor of the Church of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Hastings.

• Reverend Christopher Shofner, appointed temporary parochial administrator of the Church of Saint Wenceslaus in

New Prague. This is a temporary appointment until the pastor, Father Kevin Clinton, returns from sabbatical on September 30, 2014.

Effective August 8, 2014 • Reverend Victor Valencia, appointed pastor of the Church of Most Holy Redeemer in Montgomery, and the Church of Saint Patrick in Shieldsville. This is a transfer from his current appointment as pastor of the Church of Saint Ignatius in Annandale.

• Reverend George Kallumkalkudy, CMI, appointed pastor of the Church of Saint Ignatius in Annandale. This is a transfer from his current appointment as pastor of the Church of Most Holy Redeemer in Montgomery, and the Church of Saint Patrick in Shieldsville.

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Married couples gather to celebrate, renew vows Archbishop John Nienstedt honored married couples, especially those celebrating 25 years, and 50 years or more, during the annual Marriage Day Celebration June 7 at the Cathedral of St. Paul. Married couples also were invited to renew their marriage vows during the Mass. Photos by Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit

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Bishop Lee Piché’s parents, Leroy and Cecilia Piché of St. Charles Borromeo in St. Anthony pray together after they renewed their vows.

They are celebrating 56 years of marriage this year.

Left, Archbishop John Nienstedt visits with Vincent and Leona Arceno of St. Pascal in St. Paul after the Mass. They were recognized during the Mass for celebrating 71 years of marriage.

Far left, Carlos and Celena Martinez of St. Agnes in St. Paul, celebrating two years of marriage this year, took a selfie before Mass.

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June 22 marks the 18th annual Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession in celebration of the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Sponsored by Millennium Ministries, the Basilica of St. Mary, and the Office of Worship of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the event provides an opportunity to be united as Catholics and give public witness to the faith by processing with the Blessed Sacrament through Minneapolis. The procession will begin at 2 p.m. and end at 4 p.m. at the Basilica of St. Mary, and will include walking across Hennepin Avenue and through Loring Park. The walk will consist of prayer and song, and conclude with Vespers and Benediction. An ice cream social will follow on the lawn of the Basilica. For more information, visit WalkWithHim.org or call (651) 239-8574.

Vocation Day events for young men and women The Vocations Office and the Office of Marriage, Family and Life of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will present two one-day events Aug. 16 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., one for young Catholic men and one for women, ages 12-17, to deepen their faith and better discern God’s calling in their lives.

Vocation Day is an archdiocesan program for young men that offers them the opportunity to spend time with other young men and look more closely at the Lord’s call in their lives. Led by Father Troy Przybilla, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, as well as archdiocesan seminarians, the day will include football, ultimate Frisbee, Mass, prayer, lunch, adoration and more.

The event is free and will be held at St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul.

For young women, the Daughter of God retreat will be held at the St. Paul Seminary and will include Mass, adoration, speakers and more. Led by the Dominican Sisters of the Wood and the Sisters of Pro Ecclesia Sancta, this day is an invitation for young women to explore and learn how to respond to God’s love. The event is free of charge and lunch will be provided.

To register for these events. go to events. archspm.org/TTVocationsDay2014.

Twins host altar server appreciation days The Minnesota Twins will host altar server appreciation days during three baseball games in September at Target Field in Minneapolis.

The Twins have set aside blocks of tickets for: 1:10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, when they take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; 6:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, against the Cleveland Indians, and 1:10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, when they also play Cleveland.

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By Dave Hrbacek The Catholic Spirit

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Pentecost plus: Holy Spirit feast draws two into the Church Bob and Mary Johnson normally sit in the back of the church during Mass at their parish, St. Paul in Ham Lake.

It’s not because they are like some Catholics who gravitate toward the rear.

Rather, it’s a practical place to be for them and their weekly guests — people with disabilities whom they care for at their family foster care facility for adults in Lino Lakes.

But, on Pentecost Sunday, they proudly came down the center aisle and took their place in the front two pews. This was a special day for the group, with two of the Johnsons’ clients stepping forward to be received into the Catholic Church.

The pastor of St. Paul, Father Tim Nor- From left, Mary Johnson, Frances Fairchild, Pam Waltz, Kathy Gatto, Father Tim Norris and Deacon Tim Zinda stand before the congregation at ris, shone the spot- St. Paul in Ham Lake during Mass on Pentecost Sunday, June 8. Fairchild and Waltz were there to be received into the Church, with Johnson and light on them as he Gatto serving as their sponsors. Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit gave Frances Fairmake it official on Pentecost Sunchild, 67, and Pam Waltz, 47, the day.

As the conversations between the two women and sacraments of confirmation and Communion during Mass. Before Everyone involved thought this their two sponsors became more serious, they the start of Mass, both of the womwas a fitting day to do it. And, Faen were baptized. ther Norris’ homily made the conbegan to explore the possibility of joining the This was a culmination of a pronection between their journey into cess that lasted several years for the Church and the outpouring of Church. Eventually, that brought them to the office Fairchild and Waltz. They had been the Holy Spirit. coming to Mass weekly, and were of Father Norris, who interviewed them and It became tangible when he anointreceiving catechesis on the faith aled each of the two women with most daily. eventually suggested having them make it official chrism. A short while later, they reThus, the act of joining the ceived the Eucharist for the first time.

Church was less an official act as it on Pentecost Sunday.

On two different occasions during was a natural progression for two the Mass, the congregation erupted women who beamed with joy in boisterous applause. throughout the Pentecost liturgy.

Fairchild offered similar sentiand enjoyed by those around her.

To cap it all off, another resident It was a day of both joy and tears “That smile!” Bob said, when re- ments of the culmination of her for the women and those close to calling the image of Waltz sitting in six-year journey into the Church. of the Johnsons’ care center, June them — their sponsors, Kathy Gat- her wheelchair in the front of the “It was the Holy Spirit,” she said. Greeley, recommitted herself to the Catholic faith at the end of Mass. to and Mary, and Bob, who is godfa- church facing Father Norris during “It was powerful.”

She had grown up Catholic, but ther for both women. the Mass. “Oh my goodness.”

As the conversations between the “It was beautiful,” Mary said. “It Waltz made clear in her comment two women and their two sponsors drifted away. Standing beside Norwas holy. It was the culmination of a few days later that what was visi- became more serious, they began to ris moments before the recessional, a lot [of things] coming to a pinna- ble on the outside reflected what explore the possibility of joining she made her intentions public. cle.” she felt on the inside. the Church. Eventually, that “I just wanted to come back in,” One of the most visual elements “It was awesome,” she said. “It brought them to the office of Father she said. “I saw Father Tim a couple of the event was the radiant smile just made me feel like I was closer Norris, who interviewed them and times. I just wanted to come back in on Waltz’s face, which was noticed to our Lord.” eventually suggested having them and start going [to Mass] again.”

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Mix of sadness, excitement as two schools become one

By Dianne Towalski The Catholic Spirit Though there were tears and hugs as the school year came to an end at St. Pius X School in White Bear Lake, there also was excitement for the new regional school that will take its place.

The transition from two schools to one in White Bear Lake is moving ahead of schedule, according to Father Ralph Talbot, pastor of St. Mary of the Lake.

Frassati Catholic Academy is fully staffed with employees from the two original schools, St. Mary of the Lake and St. Pius X. They have enrolled 243 students so far and are still accepting new students.

“The Frassati School Advisory Council, made up of eight parents, four from St. Mary’s and four from St. Pius, has done an extraordinary job of propelling the project,” said Father Joe Bambenek, pastor of St. Pius X. “Their passion, dedication and competence has been impressive and inspiring.”

The academy, named for 20thcentury Italian Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, will teach integrated units of science, technology, religion, engineering, art and math. The model is called STREAM, building on the STEM model that integrates

the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math into other subjects, such as physical education.

The new school will be housed on the St. Mary campus; the St. Pius X school building will be leased to Liberty Classical Academy beginning July 1.

Despite a year anticipating the changes to come, faculty at St. Mary made a concerted effort to celebrate the school’s 100-year history of learning.

“Their focus has remained on learning and living our rich Catholic faith during this transitional year and not dwelling on the loss,” Father Talbot said. “‘Celebrating the past and inspiring the future’ has been the focus in our community. After school hours, there is some sadness and a sense of loss, but also great hope for the success of Frassati Catholic Academy.”

Even more challenging for students and staff at St. Pius X was the reality that the building would be used for other purposes.

“We are sad to see our school close, but want to be a good landlord to our brothers and sisters in Christ from Liberty,” Father Bambenek said.

“It has been a challenging time.

Above, Kindergartners Mariah Tuerk, left, and Elli Petronack hug each other during the final prayer of the closing ceremony at St. Pius X School in White Bear Lake June 5.

Right, second-graders Katie Bennett, left, and Gabby Joseph read what classmates have written in a yearbook. Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit

We have teachers and staff members who have served this community for over 20 years,” said Principal Danny Kieffer, who will serve as vice principal of the new

school. “Our students, staff, parents and parishioners have pulled together to support one another as we carry our beloved school to the end.”

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By Jessica Trygstad The Catholic Spirit Amid rising costs and enrollment challenges, a new committee is examining the issues and needs of the archdiocese’s Catholic schools in order to enhance academic excellence and provide access to all families that desire a Catholic education for their children.

Ultimately, the goal of the committee, Vision 2020, is to incorporate new educational and governance models that will strengthen local Catholic schools and attract more students. The committee will meet monthly, with subcommittees meeting in between through the end of the year.

“We want to provide a strong Catholic educational school system in this archdiocese, and we have to look at a new way to make that financially sustainable and help it grow,” said Karen Rauenhorst, who co-chairs the committee with John McMahon. (See the sidebar for a full list of committee members.) “We want to serve all people in our community — people of all ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds and locations.”

Nationwide, Catholic school enrollment has declined. According to the National Catholic Educational Association, since 2003, elementary school enrollment in the largest dioceses has declined by 30 percent, and by almost 19 percent in the rest of the U.S. “We feel we need to reverse this trend of declining enrollment,” said Rauenhorst, a parishioner at Holy Name of Jesus in Wayzata.

“We need to address the core issues that will result in [permanent] changes.”

