May 20, 2005

Archbishop Levada’s appointment to Vatican post significant for U.S. Church

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By Maurice Healy

Archbishop William J. Levada delivers a homily at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada said his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI to head the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is significant because an American was selected for the post.

The appointment, announced May 13, marked the first time a U.S. prelate has headed the congregation. It is the oldest of the Vatican’s nine congregations and is considered primary in responsibility and influence.

Pope Benedict, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was prefect of the doctrinal congregation from 1981 until the death of Pope John Paul II in April.

In an interview with Catholic San Francisco, Archbishop Levada said it was significant that a U.S. bishop was selected for a position that traditionally has been held by a European.

“Being an American did not exclude me from the job,” he said. “It shows that the pope is comfortable with Americans, and open to their perspectives” he added.

In naming Archbishop Levada, 68, the pope chose someone who has worked closely with the congregation over the last 30 years. He was a congregation staff member

from 1976 to 1982 and has been a bishopmember of the congregation since 2000.

In the 1980s, Archbishop Levada collaborated with then-Cardinal Ratzinger as one of a small group of bishops appointed to write the “Catechism of the Catholic Church.” In November 2003 he began a three-year term as chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine.

As reported by Catholic San Francisco, Archbishop Levada met privately with Pope Benedict 10 days before his appointment was announced. His new position means that he will be named a cardinal in a future consistory.

With the Vatican appointment, Archbishop Levada immediately became Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. However, he also has been appointed Apostolic Administrator for the Archdiocese. As Administrator has retains full power as bishop, such as the appointment of pastors.

Archbishop Levada said he plans to remain in the Archdiocese as Administrator until August 17, which is the 10th anniversary of his appointment as the Archbishop of San Francisco in 1995.

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Archbishop Levada meets with members of parish pastoral councils

By Jack Smith About 250 members of pastoral councils at parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco came together May 14 to hear from Archbishop William J. Levada and to join in discussion.

The long-planned meeting took on an unexpected color following the previous-day announcement that Archbishop Levada had been appointed Prefect for the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope Benedict XVI. When Archbishop Levada entered the St. Francis Room beneath St. Mary’s Cathedral, the assembled rose and sang “Congratulations to you!”

In fact, Archbishop Levada explained, he had already taken his new office and as such was no longer Archbishop of San Francisco, but rather Archbishop Emeritus. Nonetheless, the new Prefect

Hundreds of parish pastoral council members meet on May 14.

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Father Tony LaTorre, pastor, presides at May Crowning at Noe Valley’s St. Philip Church. Kneeling are Julia Balistreri, left, and Elena Blanco. Altar servers are Jimmy Stasko, left, and Danny Stasko.

Congrats to winners of a Pro-Life Oratory Contest held at St. Gregory Parish hall in April. All three students hail from Junipero Serra High School and its Speech Club. Judges were Bob Munn, Cheryl Amalu and Alan Brooks. Helping put the evening together was Jessica Munn. The contest was sponsored by San Mateo Pro-Life, Gloria Gillogley-Acosta president. From left: Kyle Hutchison, Patrick Geddes, Jonathan M. Tang, and speech club moderator, Ted Morton.

Thanks so much to Grace Kennealy for staying in touch!! Proud to have been born and raised in San Francisco, Grace lived at 279 Diamond Street in Most Holy Redeemer Parish for 56 years. She and her now late husband, Edward, raised their three children there: Grace Huelsmann, married to Barney; Janet Driscoll, married to well-known piper, Bill; and son, Richard, married to Anna. Grace was librarian at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep – then known as Sacred Heart High School - from 1964 to 71. Grace’s late husband, her son, and son-in-law Bill Driscoll are all SH alums. People she remembers “from the neighborhood” include Theresa Denser, Mary Conlan, and the late Anna Foudy and her brother, Msgr. John Foudy, retired pastor of St. Anne of the Sunset. Grace now lives in the East Bay to be close to family but receives Catholic San Francisco every week and really enjoys reading it. Grace will be 94 years old September 23rd. …May Crownings, a tradition I remember from my earliest years, are taking place around the Archdiocese and in full abundance May 1st at Noe Valley’s St. Philip the Apostle Church. Children of the parish filled the sacred space

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A concert CD can be Set some time aside May ordered for $15. This is 22 for a Choral Festival about the twentieth time featuring 64 voices from choirs of the local Church more than a dozen parishes have come together for of the archdiocese. The such an occasion, Linda event, sponsored by the said…. Remember this is Archdiocesan Music an empty space without Committee, takes place at ya’!! The email address 4 p.m. at St. Cecilia for Street is Church, 17th Ave. and burket@sfarchdiocese.org.

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■ Continued from cover will be Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese until he moves permanently to Rome in mid-August.

Archbishop Levada clearly was pleased and said he was “very surprised” by the warm welcome from parish council members. “I look forward with great trembling to my new responsibilities,” he said.

Speaking humbly of his new appointment, Archbishop Levada said Pope Benedict “perhaps sees things that I don’t . . . Perhaps he is also full of Hope!”

The Saturday morning meeting began with song, prayer, reading of Scripture and a reflection on the Eucharist by Deacon Bernie O’Halloran of St. Anselm parish.

Deacon Bill Mitchell, chair of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, then explained the purpose of the meeting as an opportunity to get the Archdiocesan Council and parish pastoral councils together. “No one parish has a monopoly on problems,” Mitchell said. It is useful, he said, to come together and share difficulties, as well as possibilities for collaboration between parishes.

“The gathering together of the disciples is the fundamental structure of the Church,” Archbishop Levada said. Parish Councils “can only bring about a better realization of the mission Christ has given His Church.”

While not discounting the value of taking care of “those things that demand immediate attention,” Archbishop Levada said, “the work of the councils is not principally housekeeping, but mission . . that’s key.” Parish councils, along with the ordained and all those in ministry exist to “enable the people of God to be on mission.” The vocation of the Christian involves both the call to holiness and the call to be a witness in and for the world, he said. The challenge of parish councils is to “bring that cosmic vision even to the little things we do. . . The councils are about helping us as Church do a better job at that mission.”

Archbishop Levada then reflected deeper on the mission of the Church citing the language of Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes.

Archbishop Levada ended his final address to parish councils saying, “It is very important dear brothers and sisters that we keep focused on the vision, on the mission, on Pentecost, on the gift of the Spirit to send us out.”

Archbishop Levada also answered questions that were posed by parish council members. Written questions gathered from small groups of parish council members were compiled and read by Archdiocesan Pastoral Council Members Doris Munstermann and Anthony Ramirez.

Archbishop Levada answered questions on his new role in Rome, strengthening the vision and commitment of Catholics, evangelizing young people, collaboration between communities, the disposition of closed church properties, and the progress of settlements related to sexual abuse cases.

Regarding his role at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Levada said “My job will be to preach the Gospel and do the Lord’s work more indirectly than I do now.”

He said his role in Rome was one of “service to the mission of the universal Church.”

Among other suggestions, Archbishop Levada said the evangelization of the young begins with the realization “that young people are developing their own independent lives.” He regretted that the path of catechetical and faith formation has not resulted in strong conviction to attend Mass among the young. “There are a lot of young people ready to start out in a different direction.”

Providing conviction and direction is a priority of the Church and it involves convincing the young, “that everything they are doing homework, job, everything - is connected to a plan, and they can offer that to God.” Regarding the settlement of abuse cases, Archbishop Levada reiterated that “no monies contributed to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal have been or are being or will be used for the resolution of sexual abuse claims.” Monies for settlements to date have been paid through

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Archbishop Levada said he’s hopeful about the progress of settlements, but “It’s going to cost some money.” Archbishop Levada said, “This is really not the Archbishop’s problem. Anything we have does not belong to me; it belongs to us.” There may be a notion that specific responsible persons “should really be the ones who are being sued,” he said, but it is the Church being sued. “Our hope is not to have to reach out to parishes . . . but to settle from funds belonging to the juridic person of the Archdiocese and not the juridic person of the parishes.” That will, nonetheless, significantly diminish funds available for Archbishop Levada was pleased by the welcome the central administration and min- from parish council members. “I look forward with great trembling to my new responsibilities,” he said. istries of the Archdiocese.

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■ Continued from cover “I will regret leaving the Archdiocese of San Francisco,” said the Archbishop. “I have been very comfortable here with relatives and friends. Also, I am involved in many projects, and I had more in mind – both of a spiritual and temporal nature.”

Noting with gratitude the dedication of clergy and the warmth of the faithful of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, he said, “Certainly, I will be returning occasionally, and I look forward to that.”

A fourth-generation Californian, Archbishop Levada’s great-grandparents immigrated to the San Francisco Bay area from Portugal and Ireland in the 1860’s.

Except for a three-year interval when his family lived in Houston, Texas, the Archbishop attended elementary and high schools in Long Beach, followed by four years of seminary college in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

In 1958 he was sent to pursue his seminary formation in Rome at the North American College, and took his graduate theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University and received a postordination doctorate in sacred theology.

