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Vatican official: societies must find common ethical norms ROME (CNS) — In the absence of a shared JudeoChristian value system, societies must find some common ethical norms to save democracy and the weak from the whims of the powerful, said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The power human beings now have to create, manipulate and destroy human life in the laboratory “is becoming a greater threat than weapons of mass destruction,” said the cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Cardinal Ratzinger made his comments at an Oct.

25 conference in Rome. “Our moral capacity has not grown at the same rate as our potential power,” he said. As Europe and other societies lose the shared vision of the limits of individual power and freedom, which their Judeo-Christian roots fostered, and as the potential of human power grows, the world’s great religions and cultures must seek “a common wisdom,” he said. “It has been said that the European Constitution,” which was to be signed Oct. 29 in Rome, “could not ETHICAL NORMS, page 18

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The God-given dignity of humans and the obligation to promote the common good of all the world’s people require the Catholic Church to speak on social issues, notes the new “Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.” The church’s social doctrine offers criteria for judging various aspects of public and social life and provides guidelines for “conforming them to the demands of Christian morality,” says the book, released this week at the Vatican. Prepared at the request of Pope John Paul II by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the compendium explains church teachings related to politics, war, the economy, the environment, work and legislation impacting family life, among other topics. “Insofar as it is part of the church’s moral teaching,” the volume states, “the church’s social doctrine has the same dignity and authority as her moral teaching.” At an Oct. 25 press conference, officials from the justice and peace council said the book was reviewed and approved by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith because it pertains to the church’s moral teaching. The compendium notes, “By means of her social doctrine, the church shows her concern for human life in society.” While the text cautions against trying to claim any one political party could represent fully Catholic social and moral teaching, it calls on lay Catholics “to identify steps that can be taken in concrete political situations” to put into practice respect for every human life, the promotion of justice and peace and true solidarity with the poor. “A well-formed Christian conscience,” it says, “does not permit one to vote for a political program or individual law which contradicts the fundamental contents of faith and morals.” On the topic of war, the compendium states that when a nation is attacked it has a right and duty to defend itself, which includes “using the force of arms.” However, echoing Vatican criticism of the U.S.-led coalition’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, it notes, “engaging in a preventative war without clear proof that an attack is imminent cannot fail to raise serious moral and juridical questions.” “International legitimacy for the use of armed force, on the basis of rigorous assessment and with well-founded motivations, can only be given by the decision of a competent body that identifies specific situations as threats to peace and authorizes an intrusion into the sphere of autonomy usually reserved to a state,” notes the more than 300-page book. The compendium, designed to give Catholics a systematic understanding of church positions on social issues, explains that the principles flow from the Ten Commandments, from natural law and human reason and from biblical truths about people, the world and the reality of sin. SOCIAL DOCTRINE, page 18

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On The Where You Live by Tom Burke

Bowling for dollars were students from Mercy High School, Burlingame in the annual Bowl-a-Thon that this year raised more than $50,000 for school programs. Takin’ a break from the alleys are student officers, from left, Shawna Bell, Sona Lim, Michaela Ratto, Marissa Opilas, Kristine Tulio.

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It’s year 100 for Aileen (Clancy) Walsh — mother of Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel Walsh and four daughters, Bev, Diane, Gail and Lou. The new centenarian - also grandmother to 13 and great-gramma to 15 - was honored at Lake Street’s happiest address – St. Anne’s Home - Sept 30. Family members along with spouses and friends were joined by Gray, McCarthy and Carter cousins and other guests, including former San Francisco Archbishop John Quinn, Father Bill Duggan, Father Pat Leary, Peter Carcione and Lou and Suzanne Giraudo. Aileen is the widow of Dr. Frank Walsh, a dentist who practiced in the Mission for many years. They were longtime parishioners of St. Anne of the Sunset, where, pastor, Father Ed Dura kindly included a note about Aileen’s milestone birthday in a recent parish bulletin…Happy 94th birthday to Helen Lyons, a “Holy Name parishioner since 1930,” a recent bulletin said….Proud as can be but missing their daughter Priscilla much are St. Brendan parishioners, Arti and Tom Denterlein who recently bid adieu to the Lowell High School graduate at her new educational Jordan Boyer

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home Fordham University in New York City. Tom said they’re They’re still on Folsom just off Cesar Chavez, the food is the both wondering if Priscilla “will have a New York accent when best and it’s only seven bucks. The number is (415) 824-1762 she comes home for Christmas.”…Catchin’ the wave is Jordan and it all starts at noon. Once I’m clear of the reunion diet, I’m Boyer, a 7th grader at San Rafael’s St. Raphael Elementary headin’ over there. It’s been great gettin’ to know folks again on School and who recently swam the Tiburon Mile finishing 3rd the Internet but I’m now unsure if at the actual reunion I should among kids in her age group. Her wear a “Hello! My name is” stickproud folks are Jennifer DeStasio er or one that says “Hello! My and Steve Boyer, executive direcemail address is.”…St. Cecilia tor for the St. Vincent de Paul Parish asks any help you can give Society of Marin County. to the grieving family of Margarita “Jordan’s been swimming since she Ponce Robles who died October was seven,” her mom told me, not12th from cancer. Margarita and ing her “best stroke is freestyle.” her husband, Jose, a parish school …Happy 50 years married to custodian for more than 20 years, Mary and Jerry Valencia who are the proud parents of Sandra, marked the occasion with a return age 20, Jocelyn, age 12, and trip to Victoria in Canada’s Jennifer, age 10. “The school comBritish Columbia where they took munity has lost a family member,” a their honeymoon half-a-century recent bulletin said. A trust has ago. The good times didn’t stop been set up for the girls. Checks Priscilla and Tom Denterlein there. On their return, their daughshould be made out to Margarita ter, Cheryl Baccei with her husband, Steve; and their son, Ponce Children’s Trust and mailed to St. Cecilia Elementary Larry with his wife, Denise, hosted a party for family and School, 660 Vicente St., 94116….It only takes a moment to let friends in honor of the couple. On September 25th – their actu- us know about a birthday, anniversary, special achievement, al wedding date – Mary and Jerry renewed their vows at San or special happening in your life. Just jot down the basics and Mateo’s St, Gregory Parish with pastor, Msgr, Robert send with a follow-up phone number to McElroy presiding. ”It was a beautiful month and we couldn’t On the Street Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF be happier,” both Mary and Jerry told me….It’s still homemade 94109. You can also fax to (415) 614-5633 or e-mail, do not and all you can eat at Immaculate Conception Chapel’s send attachments, to tburke@catholic-sf.org. You can reach Spaghetti Luncheon every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634.

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St. Pius Parish in Redwood City celebrates new Fitzsimon Center By Tom Burke Born of conversation in a parishioner’s garage five years ago, St. Pius Parish welcomed its new Fitzsimon Center at special ceremonies October 24. Brian McSweeney, who owns the garage where the seeds of the new multi-purpose center first took root, serves as chairman of the Fitzsimon Building Committee. “I had a hand in knocking down the church my folks were married in,” Mr. McSweeney said with a laugh. His parents, Joan and Bill McSweeney, now of Los Altos, were married at St. Pius in 1955. The church where they took their vows became the original Fitzsimon Center when the current parish church was completed in 1968. Just months ago, the original Fitzsimon Center was demolished to make room for the new building. Mr. McSweeney said construction of the new parish center was “a collaborative effort” involving many people. The result is very worthwhile, he noted. “Every aspect of the new building benefits parish life,” said Mr. McSweeney. “We have a vibrant school, religious education program and perhaps 30 parish organizations and the new Fitzsimon gives them all a place to gather in small and large numbers,” “Father MacDonald was courageous to take this on and had vision and foresight to say yes,” he added. While the anticipated cost of almost $3 million for the16,000 square foot building was daunting, five major gifts totaling $1.4 million helped the project hit the ground running.

Additionally parishioners have come forward with approximately $1.4 million. Beyond the generous contributions from the members of the parish, St. Pius received considerable free or discounted supplies and services from among its members including electrical, plumbing, concrete and landscaping. “Parishioners really got behind this and worked very hard to make it happen,” said St. Pius pastor, Father James MacDonald. “The facility will help the total community. It’s a multi-use facility. I see this also as more of an opportunity to bring people together. Part of the mission of the Church is community.” “The people of St. Pius are generous, positive and really enjoy being with one another. It’s a parish with a lot of community and inter-connections.” Father MacDonald, who as a younger priest served at St. Pius as a parochial vicar, said he’s proud to follow in the tradition of the building’s namesake, founding pastor, Msgr. Michael Fitzsimon who was ordained in 1931 and died in 1990. “We were friends,” Father MacDonald said. “He had good relationships with priests who served with him. He was very fair and very practical.” Barbara Drake, parish operations manager, said among the new building’s benefits are its multi-use capacity and that it can host events simultaneously. “It made sense to build it,” Ms. Drake said. “This lets us bring together a lot of different aspects of the parish including sports, theater, extended day-care, meetings, choir and more. Everyone in the parish will be able to use it. People’s response has been extraordinary. Parishioners are very pleased.”

Archbishop William J. Levada, following a Mass of Thanksgiving, on his way to bless the new Fitzsimon Center Oct. 24. Preceding the Archbishop are servers Christian Broom and Charlie Bradford, pastor of St. Pius Father James MacDonald, Father Linh Nguyen, and Deacons Peter Solan and Steve Michaelson.

Newly completed Fitzsimon Center at St. Pius Parish.

St. Pius Parish thanked families and individuals who contributed to the Fitzsimon Center building campaign at a reception in September at the new facility. Among the nearly 500 donors are, from left, John and Tina Zanoni, Katherine McMillan, Sue Burns, Barbara and Jim Mosso.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a nationwide ad campaign in support of adult stem-cell research, with the theme “Let’s find cures we can all live with.” Two ads developed on that theme were to appear in USA Today, The Washington Times and National Catholic Reporter in the two weeks leading up to the Nov. 2 election. The ads also were sent to U.S. dioceses for use in local publications. The first ad pictures a baby and says, “Only 270 days ago, Joshua was just an embryo.” The second depicts a grizzled miner who says, “They tell me I may hold the cure for Parkinson’s.” The second ad says, “Embryonic stem cells have been hyped. But it’s the adult stem cells that are showing hope.” Cathy Cleaver Ruse, director of planning and information for the USCCB’s Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, said in a statement announcing the launch of the ads that stem-cell research “is one of the most important moral issues of our day, but it is also one of the most distorted. In the public debate, embryo-destructive research has been greatly hyped, while the proven results of ethical adult stem-cell research are very nearly ignored,” she added.

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Bishops start national campaign; ads back adult stem-cell research

Cardinal James A. Hickey, retired archbishop of Washington, died Oct. 24 after a long illness. He was 84. He is pictured here in an undated file photo. The cardinal was ordained a priest in 1946 and became auxiliary bishop of Saginaw, Mich., in 1967, and was named bishop of Cleveland in 1974. He was archbishop of Washington from 1980 until his retirement in 2000; he was made a cardinal in 1988. The quiet, soft-spoken cardinal was a tireless and skilled administrator who built networks of church and community partnerships to serve the poor and provide better educational opportunities for children.

