Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time...2018/08/26 · TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST...

ST. PIUS X CHURCH REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary TimeAugust 26, 2018

All things are of your will, my God!

IN OUR PARISH

ST. PIUS X LENDING LIBRARY. Located in the south exit of the church (the exit door that comes out on the side of church at the driveway). Visit the Library, Monday-Friday, during the day and on the weekends. New books are being added all the time…visit the Lending Library

ATTENTION, ALL WHO BELIEVE! RCIA IS BEGINNING SOON! As our year moves forward, God calls us to deeper and deeper relationship with Himself and with the community around us. It is our personal connections that are most inviting to new members. If you or someone you know is interested in joining or returning to the Catholic Faith, now is the time to call or email Sr. Maxine (Pastoral Minister and RCIA) at (614) 866-1575 or [email protected]. Even if you would simply like to have a conversation around questions you have, your call is welcomed and important. Our RCIA class is forming now and will start in September.

DURING THE WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 1-2, 2018, Reverend William Cleary, CSSp, will visit our parish to speak at the Masses about the missionary work of the Church and, in particular, that of the Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit, previously known as the Holy Ghost Fathers). To learn more about the Spiritans, please visit their website at http://spiritans.org. This visit is part of a national program in which annually a representative of one of the missionary groups visits parishes of the Diocese to invite the parish to share in the mission work of the universal Church. The Spiritans are an international community engaged in a wide range of missionary activity in over 60 countries throughout the world. Fr. Cleary is an Irish Spiritan with mission ministry in Ireland, Kenya, Gambia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. He presently is serving as a Scholar in Residence at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. When Jesus said: “You shall witness to me in Jerusalem and in Samaria and to the ends of the earth,” He made the spread of the Gospel an essential part of our Catholic life. We urge you to respond generously to Father Cleary’s appeal.

Masses for August 27-September 2, 2018

Monday 8:30 a.m. (FDY) Danna Nocera by The FamilyTuesday 8:30 a.m. (FDY) Richard Carr by Juan and Debra OrellanaWednesday 8:30 a.m. (FDY) Giacomo D’Eramo by The FamilyThursday 8:30 a.m. (FDY) Dianna Hansen by Harriet EvelandFriday 8:30 a.m. (MPG) Marge Gallagher by Maria HarkinsSaturday 5:00 p.m. (FDY) Pat Finegan by Nancy SchalskiSunday 8:30 a.m. Michael Fix by Shirley Fix 10:15 a.m. Living & Deceased Members of the Parish 12:00 p.m. Marge Gallagher by SPX Senior Fellowship

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

For the Week of August 19, 2018:Budget Requirements $ 19,000.00Actual Offertory Received: $ 21,977.12Weekly Surplus (Deficit): $ 2,977.12

Assumption Collection: $ 1,600.63**EFT (Debit) Program: $ 9,147.00Envelope Offering: $ 9,713.27Cash Offering: $ 1,516.22Total Offering: $ 21,977.12

Debit Program Participants: 161Envelopes Used: 271

For the Month of August 2018:MTD Budget Requirements: $ 57,000.00MTD Actual Offertory Received: $ 48,584.91MTD Surplus (Deficit): $ (8,415.09)

YTD Budget Requirements: $ 147,000.00YTD Actual Offertory Received: $ 135,697.12YTD Surplus (Deficit) $ (11,302.88)

NEWLY BAPTIZED: Elijah James Andres, son of Matthew & Abigail

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Marianne Malone and Gary Tate & Dennis Nietfeld

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 26, 2018

THIS WEEK AT SAINT PIUS X – AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Monday Pray Rosary for the Sick Church Vestibule 6:30 p.m. Men’s Faith Sharing PAC 7:00 p.m. Finance Committee Rectory 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday Liturgy of the Hours Morning Prayer Church 8:00 a.m. Women’s Ministry PAC 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Adoration Church 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Tabernacle 6:00 p.m.

Thursday Men’s Faith Sharing PAC 5:45-7:15 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours Morning Prayer Church 8:00 a.m. New Creation Bride’s Room 7:00 p.m.

Saturday Men’s FS & SS Hohman Hall 6:30-8:00 a.m. Mission Co-Op Church During Mass

Sunday Mission Co-Op Church During All Masses Baptism Preparation Class PAC 1:00 p.m.

