May 9, 2008 by Catholic San Francisco

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Local Catholic higher education leaders share views on papal talk

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Bishop-elect William Justice addressed a May 6 rally defending immigrant rights. The San Francisco Organizing Project and the San Francisco Immigration Legal and Education Network staged the rally on the steps of San Francisco City Hall in response to a federal enforcement action that detained 60 restaurant workers in the Bay Area, including 11 in San Francisco. “We are people of faith here – a faith that says we must treat the alien as brothers and sisters,” Bishop-elect Justice said. “‘I was a stranger, and you loved me,’ Jesus said.” Standing behind Bishop-elect Justice is George Wesolek, director of the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

A warmly pastoral but intellectually imposing Pope Benedict XVI sent a clear message to Catholic higher education leaders during his recent U.S. apostolic visit: pursue knowledge where you will, but know all roads lead to the transcendent truth of Christ. In his April 17 talk to nearly 600 educators at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., the pope celebrated the special mission Catholic colleges and universities have to bring that truth into a fragmented world and to form human character. At the same time he softly placed a challenge—he phrased it as an opportunity—on the table: In the pursuit of knowledge, some activities support the mission to reveal objective truth and build conscience. Some may obstruct or betray it. Know the difference.

SPECIAL REPORT The pope did not list criticisms of Catholic colleges and universities, and he did not offer recipes for proper or questionable uses of academic freedom. At a time when critics have said too many Catholic universities have lost their focus on Church teaching, the pope was concerned not with management choices but with the strength of the faith that must inform those choices on Catholic campuses. “A university or school’s Catholic identity is not simply a question of the number of Catholic students,” he said in a muchquoted phrase. “It is a question of conviction. Do we really believe that only in the mystery of the Word Made Flesh does the mystery of man truly become clear? Are we ready to commit our entire self – intellect and will, mind and heart – to God? Do we accept the truth Christ reveals? Is the faith tangible in our universities and schools?” For James Donahue, a Catholic theo-

logian who is president and professor of theology and ethics at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, the message was substantive and deserves careful thought. “Universities explore ideas and explore cultural forms of ideas,” he said. “The concerns will be: ‘What are the legitimate expressions of the search for truth?’ It’s not so much ‘this is true, this is not true,’ but what counts for a legitimate expression of that.” How Benedict would have campuses respond to these questions is unclear, Donahue said. Schools must do this work themselves in choosing, for example, which speakers and which academic and cultural activities align with Catholic identity. “It seems to me the conversation in Catholic higher education will be how to assess what are legitimate expressions of the search for truth,” he said. “The question will be whether or not certain expressions of culture will be seen as legitimate and authentic manifestations of the search for truth – (such as) issues of sexuality, reproductive rights. “I think the questions that will need to be explored include: ‘Are there any boundaries for academic freedom, and what does one claim in the name of academic freedom?’ ‘Are there some claims that are irresponsible in the name of academic freedom?’” Donahue said. Catholic San Francisco asked the presidents of four Bay Area Catholic institutions of higher education – St. Mary’s College of California in Moraga, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, the University of San Francisco and Santa Clara University – if they felt the pope’s talk pointed to the need to make any immediate changes in their academic mix or campus culture. All said they felt it did not. ”As I read through it I saw a number of VIEWS ON PAPAL TALK, page 11

Mother’s Day A wonderful legacy of faith, hope and service By Lisa M. Petsche My paternal grandmother died 19 years ago, at age 81. This year marks the 100th anniversary of her birth. To honor her life and her legacy, one of my uncles is compiling a booklet of memories. Grandma was one of seven children, born and raised on a farm in Austria. She came to North America in her early twenties, securing employment as a domestic worker until her marriage. Her

first child, my father, was born in the middle of The Great Depression. Grandma bore 13 children in all - 10 more than I have. I’m amazed that she managed to ensure everyone’s needs were met, especially without the many conveniences today’s mothers take for granted. She and Grandpa were still raising children when the grandkids began arriving. Despite the sacrifices her life involved, Grandma was never MOTHER’S DAY, page 10

Alex and Lisa Petsche are pictured on their wedding day with Lisa’s grandmother who would have turned 100 this year.

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Where You Live by Tom Burke Deacon Tom Reardon and Michael McDevitt were leaders of a daylong Lenten retreat at St. Gabriel Parish in San Francisco. More than 150 people took part guided by a theme of “Food for the Body – Food for the Soul.”

Happy 65 years married April 17 to Henrietta and assessment at San Francisco State University. “I am thrilled choice. “I am excited to join NDNU and look forward to Mel Cottonaro. Quite a story with these two who met as to welcome Richard to NDNU,” said Acting President Judith working with the faculty, students and staff,” he said. While teens at Saturday night dances at the Italian American Club Grieg, calling him a “person of intense energy, keen insight, we’re here, congrats to senior Andres Caballero, recently on Russia Street in the Excelsior District where they both and deep experience.” A native New Yorker, Richard is a recognized with a $3,000 scholarship from CNN and the lived. “It was love at first sight,” Mel told me. Henrietta and graduate of the Jesuits’ Fordham University in Bronx, NY National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Kudos, too, Mel, longtime parishioners of St. Veronica’s, have lived in and holds a post-graduate degree from Princeton University to The Argonaut, NDNU’s school newspaper and named South San Francisco for 51 years as the best small-college newspaper and are still doting on their children, in the state by California College Michael and Colleen, as well as Media Association. Individual their son and daughter-in-law, six awards went to staffers including grandchildren and two great grandStephanie Scalise, Michael Prescott, children. As a boy, Mel served Mass Humberto Felix, Cassandra Moser, at Immaculate Conception Church John Larsen, Corazon Riley and on Folsom Street and remembers Bianca Nery. …Honored from Father Victor Bazzanella as a man all directions was Karen Morales “who did many great things for the of San Anselmo’s San Domenico Church.” When his family moved Schools. The longtime second from Bernal Heights in 1939 they grade teacher drew kudos from purchased their home in the Excelsior Marin County Assemblyman Jared for $4,700, Mel said. … Lucille and Huffman, Senator Carole Migden Hugo Phillips marked 55 years Henrietta and Mel Cottonaro and Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey. Richard Giardina, Ph.D Married 65 years May 3 were Jeanne married May 2. Now members of St. Among her many qualifications for Isabella Parish in San Rafael, they were members of nearby and Irvin Mitchell. They marked the recognition were “continuing dedication and steadfast Blessed Sacrament Parish until it closed in 1995. The two advocacy in promoting student understanding of fairness” and the day with a family celebration. ended their note with a P.S. we can all relate to, methinks: “always striving to improve her teaching methods.” Carole “The years have been fun but not always easy.”…Welcome about 70 miles south of Fordham and reached via a series of Chase, primary school head, said, “Karen excels in working aboard at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont lefts and rights over I-95, the Jersey Turnpike and a bunch with children.”… This is an empty space without ya’!! The to interim provost, Richard Giardina, Ph.D., most recently of lesser known thoroughfares. You also get a tour of the e-mail address for Street is burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed serving as associate vice president for academic planning and Garden State’s capital – Trenton – on the way, if that’s your items should be sent to “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Pix should be hard copy or electronic jpeg at 300 dpi. Don’t forget to include a follow-up phone number. Call me COUPLES WEEKEND WORKSHOP, at (415) 614-5634 and I’ll walk you through it. ● ● LIVING TRUSTS WILLS PROBATE based on Dr. John Gottman’s 35 years of research on what works in relationships. LEARN ROSARY MAKING MICHAEL T. SWEENEY Day 1: Developing Closeness & Friendship. A Catholic Tradition ATTORNEY AT LAW Contact us for a catalog and introductory offer! Day 2: Managing Conflict & Communication Skills LEWIS & COMPANY 782A ULLOA STREET Dedicated to Rosary Making! Location: St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127 (800) 342 - 2400 rosaryparts.com Contact: DR. ROBERT NAVARRA 650-593-8087 (415) 664-8810 (Certified Gottman Therapist) www.mtslaw.info Website: www.robertnavarra.net Are your systems and your data giving you FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION Email: robertnavarra@sbcglobal.net “the business” Instead of helping your business?

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Former Jesuit Volunteer heads state volunteer office The task is to organize both the supply of volunteers – sources include faith organizations and pro sports teams – and to align with local social service needs, disaster response and other areas. “Both sides of the marketplace are crying out,” she said. “I would love to hire 100 people. If I had my dream, I’d like to have expertise in the functional areas covering all of the different areas of community need. And on the supply side, covering all the possible sources.” Baker’s priorities include creating a Disaster Volunteer Corps, recruiting from non-private and private organizations and making it easier for volunteers to clear liability hurdles, such as criminal background checks, before they can serve. Baker is in the midst of a 30-city “listening tour” to canvass service suppliers and consumers throughout the state. One message she wants to send to potential volunteers is that a helper need not be a

By Rick DelVecchio Raising eight children would be a fulltime job, and then some, for many parents. But Karen Baker’s parents did not see it that way. They felt active citizenship was crucial no matter how busy they were at home, and they pointed Karen and her siblings on a lifechanging path of community service. Baker’s journey reached an historic milestone in February when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed her Secretary of Service and Volunteering, the nation’s first cabinet-level post devoted to volunteering. The 46-year-old Sacramento resident, a graduate of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, leads a staff of 31 on an ambitious strategy to boost the number of broadly skilled volunteers throughout the state and match them to local needs. The task ahead is daunting, but Baker thanks her close-knit family and her faith for giving her the foundation to succeed. Her dad, who volunteered for United Way and the St. Vincent de Paul Society, was her first role model. “A lot of people who looked at our family would say, ‘My gosh, you have eight kids. Why are you volunteering?’ But it was made clear we have so much as a family, there are so many people who don’t have enough, we need to be out there helping. That value was constantly emphasized.” The Bakers moved from Dayton, Ohio, to Sacramento when Karen was a teen. Her next civic role model was an older sister who worked among the poor for the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Portland. Karen joined JVC when she was in her early 20s, never expecting she would find her calling there. “I went in thinking, ‘I’ll do my one year.’ But their tag line, ‘Ruined for life,’ is true. You can’t turn your eye anymore,” she said. Baker learned she did not have a vocation for social work but was drawn to political and leadership roles in service organizations. In 2005, her career had taken her from Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles to Sacramento, where Schwarzenegger named

case worker to be of service. Her own story proves the point. “I think what can be hard for people is what to do when you want to help and you don’t want to be a social worker,” she said. “You’re supposed to be searching for another way, a way that resonates with you.” Baker and her husband, Edward, have two children, Ella, 5, and Christopher, 2. They are parishioners at St. Ignatius Parish in Sacramento. “Our family life is about daily prayers, morning and evening, and being involved in service projects,” Baker said. “I’ve got pictures of my five-year-old when she was three months at a community garden project celebrating Dr. King’s holiday. “We also do a thing we created on our own, a prayer of gratitude with our children,” she said. “Every night we sit down with our kids and have them tell us what they’re most grateful for, to build up a sense of gratitude.”

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her to head California Volunteers. Two back-to-back ordeals in 2007, the Southern California wildfires and the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay, would forge their working relationship and lead to upgrading the volunteer director’s role to the governor’s cabinet. Both disasters proved, first, how many Californians are willing to spontaneously volunteer and, second, the impact they can have when their efforts are organized. But it was also demonstrated that more people would volunteer if they knew what to do and where to go. One tactic Baker has developed in the early months of her tenure is the volunteer secretary’s website, californiavolunteers.org, which lists 40,000 volunteer opportunities gathered from 17 sources. “What this is about is letting Californians know there’s a clear mechanism for getting them involved,” she said. Baker is approaching the job as if it were a business opportunity. She sees her role as brokering between suppliers and users.

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May 9, 2008 a looming humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.” Brown, the director of refugee programs for Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, was among witnesses May 1 describing the situation of 2.2 million Iraqis living as refugees, primarily in Syria and Jordan, and another 2.7 million “internally displaced persons,” living in Iraq but unable to return to their own homes. At the joint hearing of two Foreign Affairs subcommittees – on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight and on the Middle East and South Asia – witnesses and members of Congress cautioned about letting the current situation fester.

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Brother Vincent Malham, 73, president of Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn., was killed May 2 when his car collided head-on with a pickup truck near Clayton, La. The educator also worked for nearly a decade at Bethlehem University in the Middle East and was its president for seven years. A funeral Mass was to be celebrated May 12 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis.

Vatican: block parish records WASHINGTON (CNS) – In an effort to block posthumous rebaptisms by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholic dioceses throughout the world have been directed by the Vatican not to give information in parish registers to the Mormons’ Genealogical Society of Utah. An April 5 letter from the Vatican Congregation for Clergy, obtained by Catholic News Service in late April, asks episcopal conferences to direct all bishops to keep the Latter-day Saints from microfilming and digitizing information contained in those registers.

Aborted babies’ funeral asked STATEN ISLAND, NY – (Christian Newswire) – Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, on May 1 called upon all of the nation’s Catholic priests to offer a Mass for the “Hodari babies,” a group of aborted children who were discovered over the last two months in the trash dumpster at Woman Care abortion clinic on Southfield Road in Lathrup Village, Mich. Through the efforts of Citizens for a Pro-life Society, there was a funeral Mass celebrated May 3 by Bishop John Quinn of Detroit, followed by burial of the babies.

