June 22, 2007

Physician-assisted suicide bill tabled

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Legislators in the California Assembly have tabled a bill that would have paved the way for legal physician-assisted suicide in the state. The bill, AB 374 or the California Compassionate Choices Act, was similar to the controversial Oregon euthanasia law, the Death with Dignity Act, upheld in 2006 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Similar bills have been proposed several times in the Assembly but have failed to pass.

Opponents of the measure, which included groups such as the American and California Medical Associations, various disability rights groups, and the California Catholic Conference, welcomed the newest defeat of the bill.

“The bill’s proponents just could not get around the powerful arguments advanced by progressive disability groups, the California Medical Association and hospice organizations,” said Vicki Evans, program coordinator of the Respect Life ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. “But eternal vigilance is necessary. Educational efforts for both parishioners and legislators must continue to prevent physician-assisted suicide from getting a foothold in California.”

Tabling of the bill is not necessarily the end of the matter. Legislators still have the option of converting AB 374 into a two-year bill. This would mean it could be heard and debated again next January.

Assemblymembers Patty Berg (D-Eureka) and Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys) introduced the bill in February. The bill is virtually identical to the earlier versions, AB 651 and 654, put forth in the 20052006 legislative session and defeated.

Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D- Los Angeles), a Catholic, was an outspoken sponsor of the legislation. His support may have helped it pass the Assembly Judiciary Committee in March in a strict party-line vote, with all seven Democrats voting in favor of the measure and the three Republicans voting against it. His backing was apparently not sufficient to secure enough votes for passage in the full Assembly.

Local support for AB 374 came from Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (Dem.) of San Francisco’s District 12. Ma faced anti-AB 374 protests and petition drives, notably from members of the 29 Catholic parishes within her district and SUICIDE, page 12

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by Archbishop George H. Niederauer in June 9 rites at St. Mary’s Cathedral; from left: Fathers Michael Konopik, Ngoan Phan and Paul Zirimenya. See additional photos on page 23.

Cardinal Guadencio Rosales of Manila (center) visited the Bay Area June 18-21, seeing many relatives in the area and presiding at Masses at San Francisco’s St. Anne of the Sunset Parish and St. John the Evangelist Parish.

He was en route to Washington, D.C. where he will preside at the June 23 Feast of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a Marian devotion dating to the 1600s. Pictured with him on the steps of St. Anne of the Sunset, where he resided during his stay, are from left: San Francisco seminarian Juan M. Lopez; Father Reginald Malicdem, cardinal’s secretary; Father Raymund Reyes, St. Anne pastor; and Msgr. Jesus Estonilo of Manila.

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by Tom Burke Priests ordained from St. Patrick’s Seminary in 1957 gathered May 8 for a 50th reunion and what classmate, Father Kevin Gaffey, called a “festive dinner” at Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park. Joining the good time with Father Gaffey were retired San Jose Bishop Pierre DuMaine, Msgr. Ludwig Andre, Father Dan Cardelli and Father Richard Humphrys. Fathers Bob Bradley, Sid Hall, Joe Johnson, John Shetler and Harry Yim were unable to attend and “were missed,” Father Gaffey, retired pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Novato, said. Also missed was Father Michael Keane, pastor, St. Isabella Parish in San Rafael who could not attend the Vallombrosa event but was certainly in attendance as guest of honor at commemorative rites at St. Isabella’s just a few weeks ago. Parishioners Marilyn Hunter and Sue Boland coordinated the festivities, including a Parish-wide reception and a private dinner for 100 people in the Parish Center. The Mass had 24 priests on the altar including Father Keane’s cousins, Msgr. James Gaffey and classmate, Father Kevin Gaffey, Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel Walsh, Father Bill Knapp, retired pastor of St. Stephen Parish and his brother, Msgr. Richard Knapp,

retired pastor of St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael. Thanks to Jack Boland for pictures and details on the day….

Congratulations and thanks to Margaret Purcell-Brisken, Ed.D., and Notre Dame Sister Dolores Quigg who have been honored by the Belmont Chamber of Commerce with this year’s William Chapman Ralston Award. Dr. Purcell-Brisken is retiring as principal of Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School and Sister Dolores is retiring as principal of Notre Dame Elementary School both in Belmont. Dr. Purcell-Brisken has been part of Catholic schools here since arriving from Ireland in 1977 and has been principal at IHM since 1984.

Sister Dolores, a San Francisco native, holds a graduate degree in Education from Notre Dame de Namur University. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1963 as Sister Ann Daniel. Sister Dolores has been principal at Notre Dame Dame elementary since 1975. While we’re at it, welcome aboard at Notre Dame to new principal, Noreen Browning…. In April students at St. Philip Elementary School helped with park cleanups at sites nearby to the Noe Valley school. Year of the Environment events

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Ruby C. Buffin, M.Div., Ph.D., pastoral associate of San Francisco’s St. Stephen Parish, recently received certification as a Catholic chaplain during a Mass and missioning ceremony at the annual conference of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains in Portland, Ore. where, above, she is congratulated

by Bishop Dale J. Melczek of the Diocese of Gary, Ind., episcopal liaison to the NACC. Buffin holds a master of divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley and a doctorate in psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology.

She hopes to use her new training in her ministry to the sick.

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Msgr. Ludwig Andre, back left, and Father Kevin Gaffey, with Father Richard Humphrys, front left, and Father Daniel Cardelli, at events marking their 50th anniversary as priests.

Father Thomas Daly, left, Archbishop George Niederauer, and Father Michael Keane at dinner celebrating Father Keane’s 50th year as a priest. Joining them at table but with backs to the camera were Bishop Daniel Walsh, left, Father James Tarantino, and Father Kevin Gaffey.

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Participants in the June 9 Corpus Christi procession hold up yellow roses that were later used to form a cross at foot of the St. Mary’s Cathedral sculpture of the Holy Family fleeing Egypt, seen at right.

Corpus Christi event calls attention to immigration issue

By JosÊ Luis Aguirre For hundreds of Catholics from the Archdiocese of San Francisco the celebration of Corpus Christi was intermingled with immigrant issues – including a June 9 procession from Mission Dolores Basilica to St. Mary’s Cathedral.

More than 400 people walked in the 1.5 mile pilgrimage – singing, praying and calling on federal legislators to return to consideration of comprehensive immigration reform legislation. “I am here to say that we are not the problem,� said Edgar “Shoboy� Sotelo, a Mexican immigrant who is a disc jockey for La Kalle, an Hispanic radio station. “I am here to say we are the solution, like many immigrants,� added the young man during a press conference preceding the walk.

Inside the basilica, nine-year-old Manuela Baez read an essay she wrote in Spanish called “It’s Not Fair.� “The government of the United States should appreciate what the immigrants offer to this country, and they should support immigrants instead of deporting them,� she said.

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While walking, Father Brendan McBride, director of the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center, charged that lawmakers “cannot run and hide� from the immigration issue. “We need immigration reform today, not the next year or within six years.�

Cecilia Arias-Rivas, coordinator of Hispanic ministry in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, participated in the procession and like other pilgrims wore a yellow rose as a symbol of unity. “I believe the bishops’ decision was very appropriate — to pray for the immigrants during the day when we celebrate the body of Christ.

We are that alive body that suffers and cries, but also laughs and sings and gives dynamism to the Church,� she said.

The California Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s Catholic bishops, issued a call for statewide prayer for and recognition of immigrants – their role, old and new – tied to the June 10 celebration of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi).

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Archbishop Niederauer prays during the vigil Mass June 9 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. He called for respect and support for immigrants.

parish leaders, Archbishop George Niederauer asked for support of the CCC request and stated, “The Catholic community in this country would not exist were it not for the presence of the immigrant family.�

He also criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in northern California and elsewhere that “have torn apart families and parish communities.�

Arriving at the Cathedral, participants formed a cross with the yellow roses before the sculpture of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and Jesus fleeing to Egypt. “It is very symbolic because the Holy Family was immigrant, too,� explained Arias-Rivas.

Archbishop Niederauer presided at the vigil Mass during which families gave testimonies about difficulties caused by the lack of legal documents.

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Priests’ trial re-set TUCSON — A pretrial hearing June 6 for two priests arrested during a demonstration at Ft. Huachuca last November has been continued until Aug. 13, when U.S. Magistrate Hector Estrada will hear oral arguments on multiple motions, according to activists monitoring the event.

The defendants were ordered to be present for the hearing. No date for trial has been set.

Franciscan Father Louis Vitale and Jesuit Father Steve Kelly are charged with federal trespass and an Arizona state charge of failure to comply with a police officer following their attempt to speak with enlisted personnel and deliver a letter denouncing torture and the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to Major General Barbara Fast, commander at Fort Huachuca, on Nov. 19, 2006. (For information and updates, visit www.tortureontrial.org.)

‘Vote ignores will of people’

The central vault of the restored ceiling in the chapel of St. Sylvester at the Sanctuary of the Scala Santa (Holy Stairs) in Rome depicts angels holding symbols found in Pope Sixtus V’s coat of arms. When a team of art restorers started scrubbing and scrutinizing what was underneath centuries of soot and grime caked on the ceiling and walls of the shrine they made a spectacular discovery – a series of brilliantly colored, 16th-century frescoes by influential artists hidden under the dirt.

BOSTON (CNS) — The Massachusetts Legislature’s June 14 vote to reaffirm same-sex marriage thwarts the will of the citizens and undermines efforts to protect children, families and society, the four Catholic bishops of Massachusetts said.

The bishops made their statement shortly after the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as the Legislature is formally called, voted 151-45 to reject a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. At least 50 of the legislators had to affirm the proposed amendment for it to be placed before voters on the 2008 ballot. Only 45 legislators voted in favor.

viduals who come together as a group primarily to defend ourselves against hierarchical authority. We insiders know this is only a small part of what we are up to,” he added. “But no group can control its public image completely, and in my opinion we have done too little thinking about this.” Finn, who teaches theology and economics at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., spoke on the final day of the society’s June 7-10 annual convention in Los Angeles.

Rescinds pro-choice designation

Amnesty defends abortion policy

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Cardinal Justin Rigali thanked the Philadelphia City Council June 14 for voting to rescind a “troubling resolution” that had declared Philadelphia a “prochoice city.” “The members who supported today’s resolution are to be commended for reflecting carefully upon this issue and showing the courage to revisit it,” he said in a statement.

LONDON (CNS) — Amnesty International has defended its new policy on abortion after a Vatican official said Catholics might need to withdraw their financial support of the organization. “Amnesty International’s position is not for abortion as a right but for women’s human rights to be free of fear, threat and coercion as they manage all consequences of rape and other grave human rights violations,” said Kate Gilmore, the London-based executive deputy secretary-general of the international human rights organization. “Ours is a movement dedicated to upholding human rights, not specific theologies,” she said in a statement June 14.

Warns against public criticism LOS ANGELES (CNS) — In his presidential address to the Catholic Theological Society of America, theologian Daniel K. Finn warned the society against issuing public statements critical of Church policies or Church authorities.

“The problem is that these statements become the public face of the CTSA for nearly everyone who doesn’t attend our conventions,” he said. “Taken together, they present us as indi-

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USCCB diversity post filled WASHINGTON (CNS) — Jesuit Father Allan Figueroa Deck, a theologian and nationally known expert in Hispanic culture and ministry, has been named first executive director of the Office for Cultural Diversity of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He will assume the post Jan. 1, when it is formally established under a reorganization plan of the USCCB.

