January 11, 2008

Reject ‘abundance for few, misery for many,’ challenges Pope Benedict XVI

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Francesca Baliar Singh stands in the burned remains of her nephew’s house Jan. 6 in Bamunigam, in India's eastern state of Orissa. Residents fled Christmas Eve after police warned of an armed mob descending on the Catholic village. The Catholic archbishop in the region said Hindu extremists had been threatening to kill Christians unless they converted.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The only way to bring about just and sustainable development in the world is to live in moderation and fix the vast inequities in the distribution of wealth, Pope Benedict XVI said.

“One cannot say that globalization is synonymous with world order; it’s anything but” that, he said.

“Conflicts for economic supremacy and the hoarding of energy and water resources and raw materials make it all the more difficult for those who strive on every level to build a just and supportive world,” Pope Benedict said.

The pope made the remarks at a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Jan. 6 on the feast of the Epiphany, which marks the manifestation of Jesus as savior to the world.

In his homily, the pope said people need hope in something greater than themselves, which would also lead them to “prefer the common good of all people (as opposed) to abundance for the few and misery for many.”

This great hope only can be in God who showed his human face with the birth of Christ, he said.

If people have hope in Jesus, then they can persevere in living a moderate lifestyle, he said.

If this true hope is lacking, one seeks happiness in intoxication, the superfluous, in excess, and one ruins oneself and the world,” said the pope.

Pope Benedict said living in moderation “is not only an ascetic rule, but also a way of salvation for humanity.”

“It is by now obvious that only by adopting a sober lifestyle, accompanied by a serious commitment to a fair distribution of wealth, will it be possible to estabPOPE CHALLENGES, page 10

Walk for Life West Coast draws national attention

By Rick DelVecchio

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he Walk for Life West Coast, the annual march against abortion that has drawn thousands of demonstrators to San Francisco every January since 2005, plays a growing role in America’s debate over the rights of the unborn, says a nationally known Protestant pastor who has been an ally of Catholic pro-life leaders from the outset of the event.

Pastor Clenard Childress, a Baptist minister in Montclair, N.J., and Northeast regional director of the Life Education and Resource Network, is scheduled to speak at the 4th annual Walk for Life West Coast on Saturday, Jan. 19.

“In an area that is more or less perceived as the bastion of all liberal thought, we find here a movement growing that one would deem to be conservative,” Childress told Catholic San Francisco. “I would just call it righteous.”

Childress, who is active in the pro-life movement nationally, said the San Francisco march is his favorite pro-life action. He said it is diverse, touches many denominations and is non-partisan.

“It’s good for the country,” he said. “I think it’s good for the people to see what the pro-life movement is. It’s the most maligned movement in America. The perception it has among Americans

The Rev. Clenard Childress who will address participants in the Walk for Life West Coast on Jan. 19 also addressed the event last year.

isn’t what it truly is. These are some of the dearest people who are very humble, who truly want to reach out to all mothers in order to save their children.”

Childress said the pro-life movement is “often viewed as a tool of the Republican Party.” He added: “When you go to San Francisco, you don’t get that.”

The march, which is held on the Saturday closest to anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, begins at Justin Herman Plaza at 11 a.m. and ends at Marina Green, where a mariachi band will perform and vendors will offer snacks and drinks. Organizers predict 20,000 people will participate.

The first walk in 2005 drew 7,000 pro-life demonstrators and 3,000 opposing the event’s message. The 2006 and 2007 walks attracted 15,000 and 20,000 respectively, with smaller groups of counter-demonstrators.

Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will help lead this year’s walk. In addition to her and Childress, other speakers will include abortion survivor Gianna Jessen; Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life; and Jesse Romero, radio personality and Catholic lay evangelist. According to planners, Eduardo WALK FOR LIFE WEST, page 19

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January 11, 2008 us in‌. Club UNIDAS at Notre Dame High School in Belmont raised $400 in a bake sale that will help underprivileged children in Catholic schools buy books and other supplies. The group promotes unity among Latino students, the school said, and “provides for all to better understand Latino culture and provide an atmosphere that will build, foster, and promote good will.â€? Members include Carla Barrera, Jessica Garcia, Crystal Llamas, Alexa Navarro, Rosalinda Ceja, Giselle Alvarez, Steffanie Guillermo. Adviser is Sandy

by Tom Burke Murtaugh.‌ St. Peter Parish in Pacifica keeps us aware of the many injured troops who could use our attention. While we’re out of the Yuletide, it’s never too Happy New Year! I can always count on Maury late for a “thinking of youâ€? card to A Recovering Healy – our executive editor at CSF – for a fun way to American Soldier, c/o Walter Reed Army Hospital, start the new annum. Many of us continue to explore 6900 Georgia Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20307middle age and its effects and symptoms – count me in 5001‌. Thank you in the largest size it comes to all at 56 – and Maury is no exception. “When I was who made “Giving Treesâ€? and other charitable efforts younger, I often tried to be in two places at one time,â€? a success in so many parishes this Christmas season.

Maury told me just before we left for Christmas vaca- With about 100 church locations in the Archdiocese and tion, “but now that so many good I’m older, I often hearts at each of find it difficult to them, the number be in one place at a of people our time.â€?‌ Also parishioner elves looking at growhelped rise above ing older with a difficult circumsense of humor is stances has to Brian Sullivan of number in the tens St. Gregory of thousands. In a Parish in San recent bulletin at Mateo who told St. Cecilia Parish me he’s awaiting a special nod, led the day when “80 by pastor, Msgr. becomes the new M i c h a e l 30.â€?‌ Happy Harriman, was anniversary to given to Jesse Nancy and Tom Tree team memMcGarvey, marbers Marian ried 50 years Nov. Schmidt, Mary 16. “They have Ann Naughton, inspired many by Paula Granucci, showing their Mary Barrett, devotion to each Dana Coe, Sally Students at St. Paul Elementary School collected more than other as well as to B r i e n - H o l p e r, 100 coats in their annual warm coat drive for the poor with their family and Elaine Shanahan. the help of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. In on getting friends,â€? said the I’m sure he and couple’s daughter, our other pastors the goods ready were eighth graders, Renee Sweeney, Cathy Livy, would not mind left, Paula Dittmann, Alondra Orellana and Meghan Helms. whom we thank my including in for the good the tribute all news‌. Congratulations and keep up the good work whose names we don’t have. Thanks, again!!‌. This is to new officers at the St. Thomas More Legal Society an empty space without ya’!! The e-mail address for of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. This year’s lead- Street is burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed items ership team includes Terrence J. Coleman, Thomas B. should be sent to “Street,â€? One Peter Yorke Way, SF Reed, Jr., Gregory E. Schopf, Chinhayi J. Coleman, 94109. Pix should be hard copy or electronic jpeg at Robert L. Dondero, Adrian G. Driscoll, J. Dennis 300 dpi. Don’t forget to include a follow-up phone McQuaid, Thomas K. Hockel, Robert L. Zaletel. number. Call me at (415) 614-5634 and I’ll walk you Thanks to outgoing prez, Hugh A. Donohoe, for fillin’ through it.

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USF students map sex trafficking in San Francisco The “Not for Sale” campaign is becoming a global ings. They also learned that the establishments did not network of abolitionists, involving faith organizations have massage or business licenses.

University of San Francisco students and the campus and high schools as well as colleges. More than 35 peoAfter frustrating follow-up work to determine if ministry are mapping sex trafficking places in San ple attended the discussion group, half of them under the charges could be brought against the suspected traffickFrancisco in an effort to help humanitarian organizations age of 30 and repreers, they concluded combat what they term a blight of modern-day slavery in senting nine parishes that not enough is ‘The (North Bay Trafficking) task force being done to enforce the city. and two colleges.

The students suspect that at least 90 sex emporiums the criminal laws Anne Stricherz, an operate in San Francisco with women held against their ethics teacher at St. has really been disappointing in that against trafficking. will. Because of the difficulty in gathering witness testimo- Ignatius “We found out that College ny and in tracking the life stories of the victims back to Preparatory whoever’s supposed to High they have yielded very few trafficking their home countries, the students fear that traffickers often School, said her stufocus on human trafescape prosecution. But they believe that the evidence they dents are learning it really falls cases.’

— USF ethics professor ficking, are collecting will raise public awareness and point aid about the campaign in through a loophole,” organizations to places where victims are being kept class. said.

David Batstone Hebets against their will.

But Lt. Mary Petrie, “They can’t underThe students described the effort at a Nov. 5 session of stand how poor some who is in charge of the the Theology on Tap discussion series for young adult of these people are in vice crimes unit at the Catholics, sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. their countries,” she said. “That somebody would sell San Francisco Police Department, heatedly denied that her The meeting was held at a popular bar in the Financial their child is really difficult for them to understand. Then officers would fail to follow up on any allegation of human District – a neighborhood familiar to the student investiga- they start thinking about massage parlors in a different trafficking. “There’s never been a third-party report that’s tors. ever been pushed aside,” she said. way.”

“A lot of the places we’re looking at are a few blocks The department is part of the North Bay Trafficking Christina Hebets, a USF junior, said she and fellow from here,” student student Hackett began Task Force, which also includes law-enforcement and Mellice Hackett said. investigating sex traf- social service agencies in San Mateo, Marin and Sonoma The effort is part of ‘There’s never been a third-party report ficking in San counties. The task force investigates complaints and the “Not For Sale” camFrancisco last year. responds with legal action or aid to the victims. paign against human that’s ever been pushed aside.’

She said citizens who want to help law enforcement Newspaper and trafficking created by Internet ads for mas- should know the legal definition of trafficking. “It has nothDavid Batstone, a USF — Lt. Mary Petrie, sage parlors raised the ing to do with borders,” she said. “It is services or labor that ethics professor and an students’ suspicions are obtained through force, fraud or coercion.” advisor to the under“That is the difficult thing to determine,” Petrie said. “If some establishSan Francisco Police Department that graduate Erasmus ments were marketing the students have probable cause or reasonable suspicion Community on campus. groups of women. that trafficking victims are anywhere, by all means we take The name is taken from a book Batstone wrote on traffick- They theorized that the women were not operating inde- all allegations seriously.” ing and the abolitionists fighting the problem in many pendently but were being used against their will.

Batstone, in an interview with Catholic San Francisco, countries.

The students then staked out some of the massage par- stood by the students’ work.

Batstone decided to investigate trafficking after learning lors, which often were located on upper floors and had “The task force has really been disappointing in that that one of his favorite Indian restaurants in the Bay Area boarded-up windows. Their suspicions were further they have yielded very few trafficking cases,” he said. “That had been trafficking women from India for kitchen work raised when they noticed that few women left the buildUSF STUDENTS, page 10 and other tasks.

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Books on Jesuits honored

cern grows that a flood of duty-free agricultural imports from highly subsidized U.S. producers could force many small-scale farmers to abandon rural areas and head to the United States.

Hugo Valdemar, archdiocesan spokesman, expressed concern about the North American Free Trade Agreement’s impact on Mexican farmers after the Jan. 1 removal of duties on four basic products: white corn, beans, sugar cane and powdered milk. The tariff removals were mandated by the 14-year-old agreement.Valdemar told reporters Jan. 6 the changes could lead to an “increase in poverty” and “more immigration to the United States.”

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two books about the exploits of Jesuits in very different times and places took the top awards during the American Catholic Historical Association’s annual meeting in Washington. Liam Matthew Brockey, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University in New Jersey, received the John Gilmary Shea Prize and $750 for his book, Father Gerald “Journey to the East: The Jesuit McKevitt, SJ Mission to China, 1579-1724,” judged the best work on the history of the Catholic Church published in the 12-month period that ended June 30.

Jesuit Father Gerald McKevitt, professor of Jesuit studies at Santa Clara University in California, won the Howard R. Marraro Prize and $500 for “Brokers of Culture: Italian Jesuits in the American West, 1848-1919.”

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Addressing diplomats from around the world on Jan. 7, Pope Benedict XVI warned that numerous armed conflicts and social disorders have left global stability in a fragile situation. In Iraq the latest attack on Christian churches reflects a continuing climate of terrorism and violence in the country and illustrates the need for constitutional reform to safeguard the rights of minorities, the pope said. On nuclear weapons, he urged the international community to undertake a joint effort to prevent terrorists from gaining access to weapons of mass destruction. The pope also condemned “continually perpetrated attacks” against human life, in areas ranging from the death penalty to biotechnology, and criticized efforts to weaken the traditional family and the institution of marriage. The world’s problems illustrate that real solutions must be “solidly anchored in natural law, given by the Creator,” he said. “This is another reason why God can never be excluded from the horizon of man or of history. God’s name is a name of justice; it represents an urgent appeal for peace,” he said.

