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Archbishop says humanity must build a future ‘free of nuclear threat’ BALTIMORE (CNS) – The path to the elimination of nuclear weapons will be “long and treacherous,” but humanity “must walk this path with both care and courage in order to build a future free of the nuclear threat,” Baltimore Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien said. Speaking Feb. 3 to international leaders at the Global Zero Summit in Paris, Archbishop O’Brien cited the Second Vatican Council’s condemnation of “total war” and the council fathers’ skepticism of “deterrence” as a way to lasting peace. “Every nuclear weapons system and every nuclear weapons policy should be judged by the ultimate goal of protecting human life and dignity,” Archbishop O’Brien said, “and the related goal of ridding the world of these weapons in mutually verifiable ways.” A copy of his text was released to the media. Archbishop O’Brien, who served for a decade as head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services before being appointed to the Baltimore Archdiocese in 2007, said the goals of just-war teachings are to “reduce recourse to force and to restrain the damage done by war.” He noted that just-war teachings assert that the use of force must be discriminate, with civilians and civilian facilities preserved from direct, intentional attack. The use of force must be proportionate, he said, with the overall destruction not

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outweighing the good to be achieved. It also must have a probability of success, he said. “The real risks inherent in nuclear war make the probability of success elusive,” Archbishop O’Brien said. He pointed out that nuclear war is rejected in church teaching because it “cannot ensure noncombatant immunity.” He added that the likely destruction and lingering radiation brought on by nuclear war would violate the just-war principle of proportionality. “Even the limited use of so-called mini-nukes would likely lower the barrier to future uses and could lead to indiscriminate and disproportionate harm,” Archbishop O’Brien said. “And the continuing possession of nuclear weapons undermines nonproliferation efforts and contributes to the danger of loose nuclear materials falling into the hands of terrorists.” The archbishop called on the U.S. to focus on the “next steps” in eliminating nuclear weapons. “This requires the successful negotiation and ratification of a START follow-on treaty with the Russian Federation, the ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and the adoption of a nuclear posture that rejects the first use of nuclear weapons or their use against non-nuclear threats,” he said. (START stands for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.) Archbishop O’Brien said the Catholic Church’s opposition to nuclear weapons is not new. NUCLEAR THREAT, page 13

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Deacon Peter Boulware serves Holy Communion at the 19th World Day of the Sick Mass, held Feb. 6 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The congregation of 300 was made up of the sick and their caregivers. Archbishop George H. Niederauer was principal celebrant. Pope John Paul II instituted World Day of the Sick in 1992. He marked the first World Day for the Sick, in 1993, “as a special occasion for growth, with an attitude of listening, reflection, and effective commitment in the face of the great mystery of pain and illness.” The cathedral Mass, in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes, was hosted by the Order of Malta Western Association, USA, based in San Francisco.

Prelude to Lent 2010: By his wounds ‘we are healed’ In a prelude to the start of the 2010 Lenten Season on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer, in his homily at a Mass for the World Day of Prayer for the Sick, Feb. 6, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, said, “The very sufferings of Christ are redemptive, healing, and life giving. That is the mystery of the Cross of Jesus Christ. That is the effect of the Paschal Mystery, in each of us and for all of us together as Church.” The full text of the homily by Archbishop Niederauer follows: Many Americans pride themselves on being rugged individualists, on being able to “go it alone.” Still, there are some things that all of us admit we cannot do alone: no one can get married alone, and no one can be in a friendship alone. Also, you cannot be a church all by yourself. While he was proclaiming the Kingdom of God, Jesus Christ taught us and showed us that we need each other. Moreover, we need to be needed. In describing the Last Judgment, in Matthew’s Gospel, the 25th chapter, our Savior famously said: “The King will say to those on his right hand, ‘I

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was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’” How does all this apply to the World Day of Prayer for the Sick? Jesus Christ comes to us in the hungry, the stranger, the sick person, so that we can love and serve him in them. Also, Christ comes to those in need through us; he loves them and serves them through us, if we let him do so.

Some may ask, “Is this not merely a vague, spiritually romantic thought?” No, to make it very real and down to earth, the Church sets before us, front and center, the life, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Saint Paul said of his work as an apostle, “I preach nothing but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” In particular, on Good Friday each year, at the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, the first reading is from the prophet Isaiah, Chapter 53, the same words as our first reading today. We are told that the Savior would grow up “with no attractive appearance,” that he would be “spurned and avoided,” “a man of suffering.” However, he would be the source of our salvation because he “bore our infirmities, was pierced for our offenses, was crushed for our sins,” so that by his wounds “we are healed.” The very sufferings of Christ are redemptive, healing, and life giving. That is the mystery of the Cross of Jesus Christ. That is the effect of the Paschal Mystery, in each of us and for all of us together as Church. In fact, St. Paul says a startling thing in his letter to the Colossians. He says:

“Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, the Church.” Paul is not saying that the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is incomplete or inadequate. Rather Paul is saying that he – and we – can unite our suffering and sacrifices with those of Christ for the work of salvation. Make no mistake: Christians are not in love with suffering – we do not glamorize, romanticize it or seek it out. However, neither do we run from it, nor do we interpret it as a sign of God’s anger or rejection. Because the Son of God became human with us in Jesus Christ, and embraced everything about being human, including suffering and death, and through his very suffering, death and resurrection merited forgiveness of sins and eternal life for us –because of his saving action, every human experience except sin has meaning and purpose and value in Christ. This is a revolution in values that is still going on, and still being struggled with, twenty centuries after Jesus Christ WE ARE HEALED, page 7

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Archbishop George Niederauer presided at the installation of Father Thomas Parenti as pastor of St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Sausalito Dec. 13. A full church assembly of parishioners, clergy and religious witnessed the event. From left: Father Paul Rossi, pastor, St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael, and former St. Mary Star of the Sea pastor; Father Parenti, Archbishop Niederauer, and Father Eugene Duggan, pastor emeritus of St. Mary Star of the Sea, who retired in 1994.

Where You Live By Tom Burke Marianist Brother John Samaha marked his 60th year as a religious in 2009. He is a native of San Francisco – raised and still very loyal to St. James Parish and the youngest of four children. His sisters are Mildred Samaha who continues to make her home in St. James Parish, and the late and much-missed Holy Family Brother John Sister John Marie and Mission Samaha, SM San Jose Dominican Sister John Dominic. Brother John first met the Marianists as time during which she “made a private vow of virginity.” elementary school teachers at St. James and entered the After retiring from teaching in 2005, she “began to feel congregation following graduation from St. Ignatius drawings to a deeper spiritual life” and in 2006 began College Preparatory in 1948. He professed vows in to live a “more contemplative life.” She said reading 1949. He went on to earn an undergraduate degree at the about Catherine Wright’s consecration in Catholic San Marianists’ University of Dayton and a graduate degree Francisco last spring helped her take the final steps to her promises on Jan. from the Catholic 21 culminating what University of America she called “a 24-year in the nation’s capital. quest to be admitted to In the Archdiocese of the Order of Virgins.” San Francisco he has According to the webserved at Archbishop site of the United Riordan High School, States Association of the Department of Consecrated Virgins, Catholic Schools, and the women number is a former president 3,000 around the world of the Archdiocesan and 150 in the United Pastoral Council. In States. They serve in more recent times he professions including has been a welcome accountant, medical contributor to Catholic doctor, university proSan Francisco. Now fessor, firefighter, and in residence at the psychologist. “Now that Marianist Center in I am consecrated, I Cupertino, Brother John “These St. Ignatius Prep students graciously stocked am happily a desigcontinues to write on the kitchen supplies at one of our newest programs,” nated intercessor for topics concerning the said Catholic Charities CYO’s Gabrielle Slanina. the needs of the world, Blessed Mother and From left: Abby Otto, Nikki Narvaez , and Jessica and especially for our Eastern Catholic churchSerrato, with faculty advisor, John Mulkerrins. Archdiocese and its es…. January 21 began clergy,” Margaret said. a new vocation for retired school teacher and former religious, Margaret Visit www.consecratedvirgins.org …. Hearts were in Flipp, who, in rites at Nativity Church in Menlo Park, the right place over Advent when members of the Block was admitted to the Order of Virgins. Margaret left reli- Club at St. Ignatius College Preparatory made a gift of gious life in the mid-80s to care for a disabled sibling, a $1,500 worth of kitchen supplies to Catholic Charities

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By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) – A new study about the effectiveness of abstinence education is good news for those who teach the topic, but it also could be too little, too late. Abstinence educators welcomed the study published in the February issue of “Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,” a monthly journal. The study showed that young teens who were given an abstinenceonly message were significantly more likely to delay having sex than those who received a more comprehensive sex education. The research has been getting attention because it is said to be the first rigorously conducted study demonstrating the effectiveness of an abstinence-only program. It was released just a week after the Guttmacher Institute published a study showing that America’s teen pregnancy rate rose 3 percent in 2006 after a 10-year decline. How the Guttmacher data is interpreted seems to depend on one’s position. Some blame the uptick in the number of teen pregnancies on the use of abstinence-only programs, but advocates of abstinence education say there are a variety of social and cultural factors in play. Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association, called it a “simplistic charge” to “naively lay wholesale blame on abstinence education as the cause for higher teen birth rates.” A week later, when the abstinence study was released, Huber seemed more upbeat, saying the study “verifies what we’ve known intuitively all along, which is that abstinenceonly education is a very important strategy to help young people delay having sex.” The abstinence study used random trials involving a group of 662 African-American sixth- and seventh-graders. Only about a third of the group who completed an absti-

nence-education program started having sex within the next two years, researchers found. Nearly half of the students who attended other classes, including ones that combined information about abstinence and contraception, became sexually active. John Jemmott, the lead author of the abstinence study and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, said he doesn’t want either side of the issue to read too much into the research. “This is one study,” he said, adding that he hopes it will spur other researchers to design similar studies with different populations in order to have “a body of evidence.” Judith Vogtli, director of ProjecTruth, an abstinence-education program run under the auspices of Catholic Charities of Buffalo, N.Y., is all for more studies, saying she liked the fact that this study directly compared the effectiveness of different sex education approaches. “We’re not afraid” of more research, she told Catholic News Service Feb. 4, noting that those in the field know anecdotally that their programs work and that they welcome more proof. She also hopes studies such as this one will not just provide a boost for the abstinence-only movement but possibly enable them to regain federal funding such programs receive that is set to end this September under the Obama administration’s 2010 budget. The administration announced last year that it was cutting more than $170 million in annual federal funding for abstinence programs and instead was launching a $144 million pregnancy prevention initiative that would only fund only programs that have been shown scientifically to work. There is currently a measure in the U.S. Senate to restore about $50 million to abstinence education, but its passage is uncertain.

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According to the National Abstinence Education Association, more than 130 programs around the country – serving roughly 1.5 million youths – could be affected by the cut in federal funding. Vogtli, whose program has been offered at Catholic and public schools since 2001, said it has “been in (financial) jeopardy” since it started and will not be able to continue without federal funds. She is not about to give up though, urging those who visit the program’s Web site – www.ccwny.org/projectruth – to write to congressional leaders and push them to reinstate funding for abstinence education. “There needs to be public outrage about this – as there was with health care,” she said, noting that the youths who could benefit from the programs should not be “political pawns.” Government funding for abstinence education began in 1982 and expanded

in 1996 as part of welfare reform. In recent years funds have come from the Adolescent Family Life Act, Title V of the Social Security Act and Community-Based Abstinence Education Program. Vogtli noted that when it comes to sex education, abstinence programs are “preferred in many communities,” and said parents should be given a choice in what is offered. Without federal funding, many of these programs will simply shut down, she said, although some have elaborate fundraising plans or hopes to get grants. “The field will continue,” she said, noting that many groups existed before there was federal funding. Some church groups have also said they will try to fill in the gap if abstinence-education programs decrease. Although Vogtli put up an optimistic front, she couldn’t hide her frustration. “It’s hard to understand how this money can be taken from our kids,” she said.

