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Msgr. Robert McElroy, San Mateo pastor and San Francisco native, to be auxiliary bishop

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Newly ordained priests Fathers Wade Bjerke and David Schunk stand before the altar at their ordination June 26 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. See homily and pictures on pages 14-15. Visit www.catholic-sf.org for more pictures.

Pope Benedict XVI has named Msgr. Robert W. McElroy to be the 17th auxiliary bishop in the history of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The archdiocesan priest is a San Francisco native, a pastor in San Mateo, and a moral theologian with an impressive academic background.

The appointment was made public July 6 by Msgr.

Jean-Francois Lantheaume, charge d’affaires at the apostolic nunciature in Washington.

Msgr. McElroy, 56, is pastor of St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo, where he has ministered since 1996.

Msgr. McElroy’s episcopal ordination Mass will be held Sept. 7 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

“We in this Archdiocese are delighted that Monsignor McElroy’s gifts and zeal will be given even broader scope in serving the life of the Catholic Church and the community here,” San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer said. “(Former) Archbishop John Quinn, (Auxiliary) Bishop William Justice and (retired) Bishop Ignatius Wang join me in congratulating Bishop-elect McElroy on his appointment,” Archbishop Niederauer said. “We ask the people of this Archdiocese and all of our brothers and sisters in the Catholic Church to join us in praying for him, and for the gifts and the graces he will need to carry out his apostolic office.

“Please include this intention in the general intercessions in your Masses, and ask the people of your parish to pray for Bishop-elect McElroy as well,” Archbishop Niederauer said.

Msgr. McElroy, a fifth-generation San Franciscan, was ordained April 12, 1980. He served as priest-secretary to then-San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn from 1982-85. He has also served as a parochial vicar at St. Cecilia Parish in San Francisco and St. Pius Parish in Redwood City. Before his appointment to St. Gregory, he served as the archdiocesan vicar for administration.

“For the past thirty years, I have had the incomparable joy of serving God and the Church in the priesthood,” Msgr. McElroy said in a statement. “Throughout those years, I have been constantly ennobled by the faith and courage of parishioners who labor amidst sometimes overwhelming obstacles to make the Gospel real in their lives and in our world. I have also experienced the constant support of bishops, priests, religious and deacons who have been my collaborators BISHOP-ELECT MCELROY, page 6

ICA reports progress one year after converting to a ‘Cristo Rey’ jobs-based model

By Valerie Schmalz Catholic families who had ruled out a Catholic high school education for their daughters are coming back to Immaculate Conception Academy this year – drawn by the new Cristo Rey jobs-based financial model, school officials say.

That is perhaps the most exciting development one year after the 127-year-old Dominican college preparatory school converted from a traditional tuition-based model to the corporate work study approach of the Cristo Rey Network, ICA Admissions Director Gina EspinalAguerre said. The 2009-2010 school year was the first one where tuition dropped from more than $10,000 to

$4,000, while in return students worked one day a week at a corporate or non-profit entry-level professional position and attended school longer, starting near 7:30 a.m. and leaving after 4 p.m. Most students also receive scholarships and unlike at other high schools, all school fees and book costs are covered by ICA. “Just a couple years ago, from a lot of the schools right here in the Mission, our feeder schools, we were losing students – they were in public school. The girls could not afford it. How sad to go eight years to Catholic school and not be able to afford Catholic high school,” said Espinal-Aguerre. “Now, they are starting to come back.”

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Anita Diaz, Dean of Students at Immaculate Conception Academy, with students Elisa Balladares, Eliana Barrera and Rochelle Canaya.

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By Tom Burke Prayerful best wishes continue for Msgr. John Foudy, this year celebrating 70 years as a priest.

Vi r g i n i a M e h e g a n remembers Msgr. Foudy from his first assignment at San Francisco’s St. James Parish from 1940 to 42. “Father Foudy taught religion classes to the seniors at nearby Immaculate Conception Academy in addition to his duties to the parishioners of St. James, the children of St. James Grammar School and the boys of St. James High,” Virginia told me in a lovely note to this column. “The few of Father Joseph Walsh us left now at St. James who recall those early ‘40s with Msgr. Foudy offer him many thanks and our best wishes always.”… New and fond farewells to Father Joseph Walsh retiring pastor of St. Stephen Parish where he has served since 1997 and Father Daniel Maguire, retiring pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish where he has served since 2001. Father Walsh, ordained in 1964, was hon-

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ICA’s ‘Cristo Rey’ . . .

■ Continued from cover Among the parishes that EspinalAguerre visits are Latino parishes with active Catholic families, such as St. Charles Borromeo in the Mission District, where people are so involved there are three teen groups. “They say, ‘We can’t afford Catholic school.’ I say, ‘No, we have an opportunity here,’” Espinal-Aguerre said.

Some people doubted the Dominican Sisters of San Jose’s decision to convert Immaculate Conception Academy to a Cristo Rey Network school – particularly because the conversion coincided with the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and the business model relies on paid corporate jobs eventually supplying 65 percent of the school’s costs. For ICA, the tuition cost of $11,250 for the 2009-2010 school year was divided between $7,250 from corporate work study and $4,000 from parents. Elsewhere in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, high school tuition ranges from $14,000 to $32,500. The school is operating at an expected deficit because it has about half the jobs it will eventually need, Chief Business Officer Max Straub said.

However, after one full year of operation, ICA’s administrators are bullish on the Catholic high school’s future, citing a full freshman class, high marks from employers such as GAP and law firm Jones Day where the ICA students were employed during the 2009-2010 school year, and talks with other employers about more jobs for students by September.

“I think everyone is feeling really optimistic after the first year,” said Lisa Graham, principal of the girls’ high school founded in 1883. “It’s been a year with plenty of challenges and lots and lots of rewards.

Our admissions numbers are greater than they were last year. Our incoming freshman class is right at the target we wanted. Our rising sophomore class is bigger than years previous.”

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ment jump in the incoming freshman The school enrolled 251 students class “shows the community wants for next year, with 81 freshmen, 64 the school. What I hope is the busisophomores, 51 juniors and 53 seniors. ness community will now see what the The freshmen and sophomores and any families are seeing – that this school is transfer students must meet income a value to the city.” requirements set by the Cristo Rey Nationwide, the Cristo Rey Network Network that are designed to ensure is the fastest growing Catholic high the students come from economically school model, from the first school’s disadvantaged families. Seniors and creation in 1996 in Chicago to 24 coljuniors who were enrolled prior to the lege preparatory schools nationwide conversion are grandfathered in and in 2010, Birdsell said. The Cristo Rey are not subject to income requirements.

School students’ average family income Students do not have to be Catholic. is $35,682, although in San Francisco Sixty percent of Cristo Rey students family income can be quite a bit higher nationwide are Catholic. ICA students because of the high cost of living. were 80 percent Catholic in 2009-2010, Ninety-five percent of students nationStraub said. ally are students of color, according Ninety –eight percent of ICA stuto the Cristo Rey website. Ninety-six dents received outstanding or good ratpercent of graduates were accepted at a ings from area employers, Straub said. two- or four-year college as of October Eighteen students received internships 2009, according to the website. or summer jobs, including one student The model has been embraced by who was hired for the summer by GAP 21 religious orders and five dioceses and another by Jones Day, Straub said. that sponsor the schools. The sponsorStraub said with 30 full-time jobs ing group assures that the school is promised for September, ICA has about Catholic in identity and mission, true to half of the 60 salaried positions that the religious charism of the sponsor and will keep the school viable long term. appropriately governed, under Network Ten percent of jobs are always unpaid ICA students combine school work with job bylaws. Nationwide about 60 percent of entry-level positions at non-profits.

Cristo Rey students are Catholic and all “We will grow the number over 30 but experience. Shown here are students Josefina must be low income. At ICA about 80 how close we get to 60 remains to be Roque, Kabria Pitts and Esperanza Hodgson. percent were Catholic last school year. seen,” said Straub.

American Catholic school enrollICA is launching a capital campaign to help pay for overhead costs such as job that did not start as a brand new school. ment, after a high of 5.2 million students in preparation, training in business etiquette However, Network President and Chief the early 1960s, has been dropping nationand office equipment operation, the girls’ Executive Officer Rob Birdsell said even ally for about 40 years. In the past decade, transportation to work, and salaries of the the first school founded in Chicago in 1996 Catholic school enrollment went into a steep slide – losing more than 20 percent chaperones who take the girls to workplaces took nearly nine years to hit full strength.

“What ICA does have going for it is an of enrollment this decade, the National daily, Straub said.

Students work five days a month, with incredible history and brand,” Birdsell said, Catholic Education Association reports. four students sharing one full-time job at a as well as professional, networking and From 1999-2000 to the 2009-2010, total corporate, business or non-profit organiza- educational support from the Network, and Catholic school enrollment dropped from 2.6 million to 2.2 million. Most the decline tion. Ideally, the business pays the school a “talented team.”

“I would envision in four or five years came at the elementary school level. Still, $29,000.

The Chicago-based president of the when that brand is combined with that work national Catholic high school enrollment Cristo Rey Network said ICA transitioned to study program, it is going to be a show fell from 623,180 students in 1999-2000 to a Cristo Rey school in a slumping economy, stopper,” Birdsell said, saying the enroll- 593,097 in the 2009-2010 school year. and is one of only four Cristo Rey schools

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ACLU asks federal probe of Catholic hospitals on abortion WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union has launched the latest salvo in the controversy over an abortion performed at a Phoenix Catholic hospital with the approval of the hospital’s ethics committee. In a July 1 letter to the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the ACLU said the Phoenix case and others cited in an October 2008 article in the American Journal of Public Health show that “religiously affiliated hospitals across the country inappropriately and unlawfully deny pregnant women emergency medical care.” But Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, told Catholic News Service July 9 that “a couple of stories that the ACLU has dredged up doesn’t hold a candle to the competent care and respect for both mothers and their infants that have been a daily part of life in the maternity units and neonatal units of Catholic hospitals for decades.” In contrast to the “unsubstantiated” examples cited by the ACLU stands a history of “hundreds of thousands of women and their infants who have been cared for wonderfully well” in Catholic hospitals, she added.

