Legatus Magazine April 2022

EASTER AND APRIL 2022 HEALTH CARE EDITION HOYWOTUORSPERLEFPFAORRE A ‘GOOD DEATH’ BATTLING MANDATES: NO CONSCIENCE? GREGORIAN MASSES: SAVE THE HOLY SOULS RESIST THE ‘DESECRATORS’ Deal Hudson REHUMANIZE THE WORLD Max Mercado, M.D. RECOVERY AFTER ABORTION Fr. Frank Pavone THE REAL PRESENCE MATTERS Timothy P. O’Malley

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04•22 INSIDE VOL 35 • NO 4 10JOYFUL ENDINGS: ANGDETSTUIRNVGIVSOOURSL READY FOR DEATH by Judy Roberts Spiritual and temporal practices to prepare for our final moments 16 20 24 SHUTTERSTOCK STG. GIFRTETGOORTYH’SE NHOHCSONEXSCPIEECNTCEED: FREE MHEUALLTTIFHACCLEITNEIDC POOR SOULS IN TO EXPAND SERVES THE WHOLE MANDATES PURGATORY PERSON by Susan Tassone by Jim Graves by Patti Armstrong Gregorian Masses for the dead Catholic health professionals, may raise loved ones to heaven Legates are among volunteers 5emApprlilo2y02e2rs |could face pen| alletgieatsus.org who keep the facility operating

MORE PAGE 08CHAIRMAN’S DESK 41 PHOTO JONATHAN PIELMAYER ON UNSPLASH Tom Monaghan: High standards, quality time 41FEEDING THE FOODIE Just in time Chef John D. Folse: Easter Carrot Soufflé for Easter, 09GUEST VOICE 48FIVE MINUTES Chef John D. Folse Jim Akers, 2021 Membership Chair of the Year suggests a delicious Gerald Korson: Being ‘only human’ is no excuse 50 MEET THE CHAPLAIN Carrot Soufflé Fr. Joshua Caswell, Downtown Chicago Chapter suitable to serve as 26ETHICS MATTERS a side dish or use as a pie or tart filling. Deal Hudson: Resisting the ‘woke’ cancel culture COVER: SHUTTERSTOCK 28CULTURE OF LIFE Max Mercado: Rediscover humanity after Covid-19 30GUEST VOICE Timothy P. O’Malley: Keep the Real Presence real 35 FAITH MATTERS Fr. Frank Pavone: Hope for post-abortion healing 37WHAT TO SEE Father Stu: Gritty, inspiring, and very Catholic 38 HEALTH MATTERS Thomas Moraghan: Thyroid’s link with fatigue 40ENGAGING THE FAITH Therese M. Williams: Defeat suffering with love BOARD OF GOVERNORS Berni Neal Randall W. Hammond Diana Parent President Thomas S. Monaghan Orange County Denver Fort Wayne Stephen M. Henley Ann Arbor Secretary Advent Capital Parke Group International Chaplain Legatus Troy L. King S. Craig Henry James P. Sarni Bishop Frank Caggiano Founder, Chairman & CEO Orlando Lafayette-Acadiana Pasadena Bishop of Diocese of Bridgeport Dentistry for Children Bradford Food Group Payden & Rygel Ecclesiastical Advisor Christopher S. McMahon Treasurer Jerry R. Jones Mark R. Scalise Archbishop José H. Gomez Pittsburgh Sean J. Bellew Indianapolis Jupiter-Palm Beach Archbishop of Los Angeles MFA Wealth, LLC Philadelphia Cannon IV Scalise Industries Corporation President, United States Conference Vice Chairman Bellew, LLC of Catholic Bishops LEGATUS MISSION STATEMENT: Editor Christine Valentine-Owsik Comments, queries and address changes: Legatus magazine is published 12 times per To study, live, and spread the Design  Shawna Kunz, Lime Design Legatus Magazine year by Legatus, a membership organization Catholic faith in our business, Editorial Consultant  Gerald Korson PO Box 444 of Catholic presidents and CEOs. professional, and personal lives. Contributing Writer  Judy Roberts Ann Arbor, MI 48106-0444 © 2022 Legatus Contributing Writer  Jim Graves [email protected] All rights reserved Contributing Writer Patti Armstrong Phone: 866-534-2887 Contributing Writer Trent Beattie Copy Editor  Nancy Carabio Belanger To advertise, contact: [email protected] Advertising Sales Representative Joe Giacalone

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CHAIRMAN’S TOM MONAGHAN ST. PETER CHANEL DESK (1803-41) Maintain high standards, spend time with your team FEAST DAY: APRIL 28 CANONIZED: JUNE 12, 1854 PATRON OF OCEANIA WE RECEIVED SOME POSITIVE — which told me that deep down they realized Saint Peter Chanel was a feedback from my February that high standards were good not only for missionary priest of the Society column on business and faith, Domino’s, but also for them personally. of Mary and a martyr who was where I explained my lifelong sent to bring the Catholic faith conviction that faith (business to the Pacific island of Futuna, ethics) and success in business northwest of Australia between are not only not at odds with Fiji and Samoa. each other, but that being a faithful Catholic helps one to Peter was born be a better CEO. The practical in France. As a business advice offered Spend time with your management team: boy, he worked seemed to resonate with Every good CEO understands how critical it is to as a shepherd. readers, so I thought I would not only have a great management team, but also He entered share a couple of additional for that team to work well together. I believe the the minor thoughts on the topic. health of a company’s (or organization’s) senior seminary in Have high standards: leadership is one of the most important indicators 1819. While It would certainly be an of its future success. As CEOs, we want to promote there, he won understatement to say our teamwork, transparency, and trust among our awards for his country is experiencing a team, but how do we do this? COMMUNION OF learning and workforce shortage. In such SAINTS developed an environment, employers are tempted to lower their One way to do this is simple: spend time together. an interest standards in an effort to At Domino’s, I started a practice of having in working in the foreign get help. I believe this is quarterly retreats with my senior vice presidents. missions. He was ordained actually counterproductive. Usually they entailed going on some kind of trip a priest in 1827 and joined My experience tells me that together. Sometimes it was focused on learning the nascent Society of Mary, people (employees) actually something from another company, like when or Marist Fathers. want to be held to high we visited the Coca-Cola headquarters standards – be it timeliness, (where we were hosted by the chairman and Peter was the first missionary grooming, meeting deadlines, his top executives), but other times the focus was to arrive on the small island etc. Deep down, people want just doing something (unique and memorable) kingdom of Futuna. He learned to be proud of where they work as a team, like when we were hosted by the native language, attended and the work they do. Louisville Slugger at the Kentucky Derby. the sick, baptized the dying, In the early days of Domino’s, and earned the title “the man I remember getting into many This is also the origins of the annual trip to with the kind heart.” The heated arguments with store Cooper Clinic in Dallas. I placed a high value local king, Niuluki, initially managers when I insisted that on health and fitness, so each year one of our welcomed him but became they follow and enforce our quarterly retreats would be to go to Cooper Clinic, alarmed when he saw many policies. At the time, if you did where the whole team would get executive of his people, including his not know better, you would physicals. I carried on this practice of quarterly own son and daughter, stop have thought they were upset retreats when I was CEO of Ave Maria University, worshiping idols and embrace with me. However, I cannot and in this setting the retreats could take on a Catholicism. Peter was clubbed tell you how many of those spiritual component – like spiritual retreats or to death by the king’s men. managers later asked me to be attending the March for Life together. the best man in their weddings The saint’s martyrdom, The bottom line, though, was that the team was combined with the efforts of spending time together – outside the normal future missionaries, led to office setting — and building rapport and trust. the conversion of the island Fortifying these relations was good for the team kingdom to Catholicism, and good for the company.  L however, and today the Basilica of St. Peter Chanel in Poi stands TOM MONAGHAN at the site of his martyrdom. L is Legatus’ founder, chairman, and CEO. — Jim Graves 8April 2022 | | legatus.org

MARK YOUR GUEST GERALD KORSON CALENDARS VOICE EL CAMINO PILGRIMAGE The ‘only human’ excuse: we’re called to perfection APRIL 25-MAY 3, 2022 | SPAIN IN THE SECOND CENTURY, only human. “To err is human,” said Alexander MEXICO FAMILY PILGRIMAGE St. Irenaeus taught that Pope. Or, as Billy Joel sang, “You’re only human, “the Son of God became the you’re supposed to make mistakes.” JUNE 10-13, 2022 Son of man, so that man … Our fallen human nature leaves us vulnerable MEXICO CITY, MEXICO might become a son of God.” to temptation. We are all sinners, to greater He also said: “The glory of God or lesser degrees. Yet sin does not define our COOPER CLINIC is a human person fully alive.” humanity. God gave us an intellect and a rational The Second Vatican Council will not so we can do as we please and sin, EXECUTIVE PHYSICAL describes Jesus as “the perfect but so we might freely choose to please Him. AUGUST 3-5, 2022 | DALLAS, TX man who has restored in the Sin darkens the intellect and clouds our judgment. children of Adam that likeness As some writers put it, “Sin makes you stupid.” OBERAMMERGAU to God which had been We become less rational, and begin rationalizing. PILGRIMAGE disfigured ever since the first We deceive ourselves that our sinful choices are sin” (Gaudium et Spes, 22). Jesus somehow good or acceptable when deep down AUGUST 22-30, 2022 raised our human nature “to a we know otherwise. Even to regard sins as mere BAVARIA & AUSTRIA dignity beyond compare” — “mistakes” discounts their gravity. as sons and daughters of God. The “I’m only human” mentality can become an OBERAMMERGAU St. Cyprian, in the third century, excuse for failing the spiritual battle. We might PILGRIMAGE reminded Christians that “when content ourselves with mediocrity. We aren’t we call God ‘our Father,’ we ought perfect, we might say, but we’re better than many SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 5, 2022 to behave as sons of God.” To be others. We stop challenging ourselves. Like the BAVARIA fully human, then, is to imitate SNL character Stuart Smalley, we look in a mirror Christ and His perfection. and say, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, MEN’S ENCLAVE God created us in His own and doggone it, people like me!” image and likeness, but we lost We’re not called to be “good enough.” We’re called OCTOBER 25-28, 2022 His likeness through original to the likeness of God through the imitation of CLOUD CAMP sin. It is only through Christ’s Christ. The Son of God became man so that we sacrifice and God’s grace that might become sons and daughters of God. There COLORADO SPRINGS, CO we can regain that likeness, is no higher dignity. but we must cooperate with Christ’s Resurrection reminds us that we too WOMEN’S ENCLAVE grace — behaving as sons are destined to rise. In imitating Christ, we seek and daughters of God. “You, Christian perfection. We fall short, but our efforts NOVEMBER 7-10, 2022 therefore, must be perfect, as to cooperate with grace must persist. The Mass THE BROADMOOR your heavenly Father is perfect” and sacraments empower us on that path. (Matt 5:48). Christian perfection The more “perfect” we become, the more we COLORADO SPRINGS, CO is holiness, the “universal call” become a “human person fully alive,” a true son or of the baptized articulated at daughter of God. To be authentically human means NORTHEAST GALA Vatican II. We will only achieve to fulfill the purpose for which God created us.  L perfection in heaven, but our DECEMBER 9, 2022 lifelong spiritual battle is UNION LEAGUE CLUB to continually progress along NEW YORK CITY, NY the path to that eternal destiny. 2023 SUMMIT Often this call to perfection is GERALD KORSON is an editorial consultant dismissed. Christ can’t possibly and staff writer for Legatus magazine. FEBRUARY 9-11, 2023 mean what He said. How can FOUR SEASONS RESORT ORLANDO we expect to be perfect? We’re He is serving temporarily as acting editor. ORLANDO, FL BURGUNDY: DECANTING THE FAITH APRIL 18-25, 2023 BURGUNDY REGION OF FRANCE FOR MORE INFORMATION: [email protected] OR CALL 866-534-2887 9April 2022 | | legatus.org