Iraqi refugees pose looming crisis WASHINGTON (CNS) – The short version of the situation was in one line of Anastasia Brown’s testimony to a House subcommittee hearing: “The plain and simple truth is that the United States is not doing everything in its power to avert

Judge approves settlement DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS) – Following a nearly four-hour hearing April 30, a bankruptcy court judge approved a plan that will allow the Davenport Diocese to emerge from bankruptcy, which it entered 18 months ago. The plan, which all but one of 165 creditors voted to accept, calls for a $37 million settlement and nonmonetary measures to compensate creditors, most of whom are survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

Survey: Bible hard to understand VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Bible: Most people in Europe and North America have one and some read it, but more than half say it is difficult to understand. A survey commissioned by the Catholic Biblical Federation found that even those who reported reading the Bible said it was not easy to understand. Luca Diotallevi, the Rome-based sociology professor who coordinated the survey’s working group, said, “This is very important. People described the Bible as difficult whether or not they said they read it. The people of God are asking for help reading the Bible,” he said in an April 30 interview. The Catholic Biblical Federation commissioned the survey as part of its preparation for the October world Synod of Bishops, which will focus on the Bible.

Offer advice on China pilgrimages BEIJING (CNS) – Catholic authorities in mainland China have taken the unprecedented step of advising Catholics how to conduct Marian devotions and make pilgrimage arrangements. The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China have urged all dioceses in China to organize pilgrimages locally rather than in other provinces or municipalities, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News. The five-point notice from the two government-approved bodies also asks dioceses to implement security measures to ensure pilgrims’ safety. The organizations decided to make the statement, officials said, because they “estimated the number of pilgrims would increase and wanted to ease the pressure on Shanghai.” Pope Benedict XVI has asked Catholics worldwide to pray for the Chinese Catholic Church May 24, the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians.

Issue stem-cell research letter LA CROSSE, Wis. (CNS) – Wisconsin’s bishops called for “reasonable standards for the protection of human life and dignity” in an April 29 pastoral letter addressing embryonic stem-cell research. Without being specific, the bishops said their letter is not meant to “’impose’ narrow doctrinal

beliefs” on the broader community, but to recognize that “we are called to harness new developments at the cutting edge of science in ways that respect the dignity of all human life, especially in its most vulnerable stages.” The issue is especially contentious in Wisconsin because taxpayers fund embryonic stem-cell research through the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Stem-Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center. Local Catholic leaders and advocates for the disabled praised Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, for fully embracing the April 18 arrival of their fifth child, who they knew would be born with Down syndrome. According to researchers, nearly 90 percent of women who learn in advance that their child might have Down syndrome opt for abortion.

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CRS defends actions WASHINGTON (CNS) – In a letter to U.S. bishops, the chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services said the agency’s HIV/AIDS programs practice Church teachings on condom use and abstinence before marriage. “In no cases does CRS promote, purchase or distribute condoms,” said Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee, CRS chairman, in the letter obtained April 29 by Catholic News Service. CRS is the U.S. bishops’ international relief and development agency. The archbishop wrote the letter, dated April 23, in response to an article by The Catholic World Report which charged CRS was not adhering to Church teaching because it was promoting condoms and omitting its logo on a Zambian HIV informational tool. Archbishop Dolan said, “CRS’ name does not appear on HIV pedagogical flip charts because the tools belong not to us, but to the government of Zambia’s Ministry of Health.” In fact, he noted, “CRS was able to convince the government of Zambia to include discussions on abstinence, behavior change and fidelity in marriage within the material, information that was absent in previous drafts.”

Haiti food crisis continues WASHINGTON (CNS) – A new prime minister in Haiti might temporarily lower anxiety among hungry citizens, but two Catholic Church officials said the government must focus on reducing food prices to prevent future rioting and stop more Haitians from trying to flee the nation in rickety boats. “There is a keen interest by people to see if other commodities, besides rice, can be lowered to some degree,” said BRIEFS, page 5

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Says denial of Communion is up to local bishops By Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) – Following criticism that highprofile Catholic politicians who support keeping abortion legal were permitted to receive the Eucharist during the U.S. papal Masses in Washington and New York, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl reiterated his position that such action should be left to the discretion of the bishop heading an individual lawmaker’s diocese. In the archbishop’s April 30 column in the Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, he said he has not accepted the suggestions that he supersede the authority of an individual bishop when dealing with public figures from those jurisdictions who serve in the District of Columbia. “I have always respected the role of the local Church and the ministry of the individual bishop as shepherd of the Church entrusted to his care,” Archbishop Wuerl said. “A decision regarding the refusal of holy Communion to an individual is one that should be made only after clear efforts to persuade and convince the person that their actions are wrong and bear moral consequences,” he said. “Presumably this is done in the home diocese where the bishops and priests, the pastors of souls, engage the members of their flock in this type of discussion.” The archbishop’s remarks came two days after an April 28 column by syndicated columnist Robert Novak criticized

Briefs . . . ■ Continued from page 4 William Canny, country representative in Haiti for the U.S. bishops’ international aid agency, Catholic Relief Services.

Little Portion Hermitage burns BERRYVILLE, Ark. (CNS) – An April 28 fire destroyed the common center and chapel at Little Portion Hermitage near Berryville. The hermitage, the home of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity led by musician John Michael Talbot, worked with firefighters from four different fire departments to stop the blaze. “Everybody was heroic,” Talbot told the Arkansas Catholic, newspaper of the Little Rock Diocese. Damages were estimated to be

him and Cardinal Edward M. Egan – head of the New York see – for inviting to the papal Masses U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Sens. John Kerry, Christopher Dodd and Edward M. Kennedy and former New York Mayor and GOP presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani, all Catholics who have supported keeping abortion legal and all of whom were reported to have publicly received Communion. Cardinal Egan has since said he had an agreement with Giuliani that he was welcome to attend Mass in New York City, but that he shouldn’t receive Communion. The cardinal said he wants to meet with Giuliani about his decision not to honor that pact during the papal Mass. Though Pelosi acknowledged that she and Pope Benedict XVI differ on the abortion issue, she was thrilled to attend the papal Mass at Nationals Park in Washington and as a practicing Catholic receives Communion on a regular basis. She also said she personally received Communion from Pope John Paul II in a 1987 papal Mass in San Francisco. “I have a sort of serenity about the issue,” the California Democratic congresswoman said during an April teleconference with Catholic News Service and other media representatives. “I come from a family who doesn’t share my position on pro-choice. The Church sees it another way, and I respect that.” However, she said she hopes the bishops won’t use the refusal of Communion as a way of punishing Catholic politicians who don’t heed Church teachings on abortion.

“Think of that word Communion, that which brings us all together as Christians, as Catholics,” Pelosi said, adding that denying a Catholic the Eucharist “would be something that would shatter that union.” In 2004, the U.S. bishops adopted the statement “Catholics in Public Life,” developed by a task force headed by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, then archbishop of Washington. The statement urged the bishops to use courage in clearly laying out Church teaching, but it also advocated prudence regarding their own local circumstances and indicated they could “legitimately make different judgments” when it came to eucharistic discipline. In 2006 Cardinal McCarrick said the Church has a threefold role with politicians: to “teach fearlessly,” to “dialogue honestly” and to “act lovingly.” Honest dialogue is meant to keep the door open, he said, pointing out the need to work with politicians and other public officials rather than alienate them. For example, money is needed for Catholic hospitals, charities and education, he said. “Just as Catholic voters are not asked to leave aside the most deeply held moral convictions of our faith when they enter a voting booth, so Catholic elected officials are not asked to deposit the moral and ethical convictions of the Church at the door of Congress or at the state assembly where they serve,” Archbishop Wuerl said.

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Catholic doctor: spirituality is key to the dying patient’s quality of life Medicine shrinks from caring for the spiritual needs of dying patients, even though spirituality is what most people yearn for most at the end of life, Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, a physician, philosopher and Franciscan Brother, told an audience at the University of San Francisco April 28. Doctors tend to ignore spiritual care or back away from it out of fear of inadequacy or invading patients’ privacy, Dr. Sulmasy said. Often they think they are helping, but under-serve patients by turning spiritual questions into technical problems, he said. For dying patients, the impulse is the reverse, he said: the terminal patient whose spiritual life is outstanding despite great physical distress reports having an outstanding quality of life. The split is so large that a new model for medical education may be needed, he said. The model would integrate biological, social and spiritual issues in training doctors. In the short run doctors must be alert to ways to engage patients spiritually while still letting the medical facts decide the course of care, Dr. Sulmasy said. They should be mindful that patients’ spiritual questions are fundamental – deeper than the biological, moral and ethical issues that concern clinicians and hospital ethics advisory boards, said Dr. Sulmasy, who holds the Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan. “Spirituality is incredibly important in the care of patients and it’s shocking how we do wind up ignoring so much of it,” he said. The author of four books and an advisor to former New York Gov. George Pataki, Dr. Sulmasy wrote an eye-opening article on spiritual issues in the care of dying patients for a Journal of the American Medical Association series called “Perspectives on Care at the End of Life.” He gave talks at the University of California at San Francisco, which produced the series, and at USF to elaborate on the paper for medical professionals and students. Dr. Sulmasy opened his USF talk with the case of a 54-year-old man, Mr. “W.”

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A detail from a Giotto painting of a dying St. Francis of Assisi shows a monk kissing the saint’s stigmatic wounds and provides an example of a dying person surrounded by friends and watched over by God, Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, OFM, Ph.D., told a University of San Francisco audience April 28.

Dying of cancer, the patient was Christian and believed in the possibility of miracles, but also accepted that God might not grant one in his case. In reviewing the transcripts of interviews with the patient’s caregivers, Dr. Sulmasy found that despite the patient’s outspoken spirituality, his spiritual care fell short. He paraphrased the patient’s primary doctor: “I had deep conversations with him but we never spoke explicitly. I didn’t feel that opening. We tread the line between being disrespectful and probing. I wonder now why I didn’t ask the patient these questions.”’ Mr. W’s belief in miracles caused some confusion for the medical team. As a result he was transferred to a nursing home rather than to hospice care, where he would have received better treatment for his pain. “It was stunning the way this man was treated,” Dr. Sulmasy said. “There’s nothing that says the patient who believes in miracles is ineligible for hospice, but

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strive for dignity and hope despite losing their productivity and appearance, Dr. Sulmasy said. “People who were able to find meaning in their illness, meaning in their dying, are people who understand what it is to hope in a deep way,” Dr. Sulmasy said. Dr. Sulmasy stressed how important it is for dying patients to reconcile relationships with family, friends and God. “The brokenness of their bodies reminds patients in a deep way about the brokenness of their relationships,” he said. “They’re looking perhaps to express their own forgiveness of someone who had hurt them or to try to be reconcile to those they had hurt, to try to bring families and friends together in ways that arise as they’re dying in a very salient way.” Dr. Sulmasy said patients want their doctors to ask these questions. “We commit ourselves to treating whole persons,” he said. “In fact we have a moral commitment to at least address these questions in a practical way.” Dr. Sulmasy displayed a detail from a Giotto painting of the dying St. Francis of Assisi. The detail shows a monk kissing the saint’s stigmatic wounds. It is a part of a scene in which St. Francis is dying at home surrounding by his friends and watched over by God. The scene embodies the three ingredients of spiritual health for the dying person – meaning, value and relationship. “You see a picture of somebody who is surrounded by people who love him, who are supremely present to him, who care about him, care about him as a whole person,” he said. “They are praying with him, engaged with him as a whole person in this experience. “I think this is death with dignity,” Dr. Sulmasy said. “If it was possible in the 14th century, why isn’t it possible for us in the 21st?”

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‘Torture Trial’ priest asks options to violence In a speech to nearly 100 people gathered at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Burlingame on May 1, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale said the response to terrorism should not be war and violence, but love and compassion. “We should not be using physical energy which can destroy the world, but rather spiritual energy which was a part of what created us,” said Father Vitale, the “Torture on Trial” priest recently freed after a fivemonth prison sentence connected to a protest held at Ft. Huachuca in Arizona. “War reflects a lack of imagination,” the priest said. Father Vitale related the story of Kathy Kelly, teacher and peace activist, whose Iraq experiences the priest said were emblematic of the difficulties facing American policymakers. Kelly spent time as a teacher in Iraq, where she encountered a young man who had drawn a picture of the destruction of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001. When she saw that the picture depicted jubilation over the event, Kelly cautiously confronted the child. “He said, ‘Now the people in America will know what we go through every day,’” said Father Vitale, relating the words of the Iraqi boy. The priest explained that bombardment and hardship had become a daily routine in the country, with a strict no-fly zone and crushing economic sanctions. Kelly explained to the boy that children his age and younger were among those killed on the planes that day, a fact that made the boy cry. Father Vitale said by connecting the event to the child’s own experience,

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Kelly was able to hopefully short-circuit the animosity that can eventually lead to terrorism. The priest recently had a similar experience in Jordan, he said, where he met a man who was a prisoner at Abu Ghraib during the prisoner abuse scandal. Father Vitale said the man broke down in tears when he learned the Franciscan had been arrested protesting torture. “He didn’t think anyone in America would even care,” Father Vitale said. The priest said that although the world may look bleak, he still has hope for peace. “We were created to live in the perfect love of God, to pursue love, faith, hope and justice,” he said. “It will happen eventually, but it’d be nice if we could help it to come a little sooner.”

