January 26, 2007

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Walk for Life West Coast draws thousands to San Francisco event

By Maurice Healy

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housands of people of all ages participated in the third annual Walk for Life West Coast, held in San Francisco Jan 20, an event that has become a gathering of people working day-by-day for the end of abortion as much as a symbolic yearly protest to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Founded in 2005 by two San Francisco young adult women, Dolores Meehan and Eva Muntean, the event provides a West Coast complement to the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. Meehan said the number of participants in the 2007 Walk for Life West Coast exceeded 20,000. She described the event as “young and vibrant,” but one that “rapidly has become a tradition.”

The first Walk for Life West Coast in 2005 drew about 7,000 participants in an event marred by pro-abortion protestors who had been incited by the comments of city officials.

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Pro-women and pro-life supporters numbered more than 20,000 at the third annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco Jan.20.

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January 26, 2007

On The Where You Live

by Tom Burke

Student photographers of Sacred Heart Preparatory School had their work on display for more than a month in Menlo Park. The shutterbugs included Michelle Miller, left, Marie Hamilton, Sarah Peterson, Rita Bolous, Greg Randall, Rebecca Abbe, Sandy Navaro, Pallavi Menon, and Molly Dickinson. At the center of the frame is teacher Lars Howlett.

Mikey Rutledge

Had a great conversation with Ursuline Sister Jeanette Lombardi, all brought about by her having been mistakenly named a Dominican Sister in a recent issue of Catholic San Francisco. “I haven’t jumped ship,” she exclaimed with a huge laugh. Sister Jeanette, who entered religious life in 1963, celebrated 41 years professed on January 21st . She is a former principal and faculty member of Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School and today continues in service there as a pastoral associate. Sister Jeanette is especially involved in Bereavement Ministry but is also a licensed Marriage and Family Counselor.

“I’ve enjoyed every year of my vocation,” the Potrero Hill native said. “I’ve had my ups and downs but it’s all been good, very good.” Sister Jeanette is a graduate of the much-missed St. John Ursuline High School in San Francisco. “That’s where I met the Ursuline Sisters,” she told me. Sister Jeanette’s mom and dad are Norma and Nello Lombardi of St. Pius Parish in Redwood City who will mark 62 years of marriage in March….Up to date on where things are is Mikey Rutledge, a 6th grader at Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School and winner of the Belmont school’s recent Geography Bee. The map wizard’s winning answer was “Mexico” as in reply to “The State of Tabasco with its rich agricultural tradition is located in which

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Christine and Gerald. His brother, She and her husband, Rick, will be Joey, is a 2nd grader at IHM… married 48 years in August. The Principal is Margaret Purcellaward’s namesake was a very active Brisken. Pastor is Father Stephen pioneer member of the Redwood Howell....Making Christmas comCity parish.…Remember this is an plete with their own Nativity The Ecology Club at Notre Dame High School empty space without ya’!! The Tableau were students from the is helping raise funds for a new water filter for email address for Street is burReligious Education Program at the school dining room through the sale of per- ket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed Our Lady of Angels Parish in sonal water bottles. Kelly Murphy, left, Annika items should be sent to “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109.

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Archbishop Niederauer meets with Archdiocesan Pastoral Council

By Evelyn Zappia The Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese of San Francisco gathered as a group for the first time with Archbishop George Niederauer at the Pastoral Center, January 17.

Established and formed in the fall of 2000 by then Archbishop William J. Levada, the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council is composed largely of lay representatives from throughout the Archdiocese.

Council members last assembled on May 14, 2005 following the previous-day announcement that now Cardinal Levada had been appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

He left for the Vatican in August 2005 and Archbishop Niederauer was installed as Archbishop of San Francisco in February 2006.

Deacon Bill Mitchell, chair of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, said the long gap between meetings was understandable given the circumstances. This hiatus, however, provided Archbishop Niederauer with his first request of the council members. Since there had been 20 months since their last meeting, he proposed extending all terms by two years to preserve council continuity, “subject to the member’s willingness.” All of the members present agreed to this request.

The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council is a diverse group whose members join in dis-

cussion with the Archbishop as an advisory body — presenting insights into the life of the local Church.

“I see this as a two-way street,” said Archbishop Niederauer. “It is important for you to bring matters to me — and I to you,” he said. “We all have our hopes, dreams and visions of our Church.”

While not discounting the value of taking care of “the importance of the council continuing their deliberations,” the Archbishop proposed some ideas for the members to consider for future meetings.

He asked if the council thought it would be “helpful to have a department head from the Pastoral Center at APC meetings to brief the Council about his or her particular program, and work performed.”

Another possibility suggested by the Archbishop was scheduling some time on the agenda “for grassroots concerns.” He said, “this could be a safety valve so the people could bring up topics that recently came up before the meeting.”

While the Council meets three times a year, winter, spring and fall, the Archbishop recommended the possibility of adding a fourth meeting to the schedule. He asked the members to think about an “overnight retreat,” giving the members a block of time to discuss Church issues.

Members also reviewed earlier discussions regarding the goals and their accompanying strategies of the “Seven Goals for PASTORAL CENTER, page 4

San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer talks with Nellie Hizon (left) of St. Stephen Parish and Elsie Foley (right) of St. Finn Barr Parish at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council meeting Jan. 16.

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Documentary on nuns’ role in 1965 civil rights marches to air on PBS

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Mercy Sister Natalie Rossi, chaplain for 10 years at the State Correctional Institution for Women in Cambridge Springs, Pa., waves to inmates while making her rounds at the prison Jan. 11. Sister Natalie says she has a natural camaraderie with the women inmates because she has no shortage of empathy.

Sister Mary Antona Ebo, of the Sisters of St. Mary in St. Louis, gives witness for black voting rights in Selma, Ala., March 10, 1965. A new documentary, "Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change," tells the story of religious sisters who answered the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to join the Selma protests. The program, partly funded by the U.S. bishops' Catholic Communication Campaign, is scheduled to air on PBS stations nationwide during February for Black History Month.

WASHINGTON — A one-hour documentary featuring religious sisters who participated in the 1965 civil rights marches in Selma, Ala., will air on PBS in February as part of Black History Month programming. The documentary, “Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change,” highlights the involvement of Midwestern sisters who joined the marches. It also features the Sisters of St. Joseph from Rochester, N.Y., based in Selma, who provided housing for visiting protesters and treated marchers at Selma’s Good Samaritan Hospital. Many of these sisters are now retired or working in various parts of the country. Independent filmmaker Jayasri Hart, who served as the film’s director and producer, reunited them to show them previously unused news footage of themselves and the events of 1965. The comments they made while watching the film serve as a large part of the film’s narrative. “Sisters of Selma” is a co-production of Hartfilms and Alabama Public Television. For broadcast times, viewers should check their local listings or visit the Alabama Public Television Web site, www.aptv.org/as/sisters/index.asp, for a broadcast schedule link.

Bishop expresses hope for 2007 immigration reform law WASHINGTON — Growing public awareness that U.S. immigration laws are outdated, inhuman and unfair increases hope that Congress will pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2007, said Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Fla. Immigrants illegally entering the U.S. face exploitation by employers, abuse by smugglers and death in the desert, he said. Immigrants “are hardworking, not lawbreakers. An antiquated system is breaking them,” he said during a Jan. 18 teleconference with representatives of Hispanic, labor, business and public policy organizations. The organizations form part of the Alliance for Immigration Reform 2007, which plans to pressure Congress and President George W. Bush to enact a law this year. Bishop Wenski represented the U.S. Conference of

Pastoral Center . . .

■ Continued from page 3 the Future of the Ministry in the Archdiocese,” derived from the Pastoral Plan, “A Journey of Hope Toward the Third Millennium.” The Archbishop suggested this was a way to assist the parishes in moving forward.

Catholic Bishops at the teleconference. He is a former chairman of the bishops’ migration committee and current chairman of the bishops’ international policy committee.

Dioceses urged to have parishes improve accounting

ment in poor countries are both fundamental obligations of a responsible society,” the bishops said.

Pope says ecumenism should find increasing expression at parishes

WASHINGTON — A national advisory Accounting Practices Committee has urged the U.S. bishops to institute tighter internal controls over finances in the nation’s 19,000 parishes. Its recommendations included establishing clear diocesan policies about conflict of interest, protection of whistle-blowers and a fraud policy that would include prosecution in all cases. It also called for each diocese to require every parish to submit an annual report to the bishop on the names and professional titles of the members of the parish finance council, dates the council met, when it approved the parish budget and what budget information was given to parishioners and when.