HANOI, Vietnam (CNS) — Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet of Hanoi called Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s informal visit to him and the former apostolic nunciature a “positive sign” of the government’s concern about religious issues. The Asian church news agency UCA News reported Jan. 3 that on the morning of Dec. 30 Dung unexpectedly visited Archbishop Kiet at his residence and also went to the former nunciature nearby.In mid-December, Archbishop Kiet urged local Catholics to pray for the government to return the former nunciature, which the communist government confiscated in 1959. Thousands of Catholics have marched in processions to the compound since Dec. 18.

“I was very surprised that the prime minister unofficially visited us,” Archbishop Kiet told UCA News. He said that after Mass he had returned to his residence next to the cathedral, not knowing about the visit, when Dung arrived at the cathedral accompanied by his guards and saw Catholics walking to pray in front of the former nunciature. Archbishop Kiet said he received Dung in his living room, where they talked for 15 minutes.

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MEXICO CITY (CNS) — The Mexico City Archdiocese urged the Mexican federal government to better protect some of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable residents as con-

HAVANA (CNS) — Statements by top Cuban officials in 2007 acknowledging the “need for changes” in the coun-

A Jesuit priest prays during the Mass opening the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus Jan. 7 in Rome.

The service was attended by 225 Jesuit delegates at the Church of the Gesu which houses the tomb of St. Ignatius, the order’s founder.

try were a “promising step that has created expectations,” said Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino of Havana. Cardinal Ortega said that throughout the country there was “a cloud of criticism, complaints and hopeful proposals based on the need for changes, even structural changes, in the way national life is organized and lived.”

The prelate noted that Cuban authorities “have sought broad-based opinions about all issues of concern” in society and that “this has been a promising step.”In a July speech Raul Castro, Cuba’s acting leader and the brother of ailing President Fidel Castro, acknowledged the need for “structural reforms.” This was the topic of discussion groups involving more than 5 million Cubans in September and October. Cuban parliamentary elections are Jan. 20.

Proposes spiritual reparation VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A leading Vatican official has proposed a worldwide program of eucharistic adoration to seek spiritual reparation for the damage caused by the sexual abuse of children by priests. Cardinal Claudio Hummes, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, said the initiative would involve dioceses, parishes, monasteries, convents and seminaries in a prayer movement to support priestly holiness. In a particular way, the initiative will ask reparation “for the victims of grave situations of moral and sexual conduct of a very small percentage of clergy,” Cardinal Hummes said in an interview Jan. 4 with the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.

In addition to eucharistic adoration the project would seek to recruit “spiritual mothers” to pray for priests and for vocations to the priesthood. It aimed to highlight Mary’s special role as the mother of every priest. Cardinal Hummes said the congregation hopes local communities will establish groups of consecrated and lay Catholics who dedicate themselves to continual eucharistic adoration “in a spirit of genuine and real reparation and purification.”

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Bishop Arzube, one of first Hispanic bishops, dies at 89 LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A funeral Mass was held Dec. 31 for retired Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Juan A. Arzube, who died Dec. 25. He was 89.

Bishop Arzube was one of the first Hispanic bishops ordained in the United States in nearly 100 years when he was made a Los Angeles auxiliary in 1971.

His involvement with various Church and community issues prompted new outreach to Hispanics in the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

During his 53 years as a priest, Bishop Arzube served primarily at parishes in downtown Los Angeles and other Mexican-American communities. He was active in assorted efforts to assist immigrants; supervised the erection of a shrine at Our Lady of Guadalupe, a mission church where he served; and supported the creation of the Episcopal Commission of the Alta Baja Bishops, for bishops from U.S. and Mexican border states.

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony presided at Bishop Arzube’s funeral at Holy Cross Cemetery. Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala gave the homily.

“Bishop Juan saw that faith and politics could not be like oil and water. They must come together,” said Bishop Zavala. “He knew that if a people’s physical well-being was negatively affected by what was happening in their local neighborhoods, so was their spiritual well-being. Preaching the Gospel meant taking action and getting involved. Shepherding meant taking the lead.”

Upon Bishop Arzube’s retirement in 1993, speakers at a tribute dinner described his trailblazing advocacy on behalf of Hispanic Catholics.

At that event, Cardinal Mahony said Bishop Arzube’s work for Hispanics in those early days was not greatly supported around the state.

“His visionary efforts and the direction he brought to the Church were vital, timely and needed for the good of the Church,” Cardinal Mahony said at the time.

A native of Guayaquil, Ecuador, born June 1, 1918, Bishop Arzube lived for a while in England before finishing high

Padre Pio’s body to be exhumed SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy (CNS) — The body of St. Padre Pio will be exhumed, studied and displayed for public veneration from mid-April to late September, said the archbishop who oversees the shrine where the saint is buried.

Archbishop Domenico D’Ambrosio, papal delegate for the shrine in San Giovanni Rotondo, announced Jan. 6 that he and the Capuchin friars of Padre Pio’s community had decided it was important to verify the condition of the saint’s body and find a way to ensure its preservation.

“It is my personal conviction and that of the confreres of St. Pio that we have an obligation to give the generations that will come after us the possibility of venerating and preserving in the best possible way the mortal remains of St. Pio,” Archbishop D’Ambrosio said.

In addition to marking the 40th anniversary of Padre Pio’s death Sept. 23, 1968, the public veneration of his remains will coincide with the 90th anniversary of the day on which he was believed to have received the stigmata, bloody wounds recalling the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. According to the Capuchins, Padre Pio received the stigmata Sept. 20, 1918.

Immediately after Archbishop D’Ambrosio announced the exhumation of Padre Pio’s body, Italian newspapers and television stations began reporting that members of his family were opposed to the move and were threatening to sue the archbishop and the Capuchins.

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Bishop Arzube’s family background also included a saint. A cousin, Christian Brother Miguel Febres Cordero, was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1984.

Information about Bishop Arzube’s death was not released by the archdiocese until Jan. 2.

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He moved to Los Angeles in 1944 and went to work in motion pictures and radio, dubbing voices in Spanish for Warner Bros. and Disney studios. The Internet Movie Database lists a small acting role he had in the 1946 classic, “The Razor’s Edge.”

A longtime acquaintance from their shared community activism recalled hearing Bishop Arzube once demonstrate his knack for imitating the voice of actor Peter Lorre, whose roles he had dubbed into Spanish years earlier.

Not long after moving to Los Angeles, he entered St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, relatively late in life for those days, and was ordained in 1954 at the age of 36.

“I am a late vocation,” he said in a 1971 article in The Tidings, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. “I believe persons being called by God should go when they are called. The late vocation appreciates the difference between pleasure and happiness.”

Within the U.S. bishops’ conference, Bishop Arzube served on committees dealing with Spanish-speaking people, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, domestic and international policy, the Church in Latin America and the National Advisory Council.

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Winning essay ‘Take them by the hand’ Following is the winning entry in the annual St. Thomas More Society’s essay contest for eighth graders.

This year’s topic was “Ten Commandments for Seventh Graders to Insure Success in Eighth Grade.” Lisa Dimech is an eighth grader at St. Veronica School.

The St. Thomas More Society’s Stacy Stecher, right, and Hugh Donohoe, with essay contest winner, Lisa Dimech, and Terry Kreutzmann, eighth grade teacher at St. Veronica School.

500 8th graders create new ‘commandments’

By Tom Burke Winners and participants in the annual essay contest of The St. Thomas More Society of the Archdiocese of San Francisco were recognized at a luncheon Dec. 6.

Five hundred eighth grade students from 25 Catholic schools submitted entries on the topic, “Ten Commandments for Seventh Graders to Insure Success in Eighth Grade.”

“All of the essays were well written and of excellent spiritual quality,” said Hugh Donohoe, outgoing president of the St. Thomas More Society. “This year we asked students to use examples and lessons from the life and writings of St. Thomas More in preparing their essays.”

Lisa Dimech of St. Veronica Elementary School in South San Francisco won the first prize of $500. Receiving awards of $300 and $200 were second and third place finishers Jack Cannice of Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School in Belmont and Megan Kinkade of St. Patrick Elementary School in Larkspur, respectively. The students’ schools received corresponding matching awards, Donohoe said.

The St. Thomas More Society is an organization of Catholic attorneys and others of the legal profession seeking to serve in the model of lawyer and martyr St. Thomas More.

The essays of 35 students from 15 schools were named as finalists in the competition: Good Shepherd: Angelo Petrilli and Chiara Lewis; St. Veronica: Lisa Dimech and Brett Bolentini; St. Patrick: Megan Kinkade, Madeleine Burke, Amanda Seki and Michaela Ravasio; St. Stephen School: Abby Chen; Our Lady of Loretto: Kayla Marshall, Steven DeMartini and Mara Loberg; St. Anne: Antonio Chacon, Veronica Chan, Luyi Cheng and Danielle Ocampo; St. Raphael: Charles Pickford; IHM, Belmont: Jack Cannice and Catelyn Poss; St. Thomas More: Andrew Bennetts, Aidan Judge and Ryan Hughes; St. Robert: Steven Bendick; St. Matthew: Claire McCarthy, Catherine Mullings, Stephen Woodworth, Sam Peterson and Molly Downs; St. Dunstan: David Antonio Demartini, Sarina Ho, Charmaine Garzon and Nadine Tanjuakio; DeMarillac Academy: Troy Dizon; Holy Angels: Ron Joves; St. Philip: Ana Varela.

By Lisa Dimech St. Thomas More lived more than 400 years ago and yet many of the ideas he stood for are still very important today. St. Thomas lived his life as a good Christian, and even until the end of his life he stood by his beliefs and values. St. Thomas preached, “The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” This quote teaches us all how important it is to help others and to be good children, students and friends. God has given us wonderful people to use as role models and as Christians. We must carry on God’s work and be role models for others, just like St. Thomas did for us.

As an eighth grader and a senior student in our school, I take my job as a leader very seriously. I feel it is important to set an example for the students in our school. There are certain commandments I try to live by; and as an eighth grader I always try to model these behaviors for others including you, the seventh graders who will be in my place next year. The ten rules I live by are simple and easy to follow because all you need to do is always remember the first commandment which is the Golden Rule: “Treat others as you would want to be treated.” Although I have Ten Commandments, this commandment is the most important. Many of the other commandments that I try to model each day are the ones I want to share with you because you are St Veronica’s future leaders.

My second commandment is to always look for the positive in every situation.

Change is hard, and so it is easy to start complaining when something is different. It is important that we look at the glass half full and not half empty. For example, when the Catholic school in our neighborhood had to close and new students joined our classes, some people in our school were a little hesitant to have others join us.

For me, it was an opportunity to meet new people and show them what a great community they were joining.

A third commandment is to always try to include and not exclude others. St. Thomas said, “A friendship like love is warm.” As a role model, I think it is important to set an example and to not just talk to the same people every day. I think cliques form because of power struggles. If no one ever tries to step outside the clique, then they will continue to exist. As a role model at our school, I try to move from group to group; but I make it a rule to never change groups once I start playing a game with them. Even if something better comes up, I always try to remain with the original group unless we all decide to

join others. This was especially important when the new students joined our class because we tried to mix up our groups a little in order to help them feel welcome.

The fourth and fifth commandments always travel together. They are to always try to walk in another person’s shoes and to work to understand how the other person feels. I think these are important because they really make us stop and think about others. For example, when I first heard about the school closing, I did not think it was a big deal; but then when I put myself in their shoes and thought about our whole eighth grade class being split up, it made me feel sad. I think by understanding their feelings it put me in a better place to welcome them to our school.

The sixth and seventh are the shortest, but the hardest to live by. These commandments say to open your eyes and speak up. It is important to see what is going on around you. It is easy to pretend that you do not see someone being picked on; however, it is usually hard to open your mouth and say somthing to fix the situation.

As a role model, I try to open my eyes to things that are going on around me. Sometimes it is hard to stand up to bullies, but if you do it a few times it gets easier and in the end everyone, except the bully, feels. better.

The next commandments are things that we should all be doing every day. First of all, we have to love ourselves because if we do not love ourselves, it is hard to help others. Secondly, we have to reach out to others not only in our school, but in our community. St. Thomas More is an inspiration because he lived his entire life performing work devoted to God and his community. So many people need help, and we can do so much if we just look around and try to come up with creative ideas.

A few years ago I made fleece blankets for children in our Neighborhood Outreach Center. Many students in our school helped with this project. In the end, there were kids with a warm blanket and everyone who helped felt good.

The last commandment is to be a leader and a follower. As St. Thomas said, “Go and take them by the hand and guide them.” This is a very important commandment because at times we must lead and be a role model for others. At other times, we should follow the footsteps of our leaders. St. Thomas was both a leader and a follower and he set an example for us. I am very lucky to have parents, siblings, teachers, nuns and priests to use as role models. There are many people in my life that I look up to and I hope that as an eighth grader I am setting an example for you, the future leaders of St. Veronica School.

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January 11, 2008

Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep ‘legend’ dies at 93 Christian Brother Columban Derby, right, is presented Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s certificate of recognition by SHCP President John Scudder last year.

