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Visiting elderly, pope says ‘it’s wonderful being old’
By Cindy Wooden
CatholiC News serviCe
Rome — Presenting himself as “an
elderly man visiting his peers,” Pope
Benedict XVI visited a Rome residence
for the elderly, urging the residents
to see their age as a sign of God’s blessing
and urging society to value their presence
and wisdom.
“Though I know the difficulties that
come with being our age, I want to say, it’s
wonderful being old,” the 85-year-old pope
said Nov. 12 during a morning visit to the
residence run by the lay Community of
Sant’Egidio.
The residence includes apartments for independent
living as well as rooms for those
requiring more skilled care. Younger members
of the Sant’Egidio Community volunteer
their time assisting and visiting with
the residents, who include an elderly couple
from Haiti whose home was destroyed
in the 2010 earthquake.
Walking with his white-handled black
cane, the pope visited several of the residents
in their rooms and apartments before
addressing them and members of Sant’-
Egidio in the garden.
One of the residents, 91-year-old Enrichetta
Vitali, told the pope, “I don’t eat so
Cardinal’s column, 3
The Update, 4
Spirituality, 11
5 Min. with Father, 18
Church Clips, 21
Around the
Archdiocese, 22
Media & Culture, 23
Business Guide, 25
Obituaries, 27
On the cover:
A person tries to stay warm on Nov. 12
while waiting for entry into Franciscan
House of Mary and Joseph, 2715 W.
Harrison. Franciscan House of Mary and
Joseph is an emergency overnight shelter.
Every night of the year, they are able
to accommodate 209 men and 37
women. It is one of the largest shelters in
the city. Karen Callaway/Catholic New World
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Pope Benedict XVI talks with Enrichetta Vitali, 91, during a visit Nov. 12 to a home for the
elderly run by the Sant’Egidio Community in Rome. CNS photo/Paul Haring
much anymore, but prayer is my nourishment.”
She asked the pope to “pray that I
don’t lose my memory so I can keep remembering
people in my prayers.”
The pope told those gathered at the resi-
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Bible a long life is considered a blessing
from God, but often today’s society, which
is “dominated by the logic of efficiency and
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“I think we need a greater commitment,
beginning with families and public institutions,
to ensure the elderly can stay in their
homes” and that they can pass on their wisdom
to younger generations.
“The quality of a society or civilization
can be judged by how it treats the elderly,”
he said.
Pope Benedict also insisted on recognition
of the dignity and value of all human
life, even when “it becomes fragile in the
years of old age.”
“One who makes room for the elderly,
makes room for life,” the pope said. “One
who welcomes the elderly, welcomes life.”
The pope told the residents that he knows
the aged face difficulties, especially in
countries where the global economic crisis
has hit hard. And, he said, the elderly can
be tempted to long for the past when they
had more energy and were full of plans for
the future.
However, the pope said, “life is wonderful
even at our age, despite the aches and
pains and some limitations,” he said.
“At our age, we often have the experience
of needing other’s help, and this happens to
the pope as well,” he told the residents.
Pope Benedict said they need to see the
help they require as a gift of God, “because
it is a grace to be supported and accompanied
and to feel the affection of others.”
Vatican official hopes fake papal tweets stop once official site opens
By Carol Glatz
CatholiC News serviCe
Vatican City — Once the Vatican
launches Pope Benedict
XVI’s official Twitter feed before
the end of the year, it’s hoped all
the fake papal tweets will cease
and desist, said a Vatican official.
There are dozens of unofficial
@PopeBenedict handles and usernames
in a number of different
permutations and languages on
Twitter; many are using an official
portrait of the pope as their avatar
and some boast thousands of followers.
Some of these Twitter accounts
are being run “obviously by people
of goodwill” who tweet about
real news and activities of the
pope, said a Vatican official who
requested anonymity.
However, “We hope they will
give up when they see the official
site is up,” the official said.
The Vatican will have a verified
and authenticated papal Twitter
account, which will help users
distinguish the official Pope
Benedict stream from the imposters,
the official said. No specific
date has been set for its
launch other than “before the end
of the year,” he added.
Unfortunately, there are some
phony accounts “that aren’t very
helpful” because they obviously
don’t have the best interest of the
pope or his teachings in mind, he
said.
For example, some bogus feeds
produce off-color or inappropriate
commentary. But if it’s obviously
satire, comedy or parody, “nothing
can be done about that be-
cause of freedom of expression,”
the official said. Yet, there’s little
risk of people mistaking those accounts
with the official account,
he added.
However, if an account holder is
using the pope’s name with the
aim of misrepresentation, misleading
users or “username squatting”
in order to prevent the Vatican
from using the name or to
illicitly offer the account name for
sale, “then Twitter can close them
down,” he said.
All the details about the official
Pope Benedict Twitter account
have not been hammered out, he
said, such as which Twitter handles
will be used and if there will
be one username or different handles
in different languages.
Feeds will be offered in five or
six major global languages,
Even though the pope
won’t be physically
typing and sending the
tweets, each message
will be approved by the
pope himself, he said.
though it’s not sure if Latin — the
official language of the church —
will be one of them, he added.
Even though the pope won’t be
physically typing and sending the
tweets, each message will be approved
by the pope himself, he
said.
The idea of having an official
papal Twitter account has been
bouncing around for quite awhile.
To date, the Vatican offers a
handful of official Twitter feeds in
different languages, including
Vatican news @news_va_en; Vatican
communications @PCCS_
VA; and the social network
@Pope2YouVatican.
Pope Benedict sent his first-ever
tweet in 2011 when he inaugurated
and launched the Vatican’s online
news portal, www.news.va, which
aggregates news content from the
Vatican’s newspaper, radio, television
and online outlets.
“Dear Friends, I just launched
News.va. Praised be our Lord
Jesus Christ! With my prayers and
blessings, Benedictus XVI,” the
pope said with a tap on an iPad,
sending the message onto the
news site’s Twitter account.
The pope has long urged
Catholics and Catholic media to
use the internet and social networks
for evangelization.
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Avisitor this past week came from
Italy. Don Angelo Romano, the
priest who is responsible for the
church of St. Bartholomew on the Tiber
Island, was passing through Chicago
after giving a talk at a conference at the
University of Notre Dame. The conference
was entitled “Seed of the Church:
telling the story of today’s Christian martyrs.”
The church on the Tiber Island served
by Father Romano is my titular church
as a cardinal priest of the Holy Roman
Church. Priests and bishops always have
titles, for Holy Orders is not a personal
privilege but a relationship. Christ’s people
are part of a priest’s life as a wife is
integral to her husband’s life. A man cannot
marry without a particular woman as
his wife. A diocesan priest cannot be ordained
without a particular church, a diocese,
as the object of his love and service.
As a bishop, my life is related to the
Archdiocese of Chicago; that is my title.
As a cardinal, I am a member of the
presbyterate of Rome, responsible for a
church in Rome and therefore able to
serve as an advisor to the Bishop of
Rome, the Pope. In fact, Don Angelo Romano
takes pastoral responsibility for St.
Bartholomew’s, where he serves many
young people who belong to the Community
of San Egidio, a group that cares
for poor people and works for international
peace.
He spoke at the conference at Notre
Dame University because my church in
Rome has become a shrine to the Christian
martyrs of the last century and
today. Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant
martyrs are commemorated at the side
altars of my church of St. Bartholomew.
The St. Egidio community’s work for
world peace has brought them face to
face with the brutal fact of persecution of
the church around the world.
It is difficult to estimate how many
CARDINAL
GEORGE’S
SCHEDULE
Nov. 18: 12:15 p.m., 100th Anniversary
Mass, Immaculate Heart
of Mary
Nov. 19: 1:30 p.m., College of
Consultors Meeting, Quigley
Center; 5 p.m., Capital for Kids,
The Capital Grille (St. Clair
Street)
Nov. 27: 1 p.m., Administrative
Council Meeting, Meyer Center
Nov. 29: 11 a.m., Catholic
Charities Board of Advisors
Meeting, Hilton Chicago
Nov. 30: Noon, The Catholic
Church Extension Society Board
Meeting, Wintrust Financial,
Rosemont
Dec. 1: 9:30 a.m., Mass, Lay
Ecclesial Ministry Program, St.
James Chapel, Quigley Center
Martyrs of today
men, women and children have been
killed for their faith, but one respected
researcher, Professor Todd Johnson, a
Protestant expert on religious demography,
has come up with the number of 70
million Christian martyrs since New Testament
times. Two thousand years is a
long time, and the number is plausible.
What is surprising and frightening is that
the same researcher estimates that over
half of the martyrs, about 45 million
Christians, were martyred in the last century,
most of them victims of Nazi and
Communist persecution. The killings
continue into this century, with about
100,000 new martyrs each year. This
means that 11 Christians have been
killed every hour for the past 10 years,
and the killings continue. The places
where Christians are martyred now are
mostly parts of Africa and of Asia:
Congo, Sudan, Nigeria, India, Iraq,
Syria.
Faced with opposition to the faith, one
can either resist or dialogue or, as has
happened frequently enough, abandon
the faith, at least publicly. The tactic chosen
will often depend on the nature of
the adversary. The situation in China, for
example, leaves Christians divided between
the party of dialogue (members of
the official government controlled
church) and the party of resistance
(members of the underground and imprisoned
church). The two churches
leave many confused and discouraged
and, by default, allow the government to
control all believers.
In the first centuries of Christianity, it
was said that the blood of martyrs is the
seed of Christians. The then pagans,
worshipers of the official government
gods of pagan mythology, were sometimes
converted to the Christian faith,
which is based upon revelation and reason
and not on myth, because they had
witnessed people go to their death rather
than deny their faith in Christ. The pagans
were also impressed by the way of
life of the early Christians: see how they
love one another. Anyone who has read
the epistles of St. Paul knows that the
early church was a contentious community,
but there was a way of life that drew
believers out of their own individual
dreams and self-interest into a community
of life and love. Catholic customs
more clearly defined that way of life 50
years ago than they do today.
Fifty years ago, the Second Vatican
Council called on Catholics to evangelize,
to convert the world to Christ alive
in his body, the church. For various reasons,
that call was transformed and reduced
into a concern for social action
without direct witness to Christ. For
some, the church became only an agency
of assistance and aid to remedy the injustices
of society. Gospel “values” replaced
the Gospel itself. Pope Paul VI,
recognizing the danger to the church’s
mission, wrote in 1975 that “even the
finest witness will prove ineffective in
the long run if … the name, the teaching,
the life, the promises, the kingdom and
the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the
Son of God, are not proclaimed.”
If the church as a whole had responded
to the council’s call to evangelize 50
years ago, perhaps the call to a new
evangelization would be less urgent
today. In the kingdom of God, it is never
our shepherd
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too late, whether to forgive the church’s
persecutors or to convert the enemies of
the faith. If we are to transmit the faith in
order to transform the world, the first
challenge is to ourselves: how do we become
credible witnesses to Christ in
today’s world? We need help from martyrs,
from their prayers and from their
example.
A prayer for the new evangelization
ends: God, our Father, I pray that
through the Holy Spirit I might hear the
call of the new evangelization to deepen
my faith, grow in confidence to proclaim
the Gospel and boldly witness to the saving
grace of your Son, Jesus Christ, who
lives and reigns with you, in the unity of
the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and
ever. Amen.”
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Francis Cardinal George, OMI.
Archbishop of Chicago
Honoring the work
of the laity: Cardinal
George attends the Bishop
Quarter and Christifideles
awards ceremony Nov. 4 at
Holy Name Cathedral. The
awards are given to
laypeople for their dedication
to the church and its
ministries. See list of
awardees on Page 7. Julie
Jaidinger/Catholic New World

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The Update
CCHD
collection
The U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishop’s national collection for the
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
was slated for Nov. 17-18.
Donations are still being accepted.
The collection is taken up in parishes
and dioceses nationwide. CCHD
helps others to help themselves. It
promotes programs that break the
cycle of poverty. Its initiatives enable
low-income people to participate in
the decisions that affect their families
and communities.
The collection is the primary source
of funding for CCHD’s anti-poverty
grants and education programs.
For information or to donate, visit
www.archchicago.org/CCHD.
Finding vets’
resources online
The Archdiocese of Chicago has
launched a website to provide resources
for serving and returning veterans,
their families and families of
those who died in the service of our
country.
In addition, the site provides information
for parishes to assist veterans
and their families in the transition
from military to civilian life.
Visit the site at vets.archchicago.
org.
Loyola site
The George W. Bush Institute
named Loyola University Chicago’s
Principal Preparation Program as one
Faithful citizenship: Above, a
sign outside of Immaculate Conception
Church, 2745 W. 44th St., sends a message
to passers by on Nov. 6. Voters
headed to the polls on Election Day
casting ballots in a close presidential
race. Left, A woman makes her way to
Catholic Theological Union, one of the
hundreds of polling places in Chicago
on Nov. 6. Karen Callaway/Catholic New World
of nine new principal preparation sites
of the Alliance to Reform Education
Leadership, a network of innovative
principal preparation programs
around the country changing the way
school leaders are recruited, selected,
trained, evaluated and empowered.
In partnership with the Chicago
Public Schools, through the Chicago
Leadership Collaborative, and the Office
of Catholic Schools, through
Loyola’s Center for Catholic School
Effectiveness, Loyola’s Principal
Preparation program was collaboratively
designed with university faculty
from both inside and outside the discipline
area of educational leadership
to ensure that candidates acquire a
foundation of educational leadership,
teaching and learning, research, data
analysis, and community perspectives.
