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St. Dominic Church restoration progresses At the top of St. Dominic Church’s façade, the terra-cotta statue of the crucified Jesus (above right) has suffered severe damage from water infiltration and corroded metal anchors as has other exterior masonry (right). The cross-piece is being recast and will be replaced in December as part of the San Francisco church’s two-decade, multi-phase restoration project scheduled for 2009 completion. Founded in 1873, the church building underwent seismic retrofitting as the first phase of the effort from 1986-92.

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TV ads at war Resurgent Prop 8 campaign warns of school, church impact

By Rick DelVecchio Now cash-rich and leading in the polls, the campaign for Proposition 8 pressed a TV ad offensive against the financially lagging effort by same-sex marriage advocates to defeat the measure Nov. 4 In the second of two TV ads running statewide, the ProtectMarriage.com/Yes on 8 campaign maintained that if the California Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of same-sex marriage is allowed to stand, religious organizations will face threats to their tax-exempt status and parents will be

unable to stop public schools from teaching same-sex marriage in the classroom.

The Equality California/No on 8 campaign launched on ad decrying the claims. “We refuse to be swiftboated,” the campaign said.

The Yes on 8 campaign countered with a memo by its general counsel stating that in Massachusetts, following that state’s legalization of gay marriage, a federal appeals court found that parents had no legal footing to object to such teaching in the public schools.

Yes on 8 spokesman Chip White added

that if the California Supreme Court decision is not overturned, “the public schools will have no choice but to teach children as young as kindergarteners that there is no difference between same-sex marriage and traditional marriage.” In May the state high court in a 5-4 decision overturned Proposition 22 which California voters had approved by a 61 percent margin in 2000 and which had banned same-sex unions being defined as marriage.

White also cited last Friday’s muchpublicized field trip to San Francisco’s City Hall by first-graders celebrating the mar-

riage of their lesbian teacher. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom officiated. “Their argument is completely outdone by this public school field trip,” he said.

But journalist Peter Shrag, in a commentary posted on the California Progress Report website, said it is “wildly misleading” to insinuate that young children will be indoctrinated unless the ruling is overturned.

The intent of the Massachusetts court decision was not indoctrination but toleration of different relationships, he wrote.

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INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION Faith Formation event . . . . . 3 CYO Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . 8 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Scripture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Peace is journey, says Jesuit priest ~ Page 9 ~ October 17, 2008

Filipino Catholics’ heritage runs deep ~ Page 18 ~

Victim of violence shares her story ~ Page 19 ~

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Principal Rita Gleason with students from Notre Dame High School recently acknowledged in National Merit Scholarship competitions: Jessica Chou, left, Cassandra Bass, Emma Clark, Kimberly Ransom and Jaya Reddy.

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by Tom Burke Happy 50 years married Aug. 16 to Julie and Deacon Gary West of St. Stephen Parish in San Francisco where they have long been members and where Gary has served as parish deacon since 1979, the year he was ordained. “We took our family of 16 to Hawaii to celebrate,” Gary said.

Julie and Gary renewed their wedding vows Sept. 7 at a parish celebration where Gary gave the homily and Father Joseph Walsh, pastor, presided. No surprise that Julie and Gary were married at St. Stephen’s, too, just not in San Francisco but in their mutual hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich.…..Congratulations to Terry Dentoni who recently completed her graduate degree in nursing at University of San Francisco. Her mom, Josephine Dentoni, and her niece, Nicole Mazzetti, who is planning to follow her aunt into the profession, did the honors of pinning Terry at the USF rites. Many additional family members as well as Terry’s family from SF General Hospital where she serves as director of nursing were also there cheering her on…. Sadly, the group calling themselves “Chancery Alumni,” is one member fewer with the death of Marge Todd. Marge, who retired after almost 50 years with the Propagation of the Faith Office of the Archdiocese of

San Francisco, died Sept. 26 and was remembered at a funeral Mass at St. Dunstan Parish in Millbrae Sept. 30.

“Marge was a dear person who was extremely friendly,” said Dolores McCaffery, a “chancery alum” who retired from the pastoral center in 1991 after more than 17 years in the finance and other offices. “Marge had a delightful personality, a great sense of humor. She was a very warm person who lived her faith.” Dolores said the group meets every three months or so for lunch and catching up. Other “grads” are Betty Hughes, Marge Ward, Julie Pettrilli, Margaret Zipse, Margaret Martinez and Bev Rowden, whose voices, if not names and faces, would be known to anyone who has called this place over the last several decades for information and assistance of various sorts.

Much missed, Dolores said, is the late Peg Moses, an administrative backbone of the Priests’ Council until

her retirement in 1989…. Congrats to students at Marin Catholic High School and Notre Dame High School in Belmont on their success in ongoing National Merit Scholarship competitions. Semifinalists are Marin Catholic’s David Pascoe and Notre Dame’s Emma Clark and Jessica Chou. The three are among 16,000 students selected from the original 1.5 million entries to continue in the process. The schools are proud, too, of those named as “commended” including Notre Dame’s Cassandra Bass, Kimberly Ransom and Jaya Reddy, and Marin Catholic’s Mark Barry, Harry Gebhardt, Evan Israel, Colleen Killingsworth, David LeBrun, Blair White and Megan Zutter. The total number of students named as “commended” is 34,000….This is an empty space without you! Send items and pictures via e-mail to burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed items should be sent to “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Pix should be hard copy or electronic jpeg at 300 dpi. Don’t forget to include a follow-up phone number. Call me at (415) 614-5634 and I’ll walk you through it.

Junipero Serra High School welcomed 13 freshmen whose dads are alumni of the San Mateo school bringing the number of sons of grads in the student body to 53. Back from left: Ryan Dunleavy, Trevor Healy, Charles Gould, Brian Clifford, Sean Collins, C.J. Scheley, Dominic Cirigliano. Front from left: Stephen Grossey, Luke Longinotti, Patrick Brinzo, Shawn Kramer, Ernesto Garcia, Joe Uccelli.

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Faith formation conference to draw thousands

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Organizers expect more than 2,000 people – with as many as 800 from the Archdiocese of San Francisco – will attend the 47th Annual Faith Formation Conference, Nov. 21-22 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco and the dioceses of Monterey, San Jose, Oakland and Father David Archbishop Stockton are sponsoring the event.

Pettingill Niederauer While the event is designed largely for parish leaders, especially religious educators, the wide variety of offerings will appeal to a broad cross section of the faithful, organizers said.

Archbishop George Niederauer will be among nearly 50 speakers to address participants on topics ranging from cultural diversity to Marian spirituality. The Archbishop will speak on living in the hope of salvation. Other Archdiocese of San Francisco speakers include: • Father David Pettingill, Father Jose Bishop former pastor of St. Gabriel Parish Corral McGrath in San Francisco, who will teach about the necessary elements of a San Mateo, who will introduce techniques for healthy spiritual life.

• Father Jose Corral, pastor of St. Finn singing and instrumentation in worship.

• Kathy Lorentz, liturgical coordinaBarr Parish in San Francisco, who will lead a tor, campus minister and teacher of prayer Charismatic Mass Friday night.

• Divine Word Father Ted Magpayo, and spirituality at Sacred Heart Cathedral associate pastor at St. Bartholomew Parish in Preparatory in San Francisco, who will talk

Saturday’s other speakers include Bishop of Monterey Richard Garcia, whose talk will be on the gifts with which God has blessed the Church.

Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, said the conference brings her great hope for the future of the Church.

Bishop Kathy “I hope as we’re celebrating the Garcia Lorentz year of St. Paul, we come to understand as a community together our call to discipleship and ministry in the Church,” said Sister Arbuckle, whose office is in charge of registration for the event.

Sister Arbuckle added that for the first time two Korean speakers will be part of the event. Sponsored

by St. Michael Korean Church in San Francisco, the speakers are Father Hyo Ik Paul Bang and Sister Jung Il Remigio Lee. Father Bang, a professor at the seminary in Seuwon Diocese in South Korea, will speak Father Ted Father Allan on the purpose of spirituality. Sister Magpayo Deck, SJ Lee of Holy Korean Martyrs Parish in San Jose will discuss the spirituabout prayer, singing, music and dance as it ality of the characters in the Bible.

Saturday will also feature talks in Spanish relates to youth participation in the liturgy.

Friday will feature a dialogue with and Vietnamese.

Sister Arbuckle said she is excited that four convention speakers: Bishop of San Jose Patrick McGrath, educator Eleanor Archbishop Niederauer and Bishops McGrath Brown, Thomas Groome, professor of the- and Garcia will be giving talks at the conferology at Boston College, and author Kathy ence.

“It shows their strong support for the Hendricks.

Jesuit Father Allan Figueroa Deck will conference and the respect they have for their deliver Saturday’s keynote address. Father catechetists and the people in ministry,” Sister Deck, a native Californian, is executive direc- Arbuckle said.

For more information and to register, call tor of the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church of the United States Conference (415) 614-5650, or visit www.sitekreator. of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. com/faithformation.

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Vatican bank said sound VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican bank’s assets have not been threatened by the global financial crisis, largely because it has avoided speculative investments, said a top official of the bank.�Our goal of not allowing a loss of capital to the religious institutions that entrust us with their resources remains fully achieved today,� said Angelo Caloia. Caloia is president of a supervisory council of the Vatican bank, known officially as the Institute for the Works of Religion. He spoke in an interview published Oct. 13 by the Italian magazine Famiglia Cristiana.

Pope laicizes Italian priest FLORENCE, Italy (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI laicized an Italian priest accused of sexually abusing minors for decades in his parish near Florence, Italy. An Oct. 12 statement by Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, former archbishop of Florence, said that in a decree dated Sept. 19, the pope also ordered Father Lelio Cantini, 85, be confined under surveillance to a private residence and dedicate himself to prayer and penance. Cardinal Antonelli, whom the pope appointed to head the Pontifical Council for the Family in June, said he had asked the pope to laicize Father Cantini, reported the Italian daily La Repubblica Oct. 13.

Bishops hit ‘judicial activism’ HARTFORD, Conn. (CNS) – The Connecticut Supreme Court’s Oct. 10 decision permitting same-sex marriage in the state was “a terribly regrettable exercise in judicial activism,� the state’s Catholic bishops said. The court “has chosen to ignore the wisdom of our elected officials, the will of the people, and historical social and religious traditions spanning thousands of years by imposing a social experiment upon the people of our state,� the bishops added in an Oct. 10 statement. In a 4-3 decision in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, the court majority said “the state’s bar against same-sex marriage infringes on a fundamental right in violation of due process and discriminates on the basis of sex in violation of equal protection.� Eight samesex couples sued after they applied for marriage licenses in 2004.

In 2005 the Connecticut Legislature said same-sex couples in the state could enter into civil unions, with the “same rights and privileges� as spouses in a marriage,� but continued to define marriage as “the union of one man and one woman.�

Catholic PSAs rank well WASHINGTON (CNS) – Public service announcements on poverty and on marriage developed by the U.S. bishops rank

Catholic pilgrims hold a rope as they follow a statue of Our Lady of Nazareth in a Marian procession in Belem, Brazil, Oct. 12. An estimated 2 million people, many of them from communities along the Amazon River’s tributaries, participated in the annual procession.

high in the number of times the spots have aired. In an era when television stations have cut back on the number of PSAs they air, the poverty and marriage spots have been given the equivalent of more than $35 million in free airtime, according to an Oct. 9 news release from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development’s “Poverty Line� PSA – aimed at raising awareness of how many people live below the poverty line – ranked in the top 10 percent of the 852 PSAs that received at least one airing in 2007.

more photographs, said a spokeswoman at the motherhouse of the Religious Sisters of Jesus and Mary. “Sister Cecilia is very tired,� the spokeswoman said. Sister Cecilia said she was sure Sen. Barack Obama would win, just like the last U.S. presidential candidate she voted for – Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. “I always said, ‘I voted once and I won the election,’� she told CBS News.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI canonized four new saints, including the first native-born saint from India, where Christians recently have come under attack from Hindu gangs. After the two-hour liturgy in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 12, the pope made a pointed appeal for an end to violence against India’s Christian minority. He spoke after declaring sainthood for St. Alphonsa Muttathupandathu, a nun from southwestern India who was known for her holiness during a lifetime of suffering. The other new saints included an Italian priest, a Swiss missionary sister and an Ecuadorean laywoman. After the liturgy, the pope called for an end to violence against Indian Christians, in the wake of attacks on Church personnel and institutions.

106-year-old nun to vote ROME (CNS) – U.S. Sister Cecilia Gaudette, a 106year-old member of the Religious Sisters of Jesus and Mary, plans to vote for the first time in 56 years. The nun, a retired music and art teacher, has lived in Rome for 50 years and only recently found out she could register for an absentee ballot without returning to the United States. After giving interviews to CBS News, BBC Radio and Italian television, the New Hampshire native is not taking any more phone calls, not doing any more interviews and not posing for any

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Synod of Bishops on the Bible Listening to and proclaiming word of God key questions, says cardinal

By John Thavis ROME (CNS) – How to listen well to the word of God and how to proclaim it well have emerged as the key questions for the Synod of Bishops on the Bible, said Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago.

Both challenges call for improved individual preparation as well as a broader effort to shape culture in a way that recovers biblical literacy, he said.

Cardinal George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, spoke in an interview Oct. 13 with Catholic News Service in Rome, where he was attending the Oct. 5-26 synod.

After the synod heard more than 150 speeches during its first week, Cardinal George said one clear concern was improved training for the “world of proclaimers” – particularly in the preparation priests and seminarians receive on how to preach Scripture.

The reason preaching is on synod members’ minds, he said, is that they are wondering why biblical renewal hasn’t fostered “more dynamic homilies that bring people into the word of God,” especially during liturgical celebrations.

The question touches on homiletics courses, but also on the way Scripture is taught, and whether there is an adequate emphasis on all the levels of meaning contained in scriptural texts, Cardinal George said.

“There is a level of meaning that is purely human, if you like, in the mind of the inspired author, but nonetheless limited to his own context,” he said.

That’s an important aspect of biblical interpretation, but if homilies are reduced to this aspect, they’re not going to be very inspiring, the cardinal said.

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history of salvation, which can read Scripture as a whole and not just analyze parts of it,” he said.

Making that level of meaning accessible requires familiarity with such things as Church commentary, doctrinal development, catechesis and the Church fathers’ understanding of the texts, he said.

One thing the synod has heard emphasized repeatedly is the importance of lectio divina, the prayerful reading of Scripture, both in the preparation of priests and as a spiritual practice for lay faithful.

In the “world of the hearers,” whether in developed countries or in places of oral tradition, the Church has to help make sure that the word of God has a chance to be heard, Cardinal George said.