Ruling on Marriage Act WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage July 12 criticized a federal judge’s ruling in two Massachusetts cases that a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. “To claim that defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman is somehow irrational, prejudiced or even bigoted is a great disservice not only to truth but the good of the nation,” Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., said in a statement July 12. “Marriage exists prior to the state and is not open to redefinition by the state,” he explained. “The role of the state, instead, is to respect and reinforce marriage.” The archbishop’s comments came four days after U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro ruled

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Capitol Hill briefing assesses consequences of pornography WASHINGTON — Opponents of pornography came together in Washington recently for a briefing that explored the increasing consequences of illegal pornography in today’s world. The briefing, “Pornography Harms: What Congress Can Do to Enforce Existing Laws,” was led by Patrick Trueman, a former chief of the U.S. Justice Department’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and a parishioner at St. Mark Church in Vienna, Va. Trueman’s website, http:// pornharms.com, launched earlier this year as a database of online articles and essays on the harmful effects of pornography. The briefing was attended by members of Congress and their staffs. Speakers at the event included anti-pornography experts from the academic and psychological fields and a former pornography performer. The purpose of the briefing was to educate members of Congress about the real-life consequences of pornography and encourage them to fight for stronger enforcement of existing obscenity laws. During his presentation, Trueman spoke about an argument used by some that fighting pornography limits the adult entertainment industry’s constitutional right of free speech. He referred to the 1973 case of Miller v. California, in which the Supreme Court said, “To equate the free and robust exchange of ideas and political debate with commercial exploitation of obscene material demeans the grand conception of the First Amendment and its high purposes in the historic struggle for freedom. It is (as defined in a prior case) a ‘misuse of the great guarantees of free speech and free press.’”

Charities, periodicals fight postal rate hikes that could sink some WASHINGTON — It couldn’t come at a worse time is the message coming from Catholic and other charitable organizations, magazine and newspaper publishers and direct mailers in response to the postal rate hikes proposed by the U.S. Postal Service for next year. “If the rates increase 5 to NEWS IN BRIEF, page 5

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Ordained a Jesuit priest in 1974, Father Locatelli joined Santa Clara University that year as an accounting professor and remained tied to the university until his death. Before the decade was out, he had been appointed Santa Clara’s academic vice president and made dean of the university’s business school. In 1988, he was appointed university president. He held the position until 2008, when he was appointed secretary for Jesuit higher education, with responsibilities for shaping Jesuit higher education worldwide. After stepping down as president, Father Locatelli became Santa Clara’s chancellor.

“Father Locatelli profoundly shaped Santa Clara during his lifetime,” said university President Jesuit Father Michael Engh, who succeeded the late priest as president in 2008. “It was his vision that moved the university to a globally recognized university that strives to be a prophetic voice in the community and world around us.”

Before joining the Jesuit order, Father Locatelli was a Santa Clara University alumnus, earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting there in 1960. He also had a doctorate in business from the University of Southern California.

During Father Locatelli’s tenure as president, Santa Clara’s endowment increased nearly tenfold, from $77 million to $700 million. He also created 20 new endowed chairs to bolster inquiry and research. The university enjoyed a building boom under his leadership. Construction included new residence halls, a learning commons, a technology center and library, an arts and sciences building, a music and dance building, the business school, a baseball stadium, a new parking structure, a new Jesuit residence, a fitness center and the doubling of the size of Alumni Science Building.

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■ Continued from page 4 10 percent, some organizations have already guesstimated that their income would go down at least 10 percent,” said Franciscan Sister Georgette Lehmuth, president and CEO of the National Catholic Development Conference, which brings together about 300 Catholic dioceses, religious institutes, educational institutions, social services or healthrelated groups, shrines and pious societies for education, networking and advocacy on their common interests, including postal rates. The postal service announced a wide-ranging set of proposed price increases July 6, averaging about 5 percent, to cover part of a projected $7 billion loss in 2011.

The increases — which cover first-class and advertising mail, periodicals, packages and other services — have to be approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission within 90 days in order to take effect Jan. 2, 2011. Under the plan, first-class mail would increase from 44 to 46 cents for the first ounce and first-class postcards would go from 28 to 30 cents. Periodicals would receive an 8 percent increase, standard mail parcels would increase 23 percent and media/ library mail would be subject to a 7 percent rise.

Vatican budgets in the red VATICAN CITY — Major renovations, infrastructure upgrades and a sluggish global economy left the Vatican City State budget in the red; however, donations to the pope were up from recent years. The 2009 fiscal period marked the third year in a row that Vatican expenses outpaced revenues.

The budget of Vatican City State, which includes the Vatican Museums and post office, ended 2009 with a deficit of $9.8 million, the Vatican said in notes on the budgets released July 10. The separate budget of the Holy See, which includes the offices of the Roman Curia, finished 2009 with a registered deficit of more than $5.15 million. The figures were released in early July after a three-day meeting of a council of cardinals charged with reviewing the Vatican budgets. In explaining the city-state’s deficit, the council’s press statement cited higher costs due to new exhibition spaces and extended visiting hours at Vatican Museums, and a major overhaul of Vatican City’s telecommunications infrastructure.

Chinese bishop released HONG KONG — Chinese Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo of Zhengding was released July 7 after 15 months in detention.

The bishop celebrated an evening Mass for his flock immediately on his return to Christ the King Cathedral in Wuqiu village, near Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province.

He also made a point of stating that he had not accepted the

Events marking St. Mary’s Cathedral’s 40th year began July 1, with a reception at the residence of Archbishop George Niederauer. Fundraising also began for the annual Cathedral Festival of Flowers set for this October.

Guests included members of the Cathedral Festival Guild and the Festival Planning Committee. Also attending was Monterey Bishop Richard Garcia who joins Archbishop George Niederauer as an honorary chair of this year’s festival. The Festival of Flowers takes place at the Cathedral October 1–3, with a Gala Preview and Reception September 30. For more information, visit the Flower Festival website: www.CathedralFlowers.org, or call (415) 567-2020. Shown at the reception are (front) Carrie Mallen, Anne Desler, Rosina DiMartini, Msgr.

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Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, nor the authority of the Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China, which are government-approved church bodies. In a press release issued by the U.S.-based Cardinal Kung Foundation, Bishop Jia emphasized that “he was and always would be firmly adhered to the leadership of the Holy Father.” Bishop Jia was removed by government officials March 30, 2009, the day the Vatican’s China Commission began its plenary meeting in Rome. Two other Hebei prelates — Bishops James Su Zhemin of Baoding and Cosmas Shi Enxiang of Yixian — have been held in detention since 1997 and 2001, respectively.

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Pope to visit England, Scotland VATICAN CITY — The Vatican confirmed Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United Kingdom, where he will meet Queen Elizabeth II and beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman. During his four-day visit Sept. 16-19, the pope will fly to Scotland to be welcomed by Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, in Edinburgh at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the queen’s official residence in Scotland. The pope will preside over an outdoor Mass in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland. He will meet with NEWS IN BRIEF, page 20

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Bishop-elect McElroy . . . ■Continued from cover in the work of the Church and who have so often left me in awe of the depth of their discipleship and willingness to sacrifice. “As I begin my new service as a bishop,� Msgr. McElroy continued, “I am grateful for all of these men and women who have enriched my life and priesthood, and I feel a special gratitude to my parents and all of my family, who have provided such a wonderful foundation for my life. I want to express my thanks to the three Archbishops who have guided my service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco with great pastoral solicitude – Archbishop John Quinn, Cardinal William Levada and Archbishop George Niederauer, whom I will now seek to assist with all of my energies in his kind, wise and faith-filled leadership of this Archdiocese. “Most importantly, in faith and humility,� Msgr. McElroy concluded, “I wish to extend my profound thanks to the Holy Father for the confidence that he has placed in me; and I undertake my service as a bishop with the same combination of emotions that Peter displayed as he set out from the boat on the stormy sea to reach Jesus – eagerness, some fear and a recognition that I will succeed only if the Lord’s embrace assists me at many crucial moments in the years to come.�

Msgr. McElroy said he and Archbishop Niederauer have discussed the possibility of his serving in the newly created role of vicar for pastoral life in the Archdiocese. “The archbishop felt it might be good focusing on the life of the parishes and pastoral life,� Msgr. McElroy told Catholic San Francisco.

Carol James, who worked for 11 years as parish manager at St. Gregory and is currently parish council president, said Msgr. McElroy has leadership skills that will serve the Church well in a larger role.

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“I think (Msgr. McElroy) has great gifts,� she said. “In addition to his extreme intelligence, I feel he reads situations well, whatever they are. He has always impressed me as being a wonderful negotiator. You get more than two people in a room and you’re going to get differences of opinion.