Through AREL’s broad alliance of
innovative principal preparation programs,
the Bush Institute is working
to redefine the role of America’s
school leaders. AREL convenes a results-oriented
principal preparation
program network, spotlights effective
principals and the district and state
conditions that allow principals to be
successful, and inspires stakeholders
to support school leadership that
makes a difference in education.
Family Room
What size
is your hat?
By Michelle Martin
It was a triumphant kind of weekend for
Frank. He scored his first-ever hat trick in a
tournament game in South Bend, Ind., and
his hockey team went on to win their four-team
bracket.
His hat trick — a hockey term for three goals
scored by the same player in a single game —
came in the second game
of the weekend, on Saturday
morning. His team
won 4-2 and Frank scored
all four goals. After the
game, he asked if the
fourth goal — an empty
netter in the last
minute — invalidated the
Michelle Martin
hat trick. When I told him
no, he asked if we would
buy him a hat he’d had
his eye on.
As happy as he was about his scoring outburst,
he and the rest of the team were dejected
when they lost their next game and figured they
were out of the running for the championship,
then elated when they found out they were actually
in second place. They shared a 1-2 record
with two other teams, but had the smallest difference
between the goals the other teams had
scored on them and the goals they had scored
on other teams. That gave them the opportunity
to play the undisputed first place team, which
had gone 3-0 leading up to the championship
game.
And as pleased as they were to get in the
game, they were ecstatic to win in a shutout,
with both their goals by their team’s leading
scorer, who had two assists in Frank’s four-goal
game.
For me, one of the best parts of the weekend
was watching the team pull together. Winning
the tournament wasn’t a cakewalk by any
stretch; all the players knew it would be an uphill
battle after they lost their first game, to the
team they eventually defeated for the championship.
But they played hard and supported one
another.
Frank was thrilled to get a hat trick, but the
fact is, he knows his teammates played a generous
game that morning, realizing when he was
in position to get a better shot and getting the
puck to him. Hockey isn’t usually a game that
can be completely dominated by one player; it’s
too easy for the other team to catch on and adjust
their defense accordingly. To win, teams
must learn to share the puck by passing as accurately
as they shoot, and to skate just as hard on
defense as on offense.
Sports teach all kinds of life lessons, from
how to be gracious in victory and defeat to the
value of hard work and self-control and the importance
of working together. Sometimes the
lessons are not easy, especially when players
young children look up to fall from their
pedestals, or when it looks like cheaters win.
I, for one, give thanks for the joy — and the
strength of character — Frank has gotten from
playing.
Contact Martin at mmartin@archchicago.
org.

By Catholic News Service
Baltimore — The U.S. bishops’
fall general assembly
in Baltimore began with an
emphasis on conversion and a return
to the sacrament of penance.
New York Cardinal Timothy
Dolan, president of the U.S. bishops’
conference, told the bishops
at the start of the Nov. 12-15
meeting that he could imagine the
criticism he might get for emphasizing
penance when there are
plenty of “controversies and urgent
matters for the church right
now.”
But he stressed that the bishops
cannot engage culture, dialogue
with others or confront challenges
unless they first recognize their
own sins and experience the grace
of repentance.
The cardinal also said the sacrament
of penance was something
the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops planned to stress for all
Catholics year-round with reflections
on re-embracing Friday as a
day of penance, including the possible
re-institution of abstinence
on all Fridays.
Archbishop Carlo Maria
Vigano, papal nuncio to the United
States, echoed Cardinal
Dolan’s call for reconciliation.
Noting that there have been
some clergy who “out of weaknesses
have brought great pain to
others,” Archbishop Vigano reminded
the bishops, “We must
continually undergo conversion
ourselves ... so people have faith
and confidence in us.”
Bishop David Ricken of Green
Bay, Wis., chair of the bishops’
Committee on Evangelization and
Catechesis, presented a document
that encouraged all Catholics to
make a renewed effort to seek the
sacrament of penance, also known
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HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE LIFE IS A TEST???
Some days it just feels like we are being tested, doesn't it?
Some of us seem to have one big test, while others have a series of smaller tests.
As we face these tests, let's not forget that it is an OPEN BOOK test.
Where are you looking for answers?
Maybe we shouldn't wait until the "end of the semester" to crack open the Book!
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as reconciliation.
If approved, the document will
be published as a pamphlet in
time to allow dioceses to prepare
for Lent 2013.
The bishops’ assembly, which
opened nearly a week after Elec-
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Bishops discuss penance, homilies, religious liberty
Paola Correa, 14, of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Baltimore, and Auxiliary Bishop Alberto Rojas of Chicago
fill meal bags with grains, dehydrated vegetables and vitamin supplements during a “Helping Hands” project
Nov. 11 ahead of the U.S. bishops annual fall meeting in Baltimore. CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec
tion Day, also included discussions
about religious liberty and
marriage.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore
Cordileone, chairman of
the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee
for the Promotion and Defense of
Marriage, said Election Day was
“a disappointing day for marriage.”
Voters in Maine, Maryland
and Washington state approved
same-sex marriage; Minnesota
voters rejected a constitutional
amendment to define marriage as
being between one man and one
woman.
He praised the work of the bishops
in those four states to defend
traditional marriage, noting that in
all those states they were outspent
by supporters of same-sex marriage.
Each measure passed by small
margins, he said, a factor that
pointed to the need to “redouble
our efforts.”
The bishops also heard a preliminary
presentation of a document
that highlights the need for
better preaching in Sunday homilies.
“Preaching the Mystery of
Faith: The Sunday Homily” encourages
preachers to connect the
Sunday homily with people’s
daily lives.
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Christifideles Award
The Christifideles Award is
given to Catholic laypeople who
have, by participating in parish
life, demonstrated the personal
and ministerial renewal called
for by the papal exhortation
Christifideles Laici, calling the
laity to the “vocation of responsibility
for the church’s life
springing from the gift and mission
of their baptism.” This
year’s recipients are listed
below. Listings are alphabetical
by parish. The churches are in
Chicago unless otherwise noted:
Vicariate I: St. Alphonsus
Liguori, Prospect Heights, Joel
and Joleen Kragt; St. Anne, Barrington,
Mary Bottie; St. Bede,
Ingleside, Gilbert Volling; St.
Dismas, Waukegan, Joyce Fallos;
St. Edna, Arlington Heights,
Evelyn Getty; St. Francis de
Sales, Lake Zurich, Greta Rusk;
St. Gilbert, Grayslake, Bob and
Kate Milchuck; Holy Cross,
Deerfield, Robert Kunkel; Holy
Family, Inverness, Thomas and
Laura Toussaint; Church of the
Holy Spirit, Schaumburg,
Joseph Schmidt; St. Hubert,
Hoffman Estates, Joanmarie
Wermes; St. James, Arlington
Heights, Tom and Diane Adam;
St. James, Highwood, Paul and
Patricia Mocogni; St. John the
Evangelist, Streamwood, Doris
Dahl; St. Joseph, Round Lake,
Randy and Joy Avena; St.
Joseph the Worker, Wheeling,
Thuy and Van Nguyen; Mision
San Juan Diego, Arlington
Heights, Veronica Ibarra; St. Julian
Eymard, Elk Grove Village,
Daniel and Theresa Storto;
Santa Maria del Popolo,
Mundelein, Patrick and Gerilynn
Reardon; St. Mary, Buffalo
Grove, Theodore and Sharon
Gressick; Church of St. Mary,
Lake Forest, Anthony P.
Danielak; St. Mary of Vernon,
Indian Creek, Carolyn Grieco;
St. Matthew, Schaumburg, Brent
and Jean Murphy; Most Blessed
Trinity, Waukegan, Patricia
Bamford; O’Hare Airport
Chapel, Robert and Maryann
Smith; Our Lady of Humility,
Beach Park, Paul and Amanda
Norrish; St. Patrick, Wadsworth,
Bryan Grabowski; St. Peter,
Volo, Thomas and Teresa Widhalm;
and Elizabeth Widhalm;
St. Peter, Antioch, John Shaffer;
St. Peter Damian, Bartlett, Joel
and Wendy Hendrickson; Prince
of Peace, Lake Villa, Tom and
Cindy Nagelhout, Ben Nagelhout
and Sarah Nagelhout; St.
Raphael the Archangel, Old
Mill Creek, Arthur and Barbara
Danz; St. Raymond de Penafort,
Mount Prospect, William and
Pamela Doucette; St. Stephen
Protomartyr, Des Plaines, Judith
Cooper and Grace Flynn;
St. Theresa, Palatine, Diane
Knight; St. Thomas Becket,
Mount Prospect, Alicia
Marabotti; Transfiguration,
Wauconda, Anna Janicki; St.
Zachary, Des Plaines, James
and Loretta Griseto
Vicariate II: St. Alphonsus,
Rose Gavin; St. Andrew, Melissa
Mannion; Assumption, Susan
Gold; St. Athanasius, Evanston,
Dieter Schmitz; St. Bonaventure
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Cardinal honors laypeople with service awards
Each year, the Archdiocese of Chicago grants two kinds of awards to lay
men and women for their dedication to the church and its ministries. They
Bishop Quarter Awards
The Bishop Quarter Award,
named for Bishop William Quarter,
the first bishop of Chicago, is
given each year to one layperson
or married couple in each vicariate
who demonstrates consistent
service to the ministries of the
archdiocese’s vicariates. Episcopal
vicars nominate recipients.
This following people received
this year’s awards:
Vicariate I: Joan O’Keefe,
Church of St. Mary, Lake Forest.
O’Keefe has spent most of her
life in the fields of religious education,
adult faith formation and
RCIA and as a pastoral associate.
While living in Cincinnati in
1974, she was appointed by then-
Archbishop Bernardin to the U.S.
Bishops’ commission to draft the
national standards for religious
education. She worked in religious
education and as a pastoral
associate at St. Norbert, Northbrook;
St. Julian Eymard, Elk
Grove Village; and the Church of
St. Mary, which has been her
parish for almost 20 years. She
founded or helped found the Ministry
Commission in Lake County
and the Pastoral Associates Council
in the archdiocese.
Vicariate II: School Sister of
St. Francis Paulanne Held, Our
Lady of Perpetual Help, Glenview.
Sister Paulanne has been a
School Sister of St. Francis for
more than 50 years, all at Our
Lady of Perpetual Help. She has
been a teacher in the school and
sacristan for all parish liturgies,
and has cared for the poor and the
needy. For more than 30 years,
she has spearheaded the parish’s
Sharing Program and outreach.
OLPH assists four parishes
through sharing food, produce,
clothing and funding, as well as
building bridges among people of
different racial and economic
groups. For many years, she also
has overseen the Needy Family
Fund, which assists families and
individuals facing unemployment,
foreclosure and catastrophic illness.
Vicariate III: Libia Paez-
Howard, Good Shepherd. As the
Vicariate III catechetical coordinator,
Paez-Howard has shown a
passion for Christ’s teaching in
catechesis. She has been involved
in catechetical leadership since
1991, and serves on the representative
council of the National
Conference for Catechetical
Leadership and on the conference’s
Forum for Hispanic Catechesis.
She has master’s degrees
in pastoral studies and divinity
from Catholic Theological Union
and was the first Hispanic woman
to graduate with a master’s degree
from CTU’s Oscar Romero program.
She and her husband, Tom
Howard, have three children, one
is a teacher and two are in college.
Vicariate IV: Dalia Rocotello,
St. Mary, Riverside. Rocotello,
director of Latino Affairs for
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese
of Chicago, is committed to
giving service. She has inspired
many people at her parish
through the service outreach committee,
and has helped the director
of religious education develop
a program of service opportunities
for confirmation candidates.
She is on the board of Amate
House, a full-time volunteer program
for young adults. The
daughter of Venezuelan immigrants,
Rocotello is bi-lingual and
has a strong understanding and
appreciation of the Latino immigrant
experience, and she spent
six months in Mexico in a religious
community serving migrant
workers. She volunteered with
MacNeal Hospice, providing
respite care for families of the
dying.
Vicariate V: Betty Slad, St.
Patrick, Lemont. Slad is a member
of the choir, guitar ensemble
and family choir; is coordinator
of the annual golf outing and
parish hospitality events, in addition
to serving as lector and member
of the parish council.
Beyond the local parish involvement,
Slad has coordinated
the vicariate’s Girl Scout Marian
Medal program and service projects.
She also coordinates the
Archdiocesan Girl Scout recognition
celebration at Holy Name
Cathedral and has done so for a
number of years.
Vicariate VI: Frederick Shannon,
Most Holy Redeemer. Shannon
spent the bulk of his career at
Brother Rice High School and as
principal of Leo High School. He
has served in administrative roles
in health care, economic development
and public relations. Currently,
he is director of South
Suburban Regional Services for
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese
of Chicago, which serves
residents of 31 cities and towns
located between Blue Island and
Chicago Heights, where a growing
number of needy families are
evident.
In the past year, the food pantry
alone of this south regional office
has provided food for more than
9,000 individuals and distributed
26,000 articles of clothing while
responding to 9,750 calls for
emergency assistance.
are the Bishop Quarter and Christifideles awards and were given by Cardinal
George Nov. 4 at Holy Name Cathedral. This year’s recipients are:
Mary Bottie of St. Anne Church in Barrington receives a Christifideles Award from Aux. Bishop George
Rassas on Nov. 4 at Holy Name Cathedral. The award is given to laypeople for their dedication to the church
and its ministries. Julie Jaidinger/Catholic New World
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Oratory, Norma Ehrenberg; St.