How to prepare for a ’happy death’ LUCA GIORDANO, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The Death of St. Joseph, patron saint of a happy death, by Luca Giordano (1634-1705), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria April 2022 | 10 | legatus.org

A holy passing from this life When Catholics pray for the grace means a readiness to enter of a holy or happy death, the the next life. our spiritual answer will depend largely on preparation to receive this how well they are prepared for the hour every person will face. grace is a lifetime undertaking For those who embrace the Catholic faith, dying a good death means being spiritually ready and in the good graces of the Church. Ideally, such preparation occurs daily and spans a lifetime, involving regular attendance at Mass, receiving the sacraments, and being reconciled with others. by Judy Roberts 11April 2022 | | legatus.org

Asa priest who worked in the funeral he demurred, saying he didn’t All Catholics can prepare for such a death simply business before entering the seminary, want her to be alone, she said, by attending Mass each week, Fr. Monturo said. Fr. Christopher Monturo, chaplain of “Honey, I’ve never been alone. “Every Mass, every liturgy, in a very real way New York’s Westchester County Chapter Now, go home.” brings our attention to those ‘four last things’ — of Legatus, has known many people who have death, judgment, heaven, and hell,” he explained. died good deaths. In particular, he recalls his God was always “If you listen carefully and enter into the prayers great-aunt, Sr. Muriel Monturo, who died in 2003 with her of the Mass, especially the eucharistic prayer, but at 94 after 72 years as a Sister of Mercy. also the prayer of the faithful, the readings, and very often the music, all our liturgy comes together On the night before her His great-aunt didn’t explain to really direct our attention from the world to passing, Fr. Monturo had what she meant, but Fr. Monturo eternity. I think every Mass in a way, even though taken Communion to her, knew she was saying that God we may not often think of it, is a preparation for anointed and blessed her, was always with her. “Jesus our ultimate destiny, which is heaven.” and prayed the rosary at had inspired her from the very Father Monturo likes to remind people that her bedside. He planned beginning, called her to and when they step over the threshold of the church, to stay with her, but as the inspired her vocation. She knew they enter a different dimension, one that is clock struck midnight, she what she was about, and she outside time and space. awakened and admonished knew where she was going. him to “go home.” When She was totally at peace.” Fr. Christopher Monturo “ When death is approaching, having a priest is most important because in bringing the sacraments to the sick or dying, he brings Christ LAWRENCE LEW, O.P. 12April 2022 | | legatus.org

“When we pray the Mass and enter into it, we have to try to allow ourselves to enter into that different reality, that different dimension, and place ourselves in the presence of God, who is eternal now and not bound by time and space,” he said. “The fact of being conscious of that is focusing our attention on eternity.” Bishop Joseph Coffey Besides going to Mass, Bishop Joseph Coffey, vicar for veterans’ affairs in the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, recommends living in a state of grace and receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation regularly, confessing any mortal sin as soon as possible. “The Church gives us so many weapons against the world, the devil, evil, and sin,” said Bishop Coffey, who spoke in January at a general session of Legatus Summit East 2022 at Amelia Island, FL. “We have the teachings of the Church, we have holy Mass and Communion, the rosary, all our devotions. We have to take advantage of these and live the best life we can live as Catholics, share our faith with others, teach our loved ones not to fear death, and live a good holy life so that each day is a gift.” Father Monturo added that he considers the rosary, especially when prayed slowly and meditatively, to be a help in preparing for death. “We pray more than 50 Hail Marys in which we say, ‘pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death,’” he noted. “Every time we pray the Hail Mary, we ought to think of our own death, what that will be like, will I be prepared, am I ready, and let me make myself ready now.” Forgiveness and reconciliation Preparation for a good death also can involve THE GOOD FUNERAL GUIDE reconciling with estranged loved ones. “The key is always to use Jesus as an example,” Bishop Coffey said. “From the cross, He said, ‘Father, forgive them.’ If you need to forgive, do it. If you need to ask for forgiveness, do it. Sometimes, it’s easier said than done. Family relationships can be difficult, but we have to be able to forgive and ask for forgiveness. If it’s not possible, do it in your heart. Even if that person has passed on, you can still forgive in your heart.” Reconciliation, however, requires willingness on both sides. When it is not possible, Fr. Monturo said, “It has to be left in God’s hands, and ultimately God will see to it that whatever needs to be done will be done.” 13MAaprcrhil 2022 | | legatus.org

When death is approaching, having a priest In preparing for death, many stipulate that they want a funeral Mass, is most important because in bringing the people pre-plan their funerals, even in cases of cremation, lest family members sacraments to the sick or dying, he brings Christ, choosing the readings and who do not recognize its significance opt instead Fr. Monturo said. hymns for the Mass, the church for a funeral home service. Cremation is allowed “The presence of Christ in our midst in the where it is to be celebrated, and provided the ashes are interred in a cemetery Eucharist, the sacrament of the Anointing designating a particular priest. or columbarium. of the Sick, absolution from our sins, and Some arrange for Masses to be the associated prayers are absolutely said for their souls after death Making such arrangements in advance indispensable,” he said. “The sacraments are and write letters to loved ones, need not be a gloomy task, Bishop Coffey said. signs instituted by Christ to bring grace, so particularly those who have left “I was fortunate that I was able to plan my when the priest is present in times of serious the Church, expressing what parents’ funeral Masses with them . . . illness or death, we know that Christ is present their faith has meant to them. Rather than morbid or sad,” he said, with us. He walks with us, and there can’t Bishop Coffey said it is “it was actually very beautiful.”  L be anything greater than that. To have the important for Catholics to foretaste of that to help us JUDY ROBERTS through this life to eternal life is a Legatus magazine staff writer. is the most important thing, and nothing can compare to it.” “ The Church Bishop Coffey, who works gives us so with priest chaplains serving many weapons in Veterans’ Administration hospitals, recommends making against sure one’s family members, the world, especially those who may be the devil, away from the Church, know evil, and sin in advance to call a priest. This should be done in a timely fashion and not at the last minute. “It’s important the priest be given plenty of time to get to the hospital, nursing home, or someone’s home,” he urged. Requesting apostolic pardon Additionally, Catholics can request that the priest who anoints them prays the apostolic pardon, a blessing with an indulgence that forgives temporal punishment due to sin and is given when someone is in danger of death (see “Culture of Life” column, Legatus magazine, March 2022 issue). Provisions for a good death LAWRENCE LEW, O.P. also should include advance directives for health care that are in conformity with Church teaching. Bishop Coffey said although the Church opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide, when someone is terminally ill, it advocates for basic nutrition – food and water – and does not require extraordinary means to prolong life. For specifics, he suggested consulting one’s diocese. 14April 2022 | | legatus.org

A ’cgeoloedb’rpaatsinsgindgefatohr, snuortvcivhoaross: Upon the death of his or anticipated needs, such as be someone younger.” The point is, Belz said, uncle, J. Michael Belz was a child’s college expenses. “There needs to be a clear path when you die – charged with handling the He recommends that funeral everything from where the will is and do you arrangements. and burial arrangements have a safe-deposit box.” also be made and covered Additionally, he said, at a time when so J. Michael Belz “He had everything ready,” by a prepaid plan or a final- much activity occurs online, it is crucial to let Belz recalled. “We celebrated expenses insurance policy. someone know how to access digital accounts. his death. We didn’t celebrate When making such plans, The answer, Belz said, is not to hide a list of chaos.” Belz said, it is important to usernames and passwords in the freezer, but remember that there is no to place it in a safe-deposit box or employ a Belz, the president and CEO “one size fits all” approach. cybersecurity service like Keeper or Dashlane. of Catholic Life Insurance in San Antonio, TX, “A lot of people think you can For help with planning, especially if a large is a proponent of practical planning for death just go online and order a amount of assets is involved, Belz recommends that focuses on what the survivors will face policy or talk to an agent,” having a team that includes an accountant, afterward. he said. “You need to sit down an attorney, and an insurance agent or with someone.” financial planner. The arrival of the first Social Security check is a The first rule, Belz explained, Finally, he advises spouses to schedule good time to start forming those plans, said Belz, is to make a will so that an annual date night to talk about finances. a Legate of the San Antonio Chapter. survivors know how to dispose This should cover all accounts, their location, of houses, vehicles, and family and how to access them. It also can be a time “Imagine yourself out of the picture and looking heirlooms. Secondly, “Select to ensure both spouses are on every account or, at it and watching people while they’re putting someone you trust as an in the case of an Individual Retirement Account, it all together,” he said. “You truly want them to executor,” he said. “It may not to update the beneficiaries. be loving and remembering you for all the right be a family member. It may be Most importantly, he said, “Don’t avoid the topic. reasons, but if you don’t have anything prepared, a best friend you went to school You’ve got to talk about it.” it’s easy for them to get upset after you die.” with, though ideally it should Belz said such preparation starts with leaving a debt-free estate or providing for payment of debt THE GOOD FUNERAL GUIDE 15April 2022 | | legatus.org

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‘Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord’ To offer Gregorian Masses for the suffering souls in purgatory is a pious tradition that draws upon the saving power of the Mass by Susan Tassone April 2022 | Holy Cross Abbey (Heiligenkreuz) in Vienna Woods, Austria, was founded in 1133. Today it is home to more than 90 monks who celebrate the liturgy and Gregorian chant in Latin. It is also the home to the Benedict XVI Philosophical-Theological University. 17 | legatus.org