A FUNERAL MASS PLANNING WORKSHOP is scheduled for Sunday, September 23, 2018, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. in the PAC Room. During the workshop, participants are given the opportunity to reflect on a number of readings, responsorial psalms, and songs from the most commonly used selections for funeral celebrations. Both Father Dave and John Pottkotter will be available, for a period of time, to offer suggestions and answer any questions you might have about preparing your final celebration. Please contact the rectory office at 614-866-2859 to register for this workshop, which is limited to 25 participants.

THE CHOIR NEEDS NEW MEMBERS IN THE WORST WAY!! We have openings for new members in all voices, basses are in great need! We practice on Wednesday evenings and we alternate singing the 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Masses on Sundays. It’s a great way to meet friendly people who love to worship God in song. Please call John Pottkotter at 501-0104 or email at [email protected]. High school age and up! If you sing or have sung in choirs, we can really use you!! Please email me if you have a problem with practicing on Wednesdays if that is the only reason you cannot join!

CHOIR OUTING…NEW MEMBERS WELCOME! If you ever wonder what singing is the Choir was like, come to a meet-and-greet with our members at the Butternut Shelter at Blacklick Park on Thursday, August 30th, at 6:00 p.m. Just bring something to share and meet your fellow singers and be welcomed to a very special group!

GUITARIST NEEDED: New Creation, the folk group with great folks, who sings at the 10:15 a.m. and Noon Masses on Sundays, is looking for another guitarist. This is a great time to start as the group is starting back in September. Basic chords are all that is needed as we will teach you the church music. Great idea for someone taking lessons, as we can teach you and you can teach us! Start immediately. High school age and up. Email [email protected] for more information. Welcome to Music Ministry.

WE’RE ACCEPTING VENDOR APPLICATIONS for the 2nd Annual Craft Bazaar on November 3, 2018, from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The applications can be found on the church website. Questions or concerns should be sent to [email protected].

THREE WAYS TO REGISTER FOR THE PSR CLASSES STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. We have an online PSR Registration available on the SPX Website. Also, there is the paper option available on the same page of the website that can be mailed or put in the weekend collection basket. De Ann Bukowski, Director of PSR, will be at Door C of the school before all weekend Masses on September 1/2 and September 8/9 to register children for religion classes. If you have any problems, please call De Ann at 614-648-9191 (cell). Also, we are still in need of a 1st grade PSR catechist/teacher. If you are an adult, out of high school and are 18 years or older, you can apply. The Protecting God’s Children class will be a requirement.


LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE: AUGUST 25-26, 2018

Contact Us at [email protected] or 614-390-4718 for those who do not use Internet/email.

The Ministry Scheduler Pro will be run on or shortly after September 15th. This schedule will cover October 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Please enter the times that you know you cannot serve during this time frame no later than September 15th to avoid being scheduled when you are unavailable. This time frame covers a very busy season of the year with school back in session, choir starting back up, as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Contact [email protected] if you have any questions/need assistance.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS –H: (2) – Pulpit side/ H: (2) – Organ side C: (3) – Pulpit side/ C: (3) – Organ side

5:00 p.m. No Deacon

Carol Summa (PH-L), Dean Miles (PH), Pat Miles (PH), Valerie Hannahs (PC-PC), Leah Kelly (PC-PC), Duane Wikoff (PC), (sub requested) – ACCEPT, Lisa Herbert (OH), Norbert Stalica (OH), Jim Sperry (OC), Patti Sperry (OC), Marilyn Wikoff (OC), (sub requested) - ACCEPT

8:30 a.m. No Deacon

Lorrie Croswell (PH-L), Dan Resetar (PH), Megan Resetar (PH), Julie Gallagher (PC-PC), Dan Ujczo (PC-PC), Blake Bratz (PC), Chris Vollmer (OH), Tom Vollmer (OH), Paul Bratz III (OC), Kim Bratz (OC), Paul Bratz (OC)

10:15 a.m. Maureen Kelley (PH-L), Theresa Ogershok (PH), Juan Orellana (PH), Joelea Kelley (PC-PC), Maria Kelley (PC-PC), Kathy Kelley (PC), Maggie Kelley (PC), Valerie Bryan (2) (OH), Gordon Burke (OH), Piper Ogden (OH), Debra Orellana (OC), Abby Teynor (OC), Randy Teynor (OC), Amy Whetzel (OC)

