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Site of a papal Mass is prepared near the Garden of Gethsemane in the Josafat Valley in Jerusalem May 5.

Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass May 12 at this site during his visit to the Holy Land.

Pope asks for prayers for Holy Land trip, peace for region’s people

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Preparing to visit the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI asked for prayers for his trip, for peace in the region and for the suffering Palestinian people.

Reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer May 3 with thousands of visitors in St. Peter’s

Square, the pope said he would make the May 8-15 trip to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories as a “pilgrim of peace, in the name of the one God who is father of all.”

Pope Benedict said he wanted to show the region’s people how committed the Catholic Church is to supporting everyone engaged in dialogue and reconciliation and working “to reach a stable and lasting peace with justice and mutual respect.”

Addressing English-speaking visitors, the pope asked for prayers for “the afflicted people” of the Holy Land.

“In a special way, I ask that you

remember the Palestinian people who have endured great hardship and suffering,” he said.

Pope Benedict prayed that God would bless the Palestinians and all the region’s people “with the gifts of unity and peace.”

In his main talk, the pope said that in addition to going to encourage peacemaking he wanted to follow in the footsteps of Pope Paul VI, who visited the region in 1964, and Pope John Paul II, who made his pilgrimage in 2000.

Pope Benedict said he would visit the “principal holy sites of our faith” and, as POPE PRAYERS, page 6

Job seekers urged to trust their faith in moments of desolation

By Rick DelVecchio Focus on searching for a new job but stay spiritually healthy and never let pride take the place of trust in God. Jesuit Father George Schultze, the spiritual director at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, shared that message with job seekers who gathered April 27 for a meeting of Edgewood Works, an employment support group started by the social justice ministry at St. Matthias Parish in Redwood City.

Father Schultze said job seekers must give their total focus to the task of finding work.

But he said it is also vital that they experience the frustration, even the desolation, that

comes with the process guided attempt at solving with a sense of faith and our desolation by sinful calm and knowledge of means.” the companionship of Alcohol, drugs, porJesus. nography, infidelity and theft are the well-known “You and I, the sons vices, he said. The list of and daughters of God, moral risks also includes clearly find ourselves at debilitating despondency times in the desert of life and thoughts of suicide. with thoughts of abandonment and despair,” “Our body has a will to he said. “We are in a live and we need to dispel state of desolation. We such thoughts immediately have two choices: we and seek the help of others Father George Schultze, S.J. can either trust in God if they persist,” said Father or fall to the temptation of pride.”

Schultze, who has an academic background in Father Schultze defined pride as “a mis- industrial labor relations and publishes articles

on such topics as labor organizing and Catholic values and the spiritual nature of work.

He recounted a personal story about his father, George Schultze Sr., a forklift operator who worked in a shingle factory in Redwood City until he lost his job due to injury in his early 50s.

“My own father, who was forced to retire at an early age, within a year’s time had passed away,” Father Schultze recounted in a later phone interview. “In reflection I think part of it was a loss of direction and meaning in his own experience, and also just the anxiety of being without work at a relatively early age in his life.”

Father Schultze spoke of joblessness as an JOB SEEKERS, page 8

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION News in brief. . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Holy Land preview . . . . . . . . 6 Flu advisory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Our Lady’s Ministry . . . . . . 11 Guest commentary . . . . . . . 12

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By Tom Burke Happy 66 years married to Jeanne and Irv Mitchell of Daly City. Celebration plans included “going out to dinner with our children,” Jeanne told me via e-mail….

From the nest, so to speak, to full flight are Jade Rey, Zachary Felise, Sam Schneider, Chris McLinden, and Duncan Sinfield, who were recently honored with scouting’s highest rank of Eagle Scout. The young men all were in the same kindergarten class at Our Lady Parish, told me. Kathy said she and classmate Midge of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Redwood City. Hieber, had an especially nice visit with Dominican Sister Claire Maher first principal of OLM, who Proud parents are Janet and Arnell Rey, taught the class in fifth and eighth grade.

Kathleen and Stacy Schneider, Mary and Sister Claire is now 101 years old and Rich McLinden, Lynn Pereira-Felise living in retirement at her congregation’s and Eddie Felise, and Kathy and Fred motherhouse in San Rafael. “She is sharp Sinfield. Congrats, too, to new Eagle as a tack,” Kathy said. Kathy remembered Scouts Casey Cremen, Michael Gaynor, her as “magnificent, sweet and lovely” and John Quitugua, Michael Shymanski, and said she is still “the cream of the crop.”

Ricky Solomon, all graduates of St. Cecilia Though unable to attend the dinner – “too Elementary School in San Francisco….The late,” Kathy said Sister Claire told her – the class of 1959 from Our Lady of Mercy beloved religious signed each of the Golden Elementary School – its first graduates came together for a Golden Diploma Mass Sister Claire Maher, O.P. Diplomas, a happy chore brought to her by former OLM principal, Arlene Fife, and and dinner April 25. “It was a blast,” Father Bill Brown, OLM pastor, told me. Member of the class, former assistant principal, Vikki Murphy…..Hitting the Kathy Jones, affirmed the good time. “It was fun,” the high notes were third and fourth grade choir members Director of Religious Education at Our Lady of Angels from Good Shepherd Elementary School in Pacifica. The Members of the class of 1959 from Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School in the church sanctuary following reunion Mass: Michael Bowers, front left, Midge Rice Hieber, Victoria Sariotti Murphy, Sharon Sarubbi Cosgrove, Philip Fraher with Father Bill Brown, Kathryn Tripaldi Jones, Daniel Desmond, Robert Miller, and Richard Palmini. Not available for the picture were Patrick Clements and Eric Knutila.

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Evening prayer for Oakland’s new bishop

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On May 4, the eve of his installation as the fourth Bishop of Oakland, Bishop Salvatore Cordileone gathered with his priests for Evening Prayer at the Cathedral of Christ the Light.

Bishop Cordileone is the former auxiliary bishop of San Diego.

Leading the Vespers service with him were Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit, Oakland’s third bishop, at Bishop Cordileone’s right, and Bishop Emeritus John Cummins, Oakland’s second bishop.

Santa Clara University ties with Berkeley’s Jesuit School of Theology SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CNS) – Two Jesuit institutions in northern California have agreed to integrate in an effort to draw upon the academic and theological strengths of both higher education centers.

The boards of Santa Clara University and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley – along with the U.S. Jesuit provincials – announced the incorporation May 4.

Under the new arrangement, the Jesuit School of Theology will remain in Berkeley and become a school of Santa Clara University, known as the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. Degrees eventually will bear the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University brand.

“This partnership solidifies and fortifies SCU and JST in their shared goal of engaging in global theological study, contextual education and justice-oriented ministry,” said Jesuit Father Michael Engh, president of Santa Clara University. “It will also help ensure a continued, strong Jesuit presence at SCU.” Officials from both schools said many prized facets of each institution will remain unchanged after the integration.

For instance, the Berkeley school will remain a member of the nine-school ecumenical Graduate Theological Union, which operates a world-class theological library and the largest U.S. doctoral program in theology. Fellow Berkeley Catholic institutions

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The merging schools will retain the academic freedom they currently enjoy, officials from both schools said.

The Jesuit School of Theology is one of only two theological centers in the U.S. operated by the Society of Jesus, as the Jesuit order of Catholic priests is known. It serves as an international center for the study of theology and ministry in a multicultural context and currently includes students from nearly 40 countries.

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Theology,” said Jesuit Father Kevin Burke, executive dean and acting president of the school at Berkeley.

“This transitional moment ranks among the most significant in our history, on a par with our foundation as Alma College in 1934 and our move to Berkeley in 1969,” Father Burke said.

“Indeed, we are entering an exciting moment for both institutions as well as for the mission of the Society of Jesus in the United States.”

The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University will have a board of directors numbering between 15 and 27. Seven will be Jesuit priests, a majority of whom must approve certain matters, including those pertaining to the ecclesiastical degrees conferred by the school.

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Pope: Hunger a ‘shameful tragedy’ VATICAN CITY – One of the most urgent and critical social problems afflicting the world today is the “shameful tragedy that one-fifth of humanity still goes hungry,” Pope Benedict XVI told members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. “Assuring an adequate food supply, like the protection of vital resources such as water and energy, requires all international leaders to collaborate in showing a readiness to work” toward eliminating social inequalities between countries and communities, he said in an address May 4. “For Christians who regularly ask God to ‘give us this day our daily bread,’ it is a shameful tragedy” that so many people go hungry and are malnourished, he said. Some 25,000 people die from hunger every day and one child dies every six seconds of malnutrition or starvation, according to the United Nations’ World Food Program. The pope made his remarks during an audience with participants attending a plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

Secular media called to task ROME – Incessant and unwarranted criticism against Pope Benedict XVI is part of a larger anti-church campaign being waged by major newspapers and media outlets in the United States and Europe, said an Italian Jesuit magazine. “Catholics in Italy and Europe know very well that a preconceived hostility exists against church doctrine, especially in the field of ethics,” La Civilta Cattolica said. The mass media, “which is the voice of powerful forces and interests, is an excellent propagator of this hostility,” said a May 2 article released to journalists April 30. The article, written by Jesuit Father Giandomenico Mucci, said “the media campaign that tends to discredit the pope finds fodder in the most outrageous interpretations made from papal

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speeches” and remarks. The Rome-based biweekly magazine is reviewed by the Vatican Secretariat of State before publication. The magazine said there have been numerous occasions when commentators have distorted what the pope says or does because they view his actions through “biased lenses.”

Pope warns of worldly spirit VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI ordained 19 priests and urged them to make sure their ministry is not contaminated by a worldly mentality. Priests should dedicate their lives to prayer and service, and never lose sight of the self-sacrifice of Christ, the pope said during the lengthy liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica May 3. The Mass marked the annual celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The new priests, who will serve in the Diocese of Rome, included 13 from Italy and six from other countries on four continents. After prostrating themselves on the floor of the basilica as a litany of the saints was chanted, each of the candidates knelt before the pope as he imposed his hands on their heads, part of the ordination rite.

In his sermon, the pope quoted the First Letter of John, who contrasted the spirit of the Gospel with the spirit of the “world,” a term he used to refer to all that is hostile toward God. St. John said that “the world does not know us” because it did not know God, a lament that remains true today, the pope said.

“I do my best to plant and water the field that my Divine Savior has confided to me. … You must assist in this exceptional mission of mine.” (Father Damien)

Aloha, FROM THE BLESSED DAMIEN CATHOLIC PARISH on Molokai, the third smallest of the Hawaiian Islands with a population of 7,000 and a practicing Catholic community of 300 families. Our parish is in dire need of a new church.

Our planned new church will be named in honor of the 19th century Sacred Hearts priest, Blessed Damien de Veuster, who for 16 years selflessly served the leprosy patients who were exiled to Kalaupapa, a remote peninsula on Molokai. Father Damien died of leprosy in 1889.

