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Rallies in Phoenix, across nation take aim at Arizona immigration law

Thousands of people marched May 1 from the Mission District in San Francisco to City Hall to call for immigration rights. Supporters of the new Arizona law countered with a rally of their own: “Good citizens don’t stroll across the border,” proclaimed one placard.

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Local students debate abortion with politicians on Catholic Lobby Day School. The All Souls students were seventh-graders Nicole Thirteen-year-old St. Dunstan Strupeni, Marrisa Azcenua and eighth grader Chloe de Guzman Adan Pena. brought her views on aborAbout 30 San Franciscans tion to State Sen. Leland Yee, were part of 600 from around speaking convincingly, not at all California who buttonholed state intimidated by political power, as lawmakers and their staff on April archdiocesan elementary school 27. Colville, who also serves students joined in Catholic Lobby on the Archdiocesan Board of Day, for the first time in recent Education, began the initiative memory. to involve junior high students “He was pro-abortion and it in Lobby Day this year, noting St. Dunstan eighth-grader didn’t make sense to me,” said junior high is when Catholic Chloe, about the Democratic state social teaching is first presented Chloe de Guzman questions senator who represents District 8, in detail. He hopes more schools Sen. Leland Yee. Seated behind most of San Francisco and San will participate next year. her: Classmate Kaela Chavez; Mateo.

California is facing an estimatAll Souls seventh-graders “She wasn’t a happy camper,” ed $24 billion shortfall between noted classmate Kaela Chavez, Marrisa Azcenua, Nicole Strupeni. the end of this fiscal year and 14, of Millbrae. “She was crossnext. The California Catholic ing her arms and staring him Conference argues that funding down.” to family planning organizations, including Planned Chloe and Kaela, along with Aaron Aquino, Lydia Parenthood, should be cut rather than programs to the Ho, Tracy Ronquillo, Alexis Yee and Dylan Shannon elderly, the blind and the disabled. California spent traveled to Sacramento April 27 with St. Dunstan almost $24 million for more than 80,000 Medi-Cal eighth grade teacher Trey Cosgriff, joining three stufunded abortions in calendar year 2007, the most recent dents from All Souls School in South San Francisco, statistic available, and every year in its budget request CATHOLIC LOBBY DAY, page 11 and a delegation from Archbishop Riordan High

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By J.D. Long-Garcia Catholic News Service PHOENIX – About 10,000 protesters rallied May 1 at the Arizona State Capitol to demonstrate against the state’s new immigration enforcement law.

Bigger rallies took place the same day in states not affected by the law. In Los Angeles, an estimated 50,000 gathered, while a reported 20,000 assembled in Dallas.

Two rallies took place in New York City.

Cities holding rallies in northern California included San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, San Mateo, Berkeley and Gilroy.

The law, which sets into place tough new standards, has galvanized immigrant rights groups around the United States.

It also resulted in a late-night April 29 session of the Arizona Legislature to limit the bill’s scope. Whereas the original bill, signed into law April 23, previously required law enforcement to make a “reasonable attempt” to determine legal status during “any lawful contact,” it now limits the reach to any lawful “stop, detention or arrest.”

Another revision states that law enforcement “may not consider race, color or national origin,” striking the word “solely” that many of the bill’s opponents took issue with.

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Second collection on May 9 for Catholic Charities CYO At most parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco this weekend, a second collection will be taken up to help fund the work of local Catholic Charities CYO programs.

Catholic Charities CYO is the social services arm of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The agency is not funded by the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal, so once each year Catholic Charities CYO asks parishioners for financial support on Loaves & Fishes Sunday.

For more information, or to donate online, visit www.cccyo.com.

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at New York City’s Carnegie Hall and also performs with the College of San Mateo. Fiona will be a freshman at the University of Montana in the fall. Mighty proud are her folks, Bernadette and Colm. The Women’s Hall of Fame was created by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and the Commission on the Status of Women to pay tribute to exceptional women who work or live in San Mateo County…. Phillip Jimenez, Ph. D. a member of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish for 30 years, will be honored by San Francisco’s Janet Pomeroy Center

By Tom Burke at its annual Banner of Love dinner May 14. “Dr. Jimenez is responsible for building an adaptive computer lab at the Janet Pomeroy Center that trains children and adults with Students from Saint Rita Elementary School in Fairfax developmental disabilities on how to use computers and recently staged a two-week campaign that raised $1043 “to access valuable information from the Internet,” the center help the children of Haiti that were affected by the devas- said in an announcement of the award. Phil has volunteered at the center for more than a decade. He tating earthquake,” said principal, Carol is a member of its board of directors Arritola. The funds were sent to the The kindness of students from St. Rita Elementary and chairs the development commitearthquake-torn country through Catholic School has been felt in many places. Leaders of the tee. A longtime Knight of Columbus, Relief Services. Earlier this year, St. Rita good work include, front from left, Jannely Calmell, he is president of the KOC Bay Area students collected hundreds of pairs of Nicolas Seminerio, McKenzie Wilson, Olivia Furano. council. Phil is a former regent of St. shoes for impoverished school children in Back from left: Julian Ishibashi, Giovanni Carmassi, Mary’s Cathedral and is a Knight of El Sitio, Guatemala, and throughout the Sara Glueck, Samantha Pitti, Santino Ambrosini. the Grand Cross with the Equestrian year collect chewable children’s vitamins Order of the Holy Sepulcher. Among to help their far-away friends remain those to cheer him on will be his daugh- and book signing at St. Ignatius Church hosted by the healthy and attend school on a regular ter, Janice Phares, and husband, Steve; LCA Junior Auxiliary. Proceeds from this event benefited basis. Students also gathered essentials granddaughter, Morgan Powell; and his children and family programming at CCCYO….This is such as toothpaste, combs, brushes, sister, Lee Houck. For ticket informa- an empty space without you. E-mail items and electronic socks, gloves, shampoo, and ponchos for tion, visit www.janetpomeroy.org or call pictures – jpegs at no less than 300 dpi – to burket@sfarchhomeless women of Marin who spend Phillip Jimenez Maria Crespin at (415) 665-4100…. diocese.org or mail them to Street, One Peter Yorke Way, Thursday nights at the St. Rita parish hall.

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“The students of the school are learning the art of giving to others,” Carol said. “They truly love than $1 million from its annual Loaves & Fishes Dinner at Thank you. My phone number is (415) 614-5634. being a part of the outreach programs.”… Among the new- San Francisco’s Regis Hotel April est members of the San Mateo County Women’s Hall of 16. The evening recognizes major Fame is Fiona Murphy, a senior at Hillsdale High School donors to CCCYO, the social and member of St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo. The services arm of the Archdiocese future broad- of San Francisco serving more cast journalist than 35,000 clients here each was nominated year. Immaculee Ilibagiza, who

by St. Bart’s survived the 1994 Rwandan youth minister, Genocide and touched millions Crystal Frost. with her story, was presented with In a note to this the Loaves & Fishes Award for column Fiona Faith in Action. The now-author was described as and public speaker, who was kept a multi-talented alive with scraps from her patrons’ young woman table and hid with several others in with a passion a small lavatory while her family for community and others were killed around her, service, a distin- related the help she received to the guished scholar/ support provided by CCCYO to athlete, a medal thousands every year. The Loaves winning Irish & Fishes Dinner has raised more dancer. She has than $11 million since its beginalso sung with ning in 1997. Earlier that day, Executive Director Jeff Bialik, Immaculée Ilibagiza, Board President her school’s more than 650 guests attended Cecilia Herbert, and Archbishop George H. Niederauer chamber choir the Immaculee Ilibagiza lecture at Catholic Charities CYO Loaves & Fishes Dinner.

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Church seeks to help Louisiana fishing community face latest challenge NEW ORLEANS (CNS) – Inside St. Bernard Church May 2, parishioners whose lives depend on the fishing industry and who endured and overcame the battering of Hurricane Katrina five years ago had a difficult time focusing on Father John Arnone’s homily.

Their minds shifted to the video of South Louisiana crude oil spewing from a ruptured British Petroleum pipeline a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Gospel account from John was about the necessity of Christians proving their love of God by loving their neighbor. Or, as Father Arnone told his congregation, “by putting words into action” and gathering together in times of peril and challenge.

In the pews, several women sobbed.

“The spill has really affected them,” Father Arnone said. “We spoke about the oil leak and about how we had been through Katrina, and we said we could face this challenge as well. We have to love one another by putting our words into action.”

In the hours before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the images of an advancing monster storm gave people the opportunity to prepare and evacuate, but it also heightened their anxiety.

In the same way, the images of the BP disaster and the monster oil spill have triggered unwanted flashbacks for people whose Katrina scar tissue remains raw.

“It just staggers me,” said Tony Fernandez, the former chief criminal deputy sheriff of the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office and chairman of the pastoral council of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in Chalmette. “Today we are crying out, ‘Why us, Lord?’”

Fernandez was born in Shell Beach – the place where the eye of Katrina made landfall in Louisiana in August 2005 – and he helped in rescue operations after the storm. On May 2 he joined OLPS parishioners who prayed with parishioners of St. David Church at a Katrina memorial, located just a few blocks from the breach in the Industrial Canal that destroyed the Lower Ninth Ward. About a dozen people also participated in a prayer service held by Father Arnone at Breton Sound Marina.

Fernandez, who operates the marina and figures to be heavily impacted by the oil spill, said the church must help hard-working people who cannot protect themselves.

“It’s a case of ‘here we go again,’” Fernandez said. “It’s been one catastrophic event after another. But our focus is not so much on our sorrow, but it’s on what we can do for others. I’ll take a hit on this, but not

Father John Arnone, pastor of St. Bernard Church, leads a group of fishermen in prayer at the Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale, La. The marina has been used as a staging area for workers trying to set up protective booms in the advance of a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

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It’s like the widow’s mite. I may lose more, but the little some other people will lose will be so much greater in their lives. My heart goes out to them.”

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The oil spill has the potential of severely impacting 300 fishing families in St. Bernard Parish and another 1,000 in Plaquemines.

In Louisiana, civil jurisdictions similar to counties are called parishes.

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“We are going to be making case management and counseling available,” Wadge said. “You also can’t underestimate the value of pastoral presence.”

Father Arnone knows that while the oil decides ultimately where it will land, the unhealed hurts of Katrina will be exposed for so many weary people.

“Right now, people are comparing it to Katrina because we know something big is out there and it’s coming and it’s out of our control to stop,” Father Arnone said.

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VATICAN CITY – The ongoing global economic crisis has demonstrated that the free market is not capable of regulating itself in a way that promotes the common good, Pope Benedict XVI said. The assumption that the economy can go along happily without government intervention and moral standards “is based on an impoverished notion of economic life as a sort of self-calibrating mechanism,” the pope told members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The pope addressed academy members April 30 at the beginning of their four-day plenary session, which was devoted to the theme, “Crisis in a Global Economy: Re-planning the Journey.” Led by Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard professor and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, the academy said the economists, lawyers, theologians and other social scientists at the meeting would look at how the current economic crisis came about, its impact on individuals and nations, the relationship between ethics and economics, and ideas for promoting economic recovery and preventing a similar financial meltdown in the future.

“The worldwide financial breakdown has, as we know, demonstrated the fragility of the present economic system and the institutions linked to it,” the pope said. “It has also shown the error of the assumption that the market is capable of regulating itself apart from public intervention and the support of internalized moral standards.”

