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Pope Benedict celebrates Mass, calls his predecessor ‘rock of faith’

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II was a “rock of faith,” communicating the Gospel even when he could no longer speak and suffering racked his body, Pope Benedict XVI said, celebrating a memorial Mass for the late pope.

Just as he did a year earlier when he lay dying, Pope John Paul drew tens of thousands of people — mainly young people — to St. Peter’s Square to mark the first anniversary of his death with an April 2 nighttime vigil and an April 3 evening Mass.

In his homily at the Mass, Pope Benedict said, “Those who were able to associate with him close up could almost touch that pure and solid faith of his,” a faith that also impressed huge crowds as he traveled the world.

Pope Benedict was speaking from personal experience as one of Pope John Paul’s closest collaborators for more than two decades as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Among the dozens of cardinals concelebrating the Mass was one who knew Pope John Paul even better: Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, Poland, who served as his private secretary for almost 40 years.

Addressing some 30,000 people — including Italian actress Sofia Loren — gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Mass, ROCK OF FAITH, page 3

Easter Triduum Heart of the Church’s liturgy, highlight of its year

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liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil, the people of God participate with solemn festivity in the Church’s most intense expression of the paschal mystery, that is, the revelation of Jesus’ passing over from death into new life as the source and pattern of our lives.

So, when does Lent end? While Roman Catholics would seem to be universally aware of Lent’s start with Ash Wednesday, chances are that vast numbers would stumble on this question, assuming—incorrectly—that Lent ends with the arrival of Easter Sunday. On the contrary, Lent is over when the Church begins its celebration of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday night. With this Mass the Church enters into a three-day liturgy, one great liturgical symphony with several movements spanning Friday, Saturday, and ending with evening prayer (vespers) on Easter Sunday. The Easter Triduum (three days) comprises the most important ritual act of worship the Church does and, thus, constitutes the highlight of the liturgical year. In the course of the

HOLY THURSDAY Perhaps the biggest ritual clue on Holy Thursday that we are no longer in the Season of Lent comes early in the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, when the assembled faithful sing the Gloria, accompanied by the festive ringing of bells. The Church raises its heart in joyous praise to God for the incomparable gift of the Eucharist, which Jesus bequeathed to EATSER TRIDUUM, page 14

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — On the days surrounding the anniversary of his death, Catholics around the world gathered to commemorate the life of Pope John Paul II. In Pope John Paul’s homeland of Poland, tens of thousands gathered for Masses, concerts, exhibitions, youth vigils and silent marches in various towns and cities.

On April 2, the first anniversary of Pope John Paul’s death, Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz joined thousands who placed flowers and candles outside the headquarters of the Krakow Archdiocese, where then-Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was archbishop until his 1978 papal election.

In Warsaw, Cardinal Jozef Glemp told Catholics at an open-air Mass that Pope John Paul had been “chosen as pope by divine providence” to lead the church into the third millennium “with the genius of thought and faith drawn from his homeland.”

The commemorations followed the April 1 completion of a tribunal for Pope John Paul’s sainthood cause in Krakow.

The tribunal gathered more than 800 pages of testimony from more than 100 Polish witnesses at 29 sessions spread over five months.

Prayers for the beatification were held April 2 at Poland’s Our Lady of Jasna Gora and Kalwaria Zebrzydowska shrines, as well as at the Divine Mercy center in the Krakow suburb of Lagiewniki, where a commemorative Mass was attended by Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

In Pope John Paul’s hometown, Wadowice, where several thousand Catholics attended an open-air Mass, a group of Italian runners arrived April 1 with a torch lit from candles at Pope John Paul’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

In a pastoral letter, the Polish bishops POPE’S DEATH, page 5

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addressed to the late pope: “We are here with you. We are here to thank you.”

The banner-maker, 27-year-old Bindu Casalini, said, “There were so many moments when he made us feel important.”

“Rereading the words of John Paul, I feel he’s still close. He’s still important to me,” she said.

Her friend, Marco Iannotta, said: “It was like losing a member of the family. But he left us so much written down that it’s like we can still dialogue with him.”

Pope Benedict knelt in the window of his studio overlooking the square, reciting the rosary with the crowd.

As the clock approached 9:37 p.m., the hour of Pope John Paul’s death, the rosary concluded and Pope Benedict addressed those present and thousands of Catholics watching by satellite in Poland.

Pope Benedict said that especially in how Pope John Paul accepted his weakening phys-

■ Continued from cover Pope Benedict said his predecessor had a “convinced, strong and authentic faith, free of fear and compromise, which touched the hearts of many people,” particularly at the moment of “his agony and his death.”

On the actual anniversary of his death, April 2, some 80,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to recite the rosary, sing hymns and remember the vigil kept by thousands of people as the pope lay dying a year earlier.

“He continues to be in our minds and in our hearts,” Pope Benedict told the crowd gathered for the candlelight vigil.

“He continues to communicate to us his love for God and his love for humanity,” Pope Benedict said.

A group of young Romans in the square when the pope died returned with a banner

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Women join tens of thousands of pilgrims at a vigil in St. Peter's Square on the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II April 2.

ical condition and death “he gave suffering dignity and value, testifying that a person does not have worth because of his efficiency or appearance, but for his self, because he was created and loved by God.” Jerzy Zolc of Lublin, Poland, was one of thousands of Poles who traveled to Rome to mark the anniversary by praying at the tomb of the Polish pope.

“I was here last year and when I left I wondered if I ever would come back. But I promised myself to be here on this night,” he said. Pope John Paul “showed us the way to live.”

Jay Mello of the Diocese of Fall River, Mass., was one of dozens of seminarians from the Pontifical North American College who were praying in the square when Pope John Paul died; they returned for the anniversary vigil.

“At Mass when we pray for ‘Benedict, our pope’ it still seems strange,” he said. “It seemed right to come here tonight.”

Pope John Paul, who served almost 27 years, was the only pope many of the seminarians ever knew.

Pope Benedict also dedicated his midday Angelus address April 2 to Pope John Paul.

The late pope’s last hours, he said, were “a pilgrimage of faith, love and hope, which left a profound mark on the history of the church and humanity.”

“John Paul II died as he always lived, animated by the indomitable courage of faith, abandoning himself to God and entrusting himself to the Blessed Virgin Mary,” he said.

“In his last years, the Lord gradually stripped him of everything,” Pope Benedict said. “When he could no longer travel and then not walk and finally not even speak, his gesture, his proclamation was reduced to the essential: to the gift of self until the last.”

The anniversary was marked at parishes, cathedrals, concert halls and on television channels in Rome, Poland and around the world.

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USCCB president urges efforts for federal marriage amendment WASHINGTON — Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, urged his fellow bishops to get involved in the effort for a federal constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. “Today there is a growing sense shared by many people, including a wide range of religious leaders, that a marriage protection amendment is the only federal-level action that ultimately will protect and preserve the institution of marriage,” Bishop Skylstad said in a letter, released April 3. “Timely and focused efforts are needed to help the Catholic faithful form their conscience on such an important matter.” Bishop Skylstad said the Knights of Columbus have started a national postcard campaign to back a federal marriage amendment. The Knights are distributing the postcards through their state, district and local councils through May, and have offered to extend the campaign to each diocese and parish in the country. “In a matter of months we will have the opportunity once again to stand publicly in support of marriage as the God-given union of a man and a woman,” he said. The U.S. Senate is expected to consider a constitutional amendment on marriage in June.

Southern bishops urge Gospel response for imprisoned women MARTIN, Ky. — A group of more than 30 Southern bishops issued a pastoral statement urging a new look at how the criminal justice system treats women in prison. “We do not tolerate sin or crime,” the bishops said in the statement, “Women in Prison,” issued at the end of March. “But we bishops of the southern U.S. call our people to recognize the dignity of those women who suffer from incarceration in our prison system and to help them toward responsibility, reconciliation and restoration.” The bishops said the female population in U.S. prisons “is escalating faster than that of men in prison. In fact, the U.S. now has 10 times more women in prison than the combined nations of Western Europe with approximately the same number of women in the population.” The statement quoted the testimony last year of Kathy Masulis, a volunteer teacher in a women’s prison. Masulis said, “Most women in our correctional system are poor, and many were accomplices to crimes committed by their boyfriends or husbands. They are now held in a system largely designed by and for men, despite the fact that incarcerated women are usually not a threat to public safety, nor are they likely to attempt escape.”

New papal nuncio to U.S. cites vitality of U.S. Catholicism WASHINGTON — Archbishop Pietro Sambi, new papal nuncio to the United States, said April 3 that he is impressed by the vitality of U.S. Catholicism. “There are problems in the church of the United States,” he said in an interview with Catholic News Service. “I know also there is a lot of vitality.”

The nuncio, who arrived in the United States six weeks ago, said he was impressed at the “hundreds and hundreds of adult persons” who came to their cathedrals on the first Sunday of Lent to begin the final stages of preparation to be baptized or enter into full communion with the church at Easter. He said he is also impressed by the level of weekly Mass attendance among U.S. Catholics and by their generosity toward others. In his previous posting Archbishop Sambi, who speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish, was the Vatican representative to Israel and the Palestinian territories. He said, “My job is this: to strengthen communion between the Holy Father and the bishops and the Catholic Church of America, to bring all the time the support and encouragement of the pope to his brothers in the episcopate and to their faithful, to be an instrument of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, to defend life and the dignity of every human person, to find a way of peace with justice in the world.”

To remember the Shoah, choose life over death, says French cardinal WASHINGTON — To transmit the memory of the Shoah from one generation to the next, people must be determined to choose life over death and good over evil, said French Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger. In a March 29 talk at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, the retired archbishop of Paris said that to remember the Shoah, the Hebrew word for Holocaust, the events first must be “rigorously, scientifically documented,” and the memory of those who escaped must be relived. The Shoah was “human, rational decisions made by human, rational beings. The Shoah rises as a mystery of human liberty” and, for it to be remembered and never repeated, “moral conscience must become educated,” he said, as a real “choice between life and death.” Because good and evil can be defined in various ways, dependent upon the context of society and the collective group, the only way to understand the difference between good and evil is to “identify good with life and evil with death,” said the cardinal, who was born of Jewish parents; his mother was killed in the Holocaust.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops need to step to a new level in assessing their programs and policies to protect children and prevent clerical sex abuse, the head of the bishops’ National Review Board said March 30. “The present audit process is insufficient,” Patricia O’Donnell Ewers, the board’s chairwoman, told journalists gathered at Washington’s National Press Club for the public release of the 2005 audits of the sex abuse responsiveness of dioceses and male religious orders. The process must move from seeing whether dioceses have requisite policies and programs in place to assessing how effectively

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The board, a 13-member panel of prominent lay Catholics, was established by the bishops in 2002 to monitor the compliance of dioceses with the provisions of the bishops’ “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” One of its tasks is to review annual audits of diocesan child protection and sex abuse response policies and programs and make recommendations to the bishops for improvements in those areas.

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April 7, 2006 previously released costs, the U.S. church has paid out more than $1.3 billion on clergy sex abuse-related issues, mostly in settlements to victims, since 1950. Besides allegations, the number of alleged victims and abusers dropped significantly.

Former Polish president reflects on democracy, Pope John Paul II OMAHA, Neb. — Lech Walesa came to Omaha to talk about politics and globalization, but ended up spending more time talking about his friend and fellow countryman, Pope John Paul II. Walesa is known around the world as the mustachioed electrician who led the Solidarity movement that freed Poland from communism and who later became president of Poland. But the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner revealed a more personal side of himself March 28, as he spoke to nearly 2,300 at a lecture sponsored by Creighton University.

“As you know, I am a man who practices his Catholic faith, a simple one, but I take my faith very seriously. That’s why I looked up to the Holy Father as the Peter of our time,” he told the crowd through an interpreter. Throughout his lecture, titled “Democracy: The NeverEnding Battle,” Walesa gave Pope John Paul much of the credit for the fall of communism.

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■ Continued from page 3 said, “We should make great efforts to learn, even in our errors, how to use the gift of freedom, which is undoubtedly linked with the pontificate of a pope who came to Rome from a far country, our country.”

Across England, bishops joined Catholics by remembering Pope John Paul in services and prayers. On April 3, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster commemorated the legacy of Pope John Paul at a Mass in Westminster Cathedral.

“John Paul II’s papacy will always be remembered for the tenacity with which he proclaimed the values of the kingdom of God,” the cardinal said in a March 31 statement. “For 26 unforgettable years, Pope John Paul II opened wide the doors of the

Commission, others warn of fragile state of Sudan’s peace WASHINGTON — A year into Sudan’s peace process, a continued ethnic cleansing campaign in the Darfur region threatens the nation’s fragile stability, according to both a U.S. government commission and a Catholic Relief Services program manager. The last week of March brought the release of a report on Sudan by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and a CRSsponsored series of meetings with a newly returned program coordinator for Darfur. The coming weeks will bring other events calculated to bring attention to the tenuous situation in the region. They include an ongoing postcard campaign; an April 2-9 week of prayer and action for Darfur, co-sponsored by a broad coalition of interfaith groups; and an April 5 Sudan Freedom Walk and rally and April 30 Rally to Stop Genocide, both in Washington.

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., co-chairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, called on President George W. Bush to “go back and do something bolder” in trying to resolve Sudan’s tenuous state. He recommended appointing a special envoy who would work on bringing lasting solutions to the region.

world to Jesus Christ. He departed the world on a tide of love, leaving the church more united, more focused on the Gospel and more central to global affairs. The fruits of his constant witness to truth, freedom and human dignity are still being felt among us in a new openness in human hearts to the presence of God.” Among observances in Africa, Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo proclaimed a “triduum” of memorial events for the three days leading up to the anniversary.