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Clinton, Obama reflect on faith at national prayer breakfast WASHINGTON (CNS) – In an address to the Feb. 4 National Prayer Breakfast, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recalled how her relationship with Mother Teresa began with conversations during the 1994 breakfast, when the founder of the Missionaries of Charity was keynote speaker and Clinton attended as first lady. That discussion behind the stage curtains led to a collaboration between Clinton and the Missionaries of Charity to open the Mother Teresa Home for Infant Children in Washington just over a year later, Clinton said as keynote speaker for this year’s breakfast. President Barack Obama also spoke at the breakfast, continuing a long-standing presidential tradition for the annual gathering. The several-day event draws thousands of people from around the world, including a broad representation from Washington’s political and diplomatic circles, but little of the proceedings are open to reporters. Noting that she has attended the breakfast as first lady, as a senator and now as secretary of state, through three presidential administrations, Clinton said her own heart “has been touched and occasionally pierced by the words I’ve heard.” Also, she said, “during difficult and painful times, my faith has been strengthened by the personal connections that I have experienced with people who, by the calculus of politics, were on the opposite side of me on the basis of issues or partisanship.” Clinton also talked about the role of religion in the world’s diplomatic realm, noting that each of the world’s major religions “got the same talking points and the same marching orders” to love one another and care for those who have the least. Yet, she said, “across the world, we see organized religion standing in the way of faith, perverting love, undermining that message.” In various places, religion is used to justify horrific violence, to deny human rights and to enshrine intolerance in law, she said. “It seems to be a rather dramatic identity crisis.” Clinton spoke at length about her relationship with Mother Teresa, describing getting a firm directive from the nun to work on the home for babies. “I know that we often picture, as we’re growing up, God as a man with a white beard,” said Clinton, according to a text released by the State Department. “But that day, I felt like I had been ordered, and that the message was coming not just through this diminutive woman but from someplace far beyond.” She described the giddiness with which Mother Teresa led her by the arm to tour the completed home “looking at

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NEW YORK – The last surviving Catholic general hospital in New York is enmeshed in a struggle to keep its doors open and fulfill its mandate to serve the sick poor. St. Vincent’s Hospital, a 160-year-old fixture of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, is the flagship operation of debt-burdened St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, which is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity and the Diocese of Brooklyn. Sister Jane Iannucelli, a Sister of Charity who is vice chairwoman of the medical centers, told Catholic News Service the hospital has been a leader in caring for the neediest and “people no one else wanted.” Sister Jane said the mission of the Sisters of Charity is to reveal God’s love as a share in the mission of Jesus. That is expressed at St. Vincent’s by caring for the sick poor and people with the greatest needs, she said. Reflecting on hospital namesake St. Vincent de Paul and Sisters of Charity founder St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Sister Jane said, “Those who have been leaders in living the mission have always gone where the need is greatest.” St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers carries $700 million of debt inherited after St. Vincent’s Hospital merged in 2000 with seven other Catholic hospitals in the metropolitan area. When most of the other facilities were closed or sold over the last decade, St. Vincent’s was left with legacy debt from the divested hospitals. It sought bankruptcy protection in 2005 and emerged from bankruptcy in 2007. It lost $80 million last year.

was independently verified Feb. 8. He praised “those who have taken risks in order to make the good news of today a reality.” He also asked “those with influence to do everything that they can to dissuade young people from following the destructive path of violence.” The Irish National Liberation Army, founded in 1974 following a split with the Irish Republican Army, was responsible for the death of more than 110 people during Northern Ireland’s decades of violence, known as “The Troubles.” Both armies fought for Northern Ireland to be reunited with the Irish Republic. Although the Irish National Liberation Army’s political wing, the Irish Republican Socialist Party, campaigned against the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, once the agreement was endorsed by referenda in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, the army declared a cease-fire. However, it continued to organize punishment beatings and shootings of members of the predominantly Protestant unionist communities in Belfast and Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

same time, he’s the only God who made himself visible by becoming a man in Jesus Christ. So we’re dedicating this new free journal to all seekers who know we can only see properly with our hearts,” he said. He said the glossy magazine, launched Jan. 27 with a print run of 200,000, was aimed at France’s 26 million declared Catholics and would “allow spiritual questions to exist in the public space.” Catholics make up 64 percent of France’s 60 million inhabitants, according to an end-of-the-year survey by the Catholic La Croix daily. The launch of L’Invisible, which is linked to the country’s Catholic La Vie weekly and Magnificat monthly, follows data showing a further decline in vocations in France. Fewer than a hundred priests were ordained in 2009 and only 4.5 percent of citizens, mostly past retirement, attend Mass regularly, compared to more than 25 percent half a century ago.

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DUBLIN, Ireland – News that Northern Ireland’s secondlargest paramilitary group had decommissioned its weapons might cause painful memories but should be welcomed, said the head of the Irish bishops’ conference. “Everyone who wishes for the long-term stability of our society can rejoice at today’s news,” said Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh, Northern Ireland, after the decommissioning of the Irish National Liberation Army

PARIS – A free Catholic magazine has been launched in France in what editors describe as an attempt to “meet the great spiritual expectations” in contemporary society. “At a time when religion is more than ever relegated to the private sphere, we hope to give the Christian faith a new visibility,” the magazine’s director, Jean-Baptiste Fourtane, said in the first edition of L’Invisible, dated Feb. 1. “God likes paradoxes – he’s invisible and, at the

LONDON – The excessive sedation of dying patients should be avoided because it denies them the opportunity of a “good death,” said a draft document issued by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. The document, “A Practical Guide to the Spiritual Care of the Dying Person,” said it is wrong to render patients in the last days of their lives either unconscious or semiconscious if it is not necessary for “effective symptom relief.” “This could deprive people of the opportunity to make a good death, setting things right as much as they can, making peace and saying their goodbyes,” said NEWS IN BRIEF, page 7

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■ Continued from page 6 the 29-page document designed to guide health care professionals and hospital chaplains. “It will rarely be the case that pain cannot be controlled without deep sedation,” it said, adding that “there is a compromise between comfort and lucidity, and different people will want to compromise at different levels.” The guidance, published Feb. 2, said it is important that the spiritual dimension of every patient is acknowledged in the care they receive. “Whether we are religious or not we can recognize that the human person is more than the sum of their physical parts,” it said. “If we fail to see this and honor it then we not only fail to respect a person, we do that person violence.”

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We are healed . . . ■ Continued from cover lived, died and rose from the dead. The values of the Kingdom of God, set forth in the Beatitudes that begin the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s Gospel, are as absurd to the world around us as they were on that hillside in Galilee when Jesus first spoke them: “Blessed are the poor, the meek, the sorrowing, and those who are persecuted for the sake of justice.” Kingdom values do not match worldly thinking. They never have and never will. That’s why our Gospel reading for today, Mary’s prayer, the Magnificat, is, in its way, so revolutionary. Consider the spiritual or moral revolution in Mary’s prayer: “My soul rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness” and has “dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.” Consider the social revolution in values as Mary prays: “God has thrown down the rulers from their thrones and has lifted up the lowly.” Consider the economic

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English seminary in Rome exhibits history of martyrs, persecution By Father Matthew Gamber ROME (CNS) – When Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Great Britain later this year, he will be greeted by lords and ladies and dignitaries of all kind, including Queen Elizabeth II and the British prime minister. There was a time, though, in 16th-century England, when a priest arriving from Rome had to disguise himself and sneak onto the island. If he was caught he faced certain death. The era of English priest-martyrs is prominently featured at Rome’s Venerable English College in an exhibit called, “’Non Angli sed Angeli’: A Pilgrimage, A Mission.” The title refers to a quip legend says was made by Pope Gregory the Great, “They are not Anglos, but angels,” when he first saw fair-haired English slaves in the marketplace of Rome and began sending missionaries to the British Isles in the 6th century. The exhibit tells the history of England’s religious relationship with Rome and the role played by the English College, which, opened as a pilgrims’ hostel around 1300. It is the oldest British institution outside of Britain.

Currently home to 22 seminarians and eight student priests from England and Wales, it became a seminary in 1579 to train priests for the English Catholic mission – an attempt to return Catholicism to England after the faith was banned. The college earned the title “Venerable” out of respect for the martyrdom of 44 former students, who between 1581 and 1679 went home to England and faced torture and death by decree of the Tudor monarchs during the English Reformation. “This exhibition focuses mainly on the Tudor era and the difficulties that the Roman Catholic Church experienced during the Reformation,” said Father Andrew Headon, the vice-rector of the college and organizer of the exhibit. Father Headon said today’s priests and seminarians at the college are working for Christian unity in England and that the exhibit is not intended to be divisive. Rather, he added, “the exhibit is meant to show simply how the seminary was born out of the English Reformation.” The exhibition includes a replica of a 16th-century London prison cell for priests and a display on the spies who tried to

infiltrate the college and learn the identity of the future priests, who themselves would make clandestine entries into England dressed as aristocrats, merchants and horse traders. Visitors can also experience what it was like to squeeze into a re-created “priest hole,” a hiding place built into a wall or under a staircase where a priest could hide during the search of a home that was suspected of harboring Catholic clergy. The first martyr of the college was St. Ralph Sherwin, who died along with the Jesuit priest St. Edmund Campion. When word of a new martyrdom reached the college, the seminarians sang a hymn of praise in the chapel under a painting of the Holy Trinity, which still hangs in the college’s chapel. During their “ad limina” visit to the Vatican in late January, the English and Welsh bishops visited the exhibit, housed in the crypt of the college’s newly-renovated chapel. Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster, president of the bishops’ conference, said that their visit to Rome was a visit to the threshold of the apostles, but also a visit to the threshold of the martyrs – the English martyrs – who began their journey at the English College.

Catholic teaching is not a list of ‘no’s,’ pope tells Scottish bishops By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Catholic Church has a positive vision of human life, marriage and family which must not be presented as a list of things the church opposes, Pope Benedict XVI told the bishops of Scotland. The Church’s “positive and inspiring vision of human life, the beauty of marriage and the joy of parenthood” are “rooted in God’s infinite, transforming and ennobling love for all of us, which opens our eyes to recognize and love his image in our neighbor,” the pope said. Too often, he said, “the church’s doctrine is perceived as a series of prohibitions and retrograde positions, whereas the reality, as we know, is that it is creative and life-giving.” Protecting human life at every stage of existence is a key

concern for the church, he said, and “support for euthanasia strikes at the very heart of the Christian understanding of the dignity of human life.” “The increasing tide of secularism” and modern approaches to medical ethics and to biotechnology, especially those involving human embryos, “give cause for great concern,” the pope said. “If the church’s teaching is compromised, even slightly, in one such area, then it becomes hard to defend the fullness of Catholic doctrine in an integral manner,” he said. The pope, who is scheduled to visit Scotland in mid-September, said one key to defending human life and the family in society is to help lay Catholics understand the teaching and their role in promoting it. “Sometimes a tendency to confuse ‘lay apostolate’ with ‘lay ministry’ has led to an inward-looking vision,” where lay people