Former Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory graduate, teacher and principal Christian Brother Columban Derby passed away Jan. 6 at Mont La Salle in Napa, where he was living in the Christian Brothers’ retirement community. He was 93.

Brother Columban graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1932, served as school principal from 1944-1953, and was a Brother of the Christian Schools for more than 75 years. Almost a year ago, at SHCP’s annual Gold Club Luncheon for alumni, Brother Columban was recognized for this milestone and for his influence on the SHCP community. Members of the Gold Club (SHCP graduates of 50-plus years) were thrilled to see Brother. He was the principal for many of the Sacred Heart graduates in attendance, and a true inspiration for the entire community.

A native San Franciscan, Brother Columban (Alfred Robert Derby) was born to Robert Tobias Derby and Edith Marie Page on Aug. 19, 1914. He attended Paul Revere and Mission Dolores grammar schools, but his time as a student at Sacred Heart High School was the catalyst for his decision to dedicate his life to service.

Inspired by the Christian Brothers, he took his vows and became a Brother upon high school graduation in 1932.

Brother Columban furthered his education at St. Mary’s College of California in Moraga. In 1939 he made final vows. A year later he received his bachelor’s degree.

Following in the footsteps of the Christian Brothers’ Founder, St. John Baptist de La Salle, Brother Columban chose to be an educator. He spent 26 years as a teacher in schools including St. Peters High School and Sacred Heart High School in San Francisco, Mont La Salle in Napa, Garces Memorial

High School in Bakersfield, and Justin-Siena High in Napa.

Brother Columban gave back to his alma mater, Sacred Heart, in many ways. After extensive classroom work, he took on the role of principal in 1944. Brother organized various construction projects, which included designing a new Brothers’ house, building a gym and renovating the school.

SHCP Principal Ken Hogarty reflected, “When I came back to Sacred Heart as a teacher in 1971, Brother Columban had already established himself as deserving a place on the school’s ‘Mount Rushmore.’ As a young teacher, I learned a great deal from my interaction with him and from seeing him model how a Lasallian teacher interacts with students. He truly acted as a big brother to all his students. As an administrator the last few years, I have an even greater appreciation for the legend that is Brother Columban. To realize that he was an effective principal — first at St. Peter’s and then at Sacred Heart — starting in his twenties is awe inspiring to me.

He was obviously a born leader and, clearly, Brother Columban’s vision and leadership helped guide this community in a direction that today, I trust, honors his memory.”

Brother Columban also graced the community with his music. Having studied under the guidance of Benjamin S. Moore, Brother served as an organist for Catholic high school graduation ceremonies and later became the official organist for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Cathedral Parish.

In 1999 Brother Columban was the recipient of the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Lasallian Vincentian Alumni Award. In 2007, on his 75th anniversary as a Christian Brother, he received two recogniLEGEND DIES, page 18

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Oldest priest of Archdiocese dies about how to run this parish.’” The priest stayed true to his word, Father Knapp said.

Father Joseph P. O’Reilly, retired pastor of “He was a wonderful and outstanding man.

St. Stephen Parish in San Francisco, died Jan. Everywhere he went people loved him. We 7 at Seton Medical Center in Daly City. Father became very good friends.”

Salt Lake City Bishop John Wester served O’Reilly had most recently resided at Alma Via Residence in San Francisco. Ordained as pastor of St. Stephen Parish from 1993 – 97.

“I extend my sincere and heartfelt June 3, 1939, he was 95. condolences to Father Joe’s famiA San Francisco native, ly, and to his many, many friends Father O’Reilly attended St. who will miss him dearly,” Ignatius College Preparatory and Bishop Wester told Catholic San St. Mary’s College in Moraga Francisco. “I remember Father earning an undergraduate degree Joe as a true pastor who cared in economics before entering St. deeply for God’s people. I have Patrick’s Seminary and many fond memories of my time University in Menlo Park in with him at St. Stephen’s and I 1934. learned a lot from him in the ways He served at parishes includof gentleness and sincere concern ing San Francisco’s Mission Father Joseph P. for others. Father Joe knew all his Dolores and St. Philip the O’Reilly parishioners by name, and could Apostle; Our Lady of the Pillar in Half Moon Bay; and St. Margaret Mary in go on at great length about the people he loved Oakland before beginning his more than 25 and their stories. May God take him quickly to years as a pastor at St. Anthony in Menlo Park, himself in that heavenly banquet where he will and St. Agnes and St. Stephen in San enjoy a rich reward for his splendid priestly service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.”

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Archbishop George Niederauer will be He additionally served as assistant director of Catholic Cemeteries for the Archdiocese of principal celebrant of a funeral Mass for Father San Francisco for 14 years. Father O’Reilly O’Reilly at St. Stephen Church today, Jan. 11. retired in 1987 continuing in residence at St. Father Joseph Walsh, pastor of St. Stephen, Stephen’s until his move to Alma Via in 2004 will be homilist. Additional concelebrants Father William Knapp, who retired as St. include Father Knapp. Interment will be at Stephen pastor in 1992, now lives at St. Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. Survivors Isabella Parish in San Rafael. “I followed include a niece, Kateri Cavin, and a grandFather O’Reilly at St. Stephen’s,” Father niece, Kate Cardinali. Remembrances may be Knapp said. “When I arrived he told me, ‘It’s sent to Kate Cardinali, 54 Catalpa Ave., Mill all yours. You won’t hear a word from me Valley 94941.

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USF student sketches Catholic churches

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“I needed to keep my mind busy during the summer that I started this project,” Putulin, 21, said of the months following his father’s death from liver failure. “In a way, this project is dedicated to his memory.”

Putulin said he had personally visited close to 40 of the 50 churches in his set of drawings. He viewed most of the churches from the outside only because many were not open when he was available to visit. For the other churches, Putulin used pictures from the San Francisco public library, along with books on the history of the Archdiocese.

Putulin also used visits to churches during high school as an opportunity to brush up on their architecture. He would sneak away from the gymnasium where the basketball team, the Crusaders of Archbishop Riordan High School, played and explore whatever church was connected with the opposing team.

Francis Putulin holds Putulin’s drawings include several his sketch book of churches that are no longer open, including San Francisco St. Joseph in San Francisco where his parCatholic churches. ents were married and he, his siblings and his cousins were all baptized.

“I always loved that church because it stood tall amidst the often times rough surrounding neighborhood of SOMA [South of Market Area],” said Putulin.

“Every time I pass by the church on the way to my grandmother’s house, it still rips me apart to see it gradually deteriorate.”

Putulin said the plight of St. Joseph Parish made him particularly sympathetic to the cause of other parishioners whose churches were closed. For this reason, he included all the Catholic churches in San Francisco, not just the ones still open.

“I felt that an important part of my past would no longer be open for me to go to every day,” said Putulin of St. Joseph. “I chose to include the churches that are no longer open as a way of paying tribute to the impact they have had on people.”

Putulin’s interest in architecture, particularly churches, began at an early age.

He would build churches out of wooden blocks, and had a keen interest in visiting churches whenever he could.

He said his parents took him to many churches during his childhood, including 13 of the 21 California missions. Putulin even recalled his mother doubleparking in front of churches in San Francisco so he could run in and grab a church bulletin.

Putulin’s mother, Aurora Aquiler-Putulin, said his extensive knowledge of the churches in San Francisco, down to the exact address and even the names of the pastors both past and current, comes as a surprise to people.

“One comment I always hear from people is that he has a photographic memory,” said Aquiler-Putulin in an e-mail interview. “He can remember the details and always puts them in his drawings.”

She said her son has always had a deep faith. When he was young, he even suggested the family convert their backyard into a church.

Both Putulin and his mother credit his late father Nazario with inspiring his architectural ambitions. Born in Meycauayan, a city just north of Manila in the Philippines, the elder Putulin studied architecture at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

After coming to the United States in 1982, Nazario Putulin found it difficult to secure employment in an architecture firm. At the time, most major firms in California were in Southern California. He decided to pursue computer programming, and worked in the ITS department for the City and County of San Francisco. His son took up the architectural mantle.

“I felt very proud and honored that he was following the same path that his dad traveled,” said Aquiler-Putulin.

Now a senior at the University of San Francisco, Putulin is a part of the school’s fledgling architecture program, just four years old.

Professor Seth Wachtel is the program’s director and one of Putulin’s professors. “Francis has grown steadily in his architecture skills and personal confidence,” said Wachtel in an e-mail. “He is very committed to his major and puts in more time on his design projects than many of his peers.”

Wachtel praised Putulin for his effort to draw the Catholic churches of San Francisco.

“Well conceived ‘side-projects’ are excellent additions to a strong architecture education,” said Wachtel. “As a vibrantly active and dense city, San Francisco is an especially rich environment for such architecturally focused activity.”

Putulin said now that he has completed the drawings of San Francisco’s Catholic churches, he plans to continue with the churches in San Mateo and Marin counties. Eventually, he hopes also to include the churches in the Oakland and San Jose dioceses.

He also plans to draw all 21 of the California missions, and said they are the reason he fell in love with churches in the first place.

His immediate goals are more practical. He hopes to graduate and move on to graduate school, though he does not yet know where he wants to attend.

Putulin said he plans to offer the church drawings at no cost to any parish that wants one, although as yet very few people even know about the drawings.

“The only people who knew I was doing the project were my family, friends of the family, and a few of my own friends from school,” he said. “Now I guess everyone will know.”

Ed. note: To see the additional sketches of San Francisco Catholic churches by Francis Putulin, visit the Catholic San Francisco website: www.catholic-sf.org.

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1) ST. KEVIN CHURCH on Cortland Avenue; 2) NOTRE DAME DES VICTOIRES CHURCH on Bush Street; 3) ST. PETER CHURCH on Florida Street; 4) ST. EMYDIUS CHURCH on Ashton Avenue; 5) OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE MISSION on Broadway Street; 6) ST. PATRICK CHURCH on Mission Street; 7) NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI on Vallejo Street; 8) ST. ELIZABETH CHURCH on Holyoke Street; 9) ST. STEPHEN CHURCH on Eucalyptus Drive; 10) ST. BONIFACE CHURCH on Golden Gate Avenue; 11) CATHEDRAL OF ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION on Gough Street.

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Those looking to celebrate Martin Luther King Day have two new options this year. On Friday, Jan. 11, three Bay Area choirs will perform in a tribute to the slain civil rights leader at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., beginning at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, Jan. 20, St. Paul of the Shipwreck Catholic Parish, 1122 Jamestown Ave., San Francisco, will welcome revivalist preacher Father Maurice Nutt of Memphis, Tenn. The Redemptorist priest will speak during the 10:30 a.m. Gospel Mass.

lish a just and sustainable model of development,” he said.

The pope recalled the New Testament account of the Magi, saying the Wise Men demonstrated great courage by embarking on a long journey following a star, kneeling before a humble baby and offering him precious gifts.

The Magi were guided by a star shining in the East, the pope said, and it is the mission of the Church today to be a guiding beacon, a “spiritual light ever-present in the word of the Gospel, which today is also able to guide every person to Jesus.”

With that light, every authentic believer in Christ “can and must be of help to those he or she finds by his or her side and who perhaps are having trouble finding the road that leads to Christ,” he said.

The pope said everyone needs to become courageous enough to seek out God and make sure that courage is “anchored to steadfast hope.”

The pope noted that the day also marked World Day of Missionary Childhood and praised the efforts of so many Christian

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■ Continued from page 3 flies in the face of evidence we’re gathering by students.”

Luis Enrique Bazan, associate director of the USF university ministry, guided the students’ investigation and also expressed frustration that law enforcement did not respond to the findings.

“They’re just not prepared to take evidence from students,” he said, adding that the students are shifting their emphasis from police work to social research.

He said human rights organizations and outraged citizens, like the USF students, must take on much of the responsibility for exposing the problem through education and outreach to the victims.

children who help the Church by spreading the Gospel and reaching out to those less fortunate.

“For more than 160 years, through the initiative of the French bishop Charles de Forbin Janson, the childhood of Jesus has become the icon for the commitment of Christian children who help the Church in her task of evangelization by prayer, sacrifice and gestures of solidarity,” the pope said, adding: “Thousands of children meet the needs

Trafficking flourishes, he told the discussion group, because it is a low-risk, high-profit business. The victims are poor, voiceless and disposable.

“Many people ask me what is the difference between old slavery and modern-day slavery,” he said. “Before, it used to be an investment – it used to be like buying a house.

Today, there is no legality about it and also it’s not an investment. You can buy a kid for very little money.”

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A woman receives Communion from Pope Benedict XVI during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on the feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6.

of other children, driven by the love that the Son of God, become a child, brought to the earth. I say thanks to these little ones and I pray that they will always be missionaries.

“I also thank those who assist them, who accompany them along the road of generosity, of fraternity, of joyous faith that generates hope.”

The pope also extended a Christmas greeting to Eastern Christians who follow the Julian calendar and were preparing to celebrate the birth of Christ Jan. 7.