That can’t be taken for granted today, he said. In the cardinal’s own synod he made the point that biblical language and imagery have largely disappeared from popular culture.

A century ago in the United States, he said, the Bible was read regularly in many homes. Today, even among fundamentalist Christians, that kind of familiarity with Scripture appears less strong, he said.

“You wouldn’t have a literary figure like (William) Faulkner writing about Absalom, I think, in this generation, not even in the South. Who’s Absalom? Faulkner knew, and so did his readers. Now you’d need a guide to tell you that,” he said.

Faulkner’s novel, “Absalom, Absalom!” is considered a literary masterpiece. Its title refers to the biblical story of Absalom, a son of David who rebelled against his father.

Cardinal George said it was important to reintroduce these images and figures into the popular culture, but to do that the Church has to “be where the conversations that shape culture take place.”

“You have to find people who shape that culture, or who are willing to do so, or who live it themselves, so that religiously inspired works of art and literature aren’t auto-

matically in the small categories rather than the mainstream of modern culture and art,” he said.

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Cardinal George said it’s a bit of an uphill battle in the United States because today’s culture tends to subscribe to the gnostic conviction that obtaining “hidden, secret knowledge is what it means to be saved.”

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The Franciscans of the Holy Land have been guarding this hallowed place - the most sacred of lands - and other shrines of Christianity for nearly 800 years.

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Statement of the Catholic Bishops of California in support of Proposition 8: A constitutional amendment to restore the definition of marriage (The following statement was released to Catholic media outlets July 29 by the California Catholic Conference in Sacramento.)

“Only the rock of complete and irrevocable love between man and woman is capable of acting as a foundation for a society that can be home to all human beings.”

— Pope Benedict XVI, addressing the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, May 11, 2006 The issue before us with Proposition 8 is “marriage”— an ancient, yet modern, human institution which pre-exists both Church and government. Marriage, history shows us, is intrinsic to stable, flourishing and hospitable societies.

Although cultural differences have occurred, what has never changed is that marriage is the ideal relationship between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation and the continuation of the human race.

On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that the current law defining marriage as between a man and a woman is unconstitutional. This radical change in public policy will have many profound effects on our society, because it • Discounts the biological and organic reality of marriage—and how deeply embedded it is in our culture, our language and our laws and ignores the common understanding of the word marriage; and because it • Diminishes the word “marriage” to mean only a “partnership”—a purely adult contractual arrangement for individuals over the age of 18. Children—if there are any—are no longer a primary societal

rationale for the institution.

As teachers of the faith, we invite our faithful Catholics to carefully form their consciences. We do that by drawing on the revelation of Scripture, the wisdom of Tradition, the experience and insights of holy men and women as well as on what can be known by reason alone.

Crystallizing the teaching on marriage, the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1603, 1604) proclaims: God himself is the author of marriage. The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came from the hand of the Creator.

Marriage is not a purely human institution despite the many variations it may have undergone through the centuries in different cultures, social structures and spiritual attitudes. The well-being of the individual person and of both human and Christian society is closely bound up with the healthy state of conjugal and family life.

With all this in mind, we, as bishops, offer counsel to our Catholic people in California in their response to this radical change in California’s public policy regarding marriage.

First, same-sex unions are not the same as opposite-sex unions. The marriage of a man and a woman embraces not only their sexual complementarity as designed by nature but includes their ability to procreate. The ideal for the well being of children is to be born into a traditional marriage and to be raised by both a mother and a father.

We recognize that there are parents who are single and we laud them for the great sacrifices they make in raising their children.

State bishops on initiatives The California Catholic Conference has prepared a brief summary of the text and the arguments of the proponents and opponents of the 12 propositions which will appear on the ballot for California’s Nov. 4 general election.

The state bishop have taken formal positions on only three initiatives – Props 4 and 8, which they support, and Prop 6, which they oppose.

Find the bishops’ statements and the proposition summaries online at www. cacatholic.org.

5th Annual Pilgrimage for Saint Jude Thaddeus Saturday October 25, 2008 Holy Rosary: 8:00 am, St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church.

Duration of walk: 9:00 am – 12:45 pm (7 miles approx.)

Location: Walk starts at 9:00 am from St Paul of the Shipwreck Church, 1122 Jamestown Ave. at 3rd St., San Francisco; ending at 12:45 pm at St. Dominic’s Church, 2390 Bush Street, San Francisco.

Parking: Available at St. Dominic’s Church parking lot.

Transportation: Provided from St. Dominic’s Church to Saint Paul of the Shipwreck Church from 6:30 am to 8:30 am only.

Second, we need to recall that marriage mirrors God’s relationship with us—and that marriage completes, enriches and perpetuates humanity. When men and women consummate their marriage, they offer themselves to God as co-creators of a new human being. Any other pairing— while possibly offering security and companionship to the individuals involved—is not marriage. We must support traditional marriage as the source of our civilization, the foundation for a society that can be home to all human beings, and the reflection of our relationship with God. Third, we need to remember that we are all children of God possessed of human dignity and that each of us is created in God’s image. Protecting the traditional understanding of marriage should not in any way disparage our brothers and sisters—even if they disagree with us.

Fourth, we must pray and work for a just resolution of this issue which is so important to the well being of the human family.

Fifth, as citizens of California, we need to avail ourselves of the opportunity to overturn this ruling by the California Supreme Court. On the November general election ballot, there will be Proposition 8 which reads: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” That language simply affirms the historic, logical and reasonable definition of marriage—and does not remove any benefits from other contractual arrangements.

And finally, we strongly encourage Catholics to provide both the financial support and the volunteer efforts needed for the passage of Proposition 8. And—please exercise your citizenship and vote in November.

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Friday, Saturday & Sunday October 17th – 19th • Rides • Bingo • Games • Food & Much More!

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Madeline, Bill, Matt & Dan Duggan and the Staff of Duggan’s Serra Mortuary invite the families we have served in the past year to our

6th Annual Service of Remembrance “Always in Our Hearts” A Prayer Service filled with beautiful music, scripture readings, reflections and a candle lighting ceremony to remember your loved one.

Sunday, November 9th 3:30pm - 4:30pm Our Lady of Mercy Church

Solemn Mass: 1:00 pm, St. Dominic’s Church.

Special Guests: Fr. Emmerich Vogt, O.P (Provincial) Fr. Xavier Lavagetto, O.P. (St. Dominic’s Pastor) Fr. Paul Gawlowski, OFM (St. Paul’s Pastor) Fr. Martin Walsh, O.P. (Director St. Jude Shrine) Fr. Thomas Hayes, O.P., Fr. Francis Goode, O.P. Fr. Paul Scanlon, O.P., Fr. Felix Cassidy, O.P. Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P., Fr. Anthony Rosevear, O.P. Fr. Michael Hurley, O.P., Deacon Chuck McNeil

Route: Starting at Jamestown Ave. cross 3rd St., right on Bayshore Blvd., left on Cortland Ave., right on Mission St. to Van Ness Ave. Left on Pine St. and Left on Steiner.

For information please contact the Shrine office: (415) 931-5919 Mon-Fri 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Jaime or Rosa Pinto at: (415) 333-8730 Please be advised that the Shrine of St. Jude, as sponsor of this event, will photograph and video record this event. The photographs or video recording may be used in St. Jude Shrine publications and posted on their website, for educational and religious training purposes, and/or for other non-commercial uses. By participating in this event, participants are deemed to have given their consent and approval to the St. Jude Shrine to use a photographic or digital likeness or reproduction of themselves and any minors in their custody or control without further permission or notification.

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Doors open at 3:00 ~ Service will begin at 3:30 In keeping with the Holiday spirit, we ask each family to bring an unwrapped toy or canned food for the needy of our community.

As this is a catered reception we would appreciate a response in order that we will have sufficient refreshments for all those attending.

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World Mission Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Dear Friends of the Missions, A great day is coming!

October 19 – World Mission Sunday – is a special day for all of us who are called, by Baptism, to be involved in the missionary work of the Church.

On that Sunday, every nation, even the poorest in the Developing World, contributes to the mission needs of the Church worldwide.

World Mission Sunday truly belongs to the world. It is celebrated in every country, in every diocese and in every parish – in a remote chapel far out in the African bush, in a predominately Muslim or Hindu area in Asia, in a poor village in Latin America. We are citizens of the world, members of the one Body of Christ, and are at best when we act lovingly and generously to our brothers and sisters in the Missions.

So this year remember that on October 19th, World Mission Sunday, the family of the Church celebrates that we are “one family in mission.” Please pray for the people of the Missions and for missionaries. I ask also for your most generous help to make Christ known.

The collection gathered for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith on that Sunday – the offerings of Catholics worldwide is vitally needed for the pastoral and evangelizing work of more than 1,150 dioceses throughout Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands and remote regions of Latin America.

Throughout years of War in Sierra Leone, Bishop George Biguzzi of Makeni has never abandoned his people in their suffering.

On one occasion, he even joined others in an attempt to liberate child Sierre Leone soldiers – a devastating aspect of the fighting that took place there. Through it all, he says, “we remain filled with hope,” adding, “We thank God and all those who have not abandoned us, who accompanied our people through solidarity, prayer and love.” The Church in the Missions serves among the suffering and poor during natural disasters and times of war. Your gift on World Mission Sunday supports this service, bringing help – and hope – to your brothers and sisters in the Missions.

This young girl and her baby brother were refugees from Sudan, now living in neighboring Ethiopia. Driven from their home, the frightened pair find and hope in the loving service of priests, Religious and lay catechists. They, and other refugees, discover that no matter the circumstances of their lives, they are never alone; they have always the abiding presence of the Lord. Your gift on World Mission Sunday supports the service Ethiopia of priests, Religious and lay catechists throughout the Missions who offer to the poor the hope and compassion of our Lord.

Asking the Lord to bless you for your generous missionary spirit, I am Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend Ignatius C. Wang Auxiliary Bishop Archdiocesan Mission Director Please remember The Society for Propagation of the Faith when writing or changing your Will.

In Iringa Tanzania, these orphan children are lovingly cared for by a local Religious Community.

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Archbishop Niederauer World Mission Sunday provides opportunity to share Good News My Dear Friends in Christ, Each of us, at baptism, is given a special responsibility. We are called by our Lord to tell the world the Good News of his love and salvation. We are to be his missionaries.

Each year on World Mission Sunday, all baptized Catholics gather for Mass – in small chapels as well as in large cathedrals around the globe to celebrate our missionary vocation, and to offer prayers and sacrifices for the missionary task.

Our celebration this year on Oct. 19th takes on added significance as the Church here at home marks the 100th anniversary of our “mission independence.” In 1908, a papal decree removed the designation “mission territory” from the United States.

Up until that time, we were the beneficiaries of the generosity of the Catholics of Europe through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In fact, two-thirds of the very first collection of the Propagation of the Faith in 1822 was sent to the Church here – to the vast diocese of Louisiana and to Bardstown, Ky. Years of such assistance helped build schools and churches, educate local priests and Religious, provide for the work of Religious Communities, and, importantly, support evangelization here at home.

Today, more than 1,150 young churches of Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands and Latin America have these same needs. As we remember our own mission history this World Mission Sunday, we can offer our prayers and financial help for the young and growing churches of the Missions today. Your generosity through the Propagation of the Faith will reach those who await the Good News of Jesus, who long to experience his hope and love.

Please be as generous as your means will allow this World Mission Sunday.

And let us pray, in the words of our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, that our celebration encourage everyone toward a renewed awareness of the urgent need to proclaim the Gospel.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend George Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco

Tim Curran

Barbara Foy

Frank Finnegan

CYO Hall of Famers named Catholic Charities CYO has named its roster of inductees to the CYO Hall of Fame for 2009: Barbara Foy, Frank Finnegan and Tim Curran.

The trio will be honored at the CYO Athletics Hall of Fame Awards Dinner on Jan. 23, 2009 at St. Emydius Parish gym in San Francisco.

Foy grew up in San Francisco as a member of St. Anthony of Padua Parish. Unable to participate in CYO Athletics because the program was not available to girls at the time, Foy became the athletic and gym director at Mission Dolores where she has been active for more than 20 years. She has been involved with CYO Athletics in many capacities including team mom and service on its board.

“Barbara’s commitment and genuine love for the program is transparent through her steadfast support throughout the various roles she has played,” said Courtney Johnson Clendinen, director of CYO Athletics. “Barbara is the epitome of legacy and leadership and we are proud to induct her into the CYO Athletics Hall of Fame.”

Finnegan played CYO athletics as a boy later coaching CYO boys and girls basketball for 50 years. He is a longtime member of St. Emydius Parish.

“Frank was more than a coach,” Clendinen said. “He was a friend, mentor, role model and surrogate father to many young people. He gave of himself unselfishly to the children of St. Emydius, many of whom might have chosen the wrong path had it not been for his commit-

ment and love of the program. His leadership, limitless patience, and unending enthusiasm exemplify Frank’s legacy as a CYO coach.”

Curran, a founder of the CYO Hall of Fame, has been a player and coach with CYO Athletics. He took part as a youth at St. Paul Parish in Noe Valley where he grew up and then continued as coach at St. Paul and St. Vincent de Paul parishes.

“Through his 40 years of coaching, Tim has touched the lives of literally hundreds of young people and has instilled in his players the values of leadership, commitment and teamwork,” Clendinen said. “His legacy of leadership continued through his role on the CYO Athletics administrative board from where he was able to shape the direction of a growing youth sports program. Tim’s commitment to CYO Athletics extends beyond coaching and administration.

Last year, he was a founding co-chair of the inaugural Hall of Fame Dinner that helped celebrate 75 years of CYO community.”

The Hall of Fame Dinner is an annual event that began in 2008 to recognize individuals who have made an outstanding impact on the community, provided a legacy of leadership and have championed the virtues and values of CYO Athletics. The event also continues to engage the community in CYO Athletics and helps to raise funds to enhance programming. Inaugural winners were Ben Legere, Bob Drucker and San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White.

The January evening will include dinner, Hall of Fame inductions and raffle. For more information, visit cyo.cccyo.org.

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‘It’s time for all of us to grow up and take Jesus at his word’ The United States is at war in Afghanistan. The United States is at war in Iraq. As many as 35 wars rage today, spanning the globe and killing millions every year.

Nearly two decades after the end of the Cold War, the world’s nuclear states together still have stockpiles of at least 10,000 atomic bombs, capable of killing every human on the planet many times over.

If Jesuit Father John Dear had his way, it would all end. And, he says, Jesus Christ is on his side.

“Jesus said love your enemies,” Father Dear told Catholic San Francisco before a speaking engagement Oct. 9 at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Burlingame.

“He didn’t add, ‘but if they’re really bad, you can bomb them.’ There is no such thing as ‘just war’ in the Sermon on the Mount.”

