Memorial Day, Monday May 26, 2025 will be special with the new Archbishop Robert G. Casey leading mass at Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery. The outdoor service honoring those who served and died for their country is expected to draw thousands on Monday morning. My Guest is Deacon Tim Schutte with what's planned for the special observance on sacred ground.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, welcome back to iHeart Cincy. I'm your host,
(00:03):
Sandy Collins, and today we'll be speaking with folks from
Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's on Montgomery Road here in.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Cincinnati and they're having a large lawn mass for Memorial Day.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Let's welcome in. Deacon Tim. Let me check your pronunciation here?
Is it shooty or shoot?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good for you? It's shoot t. So my last interview
I articulated by spelling shoe dash tee shoot t.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
There you go for you?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Well, I did take some French in high school and
college and it helped a little bit with pronunciations. But
as you know, people can pronounce the word anyway they
want these days, and it's just not right or wrong,
and it's maddening in a lot of ways.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
But anyway, Deacon Tim, thank you for being here.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Memorial Day is coming up on Monday, and you have
a very special program at Gate of Heaven and this
is a gorgeous cemetery on Montgomery Road. And why don't
you tell us a little bit about this service, which
is going to have a very special guest this year.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
So Gate of Heaven, this has been at a tradition
now we think since the mid seventies, starting with Archbishop Bernadine.
It happens on Memorial Day. People gather and we have
a wonderful program beginning at ten thirty am. It's the introduction.
We always have a guest speaker. This year's guest speaker
(01:37):
is Captain Jason Lane. He was deployed in Afghanistan three
times and he's going to give his perspective on freedom,
the cost of freedom, and the dignity and the respects
that's due to all those who have fallen for the
sake of freedom. He also being a good Catholic guy,
(01:58):
he also understands why we gather cemetery because in the
Catholic Faith, we believe that a cemetery is just not
where we lay are dead to rest. Of course we do,
but we believe that life changes, it doesn't end. So
it's a Catholic cemetery. We come to pray for them
and with them and ask them to pray for us.
(02:18):
So a Catholic cemetery is more about a sanctuary of prayer.
So that makes it appropriate for the archbishop, the new archbishop,
Archbishop Casey, to be our honored presider of the Mass,
and he will lead us in the most special prayer
as Catholics, we call the Catholic Mass. So in this
(02:38):
special place are beautiful grounds. The Archbishop of Cincinnati, who's
only been here a month, he's going to be coming
to Gay to Heaven and leading hopefully more than a
thousand people in this beautiful prayer in this beautiful space, and.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
There's lots of green space in order to accommodate.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Where will you be meeting?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Specifically when you kind of go in and there's a
lot of lawn, but then the grounds spread out in
front of you, where are you going to be?
Speaker 3 (03:06):
So we will have traffic control, special places for folks
to park, like in handicapped parking, and we will have
golf carts to help the handicap people who are compromised
to come up to the priest mound. The priest mound
is the first thing you see when you pull in
the Cornell gates. There's a big obeliss in the center
(03:28):
of the priest Mound and that oblist we will have
set up for the Mass, and people sit around the mound.
They sit in some of the grassy areas and we
invite folks please don't forget to bring your lawn chairs
because it is an outdoor mass. Now, in the case
of in clement weather, we do move the mass to
Gay to Heaven, excuse me, to a Good Shepherd Church
(03:51):
which is just around the corner on East Kemper Road.
But we're praying for sunny weather, cool, enjoyable and it's
just going to be a beautiful morning. Well.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I just did check the forecast for Memorial Day to
see if there is a chance of rain, and right
now it looks like it's going to be just a
beautiful day. The Memorial Day field Mass that Gate of
Heaven is putting on with our new archbishop here in Cincinnati,
Robert G.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Casey, who will be the celebrant.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
I'm speaking with Deacon Tim Shooty, and he is with
Gate of Heaven. For folks that are not Catholic, why
would you encourage them to come to this Memorial Day celebration.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Well, regardless of being Catholic or not Catholic, I think
it's a time that we can come together and just
unite in the single cause of respect and dignity of
those who have fallen for the sake of freedom. I
think sometimes we have evolved in as a society that
(04:55):
Memorial Day is a place to as a day to
fire up the grills and you know, to have cookouts
and all that, but we've forgotten the essence of the
meaning of Memorial Day. We have to pause, We have
to remember because freedom doesn't come free. And actually the
best definition definition of freedom from a moral standpoint, is
(05:18):
to do what we ought to do for the sake
of another. We ought to gather to remember. We ought
to gather and pray for those who have fallen. We
ought to gather and be united in this event just
to pray for those who have died. Of course, it's
good to come together as family and friends, to have
(05:40):
a cookout and all the things that come with the day,
but that should not be first and foremost. It should
be to gather, to remember, to support, and to pray.