Ordained a priest in St. Peter’s Basilica on December 20, 1961, he spent five years in parish work in the Archdiocese of Los

May 20, 2005 Angeles, including part-time high school teaching and college campus ministry. After receiving his doctorate, he taught theology at St. John’s Seminary School of Theology.

In 1976, at the recommendation of Chicago Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, then Father Levada was appointed an Official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican. During his six years of service there, he continued teaching theology parttime as an Instructor at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was named a monsignor in 1980.

In 1982 he became Executive Director of the California Catholic Conference of Bishops in Sacramento, the public policy arm of the Church in California. During his twoyears there he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, and was ordained with the title Titular Bishop of Capri on May 12, 1983.

Returning to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1984 he served as Episcopal Vicar for Santa Barbara County until his 1986 appointment as Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia.

In 1986, he was named Archbishop of Portland, where he served for nine years.

Archbishop Levada has been active on many committees of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as on the governing boards of the Catholic University of America, the National Shrine

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In 1997 Archbishop Levada participated in the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for America, and was subsequently named to its post-Synodal Council.

From July, 1999, to May, 2000, he was assigned additional duties as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Santa Rosa. During 2000, Archbishop Levada was designated Bishop Co-Chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue in the United States (ARC-USA).

In 2000, the Vatican announced his appointment as a Member of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. In 2003, Archbishop Levada began a three-year term as Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine.

The Archbishop currently serves on the USCCB Delegation to the Mixed Commission for the Charter and Essential Norms for the Protection of Children and Young People, and on the Task Force on Catholics in Political Life.

Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said it is a great honor for Archbishop Levada to receive the appointment.

“He is also taking on a tremendous responsibility, but he is well-prepared for it intellectually and spiritually, as Pope Benedict XVI clearly recognizes in choosing him to be his successor at the congregation.”

Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington said in selecting Archbishop Levada the pope chose “one of the most outstanding bishops in the United States to serve as his close collaborator. Although I will personally miss (his) extraordinary leadership in the work of the church in the United States, I

rejoice in his promotion as a tribute not just to him as an eminent theologian and as a shepherd of keen pastoral sensitivity, but as a tribute to the Catholic Church in the United States.”

Cardinal McCarrick added that he would personally miss Archbishop Levada, who he said “has been a good friend and a great role model to so many.”

The archbishop was a member of Cardinal McCarrick’s task force on relations between the bishops and Catholic politicians, he pointed out, “where his words and his good counsel were always right on target.”

Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony said his fellow Californian’s “personal understanding of the United States’ pastoral realities will also be most useful to the Holy Father.”

Cardinal Mahony said Archbishop Levada brings “extraordinary intelligence, a deep life of faith, an unwavering commitment to the continuous teachings of the church and vast experience” to the Vatican congregation considered primary in responsibility and influence.

Looking to the tasks ahead in his new position, Archbishop Levada said, “The Congregation has a heavy and steady workload, which has been interrupted to some extent by the death of Pope John Paul and the election of Pope Benedict. One advantage in coming to Rome in the summer is that it is a quiet time, which will allow me to get up to speed on current issues.”

He added, “Also the older one gets the harder it is to move, particularly in the case of a move that is half-way around the world.”

John Thavis, Catholic News Service Bureau in Rome, and Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service in Washington, contributed to this story.

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On the occasion of the announcement of my appointment as the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith I want to express first of all my profound gratitude to our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, for the trust he has placed in me to ask me to take the position that he himself filled so effectively for the past 24 years. I can only say that I will do my best to live up to that expression of trust, with the help of God. I have known Pope Benedict since 1981, when he came to the Vatican as the then-new Prefect of the same Congregation, where I was working at the time, on loan from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. My return to California in 1982 had already been scheduled by his predecessor, Cardinal Franjo Seper, before the latter’s retirement and Cardinal Ratzinger’s appointment had been announced.

In 1987 I was appointed by Cardinal Ratzinger, whom Pope John Paul II asked to develop the project for a new catechism for the universal Church, to serve on its Editorial Committee, a group of 7 bishops whose task it was to prepare a draft of the catechism, conduct a consultation among the bishops of the world and many scholars, and develop a final text under the direction of the Commission of 12 Cardinals of which Cardinal Ratzinger was President. I remember many occasions when he would unexpectedly join our discussions, roll up his sleeves, review the proposed changes and amendments, ask our opinions and discuss them with us – we felt blessed by his insights and his encouragement, and by his real spirit of collegial work.

Since 2000 I have been a Member of the same Congregation, participating in many meetings under his guidance as Prefect. No doubt his choice of me is in part due to my familiarity with the work of the Congregation over the years. This choice is also a tribute to the Church in the United States, and a recognition of our important contribution to the work of the universal Church. I hope my 22 years of experience as a bishop in the United States will help to represent the Church here well at the Holy See, and to make the bonds between the See of Peter and the American Bishops ever stronger.

The work of the Congregation seeks principally to promote a sound understanding of the content of the Christian faith, as that has been handed on through the Church since the time of Christ, and to assist the Pope and the bishops of

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Statement of San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada at a Press Conference at St. Mary’s Cathedral Conference Center May 13, 2005

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I look forward to undertaking this work as a service to the Petrine ministry of Pope Benedict, who has been called

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a title also enjoyed by my immediate predecessor, Archbishop John Quinn.

I plan to visit the Congregation to meet the staff and get an overview of the tasks ahead during the first week of June. I expect to relocate permanently to Rome during August, with my official date of resignation as Archbishop of San Francisco to be set for August 17, the 10th anniversary of the announcement of my appointment as Archbishop here. I ask for God’s grace and blessing on this new ministry to which He has called me, and I earnestly ask for the prayers of all who hear or read this statement.

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Pope names Oakland vicar general to be new Bishop of Honolulu (CNS PHOTO BY GIANCARLO GIULIANI, CATHOLIC PRESS PHOTO)

WASHINGTON — More than 50 years after leaving Hawaii as a young child, a California priest will return as bishop of the statewide Diocese of Honolulu. Pope Benedict XVI named Father Clarence “Larry” Silva, vicar general of the Diocese of Oakland, as bishop of Honolulu May 17. The appointment was announced in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Poll finds most Americans oppose embryonic stem-cell research WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans oppose federal funding of stem-cell research involving the destruction of human embryos, while 36 percent support it, according to a new poll commissioned by the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. “It is always wrong for government to promote the destruction of human life,” said Richard M. Doerflinger, deputy director of the secretariat, in a statement. “To do so when a clear majority of the taxpayers themselves reject this approach would be especially irresponsible.”

The poll was released May 16 as the U.S. House of Representatives was considering legislation that would allow federal funding of stem-cell research using embryos created but not used for in vitro fertilization.

Immigration bill takes bipartisan, comprehensive approach WASHINGTON — A bipartisan-sponsored immigration bill introduced May 12 in both houses of Congress was hailed for being comprehensive by a broad spectrum of organizations, politicians and religious leaders. The Secure America and Orderly

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Pope asks new priests to lead people to Christ via Eucharist VATICAN CITY — Maintaining a tradition of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI ordained 21 priests and urged them to lead people to Christ through the Eucharist. By centering their mission on the Eucharist, the new priests can bring “the joy of Christ to those who suffer, those in doubt and even those who are reluctant,” the pope said during the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica May 15. The newly ordained, who completed their priestly studies in the Diocese of Rome, were applauded by friends and relatives who packed the basilica. The priests included 11 from Italy and 10 other countries in Europe, Africa and South America. The annual ordination Mass was a tradition begun by Pope John Paul II, who in later years needed help getting through the long and taxing liturgy.

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must remember that love of the Lord is seen in love for the poor and suffering, just as the life of Blessed Mother Marianne Cope of Molokai illustrates, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Although the pope opted not to preside personally over the first beatifications of his pontificate, he met the pilgrims from Hawaii, New York, Spain and Peru who had traveled to the Vatican for a May 14 ceremony.

Franciscan and Hawaiian representatives each gave the pope a “maile� lei made of fragrant green leaves woven with kukui nuts. When an aide offered to remove the leis, the pope shooed him away.

Pope Benedict had asked Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, to preside over the beatification of Blessed Mother Marianne and of Blessed Florentina Nicol Goni, a Spanish nun who founded the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary and ministered in Peru.

The ceremony marked the return to the practice, in force until 1971, in which the pope presided over canonizations but delegated another prelate to celebrate beatification Masses.

He called the two newly beatified women

“exemplary witnesses of Christ’s love� and said “they help us understand better the meaning and value of our Christian vocation.�

Speaking in English, he said the beatifications were “significant for the universal church� because they are “a source of renewed grace and commitment to the exercise of charity which marks the life of every Christian.�

Pope Benedict said 50 religious orders had been asked by the bishop of Honolulu in the late 1800s to consider sending members to Hawaii to work with those suffering from Hansen’s disease, commonly known as leprosy. “Only Mother Marianne, in the name of her sisters, responded positively,� he said.