Painting of Pope St. Gregory by artist James Gillick LAWRENCE LEW, O.P. aint Gregory the Great is loved on display at St. Gregory and St. Augustine Church and honored on many accounts — in Summertown, Oxford, England. for bringing us the Gregorian Chant, for his Dialogues, for his codification of the Roman Canon Mass, and for being the first to organize Church alms for the poor. More than that, he handed us the offering of Gregorian Masses (30 Masses) for the holy deceased. The Mass is considered the chief source of the devotion to the Holy Souls. No prayers, no suffrages can assist the holy souls as the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.. Pope Benedict XVI, in his apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis (“Sacrament of Charity”), reminded the faithful “of the importance of prayers for the dead, especially the offering of Mass for them, so that, once purified, they can come to the beatific vision of God” (32). In the 13th century, St. Bonaventure wrote: “The Mass is a compendium of all God’s love, of all His benefits to men, and each Mass bestows on the world a benefit not less than what was conferred on it by the Incarnation.” St. Pio of Pietrelcina, the 20th-century stigmatist popularly known as Padre Pio, said: “It would be easier to survive without the sun than to do without the Holy Mass.” Origins of the Gregorian Masses ope St. Gregory the Great (540-604), the first pontiff to receive the name “Great” and the first Benedictine monk to become pope, tells us in his Dialogues that he ordered 30 Masses to be celebrated on 30 consecutive days for the repose of the soul of Justus, a monk, who had died in his Monastery of St. Andrew on Mount Celio in Rome, where the Church of St. Gregory now stands. (Justus had succumbed without benefit of the sacraments after violating the vow of poverty by keeping three gold coins in his cell.) After the series of 30 Masses was completed, Justus appeared to his brother Copiosus, a physician who had assisted him in his last illness, and informed him that he had been delivered from purgatory. “Bless God, my dear brother,” Justus told Copiosus, “today I am delivered and admitted into the society of the saints.” Copiosus then shared news of this vision with the monks. “Copiosus did not know what the brethren were doing for his dead brother, and the brethren did not know that Copiosus had seen him; yet at one and the same time he learned what they had done and they learned what he had seen, and the vision and the sacrifice harmonized,” Pope St. Gregory wrote. “So the fact was plainly shown forth how that the brother who had died had escaped punishment through the salvation-giving Mass.” The pope thus reaffirmed the Catholic tradition regarding souls in purgatory drawn in part from Scripture: “It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray 18April 2022 | | legatus.org

for the dead, that they be loosed from sins” guarantee. This hallowed Make the request (2 Macc 12:46). tradition of more than 1,300 years has been declared oday, we too can request that Gregorian In the Church of St. Gregory on Mount Celio is “a pious and reasonable belief Masses be celebrated for a loved one, the original altar where these Masses were first of the faithful” on the authority a family member, or any other person who has offered. This same altar is where Pope St. Gregory of the Roman Curia. passed on. Many religious communities and himself offered Masses for purgatorial souls. Still, it is a custom that both missionary societies will happily arrange for these underscores the power and Masses for our offering. A simple online search for Where the Church of St. Gregory stands today, efficacy of the Holy Mass and Gregorian Masses will turn up many options. Latin inscriptions in three relief panels on this reminds us there are souls in strikingly beautiful altar record key events that purgatory who are in desperate From the time of Pope St. Gregory, many religious took place here. Translated, the left panel reads: need of our Masses. orders instituted the practice of offering a series “St. Gregory has freed the soul of this monk by What is certain is that the of Gregorian Masses for each of their members thirty Masses.” The middle panel states: custom of offering prayer for after death. We could do the same by having “The suffering Jesus Christ is seen here by Pope 30 days for the dead without these Masses said for priests or religious who Gregory celebrating (Mass).” The right panel interruption dates back to the were significant in our own lives: a religious who testifies: “In this room, Pope Gregory celebrated Old Testament. We read that taught us, a priest who baptized us or absolved Masses to release souls from purgatory.” the Israelites wept and prayed us of sin, or the bishop who confirmed us. for 30 days after the death A pious tradition of Moses and Aaron. Saint We also can arrange in our will for Gregorian Gregory revived this custom, Masses to be offered on our own behalf after death, ope St. Gregory had a fervent devotion for and the revelation he received to assist our own souls on the path to eternal life. purgatorial souls — so much so that he confirmed to him that he was lamented that after his death he would not be acting justly. But what if the person we pray for or have able to assist them. Tradition holds that Our The Catechism of the Catholic Gregorian Masses offered for is already in Lord spoke to him and said: “My friend, I want to Church states: “From the heaven? No prayer is ever wasted with God. The grant in your favor a privilege that will be unique. beginning the Church has deceased in heaven receive an increase in their All souls in purgatory for whom thirty Masses are honored the memory of the intimacy of God’s love and an increase in their offered in your honor and without interruption will dead and offered prayers in own intercessory power (CCC 958). Saint Thomas immediately be saved, however great may be their suffrage for them, above all the Aquinas called this “accidental glory.” The lesson debt toward me.” Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, is: we must never stop praying for our dead. L thus purified, they may attain It may astonish to hear that 30 Masses offered the beatific vision of God” (1032). SUSAN TASSONE is the author of 14 books, including Day by Day consecutively can obtain for a poor soul the grace for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and Praying with Jesus and Faustina during of release from purgatory. Although this practice is approved by the Church, there is no official Lent and in Times of Suffering. She is a popular speaker and frequent television guest on purgatory and St. Faustina Kowalska. Healing the family tree: Masses for the holy souls hat are you doing for your deceased loved ones? We can give the gift of prayer with a Mass. A living person is still Who do you miss the most? Who do you wish you capable of growing in sanctifying grace. The offering of the Mass could have done more for? Who hurt you? Who helped may assist in this increase of sanctity by helping people face you the most spiritually or temporally? their sufferings and trials more deeply united to Christ. As an Have a Mass offered for them! The Council of Trent tells us: intercessory prayer, a Mass offered for a person in a state of actual “The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Perpetual Sacrifice, is the mortal sin may yet supply the grace necessary for repentance even greatest of all suffrages for the Holy Souls.” though conversion always requires a free acceptance of the grace In Exodus, God says, “I the Lord your God am a jealous God, that is offered. Only the living can become holier, even to the point visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the of directly entering heaven after death. third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but show The Mass obtains for us a happy death. In the 13th century, steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my Our Lord assured St. Mechtilde that He would comfort and commandments” (Exod 20:5-6). console all those who were persevering in hearing Mass and that Offer Gregorian Masses or a novena of Masses for healing your He would send as many of His saints to assist them when dying family tree back to the fourth generation, or even for earlier as they had heard Masses in their lifetime. ancestors. Have a Mass said for anyone who has left a negative Therefore, go to Mass as often as possible, and offer it for the or positive impact on our lives, even those who have injured purgatory souls. Through the Mass we can nourish the hope of us or given a poor example. Remember teachers, supervisors, being received into heaven immediately after death without government leaders, our enemies. We can have Masses offered having to pass through the cleansing rigors of purgatory. even for ourselves, or on special occasions and holidays. — Susan Tassone 19April 2022 | | legatus.org

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GENDER AGENDA, CONSCIENCE, AND HEALTH CARE MANDATES CATHOLIC HOSPITALS, HEALTH WORKERS, AND EMPLOYERS BRACE FOR ANTICIPATED NEW HHS REQUIREMENTS ON PROVIDING CONTRACEPTION, TRANSGENDER SERVICES, AND ABORTION. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCATES PREPARE FOR FURTHER BATTLE IN DEFENSE OF LIFE AND HUMAN DIGNITY BY JIM GRAVES 21April 2022 | | legatus.org

COLORADO SPRINGS CHAPTER LEGATE DOUG WILSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CATHOLIC BENEFITS ASSOCIATION, IS CONCERNED. In April, the U.S. Department While limited exemptions were granted for health plans offered constitutional rights. of Health and Human Services by churches and dioceses, other religious organizations as well The organization “pools the is expected to announce that as private businesses could not receive such exemptions. Among costs of lawsuits, allows organizations that provide the most famous cases, the Little Sisters of the Poor, a women’s members to take strength from their employees with health religious community that provides health care for the elderly poor, one another, and provides benefits packages must include were refused an exemption. The case ultimately went to the U.S. access to insurance, legal, and coverage for both surgical Supreme Court. ethical experts,” Wilson said. abortions and a full range of “We protect against threats to transgender services. “This regulation implementing the ACA’s women’s preventive religious freedoms and look out health provision is a denial of First Amendment rights because for future attacks.” The CBA came into being in it mandates cooperation with something that violates your The CBA initiated and won the aftermath of the 2013 HHS conscience,” explained Wilson. two lawsuits to acquire a mandates under President permanent injunction for Barack Obama that said Since the Obama years, he added, it has been the tactic of present and future members such plans must include the political left to use bureaucracies to impose their agenda from the 2013 contraceptive contraception (including by regulatory fiat, as such measures could never be passed and abortifacient mandate. abortifacients, or those through the regular legislative process. “We refer to it as ‘the It also filed and won a third that cause abortion) and Administrative State,’” Wilson said. lawsuit against both HHS and sterilization. These anticipated the EEOC’s enforcement of Title 2022 mandates would be “If the Democrats lose control of Congress, this tactic will become VII of the Civil Rights Act of a further shift away from more important to them as a way to advance their ideological 1964 to require the same. services morally permissible agenda,” he continued. “So, in that sense, I predict things will get However, the anticipated April under Catholic teaching “and worse.” announcement of expanded will constitute an existential HHS mandates may be an threat to our Catholic Martin Nussbaum of Nussbaum Speir “exponential leap forward” hospitals,” Wilson believes. Gleason, CBA’s general counsel and also beyond previous mandates. a Colorado Springs Legate, said that in The CBA website summarizes Wilson is order for the ACA to pass, President Obama what the new mandates will a former had to pledge to pro-life Democrats, led likely include (see sidebar). hospital CEO by Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, that The mandates affect all who took the ACA would not result in government- employers with health plans the helm of funded abortion. But with April’s new and organizations receiving the newly HHS mandates, “The government may federal funding, along with established be ordering employers themselves to pay their contractors, insurance CBA in 2015. directly for employees’ abortions,” he said. Martin Nussbaum companies, and third-party administrators. Enforcement Doug Wilson He accepted IN DEFENSE OF will be by various government the role, CATHOLICS’ RIGHTS agencies, as well as by he said, employees, patients, health “Because I realized I was a The CBA, which has 74 dioceses (about a third of U.S. dioceses) blessed individual, and it was and 1,200 Catholic organization and business as members, is an plan enrollees, and my way of giving back for all advocacy association that helps Catholic employers defend their “whistle-blowers,” I’d been given.” such as activists. Sanctions include loss The CBA was NORBU GYACHUNG ON UNSPLASH of funding, fines, and established by imprisonment. Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore and ‘A SEXUAL other U.S. archbishops RIGHTS SUPER in the aftermath of the STATUTE’ Obama HHS mandates. While supportive In his two-page of much of Obama’s summary, Nussbaum Affordable Care Act, said the new the archbishops saw mandates will turn the contraceptive, the ACA’s prohibition abortifacient, and on sex discrimination sterilization mandates into “a sexual rights as “an infringement super statute.” on religious freedom,” He explained: “It will because such practices violate Catholic teaching. April 2022 | 22 | legatus.org