And I think that makes the day special and gay.
To Heaven is such a beautiful place just to meditate,
to walk the ground, whatever tradition that you believe in.
(06:03):
It's a great place. Just do introspection, to consider your
own freedom, who died for you so that you can
walk freely in a place we call the United States.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Deacon tim this is going to be on Memorial Day.
Did you say we have done this before here at
Gate of Heaven.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Oh, this Memorial Day mass and program has been going
on since the mid nineteen seventies. Okay, this is more
about the whole archdiocese come into the archdiocesan cemetery. I
think a lot of churches do have Mass on Memorial Day.
This is more for the general public to come together,
the general Catholic community to come together, and anybody wants.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
To join us.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
If you haven't been to Gate of Heaven, it's at
eleven thousand Montgomery Road, just a few blocks a few miles,
I guess to our east here in the Kenwood area.
You want people to bring their lawn chairs and their
blankets and you kind of have a special rosary at
twelve thirty.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
That's correct. We have the Patriot Rosary at twelve thirty.
That'll be in our Veterans Garden, So immediately after Mass,
people can migrate back to our Veterans Garden, which is
a beautiful place, and the Knights of Columbus will be
leading the Patriot Rosary, which is just a wonderful way
of remembering this Memorial Day. As well, so service personnel,
(07:26):
Knights of Columbus or anybody that wants to be a
part of that as well. A nice addition to the day,
and it's well received.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
We've talked a.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Little bit about the new pope in the newsroom and
the fact that they're both from Chicago, and one of
my co workers, Brian Colmbs, was telling me that even
though they're both from the same community, they didn't know
each other, so saying that I would imagine that the
archbishop will discuss a little bit about the new pope.
(07:56):
Let's get your take on our new pope and what
do you think he's going to do for the church
and the faithful.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Well, I think the one thing he already has done
is in his first public address, the first words out
of his mouth is peace to all of you. He
is offering us an insight of what it means to
walk together as brothers and sisters in Christ. He offers peace.
Peace is something when we talk about, but it's something
(08:23):
that we have to live out in our lives day
in and day out. So his first public statement, his
very first word, peace, isn't that a powerful thought that
we all walk a center line and sometimes the tensions
of life can take us one way or the other.
Consider a husband and wife having a fallout and they're
on two sides of the argument. That's the tension. But together,
(08:46):
when reconciliation happens, when concessions are made, they come back
to the center, hand in hand and walk in peace.
They walk and understanding and love. And that's what the
whole point of offering peace, that we all should walk
the center line with one another. And in a world
where we're bombarded with caustic arguments political or nations arguing
(09:11):
against nations, and so on and so forth, what a
beautiful way to start his pontificate. I'm excited about him,
not excited that he's a white Sox fan. I mean,
I like the Reds. But you know, I think mister
Castellini's Catholic, and he'll forgive him for being a white
Sox fan, you know, will not just being good a
(09:34):
good Catholic. So mister Castellini, please forgive him for being
a white Sox fan.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
That's terrific. You put a smile on my face. Deacon
Tim Shootey.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
He is with Gate of Heaven, a cemetery, and they're
having their annual memorial day Field Mass on Monday the
twenty sixth, and that starts at ten thirty. I would
recommend you get there pretty early because they're expecting quite
a crowd, a lot of cars. They'll have traffic details
to help folks get through there safely, and make sure
you take your lawn chairs and blankets with you so
(10:04):
that you can enjoy that service. And we are looking
like good weather for that service. Let us pray, all right,
Deacon Tim, thanks so much for being on the show.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Thank you, Sandy, and it was just a pleasure to
chat with you for a few minutes.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Well look at that time flies when you're having fun.