There are times when things can get rather volatile. He was able to step in and handle those situations in a really calming way. I always felt that even if you walked out not getting what you wanted you didn’t feel as bad because he was able to present things in a way so you would more understand what was going on.�

James said Msgr. McElroy has energized St. Gregory with a string of initiatives, including reviving a men’s club and women’s club, enlisting members in the Point 7 Now campaign to end extreme global poverty and starting a capital campaign. “He’s extremely funny and loves a good practical joke on someone,� James added. “I have been a recipient of those practical jokes. Nothing harmful, just funny.�

Barbara Drake, who recently retired as parish operations manager at St. Pius Parish in Redwood City and is a friend of the bishop-designate, said: “I think he’s got a brilliant intellect. He’s a kind, gentle, compassionate, thoughtful man. I can’t see anything but good things coming from his appointment.�

Msgr. McElroy, said Father John Ryan, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Burlingame, is “a brilliant man and carries it very lightly, and is really able to communicate the depths of the Gospel in a very clear way that people can understand. Really wonderful leader. It’s a great blessing for us. “He is one of the most effective communicators that I’ve heard,� Father Ryan said.

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history from Harvard, the bishop-designate earned his doctorate in moral theology from the Pontifical North American College in Rome in 1986. He wrote his thesis on the Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray and later expanded it into a book, “The Search for an American Public Theology: The Contribution of John Courtney Murray.�

One of the most influential American Catholic theologians of the 20th century, Father Murray played a major role in the Second Vatican Council document “Dignitatis Humanae,� which concerned the right of individuals and communities to religious freedom in modern society.

One of Father Murray’s central concerns was that Roman Catholicism should be free to flourish within the U.S. constitutional system.

In a 2005 article in America magazine, Msgr. McElroy reflected on Father Murray’s proposition that pluralism in the United States is a source of moral strength and direction. “Only if the foundational element of American democracy is a moral consensus shared broadly can politics produce anything more than ever-widening splits between red states and blue states,� Msgr. McElroy wrote. “I think one of the issues in the debate in the current moment is what is the role that religion should have in public life?� Msgr. McElroy told Catholic San Francisco. Should religion be privatized, he asked, or should the nation follow the example of the founders – “which was that substantive religious expression and participation in the public life of the community are essential for the well-being of American society and government.�

Msgr. McElroy is “very intelligent – maybe one of the most intelligent men I know,� said Dominican Father Michael Sweeney, president of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley.

He said Msgr. McElroy has the ability to lead through the quality of prudence, which the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines as the virtue to see our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means to achieve it. “I think his prudential judgment is really wonderful, and that to an unusual degree,� said Father Sweeney. “To navigate some of the things in front of the Church is no small thing, especially for a bishop right now.�

Father Sweeney worked with Msgr. McElroy on a project to train parish lay administrators to take on more responsibility in the Archdiocese. “The way I would summarize Bob from briefly working with him is he’s certainly looking to the council (Vatican II) but always from the point of view of how will this be implemented? How will this look on the road? He’s someone who can really do that.�

In 1992, Msgr. McElroy published a second book, “Morality and American Foreign Policy: The Role of Ethics in International Affairs,� expanding his 1989 Stanford doctoral dissertation in political science. He sought to identify concrete ways in which moral norms can influence leaders in their foreign-policy decision making.

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By Tom Burke San Francisco’s St. Anthony Foundation has appointed Shari Roeseler as Executive Director. Roeseler most recently served as vice-president of Resource Development with Mercy Housing California, a provider of affordable lowincome housing programs.

St. Anthony’s, an internationally-known and modeled charity, was founded by Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker in 1950.

“We are thrilled to have Shari Roeseler lead St. Anthony Foundation into the future,” said Linda Pasquinucci, St. Anthony’s deputy executive director. “As we ramp up to building an up-to-date Dining Room, Shari’s leadership, development expertise, and passion for serving the poor will enable St. Anthony’s to continue to meet the needs of San Francisco’s most vulnerable citizens.”

“St. Anthony’s is a treasured San Francisco institution that has saved many lives and won many hearts,” Roeseler said in some of her first comments about the organization she’ll head. “I am honored to have been chosen to lead this historic and forward thinking nonprofit. It is an honor to have the opportunity to rise with St. Anthony’s to new levels of leadership and service for the poor.”

“These are challenging times for many people, and St. Anthony’s has stepped up to meet the needs of more people than ever before while serving the community’s most vulnerable,” Roeseler said. “This is also a time of tremendous energy and excitement among those who are looking to be a part of St. Anthony’s in building its capacity to make a difference.” St. Anthony’s volunteer base has increased from 8,000 to almost 10,000 in the last 3 years with many giving their time in the soon-to-be-refinished Dining Room according to the foundation.

St. Anthony Board President Clio Tarazi said, “Shari recognizes that people support organizations like St. Anthony’s because they care about the work done and want to be a part of that effort. She knows how to fundraise to people’s pas-

Bishop-elect McElroy . . .

■ Continued from page 6 In a 2008 lecture at the University of San Francisco, where he was that year’s Lo Schiavo Chair in Catholic Studies and Social Thought, Msgr. McElroy re-examined the ethics of U.S. intervention in Iraq. He concluded that a just cause alone is not sufficient for a decision to wage war and that other moral tests must be satisfied as well, including right intention, last resort, approval by a competent authority and proportionality.

Bishop-elect McElroy graduated from St. Patrick Seminary in 1979 with a master’s degree in Divinity. He holds a bachelor’s degree in History from Harvard University (1975) and an MA in American History (1976) from Stanford University. He also holds post-graduate degrees (STL Theology 1985) from the Jesuit School of Theology (STL Theology 1985 in Berkeley); North American College

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sions, and to facilitate people’s relationships with the work that is done in the process. It is a very Franciscan approach to fundraising- to honor the inherent merit of the donor as much as the guest and volunteer, and to create a place where everyone can come to the table and feel valued.”

Roeseler, said, “We have a dedicated staff. Many of them have been here over 10 years and they bring an immense wealth of knowledge and understanding.” Important, too, she said, will be meeting people who take advantage of the St. Anthony programs and spending “a good portion of my initial time here with all of our constituents.”

Roeseler has been familiar with the St. Anthony Foundation for 10 years. “I had the opportunity to learn more about St. Anthony Foundation when I was with Mercy Housing California,” she said. “The two organizations are partnering on a project that will create a continuum of services for St. Anthony’s guests in one location and provide stable affordable housing for seniors in the Tenderloin district.”

Construction of the new St. Anthony Dining Room, while being built on the space occupied by the current refectory, is not expected to interrupt meal service to the current 2,600 guests who arrive for the daily meal seven days a week, said Francis Aviani, St. Anthony’s communications director.

“We will be operating an auxiliary Dining Room to get us through the critical construction period,” she noted. “The new Dining Room will have a waiting area and lobby that is approximately 50 to 60 percent larger than the current dining room and therefore we have the flexibility to accommodate 300 seated guests at a time. Currently we have 192 seats.”

Cost of the upgraded facility has not yet been determined.

Roeseler, a former Sister of Mercy, has also worked with Yolo County Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center and Catholic Healthcare West/Mercy Healthcare.

“My experience with the Sisters of Mercy was one I will always treasure,” she said. “They really helped to deepen my calling to work with and for the poor.”

Roeseler completed undergraduate work in Social Work, Sociology, and Criminal Justice at the University of in Rome (STD Theology 1987); and Stanford University (Ph.D. Political Science, 1989).

Msgr. McElroy’s parents, Walter J. McElroy and Roberta Shepherd McElroy, grew up in St. Cecilia Parish, where Msgr. McElroy was first assigned after his ordination.

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In addition to its hallmark dining room, St. Anthony Foundation offers programs including a free clothing program, a technology lab, residential drug and alcohol recovery program, and a free medical clinic. The organization, which does not accept any federal, state, or local government money for its programs, is entirely funded by private donations.

Clients and dining room guests, especially during the summer are “families, families, families,” said Francis Aviani with some from what has been called the new poor “carrying books, briefcases, and high-end backpacks and wearing shoes that are still in their first or second season.”

This summer St. Anthony’s is working to especially meet the needs of children who are feeling the strains of the economy, Aviani said. Its Free Medical Clinic, which has the only free Pediatric Clinic in the Tenderloin, will see a 35 percent increase in services including vaccinations and check-ups to children so they can attend school in the fall. The St. Anthony’s Free Clothing Program will see a 38 percent increase in children needing back-to-school clothes. And the Dining Room has already seen a 33 percent increase in children coming for meals – children who during the school year rely on school lunches. Donate and learn more at www.stanthonysf.org.

Angels; and Father John A. Ward, SS, at St. Joseph’s College in Mountain View.

Msgr. McElroy has three sisters – Mary McElroy of Santa Rosa; Kathy Schreiner (husband John) of Walnut Creek; and Patti Marriman of Chicago – and a brother, Walter Joseph McElroy III. He has four nephews and three nieces.

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Official Appointments On behalf of Archbishop George H. Niederauer, the following appointments, effective July 1, 2010, in the Archdiocese of San Francisco were announced by Auxiliary Bishop William Justice, Vicar for Clergy.

Vicar Appointments Reverend Moises Agudo Rev. Msgr. James T. Tarantino Reverend Eugene D. Tungol

Vicar for Spanish-speaking Vicar for Administration and Moderator of the Curia Vicar for Filipinos

Pastor Appointments Reverend Michael B. Brillantes Reverend William E. Brown Reverend Brian L. Costello Reverend Roland De la Rosa Reverend Gabriel Flores Reverend James L. Garcia Reverend Michael Greenwell, O. Carm.

Reverend Thomas J. King, O.F.M. Reverend Mark G. Mazza Reverend Daniel E. McCotter, C.S.P. Reverend William Myers Reverend Domingo Orimaco Reverend Tadeusz Rusnak, S.Chr. Reverend John J. Sakowski Reverend Paul Warren Reverend Arnold E. Zamora

St. Bruno Church, San Bruno St. Hilary Church, Tiburon Star of the Sea Church, San Francisco Mater Dolorosa Church, South San Francisco Our Lady of the Pillar Church, Half Moon Bay St. Anthony of Padua Church, San Francisco St. Teresa Church, San Francisco St. Boniface Church, San Francisco St. Peter Church, Pacifica Old St. Mary’s Church, San Francisco St. Raymond Church, Menlo Park Our Lady of Mercy Church, Daly City Church of the Nativity, San Francisco, eff. 8/24/10 St. Thomas the Apostle Church, San Francisco St. Stephen Church, San Francisco Holy Name of Jesus Church, San Francisco

Administrators Reverend Honesto D. Gile, Jr.

