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February 2020 VOLuMe 4 • nO. 3
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Well the ‘Ides’ of March are certainly right
around the corner. As we progress through this short period of ‘Ordinary Time’ and the ‘Hope’ it represents, let us take pause and count the many blessings our Lord has bestowed on us.
As I read through the articles we have in this issue, I couldn’t help but think how similar the ‘Five Pillars’ of faith and prayer, observed by our Muslim brothers and sisters, are to our Catholic tradition of Liturgy of the Hours. We are all struggling. Recall, Dcn Jamison’s first article (Oct 2019) on the ‘real presence’ indicated 73 % of Catholics interviewed believed the Body and Blood of Christ presented at Mass, are just symbols. His current article provides us a further explanation of the presence of Christ. Last month I was blessed to visit with a group of Belleville, IL deacons on the same subject. After four plus hours of discussion of the ‘real presence’ in the Eucharist, a statement attributed to a notable American author, (Mary) Flannery O’Conner, summed it up. When asked about her beliefs, she said, “…if it is only a symbol, the Hell with it!” We believe!Continuing with our 2020 NDICE Conference theme on ‘Ecumenism,’ Fr. Kedjierski’s article, ‘You are Not Alone,” reminds us that we all need to be vigilant, watching out for the religious rights of all. We can never be allowed to forget the many lives throughout history that have been given to protect the rights of freedom of religion. While he focuses on our “Jewish Grandparent’s” (my term), religious freedom applies to all religions. Thanks to all our contributors. To all our thousands of readers, it is OK to respond with your thoughts. Share your groups continuing education efforts (successes and failures). We learn best from each other. Also, note on page 5, the ‘Final Mass’ contribution from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. We are soliciting your diocese input and will be published as we receive them. And as always, thank you for what you do for your Communities of Faith. Peace J.c.
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Once a newly ordained priest dealt with a very challenging situation.
He was called to the scene where a teenager had committed suicide in a rather violent way. The priest prayed with the family and tried to do his best to console them. It was a challenge. How do you comfort someone who comes home to find his or her child has chosen to end his life so tragically? This young priest returned home with a sense of failure and despondency. He just couldn’t make the situation better. The next day, he was assigned to open the church before morning Mass. As he did, an older woman entered and spoke to him. She was a neighbor of the family of this young man and thanked the young priest for all he did. She said the family was talking about how blessed they were by his presence. Confused, the priest asked her, “What
do I do?” Then she said it, “You were there, father. That’s all that matters, you were there.”
There was a time when many Catholics failed to “be there” for people going through the worst of tragedies. This was during the Second World War, a time when six million Jewish people lost their lives to a regime that was dedicated in a particular way
to obliterating their existence from the face of the earth. There were some Catholics who were quite heroic
and risked their lives to save the lives of others. However, we must admit to our shame, that there were many more who were not so heroic. In fact, there were some Catholics who even participated in these horrific acts. Obviously, in some way, the Gospel message of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” did not reach many hearts who heard it week after week at Mass. Many
“You are Not Alone”by rev. Walter Kedjierski, Ph.D
Fifty years of interreligious dialogue with the Jewish community have helped us to
realize the importance of saying to the Jewish community, “you are not alone.”
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We reject the false doctrine, as though there were areas of our life in which we would not belong to Jesus Christ, but to other lords—areas in which we would not need justification and sanctification through him. “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body [is] joined and knit together.” (Eph. 4:15,16.) The Christian Church is the congregation of the brethren in which Jesus Christ acts presently as the Lord in Word and sacrament through the Holy Spirit. As the Church of pardoned sinners, it has to testify in the midst of a sinful world, with its faith as with its obedience, with its message as with its order, that it is solely his property, and that it lives and wants to live solely from his comfort and from his direction in the expectation of his appearance. We reject the false doctrine, as though the Church were permitted to abandon the form of its message and order to its own pleasure or to changes in prevailing ideological and political convictions.
These are words derived from the Barmen Declaration of 1934, issued by those German
Christian ministers who refused to take an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler. Through their discernment of the spirits of the time they had come to conclude that those German clergy who did take the oath to Hitler had committed grave error. They saw such a decision to offer allegiance to Hitler as idolatry and apostasy. The question before us is why did the great majority of German ministers take the oath, and why did the Catholic Church sign a Concordat with Hitler in 1934?