In addition to special Masses at every parish, dioceses organized evenings of reflection on the late pope’s teaching, and national television, in cooperation with the bishops, produced a special documentary on his life and death, according to Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news agency.

In India’s capital, New Delhi, a bronze bust of Pope John Paul was unveiled at a solemn ceremony April 2. Senior ministers

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Pope Benedict to preside over Holy Week, Easter liturgies Pope Benedict XVI will preside over a full schedule of Holy Week and Easter liturgies at the Vatican and in Rome. The pope will celebrate his 79th birthday on Easter, April 16, and will mark the first anniversary of his election April 19.

On Palm Sunday, April 9: Pope Benedict will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Square. On Holy Thursday, April 13: Pope Benedict will celebrate the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in the morning; in the evening, he will preside over the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran.

On Good Friday, April 14, the liturgy of the Lord’s Passion will be celebrated in St. Peter’s in the late afternoon. In the evening, Pope Benedict will preside over the Way of the Cross at Rome’s Coliseum. He will celebrate the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at 10 p.m.

joined Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington and Cardinal Telesphore Toppo of Ranchi, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, and others at the “World Peace Meet.”

“This is a great occasion because we are remembering an apostle of peace,” said Hans Raj Bharadwaj, India’s law and justice minister who unveiled the bust, which is to be displayed at the bishops’ conference headquarters in New Delhi.

Bharadwaj, a Hindu, said the Catholic ideals inspired by the lives of Pope John Paul and Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta were “the same as our social values,” and it was “appropriate for all to gather to remember Pope John Paul.”

Cardinal Toppo said the late pope “acknowledged the value of other faiths.”

“Right to the very end of his life, he

Celebration of Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square on April 16 will be followed by the papal blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city of Rome and the world).

SAN FRANCISCO ARCHBISHOP NIEDERAUER’S SCHEDULE: At the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, Archbishop George H. Niederauer will celebrate the 11:a.m. Mass on Palm Sunday; Chrism Mass on Tuesday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m.; Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 13; Easter Vigil Mass at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 15; and Easter Sunday Mass at 11 a.m.

Archbishop Niederauer also will lead a penance service at Old St. Mary’s at noon on Thursday, April 13, and participate in Good Friday services at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

made every effort to promote respect, reconciliation and harmony among the followers of all religions,” said Cardinal Toppo.

In the United States, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles celebrated Mass April 3 in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. He blessed a newly created hybrid rose named in honor of the late pope.

Across the country, in Miami, Archbishop John C. Favalora celebrated Mass April 2 at St. Mary Cathedral.

In New York, Cardinal Edward M. Egan celebrated Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Later April 2, organist Boguslaw Grabowski of Gdansk, Poland, performed a concert of remembrance and meditation in the cathedral. Actor Jon Voight, who portrayed the pope in a television miniseries, read quotations from Pope John Paul during the concert.

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Consistory Photo A photo caption in last week’s issue of Catholic San Francisco incorrectly identified Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman as Sulpician Father Gerald Brown.

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Pictured here from left is Father Gerald Brown, current Rector of St. Patrick’s Seminary; Archbishop John G. Vlazny of Portland; and Cardinal Francis Stafford, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, at a reception honoring Cardinal Levada at the North American College in Rome.

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Immigration bill provisions analyzed by bishops’ committee chairman

By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — The immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee March 27 addresses many of the Catholic Church’s concerns, although it also needs work, according to statements from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other church representatives.

An April 3 letter to senators from Bishop Gerald R. Barnes of San Bernardino, Calif., chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Migration, detailed what legislative proposals for immigration the bishops support and which ones they oppose.

The letter lauded provisions of the bill approved by the Judiciary Committee that would allow the 11 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants the chance to legalize their status, establish a temporary worker program and reorganize legal immigration procedures to reduce the backlog of applications for family reunification visas.

Bishop Barnes praised the committee bill for including legislation known as the Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Security Act, or AgJOBS, and the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act, known as the DREAM Act. AgJOBS would allow several hundred thousand agricultural workers already in the United States to legalize their status and seek permanent residency visas. The DREAM Act would create a way for students who were brought illegally to the United States by their parents to legalize their own status while getting a college education at in-state resident rates.

The letter also expressed appreciation for amendments to the committee bill that would exempt from criminal prosecution church and other humanitarian workers who provide social, medical and other types of service to undocumented immigrants. Amendments also eliminated previous provisions that would have retroactively imposed penalties on immigrants.

Those penalties were included in a version of immigration legislation passed by the House in December. Like the Senate Judiciary Committee’s bill, and one proposed by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the House legislation is among the possible laws being considered by the full Senate.

“We also are pleased that the committee rejected provisions from the House-passed version of H.R. 4437 that would criminalize unlawful presence,” Bishop Barnes wrote. It currently is a violation of civil, not criminal, law to be in the country without permission.

ident Father Larry Snyder said he is grateful that the Judiciary Committee eliminated penalties for providing humanitarian assistance to illegal immigrants.

His statement reiterated the key goals the Catholic bishops and other organizations and their Justice for Immigrants campaign have promoted for immigration legislation. They include: — A path to lawful permanent residency and citizenship for undocumented people already here.

— Improvements in legal immigration procedures to make it easier for families to be reunited and allowed to stay together.

— Promotion of national security.

— Creation of more legal avenues for necessary workers to be admitted to the United States.

A March 29 statement from Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick emphasized those same points about pending legislation and encouraged the Senate to keep its debate “civil and respectful of the dignity we all have as children of God.” “I fear harsh rhetoric and punitive policies could further divide our country and people,” he said.

Aspects of the committee bill dealing with due process rights are harmful, however, “and should either be stricken or ameliorated during Senate floor consideration of the measure,” the bishop’s letter said.

Among provisions that concern the bishops are those that would expand the definition of an aggravated felony, which would make “many deserving aliens ineligible for immigration relief.”

Also troubling are provisions that would increase the use of “indiscriminate, mandatory and indefinite detention” and expand the use of expedited removal, he said. Those changes “might return refugees, asylum seekers, unaccompanied children, trafficking victims, battered spouses and other vulnerable populations to situations where they may face harm.”

Bishop Barnes objected to provisions limiting judicial review “at a time when the judiciary has leveled unprecedented charges that the immigration court system is making unjust decisions,” and that would empower state and local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal civil immigration laws.

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Church welcomes newly baptized and newly confirmed in Easter Vigil rites Paris Edgerton will be confirmed April 15 during Easter Vigil rites at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in East Palo Alto. She has lived in East Palo Alto and worshipped at St. Francis of Assisi for almost all of her 42 years.

“This is definitely a big moment in my life,” Ms. Edgerton said. “I think the word confirm means definite and ‘this is it’. I want my soul to look a little bit better to God and I believe in having a strong relationship with God.” By no small coincidence, Ms. Edgerton will be 43 years old on Holy Saturday, a match she’s sure the Lord had a hand in. “What better way to have your birthday party than right here in church,” she said with a large laugh. Ms. Edgerton’s mom, Barbara Edgerton White, died four years ago but has been a continuing influence on her daughter’s faith journey. “She will definitely be looking down on Holy Saturday,” Ms. Edgerton said.

A Quick Glossary Catechesis –a word which the ancient Greeks used in reference to the theatre and which means “to make resound like an echo.” In the Church’s usage it means the “echoing” of the mystery of Christ in instruction, liturgical and private prayer, community and service for the formation of Christian disciples.

Catechumen - An un-baptized person who has celebrated the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens and who participates in catechesis. A catechumen is a member of the Church with rights & privileges.

Candidate – A person preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation or Eucharist who is already baptized in the Catholic Church, in another Church, or in an ecclesial community. Candidates from another Church or ecclesial community are not to be considered ‘converts.’

“Before she passed away she told me to continue with Confirmation.”

Ms. Edgerton’s siblings Rhona Harris, Kimberly James and Jeffrey Edgerton will be in the assembly for Holy Saturday. A niece, Onetta Harris, a junior at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, is unable to attend. “She’s doing a Semester at Sea and is a bit upset that she can’t be here,” her proud aunt said.

Ms. Edgerton is mom to a disabled son who is named for her and she looks forward to helping him prepare for Confirmation next year. The 14 year-old Paris was baptized and received first Eucharist at St. Francis of Assisi.

Ms. Edgerton is a member of the parish St. Vincent de Paul Conference at St. Francis and also serves as a reader at weekday and weekend Masses.

“Holy Saturday will confirm that I am at the right place at the right time,” Ms. Edgerton said, again unable to contain an ear-to-ear smile and a hearty laugh.

In addition to Ms. Edgerton, Andrea Magana, 21, will also be confirmed and Josh Watterson, 25, will receive the sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation on Holy Saturday at St. Francis.

“I am very happy about joining the Church,” Mr. Watterson said. “This has been a very good experience of learning about the faith and understanding it. The people are very warm and welcoming here.”

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“I have enjoyed the classes and meeting people at St. Francis,” Ms. Magana said. “I have felt very welcomed.”

Mike Quinn, a seminarian studying at St. Patrick’s Seminary for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, coordinates the RCIA program at St. Francis of Assisi.

“I’m grateful to be leading the program especially under the direction of our pastor, Father Larry Goode,” Mr. Quinn said. “The parish has become like home to me.”

“The RCIA program points to our being a vibrant community that is adding members,” Mr. Quinn said. “It is a very positive experience of Church.”

Mr. Quinn, who is 52 years old, entered the seminary from St. Anthony Parish in Novato. He said preparing others for the sacraments has been a force in “confirming” his own priestly vocation.

“I’m looking forward very much to service as a parish priest,” he said. “I want to be available for questions and visits to people’s homes. Celebrating Eucharist is my absolute and awesome hope.”

More than 180 Catechumens and 240 candidates are anticipating Holy Saturday at more than 50 parishes in the Archdiocese according to Patrick Vallez-Kelly, assistant director of the Archdiocesan Office of Worship.

The Office of Worship and the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry contributed to this article.

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Upcoming R.C.I.A. celebrations April 13-16 – The Easter Triduum, with the baptism of the Elect at the Easter Vigil on April 15th at many parishes.

April 23rd, 11:00am. – The “Neophyte Mass”. (“Neophyte” = newborn or newly baptized.) An opportunity for the newly initiated to fully celebrate the Eucharist with Archbishop Niederauer at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Parish volunteer, Mary Ann Rouse, left, Andrea Magana, Josh Watterson, Paris Edgerton, and Mike Quinn at the Baptismal Font of St. Francis of Assisi Parish.

R.C.I.A. process at a glance The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, abbreviated R.C.I.A., is the process of adult conversion to Catholicism. Following the mandate of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI promulgated it in 1974 as the normative process for bringing adults into the Church. It is based on initiation developed in the early centuries of Christianity.

The process of Christian initiation follows a series of formational periods of time and major rites marking important “steps” in the journey: PERIOD OF EVANGELIZATION AND PRECATECHUMENATE (OR PERIOD OF INQUIRY) “This is a time, of no fixed duration or structure, for inquiry and introduction to Gospel values, an opportunity for the beginnings of faith.”

FIRST STEP: RITE OF ACCEPTANCE INTO THE ORDER OF CATECHUMENS “This is the liturgical rite, usually celebrated on some annual date or dates, marking the beginning of the catechumenate proper, as the candidates express and the Church accepts their intention to respond to God’s call to follow the way of Christ.”

PERIOD OF THE CATECHUMENATE “This is the time, in duration corresponding to the progress of the individual, for the nurturing and growth of the catechumens’ faith and conversion to God.”

SECOND STEP: RITE OF ELECTION (OR ENROLLMENT OF NAMES) “This is the liturgical rite, usually celebrated on the First Sunday of Lent, by which the Church formally ratifies the catechumens’ readiness for the sacraments of initiation and the catechumens, [now called the Elect,] express the will to receive these sacraments.”

PERIOD OF PURIFICATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT “This is the time immediately preceding the Elects’ initiation, usually the Lenten season preceding the celebration of this initiation at the Easter Vigil; it is a time of reflection, intensely centered on conversion.”

THIRD STEP: CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION “This is the liturgical rite, usually integrated into the Easter Vigil, by which the Elect are initiated through Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist.”

PERIOD OF POSTAPTISMAL CATECHESIS (OR MYSTAGOGY) “This is the time, usually the Easter season, following the celebration of initiation, during which the newly initiated experience being fully a part of the Christian community by means of pertinent catechesis and particularly by participation with all the faithful in the Sunday eucharistic celebration.”

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Two San Francisco churches to mark earthquake centenary Among the institutions marking the 100-year anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire is one parish that miraculously survived the 1906 tremblor and another parish which was born out of the catastrophe.

Saint Francis of Assisi church in North Beach is the oldest parish in San Francisco and was the proto-Cathedral of San Francisco’s first archbishop, Joseph Sadoc Alemany. It is at Saint Francis where Archbishop Alemany performed the first priestly ordination in California.

On the morning of April 18, 2006 an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale devastated the Bay Area. North Beach was particularly hard hit with every significant structure except St. Francis of Assisi church destroyed. While the subsequent fire burned out the roof and interior of the church, the structure as it existed before the earthquake is the structure that survives today as the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi.

The Shrine plans an all day commemoration April 18 beginning with the ringing of the church’s old bell at 5:16 a.m. That will be followed by a 12:15 p.m. Mass of Commemoration and Renewal; 1:00 p.m. reading of survivors’ stories; 2:00 p.m. free concert with Soprano Mimi Ruiz and pianist David Manley; and a blessing of North Beach by clergy from the Shrine and Saints Peter and Paul at 3:00 p.m. An all day exhibit will display historic photos donated by J.B. Monaco Studios as well as drawings for the Piazza de Francesco and Porziuncula Chapel in Italy. Free copies of St. Francis’ Peace Prayer will be distributed and candles dedicated to “peace in our time” will be available.