As superior of the Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse, N.Y., Mother Marianne decided to go to Hawaii along with other members of the order. “All that she achieved was inspired by her personal love of the Lord which she in turn expressed through her love of those abandoned and rejected by society in a most wretched way,� the pope said.

Speaking in Spanish to pilgrims who came for the beatification of Sister Florentina, also known as Mother Ascension del Corazon de Jesus, Pope Benedict said she is a reminder that Christians must carry the Gospel to all the earth.

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Knights of Columbus at Our Lady of Loretto in Novato mark 50 years Our Lady of Loretto Council of the Knights of Columbus commemorated its 50th year with celebration of the Eucharist, and a lively reception following Mass at the Novato church April 23. Archbishop William J. Levada, had planned to attend, but his schedule was changed for the inaugural Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.

In his place, Msgr. Harry Schlitt, Vicar for Administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco presided.

Concelebrants included Our Lady of Loretto pastor, Father William McCain, and parochial vicar, Father Francis Garbo; Father Tom Hamilton, pastor, and Father Dan Kasis, parochial vicar, St. Anthony Parish in Novato; Father James O’Malley, retired pastor, St. Kevin Parish in San Francisco. Deacon William Mitchell of Our Lady of Loretto assisted. Knight Daniel Wise, an original member of Council 3950, was in attendance. A carved mahogany statue of the parish patron was donated to the church to commemorate the occasion. Council 3950 officers include Gregory Abell, Buzz DeMartini, Dennis Freeman, and Al Labourdette.

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By Evelyn Zappia Positive response to a series of articles about the 150-year history of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, published in Catholic San Francisco during 2003, persuaded the Archives of the Archdiocese to publish a collection of the essays, along with scores of photographs, in a new book titled, Catholic San Francisco: Sesquicentennial Essays.

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From the Gold Rush to the New Millennium: St. Ignatius College Prep Celebrates 150 Years Serving the Bay Area

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THE SECOND SCHOOL: 1863–1880 Tensions with Archbishop Alemany flared again in 1861 with the arrival of Fr. James Bouchard, SJ, known as The Eloquent Indian. His mother, a French immigrant, was captured by Comanches as a youth.

She later married a Delaware chief and bore a son whom she named Swift-Foot. He converted to Christianity, became a Jesuit and was known for his remarkable preaching. While he never taught at SI, he lived with the Jesuits and preached from St. Ignatius Church when he wasn’t ministering to the gold miners. His sermons drew crowds that spilled into the

SI’s sixth campus in the Sunset District.

There the Jesuits built their jewel in the crown, a church and school to rival any on the West Coast. In 1883, with an enrollment of 704, SI became the largest Jesuit school in the nation.

Ten years later, SI began a new tradition when students from SI and Sacred Heart played a rugby game on St. Patrick’s Day, marking the start of the oldest high school rivalry west of the Rocky Mountains. The luck of the Irish was with SH that day, as it won the match 14–4. (Both schools celebrated the centenary of that first game in 1992 at Kezar, with SI proving the victor.)

THE SHIRT FACTORY: 1906–1929 The Jesuits did not have to think twice before deciding to rebuild. By September 1906, a new school rose on Hayes and Shrader Streets near Golden Gate Park. Because the school resembled the industrial buildings south of Market Street, students called their new home the Shirt Factory.

From its halls would graduate men of distinction, including Admiral Daniel Callaghan ’07, who won the medal of honor posthumously for his valor in World War II as commander of Task Force Savo Sea at the Battle of Guadalcanal aboard the USS San Francisco.

Here, for the first time, the school began calling its preparatory department St. Ignatius High School in 1909 and began publishing the Ignatian, a yearbook and literary magazine in 1910. The Red and Blue, the school newspaper, made its first appearance in 1920. Jesuits at SI wrote and directed The Pageant of Youth in 1925, which featured 1,000 Catholic school students on a 120-foot stage in the Civic Auditorium.

The school joined the Academic Athletic League in 1910 to formalize competition for its track, basketball, rugby, tennis and baseball teams. SI became an athletic powerhouse during its time at the Shirt Factory, with the basketball team taking the state title in 1926.

THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE In 1905, when the SI community celebrated the school’s Golden Jubilee, they could not have foreseen what would befall them one year later. On April 18, 1906, three days after Easter Sunday, a fearsome earthquake shook much of the state for 48 seconds and ignited a four-day firestorm that destroyed nearly the entire city. The earthquake caused major, but reparable, damage to the church and college. At first it looked as if the wide expanse of Van Ness Avenue would save the campus from the fire that raged throughout eastern part of the city, but a woman, not knowing her chimney had collapsed in the earthquake, started a fire to make breakfast and ignited what became known as the Ham and Eggs Fire. That blaze swept through the Western Addition and completely destroyed the school and church. Joseph Vaughan, 17, a student who would later become a Jesuit, watched as fire destroyed the statue of St. Ignatius high atop the church and later wrote that “all hell seemed dancing with joy, watching the fiery liquidation of the Jesuits in San Francisco, the cataclysmic termination of half a century of labor.”

THE THIRD CAMPUS: 1880–1906 The Jesuits, faced with steep property taxes on the Market Street campus, hoped to move a third time, yet were faced with opposition from Archbishop Alemany, who feared the proposed site for the new SI on Van Ness Avenue would be too near the Gough Street site of the cathedral. Varsi, knowing that the school, with its enormous debt, faced extinction unless it moved, traveled to Rome to appeal to Cardinal Franchi, Alemany’s superior. He received permission and one year later purchased property on Hayes and Van Ness, where the Louise Davies Symphony Hall now stands.

SI class from 1906 in front of the fourth campus on Hayes and Shrader.

THE STANYAN STREET CAMPUS: 1929–1969 The high school and college made the first of two formal separations when the college moved to Campion Hall in 1927 on what is now the campus of USF. Two years later, SI left the drafty halls of the Shirt Factory for modern quarters at 222 Stanyan Street. James Phelan (SI 1881), a former US Senator and mayor, donated $100,000 to the Jesuits, nearly one-third of the cost of construction.

In these new quarters, students weathered the Depression and World War II. In the 1940s, they watched as graduates, alumni and teachers ST. IGNATIUS, page 18

SI’s fifth campus on Stanyan St. taught Ignatians between 1929 & 1969. It was demolished in 1987 to make way for the Koret Center on the USF campus.

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SI’s founder, Fr. Anthony Maraschi, SJ, a Jesuit from the Turin Province in Italy.

SI’s founder, Fr. Anthony Maraschi, SJ, arrived in San Francisco on Nov. 1, 1854, and sought an audience with Archbishop Joseph Alemany, who had earlier welcomed the Jesuits but later found reason to keep Maraschi at arms length. While he welcomed the idea of a Jesuit school in San Francisco, he was less eager for a Jesuit church, as it would not be under his control and would compete with the parish churches.

Finally, in April 1855, Maraschi managed to meet with Alemany. In his account of that meeting, Maraschi wrote that “His Grace pointed with the pen on the map of the city, just to the place where we are [on Market Street between 4th and 5th Streets], saying that thereabout was the place where he would like we settle ourselves. It pleased Almighty God to dispose that precisely the very lot which His Grace had marked out with his pen, should be for sale a few days afterwards.” About this location, Maraschi is reported to have said, “Here, in time, will be the heart of a great city.”

History proved him to be an apt prophet, though in 1855, the site chosen by Alemany, was not a likely place for a school. Most San Franciscans lived in what is now the Financial District, and the paved portion of Market Street ended at 3rd Street, making for a difficult walk across the sand dunes to get to St. Ignatius Church and College. It is easy to speculate that Alemany’s primary desire in choosing SI’s location was to protect the parishes from competition with the Jesuits.

Marsaschi paid $11,000 for the property and quickly set to building the church, which opened on July 15, 1855. Three months later, on Oct. 15, the school opened its doors for the first time to find three pupils waiting for instruction. (SI’s first student was Richard McCabe who eventually became a “well-known professional man of San Francisco.”) Despite the slow start, the Jesuits’ educational apostolate soon prospered, receiving their state charter in 1859 and outgrowing their one-room schoolhouse.

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t is hard to imagine a less auspicious start for St. Ignatius College Preparatory. When Fr. Anthony Maraschi, SJ, first opened the doors of the brand-new St. Ignatius Academy on San Francisco’s Market Street, expecting to see a crowd of Catholic boys eager for Jesuit education, only three small faces peered at him on that October day in 1855.

As the day wore on, no one else came. When the term ended early in February, the school had managed to attract only 23 students in all.

Despite a slow start, St. Ignatius College took root in the shifting sands of Market Street and then transplanted itself five times before landing at the sixth and present site in the Sunset District.

The story of SI begins in 1849, when Fr. Michael Accolti, SJ, and Fr. John Nobili, SJ, both stationed in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, responded to a request for help from two brother Jesuits who had earlier left Oregon to minister to the gold miners.