Sacred Heart Church, Olema and St. Mary Magdalene Church, Bolinas

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Reverend Methodius S. Kiwale, A.L.C.P. St. John of God Church, San Francisco Reverend Jose Pelagio A. Padit St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco Pastor Reappointments to Second 6-year Term Reverend Stephen H. Howell Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Belmont Reverend Anthony P. LaTorre St. Philip the Apostle Church, San Francisco Reverend Anthony E. McGuire St. Matthew Church,San Mateo Reverend Stephen A. Meriwether Most Holy Redeemer Church, San Francisco Reverend Rene R. Ramoso St. Augustine Church, South San Francisco Reverend Eugene D. Tungol Church of the Epiphany, San Francisco Rector Reverend Gregory L. Coiro, O.F.M. Cap. National Shrine of Saint Francis and the Porziuncola, San Francisco Parochial Vicars Reverend Wade E. Bjerke Reverend Dominador F. Corrales Reverend Bonifacio G. Espeleta Reverend Manuel D. Igrobay, S.V.D. Reverend Nam J. Kim, S.S. Reverend Youssef Keikati Reverend Michael Kwiecien, O.Carm.

Reverend Jess G. Labor Reverend T. Noel G. Laput, C.M. Reverend Stephen Maria Lopez, O.P. Reverend Teodoro P. Magpayo, S.V.D. Reverend Luello N. Palacpac Reverend Joseph Previtali Reverend David A. Schunk Reverend Francis Htun Reverend Fernando R. Velasco Reverend Augusto E. Villote

St. Pius Church, Redwood City St. Bartholomew Church, San Mateo All Souls Church, South San Francisco Holy Angels Church, Colma St. Anthony Church, Menlo Park St. Thomas More Church, San Francisco St. Teresa Church, San Francisco St. Andrew Church, Daly City (effective Sept. 1) Church of the Nativity, Menlo Park St. Dominic Church, San Francisco Our Lady of Mercy Church, Daly City St. Augustine Church, South San Francisco St. Gabriel Church, San Francisco Mater Dolorosa Church, South San Francisco (Summer, before returning to studies in Rome) St. Finn Barr and St. Thomas More (part-time) St. Charles Borromeo Church, San Francisco Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco

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■ Continued from page 8 Reverend John J. O’Neill, Retired

St. Pius Church, Redwood City Rev. Msgr. John R. Pernia, Retired Holy Angels Church, Colma Rev. Msgr. José A. Rodriguez, Retired Our Lady of the Wayside, Portola Valley Rev. Msgr. Harry G. Schlitt, Retired Archbishop’s Residence, San Francisco Reverend Donald B. Sharp, S.J. St. Agnes Church, San Francisco, Senior Priest Rev. Msgr. James T. Tarantino National Shrine of Saint Francis Reverend Joseph R. Walsh, Retired St. Veronica Church, South San Francisco Chaplaincies and Other Ministries Reverend Patrick L. LaBelle, O.P. Prior, St. Dominic Priory Continuing as Director, Ongoing Formation of Priests Reverend George M. Matanic, O.P. Director, Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park Deacon Charles McNeil Assistant Chaplain, San Quentin State Prison Reverend George T. Williams, S.J. Chaplain, San Quentin State Prison (Fall, 2010)

On June 28, Archbishop George H. Niederauer formally announced that four priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco will now be known as Monsignor.

“I am very pleased that Pope Benedict XVI has named Father C. Michael Padazinski and Father John J. Talesfore Chaplains to His Holiness, with the title of Msgr. C. Michael Monsignor, and has named Father James E. O’Malley Padazinski and Father James T. Tarantino Prelates of Honor to His Holiness, with the title of Monsignor, effective immediately” Archbishop Niederauer said.

Monsignor Talesfore has been pastor of St. Mary’s Cathedral since August, 2005. He formerly headed the Archdiocesan Office of Worship.

Monsignor Padazinski has been Judicial Vicar since July, 2000 and Chancellor since December, 2006. He also has served as Vicar General pro tempore since July, 2008 and is a Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve.

Monsignor Tarantino began his full-time assignment as Vicar for Administration and Moderator of the Curia in July, after many years as pastor of St. Hilary Parish in Tiburon.

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Tribute to priest I want to second your tribute to Msgr.

Harry Schlitt as he moves on to other responsibilities in the Archdiocese. While he laments the lack of “characters� in the priesthood, he modestly fails to see that

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he himself is one of those. He is clever and witty, engaging and profound, socially quite visible, but personally humble. He is capable of constructing a witty parody to popular songs, and hitting a mean handball.

As someone on the receiving end of Msgr. Schlitt’s administrative responsibilities, I am well aware that he lives up to the maxim “in medio stat virtus�. He was a moderate moderator. I had the great pleasure of collaborating with him when I was president of Marin Catholic High School during an extensive upgrade to the campus. I can attest that it was his quiet listening, and confidence in school officials that allowed us to accomplish so much.

His personal intervention, in a very timely way, permitted us to install an artificial turf baseball field. When I came to Nativity Parish, he was enormously helpful in the implementation of a master plan for the church and school.

No priest wants to be an administrator; but reality demands that, at times, we are. To Msgr. Schlitt’s credit he took that job on as a full-time ministry. In doing so he made the lives of many brother priests a lot less worrisome.

When the secretary called and said “It’s Msgr. Schlitt�, it was one call from the chancery you didn’t have to think “What did I do now?�

I wish him ad multos annos.

Msgr. Steven Otellini Pastor, Nativity Parish Menlo Park

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In his interview with Rick DelVecchio, Msgr. Harry Schlitt gave hard-hitting answers to insightful questions. His discussion on Catholic education illuminated the problems we face. He clarified the issues of consolidating parishes and multi-parish pastors.

I remember Father Harry from his time in residence at St. Vincent de Paul Parish. His remarks about the “character priests� of the last generation remind us that we of the laity must fill the leadership gap they left. It’s

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■ Continued from page 10 (Obituary, June 25) spent a great deal of time working on the grounds at Our Lady of Refuge Church in La Honda, a mission of Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Half Moon Bay. The rustic plaster walls that he built around three sides of the church complement the rural, woodsy setting of Our Lady of Refuge. These sturdy walls (with grottos for statues) will be a reminder of his hard work and dedication for many years to come.

Mary Bordi La Honda

Excommunicating oneself Writing about being “troubled” over Bishop Olmsted’s treatment of Sister McBride to uphold a medical team’s decision to abort a baby to save the mother’s life, L. Tolmach would have preferred that the nun receive the Bishop’s “humane support,” rather than excommunication.

(Letters, June 25) Obviously, the writer is not familiar with Canon 1398 of the Code of Canon Law, which states, “a person who procures a completed abortion incurs an automatic (latae sententiae) excommunication.” This means that all those involved in the deliberate and successful effort to bring about a completed abortion, including the doctor, the woman, and all who advised the abortion, would be automatically excommunicated, provided that each of these persons knew the Church’s penalty for this action but went ahead with it anyway.

Since it seems highly unlikely that a nun of long standing would be unfamiliar with the Church’s stance on this grave sin (excluding the principle of double effect which is morally permissible), one would hope Sister McBride has repented of her

sin, and has received what would thus be appropriate “humane support” from her bishop – absolution.

Thura Straus Belmont

Church and its members Ms. Jane Sears “Reasonable apologetics” article (Potpouri Column, June 25) lacks candor and relevance. It doesn’t help to separate “Church” from its members in defending claims of infallibility and impeccability to absolve it of fault. The Church IS its members in presenting Christ to the world or in contradicting its values in the actions of its members. Ms. Sears might have used a more appropriate word than “unsuitable” to describe some bishops’ handling of offending priests in the molestation scandal. And, it is not always the Church’s “holiness” that motivates its critics.

In contrast, I found admirable candor in Msgr. Harry Schlitt’s interview in the same issue where he admitted that as an institution we are too top-down managed, at times we are too risk-averse and in some quarters prone to whistle-blowing to Rome and the Apostolic Delegate. In summary, the Catechism of the Catholic Church says it well: the Church will receive its perfection only in the glory of Heaven.

Jack Hitchcock San Mateo

On the other hand I appreciated Jane Sears’ “Potpourri” column in the June 25 issue of Catholic San Francisco. She points out that while the Church (capital C) is infallible, those individuals within it are not, and do not come with a “guarantee of impeccability.” As the major media and even some Catholic publications gleefully point out, there are bishops, priests, sisters and others who have shamed

our Church by their actions and omissions.

Unfortunately these propagandists fail to differentiate between the Church, which is flawless, and its people, who are not.

As our culture and government fall further into the pit of decadence and sinfulness, we will see more antagonism against the Church. Satan is gaining new converts every day, and his plan to weaken the Faith of Catholics through the weakness of Catholic leaders is making great headway.

Laurette Elsberry Sacramento

Priestly thanks I want to let the good people of the Archdiocese of San Francisco know how wonderful my first year as a priest has been as we conclude this “Year for Priests.” My assignment at St. Brendan’s Parish as parochial vicar, under the capable leadership of Father Dan Nascimento, pastor, with active parish organizations and school, and home to parishioners who demonstrate a sense of community identity has been and is a gift from God. My first year has been filled with many blessings and a few challenges, all of which have prepared me to be a better servant of God’s people, filled with an overwhelming sense of daily gratitude. As I celebrate the anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood, please know of my continued prayers. I thank Archbishop Niederauer, Bishops Justice and Wang who joined in the effort to produce one happy and grateful priest. May God’s blessings be with you always.

