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Mass of Gratitude and Farewell celebrated for Bishop John Wester Admitting to being “a bit overwhelmed” at the “Mass of Gratitude and Farewell” celebrated Feb. 20 at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John Wester – now the Bishop-designate of the Salt Lake City Diocese – said he wanted the liturgical gathering to be “not so much a farewell Mass but a time to be Church.” At times fighting emotion, the bishop thanked the capacity congregation of former parishioners, friends, family, deacons, priests, civic leaders, inter-religious leaders and three other bishops for their support and “for allowing me to abide here, a place I have called home for 56 years.” Bishop Wester will be installed the new Bishop of Salt Lake City on March 14. From left in photo: Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, Archbishop Emeritus John Quinn, Archbishop George Niederauer , Deacon Leon Kortenkamp, and Bishop Wester.
Raise healthiest generation, challenges Archbishop Stating that “if we do what is right, we can take care of all our children and raise the healthiest generation in American history,” Archbishop George Niederauer has urged the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to “include adequate funding in the federal budget to sustain and expand the highly successful State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).” In a personal letter delivered to the Speaker’s Washington office last week by the George Wesolek, director of the Archdiocese’s Public Policy and Social Concerns Office, the Archbishop advocated “access to affordable health insurance for every child through proven, successful federal-state partnerships” as the
“right place to start in tackling the health care challenges facing our country.” The Archbishop was to join other religious, civic and health care leaders at a public rally yesterday on the plaza of St. Mary’s Cathedral at which a “Report
‘The fate of our children and families is interconnected’ on Children’s Health” was to be released. The report, organizers said, would be presented to Rep. Pelosi at both her district and Washington, D.C. offices. In his letter, the Archbishop cited a number of statistics
that would be echoed in the report, such as “nearly 12,000 children would lose their health insurance in San Francisco alone if SCHIP is not reauthorized” at sufficient levels. “As Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, I am proud to say that in San Francisco 98 percent of children have health coverage,” he wrote, “and in San Mateo County we come closer to ensuring that every child has health coverage.” Describing the powerful California legislator’s staff in Washington as “very supportive of the intent of the letter” from the Archbishop, Wesolek said, “I fully expect the Speaker will support this.” The letter underscored the importance of “adequate HEALTH CARE, page 8
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ter Margie’s house.”… Speakin’ of St. Paul’s, Howard Connolly, a 1945 alum of the beloved Noe Valley school, said a “Hats off” is certainly due his eighth-grade teacher, Sister Mary Jose Forsyth, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and now living at her congregation’s retirement facility in Dubuque. Howard remembers her as the basketball coach that took the team to an almost-championship. “We played at St. Monica’s gym and every time our shots hit the low ceiling it was called out of bounds and became St. Monica’s ball,” by Tom Burke Howard said. “Sister Mary Jose was blessed with an angelic face and twinkling blue eyes. She was and is an extremely devoted Catholic nun.” While we’re at it, howzabout a happy Happy 55 years married and happy 80th birthdays to birthday to Sister Mary Jose who was 97 years old on Feb. 22. John and Frances Porter longtime parishioners of the Sunset Sister Mary Jose entered religious life in 1928. Two of her sisDistrict’s St. Gabriel’s where they commemorated both occa- ters, now deceased, also became Sisters of Charity of the sions Jan. 27 with a Mass of Thanksgiving. The couple’s five Blessed Virgin Mary – Sister Mary Clare Forsyth and Sister Katharine Forsyth….Honored as children - Noreen Shasky, Mary Sales, Peacemakers at St. James Elementary Annemarie Schindler, Jim Porter and Jeff School were first grader, Jaisey Joseph, fifth Porter, all graduates of St. Gabe’s – were there grader, Joseph Amayo, and seventh grader, as well as their 10 grandchildren. Noreen, Mary Andres Ramirez. The awards are presented and Annemarie followed their mom to the nowannually to students who have been effective at closed and much-missed Presentation High “building peace in the school environment, School in San Francisco. Jeff and Jim are demonstrating respect for the dignity of all and Sacred Heart alums….Celebrating 60 years employing the Dominican motto, ‘to praise, to married, and also with this column’s good bless and to preach,’” said Dominican Sister wishes, are Peg and Dominic Fama of St. Pius Mary Susanna Vasquez, principal….Glad to Parish who married at St. Paul Parish in San publish an “Oops” for Chancery and Catholic Francisco in 1947. “Mom and dad moved to St. San Francisco colleague, Judy Morris, who Sister Mary Jose Pius in the mid-50s and have been very active erred in her reporting of a classmate’s name for Forsyth, BVM members,” said daughter, Patti, whom we thank for the good news: “Four of their five children and three of their a picture that ran a bit ago in this space. Sorry and hope we got grandchildren graduated from St. Pius and two grandchildren it right this time to Joan Collins DiMaggio….Remember this graduated from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. They are blessed is an empty space without ya’!! The e-mail address for Street with 10 grandchildren and are awaiting the arrival of their fifth is burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed items should be sent to great-grandchild. We celebrated with a family dinner at my sis- “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Pix should be
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San Diego Diocese looks at bankruptcy Pope Benedict’s ‘essential writings’ release set here SAN DIEGO (CNS) — If more than 140 pending law- abuse, all of us have suffered the shame,” he said. “We suits alleging clergy sex abuse in the San Diego Diocese should not become bitter. We must become better, better cannot be settled, “the diocese may be forced to file a shepherds after the manner of the Good Shepherd.” Bishop Brom told the faithful of the diocese that he Chapter 11 reorganization in bankruptcy court,” accordknew they too had experienced “trying times” during the ing to Bishop Robert H. Brom. The statement was part of a “pastoral statement on clergy sex abuse crisis. “I am very sorry for what you have had to endure, and sexual abuse cases” dated Feb. 21 and read at all Masses am deeply grateful that you are remaining faithful,” he in the San Diego Diocese Feb. 17-18. If the diocese were to file for bankruptcy, it would said. “Your priests need you now more than ever and become the fifth U.S. Church jurisdiction to do so since your commitment to work together to accomplish the the middle of 2004. The first was the Archdiocese of mission given by Jesus to us all.” The statement drew a strong reaction from attorneys Portland, Ore., followed by the dioceses of Tucson, for victims of clergy sex abuse and from members of the Ariz.; Spokane, Wash.; and Davenport, Iowa. Survivors’ Network of Bishop Brom said that those Abused by Priests. while sex abuse cases “After five years of involving 43 people have ‘Good stewardship demands that dealing with Bishop Brom been resolved, with 18 of and his team of lawyers, it them receiving counseling settlements not cripple the has become very apparent and 30 getting financial that Bishop Brom is more compensation, negotia- ministry of the Church to concerned with preserving tions with 143 other peothe secrecy and cover-up ple “have, unfortunately, accomplish its mission and of the truth of what was been unsuccessful.” done to children of this “Good stewardship -Bishop Robert Brom diocese over the last 40 demands that settlements ministry’ years or more than he is not cripple the ability of over the well-being of and the Church to accomplish its mission and ministries,” he added. “Consequently, we reconciliation with those injured souls,” said attorney must consider how best to fairly compensate the victims Irwin M. Zalkin in a Feb. 18 statement. “This bankruptcy has nothing to do with insolvency while at the same time not jeopardizing our overall misand everything to do with causing further delay of jussion.” Bishop Brom addressed different sections of his state- tice,” he said. SNAP leaders in San Diego, in a Feb. 19 letter, urged ment to those who have been abused and their families; Bishop Brom to delay a decision about bankruptcy “for to priests; and to the Catholics in the diocese. “I want to say again what I expressed to those of you several months, and spend that time in genuine dialogue who were willing to meet personally with me: I am pro- with San Diego Catholics about the needs of all parties foundly sorry for this betrayal of trust in your lives,” he involved: victims, laypeople, clergy and parish employtold the first group. “On behalf of those who caused you ees.” Rodrigo Valdivia, chancellor for the San Diego pain, and in the name of the Church, I beg your forgiveDiocese, said Feb. 20 the bishop’s statement “stands on ness.” The bishop said priests “have been horrified by the its own” and the diocese had no comment on responses to fact that some shepherds over the years have abused ‘the it from SNAP or others. The first clergy sex abuse lawsuit against the diocese lambs.’” “While only a few from among us have been guilty of was scheduled to go to trial Feb. 28.
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Migrants swell London parishes LONDON (CNS) — The size of the Catholic Church in the British capital is being boosted by waves of illegal immigrants, according to a new report. Undocumented or irregular immigrants now make up more than three-quarters of the congregations of at least three London parishes, said “The Ground of Justice: The Report of a Pastoral Research Inquiry Into the Needs of Migrants in London’s Catholic Community,” published Feb. 14. Many live in abject poverty and fear of deportation, said the report by the Von Hugel Institute of St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge.
for the avian flu H5N1 virus. The draft guidelines said people who handle hosts prior to Mass will be required to wear disposable gloves and masks, and eucharistic ministers will have to clean their hands with a hand sanitizer immediately before and after distributing Communion.
Polish prelate retracts story OXFORD, England (CNS) — A Polish archbishop who resigned after admitting collaboration with communist secret police has withdrawn his confession and asked a court to clear his name. Lawyers for former Warsaw Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus said he did not collaborate and that his secret police files were falsified. The prelate resigned Jan. 7, two hours before his formal installation.
