June 11, 2010

Pope asks Catholics in Cyprus to be witnesses of God’s love

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NICOSIA, Cyprus – The Catholic minority in Cyprus and the Christian minority in the Middle East are called to be witnesses of God’s love, of hope in the face of suffering and of a tenacious commitment to dialogue for peace, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Meeting with members of Cyprus’ tiny Catholic communities in the morning June 5, celebrating Mass that evening with church workers and celebrating Mass June 6 in a sports stadium, the pope said they can be a force for good in the region and in the world by strengthening their bonds of affection for one another, building unity with other Christians and respectfully working with followers of other religions.

“We are called to overcome our differences, to bring peace and reconciliation where there is conflict, to offer the world a message of hope,” the pope said in his homily June 6 in Nicosia’s Eleftheria sports arena.

“We are called to reach out to those in need, generously sharing our earthly goods with those less fortunate than ourselves. And we are called to proclaim unceasingly the death and resurrection of the Lord,” the pope told an estimated 10,000 people from Cyprus and throughout the Middle East.

The Vatican estimates there are about 25,000 Catholics in Cyprus. Most belong to the Maronite Church; the Latin-rite Catholic community is composed of a tiny group of Cypriot Catholics and several thousand foreign workers, particularly from the Philippines, Sri Lanka and India.

The pope’s meeting June 5 with Catholics at the St. Maron School brought together representatives from all the Catholic communities, including Filipino, Sri Lankan and Indian domestic workers who had the day off.

The Latin-rite choir was just a tiny part of the program put on for the pope; hundreds of children CYPRUS WITNESSES, page 9

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Pope Benedict XVI talks with Sheik Mehmet Nazim Adil, surrounded by other Muslim clergy, during an unscheduled meeting as the pope passed in procession for Mass at the Church of the Holy Cross at the U.N.-controlled buffer zone of the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, June 5.

Vatican, U.S. bishops enlarge dialogue with Catholic Church media “To walk with man, without condemning, without judging...offering what we have in our heart that is Jesus, because we perceive that only in this encounter with Jesus man can find his happiness.”

That is the service that Catholic media can perform for the world today, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, the Vatican’s top communications man, told Catholic media professionals.

Catholic media are important in the mission of the Church to evangelize but play a dual role, Archbishop Celli said in a question-and-answer session with a

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small group of journalists June 3 during the 2010 Catholic Media Convention in New Orleans.

They serve not only to teach but also to be in dialogue with the world, he said.

Such dialogue is more important today than ever, with the Church confronting not only a critical secular press but also the explosion of social media and the resulting disruption of old patterns of sharing knowledge, said Archbishop Celli, who is president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in Rome.

Archbishop Celli told a parable about a musician whose guitar was stolen but CATHOLIC CHURCH MEDIA, page 7

Tackle immigration problems at economic roots, bishops say WASHINGTON (CNS) – Bishops of the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean called on their governments to address the economic root causes of migration and seek policies that will help create jobs for people in their homelands.

During a regional consultation on migration held at the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops June 2-4, Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City and bishops from Canada, Haiti and Latin America spoke with reporters about some of the issues being discussed at the meeting.

Addressing economic root causes of migration “in our mind, is the lasting and humane solution to TACKLE IMMIGRATION, page 4

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‘Year for priests’ Archdiocesan priests mark jubilees of their ordination to priesthood Father John Cloherty will preside at a Mass marking his 50th year as a priest June 13 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Anne of the Sunset Church in San Francisco.

Father Cloherty, who said his first Mass at St. Anne’s, grew up in the parish graduating in 1948 from St. Anne Elementary School and months later beginning Father John Cloherty studies at the now-closed St. Joseph minor seminary in Mountain View.

“The Presentation Sisters are the best,” Father Cloherty told Catholic San Francisco from his rooms at St. Anne’s where he lives in retirement. “I went to St. Joe’s with six other boys from my class.”

“My priesthood has been very fulfilling,” Father Cloherty said. “I have had Msgr. James Keane the opportunity to do what I like doing best – mix with people. My vocation, handed to me on a silver platter, has been a wonderful opportunity to serve.

I am also grateful for the many good role models I’ve had in the priesthood, Father Jim O’Malley among them.”

Father Cloherty has lived at St. Anne’s since 2007. “I am very grateful Father P. Gerard O’Rourke to pastor, Father Ray Reyes and the St. Anne parish community for seminary in

welcoming me home,” he said. “It is wonderful living here.”

“John’s fiftieth is truly a big celebration for St. Anne’s having a native son return after 50 years of priestly service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco,” Father Ray Reyes said “Being the pastor, I was asked by Father John to deliver the homily at his jubilee Mass.” Invited but unable to attend, former San Francisco Archbishop John Quinn said in a note that he remembers “Father John as a great priest of San Francisco,” Father Reyes said.

Father Cloherty, who has served at 10 parishes, has been pastor at St. Andrew, Daly City; St. Paul, San Francisco; Holy Angels, Colma, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Mill Valley.

“Retirement is great,” he said with a laugh. “It’s different not being in charge but I got used to it.”

Joining Father Cloherty for the Mass will be his sisters, Sister Patricia Anne Cloherty, PBVM, and Nora Kelly with her husband, John, and his brother, Patrick, and his wife, Marge. “I entered the 1948 and my sister entered

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June 11, 2010

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Pope deplores Israeli assault, calls for improved conditions in Gaza VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI deplored an assault by Israeli commandos on a flotilla of ships taking aid to the Gaza Strip, calling the series of events “tragic” and “very painful,” as well as a cause concern for all those who long for peace in the region. He also called on world leaders and local politicians to do all they could to improve the living conditions in Gaza, which Israel has blockaded since 2007, when the Islamic militant group Hamas took control of the territory. “Once again I repeat with a heavy heart that violence does not resolve controversies, but rather it augments the dramatic consequences and spawns more violence,” he said at the end of his general audience talk in St. Peter’s Square June 2. The pope made an appeal to all political leaders on local and international levels to “unceasingly seek just solutions through dialogue so as to guarantee

Tackle immigration . . .

■ Continued from cover the challenge of illegal immigration,” said Bishop Wester, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration, in a statement he read at the June 3 news conference.

“Second, we believe that all governments, not only the U.S., should look at their immigration laws and reform them in a manner which respects basic human rights,” Bishop Wester continued. The nations of the hemisphere also must “redouble their efforts against the scourge of human trafficking,” he said.

He noted that in a globalized world, where capital, communications and goods are readily exchanged, the movement of labor has not been regularized, and the impact of globalization on human beings has not been acknowledged or addressed.

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the people in the area better living conditions, in harmony and serenity.” In Geneva, the Vatican’s representative to U.N. organizations there, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, said “a full, impartial and transparent investigation into the latest incident, based upon international law and international humanitarian law, is necessary.”

Martyred Polish priest beatified in Warsaw in front of 140,000 WARSAW, Poland – A martyred Polish priest was praised for standing against the oppressive forces of communism when he defended human rights in his sermons during a beatification Mass in the Polish capital. More than 140,000 people listened intently during the June 6 ceremony in Pilsudski Square as Archbishop Angelo Amato, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes, recalled how Father Jerzy Popieluszko “did not yield to temptation to survive in this death camp” under communist rule. “Father Jerzy ... helped only by spiritual means, such as truth, justice and love, demanded freedom of conscience for citizen and priest,” Archbishop Amato said of the 37-year-old priest who was linked to the Solidarity labor movement and murdered by communist secret police agents. “But the lost ideology did not accept the light of truth and justice.” “So this defenseless priest was shadowed, persecuted, arrested, tortured and then brutally bound and, though still living, thrown into water by criminals with no respect for life, who thus left him contemptuously to his death,” he said. More than 3,000 priests and 95 bishops were among those who attended the ceremony.

“As the most powerful country in our hemisphere and a destination for migrants, the United States should lead the way in this effort by reforming immigration laws as soon as possible,” said Bishop Wester.

Guatemalan Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri said, for example, that the poor of his country have not benefited from the Central American Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA, which it ratified three years ago.

“The level of poverty in Guatemala is increasing,” he said.

Bishop Francois Lapierre of Saint-Hyacinthe in Canada said, “We are living an incredible contradiction. We want to live in a global economy, but every day we make it more difficult to go across the border.” In Europe, people cross borders more easily all the time, he said, but even for Canadians and U.S. citizens to visit each others’ countries, passports are now required. Mexicans now need visas to visit Canada.