The report should include a copy of the parish’s published financial statement, it said. The committee, a lay group of certified public accountants convened to advise the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, met in Washington Jan. 11-12. Its recommendations were released by the USCCB the following week.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI said ecumenism should find increasing expression at the parish level through prayer and works of charity. The pope made the remarks at his Sunday blessing Jan. 21 during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. On Jan. 25 he joined other Christian leaders to close out the week with a prayer service in Rome. Addressing pilgrims from his apartment window, the pope said ecumenism must be understood as a “profound dialogue, listening to each other and speaking with each other, getting to know one another better.” He said, “This is a task everyone can carry out, especially when it comes to ‘spiritual ecumenism.’” He said, “I hope the yearning for unity, translated into prayer and fraternal cooperation to alleviate human suffering, can spread even more at the level of parishes, church movements and religious institutes.” The pope expressed his gratitude for all those around the world who are praying and working for Christian unity.

Cardinal: ‘Reasons for rejoicing’ exist despite legalized abortion

British cardinal seeks exemption for adoptions by same-sex couples

WASHINGTON — Despite the fact abortion has been legal throughout the United States for 34 years, there are “reasons for rejoicing,” primarily because of lower abortion rates and increased public opposition to abortion, said Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia. Cardinal Rigali, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, was principal celebrant and homilist at a Jan. 21 Mass on the eve of the annual March for Life. It was held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. “The rate and number of abortions in the United States continue to decline, most notably among teens,” he said to applause during the homily. He said many teens “are wisely choosing to abstain from sexual activity” because of religious and moral values and also to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. “To be free of disease, to be free of the fear of an ill-timed pregnancy, to be free of a broken heart — this is the freedom that we want for our young people, and we rejoice that it is unfolding,” he added to further applause.

LONDON — The head of the English and Welsh bishops’ conference told British Prime Minister Tony Blair that seven Catholic adoption agencies would close if the government forced them to place children with same-sex couples. In a Jan. 22 letter, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster, England, appealed to Blair to grant the agencies an exemption from proposed gay rights laws called the Sexual Orientation Regulations. “This is an appeal for fair play,” the cardinal said. He said that without the exemption the Catholic agencies, which are partly funded by the government, would be forced to end a service that each year places more than 200 problem children with new families. Cardinal MurphyO’Connor said that closing the agencies was a “wholly avoidable” outcome. He said the bishops believed it would be “unreasonable, unnecessary and unjust discrimination against Catholics” if the government insisted that they must act “against the teaching of the church and their own consciences by being obliged in law to provide such a service.”

Budget choices must reflect needs Pope urges Turkey to grant of poor, vulnerable, senators told Church full legal recognition WASHINGTON — Reminding U.S. senators that their budgetary decisions are “not only policy choices but moral ones,” two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged that the continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2007 pay greater attention to “the essential needs of the poor and vulnerable.” Bishops Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Fla., and Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, N.Y., said in a Jan. 17 joint letter to senators that “the fundamental moral measure of our nation’s spending policy is whether it enhances or undermines those most in need.” The two bishops chair the USCCB international policy and domestic policy committees, respectively.

A copy of their letter was released by the USCCB Jan. 18.

“Providing an adequate safety net for poor and vulnerable families at home and abroad and promoting human develop-

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI asked the government of Turkey to grant full legal recognition to the Catholic Church and to establish a formal dialogue with the nation’s Catholic bishops to work out concrete problems.

Welcoming Muammer Dogan Akdur as Turkey’s new ambassador to the Vatican Jan. 19, the pope said that while Turkish Catholics enjoy religious freedom in the country the church as a whole would like to have a recognized juridical status under Turkish law. “I have no doubt that your government will do everything in its power to advance in this direction,” the pope told the new ambassador. The lack of legal status sometimes has made it difficult for the Catholic Church and other Christian communities to own and buy property officially and to build or operate churches, schools and hospitals.

When asked, what will the policy be regarding the information brought to his attention, the Archbishop said, “What it is will determine where it goes; if it were a finance issue, I would take it to the Finance Department.”

He reminded the members that their primary role as part of the group is to provide him advice and counsel about the state of the Archdiocese from the perspective of clergy, religious, professed people, and laity.

“It will not be perfect but we will try to do it well,” said the Archbishop.

Nellie Hizon, who represents the Filipino community of St. Stephen Parish said, “The meeting provided an insight into how the Archbishop will direct the Council. I found his style to be welcoming, with a deep sense of understanding the intricacies of a diverse cultural environment that exists in our Archdiocese.”

The next APC meeting is scheduled May 2, 2007.

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The Catholic Difference It’s been a tough month for Polish Catholicism. Yet, even in the wake of the resignation of Warsaw’s new archbishop and the revelations of clerical cooperation with the communist secret police, the Catholic Church in Poland can reconfirm its traditional roles as the guardian of Poland’s noblest instincts and the nation’s tutor in moral truth – if it remembers something Pope John Paul II said to a French journalist, Andre Frossard.

Frossard asked, “What is the most important word in the New Testament?” John Paul immediately replied, “Truth.” Why? Because the truth sets us free in the deepest meaning of human liberation. And from that spiritual liberation, much good can come. Poland lived that fact of moral and public life in the 1980s, when a revolution of conscience, ignited by John Paul II and supported by the Polish Church, led to the nonviolent Revolution of 1989 and the restoration of Poland’s liberties.

Amidst the drama and controversy of the past several weeks, that great truth – “No Church, No Solidarity, No Revolution of 1989” – remains intact.

Now, however, the world knows something every Pole, and every serious student of modern Polish history, already knew: not everyone was an anti-communist resistance hero. That fact should not obscure two others, however. First, there were far, far more heroes than scoundrels in Polish Catholicism under communism; perhaps 10 percent of the Polish clergy were involved with the SB, the secret police. Second, the people who produced the SB files now being scrutinized are moral villains, too – as much as, or even more than, those who

collaborated, in different ways and with different degrees of culpability.

The Polish Church can regain control of its own story if it provides a comprehensive account of its stewardship during the communist period, using the archive of SB files kept in Poland’s Institute of National Memory [IPN]. Those materials are “raw files,” and some reflect the ambitions of unscrupulous police ferrets more than the truth of particular situations. Yet the IPN archives do contain truths that should be brought to light, both to liberate the Church from burdensome aspects of its past and to confirm the larger truth of the nobility of the Catholic struggle, under extraordinarily difficult circumstances, for the Church’s freedom and Poland’s. If, in the process, Poles are reminded that moral clarity sometimes lies on the far side of moral complexity, that is no bad thing; it is, in fact, an essential understanding in a democracy. In rendering an account of its stewardship, the Church would also perform a public service. The media is rarely an instrument of precise moral analysis. The Church can help Poles understand that there were different forms of interaction with the SB, and that some activities were far worse than others.

Casual interaction with the ferrets by people seeking passports to study or do research abroad is one thing; others refused even that minimum of cooperation, and their steadfastness should be honored. Still, we have to ask whether someone’s interactions with the SB led, with that person’s knowledge and will, to material or moral harm to others. Some churchmen – who imag-

ined themselves more clever than the police and accepted advantages in return for clerical gossip – cooperated because of their egos; they strike me more as fools than villains, George Weigel although their foolishness was not morally neutral. Venality was the sin of others, and a more serious moral failure, too.

Those who pridefully imagined that they could “use” their secret police contacts to build a more open Polish Church, and ended up doing the communists’ political bidding, bear a particularly heavy burden; they betrayed both Church and society.

The kind of comprehensive, carefully calibrated moral reckoning needed here can only be provided by the Polish Church itself, in cooperation with reputable scholars. During the years I’ve been aware of the IPN archives, I’ve been waiting for the Polish Church to seize what struck me as a great opportunity. It didn’t; the result is the drama and damage of the past month. Yet the opportunity remains. In the spirit of John Paul II who taught the liberating power of truth, it should be seized – quickly.

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

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While doing my doctoral thesis, I had the privilege left with the philosopher’s wonder as to why there is explosion was just of having as a mentor the distinguished Belgian something at all instead of nothing. Let me list just a strong enough so that carbon could form; yet philosopher-theologian, Jan Walgrave. One day, while few of these mind-boggling things: discussing a point in philosophy, he asked me: “Do you First off, as Stephen Hawking writes, “If the rate of if it if had been any ever sit on a park bench and ask yourself: Why is there expansion one second after the Big Bang has been stronger all the carbon something instead of nothing?” I had to admit that I did- smaller by one part in a hundred thousand million it would have been conn’t, at least not very often. would have all re-collapsed” and we would have no uni- verted into oxygen.

“Then you are not a philosopher!” he gently com- verse. On the other hand, if it had been greater by one Again, had there been mented. “A true philosopher asks that question every part in a million, the universe would have expanded too a variation within a Father day for it’s a miracle that anything exists at all.” rapidly for planets to form. That equilibrium (upon millionth of a part, Ron Rolheiser Having occasionally met persons like Walgrave which depends the existence of our universe) is, even we’d have no earth and no life. who are true philosophers, I know better than to claim today, still balanced on that same razor’s edge. real citizenship inside that circle.

