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Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper
San Francisco Police Officer Isaac Espinoza
Thousands of mourners came to St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco April 16 to celebrate the life of Isaac Anthony Espinoza, a San Francisco Police Officer slain April 10 while on duty in the City’s Bayview District. Thousands of Police Officers from as far away as Oregon stood at attention on the Cathedral’s plaza to salute the 29-year-old officer for the last time. Officer Espinoza leaves his wife Renata and three-year-old daughter, Isabella. He was laid to rest at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma. SEE ADDITIONAL PICTURES ON PAGE 19.
Catholic educators urged to help in creating a ‘church of hope’ Catholic News Service
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Boston Archbishop Sean O’Malley addresses Catholic educators at NCEA annual meeting.
BOSTON – Speaking at the 2004 National Catholic Educational Association convention, Father J. Bryan Hehir told delegates that despite the obstacles and challenges to their work, they can play a vital part in creating a “church of hope.” The NCEA annual meeting drew 17,000 Catholic educators. Participants, including Catholic school teachers and principals, religious education directors and teachers and diocesan officials, spent four days learning about how to teach better and how education involves far more than helping students master the basic subjects or tenets of the faith. In the closing session of the NCEA’s 101st annual convention, held April 13-16 in Boston, Father J. Bryan Hehir, president of Catholic Charities in Boston, urged educators to go about their work with “confident modesty,” assured that the church has “something to teach and much to learn.” He encouraged them to draw upon the resources of the Catholic tradition which emphasizes that faith is connect-
ed to the world at large. “We aren’t exclusively a church of faith, but a church of reason,” he added, emphasizing the need to learn from others and to interpret Scriptures for modern challenges. Maureen Huntington, Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, attended the NCEA meeting along with Assistant Superintendents Sister Marianne Viani and Marilyn Lynch. Ms. Huntington said the challenges faced by Catholic schools in northern California are shared by other Catholic schools throughout the country. She noted that urban centers nationwide are seeing a decline in the number of school-age children, which has an impact on Catholic as well as public schools. The superintendent also said there is a worry about pressures on middle-class families that traditionally have sent their children to Catholic schools. These families often are not wealthy enough to afford rising tuition, but they also are not poor enough to qualify for financial aid, she said. CHURCH OF HOPE, page 22
INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION State Assembly bills . . . . . . 3 News-in-brief. . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Vatican exhibit ~ Page 19 ~
Roots of Peace ~ Pages 8 - 9 ~ April 23, 2004
Buddy’s Bugle ~ Pages 12 - 13 ~
Summer camps/schools . . 6-8 Senior Living. . . . . . . . . 9-11 Editorial and columns. . 14-15 Catholic commentary . . 17-18 An American Pilgrimage . . 21
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