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The Editor’s Notebook

By David Garick, Editor

“The Body of Christ”This week the Catholic Times looks

at the very special ministry performed by the Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. These are the lay women and men who assist the priest in dis-tribution of Holy Communion during Mass and take communion to the sick, elderly and home-bound. This is a ministry that I share in and I

am very grateful for the opportunity to serve the Lord in this capacity. When I was growing up, this ministry did not exist. When you received communion it was always from the hand of a bish-op, priest or deacon. I observed this wonderful sacrament up close as an altar server, never contemplating that I might one day have a role to play in this act that is so central to our faith.Even after the Church authorized the

use of non-ordained persons to assist in the distribution of Holy Commu-nion I did not step forward to seek out that ministry. I was perfectly content to receive communion from the hands of an extraordinary minister but I felt unworthy to place myself in that role. It took a very special priest, who has since gone on to his reward, to push me to accept this sacred duty.“No one is asking you to be like a

priest,” he told me. “But there are not enough of us and so many people who need to receive communion. I need to borrow your hands and your heart.” The reception of Holy Communion

at Mass is such an overwhelming mo-ment in everyone’s spiritual life. To think that in that moment we are con-nected directly to God’s ultimate sacri- ce for our eternal souls. Through the priest’s actions in the place of Jesus, the very body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ becomes present on the altar and

is shared with each one of us, uniting us in the eternal Body of Christ.It was with great trepidation and a

sense of great awe that I rst stepped forward to distribute Holy Communion. “The Body of Christ.” “The Blood of Christ.” It was strange to hear those words pass my lips. But it was also very comforting and stirred something very special inside me. It still does.Whenever anyone performs this min-

istry, whether it is in a grand cathedral, a small parish church or in the privacy of a home, hospital or nursing home, they are taken by the sensation of being part of something so much greater than themselves. When I offer the Body of Christ or the Cup of His Blood I look directly into the eyes of the person re-ceiving it. I am always struck by the diversity of the faces before me: male, female, children, middle-age, elderly, wealthy business people, blue collar workers, street people, people of Euro-pean, Asian, African, Middle-eastern, Latin American linage. In that mo-ment, they are all intimately connected to me through the presence of Christ which we share. And, as I look into their diverse faces, I never fail to see Christ looking back at me.The story on Page 10 will give you

more insight into this special minis-try. If you want to deepen your own experience of the presence of Christ in your life, I suggest that you consider taking on this ministry yourself. God has called you to take his message to the ends of the earth. Face to face with your brothers and sisters seeking the healing power of the Body of Christ is a great place to start.

Father Steven Baumbusch, PIME, 53, a Columbus native who was rector of the Ponti cal Institute for Foreign Mis-sions (PIME) Seminary in Tagaytay, the Philippines, died Thursday, Oct. 28, in a drowning accident just off the Philip-pine island of Lubang.A posting by the PIME Fathers on their

website said Father Baumbusch was on vacation with a group of seminarians. He and some of the seminarians were swim-ming away from the shore of the island when they encountered a strong current. The seminarians were able to return to calmer waters with some dif culty and discovered Father Baumbusch was not with them. His body was found by sh-ermen early in the morning of Oct. 29.He was born Dec. 23, 1956, in Co-

lumbus to the late William and Barbara Baumbusch.He entered the former PIME Sts. Peter

and Paul Seminary in Newark in 1970, saying later that he was inspired to be-come a priest at an early age by the exam-ple of PIME Father Cesare Colombo’s work among the lepers of Burma, now Myanmar. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Detroit and a master of divinity degree from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He was ordained a priest at his home

parish, Columbus St. Andrew Church, on June 25, 1983, by Bishop James Grif n, then spent six years as a teacher and dean at the seminary and six years as PIME U.S. regional superior in De-troit. During his time as superior, he initiated a mission among the Mixtec Indians that was PIME’s rst mission in Mexico. From 1995 to 1998, he was formation director for PIME’s college seminarians in Detroit and regional treasurer for the order.He left the United States in 1998 for

the Philippines, where he served in the village of Colombio on the island of Mindanao, as parish priest at Mary Queen of Apostles Church in the Ma-nila suburb of Paranaque, and nally as seminary rector. He was preceded in death by a sister,

Diane (Dave) Harkless.Survivors include brothers, Jim (Ellen)

and Craig (Nancy).A Mass will be celebrated for Father

Baumbusch at the seminary in Tagay-tay on Friday, Nov. 5. Funeral arrange-ments in Columbus are pending and will be in charge of the John Quint Tre-boni Funeral Home in Columbus. The Funeral Mass will be at Columbus St. Andrew Church. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery, Lockbourne.

MISSIONARY FATHER STEVEN BAUMBUSCH, PIME, DIES IN SWIMMING ACCIDENT IN PHILIPPINES

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Members of fourth-degree Knights of Columbus assem-blies throughout the Columbus area paid tribute to some of the region’s World War II veterans by serving as an honor guard at Port Columbus International Airport on Oct. 23 during the “welcome home” ceremony for Honor Flight participants.

Honor Flight is a program which ies the veterans to Washington free of charge so they can see the nation-al World War II memorial, which was dedicated in May 2004, and other monuments to their service.

Most of the American sol-diers who fought in and won World War II came home qui-etly, receiving warm greetings at home but never being given the “hero’s welcome” they earned for the sacri ces they made to keep America free.

Now that group of men and women who have be-come known as “the Greatest Generation” is aging, with a death rate among World War II veterans of approximately 1,000 per day.

For the last ve years, Honor Flight, based in Spring eld, Ohio, has devoted itself to see-ing that those veterans receive the belated recognition they are due.

Honor Flight was started in Spring eld by Earl Morse, a retired Air Force captain who worked with World War II vet-erans in a clinic for the Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs. In his conversations with many of those veterans, he learned that many of them longed to visit their own memorial, but could not do so because of lack of funds or dif culties caused by illness.

Morse, a private pilot, de-cided in December 2004 to y two veterans to Washing-ton, pay the expenses involved with the ight, and escort the veterans around Washington for a day. He asked other pri-vate pilots he knew to do the same, and they combined for the rst Honor Flight in May 2005, with 12 veterans in six small planes.

The idea spread quickly from there. Today, the Honor Flight organization, headquartered in Spring eld, has branches in 38 states, including one which be-gan in Columbus in 2007. More than 2,000 veterans, including

more than 500 this year, have traveled with Columbus Honor Flight since 2007. All its ights are made from Port Colum-bus on commercial airliners – some as charters, others as part of scheduled ights – and are funded by private donations or corporate sponsors.

Each veteran who goes on the ights is accompanied by a guide who must pay $200 of the ight cost. Donations and fund-raisers pay for all the veterans’ expenses. The guides stay at the veterans’ sides the entire time, making sure their “trip of a lifetime” is the best it can be, from arrival at the air-port at 5:30 a.m. on a Saturday until the return to Columbus at about 9 p.m.

A ground crew starts at about 4:30 a.m. to set things up and prepare breakfast, wheelchairs, travel kits, and anything else the vets and guides will need. Once the vets begin to arrive, the crew assists with getting them prepared to board the plane and enjoy the day.

On landing at Baltimore-Washington Airport and throughout the day, the veter-ans are given the honors their service has earned, with public recognition of their sacri ce

and cheering crowds at the me-morial and other sites.

Children in particular look on them as heroes who have lived the history young people have read about and seen on television, and frequently ask them for autographs. A regu-lar participant in ceremonies at the memorial is World War II veteran and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, Honor Flight’s hon-orary adviser.

“Monuments don’t do much for me, but I was impressed by the size and grandeur of the World War II monument,” said Harold Wagner of the Catho-lic Record Society, an Honor Flight particpant in July 2008. Wagner served in the Army’s 94th Infantry Division from 1943 to 1945, spending ve months in Nazi prison camps. “The memorial stones at the monument left me with a good impression, as did the view from the site. It’s circular and you can see the Washington Monument from there.

“The whole day was quite an impressive thing. From the time we arrived in Washing-ton, people were greeting us and giving us a hand all day,”

HONOR FLIGHT PAYS TRIBUTE TO WORLD WAR II VETSBY TIM PUETReporter, Catholic Times

Veterans are welcomed back at Port Columbus International Airport on Oct. 23 from their Honor Flight experience Photo courtesy Shawn Ansbro

See VETERANS, Page 12


PRACTICAL STEWARDSHIPBy Rick Jeric

BellsDid you begin your educational process toward

a greater understanding of the Ponti cal Council for the New Evangelization last week? There is a lot of good information out there right now. And it is current and contemporary. Most important, did you ask your pastor, your teacher, your fel-low parishioners, or your friends about it? Very likely, you engaged in some interesting discussions. Hopefully, they were productive. Talk is good and necessary, but we need action. What did we decide to do? How will I help? What can we all do to help move this initiative along positively? It is not too late. Do not worry if you still need to do this. Do not give up. Investigate, edu-cate, engage, and act. Use the good information on reputable websites. Ponder and meditate upon the words of Pope Benedict XVI. He said that “The challenges of the present day are mostly spiritual.” As Catho-lics on a lifelong mission and pilgrimage, we can de nitely agree. He also said that the New Evangelization Council should “promote a renewed evangelization in countries with deep Christian roots which are now ex-periencing a sense of ... becoming increasingly secularized. This situation presents a challenge in nding the appropriate means in which to revive the perennial truth of the Gospel of Christ.” Keep doing what you can to focus on spirituality, and evangelize.As I was writing a couple of weeks ago, the television was on in the

background, and CNN was discussing the Chilean miners who were be-ing rescued. The focus was on a particular miner who was married years ago in a civil ceremony, and vowed that he would do the right thing and get married in the Church if he was rescued. That was a good, re ective, and positive thought on his part. The reporter’s comment, unfortunately, was very disappointing. He commented how nice it was of that miner to want to get “all the bells and whistles that come with a church wedding.” Bells and whistles? Are you kidding me? Of all the things that the report-er could have focused on, he chose to reduce a wedding in a church to “bells and whistles”? This seems to be a very common attitude that has developed over the years for some, making a wedding out to be a party centered on the venue and the couple. Sure, the bride and groom are central, but what has happened to the focus on God and the sacrament? Everyone wants their wedding day to be special and unforgettable, and that is just ne. But when God is forgotten, how can the day be special? The sacrament is about a commitment, vows, and a sincere and unbreak-able bond between a man and a woman, sealed by God. Anything less is shallow and self-centered. God and the sacrament are primary and essential. Sorry to disagree with the news reporter, but the “bells and whistles” are the party and the fun. Again, these are all good things and important parts of an unforgettable wedding. But the real bells are the wedding bells that ring out in the church, and the sacred bells that ring out in Heaven when a couple is joined as one.Our practical challenge this week is to focus on our marriages – our

own, those who are in preparation, or those which may be struggling. The Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Of ce has some excellent mate-rials available to help us examine our marriages and marriage prepara-tion, along with a focus on “For Your Marriage.” There are many other resources available in the Church, but why not start in our own local Church – the Diocese of Columbus? We are blessed to have a very dy-namic Marriage and Family Life Of ce with much to offer. Go to the di-ocesan website at www.colsdioc.org and look for the icons on marriage. You can also go to the Marriage and Family Life Of ce by clicking on the “Of ces” tab. You will nd some great resources under the “Menu” tab. Do what you can to uphold your marriage and others as a sacramental witness. God has bells and whistles for us, too.Jeric is director of development and planning for the Columbus Diocese.