Young women carry a relic of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko through the streets of Warsaw, Poland, June 6. The priest, who was murdered by communist police agents in 1984, moved a step closer to sainthood.

Thousands of volunteers build homes for earthquake victims MACUL, Chile – On a chilly Sunday morning, a small group of young adults hammered, sawed and hauled sheets of particle board in Macul, one of the sprawling districts south of the Chilean capital. Overnight rains had cleared the layer of smog that usually obscures the surrounding mountains, now covered with a blanket of snow, providing an idyllic backdrop NEWS IN BRIEF, page 5 Meanwhile, the Church continues to address migrationrelated issues from a Gospel perspective, Bishop Lapierre said, “because somebody years ago said, ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me.’”

At the news conference, Bishop Rafael Romo Munoz of Tijuana, Mexico, chairman of the Mexican bishops’ migration commission, said his country is becoming a collection of semi-abandoned small towns as working-age teens and men have gone to the United States to be able to provide for women, children and elderly people left behind.

During the meeting, which was not open to reporters, participants heard reports from Church and government workers with migration-related expertise. Speakers included directors of programs for Hispanic ministry, church public policy and social services to migrants. A panel of U.S. federal officials, including representatives of the White House and the Border Patrol, also met with the group.

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News in brief . . . ■Continued from page 4 for the volunteer builders. Pablo Alcaino was in charge of the volunteers sent to build homes for families who lost their dwellings when a magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked the country Feb. 27. “We came here to build 10 (homes) this weekend, and we’re running a bit behind,� Alcaino said. “We’ll just have to stay until they’re finished.� Alcaino is a regional coordinator for A Roof for Chile, a Catholic non-profit organization that 15 years ago set out to eradicate extreme poverty in the country by building homes for families living in shantytowns. In recent years, the organization shifted its priorities to focus on the social ills afflicting the country’s poor. However, when the powerful earthquake and subsequent tsunami left thousands of people in south central Chile desperate and homeless, the organization was asked to do what it does best: build homes in a hurry. “The interest in volunteering was overwhelming,� Alcaino said, “so much so that our website crashed in that first week after the earthquake.�

Archbishop urges Congress not to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy WASHINGTON (CNS) – Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services has urged Congress not to repeal the policy banning gays from openly serving in the military. “Sacrificing the moral beliefs of individuals� in response to “merely political considerations is neither just nor prudent especially for the armed forces at a time of war,� he said in a statement posted June 1 on the archdiocese’s website. He said Catholic military chaplains have expressed concern about the possible repeal of the 1993 legislation widely known as “don’t ask, don’t tell� and have requested guidance about what to do if it is lifted. The archbishop said the effect “has the potential of being enormous and overwhelming� and stressed that “nothing should be changed until there is certainty that morale will not suffer. On May 27 the House of Representatives endorsed an amendment that would repeal the ban in a 234-194 vote. In a closed session, the Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed the proposal, but the measure still faces a vote in the full Senate. The proposal to lift the ban is attached to a Department of Defense spending bill.

Parish repays 30-year loan in nine years Parish leaders from Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco present Archbishop George Niederauer with a check for $284,000 made out to the Capital Assets Support Corp., which holds the assets of archdiocesan schools and parishes. The check represented the final payment on a $2,242,000 loan to the parish for church renovations. The parish, thanks especially to “577 wonderful parishioners who consistently gave on mortgage Sunday,� repaid the 30-year note in nine years. From left to right, Nick Andrade, pastor Father Steven Meriwether, Archbishop Niederauer, Marc Colelli and Les Young.

If passed, it would not go into effect until the Pentagon completes a study, expected in December, on the ramifications of such a policy change and until the president, secretary of Defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certify that the ban’s repeal would not impact the military’s ability to fight.

Hispanics better represented among deacons than priests, CARA finds WASHINGTON – Hispanics are better represented among

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the nation’s permanent deacons than in the U.S. priesthood, although neither group is as diverse as the U.S. Catholic population, according to a new survey by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University in Washington. Commissioned by the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, the survey found that 14 percent of deacons are Hispanic or Latino, compared with 3 percent of U.S. priests and about 26 percent of the U.S. Catholic population over 35, the minimum age for ordination to the diaconate. In other racial and ethnic categories, however, portraits of the U.S. diaconate and priesthood were similar, according to the CARA report. Eighty-one percent of deacons and 83 percent of priests are non-Hispanic whites, and 2 percent of each group is black. Two percent of deacons and 3 percent of priests are Asian-Americans or Pacific Islanders, while 1 percent of deacons and 9 percent of priests were of other ethnic backgrounds. CARA estimated that the U.S. Catholic population over age 35 was 67 percent non-Hispanic white, 26 percent Hispanic, 3 percent black and 4 percent “other� in April 2008. The survey results, made public by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in late May, also presented a portrait of the U.S. diaconate in terms of deacons’ ministries, education and other demographic characteristics.

Old St. Mary’s gets new pastor Paulist Father Daniel E. McCotter will take on the duties of pastor of Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco as of July 1 in addition to his ministry as pastor of Holy Family Chinese Mission and director of St. Mary’s Chinese Schools and Center.

Father McCotter takes over the pastorship of Old St. Mary’s from Father Charles Kullmann, CSP, who was appointed pastor of St. Austin Church in Austin, Tex. Presently, Old St. Mary’s is undergoing reconstruction and renovation projects, and Holy Family is looking forward to a new building for the schools and center. “I am firmly committed to the Chinese community, to completing the building project and the bright future of St. Mary’s Chinese Schools and Center,� said Father McCotter. “I am also committed to the parishioners of Old St. Mary’s, and promise to follow in the footsteps of Father Kullmann and complete the work at the beautiful old cathedral.� – Catholic News Service and Catholic San Francisco

Catholic San Francisco garners honors at annual press awards For the 11th consecutive year, Catholic San Francisco won honors in the annual Catholic Press Association awards competition announced June 4 at the annual Catholic Media Convocation, held this year in New Orleans. The 2010 awards are based on work completed in 2009, submitted by Catholic newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.

Rick DelVecchio, assistant editor, took first place in the Best Investigative News Writing category for “Haiti Journal,� a series of stories on the dire conditions in Haiti. Judges said the series, “written after the earthquake, reported on the dire state of Haiti, but also touched on problems that are not as well known.� Judges concluded that the series was “well-written and very informative.�

DelVecchio also won third place honors in the Best News Writing – International Event category for the story, “Crossing against danger, a teen earns her dignity.� Judges called it “incisive foreign reporting.� They praised the entry as “A stark story told compellingly through the eyes of a 16-year-old girl, struggling to survive in the depression of pre-earthquake Haiti.�

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place in the Best Reporting on Teenagers category for “Playing softball is an important part, but not all of, this teen’s life� – a profile of Caitlin McCann, a pitcher on the varsity softball team at Belmont’s Notre Dame High School. Judges said the story “skillfully examines the on-field and off-field life of a teenage athlete – providing context and letting Caitlin speak for herself created a three-dimensional portrait.�

In the Best Regular Column – Family Life category, Ginny Kubitz Moyer, a freelance contributor to Catholic San Francisco, received Honorable Mention for her columns “The spiritual side of camping,� “Holy Ground,� and “The gift of Saints.�

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By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – As the Year for Priests he proclaimed draws to a close, Pope Benedict XVI said a priest’s foremost role is to be a shepherd to his flock, and he asked the faithful to support their priests in their task of bringing people closer to God. Pope Benedict marks the closing of the Year for Priests with a Mass at the at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 11.

At his regular weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square May 26, the pope said priests should follow Jesus, who he called the “supreme shepherd of souls,” in their mission to “take care of the people of God, be teachers of the faith, animating and sustaining the community of Christians.”

The pope quoted St. Augustine in pointing out that “it is a labor of love to graze the flocks of the Lord,” and that love should act as the “supreme guide in conduct for the ministers of God.” By following this guide, the pope said, a priest should show “unconditional love, be full of joy and open to all; be attentive to those around him, gentle to children, to the weak and to the simple; and show the infinite mercy of God with encouraging words of hope.”

Because of the world wars and the rise of dictatorial leaders in Europe in the last century, the pope said, many people today still have a deep mistrust of authority of all types. The church,

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he said, is called to offer an authority based on service, “not in its own right but in the name of Jesus, who in the name of the Father received all authority in heaven and on earth.”