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Jean Coster echoed James, saying the 10 people Sylace, 44, was trying not to drop the supplies being living in his family’s flimsy covering will be much delivered Feb. 5 and 6 by Catholic Relief Services better off now. to thousands of families forced from their homes by Boyd said the challenges facing hundreds of January’s earthquake. She gained control and made thousands of homeless Haitians is unlike any he has her way down a rocky hillside at the Petionville Club witnessed in more than six years of working in humanipath back to the small spot of land she, her husband tarian crisis situations. and their three children had occupied for more than CRS meets regularly with other providers of aid three weeks. – including Caritas Haiti and Caritas Internationalis, The new materials at least would provide better World Vision and the U.N. World Food Program – in protection from the elements, she said. what are called cluster meetings. The daily gatherings “When it rains I get sick and one of my sons gets sick,” she told Catholic News Service Feb. 5. “This Isaac Boyd, with Catholic Relief Services’ emergency response team, give representatives from the aid agencies the opportunity to discuss problems that arise, share information will keep us dry.” looks over packages containing rope that needs to be cut for 7,000 about growing needs in one part of the quake-affected The thousands of people in makeshift sheet camps shelter kits in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 5. The more sturdy shelters area or another, match agencies with the expertise they throughout the Haitian capital and beyond had been are to replace makeshift tents of sheets and cardboard at the golf offer and begin planning how to continue to address fortunate that very little rain had fallen since the course camp where an estimated 50,000 people are staying. the expected shift in the needs of homeless Haitians in earthquake. 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Oakland A’s baseball prospect trades in uniform for seminary By Jacqueline Gilvard Landry Voice correspondent When top Oakland A’s baseball prospect Grant Desme capped off a stellar minor league season by announcing his January retirement to join the priesthood, head-scratching reporters across the country clamored to ask him why. The 23-year-old California native, who will enter St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado this August, has capitalized on the surprising attention. In interviews with mostly-secular media outlets, Desme has explained his calling to readers, viewers and listeners far beyond the ballpark. “It’s almost miraculous,” Desme said. “God has definitely used this more than I could imagine.” Desme’s story is certainly compelling, given that the outfielder had just enjoyed a phenomenal comeback year after injuries benched him for much of the 2008 season. Among other accolades, he was voted A’s No. 8 prospect by Baseball Magazine and was named MVP of the Arizona Fall League, batting .288 for the year. There was even speculation that he’d be invited to big league spring training with Oakland. “But every time I prayed, I said ‘Is there something more, God, than just baseball?’” Desme said. “Even after I had a wonderful season – better than I ever could have expected – there still wasn’t a peace or really a sense of fulfillment.” Despite – and because of – the glare of attention, Desme said he feels peace now. “It has reinforced my decision because God has worked so much good through one little decision,” he said. The even-toned Desme said he’s staying grounded with loved ones’ support. “And I still make sure I get up and go to Mass every morning and try to get my Lectio Divina and my Rosary in,” he said. Desme said it will be nice to drop from the public eye when he enters the Abbey, a monastic community of Norbertine priests.

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He also rejected the option of playing for awhile before A spiritual advisor directed Desme to the Abbey, and he said he was drawn by its austere lifestyle and emphasis on entering the priesthood. When Jesus called St. Peter and St. liturgy and living in community. It will take nine to 10 years Andrew, he said, they “dropped their nets and left everything, right then . . . When God calls, you answer.” of study and formation before he can be ordained. For Desme, God’s call wasn’t a thunDesme said he had a devout upbringing derclap, but a tug he felt during prayer and in Bakersfield with his parents, younger in everyday events. Anyone feeling that brother and younger sister, who have been tug should investigate further, he said. “It “extremely supportive” of his decision. He doesn’t mean you have to be a nun or a priest grew up serving Mass at San Clemente or a brother,” he said. “Pray about it.” Mission Parish in his hometown, and Desme said that just considering a relithe family began attending St. Francis gious vocation “is a grace from God,” and Parish when the Latin Mass moved there. even if his pursuit of the priesthood falls Bakersfield is part of the Fresno Diocese. short, he doesn’t anticipate any regrets. After graduating from Bakersfield’s “In the end, going to the seminary would Stockdale High School, Desme attended help me be a better father and husband San Diego State and Cal Poly-San Luis anyway. Baseball wouldn’t (have done Obispo on baseball scholarships. that),” he said. The A’s drafted him in 2007 after his Brant Desme That’s not an indictment of the sport, junior year, but in 2008, Desme said, he began to feel the pull to serve God. His discernment ramped Desme indicated, and described the support of his teammates up while he sat out most of the season with shoulder and wrist and A’s management as “humbling.” He meets questions about the wild “locker room meninjuries, which he called “the biggest blessings in my life.” “Baseball ruled my life, so when that was taken away, tality” with charity. “It’s easy to point the finger at people that made me (think), why am I here on this earth if some- and say that [they’re] doing wrong, but you never know the thing that I love and have put so much effort into can end circumstances that they’re under,” he said, adding, “We’re sinners, also. You’re first responsible for your own soul.” one day,” he said. The uniforms will be a little different, but Desme feels the Desme also took an impromptu pilgrimage to Rome to see the exhumed body of his confirmation saint, Padre Pio. sports experience will actually help ease him into living in “The whole experience of Rome was really edifying and community with men. “I’ve been on a team my entire life.” Desme said he’s also easing into the Abbey by takhelped me love my faith and the Church,” he said. The 6-foot-2 Desme said he grappled with walking ing preparatory classes before he begins his four-month away from his talents. “God has blessed me with skills and postulancy—“the period of ridding yourself of the world talent as an athlete, but there is a higher good, and I would and getting used to living the life”—on the Feast of St. consider the skills and talents to be on the lower end of the Monica, Aug. 27. He’s not fearful about what “living the life entails,” except spectrum,” he said. As for suggestions that he stay in baseball to use the sport getting his voice ready for the Divine Office choir. “If things as a pulpit, Desme said, “Maybe the perception is athletes don’t get better than they are now,” he laughed, “whoever’s can help, but really the prayers of other people and the sacra- sitting next to me is going to be extremely holy for all the penance from how bad a singer I am.” ments that the priests give are what help sustain us.”

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Desme to join Norbertine Order’s St. Michael’s Abbey in Orange County By Jacqueline Gilvard Landry Voice correspondent St. Michael’s Abbey of the Norbertine Order, an autonomous, monastic community in the Southern California Diocese of Orange, was established in 1961, but its roots go back to 1121 when St. Norbert of Xanten founded the order at Prémontré in modern-day France. Members are Canons Regular who live in community and devote themselves to the solemn celebration of the liturgy, including Mass and the Divine Office, explained Father Ambrose Criste, novice master and vocations director. “So we’re singing all day, every day,” he said. Father Ambrose said there are 69 members, including both priests and seminarians, at the abbey. Today there are among approximately 1,200 Norbertines, also known as Premonstratensians, throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australia. The order follows the Rule of St. Augustine. The abbey was founded in Silverado (Orange County) by seven Hungarian refugees from the Abbey of St. Michael at Csorna, Hungary, who fled their country in 1950. They regrouped in California in 1957, and opened a permanent monastic community and novitiate in 1961 on the current site. In 1976, St. Michael’s became an independent Norbertine priory and was elevated to abbatial status by Rome in 1984. Abbot Eugene Hayes was elected in 1995. The course of study for the priesthood takes about 10 years, said Father Ambrose. Typically fewer than half who begin the process make it to ordination. Yearly up to nine men usually enter the seminary at St. Michael’s. “Already we’ve accepted three” he said, including former A’s prospect Grant Desme. Two others are in the process of completing their applications and several others have expressed interest. “We’ve received people into our monastery from all different walks of life—from the university, from very successful careers, from simple work lives—and everyone arrives here the same,” said Father Ambrose who left Oxford University before completing his Rhodes scholarship to enter the abbey. About half of the abbey’s confreres are from California, with the others coming from Canada, Mexico, Viet Nam, and the Philippines, Father Ambrose said. The abbey accepts men aged 18 through 30; the median age of current membership in the community is 42. “It’s a very young community,” he said. In addition to its liturgical emphasis, the abbey’s principal apostolate is its adjacent boys’ residential high school, St. Michael’s Preparatory School. Members of the order teach at the prep school as well as other high schools in the Orange Diocese and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Some are chaplains to elementary schools and two members serve as college chaplains. Seminarians lead an annual five-week boys’ summer camp on the abbey grounds. The priests say Sunday Mass at about 33 parishes. They also provide pastoral support to the Sisters of Tehachapi convent, which the abbey established in 1996 in the Fresno Diocese.

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St. Michael’s is also responsible for the administration of two parishes: St. John the Baptist in Costa Mesa and Sts. Peter and Paul in Wilmington. A community of Rosarian Dominican Sisters, based in the Philippines, have a convent at the abbey. They do the sacristy laundry and serve in the abbey kitchen. Because of increased vocations, the abbey has outgrown its property and is currently raising funds for an expansion project about 30 miles from the current site. It will include

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Archdiocesan educators’ conference tackles teaching and learning in 21st century By Tom Burke An Archdiocesan Educators Conference, sponsored annually by the Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was held at San Mateo’s Junipero Serra High School Feb. 5, with national speakers addressing the theme for the day: “Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century.” “It is a kindergarten through twelfth grade day and all Catholic schools – that is Archdiocese of San Francisco schools and private Catholic schools – are invited to participate,” Maureen Huntington, Superintendent of Schools, told Catholic San Francisco. “More than 1,000 teachers registered,” she said. “It is a great event for the teachers – the opportunity to see colleagues from other schools and share experiences, best practices, and challenges meeting the educational needs of the students we serve,” Huntington said. “Teachers look forward to this day each year. They hear nationally renowned speakers on various topics in education and about Catholic identity. The intent is to continually improve the quality and knowledge of our teachers which in turn improves the quality of Catholic School education our students receive.” The conference is organized by a Staff Development Committee, a board composed of teachers and administrators from Catholic schools in the Archdiocese, under the direction of Holy Names Sister Marianne Viani,

associate superintendent of schools for curriculum and school development Development committee member, Janet Shapiro, has been a member of the math faculty at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory for 32 years. In more recent times she has served primarily as Director of Professional Development at the San Francisco school overseeing a two-year program for new teachers. “It consists of much formal and informal support,” Shapiro said. “Those first few years can be very difficult.” The work includes some supervision, and observation, she said, as well as helping teachers attain necessary teaching credentials. “Get a lot of sleep,” is Shapiro’s first advisory for new teachers. “Take good care of yourself and take advantage of all the support that is available. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. We all know how hard those first few years are.” Cheryl Paynter has served for more than two decades at Larkspur’s St. Patrick Elementary School in roles including substitute teacher, school librarian and today eighth grade teacher. Certain classroom elements have remained the same during that time but change has also had its impact, Paynter said. “Children themselves and their needs of safety and security, and the instruction itself really haven’t changed,” she said. Change has come, she said, with technology and teaching methods. “There’s more interactive learning and

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Nuclear threat . . . ■ Continued from cover “Our church works consistently to defend the life and dignity of all: the unborn, the poor, the immigrant, and persons in every age and condition of life,” he explained. “This moral commitment to protecting human life led to the adoption and development of the church’s just-war teaching.” He pointed out that as a permanent observer to the United Nations, the Vatican has ratified the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty and actively participated in the treaty’s

Superintendent of Schools Maureen Huntington; presenter, Will Richardson, Sister Ann Bernard O’Shea, CSJ, principal, St. Raymond school in Menlo Park, at the Archdiocesan Educators Conference Feb. 5.

