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Challenging University of San Francisco graduating students to resist the temptation to think they hold “firstclass tickets in life” and can “sit or stand around while others fix things,” San Francisco’s Archbishop George H. Niederauer delivered the keynote address at USF’s 148th commencement today at St. Ignatius Church. During the morning ceremony at which undergraduate degrees were conferred in humanities and the sciences, Archbishop Niederauer was presented an honorary degree of humane letters by the University. In making the presentation, USF president Jesuit Father Stephen Privett said Archbishop Niederauer is “a man who represents an unbroken bond of faith and support between USF and the Archdiocese of San Francisco.” “One hundred and fifty-two years ago, the first Archbishop of San Francisco, the Most Rev. Joseph Alemany, honored the newly arrived Jesuits in San Francisco by dedicating St. Ignatius Church and St. Ignatius Academy, the Jesuits’ first church and school in our city,” the USF leader explained. “Today, we honor the eighth Archbishop of San Francisco, the Most Rev. George H. Niederauer, in the fifth St. Ignatius Church of San Francisco, on the campus of the academy that became the University of San Francisco.” Father Privett said Archbishop Niederauer “in word and deed reflects USF’s commitment to ‘fashion a more humane and just world,’” and that he “personifies the Catholic tradition— demonstrated through his extraordinary sense of social justice, passionate concern for peace, and his commitment to nonviolence to achieve ethical goals. As Archbishop of San Francisco, Archbishop Niederauer has continued his moral leadership and willingness to work across denominational boundaries.” Using stagecoach transportation as a metaphor, the Archbishop told those present the early-West passenger GRADUATES, page 18
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Pope Benedict XVI embraces a group of children during his visit to Fazenda da Esperanca (Farm of Hope) drug rehabilitation center in Guaratingueta, Brazil, May 12. The Franciscan-founded facility treats mostly those who have failed to kick their addiction in other programs.
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Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong made a May 11-14 stop in San Francisco en route to visit Chinese Catholic communities in several U.S. and Canadian cities. While here he visited Church leaders as well as celebrating the 10:15 a.m. Mass at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, pictured above greeting parishioners. The parish held a banquet in his honor. (More coverage next week.)
Bishops tackle agenda outlined by pope By Barbara J. Fraser APARECIDA, Brazil (CNS) — With their agenda broadly outlined by Pope Benedict XVI, the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean began the conference that will lead to pastoral guidelines for the region for the next 10-15 years. Several bishops who spoke with journalists said the pope raised many of the issues likely to be addressed during the conference, including deeper formation in the faith and Church social doctrine, poverty, ministry among indigenous peoples and family life. Archbishop Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo, Peru, called the pope’s May 13 speech to the bishops “inspiring” and “encouraging.” Archbishop Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Merida, Venezuela, told journalists
the pope did not “put us in a straitjacket” but “came to present a challenge.” The pope’s address officially opened the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, which runs through May 31. On May 14, after Mass in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida, the 266 bishops and observers attending the meeting spent the morning in retreat. The afternoon session included speeches by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, and Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha of Mariana, president of the Brazilian bishops’ conference. Many of the points raised by the pope have to do with values that “go beyond the bounds of the Church LATIN AMERICA, page 18
INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION St. Vincent’s struggle. . . . . . . 3 From dyings’ bedside . . . . . 13 Scripture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Datebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Getting’ as close to the pin as you can is Joe Hession, varsity golf coach at Junipero Serra High School and recently named a Coach of the Year by the California Coaches Association. Joe is in his 18th year of teaching English at Serra and his 14th as advisor on putts and drives. He’s a 1969 alum of San Francisco’s St. Gabriel elementary and a ’73 grad of Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep. He completed undergraduate work at UC Santa Cruz and his teaching credential at SF State. He and his wife, Michele will be married 15 years in July. They are the proud folks of Sam and Liam, 7th and 5th graders at St. Pius elementary in Redwood City. “Golf is a great sport for young people or anybody,â€? Joe said, “because it teaches honesty and integrity. Golfers keep their own score and assess penalties on themselves. There is also a certain amount of etiquette and decorum involved in golf, which teaches kids to be patient, polite, and mannerly.â€?‌ Congrats to all behind and involved in the first annual Bay Area Catholic High School Quiz held April 28 at Archbishop Riordan High School. Fielding teams in addition to Riordan were Mercy High School, Burlingame, Sacred Heart
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Planning group deals blow to St. Vincent School for Boys ment to a range of 120 to 220 units on the two properties. The range of 120 to 220 units was the smallest under consideration, and the one backed by a coalition of environmental groups, as well as individuals who vigorously resist any development of the St. Vincent’s and Silveira lands.
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SAN RAFAEL — Members of the Marin County Planning Commission on May 7 reversed an earlier vote and scuttled a staff-recommended plan that would have allowed St. Vincent School for Boys an opportunity to develop a small portion of the school’s land endowment for senior and caregiver housing. On April 23 hundreds of people from Marin County’s Catholic parishes and representatives of other faiths attended the planning commission’s meeting to voice support for St. Vincent School and its plan to use funds from modest development to rebuild residential and school facilities, restore historical buildings on the property, and establish a financial endowment to meet the school’s future needs. At their April 23 meeting, Marin planning commissioners tentatively approved 350 to 500 units of housing on the more than 1,000 acres of land represented by the St. Vincent property and the adjacent Silveira Ranch property. The commission’s 43 vote appeared to be the start of a process that would allow affordable senior housing, provide a financial endowment for St. Vincent’s and preserve 90 percent of the property as open space. To many observers, the St. Vincent plan had seemed to be an ideal compromise. It addressed the county’s need for senior and workforce housing, retained most of the site as farmland, respected environmental concerns, and preserved scenic To many observers, the St. Vincent plan vistas with modest development virtually out-ofsight. In turn, St. Vincent would be able to have an had seemed to be an ideal compromise. economic base to continue its mission. Speaking at the April meeting, Father James Marin Independent-Journal columnist Dick Tarantino, pastor of St. Hilary Parish in Tiburon, asked the commission to consider the interests of the boys at St. Spotswood this week noted, “Those who have opposed Vincent School, an institution he called an integral part St. Vincent’s proposals have never been shy about their of Marin County. He asked the commissioners to act with desire to prevent literally any development. They understand that by drastically down-zoning, development fairness and equity. However, facing pressure by opponents to the St. becomes economically unfeasible. That’s because the Vincent plans, two of the commissioners changed their necessary infrastructure costs are so large that any projvote at the May 7 meeting, and by a 5-2 vote, the com- ect on a scale of, say 120 units, is uneconomical.” Spotswood added, “The majority of county planning mission reversed itself, tentatively restricting develop-
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ASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Philip Workman, convicted of killing a police officer in Memphis, was executed in Nashville on the morning of May 9 despite a wave of last-minute court appeals and efforts by antideath penalty activists to spare his life. Workman, 53, had received five previous stays of execution, and advocates on his behalf thought he might be granted another stay but instead he became the third person in Tennessee to be put to death by lethal injection since 1960.
XII to be named venerable? Colombia ‘hidden war’ discussed Pius VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Members of the WASHINGTON (CNS) — Gov. Eduardo Zuniga Eraso lamented the displacement of nearly 60,000 inhabitants in his province of Narino in southwest Colombia, the result of ongoing struggles among guerrillas, paramilitaries and growers of coca. Nearly 4 million people are believed to have been forced from their homes in Colombia over four decades of internal conflicts, half of them since a U.S-backed program to battle the drug economy began in 2000, according to Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. He hosted a May 7 congressional briefing on what participants described as a humanitarian crisis second only to that of Sudan, which has an estimated 5 million internally displaced.
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Congregation for Saints’ Causes met May 8 to consider the cause of Pope Pius XII and apparently voted to recommend Pope Benedict XVI formally declare him venerable. Passionist Father Ciro Benedettini, vice director of the Vatican press office, confirmed the congregation had met, but since the result of the vote still had to be presented to the pope, he would not say May 9 what the result was. Italian newspapers, citing unnamed sources, said the congregation’s cardinals and archbishops recommended Pope Benedict formally recognize Pope Pius lived the Christian virtues in a heroic manner. Once the pope issues a decree recognizing heroic virtues, the candidate is referred to as venerable.
The grave site of King Herod the Great is seen during excavations at Herodium, the former fortress and palace of King Herod, in this May 6 photo. An Israeli archaeologist affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced May 8 he had found the tomb of King Herod at Herodium in the desert about nine miles south of Jerusalem. King Herod ordered the slaughter of the innocents after learning of the birth of Jesus.
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A pilgrim touches the glass case containing the remains of Father George Preca at the headquarters of the Society of Christian Doctrine in Blata l-Bajda, outside Valletta, Malta, May 8. Blessed Preca, who founded the society, will be the first Maltese saint when he is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican June 3.