Clement, Maria Leonard; St.
Cornelius, Ryan and Moira Dargis;
St. Eugene, Carolyn Edwards;
SS. Faith, Hope and
Charity, Winnetka, Susan Nelson;
St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette,
Joseph and Rhona Di
Camillo; St. Gertrude, Dorothy
Denzler; St. Gregory the Great,
Amador and Gina Ibardaloza;
St. Henry, Martha Xuan Nguyen
Duong; Holy Name Cathedral,
Bruce Davis; St. Ignatius, Dan
and Stephanie DeCaluwe; Immaculate
Conception, Patrick
Cummings; St. Ita, Domitila
Diaz; St. Jerome, Susan Biver;
St. John Brebeuf, Niles, Adam
and Ann Zalak; St. Josaphat,
Brother Donald Houde, CSV;
St. Joseph, Wilmette, Jean Bishop;
St. Juliana, Roger and
Joanne Hejza; St. Margaret
Mary, Maryl Kavanagh; St.
Martha, Morton Grove, Jaime
and Remedios Maceda; St.
Mary, Evanston, Charles
Luczak; St. Mary of the Woods,
George and Mary Saffa; Mary,
Seat of Wisdom, Park Ridge,
Julie Due; St. Matthias, Roine
and Scott Michaels; St. Monica,
Kathleen Wyszkowski; St.
Nicholas, Evanston, Mary Moring;
Our Lady of Hope, Rosemont,
Marie Maggio; Our Lady
of Lourdes, Leonor Teran; Our
Lady of Mercy, Nick and Sally
Scardina; Our Lady of Perpetual
Help, Glenview, Mary Ann
Kendall; Our Lady of the Brook,
Northbrook, Elda and Charles
Sansone; St. Peter, Skokie, John
and Angela Graham; St. Philip
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Resisting aggressive secularism promoted in the world
It was with barely concealed delight that
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil
Steinberg conveyed the findings of the
recent Pew Forum survey that the “nones,”
those who claim no particular religious affiliation,
are sharply on the rise in America.
Moreover, he crowed, the survey revealed
that a disproportionate number of young
people placed themselves firmly in the
“none” camp, thus indicating that religion’s
decline would only accelerate in the years
to come. Taking these findings as a starting
point, Steinberg then delivered himself of
an anti-religion screed that was, even for
him, remarkable in its vitriol and lack of nuance.
Central to Steinberg’s argument is that the
“virus” of freedom, which the founding fathers
planted in the body politic long ago,
has spread to the point that it now threatens
religion itself. Finally, he says, people have
the courage to throw off the shackles of “arbitrary
rules and arcane liturgies” and join
the society of free-thinking moderns.
There are two fundamental problems
here. First, like so many of his secularist
colleagues, Steinberg conveniently forgets
that the political liberty he rightly praises is
predicated inescapably upon religious assumptions.
The keen sense that each human
being is the subject of rights and dignity is
grounded in the antecedent conviction that
that dignity and those rights come from God
and hence have an absolute sanction. As
Thomas Jefferson put it rather memorably,
“All men are created equal … and are endowed
by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights; among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.”
If you want to see what happens to freedom
and human rights when God is removed
from the picture, consult both ancient
aristocratic societies and modern
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the Apostle, Northfield, Donald
J. Blair; Queen of All Saints
Basilica, Edward and Mary Morley;
Queen of Angels, James and
Marybeth Young; Sacred Heart,
Winnetka, Thomas and Mary
Doug Brown; St. Tarcissus,
George and Laura Hemesath; St.
Timothy, Cynthia Shaw; Transfiguration
of Our Lord, John
Hetland
Vicariate III: St. Agatha,
Mary Anderson; St. Agnes of Bohemia,
Sylvia Schwister; St.
Aloysius, John Latzzis; St. Barbara,
David and Geraldine
Kaput; St. Francis of Assisi,
Cruz Montes; St. John Berchmans,
Antonio Acevedo; St.
Malachy-Precious Blood, Diana
Vidal; St. Mark, Orlando and
Milagros Huertas; St. Martin De
Porres, Elizabeth Becnel; St.
Mary of Perpetual Help, Jimmy
Evans; St. Michael the
Archangel, Andres and Hermelinda
Medina; Nativity of Our
Lord, Wanda Dybas; Notre
Dame De Chicago, Daniel and
Kathy Flens-Kopanke; Our Lady
totalitarian regimes. Steinberg exults that
the “freedom virus” conduced toward the
liberation of blacks in America, but he
seems utterly to have forgotten that both the
abolitionist movement in the 19th century
and the civil rights movement in the 20th
were led by passionately believing Christians,
who advocated for liberty precisely
because of their religious beliefs, not despite
them.
The second problem is that Steinberg assumes
that his position — modern, secularist
liberalism — is not itself sectarian, peculiar
and indeed marked by its own “arbitrary
rules and arcane liturgies.” This is a difficulty
that any cultural analyst tends to have,
but modern liberals seem especially susceptible
to it, namely, the assumption that their
own culture isn’t really a culture at all but
just “the way things are supposed to be.”
The form of life that came up out of the
European Enlightenment of the 18th century
— empirical, scientific, subjectivist, rationalist,
anti-traditionalist — strikes modern
secularists as just identical to sweet
reason and hence they feel that anyone who
fails to conform to it is operating “irrationally”
or is in thrall to some strange “superstition.”
Jurgen Habermas, one of the leading
philosophers in the world, advocates (admittedly
at a higher level of sophistication)
of Grace, Christina Lopez; Our
Lady of Sorrows Basilica, Regina
Robinson; Our Lady of Tepeyac,
Luis and Ana Salgado; St.
Procopius, Michaela Ibarra; St.
Roman, Luis Perez; St. Therese
Chinese Mission, Sheila and
John Lin
Vicariate IV: St. Bartholomew,
Sergio and Cecilia Flores;
St. Beatrice, Schiller Park, Barbara
Piltaver; St. Catherine of
Siena-St. Lucy, Oak Park,
Bernard and Marie Wheel; St.
Celestine, Elmwood Park,
Pauline Cordell; St. Cletus, La
Grange, Denise and Jon Parlier;
St. Constance, John Reynolds;
St. Cyprian, River Grove, Jean
Schneider; Divine Infant,
Westchester, Rita Raysa; Divine
Providence, Westchester, James
Boyd; Divine Savior, Norridge,
John Caponigro; St. Domitilla,
Hillside, Loretta Kieliszewski;
St. Edmund, Oak Park, Donald
Giannetti; St. Edward, Martin
Lane; St. Ferdinand, Betty Hotcaveg;
St. Frances of Rome, Cicero,
Teresa and Evaristo Ocampo;
St. Francis Borgia, Kenneth
Grenier; St. Hugh, Lyons, Arlene
Houda; St. John of the Cross,
Western Springs, Christine Marquett;
St. Luke, River Forest,
Paul and Clare Faherty; St.
Mary, Riverside, Susan Wawzenski;
Mater Christi, North Riverside,
Pat and George Zdarsky;
Our Lady of Charity, Cicero,
Alejandro Aguilera; Our Lady of
Victory, Joanne Leck; Our Lady,
Mother of the Church, Donald
and Joyce Mazurkiewicz; St.
Pascal, Marty and Kathie Warta;
St. Pius X, Stickney, Stanley
Zajac; St. Priscilla, Emily Sloan;
St. Robert Bellarmine, Celeste
and Mike Burke; Sacred Heart,
Melrose Park, Jeanne Flyke; Jesuit
Millennium Center-Shrine of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Wieslaw
Glinko; St. Simeon, Bellwood,
Martha Meza-Lara; St. Viator,
Frank and Mary Pat
Serpone; St. Vincent Ferrer,
River Forest, Anne Barnett; St.
William, Debra and Louis DeSalvo
Vicariate V: St. Adrian, Antonio
Rodriguez; St. Alexander,
Palos Heights, Thomas and
Peggy Scanlon; St. Alphonsus,
Lemont, Paul and Beverly
Malak; St. Blase, Summit, Jose
and Aurora Rodriguez; St.
Basically, Habermas
and Steinberg
and their fellows are
saying to religious
believers, “While you
play at your little
hobbies, we rationalists
will take care of
serious matters.”
the position staked out by Steinberg. He argues,
accordingly, that the only people who
should be allowed around the table of political
discussion in contemporary societies are
those who accept the presumptions of the
Enlightenment. Thus religious people, representing
some of the most ancient intellectual
traditions in the West and relying on the
work of such geniuses as St. Paul, St. Augustine,
St. Thomas Aquinas, John Henry
Newman, John Wesley, and G.K. Chesterton
would not be allowed at Habermas’s table.
Nor for that matter would William Lloyd
Garrison, Martin Luther King, Desmond
Tutu or Mohandas Gandhi. One wonders
how neither Habermas nor Steinberg can
see that the Enlightenment view, though obviously
valuable, is hardly identical to Reason
tout court.
Utterly congruent with this idolatry of the
Enlightenment is Steinberg’s sneering relegation
of religion to the arena of hobbies
and harmless avocations: “Life is a long
time … and you have to fill it somehow, and
adhering to the various tenets of
Lutheranism or Baptism or Seventh Day
Bruno, Jan and Lucy Osuchowski;
St. Cajetan, Joan and Bill
Nolan; St. Camillus, Renata
Komar; St. Christina, Daniel
McVicker; St. Denis, Betty
Kelsch; St. Elizabeth Seton, Orland
Hills, Mary Beth Walter; St.
Francis of Assisi, Orland Park,
Timothy McCormick; St. Gerald,
Oak Lawn, Thomas and
Helen Stanton; Incarnation,
Palos Heights, Terrence Lee and
Mary Stocklen; St. James,
Lemont, Christine Slowik; St.
John Fisher, Jacqueline Long; St.
Joseph, Summit, Betty Koran; St.
Julie Billiart, Tinley Park,
Michael and Kathy Rubino; St.
Linus, Oak Lawn, Al and Janet
Janowski; Midway Airport
Chapel, Doris Lynn Busiedlik;
Most Holy Redeemer, Evergreen
Park, Stephen Ligda; Our Lady
of Loretto, Hometown, Jacquelyn
Watt; Our Lady of the Snows,
Maria Kowalczyk; Our Lady of
the Woods, Orland Park, George
and Sandra Griffin; St. Patricia,
Hickory Hills, Harold and Carolyn
Budach; St. Patrick,
Lemont, James Prew; Queen of
Martyrs, Evergreen Park,
Bernard L. O’Reilly; St. Rita of
Cascia, Jennifer Meehan; Sacred
Adventism … is not inherently a worse use
of your time than, oh, knitting colorful
afghans or playing John Madden Football or
anything else.”
Though the Christian tradition essentially
created the culture of the West, though it invented
the university system, and though it
gave rise to Dante’s Divine Comedy,
Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, Chartres
Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel ceiling,
Bach’s cantatas, and the poetry of Gerard
Manley Hopkins and T.S. Eliot, it is, according
to Mr. Steinberg, the intellectual
equivalent of knitting an afghan! Trust me
when I tell you that whatever matrix of
thought produced that conclusion ain’t identical
to “sweet reason.” It is in fact something
peculiar and sectarian indeed.
The relegation of religion to the private
realm is, of course, an aggressive move, for
it is designed to exclude religious people
from the political and cultural conversation.
Basically, Habermas and Steinberg and their
fellows are saying to religious believers,
“While you play at your little hobbies, we
rationalists will take care of serious matters.”
In the face of this act of violence, believers
should engage in non-violent resistance,
entering the public arena with the language
of the Bible and the great tradition on their
lips, as did our forebears Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and
Martin Luther King. Pace the secular ideologues,
it is altogether possible for religious
people — especially those who believe in
the divine Logos — to have a logical conversation.
Barron is the rector and president of the
University of St. Mary of the Lake/
Mundelein Seminary. For more of his writings
visit www.wordonfire.org.
Heart, Palos Hills, Lawrence
and Loretta Herm; St. Stephen,
Deacon and Martyr, Tinley Park,
John and Patricia Lisicich
Vicariate VI: St. Agnes,
Chicago Heights, Joan Anderson;
St. Andrew the Apostle,
Calumet City, Bernice Plys; St.
Ann, Lansing, Vera Seymour; St.
Anne, Hazel Crest, Dorothy
Lazuka; Corpus Christi, Carrie
Miller; St. Florian, Vincent and
Patricia Maccagnano; St. Helena
of the Cross, Betty Taylor; Holy
Name of Mary, Opal Easter-
Smith; St. Irenaeus, Park Forest,
John and Therese Goodrich; St.
Isidore the Farmer, Blue Island,
Albin Kosman; St. Jude the
Apostle, South Holland, Valentina
and Naresth Perez; St. Kieran,
Chicago Heights, Henry and Dolores
Dewey; St. Kilian, Dolores
Holder; St. Lawrence O’Toole,
Matteson, Mary Olney; Our
Lady of Peace, Sharon Franklin;
St. Paul, Chicago Heights,
Americo and Leonora Mattio; St.
Philip Neri, Leslie Frazier; Sacred
Heart Croatian, Aldo
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2012
Purgatory: Seeing the fullness of God for the first time
Imagine being born blind and living into
adulthood without ever having seen
light and color. Then, through some
miraculous operation, doctors are able to
give you sight. What would you feel immediately
upon opening your eyes? Wonder?