mandate a host of coverages When the Biden administration entered office in 2021, however, a IRONY OF in health plans contrary to coalition of 30 “pro-choice,” gay, lesbian, and transgender groups THIS THREAT Catholic values and similar calling themselves the Leadership Conference composed services performed by a 74-page document (available on the CBA website), Wilson The irony of this threat to physicians and hospitals explained, “that told the Biden Administration what it had to do Catholic beliefs in health care, while aggressively denying to ‘fix’ the 2020 HHS regulation and expand the earlier mandates Wilson said, is that both Biden all religious exemptions.” from the Obama Administration.” and the head of the HHS, Xavier Among those most threatened Wilson called it an “utterly astounding” document. When his Becerra, are self-described by the new mandates, Wilson group learned about it, they briefed the U.S. Conference of Catholic Catholics. Becerra, he added, believes, are Catholic health Bishop and alerted Becket Law, a firm that defends religious is a political appointee with care providers and hospitals, liberty. no background in health care which he notes provide one in They also reached out to the National Catholic Bioethics Center administration; in fact, as six hospital beds in the country. and the Catholic Bar Association. “We will mount a defense, California’s attorney general, He said that under previous because these new rules are coming,” he said. he sued to take away HHS legislation, patients asking Nussbaum, a consultant to the USCCB’s religious liberty religious exemptions offered for morally objectionable committee, said that “for Legatus members who provide health to The Little Sisters of the services would be directed care coverage to employees, it is going to be a disaster and a Poor. “Becerra also enforced to go elsewhere, but under the moment of reckoning.” a California law that pro-life new guidelines “if you have He noted that although he expected the new HHS mandates to pregnancy counseling centers the facilities and doctors to be announced in April, there would be a public comment period must provide information to provide the services, you have of one to six months before the regulations become final and take clients on where they could to provide the services. This effect. Barring interventions, the new rules could be effective as obtain free and low-cost puts our Catholic hospitals in early as mid-summer. abortions,” Wilson said. a difficult situation.” “It is important that we make our Catholic voices heard,” Nussbaum noted that under Nussbaum said. “This is not the way America should operate.” The Biden administration the expected HHS mandates, has eliminated the Hyde for the first time ever health THE DEVIL IN Amendment, which prohibits plans must include elective THE DETAILS federal funding of abortion, or cosmetic transgender and the Weldon Amendment, services. A man ‘transitioning According to the Catholic Benefits Association, based on the which provided conscience to a woman,’ for example, best information available, the expanded U.S. Department of protection for medical might wish to have an elective Health and Human Services mandate will require coverage in providers. It also abandoned surgery on a large Adam’s health plans and performance by medical professionals and the Mexico City Policy, which apple or square jaw “so that he hospitals of the following: required nongovernmental would have a more feminized organizations to agree as a appearance.” Previously, • Surgical abortion; condition of receiving federal insurance would only pay • T ransgender services, including cross-sex hormones, funding that they would not for the costs of surgery for perform or promote abortion, parts of the body which are gender-transition services, gender-affirming cosmetic he added. damaged and in need of repair; surgeries, and voice modification for those transitioning); surgery to alter a part of the • R eproductive health care, including for those who are Wilson encourages concerned body merely because of the “socially infertile”; Catholics to become involved in patient’s preferences would • C ontraceptives, abortifacients, sterilizations, and related the CBA or other organizations have to be paid out of pocket. counseling. that champion conscience New mandates may see the The new mandate will likely apply to all employers with protections. “Our First transitioning individual’s health plans, organizations receiving Medicare or Medicaid, Amendment protections allow elective surgeries covered health insurers, third-party administrators, and the us to live and operate our while the non-transgendered contractors of these entities. Enforcement can be brought businesses in a Catholic way,” general population’s elective by HHS or the EEOC, by employees, patients, health plan he said. surgeries would not. enrollees, and activists. Sanctions include damages, fines, In 2020 under the Trump and even imprisonment. Catholic hospitals and physicians Nussbaum concurred. Administration, HHS issued could even face loss of Medicare and Medicaid funding. “As Catholics, we’re called to a regulation that sought to For more information, be light and leaven in a secular address Catholic employers’ visit www.catholicbenefitsassociation.org. world,” he said. “This is an moral concerns with HHS’s opportunity for us to say ‘yes’ 2016 gender transition to the Church teaching that it is services mandate. Opponents good for people to have health challenged these protections care, but ‘no’ to that which is in court, resulting in two courts intrinsically disordered or evil enjoining the 2020 regulation. even as it masquerades under the banner of health care.” L JIM GRAVES is a Legatus magazine contributing writer. April 2022 | 23 | legatus.org

WHERE HOPE IS Being one-of-a-kind is the goal from a regional accounting NOT JUST A NAME, with consumerism, but when it and wealth management comes to services that emulate firm, is vice chairman of Hope BUT A MISSION Jesus, it’s just the opposite: they Clinic’s board of directors. invite “competition.” Hendricks knew Dr. Daniel A ‘ONE-OF-A-KIND’ FREE HEALTH Heffernan, who CLINIC IS DRIVEN BY VOLUNTEERS Hope Clinic in began the clinic Ypsilanti, MI, is 40 years ago. SEEKING TO DO CHRIST’S WORK one of a kind, but clinic CEO Rev. “Dr. Dan was a BY PATTI ARMSTRONG Douglas Campbell friend and my would love to have personal doctor imitators. “It is the before he ever only free clinic that started this,” we are aware of Hendricks said. serving the whole Rev. Douglas Campbell “He used to run the person: physical, idea by me. We were behavioral, psychological, both members of Christ the and spiritual,” he said. King Church in Ann Arbor. He started a weekly clinic in The clinic is able to give freely 1982 at a local elementary and fully, even offering prayer school and brought his doctor’s with its patients, without bag with him. No one showed outside hindrances because up the first day, but it grew they take no government from there.” money. The clinic’s mission statement is: “We partner According to Hendricks, Hope with you to make lives better, Clinic is primarily driven by serving the whole person with volunteers—over 1,200 of integrated and free: medical, them—including dentists and dental, food, behavioral health; assistants, doctors, nurses, social in Jesus’ name.” workers, and other professionals and non-professionals. “It’s the last part of our mission that makes the difference,” Heffernan died in 2018, but explained Campbell, what he began grew into Hope a Presbyterian minister. “It’s all Clinic, serving over 70,000 in Jesus’ name that we serve. requests for help in 2021. Hope isn’t just part of our name; It operates in a 28,000-square- it’s our mission.” foot building in Ypsilanti and has a satellite in ONE MAN’S Westland, a city DREAM 16 miles west of Rick and Debby downtown Detroit. Hendricks are members of Hendricks Legatus’ Ann Arbor explained that Chapter. Rick, a CPA serving the poor who recently retired Rick & Debby Hendricks was only part of ‘‘‘ONE MAN WITH MANY HARDSHIPS WHO WAS OFFERED PRAYER WAS UNCONTROLLABLY CRYING. IT’S POWERFUL TO HEAR THAT THERE IS HOPE April 2022 | 24 | legatus.org

Heffernan’s mission. “We also offer prayer to and 3,000 pounds of fresh maximum help for our clients, “It started with medical care, our clients,” Campbell said. fruits and vegetables donated given freely, without strings, in but it also became an avenue “There are many stories of each week from the Food Jesus’ name.” for others to live out Christ’s breakthroughs. Volunteers offer Pantry. “We are a pantry of mission,” he said. Volunteers to pray with a person if they choice, within limits,” Campbell Rick Hendricks finds great come from many different would like. Sometimes we get an said. “Someone from the satisfaction in assisting with faith backgrounds—and atheist who will say, ‘Okay. Middle East is not necessarily Hope Clinic’s outreach and even include people of no It can’t hurt.’ One man with many going to like peanut butter.” hopes more will do the same. faith — and entire churches hardships who was offered Hope Clinic runs on a budget of get involved in Hope Clinic prayer was uncontrollably $3.2 million coming from church “We want to invite people into as an opportunity for their crying. It’s powerful to hear that partners, individuals, and family the mission,” Hendricks said. congregations to serve as there is hope.” foundations. Right now, they “It is such a joy to serve. God Christ did. One of the clinic’s values are in the midst of a campaign has given us His grace, and we centers around the Zulu to raise $5.5 million to expand want to extend that to others. A DIFFERENT greeting Sawubona, which their services. “We believe that It’s so exciting to see people KIND OF CLINIC means “I see you,” Campbell God works in people’s hearts to who want to share their gifts. noted. “We walk around and donate,” Campbell said. According to Campbell, Hope ask, ‘How are you?’ Then, Their website states “Dr. Dan’s vision for this was a Clinic is consistently ranked we take the time to listen.” that their work “would volunteer-driven organization by Charity Navigator in the Is there a concern of getting not be possible without to give people the chance to top 1 percent of charities in taken advantage of? “We are our incredible network be hands on; that’s why it’s Michigan, based on financial a high-trust organization. of donors, volunteers, been successful,” he explained. health, transparency, and I’d rather err on the side of and community “Sending checks is only a part accountability. someone getting help rather partners who of the mission. I feel privileged For the medical clinic, there than risk someone needing leverage the to get in the middle of this and is only one paid 12-hour-a- help and not getting it,” see that this is Christ in action.” week physician and over 350 Campbell said. “We meet partnerships including: people where they are, For more information about Hope • U niversity of Michigan Dental and then take the next step.” Clinic, visit thehopeclinic.org. L He explained that therapists School, which sends dental help people address issues PATTI ARMSTRONG is a Legatus and hygiene students on where people get stuck in magazine contributing writer. rotation; negative behaviors. “A third of • H ospitals providing free lab people are short term, a third work and basic radiology; for a season, and one-third • Integrated Healthcare longer term often because Association, a multi-specialty of mental health issues,” medical group. Campbell said. Campbell noted that they need The philosophy is to give people not worry about geographic dignity while helping them get boundaries when taking in back on their feet. patients since they do not accept government money. A LABOR OF “Our question is: ‘Do you need VOLUNTEER LOVE help?’” he said. Medical clinic services Hope Clinic also offers laundry help people uninsured or services, meals six days a week, underinsured, and the dental clinic cares for people below double the poverty line, which is $12,880. In addition, they help people navigate the complex world of social services and offer many of the comprehensive services they need directly on site. Campbell noted, for example, that recently they helped a veteran get set up at the veteran’s clinic. April 2022 | 25 | legatus.org

ETHICS DEAL HUDSON MATTERS Amid ‘wokeness’ and the ‘cancel culture,’ it’s time for us to resist the ‘desecrators’ TOO MANY GOOD PEOPLE The desecrators tell lies about complain about “wokeness,” American history while using “cancel culture,” and “white racist terms to accuse people of privilege,” but no one focuses a light skin color of racism. Such on what these have in common self-contradictory nonsense — the attempt to destroy all that would have been put to death most Americans hold sacred. long ago by an educated and honest media. But our media is At the sharp edge of this the product of an educational desecration is an attempt system that long ago came to erase all vestiges of the under the control of radical Christian faith in both public thinking. and private life. Why? The teachings of the Judeo- All people of faith and people SHUTTERSTOCK Christian heritage are the of good will must make their foundation of our moral lives, voices heard. We can no longer how we conceive of virtues and be intimidated by threats of vices, and what gives life itself shaming or the fear of being “canceled.” side, conservative and Christian radio continues its meaning. to expand its audience. Conservative national We ought to use symbols to represent our values gatherings like CPAC and Faith and Freedom are These “desecrators” do not want to everyone we meet or pass by. For example, growing exponentially. us to believe we are creatures what would happen if the millions who vote to of God, a God who revealed the protect life put an American flag in the front We do not place our hope in any one person, Ten Commandments to Moses yard on election day? Imagine the impact if all political or religious. We know the future will and incarnated Himself into pro-life Christians wore a cross or crucifix on be shaped by the prayers and efforts of a people human history through Jesus their clothing whenever they left the house. What united by the wisdom and love of God and Christ. “Cancel would happen is this: His Son, Jesus Christ. But this people has only culture” means the arrogant left, who recently been awakened from a slumber, a canceling history. “We have only just praise themselves as detachment from the public world where schools Cancel history, “progressives,” would and municipalities are managed. and you erase begun the effort to suddenly realize they the revelation of take the power back, are in the minority. They We can no longer think only of ourselves and the God through the would also realize that well-being of family and friends. That narrow prophets, Christ, and that effort will the propaganda being focus has allowed the levers of power to be and His Church. take years streamed by the media taken over by the desecrators. We have only just Catholics believe is falling on deaf ears. begun the effort to take the power back, and that the Holy Spirit has effort will take years. We urge our readers and been present with There are many reasons all Legatus members to join the resistance to the us throughout the for hope for our Church desecrators. L life of the Church. and nation. Despite the attempt at media blackout, we are seeing uprisings against school boards, DEAL W. HUDSON, PH.D., is co-author Thus, Catholics revere the past, against unnecessary mask mandates, and against of The Desecrators: Defeating the Cancel Culture the “sacred deposit of faith.” celebrities using their notoriety to spread lies. “Wokeness” is nothing other Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God than those congratulating Who cares anymore about the Oscars, the (TAN Books, 2022). He also hosts Church and themselves for their scorn Golden Globes, or any platforms given to Culture on the Ave Maria Radio Network. Hudson toward the people of faith entertainers to attack the police, the military, is the former editor of Crisis magazine and former and those Americans who are the family, marriage, innocent life, our nation, head of Catholic outreach for the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush. proud of our nation and its and the Church? CNN has been reduced to a A convert to Catholicism at the age of 34, Hudson taught philosophy for 15 years before entering the world of Catholic publishing and politics. founding. bare blip in the Nielsen ratings. On the positive April 2022 | 26 | legatus.org