‘Stop spread of nukes’ VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the world is to help stop the spread of nuclear weapons, nations must take positive steps toward nuclear disarmament, a Vatican official said May 11. Nuclear disarmament and nuclear NEWS-IN-BRIEF, page 5
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nonproliferation “are interdependent and mutually reinforcing,” said Msgr. Michael W. Banach, the Vatican’s representative to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has approved stricter guidelines for determining which saints will be remembered with mandatory feast days. The General Roman Calendar, the universal schedule of holy days and feast days for the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, is so packed that more selectivity is needed, according to new norms and a commentary published in the official bulletin of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. The pope determines who makes the universal calendar based on recommendations from the congregation, the commentary said. And, according to the new norms published in mid-May, those recommendations will be more difficult to obtain. “A saint can be inserted in the general calendar because of the significant and universal importance of his or her spiritual message and effectiveness as an example for a broad category of members of the Church,” said the norms. Special consideration will be given to saints from countries not already represented in the general calendar and from underrepresented categories – the laity, married
Nuncio: climate ethical issue UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Global warming is not just an environmental issue but must be seen in “ethical, economic, social and political terms as well,” Archbishop Celestino Migliore told a gathering of high-ranking development officials at the United Nations May 10. The Vatican nuncio’s statement warned that global warming and energy shortages could have a disproportionate effect on the world’s poor. “The consequences of climate change ... will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk,” he said.
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couples, and parents, the norms said. In addition, 10 years should have passed since canonization to ensure ongoing, widespread devotion. The process for adding a candidate, it said, should begin with a two-thirds favorable vote from the bishops’ conference where the saint was born, lived or died.”The numerous beatifications and canonizations celebrated in the past few years by the supreme pontiff have underlined concretely the multiple manifestations of holiness in the Church,” the commentary said. But, it said, hundreds of new saints also has meant greater competition for the limited free dates on the universal calendar, dates used to remember saints with a local importance and to keep the tradition of remembering Mary on Saturdays not already dedicated to an obligatory feast. In his 26-year pontificate, Pope John Paul II proclaimed more than 480 saints. All of his predecessors between 1594 and 1978 canonized a combined total of 302, according to Vatican statistics. Pope Benedict XVI added his 10th saint when he presided over canonization May 11 of Brazil’s first nativeborn saint, an 18th-century Franciscan renowned for his charity and miraculous healings, Father Antonio Galvao.
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Financial “IQ” for women to be May 19 meet topic A “financial IQ” program geared toward “what every woman should know about financial matters” will take place the morning of May 19 at St. Gregory Parish, 2715 Hacienda St., San Mateo, according to a spokesperson for the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, sponsor. The session will feature presentations by Albert G. Conover, II, a consultant with Providence Credit union who specializes in retirement and investment strategies; and Mercy Sister Mary Gemma O’Keefe, a San Francisco attorney versed in estate planning, probate and conservatorship. An 8:30 a.m. Mass and 9:15 a.m. continental breakfast are scheduled to precede the 10 a.m. to noon program. ACCW moderator, Msgr. Edward McTaggart, will be Mass celebrant. Following a 12:30 p.m. luncheon, ACCW members will review programs of the National Council of Catholic Women. Program cost is $25 for both meals, presentations and handouts.
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Combating senior fraud to be seminar topic Combating fraud, con games and scams aimed at older persons will be the topic of a May 31 forum from 6:45 p.m. until 7:45 p.m. at Alma Via of San Francisco, One Thomas More Way, according to officials there. Alma Via is an assisted living retirement community cosponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (the regional community of Burlingame) and the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The free event will “highlight many aspects of senior fraud including ways to protect against it, how to get one’s credit back, and outline the top seven common scams including sweepstakes, lottery, travel, credit card, coin investing, bogus investing and re-load scams,” officials said. Robin Myers of Home Instead Senior Care will direct the session and present actual cases of senior fraud as well as provide educational handouts. For information, call Alma Via of San Francisco at (415) 337-1339.
A fund raiser titled “Let’s Have a Ball” April 20 at the home of Sherri Burke and Dr. Bob Wolf in Atherton raised more than $50,000 for the support and renovation of Seton Medical Center’s Women’s and Newborn facility. Picture above from left: Tim McMurdo, SMC vice president of Medical Staff Services and Business Development; Bernadette Smith, SMC president and CEO; Kathy King, executive director of Seton Health Services Foundation; and Mona Lisa Yuchengco, member of the Seton Health Services Foundation Board of Trustees. Burke’s daughter is Cheryl Burke, 22, a two-time winner with the well-known ABC television show “Dancing with the Stars,” and was a finalist in the May 15 competition. Her partner last year was Emmitt Smith, professional football star, and this year is Ian Ziering, a cast member of TV’s “Beverly Hills 90210.”
Dialogue on the Triduum May 22 at Holy Redeemer A getting-to-know-the-Triduum-better evening has been scheduled May 22, hosted by San Francisco’s Most Holy Redeemer Parish, 100 Diamond St. Open to parish liturgists, musicians, presiders and anyone interested, the 7:30 p.m. dialogue will feature
Charities’ 100th-year Mass to be May 20 Archbishop George H. Niederauer will preside at the May 2 Mass marking the 100th anniversary of Catholic Charities CYO at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco, at 3:30 p.m. A reception follows. For more information: www.cccyo.org.
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Pius X Awards Catechists praised for ministry, tenacity, sacrifice The ministry, tenacity and sacrifice of more than 150 parish catechists and catechetical leaders were praised during the annual Pius X Awards ceremony May 3 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. In her welcome to the large congregation for the candlelight prayer service, Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle called the work of parish religious education volunteers and their leaders “awe inspiring.” Director of the Archdiocese’s Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, Sister Celeste said 2,376 years of service were represented in the evening’s awards. In the Archdiocese, nearly 4,500 volunteer catechists teach the Catholic faith to roughly 27,000 students. Pius X awards are given to catechists and religious education program leaders who have reached ministry milestones, usually five-year increments of work. Parish Catechetical Leader Awards go to directors and coordinators of catechesis and youth ministry “who have the responsibility to foster a high level of competency in Christian formation…at the parish or deanery level,” OREYM literature states. In a reflection on the parable of the sower and the seed from the Gospel of Matthew, Social Service Sister Eva Marie Lumas said she saw the passage as “an expression of gratitude for the catechists who have graciously attended to the seeds of faith within the Archdiocese of San Francisco wherever they were to be found.” “I would like us to remember that the faith must be ‘cultivated’ if it is to grow,” said the professor of theology and catechetics at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley. Noting that she herself “celebrate tonight with you 35 years as a catechist,” the popular speaker traced the highs and lows of parish catechetical work through the imagery of the sower and seed. “Rocky places” for teachers, she said, include “where people entrusted to your ministerial care may have been looking for a spiritual ‘quick fix’ or easy answers that fit neatly into an image of God, grace or discipleship they already had.” “Ministering among thorns,” she continued, can embrace “children, youth or adults who seemed to defy you to show them the presence of God, grace or the blessings of life.” “Thank you, Jesus,” she exclaimed, “you can remember times when you were with persons of whatever age or stage in life who met with you and took the risk of letting the Lord touch their lives in unexpected ways. These were the times you ministered in what the Gospel calls ‘good soil.’” Highlights of the event also included special recognition of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Tongan community for completion of Basic Catechist Formation and Master Catechist Formation – the first specialization of Tongan catechesis in California — and three Director’s Awards to individuals “who have served the needs of the catechetical community…in a special way outside of their ordinary ministry to the Church,” according to Sister Arbuckle who presented the awards.
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Kathy Lang (left) adult faith formation director at St. Gregory Parish, San Mateo, receives a 30-year plaque honoring her work from Father John Talesfore, Cathedral rector; Sister Celeste Arbuckle, SSS, director of the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, and Social Service Sister Eva Marie Lumas, a professor at the Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley.