Bewilderment? Ecstasy? Pain? Some combination
of all of these?
We now know the answer to that question.
This kind of sight-restoring operation
has been done and is being done and we
now have some indication of how a person
reacts upon opening his or her eyes and
seeing light and color for the first time.
What happens might surprise us. Here is
how J.Z. Young, an authority on brain function,
describes what happens:
“The patient on opening his eyes gets little
or no enjoyment; indeed, he finds the
experience painful. He reports only a spinning
mass of light and colors. He proves to
be quite unable to pick up objects by sight,
to recognize what they are, or to name
them. He has no conception of space with
objects in it, although he knows all about
objects and their names by touch.
“‘Of course,’ you will say, ‘he must take
a little time to learn to recognize them by
sight.’ Not a little time, but a very long
time, in fact, years. His brain has not been
trained in the rules of seeing. We are not
conscious that there are any such rules; we
think we see, as we say, naturally. But we
have in fact learned a whole set of rules
during childhood” (See Emilie Griffin,
“Souls in Full Flight, pgs. 143-144).
Might this be a helpful analogy for what
happens to us in what Roman Catholics call
purgatory? Could the purification we experience
after death be understood in this
very way, namely, as an opening of our vision
and heart to a light and a love that are
so full as to force upon us the same kind of
painful relearning and reconceptualization
that have just been described?
Might purgatory be understood precisely
as being embraced by God in such a way
that this warmth and light so dwarf our
earthly concepts of love and knowledge
that, like a person born blind who is given
sight, we have to struggle painfully in the
very ecstasy of that light to unlearn and relearn
virtually our entire way of thinking
and loving? Might purgatory be understood
not as God’s absence or some kind of punishment
or retribution for sin, but as what
happens to us when we are fully embraced,
in ecstasy, by God, perfect love and perfect
truth?
Indeed, isn’t this what faith, hope and
charity, the three theological virtues, are already
trying to move us toward in this life?
Isn’t faith a knowing beyond what we can
Christmas cards, advent wreaths,
candles, Nativity sets,
ornaments,angels, stables, rosaries,
baby gifts, and much more.
St. Paul tells us that
here, in this life, we
see only as “through
a mirror, reflecting
dimly” but that, after
death, we will see
“face to face.”
conceptualize? Isn’t hope an anchoring of
ourselves in something beyond what we
can control and guarantee for ourselves?
And isn’t charity a reaching out beyond
what affectively feeds us?
St. Paul, in describing our condition on
earth, tells us that here, in this life, we see
only as “through a mirror, reflecting dimly”
but that, after death, we will see “face to
face.”
Clearly in describing our present condition
on earth he is highlighting a certain
blindness, an embryonic darkness, an inability
to actually see things as they really
are.
It is significant to note too that he says
this in a context within which he is pointing
out that, already now in this life, faith, hope
and charity help lift that blindness.
These are of course only questions, perhaps
equally upsetting to Protestants and
Roman Catholics alike. Many Protestants
and evangelicals reject the very concept of
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purgatory on the grounds that, biblically,
there are only two eternal places, heaven
and hell.
Many Roman Catholics, on the other
hand, get anxious whenever purgatory
seems to get stripped of its popular conception
as a place or state apart from heaven.
But purgatory conceived of in this way, as
the full opening of our eyes and hearts so
as to cause a painful reconceptualization of
things, might help make the concept more
palatable to Protestants and evangelicals
and help strip the concept of some of its
false popular connotations within Roman
Catholic piety.
True purgation happens only through
love because it is only when we experience
love’s true embrace that we can see our sin
and drink in, for the first time, the power to
move beyond it. Only light dispels darkness
and only love casts out sin.
Therese of Lisieux would sometimes
pray to God: “Punish me with a kiss!” The
embrace of full love is the only true purification
for sin because only when we are
embraced by love do we actually understand
what sin is and, only there are we
given the desire, the vision and the strength
to live in love and truth.
But that in-breaking of love and light is,
all at the same time, delightful and bewildering,
ecstatic and unsettling, wonderful
and excruciating, euphoric and painful. Indeed,
it’s nothing less than purgatory.
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School of Theology in San Antonio.
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Deacons collecting donations for Sandy victims
By Michelle Martin
Staff writer
Catholics from across the Archdiocese of
Chicago can help East Coast residents
whose homes were ravaged by Superstorm
Sandy clean up — literally.
Hope’s on the Way, an organization of deacons
from the Archdiocese of Chicago and
other volunteers, is starting “Buckets of Hope,”
an effort to collect 500 buckets of cleaning
supplies that will be given free to people in
New York and New Jersey.
Goods will be accepted from Nov. 25-Dec.
25. Then they will be packed into buckets and
picked up by Dec. 28.
Deacon Salvatore Lema said Hope’s on the
Way started in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita, when he and a few other deacons
went to New Orleans to restore the print shop
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School.
The group ended up organizing 10 more service
trips to the Gulf Coast, donating more than
$800,000 worth of goods and service.
The group also assisted in the Tuscaloosa,
Ala., area after it was struck by tornadoes in
2011, and has helped with several projects locally,
including at Zacchaeus House, Our Lady
of Peace Parish and the Franciscan House of
Mary and Joseph (see story, pages 14-15).
For this effort, those who want to help can
drop off cleaning supplies specified in the list
at one of about 10 sites throughout the archdiocese
(see sidebar). Those supplies will be
packed into buckets by deacons and volunteers,
packed on pallets and shrink-wrapped at no
charge by Pickens-Kane and transported at no
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parishes and other organizations have already
identified drop-off points there, Lema said.
“We’ve done this before, and we know what
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King: Nov. 25
Dn 7:13-14; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33-
37
This feast marks the end of
the liturgical calendar year,
and it is the summation of
all that we have been reflecting on
these past 52 weekends.
Jesus the Christ is our King, our
leader, our savior.
As has been pointed out over
and over again, at the heart of our
Catholic belief is not an idea, nor
a philosophy nor a theology or
ideology; at the center is a person,
Jesus Christ.
He lived in first-century Palestine,
preached the Kingdom of
God in Galilee and in Judea, enjoyed
some success, but was
eventually seized by the religious
authorities and turned over to the
Roman procurator to be sentenced
to death.
My old Irish pastor used to tell
us, his brash young associates,
stories of young priests who got
in trouble with their bishop for
one reason or another. It was
meant to be a humorous warning
to watch our ecclesiastical steps.
At the end of the story, we
would always ask the monsignor
what had happened to those
priests. His reply, said with a
twinkle in his eye and in his
charming Irish brogue, was:
“They died, Fathers, they died.”
That ended the story. It broke us
up every time.
Well, Jesus died, but that was
not the end of the story. He rose
from the dead, and therein did he
experience glory. He rose from
the dead, folks, from the dead! No
one in all of history had ever
pulled that off — and no one ever
will again.
There began the reign of the one
we call our King and Master. Obviously,
Jesus is not a powerful
political leader working behind
the scenes in our lives. He does
not operate in the proverbial
smoke-filled rooms. He is present
and alive to us through the Holy
Spirit.
We have just elected a president
to “reign” for the next four years.
But, as I write this essay, who that
man will be is still to be decided.
It is to be hoped that, no matter
what our political leanings, we
will gather behind our president,
our political “king” if you would,
and work for the good of all in
this country. Some say that such
unity is a pipe dream. Perhaps,
but it is a dream that we can still
pursue.
The kingship of Jesus Christ is
not a pipe dream; it is a spiritual
reality in our lives. We savor this
truth here at the end of one liturgical
year and the beginning of another,
and we too gather together
in Jesus Christ to forward his
kingdom.
We in the church, despite our
differences, are arrayed around
the altar and arrayed around
Jesus.
“I am the Alpha and the
Omega,” says the Lord God, “the
one who is and who was and who
is to come, the almighty.”
Let there be no room for disunity,
though there are those who, by
their actions, may provoke it.
There should be no room for intolerance
or marginalization, or
prejudice or hatred. The prime example
of how we should be and
how we should act is Jesus himself.
Christ, our King, rule over us
now and always.
First Sunday of Advent:
Dec. 2
Jer 33:14-16; 1 Thes 3:12-4:2; Lk
21:25-36
A new liturgical year begins
with this weekend’s Masses. During
the coming year, we will listen
to, study and pray over St.
Luke’s Gospel, just as last year
we dealt with St. Mark and next
year we shall reunite with St.
Matthew.
As we enter into this new year, I
can utter no more fervent hope for
you than these words: “May the
Lord make you increase and
abound in love for one another
and for all.” St. Paul wrote that
line to the people of Thessalonica
in his very first epistle written to
the Thessalonians about 15 or 20
years after Jesus’ death and resurrection.
It suggests a goal we
might set for ourselves at the outset
of this liturgical year.
Customarily on Jan. 1, the beginning
of the calendar year,
many people make resolutions
about various aspects of their
lives. The cynical expectation is
that those resolutions are made to
be broken. That’s kind of sad
when you come right down to it.
We set ourselves up for failure
from the very beginning. And the
habits, outlooks, etc., we wish to
change may well be worth a serious
effort.
Even though we are beginning
the liturgical year, our Gospel
spirituality
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As the liturgical year turns,
trust in the kingship of the Lord
Perspectives
on the
Scriptures
Father Patrick O’Malley
reading is from one of the final
chapters of Luke’s wonderful first
volume, his Gospel.
The book we call the Acts of the
Apostles is his second volume and
it is a running account of the very
early followers of Jesus as they attempted
to put the Spirit of Jesus
into action.
At the end and the beginning of
the liturgical year, the Gospel
messages are meant to keep us on
the alert. However, I confess a
certain uneasiness with today’s
Gospel reading. It is expressed in
language that is not familiar to us
and that Jesus does not often use.
Yet this apocalyptic language is
found in all three of the synoptic
accounts (Matthew, Mark and
Luke), so it behooves us to pay attention.
Once again, we are warned to
be ready for whatever comes.
When Jesus came among us, he
was the herald of the kingdom of
God, the fulfillment of God’s
promise made long before to
Abraham and Sarah.
Let there be no room for
disunity, though there
are those who, by their
actions, may provoke it.
There should be no
room for intolerance or
marginalization, or
prejudice or hatred.
The prime example of
how we should be and
how we should act is
Jesus himself.
In Jesus, God’s world was —
and is — breaking into our world
to turn us upside down and inside
out. Jesus offers us a whole new
way of seeing this world and living
in it. To explain that new phenomenon,
he uses language that
speaks of radical change. Nothing
will be as it was before. Now, we
are not talking about the distant
future here; we are talking about
what happens when we listen to
and heed the message of change
and repentance announced by
Jesus. Our world will not be the
same again; our outlook on the
world will be changed.
Our conduct will reflect the
Spirit of Jesus himself — a Spirit
of justice and charity, of tolerance
and understanding, of forgiveness
and service. It’s radical, folks —
totally unlike the values that our
culture holds dear. That’s why
Jesus warns us to stand secure before
the Son of Man.
Trust him implicitly.
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Ethical treatment
of immigrants
By Michelle Martin
Staff writer
The treatment of immigrants
in the United States violates
the biblical and ethical
norms that God requires of his
people, according to speakers at a
Nov. 2 conference on the ethics of
immigration held at Catholic Theological
Union in Chicago.
“An Ethical Perspective on the
Accompaniment of Immigrants: A
Faith Response,” sponsored by the
Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office
for Immigrant Affairs and Immigration
Education, Catholic universities,
religious communities and
the Catholic Conference of Illinois,
included talks and workshops on
topics such as discipleship and immigration,
biblical law concerning
immigration and the current state
of affairs in areas such as law enforcement,
social and family issues
and business and worker justice.
The conference was set against a
backdrop of roughly 400,000 deportations
each year, at a time
when fewer undocumented immigrants
are crossing the border into
the United States. Most deportees
are not criminals, and their deportation
causes massive suffering for
their families and children, many
of whom are U.S. citizens.
Jesuit Father William O’Neill,
associate professor of social ethics
at the Jesuit School of Theology in
Berkley, Calif., offered the keynote
talk, titled “And You Welcomed
Me.”
Throughout salvation history, he
said, God reminds the people of Israel
that they are to “love the
stranger and the migrant” because
they once were exiles. The Gospels
tell the story of Jesus, born away
from home, forced to flee, brought
back out of Israel, mirroring the
story of the Jewish people.
“To oppress the alien is no less
than a betrayal of faith,” said
O’Neill, who also serves as the
Catholic chaplain at the Federal
Women’s Prison in Dublin, Calif.,
where many immigrant women are
detained. “It is apostasy. Hospitality
is the measure of righteousness
and justice. … Hospitality is the
very heart of Christian discipleship.
It is not offered to kith and
kind, but to those whose only quality
is vulnerability and need.”
That doesn’t square with a system
in which more than 11,000 unaccompanied
minors have been detained
rather than reunited with
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Children born in the United
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Franciscan Outreach
by the numbers
Services provided in 2011
n 83,366: Shelter nights provided
n 80,300: Breakfasts served
n 111,300: Dinners served (at both
shelter and soup kitchen)
n 10,466: Bags of laundry washed
n 10,456: Contacts with case managers
n 120: People moved into appropriate
permanent housing
n 4,500: Number of individuals served
Above, the main dorm accommodates
209 men and 37 women every night of
the year at the Franciscan House of
Mary and Joseph, 2715 W. Harrison St.