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CULTURE OF MAX MERCADO, M.D. LIFE Finding our humanity in a post-pandemic era means losing our ‘masks,’ reaching to others PHYSICIANS HAVE A UNIQUE I started with view of the world. As an prayer with a internal medicine doctor, fervent desire to I find myself 95 percent of the listen to the Holy time being a sounding board Spirit. We tried, for my patients and their with God’s grace, human suffering. My small to help as many private medical practice in people as we could Northeast Philadelphia serves with the tools a community of mostly elderly we had. As soon people. Over the past 15 years, as possible, we I have noticed my patients reopened our doors feeling more isolated and for in-office visits. nameless as the world around Patients could see them becomes more secular. their family doctor in person even if, With the Covid-19 pandemic, this initially, they were SHUTTERSTOCK profound feeling of loneliness six feet apart and increased to an entirely wearing masks. new level. I witnessed my It was a start. Sometimes unfounded fears prevent us from community’s sense of humanity doing the right thing, and we hide. We cannot slipping even further away. God calls us to place humanity first when there hide behind a mask indefinitely; we need to is suffering. My office staff and I prayed together reach out to strangers as well to friends and We watched our communities often for those who lost their lives or were sick family. We can start by connecting with people and our country frantically with Covid. We humbly asked the Holy Spirit wherever they are on their faith journey. Let us stock up on masks and toilet to guide us during the pandemic. We had faith show them what humanity truly can be. Resist paper while closing doors to we would eventually reach a safe harbor with judging or rejecting others because of our pride homes, schools, and churches. God’s grace. We managed to keep many patients or anger. Approach the next person with respect, Our communities appeared from entering the hospital for Covid-related kindness, and love. In our medical office, we to place more faith pneumonia. We began strive to welcome each patient as an important in science and the treating post-viral guest with his or her own human dignity. media than in God. “We are all craving fatigue syndrome We saw firsthand community and and its symptoms We all crave community and human connections. the devastation very early during the It is not always easy to connect with a stranger, that isolation and human connections pandemic, well before but we can find strength and courage in praying loneliness can have on it had an official the rosary. We desire forgiveness of our sins, the human spirit. One name. All these crises moral courage, patience, and perseverance. Jesus casualty I witnessed seemed to bring us Christ never said it would be easy. However, was our 106-year-old closer to our Lord. rehumanizing our world must begin with us. female patient, Raimunda, who passed away completely So how do we rehumanize the world? As we The global pandemic turned the world upside alone at a local nursing home. take off our masks and come out of isolation down, but one thing remains constant: the love She did not die from Covid but and quarantines, we still face the reality of our Jesus Christ has for us. Our Father, the Greatest from the loss of human contact own “masks.” We need to identify them and Physician, can help us restore our humanity and with loved ones. eventually make peace with them. We will need faith here on Earth if we choose to follow Him. L to re-engage with one another and restore our I began to ask, “How can we humanity with each person we encounter. MAX MERCADO, M.D., is a physician with rehumanize our patients, our a medical practice in Philadelphia, PA, and a past community, and our world?” president of the Bucks County Chapter of Legatus. His wife, Isabel, assisted with this article. April 2022 | 28 | legatus.org

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GUEST TIMOTHY P. O’MALLEY VOICE A miraculous change of substance: why the Real Presence really matters CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN THE But what am I at the level of MELANIE REYES Real Presence of Jesus Christ substance? I am a person. in the Eucharist. At least, once If I have no hair, if my face is The U.S. Church is engaged in a process of upon a time, we could assume disfigured, if my ears fall off, eucharistic revival. Part of this revival is teaching that this was true. The situation I am still a person. about the true presence of Christ in the Blessed is more complicated today: In the Eucharist, bread Sacrament. What is given is no mere symbol. a 2019 Pew Research study and wine cease to exist It is the very presence of Jesus, given to us. revealed that only 30 percent of substantially. What is given Catholics believe this teaching. now is the person of Jesus At the same time, we must recognize that Jesus While this study has problems Christ, who is made present gives Himself to us in a way that we can receive — namely, its use of the word to us under the signs of bread Him. Signs matter. The Eucharistic elements “actual” to refer to the Church’s and wine. connect us to the gratuitousness of God as He eucharistic teaching — it’s clear Importantly, we do not eat rescued Egypt from slavery, as He gave manna to this theologian, scholar, human beings. We do eat from heaven, and ultimately as He gave Himself and teacher that few people bread and wine. So did on the night before He died. know what the Church teaches the ancient Israelites, relative to the Eucharist. who ate unleavened bread, And our Lord gave himself so that we can give What is that teaching? manna from heaven. They ourselves. Nothing we have received is ours The Church teaches that understood that the end of alone. It is gift. Our lives are to become the Christ is truly, substantially, men and women would be presence of the Lord whom we have received.  L or really present in the a banquet with copious wine. Eucharist. The God-man In the New Testament, our Lord fed thousands TIMOTHY P. O’MALLEY who was born in the manger with miraculous bread. He transformed water is the director of education at the McGrath at Bethlehem, who died upon into wine. Before He died, He gave Himself under Institute for Church Life and academic director the cross, and ascended into the signs of bread and wine. This is My body. heaven gives Himself to us at This is My blood. Given up for you. of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. every Mass — Body and Blood, He holds a concurrent appointment in the Soul and Divinity. Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, The Church refers to this Thus, in the Eucharist, the signs, appearance, or including Real Presence: What Does It Mean and transformation of bread and accidents of bread and wine remain. This is the Why Does It Matter? (Ave Maria Press, 2021). wine as transubstantiation. real miracle of the Eucharist, as Aquinas says. The substance of bread and The substance of bread and wine is changed. wine become the Body and Blood of Christ. This little piece But be careful. “Jesus gives Himself to of matter has “Substance” has a us in a way that we can become Christ. particular meaning in And that too is receive Him our destiny. We the Church. It’s not the are to become “stuff” of the bread and Christ’s. Totally. the wine that change. Absolutely. Rather, it is what the bread and He brings us into His heart. Saint Gertrude wine are at the deepest reality. of Helfta refers to this transformation in her It’s not what you can see, as eucharistic visions. As she consumes the St. Thomas Aquinas notes, but Eucharist, she enters the heart of the Lord. what you can’t see. If you look The Lord invites her in. at me, you see hair, a face, a nose, and ears. April 2022 | 30 | legatus.org

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FAITH FATHER FRANK PAVONE MATTERS Abortion wounds, recovery, and health: Easter reminds us there always is hope APRIL BRINGS US THE In Complications we read, celebration of life and hope that is Easter. Less commonly The immediate complications known is that in the pro-life of induced abortion include community it is “Abortion bleeding (hemorrhage), Recovery Awareness Month,” retained tissue, infection, a time when we take extra uterine perforation, cervical steps to let people know that laceration, and immediate the hope and life of Easter are psychiatric morbidity, or available to those who repent depression. Depending on of the sin of abortion. the jurisdiction, these reported complications occur in Not only does the Lord bring 3.4 percent to 11 percent of all us forgiveness, but He died and surgically-induced abortions. SHUTTERSTOCK rose again to bring us healing. The immediate complication “By his wounds, we are rate for ‘medical,’ or drug- healed” (Isa 53:5), the Good induced, abortions is up to four Friday reading proclaims. times higher – 44 percent … By contrast, the UK, Russia, Guyana, South In the process of proclaiming Since abortion clinics do not follow up Africa, and our own United States – in all of that Good News, we educate with their patients, the true immediate which abortion is freely available – have worse people about the multiple ways complication rate may well exceed the figures records of maternal and fetal health than nearby abortion harms all of us, starting quoted in various studies (p. 91). nations where abortion is illegal. Examples can with the baby who is killed, and be multiplied. then most immediately with the These studies reveal, furthermore, that abortion mother who has undergone the leads to an increased risk of breast cancer, The bottom line is this. If we are concerned about procedure. as well as an increase in pelvic inflammatory the health of our nation, we have to stop killing disease, in autoimmune diseases, in preterm our children in the womb. With the Supreme Abortion, with its multiple births, in emotional distress, in substance abuse, Court’s Dobbs case, we may be on the verge of wounds, brings not only and in death. a significant step in that direction. Abortion spiritual death, Recovery Awareness Month can spur us on to do but also medical As we think this as we are strengthened by Easter hope. ruin. Libraries of “If we are concerned about about the ways documentation the health of our nation, this impacts I am privileged to serve as pastoral director and indicate that the the overall chairman of the board of Rachel’s Vineyard, the health of the nation we have to stop killing our health of a largest ministry in the world for healing after has been devastated children in the womb nation – and abortion. In that capacity, as well as in my role as by abortion. One of the health care pastoral director of the Silent No More Awareness the best summaries system – we Campaign, I see hope and healing at work every of this evidence is the should keep day in the lives of the moms and families we serve. book Complications: in mind that Abortion’s Impact on Women, based on official statistics, those nations that do I have helped moms who have had as many as published by the deVeber not permit abortion on demand have a better 26 abortions. Even they, upon repenting, can be Institute for Bioethics and record of maternal and fetal health than those saints. Let’s never lose Easter hope. And let’s end Social Research. that do. Poland and Chile have enjoyed dramatic abortion. L improvements in this area, and abortion has The research shows both short- been prohibited there for decades. Likewise, El FATHER FRANK PAVONE is among the term and long-term harm from Salvador and Nicaragua, where the unborn have most prominent pro-life leaders in the world. In 1993 abortion, and the harm comes been protected, have not seen any deterioration in physical, psychological, in maternal or infant health. he became national director of Priests for Life. relational, and spiritual forms. He also is president of the National Pro-life Religious Council. He served at the Vatican assisting the Church’s pro-life work under Pope St. John Paul II. April 2022 | 35 | legatus.org