THE BENEDICTINE MONKS OF SAINT ANDREW ABBEY in Cleveland, Ohio (only monastery in Ohio) invite young men who

are interested in personal spiritual growth and in seeking Divine guidance for their life and vocation to participate in the

LIVING WITH BENEDICTweekend retreat programNovember 12-14, 2010

Theme: Monastic Life Before BenedictFebruary 18-20, 2011

Theme: The Spirituality of Blessed Columba Marmion, OSBApril 21-23, 2011

Theme: Spend the Sacred Triduum with the monks: Holy Thursday~Easter Vigil

“Hasten to do now what will prot you for eternity” - Rule of Saint Benedict

The Benedictine Monks of Cleveland live an active/contemplative lifestyle in union with the Magisterium of the Church. We meet to communally pray the Liturgy of the Hours four times daily and assist the Church througheducation, chaplaincies and parish ministries.

Contact Fr. Gerard216-721-5300, ext. 210mail to: [email protected]

Columbus St. Agatha School board member Steve Druhan presents Stephen Golonka, Student Council president, with the St. Agatha Spirit Award and a science award at a school assembly Photo courtesy St. Agatha School

ST. AGATHA SPIRIT AWARD


Dinner with Comedian Nick Alexander

If you happen upon the intersection of hilarity and holiness you'll probably find Nick Alexander standing on the street corner directing traffic. Some, he finds, could use a little help lightening up. Others might do well to take their faith a bit more seriously. Either way, he's pointing people in the same direction: Straight up.

St. Patrick Church 280 N. Grant Ave.

Columbus, OH

Friday, November 19, 2010

Sit-Down Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Presentation at 8:00 p.m.

In Patrick Hall

Tickets are $20/person

Both a celebrated comedian and a seasoned worship leader, Nick has a remarkable way of meeting people where they are, disarming them, and then offering a message of substance and grace. When asked how he manages to connect with so many different types of people simultaneously, the answer appears to baffle him as much as the next person. "I combine orthodoxy with humor, and then throw in popular songs," he shrugs. "It's a weird concoction."

Childcare will be available! Tickets will be sold on the Sundays of Oct. 24 and Oct. 31. Tickets are also be available in the

parish office. This is a catered event please get your tickets early!

For more information please contact Marian Hyden at 614-563-5280 or [email protected]

This is a catered event please get your tickets early!

For more information please contact Marian Hyden at 614-563-5280 or [email protected]

Tickets are available in the parish office

STEVE MILLER NAMED DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL FUND AT ST. CHARLES

ST. PETER CANCER SUPPORT

Steve Miller, a 1977 graduate of Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School, has been named to the new position of di-rector of the school’s an-nual fund.

The fund is an ongo-ing initiative that allows the school to continue its founding mission, set forth by Bishop James Hartley, that “No young man seeking a St. Charles education will be denied admission based on economic means.”

The fund also assists in attracting and retaining faculty members through professional development opportu-nities and continuing to enhance the teaching and learning environment through technology upgrades.

Miller grew up on the east side of Columbus and attended St. Thomas church and school. He returned to his hometown in 2007 after spending near-ly 20 years in Atlanta pursuing a career in professional sales in the commercial of ce furniture business. He served as sales manager for the Ivan Allen Co.,

president of Synergy Of ce Products, vice president of sales for new business de-velopment for Herman Mill-er Workplace Resources, and, most recently, as a sales consultant for Continental Of ce in Columbus.

He lives in Canal Win-

chester and is the father of three children: Delon, 27; Jordon, 22; and Jazmin, 19.

Throughout his ca-reer, he has worked with young people as a men-tor and volunteer. Since returning to Columbus, he has been a loaned ex-ecutive for United Way of Central Ohio’s Capital Campaign, a member of

the African-American Advisory Coun-cil of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Ohio, a board member and marketing and fundraising co-chair for the Mentoring Center of Central Ohio, and program director for JOSIAH’s Mentoring and Leadership Program at New Birth Christian Ministries.

“Being an alumnus as well as having a heart for mentoring young men in the community, I can tell you that this is truly a dream come true for me,” he said. “It is so gratifying to see that in the 33 years since I graduated, St. Charles has continued to meet the changing needs of its students while remaining steadfast in its commitment to excel-lence in everything that it does. I am very grateful for the support that you have directed to St. Charles in the past. I look forward to reaching out, speak-ing to, and personally thanking each and every one of you whom I meet.”

Miller may be contacted by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (614) 252-9288, extension 33.

Nina Lewis, clinical program director for the Cancer Support Community, formerly known as The Wellness Community, will speak about her organization at a meeting of the Columbus St. Pe-ter Church Cancer Support Group at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, in the Red Room of the church, 6899 Smoky Row Road.

The St. Peter’s group meets on the second Sunday of every month at the same time and place. It of-fers the opportunity for a faith-based support group for cancer

survivors and anyone who has been touched by cancer. Members share their knowledge, experi-ence, ideas, and concerns of both a spiritual and a physical nature.

The mission of Lewis’ organiza-tion is “to ensure that all people affected by cancer are empow-ered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by com-munity.”

For more information, contact Marti Hughes at (614) 436-9939 or Bob Gunderman at (614) 457-3964.


Is heaven a place?A quick note from:OFFICE OF LITURGY

Q. Your recent col-umn about life

after death, that purga-tory is not a “place” but a condition of cleans-ing, strengthens what we have been taught about the afterlife. But we have a question about heaven as a state or place. We were taught as chil-

dren that heaven had to be a physical place, so that after the resurrection of our bodies we would have a place to exist. Mary’s assumption and

Jesus’ resurrection were proof of this. How do your explanation and your quotes from Pope John Paul II t in with that? (Pennsylvania)

A. As you infer, Pope John Paul II, in his

remarks about heaven, hell, and purgatory, sim-ply made explicit what has always been implicit in our faith. I think few Christians really believe heaven is some planet out in the cosmos. The Catechism of the Cath-olic Church puts the word in quotation marks when it says heaven is a “place.” The word means something different in this context. Interestingly, Pope

Benedict XVI returned to this subject in his hom-ily on Aug. 15, 2010, the Feast of the Assumption. Expanding on Mary’s being taken into heaven

at the end of her earthly life, he noted that by the word “heaven” we’re not referring to a star some-where in the universe. “We wish to say that God, the God who made himself close to us, does not abandon us in or after death but keeps a place for us and gives us eter-nity,” he said. “We mean that in God there is room for us.” We are, Pope Benedict

said, “ushered into eter-nity with the whole of our being in him, in his creator love.” It is “this love that we call ‘heav-en’: God is so great that he also makes room for us.” Jesus, said the Holy

Father, “is the guarantee for us that the being-man and being-God can exist and live, the one within the other, for eternity.” It is not only part of us

that will continue to ex-ist, Pope Benedict con-tinued: “God knows and loves the whole of the hu-man being, what we are. And God welcomes into his eternity what is de-veloping and becoming now, in our life made up of suffering and love, of hope, joy and sorrow.” Our Christian faith,

therefore, is not in some salvation of the soul in a vague afterlife where everything cherished by us in this world will be eliminated.

“Nothing that is pre-cious and dear to us,” Pope Benedict pro-claimed, “will fall into ruin; rather it will nd fullness in God.” The pope nally car-

ries this theme to another level. In eternity, he said, our world “will also be the ful llment of this earth, as St. Paul says: ‘Creation itself will be set free from its bond-age to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God’” (Rom 8:21). It is this belief, he added,

that makes us Christians desire “to build a world open to God, people full of joy who can glimpse the beauty of the future world amidst the worries of daily life and in this certainty live, believe and hope.” Heaven is eternal life in

God, who “will change our lowly body to con-form with his glori- ed body” (Philippians 3:21). What exactly that

means or how it happens is a mystery and, as Pope John Paul said, no human words will ever suf ce to explain it. We return ultimately

to Jesus’ last meal with his disciples. When they prodded him for more in-formation about what is in store for us after this life, Jesus replied, in ef-fect: “If I tried to tell you, you wouldn’t understand. Just trust me, it will be glorious.” Send questions to

Father Dietzen, Box 3315, Peoria, IL 61612, or e-mail: [email protected].

QUESTION & ANSWERby: FATHER DIETZENCatholic News Service

Our faith is born of the Word and is nourished by it. Therefore, breaking open the Word through the homily is an essential part of the celebration of the sacraments. It is the primary duty of priests to proclaim the Gospel of God to all. A key moment in the proc-lamation of the Gospel is preaching, the proclamation of God’s wonderful words in the history of salvation; that is, the mystery of Christ. The three major elements of liturgical

preaching are the preacher, the Word drawn from the Scriptures, and the gathered community. There are occa-sions when the homily may be preached by someone other than the presider, by a deacon serving in the parish or a guest priest. However, the preaching of the homily belongs to the presiding minis-ter. The unity of Word and Sacrament is thus symbolized in the person of the presiding minister of the Eucharist. The one who preaches the homily is the mediator of meaning between the Scriptures just proclaimed and the as-sembly. The homily offers what the as-sembly needs to hear -- a daunting task when we consider our diversity.The homily should display a sensitive

knowledge of the struggles, doubts, concerns, and joys of the assembly. To make such connections between the lives of the people and Gospel, the homilist will have to be a listener be-fore he is a speaker. Interpreting the Scriptures requires time and energy to understand the complex social, politi-cal, and economic forces that are shap-ing our world. The homilist may not know everything. The homilist is to of-fer the assembly the Word which was proclaimed and invite the assembly to think and ponder on that Word so that it might speak to their lives.As with all preaching, the homily is di-

rected to faith. The homily is preaching of a special kind. The very meaning and function of the homily is determined by its relation to the liturgical action of which it is a part. As Paul writes, “But how shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they

believe unless they have heard of him? And how can they hear unless there is someone to preach?” (Romans 10:14). The homily fl ows from the scriptures which are read at the liturgical celebra-tion, or, more broadly, from the Scrip-tures which undergird its prayers and actions, and it enables the assembly to participate in the celebration with faith. A homily presupposes faith. Its purpose is not conversion, nor is it an explanation of a systematic theological understanding of the faith. The homily is given that the community may cele-brate more deeply and more fully, more faithfully, and thus be formed for Chris-tian witness in the world. The homily creates a Christian vision of the world as the creation of a loving God. Faith requires

a response. We come to break bread in the hope that we will be able to do so with hearts burning. The homily then must come from the Scriptures and deliv-ered to the community in such a way that we will be able to worship God in spirit and truth, and then go forth to love and serve the Lord. The homily is not so much on the Scriptures as from and through them. The homily must be faithful to the Scriptures for it to be the living Word of God. It must also be faithful to those for whom it is ad-dressed.There is no one form for the homily.

