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Ohio Dominican University will welcome Fr. Chrys McVey, O.P., as the keynote speaker for the annual Convocation in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday, January 22, 2009. McVey’s address is entitled “Dominican Values: Alive to the Real and the Possible.” During the past several years he has

lived in Rome as Socius for Apostolic Life to the Master of the Dominican Order. His interest is inter-religious dialogue and its implications on Chris-tian theology and practice. The convoca-

tion begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Matesich Theatre on the second floor of Erskine Hall on Ohio Dominican’s main campus, 1216 Sunbury Road. The event is open to the pub-lic, however registration is required. Immediately following the lecture, there will be a Eucharistic celebration in Christ the King Chapel, located in Sansbury Hall where McVey will celebrate Mass. To register, please call Sr. Catherine Colby (Director of ODU’s Center for Dominican Stud-ies) at 614-251-4722 or email [email protected]. The convocation is sponsored by

ODU’s Center for Dominican Stud-ies and the Division of Theology, Arts and Ideas in honor of the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, observed on Janu-ary 28. In 1911, the Dominican Sisters of

St. Mary of the Springs established the college in the tradition of Domi-nic de Guzman, who established their Order, the “Order of Preachers.” One of the most well-known Dominicans

was Tommaso de Aquino. Aquinas, who died at

the age of 49, taught, preached, and wrote over 90 works. In these, he discuss-es the mystery of God, creation, and our own mean-ing. In celebrating Thomas Aquinas,

ODU celebrates its own origins as a Do-

minican community of higher learning.

The Center for Dominican Stud-ies serves as a resource for those interested in learning more about Dominican education, the Domini-can charism, the history of Ohio Do-minican University and its mission and values. To fulfill its mission, the Center sponsors and hosts a variety of programs and services for stu-dents, faculty, staff, alumni and the general public.

Member of Pakistan’s Dominican Province to give address at ODU

Front Page photo:People gather for an immigration rally in downtown Chicago.

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C A T H O L I C Your weekly guide along the pathway of faith

This week Catholic Times takes a look at a door. You know the door I’m refer-ring to. It is inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearn-ing to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” We are a nation of immigrants and a

church of immigrants. But, sadly, we sometimes lose touch with what that means. Each year at this time we read the story of how the Holy Family was forced to flee with the infant Jesus into Egypt to escape the persecution of King Herod. Our Lord himself was a refugee.The church has always taught the impor-

tance of welcoming immigrants. In the Old Testament God reminded his people Israel to welcome the strangers among them, “You shall treat the stranger who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you, have the same love for him as for yourself; for you too were once strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Lv 19:33-34)In St. Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus tells us

that by caring for the stranger, the sick and the hungry we are in fact caring for him (Mt 25:35). Yet we live in an age when the welcome mat has been rolled up and locked away.I am very grateful that my ancestors

were not prevented from making a home in America. My mother’s family first came here about 200 years ago as immi-grants from Germany -- the same wave of immigrants that planted the first Cath-olic churches here in Ohio. My father’s family arrived a century later in the great wave of immigration from Eastern Eu-rope, Italy and Ireland. I recall looking at my grandfather’s

immigration pa-pers that were issued when he left a freighter in the Port of Philadelphia. I thought of the courage it had to take to leave all he knew behind to start with nothing in a land where he did not even speak the language. I thought about the joy he must have felt in making a new start in America and sending for his family to join him in his new home. I thought about the hopes and dreams that he had for his children and grandchildren that lead him to make that journey. I’m so thankful that he had those dreams for me long before I was born and that I have been able to live out his dreams.Today, we have erected legal barriers to

make immigration much more difficult. And, there is a sad and disgraceful hos-tility to many of those who have found their way into our country. This issue of Catholic Times explores the efforts the church is making nationally and here in the Diocese of Columbus to reform im-migration laws and to provide assistance and support to those who seek to make a home among us.We need to bear in mind the words of

Pope John Paul II who said a decade ago, “The Church in America must be a vigilant advocate, defending against any unjust restriction of the natural right of individual persons to move freely within their own nation and from one nation to another. Attention must be called to the rights of migrants and their families and to respect for their human dignity, even in cases of non-legal immigration.”Most of you, like me, had ancestors who

found their way through the “Golden Door” to build a life in America. We must not lock that door behind us.

The Editor’s Notebook

By David Garick, Editor

Welcoming the Stranger

The 2nd Annual Columbus Catholic Women’s Conference will be held at the Lausche Building, Ohio Expo Center on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 from 8:00AM-3:00PM. Registra-tion begins at 6:30 AM. Cost for the event is $25.00. There is a $5.00 parking fee at the Ohio Expo Center.

Once again, this day offers a

very special time for women of the Diocese of Columbus and beyond. The Keynote Speaker is Immaculee Ilibagiza whose life was transformed dramati-cally during the 1994 Rwan-dan genocide. Immaculee credits her salvage mostly to prayer and to a set of rosary beads given to her by a devout Catholic father prior to going into hiding.

The afternoon speaker is Sis-ter Rosalind Moss who has been a staff apologist with Catholic Answers for the past ten years, and often a host of programs on EWTN. A Jew-ish convert, Rosalind earned a master’s degree in Ministry from Talbot Theological Semi-nary and is currently in the process of founding a religious order in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Theme of this year’s con-ference is “Strength & Cour-

age. The Celebrant for the Mass, which begins the day, is the Most Reverend Bishop Frederick F. Campbell. Mas-ter of Ceremonies is Nancy Montgomery, Host of the radio program Yes! Lord on St. Ga-

briel Catholic Radio, 1580 AM and President of the Columbus Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Reconciliation with priests from throughout the Di-oceses begins at 10:15 AM and will continue through the day.

A light lunch will be provided.Registration can be online at

www.columbuscatholicwom-en.com or with the registration form provided here. For more information, call the Columbus DCCW at 614-228-8601.

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2nd Annual Columbus Catholic Women’s Conferenceto be held Saturday, February 21, 2009

Precious Blood Sisters begin 175th anniversary year

COLUMBUS CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 2009Name:_____________________________________________________________Address:____________________________________________________________City:_______________________________________State/Zip:________________Phone:__________________Email:_____________________________________Parish_____________________________________________________________Registration: $25 # of Women Attending _____ x $25 Total Amount Enclosed__________________Lite Lunch Included.Please make checks payable to: Catholic Women’s ConferenceMail to: Patty Meyers, 4020 Patricia Dr., Columbus, OH 43220 or register online at: www.columbuscatholicwomen.com

This year the Dayton,Ohio-based Sisters of the Precious Blood celebrate the 175th anni-versary of the founding of their congregation. They have pro-claimed Jan. 15, 2009 through Jan. 15, 2010 as a year of jubi-lee, and are marking this mile-stone anniversary with a full calendar of events. Highlights of the 175th anniversary year will include:

A four-part lecture series on Precious Blood spirituality (see information below);

An open house at Salem Heights, Dayton, on Sunday, April 26;

A Mass of Thanksgiving cel-ebrated by Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of Cincinnati at Pre-cious Blood Church, Dayton, on Sunday, Oct. 4.

Additional anniversary events are being planned for the Ma-ria Stein area, as well as in other dioceses and states where CPPS Sisters also serve.

The Sisters of the Precious Blood were founded in 1834 in Switzerland by Mother Maria Anna Brunner, a widow, moth-er and grandmother. Filled with a yearning to do even more for God, she made a pilgrimage to Rome. There she was intro-duced to the spirituality of the Precious Blood of Jesus through the preaching of St. Gaspar del Bufalo. She returned home ea-ger to make this devotion the center of her life and to make it known to others.

Back in Switzerland, Maria Anna spent her nights and days in prayer, cared for the needs of the young men in the seminary, taught orphan girls in her home, and provided food for the area’s poor. Her passionate love for God became contagious, and soon other women joined her in her life of prayer and good works. This little group became the nucleus of the Sisters of the Precious Blood.

The first Sisters of the Pre-

cious Blood arrived in Ohio pioneer territory from their na-tive Switzerland in the spring of 1844. Bishop John Baptist Purcell of Cincinnati visited them within a week of their ar-rival, presenting the great needs of the local church. On Christ-mas Eve of that year, the sisters moved into a log convent in New Riegel, Ohio. There they began their treasured practice of Eucharistic adoration and began to minister to the needs of the growing population of German immigrants.

The congregation’s mother-house has been located in the Cincinnati Archdiocese since the earliest days, first in Maria Stein (1846) and, since 1923, in Dayton. From here, hundreds of Precious Blood Sisters have reached out to serve the needs of God’s people in education, pas-toral ministry and health care, and in a wide range of ministries across the United States.