Right, Chris Mester, a volunteer at the
shelter, assigns beds during intake on
Nov. 7. Far right, guests at the shelter are
served a meal of soup and sandwiches
before they retire for the evening.
For more information or to learn more
about ways to donate supplies or funds,
visit www.franoutreach.org.
Left, Robert, who is h
shelter. Above David
guests as they leave a
of Franciscan Outreac
came to the Marquard
opened with a prayer.

omeless, unpacks his things for the night at the
rickson, director at the Marquard Center, greets
fter dinner. Right, Diana Faust, executive director
h, chats with Dennis Moore and other guests who
Center for dinner on Nov. 6. The meal is always
By Michelle Martin
staFF writer
Photos by Karen Callaway
phOtO editOr
In mid-October, Teresa Widman
did not know where she
was going to sleep, or what
she was going to eat. Her diabetes
was out of control, and her blood
sugar was sky high. Things
looked bleak, and she didn’t see
how they would get any better.
Homeless since 2008, she had
stayed in shelters in Chicago and
other cities before finding her way
to the House of Mary and Joseph,
a homeless shelter on West Harrison
Street operated by Franciscan
Outreach. There, she can get dinner
in the evening, breakfast in
the morning and a bed in between.
Since she can sign up to come
back when she leaves in the morning,
she has a plastic bin to leave
clothing and other possessions in
during the day. And with the case
management help of Darlene Bell,
she has been able to see a doctor,
get insulin to regulate her blood
sugar and make a plan for dealing
with her other health issues.
“I love it to death here,” she
said. “Everybody’s friendly.
They’ve already really helped me.
I’ve been in a lot of homeless
shelters, and I can tell this is a
good place.”
Now Bell is talking about the
next step for Widman: maybe getting
her into Franciscan Outreach’s
interim housing program,
where she wouldn’t have to sign
up every day for a bed and would
be able to stay in the shelter during
the day, doing volunteer work
and preparing herself to be successful
with a job; or maybe
going back to Texas, where she
has family.
“One thing I know I want,”
Widman said in an interview in
Bell’s office. “I want a key of my
own, to my own place.”
Franciscan Outreach has been
offering direct services to poor
people since Franciscan Father
Philip Marquard established it in
1963, said Diana Faust, the current
executive director. He
thought it would be an outlet for
secular Franciscans — lay men
and women like Faust — to offer
service.
The non-profit organization
maintains many Franciscan ties,
including offering case management
services out of St. Peter’s in
the Loop and having several Franciscan
volunteers, but it welcomes
help from anybody, and is open to
serving all.
When it was founded its main
service was a halfway house for
men coming out of prison; now it
has the House of Mary and
Joseph, a shelter that offers 209
beds for men and 37 beds for
women 365 nights a year; a soup
kitchen, shower and laundry and
the Marquard Center; and case
management services that have
helped nearly 500 people find permanent
housing since 2007, according
to case management coordinator
Nick Benedetto.
The most recent addition is a
new shelter for 65 men that the
city of Chicago asked Franciscan
Outreach to take over last summer
when the previous operator was
unable to maintain services. That
shelter is paid for by the city,
Faust said.
Case managers meet thousands
of clients a year, helping them set
goals and figure out how to meet
them once they are ready —
which is usually after they have
spent some time connected with
the agency, with a bed to sleep in
or a regular source of food.
“If you are hungry,” Faust said,
“you don’t care about tomorrow.
You care about today.”
One thing that makes it unique,
Faust said, is its commitment to
the gritty work of providing food
and shelter on a daily basis to
people who otherwise wouldn’t
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Loving your neighbor as yourself
Franciscan Outreach provides shelter to the city’s homeless 365 days a year
Left, Kara Graham, one of the 12 full-time volunteers, prepares another round of potatoes
for dinner on Nov. 6. As part of the Franciscan Outreach Association, the center
serves an average of 86 men, women and children every night of the year. Above, the
Marquard Center, 1645 W. LeMoyne Street.
have anywhere to turn. Other nonprofits
have turned more toward
transitional housing, for people
who are ready to make the leap to
permanent housing, because there
is more funding available for that,
she said. Franciscan Outreach
stands ready to take people as
they are, even if they aren’t ready
to take that kind of a step toward
stability, and even if they sometimes
make mistakes and wander
off the path. The only time people
are barred from returning is if
they have harmed or threatened
someone else.
“We’re not judging them, no
matter where they are,” Faust
said. “St. Francis accepted people
where they were, because everyone
is a child of God. These are
people with hopes and dreams
and goals.”
While it is not a religious organization
per se, Faust said, it has
two slots for Franciscan friars on
its board, and money dropped in
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By Michelle Martin
Staff writer
Catholic cemeteries are more
than just a final resting place
for people who have died.
They are an expression of the faith
of those who choose to be buried
there, and of their unity with the
Body of Christ, said Msgr. Patrick
Pollard, director of the Catholic
Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of
Chicago.
The church encourages Catholics
to be buried in Catholic cemeteries
whenever possible as a way of
demonstrating their ongoing participation
in the church, even in death.
“We don’t step away from the
church, the sacraments, the outreach
of Christian action and all the
other elements that make up our belonging
to a Catholic faith community,”
Pollard said. “From the moment
the water is poured over our
heads in baptism until the final moment
when our friends and family
members come to pray as we are
buried, we are one in Christ.”
Even after burial, those who are
interred in Catholic cemeteries show
their family members and others
how much they cared about sharing
in the communion of the church.
“Those buried in Catholic cemeteries
give witness to their faith
being important enough to be buried
in a special place,” Pollard said.
The church has long encouraged
the faithful to be buried in Catholic
cemeteries not only to provide witness
but to ensure that their bodies
will be treated with the reverence to
which they are due.
It also offers people the assurance
that their bodies will be in a place of
prayer, a place where Mass is celebrated
and a place that will remind
their loved ones of the love and
presence of God when they come to
visit grace sites.
For some, Catholic cemeteries
have the added attraction of allowing
them to be buried near family
members who died earlier, or to
start a tradition for their families
going forward, Pollard said. For example,
he will be buried in a family
plot with his parents, while his sister
and brother-in-law are starting a
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new family plot in a different cemetery.
Pollard acknowledged that in
some dioceses, there are not enough
Catholic cemeteries — or the cemeteries
are too far away — to make
them a reasonable choice. But that’s
not the case in the Archdiocese of
Chicago, which has 46 Catholic
cemeteries.
“After 175 years, we stand ready
to welcome people as we did a century
and three-quarters ago,” Pollard
said.
Indeed, the cemeteries have been
the site of about 2.3 million burials
or interments in mausoleums and
continue to have about 16,000 interments
a year.
That includes the non-Catholic
loved ones of Catholics, who also
can be buried in Catholic cemeteries.
Pollard said he sometimes jokes
that if one Catholic came in to buy
20 graves for his or her family, and
the other 19 weren’t Catholic, that
would be fine. While that has never
really happened, many families buy
graves for non-Catholic members.
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What about cremation?
Since 1963, cremation has been an acceptable option for those of the
Catholic faith. Whenever possible, however, the church always prefers
the interment or entombment of the body because it gives fuller expression
to our Christian faith.
When cremation is chosen, the preferred sequence for the final rites
is for cremation to take place after the funeral Mass. Whether cremation
takes place before or after the funeral rites, the church expects these
families to seek an appropriate final resting place for the cremated remains
of the body. The scattering of the cremated remains or keeping
the cremated remains in a home are not the reverent disposition that
the church requires.
Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago offers the following
options for those choosing cremation:
Niches: an above ground burial crypt, sized for an urn containing the
cremated remains of the body and allowing for identification and remembrance.
Graves: smaller sized graves that allow for a grave marker to be
placed identifying and remembering the deceased.
Source: www.catholiccemeterieschicago.org/traditions
“We would never want to separate a
family,” he said.
The cemeteries this year have also
provided a final resting place for
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to increased levels of depression and anxiety
throughout their lives.
Introducing a panel discussion on the current
state of affairs, Mary Meg McCarthy, executive
director for the National Immigrant
Justice Center, said there are an estimated 11
million undocumented immigrants in the United
States, and 8 million are in the work force,
while the U.S. immigration system allows
only 120,000 work visas.
“You’ve had politicians and others say they
should go back to their home countries and
stand in line,” she said. “The reality is there is
no line to stand in.”
Richard Longworth, a senior fellow at the
Chicago Council on Global Affairs, said most
undocumented immigrants are trying to provide
for their families.
“Economic migration is an extremely moral
act,” he said. “This is one of the most moral
acts of all, to care for one’s family.”
He objected to the idea that undocumented
immigrants are a drain on the United States,
saying studies show they contribute both
through paying taxes and increasing overall
economic activity, and noted that surveys
show the people who see the greatest threat
from undocumented immigrants are those
from areas where there aren’t many.
“Chicago would literally implode if all those
who weren’t supposed to be here were made
to leave,” he said.
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Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran, a Republican
elected official, was once of the
opinion that everyone without documents
should just go home. But some friendly persuasion
from faith leaders — including Cardinal
George — and others got him to take
another look, he said, and his experience has
led him to a change of heart.
As a former prosecutor and now a law enforcement
officer, he said, he’s always believed
in the rule of law, but when he looked
seriously at the immigration situation, he
concluded that “the rule of law” did not
apply.
“We had open borders forever, because we
had schizophrenic immigration policy,” he
said. “We kind of lied to these people, said
they could come in, get jobs, nobody’s going
to ask any questions. And then we clamped
down.”
The way the government is enforcing immigration
law now is wasteful and counterproductive,
Curran said. The lack of a rational
immigration policy — one that would allow
workers to come in with documentation —
would boost national security by allowing law
enforcement to know who is in the country.
But Curran sees a light at the end of the tunnel,
a light cast by the changing demographics
in the United States.
“Immigration reform is a done deal,
whether it happens now or five years from
now,” he said, adding that he hopes his party
wakes up to the need to engage Latino voters
on the issue.
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NOV. 18-DEC. 1, 2012
Trying Eucharist in the park
By Dolores Madlener
STAFF WRITER
He is: Father Thomas Hickey,
pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Parish in Glenview. Former
pastor of St. Clement Parish. Ordained
in 1970.
Youth: “My home parish was
St. Margaret of Scotland on the
South Side, and I said my first
Mass there. Went to Quigley
North, Niles and six years at
Mundelein.
“I have three brothers and a sister
who still live out south. My
dad was in the wholesale meat
business. He’d buy from the big
packing companies and sell to
small butcher shops, mainly on
the South Side. Eventually as big
chain stores came in, that became
a job of the past.
“Dad had taken over the business
from his father at 17 years of
age, when his father died suddenly.
My dad was
at Leo High
School and had
to finish going
on Saturdays
for a while to
graduate.
“After all the
kids were finally
in school,
mom worked as a clerk in the
Chicago public schools.”
Vocation: “The priests at St.
Margaret were exemplary. When
it came to thinking about high
schools, they’re the ones who
said, ‘I want you to consider
going to Quigley,’ which I hadn’t
thought of. My father and his
brothers had all gone to Leo. I remember
it was hard to tell my
parents I wanted to go to Quigley.
Of course they were supportive.”
Prayer life: “Our Lady of Perpetual
Help has 4,000 families.
We have 890 students in our
school and 1,000 children in religious
ed. My prayer life is essen-
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learned to make an appointment
for myself to jog
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‘Why can’t I
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That was when Cardinal
Bernardin was
here. He was a great
inspiration for me in
terms of donating the
first hour of my day
to the Lord in prayer.”
‘New evangelization’: “For the
past few years, we’ve had a large
Mass at our Family Fest, with
1,500 people outside in the parking
lot. This year we also started
‘neighborhood Masses.’
“Glenview is broken up in natural
divisions. From mid-August
into fall one or two of us priests
went out every Saturday night and
said 5 p.m. Mass in somebody’s
backyard or in a park.
“It’s been a way of blessing the
neighborhoods. It helps parishioners
get to know those who may
live on the next block. We have
lemonade and cookies afterwards.
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were significant. It helps me
revisit that great event. For relaxation
I’m a big novel reader and
like mysteries, so I recently reread
some Graham Greene. I always
have some kind of detective
story going. That’s very relaxing
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Catechism of the Catholic
Church, Pope Benedict XVI announced
a Year of Faith. It began
Oct. 11, ends Nov.
24, 2013, and is
meant to strengthen
the faith of
Catholics and draw
the world to faith
by their example.
The pope has encouraged
Catholics
to study the Catechism
as part of
the Year of Faith.
Alissa Thorell, catechism specialist
for the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of
Evangelization and Catechesis,
offers “Five Things Catholics
Should Know About the Catechism”
to help Catholics better
understand this book and its significance
in their faith. Thorell explains:
1. It’s universal in its scope.
The Catechism of the Catholic
church is the first book of its kind
in 450 years, an effort by the
world’s bishops to convey the
content of the Catholic faith to the
whole church and the whole
world. Following the Second Vatican
Council (1962-1965), it was
important for the Church to present
its teachings for Catholics living
in the modern world.