Pope condemns bombings targeting Iraqi Christians VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI condemned fresh violence against Christians in Iraq and called on the nation to work toward peace. In a telegram written on behalf of the pope, the Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said the pontiff was “deeply saddened by the news of the tragic loss of life and injuries” caused by two bomb attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Three buses carrying students from the village of Qaraqosh to a university in Mosul were struck by a roadside explosion followed by a car bombing May 2. At least four people died and more than 170 were injured; some of the victims included bystanders. The papal telegram, which was sent to Syrian Catholic Archbishop Georges Casmoussa of Mosul, called on “all men and

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women of good will to hold fast to the ways of peace and to repudiate all acts of violence which have caused so much suffering.”

Last defendant in US nun’s murder found guilty, gets 30 years in prison SAO PAULO, Brazil – The last defendant charged in connection with the 2005 murder of U.S.-born Sister Dorothy Stang was found guilty in a Brazilian court and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Rancher Regivaldo Galvao was convicted May 1 of ordering the killing of the 73-yearold Sister of Notre Dame de Namur, who was known for her fight against large landowners in the Amazon region. In a packed courtroom in Belem, Galvao remained motionless as the judge read the sentence after the jury trial. He was accused, along with landowner Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, of ordering the assassination. Moura was found guilty in connection with Sister Dorothy’s death in an April trial and also received a 30-year prison sentence. In a May 3 statement, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur said the trial gives people of the Amazon region a sense of peace and hope because justice was served. “For the first time in the history of Para, all those indicted for assassination in a land conflict were brought to trial and convicted for criminal activity in the Transamazon region,” the statement said.

Pope begins reform of Legionaries of Christ VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will name a personal delegate with authority over the Legionaries of

Italian Girl Guides attend Pope Benedict XVI’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 28. At the end of the audience, the pope greeted members of the Pave the Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to remove obstacles to interfaith understanding. They were led by Gary Krupp, the Jewish founder of the group who actively supports the cause of sainthood for Pope Pius XII.

Christ and a commission to study its constitutions, the first steps toward a profound reform of the order, the Vatican said. In a lengthy statement May 1, the Vatican indicated that the Legionaries would need to undergo very deep changes, including a redefinition of the order’s religious charism and a revision of the way authority is exercised among its members. While the pope will have the final word on whatever changes are eventually imposed, one Vatican source said after seeing the statement: “It looks like they are calling for a refoundation of the order.” The pope met April 30 with the five bishops who conducted a visitation of the Legionaries’ institutions over the past year. They visited almost all the order’s religious houses and most of its pastoral institutions, meeting with more than 1,000 Legionaries. The Vatican emphasized what it said was a high degree of sincerity and cooperation shown by the Legionaries and said the visitors encountered many young priests who were “exemplary, honest and full of talent.” The Vatican statement castigated the Legionaries’ founder, the late Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, who had been found to have fathered children and sexually abused seminarians. His “most grave and objectively immoral conduct” calls for “a path of profound revision” in the order, the Vatican statement said.

Ciudad Juarez parish persists despite rampant crime by cartels CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – In October, unknown thieves stole the bell at the Corpus Christi Parish, which serves a gang- and crime-infested neighborhood of lowwage factory workers and mom-and-pop business owners NEWS IN BRIEF, page 5

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■ Continued from page 4 on the southeastern outskirts of this border city of 1.3 million residents. Parishioners now simulate tolling the bells by striking a pair of empty propane tanks with an axe handle. “I’m glad they took the bell instead of something in the sanctuary,” says Father Roberto Luna, Corpus Christi’s pastor, who was forced to add extra locks and bars to secure his parish. Such are the challenges of parish life in churches throughout Ciudad Juarez, where warring drug cartels and competition among gangs have turned many neighborhoods into highcrime areas. Ciudad Juarez, which borders El Paso, Texas, has recorded an estimated 5,100 murders since 2008, making it the most dangerous city in the hemisphere. The violence has left few people and institutions unscathed. Parishes have been robbed and vandalized. Father Luna says prelates have been targeted, too, because they might possess something of value.

National Day of Prayer stirs debate WASHINGTON – In the weeks since a Wisconsin federal judge ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, one thing has been certain: People have strong feelings both for and against prayer. Although the day’s events went forward as planned May 6, its future is uncertain. In her April 15 ruling, District Judge Barbara B. Crabb in Madison, Wis., said the day of prayer violated the First Amendment, but she postponed enforcement of the decision until all appeals were exhausted. The Justice Department announced April 26 that it will challenge Crabb’s decision in the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. The day has a long history. It has been an annual event since 1953 and has been celebrated on the first Thursday in May since 1988.

Attempting to do away with a tradition – and a faith one at that – is certain to cause a reaction. Charles Haynes, senior scholar of the First Amendment Center in Washington, said politicians might even show up in greater numbers at the prayer-day events this year because not doing so, he told Religious News Service, would be akin to “being against apple pie and motherhood.”

New version of missal confirmed; no implementation date yet WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced April 30 that the Vatican has given its “recognitio,” or confirmation, of the new English translation of the Roman Missal, but said the exact date for its implementation in U.S. parishes remains to be determined. The approval came in a letter dated March 25 from Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect for the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, although the missal is still undergoing final editing by Vatican officials, the USCCB announcement said. The Vatican also approved a series of adaptations and proper texts for use in the United States.

Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, USCCB president, received the decrees personally while he was in Rome for meetings of the Vox Clara Committee, an international group of bishops who advise the divine worship congregation about English liturgical translations. Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli of Paterson, N.J., chairman of the USCCB Committee on Divine Worship, expressed gratitude for the approval. “I am happy that after years of study and review, the congregation for divine worship has concluded its work and provided us with a text that will enable the ongoing renewal of the celebration of the sacred liturgy in our parishes,” he said.

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San Mateo Serra Club’s annual essay contest draws 600 entries from elementary and high school students The San Mateo Serra Club awarded prizes to winners of its annual essay contest April 21, at the Nick Vanos Gymnasium of St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo. More than 600 entries were submitted by Catholic school and Religious Education students in San Mateo County.

Secondary school essays were written on the subject, “How Does My Christian Faith Help Me Cope with the Challenges of Today’s World?” Elementary school entrants wrote on “How Has My Religious Education Influenced My Personal Values?”

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By Regina Phylicia C. Restrivera Notre Dame High School, Belmont Difficulties often disillusion one from placing his or her beliefs in God. But these ordeals are the opportunities God offers to help one realize the power of faith and the power of our hearts to overcome and to become empowered. As Saint Augustine, a man who formerly led a prodigal life and then embraced God’s love, said, “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” I believe in living a positive lifestyle with goals that I constantly dream and think about because God has a reason for the events in my life.

By putting my troubles with God, I have peace that assures me that good or bad, God puts these events in my life because it is for my own benefit. I allow my heart to let out what it feels before consoling myself that God loves me no matter my failures and “imperfections” because God plans these for me to follow my own unique path in life. Failures also are trials of faith, and these are mediums in which God reveals my inner strengths and endurance.

God constantly designs me to become stronger and more accepting of events because He plans for my success in the future. There are the dreams in my heart that God has placed, and He will help me fulfill these goals because He is not unkind and does not bait me deceivingly. God

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puts ordeals in our lives so we can appreciate and savor the goal in the end, and because each of us has our own successes and failures, we each have our own definition of true happiness. I know my true happiness will be truly fulfilling because every day there is a sign of promise (whether it be a good grade, a smile, or a great day) that God is taking care of me. What He plans is beyond me, and I should never fear or worry.

As well, we live in a world filled with poverty and war.

Despite these misfortunes, we as Catholics are called to respond. As a young woman, I pray daily for these victims of war and poverty, and my family makes donations and supports our soldiers. My high school hosts fundraisers and food drives for the disadvantaged. These good works help define my duty as a Catholic because we must embrace all, no matter the circumstance, because Jesus lived a life of unconditional love. I try to model myself after his exemplary example because this love would lessen the animosity that sparks wars and the prejudice between rich and poor. We all have the potential to do good for others, and I know that may efforts may be small, but I hope that their effects will be momentous. Knowing I make a difference is truly empowering and allows me to remember how wonderful life is because I have been given the power to love and to live my life to its greatest because God has blessed me so.

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California bishops launch effort to strengthen Church voice with legislators “The direct duty to work for a just ordering of society, on the other hand, is proper to the lay faithful.

As citizens of the State, they are called to take part in public life in a personal capacity.”

Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict XVI.

By Valerie Schmalz If you want to make a difference in Sacramento, you can – simply and easily, just by signing up by email or postcard in the pews for the Catholic Legislative Network.

At the request of Archbishop George H. Niederauer, an email signup campaign is scheduled for all the Masses the weekend of May 15-16.

“The Gospel compels us to protect life and dignity but it is difficult to know how to get involved,” says Archbishop Niederauer in the introduction to a short DVD the archdiocese has asked pastors to play on Life and Dignity Sunday. “That is why I and the other bishops in California have formed the Catholic Legislative Network, so you can easily become informed on the issues. … so you can establish a voice for life and dignity in California.”

The California bishops aim to replicate the effective grassroots activism of organizations such as Moveon. org by empowering Catholic laity to lobby effectively for Catholic social teachings. Simply by plugging in his or her zip code, a Catholic can find a legislator by email, phone and physical address – and send a personally written or form letter. It will also enable pastors, the archdiocese and the California Catholic Conference

to contact participants specifically about issues in their areas.

“Contacting a legislator through a group is very important,” said David Roberti, former state Senate President Pro-Tem in the DVD. “There’s strength in numbers… and organized numbers impress legislators as well.

People will say, ‘oh but, nobody’s going to listen to me or nobody’s going to listen to my group,’ but that’s just not the case.”

St. Anne of the Sunset parish is holding a special Rosary for Life at 7 p.m. on May 15 to support the effort in prayer.

Once people are signed up, they can be notified about neighborhood issues and targeted by zip code, said Steve Pehanich, senior director of advocacy and education at the California Catholic Conference. Over the course of 2010-2011, each California diocese will hold a sign up campaign, Pehanich said. Already, 28,000 signed up from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, with four other regions of the Archdiocese still to go. Sacramento added 18,500 people to the Catholic Legislative Network.

The network has been in place for about two years,

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The Catholic Legislative Network sends a brief weekly e-newsletter called Public Policy Insights to inform network members about issues and actions being taken on certain priority issues. In addition, periodic Action Alerts will be sent to members asking them to send an e-mail, a letter, or to make a phone call to their senator or assembly member.

“Your willingness to participate within this network will help the Catholic Church become a loud and strong Voice for Life and Dignity in California,” according to the California Catholic Conference. To join, visit www. cacatholic.org.

“All the challenges this country faces start in California, one way or another,” Pehanich said, and cited Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Deus Caritas Est. “Pope Benedict said it was up to the lay faithful to create a just society and it was up to the Church to describe what that looked like. This is a response of the California bishops to fulfill their teaching function as described in Deus Caritas Est.” For more information, visit the California Catholic Conference website at www.cacatholic.org. The San Francisco Archdiocese’s Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns website is www.sflifeaandjustice.org.

