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Preparing for a feast Artist restores Fatima statue for installation Mass By Jessica Trygstad The Catholic Spirit
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statue of Our Lady of Fatima that just weeks ago was sitting in storage chipped and faded has been restored for Archbishop-designate Bernard Hebda’s installation Mass 2 p.m. May 13, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. Father John Ubel, rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul, where the installation Mass will take place, wanted the celebration to include a Marian statue, but thought the Cathedral’s main Marian statue would be too large given the number of bishops expected to be seated in the sanctuary. That’s when he remembered seeing a smaller statue in Cathedral storage, specifically one of Our Lady of Fatima. St. Agnes parishioner Sharon King already was working on one statue for the Cathedral, so he asked her to restore the Fatima statue for the installation Mass. “It’s a nice touch, that again, through volunteer labor and someone who cares, to make things beautiful for the installation,” Father Ubel said. While he noted that the Fatima statue wasn’t in terrible shape — St. John Vianney College Seminary borrows it occasionally — it had a lot of nicks, and rosary beads were missing. “You look at it now, and you can’t tell,” Father Ubel said. “She matched it so beautifully. She really does amazing work.” King, 76, volunteered materials, time and talent for the restoration. A nurse by profession, King took up painting and plaster restoration as a hobby. Repairing the cracked base, sanding, plastering and repainting took her about four hours. “I feel very honored to be able to do
Sharon King, a parishioner of St. Agnes in St. Paul, works on a statue of Our Lady of Fatima that will be displayed during Archbishop Bernard Hebda’s installation Mass May 13 — the feast of Our Lady of Fatima — at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul. Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit this,” said King, a Secular Carmelite. According to Cathedral records, the former St. Paul Statuary made the statue. The first mention of the statue was in 1949, but it could be older, Father Ubel said. The crown was made in Fatima, Portugal, as a replica of the royal crown of Portugal. It made its first appearance on the statue at the Cathedral’s 8 a.m. Mass May 1, 1960. The bulletin from that day explained the crown’s historical significance: “In 1646, King Joao [IV] removed it from his head and placed it on the brow of a statue of Our Lady in the Coronation Hall and decreed that
henceforth the monarch of Portugal would not wear the crown, ‘Since it now rightly belongs to Our Lady.’ This decree has been respected for over 300 years.” At the installation Mass, Father Ubel said the Fatima statue likely will be placed in a corner near the ambo — safe from unintended harm yet visible to everyone. “It’s very appropriate as a Catholic community, when we gather, to invoke the help of our saints, especially in these challenging but hopeful times. And the message of Our Lady of Fatima is really, ultimately, one about hope,” Father Ubel said. “And so I think it adds to the
What goes into planning an installation Mass? Sending thousands of invitations and cleaning with toothbrushes. Read more about what to expect at the May 13 installation on page 5. celebration because I believe, very, very strongly, that already people are sensing a new beginning and some real hope for the future of the Church in this archdiocese.”
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St. Kate’s new president
Pennsylvania shrine for sale
Playing a new tune
The university names alumna ReBecca Koenig Roloff its 11th leader. — Page 5
The congregation founded by St. Katharine Drexel plans to sell its historic motherhouse. — Page 9
Young organists prepare for careers behind the pipes. — Page 16
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“Dan taught us that every person is a miracle, every person has a story, every person is worthy of respect. And we are so aware of all he did and all he was and all he created in almost 95 years of life lived with enthusiasm, commitment, seriousness and almost holy humor.” A statement from the family of Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan, an early critic of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam who was one of the first Catholic priests to receive a federal sentence for peace activism. A native of Virginia, Minnesota, Father Berrigan died April 30 at 94.
NEWS notes • The Catholic Spirit WARM WELCOME Children in the third-grade faith formation class at St. Dominic in Northfield hold the thank-you and congratulation cards they made for Archbishop-designate Bernard Hebda, who’ll be installed May 13 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul. At right is their teacher, Sister Bernelle Taube, a School Sister of Notre Dame. Courtesy St. Dominic
Special installation issue in mailboxes after May 26 The Catholic Spirit is preparing a commemorative issue celebrating the installation of Archbishop Bernard Hebda as the new archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Anticipate that it will arrive in homes by the end of May, but may not arrive by May 26, the date by which a regular issue would arrive. We promise it will be worth the wait!
University of St. Thomas honors Archbishop Cupich The University of St. Thomas was to confer an honorary doctoral degree on Archbishop Blaise Cupich of Chicago May 11. Archbishop Cupich is a 1971 alumnus of the university. He was named archbishop of Chicago in 2014.
CSCOE grant to fund teacher training for Montessori school
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The Catholic Schools Center of Excellence awarded $55,000 to the Way of the Shepherd Catholic Montessori School in April to fund Montessori training for four Catholic teachers. The school aims to expand the school’s early education and elementary programs for children ages 3-12. The school is hosting an informational gathering for interested teachers 6:30 p.m. May 23. www.wayoftheshepherd.org.
Archdiocesan Corpus Christi procession May 29 URBAN TRAIL RIDE Father John Echert, pastor of Holy Trinity in St. Paul, rides his horse May 1 with parishioners Rose Sirba (left) and Liz Sirba, nieces of Duluth Bishop Paul Sirba, as part of an inaugural fundraiser for the St. Paul Mounted Police. About 50 riders participated in the 6-mile ride along Mississippi River Boulevard in St. Paul. Courtesy Paul Reichstadt
WHAT’S NEW on social media Catholic school student, unicyclist and lawyer. Take a few minutes to learn more about Archbishop Bernard Hebda ahead of his May 13 installation. Watch the video at bit.ly/TCSnewshepherd. “Laudato Si’” inspired? Catholic landscaping in St. Paul’s Como neighborhood featured at www.instagram.com/thecatholicspirit.
The Catholic Spirit is published bi-weekly for The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Vol. 21 — No. 10 MOST REVEREND BERNARD A. HEBDA, Publisher TOM HALDEN, Associate Publisher MARIA C. WIERING, Editor
The 20th annual Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession will be held in St. Paul 2 to 4 p.m. May 29, the feast of Corpus Christi. The procession will begin at the Little Sisters of the Poor Holy Family Residence at 330 Exchange St. S. and will end at the Cathedral of St. Paul. A shuttle to the Holy Family Residence from the Cathedral will be available from 1:15 to 1:45 p.m. An ice cream social follows Benediction. www.walkwithhim.org or 651-489-0116.
Catholic Cemeteries to hold Memorial Day Masses Catholic Cemeteries plans to offer Memorial Day Masses10 a.m. May 30 rain or shine at five locations: Calvary Cemetery, 753 Front Ave., St. Paul; Gethsemane Cemetery, 42nd Ave. N., New Hope; Resurrection Cemetery, 2101 Lexington Ave. S., Mendota Heights; St. Anthony Cemetery, 2729 Central Ave. NE., Minneapolis; and St. Mary’s Cemetery, 4402 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis. www.catholic-cemeteries.org
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Choosing ‘alleluia’ in an ‘ouch-raged’ world
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FROM THE MODERATOR OF THE CURIA Father Charles Lachowitzer
erhaps you have stubbed your toe or hit your head on a cupboard door. Recently, I did both in the same day. In the morning I walked around my bed and my big toe hit the wooden frame. In the evening, I opened a cupboard and something fell out. I picked it up and when I stood up — bam. I noticed that in both experiences of intense pain, my hard-wired reactions were the same. I cried out “ouch!”, checked for injury, and with subsiding physical pain, felt a growing drum beat of the mind’s judgment. It is a season of polls, so I conducted one of those informal polls to hear if others had ever stubbed their toe on the corner of a bed. The answers were the same. Yes. Yell in pain and get angry. Some blamed themselves. Others blamed the bed. As a first lesson, anger at a bed frame is far better than wrath against the self. A deeper lesson is that even such a little incident provides a simple insight into the fragile and mortal condition of the human race. Intense pain causes intense anger. When the pain is in the mind and heart, the sin of wrath is far greater. Magnify this in
families, neighborhoods and communities; frustrate the anger with generational poverty and persecution through prejudice and the wrath can turn to violence in words and in deeds. It is the Easter season and it doesn’t seem very “alleluia” to return to Good Friday, but at the heart of the evil in the world is the outcry of pain. Broken brains and broken hearts. God humbled omnipotence on the cross of Jesus Christ so as to enter fully into all our sufferings. Thus in the very person of our Risen Lord, all pain is transformed by the greater power of God’s love over all sin and even death itself. Suffering, in all of its forms, shares in the passion of Jesus Christ. It is given a claim on the mercy of God and through the consolation of the Holy Spirit, becomes a share in God’s redeeming grace. It is first in our own lives and in our own families that we find in the sacramental life of the Church, especially in the confessional and at Mass, the presence of Jesus Christ who brings healing and a renewed joy in life. The next time I stub my toe, I will predictably cry out “ouch!” Maybe, by the grace of God, I will also exclaim, “Alleluia!” As witnesses and heralds of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we address the pain within so as to serve unity — in our parishes and in our archdiocese — and as one body in Christ, we serve the pain in an ouch-raged world.
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al vez se ha golpeado el dedo del pie o se ha pegado en la cabeza con la puerta de la despensa. Recientemente, a mí me pasaron las dos cosas el mismo día. Por la mañana, caminaba alrededor de mi cama y me pegué con el marco de madera en el dedo gordo del pie. Por la noche, abrí la despensa y algo se cayó. Lo recogí y cuando me puse de pie — bum. Me di cuenta de que en ambas experiencias de intenso dolor, mi reacción instintiva fue la misma. Grité “¡ay!”, Revise si me había lastimado, y cuando el dolor físico fue pasando, sentí una creciente culpabilidad en la mente. Es la temporada de las votaciones, entonces decidí realizar una encuesta informal para saber si los demás alguna vez se han golpeado su dedo del pie en la esquina de la cama. Las respuestas fueron las mismas. Sí. Gritar de dolor y enojarse. Algunos se culparon a sí mismos. Otros culparon a la cama. Como primera lección, enojarse con el marco de la cama es mucho mejor que enfurecerse con uno
OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bernard Hebda, has announced the following appointments in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: Effective April 26, 2016 Reverend Aaron Meszaros C.Ss.R.,
granted priestly faculties of the Archdiocese and appointed parochial vicar of the Church of Saint Alphonsus in Brooklyn Park. Rev. Meszaros was ordained a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on April 9, 2016, and previously served the Church of Saint Alphonsus as a deacon.
Effective May 4, 2016 Deacon David Nowak, appointed to
exercise the ministry of a permanent deacon at the Church of Saint Joseph in Rosemount. This is a transfer from his current appointment at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Bloomington.