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May 9, 2008

‘Ministry Summit’ takes hard look at Church leadership future Director of the Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry and the Office of Evangelization in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Mary Jansen serves on the executive board for the National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Association, one of the six national organizations which convened the National Ministry Summit April 20-23 in Orlando, Fla. Participants in the April 20-23 National Ministry Summit in Orlando, Fla., included, from left: Katy Andrews, director of Human Resources for the Diocese of Fresno; Mary Jansen, director of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Carl Feil, director of Human Resources; and Suzanne Nazario, Human Resources coordinator. Feil was honored April 21 by the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators, one of the six national Catholic ministry associations taking part in the historic summit.

Archdiocese’s HR director honored by national group By Tom Burke Carl Feil, director of Human Resources for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was presented with the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators’ “Leadership Award for Demonstrating Justice in the Workplace” at the group’s annual convention in Orlando, Fla., April 21. “Carl has contributed on the regional level in an exemplary way by caring for just pastoral practices for the archdiocesan organization,” NACPA said in a newsletter announcing the honor. “It was an incredibly rewarding experience to have been selected to receive a national leadership award for justice in the workplace,” Feil told Catholic San Francisco. “I am humbled by this and want to give God the glory! I also feel truly blessed to be surrounded by so many talented and dedicated people working at the Pastoral Center and, in particular the HR staff, who must share

in the success the Archdiocese has had over the years in the development and implementation of well-crafted personnel policies and programs.” “It is a source of great pride to me, to the office of Human Resources, and to the Archdiocese of San Francisco that your ministry, which encompasses just pastoral practices regarding compensation, benefits and organization management, has been recognized by the NACPA,” said Archbishop George H. Niederauer in a letter to Feil. In an announcement to Pastoral Center employees, Msgr. Harry Schlitt, vicar for administration, said: “Congratulations to Carl Feil. We are all grateful for the work that he and his department have accomplished.” With more than 25 years in the Human Resources arena, Feil was appointed director of Human Resources for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1996 by then Archbishop William J. Levada. Feil and his wife, Joyce, are active members of Christ the King Parish in Pleasant Hill.

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By Mary Jansen The National Ministry Summit recently held in Florida provided a beginning to the on-going conversation of lay ministry in our Catholic Church. With three continents, six countries and all 50 states represented, we embodied a current model of leadership in the Church – mostly older and white.

First person This is not representative of the people in our parishes. In the United States, 50 percent of Catholics under 30 years of age are Latino; of the 64 million Catholics, 60 percent are under 50. These statistics were not startling to me. A few years ago, I attended a conference at the University of Notre Dame with more than 2,000 Latinos in their 20s and 30s representing their dioceses in the National Encuentro for Hispanic Young Adults. As a young Catholic woman working for the Archdiocese for the past eight years, I’ve witnessed the vibrant faith of the young, immigrant and ethnic populations of our Church and across the United States. For the young adult action group, another concern was the summit’s reference to young adults as the next generation of parish leadership. Young adults are a part of the present leadership of the Church, serving on parish and finance councils, making ordination and religious vows as well as serving as professional lay ecclesial ministers. As a Church, we forget sometimes that Jesus was a young adult. He led his community then and leads us today. One of the recommendations put forth at the summit was to establish subsidized internships in lay ecclesial ministry especially for young adults. How are we, as a Church, inviting young adults to be in community with us? A few years ago the Emerging Models project traveled around the United States

conducting listening sessions. Two local young adults, members of the St. Vincent de Paul Parish Council and Archdiocese Pastoral Council, attended one of these workshops in Southern California. Ann Knievel observed, “Lay people are in general excited about taking on greater levels of participation in parish activities because it gives them a greater sense of community and responsibility in the success of the parish.” John Brust added that “the Church seems to be in an ongoing cycle of renewal… there seems to be a great desire in young adults to incorporate a spiritual component into their lives.We seem to be returning to the way it used to be, as laypeople take pivotal roles in helping shape and support their parish communities.” The Orlando summit provided a new entry point for conversation as we continue to discern our understanding of lay leadership and future models of pastoral leadership. Marti Jewell, the director of the Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership Project, revealed from the research that nearly 40 percent of the parishes in the United States share a pastor. In his opening remarks, Bishop Blase Cupich of Rapid City described lay involvement as an essential component of our Church. He did not want the need for professional lay ecclesial ministers to be reduced to the practical of just filling the gap for the priest shortage, but rather as a basic theological tenet of our Catholic faith. Bishop Cupich encouraged us as we discuss best practice models and solutions to “move beyond the practical and toward a deeper theological understanding and context… the test of authenticity is how it enhances the faith life of those serving in our Church” as we are called to holiness, communion and witness. On our final day of the summit, two days after the bishop’s presentation, the discussion at my table in a room of 1,200 Church leaders, turned back to this discernment of the Spirit. We created many practical solutions and practices moving toward the future, but none of the suggestions included a prayerful discernment. This reminded us that we are only at the beginning of this process. Sister Terri Monroe, RSCJ, a professor at the University of San Diego, in her MINISTRY SUMMIT, page 9

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Clergy appointments announced by Archdiocese of San Francisco Following are clergy assignments announced May 5 by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Unless otherwise noted, they are effective July 1. New pastors and administrators Rev. Ulysses L. D’Aquila, pastor, St. Kevin Parish, San Francisco Rev. Fabio E. Medina, pastor, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Menlo Park Rev. Charles Puthota, administrator, St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco Rev. Jose Shaji, administrator, St. Denis Parish, Menlo Park Pastor reappointments to six-year terms Rev. Msgr. Floro B. Arcamo, Star of the Sea Parish, San Francisco Rev. Jerome P. Foley, St. James Parish, San Francisco

Rev. John J. O’Neill, Sacred Heart Parish, Olema, and Mary Magdelene Mission, Bolinas Rev. Anthony Petilla, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Daly City Rev. Thomas L. Seagrave, St. John of God Parish, San Francisco To be continued as pastor Rev. Msgr. Robert W. McElroy, St. Gregory Parish, San Mateo Additional appointment Rev. Patrick L. LaBelle, OP, director, ongoing formation of clergy; to continue as director of Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park; office to be maintained at Vallombrosa. Sabbaticals Rev. Craig W. Forner, May-June, 2008; in his absence, Father Rene Gomez is acting

administrator at St. Kevin Parish, San Francisco. Rev. Roberto A. Andrey, July-December, 2008, ICTE in Rome Rev. Msgr. Robert W. McElroy, July-December, 2008, independent studies Rev. Daniel Nascimento, July-December, 2008, ICTE in Rome Retirements Rev. Albert P. Vucinovich, retiring July 1, 2008; will live independently. Rev. Vincent D. Ring, retiring July 1, 2008; will reside at St. Robert Parish, San Bruno. Residency changes Rev. José Chavarin, May and June, 2008: Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, Half Moon Bay; continues as adjutant judicial vicar, Tribunal. Rev. Msgr. Maurice McCormick, St. Cecilia Parish, San Francisco, effective April 29, 2008.

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Ministry Summit . . . ■ Continued from page 8 presentation on organizational change, reminded us that 75 percent of significant change efforts fail in organizations. She espoused Harvard professors Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky’s model of Adaptive Leadership which requires a change of mind-set and learning a new reality, but mostly this type of leadership and change involves loss. How do we move a 2,000-year-old organization through change and loss? After Vatican II, which happened before I was born, did we mourn and grieve the changes? As we look to the future of our Church and her pastoral leadership – ordained, religious and lay, diverse in age,

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Challenges colleges to be ‘unambiguously Catholic’ PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CNS) – You can’t have a college or university that “happens to be” Catholic; the institution’s Catholic identity ought to unmistakably permeate every discipline, and its graduates ought to be willing to stand up for the church. This was part of the message delivered by Cardinal Francis Arinze, who spoke at a fundraising dinner April 16 for the Sts. Peter & Paul Educational Foundation. The Nigerian cardinal is the head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments and former president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. During his speech at the Inn at St. John’s banquet center in Plymouth Township, he outlined what the Catholic faith community ought to expect of their institutions of higher learning. “Not only should it be a community of scholars and students, representing different branches of human knowledge,” Cardinal Arinze told the gathering of about 200 people. “But at the same time it should be an academic institution in which Catholicism is vitally present and operative.”

Mother’s Day. . . ■ Continued from cover known to complain. In fact, she used to remark how blessed she was to have so many children, all healthy (she’d lost two young siblings to illness). Eventually her grandchildren numbered thirty-three, and she had several great-grandchildren at the time of her death. What I remember most about Grandma is the warm welcome – including a big hug - she would always give. When you showed up at her door, she made you feel you had just made her day. The first thing you noticed upon entering her house was the Image of the Divine Mercy – a picture of Jesus with rays of light radiating from His heart - on the wall. Also of note were the dozens of photos of grandkids on display. I don’t recall many toys, but my siblings and I enjoyed playing with a big box of Lego. Grandma also kept a supply of crayons

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By Joe Kohn

Cardinal Francis Arinze

The cardinal said a Catholic college or university should explain its Christian mission in a mission statement, and adhere to it by hiring Catholic educators who are experienced in living and teaching the faith as well as their respective disciplines. and coloring books in the kitchen table drawer. Everyone who completed a page would sign and date it. When our family visited after Mass, Grandma would bring out tea and juice, cookies and mints. She always wanted to serve you something, regardless of the time of day. One weekend, Grandma slept over while my parents went away. My sisters and I made apple strudel with her, clearing the kitchen table so we could roll out the dough. No strudel we’ve ever had compares to Grandma’s mouth-watering recipe. I also have special memories of a New Year’s Eve spent with Grandma (by then widowed). At midnight we went out her back door and came in through the front, for good luck. While outside, we spiritedly smashed saucers - old ones, also for luck - at Grandma’s urging. Grandma wasn’t well enough to attend my wedding, so after the ceremony, on the way to the photo studio, my husband and I took a detour so we could visit her. The photographer was annoyed at this disruption to our carefully planned schedule, but I insisted on including my grandmother in our special day. We had

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“If a high number of its intellectual leaders are, indeed, not Catholic – how can they be expected to live and share what they do not have?” the cardinal asked. “It is particularly important that the Catholic intellectual leaders not just happen to be Catholic, but that they be scholars who have matured in their studies by years of studies in a university that is already known to be unambiguously Catholic.” Cardinal Arinze spoke in the Detroit area the day before Pope Benedict XVI met with U.S. Catholic educators in Washington. In that address, the pope said he wished to “reaffirm the great value of academic freedom” but said that any appeals to academic freedom “to justify positions that contradict the faith and teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university’s identity and mission.” In his talk, Cardinal Arinze spoke philosophically about the confluence of faith and reason, and how natural revelation leads to a greater understanding of faith. All truth comes from the Holy Spirit, he said, citing St. Thomas Aquinas – so naturally all truth will lead back to God. “A Catholic university demands more – not less – intelligence than another university which has no special link with the Catholic faith,” he said. several shots taken in her living room. These are the last pictures I have of Grandma, who died a few months later. Grandma had a strong faith that God would take care of things. For example, an insurance salesman came to her door during a time when buying anything non-essential was out of the question. Grandma pointed to the picture of Jesus behind her and said, “He’s my insurance.” The Lord did not let her down. As my aunt said at Grandma’s 80th birthday celebration, “She’d be the first to admit that without her rich faith and trust in God’s provision, she couldn’t have cared for so many so well.” When asked for gift ideas for special occasions, Grandma would reply without hesitation that she didn’t need anything. She was satisfied with living simply. If you insisted on giving a gift, she requested a donation to a charity that helped the poor. She placed everyone’s needs above her own. What a wonderful legacy of faith, hope and service Grandma bequethed us. Lisa M. Petsche is a freelance writer specializing in family life.