Urge children’s health insurance WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic representatives joined with Jewish and Christian faith leaders in calling for quick action by Congress to fund health insurance coverage for the nation’s 9 million uninsured children. “We speak from a broad range of religious traditions representing many millions of families in urging you to craft SCHIP legislation that will help our nation see a day when no child goes without treatment or relies on an emergency room for his or her primary health care,” the leaders said in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. SCHIP is the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. The committee was expected to take up this month the budget resolution that calls for spending $50 billion over five years to expand the program.

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Clergy appointments and changes The following clergy appointments and changes have been approved by Archbishop George H. Niederauerand take effect effective July 1, 2007 unless otherwise noted: NEW PASTORS, NEW ADMINISTRATORS Reverend Arturo Albano, Pastor Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco Reverend Erick E. Arauz, Administrator Church of the Visitacion, San Francisco Reverend Michael Brillantes, Administrator Saint Bruno Church, San Bruno Reverend Francis M.M. Garbo, Pastor Saint Timothy Church, San Mateo Reverend John Itzaina, SDB, Pastor Saints Peter & Paul Church, San Francisco Reverend Patrick T. Michaels, Pastor Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mill Valley Reverend William Myers, Administrator Saint Raymond Church, Menlo Park Reverend John H. Nahal, M.L.M., Pastor Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Antiochene Catholic Church, Millbrae Reverend Jonathan Paala, Pastor Saint Luke Church, Foster City CONTINUING AS PASTORS Reverend Mario P. Farana Saint Paul Church, San Francisco Reverend Monsignor Michael D. Harriman Saint Cecilia Church, San Francisco FORMER ADMINISTRATORS, APPOINTED AS PASTORS Reverend Moises Agudo, Pastor Saint Charles Borromeo, San Francisco Reverend Paul B. Arnoult, Pastor Saint Patrick Church, Larkspur Reverend John A. Balleza, Pastor Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redwood City Reverend Daniel E. Carter, Pastor Our Lady of Lourdes, San Francisco Reverend Cyril J. O’Sullivan, Pastor Saint Cecilia Church, Lagunitas Reverend Raymund Reyes, Pastor Saint Anne Church, San Francisco Reverend Charito E. Suan, Pastor Saint Elizabeth Church, San Francisco SABBATICALS Reverend Fabio E. Medina ICTE Program in Rome Reverend Russell J. Roide, S.J. Saint Ignatius College Preparatory (7/31/07) Reverend James V. Schaukowitch, S.J. Saint Ignatius College Preparatory (7/31/07) Reverend Rolando A. Caverte Reverend Benedict Chang Reverend John J. Cloherty Reverend RenÊ GomÊz Reverend David M. Pettingill Reverend Mamerto Sigaran

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Interfaith coalition pleads for low-income housing SAN MATEO — Affordable housing was the focus of a June 5 public meeting at St. Bartholomew Parish here where more than 300 people shared concerns with San Mateo Mayor Jack Matthews.

The average price for a house in the City of San Mateo is $825,000, a figure well out of reach for thousands of the area’s residents, many of whom have been forced to move elsewhere, according to Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA), a community action coalition of more than 30 congregations which spearheaded the event.

According to PIA, the annual income required to purchase a house in San Mateo County is $175,000. High school teachers and police dispatchers in the area earn in the low $60,000s per year, PIA officials said.

Eva Perez, a mother of two children and in process of earning her nursing license, was among the many to urge Mayor Matthews to promote reasonably priced housing.

“The fact that there are not houses for people with an average income means that we must leave the county,”

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More than 300 persons took part in a June 5 meeting at San Mateo’s St. Bartholomew Parish which focused on affordable housing.

said Perez who said it is difficult to meet her rent payment even with the state financial aid she receives.

According to PIA statistics, renting a two-bedroom apartment requires an income of $30 per hour while a

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PIA organizers presented three proposals to the mayor: increase by 15 to 20 percent the number of houses for low-income families; reduce the price of some units so they are within reach of low-income workers’ incomes; and assess commercial developers.

Mayor Matthews agreed to all three requests, but also noted city council support was necessary. Longtime council member John Lee was in attendance as were St. Bartholomew pastor, Father Michael Healy; associate pastor, Father Teodoro Magpayo; and Deacon John Sequeira.

Beatriz Johnson-Hernandez, a teacher at an intermediate school in San Mateo, rents an apartment in San Francisco because she says it is impossible to buy a house near her work. “It is depressing to have studied so much to find myself in this financial situation of low resources in relation to what is needed to live comfortably,” she said.

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June 22, 2007 With a theme of “A place for all,” the event was co-sponsored by San Mateo’s Congregational ■ Continued from page 6 Church and St. Bartholomew, Shea St. Bartholomew parishioner noted.

Kathy Shea chaired the meeting. A Mario Baez, a Colombian conmember of both PIA and the parish tractor, told Mayor Matthews he social justice committee, she said had purchased a house one month the meeting clearly “had the tangiago. Baez said he and his family ble result – from my nonpolitical were able to achieve their dream perspective — of a large group of because they had been able to save people being really heard, heard as money while living in a complex a body, by our mayor and by John for low-income families.

Lee.” “With that money I could pay While PIA members have met the closing cost of a condominium with the mayor and council memwhich I sold last month,” he said. “I bers in the past, she said, the June 5 thank the mayor for everything he “action” including testimonials by is going to do for low-income fampersons impacted by high housing ilies to get a house.” costs would hopefully lead to “a As part of the process to review San Mateo Mayor Jack Matthews broadening of support” for addressaffordable housing policies, the ing the issue.

City of San Mateo formed a citizen committee that will Shea underscored the role of faith and ecumenical continue to research the topic during upcoming weeks. cooperation in PIA’s work. “Our purpose is to seek Mayor Matthews said he plans a report for a PIA meeting change,” she said, “and our energy is based on our faith.” in about two months.

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Eighth-grade teacher Sister Alma Esmero (left) of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres was presented with a Mater Dolorosa School yearbook. Kindergarten Sister Leah Vinluan, also a St. Paul Sister, was similarly honored.

Above, Kindergartners Isabel Cassano (left) and Kaylianna Cadena show off Mater Dolorosa commemorative cups to teacher Anne Hartlein and Father Brian Costello, pastor.

Both girls will attend All Souls Elementary School in the fall.

Mass marks school closing; some see as part of national demographic reality

By Tom Burke A Mass commemorating the end of the school year and, perhaps more pointedly, the closing of Mater Dolorosa Elementary School after 46 years, was celebrated at Mater Dolorosa Church June 12.

Father Brian Costello, pastor, presided. The former high school teacher said the homily at the closing Mass was, perhaps, “the most difficult “of his life. He told the assembly - made up mostly of Mater Dolorosa students, their families, and staff - that he’ll “miss the children most.”

“I was seven” in 1961 when Mater Dolorosa School opened, he said, “John Kennedy was president and there

were only four television networks.” The comment evoked laughter and disbelief from the children and younger people present.

The homily included condolences to all affected by the closing but “especially the seventh graders” whose

graduation next year from the school will not take place.

“Thank you all who made Mater Dolorosa what it has been over the last 46 years,” Father Costello said.

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June 22, 2007 “It is always painful and difficult to end a ministry in the Church especially a parish school and most especially Mater Dolorosa School which has a long and dis■ Continued from page 8 tinguished history of service to the people of the parish “Thank you, boys and girls, for being the wonderful and other parishes as well,” Archbishop Niederauer told children you are.”

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Sixth graders Nicole Taniguchi, Patrick Cruz and “However, as Archbishop, I must consider the longJason Rattaro presented the gifts at the Mass and kinder- term welfare of both the school and the parish. Since gartners Erica Estrada and Jenteal Salangsang led the 2000, Mater Dolorosa School’s enrollment has fallen Responsorial Psalm. steadily and only 82 students indicated their intention of Fourth grade teacher, Jose Acosta, and fifth grade attending in school year 2007-08. The quality of educateacher, Bryan Lorentz, led song at the closing with help tion would have suffered greatly from cutbacks and from a student ensemble. Acosta will teach at St. John even then the deficit would have created an intolerable Elementary School in San Francisco. Lorentz will teach financial burden. The Archdiocese of San Francisco has at St. Francis High School in Mountain View. made a commitment to help former teachers find jobs Officials including Archbishop George H. Niederauer, and to find places in other Catholic schools for students Superintendent of Schools Maureen Huntington, Mater who wish to enroll in them.”

Dolorosa staff and Catholic education experts from “The closing of Mater Dolorosa School is similar to across the country spoke with Catholic San Francisco the death of a beloved family member,” said Huntington. about the closing and the future of Catholic schools.

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University of Sacramento announces major expansion arts in education, in January 2005 with 40 students and held its first commencement ceremony in January.

SACRAMENTO — The president of the University Currently 80 graduate students are enrolled in the masof Sacramento has announced a signed agreement with ter’s degree program and two certificate programs.

Cordova Hills, a 3,000-acre master-planned communiIn the fall of 2008, the university will launch a second ty, to establish the university’s main campus along the master’s degree program called the Global Leadership eastern side of Grant Line Road within Sacramento master’s in business administration, Father Presutti said.

County’s urban services boundary.

That program will operate jointly with two other “This marks a new era in the history of the university,” Legionaries of Christ universities in Madrid, Spain, and said Legionaries of Christ Father Robert Presutti in an Mexico City, and the Management Institute of Paris. interview June 12 at the university’s downtown According to estimates provided by the university, Sacramento campus. “We’ll move ahead now to build the construction of the new campus over approximately world-class private university we’ve been planning that the next 25 years will result in more than $1 billion in will serve as a resource to the entire Sacramento area.” new economic activity for the Sacramento region, University officials hope to break ground at $250 million in new annual economic activity and Cordova Hills in 2010, with plans to launch the first 2,800 new jobs.

An artist’s rendering of a view of the new campus of the phase of the campus with students in the fall of 2012. University of Sacramento. Officials hope to break ground in 2010.

The University of Sacramento exists “to prepare stu“While we don’t have hard figures for construction dents for lives of integrity, prosperity and service to costs, it would be fair to say that construction costs over their neighbor, whether next door or across the globe,” the next 20 to 25 years will be in the area of several hun“We’re fortunate to be able to collaborate with the according to a press statement. The university promotes “a dred million dollars,” Father Presutti said.

University of Sacramento,” said Ronald Alvarado, project wholly integrated education where all aspects of the human For the past few years university officials were in dis- executive and manager for Conwy LLC’s Cordova Hills culture come into dialogue.” cussion for land at the former Mather Air Force Base for the project. “We’re pleased to have the opportunity to build a Father Presutti said the university’s Catholic identity campus, but determined that the approximately 200 acres master-planned community that has the university as a key gives it both a base from which to draw students and ties to they were offered in the Cordova Hills project better suited element of our overall vision.” a centuries-old academic tradition, and that the Legion’s the university’s long-term vision, Father Presutti said.

The Legionaries of Christ accepted Sacramento Bishop universities throughout the world draw students from variHe said the University of Sacramento, one of a network William K. Weigand’s invitation to develop a private ous social, ethnic and religious backgrounds. of 15 universities operated around the world by the Catholic university in the Sacramento area in November Julie Sly is editor of The Catholic Herald, Legionaries of Christ, a congregation of Catholic priests, 2002 after Legionaries’ officials evaluated cities throughhopes to eventually have 5,000 undergraduate students and out the United States as possible locations for the religious newspaper of the Sacramento Diocese.

2,000 graduate students. order’s first American campus.

Along with the university, Cordova Hills is slated to have After analyzing several locations for economic strength, a mix of residential and commercial development, including household income and Catholic population, Legionaries offihigh density to lower density residential along the project’s cials chose Sacramento, noting the metropolitan region was eastern boundary. The project will also have recreational and the largest in California without a private four-year university. open space and a large network of hiking and bicycle trails.