The Directors Awards went to Sergio Vasquez, campus minister and religion teacher at Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco; Father David Pettingill, director of permanent deacon formation for the Archdiocese; Sister Olive Kingsbury, BVM, catechetical leader at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Daly City; Kathy Lorentz, campus minister and religion teacher at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep and pastoral associate at St. Brendan Parish, San Francisco; and Sister Maria Avelina Macalam, BVM, catechetical leader, St. Patrick Parish, San Francisco. The St. Matthias Liturgical Movement group assisted in the blessing and entrance rites. Catechists and catechetical leaders honored during the May 3 ceremony, their parishes and years of service included: San Francisco: Church of the Epiphany: Patty Chang and Cecile Ehrmann, 5; Dottie Bactad and Rosalinda Prospero, 10; Tony Spiteri, 15; Loy B. Bañez, 20; Margie Abellana, 26. Mission Dolores Basilica: Pat Buley and Jenny Gutierrez, 5. Our Lady of Lourdes/St. Paul of the Shipwreck: Gertrude Morris, 7; Donna Billips, 9; Pat Mann, 20; Rose Isles, 23; Sue Elvander, 25. St. Patrick: Elisa Reyes, Krys Burgos and Susan Ortega, 5; Norma Romano, Marivic Pomento and Elena Gayapa, 10; Nenette Platero, Ellenbelle Galang and Fe Macatangay, 15; and Bert Albano, 20. St. Thomas More: Kathy Sanford and Suzanne Hockel, 5; Bernard Poggi, 10. San Mateo County: Holy Angels, Colma: Jeannette Luna, 10; Aida Lopez, 15; Don Simon, 20; Sister Anita Torres, PBVM (catechetical leader), 20; Nemer Gonzalez and Norene Thurman, 40; Julia Padreddii and Virginia Simon, 50. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont: Ellen Leland, 5; Mary Fox, 6; Tony Higa, 7;
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Pius X awards . . . â&#x2013; Continued from page 8 and Rocque Yballa, 5; Martha Chambers, 10; Kathryn Jones (catechetical leader), 15. Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City: Conchita Rocillo, Annette Sarmiento and Mercie Del Rosario, 5. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Daly City: Reggie Valenzuela and Claudine Camacho, 5; Sister Maria Olive Kingsbury, RVM (catechetical leader), 5; Lorali Mazares, 10. St. Andrew, Daly City: Charmaine Aguila, Naomi Arai, Joe Coffin, Michael Garcia, Sue Quevedo, Cristina Tomsovic, David Tomsovic, Joseph Tomsovic, and Christopher Tomsovic, 10; Lourdes Mamaril, 11; Cecilia Mateo, 12; Presentation Buenaventura, Maria Moscardini and Leticia Sabiniano, 15; Elsa Agasid and Lumen Basilio, 17; Linda Tejada, 18; Charla Carlson and Elizabeth Swan, 25; Elizabeth Gonzaga, 27; Rita Barichievich, 40. St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame: Theresa Sinclair (catechetical leader), 5; Barbara Zukowski, 20; Carla Lucett, 30. St. Gregory, San Mateo: Erin Earle, Paula Edmonson, Joanie Raffo, Christine Ricci, Nancy Stirlacci, and Dorothy Pong, 5; Mary Gunion, Teresa Harkin, and Julie Rodriguez, 7; Carolyn Ledda, Diane Ong, and Bill Pong, 10; Toni Johnson 13 (catechetical leader, 10); Liz Rojas and Liz Wiegand, 13; Roberta Cavazos, 14; Joe Stirlacci, 15; Denise Fitzgerald and Ron Rojas, 20; Kate Pangalos, 21; May Lyau, 25 (catechetical leader, 15); Gail Bagby, 26; Kathy Lange, 34 (catechetical leader, 30); Marguerite Ott, 34; Barbara Phillips, 49. St. Matthias, Redwood City: Laura Markman, Cecilia Diaz, Kim Hartman, Jovey Moreno
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or the past two decades much of what Catholics – and countless thousands of others — have seen and learned about the Archdiocese of San Francisco has been through the eyes of Evelyn Zappia. For generations to come, much of what Catholics and countless more thousands will remember — and re-discover — about the people and ministry of the Archdiocese will have been seen first through the eyes of Evelyn. Evelyn Zappia, 62, retired at the end of March after nearly 21 years of service to the archdiocesan communications ministry – much of it recording poignant stories and thought-provoking visual images. The photos on these pages are a miniscule sampling of the hundreds that have appeared in newspaper articles, magazine features, promotional materials and broadcast media. Evelyn’s work has been widely honored including awards from the Catholic Press Association, American Pen Women, the Knights of Columbus, and others. She is as honest in retirement as in her stories: “Retirement is feeling like an extended holiday. Vanished is worrying about bad hair days, the alarm clock,
Through the eyes of Evelyn . . . For two decades the people and work of the Archdiocese have been the focus of Evelyn Zappia’s camera and wordcraft.
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shoes matching my outfit, the weather, the morning commute, the evening traffic, who said what about the Church, working evenings and weekends, unyielding editors and story deadlines.” What’s next? In addition to being able to enjoy more time with her husband, John, and her family, she plans “to be spending more time painting in my art studio. Finish my book (comedy). Hope to write another book. Compose more songs for the piano. Travel through the U.S.A – including the world’s largest yard sale from Alabama to New York. Take advantage of senior citizen discounts, and always see the circus when it comes to town.” “I have had the privilege of writing stories about people who quietly do great things, day after day for people throughout the world and right here all around us,” she said. “It has been an honor to have been trusted with their stories. I truly hope they know how I feel – very grateful.” More of Evelyn’s photos will be posted on Catholic San Francisco’s Web site: www.catholic-sf.org. Photo of Evelyn by Ed Zappia.
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Above left, May 2000: artist Beate Bruel works on St. Peter Parish restoration after January 1997 fire ravaged the church. Above right, November 1999: Paris Alexander, California lightweight boxing champ and U.S. lightweight title holder (both 1996) labors at Potrero Hill Neighborhood House. At left, September 2003: 14th Dalai Lama at St. Ignatius Church after receiving honorary University of San Francisco degree; February 2004: Andrew Galvan, first Native American curator at Mission Dolores, San Francisco.
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Above left, January 2001: Elsa, 68, a resident of the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Above right, October 2000: Jubilee Mass held at Pac Bell Park with 30,000 attending in the rain. At right, March 2000: Sacred Heart Sister Helen Costello and Darrell Dorfmeier; Franciscan Father Efrem Trettel – of televised Italian Mass renown -- in front of mural gifted to him by artist Pino Cipriano of Italy.
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Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper
Help promote Gospel values The annual collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) takes place in parishes around the country May 19-20. Funding provided by donations of generous Catholics is used to support an array of multimedia projects developed by the CCC, an activity of the U.S. Catholic bishops that promotes Gospel values through network television specials, radio programs, movie reviews and new media content. The collection also helps support a wide range of archdiocesan communications programs, which directly serve the people of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Bishops in the United States have designated the third Sunday of May for the CCC collection to coincide with World Communications Day, declared by Pope Benedict XVI. A sampling of CCC and archdiocesan programs includes reflections on daily Scripture readings, some by clergy of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at www.ccc-tv.org. These audio readings also can be downloaded through iTunes, Podcast Alley and other sources. Earlier this year, CCC distributed Lenten radio retreats in English and Spanish to radio stations across the country (available in downloadable formats at www.radioretreat.org). Radio programming offered by the CCC includes Catholic Radio Weekly, American Catholic Radio and Tú Compañero Católico, a Spanish-language program that offers spiritual topics and news of special interest for Hispanic families. Television specials and documentaries funded by the CCC continue to offer quality spiritual and cultural programs. The documentary, “Picturing Mary,” which chronicles how the image of the Madonna has inspired artists throughout the centuries, has aired on 270 public television stations. Other documentaries funded by the CCC that appeared on public television include “Sisters of Selma: Witness to Change,” a look at how a group of nuns from St. Louis, Mo., traveled to Selma, Ala., and stood in solidarity with African Americans during the civil rights movement. CCC soon will release to NBC stations “Faith Works: Across the USA,” a look at the many ways people put their faith into action across the country. A series of public service announcements promoting the benefits of healthy marriages as part of the bishops’ National Pastoral Initiative on Marriage will be released in June. San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer, chair of the U.S. Bishops Committee on Communications, said recently, “Ours is an age in which the Good News of Jesus Christ is greatly needed, but an age notorious for rejection of faith. Thus it is vitally important that the Church harness the emerging media to proclaim the Gospel and to meet the need for catechesis, apologetics, evangelization and re-evangelization.” Please give generously to the Catholic Communications Campaign collection this weekend. MEH
Setback for St. Vincent School A recent vote by Marin County planning commissioners to limit drastically the number of housing units that might be developed on the St. Vincent School for Boys’ property does not reflect well on one of the wealthiest areas in America. St. Vincent School proposed a modest development of senior and caregiver housing on about 10 percent of the school’s property — an approach that garnered the support of county planning staff and addressed the county’s need for such housing. The plan preserves wetlands, vistas and respects environmental concerns. Through this use of its land endowment, St. Vincent School hopes to rebuild aging residences and school facilities; restore the historic chapel and adjacent “quad” area; and establish a financial basis for the continuation of its mission. But the proposed balancing of environmental, housing, economic, and social needs of Marin County was rejected by planning commissioners in the face of pressure from groups and individuals opposed to any new construction. Local communities in Marin should be concerned that the affluence of the county seems to have blinded many residents to the needs of vulnerable boys at St. Vincent School – a blindness that also extends to the needs of seniors and caregivers for housing. There still is an opportunity for the Marin planning commissioners to act with fairness, equity and social justice. If not, the Marin Board of Supervisors will have a chance to weigh in on the matter. MEH
