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Following a memorial Mass Nov. 16 at St. Ignatius Church, students from the University of San Francisco carry crosses to the campus in a candlelight vigil in memory of six Jesuit priests and two women slain in El Salvador’s civil war 20 years ago. (See homily page 6).
BALTIMORE – Members of the U.S. bishops’ subcommittee overseeing the Catholic Campaign for Human Development reassured their fellow bishops and donors that “no group that opposes Catholic social or moral teaching is eligible for funding” from their domestic anti-poverty campaign. “We pledge our ongoing efforts to ensure that all CCHD funds are used faithfully, effectively and in accord with Catholic social and moral teaching,” Bishop Roger P. Morin of Biloxi, Miss., subcommittee chairman, and the five other bishops who sit on the subcommittee said Nov. 17 in a statement to the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, joined the subcommittee in its statement. The campaign has come under attack from a coalition of Catholic groups pushing for a boycott of this year’s CCHD collection the weekend of Nov. 21-22. They claim some organizations that receive funding are not in line with Church teaching. The essential mission of CCHD is “to help the poor overcome poverty,” the bishops’ statement said. By contributing to the national collection, Catholics can respond to Pope Benedict XVI’s invitation for every disciple of Christ to help the poor, it added. “Across our nation, CCHD is helping thousands of CCHD FUNDS, page 6
USF graduate, young veterans revitalize American Legion for post-9/11 world By Michael Vick When Army Capt. Michael Gerold returned from combat in Afghanistan in 2007, he set out on a mission of a different kind: to help his fellow veterans struggling to reconnect with the lives they left behind. Gerold turned to the American Legion, the congressionally chartered veterans’ organization founded after World War I, but found the group largely unprepared for the needs of the young vets returning from tours in the Global War on Terrorism. “When I came back the American Legion had 15,000 posts in seven countries,” said Gerold, a University of San Francisco graduate. “WWII posts, Vietnam posts, Korea posts. There wasn’t one, after six years of fighting, that was an Iraq-Afghanistan-centric post.” Gerold said many fellow vets felt uncomfortable joining posts where most members fought in conflicts of decades past and shared war stories over beer in Legion lodges. So, in true military tradition, he gathered with several compatriots and blazed a new path. On Sept. 11, 2007, American Legion Post 911 was born. Since its founding, more than 500 members have joined, and Gerold has moved from post commander to state membership director for the American Legion in California. At 40, he is the youngest person to hold the post in the country. Under his leadership team, the post went from last place to first in membership in the entire state – a leap in ranking that has never been achieved in the Legion’s 91-year history in California. Gerold said one way the post has been able to attract so many young veterans is through the use of social media like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Second Life.
An older vet looks at an American Legion Post 911’s van, emblazoned with portraits of American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. The post maintains a presence on each site, but Gerold said the tools are merely a gateway, and cannot replace face-to-face contact. “Nothing replaces nor in my opinion will ever replace a handshake, a pat on the shoulder or a warm smile,” he said.
Post members have traded drinks in smoke-filled lodges for skydiving, scuba diving, snowboarding and paintball. But Gerold said the outings are just a way to draw in members and help re-establish bonds often lost when soldiers return to civilian life. What he and fellow VETERANS POST-9/11 WORLD, page 7
INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION Cardinal George on ‘priests’ . 3 Bishops take action . . . . . . . . 5 Sisters mark Jubilees . . . . . . 9 Archbishop’s journal . . . . . . 12 Scripture & reflection. . . . . 14
Pope on hunger: News in brief ~ Page 4 ~ November 20, 2009
Haiti Journal ‘migration trail’ ~ Pages 10-11 ~
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On The Where You Live By Tom Burke Father Jack O’Neill, pastor, Sacred Heart Parish in Olema and St. Mary Magdalene Church in Bolinas, told me there’s no better time than Thanksgiving to say “Thanks” to recently retired volunteer superintendent of St. Mary Magdalene cemetery Dr. Norman Staub, a Joe and Gladys Re retired physician/professor at UCSF School of Medicine. “Norman has a great touch and will be missed,” Father luck and tasting the treats on-hand, the school said in a O’Neill told me, pointing out Norman’s special con- note to this column. Chairpersons included Diane Linehan cern for the poor. “Norman was also a member of our and Susan O’Driscoll. The school’s annual Fashion Parish Council and we always benefited from his sage Show at the Olympic Club was an exciting “mom’s advice,” Father O’Neill said. Welcome aboard to new day out with a silent auction, scrumptious lunch, and a volunteer superintendent, Richard Gamble….More than fabulous fashion show with 60 St. Stephen students and 100 people traversed some faculty, moms Holy Cross Cemetery and dads gracing the in Colma as part of runway wearing the a “Notable Figures most stylish clothes of San Francisco” from top designers,” Cemetery Walking said school PR perTour Oct. 11. Monica son, Sandy Onken. Williams, assistant Chairpersons Annette family services manRocca and Susana ager, led the way. Wassmer were prinStops included the cipal coordinators of graves and mausothe event…. St. John leums of many peoElementary School ple famous in San in San Francisco has Francisco history such all its chips in place as M.H. DeYoung, and was honored for SFFD Chief Dennis same Oct. 7 when Sullivan who was representative’s of the killed in the 1906 Hitachi corporation earthquake, and the visited the Glen Park memorial to those school to observe whose remains were use of the company’s moved to Colma from “StarBoard” interacold Calvary Cemetery Servin’ up the noodles were Teresa Anastasio, Tony Maffei and tive whiteboard in in San Francisco. Doug St. John’s junior high Bart Davey who staffed the chow line at St. Stephen school’s Dorst, author of “Alive math and science spaghetti night in September. in Necropolis” spoke classrooms. “This was to the visitors about an awesome event. St. writing the novel and cemetery locations mentioned in John’s will be known in Japan for our innovative use of the book. Call (650) 756-2060 or visit www.holycross- technology,” said principal, Ken Willers. “In August, cemeteries.com for information about future tours…. It Hitachi gifted St. John’s with their cutting edge interactive was pasta and “Give me a B-I-N-G-O” at St. Stephen technology, their visit on October 7, provided the school Elementary School’s spaghetti and game night Sept 26. with the opportunity of thanking them personally.”… Students and parents alike had a great time testing their Students at Notre Dame Elementary School have
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Cardinal discusses role of priests, need for unity within church Without a priestly ministry rooted in holy orders, he said, the responsibility for BALTIMORE (CNS) – Considering teaching about the faith would fall priwhat the Church would be like without the marily to professors, “whose obligation sacrament of holy orders, Chicago Cardinal is first to seek the truth in the framework Francis E. George of Chicago, president of of their own academic discipline and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose authority to teach derives from called on his fellow bishops to reflect on their professional expertise.� their relationships with their priests and Without ordained priests, the “only help them grow in holiness and unite with instance of real governance in any them around Jesus. society would be that of In his Nov. 16 speech civil and political leadopening the bishops’ ers,� Cardinal George fall general assembly continued. While their in Baltimore, Cardinal authority comes from God George also addressed through the people they ways of strengthening have sworn to serve, he Church unity, particularly noted, that role confers with regard to Catholic no religious authority universities, “to media and “a civil government claiming the right to be has no right to deprive a voice for the Church� the Church of freedom to and to organizations that govern herself by her own do various work under laws and under her own Catholic auspices. leaders.� He also spoke about the Cardinal Francis E. George Cardinal George challenges of the Church also noted that without being “a leaven for the world’s transfor- ordained priests, the role of spiritual mation,� such as in the ongoing national counseling would fall to therapists – debate about health care reform. “dedicated to their clients and skilled In his traditional presidential address in examining the dynamics of human at the beginning of the Nov. 16-19 meet- personality, but without consideration of ing, the cardinal framed his thoughts on the influence of God’s grace.� the role of priestly ministry as a part of And finally, without ordained priests the Year for Priests proclaimed by Pope “the church would be deprived of the Benedict XVI in June. Eucharist, and her worship would be
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centered only on the praise and thanksgiving.� Cardinal George told the bishops that they are called during this year to reflect upon their relationships with their priests, “to help them grow in holiness, to deepen our fraternity with them, to unite them with us around Jesus Christ.� But also, he said, bishops are called to examine their particular ministry in the governance of the Church. He quoted a letter written by St. Ignatius of Antioch in the first century about that role: “Your submission to your bishop, who is in the place of Jesus Christ, shows me that you are not living as men usually do but in the manner of Jesus himself, who died for us that you might escape death by belief in his death,� the saint said, writing to the people of Tralles in Asia Minor. “Thus one thing is necessary, that you do nothing without your bishop.� As to other segments of the church, Cardinal George said the bishops must look to other ways to strengthen unity. “Relations do not speak first of control, but of love,� he said. He noted that discussions have recently begun about how the bishops might strengthen their relationship to Catholic universities, “to media claiming the right to be a voice for the Church� and to organizations that direct various works under Catholic auspices. “Since everything and everyone in
Catholic communion is truly interrelated and the visible nexus of these relations is the bishop, an insistence on complete independence from the bishop renders a person or institution sectarian, less than fully Catholic,� Cardinal George said. The bishops’ efforts in these areas are intended “to clarify questions of truth or faith and of accountability or community among all those who claim to be part of the Catholic communion,� he explained. He did not elaborate about which institutions he was referencing. “I believe I speak for all of us here when I say that the bishops look forward to the dialogues that will clarify and strengthen the conditions necessary for all of us to be Catholic,� the cardinal said. Cardinal George talked about the bishops’ role “as a leaven for the world’s transformation.� Recently, he noted, “we have tried to be such a leaven in the debate about health care. It is not for us to speak to a particular means of delivering health care; it is our responsibility, however, to insist, as a moral voice concerned with human solidarity, that everyone should be cared for and that no one should be deliberately killed.� He said the challenge to govern effectively as bishops “is to be public without being co-opted and to be who we are without being isolated.�
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Luxury, waste are unacceptable when hunger is on the rise ROME – Opulence and waste are unacceptable especially when hunger – the cruelest form of poverty – continues to rise, Pope Benedict XVI told world leaders at a summit on food security. The pope condemned the greed that fuels speculation on food prices, aid that debilitates agricultural production, and excessive exploitation of the earth’s resources. Pope Benedict spoke Nov. 16 during the opening session of the United Nations’ World Summit on Food Security. The three-day conference in Rome brought together leaders and delegates from countries around the world to find concrete solutions to end the scourge of hunger and malnutrition and find ways to stabilize food prices. The pope said the growing number of hungry people in the world is not directly linked to an increase in world population. There is enough food to feed the world, he said, adding that food shortages are caused by the rising price of foodstuffs, “the reduction in economic resources available to the poorest peoples and their limited access to markets and to food.”
