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st. matthew parish:
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2 Catholic Times
September 27, 2009
The Editor’s Notebook
Follow me
A few days ago, we celebrated the
feast day of St. Matthew the Apostle.
It got me thinking about St. Bede the
Venerable, a brilliant Doctor of the
Church from eighth-century Britain,
and his take on St. Matthew:
Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax ofce, and he said to
him: “Follow me.” Jesus saw Matthew, not merely in the usual sense,
but more signicantly with his merciful understanding of men. This “following” meant imitating the pattern
of his life - not just walking after him.
St. John tells us: “Whoever says he
abides in Christ ought to walk in the
same way in which he walked.”
There is no reason for surprise that
the tax collector abandoned earthly
wealth as soon as the Lord commanded him. Our Lord summoned Matthew by speaking to him in words. By
an invisible, interior impulse ooding
his mind with the light of grace, he instructed him to walk in his footsteps.
In this way Matthew could understand that Christ, who was summoning him away from earthly possessions, had incorruptible treasures of
heaven in his gift.
On hearing Christ’s voice, we open
the door to receive him, as it were,
when we freely assent to his promptings and when we give ourselves over
to doing what must be done. Christ,
since he dwells in the hearts of his
chosen ones through the grace of
his love, enters so that he might eat
with us and we with him. He ever refreshes us by the light of his presence
insofar as we progress in our devotion to and longing for the things of
heaven. He himself is delighted by
such a pleasing banquet.
This week Catholic Times turns its
By David Garick, Editor
attention to the
parish in Gahanna named
for St. Matthew. As you
will read in the
story beginning on Page 10, the people who comprise St. Matthew Parish
have acted in accord with the life of
this great apostle. They have given
of their material possessions to build
not one, but two magnicent churches
in the 50 years since the parish was
founded. They continue to give generously to provide for the effective
ministry of the Church in northeastern
Franklin County. And more than giving of their material wealth, they have
accepted, as St. Matthew did, Christ’s
call to walk in the way he has walked
and to give themselves to doing what
must be done to spread the Gospel.
The result has been a vibrant parish with wide-ranging ministries that
reach the souls so desperately in need
of the comfort and encouragement of
the Holy Spirit in their lives: educating children, feeding and clothing the
poor, comforting the sick and bringing
people closer to Christ and Salvation.
This is what we are all called to do.
We need to look within ourselves and
see what Christ means for each of us
to do in answer to his call of “Follow
me.” What material blessings that he
has bestowed on us can we freely share
with those who are in need? What talents has he blessed us with that we can
redirect to continue his work on earth?
We must be open to that light of grace
that Venerable Bede speaks of, which
can ood our minds and lead us to follow in Christ’s footsteps of service in
this life and incorruptible treasures in
the life to come.
Front Page photo:
The interior of
Gahanna St. Matthew
Church, dedicated in 2004.
Tabernacle and body of
Christ on the cross are
from the original church
CT photo by Ken Snow
2009 Bishop’s Annual
Appeal surpasses goal
African
Cardinal welcomed
Cardinal Peter Turkson blesses members of the congregation Sunday, Sept. 20, during the
central Ohio Ghanaian Catholic community’s monthly Mass at Columbus St. Anthony Church.
About 200 people attended the Mass, which was celebrated in the Twi dialect of the Akan
language of Ghana. The Mass was part of a four-day visit to Columbus by Cardinal Turkson,
CT photo by Jack Kustron
archbishop of the Ghanaian Diocese of Cape Coast
BY TIM PUET
Reporter, Catholic Times
An African religious leader visiting
Columbus this past weekend said the
chief concern among bishops of his
continent who will gather at the Vatican this month involves maintaining
the unity of the Church in the midst of
ethnic disputes in several nations.
“This is something that cuts across national borders and affects all of us in Africa, even if we aren’t directly involved,”
said Cardinal Peter Turkson, archbishop
of the Diocese of Cape Coast in Ghana.
“Our ethnic differences are a good and
beautiful thing, which God bestowed
to show how his image can be seen in
many ways. They’re nobody’s ‘fault,’
yet they have become a great stumbling
block hindering the cohesiveness that
needs to exist in the Church.”
Cardinal Turkson cited disputes in
Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Kenya
which together have resulted in the
deaths and forced resettlement of millions of people as examples. “Politicians have made use of this to further
their own ends and to cause division,
creating a tremendous challenge to our
efforts as Catholics to be part of one
great family in the strong tradition of
African families,” he said.
The cardinal said that during their synod at the Vatican from Oct. 4 to 25, the
African bishops also planned to spend
See TURKSON, Page 3
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT • Clergy Assignment
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September 27, 2009
The 2009 Bishop’s Annual Appeal of the Catholic
Diocese of Columbus again surpassed its $5.6 million
goal. For the third consecutive year, the Bishop’s Annual Appeal has received pledges totaling more than
$6 million. The theme of the 2009 Appeal is “Together for God and Neighbor.”
Money raised annually through the Bishop’s Annual
Appeal supports the ministries, programs, and numerous efforts which benefit parishes, schools and their
communities of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
The following parishes from the 23-county diocese
have surpassed their individual target goals:
Our Lady of Lourdes, Ada; St. Mary, Bremen; Our
Lady of Mount Carmel, Buckeye Lake; Pope John XXIII,
Canal Winchester; Sacred Hearts, Cardington; St. Peter, Chillicothe; in Columbus: Holy Cross, Holy Family,
Holy Name, Holy Spirit, Our Lady of Victory, St. Agatha, St. Aloysius, St. Andrew, St. Anthony, St. Catharine, St. Christopher, St. Dominic, St. John the Baptist,
St. Joseph Cathedral, St. Mary, St. Mary Magdalene, St.
Patrick, St. Peter, St. Stephen the Martyr, St. Thomas
the Apostle, St. Timothy, and Sts. Augustine and Gabriel; St. Bernard, Corning; Church of the Atonement,
Crooksville; St. Luke, Danville; St. Joseph, Dover; St.
Brigid of Kildare, Dublin; St. Edward the Confessor,
Granville; St. Leonard, Heath; Holy Trinity, Jackson;
Church of the Ascension, Johnstown; St. Patrick, Junction City; Immaculate Conception, Kenton; St. John,
Logan; St. Bernadette, St. Mark and St. Mary of the
Assumption, Lancaster; St. Patrick, London; St. Mary,
Mattingly Settlement; St. Vincent de Paul, Mount
Vernon; Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Newark;
St. Monica, New Boston; St. Rose of Lima, New Lexington; St. Joseph, Plain City; Our Lady of Lourdes,
Otway; Holy Trinity, Pond Creek; Holy Redeemer and
St. Mary of the Annunciation, Portsmouth; St. Joan of
Arc, Powell; St. Joseph, Sugar Grove; St. John Neumann,
Sunbury; Church of the Nativity, Utica; St. Colman of
Cloyne, Washington Court House; St. Mary Queen of
the Mission, Waverly; Sts. Peter and Paul, Wellston;
Our Lady of Sorrows, West Portsmouth; St. Peter in
Chains, Wheelersburg; St. Michael the Archangel,
Worthington; and St. Sylvester, Zaleski.
All funds collected in excess of individual parish
goals are returned to those parishes. As of Wednesday, Sept. 14, more than $4 million had been received
on the pledged gifts to the Appeal.
The Most Reverend Frederick F. Campbell, D.D.,
Ph.D., Bishop of Columbus, expressed his gratitude to
the faithful of the diocese upon receiving the Appeal
report: “In this period of economic hardship for so
many, I am very pleased that our brothers and sisters
throughout the diocese are responding to this Appeal
with a high degree of generosity. We must remember
that especially in these difficult times, support for
needs like education and seminarians is still so important, and I am grateful for the generosity of so many.”
Mr. Freewalt goes to Washington
Jerry Freewalt, who has been diocesan director of parish social concerns and rural life programs for 14 years, is leaving
the Diocese of Columbus this month. Freewalt has been named associate director of the ofce of justice, peace and human
development for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He and his family will be moving to Washington in October.
“It’s going to be a big change, that’s for sure,” Freewalt said. “The good news is that I’ll be working on many of the same
issues I focused on at the Diocese of Columbus. But now it will be on a national scale with all the bishops from across the
United States.” Freewalt said he was looking forward to the challenge of his new position, but will not lose touch with the
people in central Ohio with whom he has worked for many years. He is pictured here as part of the crowd at the White
House welcoming Pope Benedict XVI during his 2008 visit to the United States.
TURKSON, continued from Page 2
considerable time discussing
relations between Muslims and
Christians on the continent.
“Historically, Islam and Christianity have existed peacefully
alongside each other, but the last
few decades have brought to some
places a type of Islam different
than what we’re used to,” he said.
“This is a more aggressive form,
one which seems to have more of
a spirit of competition than cooperation and wants to make its
presence known through building
mosques that say ‘We’re here.’”
Cardinal Turkson said relations
in his own nation between the two
religions always have been cordial
and anticipates they will remain
that way.
He said the Church throughout
Africa also is facing a challenge
from evangelical Protestants who
are trying to recruit Catholics to
join their churches. This situation
also exists in the United States,
where he said it’s not unusual for
people to leave the Church after
coming from Africa as Catholics
because they nd an evangelical
church which has made an effort
to appeal to them.
“This is not something to bemoan,” he said. “It’s actually a
healthy situation which provides
us with an opportunity to better
discover how we should respond
to these efforts.” He said it shows
that Catholics need to go beyond
the “notional Christianity” of intellectually accepting the Church’s
teachings to a deeper form of faith
characterized by a personal conversion experience.
“When I talk about the need for
conversion, I don’t want to scare
people,” he said. “Not all of us
have a dramatic conversion experience like St. Paul on the road to
Damascus. For most of us, conversion comes as it did to St. Peter, in a way where sometimes you
stumble and sink until one day, you
realize you have found the Lord.
That was how my conversion experience occurred. It resulted in a
decision to make more and more
room in my life for grace, for the
presence of the Lord.”
Cardinal Turkson was in Columbus from Saturday, Sept. 19, to
Tuesday, Sept. 22, staying at the
Chancery with Bishop Frederick
Campbell during that time.
He took part in a prayer service
and two Sunday Masses at St.
Anthony Church, including the
monthly Mass celebrated by the
central Ohio Ghanaian Catholic community in the Twi dialect
of the Akan language of Ghana.
About 200 people from central
and southwest Ohio were in attendance for the Mass.