2. It’s universal in its content.
The Catechism compiles the living
tradition of the Catholic
Church and divides it into four
sections: what Catholics believe
(the Creed), how the faith is transmitted
(worship and sacraments),
how Catholics are called to live
catholic life
NOV. 18-DEC. 1,
2012
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A woman displays the e-book version of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church on an iPad in Washington June 14. The e-book version, which has
been available through iTunes, Amazon and the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops’ online bookstore, can now be browsed and read for free
on the USCCB website. Authorized by Pope John Paul II in 1986, the catechism
was first published in 1992, with a revised second edition
released in 2000. CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec
Five things Catholics
should know about
the Catechism
(moral life) and prayer. The contents
of these four parts are interwoven,
providing an organic presentation
of the faith.
3. It’s a resource for education.
The main goal of the Catechism
is to help bishops, pastors,
catechists, parents
and all who teach the
faith. It provides a
foundation that encourages
dioceses to
draw their own
teaching materials
from it.
4. It’s an invitation
prayer. The
Catechism draws
from the richness of
Catholic tradition, including the
lives of the saints, the teaching
documents of the church and
Scripture. This makes it not only
useful for learning about the
Catholic faith, but for growing in
one’s faith through meditation and
prayer.
5. It’s for Catholics of all ages.
Learning and living the faith is an
ongoing process throughout a person’s
entire life, and the Catechism
can help Catholics come to
know and love Christ. At almost
700 pages, the Catechism can be
intimidating, but it also has helpful
summaries of its contents
throughout, and another, the Compendium
of the Catechism of the
Catholic Church, gives a sectionby-section
breakdown of the Catechism,
making it even more accessible
to readers.
More information on how
Catholics can live the Year of
Faith is available at www.usccb.
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Experiencing the newest
‘doctor’ of the Catholic Church
By Avis Clendenen
contributor
Ihave been a student of the multi-talented medieval
Benedictine abbess and theologian Hildegard
of Bingen for a quarter century. Thus, to
hear on Pentecost Pope Benedict XVI’s intention to
make her a doctor of the church was an extraordinary
moment. “The sanctity of life and depth of
teaching makes [her] perpetually present,” the pope
proclaimed. “The grace of the Holy Spirit, in fact,
projected [her] into that experience of penetrating
understanding of divine revelation and intelligent dialogue
with the world that constitutes the horizon of
permanent life and action of the church.”
St. Hildegard of Bingen is depicted in an icon by
Augustinian Father Richard G. Cannuli. Pope Benedict
XVI signed a decree May 10 that formalized her Sept.
17 feast and added her name to the church's catalogue
of saints. The German Benedictine mystic,
although venerated for centuries, had never been officially
canonized. CNS photo/courtesy of Father Richard Cannuli
Hildegard stands in a category by herself because
of the expanse of her creativity and productivity, her
intimacies with God, her courage and leadership, and
her wide-ranging accomplishments.
By any standards, Hildegard of Bingen was simply
remarkable. This medieval nun wrote prolifically between
the ages of 42 to her death at 81 in 1179. The
Benedictine abbess authored a trilogy of theological
texts. She is best known for her Scivias [a Latin abbreviation
for “Know the Ways of the Lord”], which
is a multi-media manuscript of 26 mystical visions
with theological commentary on topics such as creation,
original sin, the Incarnation, the Trinity and
the sacraments. Hildegard’s theology-in-pictures,
which arose from her own active imagination and
inner dialogue, was inspired by a force beyond her
own will that she named “the umbra viventis lucis”
(the reflection of the Living Light).
From 1163 to 1174, Hildegard continued her writing
and completed her most mature work, the “Book
of Divine Works,” which explores her cosmology
and in which she discloses the interdependency of
humanity and creation as related to God and each
other. She was an ecological theologian before such
a concept even existed.
Hildegard authored the only two medical books
written in the west in the 12th century. She is well
known for her original music, composing more than
77 hymns. She began her preaching tours at the age
of 60 and 50 of her homilies and more than 300 letters
from her active correspondence remain.
Her imaginative, complex and doctrinally intriguing
writing caught the attention of Rome and a commission
was established to interrogate her emerging
work. The examiners took their findings to the
Synod of Trier in 1147-1148. With the support of respected
Bernard of Clairvaux, portions of the Scivias
were read aloud to the assembled bishops who examined
and discussed her work. Pope Eugenius III
bestowed on Hildegard the apostolic license to continue
and “commanded” her to complete her “divinely
inspired” work. Hildegard was the first woman
theologian to receive such ecclesiastical sanction.
Clearly, Pope Benedict XVI, as a German, has
been steeped in Hildegard, who has been revered for
centuries in Germany. One can only imagine the profound
joy of the 51 Benedictine nuns that currently
inhabit the Abbey of St. Hildegard in Germany. Thirty-nine
generations of abbesses have worked and
prayed for what took place in the papal Mass in St.
Peter’s Square on Oct. 7. I had the unique opportunity
to walk among them for a brief moment and share
their delight as together we relished looking at the
towering tapestry of her image hanging from the facade
of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Benedict has been drawing attention for
some time to Hildegard through his papal addresses.
On Sept. 8, 2010 the pope, referring to Hildegard’s
mystical visions with rich theological content, said,
“From these brief references we already see that theology
too can receive a special contribution from
women because they are able to talk about God and
the mysteries of faith using their own particular intelligence
and sensitivity. I therefore encourage all
those who carry out this service to do it with a profound
ecclesial spirit, nourishing their own reflection
with prayer and looking to the great riches, not yet
fully explored, of the medieval mystic tradition, especially
that represented by luminous models such as
Hildegard of Bingen.”
To my surprise and through the influence of Cardinal
George, my ticket, among the 45,000 other tickets
given to throngs of participants in St. Peter’s
Square, was a ticket to a seat in the sanctuary. It was
from this exquisite vantage point that I could see the
expression on Pope Benedict’s face when he said,
“We, having obtained the opinions of numerous
brothers in the episcopate and of many of Christ’s
faithful throughout the world, having consulted the
Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, after mature
deliberation and with certain knowledge, and by
the fullness of the apostolic power, declare St. Hildegard
of Bingen, professed nun of the Order of St.
Benedict, doctor of the Universal Church. In the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit.”
In Hildegard, we experience a female religious
leader within the prophetic tradition; a woman of
faith who discovered the graced capacity of fidelity
to ecclesial authority without abandoning the daring
claims of the Spirit of the Living Light within her.
Hildegard’s visionary holiness, profound doctrinal
insights, and timeless truth-telling contributions to
the Catholic tradition provide us today — whether
bishop or nun, priest or lay leader — the style and
substance of how we might negotiate our way
through threats and fear, interrogations and interdicts
to gracefully broker the resolutions of many painful
impasses, and thus emerge with a newfound ecclesial
spirit of deeper communion.
St. Hildegard, doctor of the church, may your luminosity
shine ever brighter within our church.
Amen.
Clendenen is professor of religious studies at St.
Xavier University in Chicago and author of “Experiencing
Hildegard: Jungian Perspectives.”
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Father Frank’s Camino — We come to
the end of the 500-mile journey to the Cathedral
of St. James with Father Frank Latzko
of St. Teresa of Avila Parish (W. Armitage)
Oct. 31: “I spent Halloween walking alone
through the mountains of Galicia (Spain). How
appropriate to be entering the area noted for its
ancient Celtic and Irish culture. Even the roofs
are thatched.”
Nov. 1: “‘The
journey is the destination.’
It’s hard
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about 83 miles
from Santiago
after walking 415
miles! The moment
of entering
the city of destination
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curred in my heart
during the journey.
All the people I’ve
met and walked
with ... the stories
told and lives shared will stay with me the rest
of my life.”
Nov. 7: “On the threshold of the cathedral. We
were standing there in amazement as the twin
towers of the massive cathedral fell gracefully
into our vision. Mouths were open and eyes
swelled with tears. We made it through every
kind of weather and terrain; your Hail Marys
carried us step by step.”
Nov. 8: “I concelebrated the Pilgrim’s Mass
in the magnificent sanctuary in my hiking boots
and disheveled shirt and pants. In the congregation
a number of my pilgrim friends were seeing
me for the first time doing the most important
thing in my life: celebrating the Eucharist. All
good things come to an end so new beginnings
can happen. The Gospel paradox: We must die
to find life; we must give so that we can receive;
we lose the old self so our True Self (God) can
emerge. Buen camino. Padre Frank”
(You can donate to Father’s Haiti charity by
calling the rectory at (773) 528-6650)
Parish potpourri: St. James Parish
School (Highwood) is home to a number of military
families. Their Veterans Day observance
this year welcomed Commanding Officer of
the Navy Recruiting District of Chicago and
St. James parent Lee Donaldson as guest speaker
at a prayer service. . . . Luis Reyes of St.
Clare of Montefalco Parish, (S. Washtenaw)
and Luis Fernando Iñiguez, a member of
Good Shepherd Parish (S. Kolin), have joined
the postulancy program of the Capuchin Franciscan
Friars in Detroit. . . . Father Chris
Robinson, pastor at St. Vincent DePaul
Parish (Lincoln Park), would like to put together
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cent de Paul from Dax to Paris sometime in late
summer 2013. Anyone wanting to know more,
can email him at crobinso@depaul.edu. . . . St.
Gertrude Parish (W. Granville) held an open
house at the new site for the BVM Sisters of
Charity’s Outreach/Volunteers in St.
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Athletes with heart — Here’s a book
Cardinal George calls “important for all of us”:
“Unbreakable Resilience.” It’s written by Deacon
Don Grossnickle of Our Lady of the
Wayside Parish (Arlington Heights). It’s about
eight local high school athletes with catastrophic
spinal cord injuries that occurred while playing
football or hockey,
who eventually decided
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everyone to keep trying. (The author’s non-profit
organization, Gridiron Alliance, grew out of
Grossnickle’s experiences, and helps other injured
survivors and their families come back to a
spiritual core.) The book is $19.95 with all proceeds
going to the foundation. Call (773) 418-
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Vatican II, the musical? — Brian
Fife, music director at St. Raymond de Penafort
Church, (Mount Prospect) will present a
free musical celebration of the 50th anniversary
of the Second Vatican Council, Dec. 4, 7:30
p.m., called, “The Spirit Is A-Movin.” Performing
the songs heard in churches in the years following
Vatican II, will be a full choir and band,
small groups of singers, a gospel singer and a
huge group of guitars and ukuleles. The songs
are from the late ’60s and early ’70s. Fife says,
“It will be fun and inspirational to reflect on
how these songs echoed the themes of the council.”
Christmas spirit — The Women’s Centers’
“Operation Christmas Wreaths” (as well
as decorated swags, mini-pine trees and baskets)
needs volunteers to help sell these items after
Masses on Nov. 24 or 25 at St. Leonard
Church (Berwyn) or after Masses on Nov. 25 at
St. Andrew the Apostle (Calumet City). Call
Jackie Keenan for more info at (773) 794-8807,
or email her at jkeenan@womens-center.org.
This pro-life outreach
has been helping save
moms and babies from abortion
for 28 years. Can we help them?

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g ANNIVERSARIES
St. Andrew Life Center: celebrates
60th anniversary at concelebrated
Mass Nov. 30, 9:30 a.m.,
followed by reception, 7000 N.
Newark, Niles, public is asked to
call (847) 647-8332 by Nov. 26, to
RSVP for reception.
g BENEFITS
Big Sisters Christmas Brunch:
serving needs of young women,
girls and children for 95 years,
Dec. 2, 11:30 a.m., with silent auction,
$80/person, benefits scholarships,
at Gibson’s Restaurant,
1028 N. Rush, RSVP to Susan at
(773) 276-5652.
g CRAFT FAIRS
St. Thomas the Apostle
Parish: Dec. 1, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
and Dec. 2, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., handmade
items, Granny’s Attic, baked
goods and café, at gym and hall,
5467 S. Woodlawn, (773) 324-
2626.
Queen of Martyrs Parish: Dec.
1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 2, 10 a.m.-3
p.m., $1, or canned good for admission,
10300 S. St. Louis, Evergreen
Park, (708) 423-8110.
St. Norbert Parish: seeking
crafters for Dec. 2, 8:30 a.m.-3
p.m. gift market, 1809 Walters,
Northbrook, call Carroll at (847)
226-7969.
Sacred Heart Women’s Club:
seeking crafters for Dec. 1, 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Christmas bazaar,
15th Avenue and Iowa Street, Melrose
Park, call Irene at (708) 345-
7443.
IAHC Bazaar: Dec. 2, 9 a.m.-3
p.m., Mass, 10: 30 a.m., with Irish
Heritage Singers, Irish breakfast,
crafts/bake sale, and photos with
Santa, 1-3 p.m., at Irish American
Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox,
call (773) 282-7035, Ext. 10 by
Nov. 28, for breakfast; Christmas
Tea, Dec. 8, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $25,
reserve tickets by Dec. 1.
g DEVOTIONS
around the archdiocese
NOV. 18-DEC. 1, 2012
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AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE
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Email:
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“One Sacred Communion”:
multi-cultural festival Mass, Nov.
18, 5 p.m., sponsored by Office for
Divine Worship and Liturgy Training
Publications, at Sisters of St.
Catechists, ministers gather: Kim McMillan from St. Celestine Parish, takes notes on her
iPad during the annual catechetical conference at Drury Lane Theatre and Conference Center in Oakbrook
Terrace on Nov. 3. The conference is a yearly gathering for those involved in catechesis and youth
ministry in the archdiocese to pray, share and network. This year’s theme, “Live Your Faith Boldly,” focused
on the Year of Faith, declared by Pope Benedict XVI that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the
Second Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Presentations
were available in English, Polish and Spanish. Karen Callaway/Catholic New World
Joseph Motherhouse, 1515 W.