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Guest Commentary The true story If you rely solely on the mainstream media for your news, you’re in big trouble. Don’t get us wrong. In general, we think the press in this country is among the most professional, accurate and bias-free in the world, major recent cuts in resources notwithstanding. Most U.S. journalists work hard and strive to be objective. But that doesn’t mean that they don’t regularly and spectacularly fail. Take the coverage (or in most cases, lack thereof) of last month’s March for Life in Washington. For 37 straight years, tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers have descended on our nation’s capital in the dead of winter to march in commemoration of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. This year was no exception. Organizers estimated that a record 400,000 people, mostly college-aged, braved 45-degree weather to march Constitution Avenue in favor of life. According to eyewitness reports, counterdemonstrators were hardly to be seen. Not only would you not know that from the mainstream press, in many cases you would have gotten a completely different picture. An overview, from a search of their Web sites: The New York Times, our nation’s paper of record, didn’t give it a word. Nor did the Chicago Tribune. Nor did the Miami Herald. Nor did the Boston Globe. Nor did the Los Angeles Times (but it did have a blog post titled “Barack Obama celebrates birth of Roe v. Wade abortion decision,” about a presidential statement on the anniversary confirming his support for abortion rights). The Washington Post was fairer, reporting in a 670-word story that “tens of thousands” of pro-lifers marched, but it focused mostly on the recently failed health care reform bill that prtovided for taxpayer-funded abortions. Other media didn’t do better. CNN.com’s story began, “Abortion rights supporters and opponents hit the streets ...” and never mentioned that simply based on the preponderance of numbers this was a pro-life event. To add insult to injury, the photo accompanying it was of pro-abortion-rights demonstrators. Perhaps most egregious was a Newsweek blog item, posted five hours before the march began, which was titled: “Who’s missing at the Roe v. Wade anniversary demonstrations? Young women,” and went on to allege that the march route has become shorter because “the organizers are getting older,” in the words of a quoted expert. This despite the fact that most of the marchers were young adults, and included many women. It is a happy coincidence that February is Catholic Press Month, which we see as a celebration of a necessary alternative news source for Catholics. Here you will read the stories that are important to you and your formation in the faith – and, as was just demonstrated, that you very well may not read anywhere else. While committed to the highest standards of journalistic excellence, we embrace our “alternative” role, which is important both for our democracy and our faith. And when the Catholic press fulfills its role with integrity, quality, fairness and faith, we aren’t just an alternative. We are irreplaceable. This commentary was published by Our Sunday Visitor.

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40 Days for Life Now that we have just concluded the largest and most successful “Walk for Life West Coast” in San Francisco, we are continuing this outpouring of Pro-Life action by launching the second Lenten “40 Days for Life” campaign here in San Francisco. “40 Days for Life” is an intensive pro-life campaign that focuses on 40 consecutive days of prayer and fasting, 40 days of peaceful vigil at abortion facilities, and 40 days of grassroots educational outreach. The 40-day time frame is drawn from examples throughout Biblical history where God brought about worldchanging transformations in 40-day periods. San Francisco is one of many communities from coast to coast conducting simultaneous “40 Days for Life” campaigns from Feb. 17 through March 28. We want to start this effort by drawing members of the community together to share the vision of 40 Days for Life and to pray for God’s blessings on this effort. It is time to focus attention on the harm abortion has done to our city. On Tuesday Feb. 16, pro-life members of San Francisco will join together for the kickoff event at St. Mary’s Cathedral in the Conference Center, Room C. At 6 p.m. we will begin gathering before the Kickoff Mass which will begin at 6:30 p.m. After the Mass, we will process to the Planned Parenthood abortion facility at 815 Eddy Street (between Van Ness and Franklin Streets). We will conduct a brief service across the street from Planned Parenthood and then process back to the Cathedral for a potluck and the conclusion of this rally. Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, the 40 day prayer vigil will begin at 8 a.m. at the same Planned Parenthood location. We will continue this vigil daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. until the conclusion on Passion Sunday, March 28. We look forward to seeing what kind of transformations God will bring about in our city and in our country. This campaign is a perfect fit with the spirit of Lent, and we welcome everyone to join together in fasting and prayer and to join us across the street from the abortion facility to pray for a change of heart of the abortionists and their staffs, to bring about an end to this holocaust in our midst. We are confident in the efficacy of this effort from past results. Since this movement began in Texas in 2004, we know of at least 2,151 babies who have been saved from abortion, 26 abortion workers have quit, and 5 abortion facilities have closed permanently, all as a result of 40 Days for Life campaigns outside their doors. We invite everyone to our Kickoff Event on Feb. 16, and we beg you to join us in prayer and fasting and at the 40 day vigil across the street from Planned Parenthood. For more information about the San Francisco campaign, visit: www.40daysforlife.com/sanfrancisco/ where you can also register and log in to the e-schedule. For assistance or more information, please contact Ron Konopaski at konopaski@ yahoo.com or (415) 668-9800. Ron Konopaski Campaign Director, 40Days for Life San Francisco Editor’s note: San Mateo Pro-Life begins

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‘Difference’ not ‘dichotomy’ In the Jan. 29 issue of Catholic San Francisco, a letter to the editor (“All Encompassing Concern: Human Life”) laments that an ideological dichotomy is in evidence in a recent Archbishop’s Journal column (“Free Will, Conscience and Moral Choice”) because capital punishment wasn’t given the same level of concern as abortion. I’d like to point out that there is a difference; it’s not a dichotomy. Pope John Paul II’s 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae identified abortion as a unique social injustice of the highest degree. The Dean of Theology at the Regina Apostolorum University in Rome, Fr. Th. Williams, characterized the basis for this principle with six clearly distinctive points. Abortion consists specifically of the destruction of innocent life. In 2004, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger noted that “there may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war or applying the death penalty, but not in regard to abortion.” All life is precious, but moral theology has always differentiated the killing of innocent life as particularly heinous and always and everywhere condemnable. Another factor is the sheer magnitude of the atrocity. An estimated 46 million abortions are performed worldwide each year, and in the U.S. over 50 million unborn children have been killed since Roe v. wade was enacted some 37 years ago. This is an American Holocaust. Capital punishment numbers are under six orders of magnitude less. The third characteristic separating abortion from other social injustices is its legal status. Unlike other taking of human life, it has legal sanction. Another aspect is the arbitrary division of humans into those worthy of life and those unworthy. It’s the circumscription of an entire class of humans to be denied the basic rights, protections and dignity accorded to others. Abortion is also very different than euthanasia and assisted suicide, importantly, because of the absence of any possibility of informed consent. Finally, abortion is unique from other social injustices because of its relative invisibility. It is done mostly in secret. G.P. Heckert San Mateo

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Crying babies a sign of life I guess it’s my own fault for reading George Weigel’s “Rediscovering the sounds of silence” (Catholic San Francisco, Feb. 5) , but there he was again trying to take us back to a Pre-Vatican II Church. I remember those days of absolute silence where the only sounds were those of the celebrant and the altar boys dialoguing with one another and only one of them understanding what they were saying. Crying babies were removed or directed to the “crying room.” Then Vatican II occurred and the people were invited to participate more fully in the celebration. The liturgy became a communal event where you celebrated at a banquet and exchanged handshakes and hugs with one another. Children were welcomed and at times allowed to actively participate in the liturgy. Crying babies were a sign of the youth and vitality of the church and not a distraction to be silenced. Mr. Weigel’s suggestion to leave “small, fractious children at home, with the parents attending different Masses,” is an insult to families and utterly impractical. Anyone who truly is seeking the “sounds of silence” in prayer will find that time and place to reflect. Sunday liturgy should be a time of celebration for all, including crying babies. I just cannot imagine Jesus telling us to leave the kids at home or shut them up in a crying room. George Grandemange Novato

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Restoring the world is a matter of justice “Environment” is an inappropriate word to use when speaking about care of the world. Why? Because that word is so “all about me.” By its definition, “environment” is self-referential, those circumstances and conditions surrounding me, rather than about creation, the work of God. Pope Benedict XVI recognized this in his message for the Jan. 1 World Day of Peace, writing of a religious duty “to protect earth, water and air as gifts of God the creator meant for everyone.” The pope’s traditional message for World Day of Peace was released just as the world climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, was ending amid some discord. Long before the issue of climate change was on magazine covers and television shows, Christian ecology proposed a philosophy both positive and poetic. Pope Benedict continues this, offering some profound thoughts often overlooked when the issue is viewed in secular terms or as a topic appropriate for partisan politics. The theme he chose for World Peace Day – “If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation” – has a parallelism to his predecessor Pope Paul VI’s “If you want peace, work for justice.” Environmentalism is more than stopping air pollution and cleaning up waterways; it is about justice. Pope Benedict’s predecessors warned of threats to peace

coming from the nuclear arms race and war. Now he is warning of “the actual and potential conflicts involving access to natural resources.” “Protecting the natural environment in order to build a world of peace is thus a duty incumbent upon each and all ... above all to save mankind from the danger of self-destruction,” he said. So often the church is portrayed as a bureaucracy interested only in making rules and enforcing compliance. The focus on creation counters this. It is not a religious issue. “The only way to attain full employment is to value everything, all that is alive in nature, including every human being,” said environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken in a recent interview. “As soon as you discount, ignore or diminish life, you sow the seeds of economic dysfunction when income is polarized, assets are concentrated and winners are far outnumbered by losers,” he said. Hawken says he has “no faith in religious institutions,” but he comes to the same conclusion as the pope, who emphasizes that human beings hold a special place in the order of creation. This means protecting creation requires protecting human life and dignity as its first priority. There is similarity in remedies suggested by the pope and by Hawken. “It is becoming more and more evident that the issue of environmental degradation challenges us to examine our

lifestyle and the prevailing models of consumption and production, which are often unsustainable from a social, environment and even economic view,” the pope said. Likewise, Hawken Stephen Kent said in a University of Portland commencement speech last May: “We have an economy that tells us that it is cheaper to destroy earth in real time than renew, restore and sustain it. ... We can just as easily have an economy that is based on healing the future instead of stealing it. ... One is called restoration and the other exploitation. And whenever we exploit the earth, we exploit people and cause untold suffering.” The pope calls it a pressing moral problem; Hawken calls it a compelling case for action. Both are right, their cases well made. The world awaits the force of will necessary to begin its restoration. Stephen Kent is retired editor of archdiocesan newspapers in Omaha and Seattle.

For the Journey

Women today who talk about Mary and weep for joy When our parish women’s spirituality group discussed Mary, the mother of Jesus, I was struck that most of the women who talked about their relationship with the mother of Jesus wept. Tears are an indication of deep emotional involvement. Sometimes we Catholics over-intellectualize our faith. Catholic women don’t do that when they talk about Mary. St. Ignatius of Loyola would be the first to tell us that in our tears we encounter God. So what did these tears tell me about how women often come to the Lord through Mary? The Savior’s mother is indisputably one of history’s most famous figures. And yet we Catholics believe we can have a personal relationship with her. We women especially feel close to her in our own mothering. For women of a certain age there’s a history of evolution in our feelings about Mary. We grew up with her statue by our bedside. At my house, we said a rosary every night. And then there was the whole apparition culture of my childhood. If we grew up Latino, we loved Our Lady of Guadalupe. To an Anglo, Fatima was the ticket. But apparitions are never meant to be a litmus test of our faith. A search for the deepest meaning takes us to Scripture – and to our tradition. And in both we find truth and questions about Mary.

Scripture actually tells us very little about the mother of Christ. So it’s easy to see why, when a deepening study of Scripture and the historical Christ became so important to Catholics in the last half of the 20th century, people became confused about Mary and uncomfortable with some Marian devotions that seemed not to represent the dark-haired Jewish girl that Mary was. It seemed eerily appropriate that around this past Christmas a structure was uncovered in Nazareth which was believed to be the remains of a home that dated to the time of Christ. In the home was a secret chamber in which to hide from the Romans. When you consider the political turmoil and uncertainty of the time during which Mary gave birth, it raises questions about Christ’s life, his brutal execution and his own mother’s views of her world. During Christmas, I found myself praying the Magnificat (Lk 1:46-56) over and over, and thinking of the political climate of Mary’s life and times. The Magnificat is, of course, an echo of Hannah’s canticle in 1 Samuel 2:1-10. I listen to Mary’s words: “He has ... dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart. He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly. The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty.”