Cardinal Kasper says provision for Anglicans not anti-ecumenical VATICAN CITY – The establishment of special structures for Anglicans who want to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church absolutely is not a signal of the end of ecumenical dialogue with the Anglican Communion, said the Vatican’s chief ecumenist. Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, said the visit Nov. 19-22 of Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, primate of the Anglican Communion, to the Vatican “demonstrates that there has been no rupture and reaffirms our common desire to talk to one another at a historically important moment.” Archbishop Williams was scheduled to speak at a conference sponsored by Cardinal Kasper’s office and to meet privately Nov. 21 with Pope Benedict. In an interview published in the Nov. 15 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, Cardinal Kasper said that the papal provision is not anti-ecumenical. “To think, as some commentators have said, that the pope made this decision just to ‘expand his empire’ is ridiculous,” the cardinal said. “Let’s stick to the facts. A group of Anglicans freely and legitimately asked to enter the Catholic Church. It was not our initiative.”
Pope Benedict XVI addresses the U.N. World Summit on Food Security Nov. 16 in Rome. Opulence and waste are unacceptable when hunger – the cruelest form of poverty – continues to rise, Pope Benedict XVI told world leaders at the summit.
Nuncio says duty of UN is to ensure religious freedom for all UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations has a significant role to play in helping nations “fully ensure, at all levels, the implementation of the right to religious freedom” for all people, the U.N. nuncio said. “A century and a half ago ... religion was described as the ‘opium of the people,’ (but) today, in the context of globalization, it is increasingly regarded as the ‘vitamin of the poor,’” Archbishop Celestino Migliore told the U.N. General Assembly Nov. 10. He said the U.N. charter and other U.N. documents affirm “full respect for and promotion not only of the fundamental freedom of conscience but also of the expression and practice of everybody’s religion, without restriction.” The United Nations’ ultimate goal in pursuing interreligious dialogue and cooperation should be “to engage states as well as all segments of human society to recognize, respect and promote the dignity and rights of every person and each community in the world,” he said. The unique contribution of religions is that they “tend to raise the human spirit, protect life, empower the weak, translate ideals into action, purify institutions (and) contribute to resolving economic and noneconomic inequalities,” the archbishop said.
Charity is essential part of Christian witness, pope says VATICAN CITY – Catholics must be channels of God’s goodness and love, offering concrete assistance to the poor and working for justice in the world, Pope Benedict XVI said. “Charity belongs to the very nature of the church,” the pope said Nov. 13 during a meeting with members of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Vatican office that promotes and coordinates Catholic charitable giving and distributes the
money the pope designates for charity. Pope Benedict thanked Catholics all over the world who generously give their time, their resources and their energy “to witness to the love of Christ, the Good Samaritan,” who attends to those who are physically or spiritually needy. “In proclaiming salvation, the church cannot ignore the concrete living conditions of the people to whom it is addressed,” he said. “Acting to improve those conditions concerns the very life and mission of the church because Christ’s salvation is holistic and regards the human person in every dimension: physical and spiritual, social and cultural, earthly and heavenly,” he said.
Married priests? For Vatican, still an exception to the rule VATICAN CITY – The question of priestly celibacy is one that keeps bubbling to the surface at the Vatican, most often in the theoretical discussions of synods of bishops but more concretely in a new papal document on Anglicans coming into the Catholic Church. The fact that married former Anglican priests may be ordained as Catholic priests under the new arrangement – albeit on a case-by-case basis – has given rise to widespread speculation that this represents a step toward jettisoning the general rule of celibacy. “Hope for priests who would marry” was a typical headline in the days that followed the Vatican’s announcement of the Anglican plan. But as on many previous occasions, the Vatican moved quickly to dispel that notion. “The possibility envisioned by the apostolic constitution for some married clergy ... does not signify any change in the church’s discipline of clerical celibacy. According to the Second Vatican Council, priestly celibacy is a sign and a stimulus for pastoral charity and radiantly proclaims the reign of God,” the Vatican said in a statement Nov. 9 accompanying the papal document on the NEWS IN BRIEF, page 5
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Bishops approve marriage pastoral, budget; debate liturgy items BALTIMORE – U.S. bishops voted Nov. 17 to approve a pastoral letter on marriage, despite the concern voiced by some bishops about the document’s pastoral tone and content. Nearly 100 changes in two rounds of amendments preceded the 180-45 vote in favor of “Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan” on the second day of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops fall general assembly in Baltimore. Two-thirds of the USCCB membership, or 175 votes, were required for passage of the document. There were three abstentions. Final approval came after an effort to remand the document to committee failed 56 to 169. In other action the bishops approved the English translation and U.S. adaptations of five final sections of the Roman Missal; passed a $144.5 million budget for 2010 for their bishops’ conference; and heard a preliminary report on a study on causes and context of sexual abuse. Their 57-page pastoral on marriage offers support to married couples and affirms true marriage can involve only a man and a woman. It is another component in the bishops’ National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage, which began in November 2004. (See www.usccb.org.) With overwhelming majority votes, the bishops approved translations of the proper of the saints, specific prayers to each saint in the universal liturgical calendar; the commons, general prayers for celebrating saints listed in
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Anglicans. Indeed, it seems that every time the celibacy issue is pushed, there’s a swift pullback to defend the current rule.
Rabbi says charge that Pope Pius was collaborator ‘false’ NEW ORLEANS – The “historically false and malicious view” in a recent bestselling book of Pope Pius XII as a collaborator with Adolf Hitler in the extermination of millions of Jews during the Holocaust is refuted by the facts, said a rabbi who is a professor at Ave Maria University in Naples,
the “Roman Martyrology”; the Roman of New Orleans, Committee on Missal supplement; the U.S. propers, a Divine Worship; Bishop Stephen E. collection of orations and formularies Blaire of Stockton, Calif., Committee for feasts and memorials particular to on Domestic Justice and Human the U.S. liturgical calendar; and U.S. Development; Bishop Kevin C. adaptations to the Roman Missal. Rhoades, recently named to head the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Earlier in the day the bishops Ind., Committee on Laity, Marriage, heard a preliminary report on a study Family Life and Youth; and Archbishop of the causes and context of clergy Jose H. Gomez of San Antonio. sexual abuse of minors being conOn Nov. 16, the first day of the ducted by researchers at the John Jay meeting, the bishops heard a report on College of Criminal Justice. health care reform and reaffirmed as a Karen Terry, the principal researchbody the statement that Cardinal Francis er, told the bishops that early findings E. George, the bishops’ president, had confirm “a steep decline” in sexual made soon after the House approved abuse cases after 1985. The findits version of reform legislation Nov. ings also show diocesan response to 7, expressing the bishops’ commitment incidents of sex abuse have changed to keep health reform legislation in the substantially over a 50-year-period, Senate abortion-neutral. with an increase in administrative leave for accused abusers and a A successful effort by USCCB decrease in the number of accused leaders and staff members to press abusers reinstated. lawmakers to keep abortion out of The full study, commissioned by the House’s Affordable Health Care the bishops, is expected to be released for America Act provides an example in December. for the future, according to the chairman of the USCCB Committee In other action Nov. 17, the bishon Domestic Justice and Human ops approved a $144.5 million budget Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Chicago Development. for 2010, representing an increase of works on his laptop computer during the U.S. less than 0.2 percent over 2009, and “It was a good example of how bishops’ general meeting in Baltimore Nov. 17. a 3 percent increase in the diocesan we as a conference can work together assessment to support the work of the to have a positive influence on legUSCCB in 2011. They also approved a prior- operational plans” for offices and departments islation,” said Bishop William F. Murphy of ity plan titled “Deepen Faith, Nurture Hope, of the USCCB for the next two years. Rockville Centre, N.Y., in a report to his fellow Celebrate Life” and a series of “strategy and In a 219-4 vote the bishops have approved bishops. He spoke after the bishops gave their a revision to the directives that guide Catholic endorsement to the cardinal’s statement. The fact that House members knew the health care facilities. The revision clarifies that Fla. Speaking in New Orleans Nov. 5, Rabbi patients with chronic conditions who are not bishops wanted to see health reform succeed David Dalin, author of “The Myth of Hitler’s imminently dying should receive food and as long as it was abortion-neutral “allowed us Pope: How Pius XII Rescued Jews from the water by “medically assisted” means if they to be heard in a number of different areas,” the Nazis,” said British author John Cornwell’s cannot take them normally. bishop added. characterization of Pope Pius “as the most Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New In electronic voting Nov. 17, the bishops dangerous churchman in modern history, elected chairmen-elect for five committees: York delivered a report on the activities without whom Hitler might never have been Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis, of Catholic Relief Services. He praised able to press forward with the Holocaust,” Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and CRS, the U.S. bishops’ overseas relief and belies the facts. “In fact, nothing could be Vocations; Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond BISHOPS APPROVE, page 9 further from the truth,” Rabbi Dalin said in a lecture at Tulane University. “An historically accurate assessment of the role of Pope Pius during the Holocaust leads to exactly the opposite of John Cornwell’s false and malicious conclusions in his book ‘Hitler’s Pope.’” “Pius XII was not Hitler’s pope, but rather a protector and a friend of the Jewish people at a time when it mattered most,” the rabbi added. (CNS PHOTO/BOB ROLLER)