Deacon Anthony Pasko, appointed to
exercise the ministry of a permanent deacon at the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Excelsior. Deacon Pasko is returning to ministry after a leave of absence.
mismo. Una lección más profunda es que incluso ese pequeño incidente proporciona una visión simple de la condición frágil y mortal de la raza humana. El dolor intenso provoca una ira intensa. Cuando el dolor se encuentra en la mente y en el corazón, el pecado de la ira es mucho mayor. Ahora imagínense esto en las familias, vecindarios y comunidades; provocar la ira con la pobreza generacional y la persecución a través de los prejuicios provoca que la ira pueda convertirse en violencia de palabras y de hechos. Es la temporada de Pascua y no hay mucho “júbilo” para regresar al Viernes Santo, pero en lo profundo del mal en el mundo hay un grito de dolor. Mentes y corazones quebrantados. La humilde omnipotencia de Dios en la cruz de Jesucristo con el fin de entrar de lleno en todos nuestros sufrimientos. Así, en la persona de nuestro Señor resucitado, todo el dolor se transforma por el inmenso poder del amor de Dios que está por encima de todo pecado y de la muerte
misma. El sufrimiento, en todas sus formas, es compartido en las acciones de la pasión de Jesucristo. Este clama a la misericordia de Dios y por medio de la consolación del Espíritu Santo, se convierte en una parte de la gracia redentora de Dios. Es por primera vez que en nuestras propias vidas y en nuestras propias familias encontramos en la vida sacramental de la Iglesia, especialmente en el confesionario y en la Misa, la presencia de Jesucristo, que trae la curación y una alegría renovada en la vida. La próxima vez que me golpee el dedo del pie, obviamente gritaré “¡ay!” Tal vez, por la gracia de Dios, también exclamaré: “¡Aleluya!” Como testigos y proclamadores del Evangelio de Jesucristo, enfrentamos nuestro dolor interno con un servicio de unidad - en nuestras parroquias y en nuestra Arquidiócesis - y, servimos al sufrimiento como un solo cuerpo en Cristo, en un mundo de dolor.
Swiss Guard recruits pledge to protect pope By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service With their left hands clutching a standard and their right hands raised with three fingers open symbolizing the Holy Trinity, 23 new Swiss Guard recruits pledged to “faithfully, loyally and honorably” serve and protect the pope and, if necessary, sacrifice their lives for him. The pageantry of the annual May 6 ceremony did not lessen the solemnity of the occasion that marks the date in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards lost their lives defending Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome. The ceremony in the Vatican’s San Damaso Courtyard is meant to remind new guards of the seriousness of their commitment on the anniversary of their predecessors’ deaths. Father Thomas Widmer, chaplain of the Swiss Guard, read to the new recruits their oath to protect the pope and the College of Cardinals when the See of St. Peter is vacant. Following the proclamation, each of the new recruits swore to “diligently and faithfully” abide by the oath through the intercession of “God and . . . his saints.” At an audience May 7, Pope Francis urged the new recruits to use their
New Swiss Guard recruits dress before the swearing-in ceremony for 23 new recruits at the Vatican May 6. New recruits are sworn in every year May 6, commemorating the date in 1527 when 147 Swiss soldiers died defending the pope during an attack on Rome. CNS/Paul Haring service as an opportunity “to grow in faith, experience the universality of the Church and experience brotherhood.” “You are called to live your work as a mission that the Lord himself entrusts to you, to seize the time you spend here in Rome — in the heart of Christianity — as an opportunity to deepen your friendship with Jesus and to walk toward
the goal of every true Christian life: holiness,” the pope said. Entrusting them to the intercession of Mary and their patron saints — Sts. Martin and Sebastian — the pope said he hoped the Swiss Guards would live their days of service “strong in the faith and generous in charity toward the people you will meet.”
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SLICEof LIFE Ready to receive Jesus Second-graders Parker Hutchinson, center, and Emma McGill, right, of Sacred Heart School in Robbinsdale join with 17 other classmates to receive their first Communion May 1 at Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale. Presiding at the Mass and offering the Eucharist to the children was Sacred Heart’s pastor, Father Bryan Pedersen. Dave Hrbacek/ The Catholic Spirit
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By Maria Wiering The Catholic Spirit ReBecca Koenig Roloff calls her new appointment as president of St. Catherine University “humbling and thrilling.” A 1976 alumna of the St. Paul institution, she said the new role — leading the nation’s largest Catholic women’s college — will be like coming full circle after 11 years as president and CEO of the YWCA of Minneapolis and previous work in for-profit business. “It’s my dream job,” Roloff said. “It’s a chance to continue my work I was doing at the YWCA, and hopefully my whole life, of advocating for women in education. Here [at the YWCA] it was early childhood and girls and youth, and now I get to tell the story at the other end of the pipeline of education for women within the liberal arts and the Catholic tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph.” St. Catherine announced the appointment of its 11th president May 4. Roloff succeeds Sister Andrea Lee of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who announced in the fall she planned to step down after leading the university for 18 years and plans to begin a new job as president of Alverno College in Milwaukee this fall. Roloff will begin at St. Catherine July 1. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from what was then the College of St. Catherine before earning an MBA from Harvard University in 1982. She served as a trustee of St. Kate’s board of directors from 1983 to 1995, with the last four years as its chairwoman. That board experience early in her career prepared her for other leadership roles in the community, she said, which then helped her to transition from corporate business to nonprofit leadership. The YWCA is Minnesota’s largest nationally accredited early childhood provider and has a large program for children and youth in Minneapolis public schools. “We work a lot with families who are challenged by poverty,” she said. “I understand the barriers that can occur financially [even] when parents understand that education is the road to a better life.”
St. Catherine University alumna and YWCA of Minneapolis president ReBecca Roloff was named the university’s new president May 4. Courtesy St. Catherine University Education was “the ticket” for Roloff, she said. She grew up in Dickinson, North Dakota; neither of her parents went to school beyond eighth grade. Her father owned a gas station, and her mother was his bookkeeper. She and her siblings put themselves through college. Prior to working for the YWCA, Roloff was senior vice president of global financial advice and systems at American Express Financial Advisors. She has also worked for Pillsbury and Cargill. She hopes her experience helps her lead the institution well and be a role model for students. Her husband, Mark, is also a “Katie,” having earned a master’s in theology there. With nearly 5,000 students on its St. Paul and Minneapolis campuses, St. Catherine includes a baccalaureate program for women, and graduate, associate and certificate programs for men and women. It was founded in 1905 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Roloff, a Catholic, is the first president of St. Catherine who has never been in religious life. While the school has changed since she attended 40 years ago, the spirit is the same, said Roloff, who received The Catholic Spirit’s Leading with Faith Award in 2003. “The technology changes, but the need of a student, a young woman, to find and develop a vision for her life, and have it be part of a supportive environment, I don’t think that ever changes,” she said. “My vision is that we help every woman who comes here find her vision.”
Going to the installation Mass? What to expect By Maria Wiering The Catholic Spirit At the Cathedral of St. Paul, marble floors are being polished, nearly 40 chasubles are being dry-cleaned and pressed, and a team of volunteers have been — for weeks — dusting the intricate sacristy woodwork with toothbrushes. It’s all part of preparations for the May 13 installation of Archbishop Bernard Hebda as archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis — an event that is as much a celebration of the archdiocese as it is a celebration of the archbishop, archdiocesan leaders said. Catholics who attend the 2 p.m. Mass — which begins with a procession at 1:45 p.m. — can expect to find a Cathedral “jam-packed” with people representing all facets of the local Church, said Father John Paul Erickson, archdiocesan director of worship, but a full Cathedral shouldn’t dissuade the faithful from going to the Mass. “It is a beautiful manifestation of the meaning of our cathedral in a big way,” he said. “Archbishop [John] Ireland wanted a real monument to faith and a place where everyone could gather together to celebrate moments of profound significance. And this, in terms of the local Church, is pretty much as profound as it gets.” Most of the Mass follows the typical
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form, except for its opening, said Susan Mulheron, the archdiocese’s chancellor for canonical affairs. Following the procession of visiting bishops and clergy, as well as clergy of the archdiocese, Archbishop Hebda will knock on the Cathedral’s interior holy doors with a mallet made from wood from the archdiocese’s first cathedral, a log chapel dedicated in 1841, on loan from the Minnesota Historical Society. The knocking signifies the archbishop’s taking possession of his cathedral, Mulheron said. After the doors open, Archbishop Hebda will meet Cathedral Rector Father John Ubel and proceed down the center aisle. Once Archbishop Hebda is in the sanctuary, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, emeritus papal nuncio to the United States, will read an English translation of a papal mandate naming Archbishop Hebda the archbishop. The original mandate will then be inspected by the archdiocese’s college of consultors
— a group of 10 priests with governance responsibilities in the archdiocese — and then approved and recorded by Mulheron as chancellor. Then Archbishop Hebda will sit for the first time in the cathedra, the large chair reserved for the archbishop. “The sitting at the chair sacramentalizes [the installation],” Father Erickson said. “It makes this invisible reality very visible.” Then Mass will continue as normal. Also notable will be Archbishop Hebda’s use of a crosier that belonged to Archbishop Ireland, who led the archdiocese from 1884 to 1918, and a chalice used by Archbishop Austin Dowling, archbishop from 1919 to 1930. Prior to entering the sanctuary, Archbishop Hebda will likely pause before a recently restored statue of Our Lady of Fatima; the installation falls on the Marian feast day (see related story on page 1). More than 4,000 invitations have been sent for the Mass and an ecumenical evening prayer event that will be held 7 p.m. May 12 in Minneapolis at the Basilica of St. Mary, the archdiocese’s co-cathedral. There, representatives from various civic, religious and Catholic organizations will have the opportunity to welcome the archbishop. Both the evening prayer and installation are open to the public.
Crosier Father Gregory Poser has been accused of sexually abusing a minor in the 1970s while he was serving at St. Odilia in Shoreview, where he ministered from 1974 to 1978 and 1984 to 1985. According to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office was contacted and an investigation is underway. The archdiocese is cooperating with law enforcement. The Crosiers’ prior provincial has placed Father Poser on immediate leave from his assignment as an associate pastor of Holy Cross in Onamia in the Diocese of St. Cloud.
Parishes served with sex-abuse related lawsuits As the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis had anticipated, 96 parishes have been served with a total of 311 lawsuits related to sexual abuse allegations against clergy who previously served at those parishes. The lawsuits were served by victims’ attorneys prior to the May 25 expiration of the lifting of Minnesota’s statute of limitations on child sex abuse. In 2013, the Minnesota Legislature lifted the statute of limitations for a three-year period. The archdiocese expects parish lawsuits to be addressed as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
Surgeon receives service award from University of Notre Dame Dr. Peter Daly of Summit Orthopedics and a parishioner of Lumen Christi, St. Paul, has been recognized by the University of Notre Dame, his alma mater, for his volunteer medical service in Honduras. From 2004 to 2008, Daly and his wife, LuLu, helped build the Holy Family Surgery Center on the grounds of the Catholic orphanage, Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos. He received the Dr. Thomas A. Dooley Award, which is conferred on an alum “who has exhibited outstanding service to humankind.” Daly is also a past recipient of The Catholic Spirit’s Leading with Faith Award.