When confronted with an obvious modern example of the Just War Theory’s application, World War II, the priest remains steadfast in his opposition to violence.

“Where non-violence was actually tried against Jesuit Father John Dear signs a copy of Nazis, it worked,” Father Dear said. The priest referred his autobiography, “A Persistent Peace,” at to, among others, Franz Jaggerstatter, the Austrian St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Burlingame, on Oct. 9.

Catholic who was beheaded for refusing to fight in the German army. “He was the most radical saint perhaps Since that day, Father Dear has been arrested more since the early Church. He said you cannot be a Catholic than 75 times protesting for peace, and has spent more and kill.”

The Jesuit said situations like the one Jaggerstatter than a cumulative year behind bars. One of his most faced are not buried in history, but are living questions famous arrests came in 1993. He and three other activists snuck into Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in many face today.

“We live in a world of total war,” he said. “The reality Goldsboro, N.C. and undertook what the group called of the world is mass murder, sister and brother killing a “plowshare action.”

The four entered the base around 4 a.m., expecting sister and brother, even in the very place where Jesus said, ‘Love your enemy.’ It’s time for all of us to grow what the priest called a “silent night.” Instead, they found they had arrived in the up and take Jesus at his middle of full-scale war word. It has to be that way, games. Undeterred, the or we’re doomed.”

“Jesus said love your enemies. group found an unguarded Father Dear, ordained hangar and began takin 1993, has been a peace ing hammers to an Factivist for more than two He didn’t add, ‘but if they’re really 15E aircraft. The group decades, starting with a was quickly arrested. pilgrimage to Israel in bad, you can bomb them.’”

Eventually Father Dear 1982 at the height of that was sentenced to nine country’s first war with Lebanon. At the Chapel of the Beatitudes overlooking months house arrest at the K Street Jesuit Community the Sea of Galilee, he said the truth of the Sermon on in Washington, D.C. The priest said his ordeals with the government over the Mount hit him, and he knew he had to follow that the past 20 years have left him without the right to vote truth. and that his activities are under continued government Still scared, he asked God for a sign.

Just then, Israeli fighter jets screeched across the sky, surveillance.

“The Church doesn’t take me seriously,” Father Dear breaking the sound barrier on their way toward Lebanon.

The priest said that at that moment he decided to follow said in a promotional video for his new autobiography, Jesus. He never asked for a sign again, he said.

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Bishops establish committee to promote, protect marriage

By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – A new ad hoc committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will work to raise awareness of the “unique beauty of the vocation of marriage” and the many threats it faces today, according to its chairman.

Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., said Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, USCCB president, asked him to chair the committee, whose work is being funded by the Knights of Columbus.

In addition to its educational component, the committee’s work will involve public policy advocacy efforts against moves to redefine marriage through legislatures or the courts.

In a telephone interview from Chicago Oct. 14, Archbishop Kurtz said precise details about the committee’s strategies, whether its membership will be expanded and how long its work will continue remain to be determined by its members.

“Cardinal George felt it was important to begin with a small group that can move quickly,”

TV ads at war . . .

■ Continued from cover 8 could jeopardize religious organizations’ tax-exempt status, White said the threat concerns not what takes place in the sanctuary of a church but the impact on church-sponsored activities, such as bookstores and retreat centers that interact with secular life.

The pro-8 campaign’s second TV ad followed an initial one featuring San Francisco Mayor Newsom crowing to supporters that same-sex marriage in California is going to happen “whether you like it or not.” The campaign also released a legal memo in connection

said the archbishop, who also chairs the USCCB Subcommittee on Marriage and Family Life.

Other ad hoc committee members are Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, and Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala of Los Angeles, chairman of the USCCB task force on strengthening marriage. Carl A. Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, will serve as a consultant.

Initial plans include the redistribution of the 2003 USCCB statement “Between Man and Woman: Questions and Answers About Marriage and Same-Sex Unions” to dioceses, parishes and schools around the country and the development of a brief video on marriage that will be available on the Internet and through social networking sites.

In a letter to fellow bishops announcing the initiative, Archbishop Kurtz said the conference wants to “make known the uniqueness and beauty of the institution of marriage,” while at the same time addressing “inadequacies in the ongoing public debate on the nature of marriage through education and public advocacy.” with the ad, stating that enforced recognition of same-sex marriage “will result in a wide range of legal problems for private individuals.”

Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire, in a commentary in the Modesto Bee, warned that not voting for Prop 8 “could have serious consequences.”

“With the emphasis placed on the contractual relationship between two individuals, the place of children in a marriage is relegated to a secondary position,” he wrote.

“Current studies show that the optimum reality for children is their natural mother and father in a low-conflict relationship.

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“The direct attempt to restructure the institution of marriage places the family, society and the institution of marriage itself in a precipitous position,” he said in the letter. “It may also bring serious consequences to the Church as she seeks to carry out her sacred mission in our society.”

Within the first month of the ad hoc committee’s establishment, Connecticut was expected to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples to comply with an Oct. 10 decision of the state Supreme Court. In addition, voters in California, Arizona and Florida are to vote Nov. 4 on proposed constitutional amendments that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

One of the committee’s goals is to find “the best ways to be effective advocates” for traditional marriage, he added.

The archbishop said much of the committee’s work will parallel the National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage, a multi-year effort launched by the bishops in 2005 to communicate “the meaning and value of married life for the Church and for society.”

riage, now defined constitutionally as a right, could experience severe legal repercussions,” Bishop Blaire continued. “Clergy who refuse to perform same-sex marriages might lose their state authorization to witness marriages. Contractual agreements between religious social service agencies and the state for services in the community, especially for the poor, could be put in jeopardy.

“Parents might find that what they teach their children about the purpose, importance and benefit of marriage is contradicted by state law.

“The door is opened,” Bishop Blaire concluded, “for an ever-changing definition of the reality of marriage in order to adjust to the demands of those who seek to have their relationships recognized as marriage by the constitution.”

The Yes on 8 campaign is funding its TV ad effort with the more than $25 million in donations it reported receiving from 60,000 supporters between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30.

Late reports show that funds poured into the campaign at the rate of $50,000 a day between Oct. 5 and Oct. 12.

“We’re about $10 million up on the other side,” White said. “That’s a testimony to regular Californians who feel very strongly marriage should be between a man and woman.”

The campaign has received $1 million from the Knights of Columbus national organization, $1.44 million from the National Organization for Marriage, $900,000 from Fieldstead and Co. of Irvine, $500,000 from the American Family Association of Tupelo, Miss., $450,000 from Dr. John Templeton Jr. of Bryn Mawr, Pa. and $404,000 from Concerned Women for America of Washington, D.C. However, White said the bulk of the support has been in small donations, a fact the No-on-8 characterized as “a huge wake-up call’ in a campaign e-mail lamenting that only 30,000 donors had contributed to its side.

White said the Yes on 8 campaign is working door-to-door with the help of 100,000 volunteers. “Some people are taking time off work,” he said. “People are educating their neighbors about the serious consequences to California, especially the school kids.”

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Annual novena Oct. 20-28 St. Jude Shrine generates hope and strong devotion Known as the patron of hopeless causes, St. Jude Thaddeus has been giving hope to pilgrims visiting San Francisco’s Shrine of St. Jude at St. Dominic Church for more than 70 years. “As America was in the midst of a terrible Depression and war clouds were gathering all over the world, the efforts of the Dominican friars to offer hope started with a series of holy hours which grew to annual novenas,� said Stedman Matthew, shrine administrator.

Is the shrine a destination for the visitors? “Absolutely,� Matthew said. “Pilgrims come to St. Jude as he is called the patron of hope and saint of last resort. They are the very sick, the desperate, the despairing.

All come to seek his intercession.�

More than 60,000 pilgrims visit the shrine annually, Matthew said. Letters of petition received at the shrine number more than 16,000 per year. Donations total in the $1 million range and are used to fund the education of Dominican friars for the priesthood and brotherhood.

Dominican Father Martin de Porres Walsh is director of the shrine. The biggest of wishes are said to have come true in conjunction with the shrine, Father Walsh said. The occurrences are not documented, Father Walsh pointed out, but miracles are said to have taken place. “About two months ago I was blessing pilgrims,� he said, “and a woman asked me to bless her husband with the relic. He had severe heart problems and was scheduled for surgery within the next few days. I blessed him.� Two weeks later the couple was back and Father Walsh was surprised. “They told me the doctor reexamined her husband before the scheduled surgery and

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the heart problem was gone and they cancelled the operation.�

While many come looking for miracles, what they’ll mostly find at the shrine is hope, said Matthew. “People sometimes come expecting miracles, but that’s not what we push here,� he said. “We push hope and devotion and deep faith and the idea that you can connect with St. Jude here and he can intercede for us. The community of saints has become very palpable to me here.�

Every petition or request made to the shrine is fulfilled, Matthew said. Requests are for prayers, Masses, the lighting of a candle, and items including St. Jude oil, blessed with a relic of the apostle. “The trust people put in St. Jude as their intercessor is extraordinary,� he noted.

The annual St. Jude Novena is Oct. 20 – 28. While several hundred people will be present for the rites, more than 10,000

people will pray the devotion from their homes.

Pamphlets with prayers for all of the novena’s nine days have been sent to the

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October 17, 2008 FY2008 Operating Revenues, Fundraising Revenues, and Supplemental Support Total: $38,133,819

FY2008 Operating Expenditures, Capital Additions and Debt Service Total: $39,327,402

General and Administrative $5,567,576 14.16%

Plant Operations and Maintenance $931,058 2.37%

Appeals and General Contributions $7,061,410 18.52%

Capital Additions and Debt Service $1,258,527 3.20%

Other Revenue & Support $2,940,749 7.71%

Program Fees $6,659,666 17.46%

Contract Revenue $21,471,994 56.31%

Social Services Programs $31,570,241 80.28%

The above graphics on Catholic Charities CYO annual revenue and expenses were carried in the agency’s annual report to donors mailed last month.

Adoption link to end next year Good news, bad news contained in CCCYO revenue report

By Dan Morris-Young In its annual report to donors last month Catholic Charities CYO shared some good and not-so-good revenue data: while its interest income dropped nearly $1.2 million during fiscal year 2007-2008 in the midst of the country’s economic downturn, its fundraising support increased by more than $1 million during the same time period.

“As a matter of fact,” said a statement issued by CCCYO Executive Director Brian Cahill Oct. 10, “the total number of donors has increased by 11 percent and the number of renewing donors has grown by 32 percent.”

“We are very thankful for these results and believe they indicate clear support for our work on behalf of abused and neglected children and all others whom we serve,” Cahill said, “especially when one considers that they were achieved in a weak economy.”

Cahill said he issued the Oct. 10 statement partly in response to a recent article in Our Sunday Visitor magazine which said the agency “plans to sever its twoyear funding relationship” with an adoption agency that “focuses on placing children with homosexuals” and that CCCYO was “undergoing budget difficulties.”

CCCYO officials told Catholic San Francisco that, as planned, the agency’s placing of two full-time employees at California Kids Connection will end in June 2009.

“The action is completely consistent with our 2006 announcement on adoption. At that time, we said that our plan was for a three-year partnership with California Kids Connection. That period concludes in June of 2009,” Cahill stated.

On Aug. 2, 2006, CCCYO announced it would no ADOPTION LINK, page 13

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The teaching document said the Church must promote and protect “the dignity of marriage, the foundation ■ Continued from page 12 of the family and the stability of which this institution longer be involved in child adoption services such as (marriage) is a constitutive part.”

Regarding adoption, the statement said “allowing home studies, family and child matching, adoptive placements or finalizations. The action came after San children to be adopted by persons in a homosexual union Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer asked CCCYO exposes them to erroneous ideas about sexuality and to review its 99-year-old adoption program in the wake obstructs their full human potential….”

Commenting on the 2003 Considerations in 2006, the of Catholic Charities in the Boston Archdiocese ending new CDF prefect, Cardinal William Levada, formerly its adoption services.

Chair of the CCCYO Board of Directors, Archbishop Archbishop of San Francisco, stated: “Catholic agencies Niederauer said at that time CCCYO could no longer should not place children for adoption in homosexual arrange adoptions to gays and lesbians – which state households. The reasons given in this document, as regulation would have mandated – because of Church well as the potential scandal for the faithful should an teaching, but he wanted to find ways to address “the archdiocesan agency act contrary to the clear teaching of the Church’s magisterium, require that a Catholic bishop immense need for adoptive families for at-risk youth.” follow the clear guidance The result was supfrom the Holy See in his port for California Kids oversight of Catholic diocConnection, an online dataArchbishop Niederauer wanted esan agencies.” base program of Family T h e t w o C C C YO Builders by Adoption that employees at CKC work refers potential adoptive to address ‘the immense need for as “adoption navigators” parents to various agencies adoptive families for at-risk youth.’ to answer inquiries from throughout California. respondents to the Internet Although FBA is an site (www.cakidsconnecagency that strongly advocates for adoption of children out of the foster care system tion.com) which posts information on children throughto gay and lesbian individuals and couples in addition to out the state eligible for adoption, Cahill said.

The two “do not do any direct placement work,” such traditional families, California Kids Connection navigators refer any potential adoptive parents to a number of as home visitations, matching of children with potential adoptive households, or interviews of those seeking to statewide agencies.

FBA’s high profile promotion of gay adoption while adopt, he added.

When asked about the timing of the CCCYO finalbeing linked to CCCYO has led to numerous Catholics publicly criticizing the Archdiocese and CCCYO. The ization of its personnel support of CKC, Archbishop recent OSV story generated significant buzz on various Niederauer said, “It was never intended to be indefinite,” and that the Oct. 10 CCCYO statement “expresses my Catholic as well as gay Internet blogs.

In his statement, Cahill said, “We regret that a small understanding of the origin and intent” of the agreegroup of activists, in order to further their own agenda, ment.

Jill Jacobs, executive director of Family Builders continue to distort and discredit our efforts on behalf of these neglected children. The welfare of children has Adoption, said she “absolutely” understood in 2006 that been a paramount concern of Catholic Charities CYO the CCCYO funding would be short term.

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Wine tasting, auction to benefit boys’ home The 12th Annual Vincenzo Wine Tasting and Auction to benefit the at-risk youth at St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael will be held Nov. 14 beginning at 6 p.m. at the historic Bently Reserve Conference Center, 301 Battery St., San Francisco.

A Catholic Charities CYO facility, St. Vincent’s School for Boys is a residential treatment home that provides 24-hour care and mental health services to boys ages 7-17.

The event will include “a gourmet gala dinner by Dan McCall and a festive live auction featuring rare wines and unique travel packages,” a CCCYO release said.