Cardinal: affirm human dignity WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bishops must give lay Catholics the tools they need to be convinced and to convince others about why the Church takes the ethical stands it does on some scientific and technological advances, the Vatican’s top doctrinal official said. “The attitude is widespread, even sadly among many Catholics who believe and practice their faith, that the magisterium is overly negative, that ‘the old men in the Vatican’ are against progress even when it is designed to help people who are sick, or infertile, or the like,” said Cardinal William J. Levada, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a Feb. 7 talk in Dallas. “It should be emphasized that the Church’s ‘no’ to certain practices is not a negative reaction to modernity, but rather is a positive ‘yes’ to the dignity of every single human being,” he said.
Oil small help to African nations WASHINGTON (CNS) — Despite massive profits available to oil-rich African countries, which have had an estimated $1 trillion in export revenues over the past 40 years, they are no better off than African nations that do not have petroleum to export. The problem of persistent poverty in nations where multinational companies extract natural resources is unsettling to Rees Warne, a Catholic Relief Services adviser on extractive industries. “In so many of the countries that are not rich, the money isn’t going through the government,” Warne said Feb. 13 at a forum, “Reversing the Resource Curse,” held during the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.
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SANTA ROSA — The convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange adjacent to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital is expected to be torn down by summer as part of an $810 million hospital expansion project, hospital officials have said. According to news reports, the building will be torn down to build a three-story parking garage with 200 spaces. “If you’ve been watching the expansion, you’d have to be crazy not to see something like this would happen,” Sister Michaela Rock, one of two remaining nuns in the convent was quoted as saying in the Press Democrat.
Italian church-state battle brews VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An Italian legislative proposal that would grant some legal rights to unwed couples — including same-sex partners — has set the stage for a major churchstate showdown. On one side is a wide spectrum of Italian social and political forces, including many lay Catholics, who say the bill would end discrimination against unwed couples in areas of health care, pensions, housing and employment. On the other side is the Italian bishops’ conference, which has argued the law would undermine marriage and the traditional family. Some bishops have warned Catholic legislators that they are duty-bound to vote against the proposal.
Bird flu to impact Communion EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) — The Edmonton Archdiocese’s draft guidelines in preparation for an influenza pandemic include strict measures concerning distribution of Communion. If a pandemic hits, local Catholics will not receive Communion under the species of wine and will not be able to receive the Eucharist on their tongues, according to a draft of the Archdiocesan Influenza Pandemic Planning Guidelines. The world is currently in a pandemic alert phase
Pope Benedict XVI talks with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and his wife during a meeting at the Vatican Feb. 15. The pope told the South Korean leader that he shares that nation’s concerns about a nuclear arms race in the region.
Blog writers resign WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two employees of former Sen. John Edwards’ presidential campaign have resigned amid a firestorm in the online community over antiCatholic commentary they each wrote on personal Internet Web logs. Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan both operated Web logs, or online commentary pages known as blogs, before being hired by the Edwards campaign. Comments mocking elements of Catholic belief and crassly attacking aspects of Catholicism led to pressure on Edwards to fire Marcotte and McEwan.
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PASADENA, Calif. (CNS) — At their first official meeting Feb. 6-9 as Christian Churches Together in the USA, leaders of 36 churches and national Christian organizations discussed the importance of evangelism and issued a call to cut child poverty in America in half by 2017. “The scandal of widespread, persistent poverty in this rich nation” must be called “by its real names: moral failure, unacceptable injustice,” they said. The new organization is the broadest, most inclusive fellowship of Christian churches ever formed in the United States. It includes national church bodies from all five major Christian families.
Ask papal help finding kidnapped VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Searching anywhere for information about their loved ones, families of two kidnapped Israeli soldiers met Feb. 14 with Pope Benedict XVI. Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Reghev were kidnapped last July near the Israeli-Lebanese border by the militant Islamic group Hezbollah in a raid that sparked the monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Despite efforts by the Israeli government and humanitarian organizations, the soldiers’ families have had no news about them.
China ordination issue in air HONG KONG (CNS) — Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong has reiterated the need for negotiations to resolve the issue of Catholic bishops’ ordinations in mainland China and to find a bilaterally acceptable way of normalizing relations. Cardinal Zen said illegitimate episcopal ordinations have created new obstacles for the dialogue between China and the Vatican and the normalization of their relations, and he called for an approach acceptable to both sides.
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Chinese community bids ‘au revoir’ and welcome
From left, Jenny Go, Bishop John Wester, Betty Nascimento, and Father Daniel Nascimento, parochial vicar at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, San Francisco.
Nearly 650 persons attended the 16th Annual Chinese Dinner this year at which the Chinese community bid a special farewell to San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John Wester who will be installed as the bishop of the Salt Lake City Diocese on March 14. Held Feb. 9 at the New Asian Restaurant in Chinatown, the festive occasion also welcomed a number of special guests including Archbishop George Niederauer, Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, and pastors of parishes where Chinese Catholics make up a significant number of the parishioners, according to Sister Maria Hsu, FdCC,
Ronda Chau plays Chinese Zither.
who directs Ethnic Ministries for the archdiocese and helps spearhead the annual dinner celebration. Although the dinner was also, in part, a “welcoming to Archbishop Niederauer,” from the Chinese community, the Archbishop reminded guests during his remarks that he also attended last year’s gathering. He said he considered that event his “first public appearance” as the new archbishop. “I would like to take this opportunity to say a very special thank you to Bishop Wester before he goes to Salt Lake City,” Sister Hsu said at the gathering. “Bishop Wester, you have been
2007 Archdiocesan Choral Festival Sacred music performed by choir members from throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco
Artist Kong Pak Yu presented an original painting to Archbishop George Niederauer at the 16th Annual Chinese Dinner. The 91-year-old parishioner of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish is well-known in the art world, and has works on display at the Asian Art Museum in Golden Gate Park.
our patron since the time of Archbishop Quinn, and you have made special efforts to learn the Chinese language to make us feel more at home when you minister to us.” She added: “We will surely miss you and will follow you with our prayers. We hope to see you again at our annual dinner when you come back to your beloved San Francisco. We wish to offer you a fond farewell. However, in Chinese we don’t say, ‘goodbye,’ or ‘farewell,’ but rather ‘au revoir,’ or ‘arrivederci.’”
Bishop Wester was presented an elegant Chinese jacket as a farewell gift. “It has been such a pleasure to attend this annual Chinese dinner for so many years,” Bishop Wester said. “I note the growing vitality of this community, and thank the many dedicated people who contribute so much to our evening together. I am sincerely grateful to Sister Maria Hsu for including me, and thank her for her exemplary work. Know that I will take many memories from this CHINESE COMMMUNITY, page 8
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Catholic Charities CYO marks centennial during 2007 Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco will celebrate its 100th anniversary during 2007. Archbishop George Niederauer has been named honorary chairperson of the centennial observance. Following are some of the activities that will highlight the centennial.
Past presidents of the Little Children’s Aid auxiliaries will be honored at a March 10 $175-aplate, black-tie-optional gala – "A Century of Charity" -- at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The 100-year-old organization helped found what is today CCCYO and continues to raise funds for its children’s programs. For information, call (415) 972-1243.
Feb. 25 - Loaves & Fishes Sunday This annual appeal (see pages 10 and 11 of this issue of Catholic San Francisco) raises awareness of CCCYO programs and funds from parishioners throughout the Archdiocese. It is the only appeal Catholic Charities CYO does each year in parishes. CCCYO receives no funding from the Archdiocese or from the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, so this effort is critical to its work – providing services to more than 40,000 clients every year. March 10 - Little Children’s Aid 100-Year Gala The Little Children’s Aid 100-Year Gala will honor the founders of Catholic Charities CYO as well as past presidents of Little Children’s Aid auxiliaries, focusing attention on a century of services to children in need. April 1 - Parish Schools’ Essay Contest CCCYO will award a $1,500 scholarship to the 7th grader and 11th grader attending a Catholic school in the Archdiocese who, in a short essay, best reflects on the importance and influence of Good Samaritans who live out the Gospel values of charity and justice. Winners will be announced during CCCYO’s Centennial Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on May 20. Contest will run from April to May. April 21 - Archbishop’s Loaves & Fishes Awards Gala The 10th Anniversary Awards Dinner at the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, honors individuals and organizations which have distinguished themselves with outstanding charitable works. Over the years, Loaves & Fishes has raised more than $6 million in support of CCCYO programs. The Loaves & Fishes Award is presented by the Archbishop. It highlights the importance of all charitable organizations. May 7 - 48th Annual CYO Golf Day CYO Golf Day, the oldest charitable golf tournament in
the Bay Area, celebrates fellowship, sport and philanthropy with a singular group of celebrities, business leaders and CYO supporters. This year staged at Stanford and Sharon Heights Golf Clubs, Palo Alto, the tournament will raise essential funds for CYO camp operations and scholarships. CYO camp provides a unique educational and recreational experience to a camper population representative of the broad socio-economic diversity of the Bay Area. May 20 - Centennial Mass Archbishop Niederauer will preside at the Centennial Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral . The 3:30 p.m.Mass will call attention to a century of service to those most in need in the Archdiocese. Winners of the Catholic school Centennial Essay Contest will also be announced and a reception for all attendees will immediately follow the Mass. June 4 – HIV/AIDS Services Anniversary Celebration This festive evening at the Mecca restaurant in San Francisco will celebrate Catholic Charities CYO’s first 21 years of service to the HIV/AIDS community. Originally the San Francisco Aids Ministry, the HIV/AIDS Services of CCCYO provides direct support to more than 1,300 residents every month, counseling services and support programs for those living with disabling HIV/AIDS.