Father Damien will be canonized Saint Damien on October 11, 2009 at the Vatican.

Since 1995, we have worked diligently to raise money to build a new church to replace our aged St. Sophia church which St. Sophia, site of stands in the heart of Kaunakakai, the main town on future Saint Damien Catholic Molokai. We have outgrown our 1937 wooden church Church of Molokai that seats only 150 parishioners. At Mass many of the faithful sit in the church yard because there is no room in the church.

They hear but are not ably to fully participate in the Eucharist. Our children attend classes in the church carport and in the adjoining storage spaces.

We ask for your help. Celebrate Father Damien’s canonization and continue his mission to bring the gospel to the faithful and to the unchurched. Make your tax deductible donation today. Send your donation to: Blessed Damien Building Fund P O Box 1948, Kaunakakai, HI 96748 For more information about the Blessed Damien Church Building Fund, please see www.damienchurchmolokai.org

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Film looks for controversy VATICAN CITY – On the eve of its world premiere, “Angels and Demons” was a film in desperate search of controversy. At a press conference in Rome May 3, director Ron Howard tried to pick a fight with the Vatican, suggesting that the long arm of the Holy See was somehow behind unspecified problems in shooting the film, a pseudo-religious thriller based in Rome. The Vatican wasn’t taking the bait, though. The only real criticism in Italy on the eve of the film’s premiere came from a 102-year-old Italian bishop, not the kind of publicity storm that marketing gurus dream about. Tom Hanks, the film’s star, put his finger on the problem at the press conference when he was asked if the movie’s marketing people might try to exploit potential conflict with the Vatican. “Every movie is exploited by the marketing people.” The movie, based on a novel by Dan Brown, was set to premiere in Rome May 4, and was to open in the United States May 15. It tells the tale of a secret society that kidnaps papal candidates at the start of a conclave, forcing the Vatican to turn to the mystery-solving symbologist Robert Langdon, played by Hanks.

Religious freedom commission WASHINGTON (CNS) – A U.S. government commission has recommended that President Barack Obama’s administration place Venezuela and Cuba among the countries that should be monitored closely for their violations of religious freedom. In its annual report, released May 1 in Washington, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom also recommended that 13 countries – including Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China and Pakistan – be designated as “countries of particular concern.” This designation is reserved for countries with the most egregious violations of religious freedom and for governments that tolerate such abuses. The commission, an independent body, makes its recommendations to the president, secretary of state and Congress. During the press conference to release the report, Talal Eid, an imam from Boston and a member of the commission, said Venezuela has steadily increased its tolerance of abuses against Catholics, Jews and U.S.-based Protestant groups in the country. Although there are no official restrictions against religious freedom, he said, the Venezuelan government’s “strong rhetoric” and impunity have created a “hostile environment” for Catholic NEWS IN BRIEF, page 5 and Jewish citizens.

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Calling the music perfect for the Easter season, Pope Benedict XVI greets Chinese conductor Xian Zhang in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall April 30 at the end of a concert marking the April 19 fourth anniversary of his pontificate. The concert featured orchestra and choir pieces including Vivaldi’s “Magnificat,” Haydn’s Symphony No. 95, and Mozart’s “Ave Verum Corpus.”

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Sebelius confirmed, takes post WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services by a 61-35 vote April 28 and she was sworn in to the post hours later. During the Senate debate, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., who is Catholic, attributed the delay in confirming Sebelius to “petty politics” and praised the Obama administration for its commitment to base department decisions “on the best available science, not the political ideology of the moment.” But Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., expressed fear that the health care reform plan promoted by President Barack Obama and Sebelius would lead to a government-run health system and reduce consumer choice.

“Americans need to be assured that they will not lose the private health coverage that they want to keep or that their treatment options will have to be approved by a government bureaucrat,” McCain said. “While I respect the right of President Obama to nominate Gov. Sebelius to be the next secretary of HHS, she has failed to provide us with those assurances, and I regret that I cannot support her confirmation.”

Obama: FOCA not ‘priority’ WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama in his April 29 press conference said the Freedom of Choice Act was not his “highest legislative priority” and that he is instead focusing on reducing unwanted pregnancies.

“I believe that women should have the right to choose,” he said, “but I think that the most important thing we can do to tamp down some of the anger surrounding this issue is to focus on those areas that we can agree on.” Some organizations that support legal abortion as well as some pro-life groups, including the Catholic Health Association and Democrats

for Life, have said the Freedom of Choice Act, known by its initials as FOCA, was unlikely to move in Congress. Obama said at the press conference that he wants “to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies that result in women feeling compelled to get an abortion or at least (are) considering getting an abortion, particularly if we can reduce the number of teen pregnancies, which has started to spike up again.”

Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a May 1 statement that he welcomed the president’s words that “the Freedom of Choice Act is not his highest legislative priority.” The cardinal stressed that many people have been “working tirelessly to express their concerns about FOCA and FOCA-related legislation” and that “many people of different religious faiths or none will continue to work respectfully and insistently not only to reduce abortions, but to eliminate them.”

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Ecumenical move on immigration PHOENIX (CNS) – Ecumenical leaders at the annual National Workshop on Christian Unity were encouraged to work together on social justice issues, particularly immigration. Although theological differences keep Christian churches apart in some ways, “we’re united around what’s becoming one of the central ethical concerns in this country – just immigration,” said the Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, at the April 27-30 workshop in Phoenix.

Two sessions of the gathering dealt with immigration. Catholic Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., and Phoenix-based Bishop Minerva Carcano, who heads the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, provided perspectives as leaders of their churches in a state with dramatic immigration flows and problems.

“One of the most painful things about our state is the deaths in the desert, which continue,” said Bishop Kicanas. He also said he sees growing hostility toward undocumented immigrants.

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May 8, 2009

Holy Land Preview Pope’s pilgrimage will take message of peace to land of conflict

By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI is set to begin a weeklong visit to the Holy Land, a pilgrimage in the footsteps of Christ and a journey through a political and interreligious minefield.

In many ways, the May 8-15 visit to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories is the most challenging of the pope’s foreign visits to date, one that will test his skills of communication and bridge-building in a region of conflict and mistrust.

After recent communications missteps at the Vatican, the pope can expect to find his every word and gesture under scrutiny by the world’s media – especially when it comes to relations among Christians, Muslims and Jews and the IsraeliPalestinian crisis.

Although the world may measure the success of the visit in terms of international or interfaith diplomacy, Pope Benedict is going to the Holy Land first and foremost as a religious pilgrim.

“The priority is to witness to the truth of the Incarnation by visiting, as head of the church, the places where the events of our redemption took place. That’s the point,” Franciscan Father David Jaeger, an Israeli priest and adviser to the Vatican, told Catholic News Service.

The pilgrimage has a special focus on peace. The pope, in announcing the visit, said he would be going to the Holy Land to pray for “the precious gift of unity and peace for the Middle East and all humanity.”

Father Jaeger said that’s extremely important at a time when hopes for peace among the population are the lowest in many years.

“The worst thing that can happen is the loss of hope for peace. So for him to speak openly of the possibility and the necessity of peace and reconciliation should thrust those values into the fore,” Father Jaeger said.

“It’s not a political negotiation of course; he’s not going to produce a peace treaty or try to. But the fact that he keeps the value of peace in front of the people of the region, that will be a tremendous contribution by the church,” he said.

The first leg of the pope’s trip will take him to Jordan for a series of carefully chosen liturgies and encounters, including a visit to a mosque in Amman. That event, and the fact that Pope Benedict is spending several days in Jordan, reflects his aim to reach a wide Muslim audience.

In 2006, Pope Benedict prayed in a mosque in Turkey, a gesture that spoke volumes to the Islamic world. In Amman, the pope will deliver a speech outside the mosque to Muslim

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leaders, diplomats and rectors of the University of Jordan. The audience and the setting make it likely that the pope will revisit the themes of his speech in 2006 in Regensburg, Germany, but this time making sure his remarks on reason and faith do not unintentionally offend his listeners.

For Jordan’s Catholic faithful, who number about 75,000 in a population of 6.2 million, the big event will be the papal Mass in an Amman soccer stadium May 10.

Two smaller papal events in Jordan should not go unnoticed.

His first appointment in Amman is at the Regina Pacis center, a special needs facility that has inspired Christian-Muslim dialogue and collaboration. Here the pope is likely to emphasize the importance of the “dialogue of life” and social cooperation among followers of the Abrahamic faiths.

The pope also will lay the cornerstone of the University of Madaba, which is being built by the Latin patriarchate; blessing cornerstones is a common activity in papal visits, but establishing a Catholic-run university in a predominantly Muslim country makes this one special.

Much of the pope’s itinerary follows in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II’s Holy Land pilgrimage in 2000. Pope Benedict, for example, will pray at Mount Nebo in western Jordan, where Moses glimpsed the Promised Land before dying. And, like his predecessor, he will visit the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized – the setting of the opening chapter of Pope Benedict’s book, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

The pope travels to Jerusalem May 11and later that day visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, in what Vatican aides view as a central event of the trip. When Pope John Paul spoke at the memorial in 2000, Israelis reacted with warm appreciation; many considered it a turning point in his pilgrimage.

Pope Benedict has spoken eloquently about the Holocaust, and as a German has recalled growing up as a witness to the brutality of the regime that targeted Jews for extermination.

Vatican sources said, however, that the pope will not be going to Yad Vashem to apologize as a German, but to invoke a wider lesson on the dangers of racism and anti-Semitism.

On May 12, his first full day in Jerusalem, the pope visits sites sacred to Islam, Judaism and Christianity. He begins at the

Dome of the Rock, one of Islam’s holiest shrines, and proceeds to the Western Wall, sacred to Jews. The two sites lie adjacent to each other and in the past have been the scene of bitter skirmishes between Palestinians and Israelis. The same day the pope will meet separately with the city’s two chief rabbis and the grand mufti.

The pope will make a daylong visit May 13 to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus and today a key administrative city of the Palestinian Authority, whose officials will welcome the pontiff at the presidential palace. The main religious event of the day is a Mass in Manger Square.

That afternoon, the pope will visit the Aida Refugee Camp, where some 5,000 Palestinians live. The visit is already politically charged. Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem said recently that the camp, which has a giant key installed atop one of the camp’s gates, symbolizes the “right to return,” the principle that Palestinian refugees have a right to return to the homes in Israel that they have been forced to leave at various times since 1946, when the war for Israeli statehood began.

In addition, Israel has objected that the platform being built to host the Aida event is too close to the Israeli separation wall, which Israel has designed as a 400-mile-long security barrier through the West Bank and which Palestinians see as an instrument of repression.