At its first meeting June 10, the committee heard from educational consultant Erik Goldschmidt of Boston College who has worked extensively with Catholic school viability by examining governance models and

Vision 20/20 committee members John Banovetz – board chairman of Risen Christ School in Minneapolis Bishop Andrew Cozzens – Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Dr. Marilou Eldred – past president of Catholic Community Foundation Steve Hoeppner – Schulze Family Foundation Father Charles Lachowitzer – vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Father Timothy Manatt – president of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School board of directors John McMahon – Ernst & Young Anne Miller – president of Catholic Community Foundation Karen Rauenhorst – community volunteer Mark Rauenhorst – GHR Foundation Jill Reilly – archdiocesan Office of Schools Michael Rogers – principal of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary School in Maplewood Father Ralph Talbot – St. Mary of the Lake in White Bear Lake Father Steve Ulrick – Holy Name of Jesus in Wayzata Bill Wacker – former headmaster and educator Gary Wilmer – archdiocesan Office of Schools funding strategies. Vision 2020 will consult other experts throughout the course of its work, which it hopes to conclude in time to

implement a new program by fall 2015 and roll out over two years.

“We really want to find what has been working and what will work in our archdiocese,” Rauenhorst said. “It’s best practices — what are the pros and cons of some of these new models that are out there? People are looking at different ways of delivering Catholic education.”

Rauenhorst points to innovative trends of new educational models in the dioceses of Philadelphia, San Jose, Calif., New Orleans, New York, Memphis, Boston and Camden, N.J. The work is not about evaluating curriculum, Rauenhorst said. Rather, it will focus on a governance model that will best position the system to increase enrollment, provide leadership development, engage parish priests and enhance educational excellence.

“We know we have to do something different,” Rauenhorst said. “This committee has the expertise of the business community, philanthropic community, priests and educators.”

One possibility is establishing a separate 501c3 that will support the core function of Catholic schools.

“This will be a whole new approach to keep our schools sustainable,” Rauenhorst said. “But we want to make sure these schools continue to have a strong Catholic identity and remain a part of our faith community.”

Once the committee completes its research, it will take its recommendations to Archbishop John Nienstedt.

“We are working very closely with Bishop [Andrew] Cozzens, vicar of education, to make sure we meet the needs of all of our students, parish priests and parents,” she said. “This is really about providing quality education to our kids.”

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Catholic schools superintendent’s contract extended The Catholic Spirit The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has extended its contract with Jill Reilly and changed her title to superintendent of Catholic schools.

Reilly was named as acting superintendent in May 2013 and has led the Office of Catholic Schools and overseen implementation of several initiatives during the past year.

These include reJill REILLY freshing the Office of Catholic Schools’ strategic plan; supporting schools in the Enhancing and Validating Academic Initiative, which assists them in aligning and assessing student achievement and in implementing instructional best practices in English language arts and mathematics; the formation of the West Suburban Catholic Schools Collaborative (WestCo); and launching innovative instructional models infused with a Catholic world view.

The archdiocese said the search process for a permanent replacement remains active as it continues its commitment to find a long-term leader.

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Latino parishes celebrate confirmation

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The Cathedral of St. Paul was packed to the limit June 14, as friends and families gathered to witness the confirmation of 334 youth and young adults from the 14 Latino parishes in the archdiocese. Bishop Andrew Cozzens was the presider.

Far right, the Cathedral of St. Paul was filled to capacity for the two-hour Mass.

Center, Maria Alvarado, right, and Natalie Delgado from St. Cyril and Methodius in Minneapolis, listen to Bishop Cozzens’ homily.

Right, musicians from St. Stephen in Anoka provide the music for the celebration.

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9 For the Rasmussen and Schwartz families of St. John the Baptist in Savage, Pentecost Sunday not only celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit, but also the long-awaited arrival of two life-size liturgical icons portraying St. Kateri Tekakwitha and Redemptorist priest Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos.

Both icons honor the lives of their sons, but in very different ways.

The parish commissioned the icons, and Father Michael Tix, pastor at St. John the Baptist, worked with artist Nick Markell, whom he had served with on an archdiocesan worship board, and liturgical consultant Father Jim Notebaart.

“When Father Jim suggested that the icons be life-size, it totally caught me by surprise,” Father Tix admitted.

“Then I envisioned the communion of Joey saints gathered SCHWARTZ together with us around the eucharistic table, and I fell in love with that image.”

Father Tix wanted to highlight modern saints while embracing a sense of diversity. He also wanted both a male and female icon to “represent our universal call to holiness.”

The Schwartzes chose to sponsor the Blessed Seelos icon, while St. Kateri’s image was sponsored by the Rasmussens. Markell created both.

Answering a family’s prayer The Schwartz family became familiar with Father Seelos, who was beatified in 2000 by Pope John Paul II, after their son, Joey, was diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of cancer in 2008.

“The doctors literally gave us no hope for his recovery,” said Melinda Schwartz, Joey’s mother.

A family friend told them about Father Seelos, a German-born Redemptorist priest who lived from 1819 to 1867 and ministered throughout the United States. He was known for his “cheerful holiness” and, since his death, several healings have been attributed to his intercession.

“We had never heard of him,” Melinda said, “but we began to research all we could about him.”

Eventually, the family traveled to New Orleans to visit the shrine dedicated to Father Seelos. The Seelos Center administrator, Joyce Bourgeois, met with the family and asked Joey for permission to lay her hands on him during Mass.

“It was a really powerful time,” Melinda said. “We all felt a strong presence in the room. We spent two or three hours at the shrine, all of us noticing something happening while we were there, but we really didn’t know why.”

After the trip, Joey met with his doctor, who told him there had been no growth in any of his tumors. Melinda was happy to hear the news from the doctor that “things look good, nothing has spread.” Later that same day, the couple received a second call from the doctor.

“We were driving down the highway,” Melinda recalled, “when the doctor called and said, ‘Not only is his cancer better, it is all gone.’

“We had to pull over and catch our breath,” Melinda said. “It was a miracle.”

Joey recently finished his freshman year at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, and is excited to be a part of bringing the icon to the parish.

“It is humbling,” he said. “I feel blessed and lucky to be able to be here to see the icon and that my church wanted to put it in there. I am a big believer in having art in churches — there is so much symbolism in the artwork. But mostly for me, it is exciting to see Blessed Seelos getting the recognition I think he deserves.”

Icon in remembrance St. Kateri Tekakwitha, a Native American woman who was born in the United States and died in Canada in 1680, was canonized

Two saints, two sons inspire liturgical art at Savage parish

by Pope Benedict XVI in October 2012.

When considering who might sponsor her icon, Father Tix immediately thought of Arnie and Dee Rasmussen. The couple met in the early 1960s while working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Bemidji. Dee is part Native American, specifically, Ojibwe and Sac and Fox. “Between Dee’s culture and lineage and our involvement through the years,” Arnie explained, “we have a deep interest in the Native American culture. Both of us have a profound interest in St. Kateri.”

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our lives,” he continued. “For years, we had thought about what we could do to memorialize him, and we decided this icon was a perfect opportunity that tied into our lives and our faith.”

Father Tix, Markell and the Schwartz and Rasmussen families said they want people to get to know and love the saints.

“This experience opened an opportunity to talk about art in liturgical use, to talk about the lives of saints and to grow and deepen aspects of liturgy that are oftentimes not discussed,” Father Tix said. “It was a great historical and educational moment for our whole community.”

Twin Cities natives ordained Benedictine brother ordained to priesthood Benedictine Father Michael Leonard Hahn was ordained a priest by Bishop Donald Kettler, Bishop of the Diocese of St. Cloud, May 31 at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville.

Father Hahn grew up in Robbinsdale, attended Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School and graduated from St. John’s University in 2005 with a degree in political science. After graduation, he served with the St. John’s Abbey

Benedictine Volunteer Corps at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, N.J., teaching high school. After serving an additional two years in Newark, Hahn came back to St. Cloud and taught at Cathedral High School.

In 2009, Hahn joined St. John’s Abbey.

In living out his vocation as a monk, teaching in the college and serving as a faculty resident, he began thinking about priesthood as another way to serve the community.

After ordination, he will attend Boston College to earn a doctorate in Theology and assist at a local parish.

Minneapolis native ordained Jesuit priest Christopher Johnson, 50, was ordained a Jesuit priest June 7 in Milwaukee. He was born in Minneapolis and raised in the St. Paul suburbs.

Following high school, he studied politics and economics, earning a bachelor’s degree from American University in Washington, D.C. Johnson entered the Jesuit novitiate in St. Paul in August 2004 after a 13-year career in the executive search industry

and other professional experience that included the executive staff of the Boy Scouts of America and work for a national trade association.

After completing the novitiate and taking vows in August 2006, he studied philosophy, spiritual direction and theology at Fordham University in New York, earning a master’s degree in philosophy and an advanced certificate in spiritual direction in 2009.

Father Johnson will serve in pastoral ministry at St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

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Pope reflects on global economy, war, his leadership style

By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service Pope Francis said the world economic system inevitably promotes military conflict as a way to enrich the most powerful nations.

He also condemned religious fundamentalism, defended the controversial record of Pope Pius XII and said he does not worry about his personal security because, “at my age I don’t have much to lose.”

Pope Francis’ words appeared in a wide-ranging interview published June 12 in the Spanish daily La Vanguardia.

“We are in a world economic system that is not good,” Pope Francis said. “A system that in order to survive must make war, as great empires have always done. But since you cannot have a Third World War, you have regional wars. And what does this mean? That arms are made and sold, and in this way the idolatrous economies, the great world economies that sacrifice man at the feet of the idol of money, obviously keep their balance sheets in the black.”

Yet the pope reiterated one of his signature themes, that globalization’s failings are not only material but cultural, since it “cancels differences.” He called for an economic system that preserves each person’s “particularity, richness, identity.”

The pope also addressed the question of religiously inspired violence, noting that Christians had committed such violence in the past, for example during the 17th-century Thirty Years’ War. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all “have our fundamentalist groups, small in relation to the rest,” he said. “A fundamentalist group, even

“I cannot greet a nation and tell it that I love it from inside a sardine can, even one made of glass.

For me that is a wall.”

Pope Francis CNS photo/Paul Haring if it doesn’t strike anyone, is violent.

The mentality of fundamentalism is violence in the name of God.”

Taking a risk for peace The interview with correspondent Henrique Cymerman was conducted June 9, the day after Pope Francis presided over an “invocation for peace” at the Vatican with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

The pope said the event took place in spite of skepticism from his own subordinates.

“It was not easy,” the pope said.

“Here in the Vatican, 99 percent said it would not happen and afterward the 1 percent grew.”

Pope Francis said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s decision to attend the invocation was a “risky move” since it left him open to reproaches from other Orthodox Christians, “but he had to extend

this gesture of humility.”

The pope also said opening Vatican archives relating to the Holocaust “will shed much light” on that subject, particularly the record of Pope Pius, who critics argue did not say or do all he could to oppose the Nazi genocide.