Fr. Mike Quinn, St. Brendan Parish San Francisco

Secular view of marriage William May’s defense of Proposition 8 (Guest Commentary, June 25) omitted

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one of the substantial legal arguments in support of the action in the U.S. District Court to void the election result. What was not mentioned is the fact that a marriage has legal and tax consequences which benefit only married people. These include benefits under the Community Property law, rights of inheritance to real property, a right to insure the life of a partner, and visitation rights to an ill partner or an imprisoned partner. The denial of these rights to persons who seek them via a gay marriage is to deny them of equal rights and privileges as provided in the Constitution, it is also discrimination based on sex. Religion is not a necessary element in marriage. Persons can be married by the county clerk, or a civilian judge. To insist that this is for a sizeable segment of the population is to force religion on the irreligious when it isn’t wanted.

Jerome Downs San Francisco

Don’t blame the messenger I wonder what would happen if your columnists, including Jane L. Sears and George Weigel and others were to stop blaming the media for the Church’s current problems, admit that gross errors were made by those responsible for the safety of children, and acknowledge that the changes made as a result of reporting on this issue (that was not totally biased in favor of irresponsible Church leaders) resulted in direct and serious action to correct these abuses of power. And that this has led us to re-examine other things we need to draw attention to as well, for the ultimate good of the church as a whole, “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.” I find newspaper articles favorable to the Church in the New York Times, often touchingly so.

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2010 Respect: Life essay contest Students reflect on environmental stewardship in light of Catholic teaching

By Vicki Evans

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Archbishop George Niederauer with contest winners, at the Mass and awards ceremony June 6 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

he Archdiocese of San Francisco’s annual Respect Life Essay Contest has gone green! With ecology and all things “green” constantly in the news, we felt it was time to ask our students to look at the environment through the lens of Catholic teaching.

This year’s theme was based on Genesis 1:26-28: “God made man and woman the center of His creative work and gave them responsibility for caring for creation.”

When God created the universe, he created man and woman as its crowning jewel. He set them at the pinnacle of creation and gave them a unique role as the world’s stewards. By endowing them with His image and by placing them in authority over all other earthly creatures, God gave men and women superiority and priority over the rest of creation.

Environmental groups have long argued that population growth causes a host of environmental problems. Promotion of birth control, abortion and sterilization are seen as efficient and cost-effective means of reversing the degradation of the earth’s resources, the pollution of water and air, and even global warming. People are considered a threat to the environment instead of stewards of creation.

In his World Day of Peace messages, Pope Benedict XVI responded to this way of thinking by advocating a model of development based on the centrality of the human person, on the responsible use of resources and on a realization of our need for a changed lifestyle. He stressed that our duties towards the environment flow from our duties towards the person.

While environmental stewardship seeks to harmonize the needs of all creatures, we can never treat man as anything but the apex of creation. Our Catholic school students in grades 1 through 12 used great originality in expressing their views on today’s environmental problems and in offering solutions.

The contest challenged students in grades 1 through 8 to write an original essay of no longer than one page. Students in grades 1 and 2 could submit drawings along with their essays. High school students could write up to two pages.

The essays were judged on the student’s ability to articulate his or her understanding of the issues, the message of the Catholic Church in relation to those issues and his or her own personal commitment to implementing the Church’s message.

Forty schools, including home schools and parish religious education programs, participated in this year’s contest, the same number as last year. A total of 505 essays were submitted, up from 490 in 2009. Each school, religious education class or youth group chose the three best essays in each grade.

The winners were honored at a liturgy and awards ceremony June 6 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, with Archbishop George Niederauer celebrating.

The grand prize and first prize winners received savings bonds ranging from $50 to $300.

Vicki Evans is Respect Life Coordinator for the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

Grand prize winners

2010 Respect Life essay contest winners Grades 1 and 2 Grand prize Caitlin Fitzgerald, St. Monica First Prize San Francisco Sean Gleavy, Holy Name of Jesus First Prize San Mateo Matthew Caldwell, St. Matthew First Prize Marin County Taylor Martin, St. Isabella Honorable Mention: Alexander Ross, Megan Furth Catholic Academy; Marian Ford, Home schooling family; Ethan Ignatius, Holy Name of Jesus; Charlie Sjogren-Black, St. Philip the Apostle; Christina Lei, St. Mary Chinese Day School; Jules Mulwa, St. Thomas the Apostle; Caroline Callagy, St. Gregory; Antonio Balestrino, St. Gregory; Anthony Padilla, St. Dunstan; Parker Daley, St. Matthew; Brandon Jones, St. Timothy; Mia Jariya, St. Veronica; Kelly Richter, St. Hilary; Kate Brubaker, Our Lady of Loretto; Isabella Rendic, St. Isabella; Prudence Kelly-Andrews, St. Anselm; Grey Snyder, San Domenico.

Grades 3 and 4 Grand prize Jnelle Aganan, Holy Angels First Prize San Francisco Carina Leung, St. Monica First Prize San Mateo Kevin Callagy, St. Gregory First Prize Marin County Peyton Beck, St. Isabella Honorable Mention: Fiona Crook, Star of the Sea; Leanna Tarongoy, Our Lady of the Visitacion; Alexandra Lewis, St. Philip the Apostle; Jacqueline Yu, St. Mary Chinese Day School; Izabella Doricko, St. Cecilia; Evan Cosentino, St. Dunstan; Mary Kate Gaffney, St. Charles; Paul Bruni, St. Catherine of Siena; Jennifer Irene Sharpe, Our Lady of Mercy; Brenda Escobar, All Souls; Victoria Ramirez, St. Matthew; William Litzenberger, Our Lady of Loretto; Brandon Radu, St. Hilary; C.C. Clark, St. Hilary; Kathleen Winnick, San Domenico; Gianna Sullivan, Our Lady of Loretto.

Here are excerpts from the grand prize winning essays:

Babies Deserve Our Love

Grades 5 and 6 Grand prize Amanda Vallecorse, St. Veronica First Prize San Francisco Kiki Murdock, Star of the Sea First Prize San Mateo Connor Paulbitski, St. Robert First Prize Marin County Sarah Calabrese, Our Lady of Lorreto

Caitlin Fitzgerald, St. Monica (Grades1-2)

By Isabella Rendic

Babies deserve all our love and care because God made babies and people in his own image and gave us all a soul.

God created all the animals and plants on Earth. He made them all very beautiful but He did not give any of the animals or the plants a soul. Having a soul is what makes babies and all people very special to God. God loves us more than animals and He taught us to love each other. Babies make us feel happy and keep us company. They remind us of God’s gift of life.

Honorable Mention: Joseph Lofton, Megan Furth Academy; Sophia Warden, St. Philip the Apostle; Jeremiah Espino, School of the Epiphany; Matthew Ordona, St. Peter and Paul; Gabriela Ramos, Corpus Christi; Gabrielle Mercado, Holy Angels; Andrea Escobar, All Souls; Matthew McPartlan, Immaculate Heart of Mary; Peyton Young, Immaculate Heart of Mary; Emma Casey, St. Charles; Ben Hunter, St. Isabella; Scott Gavney, St. Isabella; Christa Collman, Our Lady of Loretto; Genevieve Finn, St. Anselm; Kathleen Gray, St. Anselm.

Respect Life

By Antonio Balestrino

Jnelle Aganan, Holy Angels (Grades 3-4) Dear newborn infants of the universe, Hello and welcome to the world! When your parents read this letter to you, and as you open your eyes to the world, you will realize that everything around you is so beautifully made. These are all the wonderful creations of God. God created these things to have wonderful life on Earth. You have to treat everything and everyone well to make God stay happy and proud. Make life in this world be as pretty as can be for your babies so they can pass this to their own babies, too.

“This is my letter that I wrote to all the babies before they open their eyes. I want to learn about God, His creations, and how to respect life. Once they understand all this, they’ll believe that God is good.” – A Fourth Grader

By Jules M. Mulwa

Seven Minutes Can Make Difference

Respect for Life Essay

Amanda Vallecorse, St. Veronica (Grades 5-6)

Meagan Abbey, St. Isabella (Grades 7-8)

A homeless dog on the street can find a shelter in seven minutes. That is correct, only seven minutes. Yet, for a homeless person it could take days, weeks, and even months to find a shelter. A couple of days ago, my mom and 1 were walking down Market Street in San Francisco when we saw a group of people huddled around a dog. It was apparent that the dog was lost and trying to find a home. It took only minutes, seven to be exact, before someone volunteered to take the dog home. Amazing. As we continued to walk down the street, we noticed a homeless person sitting on the sidewalk, begging for money. There were no people huddled around him, helping him to find a home. Seven minutes spent helping him could have changed his life. Something deep in my heart tells me that there is something wrong with this scenario. A dog could find help easily, but a fellow human cannot?

The humans were the chosen ones, God’s greatest creation.

Sometimes, however, we act like the servants of creation, paying more attention to the animals and plants rather than to our fellow humans. Sometimes we are forgetful of what He intended our purpose to be. When God put humans in charge of the animals and plants, He did not intend for us to jeopardize our own safety in the process of protecting them. We must create a balance between the protection of God’s beautiful creations and the preservation of human life.

We must not let God down by failing to think through problems and search carefully for solutions that will benefit all.