Glass ceiling? I read with curiosity John Thavis’ May 11 article on the “increased influence” of women at the Vatican. In it, Mr. Thavis says that the absence of women at the pope’s chapel during his Lenten retreat “was not deliberate.” That is like saying the absence of blacks at lunch counters in the segregated South was not deliberate. It was just that the law didn’t allow them to eat there. It is wonderful Sister Enrica Rosanna has been named an undersecretary for religious orders. However, really that just means that a woman has been assigned to the “No. 3” position in a Vatican congregation that governs nuns (and religious orders). Even with that, she has no clear power of governance. Honestly, it surprised me to learn that the governance of nuns at the Vatican has always been under a cardinal or bishop (meaning, obviously, a man). I read this article with hope, but ended feeling disheartened at the shocking level of discrimination against women at the Vatican. If former racists and segregationists in the deep South could transform their attitudes so that blacks are no longer excluded from lunch counters, surely Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican clergy can find it in their hearts to welcome into the Roman Curia the many highly qualified women available. Jesus would shatter the glass ceiling, not chip at it. Laurie Joyce San Anselmo
Principles still solid
Analysis appreciated Kudos to Msgr. Robert W. McElroy for his scholarly, thoughtful “Guest analysis” concerning just war principles and the U. S. involvement in Iraq. His May 11 thought-provoking article should be required reading and the basis for meaningful discussion among concerned Catholics throughout the Archdiocese. Bob and Marlene Hunter Menlo Park
Criteria just not met Thank you, thank you, thank you, Msgr. Robert W. McElroy! And thank you, Catholic San Francisco, for publishing Msgr. Elroy’s article May 11 showing how
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Latin alive and well As a follow-up to the stories featured in the April 20 Catholic San Francisco regarding the use of Latin in local liturgies, I would like to take this opportunity to point out that the use of Latin Gregorian Chant is alive and well at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi. The Shrine has formed a new “Schola” (a group of liturgical singers smaller than a choir) consisting of budding local vocal artists who lead the chanting of various parts of the Mass in Latin. The Shrine Mass is spoken in English according to the “Novus Ordo” promulgated by the Church after the Second Vatican Council, but the singing is primarily Gregorian Chant in Latin. The Schola chants the introit (entrance antiphon) and the Communion chant alone and leads the congregation in singing the “Ordinary” of the Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, etc.) To compliment the chants of the Mass, our Schola also sings Renaissance-era polyphonic motets during the preparation of gifts. Chant booklets and leaflets — complete with English translations — are provided to assist worshippers in active participation. We hope the Shrine will become a local place of pilgrimage and devotion for those who — even once in a while — would like to join in prayerful participation and reflection upon ancient sacred texts and inspired musical settings that have graced Catholic liturgy for many centuries. Joseph Murphy Music Coordinator and Cantor National Shrine of St. Francis San Francisco
L E T T E R S
Msgr. Robert McElroy’s May 11 analysis of “Just–war principles and Iraq” concludes that the “only moral warrant” is a “prudent and measured American military withdrawal.” Msgr. Mc Elroy reminds readers that the four conditions for a just war are: Just cause, right intention, reasonable hope of success, and last resort. It seems these conditions are as valid today as they were when Congress approved the war. Is not liberty for millions in Iraq still a “just cause” and a “right intention?” Does not the struggle for freedom in Iraq still have “reasonable hope of success?” Is not a military response still the “last resort” to barbaric killers who refuse to negotiate? Will the Catholics and others who support an American military withdrawal – that Msgr. McElroy recommends would be moral — also bear the moral responsibility for the human slaughter, suffering and turmoil that will follow? Mike DeNunzio San Francisco
Letters welcome
the U.S. war in Iraq does not meet the just war theory criteria. Jean Mont-Eton San Francisco
Day of dialogue, hope
As we look forward to the graces of the week of Pentecost (May 27-June 3), on Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Catholics from all over Northern California will have an opportunity to experience and exercise the gifts of the Holy Spirit at “Coming of Age, the First Annual Northern California Lay Convocation.” The full-day lay-conceived and lay-led event will feature the erudition of scholars (Sister Eloise Rosenblatt, RSM, on “Lay Leadership in the Third Millennium: Reviving An Ancient Tradition” and Father Brian Joyce on “Vatican II: Shared Baptism/ Shared Leadership”) — and the opportunity for everyone from pew-sitting faithful to bishops (Archbishop George Niederauer has accepted the convocation’s invitation to attend) to hear each others’ voices and, as adults committed to living out the faith they love as mature, responsible Catholics, ever more fully bring to life the Vatican II call to lay responsibility by increasing the voice and presence of the laity in Church decision-making. This convocation inviting all of us as Church to reinvigorate both our ancient tradition and our Second Vatican Council call to authentic lay leadership is historic for two reasons. Firstly, it is the first of its kind west of the Rockies. Secondly, and, it must be said, most encouragingly, for this day of raising hard issues and challenges in a vibrant, respectful dialogue, the faithful gather not discreetly in a Holiday Inn, or in some non-denominational community center, but welcomed as guests into the very Cathedral Church of San Francisco. Is the Holy Spirit alive and well? Indeed! Come see for yourself, and make history. Learn more about “Coming of Age” at the Convocation Web site: www.NorCalLayConvocation.org. Join with fellow Catholics looking to help build the Church of the Third Millennium. Rob Grant San Francisco (Ed. note: Rob Grant is a member of the Convocation planning team.)
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Guest Commentary
From the bedside of the dying… As a former hospice and medical social worker for 12 years, I have sat at the bedside of almost 1,000 people in their process of dying and their moment of death. Simply put: there is never the need for assisted suicide as long as there is hospice/palliative/comfort care. Hospice care is about the quality of life and living. Modern medicine can control pain and nausea and allow the person to process this most important time in their life. This process allows for reflection, resolution of past conflicts, reconciliation, giving and receiving forgiveness and telling people you love them. As Father Gerald Coleman stated in his May 4 Catholic San Francisco commentary, “Killing the Suffering,” “physician assisted suicide abandons the dying person at a critical point in their life.” When my patients were able to go through the process of transitions that come with dying, with the assistance of their hospice doctor, nurse, social worker, chaplain or volunteer, they did have a comfortable, compassionate death. I have also witnessed occasions where patients tried, often unsuccessfully, to end or shorten the process by suicide. When the suicide didn’t “work,” hospice was often called in to provide care and support for guilt-ridden family members and a patient in a far worse physical, mental and spiritual state. Assisted suicide almost always requires a “helper.” The helper might have a contract with the patient to com-
plete the task if necessary, turning the suicide into a homicide. Often, it was actually worse for the family and loved ones when suicide was “successful.” Those left behind not only suffered from stigma and unresolved and protracted grief, but also would live forever with the question of their role and influence in this irreversible decision. Just as early-term abortion evolved into partial birth abortion, at what point will physician-assisted suicide evolve into murder of lives less-valued: the developmentally delayed, Alzheimer’s patients, and the elderly? What affect will the cost of medical care play in this situation? Does our society really want to start killing people because it costs too much to treat them humanly? A May 4 letter to the editor stated that Jesus said we should help those who suffer, especially those who can’t be healed. And, “Has the Church hierarchy become so inhuman?” My answer is that physical healing is not the healing sought in the dying process — it is spiritual healing that becomes more important in evaluating and making peace with your life. The hierarchy of the Church clarified its teachings on this in the “Declaration on Euthanasia,” which was promulgated in 1980 and which may be summarized as follows: “Modern pain control techniques do not, in fact, shorten life. However, the use of medicine to treat severe
pain is acceptable even if, hypothetically, it were to shorten life. In any event, pain control is not the same as euthanasia, since death is not the objective of the treatment. Maintenance of lucidiMary Male ty is an important eleSchembri ment in preparing for death, but severe pain should be alleviated to the extent possible.” In very rare cases, severe, intractable pain can be treated with “palliative sedation” which induces a coma to provide comfort as the person progresses on his or her journey. I reiterate: a fast and immediate death is not always a comfortable or compassionate death in that it denies the right of due process for the dying. Mary Male Schembri has been a social worker and gerontologist in the Bay Area for 36 years, 12 of those as a hospice and medical social worker. She is currently director of Parish and Community Response for Catholic Charities CYO.