Each priest in turn receives that responsibility, the pope said. “The spiritual authority conferred in Holy Orders should be matched by the priest’s interior fidelity to his pastoral mission and his personal readiness to follow obediently the lead of Christ,” he said.

In living for the benefit of his flock, the priest-shepherd must dedicate himself totally, “often going against the current, and remembering that he who is big must act like the smallest, and he who governs must act like the servant.”

The pope said that leading others does not mean domination but is rather illustrated in the humble act of Jesus Christ’s washing of the feet of the apostles and in the wood of the cross.

The pope asked the faithful to “support your priests in their ministry of leading men and women to God, bearing witness to the truth of the Gospel and its message for hope.”

Pope Benedict also asked for prayers “for my own ministry of governance in the church.”

The pope called the special year for priests last June to encourage “spiritual perfection” in clergy. The current scandal regarding priestly sexual abuse had not yet exploded in all its force, involving several European countries and the United States.

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Celebrating 40 years ordained are Father Lawrence Finegan, parochial vicar, St. Mary’s Cathedral; Father James Garcia, administrator, St. Anthony of Padua Parish in San Francisco; Father Kirby Hanson, retired pastor, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in San Francisco; Father Michael Healy, pastor, St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo; Father Joseph Hung Pham, in residence at St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo; Father Santos Rodriguez, parochial vicar, St. Bruno Parish in San Bruno; Father John Ryan, pastor, St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Burlingame.

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“Here is communication for us: what is the music that you have in your heart and how do you communicate with others?” Archbishop Celli asked. “This is why the Church and its media cannot talk only to the Catholic community, because I think the Church has in its heart a music that can be understood by the mankind of today.

“I think we have something inside the Church that can really respond to the suffering of humanity today,” he said, “and we have to give it. This is communication for me.”

Archbishop Celli confessed that he is in the process of learning how this mission should be adapted for the digital age, where new technologies are bringing about a new culture.

He said the Church must press forward with its prophetic role in the development of society, but cautioned that there is great variety in Church needs and means between the U.S. and Africa, for example, and between print and digital forms.

Archbishop Celli noted that a friend, a priest in Madrid, recently told him that more people visit the priest’s website than attend Mass. Yet, in Latin America most Church organizations do not have websites, he said.

He also noted that the balance between the catechetical, the devotional and dialogue in Church communication varies from place to place according to culture and resources.

Archbishop Celli is inviting each episcopal body to send three Church communicators – two from the print side, one from the Internet – to an international conference in Rome in October.

“I think we need to see what is the meaning of the Catholic press today,” he said, adding that the Vatican is looking for points of reference and does not want to impose solutions. “Inside the Church, we must discover what is the meaning of the Internet.”

Archbishop Celli said he is also dwelling on the question of how will meditation, how will prayer, survive in the digital age?

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“The new generations are afraid to live in a moment of silence,” he said.

He noted that many directors of seminaries are switching off wireless service for their seminarians – “not only forbidding them to use social networks but teaching them how to use them.”

During the convention in New Orleans, U.S. bishops opened a dialogue with Catholic media professionals about their respective roles. A panel of four bishops candidly addressed press questions about the relationship between bishops and the staffs of Church media organizations. A common theme that emerged was that although bishops and communicators must be partners in evangelization, they have separate roles to play.

The session, the first of its kind, was on the last day of the 2010 Catholic Media Convention, sponsored by the Catholic Press Association and the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals. Helen Osman, secretary for communications at the bishops’ conference, opened the dialogue.

Those participating in the panel were Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton, Alberta; Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans; Bishop Ronald Herzog of Alexandria, La., and Bishop Thomas Doran of Rockford, Ill. “There needs to be a distinction between reporting the news, which in some ways can be easier than handing on Church teaching,” Archbishop Aymond said. “In terms of handing on Church teaching, the media has a powerful responsibility to help us in terms of not telling people what to do but in helping them inform their conscience.”

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Archbishop Aymond said the U.S. bishops realize they could be better communicators and must do so by responding more quickly to reports in the secular media, and responding with one voice.

“Those are two challenges that we are aware of and that we must face if we can be credible,” he said But the Church must resist forces that would divide it, Bishop Doran said.

“The problem is that we can’t break up the Church into factions,” he said, “much as some would have us do. We have a constant exhortation in the New Testament, one heart and one mind, and we have to strive for that.”

Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala of Los Angeles gave a talk on the elements of a faithful Catholic media. Catholic media must stand apart from the secular media with their tendency to attack, he said.

“I also do not think that we should go to the other extreme and simply say that faithful Catholic media organizations are those who engage in apologetics to defend bishops at all costs,” he said. “That is too simplistic and does not respect the intelligence of Catholics in North America. They deserve a Catholic media that takes a more nuanced perspective.”

For the full text of Bishop Zavala’s talk and audio clips of remarks by the bishops’ panel and Archbishop Celli, go to catholic-sf.org.

By Cyrus Johnson As the “Year for Priests” concludes, ask yourself, “What have I done for my priest?”

Have I said, “Thank you” in word or in deed? Have I said, “I stand with you” with a gesture of solidarity?

Have I said, “I encourage you” with your obedience even when it is difficult?

What is the best thing we can do for a person, including ourselves? Prayer. Praying for someone is the best thing we can do for them. So why not pray for your priest? And why not go the extra step of standing publicly in prayer together for our priests?

On Saturday June 19, from 10- 10:30 a.m. – to mark the conclusion of the Year for Priests – we the laity will be praying the Rosary for Priests on the plaza in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral at (Gough and Geary) in San Francisco. Will you join us?

We come from many groups, but leave our associations behind to stand as one laity in: encouragement, thanksgiving, solidarity, obedience, and love.

We are not alone. In other dioceses, groups of laity are gathering also in a public Rosary for Priests.

What have you done for your priest? Won’t you join us? More details can be found at www.rosaryforpriests.org.

Cyrus Johnson is a parishioner at St. Matthew Parish in San Mateo.

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Cyprus witnesses . . . from 4-year-olds to teenagers danced for the pope and a Maronite choir sang traditional hymns as well as mournful folk songs.

The sad songs reflect the fact that many of Cyprus’ Maronite villages were on the northern part of the island, which has been under the control of Turkish Cypriots since 1974. Thousands of troops from Turkey are stationed in the North.

Elena Solo is from one of the northern villages, Ayia Marina.

While Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots cross over the U.N.-patrolled buffer zone with relative ease, Ayia Marina and some other villages are off limits.

“We are not allowed to go inside the village, not even to visit the church. There are Turkish troops there,” Solo said.

Still, she said, the situation is the result of a political problem between Cyprus and Turkey, not a religious problem, and it does not prevent Greek and Turkish Cypriots from working together and even being friends.

In his introductory remarks, Pope Benedict greeted the Maronite Catholics, giving special mention to Ayia Marina and three other villages once inhabited by the Maronites who fled south after the 1974 tensions.

Maronite Archbishop Youssef Soueif of Cyprus asked the pope, “Help us return to our villages. Remember Cyprus in your prayers. Our villages are beautiful spaces where we preserve our identity, our particularity in the spirit of openness toward everyone.”

Openness was a key theme in the pope’s address to about 2,000 people gathered in the hot sun on the schoolyard.

The pope said the fact that Catholics

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Pope Benedict XVI blesses children dressed as flowers during a ceremony at St. Maron Catholic School in Nicosia, Cyprus, June 5.

Church of Cyprus. Before visiting the Orthodox museum and joining the archbishop for lunch, the pope praised the Cypriot leader for his role in supporting dialogue and peaceful coexistence.

The pope told the archbishop that he joined him “in praying that all the inhabitants of Cyprus, with God’s help, will find the wisdom and strength needed to work together for a just settlement of issues remaining to be resolved, to strive for peace and reconciliation, and to build for future generations a society distinguished by respect for the rights of all.”

At the evening Mass June 5 with priests, nuns, seminarians and parish leaders at the Church of the Holy Cross, the pope focused on the theme of the cross and of suffering transformed by love.

The cross, he said, “is indeed an instrument of torture, suffering and defeat, but at the same time it expresses the complete transformation, the definitive reversal of

were such a small minority on the island gave them the opportunity each day to foster good relations with other Christians and with Muslims.