“They have dumped everything on poor Pius XII. But you have to remember that once he was seen as the great defender of the Jews,” he said. “I am not saying that Pius XII did not make mistakes — I myself make a lot — but you have to interpret his role in the context of the time. Was it better, for example, that he not speak in order to avoid the killing of more Jews, or that he speak?”

Reflecting on the Jewish origins of Christianity, the pope said “you cannot live your Christianity, you cannot be a true Christian, if you do not recognize its Jewish root.”

No personal agenda Pope Francis also discussed his priorities and leadership style as pope.

“I don’t have any personal agenda that I carried in under my arm, simply because I never thought they were going to leave me here, in the Vatican,” he said. “What I am doing is carrying out” the recommendations made by cardinals prior to the March 2013 conclave. Among those recommendations, the pope said, was greater consultation with outside advisers, which prompted his establishment of an international, eight-member Council of Cardinals.

Asked how he would like history to remember him, the pope said: “’He was a good guy, he did what he could, he was not so bad.’ I would be happy with that.”

Admitting he still acts like a parish priest in some ways, for instance by turning off lights to save money, the famously informal Pope Francis insisted he takes his august role seriously.

“One shouldn’t play at being a papal parish priest. It would be immature,” he said. “When a chief of state comes, I have to receive him with the dignity and protocol he deserves. It’s true that I have my problems with protocol, but one has to respect it.”

The pope acknowledged that his accessibility to crowds, such as during his 2013 visit to Brazil, has left him vulnerable to attacks, but said his safety “is in God’s hands.”

“I cannot greet a nation and tell it that I love it from inside a sardine can, even one made of glass. For me that is a wall,” he said. “It’s true that something can happen to me, but let’s be realistic, at my age I don’t have much to lose.”

Abuse a ‘moral offense and crime,’ says Archbishop Carlson Catholic News Service Archbishop Robert Carlson said June 13 he wanted to “set the record straight” and “respond to certain misconceptions” about a deposition he gave in a lawsuit involving alleged abuse by a Minnesota priest some 35 years ago.

“I understand this situation has caused concern and frustration for many people, and for that I apologize.

Abuse of any kind is a serious moral offense and a crime,” he said in a statement.

Media outlets gave extensive coverage to a video clip of his deposition after the plaintiff’s lawyer highlighted it at a June 9 news conference.

Archdiocesan officials said the clip distorted Archbishop Carlson’s testimony by taking his response to a question out of context, suggesting he “did not know that it was a criminal offense for an adult to molest a child. Nothing could be further from the truth.”

The archbishop, who was in New Orleans June 11-13 for the U.S. bishops’ spring assembly, said that during the deposition in May, he “misunderstood a series of questions that were presented to me.”

“I wish to clarify that situation now. I fully understand, and have understood for my entire adult life, as I stated in other sections of this same deposition, sexual abuse is a grave evil and a criminal offense,” he said.

“I reiterate my commitment to protect children from sexual abuse,” he said. “I support mandatory child

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abuse reporting laws, to which the archdiocese strictly adheres.”

The deposition was related to a lawsuit seeking damages in a Minnesota court against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Diocese of Winona and a former priest of Winona, Thomas Adamson.

Archbishop Carlson, ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, was an auxiliary bishop there from 1984 to 1994. He served on the archdiocesan personnel board and was vice chancellor and chancellor.

Archbishop Neither Archbishop Carlson nor Robert the Archdiocese of St. Louis are CARLSON parties of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit concerns allegations of abuse by Adamson of a minor in 1976 and 1977.

The transcript of Archbishop Carlson’s videotaped deposition covers 156 pages. The portion of the deposition that was highlighted by the plaintiff’s attorney responds to a question about Archbishop Carlson’s knowledge of whether he knew “it was a crime for an adult to engage in sex with a kid.”

But the question seconds earlier, which was not included in the highlights, was about his knowledge of

mandatory reporting laws. The archbishop’s attorney interrupted to clarify that he was talking about mandatory reporting.

“When the archbishop said, ‘I’m not sure whether I knew it was a crime or not,’ he was simply referring to the fact that he did not know the year that clergy became mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse,” the archdiocese’s statement noted.

Charles Goldberg, an attorney representing Archbishop Carlson at the deposition, explained that while current Minnesota law makes it a crime for clergy to fail to report suspected child abuse, that statute did not become effective until 1988. All of the activities in this case predated 1988 by many years, he added.

Reports about the deposition also focused on the number of times Archbishop Carlson said he did not remember the details with accuracy. He pointed out that his notes have been turned over to courts, with more than a dozen exhibits in the case, and that he had been deposed by the attorney four times between 1985 and 1987 about the matters in detail.

“I think in fairness to the archbishop, if you want to ask him about these things and get specific answers, he needs to see these documents because no human being can be expected to remember, regardless of how outrageous some of these matters may have appeared, to explain in detail those things to you without a reference to these depositions 25 to 30 years ago,” Goldberg said in reply to the plaintiff’s attorney.

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Police in Phoenix have arrested a suspect in the violent assault on a downtown church that took the life of one priest and left a second priest critically injured.

According to an Associated Press story, a man identified as Gary Michael Moran, 54, was being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, burglary and armed robbery, among other charges, police said June 16.

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The attack the night of June 11 left Father Kenneth Walker, 28, dead and Father Joseph Terra, 56, critically injured. Father Walker died of a gunshot wound at the hospital. The AP reported that Father Terra was taken out of intensive care June 14 and is expected to make a full recovery.

A funeral Mass was celebrated June 16 for Father Walker at St. Catherine of Siena Church in downtown Phoenix. He was ordained in 2012.

From left, Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Bishop Peter Christensen of Superior, Wis., Bishop Paul Sirba of Duluth and Auxiliary Bishop Lee Piché of St. Paul and Minneapolis read from an iPad June 11 during the annual spring meeting of the U .S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in New Orleans. CNS photo/Bob Roller

Bishops focus on religious liberty, election document, upcoming synod Catholic News Service During their June 11-13 spring general assembly in New Orleans, the nation’s Catholic bishops voted to extend their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty and to approve work on a limited revision of their quadrennial document aimed at guiding Catholics in election decisions.

They also were urged to promote and support Catholic families by paying close attention to the upcoming synod on the family at the Vatican and to promote the World Meeting of Families next year in Philadelphia.

The bishops heard about the progress made and the work that still needs to be done on efforts to protect children from sexual abuse. They received a report about their aid to typhoon victims in the Philippines and were advised about the work being done to make sure religious educational materials conform to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The public sessions of the meetings took place June 11 and the morning of June 12 before the bishops went into executive session.

Prior to the vote on a three-year extension of the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori, its chairman, compared the body’s work to the “humble beginnings of the pro-life movement.”

The ad hoc committee was formed in 2011 and the “need for its sustained work is at least as great as when it started,” he told the bishops.

Several bishops said they appreciated the materials the committee provided them and their dioceses and felt the work was important.

Another item the bishops unanimously approved was a limited revision of the 2007 statement “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” and the draft of a new introductory note for it. The revision and draft will be presented for a vote by the U.S. bishops at their annual fall assembly in November.

The document has been issued before every presi-

dential election for almost four decades.

A note in the current introduction, revised in 2011, clarifies that the document “does not offer a voters’ guide, scorecard of issues or direction on how to vote,” but instead “applies Catholic moral principles to a range of important issues and warns against misguided appeals to ‘conscience’ to ignore fundamental moral claims, to reduce Catholic moral concerns to one or two matters, or to justify choices simply to advance partisan, ideological or personal interests.”

Focus on families The bishops, by applause, showed their support of a letter to be signed by Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to Pope Francis, inviting him to attend the World Meeting of Families in September 2015 in Philadelphia.

Read at the meeting by Archbishop Kurtz, the letter said the pope’s presence would “add significance” to the gathering and “deepen the bonds of affection” many Catholics feel for the Holy Father.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, said the Philadelphia gathering was a key factor in promoting family life, which he said is currently in crisis.

Archbishop Kurtz spoke about the upcoming extraordinary synod on the family at the Vatican, noting that it will take its cue from responses given in surveys of Catholic families worldwide. He said while the responses remain confidential, one trend they indicate is Catholics’ eagerness to respond to questions about family life; many have expressed a desire to hear more clear explanation of Church teaching about marriage and families.

He also said many parents indicated that they are “at a loss” for how to transmit the faith to their children and they also face challenges from today’s economy, busy schedules and from living in a culture that they’ve described as being “hostile” to their faith.

The attack stunned and saddened the Phoenix Diocese, parishioners and the community at large.

“We ask that people offer prayers for both priests, the religious community, their families and the parish,” the diocese said in a statement June 12.

The priests, members of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, served at Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Mission, where they were attacked during a nighttime burglary.

Father Fred Adamson, the diocese’s vicar general and moderator of the curia, said Father Terra administered last rites to Father Walker in spite of his own suffering.

MADISON, Wis.

No ruling can change nature of marriage, says bishop Marriage is — “and can only ever be” — a relationship “solely between one man and one woman, regardless of the decision of a judge or any vote,” said Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison.

“This is not based on any private sectarian viewpoint, but on the natural moral law that is universally binding on all peoples, at all times, and inscribed into our human nature, as man and woman from the beginning of creation,” he said.

Bishop Morlino made the comments in response to a late June 6 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb, who declared as unconstitutional a 2006 amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that outlawed same-sex marriage.

— Catholic News Service

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Iraqi Christians say they are targeted by extremists

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Israeli President Shimon Peres and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople embrace as Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas look on during an “invocation for peace” in the Holy Land held in the Vatican Gardens June 8. The pope, addressing his remarks to Peres and Abbas, called on God to act where human efforts had failed. The pope had invited both men to the Vatican during his visit to the region two weeks earlier. CNS photo/Paul Haring

The fall of Mosul, Iraq’s secondlargest city, to Islamist militants in early June sent half a million residents scurrying for safety. But Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraqi security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub.

“We, Christians, have been objects of kidnapping, torture and killing by extremists hoping to extort money from us or to force us to convert to Islam — for several months,” said a young Iraqi Catholic man from Mosul, who identified himself simply as “Danny.”

Danny and about 350 Catholic families escaped the Mosul area to Jordan over the past three months, said Father Khalil Jaar, who is responsible for much of the Church’s care for Iraqi and Syrian refugees in the Jordanian capital, Amman.

Jordan currently hosts some 300,000 Iraqi refugees and more than 600,000 Syrians registered with the U.N., but authorities say there are more than 1 million Syri-

ans sheltering inside the country.

“All the people are suffering. But as we are a minority — minority Christians — it is normal to suffer more than the others. But even the Muslims are suffering from these fanatic people,” Father Jaar told Catholic News Service.