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Nigerian violence raised as concern by US religious freedom commission Barack Obama for failing to appoint an ambassador-at-large for international WASHINGTON (CNS) – Two recent religious freedom, as called for under the A U.S. commission in its latest report on religious freedom worldwide identifies outbreaks of violence that claimed nearly law that mandated religious freedom be an 13 countries as the worst violators.

1,000 lives in northern Nigeria show that aim of U.S. diplomacy. The position has the country’s political leaders are unable to remained unfilled since John Hanford left countries of countries on the watch list (also includes Cuba and Venezuela) effectively resolve conflicts that transcend Jan. 2, 2009. particular concern both socio-economic and religious issues, Overall, there was no change from the Russia Belarus said a U.S. government commission. commission’s 2009 list of 13 countries In releasing its annual report April 29 singled out for particular concern for failin Washington, the U.S. Commission on ing to protect religious freedom. In addiUzbekistan International Religious Freedom cited tion to Nigeria, the commission named North Turkey Turkmenistan Tajikistan Korea Nigeria as a country where violence is China, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, North China Afghanistan tolerated by the government, which it said Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq Iran allows Christian and Muslim perpetrators to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam to Pakistan Saudi Egypt continue their attacks unhindered. that category.

India Arabia Myanmar “Until the Nigerian government recThe commission also maintains a watch Laos ognizes there is a sectarian aspect to this list of countries where conditions of reliSudan Eritrea Vietnam conflict and violence, it will not be solved,” gious freedom require close monitoring.

Nigeria Somalia said Leonard A. Leo, the commission chairThat list, unchanged in 2010, includes man.

Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia The commission recommended – for Indonesia, Laos, Russia, Somalia, Tajikistan, the second year in a row – that the United Turkey and Venezuela.

Source: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ©2010 CNS States list Africa’s most populous nation as Three other countries – Bangladesh, a country of particular concern, the most Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka – also deserve serious on a three-tier rating system. Nigeria is one of the July. “But the question is why has the frustration been to be monitored, the report said.

13 countries recommended for such a rating.

The commission pointed to Nigeria as a country where vented in religious persecution?”

The Department of State has placed eight countries on Elizabeth H. Prodromou, commission vice chairwoman, violence among Christians and Muslims has left as many the list but has excluded Nigeria from it. said the group’s inquiries have shown that religious and as 12,000 dead since 1999. The report said conditions in By rating a country as one of particular concern, socio-economic issues are intertwined in the culture of Nigeria are worsening, allowing “for the proliferation of State Department officials would be permitted under Nigeria, requiring that the government address both if the extremist ideology and terrorism.” the International Religious Freedom Act to undertake violence is to be resolved.

A recent Pew Forum report on Islam and Christianity diplomatic actions or economic sanctions to encourage Other concerns cited by the commission include the in sub-Saharan Africa showed that, of 19 countries surcountries to improve religious freedom. adoption of Shariah, Islamic law, in 13 Nigerian states and veyed, Nigeria and Rwanda had the highest percentage of Nigeria’s recent violence prompted commission mem- the insertion of religion into the conflict by outside parties. the general population – 58 percent – who believed that bers to visit the country three times during the past year, Prodromou identified the funding of school and mosque conflict between religious groups is a very big problem most recently in late March. construction by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Libya as reason in their country.

Commission member Don Argue said that in discus- for concern because the educational material used in the The report said 38 percent of Nigerian Christians sions with Nigerian legislators from the region around schools encourages violence against non-Muslims. surveyed saw Muslims as violent, while 13 percent of Jos, where violence occurred in January and March, they Several commission members held out a glimmer of Nigerian Muslims surveyed saw Christians as violent. acknowledged that the violence has deep religious roots. hope that things would change in Nigeria with the newly It also said that 70 percent of Nigerian Christians “Yes, there are issues – economic issues, unemploy- established U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission, which favored making the Bible the official law of the land, while ment, ethnic, land ownership – all of these things come will focus on economic and diplomatic initiatives.

71 percent of Nigerian Muslims favored making Shariah into play,” said Argue, who has visited Nigeria twice since The religious freedom report also criticized President the official law of the land.

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Catholic high school graduates likely to attend college, says report WASHINGTON (CNS) – In brochures and online materials, Catholic high schools often boast of the high percentage of their students who graduate and attend college – often in the 90-100 percent range.

According to a new study, this is not just happening at some Catholic high schools but is part of a nationwide trend.

The report by the National Catholic Educational Association shows that students who attend Catholic high schools are more likely to graduate and attend college than students attending other schools.

Catholic secondary schools report a graduation rate of 99.1 percent, higher than rates reported by other religious schools (97.9 percent), nonsectarian schools (95.7 percent) and public schools (73.2 percent).

Students graduating from Catholic high schools are also more likely to attend four-year colleges (84.7 percent) than students graduating from other religious (63.7 percent) and nonsectarian (56.2 percent) schools. Catholic school gradu-

ates are twice as likely to attend four-year colleges as graduates of public schools (44.1 percent).

The figures are from the Annual Statistical Report on Schools, Enrollment and Staffing, United States Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools 20092010, recently released by the NCEA. Data for this analysis came from several publications of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, as well as information collected by the NCEA. “This report illustrates the ongoing excellence of Catholic schools,” said Marie A. Powell, executive director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

“Catholic high schools have a remarkable record of graduating their students and preparing them well for post-secondary education,” she said. “Their effectiveness in educating students, even from disadvantaged backgrounds, has been cited consistently in research published CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, page 11

AZ immigration law . . .

“People need to be calm,” said Ron Johnson, executive director of the Arizona Catholic Conference, April 29, nothing that the law had not yet taken effect. “The local church is concerned with how this will be enforced.”

Ignacio Rodriguez, associate director of ethnic ministries for the Diocese of Phoenix, said his office was receiving lots of calls from concerned parishioners.

“They don’t know if they’re just going to get pulled over in the street,” Rodriguez said. “People are already looking to move back to Mexico or to other states like New Mexico and Texas.”

Jose Robles, director of diocesan Hispanic ministry, said he was pleased to see legal challenges to “this punitive law.”

He encouraged Catholics to turn to prayer. “There’s been a lot of emotion and media reporting on this,” he noted. “We’re asking our parishioners to remain calm, not to overreact to the situation. Don’t be paranoid.”

Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, did not cite the Arizona law specifically in an April 29 statement urging federal measures to reform U.S. immigration policy.

“Over the past several years, the United States has poured billions of dollars into immigration enforcement, which has not only not solved the problem but in some cases led to the abuse of migrants,” Bishop Wester said.

“We urge members of both parties to begin a process toward introducing and enacting bipartisan legislation which affirms the rule of law and basic human rights,” he added. “Our immigration system is badly broken and is in need of immediate repair.”

■ Continued from cover Before the revisions, immigrant rights groups vowed to challenge the bill in court.

Those speaking at a news conference where the vow was voiced included Dolores Huerta, sister-in-law of the late United Farm Workers union founder Cesar Chavez, and singer Linda Ronstadt, an Arizona native with both German and Mexican ancestry.

Frank Perez brought a group of traditional Mexican dancers from St. Catherine Parish in Phoenix to the May 1 rally, He said he turned out to support immigrant customs.

“We need to help each other in both the good and the bad times,” Perez said. “This is a hard time for Hispanic culture. With the help of our Lord and the Virgin Mary, we can pull through and build a bridge. We must live as one, as human beings.”

Juan Carlos Tapia, a member of St. Anne Parish in Gilbert, said he lives every day with the fear of being deported. He and his wife – who is also undocumented – have eight children, all born in the United States.

“We live with the fear of being separated from our children,” he said. “But through this demonstration, we can testify that God is with us. God can change the hearts of our legislators. I hope God will bring them clarity of thought so they can see how we are suffering.”

Nelson Severino of Casa Grande, while a legal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, fears the new law will lead to discrimination against all Hispanic immigrants.

“We come to work,” Severino said, adding that his children were born in the United States. “There’s a lot of criminals, but there’s also a lot of good people.”

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Hispanic Catholic Charismatic Congress “ . . . That the world may believe that you have sent me.”

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From Sacramento, Richmond, Oakland, Hayward & other cities North and East of San Francisco Take 80 South or freeway 880 West to the Bay Bridge and cross the bridge.

In SF take 101 South until the exit for the 92 West freeway in San Mateo.

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Other cities of the Peninsula South of San Mateo Take 101 South until the Woodside Road West exit in Redwood City and continue on this street until the exit to the 280 North freeway. Take 280 North until the Farm Hill Blvd. exit in Redwood City and take this West to Cañada College.

From San Jose, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto and all cities South of Redwood City Take 101 North, if this freeway is more convenient until the Woodside Road West exit in Redwood City and continue on this street until the North exit of freeway 280. Take exit North until the Farm Hill Blvd. exit in Redwood City and take this West to Cañada College. Or if 280 freeway North is more convenient, take this freeway until the Farm Hill Blvd. exti in Redwood City and take this exit West to Cañada College.

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May 7, 2010

Polish Catholics held a memorial Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco April 24 to honor Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 others who died in an April 10 plane crash in Russia.

Caria Tomczykowska, president of the Polish Arts and Culture Foundation, made arrangements with cathedral staff and clergy to honor the victims at a special Mass.

The altar was adorned with fresh flowers near the icon of or Our Lady of Czestochowa, Protectress of Poland, and 96 candles and 96 tulips with Polish flags were arranged for the victims. Polish veterans of World War II and the Polish Home Army carried flags and standards from their units. They were joined by school children and adults in colorful regional costumes of Poland and the Polish Boy and Girl Scouts carrying their troop standard in the procession before and after the Mass.

Father John Talesfore, rector of the cathedral, wore vestments embroidered with the image of Our Lady of Czestochowa, and a book of condolences

was set up next to a memorial exhibit of the crash.

The Polish community in San Francisco has a long history with the Cathedral: Pope John Paul II visited here twice before and during his papacy.

The Mass was attended by 300 people, including honorary consuls from Poland and other European nations, the president and board of the Polish American Congress in Northern California and board members of the Polish Arts and Culture Foundation.

Other organizations taking part included the East Bay Polish American Association, Polish American Engineers Club, the John Paul II School in Walnut Creek, Polish Club of San Francisco and Polonia Sf.org.

More than 155,000 Poles live in the Bay Area, and this Mass was one of the many commemorations of the national tragedy of April 10. The plane was carrying the president and first lady of Poland and 94 of Poland’s elite on their way to honor the 22,000 Polish officers executed in the Katyn Forest in April 1940, on the orders of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

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AsianWeek fundraiser to help Catholic schools The AsianWeek Foundation is sponsoring a no-cost fundraiser for schools in San Francisco and has invited Archdiocese of San Francisco schools to participate for the first time.

The event is the foundation’s Asian Heritage Street Celebration, to be held May 15 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Larkin Street between Grove and Ellis streets.

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Catholic Lobby Day . . .

■ Continued from cover Planned Parenthood argues abortions save the state money, the conference noted.

The California Catholic Conference’s other top legislative priorities this year are: Change the law so that juvenile offenders, some as young as 14 who have been given a sentence of life without chance of parole mostly for homicide convictions, will be given the opportunity for parole if they demonstrate remorse and rehabilitation (SB399).

Simplify the food stamp program so poor people only have to apply every six months rather than every four (AB1642).