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USF president draws lessons for today in homily honoring martyred Jesuits The following is an excerpt from the homily delivered in El Salvador. She wrote about Kata, a 10-year-old by University of San Francisco President Stephen Privett Salvadoran girl, who “knew more about life than I or at a Mass Nov. 16, honoring six Jesuits and two women any other 21-year-old college student I know. She told me things happen for a reason, and that she knew I was murdered in El Salvador 20 years ago. there because God had led me there. Kata Today’s first reading declares that did not have a mother, but she believed Jesus is “the image of the invisible God.” that she was blessed to have a loving In other words, if you want to see God, grandmother. She taught me that instead look at Jesus. Where do we see God in of asking God for what I don’t have, I the dying Jesus of today’s Gospel? We should thank God for all that I do have.” catch a glimpse of God in the mercy and The student goes on to say “I discovered compassion Jesus extends to the ultimate there (in El Salvador) a desire to become reject, a criminal condemned to death. In an instrument of peace and love, a desire the midst of his own death throes, Jesus to change the world…” That desire was responds – as he had throughout his life of God. God called this young woman – to a cry for help from the most despised from college companions to a motherless and marginalized of individuals. We see child in El Salvador. in Jesus the God who identifies with the Today is, for us, a privileged moment so-called “dregs of society”: prostitutes, to celebrate our call to be God’s comlepers, criminals, cripples, the addicted and the deranged. We see in Jesus the Father Stephen Privett, S.J. passionate love, to accept the role that we are called to play in God’s timeless God who hears the cries of the poor. In this Gospel, we see forgiveness, compassion and hope struggle against the power of darkness in our world; offered to one whom society condemned to death. We to let ourselves be touched by human suffering so that God’s power may work through our lives as it did see God. To be moved to action by human suffering is to be through that student and through the lives of the women touched by God. In the face of our insecurities and and men we celebrate this morning. Today we particularly remember Julia and Celina fears, to offer ourselves to the weak and the powerless is to “image the invisible God.” To leave the safety of Ramos and our colleagues and brother Jesuits Ignacio the high branch to be in solidarity with the poor and the Ellacuría, Segundo Montes, Nacho Martín-Baró, Joaquin marginalized is to be liberated from the power of dark- Lopez y Lopez, Arnando Lopez and Juan Moreno. They were university people who did the research, conducted ness however it masks itself in our lives. A student – perhaps one of you – left the comforts of the surveys, collected the data, hosted the forums, gave her college campus to experience life among the poor the talks, taught the classes, wrote the articles and reports
that told the truth about the real enemy in El Salvador: poverty and repression, not communism. Their academic work unmasked the lies that justified the pervasive injustice and continuing violence that was El Salvador. They advanced proposals for a just peace and a more humane social order in the face of violent opposition and threats that did not silence them. As human beings, academics and persons of faith they felt obligated to serve the truth, and for this they were killed. They were killed because they would not stop telling the truth about El Salvador; Julia and Celina were killed so that they would not tell the truth about the murder of the six Jesuits. We remember these men and women today, not for their sakes but for ours. We tell their story and celebrate their lives so that we never sell our souls on the cheap; so that our faith remains firm in the God who came down from the high branch to become flesh and dwell among us still; so that we resist those forces that would have us feather our nests far from the cries of the poor and God’s gentle touch; so that this university’s teaching, research and outreach address the actual world as it unjustly exists and help reshape it light of the Gospel; so that we dare the dream that produced these martyrs who made their university an instrument of justice and a sign of hope. May the courage and conviction of our brothers and sisters whom we remember today be ours. May we, like they, image the invisible God as we go about the stuff of our lives. Let us go now to the table to share bread and wine and the dangerous memory of Jesus and of the martyrs whom we celebrate at this liturgy.
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low-income families improve their lives and communities, to seek justice and to defend their dignity,” the statement said, adding that in the nation’s current economic conditions it is needed “now more than ever.” “All CCHD grants are carefully reviewed at both the national and diocesan levels and are approved by the local diocesan bishop. No group that opposes Catholic social or moral teaching is eligible for CCHD funding,” it said. The CCHD Web site, www.usccb.org/cchd, includes background on when CCHD was founded, information on the collection and how grants are distributed. “If any CCHD-funded group violates the conditions of
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Legionnaires really are after form the post’s three core commitments: education, vocations and medical assistance. Gerold said every one of the post’s members is committed to getting a college education or furthering that education if they already have an undergraduate degree. The post has partnered with a number of local colleges and universities, including the University of San Francisco, where Gerold himself graduated with a master’s in business administration. Gerold said the post has worked to secure scholarship funds for veterans seeking higher education. Gerold was interrupted several times during his interview with Catholic San Francisco to take calls regarding residential accommodations for veterans. Post 911 has three dedicated vans emblazoned with the group’s publicity photo that provide vets free transportation for post activities, trips to university admissions appointments and job interviews. Or rather, career interviews. On that last point, Gerold is adamant. “We don’t want jobs for our veterans,” Gerold said. “We want jobs that lead to career paths. That’s what is critical.” On the medical side, Post 911 takes a holistic approach. Not only does the group work to ensure veterans are properly cared for physically, but emotionally and psychologically as well. Gerold said vets battling the after-effects of war shoulder the added burden of the stigma attached to mental health problems like post-traumatic stress disorder, which he prefers to call “combat stress” to distinguish it from PTSD experienced by non-veterans. Despite the challenges, he said the soldiers can win the fight. “The ‘Greatest Generation’ came back and had tremendous combat stress,” Gerold said, referring to veterans of World War II. “It was called ‘shell shock.’ Many worked through it. Most of us do, through the support of church, family, whatever that person needs.” To that end, veterans’ families form the post’s extended family. Though they remain a part of what is traditionally called the auxiliary and hold separate meetings as required by Legion by-laws, Lt. Col. Debra Roesler, president of the auxiliary 911 unit, said the post makes no distinction. “We try to promote the entire Legion family,” said Roesler, who as a retired Army officer and the wife of an Army officer, is a member of both the post and auxiliary. Roesler is one of several women in leadership positions at the post. The post itself is roughly 10 to 15 percent female, according to Gerold, and Roesler said the leadership roles
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she and other female post members have taken on have been “The reception they got was disgraceful. So I ask them, a clear sign of a break with tradition. help me prevent what happened to you from ever happen“When you have me out there, it promotes a positive ing again.” image for female veterans, which may have been lacking Gerold said that regardless of how one feels about the wars in previous Legions,” Roesler said. in Iraq and Afghanistan, the honorable treatment of veterans Gerold said the post’s focus on and their families should be a sepafemale veterans has paid off. rate issue. He called for sustained “I believe women have always effort on the part of Democratic and been the force behind great moveRepublican policymakers to care for ments and great ideas, and we’re returning soldiers. attracting them like bees on honey,” “With many, it stops with a bumhe said. per sticker and a handshake,” Gerold Roesler served in Kuwait, Egypt said. “I am really concerned with and Qatar, and now in retirement both parties, that they do the right her day-to-day work with the unit thing and not just when the cameras involves getting help for veterans at are pointed at them.” risk due to combat stress, economic As for the public, Gerold said hardship, difficulty readjusting to most want to help returning vets life outside the military or other regardless of their position on the factors. war, but often do not know how. “We don’t want to be an organi“Everyone’s got a good heart, zation that only talks to them one they want to do what’s right,” Gerold time,” Roesler said of the veterans. said. “We can show them how to “When we do talk to someone, we help veterans.” want to get them help.” Post 911 Commander Sgt. Matt It is that help and understanding Shea told Catholic San Francisco for veterans that Gerold said was the public should learn to make the lacking in a previous conflict, the distinction between politicians who Army Capt. Michael Gerold Vietnam War. The captain speaks make the decisions about military to groups of Vietnam vets reguengagements, and the soldiers on larly, and he said their frustration with their treatment has the ground simply doing their duty. prompted many to devote time and money to seeing Post “The soldier is not politician or a policymaker,” said 911 succeed. Shea, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the U.S. Army “I want to correct one of the worst tragedies in American Special Operations force. “That’s piece really needs to be history, in my opinion, and that was the treatment of veter- driven home.” ans and their families after the Vietnam War,” Gerold said. For more information, visit www.legionpost911.org.
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Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange celebrate Jubilees
Celebrating their 80th and 25th Jubilee are Sisters Agnes Marie Schon and Maria Lai.
Celebrating their 60th Jubilee (left to right): Sister Mary Drew, Sister Clare Oldfield, Sister Adele Marie Korhummel, Sister Betty Foubert, Sister Kathleen Marie Pughe, Sister Frances Quiroz, Sister Helen Szekely, Sister Martha Ann Fitzpatrick, Sister Dorothy Anne Yee, Sister Caritas Gorski, Sister Claire Olivier and Sister Marie Jeannette Ansberry.
Celebrating their 70th Jubilee (left to right): Sister Agnes Therese Duffy, Sister Anne Therese Allen, Sister Marie Delina Nadeau, and Sister Anna Louise Leveille.
Celebrating their 50th Jubilee (left to right): Sister Mary Bernadette McNulty, Sister Monique Gautier, Sister JoAnn Tabor, Sister Nadine McGuinness, and Sister Barbara Jean Lee.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange have a rich heritage in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The congregation began teaching at St. Mary’s Chinese Mission in 1921. Since then, numerous Sisters have ministered in the Bay Area, including the now-closed All Hallows School (formerly St. Jeanne d’Arc until 1946), Corpus Christi School, Notre Dame d’Victoires School, Our Lady of Perpetual Help School and University of
San Francisco. Countless music lessons and other ministry in the neighborhoods accompanied the congregation’s ministry of education. A number of students entered the congregation and returned to teach at their alma maters. Today, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange still live and work in the city, administrating senior housing, providing presentations and retreats, advocating for corporate respon-
sibility, providing professional and ministerial support to six schools through the CSJ Educational Network, and yes, still teaching at St. Mary’s Chinese School. Recently, the Sisters of Orange celebrated Jubilees marking years of religious life for the Sisters pictured here. To read reflections from Sisters celebrating their Jubilee anniversary, please visit www.csjorange.org.
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in priestly and episcopal ministry – fidelity, or faith, as the word translates in Greek, prudence and goodness. “Fidelity is not fear, but rather is inspired by love and by its dynamism,” said the pope, as quoted by Archbishop Sambi. “Faith demands to be passed on; it was not given to us merely for ourselves, for the personal salvation of our souls, but for others, for this world and for our time.” As to prudence, the pope said it demands “humble, disciplined and watchful reason that does not let itself be blinded by prejudices.”