The Catholic Difference The day after the Supreme Court upheld the federal partial birth abortion ban by a 5-4 vote, the pseudonymous “Diogenes” offered a rather chilling commentary on the Catholic World News Web site: “In her angry dissent in Gonzalez v. Carhart, [Justice] Ginsburg writes that the majority decision ‘...cannot be understood as anything other than an effort to chip away at a right declared again and again by this Court – and with increasing comprehension of its centrality to women’s lives.’ Now imagine you’re speaking to an anthropologist who has just returned from a previously undiscovered primitive tribal community on a remote island in the South Pacific. If he reports that the ability to bear children is a central factor in the lives of the tribe’s women, you might figure that you’d met another one of those remarkable social scientists who has found a way to earn a living by saying the blatantly obvious. But if he told you that the right to kill their own children was essential to these women, you’d have to conclude that the island is a terrible place, populated by bloodthirsty pagan savages, and any sane traveler should stay away.” Yet that seems to be precisely what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was asserting: the legal right to kill their offspring is “central” to the lives of American women. Not good. The anti-Catholic bigots quickly exposed their hand in the wake of Gonzalez v. Carhart. The morning after the decision was handed down, Philadelphia Inquirer cartoonist Tony Auth depicted nine Supreme Court justices behind the bench, five of them wearing miters. University of
Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone noted in a blog posting that “[a]ll five justices in the majority are Catholic” and charged that the papist quintet had “failed to respect the fundamental difference between religious belief and morality.” About which my colleague, Edward Whelan, made two telling observations: 1) It is absurd on many levels to suggest Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito were imposing their religious beliefs on the nation. Rather, Whelan wrote, “They were deferring to the entirely reasonable moral judgments of the American people, manifested through bipartisan majorities in Congress.” How is it an imposition of religious belief to uphold the constitutionality of a law democratically enacted with bipartisan support? Were all the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives who voted to ban partial birth abortion imposing Catholic dogma on the republic? Please. 2) The legal and historical facts of the matter, Whelan continued, are that the four dissenting justices in Gonzalez v. Carhart – Ginsburg, Stevens, Souter, and Breyer – “have a consistent record of misconstruing the Constitution to impose their own substantive preferences” – which is to say, their preferred policy outcomes, like an unrestricted abortion license. Thus, the attempt to defend the constitutionally indefensible (i.e., Roe v. Wade) continues to unhinge prominent legal scholars like Geoffrey Stone. To suggest that Roe can only be opposed on grounds of religious dogma is to betray an ignorance one would prefer not to associate with faculty members of a distinguished law
school: an ignorance of both elementary embryology (the product of human conception is a human being) and the first principles of justice (do no harm to the innocent). Like Justice George Weigel Ginsburg’s assertion of what’s “central” to women’s lives, this intellectual bewitchment bodes ill on many fronts. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who had voted for the partial birth abortion ban, criticized Justice Samuel Alito for upholding the ban, which suggested a certain, er, senatorial inconsistency. But perhaps the truer consistency here is the consistency of political expediency, for Senator Reid knows the pro-abortion lobby, a crucial component of Democratic fund-raising, will brook no dissent from its extremism. This puts Democrats who may have qualms about infanticide (as Senator Reid evidently once did) in a very tight box. A smart Democratic presidential candidate would embrace the Court’s decision as the beginning of a new, rational consideration of the abortion issue in American public life. As things stand now, Democratic candidates are expected to defend infanticide. That’s not a task the more thoughtful of them is likely to welcome. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Spirituality for Life
A home we can never quite find Moral loneliness is what we experience when we ache for a soul mate. We are lonely in different ways: We always feel some distance from others, always feel some restlessness that cannot be alleviated even within our deepest experiences of intimacy, and always feel an inchoate nostalgia for a home we can never quite find. There is loneliness, a restlessness, an aching, a yearning, a longing, a disquiet, a nostalgia, a timelessness, and a sexual inconsummation inside us that never quite gives us rest. We are, in the words of Toni Morrison, soulchained to deep things outside of ourselves. Moreover, this dis-ease lies at the center of our experience, not at its edges. We are not restful persons who sometimes get restless, serene persons who sometimes experience disquiet, or fulfilled persons who once in a while get frustrated. Rather we are restless beings who occasionally find rest, disquieted persons who sometimes
find solitude and serenity, and dissatisfied men and women who at times find satisfaction. And, among all these multifarious yearnings, one is deeper than all the others: What we really long for is a moral partner, someone to meet us in the depth of our souls, someone from whom we don’t have to hide what’s truest inside of us, and someone who understands and spontaneously honors all that is most precious to us. Someone like that would be a true soul-partner and more than someone we long to sleep with sexually; we long for someone to sleep with in this way, morally. What does this mean? Scripture and the mystics, unafraid of earthy and sexual images, express it best. What we ultimately long for is soul-consummation. Here is an image from the Song of Songs (3, 1-4) On my bed at night I sought my beloved:
I sought but could not find him! So I got up and went through the city; in the streets and on the squares, seeking my beloved. I sought but could not find him! Father I came upon the Ron Rolheiser watchmen on their rounds in the city: “Have you seen my beloved?” Barely had I passed them when I found my beloved. I caught him and would not let him go, ROLHEISER, page 14
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SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 97:1-2, 6-7, 9; Rev. 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; John 17:20-26 A READING FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (ACTS 7:55-60) Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and Stephen said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him together. They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them;” and when he said this, he fell asleep. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 97:1-2, 6-7, 9) R. The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth. The Lord is king; let the earth rejoice; let the many islands be glad. Justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne. R. The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth. The heavens proclaim his justice, and all peoples see his glory. All gods are prostrate before him. R. The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth. You, O Lord, are the Most High over all the earth, exalted far above all gods. R. The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth. A READING FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION (REV 22:12-14, 16-17, 20) I, John, heard a voice saying to me: “Behold, I am coming soon. I bring with
Rolheiser . . . ■ Continued from page 13 until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room where my mother had conceived me! It is hard to come up with an image that is more intimate than this one: What we most long for is to take someone home, to our mother’s room, to the most intimate of all places, to the very bed on which we were conceived. But that is a place in the heart, the ache of moral loneliness. What exactly is being said here? Each of us has a memory of once having been touched and caressed by hands far gentler than our own. That caress has left a permanent mark, an imprint of a love so tender, good and pure that its memory is a prism through which we see everything else. The old myths express it best when they tell that, before we were born, God kissed our souls and we go through life always remembering, in some way, that kiss and measuring everything else in relation to it and its original purity, tenderness and sweetness. This unconscious memory of once having been touched and caressed by God creates the deepest place inside us, the place where we hold all that is most precious and sacred to us. When we say something “rings true,” what we are really saying is that it honors that deep place
me the recompense I will give to each according to his deeds. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” Blessed are they who wash their robes so as to have the right to the tree of life and enter the city Through its gates. “I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, the bright morning star.” The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let the hearer say, “Come.” Let the one who thirsts come forward, and the one who wants it receive the gift of life-giving water. The one who gives this testimony says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN (JN 17:20-26) Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “Holy Father, I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.” in our hearts, that it coincides with a deep truth, tenderness and purity we have already experienced. From this place all that is deepest and truest within us issues forth - our own caresses, kisses and tears. Paradoxically, this then becomes the place we most guard from others, even as it is the place we would most like someone to come into, providing that entry respects precisely the purity, tenderness and truth of the original caress of God that formed that tender cavity in the first place. This is the place of deepest intimacy and the place of deepest loneliness, the place where we are innocent and the place where we are violated, the place where we are holy, temples of God, sacred churches of reverence, and the place that we corrupt when we willfully lie. This is our moral center and the aching we feel there is rightly called moral loneliness. It is here that we long for a soul mate. And it is in this longing we experience what is deepest inside us, namely, an unyielding ache that drives us out of ourselves where, like the author of the Song of Songs, we desperately search for someone to sleep with morally. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and award-winning author, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. He can be contacted through his Web site: www.ronrolheiser.com.
Scripture reflection FATHER JOHN ORME MILLS, O.P.