WHAT TO READ The Greater Reset: Reclaiming power in the hands of a global together, and you’ve got a considered Human Sovereignty Under elite. This book counters page-turner of a book that something Natural Law that human dignity can best offers profound spiritual of an expert. Michael D. Greaney be promoted and protected advice drawing from the real- Former and Dawn K. Brohawn with a return to heeding the life experience of a man who University TAN Books, 392 pages universal principles of natural has confronted and conquered of Notre law given by God. That’s the dangers and challenges. He Dame head In June “Greater Reset” the world covers living with purpose, football 2020, as it needs now. learning to pray, overcoming coach addressed bad habits, building virtue, Lou Holtz shares that well- global Deep Adventure: abandoning oneself to God’s earned expertise in his strategies The Way of Heroic Virtue will, embracing one’s cross, usual inimitable style in this for Bear Woznick and carrying it heroically. slender-but-powerful volume. combating Sophia Institute Press, 208 pages Life sends some big waves, “I think in our life together we the Covid-19 but Bear will show how to learned many lessons about pandemic, Bear ride them to shore without a what makes a successful the World Economic Forum Woznick is wipeout. marriage and how to ride the also offered a proposal for a well-tatted ups and downs of married “the future state of global adventurer A Lifetime of Love: life,” he writes. What follows relations, the direction of and surfer A Game Plan for Marriage is some championship-level national economies, the dude, and and Family Life coaching on Holy Matrimony priorities of societies, the a world- Lou Holtz and parenthood as well as nature of business models class one Ave Maria Press, 114 pages a touching tribute to Lou’s and the management of a at that. He’s beloved late wife, Beth, global commons.” Critics also a devout Catholic and When you’re a devoutly who died in 2020 after say this “Great Reset” would an accomplished television Catholic couple who spend 59 a two-decade battle with erode personal freedom scriptwriter (“Hawaii Five-O,” years together in a happy and throat cancer. L and concentrate even more unsurprisingly). Put all that fruitful marriage, you can be April 2022 | 36 | legatus.org

WHAT TO SEE But the fighter still remains: gritty, inspiring Father Stu VIEWERS MIGHT BE SURPRISED several years — much of those Saint Paul compared Father Stu to find that Father Stu, which spent hearing confessions in himself to a boxer: “I do not Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, debuts in theaters on Good a convalescent center — until box as one beating the air; Friday, has rough language his death in 2014 at age 50. but I pommel my body and Teresa Ruiz • 123 minutes • Rated R throughout. If they stick with This Hollywood production, subdue it” (1 Cor 9:26-27). it, however, they’ll find it’s with Mark Wahlberg in the Father Stu translated his there’s a reason why I’m here,” among the most Catholic title role and Mel Gibson as pugilistic skills to his faith he says. movies in recent memory. his gruff, distant father, hits journey, refusing to let Father Stuart Long was the highlights effectively. adversity knock him out. The overriding themes here a Montana product who Long’s gradual transformation “We shouldn’t pray for an are that no lost sheep stands saw his boxing career cut from chip-on-his-shoulder easy life,” he says, “but for outside God’s reach, and that our short by injury, then worked atheist to stalwart apologist the strength to endure a suffering has a sacred purpose. various jobs — even trying for the Faith is portrayed difficult life.” “The experience of suffering is a Hollywood acting career — credibly even amid the Unlike many films, the fullest expression of God’s before a near-fatal motorcycle setbacks and opposition he Father Stu gets Catholicism love,” says Fr. Stu. “It’s a chance accident sparked a conversion encounters. While Fr. Stu right. Catechists and priests to be close to Christ.”  L experience that brought him mellows during his seminary explain points of faith into the Catholic Church and formation, he remains rough accurately. Long’s vocation GERALD KORSON the priesthood. Although around the edges, which helps comes as the fruit of much is a Legatus magazine editorial consultant stricken during seminary him communicate pastoral prayer and discernment formation with a progressively wisdom in no-nonsense — and realizing he’d been and staff writer. debilitating muscle disorder, terms. He becomes a powerful lovingly embraced by his he was ordained for the witness to many, including heavenly Father. “God saved Diocese of Helena and served his nonbelieving parents. me and forgave me to show April 2022 | 37 | legatus.org

HEALTH THOMAS MORAGHAN, M.D. MATTERS Testing and treatment for hypothyroidism may be the answer to a patient’s fatigue ONE IN EVERY 5-10 PATIENTS continues, that seeing a family physician means there complains of fatigue, and one is another in every 10-20 Americans cause. Patients has hypothyroidism. Since with worse the thyroid gland has an measures important role in metabolism, of TSH and it’s reasonable to suspect that thyroid hypothyroidism might be hormone are responsible for fatigue. the most likely to benefit A physician might order from thyroid a screening blood test for replacement; hypothyroidism if a patient’s those with symptoms (such as fatigue) mild disease suggest that diagnosis; if on blood tests SHUTTERSTOCK there is a family history of are less likely hypothyroidism, an enlarged to benefit. thyroid gland, high cholesterol, While many people think of the thyroid gland Type 1 diabetes, pituitary gland The most common cause of hypothyroidism first if they have fatigue, other factors such as disease, other autoimmune is Hashimoto’s disease, in which 1 in 9 adults sleep disorders, depression, and psychosocial diseases; or if the patient takes have anti-thyroid antibodies in the blood. In stress are the main causes of fatigue. Other medications know to affect the absence of low thyroid hormone, such common causes include anemia, medication thyroid levels. patients develop hypothyroidism — and fatigue side effects, depression, anxiety, diabetes, and — at a rate of 3-5 percent per year, so they an inactive lifestyle. Emotional, family, and Doctors measure thyroid- need to be seen for regular follow-up to catch spiritual stressors can also contribute to fatigue. stimulating hormone (TSH) in hypothyroidism before it gets severe. A physician should do a thorough evaluation the blood as the hormone that looking for other causes of fatigue if symptoms controls how much One might think persist despite appropriate treatment for thyroid hormone is that if a little hypothyroidism. released. If elevated, “Hope for improving thyroid hormone doesn’t fix fatigue it serves as a sign fatigue lies in identifying Hope for improving fatigue lies in identifying that this master that a higher the cause and treating it. If thyroid hormone hormone is trying the cause and treating it dose would do replacement does not improve it in patients to get the thyroid it. Sadly, that diagnosed with hypothyroidism, other measures gland to make more is not the case. such as improved sleep hygiene, treating sleep thyroid hormone. Excess thyroid apnea, or changing medications that cause hormone can cause problems such as bone fatigue can be provided by your doctor based on If the test suggests loss and the irregular heart rhythm known their findings in a thorough examination. L hypothyroidism, a trial of as atrial fibrillation. This heart disorder can thyroid hormone is the only create blood clots that can cause stroke, heart THOMAS MORAGHAN, M.D., trained at way to determine if the fatigue attack, pulmonary embolism, or deep venous Mayo Clinic and is board certified in endocrinology. is caused by hypothyroidism. thrombosis. If thyroid hormone levels He loves the Catholic faith and teaching, and he believes in the power of prayer in medicine. normalize and fatigue HEALTHNETWORK is a Legatus membership benefit, a health care “concierge service” that provides members and their families access to some of the most respected hospitals in the world. One Call Starts It All: (866) 968-2467 or (440) 893-0830. Email: [email protected] HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION is a nonprofit whose mission is to improve medicine for all by connecting CEOs with leading hospitals and their doctors to provide the best access to world-class care and increase philanthropic funding for medical research. April 2022 | 38 | legatus.org

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ENGAGING THE THERESE M. WILLIAMS FAITH Human suffering is a mystery, and yet also an opportunity SUFFERING IS STILL LARGELY [Suffering] can CATECHISM a mystery to us. If someone also make a has the smallest belief in person more 101 God and acknowledges His existence, then they ask, LAWRENCE LEW, O.P. mature, helping “How can a loving God allow him discern in good people to suffer?” … My his life what is not essential so own personal search led me to the short answer that suffering is meritorious when it is united to our Lord’s suffering on the cross. In my own life, I can attest Neither I nor my parents did anything to cause that he can turn toward that to God’s love during the most my sickness. The fact that this cross is mine from which is. Very often illness difficult times of suffering, the beginning of my life is evidence enough provokes a search for God and whether it be physical, that God has a very special plan for me — one a return to him. emotional, or spiritual. that is different from most people. Despite the I know from family stories personal nature of our crosses, we can all use Catechism of the the deep anguish and sorrow them to share in His Son’s passion. This was the Catholic Church, #1501 my parents and siblings felt way He chose to show His love for mankind by as they watched me suffer redeeming us from sin. I believe this is where we SCRIPTURE And after seizures and the pain of all go for the answer… 101 you have the testing and hospital stays. suffered for I know firsthand the daily fear There is probably not a person in the world a little while, of feeling like I am suffocating who hasn’t asked, “How could God allow this to the God of from not being able to breathe. happen?” Perfectly healthy people are stricken I have lived through all the with cancer. Loving parents suffer the tragedy of all grace, who has called you setbacks of hospitalizations losing a child. Such tragedies beg the question. to his eternal glory in Christ, due to respiratory failure. We may think that it doesn’t make sense. will himself restore, support, As a quadriplegic, the ordinary We may think that God is cruel for allowing strengthen, and establish you. functions and tasks of daily terrible things to happen to good people. But we living are monumental to me, must recognize suffering for what it is. It is an 1 Peter 5:10 but I want to make myself a opportunity to unite our sufferings to Christ’s witness to others of the power suffering on the cross. We are called to defeat of God’s love. I want to show suffering through love, just as Christ Jesus did them how that love sustains with His cross. When we are able to do this, we me throughout my suffering, come into a deeper, more intimate friendship and how it can sustain them with Christ — one that could last for eternity. L through theirs. I believe that God has invited me to Excerpt from Love Your Cross: How Suffering Became Sacrifice, by Therese M. Williams understand in a deeper way the (TAN Books, 2019), pp. 8-11, www.tanbooks.com. mystery of suffering through the cross of His Son, Jesus… THERESE M. WILLIAMS, who suffered Just as every person is different spinal meningitis at 18 months and has lived as from another, so God gives a paraplegic for more than 40 years, writes from each person a different cross Naples, FL. to carry. God chose my cross for me from the day I was born. April 2022 | 40 | legatus.org