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CARA reports uptick in college seminarian enrollment WASHINGTON (CNS) — There is an uptick in the number of Catholic seminarians in undergraduate college programs, according to Mary L. Gautier, a senior research associate at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, based at Georgetown University in Washington.

For the 2006-07 school year, there was a total of 1,365 college seminarians, up from 1,297 the year before, and up from 1,248 — the lowest number reported in CARA’s 40 years of surveying — in 2004-05. The last time the number of college seminarians was this high was in 2002-03, when 1,376 students were enrolled.

Still, the numbers have been trending downward over the past four decades. The 2006-07 number of 1,365 college seminarians is barely 10 percent of the number reported by CARA’s first survey in 196768: 13,401.

The numbers are in the CARA report “Catholic Ministry Formation Enrollments: Statistical Overview for 2006-2007,” which was released in September.

In the 40 years CARA has been reporting seminary enrollment numbers, college seminary enrollment figures have gone up

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10 times. “We’ve seen upticks before,” Gautier said in a telephone interview with Catholic News Service.

“The numbers do fluctuate from year to year,” she said. Even though the numbers

to visit with priests and seminarians and to hear the stories of how they came to embrace a religious vocation. Periods for prayer and celebration of Mass will take place.

Potential attendees should secure the sponsorship of a parish priest or approval from a diocesan vocations director. Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of San Francisco is Father Tom Daly; phone: (415) 614-5683; e-mail: dalyt@sfarchdiocese.org.

For retreat information, call (415) 3255621 or e-mail info@stpatrickseminary.org.

The website for the archdiocesan Vocations Office is sfvocation.com.

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Source: 2007 CARA report

Discernment retreat set for men Feb. 1-3 at St. Patrick Seminary A discernment retreat for men 21 and older wanting to know more about the realities, challenges and fulfillment of being a priest will be held Feb. 1-3 at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, according to the archdiocesan Vocations Office.

To begin at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1, and end at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3, the no-cost retreat will include presentations on practical steps to evaluate one’s vocation in life, on the values of the Roman Catholic priesthood, and on seminary life.

Participants will also have opportunities

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are slightly up two years in a row, “I would hesitate to call this a trend,” she said. “We’ll know better after this year.”

Two factors have blunted college seminary enrollment figures, according to Gautier.

“There are a lot fewer college seminaries now” than there were a generation ago,

(CNS GRAPHIC/EMILY THOMPSON) (SEPT. 25, 2007)

By Mark Pattison

she said, and dioceses are encouraging prospective priest candidates to complete their bachelor’s degree at their current college, followed by “pre-theology” seminary study to take the philosophy courses that will serve as the basis for study in a graduate-level seminary, or theologate.

Pre-theology work often takes two years to complete, Gautier said. Most graduate seminary programs run four years, and some have added a fifth year for a pastoral year of service in a parish or other ministry setting.

Overall numbers for graduate seminaries are down, from 3,306 in 2005-06 to 2,374 in 2006-07. Enrollment at diocesan theologates was up slightly for the second year in a row, while enrollment at religiousorder theologates was down for the second year in a row.

The number of pre-theology students for 2006-07 was 623. They represented 19 percent of all theology students.

Gautier told CNS she had received several phone calls since the 2007-08 school year began from college seminary staff “anecdotally” reporting “record” numbers.

“I don’t know what ‘record’ means,” Gautier said. “It could be six (students) instead of two.”

Those seminaries, she added, are “asking if this is a trend that’s going on. I have to tell them, ‘I don’t know yet. I’ll get back to you next spring.’”

Have you ever thought of becoming a Catholic Priest?

If you have, You are invited to attend a weekend Discernment Retreat, 4:00 p.m. Friday, February 1, 2008 through 1:00 p.m. February 3, 2008 at St. Patrick Seminary and University in Menlo Park, CA

What happens on a Discernment Retreat?

There are presentations about: ● Practical steps for discerning one’s vocation ●

Values of priesthood

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Vocational journeys of priests and seminarians and how they came to understand God’s call and live it

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Seminary life ar St. Patrick Seminary & University that includes human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral training and formation

Opportunities for prayer and worship include daily celebration of the Eucharist.

There will be time for questions, interacting with seminarians and priests, walking the grounds and using the recreational facilities.

Attendance does not imply further commitment or obligation. There is no cost to attendees for this Discernment Retreat.

To register, you must be: ●

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Twenty-one years or older

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Sponsored by a parish priest/recommended by a Diocesan Vocation Director

If you have questions contact: Discernment Retreat Office (650) 325-5621 info@stpatrickseminary.org

Please register before January 18, 2008 by returning the form available at your parish to: Discernment Retreat Saint Patrick’s Seminary & University 320 Middlefield Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Fax: (650) 323-5447

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VOCATIONS ✝ Woman peddles 650 miles to begin monastery life ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) – Last August Stephanie Hart was on the road to discerning whether she has a calling to the religious life — both literally and figuratively.

That road took her about 650 miles across four states, as the 27-year-old massage therapist biked from her home in Miles City, Mont., to St. Joseph, Minn., where she joined the Sisters of St. Benedict for a yearlong postulancy to discern whether she has a permanent call to religious life.

As of Jan. 4, she was still pursuing that quest according to an entry in her Internet blog (bikingtothemonastery.blogspot.com) which has traced her travels of the heart and highways since beginning her biking pilgrimage.

In her first blog notes since Oct. 29, Hart on Jan. 4 described a joyful Christmas holiday in Montana with her family and confessed that it “was harder to leave them than it usually is. It was also harder to come back to the monastery than I thought it would be, but am I ever glad I did.”

Beginning her recent note to blog readers with “Still here in the new year,” Hart wrote, “It’s been a while, eh?

Sometimes I haven’t been sure what to write about; sometimes I felt like there was so much to write about I didn’t know where to begin; sometimes there were things to process, but this wasn’t the best forum. Sometimes life was just plain busy.”

The entry also described the Sisters of St. Benedicts’ concluding sesquicentennial year event that took place Dec. 31 during which the senior member of the community, Sister Suzanne Helmin, 95, handed Hart one of the special outdoor banners which had flown during the 150th-anniversary yearlong celebration. Sister Helmin has been professed 77 years.

Sister Suzanne “turned around and handed her flag to me, the youngest and newest member, in a tear-jerkingly rich symbol of unity and movement for the community.

What a way to close these 150 years!” wrote Hart.

While there are occasional “big to-dos” like the founding-year commemoration, “mostly we live ordinary, dayto-day lives here in the monastery,” wrote Hart. “It’s the daily stuff that I hope to share more about on this corner of the Web in the coming weeks and months—and more regularly than I have of late!”

Hart blogged that she had “recently shared some of my story with two fabulous sections of a class on ‘Women’s Theological Perspectives’ at the college associated with the monastery. Those students just about blew me away with the great questions they asked, which helped flesh out the real daily life that happens inside the monastery. There’s still a shroud of mystery and holiness around places like this, but it’s really just home for 293 women who live remarkably ordinary lives.”

She said classmates asked things like: Can you go on vacation? What about your school loans and other debt? Do you have a car? What does the schedule of a normal day look like for you? Do you have your own bedroom? ”If you have particular things you’re curious about, just let me know,” Hart offered to readers.

Hart’s biking trip from Miles City to the monastery took two weeks, departing Aug. 11 and arriving Aug. 25. In an interview with The Catholic Spirit , newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis prior to leaving, Hart said she enjoyed traveling the open road.

“I guess what I’m hoping for myself during this time is mostly to just be — to allow whatever thoughts to come that need to come,” she told the newspaper. “I have about two

(PHOTO BY ANDRA VAN KEMPEN-MIDDLESTAEDT)

By Joe Towalski

Sister of St. Benedict postulant Stephanie Hart is hugged by 95-year-old Sister Suzanne Helmin during a moving moment of the community’s Dec. 31 ceremony marking the end of a year-long observation of its 150th year.

weeks, pedal stroke by pedal stroke, to begin to acclimate.” if Hart is a good fit. If things progress, Hart would become a In her first blog entry, posted July 30, Hart said her fam- novice next year and profess first vows in two years. ily has been supportive of her decision to move to the Dan Morris-Young contributed to this story. monastery, but her father, Dean, wasn’t enthusiastic about his daughter biking solo in the dog days of August along long stretches of open highway.

He suggested that Stephanie’s mother, Ellen, an avid biker, join her. Then younger sister Cindy wanted to participate, too. The three trained for months.

While they were on the road, Dean Hart rode behind in a camper and served as main cook and support crew.

Hart said she got to know the Sisters at the monastery pretty well during her time at the College of St. Benedict from which she graduated in 2002. She attended the Liturgy of the Hours in the evenings and sang in the monastic choir.

What attracted her to the Sisters’ way of life? “I think it’s the primacy of the prayer life — that the prayer feeds their work and then their work feeds the prayer,” Hart said. “They aim for that balance. These are women with very full lives.”

Sister Mary Catherine Holicky, monastery vocation director, posted an entry on Hart’s blog Aug. 12: “Stephanie, not only are you being accompanied by your family on this trip to the monastery but many of your sisters at St. Benedict’s are mindfully and prayerfully present to you as well. Our hearts are cheering (you) on and we are indeed overwhelmed with gratitude for you. It will be good to welcome you home.”

During her year of postuDiscover the Sisters of Nazareth! We are a prayerful, dynamic congregation of Sisters who lancy, Hart will continue to follow Christ’s call to care for the elderly and young people throughout the world. discern whether she is called to be a member of the The Sisters of Nazareth center their lives on the Gospel message, “Come to Me all you who are Benedictine community, burdened and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:v28 and its members will discern In California, the Sisters of Nazareth have headquarters in Los Angeles and also have communities in San Diego, Fresno and San Rafael.

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U.S. seminary in Rome experiences enrollment boost VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Pontifical North American College in Rome experienced an increase in its enrollment of seminarians as it welcomed a freshmen class of 52 students earlier this school year. Now the total number of students enrolled in the U.S. seminary is 185, including two men from the Archdiocese of San Francisco – David Schunk, a third-year theology student, and Joseph Previtali, who will return to the college for a final year of study after completing his current pastoral field work at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco.

The enrollment is the most in the past 40 years, said

David Schunk

Joseph Previtali

Msgr. James F. Checchio, the college’s rector.

While the upturn reflects U.S. national trends, the rector said enrollment also has been boosted because more dioceses are sending their men to Rome for preparation for the priesthood.

“There are 14 new dioceses that have men here that did not last year,” including many dioceses from the Midwest and the South, he told Catholic News Service.

The college also has “a pretty good number,” 74 priests, who are pursuing graduate degrees in Rome and living at its Casa Santa Maria, he said. “A few years ago (that number) had been down to 57,” he said.

L.A. seminary to honor Cardinal Levada and Cardinal Manning The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo plans to create endowed chairs to honor “two great friends of the seminary known for their faithful priestly service,” Msgr. Craig Cox, rector, told The Tidings, newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

The Cardinal Timothy Manning Chair in Priestly Spirituality and the Cardinal William J. Levada Chair in Systematic Theology will each secure a $1.8 million endowment. Interest income from each endowed chair will support the salary and benefits needed for a St. John’s Seminary faculty member teaching in the seminary’s theology and priestly formation programs.

“Cardinal Manning was one of the seminary’s strongest supporters in our almost 70 years of educating priests,” said Msgr. Cox. “As a priest, auxiliary bishop and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, he provided decades of

leadership and was much beloved in the Southern California Catholic community.”

During his service in Los Angeles Cardinal Manning ordained 349 priests and confirmed an estimated 650,000 people.

The Cardinal Levada Chair in Systematic Theology will focus on the study of “the deepest mysteries of our faith as proclaimed in the Creed at Mass,” Msgr. Cox said. While serving as a faculty member of St. John’s, then-Father

William Levada taught the courses in systematic theology.

“Together with his current service as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a chair in systematic theology is a wonderfully appropriate way to honor Cardinal Levada as well as to emphasize the intimate connection between theology and pastoral ministry,” said Msgr. Cox. Cardinal Levada is a native of Long Beach, a graduate of St. John’s Seminary College, and a former priest and auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles.

You haven’t chosen me. I have chosen you.”

“Tu no me has elegido. Yo te he elegido a ti.”

John 15:16

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God, our Father, In Your love and providence, You call each of us to a more holy and abundant life. We pray for our young people in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Open their hearts and minds to know the vocation You have planned for them from all eternity. If they are being invited to follow You as a priest, Brother, or Sister, give them a generous heart to respond to Your challenging call and the strength to follow wherever You lead them. May families desire to please You by encouraging and supporting vocations within their homes. We ask this through Jesus Christ, our Good Shepherd. Amen

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To seek out and advocate for the poor and needy, especially families, for the Kingdom of God.

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‘Beatitudes’ for encouraging Church vocations in the family Blessed are the children of parents who . . .