Finally, in the first seconds that True philosophers, like true mystics, followed this great explosion, for true poets, and true artists, are rare. every one billion antiprotons in the My natural temperament is a bit too universe, there were one billion and pragmatic to be numbered among one protons. The billion pairs annihithem. The fault in this is that, like lated each other to produce radiation, most other non-philosophers, I generbut one proton was left over. A ally take the world and most everygreater or smaller number of surthing in it for granted. However, in vivors (or no surviving protons at all order to stand correctly in this world, if they had been evenly matched) and, we may not take existence for grantagain, we would not have a universe. ed but rather need to live with the And then there is the complexity sense that all is gift - and is a very that is ultimately produced by this big precious and precarious gift too. It’s a bang! For example, there are a hunmiracle that we are here at all! dred trillion synapses (points at One of the things that can help us which a nerve impulses pass from grasp this is contemporary science, one neutron to another) in a human particularly what it says about the brain and the number of possible origins of our universe. Science, like ways of connecting them is greater theology, tells us that we weren’t than the number of atoms in the unialways here and it we shouldn’t take verse. Looking at all of this, the for granted that we are here. Why chance coincidence of so many trilnot? lion possibilities that had to be exactWhen one examines the current ly right for a universe and life to scientific hypothesis regarding the emerge, even Stephen Hawking origins of our universe (the Big Bang admits, “there are theological implitheory) one realizes that it is a miracations.” cle, something beyond the human Jan Walgrave used to define imagination, that there is something The beauty of a nebula is pictured in a view from the Hubble Space Telescope. these “theological implications” this instead of nothing.

A 2004 Vatican document analyzing evolution in the light of faith accepted as likely way: “The next time you are sitting Science today tells us that our the prevailing tenets of evolutionary science, including that the universe erupted 15 on a park bench and looking at a tree universe had a birthday. Roughly 15 billion years ago. See "Communion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in or into the eyes of someone you love billion years ago there was a timethe Image of God" issued in July 2004 by the International Theological Commission. there should flood through you gratizero, a time when everything in our This image shows the Cat's Eye nebula, an interstellar cloud of gas and dust. tude for the marvel of it all and you universe as we have it now did not should ask yourself: Why is there exist. Everything that is now in our something instead of nothing?” entire universe began about 15 billion years ago with an explosion (the “big bang”) from Second, if the nuclear force caused by this great Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, something which was probably tinier than a single explosion had even been slightly weaker we would have atom. Moreover, for our universe, our world, and human only hydrogen in the universe. If it has been even slightteacher, and award-winning author, is life to have come about a mind-boggling combination of ly stronger, all the hydrogen would be converted into President of the Oblate School of Theology factors had to be just right. I say “mind-boggling” helium. In either case, we would not have the present in San Antonio, TX. He can be contacted because it’s when we examine these factors that we are universe, the planet earth, and human life. Moreover the through his website www.ronrolheiser.com.

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FOURTH SUNDAY TIME

Jeremiah 1:1-4, 17-19; Psalm 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15, 17; 1 Corinthians 13:4-13; Luke 4:21-30 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH (JER 1:4-5, 17-19) The word of the Lord came to me, saying: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.

But do you gird your loins; stand up and tell them all that I command you. Be not crushed on their account, as though I would leave you crushed before them; for it is I this day who have made you a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall of brass, against the whole land: against Judah’s kings and princes, against its priests and people. They will fight against you but not prevail over you, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15, 17) R. I will sing of your salvation.

In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.

In your justice rescue me, and deliver me; incline your ear to me, and save me.

R. I will sing of your salvation.

Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety, for you are my rock and my fortress.

O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.

R. I will sing of your salvation.

For you are my hope, O Lord; my trust, O God, from my youth.

On you I depend from birth; from my mother’s womb you are my strength.

R. I will sing of your salvation.

My mouth shall declare your justice, day by day your salvation.

O God, you have taught me from my youth, and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.

R. I will sing of your salvation.

A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1 COR 13:4-13 Brothers and sisters: Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated,

it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. For we know partially and we prophesy partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things.

At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 4:21-30) Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying: “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’” And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”

When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong.

But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away.

Who wants to be a prophet?

By Father Vivian Boland, O.P. Why did things go so badly wrong in the synagogue at Nazareth in such a short space of time? One minute Jesus enjoys unanimous approval, his hometown listeners astonished by his gracious words. The next minute they are universally enraged to the point of threatening him with violence. It is common human experience to feel one has said the wrong thing or been misunderstood. But the breakdown in relations between Jesus and his own people is difficult to understand.

Was it his fault or theirs? Was it something he said or something they said? They ask, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” Jesus proclaims that a prophet is never accepted in his own country, and cites examples from the careers of Elijah and Elisha to show how God’s care reached beyond the boundaries of Israel when there were already many needy people within those boundaries. Was Jesus claiming a status his listeners considered extreme by placing himself in the line of the great prophets of Israel? What kind of threat or offence to his listeners was implied in his declaration that no prophet is acceptable in his own country?

Certainly, a genuine prophet is always reluctant, knowing the dangers of the task.

Jeremiah pleads his youthfulness as an excuse for not accepting the prophetic call, and is assured of God’s help in the confrontations that must follow. It seems like a nice job, carrying God’s Word to the people.

That Word is always just, truthful and gracious. But it is not always welcome, because it is also a sword that penetrates human hearts and exposes the foundations of falsehood and injustice. The prophet must confront his own people, sooner or later, with this gracious and penetrating Word.

Jesus Christ is not just another prophet.

He is not just the greatest of the bearers of the Word of God. We believe that he is the Word of God, full of grace and truth, come to his own home, and his own people received him not (John 1:11). Whatever our own home or country is, whatever the nation, tribe, race, language, politics or philosophy with which we identify ourselves, the Word of God comes to dwell among us. As gracious, he is welcome. As penetrating to the foundations of falsehood and injustice, he may not be so welcome. The temptation is to domesticate Jesus and his good news, to make it ours, familiar, homely and comforting. But the Word is a sword, and when preached faithfully it wounds its hearers with a wound that opens to new life.

Scripture Reflection FATHER BILL NICHOLAS

Love – the great legitimizer Perhaps one of the hottest topics in every culture of every time is “love.” It is found in a diversity of contexts from art and literature to cultural institutions such as marriage and family. Just as diverse are the interpretations of the meaning of love that have been expressed throughout the ages.

“Love” has also become the excuse of choice that serves as a great legitimizer for actions that might otherwise be considered morally atrocious. We see in Shakespeare, suicide is portrayed as romantic and honorable when done for “love.” In Romeo and Juliet, “love” is at the center of the story, leading to the suicide of the two title characters. This is the case in many love stories throughout history, as many love stories are tragedies.

In addition to emotion, the modern cultural interpretation of “love” usually includes a degree of sexual attraction. Since the moral upheaval of the sixties, “love” has been associated with a variety of expressions of sexuality.

“Make love, not war” became a popular mantra during this period. Adultery and promiscuity are often excusable if done out of “love.” In countless movies and novels, love stories simply cannot be told without some explicit expression of sexuality whether it is between adults, between teenage children, or especially unmarried couples.

In the many socio-political debates over sexuality and sexual orientation “love” is often the great legitimizer. “But I love him/her?” is often asserted by teenagers when trying to morally justify being sexually active. In the recent debate over gay marriage, advocates more often than not reduce the issue to a question of “love” and its physical expression between two people. Even the debate over gay adoptions includes the argument that the children are being given a home where they are “loved.” More recently the movement seeking to legalize a “consensual” relationship between an adult and a child states “love” as the justification.

More often than not “love” is narrowly interpreted on the emotional level. Indeed in our modern cultural mindset “love” is usually understood as an intense emotional bubble of happiness focused on a particular individual or object (“I just love that doggy in the window!”). On occasion, married couples that divorce often state as a reason, “I just don’t love him/her anymore.”

Given all of this, how often do we consider “love” as it is expressed in Holy Scripture?

Our reflection on this meaning can make the modern notions of “love” all the more ridiculous, and in some cases scandalous.

Our epistle from this Sunday is arguably one of the most well-known and popular passages of the Bible. The vast majority of weddings one way or another include this passage, or portions of it. However, what exactly does it tell us – not only about the reality of “love,” but

of “love” as it is intended and expressed by God himself?

“Love” is described as patient, kind, truthful, hopeful and enduring. It is not envious, boastful, arrogant, rude, irritable, resentful or gloating. “Love,” however, is not described as perpetually happy, emotionally ecstatic or erotic. It is not described as the absence of anger, sadness or depression. There is, in fact, no reference to emotion in the entire passage; which is ironic considering the emotional response this passage tends to evoke. “Love,” therefore, in the New Testament sense is not emotional or sexual.

Rather “love” is an intellectual disposition.

“Love” is also one of the most basic commandments Jesus gives us – “Love one another as I have loved you” (Jn 15:12). Here again “love” is much more than an emotional temperament, because Jesus adds another detail to “love” that many of us overlook when quoting His command. Jesus says in the Gospel of John, “as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Live on in my love” (Jn 15:9). Then Jesus goes on to say, “you live in my love, if you do what I command you” (Jn 15:10).