The population control policies of China’s “one-child policy,” disrespects life and dignity of God’s creation. The killing of unborn children is against what God has asked us to do to fulfill his kingdom. This policy disrespects the most basic right any human being should have. it takes away the control of our faith and the morals for which we stand. God has asked us to love and care for one another. We have no right to kill unborn children if we wish to enter the kingdom of God. If God has allowed a child to be created, then that child should be given a full chance to live a life with dignity, as God has planned for that child.

If the human race is to achieve peace, we must respect and protect life. This would prevent a crisis between the people of faith looking forward to protecting the ways of God’s teachings and the policy makers that are motivated due to financial reasons. The “one-child policy” has unfortunately changed many people’s lives and not for the better. Children are a gift from God and it is the parents not the government who cares for them, Therefore the choices should be theirs and not government controlled. God has entrusted his creation to us and to go against his commandments is wrong.

By Kelly Richter

By Christian Lei

Life and Creation: Learning to Balance Two Sacred Things Katie Modesitt, Notre Dame High School (Grades 9-12) Environmentalists often look to population growth as one of the key factors affecting the environmental problems we face today Many times the use of birth control and, more notably, abortion are seen as viable solutions to controlling the growth of our population and therefore alleviating strains put on our resources. Plainly put, this notion might seem logical but in reality it is ethically corrupt and actually goes against the environmentalists’ concern for a healthier environment. Abortion cannot be seen as a solution to population control because it degrades human dignity and destroys creation rather than preserving it.

It stops a beating heart; and for this reason it cannot be seen as a solution to any problem, no matter how dire. Because God created each one of us, we all have inherent dignity. Each unborn child has a unique set of DNA and a unique destiny No one can replace the value of a life. It is precious and sacred and deserves our protection. Each person has dignity, including the unborn.

Also, the destruction of human life is counterproductive to the preservation of our environment Why would we destroy part of creation in order to preserve another? After all, you are destroying as much as you protect. Environmentalists often overlook the fact that humans too are part of creation. God created us in His image to preside over and care for the rest of creation. Granted, man has not always followed through with this but one cannot deny that every person holds a vital role in the rest of the natural world. When did it become acceptable to kill human life in order to preserve the environment? It is simply not logical to seek to destroy the fulcrum of creation in order the save it.

Grades 7 and 8 Grand prize Meagan Abbey, St. Isabella First Prize San Francisco Mikayla Hambrick, Megan Furth Academy First Prize San Mateo Stefan Salem, St. Dunstan First Prize Marin County Elise Todaro, St. Raphael Honorable Mention: Erin Ford, Home schooling family; Aileen Winkler, Star of the Sea; Caya Carpenter, St. Peter and Paul; Ethan Carzon, School of the Epiphany; Kim Velarde, St. Anne; Luis Valle, St. Finn Barr; Elliot Wong, St. Mary’s Chinese Day School; Erika Klaudette Olazo, Corpus Christi; Evan Quirk, Our Lady of the Pillar CCD; Corena Gregorio, All Souls; Andrea Lim, St. Dunstan; Anthony Graham, St. Veronica; Kevin Reynolds, St. Veronica; Lauren Bissell, St. Timothy; Jenna McCormick, St. Matthew; John McGhee, Good Shepherd; Tavia Vitkauskas, Our Lady of Loretto; Molly McInerney, St. Anselm; Jacqueline Dobbas, St. Isabella; Byron Barrientos St. Raphael.

Grades 9-12 Grand prize Katie Modesitt, Notre Dame High School First Prize SF Colleen Ford, Home schooling family First Prize San Mateo Elizabeth Hurley, Notre Dame High School Honorable Mention: Caitlin Ford, Home schooling family; Theresa Chase, Immaculate Conception Academy; Laura Westbrook, Notre Dame High School.

Notre Dame High School, Belmont students Elizabeth Hurley ‘13, left, Katie Modesitt ‘11 and Laura Westbrook ‘12.

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Archbishop’s Journal

Saying “Yes” to the Lord’s Call

(PHOTOS BY JOSÉ LUIS AGUIRRE)

San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer life as a priest is like. The words are from the prophet must let the People of delivered the following homily at the Mass of Ordination Isaiah, and Jesus used these words to describe his min- God love them and must to the Priesthood at St. Mary’s Cathedral June 26, istry and life, Jesus said that God had anointed him and let Jesus Christ love 2010. Father Wade Bjerke and Father David Schunk God’s spirit was upon him, because he had been sent to them. Staying in touch were ordained to be priests for the Archdiocese of San bring glad tidings to the lowly; to heal the brokenhearted; with the love of God to proclaim liberty to captives; to comfort those who in a close, prayerful, Franciso. personal relationship In the Gospel reading that Wade and David have mourn.

You can see why Jesus applied that prophecy to him- with Jesus is essential chosen for this Mass of Ordination to Priesthood, Jesus Christ describes himself as the Good Shepherd. Unlike a self: those were exactly the kinds of people in need that for the life of a happy Archbishop mere hireling, who works only for pay and runs away at Jesus sought out and taught and healed. And, those are and holy priest. We George H. the first sign of danger, a good shepherd treats the flock as precisely the kinds of people that the wisdom of this world cannot lead others to his own, and will lay down his life for his sheep. Jesus our tells us to avoid at all costs: the wisdom of our world tells friendship with Christ if Niederauer Savior did exactly that on the Cross for all of us, his flock. us that the lowly have all sorts of problems that they’ll we are strangers to him “Lay down his life:” That’s an interesting phrase. try to get your help with, but those problems are mostly ourselves. Jesus Christ It can mean sacrificing oneself unto death for the sake their fault anyway; that the brokenhearted and those who first called the twelve of others, or it can mean offering one’s life day by day, mourn are no fun at a party; and that captives probably apostles into close friendship with himself, then he sent year after year, decade after decade, beginning as a young deserve everything they get, besides which they are often them out to proclaim and serve.

The priest’s private life and his personal relationships person and continuing the giving all one’s days. Both dangerous to be around. Jesus the Good Shepherd came must be consistent with the sacred actions he performs. ways of giving one’s life are wonderfully generous, but to turn all those judgments upside down.

There are all kinds of being lowly, and even rich This morning’s ritual puts it well: “Know what you are which is the more difficult? That’s probably a question doing and imitate the mystery we can’t answer. you celebrate.” Some priests I remember a Flannery ignored this challenge to be O’Connor short story about single-minded and singlea mischievous little girl in hearted; they led double lives, Catholic school who listened betrayed their calling, and the to the nun who was her Church has suffered grievteacher talk about saints and ously for their sins. We clergy martyrs. The little girl knew cannot lead double lives withherself pretty well, and her out causing enormous sufferverdict was that she could ing, any more than husbands never be a saint, but maybe and fathers can. she could be martyr if they But vocation is a joyous killed her quick! matter, and this priestly ordiHowever, it’s not the nation is a joyous occasion. It vocation of most of us is a celebration of life, of the Christians to be “killed life of Christ in his Church. quick.” Rather, we are called Jesus was a man people to lifelong fidelity and genwanted to be around, enjoyed erosity as spouse and parent, being around. The priest must as single person or as priest be like that too. The priest is or religious. That’s why we called to celebrate the goodneed the gift of the Holy ness in people, the goodness Spirit that Jesus our Savior in our world, the goodness and his Father give us in the that leads us back to God. Sacraments, in prayer, and in It can seem like a comthe daily events and relationplex life, being a priest. But ships of our lives. We need Jesus Christ the Priest will to ask for those gifts and to At the altar of St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, during the June 26th Mass of Ordination to the never ask Wade or David to do open ourselves to receiving Priesthood, newly ordained priest Father David Schunk, Archbishop George Niederauer, and newly or experience anything apart them and responding to them. ordained priest Father Wade Bjerke join in the Consecration of the Body and Blood of Christ. for him and his love. Jesus In the first reading we gives that love to us most hear the prophet Isaiah describe the gift of this Spirit which empowers him to people experience some of them. There are many kinds often through one another. This means all of you, all of us. bring good news to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, of prison that don’t involve iron bars. And there are Only two people in this Cathedral this morning are being and to proclaim release for the captives. In the synagogue almost as many different kinds of broken-heartedness ordained priests, but everyone here is involved, commitin Nazareth, his home town, Jesus began his public min- as there are human hearts that break. Everyone is needy, ted and obliged. All of us clergy, laity and religious are istry one Sabbath by reading this passage and announcing including those who don’t think they are, and those in charged by Jesus Christ to support Father Wade and Father that it was fulfilled in him, the Good Shepherd. Jesus need make people nervous. One of the Pharisees’ main David with our prayers, our companionship and our caring.

Christ is the Good News, he is healing and joy for our objections to Jesus was, and I quote, “This man welcomes We are not bystanders and onlookers. We are the Church hearts, and he releases us from such prisons as loneliness, sinners and eats with them.” That’s not a bad description for whom they will become priests of the Risen Christ.

I want to conclude by quoting some encouraging and despair, resentment, sin, addiction, and a life without pur- of a Catholic priest: “This man welcomes sinners and pose. Jesus calls all baptized Catholic Christians to share eats with them.” And he feeds them too: with Eucharist, challenging words that our late Holy Father, Pope John in these saving works, and he calls priests to a lifelong, with the Word of life, with the gift of his own time and Paul II, spoke several years ago to some newly ordained priests in Rome. Pope John Paul II said: single-hearted sharing as servant and leader in the Church. energy and attention.