He also met Columbus Mayor
Michael Coleman and other city
ofcials at City Hall and was honored by City Council at the Ghanaian Mass, with Council President Mike Mentel presenting him
a framed certicate and symbol of
Columbus. In addition, he spoke
to students at the Pontical College Josephinum and took part in
an hourlong live interview on St.
Gabriel Radio.
“A lot of things are happening I
didn’t expect,” he said. “I thought
this would be a quiet visit, but
it seems my presence is being
shouted from the rooftops. That’s
how my life has changed since becoming a cardinal” in 2003.
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September 27, 2009
PRACTICAL
By Rick Jeric
2009 Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
64th Annual Convention
STEWARDSHIP
Outburst
Did you pray for our priests last week? I hope
that many of us have the Prayer for Priests at
our ngertips now and for the next year, and
beyond. It does not take long to pray it, but
it does take effort and a conscious desire on
our part. There are so many issues and things
for which we can pray. There are so many people who need our
help. We ourselves can use prayers, too. Issues and intentions come
and go, but our need and responsibility to pray never stops. If we
remembered to pray specically for everything and everyone who has
ever asked us, we would be praying all the time. That is why it is so
important to just pray. We pray individually, and we pray as a community. When we pray faithfully and earnestly, God hears us. When we
pray as a community, Christ is present and hears us. So we appreciate
the requests for prayer. We welcome new intentions. They give us
focus and a renewed sense of that for which we pray. Let us keep the
Prayer for Priests close to our hearts. We need the sacraments, we
need the Eucharist, and we need our priests. Pray.
Outbursts. They can be well-thought, or they can have no prior
thought at all. They can be cerebral or emotional. Whatever they are,
they are always passionate. What causes someone to explode with
emotion and passion and have a verbal outburst? We know there can
be many reasons. It can be a relationship, it can be related to sports, it
can be a disagreement at work, it can be politics, and it can be religion.
Some of these outbursts, if held in check by reason and maturity, can
be meaningful and assertive. Unfortunately, we see too many examples
of this in the news today that are obnoxious, rude, disrespectful, and
embarrassing. “You lie.” “I’m gonna take this ball and . . . . ” “I am a
taxpayer, and you’re going to listen to what I have to say.” Regardless
of the motivation, all these are passionate. All these are meaningful at
the time. In all cases, someone feels so strongly that he or she takes
the time to publicly express his or her feelings and passions. And
the reasons? A political agenda. A line judge’s bad call. A town hall
meeting. When was the last time you experienced any type of emotion like this at Sunday Mass?
I am sure that there are some very emotional and passionate liturgies
to be found at Masses here in this diocese and around the world. This
is not to suggest that all Masses should be this way. Nor is it an indictment of the absence of such in our parishes. This is simply an observation that challenges us to once again contemplate what is important to
us. Unfortunately, Sunday Mass is a hassle for many. For others, we can
show up late, we can get so easily distracted, and we can leave early.
Week after week, what can possibly be more emotional, what can possibly be more of a priority, what can we be more passionate about, and
what is more of a need than Mass and the reception of the Eucharist?
One simple point: can we, as a parish community and as a Catholic
Church, get so passionate about our faith in the Gospel and the Eucharist, that our churches resound with song, with prayer, with responses,
and with each and every “Amen!”? Not obnoxious outbursts, but if
everyone responded loudly, clearly, and passionately, what a difference
it would make in our worship and liturgies. Such a simple thing, if we
are focused and concentrate in prayer for a whole hour, once per week.
Our practical challenge this week is clear.
Jeric is director of development and planning for the Columbus Diocese.
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September 27, 2009
Eighteen seminarians from the Diocese of Columbus are attending the Pontical College Josephinum for the 2009-10 academic year. Shown with Bishop Frederick Campbell (seventh from
left, back row), vice chancellor of the college, they are, front row (from left): Michael Hartge,
Thomas Gardner, Patrick Welsh, Brian O’Connor, Anthony Davis, Matthew Morris, and Adam
Pasternack; back row (from left), Ryan Jurden, Nicola Ventura, Ryan Schmit, Cyrus Haddad,
Matthew Nadalin, Andrew Maynard, William Duraney, Sean Dooley, Stephen Smith, Deacon
James Hateld, and Richard Sharpe
Photo by R. Christopher Axline, Pontical College Josephinum
FALL OPEN HOUSE AT
The Pontifical College Josephinum
The Pontical College Josephinum
will conduct its fall open house on campus, 7625 N. High St., Columbus, from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.
Those attending will be able to explore
the beautiful buildings, chapels, and
grounds of the only pontical seminary
outside of Italy, which serves as a home
for more than 120 seminarians representing dioceses from throughout the
United States.
Staff and seminarians will be on hand
to offer tours of the college’s landmark building, highlighting the exten-
sive woodwork, stained glass, terrazzo
oors, intricate brickwork, and sacred
art. Rare books and manuscripts from
the Josephinum library will be exhibited, and seminary memorabilia will be
available for purchase.
Admission and parking are free. Tours
will begin every half-hour and will be
approximately 30 minutes long, followed by refreshments. Reservations
are welcome, but not required. For
more information or to make a reservation, call the Josephinum at (614)
885-5585.
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Marcus Grodi, founder of Coming
Home Network International, will be
the keynote speaker at the 64th Annual
Convention of the Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women. The event will be
held on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at
St. Thomas Aquinas, Zanesville, Ohio.
The convention will also include a
Mass celebrated by Bishop Frederick
F. Campbell.
Grodi created Coming Home Network
International to help ministers and laity
from non-Catholic religions make the
transition to Catholicism.
He is the author of two books – “How
Firm a Foundation” and “Journey’s
Home” and is also the host of a weekly
EWTN program “The Journey Home”.
Afternoon speakers, Julie Wong and
Danielle Merry, will share their calls to
ministry for women.
The event
provides
a
unique
gathering
of Catholic
women and
a chance to
meet other
Catholic
women from
all over the
Columbus
Diocese and
Ohio Province. Membership in a parish
women’s group is not required to attend
the Convention.
Registration is $25. Deadline for reservations is October 16, 2009. Please contact the DCCW ofce at 614-228-8601
or via email at [email protected]
for more information. Or visit our website at www.dccw.colsdioc.org.
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Two weekend events Oct. 3-4 will highlight
the 175th anniversary year for the Sisters of
the Precious Blood. The public is warmly
welcome to attend either or both events.
On Saturday, Oct. 3, Precious Blood Father
Barry Fischer will present a free daylong
program titled “Precious Blood Spirituality:
Wellspring of Our Call to Mission.” The day
will include morning and afternoon presentations, time for group interaction and Q&A.
Lunch is included The program begins at 9
a.m. and closes at 4 p.m. at Salem Heights,
the sisters’ Dayton motherhouse, 4960 Salem
Ave. at Denlinger Road.
On Sunday, Oct. 4, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk will celebrate a
Mass of Thanksgiving for the sisters’ founding and their 175 years of
service to the church. The Mass will be at 2 p.m. at Precious Blood
Church, 4961 Salem Avenue at Denlinger (directly across from Salem
Heights). All are welcome to attend the reception which will follow
in the parish center.
Registration is requested for the lecture to arrange for meals and
seating. To register, e-mail: [email protected] (include “Lecture” in the subject line) and include your
name, address and daytime phone number.
For more details and updated information, visit the website at www.
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DISCIPLES 4 LIFE RETREAT
The Disciples 4 Life retreat team at
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish
is offering a weekend retreat at the
St. Therese Retreat Center on October 9th-11th. The event is designed
to be an adult, spirit-lled weekend
with a goal of a closer relationship
with Christ. The weekend will include many opportunities to explore
such themes at discipleship, forgiveness, control, prayer, trust and the
Holy Spirit.
Participants will meet at Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Parish in Grove City
at 5:30 p.m. on Friday October 9th
and travel together to the retreat center. They will return from the retreat
center Sunday morning for a concluding Mass at the parish at noon.
Cost for the weekend is $130.00.
To request a registration form, or
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A quick note from:
OFFICE OF LITURGY
CHANT IN THE LITURGY
As discussed last week, Latin should have some place in our liturgy
so that when we worship with a more universal group of Catholics,
we are able to communicate though our native languages might be
very different. A simple way to
facilitate this communication
is through song. According to
Sacrosanctum Concilium, the
Constitution on the Sacred
Liturgy, music helps to promote “full, conscious and active participation of the faithful.” Our worship becomes
activated through our music.
Music also helps to open the
senses to elements of the liturgy that can draw us deeper into the
mystery of the life and death of Jesus Christ. If liturgy is the dialogue between God and the human soul, then music is the conduit
for the dialogue. The human soul seeks completion in God, and it is
through this dialogue of worship that the process begins.
Sacrosanctum Concilium continues, “The musical tradition of the
universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than
that of any other art. The main reason for this pre-eminence is that,
as sacred song united to the words, it forms a necessary or integral
part of the solemn liturgy.” Therefore, music is the greatest resource
that the Church possesses. Music connects us to our past, and propels us into the future. The greatest example that we have of this
valuable resource is Gregorian Chant. Gregorian Chant is so valuable that Sacrosanctum Concilium says, “the Church acknowledges
Gregorian Chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy; therefore,
other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services.” So this begs the question: What is Gregorian Chant?
Gregorian Chant is often attributed to Pope Gregory I as an effort
to simplify the music that was to be sung for specific celebrations
of the Church. While Gregory the Great did institute some liturgical
reforms that survive until today, it is not likely that he alone was responsible for the introduction of Gregorian Chant to the liturgy. Roman plainchant existed before the time of Gregory, but he was the
one who finally organized it into a form that is usable by the Church
in its day to day worship. Gregorian Chant sets out to organize the
music of the Church into an easy to follow format that follows the
Church’s calendar and provides a consistent worship experience to
all members of the Latin Rite throughout the world. Therefore, it
is important to uphold Gregorian Chant in our worship so that we
might be connected to the Church through all times and places.
Since Gregorian Chant utilizes Latin, it further helps to, as we
discussed last week, bring the Church together in a unified understanding of our tradition.
There are many other types of chant that exist. These too have a
place in the Church and in our worship. One of the more common
forms of chant that is used today is St. Meinrad Chant melodies.
These were developed as part of the Sacred Music Project of Fr.
Columba Kelly, OSB, a monk at the St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana.
Fr. Kelly has produced many “Gregorian style” chants that use the
proper English translations of common prayers for the Mass. This
Meinrad style of chant can be useful for congregations that are not
as adept at Latin as others might be. Another Meinrad style of chant
comes in handy for a recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours. The
Meinrad “tones” are an effective and easy way to chant the Divine
Office in a communal setting.