“That’s why people are afraid when they heard that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant came and occupied their region. They immediately left their houses and came looking for a secure place,” the priest said.

Mosul and the surrounding Nineveh plain are the traditional heartland of Iraq’s Christian communities. Many Christians escaped to this region when they were forced to leave the capital, Baghdad, and other areas in recent years due to violence, kidnappings and bombings of church buildings.

“Christians are alarmed at the ISIL takeover of Mosul, fearful that this will further accelerate the decline of the Christian presence in Iraq,” according to rights group Middle East Concern.

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Christ’s presence is at the center of Church’s worship This Sunday’s Gospel is taken from the famous “Bread of Life” discourse. We find Jesus being questioned by the Pharisees after he fed the multitude. The story of this miraculous feeding occurs in all four Gospels, and takes place near the Jewish Passover festival.

In John’s version, the Pharisees ask why Jesus calls himself the bread of life. Jesus answers them by referring to sacred history. At the prayer of Moses, manna, a bread “from heaven,” was given to the Israelites. They ate this bread, but

it did not give them eternal life.

For St. Paul, the Christian experience closely parallels the desert experience of Israel: Christians have been led out of slavery to sin and into new life in God since Christians are fed with the spiritual food and drink of the Lord’s Supper.

In casting himself as the second, greater Moses, Jesus is saying that his own flesh is that eternal, lifegiving bread promised to Israel in the desert. Jesus, the perfect expression of divine love, gives

himself as the food that satisfies perfectly and forever all human desire. Jesus is the one who has made God known to us. As John’s Gospel says: “No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known” (John 1:18).

The Scripture readings for the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, point to the primordial ecclesial awareness of Christ’s eucharistic presence at the center of the Church’s worship. St. Paul, in addressing his congregation in Corinth, assumes as background the Christian Church’s knowledge of the liturgy and of Christ’s eucharistic presence. Paul writes to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 10:16-17), asking them rhetorical questions: Isn’t the eucharistic cup a participation in Christ’s blood?

Isn’t the eucharistic bread a participation in his body? Of course it is — you all know it! The

word we see rendered in English as “participation” is the Greek word koinonia. By this word, St. Paul signifies a mystical union between Christ and the Church — the very substance of what it means to be a Christian.

In celebrating Corpus Christi, the Church has always known that in her eucharistic celebrations, Christ is truly and really present in the elements of bread and wine. In the Eucharist, like Israel, we remember the saving and lifegiving acts of God, acts that make us all one in the koinonia of the Lord’s table. This is the universal celebration in honor of the abiding divine presence in the world. Let us keep the feast!

Deacon Hagan is in formation for the priesthood at the St. Paul Seminary for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. His teaching parish is St. Vincent de Paul in Brooklyn Park. His home parish is St. Agnes in St. Paul.

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SUNDAY SCRIPTURES

Readings Sunday, June 22 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ • Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a • 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 • John 6:51-58

Reflection How can we be “living monstrances,” carrying Christ to others?

DAILY Scriptures Sunday, June 22 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 John 6:51-58

Wednesday, June 25 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1 Matthew 7:15-20 Thursday, June 26 2 Kings 24:8-17 Matthew 7:21-29

Monday, June 23 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18 Matthew 7:1-5

Friday, June 27 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Deuteronomy 7:6-11 1 John 4:7-16 Matthew 11:25-30

Tuesday, June 24 The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Isaiah 49:1-6 Acts 13:22-26 Luke 1:57-66, 80

Saturday, June 28 The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary; St. Irenaeus, bishop, martyr Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 Matthew 8:5-15

Sunday, June 29 Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles Acts 12:1-11 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 Matthew 16:13-19 Monday, June 30 The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Amos 2:6-10, 13-16 Matthew 8:18-22 Tuesday, July 1 Blessed Junipero Serra, priest Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Matthew 8:23-27 Wednesday, July 2 Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 Matthew 8:28-34

Thursday, July 3 St. Thomas, apostle Ephesians 2:19-22 John 20:24-29 Friday, July 4 Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 Matthew 9:9-13 Saturday, July 5 St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest; St. Elizabeth of Portugal Amos 9:11-15 Matthew 9:14-17 Sunday, July 6 Zechariah 9:9-10 Romans 8:9, 11-13 Matthew 11:25-30

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Focus on Faith • Seeking Answers

14 SEEKING ANSWERS Father Kenneth Doyle

Is it a mortal sin to miss Mass while on a cruise?

Q. Every summer, my husband and I go on a cruise.

Only one cruise line (Holland America) continues to have a priest on board to say Mass. On other cruise lines, we have missed Sunday Mass because there was no priest on board. Is missing Mass in such circumstances a mortal sin?

A. Most moral theologians, I am certain, would say that you

have incurred no sin. If no priest was available, you simply had no opportunity to participate in a Sunday Mass and so the obligation does not apply.

I am aware that there might be rigorists who would say that you were not compelled to go on the trip in the first place, or that you were bound to choose the one cruise line that did have Mass aboard, or that you could have selected a shorter cruise that did

not conflict with a day of obligation.

But those people, I believe, are being stricter than God. Recreation and relaxation are legitimate physical and mental needs, as well as gifts from God. God is reasonable, and I don’t think one cruise annually without Mass is an abuse of a privilege.

But here is what I would suggest as the safest solution, and it’s one that is envisioned by the Church’s official teaching documents. The Catechism of the Catholic Church in No. 2181 says that Catholics “are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor.”

And the Code of Canon Law in No. 1245 allows a pastor, in individual cases, to dispense from the Mass obligation “for a just

cause.” (Note that the code says “for a just cause” rather than for a “grave” or “serious” cause.)

As a pastor, I would consider a once-a-year cruise to be a “just cause.” The same provision of the code allows a pastor, when granting a dispensation, to assign some other “pious work.” It could be, for example, reflecting on the Scriptural readings for that day’s Mass, reciting the rosary or, after you have returned home, attending a Mass on a day when you are not obliged.

So my recommendation is to consult your pastor next time for such a dispensation. That way, you will be fulfilling the letter of the law as well as its spirit.

Father Doyle writes for Catholic News Service. A priest of the Diocese of Albany, N.Y., he previously served as director of media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

If God is everywhere, why go on a pilgrimage?

By Liz Kelly For The Catholic Spirit I once read that Minnesota has one of the highest numbers of perpetual eucharistic adoration chapels in the country. Truly, God is with us.

If that’s the case, do I really need to haul myself at great effort and expense — enduring, God forbid,

The pilgrim’s credo I am not in control.

I am not in a hurry.

I walk in faith and hope.

I greet everyone with peace.

I bring back only what God gives me.

other pilgrims! — to some dusty foreign land to pay him homage, to make known my needs for healing, forgiveness, grace? The answer of course is, no — and perhaps, yes.

Consider: Jesus was a regular pilgrim. The Gospel of Luke tells us he would make the journey to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover every year with his parents.

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The earliest pilgrimages were very much like we might imagine this journey was for Jesus: a caravan of company walking for days together along dusty mountain roads, no doubt their minds humming with the familiar prayer of the psalmist: “‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’ Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. . . . To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, As was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.”

Binding our hearts To walk where Jesus walked, and pray where he prayed, and learn more intimately the heart of that healing carpenter from Nazareth, a pilgrimage, particularly to the Holy Land, does mark us in a unique way.

When we make a pilgrimage, we are binding our hearts to every pilgrim-saint who has journeyed before us and to every longing of the human soul to seek more deeply, more authentically the face of God. As Father Murray Bodo writes in his excellent book, “The Place We Call Home: Spiritual Pilgrimage As a Path to God,” “Pilgrimages are not about one place being more holy than another, for God is

everywhere. Making pilgrimages involves a response to something inside us that longs to move toward, that seeks the holy beyond.”

And, the good news is, this can happen even on a tour bus with Wi-Fi.

The Holy Land As Christians, we would have no other pilgrimage — to Lourdes, to Ars, to Guadalupe, to the Station Churches of Rome during the Lenten season, to walk the Camino, to climb the Holy Steps on our knees — without the birthplace of our pilgrim souls: Jerusalem.

For such a tiny bit of geography, Israel in general and Jerusalem in particular, has a history fraught with every kind of tension — religious, political, economic. This in some ways is what makes it uniquely fitting to the pilgrim heart. For you will not awake at 4 a.m. in Jerusalem to the sound of church bells, but to the Muslim call to prayer, those low and moaning tones lifted to Allah drifting out over a sleeping city.

And, at the Wailing Wall — the place according to Jewish tradition where Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac — you will see that men and women are separated, the women only recently granted a small portion to approach this holiest of Jewish ground with their prayers. Jerusalem is a powerful clash of orthodoxies. It heightens in fresh ways the truly radical teaching of Christ.

And so we go, not to escape the travails of everyday life, but to give them perspective.

We go, not to take a vacation or recreate, but to allow God to recreate our deepest selves.

We take our broken hearts and broken bodies across oceans and

over thousands of miles, sitting for hours in cramped airplanes and airports, to distant shrines and ancient ruins, to places where the language and culture may be unfamiliar and uncomfortable — not to remind God, but to remind ourselves that we are part of an eternal narrative, a glorious true story of hope, resurrection and redemptive victory.

We endure the jostle of crowds and the chatter of tour guides even in these, the holiest places on earth, because it helps us to remember the proper horizon of our lives is not health, wealth, comfort, success, being well loved or highly regarded — but a sweeping need for healing and grace and the eternal good news, all of which Jesus wants to provide in abundance.

Preparation helps The Church teaches that “pilgrimages evoke our earthly journey toward heaven and are . . . special occasions for renewal in prayer.” Indeed, central to any pilgrimage must be prayer — prayer that begins long before you decide which shoes to pack.

My preparation — one I highly recommend if possible — included completing the Ignatian Exercises over the nine months prior to my departure. The Exercises invite you to meditate in a very concentrated way on the life of Christ.

My spiritual director would tell me: “Look at what Jesus is doing in your meditation, dwell with him.”

It is a fitting definition for any “pilgrimage” great or small: We go to dwell with him.

Kelly is the author of five books, including “Reasons I Love Being Catholic,” and recently returned from her first pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

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Joe Towalski

World Cup shines attention on more than soccer By almost any measure, soccer is the most popular sport in the world, with billions of fans from countries on every continent. Even in the United States, where soccer has been slow to take root, its standing is on the rise. Today, millions play for fun and it’s easy to find a match on a cable sports channel almost any day of the week.

The World Cup is drawing even more attention to soccer as teams from 32 countries battle in Brazil for the game’s top prize. But the competition also is giving some Catholic groups the opportunity to raise awareness about a problem that’s prominent in many of the World Cup’s competing countries,

one that no soccer fan is cheering: the scourge of persistent poverty and its debilitating effects.