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to your famThe Second Vatican Council described what the “Pastor” is the Latin word for shepherd, and like a ordained priest in our time does and means for the Church. shepherd, the priest cares for, leads, protects, nourishes, ily, to the priests who have looked after the formation In his special way, the priest is to be Christ the Priest, and goes looking for the flock when they get lost. So and growth of your faith and to all those who, together Prophet and Shepherd for the People of God. Father if you are a priest, you let Jesus in the bread and wine with your parish communities and ecclesial institutions Bjerke and Father Schunk will be Christ the Priest by teach you humility, you let frightened sinners teach you to which you belong, have helped you to discover the presiding and celebrating at Eucharist and the Sacraments, gentleness, you let baptisms and weddings teach you “gift and mystery” of your vocation, and to say “yes” to by leading the people in prayer, by praying themselves, joy and hope, you let funerals teach you faith, you let the Lord’s call. and by carrying Christ’s Cross alongside their people. parish meetings teach you patience, and you let Mary at You are becoming a priest at a time when strong Each of them will be teacher and prophet, proclaiming Bethlehem teach you trust. cultural tendencies seem to want to make one forget the Word of God as one who God, especially among young knows Christ personally, and people and families. But do not just from hearsay, and not be afraid: God will always “We cannot lead others to friendship with Christ if telling forth God’s will as he be with you! With his help you applies the teachings of Christ will be able to walk on the we are strangers to him ourselves. Jesus Christ first and his Church to present-day ways that lead to the heart of life. Each one will be pastor, every man and to proclaim to called the twelve apostles into close friendship or shepherd, building up and him that the Good Shepherd uniting the community of the has given his life for him with himself, then he sent them to proclaim and to serve” local church in faith and prayer and wishes him to participate and service. in his mystery of love and salvation.

So that’s what Father When he was a young priest the late Cardinal John To carry out this work, which is so necessary, Jesus Wade and Father David will be doing. But if we stop there it’s mostly a job description, an assignment. Priesthood is O’Connor of New York lived in a rectory with an elderly must always be the center of your life and you must so much more. It would be like describing parenthood as retired priest he admired very much. One day he got the remain in intimate union with him through prayer, daily “feeding, clothing and housing children.” As far as it goes courage to ask the old man if he could give some advice personal meditation, faithfulness to the Liturgy of the it’s true, but it’s rather cold and quite incomplete. What to a young priest starting out. The old man gave him three Hours and especially the daily devout celebration of the a priest does, and what his life is like, come together in pieces of advice, “Love the people, love the people, love Eucharist. If you are full of God, you will be a true apostle the people.” But we can’t always be loving unless we per- of the new evangelization, because no one can give what the texture of his daily life.

Our first reading gives clues to what the texture of mit ourselves to be loved. Father Wade and Father David he does not have in his heart.

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Ordination to priesthood at St. Mary’s Cathedral, June 26, 2010

Photos by José Luis Aguirre

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efore family, friends and members of the archdiocese, Deacons Wade Bjerke and David Schunk (above) are called forward for ordination at St. Mary’s Cathedral June 26.

At left, Father Thomas Daly, Director of Vocations affirms their readiness for ordination, while Deacon Schunk stands with his sister, Elizabeth Schunk, his parents, Margaret and Peter and cousin, Steve Fecko.

Father Schunk and Father Bjerke receive an embrace of welcome from Father Paulinus Mangesho and Sulpician Father Fred Cwiekowski, and Msgr. Floro Arcamo lays his hands on Father Wade Bjerke, showing the sign of unity among all priests of the archdiocese.

Below, Father David Ghiorso, left, and Jesuit Father Donald Sharp help Father Bjerke vest. Father Steven Lopes and Father William McCain assisted the Father Schunk.

Father Schunk blesses Auxiliary Bishop William Justice (bottom), and Father Bjerke, gives Holy Communion.

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS GN 18:1-10A The Lord appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot. Looking up, Abraham saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground, he said: “Sir, if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your servant. Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree. Now that you have come this close to your servant, let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves; and afterward you may go on your way.”

The men replied, “Very well, do as you have said.”

Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah, “Quick, three measures of fine flour! Knead it and make rolls.” He ran to the herd, picked out a tender, choice steer, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it. Then Abraham got some curds and milk, as well as the steer that had been prepared, and set these before the three men; and he waited on them under the tree while they ate. They asked Abraham, “Where is your wife Sarah?” He replied,

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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42 “There in the tent.” One of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will then have a son.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 15:2-3, 3-4, 5 R. He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

One who walks blamelessly and does justice; who thinks the truth in his heart and slanders not with his tongue.

R. He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Who harms not his fellow man, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

by whom the reprobate is despised, while he honors those who fear the Lord.

R. He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Who lends not his money at usury and accepts no bribe against the innocent.

One who does these things shall never be disturbed.

R. He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS COL 1:24-28 Brothers and sisters: Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is

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remember a jeep trip with fellow Jerusalem graduate students in the early 1980s. We bumped south through the Negev desert and west across barren, granite hill-scaped Sinai. We stopped in the middle of nowhere. A teenage Bedouin boy in a raggy white jellabah and faded blue turban was napping, ingeniously stretched out along the forked branches of a low-lying acacia tree, more branch than leaf. Beneath him was a circle of cemented stones about two feet high and five feet in diameter, with a fold-back metal cover, its brace secured by a rusty padlock.

The Dominican priest, our jeep driver and guide, explained that the boy kept watch over the tribe’s well to prevent poisoning or stealing. A request in Arabic. Then the guard nonchalantly undid a key from a smudgy string around his neck, unlocked the metal cover and we dunked our canteens down three feet into the water. The next day we returned the favor by giving a ride to a Bedouin man who waved us down on a deserted road. How did he know we would be coming? He crowded into the back of the jeep, bowing in gratitude for the lift. Under his arm was a pillowcase spotted with blood, wrapped around some inert object, which I presume was a slaughtered, dressed goat destined for a meal at his stop-off.

In Genesis we have a narrative about desert hospitality. Three visitors, embodying God’s appearance to Abraham, promise him that Sarah will have a child. But a closer reading of the story hints that the visitors’ promise includes a corrective of Abraham’s thoughtless mis-treatment of his wife.

Was Abraham treating his wife badly or not? The day is hot. Abraham is sitting outside the tent. His wife isn’t at the entrance talking with him, but confined inside as the heat rises. He alone rushes to greet the visitors. In an extravagant show of courtesy, he begs the three to accept his hospitality. He

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Hospitality rewarded is eager to have servants bring water to wash the travelers’ feet. His offer is more than permission to drink from his well. It’s as though he is meeting long-lost family members, not strangers. The slaughter and roasting of an animal would imply a stop-over of at least two days. But all the while, he does not call Sarah to his side. Sarah doesn’t venture out in the babble of conversation and scurrying of servants. Is she kept in isolation by a controlling husband?

Abraham enters the tent and commands her, as though she is just another servant, “Quick, three measures of fine flour. Knead it and make rolls.” It’s humiliating. He not only orders her to prepare the bread; he feels it necessary to instruct her, “Knead it,” a simple task she has already performed hundreds of times. By contrast, he picks out an animal from his herd and gives it to his servant – without any instruction on how to perform a complicated procedure of butchering and cooking it. There is no mention, when he sets food before the visitors, of the rolls that Sarah prepared. Sarah is invisible, as though her person and her work count for nothing.

So when the visitors ask, “Where is your wife Sarah?” it is not just a factual question. They see the situation. Abraham gives an answer, “In the tent,” but he also confesses an emotional reality. Sarah is absent, deleted from his consciousness. He is not treating her as a person he respects or as a wife he loves. When a visitor says that next year Sarah will have a son, it is actually an announcement to Sarah, still hidden, that soon, Abraham will be a better husband to her. Two verses later, Sarah laughs. That her husband’s hospitality would be rewarded by a benefit to her? Unbelievable.

The gospel about the hospitality offered Jesus by Martha and Mary has been interpreted in Catholic tradition as a symbol of the spiritual life – the balance between action (Martha) and contemplation (Mary). But this reading depersonalizes the story. The focus is not the situation of real-life women, but abstract concepts of the spiritual life in which the two polarities, service and prayer, are in tension. Since Mary “has chosen the better part,” she also reinforces the male ideal of a Christian woman’s virtue. The

lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, of which I am a minister in accordance with God’s stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past.

But now it has been manifested to his holy ones, to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory. It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE LK 10:38-42 Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.

She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.

Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.

There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.” woman who has chosen the better part says nothing in public, sits silently and compliantly at the feet of Jesus, and waits for the rabbi to teach her. Jesus praises Mary, so her silence, humility and intellectual submission are canonized as women’s virtues. In my experience, however, when women discuss this story they identify with Martha, and defend her forthrightness and her entitlement to assistance.

I wonder if the proper nature, vocation and role of women was a topic debated in the early Church, as well as today. If that is true, then Luke offers an instructive perspective.

Jesus visits the homes of women, not just those of men. He counts a talky woman and an introverted woman as his closest friends.

He enters into conversation with both of them – in the kitchen where women sustain the daily rhythms of care-taking and family life, and in the study where women’s own intellectual gifts are developed. Both women enjoy conversation with Jesus. His presence blesses both of their worlds.

Was there also a debate in the early Church about women’s “permission” to act and to speak in the name of Jesus? At Bethany, the fact that women offer hospitality to Jesus ennobles the sisterhood. His conversation with both women on different subjects authorizes them to speak in his name and interpret his teaching, whether these be the affairs of the kitchen – everyday political life – or matters of sacred theology.

The Communion Verse expresses the theme of hospitality and the Prayer after Communion the reward. In the Eucharist, men and women “open the door” and offer hospitality to Jesus. The blessing on the one who welcomes Jesus to the table is “new purpose” and “new life.”

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

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Take a vacation with God All close, meaningful relationships need special or quality times when the people involved can be together for an extended period of time without a lot of interruptions.

People in significant relationships need time set apart from everyday life to enjoy each other’s company and to deepen their knowledge of one another. This is how I look at retreats.