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Though its roof is burned out, St. Francis of Assisi (above) stands alone amidst the ruins of North Beach in 1906.

At right, St. Emydius Church was built in 1911 to serve the many earthquake refugees who settled around Ingleside Terrace.

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A thousand voices join at Riordan The Archdiocesan Choral Festival, which brings together more than 1000 students to share in the celebration of music in Catholic schools, was be held March 23 at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco. Each year choirs representing the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin prepare a song reflecting the annual theme and are given a chance to connect with other musicians in the Archdiocese. This year’s theme was “Music: The Heart of Catholic Education.”

The Archdiocesan Choral Festival Committee organized the day’s program under the leadership and guidance of Holy Names Sister Marianne Viani and the Department of Catholic Schools. Sister Marianne told Catholic San Francisco the level of musicianship represented by the 26 schools participating this year “was outstanding!”

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GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 14

Holy Thursday, April 13 – 7:30 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Friday, April 14 – 12:00 noon -3:00 pm

HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 15 8:00 PM Easter Vigil – English 10:00 PM 1st Mass of Easter – Spanish

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 16

Easter Sunday –April 16 8:00 am & 10:00 am Mass

7:30 AM – English 9:30 AM – Spanish 12:30 PM – Bi-lingual

MOST HOLY REDEEMER

All are Welcome at St. Bartholomew Parish Community Corner of Crystal Springs & Alameda de las Pulgas San Mateo, Ca. 94402 (650) 347-0701- www.barts.org

RECONCILIATION SERVICE - April 11th, 7:30 pm EASTER VIGIL - April 15th, 8:00 pm EASTER MASSES - April 16th 8:00, 9:30, 11:15 am NO Evening 5:30 pm Mass on Easter Sunday

ST. GABRIEL 2559 40th Ave. SF, CA 415-731-6161

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday, April 15 – 3:30 P.M. HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 13 6:30 P.M. Parish Soup Supper – Bedford Hall 8:00 P.M. Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the School Library until 10:00 P.M.)

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 14 Noon – 12:30 P.M. Stations of the Cross (Presented

by St. Gabriel School Students) 12:30 – 1:00 P.M. Quiet Reflection 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 7:30 – 8:45 P.M. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 15 3:30 P.M. Sacrament of Penance 8:00 P.M. Celebration of the Easter Vigil

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 16 EASTER SUNDAY MASSES 7:00 A.M., 8:30 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 10:05 A.M (Bedford Hall) 11:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M. There will be a 5:30 P.M. Mass on Easter Sunday

EASTER LITURGY

Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8:00 PM Bi-Lingual Adoration until 12:00 Midnight 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Three Hours – English 2:00 p.m. Solemn Liturgy – English 5:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross – Spanish 7:00 p.m. Solemn Liturgy – Spanish

Holy Saturday, April 15 – 8:00 pm Vigil of Easter

Above, Saint Philip’s Choir from San Francisco chose to highlight the centrality of the Eucharist in the Catholic faith by singing “Panis Angelicus” written by Cesar Franck and edited by John Leavitt.

100 Diamond St, SF, CA 94114 Tel. (415) 863-6259 www.mhr.org

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Palm Sunday, Apr 9 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Palm Sunday Mass Wednesday, Apr 12 7:30 p.m. Taize Prayer Holy Thursday, Apr 13 8 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer 7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Adoration following) 8 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer Good Friday, Apr 14 Noon – 3 p.m. Church will be open for private devotion 7:30 p.m. The Lord’s Passion Holy Saturday, Apr 15 8 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer 8 p.m. Easter Vigil (Reception following) Easter Sunday, Apr 16 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass (Reception following)

God’s Inclusive Love Proclaimed Here!

ST. DUNSTAN CHURCH

1133 BROADWAY, MILLBRAE HOLY WEEK 2006 PALM SUNDAY 5:00 p.m. Saturday Palm Sunday Masses: 7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 5:00 p.m.

Blessing of palms at all masses.

HOLY THURSDAY 8:00 a.m.

Morning Prayer 7:00 p.m.

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper with washing of feet.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11:00 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY 8:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Morning Prayer Stations of the Cross Seven Last Words Solemn Liturgy and Holy Communion with dramatization of the Passion by our eighth grade students.

4:00-5:00 p.m.Confessions CONCLUSION OF ALL COMMUNAL LITURGIES HOLY SATURDAY 8:00 a.m.

Morning Prayer 11:00-Noon Confessions 3:30-5:00 p.m.Confessions EASTER VIGIL 8:00 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY MASSES 7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. NO 5:00 p.m. Mass.

The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption 1111 Gough St., San Francisco, California

HOLY WEEK & EASTER SCHEDULE 2006 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Vigil Mass – Saturday, April 8 – 5:30 pm Sunday, April 9 – 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am Archbishop George Niederauer, Principal Celebrant 1:00 pm misa en Español.

Chrism Mass, Tuesday, April 11 5:30 pm (Annual Archdiocesan Celebration of Renewal of Priestly Ministry by the Clergy, Blessing of Oils of Catechumens, Sick and Sacred Chrism by the Archbishop) Lent ends at Sundown on Holy Thursday and begins the Celebration of the Easter Triduum

Holy Thursday, April 13 7:30 pm Archbishop George Niederauer, Principal Celebrant Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Washing of the Feet, followed by Vigiling and Adoration of the Blesssed Sacrament in St. Francis Hall (Lower Level) until 11:45 pm 11:45 pm - Night Prayer in St. Francis Hall

Good Friday, April 14 We continue our Vigiling . . .

12:00 pm – Stations of the Cross led by the students of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Daly City, CA

12:30 pm – Music in the Cathedral 1:00 pm – Liturgy of the Passion and Death of the Lord Archbishop George Niederauer, Principal Celebrant Reconciliation (Confession) 12 pm - 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm 7:00 pm - Via Crucis/Stations of the Cross in Spanish

Holy Saturday, April 15 Our Paschal Vigil continues throughout the day and night The Easter Vigil – 9:00 pm Archbishop George Niederauer, Principal Celebrant Blessing of the New fire and Paschal Candle, Liturgy of the Word, The Celebration of the Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion of our Elect.

Easter Sunday, April 16 Masses – 7:30 am, 9:00 am 11:00 am - Archbishop George Niederauer, Principal Celebrant 1:00 pm en Español 3:30 pm Easter Concert Organ Recital 4:15 pm – Easter Vespers and conclusion of the Easter Tridium

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Catholic San Francisco

April 7, 2006

Archbishop to address Catholics in the workplace The Catholic Professional and Business Club has a new name and a new line-up of top notch speakers. First among the speakers will be San Francisco’s new Archbishop George H. Niederauer, who will address the club at a regular breakfast meeting April 12, St. Mary’s Cathedral at 7:00 a.m.

The Catholic Professional and Business Club has added “Catholics at Work” to its name in an effort “to include all in the Club as was always the intent, and not

to indicate any sort of exclusivity or elitism,” according to Deacon John Norris, acting president. The club meets for breakfast the second Wednesday of each month so that “Catholic people can come together to share our common faith, to network, to hear speakers on pertinent topics, and to discuss ways to incorporate our Catholic spirituality and ethics in the workplace,” Norris said.

Upcoming speakers include attorney and former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Angela Alioto (May 10); Notre Dame Sister Maureen Hilliard, executive director of the Alliance for Mission District Catholic Schools (Jun. 14); and Monsignor Harry Schlitt, Vicar for Administration of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (Jul. 12).

Cost for all events is $20 for members or $27 for nonmembers and includes breakfast. Visit website www.cpbc-sf.org for further event and membership information.

ST.MONICA PARISH

~ Worship with us in Westlake ~

ST. EMYDIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Geary Boulevard at 23rd Avenue, San Francisco

286 Ashton Ave. / 415-587-7066

(DeMonfort Ave. / 1 Block from Ocean Ave.)

THE TRIDUUM April 13 Holy Thursday Dinner in the Fr. O’Reilly Center

6:00 p.m.

Mass of the Lord’s Supper and procession to Church

7:00 p.m.

April 14 Good Friday Morning Prayer

8:30 a.m.

Liturgical Service Proceded by quiet prayer

1:00 p.m.

April 15 Holy Saturday Morning Prayer

8:30 a.m.

Easter Vigil April 16 Easter Sunday Salubong Mass Masses

Easter 2006 Holy Week Schedule PALM SUNDAY, April 9 Saturday Evening Vigil - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday - 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. (Cantonese) 10:30 a.m. (Children’s Choir) (Palms will be blessed and distributed at all Masses) 4:00 p.m. Evening Prayer & Benediction HOLY THURSDAY, April 13 Mass of the Lord’s Supper; Procession and stripping of the altars - 7:30 p.m.

(Veneration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00 p.m.)

GOOD FRIDAY, April 14 Celebration of the Lord’s Passion with Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion 12:00 noon Confessions - 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Prayer Around the Cross - 7:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

HOLY SATURDAY, April 15 Confessions - 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

The Great Vigil of Easter Mass - 7:30 p.m.

6:30 a.m.

EASTER SUNDAY, April 16 Sunday - 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. (Cantonese) 10:30 a.m. (Choir) 12:00 noon No Evening Mass

8:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

OUR LADY

OF

Our Lady of Mercy Parish 5 Elmwood Dr., Daly City Between South Mayfair and Southgate Avenues, with plenty of free parking! ^ April 13 — Holy Thursday 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper, followed by Eucharistic Adoration until 10:00 p.m. ^ April 14 — Good Friday 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 12:00 p.m. Prayer Service 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, with Veneration of the Cross ^ April 15 — Holy Saturday 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass ^ April 16 — Easter Sunday 7:30 a.m. Easter Mass 9:00 a.m. Easter Mass 10:30 a.m. With our Children’s Choir 12:00 p.m. With our Parish Choir

ANGELS CHURCH

E ASTER L ITURGY

1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame Capuchin Franciscans 2006 Holy Week Schedule Confessions: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Lord’s Supper Evening Mass at 7:30 p.m.

Adoration until Midnight Good Friday 12:00 noon Stations of the Cross 1:00 p.m.

Liturgy of the Word 1:30 p.m.

Veneration of the Cross 2:30 p.m.

Communion Service 7:30 p.m.

Stations of the Cross Holy Saturday Confessions: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday Masses 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 a.m.& 12 noon Holy Thursday

ST. BRENDAN THE NAVIGATOR H OLY W EEK S CHEDULE

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Saint Agnes Parish Welcomes You! Wednesday, April 12, 9am - 7pm - All Day Reconciliation Various Confessors will be available throughout the day for those wishing to celebrate this Sacrament.

Easter

Holy Thursday, April 13 Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper, 7:30pm with Liturgical movement, strings, & woodwinds Good Friday, April 14 Stations of the Cross: Noon - Outdoors along Haight Street and 2:00pm in the Church Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, 7:30pm

HOL

RECONCILIATION (CONFESSIONS)

Saturday, April 15 Great Vigil of Easter, 8:00 pm with brass & woodwinds

Wednesdays: Saturdays:

Easter Sunday, April 16 Liturgies 8:30am & 10:30am; no 6pm Liturgy with brass & woodwinds

1025 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco (415) 487-8560 www.saintagnessf.com Parking is available in our lots on Oak Street between Ashbury & Masonic.

Inclusive + Diverse + Jesuit

Church of St. Isabella One Trinity Way

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P.O. Box 6166

San Rafael, California 94903

(415) 479-1560

4:00 PM 7:15 PM

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4:45 PM 7:45 PM

HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 13 Mass of the Lord’s Supper:

7:00 PM

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 14 Stations of the Cross: Seven Last words: Liturgical Services:

11:15 AM 12:00 Noon 2:00 PM

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES April 9, 2006

Vigil Mass: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Holy Thrusday: April 13, 2006

No morning services

Mass of the Last Supper: 7:30 p.m.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10 p.m.

April 14, 2006

No morning services 12 Noon – 3 p.m.

Palm Sunday:

Good Friday:

3 – 5 p.m.

8 p.m.

Holy Saturday: April 15, 2006

2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

Easter Sunday: April 16, 2006

Masses:

Stations of the Cross, Devotions, Liturgical Service with Holy Communion, Confessions His Incredible Love – Live Stations of the Cross presented by our Parish Youth Council Confessions Mass of the Easter Vigil 7:30, 9, 11 a.m.

No Evening Masses

HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 15 Easter Vigil Mass:

8:30 PM

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 16 Schedule of Masses:

7:00 8:00 9:30 11:30

AM AM AM AM

29 ROCKAWAY AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127 TEL. NO. (415) 681-4225

Catholic San Francisco

April 7, 2006

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Catholic achievement awards presented to Catholic Scouts

By Catholic San Francisco Staff The Annual Catholic Scouting Awards of the Archdiocese were held at San Francisco’s St. Philip Church Feb. 26, with Father Tony LaTorre, Scout Chaplain, presiding.

The awards for Catholic achievement and learning are available to all ranks and levels of scouting including troop leaders and assistants. Sister Celeste Arbuckle, director of the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry for the Archdiocese oversees the Catholic Scouting program.

Last year’s ceremony resurrected the awards event after a 20-year absence. Sister Celeste said that the Catholic Scouting Committee has worked hard to bring the honor back to the kids who earned these important faith-driven awards. Because of their dedication, the number of recipients is growing.

This year, 35 Cub Scouts and 20 Girl Scouts earned their religious emblems, and were congratulated with cheers from parents, scout leaders, and friends.

“I Live My Faith Medal” is for girls ages nine to eleven who appreciate deeply the place that God and religion occupy in their lives. During the four to six months of fulfilling the requirements of this program, the dimensions of discovery, prayer, service and sacraments are blended into a unified whole. Redwood City’s St. Matthias Troop 1217 received this award.