Accolti and Nobili set sail on Dec. 3, 1849, on the O.C. Raymond, a lumber ship heading down the Columbia River for California. The two men arrived in San Francisco the night of Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. In his memoirs, Fr. Accolti wrote that “the next day we were able to set foot on the longed for shores of what goes under the name of San Francisco, but which, whether it should be called a villa, a brothel, or Babylon, I am at a loss to determine, so great in those days was the disorder, the brawling, the open immorality, the reign of crime which brazenfaced triumphed on a soil not yet brought under the sway of human laws.”

These two priests saw a great need for a Jesuit presence in California.

Two years later, Nobili founded Santa Clara College, and, in 1853, Accolti journeyed to Rome to ask for additional manpower.

Tensions in Europe would work to Accolti’s advantage. In the mid1800s, Europe was rocked by revolutions, and the Church drew the enmity of an angry populace, weary of restoration monarchies. This was especially true during Italy’s Risorgimento, the Italian unification movement that sought freedom from foreign control, including from the Catholic Church.

As fate would have it, some of the best and brightest Italian Jesuits, including those in the Turin Province, were in exile or in hiding and needed to find safe harbor. Thanks to Accolti’s persistent requests, Fr. General Peter Beckx, SJ, put the California Mission of the Society of Jesus in the hands of the Turin Province. Turin would benefit by having a central place for its priests to gather, to teach and to train novices, and Santa

street outside the church. That popularity caused a problem for Alemany who was besieged by the complaints of many of his parish priests, already heavily in debt and losing parishioners to the Jesuits.

Because this tension had been brewing for years, the Jesuits decided not to replace their small church with a larger one, but to incorporate it into the new school building. Construction began right next door to the existing church in May 1862 and finished by Christmas.

SI marked a milestone on June 30, 1863, when it conferred, for the first time, the A.B. degree to August J. Bowie, who became the first graduate of the college (as distinct from the high school “preparatory department.”

Students at this second campus earned a reputation for themselves in both forensics and drama. On June 30, 1863, SI students staged Joseph and His Brethren, marking the beginning of the first and longest-running drama department west of the Mississippi.

The school also made a name for itself by attracting three world-class scholars: Frs. Joseph Bayma, SJ, Joseph Neri, SJ and Aloysius Varsi, SJ. Bayma, who taught and served as college president, authored a series of math books noted for their original proofs. Varsi studied astronomy at the University of Paris to prepare to work in the Imperial Observatory in China. Neri, an early experimenter of electricity, built and perfected his own electrical lighting system in 1869 to use during his lectures. San Franciscans saw their first electric arc light in 1871 when Fr. Neri illuminated a classroom facing Market Street. For the Centennial Celebration on July 4, 1876, Neri lit Market Street with the first exhibition of public arc lighting on the Pacific Coast.

One of Neri’s students, John Montgomery (SI 1878) would earn fame in his own right for his scientific achievements. On Aug. 28, 1883, at his family’s ranch near San Diego, he became the first person ever to fly a glider. He spent his life developing and perfecting a variety of gliders and took a job at Santa Clara College as a professor where he continued his experiments. He died in 1911 after a crash landing, and was memorialized in the 1946 movie Gallant Journey starring Glenn Ford.

Another distinguished alumnus was Matthew Sullivan (SI 1876) who was named chief justice of the California Supreme Court. His brother, Jeremiah, also served as a justice on that court.

Clara College (and soon St. Ignatius College) would have sorely needed teachers and world-class scholars.

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By Paul Totah

▲ SI beat Lowell by one point in

The 1941 varsity crew competed in whale boats on the bay.

George Devine (SI 1959) leading cheers in 1956 at football game.

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SI’s third campus was located on Van Ness Ave. and Hayes St., at the site of the current Louise Davies Symphony Hall.

It was an impressive edifice and was the largest Jesuit school in the United States at the peak of its success. This campus was destroyed by earthquake and fire in 1906.

the final seconds of the AAA championship basketball game in 1943 thanks to Kevin O’Shea (SI 1943, center with ball) who later became a city supervisor.

In 1998, Charlie Dullea (SI 1965) became SI’s first lay principal.

His uncle, the late Fr. Charles Dullea, SJ, (SI 34) served as president of USF.

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Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

In the news Theologian with pastoral views

By Jerry Filteau Archbishop William J. Levada of San Francisco, newly named head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is a theologian with pastoral experience honed by involvement in several debates over Catholic moral teaching and public policy.

He has been a national or international figure on questions ranging from gay marriage to theological dissent in the church, from abortion to euthanasia, from ecumenical dialogue to women in the church, from catechetical teaching to how the church should deal with Catholic politicians who support legalized abortion.

He was archbishop of Portland, Ore., when voters of that state approved the nation’s only law permitting physician-assisted suicide.

In San Francisco a few years later, he faced a 1996 city ordinance that would require organizations with city contracts — a group that included the archdiocese’s Catholic social service agencies — to provide insurance benefits to samesex partners of employees. In early 1997 he got the city to modify the ordinance to provide the equivalent of spousal benefits to any legitimate designated member of an employee’s household, including an ailing mother or sister or brother, removing its reference to domestic partnerships as the basis for benefits.

In 1996 he protested when San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown presided over a marriagelike ceremony officially recognizing 175 same-sex couples as “domestic partners.” He said the ceremony “symbolizes an attempt to redefine the basic human institution of marriage established by nature and creation.”

He was again in the forefront of the same-sex marriage debate last year when the administration of Mayor Gavin Newsom started handing out thousands of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The California Supreme Court eventually nullified the licenses.

The archbishop also wrote to President George W. Bush last year urging adoption of a federal constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Since late 2003 he has been part of the task force of U.S. bishops dealing with the issue of whether Catholic politicians who support legal abortion should be denied Communion. The issue took on national urgency in 2004 when Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., a Catholic who supports keeping abortion legal, became the Democratic presidential candidate.

In a presentation to the nation’s bishops on the theological and canonical aspects of the issue last June, Archbishop Levada said “abortion holds a unique place” in Catholic teaching, raising a special problem when a Catholic politician supports permissive legislation in that area. But he urged real dialogue between bishops and Catholic politicians on the issues involved and said ultimately a decision whether Communion should be denied had to be made on an individual basis because “discernment of the state of the person’s awareness of their situation is of paramount importance.”

In 1994 Oregonians narrowly approved the Death With Dignity Act, the nation’s only law allowing assisted suicide. Addressing the nation’s bishops a week after the vote, the archbishop told them they needed to build coalitions of support for people in pain and their families in order to prevent the spread of euthanasia elsewhere across the country.

In San Francisco, long a leading center of gay activism, Archbishop Levada’s ability to find a resolution to the 1996 ordinance on benefits for domestic partners of employees was widely regarded as a major achievement. At stake for the church was not only the moral principle but millions of dollars in city contracts through which Catholic Charities agencies assisted the city’s poor and needy.

When the contract of 5,500 Bay Area janitors expired in 2000, Archbishop Levada and two neighboring bishops urged a fair contract that would substantially increase their wages from the average of less than $8 per hour that they received under the old contract. In 2003 he accepted three deaf men as seminarians, making the local seminary the only one in the country with a formation program for the deaf. On several occasions he decried the use of the death penalty in California.

When the bishops adopted principles and legislation for dealing with abusive priests and deacons in 2002, Archbishop Levada proposed a resolution to develop a way, within the limits of church law, to deal with any such allegations against bishops and to hold one another accountable for implementing their “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” His resolution led to the adoption of such a document by the bishops at their next meeting.

Jerry Filteau is a senior staff writer at Catholic News Service in Washington. The profile above was excerpted from a longer article.

Conley attacks San Francisco Chronicle reporter Elizabeth Fernandez distorted the truth in her story in the Chronicle on Archbishop Levada’s promotion to a Vatican post. She stated that Levada detractor, Father John Conley “took the unprecedented step of suing Levada” for defamation, but fails to mention that the lawsuit was thrown out by a judge and that Conley has a demonstrated capacity for anger and antagonism - evident even in his quotes - that is antithetical to the message of love preached by Jesus Christ.

In a letter to Archbishop Levada, I characterized Conley as “Saul turned Paul turned Saul,” as I watched the man turn against his parishioners, his superiors and his Church. Had Fernandez been beside me at St. Catherine Church in Burlingame as I witnessed Conley come off the altar during a sermon to verbally attack a young Asian woman, reducing her to tears, for the crime of reading the weekly bulletin during Mass, I believe she would clearly understand why Archbishop Levada was forced to strip Conley of his pastoral duties.

When Fernandez first interviewed me for one of her exposes on the Catholic Church scandals, she attempted to put words in my mouth, assuming that I, as a then-young Catholic, would welcome the opportunity to jump on the anti-Catholic band wagon. I didn’t take the bait then, and you and your readers shouldn’t take it now.

Christopher Bruno San Mateo

Proud Catholic

Keep on movin’ on This is in response to Fr. James V. Schall (On being neither liberal nor conservative – May 13), and perhaps also to George Weigel a week earlier. Fr. Schall defends Pope Benedict XVI from those who accuse him of being conservative. Fr. Schall states that the description is irrelevant. One has to agree, but for reasons not presented in Fr. Schall’s column. To quote an Arab Proverb, “Mankind is divided into three classes: the immovable, the movable, and those who move.”