✝ Encourage their children to consider priesthood and religious life as well as marriage.

✝ Witness love for their spouse, their children, their neighbor and the world.

— Brother John Samaha, SM

✝ Talk freely about the presence of God in the joys and sorrows of their lives. ✝ Remind their children that they are loved by God and have been given gifts to serve others. ✝ Lead their family in prayer. ✝ Speak positively about Sisters, Brothers, priests and deacons. ✝ Participate in the lay ministries and activities of their parish and community. ✝ Invite a deacon, priest, Brother or Sister to their home.

Serra crab feed Feb. 23 Discernment retreat for women January 18-20 The Serra Club of San Francisco will hold its annual All You Can Eat Crab Feed Feb. 23 at St. Anne of the Sunset’s Moriarity Hall, Funston Avenue and Judah Street in San Francisco, beginning with a no-host social at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m.

Proceeds help continue the Serra Club’s mission to encourage vocations in the Church. Tickets are $40.

Call Diana Heafey at (415) 731-6379 or e-mail dheafey@sbcglobal.net.

The Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame, have scheduled a Weekend Discernment Retreat Jan. 18-20 for women interested in learning more about life as a member of a religious community.

To be held at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame, the retreat will include prayer, reflection, quiet time and allow participants to “meet” Mercy Sister Foundress Catherine McAuley via a presentation by Mercy Sister Patricia Galli.

For additional information, contact Mercy Sister Cindy Kaye, at (650) 340-7434 or kayenun@yahoo.com.

A similar retreat is also scheduled at Mercy Center April 4-6.

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Religious communities of Catholic women serving the Bay Area have joined to offer information on discernment of religious vocations, faith sharing, ministry, social justice, spiritual growth and counseling on the webite www.bayareacatholicsisters.org. The site provides contact information for 20 religious communities.

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Scripture reflection

Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17 A READING FROM THE PROPHET ISAIAH IS 42:1-4, 6-7 Thus says the Lord: Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street. a bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench, until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.

I, the Lord, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.

Give to the Lord, you sons of God, give to the Lord glory and praise, Give to the Lord the glory due his name; adore the Lord in holy attire.

R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.

The voice of the Lord is over the waters, the Lord, over vast waters.

The voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is majestic.

R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.

The God of glory thunders, and in his temple all say, “Glory!”

The Lord is enthroned above the flood; the Lord is enthroned as king forever.

R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.

A READING FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES ACTS 10:34-38 Peter proceeded to speak to those gathered in the house of Cornelius, saying: “In truth, I see that God shows no partiality.

Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him.

You know the word that he sent to the Israelites as he proclaimed peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.”

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 3:13-17 Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?”

Jesus said to him in reply, “Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.

After Jesus was baptized, he came up from the water and behold, the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon him. And a voice came from the heavens, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

FATHER ANDREW GREELEY

Baptism of Jesus encourages a realistic look at his humanity The baptism of Jesus was a problem for his followers. John’s disciples could always lord it over the disciples of Jesus: “Our master baptized your master, nah, nah, nah!” It also creates a problem for those hyper-orthodox Catholics today who so emphasize the divinity in Jesus that there is little room for his humanity.

They are also boxed in by the phrase that Jesus grew in wisdom, age and grace.

Any suggestion that God might grow scares them.

An authentic Christology, however, which sees Jesus like the rest of us in all things save sin, sees no problem in his listening to the Baptist and going through a ceremony of renewal and rededication before he began his public life. Did Jesus learn anything from the Baptist? If, like all humans, he grew in understanding and maturity, the only appropriate answer is that of course he did.

And so now a story for those who object to the humanity of Jesus: Once upon a time a family moved into a new house. It was a very nice house with a lot more room than in their old house.

However, it was also strange. When it came time to go to bed, the three children

were very sleepy. They didn’t like their rooms because they were unfamiliar and they didn’t like the house because it was not their old house and they didn’t like anything because they were so tired.

Well, finally they fell asleep and had terrible nightmares. Then they woke up and were frightened and angry. Their parents didn’t come to the room to tuck them in again. This made them more frightened and angry. So they stormed down stairs and discovered that both their parents had fallen asleep in the front room, their mother on the couch and their father on an easy chair. The kids were shocked and dismayed. What good were parents who grew so tired when they moved to a new house that they forgot their kids and just fell asleep.

Their parents were not perfect. So they woke their mommy up and shouted at her. Why did you go to sleep on us mommy? Because I’m human she said and I get tired. Even Jesus got tired.

Yeah, said the kids, but he wasn’t our mommy!

Father Andrew Greeley is an author, journalist, sociologist and teacher.

Archbishop’s homily: Feast of Epiphany Christianity ‘not a story of our search for God, but of God’s search for us’ Following is the text of the homily delivered Jan. 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, at St. Mary’s Cathedral by Archbishop George H. Niederauer.

Epiphany is a feast of light, the celebration of the “shining forth” of the newborn Jesus as Light and Savior of the world. Light is a feature of the entire story of Christmas for us Christians: the angel appearing to the shepherds; Simeon in the Temple in Jerusalem, calling Jesus a light to the nations; our own use of lights and candles to decorate our churches, our homes and our streets; the emphasis on light in late December and early January, during the darkest days of the year. Now, today, we have this story of the light of a star that leads wise men to the newborn king.

This light is the theme of Isaiah the prophet in our first reading: “Jerusalem,” he cries out, “your light has come: in the midst of darkness and thick clouds covering the earth, the glory of the Lord shines upon you.” For the people of Israel, then in exile in a foreign land, Isaiah was promising redemption, renewal and a new life, restored to their own land. And the promise goes beyond the Jewish people, to all peoples. Isaiah tells the Israelites, “Nations shall walk by your light!”

That theme of inclusiveness, of many peoples being blessed in the birth of the Messiah, is very important in Matthew’s Gospel. This Gospel was written for early Jewish converts to the Christian faith, and Matthew again and again connects the Hebrew Scriptures with this new revelation of God’s saving plan in Jesus Christ.

In his beautiful story of the magi or wise men from the east Matthew does not say that they are kings and he does not tell us they are three in number, though that is a

good guess because they bring Jesus three gifts. In this story, these seekers take a long journey, following the bright light of the star. They meet a vicious, dangerous king, Herod. They persevere and find the holy child of great destiny. They worship him, give him their gifts, and (warned by God’s message) they go home by a different route.

What important truth of our faith is Matthew—is the Church—teaching us with this story, this feast? St. Paul, in our second reading, gives the answer: Paul writes to his converts at Ephesus, telling them that his ministry is the preaching of the Gospel, the good news. What is that good news? Paul says it is the revelation of God’s secret plan, which had been unknown for many ages, but is now revealed: the plan that in Christ Jesus, Jews and gentiles alike—all peoples of all times and all places—will be members of the same body or people of the Lord. We will all be sharers of the same promise of salvation, rescued from sin and death, promised life now in God, and life eternal.

On this Feast of Epiphany we see and celebrate this shining forth of God’s promise and plan in the newborn Jesus, and the sharing of all peoples, symbolized in the journey of these wise men from the east.

For us Catholic Christians, though, salvation is not some sort of spectator sport, like bowl games. We are meant to be participants. Salvation was interactive long before television or computers. This shining plan of God for our salvation in Jesus Christ confronts you and me with choices.

We could even call this story of the wise men from the east “A Tale of Two Kings.” In their story this morning these seekers with their gifts meet two kings: Herod and Jesus. Herod is powerful, rich

and dangerous. A type familiar in our world today! Referring to the rumor of a newborn king, Matthew tells us at one point: “At this news King Herod became greatly disturbed, and with him all Jerusalem.” Believe me, when Herod the Great became greatly disturbed, if you were anywhere in the vicinity, you would have become greatly disturbed too! The Jewish historian Josephus tells us that Herod, on his deathbed, gave orders that all the most important citizens of Jerusalem be slain after he himself died, so that there would be lots of weeping in the city. Herod put so many of his own children to death that the people had a saying: it was safer to be Herod’s pig than Herod’s son.

Now contrast King Herod with Jesus the King: a small helpless child is king, with the power to change and save the world. Jesus is not rich or powerful or dangerous in the sense of worldly rulers. He’s not at all a familiar king. Still, 2000 years later, the dates on our calendars don’t have anything to do with Herod, but they have to do with the birth of Jesus Christ. Most people would not know anything about Herod, except for his connection with this obscure, unimportant baby in a hut in the small town of Bethlehem, soon to be an exiled, homeless immigrant in Egypt.

You and I must choose between these two kings, Herod the Great and Jesus Christ. “Well, that’s easy!” you may say. Is it? Is it really so easy to choose powerlessness, to choose not always being in control, not always trying to know it all, to choose to surrender to God’s will in our lives, to choose a spiritual journey that takes us through uncertainties, and demands that we trust in God all the days of our lives? In a sense, God “journeyed

far” to us: to become weak and human, yet to remain God’s eternal Son. Our Christian religion is not a story of our search for God, but of God’s search for us.

God has reached out toward us. He calls us to reach back to him, over and over again in our lives. In this Eucharist this morning Jesus comes to us in the bread and wine as we receive his Body and Blood, the Bread from heaven. In these words of Scripture God’s Word speaks to us and call us to make that Word our own.

God our Father gives us the light of his grace in the teaching and example of Jesus, his Son, but we choose which light we will walk in. We choose between the two kings: we can choose Herod, and we do so each time we react with suspicion, distrust, selfishness, hardened refusal to forgive, knee-jerk judgments born of prejudices against individuals or groups, or anything or anyone new or strange or different. So many ways to choose Herod.

However, we can learn from the magi in today’s Gospel story. They were changed by their journey. They were literally “enlightened;” “they went back to their country by another route,” Matthew tells us.

Our “country” of the spirit, of the heart, is now the kingdom of Jesus, the Light of our world. We can choose King Jesus over King Herod. Now we can walk by the light of his words and the strength of the food on his altar each day. Again and again we can, like those wise men, return to our “country” and to our king, Jesus, “by another route,” the route of faith in his teaching and his ways, of hope in his light and strength, of love for him and for all whom he loves and forgives. In this new year, let us wake up, see the light, choose our king, and follow him, wherever he leads, confident that he is bringing us home.

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Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Barring church door was not Jesus’ message Earlier this week, on the morning (Jan. 8) of his swearing-in ceremony for a second term as mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom attended the 9 a.m. morning Mass at Mission San Francisco de Asis, named after St. Francis of Assisi – the patron of the City.

More commonly known as Mission Dolores, it was here on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, 1776, that two Franciscan priests celebrated the first Mass at what would become the first church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

In an earlier age, news that a San Francisco mayor, who often happened to be Catholic, had attended Mass on any given day would not be unusual. In a very good and healthy way, the history of the Catholic Church in northern California and the history of the City of San Francisco are closely intertwined.

We now are in a very different age, and there has been grumbling from people with diverse points of view about Mayor Newsom’s decision to attend Mass with his family as a start of the first day of his second term. Some people were not pleased that the Mayor (a baptized Catholic) accorded any respect to the Catholic Church at all. On the other hand, some fervent Catholics expressed concern prior to the Mass and demanded that Newsom be refused Holy Communion. Still other critics suggested that the Mayor, in some way, was using religion for political purposes.

However, the Mass at Mission Dolores was not a public event at which the Mayor held center stage. God did. If there were political considerations in the Mayor’s decision to start the first day of his second term by worshiping at Mass with his family, they are not apparent. The weekday celebration of the Holy Eucharist at Mission Dolores with the Mayor and his family in attendance was holy and reverent, and for his own reasons, the Mayor did not present himself to receive Holy Communion.

Certainly, Mayor Newsom has taken some public positions in the past that are counter to Church teaching. But this does not mean we should bar the church door whenever he appears. As Catholics and followers of Jesus Christ, we must continue to be welcoming to all who want to worship God with us.

We think Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco view the Mayor’s coming to Mass as a good thing. Catholics appreciate the concern Mayor Newsom has shown for the poor and marginalized, and they pray for the Mayor as he fulfills the responsibilities of his office.

At the same time, we pray that his understanding of Catholic teaching be enhanced.

On a broader scale — which surpasses consideration of any single person — we recognize that all of us are in need of redemption. We know that Jesus himself said he came to save sinners; we recall his parable about the shepherd leaving his flock to find the lost lamb; and we hear in Holy Scripture again and again Christ’s teaching on the need to forgive.