Pope thanks missionaries, Kerry addresses faith, values, but rejects positions on life issues pays homage to those killed FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In the most pointedly religious speech of his presidential campaign, Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts said Oct. 24 that his lifelong Catholic faith gives him “values to live by and apply to the decisions I make.” But the talk at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale also contained a message for Catholic bishops who, Kerry said, “have suggested that as a public official I must cast votes or take public positions — on issues like a woman’s right to choose and stem-cell research — that carry out the tenets of the Catholic Church.” The Democratic candidate said, “I love my church; I respect the bishops; but I respectfully disagree.” He added, “My task, as I see it, is not to write every doctrine into law. That is not possible or right in a pluralistic society.” In the 2,090-word speech, Kerry mentioned the word “Catholic” only twice, but spoke about God 10 times, “faith” or “faithful” 13 times and “values” eight times.

SF Archbishop among nomineess to head bishops’ conference WASHINGTON — The list of 10 nominees for the next president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops includes San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada. The bishops will elect their two top national officers at their general meeting in Washington Nov. 15-18, when the current president, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, Ill., and vice president, Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane , Wash., end their terms. In addition to Archbishop Levada, the list of nominees for president and vice president includes Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver; Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee, Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City, S.D., Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz.; Bishop Donald W. Wuerl of Pittsburgh, and Bishop Skylstad.

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VATICAN CITY — In his Angelus address Oct. 24, Pope John Paul II offered his “profound thanks” to the many missionaries gathered in St. Peter’s Square as well as to those carrying out the difficult and often dangerous task “on the frontiers of evangelization.” He promised them all “a special remembrance in prayer.” The pope gave his greeting following a Mass marking World Mission Sunday. Speaking from the window of his apartment to the crowd gathered below, the pope said he gave particular thought to “those who crowned their witness to Christ and service to man with the sacrifice of their lives.” The Vatican says that approximately 30 missionaries lose their lives every year, but that tens of thousands of Christians die annually because of their faith, the Italian missionary news agency, Asianews, reported.

At Malta meeting, cardinal says effective priests strive to be holy VALLETTA, Malta — Effective priests are constantly striving to be holy, a Vatican official told priests and bishops gathered in a historic cathedral in Malta. “Priestly sanctity and the ministry of evangelization are inseparable,” said Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy. “Sanctity is intimacy with God, the imitation of the poor, chaste and humble Christ; love with no restrictions for souls and giving for their real good; love for the church,” the cardinal said at the opening Mass for the International Meeting of Priests. Surrounded by Maltese crosses and the tombs of the Knights of Malta in Valletta’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Cardinal Castrillon said that to do their jobs effectively priests must allow Christ to live within them. “It is he who confers redeeming effectiveness to our preaching, that light enlightening human uncertainties and fears, that warmth that heals the mortal tiredness of living experienced by men far from God,” the cardinal said. More than 900 priests and bishops from 280 dioceses around the world attended the Oct. 18-23 conference, the sixth in a series of seminars for priests sponsored by the Congregation for Clergy.

California’s Catholic Bishop’s have endorsed the following positions on statewide ballot initiatives: YES on Proposition 66 - Reforms California’s “Three Strikes” sentencing law to require that a third strike - carrying a mandatory 25 to life sentence - be a violent or serious felony. It also changes the list of crimes counting as “strikes” to exclude some nonviolent or non-serious crimes such as attempted burglary, conspiracy, and nonresidential arson. Re-sentencing would be an option for some third strikers. NO on Proposition 71 - Proposition 71 will use $3 billion in taxpayer money ($6 billion over 30 years when adding interest) to fund the creation of cloned human embryos and to fund research on stem cells secured by the destruction of human embryos attained from IVF clinics or from the cloning procedure, and will specifically NOT fund adult stem cell research (which has demonstrated successes) because it receives federal funding. In addition, San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada has made the following endorsements: YES on Proposition 72 - Provides for individual and dependent health care coverage for employees, as specified, working for large and medium employers. The proposition requires that specified employers pay at least 80 percent of coverage cost. Specified employers must pay for health coverage or pay a fee to a medical insurance board that purchases primarily private health coverage. YES on San Francisco Proposition A - Would allow the City to borrow $200,000,000 by issuing general obligation bonds. $90,000,000 would be used for housing with supportive services for homeless or extremely low-income individuals and households that are at risk of becoming homeless. $60,000,000 would be used for rental housing for individuals and households of very-low- and lowincome. $50,000,000 would be used to develop housing and to assist low- and moderate- income homebuyers.

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Bishop Wang celebrates annual doctors’ Mass By Jack Smith San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang celebrated the annual Saint Luke Mass for the San Francisco Guild of the Catholic Medical Association October 23 at St. Cecilia Church. Mass was followed by an award banquet with University of San Francisco Philosophy Professor Raymond Dennehy as keynote speaker. In his homily, Bishop Wang said Catholic physicians look to Jesus as “the unparalleled healer.” He said Jesus is “a wholesome healer par excellence . . . who healed the whole person.” As it was also World Mission Sunday, Bishop Wang gave thanks for those physicians serving the poor and in the mission field. The Catholic medical vocation must necessarily be tied to the Eucharist, “the ultimate form of healing,” he said. He said that all Christians are called to be healers in some way through the preaching of the Good News. All men are wounded though, and need to be healed by Christ in the Eucharist before they can effectively heal others, he said. “Having been healed in and through this Eucharist, we go out in earnest to heal the world.” Bishop Wang presented awards for service to two longtime supporters of the Catholic Medical Association at the banquet following

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Theologian says one-issue voting is foreign to Catholic tradition By Catholic News Service NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In an article in America, a national Catholic magazine published by the Jesuits, a Fordham University moral theologian said it is foreign to the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moral tradition to claim that one issue alone, even abortion, should determine how a voter votes. The theologian, Father Thomas R. Kopfensteiner, took issue with those who argue that a voter facing a candidate who supports keeping abortion legal and one who opposes it must always choose the one who opposes it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This naive approach to the formation of conscience fails to consider the likely success of a candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s platform to limit the wrongdoing in either the near or distant future,â&#x20AC;? he wrote in the Nov. 1 issue of America. Father Kopfensteiner, a priest of the St. Louis Archdiocese, has taught at Fordham University in New York since 1996. He also taught for eight years at Kenrick School of Theology in St. Louis and has also been a visiting professor at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned his doctorate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is true enough that life is a fundamental goodâ&#x20AC;? but there are many other issues voters must face, he said. He said life is not an â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolute good,â&#x20AC;? as the moral tradition says it can be sacrificed for higher causes and can be taken by the state for just reasons in capital punishment and warfare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The defense of life is not always the most urgent good, either,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A woman on a fixed income may choose a candidate whose platform guarantees better medical care or pre-

scription drug coverage. A father whose son is at war may support a candidate with a plan to end the conflict. A community hard hit by job layoffs may choose a candidate with a plan to provide more immediate jobs to the area.â&#x20AC;? After citing several other examples, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;These and other issues may provide a serious enough or proportionate reason to vote for one candidate over another. For a voter to be guided only by the fundamentality of human life risks falling into a radicalism that is foreign to the Catholic moral tradition.â&#x20AC;? Noting that church officials have been discussing the issue of a moral assessment of a voterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s act in terms of the principles of material and formal cooperation in evil, he said the principle of material cooperation has been called one of the most difficult to apply in the whole field of moral theology. He said he liked the analogy of a ladder used in a burglary as a way of summarizing the levels of cooperation in evil: The burglar commits the evil act and there are three people who cooperated â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the one who made the ladder, the one who sold it and the one who held it during the crime. The manufacturer and store owner â&#x20AC;&#x153;provide material assistance to the wrongdoer; their assistance, however, is misused by another,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The man who makes the ladder materially cooperates in a remote way. The owner of the hardware store materially cooperates in a proximate way. The man who holds the ladder for the burglar, however, cooperates in a formal wayâ&#x20AC;? and is equally guilty of the crime. Some of the current debate surrounding the

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Obligation to promote Gospel values By Father Gerald D. Coleman, S.S. The most fundamental obligation of any Catholic is to promote the Gospel. While Fr. Kopfensteinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main point seems to be that an absolute good (human life) might be sacrificed for a proportionate reason, I believe he presents his case ambiguously. The U.S. Bishops stated in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catholics and Political Lifeâ&#x20AC;? (2004) that the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching on the sacredness of human life is a doctrinal teaching of the church. Cardinal Ratzinger confirmed this in his letter to Cardinal McCarrick: if a Catholic â&#x20AC;&#x153;deliberatelyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;preciselyâ&#x20AC;? votes for a candidate because of his/her pro-abortion/euthanasia stance, then the Catholic would be formally guilty of sin. Archbishop Levada points out in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reflections on Catholics in Political Lifeâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? (June 2004) that a â&#x20AC;&#x153;paramountâ&#x20AC;? ethical demand is to protect all human life, and a voter could be guilty of formally committing sin if he/she â&#x20AC;&#x153;intendsâ&#x20AC;? to also promote the killing of innocent human life by voting for the pro-abortion/euthanasia candidate. For centuries, the church has taught the principle of the lesser of two evils. Consequently, a Catholic who honestly believes that a pro-abortion/euthanasia candidate is wrong in this position, but also believes that the candidate in other stances promotes Gospel values, might then understandably conclude that a vote for this candidate represents a lesser evil than voting for a candidate who clearly does not promote Gospel values. issue of Catholics voting for candidates who support keeping abortion legal has focused on a note issued last summer by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine and the Faith at the Vatican. He said a Catholic who votes for a candidate precisely because of the candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permissive stand on abortion or euthanasia is guilty of formal cooperation in evil, but if the voter opposes the candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stand on those issues and votes for him on other grounds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;it is considered remote material cooperation, which can be permitted in the presence of proportionate reasons.â&#x20AC;? Father Kopfensteiner warned against reducing public policy questions of abortion or other life issues to the question of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the existence of legal constraints.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The emphasis on legal initiatives almost inevitably fails to address the complexity of the issues. ... More important, identifying certain priority issues for voters to take into account runs the risk of narrowing the meaning of Catholic identity,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catholic identity becomes reduced to what we do not do. Such a position precludes deep and radical solutions to problems.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;All may agree that abortion is a tragic choice, but people will differ on the best strategy to reduce the number of abortions,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In light of proposed alternatives, bishops must respect the autonomy of the political process and allow voters the freedom to determine the feasibility of the various initiatives that aim to diminish the wrongdoing,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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October 29, 2004

Catholic San Francisco

Immaculate Conception is at the heart of the American Church

his year, the Universal Church celebrates the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX defined that Mary was preserved from all stain of original sin from the moment of her conception in the womb of Saint Ann. That declaration and this anniversary have, perhaps, more significance for the United States than is immediately apparent. It was eight years earlier, in 1846, that the bishops of the United States voted to entrust the young country to Mary as its patroness under the title of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Pius IX confirmed their decision and seven years before he defined the doctrine for the whole world, he entrusted the U.S. to the care of Mary Immaculate. Devotion to Mary under this title was popular both nationwide and here in San Francisco. San Francisco’s first Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Old St. Mary’s) was the first church in the world dedicated to that name following Pope Pius’ solemn proclamation (only 16 days later on Christmas Eve, 1854). It is fitting then, that the Patronal church of the United States is also named for her. This year also marks 50 years since the start of construction of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. The National Shrine is truly “America’s Church,” and not only because it is dedicated to a name of such popular American devotion. It belongs in no state. Unlike national churches with similar iconic significance in other countries, it is not the cathedral of any great city. Nor is it the site of the crowning of kings or the death of a martyr. It is barely within the District of Columbia, rising conspicuously from the furthermost blighted northeast corner of the Capital. It was not built by a great patron of the arts or a wealthy merchant family. It was built, and continues to be built through the donations of many thousands of American Catholics from every state and every ethnic group. And the Shrine represents that diversity of American Catholics more than any other church in America.