At a Mass opening the conference, Cardinal George talked about the dynamics of conversion, noting that the saints, in particular, lived lives of constant conversion. “In considering personal change, in contemplating conversion, we ask ourselves: when does prudent accommodation become betrayal of principle?” he said. “And when does faithful devotion to principle become obstinacy? Perhaps the answer to those questions comes only from within the relation that binds us in intimacy to Christ himself.”
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Haiti Journal: On the migration trail
November 20, 2009
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“Once someone exists, they will always try to find a better way”
By Rick DelVecchio
Bishop Chilby Langlois
Roselene Joseph
They also argue that a more human rights-based stance on mobility will better prepare developed as well as undeveloped nations for the next cycle of economic growth. At an international migration forum in Athens Nov. 3, the Vatican’s representative, Archbishop Augustino Marchetto, called for “a search for new solutions at the international level, in addition to local ones” that reflect the changes in global labor markets.”
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ap-Haitien, Haiti – I’d never seen so many people working so hard with so little to show for it. We arrived in Haiti’s second-largest city late on a Friday afternoon. The main highway through town was at full roar. Fighting for space were buses, trucks and cars packed with families and young men. Motorbikes found every seam between bigger vehicles. Young males on foot made a third claim for room, forming a moving mass in the central intersection as traffic picked its way through. I strained to find one place that looked, for all the commotion, as if it might signal organized economic activity. Sidewalk shopkeepers lined both sides of the street, offering sparse handfuls of packaged goods, a few pieces of battered-looking produce, recycled auto parts, bamboo poles. I looked for a transaction, some sign of buying and selling. I couldn’t see one. I wondered what the young men forming the human traffic jam had been doing all day and what they had lined up for tomorrow. I wondered what the people in the vehicles crowding the highway had to show for their day’s efforts. And the merchants: Had they sold anything? Being in Haiti, did they have any reason to believe they would? I was a first-timer in Haiti and went there assuming I’d see the harm that extremes of corruption and dependency can do to the human spirit. I knew Haiti had the hemisphere’s worst poverty, worst governance and longest story of futulity. I’d been prepared to look into faces and see listlessness if not hopelessness, slowing down if not giving up. Instead, I found a high-energy people persevering in a place where their exertions seemed almost guaranteed not to change their external conditions. The Haiti I saw was too disorganized to offer hope, but the Haitians I met were too spirited to be hopeless. “Haitian people, regardless of what you see, want to have a better life,” said Farid Moises, a Haiti project manager for Catholic Relief Services. “They will do whatever they can to make something of themselves.” I went where Haitian perseverance is at its most intense: on, and over, the border with the Dominican Republic, Haiti’s poor but better-off neighbor in an uneasy relationship on a crowded island. I saw Haitians taking risks not only in search of a better life, which most aren’t destined to find, but also in search of a greater claim on human dignity than they have a right to expect in their own country. Cross-border transit is a growing global reality. Some 200 million people are on the move from places of want to places of relative wealth. Of these, 1 million to 2 million are Haitians abroad in the Dominican Republic, a number that has doubled in 10 years. In addition, there are a billion people moving inside their own borders. Often they flock to frontier towns like Ouanaminthe, Haiti, looking for work or a chance to cross for a season or for good. The tidal shift of labor brings growing humanitarian concerns with it, among them an increase in trafficking and smuggling and heightened tensions as nations’ rights to protect their borders clash with migrants’ human rights. Advocates for migrants’ rights say immigration policies should be more sensitive to humanitarian issues. They worry that a rising wave of undocumented migrants and increasing resistance from host nations is a recipe for abuse, despite a host of international conventions protecting the rights of people in transit regardless of their status.
Pope Benedict XVI spoke on the issue at the 6th World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees, which was held at the Vatican Nov. 12. “Migrations invite us to focus on the unity of the human family, the value of acceptance, hospitality and love for others,” the Holy Father said.
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Johnny Rivas
I went to the Haiti-Dominican border to see the humanitarian response to migration as much as the impulse that drives it. I met people of conscience who had formed a chain of way stations, islands of civil society, on the migration road across two troubled countries. Some are members of Catholic dioceses in both countries and other Catholic organizations such as the global aid network Caritas Internationalis, the Jesuits and the Sisters of St.
John the Evangelist. Others are Haitian, Dominican and international workers who in some cases risk their own safety to defend human dignity. Through them, I witnessed the Gospel’s tangible force. “In the Church,” said Bishop Chilby Langlois of Haiti’s Diocese of Fort-Liberté, “we believe that once somebody exists they will always try to find a better way to live.” I met at least two other people of faith who had become so outraged by the hate and victimization they saw that they had acquired the moral authority to shake up people in high places. “I like to defend and that’s why I’m defending the lives of others,” said Johnny Rivas, 29, a former farm worker turned labor rights defender and a frequent witness in cases involving exploitation and violence. “I believe in God, I believe in what I’m doing, and God gives me a will to help the others.” An anti-migrant group threatened Rivas and his wife in 2007, prompting international outrage and a new-found respect for Rivas among high-ranking Dominican authorities. Denisse Pachardo Rodriguez, a secular member of the Nuestra Señora de Altagracia order, defends poor children who are at risk of being preyed upon by international sex tourists in a Dominican Republic beach town. One of her feats has been to challenge the authorities into setting a higher moral standard than the status quo would have them do. “As people, they care,” Rodriguez said. “As a person they would feel terrible revulsion. But as a person in the system, in their role they are kind of stuck.” The humanitarian workers I met reached out to people like Lucien, Roselene and a hurt young girl whose name I never knew. Lucien, a street kid who is nearly 15 but has the stature of a much younger boy, earns 50 cents a day shining shoes and is under the
protection of the Sisters of St. John the Evangelist, known as the Juanistas, across the border in Dajabon. The Sisters want to send him to school, but Lucien can’t go because he’s the oldest of six kids and has to take care of the family. His parents don’t have jobs. At the same time, Lucien is dealing with the effects of having been attacked on the Dominican Republic side of the border river while bathing. The United Nations is investigating the case. In a shantytown outside Ouanaminthe, I saw a young girl with an angry-looking lesion on her forearm. I learned it was from a cooking oil spill. The girl was lucky: She had been noticed by Juanistas who watch over the neighborhood as best they can, and she would get care the next week at the Juanistas’ infirmary in town. But there was no way of telling how long it had been since the girl was hurt, let alone how many other children in the neighborhood had even more urgent needs that no one could meet. I met Roselene Joseph, a welcoming woman in her 40s but looking much older. She lives in the neighborhood with her husband, Lemercier, and five of their children. The Juanistas are helping the Josephs with their basic needs, but it seemed there was very little that the Josephs could do to help themselves. Roselene, herself the product of a home where her mother died and her father wouldn’t take care of the family, told me she used to sell belts in Dajabon but the woman who supplied her died. In Roselene’s neighborhood, there was an overwhelming sense of too many mouths to feed and many more to come. “We don’t have enough food to feed then,” Juanista Sister Mazulie Monpremier said, “so of course they are hungry.” It’s hard to overstate the extent to which Haiti doesn’t work. That’s why Haitians like Lucien, Roselene and the hurt girl are pushed to the edges and over. The economic reality is that women and children,
At 6 on a Monday morning, above, Haitians get an early start on market day across in the border in Dajabon, Dominican Republic. At mid-morning, left, a full crowd streams through the gate. Below, a Haitian man does the work of a truck as he returns from the market with a load of cargo. Such bi-national markets on the frontier are a crucial part of the Haitian economy but are also denounced by human rights organizations as recruiting grounds for trafficking Haitians into the Dominican Republic.
seen as burdensome and disposable, are the first to be cast aside. Only three in 10 Haitians work in the formal economy. That’s some misery indicator, but I’d discover that it’s far from Haiti’s worst. The public schools reach fewer than two in 10 children. The roads are so bad that Catholic Relief Services’ new Haiti country representative, Karel Zelenka, says that an overland trip leaves him feeling “like someone is beating you up, literally.” Worse yet, 40 percent of Haiti’s population has no real access to basic health care. Simply put, Haiti can’t protect the physical integrity of its people. Haiti suffers from some of the world’s worst corruption combined with intense population pressure, Zelenka told me. There are always efforts internally and internationally to improve the civil society, but the need is so great that it can appear as if nothing gets better. “Whatever effort you make, it gets almost eaten up by population growth,” Zelenka said. “You are basically running to stand still.”
Catholic San Francisco Assistant Editor Rick DelVecchio and two other Catholic journalists recently spent eight days in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to report on migrants and refugees, whose vulnerability as they cross national borders in search of a better life is a growing humanitarian concern. The trip was organized by Catholic Relief Services. The itinerary highlighted CRS-backed efforts to aid migrants – efforts involving personal courage and risk by people in the Church and their beneficiaries. This is the first installment in a five-part series.