FEEDING THE CHEF JOHN D. FOLSE AND MICHAELA D. YORK FOODIE Like the sower who planted in good soil, be true to your roots and stay the course YEARS AGO, I BECAME Jesus speaks Armed with faith and the fascinated with Robert to our personal name of Jesus on our lips, Fulghum’s book All I Really gardens in we are daily deployed for Need to Know I Learned in the Gospel spiritual warfare against Kindergarten. One of my of Matthew, Satan and his demons who favorite passages was about chapter 13. sow evil into our society, the bean placed in a Styrofoam The first sower culture, professions, politics, cup with soil. Miraculously, dropped seeds economics, sciences, arts, the bean sprouted several that the birds mass media, and even faith. days later. The roots went down ate. The second Prepare for spiritual warfare and the sprout went up. sower scattered by putting on the armor Easter is a season of roots: seeds that were of Christ, girding your loins family roots, root vegetables scorched by with truth, and allowing from the garden, and the sun and righteousness to be your particularly, roots of our faith. “withered for breastplate. The sacraments, The world that the Lord lack of roots” particularly the Eucharist made began in harmony. (Matt 13:6). The and Confession, are powerful There was light in the heavens, third sower weapons in our arsenal — seas of water filled with fish, failed to tend his as are sacramentals such as animals roamed the earth, garden, allowing crucifixes, rosaries, scapulars, and vegetation grew. thorns to choke holy water, religious medals, Our Catholic faith is rooted and destroy the plants. Another sower planted candles, devotionals, and novenas — which offer in the garden of Eden, which seed in fertile soil so that it produced good fruit. protection against evil. Be rooted in the faith of was a paradise for Adam and Which sower are you: the lazy one who focuses Christ, and remember that God’s love will always Eve until they betrayed God. on worldly pursuits rather than spiritual; triumph over evil! L Their betrayal allowed sin the one with good intentions to live in faith and evil to enter through the but fails; the one who cares more for material CHEF JOHN D. FOLSE is an entrepreneur with interests devil’s temptations. Still victim wealth than living by the virtues; or are you ranging from restaurant development to food manufacturing, to Satan’s deceit, mankind lives the Catholic soldier who stays the course, a perpetual freefall in our own reads God’s word, and follows His commands catering to culinary education. A cradle Catholic, he supports gardens of Eden today. even when the going gets tough? many Catholic organizations including the Sister Dulce Ministry at Cypress Springs Mercedarian Prayer Center in Baton Rouge, LA. MICHAELA D. YORK is vice president of communications for Chef John Folse & Company. EASTER CARROT SOUFFLÉ • PREP TIME: ONE HOUR • SERVES 8 Ingredients: Method: nutmeg, cinnamon, 2 lbs. carrots, chopped Preheat oven to 350°F. and eggs until well blended. ½ cup melted butter Bring a large pot of lightly 1 cup sugar salted water to a boil. Transfer mixture to 3 tbsp. flour a two-quart casserole dish 1 tsp. baking powder Add carrots, and cook and sprinkle with powdered 1 tbsp. pure vanilla extract 15 minutes or until tender. sugar. Bake 30 minutes. Pinch of ground nutmeg Drain carrots, place in a large Pinch of ground cinnamon mixing bowl, and mash. Serve as a side dish to any 3 eggs, beaten main course or use as a filling 1 tbsp. powdered sugar Whisk in melted butter, sugar, for pies, tarts, or turnovers. for dusting flour, baking powder, vanilla, 41April 2022 | | legatus.org

U.S. accounted for 54 percent of all In one instance in February, BRIEFS abortions — a 39 percent increase he baptized, gave First Communion over 2017 figures. to, and confirmed one adult STUDY: SOME 5.2 MILLION KIDS Last year, the U.S. Food and and eleven children whom he WORLDWIDE ORPHANED DURING Drug Administration removed a previously had invalidly baptized. COVID-19 PANDEMIC restriction from the distribution of The difference in the “form” of the CLEVELAND, OH — Catholic Relief the abortion pill that allows it to be baptism rite is theologically crucial, Services representatives described sent via mail or purchased online. the Vatican ruled in 2020, because as “eye-opening” a new study that Pro-life advocates have pointed out it’s not the “we” of the congregation estimates 5.2 million children in the dangers of medication abortion doing the baptizing but the “I” of 21 countries worldwide were and stressed the need for women to Jesus Christ, working through the orphaned — as defined in the study, be examined in person by a medical priest. Church officials estimate having lost at least one parent, professional prior to receiving such Fr. Arango may have performed a custodial grandparent, or a primary a prescription. thousands of baptisms incorrectly. caregiver — to Covid-19 during the pandemic’s first 20 months. ARIZONA PRIEST WHO HAD CEO OF GAB SOCIAL PLATFORM BAPTIZED INVALIDLY NOW HELPS URGES ESTABLISHMENT OF The study said the number of FAITHFUL GET IT ‘RITE’ ‘PARALLEL CHRISTIAN SYSTEMS’ children so orphaned nearly PHOENIX — For years, Fr. Andrés ORLANDO, FL — Andrew Torba, doubled during the six-month Arango used the wrong words at founder and CEO of the free- period ending last October 31, which baptism, saying “we baptize you” speech social media site Gab, told corresponding largely with the surge instead of “I baptize you” — thereby the America First Political Action in the delta variant of the virus. The invalidating the sacrament. Conference in February that total number of orphaned children Now, he is making amends by conservatives should step up and during the study period mirrors baptizing the affected individuals found “parallel Christian systems” as the roughly 5 million Covid-caused and helping them heal from alternatives to the existing platforms deaths during the same period. the shock and confusion he that increasingly censor the voices of The study was published online caused. That’s his formal pastoral traditional values and culture. in February in the British medical assignment now. journal The Lancet. “The people in power want a Great DEATH BY PRESCRIPTION: ABOUT Reset, but what we are going to give HALF OF ABORTIONS IN U.S. NOW them instead is a Great Restoration,” DONE BY PILLS he said. WASHINGTON — According to a new report by the pro-abortion Torba indicated that such a research group The Guttmacher network of parallel systems would Institute, more than half of the effectively compete with Big Tech abortions performed in the United and secular corporations only if States are estimated to be done they are built on Christian truth by way of abortion pills. and values.  L The institute said its 2020 periodic census of known abortion providers SOURCES: Catholic News Agency, Catholic News show that “medication abortion” Service, Daily Wire, LifeSiteNews April 2022 | 42 | legatus.org

WORLD that exists outside the orbit of the with 7,000 employees and later BRIEFS planet Neptune. He observed the expanded to Rwanda and several object in December at the Vatican other countries. CARDINAL: MYANMAR HAS Observatory on Arizona’s Mount Farmer was an acclaimed SUFFERED AN ‘EXTENDED WAY OF Graham, and his observations infectious diseases doctor with THE CROSS’ SINCE COUP were confirmed and the object’s an endowed chair at Harvard ROME — On the one-year orbit computed later by other Medical School and a practitioner anniversary of the military coup astrophysicists. of “social medicine,” contending in Myanmar, Cardinal Charles Meanwhile, Jesuit Fr. Richard that illness has social roots and Maung Bo said that his people have D’Souza co-authored a new study must be addressed through social endured an “extended Way of the identifying a previously unknown structures. Cross.” dwarf galaxy, named Pontus, that In an audio message published strayed too close to the Milky Way POPE FRANCIS TELLS F.S.S.P. THEY by Vatican News, Myanmar’s first and “fell in” to our galaxy’s gravity MAY CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OLD cardinal described the situation in about 8 billion to 10 billion years ago. LATIN RITE his country as a time of “spiraling VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has chaos, confusion, conflict, and PAUL FARMER, CATHOLIC DOC WHO confirmed that members of the human agony.” February 1 marks FOUNDED NETWORK OF CLINICS IN Fraternity of St. Peter may continue one year since armed forces seized POOR NATIONS, DIES to celebrate the Mass, sacraments power in the Southeast Asian BUTARO, Rwanda — Dr. Paul Farmer, and Liturgy of the Hours using the country also known as Burma. a Catholic physician who helped pre-Vatican II texts and forms, the Reportedly some 1,500 people have found a network of clinics serving fraternity said. been killed and 12,000 arrested in the rural poor in Haiti and Rwanda, The fraternity, founded in 1988 the military crackdown. died in his sleep in February on the by traditionalist priests wanting grounds of a clinic he had founded in to maintain the old rites while Cardinal Bo said many have Butaro. He was 62. remaining in full communion with been displaced by the violence In 1987, even before graduating the pope, published a copy of the and places of worship have been from medical school at Harvard pope’s decree on their website in violated, notably in Christian areas University, he co-founded and late February. of the majority Buddhist nation. was chief strategist for Partners VATICAN ASTRONOMERS in Health, which over the years Officials of the order had met INVOLVED IN TWO NEW established 16 clinics in Haiti with Pope Francis earlier in the DISCOVERIES IN SPACE VATICAN CITY — Two Jesuit month and discussed the pope’s astronomers from the Vatican apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes Observatory were part of two (Guardians of the Tradition), which recently announced discoveries in limited celebrations of the Mass the cosmos, it was announced in according to the rite used before the February. Second Vatican Council. L Jesuit Fr. Richard Boyle discovered the existence of a new object in the SOURCES: Catholic News Agency, solar system, named 2021 XD7, Catholic News Service April 2022 | 43 | legatus.org

CHAPTER NEWS WILMINGTON. At a March 8 meeting at the Greenville Country Club in the rolling COLORADO SPRINGS. The chapter recently inducted two new members and installed hills of Northern Delaware, Legates of the Wilmington Chapter celebrated four regional its 2022 officers. Above: New members Mike and Patty Leahy along with Gail Hickert, awards received by the chapter or its members at January’s Summit East 2022 in chapter president, and Monsignor Bob Jaeger, chaplain. Below: The 2022 chapter officers Amelia Island, FL. Bearing evidence of the honors are (from left) Fr. Michael Carrier, include(from left) Matt Davis, John Fleming, Gail Hickert, Tom Neppl, Lorrie Neppl, chaplain, holding the Campbell Award given to the Wilmington Chapter; Francis Pileggi, Monsignor Bob Jaeger, Patrice Tafolla, Joel Ernster, Kris Sprehe, and Paul Sprehe. president, with his Ace of the Year Award; Margie Baker, winner of the Program Chair of the Year Award; and Robert Suppe, who received a Membership Chair of the Year Award. CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Chapter reconvened March 8 to induct its newest member couple, Greg and Lisa Hardig, following Mass at Christ the King Church. The evening continued at The Redmoor, a posh Art Deco- style venue in Cincinnati’s Mount Lookout neighborhood, where Legates hosted guest speaker Dr. John Bergsma, theology professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville. His talk, well suited for the Lenten season, was on “Confession as Spiritual Warfare.” CINCINNATI. Above left: celebrating the induction of new Legates in March are (from left) Steve and Carol Pieper, sponsors; Jim Akers, chapter president; Fr. James Bramlage, chaplain; and inductees Lisa and Greg Hardig. Center: Guest speaker Dr. John Bergsma. Above right: (from left) Jim and Jody Akers; Dr. John Bergsma, guest speaker; Ernie Rummler, chapter vice president; hosts Mike and Linda Clark; and Karen Rummler. April 2022 | 44 | legatus.org

CHAPTER NEWS VENTURA-LA NORTH. Gathered at the chapter’s February meeting are Patty Berry, VENTURA-LA NORTH After an introduction by Legate guest speaker Noelle Mering with her husband Adam Mering, and members Tom and The picturesque Spanish and fellow parishioner Patty Berry, Christine Ellis. Hills Country Club in Mering spoke about the three lies Camarillo, CA, was the that underlie the “woke” movement. venue as 38 Legates of the She explained how the movement Ventura-LA North Chapter follows Marxist and Hegelian gathered for a rosary, philosophy and political theory that Mass, reception and relies on conflict, revolution, and dinner on February 17. power to achieve its goals at the Speaker for the evening expense of the God-given dignity was Noelle Mering, of each individual human person. fellow at the Ethics She further explained how our and Public Policy in Catholic theology and philosophy, Washington, DC, whose centered on Jesus Christ and lived topic was the title of out well, have the answers to the her new book, Awake, God-ordained need we all have for Not Woke: A Christian the Truth, for real love, for peace, Response to the Cult of and for acceptance in this world Progressive Ideology. and the next. FORT LAUDERDALE. At its January meeting at the classy Café Italia, the Fort Lauderdale Chapter welcomes guest speaker Peter Herbeck, vice president and director of missions for Renewal Ministries and author of When the Spirit Comes in Power: Rediscovering the Charismatic Dimension of the Christian Life, published by Servant Books. From left are 2021 chapter president David Adams, Herbeck, 2020 president Jody Moor, and newly installed 2022 president Bob Roselli. LAKE CHARLES. In Louisiana, the Lake Charles Chapter held an induction ceremony for four new members at its chapter meeting on February 24. From left are inductees Ronnie and Michelle Johns; Fr. Jeff Starkovich; inductees Becky and Dr. Brian Clements; and chapter president Dennis Stine. Seated in foreground is Ken Darnell, vice president of Legatus’ Central Region. April 2022 | 45 | legatus.org