Block proposed cuts to the state supplement to federal Supplemental Security Income and instead discontinue funding for Planned Parenthood and abortion. Sixty nine percent of beneficiaries are disabled, 29 percent are elderly and 2 percent blind.

Pass the California Dream Act of 2010 (SB1460), so that undocumented students are eligible for state financial aid for college. Undocumented students are now eligible for in-state tuition if they have completed three years of high school, have a California high school diploma or GED, and have signed an affidavit saying they have applied or will apply for legal immigration status as soon as they are able.

“Everyone has a right to an education,” said Aaron Aquino, 14, St. Dunstan eighth grader from Daly City, of the California Dream Act, noting most undocumented students are here because they came with their families – who were looking for opportunity. “It doesn’t give them an unfair advantage; it just lets them compete for financial aid.”

The Catholic student lobbyists met with aides of Assembly members Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco), Jerry Hall (D-San Mateo), and Jared Huffman (D-Marin County).

St. Dunstan’s students gave Senator Yee credit for meeting with them, but said they did not understand how Senator Yee could be so good in supporting all of the other Catholic Conference legislative priorities and not oppose abortion.

“We didn’t think he would be pro-abortion,” Kaela said.

“Hypocritical,” said Aaron, who noted that Yee is the main sponsor of the Dream Act. “These kids weren’t blinking an eye. They were very, very articulate,” said St. Dunstan Principal Bruce Colville.

In a letter to the All Souls principal posted on the school’s website, Nicole Strupeni writes: “Through this experience I learned how our Catholic faith views many issues differently than many of our legislators. I also learned both sides to every problem and used my faith to choose what is the best ‘morally just’ thing for our community.”

Catholic high school . . .

■ Continued from page 9 over the last 25 years. The Catholic community can be very proud of their support for such schools.”

The recently published book, “The Death and Life of the Great American School System” by Diane Ravitch, also credits Catholic schools for their successful graduation and college attendance rates.

An April 30 article about her book in The New York Times said Ravitch’s views about public schools are influenced by her “long study of and admiration for Roman Catholic education, especially in serving low-income black and Hispanic students.”

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Students from the Archdiocese of San Francisco presented Catholic positions on social issues to state Sen. Leland Yee on April 27 in Sacramento. Top row: St. Dunstan students Aaron Manzano-Aquino, Dylan Shannon; Riordan’s Brendan Davila, Christopher Kees; St. Dunstan’s Alexis Yee, Sen. Yee, St. Dunstan’s Chloe DeGuzman, Tracy Ronquillo; All Souls students Nicole Strupeni, Marrisa Azcenua, San Francisco seminarian Armando Gutierez. Second row: St. Dunstan’s Lydia Ho, Kaela Chavez. In front: Riordan’s Andrew O’Connor, All Souls’ Adan Pena, USF student and Riordan alum Vicente Patino.

Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto, who presided at Mass at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and delivered the homily in Spanish and English, noted that the crowd gathered to represent those who are lost in the margins — children in the womb, the frail elderly, immigrants who can’t get into colleges and universities, young people floundering in prison — in short, “our brothers and sisters.”

“The life of California depends on recognizing the dignity of life for all Californians,” Bishop Soto said. “This dignity is not defined by state government. This God-given dignity defines the purpose of state government. Our social covenant should enable the life and liberty of the human person, not eliminate or exclude those who don’t fit in.”

The Catholic Herald of Sacramento contributed to this story.

Sen. Leland Yee, on his right is St. Dunstan parishioner Dan Capodanno; left a member of Church of the Epiphany parish.

In Ravitch’s view, Catholic schools serve as a model because they “never gave over to the obsession with standardized tests” and “never conceded their curriculum to progressive trends like whole language, constructivist math and relativistic history.”

“As a result,” she added, “black and Hispanic students in Catholic schools did not necessarily score higher than those in public schools on standardized tests like the SAT, but they were far more likely to take rigorous classes, graduate on time and attend college.”

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A READING FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES ACTS 15:1-2, 22-29 Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice, you cannot be saved.” Because there arose no little dissension and debate

by Paul and Barnabas with them, it was decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some of the others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

The apostles and elders, in agreement with the whole church, decided to choose representatives and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. The ones chosen were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers. This is the letter delivered by them: “The apostles and the elders, your brothers, to the brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia of Gentile origin: greetings.

Since we have heard that some of our number who went out without any mandate from us have upset you with their teachings and disturbed your peace of mind, we have with one accord decided to choose representatives and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. So we are sending Judas and Silas who will also convey this same message by word of mouth: ‘It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities, namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled animals, and from unlawful marriage. If you keep free of these, you will be doing what is right. Farewell.’”

May 7, 2010

Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Psalm 67:2-3,5, 6, 8; Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23; John 13:31-33a, 34-35 RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 R. O God, let all the nations praise you!

May God have pity on us and bless us; may he let his face shine upon us.

So may your way be known upon earth; among all nations, your salvation.

R. O God, let all the nations praise you!

May the nations be glad and exult because you rule the peoples in equity; the nations on the earth you guide.

R. O God, let all the nations praise you!

May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you!

May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth fear him!

R. O God, let all the nations praise you!

and on which names were inscribed, the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites. There were three gates facing east, three north, three south, and three west. The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation, on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. I saw no temple in the city for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb. The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

Old City of Jerusalem from Mount of Olives.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION REV 21:10-14, 22-23 The angel took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It gleamed with the splendor of God. Its radiance was like that of a precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal. It had a massive, high wall, with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed

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n this Sunday’s Gospel taken from John 14:23-29, Jesus tells the apostles and us these words, “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.”

Jesus himself was the primary teacher of his followers, the disciples. He was continually teaching them what the Kingdom of God was like and what he expected of them as his followers.

He most often used the traditional “Show and Tell” method of instruction. Many times he would tell them what the Kingdom of God was like.

It was like a farmer sowing seed on different soil and reaping a fantastic yield of 30-, 60- or 100-fold when the seed fell on good soil.

It was like a small mustard seed, so small at the beginning, so large a plant at the end.

It was like a pinch of yeast that empowered a lot of flour and water to become bread.

It was like finding a lost sheep or helping an injured stranger.

Then Jesus would mix his tell with the show of his miracles.

He gave sight to the blind.

He enabled the paralyzed.

He made the mute talk and the deaf hear.

He showed solidarity with the poor and the hungry.

Most of all he showed immense and intense unconditional love for all of us by dying for us on the cross.

What a terrific teacher Jesus was! Yet, time and again sadly his disciples missed the point of

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN JN 14:23-29 Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.

Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me.

“I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.”

Scripture reflection FATHER MARK REBURIANO

“Come Holy Spirit, Come” his lesson. We may cite some examples: We may remember, when Jesus spoke of his impending passion, death and resurrection, the student leader of his class, Peter, wanted Jesus to talk rather about his being a Superman, not a Suffering Servant who had come to serve not to be served.

Or the most tragic of all, when Jesus had finished teaching them and he was facing death on the cross, and the whole crowd of disciples deserted him. One close to Him betrayed him and another closer to Him denied he even knew him. They failed to remember his saying, “If you want to be my disciple you have to take up your cross and follow me.”

No wonder, then, that Jesus had to tell his disciple, “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will

teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.”

We are not much different from those first students of Jesus.

We take our religion classes to prepare for First Communion and Confirmation.

We attend a few special classes before marriage.

We may even take a Bible study class or attend an occasional lecture on a theological topic.

We may think that we know nearly everything there is to know about how to be a good, practicing Catholic.

But the truth of the matter, the truth of the Holy Spirit is that there is still so very much for us to learn.

We can ask ourselves sincerely, how many

of us have actually read and seriously studied the New Catechism of the Catholic Church, a teaching tool of our Catholic Faith?

How many of us have studied the Bible well enough to recognize the differences in the four gospels?

How many of us know the Church’s position on moral issues that we encounter or read every day?

One of the continuous needs of the Church is the ongoing education of its members.

We all need to keep learning, keep reading, keep studying, keep exploring the marvelous truths of our faith.

We all need to be reminded of all that Jesus had told us in the gospels.

We all need the Advocate, the Holy Spirit to instruct us, inspire us and enlighten us.

During these next two weeks before Pentecost, our constant prayer should simply be, “Come!”

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people and enkindle in us the fire of your love!

Come and teach us the wonders of God’s revelation, the marvels of God’s mysteries.

Come and remind us of all that Jesus has done for us.

Yes, come, Holy Spirit, come to teach us everything and remind us of all Jesus told us, so that we may appreciate more the value and richness of our Catholic faith.

Father Mark Reburiano is parochial vicar at St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo.

Spirituality for Life

Forgiving our differences In her the first volume of her autobiography, “Under My Skin,” Doris Lessing, shares this story: During her marriage to Gottfried Lessing, it became evident to both of them at a point that they were simply incompatible as a married couple and that they would eventually have to seek a divorce. However, for practical reasons, they decided to live together, as friends, until they could both move to England, at which time they would file for a divorce. Their marriage was finished but unexpectedly their friendship began to grow. They had accepted their incompatibility as a fact and as something that didn’t call for resentment from either of them. Why be angry

at someone just because she feels and thinks differently than we do?

One night, lying in their separate beds in the same room, both smoking and unable to sleep, Gottfried said to her: This kind of incompatibility is more of a misfortune than a crime. That’s a mature insight: It’s not a crime or a sin to be incompatible, it’s only unfortunate.

Would that in our daily lives we could appropriate that truth because there is an important emotional, intellectual, moral, and religious challenge contained in it. We spend too much time and energy angry and frustrated with each other over something that basically we cannot control

or change. Our differences, however much they may frustrate us and tax our patience at times, are not a crime, a sin, or indeed (most times) even anyone’s fault. We don’t need to blame someone, be angry at someone, or resent someone because SPIRITUALITY, page 18

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PBS News Hour interview Cardinal William Levada: ‘We Should Hold Ourselves to a Higher Standard’ has been the guideline that I observed and that the bishops of the United States have observed certainly since the time of the charter in 2002. But it’s been commented on why doesn’t the Church have a rule about this? Are bishops required to do this? And it seemed to us good to put this in writing and at least put it as guidance for bishops.

Editor’s note: The following is a partial transcript of an interview by Margaret Warner of the PBS News Hour with Cardinal William J. Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, which aired on the PBS stations last week.

MW: Is there a new test really, a new standard for bishops to meet in the way they handle clergy sex abuse cases?

CWL: I think the standard is not new but it’s being applied more rigorously than in the past.

MW: And were all these resignations voluntary?

CWL: Yes, they were.

MW: Would this pope in these sorts of cases consider asking for resignations?

CWL: Yes, he would.

MW: We’ve had people say to us that this is the worst crisis the Church has faced in a couple hundred years. Do you see it that way?

CWL: It’s a big crisis. I think no one should try to diminish that. I think the crisis is particularly grave because priests are ordained to be good shepherds. We had Good Shepherd Sunday this last Sunday, and this is anything but being a good shepherd when you abuse children and you violate their innocence and their persons and they are too young to be able to respond on their own. So this is a crisis, if you will, that I think caught most of us by surprise. One bishop told me this isn’t the cruise I signed up for, but that’s in fact what has happened. I think the pope, that was not his training and background, but I think he is the right man to be guiding the Church at this time.