Christ reminds us his Spirit is close to us at all times “I pray that they may all be one.” This, St John tells us, was the last request that Jesus made in the great prayer which he offered up to God his father for his followers and for the world. In a few hours he was to be arrested and condemned to die on the cross. “I pray that they may all be one,” he said. You will not be surprised that today’s Gospel reading is considered the most appropriate one for World Communications Day. This is the day when the Church is asking us to reflect on how, all over the world, the media can — or, more correctly, should — bring human beings closer together, and how we can support the important Church organizations dedicated to working with the media. Neither will you be surprised to learn that this Gospel reading is one often favored for Peace Day, which occurs in mid-January. And we hear it quite frequently at weddings. Its popularity does not lessen its power, however. It movingly reminds us that divisions among Christians began very early; in fact, from the very beginnings of Christianity. Even during Jesus’ ministry the disciples were contending with each other over which of them was the most important. There was then, and still is, a need constantly to pray that love will not grow cold. Yet, for all their shortcomings, what is striking about the faithful 11 disciples closest to Jesus is their stability. It is important for us never to forget that when Jesus prayed “that they may all be one,” (though he undoubtedly had his disciples and, in fact, all future believers very much in mind), what he was praying for was something more profound than a comfortable secular togetherness. As the rest of this wonderful prayer reveals, what he was basically praying for was really nothing less than the mending of creation, the
restoring of creation to its original relationship with God. This is what we say Christ died for. But the revealing of the fact he had brought peace to the world — that was something for us, his followers, to do, or at least to start. Now, 2,000 years have gone by, and we live in a world quite as violent as the world of Jesus’ time and far more materialistic. And, by and large, Christians are making no serious attempt to challenge the world around them. Jesus never, of course, thought that the revealing to the world of his victory over the powers of darkness, division and death would be something quick and easy to do. He knew too profoundly the weaknesses of human nature. And that is why he prayed that we may all be one. And why he promised he would not leave us deserted, solely dependent on our own resources. His Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is with us wherever we may be: among us, and closer to us than we are to ourselves. Pentecost Sunday is May 8, a time we remember the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, the birth of the Church. During this coming week, day after day, at Mass throughout the world, the Church prays that the Holy Spirit may fill our lives, so that we may serve God with all our hearts and that we may work together with unselfish love. The strength of God can be our strength, if only we are ready to make ourselves open to it. Remember, then: however grim or difficult may be any situation, you are in fact never really alone, never facing something Christ has not already faced. As the letter to the Hebrews says about Christ, “He is our pioneer.” Dominican Father John Orme Mills is a member of the Priory of St. Michael Archangel, Cambridge.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE SOLEMN NOVENA IN HONOR OF
CORPUS CHRISTI Conducted by
Father Francis P. Filice
at the Monastery of Perpetual Adoration 771 Ashbury Street, San Francisco CA 94117 From June 2nd – June 10th, 2007
Services: Daily Mass –– 7:00 A.M. Holy Rosary –– 2:30 P.M. Benediction –– 3:05 P.M. Holy Mass –– 3:10 P.M. On the last day of the Novena we will have an outdoor Procession with the Blessed Sacrament at 2:00 p.m. Also: A benefit concert for the Monastery featuring harpist Ana Maria Mendieta and friends will be held at Saint Dominic’s Catholic Church 2390 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 On June 10th, 2007 – From 7:00 P.M. to 8:15 P.M. Tickets are $20.00 each
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Guest commentary Taking a look back at the ‘new’ permanent dioconate’s 4 decades meet with Bishop Ernest Unterkoefler, then chairman of the newly formed United States bishop’s Committee on Last month, I attended the 30th annual conference of the Permanent Diaconate, and the committee’s executhe National Association of Diaconate Directors in Los tive director, Msgr. William Philbin. We met with them Angeles with associate diaconate director, Deacon Bill and the committee staff to present our proposal for a Mitchell, and our wives, Barbara and Ginny. The theme permanent diaconate formation program for South of the conference was “Many Faces in God’s House.” Bend/Fort Wayne. That’s the way it was done in those The keynote speakers were Sister. Dianne Bergant, days. The permanent diaconate had been reinstated in CSA, of the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, the Catholic Church only three years earlier by Pope Jack Jezreel of Just Faith Ministries, and Bishop Gerald Paul VI in response to recommendations and guidelines Barnes of San Bernardino. Bishop Barnes presented a of the Second Vatican Council. comprehensive and eloquent address on the challenges Our proposal was approved, and our local bishop ministry to immigrants present to us as deacons and encouraged us to begin taking applications for the first wives of deacons in the Church today. (Video record- permanent diaconate formation class in the Diocese of ings of these addresses are available and will become South Bend/Fort Wayne. My experience as one of the part of the ongoing education program of our local dia- directors of the program, however, ended after only one conate community.) year. In 1971, my wife The National and I with our four chilAssociation of Diaconate Today more than 17,000 deacons dren moved from Indiana Directors, through its to the San Francisco Bay national and regional serve the Church in the United Area, where I had been meetings, has had a prooffered a teaching posifound influence on the tion. permanent diaconate in States, and there are thousands of It was not until the the United States. 1980s that I was able to Through workshops for men in formation programs. revisit my interest in the new directors and netdiaconate. My wife and I working among member entered the formation prodirectors, scores of new diaconate directors have been gram under the able direction of my predecessor, Sister guided and encouraged by their more experienced coun- Hilda McGinnis, DC. I was ordained in 1990, and a few terparts. years later Archbishop John Quinn asked me to become In the early years, before there was a National director of the local diaconate community. Association of Diaconate Directors, the formation and Things had come a long way since the early 1970s. ordination of permanent deacons was not highly organ- The National Association of Diaconate Directors was ized and varied widely from diocese to diocese. My first now well established and vitally linked to the U.S. bishexperience as diaconate director was in 1970 for the ops’ Committee on the Permanent Diaconate. A few Diocese of South Bend/Fort Wayne. I was still a gradu- years later, guidelines for the formation of candidates ate student at the University of Notre Dame. I clearly and the ministry and life of deacons and their wives recall flying to Washington, D.C. with two colleagues to became further defined through two major publication:
By Deacon Leon Kortenkamp
Worldwide Catholic Figures
The worldwide Catholic population increased by more than 340 million during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, according to Vatican statistics. The number of priests decreased, while figures for seminarians and permanent deacons showed an increase.
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CATHOLICS 3.6%
45%
1.1 billion
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757 million
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PRIESTS Source: Vatican
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PERMANENT DEACONS ©2006 CNS
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The Vatican Directory, “Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons and the Directory on the Life and Ministry of Permanent Deacons” and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ “National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States.” Today more than 17,000 deacons serve the Church in the United States, and there are thousands of men in formation programs. Responding to the Second Vatican Council document, “Lumen Gentium,” and the directories’ guideline, deacons are dedicated to a wide range of ministries including assisting at eucharistic liturgies, officiating at baptisms, marriages and funeral services. In addition to liturgical ministries, deacons and their wives are involved in Church outreach in hospitals, airports, truck stops, prisons, homeless shelters, justice advocacy programs and many more service ministries. Some deacons, with administrative skills developed in educational institutions or business, are being called on to assist in Church administration. Most deacons minister part-time in the parish or agency to which they are assigned by their bishop while working at a secular job — and in the case of married deacons, also raising a family. However, deacons are deacons seven days a week, 24 hours a day, and their ordination touches every aspect of their daily lives. This is especially valuable, when they bring the blessings of the faith community into corners of the world where other clergy are seldom able to visit. As Pope John Paul II said, the deacon’s ministry “is the Church’s service sacramentalized.” Because most permanent deacons are married, their wives, after going through the formation program with their husbands, often enter into ministry with them. This team approach is especially suited to ministries like marriage and baptism preparation. This partnering in ministry is also an affirmation of the sacrament of marriage as a dimension of diaconal ministry for married deacons. Likewise, permanent deacons who are not married are a special blessing to the Church. They bring a unique dimension of service to diaconal ministry, as their availability and dedication does not have to include considerations related to marriage and children. In some cases, deacons’ wives develop their own ministries. These have included looking after the spiritual, emotional and financial needs of families of the imprisoned, serving in youth programs, visiting the aged and the homebound. Others have become leaders in movements to address issues relating to local and global poverty. The Archdiocese has just completed a cycle of presentations, application and admission to the diaconate formation program. That formation program will begin in September. While the application process for this class is closed, those interested in applying for a formation class in the future may call the diaconate formation office at (415) 614-5531 and leave their contact information, so they can be reached when applications for the next class are being processed. In the meantime, to learn more about the diaconate, I recommend visiting the U.S. bishops’ Web site: www.usccb.org/deacon/readmore. Deacon Leon Korkenkamp is director of ministry and life for the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Permanent Diaconate Office.
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St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco. June 2: Coming of Age: The First Northern California Lay Convocation, an all-day event challenging the Church to reinvigorate both its ancient tradition and its Second Vatican Council call to authentic lay leadership. Sister of Mercy Eloise Rosenblatt and popular presenter, Father Brian Joyce, pastor, Christ the King Church in Pleasant Hill will speak. Their talks will cover “Lay Leadership in the Third Millennium” and “Shared Baptism/Shared Leadership.” Visit www.NorCalLayConvocation.org for more information and registration. Sundays: Concerts at 3:30 p.m. Call (415) 5672020, ext. 213. Open to the public. Admission free.
May 18, 2007 2nd and 4th Monday: St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group meets. Meetings take place at SVDP, Steiner and Green, San Francisco, at 7:30 p.m. 3rd/4th Saturdays: St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group provides nourishment for the less fortunate, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Contact Tricia Reilly at (415) 505-4313.
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Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area divorced and separated is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at (415) 422-6698. Separated and divorced support groups: 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, San Francisco; call Gail at (650) 5918452 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236. !st and 3rd Thursday at St. Peter Parish Religious Ed. Building, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Diana Patrito or Joe Brunato at (650) 359-6313. Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639.
Taize/Chanted Prayer 3rd Wednesday 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 Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113. 2nd Friday at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400 Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at (650) 726-2249. Sundays: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine of Saint Francis, 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco, 12:15 p.m. Mass. For more information, call (415) 983-0405.
Food & Fun May 23: Installation luncheon for the Good Shepherd Guild at Presidio Golf Club, Arguello entrance, with cocktails at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at 12:15 p.m. Tickets $45. Proceeds benefit Good Shepherd Sisters’ Gracenter. Call Beverly Desmond at (415) 587-5374. June 2: Gala Dinner Dance and Silent Auction benefiting St. Kevin Parish, 704 Cortland between Anderson and Ellsworth in San Francisco beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $30 and include prime rib dinner and dancing. Sponsored by parish Women’s Guild. Call Marie at (415) 648-5751.