That's the show for this week.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
If you missed any of it, you can find the
show on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
It's an absolutely free app.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
You can hear all the iHeart radio stations coast to coast,
including all your local stations, and you can listen to
the iHeart Sincy podcast with me, Sandy Collins.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Just go to podcasts and search. There you go.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
If you have a good week, we'll see you back
here next Sunday on this iHeartRadio station.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
IHeart Cincy. It's a production of iHeartMedia Centinnati
All right, welcome back to iHeart Cincy. I'm your host,
(00:03):
Sandy Collins, and today we'll be speaking with folks from
Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's on Montgomery Road here in.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Cincinnati and they're having a large lawn mass for Memorial Day.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Let's welcome in. Deacon Tim. Let me check your pronunciation here?
Is it shooty or shoot?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good for you? It's shoot t. So my last interview
I articulated by spelling shoe dash tee shoot t.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
There you go for you?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Well, I did take some French in high school and
college and it helped a little bit with pronunciations. But
as you know, people can pronounce the word anyway they
want these days, and it's just not right or wrong,
and it's maddening in a lot of ways.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
But anyway, Deacon Tim, thank you for being here.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Memorial Day is coming up on Monday, and you have
a very special program at Gate of Heaven and this
is a gorgeous cemetery on Montgomery Road. And why don't
you tell us a little bit about this service, which
is going to have a very special guest this year.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
So Gate of Heaven, this has been at a tradition
now we think since the mid seventies, starting with Archbishop Bernadine.
It happens on Memorial Day. People gather and we have
a wonderful program beginning at ten thirty am. It's the introduction.
We always have a guest speaker. This year's guest speaker
(01:37):
is Captain Jason Lane. He was deployed in Afghanistan three
times and he's going to give his perspective on freedom,
the cost of freedom, and the dignity and the respects
that's due to all those who have fallen for the
sake of freedom. He also being a good Catholic guy,
(01:58):
he also understands why we gather cemetery because in the
Catholic Faith, we believe that a cemetery is just not
where we lay are dead to rest. Of course we do,
but we believe that life changes, it doesn't end. So
it's a Catholic cemetery. We come to pray for them
and with them and ask them to pray for us.
(02:18):
So a Catholic cemetery is more about a sanctuary of prayer.
So that makes it appropriate for the archbishop, the new archbishop,
Archbishop Casey, to be our honored presider of the Mass,
and he will lead us in the most special prayer
as Catholics, we call the Catholic Mass. So in this
(02:38):
special place are beautiful grounds. The Archbishop of Cincinnati, who's
only been here a month, he's going to be coming
to Gay to Heaven and leading hopefully more than a
thousand people in this beautiful prayer in this beautiful space, and.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
There's lots of green space in order to accommodate.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Where will you be meeting?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Specifically when you kind of go in and there's a
lot of lawn, but then the grounds spread out in
front of you, where are you going to be?
Speaker 3 (03:06):
So we will have traffic control, special places for folks
to park, like in handicapped parking, and we will have
golf carts to help the handicap people who are compromised
to come up to the priest mound. The priest mound
is the first thing you see when you pull in
the Cornell gates. There's a big obeliss in the center
(03:28):
of the priest Mound and that oblist we will have
set up for the Mass, and people sit around the mound.
They sit in some of the grassy areas and we
invite folks please don't forget to bring your lawn chairs
because it is an outdoor mass. Now, in the case
of in clement weather, we do move the mass to
Gay to Heaven, excuse me, to a Good Shepherd Church
(03:51):
which is just around the corner on East Kemper Road.
But we're praying for sunny weather, cool, enjoyable and it's
just going to be a beautiful morning. Well.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I just did check the forecast for Memorial Day to
see if there is a chance of rain, and right
now it looks like it's going to be just a
beautiful day. The Memorial Day field Mass that Gate of
Heaven is putting on with our new archbishop here in Cincinnati,
Robert G.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Casey, who will be the celebrant.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
I'm speaking with Deacon Tim Shooty, and he is with
Gate of Heaven. For folks that are not Catholic, why
would you encourage them to come to this Memorial Day celebration.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Well, regardless of being Catholic or not Catholic, I think
it's a time that we can come together and just
unite in the single cause of respect and dignity of
those who have fallen for the sake of freedom. I
think sometimes we have evolved in as a society that
(04:55):
Memorial Day is a place to as a day to
fire up the grills and you know, to have cookouts
and all that, but we've forgotten the essence of the
meaning of Memorial Day. We have to pause, We have
to remember because freedom doesn't come free. And actually the
best definition definition of freedom from a moral standpoint, is
(05:18):
to do what we ought to do for the sake
of another. We ought to gather to remember. We ought
to gather and pray for those who have fallen. We
ought to gather and be united in this event just
to pray for those who have died. Of course, it's
good to come together as family and friends, to have
(05:40):
a cookout and all the things that come with the day,
but that should not be first and foremost. It should
be to gather, to remember, to support, and to pray.