“Only by patient work can mutual trust be built, the burden of history overcome, and the political and cultural differences between peoples become a motive to work for deeper understanding,” he said.

The pope urged the Catholics of Cyprus “to help create such mutual trust between Christians and non-Christians as a basis for building lasting peace and harmony between peoples of different religions, political regions and cultural backgrounds.”

After the event at the school, the pope was the guest of Orthodox Archbishop Chrysostomos II, head of the Orthodox

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The cross “speaks of love, it speaks of the victory of nonviolence over oppression,” he said.

On the eve of presenting the working document for the special Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, Pope Benedict said he wanted to remember the many priests and religious in the Middle East “currently experiencing a particular call to conform their lives to the mystery of Christ’s cross.”

Many Christian families are leaving the region because of the violence and tensions there, and sometimes priests and religious are tempted to do likewise, he said.

“Their presence alone is an eloquent expression of the Gospel of peace” and of the church’s ongoing commitment to dialogue, the pope said.

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A visiting queen and her two side maids carrying roses, on Stage Road.

A visiting queen, her two side maids and a friend processing along Stage Road, above.

Right, the Stewart Tartan Pipes and Drums from San Francisco.

It was at this time that the Queen, when she realized People came from as far away as Tracy in the East with dismay that the faith of her people was beginning Bay, and Alvorado and Santa Clara in the South Bay. The to falter on account of the scourge of famine, conceived procession was followed by a free barbecue for everyone the idea of having Masses said continuously until relief served with a traditional Portuguese soup, and an auction should come in some form through God’s intercession to of handcrafted items and homemade bread. Together with alleviate the suffering of her people, vowing to bestow the Holy Ghost Festival celebrated in Half Moon Bay a her crown to the Church if her prayers were answered. week later on Pentecost Sunday, it is one of the oldest And so it came about that, on a Pentecost Sunday, three such events in the Bay Area, celebrated yearly since 1871 ships appeared sailing up the Tagus, when it was first presented jointly and entered Lisbon harbor carrying by both towns, with only one interenough grain to sustain the realm. ruption during World War II. Since Convinced that the ships were sent by those bygone days, the festival has the Holy Ghost, the Queen organized become a religious celebration for a solemn procession in honor of the Catholics of all nationalities.

Holy Ghost and, accompanied by her That the Holy Ghost festival has maids, carried her crown through the achieved such longevity perhaps streets of Lisbon to the Cathedral, has something to do with the lovely where she placed it on the main altar and appealing legend behind it, a in fulfillment of her vow and as a legend steeped in lore and espegesture of thanksgiving. cially dear to the Portuguese. It Queen Isabel was canonized in seems that in the late 13th century 1625, two centuries after her death, the wife of King Denis of Portugal,

by Pope Urban VIII, for her many Queen Isabel of Aragon, (not to be charitable works. Although her legconfused with the later Castilian end has been embellished across the queen, Queen Isabella, who is generations with many colorful details linked with Christopher Columbus) and undergone several permutations was terribly affected by the plight of (one version of the legend has the her people who were suffering from relief ships arriving in the Azores) the a severe and devastating drought.

This year’s festival Queen and main ingredients of the legend remain Famine was widespread throughout her side maids. Left to right, essentially the same. Curiously, there her realm.

Harlee Donovan, Ashley Morford The queen in her love and devo- and Alie Rausa. The queen holds exists an uncannily similar legend in Germany, where the same miracle of tion to her people secretly pilfered a replica of Queen Isabel’s the roses is attributed to another saint, bread from under the noses of the crown which was brought to Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen palace staff in order to feed the California in the 19th century Isabel’s great-aunt. needy. The king, so the legend goes, from Portugal.

Bearing in mind the legend of suspecting what his wife was up to Queen Isabel, a Holy Ghost festival and disapproving of such conduct will typically feature several elements unbecoming of a queen; and, moreemblematic of trappings of royalty – a royal crown; long, over, convinced that the poor were taking advantage of his trailing sumptuously decorated capes and gowns; scepters wife, confronted her one day as she was about to set off from and roses alluding to the miracle of the roses, as was the palace on one of her mercy errands with bread concealed amply demonstrated at Pescadero’s 110th enactment of in her apron. Miraculously, and to the king’s astonishment, this Catholic tradition. a bunch of roses spilled to the floor when his wife, at his bidding, opened her apron. The king was doubly perplexed, as he couldn’t understand how his wife should be in posFrancis da Silva, a San Francisco photographer session of fresh roses in the month of January. and writer, contributes to Catholic San Francisco.

Children arrive at St. Anthony Mission carrying a banner representing the IDES Portuguese brotherhood of Pescadero.

Father Domingo Orimaco, pastor at Our Lady of the Pillar in Half Moon Bay, waiting on the steps of historic St. Anthony Mission church in Pescadero to greet the procession and to bless the crowd.

This year’s festival Little Queen, Leanna Morford, and her side maids, Leanne Alves, left, and Haley Mulderick, right, arriving at St. Anthony Mission.

The festival queen and her side maids entering St. Anthony Mission.

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June 11, 2010

Local Catholic High Schools to graduate nearly 2,000 seniors this year A grand total of 1,967 seniors from the 14 Catholic High Schools within the boundaries of the Archdiocese of San Francisco will graduate this year.

“My prayers and best wishes to all of our graduates,” said Maureen Huntington, Superintendent of Catholic Schools. “May their future be filled with the love of God, family, and friends with plenty of rewarding work to enrich them throughout their lives.”

Total enrollment for school year 2009-10 in the Archdiocese of San Francisco was 17,092 students in 64 Catholic elementary schools and 8,094 students in 14 Catholic high schools.

Following are highlights from each school.

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL, SAN MATEO

Nathan Harvey-Seagrave, Student of the Year

Yuzo Ishikawa, Valedictorian

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY

Michael Holper, Valedictorian

William Lyons, Valedictorian

Junipero Serra High School presented diplomas to 239 graduates May 29, 2010 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. Lars Lund, school president, was keynote speaker.

Barry Thornton is principal.

San Francisco’s Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory presented diplomas to 309 graduates May 22, 2010 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. John F. Scudder, school president, and Ken Hogarty, principal, presided.

WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY

Ray Ross

Marisa Martinson

Caroline Dittmann, Valedictorian

Tara Hickey, Salutatorian

Natasha Marston, Graduation Speaker

Portola Valley’s Woodside Priory School will present diplomas to 57 graduates at the school’s Father Christopher Field June 12, 2010. Tim Molak, head of school, will preside.

Commencement speaker is Taylor Eigsti, a 2002 Priory alumnus and Grammy nominated jazz pianist. Student speakers are Ray Ross and Marisa Martinson.

San Francisco’s Immaculate Conception Academy presents diplomas to 58 graduates June 11, 2010 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. Dominican Sister Mary Virginia Leach, school president, and Lisa Graham, principal, preside. Keynote speaker is San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris.

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO

SAN DOMENICO HIGH SCHOOL

Yvette Borja, Valedictorian

Monica Mandapat, Salutatorian

Melinda Borello, Student Body President

Maria Pougiales-Posey, Senior Class President

San Anselmo’s San Domenico High School presented diplomas to 40 graduates June 5, 2010 at the school’s Kesterson Hockey Field. Commencement ceremonies included a keynote address by author, Isabel Allende. Head of School is Mathew Heersche. Division Head is Dean Partlow.

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY

Marie-Alexis Ingco, Salutatorian

Gina Mazzetti, Salutatorian

Mercy High School, San Francisco presented diplomas to 113 graduates May 29, 2010 at Holy Name of Jesus Church in San Francisco. Dorothy McCrea is principal.

Abigail Otto, Ignatian Award

Michael Reher, Valedictorian

San Francisco’s St. Ignatius College Preparatory presented diplomas to 349 graduates June 5, 2010 at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco. Jesuit Father Robert Walsh, school president, presided at the rites and served as keynote speaker. Principal is Patrick Ruff.

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MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, BURLINGAME

Rachael Suhr, Valedictorian

Razan Dababo, Salutatorian

Mercy High School, Burlngame presented diplomas to 112 graduates June 6, 2010 at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco. Principal Laura Held presided.

NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL, BELMONT

Kristina Garrido, Valedictorian

Emily Yousef, Salutatorian

Principal Rita Gleason presented diplomas to 139 graduates of Notre Dame High School, Belmont June 2, 2010 at St. Pius Church in Redwood City. Father Stephen Howell presided at a baccalaureate Mass June 1 in Cunningham Memorial Chapel at neighboring Notre Dame de Namur University.

SACRED HEART PREPARATORY ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL

Audrey Chow, Valedictorian

John Pluvinage, Salutatorian

Sacred Heart Preparatory presented diplomas to 134 graduates May 28, 2010 on the school’s Atherton campus. Sacred Heart Principal James B. Everitt presided.

Sacred Heart Sister Clare Pratt led the invocation. Douglas Lowney, head of the school’s English Department, gave the graduation address.

Joshua Arriola, Valedictorian

Michael Cittar, Valedictorian

Jacob Moss, Valedictorian

Mack Wu, Valedictorian

CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL

Megan Choi, Valedictorian

Jovel Queirolo, Valedictorian

San Francisco’s Convent of the Sacred Heart High School presented diplomas to 53 graduates June 4, 2010 at the school. Andrea Shurley, head of school, presided.

Ann Gray Miller, a 1962 Convent alumna, was keynote speaker.

San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan High School presented diplomas to 146 graduates May 29, 2010 in the school’s Lindland Theatre. President is Marianist Father Thomas J. French. Principal is Kevin R. Asbra.

MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

STUART HALL HIGH SCHOOL

Theresa Devine, Valedictorian

Skyler Hicks, Valedictorian

James Holt, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Award

Alfred Gruber, Janet Erskine Stuart Award

Thilini Chandrasekera, Salutatorian

Marin Catholic High School presented diplomas to 173 graduates JJune une 3, 2010 at Marin Center.

Father Thomas A.. D Daly, president, presided.

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San Francisco’s Stuart Hall High School presented diplomas to 36 graduates June 5, 2010 at the school. Tony Farrell, head of school, presided. Ray O’Connor of the Stuart Hall faculty, was keynote speaker.

WHAT CAN A CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL DO FOR MY CHILD?

The teaching of Catholic values and faith formation are core to the curriculum in Catholic high schools. Equally important is the religious community of adults surrounding Catholic schools, which supports the schools’ mission. Catholic schools mandate that their students take more college preparatory classes. Catholic schools provide a challenging academic curricula in which students thrive, particularly in religious studies, mathematics, science, English and other core subjects.

– From Catholic High Schools Information Booklet 2009-2010.

Watch for the 2010-2011 edition of the booklet in the Sept. 10 issue of Catholic San Francisco

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A READING FROM THE SECOND LETTER OF SAMUEL 2 SM 12:7-10, 13 Nathan said to David: “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king of Israel. I rescued you from the hand of Saul. I gave you your lord’s house and your lord’s wives for your own. I gave you the house of Israel and of Judah.

And if this were not enough, I could count up for you still more. Why have you spurned the Lord and done evil in his sight? You have cut down Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you took his wife as your own, and him you killed with the sword of the Ammonites. Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah to be your wife.”

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Nathan answered David: “The Lord on his part has forgiven your sin: you shall not die.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11 R. Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

Blessed is the one whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered.

Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile.

R. Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not.

I said, “I confess my faults to the LORD,” and you took away the guilt of my sin.

R. Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

June 11, 2010

Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13; Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11; Galatians 2:16, 19-21; Luke 7:36-8:3 You are my shelter; from distress you will preserve me; with glad cries of freedom you will ring me round.

R. Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you just; exult, all you upright of heart.

R. Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE GALATIANS GAL 2:16, 19-21 Brothers and sisters: We who know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

For through the law I died to the law, that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by

faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me. I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE LK 7:36-8:3 A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

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woman said to a friend: “Whenever my husband and I quarrel, he gets historical.” The friend said: “You mean hysterical?” The woman replied: “No, historical. He would then proceed to give me a catalogue of things I have done wrong, how many times, when and where.”

There is another story of a man who had done something that offended his wife deeply.

When he asked her forgiveness, she gave it immediately. However, in the weeks and months ahead, she kept reminding him of what he had done. Finally, the man said: “But, darling, I thought you had forgiven and forgotten.”

The woman replied: “Yes, I have forgiven and forgotten. But I don’t want you ever to forget that I have forgiven and forgotten.”

All of which goes to show how hard and complex it is for humans to forgive and forget.

Without God’s grace, it is impossible for us to practice forgiveness. When we are able to forgive, we share in God’s own nature and become His children.

God’s ready forgiveness is evident in David’s story. When Nathan confronts him, it is remarkable how unreservedly David owns up to his sin and seeks forgiveness. It is even more remarkable how eager God is to forgive him.

David’s sin and redemption is a parable for our lives. We can fall from grace anytime: “But for the grace of God, there go I.” God gives us grace to stay away from destructive deeds, but unless we are aware and alert, we could easily slip into regrettable ways. However, when we humble ourselves, God is amazingly enthusiastic about getting us back onto the path of love and grace. He wants nothing more

Scripture reflection FATHER CHARLES PUTHOTA

God’s love and forgiveness than the change of heart that brings us new life and hope. That is why “there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance” (Lk 15:7).

The gospel deepens our understanding of God’s forgiveness. The sinful woman washes the feet of Jesus with her tears, kisses them ceaselessly, and anoints them with ointment.

Those wordless gestures speak not only of repentance but also of her profound love for Jesus. What the Pharisee lacked in social graces, the woman supplied through her tender love toward Jesus. Jesus acknowledges her contrite spirit and accepts her love: “Her many sins have been forgiven because she has shown great love.”

Is love then essential for forgiveness? Did

the woman have her sins forgiven because of her loving gestures or did the loving gestures follow the forgiveness she experienced from Jesus? Love or forgiveness: what came first?

God’s love always precedes forgiveness.

Because God loves us with an everlasting and unconditional love, His mercy and forgiveness spontaneously overflow into our lives.

His forgiveness is but a manifestation of His infinite love.

When we love God, we grow in awareness of His forgiveness. We are more attuned to His will. We become more alert to the tendencies that take us away from the God we love. We are able to make better choices. How can we truly love God and willfully act against Him at the same time? Our attempts themselves at loving God–feeble sometimes and heroic at

Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

“Tell me, teacher,” he said.

“Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?”

Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.”

He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven because she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources. other times–are God’s gift out of love. Hence the insight of St. Augustine: “Love God and do what you like.” When we love God wholeheartedly, our choices will be in consonance with what that love entails.

In saying to the sinful woman that “your faith has saved you, go in peace,” Jesus knows that God’s love for us and our love for Him which mediate God’s forgiveness create in us the perfect climate for faith. How can we not grow in faith when we glimpse into God’s merciful love? It is this faith that Paul speaks about in Galatians, the faith that goes far beyond the “works of the law,” the faith that leads us to the conviction that “I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me.”

Our relationship with God extends into human community. We need to seek and find forgiveness from one another constantly. If we cannot forgive, we must face spiritual and social consequences. When we choose not to forgive, we block God’s grace flowing into us and through us to others. We are unable to be channels of God’s peace to others. Jesus teaches again and again about the necessity of our forgiveness of others if we must receive God’s forgiveness.

For the human society to endure, individuals and nations must reconcile with one another sooner than later. “Without forgiveness,” as Desmond Tutu asserts, “there is no future.”

Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D., is Pastor at St. Veronica Church, So. San Francisco.

Spirituality for Today

The rewards of forgiveness

By Father John Catoir Forgiveness purifies your soul and brings relief to your wounded spirit. Forgiveness reconciles your mind and heart with God, with neighbor, and, most of all, with self. In countless ways it helps both the one who forgives and the one who is forgiven.

Pope John Paul II said about forgiveness: “The forgiven penitent is reconciled with himself in his inmost being, where he regains his own true identity. He is reconciled with his brethren whom he has in some way attacked and wounded.

He is reconciled with the church, and he is reconciled with all creation.”

The Lord stands ready to forgive everyone; you in turn must be ready to forgive others and yourself, as when you pray in the Our Father: “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” These words

tell us all we need to know about the obligation to forgive neighbor and self.

A true Christian prays for the grace to forgive. Jesus forgave his tormentors before they asked: “Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do” (Lk 23:34).

You can forgive yourself simply by turning your guilt over to God’s mercy. You can forgive another simply by willing it, without ever going through a painful confrontation.