Today, Sisters of the Pre-

cious Blood serve throughout Ohio, as well as in Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan, and internationally in Chile and Guatemala, striving to be “a life-giving, reconciling pres-ence in our fractured world.”

The first program in the lec-ture series will be Saturday, Jan. 17, at the sisters’ mother-house, Salem Heights, Den-linger Road at Salem Avenue, Dayton. Free and open to the public, the daylong program is from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and includes lunch. Presenter will be Precious Blood Sister Joyce Ann Zimmerman, director of the Institute for Liturgical Min-istry in Dayton and an adjunct professor of liturgy at the Ath-enaeum of Ohio. Her topic will be “A Theology of Eucharist and Adoration: Perspectives on Precious Blood Spirituality.”

Future lectures and present-ers will be: June 29: Mercy Sister Marie Chin, “Living the

Vowed, Consecrated Life in the 21st Century”; Oct. 3: Precious Blood Father Barry Fischer: “Precious Blood Spirituality: Wellspring of Our Call to Mis-sion”; Jan. 16, 2010, Sister Dianne Bergant, a Sister of St. Agnes: “Precious Blood Spiri-tuality from the Old Testament Perspective.

To for more information on the Jan. 17 lecture, or to reg-ister, phone (937) 837-3302, ext. 105.

For updates on 175th anniver-sary events, see the congrega-tion’s web site:

www.PreciousBloodSisters-Dayton.org.


PRACTICAL STEWARDSHIPRick Jeric

Ave Maria Did you enjoy Christmas? Did you enjoy the New Year’s celebration? We are all renewed and re-com-mitted to doing what we must to achieve and sus-tain what is right. We love the annual celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, our Savior. It re-focuses us on our journey to God in this life, and gives us hope for an enduring faith and love for all. At the same time, the same Jesus Christ is risen in glory and lives among us. It is that Jesus whom we encounter each day in His Word, in the Eucharist, and in one another. Since I am sure that we all packed our parish churches on January 1 to honor Mary, the Mother of God, let us continue to pray for her guidance and intercession as we continue our journey of faith to the ultimate reward of heaven. Just in case you are wondering whether or not it mattered if you were at Mass on January 1, think of it this way: just as Jesus asked Peter, John and James in the garden at Gethsemane, “Could you not stay awake and wait with me for even one hour?” Jesus asks us each Sunday and each Holy Day of obliga-tion, “Could you not give me even one hour?”

Hail Mary, full of grace. Mary, our Mother, and the Mother of Jesus. We honor her, we thank her, we pray for her intercession, and we hail her as the nearly perfect woman. As she was conceived without sin, she is abso-lutely full of grace. We fail as humans, and grace is a critical part of how we come back to God and grow in our spiritual maturity. We pray for some of the grace that Mary embodied from her conception. The Lord is with you. Not only was our Lord, Jesus with Mary throughout His time as man on earth, but He was always with her. Jesus was with her at her Immaculate Conception, He took care of her throughout His life on earth, He ap-peared to her and the Apostles prior to Pentecost, and He knew her be-fore she was even conceived. Recall that the same Jesus loves us, and knew us before we were conceived, too. Blessed are you among women. Mary, the nearly perfect woman. As women, you need not look any further for the ultimate role model. She simply said, “Yes.” As men, we need not look any further for the ultimate woman. Note the honor and respect Mary re-ceived from Jesus and Joseph. And blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Of course. What a mystery. It is difficult enough to comprehend the mystery of the Incarnation. Imagine having to say “Yes” to bearing that fruit.

Holy Mary, Mother of God. Again, none of us can comprehend what this means. To be the Mother of God would require absolute holiness. While we are imperfect, we remain steadfastly committed on the path of achiev-ing holiness. As our Vocations Office reminds us, “Seek Holiness.” Never give up. Pray for us, sinners. As we know, we can not pray to Mary, but she is our best intercessor for us to God. We are sinners, and we need our Heavenly Mother to pray for us. Ask her often, as each “Hail Mary” is prayed. Now, and at the hour of our death. As good stewards of our own souls, we make prayer a part of each day. Be sure to include Mary in that daily prayer. Just as we need her intercession to keep us faithful each day, so do we need her at the time of our death. Amen. We believe!

Our practical challenge this week is to serve as Mary did. Say “Yes” to someone or something that requires great faith. Visit and help a relative in need. Take special care of your family, whether a newborn or someone who is “lost.” Tell someone to “do whatever He (Jesus) tells you.” Be there, at the foot of someone’s cross, as they are dying. Have the faith and courage that it takes to serve, even when all seems hopeless. Ave Maria, gratia plena!

Jeric is director of development and planning for the Columbus Diocese.

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Recently, the staff at Hilliard St. Brendan the Navigator Church ar-ranged to have Father Paul Lauri-naitis (left) meet James Laurinai-tis, Ohio State University Football Team linebacker. Father Laurinaitis, retired priest

in residence at St. Brendan Parish, was thrilled to meet the famous Buckeye football player. The two Laurinaitises had a won-derful visit, and even Coach Jim Tres-sel came by to meet the linebacker’s new buddy. CT photo courtesy of St. Brendan

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Pray the Rosary

Workshop for those in divorce process begins Jan. 22 An eight-week workshop for those going through the divorce process will begin on Thursday, Jan. 22. The workshop will be held from 7 p.m.-9 p.m., at the

Catholic Center, which is located at 197 E. Gay St., in Columbus. The fee for the workshop is $40, and scholarships are also available.

For additional informa-tion, call the Marriage and Family Life Office at 614-241-2560 or e-mail the office at [email protected].


Wellston Sts. Peter and Paul Parish is sponsoring its first “Inviting Catholics Home” series. This se-ries, written by Sally Mews, has proven ef-fective in getting non-practicing Catholics to return to Church. The first of the six weekly sessions will begin on Wednesday. Jan. 14, at 7 p.m., and will be held in the for-mer sisters’ convent on S. Pennsylvania Ave. The program is di-rected toward Catho-lics who need some encouragement to return to the practice of their Faith, and is non-judgmental and

non-confrontational. The first two sessions will give an overview of the program and will provide partici-pants the opportunity to discuss their rea-sons for leaving the Church. These will be times to share feel-ings and vent frustra-tions. There will be no clergy present at these initial sessions. The final four meet-ings will deal with changes in the Church since Vatican 11, the sacrament of Recon-ciliation, a “Walk-Through the Mass” and the Creed. For details, call 740-384-2359.

Wellston parish invites Catholics to come home

franciscans of theholy land

Think about it. What could be more honorable and more blessed than a Vocation of serving with the Franciscans of the Holy Land?

Protecting the Holy Shrines: walking and working, teaching and preaching in the very same places that Jesus did. That is the cause and the mission in the life of a Holy Land Franciscan priest.

The Franciscans of the Holy Land have been guarding this hallowed place - the most sacred of lands - and other shrines of Christianity for nearly 800 years. Our work in the Holy Land has also expanded to include support of the schools and missions, as well as caring for refugees and other needy people of the region.

Ours is a cause rooted deeply in the heritage and behavior of Jesus Christ. Walk with us, where He walked. Work with us, where He worked.

Think about it. It’s a glorious thought. It’s a wonderful vocation.

Become a Holy Land Franciscan prophet of peace and minister of reconciliation.

Walk and Work in His Very Footsteps

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land Office of Vocations

1400 Quincy Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017

Phone: 202-526-6800 ext. 334 Email: [email protected]

www.myfranciscan.com

Seven students from Colum-bus St. Mary School in German Village were recently nominat-ed to attend a World Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. Nominated students included: (from left) Corey Hall, Michael Creagh, Juan Durano, Timothy Engle, Sam Agra, Madeleine McDonald and Ivra Bass. Three students, Sam Agra, Juan Durano and Ivra Bass, were able to go to Washington to attend the forum.