Shortly thereafter, following His “Love one another” command, Jesus states, “there is no greater love than this, to lay down your life for a friend” (Jn 15:13). Then He goes on to say, “you are my friends, if you do what I command you” (Jn 15:14).

“Love,” therefore, is not a matter of emotion or sexuality. It is not a warm fuzzy, nor is it a big bubble of ecstatic happiness. Rather it is an intellectual disposition that begins and ends with obedience to God’s commandments; essentially, obedience to God. When we consider our belief that “God is love” (1 John 4:8), then the passage from 1 Corinthians can be seen as nothing less than a description of God. God is patient, God is kind, God is truthful, and all the rest. On this basis, Paul’s discourse on “Love” becomes a call for all of us to live as those created in the image and likeness of God. Living in God’s image and likeness, we too are called, not to search for or abandon ourselves to a state of emotional ecstasy, sexual arousal, or a bubble of warm fuzzy that makes us, before anything else, feel good about ourselves. Rather, living in God’s image and likeness, we are called to assume the intellectual disposition in which we too are patient, kind, truthful, hopeful, enduring, and all the other attributes of love we would likewise attribute to God. In this way, “love” is not the great legitimizer that presents even the most illicit behaviors as acceptable; as done out of “love.” Rather, “Love” in its truest sense, is the means whereby we imitate the very God who created us, and who calls us to first and foremost fulfill the commands given to us by the Son – sent to us because “God so loved the world…” (Jn 3:16)

To love and be loved, we must know our brothers and sisters, for knowledge always leads to love, and love in action is service. Our work is only the expression of the love we have for God. – Blessed Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa is pictured in a signed photo from 1948, the year she began her work in the slums of Calcutta in India.

(CNS PHOTO COURTESY MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY)

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Catholic Schools Today Catholic Schools Week The celebration of Catholic Schools in America really takes place each and every day that parents, students, teachers, principals and administrators work together in collaboration. This week, however, beginning January 28, we observe “Catholic Schools Week. This week is a special time of the year, which gives us the opportunity to recognize and honor the faith-filled mission, traditions and excellence of Catholic Schools, here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and throughout the nation.

In the course of my duties, I am fortunate and blessed in having many opportunities to visit the wonderful Catholic elementary, middle and high schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Each Catholic School in the Archdiocese represents a block of unique fabric in the large and beautiful quilt that is Catholic education. Please join with me in celebrating the spirit of Catholic education that is thriving in our schools.

Maureen Huntington Superintendent of Catholic Schools Archdiocese of San Francisco

Although there has been a decrease in the number of Catholic Schools in the past 35 years, the Catholic Church has not lost sight of its commitment to educate children, particularly those of the poor, within the inner cities and urban areas. Schools in these areas remain a significant presence:

more than 42 percent of all Catholic Schools are located in urban and inner city areas, despite population losses and financial difficulties in maintaining them. National statistics on where Catholic Schools are located (2005-2006 excluding New Orleans) appear below.

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National conference sees perils in how media treats children

By Mark Pattison MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CNS) — The ways in which media is presented to children can act as a two-edged sword, panelists cautioned during a forum on children and media policy presented as part of the Jan. 12-14 National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis.

According to Crystal Aliene Cook, program director of See Jane — an organization founded by actress Geena Davis whose purpose is to increase the number of female characters, and reduce stereotypes, in children’s media — the popular children’s cartoon character Dora the Explorer was originally intended to be a rabbit. Executives at the Nickelodeon cable channel rethought the concept and changed the character to a girl.

Susan Linn, a member of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood’s steering committee, said Dora the Explorer now nets $1.3 billion in product licensing fees for Nickelodeon, second only to SpongeBob SquarePants, who rakes in $1.5 billion in licensing fees, also for Nickelodeon.

Marketing to children is pervasive, Linn said. “It’s really difficult to find baby products that don’t have media characters on them. You can find (them) at high-end toy stores, but not where poor people shop,” she added. “The industry is creating this cradle-to-grave brand loyalty.”

Advertising to children has gotten the attention of Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras. In a Jan. 17 speech to the Association of National Advertisers’

Advertising Law and Business Affairs Conference in New York City, she asked advertisers to “trim the fat in marketing to kids.”

According to Advertising Age, a trade publication, Majoras is not interested in placing blame for rising childhood obesity rates — which some say are the result of food ads targeting kids — but she is interested in action. She said she is pleased so far with the self-regulatory actions by marketers to shift the focus of advertising to children under the age of 12 to encourage healthier eating habits.

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“The media has such implications for children’s health and development,” said Patti Miller at the children and media forum.

Miller is vice president and director of the Children & the Media Program at Children Now, a national child advocacy organization.

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8 Megan Furth Academy 735 Fell St. 94117 (415) 346-9500 (415) 621-8035 Fax: (415) 861-7039 E-mail: norma@meganfurthacademy.org Grades: 5-8

18 Saint Finn Barr Elementary School 419 Hearst Ave. 94112 (415) 333-1800 Fax: (415) 452-0177 Web Site: www.stfinnbarr.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

27 Saint Philip Elementary School 665 Elizabeth St. 94114 (415) 824-8467 Fax: (415) 282-5746 Web Site: www.saintphilipschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

14 Saint Brigid Elementary School 2250 Franklin St. 94109 (415) 673-4523 Fax: (415) 674-4187 Web Site: www.saintbrigidsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care 15 Saint Cecilia Elementary School 660 Vincente St. 94116 (415) 731-8400 Fax: (415) 731-5686 Web Site: www.stceciliaschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

6 Saint Raphael Elementary School 1100 Fifth Ave., San Rafael 94901 (415) 454-4455 Fax: (415) 454-5927 Web Site: www.saintraphael.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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19 Saint Gabriel Elementary School 2550 41st. Ave. 94116 (415) 566-0314 Fax: (415) 566-3223 Web Site: www.stgabrielsf.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

28 Saint Vincent de Paul Elementary School 2350 Green St. 94123 (415) 346-5505 Fax: (415) 346-0970 Web Site: www.svdpsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

20 Saint James Elementary School 321 Fair Oaks St. 94110 (415) 647-8972 Fax: (415) 647-0166 Web Site: www.saintjamessf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

29 Saint Thomas the Apostle Elementary School 3801 Balboa St. 94121 (415) 221-2711 Fax: (415) 221-8611 Web Site: www.stthomasapostle.pvt.k12.ca.us Grades: K-8, Extended Care

21 Saint John Elementary School 925 Chenery St. 94131 (415) 584-8383 Fax: (415) 584-8359 Web Site: www.stjohnseagles.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

30 Saint Thomas More Elementary School 50 Thomas More Way 94132 (415) 337-0100 Fax: (415) 333-2564 Web Site: www.StThomasMoreSchool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

22 Saint Mary Chinese Day School 910 Broadway St. 94133 (415) 929-4690 Fax: (415) 929-4699 Web Site: www.stmaryschinese.org Grades: K-8

31 Saint Stephen Elementary School 401 Eucalyptus Dr. 94132 (415) 664-8331 Fax: (415) 242-5608 Web Site: www.st-stephen.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

23 Saint Monica Elementary School 5950 Geary Blvd. 94121 (415) 751-9564 Fax: (415) 751-0781 Web Site: www.stmonicasf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

32 Star of the Sea Elementary School 360 9th Ave. 94118 (415) 221-8558 Fax: (415) 221-7118 Web Site: www.starsf.net Grades: K-8, Extended Care

24 Saint Paul Elementary School 1690 Church St. 94131 Grades: K-8 (415) 648-2055 Fax: (415) 648-1920 Web Site: www.stpaulsf.net Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care

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17 Saint Elizabeth Elementary School 450 Somerset St. 94134 (415) 468-3247 / 48 Fax: (415) 468-1804 Web Site: www.stelizabethsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

13 Saint Brendan Elementary School 940 Laguna Honda Blvd. 94127 (415) 731-2665 Fax: (415) 731-7207 Web Site: www.stbrendansf.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

3 San Domenico School 1500 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo 94960 (415) 258-1910 [Primary] (415) 258-1908 [Middle] Fax: (415) 258-1901 Web Site: www.sandomenico.org Grades: PreK-8

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12 Saint Anne Elementary School 1320 – 14th Ave. 94122 (415) 664-7977 Fax: (415) 661-6904 Web Site: www.stanne.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

5 Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School 1181 Virginia Ave., Novato 94945 (415) 892-8621 Fax: (415) 892-9631 Web Site: www.ollnovato.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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11 Stuart Hall For Boys Elementary School 2222 Broadway St. 94115 (415) 563-2900 Fax: (415) 292-3165 Web Site: www.sacredsf.org Grades: K-8, boys, Extended Care

2 Saint Patrick Elementary School 120 King St., Larkspur 94939 (415) 924-0501 Fax: (415) 924-3544 Web Site: www.stpatricksmarin.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