Once you decide to forgive, you will gradually be released from all resentment and hurt. Do not wait until you feel like forgiving or it may never happen. Forgiveness is in the will.

Forgive now – and get on with your life.

Repeat this over and over again: “I forgive and I am forgiven.” Feelings will follow in time. Do not wait for good feelings to spur you on; simply forgive. You give it before you feel like giving it. You “fore-give.” Do it now.

Forgiving someone who has hurt you, even if you do it

secretly, will be good for your mental health. Once you decide to forgive, pay no attention to those feelings of resentment that will surely return. Angry feelings will subside in time.

Once you let go of them you will be able to make room for God’s joy.

Mysteriously, by God’s grace, you will begin to change as your angry spirit gradually calms down. Gradually your joy will return. Cultivate positive, healthy thoughts.

You can tap into the spiritual reservoir of joy within your soul by forgiving others, and especially by forgiving yourself.

Meister Eckhart, the German mystic, wrote, “For this joy is close to you, it is in you. None of you has a spirit so heavy, nor an intelligence so feeble, none of you is so far from God so as not to be able to find joy in him.”

Father John Catoir, head of St. Jude Media, writes a column for Catholic News Service.

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Spirituality for Life

Touching our loved ones inside the Body of Christ When I first began writing this column, I wrote a piece that I entitled “Binding and Loosing inside the Body of Christ.”

Among all the things I’ve ever written, I have probably received the most feedback on this.

What is the concept? How can we bind and loose each other inside the Body of Christ? Here are the essential lines: Imagine you are a parent who has a child who no longer goes to church, no longer prays, no longer observes the church’s moral commandments, no longer respects your faith, and is perhaps even openly agnostic or atheistic. What can you do?

You can continue to pray for them and you can live out your own faith convictions, hoping that the example of your life will have power where your words are ineffectual. You can do that, but you can do more: You can continue to love and forgive them and insofar as they receive that love and forgiveness they are receiving love and forgiveness from God. Your touch is God’s touch. Since you are part of the Body of Christ, when you touch them Christ is touching them. When you love them Christ is loving them.

When you forgive them Christ is forgiving them because your touch is the church’s touch.

Part of the wonder of the incarnation is the astonishing fact that we can do for each other what Jesus did for us. Jesus gives us that power: Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

If you are part of the Body of Christ, when you forgive someone, he or she is forgiven. If you love someone, he or she is being loved by Christ because the Body of Christ is not just the

body of Jesus but is also the body of believers. To be touched, loved, and forgiven by a member of the body of believers is to be touched, loved, and forgiven by Christ. Hell is possible only when someone has put himself completely out of the range of love and forgiveness so as to render himself incapable of being loved and forgiven. And this is not so much a question of rejecting explicit religious or moral teaching as it is of rejecting love as it is offered among the community of the sincere. Put more simply: If someone whom you love strays from the church in terms of faith practice and morality, as long as you continue to love that person and hold him or her in love and forgiveness, he or she is touching the “hem of Christ’s garment”, is being held to the Body of Christ, and is being forgiven by God, irrespective of his or her official external relationship to the church. How? They are touching the Body of Christ because your touch is Christ’s touch. When you touch someone, unless that person actively rejects your love and forgiveness, he or she is relating to the Body of Christ. And this is true even beyond death: If someone close to you dies in a state which, externally at least, has him or her at odds with the visible church, your love and forgiveness will continue to bind that person to the Body of Christ and will continue to offer forgiveness to that individual, even after death.

G.K. Chesterton once expressed this in a parable: “A man who was entirely careless of spiritual affairs died and went to hell.

And he was much missed on earth by his old friends. His business agent went down to the gates of hell to see if there was any chance of bringing him back. But though he pleaded for the gates to be opened, the iron bars never yielded. His priest also went and

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In the incarnation, God takes on human flesh: in Jesus, in the Eucharist, and in all who are sincere in faith. The incredible power and mercy that came into our world in Jesus is still with us, at least if we choose to activate it. We are the Body of Christ.

What Jesus did for us, we can do for each other. Our love and forgiveness are the cords that connect our loved ones to God, to salvation, and to the community of saints, even when they are no longer walking the path of explicit faith.

Too good to be true? Yes, surely. But how else to describe the mystery of the incarnation!

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX.

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Large volume gives outsider’s perspective on well known ‘family’ story “CHRISTIANITY: THE FIRST THREE THOUSAND YEARS” by Diarmaid MacCulloch. Viking (New York, 2010). 1,184 pp., $45.

Reviewed by Brother Jeffrey Gros, FSC Catholic News Service Diarmaid MacCulloch’s massive volume, “Christianity,” is, in some ways, a brief summary of a familiar story. As the title indicates, the author, professor of history at Oxford University, is attempting to situate the Christian movement within its wider historical context as it emerges from Judaism and the Greco-Roman world.

Though formed in a Christian household, MacCulloch is a secular historian who takes a critical, skeptical but appreciative approach to this unique religious movement.

From this perspective, he often gives more space to dissenters and “roads not taken” than in traditional accounts told

by Christian believers. The interaction with monotheistic siblings, Islam and Judaism, is also richly documented. For those devoted to the church, this will provide a fascinating, often bracing outsider’s perspective, often better informed than those who are committed to the Christ who makes this history significant to them.

Like many contemporary histories of Christianity by both secular and believing scholars, MacCulloch tries to redress the ethnocentrism that often focuses on the Mediterranean or even merely European developments. During the period before the rise of Islam, Christianity was already strong in India, Persia and Africa and had missions extending to China and Arabia. While much of this territory was lost to Christianity, the churches of Egypt, Ethiopia, India and Persia — now the Assyrians and Chaldeans of Iraq — continue to exist and proclaim the Gospel in their more difficult contexts.

June Catholic Best Sellers Hardcover 1. The Prayers and Personal Devotions of Mother Angelica; Raymond Arroyo; Doubleday Religion 2. Rediscovering Catholicism; Matthew Kelly; Beacon Publishing 3. The Dream Manager; Matthew Kelly; Beacon Publishing 4. The Rhythm of Life; Matthew Kelly; Beacon Publishing 5. Uncommon Gratitude; J. Chittister & R. Williams; Liturgical Press 6. The Seven Levels of Intimacy; Matthew Kelly; Beacon Publishing

EWTN Highlights: Opus Dei founder, spies, liturgies Program highlights on EWTN, the 24 hour, 7 days a week Catholic TV network, include “Meeting Josemaria Escriva: Brazil.” Clips from speeches given in Brazil by St. Josemaria, the founder of Opus Dei, cover a range of topics, including marriage, family life and attaining sanctity in the world. The telecast airs June 24 at 12 a.m. and June 24 at 3:30 p.m.

Also featured is “Holy Roman Spies: The Vatican’s Secret Agents,” a documentary about priests trained to infiltrate the USSR and minister to people under Communist oppression. It airs June 27 at 7 p.m. and June 29 at 10:30 a.m.

Two papal liturgies from Rome will mark the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul. On June 28, Pope Benedict XVI will lead Vespers from the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, live at 9 a.m., with an encore (rebroadcast) on June 28 at 2 p.m. On June 29, the Holy Father will preside at the Solemn Mass of the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, live from Rome at 12:30 a.m., with an encore June 29 at 3 p.m. St. Peter and St. Paul were both martyred in Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero.

EWTN is carried on Comcast Channel 229, AT&T Channel 562, 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 information.

The author’s passion for detail and fascination with language and art will be off-putting to some readers and endearing to others, but they provide for a textured and vital picture characteristic of a skilled Celtic wordsmith.

The attempts to balance develop developments in East and West, both th Russia and Eastern European Orthodoxy odoxy as well as Protestant and Catholic Western Europe, are a welcome complement plement to more familiar telling of thee same narrative. The author’s own critiques itiques and opinions intrude, and occasional sional factual inaccuracies make thee volume more a dialogue partnerr for the informed reader than a research arch resource, though his notes and bibliography are a treasure trove ove of references. As a skilled hisistorian of the Reformation era, a, there are important balances off information about the develop-ments in Southern and Eastern Europe often missing from standard treatments.

In the early modern period he gives not only a balance of East and West, Middle East and Northern Africa; but also of the extensive spread of Christianity in Asia, its development opment in Latin America and the significance cance of the interaction of cultures in Africa and Australia.