At the forum, they learned when to lead, when to talk and when to listen, and how to get along with others and make smart choices. “We were in the same hotel room with other kids we didn’t know!” said Durano. “We stayed in our team groups for the entire time,” said Agra. Bass said he was in a group that “had to do a skit. The skit was designed by the young leaders to help us learn about

responsibility in leadership. Another group performed a skit about respect.” During the forum, they went to the Arlington Cemetery, where they saw the changing of the guards. They also went to Jamestown and Williamsburg, as well as to the International Spy Museum in Gettysburg. At the end of the forum, a party for the participants was held on a yacht. CT photo courtesy of

St. Mary

Columbus St. Mary students

qualify for leadership

forum


The moral implications of filing bankruptcy A quick note from:OFFICE OF LITURGY

Q: I have a ques-tion I hope you will answer very

simply. Is it against our Catholic religion to file bankruptcy? My husband and I wish to buy a home, and we have a large sum of bills that are due. Fil-ing bankruptcy might solve our problem, but would that be wrong? (Nebraska)

A: I can’t tell you. Your question is far from simple,

and any useful answer would not be simple. All I can do is offer some im-portant considerations for you to balance out. First, however, I con-gratulate you for thinking of this as a serious moral decision. Too often, it seems, people consider it a purely financial issue and act in ways which do great injustice to others. We begin with the fact that we’re dealing here with restitution, the re-sponsibility we have in strict justice to repay oth-

ers for what we have taken from them. If I buy a pair of shoes, for example, my debt to the seller is not simply one of charity or philanthropy, something I can pay if it is convenient and agreeable. He has a moral right, in what is called commutative jus-tice, to what is due him, and I have a moral duty to compensate him. Bankruptcy is one of the circumstances that excuse a person from this kind of obligation. It provides a way to satisfy one’s cred-itors equitably when full satisfaction of all debts is simply not possible. As you know, when an individual or business de-clares bankruptcy, state laws control the legal pro-cess in detail. For guid-ance through that maze

you need a good attorney. It needs to be said that bankruptcy, when pur-sued honestly, is a per-fectly justifiable proce-dure, both legally and morally. A lot of success-ful and very good people have had to declare bank-ruptcy sometime in their lives. Some have later quietly paid part of their past debts, even though there was no legal, or probably even moral, ob-ligation to do so. Morally speaking, in-solvent persons claim-ing bankruptcy are not required to dwindle their possessions down to noth-ing. They have a right to retain what is necessary to support themselves and their loved ones in decency, according to their social status, and to

try to re-establish their fi-nancial security. Moral obligations be-gin, of course, long be-fore any bankruptcy proceedings are initi-ated. Building debts one is fairly certain one will never be able to pay off is obviously wrong, both legally and morally. As I said, this is equivalent to stealing. We’ve seen numerous examples of this in recent years at all financial levels. When declaring bank-ruptcy begins to loom on anyone’s horizon, another obligation is to explore what settlements one might make with credi-tors. Sometimes that is more attractive to credi-tors than attempting later to extract payment from a debtor who is bankrupt. These are all factors which only you, can suit-ably reflect upon to arrive at a good moral decision.

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FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORDBy now most of the drooping poinsettias have been re-

moved from our sanctuaries and only a sturdy few still re-main. Throughout our neighborhoods the cut pine trees used to decorate our homes have already made it to the curb and have been pickup to become wood chips for some park. Christmas carols no longer fill the radio waves and Christ-mas movies have been put away by the TV networks for the next Christmas season. Stores have ready replaced their after Christmas sales with diet and fitness products, some have already brought out their Valentine candy. However, for the Church, the liturgical season of Christmas ends this Sunday with the celebration of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

Since 1970, the celebration of Solemnity of the Epiph-any of the Lord has been celebrated on the Sunday following the first Saturday in January instead of on the 6th. The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the Sunday that follows the celebration of Epiphany, ex-cept when Epiphany falls on 7th or 8th of January. When Epiphany falls on either of these two dates, The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is transferred to the Monday

following the Epiphany. Which ever day The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated, it becomes the last day in the season of Christmas. The day that follows The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a day in Ordinary Time.

Christmas is an extended liturgical season of joy and cel-ebration involving many different symbols and traditions, special music and activities, which vary significantly among different countries and cultures. The season celebrates the Incarnation, the birth of Jesus, through the beginning of his public ministry. It is his baptism in the Jordan River that his public ministry begins.

The question that is often asked is; “Why did Jesus ask to be baptized by John?” The early Church Fathers pondered this question. Their answer was simple: “Christ is baptized, not to be made holy by the water, but to make the water holy, and by his cleansing to purity the waters which he touched.”

There is an image found in the book of Exodus where the Is-raelites moved though the water of the Red Sea leaving slav-ery and proceeding to the promised land. Baptism offers the movement from original sin through the waters of baptism to the promise of eternal life.

Baptism was not the only sacrament established that day: as Jesus stepped out of the water, the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus and the Father spoke. Thus confirming his public ministry, a ministry we too share through our baptism and our confirmation. Through these sacraments (and the Eucha-rist) we are fully initiated into the mission of Christ, a mission that leads us to eternal life. After all, following in the steps of Jesus is not just about “being saved,” it is about sharing in Christ’s anointing to transform the world.


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Gahanna St. Matthew’s Knitting/Crocheting Ministry spreads

warmth, hope

The results of a year’s worth of knitting and crocheting hats, scarves, baby blankets and lap robes were recently assembled by the Knitting/Crocheting Ministry of Gah-anna St. Matthew (left). Volunteers knitted and crocheted 5,166 items for people in need, and a prayer was pinned on each hat/scarf set, blanket and lap robe by additional volunteers com-prised of knitters/crocheters,

yarn donors and community members (above). The attached prayers were for the warmth, comfort and hope of the recipients. More than 27 organiza-tions assisted in this annual outreach program, including St. Matthew’s Thanksgiv-ing Baskets and Christmas Gift Room, Interfaith Hos-pitality Network, Columbus St. Dominic Church, Faith Mission, Reynoldsburg St.

Pius and St. Vincent de Paul in Columbus as well as the Ministry for Community in London, Ohio. Since 1995, the Knitting/Crocheting Ministry of St. Matthew Church has made and delivered 10,000 items to community organizations in need. For more information about the ministry, call 614-471-5292. CT photos courtesy of

Glenda and Bob Neely


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HAVE YOU REMEMBEREDYOUR PARISH

IN YOUR WILL?

You have been a faithful steward all your life. You give of your time, talent and treasure. When the call goes out for a special need, you’re always there.

It is faithful, dedicated parishioners like you who enable the Church to fulfill its mission. We thank you for your generosity.

Isn’t a bequest in your will just the logical last step in a lifetime of giving?

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President of Paulist Press to speak at Westerville St. Paul Parish, Jan. 18 Father Lawrence Boadt, C.S.P., will be speaking at Westerville St. Paul the Apostle Church on Sunday, Jan. 18, as one of the adult educational opportuni-ties chosen for the year of St. Paul. Father Boadt plans on sharing his 10 Favorite Gifts of Spirituality from St. Paul that All Christians Share as the community celebrates the Week of Christian Unity. All area Churches are invited to this event, which will take place at St. Paul’s in the New Activities Center from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. Father Boadt is currently the presi-dent and publisher of the Paulist Press in New Jersey. The Paulist Press is a major compo-nent of the work of the Paulist Fathers, a society of missionary priests founded for and by Americans in 1858. Their leader, Father Isaac Hecker, sought a way to share the Gospel and the tradi-tions of American Catholicism with the

people of his time. The first product of this vision was a monthly publication, the Catholic World magazine. Father Boadt has taught in the Theol-ogy Department at Fordham University (1974-76), and at St. John’s University (1975), and was professor of Biblical Studies at the Washington Theologi-cal Union, a Roman Catholic Gradu-ate School of Theology in Washington, D.C. from 1976 -1997. Since 1997, he has been professor emeritus of Biblical Studies at the Wash-ington Theological Union. He is widely recognized for his writings and knowl-edge of Sacred Scripture. In recognition of the Pauline Year, he has authored a book on the life of St. Paul that can be purchased at the event. Also of noted interest is his participa-tion in the ecumenical dialogue on Jew-ish Christian Sharing of Scripture where he has chaired a three colloquium and editor in chief for a series on Studies in Judaism and Christianity.

The 8th grade class at Lancaster St. Mary School recently came to the aid of a former alumni. Elizabeth Shumaker, a junior at The Ohio State University and graduate of St. Mary School, trav-els to Cusco, Peru, to work with underprivileged children. She contacted her old alma mater, St. Mary School, to see if the students there could help raise

money for needed school sup-plies. The 8th graders embraced the idea and decided to sell yellow stars for $1. The stars, which represent the light of Christ, were displayed on lockers and doors. The whole school pitched in and raised more than $1,000 for Shu-maker’s cause.

Lancaster St. Mary raises funds for Peru

Immaculate Conception blood drive is Jan. 19 Columbus Immaculate Conception Parish is sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday, Jan. 19, noon-6 p.m. Every two seconds,

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It is all in how you look at things

It is all in how you look at things. Is this the end of the year or the beginning of the day? Does it even matter? Can it be both? This is the way my mind works; I am always turning things over in my head trying to find the best way to look at them. The same questions arise in many forms. Am I my chil-dren’s teacher? Are my chil-dren my teachers? Does it even matter? Can it be both? The same questions obvi-ously apply to all of my loved ones and can even be extend-ed to all of my acquaintances. Since I look at this beauti-ful experience of life this way I believe that my teachers are everywhere. Since I was a very small child, I have been a student of life. I have learned that we are all given this gift by our cre-ator and that some live it in a beautiful fashion while other squander it. Many live on automatic pi-lot, never appreciating our many blessings.