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obituary ‘Ten Commandments’ for drivers issued by Vatican travelers’ council Brother Charles Heschele dies June 16 VATICAN CITY (CNS)— The Vatican has issued a set of “Ten Commandments” for drivers, saying motor vehicles can be an “occasion of sin.”

A document titled “Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road” said driving can unleash road rage and other immoral behavior, including excess speed, reckless passing, cursing and just plain rudeness.

“Cars tend to bring out the ‘primitive’ side of human beings, thereby producing rather unpleasant results,” the document said.

The warning about driving came in the first part of the 59-page instruction, released June 19 by the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers.

The document said drivers need to remember that even when there is no one sitting next to them, they are never alone.

“Driving a vehicle is basically a way of relating with and getting closer to other people and of integrating within a community of people,” it said.

“This capacity for coexistence, of entering into relations with others, presupposes certain specific qualities in a driver: namely self-mastery, prudence, courtesy, a fitting spirit of service and knowledge of the highway code,” it said, adding that accidents can occur anytime,

and when they do motorists have a moral responsibility to stop and help others.

The document noted that during the 20th century about 35 million people lost their lives in road accidents, and 1.5 billion people were injured. In the year 2000, traffic deaths reached nearly 1.3 million, and 90 percent were due to human error.

The “Ten Commandments” as listed in the document, are: 1. You shall not kill.

2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.

3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.

4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially accident victims.

5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination.

6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a condition to do so.

7. Support families of accident victims.

8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.

9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.

10. Feel responsible toward others.

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MARYKNOLL, N.Y.— Maryknoll Brother Charles After more than 45 years of Heschele of San Francisco died on service in Bolivia, Brother Charles June 16 at St. Teresa’s Residence returned to the United States and in Ossining, N.Y., where he had lived at the Maryknoll Residence lived since 2002. He was 87 and a in Los Altos from 1994 to 2002.

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Born on March 20, 1920 in Brother Charles pronounced San Francisco, Brother Charles his first oath of obedience on July attended St. Boniface Grammar 29, 1948 at Maryknoll Society School and Sacred Heart High Center in Ossining. He took the School. He entered Maryknoll Brother Charles religious name of Brother Junior Seminary in Mountain Heschele, MM Camillus and, in 1964, returned to View, Calif., in 1939 as a candihis baptismal name. date for the priesthood. He studied theology at He was assigned to Riberalta in the north- Maryknoll Seminary in Ossining, and then ern jungle region of Bolivia in 1950, where he chose to become a Maryknoll Brother. He took served as mission procurator and did pastoral his perpetual oath on June 29, 1951. work. In 1960, he moved to Montero, Santa Brother Charles is survived by his brother, Cruz, Bolivia and taught English and religion George M. Heschele of Colorado Springs, while working in three separate colonies with Colo., and nieces and nephews.

Japanese refugees from the island of Okinawa.

Funeral Mass was celebrated in Queen of In 1964 Brother Charles was assigned to Apostles Chapel on June 20, followed by Cochabamba, Bolivia as regional mission Christian burial at Maryknoll Cemetery. procurator and bookkeeper. He also worked Memorials may be made in Brother Charles’s at the Maryknoll Language School in name to Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, P.O. Cochabamba, helping prepare new mission- Box 302, Maryknoll, N.Y., 10545.

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June 22, 2007

Suicide . . . ■Continued from cover the Archdiocese’s Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns. Petitions carrying 3,500 signatures were delivered to her office objecting to the proposed law.

Ma’s District Director Bob Twomey said Ma’s position, however, has not changed. “We’ve received as much push back from the other side,� Twomey told Catholic San Francisco. “That didn’t have such an impact. What changed things was the fact that the bill was tabled.�

Twomey said it was his understanding that an agreement had been reached that the bill would not be reintroduced.

Núùez spokesman Richard Stapler, however, said he knew of no agreement to not reintroduce the bill, and recalled conversations that might hint at the opposite. “The day they [the bill’s authors] chose to not bring the bill up for a vote, there was some conversation that they would reintroduce it in January,â€? Stapler said. “If it were to be reintroduced, the speaker would still be supportive of the concepts behind it.â€?

Núùez was also the target of heavy campaigning against AB 374 in his own district, which also has a significant Catholic population. “[Los Angeles] Cardinal Mahony had expressed a great deal of opposition,â€? said Stapler. “Speaker Núùez and the cardinal had met to discuss the bill.â€?

Proponents of the legislation are emphasizing what they describe as safeguards in the bill that would have helped avoid coercion by outside parties, or access to assisted suicide by the mentally unstable. Applicants would have had to undergo psychiatric evaluations, waiting periods would have been imposed after a patient submits each in a series of required requests for life-ending medication, and if coercion was suspected, the patient would not have been allowed to invoke authority of the proposed law, they said.

However, the bill’s detractors note California law already gives patients the right to refuse extraordinary endof-life treatment. They also note what they see as the irony of proposing physician-assisted suicide in a climate where millions of low-income Californians are without basic health insurance. They charge this could create a situation where many Californians would have little or no access to medical services, but could have access to drugs that would kill them.

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The 79-year-old Kevorkian served eight years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 10 to 25 years. He had videotaped himself helping Thomas Youk, who had Lou Gehrig’s disease, to die, and the videotape was broadcast nationally on “60 Minutes,� a CBS television program.

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Retreat marks Mercy Center silver jubilee urged retreatants to explore knowing God, loving God and serving God. “To know Christ, we need to consult our manA celebration through silence marked Mercy Center’s ual of operations—the New Testament,” he said. “We 25th year earlier this month. The contemplative retreat at Catholics haven’t really known the Scriptures until Vatican the Burlingame Center, titled “And the Seed Fell on Good II. I carry a pocket one to read when I have undisturbed moments, even standing in Ground,” brought together line at the supermarket. St. staff and participants, many John of the Cross says that of whom have been with the regular reading of the Center since it was founded Scriptures imperceptibly as a place of prayerful renewleads to taking on the mind of al by the Sisters of Mercy.

Christ.”

“Silence allows the dark, The quiet of a contemplarich compost of our hearts to tive relationship with God is be turned over,” said Center true intimacy, he said. program coordinator During the weekend the Catherine Regan in introducCenter offered contemplative ing the retreat. “We are here experiences: walking the to listen for the presence of labyrinth, spiritual direction, God, opening our ears and a guided walk through the hearts.” nature’s “Stations of “In this contemplative Retired Bishop Francis Quinn of Sacramento Creation” on the grounds, event,” said Mercy Sister and icon gazing. urged participants in a silver jubilee year Lorita Moffatt, “we rememMercy Sister Mary Ann ber and celebrate all those retreat at Mercy Center, Burlingame, Scofield, founder of the spirwho have come to the Center to know God, love God and serve God. itual direction program at to be part of the ‘seed falling on the good ground’ and who have left carrying that con- Mercy Center, focused on God, the sower of the seed, templative seed to their families, communities, and to the who “sows with incredible abandon. The seed just keeps coming. It’s all gift. This is holy ground, and the seeds very margins of our society.”

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us. It is God’s presence, a grounding in God and a perception of our own lovableness.”

Mercy Sister Mary Waskowiak, a former Center director and now president of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy, concluded the retreat by reminding those present that although “this is holy ground here, if it ever became walled in, we would die. Whatever happens here cannot stay here. We are drawn to share with the billions of people on earth. We need to become centers of mercy ourselves, not just attendees of a place.”

Other presenters for the event were Father Greg Mayers of the East West Meditation Program; Mercy Sister Marguerite Buchanan; and Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan, the Center’s founding director.

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Catholic San Francisco

June 22, 2007

June 22, 2007

2,004 graduate from local Catholic high schools In class sizes that ranged from 38 to more than 300, 2,004 seniors graduated from the 14 Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco at the end of the recent 2006-2007 school year.

According to archdiocesan Superintendent of Education Maureen Huntington, “between 98 and 99

percent” of the graduates will continue their educations in colleges and universities including many of the most highly respected schools in the nation. Of the graduates who do not immediately enroll in a college or university, most enter the military, she noted.

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tuart Hall High School graduated 45 seniors in ceremonies at the school June 2. A Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated May 31 at San Francisco’s St. Benedict/St. Francis

Xavier Church. Norman Luna of the Stuart Hall faculty and senior Vincent Moore offered commencement remarks. Valedictorian Jeffrey Low will attend Harvard University.

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rchbishop Riordan High School graduated 168 young men in ceremonies at the school’s Lindland Theater May 26. A Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated May 25. Marianist Father Tom French, school president, was principal celebrant. Retiring principal, Gabriel Crotti, presented diplomas. Salutatorian Amjad Massis will attend UC Davis. Offering valedictory remarks were Clarence Chow, who will attend UC Berkeley; Richard Forslund, on his way to Georgetown University; Hironori Suzuki, attending UC Davis; and Nathaniel Villegas who will attend UCLA.

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mmaculate Conception Academy graduated 56 seniors in rites at St. Mary’s Cathedral May 25. A Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated in St. James Church earlier in the day.

Dede Wilsey, president of the Fine Arts Museum, was commencement speaker.

Valedictorian, Amanda Bonzani , will attend Sacramento State University.

Salutatorian, Elizabeth Zabarate, will attend UC Berkeley.

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an Domenico Upper School graduated 38 seniors in ceremonies at their San Anselmo campus June 9. John Francis, author of the recent book “Planet Walker,” a memoir about his 17-year silent walk in response to the 1971 oil tanker spill in San Francisco Bay, was commencement speaker.

Seniors, Alyza Delpan Monley, who will attend Tufts University, and Lia Kohl, who will attend the University of Indiana, also offered remarks.

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arin Catholic High School graduated 180 seniors May 31 in ceremonies at Marin Civic Center. School President, Father Thomas Daly, and principal, Don Ritchie, served as commencement masters of ceremonies.

Salutatorian, Kenny Chandrasekera, will attend Yale University.

Valedictorian, Alexandra Slessarev, will attend Stanford University.

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who will attend UC Berkeley. Lars Lund, principal, presented diplomas.

School chaplain, Father James Livingstone, presided at the liturgy.

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Richard Moran, Ph.D. was commencement speaker. Timothy Molak, head of schools, presented diplomas.

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acred Heart Cathedral Preparatory graduated 303 seniors in ceremonies at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco May 26. Valedictorian Christopher Wong will attend UC Berkeley.

Salutatorian Terese Onyemem will attend UC Santa Cruz.

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onvent of the Sacred Heart High School graduated 50 seniors June 1 at ceremonies on their San Francisco campus.

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Valedictorian, Kelly Ann Cory, will attend UCLA. Salutatorian Lily Liu will attend UC Berkeley.

Mary “Mimi” P. Smith

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attend Stanford University. Offering valedictory remarks were Laura Hohnsbeen, who will attend Princeton University; Katherine Lampert, attending Stanford University; and Anna Taylor, who will attend the University of Southern California.

Christopher Wong

SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL

Kamala D. Harris was commencement speaker. The valedictorian for the Convent of the Sacred Heart High School Class of 2007 is Michelle Gantos. Michelle will attend Brown University in the fall.

Emily Wyatt

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Libby Reiser during the graduation ceremony three school honors were announced: Loyalty Award to Will Vanderbilt; General Excellence Award to Becky Martinez; and Ignatian Award to Kelly Conley.

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ercy High School, San Francisco, graduated 144 young women June 2 in ceremonies at Holy Name of Jesus Church. Father Gregory McGivern,

Lucia DiGrande school counselor, presided. Dorothy McCrea, principal, presented diplomas.