Tickets are $185. For more information, call (415) 972-1233 or e-mail vincenzo@cccyo.org. $39.3 million budget with operational changes overseen by the Board of Directors.

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Karen Leonardini (above) of San Mateo’s St. Bartholomew Parish was awarded “Best Ambo” arrangement in the Little Flower Festival; she worked with Julie Layton. Tim Keller (center) of Old St. Mary’s Parish, San Francisco, earned “Best Free-Standing” display and worked with Leighton Louie. Teresa Cariño (right) of Good Shepherd Parish, Pacifica, took “Best Devotional” arrangement honors.

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Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Guest Commentary Building a culture of life

By Cardinal Justin F. Rigali Throughout the month of October, Catholic parishes and organizations will sponsor hundreds of educational conferences, prayer services, and opportunities for public witness, as well as events to raise funds for programs assisting those in need. Such initiatives are integral to the Church’s ongoing effort to help build a culture in which every human life without exception is respected and defended.

Education and advocacy during Respect Life Month address a broad range of moral and public policy issues. Among these, the care of persons with disabilities and those nearing the end of life is an enduring concern. Some medical ethicists wrongly promote ending the lives of patients with serious physical and mental disabilities by withdrawing their food and water, even though - or in some cases precisely because - they are not imminently dying. This November, the citizens of Washington State will vote on a ballot initiative to legalize doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. In neighboring Oregon, where assisted suicide is already legal, the state has refused to cover the cost of life-sustaining treatments for some patients facing terminal illness, while callously informing them that Oregon will pay for suicide pills. Such policies betray the ideal of America as a compassionate society honoring the inherent worth of every human being.

Embryonic stem cell research also presents grave ethical concerns. The Catholic Church strongly supports promising and ethically sound stem cell research - and strongly opposes killing week-old human embryos, or human beings at any stage, to extract their stem cells. We applaud the remarkable therapeutic successes that have been achieved using stem cells from cord blood and adult tissues. We vigorously oppose initiatives, like the one confronting Michigan voters in November, that would endorse the deliberate destruction of developing human beings for embryonic stem cell research.

Turning to abortion, we note that most Americans favor banning all abortion or permitting it only in very rare cases (danger to the mother’s life or cases of rape or incest). Also encouraging is the finding of a recent Guttmacher Institute study that the U.S. abortion rate declined 26 percent between 1989 and 2004. The decline was steepest, 58 percent, among girls under 18. An important factor in this trend is that teens increasingly are choosing to remain abstinent until their late teens or early 20s. Regrettably, when they do become sexually active prior to marrying, many become pregnant and choose abortion.

The abortion rate increased among women aged 20 and older between 1974 and 2004, although the rate is now gradually declining.

Today, however, we face the threat of a federal bill that, if enacted, would obliterate virtually all the gains of the past 35 years and cause the abortion rate to skyrocket. The “Freedom of Choice Act” (“FOCA”) has many Congressional sponsors, some of whom have pledged to act swiftly to help enact this proposed legislation when Congress reconvenes in January.

FOCA establishes abortion as a “fundamental right” throughout the nine months of pregnancy, and forbids any law or policy that could “interfere” with that right or “discriminate” against it in public funding and programs. If FOCA became law, hundreds of reasonable, widely supported, and constitutionally sound abortion regulations now in place would be invalidated. Gone would be laws providing for informed consent, and parental consent or notification in the case of minors. Laws protecting women from unsafe abortion clinics and from abortion practitioners who are not physicians would be overridden.

Restrictions on partial-birth and other late-term abortions would be eliminated.

FOCA would knock down laws protecting the conscience rights of nurses, doctors, and hospitals with moral objections to abortion, and force taxpayers to fund abortions throughout the United States.

We cannot allow this to happen. We cannot tolerate an even greater loss of innocent human lives. We cannot subject more women and men to the postabortion grief and suffering that our counselors and priests encounter daily in Project Rachel programs across America.

For 24 years, the Catholic Church has provided free, confidential counseling to individuals seeking emotional and spiritual healing after an abortion, whether their own or a loved one’s. We look forward to the day when these counseling services are no longer needed, when every child is welcomed in life and protected in law. If FOCA is enacted, however, that day may recede into the very distant future.

In this Respect Life Month, let us rededicate ourselves to defending the basic rights of those who are weakest and most marginalized: the poor, the homeless, the innocent unborn, and the frail and elderly who need our respect and our assistance. In this and in so many ways we will truly build a culture of life.

Cardinal Justin F. Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, is chairman of the Committee for Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Defining ‘pro-life’ In the Oct. 3 Catholic San Francisco, there is a brief mention of a Knights of Columbus spot featuring the heartbeat of an unborn baby and the tagline, “Vote your heart. Vote pro-life.” My dad was a Knight of Columbus and I as a Franciscan Sister am definitely a pro-life Catholic, in the fullest sense of that term.

Unfortunately, voting pro-life is not as simple as the ad implies. I feel compelled to share a recent study which you may find helpful as we try to discern how to vote our values.

Joseph Wright, a political scientist from University of Notre Dame, and Michael Bailey, a professor of government from Georgetown University, have written a carefully researched report, “Reducing Abortion in America: the Effect of Economic and Social Supports.”

The entire report is available online from www.catholicsinalliance. org, but let me highlight some of their findings. Their research of all U.S. states shows that social and economic supports have contributed significantly to reducing the number of abortions in the United States over the past 20 years.

The abortion rate for women living below the poverty level is more than four times that of women above 300 percent of the poverty level. This study from 1982-2000 shows that states with more generous grants to women, infants and children, through the federal WIC program, actually had a 37 percent lower abortion rate than other states. The federal Welfare Reform Act of 1996 allowed states to impose a cap on the number of children eligible to receive economic assistance through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. A typical state with generous AFDC-TANF payments spends approximately $1,350 more per person living in poverty. Removing the cap has not resulted in women having more children. But removing that family cap would decrease abortions by 15 percent or 150,000 abortions nation-wide.

May we vote in a manner which will help women to choose life.

Sheral Marshall, OSF Belmont

person. It states, “Direct attacks on innocent human beings are never morally acceptable. Within our society life is under direct attack from abortion, euthanasia, human cloning and destruction of human embryos for research. These intrinsic evils must always be opposed.”

We have two distinct choices when voting for our president. One candidate is 100 percent for the killing of our most vulnerable citizens in their mother’s wombs. The other candidate is 100 percent for protecting the lives of the unborn.

One candidate has said his first act as president will be to sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act. This act would force all Americans to subsidize abortions with tax dollars and to overturn any restraints or regulations on the abortion industry throughout the United States. Do we fully understand the ramifications of this act? Is this what we want? People who call themselves Pro-Choice have taken the choice away from the unborn child to have life. We have a choice to speak for them in November.

Maureen A. Daley Sonoma

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Vote for life I recommend to readers of Catholic San Francisco a wonderful source to help them discern wisely when voting in our presidential election. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has written a document on Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. It can be accessed at www.faithfulcitizenship.org.

It will help to inform the conscience and guide the actions of Catholics.

This document clearly discusses seven key themes among which are the right to life and the dignity of the human

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‘One issue voter’

It felt good this past few months to talk of voting for change, for a liberal agenda, for an end to war, for universal medical coverage, etc. It felt even better to have the opportunity to elect a man of color – to feel that progress has been made in the United States before the world, before friends and family, that this is a nation of equal opportunity, as though we had arrived at a new level of tolerance and civilization.

But I have become increasingly uneasy and unsure of one part of the package. Day by day as we approach November, my list of priorities has distilled itself to one. I have become a “one issue voter.”

The violence of abortion brutalizes, destroying what is most tender and giving in our nature at the very inception of that nature. I cannot see my way to supporting a party which will not question this practice.

Regardless of the heartrending examples of necessity that I have heard, I know too many families – from my generation – who believed in life and whose children we are, who forged good lives from very mixed circumstances.

The horrifying count of lives lost due to abortion cries out for mercy. How can committed marriages and responsible parenthood grow from this wreckage? How can a just healthcare system be born of human life trashed? While I am neither pro war nor pro death penalty, both the soldier and the prisoner had choice of some sort.

The platforms presented by Senators McCain and Obama force the electorate to choose between life and life. My vote will speak for those who truly have no voice.

Maureen Lundy San Francisco

Puny effort In and near the City of St. Francis, our one-day-a year Respect Life Sunday is a deficient, petty, puny and trivial effort to counter Planned Parenthood’s disrespect and destroying life 365 days a year. With Catholic politicians in confusion about abortion, our meek defend-life Sunday is about as effective as shoveling against the tide with a hayfork. Holy innocent infant flesh will continue to be torn.

Roy Petri San Anselmo

Complex moral issue I want to urge fellow readers of Catholic San Francisco to consider voting LETTERS, page 21

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Guest Commentary

October is the month of the rosary The rosary, the blessed beads that quietly slip between our fingers as we pray over the mysteries of Jesus’ redemptive life, has an ancient origin. Most likely it originated in the ancient East, perhaps in India, and not in the medieval West. It was and still is a popular prayer device among the Muslims, who use the Arabic term masbahat, which means to give praise.

Devout Muslims used the masbahat in repeating the attributes of God, just as it was used by the early Christian hermits. Following the Crusades the rosary found its way to the West. The missionary who worked hardest to spread this devotion was Abed El-Ahad, St. Dominic, and his Dominican companions.

The rosary became a popular method of prayer and spread quickly in the West during the Middle Ages. For Christians it has always been “the Gospel strung on beads.” It is a simple and easy prayer that can be employed for vocal prayer or silent contemplation by individuals, families, and communities.

Since the 16th century the popes have frequently encouraged the faithful of East and West to pray the rosary. The first was a Dominican pope, St. Pius V, who wrote a papal letter about the rosary in 1569 shortly after the Council of Trent, and instituted the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

In the late 19th century after the First Vatican Council the illustrious Pope Leo XIII wrote more than 10 encyclicals and instructions promoting the use of the rosary.

To make pastoral applications of the Marian teachings of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI in 1974 authored

the apostolic exhortation “Devotion to Mary” (Marialis Cultus). Paul VI discussed the rosary at some length as a summary of the Gospel comprised of prayers based on Gospel texts. He urged the faithful to pray the rosary, and especially recommended the family rosary in these words: “We would like now to join our voice to the voices of our predecessors and strongly recommend the prayer of the rosary in the family…because the Christian family is a family church….If the family neglected this communal prayer, it would lose its character as a Christian family….

In addition to the prayer of the Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours) …the rosary of the Virgin Mary would be the most preferable communal prayer for the Christian family.”

Pope Paul VI concluded his recommendation by saying: “We would like to repeat that the rosary is an excellent and magnificent prayer….”

Pope John Paul II, enthusiastic devotee of our Blessed Mother, in 2002 issued a pastoral letter, “The Rosary of the Virgin Mary,” in which he proclaimed October 2002 until October 2003 the Year of the Rosary, and put forth the Luminous Mysteries based on the public life of Jesus.

Our present Holy Father, Benedict XVI, values the prayer of the rosary as a means of contemplating Jesus with Mary’s eyes. For him pondering the mysteries of the rosary calms a “restless spirit, allows the soul to settle into tranquility…and grants a vision of God.” He associates the rosary with consolation and healing, an inner refuge which enfolds us “in the

rhythm of the prayer of the whole Church.”

“I do it quite simply,” he said, “just as my parents used to pray.”

While some Eastern Christians who erroneously consider the rosary foreign to Eastern spiriBrother John tuality, quite the oppoSamaha site is true. The rosary is a prayer for all peoples and for all seasons. Early on, the rosary was a common method of prayer in the East among Christians and non-Christians. Even though it came to us through Western missionaries, it was and still is an easy and rich method of prayer to help the faithful fathom the mysteries of God along the journey of salvation.

And we do so with a special companion, the Mother of God and our mother. Praying the rosary, particularly in the family, is an excellent method of bringing us together in the faith under the protection of her who always and everywhere intercedes for all people. Let us spare no effort to remain close to her.

A prolific writer, Marianist Brother John Samaha resides at the Marianist Care Center in Cupertino, Calif., and has been a religious for 60 years.

Spirituality for Life

Reading the signs of the times There is a story told about the Russian poet, Anna Akhmatova. During the Stalin purges, she was standing one morning outside a prison along with some other women, all of whom were trying to deliver letters and packages to their loved ones inside. Their waiting was made more painful because they were not even sure whether their loved ones were still alive and because the guards made them wait needlessly for hours simply to assert their authority. But, if they wanted to get messages to their loved ones, they had no other option but to wait.

On this particular morning, another woman recognized the poet, approached her, and asked: “Can you describe this?” Akhmatova replied: “I can,” and a smile passed between the two women.

What had happened? Why did these women, caught up in the madness of a dictator, exchange a smile? Because to describe something, to simply name something properly, in some way already sets you above it. To name something is to be somehow transcendent to it, not fully imprisoned by it, free of it in some way, even if it has you under its yoke. To name something properly can be prophetic, a defiant act, an

act of freedom. Indeed, that is what prophets do. They don’t foretell the future, they name the present properly – often in a way that exposes its faithlessness and injustice.

Nearly 15 years ago, David Tracy wrote “On Naming the Present Moment.” In it, with an objectivity that most of us can only envy, he tried to name, philosophically, the present moment within secular culture to highlight what is best both inside of liberal and conservative biases. His essay was hope-filled and gave us direction in the same way a trip to a good doctor gives us hope and direction concerning our health. Good diagnostics is the prerequisite for good prescription, just as bad diagnostics, bad naming, leads to a bad or useless prescription. Today, both in the Church and in the world, there is a lot of sloppy naming.

We need, both for better diagnostics and better prophecy, to name our present faith moment more accurately.

To name something properly is also a form of prayer.

Jesus called this reading the signs of the times. What does he mean by that expression?

What Jesus had in mind was not that so much that we should try to attune ourselves intellectually to all the cultural, psy-

chological and religious trends of the time. To read the signs of the times, for Jesus, meant trying to read what is happening in our lives, communally and individually, to discern the finger of God inside the outer movements of our Father lives. My parents called Ron Rolheiser this trying to see “divine providence,” trying to hear what God is saying in events of our lives.

There is a rich biblical background to this. Indeed, in many ways, this is central to the faith of Israel in the Jewish scriptures.

For them, nothing happened that was purely an accident. God’s finger was always inside of every event, no matter how secular or accidental it seemed, and the task of faith was to try to read ROLHEISER, page 20

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Campaign 2008: domestic policy questions According to the conventional wisdom, American elections are usually determined by pocketbook economic issues.