Those are radical sentiments. Those are words of rebellion against the arrogant, the rulers, the rich. They fill me with admiration – and more questions – about this woman who after two millennia still beckons and Effie Caldarola intrigues. My childhood image was of a meek, subservient woman. My adult image of Mary is of a woman at whose knee was raised a man who confronted power, who challenged every hypocrite, who welcomed every sinner. Christ had her DNA, and in his heart he carried her every message. It’s a testament to Mary that our devotion and fascination return in every generation and touch our hearts anew. After all, she herself predicted that, because of her son, “from now on will all ages call me blessed.” Effie Caldarola writes a column for Catholic News Service from Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Catholic Difference

The erosion of religious freedom Connoisseurs of political kamikaze runs will long debate what finished off Martha Coakley in the recent Massachusetts election to fill the seat Edward M. Kennedy held for 47 years. The baseball fan in me likes to think it was Coakley’s bizarre charge that Curt (“Bloody Sock”) Schilling was a Yankees fan—a gaffe in Red Sox Nation commensurate with claiming that the late Senator Kennedy had been a George W. Bush fan. Yet there was another clumsy Coakleyism that ought to have enraged a considerable part of the Bay State electorate. Pressed by an interviewer on what Catholic physicians, nurses and other health-care workers should do when they cannot in conscience provide certain services or conduct certain procedures, Coakley replied, “You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn’t work in the emergency room.” A month earlier, speaking at Georgetown University, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a similarly diminished view of religious freedom when she declined to use that term, substituting “freedom to worship” in a catalogue of fundamental human rights that included a striking innovation. Asserting that people must be free to “choose laws and leaders, to share and access information, to speak, criticize and debate,” the secretary of state then averred that people “must be free … to love in the way they choose.” For those with ears to hear in Gaston Hall that day, the promotion of the so-called LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/ transgendered) agenda had just been

declared a human rights priority of the United States, in the same sentence in which the secretary of state had offered an anorexic description of religious freedom that even the Saudis could accept (so long as the worshipping was done behind closed doors in a U.S. embassy). One has to wonder if there is a connection here. Religious freedom is already under assault from proponents of the LGBT agenda in Europe and Canada. Rocco Buttiglione’s convictions about the immorality of homosexual acts prevented his becoming Minister of Justice of the European Union, despite a lifetime in defense of the basic human rights of all and an explicit assurance that he would scrupulously enforce the EU’s equal-protection laws. The Canadian Revenue Agency (their IRS) has recently removed the tax-exempt status of a Calgary church, in part because it spends more than 10 percent of its funds and time preaching and teaching against same-sex “marriage” (and, to compound the offense, euthanasia and abortion). Anyone who imagines that this can’t happen in the Great Republic need only consider the recent efforts by the Washington, D.C., City Council to bring the Archdiocese of Washington to heel over the marriage question. And now we have the successor of John Quincy Adams and William H. Seward, Elihu Root and Cordell Hull, George Marshall and Dean Acheson suggesting that the defense of the LGBT agenda will, as a human rights issue, be considered on a par with such basic human rights as freedom of speech, free-

dom of the press, freedom of assembly, and religious freedom—and that no small part of the substance of religious freedom may have to be sacrificed, if necessary, to advance that agenda. George Weigel Religious freedom, rightly understood, cannot be reduced to freedom of worship. Religious freedom includes the right to preach and evangelize, to make religiously informed moral arguments in the public square and to conduct the affairs of one’s religious community without undue interference from the state. If religious freedom only involves the freedom to worship, then, as noted above, there is “religious freedom” in Saudi Arabia, where Bibles and evangelism are forbidden but expatriate Filipino laborers can attend Mass in the U.S. embassy compound in Riyadh. The present guardians of U.S. human rights policy should think very carefully about the path they seem to be taking in this field. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH JER 17:5-8 Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season, but stands in a lava waste, a salt and empty earth. Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord. He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream: it fears not the heat when it comes; its leaves stay green; in the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit. RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 1:1-2, 3, 4, and 6 R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. Blessed the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked, nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, but delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on his law day and night. R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade. Whatever he does, prospers. R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.

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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6; I Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26 Not so the wicked, not so; they are like chaff which the wind drives away. For the Lord watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes. R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1 COR 15:12, 16-20 Brothers and sisters: If Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped

in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all. But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE LK 6:17, 20-26 Jesus came down with the twelve and stood on a stretch of level ground with a great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon. And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice and leap for joy on

young wandering ascetic one day entered the capital of a king. The king, who had been a friend of the ascetic’s father, personally came down to greet the holy man and tried to persuade him to give up his life as an itinerant beggar. This he thought would please the young man’s father. The ascetic looked into the king’s eyes and said: “Answer me truthfully. For all your pomp and power, has your kingdom brought you a single day of happiness?” The king lowered his eyes and became silent. We are reminded of another haunting story when a man runs up to Jesus, seeking eternal life (Mark 10: 17-22). Looking at him, Jesus loves him and tells him to follow him after giving everything away to the poor. The man goes away sad. Burdened with many possessions, he is not internally free to put his trust in Jesus. Possessed by possessions, he cannot follow Jesus. Where do we place our trust? Can we place all our needs for people and possessions inside the heart of God? Since God is the giver of all gifts, can we cling to Him as the greatest treasure? If we cling to possessions alone, we cannot put our trust in the giver of the possessions. Trusting God gives us the clarity of mind to judge the things of the world and choose wisely from among them. Jeremiah is convinced that those who trust in “human beings” alone will come to grief. We need to place everything in the larger context of our trust in God. We cannot turn our possessions into idols and lose sight of the One who is eternally trustworthy. God is faithful forever. Trusting Him, we are like a “tree planted beside

Scripture reflection FATHER CHARLES PUTHOTA

Where do we place our trust? the waters.” Trusting the world only, we are like a “barren bush in the desert.” For total trust in God, Jesus chooses the disciples on the mountain and brings them down to give the “Sermon on the Plain.” Jesus offers his disciples four blessings and four woes. Jesus’ beatitudes are a direct consequence of discipleship. Unless you are a disciple, you cannot accept the beatitudes of Jesus. They would not make sense whatsoever. In the context of what Jesus means to the disciples, in the light of the close relationship with him, the disciples can freely take upon themselves the be-attitudes. Like Moses, Jesus comes down the mountain to give the new law. To those who are poor,

that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way. But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.

weeping, hungry, and hated, God is the only refuge. They have no one else to place their trust. However, those who are rich, laughing, filled, and applauded are self-sufficient. They do not need God. God always takes the side of the poor, the “anawim,” because they need God. Like the parents reaching out to the needy child, God upholds the poor and the hungry, those who are hated, persecuted, and saddened. Jesus embodies the beatitudes. He was poor. The Son of Man had nowhere to lay his head. He was hungry. He had other food even his apostles knew not of. He wept not only for Lazarus but also for those who could not accept God’s marvelous grace. He was hated. The crucifixion summarizes that hatred. In

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A church window depicts Jesus preaching on the Beatitudes.

all these be-attitudes, Jesus placed his trust in his Father. The glory of the resurrection which Paul speaks about as the foundation of our faith is the fulfillment of Jesus’ be-attitudes. Like Jesus, those living in similar circumstances of be-attitudes will be lifted up by God and experience fullness of life. The disciples of Jesus who freely choose to live by such values are filled with the blessings of the Kingdom of God. On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, the day of love and romance, of affection and affirmation, the biggest and grandest love message comes from our Heavenly Father: “God so loved the world that He gave His only son…” God and us–-we belong fiercely and passionately to each other. He loves us with an everlasting and absolute love. We can respond to this most astonishing and never-wavering love by placing all our trust in him. Let our lives reflect that trustful belonging to God. Ash Wednesday is right around the corner. We begin a season of newness and closeness to God. Let us explore with open minds Jesus’ be-attitudes in this Lenten season. They will be a challenge, but because we are disciples of Jesus, we will be given the grace to live by these values. Also, Lent being a special season of almsgiving, we might explore ways of aligning ourselves with those who are poor, hungry, mournful, and persecuted, and chart ways of helping them both spiritually and materially. Haiti has already gotten us off to a good start. Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D., is pastor of St. Veronica Parish in South San Francisco.

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Make the Beatitudes your Lenten program It’s Lent again. Every year we try to think of some new penance that will help us sing “Alleluia” at Easter and really mean it. Why not let Jesus set the agenda? He tells us straight out in Matthew’s Gospel how we can be happy. Why not follow his instructions in the Beatitudes? So here is the plan for a blessed Lent: – Happy are the poor in spirit, theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Go on a shopping fast. Don’t spend money except for absolute necessities. I’ve decided the only things I will buy during Lent are necessities I can get at my local supermarket and gas station. (My supermarket also has a pharmacy and dry cleaner.) Most people spend too much money on stuff they don’t need. This is a good way to become detached from things and truly “poor in spirit.”

– Happy are they who mourn. Go to the funerals at your parish church. Attend wakes of parishioners, even if you don’t know them. Pray for the dead. Better yet, volunteer to help with funerals. It is a great sign of what we mean by the “communion of saints,” a great way to show sympathy and solidarity. Maybe someday when you are mourning a stranger will come to support you. As the Lord says, “They shall be comforted.” – Happy are the meek. Lose arguments on purpose this Lent. Don’t defend yourself to family or friends when they disagree with you. Just say, “You may be right.” That will stop ‘em cold. The odd thing is, they will start agreeing with you and concede, “You have a point too.” Then the Lord’s prediction will come true, you will inherit the earth. Losing is how you really win. – Happy are those who hunger and thirst for justice. Go to a demonstration for a good cause. Support immi-

gration rights or pro-life issues. Write a letter to your state assemblyman on an issue affecting the poor. Speak out at a community meeting on a local issue like low-cost housing or needs of the mentally ill. Father Jesus says it will be very satisfying. Peter J. Daly – Happy are the merciful. Forgive a debt. The bigger, the better. This is especially true for family members’ debts. If somebody owes you money you can afford to live without, forgive the loan. If somebody needs a car and you can afford to give your old one, give it. PARISH DIARY, page 17

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Spirituality for Life

An Open Letter to those who don’t go to Church Dear Fellow Pilgrim: I greet you as someone who is looking for meaning and happiness, as we all are. I know you’re sincere or you wouldn’t be reading this letter. Know this first of all: We miss you at church. There’s not a Sunday goes by when your absence isn’t felt. You’re missed. Join us. Yes, I know this isn’t a simple thing. The heart has its reasons, Pascal said. Well the church too has its complexities. Perhaps it is precisely one of these complexities that make it difficult for you to walk regularly through a church door. So l won’t try to sugarcoat the church. It is a far-from-perfect expression of God’s love and mercy and it is a far-from-perfect expression of God’s universal salvific will for everyone. Sometimes the church blocks God’s love as much as it reveals it. It has been, and remains, a vehicle both of grace and sin. How do we get past its dark side? Carlo Carretto, the renowned Italian spiritual writer, in his old age, wrote this Ode to the church: How much I must criticize you, my church, and yet how much I love you! You have made me suffer more than anyone and yet I owe more to you than to anyone. I should like to see you destroyed and yet I need your presence. You have given me much scandal and yet you alone have made me understand holiness. Never in this world have I seen anything more compromised, more false, and yet I have never touched anything more pure, more generous or more beautiful. Countless times I have felt like slamming the door of

my soul in your face-and yet, every night, I have prayed that I might die in your sure arms! No, I cannot be free of you, for I am one with you, even if not completely you. Then too-where would I go? To build another church? But I could not build one without the same defects, for they are my defects. And again, if I were to build another church, it would be my church, not Christ’s church. No, I am old enough. I know better! That’s a mature description of the church, expressing both love and realism. It’s an honest description too. The church has a long history, both of grace and of sin and we who make up the church on earth don’t do God very well. Nobody does. We need to admit that. I can only guess at your reasons for not coming to church regularly or for not coming to church at all: Perhaps you have been hurt by the church, by the institution itself or by one of its priests or ministers. Perhaps you have been one of those who have experienced it as callous, as insensitive, as denigrating you in some way. Or perhaps you are intellectually disenchanted with the church, unable to square its claims with your own sane grip on life and its mysteries. Or perhaps you have found what you are looking for elsewhere, outside the doors of the church you attended when you were little. Or perhaps you have just drifted away and don’t think about church very much at all. Perhaps you don’t feel a need for church in your life. Or, perhaps you are convinced that Jesus and his teachings are in fact tainted by the church, that Jesus never wanted to found a church, but wanted only that people take his

teachings to heart and live in love and graciousness. There are many reasons why people don’t go to church. I can only guess at yours. But your reason for not going is not important for this letter. I don’t Father want to defend the church here, make some kind of Ron Rolheiser apologetics for it, or argue against any of the reasons that people give for not coming to church. And I don’t want to try to show you reasons why, I think, it is important to go to church. This I not an apologetics, but a plea, an invitation: Come back! Try us again! Or, if you have never belonged to the church, try us! Maybe this time you will find life in the church and be able to drink in some of its graces. Maybe this time you will find it in you to forgive the church for its faults, see those faults are your own faults, and see why Jesus picked such an imperfect vehicle to carry on his presence. Maybe this time you will be able to see in the church what Jesus saw in it - an imperfect body made up of men and women like you and me, full of sin, full of ourselves, petty, small-hearted, less-than- sincere, miserly, and tainted, but also full of grace, full of Christ, big-hearted, sincere, generous, and pure, a group of men and women worth dying for - and belonging to. Come be with us! Signed: A fellow pilgrim and a flawed church member. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and award-winning author, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. He can be contacted through his website www.ronrolheiser.com.