Kathryn Collaco, who will attend UC Berkeley, offered the valedictory

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Father Tom Moran presided at a

Chelsea Evans Baccalaureate Mass June 6. Jesuit Father Robert B. Lawton of Loyola Marymount University was commencement speaker.

Hannah Doyle, who will attend Brown

Douglas Hosking University and Chelsea Evans, who will attend Tufts University offered valedictory remarks. Salutatorian, Douglas Hosking will attend Northwestern University.

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Catholic San Francisco

June 22, 2007

‘Perfect offering’

Guest editorial ‘What ought I to do?’

“Strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” — Mt 6:33

By Brother John M. Samaha, SM A graduating senior from a Catholic university was interviewing with a prestigious business firm for a position. The youthful company recruiters explained the work was challenging, demanding about 70 hours a week, but the compensation was outstanding. After many hours in the elegant office setting, the graduate asked the nterviewers if they enjoyed their work. The pause was awkward. Gradually came the truthful reply that the work wasn’t very enjoyable or meaningful, but the salary and “perks” were considerable.

At that point the graduating senior decided he would not accept the position.

The graduate had a sense of vocation. He was seeking work that would reach into the deeper values he had learned, something that would provide a sense of meaning. He desired more than a job that would pay the bills and carry a handsome salary. He recognized that his ambitious recruiters had more than a job; they had made a commitment to a career. But he was seeking more than a career, more than financial security. He wanted work that would have meaning and make a difference for the common good.

Any solid education, especially a Catholic education and a sound family faith formation, would inspire such a decision.

Especially at graduation time is one’s attention directed to such a demanding decision, such a critical choice.

Before Christianity, Socrates raised the question, “What ought I to do?” The liberal arts tradition, Western education, and Christian humanism have always spotlighted this concern. Christian spirituality frames the question in terms of vocation: “What am I called to become?” Graduates faced with multiple career options often falter and allow influences such as family expectations, the opinion of peers, and the voices of the marketplace to dictate the shape of their lives.

Too often the course of career choice follows the pattern: figure out the lifestyle you want, estimate the level of income you need, and find a job that yields those results. There probably isn’t a worse way to discover a meaningful life. It involves a faulty logic that runs backwards. It assumes that work is only a means to a financial end. Completely ignored is the possibility that work can be worthwhile because it calls on our unique talents and can actually make a difference in our world. One young attorney lamented, “I hate spending 60 hours a week making rich people richer.”

Christianity offers a different “take” on vocation, and advises us to use our eyes of faith to determine our calling, to discover our gifts and aspirations and apply them to the important needs of the world. In the spirit of the Gospel, an authentic calling reaches beyond personal fulfillment to a concern for justice and peace – and addresses the fulfillment of the needs of others, even if they are strangers. God calls each to heal, serve, and create.

Champions of the laity like Blessed William Joseph Chaminade and others of the 19th and 20th centuries, and especially the Second Vatican Council, insist the concept of vocation extends to all the baptized. All are equally called to holiness and to service for the realization of God’s reign in this world.

Dedicated followers of Christ follow the example of the Mother of Christ and pay close attention to the actual needs of the world and the Church to translate their desires into practical service. Christ’s life made it clear that his followers should take their cues from the people they serve, not from their own needs.

Our Christian faith leads us to understand that the human desire to serve reflects Christ’s compassion. It is God’s desire for us to be concerned for healing the world in the circumstances of our family, job, and community. This is where we find God, and where God finds us. There is no standard blueprint for life. We learn “on the job” to discern God’s will in our earthly pilgrimage. The result is that we eventually end up not with a road map but with a compass. Our continuing challenge is: How can I sustain a vocation while pursuing a career?

The Bible’s concern for justice is rooted in love of neighbor and the realization of God’s covenant with humanity. Consequently, people of faith pay special attention to the suffering children of God. When God’s spirit works in the depths of our being to help us become aware of our gifts and hopes, that same Spirit works through our experience to help us discern what the world needs from us. The Spirit helps us to see the problems our talents are uniquely suited to address.

A prolific writer, Marianist Brother John Samaha resides at the Marianist Care Center in Cupertino and has been a religious for 58 years.

Hundreds of immigrant marchers entered St. Mary’s Cathedral for the June 9 Corpus Christi Vigil Mass. Persons from many nations made the passage from Mission Dolores to demonstrate the unity of the Church in support of more recent immigrants to our shores. This march was a great event, but greater things were yet to happen.

In his homily the Archbishop noted we celebrate the body of Christ, not just on the altar, but also in all of us as the body of Christ, as members of the Church.

He noted that while governments have a right to ensure the safety of their citizens by defending their borders, they do not have a right to impede the legitimate aspirations of those who need to migrate to secure a better life for themselves and their families.

He said his ancestors, who came here 150 years ago, would not look kindly on him if he did not support the new immigrants.

I reflected on my own father who became a citizen during an amnesty many years ago. Also, my more distant relations who came from Ireland and fought in the Civil War would also agree with the Archbishop.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament occurred at the end of Mass.

The Archbishop and people from the march surrounded the priest carrying the monstrance to four altars around the Cathedral. I thought this procession made very real the Archbishop’s vision of the Body of Christ in Eucharist and in the people of the Church. It was a “perfect offering.”

Robert Lockhart San Francisco

Missionaries’ lesson

make friends, the less likely we are to shed blood.

If the missionaries were able to achieve their goals with very limited funds, so can America — the richest, most powerful and most generous nation on earth.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

On science, religion I appreciate the June 8 essay by Christina Capecchi, “’Maker’s Mark’ key to our value.”

She is right to protest the rising trend to ignore our God-given beauty in seeking to remake our every physical flaw.

However, I am alarmed about her claim that “In six days, he [God] created Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon.” As a Roman Catholic theologian working with the National Center for Science Education, I strive to bring people of faith to a more sophisticated understanding of how science actually works, and to show that the idea of an ancient, dynamic, and evolving universe is in no way inimical to religious belief. In his address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996), Pope John Paul II laid to rest for Catholics the antiquated objections against the theory of evolution. The principle that living things descend with modification from common ancestors has been established beyond reasonable doubt. Darwin’s original theory of evolution by natural selection has been augmented during the last century by evidence from geology, paleontology, comparative anatomy and physiology, genetics, and a host of other sciences. The theory of evolution has led to an astonishing range of discoveries in fields as diverse as ecology, genetics and medicine.

Creationism - in both its “Young Earth” and its “Intelligent Design” variants has led to no discoveries at all.

Rejecting evolution is bad for science and even worse for theology.

I embrace the spirit of Ms. Capecchi’s call for us to accept ourselves as we are. I ask her in the same spirit to respect the integrity and autonomy of science. In the Catholic tradition, religion and science are complementary so long as each appreciates the other’s sphere of competence.

Peter M.J. Hess, Ph.D. Faith Project Director, National Center for Science Education, Inc., Oakland

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Our invasion of Iraq has been a disaster and was unnecessary. Iraq is now wholly anarchic and the U.S. has lost control. This invasion has unnecessarily taken the lives of thousands of U.S. and coalition soldiers and Iraqi citizens, and Iraq has become another network for Islamic terrorists and Al Qaeda.

The American and Iraqi people want the occupation to end. Also, what is the use of putting so much money into Iraq when all it is doing is making enemies?

It is time to cease the blaming game, and for the U.S. to re-examine its Middle East foreign policy.

We must win respect and trust, make friends in the Middle East, and launch a peace process to defeat terrorism. To do that, we should follow the Catholic missionary philosophy of focusing on the basic needs of people in that part of the world — schools, medicine and jobs. Catholic missionaries have been in that part of the world for centuries. Their first logical approach was to build schools, which they opened for all cultures, sects and races.

They instilled in the young not only to do well scholastically, but also to interact with all and to trust one another. Education is the main approach to our difficulties in the Middle East and to lasting peace.

As Greg Mortensen, who knows Afghanistan and Pakistan, says in his book “Three Cups of Tea,” the cause of terrorism and conflict is the lack of education and the rise of madrassas.

If we wish for a safer and more peaceful future, we have to begin today, and apply the ethics of the Catholic missionaries. Educating the masses will muffle the sound of the mullahs and will eliminate the Taliban and Al Qaeda ideology. Education will not immediately end terrorism, but will drain the pool from which terrorists recruit. The more we

Iraq only one front

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Msgr. Robert McElroy provided a thought-provoking analysis (May 11) in which he concluded that the occupation of Iraq does not meet the four criteria for a “just war.” We should, therefore, in his opinion, withdraw.

His approach, unfortunately, did not focus on the broader war in which we are involved but only one front in that war, Iraq.

The sad reality is we are involved in a much broader global war and it is not one we either declared or precipitated. The war waged against us by radical Islam is a total war which seeks our destruction. It is one which will dominate our lives and the lives of our children. Moreover, it is not a war from which we can “withdraw.” We will either fight it and win or face extinction.

It is somewhat facile to separate, as does Msgr. McElroy, the conflict in Iraq from the more global war of which it is but a part. It may well be that our tactical, or even strategic, interests are best served by a staged withdrawal from Iraq. However, an analysis of whether we are involved in a “just war” must focus on the broader consequence of failing to meet head on the radical Islamic threat. Msgr.

McElroy’s analysis fails in that regard.

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Frankly, as longtime residents of San Rafael, we are quite embarrassed, to say the least, by the Planning Commission’s decision.

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June 22, 2007

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Spirituality for Life

Liberals and conservatives need each other Houston Smith, who writes textbooks on world religions, suggests we should always judge a religion by what’s best in it, not by its more strident expressions. The same is true for ideologies. Liberals and conservatives should be judged by what’s best in them, not by their worst expressions.

With that being said, here’s a little snapshot of both, at their worst and at their best: At their worst, conservatives are mean-spirited, narrow, and grandiose, seeing every liberalizing tendency as dangerous, godless, an enemy, a tyranny of relativity.With much of the outside world perceived as a threat, strident conservatives live a lot by fear and their primary instinct is to protect, circle the wagons, re-entrench, reduce ambiguity, and have clarity trump everything else. They have one litmus text for morality, abortion. Conservatives, at their

worst, move more naturally to exclusion rather than inclusion. God becomes a hammer to defend truth.

At their worst, conservatives are prone to use power and authority to shut down discussion and to actively remove those who oppose them. If a conservative doesn’t like you, he or she will try to get you fired! Conservatives, at their worst, are overly serious and grandiose - because they see themselves as the sole guardians of God and truth, and how can such an awesome responsibility be taken lightly?

And liberals return the favor: At their worst, liberals are naive, adolescent, and arrogant. For them, every secular challenge to traditional values and religion is the moral high ground and may itself not be challenged. Secular enlightenment is seen as the exclusive agent in having brought about the liberation of human freedom from superstition and false authority. Secular enlightenment is also seen as being the sole agent in the strug-

gle against racism, sexism and other forms of inequality and injustice.

Its litmus tests for morality are pro-choice and gay marriage.

As a young liberal complained recently at a political convention, Father you can admit that you Ron Rolheiser have had an abortion or are gay, but you may not admit you take Jesus seriously. Strident liberals tend to be secular fundamentalists and are unable to see and admit that what’s best ROLHEISER, page 21

The Catholic Difference In the summer of 1967, some two dozen leading Catholic educators met at a Wisconsin resort from which they issued the “Land O’Lakes Statement,” which would shape (and mis-shape) the future of Catholic higher education in America for decades. It was a heady time in the Catholic academy – the Council of “openness,” Vatican II, had ended 18 months before. Student protests against the Vietnam War were heating up. The once-staid Catholic University of America had exploded a few months earlier, as students and faculty protested the administration’s decision not to renew the contract of Father Charles Curran – and Land O’Lakes aptly reflected that headiness.