The “Eucharist” patch where scouts study the importance of the Eucharist in their lives was awarded to Troops 199, 2818, 1228, 1223. None of these troops represent a Catholic parish but have Catholic Scout members who were awarded the patch.

The “Rosary” patch takes four years to study the different mysteries of the Rosary.

It was awarded to Troops 199, 2318, 1228, and 1223. The awardees of these troops are also Catholic Scout members, and the troops are not affiliated with a Catholic parish.

The “Parvuli Dei” award helps young boys explore a wide range of activities in order to discover the presence of God in their daily lives as members of their family and parish. It also helps to develop a positive self-image through the contributions they can make to the group and/or community. The award went to San Francisco’s St. Finn Barr, Pack 245; San Mateo’s St. Gregory, Pack 152; San Rafael’s St. Raphael, Pack 53; and San Mateo’s St. Matthew, Pack 133.

The “St. George” emblem recognizes adults who continue to make an outstanding contribution to the spiritual development of Catholic youth in the Scouting programs of the Archdiocese. The following people received the award: Father Tony LaTorre, pastor of St. Philip Parish; Scouting Committee Members Antoinette Marracq, Paulette Dunleavy, Albert Gallegos; and Sister Celeste Arbuckle.

HOLY NAME OF JESUS CHURCH

San Francisco (415) 452-9634 www.stmchurch.com

Holy Thursday, April 13

Good Friday Service in Vietnamese 4:30-7:00 P.M.

8:00 AM 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 8:00 PM

(Portuguese-Brazilian) (English) (Arabic) (English)

PASCHAL TRIDUUM Holy Thursday Good Friday

St. Andrew Catholic Church 2006 Holy Week Schedule April 13, Thursday HOLY THURSDAY 9:00 am – 6:00 pm "P A B A S A" (Passion) 8:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper 9:30-12:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Chapel) April 14, Friday GOOD FRIDAY 10:00 am – 12:00 noon "P A B A S A" (Passion) 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross (Around the Neighborhood) 3:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross and Communion 5:00 pm Stations of the Cross (Inside the Main Church) April 15, Saturday HOLY SATURDAY 8:00 pm EASTER VIGIL MASS April 16, Sunday EASTER SUNDAY 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 am & 12:30 pm MASSES After all Masses Easter Egg Hunt

Holy Week Services 2006 Palm Sunday April 9: The Blessing of the palms (outside) before the 10:30 a.m. Mass, with procession into the church.

(Masses: Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.) Palms distributed at all Masses.

PENITENTIAL SERVICE Wednesday of Holy Week (April 12), 7:00 PM

No morning service.

4:00 to 5:00 P.M. – Confessions (No 5:00 P.M. Mass) 8:00 P.M. – Solemn Easter Vigil Mass Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Parish Choir & Instrumental Accompaniment

1571 Southgate Avenue, Daly City, CA 94015 (650) 756-3223

at Diamond Street and Elizabeth Street, (415)282-0141

Masses at

Holy Saturday, April 15

7:30 A.M. Cantor & Organ Accompaniment 9:30 A.M. Family Mass with Children’s Choir 11:30 A.M. Solemn Mass with Parish Choir and Instrumental Accompaniment

ST. PHILIP THE APOSTLE PARISH

PALM SUNDAY

7:30 PM

Easter Sunday, April 16

EASTER LITURGY

1300 Junipero Serra Blvd.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – 6:25, 7:30 & 9:00 A.M. Masses

No morning service 12:00 to 1:00 P.M. – Meditations on Christ’s Passion 1:15 to 2:00 P.M. Stations of the Cross performed by the 8th Graders of Holy Name School 2:00 P.M. Solemn Liturgical Service includes Veneration of the Cross and Communion

ferent religious awards the Scouts earn.

These emblems can be ordered through the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry at (415) 614-5650. Sister Celeste Arbuckle can also be reached at this number to learn more about the Catholic Scouting Program.

at Brotherhood & Thomas More Ways

2006 Holy Week Services

Good Friday, April 14

A new Catholic Scouting emblem for the Archdiocese of San Francisco is now available. The three inch red, white and gold patch has the crest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and identifies scouts as part of the Archdiocese. There is room around the emblem for patches of the dif-

St. Thomas More Church

corner 39th Ave. and Lawton St. , San Francisco, California

7:30 P.M. – Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Until 11:00 P.M. in the Pastoral Center Chapel

St. Raphael Pastor Father Paul Rossi with Girl Scouts who received their “Eucharist” and “Rosary” patches.

Monday April 10: Parish Penance Service, 7:15 p.m.

Holy Thursday April 13: Soup Supper 6 p.m. in the hall. Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 p.m., concludes with Eucharistic Procession and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11 p.m.

Mass of the Lord’s Prayer (all communities together)

12:00 PM Way of the Cross 1:00 PM Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion (English) 9:00 PM Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion (Arabic)

Holy Saturday

Good Friday

Holy Saturday April 15: The Easter Vigil Service at 8 p.m. with the Blessing of the Easter fire and lighting of the Easter Candle. The Vigil Mass also includes the blessing of the Easter Water, the celebration of adult baptisms and the renewal of baptismal promises.

7:30 PM Easter Vigil (English) 10:00 PM Easter Vigil (Arabic)

EASTER SUNDAY 8:00 AM Portuguese-Brazilian Mass 10:00 AM English Mass, followed by Easter egg hunt by the Peace Statue on Brotherhood Way.* 8:00 PM English Mass *Parents must accompany their children. **No Arabic Mass on Easter Sunday

April 14: Good Friday service begins at Noon, which includes the Good Friday Liturgy celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Easter Sunday April 16: Masses are: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. There is no 6 p.m. on Easter Sunday

COME AND JOIN US FOR EASTER The Priests and Parish Community of Saint Philip the Apostle Parish Wish you a Happy and Blessed Easter!

Our Lady of the Pillar Church 400 Church Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019, (650) 726-4674

Holy Week Mass Schedule 2006 Saturday April 8: 5:00 pm Vigil Mass of Palms 6:30 pm Paschal (Seder) Meal in the New Hall 7:00 pm Vigilia de Palmas Palm Sunday April 9: 7:45 am, 9:00 am, 11:15 am Mass 12:45 pm Misa de Palmas Monday April 10: 7:30 pm Parish Reconciliation Holy Thursday April 13: 7:30 pm Tri-lingual Mass, Washing of Feet, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11 p.m.

Good Friday April 14: 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross 3:00 pm Friday Liturgy 8:00 pm Liturgia de Viernes Santo Saturday April 15: 8:00 pm Easter Vigil Services Easter Sunday April 16: 7:45 am, 9:00 am, 11:15 am Mass 12:45 pm Misa de Resurrección

ST. ANTHONY’S, PESCADERO Saturday April 8: 5:00 pm Vigilia de Palmas Palm Sunday April 9: 9:00 am Mass Holy Thursday April 13: 8:00 pm Bilingual Mass – Misa Bilingue Saturday April 15: 8:00 pm Vigilia Pascual Easter Sunday April 16: 9:00 am Mass

OUR LADY OF REFUGE, LA HONDA Saturday April 8: 6:30 pm Paschal (Seder) Meal Palm Sunday April 9: 10:45 am Mass, Reconciliation Holy Thursday April 13: 7:30 pm, Washing of Feet Good Friday April 14: 12:00 noon Stations of the Cross 7:30 pm Liturgy, Reconciliation Saturday April 15: 8:00 pm Vigil Easter Sunday April 16: 10:45 am Mass (Breakfast will follow)

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Catholic San Francisco

April 7, 2006

Easter Triduum . . . ■Continued from cover us as the everlasting memorial of his life, death, and resurrection. At every Eucharist, the gathered Church encounters Christ in the mystery of Word and Sacrament until he comes again in glory. In the special annual commemoration of the first Eucharist, the Church manifests the meaning of Christ’s sacramental presence in terms of charity, love, and service to one another. The gospel reading is John’s account of Jesus’ washing his disciples feet. At the conclusion of the homily, the presiding minister washes the feet of several people from the assembly. The inextricable bond between worshiping God in the Eucharist and worshiping God through our daily lives is further highlighted at the beginning the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The assembly takes up a collection exclusively for the poor and, as the altar table is set, sings the ancient, traditional hymn for this liturgy, “Where Charity and Love Are Found, There Is God.�

That our celebration of the Easter Triduum is one long, continuous liturgy becomes markedly evident in the way the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper concludes with the transfer of the Holy Eucharist to a special chapel of reservation.

Adequate supplies of the body and blood of Christ are consecrated on Holy Thursday evening to provide for communion on Good Friday, a day when the Church does not celebrate Mass, as well as to be able to minister the Eucharist as viaticum, should any of the faithful approach death in the coming two days. People may stay on Thursday night to pray and meditate before the reserved Blessed Sacrament, with the opportunity to do so continuing through the following day. Good Friday is a solemn day of fasting, in penitential reverence for Christ in his suffering and death. In confirming this great fast the Second Vatican Council also encouraged those faithful who are able to continue it through Holy Saturday. The latter is an act not only of personal piety but also of solidarity with the Elect, who are keeping watch for their initiation into the Easter Sacraments (baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist) at the Easter Vigil.

GOOD FRIDAY As already indicated, the liturgy on Good Friday afternoon or evening is not a Mass. It is, rather, a celebration of the Lord’s Passion, an act of solemn intercession for the Church and the world, and a ritual of veneration of the Cross as the tree of life, our salvation. The Liturgy of the Word begins abruptly in

silence and prayer. To the proclamation of Christ’s Passion, the Church responds with ten profound intercessions, taking an extended amount of time on its knees to bring a Church and world so much in need of God’s grace confidently to the God whose grace has been revealed as boundless mercy and forgiveness in Christ. Human reverence for this divine mystery overflows in ritual, as the assembly approaches one large cross brought into its midst and venerates it with kisses or other gestures. Holy communion is shared before departing in silence.

The liturgy of the Easter Triduum continues.

EASTER VIGIL On Holy Saturday night the Easter Vigil is precisely that— a night-watch for the dawning of salvation in Christ’s resurrection. For this reason, the Vigil is to start after dark (well after sunset). Comprised of four consecutive liturgies, the Vigil is the greatest ritual act of worship in the Church’s year—the climax of the Triduum. The Vigil begins solemnly with the Service of Light. Gathered outside, the Church blesses a great fire, powerfully drawing all into the primordial origins of creation and redemption, light dispelling darkness, Word creating world, Christ the Alpha (the world’s origin) and the Omega (its end). The faithful process into the church building, each carrying candles lit from the one flame of Christ, and settle in for the Liturgy of the Word A series of seven Old Testament readings, each followed by a psalm and prayer, narrates the history of

St. Mathew Catholic Church

salvation. The Gloria is then sung to the ringing of bells, followed by the proclamation of St. Paul’s famous description (in Romans) of baptism as our dying with Christ so as to rise with him. Alleluias greet the Gospel reading and preaching. Then follows the Liturgy of Baptism, the profound sacramental moment for the Elect who finally pass through the waters of death into life, are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit in the oil of chrism, and lead the assembly to the Table of the Eucharist. The Liturgy of the Eucharist is bright with the joy of the newly baptized sharing for the first time in the sacramental body and blood of the Lord. Done robustly and beautifully, the Easter Vigil can last up to several hours.

During Easter Day most parishes celebrate one or more Masses. While the Easter Triduum closes with the celebration of Vespers or Evening Prayer on Sunday, this liturgy of psalms and canticles has yet to be recovered widely in the life of the American Catholic Church.

Jesuit Father Bruce Morrill teaches in the Department of Theology at Boston College.

ST. ANNE OF THE SUNSET CATHOLIC CHURCH 850 Judah St. (b/t Funston & 14th Ave) (415) 665-1600 2006 EASTER SCHEDULE HOLY THURDAY, APRIL 13

8:45 a.m. Mass 7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11:00 p.m.

One Notre Dame Avenue San Mateo, California 94402-2398 (650) 344-7622

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 14

HOLY THURSDAY - April 13 Masses: 12:05 p.m.

7:00 p.m.Tri-Lingual Mass of the Last Supper Procession to the Altar of Repose Adoration until Midnight

12 noon Stations of the Cross 1:30 p.m. Liturgy of Good Friday 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Confessions

GOOD FRIDAY - April 14 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. “Seven Last Words�

2:00 p.m. Liturgy of Good Friday (English) 7:00 p.m. Liturgy of Good Friday (Spanish)

8:45 a.m. Morning Prayer – Sung 9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Con fessions

HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 15

EASTER VIGIL, APRIL 15 8:00 p.m. Mass

HOLY SATURDAY - April 15 8:00 p.m. Bilingual Celebration of Easter Vigil

EASTER SUNDAY MASSES, APRIL 16

EASTER SUNDAY - April 16 Masses: 6:30, 7:30, 9:00 (Spanish), 10:30 a.m., and 12:30 p.m.

7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m. in English 12 noon in Cantonese

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Holy Week & Easter 2006 Palm Sunday Masses 4:30pm (Sat) Vigil 8:00, 9:30, 11:30 am & 6:45 pm

Eucalyptus Drive @ 23rd Avenue

Stations of the Cross 11:30 am Mon, Tue, & Wed

415.681.2444

Holy Thursday No morning Mass 7:30 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Veneration of the Blessed Sacrament Good Friday 12 noon Stations of the Cross 1:00 pm “Seven Last Words�

2:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 7:30 pm Prayer around the Cross Holy Saturday No morning/afternoon Mass Reconciliation (Confession) 3:30 – 4:30 pm 7:30 pm Easter Vigil Easter Sunday Mass 8:00, 9:30, 11:30 am & 6:45 pm

Saint Stephen Catholic Church

Mater Dolorosa Church 307 Willow Ave., South San Francisco 2006 Holy Week Schedule Saturday, April 8

Good Firday, April 14

3:30 p.m. – Reconciliation 5 p.m. – Mass with Blessing of the Palms

No Mass Today 12 Noon – Stations of the Cross 1:30 p.m. – Liturgical Service of the Lord’s Passion & Death 6 p.m. – Stations of the Cross 7:30 p.m. – Liturgical Service of the Lord’s Passion & Death

Sunday, April 9 Masses: 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 Noon and 5 p.m.