12:00 p.m. Jon Caruso (PH-L), Carol Shown (PH), Daniel Ficocelli (2) (PC-PC), Arlene Reel (PC-PC), Jeanne Swisher (PC), Genet Redden (OH), Wayne Wingard (OH), Kim Connors (OC), Elizabeth Ficocelli (2) (OC), Sandy Puet (OC)

LINEN SCHEDULE: De Bukowski

COLLECTION COUNTERS: Team 1: Mike Berger, Tom Boder, Jane Cooper, Bob Holomuzki

LITURGY OF THE WORD: Judy Cafmeyer

Lectors Servers Gift Bearers Greeters Ushers

5:00 p.m.

Gerard Crane Becky Mihans

Caroline Berger Adam Fairchild Carla Pena

John Bergman Linda Bergman

Mike Berger Mike Angle Ken Marr Stan Michnowicz Bob Munjas

8:30 a.m.

Kevin Briggs Kimberly Favinger

Andrew Bassetti (sub requested) – ACCEPT Andrew Croswell Julia Kaminski

Joyce Guth Nancy Majerus

Dianne Einstein Joe Bauman Ed Krause Don McKenzie Richard VanHorn

10:15 a.m.

Richard Shoemaker Gene Shultz

Olivia Bobak Shane Shultz Bradley Teynor

Gabriella Anzelmo James Anzelmo

Charles Stevenson John Callahan Ted Habak John Lyons Brian Sauer

12:00 p.m.

Ron Shown Melissa Silva

Jacob Brennan Grace Sammler Sophia Sammler

Ed Sammler Pam Sammler

Sandy Puet David Roby Mary Ann Wingard VOLUNTEER NOWVOLUNTEER NOW


WOMEN’S MINISTRY: Ladies, it is time again to resume our Women’s Ministry meetings. We will be meeting this week on Tuesday, August 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the PAC Room. This meeting will be a planning meeting and discussion on the direction and future of the group. Please try to attend so you can have an input on the group. For additional information, contact Leah Kelly at 614-866-2859.

WOMEN’S RETREAT: It’s that time of year again! Our annual Women’s Retreat will be held the weekend of September 21-23 at St. Therese's Retreat Center. At this year’s retreat, we will honor our dear friend, Pam Briggs. The retreat theme is “Angels and Saints Among Us.” We will discuss how angels and saints are an important component of our faith, while honoring Pam as a saint among us. The retreat will explore the many characteristics of angels and saints and help open our eyes to the angels and saints living among us now. And are we not angels and saints to each other? Come join us for a wonderful weekend of prayer and fellowship. Cost for the weekend is $110.00 and includes 2 nights lodging, 4 meals, and materials. Commuter fee is $50.00 and includes meals and materials. You must register to attend. Contact Leah Kelly at 614-866-2859 for additional information and to register. Deadline to register is September 16.

THANK YOU FROM SPX FESTIVAL’S PRESCHOOL SILENT AUCTION! Thank you, everyone, for all of your generous donations of gift cards and goods for the auction, as well as the donated wine for the wine-toss game. A very special Thank-You goes to Monsignor Funk, again, for his amazing donations of beautiful jewelry and art!

WALKING WITH PURPOSE PROGRAM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 12!

Are you interested in getting together with a group of women to explore your Catholic faith? Would you like to see how the Scriptures apply to your everyday life? If you do, we invite you to consider participating in Walking with Purpose! Our Walking with Purpose program here at St. Pius X will meet on Wednesdays from 7:00-8:30 p.m. or Monday mornings at 9:30-11:00 a.m. Women of all ages are invited to join. Our course this year will be Keeping in Balance, which is the second 22-week study designed for women. We invite all women to come with a friend on September 12th at 7:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria for the first Connect Coffee. Contact Cyndi Williams at 614-390-4718 with questions.

ONCE AGAIN, THE SPX MEN’S MINISTRY: THE ARMORY invites all men of the parish family 18 years of age and older to join us for another year of That Man Is You! This is an interactive men’s program focused on the development of authentic, scripturally-based leadership in the modern world. The fall semester will be 13 weeks and we are offering two different sessions for 2018-2019.