English martyrs’ relics to visit Minnesota in June The relics of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher are expected to visit six sites in Minnesota as part of a national tour during the Fortnight for Freedom, June 21-July 4. The relics will be venerated at the Cathedral of St. Paul June 26 following the 5:15 p.m. Mass. St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher share a feast day June 22 and have served as patrons of the Fortnight for Freedom since its inception in 2012. The relics will also visit Miami, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
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New Dorothy Day Center closer to reality By Bob Zyskowski The Catholic Spirit The hard-hats are still on and the cranes are still working, but five stories of the new Higher Ground St. Paul have risen on the edge of downtown, and the capital campaign to fund Catholic Charities’ new vision for the Dorothy Day Center is better than three-fourths of the way to its goal. One year after the opening of the $40 million drive to expand the downtown St. Paul facility, $31.2 million has been raised “to provide a meal, a place to sleep and a way forward,” campaign co-chair Mary Brainerd said. She spoke May 6 at what was billed as the last annual breakfast at the current site where the Dorothy Day Center has served people in need for 35 years. The new Higher Ground St. Paul — expected to welcome guests in December — will provide dignified emergency shelter for 280 women and men and a range of permanent housing options for 193 people who were formerly homeless,“a refuge in the heart of the city and hope and opportunity for those who need it most,” said Brainerd, president and chief executive officer of HealthPartners. In offering an invocation at the event, Archbishop-designate Bernard Hebda prayed that the Lord would “give us the wisdom to see the value you see in each of our brothers and sisters.” He thanked supporters of the Dorothy Day Center for their testimony to the value of each human life, reminding the several hundred who attended of the words of the late Dorothy Day herself, that people are to treat others “as if we were entertaining angels.” Tim Marx, Catholic Charities’ president and CEO, said construction of the first phase of the project is on time
and on budget. He recalled that planning for the expansion began five years ago. “We hit a breaking point in 2011,” Marx said. “We turned people away for the first time” because beds were not available in the shelter. A temporary solution has provided an emergency sleeping area on mats on the floor of the center on East Seventh Street, where 250 people sleep each night. “People deserve better than mats on the floor inches away from other people,” Marx added. “The new facility will provide housing for 473 of our neighbors, so that no one will sleep on mats on a cold floor. Never again. Not on our watch.” Catholic Charities is aiming to break ground on phase two of the plan in December. The St. Paul Opportunity Center will be an integrated one-stop location connecting people to services offered by Catholic Charities and a range of other organizations and partners, including Ramsey County, to improve health, income and well-being, according to Catholic Charities. Services will be provided on the first floor, and permanent housing options for 170 formerly homeless people will be on the second floor in the Dorothy Day Residence. At the May 6 gathering, Catholic Charities presented the annual Dorothy Day Community Service Award to two groups. One was a group of men who have volunteered 12,000 hours to staff the “overflow” of homeless people who sleep each night during the winter at a former mortuary across the street from the Dorothy Day Center. The other was to Securian Financial Group, whose employees have volunteered to serve lunch twice a month at Dorothy Day for the past 15 years.
From left, seminarians Nicholas Froehle, Matthew Shireman, Paul Baker and Brandon Theisen talk between classes at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity. They are scheduled to be ordained transitional deacons May 14. Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit
Seminarians set for May 14 deacon ordination with new archbishop By Dave Hrbacek The Catholic Spirit Among the first official acts Archbishop-designate Bernard Hebda will perform following his installation as archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis May 13 will be ordaining nine transitional deacons 10 a.m. May 14 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. Alphabetically, the first in line will be third-year seminarian Paul Baker, who looks forward to taking this major step toward the priesthood. “I think it will be exciting, especially because just the day before, myself and some of my other classmates will actually be serving at his installation,” he said. “So, I think it will take on a heightened meaning.” Brandon Theisen, too, is looking forward to his transitional diaconate ordination. He likes what he sees in the new shepherd of the archdiocese.
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“He’s just very personable and very down to earth, someone you could just shoot the breeze with,” Theisen said. “I’m very excited to be ordained by him, especially the day after he gets installed.” Baker had similar praise for Archbishop Hebda, who came to the archdiocese in June 2015 as apostolic administrator before Pope Francis named him permanently to the see in March. “He’s very easy to talk to and very easy to relate to. And I think for that reason he’s going to do a lot of good in this diocese and draw a lot of people in and a lot of people closer to this Church,” Baker said. The other seven men being ordained transitional deacons are Bryce Evans, Nicholas Froehle, Matthew Quail, Timothy Sandquist, Matthew Shireman, Chad VanHoose and Ben Wittnebel.
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MN native feels privileged to help refugees survive By Bob Zyskowski The Catholic Spirit Catholics in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis donated more than $600,000 last year to fund Catholic Relief Services’ work around the world. With a smile on his face, Kevin Hartigan said, “It was a pleasure to spend that money.” Hartigan, a Minneapolis native, oversees CRS activities in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, areas where the U.S. Catholic Church’s overseas relief organization is serving a million refugees from Syria and Iraq. He spoke at the archdiocese’s Hayden Center in St. Paul April 26 to volunteers and parish staff who are involved in mission and social justice activities locally. “I was only partially joking when I said what an incredible privilege it is to spend that money,” Hartigan said during an interview after his presentation. Funding allows CRS to rehabilitate housing, educate children, feed families, and provide medical care and support services to people fleeing war and violence in their homelands, he said. “We are able to do that — to serve the poor and have the resources to do that — thanks to the generosity of the people in the United States,” he said. Hartigan, 55, who grew up in Christ the King parish in Minneapolis and is a 29-year veteran with CRS, described a lengthy list of involvement by 1,000 CRS staff members in the region he oversees, noting that only 50 are Americans and most are natives of the countries where they work. “With refugees from Syria, we’re focusing on food, shelter, some health care,” Hartigan said, “but increasingly we’re shifting focus to educating Syrian children.” He said that adult refugees typically will be able to go back to what they were doing when a crisis ends, but that isn’t the case for young children. “Many of them have been out of school for three to five years now, so we’re looking at a lost generation,” he said. CRS has organized trauma counseling for the children using high-end, Muppetlike puppets, he said. It has created “child-friendly spaces” — a euphemism
for day care centers — and respect that CRS has earned hired teachers and from others is remarkable. counselors in places people Catholic relief agencies in have sought refuge, Australia, Canada and including Turkey, Greece, Germany pass along money Egypt and Jordan. through CRS because the U.S. agency has the In Greece and elsewhere, presence and the skills CRS is rehabilitating houses needed in many places and apartment buildings to overseas. Mormons and shelter pregnant women and Muslims also fund CRS. their children. Many of the The work of Catholics women have husbands who overseas and the went to northern Europe infrastructure that they’ve intending to have their developed should be a families join them, Hartigan “A lot of our source of pride, he said. said. With many countries’ For example, Syrianborders closed, the families local partners Chaldean Catholics in are unable to be reunited. are living northern Iraq opened up “When people are their homes to many arriving, what we’ve found saints.” refugees after the fall of they most want is to know Mosul to ISIS, he said. “It’s what’s going on,” Hartigan Kevin Hartigan an amazing phenomenon said. Many have traveled of solidarity,” he said. “A through several countries to lot of our local partners are escape violence and arrive in living saints.” a place such as Serbia, and Hartigan’s wife, Dominique, also works the first question they ask is, “Where am for CRS. I?” Hartigan said. “We’re inspired by the exemplary “We have translators to explain the people like the missionary sisters and legal options and give referral diocesan people who are always toiling information about services being offered away,” he said. “The luxury for myself is by other agencies,” he said. “The constantly being in contact with problem is that the situation is changing extremely special people in heroic every day. What was good advice three situations living out their faith.” weeks ago isn’t any more.” Being “bombarded by inspiration,” as CRS typically assists the poor, he put it, helps him and other CRS staff vulnerable and disaster victims through from losing hope. “Wars do end, and local Church organizations, Hartigan refugees go back and resume their lives,” said. Some, however, are in the Hartigan said. “Look at Bosnia, where 95 embryonic stage, so CRS provides percent of the people returned to their management training and capacity building so those organizations can serve homeland after the Balkan wars. more people. “The key is don’t focus on the war. Our hope isn’t in when the war will end CRS also employs both Syrian and or how the peace talks are going. We Iraqi refugees, who are grateful for the opportunity to contribute, Hartigan said. focus on getting schools set up and services organized,” he said. Among the Iraqis are displaced doctors and professors; enabling them to work CRS helps people through a particular with their countrymen helps them to chapter of their lives, and people caught escape the feeling of helplessness and to up in the crisis did nothing to deserve know they are doing something for their this fate, he said. fellow citizens, he added. “We live in an eventful world, and there will always be people going Hartigan said he wished more through horrible experiences. It’s a Catholics knew how active the Catholic privilege to help them through it and Church is assisting people in need express solidarity with them.” throughout the world, because the
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Chaldean archbishop says Christians will always have presence in Iraq
Resident Lucio Antonio de Souza takes part in the Olympic Flame torch relay in front of a church May 9 in Patrocinio, Brazil. The Summer Olympics will be held Aug. 5-21 in Rio de Janeiro. CNS
Despite predictions that Christianity could be wiped out of his war-torn homeland within five years, an Iraqi Catholic cleric said he believes in God’s ultimate preservation. “This prognosis may be of thinkers or politicians, but not of the believers,” Chaldean Archbishop Yousif Mirkis of Kirkuk told Catholic News Service at an April trauma counseling training in this Lebanese mountain retreat town. Iraq’s Christian population numbered about 1.4 million during the rule of Saddam Hussein, but figures now hover between 260,000 and 300,000 as political instability, migration and persecution by Islamic State militants have drastically reduced their numbers. Other religious minorities, such as the Yezidis, also have been targets of vicious persecution by extremists.
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Order to sell St. Katharine Drexel Shrine By Lou Baldwin Catholic News Service The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the congregation founded by St. Katharine Drexel, announced it will sell its historic motherhouse in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The 44-acre property also contains the National Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel and her tomb. At a future date, St. Katharine’s tomb will be moved to the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. At the same time, the congregation has placed for sale a 2,200-acre property in Virginia that was the location of two schools founded by St. Katharine and her sister, Louise Drexel Morrell. Blessed Sacrament Sister Donna Breslin, the president of the congregation, said in a statement that a portion of the proceeds from the sales will support the care of retired sisters. The decision, according to the statement, will make it possible for the 125-year-old congregation to carry forward the vision and spirit of St. Katharine Drexel, who left her prominent Philadelphia family to establish a religious order in 1891 with the primary purpose to
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The National Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel and the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, will be sold, it was announced May 3. CNS minister to Native Americans and African Americans. The shrine was well visited in September during the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia by pilgrims from around the world, including those from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at their peak numbered about 600, but have dwindled to about 104 today, with more than half retired and living at the motherhouse. Most of the deceased members are buried on the Bensalem property as are the parents, sisters and brothers-in-law of St. Katharine and priests prominent in the congregation’s history. The statements did not
address what will become of the cemeteries. The area of the cathedral suggested for St. Katharine’s tomb is near the altar dedicated to her at the rear of the basilica. The altar was donated by St. Katharine and her sisters Elizabeth and Louise in memory of their parents, Francis and Emma Drexel. St. Katharine Drexel was born Nov. 26, 1858, into Philadelphia’s wealthiest family. She left everything to found her congregation in 1891 and devoted her considerable fortune to the Native and African American missions. She died March 3, 1955, and was canonized Oct. 1, 2000. The Catholic Spirit contributed to this story.
Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines urged state lawmakers to pass legislation that would legalize medical marijuana. In a letter April 26 to House and Senate members, Bishop Pates said a comprehensive bill was needed to “give Iowans the ability to produce a safe and consistent treatment as well as provide a legal avenue for physicians to recommend it to those who are in need.” It is legal in Iowa for people who suffer from epilepsy to use cannabis oil under a 2014 law approved by legislators. No other illnesses are covered by the law. However, Iowans with epilepsy cannot legally obtain the medical cannabis in the state because legislators have not approved allowing for its production and distribution. Patients also cannot bring medical cannabis from other states without breaking federal laws. A former auxiliary bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Bishop Pates said he reached his decision after visiting several people suffering from chronic, painful conditions who would benefit significantly from medical cannabis and having been contacted by several Iowa legislators.