Land O’Lakes was also written under the shadow of John Tracy Ellis’s famous 1955 essay, “American Catholics and the Intellectual Life,” which rightly challenged the Catholic academy to an excellence worthy of the Church which had given the West the very idea of a “university.” As I read Ellis, though, he was urging Catholic colleges and universities to play-tostrength by making themselves into first-rate liberal arts institutions with a distinctively Catholic character. He wasn’t urging Catholic colleges and universities to imitate every fashion in the wider world of American higher education.

The Land O’Lakes signatories would deny that’s what they wanted, either; but that’s largely what they got, thanks to the statement’s call for “true autonomy,” which was read in many quarters as invalidating any significant relationship between Catholic colleges and universities and the teaching authority of the Church. The new “magisterium” would be the vision of higher education defined by elite American

schools. Alas, this was precisely the moment when Harvard, Berkeley, Cornell and other trend-setting universities were in intellectual and moral meltdown. The net result can be viewed on more than a few elite Catholic campuses today: curricula, faculty, and modes of life that would have stood John Tracy Ellis’s elegant shock of white hair on end.

A few months after Land O’Lakes, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools issued its report on Catholic University and averred that, unless drastic changes were made in the ways the university functioned academically and administratively, CUA’s accreditation should be withdrawn. Now, no one familiar with CUA in those days can doubt serious change was required. Serious change is one thing, though, and revolution is another. And revolution is what the Middle States report prescribed. An exaggeration?

Here’s a salient section of the Middle States report: “[CUA’s] concern for tradition and orthodoxy have been an inhibiting factor [in its functioning]...A good institution must endow its students with the capacity to reconcile orthodoxy with dissent and must impose a framework of discipline at the same time as it encourages rebellion against it.”

That second sentence is not a misprint. It is, however, a pluperfect expression of the intellectual and moral confusions of the late Sixties. Those confusions set the cultural context in which the Land O’Lakes Statement (which made some entirely valid points) was received and implemented in many Catholic colleges and universities. The damage is still visible today.

Two generations later, new winds of change are blowing

through American Catholic higher education: the bracing winds of dynamic orthodoxy. Some elite Catholic schools are, sadly, lost – and quite likely lost for good. Others, however, have made sigGeorge Weigel nificant comebacks recently, thanks to generational change in theology departments, courageous presidential leadership, students who demand authentic Catholicism from schools that market themselves as “Catholic,” and the work of alert alumni.

Moreover, several smaller Catholic liberal arts colleges, in virtually every part of the country, embody Msgr. Ellis’ vision of revitalized classical learning in a Catholic context – and are proving once again that that kind of learning is a better preparation for a professional future than the intellectual disarray that still reigns supreme on campuses with stratospheric U.S. News & World Report ratings.

These new-wave Catholic schools consider their linkage to the Church an integral part of their lives, including their intellectual lives. In doing so, they remind us that doctrine is liberating, even in institutions dedicated to critical thought.

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

Guest Commentary

Church still challenged to deal with clerical abuse of minors

By Beth Griffin The Church has made significant progress in dealing with clerical sexual abuse of minors, but must continue to be vigilant because healing is a long-term process. Part of the challenge is to incorporate the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People into the fabric of Church life.

Since the abuse crisis came to the forefront in 2002, dioceses have taken unprecedented steps to confront the issue, assist the victims, seek forgiveness, ensure the safety of minors and restore credibility.

The continued healing of victims is a primary concern moving forward, said Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin, Texas, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People. “First and foremost, we must reach out to those who have come forward and look for those who have not. We have to give them love and be a source of healing.” He acknowledged some victims want to deal with the issue on their own, but added, “others cannot and should not.”

“There is a continued need for healing and reconciliation as we move through this very painful time,” said Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). “We need to continue to address the plight of victims, to be sensitive to them and hear them and address their needs, if we can.”

The Church also needs to let people know what efforts have been made in the past five years.

“I don’t know whether the public understands that the Church is the only group that has undertaken a comprehensive program to educate children and the people who work with

them,” said Archbishop Harry Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse (which became the Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People). “There is a huge success story to tell, and we’ve told it, but I don’t know if anyone is listening.”

The success includes Safe Environment training for 5.7 million people and background evaluations for 1.6 million people who work with children in the Church, according to Teresa Kettelkamp, executive director of the USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection. “It is impressive to see the number of people in the Church who are working to establish and maintain the Safe Environment program,” she said. The training is a centerpiece of the Charter, which the bishops adopted and called to be implemented in each of the 195 dioceses in the United States.”

“We are challenged to be vigilant,” said Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, former USCCB president. “We’re dealing with a situation that may have taken many years to come to the surface. We have to be vigilant that we are doing the right thing as we move forward and not grow despondent that the issue has not been completely settled. The victims and their families have been deeply hurt and still need our support.”

Archbishop Gregory recalled being asked by an older priest, “‘How long is this going to go on?’” “In truth,” he replied, “it will be years. It won’t make headlines, but the process of healing will go on for the rest of my episcopate.

I will be responding to the needs of people.”

“The priest’s question revealed a desire to go back to the way we remember – but we can’t,” Archbishop Gregory added. “It’s a different environment now. We have to under-

stand that there’s been a sea change and we have to speak honestly and openly.” This, he said, relates to the bishops’ need to reestablish and deepen their bonds with their priests.

“They need to know that we love, respect and trust them.”

“We have apologized and we want the Church to be purified,” said Bishop Aymond. “Our leadership has been challenged and our credibility has been lost. We have to restore credibility by proving we are honest and straightforward.

Credibility requires words and, more importantly, actions, and it takes time.” Specifically, he said, “We have to live out the spirit and letter of the Charter. We must reach out to victims and do justice and we have to fulfill the mandate of Pope John Paul II, who said, ‘There is no place in the priesthood or religious life for those who would harm the young.’”

If there is any possible silver lining to the dark cloud of the abuse crisis, it may be, as Bishop Aymond said, that “the sexual abuse crisis in the Church uncovered the fact that sexual abuse in the United States is far more common than we imagined.”

“We have an opportunity to be agents of change for the society,” he said.

The pastoral outreach coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco is Barbara Elordi: (415) 614-5506, e-mail elordib@sfarchdiocese.org. Information on the Archdiocese’s programs to protect children are available at www.sfarchdiocese.org.

Beth Griffin is a freelance writer and editor who specializes in Catholic social issues.

She lives in Rye, N.Y.

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NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Acts of the Apostles 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66, 80 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (IS 49:1-6) Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The Lord called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name.

He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me.

You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory.

Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, yet my reward is with the Lord, my recompense is with my God. For now the Lord has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength! It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

A READING FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (ACTS 13:22-26) In those days, Paul said: “God raised up David as king; of him God testified, I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish. From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel; and as John was completing his course, he would say, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’

“My brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those others among you who are God-fearing, to us this word of salvation has been sent.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 139:1B-3, 13-14AB, 14C-15) R. I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.

O Lord, you have probed me, you know me: you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar.

My journeys and my rest you scrutinize, with all my ways you are familiar.

R. I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.

Truly you have formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb.

I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made; wonderful are your works.

R. I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.

My soul also you knew full well; nor was my frame unknown to you When I was made in secret, when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth.

R. I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 1:57-66, 80) When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son.

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said in reply, “No. He will be called John.”

But they answered her, “There is no one among your relatives who has this name.”

So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called. He asked for a tablet and wrote, “John is his name,” and all were amazed.

Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God. Then fear came upon all their neighbors, and all these matters were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea. All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, “What, then, will this child be?” For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.

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Thanks to deacons

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We have been blessed by the presence of Deacon Leon Kortenkamp at the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi who was asked by thenArchbishop William Levada to oversee the Shrine of St. Francis for approximately six months, starting in summer of 2005.

This warm and caring man guided us through our growing pains; then, when his work was done, he turned oversight to Deacon John Norris, another wonderful leader. We are grateful to them both.

Patricia Cady San Francisco

One has only to read “A History of St. Vincent’s School for Boys: A Mission That Endures,” to get a vision of how giving and productive St. Vincent has been to our Marin County community since 1855.

Through difficult sacrifices and very hard times, St. Vincent never gave up in its mission to serve people. St. Vincent always gave 100 percent.

One goal of St. Vincent’s potential development mission is stated: “The land upon which these buildings now stand once provided the children of St. Vincent’s with the food on their tables. Now it provides sustenance of a different kind in the form of a potential endowment that will ensure that the history of St. Vincent’s remains not just a rich and proud one, but a living one as well.”

St. Vincent wishes to develop senior and caregiver housing and make necessary restorations. It would be wrong to deny any part of this request. Anyone who understands St. Vincent’s mission and past grand accomplishments could only be fully supportive in this undertaking.

We suggest the Marin County Planning Commission become more familiar with St. Vincent’s history, for it will be only then that they can make the right decision.

Marguerite and Vince Mueller San Rafael

Criticism unjustified The recent criticism leveled against the University of San Francisco for honoring Nancy Pelosi is unjustified. The American Constitution was forged by immigrants mindful of the perils of mixing religion and politics.

Under the principle of separation of church and state, the U.S. Constitution gives us all the freedom to worship as we wish and prevents us from imposing our religious beliefs on others.

I, for one, am quite proud to have Nancy Pelosi, an able, hard-working public servant and a dedicated mother and wife, as the first woman Speaker of the House. If the American Catholic Church cannot make the distinction between the beliefs of our political leaders as individuals from their responsibilities to the U.S. Constitution, Catholics will have few opportunities in government.

Scripture reflection FATHER JOSEPH PELLEGRINO

Let St. John the Baptist provide us good example Today’s feast day is called the Birth of John the Baptist. It is actually the top order of feasts in the Church, a solemnity, and as such, when it comes on a Sunday it replaces the celebration of the Sunday of Ordinary time.

The Church places the feast of the Birth of John the Baptist on the 24th for a particular reason. We just recently celebrated the summer solstice, correct? That means that from now on there will be a shorter period of daylight every day. Christmas, the birth of Jesus, is celebrated on Dec. 25, a few days after the winter solstice. From Christmas on the days are longer in daylight. John, like the daylight on the day we celebrate his birth, must decrease, while Jesus, like the daylight of the time we celebrate his birth, must increase.

We learn about the birth of John the Baptist in the Gospel of Luke, the same Gospel that gives us the greatest detail of the events leading to Jesus’ birth. The Gospel begins in the Holy of Holies of the Temple of Jerusalem with an angel, Gabriel, announcing to the priest Zechariah that Elizabeth, his wife, was going to have a child who will be a prophet of God in spirit of the great prophet Elijah. Zechariah questions the angel and is struck mute for his insolence. He does not speak again until after the child’s birth when he names the child John, as he was told to do by the angel.

Meanwhile, in stark contrast to the splendor of Jerusalem, or the importance of the man Zechariah chosen to enter the Holy of Holies, the angel Gabriel appears of a seemingly insignificant young girl named Mary.

Mary agrees to allowing God to work his wonders through her and is overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. She travels to assist Elizabeth, a young pregnant girl sharing her joy with an older pregnant lady. At the presence of Jesus within Mary, John stirs in his mother’s womb.

The Gospel of Luke is fascinated with the way in which God raises up the lowly. A humble young girl becomes the mother of

the son of God. Jesus becomes the one to whom the great prophet John points. John, the son of the priest Zechariah, demonstrates his greatness in his humility. He proclaims the presence of the Lord, and then, he must decrease so the Lord might increase.