Year 1 – Becoming A Man After God’s Own HeartCombining the latest science with the teachings of the Church and the wisdom of the saints, Becoming a Man after God’s Own Heart develops the vision of man fully alive. It makes an honest assessment of challenges facing men today and provides a practical path to transformation.

Monday Evenings, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Location to be announced each week in bulletin --------------------AND --------------------Year 4 – The Battle Over the Bride

The Battle Over the Bride enables men to take the next step in male leadership. By attaining clarity of thought and developing integrity of action regarding the Church’s vision of love and marriage, men are able to transform their homes into the foundation for a new springtime of Christianity.

Thursday Mornings, 5:45-7:15 a.m., School Cafeteria

Both programs are free. A light snack or continental breakfast with beverages will be provided. If you have questions, please contact John Zacovic at 614-322-9473 or [email protected] for more information, or you can register at www.paradisusdei.org/that-man-is-you.


PHONESRectory and Church Office, Fr. David J. Young, Deacon John Vellani, Deacon Jim Kelly ([email protected]), Michelle Carey, Leah Kelly, Judy Miller and Christina Zacovic .................................................................................614-866-2859Rectory Fax ..............................................................................................................................................................................614-866-1499Cafeteria, Kim Laret ...............................................................................................................................................................614-866-1282Latchkey, Beth Antommarchi ...............................................................................................................................................614-866-1848School, Darren Smith, Principal ...........................................................................................................................................614-866-6050Children’s Center, Sharon Miller .........................................................................................................................................614-577-0826Music Director, John Pottkotter ............................................................................................................................................614-501-0104Pastoral Minister and RCIA, Sr. Maxine Shonk .................................................................................................................614-751-8815Religious Education and Youth Ministry, De Ann Bukowski and Judie Bryant ...........................................................614-864-3505

AROUND TOWN

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS - The Diocesan Recreation Association wants you! It is time to begin forming your parish CYO volleyball team. Girls in grades 9-12 are eligible to play; games will be played on weekends, beginning September 15. All teams must be formed by September 5. Coaches meeting will be held on September 5 at 5:30 p.m. at 197 E. Gay Street, Columbus. Once your team is formed, please notify Patty Shipe at 614-795-8040 or [email protected]; or Marty Raines at 614-241-

2580 or [email protected]. Questions? Contact either Patty or Marty.

JOSEPH’S COAT NEEDS YOUR HELP IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:Volunteers to work in sorting or checking clients in and out on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00-8:00 p.m. We also need help on Saturday and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. There is no money involved, just helping those who truly need a hand up. Volunteers needed to help in furniture – making calls to clients and donors to arrange pickup of furniture. Volunteers to move core pieces of furniture that are donated to us for our clients. Picking them up on Wednesday and Saturday. No large dining room sets, heavy old TVs, etc. We also need dock workers to help with donations being brought to us by wonderful people. Come see us, we whistle while we work! Good whistling not required. Call 614-863-1371, leave message, or email [email protected]. We are at 240 Outerbelt Street, Columbus 43213. Open at times shown above.

HOW CAN I SAY THANK YOU for all that you have done for me in your yes to serve God? How can I support you in my prayers and actions that will encourage and strengthen you? How can I dedicate my efforts that will awaken in the hearts of men and women in all stages of life, youth to adulthood, an awareness their vocation may be “In God’s Service” as a Priest or Consecrated Religious? The Serra Club is an international Catholic organization of lay men and women. The Club fosters and supports vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Religious Life, through prayer, activities and programs. To learn more or attend a meeting, please contact VP of membership Dan Martin at [email protected] for the Downtown Serra Club or Ardith at [email protected]. for the North Serra Club, Our website is ColumbusSerra.org.

August 22, 2018

My Dear Parishioners,

I think you would agree: These last several weeks have been terribly upsetting and sickening, as the appalling actions of predators within the Church have been brought to light. Feelings erupt of outrage, disgust, and betrayal, over and again, as we hear the accounts of survivors who were treated as objects - rather than as people, deserving uncompromised dignity, love, and respect. It is heartbreaking, and it is infuriating. I am angry; you are angry. We should be angry. Each one of these instances of abuse is a shameful disgrace, which should never have happened, nor been allowed to happen. We want change, we want justice, we want truth, and we want healing for every person who suffered at the hands of those who had been charged with their protection and care. I do believe these wishes will be fulfilled, too, not because the Church will suddenly become perfect, but because God is perfect.