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Archbishop’s Journal Thanksgiving message: Saved, blessed, inspired by Faith Others, who do not share our faith in God, do not see life this way. Indeed we live in a time and a culture which sees life less and less this way. Increasingly, the vision of many folks, consciously or unconsciously embraced, is a kind of social Darwinism: “survival of the fittest” is the rule. It’s everyone for himself or herself. I’ve got mine and if you don’t have yours, tough. I’ve got mine because I’m smarter than you are, and I work harder, and I had better parents (who came to this country before yours did), and I had a better education, and I’m clever enough to make my own breaks and my own luck, and the people I identify with just have more going for them than yours do. By contrast, our own faith vision can lead us away from prideful, judgmental individualism to gratitude and praise to God. St. Paul says, in the Letter to the Colossians: “Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I continually thank my God for you.” But with gratitude and praise to God, we are only half way home in our living of the Christian faith. Jesus taught two great commandments, not just one, and faith in God and gratitude for his blessings leads us also to generosity to one another, to all, our neighbors. The more deeply we believe in God as Father and Jesus as brother, the more clearly and constantly and profoundly we will be aware of all around us as our brothers and sisters. This is a struggle for us; we are weak and tempted to selfishness, to selfcenteredness and self-absorption. Our sinfulness is very real. The more disconnected we let ourselves become from God, moment by moment, day by day, the more disconnected we will become from each other, especially the most needy and fragile and vulnerable among us. And let us not romanticize the faith vision of our brothers
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Honoring ‘Veterans Day’ On Nov. 10 I had dinner with a priest friend who serves as a chaplain in the Air Force Reserves. We were discussing the confusion about when schools, churches and businesses choose to celebrate Veterans Day, and my seminary classmate’s insights really made me think. One excellent point he made was that Veterans Day is not merely a chance to enjoy an extended weekend. Rather, the date itself is of particular importance because in 1918 an armistice “between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. ... Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls. The restoration of the observance of Veterans Day to November 11 not only preserves the historical significance of the date, but helps focus attention on the important purpose of Veterans Day: a celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.” This quote from the website of the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (www.va.gov) might encourage our Catholic schools and other institutions to honor the genuine date of Veterans Day, even as we already do for Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. The U.S. Congress back in 1926 suggested that “the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with
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and sisters in Christ. We are not called to spoil each other, any more than parents show love to their children when they spoil them. We need to challenge and confront sinfulness in ourselves and around us when Archbishop we are called to do so. George H. But that challenge and confrontation has nothNeiderauer ing to do with petty gossip and backbiting; with judging and condemning others in our minds or in our conversations; with “writing off” the struggles of others, especially those less fortunate than ourselves. Ten lepers were cleansed, healed. One believed, one “saw” his healing as a gift from God though Jesus Christ. He returned and gave thanks, and his Savior told him that his FAITH had been his salvation. Our faith brings us to Eucharist. We look at the altar and we see not just bread and wine, but the Body and Blood of Jesus who gave himself for us and now gives himself to us. We look at ourselves, at our lives, and we see not just accomplishments and acquisitions but blessings and gifts from God. Let us pray that this same vision of faith will continue when we leave the church and will help us to see the life of Father, Son and Spirit in one another and in those we meet. Then the faith that makes us grateful and generous will be our salvation too.
Advent The Advent wreath, with a candle marking each week of the season, is a traditional symbol of Advent, the beginning of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church. Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas. The First Sunday of Advent is Nov. 29.
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It’s obvious why the gospel reading from Luke about Jesus’ curing the 10 lepers is often chosen for our Thanksgiving Day Mass: it is all about gratitude and ingratitude, especially the gratitude of the Samaritan leper. Less obvious is the meaning of what Jesus says to the Samaritan leper: “Your faith has been your salvation.” Why “faith”? Why not gratitude or humility or thoughtfulness? Faith is a way of seeing – of interpreting life. The tradition of Thanksgiving Day began in 1621 because the early colonists in Massachusetts saw their survival as a blessing from God, a grace, or gift, not as good luck, or the product of their own talents, or the result of their superiority over others, or no more than they deserved for being such grand people. In the same way, nowadays some children are grateful to their parents for the care and love which they have lavished on them, and they want to love and care for a mother and father who have given so much of themselves to them. Other children are not so grateful, because they do not “see” things that way. Our faith in God helps us to “see,” to interpret life as a gift from God. As St. Paul says in his letter to the Colossians, we thank God “because of the favor that has been bestowed” on us in Christ Jesus, in whom we have been “endowed with every gift of speech and knowledge.” Indeed, as Catholic Christians we “lack no spiritual gift” as we “wait for the revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ.” In this faith vision, this faith way of seeing and interpreting our lives, everything we have or are is a freely given gift from a loving God, unearned by us, and thus not our achievement. These gifts are held in trust, and we are to use them as God wishes, not as we wish. We are not the masters and mistresses of our own lives: St. Paul again: “No one lives as his own master and no one dies as his own master – both in life and in death, we are the Lord’s.”
thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations.” My classmate’s comments made me aware of the great opportunities we have as Catholic leaders to refocus on the real meaning of this national holiday. God bless America! Father William E Brown, Pastor Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Daly City
The word Ms. Sears needed was “neutral”, not “neutered.” Let’s hope that most of us have a more positive than neutral image of God. Peggy G. Saunders Alex M. Saunders, MD San Carlos
The Bible ‘in context’
On the other hand
In her column, “Neutering God,” (CSF Nov. 13) Jane L. Sears states that “inclusiveness attacks the very core of Christian theology and attenuates our personal relationship with God.” This conclusion causes one to ask why this writer appears alongside some serious and worthy columnists. In her column, Sears has fallen into two common traps. She exaggerates the importance of her subject, and she uses a Bible reference as support for her argument – without having thorough understanding of the context. The Bible, arising in a paternalistic culture, will of course encourage a male image of a deity. Jesus had to use the language and context of the day to be understood. There is no more to it. Had Jesus lived in a maternalistic culture the references would have been to God the Mother. More to the point, both parental connotations may be damaging to a more mature image of God. What we know for sure about God deals with creation and maintenance of creation. It is because of feelings of helplessness and dependence on creation that we have a parental image of God. It is equally true that a good parent molds children to become less dependent. A successful image for today’s culture should perhaps show less emphasis on personal dependence, rather more a figure that encourages the human community to take total responsibility for our own actions. Having created intelligent life, God expects us to become co-creators, using our gifts to enrich and develop what we have been given. Of course, that is only our opinion and not that of a practicing theologian.
I can certainly relate to Jane Sears commentary of Nov. 13, “Neutering God.” Here in Sacramento we have had one church especially which seems to take God-neutering to an extreme level. Here are some phrases from the Gloria: “Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the maker....You are seated at the right hand of the maker.... with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Maker.” This is very objectionable. What gives these “liturgy” specialists the right to try to hide God as our Father? Jesus Himself referred many times to His Father and taught us the “Our Father.” Good grief! Laurette Elsberry Sacramento
Response to criticism
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The Catholic Difference
The Vatican and the Lefebvrists: Not a negotiation Prior to the opening of formal conversations between officials of the Holy See and leaders of the Lefebvrist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), which began on Oct. 26, the mainstream media frequently mis-represented these discussions as a negotiation aimed at achieving a compromise that both sides can live with. That was to be expected from reporters and commentators for whom everything is politics and everything is thus negotiable. Alas, similar misrepresentations came from “Vatican insiders” who suggested that the teaching of the Second Vatican Council was under joint review by the Holy See and the SSPX, which only made matters worse. Here is what’s going on here, and what isn’t. 1. The conversations between leaders of the SSPX and the Holy See are just that: conversations. These are not negotiations, for there is nothing to be negotiated; nor is this a dialogue between equal partners. On the one hand, we have the Bishop of Rome and those curial officials whose work is an extension of his papal office; on the other hand, we have a society of clergy who have been living in disobedience to the Roman pontiff for decades, and their lay followers, many of whom are more confused than willfully schismatic. The purpose of these conversations is to make clear what the Second Vatican Council taught (especially about the nature of the Church), to listen politely to what the SSPX has to say, and to invite the SSPX back into the full communion of the Catholic Church, which the SSPX broke in 1988 when Archbishop Marcel
Lefebvre committed the schismatic act of illicitly ordaining bishops without the authorization of the Roman pontiff (and against the direct, personal pleas of Pope John Paul II). 2. Despite what some “Vatican insiders” have said, these conversations do not represent a bold initiative by the Holy See; and despite the carping from the mainstream media, these conversations are not a craven papal concession to the demands of angry traditionalists whose dissent from Vatican II Benedict XVI is alleged to share. Rather, the conversations now underway are an act of pastoral charity by the Pope, who is quite clear about the settled doctrine of the Church and who wishes to invite all, including members of the SSPX, to adhere to that doctrine. Nor is this about mutual enrichment; it is not easy to see how the Catholic Church is to be theologically enriched by the ideas of those who, whatever the depth of their traditional liturgical piety, reject the mid-20th century reform of Catholic thought of which Joseph Ratzinger was a leader. The Pope is under no illusions on this score; his purpose is to invite the SSPX back into full communion, thus preventing the schism of 1988 from becoming a permanent wound in the Mystical Body of Christ. 3. The issues to be engaged in these conversations do not involve liturgy; the Pope has addressed the legitimate pastoral needs of SSPX clergy and SSPX-affiliated laity by his decree allowing the unrestricted use of the 1962 Roman Missal. The real questions have to do with other matters. Does the SSPX accept the teaching of the Second Vatican Council
on religious freedom as a fundamental human right that can be known by both reason and revelation? Does the SSPX accept that the age of altar-andthrone alliances, confessional states, and legally established Catholicism is George Weigel over, and that the Catholic Church rejects the use of coercive state power on behalf of its truth claims? Does the SSPX accept the Council’s teaching on Jews and Judaism as laid down in Vatican II’s Declaration on Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate), and does the SSPX repudiate all anti-Semitism? Does the SSPX accept the Council’s teaching on the imperative of pursuing Christian unity in truth and the Council’s teaching that elements of truth and sanctity exist in other Christian communities, and indeed in other religious communities? Those are the real issues. Conversation about them is always welcome. Those who confuse conversation with negotiation make genuine conversation all the more difficult. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Twenty Something
Wild-rice wisdom: letting up and slowing down It was a difficult decision for the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa to suspend its wild rice harvest last fall. The Native American tribe in northern Minnesota shepherds Nett Lake, the world’s largest wild rice lake. Its harvest is a source of pride, identity, revenue and renown. To forgo an entire ricing season marked a major setback. But the growing conditions had been poor – cold weather, little rain – and the tribe’s Department of Natural Resources, Conservation Committee and spiritual advisor agreed it would be best to close Nett Lake, allowing the un-harvested rice to reseed the lake for the benefit of future crops. “This is disappointing news,” the tribal chairman told a reporter, “but we have to remember that nature runs in cycles.” He was right, and last year’s prudence allowed for this year’s prosperity: the best harvest in more than a decade. The lake yielded more than one million pounds of rich wild rice. I got to see the large, colorful grain on a trip this week. I have been working mornings and nights, weekdays and weekends, and my getaway up north felt overdue. It wasn’t a long visit, but my packing revealed a desire for retreat: a journal, a prayer book, an Anna Quindlen novel, an Anne of Green Gables soundtrack, and a few blank greeting cards with Maya Angelou quotes and a dusting of gold. I thought about the resistance Bois Forte must have faced
in canceling a ricing season, the trumping of long-term benefits over short-term demands, the abiding respect for nature’s cycles. And I took a couple days off with no guilt. It may seem counterintuitive, but the tribe’s skipped season makes the case convincingly: rest ensures a more fruitful harvest. So I enjoyed the scenery – the amber leaves, the leaping deer, the sense of autumn gracefully bending to winter. After a hot bath and a long sleep, I woke before the alarm sounded feeling refreshed. I returned to an email from a colleague. “It feels like we’ve been going a million miles an hour lately,” she wrote. As I scrolled through my favorite blogs, I paused at a fellow twenty-something’s post. “There hasn’t been much down time,” it began. “I kept thinking it was going to slow down eventually, but I think it’s not.” The word “down” jumped out at me – slowing down, craving down time. So much of our daily grind is about being up: We wake up, stand up, show up, speak up, hurry up, follow up, buck up, clean up, check up, cheer up, change it up. Maybe we all just need a little more down. This month’s readings urge us to step back from “the anxieties of daily life” to “be vigilant at all times,” because workaholics will miss the Lord’s coming. Our Holy Father echoes that message on his annual
summer vacation, when he plays piano and strolls through the pines. Down time, Pope Benedict XVI has said, provides “an opportunity to draw closer to the Lord in prayer and thanksgiving.” It is the perfect Christina way to draw into the season and mindset of Capecchi Thanksgiving. When I slow down, I can move beyond the year’s obvious blessings, the baby and bride who joined our family on the same September day, to relish the details: the way my grandma coos when she holds Abigail Grace, the way my dad smiles when Jodie walks into the room, the way our hearts keep expanding. “Thank you” is the simplest, sweetest prayer. So slow down and sing it out. Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn. Email her at christina@readchristina.com.