We also are called to be a voice proclaiming the presence of the Lord in the world. We cannot allow our own pride to cloud the message of Jesus coming. We are called to be a voice proclaiming the presence of Jesus in a world that has little use for a savior. We live in a materialistic society convinced it can buy happiness. We live in a busy society convinced that success depends on the number of things that are accomplished in a given day.

We live in a depressed society that hides behind the clutter of noise. Noise, things to do, things to buy — all become ends rather than means. Many people live as though they don’t need Jesus, but at the same time they recognize they can’t find happiness.

We are called to convince people they are looking in the wrong places for happiness. Happiness is a gift of God. It cannot be purchased. We are called to point to Jesus as the source of fulfillment in life, as the one whose life can fill us with joy.

We are called to point to Jesus, not to ourselves. It is easy for us all to fall into this trap. John the Baptist knew who he was and what his position was in the world. He was just a voice, a voice in the desert pointing out the way of the Lord. He never got bogged down in the status of his birth. He never expected people to look at him and find a dedicated servant of God. He only pointed to Jesus.

Through the intercession of St. John the Baptist may we have the humility to point only to the Lord.

I applaud USF for honoring Nancy Pelosi. Universities must be havens for civilized discourse about contentious issues.

Indeed, the scandal before us is that so often extremists pretend to speak for all devout Catholics and define Catholic tradition in simplistic and intolerant ways. I am grateful to those seeking to give us a more nuanced view.

Barbara J. Merino Corte Madera

2004 for its Center for Science and the Environment; $1 million in 2003 for the Center for Public Service and the Common Good; $500,000 in 1997 for the Center for International Business Education”).

I would like to see more leadership from our Archbishop by his taking a stance on issues in line with the magisterium of the Church and by his leading the clergy to do likewise.

Peggy Bartley San Rafael

Ideological blinders?

It seems that Father Ken Weare (Catholic San Francisco, May 25) is blinded by his ideology and his dislike of George Bush. How else can one explain such an irrational statement as “the congresswoman (Pelosi) is by far much more in line with Catholic moral teaching than Bush ever was”? To compare the two: Bush opposes abortion, supports the ban on partial birth abortion, opposes embryonic stem cell research and tried to block the death by starvation of Terry Schiavo. Nancy Pelosi supports abortion, partial birth abortion, embryonic stem cell research and was basically silent on the Schiavo case. Who is more Catholic here?

As a representative of the Church, Father Weare discredits its morals. On the heels of the priest sex abuse scandal I think it prudent that he be a little more reserved in making such comments. It leads one to believe the Church is willing to cave on morals to collect money (“over the years Pelosi has helped secure federal monies for USF including $400,000 last year, $2.09 million in 2005, and $1million in

Father Joseph Pellegrino is pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Condescending I found the comments of Father Ken Weare in the May 25 Catholic San Francisco explaining how one can be personally against abortion and also be pro-choice to be unclear, convoluted and totally unconvincing. His reference to the “uneducated populace” seemed condescending, and his statement “even at the expense of the unborn” was particularly offensive. He seems to treat the unborn as a disposable commodity rather than as the small human beings they are. In concluding remarks he brings up President Bush, saying Nancy Pelosi is more Catholic than he. I don’t understand how President Bush became involved in this controversy, although he just happens to be against abortion. To be personally against abortion and also pro-choice (abortion) is a position that is completely incompatible.

Thomas J. Perlite, M.D. San Francisco

June 22, 2007

Mater Dolorosa . . .

■ Continued from page 9 Among the more than 60 elementary schools in the Archdiocese, others are also under-enrolled but not to the extent that caused the closing of Mater Dolorosa, Huntington made clear.

“Mater Dolorosa School was a vibrant mission of the parish,” Huntington said. “I hope people celebrate the many successes Mater Dolorosa has had over the years.”

“There is never an upside to closing a school that has served the community for 46 years,” Father Costello said. “I feel like the heart of the parish has been ripped out. This is a death that will take years to overcome.”

“The future of Catholic education remains bright but the present day reality is numbers and finances – not enough kids in the Archdiocese and parents who cannot afford the tuition,” he said. “Like all things, the status quo no longer works and we all need to think outside the box.”

The priest called the closing “sad” and “avoidable” but noted, “The surrounding schools who are getting our kids are getting some of the best and brightest kids I know. Our loss is their gain.”

“My hopes for both our students and faculty is, first, that they find another Catholic school to go to or work in and, secondly, that the goodness within them continues to grow in their new surroundings,” Father Costello said.

“Mater Dolorosa School has given the Archdiocese and the Church at large a well-educated laity who are grounded in their faith,” Father Costello said. “The lessons learned here will last a lifetime. We are all better off for having Mater Dolorosa School these past 46 years.”

St. Joseph of Peace Sister Agnes Haddock served at Mater Dolorosa School and Parish for 31 years. “I’m

really very heartbroken about the school closing,” Sister Agnes said fighting back tears in a phone conversation with Catholic San Francisco. “The school was a great place with great kids and a stable faculty. The students did well. I think it should not have happened. It’s a loss to Catholic schools and the Archdiocese.”

Anne Hartlein just completed her 30th year as a teacher at Mater Dolorosa. “These have been 30 wonderful years for me at Mater Dolorosa,” Hartlein said.

“We have wonderful students, parents and staff and honestly that is a major reason I have been here this long.”

Dianne Haw has taught junior high English at Mater Dolorosa for just one year. She’ll begin the upcoming school year at South San Francisco’s All Souls Elementary School.

“This has been my home for a year,” Haw said about Mater Dolorosa. “It’s a sad thing, but I guess this is God’s plan for us.”

Josephine Ventura’s four children are all Mater Dolorosa graduates. “They are all grown now,” she said.

“My children all received a very good education here.

We still have many good memories about the place. I’m very sad about this and think maybe we could have kept this from happening if we had more time.”

Jim Rodriguez’ son, Jacob, will attend third grade at Holy Angels Elementary School in Colma. “The roller coaster of staying open then closing has hurt a lot,” Rodriguez said.

“Mater Dolorosa was a special place, tucked away in a middle-class neighborhood above Grand Avenue at the foot of the South City hills,” said William Kovacich, its principal for 13 years until accepting the leadership post at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary in 2003. “I was always explaining to friends and relatives that we were Catholic and we were not All Souls. The clientele for the school included families from various parishes and included students from varied races and an array of economic backgrounds. Our test scores were among the

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top in the Archdiocese and our students were accepted into the best schools.”

“Every time the Archdiocese loses a school, it is like an amputation,” Kovacich said. “It is painful and sad for all of us who have given their lives to the vocation of Catholic education. I am not really the crying type, but the closure of Mater Dolorosa brings tears to my eyes.”

Speaking from almost 40 years in Catholic schools, Kovacich offered a wider perspective on Catholic education today. “Schools close for many reasons,” he said.

“We always think of higher tuition and this certainly limits availability to all economic backgrounds. It is a vicious circle because rising tuition forces people away from our schools. This causes lower enrollment which causes tuition to go up higher and so on. Parishes are struggling and can’t afford to support their schools to the same degree as in the past. Many of us are exploring alternative incomes — development departments, capital campaigns, alumni funds. We have to pay our teachers just wages, but not only our teachers struggle to live in the Bay Area. Our school families in many cases also struggle.”

The Archdiocese of San Francisco is not alone in analyzing closely the number of elementary schools it is able to operate. The Diocese of Camden in New Jersey has recently begun an effort to deal with the changing landscape of Catholic education. In recent decisions, the Camden Diocese closed two of its 52 schools and merged others.

Among reasons listed by Camden Bishop Joseph Galante were “shifting populations, declining enrollment, enrollments well below the 225 normally considered necessary to sustain a K-8 single-graded school, fiscal deficits, and an over-reliance on parish subsidies.”

A goal of the review, he said, is to “address the realities facing our schools while laying the foundation for the long-term stability of Catholic school education and the unique learning opportunity it affords our children.”

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Father Philipps: ‘the radical peasant’ GERALD F. COX, “THE RADICAL PEASANT” (Trafford Publishing, 2006)

By Jeffrey Burns, Ph.D. Charles Philipps? Father Charles Philipps? Who is Father Charles Philipps? There was a time in the history of the Archdiocese when this question could have been answered by almost anyone. Today, however, the memory of Father Philipps has faded, though his legacy has not. Gerald Cox has done the local Church a great service by providing a splendid memoir/biography of this great priest. Father Philipps was an uncompromising advocate for the poor and a champion of the Church’s teaching on social justice.

Born Sept. 17, 1881 in Stundwiller, Alsace, France, Charles Philipps was ordained a priest in 1911 and immigrated to the United States the same year. When he arrived in San Francisco, the Archdiocese covered a vast expanse — 13 Bay Area counties which included a good deal of farm land. From his first pastorate in Hughson in 1921 to his final pastorate at St. Mary’s in West Oakland (1936-1950), Father Philipps stood up for the small farmer, family farms and the migrant farm worker.

Upon his arrival as pastor in Sebastopol in 1930 at the outset of the Great Depression, the priest encouraged farmers to establish cooperatives and was instrumental in the creation of the Farmers’ Protective League. In 1933 he became director of the archdiocesan Catholic Rural Life Conference, a position he held until 1952, and was actively involved in the National Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC). Father Philipps regularly advocated for family farms, encouraging a 160-acre limit and decrying California’s massive agribusiness and corporate farming. He regularly testified before state and federal agencies with characteristic bluntness. Cox dubbed Father Philipps the “radical peasant,” as his strident views on farming, grounded in the papal social encyclicals, rankled many.

One farmer in Sebastopol observed, “If he wasn’t a Catholic priest, he would have been tarred and feathered a long time ago.”

Director of the NCRLC, Luigi Ligutti, wrote to Philipps, “I am very happy that you have been accused of being a Communist again. After all, such accusations must come your way now and then, or you would be failing in the main purpose of your life. Keep it up. I think we’ll meet a lot of Communists like you in heaven.”

Philipps also was a strong advocate for the appropriate

care of the migrant farm worker and bracero. He was known as the “Godfather” of the Spanish Mission Band, four priests assigned to minister directly to the migrant worker. The Band was instrumental in the success of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, leaders of the United Farm Workers union.

Philipps’ most memorable quip evolved from his work with the Heifer International project which sought to provide cows for a decimated Europe following World War II. When the rector of the St. Patrick’s Seminary suggested Philipps would do better to send tractors and farming equipment instead of cows, Philipps responded, “Well, Father, that is not a bad idea, but the fact is that tractors don’t s—t.”

(Manure was an important aspect of European farming.) The response has lived on in clerical lore ever since.

Father Philipps was also an advocate for the urban poor and immigrants in Oakland. Unlike many pastors of the era, he did not insist immigrant parishioners learn English, rather he learned their language. He sent his assistant pastor to Mexico to learn Spanish. Father Philipps spoke six languages fluently. In addition, while he was at St. Mary’s he brought in the Sisters of Social Service for settlement work, established a soup kitchen, a free breakfast program for children, and most significantly, Sunshine Camp, a summer camp for inner city youth on the Russian River.

Each year children from West Oakland and the Fillmore in San Francisco escaped to the beloved camp on the river.

The camp was staffed by seminarians and survived on donations alone. It was built by hard work.

As Cox observes, “Charlie considered human sweat almost as a sacramental sign of wholeness and holiness.” He would ask the seminarians, “Are you here to smile or to sweat?” At the camp, hundreds of boys and girls had an experience of the Church that was hard to duplicate or forget.