MW: Now many people we’ve spoken to, certainly in the States, in the Church, are surprised that you all here seem surprised by this new wave. That, after all the American Church went through this eight years ago, painfully had to come to a new way of operating after many revelations.

Why was the Vatican not more prepared?

Why is this a surprise?

CWL: Well, I think that there are two things involved in the current media attention. I think one is the situation in Ireland, where the report on the Archdiocese of Dublin triggered a lot of attention not only in Ireland but in Europe and then I think throughout the world. The second frankly, I think, is if I will say a certain media bias. I shouldn’t. I don’t want to scapegoat anybody or have a conspiracy theory but I do think that for the American media in particular, the question has been driven by information given by the plaintiff’s attorneys who are looking for ways to involve the pope somehow in a court process or something like that, efforts which are I think bound to be futile but nevertheless I think that has driven a fair amount of the media coverage if I may say so.

MW: So do you think that some of the media are out to get the pope or the Church?

CWL: Well, you know I guess the media likes a good story but I think that by reasonable standards I think that they have not been fair in giving a balanced picture, a picture in context.

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MARGARET WARNER: Last week the pope accepted the resignation of two prominent bishops in Europe. Another bishop tendered his resignation in this clergy sex abuse scandal. Are there going to be more?

CARDINAL WILLIAM LEVADA: I don’t think there is any way to predict.

There have been several in the past, over the past 10 years let’s say for various reasons. There is no way of predicting that, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Pope Benedict XVI talks with U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, during a meeting in the pontiff’s private library at the Vatican in late April.

MW: And what is that picture? What is that context that isn’t being reported?

CWL: I haven’t seen in the reporting much attention given to what the United States Church has done. The bishops, it’s true through media attention, constant media attention in 2002, met and took very concrete action. When you see the programs that have been developed, the educational programs for parents, for children, for all church workers, including priests and teachers, there is a real success story that I personally think we ought to be proud of and say this also can be a model. We’re not proud that we had to create it but it can be a model for public schools, Boy Scouts, some of these other groups where we’re seeing now. While they don’t get the media attention the Church has in this, we see a huge punitive damage case in Oregon was reported today for the Boy Scouts, so I think that’s one aspect of it.

MW: So you don’t think it’s appropriate that people hold the Church to a higher standard? There is more focus on the Church?

CWL: That’s a fair question. I think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard in the sense that this is not something that one would have expected that a bishop or anybody in the Church, parents, none of us would have expected this. But I think the causes, we will see, go back to changes in society that the Church and priests were not prepared for, particularly changes involving how to be a celibate person in time of the sexual revolution, that’s one of the causes I’d say.

MW: Now the focus seems to be in this way very much, less on the individual cases and more on how the Church hierarchy handled it. And the overall charge is that the Church for decades seemed more concerned with protecting priests and the image of the Church than in protecting children. Do you think that is a fair reading of it?

CWL: I think it misses another aspect that has to be taken into account again as an aspect that applies to the Church and to society at large: that it has been a learning process, and the learning process has not finished in society certainly. I was named a bishop in 1983. I can say to you at that time I had never heard of a case of priest abusing a child. But in what we’ve seen reported, it was going on. It was going on behind closed doors. Nobody was reporting it. And it took us a lot of time, I think, to understand how to deal with this and it took a lot of time to understand how much damage is done to victims, to children, by this kind of behavior.

MW: You didn’t think that was apparent?

CWL: Well it was.

MW: The damage that’s done to a young child…

CWL: Of course it’s apparent, but how when you first hear of a case or you think those are isolated cases you don’t realize that there are going to be other cases being reported on a yearly or every six month basis and that’s what we had to learn about and learn how to deal with that in a more effective way.

MW: Well, you were an archbishop for 20 years, first in Portland, Ore., and then in San Francisco and I gather you did have to deal with cases.

CWL: Exactly. I had to deal with many cases. But it was learning by doing, I can tell you that.

MW: So in retrospect do you have any regrets in the way you handled them? Do you think that you were part of a culture that was slow to recognize the damage that it did? And the need to move assertively to get children out of the reach of priests like this.

CWL: Well I’ve examined my own conscience with the help of the media and lawyers in Oregon and California, so I could honestly say that I certainly could have done some things better than I did.

MW: Now the pope himself has also been criticized for the way he handled cases as archbishop in Munich and as Cardinal Ratzinger when he had your job. Is he going to address those himself?

Explain whatever he did or didn’t do and accept responsibility publicly?

CWL: Well, I can’t speak for him but I mean in my analysis of those two incidences that you bring up, I think his case in Munich, it does not strike me as unusual behavior for a bishop in those circumstances to let whoever is in charge of that particular work and office in the archdiocese to make the decisions about a particular priest and I think that was the case in Munich.

With regard to the work of the pope here at the congregation, those criticisms I think were basically unfair criticisms.

Those were cases that went back 20 and 30 years before, they were not dealing with children in harm’s way at the time and I don’t think that the pope can be rightly criticized in those cases.

MW: Earlier this month you posted on the website a new guideline for bishops saying if there is suspected, credible suspected cases of abuse you must report them to the police. If that is what the law requires. Some would ask why it took so long to post that kind of guideline?

CWL: I would answer that to say that

MW: People we’ve spoken to here including ordinary Catholics we’ve spoken to on the street and victims groups as well what they want to see is a kind of basically the opening of the files. They want to know how this office has handled the, what, some 3,000 cases that have come to your attention. How many times were the priests in fact guilty? How many times were priests transferred to another parish rather than completely relieved of their duties? Is that something this office would do?

CWL: Well, the question about how many times priests were transferred is not something that we have here. It may be included in the file or it may not. That’s a part of information. What we deal with here is the guilt of priests for crimes committed and what punishment they should receive.

MW: Would you ever publicize the names of those?

CWL: The names are public, I mean they are public ... in the dioceses the priests are known, published by their bishops and we’re really here to assist the bishops who have the primary responsibility in this care, the safeguarding of children.

MW: Finally, just a couple of questions about the pope himself because you meet with him weekly. Is he aware of how this issue is being seen in the outside world?

CWL: I am sure he is. He’s writing a letter, a beautiful letter to the Church in Ireland, which I’ve found personally very moving. He’s meeting with victims; that’s an example to bishops. There is nothing that helps bishops or priests learn about this problem better than meeting with the victims and hearing their stories MW: There are reports that the pope is going to make a general apology next June, a public apology at the conclusion of a jubilee year. Are those accurate and if so what kind of apology?

CWL: You know I’m not a good prophet. The pope, he’s pope and I’m the head of this congregation I tell him what I’m doing but he doesn’t tell me everything he is going to do so whether he is going to do that or not. We’ll have to wait and see, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

MW: Meanwhile, almost every day there is this steady drip, drip of a new case and a new revelation. How great a danger do you see that if this pope, this Vatican doesn’t get out ahead of it, that it’s going to severely undermine the trust that people have, Catholic and non-Catholic alike in the Church?

CWL: Well I think that you’ve made a good point. I don’t think there is any way that you can tell a victim when to come forward. Many of them are living with what happened to them for 20, 30, 40 years, so that’s a very individual thing. But, I do think that the United States can rightly offer a model and I will look forward to helping my brother bishops around the world see what can be done if you take good concrete steps, put things out on the table, make sure that you’ve got a program to educate your priests and screen for any problem areas as you are admitting priests and have a good program for safe environments. I think those are key things that make our people feel secure. I think that’s happened in the United States, and it should be something that can be done throughout the Church.

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Guest Commentary

The California Cannabis Initiative The California Cannabis Initiative (CCI), also known as Tax Cannabis 2010, has qualified for the November ballot in California. If passed, CCI would decriminalize certain marijuana offenses which currently generate a fine, arrest, or a misdemeanor, and would permit personal consumption and cultivation of cannabis by any adult over 21 years of age, thereby establishing non-discrimination protections for cannabis users. While effectively removing marijuana from California’s state and civil codes, CCI reestablishes the selling or providing of cannabis to a minor as a felony.

Ambiguous laws, the excessive amount of money used in pursuing, arresting, and punishing nonviolent offenders, and social justice concerns are primary incentives pushing CCI. Advocates argue that the “war on weed” has disproportionately affected minorities and young people. For example, 62 percent of California’s marijuana arrests are non-white and 42 percent are under 20 years old. Since 1990, there has been a 300 percent surge in arrests of teenagers of color, mostly AfricanAmerican.

The campaign for the passage of CCI aims at professionalizing or normalizing the use of marijuana, demonstrated by its deliberate use of “tax and regulate” over “legalization,” and “cannabis” over “marijuana.” The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) refers to CCI as a “system of legalization, taxation, regulation, and education.” Advocates likewise insist that “moderate use” of marijuana is a “significant vehicle to self-realization,” a stimulus for creativity and relaxation, and even an “access to instant mysticism.”

Supporters believe marijuana is a “benign recreational drug” and a “herbal medicine.”

Thirteen states plus California have already legalized marijuana use for medical reasons. This “compassionate use of marijuana” is aimed at helping patients with chronic diseases such as cancer and AIDS, although medical marijuana can easily be obtained for less serious afflictions. There has been evidence that smoking marijuana can relieve the nausea associated with chemotherapy, serve as an appetite stimulant for AIDS patients, and act as an anti-epileptic. Most of the medical marijuana in California is sold through dispensaries. In Los Angeles, e.g., dispensaries have exploded from 186 in 2007 to over 800 in the past twelve months. Some dispensaries such as Farmacy offer a wide variety of cannabis, including edibles, six types of marijuana gelato, and infused pesto spread and olive oil.

Those who oppose CCI argue that marijuana causes the same degree of damage as cigarette smoking. The use of marijuana is assessed as disrespecting one’s body, a form of intoxicant that dims one’s ability to think or reason clearly, and is a gateway to the use of more harmful drugs. Marijuana is considered a “dangerous drug” and a “powerful intoxicant” that harms one’s mental, physical, academic, and spiritual well-being, promotes irresponsible sexual behavior, encourages disrespect for traditional values, and threatens the nation’s youth. Long-term health effects of chronic cannabis use, and marijuana’s role as a

gateway to the use of other illegal drugs, are serious issues surrounding its use and decriminalization.

Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the United States and is used more frequently than all other illegal drugs combined. It is estimated that more than two million Americans smoke it every day. Unlike heroin or cocaine, anywhere from a quarter to half of the marijuana used in the U.S. is grown here. Most domestic marijuana is grown in the country’s midsection, running from the Appalachians west to the Great Plains and in the “Emerald Triangle,” an area in Northern California comprising Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties. The value of America’s annual marijuana crop ranges from $4 billion to $25 billion. California’s annual marijuana crop is estimated to be worth about $14 billion, which dwarfs any other sector of the state’s agricultural economy.

“Marijuana” is the Mexican colloquial name for a plant known technically as cannabis sativa. For some users, marijuana creates a psychological dependence. It appears to be less addictive than heroin, cocaine, nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine. However, statistics show that marijuana users are more than likely to later experiment with other psychoactive drugs, although the cause-and-effect relationship has never been established.

There is substantial evidence that habitual and heavy marijuana smoking may cause chronic bronchitis, damage the pulmonary system, and produce cancers in the mouth, throat, and lungs. Short-term effects and toxicity seem to be no more harmful than moderate alcohol consumption. Along with heroin, LSD, and peyote, marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I controlled substance, implying that it has a high potential for abuse.