Ogden, La Grange Park, for more
info, call Anna Belle O’Shea, at
(312) 534-8011.
Virtual Lourdes Events: healing
service with Lourdes water,
grotto rock relic, Nov. 18, 2-3:30
p.m. at St. Thomas More Church,
2825 W. 81st St., call (773) 436-
4444 for more info. Event repeated
at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Ransom
Parish, 8624 W. Normal, Niles, call
(847) 823-2550 for more info.
Charismatic Mass: Nov. 23, 7
p.m., in St. Matthew Parish chapel,
potluck dinner follows, 1001 E.
Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg,
for more info, call Tom at (847)
885-7588.
Catholic Charismatic Renewal:
celebration of Christ the King
Sunday, Nov. 25, 1:30 p.m., tour of
Holy Name Cathedral, praise and
worship, Mass and reception follow,
730 N. State, RSVP to (708)
209-1199.
World AIDS Day: Dec. 1, 7
p.m., prayer service for those living
with HIV or who have died
from AIDS, at St. Joseph Church,
1107 N. Orleans, a reception follows,
in unity with Alexian Brothers
Bonaventure House, the Archdiocese
Gay and Lesbian Outreach
Ministry and Immaculate Conception
Parish, (312) 787-7174.
Praise and Thanksgiving
Prayer Service: Dec. 6, 7 p.m.,
social hour follows, at Our Lady of
the Woods Parish, 10731 S. 131st
St., Orland Park, (708) 361-4754.
Mass Honoring Virgin of
Guadalupe: Dec. 8, 7 p.m., mariachi
music, free refreshments follow
and tamale sale, at St. Fabian
Church, 8300 S. Thomas, Bridgeview,
(708) 599-1110.
Advent Vespers: Dec. 9, 5 p.m.,
music of Francisco Guerrero, sung
by the Chicago Chorale and Bene-
dictine monks at the Monastery of
the Holy Cross, 3111 S. Aberdeen,
suggested donation $15/at door,
(773) 927-7424.
g DINNERS/DANCES
Polish American Cultural Club:
Christmas banquet, Dec. 9, noon,
$22/members, $27/guests, at the
Mayfield, 6072 S. Archer, call Teri
at (815) 468-7480 for tickets.
Year End Gala: Dec. 31, 6:30
p.m.-1 a.m., black tie optional,
open bar, music by Rhythm Rockets,
hosted by St. Mary of the Angels
Young Adults, 1850 N. Hermitage,
tickets on sale at
www.info@StMaryGala.org.
g ENTERTAINMENT
Michael Shimkus in Concert:
composer, multi-instrumentalist,
Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., $15/mon-members,
$12/members, students, seniors,
at Balzekas Museum of
Lithuanian Culture, 6500 S. Pulaski,
call (773) 582-6500 for tickets.
Chicago Chorale: “Shchedrin,
The Sealed Angel, A Russian
Liturgy,” Nov. 17, 8 p.m., $20/general
seating, $15/student, $5 more/at
door, with free pre-concert lecture
by Yuroslav Gorbachov at 7 p.m.,
at St. Vincent de Paul Church,
1010 W. Webster, call (800) 838-
3006, for tickets and info.
“Polish Carols, Song and
Dance”: performed by Lira
singers, dancers, symphony, with
child prodigy Daniel Szefer, Dec.
9, 3 p.m., narrated in English, tickets
$35-$55, children to age 16,
half-price, group discounts, at
North Shore Center for the Performing
Arts, 9501 Skokie, Skokie,
call (773) 508-7040.
“Time for Joy”: the Tower
Chorale sings sacred and secular
Christmas songs, with organ,
piano and brass accompaniment,
Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 2, 8
p.m. at St. John of the Cross
Church, 5005 Wolf, Western
Springs, (708) 246-4404.
“The Spirit Is A-Movin”: musical
celebration of 50th anniversary
of Second Vatican Council, Dec. 4,
7:30 p.m., free, St. Raymond de
Penafort Church, 301 S. I-Oka,
Mount Prospect, (847) 253-8600.
“A Christmas Carol”: Dickens
classic, Dec. 6-8, 7:30 p.m., Dec.
9, 2 p.m., $8/adults, $6/students,
tickets on line at www.stpatrick.org
or at door, St. Patrick High School,
5900 W. Belmont, (773) 282-8844.
Ferris Chorale Concerts:
“Christmas Music Ancient & New,”
Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., at Madonna
della Strada Chapel, at Loyola
University, 1032 W. Sheridan, Dec.
9, 3 p.m., Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, LaGrange, Dec. 16, 3
p.m., Encore Performance, at St.
Clement Church, 642 W. Deming
for tickets, call (773) 508-2940,
visit www.williamferrischorale.org,
or at door.
Bella Voce Christmas Concert:
30th anniversary season, Dec. 8,
7:30 p.m. at St. Procopius Abbey,
Lisle, call box office, (877) 755-
6277 for tickets.
Christmas Concert: with 46piece
Palos Symphony Orchestra,
directed by Fr. Stanley Rudcki and
Patrick Mooney, Dec. 2, 3:30 p.m.,
free, in St. Alexander Parish Center,
126th St. and 71st Ave., Palos
Heights, (708) 448-4861.
g GAMES & PARTIES
Turkey Shoot: Nov. 18, 11 a.m.-
4 p.m., turkeys, other seasonal
foods raffled, pull tabs, kids’ fun,
NFL football on multi-screens, refreshments,
at Mater Christi
Parish, 2431 S. 10th Ave., North
Riverside, (708) 442-5611.
Cosmic Bingo: Nov. 24, 7 p.m.,
for ages 8 and over, glow in the
dark bingo, rock and roll music,
dancing, snacks and spirits, $25,
at St. Barbara Parish, 2859 S.
Throop, (312) 842-7979.
“’Tis The Season Social”:
Christmas fundraiser, raffles,
treats, games for kids and adults,
Dec. 8, noon-3 p.m., benefits
needy area families, hosted by St.
Cecilia’s Society of St. Vincent de
Paul in parish center, 700 S.
Meier, Mt. Prospect, (847) 437-
6208.
St. Pius X Church: Saturday
bingo, doors open 3:45 p.m.,
games 6:45 p.m., 4314 S. Oak
Park, Stickney, (708) 484-7951.
Bingo: every Tuesday, 7 p.m., in
smoke-free gym at St. Gregory the
Great Parish, 1609 W. Gregory,
(773) 561-3546 for more info.
St. Colette Parish: Bingo on
Friday nights, doors open 5 p.m.,
games 7 p.m., bring canned
goods for pantry, Halpin Hall, 3900
Meadow Drive, Rolling Meadows,
(847) 394-8100.
g JOB MINISTRY
Job Search Ministry: different
kinds of free programs for those
seeking new or different employment,
at St. Matthew Parish, 1001
E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg,
contact Greg Harnyak at
greg1408@sbcglobal.net.
St. Hubert Job & Networking:
“SHEIFGAB the World,” (the Irish
word for “do it” and also an
acronym for eight building blocks),
Dec. 8, 9 a.m.-noon, Countryside
Unitarian Church, 1025 N. Smith,
Palatine, call (847) 843-0020 for
more info.
g LECTURES
Sr. Suzanne Zuercher, OSB:
“Thomas Merton and the Contemplative
Life,” Nov. 18, 2 p.m., $5, at
Rectory Assembly, Immaculate
Conception Church, 7211 W. Talcott,
for more info, call Mike Brennan
at (773) 685-4736.
Advent Scripture Study: Tuesdays,
Nov. 27-Dec. 18, 1-2:30 p.m.,
$12/session, at The Well, 1515 W.
Ogden, La Grange Park, call (708)
482-5048.
First Friday Club of Chicago:
Dec. 7, noon-1:15 p.m., speaker
TBA, luncheon $40/non-members,
at Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson,
RSVP to (312) 466-9610.
Fr. John Cusick: “Adult Appreciation
of the Christmas Story,” Dec.
2, 6-8 p.m., nativity sets will be
blessed, free babysitting with 24hour
notice, St. Mary of Vernon
Parish Center, 236 US Highway 45,
Indian Creek, call (847) 362-1005
for cookie exchange information.
Catholic Citizens of Illinois: Fr.
William Miscamble of Notre Dame
University on “The Promise and
Challenge of Catholic Higher Education:
Notre Dame as a Case
Study,” Dec. 14, 11:45 a.m., luncheon,
$35/person, at Union League
Club, 65 W. Jackson, RSVP to
Maureen at (708) 352-5834 by
Dec.11.
Dianne Bergant: Advent reflection,
“There’s a New World Coming,”
Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-noon, $30, at
The Well, 1515 W. Ogden, La
Grange Park, call (708) 482-5048.
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Imperfect ‘Flight’ movie still flies high
By Sister Helena Burns, FSP
CONTRIBUTOR
Drama is not dead! The new Denzel
Washington movie “Flight” is living
proof.
Although the enticing trailer portrays
the film accurately, the film about the aftermath
of a plane crash itself is not perfect.
It’s very good, but too long and lacking
in consistency. After an incredibly
filmed, tense-to-beat-the-band action sequence,
and a graceful reveal of the full
weight of the brilliant-but-addicted pilot’s
(Denzel Washington) predicament, there
are slow scenes filled with nothing but exposition
that could have been eliminated
or shortened.
Caveat: The film begins with many
minutes of mid-range and close-up fullfrontal
female nudity. This seemingly
minor character does become more significant
toward the end of the film. Are we
supposed to feel closer to her because we
saw every part of her body (and very little
of her face)? Are we supposed to feel that
Carter, Washington’s character, was close
to her because he saw every part of her
body? But their relationship seems to be
nothing more than casual sex.
The in-your-face nudity was shocking
and not pertinent to the story. We would
get it without the nudity: The boozy pilot
is leading a dissolute life. You can always
check the “why” of the MPAA rating on
www.fandango.com. Here’s what it says
for “Flight”: “Rated R for intense action
sequence, drug and alcohol abuse, lan-
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Denzel Washington stars in a scene from the movie “Flight.” The Catholic News Service
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still get the girl. And still get the guy. ”—
you may wish to refrain from “Flight.”
“Flight” is out of the gates with a bang,
then simmers, then cools off. What is the
film about? Blame, lying and addiction.
All of this being said, “Flight” is a total
God movie. God is everywhere. Explicitly.
He’s always bubbling just below the surface,
popping up in every conceivable religious
image, humble believer, church
steeple, spontaneous prayer, random discussion,
etc. “Where was God in this
tragedy?” is the resounding subtext and is
dealt with from many angles.
media & culture
NOV. 18-DEC.1, 2012 23
Movie at a glance
“Lincoln”
Daniel Day-Lewis’ bravura performance in
the title role is the highlight — but by no
means the only asset — of director Steven
Spielberg’s splendid historical drama. The
plot focuses on the Civil War president’s
struggle, during the closing days of that conflict,
to steer a constitutional amendment
abolishing slavery through Congress. The trajectory
of the tale is, by its nature, uplifting,
while Lincoln's multifaceted personality is
vividly illuminated in Tony Kushner’s screenplay.
The educational value and moral import
of the film may make it acceptable for older
adolescents. Intense but mostly bloodless battlefield
violence, cohabitation, about a dozen
uses of profanity, racial slurs, occasional
crude and crass language. The Catholic News
Service classification is A-3, adults.
Classifications
Man With the Iron Fists................................O
Skyfall....................................................... A-3
Somewhere Between.................................A-2
Wreck-It Ralph..........................................A-2
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D............................ O
Her Comes the Boom................................A-2
Argo.......................................................... A-3
Seven Psychopaths....................................... O
Alex Cross.................................................A-3
Paranormal Activity 4............................... A-3
Hellbound?................................................A-3
Classifications used by CNS are: A-1, general patronage;
A-2, adults and adolescents; A-3, adults; L, limited adult
audiences, films whose problematic content many adults
would find troubling; O, morally offensive. For more information,
visit www.usccb.org/movies.

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Mary Jo Leddy: writer, social activist,
theologian, Nov. 28, 7 p.m.,
on “The Other Face of God: When
the Stranger Calls Us Home,” $10,
in auditorium of Dominican University’s
Priory Campus, 7200 W. Division,
River Forest, (708) 714-9105.
g MEETINGS
Lake County Council of
Catholic Nurses: pre-Advent day
of prayer, Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m. Mass
at St. Joseph Church, 121 E.
Maple, Libertyville, buffet breakfast
follows, bring dish to share,
talk by Fr. John Trout, $5/nonmembers,
RSVP to Marion at
(847) 548-1309.
Catholic Alumni Club of
Chicago: meet Nov. 18, 10:45
a.m. outside St. Odilo Church,
2244 East Ave., Berwyn, for 11
a.m. Mass, breakfast follows at
nearby New Seneca Restaurant
call Marlene, at (708) 788-3352,
also Nov. 24, 6:30 p.m., meet at
Lone Star Steak House, 9340
Joliet Road, Hodgkins, then see
movie, call Marlene to RSVP by
Nov. 23, visit www.caci.org/chicago.html
for more events.
Little Flower Circle: for men
and women who follow St.
Therese of Lisieux, Christmas
lunch, Dec. 8, noon, $40/person,
benefits single mothers with children,
homeless vets, and AIDS
victims, at Ridgemoor Country
Club, 6601 W. Gunnison, call Aida
at (773) 539-7354.
g RETREATS
around the archdiocese
NOV. 18-DEC. 1, 2012
Advent Women’s Retreat: on
women of the Bible, women saints
and mystics, Dec. 1, 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., led by author Pat
Gohn, hosted by Daughters of St.