Chant can easily be described as “sung speech”. It is an effective
way to pray and an easy way to get lost in the mystery of prayer. As
Catholics, we seem to have lost this idea of mystery in our worship.
Perhaps chant can be used to influence our worship and increase the
sense of mystery in it.
A wedding without a minister; Jesus’ descent ‘into hell’; a clarification
Q
. I recently attended
a wedding in another state which took place
on a nicely decorated
stage. There were some
attendants but no minister
ofciating. The bride and
groom simply exchanged
vows and signed a book.
Is this a lawful way to
get married and a new
trend? I presume the papers they signed would
be registered in the city
hall. Neither the bride
nor groom is Catholic.
(Michigan)
A
. Some details differ
from place to place,
but every state in the
United States has strict
rules about ofciating at
marriages, Usually, recognized members of the
clergy (priests, ministers,
rabbis, Muslim imams,
among others) are licensed
to do so, as are judges,
justices of the peace and
some other civil ofcials.
QUESTION & ANSWER
by: FATHER DIETZEN
Catholic News Service
Some states require specic certication or permission for clergy. And in
California, anyone, perhaps a family friend, may
be authorized for one day
to perform a marriage.
Without the ofcial presence of one of these legally approved persons, a
marriage is civilly invalid.
Within a given time following the wedding, the
ofciating person must
sign the marriage certicate and submit it to the
proper civil ofce for permanent record.
Judging from these laws
and what you say, the
unconventional marriage
you describe seems questionable.
Another possibility is
that the bride and groom
were publicly afrming a
common-law marriage, in
which a couple becomes
legally married without a
license or ceremony.
Several conditions are
required for this to happen. They must have been
living together for a signicant period of time;
they must intend to be
married, and they must
be presenting themselves
publicly as husband and
wife. Usually this would
mean, for example, using the same last name,
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referring to each other as
husband and wife or ling
joint tax returns.
At present, only 16
states recognize common-law marriages, and
some of them acknowledge only common-law
relationships that go
back at least one or two
decades.
The status of your couple
in their state would need
to be determined by an attorney.
. Please explain
what is meant by
“he descended into hell”
in the Apostles’ Creed.
Surely Jesus didn’t go
into hell. (Missouri)
. The word “hell” in
this context translates a Latin (and Hebrew
and Greek) word which
means the lower regions,
the place people go after
death, without implying
a condition of reward or
punishment. It does not denote the hell of the damned,
which the term usually
means in today’s English.
Our English word derives from an old Teutonic word “hela,” which
once meant any kind of
pit or dungeon. However
unfortunate the present connotation may be,
and though the American
bishops years ago briey
discussed substituting another word, it’s not likely
to change after so many
centuries of use.
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A
Catholic Times 7
September 27, 2009
COLUMBUS DIOCESE YOUTH DISCERN IN D.C. SEPT. 11-12
By Lori Crock
The Knights of Columbus councils in
Central Ohio, along with the diocesan
Ofce of Vocations, sponsored 28 area
high school youths at the Second Eucharistic Congress, entitled “Sacrice
of Enduring Love,” in Washington Sept.
11-12 at the Basilica of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
The youths were encouraged to discern
God’s call in their lives. This event allowed them to do that by speaking with
sisters, brothers, and priests from all
over the U.S. Many of the youths wrote
essays about their faith and discernment
of their vocation before the trip.
The youths stood out in a crowd as
they distributed Columbus Diocese
“Seek Holiness” prayer cards and lanyards to the Religious and visited with
sisters, most in habits. The event, held
every four years, was sponsored by the
Council of Major Superior Women Religious (CMSWR).
“I thought sisters and brothers prayed
all day,” said Bruce Tokar, St. Mary
Magdalene parishioner. “But now I
know that sisters and brothers do much
more. They even played Ultimate Frisbee with us.”
The weekend centered around the Eucharist with the celebration of the Holy
Sacrice of the Mass, Confession, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, a
Eucharistic procession outdoors, beau-
tiful music from the Dominican Sisters
of St. Cecilia from Nashville and the
CMSWR intercongregational choir,
and reworks set to classical and religious music.
Mass homilists included His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, and Archbishop
Pietro Sambi, the apostolic nuncio to
the United States. The Eucharistic Congress was televised on the Eternal Word
TV Network.
“It was an amazing experience to be at
Mass there,” said Layna Hess. “When I
heard the sisters chanting, I could see
the joy in their life. I was so happy to
be there with them.”
The celebration included a variety of
Church leaders who spoke about the
Eucharist, including His Eminence Sean
Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop
of Boston, His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec, and
His Eminence Edward O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore.
Carl Anderson, supreme knight for the
Knights of Columbus, spoke at the Congress. There are 1.78 million Knights of
Columbus worldwide, and the Knights
had a large role in the liturgies during
the Congress.
Procession with the Tilma of Tepeyac
relic was followed by veneration of the
See YOUTH, Page 15
Dear Readers: To clarify a
recent column concerning the
role of permanent deacons,
deacons often receive the
faculty to preach at Mass
and other liturgies through
their ordination. Some dioceses, however, require additional theological formation
before deacons can exercise
this faculty.
The faculty to ofciate at
marriages also derives from
ordination, but permission or
delegation to ofciate must
be given by the bishop and/or
the pastor of the parish where
the marriage takes place.
Questions may be sent to
Father Dietzen at Box 3315,
Peoria, IL 61612, or e-mail:
[email protected].
Students from the Diocese of Columbus gather on the steps of the Basilica of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington
Photo by Lori Crock
Laura Molla Pannuti and Guiseppe Maria Pannuti, her husband, were featured speakers at
the Eucharistic Congress in Washington. Laura is the daughter of St. Gianna Beretta Molla
(pictured at right holding Laura), canonized in 2004 by Pope John Paul II
Photo by Lori Crock
8 Catholic Times
September 27, 2009
The Year of the Priest
ON A FIRM FOUNDATION
Join the Celebration
By Jennifer Damiano
Fall is always full of anticipation at The Catholic Foundation, and this year is no different. We
are busy preparing for our biggest celebration of the year, our 24th annual meeting and dinner on
Monday, Oct. 19, at St. Charles Preparatory School.
This special evening will commemorate the foundation’s broad-sweeping impact on our Catholic
community during the last year, as well as the last 24. The gifts and intentions of thousands of
individuals and families throughout our 23 counties enable the foundation to make important investments in the diocese year after year. Not the least among those investments are the unrestricted
grants that have assisted hundreds of children to remain in Catholic schools, have paid for installation
of security systems, new roofs and parking lots, and have helped train and retain dozens of vital staff
members in organizations which struggle to afford their desperately needed talents.
We invite you to join us for the annual meeting and dinner to learn more about how our donors’
gifts work together at the foundation to ensure the present and future of our Church and its many
ministries. Most importantly, we will be sharing with our guests the exciting opportunities that await
us on the horizon.
The Reverend James A. Wehner, STD, the new rector and president of The Pontifical College Josephinum, is our featured speaker. Our guests can help us welcome Father Wehner to Columbus from his
native Pittsburgh. He and Bishop Campbell will be sharing a reflection on the Holy Father’s Year of the
Priest. They also will reveal the many ways The Catholic Foundation has impacted the lives of priests
in the Diocese of Columbus, from formation through retirement. Our diocesan seminarians will be in
attendance, and the Josephinum Choir will perform to close out the evening.
This event is open to the public, but reservations are required. Tickets are $65 per person or $500 for
a table of eight. Please visit our website, www.catholic-foundation.org, for more information or call
our office direct at 614.443.8893 or toll-free at 866.298.8893. We look forward to seeing you there!
Damiano is executive director of the Catholic Foundation.
Danville woman to make vows as consecrated virgin
One of the oldest, rarest ceremonies in the
Catholic Church will take place when Jo
Ann Guinther of Danville St. Luke Church
is consecrated to God as a virgin by Bishop
Frederick Campbell.
The rite of consecration will take place
during a special Mass in the church at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 1.
Guinther will become the third consecrated virgin in the diocese, joining Kathleen
Goodyear of Pataskala and Molly McCarrick of Columbus.
From apostolic times, women have dedicated their virginity to God. The earliest record of a consecration is from 353 AD. The
rite fell into disuse in the Middle Ages, but
was restored by the Vatican’s Congregation
for Divine Worship on May 31, 1970.
Through this sacramental, the woman who
is consecrated, after renewing her promise
of perpetual virginity to God, is set aside as
a sacred person who belongs only to Christ.
The rite is not only for women Religious,
but also for unmarried women who seek to
live a consecrated life in the secular world.
The bishop of a diocese provides for a
process of formation for the candidate. He
receives recommendations from the vicar
for Religious and the candidate’s spiritual
director and director of formation before
admitting her to the Order of Virgins.
Guinther’s pastor, Father Richard Snoke,
is her spiritual director. Her formation director is Sister Jean Welling, SC.
Father Snoke said Guinther is part of the
RCIA, faith formation, and Eucharistic
ministries at her parish, in particular the
Eucharistic ministry to shut-ins. She also
is a member of the Serra Club of Knox and
Licking counties.
“It’s been a privilege to work with her
these last two years,” Father Snoke said.
“She’s had tremendous spiritual growth in
that time and is a dedicated servant of the
Church and of great support to the parish.”
Guinther was a member of the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Superior, Wis., for 14 years,
spending her last several years with that
community as a nurse before leaving so she
could take care of her ailing mother.
She said began considering consecrated
virginity after reading a Catholic Times
story about the subject. “I thought ‘This is
exactly what I’ve been looking for,’” she
said. “It’s been a wonderful journey to be allowed to reach this point.”
Family influenced Msgr. Wolf
September 27, 2009
LIVING
By Tim Puet
Msgr. John Wolf didn’t have to look far to nd inspiration to become a priest.
He is the youngest member, and the last survivor, of a
family of ve boys and ve girls, nine of whom entered
the Religious life. Two of his other brothers became
priests, one was a Benedictine lay brother, and his biological sisters all became sisters in the Religious sense
as well, with two becoming Franciscans and three joining the Ursuline order.
“My father, who emigrated here from Germany, originally wanted to be
a monk and went to a monastery in Covington, Ky., but got disillusioned,”
Msgr. Wolf said. “He was sent to Dayton, Ky., but wound up taking a train
to Dayton, Ohio. When he realized his mistake, he just decided he’d keep
on going and never went back.” He eventually settled on a farm near LaRue
in Marion County and married.