This may give too little credit to the American people’s concern for how a superpower exercises leadership in the world. It certainly doesn’t take sufficient account of how “culture war” issues can be decisive (as they were in settling the electoral college vote in 2004). Still, Ronald Reagan’s famous question in a 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter—“Are you better off than you were four years ago?”—plays a considerable role in shaping voters’ choices.

Catholics seeking to bring themes from the Church’s social doctrine into American public life will thus have many domestic policy questions for the major presidential candidates: 1. Is the much-deplored “partisanship” in Washington an expression of unprecedented nastiness on the part of legislators, or does it reflect genuine, deep-set and significant differences of opinion on serious issues?

2. How will you help save inner-city Catholic schools, which are crucial lifelines for at-risk children?

3. How can U.S. immigration policy combine respect for the rule of law and concern for national security, on the one hand, with generosity toward those who wish to contribute to our national life and improve their own condition?

Will you tell Mexico that a lot of the immigration problem in the American southwest is due to Mexico’s own public policy-driven economic incapacities?

4. Do you believe that “global warming”—in the sense of dramatic, man-caused climate change with predictable, deleteri-

ous, and potentially catastrophic effects—is an established fact?

If so, how should we address this issue without wrecking our economy and those of developing and transitioning nations?

5. Let’s forget the mantra of “energy independence,” which is a pipedream. Can we significantly decrease our dependence on foreign oil without a major national investment in nuclear power? What can the federal government do to encourage the development of plug-in hybrids and other more energy-efficient cars? What do you make of the resistance to oil-drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, which some argue puts the migratory patterns and amorous interests of caribou above national security and economic rationality?

6. How would you reform American health care without making doctors de facto employees of the federal government?

7. How would you rationalize homeland security, so that legitimate concerns about terrorism are addressed without wasting vast amounts of travelers’ time and taxpayers’ money?

8. What role, if any, does the federal government have in fixing the broken mess that is the American air transportation system? The Interstate highway system, once a marvel, now suffers from age and neglect; what’s the solution there? On the subject of transportation, why isn’t high-speed rail the answer to both transport and energy issues in major urban corridors?

9. How would your administration’s policies encourage a culture of saving and personal financial responsibility?

10. Everyone who can read a balance sheet knows that the Social Security system is heading over the fiscal cliff. What does

“Social Security reform” mean to you? What role, if any, do individual retirement accounts play in pension security in America?

11. What can be done to address the welldocumented link between George Weigel abortion-on-demand and higher rates of divorce and extramarital pregnancy?

12. What role should Washington play in elevating our national cultural life? How will you use the presidential bully pulpit to address the cultural sewer of the popular entertainment industry? Pornography is a highly profitable American export; does that concern you, morally and in terms of our public diplomacy?

13. What is the relationship between tax rates and economic growth?

14. To listen to some candidates and commentators during this campaign, you’d think we were all living in a dysfunctional hellhole. Avoid hyperbole, and give us an honest judgment of the present state of the U.S. economy. Is it fundamentally sound or not? Would you swap the U.S. economy, even-up, for any other major national economy in the world? If so, with whom?

George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Filipino Catholic experience: from colonial roots to devotional leadership Following is the first of occasional essays on ethnic communities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

October is Filipino American Heritage Month. In a release issued Oct. 9, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo stated in part, “It is an honor to recognize the over 15,000 residents of my Congressional District who are of Filipino descent.

Filipino Americans have made many great contributions to the 14th Congressional District and it is fitting to acknowledge their long and continued service to the state of California and the nation. I want to especially honor Filipino veterans for their heroic service to our country.… Filipino veterans served honorably and sacrificed their lives side-by-side American soldiers during World War II and they deserve what we promised them over 60 years ago. I pledge to work with my colleagues until full equity is won for Filipino veterans.”

By Nellie Hizon

Parol-making Nov. 1

Essay contest announced

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As a daughter of a fisherman in the 7,107-island Southeast Asian nation, the Philippines, I grew up in a fishing town where the day begins at 4 a.m. At this hour, before sunrise, fishermen bring their haul to the nearby town market where the fishmongers open the silent bidding known as bulungan. You have to be early to get the best catch. In the neighborhood, we know when a fishing boat arrives from the sea, for families living near the riverbank would receive a bucket of fresh fish from the boat owners. You can imagine the glee when the boat arrives.

In the Philippines, family ties are so strong that extended family structures provide lifelong support, such as sharing food (no Filipino gathering is without this!) or labor, as in bayanihan, and at times, financial resources (we still send money back home). Everyone is called an aunt or an uncle, or a grandma, whether or not we are blood-related. Extended families would also consist of compadres – honorary kinsmen, godparents, neighbors, fellow workers, or just about anybody in the community.

In their tropical location, farmers and fishermen in the Philippines have to prepare for the typhoon and the rising tide. Farmers rise up early to till the soil before the tropical sun’s blistering heat covers the land. Mainly an agricultural people, Filipinos become naturally early risers – industrious, hardworking, resilient.

For more than 300 years, the Philippines was a Spanish colony, and conversion to Christianity was inherent. The

pensionados were chosen from the Filipino elite for their ability to acquire education.

Later waves of Filipino immigrants consisted of workers in 1906, soldiers who served A workshop for the teaching and creation of in the U.S. armed forces in 1945 and profesthe popular traditional Filipino Christmas lansionals and other skilled workers in 1965. tern – or parol – is scheduled Nov.1 at St. Mary The 2000 U.S. Census counted 1.85 million Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco, Filipinos, nearly a million living in California from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and more than 100,000 in San Francisco The event is being sponsored by the alone. It is not surprising, then, to find in our Simbang Gabi Community of participating parishes in partnercommunity a variety of workers of Filipino ship with the Parol Lantern Festival of the Filipino-American heritage: physicians, dentists, nurses, health Development Foundation. Donations will be accepted to meet care workers, caregivers, engineers, lawyers, materials costs. For information, call (415) 348-8084 or e-mail accountants, teachers, journalists, broadcastbernadette@bayanihancc.org. ers, bankers, technicians, civil servants, judges, servicemen, entrepreneurs, Realtors, and more.

In fact, it is common that Filipinos hold two Catholic Church operated schools, and when Spain ceded or more jobs to send money to family and extended the Philippines to the United States, an education system families back home. based on the American model was instituted with English In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, it is estimated as the medium of instruction. Culturally, then, Filipinos Filipinos now make up 25 percent of the congregation and are the most westernized people in Asia, distinguishable 25 percent of the clergy. Filipinos bring the wealth of our by their Hispanic names and devout Catholic practices. Catholic faith to this community in every ordained and They speak English or Spanish, along with any of the lay role, as well as in such movements as the Legion of more than 100 other dialects spoken throughout the Mary, Cursillo, Couples for Christ, Focolare. We express country. our devotions through Santo Nino, Salubong, Simbang With the centuries-old Spanish influence, our com- Gabi, and the novena to our saints, among others. We munity life mirrors an expression of our Catholic faith: have our Fil-Am clubs or organizations providing help rites, from life to death, processions, novenas, pilgrim- to parishes in the spirit of bayanihan. ages, devotional practices, and fiestas honoring the When at Mass you see Fathers Ray (Raymund Reyes), saints. Although my parents did not have the resources Joepel (Padit), Noel (Laput,CM), Mark (Reburiano), to send us to Catholic schools, my upbringing was well Francis (Garbo), Rene (Ramoso) and Arnold (Zamora), or grounded in Catholic practices. My grandmother would Msgr. (Floro) Arcamo, or any of the many other Filipino lead us praying the Angelus at 6 a.m., at noon, and at priests, altar servers, lectors, extraordinary ministers and 6 p.m. My father would not permit us to read anything musicians, you are witnessing the faith of the people as but religious materials during Holy Week. During Lent, introduced by Spanish missionaries, nurtured for generathe passion of the Lord, Pagbasa ng Mahal na Pasyon, tions in the homeland, expressed in this adopted home is chanted (and amplified for the neighborhood). It and now given back as our gift to the rest of the world. is there that most people learn of the Lord’s passion, Nellie Hizon of San Francisco’s repeated every year.

St. Stephen Parish is the representative As in biblical times and any other time, we journey of the Filipino Catholic community on the to other lands away from home.

Archdiocesan Pastoral Council and a member The earliest U.S. Filipino settlement was in Louisiana at the end of the 18th century. However, the first wave of of the Catholic San Francisco Advisory Board.

U.S. Filipino migration occurred in 1903 with the passage of the Pensionado Act, where qualified Filipino students were sent to the United States at government expense to further their education. During the late Spanish period,

‘Ethnic Day’ Oct. 25 at Cathedral Representatives of ethnic communities within the Archdiocese of San Francisco met Oct. 8 at the Pastoral Center in San Francisco to discuss details of the Oct. 25 “Ethnic Day” – a 10 a.m. Mass followed by cultural performances and a feast of ethnic foods at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd., San Francisco.

Seated from left are Estelle Oloresisimo and Nellie Hizon, Filipino community; Anna Hoai Huong Dang, Vietnamese; Beatrice Choi, Korean; Canossian Sister Maria Hsu, director of the Ethnic Ministries Office; Cathy Mibach, Irish; Joanna Ilaoa, Samoan; and Sumi Honnanmi, Japanese. Standing from left are: Ofa Pooi, Tongan; Prince Onyebuchi, Igbo; Tina Chow, Burmese; Steve Laznibat, Croatian; Father Tadeusz Winnicki, Polish; Lorraine Vallejo, Croatian; Cecilia Arias-Rivas, director of the Office of Spanish-Speaking Ministry; Ella Tsang, administrative assistant, Ethnic Ministries; Katsura Ishikawa, Japanese; Deacon Simon Tsui, Chinese; and Peter Ilaoa, Samoan. Other ethnic and cultural groups unable to attend Oct. 8 included African Americans, Arabs, Asian Indians, Brazilians, Haitians, Italians, Native Americans and Slovenians.

All Saints/Todos Los Santos Mass Nov. 1 at Colma A Mass marking All Saints Day/Todos Los Santos as well as All Souls Day will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.

San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang will preside at the liturgy in the cemetery’s All Saints Mausoleum.

“The annual Todos Los Santos celebration combines the traditions of the Filipino and Latino communities,” a cemeteries spokesperson said, adding that persons are encouraged to visit the cemeteries “throughout the month of All Souls.”

Refreshments will be served following the Nov. 1 Mass. For more information, visit www. holycrosscemeteries.com or call (650) 756-2060.

The Feast of All Saints is not a formal holy day of obligation when it falls on a Saturday, according to a general decree of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

An essay contest to encourage FilipinoAmerican high school students to reflect on various themes of Filipino-American heritage is being sponsored by the St. Emydius Fil-Am Unity Club for students at Lowell, Lincoln or Balboa high schools in San Francisco.

The 500-to-800-word reflections must be postmarked by Nov. 14 and are eligible for first, second, third and honorable mention awards of $200, $150, $100 and $50 respectively. For information, e-mail filamunityclub@gmail.com or call (415) 584-1165.

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Trauma, justice and forgiveness: a victim of violence reflects It only lasted 5 minutes; yet aftermath continues

By Sharon Abercrombie One sunny afternoon last fall – Oct. 3 at 4:45 p.m., to be exact – a 20-something bearded man beat up a woman old enough to be his grandmother.

I am that woman.

Apparently, he was hiding in the side yard. As I unlocked my front door, it was easy for him to push his way in, since I was laden with grocery bags. “If you scream, I’m gonna have to hurt you real bad. Now where’s the money?” In a state of hypnotic shock, I pointed to my car, stammering, “My purse. It’s out there. Just take it.”

But, alas, this thug appeared suddenly to have gone deaf.

His fist smashed into the side of my face. He began strangling me. As I felt myself losing consciousness, I prayed, “God, please, get his hands off my throat.” At that very second, they did, as if he had been burned or shocked.

But he wasn’t finished. After a kick to my stomach, he coldly asked, “Now, where did you say that money is?”

Trembling, I pointed to the door. He smirked, swaggered outside, took the purse and calmly walked down the street.

I staggered to the door, locked it and called 9-1-1.

The Oakland Police arrived within moments. After seeing my bruised neck and bloodied face, they quickly wrote up their report, snapped a photograph and summoned the paramedics.

This entire terrifying incident was over in less than five minutes. But its traumatic aftermaths continue to haunt.

On Oct. 26, a group of individuals – Catholics and non-Catholic – who have suffered similar experiences of violence will gather in St. Mary’s Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. for a healing Mass. Archbishop George Niederauer will preside. The Restorative Justice Board of the Archdiocese of San Francisco is sponsoring the event. Secondary victims – family, friends and ex-offenders – are welcome to attend the Mass, too.

Marie Felix from Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Surrounded by supporters of St. Jude House, Peggy Cooper, a domestic violence survivor, prays during Belmont is chair of the Victims’ Committee for the San a vigil Oct.11, 2004 in Crown Point, Ind., to mark October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Francisco Archdiocese. “We want to validate those people St. Jude House is a safe emergency shelter and provider of services for victims of domestic who have been victims of violent crimes,” she said. “We want violence and their dependent children. A Mass for those impacted by crime, abuse or them to know that the Church cares about them. We want violence will take place Oct. 26 at 3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco. to serve as a stepping-stone which will offer more support and services.” Felix estimates about 100 people will attend, but it could be more. of them is Sufi dancing. Also known as The Dances of Their sheer numbers are astounding. According to 2006 As a second “stepping stone,” Felix has scheduled a Universal Peace, they are a beautiful form of moving medita- FBI statistics, the latest to date, in Oakland alone there were day-long retreat at Mercy Center Burlingame on Nov. 8 tion, which combine simple circle dance movements, chants 31,945 violent crimes committed. A partial breakdown: 143 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Further down the line are follow-up and music from all of the world spiritualities. Getting out murders, 306 rapes, 3,534 robberies and 3,614 aggravated support groups still in the planning stages – one, in the of my head into my heart and body has offered temporary assaults.

Burlingame/San Mateo area, for victims of clergy sexual moments of respite from the traumatic memories.

Of course, the most overwhelming question of all: How abuse, and another, at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, The most humbling blessing of all happened in church long does it take to forgive? for other survivors of violence. three days after the assault.

On good days, I can dredge up a bit of compassion by fanRestorative justice emphasizes repairing the harm caused After Communion, as I thanked the Holy One for sparing tasizing that this rage-filled jerk is probably quite miserable. by violence through cooperative processes which include my life, an unbidden image came into my heart – the face of On bad days, though, I lean toward a solution proffered by everyone who is involved – victims, perpetrators, families Sister Ellen Patrick O’Neill, my high school English teacher. A writer Paula Gunn Allen. Asked during a recent KPFA radio and friends.