Catholic Charismatic Renewal The Catholic Charismatic Renewal plans events throughout the year. Information about the group’s activities can be found in Datebook and at their Web site: www.sfspirit.com. First Fridays of the month are commemorated with rosary and Mass at selected churches throughout the Archdiocese usually beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, e-mail John Murphy at exmorte@aol.com. May 19-20: A Spanish-language Catholic Charismatic Congress at Sequoia High School, 1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Theme: “My Household Will Serve the Lord.” Donation $5 per day. For information, call Father Joseph Corral (415) 333-3627, Father James Garcia (650) 3664692; Josefa or Joel Sanchez (650) 368-7110. May 25, 26, 27: 20th annual Nor-Cal Catholic Charismatic Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara. Theme is “Prepare the Way of the Lord.” For more information and registration, go to ncrcspirit.com or call (707) 643-2238.
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The seventh grade class from Mission Dolores Elementary School enjoyed a field trip to San Francisco’s Episcopal Grace Cathedral April 18. The visit complemented the students’ recent studies of Gothic cathedrals. A few trips around the church’s famed Labyrinth were in order. Teachers Cathy Patterson and Sharon Ow-yang Lee organized the fun. “On the way back to Mission Dolores, we stopped in Old Saint Mary’s – San Francisco’s first cathedral,” Cathy said. Old St. Mary’s offers noontime concerts each first and third Tuesday of the month at 12:30 p.m. Call (415) 288-3800. as well as selections from a classical repertoire. Now 18 years old, he is in his third year at Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Free will donations accepted. Parking available in lots on Oak Street between Ashbury and Masonic. Call (415) 487-8560.
Sacred Heart Catholic School, 2700 South Shartel in Oklahoma City, is in search its alumni for the school’s centennial celebration plans. Register for information online in the alumni section of the school Web site: www.sacredheartokc.org.
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May 24: Parish Rosary Hour at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St. across from Washington Square, San Francisco at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Holy Name Society. Call (415) 421-0809. St. Stephen Church of San Francisco is offering a Chinese Bible study group that meets every Thursday, 7:30 – 8:45 p.m. at the O’Reilly Parish Center, 451 Eucalyptus Dr., San Francisco. Contact Veronica Wong at (415) 681-2444, ext. 33.
Reunions May 19: Class of 1942 alumnae of Presentation High School, San Francisco, are invited to a 65th Class Reunion Luncheon hosted by Cecelia Nihill Gaddini at the Cityscape Restaurant at the Hilton, San Francisco. Contact Helen Harwood, director of alumnae, at (415) 422-5015 or hharwood@pbvmsf.org. May 19: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School, class of ’51, at Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco at 6 p.m. Call Janet Cirimele at (650) 579-7458. June 9: Classes of ’71 and ’72 from St. Gabriel Elementary School, San Francisco, at parish’s Bedford Hall. Event includes Birthday Bash “for those turning 50 or 49 and holding.” Tickets at $35 include dinner and dancing. Call Sue Phelps at (415) 566-0314 or e-mail sphelps@stgabrielsf.org. Nov. 3: Class of ’82 from Presentation High School, San Francisco, at Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco. E-mail kathycooney@hotmail.com or LucyMulkerrins@sbcglobal.net.
Young Adults 2nd Sunday: Catholics in their 20s meet at various San Mateo locations for friendship and to discuss the Gospel and become active members of the Church. Contact: Catholic_20s@yahoogroups.com. Friday at 7:30 p.m.: Most Holy Redeemer young adults meet at 18th and Diamond Streets, San Francisco E-mail yag@mhr.org or visit www.mhr.org/yag.html. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.: St. Dominic young adults meet in parish hall at Bush and Steiner, San Francisco; e-mail youngadults@stdominics.org. or visit www.stdominics.org/youngadults; rosary precedes meeting at 7 p.m. St.Thomas More Church and Catholic Campus Ministry sponsor liturgy on Sundays at 8 p.m. and the third Tuesday of month on the SFSU campus. St. Thomas More is located at 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd at Brotherhood Way in San Francisco. E-mail newman@stmchurch.com or visit www.stmchurch.com/newman/
Grief support groups meet at the following parishes. May 25-27: “A Journey through Grief to Healing,” a retreat for those who have lost a loved one, at Jesuit Retreat Center, 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. Jesuit Father Joseph Fice will facilitate. For cost and additional information visit www.jrclosaltos.org or call (650) 948-4491. San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Sienna, Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 5581015. St. Dunstan, Millbrae; call Barbara Cappel at (650) 692-7543. Good Shepherd, Pacifica; call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593. Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City; call Barbara Cantwell at (650) 7550478. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; call parish at (650) 366-3802. St. Robert, San Bruno; call Sister Patricia at (650) 589-2800. Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo; call Brenda MacLean at (415) 454-7650. St. Isabella, San Rafael; call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato; call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. San Francisco: St. Dominic; call Sister Anne at (415) 567-7824; St. Finn Barr (bilingual); call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823. St. Gabriel; call Elaine Khalaf at (415) 564-7882. Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506. Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame; call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Children’s Grief Group: St. Catherine, Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 558-1015. Information regarding grief ministry in general: call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.
Meetings May 24: Regular semi-monthly meeting of the Serra Club of San Francisco at the Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia St. off Mission in San Francisco at noon. Guest speaker is Father Brian Costello, pastor, Mater Dolorosa Parish in South San Francisco. Tickets are $15. Call (415) 566-8224.
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Blogger’s behind-the-scenes coverage brings buzz By Joseph Ryan WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS) — Here’s how Rocco Palmo announced his appearance at an upcoming Theology on Tap session in Wilmington in his blog, “Whispers in the Loggia”: “It’s a short trip down I-95 to Wilmington and another ToT, this time for Bishop Mickey and Co., offering some reflections and” — whoa! Did he say Bishop Mickey? He did. If Wilmington Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli is startled by the chummy reference, it could be worse. Palmo’s blog refers to his hometown’s archbishop, Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali, as “Pharaoh.” Whispers also features occasional references to “Fluffiness” and “The Fluff” — that would be Pope Benedict XVI, so dubbed, Palmo says, because of his wispy white hair. Palmo, 24 and single, has created buzz in certain Church circles for Whispers, which he writes from his home in South Philadelphia. In addition to the blog, short for Web log, he writes a column called “Almost Holy” for the Paulist Fathers’ Web site, Busted Halo, and offers weekly reports for the British Catholic newspaper The Tablet. According to Mary Jansen, director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Young Adult Ministry, Rocco will be a featured speaker at the National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Association meeting in Staten Island, N.Y., on May 21. She will attend. “Rocco is suppose to be writing a blog about his keynote” for the meeting, Jansen said, noting that the Internet “is how I get my news in the morning and keep connected to the larger world.” “The Church’s mission is to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and there is no better way to reach so many than on the Internet,” Jansen said. “There is opportunity for spirituality, on-line retreats, historical information and personal connection. Connecting through the Internet brings us closer together to connect in person. If people don’t know about the Catholic Church or how to find one, it’s difficult to get them to Mass.” Palmo’s Whispers in the Loggia, which he first posted on the Internet in December 2004, is typical of many blogs. Yet, while it’s just one of at least 900 Catholic blogs, its
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main focus is unique: His beat is the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. “The source of the life of the Church is derived from the figure of bishops,” Palmo told The Dialog, Wilmington diocesan newspaper. “Bishops matter — their personality, how they make people feel.” Whispers’ hierarchy beat, which includes texts of homilies, rumors of appointments and gossip on Vatican personalities and office politics, draws more than 8,000 unique visitors to the site daily, according to Palmo.
Lay person active in parish retreats guests on TV program airing May 20 Michael McDevitt, a lay person involved in helping Catholics develop a deeper commitment to Jesus Christ and the Eucharist, will appear on the television program “For Heaven’s Sake” which airs on KRON-Channel 4 on May 20 at 5:30 a.m. McDevitt is co-founder — with the late Jesuit Father Frank Parrish — of the non-profit organization Mystical Humanity of Christ, which has conducted scores of popular parish retreats since its inception in 2000 (www.parishretreat.org). It also organized archdiocesan retreats in San Francisco during the past two years. A parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Belmont, McDevitt is executive director of Mystical Humanity of Christ and a seasoned retreat master. In a lively conversation with program host Maurice Healy, director of Communications and Outreach for the Archdiocese, McDevitt talks about the role of laity in the Church, the growing interest in retreats – both at retreat houses and at parishes — modern-day mystics, the indwelling of Christ in every person, and the call to act accordingly. “For Heaven’s Sake” is produced by Marta Rebagliati of the Archdiocese’s Office of Communications and KRON-Channel 4.