The pope will celebrate Mass May 14 in Nazareth, the city where Jesus grew up, and later visit the Grotto of the Annunciation and hold a prayer service with Catholic leaders of Galilee. Like his Mass earlier in the week in the Josafat Valley near the Garden of Gethsemane, these liturgies are central to the pope’s pilgrimage, offering moral support to the dwindling Christian population in the land where the church was born.

U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, said the pope’s visit would underline the importance of maintaining the Christian presence in the Holy Land.

“He will do what Peter always does: encourage the faithful, recognize them, give them a renewed sense of worth and let them know how much the universal church appreciates them and the importance of their faith,” the cardinal said.

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three great monotheistic religions – has been plagued by violence and injustice.”

“This has led to a general atmosphere of mistrust, uncertainty and fear – often pitting neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother,” he said.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters May 4 that for several reasons the trip is taking place in “a context not easy in terms of peace and serenity.”

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza Strip occurred just five months ago, Israel has a new government, members of the Palestinians’ Fatah and Hamas factions have been negotiating for months without success to form a new unity government, and the new U.S. foreign policy of Barack Obama has just begun to take shape, Father Lombardi said.

It such a complex situation, he said, “the pope’s trip presents itself as an act of hope and of trust that he can make a contribution to peace and reconciliation. It seems to me to be a decidedly courageous act.”

Note: Many portions of the pope’s trip will be broadcast by EWTN, 24-hour a day Catholic television, which is carried by Comcast Channel 229 (Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County), AT&T Channel 562, Astound Channel 80, San Bruno Cable Channel 143, DISH Satellite Channel 261, and Direct TV Channel 370. See www.ewtn.com for times.

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the successor of the apostle Peter, he would “confirm and encourage the Holy Land’s Christians, who face difficulties every day.”

The pope also spoke about his trip May 2 when he met donors from the U.S.-based Papal Foundation.

Today’s world, he told foundation members, is in need of God’s peace, “especially as it faces the tragedies of war, division, poverty and despair.”

Telling foundation members that he wanted to be “a pilgrim of peace” in the Holy Land, the pope explained that “for more than 60 years this region – the land of Our Lord’s birth, death and resurrection; a sacred place for the world’s

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May 8, 2009

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Parishes, schools take steps to prevent spread of swine flu

By Michael Vick

On catholic-sf.org AUDIO “Quite a tale” Claire Sullivan, who celebrates her 99th birthday May 16, reflects on her Irish Catholic roots, on the importance of education in her family’s success and on her secrets for a long and happy life. Sullivan resides at Alma Via of San Francisco. See the May 15 issue of Catholic San Francisco for stories and pictures of Sullivan and other Alma Via residents who share memories of faith, family, friends and work. Next week, visit the Multimedia section of Catholic San Francisco online to hear more Alma Via residents in their own words.

VIDEO Counseling the jobless In February, Catholic San Francisco published a video interview with Catholic Charities CYO’s San Francisco-area counseling director Dave Ross. Ross’ message remains relevant as unemployment continues to rise: the moral support of friends and family members is critical in helping the jobless stay strong and positive as they experience a difficult transition. See this week’s issue of Catholic San Francisco for a spiritual perspective on the experience of joblessness, from Jesuit Father George Schultze. And visit the Audio page of the CSF Online Multimedia section to hear newly jobless high-tech professional Paul Ang talk about his job search as a spiritual path.

CHURCH/VATICAN The currency of St. Anselm’s vision Go here for a link to Rome-based journalist Sandro Magister’s report on Cardinal Giacomo Biffi’s “blistering” homily reflecting on Anselm on the ninth centenary of the Church doctor’s death. The cardinal cites three reasons for Anselm’s relevance today, including his vision that reality “is much greater than what we grasp through simple natural understanding.”

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Archbishop George Niederauer ordered the temporary modification of liturgical practices at parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in response to concerns over swine flu. The archdiocese made the changes in consultation with local health officials.

In a May 1 letter to pastors in the Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin, the archbishop said the changes included distributing Communion in one species only, cessation of Eucharist given on the tongue; an adaptation of the Sign of Peace allowing for a greeting that does not involve shaking hands or touching; the avoidance of handholding during the recitation

or singing of the Lord’s Prayer, and the use by Eucharistic ministers of anti-bacterial solutions prior to and after administering Communion.

In addition to these precautions, the archbishop encouraged pastors and laypeople to continue to follow basic health and hygiene guidelines, and to stay home from church if they have flu-like symptoms.

The archdiocese’s Department of Catholic Schools has also implemented the initial phase of its pandemic flu preparedness plan, said Superintendent Maureen Huntington. Huntington told Catholic San Francisco no cases of the disease have been confirmed within the school population but the department is closely monitoring the situation.

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“Have the character to do what is good and right. That’s all God asks�

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Father George Schultze, S.J., addressed the St. Matthias Parish employment support group on spiritual nourishment in the quest for work.

About the St. Matthias employment support group The group meets Monday mornings from 9 to 11 in the Merry Room to share emotional, spiritual, and networking support and to hear job search advice from guest speakers.

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opportunity for spiritual growth – “to reflect on what one really wants to do or where one wants to work and what relationships are important.�

He predicted that the economy is at the beginning of a prolonged period of readjustment that could last 30 to 40 years. “It could be two generations before we find ourselves back onto the same course of things we’ve experienced until this time,� he said. “Where are we going to place our trust? We have to place it in God. We don’t stop working but we have to be aware that everything depends on God, which behooves us to be good disciples.�

Father Schultze likened excessive consumerism to a false idol and said the world has a need to return to Christian ascetism. “While material things are part of God’s creation, we have abandoned our contemplation of God,� he said.

Some 15 unemployed and underemployed people attended the meeting. Two said the transition to unemployment has been beneficial in helping them reconnect with their children. Two others said they are not interested in taking just any job but are being careful to find work that fits their skills and values. Others spoke of having to do what is necessary – working as a security guard to support children attending college, stepping out of the work force to care for a dying parent. “When you go out with your efforts and work, do it with a sense of calm, a sense of faith,� Schultze said. “So you’re not all wound up and angry and frustrated. Maintain your companionship with Jesus.�

He appealed to the job seekers to stay true to their values. “If you have the character to do what is good and right, that’s all that God asks,� he said. “The rest is superfluous.�

“The downturn allows me to see what’s important in life�

Paul Ang recently lost his fastpaced career job in Silicon Valley. But rather than go out hunting for another job like the one he lost, he is taking time to reflect. Ang, a parishioner at St. Mark in Belmont, vows never again to get caught up in the competitive pace that took time away from family when his children were growing up.

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Astronaut alumnus to speak at NDNU commencement

By Michael Vick Educator and former astronaut Barbara Morgan, chosen to address Notre Dame de Namur University students at the Belmont school’s commencement ceremony May 9, said she is excited about the trajectory of the space program.

“It’s an exciting time,” said Morgan, who spoke with Catholic San Francisco by phone from Boise State University, where she handles policy development, advocacy and fund raising in science, technology, engineering and math as the school’s Distinguished Educator in Residence. “There are so many opportunities for young people and I hope we keep those doors open.”

Morgan, who received her teaching credential from NDNU in 1974, said NASA’s plans to return to the moon to build a lunar base and to send a manned mission to Mars are both endeavors in which today’s science students could play a part. She said the first phase, completion of the International Space Station, will be a feat in itself, with 16 nations overcoming barriers to build what she called a “remarkable spacecraft-laboratory.”

Morgan’s first and only flight in space was a 2007 mission to the ISS. She began her work with NASA more than 20 years earlier, when she was selected as the backup to teacher Christa McAuliffe for the “Teacher in Space” program. McAuliffe and six fellow crewmembers perished in 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after launch.

“Kids learn a lot by watching adults in a terrible situation,” Morgan said of the disaster and its aftermath.

“NASA asked me very publicly if I would continue. I felt it was important to figure out what we did wrong and to fix it, keeping the path to space open for young people.”

After the Challenger tragedy, she returned to her

Commencement speakers at other local Catholic universities include: • T. Gary Rogers, chairman of Levi Strauss, who will address students at Holy Names University, 3500 Mountain Blvd. in Oakland, May 16 at 11 a.m. RSVP requirted. Contact Lesley Sims at (510) 436-1405.

• Rolls-Royce CEO and St. Mary’s College of California alumnus James Guyette will address graduates at the school’s May 23 commencement, held at 1928 Saint Mary’s Rd. in Moraga at 9:30 a.m.

• John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, will deliver the commencement speech for Santa Clara University’s undergraduate ceremony June 13 at 8:30 a.m. The event will be held at 500 El Camino Real in Santa Clara.

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May 8, 2009

Lobby Day 2009

(PHOTOS BY LUIS GRIS/EL HERALDO)

Sixth graders at John Paul II School in Sacramento listen to speakers at the rally. Their language arts teacher, Patricia Guerra, is in the center.

Archbishop Riordan High School religion teacher John Ahlbach, at far left, and a delegation of students met with Assemblywoman Fiona Ma of San Francisco, at center. Also pictured, from left to right, are students Remington Cox, Brendan Davila, Vicente Patino, Andrew O’Connor, Christopher Kees, and Danny Patino.

Lobby Day participants rallied outside state Capitol. They met with legislators to argue in favor of bills more humane policies on infant welfare, juvenile justice and food aid for the poor.

Catholics to lawmakers: “Don’t shred the safety net” Hundreds of lay Catholics go to Sacramento to urge humane policies toward juvenile offenders, women in crisis and the poor

By Denise MacLachlan Catholic Herald Determined to influence public policy, more than 650 California Catholics from throughout the state and several of the state’s bishops came to Sacramento for Catholic Lobby Day on April 28.

Speakers in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and at a noon rally on the state Capitol steps called on Catholics to put their faith into action on behalf of the poor and powerless. The California Catholic Conference, Lobby Day’s sponsor and the public policy office of the state’s Catholic bishops, asked participants to focus on three bills in the Legislature and on the issue of drastic budget cuts again facing the state.

California will hold a special election May 19 to vote on several initiatives that would provide temporary revenues.

Current polls indicate that most voters oppose the initiatives. The initiatives’ defeat would drastically reduce the state’s income.

“We are not here as budget experts,” CCC executive director Ned Dolejsi said in his remarks to the crowd that filled the cathedral. “We are here as people of faith, common sense, and hope, and we are here to tell legislators not to shred the safety net.”

When the legislators make tough decisions about which programs get funded, Dolejsi said, Catholics must remind them to take care of the poor and vulnerable.

On the 11th annual Catholic Lobby Day, the CCC focused participants’ efforts on three bills affecting the acutely vulnerable: newborns up to a month old, poor families who need food stamps and children who are prisoners in the California correctional system. Presenters discussed the bills in a

morning assembly at the cathedral.

Speaking on AB 1048, the bill that would expand existing law to permit a newborn’s surrender up to 30 days after birth, was John Watkins, coordinator for social justice for the Diocese of Oakland.