There is an important distinction between decriminalization and legalization of marijuana. Decriminalization, the aim of CCI, is a policy that reduces the punishment for possession of marijuana to a civil fine rather than a criminal offense. Trafficking and selling, or distributing to minors, remain subject to standard criminal punishments.

In contrast, legalization would decriminalize both possession and sale of marijuana and replace them with a system of regulation and possible taxation. No state or national government has actually legalized marijuana.

Decriminalization is translated as regulation, that is, establishing controls regarding who can legally produce marijuana, who can legally distribute marijuana, who can legally consume marijuana, and where adults can legally use marijuana and under what circumstances is such use legally permitted (for instance, one would not want a surgeon, pilot, or bus driver using marijuana while involved in professional work).

Economics is a major engine driving support for CCI. It is estimated that decriminalizing marijuana could save the U.S. government $13 billion annually in prohibition costs (the primary cost of the criminalization of marijuana is law enforcement) and raise $7 billion in annual revenues if marijuana is taxed and regulated. Decriminalization is not seen as liberalization – to mean condoning marijuana and letting its use get out of control. Rather, decriminalization is interpreted as taxation and regulation.

Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Overlooked factors Catholic San Francisco, in its April 23 issue, had three well reasoned articles on the Church and the sexual abuse scandals. First was the homily of Msgr. Robert McElroy, which pointed out the “defective lenses” through which the offending

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priests were viewed. Then there was a very well presented guest commentary by Dr. Thomas Plante showing a number of truths which often get overlooked. Finally Jesuit Father Thomas Reese’s article gave important historical background to the situation.

Unfortunately, neither these articles, nor any other that I have seen get to the two most important factors in the lack of control for so many years – brotherhood and obedience.

Denis Nolan Daly City

Male-only perspective?

Thank you for publishing Dat Nguyen’s article on the clergy abuse crisis. I want to take exception to one concern I have regarding his thoughts on celibacy. I do agree that celibacy is not a primary cause of abuse and the general population has higher rates, but I do think diversity

Additionally, since the medical use of marijuana is already legalized (presently, there are about 300,000 medical-marijuana users in California), proponents believe that there is no overwhelming reason to Father Gerald oppose further decrimColeman, SS inalization.

Shifting marijuana from black markets to the organic farmer’s market could net California $1.4 billion in annual revenues. As Californians experience schools closing, mandated unpaid furlough days, and a ravaged state economy, this estimated financial boon is a persuasive argument for decriminalization.

Moral Considerations: California voters should be wary of economics as the primary factor pushing the passage of CCI. While there are financial incentives to consider, morality cannot be divorced from this debate.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church insists that life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God, and we must take reasonable care of them. “Concern for the health of its citizens requires that society help in the attainment of living-conditions that allow them to grow and reach maturity: food and clothing, housing, health care, basic education, employment, and social assistance.” (no. 2288) Legitimizing the use of marijuana will translate for many, especially young people, as permissiveness, with little or no consideration of its effect on one’s bodily and spiritual health and well-being.

The Catechism extols the virtue of temperance which “disposes us to avoid every kind of excess: the abuse of food, alcohol, tobacco, or medicine” (no. 2290). At this time, there has not been adequate education of society regarding the use of non-medical marijuana, thus opening the window for recreational use to become un-tempered, abusive, and damaging to one’s whole person. In addition, medical evidence for the general use of marijuana is well below the threshold of “best practices,” as many prescribing physicians for medicinal use of marijuana are arbitrary as to what counts as an authentic medical need.

Decriminalized or not, cannabis remains a drug.

The Catechism offers useful guidance: “The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life” (no. 2291). In 2001, the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry issued a pastoral handbook entitled “Church, Drugs, and Drug Addiction.” The Pontifical Council teaches that the use of cannabis is “incompatible with Christian morality” because it is an intoxicant that dims reason and is potentially damaging to the integrity of one’s body and soul.

Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman is Vice President, Corporate Ethics at the Daughters of Charity Health System.

in the governing body of the church (just like in any biological system) would be healthy. To have celibate, married, men, women would provide a wider perspective on humanity and a greater pastoral sensitivity to abuse when it occurs. Even right now the response to the crisis has been very testosterone driven – zero tolerance – just throw the bums out. I know several priests, wonderful men who were unfairly accused and had to leave holy orders. A male only hierarchy provides one perspective, any behavioral psychologist will tell you this – we are chemically driven organisms to a large part and to allow testosterone alone to dominate in the hierarchy of an institution limits its effectiveness and understanding when dealing with grave matters such as the current abuse crisis.

Thomas Lucking Santa Cruz

Explanations and apologies

sures at weeding out such applicants to the priesthood, reporting suspected abuse to the criminal authorities, and posting websites, important phone numbers, and signs of suspicious behavior. These steps are well intended. However, the Catholic Church has to explain its former policy of not reporting such priests to the criminal authorities, or moving such priests around from parish to parish, and of not addressing this issue when it was brought to the attention of the Church. Where there are children, there are pedophiles, and it makes no difference at which religious institution or secular institution. What was unique to the Catholic Church was a policy that allowed such priests to abuse many more children when they were moved to new parishes. Without explanations and apologies for these past offenses, the Church’s new policies ring hollow.

Richard Morasci San Francisco Editor’s note: This letter was received prior to the April 23 issue of Catholic San Francisco, which contained Msgr. Robert McElroy’s homily and other articles on the subject.

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The Cutting Edge

Vocation of motherhood May is traditionally dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Besides honoring Mary in May, we also single out and thank our own mothers on Mothers Day. It might be a good time to reflect on what it means to be a mother.

First of all, the biological conceiving and birthing of a child doesn’t automatically make a woman a mother in the true sense of the word. Most of us have read or heard stories of women who give physical birth to children, only to neglect or abandon them.

Like our Blessed Mother Mary, a mother is someone who says yes to the call to raise her children in love. The primary role or vocation of a mother is to nurture and protect her children. She helps to form their values and is a major influence on their emotional and spiritual development.

The instruction in the rite of Baptism tells parents that they are the first and primary educators of their children in the faith. Being a parent, a mother, is an enormous gift and responsibility.

When I was growing up I remember my mother being very involved in our parish. She belonged to the Sodality and the Altar and Rosary Society. She did everything from washing altar linens to becoming a Eucharistic minister when the laity began distributing Communion. Even into

her late 70s she still brought Communion to patients in the hospital. She often went to daily Mass and took us to special services like novenas. There is no doubt in my mind that her devotion and dedication was a great influence on my formation in the faith and ultimately my becoming a Sister of the Holy Cross.

Another attribute of motherhood is their lifetime concern for their children. Even though a component of motherhood is letting go of their grown children, mothers never cease to love and support them in good times and in bad, Sometimes a mother can do everything right and a child may not respond well. There are families who have one child with problems and another who has entered religious life, yet both were brought up the same way. Children can cause much sorrow and discouragement, but parents, especially mothers, continue to bestow faithful love. Consider St. Monica who prayed many years for the conversion of her wayward son who eventually became St. Augustine and a doctor of the Church.

And there are those who are spiritual mothers. They may not give physical birth to children but serve as important mentors. Aunts or other women in a family may play a large role too. These are often those who step in when help

is needed or if a mother dies or becomes ill, or they can be women who befriend children who lack mothering in their own families.

Often we take our mothers for granted and Sister neglect to show them our gratitude. It is important Margie Lavonis to show our thanks every day not just once a year.

The vocation of motherhood is not always easy and often mothers make great sacrifices for their children. Flowers and candy are nice, but most mothers would just like a thank you once in awhile throughout the year. There are many ways to show our appreciation.

And if you never knew your mother or if she is deceased, remember that Mary also is your mother and loves you very much.

Holy Cross Sister Margie Lavonis is a free lance writer living in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Of Grace and Sippy Cups

What I love about you Several months into dating my husband, I thought of a way to celebrate our relationship. “Let’s each make a list of what we love about one another,” I told him. “Then you can read me your list, and I’ll read you mine.”

Weeks later, on a mild San Francisco afternoon, we spread a blanket on the scraggly grass at Alta Plaza Park. We took turns reading each other our lists. Hearing the specific things that Scott loved about me, gathered in one place, was flattering, enlightening, and moving all at once.

When we’d finished, I gave him my list to keep. He didn’t return the favor. “My handwriting is terrible,” he said, tucking the folded list firmly into his pocket. “I’m going to type this up for you.”

The following Thanksgiving, he gave me the list, but with a twist: he’d turned it into a book. Each page featured something that he loved about me, illustrated with photos.

The second-to-last page said, “Will you …” and the last page asked, “Marry Me?” Needless to say, it was a very thankful Thanksgiving.

We’ve now been married for almost eight years. Every night, before going to sleep, we each share one thing that

we love about the other. It might be a personality trait (kindness, intelligence) or a physical characteristic (smile, blue eyes). Sometimes it’s intimate; sometimes it’s funny. We have never run out of things to say.

This ritual guarantees that the last thing we hear from each other at night is something positive. Even if the day has passed in a blur of work and child-rearing and we haven’t had a meaningful conversation in ages, this tradition reminds us of why we got together, of how we ended up on this wild beautiful rollercoaster in the first place. It also reminds us of why we stay together, and why the ride – hairpin turns, drops and all – is totally worth it.

And now that we are parents, we do the same ritual every night with the boys. “I love how you approach life with such gusto,” I might tell 19-month-old Luke; “I love how helpful you are,” Scott might say to three-year-old Matthew. Sometimes Matthew will spontaneously share something he loves about his little brother, which makes Scott and me melt on cue.

How long will we do this with the boys? As long as they’ll let us. Perhaps someday they will get embarrassed

by this parental affection and will wave us off.

Or maybe, in the wacky tumult of adolescence, they’ll want it more than ever. Maybe they will crave that nightly proof that no matter how prickly Ginny or challenging they’ve been during the day, their Kubitz Moyer parents still notice what is good in them.

That’s exactly what God does, after all. Come to think of it, maybe that’s why this ritual has had such staying power in our lives. It’s a simple way that we can mirror God’s own wild and beautiful love: the love that trumps all, forgives all, and never, ever goes away.

Ginny Kubitz Moyer is the author of “Mary and Me: Catholic Women Reflect on the Mother of God.” Contact her at www.blog.maryandme.org.

Guest Commentary

Arizona mythbusting Arizona has just passed the toughest anti-illegal immigrant law in the country – but you have to wonder: Why now?

Illegal immigration is down nationally from its high in 2000, with border apprehensions lower than they’ve been in 35 years. There are fewer illegal aliens in the U.S. today than there were just two years ago, from 2008 to 2009, 1.2 million illegal immigrants left. In Arizona alone, more than 100,000 illegal aliens have left the state over the last two years, and the number of illegal aliens caught trying to cross into Arizona has been down by almost 40 percent over the last three years. So why did politicians rush to enact a poorly drafted, arguably unconstitutional law at this moment?

The horrific murder of an Arizona rancher in March provided popular momentum for the legislation. A few days before his murder, Robert Krentz found large quantities of illegal drugs on his property and reported it to the police – certainly motive for the vicious cartels that run drugs across the Mexican border to take a hit out on Krentz.

Unfortunately, this one murder has led many people to believe that crime in Arizona is rampant and that illegal immigrants are the cause.