The only answer is the lack of vigilance, an erroneous discernment of spirits, and a willingness
to be blind to the diabolical presence of the evil one. It is the signs of our times that individuals and whole societies have the hardest time admitting that evil exists in this world. Despite the ravages of two world wars, the Holocaust, nuclear weapons, murder etc.., some cannot and will not use the word evil. Even at the Nuremburg Trials following World War II, many had a difficult time using the word evil to describe their actions. Many of the defendants were baptized Christians who surrendered their baptismal commitment for the diabolical superstition of Nazism. The results were manifest for all to see. And yet, seldom do the lessons of history get learned by many, hence they seem doomed to repeat it.
In our own time many would readily give their allegiance to a political party or movement, forgetting their ultimate allegiance to Jesus Christ. So many look for some demagogue to deliver them that they are willing to follow the counsels of hatred, racism, brutality, and engage in a social triage of deciding who has a right to live and who should die. The previous century was replete with such activity, and the present century is in danger of doing the same. The rise of groups that must have someone to blame and hate, and the rise of demagogue who promise to rid them of those who are the source of their hate are with us again in the United States, the Middle East and Europe
Spiritual Combat: Vigilance and Discernment by Deacon Bob Pallotti
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Jewish men, women and children must have felt quite alone and abandoned when their own friends, neighbors and governments turned a blind eye to their sufferings. Far more should have been done to save so many lives.
The magnitude of the Holocaust and the particularly insidious nature of antisemitism surely contributed to the unapologetic clarity of the Second Vatican Council’s document on other religions, Nostra Aetate. In it we read, “Remembering, then, her common heritage with the Jews and moved not by any political consideration, but solely by the religious motivations of Christian charity, she [the Church] deplores all hatred, persecutions, displays of antisemitism leveled at any time or from any source against the Jews” (4). The Catholic Church has set an irrevocable course to remind all of us of the need to be constantly vigilant in the fight against any form of antisemitism. We are called
to never allow the Jewish people to feel alone again.
One might have thought that after fifty years we have overcome antisemitism. The sad fact of the matter is that we have not. In fact, over the past decade incidents of antisemitic vandalism and even violence have been on the rise nationally and internationally. Over the past few years we’ve witnessed some of the most brutal acts of antisemitic violence ever committed on American soil, in Pittsburgh and Poway, and most recently at the Kosher Market in Jersey City and the home of a Rabbi in Monsey, New York. These incidents should alarm us all and motivate us to take action and stand with our Jewish neighbors.
There is a positive difference between what happened in the 1930s and 40s and what is happening today. There are many who have publicly defended and supported the Jewish community. Bishops from around the
United States immediately expressed their condemnation of these shameful actions. Catholics are visiting their Jewish friends and letting them know that they are supported. There are numerous activities we promote, such as the “Bearing Witness” Program of the ADL which teaches Catholic school teachers about the Holocaust and how to dispel antisemitism in the classroom and dialogues with different facets of the Jewish community on the local, national, and international levels. By the grace of God, many in the Catholic Church have opened their hearts to the Lord Jesus who has called us to love and embrace the Jewish people, the people He chose to join.
Fifty years of interreligious dialogue with the Jewish community have helped us to realize the importance of saying to the Jewish community, “you are not alone.” On the other hand, I believe it is important to note that there is also a very edifying reciprocity which has developed. Many of our Jewish dialogue partners have expressed their own concerns about moments when Christian persecution has been publicly manifested. They wish to support us as well. None of this would have been possible without the gift of dialogue. Deacons, as men of the Church and men of the world, could be particularly valuable in promoting such dialogue. Hopefully many will take advantage of the upcoming opportunity this summer to develop the skills necessary to engage in fruitful ecumenical and interreligious dialogue according to the mind of the Church. The recent past has highlighted the need for us do our parts in deepening the bonds between the Catholic and Jewish communities over the course of the next fifty years.
Rev. Walter Kedjierski, Ph.D
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The Five Pillarsby Dr. noreen Hertzfeld
every Muslim is required to do five things. While this sounds easy, we all know
that it takes time and effort to grow in faith and in proper devotion. With this in mind, let’s look briefly at the five pillars of Islamic practice. They are really very different from those recommended to Christians, as we find recommended in Matthew: “Give alms...Pray to your Father...Fast without a gloomy face...” (1-18)
1. The Creed - “I testify that there is no god but God, and I testify that Mohammad is the messenger of God.”
Saying the creed, or shahadah, gives public witness to one’s faith. This plays a dual role somewhat like baptism and somewhat like reciting our creeds. To become a Muslim, one must proclaim one’s faith before two witnesses with full understanding of what one says. But one does not say these words only once. They
are part of the call to prayer, thus heard by many Muslims five times a day. While they are said formally once, Muslims repeat these words and hold them close. The first part denies all idols and the power of created things that tend to steal our attention, affirming God’s sole sovereignty. The second part attests to belief in Mohammad as a prophet, thus inferring the message of the Qur’an.