Watkins is the foster father of threemonth-old John Douglas Garcia Watkins, a child born on Jan. 26 of this year and surrendered by his birth mother on Jan 28.

Watkins and his wife, Christine, are in the process of adopting the infant.

Watkins argued that the current 72-hour window for surrendering an infant doesn’t take into account barriers of language and transportation, the lack of public awareness regarding the option of surrender, and the timing of post-partum depression, which can set in after the 72 hour window has passed. “AB 1048 is about helping women in crisis, helping babies, and saving lives,” he said.

To illustrate the necessity of passing SB 399, the young offenders re-sentencing bill, Jesuit Father Michael Kennedy had 15-year-old Peter Wolf stand next to him as he spoke. Wolf, a freshman from Loyola High School in Los Angeles, held a plastic garbage bag while Father Kennedy, co-chaplain of Sylmar Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, read excerpts from letters written by incarcerated boys Wolf’s age.

After reading aloud from a boy’s letter, Father Kennedy would drop it into the garbage bag.

“These boys are thrown away,” Father Kennedy said. “They are 15 and 16 years old, and they are never, ever, ever going to leave prison.”

Father Kennedy noted that the United States is the only country in the world that incarcerates kids for the rest of their lives. Young people make mistakes, but they can change, he said. SB 399 would

allow for the review and re-sentencing, after 10 years of incarceration, of youth who were sentenced before the age of 18 to life without parole.

Speaking on AB 1057, the CalWORKS and Food Stamp Program, was Maria Rangel, the director of the nutrition program at Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Stockton. The grant-funded outreach program assists people in the registering for food stamps. Rangel noted that over 10 million Californians are either currently hungry or don’t know where their next meal is coming from. In today’s economy, that number is increasing, she noted, and many families are applying for food stamps for the first time in their lives.

“Only half of the families in California eligible for food stamps use them,” Rangel said. “The program’s bureaucratic hassle and red tape is itself a barrier to families’ receiving benefits.” AB 1057 would simplify the food stamp program administrative process, in part by changing the reporting requirements from quarterly to every six months.

All three Lobby Day bills have won approval from their respective policy committees and have now moved to the appropriations process, the CCC said in a May 1 e-mail update.

Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton called on Christians to show compassion and solidarity with the poor and vulnerable.

In his homily during a bilingual Mass in the cathedral, Bishop Blaire urged the faithful to action. “Indifference is as deadly as violence,” he said. “We are not in the world to observe, but to serve.”

Lobby Day participants were far from indifferent.

Leticia Medina, a member of Church of the Epiphany in San Francisco and a first-time Lobby Day participant, said

she relished the chance to express her Catholic faith in a way that might affect all Californians. She said each issue on the CCC’s agenda was important, even the relatively less exciting budget process.

“Legislators may end up taking money from the pot to decrease services for the poorest people,” Medina said.

Jeanne Ledbetter, parishioner at St. Dunstan Parish in Millbrae, traveled to Sacramento for her first Lobby Day experience with her husband and two other St. Dunstan parishioners. She said though each agenda item resonated with her faith, she was particularly drawn to the safe surrender issue.

Ledbetter said she wished more life issues were on legislators’ agendas. She urged the CCC to promote a wider range of life-related issues, including abortion funding and medical conscience laws, even if these issues are not currently before the legislature in the form of a bill.

“We should not just be dealing with existing laws,” Ledbetter said. “We should not be following. We should be leading.”

Bringing information back to the community is one of the central goals of Lobby Day, observed the CCC Executive Director Dolejsi.

Lobby Day is the kick-off event, he said, but the goal is to involve people in shaping public policy all year long. He urged people to join the Catholic Legislative Network, a newsletter and email alert system that tracks policy issues in California legislature. The network is a joint project of all 12 California dioceses.

“We have to find ways to empower laypeople to bring their voices to these issues as people of faith,” he said.

Catholic San Francisco reporter Michael Vick contributed to this story.

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Our Lady’s Ministry A small group of parishioners from San Mateo County reaches out to help poor on four continents

Our Lady’s Ministry members went to Ghana early this year to assist Bishop Lucas Abadamloora of the Diocese of Bolgatanga.

By Audrey Cabrera Amort Our Lady’s Ministry is a small non-profit organization with a big heart. Helping the poorest of the poor worldwide, this South San Francisco-based lay ministry has provided assistance to people in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

The founders are cousins and St. Bruno Parish members Carlos Valencia and Jorge Zavala. They met more than 29 years ago when Zavala, just 10 years old, immigrated to the United States from El Salvador.

Zavala underwent a spiritual conversion and joined Our Lady’s Prayer Group. Together with Valencia, they started Our Lady’s Ministry in 1995 to carry out their commitment to mission work.

“The way that we teach how to be a missionary is by becoming a disciple of Christ,” Zavala told Catholic San Francisco. “If we become a disciple of Christ then we can discover more how to be a better missionary.”

Made up of some 30 lay Catholic volunteers and a spiritual director, Father Ted Shipp, a retired Archdiocese of San Francisco priest, Our Lady’s Ministry helps the poor by bringing clothes, food and the word of God to those in need. The group also brings financial assistance to dioceses and Catholic ministries in host countries, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 according to need.

Members travel by invitation only and work directly with Catholic priests, sisters and prelates in host countries. The cousins just returned from their second trip to the Philippines, working with the Missionaries of Charity among malnourished children

Girls and nun at Cebu Hope Center in the Philippines examine donated clothing.

and the extreme poor of Cebu. They also visited the federal prison in Muntilupa City, in keeping with Christ’s teaching in Matthew’s Gospel to visit the least of our brothers and sisters.

The cousins had been invited on their second mission to the Phillipines by Cardinal Ricardo Vidal of the Archdiocese of Cebu.

In January they were in Ghana, where Bishop Lucas Abadamloora of the Diocese of Bolgatanga was delighted to receive their aid.

Their work, funded by dozens of donors, most of whom give small amounts, also has taken them to Guadalajara, Mexico and Lima, Peru.

“We bring clothes, a lot of clothes, medicine, and of course financial help, and rosaries and medals,” Valencia said.

Our Lady’s Ministry is an expression of the charity that Pope Benedict XVI described in his papal encyclical, “Deus Caritas Est,” in which he said, “Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave.”

Rooted in Catholic spirituality, members of the ministry are encouraged to attend Mass, pray the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, recite the Liturgy of the Hours and pray the rosary daily.

One of the main requirements to be a member is to “live as Christ has called us, either in the single life or in the married life,” Zavala said.

Living chaste and answering the call to holiness is vital to members of the organization. “(Father Ted) reminds us all the

time the world doesn’t need just good people, but it needs holy people,” Zavala said.

Members range in age from 15 to over 70. Most are single, and all have a deep love for Mary.

“Since this ministry is named after our Lady, we try to do everything for Our Lady, and I think that’s what makes everybody try to do their best,” said Zavala, whose inspirations are Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Valencia explained that Our Lady’s Ministry loves to help seminarians. The ministry focuses greatly on helping men fulfill their dreams of becoming other Christs.

“We are all called to be holy,” said Valencia, who added that he has been helping the poor, needy, rejected and forgotten since he was little. Valencia said it is in his blood.

“It’s very beautiful to see all the single people trying their best to be holy.”

Although the ministry may be humble – “Our Lady always worked quietly,” Valencia says – it has been noticed in the highest places in the Church. In 2004, Zavala and Valencia had the privilege of meeting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. With the help of Father James Flanagan, founder of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, they presented the pope with a letter explaining the work of Our Lady’s Ministry.

“I remember when I presented the letter, he just smiled at me, he tapped my cheeks two times and blessed me,” Valencia said. “Then he touched Jorge and blessed both of us for what we were doing.’’

The pope, Valencia recalled, “kept smiling at us, he kept holding my arm and he was just so happy to be with us.”

Ministry members traveled to Peru in 2007 to aid earthquake victims. Left to right, Sue Mowry, Bud Mowry, Father Ted Shipp, Lima Bishop Salvador Pineiro, Carlos Valencia, Jorge Zavala, Arlene Alvarado, Lisa Fernandez.

Our Lady’s Ministry members Arlene Alvarado and Sue Mowry with seminarians of the Franciscans of the Immaculata in Cebu, the Philippines.

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Guest Commentary Keeping the faith

By Tom Sheridan It’s an old joke: Several pastors were talking at an ecumenical lunch. “Blasted squirrels,” complained the Baptist minister. “Can’t get rid of them. They scamper around the rafters during services.”

The Methodist pastor agreed. “Tried traps and poisons,” he griped. “Nothing works.”

Then the Catholic pastor admitted he’d solved the squirrel problem. “Simple thing, actually. Baptized and confirmed ‘em. Haven’t seen ‘em since!”

Like most humor, this is rooted in truth. And it’s a truth reflected in our focus on evangelization. After all, how can you expect Catholics to change the world if you can’t proclaim the Gospel to them?

Catholics are sometimes wounded, shaken perhaps by the abuse crisis or drawn off into a more materialistic world. Like those squirrels, Catholic kids may grow up and away, often finding too little relevance in their faith. They’ll straggle back for a wedding or to baptize a new generation. Maybe.

The problem is hardly reserved to Catholics. Recent polls reveal that the number of Americans who consider themselves religiously unconnected is growing.

In March, the American Religious Identification Survey conducted by Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., found that just 76 percent of us consider ourselves Christian, down 10 percentage points from 1990. A second poll, by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, showed that the number of Americans who say they are unaffiliated with any faith has doubled in recent years to 16 percent.

That certainly would include some who were baptized and confirmed as Catholics.

During his April 15 installation Mass, New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan acknowledged the challenge in reaching those disconnected Catholics. He said with “people mad at the church or even leaving her” it’s difficult “to get the Gospel message credibly out there.”

But Mark Gray, director of telephone polling for the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, says that how often people attend church is more important than denominational identification. He told Catholic News Service that the percentage of Catholics attending weekly Mass has remained stable since the center began polling in 2000.

Still, it’s a measure of who is paying attention when the church speaks about what it means to be a follower of the Gospel in the 21st century.

For the most part, recent popes have received good press, largely because of the number of U.S. Catholics. On Good Friday, for example, secular news outlets reported on Pope Benedict XVI’s homily warning that a secularized world had “drifted into the desert of godlessness.”

Strong words, and true. But will the media continue to report on the pope when it seems that fewer people are listening?

It’s hard to persuade an increasingly disconnected world to accept the Gospel values we believe should shape behavior and culture when we may not be first reaching Catholics themselves.

In other words, it’s important to proclaim the Gospel to the world, but we’ve got to start closer to home. With Catholics.

Evangelization efforts often stress doctrine as a way to stem the tide of young Catholics who don’t remain close to their faith. No one would question the importance of this, but connecting it with the church’s social gospel shouldn’t be overlooked. Teaching about sacraments, salvation and sin – the traditional deposit of faith – is vital. Showing how that faith is relevant to living in today’s society is equally important.