The problem with this theory is that actual crime statistics tell a different story. Crime in Arizona has consistently gone down over the last 15 years, even while illegal immigration was increasing. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports show that the violent crime rate statewide in Arizona has been cut by almost 40 percent since 1995, and property crimes have followed the same pattern.

Violent crime rates – including rape, murder and robbery

– haven’t been this low since 1972, and Arizona’s violent crime decreased at a faster rate than the national decline over the same period. More importantly, this decline in violent crime occurred during the very period that Arizona experienced a huge influx of illegal immigrants, with the Arizona border becoming the main source of illegal entry from Mexico in every year since 1998. Whatever other problems Arizonans have with illegal immigrants, they can’t blame them for a non-existent rise in violent crime.

Still, according to the latest polls, it appears that some twothirds of Arizonans support the new law. But, as with the misinformation about skyrocketing crime in the state, much of the information being bandied about on what’s in the new law also happens to be wrong. I can’t count the times over the last week I’ve heard reporters and commentators say that the law simply allows police officers who have already stopped someone for a traffic violation or some other crime to require the person to produce proof of legal residence if the officer has “reasonable suspicion” that the person is an illegal immigrant.

But the actual wording of the law says something quite different. It gives any state, county or local government official the right to demand documents from persons suspected of being illegal immigrants: “For any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or agency of the state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person.”

Apparently, immigrants aren’t the only ones we should

encourage to learn English; Arizona lawmakers should learn English, too. The syntax and grammar are so convoluted, it’s difficult to parse the meaning.

The term “lawful contact,” while not defined Linda Chavez in the law, has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court in the broadest terms.

In Terry v. Ohio, the court made clear that police officers have wide latitude to approach anyone and question them on suspicion of a crime – which the Arizona law now defines as “reasonable suspicion” that the person is an illegal immigrant. The law says race or national origin can’t be the sole factor constituting “reasonable suspicion,” but it doesn’t prohibit race or ethnicity from being one factor. As we’ve seen on affirmative action – where race is claimed to be only one factor in giving preference to minority applicants – it is, unfortunately, almost always the deciding factor. And the same thing will happen here.

The law will not likely pass constitutional muster, but the harm to the 1.5 million Hispanics who are legal residents of Arizona will not easily be forgotten. And politicians who decide to jump on this bandwagon are in for a bumpy ride.

Linda Chavez chairs the Center for Equal Opportunity and is the author of “Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation” (Basic Books).

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Spirituality . . . â– Continued from page 14 he or she is different than we are, no matter how much those differences separate us, frustrate us, and try our patience and understanding.

We shouldn’t blame and resent each other for being different. Yet that is what we invariably do. We resent others, especially those closest to us in our families, in our churches, and in our places of work, because they are different than we are, as if they were to blame for those differences. Funny, how we rarely reverse that and blame ourselves. But generally we blame someone or something.

Incompatibility within families, church circles, and professional circles, rarely helps produce respect and friendship, as it

May 7, 2010 did between Gottfried and Doris Lessing.

The opposite is true. Our differences generally become a source of division, anger, resentment, bitterness, and recrimination.

We positively blame the other person for the incompatibility as if it was a moral fault or a willful separation.

Of course, sometimes, that can be the case. Infidelity or even simple laziness and lack of effort in a relationship can also eat away at harmony and insert insurmountable obstacles to understanding and compatibility. An affair with someone who isn’t your partner can help trigger incompatibility in a marriage pretty quickly. In such a case, it wouldn’t be as true to say: “This is just a misfortune.� There is someone to blame.

However most of the differences that separate us are, in the words of Gottfried Lessing, mostly just a misfortune, not a crime.

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Who is to blame? Who’s at fault? If anyone is to be blamed, let’s blame nature and God. We can blame nature for its prodigal character, for its overwhelming abundance, for its staggering variety, for its billions of species, for its bewildering differences within the same species, and for its proclivity to give us novelty and color beyond imagination. We can also blame God for placing us in a universe whose magnitude, diversity, and complexity befuddles both the intellect and the imagination.

Our universe is still growing both in size and in variation, with change as it’s only constant.

God and nature, it would appear, do not believe in simplicity, uniformity, blandness, and sameness. We aren’t born into this world off conveyor-belts like cars coming off a factory line. The infinite combination of accidents, circumstance, chance, and providence that conspire to make up our specific and individual DNA is too complex to ever be calculated or even concretely imagined.

But blame isn’t the proper verb here, even if in our frustrations with our differences we feel that we need to blame someone. God and nature shouldn’t be

blamed for providing us with so much richness, for setting us into a world with so much color and variety, and for making our own personalities so deep and complex.

How boring life would be if we weren’t forever confronted with novelty, variety, and difference. How boring the world would be if everything were the same color, if all flowers were of one kind, and if all personalities were the same as ours. We would pay a high price for the easy peace and understanding that would come from that uniformity.

Gottfried Lessing was an agnostic and a Marxist, not an easy friend to Christianity. But we (who vow ourselves by our baptism to understanding, empathy, forgiveness, and peace-making) should be strongly and healthily challenged by his insight and understanding: It’s not a sin or a crime to be incompatible, it’s only unfortunate!

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long ago who had been faithful to their vocation, “Do this in Memory of Me,� every day of their lives. Where are they now?

Rose M. Jardin San Bruno

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• Pope Benedict’s visit with the president of Portugal, May 11 at 5:30 a.m.

• Celebration of a Solemn Mass in Lisbon at the Terreiro do Paco, May 11 at 10:15 a.m., with an encore (rebroadcast) May 11 at 4 p.m.

• The Holy Father departs from Lisbon via helicopter and arrives at Fatima, May 12 at 8:30 a.m.

• Vespers service in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity at Fatima, May 12 at 10 a.m., with an encore May 12 at 7 p.m.

• Blessing of candles & rosaries at the Esplanade of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, followed by the recitation of the Rosary, May 12 at 1:30 p.m.

• Pope Benedict will offer a Solemn Mass in the Basilica where the three visionaries are buried, May 13 at 2 a.m., with an encore May 13 at 6 p.m.

• The Holy Father will meet with representatives of charitable organizations in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, May 13 at 9 a.m.

• The Pope meets with the Portuguese Bishops in the House of Our Lady of Carmen at Fatima, May 13 at 10:45 a.m.

• Pope Benedict will depart from Fatima and head for the city of Porto, May 14 at 12:40 a.m.

• The Pope will offer Mass at the Av. dos Aliados Square in Porto, May 14 at 2:15 a.m., with encores on May 14, at 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Portugal May 11-14, visiting the Marian shrine of Fatima as well as the capital of Lisbon and the city of Porto.

EWTN, the 24-hour Catholic television network, will air much of the pope’s visit to Portugal and Fatima. Telecasts will include the following events.

Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the Shroud of Turin in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, May 2. The pope paid a daylong visit to Turin, celebrating an outdoor Mass, venerating the shroud, meeting with young people and visiting the sick.

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TV/Radio Fridays at 9 a.m.: The Archbishop’s Hour on Immaculate Heart Radio, KSFB - 1260 AM, San Francisco. Enjoy news, conversation and in-depth look at local and larger Church. Program is rerun Fridays and Mondays at 9 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m. e-mail info@sfarchdiocese.org with comments and questions about faith. 1260 AM also offers daily Mass, rosary and talk on the faith. Visit www.ihradio.org.

Sunday, 6 a.m., KOFY Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr. Harry Schlitt presiding.

Sunday, 7 a.m.: TV Mass on The Filipino Channel (TFC) (Channel 241 on Comcast and Channel 2060 on Direct TV. Saturday, 4 p.m.: Religious programming in Cantonese over KVTO 1400 AM, co-sponsored by the Chinese Ministry and Chinese Young Adults of the Archdiocese.

1st Sunday, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: “Mosaic,” featuring conversations on current Catholic issues.

3rd Sunday, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: “For Heaven’s Sake,” featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality.

EWTN Catholic Television: Comcast Channel 229, AT&T Channel 562, Astound Channel 80, San Bruno Cable Channel 143, DISH Satellite Channel 261, Direct TV Channel 370. For programming details, visit www. ewtn.com

St. Mary’s Cathedral Gough and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 May 2, noon: Annual St. Mary’s Cathedral Parish Mass. All are welcome.

May 19, 10:30 a.m. – noon: Grief Support Group in the Msgr. Bowe Room. Presenter is Barbara Elordi, MFT, coordinator of Consolation Ministry. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

Strength for the Journey, a ministry of support for people diagnosed with life-threatening illness and the families, friends and caregivers, is in its inaugural stage at the cathedral. Deacon Christoph Sandoval is director. Cal (415) 567-2020, ext. 203, or e-mail Rcs7777@comcast.net.

Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at grosskopf@usfca.edu (415) 422-6698.

Would you like support while you travel the road through separation and divorce? The Archdiocese of San Francisco offers support for the journey.

The Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (SDCASF) has two ongoing support groups in the 1st and 3rd weeks of each month. There is one on the Peninsula, at St. Bartholomew Parish, 600 Columbia Dr, San Mateo, on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, at 7 p.m. in the Spirituality center on the main floor of the ‘school’ building. The other one is in the parish hall of St. Stephen Parish near Stonestown, San Francisco, on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, at 7:30 p.m. Call Gail (650) 591-8452, or Joanne at St. Bart’s, (650) 347-0701 for more information.

Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin County: “We are Catholics, single or single again, who are interested in making new friends, taking part in social activities, sharing opportunities for spiritual growth, and becoming involved in volunteer activities that will benefit our parishes, our community, and one another.

We welcome those who would share in this with us.”

For information, call Bob at (415) 897-0639.

Catholics 55 and over interested in meeting others of the faith in that age group are invited to contact Mary at mpecci@sbcglobal.net. A core group May 8, 9 a.m. – noon: Spring cleaning is mode of Notre Dame Elementary School’s Community Shred to be held at the school, 1200 Notre Dame Ave. off Ralston in Belmont.

Bring boxes of what you want shredded and for $5 per box the deed will be done.

Proceeds benefit the school’s outdoor education program and the school garden. Contact jpenner@nde.org

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May 22, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Whale of a Sale at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd. in Greenbrae. Spaces available for items you might want to sell at $35 if reserved before May 13 and $50 per space after that date. Vendor supplies their own tables and chairs. Spaces accommodate eight foot table or two card tables. Call (415) 4610704 or visit www.sebastian94904.com Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.: Rosary for Life 815 Eddy St. – Planned Parenthood – in San Francisco.

Vocations

Saturdays: San Mateo Pro-Life prays the rosary at Planned Parenthood, 2211 Palm Ave. in San Mateo at 8 a.m. and invites others to join them at the site.

The prayer continues as a peaceful vigil until 1 p.m. The group is also open to new membership. Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month except August and December at St. Gregory Parish’s Worner Center, 138 28th Ave. in San Mateo at 7:30 p.m. The group also stood for life sunrise to sunset at the San Mateo location during Lent’s 40 Days for Life. For more information, call Jessica at (650) 572-1468 or visit www.sanmateoprolife.com who will organize events for this age group is being formed. Minimum effort required.

Taize/Sung Prayer 1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; young adults are invited each first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides light refreshments and networking with other young adults.

Convenient parking is available. For more information e-mail mercyyoungadults@sbcglobal.net.

Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113.