An example from the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 15, shows how this is a more important concept. The Pharisees who had converted argued strongly to keep

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What a proud moment for the Bay Area to be told - which I presume is the first appointment made

by Pope Benedict XVI from outside the Vatican – that Archbishop William Levada was to assume the position as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. To pick the Archbishop to head this important and powerful job, displays the confidence and appreciation that the Pope has for Archbishop Levada.

God’s Choicest Blessings to the Archbishop on his new appointment.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

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certain practices of their former Jewish faith. But after listening to all presentations St. Peter graciously said, “Why, then, are you putting God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?” St. Peter was movable, made a new decision and together the Church took new action.It may be our hope that Pope Benedict XVI is movable, in the sense that our first pope was movable. Equally important is to pray for continued presence of those that move. By this the proverb means those who move others, like St. Paul, moved the rest of the Jerusalem Council, in Chapter 15 of the Acts. By the appointment of our Archbishop to his very important new post in the Vatican, we can hope that perhaps he will be such a mover.

Alex M. Saunders, M.D. San Carlos There’s an obvious way to ensure St. Brigid’s future. Now that legislators have injected themselves into the debate, the government state or city - should buy the building and make it a museum or cultural center. If it’s not willing to pay up, government should take a vow of silence.

Where is “separation of church and state” when you need it?

James O. Clifford Sr. Redwood City

Saving churches

This letter is regarding the article “Migden bill would give City power over church property” (CSF – May 13). The hundreds of Latinos who participated in saving Our Lady of Guadalupe Church will be surprised to hear the archdiocese had “offered” it for landmarking. While the St. Brigid people mourn the loss of “protection” offered by AB 133.

Sorry – I don’t like sarcasm, given or received. I mean no disrespect by reminding you that most of the Catholics who were affected by Archbishop Quinn’s Pastoral Plan are still around and remember the events quite differently. Catholic San Francisco shouldn’t try to revise that history yet – it’s too soon, thus compromises the publication’s credibility.

Patricia Cady San Francisco Ed. note – Our Lady of Guadalupe was closed as a parish prior to the development of “Archbishop Quinn’s Pastoral Plan.”

While several parishioners and others supported “saving” Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, the building was landmarked only after the Archdiocese had found an adaptive re-use for the property, as well as funds for strengthening the building and converting it to that use. Only then did the Archdiocese offer and consent to its landmarking.

Bishop Wester plans to lead Spain and Portugal pilgrimage San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester plans to lead a pilgrimage tour to Spain and Portugal this fall.

Participants in the Sept. 17-30 trip will travel from San Francisco to Madrid, and then proceed along the coast of Portugal to Lisbon. The trip will be highlighted by visits to the shrines of St. Teresa of Avila and Our Lady of Fatima.

The journey also will include a portion of "The Way of St. James," following the route taken by pilgrims since the Middle Ages to the tomb of St. James the Apostle in the medieval city of Santiago de Compostela.

Anyone interested in accompanying Bishop Wester on this pilgrimage tour to Spain and Portugal should contact Fugazi Travel Agency at (415) 397-7111.

May 20, 2005

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The Catholic Difference Although my high school years coincided with the Age of Aquarius, I was spared the kind of reading lists that now imagine Dan (DaVinci Code) Brown to be a serious writer, or that ignore the great 20th century authors whose fiction reflects the Catholic sacramental imagination: Graham Greene, Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy, and Evelyn Waugh, to name just the all-stars. It’s virtually impossible to escape high school today without having to read Kurt Vonnegut’s vastly-overrated Slaughterhouse Five; it’s entirely possible to spend four years studying English in a Catholic high school without ever having heard of Death Comes for the Archbishop (and yes, I know Willa Cather wasn’t a Catholic, but the Catholic imagination permeates her fiction).

My English teacher from 1967 through 1969 was Father W. Vincent Bechtel: a holy terror, as we thought of him then, but a man I now revere for having thrown me into the deep end of the pool of Anglo-American literature.

Father Bechtel had his intellectual quirks; a summer program at Johns Hopkins got him transiently infatuated with Freudian literary analysis, which led to some odd readings of Herman Melville (but later caused me to laugh out loud at the send-up of the Freudians in Fred Crewes’ masterful parody of trendy literary criticism, The Pooh Perplex). In the main, though, Father Bechtel was a classicist: there is a literary canon; educated people have read it, or at least read seriously in it; learning to appreciate the canon is part of becoming the trustee of a civilization. These days, kids

may read two or three novels over the summer and another one or two during the school year. Under Father Bechtel’s tutelage (as I remember it now) or reign of terror (as I thought of it then), we read five or six novels during the summer and at least another half-dozen during the school year (not to mention plays, poetry, and short stories).

Shouldn’t everyone do high school English twice — the second time, when we’re old enough to appreciate it? My dog-eared copy of Paul Horgan’s Things As They Are — arguably the best novel ever written about boys growing up — testifies to the number of times I’ve returned to a masterpiece to which Father Bechtel first introduced me when I was fourteen or fifteen. Each time, I find a new insight; but would I have gone back to the book a second (much less tenth) time if Father Bechtel hadn’t planted the seed early? And please don’t get the impression that Father Bechtel was a stick-inthe-mud. He had us read Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and the canonical American moderns: Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Sherwood Anderson. At the same time, though, we were baptized by immersion into the Brontes, Conrad, Dickens, Hardy, Hawthorne, Henry James, the aforementioned Melville, Shakespeare, and Mark Twain.

I mention all this, not to skip down memory lane or repeat what Adam reportedly said to Eve on their way out of the garden (“Things just aren’t the way they used to be.”).

Rather, I want to salute Chicago’s Loyola University Press for its new series, “Loyola Classics,” which is bringing great

novels forged by the Catholic imagination back into print. The first in the series, Myles Connolly’s Mr. Blue, took me back to a book I’d found saccharine in high school — but which George Weigel I now found more intriguing. Others include Rumer Godden’s marvelous novel of vocation, In This House of Brede; Evelyn Waugh’s Helena (for which I had the honor of providing an introduction); Morris West’s The Devil’s Advocate (written two decades before the author sadly slipped into a terminal case of liberal bitterness); Nikos Kazantzakis’s St. Francis (demonstrating how catholic the Loyola Classics consider the “Catholic novel”); and John R. Powers neatly named Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? The plan is to do eight books a year — which, over time, will introduce a lot of great books to a new generation of readers.

So: Catholic educators, take notice! Dan Brown certainly isn’t all there is, and neither is Kurt Vonnegut. And remember — from the other side, Father Bechtel is watching.

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

Family Life

Elder abuse in California thrives on silence

By Evelyn Zappia A recent headline in the local newspaper read, “California proclaims May - Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month.” It brought back memories of the time I rushed my mom to the nearby hospital and the emergency room nurse asked her, “Are you being abused?”

I was stunned the nurse asked my mom that question in my presence. Although the nurse suspected her patient might be a victim of abuse, she did not question if I might be the abuser.

“Victims of elder abuse often live with their abusers,” according to Peggy Osborn of the California Attorney General’s Office. In fact, two-thirds of the 225,000 elder abuse crimes reported yearly in California are committed by family members. The elder abuse manager at the AG’s office is convinced “the greatest crime of elder abuse is silence – and a phone call can save a life.”

In March, a Fairfield resident was found dead on her kitchen floor. She had fallen in 2003 (and died sometime after). She was living with her caregivers – her husband and son. The case is “indicative of what is truly happening today,” Osborn said.

A neighbor who finally called about the missing woman had not seen her for quite a while yet saw her husband wandering around the neighborhood daily. The caller was fearful of getting involved and jumping to any conclusions.

“Jumping to conclusions can also save someone’s life,” said Osborn. “In fact, in Neighborhood Watch groups the people learn to be suspicious and vigilant about strangers. They learn to watch carefully for the seniors that live next door or across the street because they are a very vulnerable population.”

After investigating elder abuse for 14 years, Osborn finds it difficult to understand why neighbors don’t call their local Adult Protective Service Agency if they suspect a senior is being abused. It is a call that can be made anonymously. “If more people got involved less of this abuse would be happening,” she said.

Surprisingly, Osborn said “affluent Marin County” has cases of seniors suffering from “self-neglect.” The seniors may be wealthy from a property standpoint but they might not have the appropriate financial means to care for themselves. They don’t want others to know they are having a hard time. They hide their self-neglect from neighbors.

“Society is angry about the abuse of children and domestic violence. But society is lacking that anger about what is

happening to our seniors today,” said Osborn. Elder abuse is committed every two minutes a day in California, she said.

Osborn would like to see more of the faith-based organizations and communities proactive in talking to seniors, and learning how to spot and report abuse. It could help society to become more comfortable with the aging process.