We know that earthly life is only a preparation for our life in the here after. Nobody really knows what that will be like. I can only imagine that our loving Father who gave us such a glorious life here on earth has something wonder-ful planned for eternity. While living our life here on earth the most important things are our relationships. First, of course, is our rela-tionship with God. The first thing we must do in our relationship with God is to trust him. People have many ways of trying to explain suffering. The one that has made the most sense to me is that suf-fering strengthens us. Much like weight lifting, strengthens our muscles. Lifting weights actually in-jures the muscles and as they go about their job of repairing themselves the actually be-come stronger and stronger. History is full of people who have led the way for us. The best stories in both fact and fiction are those which bring a lump to our throats as we see the triumph of the hu-man spirit. The saddest stories of all

seem to be the ones where the character in the story never embraces life fully. Unfortunately, many people fall under this category, most often this is due to fear. These people are forgetting to trust God. We all must add courage to that trust in God if we want to use our lives as God has de-signed them to be used. I have seen young people stare death in the eye, smile inwardly and say to them-selves “someday, but not yet, I have work to do here” and then courageously climb back to health and life. I have seen people face death and say to themselves, “My God, how I love life! How I shall miss life here on earth and all of the people here that I love,” and then with both trust in God and courage in their hearts, step into the great beyond. After our relationship with God come our relationships with other people. I think the key to success in these relationships is love. If we love others we will try to help them to make good use of their time here on earth. If we love others as we should

we will keep our hearts open and full of love towards others even when they have hurt us. Sometimes when we are able to do this, miracles occur. Jesus illustrated this for when he continued loving us even as he died for us, leading to the miracle of his resurrection. We all need to be inspired. Different things lend inspira-tion to different people. Personally, I find my fellow humans inspirational. During every phase of my life, I have had a role model that I would refer to as needed. Naturally, I often fell short in my attempts to pattern my-self after my role models. There are many people both living and dead who, unbe-knownst to them, influence my daily decisions. Just as it is frustrating to see a student get nine-tenths of the way through school and then decide to stop studying and learning and subsequently be unable to graduate, it is also frustrating to see a person live a certain portion of his or her life and then stop embracing life fully. Obviously our physical bod-ies always slow down as we

age and often require us to give up many physical activi-ties. Sometimes even our brains slow down causing us to have to give up many intellectual activities. Withdrawing from physical and mental activities is just what our maker has in mind for some of us to do. I believe this is a gift which God gives to some people to help them develop the virtues of faith, hope and love. My favorite little saying is that while we often have no control over what happens in life, we always have con-trol over how we react to the events as they unfold. As we make our journey through life let’s always react with wonder and awe. Let’s keep a quiet spot in our hearts and minds so that we can hear God speaking to us. I have decided that it is both the beginning of my closing paragraph and the end of my little essay. It is also the end of the year and the beginning of the rest of my life. Neary is a parishioner at Columbus St. Timothy Church.

BY BRENDA NEARY

LIVINGFaith


Do you have a ‘Living Faith’ story? Anyone can contribute stories to the Living Faith page. Stories should be a personal experience in a faith context written in the first person. They should be typed, doubled-spaced, and about one-and-one-half to two pages in length. Stories should be signed. All submissions may be edited for

length and content. Mail stories to : The Catholic Times, 197 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio, 43215; or, e-mail them to [email protected].

It is all in how you look at things

It is all in how you look at things. Is this the end of the year or the beginning of the day? Does it even matter? Can it be both? This is the way my mind works; I am always turning things over in my head trying to find the best way to look at them. The same questions arise in many forms. Am I my chil-dren’s teacher? Are my chil-dren my teachers? Does it even matter? Can it be both? The same questions obvi-ously apply to all of my loved ones and can even be extend-ed to all of my acquaintances. Since I look at this beauti-ful experience of life this way I believe that my teachers are everywhere. Since I was a very small child, I have been a student of life. I have learned that we are all given this gift by our cre-ator and that some live it in a beautiful fashion while other squander it. Many live on automatic pi-lot, never appreciating our many blessings.

We know that earthly life is only a preparation for our life in the here after. Nobody really knows what that will be like. I can only imagine that our loving Father who gave us such a glorious life here on earth has something wonder-ful planned for eternity. While living our life here on earth the most important things are our relationships. First, of course, is our rela-tionship with God. The first thing we must do in our relationship with God is to trust him. People have many ways of trying to explain suffering. The one that has made the most sense to me is that suf-fering strengthens us. Much like weight lifting, strengthens our muscles. Lifting weights actually in-jures the muscles and as they go about their job of repairing themselves the actually be-come stronger and stronger. History is full of people who have led the way for us. The best stories in both fact and fiction are those which bring a lump to our throats as we see the triumph of the hu-man spirit. The saddest stories of all

seem to be the ones where the character in the story never embraces life fully. Unfortunately, many people fall under this category, most often this is due to fear. These people are forgetting to trust God. We all must add courage to that trust in God if we want to use our lives as God has de-signed them to be used. I have seen young people stare death in the eye, smile inwardly and say to them-selves “someday, but not yet, I have work to do here” and then courageously climb back to health and life. I have seen people face death and say to themselves, “My God, how I love life! How I shall miss life here on earth and all of the people here that I love,” and then with both trust in God and courage in their hearts, step into the great beyond. After our relationship with God come our relationships with other people. I think the key to success in these relationships is love. If we love others we will try to help them to make good use of their time here on earth. If we love others as we should

we will keep our hearts open and full of love towards others even when they have hurt us. Sometimes when we are able to do this, miracles occur. Jesus illustrated this for when he continued loving us even as he died for us, leading to the miracle of his resurrection. We all need to be inspired. Different things lend inspira-tion to different people. Personally, I find my fellow humans inspirational. During every phase of my life, I have had a role model that I would refer to as needed. Naturally, I often fell short in my attempts to pattern my-self after my role models. There are many people both living and dead who, unbe-knownst to them, influence my daily decisions. Just as it is frustrating to see a student get nine-tenths of the way through school and then decide to stop studying and learning and subsequently be unable to graduate, it is also frustrating to see a person live a certain portion of his or her life and then stop embracing life fully. Obviously our physical bod-ies always slow down as we

age and often require us to give up many physical activi-ties. Sometimes even our brains slow down causing us to have to give up many intellectual activities. Withdrawing from physical and mental activities is just what our maker has in mind for some of us to do. I believe this is a gift which God gives to some people to help them develop the virtues of faith, hope and love. My favorite little saying is that while we often have no control over what happens in life, we always have con-trol over how we react to the events as they unfold. As we make our journey through life let’s always react with wonder and awe. Let’s keep a quiet spot in our hearts and minds so that we can hear God speaking to us. I have decided that it is both the beginning of my closing paragraph and the end of my little essay. It is also the end of the year and the beginning of the rest of my life. Neary is a parishioner at Columbus St. Timothy Church.

BY BRENDA NEARY

LIVINGFaith

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The Catholic Church is cel-ebrating National Migration Week at a time when people who work with migrants say they are concerned about the current state of immigra-tion laws, while hoping for reform of those regulations under a new presidential ad-ministration. “Renewing Hope, Seeking

Justice” is the theme chosen for the week by the U. S. Con-ference of Catholic Bishops, which started the observance more than 25 years ago. The week began on Sunday, Jan. 4, and continues through Sat-urday, Jan. 10.The theme “reminds us

of our obligation to bring hope to the hopeless and to seek justice for those who are easily exploited,” said Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the bishops’ committee on mi-gration. “For many migrant communities, injustice and hardship are too common-place an experience.”The nation’s bishops have

said on several occasions that current immigration laws have led to the undermining of immigrants’ dignity and have kept families apart. They support a compre-

hensive immigration reform package which includes a broad-based legalization of the undocumented of all na-tionalities, and reform of the

family-based aspects of the immigration system to allow family members to reunite with loved ones in the Unit-ed States.The package also includes

reform of the employment-based aspects of the system to provide legal pathways for migrants to come and work in a safe, humane, and orderly manner, abandonment of the border “blockade” enforce-ment strategy, and restoration of due process protections for immigrants.“With a new presidential ad-

ministration and a new Con-gress taking over, it’s going to be interesting to see what happens concerning immi-gration reform,” said Jerry Freewalt of the Office of So-cial Concerns of the Diocese of Columbus.“Having new leadership al-

ways is a cause for optimism on the one hand, but on the other, we’re facing a peril-ous economic situation that could hold back momentum for reform.”Jeff Stewart of the Canton-