Palms will be distributed after all Masses

Monday of Holy Week, April 10 Masses: 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday of Holy Week, April 11 Mass at 8 a.m.

No 7:30 p.m. Mass

Wednesday of Holy Week, April 12 Masses: 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Holy Thursday, April 13 No 8 a.m. Mass 6 p.m. – Pot Luck Soup Supper in Hall 7:30 p.m. – Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration until 10 p.m. in Convent

Holy Saturday, April 15 No Reconciliation 8 p.m. – Easter Vigil Service

EASTER SUNDAY, April 16 Masses:

8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 Noon No 5 p.m. Mass

Divine Mercy Sunday, April 23 Masses: 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 Noon 3 p.m. – Reconciliation 4 p.m. – Rosary & Benediction 5 p.m. – Mass

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The Catholic Difference A year ago, the world stopped, quite literally, to honor a Polish priest and bishop who had touched hearts, minds, and souls unlike any anyone else of his era. Millions poured into Rome to pay homage to Pope John Paul II. Two billion people participated in his funeral by television. In the year since his triple-casket of cypress, zinc, and walnut was buried in the crypt of St. Peter’s basilica, millions more have come to pay their respects, to leave flowers, and to pray.

Why? What did John Paul II do, such that his death elicited such an unprecedented response from virtually every corner of the globe? What did John Paul II mean?

Historians will be exploring those questions for centuries. On this first anniversary of what he called his “Easter,” let me suggest, all too briefly, what he meant to so many individual lives, and what he meant culturally, as a teacher of our times.

In Rome last April, it struck me that John Paul II had drawn such love and loyalty because he embodied paternity in a world increasingly bereft of fatherhood, with its unique combination of strength and mercy. The past twelve months have transformed that intuition into a conviction: at the root of John Paul II’s magnetism was his remarkable capacity to communicate paternal strength and compassion, qualities which the world may not have known it was seeking, but which millions embraced when they were offered.

Karol Wojtyla could embody paternity because he had reflected on it for a long time: on his natural father, a man

of granite-like integrity; on his spiritual father, Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha, the “unbroken prince” who took him into his home as a clandestine seminarian and who ordained him to the priesthood; on his experience of spiritual paternity with the young men and women who, with him and around him, formed a network of friendship and fraternity that would outlive his death. In his 1964 drama, Radiation of Fatherhood, Wojtyla suggested that becoming a father meant being “conquered by love,” which liberates us from the “terrible” (and terribly false) freedom of self-absorption.

To be conquered by love in this way was to be liberated in the deepest sense of human freedom: for only in “the radiation of fatherhood...does everything become fully real.”

That was what John Paul II’s paternity meant: in a world of delusions and illusions, he made things “fully real,” because his spiritual fatherhood was a reflection of the fatherhood of God. Then there was John Paul II, the pope who taught that “the Church proposes; she imposes nothing” – but who proposed, time and again, a powerful, alternative reading of how we might understand ourselves at this moment in human history.

The mandarins of postmodern culture insist that the roots of our religious and moral traditions are irretrievably lost, such that men and women today can’t have access to what our ancestors believed to be true; John Paul II taught that Christians always have access to the origins of their faith and their way of life because the source of Christian truth,

Christ, is alive and present to his Church. Post-modern culture teaches that agreement about the truth of things can never be reached across historical epochs or between cultures; John Paul II taught George Weigel that every human being, no matter what the cultural or historical circumstances, can hear a saving word of grace and mercy from God. Post-modernism teaches us that knowledge is incoherent, that there is simply no way to put the world’s story together; John Paul II proposed Christian faith as a comprehensive, coherent, and compelling account of human nature and human community, of human origins and human destiny.

A man of reason in a season of irrationality; a man of compassion amidst murderous passions; a man of conviction whose convictions opened him to genuine dialogue about differences; a man who asked nothing of others that he hadn’t risked or suffered himself – this was paternity embodied in a world bereft of, but desperately seeking, a sense of purpose and direction. This was John Paul the Great.

George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Family Life

Resurrection of the body ... for everyone Even older Catholics raised with the Baltimore Catechism can stumble a bit when it comes to defining “the resurrection of the body.” Oh, sure, they can still blitz through the book’s first few questions (Who made you? Who is God? Why did God make you?), but by the time they get to Question 78 (in the 1964 edition, anyway) they’ve run out of steam.

That one wants to know: “What is meant by ‘the resurrection of the body’?”

Most folks assume “resurrection” refers to Jesus at Easter.

And, of course, they’re right. On the 16th of this month, the church will mark the greatest feast of the liturgical year. If you or your family have never been to an Easter Vigil Mass (the Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday night), consider going.

It’s a long Mass, to be sure. But with all the ritual and symbolism, it’s very impressive. Around the world, the church pulls out all the stops for this celebration.

But, the answer to the catechism question makes no mention of Jesus or Easter. It says: “By ‘resurrection of the body’ is meant that at the end of the world the bodies of all men will rise from the earth and be united again to their souls, nevermore to be separated.”

Prefer a more contemporary source? Not a problem. In the words of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “The church teaches that every spiritual soul is created immediately by God — it is not ‘produced’ by the parents — and also that it is immortal: It does not perish when it separates from the body at death, and it will be reunited with the body at the final resurrection” (No. 366).

At Sunday Mass, when we profess “we look for the resurrection of the dead,” that’s what’s being referred to.

Your body. Your spouse’s body. Your parents’ bodies.

Your children’s bodies. Every ... body.

BOYS ON THE LEFT, GIRLS ON THE . . .

It shouldn’t be surprising that every generation has a hard time with this teaching. In the fifth century, St. Augustine pointed out: “Some say that women shall not rise again in the female sex, but all in the male; but they seem to me wiser who have no hesitation in affirming that all shall rise in their own sex.”

But, he also noted, that’s not to say how we looked before is how we’ll look after our own resurrections. “The bodies of the saints [that is, all the people in heaven] will

therefore rise again free from every defect, from every deformity, as well as from every corruption, encumbrance or hindrance. In this respect their freedom of action will be as complete as their happiness; Bill and Monica and for this reason their Dodds bodies have been called ‘spiritual,’ though undoubtedly they will be bodies and not spirits.”

Just as there will be no illness — and no more death — there will be no disabling conditions. Everyone will hear, see, walk, speak, think and all the rest just fine.

They’ll do it perfectly.

Bill and Monica Dodds are the editors of “My Daily Visitor” magazine.

Spirituality

Walking away out of sorrow What do we do when we’re depressed? What’s our temptation when a dream is shattered, when we feel betrayed, and when it seems like the trust we’ve shown someone was childish naiveté?

Generally the temptation is to gather what pride we have left and walk away, away from that person, away from that place of rejection, and away from our former dream, all the while saying to ourselves: “I’ll never trust in this way again! I’ve been burned, taken in, I now know the lesson!”

And, as we walk away from the place where we got hurt, what do we invariably walk towards?

We walk towards human consolation, towards compensation, towards something that looks like it will alleviate the hurt, or at least distract us from the pain. Sometimes, in fact, we’re so wounded that what we walk towards is simple bitterness and despair. We unconsciously turn our backs on family, community, happiness, faith, trust, and God. Life isn’t worth living, why try!

In Luke’s Gospel, we see this in the story of two, dispirited, disciples walking away from Jerusalem towards Emmaus on Easter Sunday morning, unaware that Jesus had risen from the dead. Luke writes that on the morning of the Resurrection “two disciples were walking away from Jerusalem toward Emmaus, a village some seven miles away, their faces downcast.”

Every word is pregnant here: For Luke, “Jerusalem” is more than a city. For him, it means the church, it means our faith-dream, and it means the place where Jesus was crucified.

On Easter Sunday, he tells us, two disciples were walking away from that, namely, they were leaving the church and walking away from the place where they felt their dream had ended in

shame. Moreover they were walking towards “Emmaus”.

Scholars tell us that there were several places called Emmaus, but they suspect that the one referred to here was a Roman Spa, a resort of sorts, a place of human consolation, the Las Vegas of that day. Thus, these disciples were doing what we invariably do when we get hurt, walk away from the hurt towards human consolation, towards something that will take the pain away or at least distract us from it.

And they were doing this out of depression; their dream had been crucified when Jesus died. Indeed, when they describe their faith to Jesus, they use the past perfect tense: “We had hoped.” Their dream is over, dead. So is their faith.

So this is the scene: Two dejected disciples are leaving the church and walking towards human compensation because their dream has been shattered by the shame and humiliation of the cross. Their dream is over and they are now walking inside the sadness that besets us whenever we feel betrayed, shamed, found to be naive in our trust.

It is because of this sadness that they cannot recognize Jesus when he appears to them on the road. Jesus walks with them and they can’t recognize him. Why? The answer to that lies in the Agony in the Garden. In Luke’s description of this, when Jesus goes out into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray he tells his disciples: “Watch!”

They’re supposed to learn something by watching him. What they were supposed to learn was what Jesus learned to accept in Gethsemane, namely, that there is no other way to glory except through humiliation, no other way to new life except through death, and no other way to the light of Easter Sunday

except through the darkness of Good Friday.

This is what Jesus had to accept, on his knees and begging for an alternative, in Gethsemane.

But, as Luke tells us, after Jesus comes to accept this, he turns towards his disciFather ples and finds them Ron Rolheiser asleep, not out of simple tiredness, but “out of sheer sorrow”. They were too depressed to get the lesson.

Like these dispirited disciples in Luke’s Gospel, we too, when faced with the kind of pain that brings us to our knees in agony and humiliation, too often are too discouraged and too disheartened to grasp the lesson that’s being taught. We “fall asleep out of sheer sorrow” and then, in our sadness and discouragement, we feel tempted to walk away from what’s hurting us and move instead towards some human consolation.

The good news is that Jesus finds us on that road and turns us around so that, like the disciples, we never actually get to Emmaus. Instead, after re-reading the scriptures and breaking the bread, we regain our vision and our idealism and find the courage to again return to our faith and to our church.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.

JOHN EARLE PHOTO

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Mercy High School San Francisco Preparing young women to reach their ‘whole’ potential

Mercy High School opened its doors to 199 students on September 3, 1952.

By Evelyn Zappia Since 1952, Mercy High School, San Francisco has educated young girls - and graduated women certain of their whole potential.

The commitment to educating women in San Francisco with the likelihood of achieving beyond their imagination began shortly after the arrival of Mother Mary Baptist and her small devoted team of Mercy Sisters in 1854. The Sisters agreed in a statement drawn up by Mother that the first objective of their Community was education.

Behind that statement was the foresight of the Sisters of Mercy who realized the worth of women, and envisioned a future that demanded their endless talents.

That vision, prepared Mercy students to believe in their abilities, and always set their expectations high, no matter what the political climate may appear to be dictating to them as women.

When Mercy opened its doors to 199 students in 1952, the school on Nineteenth Avenue, which is still at its original site, consisted of one unfinished building, and was staffed by six Sisters of Mercy and one layperson.

Today, the student body is nearly 600, the campus sits on seven acres and includes some 22 classrooms, science laboratories, a chapel, an enormous library, computer labs and studios for the fine and performing arts.

The school’s most recent addition is the Catherine McAuley Pavilion, a large gymnasium so architecturally beautiful that wedding receptions are held there, along with school fundraising events.

Included in the school’s philosophy today is the Mercy Sisters’ pledge that “Mercy High seeks to provide an educational environment where young women can achieve their whole potential.”

For a young Catholic girl, hoping to be a part of the Mercy legacy, principal Dotty McCrea said the opportunity is there. “Every student that attends a Catholic elementary school in San Mateo and San Francisco Counties deserves a seat in a Catholic secondary school. We strongly believe this, so we give emphasis to admitting girls from Catholic schools.”

McCrea explained that the non-prof-

it, Catholic high school owned and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame works with families who may be experiencing difficulties in sending their children to Mercy.

Whether finances are limited or special needs are the difficulties McCrea said, “Whatever it takes, our doors are open.

This is just a part of the Mission of Mercy.”

“Once Mercy admits a student, that student is our daughter,” said Josie Maxwell, Religious Studies teacher. “We will nurture her through her personal, academic, social, spiritual, physical, and emotional experiences to see that she succeeds.”

Michelle Fisher, a junior agrees, “Mercy is just like a family. When you need help – you ask, and you get it.”

Sophomore, Marielle Bautista described her first visit to the school similarly. “I was warmly welcomed by faculty and students. It was as if I was becoming part of a new family.”

Most freshmen are not aware of just how large their “new family” is until they learn of the network of 41 high schools that the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas sponsor nationwide.

In recent years, the schools have exchanged culture and programming, exposing the students to a multitude of intellectual activities, according to Sister Judy Carle, assistant librarian – one of five on campus Mercy Sisters teaching and contributing to the school’s success today.

A glance at this year’s Course Catalogue of classes illustrates a strong academic four-year college preparatory program including Advanced Placement and Honors courses in English, math, foreign language, science, and history – with Religious Education classes considered an important component of the curriculum.

While the traditional and advanced academic classes are encouraged at Mercy, it is the “Intersession” classes that can encourage a student in her dream occupation or perhaps nudge her in another direction.