Sister of Charity of Nazareth, Ky., “Ellen Pat” was my beloved interview what she would do about all the nasty scoundrels I learned about the “victim” component in Kaiser’s mentor, friend and second mother for 28 years. She died of in the world, Paula’s snappy response was: “Send ‘em to emergency room when the social worker had me sign some cancer in 1983. Her picture has always been on my altar.

Mars. That way, they can kill each other off.” paperwork for the California Crime Victims Compensation Not exactly the best solution, but still, how very human a It dawned on me that it was she who yanked that guy’s hands Program. Because of off my throat. I won’t reaction it is! Meanwhile, I am hoping the upcoming healing the probability of the know why until we meet Mass will offer a bit of comfort as it gently sets us down perpetrator’s returning someday on the other side upon the path toward healing. If the tears flow for other folks, for another round, I was The most overwhelming question of all: of the veil. But I now know that’s fine. But for me, this is just too scary a possibility. eligible for financial from personal experience Dancing comes easier than weeping. compensation to relo- How long does it take to forgive? that the Communion of Sharon Abercrombie is cate, plus a year’s worth Saints lives and thrives of optional free therapy on Earth. a veteran journalist and for post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Some final thoughts: There appears to be an increase in long-time contributor I took advantage of the relocation bonus, and as a result, the numbers of violent people everywhere. So how do we to the Catholic Press am now living in a lovely, safe neighborhood, within walking victims manage to return to consistent rather than temporary in northern California. distance of most everything that I need. My parking garage is normalcy, in spite of Sufi dancing, talk therapy, prayer or She is a staff writer gated. The situation has been a veritable gift from heaven. yoga? How do we stop our hearts from hammering when for the The Catholic But this is just part of the story. Here is what I have we think we see our perpetrators on the street? Why have experienced at other levels. our stress-related intestinal syndromes tripled in intensity?

Voice in Oakland, First, the not-so-good stuff: getting lectured by several How do we quell the racial stereotypes? free lances for National friends for not being “careful enough” when I unlocked my About 30 years ago, there was a national feminist women’s Catholic Reporter, front door. “That’ll teach you,” one woman chided. Two days group whose motto was “take back the night.” My question is, and served for seven after the event, another friend observed that my perpetrator when are we going to take back the day, as well, from all these years as assistant editor at EarthLight Magazine, was stuck in his two-year infancy stage of tantrums. When disturbed, angry men, boys, and sometimes young women, I did not laugh, she told me to “lighten up.” who are terrorizing our city streets? an interfaith journal of ecological spirituality.

Then there were the well-meaning chums who suggested having an apartment-cleansing ritual – with bell, book, candles and incense and then moving the furniture around my living room to chase away the negative energy.

Well, no. I knew that fear would stick around, especially during late afternoons around 4:45 p.m. And what about the sleepless nights? Would he return furious because there had only been 10 bucks in my wallet?

So, as they say, I got out of Dodge the next day. I went A Mass for those affected by crime, abuse or violence will be celebrated by Archbishop George Niederauer on to stay with a beautiful group of Dominican Sister friends Oct. 26 at 3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. For more information contact Patricia Ribeiro of the Office of Public at their convent.

Policy and Social Concerns at (415) 615-5570 or reiberop@sfarchdiocese.org.

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Mass for victims of crime, abuse or violence Oct. 26

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF ISAIAH IS 45:1, 4-6 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I grasp, subduing nations before him, and making kings run in his service, opening doors before him and leaving the gates unbarred: For the sake of Jacob, my servant, of Israel, my chosen one, I have called you by your name, giving you a title, though you knew me not.

I am the Lord and there is no other, there is no God besides me. It is I who arm you, though you know me not, so that toward the rising and the setting of the sun people may know that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, there is no other.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 R. Give the Lord glory and honor.

Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all you lands.

Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.

R. Give the Lord glory and honor.

For great is the Lord and highly to be On July 23, 1846, American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau was arrested for refusing to pay $1 poll tax in protest of slavery and the Mexican War. Visiting him in jail, his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson asked: “Henry, why are you here?” Henry’s reply was: “Waldo, why are you not here?”

While in jail, Thoreau was inspired to create the famous “Civil Disobedience,” an essay credited with influencing Mahatma Gandhi, who mounted civil disobedience against the British Empire armed with ahimsa (non-violence) and satyagraha (truth-strength).

Facing elections soon, we grapple with the choice of candidates and issues.

Our party affiliations sometimes can prevent us from making an open-minded decision based on the comprehensive common good. The recent financial and moral crises make this election all the more crucial.

In the larger sense, elections are a special time to locate our connection with the nation and the government. While this relationship is characterized by pride and patriotism, we are within our rights to offer qualified support, to disagree, to protest – even to be disobedient. Jesus, for instance, set aside the Sabbath law to help those in pain. In matters of conscience, no government has the power to ask for unqualified, total commitment.

That privilege belongs only to God. The Word of God clarifies this truth for us.

The Pharisees and Herodians, strange bedfellows in common opposition to Jesus, attempt to get Jesus in a Catch

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Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 45:1, 4-6; Psalm 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b; Matthew 22:15-21 praised; awesome is he, beyond all gods.

For all the gods of the nations are things of nought, but the Lord made the heavens.

R. Give the Lord glory and honor.

Give to the Lord, you families of nations, give to the Lord glory and praise; give to the Lord the glory due his name!

Bring gifts, and enter his courts.

R. Give the Lord glory and honor.

Worship the Lord, in holy attire; tremble before him, all the earth; say among the nations: The Lord is king,

he governs the peoples with equity.

R. Give the Lord glory and honor.

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS 1 THES 1:1-5B Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father, know-

Scripture reflection FATHER CHARLES PUTHOTA

Giving ourselves totally to God in love, service 22. If Jesus agreed with paying taxes to the strict Jewish law against carrying Caesar, he risked alienating the Rome- such images, thus implicitly accepting hating population. Jesus would then Caesar as their ruler. In their attempt to be considered a traitor. If, on the other embarrass Jesus, they stand exposed.

If the image of hand, Jesus said Caesar means that no to taxes to the coin belongs Caesar, he would to him, the image be put on trial by In Jesus, we truly come to of God imprinted the Roman law on each of us for sedition, with understand what it means shows that we possible capital to belong to God entirely. belong to God, in punishment. the total sense of By asking the term. Having for a coin, Jesus demonstrates his personal poverty. What been made in God’s image and likeness, is more, Jesus exposes the hypocrisy we have to offer ourselves irrevocably of those who carry the coins with the and completely to God. Everything in “graven image” of Caesar. They violate life is relative, but God is absolute. He makes unconditional claims on us. All our lives, talents, energies and possessions belong to God. He takes precedence over everything and everyone.

However, the genius of Christianity

what God was saying inside every event. For example, if Israel lost a war, it wasn’t because the other army had superior soldiers. It was because God was trying to teach her something.

Likewise, if there was a drought, it wasn’t because there was global warming. It was because, for reasons Israel had to try to discern, God wanted her to live on less that year.

James Mackey once defined divine providence as a conspiracy of accidents through which God speaks. That runs close to what John of the Cross meant when he said the language of God is the experience that God writes into our lives. Our task is to read that language, and we read it when we properly name the events of our lives. A proper naming does three things: It is prophetic (it names our faith and our faithlessness, our justice and our injustice). It is diagnostic (it points to the correct prescription to help remedy our ills).

Most importantly, it is a form of prayer (it tries to hear what God is saying inside the outer events of our lives).

Today we tend to name things too much according to our particular ideology, liberal or conservative. This is true in politics and in the Church. The challenge is to be more careful and especially more prayerful. Not everything can be fixed or cured, but it should be named properly.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser can be contacted through his website www.ronrolheiser.com.

ing, brothers and sisters loved by God, how you were chosen. For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 22:15-21 The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech.

They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion, for you do not regard a person’s status. Tell us, then, what is your opinion: Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?”

Knowing their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

Show me the coin that pays the census tax.” Then they handed him the Roman coin. He said to them, “Whose image is this and whose inscription?” They replied, Caesar’s.” At that he said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” is to shun false dichotomies. Jesus belonged to God totally, but he came into the world to incarnate – and inculturate – into human family. Those of us who belong to God cannot turn away from the issues highlighted dramatically during an election season. Life has to be nurtured from conception through life till death.

Even dying must have dignity, as Mother Teresa has shown us. Family and marriage have to be protected. People must have basic necessities of food, education and healthcare. Peace and justice must flourish. As Paul says, we have to combine the “work of faith” with the “labor of love.” Because, like Jesus, we absolutely belong to God, we have the mission of transforming the whole world, irrespective of nations and religions.

Transcending national barriers, God in Isaiah uses Cyrus, the Persian King, as a means to bring an end to the oppression of Israelites at the hands of the Babylonians.

Cyrus unknowingly becomes God’s instrument in His grand design of liberation and peace. God’s reign extends to all peoples and cultures. Everyone belongs to God, including Cyrus, and God is the supreme ruler, calling for total commitment and absolute loyalty.

In Jesus, we truly come to understand what it means to belong to God entirely.

To be like Jesus: to pray, relate, love, serve and sacrifice like him is the only way we can give to God what belongs to Him. In Jesus, we learn what it means to be deeply human and how we can give of ourselves totally to God in love and service of one another.

Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D., is pastor of St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco.

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October 17, 2008

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■ Continued from page 16 “no” on Proposition 8, the proposition that eliminates the right to marry for same-sex couples. The official position of the Church opposes same-sex marriage, but this is a complex moral issue that isn’t easily answered by a simple “yes” or “no.”

The notion of marriage goes well beyond the legal rights already protected by civil unions. Marriage signifies a committed, long-term relationship between two loving partners. It is an outward statement to the world of their status as a couple. Marriage is a state recognized and honored by the community.

As a husband who has been in a committed marriage for almost 30 years, I take great pride in my relationship with my wife. When filling out forms, I’m always honored to check off the “married” box that indicates my status in society.

A “yes” vote on Proposition 8 means that we want to restrict the dignity and respect of the marriage relationship to only heterosexual citizens. A “no” vote means that we want to extend that dignity and respect to all our neighbors, without prejudice. I believe voting “no” is the truly moral choice.

John Sedlander San Francisco

Canon vs. civil law Ron McAndrew’s death penalty article in Catholic San Francisco (Oct. 3) is intriguing. His conclusion that killing people is wrong need not emanate from his career in corrections; many without similar careers would agree. Yet, we live in Western civilization, a society of laws.

The incongruence between Canon law and criminal laws reveals separation of church and state; it has for centuries. Perhaps most interesting is Mr. McAndrew’s declaration of permitted exceptions to killing. Is it hypocrisy lend-

ing to his haunting and soul searching?

Perhaps his measure of right and wrong, evolved through decades of service to others, is also a lens creating his discomfort. I would hope that any warden charged with the responsibility that Mr. McAndrew aptly describes would regularly reflect and use retreat to support those in like positions. I would have concerns about and pray for those who did not behave in a similar fashion.

The graphic accompanying his article intimates the focus of the majority polled rests with their perception of confidence in the criminal justice system. The centuries-old incongruence between Canon law and criminal laws is unlikely to be resolved easily or quickly, if at all. A far better focus, which is notably absent from Mr. McAndrew’s article, would be to expand public confidence in our criminal justice system. That seems a fitting job for the clergy, those in public service and journalism.

Tom Maloney San Carlos

To be installed Father Kang Gun Vincent Lee will be installed as pastor of San Francisco’s St. Michael’s Korean Church this Sunday, Oct. 19. Auxiliary Bishop William Justice will preside. A priest of the Suwon Diocese in South Korea, Father Lee succeeds Father Benedict Jeong-Bay Pak.

Restoring and Protecting Marriage: Yes on Proposition 8 “For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”

G ENESIS 2:24

Since the dawn of time, marriage has been understood by people of virtually every faith and culture to be the union of a man and a woman. Marriage predates government.

Its unique place in civilization is both derived from God and inherently natural to man. Marriage is intrinsic to a stable, flourishing and loving society. It provides the ideal relationship to commit men and women to each other, to provide for the procreative continuation of civilization and to raise children with both a mother and father. The sanctity of marriage is worth defending and protecting.

Proposition 8 says simply and powerfully: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”

Proposition 8: • Restores the definition of marriage. God himself is the author of marriage. Its meaning is written in the very nature of man and woman as they come from the hand of the Creator. Over

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61% of Californians have recognized this with their votes in favor of traditional marriage.

• Changes the California Constitution to overturn the decision of four judges on the California Supreme Court who wrongly imposed same-sex marriage on California, against the express desire of millions of voters.

• Secures parental rights to teach children about relationships according to their own values and beliefs. Unless Proposition 8 passes, California law may compel public schools to teach children there is no difference between traditional marriage and same-sex marriage. When Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, schools began teaching second graders that boys can marry other boys. The courts ruled that parents had no right to object.

Proposition 8 does not take away any rights or benefits from gay or lesbian domestic partners. Under California’s domestic partner laws (Family Code Section 297.5) they have rights and benefits identical to those of spouses.

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Students ‘Walk for Justice’ Students from Junipero Serra High School, Notre Dame High School, and Mercy High School in Burlingame took part in the annual “Walk for Justice� Sept. 27. The nine-mile trek took participants from Serra to the Catholic Worker Hospitality House in San Bruno. The almost 100 students worked in teams carrying backpacks filled with donated food, toiletries and new socks for residents at Catholic Worker, said Kyle Lierk, campus ministry director at Serra and an organizer of the annual event.

Notre Dame de Namur University freshman Marlee Serrano does some face painting for one of the scores of children to enjoy a carnival for families of migrant workers at Soledad, Calif.

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NDNU students create carnival for Soledad kids

Rosary rally held in San Francisco Father John Jiminez, chaplain at General Hospital in San Francisco, led about 80 faithful praying the rosary Oct. 11 at the United Nations Plaza in San Francisco. The group prayed publicly for two hours, and prompted several passersby and even members of their police protection to join in prayer. The San Francisco rally was part of a nationwide rosary rally campaign; nearly 3,500 separate rallies took place and tens of thousands took part.

Nearly half of the Notre Dame de Namur University freshman class pitched in to organize and operate a carnival for nearly 150 children of migrant labor families Oct. 12 at Soledad, Calif.

About 70 NDNU freshmen, nearly half the class, took part, overseeing basketball and soccer, temporary tattoo placement, a cake walk, pumpkin designing and other activities.

Traditional carnival fare was served, including hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn and snow cones.

A handful of students also acted as translators for the primarily Spanish-speaking youngsters.

Staffers from Dorothy’s Place, an organization which coordinates several programs for the Jimenez and Camphora farm labor camps, assisted.

While the event was primarily for the children, NDNU First Year Experience coordinator Vince Fitzgerald said it also benefitted students. “We wanted this to be a learning and eye-opening experience for them,� said Fitzgerald.