By the year 2018 the 3.6 million senior citizens residing in California age 65 plus is expected to double, likely increasing the number of elder abuse victims.

Yet Osborn has a hopeful philosophy. If anyone could stop the silence of elder abuse, it might be the so-called “Baby Boomer Generation,” known for being outspoken.

“They are not going to languish and die,” said Osborn.

Suspected cases of elder or dependent adult abuse can be reported to a toll free hotline established by the attorney general’s office (1-888-436-3600). The hotline directly connects callers to their local Adult Protective Services Agency or the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Crisis Line.

Callers may remain anonymous.

Evelyn Zappia is Feature Editor of Catholic San Francisco.

Spirituality

The danger of riches “Nobody gets to heaven without a letter of reference from the poor!” That’s an axiom attributed to James Forbes, the pastor of Riverside Church in New York City.

He’s right. If Jesus is to be believed, then we need to believe that the poor stand before us always as that place where we are judged. We get to heaven (or don’t) on the basis of our response to the poor. The cross of Christ is the key to life and the cross is forever being erected at that place where the excluded ones, the poor, suffer. Only at that place can we learn the crucified-wisdom that, at the end of day, puts us inside the circle of discipleship.

But, as we know, it’s not easy to actually feed the hungry, clothe the naked, console the sorrowful, or help the downtrodden. Why? Mainly because we never see them. We think we do, but in reality we don’t. In fact, that’s the point the gospels make when they point out the dangers of riches, namely, wealth blinds us so that we don’t see the poor.

We see this clearly in the famous, gospel parable about the rich man who dines sumptuously every day, while a poor man, Lazarus, sits under his table and eats the crumbs that fall there. The rich man dies and goes to Hades and, from there, he finally sees Lazarus - implying that he had never seen him before.

John Donahue, a biblical scholar, makes this point about that parable: “The rich man is condemned not because he is rich but because he never saw Lazarus at his gate: the first time he sees him is from Hades, emphasized by the somewhat solemn phrase, ‘He lifted up his eyes, and saw’. Here the text is bitter-

ly ironic. In life there was a chasm between himself and Lazarus because of wealth and power; in death this chasm still exists.”

Another scholar, Jean Vanier, made the same point: The “great chasm that can’t be bridged”, he suggests, exists already now, in the present distance between the rich and poor. The next life simply eternalizes a present situation where the rich and poor are separated in a way so that one cannot cross over to the other. Why? According to the gospels, the major reason is that the rich simply don’t see the poor.

It is easy to miss the point here: Jesus isn’t saying that wealth is bad. Nor is he saying that the poor are virtuous and the rich are not. Indeed the rich are often just as virtuous in their private lives as the poor. We sometimes naively glamorize poverty, but poverty isn’t beautiful and, often times, isn’t particularly moral either. A lot of violence, crime, sexual irresponsibility, domestic breakdown, drug abuse, and ugliness of all kinds, happens on the poorer side of the tracks. The rich are no worse than the poor, in these things.

But where the rich are worse is in vision, eyesight.

When we are rich, we have a congenital incapacity to see the poor and, in not seeing them, we never learn the wisdom of the crucified. That’s why it’s hard, as Jesus said, for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.

That’s also why it’s hard for rich nations and rich individuals to reach across the great divide that separates us from the poor. We try, but in the richest nation in the world, the United States, one in every six children still falls below the poverty

line and, worldwide, despite all the resources and good-will on this planet, one billion people subsist on less than a dollar a day and thirty thousand children die every day from diseases that could easily be prevented Father by simply supplying Ron Rolheiser clean drinking water.

There’s a gap that we can’t find a way to cross.

We see - but we don’t see! We reach out - but we never reach across. The gap between the rich and poor is in fact widening, not narrowing. It’s widening worldwide, between nations, and it’s widening inside of virtually every culture. The rich are becoming richer and the poor are being left ever further behind. Almost all the economic boom of the last twenty years has sent its windfall straight to the top, benefiting those who already have the most.

What Jesus asks of us is simply that we see the poor, that we do not let affluence become a narcotic that knocks out our eyesight. Riches aren’t bad and poverty isn’t beautiful. But, nobody gets to heaven without a letter of reference from the poor.

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

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The greats make a come-back

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SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9; Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS (EX 34:4B-6, 8-9) Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him, taking along the two stone tablets.

Having come down in a cloud, the Lord stood with Moses there and proclaimed his name, “Lord.” Thus the Lord passed before him and cried out, “The Lord, the Lord, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship. Then he said, “If I find favor with you, O Lord, do come along in our company. This is indeed a stiffnecked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your own.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (DN 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56) R. Glory and praise for ever!

Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever; And blessed is your holy and glorious name, praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages.

R. Glory and praise for ever!

Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, praiseworthy and glorious above all forever.

R. Glory and praise for ever!

Blessed are you on the throne of your

kingdom, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.

R. Glory and praise for ever!

Blessed are you who look into the depths from your throne upon the cherubim, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.

R. Glory and praise for ever!

A READING FROM THE SECOND LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS (2 COR 13:11-13) Brothers and sisters, rejoice. Mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the holy ones greet you.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN (JN 3:16-18) God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Did Jesus shed his blood for “many” or for “all”?

Q. According to all the Gospel stories a Semitism designating the collectivity of the Last Supper, Jesus says his blood will who benefit from the service of the one, be shed for “many” for the forgiveness of and is equivalent to all.” sins. Why then does the priest at Mass say This inclusive meaning of “many” was for “all”? This seems to be misquoting the well understood by early Christians.

Gospel. Why the change? (Wisconsin) John’s Gospel, for example, while it A. Only two Gospels, in fact, use the devotes five chapters to events at the Last word you quote. Luke does not, nor does Supper, makes no reference to the instituPaul in his reference to the Last Supper (1 tion of the Eucharist. John’s main Cor 11:23-25). John, of course, does not eucharistic texts are in Chapter 6, where include the institution of Jesus “foretells” that he will give his discithe Eucharist in his ples his flesh to eat and his blood to drink. account of that night In the climactic before the crucifixion. phrase, Jesus declares You are correct that the bread he will about the seeming change give is his flesh “for in translation. The present the life of the world” Latin text of the Mass says (Jn 6:51). “pro multis,” which means That same universal literally for many, but is Father John Dietzen meaning of the eucharistic translated in English as “for words is preserved, by the all.” That this translation is correct, however, way, in the Mass texts of Spanish (“por is clear from the original languages involved. todos”), French (“pour le multitude”), Italian In the Bible we find many so-called (“per tutti”) and other languages.

“Semitisms,” written perhaps in Greek, Q. In the Apostles Creed, we say Christ but based on previous texts handed down “suffered under Pontius Pilate” Other than in a Semitic language, in this case Mary, he is the only person mentioned by Aramaic or Hebrew. name. We don’t place total blame for the sufThus, the Greek text of Mark and fering and death of Jesus on Judas or anyone Matthew, in these verses from the Last else. Why would Pilate be pointed out in the Supper, do use the word “pollon,” “many.” Apostles and Nicene creeds? (New Jersey) The significant point is, however, that A. It does seem strange, but several Hebrew and Aramaic have no equivalent reasons have been offered. Some have word for “all.” Hebrew “rabbim” means said, for example, that in the creeds the “many,” but also has the meaning of “all” death of Jesus is explained by the oppres— “the many who form the whole.” sive cruelty and viciousness of Pilate, Numerous examples appear elsewhere in whose evil nature as Roman procurator both the Old and New Testaments. Matthew of Judea was notorious even in Rome.

20:28 says Jesus gave his life for the ransom More likely, however, Pilate is mentioned “of many.” The meaning is clear: He gave it simply to put the death of Jesus into its spefor all humanity, not just some. cific place in history. Basing dates on the The Catholic New American Bible reign of a particular king or ruler, or on wars explains this verse in these words. “Many and other major events, was common before does not mean some are excluded, but is our style of calendar came into general use.

Scripture FATHER PHILLIP BLOOM

Alone again A man, I will call him Robert, had been married for thirty-five years when his wife died after an extended illness. For a long time Robert was disoriented; he found it difficult to motivate himself to do even simple tasks such as preparing a meal. Finally he got the courage to attend a social group. The director began by asking those who were married to raise their hands. Out of habit, Robert lifted his hand.

The director then asked the singles to show their hands. Realizing his mistake, Robert rather sheepishly raised his hand again.

We can identify with Robert’s disorientation. Marriage often has a great cost, but being single can be even more costly. Some people of course treasure the single state, the freedom and independence which go with it. And some married people feel nostalgia for that state.

Not so for Robert: To be single, alone again, after so many years was deeply painful.

It was not simply that he had grown dependent on his wife. His loneliness seemed to go to the root of his being. The Greek philosopher Aristotle was one of the first to analyze this aspect of human nature. He spoke about a social instinct which has been “implanted in all men by nature.” The man who has no need of others, who feels sufficient for himself, “must be either a beast or a god.”