Its function is to enable people to lift up their hearts, to praise and thank the Lord for his presence in their lives. We must not forget that the proclamation of the Word of God is the responsibil-ity of the entire Christian community by virtue of the sacrament of baptism. St. Francis of Assisi often said that we are to preach the Gospel always, and, when necessary, use words.

Taken in part from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops document “Fulfi lled in Your Hearing: The Homily in the Sunday Assembly.”

OUR SUNDAY LITURGY: BREAKING OPEN THE WORD

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For football teams across the state, the reason for the regular season is to get to the playoffs.

A select few make it through the rig-ors of a 10-week schedule to reach their annual goal. The survivors this year include ve Catholic high school teams from central Ohio.

When the 2010 playoffs kick off this weekend with regional quarter nals, the Diocese of Columbus will be repre-sented by Columbus St. Charles in Di-vision II, Columbus Bishop Watterson and Columbus St. Francis DeSales in Division III, Columbus Bishop Hartley in Division IV, and Newark Catholic in Division VI.

The marquee matchup will be a re-match between Watterson (8-1) and DeSales (5-5) at 7 p.m. Saturday at Hagley Field in Region 10. Watterson, ranked No. 3 in the state Division III poll, handed DeSales a 31-7 loss on Oct. 15 in Columbus Crew Stadium.

The two teams will be meeting for the third consecutive year in the playoffs. The Stallions have won the previous two postseason clashes.

“It’s pretty simple now,” DeSales coach Ryan Wiggins said. “You win or you go home.”

St. Charles (5-4) is in the playoffs for the rst time since 2002. The Cardinals will travel to Uniontown Lake (7-3) for a 7:30 p.m. game on Friday in Region 7.

Hartley and Newark Catholic both open the playoffs at home. Hartley (8-2) will face Amanda-Clearcreek (7-3) at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Region 15, and Newark Catholic (7-3) plays host to Fair eld Christian Academy (9-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Region 23.

St. Charles is the only relative strang-er to postseason football in the group. The Cardinals have quali ed four times in school history and have never won a playoff game.

Coach Jeff Pharion would like that to

change on Friday night, the day after the school celebrates the feast day of its patron, St. Charles Borromeo.

Based on one common opponent, St. Charles appears to have a golden op-portunity. A week after St. Charles came close to upsetting Watterson be-fore falling 28-21, Watterson handled Uniontown Lake 37-13 on Oct. 29.

“We de nitely think we can win and move forward,” Pharion said. “I don’t think they’re the toughest team we’ve played. Our kids are con dent. This is something different for us, but our players are seasoned and ready for these kinds of games.”

Despite losing their last four games, the Cardinals defeated three playoff quali ers earlier in the season. Seven of their nine opponents advanced to the postseason. Last year, St. Charles defeated one of ve playoff quali ers it faced.

“I don’t think this team has put to-gether its best four-quarter game yet,” Pharion said. “We want to go out in the playoffs and play well for 48 minutes. The level of intensity is very different, but we’re already played playoff-type teams.”

Hartley also encountered its share of playoff teams during the regular season. The Hawks’ two losses came against perennial powers Ironton and Elyria Catholic. One of the playoff teams they defeated, Amanda-Clearcreek, is their rst-round opponent.

The Hawks surged ahead of Amanda in the rst quarter and raced to a 48-10 victory.

“In that game, we started real fast and that’s important. It was hard for them to catch up,” Hartley coach Brad Burch- eld said. “That will be a key Friday is getting off to a fast start.”

Hartley is very fast with its multi-faceted offense. Senior Noah Key has scored 28 touchdowns behind the pow-er of a strong line.

“We’ve got a really good group of kids,” Burch eld said. “Our kids have played a tough schedule. They deserved to have some success.”

The Hawks will be looking for their rst playoff victory since 2005. Co-incidentally, that was their last home playoff game.

“The expectation of all the Central

Catholic League schools is to be in the playoffs,” Burch eld said. “There aren’t any pep rallies or celebrations like there might be at other schools. We expect excellence, and you’re disappointed when you’re not in the playoffs.

“The kids take a lot of pride being at home. They’re excited to have a home game in our renovated stadium. A lot of people worked really hard and put a lot of effort into our stadium. Now it’s a brand-new season. That’s what you play for.”

Newark Catholic returns to the play-offs after a two-year hiatus. The Green Wave started the season 4-0 , then re-bounded from a loss in week ve with a late-game rally to defeat Columbus Academy.

“We’re glad to have the opportunity to play again in the playoffs,” Newark Catholic coach Bill Franks said. “With a state-record 31 times in the playoffs, it’s kind of something we’ve come to expect here.

“The team has really persisted and persevered and come through a tough schedule. And that we’re still standing and have a chance to make a run, it’s very gratifying.”

It’s no surprise to see DeSales and Watterson still standing. The two schools will be meeting for the sixth

time in the playoffs since 2002.DeSales weathered its ridiculously

tough schedule, packed with Division I and II teams, to reach the postseason at 5-5 as the region’s eighth and nal seed. Don’t let the record fool you. The Stallions entered the 2001 playoffs at 5-5 and advanced all the way to the state nal.

“I told our guys all along that our sea-son was tough,” Wiggins said. “All we asked for was a chance in the end, and here we are. The neat thing about the playoffs is everyone is 0-0.”

Getting past Watterson will be a giant hurdle. In the regular-season game, the Eagles asserted themselves early and forced four turnovers by the Stallions.

Watterson’s only loss came at playoff quali er Cincinnati Winton Woods.

“We’ve improved a great deal,” Wat-terson coach Dan Bjelac said. “We’re playing good defense and we’ve gotten a lot of turnovers. We’re heavy in the plus category in turnover margin. And we’ve had balance on offense.”

The winner of the Watterson-De-Sales game could go a long way in Division III.

“I know it’s coach-speak, but you try to worry about week to week and not look too far ahead,” Bjelac said.


Five diocesan high school football teams are playoff-boundBY DOUG BEAN

Reymoldsburg St. Pius X Church, 1051 Waggoner Road, will host a men’s retreat at St. Therese’s Retreat Center, 5277 E. Broad St., Columbus, from 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, to noon Sunday, Nov. 14.

Directing the retreat will be Rick Hatem, and the theme will be “Where Men Gather: Jesus Encounters Men in the Gospels.”

The Gospels offer many accounts of men meeting Jesus. They meet him in the workplace, while serving in the military, at weddings and funerals, in places of worship, and in search of God. The retreat will explore Gospel accounts where Jesus meets men on their own turf. There will be time for prayer, re ection, discussion, reconcili-ation, adoration, and Mass.

Hatem is a member of Zaleski St. Syl-vester Church. He is a spiritual director

trained at the Spiritual Renewal Center in Syracuse, N.Y., and works through the Henri Nouwen Society and the Spir-ituality Network in Columbus.

While he lived in Jerusalem and Beth-any between 1986 and 1991, Hatem was active in dialogue groups with Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Daily Bible reading, the practice of center-ing prayer, experiences with the three monotheistic religions, and 12 years in l’Arche have been major in uences in his spirituality.

The cost for the retreat is $100 and in-cludes, meals, lodging, evening refresh-ments, and all materials.

There is a commuter cost of $45 for the weekend.

Registration is required. Registration deadline is Friday, November 5. Con-tact Leah Kelly at (614) 866-2859 for more information.

Men’s Retreat at St. Therese’s


MAKING SENSEOut of BioethicsFather Tad Pacholczyk

I once heard a remarkable story from a woman named Cecilia sitting next to me on a long fl ight. She told me how her mother had suffered from dementia for many years, eventually reaching the point that she could no longer recognize any of her children when they would visit at the nursing home. She then changed the tone of the conversation immediately when she added, “But there’s always someone in there.” When I asked what she meant, she continued:

“I love singing, and as an African-American, I’ve got a strong voice. I sometimes visit nursing homes near my house just to sing for the patients, to do something different and break up their routine a little. I still re-member 12 years ago, I decided I would sing for my Mom. She didn’t have a clue who I was, and didn’t respond to much of anything, because the dementia was so advanced. She seemed almost catatonic. By chance, I had come across one of her old hymnals with the Baptist songs we used to sing in church as kids. She used to know most of them by heart. Well, those old hymns stirred up something inside her, and after I started singing, she suddenly picked up and began to sing along with me! Yup, there’s always someone in there.”

Cecilia’s story about her mother runs against a cultural tendency today, which is to dismiss those struggling with dementia as if they were no longer persons. These patients, however, clearly deserve much more from us than the kind of benign neglect (or worse) that they oc-casionally receive. Many of us fear a diagnosis of dementia. We worry about “surrendering our core” or “losing our true self” to the disease. Many of us wonder how our loved ones would treat us under such circumstances.

Steven Sabat, writing in The Journal of Clinical Ethics, challenges the reduced expectations for quality care for those with dementia:

“Is his or her personhood recognized and supported, or neglected in favor of the as-sumption that it barely, if at all, exists … do we assume that the affl icted rarely if ever recognizes the need for company, for stimu-lation, for the same sort of treatment he or she would seek and be given as a matter of course in earlier, healthier, days?”

Sometimes we may view the situation more from our own vantage point, rather than the pa-tient’s. In a report on care for the elderly, physi-

cians Bernard Lo and Laurie Dornbrand put it this way: “Family members and health professionals sometimes project their own feelings onto the patient. Life situations that would be intolerable to young healthy people may be [made] accept-able to older debilitated patients.”