The farm labor camps are located between Soledad and Gonzales on McCoy Rd., east of Highway 101. The site is north of Camphora-Gloria Rd, and adjacent to the southern boundary of the State Correctional Training Facility. They house 80 adults and 120-200 children in 40 units, according to a census prepared by Dorothy’s Place.

Take Jesus at his word . . . ■Continued from page 9 “A Persistent Peace.� “The media doesn’t take me seriously. I don’t think my family takes me seriously. The Jesuits certainly don’t take me seriously. But the government takes me very seriously.�

Fellow priest and peace activist Franciscan Father Louis Vitale, on hand for Father Dear’s talk, said the Jesuit sets an example in his love and promotion of peace. “He lives it totally, speaks of it unceasingly and writes about it beautifully,� said Father Vitale.

St. Ignatius parishioner James Miner, an attendee at the Burlingame talk, said he was impressed by Father Dear’s journey, and hopes to follow his example. “My own life has been a journey of conversion toward non-violence,� Miner said.

It is that journey that Father Dear said he holds as his greatest accomplishment. “Life to me is the journey toward peace,� said the priest. “After all these years of working, the journey to peace is still the most important thing, greater than any one event or success.�

Though he remains committed to peace, the priest said he tries to avoid the word “pacifism.� “Pacifism connotes passivity,� Father Dear said. “Non-violence involves active derring-do, confronting the opponent non-violently. Peace is not just a tactic or a strategy. It’s a whole new way of life. Jesus didn’t say, ‘Blessed are those who like peace.’ He said, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’�

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Judge John Conway remembered as ‘special man’

By Tom Burke A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 10 for Superior Court Judge John Conway at San Francisco’s St. James Parish where he was a parishioner for 41 years serving as reader and volunteer. The jurist died Oct. 2 from complications of a stroke he suffered in July. Conway would have celebrated his 69th birthday Nov. 2.

A graduate of DePaul University and Lincoln Law School, Conway was appointed to the bench in 1992, serving in the municipal courts then the Superior Court for 15 years.

Earlier in his career, he practiced with firms including O’Brien, Hammond and Conway, and Conway, Brass and Luttringer.

Awards through the years have included a Pro-Bono Legal Services Commendation from the California State Bar, and Trial Judge of the Year honors from the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.

Conway, who served as an officer with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1962 - 67, is a veteran of the Vietnam War. “Judge John Conway and his wife, Catherine, have been devoted supporters of De Marillac Academy,” said Mike Daniels, president of the school. “Along with the Archdiocese of San Francisco, we mourn his passing. Catherine initially joined De Marillac

as a substitute teacher, and both she and her husband have been dedicated members of our De Marillac family ever since. Our thoughts are with the Conway family during this time, and we pray that God brings healing and comfort to all whose lives have been touched by the spirit of Judge Conway. We are grateful that Judge Conway’s legacy of faith and community will continue to be lived out in the students and families of De Marillac Academy.”

“John Conway was a very special man,” said Mary Ann Schwab, director of the Project Rachel program for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and a founder 35 years ago of its Respect Life program. “He lived his faith and loved his family. He was a man of prudence and balance who was rooted in his convictions.

He saw the dignity of life as a primary human value and supported his wife, Catherine, in her work with United for Life.”

“John Conway was a Marine’s Marine,” said Father Jack O’Neill, a former pastor of St. James Parish and a retired Navy Captain.

“Marine’s have a tradition of taking care of their own and John took care of his own and everybody he came in contact with.”

Father O’Neill, now pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Olema, was a concelebrant at the funeral Mass. “When you met John Conway you met a good friend,” the priest said.

In addition to Conway’s wife, Catherine,

survivors include their children, children’s spouses, and grandchildren. Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. Remembrances may be made to St. James Parish and School, 1086 Guerrero St., San Francisco 94110; DeMarillac Academy, 175 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco 94102; or United for Life, P.O. Box 590713, San Francisco 94159.

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‘The Forever War’ provides access to human truth of war “THE FOREVER WAR,” by Dexter Filkins. Alfred A. Knopf, 369 pp., $25.

By Father Basil De Pinto Sometimes, to paraphrase Freud, a book is just a book.

But there are some books that take their place in the mind and the imagination as a kind of icon of an age or an event.

They provide a key to the meaning that we all search for in the face of apparent emptiness. Such a book, I believe, is “The Forever War” by Dexter Filkins The author reported from Afghanistan and Iraq for the New York Times from 2001 until 2006. Even writing in a strictly journalistic format, Filkins exhibited a sensibility that traveled beyond facts and figures, and assessed the cost of war in human terms. Now he has written a book that gives full scope to his powers of observation informed by an extraordinary compassion.

This is not a book about presidents and generals who engage in war with no cost to themselves. It is about the “little” people who would be nameless but for the keen eye and perceptive skill of a reporter who sees their human value and enshrines them in words that often cut to the quick. It’s about heat and stench and fear; temperatures of 100 degrees at night; bodies, alive and dead, in intolerable proximity; the relentless anxiety of wondering when the bullet with your name on it will find you.

But these brutal aspects of war are not abstracted from reality. They are embedded in the lives of real people. Largely they are kids who six months ago were still in high school.

The concrete reality of their lives and the death that ends them register starkly and lastingly. The dedication of the book mentions “Lance Corporal William Miller, who went first.” Later we discover that the corporal led the way into the minaret of a mosque where a sniper was lodged; he took the fire that would otherwise have killed the reporter.

This is war coverage in the great tradition of Ernie Pyle in World War II, and of Michael Herr in Vietnam: the day by day slogging through filth and blood with no thought of “patriotic” clichés, but the desperate attempt to save your own life and that of your buddy next to you. The deceptive glamour of the TV commercials is nowhere to be found, but the decency and humanity of the average soldier is abundant.

Nor is there any attempt to paper over the basic ambiguity that marks relations between Americans and Iraqis. The soldiers carry wads of greenbacks with them to assuage feelings and to cultivate good will. After one such display of largesse, when the soldiers have moved ahead, the reporter lingers and

asks one man, “So what do you think of the Americans?” The answer: “We hate them. We take their money, but we want them out of here.”

A book like this gives us access to the truth that is largely missing from sound bites on the evening news and from official communiqués about the war. One senses the integrity of the reporter and knows that he can be trusted implicitly. His compassion is universal, not limited only to “our guys.” There is a kind of Virgilian vision here: human sorrow touches every life.

Later when Filkins has returned from Iraq he goes to Pearland, Texas, to see the parents of Corporal Miller, who had saved his life.

The parents are grateful that the reporter has come and they find mutual comfort in thinking of Billy. Filkins says that the name of the town makes him think of pearls and that Billy’s life was more precious than a mere jewel.

But the father says, “No, it’s Pear-land; we’re known for our pears.” Rest in peace, Billy.

Father Basil De Pinto is a frequent contributor on the arts.

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Faith and politics ‘Fireproof’ provides solid message, entertainment Malcom), had once been in trouble, Caleb

By Harry Forbes ‘Mosaic’ topic reluctantly promises his father he’ll follow

Steve Pehanich (foreground), director of advocacy and education for the California Catholic Conference, discusses taking faith and values to the polls on the Oct 26 and Nov. 2 episodes of “Mosaic,” which airs Sundays at 5 a.m. on KPIX CBS 5. Tom Burke, standing, is host. Pehanich makes it clear that Catholic guidelines for voters make common sense and are sound advice for people of all faiths or no faith.

NEW YORK (CNS) – You fireproof your home; why not your marriage?

Such is the obvious but unobjectionable theme of “Fireproof” (Goldwyn), a modest but heartwarming drama from Sherwood Pictures, the Albany, Ga., church-based studio that made “Flywheel” and “Facing the Giants,” all on remarkably small budgets with a largely volunteer cast and crew.

Their latest concerns a small-town fire captain, Caleb Holt (Kirk Cameron, the film’s only name performer), whose marriage to Catherine (Erin Bethea), the PR director at the local hospital, is on the rocks.

They’ve lost patience with one another.

Catherine accuses him of spending all his time looking at “trash” (pornography) on the Internet. He, in turn, complains she no longer shops or cooks for him.

He’s saving up for a boat; she’d like to use that money to make improvements on the house. Each feels disrespected.

Under the guidance of his born-again father, John (Harris Malcom), whose own marriage to Caleb’s mother, Cheryl (Phyllis

the instructions in a journal called “The Love Dare,” which saved the older couple’s marriage, to rescue his own seven-year union.

Catherine remains obstinately unyielding, and disparages Caleb’s sincere proffering of morning coffee, flowers, a candlelight dinner and sickbed duty, thinking he’s merely buttering her up for better divorce terms. She’s further reluctant to reconcile, as she’s in thrall to the smarmy attentions of Dr. Gavin Keller (Perry Revell) at work.

The film is nicely shot by directors Alex and Stephen Kendrick. The message that marriage is grounded in the knowledge that God loves us with all our faults – and so should we love our spouse – is incontrovertible, but it’s clear the story is merely a vehicle for conveying that message.

The script would also seem to imply that only committed Christians can have successful marriages, whereas from a Catholic perspective, marriage is a natural union as well as a sacramental one among the baptized.

Kirk Cameron in “Fireproof”

Occasionally, the didactic tone goes over the top, as when Caleb takes to his computer and monitor – source of those alluring porno sites – with a baseball bat.

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St. Mary’s Cathedral Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco – (415) 567-2020. Ample parking is available free of charge in the Cathedral lot for most events.

Oct. 18, 5:30 p.m.: Cathedral’s annual Gospel/ Jazz Mass featuring the San Francisco Bay Area Gospel Choir under the direction of Rawn Harbor.

Archbishop George H. Niederauer is the principal celebrant. Reception follows in the Cathedral Event Center downstairs. Everyone is invited to this spirit-filled celebration of liturgy and music.

Third Tuesdays beginning Oct. 21 through September 2009, 7:15 p.m.: The Year of St. Paul Lecture Series features Professor Stephen C. Córdova of the St. Anthony of Padua Institute, and Conventual Franciscan Father Francisco Nahoe of the Franciscan Spirit and Life Institute. Talks are free. Information and lecture dates are available online at www.stanthonypaduainstitute. org/stpaul.pdf Oct. 26, 3:30 p.m.: “Mass for Those Affected

by Crime, Abuse or Violence.” Archbishop George Niederauer will preside. This is a Mass persons who have been victimized in any way through crime, abuse or violence. It is also for secondary victims including families and friends.

Sponsored by the Restorative Justice Board for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Call (415) 614-5570 or e-mail ribeirop@sfarchdiocese.org or mfelix@ihmbelmont.org for more information.

National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi Vallejo at Columbus St. in the City’s Historic North Beach. Visit www.shrinerenewal.org or call (415) 983-0405 The shrine is anxious to maintain and increase the enthusiasm of the Sept. 27 opening of its Porziuncola. Volunteers to serve in hospitality and as eyes of the new space are needed. If you have a few hours a month to dedicate to this work, contact Stephen Baccari at stephenkosf@yahoo. com or Virginia Munoz at virginiakosf@yahoo.com.

You can also call (415) 983-0213.

Special Liturgies Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.: Breast cancer Awareness Mass at St. Dominic Church, Bush St. at Steiner in San Francisco. Survivors of the disease as well as family and friends of survivors and those lost to the disease are invited. Parking available. Call (415) 929-9242 or e-mail martid528@comcast.net for more information.

Oct. 25, 9 a.m.: Serra Club of San Francisco: Mass followed by continental breakfast, with report by Serra district governor Anthony Schunk; St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. at Vicente in San Francisco. Non-members welcome. Call Paul Crudo at (415) 566-8224 or e-mail pecrudodds@ aol.com.

Oct. 26, 3:30 p.m.: “Mass for Those Affected by Crime, Abuse or Violence” at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco.

Archbishop George Niederauer will preside. This is a Mass for those victimized through crime, abuse or violence. It is also for secondary victims including families and friends. For information, call (415) 614-5570 or e-mail ribeirop@sfarchdiocese. org or mfelix@ihmbelmont.org.

Nov. 2, 3, 6 p.m.: Anniversary Prayer Liturgy and Celebration for Alma Via of San Francisco Residence, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way in San Francisco, now in its fifth year. Prayer of Thanksgiving at 3 p.m. at neighboring St. Thomas More Church with reception following. The public, residents, families and friends are invited. Registration is requested. Call (415) 337-1339.

Arts & Entertainment Oct. 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.: “Hotel Paradiso” plays at Notre Dame de Namur University Theater at 1500 Ralston Ave. in Belmont. Tickets are $10. For more information, call (650) 508-3456 or e-mail box office@ndnu.edu.

Oct. 19, 3 p.m.: “Vivaldi at San Domenico” by the school’s Orchestra da Camera at Hall of the Arts, 1500 Butterfield Rd in San Anselmo. Concert marks 31st anniversary of school’s Virtuoso Program that has placed students in some of the finest music schools in the country. Reception, hosted by families of orchestra members, follows. Tickets are $50. For information, call (415) 258-1921.

Oct. 26, 3 p.m.: Concert featuring “The Jeduthun” and “Chorus Paulinus” of the Philippines under the musical direction of Father Arnold Zamora at St. Brendan Church, 29 Rockaway Ave. just off Laguna Honda in San Francisco. Proceeds benefit St. Brendan Parish Altar Servers’ Society and retired priests of the Philippine’s Bohol area. Tickets are $15. For more information, call Sister Necy at (415) 681-4225.

Nov. 14, 15, 21, 22 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 23 at 2 p.m.: “West Wing Follies,” a 90-minute entertainment offering a complete history of the country’s 43 presidents – so far – in 20 scenes at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave. across from City College in San Francisco.

“From George Washington to George W., the show is a little bit of history and a whole lot of fun,” the school said. Call the box office for prices and availability at (415) 587-5866.

Food & Fun Oct. 18, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Garage sale at Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake St. in San Francisco. Selection includes books, jewelry, men’s, women’s and children’s clothing plus furniture and household items. Contact Judi at (415) 221-6682.

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provided. Suggested donation is $30. For more information, call Mary at (415) 431-8590.

Vocations Third Fridays, 8 p.m.: Refresh your soul with a moment of peace and quiet away from the busyness of life. Listen to beautiful music and join others in prayer and song around the cross at Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd., Fremont. For further information, contact Maria Shao, (408) 839-2068, or maria49830@aol.com or Sister Beth Quire, OP (510) 449-7554 or beth@ msjdominicans.