Throughout the narrative MacCulloch gives as much play to the influences of political, economic, cultural and

demographic factors as to the specifically religious dimension of the story. His very helpful attempt to provide a history of theological and devotional dimensions of the story sometimes leads to inevitable oversimplifications.

The long volume brings the story up to date with a final chapter on the “culture wars,” wars, MacCulloch leaving the reader no doubt as to which side he is rooting for in the Christian world as he observes it. Appendices list popes, archbishops of Canterbury and patriarchs of Constantinople, and include a few f selected Christian texts.

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7. Miracles; Fr. Stefan Starzynski; Our Sunday Visitor; 8. The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics; C.S. Lewis; HarperOne 9. Day by Day; T. McNally & W. Storey; Ave Maria Press 10. My Life with the Saints; James Martin, SJ; Loyola Press

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Children and Young People 1. The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth; Brian Singer-Towns; Saint Mary’s Press 2. The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers; J. Claussen, et al.; Saint Mary’s Press 3. Tear Soup; P. Schwiebert & C. DeKlyen; ACTA Publications/Griefwatch 4. Making Things Right; Jeannine Timko Leichner; Our Sunday Visitor 5. Called to His Supper; Jeannine Timko Leichner; Our Sunday Visitor 6. Catholic Prayer Book for Children; Julianne M. Will; Our Sunday Visitor 7. FAQs About Confirmation; Christina Bigatel Durback; Pflaum Publishing Group 8. The Catholic Youth Prayer Book ; Laure L. Krupp, et al.; Saint Mary’s Press 9. Joy Joy, the Mass; Jeannine Timko Leichner; Our Sunday Visitor 10. Mass Book for Children; R. Gortler & D. Piscitelli; Our Sunday Visitor

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TV/Radio Fridays at 9 a.m.: The Archbishop’s Hour on Immaculate Heart Radio, KSFB - 1260 AM, San Francisco. Enjoy news, conversation and in-depth look at local and larger Church. Program is rerun Fridays and Mondays at 9 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m. - e-mail info@sfarchdiocese.org with comments and questions about faith. 1260 AM also offers daily Mass, rosary and talk on the faith. Visit www.ihradio.org Sunday, 6 a.m., KOFY Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.

Harry Schlitt presiding.

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

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

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

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

June 13, 12:15 p.m.: Emeritus San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang presides at Mass commemorating Feast of Franciscan Saint Anthony of Lisbon and Padua at La Porziuncola Nuova. Bishop Wang is a former pastor of St. Francis of Assisi, the parish. La Porziuncola Nuovaadjoins the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo at Columbus in San Francisco’s North Beach. Rites also include blessing and distribution of the bread of St. Anthony (www.stanthony.org/ donate/stanthonybread.asp); the litany of St. Anthony (www.catholic.org/ prayers/prayer.php?p=164), and the blessing of the lilies as well as praying together at the statue of St. Anthony (www.st-anthony-medal.com/saintanthony-padua-feast-day.htm).

The Porziuncola and “Francesco Rocks” Gift Shop are open every day but Monday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Visit www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com

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

Returning Catholics Landings Program for inactive Catholics, a 10-week program in a small group setting, where practicing Catholics speak with honesty about their own spiritual journeys, and listen with compassion to inactive Catholics exploring returning to the church.

Held twice a year, fall and winter sessions, evenings.

No cost. For more information, visit St. Dominic’s Church website, www.stdominics.org, or call Ms. Lee Gallery, volunteer coordinator, 415-221-1288, leelgallery@sbcglobal.net.

Gail (650) 591-8452, or Joanne at St. Bart’s, (650) 347-0701 for more information.

Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin County: “We are Catholics, single or single again, who are interested in making new friends, taking part in social activities, sharing opportunities for spiritual growth, and becoming involved in volunteer activities that will benefit our parishes, our community, and one another. We welcome those who would share in this with us.” For information, call Bob at (415) 897-0639.

Single, Divorced, Separated

Good Health

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

June 25 – 27: SF Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekends. Scholarships are available. Visit www.sfcee. org. SFCEE is a non-profit, volunteer ministry dedicated to marriage preparation in the Catholic Faith.

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

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

June 13, 2 p.m.: Health Care Forum on Hepatitis B with Dr. Mark Tsuchiyose at St. Augustine Parish Hall, 3700 Callan Blvd. in South San Francisco.

Information on the session said, “One in ten Asian Americans – one in six among Filipinos – is infected with Hepatitis B, the leading cause of liver cancer.

This health care forum may save your life.” San Mateo Hep B Free Medical Association will offer screening and vaccinations. Seton Medical Center is a co-sponsor of the talks. Visit www.stsugustinessf.org June 17, July 15, 5 p.m.: Managing Joint Pain and Arthritis, nearly half of all Americans suffer from arthritis. Come and learn activities you can do to ease your hip and knee pain without surgery.

Presented June 17 by Ashley Scott Bernstein, physical therapist, and July 15 by Pam Holmes, Physical Therapist at St. Mary’s Medical Center, 450 Stanyan Street, 3 East Conference Room – 3rd Floor. Call (888) 457-5202.

June 30, 2:30 p.m.: Cancer 101, a free seminar to learn about cancer prevention. Dr. Cecily Fitzgerald will discuss ways to prevent cancer, give tips on diet and exercise as well as answer your questions on various cancer treatment options at St. Mary’s Medical Center, 450 Stanyan Street, Doctor’s Dining Room – Level B. Call (888) 457-5202.

July 1, 5 p.m.: Reclaim Your Life: Options for Total Joint Replacement, a free seminar to discuss all of the latest surgical techniques for joint replacement at St. Mary’s Medical Center, 450 Stanyan Street, 3 East Conference Room – 3rd Floor. Dr. Jason Provus will be on hand explaining the specific details of surgery and your recovery. Call (888) 457-5202.

June 19, 10 a.m.: “Rosary for Priests,” movement of the laity to pray the rosary for our priests to close the Year for Priests in encouragement, thanksgiving, solidarity, obedience, and love. The Luminous Mysteries will be prayed. Come to the Plaza in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Other groups are also forming in other dioceses. Visit www.rosaryforpriests. org for more information.

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Pauline Books and Media Daughters of St. Paul, 2640 Broadway, Redwood City (650) 369-4230 Fridays through August, 6:30 p.m.: Pauline Books & Media hosts a Faith & Film night. Explore movie themes and engage media culture from a faith perspective.

June 11: Babette’s Feast; June 18: Amistad; June 25: Remember the Titans; July 2: The Count of Monte Cristo; July 9: Freedom Writers; July 16: Romero; July 23: Pride & Prejudice; July 30: Dead Man Walking; Aug. 6: Paul VI; Aug. 13: Invictus; Aug. 20: Quiz Show; Aug. 27: The Blind Side. For more information go to www.PaulineRedwood. blogspot.com, or call Pauline Books & Media, 2640 Broadway, Redwood City, (650)369-4230.

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

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

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

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

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

Support Resources Relevant to the Economy Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Stress Management Group - Benefit from relaxation techniques, mind and body awareness practices, group support.

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

June 12, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Half Day of Meditative Prayer with Thomas Keating Video at St. Cecilia’s parish, 2555 18th Avenue in the Old Convent Building, San Francisco. Call Patricia Zambrano at (415) 751-6098.

June 19, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Introductory Workshop on Centering Prayer at St. Cecilia Parish, 2555 18th Avenue in the Old Convent Building, San Francisco.

Suggested donation $30, everyone is welcome to attend regardless of ability to contribute. Presenters are George Biniek and Mary English, Trained presenters for Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. Contact George Biniek at (415) 824-8358 or Mary English at (415) 282-8076.

June 21-25, 9am-1:30pm: Summer Vacation Bible School at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco. For registration form, visit our website at www.stdominics.org, or contact Michael Smith at dre@stdominics.org or (415) 674-0446.

August 10-14, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Catechist Formation course in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd—Level 1 facilitated by Rebekah Rojcewicz, at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco. For registration/brochure, visit our website at www.stdominics. org, or contact Michael Smith dre@stdominics.org.

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

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

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

Food & Fun June 11, 12, 13: Annual Spring Carnival at Church of the Nativity Parish in Menlo Park. Each day includes musical entertainment, food vendors and silent auction. Grand raffle prize is Mini Cooper or $15,000 cash. Thirteen carnival rides. Fun for whole family!

Carnival hours are Friday, 5 – 11 p.m.; Saturday, noon – 11 p.m. and Sunday, noon – 6 p.m.