History In the early 1900s, Bishop Thomas Shahan, rector of the Catholic University of America, suggested building a national shrine comparable to the great sanctuaries of Europe. Bishop Shahan presented his plan to Pope Pius X in 1913 and received enthusiastic support as well as a $400 personal contribution from the pope. While the cornerstone was placed in 1920, and fundraising continued in the 1920s, including a donation from baseball legend Babe Ruth, the Great Depression and World War II delayed construction. In 1954, thanks to the efforts of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, fundraising efforts and construction resumed during the Marian year of 1954. The project was completed in a comparably short time and on Nov. 20, 1959, thousands gathered with the American hierarchy for the solemn dedication Mass. Since that time, work has continued to embellish or complete the interior portions of the Shrine. Marble covered walls, stained glass, and more than 60 chapels and oratories have been added one by one, bringing the Shrine close to completion in keeping with the original design.

Shrine exterior Above the granite stairways and terraces is the main entrance, framed by a Roman arch. Positioned on the left and right, where the arch touches the tops of the two buttresses, reliefs of the Alpha and the Omega speak of God as the beginning and the end. Positioned on the balcony above the central door is the sculpture Mary Immaculate with Angels. The text below it announces the Shrine’s key Marian theme: “Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, the joy of Israel, the honor of our people.”

Christ in Majesty is seen behind the baldacchino above the main altar. The mosaic, which took two years to complete, is composed of 3 million pieces of Venetian glass. Flanking the center doors are eight panels in bas-relief. To the left are the women of the Old Testament who prefigured Mary: Sara, Miriam, Ruth and Naomi, and Judith. To the right are women of the New Testament who figured in the life of Jesus and Mary: Elizabeth, Ann, Mary and Martha, and the Samaritan woman. The great arch is flanked by two buttresses, containing 26 figures in bas-relief. Old Testament figures include Moses, Joshua, Jeremiah, and Elijah; New Testament figures include the Apostles and St. Paul. The consecration of the United States to Mary Immaculate is signified by the relief at the apex of the gable. Mary is represented by the five-pointed star and the letter M with a cross at its center. The adjoining eagle and laurel branches represent the United States. The iconography of the Shrine’s east façade represents the virtue of faith with biblical quotations and sculpture figures who epitomize this virtue. The mosaics located in the east porch interior highlight the growth of faith in the United States, including Fr. Junipero Serra. The center tympanum is of Christ the Teacher. Two reliefs on the north and south walls of the porch depict the landing of Columbus in 1492 and the founding of Maryland in 1634. The image of Mary, the Immaculate Queen of the Universe dominates the north wall of the Shrine. The cross at the peak of the roof carries a Greek inscription, “Jesus Christ conquers.” Below the cross is a bas-relief symbolizing redemption. The virtue of charity is the theme of the Shrine’s west façade, where 14 high-relief figures are sculptured into the buttresses. Among the figures are St. Vincent de Paul, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Rose of Lima. The center tympanum of the west porch depicts the parable of the Good Samaritan. Others are of Pope Leo XIII promulgating the social justice encyclical Rerum Novarum and St. Elizabeth Seton.

Shrine interior The Descent of the Holy Spirit is displayed in the dome over the chancel.

The interior of the shrine is divided into four main parts. On the basement level is the oldest portion, the Crypt Church. Also on this level are a business area including gift shop and cafeteria and a Memorial Hall including side chapels, memorials and exhibits. Above is the

Great Upper Church which can accommodate more than 6,000 worshipers. The Shrine is the largest Catholic Church in the United States. There are more than 60 chapels and oratories throughout the Basilica. The Memorial Hall includes 14,400 travertine marble and black granite slabs inscribed with the names of the Shrine’s benefactors. Eight pillars record the names and details of “firsts” within the American Church. They include Father Demetrius Gallitzin, first priest ordained in the original colonies and Archbishop John Carroll, first U.S. bishop, who himself dedicated his territory to Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception in 1792. Adjoining Memorial Hall are Chapels to Our Mother of Good Counsel; Queen of the Missions Chapel; St. Pius X Chapel; and a Founder’s Chapel holding the sarcophagus of Bishop Shahan. Nearby is a Papal Exhibit holding a gold metallic embroidered stole given to Pope John XXIII on his 80th birthday and the coronation tiara of Pope Paul VI. Also near Memorial Hall is the Hall of American Saints with statues depicting Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, Kateri Tekakwitha and Rose Philippine Duchesne; and an indoor Lourdes Grotto. The Crypt Church has a deliberately catacomb feel. At its center is the 5,000 pound “Mary Memorial Altar,” dedicated to Our Lady of the Catacombs, and given in 1928 by the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae on behalf of 30,000 donors named (or having kinship with the name) Mary. The floor of the Crypt Church is made of more than 40,000 pieces of 39 different types of marble from 20 countries. Around the altar are 15 chapels, five on either side to great women saints, and five behind the altar to Saints in Mary’s life; St. Anne, St. John the Evangelist, Christ the Good Shepherd, St. Joseph and St. Elizabeth. Windows in the chapels provide muted light in the dark church and depict prophets on the West, apostles and evangelists to the North, and great saints and martyrs of the early church to the East. The Crypt Church also includes a large confessional chapel, and some of the many ethnic representations (Turkish, Croatian, Austrian and Filipino ) of Our Lady which are seen throughout the Basilica. The use of ethnic chapels to Our Lady is continued throughout the Great Upper Church. They include French, Irish, Mexican, Polish, Lithuanian and Spanish depictions, as well as Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Mary Queen of All Hearts and Mary Mother of Sorrows. Fifteen chapels surround the apsidal area based on the mysteries of the rosary. Each Rosary Chapel includes a relevant scripture text for reflection. Six sets of stained glass windows help illuminate the church. They stand 28 feet high and 14 feet wide and depict, in different themes, Mary, Christ and saints. Sets were given by Ursuline Sisters, Sisters of Mercy, Christian Brothers, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and two sets are from the National Alliance of Czech Catholics. Columns of marble from different countries line the nave. The Bay areas also depict saints of importance to different ethnic groups in bas relief. They include Joan of Arc, Margaret of Scotland, Ugandan Martyr Charles Lwanga, Italian Maria Goretti, and Korean Martyr Columba Kim. Despite the vastness and variety of this ever expanding gallery of Mary and the Saints, this Basilica does not lead the pilgrim in the end to Her. Mary and particular ethnic representations of her are why so many people of different backgrounds, nationalities and devotions are drawn to this intentional place of pilgrimage. But as Mary, the Immaculate Ark of the Covenant, always does, her soul “magnifies the Lord.” Above the main altar is the unmistakable focus of this massive shrine. Three million pieces of Venetian glass make up the largest mosaic of Christ in the world. The span of his arms is 32 feet. His face is seven feet wide and his hands five feet across. Mary and the saints are in their chapels behind columns and arches, but the penetrating gaze of Christ is the only obvious thing for a visitor to notice when she enters the Great Upper Church. The image itself reflects the diversity of the church. The subject is a popular and ancient eastern depiction of Christ as pantocrator (ruler of all, celestial emperor). Christ is seated in majesty amid the clouds, hands upraised, tongues of fire protruding from his head. The face, however, is western and is based on the earliest depictions of Christ in the Roman catacombs. The artist, John de Rosen, used the inspiration of Daniel to guide him: “To Him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and His kingship is one that shall never be destroyed.” As this king presides over the saints and images of every nation and language, the visitor is most struck by His face. He is exceedingly solemn (some say stern), yet He is presenting his wounds as evidence of His mercy to all. Like all great sacred art, it gives the viewer pause to contemplate a mystery greater than mere explanation. One mere explanation is that the image represents Christ as the Person who has accomplished what no human culture has – the meeting of mercy and justice. Whatever one sees, many visitors come away from a visit to the Shrine with the prominent question, “What did you think of Christ?” - Which is the whole point of Marian devotion. If you are in Washington D.C. it is worth a trek away from the monuments to visit Mary and let her show you her Son. Visit website www.nationalshrine.com to learn more about the Basilica or for information on supporting its maintenance. Some material for this article provided by A Guidebook and Personal Tour by the Basilica of the National Shrine. Jack Smith contributed to this story.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the largest Catholic Church in the U.S.

This Vatican Mosaic of the Immaculate Conception was a gift of Popes Benedict XV and Pius XI.