Of course, much lies outside of this short observation. Being a welcoming Church does not mean that in our beliefs we move with the wind or the moment. In fulfilling our mission to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, we must welcome all faithful to the truth that has been revealed by God. MEH

Pro-life includes respect As a long-time, active parishioner of St. Matthew’s Parish in San Mateo, a graduate of the school, and as a school parent for the past 14 years, I feel compelled to comment on the dismissal of Mr. Ross Foti from our parish. First of all, I want to be clear that our priests and our parish are now and have always been committed, both in words and in deeds, to the sanctity of life at every stage. The main contention that Father Anthony McGuire, pastor, has with Mr. Foti has nothing to do with Mr. Foti’s pro-life position. Our parish has a long history of speaking out against abortion, euthanasia and capital punishment. The preachers emphasize the value of human life at every stage of its development. For example, in the prayers of petition, the faithful pray for pregnant women to come to full delivery. There is an active pro-life committee in the parish which constantly brings issues to the attention of the faithful, and the parish has hired a bus for the last several years to facilitate participation in the March for Life.

The issue is that Mr. Foti has brought gruesome pictures of bleeding fetuses next to church property in such a way that school parents have to pass in front of them on their way to school each day. Many young children have been frightened by them.

Father McGuire recommended to Mr. Foti that these pictures may be suitable in front of the Planned Parenthood Building, but they were causing resentment and revulsion among many parents.

For a while, Mr. Foti covered them, but not for long. As a result, Father McGuire organized a meeting with Mr. Foti and 15 parents who tried to explain to him that these pictures were traumatizing their children, but Mr. Foti disagreed. Taking matters in their own hands, the parents then began covering the pictures.

The tension escalated to the point that the noise was disturbing morning Masses. At this point, Father McGuire told Mr. Foti that, unless he covered the truck and desisted from attending the School Mass, he was no longer welcome in the church and that if he came the police would be called. He came, and the police were called.

The reason for the dismissal was stubbornness and unwillingness to dialogue, and, as a result, disturbing the community life of St. Matthew Parish.

Carla Peccolo Woodworth President, St. Matthew Pastoral Council

ually aggravated, if not harassed, many parental attempts at conflict resolution and has shown zero interest in peaceful dialogue.

The core of this issue lies with our children who have been repeatedly bombarded with his grotesque propaganda which has led to much emotional distress.

Father Anthony McGuire arrived at St. Matthew’s roughly three years ago and has been a tremendous asset to our parish and school family, especially our children. They love this man. Father McGuire has the complete support from the St. Matthew’s School Consultative Board as well as school administration, faculty, student body and parental community. We stand united. I thank you for your time and consideration in this matter and hope the Archdiocese of San Francisco will stand firmly behind our pastor.

Joseph Kmak Chairman, St. Matthew’s Catholic School Consultative Board (Ed. note: A background statement on the Nov. 13 citizen’s arrest of Ross Foti at St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo, is carried on the parish website: stmatthew-parish.org.)

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Dialogue eschewed I am writing in response to the recent events at St. Matthew Catholic Church and School involving Mr. Ross Foti. We as a community do not disagree with the prolife message Mr. Foti expresses but we do have issues with the means he has used to spread this message. Over the course of this school year Mr. Foti has been a major disruption to school operations, he has contin-

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The fourth annual “Walk for Life West Coast” will be held Jan. 19 in San Francisco. A rally with impressive speakers will begin at 11 a.m. at Justin Herman Plaza, and a peaceful walk to the Marina Green starts at noon. This event has become an important part of a movement that recognizes the harm that abortion brings to women, men and families. Prior to the event, Archbishop George H. Niederauer, along with bishops of surrounding dioceses, will celebrate Mass at 8 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. We urge all Catholics to support the Walk for Life West Coast.

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Rooted in faith

Robert Johnson’s Dec. 7 concern about the IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation) “roots” of PICO was voiced 10 years ago by one member of our parish council, when my church was deciding to join Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA).

I and two other members of the council attended a couple of meetings of the nascent “local organizing committee” to investigate these “subversives.” All three of us were so moved by the experience of a handful of ordinary parishioners who were willing to step outside of their normal comfort zones to produce positive changes in their community, we joined them.

The result has been a growth in our own faith, which is now rooted not just in prayer, and not in complaint, but also in action. Rooted not just in self-interest, but also in community-interest. The only “roots” that we should be concerned with are our own!

When Jesuit Father John Bauman founded the Pacific Institute of Community Organization in 1972 in Oakland, he most certainly was drawing upon the effective organizing principles developed by Saul Alinsky in Chicago for the IAF. But there the relationship ends.

The PICO organizing model is faith based, providing an effective technology for us to move the moral underpinnings of our faith out of the pews to be realized within our greater community.

It is also grassroots. Issues are determined by the individual parish members talking to fellow parishioners. Prudential solutions are forged by our own creativity and by the political processes of our democratic society with the moral compass of our faith guiding the solution, not by PICO or any of its affiliated organizations, and not simply by the secular measures of power and money which chart the course in the absence of inclusive community involvement. PICO is also interfaith. Many of the 1000 congregations belonging to the PICO Network are Roman Catholic parishes, but many more are Protestant, Jewish and Unitarian communities, each rooted in their individual faith traditions, but all working together for the common good and learning to love each other as Christ loves them.

If you feel that “the way” might not be manifested by a pious, fearful people navigating among their exclusive environments of church, home and school/work within the perceived security of their SUVs and ignoring everything in between, then check out www.piconetwork.org. See what others have done, imagine what your community could do, and take action.

Philip C. Cosby Belmont

January 11, 2008

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Spirituality for Life

Moral progress and moral regression “We didn’t stop burning witches because we stopped reading Scripture; we stopped burning witches because we kept on reading Scripture.”

Gil Bailie, “Violence Unveiled,” wrote those words and they teach a lesson we would be wise to learn as we debate whether morality is progressing or declining today within secular culture.

What Bailie’s axiom suggests is that history should be written carefully. The past wasn’t all golden and the present isn’t all bad, just as the past wasn’t all bad and the present isn’t all good. Our age, like every other, has brought moral advancements in some areas and moral decline in others.

Conservatives too easily idealize the past and demonize the present. In their view, secular culture is generally seen to be morally decadent, soft, hedonistic, shortsighted and superficial, a fall from a better time, from a golden moral age wherein people believed in God more strongly, were more generous, more community-minded, more committed to church and more responsible sexually. Conservatives tend to look at certain moral indicators within our culture (abortion, euthanasia, fam-

ily breakdown, declining church attendance, sexual irresponsibility) and see the whole culture as “a culture of death.”

Liberals too easily do the opposite. They tend to see secular culture as an “enlightenment,” a huge moral advance over many former moral blind-spots — racism, superstition, sexism, narrow fundamentalism, unhealthy fear and intolerance in the name of God. Secular culture is seen as possessing the moral high ground and this achievement is itself seen as the result of secular culture shedding the narrowness and restraints of religion. For many liberals, we have stopped burning witches precisely because we have stopped reading Scripture, or at least because we have stopped listening to organized religion.

What Bailie’s comment does is expose both views as too selective in their reading of history.

Conservatives are right in pointing out secular culture’s too-easy acceptance of abortion, family breakdown, euthanasia, faith without church, pornography and sex outside of marriage as major moral blind-spots, a regression that does make for a certain “culture of death.” But, as Bailie’s comment also makes clear, that’s not the whole story. The same

culture, so blind in some areas, is progressing morally in other areas. It has stopped burning witches. In what way?

Christianity and the cross can be compared to a time-released moral-capsule dissolvFather ing slowly in history. We Ron Rolheiser can trace some of the more salient moments in this process. It took us, the Christian world, 1800 to accept, unequivocally, that slavery is wrong, but eventually we learned it. We kept reading Scripture long enough. It took us 2000 years, and the last pope, John Paul II, to accept that capital punishment is wrong, but eventually too we learned that. We kept reading Scripture long enough. And it has taken us 2000 years and ROLHEISER, page 19

Deeper Waters

Following Christ means practicing empathy Lately I’ve been reading about the life of Edith Stein, also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. As a result, I’ve become fascinated with the topic of her 1916 doctoral dissertation, empathy.

Empathy is the ability to taste a little of another person’s experience despite the fact you can never really get “inside the skin” of another human being completely. For example, an empathetic surgeon shows with words and facial expression real care about the patient as a person.

I wonder what would happen if Catholics in this country were to put aside the politics of right and left, practicing empathy instead?

Let us consider the fictional case of Rachael, a young adult, and Connie, a 60-something woman, who work in the same office. Both are Catholic. One day their conversation turns to the latest announcement that a nearby parish is going to offer an additional Sunday Mass in Latin.

When the topic arises, Rachael is bursting with excitement while at the same time Connie feels a pit in her stomach.

This is the critical moment, when each one realizes the other feels differently about the same topic. At this point, they have a choice. Each may react defensively, fighting for her views, neither listening to the other.

However, if they treat each other with kindness and open hearts, truly listening to each other, there is a chance for empathetic understanding.

If Connie shows interest in Rachael’s excitement, she may discover that Rachael grew up in a very noisy, techno-

logical and “virtual” world. When Rachael attended a Mass in Latin with a friend, she had a firsthand spiritual adventure into the world of reverential silence, classical music and the transcendent nature of God. Likewise, if Rachael listens attentively to Connie, she may begin to understand Connie’s discomfort with the Latin Mass.

When Connie was a little girl, all Masses were in Latin. Her parish priest often preached about the pains of hell and said only Catholics go to heaven. Her favorite aunt, a Lutheran, died at this time. For Connie, old-style priest vestments, the scent of incense and the sound of Latin chant dredge up her childhood terror that her aunt might be burning in unending flames of fire.

Empathy does not mean that either Connie or Rachael will necessarily change how they feel about the Latin Mass.

However, if they have empathy, they will have more respect and understanding for each other. This will help them work together in the office and pray side by side in church.

Practicing empathy is not for the morally weak. It takes inner strength to set aside one’s self-centeredness to really listen to another compassionately.

Neither is empathy only for women, as we can see by the fact St. Paul taught the same basic principle in the Letter to the Romans: “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.”

I believe Jesus Christ, true God and true Man, is the most empathetic person who ever lived. His empathy was one of standing beside people and sharing their pain, not lording over them (see Matt. 20:25-28). While religious

leaders feared becoming “impure” by eating with sinners, Christ freely dipped his food in the same dish. He showed empathy for women in ways that bruised the social taboos of his time, Julie McCarty freely talking with women who were not his kin and allowing impure women to touch him. On the road to Emmaus, the risen Christ spent time listening attentively to the disciples’ feelings before talking with them about the Scriptures.

If we call ourselves followers of Christ, then we must also practice having an open heart and open mind toward others, no matter who they are. It is not enough to “love each other” in the abstract if we are not willing to listen empathetically. It is not enough to “defend the truth” if in the process we practice war and hatred.

Without empathy, there can be no true peace in our churches or peace on earth.

Julie McCarty is a syndicated columnist and author of “The Pearl of Great Price: Gospel Wisdom for Christian Marriage” (Liturgical Press).

Her website is www.juliemccarty.com .

The Catholic Difference

Civility not same as pusillanimity Thoughtful Americans across the spectrum of political opinion are rightly concerned about the degree to which our national politics has degenerated into the manipulation of consumer desires and passions, often by the seductions of the electronic media. That those manipulations can have a nasty edge to them is just as obvious, and just as deplorable.

Christian faith should bring the leavens of reason and civility to public life, for Christian faith teaches us that the “other,” including the politically “other,” is a human person possessed of reason and deserving of respect.

All the more reason, then, to regret that the recent “Catholic Call to Observe Civility in Public Debate,” issued at a press conference in Washington on Nov. 6, should misconstrue civility in such a way as to set civility against the charity we owe the “other” in the form of truth-telling.

The money paragraph in the “Catholic Call to Civility” reads as follows: “As lay Catholics we should not exhort the Church to condemn our political opponents by publicly denying them Holy Communion based on public dissent from Church teachings. An individual’s fitness to receive Communion is his or her personal responsibility. And it is a bishop’s responsibility to set for his diocese the guidelines for administering Communion.”

Here, I fear, is a host of confusions presenting itself as a call for civility.

Was it uncivil to remind the public that Senator John

Kerry, during his 2004 campaign, misrepresented the Catholic pro-life argument as somehow sectarian, when in fact the Church’s defense of the dignity of human life from conception until natural death is based on first principles of justice that can be known by anyone willing to work through an argument? Is it uncivil to point out that Catholic politicians of both major parties continue to misrepresent the character and source of Catholic pro-life conviction? I don’t think so.

Is it uncivil to ask our bishops, with the respect due the fullness of holy orders, to exercise the singular responsibility they bear for safeguarding the integrity of the Church’s sacraments – even if doing so means bringing upon themselves the opprobrium of a hostile secular press? I don’t think so.

Is it uncivil to point out to fellow Catholics that they are putting their souls in peril when they willfully ignore the first principles of justice, or when they ignore the Church’s two millenium-long teaching on worthiness to receive holy Communion? Or is such truth-telling an exercise in fraternal charity – indeed, a fraternal responsibility?