2. Prayer - Frequent prayer brings one close to God. The Qur’an says “establish prayer for the sake of my remembrance.” Muslims are enjoined to pray five times a day—dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and at night. Muslims believe
that God is everywhere: “Wherever you turn, there is the face of God.” But God’s presence is concentrated in some places, especially the Ka’ba in Mecca. Thus, all Muslims face the Ka’ba as they pray, forming concentric rings around the globe and thus facing each other as well.
3. Giving Alms - Zakat is the giving of alms or charity. It is both a way of taking care of the poor and a spiritual reminder that we must not be bound to our possessions. The Qur’an suggests that the funds collected go to the poor, recent converts, those in bondage who need to buy their freedom, those in debt, travelers, and those teaching or defending the faith. Every Muslim pays roughly 2.5% of the estimated value of their belongings. This does not include one’s house, the tools, livestock or land needed for one’s trade, and one mode of transport. Just those goods we possess over and above what we need.
Mohammad’s companions once asked, “How can one give alms if one has nothing?” Mohammad replied, “he should then work
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and give something from what he earns.” The companions then asked, “but what if he can’t work?” Mohammad replied, “he should then help the poor.” “But what if he can’t do that?” Mohammad then said, “he should then urge others to help them.” “And if there are no others?” “Then he should pray, for that too is charity.”
4. Fasting - Muslims fast from sun up to sun down during the month of Ramadan, the month in which the first verses of the Qur’an were given to Mohammad. Fasting means nothing enters the body—food, drink, smoke, or sex. The Qur’an is clear that no one should be hurt by fasting, thus this obligation is not expected of the sick, pregnant or nursing women, children, the elderly, and laborers or travelers who need their strength. The month of Ramadan is also considered to be a month of spiritual retreat, in which one withdraws, not just from food but from unholy thoughts and rededicates one’s spiritual life to God. Through fasting we better understand our physical neediness and thus have more sympathy for
the poor and hungry.
5. Hajj - Once in one’s life, if one is able, a Muslim is expected to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. The hajj occurs at a set time of year, in which millions of pilgrims converge on Mecca. Each pilgrim is dressed alike, showing the unity and equality of all before God. The pilgrimage is both an inner and an outer journey. One physically goes to circle the sacred place of the Ka’ba but in one’s heart one spiritually goes to circle God. The pilgrimage leaves behind all one’s normal preoccupations. It is a once in a lifetime intensification of prayer, almsgiving, and fasting.
Proclamation of faith - Prayer à Alms à Fasting à Pilgrimage. Each is less frequent but more intense. Many say Islam is an easy faith—just do five things, all spelled out. However, try stopping to pray five times a day. Every day. Try going without so much as a sip of water from sun up to sun down. Not so easy. And, of course, each outward act is but a symbol of an inner change of heart. In that inner change, the shahada means knowing more and more that
only God matters. Prayer means reorienting one’s total life toward God. In giving alms and fasting we give up our preoccupations with the world and with our body. And in the hajj we remember that all of life is a pilgrimage toward God.
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Dr. noreen Hertzfeld
Final MassHere are the deacons and deacon
wives who died in 2019Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Deacon Claude V. Kennedy March 7, 2019
Deacon Charles KustnerMarch 11, 2019
Deacon Jay Wittak, April 14, 2019 (Jay ordained for Marquette MI but served the majority of his
ministry in Milwaukee)
Deacon Michael R. RooneyMay 23, 2019
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The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist – Part TwoDeacon tracy Jamison, PhD
Whenever we consider the various explanations of the presence of Christ in
the Eucharist, we are struck by how plausible they all are as interpretations of Sacred Scripture. Some Christians believe that the authors of Scripture intended to assert that Christ is only representationally present in the Eucharist, as a person is present in a portrait or in a proper name. Other Christians teach that the authors of Scripture intended to assert that in the Eucharist the elements remain bread and wine and that Christ’s body and blood become physically present with them (consubstantiation), like the Incarnation of the divine Person of Christ, in which he remained what he was and became what we was not. Still others maintain that the authors of Scripture intended to assert that in the Eucharist the elements remain bread and wine and that Christ’s body and blood become spiritually present with them (impanation), like the indwelling of Christ in a human person by the grace of Baptism.