The Cutting Edge

Lent – A time to take stock Too much of our lives often As far as prayer goes we might are spent running in the fast lane. look at how much quality time we Many people, including me, seem give to the Lord. Maybe our prayer to go from one thing to the next life is limited to Mass on Sunday ABSTINENCE without much time for reflection and a quick prayer before meals, in between. There are times when if we remember and not too many No meat can be taken I actually long for the days when people are looking at us. Maybe by those 14 and older I would complain to my mother we pray primarily when we need a on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays. that I was “bored.” I had a hard favor, like a good mark on a test that time doing “nothing.” we aren’t prepared for! During Lent Although my actions don’t we can try to slow down enough to FASTING always show it, I am convinced have a real conversation with God that we are not meant to live at and give him a bit of our time. A limit of one full meatless meal by those such a rapid pace. We need time No relationship can deepen 18-59 on Ash Wednesday to reflect on our experiences and and grow unless we are willing to and Good Friday. on our relationships, especially listen and share ourselves with the with God. other person. God is no exception. The season of Lent affords us a During Lent, if you don’t already, SELF-DENIAL great opportunity to pull over, out set aside 15 minutes of your qualVoluntary acts of selfof the fast lane. We are invited to ity time each day to be with God. denial are recommended slow down and fill in the spiritual Go to a quiet place, slow down, on weekdays during Lent. potholes in our lives. Every year and let God love you. Read and the Church, in its wisdom, gives us reflect upon some scripture each 40 days as kind of an annual retreat day and get to know him better. PRAYER AND CHARITY to spend the time to examine our I know this is not always easy spiritual lives and our relationship for us at first. I remember when Can include daily Mass, with God. Lent is a yearly opporI first went into the convent and Scripture study, Stations tunity to reflect on how well we are was expected to make an hour of of the Cross, almsgiving living out our Baptismal commitsilent contemplation every day. and showing mercy and kindness to others. ment and whether our actions are I wasn’t used to being quiet that in line with the gospel message. long and at first it seemed like ©2010 CNS Our Catholic tradition guides an eternity to me. I don’t suggest us to use the disciplines of prayer, starting with an hour. fasting and almsgiving as ways to renew our spiritual lives The second Lenten tradition is fasting. The majority of during Lent—actually not just in Lent but throughout our people think fasting means to give up some kind of food, like lives. Lent is a good time to do an assessment of how we candy or ice cream, but there is more than one way to fast. live our faith and take stock of our lives. It depends on us what type of fasting would best benefit our

spiritual lives. Maybe it would be more beneficial for us to fast from gossip or negative words or some other behavior that only God and we know about. Or perhaps we need to talk less and become better listeners. Those in Sister Margie the fast lane rarely have Lavonis, CSC time to really hear what people say to them. They are usually preoccupied and rushing to the next “important” event or checking off their to-do lists. Lastly, there is the discipline of almsgiving. It can be much easier to give our loose change to a charitable cause than to give the precious gift of our time. Lent calls us to give of ourselves, not just our money. We can look at our lives and see who we need to spend more quality time with and who could benefit from our gifts and talents. Lent is an opportunity to get our focus away from ourselves and reach out in love to our brothers and sisters. Besides our time, another thing we may be called to give during Lent is forgiveness to someone who has hurt us. It might even be someone who has died. Or maybe we need the grace to ask for forgiveness from someone we have injured. This is another way to give alms and is a sacrifice pleasing to God. Reconciliation is an integral part of the gospel message. So as this season of Lent begins, let us slow down and try to be more reflective. It is difficult to get out of the fast lane but in the long run it will benefit our Christian journeys. Meetings, jobs, term papers and classes will pass away but our relationship with God is forever. Have a happy and holy Lent.

Parish Diary . . .

– Happy are those who are persecuted and insulted because of me. When somebody criticizes your religious devotion or faith, let it go. Don’t fight, but don’t disappear. Let your life be the witness. Your reward will be great in heaven. That is a program for Lent. Thanks to the Lord for the suggestions.

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They won’t forget your generosity. Someday they may show you some mercy, as Jesus says. – Happy are the clean of heart. Get rid of the things that pollute your life. If you have cable channels or magazines that bring temptations into your

house, get rid of them. If you find yourself tempted by the Internet, get a filter. All we really need to see in the end is what the clean of heart will see: God. – Happy are the peacemakers. End an old argument. Settle a quarrel. If you can’t do it, what makes you think the Palestinians and Israelis should be able to do it? Call a truce to a longstanding feud in your family. Break the ice by saying, “I’m sorry if I ever caused you pain.” Then you will be one of God’s own children.

Holy Cross Sister Margie Lavonis is based in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Father Peter J. Daly, a pastor in Maryland, writes this column for Catholic News Service.

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Shroud of Turin: Image provokes prayer, curiosity, scholarly disputes

A bronze statue, titled “The Body of the Man of the Shroud,” is seen in a permanent exhibit about the Shroud of Turin at Regina Apostolorum University in Rome. Although the Shroud of Turin has been studied from virtually every scientific angle, no one has been able to fully explain how the image was transferred to the linen cloth.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Shroud of Turin, which many Christians believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus, goes on public display this spring, at a time when experts are debating new claims about the 14-foot-long piece of linen. Pope Benedict XVI has already made plans to view the shroud during a one-day trip to the northern Italian city of Turin in early May. Many observers are wondering how the pope will refer to the cloth: as a sign, an icon or – as Pope John Paul II once characterized it – a relic. The shroud’s last showing was 10 years ago, when more than a million people lined up to see it in the cathedral of Turin in northern Italy. Officials are predicting similar crowds for the exposition April 10-May 23, and visitors are being urged to book their visits online at http://www.sindone.org. The pilgrims come to witness with their own eyes what they may have read about or glimpsed on TV. Most go away impressed with what they see: a faint image of a bearded man who appears to have been whipped, crowned with thorns and crucified. Carbon-14 tests in 1988 dated the cloth to the Middle Ages, and seemed to confirm the theory that the shroud was a pious fraud. But since then, some experts have faulted the methodology of the testing, and said the tiny samples used may have been taken from areas of the cloth that were mended in medieval times. The shroud has also been chemically analyzed, electronically enhanced and computer-imaged. So far, no one has been able to fully explain how the image was transferred to the linen cloth, although experts have put forward theories ranging from enzyme reaction to solar imaging. The shroud has been studied from virtually every scientific angle in recent years. Its weave has been examined, pollen grains embedded in the cloth have been inspected, and red stains have been analyzed for hemoglobin properties. One particular subcategory of debate focuses on enhanced images that, in the opinion of some scientists, reveal the impression of 1st-century Palestinian coins placed on the eyes of the shroud’s figure.

The “jury” on the shroud includes hundreds of experts, some of them self-appointed. They do not split neatly into believers and skeptics, however. The latest controversy, in fact, involves a Vatican archivist who claims to have found evidence of writing on the shroud – a hypothesis that has drawn sharp criticism from other Catholic scholars. The archivist, Barbara Frale, said in a new book that older photographs of the shroud reveal indications of what was essentially a written death notice for a “Jesus Nazarene.” The text, she said, employs three languages used in 1st-century Jerusalem. The book immediately prompted a Web site war in Italy. Several sites dedicated to the shroud ridiculed Frale’s hypothesis, saying it bordered on Dan Brown-style fantasy. Vatican Radio, however, featured an interview with Frale about her “important discovery.” No doubt the world will hear more about this scholarly spat when the shroud goes on display. It will be the first public showing of the shroud since it underwent a restoration in 2002, which removed repair patches and a large piece of linen of a later date. To prepare for the exhibit, the Archdiocese of Turin has taken the unusual step of closing the cathedral for three months. It will take that long to set up the viewing area and the informational exhibit for visitors as they wait in line. Pope Benedict’s arrival is a big event for organizers of this year’s shroud exposition. Many Catholics look to Rome for direction on how to evaluate the shroud, as Pope John Paul II discovered en route to Africa in 1989, when he called the shroud a “relic.” When excited reporters asked whether this meant it was the authentic burial cloth of Christ, the Polish pope conferred with an aide before answering more cautiously: “The church has never pronounced itself in this sense.

It has always left the question open to all those who want to seek its authenticity. I think it is a relic.” Clearly, Pope John Paul was personally convinced, although when he went to see the shroud in 1998 he carefully avoided using the term “relic.” Pope Benedict has long been cautious about the value of private signs, apparitions and revelations. But he seems to consider the Shroud of Turin in a different category. In his book, “The Spirit of the Liturgy,” then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote that the shroud was “a truly mysterious image, which no human artistry was capable of producing.” In his meditations on the Good Friday Way of the Cross in Rome shortly before his election as pope in 2005, he wrote regarding the 11th station, “Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross”: “The Shroud of Turin allows us to have an idea of the incredible cruelty of this procedure.” The pope then offered a kind of prayer inspired by the figure of the shroud: “Let us halt before this image of pain, before the suffering Son of God. Let us look upon him at times of presumptuousness and pleasure, in order to learn to respect limits and to see the superficiality of all merely material goods. Let us look upon him at times of trial and tribulation, and realize that it is then that we are closest to God.”

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By John Thavis

A life-size reproduction of the Shroud of Turin, at left with examples of Roman whips for scourging. Above is an example of a crown of thorns as seen in an exhibit on the Shroud of Turin at Regina Apostolorum University in Rome.