Sept. 17 - St. Vincent Golf Tournament Held at Richmond Country Club, this annual golf tournament raises much-needed funds for St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael, a licensed residential treatment home that provides 24-hour care and mental health services for at-risk boys ages 7 to 17. Oct. 7 - Vincenzo Wine & Food Festival The Festival raises funds for St. Vincent’s School for Boys and celebrates the bounty of the harvest in the beautiful surroundings of the school campus in San Rafael. A live auction offers rare vintages, exquisite travel packages and other unique items with all proceeds to benefit at-risk youth. Nov. 1 - Centennial Civic Luncheon To be held at St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, this extraordinary event will be the cornerstone of Catholic Charities CYO’s centennial celebration, rejoicing in the work of all the faith-based social services agencies of the Bay Area. The event will feature a prominent national speaker. For volunteer information, visit the CCCYO Web site (www.cccyo.org/volunteer) to view current opportunities or contact Megan Baker, CCCYO volunteer manager, at mbaker@cccyo.org or (415) 972-1272. For ticket or additional event information, also consult the Web site: www.cccyo.org/events.
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Serra High sophomores turn love of sports into ministry By Tom Burke
Building character studied by teachers Helping nurture and build character in students cannot be distilled into a curriculum as much as it must be “woven into how we act and the kind of person” educators are in the classroom, according to Harold Jules Hoyle, Ph.D. and other keynote speakers at a day-long conference Feb. 9 staged simultaneously at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and St. Mary’s Cathedral. Sponsored by the archdiocesan Catholic Schools Department, the conference drew nearly 1,000 teachers and administrators from grades K12 in Catholic schools of the Archdiocese. Titled “Character in the Classroom: Tools for Teachers,” the gathering featured experts in applied ethics, literacy, character education, special education and counseling. Provided by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, keynote speakers included Hoyle, Steve Johnson and Kirk Hanson. Executive director of the Center and an SCU professor of organization CHARACTER, page 8
John Blickenstaff and Ian Keane with a sampling of donations.
‘Walk for Justice’ Notre Dame High School students (from left) Miranda Sulley, 17, Roxanna Farshchi, 16, and K.C. O’Shea, 17, led a march of nearly 150 students from Notre Dame, Junipero Serra and Mercy (Burlingame) high schools on a nearly 10-mile "Walk for Justice" to generate funds for San Bruno Catholic Worker Hospitality House. People all along the route showed support by honking and waving.
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Drawing on their love of sports and dedication to service, Junipero Serra High School sophomores John Blickenstaff and Ian Keane have gone to bat for kids less fortunate than they. “We had a huge amount of sports equipment sitting in our garages, most of it in great condition and we thought we could do something good with all the things that had been given to us,” said Blickenstaff. “We didn’t need the equipment any more and knew we could give other kids the same chance to play the sports we have.” That seed has led to a still-growing tally of more than 1,000 sports-related items including bats, basketballs, soccer balls and athletic shoes. “There is a lot of equipment that goes to waste sitting around,” said Keane. “We wanted to let other kids make use of it.” The equipment has come primarily from Serra students and families. The drive took place in May of last year and January of this year for two-week periods. The young men plan to continue the program twice a year in the future. “We promoted the drive through e-mails, posters, and daily announcements at school,” said Keane. “We would like kids at other schools to do the program and SERRA HIGH, page 16
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‘Populorum Progressio’ topic for Fairfax Lent lectures “Populorum Progressio,” a 1967 encyclical by Pope Paul VI on the “development of peoples” is the lens through which the human condition today, especially that of the poor, is being viewed in presentations at St. Rita Church, Fairfax, on Tuesday evenings during Lent. Using the theme “Church and the World in the 21st Century,” the talks are being sponsored by St. Rita Parish in cooperation with the Department of Catholic Schools
and Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese. The Lenten series will be followed in the fall by another lecture on the encyclical by Cardinal Godfried Danneels of Belgium who will address Catholic evangelization in light of “Populorum Progressio” on Oct. 23. Father Ken Weare, pastor of St. Rita and an international expert on globalization as well as an adjunct professor of ethics at the University of San Francisco, was the series’ first speaker
with an overview of the program Feb. 20. Following are the dates, topics and speakers in the series: ● Feb. 27: Immigration, with Jesuit Father Stephen Privett, USF president. ● March 6: Economic development, with Sister Elizabeth Avalos, BVM, coordinator of Lay Associates for the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ● March 13: Islamic politics, with Gie Goris, editor, Mondiaal Magazine.
● March 20: “Waging Peace in Chiapas,” with Franciscan Sister Elena Martinez, OSF, former provincial minister of the Sisters of Saint Francis. ● March 27: The Church in California, with Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire. All presentations begin at 7 p.m. at St. Rita Church, 100 Marinda Dr., Fairfax. For more information, call Noelle Kostelic at (415) 456-4815 or e-mail nkostelic@sbcglobal.net.
Archbishop Niederauer to be featured on national ‘radio retreat’ WASHINGTON (CNS) — Based on their popularity last year, the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Communication Campaign has again produced a Lenten series of radio retreats in English and Spanish – one of which will feature San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer. Each program in the six-week series — in each language — features a different bishop. The series was scheduled to begin Feb. 25, the First Sunday of Lent. The programs, which are being made available to Catholic dioceses and radio outlets throughout the U.S., were produced for the CCC by Franciscan Radio, a ministry of the Franciscans and St. Anthony Messenger Press.
Elia Castillo serves as program host, and the featured bishop for each week serves as retreat guide and homilist. Each show begins with a greeting and a description of the retreat, followed by a sung version of the Our Father. The bishop then presents his homily, which is followed by a meditative song and a question-and-answer segment with the bishop. Castillo wraps up each program and the featured bishop gives a blessing to close the show. Featured bishops for the English series are, in order of their appearance: Bishop John M. Botean of the Romanian Eparchy of St. George in Canton, Ohio; Auxiliary
Bishop Robert F. Morneau of Green Bay, Wis.; Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz.; Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry of Chicago; Archbishop Niederauer; and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph W. Estabrook of the Archdiocese for the Military Services. The Spanish radio retreats will feature the following bishops, in order of their appearance: Auxiliary Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of Chicago; Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer of San Angelo, Texas; Bishop Placido Rodriguez of Lubbock, Texas; Archbishop Roberto O. Gonzalez of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Auxiliary Bishop Rutilio J. del Riego of San Bernardino, Calif.; and
Auxiliary Bishop Patrick J. Zurek of San Antonio. Radio stations may obtain the programs free on compact discs by calling the CCC’s Pat Ryan Garcia, executive producer, at: (202) 541-3404, or by e-mailing her at pgarcia@ussccb.org. People who live in areas where no radio station is airing the retreats or who want to listen to them online can go to the Web at www.radioretreat.org. Online resources include a description of each program, background information on the bishops and links to other Lenten spiritual resources. Programs can even be downloaded from the Web site as MP3 files for podcast or other personal use.
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Father Charles Kullman, pastor of Old Cathedral of St. Mary’s Parish. In addition to Archbishop Niederauer, Gladys Sandin, executive director of the Mission Neighborhood Health Center, was scheduled to address the rally at the Cathedral. In his letter to Rep. Pelosi the Archbishop cautioned against doing any “harm to the broader Medicaid program which provides essential health care services to the poorest children in the nation.” “The fate of our children and families is interconnected,” he explained. “We must not pit children from low-income families against those with even lower incomes.”
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evening and from years past with me to Salt Lake City.” Archbishop Niederauer was given an original work by well-known artist Kong Pak Yu. The 91-year-old parishioner of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish has works on display at venues including the Asian Art Museum in Golden Gate Park. Entertainment for the evening included a youth band whose members Sister Maria Hsu praised for their “creative means of spreading the Good News.”
and society, Hanson and other presenters shared ideas and techniques to help students learn ways to face difficult ethical situations. Markkula Center director of character education, Johnson shared insights into integrating ethics into the language arts curriculum. A graduate-level lecturer on counseling psychology, education and pastoral ministries, Hoyle also directs the Elementary Character-Based Literacy Project at the Markkula Center.