Despite growing up in a religious family, “I never felt any pressure to
become a priest,” Msgr. Wolf said. “My parents certainly provided a good
example and stood behind all of our vocations, and all of that helped.
“Good families are the making of good vocations, and my parents were
proof of that. Two other big inuences were the pastors at LaRue – Father
(John) Brinker, who talked at my ordination, and Father (John) Kelly.”
He was ordained by Bishop Michael Ready on May 19, 1945 (“I milked the
cows on the family farm that morning,” he recalled). His rst six years as a
priest were spent at St. Joseph Cathedral and provided him with material
for a book titled “Cathedral Days,” written in 1997.
The book is a fond look back mainly at life with Bishop Ready, who didn’t
hesitate to let people know he was in charge, but sometimes found his
authoritarian manner creating unintentional humor.
“Those were six great years with him,” Msgr. Wolf said. “I’d go on retreat
and tell other priests stories about that time and they’d say, ‘You should
write this down. Nobody would believe it.’ I nally told Bishop (James) Grifn I would, and did it while recovering from hip replacement surgery.”
Msgr. Wolf was a teacher at the old St. Charles Seminary for 16 years,
then was pastor at Lancaster St. Mary for 12 years and Kenton Immaculate
Conception for 10 before retiring in 1991 and moving to Fredericktown. He
served as a weekend assistant at Mount Vernon St. Vincent de Paul for 18
years, until a fall this past Easter conned him to his home. He continues to
say daily Mass there at a private chapel.
“Teaching at St. Charles was a real highlight,” he said. “I taught English
and philosophy classes and was dean of men there my last 10 years.
Many of the men I taught are now priests of the diocese and some, like
Msgr. (John) Dreese and Father (Richard) Snoke, have remained close
to me for years.
“Another memorable experience was getting (Lancaster) Fisher Catholic
High School built. I went to Lancaster and people told me I’d be sticking my
hand in a buzzsaw, because I faced opposition from the newspaper editor
and some of the bankers. My response was that you can do a lot of good
work with a buzzsaw if you know how to use your ngers. We had to play
hardball to do it, but we put that school up.
“I started as a priest long before Vatican II, lived through the council and
the change it brought, and somehow I’m the same priest I always was,” he
said. “I treasure all the time I’ve spent in the priesthood.
“You ask me to dene what a priest is and I’d say ‘Above all else, a man
of God.’ Beyond that, it’s hard to put into words. … I’ve always thought
of myself as a teacher rst, both at St. Charles and then as a pastor.
That’s one of the privileged things a priest can do, and it’s helped me
nd fulllment wherever I’ve been.”
Faith
Catholic Times 9
Excerpts from Msgr. Frank Lane’s homily at the funeral Mass for Msgr. John T. Dittoe
“Certainly, it is a privilege for all of us
to be here today sharing in the journey of
John Dittoe into the kingdom of life eternal
and peace. …
“It would be a feeble attempt to try to
recount the story of his life. His obituary
revealed the extent of his intellectual and
professional accomplishments. It even told
us he was in class with the future Pope
John Paul II at the Collegium Angelicum
in Rome. He told me he wished he’d have
paid more attention to the quiet little Polish
kid in the back of the room. …
“Jack was a very sociable priest, a good
man. But he also was a serious priest, probably one of the most accessible priests any
of us who knew him had seen, and we’re
grateful for that.
“In our culture today, we have this idea that
at a funeral Mass, we gather together for a
celebration of a person’s life, a celebration
of the past, and that’s an important thing to
do. But we also are here to offer Jack Dittoe our prayers for his future, our support
and prayers for his journey to eternal life.
We strengthen him with our prayers as he
passes to the judgment seat of God. …
“Jack was part of that extensive family that goes back to the days when Father
(Edward) Fenwick and Father (Nicholas)
Young heard an ax ringing in the wilderness
from the home of (Father Dittoe’s greatgreat-grandfather) Jacob Dittoe, and the
Catholic Church in Ohio began to grow. We
join with his sister, Marjorie; brothers, William, Donald, and Francis, cousins, nieces,
and nephews in our prayers for him. …
“He was a builder, a strengthener, but
someone who struggled always to be a
priest. … Every man is fragmented and
fractured in life, and for Jack, the Sacrament of Orders was the glue that held the
pieces together. …
“When we pass, we move toward the
wholeness of God to a far more transcendent world. None of us is prepared to absorb this. We have to grow into it. … The
Church is innitely wise to remind us of
that. It’s beyond our capability to absorb
what death means … in our broken humanity. Jack knew he needed something to hold
him together and help make him receptive
to that which he hoped and prayed for, and
that’s what his priesthood meant to him. …
“In today’s Gospel, Jesus says to Martha,
‘I am the resurrection and the life.’ What
does that mean? Martha kind of got it right,
but not totally. We ourselves also get it sort
of right, but not completely. …
“Jack knew the priesthood was a passageway in the world which would allow him
and through him, would allow others to
join to Jesus Christ and therefore be taken
to the Father and the Spirit. There is a way
to move beyond, into the intimate, loving
presence of the Father, and the journey begins here. …
“He knew Jesus Christ must be made
present in every age of our lives so humanity might have the privilege of knowing the Son and being taken to the Father
and the Spirit. …
“Jack was a golden orator. His style was
captivating. But his preaching was not a
performance for him.
He knew it was a gift and used it to serve.
… It was all part of his understanding of the
ofce of the priesthood and of the gracelled glue that kept him together. …
“Jack was not an arrogant socialite. He
was cosmopolitan, witty and urbane, but he
had his faults and shortcomings. He didn’t
always know what they were, but he knew
them and accepted them. …
“He brought Jesus Christ concretely into
our midst – our time, our place – saying ‘I
am present, I am spirit, I am life, the Word
made esh.’ That’s what Jack did best. He
proclaimed this Gospel which today says
Jesus is the resurrection and the life, is present, is real, and is among us. …
“He continued to do it even when he didn’t
feel good, which was often, even when the
ravages of old age took hold. His priesthood,
the Gospel, and Jesus’ promise that ‘I am the
resurrection and the life’ were all one and
the same to him, so he had condence that
no matter what would be taken out of him,
he would hold together as he moved through
this dark world and toward becoming capable of receiving absolute, eternal life. …
“As he undertakes his journey, we should
pray for him and ask that when the great
moment of acceptance comes, we can reach
out as he did on his deathbed toward the
light of the Lord. …
“Through his acceptance of the priesthood that he lived for you, his struggle with
faults, inrmities, and doubts, he remained
faithful, and God has noticed. God has kept
him together. …
“We pray for all of our sakes and for
his sake that all will be well. Jack will
be ne, but he needs help on the way.
For all he has done for us, let us return
the favor and accompany him on the way
with our prayers.”
Double blessings, showered down: how a family grows
This is it.
This is the month that set
the orbit for our entire year.
We are gearing up for two
events, which will happen
in the span of a week, the
blink of an eye: My younger
brother, Tony, is getting
married and my older sister,
Angie, is having a baby.
The
countdown
we
launched last winter, the
number that felt so big and
distant, is rapidly dwindling.
Now we are scurrying
around, setting things in
place, whitening our teeth
and watching our waistlines
– especially Angie’s.
There is a headcount to
nalize and a nursery to
complete, plus nal checkins with the deejay and the
doctor. We will try to keep it all
together, but it is all so tightly
wound: steamed dresses and
high hopes, shined shoes and
tangled nerves.
My nal wedding task –
scanning old photographs
and arranging them into a
slideshow – has made me
aware of the swift passage of
time. There is Tony, with all
those freckles and the dimples
in his upper cheeks. He is a
ring bearer, a prom date, now
a groom. There is Jodie, with
those round brown eyes and
that button nose, riding in a
Huggies box, visiting Santa,
traveling to South Africa,
walking down the aisle. The
snapshots play out just as the
years did, in fast forward.
But my nostalgia isn’t
wistful; it is tinged with cheer,
a sense that these two people
belong together and that this
growing baby belongs in
Twenty Something
Christina Capecchi
our family. What looks like
change, in many ways, is
a continuation of what has
been: the same traditions, the
same sacraments, the same
stories and songs.
I was reminded of that last
weekend, when my dad took
Angie’s rstborn, 2-year-old
Isaac, to the zoo we visited
every summer as kids.
Dad is still a superb guide,
whistling at the orangutans
and pointing out the tigers.
Sparky the Seal performed
the same tricks, and Isaac
clapped from Dad’s lap.
We revisited the carousel
we used to adore. Isaac
looked timid on the big
painted horse, but after
making several rounds and
nding us waving from the
same spot each time, he
nally broke into a smile.
The band organ hummed Cat
Stevens’ “Another Saturday
Night,” and Dad sang along.
The next day the aunties
threw Jodie a bridal shower,
where we supplied her with
towels and blankets and Tony
trivia. I watched everyone
greet her with genuine
affection, and I knew, as
Teresa wrote in her card, that
Jodie already has become a
part of our family, just like
that little baby, whose face
and name we long to know.
Isn’t that how life goes,
that God showers down
double blessings, and our
thirsty souls are not only
quenched, they are doused.
We blink and quiver,
stunned by how much the
human heart can hold.
Pope Benedict XVI says
our families provide “living
images of God’s love” –
esh-and-blood examples
of divine mercy and
undeserved kindness. When
we learn to share bedrooms
and bathrooms, attention and
dreams, we serve as a “sign
and instrument of unity for
the entire human race.”
This month my family
will be thrilled by new
additions and comforted
by their familiar forms.
We are building on what
has come before, blessed
and ordained by the same
everlasting God.
Soon we’ll enter into a
urry of camera ashes
and Hallmark cards, hugs
and toasts, and somewhere
between the chicken dance
and the contractions, there
will be grace pouring down.
Christina Capecchi is a
freelance writer from Inver
Grove Heights, Minn.
Email her at christina@
readchristina.com.
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September 27, 2009 /Catholic Times 11
GAHANNA ST. MATTHEW CHURCH HELPS
PULL THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER
By TIM PUET, Catholic Times Reporter
Father Paul Noble, pastor
T
A statue of the patron saint of Gahanna
St. Matthew Church stands at the building’s
entrance. It is a bronzed replica of a statue
which was in front of the original church
building CT Photo by Tim Puet
Students in a science class at St. Matthew
School examine a pumpkin
Photo courtesy St. Matthew Church
ake a look inside Gahanna
St. Matthew Church’s weekly bulletin and you can tell
it’s a large, busy parish.