Many dioceses have been successful in demonstrating that relevance by linking Gospel-value service projects to evangelization efforts. That’s critical, since doctrine alone is often not enough to restore that sometimes-missing sense of relevance.

The Gospel was proclaimed as a way to change the world. But before the world can be changed, the Gospel has to change Catholics.

WEEKLY WORSHIP ATTENDANCE AMONG Protestants who were raised Catholic is greater than those who are still Catholic.

Those who were raised Catholic and attend worship services at least weekly 86% 79% 74%

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Sign of the Times The letter in opposition to George Weigel’s comments in The New York Times leads to believe that the writer is more annoyed because Mr. Weigel brings integrity to the arena of public discussion more often than New York Times does. During the last presidential election The New York Times supported Mr. Obama’s bid for the Presidency. Mr. Obama’s views on abortion are totally in opposition to the teachings of the Catholic faith. Abortion is a moral issue for Catholics and we, as Catholics cannot stand idly by without challenging those who express erroneous opinions.

Anna Valdez San Francisco

Voice of reason Much thanks and praise for Archbishop Emeritus Quinn’s wonderful article on “Barack Obama, Notre Dame and the future of the U.S. Church” (CSF May 1). This was truly the voice of reason. His arguments make good common sense, while pointing out that our nation was founded on the separation of church and state. We need not use religion to put people

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in political camps. Our nation was founded on tolerance. The Catholic Church and namely bishops would do well to remember this simple theme. Thank you Archbishop Quinn.

Judith Rosen San Francisco

Ignoring Church teaching In his commentary, Archbishop Emeritus John Quinn attempts to frame the question of whether or not President Obama should be allowed to speak at Notre Dame as a church/state question. It is not. The real issue is faithfulness to the teaching of the Church, and scandal to the faithful. While his Excellency attempts to exude an aura of judiciousness, his approach is in fact transparent. He gives a number of reasons why it would be imprudent for the University to dis-invite Obama—but not a single reason as to why it would be imprudent to have invited him in the first place.

Nowhere in his long column does he mention the guidelines of the USCCB’s statement on “Catholics in Political Life”: “The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions.” Those guidelines were written specifically to prevent just such a situation as Notre Dame’s invitation has now created. Is there any serious question that Barack Obama has acted, and continues to act, in defiance of the Church’s “fundamental moral principles?” Father Jenkins and Notre Dame chose to ignore those guidelines. If His Excellency really wanted to ask a “penetrating question” it should be: why do ostensibly Catholic Universities ignore the teaching of the Church?

Gibbons Cooney San Francisco

L E T T E R S

A letter to the editor (CSF April 24) put our current economic and financial ills at the door of “greedy realtors, mortgage brokers, bankers, and the Wall Street types.”

As a non-greedy realtor, I suggest having a look at the folks we have elected to Congress who have for years now pressured lenders to make money available to anyone who wants it, regardless of their ability to repay it, and of course at the borrowers who have fudged or misstated their income and assets to take a crapshoot on ever-rising prices.

And of course at the unions who have driven the auto companies to the brink of bankruptcy with their ever-rising demands. Now the unions will own a big chunk of the auto companies, and the government a huge chunk, while people who have invested their hard-earned (and already taxed) dollars in the auto companies are out in the cold. This is not to say that the executives of these companies are without blame; there is plenty to go around, but few people are remarking on the responsibilities noted above.

Malcolm Post San Francisco

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As pro-life persons we take issue with the approach of pro-life Richard LemMon’s [CSF May 1] letter to the editor. He calls for Catholic Democrats, Pelosi, Eshoo, Kerry, Biden and Sibelius to be excommunicated if they fail to “respond in writing to acknowledgement of the Catholic doctrine” regarding abortion. To whom and to what they should respond is one problem.

But when the writer applies his test only to Democrats and not to Republican Catholic prochoice politicians like Schwarzenegger, Giuliani, Pataki, Ridge, etc., one wonders if his concerns are more pro-Republican than pro-life. We say this blatant “party first” partisanship is the biggest obstacle the pro-life issue faces. We have seen flip/flop by Republicans on abortion issues for 38 years now. If Catholic values are to be promulgated effectively, Catholic leaders must never appear to be partisan advocates.

That’s a loser’s game and the pro-life issues are too important to be in hands of the partisan inept. Family support is the best defense against abortion.

Ed and Peg Gleason San Francisco

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Man of good will?

I was edified to notice that, even as he is celebrating his 80th birthday, former Archbishop Quinn evidences continued pastoral concern for the Church locally and nationally. However, the anxiety with which he treats the possibility of the president being denied an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame directs attention away from a more fundamental question: “What would be the most beneficial resolution of this controversy?” Would the answer not lie along the lines of Father Jenkins admitting the error of not consulting his local bishop before issuing the invitation and apologizing for the decision to so honor the president (and dishonor the directive of the U.S. bishops)?

Similarly, if President Obama were to acknowledge the incongruity–given his extreme pro-abortion and embryonic stem-cell research stances–of his receiving an honorary doctorate from a Catholic university and graciously remove himself from the ceremony (an action modeled well by Mary Ann Glendon), would he not reveal a capacity for understanding and humility and effectively quell the furor over the award? If President Obama is, as Archbishop Quinn avers, “a man of good will . . . desirous of listening and capable of weighing seriously other views”, then we can justly hope for such a resolution. Unfortunately, the good archbishop’s confidence in the president’s openmindedness might prove too generous.

Michael Bergez Salinas

Brilliant defense I write as a 1945 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, then a good college but one at that time about to embark on a journey under the inspired leadership of Fathers Hesburgh, Malloy and Jenkins which would earn it the right to be regarded today as a great university.

I write also to applaud your publication of Archbishop Quinn’s brilliant defense of Notre Dame’s decision to invite President Obama to be a graduation speaker and recipient of an honorary degree. To his remarks I would add only the recent observation of Father Ted LETTERS, page 15

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The Catholic Difference

The imperative of fraternal correction Every September, the Congregation for Bishops in Rome hosts a seminar for newly-ordained bishops from around the world; the seminar is widely known, at least sotto voce, as “Baby Bishops’ School.” I have a modest suggestion for the curriculum: everyone attending the seminar should be given a copy of the classic World War II novel, “Twelve O’Clock High!”– which is far less a story of B-17s over Europe than a lesson in paternal, masculine leadership.

About halfway through the book, when General Frank Savage has dramatically reversed the disastrous morale of the 918th Heavy Bombardment Group by ignoring an order and hitting a difficult target, a once-skeptical lieutenant (and Medal of Honor winner), Jesse Bishop, admits that he’s misread the fiery commander and asks Savage if he’d “mind very much kicking me in the tail?” Bishop bends over, Savage obliges – and then asks the youngster to do him a favor: “All right, Jesse...I want you to be the one guy in the group that doesn’t believe I’m a general. That door is always open. Any time you think I’m not doing so hot, come in and tell me. Let me know what the boys are thinking. I need you plenty, and I’ll count on you to keep me straightened out.”

I hope it’s not considered impious if I suggest that every bishop needs a Bishop. Or several Bishops. Catholic bishops don’t have wives. But like every other high-achievement male in the world, Catholic bishops need someone to keep them “straightened out,” as Savage put it – especially when they’re “not doing so hot.” A bishop with a particularly

close and open relationship with his presbyterate might find a Bishop or two among his priests, but the dynamics of contemporary clerical culture mitigate against that kind of frankness. No, bishops need to find Bishops among their brother bishops.

Jesuit Father Thomas Reese, would appear to disagree.

Several weeks ago, Archbishop Raymond Burke of the Apostolic Signatura gave an interview in which he suggested that some bishops in the United States were not doing all they might do to protect the integrity of the Eucharist, and the souls of those in their care, by not making it clear to pro-abortion Catholic politicians that they should refrain from receiving holy Communion. At a subsequent Washington press conference, Archbishop Burke’s remarks were unfairly used by a pro-life activist to try and settle some scores with bishops of whom the activist disapproved. During the ensuing media fuss, Father Reese, who would not object to being described as on the far side of the Communion-for-pro-abortionpoliticians debate from Archbishop Burke, saw his chance and took it. According to the Jesuit master of the Catholic sound-bite, Archbishop Burke “really violated ... episcopal etiquette. You don’t criticize other bishops in public and you don’t tell other bishops how to run their diocese.”

One wonders precisely what “episcopal etiquette” is being invoked here. The “etiquete” of a Cyril of Alexandria, who wrote the Patriarch Nestorius and informed him that his sermons questioning Mary’s title, “Mother of God,” were dubiously orthodox? The “etiquette” of a Cyprian, who engaged in what

the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church calls a “violent correspondence” with Pope Stephen I over the validity of baptism administered by heretics and schismatics? Or the “etiquette” of a men’s club George Weigel in which it’s considered bad form to confront a fellow member of the club, even if he’s embarrassing himself and the club?

With an eye to the Frank Savage Rule of Fraternal Correction, I’ll take the hard-knuckled, but canonized, Fathers of the Church – Cyril, who was right on the issues, and Cyprian, who in this instance was wrong – over Father Reese’s genteel men’s club. Catholic bishops need someone like Savage’s Jesse Bishop to tell them when they’re “not doing so hot.” The likeliest candidates for administering such fraternal correction are a man’s brother bishops. The privilege of fraternal correction, which is really an exercise of fraternal charity, should not be abused, and it’s usually best done outside the media circus. But can anyone seriously doubt, after the debacles revealed in the Long Lent of 2002, that it’s absolutely imperative?

George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Potpourri

Resurrecting repentance Asking most practicing Catholics if they believe they possess a soul is tantamount to asking them if they believe the Pope is in Rome. Yet asking many of those same Catholics if they believe their souls are abundantly nourished by the regular reception of the Sacrament of Penance will evoke either a blank look or a puzzled shrug.

That’s not to say most Catholics are ignorant. They are not. The problem is simply a matter of silence from the same pulpits where priests once urged participation of this august Sacrament with its myriad of spiritual benefits. Without constant encouragement from our clergy to enrich our spiritual lives and to remind us we are privy to the most magnificent of graces via Penance, we tend to discard or ignore the ready availability of the riches awaiting us there.

Although neither clergy nor theologians have persuaded Catholics to discard the Sacrament, we seldom hear them urge their flocks to return to the practice of regular confession. As Archbishop Fulton Sheen once said, “The omission is part of the crisis caused by a loss of the sense of sin found in our Western culture that relativizes moral norms.”