What Aristotle discovered by the application of reason, the Bible also affirms: It is not good for man to be alone. (Gen 2:18) Both Aristotle and the Bible understand that man is a social animal. And both recognize that our social nature goes way beyond the simple desire for survival. Aristotle sees that clearly when he compares the social habits of beasts and men. The Bible, for its parts, gives an account of Adam in a beautiful garden. There

he had more than enough to subsist and to occupy himself. Yet he felt alone.

The crucial question is not whether we are social animals, but where does that sociability come from? Aristotle, for all his genius, could not give an explanation. All he could say was that nature had implanted that instinct within us. But do those words mean anything more than: “Human beings experience a fierce desire for communion with others - and we know not where that inborn tendency comes from?” The Bible, while not attempting a scientific explanation, does go further. It teaches that we are created in the image of God – and that God himself is social by nature: three divine persons in one substance.

I saw this dimension of our social nature reflected in my mom during the years after my dad died. She felt lonely and often talked about being reunited with him. I would sometimes say to her, “Ma, why do you say that? Why do feel so sad? After all, you have your children and grandchildren.” I knew of course that the loneliness was much deeper. Created in God’s image, she would always feel lonely until reunited with the one who had made her – the divine Source who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Today Jesus reassures us that the Father loves us so much that he will give all – his only begotten Son – so that we might have eternal life in him: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.

Fr. Phillip Bloom is pastor of Holy Family Parish in Seattle.

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Singing to Christ The earliest secular reference to Christian worship is found in a letter written by Pliny the Younger to the Emperor Trajan in the year 112. Regarding the religious practices of this new and suspect sect, Pliny writes that they “gather on a stated day before dawn and alternately sing a hymn to Christ as to a god.” This ancient witness testifies to an enduring principle of Catholic worship: singing is “a necessary, integral part of the solemn liturgy.” (CCC 1156) The annual Archdiocesan Choir Festival, which will be held this Sunday, May 22nd at St. Cecilia’s Church in San Francisco, provides a fitting opportunity to reflect on the relationship between music and the Eucharist.

There is only one explicit mention in the Gospels of Jesus singing (at the end of the Last Supper), but as a devout Jew He joined regularly in Israel’s worship, singing from the hymnal we know as the Book of Psalms. The early Christians continued to use these sacred songs, interpreting them in light of the events of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. For two thousand years the Psalms have remained at the heart of Christian worship.

The followers of Jesus were moved to write new songs, some of which are enshrined in the New Testament. The first Christian hymns were inspired by passages in the Old Testament, and a pattern emerged which has continued to our own day: artists have sought to combine the genius of their culture with the patrimony of music from the Church’s past. As Pope Benedict has pointed out in his

Finally, music should underscore the solemn character of the liturgical celebration. Our Eucharistic celebration is the expression of this community, here and now, but it is also a manifestation of the worshipping community over the centuries, and a foretaste of the heavenly liturgy. This means that liturgical music should be of the highest quality, combining the best of our tradition with the finest musical forms of each culture.

The Second Vatican Council rightly noted that the highest expression of these principles for the Latin liturgy is Gregorian chant: the music is at the service of the text; the simpler compositions invite the participation of the whole assembly; and the beauty of the music is incomparable. Even when we celebrate the Mass in the vernacular, it is fitting to preserve and draw on this great treasure. But we are also called to create beautiful music in our own language, and to add the voice of a new millennium to the chorus of praise which the Church has created for the past two thousand years, “singing to Christ”. Please join the 64-voice choir and instrumentalists this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. at St. Cecilia’s church to celebrate the Year of the Eucharist in song.

book The Spirit of the Liturgy, liturgical music is neither the nostalgic admiration of a past monument, nor the creation of a “contemporary” work which is unconnected to the Church’s tradition. He observes that for musicians, “The great cultural tradition of the faith is home to a presence of immense power.”

The Catechism suggests three principal criteria for liturgical music. (CCC 1157) First, it should possess a beauty expressive of prayer. This means that the music is composed to glorify God and sanctify God’s people. The words should be drawn from Scripture and the rich liturgical heritage of the Church, and the music should be a servant to the word.

(Human creativity being what it is, this last point is sometimes ignored. Both the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century and Pope Pius X at the beginning of the twentieth century felt the need to remind Church musicians of this principle.)

Secondly, liturgical music invites the unanimous participation of the assembly at designated moments. The Second Vatican Council called for the full, conscious and active participation of every member of the assembly in the celebration of the Mass, repeating an appeal made as far back as 1903 by Pope Pius X. The choir cannot and should not take the place of the whole community. At the same time, the choir has a unique contribution to make, both in assisting the singing of the whole community where this is called for, and providing a space for meditation and prayer by the assembly at appropriate moments in the liturgical celebration.

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May 27, 28, 29: St. Anselm School Carnival, 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo. “Fun for the whole family,” the school said. “Admission is free. Plenty of free parking.” Features super carnival rides, games and great food – awesome BBQ chicken, hot dogs and more. Save money on ride tix by buying in advance.

Call (415) 454-8667.

May 29: Mass commemorating Feast of Corpus Christi at Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 10 a.m. “Every year we invite the public to join us for Mass followed by procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament,” the Dominican Sisters said. The Sisters remind that “during this Year of the Eucharist a Plenary Indulgence has been granted for Catholics who participate in veneration of the Blessed Sacrament.”

May 29: Corpus Christi procession from Star of the Sea Church, 9th Ave. and Geary to St. Anne’s Home – the happiest address on Lake Street - at 3 p.m.

May 29: Following the 1:00 PM Mass, Saints Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert Street, will be having a procession from the church down Columbus Avenue to St. Francis of Assisi Church.

Bishop John Wester will preside the lead the procession. Members of any parish are invited and welcome! Pope Benedict has suggested that this year be “celebrated with particular prominence.”

June 3, 4, 5: St. Pius Parish Festival featuring “many old favorites and some new ones too.” Live entertainment offered all weekend. The new gym is site for Saturday’s Live Auction. Don’t miss the silent auction, games, and special kids’ attractions. Raffle to with grand prize of $10,000. The parish compound at 1100 Woodside Rd. is where it all takes place. Fri: 6 – 10 p.m.; Sat: 12:30 – 10 p.m.; Sun: 12:30 – 9 p.m. Call (650) 361-1411.

June 3: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club gathers for Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield.

Breakfast and presentation follow in parish hall.

Today’s speaker is St. Sebastian pastor, Father Ken Westray, who will speak about his recent trip to France, Monaco and Italy. Father Westray was present in St. Peter’s Square for the announcement of new Pope Benedict the XVI. Members Breakfast: $7. Visitors Breakfast: $10 . Call 4610704 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. or contact Sugaremy@aol.com! No meetings in July & August.

June 5: 10th Annual Afternoon in the Garden hosted by Jesuit Father Tom Weston and benefiting the Jesuit Volunteer Corps: Southwest. Special guest is Bay Area author, Anne Lamott, who will read and discuss her works. Takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the O’Malley Residence 485 Ellita Avenue, on Lake Merritt, Oakland. Tickets $50 per person.

Enjoy raffle and silent auction plus delectable June 3: Friends of City firefighter, John Voelker, are holding a fundraiser for their injured comrade at Bimbo’s 365 Club, 8 p.m.

– midnight. The Church of the Visitacion parishioner, well known for his work and generous heart as head of SFFD’s Christmas toy program, was seriously injured in a recent motorcycle accident. Tickets are $25 per person. Contact Steve Smith at (415) 495-9473 or Sally at (415) 777-0440. For updates on his condition go to www.supportcircle.com and input John Voelker.

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Datebook Junipero Serra High School has named its Campus Ministry Center for longtime school parent and supporter, Katherine McMillan. The honored St. Pius parishioner recently posed with her son, Bobby, daughters, Mary and Katherine and other family and friends at the new namesake facility. desserts, savories and refreshments. RSVP to http://www.jesuitvolunteers.org/southwest/rsvp.ht ml or by calling (415) 522-1599.

June 10, 11, 12: It’s Nativity Parish’s 25th Annual Spring Carnival! Experience 13 thrilling rides, Kiddie-land, terrific games and prizes.

Super Silly Pie-Eating Contest! Live music: Great bands play jazz, salsa, and rock n roll. Silent auction and a raffle with grand prize of 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder. Serving tasty tri-tip and pasta dinners, plus Sunday Pancake Breakfast. “It’s great wholesome fun for the whole family,” said parishioner, Lisa Izzi Come to Nativity School compound at Oak Grove and Laurel in Menlo Park: Fri: 5-11 p.m., Sat: noon-11 p.m., Sun: noon-6 p.m. Free admission and parking. Info: 650-323-7914 or www.nativityschool.com/carnival/

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

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

Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers will be in Rome and singing for the new Pope Benedict XVI December 26th – January 7th. “Boys joining the choir program at this time may still be eligible for the tour group,” said Steven Meyer, director. For membership information about the GGBC, their August summer music camp, or the Rome Congress/Italian Tour, please call (510) 887-4311 or (415) 431-1137.