The priest died on July 18, 1958 at the age of 76. As Cox admits, “Whenever I am confronted with the injustices of society, Charlie’s face looms up in front of me.”

Philipps’ life and example inspired many to become social activists.

Cox has written a loving biography of a priest whose story needs to be better known. The book is available directly from Gerald Cox at P.O. Box 337, Navarro, Calif., 95463, (707) 895-3955 or e-mail kcox@mcn.org.

Vatican releases DVD series The Vatican recently released a complete catalog of DVDs documenting the life and death of Pope John Paul II, the papal transition of 2005, the Second Vatican Council, as well as what goes on behind Vatican City’s walls. To mark the second anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul and the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican television center presented a full-color, two-page catalog showcasing the seven DVD collections for sale.

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Father Brendan McBride, director of the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center, was one of the more than 400 participants in the June 9 procession from Mission Dolores Basilica to St. Mary’s Cathedral. Also pictured is Kevin Appleby (left), director of the Office of Migration and Refugee Policy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Rolheiser . . .

■ Continued from page 17 inside of their own morality comes out of Judeo-Christian roots.

If a liberal doesn’t like you he or she probably won’t try to get you fired but they will try to intimidate and shame you intellectually. God isn’t a hammer with which to defend truth, but God is excluded from public discourse.

That’s conservatives and liberals at their angry worst. It’s not the place where they should be judged. What are they at their best?

At their best, conservatives keep us aware of some important truths: First, that energy isn’t friendly and we shouldn’t be naive to that fact. Karl Jung once suggested that it is naive to think that energy is friendly, it isn’t. It’s imperialistic, wreaks havoc with our lives and our relationships, and often beats us up like the playground bully.

Taboos exist for a reason and the release of energy is in fact often a slippery slope.

Next, conservatives highlight the truth that every kingdom needs to be protected.

From our countries, to our neighborhoods, to our marriages, to our families, to our private relationships, something or someone will invariably encroach on our boundaries and it’s naive to think that what’s precious doesn’t need to be protected.

Importantly too, conservatives point out sexuality is not an exempt area within morality and politics. It too has consequences.

Finally, conservatives rightly point out that there are absolutes. Perhaps we can’t always know what they are and perhaps we some-

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At their best, what do liberals bring to the table? Liberals rightly highlight that freedom is a divine gift, that it has been bought at a great historical price, and that it should never be denigrated or reduced in God’s name. God wants us to be free, and free from fear. The opposite of a liberal is not the Church but the Taliban.

Next, liberals rightly point out that there are as many dangers in being too safe as there are in taking risks. As Goethe points out, and every parent knows, the dangers of life are many, and safety is one of those dangers.

Liberals too rightly point out that historically the golden age of the Church was not as golden for non-whites and for women. Finally, and importantly, liberals at their best, challenge us to “catholicity,” to an ever-wider embrace, to an ever-widening openness to what’s other, to the truth revealed by Jesus that God’s heart is not a ghetto but a house with many rooms.

Sadly, though, liberals and conservatives tend to fight each other when in fact they badly need each other. Both carry important truths and our culture and our churches would be far healthier if would accept that.

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New priests asked to imitate Christ in texture of lives While each of the Archdiocese’s three new priests will be shepherds “building up and uniting the community of the local Church in faith and prayer and service,” that description is “mostly a job description” and “would be like describing parenthood as ‘feeding, clothing and housing children’,” Archbishop George H. Niederauer said during his homily at the June 9 ordination of Fathers Michael Konopik, Ngoan Phan and Paul Zirimenya at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

“The priesthood is so much more,” he emphasized, adding: “What a priest does, and what his life is like, come together in the texture of his daily life.”

Rooted in prayer, the Archbishop said, that daily life should echo what Jesus said God had anointed him to do – “bring glad tidings to the lowly; heal the broken-hearted; proclaim liberty to captives; comfort those who mourn.”

“There are all kinds of being lowly, and even rich people experience some of them. There are many kinds of prison that don’t involve iron bars.

And there are almost as many different kinds of broken-heartedness as there are human hearts that break. Everyone is needy, including those who don’t think they are,” the Archbishop said.

(The complete text of Archbishop Niederauer’s ordination homily is available on the archdiocesan Web site: www.sfarchdiocese.org.)

Gathered at the altar to assist Archbishop Niederauer (center) in celebration of the ordination Mass are, from left, Father Paul Zirimenya, Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, Father Ngoan Phan and Father Michael Konopik.

Priests of the Archdiocese bless the newest members of the presbyterate, from left: Fathers Paul Zirimenya, Ngoan Phan and Michael Konopik.

Fathers Mike Konopik, Ngoan Phan and Paul Zirimenya lay prostrate in an ancient sign of supplication as the litany of saints is chanted during their June 9 ordination ceremony. At right, Archbishop Niederauer conveys the sacrament of holy orders through the laying on of hands to Father Zirimenya.

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From left: Father Michael Konopick blesses a parishioner during the reception following the June 9 ordination rite ; Father Paul Zirimenya (center) poses with a group of friends, several from his native Uganda who live in California and attended the ordination; Father Ngoan Phan is welcomed to the priesthood by a fellow priest.

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By Deborah Gyapong OTTAWA (CNS) — If the story of the rich young man from the Gospel of Matthew had a sequel updated for modern times, it might resemble the life of actor Eduardo Verastegui, a Catholic who stars in the film “Bella.”

In the Gospel account, Jesus tells the young man to sell all he has and follow him, but the man goes away sorrowful.

In the modern-day sequel, Verastegui sells all he has and is prepared to give up his budding acting career to follow Jesus.

Verastegui had reached the zenith of Mexican celebrity as a soap star and singer who had toured at least 13 countries to sold-out crowds. His resume includes everything from appearing as Jennifer Lopez’s love interest in a music video to the starring role in the 20th Century Fox movie “Chasing Papi” and a co-starring role in the independent film “Meet Me in Miami.” Verastegui also has been listed as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in the magazine People en Espanol.

But while studying English in Los Angeles, he found himself drawn to a deeper faith in Jesus through the example of his Catholic teacher, and he began to see the reasons he had wanted to be an actor — fame, money and pleasure — as empty and vain.

He also realized he had been typecast into portraying the unfaithful, lying Latin lover, which promoted negative stereotypes. He said the media portrayal of Hispanics in general demeaned both men and women, resembling nothing like the dignity and beauty of his mother and sisters in Mexico.

Notre Dame de Namur Sister Roseanne Murphy appears on “Mosaic” July 1 at 5 a.m. on CBS- Channel 5 and discusses her new book about the life and death of Notre Dame de Namur Sister Dorothy Stang who was murdered in Brazil in early 2005 following intense advocacy for the poor. Sister Murphy never met her fellow Sister but grew to know her deeply through correspondence and talks with others who knew her, she tells host Tom Burke. To be published by Orbis Books, “Martyr of the Amazon” is scheduled to be available in bookstores and on the Internet in September.

Eduardo Verastegui

Verastegui said he discovered he had hurt people through his work, and the messages in his movies were “poisoning society.”

“It broke my heart,” he said at the annual Rose Dinner in Ottawa May 10, following the 10th annual March for Life in Ottawa. “I realized I had offended God.” He said he spent “many months in tears.”

Verastegui sold his possessions, wondering if God was calling him to be a priest, perhaps in the jungles of South America. His spiritual adviser, however, told him: “Hollywood is a bigger jungle.”

Greek Orthodox, Catholic choirs to perform June 28

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The Solemn Choir of St. Dominic Church and the choirs of San Francisco’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral and Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church will gather at St. Dominic’s, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco, at 7:30 p.m. on June 28 for “An Ecumenical Celebration of Sacred Readings and Music.”

Metropolitan Gerasimos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco and Archbishop George Niederauer representing the Archdiocese of San Francisco are scheduled to attend.

According to planners, the event is an outgrowth of the ecumenical service held by the two hierarchs at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church last Nov. 29. That service commemorated the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul). After the service, a St. Dominic parishioner was moved to contact Father Michael Pappas, pastor of Holy Trinity and the ecumenical officer of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, and suggest a joint concert might be a good next step. Fr. Michael presented the idea to the choir directors of the Annunciation Cathedral and Holy Trinity Church and the “choir dialogue” began.

Each choir will present a musical selection from its own tradition. The Catholic choir will be directed by Simon Berry, director of liturgy and music at St. Dominic. The Greek Orthodox choirs will be under the direction of Nick Tarlson, music director of the Annunciation Cathedral choir. The combined choirs of more than 50 voices will join for “First in Rank Among the Apostles” by Kevin Lawrence.

Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading for the feast of the nativity of John the Baptist. The words can be found in all directions in the puzzle.

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He vowed to refuse parts unless they affirmed life and human dignity. For three years, he went without work. All the parts offered him involved the “same negative stereotypes.”

“We are not called to be successful, we are called to be faithful,” Verastegui said. “I wasn’t born to be famous, or rich; I was born to know and love and serve Our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Then in 2004 he met movie producer Leo Severino while attending daily Mass.

Severino, who also spoke at the dinner, returned to Catholicism in 1999 while reading Christian apologetics. He began attending daily Mass, but he found most of the other churchgoers were “gray hairs cramming for their final exam.”

Younger Christians like himself were scarce in the mostly anti-religion world of Hollywood. Then he noticed another young man at Mass. Severino said he soon discovered, “This guy’s the Brad Pitt of Mexico.”

Not long after their meeting, Verastegui and Severino co-founded Metanoia Films to produce movies that could change lives and hearts. “Bella,” released in 2006, is Metanoia’s first film. It won the coveted People’s Choice Award at last fall’s Toronto Film Festival.

Severino said the media, especially film and television, are “shaping our culture.” He said the movie “Million Dollar Baby” promoted euthanasia and “Cider House Rules” glorified abortion. “Natural Born Killers” influenced the Virginia Tech shooter, he said.

“Art and morality go hand in hand,” he said, urging young people to guard their eyes and ears and their innocence.

By Patricia Kasten

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Steve and Sandy, Congratulations on your wedding. We are so happy for you both and excited to welcome our new family members. Wishing you a beautiful life together.

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To our dearest Micheal Patrick, on this speicial day God has called you to be one of His own.

We hope you will always know His love and His peace Love always, Mom & Dad

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With lots of love, Mom, Dad, Abuela and Abuelo

Patricia Mary, you are a treasured gift and a special joy to our family. We are so excited for you that you have confirmed your Catholic faith.

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June 30: Annual Birthday Mass commemorating founding of San Francisco at 11 a.m.

During July and August, guided tours of the Mission grounds are available on Saturdays at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tours last 90 minutes. Adults $5/Students $3.

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Home for the summer but still Giants’ fans are first grade students from St. Dunstan Elementary School in Millbrae and their teacher Anne Hahn, appropriately attired here in the orange and black. Also a fan is class aid, Dolly Beltrame.

Saturdays thru July 14: St. Anthony in Menlo Park is hosting a no-cost diabetes self-management workshop offered through a Stanford University study. Learn to develop your own selfmanagement program in a supportive group environment. Receive guidance on preventing complications through healthy eating, exercise, stress management, and more. Saturdays June 2-July 14, 9 -11:30 a.m. For more information or to register call 1-800-DO-MANAGE. June 21: Enjoy a ferry ride to Tiburon with lunch at Sweden House. Meet at Pier 39 at 10:30 a.m. for 11 a.m. departure. Return trip at 1:55 p.m. p.m. Tickets are $17 r/t. Reservations required by June 18. Call (415) 567-2020, ext.