How this will happen, or what it will look like, I have no way of knowing. However, I trust that our Lord remains true to His promises, not the least of which is that He will always be with His Church, until the end of time (Matthew 28:20), and that He will not allow evil to prevail in His Church (Matthew 16:18).

And so, I am hopeful. Because God is perfect and trustworthy, I am hopeful. I ask you to join with me, in this hope rooted in God, as our Church moves forward with Christ Jesus. I am hopeful that the light of His truth will further purge whatever lurks in the darkness and shadows of sin, within the brokenness and humanity of the Church on earth. And I am hopeful that the power of His love will bring deeper healing and renewal, through the sanctity and intercession of the saints, the Church in heaven.

In the meantime, as God works His grace in this process of purification and healing, I want you to know that I believe our children (and other vulnerable people) are safe here, at St. Pius X Parish and School. If you know differently – if you are aware of something unsafe here – then please speak up. We want our parish community to be a place where people continue to encounter God’s Joy, and experience His Love, and find safety, consolation, and warmth in His Presence. This, too, is my hope: that our parish community will show our neighbors, and our world, that evil cannot and will not stop the power of God’s light, alive and active, in the hearts and lives of His believers.

In closing, I ask you to please pray. For healing and peace for those who have been hurt and exploited; for contrition and justice for those who have caused such great pain and injury; for patience and trust for those who have been disillusioned and scandalized; and for grace and renewal for our universal Church – please, please do pray.

With sincere hope and prayers,

Fr. David J. Young

“You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda, poet

Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis To the People of God

“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons. Crimes that inflict deep wounds of pain and powerlessness, primarily among the victims, but also in their family members and in the larger community of believers and nonbelievers alike. Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient. Looking ahead to the future, no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening, but also to prevent the possibility of their being covered up and perpetuated. The pain of the victims and their families is also our pain, and so it is urgent that we once more reaffirm our commitment to ensure the protection of minors and of vulnerable adults.

1. If one member suffers… In recent days, a report was made public which detailed the experiences of at least a thousand survivors,

victims of sexual abuse, the abuse of power and of conscience at the hands of priests over a period of approximately seventy years. Even though it can be said that most of these cases belong to the past, nonetheless as time goes on we have come to know the pain of many of the victims. We have realized that these wounds never disappear and that they require us forcefully to condemn these atrocities and join forces in uprooting this culture of death; these wounds never go away. The heart-wrenching pain of these victims, which cries out to heaven, was long ignored, kept quiet or silenced. But their outcry was more powerful than all the measures meant to silence it, or sought even to resolve it by decisions that increased its gravity by falling into complicity. The Lord heard that cry and once again showed us on which side he stands. Mary’s song is not mistaken and continues quietly to echo throughout history. For the Lord remembers the promise he made to our fathers: “he has scattered the proud in their conceit; he has cast down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty” (Lk 1:51-53). We feel shame when we realize that our style of life has denied, and continues to deny, the words we recite.

With shame and repentance, we acknowledge as an ecclesial community that we were not where we should have been, that we did not act in a timely manner, realizing the magnitude and the gravity of the damage done to so many lives. We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them. I make my own the words of the then Cardinal Ratzinger when, during the Way of the Cross composed for Good Friday 2005, he identified with the cry of pain of so many victims and exclaimed: “How much filth there is in the Church, and even among those who, in the priesthood, ought to belong entirely to [Christ]! How much pride, how much self-complacency! Christ’s betrayal by his disciples, their unworthy reception of his body and blood, is certainly the greatest suffering endured by the Redeemer; it pierces his heart. We can only call to him from the depths of our hearts: Kyrie eleison – Lord, save us! (cf. Mt 8:25)” (Ninth Station).