■ Continued from cover federal funding to cover the 2007 shortfalls in SCHIP funding which put over 600,000 children at risk of losing their health coverage.” According to Sarah Nolan of the Public Policy and Social Concerns Office, a number of local clerics and religious planned on contributing to yesterday’s gathering including Father Thomas Parenti and Sister Necy Guan, FdCC, pastor and pastoral associate at San Francisco’s St. Brendan Parish; Father William Justice, archdiocesan vicar for clergy; and Paulist
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Pope praises women’s role in Church development Magdalene, who announced to the apostles that Jesus had risen from the dead. Of course, the pope said, among the women who played VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Highlighting the fidelity and responsibility of women in the early Christian com- “an active role” in the life of Jesus and the early Church, munity, Pope Benedict XVI said the Church could not the most important was Mary, “who with her faith and her have grown and developed as it has without the contribu- maternity, collaborated in a unique way in our redemption.” Pope Benedict said St. Paul, in his New Testament lettion of women. “The history of Christianity would have had a very dif- ters, makes clear women were essential in the life of the ferent development if it had not been for the generous sup- early Church. St. Paul explained “the fundamental principle accordport of many women,” he said Feb. 14 at his weekly genering to which, among the al audience. baptized, not only is there Pope Benedict said that no longer (a distinction as he neared the end of his ‘…the women did not abandon between) Jew or Greek, audience series on the aposslave or free, but not even tles and early Church lead- Jesus at the hour of his passion.’ male or female,” the pope ers, he wanted to focus on said. “the many female figures “The reason is that we are all one in Jesus Christ,” he who played an effective and precious role in spreading the said. “All of us share the same basic dignity, although each Gospel. Their witness cannot be forgotten.” The pope said the women who helped spread the Gospel with his or her specific function.” The pope told the estimated 8,000 people at the audiand ensure the growth of Christianity — such as Mary Magdalene, Mary and Martha, Joanna, Susanna, Priscilla ence, “We thank the Lord because he leads his Church genand Phoebe — should be known, honored and remem- eration after generation, relying without distinction on men and women who make their faith and baptism fruitful for bered. The ponftiff noted that Jesus freely chose only men to the good of the entire body of the Church community.” Before his main audience, the pope met in St. Peter's be among the Twelve Apostles, “fathers of the new Israel” — the Church — and he said the New Testament reference Basilica with 12,000 pilgrims and their bishops from 13 to Phoebe as a “deacon” was an indication of her important dioceses in central Italy. The bishops were at the Vatican responsibility in the community at a time before the title for their "ad limina" visits, which bishops make every five years to report on the status of their dioceses. took on a “hierarchical” meaning, implying ordination. To the delight of the crowd, Pope Benedict announced Still, the pope said, it must be recognized that “unlike the Twelve, the women did not abandon Jesus at the hour that he would be visiting their region on the occasion of the of his passion,” and, in fact, it was a woman, Mary Sept. 1-2 Italian Catholic youth meeting in Loreto.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 14. Highlighting the fidelity and responsibility of women in the early Christian community, Pope Benedict said the Church could not have grown and developed without the contribution of women.
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Moral aspects of pain Catholics involved in efforts to end capital punishment long have noticed an inconsistency among some of their fellow death penalty opponents – namely an unwillingness to extend the argument for life to the unborn. This inconstancy is counter to Catholic Church teaching, which calls for respect for life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. Nonetheless, many people of goodwill continue to exhibit disconnect when it comes to life issues. This sad situation was highlighted in December 2006 by an extraordinary set of contrasting developments. In mid-December, death penalty opponents cheered the decision of a California judge who put a moratorium on executions in the state while the issue of execution protocols – whether pain was caused to the person undergoing execution – was resolved. Also, a judge in Maryland and the governor of Florida stopped pending executions in those states because of humanitarian concerns related to death by lethal injection. In California, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel asked whether those executed suffered “unconscionable pain and suffering.” But just 10 days earlier, on Dec. 6, the “Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act” died in the House of Representatives when it failed to receive the two-thirds majority needed to break a procedural impasse. The legislation would have required that women undergoing an abortion 20 weeks into their pregnancy be informed that an abortion causes pain to the unborn child. The bill also would have given women the option of choosing anesthesia for their unborn child to lessen his or her pain during the abortion. This proposed legislation – intended to provide greater information to women undergoing an abortion – was stopped, despite the testimony of objective medical experts, such as Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, a fetal pain researcher at the University of Arkansas, that fetuses as young as 20 weeks old feel pain. In this contrast, the life-issue disconnect becomes obvious and cruelly ironic. On the one hand, executions of convicted murderers are put on hold out of concern that inmates may suffer pain during execution. On the other hand, the possibility that unborn children may feel pain is denied – and U.S. Representatives demonstrate more concern for the treatment of research animals than they do for the pain felt by the unborn. However, there will be an opportunity for U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives to reconsider the issue of fetal pain in the current 110th Congress. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, reintroduced the “Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act” on Jan 22. He said, “It’s a scientific, medical fact that unborn children feel pain. We know that unborn children can experience pain based upon anatomical, functional, psychological and behavioral indicators that are correlated with pain in children and adults. Mothers seeking an abortion have the right to know that their unborn children can feel pain.” While women who have experienced pregnancy are keenly aware of the sensory capabilities of a baby in the womb, medical researchers are not of one mind on the question of fetal pain. Some researchers – those not willing to admit the possibility that an unborn child in the mother’s womb can feel pain — describe a baby’s withdrawal from a probing needle simply as “a neurological response.” It is a sad irony, that defenders of capital punishment have used this same phrase in explaining the final, fitful death throes of inmates undergoing execution. On the question of fetal pain, we should remember that a baby in the womb at four weeks has a heart that has begun to pump. At eight weeks, the unborn baby makes spontaneous movements. By the ninth week, the central nervous system has functional connections between the sensory and motor neurons; and the baby is able to contract large muscles. At 20 weeks gestation, the baby’s muscles strengthen, nerve networks expand and the skeleton hardens. The baby in the womb is active and coordinated, capable of gymnastic feats. Ears are well developed and can recognize sound. After six months in the womb, the baby’s movements are even more coordinated, pedaling feet and pushing against the uterine wall. The baby has developed a strong grip and vocal cords are functioning. Eyes can open and close and react to light. A child born at this point (about 26 weeks) can survive with intensive care. If courts, legislatures and governors are willing to suspend capital punishment out of concern that criminals might feel pain in the process of an execution, surely we – as a nation – ought to have the same consideration for unborn children capable of entering this life. The fetal pain legislation now in Congress gives women additional information at a crucial time. It is a modest step that can be supported by all those who are concerned about the value of human life. MEH
Church in self denial?
Historically naive
Attached to the Feb. 9 article by Father Bill Nicholas there is a picture of the Earth taken from space. Being black and white, the picture well suits the mood of the article which claims everything should be black and white. Most of us have seen at least one such view and know that it could have color, texture, shade and change in time. Those of us who study and/or practice science know that it also has many shades, colors, textures. And there is definitely change in time. It is the willingness to change when evidence indicates the need that gives science its credibility. Father Nicholas has it right. The Church is unchanging, or nearly so. Unwillingness to re-examine and then implement change is a major reason for present loss of credibility of the “Church.” When one practices both religion and science, one recognizes there are a few things that do not change. They are the fundamental truths, and are taken on faith. They have become surrounded, however, by an orbit of potentially changeable items about which the Church is presently in self denial. Scientists’new definition of “planets” now includes that they must have swept all the smaller heavenly bodies out of their specific orbits. Pluto has not (yet) accomplished that process. Hence, a change in Pluto’s status. By the precise measurements, scientists became aware of a gravitational pull on Neptune by another body in the sky. Convinced of this presence they urged others to keep looking until Pluto was finally found, very close to where calculations stated it would be. Who says scientists do not have faith? Alex M. Saunders, M.D. San Carlos
In response to your Feb. 2 story, “Antiwar rallies draw thousands,” the comment by Bishop Walter F. Sullivan that “war is not a solution to any human problem” is both historically incorrect and dangerously naive. I think Bishop Sullivan would have a hard time convincing those people who were liberated from the Nazi concentration camps in 1945 that war is not a solution. If it wasn’t for the armed conflict waged by the allies in World War II, millions more women and children would have gone to their deaths up the chimney stacks of Auschwitz, Treblinka and Dachau. It was armed conflict, the American Revolution, that brought the United States into being, creating a society that evolved into one of unparalleled freedom and opportunity. It was the Civil War that finally ended slavery and made the United States a whole nation. With all due respect to Bishop Sullivan, he is wrong and naïve to believe war isn’t on occasion necessary to defend liberty and safety. With a new threat of radical Islam preaching the same doctrine of antiSemitism and willingness to use the most brutal form of violence to impose their will as the Nazis did 60 years ago, Bishop Sullivan needs to re-read history. E. F. Sullivan San Francisco
PJ Day a good idea?
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I was surprised to see a picture in Catholic San Francisco (Datebook – Feb. 16) of a group of third grade Catholic school students who had worn pajamas to school during Catholic Schools Week. I realize many schools have Pajama Day. It is done in innocent fun, and the kids love it, but don’t you think allowing children to attend school in their pajamas sends the wrong message to children regarding appropriate standards of dress? Although pajamas may be cute on younger students, are they really suitable school attire for our junior high students? And is it surprising that colleges now report that it’s not uncommon to find college students wearing pajamas to their early morning classes? My opinion may be unpopular, and it may seem like a small matter, but I think our Catholic schools should rise above the standards of our popular culture and take another look at the message we give our children when we invite them to wear bedroom attire in public. D. Brady San Francisco
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I want to thank Catholic San Francisco for the nice mention in Tom Burke’s Jan. 12 “Street” column about the intergenerational event at St. Matthias Parish the previous November. The photo was perfect. As a result, we had calls on it and know there is interest in the Archdiocese for a successful way to engage faith communities in meaningful dialogue along with spiritual and social enrichment — while forming one another in our faith. Our Generations of Faith curriculum from Harcourt Religion Publishers seems to be the right vehicle to do this parish wide. Our next event is March 11, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and March 13, 6-9 p.m., focusing on “Following Jesus: New Life in Christ” at which we will explore four resurrection stories with presentations, dialogue and activities. And, of course, we start with a meal. Please consider yourself invited to check it out. See how it works. Laurie Coulter, Adult Faith Formation Sabrina Spence, Children’s Faith Formation St. Matthias Parish, Redwood City Ed. Note: for additional information on the program, call Coulter (ext. 12) or Spence (ext. 21) at St. Matthias: (650) 366-7085.