Catholic San Francisco

October 29, 2004

Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Guest Commentary Faith and patriotism By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput Theologian Karl Barth once said, “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” That saying comes to mind as the election approaches and I hear more lectures about how Roman Catholics must not “impose their beliefs on society” or warnings about the need for “the separation of church and state.” These are two of the emptiest slogans in current American politics, intended to discourage serious debate. No one in mainstream American politics wants a theocracy. Nor does anyone doubt the importance of morality in public life. Therefore, we should recognize these slogans for what they are: frequently dishonest and ultimately dangerous sound bites. Lawmaking inevitably involves some group imposing its beliefs on the rest of us. That’s the nature of the democratic process. If we say that we “ought” to do something, we are making a moral judgment. When our legislators turn that judgment into law, somebody’s ought becomes a “must” for the whole of society. This is not inherently dangerous; it’s how pluralism works. Democracy depends on people of conviction expressing their views, confidently and without embarrassment. This give-and-take is an American tradition, and religious believers play a vital role in it. We don’t serve our country — in fact we weaken it intellectually — if we downplay our principles or fail to speak forcefully out of some misguided sense of good manners. People who support permissive abortion laws have no qualms about imposing their views on society. Often working against popular opinion, they have tried to block any effort to change permissive abortion laws since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. That’s fair. That’s their right. But why should the rules of engagement be different for citizens who oppose those laws? Catholics have an obligation to work for the common good and the dignity of every person. We see abortion as a matter of civil rights and human dignity, not simply as a matter of religious teaching. We are doubly unfaithful — both to our religious convictions and to our democratic responsibilities — if we fail to support the right to life of the unborn child. Our duties to social justice by no means end there. But they do always begin there, because the right to life is foundational. For Catholics to take a “pro-choice” view toward abortion contradicts our identity and makes us complicit in how the choice plays out. The “choice” in abortion always involves the choice to end the life of an unborn human being. For anyone who sees this fact clearly, neutrality, silence or private disapproval are not options. They are evils almost as grave as abortion itself. If religious believers do not advance their convictions about public morality in public debate, they are demonstrating not tolerance but cowardice. The civil order has its own sphere of responsibility, and its own proper autonomy, apart from the church or any other religious community. But civil authorities are never exempt from moral engagement and criticism, either from the church or its members. The founders themselves realized this. The founders sought to prevent the establishment of an official state church. Given America’s history of anti-Catholic nativism, Catholics strongly support the Constitution’s approach to religious freedom. But the Constitution does not, nor was it ever intended to, prohibit people or communities of faith from playing an active role in public life. Exiling religion from civic debate separates government from morality and citizens from their consciences. That road leads to politics without character, now a national epidemic. Words are cheap. Actions matter. If we believe in the sanctity of life from conception to natural death, we need to prove that by our actions, including our political choices. Anything less leads to the corruption of our integrity. Patriotism, which is a virtue for people of all faiths, requires that we fight, ethically and nonviolently, for what we believe. Claiming that “we don’t want to impose our beliefs on society” is not merely politically convenient; it is morally incoherent and irresponsible. As James 2:17 reminds us, in a passage quoted in the final presidential debate, “Faith without works is dead.” It is a valid point. People should act on what they claim to believe. Otherwise they are violating their own conscience, and lying to themselves and the rest of us.

Most. Rev. Charles J. Chaput is Archbishop of Denver. This article originally appeared in the New York Times.

Personal conversion Brian Cahill’s account of his pilgrimage to Medjugorje (CSF – Oct. 8) was a delight to read and most encouraging for its frankness and substance. The special graces he received speak for themselves and I laud him for his humility in sharing them with us. Whether the Church ever approves of Medjugorje as a place of authentic apparitions has never been as important as the fact that it invites the visitor to deep personal conversion and gives one the tools to leave and apply the experience to one’s daily life. May we all be grateful for such an edification. It is indeed refreshing to share in Mr. Cahill’s own recognition of these truths and Catholic San Francisco’s courage in printing his guest commentary. Daveen Spencer Petaluma

Charismatic thanks I think that your article “Charismatic Catholics celebrate the gift of the Spirit” (CSF – Oct. 8) captures the essence of the Holy Spirit Conference in a number of ways. Your reflected the diversity of the participants from children through adults and the many nationalities in attendance. You depicted the strong teachings presented by the speakers and Mass celebrants. And you also represented the main thrust of the participants to give praise to our God and to seek a closer and more meaningful relationship with our Lord. You also wove through the article our desire for unity among all. It is our expression of appreciation for the steps that our San Francisco Catholic Church is taking to further unity among its body. Ernie von Emster San Carlos

Brave new Kerry

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Iraqi thanks How can Mike DeNunzio (Letters Oct. 15) state that “Today, 27 million Iraqis thank President Bush?” Is this statement consistent with the ever-escalating resistance which they are showing and the ever-escalating deaths of our American Service people? The truth is that the continuing presence of our military in Iraq is resulting in an everincreasing number of people of the world hating and fearing us. Never has the United States been the target of so much world hatred. Israel has ignored U.N. resolutions. Should we send our Military into Israel? North Korea, India and possibly Iran have weapons of mass destruction. Should we send our Military into those countries? Most of the terrorists who were responsible for 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia. Should we send our Military there? Where is the proof that “millions of Iraqi children are now in schools with nutrition and inoculation programs.” For each child that may be in school, how many lie dead or maimed for life as the result of the death and destruction we have brought upon the people. One thing is clear and that is that the people of Iraq want us out of their country. We should lead the world as “Peacemakers.” Kathryn Ringgold San Francisco

L E T T E R S

In his 1931 futuristic novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley describes a world of tomorrow in which civilization is reconstituted through scientific and psychological manipulation and the people are genetically designed to be passive, consistently useful to the ruling class. Let’s take a hard look at John Kerry’s (not so) brave new world. This is a man who once called combat murder and his fellow war veterans baby killers, but is now proud that he supports a massive pre-emptive war of abortion on 1.2 million unborn Americans a year. This is a man who is horrified by terrorist decapitations of innocent captives in Iraq and the massacre of defenseless Russian school children, yet by voting against the ban on partial birth abortion, he supports the gruesome equivalent of decapitation performed on helpless and very alive children coming into the world. Is there really any difference between the terrorists “cult of blood “ and this “culture of death?” Both target the innocent and both are for political gain.

Letters welcome

And now Kerry promises he would “move forward” with embryonic stem cell research, destroying life in order to improve it. Brave? New world! Bill Applegate San Francisco

Genial but troubling

The editorial page of the October 22 issue of Catholic San Francisco seemed to be a “threequarter court press” on the candidacy of John Kerry. First, Douglas Kmiec’s Guest Commentary excuses President Bush for not cooperating with the U.N. because the U.N. “doesn’t inspire confidence.” Bush, of course, exudes confidence because he believes (as perhaps Mr. Kmiec) God is on his side and he thus doesn’t make mistakes. Those who are not inspired by this confidence are either disloyal or outdated (like “old Europe”). According to Kmiec, the “required” Catholic position for the presidency is to support school choice, distribution of public resources to religious entities and a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. Apparently he thinks these issues are without sufficient complexity to allow for thoughtful disagreement. The real purpose of the Commentary article is revealed when Kmiec opines that Kerry is “genial” but troubling while Bush is full of “grace” and “understanding.” Meanwhile, Paul Hupf’s letter opines that the war in Iraq is not the most important issue in the election. Maybe not, but if it is not soon dealt with, with more honesty and competence, we may not have the luxury of dealing with the other issues. Finally, Mike DeNunzio’s letter dumps sarcasm on the papal envoy’s (Cardinal Pio Laghi) urging of President Bush to reconsider the invasion of Iraq because the Iraqi Bishops have the “pulse” of the Iraqi people and they do not want it. DeNunzio implies the Bishops knew of and ignored Hussein’s murder of 300,000 of his own people and his depriving of food and medicine to Iraqi children while he diverted funds to war making. DeNunzio says 27 million Iraqis support the Bush decision and that millions of Iraqi children will now grow up free. DeNunzio appears not only to have the “pulse” of the Iraqi people but the gift of prophecy. Jack Hitchcock San Mateo

October 29, 2004

Catholic San Francisco

Guest Commentary

San Francisco needs Prop A Moving away from home is a rite of passage and to be expected. Moving fifty to a hundred miles away because you can’t afford to live in the City you grew up in is painful and is changing the way families interact. Nurses, firefighters, teachers and policemen are some of the many who work in the City but can’t come close to living in it. Some of these people grew up here, attended schools here, and are now living in Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Vallejo and Vacaville. Only 12 percent of the homes sold in San Francisco are affordable to the average San Franciscan. The average San Franciscan (two income families) can be making a pretty good income, up to $100,000 per year, and not be able to afford the median priced home - somewhere around $680,000. Because of this, San Francisco has become a boutique City - a City of fewer families and communities and more of tourists and people working to serve them. We are becoming a polarized City of the very rich, the very poor and the very struggling. San Francisco has fewer children in its population mix than any other big City in America. I don’t know if anyone has counted but I think the dogs outnumber the kids two to one. We probably also have more tired, frustrated and stressed parents than any other City

because so many of us travel great distances to get here and back again over clogged freeways, spending less and less time with our children and having no energy to participate in the communities where we actually live. Most of you who are reading this understand this reality. Hopefully, those of you living in the City, you, whose sons and daughters, granddaughters and grandsons, nieces and nephews have moved away to find some affordable place for their families will want to do something about it. You can. You can vote yes on Proposition A which will be on the ballot November 2nd. It doesn’t solve the problem but it is the first time in the history of the City where we actually move in a positive direction towards solving it. A wide coalition (The Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns was a member) of developers, housing advocates, realtors and religious leaders came together at the invitation of Mayor Gavin Newsom and hammered out this $200 million affordable housing general obligation bond. Ninety million dollars will go to supportive housing for the homeless. This is a very important ingredient in finally ending chronic homelessness in the City. Sixty million will go for affordable rental housing for low and very low income San Franciscans. These are the people working two and three jobs, mostly in the service sector that cannot afford to move 50 to 100 miles

away and still work here. Finally $50 million will be for home ownership, $25 million for deferred repayment loans to low and moderate income firsttime homebuyers and $25 million to development of permanently affordable George Wesolek homes for low and moderate first time home buyers. This bond, if passed, will increase the housing stock; leverage four dollars for every one dollar spent and create 9,000 new jobs. Most of all, it will move us in the direction of creating a livable City for all economic levels. When you vote yes for Prop A, you will be voting for the poor and homeless, the working poor who give so much to this City, and you will be voting for your sons, daughters, granddaughters and grandsons. George Wesolek is Director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Family Life

The double whammy It’s 4 o’clock on a Wednesday afternoon; the sitter has just arrived. A bit limp from chasing my 3-year-old all day with a 20-pound baby in my arms, I scan my to-do list and feel weighted by its contents: articles half-written, book proposals in limbo, dogs needing annual checkups, groceries, laundry, bills. But I push all of that aside. Instead I log onto the Internet and google the word “blepharospasm,” an abnormal involuntary blinking or spasm of the eyelids. My mom has this rare disorder and in the last four months has become immune to treatments. That means she is legally blind, unable to do the routine activities most of us take for granted: drive, run errands, walk from point A to point B without assistance. After a few good cries and vent sessions with close friends on how I’m not ready to become caretaker to one more person and how my mom is supposed to help me at this stage in my life, reality settles. I kiss goodbye the denial that my mom will see again and be able to baby-sit my two munchkins for a week, allowing my husband and I to enjoy a week in Barbados, or even a night out sometime. Unfortunately, this, the double whammy, is one of the curses — along with bags under the eyes and around-theclock exhaustion — that women endure when they start

their families in their 30s and early 40s. As you age, so do your parents. So new moms, who traditionally had nana and papa to pitch in, end up doing double duty, especially since people are living longer these days. According to Brian D. Carpenter, an assistant professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, by 2050 more than 20 percent of Americans will be over age 65 and living longer, healthier lives than ever before. The inevitable assistance they will need will fall mostly on the shoulders of their adult children. “This is the first time in history that American couples have had more parents than children,” says Carpenter. “The average American woman can expect to spend 18 years caring for an older family member, compared to 17 for her children.” Mostly it’s Mom that we’re worried about because even though both men and women are living longer there still exists a gender gap, indicating that men are dying before women, leaving the latter to move in with the children or find assisted living until the ripe old age of 77 or 78, the average age of death for a woman. So which adult child shoulders the brunt of caretaking responsibilities for Mom? The faithful daughter.