Consider This
Pro-life success sparks bitter resentment How could anyone have missed those scores of mitered, crosier-carrying prelates as they stormed the steps of the U.S. Capitol in an apparent coup the first Saturday of November? Didn’t happen? Well, that conclusion could certainly find support from the stories and comments the day after the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill with an amendment restricting abortion. Cries went up: “Bishops strong-arm House;” “Who gave bishops veto power?; Bishops hijack health care reform.” The events which provoked the knee-deep hyperbole of outrage bring to mind the title of that Jimmy Breslin book: “How the Good Guys Finally Won.” What did happen is that the U.S. bishops made a most effective use of those tools available to them and to all citizens: the right to petition and to lobby Congress. The House passed a health care reform bill with continued restrictions on funding of abortions. The other side is in a high state of dudgeon. From now on, the attacks will be vicious, bordering on the bigoted KnowNothing rhetoric of days of yore. Expect ad hominem charges bordering on slander to be leveled at church leaders. Catholics will be portrayed as selfish, narrow-minded people willing to sacrifice a health care reform act for narrow beliefs. “The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops apparently is running the U.S. government, aided by a cadre of ‘faith-based advocacy groups,’ the House Democratic leadership, the White
House and members of the Senate,” wrote Jodi Jacobson on the RH Reality Check Web site. “Do we live in a theocracy?” she asked. “I want to know ... why are the bishops running the country.” House passage of its version of health care reform legislation by a 220-215 vote is just the first step. The bill will go to the Senate, undoubtedly ending up in conference committee to resolve the differences between the two versions. In late October, the House was preparing one of many bills to be the vehicle to carry health care reform. The bishops found all bills “seriously deficient” on the issue of abortion and conscience and pledged to oppose them unless there was a change. They sent a bulletin insert to 1,900 parishes nationwide, asking Catholics to contact their U.S. representative and senators to support an amendment to incorporate long-standing policies against federal funding for abortion and in favor of conscience rights. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., offered an amendment to prohibit the use of federal funds to pay for abortion, including barring abortion coverage from insurance plans which consumers purchase using government subsidies. After late-night negotiations with USCCB representatives, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowed the amendment to come to a vote. It was the normal legislative process: Contact legislators to make views known, encourage constituents to make known their viewpoint and some involvement in late-night hardball politics. Apparently it was the success of the method that so upset pro-choice groups.
An example of this came from Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, who said the bishops were “able to hijack the health care reform bill in their dedicated attempt to ban all legal abortions in Stephen Kent the United States.” “An unconscionable power play” was Richard’s take, correct on the noun, wrong on the adjective. The bishops, she said, are “intending to put their own ideology in the national health care plan.” Of course they are. Not that Planned Parenthood is known for refraining from forcing its agenda into legislation. Jon O’Brien of Catholics for Choice warned: “There will be nothing that doesn’t meet the myriad litmus tests prescribed by a small group of men who don’t represent American Catholics, let alone the America populace.” Then why all the worry about a small group of noninfluential men with just a small group of followers? Stephen Kent is retired editor of archdiocesan newspapers in Omaha and Seattle.
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Solemnity of Christ the King
Scripture reflection
Daniel 7:13-14; Psalm 93:1, 1-2, 5; Revelation 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL DN 7:13-14 As the visions during the night continued, I saw one like a Son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; when he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him, the one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship; all peoples, nations, and languages serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed.
DEACON MICHAEL MURPHY
A different kind of king A
RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 93:1, 1-2, 5 R. The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. The Lord is king, in splendor robed; robed is the Lord and girt about with strength. R. The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. And he has made the world firm, The Solemnity of Christ the King honors not to be moved. Christ’s sovereignty over all persons, Your throne stands firm from of old; families, nations and the universe. from everlasting you are, O Lord. This icon depicts Christ enthroned. R. The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. the Lord God, “the one who is and who Your decrees are worthy of trust was and who is to come, the almighty.” indeed; holiness befits your house, A READING FROM O Lord, for length of days. R. The Lord is king; he is robed in THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN JN 18:33B-37 majesty. Pilate said to Jesus, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this A READING FROM on your own or have others told you about THE BOOK OF REVELATION me?” Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? RV 1:5-8 Jesus Christ is the faithful witness, the Your own nation and the chief priests handed firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings you over to me. What have you done?” Jesus of the earth. To him who loves us and has answered, “My kingdom does not belong freed us from our sins by his blood, who to this world. If my kingdom did belong to has made us into a kingdom, priests for this world, my attendants would be fighting his God and Father, to him be glory and to keep me from being handed over to the power forever and ever. Amen. Behold, he Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here.” is coming amid the clouds, and every eye So Pilate said to him, “Then you are a king?” will see him, even those who pierced him. Jesus answered, “You say I am a king. For All the peoples of the earth will lament this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who him. Yes. Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
s a teacher, I’m always fascinated when I’m off campus and run into my students, especially the real young ones. Most of the time, they are absolutely amazed to see me. I’ll be shopping or getting gas when I’ll notice kids whispering and pointing in my direction. I’m a bit taken aback, not sure whether to feel like Brad Pitt or an alien from Mars…though I usually choose the Brad Pitt option. When I talk to them, the more courageous ones who haven’t scurried away, they almost always express surprise that I actually have a real life. I think they believed that when school ended each day, I just sort of froze, waiting for them to return so we could do it all over again. They expected to see me one way, and weren’t quite sure what to do when they saw me in another. I think all of us, to some extent, are like my young students. We’re used to dealing with people within a certain context. When we encounter someone in unusual or unexpected ways, we’re often at a loss on how to react. Having grown familiar with people, we’re thrown for a loop when they step outside whatever convenient box we may have put them in. Life may be easier and more manageable when everyone and everything fits nicely into our preconceived notions, but people are far too nuanced to ever truly have them pegged. This happens with Jesus as well. For instance, I’m comfortable seeing Him as shepherd, teacher, or friend. These titles allow me to understand and relate to our Lord, to go to Him in my need and to share my life with Him. But I struggle at times with the image of Jesus as King. To me, a king is powerful and remote, disconnected from those He governs. Kings rule from lofty palaces and seldom concern themselves with the lives of their subjects. The idea of developing a relationship with a person of royalty is ludicrous. The image I have of Jesus is not easily reconciled with the image I have of kingship. But on this Solemnity of Christ the King, Jesus shows a king very different from what we might expect, helping us understand Him in new and radical ways. He is a king who chooses humility over glory. He is a king who chooses service and sacrifice over strength and domi-
nance. He is a king who chooses a cross over a throne. He is a king who chooses love over power, every time. He is a king who chooses us, without exception and without condition, each and every moment of our lives. He is also a king who takes us places we never dreamed we could go. Yet unlike other kings, Jesus doesn’t do this through force or authority. Instead, having walked in our shoes and seen into our hearts, He relies on tenderness and love, empathy and compassion. He truly understands our challenges and our pain. Jesus lost people that He loved, was abandoned by his friends, suffered the agony of the Crucifixion. He knows the loneliness of broken relationships, the despair of unrealized dreams, the hopelessness of serious illness. Having survived and triumphed over the darkness, He guides us now during the toughest times of our lives. Instead of commanding or issuing orders, Christ the King carries us and tenderly wraps his loving arms around us. Recognizing our needs, He takes us to a place of consolation and safety, than remains by our side. In doing so, Jesus welcomes us into His Kingdom, a Kingdom of peace, tranquility and joy. This Kingdom is made real and present not because armies have marched or navies have sailed, but because our King has loved us and shown us how to love each other. Christ’s Kingdom grows each time we laugh and play with our kids. His justice takes root each time we seek the truth and follow our conscience, no matter how hard it might be. His mercy becomes the law of the land whenever we’re patient and kind, generous and forgiving. The Kingdom of God bursts into existence all around us because Christ the King trusts us to do the right things at the right times for the right reasons. This King blows away our expectations. He’s not the King that we might expect, but the one for which we hope and pray. This is a King that we can understand, that we can embrace, that we can follow. This is a King that we can love. Deacon Michael Murphy serves at St. Charles Parish in San Carlos.