Paul, $35, includes light lunch, at
St. Peter’s in the Loop, 110 W.
Madison, RSVP to (312) 346-
4228.
Advent Retreat: led by Fr. John
Surette, SJ, “Walking with God in
Evolutionary Creation,” Dec. 1, 9
a.m. registration, Mass 9:30 a.m.
for beatification of Venerable
Mother Maria Kaupas, retreat
closes at 3:30 p.m., $20, includes
lunch, at Sisters of St. Casimir
Motherhouse, 2601 W. Marquette,
RSVP by Nov. 23, to Sr. Theresa,
(773) 776-1324.
Spiritual Exercises: silent, Ignatian
retreat for women, with
spiritual talks, meditation, Mass,
confession, Benediction and personal
conference with a priest,
preached by Miles Christi priests,
Dec. 7-9 at Marytown, 1600 W.
Park, Libertyville, for info/registration
call Joan at (847) 732-8034
or email chicago@spiritualexercises.net.
New Year’s Young Adult Retreat:
ages 18 and up, Dec. 28-
Jan. 1, be inspired by life-changing
ideals of St. Maximilian Kolbe,
celebrate New Year’s Eve with
semi-formal dinner-dance, followed
by Midnight Mass, hosted
by Militia of the Immaculata Youth
& Young Adults, at Marytown,
1600 W. Park, Libertyville, call
Shevawn at (231) 633-1050, or
register at www.miyouth.org.
g SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Book Discussion: “God’s Voice
Within: Ignatian Way to Discover
God’s Will,” by Fr. Mark Thibodeaux,
SJ, Dec. 5; Jan. 9, Feb. 6
and March 6, 7-9 p.m., attend one
or all, book for purchase, offering
$40/series, or $10/session, at The
Cenacle, 513 Fullerton, RSVP to
(773) 528-6300.
“Come Lord Jesus”: performed
by Fr. Ho Lung and
Friends, Nov. 18, 5 p.m., $20/
adults, $10/students, children, at
St. Raymond De Penafort Parish,
301 S. I-Oka, Mount Prospect,
proceeds aid Missionaries of the
Poor Ministries, (847) 253-8600.
First Friday Women’s Group:
spiritual renewal by and for
women, presented by Cenacle
Sisters, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at The
Cenacle, 513 Fullerton, RSVP to
Beverly at (773) 528-6300.
Pro-Life Action Day: Nov. 17, 9
a.m., witnessing outside the Albany
Abortion Clinic, 5086 N. Elston,
as well as at Planned Parenthood,
3051 E. New York,
Aurora, sponsored by Pro-Life Action
League, (773) 777-2900.
“A Light Shines in the Darkness:
The Mercy of Christ’s
Presence”: with Fr. James Kubicki
SJ, director of Apostleship of
Prayer, first in a series of topics on
the “First Week” of St. Ignatius
Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. The
sense of sin and experience of
mercy. Nov. 18, noon-1:30 pm.,
free, at St. Catherine Laboure,
3535 Thornwood, Glenview, refreshments,
(847) 998-4704.
Days of Recollection: talks on
Ignatian spirituality, confession,
Mass, Benediction, and rosary by
Miles Christi priests, Dec. 14,
6:15-9:15 p.m. at St. Mary’s Franciscan
Monastery, 14246 Main,
Lemont, also, Dec. 15, 12:45-5
p.m., at Little Sisters of the Poor,
80 W. Northwest Highway, Palatine,
families welcome, snacks
provided, no charge, for info call
Joan at (847) 732-8034 or visit
www.mileschristi.org.
g POTPOURRI
Breakfast with Santa: Dec. 2, 8
a.m.-2 p.m., photos with Santa for
purchase, crafts, raffles, Our Lady
of the Snows Parish, 4810 S.
Leamington, for ticket price, call
Sherry, at (773) 315-7973.
Breakfast with Santa: Dec. 2, 9
a.m.-1 p.m., breakfast, a meet/
greet and picture with Santa,
games, crafts, $10/advance,
$12/at door, and $8/advance,
$10/at door for children, those
under age 3 free, at Notre Dame
High School for Girls, 3115 N.
Mason, call (773) 622-9494.
Spiritual Dreamgroup Workshop:
finding guidance on our
spiritual journey, second and
fourth Thursdays each month,
6:45-9 p.m., free will offering, at
The Cenacle, 513 Fullerton, call
(773) 528-6300 for more info.
Holy Cross Cemetery was established on
February 8, 1892. Over 50 acres of property
was purchased for the purpose of establishing
burial grounds for the faithful departed of the
Polish, Czech, and Slovak Catholics. Small
Parcels of land were purchased through 1951 to
account for the existing 144 acres. The office
was built in 1926, and an addition and
remodeling was completed in the 1950’s.
The greenhouse was built in 1929. Flowers
were grown, nurtured and sold to lot holders
and visitors. It was closed on October 31st,
1956. It was demolished in 3 stages. The final
one taking place in 2001. A receiving vault was
ALL SAINTS Des Plaines 1923
ASCENSION Libertyville 1928
ASSUMPTION Glenwood 1952
CALVARY Evanston 1859
CALVARY Steger 1925
GOOD SHEPHERD Orland Park 2005
HOLY CROSS Calumet City 1893
HOLY SEPULCHRE Alsip 1923
MARYHILL Niles 1961
MOUNT CARMEL Hillside 1901
MOUNT OLIVET Chicago 1885
OUR LADY OF SORROWS Hillside 1923
QUEEN OF HEAVEN Hillside 1947
RESURRECTION Justice 1904
SACRED HEART Northbrook 1900
SACRED HEART Palos Hills 1872
ST. ADALBERT Niles 1872
ST. ALPHONSUS Lemont 1870
ST. ANNE Park Forest 1865
ST. BEDE Fox Lake 1873
ST. BENEDICT Crestwood 1885
ST. BONIFACE Chicago 1863
ST. CASIMIR Chicago 1903
SS. CYRIL & METHODIUS Lemont 1888
ST. GABRIEL Oak Forest 1913
ST. HENRY Chicago 1863
ST. JAMES Sag Bridge Lemont 1837
ST. JAMES Sauk Village 1847
ST. JOSEPH River Grove 1904
built where the Lady of Czestochowa Garden
Mausoleum now stands. This vault was totally
underground and could hold up to 20 caskets.
This building was eventually remodeled in
1977 to accommodate the influx of funerals,
along with the temporary chapel.
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cemetery. One was located where section 20 is
now, and the other was the southwest corner of
the Immaculata section. Both of these ponds
were filled in and developed into burial sections.
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the bells and later the taped music when the
funeral processions entered the cemetery.
ST. JOSEPH Round Lake 1921
ST. JOSEPH Wilmette 1843
ST. MARY Evergreen Park 1888
ST. MARY Freemont Center 1869
ST. MARY Highland Park 1908
ST. MARY Lake Forest 1885
ST. MARY Waukegan 1873
ST. MICHAEL Orland Park 1868
ST. MICHAEL Palatine 1958
ST. PATRICK Lake Forest 1840
ST. PATRICK Lemont 1849
ST. PATRICK Wadsworth 1849
ST. PETER Skokie 1863
ST. PETER Volo 1885
TRANSFIGURATION Wauconda 1873
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The shelters, she said, are actually
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But even if it’s not cold, Faust said,
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But the work is never easy or
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care of the home and preparing daily meals.
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project at the home that she has ownership
over.
“We make bread together, we sell it and
that is how they earn their spending money,”
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biggest need we have is finding babysitters
while the women are taking GED classes or
being at college or looking for a job,” said
Pietruszynski.
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and Healing center are baby bottle campaigns,
candy sales, coin canisters and
monthly pledges.
Zeien, who holds a counseling degree and
at age 18 found herself pregnant with no options,
quit her previous job for Well of
Mercy, where she committed to work with
no salary.
“I get to see people healed, I get to see
miracles happen, I get to extend my heart
and love every day,” she said.
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Fr. Robert Dovick
PASTOR EMERITUS
Father Robert Dovick, pastor
emeritus of Incarnation Parish in
Palos Heights,
died Oct. 28
at Holy Family
Villa in
Palos Park.
He was 85.
A Chicago
native, Father
Dovick graduated
from
St. Michael
School (South
Shore), QuigleyPreparato-
Fr. Robert
Dovick
ry Seminary and the University
of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein
Seminary before being ordained
in 1953.
He served as assistant pastor of
St. John Berchmans for two
months in 1953, then as assistant
pastor at St. Casimir (1953-
1955).
He taught at Quigley Preparatory
Seminary (1955-1960) and
Quigley South (1961-1970). He
also served as associate pastor of
St. Nicholas of Tolentine (1961-
1966), St. Ailbe (1966-1969) and
St. Linus, Oak Lawn (1969-
1976).
He then was associate pastor of
St. Germaine, Oak Lawn (1976-
1979) before being named pastor
of Incarnation, a post he held
until his retirement in 1997.
He is survived by a brother,
James.
Fr. Raymond Cowell
MISSIONARY
Father Raymond Cowell, 82,
died Oct. 31 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia,
following an accident. Father
Cowell had served the community
of Santa Cruz since 1959
with the Missionary Society of
St. James.
A Chicago native, Father Cowell
graduated from Quigley
Preparatory Seminary and the
University of St. Mary of the
Lake/Mundelein Seminary before
being ordained
in 1956.
He served as
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Cowell spent the remainder of
his priestly ministry in Bolivia’s
Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la
Sierra, where he retired in 2005.
He is survived by his brother,
James.
Fr. Richard Martin
MILITARY CHAPLAIN
Father Richard Martin, 75, died
Nov. 5.
Born in Chicago, he graduated
from Quigley
P r e p a r a t o r y
Seminary and
the University
of St. Mary of
the Lake/MundeleinSeminary
before
being ordained
in 1963.
Fr. Richard
Martin
He was assistant
pastor
at St. Maurice
(1963-1967);
Santa Maria del Popolo,
Mundelein (1967); and St.
Joseph Parish, Homewood (1967-
1973).
For the next 20 years, Father
Martin served as a U.S. Army
chaplain, with two tours of duty
in Germany and postings in
Japan and in the United States.
After retiring from military
service, he was associate pastor
of Incarnation, Palos Heights
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In retirement, Father Martin
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Fr. James O’Malley
PASTOR EMERITUS
Father James Francis O’Malley,
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H i g h w o o d ,
died Nov. 8 at
the age of 82.
He most recently
resided
at Holy Family
Villa, Palos
Park.
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Malley was
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born in Evanston
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from St.
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School, Quigley Preparatory
Seminary and the University of
St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein
Seminary before being ordained
in 1956.
He served as assistant pastor of
St. Giles, Oak Park (1956-1964);
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1969), St. Barnabas (1969-1970),
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St. Ambrose (1970-1972) and St.
Columbanus (1972-1974). He
was pastor of St. Columbanus
from 1974-1980. He then was associate
pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes (1980-1982) and pastor
of St. Joseph the Worker, Wheeling
(1982-1994). He was associate
pastor (1994-1997) and pastor
(1997-2002) of St. James,
Highwood. He was named pastor
emeritus when he retired.
He is survived by his brothers
Jesuit Father John O’Malley,
Thomas, William and Edward;
and sisters Mary Rose Ghislandi
and Joanne Kelly.
Mr. John Philbin
CEMETERIES DIRECTOR
Mr. John Fay Philbin, 89, died
Nov. 8. He was the executive director
of the Catholic Cemeteries
of the Archdiocese of Chicago
for 25 years, and then director of
finance for the archdiocese until
his retirement.
Mr. Philbin, of Oak Park, was a
veteran of the U.S. Army Air
Corps who served in World War
II and served as Oak Park village
president from 1989-1993.
He is survived by his wife,
Mary; children Mimi Carlson,
Marianne Philbin, John Philbin,
Joseph Philbin, Madeleine
Philbin, Meg McKinley and
James Mischler-Philbin; and 13
grandchildren.
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NOV. 18-DEC. 1, 2012
A home for moms, babies
After years of planning and
reviewing the options, the
Well of Mercy, a Father
Michael J. McGivney Center of
Hope and Healing, opened in August
at 6339 N. Fairfield Ave.
This transitional home for single
mothers is meant to provide
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and spiritual guidance during
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pregnancy and the first years of
their children’s lives.
“We are trying to build a home
with a really structured program,
but at the same time maintain a
family atmosphere,” said Theresa
Pietruszynski, president of Father
Left, Mary Zeien hands baby Lewis to Brandy Perez as Shania Jones
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Michael J. McGivney Center of
Hope and Healing.
Pietruszynski was inspired to
take action after confronting an
inspirational, challenging and
provocative idea: “Putting up
monuments for the unborn is a
beautiful gesture but something
more should be done for the
women who actually choose life.”
Pietruszynski believes that the
Holy Spirit tapped her and the
small group of friends that helped
make the center a reality when
they met Mary Zeien, who started
helping women in a rented facility
a year and a half earlier.
With financial help from the
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Eight women now live at the
Well of Mercy.
“They come from a variety of
situations including domestic violence,
homelessness or families
wanting them to abort the babies.
They find themselves quite desperate
and afraid,” said Zeien, the
center’s executive director.
Each woman asked for help and
were referred to the Well of
Mercy.
“The important part is that each
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