Sabat notes how this raises the prospect of re-ducing the patient to a kind of object:

“The dementia sufferer is not treated as a person; that is, as one who is an autonomous center of life. Instead, he or she is treated in some respects as a lump of dead matter, to be measured, pushed around, manipulated, drained, fi lled, dumped, etc.”

The medical profession in particular faces a unique responsibility toward each individual with dementia, a duty to approach each life, es-pecially in its most fragile (and uncooperative) moments, with compassion, patience, and at-tention. When our ability to think rationally or choose freely becomes clouded or even elimi-nated by dementia, we still remain at root the kind of creature who is rational and free, and the bearer of inalienable human dignity. We never change from one kind of being into another. Par-ents who have children born with a serious birth defect or behavioral problem would never sug-gest that their defect or impediment transforms them into another kind of being, into an animal or a pet. It never renders them “subhuman,” even though their behaviors, like those of advanced dementia patients, may at times be frustrating and very hard to bear. As Cecilia reminded me on the plane, “there’s always someone in there.”

Pope John Paul II, in a beautiful passage from Evangelium Vitae (On the Gospel of Life), speaks of “the God of life, who has created every in-dividual as a ‘wonder.’” We are called to foster an outlook that “does not give in to discourage-ment when confronted by those who are sick, suffering, outcast or at death’s door.” Those suf-fering from dementia challenge us in a particular way toward the beautiful and, at times, heroic response of love, “perceiving in the face of every person a call to encounter, dialogue and solidar-ity.”

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD., earned his doc-torate in neuroscience from Yale and did post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, Mass., and serves as the director of education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncb-center.org

DEFENDING THE DIGNITY OF THOSE

WITH DEMENTIABy Dennis FairbankCemetery Sunday will be ob-

served this year on Nov. 7. It is entirely appropriate that the Church observes the rst Sun-day of November as a special day to remind all of us of the importance of continued prayer for our beloved dead, and to also remember those faithful departed who may have no one to pray for them.Catholic cemeteries encourage

visitation and prayerful medita-tion throughout the year, but No-vember provides Catholic ceme-terians an opportunity to remind our brethren of the importance of the sacred space created by Catholic cemeteries. They are visible reminders of our Catho-lic faith in the resurrection; they hold the mortal remains of the communion of saints who have lived among us.The living are invited to come

and pray for those who have gone before, just as those yet to come will be invited to pray

for us in the future. By burying the remains of our loved ones in Catholic cemeteries, includ-ing their cremated remains, if this is the option chosen, and by continued prayer for them, we ful ll both the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. Cemetery Sunday provides a tangible reminder to all of us of the importance of Catho-lic cemeteries and the value of prayer. You are invited to take time

out of your busy days during the month of November, or any time during the year, for that matter, to stop by and visit the Catholic cemetery, say a prayer for your loved ones, and remember.“Let eternal rest grant unto

them, O Lord, and let perpetu-al light shine upon them. May they rest in peace; may they and all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen”Dennis Fairbank is executive

director of the Catholic Cemetery Association

Catholic Cemetery SundayTHE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED PRAYER

IN REMEMBERING OUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES

Seniors and Bereavement topics forprograms at Martin de Porres Center

The Martin de Porres Center, 2330 Airport Drive, will present two programs during the month of November.

The Institute for Maturing Spir-ituality webcast pilot series will feature a presentation by Mark Huddy, director of the diocesan Of ce for Social Concerns, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11. Titled “Making the Golden Years Golden: Using the Social Justice Lens to Gild the Lily,” his talk will be available at Columbus Holy Rosary-St. John, Columbus St. Dominic, Columbus St. Christopher, and Westerville St. Paul churches, in addition to the de Porres Center.

Following the presentation, participants at each parish site will engage in small-group dis-cussions and send questions back to Huddy so everyone may hear his response.

Sister Mauryeen O’Brien, OP, will offer a bereavement retreat from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 13, for those who have suffered loss through death or divorce. During the retreat, there will be time for prayer, in-put from the director, quiet and sharing. The day will end with a special healing service.

Sister Mauryeen is a Domini-can Sister of Peace who has ministered with divorced and bereaved Catholics in the Arch-diocese of Hartford, Conn., for the last 23 years. She has pub-lished widely, including a book for the initially bereaved, a book of meditations for the bereaved, and two books of prayers and ritual prayer services.

Suggested donation for the re-treat is $20 and includes lunch. Call the center at (614) 416-1910 to register by Nov. 10.


LIVINGFaithLife in Abundance

This evening, I was reading the rst few chapters of Genesis as I was preparing a lesson plan for a class I am teaching tomorrow morning. I think that the majority of us know the rst story of creation, in which God creates the entire world and all the animals, then creates Adam and fashions Eve from him. But in the second chapter of Genesis, we hear another account of the story of creation. As I was reading this chapter, I was struck by verse 7 in particular. This verse reads, “The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.” Very clearly, this verse points to a simple reality: our life is in and from God. God breathes life into us. And if this is true, then the thought that must follow is that without God, we do not have life.

And as I sat and meditated on this verse, I was brought to humility by the reality of my own experience of faith. Every day, God is attempting to renew and strengthen his life within me. At every moment, he is trying to breathe life into the dead places of my being.

He invites me to receive his very self that I may be continually awakened and enlivened. But the truth is that every day, I attempt to survive without him. As he tries to breathe his life into me, I run from him with face covered in rejection of that life. I don’t want to be formed by him. I don’t want his breath. I want life outside of that which he offers.

But it doesn’t exist. C.S Lewis once said that “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.” And we can go even farther than this. We cannot have life apart from God because it is not

there. There is no such thing. But the beauty of our faith is that in a world of people

suffocating from their own disobedience and pride, God continued to reach out. And he did so through Jesus Christ, who says to us in John 10:10, “I came that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” Jesus is our ultimate source of resuscitation. In our mere survival, Jesus invites us into the fullness of life that can only be found in the Father. As we gasp for air, dying in our own ignorance and sin, Jesus reminds us of our true source of life.

So the question is: In what ways are we willfully turning from the life that God wishes to breathe into us? How are we seeking our own survival? What areas of our life have become dead and lifeless because of our rejection of God, our source of life? Today, may we beg the Holy Spirit to shed light on the dead areas of our life that need to be awakened by the breath of God.

Megan Thompson is Youth Minister at St. Matthew Parish in Gahanna. She posts her thoughts online at http://surrendertohislove.blogspot.com/

The Great SurrenderMegan Thompson

Shoot for the Stars Opera

Twenty-nine sixth-grade students at Columbus Our Lady of Peace School have formed an opera company called Shoot for the Stars Opera and will perform an original 30-minute production titled “Who Cares?” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wednes-day, Nov. 10, at the school, 40 E. Dominion Blvd. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for the class service project, H2O for Life. Performers will include (from left), rst row: Gregory Scarpitti, Grant Grif th, and Ross Kuhn; and second row: Claire Tillman, Anna France, Allison Lang, and Margaret O’Brien. Sixth-grade teacher Sue Byrnes and music teacher Stephanie Doyle were trained in how to create an original opera by artists from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The opera is being made possible by the Metropolitan Op-era Guild Education Department and by grants from the GE Foundation and the Our Lady of Peace Home and School Association Photo courtesy Our Lady of Peace School

Fall Open HouseSaturday, Nov. 13, 2010

LOTS FOR YOU AND YOUR PARENTS TO LEARN AND DO!

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Why Capital?Maybe it’s our renowned faculty. Or our variety of majors. Or maybe it’s because our classes are small and we have a student-centered approach to education.

Join us at our Fall Open House and find out what makes Capital University right for you.

Register at www.capital.edu/nov13 or call 1-866-544-6175.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teach-es, “The Eucharist is a

sacri ce of thanksgiving to the Father, a blessing by which the Church expresses her gratitude to God for all his bene ts, for all that he has accomplished through creation, redemption, and satisfaction.”Catholics actively participate in

the Eucharist as the source and summit of their Christian life by sharing in and becoming the Body of Christ through recep-tion of Jesus’ body and blood in holy Communion. For more than 30 years, many

Catholics, including several thousand in the Diocese of Co-lumbus, have been able to enter participation in the Eucharist in a deeper way by serving as ex-traordinary ministers of holy Communion. They are described as “extraordinary” because their role is to provide assistance when there are not enough ordi-nary ministers for Communion

(bishops, priests, and deacons) at Mass and to help the clergy by distributing the Eucharist to those unable to attend Mass.Rosemary Capretta of Colum-

bus St. Cecilia Church, an ex-traordinary minister for about 12 years, provides an example of some of the duties someone in that position may perform. Besides assisting periodically

with distribution of the Eucha-rist on Sunday, she is a distribu-tor each Thursday at the parish’s 8:15 a.m. weekday Mass. At that time, she also receives a pyx, a small, circular vessel in which consecrated hosts are carried for visiting the sick and the home-bound. Consecrated wine gener-ally is not taken on such visits.As soon as the Mass ends, she

goes across the street to the Strat-ford Place community for senior citizens and calls on Peg Barry, a resident of the complex. They recite the Lord’s Prayer, Barry is given Communion, and the two spend a few minutes chatting afterward, with Capretta asking about ways she can be of assis-tance to Barry, who is legally

blind.Capretta then goes to nearby

Doctors Hospital, following proper procedure for extraordi-nary ministers by not stopping for gasoline, food, or anything else along the way. At the hospi-tal, she distributes the Eucharist to Catholic patients who have re-quested it in advance. She calls the hospital before Mass and nds out the correct number of hosts to take with her. If there are excess hosts in the pyx after dis-tribution is completed, the min-ister consumes them.“It’s such a wonderful feeling

to be able to take Communion to people you know are in need of it,” she said. “They are so pleased to have someone showing the Church’s concern for them, and I’m honored to be able to help the priests in this way. I always look a person directly in the eye when giving them Communion, and often you can see the grati-tude in their eyes.”Elena Littleton of Dover St.