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EWTN asks for full-court hearing on contraceptive mandate case The Eternal Word Television Network has asked for a rehearing of its case by the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in its case regarding the federal Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate. Attorneys for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, in a May 4 filing with the court, said federal government briefs filed in the ongoing Supreme Court case of Zubik v. Burwell involving the Little Sisters of the Poor and six other religious employers admit the government could use a less restrictive manner of providing contraceptive coverage to women working for these organizations should they so choose. A three-judge panel from the 11th Circuit issued a 2-1 decision against EWTN while the Supreme Court was preparing to listen to initial arguments in Zubik v. Burwell. — Catholic News Service
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Graduates
May 12, 2016 • The Catholic Spirit
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o honor graduating high school seniors in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, The Catholic Spirit invited representatives of our Catholic high schools and parishes to share important lessons, formative experiences and hopes for the future. The 18 students featured in the following pages were selected by their high schools and parishes. They include young men and women with diverse career goals, ranging from automotive engineering and youth work to medicine and health care, as well as two future seminarians. Many described the impact of local volunteer work and mission trips on their faith, and several said studying philosophy — in particular, the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas — deeply shaped their worldview. The Catholic Spirit wishes them and all of our graduates the best. The Catholic Spirit edited for length and clarity. Read their full responses at www.thecatholicspirit.com/graduates. Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield • Baccalaureate Mass — 6:30 p.m. June 1 at Holy Angels with celebrant Father Michael Tix. • Commencement — 4 p.m. June 5 at Academy of Holy Angels. 161 graduates. Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park • Baccalaureate Mass — 11 a.m. May 22 at Minneapolis Marriott City Center with celebrant Father Tim Wozniak. • Commencement — 7 p.m. June 3 at Benilde-St. Margaret’s with class valedictorians speaking. 213 graduates. Bethlehem Academy, Faribault • Baccalaureate Mass — 7:30 p.m. May 25 at Divine Mercy in Faribault with celebrants Fathers Kevin Kenney and Nick VanDenBroeke. • Commencement — 8 p.m. May 27 at Bethlehem Academy with speaker Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Ann Willits. 56 graduates. Chesterton Academy, Edina • Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement — 6:30 p.m. June 3 at Holy Family in St. Louis Park with celebrant Father Joseph Johnson. 23 graduates. Convent of the Visitation, Mendota Heights • Senior-Parent Mass with the Sisters — 10:30 a.m. May 22 at Visitation Monastery Chapel with celebrant Father T.J. McKenzie. • Commencement — 3 p.m. June 5 at Visitation School, Commers Gymnasium, with speaker Dawn Nichols. 84 graduates. Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul • Baccalaureate Mass — 9 a.m. May 25 at Lumen Christi in St. Paul with celebrant Father Patrick Kennedy. • Commencement — 7:30 p.m. May 25 at the Cathedral of St. Paul. 308 graduates. Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis • Baccalaureate Mass — 6:30 p.m. June 10 at Cristo Rey with celebrant Father John Paul, S. J. • Commencement — 2 p.m. June 11 at Cristo Rey. 74 graduates.
DeLaSalle High School, Minneapolis • Baccalaureate Mass — 6:30 p.m. May 18 at DeLaSalle with celebrant Father Kevin Kenney. • Commencement — 6:45 p.m. May 19 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis with speaker Mary Dana Hinton. 156 graduates. Hill-Murray School, Maplewood • Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement — 7:30 p.m. June 3 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul with celebrant Father Bradley Jenniges, OSB. 127 graduates. Holy Family Catholic High School, Victoria • Baccalaureate Mass — 2 p.m. May 15 at St. Victoria in Victoria with celebrant Father Bob White. • Commencement — 7 p.m. May 18 at Holy Family Catholic High School. 116 graduates. Providence Academy, Plymouth • Baccalaureate Mass — 4 p.m. June 3 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis with celebrant Bishop Andrew Cozzens. • Commencement — 8 p.m. June 3 at Providence Academy with speaker Sister John Mary Flemming. 86 graduates. St. Agnes School, St. Paul • Baccalaureate Mass —11 a.m. June 2 at St. Agnes in St. Paul with celebrant Father Mark Moriarty. • Commencement — 7 p.m. June 3 at Msgr. Bandas Gymnasium, St. Agnes School, with speaker Michael Naughton. 56 graduates. St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights • Baccalaureate Mass — 7:30 p.m. May 31 at St. Thomas Academy with celebrant Father Nels Gjengdahl. • Commencement — 7:30 p.m. June 2 at the Cathedral of St. Paul with speaker Tom Weber. 115 graduates. Totino-Grace High School, Fridley • Baccalaureate Mass — 7 p.m. June 1 at St. Odilia in Shoreview with celebrants Father James Stiles and Father Paul Shovelain. • Commencement — 7 p.m. June 3 at Totino-Grace. 183 graduates.
Mathias Rotstein
Chesterton Academy, Edina Rotstein attends Holy Family in St. Louis Park. His parents are Nes and Emily Rotstein. He plans to attend St. John Vianney College Seminary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? In philosophy class during my junior year, we studied what St. Thomas Aquinas teaches on happiness. Aquinas describes happiness as a sense of peace, joy and satisfaction. He teaches that you won’t find happiness or satisfaction in material goods, money, people, pleasure — all of the very things that I’d always thought would lead to happiness. What I learned from Aquinas was that true happiness lies only in our union with God. He taught me that every action can either bring me closer to God or draw me away from him. It was a grace-filled lesson for me. I realized I needed to do whatever I could to draw closer to God, and there I would find true happiness. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? My family is from Argentina and lived through the same economic and political turmoil Pope Francis experienced there. Despite those hard times, I see in my family the same joy and gratitude that Pope Francis exhibits. If I had the opportunity to have an audience with Pope Francis, I would discuss with him how to help people in this country become more appreciative of what they have, how to be grateful and joyful. I would also ask Pope Francis how we can help young people in the United States turn towards a life of virtue when they are so deeply rooted in a materialistic culture. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? My spiritual role model is our parish priest, Father Joseph Johnson. He is a wonderful model of charity, mercy, kindness and prayerfulness. Father Joseph helped open my eyes up to the possibility of the priesthood and he is a great example of the joy that can be found in giving your life to Christ. If you could go back in time five years, what advice would you give yourself? Five years ago, I was a new convert to Catholicism. I appreciated my faith, but I was unhappy with my parents for enrolling me at Holy Family Academy, our parish K-8 school. The advice I would give my prideful, 14-year-old self would be to settle down and recognize my parents’ good intentions for me. Instead of fighting against everything, I would tell myself to see the blessings in front of me: an excellent education, caring friends, great teachers and loving parents. I would tell myself that God has great things in store for me, beyond anything I could have imagined.
Guadalupe Aquino-Cruz
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis Aquino-Cruz attends Ascension in Minneapolis. Her parents are Jorge Aquino and Maria Estela Cruz. She plans to attend Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park. Name one thing you are proud of accomplishing in high school. I am particularly proud of the fact that I will be the first person in my family to graduate from high school. I’ve worked really hard to keep up with my school work and look forward to graduating from Cristo Rey. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? If I had an audience with Pope Francis, I would like to talk to him about immigration. As a child of immigrant parents, it makes me proud that the leader of our Church has visited Mexico to inspire people to persevere and not give up. I am thankful that he has taken a strong stance on the rights of immigrants and has hope for a better future for all of us. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. At the beginning of ninth grade, my dad had a heart attack followed by a stroke. It was very difficult for our family. He spent one month in intensive care and we didn’t know if he was going to make it. During that time, I saw him commit more fully to his faith and putting himself in God’s hands. Our Church community visited us and was a big support to us. This experience made me admire my father and brought me closer to God. After he recovered, we both became more involved in our Church community, giving catechism classes and attending Mass regularly. What are the top three things that you hope to accomplish in your life? First, I hope to be a leader in my community and speak out for people who are treated unjustly. Second, I hope to finish my two-year degree in automotive engineering and be an inspiration to other women to break down gender barriers in the workplace. Third, I hope to make my parents proud and support them financially after all they have done for me.
Graduates
Anna Evans
John Ingebrigtsen
Evans attends St. Joseph in West St. Paul. Her parents are Joan and Robley Evans. She plans to serve with NET Ministries for a year and then attend the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Ingebrigtsen attends St. Joseph in West St. Paul. His parents are Susan and Paul Ingebrigtsen. He plans to attend Iowa State University in Ames.
Convent of the Visitation, Mendota Heights
What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? The greatest lesson I learned in high school is that joy is a choice, not a feeling. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would discuss (hopefully in Spanish) how he first encountered the Lord and discerned entering the priesthood. I want to hear the experiences that have inspired his great love for all people. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. The summer after my freshman year, I had the opportunity to attend both Discipleship Week at the NET Center and a Steubenville Conference with my youth group. In these weeks, I first began to realize the immensity of God’s personal love for me. It was then I first recognized that Jesus died on the cross for me and understands my heart better than I do in every situation. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? My brothers and sisters are spiritual role models for my Catholic faith. Though their lives have taken on different paths and vocations, each has shown me in both word and example that nothing can change the fact that I am a beautiful daughter of God who always has a home in the Catholic Church. What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? The Catholic Church can encourage community with other young adults through small groups, participation in different church ministries and conferences. Many outreach programs end after high school, so continuing these through college and beyond the campus remains vital.
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St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights
What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? While not strictly a lesson, I consider critical thinking to be the greatest benefit I’ve gained from high school. Critical thinking has been important not just in matters of learning in class, but in learning from life. I’ve been encouraged by multiple teachers to ask the questions that aren’t easy to answer. I feel that when one looks to explore the intangible, they can discover who they think they are and how they should see other people around them. This learning about myself and others physically, mentally and spiritually is why I think critical thinking has been the most important skill given to me in high school. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would ask Pope Francis how he can be so incredibly loving. Obviously a life of intense devotion and prayer has helped him, but any little advice or tips he could offer to combat the temptation to judge or mistreat others would be gladly welcomed. What book did you read in high school that most changed the way you think? “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury has probably been the most influential book in my high school career. My big take on the book is life is too important to pass away complacently with simple and even hollow pleasures. Also shunning knowledge and critical thinking that challenge the norm is the path to downfall.
What are the top three things that you hope to accomplish in your life? 1. Work with youth, both as a nurse and within the Church. 2. Write at least one song. 3. Become a saint.
What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? I think a lot of teenagers have really challenging questions about social issues and why such terrible things can happen in the world. Not until this year was I really introduced to the in-depth and very detailed teachings of the Church that encompass more than I ever realized. I feel the Church needs to more actively address the deep philosophical, theological and moral questions of teenagers who question why the Church teaches what it does.
Sarah Becker
Alexander Schaeffer
Becker attends the Church of St. Paul in Ham Lake. Her parents are Steve and Ling Becker. She plans to attend Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan.
Schaeffer attends St. Wenceslaus in New Prague. His parents are Jan and Scott Schaeffer. He plans to attend Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? Most of all, I learned that God is exceptionally, relentlessly faithful. Throughout every challenge I’ve faced over the past four years, and especially during times when I’ve doubted or questioned God’s plan for me, I can look back and confidently see the way he has ordered and directed every moment of my high school journey.
What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? High school is a very busy, stressful time for most people, myself included. Whenever I feel this way, I look to God and ask him for help.
Home school
Name one thing you are proud of accomplishing in high school. Starting a pro-life club at Anoka-Ramsey Community College where I have taken dual-enrollment classes during the past two years is something that has been extremely challenging but also very fulfilling. We’ve faced numerous challenges from students, faculty and our administration, but it has been life-changing for me to learn what it means to stand up for something you believe in, even when it’s hard, and starting this club is something I’m proud to leave behind. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. Some of the most powerful weeks of my life were spent at the DLITE program through Dunrovin Christian Brothers Retreat Center running summer camps for kids from inner-city Chicago and Minneapolis. I encountered a kind of brokenness that I never had before, as many of them come from incredibly challenging situations at home. But I also saw God work powerfully in both the staff and campers. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? Joe Hall, the leader of my youth group, passed away when he was 26 after battling incredibly intense cancer. Even as he approached death, he exhibited to us, in a very raw and personal way, what it means to stake one’s life on Christ even when life is painful and doesn’t make sense. I have one of his quotes hanging by my desk: “This is hard for me right now . . . but, you’re still God, and I still love you, I still follow you. You’re still my first and you’re still my everything.” I plan on bringing that with me to college. What are the top three things that you hope to accomplish in your life? I hope to one day graduate from medical school in order to work with women facing high-risk pregnancies and prenatal genetic disorder diagnoses. Ultimately, I seek to change America’s perception about life and women’s health care in three areas — in my own practice, among medical students and in the larger scope of public policy. While I know I’ll face incredible challenges as a Catholic in this medical specialty, we can’t let it be dominated by secular ideals and philosophies any longer.