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Lenten Opportunities “40 Days for Life,” a campaign of fasting and of prayer for an end to abortion during 40 Days of Lent at the Planned Parenthood abortion facility at 815 Eddy St., San Francisco. (between Van Ness & Franklin). A peaceful prayerful presence will be there every day from 8 a.m. from Feb. 17 to Mar. 28. Call (415) 668-9800 or visit www.40daysforlife. com/sanfrancisco “Kickoff” event for the “40 Days for Life” is Feb. 16 at 6: 30 p.m. with Mass in Conference Center, Room “C” below St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. at Geary Blvd..in San Francisco. A procession to Planned Parenthood for a brief service and then return to the Cathedral for fellowship and potluck snacks. Feb. 17, and Wednesdays through March 24, noon – 1 p.m.: The St. Thomas More Society offers study sessions of Parables found in the Gospels. The talks take place at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Room 6, across from Hecker Hall. Jesus often instructed his disciples by parables stories. In their original form the parables of Jesus are generally believed to be historically accurate. Being instructed by these parables is like sitting before Jesus and listening to him. Don Carroll, a former President of the St. Thomas More Society will open the parables for us. Don has had an interest in Scripture since his seminary days. All are invited. Membership in the St. Thomas More Society is not necessary. Admission is free. Visit www.stthomasmore-sf.org. Feb. 18, 7 p.m.: Paulist Father RickyManalo speks on Lent and spiritual renewal at St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St. in San Francisco. A reception follows. Call (415) 333-3158 or e-mail batwks@sbcglobal.net. Feb. 19, 20, 6 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Young Adult Retreat (ages 21-36) “Jumpstart Your Spiritual Life: Reconciliation and Forgiveness” Dominican Sister Rebecca Shinas, director. Free will Offering. Mission San Jose Dominican Motherhouse, 43326 Mission Blvd. Fremont (entrance on Mission Tierra Pl) Call Sister Frances Mary at (510) 9336335 or e-mail blessings@msjdominicans.org by February 15. Nuova Porziuncola chapel, Vallejo at Columbus in San Francisco - Feb. 16, 7 p.m.: Deacon Christopher Fadok lectures on the Eastern Catholic Churches. Feb. 23, March 9, 7 p.m.: Vespers Feb. 21, March 7, 12:30 p.m.: Father Paul Perry performs organ recitals at St. Sebastian Church, Greenbrae on Feb. 21, and St. Isabella Church in Terra Linda on March 7. Feb, 21, 22, 23: Lenten Mission at Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr. off El Camino Real in Burlingame. Capuchin Father Peter Banks will lead the exhortation at all Masses Feb. 21 – 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., and Feb. 22, 23 at daily 8 a.m. Masses and at mission presentations each day at 7 p.m. Father Banks is a revered, accessible and sought after preacher whose connection with charity and the Cross has touched many. For more information, call (650) 347-7768 or visit www.olaparish.org. Lenten Soup and Substance, various dates and locations from Feb. 22 – April 1: Experience and Reflect on the Good Works of Catholic Charities CYO at a series of open houses during the Lenten Season. See the actual work of CCCYO. Each visit includes a simple meal and tour as well as reflection with program staff and, when appropriate, the people served. There is no charge to attend the series, but a response is requested for planning purposes. For specific dates and locations, contact CCCYO Parish Partnerships Director Jane Ferguson at (415) 972-1227 or e-mail jferguson@cccyo.org. You may also visit www.cccyo.org/soupandsubstance. Locations to be visited in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties include Homelessness Prevention Programs, Assisted Housing and Health Programs, Refugee and Immigrant Services; Canal Family Support Program; San Mateo Counseling Services; Family and Youth Programs; Derek Silva Community, Housing and Support for people with disabling HIV/AIDS. Feb. 25, 7 p.m.: Prayer and encounter with

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Serra Clubs Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m.: St. Thomas More School’s Annual Cioppino Dinner and Silent Auction in new gym - 50 Thomas More Way at Brotherhood Way in San Francisco. Silent auction, appetizers, no-Host Bar, antipasto, and Cioppino or Chicken dinner plus garlic bread, dessert. Tickets are $40 per person. Proceeds benefit the school. Contact Monica Bickle at monicasfnative@hotmail.com or Linda Cruz at lindacruz@ sbcglobal.net. Visit the Parent’s Club page at www.stthomasmoreschool.org for updated event information. Tanya Nori, center, was among last year’s revelers. God as portrayed in the Bible is theme of this talk by seminarians, Alexander Quiros-Castillo and Tom Martin. Takes place at Pauline Books and Media, 2640 Broadway at El Camino Real in Redwood City. Call (650) 369-4230 or visit www. pauline.org March 6: The Diocese of Stockton announces its annual Ministry Day at St. Mary’s High School in Stockton. The event includes more than 60 workshops in English and Spanish. Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire will preside at the day’s Mass and also deliver the keynote address. Check out new resources with more than 30 vendors. Program and registration form are at www.stocktondiocese.org and the Shepherd the Word link. March 24: “Spirituality of the Priesthood” with Sulpician Father Jim McKearney, president and rector of St. Patrick’s, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford, CT. Tickets are $10. Seating is limited. Register on-line at www.stpatricksseminary.org under Speaker Series. Register by mail with payment to: Speaker Series, St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, 320 Middlefield Road Menlo Park 94025. Wed. at 7:30 p.m.: Christian Meditation, as taught by Benedictine Father John Main. Takes place at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, 2390 Bush St. (Siena Room). More information at www. christianmeditation.us”

St. Thomas More Society For more information about the Society, events, and membership, contact Bob Zaletel at rzaletel@ littler.com or (415) 288-6343. You may also visit www.stthomasmore-sf.org Feb. 25, noon: Lunch at the Family Club, corner of Bush and Powell Streets, San Francisco. Guest speaker is William Regan, chair of the Western Region of the Knights of Malta (from Colorado to Hawaii). Tickets are $45 for those with over 10 years in practice, $38 for those with 10 years or less in practice, and $20 for law students and clergy. For reservation, contact Bob Zaletel at (415) 288-6343 or e-mail rzaletel@litller.com

Taize/Sung 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 more information, e-mail 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. Fremont, CA 94539. For further information, please contact Dominican Sister Beth Quire at (510) 449-7554 or e-mail beth@msjdominicans.

Vocations March 14: The Sisters of Nazareth invite young women seriously considering religious life to a Discerners Retreat at Nazareth House, 245 Albion Way in San Rafael. Contact Sister Fintan at vocations@nazarethhousela.org or call (310) 216-8170.

Reunions Feb. 20, 2010, 6 p.m.: Annual dinner of combined alumni of Mission Dolores and Notre Dame elementary schools. This year’s theme is A Night at the Races, a fun evening of horse racing, good food, and old friends. Cheer on your favorite horse as you watch the race from “Dolores Downs” (Mission Dolores Auditorium). $40 event ticket includes a delicious dinner prepared by “A Black Tie Affair” caterers. Reservations must be received no later than Feb. 10. Call Katie at (415) 282-6588 or e-mail nuttydames@aol.com. March 7, 12:15 p.m.: All Class Reunion of Notre Dame des Victoires High School and Elementary School begins with Mass in NDV Church, 566 Bush between Stockton and Grant in San Francisco. Tours and refreshments follow

Feb. 20: Annual “All you can eat” Crab Feed. 6:30 P.M. social hour; 7:30 dinner att Moriarty Hall of St. Anne of the Sunset church at Judah and 14th Ave. in San Francisco (enter on Funston). Cost $45 Reservations by Feb.15. Make checks payable to Serra Club of S.F. and mail to Diana Heafey, 489 Dellbrook, San Francisco, 94131. Contact: Joan Higgins (415) 333-2422 or e-mail jhigg2390@aol.com.

Food & Fun Feb. 28, 2 – 4 p.m.: High Tea sponsored by Catholic Daughters of America, Our Lady of Loretto Parish Hall, 1811 Virginia in Novato. Reserve by Feb. 24 by calling (415) 897-1463 or (415) 897-7993. Tickets are $15 per person. Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m.: Columban Fathers Annual Dinner and Raffle at Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. at Sloat Blvd. in San Francisco. Honoree is Catherine Doherty. Tickets are $40 per person. No-host cocktails at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Contact Pam Naughton at (415) 566-1936; Peg Cooney at (650) 878-8260 or Anne Quilter at (415) 586-8017. March 5, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; March 6, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Annual Rummage Sale at Church of the Visitacion Parish Hall, 701 Sunnydale Ave. at Rutland in San Francisco. Choose among clothes, furniture, books, jewelry and w New Items Booth. Call (415) 494-5517 for more information. Muni buses 8, 9, 56, as well as the T line will get you there. March 17, 11 a.m.: Annual Luncheon benefiting St. Vincent de Paul Society Desk in San Rafael and the work of the SVDP Conference at St. Anthony Parish in Novato at Marin Country Club, 500 Country Club Dr. in Novato. Tickets are $40 per person. Afternoon includes bridge, dominoes and raffle. No-host cocktails and silent auction begin at 11 a.m. For reservations and information, contact Gwen Johnson at (415) 883-3055.

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From Dylan to Black Sabbath, finding religious influences on rock ‘n’ roll “GODS AND GUITARS: SEEKING THE SACRED IN POST-1960S POPULAR MUSIC” by Michael J. Gilmour. Baylor University Press (Waco, Texas, 2009) 200 pp., $19.95.

By Daniel S. Mulhall Catholic News Service Michael S. Gilmour teaches New Testament and English literature at Providence College in Manitoba, Canada. He is clearly interested in the intersection of religion and popular music, having written two previous books on the topic: “Tangled up in the Bible: Bob Dylan and Scripture” and “Call Me the Seeker: Listening to Religion in Popular Music.” In “Gods and Guitars,” Gilmour considers a variety of rock ‘n’ roll music songs and songwriters to identify how the songs and the artists are influenced by religious attitudes, beliefs and practices. While Gilmour limits his focus to “postWoodstock, post-Altamont” rock music – genres such as folk, country, religious and show tunes are excluded – his sweep

within this field is vast: from Dylan to Paul Simon, from George Harrison to Meatloaf, from Alice Cooper to Black Sabbath. Gilmour notes in the introduction that while artists “constantly resist boundaries,” they seem repeatedly drawn to religion – which by its very nature sets boundaries – for inspiration. He attempts to explain this irony by appealing to the novelist Salman Rushdie (“The Ground Beneath Her Feet”) and the literary critic Harold Bloom to show that musical artists create worlds “worth yearning.” “I am interested in the religious language used by mainstream contemporary songwriters, Christian or otherwise, and attempt to identify particular patterns in their use of this material,” Gilmour writes. He also notes that his book is “more literary in emphasis than theological.” The danger in a book such as this is, as Gilmour writes in his closing chapter, “imposing order on the language of pop songs that is ultimately not the songwriter’s but the listener’s own invention. Ambiguities and disruptions to narrative

EWTN TV program highlights Special programming this month on EWTN, the global Catholic TV network, will include Pope Benedict XVI celebrating Mass for Ash Wednesday, with blessing and imposition of the ashes, in Rome’s Basilica of St. Sabina, marking the beginning of Lent. The Mass will air Feb. 17 at 7:30 a.m. and will encore Feb. 17 at 3 p.m. “Dinner with Alex Jones” features an evening with evangelist and Catholic convert Alex Jones, as he and author Steve Ray, along with their wives and six friends (including two non-Catholics) engage in an unrehearsed dinner conversation, exploring Catholicism from their various viewpoints. This special 90-minute program airs Feb. 20 at 11 p.m., Feb. 25 at 7 a.m. and Feb. 27 at 11 a.m. “In Concert: Purcells’ Sacred Music” features the Choir of Clare College from Cambridge, England, singing “Te Deum Laudamus,” “Jubilatum Domine,” “My Beloved Spake” and other selections in an hour-long program airing Feb. 21 at 10:30 a.m. and Feb. 27 at 12 a.m. The Nun” is an hour-long documentary that follows the life story of Marta, her desire to be a nun and the fervent Catholic family that nurtured her vocation. It airs Feb. 27 at 11 p.m., March 3 at 10 a.m. and March 6 at 11 a.m. EWTN is carried 24 hours a day on Comcast Channel 229, AT&T Channel 562, Astound Channel 80, San Bruno Cable Channel 143, DISH Satellite Channel 261 and Direct TV Channel 370. Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. Visit www.ewtn.com for more EWTN program information.

