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Joseph Louis Bernardin (April 2, 1928 – November 14, 1996) was an American
Biography
Joseph Bernardin was born on April 2, 1928, in
Bernardin's original academic ambition was to become a physician, inspiring him to enroll in the pre-medical program at the
On April 26, 1952, Bernardin was ordained a priest of the
Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta
On March 9, 1966, Pope
According to Monsignor Kenneth Velo, a former executive aide to Bernardin and head of the Catholic Church Extension Society, it was in the predominantly Baptist American South that Bernardin learned ecumenism.[2]
General Secretary of National Conference
In 1968, Bernardin resigned as auxiliary bishop of Atlanta to become the first General Secretary of the
During this period, Bernardin also became affiliated with the Order of Friars Minor, being received into the first order with a habit in 1972.[3]
Archbishop of Cincinnati
While Archbishop of Cincinnati, Bernardin was named to the
.Archbishop of Chicago
Following the death of Cardinal
Elevation to Cardinal
In the
Honorary degrees and awards
In 1983, Bernardin delivered commencement addresses and received honorary degrees at the College of the Holy Cross and Notre Dame.[5][6][7] That same year the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was given to him by Yale University.[8] In 1995, Bernardin was granted the University of Notre Dame's highest honor, the Laetare Medal, given in recognition of outstanding service to the Roman Catholic Church and society.[9][10]
In 1989, Bernardin was awarded the F. Sadlier Dinger Award by educational publisher William H. Sadlier, Inc. The award is presented annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the ministry of religious education in America.[11] In 1990, Bernardin received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[12]
Bernardin was posthumously inducted as a Laureate of
Policy regarding clerical abuse
Bernardin implemented a policy concerning priests accused of sexual misconduct with minors. He removed more than 20 priests and established a new review board to assess allegations, made up primarily of lay people.[4] Bernardin's reforms concerning this issue soon served as a model for other dioceses across the nation.[15]
Bernardin said in a press conference that he had been accused of sexual misconduct. Former seminarian Stephen Cook claimed to have been abused by Bernardin and another priest in the 1970s. But, Cook subsequently dropped Bernardin from his lawsuit, being no longer certain that his memories, which had emerged while he was under hypnosis, were accurate. The two later reconciled. In 1995 Cook said that he had relied on people who told him things that were not true, "asserting that he is absolutely convinced of Bernardin's innocence".[16]
Bernardin was also accused of sexual assault by James Grein in 2023, for a 1977 incident.[17]
Final illness
In June 1995, following a string of international visits and pilgrimages, Bernardin underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer. On August 30, 1996, Bernardin told his flock that the cancer had returned, was in his liver, and was inoperable. He turned over the day-to-day administration of the Archdiocese to his vicar general and auxiliary bishop, Raymond Goedert. Bernardin then began to focus much of his ministry on the sick, and became the "unofficial chaplain" to Chicago cancer patients.[18]
On September 23, Bernardin traveled to Rome to visit with Pope John Paul II and visit Assisi. It was on that trip that Bernardin made his funerary arrangements. Upon his return to Chicago, he arranged for the care for his mother, whom he visited daily at her nursing home,[18] and the distribution of his personal possessions. Bernardin arranged for his personal papers and administrative files to be transported from the Residence and Pastoral Center to the Archdiocese of Chicago's Archives and Records Center.
Two weeks before his death, he completed a book about the end of life and about his own approaching death in particular, called The Gift Of Peace, with the help of his friend and biographer Eugene Kennedy.[2]
In his final weeks, he was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton. He gave a major address, "Seamless Garment of Life", at Georgetown University, where he received an award from and conversed with Father Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J., then Georgetown's president.
He said goodbye to 800 of the diocesan and religious clergy of the Archdiocese at Holy Name Cathedral weeks before his death. On October 7, Bernardin met with the Presbyterate, and by the end of October, he withdrew from active ministry due to his deteriorating strength. In his last days, Bernardin wrote to the
On November 14, 1996, Bernardin died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 68.
The funeral
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Social issues
In 1981, Bernardin became head of the new
Bernardin became a mediator between the diverging parties in the changing Post-Conciliar Church. In 1996, Bernardin inaugurated the Catholic Common Ground Initiative[4] and was among the authors of its founding document "Called to Be Catholic: Church in a Time of Peril," released August 12, 1996.