Reunions May 22: St. Stephen School is hosting an all-class alumni social beginning with 9:30 a.m. Mass followed by coffee and doughnuts in the St. Stephen School Library at 401 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco. For more information, call the school at (415) 664-8331.

June 11: Class of ’85, Star of the Sea Academy in Star of the Sea elementary school auditorium, 360 9th Ave., SF at 7 p.m. Contact Debra Stashuk at ssa_classof85@yahoo.com.

June 25: Immaculate Conception Academy, class or ’50 at Grosvenor Hotel in South San Francisco.

Classmates should contact Mary Ahern Schroer at (415) 282-2180.

June 25: The St. Agnes School All-Class Reunion will be held at 5:30pm in St. Agnes Gym, 1563 Page Street, SF. The evening includes Hors d’ Oeuvres and Desserts. Tickets $35 per person before May 15, $40 before June 15, $45 before June 24 and $50 at the door, pending availability. No refunds. For more information, please contact Sam Coffey at (415) 398-6390 or coffey@eesclaw.com

Single, Divorced, Separated May 21: Potluck Supper at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral conference center. Sponsored by Divorced and Separated Ministry of the Archdiocese. Call Vonnie at (650) 873-4236.

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information.

San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 3663802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850.

Marin County: 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.Gabriel. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882. St. Dominic. Call Margaret Passanisi at (415) 931-5241.

Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Information about children’s and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm, Ross, call (415) 4532342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949.

San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth/24th, SF. Call (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, (415) 664-8590.

San Mateo County: St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 3477768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Sylvia Miles at (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci at (650) 355-1799, Frank Erbacher at (650) 355-4355; St. Matthew, San Mateo. Jim Shea at (650) 344-7622.

Taize Prayer 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in their Province Center Chapel, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont across from Ralston Hall on the campus of their Notre Dame de Namur University. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 350 or www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at 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.

3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 474-2882.

1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

Volunteer Opportunities Do you have a few hours each week to spare?

St. Anthony Foundation can use your help. For more than 54 years, St. Anthony Foundation has worked to provide for the physical and emotional needs of the poor and homeless. A staple of its 12 programs is the support of more than 300 volunteers. If you are interested in sharing the gift of time with St. Anthony Foundation in its free Dining Room or other programs, please call (415) 2412600 for more information. Weekday volunteers are especially needed.

June 5: Mass for couples married at St. Bartholomew Church in San Mateo. The 11:15 a.m. liturgy is part of St. Bart’s ongoing Jubilee celebration and its 50 years of faith, community and service. If you know someone who was married at Saint Bartholomew who is no longer in the area, please contact them and ask them to call or email the parish office at (650) 347-0701 or receptionist@barts.org for more information.

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St. Ignatius . . .

■ Continued from page 11 joined the military. More than 3,000 Ignatians fought for their country, and 96 lost their lives.

At Stanyan Street, SI achieved even greater academic and athletic success. Coaches such as Frank McGloin ’25, George Malley (and later his son Pat Malley), Louis Batmale, Alex Schwarz, Jim Keating, Rene Herrerias, Vince Tringali and Bob Drucker ’58 were the heroes of the day. The city newspapers featured SI athletes such as Eddie Forrest ’39 (one of the original ’49ers), Kevin O’Shea ’43, Jack Grealish ’44, hoops star (and later San Francisco Mayor) George Moscone ’47, Charlie Silvera ’42 (who won six World Series rings playing catcher for the Yankees), Bob Portman ’65 (who would play for the Warriors) and NFL Hall of Famer Dan Fouts ’69. In the 1960s, SI gained national attention with two undefeated football seasons and a number-one national ranking.

In the first half of the century, SI graduates also gained fame in other venues. Richard Egan ’39 became a leading actor, Al Wilsey ’36 gained success in business, Alfred J. Cleary ’00 was named the city’s first chief administrative officer and Fr. Bernard Hubbard, SJ ’06, known as the Glacier Priest, drew national attention for his explorations of Alaska. Other prominent graduates include Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy ’48, composer Gordon Getty ’51, Dr. Peter Raven ’53 (the director of the Missouri Botanical Garden), Bishop Carlos Sevilla ’53, and Jerry Brown ’55 (California governor and Oakland mayor).

Many great teachers established their reputations at 222 Stanyan Street. These men included J.B. Murphy, “Uncle” Frank Corwin, William Morlock ’49, Fr. John Becker, SJ, Warren White ’39, and Fr. Richard Spohn, SJ ’31 — a masterful physics teacher.

In 1959, SI and USF made their final separation when the faculties and administrations of the two schools were made canonically distinct. With this move, the school looked to migrate westward once again, this time to the Sunset District.

THE SUNSET DISTRICT CAMPUS: 1969–PRESENT In 1969, the high school moved to 2001 37th Avenue thanks to President Harry V. Carlin, SJ ’35, who, along with

SI went coed in 1989 and expanded its fine arts programs to include dance.

Principal Ed McFadden, SJ ’41, turned SI into a college preparatory worthy of the name. Later, President Anthony P. Sauer, SJ, and Principals Dick McCurdy, SJ, Mario Prietto, SJ, and Charlie Dullea ’65 (SI’s first lay principal) would make SI one of the strongest academic schools in the nation. In 1984, the US Department of Education named SI one of the top 60 prep schools in the country, and in the 1990s, SI ranked among the top 20 schools in the nation for its AP success. In 2004, a leading Catholic magazine placed SI among the top 12 schools in the nation for its work in professional development.

The school went coed in1989 when the first girls entered SI. That change, noted Fr. Prietto, made “a great school even better.”

SI also continued its athletic success with a national championship in crew in 1997, state championships in cross country, crew and lacrosse, and NorCal victories in girls’ golf and basketball in 1984.

Thanks to successful fund-raising campaigns, the school was able to update all of its facilities between 1989 and 1994, building a second gym, a pool and a new theatre as well as redesign its science labs. The Genesis IV campaign, scheduled to end one year early in December 2005, will bring the school’s endowment to $50 million, helping the school keep its promise not to turn away anyone for lack of funds. In the 2004–2005 academic year, the school awarded $1.3 million in financial aid to nearly 20 percent of the student body thanks to the generosity of the SI community.

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St. Joseph Catholic Church, a large and diverse parish in Salem, Oregon seeks an experienced coordinator of Youth Ministry to develop and coordinate youth and young adult ministry. Includes faith formation, confirmation preparation, retreats, community service and social activities. Applicant must have related Religious Studies/Theology preferred, or equivalent experience; proven ability in religious education as well as motivating and organizing youth and adult volunteers. Ability to plan, organize and manage program is required. Ability to speak Spanish is desired.

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Catholic San Francisco

May 20, 2005

My Will I have a will.

Two months ago I couldn’t say that.

It took the death of a close friend to wake me up. Now I’m wondering why I procrastinated so long.

Let me tell you about my will.

My will reflects my wishes. Instead of the courts appointing an executor (personal representative), my son will handle this, and without bond.

My will makes provision for famliy members in a way state laws would not do. My will lets me give money to my children and grandchildren in an orderly manner after I pass on. My will identifies my parish and the Archdiocese to receive special bequests. In short, my will allocates my assets according to my desires.

I can change or amend my will. It is not set in concrete. I can change it easily, whether adding a codicil or by simply having it redrafted. The important thing is that I have a workable will in place-right now.

My will is safely stored. I have a copy of my will in my files at home, but I keep the original is a safety deposit box. I don’t want to lose this important document through fire or theft. I also made sure my personal representative, my son, knows how to find my will.

My will is legally valid. I went to an attorney who specializes in estate planning. She knew the right questions to ask and the best way to accomplish my goals. I was tempted to take a short cut and use one of those will documents I saw at the stationary store.

I even thought of just sitting down and writing out my will on a piece of paper, a sort of do-it-yourself project. I’m sure glad I didn’t fall into that trap.

After all, why do a will and then spend the rest of your life or the last moments of life wondering whether it is truly valid?

My will provides peace of mind. For years, I lived with a nagging apprehension about what would happen if I died without a will. Those feelings are gone.

I now have a sense of peace about these matters. It took a little time and effort and it cost a few dollars, but it was well worth it all.

My will is up-to-date. This is because I only

If you do not have a current, valid will or comprehensive living trust, we at the Archdiocese of San Francisco urge you to care for this very important matter. Not only will such planning benefit your loved ones, we believe that you will want to remember the Archdiocese as well.

recently created it and it reflects my current situation. But life never stays the same. Within a few years, new laws may arise. Family members may have different needs. My estate may change.

As my attorney says, “An out-of-date will could be as harmful as having no will at all.”

Michael O’Leary, our associate director of development, can assist you by providing information about wills and charitable bequests. Feel free to call him at (415) 614-5582, email olearym@sfarchdiocese.org, or use the handy response coupon below.

Dear Mr. O’Leary, ____________ Please send me free literature about making a will. ____________ I have already provided a bequest for the Archiocese of San Francisco in my will. ____________ Please send me information about the Archdiocese Legacy Society called Archangels.

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