History ignored Sandra Mangold (Letters, Feb. l6) complained that pacifist propaganda against the defeat of evil-doers would have made Hitler proud. Yes, indeed, and it’s making former President Jimmy Carter proud as well. Like Hitler, Carter is anti-Israel and has curried favor with odious terrorists while simultaneously expressing to them his disdain for the policies of the sitting president of the United States of America. The pacifists among us who lionize Carter fail to realize we are in a war on terror not just confined to Iraq but raging nearly world wide. Worse, they are blinded by the bloody fact that it’s a war waged by barbaric thugs whose sole purpose in life (and death-by-suicide) is to see every one of us annihilated. Yet unlike patriots, the loyalties of pacifists lie not with our defenders but with our enemies. Sandra Mangold is also correct in noting that pacifists have learned nothing LETTERS, page 17
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Lenten Spirituality
Almsgiving: Christ’s presence in those who suffer I encountered Christ the other day while my car was stopped at one of those long traffic lights at a freeway exit ramp. He was standing at the side of the road, a polite distance from the car ahead of me, holding a cardboard sign with writing I could not make out—except for the giant word “HELP!” Christ saw me, but I did not see him. All I saw was a beggar, wrapped from head to toe, only his eyes showing, bracing himself in the sub-zero wind. Inside my warm car, I thought all sorts of judgmental thoughts, wondering why he wasn’t inside, why he wasn’t working, why he wasn’t going to the “proper places” for help. Another side of my brain was arguing with me. Having volunteered for a short time to work with the homeless, I knew why he wasn’t inside. I was aware some people don’t have the “right requirements” for assistance. I remembered how this same frigid wind had burned my cheeks just two days before. And I saw a bag of dried raisins and cherries sitting on the seat beside me. I kept this inward debate going so long that the light turned green. Relieved, I went on my merry way, home to a warm house, a hot dinner and a loving husband. When I powered up my computer the following morning, I saw my next writing assignment sitting on my desk, a column about—of all things—almsgiving. “What have I done?” I thought. I couldn’t even hand over a pouch of dried fruit to a beggar freezing in the Minnesota cold.
Jesus was no stranger to poverty. Born in a humble stable and raised by working-class parents, Jesus knew firsthand the struggle for survival. His family knew the trials of fleeing a country to live in a foreign land (Egypt) to save their baby. As an adult preacher, Jesus wandered on foot from place to place, sleeping outdoors, with “nowhere to rest his head” (Mt 8:20; Lk 9:58). As an adult, Jesus did not only serve the poor and suffering, he identified with them. So great was his solidarity that he declared all who tend the poor are also tending to the needs of Christ (Mt 25:31-46). The very first Christians so believed this that they sold personal property to give to those most in need (Acts 2:45). They realized what St. Basil the Great would teach later: “The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.” When we see great suffering in modern times, we may wonder if God really cares for us. But Blessed Mother Teresa saw it a different way: “If sometimes our poor people have had to die of starvation,” she wrote, “it is not because God didn’t care for them, but because you and I didn’t give, were not instruments of love in the hands of God, to give them that bread, to give them that clothing; because we did not recognize him, when once more Christ came in distressing disguise — in the hungry, in the lonely, in the homeless, and in
those seeking shelter. God has identified himself with the hungry, the sick, the naked, the homeless. . ..” Lent is a time for seeking out those who suffer and doing what we can to provide for Julie McCarty their needs. We look for Christ in the faces of those who some people scorn: the prisoner, the immigrant, the sick, the unwed mother, the guy from the “other side” of political or religious disputes, and the hidden face of the unborn. We do what we can to alleviate suffering immediately and work to change unjust laws or unfair social structures. We seek to love our so-called enemy, as Jesus taught us to do. In showing mercy and compassion, we discover Christ in his “distressing disguise,” the face of the homeless man at the freeway exit. Julie McCarty is a freelance writer and author of “The Pearl of Great Price: Gospel Wisdom for Christian Marriage” (Liturgical Press, forthcoming July, 2007).
Family Life
Clutter provides one Lenten opportunity Let’s start with five points defending those whose home and workplace tend to be a little cluttered. (We did have 10 points, but the other five were on a list we seem to have misfiled. We’re sure they’re here somewhere.) 1. It’s not really clutter until one of the stacks topples over. 2. You say “clutter,” I say”looks lived in.” 3. You say “uncluttered,” I say “neat freak.” 4. It’s not clutter if every pile has a general theme. 5. I don’t have too much stuff. I just don’t have enough room. Few of us are really pack rats. Most of us might be “pack mice.” We could do a better job of sorting and tossing, but . . . . Yes, sometimes when we begin burrowing into the attic, basement or garage it can become obvious what to keep and what to throw out. A good example: Friends of ours are moving to a new house after living in the same place for more than 25 years. They came across a box of letters he had written to her while he was stationed in Vietnam. A treasure! And a box of her notes from a course she took in college at that same time. Not quite as valuable. (“Why in the world did I hang on to these!”)
But other times it’s harder to make the call. How many finger paintings from your daughter’s preschool, kindergarten and first grade do you keep? How many “team member” trophies from your son’s 12 years of soccer and baseball? (And, if not all, which ones?) But let’s be honest. Those aren’t love letters covering up your coffee table, bookshelves, countertops, dryer, dresser tops, workbench and desk. And those aren’t sports trophies and finger paintings filling your closets, cabinets, attic, basement and garage. No, they’re opportunities for Lent 2007! In the words of St. Augustine: “Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need. The remainder which you do not require is needed by others. The superfluities of the rich are the necessities of the poor. Those who retain what is superfluous possess the goods of others.” Five ways we might consider to help clear the clutter: ● Take a large trash bag and walk around the house collecting a dozen items the family no longer wants or uses. Donate them to St. Vincent de Paul or another charity. ● Go through your file cabinet and pull half a dozen files that are no longer necessary. Toss ‘em.
● Pull out the junk drawer, dump its content and put back only what isn’t junk. ● Go through the refrigerator and medicine cabinet; throw away any item that is past its “use by” date. Bill and Monica ● Grab the laundry Dodds basket. OK, first put away the laundry that’s in the laundry basket, and walk around the house collecting a dozen items that are out of place, putting them back where they belong. On the Web: Conquering Kids’ Clutter. Moms and dads can find some tips here: http://loveathome.com/clutter.htm.
Bill and Monica Dodds are founders of the Friends of St. John the Caregiver and editors of My Daily Visitor magazine. Their Web site is www.BillDodds.com.
Spirituality for Life
The therapy of life outside ourselves Thirty years ago, Philip Rieff wrote a book titled,”The Triumph of the Therapeutic.” In essence, he argued that today in the Western world so many people need psychological therapy mainly because our family structure has grown weak and many community structures have broken down. In societies where there are still strong families and strong communities, he contends, there is little need for private therapy. People more easily work out their problems inside of family and community. Conversely, where family and community are weak, we are very much left on our own to deal with our own problems, and a therapist, rather than a family, has to help us. If Rieff is right, and I suspect he is, then it follows that the answers to many of the issues that drive us to the counseling couch lie as much, and perhaps more, in a fuller and healthier participation within public life, including Church life, than in private therapy. We need, as Parker Palmer brilliantly suggests, the therapy of a public life. What is meant by this? How does public life heal and strengthen us? In brief, public life (life within family and community, beyond our private selves and beyond our private intimacies) is therapeutic because it draws us beyond ourselves into the lives of others, gives us a certain rhythm, and connects us with resources beyond the poverty of our own limitations.
To participate healthily in other people’s lives takes us beyond our own obsessions. It also steadies us. Most public life has a certain regularity that helps calm the chaotic whirl of our private lives, which are often racked with disorientation, depression, restlessness, and an almost infinite variety of obsessions. Participation in public life gives us clearly defined things to do, regular stopping places, regular events of structure and steadiness, a rhythm — commodities no psychiatric couch can provide. Public life links us to resources beyond ourselves. Let me try to illustrate this. While doing studies in Belgium, I was privileged to attend the lectures of Antoine Vergote, a renowned doctor of both psychology and the soul. I asked him one day how one should handle paralyzing emotional obsessions, both within oneself and when trying to help others. His answer surprised me. In essence, he said this: “The temptation you might have, as a priest, is to too simplistically follow the religious edict: ‘Take your troubles to the chapel! Pray it all through. God will help you.’ It’s not that this is wrong. God and prayer can and do help. But obsessional problems are mainly problems of over-concentration, and over-concentration is broken largely by getting outside of yourself, outside of your own mind, heart, life — and room! And so my advice is: Get involved in public things, from entertainment, to politics, to work. Get outside of your closed world. Enter more into public life!”
He went on, of course, to qualify this so that it differs considerably from any simplistic temptation to simply bury oneself in distractions and work. His advice here is not that one should run away from Father doing painful inner work, Ron Rolheiser but that solving one’s inner private problems is dependent upon outside relationships, both of intimacy and of a more public nature. In support of this, I offer another example. For more than a dozen years I taught theology at a theological college. Many is the emotionally unstable student, fraught with every kind of inner pain and unsteadiness, who would show up at our college and slowly grow emotionally steadier and stronger, and that strength and steadiness came not so much from the theology courses, but from the rhythm and health of the community life. These students got well not so much from what they learned in the classrooms as they did by participating in the life outside of them. The therapy of a public life is what helped heal them. And for us as Christians, the therapy of public life also ROLHEISER, page 17
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Catholic San Francisco
February 23, 2007
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Scripture Reflection
Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY (DT 26:4-10) Moses spoke to the people, saying: “The priest shall receive the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar of the Lord, your God. Then you shall declare before the Lord, your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as an alien. But there he became a nation great, strong, and numerous. When the Egyptians maltreated and oppressed us, imposing hard labor upon us, we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and he heard our cry and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. He brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand and outstretched arm, with terrifying power, with signs and wonders; and bringing us into this country, he gave us this land flowing with milk and honey. Therefore, I have now brought you the firstfruits of the products of the soil which you, O Lord, have given me.’ And having set them before the Lord, your God, you shall bow down in his presence.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15) R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, say to the Lord, “My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust.” R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. No evil shall befall you, nor shall affliction come near your tent, For to his angels he has given command about you, that they guard you in all your ways. R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Upon their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the asp and the viper; you shall trample down the lion and the dragon. R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Because he clings to me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in distress; I will deliver him and glorify him. R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble.