Is it uncivil for Catholics to remind each other there is a hierarchy of issues in the application of Catholic social doctrine to American public life, and that the life issues, precisely because they engage first principles of justice, must be given priority in evaluating a candidate’s fitness for public office? Is it uncivil – or is it a necessary act of charity in the form of truthtelling – for Catholic constituents to remind Catholic legislators they cannot be given a moral or political pass on the life

issues because they agree with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the minimum wage, or health care, or immigration law reform?

The first thing we owe our fellow-citizens is the George Weigel truth as we understand it, for truth-telling in vigorous public exchange is democracy’s lifeblood. America is a proposition country, and one important index of the health of our republic is the degree to which the proposition – that all human beings are created equal and deserve the equal protection of the laws – is received by our people and given public effect by our legislators. That is why the life issues are today’s premier civil rights issues. When fellow Catholics who are legislators fail to understand this, it is not uncivil to call them to reconsider, privately if possible, publicly if necessary. It is a necessary act of fraternal charity.

By all means, let us be civil in making arguments. But civility must not be confused with pusillanimity nor set against the imperative of speaking truth to power: calmly, clearly and persistently.

George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Deacon John Hutzler funeral Mass celebrated Christmas eve

By Tom Burke A funeral Mass for Deacon John Hutzler was celebrated Dec. 24 at St. Gabriel Church in San Francisco. Deacon Hutzler died Dec. 18. Ordained to the diaconate in 1990, he was 69 years old. Deacon Hutzler served at several parishes in the Archdiocese including St. Gabriel, St. Emydius and most recently St. John of God. Deacon Leon Kortenkamp, diaconate director for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and a classmate of Deacon Hutzler’s, assisted at the altar for the funeral Mass.

“John was a very dedicated deacon and close to many parishioners in the parishes where he served,” Deacon Kortenkamp told Catholic San Francisco. “He took sacred

Legend dies . . .

■ Continued from page 7 tions for lifelong commitment to youth: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s certificate of service and Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco recognition for his work and commitment.

The San Francisco honor stated: “You have provided a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment to many young people, which has had a significant effect on their

liturgy very seriously. He was also very dedicated to the community of deacons and their wives and eager to support and participate in diaconate community activities. We will deeply miss his presence at our gatherings and ask all who knew and loved him to join us in special prayers this Christmas season for Deacon John and his family.”

“John recently traveled to the Holy Land and found it to be a truly faith-filled experience,” said Deacon Rusty Duffey of St. Robert Parish in San Bruno who was also ordained in 1990.

While Deacon Hutzler was glad for all of his ministerial appointments, it was where he would finally serve that his heart rested, Deacon Duffey said. “During our conversations, John would often express

that he was most grateful to liturgy by Father Seagrave. the community of St. John Salt Lake City Bishop John of God,” Deacon Duffey Wester, whom Deacon said. “He truly appreciated Hutzler often assisted at his ministry with them and confirmations and other was thankful for their rites when he was an auxilprayers and support.’ iary bishop of the Father Tom Seagrave, Archdiocese of San pastor of St. John of God, Francisco, and Reno Bishop was principal celebrant at Randolph Calvo, a former the funeral Mass. St. priest of the Archdiocese of Deacon John Hutzler Gabriel pastor, Father John San Francisco who also Ryan, concelebrated. The St. John of God knew Deacon Hutzler in ministry, sent similar choir led song. notes and said they were praying for the late Archbishop George Niederauer and deacon, his family and the deacon community.

Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, who were Remembrances may be sent to Deacon unable to attend the Mass due to previous com- Hutzler’s brother, Thomas Hutzler, 5242 mitments, sent condolences announced at the Ridgevale Way, Pleasanton, 94566.

lives. You reflect the best of San Francisco values.”

“Brother Columban Derby touched the lives of thousands of young people during his many years of service to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and the other Lasallian school communities at which he served,” said SHCP President John Scudder. A fixture at countless reunions, Masses and celebrations through the years, Brother Columban enjoyed interacting with the many students once under his tutelage.

“He remained a close friend and loyal

alumnus after his retirement, and found great joy being around his former students at various events; hearing of their lives and how much they valued their time with him at Sacred Heart. Brother dedicated his life to young people and enjoyed a remarkable career as an educator, administrator, leader and friend. He’s truly a legend,” Scudder added.

Brother Columban is survived by several cousins: Antoinette and Richard Dixon, San Francisco; Claire and Lee Jones, New Canaan, Conn.; Edwin Borello, Novato;

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Walk for Life to be broadcast nationally by Catholic network Eternal World Television Network coverage of the fourth annual Walk for Life West Coast along San Francisco’s northern waterfront will focus on the preevent Rally for Life at Justin Herman Plaza, where thousands of participants are expected to assemble.

Live broadcasting is scheduled to begin Jan. 19 at 10:30 a.m. and encore later that day at 10 p.m., on Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. and on Jan. 24 at 2 p.m.

Scheduled rally speakers include Alveda King, niece of assassinated civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Eduardo Verastegui, the star of the movie “Bella,� and Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life.

EWTN also will telecast the annual “March for Life� gathering in Washington, D.C., starting with a Solemn

Vigil Mass for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m.

Live coverage at the Basilica continues on Jan. 22 with a Mass for Life at 4:30 a.m. for March participants.

Later, EWTN cameras will follow as the March for Life proceeds along Constitution Avenue to a Rally for Life at the Washington Monument, Jan. 22 at 8 a.m. (4 hours).

The march and rally telecast will encore Jan. 22 at 7 p.m., Jan. 23 at 6 a.m. and Jan. 26 at 10 a.m.

Other upcoming ETWN programming includes “Walsingham: England’s Nazareth,� a documentary on the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk, a place of pilgrimage since medieval times that is now England’s Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady,

Jan. 20 at 7 p.m., Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. and Jan. 25 at 1 a.m.

EWTN also will provide live coverage from Rome of the celebration of vespers on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Jan. 25 at 8:30 a.m., with an encore Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. Pope Benedict XVI will preside over the vesper service which will take place in the Basilica of St. PaulOutside-the-Walls.

EWTN is carried on Comcast Digital Channel 229; Astound Channel 80; San Bruno Cable Channel 143; DISH Satellite Channel 261; and Direct TV Channel 370.

Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. Visit www.ewtn.com for more program information and coverage updates.

Walk for Life West . . . â– Continued from cover VerĂĄstegui, the star of the movie “Bella,â€? has also been invited.

The West Coast walk precedes the 35th national March for Life, which will be held in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan 22. That event will include a rally on the National Mall, a march to the Supreme Court and meetings with members of Congress.

In a Jan. 1 post on the Priests for Life blog, Father Pavone noted that 2008 is an election year and called for “massive efforts to register pro-life voters, to distribute the clear teaching of the Church (and of common sense) about the absolute priority of the right to life as the issue in any and every election, and a massive get-out-the-vote drive when voting time starts.�

Childress said the presidential race is not something he intends to dwell on in his remarks at the West Coast walk. “I focus more on the conscious of America,� he said. “When that is pricked, we will see a change.�

This year’s walk comes at a time when California prolife advocates are gathering signatures for a possible

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Eduardo Verastegui

Jesse Romero

November iniative on family notification of a minor’s pending abortion. The proposed initiative, called Sarah’s Law, or the Child and Teen Safety Stop Predators Act of 2008, would require a doctor to notify a parent, or, in case of parental abuse, another adult family member of an unemancipated minor 48 hours before performing an abortion on her.

The Walk for Life West Coast culminates a series of

rights and killed people in the name of God and of purity of doctrine. Conversely, today, our secularized liberal culture, for all its heightened moral sensitivity within the areas of race, gender, justice, tolerance and the integrity of creation, has its own glaring moral blind-spots in the areas of abortion, end of life issues, Church, family values and sexuality.

We need, all of us, to keep reading Scripture.

we are still, slowly, learning and accepting more and more of the implications of the Gospel in terms of social justice, equality for all and respect for the integrity of creation.

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The 21st annual interfaith memorial service for abortion victims will be held at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Friday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. Father Pavone will speak along with Elder Walter Hoye II of Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in Berkeley. Representatives of 40 or more pro-life groups will place roses on a table at the bottom of the altar to remember unborn children who have been aborted.

The theme of the memorial service is “The Infant In My Womb Leaped for Joy,� a reference to the Gospel story of the pregnant Elizabeth’s experience of the Holy Spirit in the presence of Mary.

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“Immaculate Heart Radio is extremely pleased to announce that Chris Lyford has joined us as director of community relations assigned to both the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Santa Rosa,” said Lori Brown, the network’s vice president of organizational development.

Brown noted Lyford’s “dedication to the faith” and earlier experience in radio.

“In fact, Chris was involved in helping Doug Sherman, our president, start the very first Immaculate Heart Radio station 11 years ago,” Brown pointed out. Brown said

By Tom Burke Christopher Lyford has been appointed director of community relations by Immaculate Heart Radio network, new owners of KOIT, now KSFB, 1260 AM, in San Francisco. Until recently, Lyford had been assistant superintendent for faith formation and religious instruction with the Department of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

“Essentially, I’ll be the radio station’s local contact person,” Lyford told Catholic San Francisco. “I’ll be making presentations on the story and vision of the new station at parishes, schools, clubs, young adult groups and other prospective listener groups.”

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the network is still looking for someone to handle community relations in the dioceses of San Jose and Monterey where the station’s signal is also strong.

Lyford said reentering Catholic radio was a major reason he accepted the new job. “It has always been my dream to be part of a Catholic radio station in San Francisco,” Lyford said.

Lyford and his wife, Vickie, live in Vallejo with their children Selah, 17, Luke, 13, James, 12, and Shaina, 8.

KSFB 1260 took over from KOIT AM Dec. 10. The station, Immaculate Heart Radio’s 20th outlet, is on the air 24 hours a day and currently features a daily Mass and rosary as well as programming from Eternal Word Radio Network The Immaculate Heart Radio website is www.ihradio.org.

Song from ‘50s still paying off for Dominican who co-wrote it The band’s four other members — Ronnie Massa, alto sax; Don Bailey, bass; Joe Lovecchio, tenor sax; and Don Connell, HAMMOND, La. (CNS) — So what’s a nice, mild-man- drums — were still in high school. nered, 72-year-old Dominican priest doing collecting thouFor the two years the young man attended Loyola sands of dollars in royalty checks for a rock ‘n’ roll classic that University, he sustained the idea of a vocation to the priesthe co-wrote in the 1950s — a song eventually made famous by hood. But he also couldn’t get enough of rhythm and blues.

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“I would hear Fats Domino sing Father Cayet Mangiaracina, who co‘Blueberry Hill’ and I tried to imitate wrote “Hello, Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart,” him,” Father Mangiaracina said. “We simply shakes his head and chuckles played one night at Annunciation Parish about the song that keeps on giving. for a Friday night dance, and we had just “The embarrassing thing about the finished a song when a bunch of white song, which I wrote as ‘Merry, Merry teenagers came up to the band and said, Lou,’ is that it sounds like I got jilted,” said ‘Gee, whiz, it’s a white band.’ That was Father Mangiaracina, a New Orleans the greatest compliment I ever had.” native who is parochial vicar of Holy In 1954 he sat down at his family’s Ghost Church in Hammond. upright piano and banged out a tune he “The words were like, ‘Why do you do titled “Merry, Merry Lou.” It became a the things you always do? ... I sit here local hit for the Sparks. sighing, just thinking all about you.’ In the A few years later when he had left Dominican Father Cayet ‘50s, songs didn’t make that much sense.

New Orleans to study for the Dominican Mangiaracina Rhythm was the big thing,” he told the priesthood, the Sparks won a battle-ofClarion Herald, newspaper of the New Orleans Archdiocese. the-bands contest in New Orleans and earned a recording sesIn 1953, Father Mangiaracina was 18, fresh out of Jesuit sion in New York City with Decca Records.

High School and considering a religious vocation when he One of the two original songs the band selected was auditioned as a piano player for the Sparks, a rock ‘n’ roll group “Merry, Merry Lou.” Bill Haley and the Comets and Sam whose five members played for $1 an hour at youth dances.

Cooke liked the song so much they recorded their own verHe could only play chords, “but when we started to play sions. Then in the 1960s, Ricky Nelson released “Hello, Mary some rock ‘n’ roll, I kind of clicked with the group,” Father Lou, Goodbye Heart,” written by Gene Pitney.

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“Last year it was $35,000,” Father Mangiaracina said, smiling. “About three or four years ago, I got a check for $90,000. When I was studying for the priesthood, I thought about all the glory I could be sharing. But then, by the grace of God, God hit me in the head and said, ‘You’d better rethink this.’”

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Walk for Life West Coast and related events WWW.WALKFORLIFEWC.COM. Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.: Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Victims of Abortion, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco.

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life is guest speaker. Refreshments follow. For information, contact Vick Evans at (415) 614-5533 or evansv@sfarchdiocese.org.

Jan. 19: The fourth annual Walk for Life West Coast starts with Mass at 8 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco with Archbishop George Niederauer presiding.