Catholic Relief Services, the emergency relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community, recently launched a “Kick Poverty” campaign to draw attention to the issue.

Several countries where CRS serves are playing in the tournament, including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, Ecuador, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Nigeria.

One in seven people worldwide lives in extreme poverty, according to CRS, which is asking people to consider making a contribution at

FAITH IN THE PUBLIC ARENA Jason Adkins

Religious liberty means ‘freedom to serve’ From June 21 to July 4, the Catholic Church in the United States will again observe the “Fortnight for Freedom,” dedicated to two weeks of prayer and education related to the importance of preserving religious liberty for all Americans.

been rising globally, just six years earlier the U.S. was lower than the global median (1.6 vs. 1.8). And though the U.S. ranks lower than more severely restrictive governments like China, Syria and Egypt, the limitations on religious groups in the U.S. are higher than ever.

This year’s theme is “Freedom to Serve” and highlights the most important theme of the Catholic Church’s advocacy for religious liberty in recent years: the desire of people of faith to serve others and promote the common good, and do so consistent with their deeply held beliefs.

Such developments are inconsistent with the American tradition of viewing religion as a positive force in society that should be given latitude and protection unless there is some compelling governmental interest in a particular case to limit its free exercise.

Recent trends and cases stress the importance of being proactive in confronting efforts to push religious faith into the sacristy.

What Jefferson really said

Restrictions growing Though Americans still enjoy robust religious liberty in the United States compared to other places around the world, restrictions on religious liberty are growing. According to a recent Pew Research study, the U.S. level of government restrictions (3.7 on a 10-point scale) is 54 percent higher than the world median (2.4) in 2012, the latest year for which data are available.

While restrictions on religion have

The American founders made religious liberty the first freedom identified in the Bill of Rights. They understood the essential role that religion played in fostering the moral and social capital necessary for the exercise of ordered liberty and in preserving a government of limited and enumerated powers.

George Washington made this point clear when he said in his farewell address: “Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.”

Similarly,

Thomas

Jefferson’s

http://donate.crs.org/worldcup about how to recognize and preto help its team of dedicated staffers vent the exploitation of youth and to alleviate hunger and disease, de- young adults. liver basic health care, promote Catholic sports fans would do peace and provide a better life for well to do more than just watch the millions of people in need. tournament this year, and use it as Meanwhile, the Brazilian bishan educational opportuops, who have been nity to learn more about critical of their counlife in the competing try’s leaders for spendcountries and the every“One in ing loads of public day challenges their citimoney to host the zens face. seven World Cup, have pledged to help the Pope Francis, a soccer people poor and homeless fan himself, said the and combat the probWorld Cup should be an worldwide lem of human traffickoccasion to promote ining and sexual exploiternational friendship, lives in tation that often respect, good sportsaccompanies such manship and solidarity. extreme high profile internaSuch an approach fits tional events. nicely with the competipoverty, The bishops are part tion’s theme, “We Are of an interreligious One,” and Catholic soaccording campaign called “Play cial teaching, which in Favor of Life — Recommands us to love to CRS.” port Human Traffickand care for our neighJoe Towalski ing.” It has equipped bor, no matter where thousands of women they live or which soccer religious, priests and team they cheer for. religious brothers to That includes learning raise awareness in parishes and more about their lives and lending schools and on the streets of Brazil a helping hand however we can. “wall of separation” between church and state in his letter to the Danbury Baptist Association did not mean the separation of law and morals, or the exclusion of religion from public life. Jefferson and the other framers sought to keep the state out of the business of churches and religious organizations, so that they could go about serving people in need and fostering the virtue necessary to preserve republican government.

After the Louisiana Purchase, the Ursuline Sisters of New Orleans were concerned that the new American government would severely restrict their educational and charitable efforts. They were surprised to learn that, far from erecting a “wall of separation” around their convent, President Jefferson promised his “patronage” and “protection,” and guaranteed them the widest latitude of action because of the social importance of their work: “I have received, holy sisters, the letter you have written me wherein you express anxiety for the property vested in your institution by the former governments of Louisiana. The principles of the constitution and government of the United States are a guarantee to you that [your convent and its property] will be preserved to you, sacred and inviolate, and that your institution will be permitted to govern itself according to its own voluntary rules, without interference from the civil authority. Whatever the diversity of shade may appear in the religious opinions of our fellow citizens, the charitable objects of your institution cannot be indifferent to any; and its furtherance of the wholesome purposes of society, by training up its younger members in the way they should go, cannot fail to ensure it the patronage

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of the government it is under. Be assured it will meet all the protection which my office can give it. I salute you, holy sisters, with friendship and respect.”

Freedom to serve Unfortunately, the ability of religious people and institutions to live the missionary mandate of the Gospel and perform works of mercy is increasingly in jeopardy. Unlike the Ursuline Sisters in 1803, religious sisters today such as the Little Sisters of the Poor may be required to abandon some of their work in the United States because of the federal government’s “preventive services” mandate. In another egregious instance, the U.S. bishops’ Office of Migration and Refugee Services lost its federal grant to provide anti-human-trafficking services because it would not provide or refer trafficking victims to abortion and contraceptive “services.”

Who will replace these organizations and the “charitable objects of their institution[s]” when they are gone? Will an already over-burdened state government seek more taxpayer funds to provide these needed services? Will they be performed as effectively?

These are just some of the emerging questions.

The need to defend religious liberty is not rooted in slippery slope hypotheticals. Its importance is seen in concrete examples which indicate that our long-term ability to bear witness to the Gospel in word and in deed should not be taken for granted.

Adkins is executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference.

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Serving others, growing in faith Ignatian Volunteer Corps members are changing lives for the better, including their own

“If they’re hungry, I’ll feed them. If they’re tired, I’ll have them sleep. If they need to talk, I’ll listen to them.

A lot of it is plain nurturing and some triaging.”

By Beth Griffin Catholic News Service For Mary Ashcroft, work “is a prayer.”

“As far as I’m concerned, every time a child comes through the door, I’m experiencing God,” she said.

That sentiment might be rare among all workers, and especially those who deal with teenagers near the end of a stressful school semester. But Ashcroft is a retired clinical nurse manager who has found unexpected joy offering what she calls “no-frills medicine” during eight years as the volunteer nurse at Cristo Rey New York High School in Harlem.

“If they’re hungry, I’ll feed them.

If they’re tired, I’ll have them sleep. If they need to talk, I’ll listen to them. A lot of it is plain nurturing and some triaging,” she said.

Ashcroft is a member of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, a national service organization that places retirees with community groups that serve the poor. The Jesuit-run program includes prayer

Mary Ashcroft, Ignatian Volunteer Corps member serving as a nurse at Cristo Rey New York High School in Harlem School nurse Mary Ashcroft speaks with 10th-grader Kaion Huggins-Daniel at Cristo Rey New York High School in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York May 27. Ashcroft works at the school as a member of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps. CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz and guided reflection based on “The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola,” founder of the Jesuits.

Strengthening the spirit The Baltimore-based organization has 465 retirees working with more than 400 partner groups in 20 cities, according to Mary McGinnity,

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gives a depth of support that strengthens the spirit,” McGinnity told Catholic News Service.

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“When I started out, I wanted to do some volunteer work and I didn’t think in terms of the spiritual side, but once I got going, I felt a need for it,” said John Lundy, a former international steel trader. He volunteers at Mercy Center in the Bronx, where he shepherds five pre-teen boys through an after-school program and then teaches English as a Second Language to 17 adults.

Volunteers make a commitment to serve two days a week 10 months a year. McGinnity said so many renew their commitment year after year that the partner organizations are able to develop programs based on their tenure.

The national demographic favors growth in the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, she said. Boomers are reaching retirement age at the rate of 10,000 a day and studies suggest most plan to stay active. “It’s a generation that has service in its mindset and a generation that was spiritually developed in Vatican II with a focus on living out our faith in the world,” she said.

Volunteers range in age from early 50s to 80s and are

characterized by vibrancy and a desire to learn, grow and make a difference, said Mary Ellen O’Driscoll, the corps’ New Yorkarea director. Recruiting in the area has been driven by “Jesuit word of mouth” and outreach at two Manhattan parishes, St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius Loyola, she said.

‘Being there’ for others Volunteers Ashcroft and Lundy both answered an ad in the bulletin of St. Ignatius Loyola.

Lundy, a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran, said he envisioned himself working with fellow veterans, but there were no compatible opportunities through the corps’ partners.

The Queens native is clearly in his element at Mercy Center, a comprehensive community resource program associated with the Sisters of Mercy. He helps his young charges with their homework and takes them to a park, “but it’s really more just being there. I’m a father and I’ve been a Little League coach, so I relate to them as a guy,” Lundy said. Blue eyes twinkling, he added, “They call me, “Papa John.”

Lundy is not fluent in Spanish, but he relates well to his adult students in English class. “They’re good people working very hard, long hours at jobs that pay very

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Learn more Visit www.ivcusa.org/ivc-offices/ msp for information about the Ignatian Volunteer Corps in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Contact regional director Kathleen Groh at (651) 777-0991 or twincities@ ivcusa.org. little money. Most have several jobs just to keep on top of it and then they show up to learn English,” he said.

Ashcroft retired at age 72 from a high-stress career in the bone marrow transplant unit of Mount Sinai Hospital. “Retirement’s not

the nicest word. It sounds like the last stop before you die. I prefer, ‘a change in direction,’” the British widow said.

She was prepared for hands-on work with the Ignatian Volunteer Corps and pictured herself in a soup kitchen. But she was asked to become a nurse at Cristo Rey, one of a national network of 26 Catholic, coed, college-prep schools dedicated to the education of motivated teens from lowincome families.

She recalled with a laugh what an unexpected placement it was. “I don’t have children. I don’t especially like children. I’m not a mothering type and little babies don’t make me coo,” she said.

“But I came here and, I love these teens. They are always fascinating and always a gift. It’s absolutely amazing to watch them.

My life has changed completely.”

The wall above her desk in the sunny nurse’s office is decorated with photos of students and alumni. “I can identify with these people,” Ashcroft said. Like her, they are the first in their families to head to college.

“It’s truly a privileged life, you know. The Jesuit influence has really changed me,” she said. “I’m not attached to ‘stuff’ since I’ve been part of the Jesuit community and that’s the greatest gift we can have.”

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Jotting down family tales leaves priceless legacy

By Bill Dodds Catholic News Service

life is good

Let’s start with possible reasons you may give for not writing your memoirs now: You’re too young (or too old) to write your memoirs. You’ve led an ordinary, uneventful life. You aren’t a writer.