According to a 2002 study by the Family Caregiver Alliance, 28 percent of care to older adults is provided by daughters, 26 percent by other relatives, 24 percent by spouses and only 16 percent by sons. Therese J. In India, a mother is Bochard wished “many sons,” because with daughters come expensive dowries. But in America Mom might statistically be better off with the other gender. Our Mom, still young at 64, is blessed with four daughters: one to write the checks, one to run errands, one to cook and the other to write columns about all the things she should be doing but can’t with two children of her own more than 500 miles away from her mom and sisters in Ohio. Therese J. Borchard writes the column “Our Turn” for Catholic News Service.

Spirituality

Failure and the second half of life “During the second-half of life, success no longer teaches us anything. It still feels good, but we don’t learn from it. Now we learn more from failure.” Richard Rohr says that. What’s meant by it? Some years, I was preaching in a church. The Gospel that day was the famous Martha-Mary incident, where Mary sits at the feet of Jesus, doing nothing, while her sister, Martha, is busy with all the necessary tasks of hospitality and serving. Martha asks Jesus to reprimand Mary for her inactivity, but Jesus, in a now-famous phrase, tells her: “Mary has chosen the better part!” Homilizing on this, I quoted some pretty credible sources: Mother Theresa, Henri Nouwen, and Jean Vanier, all of whom point out that we need to develop our sense of selfworth not from what we do, but from what we are, namely, from our innate dignity as human beings. What we are is more important than what we do, and it’s dangerous to rely on achievement and success in order to feel good about ourselves. A man approached me afterwards and asked: “Have you ever noticed that the people who tell us that it isn’t important to achieve anything are mostly great achievers? Mother Theresa has won a Nobel prize and Henri Nouwen has written more than fifty books and receives invitations from all around the world. It’s easy, I suspect, to feel good about yourself after you’ve done something, but how am I supposed to feel good about myself when I’ve never done anything that’s impressed anyone?” He makes an important point, namely, that there’s a season for everything, including achievement and success. That season is the first- half of life. A healthy self-image isn’t just handed to us on a platter. Part of the task of our youth is to do the kinds of things that not only build up the world, but also help us build up

ourselves. One of the lessons in the parable of the talents is that there are penalties too for not being successful. Thus there’s a time in life when doing things is mandated, even by the Gospels. That time is the first-half of life (all those years when we’re active in the work-force, caring for family, paying a mortgage, giving ourselves over to the service of others, and trying to build up the world and find meaning for ourselves). It isn’t our time then to simply sit at the feet of Jesus. But, as James Hillman says, “Early years must focus on getting things done, while later years consider what was done and how.” During the second-half of life, success loses its importance. Why? First, because to rely on success to feel good about ourselves becomes, at a point, a cancer: If we only feel important when we’ve achieved something of importance then we need to continue, over and over again, to achieve something of importance, an impossible task. More importantly, while success builds self-image it doesn’t necessarily build character or soul. Bluntly put, too often success inflates rather than mellows the soul. Failure, while always containing the danger of hardening the soul, is more naturally suited to deflate the ego and mellow the heart. The major task of aging is that of mellowing - grieving, forgiving, accepting vulnerability, and moving beyond the greed, ambition, and perpetual disappointment of youth. Like a good wine, the soul needs to be mellowed in cracked old barrels (an apt image for aging bodies) to bring out its warm, rich character. After a certain age, failure more than success is more likely to help us do that. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, when we’re young and success still teaches us something, too often even our best

work is motivated more by our need to prove something (ourselves, our talents, our goodness) than by any genuine altruism and concern for others. Our successes may actually be helping others and doing a lot of good, Father but, in the end, we’re tryRon Rolheiser ing to prove ourselves. We’re still not, in essence, making love to the world, to art, to education, to technology, to church, to a cause, or even to another person. We’re making a statement: “I count, I’m worthwhile, I’m talented, I’m good, I’m loveable, notice me, love me.” There’s nothing wrong with that, up to a certain age, it’s how we grow, and the taste of some success is often useful precisely in moving us along towards a purer motivation. But there comes a point when life is no longer about proving ourselves, or anything else. The task now is to become selfless, beyond proving anything, least of all our own worth. A healthy dose of failure is often quite useful in teaching us this. Success always feels good, but at a certain age it no longer works its magic. That doesn’t make it wrong to continue to be successful, it only makes it wrong to need to succeed in order to feel good about ourselves. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.

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October 29, 2004

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF WISDOM (WIS 11:22-12:2) Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook people’s sins that they may repent. For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. And how could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Lord and lover of souls, for your imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O Lord! RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14) R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. I will extol you, O my God and King, and I will bless your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever. R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom speak of your might. R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.

The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works. The Lord lifts up all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. A READING FROM THE SECOND LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS (2 THESS 1:11-2:2) Brothers and sisters: We always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith, that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ. We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand. A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 19:1-10) At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” And he came down quickly and received him with joy. When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”

Helping the poor, helping yourself By Father Eugene Hemrick Many saints we commemorate throughout the liturgical year remind us to reach out to the poor. Take, for example, St. Vincent de Paul. In his writings he tells us that as Christ was born of a poor family, served the poor and picked his apostles from the poor, so too should we be concerned for the poor. In the Mass for St. Vincent de Paul, the Gospel speaks of Christ pitying the crowds because they are like sheep without a shepherd. The immediate image this generates is that of sheep grazing on a peaceful hillside with a shepherd nearby to protect them. Serving the poor involves caring for those who lack necessities in life. But there is another side of this: caring for oneself. Giving hands-on care to the poor can be much more demanding than it may at first seem. Reaching out to the poor is all about exercising the virtue of charity. Nonetheless, we have to expect at times to be rebuffed, taken advantage of or overwhelmed. In Washington, D.C., we have many homeless people. On cold days, I have seen social workers try to distribute blankets and

encourage them to go into shelters. Often this kind gesture is met by curses and rejection. And then there are the homeless who hang around the train station and restaurants. Some are truly in need, others are operators who know all the tricks of making you feel guilty. More disturbing than this, some use the money they receive for drugs and alcohol. Nonetheless, what is most agonizing about concern for the poor is that there are so many truly poor people who need care. Taking this seriously tears the heart out of us. A rule seasoned caregivers follow is that being kind to others requires that you definitely be kind to yourself. There have been many who tried following the example of St. Vincent de Paul but dropped by the wayside because of burnout. They took on everyone’s problems, but never took off time for themselves. Another rule caregivers follow is to disconnect every so often. If we spend a lot of time with people who tend to lack hope, we may grow negative, leaving ourselves open to disillusionment and depression. Caretakers must take care to surround themselves with healthy people. Charity not only requires love. It requires wisdom.

Scripture FATHER GERARD O’ROURKE

The merciful lover of souls The Wisdom Books of the Old Testament are full of wonderful poetry that extol the magnificence of God. No passage surpasses the sheer beauty of the first reading of this Sunday’s excerpt from the Book of Wisdom. It combines a vision of God as the Lord of the universe and all the majesty that such a concept alludes to. It combines the vision of God with the mercy of God available to all beings. Our God, it is proclaimed, is “merciful even to the drops of dew that come gently from the heavens onto the earth.” We humans need to hear such words in these times of threats and terror alerts. We need to hear them in this month, the month of October; the month for the celebration of life. As the reading puts it, God loves “all things that are and loathes nothing that has been made.” The scripture also acknowledges God with the words, “O Lord and lover of souls, for your imperishable spirit is in all things.” If you and I tried to make an exaggerated language about God’s love for us humans we could hardly come up with such magnificent words as God’s own words. We must never grow tired of hearing and absorbing into our hearts and souls such blessed and consoling words. It is good for all of us to hear how much God loves us in God’s own words as we begin on this weekend the celebration of Halloween (the eve of all Saints) and the feast days of All Saints and All Souls. I always think it is great as well as challenging when the secular world catches up with the religious, spiritual world. As we approach the end of another year it is an appropriate time for us all to celebrate an acknowledge our dead. It has been so for us humans for countless centuries. In ancient times, my people celebrated this time with the name in Gaelic “an samhain.” We still use this name for the month of November. Our Catholic Faith picked up on this great theme and teaches us all to cherish the memory of our beloved dead people, to pray for them and indeed to them. We must unabashedly acknowledge our dead for this gift of their lives and the powerful contributions that they have made to us. We must thank them in our prayer for the inspiration they have been and continue to be in our lives today. As we contemplate the mercy of God it is appropriate for us to remember our own beloved dead people, as well as all the Saints throughout all time. What a beautiful transition we can now make to the Gospel reading from Saint Luke

about Zacchaeus. This is the story about a very unlikely good guy! It is also a story that our children love and resonate to. Somehow they can relate to this man who Saint Luke refers to as “short in stature;” just like themselves. Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus. So he climbed up on a tree to do that. Children like that idea also. They are also thrilled that Jesus noticed him. Jesus told him, “come down quickly for today I must stay at your house.” Children are always delighted to invite people to their house. So also Zacchaeus was; excited to invite Jesus to his home. He did it with joy in his heart. But, not everybody liked the idea. Zacchaeus was written-off as a public sinner by many. In their opinion he was a crooked tax collector who acquired his obvious wealth too suspiciously. Clearly in their minds he was a sinner to be shunned. Nothing is changed! Here we are today still writing people off as sinners. Our poor eyes and ears are blistered with such accusations coming from self-proclaimed righteous people. However, Jesus never shunned the sinners. He reached out to such written-off people constantly. He even dined with them. He stayed in their homes. And miraculously great things would happen. Zacchaeus turns out to be filled with the spirit of generosity and justice more than enough to quiet even the most demanding critic. Half of all his possessions go to the poor. “If I have cheated anybody, I will pay him back four times the amount.” All of this Zacchaeus said and did spontaneously. Jesus was clearly impressed. “Today salvation has come to this house.” May we, like Jesus, be inspired by Zacchaeus, small in stature but a giant in big hearted generosity. And may none of us forget the words Jesus says about himself, “for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” May we remember all of these words and actions of Jesus this week as we who are registered to vote cast our ballots in these most important national, state and local elections. As we vote this week, may the wisdom of God guide our choices; may the spirit of Justice and Peace be in our hearts; and may “the lover of souls” enlighten us with the magnificence of God’s mercy. Father Gerard O’Rourke is Director Emeritus of the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