7 Saint Isabella Elementary School 1 Trinity Way, PO Box 6188, San Rafael 94903 (415) 479-3727 Fax: (415) 479-9961 Web Site: www.stisabellaschool.webdbs.net Grades: K-8, Extended Care

16 Saint Charles Borromeo Elementary School 3250 18th St. 94110 (415) 861-7652 Fax: (415) 861-0221 Web Site: www.sfstcharlesschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

10 DeMarillac Academy 175 Golden Gate Ave. 94102 (415) 552-5220 Fax: (415) 621-5632 Web Site: www.demarillac.org

4 Saint Anselm Elementary School 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo 94960 (415) 454-8667 Fax: (415) 454-4730 Web Site: www.stanselmschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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6 Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School 659 Pine St. 94108 (415) 421-0069 Fax: (415) 421-1440 Web Site: www.ndvsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

9 Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School 2222 Broadway St. 94115 (415) 292-3126 Fax: (415) 563-0438 Web Site: www.sacredsf.org Grades: K-8, Girls, Extended Care

1 Saint Rita Elementary School 102 Marinda Dr., Fairfax 94930 (415) 456-1003 Fax: (415) 456-7946 Web Site: www.strita.edu Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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3 Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School 1560 40th Ave. 94122 (415) 731-4077 Fax: (415) 731-3328 Web Site: www.holynamesf.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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4 Notre Dame Elementary School 1200 Notre Dame Ave., Belmont 94002 (650) 591-2209 Fax: (650) 591-4798 Web Site: www.nde.org Grades: 1-8, Extended Care

14 Nativity Elementary School 1250 Laurel St., Menlo Park 94025 (650) 325-7304 Fax: (650) 325-3841 Web Site: www.nativityschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

5 Our Lady of Angels Elementary School 1328 Cabrillo Ave., Burlingame 94010 (650) 343-9200 Fax: (650) 343-5620 Web Site: www.olaparish.org Grades: K-8

15 Good Shepherd Elementary School 909 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica 94044 (650) 359-4544 Fax: (650) 359-4558 Web Site: www.goodshepherd-school.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

6 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School 80 Wellington Ave., Daly City 94014 (650) 755-4438 Fax: (650) 755-7366 Web Site: www.olphdc.org Grades: K-8

16 Woodside Priory School 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley 94028 (650) 851-8221 Fax: (650) 851-2839 Web Site: www.woodsidepriory.com Grades: 6-8

7 Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School 17 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School 1000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont 94002 301 Grant St., Redwood City 94062 (650) 593-4265 Fax: (650) 593-4342 (650) 366-6127 Fax: (650) 366-0902 Web Site: www.ihmschoolbelmont.com Web Site: www.mountcarmel.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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8 Saint Catherine of Siena Elementary School 18 Saint Pius Elementary School 1300 Bayswater Ave., Burlingame 94010 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City 94061 (650) 344-7176 Fax: (650) 344-7426 (650) 368-8327 Fax: (650) 368-7031 Web Site: www.stcos.com Web Site: saintpiusschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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9 Holy Angels Elementary School 20 Reiner St., Colma 94014 (650) 755-0220 Fax: (650) 755-0258 Web Site: www.holyangelscolma.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

19 Saint Charles Elementary School 850 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos 94070 (650) 593-1629 Fax: (650) 593-9723 Web Site: www.scharlesschoolsc.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

10 Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School 7 Elmwood Dr., Daly City 94015 (650) 756-3395 Fax: (650) 756-5872 Web Site: www.olmbulldogs.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

20 Saint Gregory Elementary School 2701 Hacienda St., San Mateo 94403 (650) 573-0111 Fax: (650) 573-6548 Web Site: www.stgregs-sanmateo.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

1 All Souls Elementary School 479 Miller Ave., So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 583-3562 Fax: (650) 952-1167 Web Site: www.ssfallsoulsschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

11 Saint Joseph Elementary School 50 Emilie Ave., Atherton 94027 (650) 322-9931 (MAIN #) Fax: (650) 322-7656 Web Site: www.shschools.org Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care

21 Saint Matthew Elementary School 910 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 94402 (650) 343-1373 Fax: (650) 343-2046 Web Site: www.stmatthewcath.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

2 Mater Dolorosa Elementary School 1040 Miller Ave., So. San Francisco 94080 (415) 588-8175 Fax: (415) 588-0426 E-mail: steresitac@covad.net Grades: K-8, Extended Care

12 Saint Raymond Elementary School 1211 Arbor Rd., Menlo Park 94025 (650) 322-2312 Fax: (650) 322-2910 Web Site: www.straymond.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

22 Saint Timothy Elementary School 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo 94401 (650) 342-6567 Fax: (650) 342-5913 Web Site: www.sttimothyschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

3 Saint Veronica Elementary School 434 Alida Way, So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 589-3909 Fax: (650) 589-2826 Web Site: www.stveronicassf.com/school Grades: K-8, Extended Care

13 Saint Dunstan Elementary School 1150 Magnolia Ave., Millbrae 94030 (650) 697-8119 Fax: (650) 697-9295 Web Site: www.st-dunstan.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

23 Saint Robert Elementary School 345 Oak Ave., San Bruno 94066 (650) 583-5065 Fax: (650) 583-1418 Web Site: www.saintroberts.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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‘Why we value our Catholic elementary and secondary schools’ Following is an excerpt from the document “Renewing Our Commitment to Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools in the Third Millennium” approved in June 2005 by the full body of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Young people of the third millennium must be a source of energy and leadership in our Church and our nation. Therefore, we must provide young people with an academically rigorous and doctrinally sound program of education and faith formation designed to strengthen their union with Christ and his Church. Catholic schools collaborate with parents and guardians in raising and forming their children as families struggle with the changing and challenging cultural and moral contexts in which they find themselves.

Catholic schools provide young people with sound Church teaching through a broadbased curriculum, where faith and culture are

intertwined in all areas of a school’s life. By equipping our young people with a sound education, rooted in the Gospel message, the Person of Jesus Christ, and rich in the cherished traditions and liturgical practices of our faith, we ensure that they have the foundation to live morally and uprightly in our complex modern world. This unique Catholic identity makes our Catholic elementary and secondary schools “schools for the human person” and allows them to fill a critical role in the future life of our Church, our country, and our world.

Catholic schools are often the Church’s most effective contribution to those families who are poor and disadvantaged, especially in poor inner city neighborhoods and rural areas.

Catholic schools cultivate healthy interaction among the increasingly diverse populations of our society. Catholic schools are often the only opportunity for economically disadvantaged young people to receive an education of quality that speaks to the development of the whole person. As we continue to address the many and varied needs of our nation’s new immigrant population, the Church and its schools are often among the few institutions providing immigrants and newcom-

ers with a sense of welcome, dignity, community, and connection with their spiritual roots.

As important as a sound Catholic school education is for the new immigrant and the poor, it continues to be of prime importance to those children and grandchildren of the generations who earlier came to our shores.

Our Catholic schools have produced countless numbers of well-educated and moral citizens who are leaders in our civic and ecclesial communities. We must work with all parents so they have the choice of an education that no other school can supply—excellent academics imparted in the context of Catholic teaching and practice.

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80 Wellington Avenue Daly City 94014 (650) 755-4438 Fax: (650) 755-7366 e-mail: olphdc@yahoo.com www.olphdc.org – Call for school visit – Open House: Sat., Jan. 27 2:00–4:00 P.M.

7 Elmwood Drive, Daly City 94015 (650) 756-3395 Fax: (650) 756-5872 www.olmbulldogs.org e-mail: olmdc@yahoo.com School tours by appointment Open House and Curriculum Fair Wed. January 31 7:00–9:00 P.M.

20 Reiner Street Colma 94014 (650) 755-0220 Fax: (650) 755-0258 www.holyangelscolma.com Open House: Sunday, February 4 11:00 am – 2:00 pm School tours by appointment

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479 Miller Avenue So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 583-3562 Fax: (650) 952-1167 www.ssfallsoulsschool.org e-mail: allsoulsssf@yahoo.com Open House: Sunday, January 28 10:00 – 11:30 am

1040 Miller Avenue So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 588-8175 Fax: (650) 588-0426 www.mdssf.org e-mail: MDSchool@mdssf.org Open House: Sunday, January 28 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

434 Alida Way So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 589-3909 Fax: (650) 589-2826 www.stveronicassf.com/school Open House: Sunday, January 28 beginning with the 9:30 Mass until 12:00 noon

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909 Oceana Boulevard, Pacifica 94044 345 Oak Avenue (650) 359-4544 San Bruno 94066 Fax: (650) 359-4558 (650) 583-5065 www.goodshepherd-school.org Fax: (650) 583-1418 e-mail: goodsheppac@hotmail.com e-mail: stroberts@sanbrunocable.com Open House: Wednesday, January 31 9:00 am. Call for a reservation or for additional school visit dates

1150 Magnolia Avenue, Millbrae 93030 (650) 697-8119 Fax: (650) 697-9295 www.st-dunstan.org Open House: Sunday, January 28 Beginning with Mass at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Tour Call for additional school tours & visit days

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First lady, Laura Bush, lauds ‘vital role’ of Catholic schools William Maestri: “We don’t educate children because they are Catholic. We educate children NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Catholic schools because we’re Catholic.” played a “vital role” in the Gulf Coast’s path to St. Rosalie principal Mary Wenzel told the recovery after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, first Clarion Herald, New Orleans archdiocesan newslady Laura Bush said on a visit to a Catholic elepaper, that she learned just before Christmas that mentary school in Louisiana earlier this month. the first lady wanted to visit her school in January.