based Immigrant Worker Project, which is dedicated to obtaining justice and fair treatment for migrants throughout Ohio, said a re-cent increase in federal ef-forts to find and deport undocumented workers is having a profoundly nega-tive impact among the peo-ple he serves.“Workplace raids, people

being picked up and deported for minor offenses – all these have risen sharply in recent months,” he said. “This isn’t going to solve anything. All this does is to invite more abuse of migrant workers.”He said the construction in-

dustry is one place where he has seen such abuse by a few companies. “Most employers

treat migrant workers fairly, recognize their importance and try to help them obtain documentation,” he said. “But some unscrupulous ones say they don’t have to pay those workers and use their lack of documentation against them.“This in turn has an effect

that goes far beyond the in-dividual worker. It makes workers less willing to report workplace injuries and abus-es they may encounter. It also hurts in terms of build-ing community among mi-grants and integrating them into society.” “When employers use the

status of undocumented workers in this way, all it does is to drive them deeper underground,” he said.Stewart also said that like

the rest of the nation, the im-migrant community is feel-ing the effects of the current economic slowdown. “I’ve always had great hopes for the migrant community over the long term, but right now those hopes are being damp-ened by economic realities,” he said.Father James T. Smith, pas-

tor of Columbus St. Matthias Church, said concern about the job picture is something his parish’s several immi-grant communities have in common. St. Matthias has weekly Masses for people with Haitian and Brazilian backgrounds and a monthly Mass for Nigerians.“No matter who I’ve talk-

ed to among those groups in the last few months, jobs are the first thing that they talk about,” Father Smith said. “Employment is al-ways a concern among new immigrants, and that’s been even more so as they’ve seen what’s happening across the nation.”

One of the active members of St. Matthias’ Haitian com-munity, Nedy Melido, said he’s receiving an increasing number of requests for basic food and shelter.“A lot more people are

coming to me and the church and asking for help, and it’s frustrating that I can’t give everyone a posi-tive answer because our resources are limited,” he said. “I try to point them elsewhere, but I know the hardships are growing.”He said concern about raids

by immigration officials is on the rise among the area’s Haitians. “Five or six of our Haitian members at St. Mathias were deported last year, and that was pretty

tragic,” he said. Melido, who operates a

driving school, said there are 6,000 to 7,000 Haitian immigrants in central Ohio, compared with 50 to 75 when he came to the area 11 years ago.St. Matthias is one of sever-

al diocesan churches which have increased their focus on immigrants in recent years. Another is the Church of the Resurrection in New Albany, which for the first time conducted English as a Second Language classes for migrant workers at the Lynd Fruit Farm from September to November.Pastoral assistant Suanne

Gettings said the classes resulted from a discussion

about immigration led ear-lier in 2008 at the church by Stewart and Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando, Fla., Bishop Wester’s predecessor as head of the bishops’ mi-gration panel.“They made us realize we

needed to do more to help migrants. The classes were the first example of our re-sponse,” she said. “We had classes for two hours on Sat-urday evenings, followed by a meal, and it was a beautiful exchange for all of us. Every week, you could feel people getting closer as the migrants told us about their lives.“We learned more from

them than they did from us,” she said. “There were about 15 or 20 migrants and an

equal number of parishioners at each of the sessions, and they left us with a desire to do more. We’ll be expanding the classes when the workers re-turn next year and are work-ing on plans for other ways to strengthen our bonds.” Catholic social teaching on

migration is based on five main points: persons have the right to find opportuni-ties in their homeland; per-sons have the right to mi-grate to support themselves and their families; nations have the right to control their borders; refugees and asylum seekers should be afforded protection; and the dignity and rights of mi-

BY TIM PUETReporter, Catholic Times

Salt Lake City Bishop John Wester views a marker at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana CNS photo/David Maung

Carmen Camacho (right) cries as she speaks with relatives through a fence at the U.S.-Mexican border north of Tiajuana. She was among about 200 people taking part in a binational Christmas celebration organized by religious and human rights groups CNS photo/David Maung

Father Donald F. Hanchon, pastor of Most Holy Redeemer Church in Detroit, holds an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe as he marches with other protesters during an immigration rally in that city. Thousands of demonstrators in the church’s heavily Hispanic neighborhood marched in support of the legal rights of undocumented immigrants CNS photo/Jim West

Reform, Raids, Jobs are Major Concerns for Migrants Throughout Diocese and Nationwide

See MIGRANTS, Page 13

As more than 130 countries celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, the Vatican also turned its gaze toward the heavens. The year, which began Jan. 1,

was established by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s first use of the tele-scope to observe the cosmos. The Vatican also is celebrating

the star-studded jubilee year, as the Vatican Museums, the Vati-can Observatory and other Vati-can offices participate in several special initiatives. In late December, Pope Bene-

dict XVI rang in the year of

astronomy early by sending his greetings to those participating in the yearlong celebration. The pope repeatedly has praised

Galileo, calling him a man of faith who “saw nature as a book written by God.” The pope also has said the

discoveries of science and as-tronomy can help people bet-ter appreciate the wonders of God’s creation. As part of the astronomy

year, Vatican astronomer Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno is one of more than 50 scientists from around the world who is contributing to a new Cosmic Diary blog The U.S. Jesuit and

other contributors reveal in the blog -- www.cosmicdiary.org -- what it’s like to be an astronomer and explain details of their research. The Vatican Obser-

vatory also will help organize a week on astrobiology at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in No-vember. Astrobiology stud-

ies life in the uni-verse and is hot on the hunt for extra-terrestrial life and the so-called “Gold-ilocks planet.” Like the porridge this childhood storybook character gobbles up, it’s a theoretical planet that is not too hot and not too cold, but just the right dis-tance from the sun to sustain life. The observatory

also is partnering with the Pontifi-cal Commission for Vatican City State to

publish a book on the history of astronomy and the Vatican. In June a weeklong interna-

tional symposium will cover the role of astronomy in the 21st century, science education and the dialogue that is needed between science and culture. A special exhibit will open in

October at the Vatican Museums displaying historical astronomi-cal instruments. It will showcase antique instruments, spanning time from Galileo to models of the enormous telescopes used in astronomical research today. Lastly, a large statue of Galileo

is supposed to be erected some-where on Vatican grounds. Paid for through private donations, the work of art was commis-sioned by the Pontifical Acad-emy of Sciences to honor the 17th-century scientist. So far, there has been no word yet on when the statue will move into its new home. Some church leaders ex-

pressed how the celebrations finally will put to rest the long suspicion that the church is hos-tile toward science. Only 16 years have passed since

Pope John Paul II formally ac-knowledged that the church erred when it condemned the Italian as-tronomer for maintaining that the earth revolved around the sun. Even though it happened

some 400 years ago, “the dra-matic clash of some church-men with Galileo has left wounds that are still open,” wrote Jesuit Father Jose Funes, director of the Vatican Obser-vatory, in the Vatican newspa-per L’Osservatore Romano. He said the Galileo case may

never be closed in a way that would make everyone happy. “The church in some way rec-

ognized its mistakes” regarding Galileo but “perhaps it could

have done better: One can al-ways do better,” he wrote, add-ing that he hoped the year would help smooth strained relations between faith and science. One Vatican official recently

proposed that Galileo would make “the ideal patron saint for dialogue between science and faith.” Archbishop Gian-franco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, told Vatican Radio that Galileo, as a man of science and faith, showed the two were compat-ible as long as each operated within its specific field. The good that came from the

“dark shadow” of Galileo’s condemnation was discover-ing theology should never, as it had during Galileo’s time, use science to prove religious ob-jectives especially in ways that hinder scientific study, he said. But, he added, science also must

not look down on theology as in-tellectually inferior -- as if it were a kind of depository for a “Paleo-lithic intellect of the past.” The archbishop made the com-

ments while he was partici-pating in the culture council’s congress on “Science 400 Years After Galileo Galilei.” Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secre-tary of state, also participated in the November congress. Cardinal Bertone said Galileo

helped transform the nature of knowledge so that it would no longer be based on the certain-ties established by tradition, but on the truth derived from scien-tific experimentation. However, he added, science

must not completely divorce itself from moral traditions and laws which can help ensure that scientific developments remain ethical and at the true service of humanity.