October 29, 2004

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Moral notes on genetically modified food A critical moral issue facing both the developed response to this concern, a proposal has been made companies for their world and developing nations concern what can be iden- recently that research universities cooperate to seek food supply.” tified as genetically modified food (GM), genetically open licensing provisions that would allow them to Greenpeace also modified organisms (GMOs), or genetically engineered share their intellectual property (IP) with a “developing falls into this opposicrops (GE). country license,” while retaining rights for research and tion stand, but at a Those critical of these modifications add to this education and maintaining negotiating power with the very low level of nomenclature by calling them anything from “biotech biotechnology and pharmaceuticals industries (see respect. While calling foods” to “genetic pollution.” On the other hand, propo- Science, March 19, 2004). proponents of biotechnents call GMOs “the miracle of seed science and ferCatholic social ethics would support this type of nology “eco-fanatics” Rev. Gerald tilizers.” In either viewpoint, Dr. Ramsey of Canada’s proposal as it places the good of people over the mate- and inventing slogans D. Coleman McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk rialistic objective of amassing money. such as “frankenAssessment notes that “the contemporary definition of The issue suggests three moral paths: foods” and “genetic genetically modified (GM) applies only to plants modiFirst: Favor the use of GMOs. Nobel prize winner pollution,” they do fied by molecular techniques.” Normal Borlang who developed the Green Revolution not, as Raven rightly says, “spend one cent to alleviate Marking the 20-year Anniversary of U.S. diplomat- wheat strains recently wrote, “Biotechnology absolute- starvation (and) should be rejected out of hand.” ic relations with the Holy See, the U.S. Embassy to the ly should be part of Africa’s agricultural reform. This position concludes that the use of GMOs is Holy See in cooperation with the Pontifical Academy of African leaders would be making a grievous error if morally irresponsible. Sciences hosted a two day conference September 24-25 they turn their back on it.” Proponents at the Rome conThird: Approach the use of GMOs in a cautionary at Rome’s Gregorian University. (See Catholic San ference agreed that GMOs decrease pesticide use, cre- fashion. Two years ago Pope John Paul II declared that Francisco, Oct. 1) ate more nutrient-filled crops requiring less water with GM agriculture could not be judged solely on the basis This symposium was entitled “Feeding a Hungry greater drought-resistance, produce more food at a of “short-term economic interests,” but needed to be World: The Moral Imperative of Biotechnology” lower cost, and use less land. One small-scale South subject to “a rigorous scientific and ethical process of (strangely codified by the Associated Press as “GMO: African farmer concluded, “We need this technology. verification.” This cautionary stance has been reiteratThreat or Hope?”). Before the opening of this confer- We don’t want always to be fed food aid… We want ed by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the ence, Archbishop Renato Martino, who heads the access to this technology so that one day we can also Philippines in their urging of the government to postPontifical Council for Justice and Peace and who has become commercial farmers.” pone authorization of GM corn until comprehensive been a strong and outspoken proponent of GMOs, told James Nicholson and Peter Raven, a member of the studies have been made: “We have to be careful, Vatican Radio, “The problem of hunger involves the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, strongly stand in this because once it is there, how can we remedy its conseconscience of every man. For this reason the Catholic supporting posture. Their arguments are four-fold: quences?” Church follows with special interest and solicitude overwhelming scientific evidence on the benefits of This stance is also found in the 2004 publication every development in science to help the solution of a biotechnology; there is a de facto shortage of food from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences “Study plight that affects … humanity.” worldwide and it is “absurd” to claim otherwise; there Document on the Use of ‘Genetically Modified Food Americans are well-acquainted, perhaps unwitting- is no documented case worldwide of any human or ani- Plants’ to Combat Hunger in the World.” The document ly, with GMOs. In the United States, for example, 68 mal illness due to GMOs; and the use of GMOs by states that “Genetically modified food plants can play percent of the soybeans, 70 percent of the cotton crop, small farmers in the developing world has produced not an important role in improving nutrition and agricultur26 percent of corn, and 55 percent of canola are geneti- only enough food, but useable money by the sale of al products, especially in the developing world.” This cally engineered (GE). In addition, most of the world’s these crops. statement should be interpreted as consistent with its beer and cheese is made with GMOs, 2001 position that “Rapid growth in along with hundreds of medications. world population requires the develAttending the conference was James It was a moral disgrace that in 2002 African opment of new technologies to feed Nicholson, U.S. Ambassador to the people adequately… The genetic Holy See, who has said that “millions governments gave into GMO opponents and returned to modification of food plants can help of Americans, Canadians, Australians, meet this challenge.” Argentines and other people have In 2003 the Rural Life Committee been eating genetically modified food the World Food Program tons of GMO corn simply of the North Dakota Conference of for nearly a decade – without one Churches also called for “rigorous proven case of an illness, allergic because it was produced in the U.S. by biotechnology. examination” to fully understand the reaction or even the hiccups… outcomes of the use of GMOs. This (M)ankind has been genetically alterdocument endorses the “Precautionary ing food throughout human history.” This position concludes that the use of GMOs Principle” formulated in 1992 by the United Nations Pennsylvania State University’s Dr. Nina Fedoroff amounts to a moral obligation. Conference on Environment and Development in order indicates that “attending the rapid adoption of superior Second: Condemn the use of GMOs. Many to avoid “potential harm and unforeseen and unintended GM crops today is far from a new phenomenon.” Dr. Catholic Bishops take the opposing stance. Perhaps the consequences.” Spaete, a well-respected California virologist com- clearest statement comes from the National Conference This approach mandates restraint and places the ments: “Science has advanced this technology by the of Bishops of Brazil (and their Pastoral Land fundamental burden on demonstrating safety. The arguuse of molecular techniques to create herbicide-tolerant Commission). Their moral argument is three-fold: the ments are three–fold: what will happen to the natural and insect-resistant food crops that allow even better use of GMOs contain potential health risks to humans environment; how can the small farmer benefit if the production yields with increased nutritional value and (the principle of beneficence); a small group of large owners and distributors are giant American companies therefore providing greater opportunity for feeding peo- corporations will be the greatest beneficiaries with such as Bristol-Myers and Monsanto; and what are the ple.” grave damage for the family farmer (the principle of long-term effects of GMOs on human and animal health The developing world is the moral centerpiece for social justice); and the environment will be gravely and nutrition. the GMO discussions. Over the past 20 years, for exam- damaged (the principle of ecological justice). This position concludes that the use of GMOs ple, life expectancy in the developing world has more The Brazilian bishops’ opening statement sets the should be approached with caution. than tripled, while 30,000 people, half of them children, stage: “GMOs are the result of genetic manipulation, Conclusion “die every minute from hunger,” as pointed out by which permits the production, alteration and transferThe Catholic Church places deep sacramental sigAlabama’s Tuskegee University’s molecular genetics ence of genes between living beings, breaking the natu- nificance on wheat and bread, coupled with the absolute professor C.S. Prakash. Strong opponents to GMOs ral barrier between non-species crosses, creating, alter- imperative to feed and care for the poor of the world. thus insist that the “real problems” causing hunger ing and transferring genetic material between vegeta- The “Precautionary Principle” seems rational. However, especially in the developing world, are poverty, lack of bles, animals, bacteria, viruses and human beings.” it can be argued that a war on hunger is vitally more education and training, unequal land distribution, and The Bishops of Botswana, South Africa and critical than the war on terrorism since a hungry populack of access to markets. The moral point is that dis- Swaziland agree: “We do not believe that agro-compa- lation is fertile ground to exploit for political ends. Last tribution and not production is the key to solving nies or gene technologies will help our farmers to pro- year, 10 million people died from starvation. Every five hunger. duce the food that is needed in the twenty-first centu- seconds someone dies from hunger, meaning that Another significant moral issue relates to “intellec- ry.” Roland Lesseps and Peter Henriot, both Jesuits, 25,000 people died today for lack of food. Half of subtual property (IP) policies” and the interest of compa- experts on agriculture in the developing world, work- Saharan Africans are malnourished and this number is nies in licensing potentially valuable discoveries for ing in Zambia, Africa, take a similar stand: “Nature is expected to increase to 70 percent by 2010. It was a premarket approval. Sean McDonagh, author of The not just useful to us as humans, but is valued and loved moral disgrace that in 2002 African governments gave Death of Life, concludes that “Patenting life is a funda- in itself, for itself, by God in Christ… The right to use into GMO opponents and returned to the World Food mental attack on the understanding of human life as a other creatures does not give us the right to abuse Program tons of GMO corn simply because it was progift from God.” What is the right thing to do here? them.” duced in the U.S. by biotechnology. Academic research institutions must adopt policies The Rome conference gives solid reasons that In a similar but distinct criticism, Executive regarding IP that make the result of research available Director of the U.S. National Catholic Rural GMOs are useful, healthful and nonharmful. Organisms for use especially in developing countries, and scientists Conference, Brother David Andrews, feels that “the have been exchanging genetic information for centuries, be encouraged to do research “targeted to the public Pontifical Academy of Sciences has allowed itself to be for example, the tomato and the potato would not exist good,” as advocated by the editorial in Science maga- subordinated to the U.S. government’s insistent advoca- today if human engineering had not transferred genes zine (Jan 24, 2003). cy of biotechnology and the companies which market between species. People are starving to death while we Fr. Giulio Albanese, head of the Missionary News it.” McDonagh agrees: “With patents (on genetically debate the issue. A vital way to promote and ensure the Agency (MISNA) adamantly claims that unless the engineered food), farmers will never own their own sacredness and dignity of every human being is to problem of IP is resolved in favor of the poor, it repre- food…” He believes that “corporate greed” is at the enable them to have their daily bread. sents a “provocation” to developing countries: “The heart of the GMO controversy. Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman concern of many in the missionary world over the propBiowatch’s Elfrieda Pschorn-Strauss agrees: is former president and rector of erty rights to GM seeds … cannot but accentuate the “With GM crops, small-scale farmers will become dependence of the poor nations on the rich ones.” In completely reliant on and controlled by big foreign St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

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October 29, 2004

At St. Mary’s Cathedral Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament every First Friday after the 8:00 a.m. Mass Friday and continuing throughout the day and night until 7:45 a.m. Saturday with Morning Prayer and Benediction. (Exposition is suspended during scheduled Masses at 12:10 noon, 7:00 p.m. and 6:45 a.m. according to liturgical norms.) Join us as we pray for world peace, a culture of life, priests and the special intentions commended to our prayers. For more information or to volunteer please call (415) 567-2020 x224. Sundays: Concerts at 3:30 p.m. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Open to the public. Admission free. Nov. 7: Brian Swager, organist. Nov. 14: Arthur Johnson, organist. The Cathedral Autumn Group welcomes men and women 55 years and older. Call Mercy Sister Esther McEgan at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218. Reservations required for all events. Nov. 18: Pre-Advent/Thanksgiving Reflection with Father Larry Finegan; Dec. 16: Christmas Luncheon at Seasons Restaurant.