The 10-page bulletin for Sept. 13
contains two pages of ads, the front
cover, a full-page notice about the
parish’s 50th Anniversary Mass and
picnic on Sept. 19, and six pages
lled with more than 40 separate
notices on coming events, some of
them elsewhere in the diocese, but
mostly within the parish. Included are everything from “Nursery
News” to a brief item on the parish’s “Young Elderly” group, plus
information about activities for every age group in between.
“We do have a big parish, but from
the time my husband and I came
here, we felt drawn in toward getting involved with something because of the way the community
seems to pull together here,” said
parishioner Linda Strapp. “There
are plenty of ministries (49 on a list
issued for the ministry fair held in
connection with the anniversary),
they’re well-publicized through the
bulletin and the parish quarterly,
and they all contribute to what I feel
is a really close-knit parish.
“We have six daughters and the
kind of work we’ve done for the
parish has changed over the years,
but we’ve always been involved
with something because this parish
is our home.”
Strapp currently is head of a bereavement committee which visits
the funeral home after a parishioner
has died, serves luncheons in the
church’s St. Anthony Room after
funeral Masses, and follows up that
work with cards and phone calls to
families of the deceased. She calls
on a list of about 150 volunteers for
help. “We have enough people so
that everyone can be involved, but
no one has to go to every funeral,”
she said. “It’s another way to extend
that sense of community throughout
the parish.”
She’s also involved with the nurseries which are available for infants and toddlers at any one of
the church’s ve weekend morning and evening Masses, and with
the Stone Soup ministry, an extension of the bereavement committee.
Stone Soup brings one or two meals
a week to families experiencing a
crisis or death in the family, or to
older people for whom it’s difcult
to leave their homes.
Megan Thompson, St. Matthew’s
youth minister, grew up in the parish.
“It seems I was always doing some
kind of community activity here,
from grade school on into college,”
she said. “Being youth minister sort
of comes naturally from that.”
She leads the parish’s high school
youth group, which meets every
Sunday after the 5 p.m. Mass that’s
one of the few evening Masses in
the diocese. The group sponsors social gatherings, small-group discussions, service projects, and a Christ-
mas party for homeless youths. All
of them are related to an annual
theme, which this year is “Living
Virtuously.”
For the past 17 years, it also has
sponsored Camp KRIC, a summer
camp for middle school students.
Thompson said that this past summer, more than 150 young people
attended the camp, whose initials
stand for “Kids Rooted in Christ.”
Among St. Matthew’s busiest organizations is the Charitable Works
Committee, whose functions are
similar to those in the St. Vincent
de Paul societies found in many
other parishes. In August, it helped
189 people in 51 families, providing each person with enough
food for 15 meals. The committee,
which collects donations once a
month after weekend Masses, also
made 410 sandwiches for the St.
Lawrence Haven food pantry and
made donations to 10 0ther soup
kitchens and pantries.
One of the parish’s more unusual
activities is its knitting ministry,
which every year provides more
than 2,000 scarves, hats, headbands,
gloves, mittens, and blankets to
people needing warm clothing.
The parish also sponsors a newly formed job search networking
group, a play group primarily for
preschool children and their parents, Mommy and Me and Mothers
of School Aged Children groups,
a book club, and many other organizations covering a full range of
social and spiritual activities. In
addition, it has a counseling center
which currently is conducting DivorceCare, marriage mentoring, and
GriefShare workshops.
Principal Carole Marsh said St.
Matthew School is thriving, with
an enrollment of 613 students, nine
short of its capacity. There are waiting lists at several grade levels.
“We’re going through tough times,
but have a full school,” said Marsh,
who has been principal since 1983,
when enrollment was 198. “That’s
really a credit to the quality of education here, because we draw from
some outstanding public school districts, including Gahanna, New Albany, Southwest Licking, and Licking Heights.
“Although we’re not as diverse as
some, we’re becoming more of an
international school because of the
people who work at Alcatel-Lucent,
The Limited, American Electric
Power, and some of the other companies which are here because of
Gahanna’s proximity to the airport.
We reect our community.”
She said parents have told her they
are attracted to the school because
of its close connection to the church
through regular student Masses, its
work with special-needs children,
and its Friends Across Time program, in which students and senior
citizens are partnered and learn from
each other.
For the past several years, students
have taken part in a program known
as “Catch the Spirit” in which the
school is divided into 27 “families”
of 22 or 23 students apiece. The
families consist of students from all
grade levels, who stay in the same
family each year. As eighth graders
leave, rst graders take their place.
Each family meets ve or six times
a year for activities designed to
build a sense of community within
students. “The older kids help the
younger ones, and we nd this has
been really effective in getting students to know one another and in
involving the younger students,”
Marsh said.
“It also helps prevent bullying, because the older members of a group
will watch out for the younger ones
and let their peers know if they’re
stepping out of line. That helps the
young ones look up to the older ones
and not be afraid.”
The parish has come a long way
from its earliest days. Parish members had been attending Columbus
St. Thomas and Holy Spirit parishes
until the diocese in 1959 bought the
11.5 acres of land on Havens Corners Road where the church and
school are located today.
“Father (John) Soltis (the church’s
founding pastor) rented a home
and a garage at Hamilton Road and
Rocky Fork Boulevard, and we
had our rst Masses in a garage,”
said Harold Breitfeller, a founding
member of the parish. “That didn’t
last too long because it got pretty
crowded, so the Masses were moved
to Lincoln Elementary School.
“We were kind of poor back then
and had to do a lot of things creatively,” said Clare Plesser, another longtime member. “We wanted to have
a festival, so Father Soltis gave us
$50 and told us to see what we could
come up with. That festival was one
way in which a lot of us who were
here in the beginning got to know
each other.
“That rst year, we
had a German beer
garden and different games – penny
pitch, those kind of
small things. We
wondered if anyone would come,
and we drew big
crowds which kept
on coming back.
We had such a
good time that rst
year and we made
enough
money
that we just kept it
going. It’s gotten
bigger ever since.”
The
festival
takes place every year on the
last weekend
in July. Money
raised by the
event goes to
religious education for both
St.
Matthew
School and the
parish school
of religion.
Masses were celebrated in what’s
now the west wing of the school
until Christmas Eve of 1969, when
the parish’s rst permanent church
building was dedicated just before
Father Soltis was replaced in 1970
as pastor by Father Carl Clagett.
The church’s design was unique because it was a round building with
extraordinarily large expanses of
stone wall space and relatively few
windows, most of which were in the
back of the church.
That church seated 740 people, a
number thought at the time to be
sufcient to allow for growth. But
more people kept moving into the
parish during the pastorates of Fathers Clagett (1970-75), Paul Smith
(1975-86), Thomas Brosmer (198690), and Edward McFarland (199099). By the time Father Paul Noble
replaced Father McFarland as pastor in 1999 after one year as associate, it was obvious something had to
be done about the church.
“The old church didn’t allow for
expansion,” Father Noble said. “It
was lled to overowing for most
Masses, and the area was still grow-
See ST. MATTHEW, Page 12
The exterior of St. Matthew Church,
built to replace the church
which stood at the same site
from 1969 to 2003
CT photo by Tim Puet
Catechumens, candidates, and sponsors
at the church’s 2009
Easter Vigil service
Photo courtesy St. Matthew Church
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Scouts Offer Santa Maria Program for Students
Left: New Catholics receive Communion at an Easter Vigil service at Gahanna St. Matthew Church. Center: Longtime St. Matthew parishioners (from left) Clare Plesser, Harold Breitfeller, Dolly Plesser and Helen Breitfeller with Father Paul Noble. Right: The church’s tabernacle
ST. MATTHEW, continued from Page 11
ing.” The parish had 1,700 families
at the time and now has 2,500. More
growth is possible, since 90 percent
of the parish’s population lives on 11
square miles of the 56 square miles
within its boundaries.
“The round church was unrepairable.
It had a lot of water damage, and its roof
design prevented an enduring solution.
About the only thing we could have
done to stop the deterioration would
have been to put a bubble over the
church, but that wouldn’t be practical.”
Father Noble said he came to the “reluctant conclusion” that a new church
had to be built. “The feeling I had when
it came to telling parishioners about
what had to be done was one of dread,”
he said. “They had sacriced so much
to build the original church. I knew that
if parishioners were to make the same
sacrice, it would be only after they
played a signicant role in determining
the type of church they wanted.”
Soon after taking over the pastorate, his rst after a career in education
which included eight years as diocesan
superintendent of schools, Father Noble
announced a long-term program known
as the Generations plan. It included several spiritual goals in addition to plans
for off-site sports elds, a new parking
lot, playground, and activity center.
The program originally provided for
a redesign of the round church, but the
renovation would have added only 200
seats. “The lack of seating, coupled with
the ever-leaking roof, clearly pointed to
the need for a new church,” he said.
The last Mass in the old church took
place in September 2003. Weekend
Masses took place in the activity center
until the new church was dedicated on
Dec. 20. 2004.
“The design was the product of many
sessions with parishioners and has much
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said. “It’s a traditional-looking church,
with large stained-glass windows, lots
of light, a choir loft, an extensive gathering space, and room for expansion.”
It includes many items from the old
church, including the tabernacle and
the corpus (the body of Jesus).
Father Noble said more than $9 million was pledged for the Generations
program. About half has been paid off.
“I’m very grateful that the program
has been so warmly embraced by the
parish community,” he said. “Becoming a pastor after all those years as an
educator has changed my life happily
and allowed me to fulll my mission as
a priest in a way nothing else can.
“It takes plenty of people to make a
parish a family, We can’t hope for everyone to do everything all the time.
What we can hope is that each person
will come forward and address whatever need they feel their skills can meet.”
Young people can get a taste of a sailor’s life in the time of Christopher Columbus and earn a medal or a patch at
the annual Santa Maria program sponsored by the diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting.
Adults and students are eligible to
participate in one of two activities
scheduled Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
17 and 18.
A program for sixth- through 12thgraders and adult leaders will begin at 1
p.m. Oct. 17 at the parish center of Columbus Holy Family Church, 584 W.
Broad St. It will conclude after the 9 a.m.
Mass the following day at the church.
A shorter program, for rst- through
fth-graders, will begin at 3 p.m. Oct.
17 at the church, and conclude at 6:45 on
board the replica of Christopher Columbus’ agship, the Santa Maria, at Marconi Boulevard and West Broad Street.
The theme of the program is “Discovery.” Among other things, participants
will learn about Columbus and the
impact of his faith on his accomplishments. The program was inspired by
the 1992 celebration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ rst landing
in the New World, which brought the
Catholic faith to the Americas.