CHAPTER NEWS MIAMI. (From left) Legates Albert and Meghan Berdellans meet MIAMI LINCOLN with guest speaker Peter Herbeck after the Miami Chapter’s meeting Legatus’ Miami Chapter had two The Lincoln Chapter’s February in January. inspiring meetings to begin the meeting kicked off with Mass at year, starting off with guest speaker St. Joseph Church celebrated by and Catholic evangelist Peter Fr. Chris Eckrich, diocesan master of Herbeck, who spoke on “What the ceremonies for the Diocese of Lincoln. Spirit Is Saying to the Church.” Following Mass, two new member In February, the chapter heard guest couples — Ron and Denise Sabatka, Brig Sorber, one of the original and Sue and Bert Wilkinson — founders of Two Men and a Truck were inducted into the chapter. as well as a founding member of As the evening continued at Legatus’ Lansing Chapter, speak on Hillcrest Country Club, popular his conversion experience and his speaker and author Deacon philosophy of business leadership. Harold Burke-Sivers, dubbed “The They also celebrated members who Dynamic Deacon,” delivered a talk won national and regional awards entitled “Building a Civilization at Summit East 2022 at Amelia of Love: A Catholic Response to Island, FL, in January, namely Fr. Racism.” He offered practical tips Richard Vigoa, who was named on how the Church and members National Chaplain of the Year, and of Legatus can help change the Angel Gallinal, honored as the culture and combat racism. Southeast Region’s Chapter President of the Year. MIAMI. Guests and members at the February chapter meeting include MIAMI. Chapter president Angel Gallinal and LINCOLN. Gathered at the chapter’s February meeting (from left) Jennifer Browner; Sr. Mary Samuel; chapter president Angel Fr. Richard Vigoa, chaplain, display their awards are (from left) Bert and Sue Wilkinson, Fr. Chris Eckrich, and Margie Gallinal; and program chair Pam Giganti-Bunge. received at Summit East 2022. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, and Denise and Ron Sabatka. OKLAHOMA CITY. Dr. Paul Voss, president of the Ethikos consulting firm and a 2018 Summit speaker, was a featured guest of the Oklahoma City Chapter at their monthly meeting February 9 at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. His topic was “The Catholic Work Ethic.” The event was preceded by a Mass at Christ the King Church. Among attendees were (above, from left) George Browning, Carl Milam, Mack McLain, Margaret McLain, John Morris, Bliss Morris, Rainy Broussard, and chapter president Kirk Broussard. At right are Browning, Gary Gatewood, David Hill, Shannon Hill, Kathy Wilson, Chris Wilson, Paul Merritt, and Mel Martin. April 2022 | 46 | legatus.org

CHAPTER Dolan of Hartford and Monsignor its Sacred Art Collection. Among the NEWS Christopher Connelly of Western sacred religious paintings on display Massachusetts, the assembled at the Wadsworth are Caravaggio’s HARTFORD AND WESTERN Legates gathered for dinner at The Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy MASSACHUSETTS Hartford Club. Afterward, they (c. 1595-96); Saint Serapion, by In mid-February, the Hartford Chapter walked across the street to the Francisco de Zurbarán (1628); The and the Western Massachusetts Wadsworth Atheneum Museum Resurrection, by Anthony Van Dyck Chapter came together in Hartford for of Art, the oldest continuously (c. 1631-32); and Fra Angelico’s Head a unique evening of liturgy, dining, and operating public art museum in the of an Angel (c. 1445-50). L art appreciation. United States, for a private tour of Following a Mass concelebrated by the two chapter chaplains, Fr. Michael HARTFORD AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. Pausing during the art museum tour are HARTFORD AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. Legates take in the Laurie and Peter Schwartz, president of the Hartford Chapter; Mary Anne and Larry Eagan, president collection in the Morgan Great Hall of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art of the Western Massachusetts Chapter; and Hartford members Kathy Randall and Scott Gill. in Hartford, CT. JACKSONVILLE. Sean Pelkey, who was inducted into the Jacksonville Chapter along with his wife Maggi last year, thought he’d introduce the newest member of his family to his fellow Legates at the chapter’s February meeting. The young tyke, Miriam, is the Pelkey’s sixth child. The Pelkeys were recruited to Legatus by Jacksonville’s chaplain, Fr. Chris Liguori, who is pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, the Pelkeys’ parish. April 2022 | 47 | legatus.org

5 MINUTES JIM GRAVES WITH In Cincinnati, they ‘reinvented’ recruiting JIM AKERS, LEGATUS’ 2021 NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CHAIR AWARD WINNER, SHARES HIS WINNING STRATEGIES FOR ATTRACTING NEW CHAPTER MEMBERS JIM AKERS IS CHAIRMAN OF education year with two “sold out” chapter hired a firm to mine the LinkedIn database the board of Akers Packaging meeting events. We have four member forums, for leads. This firm identified and contacted Service Group in Middletown, a lunch, and golf day in the summer months, as likely candidates. Legatus national president OH, and is a member of well as a monthly small group spouses’ lunch. Stephen Henley and our Great Lakes Region Legatus’ Cincinnati Chapter. Members also attend summits and pilgrimages. vice president/director Nick Wine were fabulous He was the recipient of the responding to any leads that were generated 2021 National Membership How did you grow your chapter as or forwarding them to us for engagement. Chair Award. Jim joined the membership chair in 2021? chapter in 2019 and became Where did the process go from there? membership chair in January We had our work cut out for us. My predecessor, 2021; in the 13 months that Tom Binzer, succumbed to cancer after a lengthy Success at membership recruiting requires followed, the chapter added fight, so we didn’t have a smooth transition of an enthusiastic, energetic, committed team 11 new members. duties. But we had a database of 126 candidates effort. We were very successful mobilizing our that our previous membership committee had members to recruit new members – either by one- Jim grew up in Middletown, developed. Our chapter administrator, Claudia to-one solicitation or by making referrals to our where he has lived most of his Kimura, taught me how to navigate the Legatus membership committee to “work the candidate.” life. He was part of a Catholic HubSpot CRM system to rework our prospect list. We submitted candidates upfront to Nate Wine to family and attended Catholic “pre-approve” anyone we were recruiting in order schools, then went We did not have any to avoid a potentially embarrassing situation in on to attend Duke documentation on the case we were to actively recruit a candidate only University. There he membership recruiting to have his or her application rejected because met his wife, Jody, process. Our returning he or she didn’t qualify. with whom he has membership committee six children and members, Denise We kept membership recruiting on the center 13 grandchildren. Kuprionis and Tillie of our radar screen, discussed it at every chapter He has worked in a Hidalgo Lima, helped officer meeting, and had a piece in the monthly variety of positions immensely by filling chapter newsletter. For renewals, we made in the family in the blanks, and we personal phone calls to the members who business since age whittled the candidate changed to alumni status over the past three 16 and became CEO list to our 20 to 30 years, inviting them back as active members. in 2002. most likely candidates We continually encouraged members to reach and focused on them. out to candidates who were guests at our Tell me about We reinvented and meetings and make them feel welcome. the Cincinnati documented our membership recruitment process. Chapter. We advertised on Sacred Heart Radio, which It took a team effort of our chapter leadership, also did monthly interviews with the speakers membership committee, members, and It is a vibrant, healthy, for our chapter meetings. This exposure chapter administrator along with support and energetic, growing chapter with helped our marketing effort to build our brand encouragement from Stephen Henley and 36 members. We celebrated our awareness. The Cincinnati Archdiocese helped Nate Wine. At the end of the day, a one-to-one, 25th anniversary as a chapter us by sending bulletin informational pieces member-to-prospect outreach was the most last year with a gala event; about Legatus to its parishes. Legatus National successful tactic. L we enjoyed an outstanding April 2022 | 48 | legatus.org

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MEET THE JIM GRAVES CHAPLAIN Restoring the sacred in downtown Chicago FATHER JOSHUA CASWELL, LEGATUS CHAPLAIN AND PASTOR OF ST. JOHN CANTIUS, APPRECIATES HIS PENTECOSTAL PAST EVEN AS HE CELEBRATES THE SACRAMENTS FATHER JOSHUA CASWELL IS THE What do you think your Pentecostal Enter St. John Cantius Church. Ours looks like superior general of the Canons upbringing has brought to your a church, smells like a church, sounds like a Regular of St. John Cantius, priesthood? church—it is a church. If more shepherds in our pastor of Chicago’s St. John Church were to adopt and amplify our approach, Cantius Church, My Pentecostal they’d begin to see the pews fill up like ours. and chaplain upbringing of Legatus’ established What positive influence do you believe Downtown in me a great the Canons Regular have made on Chicago Chapter. foundation Chicago? He grew up in a for personal Pentecostal family; encounters with When our founder arrived at St. John Cantius his mother, Christ and for Church, it was visited by more pigeons than Gay Caswell, was listening to the people. Since then, the parish has grown to more a member of the Holy Spirit. There than 2,000 families—and we’re still growing. Saskatchewan can be a deeper Legislative appreciation of When I think of just how ugly our church’s Assembly before the work of the surroundings used to be, I think of Dostoevsky’s heading to a Holy Spirit— great hope that beauty will save the world. remote Indian even in administering the sacraments and the Our mission to restore the sacred in all things reservation in northern traditional liturgy. I have found that these are not and in all people often means elevating the Saskatchewan with the family exclusive of each other but can and do support beauty in art, in music, in work, and more. to found a Bible camp. The one another. Beauty—the sacred—spreads throughout our aboriginal people, however, community and beyond. introduced the rosary to the What does your community Caswells, after which they bring to the Church? Your parish offers the old Tridentine began attending Mass at liturgy as well as the New Mass. What a Catholic chapel and The charism of the Canons Regular, “To Restore value do you think the old Latin liturgy eventually converted to the Sacred,” renews our Church in a special brings to the Church? Catholicism. way at a crucial time. Too many Catholics are Internet research led Joshua too uninformed and too misinformed about The Church has always taught: lex orandi, lex to find the Canons Regular, what they believe. Too many Americans call credendi, lex vivendi. That is to say, “as we pray, so he called and spoke to the themselves “none” or “none of the above” when so we believe, and so we live.” So when the community’s founder, asked about religious affiliation. That’s because sacred liturgy is offered and prayed well, it forms Fr. Frank Phillips, and entered too many houses of worship have tried to stay beliefs and guides how we live. The Tridentine the community. Along with his relevant by pretending to be things they’re liturgy is a touchstone to a time when we brother, Nathan Caswell, not, getting too political or trying to entertain. understood how to worship God well. It is ever Fr. Joshua was ordained a priest More and more of our youth crave authentic ancient, ever new. The Tridentine Mass offered for the community by Cardinal spirituality. They can be entertained or get their alongside the new liturgy has been a powerful Francis George in 2014. He was politics elsewhere. That’s why more and more tool for evangelization and “shocked” to be elected the young people are attracted to what’s come to be for catechesis in the faith. L community’s second superior known as “the smells and bells.” in 2019. April 2022 | 50 | legatus.org