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Steve and Sandy, Congratulations on your wedding. We are so happy for you both and excited to welcome our new family members. Wishing you a beautiful life together. With all our love, Mom & Dad
To our dearest Micheal Patrick, on this speicial day God has called you to be one of His own. We hope you will always know His love and His peace Love always, Mom & Dad
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Patricia Mary, you are a treasured gift and a special joy to our family. We are so excited for you that you have confirmed your Catholic faith. We love you! Mom, Dad, Michelle and Adam
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Here’s a sampling of what readers could find in recent months: ● The pope’s appointment of a new president for the Italian bishops’ conference: “The choice is a compromise between two of Benedict’s most influential policy movers.” ● A new bishop in Dallas: “Reportedly, (Auxiliary Bishop Kevin J.) Farrell (of Washington) had indicated his preference to remain in the Northeast.” ● A notice last November from an Italian weekly that a Turkish publication said the pope “has undergone a small operation in preparation for an eventual bypass operation.” The speculative nature of some of Whispers’ reports means the rumors, like that last one, do not always prove to be true. Palmo says his sources are “people who keep the Church running — bishops, diocesan officials, parish priests and lay leaders.” Palmo is a University of Pennsylvania grad with a political science degree who grew up in South Philadelphia. He did not attend Catholic school but became infatuated with his faith’s history and hierarchy as a boy. Palmo said his professors enjoyed how he would work Church politics into papers he wrote for class. The profs “ate it up, to my shock and surprise,” he said. The idea for his blog “wasn’t something I thought about or internalized,” Palmo said. “I knew I had these contacts. I knew I had the background knowledge some of the best reporters in the country didn’t have (about the Church). I kind of looked at myself in the mirror and said, ‘Why don’t you try this?’” Although a blog’s readers are usually young, Palmo believes visitors to his site have a median age of about 60. “Part of the core of my readership are, shockingly, retired priests,” he said. Whenever he pitches for funds — Whispers is freely available like most blogs, and no one pays Palmo to write it — he hears from such priests, he said. “I’m read by people in the Church who are invested in it and love it.” Palmo sees a lot of hope for the Church despite “all the difficult, painful, heart-wrenching moments” of recent years stemming from the clergy sex abuse scandal. “The fact the Church is still able in a great way to captivate the public imagination says to me there’s an opening there,” he said. “The longing for God in this society and in this age is the same as it’s ever been.” Palmo also sees signs of hope in the way the Church is embracing new communications technology, as evidenced by Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley’s blog, Cardinal Rigali’s Lenten homilies on YouTube, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony’s chat-room conversations, and podcasts produced by the Archdiocese of Atlanta. “A failure to bring the Church to the Internet would be like bishops who failed to build churches for immigrant populations,” Palmo said. “The Internet is the bricks and mortar of our time. If the Church doesn’t have a presence on the Internet, it doesn’t exist.”
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Graduates . . . ■ Continued from cover system “had three different kinds of tickets – first class, second class and third class.” First-class tickets “meant you could remain seated…not matter what happened,” he said. In the case of breakdowns, he continued, second-class passengers were required to exit the coach but “you could stand off and watch as other people worked,” while third-class travelers “had to get out and push uphill, or help fix the broken wheel, or whatever was needed.” “It is most important that you remember this: Your first-
Latin America . . . ■ Continued from cover and touch society as a whole,” said Bishop Antonio Queiroz of Catanduva, Brazil. Pope Benedict told the bishops the Church should not take an active role in partisan politics, but should focus on forming laypeople to apply Christian values in social and political life. Conferences of bishops in various Latin American countries regularly issue statements on political and economic issues ranging from land rights to corporate responsibility to policies for combating poverty. Several bishops said the pope’s words did not mean that the Church should not take a stand on political issues. “We do participate in politics,” said Bishop Hector Gutierrez Pabon of Engativa, Colombia. “When we are committed to the common good, we are involved in politics, but not partisan politics. It is politics that seeks the common good” through the Church’s social doctrine. “The pope affirmed the Church must defend justice and the poor. It therefore must be independent of those who hold political and economic power,” Archbishop Barreto told Catholic News Service. The Church must avoid “any collaboration (with those powers) or complicity through silence,” he said. A reference by the pope to pre-Columbus religions raised questions among some observers. While speaking positively of
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class education here at USF entitles you to only a third-class ticket on any community’s stagecoach. And because yours is a third-class ticket, whenever there’s a problem, you are expected to get out, get down and help solve it,” Archbishop Niederauer stated in an advance copy of his address. “Many people, including your family, friends and colleagues have supported you in reaching your goals. You will now take your place as an educated, skilled and resourceful member of your community,” he said, adding: “Actually of many communities – your neighborhood, your profession, your city, your church or synagogue or mosque, your state, your country, your blue planet.” Alluding to “movies about the old West,” the long-time educator said, “The stagecoaches held all sorts of people:
young and old, rich and poor, folks at all levels of education, reflecting many social, ethnic and religious differences.” “On any community’s stagecoach,” he said, “there are only third-class tickets. There are no first or second-class tickets…only some who behave as though they have first or second-class tickets. In more contemporary terms, a community has not first-class or business class. In community, everyone travels coach.” In addition to 984 undergraduate degrees, the school is also bestowing 540 graduate degrees plus 220 law school degrees. The School of Law commencement ceremonies will be on May 19 at 3 p.m., also at St. Ignatius. Kerry Kennedy, the seventh of 11 children of the late Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy, will be the speaker.
the synthesis between indigenous traditions and Christianity that led to the popular religious devotions found throughout Latin America, the pontiff warned against “the utopia of going back to breathe life into the pre-Columbus religions, separating them from Christ and from the universal Church.” Asked whether that represented a step back from the openness to indigenous traditions that has marked other gatherings in the region, Archbishop Porras said, “It is not a retreat,” but a recognition that “the coinciding of values in (Christianity’s) encounter and dialogue with ancestral religions meant that these peoples assumed it in a rich way that is particularly expressed in Latin American popular religious practice.” That practice, however, does not necessarily translate into active parish life in Latin America. While millions of Latin Americans make pilgrimages to well-known shrines, such as Aparecida, Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico and the Lord of the Miracles in Peru, as well as countless local places of devotion, “they do not participate in the weekly Eucharist” in their parishes, said Cardinal Javier Errazuriz Ossa of Santiago, Chile, president of the Latin American bishops’ council, known by its Spanish acronym as CELAM. Myriad devotions do not mean “these people have developed a full sense of the deep Christian truth. They live out fundamental aspects of our faith, but the enormous richness of the Christian faith still has not borne fruit.” How to enhance Catholics’ faith formation and reach oth-
ers who consider themselves Catholic but do not participate in Church life is likely to be high on the bishops’ agenda. The pope’s reference to Latin American male chauvinism could also spark conversation among the bishops. “The pope recognized the Church owes a certain debt to women,” Bishop Queiroz said, although he added that women’s ordination is “a closed issue.” The bishop called it a “sin of evangelization” that “women have worked more than men for the Church, but it has been difficult to acknowledge the place women truly merit.” While the agenda for the bishops’ meeting was loosely set by the pope and by several thousand pages of suggestions that emerged from discussions in dioceses throughout the region, as well as among Hispanics in 50 dioceses in the United States, the specific issues to be discussed and the work methodology were to be determined in the first few days of the meeting in Aparecida. One issue the bishops are likely to raise, although it did not figure prominently in the pope’s May 13 speech, is “the destruction of the environment,” Archbishop Barreto said. Another is education. At the youth rally on the second day of the pope’s visit, a young woman called for the Church to do more to help poor students and those who could not attend school because they lack funds or must work to help support their families. “Governments are investing less and less in education and the quality is decreasing,” he said. “A country that has inadequate education cannot develop harmoniously.”
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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. K.M.
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– PART-TIME BOOKKEEPER NEEDED – St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo is in need of a part-time bookkeeper. This person is to perform the full range of accounting and bookkeeping functions such as payroll, accounts receivable, purchasing, etc., under the general supervision of the Director of Parish Operations. These duties include but are not limited to maintaining all financial as well as all Business and Human Resource records and the functions associated with the above processes. Applicant must have past experience in bookkeeping, be familiar with quickbooks and possess excellent computer skills. The job is part-time 18hrs/week, benefits not included.
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Fr. Jack Wintz, Spiritual Director Visit: Rome (Papal Audience), Orvieto, Assisi, Loreto, Lanciano, Mt. St. Angelo, San Giovanni, Sorrento, Amalfi, Pompeii
SPECIAL PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES ON IT’S 150TH FEAST ANNIVERSARY PLUS LISIEUX, NEVERS, PARIS, SARAGOZA, AVILA & MADRID Feb 5-16, 2008 (12-days) from SFO $2,590. + airline taxes
Roman Forum
HOLY LAND
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PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY LAND Nov. 16-24, 2007 from SFO $1,990. + tax
$3,599 before March 19, 2007
Departs San Francisco 12-Day Pilgrimage
ALL SHRINES OF ITALY & ROME, July 15-28 (14 days), from SFO/LAX, 3,290. + tax
GREECE, GREEK ISLANDS AEGEAN CRUISE & TURKEY (MOTHER MARY’S HOUSE IN EPHESUS & much more), Nov. 6-18, 2007 from SFO $2,695. + port charges & tax
Acropolis
Nov. 26 – Dec. 7, 2007
December 27, 2007 – January 8, 2008
FATIMA, SPAIN, LOURDES & PARIS, Nov 6-17, 2007 from SFO/LAX, $2,590. + tax
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Visit: Tel Aviv, Netanya, Caesarea, Mt. Carmel, Tiberias, Upper Galilee, Jerusalem, Masada
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