3rd Friday, 8 p.m.: Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd. (off Mission Tierra), Fremont. For further information, please contact Dominican Sister Beth Quire at (510) 449-7554 or visit our website at www.msjdominicans. org for more information.

May 12: Taize Prayer with Kayleen Asbo and Robin O’Brien accompanied by piano and cello. Santa Sabina Center, 25 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael, 7 - 8:30 p.m.; introduction session precedes the evening’s prayer. Donation $20. For more information: (415) 457-7727; info@santasabinacenter.org.

May 21, 7 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive in Burlingame. Sponsored by Ministers of Light, a survivor-driven ministry devoted to domestic violence prevention. Visit www.ministersoflight.org or call (415) 625-2710.

Support Resources Relevant to the Economy Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Stress Management

Group - Benefit from relaxation techniques, mind and body awareness practices, group support.

Takes place at Catholic Charities CYO, 36 West 37th Avenue, San Mateo. Cost is $15 per session Enroll by calling Catholic Charities CYO at (650) 295-2160, ex.199. Pamela Eaken, MFTI, and Natasha Wiegand, MFTI, facilitate the sessions. The program is supervised by David Ross, Ph.D.

Trainings/Lectures/Respect Life May 8, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Come join your Catholic brothers for the 1st Annual Peninsula Catholic Men’s Conference. The battle is raging all around us and it’s time to stand up and fight the good fight.

Theme is The Lord’s Gym with talks on Christian Fatherhood and other topics of the times. Takes place at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Foster City.

Day features talks from Catholic speakers including Jesse Romero and Terry Barber. Tickets are $35 each and include a continental breakfast and lunch. Call or e-mail Johnny Garcia at (626) 331-3549, ext. 413 or johnny@saintjoe.com for more info. You may also visit www.saintjoeconferences.com May 12: Contemplative Day of Prayer, Santa Sabina Center, 25 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Eucharist at 1:15 p.m. Donation $20.

For more information: (415) 457-7727; info@santasabinacenter.org.

May 22, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.: The Life and Dignity of the Human Person with Father Andrew Amritharaj, Ph. D. at St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Rd. just of Edgewood near Alameda de las Pulgas in Redwood City. Topics include end-of-life issues in light of Catholic Church teachings. The presenter is a professor of moral theology and spirituality at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park. Admission free. Lunch provided. To register, call Evie Dwyer at (650) 368-9372 or e-mail evie@ federales.com

May 15: Dominican Sisters’ Vision of Hope and Annual Day at the Races at Golden Gate Fields for the Preakness. The event committee has gathered new and exciting raffle prizes for both the big raffle and the really fun one that takes place only for those attending - last year we had so much fun, even total strangers came to join us. The big raffle will again have the Giants owners’ tickets, and other great prizes. The track has set aside its best tables just for our group, so don’t be late to the gate in getting your tickets – call (510) 533-5768 or e-mail osd@msjdominicans.org. Ticket prices are $60 per person for regular seating and $80 per person for premium seating. All tickets include brunch, lunch and valet parking! See you at the races.

May 15: The Society of Mary, Marist Fathers and Brothers are sponsoring monthly days of discernment for men between the ages of 18 and 35 at St. Peter Chanel Seminary, 2335 Warring St. Berkeley.

These days will provide an opportunity to think, pray and discuss their Christian calling to remain single, get married or to commit to the consecrated life as a religious priest or brother. Call (510) 486-1232 or e-mail maristvocations@sbcglobal.net.

May 15, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.: Young Adults 21-40 Pray! Play! Praise! with Sister Rebecca at Queen of the Holy Rosary Center, Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Motherhouse, 43326 Mission Blvd, Fremont (entrance on Mission Tierra Pl. between Ohlone College and Old Mission San Jose. Come for just a while or plan to stay all day! RSVP: Blessings@ msjdominicans.org; or call (510) 933-6335 May 10.

Visit our website at www.msjdominicans.org for more information.

May 21, 22: Catholic women age 21 - 40ish. Discern the call to Religious Life with the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. E-mail Blessings@msjdominicans. org; or call: (510) 933-6335 to RSVP or find out more.

Reunions June 26: Class of ’60, Star of the Sea Academy.

E-mail erhunt@mail.com or noniloretta@att.net October 22: Class of ’60, St. Cecilia Elementary School Wine and Cheese Party in the parish Collins Center. Event includes tour of the school and the opportunity to participate in the annual Parish Festival. Contact Bob O’Donnell at rjodfc@ yahoo.com or Nancy Sarlatte Murphy at nancymurphy1248@comcast.net October 23: Class of ’60, St. Cecilia Elementary School Reunion Dinner at the Irish Cultural Center.

Contact Bob O’Donnell at rjodfc@yahoo.com or Nancy Sarlatte Murphy at nancymurphy1248@comcast.net

Food & Fun May 8, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.: St. Gabriel Sixth Grade Rummage and Bake Sale benefiting children of Darfur in St. Gabe’s schoolyard, 2550 41st Ave in San Francisco. Darfur is now in its worst drought of recent times. Contact Katherine Alba-Swanson at klas43@ sbcglobal.net.

May15, 1:10 p.m.: “Parish Family Day at AT&T” advance ticket sales - $14 per person - only by March 30. The SF Parish & School Baseball League will host a free ‘tailgate’ party of hot dogs and sodas, and we will feature 84 of our longest throwers in a ‘long-toss’ competition by grades 3 - 8. If he is not pitching, Giants’ long-toss champ, Barry Zito will hand out the trophies. Parishioners wishing to attend should contact their Athletic Director, or they can contact e-mail bstableford@sfpsbl.org or phone (415) 559-8728.

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Books for, by and about mothers offer advice and insights to all â&#x20AC;&#x153;THE HANDBOOK FOR CATHOLIC MOMS: NURTURING YOUR HEART, MIND, BODY AND SOULâ&#x20AC;? by Lisa M. Hendey. Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, Ind., 2010). 256 pp., $15.95. â&#x20AC;&#x153;IT DOESNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T END HERE: AN AMAZING JOURNEY OF FAITH AND FORGIVENESSâ&#x20AC;? by Dawn Marie Roeder. Lanciano Media (Chandler, Ariz., 2010).

207 pp., $14.95.

Reviewed by Peggy Weber Catholic News Service Lisa Hendey and Dawn Marie Roeder have offered two very different books related to motherhood. Hendeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a general guide for Catholic moms. Roederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deals with a more defined theme and focuses on her struggles related to the death of her young son.

However, both are filled with anecdotes, prayers, information and ideas that should inspire readers.

You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a mother to pick up these two books.

Certainly, anyone who is trying to raise a child will benefit from reading them.

Hendeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Handbook for Catholic Momsâ&#x20AC;? really covers the whole gamut of child-rearing and religion.

She offers great stories, a delightful sense of humor and a very real message about trying to raise a child in the faith in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world.

For example, she writes how she felt like a failure when she found out her first-grade son had his name put on the board for the fifth day in a row. She said this made her realize

the importance of separating her own identity from that of her children.

However, her book is not just another parenting book. It has a unique Catholic flavor. It includes sections on selecting a parish, why going to Mass matters, and creating a culture of faith.

Hendey even offers a sweet insight into her experience of marrying a non-Catholic. (He has since become Catholic.) And she devotes space to such topics as single parenting, blended families, adoptive families and other topics.

This is a book that any Catholic mother would treasure.

Roederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;It Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t End Hereâ&#x20AC;? is, like Hendeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s handbook, written with an easy, narrative style. However, it is a difficult book. The author writes painfully and honestly about how she drove off in her car with her 2-year-old son, Nathaniel, and got into an accident. The toddler was not in a car seat.

Roeder writes that she was in a psychotic state because of a mix of medicines she was taking. She especially blamed a prescription she had been taking for attention deficit disorder. The book chronicles her legal battle with the drug company.

Of greater interest to readers is the authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggle to forgive herself, embrace her faith and go on with her life.

It is very clear that the Catholic faith helped her during this very difficult time.

The deep faith of both women is apparent and is sure to make a connection with readers.

Both books are jammed with information, quotes, letters and journal entries. It can be a bit confusing to some readers.

Others might enjoy the variety and added facts.

Both books show the passion these women have for motherhood and their faith.

Also worth noting: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heart of My Heart: 365 Reflections on the Magnitude and Meaning of Motherhoodâ&#x20AC;? by Kristin Armstrong. FaithWords (New York, 2010) 384 pp., $16.99.

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Timely book offers history of one religious communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renewal â&#x20AC;&#x153;STAYING IN THE FIRE: A SISTERHOOD RESPONDS TO VATICAN IIâ&#x20AC;? by Phyllis Kittel. WovenWord Press (Boulder, Colo., 2009). 390 pp., $17.

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In 2000, Kittel, newly retired as a mathematics professor and academic dean at Benedictine University, was visiting a sister friend in the infirmary of the community she had been part of until 1968. As she â&#x20AC;&#x153;listened in vain for the words superior or permission or silence, which had defined my near-cloistered community experience,â&#x20AC;? she was struck by the vitality and freedom of the sistersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives, the creativity of their ministries, and the simplicity and warmth of the physical environment.

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similar in her academic career, Kittel realized she had the personal and professional expertise to write the edifying story of the renewal of this community.

Weaving together excerpts from 40 oral history interviews and knowledge gleaned from archival research, she has given us a case study of an institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successful adaptation to changing values and missions.

Appropriately, the book begins with the structure of pre-Vatican II religious life and the spiritual courage of the young women who generously responded to the vocational call they perceived to be Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will for them.

Renewal was the slow and sometimes difficult process of shaping an authentic and appropriate religious life for a community of service. One sister explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big problem was we came to realize that we were living all the restrictive rules of a contemplative community and yet responsible to become aware of all we needed to serve those outside cloistered walls.â&#x20AC;?

On the surface, the renewal addressed the structures of religious life: a deeper understanding of the vows, the meaning of the habit, discernment that led to new ministries, the structure of community living and, most importantly, a shift from hierarchical to collegial forms of governance.

Providentially, the Precious Blood sisters were blessed with the sensitive, gifted and competent leadership of Sister Rosella Hess during the critical years of 1966 to 1972. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perhaps Rosellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest contribution to the community was that she was not a charismatic leader!â&#x20AC;? Kittel writes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rather, she created the open environment in which grass-roots leadership could flourish. It was an environment in which the Spirit speaking to each individual could be heard.â&#x20AC;?

Above all, the Sisters of the Precious Blood experienced a spiritual renewal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prayer is the sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifetime, exuberant and awestruck journey of relationship with God; spiritual renewal is the sister in community, pursuing her passion in the God-quest with mutual support and shared awe.â&#x20AC;?

The shining thread throughout this book is the sistersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; beautiful and spontaneous expressions of gratitude for a deepening understanding of the eucharistic basis of Precious Blood spirituality, for the privilege of living a life of â&#x20AC;&#x153;conscious spiritual integrationâ&#x20AC;? and for the luxury of time for prayer and for discernment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Annunciation angel appeared literally, but gradually each sister found who needed her and where she was needed,â&#x20AC;? the author writes.

This is a generous, gifted and courageous community and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Staying in the Fireâ&#x20AC;? tells their inspiring story with warmth, respect and intelligence.

Rachelle Linner is a freelance writer in Medford, Mass.

May 7, 2010

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