For example, the student who may have daydreamed of being a teacher is given the opportunity to attend the Intersession Class titled “Book, Paper, Scissors.” The assignment is working as

a teacher’s assistant four hours a day for five days a week at an assigned school.

The assignment presents the student with the realities of what life in the classroom is like for a teacher.

The “Marine Biology Babes” Intersession class focuses on marine biology and the ecosystems of the San Francisco Bay, California Coast and Pacific Ocean. The “Babes” visit and explore life in tide pools, participate in canoe restoration in the marshes of the East bay, and join a whale watching expedition. The outdoor experiences should assist the “Babes” in learning whether they are interested in the science that deals with all forms of life found in the sea.

Intersession class “R.E.A.L. World LA” is not an opportunity for students to seek out “movie stars” in Hollywood, but to contribute up to 20 hours of community service dealing with the realities of poverty. The Mercy students tutor adults and children, work in a childcare center, serve meals in a soup kitchen, and meet victims of human trafficking and their advocates.

The Intersession classes can be character building like “R.E.A.L. World LA,” or fun like visiting the Teddy Bear Factory to make a bear and donate it to charity, or educational like “Math Exploration” where students can improve the math portion of their SAT. Student participation in one Intersession Class is a requirement for graduation.

“Mercy accomplishes to immerse its students in an environment where all walks of life come together to learn,” said senior Kristine Asercion.

“We create strong independent women who will make a difference in the world,” said McCrea. “All research indicates that girls in single gender schools do better academically and are allowed to express their voices in a community where, as women, they are respected.”

Academic tutor and Mercy Sister Maureen Haley graduated from Mercy and understands the importance of allowing “girls” to be themselves. “I have confidence that I would not have developed as well in another environment,” she said. “As a result, I have done things I would never have dreamed of doing.”

Senior Gabriela Tellez credits Mercy for her “confidence” also. She believes she would not be as confident if she attended a co-educational high school.

“I have found my own voice, and it can be expressed without hesitation,” she said.

In her second year, Bautista said that she likes the “all-girl” environment where there is less distraction from schoolwork without boys. To her surprise, she is also enjoying the academic challenge of Mercy.

In elementary school, Victoria Lee believed “that some people masked themselves with personalities that everyone would accept,” but at Mercy you can have “a bad hair day and no one cares.”

The senior feels the pressure is definitely off at Mercy.

“Mercy also empowers young women within a Catholic Christian environment to prepare for leadership roles in society, Church, business, and all areas of the community,” said Carrie Schroeder, chairperson of Religious Studies.

All students take at least six semesters of Religious Studies: two semesters of Understanding Catholic Christianity in ninth grade; one semester of Ethics in tenth; two semesters of Hebrew and Christian Scriptures in eleventh; and one semester (or more if they choose) of an elective. The current elective choices are Social Justice, World Religions, and Life After Life.

Schroeder said that the young ladies grow and flourish as young women of faith at Mercy. Their self-confidence is developed because of the environment which is intellectually stimulating, compassionate, and rooted in the values of the Gospel.

“While Religious Studies classes provide students with the substance or content of their faith, campus ministry is the place where we try to integrate the head knowledge with the heart knowledge,” said Rita Cutarelli, director of Campus Ministry.

Cutarelli said while every aspect of what is done at Mercy is Ministry: teaching, coaching, mentoring, counseling, volunteering…, campus ministry is “the place” where those efforts are given voice, are articulated, and find their meaning.

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Mercy High School

San Francisco

Mercy’s theme this year is WOW = Women of Our World

Mercy student Lillian Jacks ready to make two points.

Trisha Lam and Veronica Lawrence at one of many liturgies held at Mercy.

Jenny Zeidan plays the piano at a Mercy liturgy.

Joanna Haight, Natalie Wolfrom and Cat Everett take a time-out between classes.

Principal Dotty McCrea with Sephanie Lai, Mariciel Eugenio, Kathleen Conefrey and Anne Warda.

Mercy High School, SF. . .

■ Continued from page 16 Campus ministry offers several liturgies during the course of the year, beginning with a ministry training day where students can train to become liturgical ministers. These liturgies conclude with the Graduation Eucharistic Liturgy. “We have this because it is ultimately what we want our students to be in our world – to be bread for others – to go and serve the Lord and one another,” said Cutarelli.

The director also explained that the school’s leadership structure is called the Campus Life Team. It is an umbrella organization that puts Student Government and Campus Ministry sideby-side. “It is a way to remind everyone that the student leaders need to be faith-

Catherine Everett is Superwoman at a student rally.

filled, servant leaders in the example of Jesus. We work collaboratively to provide the overall leadership of the school community,” Cutarelli said.

Cutarelli believes without Campus Ministry, “the distinctive rituals and opportunities to gather as a community to give voice to our faith would not have the same level of careful preparation and training of young women who are eager to serve the Church and society.”

Mercy also offers the students a variety of campus clubs they can join. Want to get involved in human rights? That’s easy, sign-up for Amnesty International.

Want to kick back, and relax? Join the Anime Club where you can just draw (Japanese anime of course). Are you a little rusty with your public speaking skills? Then “Talking Heads” is definitely the cure. Worried about the environment? The Green Team will increase

Adela Popilkova, Marie Vaillanneva, and Ivanova Tatyana working hard in Science class.

your awareness about today’s environment. None of these clubs suit you?

There are still 13 more to chose from, including the Performing Arts Association that claims you must join: “If you absolutely love theatre, music, dance, art, or movies.”

Mercy’s Fine Arts Program is well known among the Bay Area’s fledgling actors, who line up each year to perform on its stage. It is the most diverse fine arts program in the area.

Teresa Attridge’s dream is performing in the professional theater one day. She heard good things about Mercy’s performing arts program so she decided to see its musical performance of Les Miserables. “It absolutely blew me away,” said the freshman. She loves the amazing arts program, and was drawn in by the school’s reputation for appreciation of the arts.

As an eighth grader, Michelle Fisher, another actor in training, viewed “Les Mis” performed at Mercy too. Although it was three years ago, she remembers it being “amazing,” and how much she “loved it.”

“Mercy creates a vibrant school community in classes, visual and performing arts, athletic programs, and campus life,” said Sister Judy Carle. “The campus is alive hours after school is let out.”

“Mercy educates young women to their highest level of competence, conscience, and compassion, instilling in them the pursuit of life-long learning,” said Sister Carle.

Josie Maxwell hopes that young women considering a high school will research the data and the benefits of a single gender school. “It would be one of the best gifts they could give themselves in their lifetimes,” she said.

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PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16; Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 or 15:1-39 GOSPEL AT THE PROCESSION WITH PALMS (MK 11:1-10) When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately on entering it, you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

If anyone should say to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ reply, ‘The Master has need of it and will send it back here at once.’” So they went off and found a colt tethered at a gate outside on the street, and they untied it.

Some of the bystanders said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” They answered them just as Jesus had told them to, and they permitted them to do it. So they brought the colt to Jesus and put their cloaks over it. And he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. Those preceding him as well as those following kept crying out: “Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come!

Hosanna in the highest!”

OR (JN 12:12-16) When the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went out to meet him, and cried out: “Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.”

Jesus found an ass and sat upon it, as is written: Fear no more, O daughter Zion; see, your king comes, seated upon an ass’s colt.

His disciples did not understand this at first, but when Jesus had been glorified they remembered that these things were written about him and that they had done this for him.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH (IS 50:4-7) The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.

Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.

I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.

The Lord God is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24) R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.”

R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Indeed, many dogs surround me, a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;

They have pierced my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones.

R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

They divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots.

But you, O Lord, be not far from me; O my help, hasten to aid me.

R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

I will proclaim your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you: “You who fear the Lord, praise him; all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him; revere him, all you descendants of Israel!”

R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE PHILIPPIANS (PHIL 2:6-11) Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.

Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (MARK 14:1 - 15:47 OR 15:1-39) The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were to take place in two days’ time. So the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to arrest him by treachery and put him to death. They said, “Not during the festival, for fear that there may be a riot among the people.”

When he was in Bethany reclining at table in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of perfumed oil, costly genuine spikenard. She broke the alabaster jar and poured it on his head. There were some who were indignant. “Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil? It could have been sold for more than three hundred days’ wages and the money given to the poor.” They were infuriated with her.

Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me. The poor you will always have with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them, but you will not always have me. She has done what she could. She has anticipated anointing my body for burial. Amen, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed to the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went off to the chief priests to hand him over to them. When they heard him they were pleased and promised to pay him money. Then he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him,

“Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city and a man will meet you, carrying a jar of water. Follow him. Wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

Then he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.” The disciples then went off, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

When it was evening, he came with the Twelve. And as they reclined at table and were eating, Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” They began to be distressed and to say to him, one by one, “Surely it is not I?” He said to them, “One of the Twelve, the one who dips with me into the dish. For the Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.”

While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.”

Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.

Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” Then, after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will have your faith shaken, for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be dispersed. But after I have been raised up, I shall go before you to Galilee.” Peter said to him, “Even though all should have their faith shaken, mine will not be.” Then Jesus said to him, “Amen, I say to you, this very night before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times.” But he vehemently replied, “Even though I should have to die with you, I will not deny you.”

And they all spoke similarly.

Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be troubled and distressed. Then he said to them, “My soul is sorrowful even to death.

Remain here and keep watch.” He advanced a little and fell to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass by him; he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will.”

When he returned he found them asleep.

He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep?

Could you not keep watch for one hour?

Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” Withdrawing again, he prayed, saying the same thing. Then he returned once more and found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open and did not know what to answer him. He returned a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners. Get up, let us go. See, my betrayer is at hand.”

Then, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. His betrayer had arranged a signal with them, saying, “The man I shall kiss is the one; arrest him and lead him away securely.” He came and immediately went over to him and said, “Rabbi.” And he kissed him. At this they laid hands on him and arrested him.

One of the bystanders drew his sword, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his ear. Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to seize me? Day after day I was with you teaching in the temple area, yet you did not arrest me; but that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.”

And they all left him and fled. Now a young man followed him wearing nothing but a linen cloth about his body. They seized him, but he left the cloth behind and ran off naked.

They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. Peter followed him at a distance into the high priest’s courtyard and was seated with the guards, warming himself at the fire. The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they found none. Many gave

Entry into Jerusalem – Giotto di Bondone, 1304-1306.

April 7, 2006 false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. Some took the stand and testified falsely against him, alleging, “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and within three days I will build another not made with hands.’”

Even so their testimony did not agree.

The high priest rose before the assembly and questioned Jesus, saying, “Have you no answer? What are these men testifying against you?” But he was silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, “Are you the Christ, the son of the Blessed One?” Then Jesus answered, “I am; and ‘you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.’”

At that the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further need have we of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy.

What do you think?” They all condemned him as deserving to die. Some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and struck him and said to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards greeted him with blows.

While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s maids came along.

Seeing Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him and said, “You too were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” But he denied it saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” So he went out into the outer court. Then the cock crowed.

The maid saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” Once again he denied it. A little later the bystanders said to Peter once more, “Surely you are one of them; for you too are a Galilean.” He began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this man about whom you are talking.” And immediately a cock crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times.” He broke down and wept.

As soon as morning came, the chief priests with the elders and the scribes, that is, the whole Sanhedrin held a council.

They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. Pilate questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He said to him in reply, “You say so.” The chief priests accused him of many things. Again Pilate questioned him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they accuse you of.” Jesus gave him no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Now on the occasion of the feast he used to release to them one prisoner whom they requested. A man called Barabbas was then in prison along with the rebels who had committed murder in a rebellion. The crowd came forward and began to ask him to do for them as he was accustomed. Pilate answered, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” For he knew that it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed him over. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead. Pilate again said to them in reply, “Then what do you want me to do with the man you call the king of the Jews?” They shouted again, “Crucify him.” Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “Crucify him.”

So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, handed him over to be cruci-

fied. The soldiers led him away inside the palace, that is, the praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort. They clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on him. They began to salute him with, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and kept striking his head with a reed and spitting upon him. They knelt before him in homage.

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

They brought him to the place of Golgotha - which is translated Place of the Skull.

They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, but he did not take it. Then they crucified him and divided his garments by casting lots for them to see what each should take. It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. The inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”

With him they crucified two revolutionaries, one on his right and one on his left.

Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself by coming down from the cross.” Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, mocked him among themselves and said, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also kept abusing him.

At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, he is calling Elijah.” One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink saying, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.” Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.

The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome.

These women had followed him when he was in Galilee and ministered to him. There were also many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

When it was already evening, since it was the day of preparation, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a distinguished member of the council, who was himself awaiting the kingdom of God, came and courageously went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate was amazed that he was already dead. He summoned the centurion and asked him if Jesus had already died. And when he learned of it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. Having bought a linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses watched where he was laid.

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Scripture FATHER SIMON FRANCIS GAINE

Two processions, a single heart Today’s liturgy celebrates two processions, a procession into the city of Jerusalem, and a procession outside the city walls. Each appears to be quite different from the other. One is a scene of triumph and joy, but the other is one of sorrow and mockery. In each case it is the same character who is on the move, and again it is perhaps the same crowd that accompanies him.

That same central character is of course Jesus the Christ, the same yesterday, today and for ever. He enters Jerusalem in triumph like a victorious king, and he leaves like a defeated prisoner, one bound for execution. And yet in each case he is the same — obediently making his way to the cross to vanquish sin and death, to capture our hearts for his Father, to lead our souls in final triumph to paradise.

But while the same central character is the Christ, our unchanging king, that same crowd is of course us. Like the crowd, the mob of the Gospels, we are changeable. We too can be double-hearted, as long as our hearts are not fully taken prisoner to Christ.

Like the Gospel’s crowd, we are willing to cheer when things seem to be going well, but we can also be ready to jeer when things appear not so propitious.