Joseph Church has been an ex-traordinary minister for the past decade, going for much of that

time to the Country Club Nurs-ing Home and to the homes of homebound individuals to dis-tribute the Eucharist after Sun-day Mass.“The ministry is important in

itself, but it gets you involved in so much more,” she said. “So many of the people I have visited needed to talk to someone, and I was glad to listen. You really get attached to them after a while. They’re such sweet people, and you’re grateful for the chance to distribute the body of Christ and to keep them connected with the community they’re part of. “I’ve often found myself think-

ing that perhaps I’ll be in their position some day, and I hope there’s someone to help me in the same way. It’s also an honor to be able to assist the priests by distributing. They can only get to the nursing home once a month and they’re very grateful for the assistance.”Capretta and Littleton are dis-

tributors in fairly small facilities and generally have time to spend a few minutes with each of the people they see. It’s a little differ-

ent at the Columbus area’s large hospitals such as Mount Carmel West, where 50 to 100 patients receive Communion each day.As a Catholic hospital, Mount

Carmel has a commitment to distribute the Eucharist to any Catholic patient requesting it. Extraordinary ministers of holy Communion from throughout the metropolitan area help hospital chaplains carry on that commit-ment, leaving the hospital chapel carrying pyxes with a capacity of 50 hosts and going to the rooms of those desiring Communion.“My day at the hospital is Tues-

day,” said Michael Elton, a Co-lumbus St. Joseph Cathedral pa-rishioner for four years, who was an extraordinary minister of holy Communion for 10 years in the Washington, D.C., area before moving to Columbus. “It generally takes about three

hours to distribute the Eucharist to all the Catholics asking for it, but once you learn the layout of the hospital, you can go from room to room fairly quickly,” he said. “The one drawback with having so many patients to see is that you aren’t able to spend much time with each patient, but you can tell they’re grateful to be receiving Communion. Extraordinary ministers are

introduced to new patients as representatives of the hospital’s chaplaincy of ce and help set up visits by hospital chaplains when patients express a desire to discuss spiritual matters in greater depth. “When we visit each patient,

we rst say a prayer with them, then recite the words from Mass, ‘This is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are we who are called to his supper.’ They receive the host, we recite another short prayer, we wash our hands and

rub them with hand sanitizer, then go to the next room and re-peat the procedure,” Elton said.“People so often are surprised

and grateful to be receiving the Eucharist in the hospital. Some-times they are people who say they haven’t regularly attended Mass for some time and are very appreciative that the Church is still concerned for them. You feel humbled and honored to bring Christ to them and to be able to serve the Church in this way.”Similar feelings were expressed

by other extraordinary ministers of Communion from through-out the diocese. “Knowing that I have been given the privilege of not just receiving the body and blood of Christ, but of being able to distribute it to another person is something that’s hard to de-scribe,” said Shirley Hairston, an extraordinary minister for the Community of Holy Rosary-St. John in Columbus for more than 20 years.“We’re a small parish and I

know most of the people who re-ceive Communion at Mass, and distributing the Eucharist makes me feel connected to all of them.” Hairston also is chair of the par-ish liturgy committee, assigns lectors, and sings in the choir. She’s handled all these roles for about the same time as she has been an extraordinary minister. “Distributing the Eucharist just made me feel there was more I could do,” she said.“I started distributing three or

four years ago because I really felt the need to have God become a more important part of my life,

and this was a good way to do it” said Marco Reategui of Co-lumbus St. Stephen Church. “I never thought about the Church that much while living in Peru, but when I came to this coun-try with my wife and daughter, it was something that began to mean more.“It’s hard to explain, but I know

that since I’ve been distributing the Eucharist, I feel better than before, and I’ve tried to help the parish whenever I have time.”His pastor, Father Thomas Buf-

fer, said Reategui is one of the busiest volunteers in the parish, coming there on most days of the week after work to help with the Parish School of Religion, the parish festival, Bible classes, or sh fries. He’s also a Parish Council member, counts col-lection money on Sundays, and schedules lectors.Jean Fondriest of Dover St.

Joseph is 82 and served as an extraordinary minister for more than 30 years before stepping down recently for health rea-sons. “It was a blessing for many people, but a greater one for me,” she said. “I especially remember one

woman named Maria I visited every week in the nursing home. She had to get out of Europe be-

cause of the Nazis and never for-got how they tried to get rid of the churches. When she saw me bring the Eucharist, she would always grab my hand and kiss it because she felt so unworthy. This made me feel so wonderful because it helped me realize the privilege of what I was doing.” Fondriest said she became an

extraordinary minister around 1976 or 1977 and was one of the rst people in her parish to do so. Pope Paul VI in 1973 permit-ted diocesan bishops to desig-nate laypersons as extraordinary ministers of holy Communion, continuing Eucharistic reforms that began in 1903 when Pope St. Pius X said children could receive Communion when they reached the age of reason, usu-

ally about seven years old.Pope Pius XII re-

duced the Eucha-ristic fast, which formerly lasted from midnight until reception of Communion, to three hours in 1953 for early evening Masses and in 1957 for all Masses. Paul VI further reduced that period to one

hour in 1964.“Because of its importance

in supplementing the ordained ministry, every extraordinary minister of holy Communion is to be approved by the diocesan bishop,” said Deacon Martin Da-vies, director of the Diocese of Columbus Of ce of Liturgy. “They are commissioned for

two-year terms, and their names are submitted every year to the vice chancellor of the diocese by the pastors of each parish. They are commissioned to serve only in the parish for which they are listed; however, a priest may commission someone for service on a one-time basis in some cases, such as the annual diocesan men’s and women’s conferences.“Since there is a parochial as-

pect to being an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, this means, for instance, that even if you are an extraordinary minister, you can’t take Commu-nion to your mother if she lives in a nursing home in Newark and you’re commissioned to serve at a parish in Columbus. Someone from the parish in Newark where the home is would have to do it.”Deacon Davies said extraordi-

nary ministers of Communion must be fully initiated Catholics,

meaning they have received the sacraments of baptism, con r-mation, and the Eucharist. If married, they must be in a mar-riage recognized as valid by the Catholic Church.Ordinary ministers of Commu-

nion are ordained and have gained that privilege only through years of study and training. Extraordi-nary ministers need only meet the standards listed above. “If you would like to be an extraor-dinary minister, it’s up to you to inform your pastor of your desire and to assure him that you are a practicing, fully initiated Catho-lic,” Deacon Davies said.“Pastors are to ensure that the

lives of those who are to exercise this ministry re ect the Church’s teachings. Other lay ministries do not have the same submission requirements to the diocesan bishop. However, everyone who exercises a public ministry in the Church should live up to these standards.“The role of extraordinary min-

ister was created as a response to the shortage of priests avail-able to distribute Communion. Until our prayers are answered for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and the diaconate, this will remain an important and necessary ministry.”

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EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLYCOMMUNION PLAY IMPORTANT ROLEDISTRIBUTORS OF EUCHARIST OFFER VALUABLE HELP TO PRIESTS

BY TIM PUETReporter, Catholic Times

Extraordinary minister of holy Communion Rosemary Capretta receives a pyx containing consecrated hosts at Mass on Oct. 28 from Father Leo Connolly at Columbus St. Cecilia Church and distributes one of the hosts to Peg Barry, a resident of the Stratford Place senior-citizen community CT photos by Tim Puet

A cup containing the Blood of Christ is passed from extraordinary minister Michael Elton to Don Novak at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral. Elton and thousands of other extraordinary ministers of holy Communion in the Diocese of Colum-bus help ordinary ministers (bishops, priests, and deacons) by distributing the Eucharist to communicants at Mass and within a parish’s boundaries to those who for various reasons are unable to attend Mass CT photo by Dave Garick

A closeup view of a pyx, which con-tains several consecrated hosts for distribution to the sick and the homebound immediately after Mass by extraordinary ministers of holy Communion CT le photo


Msgr. David FunkPastor

St. Pius X. Parish

Father Rod DamicoParochial Vicar

Corpus Christi & St. Ladislas

Father Kevin LutzPastor

Holy Family Parish

Deacon Thomas Berg Jr.St. Andrew Parish

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PRIEST CIRCLE2:00 p.m. Benediction

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CEMETERY SUNDAYNovember 7, 2010

By Melissa KebeBishop Frederick Campbell told the

360 attendees of St. Paul’s Outreach (SPO) sixth annual bene t banquet that what we teach as Catholics is not simply for our own spiritual edi ca-tion, but to proclaim it to our culture. “Jesus calls his followers to give their lives for the good of the many, speak truth, give a solution to a question, of-fer a way of life, and give people hope,” Bishop Campbell said. “Each one of the 100,000 college

students in Columbus is searching for meaning, purpose, and truth,” said An-drew Kebe, SPO mission center direc-tor. Many people know the truth but it is not impacting the way that they live. SPO is dedicated to helping students to bring their Catholic faith alive on col-lege campuses, he said. About 100 students have experienced

the SPO household program in Ohio, and 30 more have been involved in SPO formation programs. Six SPO alumni are discerning the priesthood and religious life. “Only God gives the growth,” Kebe said. Through SPO, the Lord reaches those

who have been raised without faith and helps to ignite their faith. For those al-ready living out their faith, SPO helps them to be more effective witnesses as Catholics and to become future lead-ers of the Church, said Father David Sizemore, pastor at Sunbury St. John Neumann Church and a member of the local SPO advisory committee“The SPO student missionaries will

become leaders for people God places in their lives for years to come,” Father Sizemore said. “Each day they sacri ce and give something of themselves.”“The culture of men and women in

SPO committed to living out their faith every single day is what drew me in,” said Rachel Maddox, an SPO student missionary at Ohio State. Maddox came to college eager for her faith to come more alive and to be able to pro-claim it with conviction and passion.“I wanted to experience God in my

own way and at my own pace,” saif Will Carter, an SPO student mission-ary at Ohio State. Carter was struck by the drive, joy, and love of the SPO men who were happy to meet him and to hear about his conversion.

he said. On the ights home, there is a mail call in which all the veterans receive letters thanking them for their service. Once they get back to Colum-bus, the veterans’ families and others are there to greet them and give them a parade through the airport.The Knights were part of that pa-

rade on Oct. 23 and hope to take part in welcoming Honor Flight returnees next year, said Shawn Ansbro, K of C district deputy, who has been part of Honor Flight Columbus morning and evening activities for two years.“I learned about Honor Flight through a

friend of my wife, Dee’s, and it’s been a privilege to work for the organization,” he said. “These are the people who have served my country and allowed me to be free. I knew while growing up that had relatives in the war, but like most people, I didn’t appreciate what they had done until I got older. Honor Flight is a small way of showing my gratitude for these efforts.”Honor Flight Columbus ew 12

groups of veterans to Washington be-tween April and November and will resume ights next spring. The organi-

zation is looking for veterans who de-sire to take part in the ights. They can apply by going to the organization’s website, www.honor ightcolumbus.org. The ights carry between 40 and 85 veterans, plus escorts, depending on the size of the plane and availability of seating.The ights are mainly for World War

II veterans, but those who served in other wars and who have signi cant health problems also are accommodat-ed. The organization anticipates transi-tioning in time to veterans of the wars in Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere on a chronological basis.Honor Flight relies totally on private

donations. Anyone interested in learn-ing more about the organization or making a contribution may go to the website or write Honor Flight Colum-bus, 2185 Ridgecliff Road, Columbus, Ohio 43221.A free-will offering to bene t Honor

Flight will be taken at a concert by the Columbus chapter of the American Guild of Organists on Monday, Nov. 15, at Worthington St. Michael Church, 5750 N. High St.