FATHER BILL NICHOLAS
Lent’s ‘spiritual strain’
A READING FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE ROMANS (RM 10:8-13) Brothers and sisters: What does Scripture say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” — that is, the word of faith that we preach — for, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. For the Scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 4:1-13) Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for 40 days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live on bread alon.’” Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant. The devil said to him, “I shall give to you all this power and glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish. All this will be yours, if you worship me.” Jesus said to him in reply, “It is written: ’You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve.’” Then he led him to Jerusalem, made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written: ‘ He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’ and: ‘With their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone.’” Jesus said to him in reply, “It also says, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’” When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time.
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Of course, these Lenten observances When one begins a regular regimen of exercise, one may experience a phenom- come with their share of temptation; in enon that many encounter: temptation. fact, we deliberately invite temptation by One might decide to do, say, 50 push- taking on these spiritual exercises. We ups. But, when one gets to push-up num- face the temptation to end the sacrifice ber 30, the body might begin to say, before Lent ends, or change it to some“Okay, that’s enough. You can do 50 thing different halfway through, or doing push-ups tomorrow; or maybe only 40.” it only on Mondays through Saturdays When running 10 laps around a track, under the mistaken assumption Sundays one might be tempted to stop after five, “don’t count.” (They do count as they are or maybe three. Anyone experienced in days of Lent, but are not counted among keeping in good physical shape would the 40 days.) We might face the temptatell you that the important thing is to tion that because we are younger or older keep going despite strain or fatigue; that than a certain age we don’t have to parit will get easier each day as the body ticipate in these observances because the gets used to the exercise routine. The “rules” tell us we are not obliged (“for it temptation to quit early is always here. is written…” Satan said) – as if we However, with discipline, we learn to Catholics need imposed “obligations” overcome it so as to maintain a regimen before participating in holy practices! of physical exercise for the good of our We might face a temptation in which we decide to do something extra, in lieu of bodies. Every year on the First Sunday of giving something up – loosing sight of Lent the Gospel tells us of the the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting Temptations of Christ; how the devil and (not or) almsgiving. Like all exercise, we encounter a certempted Jesus and how Jesus resisted. However, do we ever consider that Jesus tain spiritual strain during Lent. Hence brought on these temptations himself; our Lenten observances are referred to as that he deliberately left himself open to “disciplines.” Greater spiritual discipline comes from resisttemptation? ing temptation First, he fasted ‘Jesus … brought on by the for 40 days. sacrifices and Naturally that observances we would make him deliberately left participate in as hungry, which individuals and as would bring with it himself open to a Church commuthe temptation to nity. Through use his divine temptation?’ these spiritual powers to make exercises, we grow himself some food. in the self-mastery After all, being alone, who would know? Second, as the needed to continue the difficult task of Son of God, he emptied himself to live a living the Gospel amid the many temptahuman life. Naturally that would bring tions that draw us away. Through all this, we strive to end the on the temptation to demonstrate his divine status (in this case by throwing season of Lent spiritually stronger and himself off the Temple). After all, would closer to God than when we began; spirit be wrong to simply do what he was itually ready to celebrate the capable of doing? Third, he came to Resurrection of Christ at Easter. An increase in temptation and its redeem the world through a humiliating death. Naturally that would come with an intensity are to be expected during this occasional temptation to achieve the season. While Jesus taught us to pray same goal in a more expedient, less “lead us not into temptation,” during painful way. After all, the same result, Lent we say “bring it on, we can handle just a different means. His 40-day it!” We turn to our God for the grace to sojourn in the desert left him plenty of endure, and to the community of the time to encounter temptations that go Church for encouragement and solidariwith having too much time on his hands ty. We take occasions of temptation, and in a remote location with little more to do turn the effort of the tempter into an opportunity to turn to God for that grace, than think, pray and grow hungry. During the season of Lent, we too strength and increase in stamina we need enter into a period in which, among other to be true followers of Christ in a world things, we encounter a more intense peri- fraught with temptation. Easter is such an important feast that od of temptation. We engage in actions or spiritual exercises, of prayer, fasting it takes 50 days to celebrate it and 40 and almsgiving. We, as Church, partici- (plus) days to prepare for it. During Lent pate in various Lenten observances – we enter the desert with Christ where we abstaining from meat on Fridays and too engage in concentrated acts of fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We take Friday. These observances, which we do on sacrifices that help us better know and together as a community of faith, help us appreciate God’s many gifts; sacrifices that – if done correctly – will invite grow in unity and solidarity as Church. As individuals we also engage in per- temptation. In resisting the temptations sonal observances to help us grow in our we encounter during Lent, we grow relationship with God. We are encour- stronger spiritually so as to resist the aged to give up something that is impor- temptations we face throughout the rest tant to us – video games, dessert, hot of the non-Lenten year. Happy Lent – and best of luck in spirwater in the shower – to help us remember how God has blessed us in ways we itual growth efforts as we prepare to celmight take for granted. We then experi- ebrate our holiest season of Easter! ence a resurrection of sorts when we take Father Bill Nicholas, ordained for the back that gift at Easter. Or we might give up a bad habit with the goal of not Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2001, is a parochial vicar at St. Cecilia resuming it after Lent, to help us overcome a vice that leads to sin. Parish in San Francisco.
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Lenten opportunities
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Arts & Entertainment 1st and 3rd Tues.: Concerts – 12:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St., San Francisco; $5 donation requested. More information: (415) 288-3800. Sundays: Free concerts at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. More information: (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. Through April 22: “Sacramental Light: Latin American Devotional Art” on exhibit at Thacher Gallery at University of San Francisco. Features devotional objects and paintings from 17th and 18th century colonial Latin America. More information: (415) 422-5178; see www.usfca.edu/library/thacher/. March 2, 3: St. Boniface will stage a play about St. Bernadette March 2 at 7 p.m. and March 3 at 2 p.m. in the parish theater, 175 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. Admission is free. Call (415) 816-5230.
Prayer/Lectures/Trainings Feb. 24: Training for new extraordinary ministers of holy Communion offered by the Office of Worship from 9a.m.-3:30 p.m. at St. Charles Parish, 880 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos; $15 fee. Pre-register at (415) 6145585 or e-mail vallezkellyp@sfarchdiocese.org. Mar. 24: Training for new lectors offered by the Office of Worship from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at St. Charles Parish, 880 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos; $15 fee. Pre-register at (415) 614-5585 or e-mail vallezkellyp@sfarchdiocese.org.
Young Adults
March 10: St. Luke Parish annual crab feed. All are invited to gather in the community center to socialize, dance, bid on some super auction items and eat! Tickets are $40 per person; includes all-you-can-eat crab or pre-ordered chicken entrée, pasta, salad, dessert and coffee. No host wine and beer available. Starts at 6:30 p.m. Call (650) 345-6660 or stop by church office, 1111 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City. Cooks John Bernat, left, and Stefano Quilici will again be cookin’ up the feast! Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 12:30 - 2 p.m. All are welcome. More information: Moriah (415) 756-5505.
Taize/Chanted Prayer 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m.: Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave, Belmont. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 277 or visit www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org. 1st Fri. at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame, with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush St., San Francisco, with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113. 2nd Fri. at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400 Church St., Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at (650) 726-2249. Sundays: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine of Saint Francis at 12:15 p.m. Mass. Visitors and locals welcome at this historical treasure in the heart of North Beach: 610 Vallejo St. More information: (415) 983-0405.
Food & Fun Feb. 24: Archbishop Riordan High School’s annual gala “Purple and Gold Hits The High Seas” to be held at the Hyatt Hotel in Burlingame. An evening of fine dining, dancing, live and silent auction with special guest MC, Bob Sarlatte; the Sanchez-Corea Family will be honored. More information: Sharon Udovich at (415) 586-8200, ext. 217. March 18: 6th Annual Crab Bash Family Dinner benefiting Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Ryan Hall, 40th Ave. at Lawton, San Francisco, beginning at 6
p.m. Tickets are $35 per person with tables of eight for $240. Tickets for children 6 – 12 are $10. More information: Jackie Alcaraz at (415) 664-8590. March 24: The Alumnae Council of Mercy High School, San Francisco, presents, “Eggstravaganza!” — Easter fun for children ages 2 - 12, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Mercy’s campus, 3250 19th Ave The event will feature an egg hunt, games, arts and crafts and an appearance by the Easter Bunny! Tickets are $5 per child; adults free. To attend notify school by March 2; call Nilsa Lennig at (415) 334-0525, ext. 228 or e-mail nlennig@mercyhs.org. March 24: Cruise with the St. Ceclia School Mothers’ Club at the annual fundraiser “A Nautical Night” aboard the SS Durocher. Durocher Pavilion will be transformed into a virtual cruise ship. Evening includes a bon-voyage reception with great music, auctions, dancing and dining, and prizes. More information: e-mail Susie Buckley at buckleysm@comcast.net or call (415) 731-8400; also visit www.scfundraiser.com.