But the calling we receive from Christ is an invitation to join one side, to be single-hearted rather than double-hearted.

This Lenten season, with its traditional forms of penance, is our opportunity for us to grow into a single-hearted people, a heart that cheers God rather than jeers him, a heart set on the love of God and on the love of our neighbours as ourselves.

The penance of prayer calls us to love God with our whole heart and soul. The penance of fasting then calls us to discipline ourselves so that we love ourselves in a way that is healthy rather than destructive. And the penance of almsgiving calls us to love our neighbours just as we love ourselves.

Our whole Lenten penance is designed to make us single-minded in love, to purify ourselves of a double heart, to prepare us for this very moment when we are faced

with these two very different processions.

And these processions, the same Christ and the cheering and the jeering crowds, confront us with a question: Which side are our hearts really on, deep down?

And yet the question doesn’t end there.

Because we are not asked just to recognise that we have sometimes stood with the mob that mocked our Lord and called for his crucifixion. We are not even asked just to stand apart from that mob. Jesus asks us not only to stand out from the crowd, but to stand with him, to take up the cross and follow after him. If we are not meant to be this mob, it is because we are meant to be Christ, like Simon of Cyrene to be identified with Jesus on the way of the cross.

Now Lenten preparation leads to Easter celebration, the great annual festival of baptism, when our liturgy will bring us in a procession of light into the church and then in a procession to the font of baptismal water. Round the whole world, churches will be baptising converts on Easter night, men and women who have chosen to turn to God by being baptised into Christ and his Church, by being baptised into his death and resurrection.

These converts will allow themselves to be so deeply identified with Christ crucified and risen that they will be accepting a new identity as Jesus’s brothers and sisters.

They will trade in their own double heart for his single heart, a heart that ever burns with love for the Father and for us all.

And we, we who are already baptised, when we come to renew our baptismal vows at Easter, we will choose once again to process together with Christ, like Simon, so that at the last we may make our way into heaven, rejoicing, trophies in Christ’s final triumphal procession. So this Holy Week let us prepare ourselves by purifying our hearts, so that we may celebrate with a new heart in the excitement of Easter Night.

Father Simon Francis Gaine is the Vice-Regent of Studies at Blackfriars, Oxford, where he also teaches dogmatic theology.

Prayer Before a Crucifix Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus while before Your face I humbly kneel and, with burning soul, pray and beseech You to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity; true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment.

While I contemplate, with great love and tender pity, Your five most precious wounds, pondering over them within me and calling to mind the words which David, Your prophet, said to You, my Jesus: “They have pierced My hands and My feet, they have numbered all My bones.”

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Lenten Opportunities April 7: First Friday Mass for San Francisco Catholic Charismatic Renewal at St. John the Evangelist Church, St. Mary’s Ave. off San Jose Ave. in San Francisco. Rosary at 7 p.m. and Mass at 7:30 p.m. Call Letty Ramos at (415) 469-0560.

April 8: Day of Recollection, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., at St. Cecilia Church, Green Room, 17th Ave. and Vicente in San Francisco. Carol Braga speaks on the last days in the life of Pope John Paul II from records published by the Vatican. Sponsored by SF Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. Donation of $35 per person is appreciated. Call (415) 219-8719.

April 9: Michael John Poirier in concert at St. Brendan Church, Ulloa and Laguna Honda Blvd., SF at 3 p.m. Tickets $10 adults/$5 students K-12.

Call (415) 681-4225.

April 9: Palm Sunday Brunch at the Druids Hall in Nicasio benefiting the town’s St. Mary Church from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Raffle and Silent Auction too. Adults $15/Children $5. Call (415) 662-2077.

Fridays: Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd. & 8th Avenue, announces “Lenten Soup and Scripture Agape” except on Good Friday. A simple meal of meatless soup and bread begins at 6 p.m. in the school auditorium, accompanied by reading of passages from Sacred Scripture. Stations of the Cross follow in the Church concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Parking in the lot is free. Children are welcome. Call (415) 751-0450 for more information.

Wednesdays: Christian Meditation in Siena Room at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner in San Francisco, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. The silent rite is based on the teachings of late Benedictine Father John Main who believed the contemplative experience creates community for ordinary people. More information available at www.christianmeditation.us.

Taize Prayer Wed. at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame des Victoires Church, 566 Bush St. between Stockton and Grant, San Francisco. Call (415) 397-0113.

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.

Food & Fun April 8: Auction and Dinner Dance benefiting Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish and School at San Mateo Marriott beginning at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m. and dancing to Jack Aces till 1 a.m. More than 500 items up for bid.Tickets are $100 per person. Call Gail at (650) 593-6157.

April 16: The Chinese American Association of Star of the Sea Church says, “Hop on over” for their annual sale of “homemade goodies” following the 8 a.m. Mass and continuing till about 1:30 p.m. Call (415) 751-0450.

April 16: St. Stephen’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt takes place Easter Sunday, April 16 at Rolph Nichol Park (down the block from church) after the 9:30 a.m. mass. All are welcome! For more information, please contact Samantha Martinez at 650/994-6930.

April 22: Plant and Garden Sale at Mount Carmel Shop, 45 Lovell Ave. in Mill Valley, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Proceeds benefit Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church.

Call (415) 388-4332.

April 29: St. Stephen Women’s Guild invites you to their Spring Bake Sale the weekend of April 29 and 30, 2006. Delicious home-made treats of all kinds will be sold after each mass right outside church. Proceeds benefit St. Stephen School. Call Sandy Gandolfo (415/334-1494) or Maureen Mallon (415/566-9865).

April 7, 2006 July 8: Class of ’56 from Notre Dame des Victoires High School. Call Marilyn Donnelly at (650) 365-5192.

Oct. 15: Star of the Sea Academy, class of ’56 at El Rancho Inn in Millbrae. Contact Natalie Nalducci Sandell at (415) 453-3687 or Diane Donohoe Mulligan at (415) 664-7977.

San Mateo’s St. Matthew Elementary School will soon mark its 75th year. Graduates and former students should contact Nancy Desler Carroll ’83 at (650) 372-9536 or nancy.carroll@rcn.com. More too at school Web site, www.stmatthewcath.org/alumni.

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That’s Entertainment, annual Dinner Dance benefiting Our Lady of Angels Parish and School at San Mateo’s Marriott Hotel April 29th. Auctions and other highlights will evoke an exuberant atmosphere and an evening of fun and excitement. Call Marie Woods at (650) 685-7886 for ticket information.

Teresa Dunne, left, Pam Olivier and Gabrielle Zaits-Funk chair the event.

April 28: Under the Big Top, annual Luncheon and Games Day benefiting work of Rosalie House Conference of St. Vincent de Paul with cocktails at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at noon at the Olympic Club Lakeside. Tickets are $50 per person. Call Marie Mahoney at (415) 333-9348.

May 2: 25th Annual May Crowning and Living Rosary in All Hallows Chapel, Newhall and Palou in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by All Hallows #182 Young Ladies Institute. Call Sue Elvander at (415) 467-8872.

May 13: Moriarty Hall Gala, 6 p.m. – midnight at St. Anne of the Sunset, 850 Judah St. at Funston.

Archbishop George Niederauer is scheduled to formally bless the new building as a prelude to the event. Atirre is semi-formal. Tickets are $100 per person. Call (415) 665-1600, ext. 21.

May 13: St. Sebastian’s hosts11TH Annual “Whale of a Sale”, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Spaces are $35 early bird, $50 after April 15th. Sell your crafts or household items and keep all proceeds. Benefits the Saint Vincent DePaul Conference. Take a space and raise money for your group or club. For information or reservations contact Kathie Meier, 461-4133 or email, whaleofasale@comcast.net or visit http://www.sswhaleofasale.com.

Shows/Entertainment April 7, 8: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory presents West Side Story in DePaul Auditorium, 1100 Ellis St. at Gough in San Francisco. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. all performances. Call Sue Elvander at (415) 775-6626, ext. 715 for tickets.

April 7, 8: Dominican Winifred Baker Chorale and Orchestra in concert at 8 p.m. Friday at Angelico Hall on the college campus, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael and Saturday at St. Paul Church 221 Valley St. at Church near 29th St. in San Francisco. Tickets $5 per person/$10 per family. Call (415) 479-9542.

April 7 – 30: Fringe of Marin festival at Dominican University of California in San Rafael.

Call (415) 673-3131 for curtain times, prices and plays being performed.

April 29, 30: Smallest of All, a play about Lourdes St. Bernadette at St. Brendan Parish Hall, 200 Ulloa St. in San Francisco. Call (415) 681-4225 for curtain times. Admission free.

1st and 3rd Tues.: Noontime Concerts – 12:30 p.m. - at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SF. $5 donation requested. Call (415) 288-3800.

Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF at 3:30 p.m. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Open to the public. Admission free.

Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Admission free.

Reunions April 22: Mass and Luncheon for alumnae of Notre Dame High School at Mission Dolores Basilica and the Irish Cultural Center beginning at 10 a.m. Special guests are Golden Belles of ’56, Silver Belles of ’81 and 70 year anniversary class of ’36. Call Debbie Calgaro at (650) 583-1102. If you are a member of the Class of ‘56 and haven’t been contacted call Rose Doonan O’Leary at (415) 821-6512.

April 29: Class of ’56 from Holy Angels Elementary School, at Bertoluuci’s Restaurant, South San Francisco. Call Brent Smith at (925) 8387743 or (650) 755-0220.

April 29: Immaculate Conception Academy, class of ’66 at El Rancho Inn in Millbrae. Contact Donna Ricci McMorrow at (650) 589-7276 or Mimi Calcagno Shea at (408) 578-1802.

June 10: Presentation High School, class of ’51 at Basque Cultiral Center in South San Francisco at 11:30 a.m. Contact Yvonne Irick at (650) 941-1294 or Audrey Trees at (650) 592-0273.

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April 8: Day of Recollection, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., at St. Cecilia Church, Green Room, 17th Ave. and Vicente in San Francisco. Carol Braga speaks on the last days in the life of Pope John Paul II from records published by the Vatican. Sponsored by SF Guild of the Catholic Medical Association.

Donation of $35 per person is appreciated. Call (415) 219-8719.

April 14: Passion Play and Stations of the Cross at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th St. at Dolores in San Francisco noon – 3 p.m. parking in schoolyard. Call (415) 621-8203 or 239-9107.

April 17, May 15: The Art of Dying Well, a Bioethics Seminar by the SF Guild of the Catholic Medical Association at Heart of Mary Center, 2580 McAllister St. in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Cavanaugh, Ph.D. and Dr. Stephen McPhee will facilitate the evening. Donation $15.

Call (415) 219-8719.

Come pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Scriptural Rosary, and special intentions before the Blessed Sacrament at the beautiful Monastery of Perpetual Adoration. Saturdays 10:00 to 11:15 am, 771 Ashbury Street at Waller in San Francisco. Some parking available adjacent to the monastery. Contact Steve at (415) 290-5598.

Divine Mercy Sunday will be commemorated April 23rd at St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael beginning with confessions at 2 p.m.

Call (415) 479-9137.

Saturdays: Prayer meeting at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr. Tiburon, at 9:30 a.m. Father James Tarantino, presiding. Hospitality follows. All are welcome. Call Moriah at (415) 756-5505 Saturdays: Bible Study at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr. Tiburon, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. All are welcome. Call Moriah (415) 756-5505.

Single, Divorced, Separated April 28 – 30: WIDOWED, SEPARATED, DIVORCED WEEKEND at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park. The weekend helps those who have suffered a loss move on to the future with renewed hope. For more information, call La Verne (650) 355-3978, Ward (415) 821-3390, or Donna (408) 371-0865, or see the website: www.beginningexperience.org.

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Grand Opening for Pauline Books and Media Center in Redwood City

By Evelyn Zappia After seven months of preparation, the Daughters of St. Paul are ready to celebrate a grand opening week for their new Pauline Books and Media Center located in Redwood City, April 22-29.

A celebration is scheduled April 22 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will feature music, refreshments, door prizes and an opportunity to get acquainted with the Sisters and staff. All are invited.

The Daughters of St. Paul were forced to leave San Francisco after their Geary Street bookstore and convent suffered massive damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.

The Sisters could not afford the exorbitant cost to retrofit the downtown building to meet the 1991 Un-reinforced Masonry Building Ordinance. After 35 years of ministry in the City, the Sisters moved to the Peninsula.

Inside the new Redwood City Center is the highlight of all the Pauline Book and Media Centers - the Eucharist chapel where visitors can come in direct contact with Jesus.

Another important experience is the Children’s Corner where many-faith filled stories are brought to life by readers, teachers, and authors.

The Sisters are planning programs for children to play an integral role in the apostolic plan for the Book and Media Center-Children’s story hours, a birthday party for Jesus at Christmas time, and other activities, possibly sponsored by the Center in collaboration with parishes.

The new store will continue to offer material for adults and children such as bibles,

books, videos, CD’s, puzzles and games, and much more.

Father James Alberione founded the Daughters of St. Paul in 1915. Like St. Paul, he was a great communicator striving to bring the Gospel to all people. He wanted his congregation to reach out to people of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with the latest technology, and the enthusiasm and energy of St. Paul.

For the past 90 years, the Pauline Sisters have reached out with the technology of the times. As the technology got better their reach grew further. Today, they are worldwide communicators of Jesus Christ and his love.

Representatives of the Daughters of St. Paul first came to the United States in 1932.

They have had a presence in California for the past 50 years. In addition, to the Redwood City location they have three other book Centers, two in San Diego and another in Culver City.

The Pauline Center for Media Studies, a project of the US-Toronto Province, was founded in 1995 and promotes media literacy education in schools and faith communities. It encourages the exploration of bringing the Gospel to others in new ways with seminars and workshops for adults and adolescents. It also collaborates in media education with others who share similar goals.