Meeting students, teachers and parish at St. The Harvey elementary school had received a Rosalie Catholic School in Harvey and personnel $20,000 grant from the Laura Bush Foundation to from the New Orleans Archdiocese Jan 9, Bush said help rebuild its library, but beyond that Wenzel said the school “reminds us of the vital role Catholic she had no real idea why her school was chosen. schools have played in helping children whose lives “But I know she felt that Catholic schools were devastated by the hurricanes. Catholic schools were not getting enough publicity for their part worked as quickly a possible to re-enroll their stuin recovery efforts, and she wanted to highlight dents. In September 2005, students from archdiocea Catholic school,” Wenzel said. san schools were scattered throughout 49 states. By In preparing for Bush’s visit, Wenzel said, November 2006, 98 percent were back attending the she spent a great deal of time on the phone with school of their choice.” speechwriters from the first lady’s office, as did First lady Laura Bush accepts flowers from eighth-grader Katelyn Huff, She pointed out that “New Orleans Catholic the pastor of St. Rosalie Parish, Salesian Father student council president, at the conclusion of Bush's Jan. 9 talk at schools ... opened their doors to thousands of Jonathan Parks.

St. Rosalie School in Harvey, La. Leading the applause to the right is public school students displaced by the storm. In The elementary school campus sustained nearSalesian Father Jonathan Parks, pastor of St. Rosalie Parish. The Metairie, Archbishop Rummel Transition School ly $2 million in damage but was back open by Oct. helped hundreds of families return by taking stu3, 2005. Repairs to the middle-school campus are school had received a $20,000 grant from the Laura Bush Foundation. dents from any area school that closed. just getting under way and are expected to be “Cathedral Academy welcomed the children of first remain in Catholic schools, their tuition paid entirely by the completed in early June, in preparation for its August reopenresponders who lived on mercy ships immediately after archdiocese.” ing. Middle-school students, meanwhile, have been attending Katrina. Archdiocesan representatives spent three evenings She quoted archdiocesan school superintendent Father classes on the Archbishop Shaw High School campus. aboard those mercy ships registering students, and they asked for no tuition,” she said.

“Today,” she continued, “1,500 public school students (CNS PHOTO/FRANK J. METHE, CLARION HERALD)

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Media children . . .

■ Continued from page 4CS As much as adults may criticize media’s negative impact on children, “media is not going to go away,” Miller advised. Today, children spend six and a half hours a day with media, with one-fourth of that time spent using two or more forms of media simultaneously. Moreover, 68 percent of children have a TV in their own room, 44 percent have a DVD or VCR player in their room, half have video games, and a third have computers.

“How do we create a media environment worthy of our nation’s kids?” Miller asked.

“The clue is the two Ps: provide and protect.”

Miller said it is necessary for TV programmers to provide educational programming for children, and for schools to provide media literacy education for their students. It is also necessary to protect chil-

dren from “harm — and by that I mean excessive advertising,” Miller added.

“Parents today are so stressed they can justify putting their kids in front of the TV and using the television as a electronic baby sitter as long as they think it’s educational,” Linn said. She noted how the “Baby Einstein” series has garnered $250 million for its owner, The Walt Disney Co., with projections that revenues will quadruple to $1 billion by 2010.

Cook, of See Jane, reported on studies showing that girls are willing to watch TV shows and movies with boys as the lead characters, but that boys are less willing to see TV and movies with girls as the central character.

“What becomes of the child who cannot see himself or herself and thinks their narrative is not important?” she asked.

She added, “It’s important for boys to be able to see girls in entertainment because they’re going to grow up to be fathers, and deal with women in the workplace.”

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The Teaching of Christ The human quest for God

By Most Rev. Donald W. Wuerl This column is the sixth and final part of a series on the recently published book, “The United States Catholic Catechism for Adults,� which is available at Catholic bookstores, major booksellers, and at www.usccb.org — “Publications.�

At its core, the profession of faith expressed in such words as “I believe� or “we believe� is a response to God. God calls us and we answer. God speaks to us and we reply. We refer to God’s word to us as “revelation� and our response as “faith.�

The United States Catholic Catechism for Adults begins the discussion of the act of faith with a reflection on the human desire for God, the ways we come to know God, the knowledge of God according to the church and, finally, how we can speak about God. Since the preface and most of the chapters start with stories of Catholics, many from the United States, it is not surprising that this first chapter, titled “My Soul Longs for You, O God� (Psalms 42:2), would highlight the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and “one woman’s quest.� In the very act of creating us, God has written in our hearts a yearning for fullness and completeness that can only be found in God. It is this yearning that accounts for the uneasiness, sense of unfulfillment and dissatisfaction that characterizes the struggle in human life if God and the spiritual dimension of life are excluded. We are all aware that money, self-satisfaction, power or other finite realities can be a temporary substitute and provide us with limited happiness, but we

also know that all these things ultimately fail to bring true peace of mind and contentment of soul. It is for this reason that we say the beginning or seeds of our profession of faith can be found in the human longing for completion, fullness and satisfaction - for God. How do we come to know God? If we are going to respond to God, we must recognize that it is God who calls us and God who speaks to us. The church teaches that God, the beginning and end of all things, can be known with certainty from created things by the natural light of human reason.

The beauty of creation and the wonder of the world in which we live are not only the subject of art and literature but voices that speak to us of a creative power far beyond us - of a God who creates with great order and majesty. The existence of the artist is always affirmed by the presence of the work of art.

At the same time, a reflection on the moral order in the universe can lead us to a natural knowledge of God. We are aware that our actions should be just, truthful and temperate. We also realize that this insistent call to goodness, which we hear in the voice of our conscience, is in fact a manifestation of the presence of God. Conscience is described as the still, quiet voice of God within each of us.

So that we do not have to rely on our own limited human experience alone, God manifests himself clearly through God’s own words to us, revelation. Lest we be confused, God speaks to us directly.

Another reason why God speaks to us in revelation is because, even though we might know that God exists by

What is the kingdom of God? Q. A priest visiting our parish during Advent spoke about the kingdom of God and said it is here and now present on earth. But in the Our Father we pray that the kingdom will come. What exactly is the kingdom of God or the kingdom of heaven?

A. Yours is a good question, shared by many Catholics and other Christians. And it’s an important one. The Gospels, Matthew in particular, speak of the kingdom as a basic reality of our faith, which frames and forms our relationship with God here and in eternity.

One source of confusion is that the kingdom of God, or of heaven, is a rather fluid term in the New Testament.

Jesus never actually defines it. Rather, he alludes to it with a variety of images and stories that give us something of a multicolored description of what he means.

The kingdom of which Jesus speaks is, first of all, not a place. Nor is it a static, unchanging condition, something

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finally finished here or perhaps even in the future. God’s reign, his loving rule over all creation, is active and full of life, constantly at work in everything he continually is creating.

Nor is this kingdom something new. God always has been Lord of the universe and of our human family. From the beginning of his public life Jesus declares that the rule of God is now; we must reform our lives to recognize his reign, to re-establish the harmony of creation destroyed by sin.

In fact, as I said above, the core of Christ’s Gospel (“good news�) is that this God whose reign we honor is a gracious, loving, merciful and joyful Father who is revealed in the life and words of his Son, as in the great parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin, and the prodigal son (Lk 15).

The heart of the kingdom-of-God theme, therefore, is this conviction that the infinite mystery surrounding us is an ongoing presence that allows Jesus to urge us to trust, not to be afraid. Whatever happens, we are sure of the Father’s benevolent presence and power active in the world.

As the preface of the feast of the Kingship of Christ puts it, the kingdom he proclaims is one of justice, love and peace. All these are active, ongoing realities that, at least here, are never totally perfect, are always moving toward fuller realization.

Finally, the New Testament indicates often that this kingdom, this compassionate and magnanimous presence of

natural human reason alone, we could never come to know who God is without God’s direct intervention. God is so far beyond us, so transcendent and holy, so eternal and infinite, that our limited finite minds and hearts could never grasp the full truth of who God is.