Catholic Charismatic Renewal The Catholic Charismatic Renewal plans events throughout the year. Information about the group’s activities can be found in Datebook and always at their Web site: www.sfspirit.com. First Fridays of the month are commemorated with rosary and Mass at selected churches throughout the Archdiocese usually beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, e-mail John Murphy at exmorte@aol.com. March 2: First Friday Charismatic Mass, St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, at 7:30 p.m.; rosary at 7:p.m.
Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, singles and marrieds to the Catholic Church. Contact Mary Jansen at (415) 614-5596, or e-mail jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. ; also visit Web site for list of events or to download quarterly newsletter (www.sfyam.org). March 17: Life Directions Retreat for Young Adults, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at St. Teresa Parish, 376 Missouri St., San Francisco. Sponsored by the Religious of the Sacred Heart, the retreat will help people in their 20s and 30s discern the Holy Spirit as they make decisions. More information: Sacred Heart Sister Mary Pat White at (415) 418-4569 or e-mail mwhite@rscj.org.
Single, Divorced, Separated April 27 – 29: Weekend for Widowed, Separated, Divorced at El Retiro, Los Altos. More information: La Verne at (650) 355-3978, Helen (415) 388-9651, or Donna (408) 371-0865, or visit Web site: www.beginningexperience.org. Separated and divorced support group meets first and third Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, 601 Eucalyptus Dr., San Francisco. More information: Gail at (650) 591-8452 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236.
Meetings Feb. 26: San Francisco County Council of Catholic Women at St. Finn Barr Parish Hall, 415 Edna St., San Francisco, at 7:30 p.m. Kathleen McCarron of St. Vincent de Paul Society will be the guest speaker. More information: Cathy Mibach at (415) 753-0234.
Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an information phone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F. 94109, or fax it to (415) 614-5633.
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By Joan Kurkowski-Gillen FORT WORTH, Texas (CNS) — Tarek Saab became an instant celebrity after appearing on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” one of the most highly rated and critiqued shows on network television. He spent 10 weeks on the reality show last year before hearing the words “you’re fired” from the program’s executive producer and host, Donald Trump. While the 27-year-old lost a chance to work for the high-profile financier, he gained valuable insight into the power of fame and its impact on society. A Maronite Catholic and daily communicant, he feels American culture “is totally, undeniably addicted to entertainment.” He urges young people to spend less time on entertainment. “It’s no mystery that those in the entertainment world have a strong voice with youth. I’m trying to do something positive with the voice that’s been given to me,” he
told the North Texas Catholic, newspaper of the Diocese of Fort Worth. Saab uses his business acumen and new visibility to advance pro-life causes across the country. The show opened doors for him, he said, “and gave me a platform from which to speak about faith to other young people.” He is the CEO of his own company in Fort Worth called Lionheart, which sells Christian apparel for men. He co-founded it with David Colletti, 27, an attorney and Lionheart’s chief operating officer. The two met as students at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Saab spoke in mid-January at the Life Revival Youth Rally 2007, which drew more than 375 teens and their parents. Selected as a cast member for the fifth cycle of “The Apprentice” after a production crew visited his office at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Saab told his audience he was surprised to find himself showered with attention just days after the first show aired.
“Every day I’d go on the Internet and see my face splattered on the screen and people talking about me on blogs,” he explained. “There were different articles in the newspapers too. People are really captivated by reality TV, and that’s a little bizarre.” Saab, who does not own a television set, advised his listeners to stop spending so much time on entertainment and start thinking about what’s really happening in the world around them. “There’s a lot going on out there (that) we need to know about,” he said. “In the past 50 years, there’s been a complete disregard for the dignity and sanctity of life.”
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Archbishop to speak at event honoring fire chief Archbishop George H. Niederauer will be the keynote speaker March 16 at the Hibernian-Newman Club’s 43rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon during which San Francisco’s first female fire chief, Joanne Hayes-White, will be honored as “Hibernian of the Year.” To be held at San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel, Geary and Powell Streets, the luncheon will begin with a no-host reception at 11 a.m., followed by corned beef and cabbage served at noon. Traditional Irish music and entertainment is scheduled. A native San Franciscan and long-
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Letters. . . ■ Continued from page 12 from history. If they had, they would remember our victory over Hitler, Stalin, Noriega, Tojo, Mussolini, Milosevic and Hussein. Do the pacifists among us think they would have been better off had we slunk away in defeat? Jane L. Sears Burlingame
Dismayed I was dismayed to hear Archbishop Niederauer say he was “very happy” with the arrangement for gay adoptions worked out between Catholic Charities and “Family Builders by Adoption” in his interview on KCBS. Given our population, the question of how to minister to people of homosexual inclinations may be the most pressing pastoral issue facing the Archdiocese in San Francisco. But there
Rolheiser . . . ■ Continued from page 13 means the therapy of Church life. We become emotionally better, steadier, less obsessed, less a slave to our own restlessness, and more able to become what we want to be by participating fully and healthily within the public life of the Church. Monks, with their monastic rhythm, have long understood this and have a secret worth knowing, namely, a regular program, a daily rhythm, participation in community, the demand that we show up, and the discipline of the monastic bell that calls us to activities, not when we want them but when they are
Serra High . . . ■ Continued from page 7
time member of San Francisco’s St. Stephen Parish, Chief Hayes-White is a graduate of St. Stephen Elementary, Mercy High School, and the University of Santa Clara. She was installed chief of the San Francisco Fire Department on Jan. 16, 2004. Tickets are $80. Tables of 10 may be sponsored. Reservations should be made by March 7. For further information, call (415) 386-3434. The annual fundraiser supports continuing education for campus ministers and programming at San Francisco State University through the archdiocesan Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry.
has been no ministry; instead, the record of the Archdiocese has been of one cave-in after another. Catholic Charities allowing same-sex adoption is inseparable from the promotion of the homosexual lifestyle. Adoption agencies don’t place adoptive children in households if they think the households are unsuitable. When Catholic Charities, which is an arm of the Church, thinks it’s OK to place children in homosexual households, they are implicitly saying that homosexuality is OK. That is against the teaching of the Church. The Church’s duty is to save souls, not to be in the adoption business. If there has to be a choice between the two things, then it’s time for the Archdiocese to sever ties with Catholic Charities. Gibbons J. Cooney San Francisco Ed. Note: To hear the KCBS interview with Archbishop Niederauer in its entirety, readers may access it on-line at www.kcbs.com. Click on “Audio,” then scroll to the “In Depth” program listings. set for us, have kept many a man and woman sane, and relatively happy besides. Regular Eucharist, regular prayer with others, regular meetings with others, regular duties, and regular responsibilities within ministry not only nurture our spiritual lives, they keep us sane and steady. Private therapy can sometimes be helpful in supplementing this, but public, ecclesial life, with its peculiar rhythms and demands, is what, first of all and most of all, keeps us steady on our feet. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is the president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. He can be contacted through his Web site, www.ronrolheiser.com. benefit kids who have not had the opportunities he has had,” said his mother, Abbe Keane. The dads also chimed in. “We’re excited to be able to deliver all this equipment to kids who otherwise wouldn’t have an opportunity to play these sports,” said father Ian Keane. “I thought it was great how generous the Serra students and families were. I hope we can continue to be successful with this program,” father John Blickenstaff said.
generate more equipment for kids all over,” Blickenstaff added. Family friends, Tom Huvane and Jane Huvane, recommended where the donated items could be put to good use – DeMarillac Academy in San Francisco and the Bayshore School District. Both Bayshore School District THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL ADORATION and De Marrillac work with a population of students INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE SOLEMN who don’t have in many cases the resources to buy NOVENA IN HONOR OF sports equipment, Keane and Bickenstaff pointed out. Both young men plan to Conducted by go to college. Blickenstaff would like to pursue a career in international affairs. Keane is interested in science and math. Blickenstaff’s younger brother, Alex, helped the campaign with a collection March 11th to March 19th, 2007 at Crocker Middle School in Hillsborough. At 3:00 P.M. The lads’ parents are rightfully busting at the Services: seams. “We are very proud Daily Mass –– 7:00 A.M. to see that John saw the Holy Rosary –– 2:30 P.M. opportunity to do someBenediction –– 3:00 P.M. thing for others when it is so easy to get caught up in Novena Mass –– 3:05 P.M. all the other things he has to do,” said Cindy Send petitions to: Blickenstaff, John’s mothMonastery of Perpetual Adoration er. “We were pleased to see 771 Ashbury Street Ian took such a strong San Francisco, CA 94117-4013 interest in finding a way to
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• Stong Office Support
Special Needs Companion Services
- Discipline, dress code, tardies - Building & Grounds - Special Needs Program - Tutoring Program - Student Council - Title Funding - Parent Volunteer Hours - Observation/Evaluation of Teachers - Teacher Attendance & Substitutes - Completes annual textbook survey - Assists WASC chairperson - Draws up school calendar - Prepares quarterly Honors’ Assemblies - Prepares annual Academic Awards Night Program - Checks teachers registers monthly - Prepares master schedule for Parent-teacher Conferences - Schedules teachers’ yard duty & faculty room assignments - Assists the Student Council Moderator & religion Coordinator with student projects / activities - Assumes responsibility for the school in the absence of the Principal
PRINCIPAL
• Minimal Travel
Help Wanted PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION
• Excellent Benefit Package
Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN, PHN RNTiburon@msn.com 415-435-0421 Special Needs Nursing, Inc. 98 Main Street #427 Tiburon, CA 94920
Special Needs Nursing, Inc.