The new Pauline Books and Media Center is located at 2640 Broadway in Redwood City, just off of El Camino Real. It is a 5-minute walk from Caltrain. Parking is abundant and available in the rear of the building. Store hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The new telephone number is 650-369-4230.

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Sister Susan Heady (left) and Sr. Margaret Sato going over plans for placement of bookcases.

EWTN Holy Week Highlights EWTN’s Holy Week telecasts include Pope Benedict XVI celebrating a Solemn Palm Sunday Mass, April 9 at 5:00 p.m.; Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, April 13 at 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.; and the Easter Vigil Mass, April 15 at 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Good Friday telecasts include the Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion, April 14 at 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. and the Solemn Way of the Cross at 5:00 p.m. On Easter Sunday Pope Benedict will offer Mass at 9:00 a.m. and at 10:30 a.m. will deliver his Easter (“Urbi et Orbi”) Message and Blessing.

Masses at the National Shrine in Washington, D.C., will also be telecast: Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, April 13 at 5:00 p.m.; and the Easter Vigil Mass, April 15 at 5:00 p.m.

EWTN is carried on Comcast Digital Channel 229; RCN Channel 80; DISH Satellite Channel 261; and Direct TV Channel 422. Comcast Airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County.

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Bilingual Staff Information and Referrals ● Care Coordination

Italian-American Community Services Agency Providing Services to the Italian Community since 1916 Casa Fugazi ● 678 Green Street ● San Francisco 94133

Tel: 415-362-6423 www.italiancommunityservices.org

Michael John Poirier in Concert Nationally renowned musician, songwriter (“Strength for the Journey” and other popular songs), and spiritual director, Michael John Poirier will conduct an afternoon recollection and concert at St. Brendan Church on Sunday, April 9, at 3:00 pm.

CARE THROUGH TOUCH INSTITUTE CTI is dedicated to providing skillful and compassionate touch to the poorest and most marginalized members of our society. Our courses and workshops integrate Care Through Touch into pastoral and social ministry.

100 Hours Certification Training in Seated Massage for Poor and Marginalized People June 5 – 23, 2006 This training takes place in San Francisco and includes anatomy and physiology, seated massage skills, supervised hands-on care in shelters and other homeless gathering places, embodied prayer and rituals that inform a commitment to justice and compassion, and reflection on social responsibility for people of faith.

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For information contact: Mary Ann Finch, Director Care Through Touch Institute PO Box 420427, San Francisco, CA 94142 (415) 345-9265 caringtouchinst@aol.com

For years, Michael John Poirier has wrapped his prayers in songs, presenting them as gifts to listeners and to God. One of 12 children, Michael John Poirier grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and began singing publicly at age 14 when he joined a folk group at his church. By the age of 21, music became his full-time profession.

Michael’s music is filled with prayers of encouragement, comfort, forgiveness and mercy. He has composed more than 60 songs and released six music albums, one storytelling album and an Advent album of children telling the Christmas story.

Come and experience an afternoon you will not soon forget!

Please join us for an enriching spiritual experience.

Suggested Donation: Adults $10, Students K-12 $5 Learn more about Michael John Poirier and his ministry at http://www.riverofmercy.com

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NOVENAS

For Information Call: 415-614-5642 Fax: 415-614-5641 Email: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org

PUBLISH A NOVENA

CHIMNEY CLEANING

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Cost $25

If you wish to publish a Novena in the Catholic San Francisco You may use the form below or call 415-614-5640

Caregiver/domestic help available, 5 years experience, excellent local references.

(415) 368-6317.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail.

Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin.

Pray for us (3X).

Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X).

Say prayers 3 days.

J.F.

Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin.

Pray for us (3X).

Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X).

Say prayers 3 days.

M.L.

Please leave a message.

For Rent 1 Large studio, $750, laundry facility, yard.

1 bedroom in a 4-bedroom house, $550, share kitchen, 2 baths, fdr, livingrm.

Call Aurora at (415) 519-2210; 468-8178

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Say prayer 9 times a day for 9 days.

Thank You St. Jude.

Never known to fail.

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❑ Prayer to the Blessed Virgin ❑ Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Select One Prayer: ❑ St. Jude Novena to SH ❑ Prayer to St. Jude

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PARTY RENTALS

SPIRITUAL HEALING

Prayer to the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal.

You who give me the divine gift of forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. You may publish this as soon as your favor is granted.

J.P.

Apt. For Rent Garden apt., 2 rooms, kitchen and bathroom, $800/mo, Sunset area, non-smoker, no pets, close to transportation.

Call (415) 665-8019.

FLOORS

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TABLES SEATING LINENS SETTINGS SERVEWARE STAGING

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COUNSELING

Painting & Remodeling John Holtz Ca. Lic 391053 General Contractor Since 1980

Do you want to be more fulfilled in love and work – but find things keep getting in the way?

Unhealed wounds can hold you back - even if they are not the “logical” cause of your problems today. You can be the person God intended.

Painting & Remodeling •Interiors •Exteriors •Kitchens •Baths Contractor inspection reports and pre-purchase consulting

NOTICE TO READERS Licensed contractors are required by law to list their license numbers in advertisments.

The law also state that contractors performing work totaling $500 or more must be statelicensed. Advertisments appearing in this newspaper without a license number indicate that the contractor is not licensed.

For more information, contact:

Contractors State License Board 800-321-2752

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REAL ESTATE

Inner Child Healing Offers a deep spiritual and psychological approach to counseling:

(650) 355-4926

1- 800-717-PARTY 411 ALLAN STREET DALY CITY, CA 94014 FAX 415-715-6914 TEL 415-715-6900

SPECIALIZING IN SAN MATEO COUNTY REAL ESTATE

❖ 30 years experience with individuals, couples and groups ❖ Directed, effective and results-oriented ❖ Compassionate and Intuitive ❖ Supports 12-step ❖ Enneagram Personality Transformation

If I can be of service to you, or if you know of anyone who is interested in buying or selling a home, please do not hesitate to call me . . .

Lila Caffery, MA, CCHT San Francisco: 415.337.9474 Belmont: 650.888.2873 Complimentary phone consultation www.InnerChildHealing.com

* Parishioner of St. Gregory’s Church, San Mateo

Today

When Life Hurts It Helps To Talk • Family • Work • Depression • Anxiety

MIKE TEIJEIRO Realtor (650) 523-5815 m.teijeiro@remax.net

PLUMBING

• Relationships • Addictions

Dr. Daniel J. Kugler

Plumbing • Fire Protection • Certified Backflow

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Over 25 years experience

John Bianchi

Confidential • Compassionate • Practical (415) 921-1619 1537 Franklin Street • San Francisco, CA 94109

Painting, roof repair, fence (repair/ build) demolition, carpenter, gutter (clean/ repair), skylight repairs, landscaping, gardening, hauling, moving, janitorial. All purpose.

Call (650) 757-1946 Cell (415) 517-5977

Gydesen Const., Inc. General Contractor

Featuring Pressure Washing ● ● Repairs ● Safety Grab Bars ●

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MICHAEL A. GYDESEN Lic. # 778332

Carpentry, Cabinetry, Painting,Refinishing Floors and Furniture, Door & Window Instal.,Cement Work.

Se habla Español & Tagalog.

Serving also the East Bay, Contra Costa,&Marin Counties

415-239-8491 not a licensed contractor

BEST PLUMBING, INC. Your Payless Plumbing

HANDY MAN

ONE STOP MAINTENANCE AND HANDYMAN ●

Tile ● Painting ● Carpet ● Bathrooms ● Kitchens ● Electrical ● Plumbing ● Fences ● Decks

CALL MITCH AT (650) 557-9106 ● Cell (650) 784-6544 LIC.

# 687359

Wally Mooney 650-244-9255 Spells Wally 650-740-7505 Cell Phone All Mfg. Warranty: Rebates and Special Dealer Finacing goes to Registered Owner/s P.O. Box 214 San Bruno, CA 94066

Lic. # 872560

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St. Robert’s Parish San Bruno

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NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

Handyman

Lic. No. 390254

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

AUTO SALES Auto Broker

Phone: 415.468.1877 Fax: 415.468.1875 100 North Hill Drive, Unit 18 • Brisbane, CA 94005

Handyman

PHOTO RESTORATION

Garage Door

Expert Plumbing Repairs ●

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General Repairs Clean Drains & Sewers Water Heaters ●

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BONDED & INSURED

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Lifetime Warranty All New Doors/Motors

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Piano Lessons PIANO LESSONS BY

CAROL FERRANDO. Conservatory training, masters degree, all levels of students.

CALL (415) 921-8337.

Piano lessons Piano Lessons

By a Conservatory Graduate

Organist ORGANIST WEDDINGS • FUNERALS

Adult Beginners Children of all levels

Worship Services, Catholic Experience Marie DuMabeiller 415-441-3069, Page: 823-3664 VISA, MASTERCARD Accepted

Yearly Recitals At Clarion Hotel

Please confirm your event before contracting music!

650-438-2846

$50 mo. once a week lesson

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We will train!

Youth Minister needed at St. Gabriel Parish in San Francisco, beginning July 1, 2006, to continue leadership of Youth Ministry Program for high school teens.

Full time position, salary negotiable.

Send Resume to Fr. John Ryan 2559 40th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94116

6 GRADE TEACHER POSITION OPEN 2006-2007 TH

All Souls Catholic School located in South San Francisco offers a challenging academic program to a diverse student body. If you are interested in applying, please fax your resume to 650-952-1167 or contact Dr. Eileen Gorman, Principal at 650-583-3562 to set up an interview.

Pre-School Director needed at Our Lady of Angels Parish Burlingame beginning July 1, 2006, to continue the leadership of our Pre-School Send Resume to Fr. Harold Snider 1721 Hillside Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 or Fax (650) 347-3550

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Walla Walla, Washington is seeking an energetic, motivated woman Religious or single lay woman to serve as Pastoral Minister for a parish community of 300 households as well as assisting with ministry in a tri-parish Catholic community. Housing will be provided; salary and benefits are dependent upon experience and education. Position available July 1st.

Ability to speak Spanish would be helpful.

Interested applicants please send a letter of interest before May 1st to: Fr. Pat Kerst, 408 W. Poplar, Walla Walla, WA 99362

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Help Wanted Special Needs Companion Services We are looking for you.

• Honest • Generous • Compassionate • Make a Difference • Respectful

Work Full or Part-time in San Francisco – Marin County • Provide non medical elder care in the home • Generous benefit package Fax your resume to: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN 415-435-0421 Send your resume: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN Special Needs Nursing, Inc. 98 Main Street, #427 Tiburon, Ca 94920

Help Wanted BECOME A FARMERS INSURANCE & FINANCIAL AGENT

Catholic San Francisco

For Information Call: 415-614-5642 Fax: 415-614-5641 Email: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org Pastoral Associate for RCIA and liturgy; part time, salary negotiable at St. Stephen Parish in San Francisco beginning mid-June.

SEND

RESUME INDICATING EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION TO:

Fr. Joseph Walsh jwalsh451a@aol.com For questions, call (415) 681-2444

YOUTH COORDINATOR/MINISTER St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo is seeking to hire a full-time Youth Coordinator/Minister to maintain an established comprehensive program of youth ministry to meet the spiritual, social and developmental needs of our middle school and high school age youth. The Confirmation preparation program is a significant element of the existing program.

The successful candidate will be a practicing Catholic, possess maturity, have prior experience working with youth, and/or a degree in a related field. Applicants must have the ability to recruit and train volunteers, and to work as a team with staff, clergy and volunteers. Position description is available upon request. Salary and benefits are negotiable on the basis of experience and potential. Position is available this spring and will remain open until filled.

Admissions Director Notre Dame High School, Belmont, sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is seeking an Admissions Director for the 2006–2007 academic year. The successful candidate will possess a profound commitment to Catholic education for young women; great energy, vision, and dedication; strong abilities to work with many different constituencies; and superior administrative, organizational, technological, and communication skills.

Admissions experience in a Catholic school is highly desirable, and an advanced degree is preferred.

A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience is offered. Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to: Ms. Rita Gleason, Principal Notre Dame High School 1540 Ralston Avenue Belmont, CA 94002 E-mail: rgleason@ndhsb.org Fax (650) 593-9330 www.ndhsb.org

Notre Dame High School Belmont, CA

Business and Financial Manager Notre Dame High School, a Catholic independent school sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and serving 700 students, is seeking a Business and Financial Manager.

Reporting to the President, the Business and Financial Manager has responsibility for all financial aspects of the school’s operations including budgeting, financial reporting, and physical plant management. The successful candidate must have the ability to provide leadership in financial longrange planning, strategic problem solving, and development of institutional policies and procedures. Additional responsibilities and oversight include human resources, food services, maintenance, security, contract services, project management, and local state, and federal compliance. The Business and Financial Manager also serves as administrative liaison to and support for several Committees of the Board of Directors including the Finance Committee, the Development Committee, the Audit Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee, and the Building and Grounds Committee.

The ideal candidate will have a CPA or an MBA with demonstrated skills and experience in the management of an organization’s fiscal and operational functions and staff, preparing and managing operating and capital budgets, accounting for not-for-profit organizations, managing computer network systems, identifying and managing risk management, and writing financial and personnel policies and procedures. Experience with Blackbaud accounting systems is desirable.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to:

Please mail resume and cover letter to St. Bartholomew Parish Att: Lori Delgado Wise or e-mail to lori@barts.org or fax (650)347-2429.

For more information call (650) 347-0701 Ex 25.

Ms. Rita Gleason, Principal Notre Dame High School 1540 Ralston Avenue Belmont, CA 94002 Fax (650) 593-9330 E-mail: rgleason@ndhsb.org

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