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Gaudeamus MMX, a daylong camp and retreat for high school students interested in the great sa-cred music treasury of the Church, will take place Sunday, Nov. 21, at Columbus St. Joseph Cathe-dral, 212 E. Broad St. The event will be sponsored by

the diocesan Of ce of Liturgy, in conjunction with the Of ce of Youth and Young Adult Ministry and with the support of the Of- ce of Religious Education and Catechesis. The program will be similar to one which had been scheduled in June, and instruction will be at a cost similar to that of a private lesson. Registration will be at 9:30 a.m., with Mass celebrated by Bishop Frederick Campbell at 10:30. The day will end with Solemn Vespers (Eve-ning Prayer) sung by the partici-pants at 7 p.m.The program will include lessons

on vocal production, choral sing-ing, polyphony, and Gregorian chant, with expert teachers from area universities and churches.

Students will receive individual and small-group worship, and the types of music that are appropri-ate for liturgy. This year, there will be brass

and organ master classes which will allow for the participation of more students. Dr. Larry Grif n, trumpet profes-

sor at Ohio Wesleyan University and music director at Columbus St. Timothy Church, will join the program for the rst time. Grif- n brings years of experience in teaching brass to college students and will help integrate brass into Vespers. Students who play a brass instrument will have two sessions with Grif n. Those with keyboarding experi-

ence will be offered a chance to learn the basic fundamentals of playing the organ. Paul Thor-nock, music director at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral and music consultant for the diocese, will be the organ instructor. Kathleen Tully, music director at Colum-

bus St. Patrick Church, will be the vocal in-structor. Each participant will receive a T-shirt and two meals will be served. Parents

are encouraged to attend Vespers so they may share in the experi-ence the students have throughout the day. Parish and school music

programs may wish to sponsor students by helping them pay the $50 registration fee. Registration forms can be found on the diocesan website: www.colsdioc.org. If there are any questions, contact the Of ce of Liturgy at (614) 221-4640.

‘GAUDEAMUS’ MUSIC RETREAT FOR YOUTH

The alumni association of Co-lumbus Bishop Hartley High School will present a “Networking After Work” program from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in Room 400 of the school, 1285 Zettler Road.Franklin County Auditor Clar-

ence Mingo will give a presenta-tion on “What You Need to Know About Your Real Estate.” Drinks and snacks will be provided. There also will be time to network with Hartley alumni and friends. Bring business cards and information.Those wishing to attend may

RSVP to [email protected] by Friday, Nov. 5, or reserve a spot online at http://www.bishop-hartlry.org/index.php?id=678.

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2 Maccabees 7:1-2,9-142 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5

Luke 20:27-38A clear statement of belief

in a resurrection from the dead in the Old Testament comes in this passage from 2 Maccabees, a work which Catholics consider an in-spired part of the Sacred Scriptures as de ned at the Council of Trent in 1546. Protestants consider it to be “apocryphal,” meaning they acknowledge its antiquity, but not its divine inspiration. There are very few direct

references to resurrection in the Old Testament. Schol-ars indicate it was an idea which emerged only very late in the Old Testament. It was certainly an idea that Pharisees believed in, which means that although Jesus disputed many things with Pharisees, resurrection was not one of them. The Sad-ducees completely rejected any belief in resurrection.

In Sunday’s reading, one of the unnamed woman’s seven sons uttered his nal words regarding the idea of being raised as a reward for remaining faithful to the laws of Judaism. Because he and his mother and brothers refuse to adopt the ways of their oppressors in violation of religious law, they died as martyrs in the sure hope that they would be raised. Written sometime near

the book of Daniel (about 150 BC), both works regard resurrection as a reward for being righteous (compare Daniel 12). Both seem to envision a state of nothing-ness for the unrighteous (“an everlasting horror and dis-grace” in Daniel’s words). Nothing clearly emerges as a “doctrine” as such in the Old Testament period, so one can hardly speak of a smooth transition on resur-rection from Old Testament to New Testament.

In the gospel, Sadducees (“those who deny that there is a resurrection”) are the questioners. The Sadducees represented the Temple es-tablishment and emerged from the priestly class. They question Jesus, citing Scripture in order to set off a religious argument. Thus: “Moses wrote,” referring to Deuteronomy 25:5 about a brother’s responsibility to raise up offspring for a wid-owed sister-in-law. They present the theoretical case of seven brothers marrying the same woman trying to “raise up descendants.” In such a case, whose wife will she be at the resurrection? Even though it is asked

by evident adversaries of Jesus, people still ask simi-lar questions even today. Certainly people in every age worry about loved ones who precede them in death. We all wonder about what a reunion in the resurrec-tion will be like, especially when grief begins to lose its grip and our pain of loss gives way to more sober re- ection. Jesus rejects such limited

ways of re ecting on so all-encompassing a reality

as the resurrection. In fact, the idea of a kind of post-death reunion gives way to the idea of entering into the fullness of the living God. Jesus cites Exodus 3 in the passage about the burning bush. There, God said “I am the God of Abraham ... Isaac .... and Jacob,” all of whom had died long before Moses. Yet Moses acknowl-edges God as Lord and God of the living, since God is a God of life. If God IS the God of the ancestors, they must be alive in some way. Thus, Jesus rejects the

Sadducees’ simplistic un-derstanding of resurrection. To enjoy the resurrection is to enjoy the eternal presence of the living God without the limitations of earthly life or life’s institutions (even mar-riage). Since those who rise from the dead will never die again, institutions such as marriage, which sustain life, become unnecessary. Living in the presence of the fullness of God is sim-ply different than we could ever imagine. And for that, thanks be to God! Father Lawrence L. Hummer,

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Readings

MONDAYTitus 1:1-9

Psalm 24:1b-4b,5-6Luke 17:1-6

TUESDAYEzekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12 Psalm 46:2-3,5-6,8-9

1 Corinthians 3:9c-11,16-17John 2:13-22

WEDNESDAYTitus 3:1-7

Psalm 23:1b-6Luke 17:11-19

THURSDAYPhilemon 7-20Psalm 146:7-10Luke 17:20-25

FRIDAY2 John 4:9

Psalm 119:1-2,10-11,17-18Luke 17:26-37

SATURDAY3 John 5-8

Psalm 112:1-6Luke 18:1-8

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PAPAL HUMORDespite the world’s fas-

cination with All Things Papal, there isn’t much out there about papal hu-mor. Which is, in a sense, entirely understandable: it takes a certain breadth of imagination, shall we say, to imagine Gregory XVI or Pius XI telling a joke (much less telling one on himself). Blessed John XXIII is an excep-tion, as he was in many other ways, and two of his wisecracks have been widely circulated. In one, the Pope is asked how many people work at the Vatican, to which the pon-tiff replies, “About half.” In the other, the Pope visits the Convent of the Holy Spirit, where the somewhat ustered nun in charge greets him by saying, “Welcome, Your Holiness, I am the supe-rior of the Holy Spirit,” to which John responds, “Congratulations, sister; I am merely the Vicar of Jesus Christ.”

I hope that the publica-tion of my new book, The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II—The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy (Doubleday), adds the Polish pope to the short list of papal humorists, where he certainly de-serves a roster spot. John Paul II’s humor, as

I experienced it, tended toward the ironic: not in the post-modern sense, in which irony is the short road to cynicism, but in the more venerable sense of irony as a recognition that we’re not in charge of our own lives, and that we play the fool if we try to control everything. Thus, one of my favorite John Paul II stories in-volves the late pope turn-ing the skirmishing re of his humor on himself and his of ce. The distinguished Pol-

ish actor Jerzy Stuhr was in Rome at one point

during John Paul’s pon-ti cate, and the Pope in-vited him to dinner in the papal apartment. When they were seated at the table, the Pope asked Stuhr what had brought him to Rome, and Stuhr replied that he was play-ing in a production of Adam Mickiewicz’s “Forefather’s Eve.” The Pope spoke about the im-portance of this drama in Polish history -- “Forefa-ther’s Eve” was consid-ered such an emotionally in ammatory evocation of Polish nationalism that its performance was banned in the Russian- and Prussian-occupied parts of partitioned Po-

land during the 19th century—and then asked Stuhr what role he was taking in the Roman pro-duction of Mickiewicz’s classic. Stuhr replied, “Your Holiness, I regret to report that I am Sa-tan.” To which the Pope, on re ection, said, “Well, none of us gets to choose our roles, do we?” On another occasion,

John Paul II turned his own humor against that unhappy attempt at hu-mor known as the Polish joke: in this case, the habit that Germans had, in the 1970s, of calling shabby goods, shoddy work, or any kind of foul-up

“polnische Wirtschaft” -- “Polish business.” In the wake of the

Banco Ambrosiano scan-dal of the early 1980s, in which the Vatican bank was embroiled, the Pope summoned several cardinals known to be knowledgeable about -nance to the Vatican to sort through the wreck-age. After spending the morning listening to a tale of corruption, in-competence, bureaucrat-ic self-preservation, and general stupidity, John Paul decided it was time for lunch. As he was walking with the car-dinals toward the meal, he spotted the German Joachim Meisner, car-dinal archbishop of Co-logne, and walked up beside him. “Tell me, Eminence,” John Paul said, with that signature twinkle in his eye, “do you think we have some ‘polnische Wirtschaft’ in the Vatican nances?”

As Cardinal Meisner told me years later, his jaw dropped and he was “speechless.” Later, af-ter lunch, several of his brother cardinals asked Meisner what the Pope had said. “It can’t be translated,” was the Ger-man’s discrete reply. A great Christian

thinker once noted that joy is the infallible sign of God’s presence. If a robust sense of humor is an expression of a fundamentally joyful stance toward life -- a stance founded on faith in God’s ultimate tri-umph over what so often seems to be the world’s tragedy—then the hu-mor of John Paul II is yet another reason to recognize in him a life of heroic virtue.