All of those may seem true, but on the other hand, consider the following: If you’re young, you more easily remember stories about your youth. If you’re older, you have more family stories to tell. And, you may be the only one still around who knows them.

No one leads an ordinary and uneventful life. And what seemed “ordinary” to you as a child half a century or more ago is a different world to the youngest family members today. Radio shows for kids? Only one (black-and-white) TV in the house? No video games?

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Memoirs take different forms Continued from page 18 There’s no need to be a writer. Be a storyteller. Grammar, punctuation and spelling don’t matter. (Forget what Sister Mary told you in the fifth grade. Just get it down on paper.)

It might be true that no one will want to read your stories now. But in 10, 20, 50 years, these stories will be treasured.

They’ll be priceless.

Yes, you may confuse some facts. That’s OK. All “history” is what was written down at one time, and it all has at least a few errors.

You don’t have to make a big commitment of time. Write one story a week and in a year the results of those little, regular commitments add up quickly. You don’t need to write a book. Again, just tell stories.

A memoir can take a lot of different forms. Yours doesn’t have to be chronological, biographically complete or follow a structure. You don’t need to call what you write your “memoirs.” A “collection of family stories” or “stories from my life” works just fine. It sounds less stuffy, too.

Here’s more good news: You don’t need to begin at “the beginning.” Just jot down a favorite story, a strong memory, then stop. Come back and do another.

Part of your collection might well include how your faith, your Catholicism, shaped and enriched your life. That’s a lovely legacy to pass on to younger generations — those present now and those yet to come.

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Brazil bishops give government and event organizers ‘red card’ Catholic News Service

Let World Cup be celebration of solidarity and peace, pope says

Catholic News Service As the World Cup was about to kick off, Pope Francis called on fans and competitors to celebrate the event as an opportunity to promote dialogue, respect and peace.

He also warned against all forms of discrimination on the sidelines, in the stands and on the field: “Let no one become isolated and feel excluded! Watch out! ‘No’ to segregation, ‘no’ to racism!”

The pope made his comments in Portuguese in a video message aired on Brazilian television June 11, the eve of the start of the world soccer championship in Brazil that runs until the final match July 13.

“It is with great joy,” the pope said, that he could greet all “soccer lovers,” organizers, players, coaches and fans who will be following the matches on television, radio and the Internet.

The World Cup “overcomes linguistic, cultural and national barriers,” said the pope, a lifelong soccer fan who actively rooted for the San Lorenzo team in his native Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“My hope is that, beyond just a celebration of sport, this World Cup can turn into a celebration of solidarity among peoples,” he said.

government to guarantee that people living on the streets will The Brazilian bishops’ be secure, not harassed and conference has given the expelled from their locations by government and 2014 FIFA World police and government officials, Cup organizers a “red card” for as some local media have putting the competition above reported in cities hosting the the Brazilian people’s basic needs. games. It also asks that no police In soccer, a “red card” is given violence be perpetrated against to players who commit serious street demonstrators. fouls and are expelled from the In turn, the bishops committed game. to help fans and players have The bishops said there was an access to moments of spirituality “inversion of priorities, with and encounters with God, public money that should have remaining a strong presence been used in health, education, throughout the World Cup. They sanitation, transportation and also pledged to look out for the security” being more used to build vulnerable enormous groups of stadiums. The society, such as conference also the homeless, The Church pledged criticized and help raise organizers for to look out for the awareness of the removal of the possible families and homeless and raise increase of communities so sexual tourism that stadiums awareness about during the could be event. Catholic human trafficking. constructed. entities are “In places promoting a like Brasilia and campaign Manaus, huge called “Play in stadiums have Favor of Life been built for the Cup. These — Report Human Trafficking,” cities do not even have strong created by the Conference of soccer teams, so that after the Religious of Brazil to help prevent Cup we are wondering what they sexual exploitation before, during will be used for,” said Archbishop and after the World Cup. Anuar Battisti of Maringa, head of Brazilian religious say more the tourism department at the than 30,000 women religious, bishops’ conference. nearly 8,000 priests and 2,700 The bishops also criticized the religious brothers are involved in entire infrastructure decisionthe campaign. making process, which “excluded “What we want to show the millions of citizens from world is that ethics and social participating and being commitment in Brazil are alive informed” about specific plans and well,” said the archbishop. for the World Cup. “We want the event to be Archbishop Battisti said the remembered as the Cup of Church now wants the dignity and peace.”

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Parish events 15th Annual Rummage sale at St. Boniface, St. Bonifacius — June 19 to 21: Thursday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon ($3 bag sale day) at 8801 Wildwood Ave. Summerfest at St. Stephen, Anoka — June 20 and 21: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at 525 Jackson St. features DJ, dancing, food and drinks; Continues Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with crafts, food, 5k Sun Run/Walk, inflatable games, live entertainment, bingo, and raffle.

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‘Eucharist and Mission’ presented by Father Patrick Quinn at Our Lady of Lourdes, Minneapolis — June 22: 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at 1 Lourdes Place.

Annual rummage sale at Holy Name of Jesus, Wayzata — June 26 to 28: Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday at 155 County Road 24. On Friday, marked items will be half price, and Saturday morning is bag day.

Parish festival at Our lady of Guadalupe, St. Paul — June 28: Noon to 8 p.m. at 401 Concord St. Features live Latino music, Mexican and American food, dancing, theme baskets, games and more.

Mental health blessing at Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis — June 29: Blessing after 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. liturgies at 88 N. 17th St. Father John Bauer will say a mental health blessing over those in attendance and bless the Basilica’s newest icon in honor of St. Dymphna, the patron saint of those with

mental illness. Followed by ice cream on the west lawn.

Festival at St. Mary, LeCenter — June 29: Polka Mass at 10 a.m. followed by a familystyle roast beef dinner until 1:30 p.m., outdoor activities and a food court. Located at 165 N. Waterville Ave.

Don’t miss More events online Additional parish and school events in the archdiocese can be found at TheCatholicSpirit.com/calendar.

Concert featuring the National Catholic Youth Choir at St. Therese, Deephaven — June 29: 7 p.m. at 18323 Minnetonka Blvd.

An evening of sacred, traditional music in English and Latin following the theme, “Called to Serve.” A free will offering will be collected.

Mass to celebrate the ministry of Father Jim Zappa at Mary, Mother of the Church, Burnsville — June 29: 10 a.m. at 3333 Cliff Road. Father Zappa has been at the parish since 1991 and is retiring for health reasons.

‘Art and Beauty in the Catholic Church’ presented by Nick Markell at Our Lady of Lourdes, Minneapolis — June 29: 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at 1 Lourdes Place.

Pro-life bake sale at Holy Childhood, St. Paul — June 30: 8:30 a.m. to noon at 1435 Midway Parkway.

32nd Annual Festival at St. Mary of Czestochowa, Delano — July 20: Serving pork chops, roast beef, corn on the cob and more from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 1867 95th St. Also features games, music and raffles.

Prayer/ liturgy Corpus Christi Procession at St. Bonaventure, Bloomington — June 22: Gather immediately after the 10 a.m. Mass at 901 E. 90th St. The event will end with

Festival Time!

Benediction in the church.

18th annual Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession at the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis — June 22: 2 to 4 p.m. at 88 N. 17th St. The procession will cross Hennepin Avenue and go through Loring Park. An ice cream social follows on the Basilica lawn. For information, visit www.WalkWithHim.org.

Healing Mass at Mary, Mother of the Church, Burnsville – June 23: Mass at 7 p.m. at 3333 Cliff Road. Father Jim Livingston is the celebrant.

15th annual celebration of the feast of God the Father of All Mankind at St. Peter, Richfield — August 3: 11 a.m. at 6730 Nicollet Ave. The eigh-day consecration prayers begin on July 27th. For information or directions, call (612) 866-5089.

To list your festival, send information by July 17 to spiritcalendar@archspm.org.

Please include the dates and location of your festival event, as well as start and end times and a short description of the festivities.

Cathedral Young Adults Theology on Tap at O’Gara’s, St. Paul — Wednesdays June 18 to July 23: Social time at 6:30 p.m., speaker at 7:30 p.m. at 164 N. Snelling Avenue. Topics focus on faith and contemporary issues that directly affect the lives of young adults. All evenings are free of charge. For more information, visit www. cathedralsaintpaul.org/cya. Speakers and topics are: June 25, “Are Humans Just Animals?” by Father Mark Moriarty; July 2, “Dante’s Divine Comedy,” by Dr. Mary Reichardt; July 9, “Living a Culture of Life,” by Bill Dill; July 16, “Thy Will Be Done,” by Father Paul Jarvis and July 23, “Real Prayer,”

by Deacon Joseph Michalak.

School events Thrift Sale at Immaculate Conception church and school, Columbia Heights – June 19, 20 and 21: Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 4030 Jackson St. N.E. Saturday $5 bag sale from 8 a.m. to noon.

Retreats

Other events

Silent Directed retreat at Franciscan Retreats and Spirituality Center, Prior Lake — June 21 to 27: Retreat will begin with dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and conclude with brunch on Friday. Retreat pairs each retreatant with a spiritual director. There will be opportunities for daily Mass, prayer services, and three short conferences on some aspect of Spirituality. Open to men and women. Call (952) 447-2182 to register, or visit www.franciscanretreats.net/register.

Rwandan genocide survivor Immaculée Ilibagiza shares her inspirational story at St. Mary, New Ulm — June 20: 7 p.m. at 417 S. Minnesota St. Sponsored by the St. Paul/Minneapolis Council of Catholic Women.

Singles

The July 31 issue of The Catholic Spirit will feature a special section listing information about parish festivals.

Singles group at St. Vincent de Paul, Brooklyn Park — ongoing second Saturday each month: 6:15 p.m. at 9100 93rd Ave. N. Gather for a potluck supper, conversation and games. For information, call (763) 425-0412.

Young adults

5-Day Silent Retreat — Healing by the Holy Spirit at Christ the King Retreat Center, Buffalo — June 25 to 29: preached

by Father Mathew, Father Antony, and Sister Teresa. For information, call (651) 303-0532 or email ritahanson2004@gmail.com.

Send us your festival information!

Catholic singles to meet and make friends.

The group usually meets in St. Paul on Sunday afternoons. For information, call Mary at (763) 323-3479 or Al at (651) 482-0406.

Sunday Spirits walking group for 50-plus Catholic singles — ongoing Sundays: For

Rural Life Sunday Celebration at the Vernon and Elaine Rosckes Farm, Watertown — June 22: 1:30 p.m. at 3255 County Road 10 N. Bishop Lee Piché will celebrate the Mass. Refreshments will be served after Mass. Also features music, face painting, children’s hay rides and more.