Galileo’s Jubilee: Vatican Takes Part in Star-Studded Celebrations

GALILEO’S ORIGINAL TELESCOPEThis image shows Galileo Galilei’s original telescope. Between 1608 and early 1610 he developed the first instrument that combined glass lenses for a closer view of the cosmos. The International Year of Astronomy coincides with the 400th an-niversary of t he first use of the telescope CNS photo/courtesy of Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence, Italy

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grants should be respected.A recent poll by the Zogby organization indicates

that’s also the feeling of most U.S. Catholic adults. By a 75-to-25 percent margin, those surveyed agreed that the Church has a moral obligation to provide for the humanitarian needs of immigrants, regardless of their legal status.They expressed opposition, by a 57-to-37 per-

cent margin, to federal policies that would create jobs abroad to prevent immigrants from coming to the United States illegally to seek employ-ment. They also substantially opposed a pro-posed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to stop illegal immigration.The poll of 1,000 Catholics nationwide was com-

missioned by the bishops conference and was tak-en in October 2008. It had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.A migration-related issue which has drawn in-

creasing attention from the bishops is that of hu-man trafficking, defined by the United Nations as “the illegal trade of human beings through force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor.”Congress reauthorized and strengthened federal

anti-trafficking legislation and President Bush signed it last month. In addition, the Ohio Legis-

lature in 2008 approved a bill which establishes in the state the specific crime of trafficking in per-sons. Such a crime involves subjecting victims to sexual servitude. Gov. Ted Strickland signed the bill into law on Tuesday, Jan. 6.“The Ohio Catholic Conference led the fight for

this bill, which is very important because it estab-lishes a clear definition and penalties for human trafficking with the state,” Freewalt said.“The bill and the Church’s efforts on migration

as a whole are a part of its unique global per-spective,” he said.“The Church witnesses firsthand the efforts of

all people to seek a better life for themselves, and calls everyone to follow the biblical com-mand to welcome the stranger in whatever form he or she may take and share God’s blessings.”

Catholics on ImmigrationWould you support or oppose U.S. government assistance and trade policies that would create jobs abroad in order to prevent immigrants from coming here illegally to seek employment?

Would you support or oppose federal legis-lation to build a wall along the entire U.S.- Mexico border that is intended to stop illegal immigration?

Do you agree or disagree that the church has a moral obligation to help provide for the hu-manitarian needs of immigrants regardless of their legal status?

agree

disagree

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25%

37%

57%

38%

60%

Telephone survey conducted among 1,000 Catholic adults in the U.S. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points. ©2008 CNS

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Isaiah 55:1-111 John 5:1-19Mark 1:7-11

All of the Gospels relate the preaching of John the Baptist to Jesus in some way before Jesus begins to proclaim the Kingdom on his own. They also portray John announcing an unnamed successor is com-ing after him. That one will be more powerful than he. The power that his successor will have is the power over sin and sin’s effects, illustrated in the healings Jesus will perform. The baptism scene is used to identify John’s succes-sor as Jesus. It is also used to name Jesus as God’s Son by means of the voice heard from the heavens: “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Coming, as this Gospel pas-sage does, at the end of the Christmas season, many

readers may think that that his identity has already been established by the angels or by the prophetic figures of Simeon and Anna from the infancy narratives which pro-vided the Gospel readings for the Christmas season. But Mark did not have ac-cess to those “Infancy Narra-tives” (respectively the work of Matthew and Luke). The real beginning of the ministry of Jesus, and of the Gospels themselves, starts with the accounts of Jesus’ baptism. This is especially clear in Mark’s Gospel, the earliest of the written Gospels. It be-gins with John’s preaching and immediately brings Jesus onto the scene to be baptized by John. Mark uses the baptism to acknowledge the importance of John’s preaching and the ritual washing which he per-formed. It became a vehicle for introducing Jesus to the

Gospel and establishing an identity for him. But we should not misun-derstand the “baptism” men-tioned here. Some try to make much of the distinction John makes between water and Spirit. John says: “I have bap-tized you with water; he will baptize you in the holy spir-it.” This has led to the hereti-cal insistence on being born again in the Spirit in order to be saved. In Christian baptism we are automatically baptized in the Spirit and no kind of “rebaptism” is required. Many spiritual enthusiasts will argue that infants baptized in churches are somehow “im-perfectly” baptized and need to be reborn of the Spirit in order to be saved. Too many Catholics have been taken in by such faulty theology over the years by thinking they missed something when they were baptized. It is clear in any case that Mark had none of this in mind. Mark is not writing a theol-ogy of baptism here. Some commentators do suggest that the distinction between water and Spirit baptism was due to later Christian reflection when Christian baptism had

become established as the key initiation into Christ. John’s baptism is the last ritual washing of Israel’s past and John was the final prophet who prepares the way for Je-sus. In the past, Israel had been delivered from Pharaoh and “washed” in the waters of the Sea of Reeds during the Exo-dus from Egypt. John’s ritual washing signaled the continu-ing act of God’s deliverance. Christian Baptism is the fi-nal washing which is accom-plished not with water but with blood and the Spirit of Je-sus. That Jesus “submitted” to John’s baptism for the forgive-ness of sins is Mark’s way of saying that all previous wash-ings or acts of deliverance end with the arrival of Jesus. It is for this reason that Christians only baptize once. It is an end time experience. We do not and cannot repeat what God accomplishes in us through Christ. For Chris-tians, baptism is God’s gift to us, not something we do for ourselves.

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Riding the ‘Solidarity Express’

Twenty-five years ago, in one of its intervals

of lucidity, the Norwe-gian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to an unemployed Polish electrician whose surname 95 percent of the world mispronounced. The electrician, Lech Walesa (pronounced vah-WHEN-suh, if you were wondering), was not al-lowed to attend the cere-mony in Oslo: a churlish Polish communist gov-ernment, which had only recently released Walesa from detention under martial law, refused to give Poland’s second-most-famous son a pass-port. His wife, Danuta, accepted the award in his name, and gave a mov-ing speech in which her husband acknowledged the 1983 Peace Prize as a tribute to the ten mil-lion members of Soli-darity, the trade union/social movement he led, which had modeled a new way of being revo-lutionary in the late 20th

century by mounting the world’s largest peaceful resistance to the world’s worst tyranny. To mark the silver ju-bilee of Walesa’s Peace Prize, the European Soli-darity Center – recently created by the European Union at the old Gdansk shipyards as a memorial to Solidarity, a research center, and an educa-tional facility – and the Polish Foreign Ministry invited some 200 young adults from 44 coun-tries to come to Poland and ride the “Solidar-ity Express”– a special train that took them from Cracow and Auschwitz to Warsaw and then to Gdansk. There, they met Lech Walesa and several other recent Nobel Peace Prize winners and dis-cussed the future of “sol-idarity” as a virtue neces-sary for the free society. Along the way, I had the privilege of giving four lectures, to set an intel-lectual and moral frame-

work for the journey. The lectures addressed the roots of 20th century to-talitarianism in defective ideas about the human person; the failed resis-tance to totalitarianism heroically embodied by the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the 1944 Warsaw Uprising; the role of Pope John Paul II in igniting the Solidarity movement and inspiring the Solidarity martyr, Fa-ther Jerzy Popieluszko; and the triumph of free-dom in the Revolution of 1989, which led to the “springtime of nations” that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall. The young people were fascinating and friendly,

and brought a remarkable diversity of experiences to the “Solidarity Ex-press”: the mix included Russians and Georgians, two Macedonians and a Greek, two Israelis and a Palestinian, and a Belaru-sian human right activist who told me of his being kicked out of his univer-sity for his pro-democra-cy activities. For all their diversity, however, these young people shared several characteristics: they were all addicted to cell phones, which in a few cases seemed per-manently welded to their ears; they were eager to learn; they were almost completely ignorant of the history of the 1980s,

the realities of commu-nism, and the reasons for its fall; and they were deeply, if unreflectively, influenced by the post-modern cult of “your truth, my truth, but noth-ing called ‘the’ truth.” I hit a few batting prac-tice home runs when the last came up during a post-lecture Q&A peri-od, demonstrating to one young woman that she in fact believed in moral ab-solutes (such as the legal equality of women and men). The problem was that, having absorbed the notion that “moral abso-lutes” are bad, she didn’t know how to account for the secure moral truths in which she believed quite firmly. It was also striking that Hannah Ar-endt’s classic analysis of Nazism and commu-nism as two variants on the same lethal political disease (demonstrated in the three volumes of The Origins of Totalitari-anism) came as news to

just about everyone; the old Left lie that “Nazism = conservatism-on-ste-roids” is very much a part of the general culture-smog in which even the brightest young people live these days. Along the way. I had the opportunity to ex-plore the splendid new Museum of the Warsaw Uprising in Poland’s capital, as well as the “Roads to Freedom” ex-hibit mounted in Gdansk by the European Solidar-ity Centre. Those places, and the “three crosses” memorial at the Gdansk shipyard (which was erected at Solidarity’s in-sistence to honor work-ers killed during a 1970 strike), are a powerful reminder that freedom is never free. Which is another lesson I hope got absorbed on the “Solidarity Express.”

Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

THE CATHOLICDIFFERENCEGeorge Weigel

Editor: St. Joseph’s Cemetery is a great place to visit to find peace and solitude. I go there often just to drive around and be immersed in the mystery of life meeting death. On Christmas afternoon, I made my pilgrimage and was met with a sight never seen before. In the priests’ section of the cemetery, I found a beautiful tribute to two great teachers of our diocese, Monsignors Gallen and Bennett. Each had a cardinal perched at his headstone…the mascot of St. Charles

Preparatory School. What a mark of respect and gratitude this is for two men who devoted their lives to education particularly at St. Charles. (The picture of Msgr. Thomas M. Ben-nett’s headstone was taken by Mary Mur-phy on her Christmas Day visit to St. Jo-seph’s Cemetery.)

Mary Murphy Columbus


Pray for our deadAMBROSE, Paul R., 79, Dec. 30 St. Timothy Church, Columbus

ASHBAUGH, Sandra L., 66, Dec. 25 St. Matthew Church, Gahanna

BOWMAN, Mary M., 73, Dec. 28 St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville

BROSMER, Louis F., 95, Dec. 26 St. Leonard Church, Heath

BURKE, Maurada C., 92, Dec. 29 St. Joseph Church, Sugar Grove

CLEARY, Philip T., 75, Dec. 21 Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus

DASCENZO, Anthony, 94, Dec. 17 Our Lady of Victory Church, Columbus

EHRENBERG, Emma M., 84, Dec. 23 Christ the King Church, Columbus

EISNAUGLE, Jack E., 79, Dec. 24 Holy Trinity Church, Jackson

FEARON, Magdalena M., 94, Dec. 23 St. Francis of Assisi Church, Columbus

FERGUSON, Frances L., 87, Dec. 25 St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville

GAUNDER, Floyd L. “Bud” Jr., 63, Dec. 23 St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville

GRAY, Douglas W., 73, Dec. 23 St. Paul Church, Westerville

HOPKINS, Timothy J., 52, Dec. 24 St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington

JOSEPH, Mary L., 93, Dec. 29

St. Catharine Church, Columbus

KUNOVIC, John, 57, Dec. 20 St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell

LYNCH, Joseph H., 65, Dec. 27 Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus

NEWTON, Patricia A., 80, Dec. 23 St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville

PELINI, Anthony J., 85, formerly of Columbus, Dec. 23 St. Dominic Church, Youngstown

PFISTER, Donald P., 75, Dec. 25 St. Christopher Church, Columbus

RICHARDSON, Derrick D., 46, of Dublin, Dec. 22 St. Cecilia Church, Detroit

SCHMITZ, Charles J., 80, Dec. 28 St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg

SHANAHAN, Gael J. “Michael,” 60, Dec. 28 St. Elizabeth Church, Columbus

SHAW, Michael A., 54, Dec. 18 Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison

TAZA, Laurent, 67, Dec. 18 St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg

TOPLE, Norbert H., 75, Dec. 26 St. Ladislas Church, Columbus

WHALEN, Lucille C., 87, Dec. 25 St. Aloysus Church, Columbus

WILLIAMS, Roger J., 70. Dec. 25 St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickeringtonrg

WINTERHALTER, Margaret C., 74, Dec. 27 St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville

Friday and Saturday,January 9 & 10, 2009

8:00 p.m.

Sunday,January 11, 2009

2:30 p.m.

Pontifical College Josephinum7625 N. High St.

THE EARLY INTERVALA Mediterranean Twelfth Night Celebration

Music from the Medieval, Renaissance & Baroquecelebrating the Twelfth Night of Christmas

For tickets, call Early Music in Columbus (614-861-4569)www.capital.edu/earlymusic

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Willie B. Moore Jr. Funeral Mass for Willie B. Moore Jr., 59, who died Saturday, Dec. 27, was held Friday, Jan. 2, at Columbus St. Dominic Church. He was born in 1949, in Blytheville, Ark., to the late Willie and Nathelma Moore., and was baptized into the Catholic faith in his early teens at St. Timothy Church in Cleveland. He was a founding member of the diocesan Black Catholic Ministries or-ganization in 2003 and was its board chairman at the time of his death. He attended the National Black Catholic Congress in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2007. He was employed by the Ohio Department

of Taxation after moving to Columbus from Cleveland, where he was a teacher at Cuyahoga Community College and was a volunteer for Project READ and the Big Brothers. After receiving a heart transplant, he became active with Lifeline of Ohio. He also was a mentor at Clinton Mid-dle School and was involved with the Knights of Peter Claver, Kairos prison ministry, the Martin de Porres Center, Angel Tree and the Columbus Health Department’s Faith Works program. Survivors include sisters, Marjorie Hickerson, Audrey Moore and Karen Moore.


Televised Mass for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Jan. 11, 2009From the Diocese of Columbus

The Sunday Mass with the Passionist Fathers can be seen at:

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(Hardin County), at: 10 a.m. Immaculate Conception Church, Kenton

On EWTN (Time Warner Chan. 127, Insight Chan. 382 and on WOW Chan. 378) at: 8 a.m. Our Lady of the Angels Monastery

in Birmingham, Ala. (Encores at noon and midnight)

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 (Chan. 113 in Ada, Logan, Mill-ersburg, Murray City and Washington C.H.;

Chan. 125 in Marion, Newark, Newcom-erstown and New Philadelphia; and Chan. 207 in Zanesville; 1270 AM in Marysville and 1580 AM in Columbus on St. Gabriel

Radio, rebroadcast at noon.)

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JANUARY

9-10, FRIDAY-SATURDAY‘The Sound of Music’ at Newark CatholicReese Center, Ohio State University-Newark. Newark Catholic High School drama department presentation of “The Sound of Music.” 740-344-3594

9-11, FRIDAY-SUNDAYWomen’s Retreat at St. Therese’sSt. Therese’s Retreat Center, 5277 E. Broad St., Columbus. Women’s retreat sponsored by Christ the King Church, led by Mary van Balen-Holt of the Sprituality Network. 614-235-7465 Early Interval Concerts at Josephinums8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Pon-tifical College Josephinum, 7625 N. High St., Colum-bus. “A Mediterranean Twelfth Night Celebration” featuring the Early Interval performing seasonal music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. 614-861-4569

11, SUNDAYSeton Youth Choir, Handbells9:30 a.m., St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, 600 Hill Road N., Pickerington. Church’s youth choir and youth handbell groups sing and ring bells at Mass. 614-833-0482St. Christopher Adult Religious Education10 to 11:15 a.m., St. Christopher Parish Center, Trinity School, 1420 Grandview Ave., Columbus. Emily Schorn-stein, a parishioner and teacher at Trinity Elementary School, discusses how the films “The Pianist,” “A Time to Kill” and “The Cider House Rules” handle genocide and abortion. 614-488-9971 Open House at Bishop Watterson1 to 3 p.m., Bishop Watterson High School, 99 E. Cooke Road, Columbus. Open house for prospective students. 614-291-4674Cathedral Organ Series3 p.m., St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus. Rcital with Cleveland Orchestra organist Todd Wilson, professor of organ at Indiana University. 614-241-2526 Series on World Religions at St. Pius X7 to 8:30 p.m., St. Pius Church, 1051 Waggoner Road, Reyn-oldsburg. First in four-week series on world religions with Fa-ther Dan Millisor. Subject: “Religious Pluralism.” 614-866-2859

12, MONDAYBethesda Post-Abortion Healing Ministry6:30 p.m., support group meeting, 2744 Dover Road, (Christ the King Church campus), Columbus. 614-718-0277, 614-309-2651, 614-309-0157Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bible Study7 to 8:30 p.m., Marian Hall, St. Michael Church, 5750 N. High St., Worthington. Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bible Study/Prayer Group meeting. Rosary (optional) at 6:35. 614-846-3803 or 614-841-1776Our 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. 614-459-2766

13, TUESDAYHealing Mass at Maria Stein7 p.m., Spiritual Center of Maria Stein, 2365 St. Johns Road, Ma-ria Stein. Healimg Mass with Father Jim Trick. 419-925-7625

14, 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. 614-416-1910XLT Evening at St. Christopher6:30 to 8:30 p.m., St. Christopher Church, 1420 Grand-view Ave., Columbus. XLT, an experience of prayer, ado-ration and worship, with Mike Barone speaking on “Giv-ing ‘Til It Hurts.” Sponsored by diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. 614-241-2565‘Inviting Catholics Home’ at Wellston7 p.m., Former convent, Ss. Peter and Paul Church, South Pennsylvania Avenue, Wellston. First session of six-week “Inviting Catholics Home” series for inactive Catholics. 740-384-6896‘Come Home’ Program at St. Paul7:30 p.m., Room 4, office building, St. Paul Church, 313 N. State St., Westerville. Opening of six-week ‘Come Home’ program for inactive or alienated Catholics. 614-882-2109