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two is often missing, so following the author as he jumps from point to point like a manic Mick Jagger is rather disconcerting. Although certin Gilmour writes on the w ffi n a l p a g e , ““we cannot aassume that every referev ence to religion en and its texts an and practices in an popular music po are theologically significant,” he sign spends much of spen the bbook acting as they were. if the Why do musiW cians use religious references in their refere songs? Gilmour songs many opinions offers m never reaches a but ne conclusion. Might it conclus be that music flows from tthe writer’s experience and opinexperien ions? Might they use familiar but ancient language to attempt to communicate in new ways the mysteries of life and love, good and evil, joy and sorrow? Gilmour doesn’t say. There is much to like in this curious little book. It will probably become a staple in college courses on religion and popular culture, but it should also find a home with those who love to listen to and discuss popular music.

and linguistic logic may in fact be intentional, even at times nonsensical.” In the four chapters between the Introduction and these closing remarks arks Gilmour looks at various artists and nd explores the influuence that religion on has played on the he music that has beenn created. He spends manyy of the pages in this small book – only 150 of the 200 pages present his argument; the rest are used for footnotes, bibliography and index – addressing musicians who wrote from an explicitly religious perspective: postconversion George Harrison, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), Bob Dylan and Alice Cooper. To his credit he also explores the religious expressions found in classic heavy metal music from such bands as Black Sabbath and Metallica. Parts of this book are clearly written with an academic audience in mind – thus the 24 pages of footnotes and eight-page bibliography – and others reflect an obvious love for the music being parsed. Unfortunately, the transition between the

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SOUGHT The Department of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking elementary principals for the 2010-2011 school year. Candidates must be practicing Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church, possess a valid teaching credential, a Master’s degree in educational leadership, an administrative credential (preferred), and five years of successful teaching experience at the elementary level.

Please send resume and a letter of interest by March 19th, 2010 to: Bret E. Allen Associate Superintendent for Educational & Professional Leadership One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, California 94109 Fax (415) 614-5664 E-mail: allenb@sfarchdiocese.org

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Approximately 2,000 to 10,000 square feet first floor office space available (additional space available if needed) at One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco (between Gough & Franklin), is being offered for lease to a non-profit entity. Space available includes enclosed offices, open work area with several cubicles, large work room, and storage rooms on the lower level of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Chancery / Pastoral Center. We also have mail and copy services available, as well as meeting rooms (based on availability). Reception services available. Space has access to kitchen area and restroom facilities. Parking spaces negotiable. Ready for immediate occupancy with competitive terms. Come view the space.

heaven can’t wait Serra for Priestly Vocations Please call Archdiocese of San Francisco Fr. Tom Daly (415) 614-5683

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The Department of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of San Francisco, is seeking a qualified President for Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, CA. This President is responsible to the Archbishop of San Francisco through the Archdiocesan Superintendent of Catholic Schools, and to the Board of Trustees of Archbishop Riordan High School (ARHS). Archbishop Riordan High School, an Archdiocesan Catholic High School in the Marianist tradition, prepares young men of the Bay Area for leadership through its inclusive college preparatory curriculum, its emphasis on formation in faith, and its dedication to community service and justice. In a diverse family environment, Archbishop Riordan fosters development in faith, character, academics, athletics and the arts. ARHS – is WASC Accredited: ARSH has received the maximum six-year re-accreditation (through 2014) RESPONSIBILITIES include: MANAGEMENT • Maintain the Catholicity and Marianist Charism of ARHS (See http://www.riordanhs.org/about/marianists.php ) • Maintain cordial relationships with Archdiocesan officials, the Board of Trustees and the Society of Mary (Marianists) • Assist the Board of Trustees in strategic planning, its organization, its implementation, and its integration into the various programs at ARHS • Assist in the development of a Master Plan for school improvements and growth • Maintain communications with Pastors, Principals of Catholic, Private and Public feeder schools

DEVELOPMENT • Supervises the work of the Development Office to insure smooth function and that it reflects the mission of the school. • Serves as chief spokesperson for Archbishop Riordan High School. • Communicates with various publics through properly prepared materials and literature. • Approves all programs and campaigns of the Development Office. • Monitors long-range planning and development goals. • Insures the creation and implementation of a comprehensive development plan for the school. • Along with the Director of Finance establishes and guides the development of the annual budget. SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS • Fostering the Marianist “Curriculum of the Heart” within the school community • Chairs the Administrative Council • Coordinating the Teaching As Ministry program within the school community by preparing teachers and staff in concepts of the Marianist charism • Promotes the formation of Lay Marianist leadership at ARHS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: • A practicing Catholic in good standing with the church • A master’s degree • Five years of successful school administration at the secondary level including mission driven school advancement and Board development For additional details about this Position and its responsibilities see the full description at: http://www.sfcatholicschools.org/ For more detailed information about ARHS, see the school’s web site: http://www.riordanhs.org/ Tentative Application Deadline: Resumes and cover letters must be submitted by March 1st, 2010. Interviews for finalists are tentatively planned for early March.

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oversee fundraising activities including capital campaign; expand needs of its stakeholders and of the people is serves; active communication with the Board of Directors on finances, organizational issues and planning; oversee strategic and organizational planning.

EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible management of direct service programs, in a nonprofit environment supported by diverse funding sources. ATTRIBUTES: This individual is a person of vision and idealism with a deep respect for Catholic Social Teachings and understanding and concern for the programmatic realities of a social service agency serving the poorest of the poor in the community. S/he will thrive on the mission of the institution and demonstrate dedication to all the members of the institution and the volunteer community whom SAF serves. S/he leads through the establishment of relationships, and is willing to be present and inspire people.

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ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO, DEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS REPORTS TO: Superintendent of Schools, located in the heart of San Francisco at Geary and Gough.

STATUS: Regular Full Time, Exempt, Start Date 7/1/2010 PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION: To provide direction, consultation, and in service in secular curricular areas for administrators and faculties in the K-12 Archdiocesan School System. To provide leadership in the WCEA/WASC/CAIS Accreditation Process. The Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco is dedicated to the teaching mission of the Catholic Church. For our elementary and secondary schools we strive to provide quality leadership, to develop programs of educational excellence, and to prepare students for a truly Christian life.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: 1). Develops, implements, and evaluates elementary in-service programs and promotes secondary in-service programs in order to assist K-12 educators in teaching secular subjects: 2). Chairs and moderates the Archdiocesan Staff Development Committee 3). Responsible for the Standardized Testing Program

QUALIFICATIONS: Must be a believing and practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church, and have a strong commitment to the philosophy and teaching of the mission of the Catholic Church. Must have 8 to 10 years of successful Classroom and Administration experience with a minimum of 2 to 3 years as Principal or Administrator. Masters Degree in Education is required. Must have proven experience in curriculum theory and practice. Proven track record in sensitivity to cultural and racial diversity as well as varied learning and teaching methods. Must understand and be able to clearly communicate testing theories and practices. For additional details about this Position and its responsibilities see the full description at: http://www.sfcatholicschools.org/ Mail or Email Resume and Cover Letter to: Patrick Schmidt, Associate Director of Human Resources 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, Ca 94109

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February 12, 2010

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of January HOLY CROSS COLMA

Germaine Garicoitz Jennie Gill Franklin Roosevelt Goldberg, Jr. Julia D. Aguilera Helen A,. Gragas Diosdado D. Aguirre Grant R. Hawkes Mary M. Alvers Rita Hlasta Alexandre J. Alves Mark A. Howell Cosmo S. Antista Mercedes Ildefonzo Esteban A. Arcelona Raymundo Ildefonzo Alma D. Armanini Teodoro C. Ildefonzo Sr. Catherine Arnoldy, SND Helen Ingham Rosa Maria Ayala Robert M. Irving Simon Bariuan Aileen Parungao Jacinto Alfredo Carrillo Bautista Vivian Kaye Paul R. Begley John P. Kellam Patricia Ann Benetti Elbert Joseph Ketchum Michael L. Bersaglieri Bun Lee Sylvia Bersaglieri Mario Leon Mark Lawrence Blunt Claire Tallon Levy Generoso D. Bondoc Eleanor Lucille Lewis Mildred C. Borys Roy F. Lippi Peter Richard Brown Tony Z. Liu Delphine E. Burket Salvador Beltran Lopez Therese E. McClellan Burkhardt Francois P. Ma Peter J. Byrne John Maich Julie A. Calleja Emiliana Maldonado Dorothy R. Cancilla Joan P. Mandolfo Evelyn L. Casagrande Alfred W. Martin Carla M. Cassettari-Peirano Subina (Dina) E. Martin William Castaneda Maria Martinez Mario Cruz Castro Maria M. Maxie Amparo D. Catalbas Barbara J. McCarthy Alice M. Cecchi Catherine T. McCosker Rita A. Chase Marijoal “Mary” McGarry Zhi Ying Chen Monica Imelda McHugh Emil F. Cipparrone Agnes G. McKevitt Ann Marie (Tutu) Circosta Charles S. McShane Monica Comstock Raquel Melara-Flores Pol R. Concepcion Kathleen B. Menaster Reno J. Conti Henry Mueller Wilhemina Contreras Mary Mueller Elizabeth Ann Costello Elsie W. Murray Mary Lorraine Cullen Patrick J. Newell Anita M. De Felice Leonora F. Omila Robert de V. Frauendorff Joseph R. Ortiz Baby Dierkes Hilda N. Baptiste Ownby Albert J. Dimminger Roland W. Pelchat Allen E. Dixon Ana R. Perez Margaret Dunleavy Jonathan Edward Pinten Mary Margaret (Marge) Dunn Vicente C. Ponce Sophia Dutra Victoria A. Preston Antoinette Minatel Erickson Helen C. Ragan Joseph C. Fenech Catherine A. Raugi Charles Fernandez Harry J. Roebling Salvador G. Figueroa Pauline Sabini Norma M. Filipelli Onofre D. Salvador Robert J. Foppiano Andrew A. Schiappacasse Rick E. Fragulia Elizabeth Y. Scott George D. Freese Angelina Serafini Dorothy Jeanne Galloway Mary D. Serpa Ramona R. Gammino Alvenise B. Shannon

Helen B. Smith Cristino S. Soriben George Staben Harry A. Sterling Harry D. Sterling Ruth R Stubo Mary Ann Sullivan Claire F. Sullivan Maria Salome Tanjutco Veronica Restua Tanyag Aubrey E. Tendell Richard J. Tessmann Annabelle Thomas Irene B. Thomas Manuela P. Torres Albert L. Touran, Sr. Jeanette B. Trapani Anthony R. Tureaud Felisa D. Urmaza Adrian R. Valderrama Emilia Rita Vidania Frederick Michael Walker Kyoko Ward Therese J. Warde Lea F. Weaver Helen T. Weinschenk John W. “Jack” Whisman Warren Tuck Michael Wong Marjorie Woodley Elizabeth W. Wright Rita Santos Ylo

MENLO PARK Helen M. Andrucci Colin Clark Vincente Zhicheng Gurnee Maria Antonia Jordan Mary Alice Keeble Clare W. Mynderse Jose E. Roybal Robert James Sigala

MT. OLIVET William J. Cutler David Lyle Ferdun Marguerite Geister Katherine Lococo Stanislaus Lyman Elizabeth M. Mayardi Lyman William J. Mazzina Clifford A. Munger Rosa Schenone Finbar S. Yuen

OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR Charles Barsuglia Judy Belo

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMTERY, COLMA First Saturday Mass – Saturday, March 6, 2010 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Rev. Eduardo Dura, Pastor St. Patrick Parish

The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco www.holycrosscemeteries.com HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 650-756-2060 PILARCITOS CEMETERY Hwy. 92 @ Main, Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1676

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 650-323-6375 ST. ANTHONY CEMETERY Stage Road, Pescadero, CA 650-712-1679

MT. OLIVET CATHOLIC CEMETERY 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 415-479-9020 OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR CEMETERY Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1679

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.