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May 9, 2008

‘…I saw a number of places where it encourages us to do things we’ve been doing – faith development and examining the curriculum, and also to encourage … the survival of Catholic education.’ – Christian Brother Ronald Gallagher ‘You can’t appeal to academic freedom to justify positions that contradict the faith.’ – Jesuit Father Stephen Privett Benedict’s talk, in contrast, did not list any such norms. “The first part is inspirational on what our Catholic identity and Catholic mission is,” Father Locatelli said of John Paul II’s document. “The second part becomes extremely legalistic. People who take a more conservative approach to being Catholic use that part of it and forget the inspirational part. “The difference with Benedict is he took a very passionate, intellectual and erudite approach,” he said. “He quite positively reaffirmed the priority of education. He also noted that it is integral to the mission of the Church to proclaim the good news and advance the truth.” Father Locatelli said Pope Benedict confirmed the importance of academic freedom in the search for truth. “As a former professor he understands what that means and he has not interfered in any way in academic freedom in any discipline that is not theology and morality,” he said. Father Locatelli, who will take a new assignment in Rome later this year as the Jesuits’ worldwide Secretary of Higher Education, said Benedict’s approach allows wide latitude in scholarship and campus culture – “somewhere between the radical conservative and radical liberal.” The pope offered a clear definition of the purpose of academic freedom for Catholic

■ Continued from cover places where it encourages us to do things we’ve been doing – faith development and examining the curriculum, and also to encourage alumni and supporters to continue supporting the survival of Catholic education,” said Christian Brother Ronald Gallagher, president of St. Mary’s. The pope’s talk was timely for St. Mary’s because the campus is evaluating the way Catholic teaching is addressed in its core curriculum, Brother Gallagher said. Jesuit Father Paul Locatelli, president of Santa Clara University, said the pope’s talk was reminiscent of the first of part of Pope John Paul II’s 1990 constitution for Catholic universities, Ex Corde Ecclesiae. The introduction and first part of the document spurred Catholic universities to courageously explore Revelation and nature and “scrutinize reality.” The second part, more controversial, was a directive and echoed statements against modernism by Pope Pius IX in 1870 and Pius X in 1910. It decreed, among other things, that Catholic university faculties should remain majority Catholic, that theologians are to remain faithful to the magisterium, and that institutions are to file periodic reports with Church authorities.

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Father Privett said the pope’s speech was as important for what it did not say as for what it did. “I think right-wing folks and left-wing folks will be disappointed,” he said. “He clearly comes down with a fairly balanced, VIEWS ON PAPAL TALK, page 19

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Catholic San Francisco

May 9, 2008

A day in the life of an urban chaplain

“What have the lepers got that we have?”

ather Adrian is a Franciscan friar of the Province of Ireland. He lives and works with the friars of the Province of Santa Barbara in California, commuting each weekday by bus and train from his home in Berkeley to his new ministry as chaplain to St. Anthony Foundation in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. For information on the St. Anthony Foundation, visit www.stanthonysf.org.

St. Francis found his faith after hugging a leper, Father Adrian told sophomores from St. Ignatius Prep in San Francisco. The students were beginning a social justice immersion experience for teens – one of the community outreach services offered by St. Anthony Foundation. Father Adrian urged the teens to open their eyes to the humanity in every man and woman they would meet during their time among the poor. “What have lepers got that we have? Faces – and names.” St. Francis, the friar said, combined faith and relationship in a revolutionary way. “That’s why he’s such an explosive person in the history of the world.”

“I wasn’t particularly holy”

Father Adrian, OFM

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Born into on Irish-Catholic family in Dublin in 1955, Father Adrian was an altar boy at the local Franciscan friary. As a teen, he volunteered at a dining room run by two of the friars, Brother Sebastian and Brother Salvador. “I wanted to be like these two men, that was my basic thing. They became heroes to me. They’re still alive, two wonderful men. They inspired me to become a Franciscan. Their gentleness, kindness, goodness, their self-sacrifice. I wasn’t particularly holy. People say, ‘Oh, you must have heard a call from heaven.’ I’ve never had any of that stuff. I simply saw these guys and wanted to be like them.”

“Where did he come from?” Father Adrian delivered a lunch of chicken-a-la-king and stewed cabbage to an elderly man in St. Anthony Dining Room, which serves 3,000 meals a day. “I asked him where he was from and he told me his memory was bad and he couldn’t remember. But he was able to recite his prayers in his own language. He recited them perfectly. Where did he come from? Who are his people? He’s a lovely, gentle little man – very, very gentle. We had a lovely conversation. My heart always goes out to people like him because he’s particularly vulnerable.”

“They put me to shame” “You really get knocked back on your heels by some of these people. With all the poverty they actually have a huge faith and a real belief in the goodness of God. I’m saying to myself, how can you believe in a good God when you’re so poor? But they don’t see it that way at all. They have a completely different take. I believe in a good God and a loving God and I have questions for God. So when it comes my turn I’ll say, ‘Can I ask you a few questions? But some of these people, they put me to shame.”

Photos and story by Rick DelVecchio “A place of miracles” “As good as it gets” People on the street open up to the man in the brown habit. They trust he has something precious to offer: patient listening with nothing asked in return. This woman stopped Father Adrian on Golden Gate Avenue in front of St. Boniface Church, a longtime refuge for the poor and homeless. “I have a beautiful story to tell you. Do you remember the nun who wrote ‘Dead Man Walking?’” Father Adrian answered with the name of Sister Helen Prejean. The woman said the prayers of the Sister and a fellow priest had healed her desperately ill grandson. “That’s as good as it gets,” she said. In parting, the friar said: “She’s a great woman – like yourself.”

Paul (standing) and Elliot watch Father Adrian line up a shot in the game room at The Father Alfred Center, a house for very poor or homeless men recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. The two men ribbed the friar for sinking a number of cue balls. “There always is an underlying cause of addiction,” Father Adrian said. “Often they had awful childhoods – absent fathers, alcoholic mothers, violence, you name it. I don’t think they had the chance to recover, to be in recovery.” The center’s yearlong program is tough but effective, Father Adrian said. “It’s a place of miracles.”

“Dance with your demons”

“Out onto the edges” Father Adrian is ever alert to the emotional needs of men in recovery. After lunch in a break room at St. Anthony Dining Room, Father Adrian met this man, a newcomer, for the first time. The man seemed painfully tense as he told the friar that he is lonely for his family, especially for his 8-year-old daughter. Father Adrian looked stern at first, then raised his eyebrows quizzically and finally smiled and broke off eye contact as if to grant the troubled man a measure of respect. The task of recovery is as simple as it is daunting, Father Adrian said: “Dance with your demons.”

Father Adrian lives at Brother Giles Friary with a group of other Franciscans. Front row, from left: Brother David, who ministers to day laborers, and brothers Luis Alberto and Javier, full-time theology students. Back row: Brother John, the Guardian of the Fraternity and a nursing assistant; Brother Dennis, a parish administrator; Father Adrian. “Our charism as Franciscans is to go out onto the edges,” Father Adrian said. “Franciscan spirituality is very relational, and relationship things are a bit messy. That’s how we operate. All these other orders – wonderful. We’re like a symphony orchestra. When we are playing together we all make a nice sound. But don’t ask a tuba player to play the harp.”

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May 9, 2008

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Guest editorial China, human rights and the Olympics By George Wesolek One of the funniest comments made by any of the U.S. presidential candidates (in this very long campaign, humor is much appreciated) was a comment by Republican Mike Huckabee. At a debate where the question dealt with the economic stimulus package being debated in Congress, Huckabee responded: “So we are going to borrow $150 billion from the Chinese to give to the American people so they can buy Chinese goods. Just exactly whose economy are we stimulating?” Aside from the humor of the comment, there is a wealth of underlying truth jumping out of the quote. It is an expression of the fact that China is now a world economic power and is growing year by year at a fast pace. It seems clear that this new power is becoming a strong competitor to the United States and will perhaps dominate in the years ahead. In the late 1990s when Congress debated whether or not to give China “favored” status as a trading partner, many protested because of its abysmal human rights record and the fact that China was still a repressive, totalitarian society. We were told that opening the economic door would eventually open the door to individual freedom and human rights for the Chinese people. That argument triumphed and China has become one of our biggest trading partners. We have still to see if this Faustian bargain will, in fact, come true, or if we have helped to create a repressive, totalitarian economic monster that will wreak untold horrors on its neighbors and the world. The ongoing protests and controversy surrounding the Olympic torch that touched us directly in San Francisco is a public expression of the truth about the human rights abuses in China that rarely makes the international stage. If one checks any of the major international human rights organizations – such as Human Rights Watch, www.hrw.org – one will find that the Chinese government takes non-Olympic prizes for being one of the worst human rights abusers in the world. HRW especially concentrates on the repression of free speech and outlines how China has a very technologically savvy system in place to monitor and shutdown Internet blogs and harass and imprison those considered to be in opposition to the government. There is no true freedom of religion. All religious entities have to be “government sponsored.” Human Rights Watch says the following: The official registration process requires government vetting and ongoing scrutiny of religious publications, seminary applications, and religious personnel. The government also closely monitors the membership and financial records of religious institutions and the personnel they employ, and retains the right to approve or deny applications for any group activities by religious organizations. Those who fail to register are considered illegal and are liable for criminal prosecution, fines and closure. Perhaps, most distressing, is the Chinese “one child” policy which is not a recommendation for voluntary compliance but a mandate. Women who are pregnant out of compliance are taken to clinics where their babies are aborted against their will. Added to this is the political repression of the people of Tibet and the Chinese complicity in the genocide in Darfur. The world community has for years been asking China to use its enormous influence (China is the major consumer of Sudanese oil) to pressure the Sudanese government to intervene and stop the slaughter in Darfur to no avail. The international community has a right to bring these issues up and to protest publicly in the streets using the occasion of the Olympics. The international community should not boycott the Olympics. The spirit of competition and honor and world solidarity through sports should transcend even this. Hopefully, the focus of the world through the Olympics on this hybrid capitalist-communist behemoth will cause change in China for democratization and freedom. George Wesolek directs the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

Devil laughing Ron Gillis states (Letters, May 2) that “The aggression is in the preparation.” Like many others, he keeps falling for the BushCheney-Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz-Feith big lie. Iraq never presented a viable terrorist threat to the United States. There was nothing to preempt. Thus, rightfully, our popes, after careful studies of the just principles for preemptive war, have come out against the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Additionally, does Mr. Gillis not see the hypocrisy of the U.S. having the costliest and deadliest war machine in the world, and using it preemptively, unjustifiably, and immorally in Iraq? Would Mr. Gillis condone Iraq invading and beating up the U.S., enabling the Democrats to hang Mr. Bush, and keeping an occupying force in the U.S.? The U.S. has historically done more harm to Iraq than Iraq has ever done to us. Our leaders who have gotten us into this Iraq mess are truly grave sinners, and for those who cannot see this, the devil must be laughing. John Lum San Francisco

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Somewhat Jesuitical In Catholic San Francisco’s April 25 edition, I find the Father Stephen Privett, SJ, article, “Pope on education: serve poor teach truth,” to be somewhat – Jesuitical. Father Privett seems to miss the point of His Holiness Benedict XVI’s address to Catholic educators, bishops, professors and teachers. Father Privett provides the reader with a “gray” explanation of Pope Benedict’s “densely philosophical and theological” address regarding “The Church’s involvement in education in the mystery of God and God’s desire to make himself known.…” Pope Benedict could not be more “black and white” in his meeting with Catholic educators regarding the “ethos of our Catholic institutions.” True to philosophic methodology, Pope Benedict begins by asking a question, “...do we really believe that only in the Word made Flesh does the mystery of man truly become clear (Gaudiem et Spes, 22)?” Not once did Father Privett mention Pope Benedict’s clear response of “the living God who in Jesus Christ reveals” as the answer related to the vivification of the ethos of Catholic institutions. That is, “The Church’s mission...in articulating revealed truth, she serves all members of society by purifying reason, ensuring that it remains open to the consideration of ultimate truths.” “First and foremost every Catholic educational institution is a place to encounter the living God who in Jesus Christ reveals his transforming love and truth (cf. Spe Salvi, 4).” Why was Christ our Hope omitted? Dominique Cecile San Francisco

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It is quite revealing that Peter Mandell has to reach back to the mid1800s to try and paint Republicans as modern-day racists (“Whoops is right!” Letters, May 2). His fantasy that the Democratic Party is somehow more Christian than the Republican Party crumbles under informed examination. Three main Democratic constituencies in 2008 are the abortion industry, unions and trial attorneys. Supporting the so-called right to abortion is a primary litmus test for Democratic candidates. Fierce union opposition to free trade hurts developing economies and keeps them dependent on foreign aid while union opposition to legal and illegal immigration compounds that harm and is distinctly anti-Catholic. Trial attorneys’ irresponsible lawsuits are one of the main impediments to affordable health care and prescription drugs in the U.S. because of how they distort legal and insurance costs. As for the pre-emptive invasion of Iraq being based on “lies,” every major intelligence agency around the world had the same opinion as American agencies; 28 Senate Democrats voted for the 2002 Resolution that led to the invasion while only 22 voted against it. Those voting for it included members of the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee. They had access to ample information to inform their votes at the time. Mr. Mandell should be forgiven for his illusions since he lives in San Francisco where objective news, analysis and public discourse are rare. Joseph Baylock Burlingame

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divorced-and-separated support groups and the divorce recovery class this spring. We are now reinstating our monthly potlucks, beginning May 17 and then each third Saturday at 6 p.m. We’ll meet in the downstairs meeting room of St. Bartholomew Parish Hall, 600 Columbia Dr. at Alameda de las Pulgas in San Mateo. For more information or directions, people can call Vonnie at (650) 873-4236 or me at (650) 591-8452. Thank you for letting people know. Gail Castro Separated and Divorced Catholics of Archdiocese of San Francisco

Threat? In the April 25 issue of Catholic San Francisco, we saw a fine photo of the pope in Yankee Stadium, New York – arm raised, palm out. From ancient times meaning, “I come in peace.” However, on the next page, we find a photo of a group departing San Francisco to attend Catholic Lobby Day in Sacramento. No open palm for this group. Instead, we find the raised sword-arm and the clenched fist – also, from ancient times, but meaning anything but peace, and taken as a threat. We mostly observe the clenched fist in protesters trying to overthrow some South American country, or, here in the United States, college students trying to intimidate a college professor. Perhaps someone in the Catholic Lobby Day group could tell us whom the threat is meant for, since it is not a sign of peace. Raymond White San Francisco (Ed note: the Lobby Day volunteers pictured were asked for the raised-in-celebratory-departure pose by the Catholic San Francisco photographer, in this case Dan Morris-Young.)