Food & Fun Tonight! Award winning composer, John Michael Talbot, performs at 7 p.m. at St. Raphael Church in San Rafael. The singer “blends music, Christian witness, and teaching to minister to audiences in a special way,” the parish said. $20 is suggested donation for tickets. Call (415) 454-8141, ext. 42. Nov. 6: A Winter Masquerade Ball, annual Dinner Dance and Auction at Irish Cultural Center, benefiting St. Paul Parish Preservation Fund. “A fun event including cocktails, dinner, dancing, silent and live auctions,” the parish said. Call Katy O’Shea at (415) 648-7538. Nov. 6: Bal de Paris, annual fundraiser benefiting Notre Dame des Victoires school. The evening’s theme, Clair de Lune a Paris, will commemorate the school’s 80th anniversary and honor Marist Father Etienne Siffert, who shepherded the downtown parish for almost two decades. Tickets include cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, dancing and other entertainments. Call (415) 421-0069 or Bal2004@ndvsf.org. Nov. 6, 7: Soiree Incredible, a 35th annual Fashion Show benefiting St. Ignatius College Preparatory and taking place at the Sunset District School. It’s a Here’s Looking at You Kid Opening Night Gala at $150 per person Saturday and a Play It Again Sam Encore Luncheon at $85 per person Sunday. Call Joni Amaroli at (650) 344-9705. Nov. 6 and 20: Annual Interfaith Community Health Fair Nov. 6th at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, Jamestown and 3rd St., SF, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Nov. 20 at St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., SF, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Morning workshops will look at the impact of “violence on personal and community health.” Afternoon is dedicated to health screenings and advice from Ask the Doctor booths, social service and health insurance professionals. Call (415) 750-5683. Sponsored by St. Mary’s Medical Center and the San Francisco Giants. Nov. 7: St. Stephen concert series at 4 p.m. featuring soprano Liz Eshelmann with Mary Liz Smith on piano. The soprano has sung with the SF Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas. She currently teaches at Mills College. $10 donation benefits parish music ministry. Call (415) 681-2444. The church is at Eucalyptus Dr. and 23rd Ave. in San Francisco. Nov. 8: Mozart Requiem, performed by St. Dominic Choir and Festival Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner in SF. “A divine prayer experience.” Free admission. Plenty of parking. Call (415) 567-7824 Nov.10: Monthly breakfast meeting of the Catholic Professional & Business Club. New members are always welcome! Join us on our new day and in our new location, SF City Club at 155 Sansome (at Bush).Today, Ray Flynn, Author, Former Ambassador to the Vatican, Former Mayor of Boston. Monthly meetings include a full breakfast beginning at 7:00 a.m. Speaker program begins at 7:30 a.m. Cost is $20 for members, $27 for

Abuse with licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Barbara Elordi who is “widely recognized for her specialization in grief and loss.” Oct. 30: Prayer opportunities at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma include the annual Todos Los Santos outdoor Mass Oct. 30th; All Souls Day Mass, Nov. 2nd; First Saturday Mass Nov. 6th; Veteran’s Day outdoor Memorial Service Nov. 11th; First Saturday Mass Dec. 4th; and a Christmas Remembrance Service Dec. 13th. All begin at 11 a.m. Call (650) 756-2060.

Datebook Yakima Bishop Carlos Sevilla will address the Catholic Marin Breakfast Club as it commemorates its 10th anniversary November 5th. Bishop Sevilla, an Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco at the time, was the group’s first speaker at its first meeting September 29, 1994. The morning begins with Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield. Breakfast and presentation follow in parish hall. Reservations required to Sugaremy@aol.com or (415) 461-0704 daily. Members $7, others $10. Dues $20 per year. non-members. Membership dues are $45 annually. Call (415) 614-5579, or visit the website at www.cpbc-sf.org for more information. Nov. 11: Brennan Award Dinner benefiting programs of St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Patron Hall at 6 p.m. Bill and Jeanne are guests of honor. For ticket information, call (415) 977-1270, ext. 3021. Nov. 13: Autumn Splendor, fall luncheon and floral demonstration benefiting Birthright of San Francisco at Presidio Golf Club. $45 per person. Call (415) 664-9909. Nov. 13: Festa Italiano, a dinner dance with raffles and prizes at Our Lady of Loretto Church Hall, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato. Sponsored by parish council of Knights of Columbus. Music by Tom and the Cats. Tickets are $30 per person. Call (415) 892-9989. Proceeds benefit K of C charitable works including a scholarship program. Nov. 13: Oldies But Goodies Dance benefiting Youth Program and scholarship fund of St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, 3rd St. at Jamestown, SF, 8 p.m. – midnight. Tickets $30 per person. No tickets will be sold at the door. 21 and over please. Call (415) 468-3434. Nov. 13: Club 451, annual evening-out benefiting Junipero Serra High School. The gala is set “in the Supper Club scene of the 1940s.” Tickets for the benefit are $75 per person. Top raffle prize is 2004 Cadillac XLR given to quarterback Tom Brady for his MVP performance in 2003 Super Bowl and valued at $76,000. Raffle tickets are $25 each or five for $100. Call (650) 573-9935. Nov. 13, 14: A Way to Christmas, luncheon and craft fair benefiting work of the Women’s Club of All Souls Parish in South San Francisco. Choose from handmade items for all gift needs plus snack bar, drawings, face painting. More than 30 vendors. Doors open 9 a.m. both days. Call Dolores at (650) 588-0810. Nov. 14: Pancake Breakfast and Talent Show benefiting St. Finn Barr School, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the parish. Adults $5/Seniors and Students $4.50/under 5 $3.50. Call (415) 333-1800.

Respect Life/ Family Life Nov. 5, 6, 7: Are you in a troubled marriage? Retrouvaille, a program for couples with serious marital problems, is holding a weekend. For information, call Tony and Pat Fernandez at (415) 893-1005.

Reunions Oct. 30, 31: Reunion Weekend 2004 at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, SF. Classes of ’54, ’59, ’64, ’69, ’74, ’79, ’84, ’89, ’94, ’99 are invited. Reunion Celebration and cocktail party is Saturday. Alumni Mass

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Returning Catholics and Brunch is Sunday. Frank Rollo, ’58 and Joan Langston-Nelson, ’48 will receive the 2004 Lasallian/Vincentian Award. Call Rosie Lawlor Horan at (415) 775-6626, ext. 681 or Gregg Franceschi at ext. 636. You may also contact rose.horan@shcp.edu or gregg.franceschi@shcp.edu. Nov. 5, 6, 7: Reunion Weekend Celebration for Notre Dame High School, Belmont honoring graduates from classes of ’54, ’59, ’64,’ 69, ’74, ’79, ’84, ’89, ’94, ‘ 99. Weekend features are Nov. 6 luncheon at 11:30 a.m. and all alumnae are invited to Nov. 5 lunch as well as Mass and Brunch on Nov. 7. Call the Development Office at (650) 595-1913, ext. 351. Nov. 13: Class of ’54, St. Cecilia Elementary School, SF. Reception and dinner at the school. Contact Mary Rudden at (415) 824-7695 or Don Ahlbach at (650) 348-5577 or dahlbach@pacbell.net. Nov. 13: Class of ’74, Lowell High School, SF at Delancey Street Restaurant. $89 per person. Contact Lisa Coughlin Clay at Lisa.Clay@sfport.com or Connie D’Aura at daura@ccwear.com. If without Internet access, call (415) 664-0164. Nov. 20: “Calling all alumni of St. Monica Elementary School, San Francisco,’ says principal, Bret Allen. The 2nd Annual Alumni Reunion begins with Mass at 10: 30 a.m. followed by a reception and school tours. Tickets $25 per person. Contact Bret at (415) 751-9564 or allen@stmonicasf.org. Dec. 12: Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame Region invite all members, former members, and associates of the community to events celebrating the Mercy Sisters’ 150 years in California. Contact Sally O’Connell at (650) 3407437 or soconnell@mercyburl.org. June 11: Class of ’85, Star of the Sea Academy in Star of the Sea elementary school auditorium, 360 9th Ave., SF at 7 p.m. Contact Debra Stashuk at ssa_classof85@yahoo.com.

Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm, Ross, call (415) 453-2342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 4617060; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949. San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth/24th, SF. Call (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, (415) 664-8590. San Mateo County: St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398;

Taize Prayer 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in their Province Center Chapel, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont across from Ralston Hall on the campus of their Notre Dame de Namur University.. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 350 or www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org. 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 631-2882.

Prayer Opportunities/Lectures Nov. 2: Notre Dame de Namur University Catholic Scholar Series with Ruth Wallace on Strengthening Catholic Parishes at 7 p.m. in Ralston Hall Mansion. Call (650) 508-3713. Future talks include Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan January 11th on LifeGiving Liturgy” and John Haught April 5th on Deeper than Darwin. Nov. 13: Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur offer Saturday Morning Prayer 9:30 – 11:30 at their Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave. across from Ralston Hall on their university campus in Belmont. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 350. This year’s theme is the Beatitudes: Becoming Beatitude People. Today, Blessed are the sorrowing: Breaking the Silence of

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By Steven D. Greydanus Shall We Dance is a movie with no particular reason to exist, which is not to say that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all bad. The story, about a middle-aged professional married man (Richard Gere) going through a midlife crisis who begins secretly taking ballroom dancing lessons without telling his wife (Susan Sarandon), is borrowed, sometimes scene for scene and word for word, from the charming 1996 Japanese original film by Masayuki Suo, where it all made much more sense than it does here, because it was set in Japan. In a society of rigid social codes and expectations that place more emphasis on duty than self-fulfillment and in which even holding hands between spouses is considered risquĂŠ, there is considerable intrigue in the protagonistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unconventional, potentially profoundly embarrassing behavior. Screenwriter Audrey Wells transplants the story to Chicago, but she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t translate what is essentially a Japanese identity crisis into American terms. Richard Gere (Chicago) returns to the Windy City for more dancing, but in touchy-feely America, where there are whole industries aimed at serving men in midlife crises, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to buy him feeling paralyzed about being in a funk, as if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of thing one just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk about, or feeling unable to talk to his wife about wanting to try something new. In this country, a husband who wants to break out of a rut and take ballroom dancing classes doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it secretly, he tells his wife and she thinks itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s romantic and they take them together. Of course, in both films, what originally draws the protagonist into the dance school is the sight of a beautiful, sad woman gazing from the school window, glimpsed on a daily basis from an elevated train during the protagonistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commute. Watching the original, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible to believe that what draws Koji Yakusyo to the daily sight of Tamiyo Kusakari is not just her beauty, but her sadness, which mirrors his own. In the remake, when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Clark (Richard Gere) watching every day for the sight of pouty