New Prague High School
Name one thing you are proud of accomplishing in high school. Last summer, I participated in my first Catholic Heart Work Camp. Catholic Heart is a religious organization that, throughout the country, uses religion and the gathering of teens and adults to help needy communities. Not only did I meet a ton of great new people, but I also saw the impact that only a few hours of service had on a community. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? The Catholic Church is dealing with several problems. Many priests are being accused of sexually abusing minors. Our Church is being called by much of the country to change our ways and allow homosexuals to be married. We also have many priests retiring and few new ones to take their places. I would love to get Pope Francis’ insight on all of these problems. The Catholic faith is so beautiful; I don’t want to see it fade away or feel pressured to change in any way. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. This Easter, I had the privilege of portraying Jesus in my church’s passion pantomime where the last few hours of the life of Jesus were performed. As a result of this experience, I now feel that I have a better understanding of Jesus’ final moments. I feel closer and more connected to him, and I also better understand how much he truly loves us. What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? There is nothing better than listening to a religious speaker or a homily made specifically for teenagers and young adults. I believe that if Catholic churches everywhere helped push teens and young adults to listen to more religious speakers on topics relevant to their own lives and also gave more homilies that better related to this age group, they would feel more connected to their faith. What are the top three things that you hope to accomplish in your life? 1. Become a physician. 2. Build a clinic or a hospital in a third-world country. 3. Live every day in the hands of Jesus.
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Sam Laux
Bethany Allen
Laux attends Annunciation in Minneapolis. His parents are Anne LaLonde-Laux and Paul Laux. He plans to attend St. John’s University in Collegeville.
Allen attends Divine Mercy in Faribault. Her parents are Paul and Cecilia Allen. She plans to serve with NET Ministries.
Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield
What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? Everybody has a story; get to know it. Name one thing you are proud of accomplishing in high school. Being elected Holy Angels’ student body president is my greatest high school accomplishment. The position has allowed me to use my leadership skills with the Holy Angels community. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would be in awe at first, but I would discuss what it truly means to be merciful. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. I was able to travel to Haiti with a group this winter through Mission Haiti Inc. We were able to meet and interact with the incredible people of Haiti. This trip broadened my view of the world and helped me to realize that even in great despair, there is beauty. What book did you read in high school that most changed the way you think? I recently read “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett, which contained a variety of philosophical themes that caused me to analyze the book and some aspects of my life in different ways than I have before. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? I’ve been blessed with many, but the most influential has been my youth minister, Jimmy Dunn. His ways of teaching, inspiring and building community have had a large influence on who I am today. He convinced me to join youth group and go on mission trips through my parish, and he has shown me what it takes to be a kind, compassionate and caring person as well as a steward of the faith. If you could go back in time five years, what advice would you give yourself? Be open to new opportunities and new people. I was able to participate in AHA’s spring musical, which was a new experience, and it allowed me to meet new people. I regret not joining theater or trying other interests earlier. What are the top three things that you hope to accomplish in your life? Graduate from college, succeed in an occupation that allows me to travel and continue to be a loving family member and friend.
Louise Rossiter
DeLaSalle High School, Minneapolis Rossiter attends Good Shepherd in Golden Valley. Her parents are Colleen and Ted Rossiter. She plans to attend Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. The most significant faith experience I have had in high school has been serving others in various service projects. I have most enjoyed being a part of my school’s Starry Night Prom, a dance we hold for people with disabilities. This event very much reminds me of Jesus’ message of loving everyone and including everyone, giving all people the chance to enjoy life and have a good time, no matter what their abilities are. We are all deserving of love, dignity and respect.
Bethlehem Academy, Faribault
If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would discuss the importance of youth ministry for the high school-level kids and try to figure out the best way to get youth involved. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. The most significant faith experience I had was during a Lifeline event — an event consisting of Mass, a talk and adoration — put on by NET Ministries. I remember one time I was praising the Lord in adoration surrounded by hundreds of teenagers, and we were singing and using charismatic prayer. I remember being overwhelmed at one point by the power of the Holy Spirit, and I had a profound realization that Jesus was truly present. I knew that he was there, but feeling his true presence made me fall in love with the Catholic faith all over again. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? My confirmation sponsor, Catherine Stroh. She has been someone who I’ve always admired and looked up to. She was my small-group leader when I was in seventh grade and going to middle school youth groups, and I’ve always known that I could ask her any questions about the faith. She radiates the love of Christ to those around her. I hope that someday I can live out my faith as radically as she does. What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? The Catholic Church can keep young adults involved in the life of the Church by having more events for them. Once someone is out of high school, there really isn’t much for him or her to do as far as growing in his or her faith. There are groups for adults and groups for youth, but there aren’t as many groups for young adults. This could be either in the form of retreats, Bible studies or just quality time with other Catholic young adults where they can discuss the faith. If you could go back in time five years, what advice would you give yourself? I would advise myself to always strive to be the best person that I can be. I would tell myself to always try my best at everything I do, and to remember that every person I encounter is a daughter or son of the one true God, and that he loves them, and I should, too. What book did you read in high school that most changed the way you think? The book I read in high school that most changed the way I think was “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban” by Malala Yousafzai. Her courage and determination really stand out, but the thing I most admire is that she is making such a huge difference at age 18. It’s difficult for anyone to fight for what he or she believes in, but she does it, and she has made a difference because of her willingness to speak up. I hope to be that accomplished and brave someday. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? My older cousin Sylvia is very much involved in the Catholic Church and is a spiritual role model of mine. I admire her passion for serving others and living out Jesus’ message of love. For me, she is the
Michael Maloney
St. Agnes School, St. Paul Maloney attends St. Charles Borromeo in St. Anthony. His parents are John and Anne Maloney. He plans to attend St. John Vianney College Seminary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Name one thing you are proud of accomplishing in high school. I got the chance to go to a Catholic school with an emphasis on the liberal arts and classical education, and the thing I am proud of is taking advantage of this situation and learning everything I can while I had the chance. It is often easy during high school not to push oneself, but I have taken my weakest subjects, reading and writing, and made them much stronger with great teachers and by reading authors such as Dante and Aristotle. I have also been able to learn Latin and even read Virgil’s “Aeneid” in its original language. What book did you read in high school that most changed the way you think? This year in my theology seminar we read “The Consolation of Philosophy.” Boethius wrote this book in prison, and he uses a personification of Lady Philosophy to show that what happens to humans is not what makes them good or bad; therefore, circumstances should not affect a person’s happiness. The book helped me to realize that I should not be affected by fortune or luck because only my actions and perspective should make me happy or unhappy. Boethius, a man on death row, also reveals that a detached person is more powerful and freer than one attached to worldly things. What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? I think that a lot of people, especially young people, know too little about the history and saints of the Church. I have seen few things as inspirational as the stories of the saints, especially the martyrs. Even in our own day, in which the Church is often under attack, it is essential to be able to defend the Church from lies and to pray to the saints who have gone through similar trials. Knowing the incredible history of the Church would help to prevent many people from falling away and would strengthen the faith of those who stay. What are the top three things that you hope to accomplish in your life? The first thing that I hope to accomplish is to learn as much as I can, especially in the areas of philosophy, math and physics. Then I hope to teach what I know, and write works defending and promoting the Catholic faith similar to what St. Thomas Aquinas did, so that I can lead as many people as possible to the truth of the Catholic faith. God has given everyone certain abilities to bring others to him, and he calls us through our vocation to bring as many as possible to him.
true definition of someone who is talking the talk and walking the walk. She is acting upon what she believes in. If you could go back in time five years, what advice would you give yourself? I would probably tell myself to not lose that willingness to try new things, meet new people and put myself out there. I would also tell myself that not everything has to be perfect, mistakes can be made, and putting too much pressure on myself to do everything the “right” way isn’t necessary.
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Celia Smithmier
Alex Moudry
Smithmier attends St. Thomas the Apostle in Minneapolis. Her parents are Don and Annie Smithmier. She plans to attend Boston College.
Moudry attends St. Anne in Hamel. His parents are Ben and Nichole Moudry. He plans to attend Benedictine University in Atchison, Kansas.
Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park
What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? Perspective. In high school, it is very easy to become self-centered and lose perspective on what’s really important, when in reality many people fight for much more than that every day. High school has taught me that I am blessed to have the problems I do, that it is our moral obligation as human beings to use our resources to help those without, and that I should appreciate everyday all that I have, who I am and the world around me. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would discuss how we as Catholics should judge less and love more. I believe that love is the foundation of the Church, not a strict set of rules for us to follow, and I believe that is the center of who Jesus was, what he stood for and what he intended for us to do. Therefore, I’d want to discuss equality for all and willingness to accept those who are different from us, just as Jesus did. What book did you read in high school that most changed the way you think? “The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night Time” by Mark Haddon had a big impact on me. The book transformed the way I saw the disabled and disenfranchised, especially those with mental disorders, and provided me with a deeper insight into what they endure in today’s society. By teaching me this lesson, it led me to judge less and to treat people who are mentally different from myself just as I would treat anyone else, instead of being condescending toward them, as so many others are. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? My great-grandma. If you could go back in time five years, what advice would you give yourself? Speak up and be confident.
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Guadalupe Iguanero Andrade
Providence Academy, Plymouth
Totino-Grace, Fridley
Name one thing you are proud of accomplishing in high school. I am proud of achieving a real prayer life. Previous to my senior year, I had not had any real habit of personal prayer with God. After a retreat with NET (National Evangelization Team) Ministries at Providence Academy, I was given the moral strength to begin praying not only more deeply than before, but also far more consistently. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. In December of this past year, my senior class had a three-day retreat. It was amazing. We discovered that we can help each other in our spiritual lives, something that we either hadn’t considered or didn’t have courage to initiate. It is something new and wonderful to me, for as “iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another” (Prv 27:17). Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? My choir conductor. There are two especially notable things that I admire in him. First is his constant joy. The other aspect of his faith that is wonderful is his spirit of evangelization. What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? I feel like this question misses the point a little bit. The only thing that the Catholic Church needs to do for young people is promulgate itself and make known the Gospel. Young people don’t need to be catered to by the Church in order for us to believe and trust in God. Having an engaged life in the Church is a decision that only an individual can make. The Church should need to do no more than exist in the truth, and it should be the individuals who live it out so honestly and steadfastly that it is inherently attractive and true.
Andrade attends Ascension in Minneapolis. Her mother is Martha Andrade. She plans to attend Iowa State University in Ames. What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? The greatest lesson I learned in high school was to “bless it and release it.” That was taught to me by my campus minister. Everyone will come across some problem in their life and not know what to do. One should always ask themselves if their next choice will help or improve the situation. If it is not going to improve or help the situation, then one should bless it and release it, even if you have to bless it a million times before you’re ready to release it. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would discuss with him ways in which we could improve poverty. Poverty is a huge issue. There are so many countries that have many disadvantages, and in my lifetime I hope to see the poverty in our world decrease. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. The most significant faith experience happened to me during the end of my junior year of high school. I took up the opportunity to go on a mission trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It was life changing. Jesus works in mysterious ways, but it was there that I learned that those who one may see as unfortunate have the richest spirits on this planet. What book did you read in high school that most changed the way you think? “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee truly shaped the way I think. There is a quote in the book that reads, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. . . . Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” That has always stuck with me, especially as I go out and do service work.