The younger students and their adult
leaders will leave the museum and
board the Santa Maria at 5:45 p.m.
They will tour the ship and hear sailors
tell stories about how it crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.
A ceremony at sea will be performed
at 6:15 p.m., with the younger students, family members and adults being presented with a commemorative
patch and departing the ship by way
of the gangplank.
The older students and their adult
leaders will arrive at the ship at 6:30
p.m. and will be part of its crew for the
night. Cargo will be hauled from shore
onto the deck and unloaded, and dinner
will be prepared in the rebox.
Each crew member will experience
the personal challenge and reward
of climbing the ratlines, safeguarded
by others on the crew. The young
sailors will nd they have to work
together if they are to succeed. Sail
handling, knots, rope making and
grommet making are all integral
parts of the adventure.
The evening “dogwatch” will include
a snack and insights into navigation,
ship handling, food, and supplies for
the voyage. As morning dawns, crew
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program on prayer and healing
The Institute for Maturity Spirituality at the Martin de Porres Center will
present an afternoon program entitled,
“Ministering to One Another,” on
Wednesday, September 30, 1:00-3:00
PM. Sister Marialein Anzenberger, OP,
and Rebecca Madine of Mount Carmel
Health’s Church Partnerships Program
will explore how listening and prayer
can help facilitate the natural process
of healing and will help participants
members will have
breakfast
before
continuing activities, swabbing decks
and stowing gear.
At 8:15 a.m. Sunday, the crew will
depart the ship to
attend the Latin
Mass at Holy Family Church. Participants will be awarded a medal attesting
completion of their
voyage.
A fee of $36 for
the overnight program covers the cost
of the medal, meals,
lodging, program
fees and materials.
The longer program is available
for a maximum of
40 participants.
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sleeping bag, pad,
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for the longer program and $5 for the
shorter one after Sept. 30.
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Faith and Reason, Irrationality and Terror
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Community is an essential part of religion
Father
Lawrence L. Hummer
Numbers 11:25-29
James 5:1-6
Mark 9:38-43,45,
47-48
Religion is social by nature. It requires a community because it springs
from a community and a
community sustains it, as
well. As with any community, groups form within the community. Some
strengthen the community.
Some weaken it.
There are some who try
to practice religion as loners. Some do this because
they think themselves better at religion than most.
Some practice it because
they claim to be distracted
by a community. Loners
(not hermits) lose in the end
because they act as their
own judges, and if the right
conditions persist, they become their own God.
Within a community,
people work for the com-
mon good. In a Christian
community, they do so for
the sake of Christ, or are
supposed to. If the individual groups within the
community work for that
same purpose, the community thrives. If they
don’t, it fails.
In the rst reading, it is
hard to speak of the Book
of Numbers as addressing
an organized community.
These were the newly freed
Hebrew slaves and their
descendants. The passage
Sunday shows them beginning to form a group of
70 elders around Moses to
ease his burden of leading.
They received portions
of the same spirit Moses
had received, which allowed them to prophesy
as Moses had done. Two
who had not been present
for the ritual (Eldad and
Medad), received the spirit
anyway, and they prophesied like the others, over
the objections of Joshua,
who protests, in effect, that
they have not followed the
“rules.” Moses allows them
to carry on.
There is a debate on
whether Numbers inuenced Mark’s story of the
exorcist who did not belong to the group. The justication for allowing the
man to continue exorcising
is that he would not likely
speak ill of him at the same
time that he was doing a
mighty deed in the name of
Jesus. Jesus says to let him
alone, showing more tolerance than most of his disciples, in every generation,
show toward outsiders.
Jesus’ concern is the
well-being of another. Credentials are not important
to Jesus if people are doing
what is right. The disciples
were concerned to protect
a “members-only” attitude,
which Jesus does not share.
That remains true today.
In the following section,
Jesus places a serious responsibility on those who
have inuence over “these
little ones” not to cause
them to sin. The Greek actually says to “scandalize”
them or to put a stumbling
block in front of them; thus
causing any of these little
ones to stumble, which is
not quite the same as caus-
The Weekday
Bible Readings
ing them to sin.
Who the “little ones” are
is not as easy to determine.
It may mean the humblest
members of the community. But it may also
mean those who are on its
fringes, or the “marginalized” in today’s parlance.
It could also refer to verse
36, where a child is mentioned. Obviously, anyone
who causes children to
stumble is worthy of contempt. But children are not
the focus here.
If one is the cause of another’s stumbling, he’d be
better off dead. But the imagery changes somewhat
when Jesus says if your
hand or foot or eye is the
cause of the sin, then root
out the sin. If we were to
take the instruction literally, there would be many
more crippled, maimed
and blinded disciples running around. The goal of
entering the kingdom of
God (and avoiding Gehenna, the underworld) is
to be preferred, even over
a healthy and whole body.
MONDAY
Zechariah 8:1-8
Psalm 102:2,16-23
Luke 9:46-50
TUESDAY
Daniel 7:9-10,13-14
Psalm 138:1-5
John 1:47-51
WEDNESDAY
Nehemiah 2:1-8
Psalm 137:1-6
Luke 9:57-62
THURSDAY
Nehemiah 8:1-4a,5-6,7b-12
Psalm 19:8-11
Luke 10:1-12
FRIDAY
Baruch 1:15-22
Psalm 79:1-5,8-9
Matthew 18:1-5,10
SATURDAY
Baruch 4:5-12,27-29
Psalm 69:33-37
Luke 10:17-24
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The media’s obsession
with salvation-throughlatex in the matter of
AIDS prevention in Africa so dominated the coverage of Pope Benedict
XVI’s March pilgrimage
to Cameroon and Angola
that one of the most impressive addresses of the
ponticate was virtually
ignored. Delivered to the
Muslim leaders of Cameroon at the apostolic
nunciature in Yaounde on
March 19, Benedict’s concise remarks represented
perhaps the most rened
statement of the point the
Pope has been making
since his September 2006
Regensburg Lecture sent
the world press into another tailspin.
Here are the key passages:
“My friends, I believe
a particularly urgent task
of religion today is to
unveil the vast potential
of human reason, which
is itself God’s gift and
which is elevated by rev-
elation and faith. Belief
in the one God, far from
stunting our capacity to
understand
ourselves
and the world, broadens it. Far from setting
us against the world, it
commits us to it. We are
called to help others see
the subtle traces and mysterious presence of God
in the world which he has
marvelously created and
continually sustains with
his ineffable and all-embracing love. Although
his innite glory can
never be directly grasped
by our nite minds in
this life, we nonetheless
catch glimpses of it in the
beauty that surrounds us.
When men and women
allow the magnicent order of the world and the
splendor of human dignity to illumine their hearts,
they discover that what is
‘reasonable’ extends far
beyond what mathematics can calculate, logic
can deduce, and scientic experimentation can
demonstrate; it includes
THE CATHOLIC
DIFFERENCE
George Weigel
the goodness and innate
attractiveness of upright
and ethical living made
known to us in the very
language of creation.
“This insight prompts
us to seek all that is right
and just, to step outside
the restricted sphere of
our own self-interest
and act for the good of
others. Genuine religion
thus widens the horizon
of human understanding
and stands at the base
of any authentically human culture. It rejects
all forms of violence and
totalitarianism: not only
on principles of faith, but
also of right reason. Indeed, religion and reason
mutually reinforce one
another since religion is
puried and structured by
reason, and reason’s full
potential is unleashed by
revelation and faith.”
For three years now,
the Holy Father has been
quietly insisting that the
problem of jihadist terrorism and the lethal threat
it poses, both to the West
and to Muslims of moderate temperament, is
rooted in the detachment
of faith from reason. Cut
that cord theologically,
and you end up with a
God of sheer willfulness
who can command anything, including the murder of innocents. Tighten
the cord that binds faith
and reason in a mutually
supportive synthesis and
the religious case for ji-
hadist terrorism collapses
of its own irrationality.
No one knows why Islam, which in the early
Middle Ages created
cultures open to philosophical inquiry and respectful of the canons of
reason, underwent what
seems to have been a
kind of intellectual shutdown, so that by the
14th century the wellsprings of intellectual
imagination had largely
dried up throughout the
Islamic world, leaving
only the endless exegesis of Islamic law by
Muslim lawyers. Whatever its causes, however,
this desiccation was a
crucial factor in creating the irrationalism of
contemporary jihadism,
embodied in the Taliban
slogan, “Throw reason
to the dogs – it stinks of
corruption.”
It would be helpful if
western
governments
took this history seriously – and took the Pope’s
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chapel. The half-inch square is the
only known relic of Juan Diego’s tilma
in the U.S. It is considered a miracle
that this piece of the tilma has survived
for ve centuries.
Another highlight of the conference
was the workshop by Laura Molla Pannuti, daughter of a saint. Laura is the
daughter of St. Gianna Beretta Molla,
a devoted wife, mother, and a doctor
in Magenta, Italy, who died from a
uterine tumor in 1962 after choosing
to sacrice her life to save her unborn
baby daughter.
St. Gianna Molla was known for her
generous love of neighbor and enjoyed
the fullness of life as a lay missionary,
serving her family and her patients tirelessly. She was declared Blessed on
April 24, 1994 by Pope John Paul II and
canonized a saint on May 16, 2004.
“I had read a book with St. Gianna’s
letters when I was picking a Conrmation saint,” said Maria Ritchey,
St Joan of Arc parishioner. “I chose St. Gianna, so it was great to
hear her daughter talk
about her.”
Another highlight for
the youths was praying
in many of the 95 chapels
at the National Basilica.
“After seeing the chapels with themes from all
over the world, I can see
how we are all linked,
said M.J. Richardson,
Our Lady of Lourdes pa- An unidentied sister chats with Lindy Walton (left) of
rishioner. “As I prayed Columbus St. Patrick and Jenna Ellis of St. Agatha at the
Photo by Lori Crock
in Our Lady of Lourdes Eucharistic Conference
chapel, I began to undera stop at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in
stand how love links us all together.”
Emmitsburg, Maryland for a tour by two
While in the D.C. area, the youth sColumbus seminarians, Nick Droll and
toured the United States Capitol build- Michael Hinterschied, who are studying
ing on Sept. 11th and visited the Lin- for the diocesan priesthood. The group
coln Memorial, and the Vietnam, Ko- also visited the nearby shrine of the rst
rean and World War II memorials.
native born American saint, St. ElizaThe return trip to Columbus included beth Ann Seton.
analysis of the problem
of faith and reason seriously. It is not government’s task to foster the
kind of interreligious
dialogue implied by
Benedict’s speech in
Yaounde: an interreligious dialogue that aims
to understand revelation
through reason, thus
opening up the prospects
of a joint exploration of
the “splendor of human
dignity” and the implications of that dignity for
religious freedom and
the governance of just
societies. On the other
hand, governments that
don’t recognize that the
detachment of faith from
reason denes the faultline between the jihadists and the rest of us are
likely to misread what
remains a mortal threat,
eight years after 9/11.