Once, during what I hoped was an insightful and fer-

vent confession, the priest startled me by saying, “Don’t be too hard on yourself.” I wondered if he, along with many post-conciliar Catholics, had bought into the “Godunderstands – we’re-only-human” theory that stifles sorrow and repentance for offending Him. The confessor’s rather flippant remark was in direct contrast to the words of Pope Benedict who goes to Confession every week. “It is always better to perceive the sense of sin, which today is fading, or worse, obscured by way of thinking and living ‘etsi Deus non daretur’ (as if there is no God’).”

Confession means forgiveness. Wisely, the Church eliminated the negativity of the Sacrament from Penance to Reconciliation. As in the tender forgiveness of the Son by the loving father depicted in Rembrandt’s painting of The Return of the Prodigal Son, the same unconditional love and forgiveness of God is there for us in the confessional.

Why do we avoid or dismiss this magnificent shower of grace that is ours for the taking – and not just at Easter or Christmas, but every week or every month, and always when we desperately need it?

In Evelyn Waugh’s polarizing epic, “Brideshead

Revisited,” an ailing Lord Marchmain, who had long ago deserted his faith and his devout Catholic wife, becomes ill and returns to his English estate to die.

He stubbornly refuses to see a priest until he becomes too weak to Jane L. Sears protest receiving the last rites. As his grieving family kneel at his bedside praying the Rosary, Lord Marchmain slowly indicates an awareness of what is happening, giving a sign of his own repentance by lifting a shaking hand to make a feeble sign of the Cross. He smiled – and died.

St. Augustine wrote: “Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee.” The Sacrament of Reconciliation is where we cleanse our hearts for that much needed peace.

Jane Sears is a freelance writer and a member of Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame.

Spirituality for Life

Facing the dragon of grandiosity Every so often a book comes along that is truly important. I remember ten years ago reading Gil Bailie’s, “Violence Unveiled,” and sensing that this was a book of major significance. I had that same sense again recently reading Robert L. Moore’s, “Facing the Dragon: Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity.” This is no ordinary book, to be read, enjoyed, and put away. It is a book to be studied many times over.

Who is Robert L. Moore? He is not a professional theologian and thus is not well-known within popular Church circles, though he has had a major impact there through his influence on many who minister within the Church. He is Professor of Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Spirituality at the Chicago Theological Seminary and founder of an Institute for Spirituality in Chicago. What he does in his research and teaching is bring together spirituality, anthropology, history, and psychology so as to create a unique vision within which the human person can be understood, particularly in terms of the human struggle with sin and grace, inflation and depression, violence and greatness.

I first heard him speak in San Francisco nearly 20 years ago. A former student phoned me one day and announced that he was taking me to hear “an extraordinary thinker”. I went along and wasn’t disappointed. A lot of thinkers are brilliant, but what I heard from Robert Moore contained something else, decades of hard research all tied together

in a rare balance. There was no liberal or conservative ideology coloring things, no piety or iconoclasm that was shadow-boxing with its past or with the culture, and no subtle religious or anti-religious bias. I felt like I’d finally found a mentor.

I soon bought every book and lecture-tape by Moore that I could find and during the next half-dozen years, spent literally hundreds of hours (usually driving) listening to his lectures on tape. I also began to integrate his thought and his structure into my own writings and lectures. Whenever I would introduce students to his thought they would eagerly inquire what books they could read to pursue his ideas further. Unfortunately, at that time, Moore’s books were not as fertile as his oral presentations. That changed with the release of “Facing the Dragon: Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity.” Now, finally, we have a book that brings together his key insights and does justice to his thinking.

What, in caption, are those insights?

Moore asserts, as do our scriptures, that each of us is born with an incurable, innate grandiosity and, because of that, we have larger fantasies and wishes for ourselves than our real life experiences can support. We want, most days, to jump out of our own skins because our lives seem too small for us. But there is an adequate reason: We each have within us the Image and Likeness of God. This is more than just

a beautiful icon stamped inside us; it is a fire and an energy that, like God, has no boundaries. We come into this world with the imprint of God stamped in us and that dignity and energy create a godly grandiosity Father inside us.

Ron Rolheiser And that grandiose energy spawns appetites that are not easily held in check. When we look at the roots of the greed, ambition, addiction, bitterness, rage, violence, and pathological restlessness, we see that there can be no real understanding of these until we first understand that fiery grandiosity inside each of us. Simply put, when you have six billion people on a small planet and each of those people is secretly nursing a god or goddess inside, then it is no accident that we often have violence and war. All of us carry a dangerous and a pathological pride.

For Moore, the failure to recognize this grandiosity as the root of our struggles constitutes perhaps the most dangerous naiveté of all. The modern fantasy, he writes, believes that we ROLHEISER, page 15

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS ACTS 9:26-31 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. Then Barnabas took charge of him and brought him to the apostles, and he reported to them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. He moved about freely with them in Jerusalem, and spoke out boldly in the name of the Lord. He also spoke and debated with the Hellenists, but they tried to kill him. And when the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him on his way to Tarsus.

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit it grew in numbers.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

I will fulfill my vows before those who fear the Lord.

The lowly shall eat their fill; they who seek the Lord shall praise him: “May your hearts live forever!”

There are several ways to interpret scripture. One is to find a consoling message for us personally, what I call the “retreat reading.” Thus, we hear the gospel describe our close relationship with Jesus, assuring us of spiritual fruitfulness because Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. We are pruned in season, a necessary part of spiritual growth.

Even painful life experiences can bear fruit in greater wisdom and empathy. New growth that sprouts from the branches each year is connected with Jesus the vine. He is rooted in the earth, the ground of God’s divine life.

A consoling message can also be found in 1 John, whose letter does not contain a slate of laws or observances, but a single command: Love one another. Luke in Acts describes Paul who preached about Jesus “boldly.” Paul’s boldness was an encouragement to pastors who also met resistance in their ministry. We take comfort in Luke’s optimistic description of the church as united in faith and flourishing in new members. “It was being built up . . . and it grew in numbers.”

Another reading of these passages might be fundamentalist. Some scripture-study groups propose that Christians read the bible without complication of historical notes, sacramental theology, liturgical setting, or “interference” by a magisterium. Believers only need the scripture to find God. God’s word is found simply by an attentive, facevalue reading of biblical texts. It’s not important to belong to a particular denomination.

Faith means living in a sense of personal union with Jesus as the vine, finding support in like-minded believers as the branches, and speaking about one’s faith in Jesus boldly to others, like Paul. However, ignoring Church structure is not a Catholic approach to scrip-

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The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:26-31; Psalm 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32; I John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; all the families of the nations shall bow down before him.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

To him alone shall bow down all who sleep in the earth; before him shall bend all who go down into the dust.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

And to him my soul shall live; my descendants shall serve him.

Let the coming generation be told of the Lord

that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born the justice he has shown.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN 1 JN 3:18-24 Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts before him in whatever our hearts condemn, for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments

Scripture reflection SISTER ELOISE ROSENBLATT

‘Love one another’ in the Spirit of Jesus ture, nor denial of an historical context for the gospels.

Catholics take the view that scripture has been interpreted over centuries within a community of believers who are part of a visible structure later called “the Church.” Their leadership, in each generation, declares what the faith of the body of Christ is, and tries to keep the community unified. This is not to say that the faith of individual believers is less normative. The faith of Paul as an individual, who preached he had seen the Lord and spoken to him personally, became incorporated into the body of faith affirmed by the evangelists. In John’s gospel, the fruitfulness of the branches—understood here as individual believers—depends on remaining on the vine, united with Jesus embodied in his church.

There are some Catholic traditionalists who affirm that the Church is the authoritative interpreter of scripture. However, “true church” is defined as their own group. Such Catholics are sincere in their belief that the Church as a whole was led astray by Vatican II. This historical event should be ignored, they say. They harshly criticize the goodfaith statements of the local bishop, lowering respect for his leadership. They dun a pastor’s considered decisions, trying to divide parish loyalties. They may even believe that they are the ones who “keep his commandments and do what pleases him.” But the signal that all is not well can be viewed in posts to their blogs. They demean Catholic academics; they insult Catholic nuns; they savage Catholic lay organizations. They seem to have no tolerance for Catholics

and do what pleases him. And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us. Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them, and the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit he gave us.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN JN 15:1-8 Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.

“I am the vine, you are the branches.

Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.” who don’t share their views or adopt their formulaic assertions. They indulge in cruel, puerile diatribe instead of promoting a spirit of dialogue. The writer of the letter of John would probably wonder whether the presence “of the Spirit he gave us” abides on these blogs, because those who keep the command of Jesus love one another. If the Spirit of Jesus were present, wouldn’t there be some manifest effort at trying to understand, worship and believe together?

Catholic biblical exegetes ask several questions in reflecting on what scripture means: What does the text say in its original language? What did believers dispute then?

What historical and archeological data provides context? What do as-yet-unheard voices of the community have to say about the bible today? Over time, what effect does holding this or that interpretation have on the conduct of the community? Burning heretics may once have seemed authorized because “John said” that believers who don’t remain on the vine are like branches cut off that will be thrown onto a fire. Over time, Catholics saw that this literalist reading contradicted John’s command to “love one another” by respecting their consciences. Historically, Paul’s message was not acceptable to all; some of his hearers tried to kill him. There could be some humorous truth in the fact that the Church flourished after Paul was sent back to Tarsus. Luke did not deny history; he interpreted the Church’s progress in the light of both its dissension and its guidance forward by the Spirit of Jesus.

Sister Eloise Rosenblatt, R.S.M., Ph.D., is a theologian and attorney in private practice in San Jose.

For the Journey

Public faces and private hearts Plato said: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. What a world it would be if we all kept that in mind.

My friend’s husband was recently diagnosed with a heart problem that requires surgery. It was an unexpected diagnosis, falling into their lives like lightning on a still night.

On top of the challenge of open-heart surgery, they were told it would be best to travel to a distant hospital where the procedure is done frequently. So they’ll leave home and their local support system and journey to a strange city.

These are both people of faith and generosity, and as soon as they wrestled the news to the ground privately, they openly shared it with our church community.

Yesterday this friend and I helped out with a welcoming reception for new parishioners at our church. At the end of the reception we talked about sharing our lives with others, not just perfunctorily but on the deeper level where we all

fight our private struggles.

My friend observed that it’s hard having their medical news disseminated far and wide because everyone who sees them inquires about the issue, and sometimes it’s wearying, repeating details and answering questions.

Yet, she said, what she has discovered is that the predicament facing her and her husband has a positive aspect: Their trial and their openness prompt others to share their stories.

During the reception, for example, a woman shared with my friend that one of her sons will be admitted to an assisted-living residence for a debilitating illness and another is dealing with a tumor.

Imagine, we both thought, what an ordeal this is for this mom. Yet all I knew of her was her smiling face at church.

Like all of us, she has a public face and a private heart.

That’s why I love Plato’s quote. It reminds me that each person I meet has a story I really don’t know completely.

It doesn’t sound like a quote from a Greek philosopher, does it? It sounds so earthy and Effie Caldarola Christian that I had to look it up again just to make sure Plato said it.