Bluntly stated … Congratulations on the April 25 OpEd page. Wise words from Father Stephen Privett and the ugly truth about the cost of war by Tony Magliano. Stuffed between them, like the baloney in a sandwich, was George Weigel. Perhaps George was uncomfortable there since he wrote the cheap shot commentary about the Jesuits, consistent with his half-truth standards.

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May 9, 2008

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Guest Commentary

Cries for vengeance poison hearts I woke up on the morning of April 17 knowing this would be an emotional day for me. It was the birthday of my son John and the second day of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the U.S. I have felt a special connection to this Holy Father ever since February of 1994 when I met him in Jerusalem at a special conference for Christians and Jews worldwide. I had the chance to shake his hand, ask him to pray for my deceased son John and then take his photo. I was so honored. He did not know, of course, that John and his wife Nancy had been shot to death six months earlier by an 18year-old invader in their home. So on April 17, after some special prayers, I turned on the TV and picked up The New York Times. I was surprised to see no headlined story or photo of our Holy Father. Instead I read: “Justices Uphold Lethal Injection in Kentucky Case.” What had been challenged in Kentucky was not the killing itself in a death penalty case but whether lethal injection as a killing method constituted cruel and unusual punishment. The Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision that even if there is much pain, Kentucky – and, thus, of course, other states – can continue using this method for killing death-row inmates. Chief Justice John Roberts, a Catholic, explained the court’s controlling decision, saying, “Simply because an

execution method may result in pain, either by accident or as an inescapable consequence of death, does not establish the sort of ‘objectively intolerable risk of harm’ that qualifies as ‘cruel and unusual’ under the Eighth Amendment.” Equally disturbing was the quote from another Catholic, Justice Antonin Scalia, responding to Justice John Paul Stevens, who supported the judgment of the court while speaking against capital punishment itself: “But of all Justice Stevens’s criticisms of the death penalty, the hardest to take is his bemoaning of ‘the enormous costs that death penalty litigation imposes on society,’ including the ‘burden on the courts and the lack of finality for victims’ families.’” I wanted to shout out to him what my older sister said about the death penalty: “You can’t get peace from something that ugly!” How different are Justice Scalia’s words from those of top Vatican official Cardinal Renato Martino, who spoke last September in Rome on the pastoral care of prisoners. Appealing for the life of a death-row inmate in Texas, he called the death penalty an “inhumane and ineffective form of punishment that also impoverishes the society that legitimizes and practices it.” I think it is important for Catholics to be reminded that the U.S. bishops have emphasized we must be a “culture of life,” calling for an end to the death penalty.

Another serious reason for ending the death penalty is the possibility that an innocent person may be executed. Since 1973, 127 people have been released from death row because evidence of their innocence Antoinette Bosco was found. My children and I appealed to the judge not to seek the death penalty for the killer of John and Nancy. For as my daughter Mary testified: “Anguished cries for vengeance poison our own hearts and minds. ... Hatred doesn’t heal. Mercy, compassion, moving on with life, turning toward good people, walking into the light of love as much as possible, that’s what victims need. And our lawmakers have the capacity to help us do that by abolishing the death penalty and along with it the fantasy that it will make the pain go away.” Catholic News Service columnist Antoinette Bosco may be reached via her e-mail: AnBosco@aol.com.

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Mystic or unbeliever – only choices? A generation ago, Karl Rahner made the statement that there would soon come a time when each of us will either be a mystic or a non-believer. What’s implied here? At one level it means anyone who wants to have faith today will need to be much more inner-directed than in previous generations. Why? Because up until our present generation in the secularized world, by and large, the culture helped carry the faith. We lived in cultures (often immigrant and ethnic subcultures) within which faith and religion were part of the fabric of life. Faith and Church were embedded in the sociology. It took a strong, deviant action not to go to church on Sunday. Today, as we know, the opposite is more true. It takes a strong, inneranchored act to go to church on Sunday. We live in a moral and ecclesial diaspora and experience a special loneliness that comes with that. We have few outside supports for our faith. The culture no longer carries the faith and the Church. Simply put, we knew how to be believers and church-goers when we were inside communities that helped carry that for us, communities within which most everyone seemed to believe, most everyone went to church, and most everyone had the same set of moral values. Not incidentally, these communities were often immigrant, poor, under-educated and culturally marginalized. In that type of setting, faith and Church work more easily. Why? Because, among other reasons, as Jesus

said, it is hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. To be committed believers today, to have faith truly inform our lives, requires finding an inner-anchor beyond the support and security we find in being part of the cognitive majority wherein we have the comfort of knowing that, since everyone else is doing this, it probably makes sense. Many of us now live in situations where to believe in God and Church is to find ourselves without the support of the majority and at times without the support even of those closest to us – spouse, family, friends colleagues. That’s one of the things that Rahner is referring to when he says we will be either mystics or non-believers. But what is this deep, inner-anchor needed to sustain us? What can give us the support we need? What can help sustain our faith when we feel like unanimity-minus-one is an inner center of strength, meaning and affectivity that is rooted in something beyond what the world thinks and what the majority are doing on any given day? There has be a deeper source than outside affirmation to give us meaning, justification and energy to continue to do what faith asks of us. What is that source? In the Gospel of John, the first words out of Jesus’ mouth are a question: “What are you looking for?” Essentially everything that Jesus does and teaches in the rest of John’s Gospel gives an answer to that question. We are looking for the way, the

truth, the life, living water to quench our thirst, bread from heaven to satiate our hunger. But those answers are partially abstract. At the end of the Gospel, all of this is crystallized into one image. On Easter Sunday Father morning, Mary Magdala Ron Rolheiser goes searching for Jesus. She finds him in a garden, but she doesn’t recognize him. Jesus turns to her and repeats the question with which the Gospel began: “What are you looking for?” Mary replies she is looking for the body of the dead Jesus and could he give her any information. Jesus simply says, “Mary.” He pronounces her name in love. She falls at his feet. In essence, that is the whole Gospel. What are we ultimately looking for? What is the end of all desire? What drives us out into gardens to search for love? The desire to hear God pronounce our names in love. To hear God, lovingly say: “Mary,” “Jack,” “Jennifer,” “Walter.”

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Remembering Bill Buckley Who were the most publicly influential American Catholics of the 20th century? By shaping Vatican II’s teaching on Church-and-state, Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray helped turn Catholicism into the world’s foremost institutional advocate of religious freedom. John F. Kennedy put Catholics into play at the highest level of our national politics. Fulton J. Sheen gave Catholicism an engaging public face on radio and television for years. Thomas Merton’s books have sold in the millions. If by “publicly influential,” however, we mean a Catholic whose ideas changed the way Americans think, who reshaped our politics and our public policy, and whose influence seems likely to endure, then William F. Buckley, Jr., who died this past Feb. 27, must be given his due. The most telling thing about Bill Buckley, the man, is that so many people thought of him as a friend. Underneath those faux-High Anglican tones and that disheveled, preppie look was a genuine democrat (if his shade will pardon the term): a man who treated junior staffers and unheard-of authors with an openness and cordiality rarely found in world-famous figures. He was “Bill” the first time you met him, and “Bill” he remained. There was a lot of little boy – and a lot of rebel – in him. Both traits help account for his infectious enthusiasm, his joie de vivre, and his democratic personal instincts. Above all – or, perhaps better, beneath it all – Bill Buckley was a Catholic gentleman whose faith had taught him how to treat others, including those with whom he disagreed.

The obituaries stressed his remarkable productivity as author, editor, columnist, lecturer and television personality, to which he added the skills of an accomplished musician and sailor. He was not without ego, but he could turn his humor on himself. Running for mayor of New York, he was asked what he would do if elected. “Demand a recount,” was the immediate riposte. His first book, God and Man at Yale, was excoriated by the American educational establishment of 1951 as the reactionary ramblings of an intellectual pup who hadn’t been housebroken. Today, GAMAY, as Bill sometimes called it, stands as an eerily prescient preview of the intellectual and moral implosion that’s taken place in elite American higher education over the past 40 years. His best novel, Stained Glass, was a penetrating exploration of the moral dilemmas of statecraft. He was not politically infallible, and he probably shared Barry Goldwater’s regret at having criticized, on constitutional grounds, federally mandated desegregation. No one who ever knew the man, however, could imagine him a bigot. His tolerance and civility extended far beyond the sphere of his personal relationships, however. Analysts credit Buckley with creating the “fusion” conservatism that, via National Review, brought the social/cultural conservatives, the pro-market conservatives, and the anti-communist/national security conservatives into one politically potent tent, thus making possible the Reagan Revolution. Which is true enough. But Bill’s even greater public service was to purge the conservative movement of the antiSemitism, racism, xenophobia and isolationism that had infested

the fever swamps of the American Right in the FDR period and beyond. There was no room for bigotry in Bill Buckley’s big tent. In 1949, Lionel Trilling, the Columbia literary critic who embodGeorge Weigel ied the pragmatic, resultsoriented liberalism of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, deplored those American conservatives who do not “express themselves in ideas but only in actions or in irritable gestures which seek to resemble ideas.” Bill Buckley changed all that, by his own intellectual efforts and sparkling personality, as well as by his nurturing the thought, the writing, and the careers of countless others. If, as Barack Obama conceded in one of his more candid moments, the conservative world has for years been the center of ideas in American politics, a lot of the credit for creating a true intellectual marketplace in our public life must go to Bill Buckley. He once told his son, Christopher, that the active life was an antidote to melancholy. Now beyond the reach of melancholia, may he rest in peace. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Firetrucks, friendship and food mark celebration San Francisco firefighters provided barbecued hotdogs, firetrucks and excitement while the students, catechists and parents of St. Anthony of Padua Parish’s religious education community pitched in a wide variety of Latino foods, dancing, music and games for a community-building celebration March 22 in the parish schoolyard. Msgr. Jose Rodriguez is pictured above with Gregory Collaco, a SFFD community liaison officer. At right, young catechists Aaron Viyela and Imelda Guzman try out the ladder truck. “We had a wonderful time,” said Celia Halsey, St. Anthony religious education coordinator. “We all experienced a sense of community and parents approached us with many thanks and expressed how much fun they had.”

Letters . . . ■ Continued from page 14 About the war: it is ironic that during the inspiring visit of the pope that George was on CNN gushing with pious praise for the pontiff. Yet in 2003 when an anguished John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger were doing all they could to prevent the unleashing of the dogs of war in Iraq, George and his theocon comrades, Michael Novak and Richard John Neuhaus, were undermining them with their “just” war propaganda. Weigel, of course, is a cafeteria conservative, promulgating papal pronouncements when they fit his half truth agenda and skipping them when they do not. And thank you for publishing the letter of Rhina Mendoza, distressed by the elevation of Cardinal Law to head the great Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore after his responsibility in the Boston Archdiocese abuse debacle. He also was given membership on nine Papal Congregations for his expertise in governance. Few issues in the history of the American Church have so united informed conservative and liberal Catholics in their disillusionment and, I must say it, outrage resulting from these appointments. Bluntly stated, it was a put-down of American laity. Only when Cardinal Law vacates his lofty positions, can there be the possibility of healing the wound in the body of the Church for which he bears such responsibility. Thomas F. Jordan San Francisco

Turn to Weigel first Congratulations on the fine quality of Catholic San Francisco, which I have enjoyed reading for several years. While I am impressed with much of your content, I usually turn first to Mr. Weigel’s contribution and invariably find there an erudite and very articulate expression of what it means to be

Lord, Guide and protect the Missionaries of Charity and all those who devote their lives to your service. Strengthen them and lead them in their mission of service. Let their work attract the material and spiritual support that it needs to be ongoing. May their service be an example that others seek to emulate in large ways and in small. For those who devote their lives to you; Wake them each morning filled with faith and hope; Give them the strength and courage to go where they are called to go and do what they are called to do; Make their lives joyful and sprinkle their days with happiness and laughter; At night, as they go off to sleep, give them the peace and satisfaction of knowing That they have loved you, that they have served you, that they have truly been instruments of your peace in this world. Mother Teresa, pray for me. Nick Scales, San Francisco a Roman Catholic. It is not at all surprising that his articles tend to provoke a disproportionate share of Bay Area reader reaction, from both heterodox and orthodox quarters. I’m glad that you agree that his weekly perspective is an important one. Paul R. Mohun San Francisco

Weigel appreciated When Catholic San Francisco arrives, the first piece I read is George Weigel’s column. His comments and observations are always informative, intellectually stimulating and based on his extensive knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith. No other contemporary interpreter is his equal in the exposition

of the Catholic Church and her teachings. Thank you for giving us his column every week. Roland Thorwaldsen San Francisco

Of reverence, worship Tom Miller’s April 11 letter, “Music suggestions,” reminds me of some of these modern churches that serve drinks, present a floor show and have a lot of “fun,” where there is no worship of almighty God and no prayer but just a community-center environment of a lot of people celebrating themselves. There should be no worldly music in a Catholic Church at all; much less “rap” and “amateur percussionists”! I long for the days of godly worship,

prayer and holy music. We were taught in catechism to let the priest place the host on our tongue. There were no “snatchers” practically spitting on the priest’s hand; and perish the thought of taking the body of Christ in your hand. No. I stopped going regularly when all that devilish influence started. Even though I believe that the consecrated Eucharist is the Body of Christ, I learned in the Army that I can live without it. On the rare occasions when I’ve been able to receive Communion it has been a very special experience rather than the daily or weekly routine. Mass is for worshipful veneration. If you want food and entertainment, go elsewhere. Steven J. Catalano Manteca

Nice wrap-up Thanks for the wrap-up coverage of the Holy Father’s visit to the U.S. If the Holy Father’s address is available I would like to see it on your newspaper’s website.Your April 25 editorial mentions the Holy Father’s words to U.S. Americans before his trip. His hope for justice, he said, could never be fulfilled “without obedience to the law of God.” I wonder what Father Privett was thinking when he wrote in his own reflection (“Pope on education: serve poor, teach truth,” April 25, page 15) after the pope’s speech by saying, “The pope never degenerated into black-and-white thinking.” If the law of God is to be an instrument of help toward obedience to God’s word, I am afraid the only thing left for us is to “degenerate” into concrete, black-and-white thinking and choices. Clemen Cortes Castro Valley (Ed. note: Texts of Pope Benedict XVI’s talks while visiting the United States April 15-20 can be accessed at www.uspapalvisit.org, a website sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.)