June 13, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Parish Festival 2010 at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Cesar Chavez St. at Folsom in San Francisco. Mass starts day at 10 a.m. with procession to festival site in upper parking lot.

Tickets for $1,000 grand raffle are available – 12 for $10 – by calling (415) 647-2704 or visiting the parish office. Food Fair includes Mexican, Filipino, American, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan cuisine. Activities for children and adults include live music and folk dancing.

June 17, noon: Pasta and meatball lunch at Immaculate Conception Chapel, Folsom off Cesar Chavez/Army St. in San Francisco. Tickets are $8 per person. The family-style meal includes salad, bread, pasta and homemade meatballs. Beverages are available for purchase. The meal is served in the church hall, beneath the chapel. Call (415) 824-1762.

June 19, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Classic Car Show at Holy Angels School, 20 Reiner St. in Colma. Free admission.

Sponsored by Holy Angels School alumni. Call

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Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assistme in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother.

Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need.

Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X).

Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X).

Say prayers 3 days. C.O.

Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN Fax: 415-435-0421 Email: info@sncsllc.com Voice: 415-435-1262

PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER! CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Approximately 2,000 to 10,000 square feet first floor office space available (additional space available if needed) at One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco (between Gough & Franklin), is being offered for lease to a non-profit entity. Space available includes enclosed offices, open work area with several cubicles, large work room, and storage rooms on the lower level of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Chancery / Pastoral Center. We also have mail and copy services available, as well as meeting rooms (based on availability). Reception services available.

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

Come view the space.

Is your closet getting too full? Then donate to St. Anthony’s Free Clothing Program and help provide dignity to low-income families and individuals by providing them with essentials they could not normally afford.

Offering free clothing in a store-like environment helps those in need move towards self-sufficiency. Donate at 1179 Mission Street between 8am and 4:15pm Monday through Friday or call 415.241.2600.

Call Dolly at 415.317.0850

We are looking for full or part time

Select One Prayer: â?‘ St. Jude Novena to SH â?‘ Prayer to St. Jude

St. Gabriel Church • 2559 - 40th Avenue San Francisco, CA. 94116

Youth Ministry Coordinator St. Gabriel Parish is seeking a Confirmation Program and Youth Ministry Director, the candidate should be a person willing to work as a part ministry team.

This 20 hour per week position involves the recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteer adults and teens who participate in the Confirmation Formation Program – as well as the Youth Ministry Program. Benefits are included with salary commensurate with experience.

Please forward resume to SEARCH COMMITTEE at St. Gabriel Church, 2559 40th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116 . . . . (415) 731-6161

Help Wanted Saint Philip Preschool is Seeking Teachers Full-Time Pre-K Teacher: Plan and implement a Pre-Kindergarten curriculum that promotes literacy, pre-math skills, critical thinking and creativity. Co-ordinate with preschool team. Maintain frequent and open communication with parents. Position requires a BA or AA in Early Childhood Education and at least four years of teaching experience. Prefer experience with a variety of curriculum approaches to the Pre-K year and the transition to kindergarten.

Part-Time Two-Year Old Teacher: Plan and coordinate weekly parent-participation classes for two year old children. Design and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum. Offer children one on one support in free play and projects. Facilitate parents’ interactions and community building. Position requires six units of Early Childhood Education and at least two years of experience working with young children and their parents Catholic applicants are given priority, but all applications will be seriously considered.

Send cover letter and resume to preschoolinfo@saintphilipparish.org or call Holly at (415) 282-0143.

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Hilltop Buick Pontiac GMC Truck I P L B A ! • Extensive inventory means selection • Competitive pricing • Give us your bid • We can offer YOU SAVINGS! • Exceptional customer service

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Women in Business KATHY FAENZI, MA CLINICAL GERONTOLOGIST

Striving to Achieve Optimum Health ❤ Wellbeing

Kathy is an advocate and consultant in the field of aging. She is committed to providing opportunities for the individual to age gracefully and achieve optimum health and wellbeing. Kathy specializes in counseling the older adult and family members during transition to help restore functional balance to their lives. Her special focus is in the area of dementia, grief and loss and care management.

She will evaluate current physical, emotional and mental challenges to develop a comprehensive care plan to support healthy aging.

FAENZI ASSOCIATES

650.401.6350

KF AENZI @F AENZI A SSOCIATES . COM WWW. FAENZIASSOCIATES.COM

Frances Boscacci, REALTOR Specializes in Short Sales & Property Management Berta is celebrating her 33rd year with Marshall Realty. She is a former president of the San Bruno Park School District and served as trustee from 1995 to 1999; past member of the San Bruno Youth committee and Childcare Committee for the City of San Bruno. Member of NAHREP National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. Specializes in Property Management and is top achiever in sales and listings.

(650) 873-6844

137098

Si habla español.

Meagan Levitan, REALTOR® Born and raised in San Francisco, Meagan is a graduate of Convent of the Sacred Heart and Stanford University, and a San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commissioner. What she truly loves doing is selling real estate in her city. Meagan is proud to have been named a Top Producer at Hill & Co. Real Estate for the past four years. Throughout the City she has earned respect and praise from clients looking to buy and sell everything from one bedroom condos to multimillion dollar homes. Meagan lives in her childhood home in the Richmond District with her husband and daughter and is a proud parishioner at St. Dominic’s.

(415) 321-4293 mlevitan@hill-co.com www.levitanhomes.com

JEANNIE McCULLOUGH STILES RN, PHN Special Needs Nursing Special Needs Care at Home Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN, PHN, is a 4th generation San Franciscan and a graduate of USF Nursing School. Jeannie and her family live in Tiburon.

She owns and operates Special Needs.

As a registered nurse, Jeannie’s career spans 25 years working in intensive care, hospice/home care and other specialty units. She opened Special Needs to support seniors and others in need of skilled nursing and assisted living in their homes and schools. Her services range from simple companionship and care giving to skilled nursing/advocacy.

Frances Boscacci holds a Real Estate Broker’s License and has been buying and selling real estate in Northern California, where she has been a resident for over 20 years.

Frances’ real estate career is a true success story, told by numerous San Mateo County residential buyers and sellers. Working with clients of diverse cultural backgrounds, speaking Spanish and Italian, researching, negotiating, problem solving and expediting complex transactions, like Short Sales, Frances has left no stone unturned to exceed expectations.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Santa Clara and a Master’s degree in business administration from San Francisco State University. As an asset to her real estate clients, Frances brings a senior executive background in banking and finance, mostly with the wholesale banking group of Wells Fargo Bank, and the Financial Planning Division of United Air Lines.

DRE#01362031

CLAY HERMAN REALTOR, INC. 650.759.7885

frances@boscacci.com www.francesboscacci.com

GINNY KAVANAUGH International President’s Premier Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage With 23 years real estate experience and awards for being a top producing agent for Coldwell Banker since 1994, my business has always been based on putting my clients needs first. I take pride in earning your trust by delivering exceptional service before, during and after the real estate transaction.

I welcome your questions regarding any and all real estate related issues. Please contact me when you, your family or friends are considering a move or just want to stay apprised of the market.

COLDWELL BANKER 650-529-8570

www.theKavanaughs.com gkavanaugh@camoves.com

Sherry Plambeck Director of Marketing –

The Magnolia of Millbrae

Special Needs celebrates life . . . no matter what the circumstances

Sherry was born in New York City, an only child whose father was a diplomat for the Canadian Government.

She lived in the UK, the US and Canada. She graduated from USF, Magna Cum Laude, with a double major of French and Psychology (National Honor Society, Alpha Sigma Nu). She spent many years in the pharmaceutical industry as a regional Sales Manager for Procter and Gamble and worked for Ralph Lauren and Berlex Labs. She was voted “Top Ten” in the USA by the American Business Woman’s Assn. in 1984, and hosted a television show, “Women Today” (Emmy). Sherry is presently on the healing team of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church-Burlingame, the honorary Committee for the Peninsula Stroke Assn., and board member emeritus for USF. She loves to sail, cook and entertain and has a passion for working with the senior population. She feels that they have much love to give and much knowledge to share.

To learn more about her dedicated staff and excellence in services, call 415.435.1262 and visit her website: www.sncsllc.com.

The Magnolia of Millbrae www.TheMagnolia.com 650.697.7700 email:splambeck@themagnolia.com