Paulina (Jennifer Lopez) and ultimately taking dance classes at her school without telling wife Beverly (Susan Sarandon), itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to fathom any motivation beyond the obvious draw of JLo in a leotard. In spite of all this, Shall We Dance manages to be fitfully entertaining and ultimately even charming, especially when it is not about John and Paulina, but John and Beverly. How often does a Hollywood romantic comedy celebrate romance between a middle-aged couple in a longtime marriage? There are other things that work in Shall We Dance, including an ideally cast Stanley Tucci as Link, a coworker of Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who has a secret life as a long-haired dance-floor wild man, and Omar Miller (8 Mile) as a sweet, overweight novice named Vern who says that his fiancĂŠe wants him to lose some weight. Tucciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alter ego is so outrageous that you can actually buy him at least living in dread of anyone discovering his secret. Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character has a secret too, of a quite different sort. Still, fans of the original will find the remake pointlessly dumbed down and at times needlessly crass. John and Vernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other fellow novice is a self-styled Lothario named Chic (Bobby Cannavale, The Station Agent) who says he wants to learn dancing because dancers are supposed to be great lovers, yet is overtly paranoid about the threat to his masculinity posed by practicing steps with another male novice rather than a woman. Needless to say, any homophobic character in a Hollywood movie must get his comeuppance, preferrably by the revelation that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the closet himself. Richard Jenkins (Cheaper by the Dozen) plays a private detective hired by Beverly when she begins to suspect that her husband may be having an affair. I liked a fleeting moment in his first scene in which, talking to Beverly as he finishes a sandwich, he gets up and brushes the crumbs off his hands into his office fish tank, talking all the while. But then the film ruins it by immediately giving the detective numerous other tics (combing his eyebrows, etc.), losing the sense of a character with a quirky habit in the obtrusive presence of filmmakers trying to add comic relief to a talking-heads scene. Thankfully, the remake follows the original

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in not prolonging the whole suspected-infidelity subplot with artificial misunderstandings or tiresome melodrama, even though there is opportunity to do so: Beverly is shown pictures of John dancing with Paulina, but the detective correctly assures her that his usual instructor is the older Miss Mitzi, not Paulina. Paulina actually figures surprisingly little in the story, and the film wisely avoids any appearance of a romantic triangle, averting the risk of becoming a remake of Gereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Unfaithful. At no time does anything that could be mistaken for chemistry transpire between Gere and J-Lo. One of the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more memorable moments occurs when Beverly finally understands what her husband is really up to all those late evenings. The detective offers to continue to observe John for awhile, but Beverly declines, not wishing to trespass further on her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s privacy. She then makes a remarkable comment about marriage, and the sense in which this union provides us with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;witness to our livesâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; someone who assures us that our â&#x20AC;&#x153;life will not go uncared for, because I will care about it.â&#x20AC;?

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Beverlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to drop the matter and wait for John to tell her about his dancing when he is ready to do so may or may not be one of the things that works better in the original Japanese context than it does here. Either way, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contradicted by a later scene in a parking garage, in which Beverly unexpectedly expresses an entirely different emotional reaction to Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secretiveness. But a sweet climactic scene betweeen John and Beverly at the department store where she works as a buyer, complete with be-still-myheart reaction shots from a Greek chorus of Beverlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coworkers, goes a long way toward making up for this lapse. Even when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corny, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gratifying to see this sweet dynamic in a married couple with greying hair and crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feet. Couples looking for an enjoyable datenight movie could do worse than Shall We Dance. On the other hand, renting the Japanese original might be an even better idea. Steven G. Greydanus is a film critic for the National Catholic Register.

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Social Doctrine . . . ■ Continued from cover While based on 2,000 years of Christian moral teaching, the compendium says the church must respond to new situations in society, including the increasing number of women working outside the home, advances in biotechnology, globalization, the destruction of the environment and new attacks on human life and on the family. The compendium insists that “homosexual persons are to be fully respected in their human dignity,” but said respect “does not justify the legitimization of behavior that is not consistent with moral law; even less does it justify the recognition of a right to marriage between persons of the same sex and its being considered equivalent to the family.” On another current topic, it notes that while nations have a right and obligation to protect themselves from terrorism “this right cannot be exercised in the absence of moral and legal norms.” Individual terrorists must be identified, proven guilty and punished, it states. But responsibility for terrorist activity “cannot be extended to the religions, nations or ethnic groups to which the terrorists belong.” Throughout the volume, the sacredness and dignity of human life is emphasized: Legalized abortion is condemned repeatedly, as is the exploitation of any human being, including children, women, the poor and the indigenous. On the question of capital punishment, the compendium repeats the traditional church teaching that society has a right to defend itself by punishing and, in some circumstances, taking the life of a person convicted for a serious crime. However, it also says that modern societies have the means to suppress crime and render criminals harmless without taking their lives. “The growing aversion of public opinion toward the death penalty and the various provi-

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sions aimed at abolishing it or suspending its application constitute visible manifestations of a heightened moral awareness,” it notes. The compendium said the Catholic Church does not bless or whole-heartedly endorse any economic system, political party or government configuration; rather it calls on Catholics and all people of good will to ensure that economic and political systems respect the rights of individuals, promote the common good and act in solidarity with the poorest and weakest citizens of their nation and of the world. While democracy meets the moral criteria of giving every citizen a voice in government, it says many modern democracies risk not reflecting and upholding the dignity of every human person. Morality, it notes, cannot be decided by a majority vote. “If there is no ultimate truth to guide and direct political action, then ideas and convictions can easily be manipulated for reasons of power,” it states. The compendium calls for a recognition of the unpaid work women perform at home and, while stating that women have a right to a profession and to not be discriminated against in the workplace, it also says employers have a moral obligation to ensure that women are able to work without sacrificing their basic obligations to their families. Biotechnology, particularly in the field of agriculture, holds great hope for better feeding the world’s poor, it states. “The Christian vision of creation makes a positive judgment on the acceptability of human intervention in nature, which also includes other living beings, and at the same time makes a strong appeal for responsibility,” it notes. In evaluating possible uses for new technology, profit cannot be the only consideration, the compendium states. The common good and possible negative side effects on human consumers and on the environment must also be considered.

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October 29, 2004

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Help Wanted Job Opening Full time Math Teacher 2nd Semester. Contact: Serra High School Principal L. Lund 650-345-8207

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High School Principal Providence High School a private, Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory school, in Burbank, CA, sponsored by the Sisters of Providence, seeks a principal for the 2005-2006 school year. A qualified candidate must be a practicing Catholic, hold at least a Master’s degree in educational administration or the equivalent, and have a minimum of 5 years of successful administrative experience as well as additional classroom experience. Applicants should submit their resumes no later that November 22, 2004 to The Law Offices of Vincent Stefano, Jr., Attention: Search Committee, 101 South First Street, Suite 402, Burbank, CA 91505

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Catholic San Francisco

October 29, 2004

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of September

HOLY CROSS COLMA

Loretta A. Dillon Alice M. Donovan Joanne K. Doyle Liceria P. Dumpit Emelina H. Edwards J. Sherry Feehan Guido John Ferranti Rose Fontaine Margaret Anne Fraher Jack Gabbay Paul F. Gallagher David Garcia-Ramirez Joseph M. Gomez Crystal Gina Gonzalez Thelma M. Goodfellow Frederick D. Gosse Louis P. Guaraldi Frances E. Guglielmoni Lois Mae Hancock Helen Eileen Harrington Elpidia A. Hernandez Guadalupe Hernandez Mabel Ho Florence H. Howard James W. Judnick Loretta McGrath Lamperti John H. Lanzarin John G. Leahy Lester S. Lipinski Peter J. Lobo Clemente Lopez Asuncion S. Lopez Mary Anson Lucey Frances J. Marchi Reynaldo Marte, Jr. Katherine Ann Mattock Janet Landtbom McCabe Ann G. McCarthy Rose McCarthy James V. McDonagh Maire E. McKeever Maurice “Mac” McManus Esther Mendoza Albert H. Modena, Sr.

Blanche Absalon-Rios Alfred O. Andreatta Josephine A. Aspesi Thomas E. Barton Dolores Bassi Lydia Basso Esmeralda B. Baugh Rudy D. Bertolino Clotilda Blanco Cesar A. Bonilla Louise A. Botteri Peter G. Bove Peter V. Bove, MD Jose Danilo Cachuela Esther M. Cadwell Adolph A. Calegari Florina Camozzi Juanita C. Campagna Gloria M. Cantone Israel Castellanos Rafael Arturo Castro Robert Paul Ceragioli Kevin Kin Wing Chow Joseph C. Clouart Marie A. Cohn Thomas R. Conlon Marie M. Costere Mildred Cecilia Covaia John Coyne Corinne Davis Victoria de los Reyes Adela Dealegria Elinor Ophuls Deamer Dennis D. Deasy Nicholas S. DeFini Elide Delucchi Anne P. Dennis Marydawn DeRoss John Joseph DeScala Mary J. DeVoti (Cauchi) June L. Dickhoff

John B. Molinari Elisa M. Montenegro Jose A. Monterrosa Filemon C. Morelos Collins John Moreno Richard B. Murphy Mary J. Murray Rosario C. Naval Elmer “Al” Nocentini Marion H. O’Dea Thomas J. O’Toole Hunter L. Ogden Leonardo A. Opelinia Elba Pazcoto June Elizabeth Perez Steven J. Perotti Hai Thi Phan Michelina E. Presenti Mary G. Presto Luz A. Quinto Anthony A. Rago Violet F. Reilly Joseph M. Rivera Angela R. Roberts Ruperta R. Robles Barbara Joyce Rolovich Emilia B. Rontal Senaida Roybal Emma Ruh Jose Nasri Saca Mary Jane Salinas Ruben Salvatierra Corazon G. Santos Luisa Sbragia Mary L. Seebach Eva Sepulveda Geraldine J. Siegel Federico D. Silva Aldo J. Simonetti Walter D. Smith Alice S. Smith-Shea Peter A. Solis Julius Stupian Concetta Tanti

Guilhermina Marie Thompson Susan E. Uribe Mario J. Vattuone Leonardo S. Vengco Marie A. Villeggiante Carmen C. Vinagre Eileen J. Vuyas Helen M. Walsh Harry Wehr Maureen Weir Jacqueline A. Wilborn Edith M. Williams Arthur E. Woodruff Maria B. Zacate Lydia M. Zenteno Jack Christopher Zmrzli

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Elizabeth “Betty” Bartlett Marianne V. Boudreau Pierre Basil Chebi Constance Collin Ernest E. Collins Muriel H. Collins Edward Ward Hayes Remedios Cabigao Labrador Timothy K. Momii Marian K. Morey Theresa Abigail Pimentel Manuel Ramies

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Ronald Ray Bresee Margaret Purdie

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA 2004 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Todos Los Santos Mass – Our Lady of Antipolo Dedication Saturday, October 30th – 11:00 a.m. – Outdoor Mass Near Our Lady of Antipolo Most Rev. John C. Wester, Celebrant

All Souls’ Day Mass

First Saturday Mass

Tuesday, November 2 – 11:00 a.m. All Saints Mausoleum Rev. Augusto Villote, Celebrant

Saturday, November 6th – 11:00 a.m. All Saints Mausoleum Rev. John Glogowski, Celebrant

Veterans’ Day Memorial Service

Christmas Remembrance Service

(Outdoors – No Mass) Tuesday, November 11th – 11:00 a.m. Veterans’ Section

All Saints Mausoleum Chapel (No Mass) Saturday, December 11th – 11:00 a.m. Rev. John Talesfore, Officiating

The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-9020

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.