Bernardin is also noted for his interest in the concern of young adults, which was in part evidenced by his involvement in the nascent Theology on Tap lecture movement in the early 1980s. In 1985, he told attendees of a special Theology on Tap Mass, "If I had children of my own, they would be your age. You are very special to me and to this Archdiocese."[24]
The Windy City Gay Chorus performed at Bernardin's funeral, reportedly at his request.[25][26]
In 1985, Bernadin established an
One of his final works was writing a book about his own dying, an excerpt of which served as a Newsweek magazine cover story, and which admirers saw as a lesson in dying.[27]
Interfaith relations
Bernardin promoted
Bernardin attended the
Legacy
Bernardin was an influential figure in the Catholic Church in the United States following the Second Vatican Council;[38] George Weigel called him "arguably the most powerful Catholic prelate in American history".[39]
Two Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago were named after him: the Cardinal Joseph Bernardin School in Orland Hills, Illinois,[40] and the Cardinal Bernardin Early Childhood Center.[41]
In his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, at the church of his Baptism and Confirmation, St. Peter's, consecrated the Cardinal Bernadin Center; and the University of South Carolina established the annual "Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Lecture" in 1999.[42] Cardinal Bernardin Way in Chicago is named after him.[43] Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago is home to the Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry,[44] which hosts Bernardin's Catholic Common Ground Initiative (CCGI).[45]
The CCHD has established for youth achievers the Cardinal Joseph Bernardin New Leadership Award, given out each year in the United States.[46][47]
Criticism
Author
See also
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- Italians in Chicago
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
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- ^ a b c Death as a Friend "Death as a Friend", The New York Times Magazine, December 1, 1996]
- ^ Schroth, Raymond A. (June 5, 1998). "Bernardin". National Catholic Reporter. Vol. 34, no. 31.
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- ^ "1983 The University of Notre Dame Commencement" (PDF).
- ^ "Honorary Degrees Since 1702". Yale University.
- ^ "Cardinal Joseph Bernardin". The Laetare Medal. University of Notre Dame.
- ^ "Cardinal Bernardin to receive Notre Dame's Laetare Medal". Catholic News & Herald. Vol. 4, no. 41. April 7, 1995. p. 13.
- ^ "Sadlier Religion | The F. Sadlier Dinger Award (NCEA)". www.sadlier.com.
- American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Laureates by Year - The Lincoln Academy of Illinois". The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- ^ "Names in the news". AP News. March 25, 1997. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "Biography of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin". Archived from the original on October 24, 2008.
- ^ Galloway, Paul. "Bernardin, Ex-accuser Reconcile", Chicago Tribune, January. 5, 1995
- ^ "Theodore McCarrick case in Wisconsin hangs in the balance after new competency exam".
- ^ a b Feister, John Bookser. "Cardinal Joseph L. Bernadin", St. Anthony Messenger
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- ^ Hansen, Luke (May 3, 2013). "'The Challenge of Peace' Today". America Magazine. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response" (PDF). USCCB.
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- ^ Ostling, Richard N. (November 29, 1982). "Bishops and the Bomb". Time.
- ^ "On Tap". Archived from the original on January 13, 2007.
- ^ Von Rhein, John; Carlozo, Lou (June 19, 1996). "Funeral Service Music Reaches Far and Wide". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ "Catholic World News News Feature". CatholicCulture.org. January 7, 2002. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ "A time to reach out: in his final testament, Cardinal Bernardin urges the dying to bask in the light of others: It's hard to do alone," Newsweek, November 25, 1996 (Joseph Cardinal Bernardin) (Excerpt from "The Gift of Peace') (cover story).
- ^ Gros, Jeffrey (September 2012). "Reception, the First Three Decades: The Contribution of Cardinal Bernardin". Ecumenical Trends. 41 (8): 122–125.
- ^ "Biography of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin". Archdiocese of Chicago. Archived from the original on October 14, 2003.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8146-2584-2.
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- ^ "Officers & Staff". Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Hirsley, Michael (August 29, 1993). "Parliament of Religions Makes Call For World Peace". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Galloway, Paul (March 23, 1995). "Sun Rises on Bernardin's Interfaith Pilgrimage to Israel". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "Cardinal Bernardin Remembered 15 Years After His Passing". CBS Chicago. November 18, 2011.
- ^ Bruckner, D. J. R. (May 1, 1983). "Chicago's Activist Cardinal". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Renner, Gerald (July 4, 1998). "Cardinal Left Legacy of Courage, Change". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Weigel, George (February 2011). "The End of the Bernardin Era". First Things (210): 18–25.
- ^ Cardinal Joseph Bernardin School, Orland Hills, Illinois
- ^ "Cardinal Bernardin Montessori Academy". Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Bernardin Annual Lecture - Department of Religious Studies". University of South Carolina. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin laid to rest: 1,300 fill Chicago cathedral for ceremony; Leaders, family, friends bid prelate farewell". Baltimore Sun. November 21, 1996.
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- ^ Schlumpf, Heidi (September 30, 2017). "Dialogue in church, with culture the right path, Chicago cardinal declares". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "Catholic News Service". www.catholicnews.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ "Sister Tracey Horan recognized". Terre Haute Tribune-Star.
- ^ The End of the Bernardin Era, First Things, February 2011
Sources
- Millies, Steven P. Joseph Bernardin: Seeking Common Ground, Liturgical Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-8146-4831-5.
- Bernardin, Joseph. The Gift of Peace: Personal Reflection, Doubleday, 1998. ISBN 978-0-385-49434-2.
- Wall, A.E.P. The Spirit of Cardinal Bernardin, Thomas More Press, 1983. ISBN 0-88347-379-8.
- Spilly, Alphonse P. (2000). Selected Works of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin: Church and society. Liturgical Press. p. 692. ISBN 9780814625842.
- Bernardin, Joseph (1998). Langan, John (ed.). A Moral Vision for America. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 9780878406760.