Oct. 25, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Western States Conference of Associates and Religious meet at Notre Dame High School, 1500 Ralston Rd. in Belmont. Notre Dame Sister Janice Bohn will facilitate the day on a theme of “Association: A New Call to Prayer and Service.” Sister Bohn has been a companion to women discerning to become third order associates or vowed religious for almost 30 years. Fee for the day is $30. Lunch is available at $10. Coffee and snacks also provided. To register or more information, contact Kathy Noether at knoether@aol.com or call (408) 267-3426. For more information about WSCAR, visit the national website at www.nacar96.org.

Consolation Ministry Oct. 18, 19: Knights of Columbus, St. Augustine Parish Council #9714 and Knights statewide raise funds to benefit people with intellectual disabilities. Money supports special Olympics, vocational training and research. Look for Knights of Columbus after weekend Masses or make a check payable to Columbian Foundation, and mail to Knights of Columbus, St. Augustine Church, 3700 Callan Blvd., South San Francisco 94080. Looking forward to a successful campaign are Arnel Prestosa, left, Mert Manela, Hermie Afuang, Romy Quevedo, Nestor Villarosa. Unavailable for the photo was Grand Knight Mel Alarcon.

Oct. 18, 19, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: St. Anne Elementary School Flea Market in the school cafeteria, Funston at Judah St. in San Francisco.

Proceeds benefit school’s junior high trip to Washington, D.C. in May. Food will be available for purchase.

Oct. 19, 5 – 8:30 p.m.: St. Mark’s Knights of Columbus Council sponsors an evening of dining, dancing and raffles benefiting San Mateo Pro-Life at St. Mark’s Church, Father Flanagan Parish Center, 325 Marine View Ave., Belmont. Gloria Gillogley-Acosta, founder of San Mateo ProLife, will be honored. Guest speaker is Bill May of Catholics for the Common Good. Tickets are $25/adult; $5/children 5-12. For information and reservations, call (650) 342-7161.

Oct. 19, 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Oktoberfest 2008, a benefit for Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group will be held in the parish “Beer Garden” located on 18th St. at Diamond St., San Francisco. Admission is $10 and includes Oktoberfest beers, soft drinks, German sausage, sauerkraut, potato salad, traditional music and a great festive atmosphere. A raffle will also take place. For more information, call (415) 863-1581.

Oct. 25, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.: St. Thomas More Elementary School Halloween Carnival at 50 Thomas More Way in San Francisco. Spooks, games, teen music/game center, train ride, pumpkin patch, haunted house, food – including tri-tip sandwiches – and fun await all who attend. Free parking. Visit www.stthomasmoreschool.org or call (415) 905-4669, voice box 20.

Oct. 25, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.: Fright Fest at Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School, 39th Ave. at Lawton in San Francisco. Admission is free.

Tickets for food and games available. Enjoy great food, carnival games, bingo, raffle, fun house and haunted house. Proceeds benefit the Holy Name of Jesus School. For more information, call (415) 731-4077 or visit www.holynamesf.com.

Oct. 25, 1 p.m.: San Francisco/East Bay Chapter of Kappa Gamma Pi sorority meets at Holy Names University, California Room in Durocher Hall. Call Betty at (925) 284-2028.

Oct. 28, 7 – 9 p.m.: Little Children’s Aid Junior Auxiliary invites all women to attend “Wine, Women and Shoes,” a shoe party at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Contact Mary Rotunno at (415) 4385512 or mrotunno@chw.edu for information and to respond with your shoe size. Proceeds benefit work of LCA Juniors.

Oct. 29, 11:30 a.m.: Octoberfest Luncheon and Bingo Party of the Good Shepherd Guild at the Basque Cultural Center. Tickets are $40. For more information, contact Beverly Desmond at (415) 587-5354.

Nov. 8, 6 p.m.: “Annual Bal de Paris” benefiting Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires in San Francisco.

Evening includes dinner dance, silent and live auctions, live music. Black tie optional. Tickets are $125. For more information, call (415) 421-0069 or visit www.ndvsf.org Nov. 8, 9, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Dominican Contemplative Nuns Benefit Art Show at Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park. Meet Sister artists and help a good cause.

Proceeds benefit renovation of congregation’s novitiate dormitory. Call (650) 322-1801 or visit www.nunsmenlo.org.

Nov. 14: Twelfth Annual Vincenzo Wine tasting and Auction at San Francisco’s Bently Reserve benefiting Catholic Charities CYO’s St. Vincent School for Boys. Event includes gourmet dinner, select wines and an auction. For ticket information, call (415) 972-1233 or visit www.vincenzo. org.

Nov. 22, 11 a.m.: “Sunset Style” is the theme of the St. Stephen Women’s Guild fashion show at the Olympic Club. Tickets are $75 and include a catered lunch. Raffles for prizes including a pink sapphire ring. For more information, contact Annette Rocca at (415) 239-8926 or sswg_sunset_style@yahoo.com.

Dec, 2,3 12:30 p.m.; Dec. 4, 6:15 p.m.: 25th Christmas at Ralston benefiting Notre Dame Elementary School. Holiday Teas will be served Tuesday and Wednesday with a Gala event including silent and live auctions on Thursday. Contact Jodie Penner at (650) 591-2209 or jpenner@nde. org for ticket and additional information.

Trainings/Lectures/Respect Life Oct. 18, 8:45 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Fall Convention of Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Speakers will address topics including “Called to Political Responsibility,” “The ABCs of Bioethical Issue for Women,” and “Life, Truth and the Feminine Genius.” Fee for the day is $25 and includes morning snack, coffee and lunch. For informtaion or to reserve a spot, call Anita Provost at (415) 282-8626.

Oct. 18, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Centering Prayer workshop with Cistercian Father William Meninger at St. Gregory Church, 500 DeHaro St. in San Francisco. Talks will focus on women mystics Julian of Norwich and Margaret of Porete. Coffee and snacks provided. Suggested donation $30. For more information, call Mary at (415) 431-8590.

Oct. 19, 2 – 3:30 p.m.: Centering Prayer workshop with Cistercian Father William Meninger at St. Gregory Church, 500 DeHaro St. in San Francisco. “The Cloud of Unknowing,” a 14th century manual addressing contemplative prayer will be the focus. Suggested donation is $30. For more information, call Mary at (415) 431-8590.

Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.: Msgr. Robert McElroy, Ph.D., pastor, St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo and recently named to the 2008 Loschiavo Chair in Catholic Studies and Social Thought at the University of San Francisco, will speak on the U.S. Catholic bishops’ “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” at Notre Dame de Namur University’s Taube Center, located at the entrance of the school off Ralston Avenue in Belmont.

For more information, call Notre Dame Sister Roseanne Murphy at (650) 508-3551.

Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m.: San Francisco Council of Catholic Women meets at St. Cecilia’s Green Room, 17th and Vicente in San Francisco. A speaker from the League of Women Voters will talk about November ballot issues. Call Cathy Mibach at (415) 753-0234.

Oct. 30, noon: Sylvia Marcos will lecture on “Feminist Theology and the Zapatista Movement: A Report from Chiapas” at the Handlery Dining Room 100 at the University of San Francisco’s Lone Mountain campus. Marcos is an internationally recognized professor of religion and sociology.

Nov. 1, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Enjoy a Filipino Christmas tradition at this Parol Making – Christmas lanterns -Workshop at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Patrons’ Hall, Gough St. and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. A part of Advent’s Simbang Gabi celebrations held at churches throughout the Archdiocese. Donations accepted toward cost of materials. Contact Bernadette at (415) 348-8042 or Bernadette@bayanihancc. org.

Nov. 1, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Paulist Father Terry Ryan speaks on mystics and prominent spiritual writers at Old. St, Mary’s Bookstore, 660 California St. in San Francisco. Coffee and snacks

Grief support groups meet at the following parishes.

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 Deacon Chuck McNeil 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) 6145506.

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.

Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at grosskopf@ usfca.edu (415) 422-6698.

Ongoing support groups for the separated and divorced take place at St. Bartholomew Parish, 300 Columbia Dr. at Alameda de las Pulgas in San Mateo, first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. in the Spiritual Center and first and third Wednesdays of the month at St. Stephen Parish hall, Eucalyptus and 23rd Ave. in San Francisco next to Stonestown Mall at 7:30 p.m. Call Gail at (650) 591-8452 or Joanne at (650) 347-0701.

Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639 for information.

Oct. 24 - 26: Widowed, Separated and Divorced weekend at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 325 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park. For information and a brochure contact La Verne (650) 355-3978, Helen (415) 388-9651, Ward (415) 821-3390 or Ana (408) 230-1675 or email us at SJBeginExp@aol.com or see our website: http://www.geocities.com/sanjosebe/

Tridentine Mass The traditional Latin Mass according to texts and rubrics from before Vatican II is celebrated at locations and times below.

Sundays at 12:15 p.m.: Holy Rosary Chapel at St. Vincent School for Boys. For more information, call St. Isabella Parish at (415) 479-1560.

First Friday: Latin High Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425 Bay Road at Glen Way, East Palo Alto. Mass is followed by the Litany of the Sacred Heart and Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament until midnight. Confessions are heard before Mass.

Low Mass in Latin is also offered every Friday evening at 6 p.m. For further information, call (650) 322-2152.

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. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F. 94109, or fax it to (415) 614-5633, or e-mail burket@sfarchdiocese.org.

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Annual novena . . .

■ Continued from page 11 “The novena is an intimate encounter with Christ in a special way through the intercession of St. Jude,” Matthew said.

“The novena is for anyone who believes the saints are our sisters and brothers and anyone who has needs,” Father Walsh said.

The annual St. Jude Novena will be prayed Oct. 20 – 28 at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner in San Francisco.

Dominican Father Jerome Cudden is novena preacher. Masses are celebrated Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday at 8 a.m. and Sunday at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. A Mass in Spanish will be celebrated on the last day of the novena, Oct. 28, at 1:30 p.m. A pilgrimage procession takes place from St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church in San Francisco to St. Dominic’s on Oct. 25 beginning at 9 a.m. Send petitions to Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus, Father Martin

A St. Jude Mass is celebrated yearround at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at St. Dominic Church. The assembly is invited to come forward for blessings with these first class (bones) relics of St. Jude contained in these reliquaries.

Walsh, OP, P.O. Box 15368, San Francisco 94115-0368. Visit www.stjude-shrine.org.

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‘Fireproof’ . . .

■ Continued from page 24 Caleb gets more reinforcement from Michael (Ken Bevel), his best friend at the firehouse, who stands in contrast to the others there: the unenlightened doubter Terrell (Eric Young), who believes we’re all “going into the ground,” and braggart engine driver Wayne (Stephen Dervan).

Former “Growing Pains” star Cameron is fine, while the mostly nonprofessional supporting cast and production values are surprisingly capable. There are even a couple of fairly ambitious action sequences competently executed.

“Fireproof” scored a dramatic opening weekend, pulling in $6.8 million and landing in fourth place in the box office, the best opening for any film released this year in less than 1,000 theatres. As of last week, the film had grossed more than $12 million.

Though strongly evangelical, rather than

Catholic, in tone – there are no references to the sacramental nature of marriage, and the approach to conversion is shown to be typically instantaneous – the stress on permanence, fidelity, forgiveness and reconciliation (as well as faith in a loving God) resonates well not only with Catholic belief and teaching but also with the pro-marriage campaign of the U.S. bishops.

Predictable though the film’s outcome is, you’ll be forgiven for a lump in the throat by the time of the sentimental fade-out.

The film contains domestic discord, extramarital flirtation and pornography references. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II – adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG – parental guidance suggested.

Forbes directs the USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting.

More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies.

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VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Reporting to the Rector President and Vice Chancellor, the Vice President for Advancement is a member of the senior management team on the Seminary staff and is responsible for providing strategic direction for every aspect of Development and fundraising in partnership with the Board of Regents, its fundraising arm, the Board of Trustees, peers on the Seminary and University senior management team and with alumni, community stakeholders and donors in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and its twenty some diocesan communities of service. The Vice President for Advancement also: 1. Plays a pivotal role in engaging an enthusiastic community of alumni at a particularly important and exciting time in the Seminary’s history and is expected to convey a strong vision, developed in partnership with the Rector President, senior colleagues on staff, Board of Regents and Board of Trustees.

2. Provides strategic leadership in implementing that vision through collaborative leadership with the Board of Regents, Board of Trustees, Administration, Faculty, Staff, and Student Council.

3. Creates lifelong relationships between the Seminary and its giving community---who may be highly diverse high, intermediate and first time donors.

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Strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of fundraising and development Public relations and marketing Annual giving Grant writing Web based Information Technology and donor base tracking systems Oral, written and visual communications expertise

Qualifications and Requirements ■ A high degree of comfort working throughout the Western United States and Pacific Rim with a proven track record of cultural sensitivity and an optimistic approach to work, supported by a strong work ethic, attention to detail, an outgoing nature and warm personal style.

■ A strong affinity for Catholic institutions and ability to champion the Seminary and its initial and ongoing formation and educational mission among its various constituents.

■ Ability to multitask effectively in a changing environment comprised of multiple constituencies.

■ Additional experience with other Advancement disciplines including major gift fund raising, annual fund leadership, small business marketing and corporate cultivation capabilities.

■ Capital Campaign familiarity and experience.

■ Demonstrated success in a collaborative leadership style which engages constituents respectfully with active listening skill which allows for dialogue, buy-in and partnership.

■ Exceptional experience in fields such as educational advancement, not-for-profit administration, multicultural and intergenerational marketing, and other client-centered professions.

■ Maturity, credibility and ability to convey personal integrity necessary to influence senior seminary administrators as well as key alumni volunteers.

■ Demonstrated ability to successfully manage a program that is similar in scale and complexity operating with an institutional budget of at least four million dollars.

■ Speaker’s Bureau training proficiency.

■ Special Events planning and vendor negotiations capabilities.

■ Traditional donor base retention proficiencies ■ Volunteer management.

■ Philosophy supportive of an integrated approach in Advancement.

■ Creativity required to introduce new ideas and incremental change balanced by a respect for the traditions.

■ Intellectual curiosity and capacity to understand the full breadth of teaching, formation programs, and the ability to translate that understanding to the alumni with superior written and oral communication skills.

■ Exemplary interpersonal skills, the ability to work in a Roman Catholic Seminary environment and a deep understanding of how to motivate and develop volunteers and a commitment to vision and mission.

■ Bay area experience highly desirable.

COMPENSATION: The salary is commensurate with experience. St. Patrick’s Seminary & University staff is offered excellent benefits including three options for health insurance, vacation, sick leave and holidays.

TO APPLY: Qualified candidates should send cover letter, resume and a writing sample to Rcs7777@comcast.net: Please address your correspondence to:

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St. Patrick’s Seminary & University is an equal opportunity employer, and as such, takes affirmative action to ensure that discrimination does not occur on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin, martial status, sexual orientation, religious or political affiliation, disability, or any other classification considered discriminatory under applicable law.

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