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Pope says U.S. trip an opportunity to give, receive hope, faith By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI said his April 15-20 visit to the United Nations and the United States was an opportunity to give – and to receive – a witness to the power of hope and faith. Reflecting on his trip during his April 30 weekly general audience, the pope said the hope that flows from faith in Christ can vanquish even the darkness cast by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Christian hope, “stronger than sin and death, animated a moment filled with emotion, which I passed in silence in the abyss of ground zero, where I lit a candle, praying for all the victims of that terrible tragedy,” the pope said. The pope began his general audience by thanking the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and President George W. Bush for inviting him, and all those who greeted him with affection and offered prayers for the success of his visit. Celebrating his third anniversary as pope with an April 19 Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, he said, “was a moving moment in which I experienced in a tangible way all of the support of the Church for my ministry.” Addressing the 20,000 people who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the audience, the pope said he set out on the trip “to confirm Catholics in the faith, to renew and increase brotherhood with all Christians and to proclaim to all the message of Christ our hope.” Speaking in German without his prepared text, the pope said that everywhere he went in the United States he “was able to experience that the faith is alive, that Christ is there today among the people, that he shows them the way and helps them to build the present as well as the future.” The pope said God gave him an opportunity to try to strengthen the faith of others, “but at the same time, I was strengthened and came back strengthened.” In his main audience talk, Pope Benedict said that the United States, from its founding, was built “on the foundation of a felicitous joining of religious, ethical and political principles, which still today constitutes a valid example of healthy secularity.” The United States, he said, is a place “where the religious dimension in all its variety is not only tolerated, but is valued as the spirit of the nation and as the fundamental guarantee of human rights and responsibilities.” Modern life and global realities continue to challenge the country, he said, and the

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Catholic Church has an obligation to offer its voice to help citizens build a society worthy of the human person and one that uses resources to help others. The timing of the trip, he said, was chosen to help celebrate the bicentennials of four archdioceses in the United States: New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Louisville, Ky. They were erected from the Baltimore Diocese, the

nation’s first diocese, which was elevated to an archdiocese in the same year, 1808. “The original small flock has developed enormously, enriching itself with the faith and traditions of the successive influx of immigrants. To that Church which now faces the challenges of the present, I had the joy of proclaiming again Christ, our hope – yesterday, today and forever,” he said.

Praising the zeal of bishops and priests who have led U.S. Catholics over the years and “the fervor and generosity of its faithful,” Pope Benedict said the Gospel and Christian values – particularly the value of human life and the centrality of the traditional family – must be strengthened to face new moral, ethical and political challenges. As he did throughout his trip, the pope also spoke to his audience about the clergy sex abuse scandal that rocked the U.S. “Thinking of the painful affair of the abuse of minors committed by ordained ministers, I wanted to express my closeness to the bishops, encouraging them in their commitment to bind up the wounds and to reinforce relations with their priests,” he said. Pope Benedict said the “multicultural vocation” of the United States and the active presence of a wide variety of Christian communities and other religions gave him an opportunity to meet with religious leaders to promote cooperation among Christians and a dialogue to strengthen peace and religious values with other believers. At the United Nations, he said, he wanted to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and confirm its enduring value precisely because it is based on “the dignity of the human person, created by God in his image and likeness, in order to cooperate with him in his plan for life and for peace.” Respect for human rights and peace can flourish only where there is justice, “an ethical order valid for all times and all peoples,” which can be summarized with Jesus’ phrase, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Ed. note: The text of the pope’s remarks in English is available at: www.vatican. va/holy_father/benedict.

Price tag of U.S. papal visit hard to pin down WASHINGTON (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI’s recent U.S. visit has been credited with improving his image among Americans, sparking greater interest about him and spurring much-needed evangelization efforts in the country. But those benefits came with a price tag of at least $12.5 million and perhaps much more. The many dioceses, governments, transportation agencies and hosting facilities involved in the pope’s April 15-20 visits to Washington and New York varied widely in their willingness to provide Catholic News Service

with estimated tallies of their expenditures. Those that did provide estimates included the Archdiocese of Washington ($3 million), the District of Columbia ($2.2 million), The Catholic University of America in Washington ($800,000), the city of Yonkers, N.Y. ($400,000) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ($250,000). Among the archdioceses that estimated their spending were Louisville, Ky., $250,000; Boston, $180,000; Philadelphia, $177,700; and Baltimore, $46,000. Joseph Zwilling, director of communica-

tions for the Archdiocese of New York, said he would not speculate how much it cost the archdiocese to host papal events. Since the combined expenses for the Archdiocese of Washington and the District of Columbia are estimated at $5.2 million, it’s logical to expect the costs for the Archdiocese of New York and New York City to be the same or higher, said Jesuit Father Thomas J. Reese, senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University in Washington.

Pope’s U.S. visit expected to yield returns over costs By Chaz Muth

Attending papal Mass at Yankee Stadium Among the contingent of parishioners from the Archdiocese of San Francisco to attend the April 20 papal Mass at Yankee Stadium in New York City were, from left: Maria Julia Samonte, Nellie Hizon (foreground), Chong Lim and Therese Lee, and Joe Cooney. Nearly 57,000 attended the rite.

WASHINGTON (CNS) – While critics of the money spent on the papal visit have argued the funds could have gone to feeding the hungry or providing aid to the needy, Brian Reynolds, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., said the investment in the event has inspired the faithful and will ultimately help those in need all over the planet. “It’s good Catholic evangelization in action,” Reynolds said. “Our experience has been that when the faithful are excited about their own Church experiences and when people are enthusiastic, evangelization happens. With that, outreach and service happens.” Since the pope inspired passionate spirituality among millions of all faiths, those citizens will also be inspired by the Gospel that urges followers to donate their time, money and resources to worthy endeavors, like programs for the homeless, hungry and destitute, he said. “This is how the faith gets spread,” Reynolds said. “The money spent won’t take away from someone in need. It’s a call to the missionary spirit that is in our roots. How do you measure the price of spiritual renewal?” The U.S. papal visit April 15-20 is credited with improving Pope Benedict XVI’s image in America, but also with energizing citizens of all faiths. In general, the U.S. papal trip stimulated the spirituality of the nation’s populace, coordinators of the many sponsors said. “We have heard from many people – not just Catholics – about how they felt transformed spiritually by his presence and quiet message of hope and faith, something we need to hear more of in our world,” said Susan Gibbs, director of communications for the Archdiocese of Washington.

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Pentecost Sunday

Scripture reflection

Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 A READING ACCORDING TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES ACTS 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his native language? We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, you are great indeed! How mani fold are your works, O Lord! the earth is full of your creatures. R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord be glad in his works! Pleasing to him be my theme; I will be glad in the Lord.

R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. If you take away their breath, they perish and return to their dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1 COR 12:3B-7, 12-13 Brothers and sisters: No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of tne Spirit. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN JN 20:19-23 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”

DEACON FAIVA PO’OI

Renew the face of the earth We were asked by the priest who taught the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults how we felt after receiving the sacrament of initiation on Easter Vigil. Most of the RCIA members’ responses were that they were very nervous at first, then later enjoyed the liturgy, especially after everything was done. For me it was different. Words cannot describe it. I was overjoyed with unceasing emotion. I felt the grace filling my whole being like a river engulfing all crevices it reached. I felt like screaming or jumping for joy the moment I received the two sacraments (First Communion and confirmation). Later, I realized that it was my Pentecostal experience, and that the fire with which the Holy Spirit lighted my heart that night is still burning brightly in me today. Today, my heart is filled with gratitude, singing praise to the Lord: “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, you are great indeed!” (Psalm) When Christ ascended into heaven, he sent the Holy Spirit to teach his Apostles and us that his mission was also our mission. It is the same Spirit who enables us to witness, to proclaim, to forgive, and to bring peace, therefore, we are enabled to continue Jesus’ mission through the gift of the Holy Spirit. Christ gives the Holy Spirit to guide and empower his disciples to take up his own mission: “As the Father has sent me, so I send you”(Gospel). That mission is to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to the world (first reading). That same mission is directed to all of us Christians today and everyday of our Christian lives with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Another evidence of the Pentecost experience occurred on Jan. 25, 1959, when Pope John XXIII announced the Second Vatican Council and prayed for a “new Pentecost.” The Holy Father commented that personally he only expected to announce the Council, and was overwhelmed and amazed at the tremendous grace of the Holy Spirit that followed. Whenever Blessed John XXIII became anxious about the Church or the Council and couldn’t sleep, he would gain peace with the prayer, “It’s your Church, Lord!” In other words, he trusted that God is in charge and that God knows best. Sometimes the presence of the Spirit is expected only in terms of extraordinary manifestation like the “driving wind,” or “tongue

of fire.” The Spirit is also revealed in simple daily experiences like forgiving one another, or serving others. Others had a Pentecost moment the past few weeks when Pope Benedict XVI visited the United States. For example, those who were considering the priesthood were empowered to pursue this vocation, others, perhaps, who were away from the Church for a while, chose to return. Jesus compared the Spirit to water (John 7:38). “Water descends from heaven as rain. It is always the same, but it produces different effects in different things: one in the palm tree, another in the vine…. It adapts to each creature” ( St. Cyril). It is the same with the Spirit. St. Paul writes, “No one can confess ‘Jesus is Lord,’ without being guided by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served… The Spirit’s presence is shown in some way in each person for the good of all” (second reading). Like the experience I had on Easter Vigil, the Spirit gives me new eyes to see the face of Jesus in all who stand in need, new ears to hear the voice of Jesus in those who suffer social injustice, a new tongue to proclaim the message of Jesus to all who have never heard it (I teach RCIA), and a new heart to share Jesus’ love with all who have never experienced it. Pentecost is more than celebrating the “birthday” of the Church. It celebrates our birth into the resurrection life and being sent to forgive others. We can make the Church a reality through forgiveness of one another and our everyday self-giving for the good of others. This Sunday we also celebrate Mother’s Day. We pray for mothers that they may fulfill, faithfully, their vocation to nurture life and thus continue the mission of Christ. As we think of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we bring gifts of bread and wine to the altar to be changed into the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. As we partake from it, we should change as well to be more Christ-like to others, as we sing praise to God. Come, Holy Spirit, come! And renew the face of the earth. Deacon Faiva Po’oi serves at St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo, and is also the archdiocesan chaplain to the Tongan community. His ministry includes religious instruction, preaching, marriage preparation and social justice.