PRINCIPAL 2007 – 2008
Our Lady of Mercy School, established in 1955, is a thriving K-8 double grade school with over 500 studetns. It is located in the Westlake district of Daly City. Our teacher, staff and student population is Catholic and ethnically diverse. Our Lady of Mercy School is committed to the holistic education of all students, including those with special needs. It is known for its strong spiritual foundation, academic excellence, enrichment programs (art, music, library skills, computer education, drama, choir, band), fitness for life through physical education and an after-school league sports program as well as special services such as full-time counselor, extended care program, homework club and resource teachers that serve at-risk, special needs and gifted students. REQUIREMENTS: ● Practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church ● Minimum 5 years Teaching / Administrative Experience ● Current California Credential ● Masters in Educational Administration / Leadership
Send letter of interest and resume to: Mr. Bret E. Allen Associate Superintendent Department of Catholic Schools One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109 Deadline: March 1, 2007
Archbishop Riordan High School, an Archdiocesan high school in the Marianist tradition, is searching for an experienced, proven leader to serve as Principal. Located in San Francisco, Archbishop Riordan High School is a single gender Catholic high school for 700 young men, and is sponsored by the Society of Mary.
The ideal candidate for Principal will: ● ● ● ●
Be a practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church; Have a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership or related field; Have a valid teaching credential Have 5 years of secondary level teaching/administrative experience.
The application deadline is February 23, 207. Please submit a letter of interest, resume, and statement of educational philosophy to: Fr. Thomas J. French, S.M., President Archbishop Riordan High School 175 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112 email:tfrench@riordanhs.org Archbishop Riordan High School ● 175 Phelan Avenue ● San Fracnisco ● CA ● 94112 www.riordanhs.org ● 415-586-8200
Junípero Serra High School is searching for a Director of Campus Ministry The administration, faculty and students of Junipero Serra High School have completed a discernment process which has let to the restructuring of the school’s Campus Ministry Office. Our goal is to enhance the effectiveness of our spiritual formation programs in support of our mission to help our students’ faith become one that is “living, conscious and active.” In particular, we want our students to grow as life-long and active members of their faith communities, to deepen their awareness of who they are in relation to God and others, and to foster in them a positive appreciation of their Catholic faith as well as a sense of respect for other faith traditions. Salary will be based on experience and education. Serra offers a competitive benefits package as well as funding for ongoing professional development. Qualified candidates interested in this position can send cover letters, resumes, transcripts and references to: Lars Lund, Principal Junípero Serra High School 451 W. 20th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94403 llund@serrahs.com
For more information about Junípero Serra High School, please visit us on the web at:
www.serrahs.com
Teacher Job Faire Saturday, March 3, 2007 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Junípero Serra High School (Gymnasium) 451 West 20th Avenue San Mateo, California 94403
Host High Schools Include: Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco) Convent of the Sacred Heart (San Francisco) Immaculate Conception Academy (San Francisco) Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo) Marin Catholic High School (Kentfield) Mercy High School (Burlingame) Mercy High School (San Francisco) Notre Dame High School (Belmont) Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco) Sacred Heart Preparatory (Atherton) Saint Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco) San Domenico Upper School (San Anselmo) Woodside Priory (Portola Valley) [ Bring your resume to the Faire [ www.sfcatholicschools.org
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Catholic San Francisco
February 23, 2007
In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of January HOLY CROSS COLMA
Mary F. Fontana Margarette M. Ford Cecile Bernadette Forni Jose Franco Aurora Fructuoso Robert Gagnon Lena Garibaldi Gregory A. Garma Marco P. Gazzano Eustaquia Anastacia Genteroy Lydia B. Geronimo Donald D. Gianfermo Walter V. Gilmore Josephine M. Giusto David W. Godsoe Max R. Gretsch John J. Guillory Christie Gurriere Miguel A. Gutierrez Dennis Guzman Roberta L. Hambrecht Martha J. Hamilton Helen M. Hardwick Robert Hayward Leonarda Ortiz Hidalgo Katherine M. Hill Willene E. House Gretta A. Hurtubise Michael Iyehol Noela J. Jensen Maurice J. Kennedy Pamela Jean Kirby Anita M. Knight Jean Fottrell Knights Cosme N. Larios Bernadette Larraburu Marina T. Lavarias Frances M. Lee Eugene F. Leonard Antonietta J. Liem Chandra W. Liem Burt G. Loescher Ann M. Logan Nancy A. Macaluso Mary Patricia Magee Edwin E. Magovern Marie G. Martin Josephine E. Masino Victor J. Massone, Jr. Terrill K. Mattson James A. McKenzie Charles W. Meagher Thelma S. Medina David Medrano
Suzanne Aiello Lena J. Albert Marguerite E. Arnaud Esperanza V. Bailon Norma R. Baldocchi Edwin B. Barry Dalal G. Bazlamit Dorothy Joan Beglin Renato J. Bellatore Susie G. Berti Frederick H. Bidinger, Jr. Colleen R. Boblitt Johannes G. Borghuis Michael Joseph Bowler Francesca J. Bowman Joan G. Brady Irene E. Breen Stacey M. Brizzolara Jermaine K. Cain Clarita Magalona Calabia Carmen V. Calubaquib Paula C. Carnecer Alberto Jose Sanchez Casillas Blanca F. Castro Timoteo Quenga Certeza Santina P. Chelone June Rosalie Chiotti Victor M. Cisneros Maureen A. Clifford Frank Coghlan Lorraine M. Cooper Theresa A. Cortez Yvonne H. Cougoule Steven J. Cresci Violetta C. Deas Gloria G. DeBerry Nicanora B. Degillo Pauline I. Del Rio Robert Delahoussaye Alice L. Dellacasa Joseph A. Delucchi, Sr. Robert J. Dolan Johnny Edwards Theresa H. Estelita Emma Falla Marilyn A. Fancher Eugenia B. Farrenkop Molly Favilli Alfredo Fernandez Estelita A. Fernandez Julita Flores Wilbur E. Foletta
Dolores Mejia Dolores Rotol Mendez Norma L. Mendoza Lillian B. Mendoza Constance Mesita Thomas G. Miller, Sr. Oliver J. Misz Lucille Moakler Jean Marie Mooney Theresa Agatha Moran John W. Moresco Marian H. Morrison Bernard Patrick Murphy Mary Joan Murphy Dolores A. Mutti Ostillio Nanna Nydia A. Napolis Angelina Navas Richard “Dick” Noftsger Louis W. Nolan Rose T. Nolan Jean M. Olivier Jesus (Jessie) Ortiz Norma Francis Drucker Castagnetto Ravetti Osgood Fred J. Papapietro Christopher Robert Pendenza James F. Peterson Ronnie Porter Gerald Vincent Powers Maria Presutto Alice C. Ragghianti Georgia “Nena” Reyes Eric D. Ribeiro, Sr. Evelyn O. Roberts Martin Ryan L. Emmett Schaefer Robert A. Schwarz Peter A. Seguisabal Maureen O’Hara Shanahan Hazel E. Shea Lina Smith Leonor Solorzano Phyllis C. Swall Deto Tellez Benjamin E. Ting Jordan A. Ting John E. Tobin, Jr. M.D. Ubalda M. Torres Aida Pena Totanes Elisa I. Vargas Theresa Vasco Rina M. Vasconcellos Joseph Vega
Gertrude H. Vieira Paul L. Vigo Grace E. Volonte Mildred Walsh Beatrice J. White George C. White Jake Eldon Wilcox Lincoln H. Williams Eleanor M. Wollenberg Chaney N. Wong Perle A. Woods George S. Yamaguchi Samantha Zamora Donald J. Zink Yacoub Zughbaba
HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Bridget “Bridie” M. Archbold Jose M. Barrales Fernanda Giovanna Bass William R. Fleming Joseph Christiano Lomba Helen Marques Joseph Anthony Rogus (December) Frances W. Schenkel Altagracia Lopez Valencia
MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Marshall Andrew Arnold Rita DeDeaux Brill William F. Burns Mary Cattaneo Angelina E. Clivio Joan J. Donati Rosemary Cersosimo Fogg Agnes Ellen Grubb Margaret Mary Hammond Ornella M. Hardy Sadie M. Jovino Maria G. Ruiz Mendieta Ruby Ramblas Vivian Repetto Eleanor B. Rivette Hector A. Rubini Ann P. Zink
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA 1st Saturday Mass – Saturday, March 3, 2007 Rev. Marvin Felipes, Celebrant – St. Elizabeth Parish 11:00 a.m. – All Saints Mausoleum Chapel
Planning your Christian Funeral MARIN COUNTY
SAN MATEO COUNTY
St. Anthony, Novato Sunday, March 4, 2007 – 2 pm-4 pm
St. Matthias, Redwood City Saturday, March 3, 2007 – 12 pm-2 pm
Good Shepherd, Pacifica Saturday, March 10, 2007 – 10 am-12pm
Please join us for a free workshop designed to educate and present options in understanding our Catholic Funeral Rites. This is an opportunity to explore the meaning that the funeral rites have in your life. Presentations from your parish priests, a funeral director and Mrs. Katherine Atkinson, Director Cemeteries.
The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco www.holycrosscemeteries.com Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375
Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-9020
A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.