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians, however, believe that the authors of Scripture intended to assert that in a valid Eucharist the elements do not remain bread and wine but actually become the body and blood of Christ, similar to the miracle in which Christ by his divine power visibly turned water into wine—one substance becoming a substance
of a different kind—though in the Eucharist the change takes place invisibly. If the doctrine of transubstantiation is true, then at some point in a valid Eucharist what still appears to be bread and wine is no longer really bread and wine but is Christ’s body and blood substantially present together with his human soul and the fullness of his divinity. Catholic and Orthodox churches have different ways of explaining how and when this substantial change takes place in a valid Eucharist, but in contrast to most mainline Protestant communities they do require firm assent at least to the fact that such a change does take place in a valid Eucharist, even though Protestant doctrines and explanations might seem more rational and easier to believe
As interpretations of Scripture, all the various Christian explanations of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist work reasonably well (representation, consubstantiation, impanation, and transubstantiation), but they cannot all be true. We seem to have some irreconcilable differences. Certainly we should affirm the plausibility and sincerity of each other’s beliefs, but we should also recognize that there have been remarkably similar situations with more basic Christian doctrines, including the doctrine of the Incarnation itself.
In the early Church there were disagreements about how exactly God became man in Jesus Christ. Some sincere followers of
Christ and his Apostles believed that the union between Christ’s divine and human natures is a fully substantial union and that his divine nature therefore must have essentially changed when he became man, similar to how copper and tin can combine to form bronze. Others who likewise professed to be disciples of Christ believed that God’s nature is essentially unchangeable and that Christ as God therefore must have assumed a human nature only accidentally, like angels who are pure spirits but sometimes assume a human form in order to converse with humans. Among early Christians there were many variations of these general theories of the Incarnation as an accidental or substantial change of the divine nature.
Still other Christians offered a much more complicated explanation of the Incarnation and posited an entirely different kind of change, one in which Christ’s divine nature remains the same but his divine Person (Greek - Hypostasis) begins to subsist simultaneously in a fully human nature through a uniquely hypostatic form of union. This more complicated explanation of the Incarnation as a hypostatic union of two distinct natures is the one that eventually prevailed in the Church and became a Christian dogma, but for several centuries the doctrine was not formally defined and there were many differences of opinion. The content of Sacred Scripture by itself was unable to reconcile the differences and determine which of the competing interpretations was true. The less complicated theories often seemed more plausible and better supported by Scripture.
There is a key question that is logically prior to the various questions that Christians often raise about doctrines such as those concerning the nature of the Incarnation and the nature of the Eucharist. The logically prior question is the one which asks whether Christ gave the Church any instruments in addition to Scripture for determining which of the various plausible explanations of a divine mystery in any given case is the truth about that mystery. The same question must also be raised with regard to the many competing formulations of moral norms.
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Sunday , July 19
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4:00 pm Opening Mass BCFr. Bob Flannery
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Fr. Bob Flannery
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11:00 am Session 2 BR2 Rev. Walter Kedjierski, Ph.D Ecumenism 101 Part 2
12:30 Lunch FP
2:00 pm Session 3 BR2 Rev. Walter Kedjierski, Ph.D Intereligious Relations
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Continued from Page 6The Catholic answer is that the truth about faith and morals is always to be found on the side of those who remain in full communion with the apostolic successor of St Peter.
When St John Henry Newman discovered that the early Church herself followed the principle of dogmatic development in accord with the primacy of the See of Rome, he had the criterion that he needed in order to discern in any given case which of the many explanations of Christian faith and practice were true, and he was soon received into the full communion of the Roman Catholic Church. What, then,
can be said about the authority of Rome in explicitly defining what is implicit in the Apostolic deposit of faith and morals? Is the Roman Catholic Church simply one channel of theological and moral truth among many such channels? We will consider these questions in future newsletters. May God bless all our catechetical and diaconal endeavors.
Speakers for the 2020 Conference We are pleased to announce the line up
of Speakers for NDICE 2020 .
rev. robert Flannery,
M.A., Past-President of the Catholic Association of Di-ocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers; Ecu-menical and Interreligious Officer, Catholic Diocese of
Belleville, Illinois; Board of Regents, School of Theology and Seminary, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota.
rev. Walter Kedjierski, Ph.D.,
Executive Director, Secre-tariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, United States Conference of Catho-lic Bishops, Washington, D.C.
noreen Hertzfeld, Ph.D.,
Theology Professor, Saint John’s University, Colleg-eville, Minnesota and College of Saint Benedict, Saint Jo-seph, Minnesota.
rev. Dr. John Pawlikowski, OSM,
Past-President of the Interna-tional Council of Christians and Jews; Professor-Emer-itus, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois;
Board Member of the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Deacon tracy Jamison, Ph.D.
A permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Cin-cinnati. Currently he is an associate professor of phi-losophy at Mount St Mary’s
Seminary of the West.
Deacon Tracy Jamison, Ph.D.