Many Faces of Mary multi-cultural procession at Totino-Grace High School athletic field and grounds, Fridley — June 29: Begins with Mass with Bishop Lee Piché at noon. Eucharistic procession at 1 p.m., rosary procession at 2 p.m. at 1350 Gardena Ave. N.E. Procession of Mary images/statues and banners features native dress from representative countries.

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When faith is challenged, Catholics can look to the saints Continued from page 1 under the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II, a time when both Jews and Catholics were targeted.

Seeing the Nazis and then communists in his homeland infringe on people’s rights and compromise their dignity motived St. John Paul II as pope to change the global climate and inspire people to rise up by peaceful, but powerful, means to obtain their freedom as individuals, Stanbary said.

“His legacy is tremendous in that regard,” he said. “History will repeat itself, so we need to learn from those lessons.”

Act 1 of the two-act play has the future pope reflecting on his childhood years of joyful freedom that are essentially gone, and on his parents and various influences while having to endure harsh living conditions under the Nazi totalitarian regime.

“It’s fascinating to see all he went through and God’s hand in

shaping him while he’s trying to live a life of faith,” Stanbary said.

The second act delves into the young St. John Paul II receiving his education “underground,” the cultural resistance he faced, and his discernment of God’s call.

“It’s a great example for all of us,” Stanbary said. “We can trust that God has a plan for us and is working that out through our faith.”

The play, which runs approximately 90 minutes, ends with St. John Paul II’s ordination to the priesthood.

Although “Lolek” is a one-man show, Stanbary incorporates additional characters via recorded voice-overs. For visual references, photos from St. John Paul II’s early life are projected onto a screen that serves as the main backdrop.

“We find that adult audiences and adolescent audiences tend to be engaged and informed,” he said. “It’s meant to draw us into [St. John Paul II’s] life and spirituality and foster reflection.

But it’s definitely a play for all ages.”

Stanbary’s production of “Lolek” is available for local bookings. For more information, visit epiphanystudio.com or openwindowtheatre.org.

Inspiration for the faithful Timothy Drake, the New Evangelization coordinator for the Holdingford Area Catholic Community in the St. Cloud diocese, will begin the evening addressing how Catholics can respond to threats against religious liberty: among them, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ mandate that most employers — including Catholic hospitals, schools and charities — provide insurance coverage for contraceptives, sterilization and some abortioninducing drugs.

“I think we can sometimes get caught up in our lives and go to church on Sundays and not realize that our faith in the public sphere is under attack,” said

Drake, who wrote about the issue extensively when he worked for the National Catholic Register newspaper.

Drake will point to modern saints as examples of the kinds of virtues Catholics can live out when their faith is being challenged.

“I’m hoping [to give] listeners something to think about and pray about,” Drake said. “The appropriate response is one of living out our faith publicly and standing up for it peacefully.”

The archdiocese also will host a Mass for religious liberty with Archbishop John Nienstedt at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at the Cathedral of St. Paul.

On the Web Supreme Court rulings in the cases involving the Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate are expected by the end of June. For updates, visit TheCatholicSpirit.com.

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Deacon Mick Humbert visits Hope for the Journey Home shelter at Guardian Angels in Oakdale June 10. Proceeds from his fundraising bike ride from Alaska to the Twin Cities will help pay for a renovation project to turn the shelter’s garage into a large family room. Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit

From ‘Homer to Home’ Deacon’s bicycle journey raises money for parish shelter

By Bridget Ryder For The Catholic Spirit Deacon Mick Humbert of Guardian Angels in Oakdale is offering his bicycle and endurance for the 3,900 miles between Homer, Alaska, and his home in Oakdale to help guests at Hope for the Journey Home, the parish’s temporary shelter for homeless families.

For $10 a ticket, anyone can purchase a chance to guess how

How you can help

To learn more about Hope for the Journey Home and buy a guessing ticket for Deacon Humbert’s bicycle tour, visit guardian-angels.org and click Homer to Home.

long it will take Deacon Humbert to get from “Homer to Home.”

Prizes for the closest correct guesses include a $500 gift card to Erik’s Bike Shop and several vacation packages. A computer on Deacon Humbert’s bicycle will track the time he spends pedaling.

The donations will help fund renovations to make the shelter at Guardian Angels more comfortable for families in search of a permanent home.

“This is a fun way to engage the parish in what’s going on,” said Cheryl Peterson, coordinator of justice and outreach at Guardian Angels.

Deacon Humbert left for Alaska

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on June 13. At weekend Masses, parishioners will be updated on his progress through the Yukon Territory and over the Rocky Mountains back to Minnesota.

Riding for a reason For Deacon Humbert, “Homer to Home” is a way to make his tour more than just a long bicycle ride.

“I do this as a stunt to focus it on something else,” he said.

Deacon Humbert has done 10 charity bicycling tours in the last 15 years. The former tournament tennis player started cycling in a recombinant bicycle at age 30 to recover from a back injury and also to find a new way to stay active.

He said like everyone else, he started with short rides that slowly expanded. Eventually, he wondered if he could cycle the 111 miles to his parent’s cabin in Spooner, Wis., and he proved he was capable.

“Then I became sort of fanatical,” he said.

He used his first weeklong cycling tours as fundraisers for Habitat for Humanity. Since then, Deacon Humbert has pedaled around Lake Superior, from Baton Rouge, La., to Minnesota, and from Bellingham, Wash., to Virginia.

Each trip promoted and raised money for a different cause.

Deacon Humbert covers the expenses of the tour, so all donations go directly to the

charity. He also contacts the churches along his route in search of hospitality. His requests to simply camp on the church property are usually met with an offer of indoor hospitality. It’s the combination of the time he spends with people and the time he spends by himself that makes the tour special.

“It’s my version of a retreat,” he said.

Now 56, Humbert said this likely will be his last long haul on a bicycle. It also will be his longest, beating his tour from Bellingham, Wash., by 500 miles. However, he originally wanted this final tour to span across the U.S. That would have meant riding from Homer to Key West, Fla. He settled for starting at the northern limit of pavement and cycling only 3,900 miles back to the Twin Cities. The ring of “Homer to Home” also well suits this tour’s cause — expanding the living space of the parish’s shelter.

Room to grow The money raised through selling guesses will fund renovations to make the three-car garage attached to the residence into a much-needed living room.

Since opening in spring 2012, Hope for the Journey Home has averaged a 73 percent occupancy rate and hosted 76 families totaling 253 individuals — 93 adults and

160 children. The shelter has seven bedrooms to host up to seven families, which means sometimes having more than 30 guests at a time. Though children are in school and parents are either at work or meeting with case workers at St. Andrew’s Community Resource Center during the day, the house fills up in the evening.

Currently, the only dining and inside play area is a combined space with three small tables on one side and a couple of closely grouped couches with toys in between on the other.

“It was a pilot project,” Peterson said of the venture that became a success. “When we’re at two families, it’s fine. When we’re at eight, it’s full.”

The renovation will increase the communal space by 400 percent.

“It will give [the guests] room to think and breathe,” Deacon Humbert said.

Crossing four mountain passes on his route from Alaska to Minnesota, Deacon Humbert will be doing plenty of his own breathing.

Of the 500 guesses already sold, the greatest number of hours guessed was 31,000. Humbert said he could walk to Alaska and back in that time, so he’s giving a hint.

However, he said his hours on the bike are less important than the thousands of hours volunteers put in at Hope for the Journey Home.

Learning more about our faith The Catholic Spirit’s 4-page Rediscover: pullout section in each issue highlights a new Rediscover: theme for you and discuss with others.

Coming up July 3: How is the Mass our greatest prayer?

Silence gives God an opening to our hearts

W HEART OF THE MATTER Father Michael VAN SLOUN

hen it comes to enriching one’s prayer, silence is just what the doctor ordered.

Jesus, the divine physician, prescribes silence. In fact, Jesus prescribed silence for himself. Before he began his public ministry, he went out to the desert for 40 days to pray in solitude (Luke 4:1-13) — in silence. After his first healings, Jesus went off to a deserted place, where he prayed (Mark 1:35) — in silence. Jesus often retired to deserted places to pray (Luke 5:16) — in silence. Jesus was big on silence. How else could he listen to his Father?

Our prayer can be too wordy, too verbose.

We can rattle on and on. Jesus warned about this. “In praying, do not babble” (Matthew 6:7a). Some think that they will be heard because of their many words (see Matthew 6:7b). A one-sided conversation is no conversation at all. To speak all the time is a monologue. One of the most effective forms of communication is listening. We must do more than speak to God; we must listen to God. And we cannot listen to God if we are not

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silent. Silence is what Jesus, the doctor, orders.

It is very difficult to be a good listener. We are on the run all the time. We are bombarded with a plethora of sounds: TV, talk radio, music, chitchat, running motors, traffic noise and sirens. And, we are preoccupied with our jobs and our troubles. With all of these distractions, it is nigh unto impossible to set aside our concerns and listen.

When it comes to prayer, young Samuel had it right. In the silence of the night, Samuel said, “Speak Lord, your servant is listening” (1 Samuel 3:10). In silence, Samuel was able to hear God’s voice. If he had been with other people, or if he had been working on some job, or if he had been anxious with some concern, it is less likely that he would have heard God’s voice.

If we want to hear God, we must listen to God, and if we want God’s voice to get through, we must be silent and attentive. We Please turn to PAUSING on back page of section

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“We must do more than speak to God; we must listen to God. And we cannot listen to God if we are not silent.

Silence is what Jesus, the doctor, orders.”

Father Michael Van Sloun

Want to go deeper with God? Enter into prayerful silence The Catholic Spirit interviewed Joel Kibler about the importance of silence in the spiritual life. Kibler has given talks on the subject and led silent retreats. He is superior of a religious community of men called The Brotherhood of the People of Praise. The community of priests and brothers has a house in St. Paul and in Portland, Ore. Kibler is also the principal coordinator of the local People of Praise, a lay, charismatic, ecumenical community with 1,800 members in 21 branches around North America and the Caribbean.

Q. How can silence help my prayer life?

A. We need to be simple of heart, to deep down want just one thing — the Lord. When we finally have this simplicity, the love of God is more present in us and in the world.

For simplicity, we need quiet. Not a lot. Just some time alone.

Some time without the sounds all around us. Some time just with God. We’ll never have friendship with Jesus without being alone with him. “Be still, and know that I am God,” declares the psalmist.