If you are what you should be, you will set the world ablaze.
-St. Catherine of Siena
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Angela Yarusso
Hill-Murray School, Maplewood Yarusso attends St. Jude of the Lake in Mahtomedi. Her parents are Rochele and John Yarusso. She plans to attend the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? There is a lot of dissonance in our world today. I would like to discuss with the pope how we as Catholics can work to include people in our faith without changing our faith.
kind. We did not talk about anything in particular; we simply laughed and played a game of cards. I found it so moving that these men could enjoy time with each other, even given their unfortunate situations. I was inspired by their optimism and have never been more encouraged. I saw God in the faces of these new friends.
Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. This year, I made a meal for the homeless at Simpson Shelter. Before I arrived, I had anticipated that I would serve a meal to the residents and then leave feeling satisfied having given my time to serve others. Instead, I had one of the most moving experiences of my life. I mustered the courage to walk up to a table of men who were playing cards and started a conversation with them. They were incredibly
Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? My priest, Father Cory Rohlfing, is kind to everyone and spreads God’s message of love everywhere he goes.
Caroline Tracy
are rooted in their faith, and I can clearly see that passed down into their children, my cousins and myself. I will never forget my childhood sleepovers at their house, and them praying with me before I went to sleep.
Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul Tracy attends St. Joseph in West St. Paul. Her parents are Tom and Valerie Tracy. She plans to attend Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would talk with Pope Francis about making the Catholic Church feel like a welcoming and loving environment for marginalized people. My hope would be that anyone who does not have a place to belong can find that place in the Church. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. My most significant faith experience was traveling to San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, for a mission trip. I was so moved by the beauty in the people and the land that God had created there. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? My spiritual role models have always been my grandma and grandpa. They
What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? If the Catholic Church displays a welcoming atmosphere, then youth are more likely to join and stay. People want to go where they feel included.
What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? The Catholic Church needs to be an advocate for all the issues that face the modern world. People need to turn to their faith in a war-torn world, and the Church should be a voice of opposition to violence. I know that my peers have a goal to be global citizens, which means being engaged in current events and knowing your own beliefs, and being able to use those beliefs to challenge things that are unjust. If the Church encourages young people to be active members in society and to physically go out and make a change, it would lead us to want to be a part of the Church.
Nick Heithoff
Holy Family Catholic High School, Victoria Heithoff attends Immaculate Heart of Mary in Minnetonka. His parents are Rob and Beth Heithoff. He plans to attend Colorado State University in Fort Collins. What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? The greatest lesson I learned is that you need to become responsible for yourself. In order to get everything out of high school, you need to have yourself taken care of first. I’ve learned that once you have control of yourself, it opens up many more opportunities where you can help others. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. My most significant faith experience in high school was praying with Father Bob White before every football game. Our entire team would take a knee and join hands as father would say a prayer over us right before we would go out and play a game. He reminded us that adversity in football prepares us for challenges we will face later in life. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? A spiritual role model for my Catholic faith is Pope Francis. Of course, everybody’s Catholic role model should be the pope, but mine is Pope Francis because of who he is. His background and ethics align exactly with what I see my faith as. What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? The Catholic Church can preach toward serving others more than it already does. It is important to be involved in your individual parishes, but it is also important to be aware of those around you in need, and giving your time to help the poor is very rewarding and can keep young adults engaged. If you could have a conversation with a historical figure, who would it be and why? If I could have a conversation with a historical figure, it would probably be Jesus. I want to know how I should act, and I’m just curious to see what his attitude was like. What are the top three things that you hope to accomplish in your life? The top three things I want to accomplish in life are raising a happy family, having a job that helps protect future generations and the environment, and I want to travel to many places to be able to experience all the beauty that God has given us.
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Daniel Degollado
Highland Park High School, St. Paul Degollado attends St. Francis de Sales in St. Paul. He plans to attend Augsburg College in Minneapolis. What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? I have learned that working hard pays off. I have learned that my faith is more powerful than I think. It drives me to be a great leader in my community and to help myself and others to be successful. Name one thing you are proud of accomplishing in high school. I received a full-ride scholarship to Augsburg College. This is one of my proudest moments in high school because it shows me and other Latinos that it is possible to go to college as an immigrant. I made my family proud, probably more than I think. I owe this to a lot of people, but especially to God. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would like to talk to him about the diplomatic intervention he made about the issues between the United States and Cuba. I would also ask him about his plan on having a new system of global government to tackle climate change. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. I came from Mexico in 2012 as a non-believer. I grew up in a Catholic family, but I never took seriously my religion. I would say that my life was dark and cold. A year passed, and when I was in church, I decided to confess my sins. It was the first time after five years. I would say that by then, my heart felt heavy and hard. After I confessed, I started to cry. It was a sensation that I have never felt before. I felt loved. I asked my priest what was happening, why I felt this euphoria. He said that Jesus had just touched my heart. After that, I stopped being arrogant, and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I was renewed, and I started to be more involved in the Church. What book did you read in high school that most changed the way you think? “Rediscover Jesus” by Matthew Kelly. I have been reading this book with two other classmates in a club we have in school about religion. This book has taught me how to love, live and work with Jesus. It also has opened my mind to new ways of how I can strengthen my faith. What are the top three things that you hope to accomplish in your life? Have a family, work for others and be an example.
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Hailey Hults
Centennial High School, Circle Pines Hults attends St. Joseph of the Lakes in Lino Lakes. Her parents are Dave and Cathy Hults. She plans to attend the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. What is the greatest lesson you learned in high school? The greatest lesson I learned in high school was time management. Even though I learned it the hard way, I learned how it had an important part in being successful. Name one thing you are proud of accomplishing in high school. The thing I am most proud of accomplishing in high school is the fact that I raised over $5,000 for a girl I babysat after she found out she had a brain tumor. If you could have an audience with Pope Francis, what would you discuss with him? I would discuss with him how he had the courage to become who he is. In my opinion, those [popes] before him were much more strict. I would like to know how he had the courage to break the mold and show more understanding. Describe the most significant faith experience you have had during high school. The most significant faith experience I had during high school was the mission trip I went on the summer after junior year. I got closer with God, my fellow volunteers and myself. Who is a spiritual role model for your Catholic faith? Denise Walsh, a youth minister, is a spiritual role model for my Catholic faith. She has so much love in her heart and is so passionate about helping others. What can the Catholic Church do to keep you and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church? The Catholic Church can have more group activities that aren’t structured like a class to keep myself and other young adults engaged in the life of the Church. If you could have a conversation with a historical figure, who would it be and why? If I could have a conversation with a historical figure it would be Susan B. Anthony because she became my hero the minute I learned about her and what she did for women’s rights. If you could go back in time five years, what advice would you give yourself? I would tell myself to be myself: God made you the way you are for a reason.
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‘Breathing life into worship’ Young organists paving way as professional liturgical musicians By Melenie Soucheray For The Catholic Spirit
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usic lovers recently were treated to the future of organ music as secular and liturgical artistry. Three young musicians presented a recital, “A Romantic Palette: Symphonic Masterworks for Organ,” April 30 as part of the Basilica of St. Mary’s 65th Organ Anniversary Concert series. All three musicians have studied in the liturgical music program at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University with Kim Kasling, a professor of music and director of the liturgical studies program. “The organ has been relegated, unfortunately, in the past few decades to a kind of musty place in some church gallery,” Kasling lamented. Kasling said he has worked with From left, organists Joel Kumro of Our Lady of Peace in Minneapolis and Anne Phillips of undergraduate and graduate students at Epiphany in Coon Rapids practice at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. Both are organists CSB and SJU “since the mortar was wet and music directors at their parishes. Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit in some of the buildings.” Actually, Kasling has been on the faculty since Phillips, the director of music and liturgy liturgical music, and is completing his 1981, during which time he spent 25 at Epiphany in Coon Rapids. master’s degree while serving as the years as the organist at the Basilica in Matthew Jakubisin, 23, is a native of organist at St. William in Fridley. Minneapolis as well as a stint at Hamline Cicero, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Jakubisin is searching for full-time work United Methodist Church in St. Paul. “I started doing music ministry in high in parish or university music ministry. Anne Phillips, a self-declared farm girl school as a pianist,” Jakubisin recalled. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Joel from southern Minnesota, learned the Kumro, 26, is the director of music at saxophone and piano as a youth. She did “My home parish had a pretty decent organ, and I heard it played every Our Lady of Peace in Minneapolis, but her undergraduate work in music at weekend. I found that I could be working will soon be taking the position of St. Benedict and went on to earn a [as a paid church musician], so that kind choirmaster and organist at St. Benedict master’s in theology at CSB and SJU, of got my interest.” parish in Richmond, Virginia. partnered institutions in St. Joseph and He lives on St. John’s campus, where “My undergraduate studies were Collegeville. the Christophers Catholic spirit ad 2016.2 (2).pdf 1 3/21/2016 2:14:46 PM “I have been studying ever since,” said he earned an undergraduate degree in actually in voice,” he said. “I lead a
Congratulations Fr. Bill Kenney Rejoicing with you on the 60th Anniversary of your ordination to the priesthood from the parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel The Italian & Deaf parish ~ of NE Minneapolis Please join us for the celebration on Sunday, June 5th Mass at 9:30 am Open House Luncheon & Reception from 11-1:00 pm
double life as a tenor and an organist. That’s the journey that ultimately led me to St. John’s.” “Becoming an organist in a church position was what brought me back to my faith in a really deep way,” Kumro said. “Thanks to Catholic young adult ministry in Buffalo, I found that there were a lot of us around that are interested in more traditional forms of liturgy in music.” Kasling believes there is a future for professional liturgical musicians. “We have a very active recruitment program [at CSB and SJU]. If I had 20 majors, I could fill [all of the available positions]. “I’m inordinately proud of these students,” he added. “Some of our most advanced students have gone out and done wonderful things.” The recital at the Basilica was an opportunity for Kumro, Phillips and Jakubisin to go beyond liturgical music and show off the organ as a secular, as well as sacred, instrument. Kasling said it’s important for the students to be able to demonstrate their profound faith and sense of worship. At the same time, they can bring out “a spectacular instrument like this into the public and let her rip.” “Music is the soul of worship,” Phillips said. “It unites everyone in a common voice. They are able to lift the soul in worship by singing a common text.” She added: “I think the organ fills the space and supports them. It breathes life into worship.”
THIS CATHOLIC LIFE • COMMENTARY
May 12, 2016
TWENTY SOMETHING Christina Capecchi
‘A word to fiancés’: The Francis effect on wedding planning It had been a long Thursday, and Brooke Paris couldn’t wait to take off her heels, peel off her contacts and wipe off her make-up. She changed into her pajamas, climbed into bed and opened her MacBook to the pope’s new apostolic exhortation. “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”) was released two weeks after Brooke’s high-school sweetheart, Timothy Foley, had dropped on bended knee in Mary’s Garden, the grounds behind the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. As he proposed, the sunset lit the flowering crab apple trees with a soft glow, and a fountain trickled behind them. It was the most easy, joyful “yes” of her life — and
it was rooted in a relationship that felt ordained by God. But since that idyllic moment last month, the soon-to-be college graduate had managed to squeeze in just enough wedding-related activity to make her dizzy. She’d bought “The Southern Weddings Planner,” ordered sample wedding invitations and conducted a midnight Google search on reception venue pricing. She had doubled over from the sticker shock. So she took a deep breath and began scrolling through Pope Francis’ 264-page document. Within five minutes Brooke found herself in chapter six, in a section titled “Preparing engaged couples for marriage,” arrested by these words: “Here
FAITH IN THE PUBLIC ARENA Shawn Peterson
How does school choice benefit me? For those without kids in school, it might be difficult to see why expanding parental choice in education is a policy goal deserving of widespread public support. After all, one might ask, how does it benefit me? The Church’s support for school choice is rooted in the rights of parents to determine the type of education their child receives. But it’s also true that increasing access to non-public schools can contribute to the well-being of all persons, whether or not they participate directly in school choice programs. Nonpublic education has benefits that extend far beyond the classroom and can help foster the conditions necessary for all Minnesotans to flourish.