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A mystical image for service When the young French mystic, Therese of Lisieux, was trying to explain her vocation, she referred to a soul-searing insight that was once given her: One Sunday, looking at a picture of Our Lord on the Cross, I was struck by the blood flowing from one of his divine hands. I felt a pang of great sorrow when thinking this blood was falling on the ground without anyone’s hastening to gather it up. I was resolved to remain in spirit at the foot of the Cross and to receive its dew. ... I don’t want this precious blood to be lost. I shall spend my life gathering it up for the good of souls. ... To live from love is to dry Your Face. At one level, this can be seen as an image of simple excess piety, an over-pious young nun sitting in a chapel, admiring a crucifix and getting emotionally over-wrought in an imaginative scene of Jesus being abused and crucified. But this is a metaphor, a mystical image, and a very challenging one. When Therese of Lisieux speaks of Christ here she is referring not just, nor even primarily, to the body of the historical Jesus, but to the body of Christ in this world. Christ is still suffering and blood is still flowing from his face and his hands in many parts of our world. One of our tasks as Christians, and simply as human beings, is to, metaphorically, notice that blood, gather it up, and properly honor it. The Christian task, always, is to stand at the foot of the cross and gather up its dew so that this preciousness is not lost.
How do we do that? • When Amnesty International, or any group or individual dedicated to justice, goes to war-torn and violent parts of our world, documents the violence there, and lists publicly the names of all those who have been made to disappear, they are standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up. • When a nun leaves the safety and security of her own country and community and travels to Sudan to be with women who are being raped and documents their stories, she is standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up. • When a friend on a playground rushes in after an incident to console the vulnerable young person who has just been humiliated by the school bully, she is standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up. • When a man, like Greg Mortenson, steps out of a life of privilege and comfort to risk everything, including life itself, to build schools in the most rural parts of Pakistan so that young Muslims, especially young Muslim women, can receive an education, he is standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up. • When men and women dedicate their lives to working
with the mentally disabled so as to help enable the lives and dignity of those whose talents are different, they are standing at the foot of the cross, Father receiving its dew, Ron Rolheiser and hastening to gather it up. • When an idealistic young person joins the peace-corps, or becomes a missionary, in the sincere desire to help someone who is less privileged, he or she is standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up. And ... • Whenever any of us takes time at our place of work or in our home to listen to that wounded soul who has worn out everyone’s patience with complaints and whining reminiscences, we are standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up. SPIRITUALITY FOR LIFE, page 15
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Joseph Elsbernd, educator and principal at St. Thomas More School “Joe Elsbernd was a unique individual,” Maureen A memorial Mass was celebrated for Joseph Thomas Huntington, superintendent of schools for Elsbernd, longtime principal of San the Archdiocese of San Francisco, told Francisco’s St. Thomas More Elementary Catholic San Francisco. “His sense of School, at San Francisco’s St. Paul Church humor was fast and relentless and things Nov. 14. The educator died Nov. 10 after a he said often raised eyebrows. Joe cared long fight with cancer. deeply about his students and their families. A graduate of St. Paul Elementary He loved his job, and he loved being the School – where he later was principal – principal. Joe worked tirelessly to build a St. Ignatius College Preparatory, and the new gym for St. Thomas More School. Joe University of San Francisco, Elsbernd has many lifelong friends and colleagues. served in schools of the Archdiocese of San Many of the teachers and staff members Francisco for 40 years, the last more-than at St. Thomas More have worked with Joe 20 years at St. Thomas More. Elsbernd also for more than 20 years. His dedication and served as principal at San Francisco’s nowloyalty to his friends and family are evident closed St. Michael Elementary School and Joseph Thomas Elsbernd in the things he did every day. Joe Elsbernd St. Benedict School in Oakland. He earned was truly one of a kind! He will be missed by all who know a Lifetime Service Credential from USF in 1979.
him, worked with him, and cared about him over the past 64 years of his life.” “Joe Elsbernd was a distinguished principal of St. Thomas More School for 24 years,” said Msgr. Labib Kobti, pastor, St. Thomas More Church. “Under his direction the school became famous in the Archdiocese of San Francisco for its academic excellence. As a principal he was also like a father to many of his students.” A memorial Mass for Elsbernd will be celebrated at St. Thomas More Church Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. according to Msgr. Kobti. Survivors include Elsbernd’s wife, Margaret, son, San Francisco Supervisor Sean Elsbernd (Jennifer) and, daughter, Meghann Jo. The family requests that remembrances be made to the St. Thomas More School Building Fund, 50 Thomas More Way, San Francisco 94132, or the St. Paul’s Preservation Fund, 221 Valley St., San Francisco 94131.
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of the one being crucified. Mostly it goes unnoticed, with no one hastening to gather it up. Our task, like that of Therese of Lisieux, is to notice, and the make sure that this preciousness does not go unnoticed, unmarked, without its proper honor.
■ Continued from page 14 • Whenever any of us makes the effort to listen with empathy to that frustrated friend, colleague, or sibling, who is wrapped-up in jealous frustration because his or her life has not turned out as he or she had dreamed, we are standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up.
• Whenever any of us notices another’s achievement and sincerely congratulates and blesses him or her on that success, we are standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up. • Whenever any of us, empathically, pray for all those people in this world whose dreams are being crushed and who are suffering the martyrdom of obscurity and anonymity, we are standing at the foot of the cross, receiving its dew, and hastening to gather it up. • Blood still flows from both the hands and the face
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‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ – entertaining animation for youngsters and adults in which his otherwise placid behavior suddenly gives way to a frenzy of mindless eating, from which he emerges slightly dazed, hint at the capacity of human passions and appetites to overwhelm the necessary restraints of civilized life. While the violence on view here is strictly of the cartoon variety, situations of peril – including the fate of Mr. Fox’s tail – may be too much for the littlest. As for a fleeting, supposedly humorous reference to Mrs. Fox’s youthful indiscretions by which, we learn, she became known as the “town tart,” the moment is entirely out of keeping with the otherwise unobjectionable proceedings, and might have warranted a more restrictive classification but for the value of the fable as a whole. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-I – general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG – parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
Reviewed by John Mulderig NEW YORK (CNS) – A reformed predator in the animal world of rural Britain suffers a midlife crisis in the droll stop-motion animated adventure “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (Fox). The result – a touch of menace and a single questionable joke aside – is a parable rich in sophisticated family entertainment, with abundant fun for youngsters and a few insights into the tensions and paradoxes of human nature for adults. Director and co-writer (with Noah Baumbach) Wes Anderson’s clever, lovingly crafted adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1970 children’s book finds its titular vulpine character (voice of George Clooney) torn between his respectable life as newspaper columnist and family man – with caring but pragmatic Mrs. Fox (voice of Meryl Streep) and slightly quirky son Ash (voice of Jason Schwartzman) depending on him – and the memories of his wild past as a chicken thief poaching on local farms. Abetted by his daring nephew Kristofferson (voice of Eric Anderson, the director’s brother) and possum pal Kylie (voice of Wally Wolodarsky), Mr.
Fox resumes his raids. But the infuriated response of a trio of mean-spirited farmers (voices of Michael Gambon, Robin Hurlstone and Hugo Guinness) – who resort to ever escalating countermeasures – eventually threatens not only the Fox clan, but their whole burrowing community. Underlying the gentle domestic comedy generated by Mr. Fox’s inept attempts to deceive his spouse about his backsliding – Ma Fox, like Alice Kramden of “The Honeymooners” before her, knows her
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Advent Opportunities Dec. 3, 10, 17 7 p.m.: “Three Advent Guides” with Father David Pettingill and Karen Kelly at St. Emydius Church, Ashton off Ocean Ave. in San Francisco. Message will focus on hope and hearing the Word plus a picture presentation of the events and personalities of Advent. Donation of $20 admits to all three presentations. Call (415) 587-7066. Dec. 6, 2 p.m.: “The Choirs and Musicians of St Bartholomew Parish present their annual Christmas Concert. Program features Vivaldi’s “Gloria.” Soloists, Festival Choir, Contemporary Choir, Children’s Choir, and Faith Formation Choir will perform. Free will donations appreciated. Church is at corner of Alameda de las Pulgas and Crystal Springs Road in San Mateo. Dec. 6, 2:30 p.m.: Concert featuring voices of Nativity Parish in Menlo Park and other singers at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, 320 Middlefield Rd. in Menlo Park. Tickets are $20 adults/$15 seniors. Call (650) 323-7914. Dec. 6, 7 p.m.: You are invited to a spectacular and dramatic presentation of scripture, light, and movement when Michael Reardon prayerfully and powerfully proclaims The Advent Narratives, directed by Patrick Lane. A reception will follow the event. No charge. Good will offerings accepted. St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Rd. in Redwood City. Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.: Simbang Gabi commissioning Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. at Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William Justice will preside. Call (415) 6997927 for more information.
Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at grosskopf@usfca.edu (415) 422-6698. Dec. 4-6: Marriage Help - Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi) has helped tens of thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. This program can help you too. For confidential information about or to register call (415) 893-1005 or email: SF @RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com
Year for Priests Events November 22, 2 - 4 p.m.: Sisters of the Holy Family will have prayer, “talking story” and celebration of the newly canonized St. Damien of Molokai at their Motherhouse 159 Washington Blvd., Fremont. Holy Family Sisters went to Hawaii in 1947 and are grateful for this opportunity to honor the Hawaiian people with whom they have ministered over the last 62 years. A photo display related to the ministry can be visited that day or from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the week. Contact Sister Victor at (510) 624-4500.
Good Health The National Association of Catholic Nurses is hosting information session for a newly forming local council. Information sessions will be held on Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon in San Rafael and 4 to 6 p.m. in San Francisco; Dec. 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Menlo Park. The organization is open to RNs, LVNs, and nursing students. For more information or to register, contact Mary Ann Haeuser at haeuser@sbcglobal. net or at (415) 454-0979.
Taize/Chanted Prayer 1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; young adults are invited each first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides light refreshments and networking with other young adults. Convenient parking is available. For information contact mercyyoungadults@sbcglobal.net. Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113. 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.: Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd in Fremont. Contact Maria Shao at (408) 839-2068 or maria49830@aol.com or Dominican Sister Beth Quire at (510) 449-7554 or beth@ msjdominicans.