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Spanish. Clergy, parish staffs, catechists, liturgists, choir directors, and volunteers who are in anyway involved in faith formation are strongly encouraged to attend. Brochure and registration information at www.naforum.org or contact Diana Macalintal at the Office of Pastoral Ministry at the Diocese of San Jose (408) 983-0136.

St. Stephen Church of San Francisco is offering a Chinese Bible Study group to anyone who is interested in knowing more about Scripture.

The group will meet every Thursday, 7:30 – 8:45 p.m. at the O’Reilly Parish Center located at 451 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco. Please contact Veronica Wong at (415) 681-2444 x33 for details.

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

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

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

Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church.

Contact Mary Jansen, 415-614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our Web site for a list of events around the Bay Area and download our Newsletter at www.sfyam.org. We publish a quarterly newsletter to connect college students and young adults to the Catholic Church.

2nd Sun: Catholics in their 20s meet at various San Mateo for friendship and to discuss the gospel and become active members of The Church.

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Fri. at 7:30 p.m. Most Holy Redeemer young adults meet at 18th and Diamond Streets in SF. Contact yag@mhr.org. www.mhr.org/yag.html Wed at 7:30 p.m. St. Dominic young adults meet in parish hall at Bush and Steiner in SF. Contact: youngadults@stdominics.org. www.stdominics.org/youngadults.

St. Thomas More Church and Catholic Campus Ministry offer liturgy on Sundays at 8pm and the 3rd Tuesday on the SFSU campus. St. Thomas More is located at 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd at Brotherhood Way in SF. Contact: newm a n @ s t m c h u r c h . c o m . www.stmchurch.com/newman/ 2nd and 4th Mon.: St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group meets. “Just show up and be part of our community.” Meetings take place at SVDP, Steiner and Green, SF at 7:30 p.m.

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Prayer/Lectures/Trainings July 7: First Saturday Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma at 11 a.m. Call (650) 756-2060.

Through July 17: Six-week study group forming on the new Synod Document of Pope Benedict XVI: Sacrament of Charity. Aims to break open this rich Eucharistic text and discover its importance for our Christian Life. Will meet weekly, Tuesday evenings from 6:30- 8 p.m. at Pauline Books & Media, 2640 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94062 All are welcome! For details and registration call Sr. Susan at (650) 703-1106.

June 29, 30: International Marian Conference at Crown Plaza Conference Center in Foster City.

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Aug. 19-24: Enhance the Faith Formation Experience in Your Parish - A week - long immersion into the process of Christian Initiation hosted by the Diocese of San Jose. Entitled The Initiation Experience: Beginnings and Beyond the training will be provided by experienced leaders from the North American Forum on the Catechumenate and offered in English and

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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) 5581015.

Information regarding grief ministry in general call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.

St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 for more information about any event listed here.

June 30: Mass commemorating feast of St. Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei, at 10 a.m. Msgr. Thomas Bohlin, Vicar of Opus Dei to the United States, will preside. More information is available at www.opusdei.org.

July 6: Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament after the 8:00 a.m. Mass Friday and continuing throughout the day and night until 7:45 a.m. Saturday with Morning Prayer and Benediction. (Exposition is suspended during scheduled Masses at 12:10 noon, 7:00 p.m. and 6:45 a.m. according to liturgical norms.) Join us as we pray for world peace, a culture of life, priests and the special intentions commended to our prayers. For more information or to volunteer please call (415) 567-2020 x224.

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3rd/4th Saturdays: St. Vincent de Paul YAG provide nourishment for the less fortunate, 8:30 11:30 a.m. Contact Tricia Reilly at (415) 5054313.

Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm, Ross, call (415) 453-2342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea at (415) 3884190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949.

San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle. Call (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, (415) 664-8590; St. Paul of the Shipwreck, Deacon Larry Chatmon and Loretta Chatmon, (415) 468-3434.

San Mateo County: San Mateo - St. Bartholomew, Donna Salinas at (650) 347-0701, ext. 14; St. Matthew, Deacon Jim Shea at (650) 344-7622. Burlingame - St. Catherine of Siena, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Holy Names Sister Pat Hunter at (650) 375-8023. Millbrae - St. Dunstan, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952. Pacifica - St. Peter, call (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci at (650) 3551799, Frank Erbacher at (650) 355-4355. Half Moon Bay - Our Lady of the Pillar, Meghan at (650) 726-4337.

Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Divorced and Separated Catholics of the San Francisco Bay Area is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at (415) 422-6698.

Separated and Divorced support groups: 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452. 1st and 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Parish in “the cave”, 700 Oddstad Blvd. in Pacifica. Call Diana Patrito or Joe Brunato at (650) 359-6313.

Starting June 13th, 2nd and 4th Wed. in Spanish at St. Anthony Church, 3500 Middlefield Rd. in Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Toni Martinez at (650) 776-3795.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

Consolation Ministry Grief Groups meet at the following parishes.

Please call numbers shown for more information.

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 Sister Anne 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’s St. Bartholomew Parish reaches out to brothers and sisters in the faith who may have fallen away from the Church. Donna Salinas heads the Returning Catholics program at St. Bart’s. Call at (650) 347-0701, ext. 14. Parishes throughout the Archdiocese offer similar opportunities.

See Returning Catholics for details.

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Catholic San Francisco

June 22, 2007

Salesian Sisters to mark U.S. centennial in 2008

By Tom Burke

Eight pioneering Salesian Sisters at Sts. Peter and Paul in 1950. Sitting, from left: Sisters Elvira Lombardini, Letizia Sampo (superior), and Anita Ferrari (who served at Sts. Peter and Paul for more than 30 years). Standing, from left: Sisters Virginia Barattino, Florence Bona, Veronica Milyo (who died at 94 in April), Wilma Sanchez and Irene Zaccagnino.

In the inset photo pictured with Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen, is the Salesian Sisters’ community today at Sts. Peter and Paul; from left: Sisters Margaret Natal (from Texas), Antoinette Pollini (missionary from Italy), Rachel Crotti and Kathleen Gibson (both entered the Salesians from San Francisco). Serving today at Corpus Christi Parish and School are Salesian Sisters Rita Bailey, Anna Goretti Bui, Rosa Hoang, Celine Lomeli and Guadalupe Sandino.

In 2008 the Salesian Sisters will have been serving children and families in the United States for100 years. The anniversary will be commemorated with events and publicity beginning in the centennial year and continuing through 2009.

Salesian Sisters have served at Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary School in North Beach since 1950 and at the Excelsior District’s Corpus Christ Elementary School since1976. “Since our arrival, 70 Sisters have served at Sts. Peter and Paul,” said Salesian Sister Rachel Crotti, school vice principal. “At the beginning we had a dozen Sisters serving here at one time.”

Sister Rachel attended Sts. Peter and Paul in grades one through four herself and then transferred to St. Paul’s in Noe Valley, entering the convent after eighth grade. She has taught in New Jersey, California, Louisiana and Texas, returning to Sts. Peter and Paul to teach grade seven in 1981-82. She also served nine years in East Africa and has been at Sts. Peter and Paul again for the last five years.

She has been a Salesian Sister for 39 years.

Salesian Sister Antoinette Pollini, whose aunt, Mother Antoinette Pollini, was provincial when the Sisters first came to Sts. Peter and Paul, has served there since 2001 and previously held posts at the school from 1959-1976.

She also was superior of the first community of Salesian Sisters at Corpus Christi. She celebrated 50 years as a religious in 2006. The length of her service at Sts. Peter and Paul is second only to that of Sister Anita Ferrari who grew up in the parish and then spent more than

30 years serving at her alma mater. Though she died in Texas in 2000, her final wish was granted and she was buried from Sts. Peter and Paul and is interred at Holy Cross in Colma.

Sister Kathleen Gibson, a St. Paul High School graduate, also served both at Sts. Peter and Paul and at Corpus Christi. She is presently serving again in North Beach and celebrates her golden jubilee in August.

“Being a Salesian Sister gives me a vibrant, youth-focus since our Salesian charism — our special mission in the Church — is youth ministry,” Sister Rachel said. “Challenges are not missing, to be sure, but working for and with the young is energizing and rewarding. Each day literally holds unexpected surprises that are full of hope for the future. I have served in five states and five African countries, too, not to mention brief stays in France, Belgium and

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my own native Valtellina in Italy. You can say I have come full circle from my arrival in the U.S.A. at age five to my present ministry at Sts. Peter and Paul in 2007. Yet the circle continues and the surprises and graces from God never end. Being a Salesian Sister is truly an awesome grace and a marvelous adventure.”

There are presently 35 Salesian Sisters serving in California — in the San Francisco and Los Angeles archdioceses and in the Diocese of Monterey. There are two provinces in the United States — the East and the West — numbering more than 200 Sisters.

Worldwide more than 16,000 Salesian Sisters serve in more than 90 countries.

The congregation is collecting stories and comments from students and others who have come to know the Salesian Sisters. Call (877) 687-6867 or visit www.salesiansisters.org.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of May HOLY CROSS COLMA Alfred A. Aicardi Lorraine C. Amrull Jeanne G. Andrews Johanna Maribel Giron Arias Charles J. Attard Henry Adolphus Banks Claudine L. Barbero Robert K. Barnard Frances L. Bauer Helen J. Beresford David J. Berni Albert E. Birdsall Josiah K. Blunt Guido Botelho Julita Botelho Elizabeth M. Botta Isabella M. Boutte Anthoy Isaiah Bowser Mary Christine Kenney Brockhage Edith F. Brush Angeline L. Cabito Phu Chan Wilma Dina Villela Chang Barbara Springer Ciarlanti Robert Daniel Collins Ellen A. Connolly Harold E. Cook Marco Antonio Cortes Angelina R. Crowley Sr. Maureen Culleton, RSM Rosario M. da Silva Mary L. Daly L. Denis de Cazotte Kathleen A. De Martini Dolores E. Delucchi Warren W. Depew Alma K. Devincenzi Evelyn L. Estay Dawn Greer Fanucchi Michael Vincent Fee Michael Folan Genesis Mark Galdo John J. Gallagher

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Emily K. Sigillo Marino Mary E. Martinez Darko A. Matulich Katherine McAuliffe Eleanor Joyce McCarthy Maria Perez McKensie Lorraine M. McNamara Lucille J. Meyer Marie E. Michalske Lita Moore Elizabeth D. Mullineaux Maria J. Najarro Aurora Navarro-Velasco Benny R. Navis M. Albert O’Dea Gerry O’Driscoll Taupo Olomua Felipe A. Ona Manuel P. Palmares Timothy Andrew Pata Stanislava Pecavar Kenneth R. Pfeiffer David William Pollock Richard E. Ponty Guadalupe C. Ramirez Nora Reed Sheila M. Reudy Hector Manuel Rios, Sr. Angel F. Rivera David C. Roberts Romie J. Romani Graciela Del Carmen Rosales Eugene Michael Rossi Luis Alonso Ruiz Joaquin Salazar Lorrie C. Sanders Manuel J. Sandoval Catalina L. Semana Yousef Shamieh Charles P. Shea Dorothy A. Stewart Elvira Stoldt Consuelo Strobel Helena R. Sullivan Madelyne M. Tandy Pilar F. Tengco

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HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Anthony F. Fragola Lois Hicks Jane Dunn Kennelly Robert McCullough Ana Daisy Guine Valencia

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Michael G. Augusto Robert V. Bartunek Florence M. Bobo June Carmody Patricia M. Ford Suzanne Kirchner-Jackson Eva M. Libonati Nikola Manovi Rita G. Rhoades Bayzar Sarkissian

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