Greater public savings
Economic stimulus
In fact, tax savings generated from non-public schools can actually be directed to improve our state’s public schools. A study from Susan Aud, a professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, found that instructional spending has consistently gone up in public school districts and states that have robust parental choice in education. This isn’t the only way expanding parental choice in education can positively impact our public school system. No fewer than 29 empirical studies have found that increasing access to non-public schools improved the test scores and academic outcomes of nearby public schools by introducing a healthy
School choice can be a stimulus package for the economy. Enabling parents to choose schools where their kids can thrive reduces drop-out rates and improves academic performances, which can lead to a better educated workforce, more jobs and higher incomes. For instance, a recent study of a proposed school choice program in Texas estimated that the program would increase the state’s gross domestic product by 17 to 30 percent over the next 25 years. Expanding parental choice here in Minnesota could produce similar economic benefits.
Increasing access to non-public schools can also save taxpayers money. The Council for American Private Education estimates that non-public schools already save taxpayers $49.9 billion annually. Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis alone save state and local taxpayers more than $300 million. Expanding parents’ ability to send their kids to non-public schools will increase these savings even further, meaning more state funding can be directed to other budget priorities that improve our communities.
Better public schools
let me say a word to fiancés. Have the courage to be different. Don’t let yourselves get swallowed up by a society of consumption and empty appearances. What is important is the love you share, strengthened and sanctified by grace. You are capable of opting for a more modest and simple celebration in which love takes precedence over everything else.” “I knew immediately that that was what I was supposed to find at that time,” said Brooke, 21, a Virginia native preparing to complete her bachelor’s in theology and religious studies from the Catholic University of America. “It was a great reminder that it doesn’t matter if my venue is as lavish as my Pinterest boards. There are ways I can save money and still make my reception a celebration of the love Timmy and I share.” The timing of Pope Francis’ justlaunched reflection to inspire their brand-new engagement was not lost on Brooke. “I think God gives you tools to live out your vocation,” she said. Brooke is drawing a double value from “Amoris Laetitia” — for her own 2017 nuptials and for the clients she hopes to one day serve in her dream job as a Catholic wedding planner. She envisions a service that combines planning of the liturgy, planning the reception and preparing for marriage. And she has a clear-cut approach in mind: She’ll begin
dynamic of competition. As one study concluded, “Public schools are more attentive to the academic needs of students when those students have more opportunities to leave those schools.”
Stronger communities Greater choice in education can also help make our communities safer. A recent University of Arkansas study found that students who participated in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program through high school were 75 percent less likely to commit a felony when compared to similar public school students. Additionally, two Notre Dame professors found that, from 1999 to 2005, the presence of an operating Catholic school in Chicago neighborhoods was consistently associated with a statistically significant decrease in crime. Non-public schools also strengthen communities by fostering fundamental civic values. On the National Assessment of Educational Progress civics test, which measures “how well American youth are being prepared to meet their citizenship responsibilities,” non-public school students consistently score well above the national average. A study from the National Center for Education Statistics found that non-public school students were 18 to 21 percent more likely to engage in community service than students attending public schools. Though we call them “non-public,” the reality is that these schools are making great contributions to our shared public life.
An investment in Minnesota Greater social cohesion and civil order, a more vibrant economy and school system, and billions of dollars of savings for taxpayers — these are the fruits of expanded parental choice in education, ones that all of us can enjoy, whether or not we have kids in non-public schools.
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by helping couples plan a liturgy that reflects their unique relationship and God’s vision for marriage, then she’ll help plan a reception that echoes that liturgy. It’s an approach that reminds couples the liturgy is the pinnacle of their wedding day, not a pit stop to the party. Brooke nearly bursts with giddiness to consider the rich possibilities of a distinctly Catholic reception. It may mean framing verses from the readings at your wedding Mass and using them as table centerpieces. It could mean asking reception goers to sign a Bible versus a guestbook, or inviting them to write prayer intentions and place them in a jar. It might mean saluting the longestmarried couples in the room. It could mean having the groom and bride wash each other’s feet as a symbolic act of service rather than challenging him to remove her garter. It definitely would inform the way couples handled mealtime, toasts, dancing and alcohol. Brooke has the courage to be different, and this wedding season she’s encouraging other engaged Catholics to do the same: to heed the Holy Father and let love take precedence over everything else. Capecchi is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights and the editor of www.sisterstory.org.
Help expand parental choice in education Ask your legislators to add tuition expenses to K-12 tax credit An important provision that would expand parental choice in education here in Minnesota is being considered by our State Legislature. This proposal would add non-public school tuition as an eligible expense of the K-12 education tax credit. Making this change would allow more students to access non-public schools and would help foster the conditions necessary for all Minnesotans to thrive. We need to let our legislative leaders know just how important expanding parental choice in education is to Minnesotans across the state. We need your voice to be heard at the State Capitol on this crucial issue. Please contact your legislators and tell them to support expanding parental choice in education by including the tuition tax credit in the final tax bill. • House Speaker Kurt Daudt: 651-296-5364 or rep.kurt.daudt@house.mn • Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk: 651-296-8881 or sen.tom.bakk@senate.mn
Peterson is the associate director for public policy at the Minnesota Catholic Conference.
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Please note Because The Catholic Spirit is publishing a special issue for Archbishop Bernard Hebda’s installation May 26, there will be no calendar events published in that edition. Events will continue to be posted at www. thecatholicspirit.com/calendar.
Dining out Benefit breakfast — May 15: 8 a.m.–1 p.m. at Stillwater Knights of Columbus Hall, 1910 S. Greeley St., Stillwater. 651-430-3274 or wood.donna@comcast.net.
Music All Saints Music Festival — May 20: 6 p.m. –11:30 p.m. at 21889 Michael Ave., Hastings. www.allsaintsmusicfestival.com.
Ongoing groups Faithful Spouses support group — Third Tuesday of each month: 7-8:30 p.m. in Smith Hall (second floor) of the Hayden Building, 328 Kellogg Blvd. W., St Paul. For those who are living apart from their spouses because of separation or divorce. 651-291-4438 or faithfulspouses @archspm.org. Career Transition Group — May 15 and June 16: 7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. at 155 County Road 24, Wayzata. 763-233-0251 or www.hnoj.org/career-transition-group. Dementia support group — Second Tuesday of every month: 7-9 p.m. at The Benedictine Center at St. Paul’s Monastery, 2675 Benet Road, Maplewood. 651-777-7251 or www.stpaulsmonastery.org.
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Men’s Club rummage sale — May 12-14: 8 a.m. –5 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament, 2119 Stillwater Ave., St. Paul. 651-738-0677 or www.blessedsacramentsp.org.
Taize Prayer — Third Friday of every month: 7 p.m. at The Benedictine Center at St. Paul’s Monastery, 2675 Benet Road, Maplewood. 651-777-7251 or www.stpaulsmonastery.org.
St. Michael Spring Fling — May 13: 4–9 p.m. at 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. www.stmichaelfarmington.org. Transfiguration garage sale — May 13-14: 9 a.m. –4 p.m. May 13 and 9 a.m.–3 p.m. May 14 at 6133 15th St. N., Oakdale. www.transfigurationmn.org. Taste of St. Mary’s — May 15: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. at 261 Eighth St. E., St. Paul. Guardian Angels parish mission with Father Jim Van Dorn — May 15-18: 7– 8:30 p.m. at 215 Second St. W., Chaska. www.gachaska.org. Ss. Cyril and Methodius spring rummage sale — May 19-20: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. May 19 and 9 a.m. to noon May 20 at 1315 Second St. NE, Minneapolis. 612-379-9736. Sacred Heart rummage sale — May 19-21: 5–8 p.m. May 19, 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. May 20 and 8:30 a.m.–noon May 21 at 4087 W. Broadway, Robbinsdale. 612-242-5807 or rusinko@usfamily.net. Epiphany Springfest — May 20-21: 5–11 p.m. May 20 and 11 a.m.–11 p.m. May 21 at 1900 111th Ave. NW, Coon Rapids. www.epiphanymn.org/spring_fest _2016.aspx. Good Shepherd organ concert — June 3: 7-8 p.m. 145 Jersey Avenue South, Golden Valley. Organist and Choirmaster Samuel Backman will present an organ recital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the installation of a K.C. Marrin pipe organ, followed by wine and cheese reception. Free-will offering to fund the instrument’s maintenance. 763-544-0416 or reneehamilton@goodshepherdgv.org.
Retreats Half-day retreat on “Spiritual Warfare” with Father Michael Miller — May 14: 8 a.m.–noon. at Immaculate Conception, 4030 Jackson St. NE, Columbia Heights. 763-788-9062 or www.iccsonline.org. 33 Days to Morning Glory Retreat — Monday mornings June 13-July 18: 9 a.m.–10:30 a.m. at Transfiguration, 6133 15th St. N., Oakdale. Registration deadline: May 27. 651-366-2696 or madelinemiller1942@ gmail.com.
Schools Blessed Trinity Catholic School golf tournament — May 16: Noon at 6300 Auto Club Road, Bloomington. www.btcsmn.org/about/GolfTournament.htm.
Conferences/seminars/workshops Come Spirit Come — May 12: 7–9 p.m. at St. Paul’s Monastery, 2675 Benet Road, Maplewood. 651-777-7251 or www.stpaulsmonastery.org.
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Sunday Spirits walking group for 50-plus Catholic singles — ongoing Sundays: For Catholic singles to meet and make friends. The group usually meets in St. Paul on Sunday afternoons. Mary at 763-323-3479 or Al at 651-482-0406.
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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. 763-425-0412.
Catholic Man Night with Bishop Andrew Cozzens — May 19: 6:30–9 p.m. at Nativity of Our Lord, 1900 Wellesley Ave., St. Paul. 651-690-3307 or www.nativitymen.org.
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Pope tells struggling Europe he has a dream for its future By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
and lofty yet urgent dreams for the future.