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Dec. 7, 7 p.m.: St. Charles Parish, 880 Tamarack Ave. in San Carlos, presents nationally known Catholic comic, Doug Brummel, in his one-man character-changing show “Lighten Up!” Brummel and his cast of characters are reminiscent of Red Skelton and Carol Burnett. The performer aims to help all generations connect their faith into everyday life. “Bringing everyone together to celebrate the gifts of our faith and our family life is what it is all about,’ the married father of five said. Doug has performed the program more than 700 times around the nation. Admission is free and all are welcome. For further information call St. Charles Parish at (650) 591-7349 or e-mail nfarrant@stcharlesparish.org. You can also visit www.dougbrummel.com for more on the actor.
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1500 Old Mission Rd. in Colma, (650) 756-2060 Dec. 12, 11 a.m.: Christmas Remembrance Service, All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, Father John Talesfore, pastor, St. Mary’s Cathedral will lead the prayer service. Come to remember and be comforted as you share time with others who are grieving this Holiday Season. Rite includes inspirational music, time for reflection and an opportunity to share in a “Memory Tree” Service.
Reunions Nov. 20, 11 a.m.: Annual lunch of class of ’45 from St. Ignatius High School at the Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia St. in San Francisco. Call Jack Campbell at (650) 583-1882. Dec. 5, 5 p.m.: Class of ’54, St. Cecilia Elementary School. Contact Don Ahlbach at (650) 348-5577 or dahlbach@pacbell.net or Mary Rudden at (415) 824-7695 or maryellenrudden@ comcast.net.
Arts & Entertainment Nov. 20, 21, 8 p.m.; Nov. 22, 3 p.m.: “My Three Angels” at Mission Dolores Auditorium, 16th and Church St. In San Francisco performed by Mission Dolores Theater Arts Group. Tickets are $6 adults and $3 for children, students and seniors. Visit www.missiondolores.org
Special Liturgies Simbang Gabi, a novena in anticipation of Christmas, will be prayed at the following churches at dates and times noted. Please call (415) 699-7927 for further information. Dec. 15-23: 5:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Pillar (650) 726-4674; 5 p.m. at Church of the Epiphany, (415) 333-7630; 6:00 p.m. at All Souls (650) 871-8944; 6:30 p.m. at St. Veronica (650) 588-1455; 7 p.m. at Corpus Christi (415) 585-2991 and Mater Dolorosa (650) 583-4131, St. Andrew (650) 756-3223, St. Elizabeth (415) 468-0820, St. Timothy (650) 342-2468; 7:30 p.m. at Holy Angels (650) 755-0478, Our Lady of Mercy (650) 755-2727, and St. Augustine (650) 873-2282. Dec. 16-24: 5:30 a.m. at Holy Name Church (415) 664-8590, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help (650) 755-9786; 6 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist (415) 334-4646, St. Patrick, San Francisco (415) 4213730, and St. Stephen (415) 681-2444; 6:30 a.m. at Visitacion (415) 239-5950. Three day events: 7 p.m. at St. Isabella (415) 4791560 on Dec. 20, 22, 23 and at 5 a.m. at St. Bruno (650) 588-2121 on Dec. 22, 23, and 24.
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Chorale with the Orchestra of St. Catherine at (Nov. 20) St. Raphael Church, 1104 Fifth Ave. in San Rafael, and (Nov. 21) at St. Paul Church, Church and Valley St. in San Francisco. Tickets are $10 and $5 for students and seniors. Children 12 and under free. Call (415) 482-3579 or visit www.duwbc.org. Nov. 21, 8 – 10 a.m.: Mercy High School, San Francisco’s Santa’s Pancake Breakfast & Pictures in Barrett Hall, 3250 19th Avenue in San Francisco. Breakfast Ticket are $5. Pictures with Santa are $5. E-mail events@mercyhs.org or call (415)334-7941 Nov. 21, 10a.m. – 4 p.m.: Mercy High School, San Francisco’s 14th Annual Holiday Boutique in McAuley Pavilion, 3250 19th Avenue in San Francisco. Admission is free. E-mail events@mercyhs.org or call (415) 334-7941. Nov. 21, 22, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Holiday Boutique sponsored by St. Peter Women’s Guild, 700 Oddstad Blvd, Pacifica. Choose from among more than two dozen vendors with a wide variety of handcrafted gifts, holiday decorations, and unique children gifts. Available from the snack bar are soup, sandwiches, hot dogs and hamburgers, hot and cold drinks and homemade desserts. Nov. 20, 21, 22: 2009 Boutique at St. Michael’s Hall, 1000 Alameda de Las Pulgas in Belmont behind Immaculate Heart of Mary Church with parking in rear. Friday, 5 – 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Contact Mary Morrissey Parden at (650) 593-2197, ext. 21 or mmparden@aol.com. Visit http:// ihmschoolbelmont.com/home/fashion2009.php Nov. 21, 22, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Holiday Boutique sponsored by St. Peter Women’s Guild, 700 Oddstad Blvd, Pacifica. Choose from among more than two dozen vendors with a wide variety of handcrafted gifts, holiday decorations, and unique children gifts. Available from the snack bar are soup, sandwiches, hot dogs and hamburgers, hot and cold drinks and homemade desserts. “Christmas Around the World”: Notre Dame Elementary School’s annual fundraiser, Christmas at Ralston, consists of two holiday luncheons and an evening Gala with silent and live auctions plus raffle drawings for eight beautiful, hand-decorated Christmas trees. Emcee/aucitoneer is comic Bob Sarlatte. Luncheons are Dec. 1 and Dec.2 at noon. The Gala is Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. All events are in historic Ralston Hall Mansion, 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont. Luncheon tickets are $50. Gala tickets are $75. Contact Jodie Penner at jpenner@nde.org or (650) 591.2209 for more information. Dec. 6, 1 – 4 p.m.: Loyola Guild Christmas Boutique and Tea in Carlin Commons at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, 2001 37th Avenue, San Francisco. Tickets are $35 per person. Make checks payable to the “Loyola Guild” and mail reservations to Caroline Smith, 1643 Beach St., San Francisco 94123. Call (650) 303-1256 for more information.
Vocations Dec. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: The California Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) invites single men, ages 18 to 45, to a “Come and See” event held at Loyola House Jesuit Residence, University of San Francisco, Lone Mountain Campus, 2600 Turk Blvd., San Francisco. This informal gathering enables men who would like to explore a possible vocation to religious life, serving as a priest or brother, to get to know the Jesuits. Event includes prayer, Mass, vocation stories and other talks from Jesuits (priests, brothers and men in formation), Q&A session, and lunch. Reservations encouraged. Contact Joe Frias, S.J. at jojo4_frias@hotmail.com or him at (310) 621-9674. For more information, contact Br. Jim Siwicki, S.J., Vocation Director, at jsiwicki@calprov.org or call (408) 884-1613.
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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of October HOLY CROSS COLMA Anthony F. Abela Sidonio C. Alves Donald M. Andersen Douglas C. Anderson Casimir “Cas” L. Antosik Mary Elizabeth Bachnick Robert L. Barr Baby Leslie Barragan Mary Elizabeth Barry Dr. Louis F. Batmale Richard S. Bersamin Frank Anthony Bilton Randy G. Bobila Maricela K. Boyer-Nava William C. Byrne Bernarda L. Calagos Gerald T. Callaghan Michael J. Callero Amanda Arostegui Carcamo Margaret H. Carroll Agnes Cassidy Gloria Dellanini Clark Artemia J. Clomera Rev. John A. Coghlan Ana Cordero Leonida C. Damaso Julia E. Damon Barbara Jean Davis Vivian R. De Ceoursty Virginia A. de Guzman Lucia V. Delara Richard P. Desanto Denis Desmond Erick F. Diaz Robert E. Donohue,Sr. James M. Dunnings Maurice Elario Willard L. Emery Dianne Marie Ericsson Doroteo Estiqueta Mary A. Farrelly Paul B. Fay, Jr. Shirley A. Ferrando Frances C. Fischer Wan F. Fong Regina D. Forbes John D. Fortina Ana Luz Gonzalez Lee V. Heise Carmel A. Henning
Hipolito Henriquez Raymond V. Holland Derna B Howard David P. Ionko Vivian A. Jebe Domingo Jimenez Rosalinda Jones Anne Lucille Kantor Suzanne Kast Ruth G. Kavanaugh Janet Malcolm Kearns Florence A. Keighran Alfred F. Kong Rose K. Lo Victoria J. Lopez Richard A. Losh, Sr. Justine F. Marcelli Mary C. Martin John N. Martocci Georgette Matossian Gene May Ardeen V. McCarthy Richard B. McDonnell Sr. Mary Eleanor McGloin, PBVM John Joseph McKeown Laurence J. Meehan Carlos M. Melendez Anne I. Mendoza Corina Elizabeth Montalbo Lidia Morales B. Timothy Murphy William Musante Clare A. Nelson John B. O’Brien Mary M. O’Connor Joseph O’Neill Garrett M. O’Reilly Marie Jeanne Pagadoy Ignatius G. Passantino Martha Avila Perez Natividad R. Poquiz George John Pozzi Ned E. Pretel Derna Quilici Ramon Ramirez Mary G. Reichhold Frank Ricca, Sr. Audrea F. Ross Gloria Ruggeri Reuben Paul Santos Helen J. Scurlock Pauline Ann Secreto
Lu Anne Skonecki Maria Leticia Sosa Nellie J. Soudah Violet E. Sozzi Frank L. Spadarella Edgar A. Spiteri Narciso L. Susbilla Shirlee Ann Swadley Olga M. Sylvester David Michael Taliva’a Chin Wan Tan Anna Tezak Ella Steen Thompson Hermine M. Tittiger Slava John Tochilin Edward F. Towers Charles J. Vassallo Edwin Jesus Flores Villanueva Robert A. Vitaliano Michael Joseph Walsh Vilma S. West Geraldine F. White Elaine M. Wieland Mary Wuydts Diane K. Zink
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OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR James O. Moritz
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma First Saturday Mass Saturday, December 5, 2009 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Rev. Charles Puthota, Celebrant
Christmas Remembrance Service Saturday – December 12, 2009 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Rev. John Talesfore, Officiating
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