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and
Public Policy Center in
Washington, D.C.
Special Thanks
The Vocations ofce is grateful to Knights of Columbus
Councils for their generous
support, prayer, and sponsorship of this event which allowed the high school youth to
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Pray for our dead
ANTRITT, Mary E., 97, Sept. 18
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
BEYTAGH, Diane G., 73, Sept. 18
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
BROWN, Mary C., 91, Sept. 21
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
CARLO, Dominick F., 87, Sept. 15
St. Vincent de Paul Church, Mount Vernon
CLARK, Marie A., 84, Sept. 17
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
CLEARY, Ann M., 82, Sept. 20
St. Mary Church, Groveport
DUNN, Charles R., 83, Sept. 18
St. Mary Church, Marion
FILKO, Gary, 61, Sept. 6
Holy Family Church, Columbus
GARERI, Shirley A., 73, formerly of Mount
Vernon, Sept. 7
St. Joseph Church, Cuyahoga Falls
GEIGLEY, Carmen V., 93, Sept. 15
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
GIAMMARCO, Feliciano, 92, Sept. 17
St. John the Baptist Church, Columbus
GREENE, Madeline M. “Meetch,” 79, Sept. 15
St. Matthew Church, Gahanna
HALL, Mildred K., 84, Sept. 16
St. Patrick Church, Columbus
HARSTER, James L., 61, Sept. 12
St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg
LeMONTE, Beverly, 66, Sept. 16
Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison
HUBBARD, Earl J., 84, Sept. 16
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
STEVENS, Earl, 73, Sept. 15
St. Mary Church, Marion
KESEG, Steve A. “Pete” Jr., 89, Sept. 19
Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus
TWEED, Claribel L., 95, Sept. 14
St. Francis of Assisi Church, Columbus
LEFFLER, Josephine, Sept. 18
St. Timothy Church, Columbus
WHITACRE, Bruce J., 92, Sept. 19
St. Timothy Church, Columbus
MASTEN, Earl J., 89, Sept. 15
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
McCANN, Robert F., 86, formerly of Columbus, Sept. 19
All Saints Church, Logansport, Ind.
NOVAK, Carol J., 76, Sept. 17
St. Michael Church, Worthington
RICHARDSON, Douglas O., 66, Sept. 16
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church,
Columbus
SANTANICH, Mary R., 88, Sept. 20
St. Ladislas Church, Columbus
SCHERL, Robert F., 84, formerly of Columbus,
Sept. 16
St. Mary Church, Delaware
SCHERMERHORN, Caroline M., 44, Sept. 11
St. Vincent de Paul Church, Mount Vernon
SCHORGER, Paul R., 92, Sept. 19
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
SHANK, Julie, 53, Sept. 18
St. Brendan Church, Hilliard
SHERMAN, Rowan M., 1 day, Sept. 10
Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus
SMITH, Loretta M., 91, Sept. 13
Christ the King Church, Columbus
Paul E. Weilbacher
Funeral Mass for Paul E. Weilbacher,
who died Wednesday, Sept, 16, was held
Saturday, Sept. 19, at Columbus St. Agatha Church.
Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery,
Lewis Center.
He was born in Columbus to Bert and
Mary Weilbacher.
He served in the Army Air Corps in World
War II and was a retired co-owner of Weilbacher’s Suburban in Reynoldsburg and
Columbus.
He grew up as a member of Columbus St. Mary Church, where he was a
server and an usher. He was a charter
member of St. Agatha, where he was an
usher and a member of the men’s club.
He also frequently attended St. Joseph
Church in Marblehead and St. William
Church in Naples, Fla., and was a member of the Catawba Island Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents;
sisters, Geraldine Gall and Bertille; and
brothers, Norbert, Charles, and Quintin.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years,
Dorothy (Buchanan); daughters, Regina
(Jim) Rosier and Nancy (Tom) Watkins;
sisters, Sister Bernice Weilbacher, SND,
Marcella Murley, and Mary Goff; and ve
grandchildren.
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John B. Sweeney
Funeral Mass for Marine Col. (ret.) John
B. Sweeney, 90, formerly of Columbus,
who died Saturday, Aug. 15, was held Saturday, Aug. 22, at St. Columba Church in
Durango, Colo.
His remains will be interred at Arlington
(Va.) National Cemetery.
He was born Dec. 2, 1918, in Columbus,
to James and Mary Elizabeth (Creenane)
Sweeney.
He graduated in 1936 from Rosary High
School in Columbus and received a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1940 from
Xavier University, Cincinnati, and a master’s degree in psychology in 1952 from The
Ohio State University.
He served in the Marines from 1941 to 1967,
winning the Navy Cross for his heroism as
a company commander in September 1942,
when he was among 800 Marines who held
off a force of 2,400 Japanese attempting to
seize the Henderson Field airstrip on Guadalcanal.
He also served in China, Korea, and Vietnam, where he completed his military career as chief of staff of the Third Marine
Division in Phu Bai and Danang.
On leaving the Marines, he spent two
years as an administrator at Ohio Dominican College (now University) and 16 years
as registrar at California State UniversityFullerton. He also was a member of the
planning commission and City Council
of San Juan Capistrano, Cal. He moved to
Las Vegas, Nev., in 1990, and to Durango,
where he had maintained a summer residence for 10 years, in 2008.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and his wife, Helen (Amrhein).
Survivors include a son, John; daughters,
Kate, Kristine (John Grau), and Helen; one
grandson; and one granddaughter.
Ernestine J. Marsh
Funeral Mass for Ernestine J. Marsh, 74,
who died Sunday, Sept. 20, was held Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Community of Holy
Rosary and St. John in Columbus.
Burial was in Franklin Hills Memorial
Gardens.
She was born in St. Louis on June 24,
1935, to Clifford and Ernestine Pease.
She was a graduate of the Homer G.
Phillips Hospital School of Nursing in
St. Louis, received a bachelor of science
degree from St. Louis University and a
master of science degree from Southern
Illinois University, and was an honorary
alumna of the University of Pittsburgh
School of Nursing.
She was employed for 39 years by the
Veterans Administration at facilities in St.
Louis; Jackson, Miss.; San Diego; Coatesville, Pa.; Richmond, Va.; Pittsburgh; and
Washington.
She held adjunct faculty positions at the
Thomas Jefferson University, Villanova
University, Virginia Commonwealth
University, and University of Pittsburgh
schools of nursing.
She was a member of the Sigma Theta
Tau honor society for nursing, the Chi Eta
Phi nursing sorority, and the Harriet Tubman Guild, and was Pennsylvania state
minority representative for the American
Association of Retired Persons.
After retiring from the VA, she moved to
Columbus and became food pantry coordinator for the Community of Holy Rosary
and St. John. She also was an organist at
the church and a third- and fourth-degree
member of the Knights of St. Peter Claver
Ladies Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her parents;
and a brother, Warren Johnson.
Survivors include a son, Clifford (Lori);
a daughter, Ann; four grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren.
Helen E. Martin
Funeral Mass for Helen E. Martin, 89, who
died Friday, Sept. 4, was held Wednesday,
Sept. 9, at Columbus Holy Family Church.
She was born Sept. 11, 1919, to James and
Estella (Rubadue) Veeley.
She was a graduate of Columbus Holy
Family High School and St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing.
She was a nurse with the rank of lieutenant in the Army Air Corps in World War II,
stationed in France.
She was employed in the Mount Carmel Medical Center maternity ward for
many years.
She was a member of St. Mary Magdalene
Catholic Church, VFW Post 3441, and
Moose Lodge 11.
She was preceded in death by her parents;
husband, Richard; brothers, Arthur and
James; and sisters, Sister Maureen (Grace
Marie) Veeley, RSM, Sister Eileen Veeley,
RSM, Anna, and Mildred Zimmerman.
Survivors include sons, Deacon Richard (Janet), James, Dennis (Donna), and
Thomas (Linda); daughters, Marianne and
Regina (Chris) Lewis; brothers, Charles
(Peggy) and George; 10 grandchildren; and
two great-grandchildren.
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From the Diocese of Columbus
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EVENTS
“A TASTE OF ITALY”
At E. Lincoln & Hamlet Sts. • prevue event to the Italian Festival
Oct. 6, 2009 • 5:30-10:00pm
Enjoy authentic Italian cuisine from 20 Columbus area
Italian Eateries. Sample as you like and enjoy a wide
variety of Italian wine, beer, spirits & Entertainment!
Tickets $25/person/Limited availability, Info: (614) 294-8259
COLUMBUS ITALIAN FESTIVAL
Columbus Day Weekend
Oct. 9,10 & 11, 2009
Live Entertainment, Italian Food,
New Expanded Children’s area &
Rides, and the annual Parade!
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clean leaves, plantings and
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German Village & East Columbus
Call 614-783-9649
SEPTEMBER
25, FRIDAY
DeSales Homecoming Game
Alumni Stadium, St. Francis DeSales High School, 4212
Karl Road, Columbus. 6 p.m., alumni marching band
rehearsal; 7:15, alumni form tunnel of tradition; 7:30,
homecoming game against Findlay, followed by postgame alumni social in senior courtyard. 614-267-6822
Magpie Consort at St. Leo
8 p.m., St. Leo Church, 224 Hanford St., Columbus. The
Magpie Consort presents a concert of Celtic choral music.
614-443-4855, extension 126
26, SATURDAY
Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City
9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City.
Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and
confession.
614-565-8654
Friends of the Poor Walk in Whitehall
10 a.m., Whitehall Community Center, 402 N. Hamilton
Road, Whitehall. Friends of the Poor 1-mile walk to raise
funds for the St. Vincent de Paul Society, St. Lawrence
Haven. and the Bishop Griffin Service Center.
614-221-3554
Mass of Thanksgiving at Columbus St. Patrick
5 p.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus.
Mass of thanksgiving for retirement of debt, celebrated
by Bishop Frederick Campbell.
614-224-9522
27, SUNDAY
St. Christopher Adult Religious Education
10 to 11:15 a.m., St. Christopher Parish Center, Trinity
School, 1420 Grandview Ave., Columbus. “The Didache,
Part 2: The Teaching of the 12 Apostles,” with Deacon
Gregg Eiden.