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Mother’s Day: the chilling side of ‘choice’ By Paul V. Esposito Chicago suffered through one of its snowiest winters in years, but I missed the worst of it. I spent almost six weeks in Everett, Wash., north of Seattle, involved in a trial. I had planned to commute on the weekends, but the long distance, Chicago weather, and a nasty cold all conspired against me. Staying the weekends gave me a chance to attend Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. I enjoy going to Mass away from home. It’s interesting to see different sanctuaries, statues and stained glass. It’s good to hear different preaching and singing, to watch the faithful interact in worship, and to learn of their special ministries. Variety is the spice of life, and with some things that’s true in Church life, too. But some things about Church remain the same, and one in particular caught my eye – a young couple dealing with their two-year-old. Dad would hold her for a while, but not for long. The child wanted mom, and with mom she found contentment. No surprise. Mom usually handles those latenight feedings. Mom usually changes more poopy diapers than dad. Mom coos and sings better than anyone. When the child falls, mom is the one who comes running. And no one in the

whole world hugs like mom. These things come naturally for her. They are part of the mother-child bond that starts to form the very moment a mom learns a child grows inside her. The mother-child bond is so strong that there may be no greater pain than that caused by its breaking. Sophie’s Choice tells the story of a young Polish immigrant. Although freed from Nazi imprisonment, Sophie lived under the dark cloud of her past. Her captors had forced her to choose which of her two children would remain with her ⎯ and which would be killed. Alone, afraid and absolutely desperate, Sophie chose. Life for her was never the same. Sophie lived in regret and guilt until she could no longer stand to live at all. The war had ended years earlier, but the Holocaust had claimed another victim. Tragically, we have not done much better for mothers. Our culture forces desperate women into decisions they would rather not make. This coercion does not come through prison camps and guns, but it is just as effective. It’s called “pro-choice.” Before 1973, women confronted with unexpected pregnancies babies found protection in laws that made abortion illegal and socially unacceptable. The law gave women backing they needed in dealing with unhappy husbands,

boyfriends and family members pushing for abortions. Distressed women contemplating abortions had to think twice; the law made abortion illegal. Abortions still occurred, but with far less frequency than now. With legalization of abortion, the whole dynamic changed. Abortion is now available at any stage of pregnancy. Society has made abortion an alternative to an unplanned pregnancy. Without the law’s protection, many women must make a Sophie’s choice. Embarrassed? Choose! Unsupportive boyfriend? Choose! Angry parents? Choose! Unhappy husband? Choose! Unhealthy child? Choose! Oversized family? Choose! Financial problems? Choose! Job pressures? Choose! “Pro-choice” is not a liberating freedom. It is a scream into women’s very souls: “Time is running out! Choose!” Emma Beck, a talented artist, did. She aborted her twins after her boyfriend reacted badly to her pregnancy. Emma deeply regretted her abortions. She realized she would have been a good mom. Emma wrote about her suffering: “I told everyone I didn’t want to do it, even at the hospital. I was ‘CHOICE’, page 22

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‘Mother’s Day With Bishop Fulton J. Sheen’ to air on Sunday Media icon to speak Conquered,” a docu- May 20 at 11 a.m. and May 23 at 1 a.m. at NDNU graduation “ M o t h e r ’s D a y With Bishop Fulton J. Sheen” will be a featured Eternal Word Television Network offering on May 11 at 3:30 p.m., with encores May 13 at 11 a.m. and May 16 at 1 a.m., according to local EWTN spokesman James Quinn. “Taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as his model, Archbishop Sheen shows the important spiritual role women play in society,” Quinn said. “A n Empire

drama hosted by Joseph Campanella that tells the stories of martyrs who lived and died during the turbulent years of early Christianity, will air May 17 at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. “Harvest of Souls” focuses on the 1995 canonization ceremony of St. Eugene de Mazenoid, the founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and the bishop of Marseilles. It airs May 18 at 7 p.m.,

On May 22 in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI will preside at the Mass and Eucharistic Procession of the Feast of Corpus Christi. The event will air live at 10 a.m., with an encore telecast at 8:30 p.m. All times mentioned are Pacific Time. EWTN is carried 24 hours a day on Comcast Digital Channel 229; Astound Channel 80; San Bruno Cable Channel 143; DISH Satellite Channel 261; and Direct TV Channel 370. Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. Visit www.ewtn.com for more program information and coverage updates.

Lorry Lokey, philanthropist and media relations icon, will be the keynote speaker at Notre Dame de Namur University commencement exercises May 10 at the Belmont campus. His keynote speech, “Maybe YOU Can Make a Billion Dollars,” will “reflect upon his ardent belief in the power of education,” according to a NDNU press release. The school’s 156th commencement ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Koret Field located on Ralston Avenue next to the NDNU Theatre. Approximately 500 students will graduate from the University’s four schools with about 5,000 family members and friends in attendance at the outdoor ceremony.

with students. “I think what he’s doing is saying you have a very good thing, but how well does it measure up to the challenges of society – most especially when we’re reminded that the evangelical end of the Church, for the sake of society, is what’s at stake,” he said. The main question for Catholic schools is the adequacy of teaching methods to the mission the Holy Father describes, Father Sweeney said. “I think that’s an urgent question,” he said. “The education of the young should be regarded as an act of life. There’s urgency that those who are educated should be happy.

“I think all of Western thought since the Enlightenment can be summed by the question of whatever happened to the good?” he said. “That’s the fundamental question the Holy Father is getting at. “For the professor,” Father Sweeney said, “is the full potential of the student as a son or daughter of God really being served, and how would I be teaching if that were really the goal?” At the same time, critics of Catholic higher education felt the pope spoke to their concerns. ”Catholic educators have now been presented with a clear choice – the pope’s way or the way of American secular education.

Do they want to have a Catholic identity or not?” Russell Shaw, a contributing editor for Our Sunday Visitor, remarked in a blog post. Sulpician Father Gerald Brown, the rector of St. Patrick Seminary and University in Menlo Park, also felt Benedict’s challenge was clear. “We need to know what our calling is and what we stand for and make that contribution,” he said. “A lot of Catholic institutions need to be Catholic in the best sense.” The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has posted streaming videos of each of the public events of Pope Benedict’s visit. These, including the address to Catholic educators, can be accessed at www.uspapalvisit.org.

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Views on papal talk . . . ■ Continued from page 11 intelligent and thoughtful view of Catholic education. People shouldn’t try to read into it and try to find their case for the talk. ”A lot of people wanted the pope to come out scolding,” he said. “He doesn’t do that. He doesn’t come up with a list of shortcomings.” For Dominican Father Michael Sweeney, president of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, the pope’s message is a call for Catholic educators to reflect on how well they connect

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St. Mary’s Cathedral Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco – (415) 567-2020 May 10, 10 a.m.: The Canossian Daughters of Charity invite all to join them in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of their order. Celebrants are Archbishop George Niederauer, Bishop Ignatius Wang and Bishopelect William Justice. For information, contact Sister Neck Guan at (415) 681-4225. May 14, 7 p.m.: Talk by Gil Bailie, a nationally known Catholic lecturer and author, Easter in the “Meantime”- The Joy of Mission and Service, combining theology and anthropology for unique insights into faith. For more information, call (415) 651-4171, or visit www.ccgaction.org. May 18, 11 a.m.: Annual Pro-Life Essay Contest Liturgy and awards ceremony. Archbishop George Niederauer will preside and award prizes to contest winners. A reception follows in the Cathedral’s St. Francis Hall. Contact Vicki Evans at (415) 6145533 or evansv@sfarchdiocese.org

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Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs are available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at (415) 422-6698. Ongoing support groups for the separated and divorced take place at St. Bartholomew Parish, 300 Columbia Dr. at Alameda de las Pulgas in San Mateo, first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. in the Spiritual Center and first and third Wednesdays of the month at St. Stephen Parish Hall, Eucalyptus and 23rd Avenue in San Francisco next to Stonestown Mall at 7:30 p.m. Call Gail at (650) 591-8452 or Joanne at (650) 347-0701. Thursday, 5:30 p.m.: Catholic Singles Club – 50s, 60s, 70s: Join us at Starbucks at corner of Jackson and Davis streets for chat and possible plans for weekend activities. Come to table with “CSC” sign. More information: Maria (415) 391-8579. 2nd and 4th Wednesday in Spanish at St. Anthony Church, 3500 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Toni Martinez at (650) 776-3795. Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639 for information.

May 10, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Peripheral arterial disease screening at St. Mary’s Medical Center, 450 Stanyan St. in San Francisco. Registration is limited and necessary. Call (800) 984-9808. Visit www.stmarysmedicalcenter.org. May 10, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Free skin cancer screenings by UCSF dermatologists at CastroMission Health Center, 3850 17th St. at Noe in San Francisco. May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month.

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Tridentine Mass The traditional Latin Mass according to texts and rubrics from before Vatican II is celebrated at locations and times below. First Friday of the month, 7 p.m.: St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425 Bay Rd. at Glen Way in East Palo Alto. Mass is followed by Benediction. For more information, call (650) 322-2152. 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.

Trainings/Lectures/Respect Life June 7, 8, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.: “The Art and Science of Love: A Weekend Workshop for Couples” at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park. Presented by licensed marriage and family therapists, Robert Navarra of the seminary faculty, and Lynda Voorhees, this workshop provides tools designed to enhance strong relationships and provides a road map for repair for those that are struggling. Cost is $500 per couple. For more information and registration, contact Navarra at (650) 593-8087 or visit www. robertnavarra.net.

Food & Fun May 17, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.: The First Annual Monsignor Harry Bocce Tournament and Picnic at home of the Bocce Federation, Albert Park, 550 B St. in San Rafael. Day includes warm-up sessions from 8:30 a.m. accompanied by light breakfast and coffee; bocce games from 9:30 a.m. with a barbecue lunch at noon. Championship round and

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Artwork from third grade students at Mission Dolores Elementary School will be part of the Young@Art Festival at San Francisco’s De Young Museum from May 19 – 25. The watercolor “Spring Bouquets” took shape at the urging of teacher Cheryl Braginsky. The artists include, back from left, Sergio Chavez, Sabrina Rietveld, Carmen Guillermo and Justine Perez with Hugo Lopez and Riana Isidro in front. Visit http://www.youngatartsf.com/events/index.html or http://www.missiondoloresschool.org for more information.

awards at approximately 4 p.m. Sodas, beer and wine are available throughout the day. Entry fee – includes all of the above - is $300 per team of 4 – 6 players. Players must be at least 18 years of age. Picnickers, spectators of all ages welcome at $25 per person. Proceeds benefit media projects of God Squad Productions, founded and directed by Msgr. Harry Schlitt, vicar for administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Contact Jan Schachern at (415) 244-0771 or janschachern@ mac.com. May 30, 31, June 1: St. Pius Church’s Festival of Fun at 1100 Woodside Rd. in Redwood City. Includes games of chance, children’s games, arts and crafts and entertainment. Friday, 6 – 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon – 10 p.m.; Sunday, noon – 8 p.m. The Late Nite Catechism II dinner comedy show is on June 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets at $60 include a chicken dinner. Childcare available for 4 to 10-year-olds. Enjoy the Friday night dance featuring music by Busta Groove. Tickets are $25. Call Elizabeth Krebs at (650) 364-2766 for more information. June 7: The 140th running of the Belmont Stakes at the Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope 1st Annual Day at the Races at Golden Gate Fields, 1100 Eastshore Hwy., Berkeley. Enjoy valet parking, admission to the Turf Club, Daily Racing Form, brunch/prime rib buffet, tax and gratuity. Reserved seating in the first two rows - $75 per person; regular open seating in the last two rows - $50 per person. For more information or tickets, call (510) 533-5768 before May 10. June 12, 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m: An evening with Rwandan holocaust survivor and author, Immaculee Ilibagiza, who shares her story of faith, hope and forgiveness at St. Paul Church, 29th St. at Church in San Francisco. Immaculee is known throughout the world for her book, “Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Genocide,” In 1994, the start of the massacres, Immaculee was a young college student who fled for her life, living more than three months hidden with seven other refugees in the small bathroom of a sympathetic clergyman. When she emerged, she found that her entire family – parents, grandparents and siblings – had been wiped out, an atrocity she has been remarkably able to move beyond forgiving all the aggressors who brought it about. Her talks are about her finding in God and prayer the power to forgive. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For tickets, phone St. Paul Church office at (415) 6487538. Parking available. Book signing/merchandise sales immediately following in the St. Paul Parish Center next door to the church. June, 13, 14, 15: The 28th annual Nativity Carnival at Nativity School in Menlo Park, corner of Oak Grove and Laurel; 12 carnival rides, car raffle, silent auction, Saturday night casino, food and game booths, live entertainment and more. More details can be found at www.nativitycarnival.org.

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May 10, noon: Class of 1953 from the nowclosed Most Holy Redeemer Elementary School at Caesar’s Restaurant, Powell at Bay St. in San Francisco. No-host bar and lunch. Tickets are $35. Valet parking available. Call Terry White at (925) 939-7508 or John Strain at (415) 492-3310.

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1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Young Adults are invited each first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides light refreshments and networking with other young adults. Convenient parking is available. For information contact, mercyyoungadults@sbcglobal.net. 1st Friday at 7:30 p.m.: Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113. 2nd Friday at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400 Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at (650) 726-2249. 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.: Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Contact Benedictine Father Martin at (650) 851-6133 for directions or information.

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May 22, noon: Regular meeting of the Serra Club of San Francisco at Italian American Social

Club, 25 Russia St., off Mission Street in San Francisco. Speaker is Good Shepherd Sister Elizabeth Schille who will talk about Gracecenter the residential treatment program for women with problems of addiction; $15 for lunch. Nonmembers welcome. Call Paul Crudo at (415) 566-8224.

Vallombrosa Retreat Center 350 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park - Call (650) 325-5614 or visit www.vallombrosa.org. Weekend Session, May 23 – 25: Sacred Healing Retreat led by Dominican Sister Joan Prohaska. Learn the healing code. Using our bodies as portals to the divine energy of God, experience the interconnectedness of the chakras, the sacraments, the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the beatitudes of Jesus, to become the healing Light of Christ to our world. Cost for weekend session is $195 single room/$175 shared room.