2. … all suffer together with it The extent and the gravity of all that has happened requires coming to grips with this reality in a

comprehensive and communal way. While it is important and necessary on every journey of conversion to acknowledge the truth of what has happened, in itself this is not enough. Today we are challenged as the People of God to take on the pain of our brothers and sisters wounded in their flesh and in their spirit. If, in the past, the response was one of omission, today we want solidarity, in the deepest and most challenging sense, to become our way of forging present and future history. And this in an environment where conflicts, tensions and above all the victims of every type of abuse can encounter an outstretched hand to protect them and rescue them from their pain (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 228). Such solidarity demands that we in turn condemn whatever endangers the integrity of any person. A solidarity that summons us to fight all forms of corruption, especially spiritual corruption. The latter is “a comfortable and self-satisfied form of blindness. Everything then appears acceptable: deception, slander, egotism and other subtle forms of self-centeredness, for ‘even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light’ (2 Cor 11:14)” (Gaudete et Exsultate, 165). Saint Paul’s exhortation to suffer with those who suffer is the best antidote against all our attempts to repeat the words of Cain: “Am I my brother's keeper?” (Gen 4:9).

I am conscious of the effort and work being carried out in various parts of the world to come up with the necessary means to ensure the safety and protection of the integrity of children and of vulnerable adults, as well as implementing zero tolerance and ways of making all those who perpetrate or cover up these crimes accountable. We have delayed in applying these actions and sanctions that are so necessary, yet I am confident that they will help to guarantee a greater culture of care in the present and future.

Together with those efforts, every one of the baptized should feel involved in the ecclesial and social change that we so greatly need. This change calls for a personal and communal conversion that makes us see things as the Lord does. For as Saint John Paul II liked to say: “If we have truly started out anew from the contemplation of Christ, we must learn to see him especially in the faces of those with whom he wished to be identified” (Novo Millennio Ineunte, 49). To see things as the Lord does, to be where the Lord wants us to be, to experience a conversion of heart

in his presence. To do so, prayer and penance will help. I invite the entire holy faithful People of God to a penitential exercise of prayer and fasting, following the Lord’s command.[1] This can awaken our conscience and arouse our solidarity and commitment to a culture of care that says “never again” to every form of abuse.

It is impossible to think of a conversion of our activity as a Church that does not include the active participation of all the members of God’s People. Indeed, whenever we have tried to replace, or silence, or ignore, or reduce the People of God to small elites, we end up creating communities, projects, theological approaches, spiritualities and structures without roots, without memory, without faces, without bodies and ultimately, without lives.[2] This is clearly seen in a peculiar way of understanding the Church’s authority, one common in many communities where sexual abuse and the abuse of power and conscience have occurred. Such is the case with clericalism, an approach that “not only nullifies the character of Christians, but also tends to diminish and undervalue the baptismal grace that the Holy Spirit has placed in the heart of our people”.[3] Clericalism, whether fostered by priests themselves or by lay persons, leads to an excision in the ecclesial body that supports and helps to perpetuate many of the evils that we are condemning today. To say “no” to abuse is to say an emphatic “no” to all forms of clericalism.

It is always helpful to remember that “in salvation history, the Lord saved one people. We are never completely ourselves unless we belong to a people. That is why no one is saved alone, as an isolated individual. Rather, God draws us to himself, taking into account the complex fabric of interpersonal relationships present in the human community. God wanted to enter into the life and history of a people” (Gaudete et Exsultate, 6). Consequently, the only way that we have to respond to this evil that has darkened so many lives is to experience it as a task regarding all of us as the People of God. This awareness of being part of a people and a shared history will enable us to acknowledge our past sins and mistakes with a penitential openness that can allow us to be renewed from within. Without the active participation of all the Church’s members, everything being done to uproot the culture of abuse in our communities will not be successful in generating the necessary dynamics for sound and realistic change. The penitential dimension of fasting and prayer will help us as God’s People to come before the Lord and our wounded brothers and sisters as sinners imploring forgiveness and the grace of shame and conversion. In this way, we will come up with actions that can generate resources attuned to the Gospel. For “whenever we make the effort to return to the source and to recover the original freshness of the Gospel, new avenues arise, new paths of creativity open up, with different forms of expression, more eloquent signs and words with new meaning for today’s world” (Evangelii Gaudium, 11).

It is essential that we, as a Church, be able to acknowledge and condemn, with sorrow and shame, the atrocities perpetrated by consecrated persons, clerics, and all those entrusted with the mission of watching over and caring for those most vulnerable. Let us beg forgiveness for our own sins and the sins of others. An awareness of sin helps us to acknowledge the errors, the crimes and the wounds caused in the past and allows us, in the present, to be more open and committed along a journey of renewed conversion.