15, THURSDAYStudy of Sunday Readings at Newark Retreat Center10 to 11:30 a.m., Sts. Peter and Paul Retreat Center, 2734 Seminary Road S.E., Newark. Study of this coming Sun-day’s Scripture readings with Father Rod Damico. 740-928-4246 ‘Kindergarten Coffee’ at St. Michael9:30 to 11 a.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m., St. Michael School, 64 E. Selby Blvd., Worthington. “Kindergarten coffee” gath-ering for parents of prospective kindergarten students. 614-885-3149

16-18, FRIDAY-SUNDAYYouth Conference at Seton ParishSt. Elizabeth Seton Parish, 600 Hill Road, Pickerington. Diocesan conference for middle school and high school youth and parents. Times: 9:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Friday, grades 6 to 8; 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, catechetical and youth ministry leaders; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, high school students; 9 to 11:15 a.m. Sunday, for all; 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Mass celebrated by Bishop Frederick Campbell. 614-221-5565 Men’s 12-Step Retreat at Maria SteinSpiritual Center of Maria Stein, 2365 St. Johns Road, Ma-ria Stein. Men’s 12-step recovery retreat with Father Peter Deane, SJ. 419-925-7625

17, SATURDAYSpanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter7 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Colum-bus. Parish’s monthly Spanish Mass, celebrated by Father Ervens Mengelle, IVE, of the Josephinum. 706-761-4054

18, SUNDAYSt. Christopher Adult Religious Education10 to 11:15 a.m., St. Christopher Parish Center, Trin-ity School, 1420 Grandview Ave., Columbus. Discus-sion of the book “Sophie’s World” by Jostein Gaarder. 614-488-9971 Praise Mass at Seton Parish11:15 a.m., St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, 600 Hill Road North, Pickerington. Praise Mass with contemporary music by parish’s small musical groups. 614-833-0482St. Padre Pio Secular Franciscans2:30 to 5 p.m., Parish center, Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., Columbus. Adoration, Franciscan Crown Ro-sary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy, followed by Evening Prayer, meeting and formation. Cookie 614-275-4960St. Catherine of Bologna Secular Franciscans2:30 to 5 p.m., St. Christopher Parish Center, 1420 Grandview Ave., Columbus. Rosary followed by general meeting, ongoing formation and social. Elizabeth Bowen 614-276-1953 Series on World Religions at St. Pius X7 to 8:30 p.m., St. Pius X Church, 1051 Waggoner Road, Reynoldsburg. Second talk in four-week series on world religions with Father Dan Millisor. Subject: “Juda-ism and Christianity.” 614-866-2859

Spirituality Talk at St. Paul7 p.m., St. Paul Church, 313 N. State St., Westerville. Fa-ther Lawrence Boadt, CSP, president and publisher of Paulist Press, speaks on “Favorite Gifts of Spirituality.” 614-882-2109

19, MONDAYAdmissions Open House at Ohio DominicanOhio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. Open house for prospective students. 614-253-2741Blood Drive at Columbus Immaculate ConceptionNoon to 6 p.m., Immaculate Conception Church, 414 E. North Broadway, Columbus. Blood drive sponsored by American Red Cross. 1-800-448-3543Marian Prayer Group7 p.m. Mass, St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Colum-bus. Celebrated by Father Andre LaCasse, OP. 614-235-7435Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bible Study7 to 8:30 p.m., Marian Hall, St. Michael Church, 5750 N. High St., Worthington. Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bible Study/Prayer Group meeting. Rosary (optional) at 6:35. 614-846-3803 or 614-841-1776

22, THURSDAYStudy of Sunday Readings at Newark Retreat Center10 to 11:30 a.m., Sts. Peter and Paul Retreat Center, 2734 Seminary Road S.E., Newark. Study of this coming Sun-day’s Scripture readings with Father Rod Damico. 740-928-4246 Respect Life Mass at Cathedral10:30 a.m., St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Colum-bus. Respect Life Mass celebrated by Bishop Frederick Campbell, marking the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. ‘Courage’ Support Group Meeting7:30 p.m., A Catholic organization providing support for individuals with same-sex attraction.Mary Louise 614-436-8676

23, FRIDAYBishop Campbell Celebrates Mass at DeSales10 a.m., St. Francis DeSales High School, 4212 Karl Road, Columbus. Bishop Frederick Campbell celebrates Mass on the Feast of St. Francis DeSales.

24, SATURDAYSeminar on St. Paul at Newman Center9 a.m. to noon, St. Thomas More Newman Center, 64 W. Lane Ave., Columbus. Seminar on “Key Themes from St. Paul for a Modern Spirituality” with Fr. Larry Boadt, CSP. 614-291-4674

25, SUNDAYSt. Christopher Adult Religious Education10 to 11:15 a.m., St. Christopher Parish Center, Trinity School, 1420 Grandview Ave., Columbus. Deacon Frank Iannarino speaks about the history of the diaconate. 614-488-9971 Open House at St. Cecilia School1 to 3 p.m., St. Cecilia Church, 434 Norton Road, Co-lumbus. Open house for prospective students and their parents. 614-878-3555Vocations Talk at Maria Stein1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Spiritual Center of Maria Stein, 2365 St. Johns Road, Maria Stein. Lynn Knapke of New Bremen talks about her call to join Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. 419-925-7625Scout Day With the Bishop3 p.m., Church of the Resurrection, 6300 E. Dublin-Granville Road, New Albany. Annual Scout Day with the Bishop program, with Bishop Frederick Campbell honor-ing diocesan Boy and Girl Scouts and Camp Fire partici-pants who have received Catholic religious awards. Celebration at Glenmont of St. Paul’s Conversion4 to 5 p.m., Ss. Peter and Paul Church, 150 Main St., Glen-mont. Official diocesan celebration of the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, marking midway point of the Year of St. Paul. 330-674-1671


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Early Music in Columbus presents The Early In-terval in its annual celebration of Twelfth Night on January 9, 10 & 11, 2009. The concerts on January 9 and 10 begin at 8:00 pm with a pre-concert lec-ture at 7:30 pm. The January 11 performance be-gins at 2:30 pm with a pre-concert lecture at 2:00 pm.This year’s Twelfth Night Celebration will feature music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque that originated in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. This musical celebration of the close of the holiday season will once again be presented in the stunning acoustics of the St. Turibius Chapel of the Pontifical College Josephi-num, 7625 North High Street in north Columbus.

A Mediterranean Twelfth Night Celebration will feature early music from Spain, Cyprus, France, northern Africa, Turkey and Italy. The group will perform vocally and on its usual wide range of instruments, including recorders, medieval and Renaissance harps, violas da gamba, medieval lute, vielles, rebec, violin and pipe and tabor. Sean Ferguson, performing on chitarone and Baroque guitar, will join The Early Interval for this year’s Twelfth Night concerts.

Among the composers represented on the pro-gram will be Cristóbal de Morales, Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, Claudin de Sermisy, Eustache Du Caur-

roy, Costanzo Festa, Claudio Monteverdi and Er-meni Murad Çelebi. As with past concerts, this season’s program will include music from early improvisatory traditions, including Ron Cook’s improvisation on the harp of a north African taqsim based upon a traditional middle eastern maqam, or mode.

The members of The Early Interval are Ron Cook, director, Jim Bates, Janice Cook, William Dunlap, Aaron Minnick, Monica Rudy and Tamara Seckel. The Early Music in Columbus concert se-ries features regional, national and international artists who perform music from the medieval, Re-naissance and Baroque periods on reproductions of historical instruments. A Mediterranean Twelfth Night Celebration

January 9, 10 & 11, St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College

Josephinum.Tickets are $25 general admission, $20 for

seniors and $10.00 for students and may be purchased at the door or charged by phone. To order tickets, call Ticketmaster (614-431-

3600) or CAPA ticket offices (614- 469-0939).

Leandro Tapay/Director, Missions Office197 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio 43215

The Early Interval

A Mediterranean Twelfth Night Celebration

Music enriches our lives!


A priest gives Communion to a woman during Christmas Mass at the Virgin Mary Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 25 CNS photo/Atef Hassan, Reuters

Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago gives Communion to detainees during Mass at a Cook County medium-security facility in Chicago Dec. 25. The cardinal also made a stop at Children’s Memorial Hospital to visit with children who are hospi-talized and cou ld not be home for Christmas and their families

CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World

A Missionaries of Charity nun chats with refugees during a Christmas lunch at a camp in India’s Orissa state. While the Christians in refugee camps had a proper Christmas service and good meals for the occasion, many Christian families outside the camps were on the verge of starvation CNS photo/Anto Akkara

THE CHURCH CARRIES THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS TO THE TROUBLED AROUND THE WORLD

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