As Europe faces an unprecedented influx of immigrants and refugees while struggling to counter continued economic woes, Pope Francis urged the continent to step up to its responsibilities with renewed hope, not cower behind walls and treaties. The pope — a South American son of Italian immigrants — evoked U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., telling European heads-of-state and top-level representatives that he had a dream of a divisive Europe coming together to protect the rights of everyone, especially families and migrants. “I dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime, but a summons to greater commitment” to help those in need, and, he said, “I dream of a Europe where young people” can lead a simple life and see that marriage and children are a joy, not a burden because there are no stable, well-paying jobs. The pope’s dream of a rejuvenated and united Europe came as he received the prestigious Charlemagne Prize May 6. The award is traditionally conferred on the feast of the Ascension in the German city of Aachen. The award is presented every year by the citizens of Aachen to commemorate Charlemagne — the first Holy Roman Emperor — and to honor a public figure for his or her commitment in promoting European unity. The ceremony to honor Pope Francis, however, was held in a frescoed hall of the Apostolic Palace, drawing distinguished European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, King Felipe VI of Spain, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, as well as the heads of the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission — three men who were also past laureates of the prize. The mayor of Aachen, Marcel Philipp, told those
“What has happened to you?” he repeated three times. What has happened, he asked, to the glorious Europe of the past: the champion of human rights, the home of artists, the mother of heroes who upheld “and even sacrificed their lives for the dignity of their brothers and sisters?” He called for the recollection of and courageous return to the bold ideals of the founding fathers of a united Europe — those who were committed to “alternative and innovative paths in a world scarred by war.” “They dared to change radically the models that had led only to violence and destruction. They dared to seek multilateral solutions to increasingly shared problems,” he said. Pope Francis receives the Charlemagne Prize from Jurgen Linden, president of the Society for the Conferral of the Charlemagne Prize, during a ceremony in the Sala Regia at the Vatican May 6. At left is Marcel Philipp, mayor of Aachen, Germany, where the prize is normally presented. CNS assembled that “Pope Francis is a godsend for Europe.” His perspective as a South American, whose relatives were Italian immigrants, and as leader of the Catholic Church, lets him see “clearly through the veil of affluence just how warped and ensnared in contradictions our continent is,” the mayor said. Europe has lost its bearings and “the values that we urgently need to rediscover and strengthen are essentially Christian values,” Philipp said. Pope Francis, who typically eschews titles of honor, said he was offering “this prestigious award for Europe. For ours is not so much a celebration as a moment to express our shared hope for a new and courageous step forward for this beloved continent.” The pope delivered a 30-minute talk tinged at times with admonishments but filled with heartfelt advice
The pope said Europe needs to give birth to a “new humanism” built on including and integrating diversity, promoting respect and dialogue, and offering everyone an important role to play in working for the common good. Attempts to make everything the same leads to “forms of ideological colonization” and the “cruel poverty” of exclusion, which in turn leads to vulgarity, narrowness and meanness, he said. Europe needs not just political, economic and military coalitions, he said, but also alliances built on cultural, religious and educational ideals and visions. The pope called for real efforts at helping young people develop their potential, a just distribution of resources and opportunities, and a “more inclusive and equitable” social economy that invests in people. The Catholic Church, he said, must help in this “rebirth of a Europe weary, yet rich in energies and possibilities.” The Church’s mission is proclaiming the Gospel and binding the wounds of humanity with God’s consolation, mercy and hope, he said. “Only a Church rich in witnesses will be able to bring back the pure water of the Gospel to the roots of Europe.”
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s a kid growing up in Chicago, Bob Zyskowski remembers his father reading at least two newspapers a day — something that made an impression about the importance of journalism. He also remembers a certain Catholic periodical in his childhood home — The New World, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago where Zyskowski would one day serve as managing editor, prior to coming to St. Paul for a job with the Catholic Bulletin, predecessor to The Catholic Spirit. After 43 years of working in the Catholic press in three states, Zyskowski is retiring May 31. His departure marks the end of an era for The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper he skillfully led for nearly three decades, first as editor and then associate publisher. “I hope that I’ve inspired people to reach for those lofty goals of bringing people to Jesus and being part of a media organization that touches lives,” said Zyskowski, a parishioner of Transfiguration in Oakdale, who turns 65 May 17. When he became associate publisher in 1998, The Catholic Spirit was $2.1 million in debt. With help from a dedicated board of directors, circulation and advertising grew and the company worked into the black. Meanwhile, its team of reporters garnered a glut of national awards from the Catholic Press Association. From 2004 to 2009, The Catholic Spirit was consistently ranked among the top three Catholic newspapers in North America. Zyskowski also served as CPA president from 2007 to 2010, and “was just a promoter” of The Catholic Spirit and Catholic journalism, said Pat Norby, who worked first as a reporter and then news editor for The Catholic Spirit from 1988 to 2014. She applauded his speedy news-writing skills and his overall vision. “His creative juices were always flowing,” she said. “He’s the one that came up with all these great ideas. . . . He worked as a team leader trying to pull out more ideas and suggestions for stories and special sections.” She added: “The Catholic press is going to lose someone who has just been a very strong advocate for reaching out to people and being able to promote the Catholic faith in a way that few people do.”
‘More than just a job’ Zyskowski attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, initially intending to pursue engineering, but he quickly changed his major to journalism. In high school he had discovered an aptitude for writing and turned to the mentorship of Bradley’s two journalism professors, Jack Fought and Paul Snider, to help him hone his skill. While in college, he covered sports for the local daily paper, a side-job he would continue after graduation. His first full-time job, however, was with The Catholic Post, newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria. Snider, a Catholic, knew the paper was hiring and recommended Zyskowski. He recalls the interview with the editor, Msgr. R. G. Peters. Two things in his office caught Zyskowski’s eye: a stuffed Arctic grayling and a “Frannie” — the CPA’s St. Francis de Sales Award, given for lifetime achievement in the Catholic press and named for the patron of journalists. A baseball player, Zyskowski was used to setting goals, and he made earning that statue of St. Francis de Sales his professional aim. It was one he would realize 38 years later, when he was granted the award during the annual Catholic Media Convention for “outstanding contributions to Catholic journalism.” Zyskowski worked in Peoria for a year before taking a job at The Catholic Standard & Times in Philadelphia. There, under its editor, someday cardinal Msgr. John Foley, Zyskowski worked as the news and sports editor, writing a sports column and covering local stories, including efforts of Catholic school teachers to unionize, which the Archdiocese of Philadelphia opposed. After three years in Philadelphia, he turned his sights back to Chicago and an open assistant managing editor position. He got the job, but the sports editor — Herb Stutz, nicknamed “The Bearcat” as a nod to the Stutz roadster — at The Evening Bulletin in Philadelphia, where he was also working part time, urged him to stay. But, Zyskowski recalled, Stutz acknowledged, “sometimes people who work for Church organizations do it because it’s more than just a job.” That’s when it hit Zyskowski — his work wasn’t just a
THE LAST WORD
A storied career Bob Zyskowski, former Catholic Spirit associate publisher, retires after four decades in Catholic journalism By Maria Wiering • The Catholic Spirit
May 12, 2016 editor in 1986; 10 years later the newspaper became The Catholic Spirit. After working 14 years as the associate publisher and general manager, he relinquished responsibility for the paper’s business side in 2012, when The Catholic Spirit — long a nonprofit separate from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis — merged into the newly formed archdiocesan Office of Communications. After the merger, Zyskowski oversaw The Catholic Spirit’s client publications, which at the time included The Visitor, newspaper of the Diocese of St. Cloud; New Earth, newspaper of the Diocese of Fargo; and The Northern Cross, newspaper of the Diocese of Duluth — papers he had worked to bring under The Catholic Spirit’s publishing umbrella. The role allowed him to return to his initial love of reporting and writing, and even design. He recalls that design didn’t come naturally for him as a fledgling journalist, but his editor in Peoria encouraged people to try new things. “For me, it’s like artwork. It’s a way to express yourself in a different form, a different method, besides the words,” he said.
Keeping ‘the story’ at the fore
When Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, left, toured the chancery offices with the media after being named Archbishop of Chicago in 1982, he was interviewed by Bob Zyskowski, who was then managing editor of the archdiocesan newspaper, the Chicago Catholic. James Kilcoyne/Chicago Catholic career, it was a vocation. “That’s when I really realized that there’s a piece of me that really needs to be doing this, that God wants me to be doing this work,” he said, “but it took a Baptist guy named ‘Stutz the Bearcat’ to point it out to me.” In Chicago, Zyskowski oversaw the paper’s transition from The New World to the Chicago Catholic, redesigning it at his mother’s kitchen table and refreshing its editorial content. “I felt like I was part of this team that helped bring it back to life, and that’s where I was able to use some of the Catholic journalism development I got from Msgr. Foley and [Msgr.] Peters, and really put it into play — printing stories people wanted to read, stories that people needed to read, and presenting them in an attractive Bob package so that they would read them,” he said. ZYSKOWSKI “That’s been the philosophy I’ve tried to go with: that Catholic publications should be able to visually compete on the coffee table with Time magazine and Oprah’s magazine and any other publication,” he added, “because we’re interesting looking and vital and fulfill a need for our readership, [by] giving them information they can’t get otherwise, and stories that nobody else is telling, especially the other media.” After its first year, the Chicago Catholic (which has since been renamed the Catholic New World) took first place for general excellence — the highest honor a newspaper can earn from the CPA. It was an indication to Zyskowski that he was on the right track. His work in Chicago also offered Zyskowski an insider’s view of St. John Paul II’s 1979 visit to Chicago, but he was first on a team of U.S. journalists who covered the first half of that papal trip in Ireland before the pope traveled to the U.S. In Chicago, by contrast, Zyskowski’s mother was among Polish-American Catholics selected to receive Communion from the pope. Her son, meanwhile, was stuck at the back of the crowd behind a chain-link fence, he recalled wryly. Zyskowski also edited “The Pope in Chicago,” a commemorative magazine highlighting the trip. He came to the Catholic Bulletin in 1983 and became
Mike Krokos, editor of The Criterion, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, who edited The Catholic Spirit from 1999 to 2004, said Zyskowski was a teacher, too. “He was a wonderful mentor to me personally,” he said, describing the way Zyskowski didn’t shy away from controversial stories, always asked the team to ask the question “Why should I care?” to keep readers in mind, and how he urged the staff to think outside of the box. Zyskowski’s commitment to Archbishop Harry Flynn’s directive to make the archdiocese “a Church for all” — and reflect that in The Catholic Spirit — also made an impression. “That stayed with me, and it will stay with me forever,” Krokos said. Father Charles Lachowitzer, the archdiocese’s moderator of the curia, has known Zyskowski since 1993, when he became pastor of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Maplewood, where the Zyskowskis were longtime parishioners before joining Transfiguration. He recalled that — if Bob really liked it — his homily would “disappear” from the pulpit and find its way into the newspaper. “Bob has seen many seasons . . . in the life of the newspaper,” Father Lachowitzer said. “He has remained predictably consistent both in the gifts he shares with the Church but also his vision for the opportunities of media to be a tool for evangelization.” Joe Towalski, whom Zyskowski hired as editor in 2005, saw his associate publisher’s commitment in all aspects of Catholic journalism — reporting, photography, editing, page design, advertising, running the daily business and envisioning the future. “He was always encouraging us to be the best and to be innovative in how we did things,” said Towalski, director of communications for the Diocese of St. Cloud and editor of The Visitor. “And he made sure we had the resources — people and otherwise — to get the job done.” Zyskowski credits his wife, Barb, for her steadfast support throughout his career. He recalls phoning in a story to the Peoria Journal-Star from a Dairy Queen in Havana, Illinois, while Barb was beginning labor with the first of their four children. Story filed, they sped 70 miles back to a Peoria hospital. “Barb and I have always looked at it this way: It’s just been God — the Holy Spirit — looking out for us,” he said. “I could have never imagined a career in the Catholic press as fulfilling as mine has been, especially as a 22-year-old punk kid in 1973” when he took that first job in Peoria. After his retirement, the Zyskowskis are moving near Green Bay, Wisconsin, to be near their daughter and her family. He hopes to coach grade school basketball, something he did for 25 years at Presentation. Zyskowski also has plans to freelance for the diocese’s newspaper, The Compass. “It’s the importance of story and telling the story,” he said, pointing to Jesus’ use of parables. “Every Sunday in our church we retell the stories, and I’d like to think that Catholic journalists are part of that long line of people who are sharing the story, making sure the story isn’t forgotten.”