Likewise, penance and prayer will help us to open our eyes and our hearts to other people’s sufferings and to overcome the thirst for power and possessions that are so often the root of those evils. May fasting and prayer open our ears to the hushed pain felt by children, young people and the disabled. A fasting that can make us hunger and thirst for justice and impel us to walk in the truth, supporting all the judicial measures that may be necessary. A fasting that shakes us up and leads us to be committed in truth and charity with all men and women of good will, and with society in general, to combatting all forms of the abuse of power, sexual abuse and the abuse of conscience.

In this way, we can show clearly our calling to be “a sign and instrument of communion with God and of the unity of the entire human race” (Lumen Gentium, 1).

“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it”, said Saint Paul. By an attitude of prayer and penance, we will become attuned as individuals and as a community to this exhortation, so that we may grow in the gift of compassion, in justice, prevention and reparation. Mary chose to stand at the foot of her Son’s cross. She did so unhesitatingly, standing firmly by Jesus’ side. In this way, she reveals the way she lived her entire life. When we experience the desolation caused by these ecclesial wounds, we will do well, with Mary, “to insist more upon prayer”, seeking to grow all the more in love and fidelity to the Church (SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, Spiritual Exercises, 319). She, the first of the disciples, teaches all of us as disciples how we are to halt before the sufferings of the innocent, without excuses or cowardice. To look to Mary is to discover the model of a true follower of Christ.

May the Holy Spirit grant us the grace of conversion and the interior anointing needed to express before these crimes of abuse our compunction and our resolve courageously to combat them. Vatican City, 20 August 2018

[1] “But this kind [of demon] does not come out except by prayer and fasting” (Mt 17:21). [2] Cf. Letter to the Pilgrim People of God in Chile (31 May 2018). [3] Letter to Cardinal Marc Ouellet, President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (19 March 2016).


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SAINT OF THE DAY FOR AUGUST 30

Saint Jeanne Jugan (October 25, 1792 – August 29, 1879)

Saint Jeanne Jugan’s Story: Born in northern France during the French Revolution – a time when congregations of women and men religious were being suppressed by the national government – Jeanne would eventually be highly praised in the French academy for her community’s compassionate care of elderly poor people.When Jeanne was three and a half years old, her father, a fisherman, was lost at sea. Her widowed mother was hard pressed to raise her eight children alone; four died young. At the age of 15 or 16, Jeanne became a kitchen maid for a family that not only cared for its own members, but also served poor, elderly people nearby. Ten years later, Jeanne became a nurse at the hospital in Le Rosais. Soon thereafter, she joined a third order group founded by Saint John Eudes.After six years, she became a servant and friend of a woman she met through the third order. They prayed, visited the poor, and taught catechism to children. After her friend’s death, Jeanne and two other women continued a similar life in the city of Saint-Sevran. In 1839, they brought in their first permanent guest. They began an association, received more members, and more guests. Mère Marie of the Cross, as Jeanne was now known, founded six more houses for the elderly by the end of 1849, all staffed by members of her association – the Little Sisters of the Poor. By 1853, the association numbered 500 and had houses as far away as England.Abbé Le Pailleur, a chaplain, had prevented Jeanne’s reelection as superior in 1843; nine years later, he had her assigned to duties within the congregation, but would not allow her to be recognized as its founder. In 1890, the Holy See removed him from office.By the time Pope Leo XIII gave her final approval to the community’s constitutions in 1879, there were 2,400 Little Sisters of the Poor. Jeanne died later that same year, on August 29. Her cause was introduced in Rome in 1970. She was beatified in 1982, and canonized in 2009.Jeanne Jugan saw Christ in what Saint Teresa of Calcutta would describe as his “distressing disguises.” With great confidence in God’s providence and the intercession of Saint Joseph, she begged willingly for the many homes that she opened, relying on the good example of the Sisters and the generosity of benefactors who knew the good that the Sisters were doing. They now work in 30 countries. “With the eye of faith, we must see Jesus in our old people – for they are God’s mouthpiece,” Jeanne once said. No matter what the difficulties, she was always able to praise God and move ahead.

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