Keeping that quote in mind helps me deal with a grumpy salesclerk or a moody teenager. How little I know of their battles or even those of my own teenager, who picks and chooses what she shares of her heart’s struggles.

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■ Continued from page 12 Hesburgh: “No speaker who has ever come to Notre Dame has changed the University. We are who we are. But, quite often, the very fact of being here has changed the speaker.”

Ted Weber Jr. San Francisco

Asking different questions Retired San Francisco Archbishop John Quinn presents a convoluted and deceptive “argument” against the University of Notre Dame disinviting President Obama in an attack packaged as concern for the future of the U.S. Catholic Church. This attack comes from the inside, from someone whose first priority should be to proclaim and stand up for God’s truth. The questions posed by Archbishop Quinn are but an attempt to blackmail the Catholic Church,

Rolhesier . . .

■ Continued from page 13 are better off without God and the churches, but that fantasy does not take into account “the rise of the culture of narcissism with its worsening epidemic of pathological grandiosity.”

What’s his solution? It is humility. But can there be genuine humility, given our innate grandiosity?

Yes, we can attain genuine humility and indeed it is our

Caldarola . . .

■ Continued from page 14 people. So when I look around the church sometimes I can peek behind a facade: I see the man who recently fought a battle with colon cancer and the woman who is faithfully caring for her husband with dementia. I see a friend who

masked as concern for the future of that same Church.

Let me pose my own questions. If President Obama is indeed welcomed and honored by a prominent Catholic University, what message is this sending to Catholics and nonCatholics? The teaching of the Catholic Church holds human life from conception to natural death as the highest value, deserving of the utmost respect and protection. President Obama has a record of unparalleled efforts of aggressively promoting abortion, the killing of most innocent, most vulnerable and most defenseless Americans. What kind of effect will this contradiction in Church’s teaching and its actions have on the faithful? Will it help strengthen the faith of its people? Will it reinforce the confidence among faithful in the Church as consistent in living what it preaches? Will it promote unity among the faithful?

The U.S. bishops’ 2004 document “Catholics in Political Life” states: “The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions.” How

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will an open disobedience to this directive affect the faithful in their struggles to live according to the teachings of the church?

Will it help their steadfastness in the face all that is coming against them and the Church? Or, will it erode their confidence in the Church’s ability to teach by example?

Danijela Brekalo San Mateo

Notre Dame’s defiance Archbishop Quinn writes a very thoughtful article regarding President Obama’s scheduled address at Notre Dame University but he fails to deal with the major issue: The Bishops of the United States have asked institutions like Notre Dame not to honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. Are Catholics to dismiss or rationalize these pronouncements? Do not the Bishops assembled carry great moral authority? Is not Notre Dame giving great scandal by its action?

P. Sicotte, Jr. San Francisco.

only hope. But, for him, genuine humility consists in two things: Knowing your limits and getting the help you need.

For Moore, it is never a question of: “Am I dangerously proud?” But only a question of: “How do I get the help that I need to deal with my grandiosity?”

For him, that help ultimately lies in a relationship with God which lets us healthily accept and use our divine energies even as it makes clear that we may never identify with those energies. We are not God, albeit we need to use divine energy. Our life-long struggle between depression and infla-

tion is, in essence, a struggle to pray properly.

To ignore this struggle is, as he puts it, to “continue arranging unconsciously our own last rites.”

suffered a devastating miscarriage and another whose daughter had a baby as an unmarried teen. I pray for them as we together receive the body and blood of Christ.

But what I don’t see makes me lift my heart in prayer as well: Who struggles with a marriage that is falling apart?

Who deals with depression on a daily basis? Who is battling alcohol or eating disorders? Whose child is at home, refusing to come to church?

My church is the place where I should be able to find someone with whom I can share my private struggle, someone who will listen to my story. And it’s certainly the place where I should encounter people who are kind, because they know everyone is fighting a hard battle.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and award-winning author, is President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. He can be contacted through his website www.ronrolheiser.com.

Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News Service.

She is based in Anchorage, Alaska.

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By John Mulderig NEW YORK (CNS) – In 1999, art historian Antonio Forcellino began restoration work on one of Renaissance man Michelangelo Buonarroti’s most famous statues, the figure of Moses on the tomb of the “warrior pope,” Julius II (1443-1513), in Rome’s Church of St. Peter in Chains. As he labored, Forcellino noticed a number of anomalies in the work, and in some of the tomb’s other sculptures.

The startling theory about the artist’s secret religious views that Forcellino eventually developed to account for these oddities is detailed in his biography, published in an English translation in Britain earlier this year as “Michelangelo: A Turbulent Life,” and forthcoming in the U.S. with the subtitle “A Restless Life.”

His hypothesis also provides the basis for the thought-provoking “Secrets of the Dead” program “Michelangelo Revealed,” which premieres on PBS stations Wednesday, May 13, 8-9 p.m. PDT. As Forcellino explains in filmmaker Fabrizio Ruggirello’s documentary – which appealingly captures both Rome’s artistic treasures and its beautiful cityscape – he believes Michelangelo was a member of an informal group of church reform advocates known as the Spirituali. This circle included two powerful cardinals, Italian Ercole Gonzaga and Englishman Reginald Pole, as well as poet Vittoria Colonna, the scion of one of Rome’s most august families.

Widespread ecclesiastical corruption had already contributed to the start of the Protestant

Michelangelo’s “The Pietà”, a marble depiction of Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Reformation and many faithful Catholics were demanding an end to such abuses. But the script contends that the Spirituali went further, agreeing with Luther’s view of justification by faith alone and downplaying the role of the clergy and the sacraments in favor of direct personal enlightenment.

The first half of the 16th century was a complex era religiously, and the film occasionally paints it with overly broad strokes, as when it equates the sale of indulgences with the sale of forgiveness. That may have been a widespread perception at the time, but it was an erroneous one nonetheless, since indulgences presuppose that sins have already been confessed and absolved.

As for the Spirituali, their ideas may have been controversial, but were not as yet necessarily heretical, since the Council of Trent – at which both Cardinals Pole and Gonzaga served as papal legates – did not definitively articulate the Catholic understanding of justification, in contrast to Luther’s teaching, until 1547.

While Forcellino’s more sensational claims – essentially identifying Michelangelo as a secret Protestant and a hidden enemy of the church his art served so effectively – need to be carefully weighed, there are genuine insights into the launch of the movement that would eventually become the Counter-Reformation.

Mulderig is on the staff of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies.

Author explores how to balance religious freedom, national unity “With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America” by Douglas A. Hicks. Oxford University Press (New York, 2009). 228 pp. $27.95.

Reviewed by Josephite Sister Mona Castelazo In “With God on All Sides,” Douglas A. Hicks raises the question of how the United States, a country originally founded by colonists seeking freedom of religion, has come to the point where many citizens are suspicious and distrustful of those professing a different religion from their own.

The book addresses this issue through

exploring the variety of ways that religion has functioned in the public sphere and by viewing the diversity of beliefs as a forward-looking opportunity that challenges both leaders and citizens to foster inclusive and positive action to ensure both religious freedom and national unity.

The author begins with Abraham Lincoln’s reflections on the fact that both North and South claimed that God was “on their side” in the Civil War. Lincoln wrote that God can’t be for and against something simultaneously and that “no one fully knows God’s will.” Hicks points out the similarity in our recent claims that God was on America’s side in the Iraq War. Because four-fifths of our population is Christian, some

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A similar attitude was expressed concerning operations against a Muslim warlord in Somalia led by a member of our Defense Department who remarked, “I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.”

Hicks points out that, in the American tradition, neither Lincoln nor Thomas Jefferson would have approved of self-righteous or dogmatic Christians who identify our nation’s direction with the will of God. Rather, the author suggests that God speaks from many sides and that religions do not cause conflicts, but believers do.

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Protestant, Catholic and Jewish, according to Hicks. This was challenged by the reality of cultural pluralism as many people from Asia and the Middle East arrived and multiplied to form more of a “nation of nations.”

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Call (650) 906-8836 or e-mail edgewoodworksstm@ gmail.com for more information.

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, PhD. May 12, 7 – 8:30 p.m.: Memorable Interviewing: Marie Applegate, former recruiter and current social coach, will present techniques that will improve your interviewing skills. Expand your network with Catholic Networking. St. Dominic’s, 2390 Bush Street (SF) in the modular classroom. Admission is free; reservations are requested, daura@ccwear.com (415) 664-0164.

May 13, 20, 7 – 9 p.m.: “Keeping the Faith During the Downturn,” a series of evening sessions exploring ways to God even in the midst of the downturn. Patrick O’Halloran, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist with degrees in English, Theology and Psychology, will facilitate. Takes place at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park. Call (650) 325-5614 or visit www.vallombrosa.org.

June 12, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: “Slowing Down to the Present Moment,” part of the “Retreat in Times of Stress Series” at Mercy Center, 2390 Adeline Dr. in Burlingame. Suzanne Buckley and Mercy Sister Loretta Moffatt will facilitate. No fee but registration is required. Call (650) 340-7454 to reserve a spot.

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Good Health May 16th, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.: The Empowered Healthcare Conference at UCSF Mission Bay Campus.

Attendees will learn how to make their voice heard in health care, how to advocate effectively for themselves and their loved ones and how to protect themselves from medical errors and hospital infections. Expert speakers include Dr. Dean Ornish and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Stephen Schneider. The cost of the non-profit educational event is $80.00 and includes light breakfast, a full lunch and certificates of attendance. For more details and registration please visit www.EmpoweredHealthCon.com or call (415) 681-1011. A limited number of scholarships are available. Those interested in a scholarship should send an e-mail to empoweredhealthcon@gmail.com.

May 20, 2 p.m.: “Kicking the Hidden Hearing Loss Blues,” a seminar at Alma Via Residence, 515 Northgate Dr. in San Rafael. Speakers are Andrew Valla, Au. D. of the Whisper Hearing Center. Attendees will learn about all aspects and effects of hearing loss.

Call (415) 491-1900.

Trainings/Lectures/Respect Life Saturdays: San Mateo Pro-Life prays the rosary at Planned Parenthood, 2211 Palm Ave. in San Mateo at 9 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. For more information, call Jessica at (650) 572-1468.

Vallombrosa Retreat Center 250 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park. Call (650) 3255614 or visit www.vallombrosa.org May 13, 10 a.m. – noon: Sacred Dance for Healing - We have danced in a circle since time began. This monthly circle dance is a way to come together to dance our gratitude for the grace of being alive and to remember the sacred in life and in each other. When we dance in a circle, we can remember our oneness with all peoples and all creation. Holly Burn-Crain, MA, ADTR has been leading Sacred Circle dance gatherings in the Bay Area for the past six years. Free-will offerings are accepted.