We need God’s revelation to enlighten us about those things which exceed our understanding and about those religious and moral values which will guide us surely, directly and quickly to God. Out of the knowledge of God that we receive through revelation, we are thus able to speak about God. All human knowledge of God is limited, but we can understand God in relation to creatures and according to our limited human means of thinking and knowing. Hence, we are able to know God as a personal God who works through mighty deeds. We are also able to list such divine attributes as allknowing, loving and almighty, as well as those eternal, changeless, transcendent and holy qualities that characterize the very identity of God. God created us capable of responding to God’s word.

That word comes to us in God’s revelation, first in the Old Testament and then in the New Testament, and reaches its fullness in Jesus Christ. Echoes of that word are heard in creation and in our very human nature. All of this is done so that we might respond to God’s loving call with a “yes� of faith. This faith is anchored in the conviction that it is God who speaks to us and to whom we reply.

Most Reverend Donald W. Wuerl is Archbishop of Washington, D.C.

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God, is not something we merit or “build� by our own initiative and strength. It is his work, a pure gift to his people when they try to live as a faithful and loving community.

When we look at it this way, as part of the mystery of God’s creating love, perhaps we can understand a bit better how the reign of God will always be here and yet always be in some way in the future, as long as his lavish creative generosity continues.

The spiritual value of this remarkable insight from Jesus is endless. The more we are aware of the power of this divine rule among us now and its continuance in eternity, the greater is our confidence that, in St. Paul’s words, nothing can separate us from the love of God that comes to us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(Questions may be emailed to Father Dietzen at jjdietzen@aol.com.)

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St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco.

Call (415) 567-2020 for more information about any event listed here.

Feb. 2: Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament after the 8:00 a.m. Mass Friday and continuing throughout the day and night until 7:45 a.m.

Saturday with Morning Prayer and Benediction.

(Exposition is suspended during scheduled Masses at 12:10 noon, 7:00 p.m. and 6:45 a.m. according to liturgical norms.) Join us as we pray for world peace, a culture of life, priests and the special intentions commended to our prayers. For more information or to volunteer please call (415) 567-2020 x224.

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Food & Fun Jan. 27: Mardis Gras Zydeco Dance benefiting St. Finn Barr Parish in Goode Hall, 415 Edna St. in San Francisco from 8 p.m. – midnight. Tickets are $15 in advance/$18 at door. Music by Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic. Refreshments and food will be on sale. Call (415) 585-4524 or 333-3727.

Feb 2: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club gathers for Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield. Breakfast and presentation follow in parish hall. Today’s speaker is Brian Cahill, Executive Director of Catholic Charities CYO. Brian lives in St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco; 40 years in social services. Brian will give us updates on Catholic Charities CYO, Parish Outreach & on Adoption. Members Breakfast: $7.

Visitors Breakfast: $10 . Call 461-0704 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. or contact Sugaremy@aol.com.

Feb. 3: The Booster Club of Mercy High School, San Francisco will host the Fourth Annual Cioppino Dinner at 5:30 p.m. in Barrett Hall. The evening will include dinner, musical entertainment and a raffle.

Tickets are $35 per person and all proceeds benefit Mercy Athletics. Mercy High School is located at 3250 Nineteenth Avenue. For more information, please contact Cynthia Koral at (415) 247-9559 or visit the Mercy website at www.mercyhs.org.

Feb. 8: Mercy High School, San Francisco will host the Empty Bowls Benefit Dinner for the Catholic Worker House of San Bruno at 6:00 p.m. in Barrett Hall. In addition to dinner, guests will receive a beautiful ceramic bowl made by Mercy students.

Suggested donation is $10 per person. Mercy High School is located at 3250 Nineteenth Avenue. For more information, please contact either Kathy Curran or Gail Bennett at (415) 334-0525 or visit the Mercy website at www.mercyhs.org.

Feb. 10: 11th Annual Crab Cioppino and Live Music Night at Holy Name parish’s Ryan Hall, 40th Ave. and Lawton in San Francisco. Doors open at 6 p.m. Enjoy hosted bar, entertainment and delights including appetizers, Father D’Angelo’s Heavenly Garlic Bread, Cioppino, pasta, and dessert. Tickets are $40 for adults, $30 for seniors over 65 and $10for children aged 6 – 12. “Come and experience a Holy Name tradition.” Call (415) 664-8590.

Catholic Charismatic Renewal The Catholic Charismatic Renewal plans events throughout the year. Information about the group’s activities can usually be found here in Datebook and always at their Web site www.sfspirit.com. First Fridays of the month are commemorated with rosary and Mass at selected churches throughout the Archdiocese usually beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, contact John Murphy at exmorte@aol.com.

Feb 2: First Friday Mass at St. Hilary Church in Tiburon at 7:30 PM. Rosary at 7:00 PM. Looking for a closer relationship with God? Looking for something fresh? Come to the Life in the Spirit seminar at St. Anne’s of the Sunset (14th & Judah in SF). February 10 and 17 and March 3. Registration at 9 a.m. Day ends at 1:30 PM and includes a free lunch with plenty of parking in church lot. Seminar leader and speaker Father Jim Tarantino. For more information call (415) 753.3732 or (650) 906.3451.

Arts & Entertainment Jan. 26: That’s right, tonight!!! See Late Nite Catechism 2 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, 300 Fulton St. in Redwood City at 7 p.m. Tickets can be

Mar. 24: Training for New Lectors. Offered by the Office of Worship. $15.00 fee. 9am-3:30pm at St. Charles Church, San Carlos. Please pre-register at 415-614-5585 or vallezkellyp@sfarchdiocese.org.

Single, Divorced, Separated Sundays 7 – 9 p.m. from Jan. 7: Divorce Recovery Course providing a chance to understand the emotional journey that begins with the loss of a relationship.

Takes place at O’Reilly Parish Center of St. Stephen Parish, 451 Eucalyptus at 23rd Ave. in San Francisco.

Cost of $45 includes book and materials. Call Vonnie at (650) 873-4236 or Susan at (415) 752-1308.

Separated and Divorced support group meets 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236

Consolation Ministry

Archbishop George Niederauer celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception with students of San Francisco’s Immaculate Conception Academy and neighboring St. James Elementary School December 8. purchased on line at www.mountcarmel.org or at the school by calling 650-366-8817. Ticket prices are $40.00 each.

Jan. 28: Father Paul Perry in concert at St. Sebastian Church in Kentfield at 3 p.m. Program includes works by Bach, Schubert and others. All are welcome. Call (415) 461-0704.

Through April 22: “Sacramental Light: Latin American Devotional Art” will be on exhibit at the Thacher Gallery at University of San Francisco.

Opening reception and curator tour: Thursday, January 25, 4-6 p.m. The exhibition features devotional objects and paintings from 17th and 18th century colonial Latin America. www.usfca.edu/library/thacher/ (415) 422-5178 Feb. 3: A free symposium will be held 1-5 p.m. in Fromm Hall, University of San Francisco (650 Parker).

Featuring four nationally-recognized speakers and using the Thacher Gallery’s exhibition “Sacramental Light: Latin American Devotional Art,” the conference will explore the interaction between Hispano-Catholic and indigenous Central and South American religious and artistic traditions in the 17th and 18th century. (415) 422-5178 http://www.usfca.edu/lanecenter/events/sacramental.html March 2, 3: St. Boniface is having a play about St. Bernadette March 2, at 7 p.m. and March 3 at 2 p.m. in the parish theater at 175 Golden Gate Ave. in San Francisco. Admission is free. Call (415) 816 5230.

Mar. 11: Archdiocesan Choral Festival. Choristers from more than 20 parishes join in glorious song for a concert under the direction of Simon Berry. Free admission. 4:00p.m. St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. & Vicente, San Francisco. For more info call 415-614-5585.

Taize/Chanted Prayer 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m.: Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave, Belmont. Call (650) 593-2045 ext. 277 or visit www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; 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 6:30 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, SF, with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113.

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

Sundays: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine

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Social Justice/ Family Life Interested in St. Vincent de Paul? Tour our facilities in San Francisco, where we serve 1000 of the city’s most needy every day. Tours are scheduled the first Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and second Saturday at 11 a.m. every month. Phone (415) 927-1270 x3003 to reserve a spot.

Are you in a troubled marriage? Retrouvaille, a program for couples with serious marital problems, might help. For information, call Tony and Pat Fernandez at (415) 893-1005.

Information about Natural Family Planning and people in the Archdiocese offering instruction are available. Call (415) 614-5680.

Sat. at 9 a.m.: Pray the Rosary for Life at 815 Eddy St. between Franklin and Van Ness, SF. Call (415) 752-4922.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends can add to a Lifetime of Love. For more information or to register, call Michele or George Otte at (888) 568-3018.

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

Harry Schlitt presiding.

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

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

Reunions Feb. 17: Mercy High School, San Francisco, Class of ’71 in Rist Hall. Contact Patricia O’Neill at (415) 682-7858.