And I think that makes the day special and gay.
To Heaven is such a beautiful place just to meditate,
to walk the ground, whatever tradition that you believe in.
(06:03):
It's a great place. Just do introspection, to consider your
own freedom, who died for you so that you can
walk freely in a place we call the United States.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Deacon tim this is going to be on Memorial Day.
Did you say we have done this before here at
Gate of Heaven.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Oh, this Memorial Day mass and program has been going
on since the mid nineteen seventies. Okay, this is more
about the whole archdiocese come into the archdiocesan cemetery. I
think a lot of churches do have Mass on Memorial Day.
This is more for the general public to come together,
the general Catholic community to come together, and anybody wants.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
To join us.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
If you haven't been to Gate of Heaven, it's at
eleven thousand Montgomery Road, just a few blocks a few miles,
I guess to our east here in the Kenwood area.
You want people to bring their lawn chairs and their
blankets and you kind of have a special rosary at
twelve thirty.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
That's correct. We have the Patriot Rosary at twelve thirty.
That'll be in our Veterans Garden, So immediately after Mass,
people can migrate back to our Veterans Garden, which is
a beautiful place, and the Knights of Columbus will be
leading the Patriot Rosary, which is just a wonderful way
of remembering this Memorial Day. As well, so service personnel,
(07:26):
Knights of Columbus or anybody that wants to be a
part of that as well. A nice addition to the day,
and it's well received.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
We've talked a.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Little bit about the new pope in the newsroom and
the fact that they're both from Chicago, and one of
my co workers, Brian Colmbs, was telling me that even
though they're both from the same community, they didn't know
each other, so saying that I would imagine that the
archbishop will discuss a little bit about the new pope.
(07:56):
Let's get your take on our new pope and what
do you think he's going to do for the church
and the faithful.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Well, I think the one thing he already has done
is in his first public address, the first words out
of his mouth is peace to all of you. He
is offering us an insight of what it means to
walk together as brothers and sisters in Christ. He offers peace.
Peace is something when we talk about, but it's something
(08:23):
that we have to live out in our lives day
in and day out. So his first public statement, his
very first word, peace, isn't that a powerful thought that
we all walk a center line and sometimes the tensions
of life can take us one way or the other.
Consider a husband and wife having a fallout and they're
on two sides of the argument. That's the tension. But together,
(08:46):
when reconciliation happens, when concessions are made, they come back
to the center, hand in hand and walk in peace.
They walk and understanding and love. And that's what the
whole point of offering peace, that we all should walk
the center line with one another. And in a world
where we're bombarded with caustic arguments political or nations arguing
(09:11):
against nations, and so on and so forth, what a
beautiful way to start his pontificate. I'm excited about him,
not excited that he's a white Sox fan. I mean,
I like the Reds. But you know, I think mister
Castellini's Catholic, and he'll forgive him for being a white
Sox fan, you know, will not just being good a
(09:34):
good Catholic. So mister Castellini, please forgive him for being
a white Sox fan.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
That's terrific. You put a smile on my face. Deacon
Tim Shootey.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
He is with Gate of Heaven, a cemetery, and they're
having their annual memorial day Field Mass on Monday the
twenty sixth, and that starts at ten thirty. I would
recommend you get there pretty early because they're expecting quite
a crowd, a lot of cars. They'll have traffic details
to help folks get through there safely, and make sure
you take your lawn chairs and blankets with you so
(10:04):
that you can enjoy that service. And we are looking
like good weather for that service. Let us pray, all right,
Deacon Tim, thanks so much for being on the show.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Thank you, Sandy, and it was just a pleasure to
chat with you for a few minutes.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Well look at that time flies when you're having fun.
That's the show for this week.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
If you missed any of it, you can find the
show on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
It's an absolutely free app.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
You can hear all the iHeart radio stations coast to coast,
including all your local stations, and you can listen to
the iHeart Sincy podcast with me, Sandy Collins.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Just go to podcasts and search. There you go.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
If you have a good week, we'll see you back
here next Sunday on this iHeartRadio station.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
IHeart Cincy. It's a production of iHeartMedia Centinnati
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