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May 16, 4:30 p.m.: The Chinese Community of the Archdiocese celebrates Bishop Ignatius Wang’s 50th anniversary of priesthood ordination and Episcopal retirement with a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral followed by a buffet dinner at the Patrons Hall, St. Mary’s Conference Center. Tickets for dinner are at $30 per person. It will be first come first served and no tickets will be sold at the door. Please call Ella at (415) 614-5574.

May 23, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.: St. Finn Barr School Rummage Sale at 419 Hearst Street at Edna in San Francisco’s Sunnyside neighborhood. Many items available including furniture, appliances, clothing, toys and sporting goods. Coffee, lemonade and baked goods also for sale. Bring friends and find bargains!

May 20, noon: Spaghetti and meatball lunch at Immaculate Conception Chapel, Folsom off Cesar Chavez/Army St. in San Francisco. Tickets are $8 per person. The family-style meal includes salad, bread, pasta and homemade meatballs. Beverages are available for purchase. The meal is served in the church hall, beneath the chapel. Call (415) 824-1762.

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Student Council members at Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School load coats and blankets they collected for distribution by the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

The group also led a campaign that raised $1,500 to help build a school library for needy students in Nepal. From left: Amy Smerdel, Julia Ryan, Delaney Archer, Kenny McMillan, Lindsay Light, Phoebe Varunok, Christian Ramian, Eric Bellomo, Nicolette Zamora, Joey Berriatua, Joseph Sahyoun and Austin Hellpap.

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.

TV/Radio Downturn” This series of evening sessions will explore ways in which we can find God even in the midst of the downturn. Patrick O’Halloran, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist with degrees in English, Theology and Psychology, will facilitate.

May 19: Sacred Healing: Nature Reflects God - This one day retreat will focus on connecting with Nature as a form of healing ourselves. Become more aware of the Earth as a sacred living organism and pray with rituals that help us unite our love with the Divine love.

Dominican Sister Joan Prohaska, will facilitate this healing day.

May 29 – June 1: “Praying the Mystics - Teresa, John and Ignatius” Great Christian saints and mystics - Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and Ignatius of Loyola - were teachers of prayer whose practical wisdom can help us draw closer to God no matter where we are on the spiritual journey. On these retreat days, learn about their lives, spirituality, teachings on prayer and their “maps” of the journey toward union with God. Carmen de la Vega Neafsey, MA and James Neafsey, D.Min., who have studied the lives and works of these Spanish mystics for over 30 years, will lead the weekend.

Pauline Books and Media Daughters of St. Paul, 2640 Broadway, Redwood City (650) 369-4230 - Visit www.pauline.org May 20, 7 p.m.: Paul and His Friends, a presentation by Father David Pettingill. Come to celebrate the approaching close of the Pauline Year as together we consider how the strong collaborative friendships of Paul helped to further the Good News he so tirelessly proclaimed. As members of the same Body of Christ we too can experience this richness.

Arts & Entertainment May 21, 22, 23 at 7:30 p.m. and May 24 at 3 p.m.: Mission Dolores Theater Arts Group presents “Bigger Than Life.” American folk tales and legends come to life with stories and songs. “It is amusement, amazement, and entertainment of the whole family,” information said.

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heaven can’t wait Serra for Priestly Vocations Please call Archdiocese of San Francisco Fr. Tom Daly (415) 614-5683

The show plays at Mission Dolores School Auditorium, 16th St. at Dolores in San Francisco. Tickets available at the gate or at (415) 621-8203 Adults: $5 / students and seniors $4 / children $2. Proceeds benefit Theatre Arts Ministry at Mission Dolores School.

Special Liturgies The Chinese Community of the Archdiocese celebrates Bishop Ignatius Wang’s 50th anniversary of priesthood ordination and Episcopal retirement on Saturday, May 16, 4:30 p.m. with a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral followed by a buffet dinner at the Patrons Hall, St. Mary’s Conference Center. Tickets for dinner are at $30 per person. It will be first come, first served and no tickets will be sold at the door.

Please call Ella at (415) 614-5574.

May 23, noon: Father John Jimenez leads the Public Square Rosary Crusade at United Nations Plaza in San Francisco. Pray for the world, its people, and its leaders. For information, call Juanita Agcaoili at (415) 647-7229.

The Tridentine Mass is celebrated Sundays at 12:15 p.m.: Holy Rosary Chapel at St. Vincent School for Boys. For more information, call St. Isabella Parish at (415) 479-1560, and First Friday: Latin High Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425 Bay Road at Glen Way, East Palo Alto.

Mass is followed by the Litany of the Sacred Heart and Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament until midnight. Confessions are heard before Mass. Low Mass in Latin is also offered every Friday evening at 6 p.m. For further information, call (650) 322-2152.

Food & Fun May 9, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.: St. Anselm School’s 4th Annual Festival of Fun with rides, games, entertainment and food at 40 Belle Avenue, in San Anselmo.

For information, please call (415) 454-8667.

May 14, noon: Regular luncheon of the Serra Club of San Francisco at Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia Street, off Mission Street in San Francisco. Speaker is

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

Harry Schlitt presiding.

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.

KSFB Catholic Radio 1260 AM offers daily Mass, rosary and talk on the faith – visit www.ihradio.org Mondays, 7 p.m.: Comcast channel 26 in Marin will broadcast a series of 56 half-hour videos filmed in Medjugorje. Also, NPAT channel 26 in Novato carries the same series each Thursday at 9:30 p.m.

Call (707) 480-7000 for more information.

EWTN Catholic Television: Comcast Channel 229; Astound Channel 80; San Bruno Cable Channel 143; DISH Satellite Channel 261; Direct TV Channel 370.

For programming details, visit www.ewtn.com.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an information phone number.

Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F. 94109, or fax it to (415) 614-5633, e-mail burket@sfarchdiocese.org, or visit www.catholic-sf.org, Contact Us.

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Presentation Sisters mark Jubilee years The Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary honored Sisters celebrating 70, 60 and 50 years as religious April 26 in a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco.

Sister Aileen Regan, 70 years, is a former assistant superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and has taught an additional 42 years in Catholic schools.

Sister Mary Kieran O’Connor, 70 years, is vice-principal of St. Christopher School in San Jose, where she has served for 25 years. She is also a former principal of St. Patrick School, San Jose and St. Catherine School in Morgan Hill.

Sister Judith Guevara, 60 years, serves today in adult faith formation among parishes in San Francisco’s Mission Deanery, a ministry she entered in 1996 at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish.

Sister Mary Christina Pizzorno, 60 years, has spent most of her almost 60 years as an educator in Southern California and today serves as a math and reading tutor at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Los Angeles from which she graduated.

Sister Merie Louise Sandstrom, 60 years, serves as a volunteer at Catholic Worker House in Menlo Park. She has also

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Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (PVBM) celebrating Jubilees in 2009 include (from left, lower row) Sister Merie Louise Sandstrom, 60 years; Sister Judith Guevara, 60 years; (from left, upper row) Sister Patricia Davis, 50 years; Sister M. Michele O’Connell, 60 years; Sister M. Christina Pizzorno, 60 years; and Sister M. Kieran O’Connor, 70 years.

served at schools in San Francisco, San Jose and Berkeley.

Sister Mary Michele O’Connell, 60 years, serves as a volunteer at her congregation’s Presentation Retreat Center in Los Gatos where she was a staff member in the 1990s.

Sister Patricia Davis, 50 years, is director of the Learning and Loving Center in Morgan Hill which she founded. She is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco’s St. Elizabeth School.

Presentation Sister Aileen Regan celebrated a Jubilee of Grace, seventy years since entrance into the Sisters of the Presentation.

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OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Approximately 2,000 to 10,000 square feet first floor office space available (additional space available if needed) at One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco (between Gough & Franklin), is being offered for lease to a non-profit entity.

Space available includes enclosed offices, open work area with several cubicles, large work room, and storage rooms on the lower level of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Chancery/Pastoral Center. We also have mail and copy services available, as well as meeting rooms (based on availability).

Reception services available.

Space has access to kitchen area and restroom facilities. Parking spaces negotiable. Ready for immediate occupancy with competitive terms.

Come view the space.

For more information, contact Katie Haley, (415) 614-5556 email haleyk@sfarchdiocese.org.

Public Service Announcement

Help Wanted

2009 Annual

RNs, LVNs, CNAs, Caregivers

Food Drive The United States Postal Service (USPS) and the National Association of Letter Carries (NALC) will be having their 17th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive throughout the nation to benefit food banks, pantries, and shelters. On Saturday, May 9, 2009, letter carriers will collect non-perishable donations from homes as they deliver mail along their postal routes. We ask for the public to support this noble cause, as “Millions and millions of families are suffer ing and struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table.”

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In-home care in San Francisco, Marin County, peninsula Nursing care for children in San Francisco schools If you are generous, honest, compassionate, respectful, and want to make a difference, send us your resume: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN Fax: 415-435-0421 Email: info@sncsllc.com Voice: 415-435-1262

ADVANCEMENT EVENT COORDINATOR - Full time Position description: Mercy High School, an all-girls Catholic college preparatory high school in Burlingame has an opening for a fulltime Event Coordinator starting July 1st, 2009. Position is responsible for creating and implementing various special events throughout the year Candidate must be a dynamic, creative, experienced development professional, experienced in creating and executing dynamic events that reflect current fund-raising best practices and engage the school’s constituents and encourage philanthropic support of the school.. The Coordinator serves as moderator of the Mercy Parents’ Club and is responsible for all club meetings, events, and fundraisers.

Minimal qualifications: • 3+ years experience in event planning/management in a non-profit environment • Demonstrated ability to produce successful events within budget criteria and create a surplus to meet fund-raising goals • Extensive leadership and organizational skills to produce well-designed and -managed events; including oversight and management of volunteer leaders and groups • Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills • Ability to multitask and meet multiple deadlines • Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge as well as Auction Maestro Pro or similar auction program preferred.

Education and/or Experience AA required, BA preferred. Degree or certification in event planning highly desirable Position requires candidate to be on campus daily, with additional weekend and evening meetings and events required.

Salary: Commensurate with experience.

All resume materials must be received by Friday, Friday, May 8th, 2009.

Send resume and cover letter to: Kay Carter, Director of Human Resources, Mercy High School, 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010; email: kcarter@mercyhsb.com

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Shuttle available at main gate from 10 am until 1pm

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Menlo Park Memorial Day Mass ~ Outdoors – 11:00 am Rev. William Myers, Pastor, St. Raymond Church, Celebrant Our Lady of the Pillar Church, Half Moon Bay Memorial Day Mass ~ Outdoors – 9:30 am Rev. Domingo Orimaco, Pastor, Our Lady of the Pillar Church, Celebrant Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael Memorial Day Mass ~ Outdoors – 11:00 am Rev. Louis Robello, Celebrant