Prayer/Lectures/Trainings Feb. 24: Training for New Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Offered by the Office of Worship. $15.00 fee. 9am-3:30pm at St. Charles Church, San Carlos. Please pre-register at 415-6145585 or vallezkellyp@sfarchdiocese.org.

Grief Groups meet at the following parishes.

Please call numbers shown for more information.

San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Sienna, Burlingame. Call Debbie Simmons at (650) 5581015; St. Dunstan, Millbrae. Call Barbara Cappel at (650) 692-7543;. Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City. Call Barbara Cantwell at (650) 755-0478; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City.

Call Parish at (650) 366-3802; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call Sister Patricia at (650) 589-2800.

Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo. Call Brenda MacLean at (415) 454-7650; St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732; Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.

San Francisco: St. Dominic. Call Sister Anne at (415) 567-7824; St. Finn Barr (Bilingual). Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Gabriel. Call Elaine Khalaf at (415) 564-7882.

Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.

Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Children’s Grief Group: St. Catherine, Burlingame.

Call Debbie Simmons at (650) 558-1015.

Information regarding grief ministry in general call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm, Ross, call (415) 4532342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949.

San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle. Call (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, (415) 664-8590.

San Mateo County: San Mateo - St. Bartholomew, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Matthew, Deacon Jim Shea at (650) 344-7622. Burlingame - St. Catherine of Siena, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Holy Names Sister Pat Hunter at (650) 375-8023. Millbrae - St. Dunstan, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952. Pacifica - St. Peter, Sylvia Miles at (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci at (650) 3551799, Frank Erbacher at (650) 355-4355. Half Moon Bay - Our Lady of the Pillar, Meghan at (650) 726-4337.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an information phone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired.

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‘Called to witness and to prayer, confidence and hope in the Risen Christ’ San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer delivered the following homily at St. Mary’s Cathedral at a Mass preceding the Jan. 20 Walk for Life West Coast.

In the Gospel reading this morning, Jesus tells us: “Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” Jesus said this to the Apostles at the Last Supper on Holy Thursday night, only an hour or two before his arrest, torture and death.

In our first reading, from his Letter to the Philippians, St. Paul tells us: “Have no anxiety.” Paul was writing that from prison.

In those circumstances, Jesus and Paul urge us to find peace and confidence in our faith. Often we feel we have much to be anxious, troubled and afraid about. And we do.

Each of us has the everyday concerns of our lives and the lives of our families and friends. Together we are concerned about the respect for human life involved in so many issues: abortion, assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research, capital punishment, warfare, and others as well.

Are anxiety and fear the appropriate responses? No, not

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Yes, we witness today and every day, but not as uncertain and anxious and fearful, but as convinced and confident disciples. Nearly 65 years ago, during the Second World War, while so many countries in Europe were occupied by an invading power, the spiritual writer C. S. Lewis wrote about the experience of Christians in images drawn from those times. He portrays our spiritual struggles with sin and temptation in those terms. His words are still powerful today: “Christianity thinks it is a civil war, a rebellion, and that we are living in a part of the universe occupied by the rebel. Enemy-occupied territory—that is what the world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign ... When you go to church you are really listening in to the secret wireless from our friends: that is why the enemy is anxious to prevent us from going. He does it by playing on our conceit and laziness and intellectual snobbery.”

Humbly, confidently, then, with no bitterness or resentment, let us go forth to witness to the life and love of the Kingdom and the King.

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An estimated 15,000 participants were at the 2006 prolife event, which was peaceful thanks to a large showing of police and restrained political rhetoric.

San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer celebrated a morning Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral prior to the 2007 Walk for Life West Coast. In his homily, he said, “Humbly, confidently, then, with no bitterness or resentment, let us go forth to witness to the life and love of the Kingdom and the King.”

At a pre-march rally held at Justin Herman Plaza at the foot of Market Street, Archbishop Niederauer led the opening prayer, calling upon participants to see the image of God in every person.

Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel F. Walsh, San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius C. Wang, and San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester — Bishop-Designate of Salt Lake City, also participated.

Speaking at the rally, Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, recalled the 1963 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The civil rights leader said America in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution created a promissory note that guaranteed inalienable rights of life liberty and happiness to all.

Father Pavone reminded participants in the Walk for Life West Coast that Dr. King had said insofar as her citizens of color were concerned America had issued a bad check, which had come back marked “insufficient funds.” But Dr, King said he refused to believe that the nation’s justice was bankrupt.

Father Pavone said, “For all of our unborn brothers and sisters, the situation is the same.” America has issued a check to the unborn that has come back marked “insufficient funds,” the priest said.

Echoing Dr. King in his “I have a dream” speech, Father Pavone said, “We refuse to believe that this nation will continue this injustice, and we will march and work and witness until the rights of the unborn are recognized.”

Other speakers included Talitha Phillips, Silent No More Awareness Campaign; Carol Crossed, Democrats for Life; Alfredo Abarca, a San Francisco activist for life and family; Vera Lord, Through the Looking Glass; and Pastor Clenard Childress, Jr., Life Education And Resource Network.

Shortly after noon, the walk began with teenagers and young adults leading the thousands of marchers and carrying a 20-foot wide banner reading “Abortion hurts women.” Pro-women and pro-life supporters walked peacefully from the Embarcadero to the Marina Green, often joining in prayer or song.

Along the walk route, primarily on the Embarcadero, several hundred abortion advocates protested the event.

The pro-abortion contingent largely was non-confrontational, calling out slogans as the Walk for Life participants walked by. However, a more hostile reaction came from dozens of pro-abortion activists who harangued the

for Christians. As someone has said, “Peace is the fruit of believing prayer.” We meet opposition, defeats and setbacks. We find that our challenges last for years and decades. We could become discouraged. But it is not for us to “keep score.” We are called to witness and to prayer, and confidence and hope in the Risen Christ.

St. Paul goes on to say in our reading, “In thanks and petition, make your request to God. Then the peace of God will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus, the peace that surpasses understanding.” If we thank God for his blessings in the past and beseech him for his Providential care in the present and the future, he will give us peace. God’s peace “surpasses understanding” because we can’t cause it or manufacture it or fake it.

If we cast our care upon the Lord, Peter assures us in one of his letters, he will care for us. In our Gospel reading Jesus promises to the ones who keep his word that he and the Father will come and dwell within them—literally, in the Greek, “pitch their tent” within them! When we walk this morning, Jesus is within us, we are in him, and he walks with us. In our prayer of faith, Jesus says, the Holy Spirit will teach us and remind us of this and all that the Savior teaches.

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Culture of life means changing hearts, president tells March for Life WASHINGTON (CNS) — “A true culture of life cannot be built by changing laws alone. We’ve all got to work to change hearts,” President George W. Bush told tens of thousands of participants in the 34th annual March for Life Jan. 22.

Bush spoke by phone at the beginning of a two-hour rally on the National Mall preceding the marchers’ slow, peaceful trek around the Capitol to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.

With temperatures hovering right around freezing, the marchers packing several square blocks of the Mall and overflowing onto side streets turned the previous day’s snowfall into acres of muddy slush.

Among featured speakers was U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican whose appearance at the microphone sparked huge cheers from a large Kansas delegation just in front of the stage. Hundreds of people in all parts of the crowd waved blue “Brownback for president” signs, reflecting support for his decision to make a bid for the Republican presidential nomination next year.

“We need a culture of life that respects all life ... from conception to natural death,” said Brownback, a Catholic. He added, “The unborn person is unique, is sacred, is beautiful” and he or she “deserves protection.”

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Nellie Gray, who has led the March for Life since its inception in 1974, said she warned abortion advocates back then that they were on a “slippery slope” that would also lead to euthanasia.

Carl A. Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus — which in 1954 led a successful campaign to get “under God” inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance — led the rally in reciting the pledge. As the people recited “with liberty and justice for all,” he added a three-word phrase, “born and unborn.”

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January 26, 2007

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of December HOLY CROSS COLMA Efigenia C. Aguirre Nestor Alva Josephine A. Anguzza Edwin M. Antosik Phyllis M. Aprile Norma I. Armenta Julius Baioni Monico M. Balingit Marion J. Beber Elizabeth L. Bechter Gabriel Begorre Ines Belli Adrienne K. Benner Edward J. Bennett Rosa Besozzi Inez Bevilacqua Virginia G. Bonuccelli Ramona L. Brennan Frances Beatrice Broock Charles Ernest Burnett Joseph Gerard "Jerry" Bussiere Abraham G. Busto Hugh C. Byrne, Sr. James E. Cagnacci Steven J. Cannata Kay D. Caruso Jesus Perez Casas Eulalia M. Castillo Luis Chavarri George T. Comisky Teresita R. Cristobal Joseph DeBattista Mary Debono Angeline Marie Delmas Delagnes Don Diego Ambrosio I. Domantay Eileen A. Donohue Eileen A. Drexler Leonard R. Dumas Carol Duran Darnell D. Durio Gisele Elowe Norman E. Eriksen Antonio S. Estrada

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