Q. Why is silence important in prayer?

A. Cardinal Henry de Lubac [who died in 1991], one of the great theologians of the 20th century, wrote a book called “The Mystery of the Supernatural.” In it he says, “In the depths of each of us is a powerful movement toward God. This movement is so deep and so powerful that our will cannot affect it except to fight against it, that no sin we commit can hold it back, that hell itself cannot obliterate it.”

This is stunning. God really did make us to know him and be one with him. We do this through personal love. I say “personal” because love is always person-to-person. My being present to God and God being present to me. I in God and God in me. Just like Jesus said in John 17:23.

We’re too dull about God in us. Dull to the Trinity’s presence within us. They are only on the margin of our awareness. We need to go beyond merely managing our external lives. We need to develop an interior life. And that requires silence and prayer.

St. Teresa of Avila makes a great comment in “Interior Castle”: “Do not suppose that the interior of the soul is empty. What a guest we have within us! I always knew perfectly well that I had a soul. But I did not understand who dwelt within it. I think if I had understood then what I do now, how the great king really dwells within this little palace of my soul, I should not have left him alone so often, but should have stayed with him and never have allowed his dwelling place to get so dirty!”

So, we have to withdraw a bit from our complicated and busy external life. We have to say to ourselves, in the words of Psalm 57:8, “Awake, Awake, my soul!” Then speak to God and learn his ways of speaking to us.

Q. What did Jesus have to say about it?

A. “When you pray, go into your own room, shut the door, and pray to your father who is there in secret” (Matthew 6:7).

Q. What Scriptures indicate that he used silence in his own prayer?

A. The Gospel of Mark tells us that Jesus got up early in the morning and went to an isolated place to pray (Mark. 1:35). The Gospel of Luke says the same, “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”

Q. What are we missing if we don’t use silence?

A. Friendship with God.

Let me explain. I may serve God. I may help out in my parish. I may pray for others. I may wish good things for the Church, even for the world. But these aren’t friendship. They are expressions of

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it. They are not love at its core.

Love at the core is an affection for God. A heart moved by him.

This affection arises from the center of our being, spontaneously.

We can’t help it. Because we’ve encountered God as a person.

That’s the way we’re made. It moves us to want to share life together with him, do things for him, because of this affection for him.

What does this look like? It looks like my having the Father’s interests in my heart and knowing he has my interests in his heart, the way friends do. It’s my telling Jesus things about myself, and Jesus revealing things to me about himself. It’s my feeling free to tell the Holy Spirit all that is on my mind, and the Spirit feeling free to tell me what’s on his mind, even if it challenges me, surprises me.

It’s my awareness that God loves me and God’s awareness that I love him, true companions who live one life together in this world. And God making me shine in the world. My making him shine as well in the world.

St. Paul experienced his life this way. So did St. Teresa of Avila.

Yet, St. Paul lived an incredibly busy life. He made tents for a living, built Christian communities all over the Mediterranean, and endured weakness, shipwrecks, prison and anxiety about his communities. St. Teresa was one talented, busy woman as well: traveling all around Spain, struggling to start new foundations, plagued with headaches. Yet, both of them had simplicity of heart. They had an abiding affection for God, and they shined in the world to his glory.

Q. In today’s noisy and busy culture, is silence even more important?

A. Yes. But it’s not just the noise and busyness. It’s also what’s

absent in the noise — G Methodist, etc. — belie He became human. But Removed from public vi scarce. Yet, this is God’s are his people.

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Unlike my friends, I can’t pray in the car. I might get in an accident! Sometimes at work — I work at People of Praise Christian community office in Eagan — I will go into the bathroom, shut the door, lean my head against the wall and speak to God for two minutes about my day. It’s short. I don’t get wonderful consolations from it. But I experience more courage and energy. And mercy. And I get closer again to simplicity of heart.

Q. How has silence helped you personally? Talk about your own experiences and how you got started with it.

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n my garage. It’s very quiet! Most days, I rise basement of our brotherhood community crucifix, an icon or a picture of Jesus to look d who he is as a person easily becomes dim umanity is real. I can picture him speaking llector or consoling Martha and Mary. I like Stay close to the humanity of Jesus.”

A. I grew up in the outskirts of Jackson, Mich. The third to last house before farmland. From first grade on, I was accustomed to take walks by the nearby streams and marshes. I grew comfortable with silence.

I went to college at Notre Dame. During my sophomore year, I went to France, and while there walked away from God and my Catholic faith. When I returned home the following summer, my friends introduced me to the Catholic charismatic renewal movement. They prayed with me to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. It was a great grace for me in the Church. One of the good changes was a new ability to know God personally. Except for some intermittent years of dryness — which helped purify me more of self-concern — I’ve found God in silence and prayer.

I’d like to tell a short story about prayer. When I was a college senior, I lived in Sorin Hall. My room was on the second floor over the front porch. One Saturday night, we hosted a party. My atheist pre-med roommate, Steve, and his girlfriend, Sue, were sitting on our $4 sofa and I sat in a chair across from them. Steve turned to Sue and said, “Did you know Joel prays?” I looked at Steve puzzled. He ignored me and said, “Seriously, he prays. In fact, I can tell you the days when he doesn’t pray. He’s harder to live with.”

Today, I think I am not as hard to live with! It’s because of God. It’s been a slow, gradual change, over years. It’s all quite personal, this relationship with God. It’s no longer like the early stage of the emerging friendship, where I was excited to know him because I saw him doing things for me.

And it’s not like in the middle stage, either, where I often struggled to carve out quiet time with him, and worked hard to love and had to learn faithfulness. It’s different now. More simple. He’s all I want. Of course, I have friends and brothers and sisters in Christ and people all around me and a comfortable home and a good reputation, and I’m doing things I like. But, he really is all I want down deep. I love him now not for what I get, but for who he is, a real person.

One key moment for me happened when I was 26 or so. I was visiting my parents. It was a cool September evening in Michigan.

The clouds obscured much of the night sky. I went for a quiet walk along the dark road south of our house. I was troubled by some difficult relationships, and was praying aloud, going over this situation with the Lord. Every few minutes or so, I dropped to my knees near the white line down the center of the road and said to the Lord, “All I want is you!” I probably did that a dozen times over a half mile. After an hour I returned home. Since that time, I’ve said that a lot, “Lord, all I want is you.” It’s perhaps the most important prayer I’ve learned to pray.

And, through the years, I’ve noticed a particular aspect of God. He really is very meek. God doesn’t make a big deal out of himself.

He handles the burden of the world with quiet composure. He’s present everywhere, but seems to prefer to remain in the background and quietly help people in ways they don’t seem to notice or appreciate, because they look for the big experience.

I don’t think God likes to draw lots of attention to himself. Jesus always points to the Father and the Spirit; and the Father always points to Jesus and the Spirit. God is that way, humbly pointing to the others. In the same way, God doesn’t force himself on us. He waits as a good Father. Jesus waits as a friend. The Holy Spirit waits as a counselor. They wait for us to choose to withdraw into some quiet place, and there, freely seek him. To know him better and love him. That’s why silence is so important.

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More about silence Joel Kibler recommends the following two books for those interested in learning more about silence in prayer and how to incorporate it into their spiritual life:

“The Practice of the Presence of God” by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection Image Books | Doubleday, Copyright 1977, 100 pages Kibler: “This little book breathes fresh hope into those who feel their lives are too fragmented to pray.

Brother Lawrence is a man who figured out how to live in the presence of God while running a monastic restaurant all day long. He believed that we can achieve a far greater unity with God than many people think possible. The key: trust God once and for all and without reservation. We accomplish this by a constant conversation, ‘speaking humbly and talking lovingly,’ in the midst of the running and rushing and busyness of life.

Brother Lawrence lived in 17th century France. He served as a soldier of France and was wounded. After military service, he entered the Carmelite monastery in Paris as a lay brother, served in the kitchen, and then in the shoe repair shop. He died in 1691 after a painful illness.

This book is a simple collection of some of his letters, spiritual maxims, and remembrances of conversations with him. It has been a spiritual classic for the last 300 years and will remain so for the next 300.”

“Letters from the Desert” by Carlo Carretto Orbis Books, Copyright 2002, 132 pages Kibler: “Carlo Carretto lived an active, extremely busy life as a schoolteacher and a leader in the Italian Catholic Action movement. At the age of 44, he renounced the comforts of civilization for the Sahara and lived there as a hermit for the next 10 years. He said that God had summoned him to ‘leave everything and come with me into the desert. It is not your acts and deeds that I want: I want your prayer, your love.’ The desert became a school of love and a school of prayer. He showed that people today can pray in the midst of the world and that the heart of the Gospel is to make ourselves an oasis of love in whatever desert we find ourselves.

‘Letters From the Desert’ has become a contemporary classic, and extraordinary witness to the secret of sanctity; a profoundly simple equation for spiritual survival.”

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Silence gives God an opening to our hearts

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HEART OF THE MATTER Father Michaell VAN SLOUN

hen it comes to enriching one’s prayer, silence is just what the doctor ordered.

Jesus, the divine physician, prescribes silence. In fact, Jesus prescribed silence for himself. Before he began his public ministry, he went out to the desert for 40 days to pray in solitude (Luke 4:1-13) — in silence. After his first healings, Jesus went off to a deserted place, where he prayed (Mark 1:35) — in silence. Jesus often retired to deserted places to pray (Luke 5:16) — in silence. Jesus was big on silence. How else could he listen to his Father?

Our prayer can be too wordy, too verbose.

We can rattle on and on. Jesus warned about this. “In praying, do not babble” (Matthew 6:7a). Some think that they will be heard because of their many words (see Matthew 6:7b). A one-sided conversation is no conversation at all. To speak all the time is a monologue. One of the most effective forms of communication is listening. We must do more than speak to God; we must listen to God. And we cannot listen to God if we are not

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silent. Silence is what Jesus, the doctor, orders.

It is very difficult to be a good listener. We are on the run all the time. We are bombarded with a plethora of sounds: TV, talk radio, music, chitchat, running motors, traffic noise and sirens. And, we are preoccupied with our jobs and our troubles. With all of these distractions, it is nigh unto impossible to set aside our concerns and listen.

When it comes to prayer, young Samuel had it right. In the silence of the night, Samuel said, “Speak Lord, your servant is listening” (1 Samuel 3:10). In silence, Samuel was able to hear God’s voice. If he had been with other people, or if he had been working on some job, or if he had been anxious with some concern, it is less likely that he would have heard God’s voice.

If we want to hear God, we must listen to God, and if we want God’s voice to get through, we must be silent and attentive. We Please turn to PAUSING on back page of section

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“We must do more than speak to God; we must listen to God. And we cannot listen to God if we are not silent.

Silence is what Jesus, the doctor, orders.”

Father Michael Van Sloun