614-488-9971
Lay Ecclesial Ministry Course
2 p.m., Catholic Worker House, 1652 Oakland Park Ave.,
Columbus. Opening of four-part series on “Foundations
in Lay Ecclesial Ministry” which serves as a prerequisite
for subsequent formation for diocesan lay ecclesial
ministry or diaconate formation programs. Sponsored
by diocesan Office of Ministry Formation. 614-241-2544
Friends of the Poor Walk in West Portsmouth
2 p.m., Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 2215 Galena Pike,
West Portsmouth. Friends of the Poor walk to raise
funds for the Scioto Community Food Pantry, sponsored
by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Our Lady of Sorrows, Pond Creek Holy Trinity and Otway Our Lady of
Lourdes churches.
740-858-4600
Holocaust Survivor’s Story at Maria Stein
7 to 9 p.m., Spiritual Center of Maria Stein, 2365 St.
Johns Road, Maria Stein. Nazi concentration camp survivor William Meyer tells his story of the Holocaust.
419-925-7625
Catholic Faith Rally at Maria Stein
7:30 p.m., Spiritual Center of Maria Stein, 2365 St. Johns
Road, Maria Stein. Catholic faith rally with Father Jim Trick.
419-925-7625
28, MONDAY
Bethesda Post-Abortion Healing Ministry
6:30 p.m., support group meeting, 2744 Dover Road,
(Christ the King Church campus), Columbus.
614-718-0277, 614-309-2651, 614-309-0157
Our Lady of Peace Men’s Bible Study
7 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Church, 20 E. Dominion Blvd.,
Columbus. Bible study of Sunday Scripture readings.
614-459-2766
29, TUESDAY
Bishop Campbell Speaks to Ohio Dominican Students
4 p.m., Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road,
Columbus. Bishop Frederick Campbell speaks to students.
Program on Fundamentalism, New Age Movement
7 to 9 p.m., Spiritual Center of Maria Stein, 2365 St.
Johns Road, Maria Stein. Deacon Tom Huff presents program on fundamentalism and the New Age movement
and their cultural impact. Registration deadline Sept. 25.
419-925-7625
30, WEDNESDAY
Program on Ministering at de Porres Center
1 to 3 p.m., Martin de Porres Center, 2330 Airport Drive,
Columbus. “Ministering to One Another,” presented by
Sister Marialein Anzenberger, OP, and Rebecca Madine.
614-416-1910
‘Living Peace’ Program at Ohio Dominican
7 p.m., Matesich Theater, Erskine Hall, Ohio Dominican
University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. “Living Peace:
Spirituality of Contemplation and Action” with peace
activist Father John Dear, SJ. Sponsored by Center for
Dominican Studies. Reservations requested.
614-251-4722
OCTOBER
1, THURSDAY
Contemporary Theology Talk at St. Anthony
10 a.m., Fulcher meeting room, St. Anthony Church, 1300
Urban Drive, Columbus. Second of four talks on contemporary theology with Father Edmund Hussey. Subject: “Can You Be a Christian Without Belonging to the
Church?”
614-885-4857
Rite of Consecration of a Virgin at St. Luke
7 p.m. Mass, St. Luke Church, 307 S. Market St., Danville.
St. Luke parishioner Jo Ann Guinther is formally consecrated to God as a virgin by Bishop Frederick Campbell.
740-599-6362
2, FRIDAY
St. Cecilia Adoration of Blessed Sacrament
St. Cecilia Church, 434 Norton Road, Columbus. Begins
after 8:15 a.m. Mass, continues to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Monthly Adoration of Blessed Sacrament
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refugee Road, Columbus. Begins after 9 a.m. Mass; continues
through 6 p.m. Holy Hour.
Bishop Speaks to Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club
12:15 p.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus.
Bishop Frederick Campbell speaks to Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club. Contact www.columbuscatholicmen.com.
All-Night Eucharistic Vigil
Holy Cross Church, 205 S. 5th St., Columbus. 7:30 p.m.
Mass; Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament; prayer until
11:30 p.m.; private prayer until 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
All-Night Exposition at Our Lady of Victory
Our Lady of Victory Church, 1559 Roxbury Road, Columbus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 9 p.m.
until Mass at 7 a.m. Saturday, sponsored by church’s
Knights of Columbus council and Serra Club of Columbus.
2-4, FRIDAY-SUNDAY
Fall Silent Retreat for Women at St. Therese’s
St. Therese’s Retreat Center, 5277 E. Broad St., Columbus.
Fall silent retreat for women sponsored by Catholic Laywomen’s Retreat League, with Father Angelo Anthony,
CPpS. Theme: “As We Wait in Joyful Hope.”
3, SATURDAY
Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City
9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City.
Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and
confession.
614-565-8654
Visitation Day at Ohio Dominican
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. Visitation Day for prospective
students and anyone else interested in the university.
Reservations requested.
614-251-4500
Animal Blessing, Grotto Dedication in Sunbury
9 a.m., St. John Neumann Church, 9633 East State Route
37, Sunbury. Blessing of animals with Father David
Sizemore, followed by dedication of Marian grotto. All
animals must be leased or in appropriate carriers and
appropriately vaccinated.
Mary’s Little Children Prayer Group
10 a.m., Mount Carmel East Hospital, 6001 E. Broad St.,
Columbus. Meet in chapel (Shepehrds of Christ format).
614-861-4888
Fall Open House at Josephinum
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625
N. High St., Columbus. Fall open house, with 30-minute
tours by staff and seminarians every half-hour. Reservations requested.
614-885-5585
Rosary High School Class of 1959 Reunion
10 a.m. until dark, Columbus Rosary High School Class
of 1959 50th anniversary reunion. Contact Betty Wasto
([email protected]) or Roe Savely (rcsavely@yahoo.
com).
614-274-3606 or 740-927-5410
Animal Blessing at St. Francis of Assisi
Noon, St. Francis of Assisi Church, 386 Buttles Ave., Columbus. Blessing of animals on the eve of the feast day
of the parish’s patron saint.
614-299-5781
Transitus Celebration at St. Francis of Assisi
7 p.m., St. Francis of Assisi Church, 386 Buttles Ave., Columbus. Celebration of Transitus, commemorating the
passing of St. Francis of Assisi from earthly experience
to eternal life.
614-299-5781
Tajci Concert at Ohio Dominican
7 p.m., Christ the King Chapel, Sansbury Hall, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. “I Do Believe,” a concert with
Christian recording artist Tajci and electronic instrumentalist Denny Bouchard. Free; reservations required.
614-251-4722
4, SUNDAY
St. Christopher Adult Religious Education
10 to 11:15 a.m., St. Christopher Parish Center, Trinity School, 1420 Grandview Ave., Columbus. “Many
Ways to Seek Holiness,” with members of the
Knights of Columbus talking about the organization.
614-488-9971
Father Lonzo’s Installation Mass at Dennison
10 a.m., Immaculate Conception Church, 206 N. 1st St.,
Dennison. Installation Mass for Father Anthony Lonzo
as pastor, with Bishop Frederick Campbell as celebrant.
740-922-3533
Father Gwinner’s 25th Anniversary Mass at St. Paul
10:30 a.m., St. Paul Church, 313 N. State St., Westerville.
Mass celebrating 25th anniversary of ordination of Father David Gwinner, parochial vicar, followed by reception in Miller Hall.
614-882-2109
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FROM AROUND THE WORLD
ART
focus on
Members of the Missionaries of Charity gather
around a statue of Blessed Mother Teresa of
Calcutta during its dedication at the Basilica
of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington Sept. 13
CONCERT
TATIANA (TAJCI)
CNS photo/Andy Carruthers, Catholic Standard
to Perform at ODU
Ohio Dominican University’s Center for
Dominican Studies is proud to welcome
world-renowned singer and songwriter
Tajci (pronounced TY-CHEE). She will
appear at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2009 in Christ the King Chapel in
Sansbury Hall on ODU’s main campus,
1216 Sunbury Road.
The event is free and open to public.
Reservations are required and can be
made by contacting the Center for Dominican Studies at (614) 251-4722 or by
e-mail, [email protected]
Since the spring of 2000, Tatiana (Tajci) Cameron has shared her spiritual
programs in more than 650 concerts,
building a nationwide following for the
artist who as a teenager, was a pop music superstar in Communist Central Europe. Tajci abandoned her fame at age
21 and came to the United States, where
she began performing in churches across
America.
Tajci’s performance is entitled, “I Do
Believe,” an emotional portrayal of the
life of Christ and Tajci’s own spiritual
journey. In addition to singing,
she will perform
on keyboards,
backed by acclaimed electronic instrumentalist Denny
Bouchard.
In collaboration with Los Angelesbased producer Bouchard, Tajci adapted
and arranged a wide array of musical
styles, traditions and ethnic origins into a
mesmerizing musical piece. This performance, executed with tremendous artistry and deep sincere spirituality, features
contemporary Christian favorites, Tajci’s
original songs, Hebrew and Gregorian
chants, and classic hymns.
This event is sponsored by ODU’s Center for Dominican Studies , established
through a generous gift from the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St.
Mary of the Springs. The Center promotes
ideals and education and serves as a public voice of the university and community
regarding issues of importance to church,
culture, and society.
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Elias Khader prays during Mass at St. Justin Church the West Bank
town of Nablus in January. Pope Benedict XVI has announced a
synod on the Middle East to take place in 2010. The pope said the
synod would look at various problems faced by minority Christian
communities, from migration to interreligious dialogue
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Bishop Blesses
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and Playground at Plain City St. Joseph
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Bishop Frederick F. Campbell presided at a Saturday afternoon Mass at Plain
City St. Joseph Parish on September 19th and then blessed the just-completed
St. Martin dePorres Outreach Center and a new playground. Parishioners Jim
and Gloria Butler led the effort of the local St. Martin dePorres chapter to
create a collection point for food, clothing and furniture to support local food
pantries and soup kitchens as well as outreach efforts by the parish in Appalachia. The building cost $32,000 to construct with $25,000 of that coming from
a Catholic Foundation Challenge Grant.
Additional funding came from the local St. Martin dePorres chapter and the
Knights of Columbus. The project also beneted from over $15,000 in donated
labor and equipment provided by volunteers from the parish. The new playground is located adjacent to the Parish Activity Center and was funded by the
Knights of Columbus and designed and built by one of the parish youth. 14
year-old Kyle Harig, with advice from his father, David, built the playground
as the nal project in his effort to become an Eagle Scout in Boy Scout Troop
90 in Plain City.
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