Speeches will begin at Justin Herman Plaza at 11a.m. Speakers include Alveda King, niece of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Gianna Jessen, an abortion survivor; Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life; Jesse Ramero, radio host and evangelist; and Eduardo Verastegui, star of “Bella,” the film. At noon, the 2.5-mile walk from the Ferry Building to Marina Green, begins. For more information, go to www.walkforlifewc.com.

Eucharistic Adoration for Life: On Jan. 18-19, from 8 p.m. on Jan. 18 to 7 a.m. on Jan. 19, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish will have all-night eucharistic adoration in preparation for the Walk for Life. People are especially needed for midnight - 5 a.m. hours.

Secure entrance and well-lighted parking lot. 660 Filbert St. in San Francisco. Call Gibbons at (415) 421-0809 or e-mail gibbons@stspeterpaul.san-francisco.ca.us for more information.

Association. Contact Linda at Lp1114@aol.com or call (415) 218-0401.

Jan. 26: “Mardi Gras,” the San Francisco County Council of Catholic Women’s Annual Fundraiser at the Olympic Club with silent auction and no-host cocktails starting at 11:30 a.m., followed by luncheon at 12:30 p.m. and fashions by Simi’s of West Portal. Tickets are $55 with tables of 10 available.

For more information, call Cathy Mibach at (415) 753-0234, and for reservations, checks can be sent to Diana Heafey at 389 Dellbrook Ave., San Francisco, 94131 or call (415) 731-6379.

Jan. 29, 7 – 8:30 p.m.: “Taking Your Career Pulse,” Catholic networking at St. Dominic Church in modular classroom, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner in San Francisco.

Reservations requested. Admission is free. Call (415) 664-0164 or e-mail daura@ccwear.com.

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Reunions Jan. 19: Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School, class of 1982, NDV Church Hall; $45 includes drinks, dinner and more. Contact Mary Vlahos at Marygv68@comcast.net if you would like to help or have questions.

Martin Luther King Commemorations

St. Mary’s Cathedral The following event will take place at the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco.

Thursdays, Jan. 24 – April 17, 7:30 p.m.: “Shedding Light on the Study of God: A Guided Reading of St. Thomas Aquinas.” The free series explores The Treatise on the Divine Nature, Part 1 of St. Thomas’ Summa Theologiæ. Each session will reflect independently on one of the Twelve Questions of the reading. Participants are welcome to attend as many or few evenings as they wish. The series will be led by Stephen C. Córdova, who teaches philosophy at the University of San Francisco and Dominican University. Contact Stephen at cordova@usfca.edu for details. No meeting March 20.

Taize/Chanted Prayer 1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; Young Adults are invited each first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides light refreshments and networking with other young adults. Convenient parking available. For information contact, mercyyoungadults@sbcglobal.net.

1st Friday at 7:30 p.m.: Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113.

2nd Friday at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400 Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at (650) 726-2249.

1st Tuesday at 7 p.m.: National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, San Francisco.

Call (415) 983-0405 or visit www.shrineSF.org.

Sundays: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine of Saint Francis, 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco, 12:15 p.m. Mass. For more information, call (415) 983-0405.

TV/Radio Sunday, 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.

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Saturday, 4 p.m.: Religious programming in Cantonese over KVTO 1400 AM, co-sponsored by

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Students from the newly inaugurated Pro Life Club at St. Ignatius College Preparatory School will be participating in the Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 19. The group has focused its efforts on ending abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty, the school said. Among those taking part will be sophomore Tim O’Reilly and the Pro-Life Club’s two co-presidents, freshman Kristin Stiles and sophomore Emily Glaessner. For more information about the Walk for Life West Coast visit www.walkforlifewc.com. the Chinese Ministry and Chinese Young Adults of the Archdiocese.

1st Sunday, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: “Mosaic,” featuring conversations on current Catholic issues.

3rd Sunday, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: “For Heaven’s Sake,” featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality.

St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center 1611 Oak St. at St. Agnes Parish, San Francisco – (415) 487-8560 or e-mail rosemary@saintagnessf.com.

Jan. 16 and 23, 7 p.m.: The A.S.K. (Ask, Seek, Knock) Seminar: The Christian “Secret”. Are you comfortable asking God for specific things on a daily basis?

Do you think God cares about you personally and would love to hear your requests? Or do you mainly ask for things when times are a bit rough? Have you set your goals for 2008? Would you like some help in that process? Join Joe Murphy in an interactive seminar which promises to change the way one views prayer.

Jan. 30, 7 p.m.: Join Jesuit Father Russ Roide as he considers the following: Can I learn that being a pilgrim is ok? Is having it all together an obstacle to a healthy spirituality? Find God in the mess of our lives!

Food & Fun Jan. 16: The fun continues at Immaculate Conception Chapel where a spaghetti and meatball lunch is served for $8 per person each third Wednesday of the month. The feast begins at noon.

The family style lunches consist of salad, bread, pasta and homemade meatballs. Beverages are available for purchase. The meal is served in the church hall, beneath the chapel. Call (415) 824-1762.

Jan. 19: A Night In Monte Carlo social and fundraiser at St. Agnes Community Center, 1530 Page St., San Francisco. Doors open at 5 p.m. Enjoy

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Jan. 19, 5 – 9 p.m.: Wine and Cheese Spartanfest benefiting Immaculate Conception Academy, 24th and Guerrero St. in San Francisco with Silent Auction/Photo Exhibit. The evening is filled with wine tasting, food and a chance to win the grand prize of a 6 night/7 day stay in a private condo in Kauai, Hawaii with a $1000 gift certificate for airfare. Raffle tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50. Tickets at $25 per person include a complimentary ICA wine glass. Call (415) 824-2052 or e-mail sgiverts@icacademy.org.

Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m.: Crab Feed and Dinner Dance sponsored by Epiphany Parents Association in Epiphany School Cafeteria. Tickets at $40 adults/$15 children 3-13 years of age include crab dinner plus salad, bread and pasta. Call (415) 3374030, ext. 240.

Jan. 26, 5:30 p.m.: Crab dinner benefiting St. Elizabeth Parish, Cantwell Hall, Wayland and Goettingen St. in San Francisco. Includes choice of crab or roast chicken dinner plus appetizers, salad, dessert and coffee as well as open bar. Tickets are $49 adults/$42 seniors. Call (415) 587-7858.

Jan. 26, 6 – 11 p.m.: Celebrate Mardi Gras at St. Margaret Mary Parish Hall, Oakland. Live Music by the Blues Box Bayou Band, Gourmet New OrleansStyle Buffet, and auctions. All proceeds go to complete renovation of the 75-year-old tower of St. Margaret Mary Church. For ticket information, contact Lily Mullen (925) 827-1946 or lilypad@sysmatrix.net. Ticket deadline is Jan. 16.

Jan. 26: Crab Bowl benefiting St. Thomas More Elementary School. Tickets are $40 and include an “all you can eat crab extravaganza” with wine and dessert. Sponsored by St. Thomas More Alumni

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Separated and divorced support groups: 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, San Francisco; call Gail at (650) 5918452 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236. 1st and 3rd Thursday at St. Peter Parish Religious Education Building, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Diana Patrito or Joe Brunato at (650) 359-6313.

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PRINCIPAL, CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE – MEDFORD, OREGON

Sacred Heart Catholic School, a Parish elementaryy school in Medford, Oregon, is seeking an experienced leader to direct a dynamic school community. The position will begin with the 2008-09 school year. Located in the beautiful Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon, Medford is near Southern Oregon University, is a regional medical center, and has unlimited access to outdoor recreational activities such as skiing, hiking, fishing and rafting. The Oregon Shakespearean Festival and the Britt Music Fesstival are within 10 miles.

Sacred Heart School serves 335 students in Pre-School through Eighth grade with a faculty of 25 teachers and 15 support staff.

Additional information on the position can be found on the school web site at: www.shcs.org We are currently accepting applications. Deadline for applications is March 1, 2008. For application, please send letter of interest and resume to: Sr. Betty Larson, O.S.B., Sacred Heart School Search 2838 East Burnside Street, Portland, OR 97214 (503) 233-8348 The Sisters of Mercy is located in a beautiful campus setting in Burlingame. It has an immediate opening for the following position: SISTERS ASSISTANT II On-call position for p.m. and night shifts available. Provides personalized care and support to Sister-residents together with person-centered care teams to ensure Sisters’ continuing independence and quality of life. High School diploma or GED required. Minimum two years work experience, preferably in elder or healthcare facilities, or comparable education/ training or a combination of both. Must enjoy working with the elderly, is a caring and compassionate, flexible, with good communication and interpersonal skills, can understand and follow individualized care plans, multi-task and prioritize and work with evolving systems and structures.

California CNA license and CPR certification required.

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Please send your resume to Sisters of Mercy, Human Resources, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 or e-mail cmoore@mercyburl.org or fax (650) 373-4509

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Adult Beginners Ladies / Gentlemen $60 a month 2x – 2 hours

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Notre Dame High School, embracing the charism of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is a Diocesan Catholic college preparatory school for young women. The current enrollment is 353 young women. A competent and caring Catholic community consisting of 40 administers, teachers and staff works with the principal in faith community affairs, academic affairs and student affairs. A dedicated Board of Trustees works with the principal in the areas of mission effectiveness, development affairs and business affairs. This 9th through 12th grade school is located in the Diocese of Monterey on the central coast of California just 20 minutes east of Monterey. Notre Dame High School has been a pillar of the community since 1964.

The successful candidate must be a Catholic in good standing with the Church; have Catholic high school administrative experience; and hold a California administrator’s credential or its equivalent from another state. The starting date is July 1, 2008.

The letter of application should include a resume, transcripts and three references. Application materials are to be sent to: Kim Pryzbylski, Ph.D., Superintendent of Schools Diocese of Monterey 485 Church Street, Monterey, CA 93940 Email: kpryzbylski@dioceseofmonterey.org Fax: 831-373-0173 Deadline for applications to be received is Friday, February, 15, 2008.

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The Archdiocese of Seattle, located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, is seeking a faith-filled, experienced Catholic to serve as its Superintendent of Catholic Schools beginning July 1, 2008. Currently, there are sixty Catholic elementary schools and nine Catholic high schools located in the Archdiocese of Seattle. Two new high schools are planned.

The Catholic schools of the Archdiocese are equivalent to the ninth largest school district in the State of Washington.

The Superintendent of Catholic Schools oversees the articulation, promotion, and implementation of a vision of Catholic Schools that flows from the mission of the local and Universal church, and ensures the long term health and vitality of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle. The Superintendent is responsible for implementation of the Blue Ribbon Catholic Schools Study and Strategic Planning in the deaneries where Catholic Schools are located.

The successful candidate for this position will possess the following qualifications: a graduate degree in Education, Administration or related field; possession of or ability to obtain Washington State Superintendent’s credentials; at least 5 to 7 years school administrative experience in Catholic Schools, preferably at two levels (elementary, secondary, and/or university level); demonstrated management and leadership experience including budgeting and staff supervision; ability to identify, articulate, affirm, and transmit Catholic traditions and faith; commitment to excellence in Catholic School education; excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills; demonstrated success working in a multicultural environment; and must be an active member of a parish/faith community in good standing with the Catholic Church.

Competitive salary and excellent benefits.

If interested in this position, please go to our website www.seattlearch.org/jobs/Chanceryjobs for an application form or call 206-382-2070.

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Christmas 2007 Schools share generosity, cheer and song ST. PATRICK SCHOOL, LARKSPUR

NOTRE DAME SCHOOL

First grade students at St. Patrick Elementary School in Larkspur collected a pick-up truck full of toys that were distributed through the Larkspur Fire Department.

Students at Notre Dame Elementary School, Belmont, bless and dispatch the more than 200 toys they collected for distribution by the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL

HOLY NAME SCHOOL

A favorite holiday activity for St. Gabriel School students and their families is caroling through the Sunset District. The serenade began at Firehouse 18 on 32nd Avenue and ended at Taraval Police Station on 24th Avenue.

Homemade Christmas cards were presented to the men and women of the firehouse and police station to thank them for their dedication to the community.

Tony Eiras conducts a holiday concert at Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School, Dec. 13. The school’s 331 students also donated 492 coats to the St. Anthony Foundation’s One Warm Coat program, gave more than 100 gifts to Toys for Tots, and adopted 24 people from the parish Giving Tree. A Christ Child Layette Drive also brought infant clothes and supplies for distribution by the Archdiocese’s Council of Catholic Women.

ALL SOULS SCHOOL

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL

All Souls Elementary School sponsored its annual Toys for Tots drive to benefit needy children of the nearby community. Pictured with the toys are student council members Andrea Peña, left, Jason Rattaro, Nicholas Qaqish and Amber Campbell.

Fourth grade students from Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Belmont, sang at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting welcoming theholiday season held at Carlmont Shopping Center.

Conducting was school music teacher, Orla Hayes.