TV/Radio Sunday, 6 a.m., WB 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

Arts & Entertainment May 14, 7:30 p.m.: Instrumental Spring Concert featuring talent from Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, 1055 Ellis between Franklin and Gough, San Francisco. Call (415) 775-6626 or visit www.shcp.edu. May 16, 17, 8 p.m.; May 18, 1:30 p.m.: Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” at Notre Dame Elementary School auditorium, 659 Pine St., San Francisco. Tickets are $7.50. Call Paddy at (415) 246-1749. May 24, 5:30 p.m.: “Spring Musicale Dinner Concert,” an evening of musical classics and nostalgic Filipino love songs featuring highly acclaimed performers J. Greg Zuniega, piano, Sim Zuniega, violinist, Minda D. Azarcon, conductor, Senen Bagos, Jr., tenor, Janine B.Castillo, mezzo-soprano. Proceeds benefit St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, 850 Judah St., SF www.stannesf.org. Tickets are $50. Call Tessie Velicaria at (415) 665-1600, ext. 22 or Precie Agaton at (415) 564-7487 or e-mail Bernadette Hynson at rbbsfo@comcast.net. Free parking. No tickets sold at door.

Grief support groups meet at the following parishes. San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Sienna, Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 5581015. St. Dunstan, Millbrae; call Barbara Cappel at (650) 692-7543. Good Shepherd, Pacifica; call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593. Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City; call Barbara Cantwell at (650) 755-0478. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; call parish at (650) 366-3802. St. Robert, San Bruno; call Sister Patricia at (650) 589-2800. Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo; call Brenda MacLean at (415) 454-7650. St. Isabella, San Rafael; call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato; call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. San Francisco: St. Dominic; call Deacon Chuck McNeil at (415) 567-7824; St. Finn Barr (bilingual); call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823. St. Gabriel; call Elaine Khalaf at (415) 564-7882. Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 6145506. Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame; call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Children’s Grief Group: St. Catherine, Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 558-1015. Information regarding grief ministry in general: call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: Tiburon, St. Hilary: Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775. Ross, St. Anselm: (415) 4532342. Greenbrae, St. Sebastian: Jean Mariani (415) 461-7060. Mill Valley, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Rick Dullea (415) 388-4190. Sausalito, St. Mary Star of the Sea: Lloyd Dulbecco (415) 331-7949. San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Michael Adams (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, Lee Gallery (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus (415) 6648590; St. Paul of the Shipwreck, Deacon Larry Chatmon and Loretta Chatmon (415) 468-3434. San Mateo County: San Mateo – St. Bartholomew: Donna Salinas (650) 347-0701, ext. 14; St. Matthew: Deacon Jim Shea (650) 344-7622. Burlingame – St. Catherine of Siena: Silvia Chiesa (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels: Holy Names Sister Pat Hunter (650) 375-8023. Half Moon Bay, Our Lady of the Pillar: Meghan (650) 726-4337. May 22, noon: Regular meeting of the Serra Club of San Francisco at Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia St., off Mission St.in San Francisco. Speaker is Good Shepherd Sister Elizabeth Schille who will talk about Gracecenter the residential treatment program for women with problems of addiction.$15 for lunch. Non-members welcome.

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Book details Jesuits’ influence on American West “BROKERS OF CULTURE: ITALIAN JESUITS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, 1848-1919” by Gerald McKevitt, SJ, Stanford University Press (2007).

By Father Vincent Ring It would be difficult to write a comprehensive history of North America without speaking of a number of Jesuit priests who influenced the early history of the territory to become the United States – Isacc Jogues, Rene Goupil, Jean Brebeuf, Jacques Marquettte, Eusebio Kino, and many others–missionaries, builders, explorers, and some martyrs. Seldom, however, do we read of the members of the Society of Jesus who ministered in the 19th and early 20th centuries among the native peoples of the Northwest, the newly arrived settlers of the Far West and among the native peoples and Spanishspeaking of the Southwest. Who were these men, why did they come, and what did they accomplish? These and many other questions are addressed in a new book, “Brokers of Culture,” by Jesuit Father Gerald McKevitt, the Ignacio Ellacuria, SJ, Professor of Jesuit Studies at Santa Clara University. Father McKevitt’s interest in the early Jesuits began when he was a seminarian at Alma College in Los Gatos. There, in the attic of the old building he found “the debris of a discarded past” – portraits, Victorian

furniture and “steamer trunks inscribed with the names of long-departed Jesuits.” The interest these artifacts inspired has culminated in this impressive book about those “long-departed Jesuits.” In this wellresearched book, he has made extensive use of the many letters and reports sent from the U.S. missions to the Father General in Rome and to the provincials in Turin and Naples. They bring the Jesuits’ story to life. Father McKevitt begins with the revolutionary atmosphere of mid-19th century Italy and the attendant anti-clericalism which resulted in more than 400 Jesuit priests and Brothers from the Jesuit Provinces of Turin in the north and Naples in the south fleeing Italy and eventually arriving in the American West. At first, they were drawn to destinations on the U.S. East Coast. There they were welcomed by their Jesuit brethren who ministered in parishes or in growing

educational centers like Georgetown and, in time, Woodstock College. In these settings most learned English and became familiar with the customs of their new land and of the American Church. However, like other immigrants, some adjusted well while others felt “the American mode of living was … tainted by too much independence and too much individualism.” Jesuits first came to the Pacific Northwest in the person of Pierre-Jean De Smet. In the 1840s, among those who joined in this ministry to Native Americans were Michele Accolti and Giovanni Nobili. The Gold Rush and the resulting mining boom called them to California in 1849. Accolti summed up his first impression of San Francisco by writing, “Whether it should be called a villa, a brothel, or Babylon, I am at a loss to determine.” However, within a few years, Nobili began what he called Santa Clara College and in 1854 Accolti convinced his Jesuit superiors

to have the Turin Province adopt California and the Rocky Mountain Mission. With the advent of new missionaries, in 1855 St. Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco) was opened and a new impetus was given to the Indian missions in the Northwest. In the Southwest, the Jesuits from the Turin Province began to arrive at the request of Archbishop Lamy of Santa Fe in 1867. Here they were to serve as “school teachers, circuit riders, newspaper publishers and pastors to both Spanish speakers and Anglo parvenus.” What brought all these men to their missionary calling was not just the political turmoil in Italy, but as one Jesuit said, “It was a vocation, an invitation to a career.” Father McKevitt’s book is far more than the history of schools, parishes and missions. It is also the story of the many worlds in which these pioneering Jesuits lived. They were truly “Brokers of Culture.” As McKevitt writes, “On the one hand, (they) were Americanizers dedicated to the assimilation of the many populations with whom they were linked – Native American, Hispanics and European immigrants – and yet (they) were never so transformed by America that they forgot Europe.” Although sympathetic to American life, “this did not mean that they did not wish to transplant Old World Catholicism – the only form they knew – into American soil. BROKERS OF CULTURE, page 22

Tell your children, grandchildren about Leif Ove Andsnes By Father Basil DePinto

each projected a singular national voice Of the making of piano virtuosos there based on the folk idioms of their respecseems to be no end. China currently turns tive countries. Mr. Andsnes had clearly them out by the yard. But to encounter immersed himself in the individuality of each composer, but he is an artist like Leif Ove an ardent apostle of the Andsnes is to recall that work of his countryman true greatness still exists and the Grieg Ballade in the concert world. was a lovely reminder His solo recital in of how much of this Davies Symphony Hall composer’s music is yet on April 27 was a highto be discovered by the light of the season; general public. the festivities continue Debussy hated to have this weekend when he his music compared with plays the Brahms Second impressionist painting, Piano Concerto. very much “the thing” in The Norwegian piahis day, and he was right, nist has virtuosity to if impressionism means spare as he showed in something like “softhis opening number, the grained, unfocused.” Bach Toccata in E minor, He was an unapologetic where he combined finmodernist, a Wagnerian, ger-numbing fleetness even revolutionary in with utter precision and his treatment of tonalyet unveiled a softer side ity. But another term to the music in the brief from painting may help adagio section. This feel Leif Ove Andsnes to appreciate Debussy: for a lyrical quality in everything he plays had ample scope in color, which has always held its own in music. The Preludes are Debussy at the rest of the program. The structure of the evening itself was his most colorful, a sound world which a highly intelligent piece of work. There suggests the brilliance and variety of the were three parts: before intermission two natural world without necessarily invokGerman composers, Bach and Beethoven, ing a picture. Mr. Andsnes played nearly a dozen were contrasted with two Scandinavians, Sibelius and Grieg; later came a generous of the 24 Preludes and invested each of selection from the two books of Debussy’s them a sympathetic intensity that held the audience spellbound. In this music Preludes. Beethoven, born only two years after there is no room for bombast or personal Bach’s death, devised a whole new world display, but only a constant search for of music, without severing his ties to depth of meaning. What the artist offered the foundation laid down by the earlier was a sense of dedication to the composer, master. In the Beethoven Sonata in E-flat, where layer upon layer of sound exposed Mr. Andsnes delineated the contrasting a clear picture of an inner vision. In these works as in the whole program divisions while preserving the constant flow of the music that makes this piece the pianist was acting as a messenger who almost seem like a single movement delivered important news. In fact, the pieces by Sibelius were completely new composition. The much later Scandinavians shared a to me, which would be so for much of the bond with their German forebears and yet audience, I think. That alone would put

his listeners in debt to Mr. Andsnes. But beyond that was the experience of hearing a musician at the height of his powers, lavishing on music the full richness of his interpretive skill. Such a pianist has no need of banging on the ivories and striking histrionic poses. His quiet mastery speaks volumes.

Mr. Andsnes is not yet 40 years old. He could go on like this for 30 years and more, and probably will, growing artistically all the time. Tell your children and grandchildren what awaits them. Father Basil DePinto is a frequent contributor on the arts scene.

The Catholic Professional and Business Club Meets WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008 CAESAR’S RESTAURANT-SAN FRANCISCO 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. 2299 Powell St., San Francisco, CA 94133

THE CHALLENGE OF SELF-BRANDING: USE WORDS IF NECESSARY CARLOS R. HERNANDEZ Carlos is transforming into an entrepreneur after 28 years working for large corporations in technical solution sales, marketing and project management. He is a Hispanic, native San Franciscan and graduate of Stanford University’s School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering. Carlos worked at Westinghouse Electric and Eaton Corporations providing consultative selling solutions both in the US and to such international markets as the Middle East, Asia, and the Caribbean. His customer base included small business firms to large health science institutions, large-scale manufacturing plants, electrical contractors, utilities, municipalities, and to state and federal government organizations. He possesses a passion for motivational public speaking, problem solving and especially connecting with others. Carlos is actively involved in building community through the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, St. Dominic’s Catholic Church and Archbishop Riordan High School Alumni Board Association. Carlos created his firm “Visionary Business Consulting - Follow Your Heart” as a direct consequence of following his heart and he loves having the opportunity to inspire others to do the same in their entrepreneurial ventures. His current mission is to mentor colleagues with their career path challenges.

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something to give you a completeness you don’t feel. Nothing will ever be quite right. But once you hear God say those words, you won’t need do that restless search anymore.” He’s right. Hearing God pronounce our names in love is the core of mysticism and it is too the anchor we need when we face misunderstanding from without and depression from within, when we feel precisely like unanimity-minus-one.

■ Continued from page 15 Several years ago, I made a retreat that began with the director telling us: “I’m only going to try to do one thing with you this week. I’m going to try to teach you how to pray so that sometime (perhaps not this week or perhaps not even this year, but sometime) in prayer, you will open yourself up in such a way that you can hear God say to you, ‘ I love you!’ - because unless that happens you will always be dissatisfied and searching for

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher and award-winning author, can be contacted through his website: www.ronrolheiser.com.

Brokers of Culture . . .

In the early 20th century, it was time for the Jesuits of the American West to sever their ties with the Provinces of Turin (1909) and Naples (1919). The reasons were many, but primarily it was that Americanization had taken place with the increase of Anglo settlers and a decrease in the number of Italian-born Jesuits. The railroads had united the country and with it came urbanization and a greater emphasis on higher education. The colleges and universities – Regis in Denver, Gonzaga in Spokane, Seattle University, USF and Santa Clara grew in size and took up more of the resources. Stanford University is to be commended for the publication of this excellent addition to the history of the American West. The endnotes are a well of information. Pastor of St. Denis Parish, Menlo Park, Father Vincent Ring holds a master’s degree in history from the University of San Francisco and has taught Western, urban and U.S. history at USF and St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco.

■ Continued from page 21 Continuity with their former existence was essential to their self definition.” The Italian Jesuits who brought so much to America also gave back to the land of their birth. The money they sent back to their Provinces helped the Jesuits who had been impoverished during the Risorgimento and the subsequent unification of Italy. Through their scholarship, their reports, letters and return visits, they enriched and informed the Society of Jesus, the Vatican and Europe itself about this new land to the West. As Father McKevitt writes, “Contact with the larger world through emigration reshaped the way Jesuits perceived both themselves and their environment, sometimes yanking them forcibly into modern times.” In many ways, the expulsion of the Jesuits from Italy had strengthened them as a Society and had given them a new popularity in Italy itself.

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