George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

THE CATHOLICDIFFERENCEGeorge Weigel

Dear Editor:As “Right to Life”

month comes to a close, as a Catholic, I cannot help re ect upon local efforts to commemorate this time. So much fo-cuses on the embryo and fetus. I cannot fault that. But in each Gospel read-ing, Christ challenges us and asks us to take the dif cult road and love the “unlovable.” I am con -dent that each of us loves babies. Rare is the chal-lenge of loving babies.

The challenge is in lov-ing the women who have them in all of their com-plexities, histories, and potential. The challenge is ghting for and advo-cating universal prenatal health care that is ac-

cessible to all pregnant women, knowing that ongoing, good prenatal care helps ensure healthy babies and healthy wom-en preparing for parent-hood. And once the new baby is home, the chal-lenge is to ensure that household has enough food to eat, that mother has employment leave to bond with her baby, that once she goes back to work, she has affordable, quality childcare, that they have good pediatric and family health care, and that they are not for-gotten. When these needs are not met, contemplat-ing a decision about a pregnancy can make this an excruciating time for women. The challenge is to respect and dignify the

entire life of this family, not just when the chil-dren are embryos.

Our current political environment talks the talk of respecting life, yet quickly labels fam-ily health and wellness programs as socialist and holds in contempt the families who need them. But Christ teaches us to look beyond the effect on our wallets and comfort zone when considering the needs of the vulner-able. As a Catholic com-munity, let’s take Christ up on His challenge and support policies and pro-grams that empower each member of the family for the life beyond gestation.

Respectfully,Mary A. Gregg

• • • Letter to the Editor • • •

Columbus Bishop Watterson High School seniors (from left) Peter Clark, Elizabeth George, and Sam Besozzi are among approximately 16,000 students nationwide who have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program as semi nalists for their excep-tional academic ability and potential for success in college. Semi nalists were determined by their scores on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test/Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test and in subsequent testing, their academic records, and a recommendation by the school principal. They are continuing in the competition for 8,400 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $36 million, that will be offered in the spring. George plans to attend Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., majoring in biology and animal behavior. Besozzi intends to major in industrial engineering at Princeton University, the University of Virginia, or The Ohio State University. Clark anticipates attending Auburn University, where he will major in psychology Photo courtesy Bishop Watterson High School

WATTERSON MERIT SCHOLARS


Pray for our deadADAMS, Patrick E., 81, Sept. 18 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

ALEXANDER, John R. “Bob,” 85, Oct. 22 Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison

AMAN, Nancy S., formerly of Columbus, 67, Oct. 24 St. Stephen Church, Sanford, N.C.

BARNHILL, Marion E., Oct. 24 St. Anthony Church, Columbus

BELL, George H., 85, Oct. 31 Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus

CARIS, Arland C., 76, July 14 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

COFFEY, Anna, 76, of Powell, Oct. 22 St. Margaret Church, Syracuse, N.Y.

COLE, Raymond A., 89, Oct. 27 St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus

COONEY, George E., 81, Oct. 29 Sacred Heart Church, Columbus

COX, Dr. Elmer M., Oct. 24 St. Patrick Church, Columbus

DALLAU, Matilda E., 93, July 23 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

DAUBERT, Martha, 73, Oct. 30 Our Lady of Victory Church, Columbus

ENDRES, Sean P., 23, Sept. 2 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

FAUSTO, Ross A., 77, July 26 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

HECKMANN, Louanna “Lou,” 91, Oct. 13 St. Leonard Church, Heath

HOERMLE, Howard F., 96, Oct. 29 Christ the King Church, Columbus

HUSCH, Anida M., 72, Oct. 25 St. Timothy Church, Columbus

KEENAN, Ruth E., 91, Oct. 26 Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus

KINSEY, Deloris M., 83, July 15 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

KONKOL, Lambert R., 94, Oct. 27 Pope John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester

KUS, Patricia A., 55, Oct. 29 St. John Neumann Church, Sunbury

LARRIMER, Dr. Nye R., 74, Oct. 28 St. Catharine Church, Columbus

MASSINOPLE, Mary A., 57, Oct. 24 St. Andrew Church, Columbus

McELROY, Edwin C., 70, Aug. 7 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

MEYER, Robert A., 91, Oct. 25 St. Brendan Church, Hilliard

MORMILE, Angeline M., 96, Oct. 23 St. Christopher Church, Columbus

PIEPLOW, Ramona F., 61, Oct. 26 Pope John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester

POWELL, Mary A., 87, Oct. 13 St. Leonard Church, Heath

RAK, Madonna B., 77, Oct. 21 Church of the Resurrection, New Albany

SLATKO, Andrea S., 42, Oct. 27 St. Cecilia Church, Columbus

STEFANI, Benjamin E., 82, Sept, 22 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

TORNES. Frank A., 85, Oct. 27 St. Thomas Church, Columbus

VanDYNE, Maxine, 97, Oct. 30 Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, Columbus

WILHELM, Mark J., 53, July 19 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

ZUCAL, Joanne R., 80, Sept. 20 Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia

Funeral Mass for Sister Jean Louise Forkin, CSC, 72, who died Tuesday, Oct. 5, was held Saturday, Oct. 9, at St. Elizabeth Church, Rockville, Md. Burial was in Gate of Heaven Cem-etery, Silver Spring, Md.She was born Sept. 3, 1938, in Warren

to the late John and Mary Louise Forkin.She entered the congregation of the

Sisters of the Holy Cross on Sept. 4, 1960, and made her nal profession of vows on Aug. 15, 1968.She began her career as a head nurse

at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring in 1965. Four years later, she attended

graduate school at Boston University. On completing her master’s degree, she came to Columbus, where she served at Mount Carmel East Hospital until 1979. She then returned to Silver Spring,

where she was administrator of Holy Cross Hospital until 1988. Afterward, she served in various capacities in health-related institutions across the nation. Her last ministry was as direc-tor of Malta House, a Catholic assist-ed-living facility in Hyattsville, Md.She is survived by brothers, John,

Thomas, and William.

Funeral Mass for Madeline M. Blaire, 81, who died Monday, Oct. 25, was held Friday, Oct. 29, at Columbus St. Timothy Church. Burial was at Resur-rection Cemetery, Lewis Center.She was born June 3, 1929, in Moxa-

hala, to Joseph and Madeline (Clifford) Kiener.She graduated from Moxahala High

School in 1947 and from The Ohio State University in 1953, and was a teacher for more than 30 years. She began her career in a one-room school-house in Gosline, Ohio, then taught in Dearborn, Mich., and the Columbus

public school system.After taking time off to raise her chil-

dren, she returned to teaching in 1977, spending the next 18 years as a second-grade teacher at Columbus St. Timothy School.She was preceded in death by her par-

ents; brothers, Paul, Cliff, Bob, and Joe; and sister, Peggy.Survivors include her husband, Ned;

son, Ed; daughters, Mary Elizabeth (Phil) Wolf, and Anne Marie; and sis-ters, Betty Ann Irwin, Pauline Rodgers, and Mary Jo Leonard.

Sister Jean Louise Forkin, CSC

Madeline M. Blaire


Diocesan Weekly Radio and Television Mass Schedule

Week of November 7, 2010Sunday Mass

10:30 a.m. Mass from Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral on St. Gabriel Radio (1580 AM), Columbus, and at www.stgabrielradio.com.

Mass with the Passionist Fathers at 7 a.m. on WHIZ, Channel 18, Zanesville; 7:30 a.m. on WWHO (The CW), Channel

53, Columbus. Mass from Kenton Immaculate Conception Church at 10 a.m. on Time Warner Cable

Channel 6 (Hardin County). Mass from Our Lady of the Angels Monas-tery, Birmingham, Ala., at 8 a.m. on EWTN (Time Warner Channel 385, Insight Chan-

nel 382, or WOW Channel 378) (Encores at noon, 7 p.m. and midnight).

Mass from Portsmouth St. Mary Church at noon on Time Warner Channel 24 in Scioto

County.

Daily Mass8 a.m., Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Birmingham, Ala. (Encores at noon, 7

p.m. and midnight) See EWTN above; and on I-Lifetv (Channel 113 in Ada, Logan, Millersburg, Murray City and Washington C.H.; Channel 125 in Marion, Newark, Newcomerstown and New Philadelphia;

and Channel 207 in Zanesville); Noon, St. Gabriel Radio (1580 AM), Columbus, and

at www.stgabrielradio.com.

We pray Week IV, Seasonal Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours

Notices for items of Catholic interest must be received at least 12 days before expected publication date. We will print

them as space permits. Items not received before this deadline may not be published.

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All fund-raising events (festivals, bazaars, spaghetti dinners, sh fries, bake sales, pizza/sub sales, candy

sales, etc.) will be placed in the “Fund-Raising Guide.” An entry into the Guide will be $18.50 for the rst six lines, and $2.65 for each ad-ditional line. For more information, call Deacon Steve

DeMers at 614-224-6530 or 800-511-0584.

H A P P E N I N G S

NOVEMBER5, FRIDAY

Monthly Adoration of Blessed SacramentOur Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refu-gee Road, Columbus. Begins after 9 a.m. Mass; continues through 6 p.m. Holy Hour.Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club Meeting12:10 to 1 p.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant St., Co-lumbus. Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club meeting, with Dr. Michael Parker speaking on “The Business of Medi-cine and the Secularization of Life.” Details at www.columbuscatholicmen.com.St. John Chrysostom First Friday Sale4 to 6 p.m., St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church, 5858 Cleveland Ave., Columbus. First Friday sale of pirogi, stuffed cabbage, noodles and baked goods. 614-882-7578All-Night Eucharistic VigilHoly Cross Church, 205 S. 5th St., Columbus. 7:30 p.m. Mass; Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament; prayer until 11:30 p.m.; private prayer until 7:30 p.m. Saturday.All-Night Exposition at Our Lady of VictoryOur Lady of Victory Church, 1559 Roxbury Road, Colum-bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 8 p.m. until Mass at 8 a.m. Saturday, sponsored by church’s Knights of Columbus council and Columbus Serra Club.

5-7, FRIDAY-SUNDAYRetreat on the Lord’s Prayer at St. Therese’sSt. Therese’s Retreat Center, 5277 E. Broad St., Co-

lumbus. Men’s retreat discussing the petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, with Father James Wehner, STD, rector-president of the Pontifi cal College Josephinum. 614-761-0597 or 614-392-0146

6, SATURDAYLife and Mercy Mass in Plain City9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and confession. 614-565-8654Mary’s Little Children Prayer Group Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refugee Road, Columbus. 8:30 a.m., confessions; 9 a.m., Mass, followed by Fatima prayers and Ro-sary (Shepherds of Christ format); 10 a.m., meeting. 614-861-4888Ohio Dominican University Campus Visitation Day9 a.m. to noon, Bishop Griffi n Center, Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. Campus visita-tion day for prospective students, followed by football game against Ashland. 614-251-4500Diocesan Pre-Cana Program at St. Cecilia9 a.m. to 4 p.m., parish center, St. Cecilia Church, 434 Norton Road, Columbus. Diocesan Offi ce of Marriage and Family Life Pre-Cana program for engaged couples. Breakfast, lunch provided. 614-241-2560Adult Confi rmation at Cathedral10 a.m., St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus. Bishop Frederick Campbell administers the sacrament of Confi rmation to baptized adults who have not re-ceived it. 614-221-4640Holy Family Jubilee Museum Tour11 a.m. to noon, Holy Family Jubilee Museum, 57 S. Grubb St., Columbus. Guided tour of the largest museum of di-versifi ed Catholic art in the United States. Meet at 10:45 in auditorium. 614-361-7450Family Run/Walk and Chili Cookoff at St. Brigid1 p.m., St. Brigid of Kildare Church, 7179 Avery Road, Dublin. Five-kilometer family run/walk, followed by family cookoff, benefi ting SPICE (Special People in Catholic Education) program. Contact [email protected].

7, SUNDAYSt. Christopher Adult Religious Education10 to 11:15 a.m., St. Christopher Parish Center, Trinity School, 1420 Grandview Ave., Columbus. Part two of three-part series on “What They Didn’t Tell You about the Mass” with Deacon Gregg Eiden. 614-488-9971Exposition at Church of the ResurrectionOur Lady of the Resurrection Chapel, Church of the Resurrection, 6300 E. Dublin-Granville Road, New Alba-ny. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, beginning with procession into chapel following 11 a.m. Mass and con-tinuing to 5 p.m. 614-933-9318Bishop Campbell Celebrates Mass at Retreat Center11 a.m., Sts. Peter and Paul Retreat Center, 2734 Seminary Road S.E., Newark. Mass celebrated by Bishop Frederick Campbell, followed by reception. 740-928-4246Russian Choral Concert at Cathedral3 p.m., St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus. Concert by the State Symphony Capella chorus of Rus-sia, conducted by Valeri Polyanski. 614-241-2526Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter7 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Columbus. Mass in Spanish. 706-761-4054Compline at Cathedral9 p.m., St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus. Chanting of Compline. 614-241-2526

8, MONDAYBethesda Post-Abortion Healing Ministry

6:30 p.m., support group meeting, 2744 Dover Road, (Christ the King Church campus), Columbus. 614-718-0277, 614-309-2651, 614-309-0157Our Lady of Peace Men’s Bible Study7 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Church, 20 E. Dominion Blvd., Columbus. Bible study of Sunday Scripture readings. 614-459-2766Grieving Workshop at Newman Center7:30 p.m., St. Thomas More Newman Center, 64 W. Lane Ave., Columbus. “First You Cry ... Or Not,” fi rst of two-part workshop on grieving with counselor Annie Dalby. 614-291-4674, extension 101

9, TUESDAYBishop Campbell Celebrates Mass at Fisher Catholic9:30 a.m., Fisher Catholic High School, 1803 Granville Pike, Lancaster. All-School Mass celebrated by Bishop Frederick Campbell. 740-654-1231Celebrating Catholic School Virtues Gala6:30 p.m., Walter Student Commons, St. Charles Prepa-ratory School, 2010 E. Broad St., Columbus. Third annual Celebrating Catholic School Virtues Gala benefi ting Catholic school tuition. 614-221-5829

9-10, TUESDAY-WEDNESDAYOur Lady of Peace Sixth-Grade Opera Production7 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wednesday, Our Lady of Peace School, 40 E. Dominion Blvd., Columbus. “Who Cares?”, an original opera written and produced by school’s sixth-graders. 614-267-4535

10, WEDNESDAYTurning Leaves and Tea Leaves2 to 3:30 p.m., Martin de Porres Center, 2330 Airport Drive, Columbus. Turning Leaves and Tea Leaves book club with Dominican Sisters Marialein Anzenberger and Colleen Gallagher. 614-416-1910Bishop Hartley Networking Program5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Room 400, Bishop Hartley High School, 1285 Zettler Road, Columbus. “Networking After Work” program sponsored by school alumni association, with Franklin County Auditor Clarence Mingo speaking on “What You Need to Know About Your Real Estate.” Reg-istration deadline Nov. 5. Contact [email protected] on New Translation of Roman Missal7 to 8:30 p.m., St. Brigid of Kildare School, 7179 Avery Road, Dublin. Bishop Frederick Campbell presents infor-mation on new translation of Roman Missal.Bishop Watterson Mothers of Alums Dinner7 p.m., Brookside Country Club, 2770 West Dublin-Gran-ville Road, Columbus. Fall dinner sponsored by Bishop Watterson Mothers of Alums for all mothers of past, present, and future Columbus Bishop Watterson High School students. Proceeds to tuition assistance. Social hour 6 p.m. 614-985-5003 or 614-529-1794Feast Day Mass at St. Leo7 p.m., St. Leo Church, 221 Hanford St., Mass sponsored by St. Leo Preservation Society to celebrate the Feast of St. Leo the Great.

11, THURSDAYInformation on New Translation of Roman Missal7 to 8:30 p.m., Spirit Center, St. Mary Church, 132 S, High St., Lancaster. Bishop Frederick Campbell presents infor-mation on new translation of Roman Missal.Lecture Honoring Dominicans’ 500 Years in Americas7 p.m., Colonial Room, Sansbury Hall, Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. “A Look at Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP: Model of Dominican Service,” a lecture by Father Scott Steinkerchner, OP, celebrating the 500th anniversary of Dominicans in the Americas. Contact [email protected].

St. Mary School309 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGSat Nov 13/noon–8 pm: Sun Nov 14/9 am–4 pm

Raf e, Silent Auction, Pics w/Santa, cruise for kids, chicken & noodle dinner,

bake sale, crafts, games, entertainment, etc.

ANNUAL HUNT FOR TREASURE SALE

St. Brigid of Kildare Education Center7175 Avery Road, Dublin

Sat, Nov 13, 8:00 am - 1:00 pmGREAT STUFF AT GREAT PRICES

SPAGHETTI DINNERSt. Elizabeth Church

6077 Sharon Woods BlvdSunday, November 14, 12 noon - 6:30 PM

Adults $8 : Children $4Pasta (all you can eat), Meatballs, Salad,

Bread, Dessert and BeverageCarry-out available

St. Luke Parish TURKEY DINNER

Sunday, November 7 – 11am-2pmSt. Luke Community Center

Market & Rambo Streets, DanvilleAdults/$7, Children 10 & under/$4

Carry-out available • Bazaar table with baked goods and crafts

EVENTS


focus onART

“Good ‘N’ Plenty”

The State Symphony Capella of Russia

THEATER

CONCERT

The St. Charles Preparatory School drama department presents the Columbus and central Ohio premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s comedy “Good ‘N’ Plenty” at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, to Saturday, Nov. 20, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, in the campus theater, 2010 E. Broad St., Columbus.The story takes place at ctional Win-

tersville High School in 1976. Richard Miller is the hip new social studies in-structor at his crumbling old alma matter, and decides to teach his students about the U.S. criminal justice system by stag-ing a “drug game,” in which students play pushers, buyers, narcs, cops, and lawyers, using Good & Plenty candies as the contraband of choice. Bad idea -- after a hilarious unraveling of authority, with switcheroos and betrayals galore, most of the school has landed in ac-tual jail. This is a brilliant twist on high school madness and a compelling medi-tation on democracy, as well.Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for

students. For reservations, call the school at (614) 252-6714.

Cast members include (from left), seated: Finn Cleary, Anna Schnitkey (Bishop Watterson), Mary Jane Sanese (Upper Arlington), Cameron Wallace, Evan Hively, and Maggie Turek (Grove City); standing: David Mayo, Amy Stock (Bishop Watterson), Michael Zaino, Danny Turek, Vince Tose, Matt Mockensturm, and Alex Brown

The State Symphony Capella of Russia will appear in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St.The company of 50 singers,

with Valeri Polyanski as prin-

cipal conductor, was founded in 1991 as a result of a merger of the U.S.S.R. State Chamber Choir and the State Symphony Orchestra of the U.S.S.R. Min-istry of Culture. This world-famous ensemble is known for exibility of phrasing, rich

and warm tone, and no-bility of expression. “Music sparkled and

glittered in the magni cent performing of musicians from Moscow,” said a recent review of the symphony from the French publication Le Monde.

“Artists’ eyes were xed on Polyansky, and the complete understanding was felt among them. “The Choir and the Orchestra

achieved an exceptional blend of sounding, now tender, now powerful, but always vivid coloring.”For more information about

the concert, contact the cathe-dral music of ce at (614) 241-2526.


NEWS IN PHOTOS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Catholics process from the Monastery of St. John to the Qasr el-Yehud site at the Jordan River during an annual Franciscan-led

pilgrimage near the West Bank town of Jericho on Oct. 28. Mass and baptisms were celebrated at the site believed to be the place

where St. John baptized Jesus CNS photo/Debbie Hill

Residents take part in a Nov. 2 funeral for victims of an attack in Baghdad, Iraq. Dozens of hostages and police were killed when security forces raided the Syr-ian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad on Oct. 31 to free worshippers being held by gunmen wearing explosives CNS photo/Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters

A young man visits the graves of deceased relatives at a cem-etery in Managua, Nicaragua, on Oct. 31, the eve of the feast of All Saints. The feast commemorates all people who have gone to heaven CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters

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Winter Grave Decorationsfrom your Catholic Cemeteries of Columbus

This year we are offering live wreaths which can be used on both graves and mausoleum crypts. Decorations will beplaced at burial sites by cemetery personnel during December and will remain until weather renders them unsightly.

Live variegated greens give freshness and beauty

The wreath measures 24” in diameter offering a distinctive appearance. Attached are pine cones and attractive red bow. Easel stands are includedfor display on graves.

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St. Joseph Cemetery614-491-2751

Resurrection Cemetery614-888-1805

Holy Cross Cemetery740-927-4442

Mail orders for St. Joseph and Mt. Calvary Cemeteries to: St. Joseph Cemetery, 6440 South High Street, Lockbourne, OH 43137Mail orders for Resurrection Cemetery to: Resurrection Cemetery, 9571 North High Street, Lewis Center, OH 43035Mail orders for Holy Cross Cemetery to: Holy Cross Cemetery,11539 National Road, S.W., Pataskala, OH 43062

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