I like to think of a retreat as a time to do this with God. It is like going on a special vacation with God. Just as vacations hopefully renew our bodies, retreats should renew our spirits. To be a serious Christian we need some “God and me” time. We need some uninterrupted time to enrich our spiritual lives and deepen our relationship with the Lord.

Right now you may be thinking that you don’t even have

enough time to do what is required of you, let alone take time away for a retreat! Maybe you are so busy you do not even have time to pray regularly, much less go on a retreat. I say, that is all the more reason to make a special effort to do it.

There are many types of retreats. Retreats can be a day, a weekend, a week or longer. Even a few hours in a quiet place can do wonders for one’s spirit. Some retreats have talks and time for prayer, reflection and sharing. Others are comprised mostly of prayer and quiet time. There are weekend experiences like Cursillo, Christ Renews His Parish, Antioch, Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) and a multitude of others. There are usually retreat opportunities available in most dioceses.

Let’s face it, most of us claim to be busy, but we can

usually make time for the priorities in our lives.

If any of us won a great trip, I would wager that we would find the time to take advantage of it!

And I know that getting away can be a hardship for those with young children, especially for single parents. One way to solve this problem might be to have friends or relatives

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Spirituality for Life

Fragments from prophetic loaves and fishes After Jesus had fed a crowd of more than five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, he asked his apostles to gather up the fragments that were left over, scattered here and there on the ground. They did as he asked and ended up filling twelve baskets with leftovers.

Recently, I attended a series of lectures by Walter Brueggemann. He is widely respected for his biblical scholarship, he feeds crowds from some healthy baskets, but he is perhaps even more deeply regarded because of his concern for the poor and his challenge to us to reach out to them with justice and generosity. After he had fed us, the crowds, here are some of the fragments that were gathered up: • There is today a real danger of excessive privatization of our faith. The Church must advocate too for the public conscience, not just for the private conscience.

• Jesus before Pontius Pilate turned the question of power into the question of truth. Truth will always erode the chains of power and power will never stop truth. Truth is a spirit that works at bringing the world into harmony with God. • Where truth operates you see poverty turn into abundance; death turn into life; war turn into peace; and hunger turn into food.

• In Moses, truth confronts power; in Elijah, truth ignores power; and in Josiah, truth transforms power.

• You can always recognize a “Pharaoh.” If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all! Pharaohs all have bad dreams, accumulate things, need ever larger bins to store their possessions, are permeated with anxiety, and are de-absolutized as soon as God enters the situation. Where do we have bad dreams?

• A truth-filled God always conspires against Pharaoh.

God, eventually, comes to a crisis and redefines it.

• Scripture ultimately speaks of bodily pain and painful slavery. Redemption, just as at the original Exodus, will always begin with a cry of distress and end with a dance of

Reflections CAN IT BE? can it be? have I for so long forgotten to feed myself? yes. for nigh a year now I was slowly starving. getting lost in busy days, tossing aside the hunger that chewed away inside. yet, I did not die. by some quiet miracle I made it to this moment of truth: I nearly starved to death. it was not my body that I failed to feed. it was my spirit, left alone for days without nourishment or care. and then one day I paused to look within, shocked at what I found: so thin of faith, so weak in understanding, so needy of encouragement. my starving spirit cried the truth: I can!

I will!

I must be fed!

—- Joyce Rupp, Fresh Bread MY JOURNEY TO WISDOM Once upon a time a child of happiness danced upon the land, knew friendship with the earth and celebrated life with her love of solitude and simple things.

She grew into a young woman, whose vision of self was clouded,

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■ Continued from page 16 watch them for you in exchange for watching theirs when they need to get away or make a retreat. You probably can think of other creative ways to get away even for a short time.

There are others who say that they cannot possibly take time off from work. (Oh, to be so indispensible!) What would happen if, God forbid, you got sick and were not able

joy. Bodies that hurt must come to voice and that voice must say that this pain is abnormal and shouldn’t be borne any longer. Painful slavery and a truth-filled God will eventually make for you a path through the waters where Pharaoh cannot follow. Therefore we must never allow our pathologies to become normal, nor accept slavery for the security it brings.

• For the most part today, the media reflects the ideology of Pharaoh and yet we willing pipe it in. When we turn off our screens for awhile we begin to feel freer.

• God’s task of transformation is invariably entrusted to reluctant human will and courage.

• The Book of Deuteronomy is one of the greatest social documents ever written, it links faith to public life, to economics, and to justice. It directs faith always to the poor, towards “widows, orphans, and strangers.” Deuteronomy might be the most subversive document in the entire Old Testament. Among other things, it teaches uncompromisingly that laissez-faire economics needs some clear moral checks. In the temptations of Jesus in his dialogue with the devil, he quotes scripture three times and each time it is a passage from Deuteronomy.

• Deuteronomy keeps reminding us that we once all were slaves and that it is not good to have amnesia. We should not absolutize the present and imagine it has always been this way. All of us should remember where we came from, not least today in our debates about immigration.

• If we do not heed the words of Deuteronomy about taking care of the poor we will have to deal with the scroll of Jeremiah who assures us that the world as we know it will come to an end because it cannot be sustained in its falseness.

• For Jeremiah, to intercede for the poor and needy is to know God. • The prophetic tradition in scripture reminds us that there are three great virtues: generosity, hospitality, and

forgiveness. Conversely our culture invites us to guard possessions, protect ourselves, and hold grudges.

• Our great rationalization: “If I had lived in those early times when the issues were clear, Father I would have offered Ron Rolheiser myself as a martyr, but today the issues aren’t that clear.”

• The preaching of justice is only going to become more difficult as society is more and more devoured by anxiety.

However, if we preach justice and society doesn’t listen, it’s society’s problem. But if we don’t preach justice, it’s our problem.

• In answer to the question of why God sometimes seems to counsel violence in Scripture: The God of the bible is in recovery for all the violence that has been attributed to him and done in his name. And, inside our churches, we are all in various stages of recovery.

• Our prayers are generally too reverential: We need to pray more like Moses and remind God of what he promised us.

• We are the only ones in town who know the way out of this crisis!

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

clothed with the complexities of insecurity and the necessity of leaving the hallowed womb of the quiet earth.

She walked into cities of strangers, straining her inner eye to catch the slightest hint of the beauty that had energized her younger days when she played upon the earth.

Days stretched into months and then years went by.

She slowly changed by going deeper, deeper, into her Center.

Never understanding why the desire to go deeper was there but always knowing there was no other choice than to follow at all costs.

Darkness often loomed up large against her searching journey.

Risk and Truth became her companions.

She met Compassion and then Wisdom came to greet her.

So close, at times, were these companions that she wept for their intensity and her unworthiness.

Still, they walked with her, and everywhere she went, her companions reached out and blessed the people of her life.

She could only kneel in gratitude, offering her heart of praise to the Divine Companion who had faithfully kept the kindling of love burning in her heart.

—-Joyce Rupp, The Star in My Heart

my blemishes it is time for me to receive slowly evolving growth the kind that comes in God’s own good time and pays no heed to my panicky pushing it is time for me to embrace my humanness to love my incompleteness it is time for me to cherish the unwanted Sister Joyce Rupp to welcome the unknown to treasure the unfulfilled if I wait to be perfect before I love myself I will always be Unsatisfied and ungrateful if I wait until all the flaws, chips, and cracks disappear I will be the cup that stands on the shelf and is never used —- Joyce Rupp, The Cup of Our Life

THE PERFECT CUP it is time for me to see the flaws of myself and stop being alarmed it is time for me to halt my drive for perfection and to accept

to function for a while? If it is important enough to you, you can use some of your vacation time.

No matter what our circumstances, we all need to build time into our lives for spiritual enrichment. We need to take the opportunity to get to know God better. I know a man who said that for years a good friend of his kept asking him to make a Cursillo weekend and he always had an excuse for why he could not. Finally, the thing that changed his mind was when his friend said, “What are you going to say to Jesus when he asks you why you were not willing to spend three days with him?”

Sister Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, a spiritual “midwife,” and retreat and conference speaker. She has led retreats throughout North America, as well as in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. She is a member of the Servites (Servants of Mary) community and a volunteer for Hospice. She currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa.

Visit Sister Joyce Rupp’s website at www.joycerupp. com. Used by permission of Ave Maria Press. All rights reserved. Visit www.avemaria.com for more information.

Hopefully, you will make the time to schedule a vacation with God. It may not be easy to get away, but I think it will be worth your effort. Who knows, you might like it so much that you decide to schedule one at least once every year or so. And if you don’t have the money to go to a retreat house, perhaps you can build a few hours of prayer when the rest of the family is out of the house. You might have to be creative.

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

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obituary

Presentation Sister Mary Agnes Teresa Kovich

Presentation Sister Mary Dolora Sullivan

Sister Agnes Teresa then became an A funeral Mass was celebrated July 10 at the Presentation Motherhouse Chapel for active volunteer visiting the sick and serving Presentation Sister Mary Agnes Teresa Kovich, as a driver for the Sisters at the Presentation (baptismal name Mary Ann) who died July 4. Motherhouse.

Most recently, Sister Born in 1928, she was Agnes was engaged in the a Sister of the Presentation ministry of prayer. for 64 years.

Interment was at Holy Sister Agnes Teresa, Cross Cemetery in Colma. who held an undergraduate Sister Agnes Teresa, degree in education from the the daughter of Vincencia University of San Francisco, S t a r c ev i c a n d M a t t taught at San Francisco’s Theodore Kovich, was St. Agnes School (1948), predeceased by her parents St. Anne School (1949), St. as well as her sister, Louise Elizabeth School (1950 to Kovich Hoefer, and brother, 1951), Cathedral Presentation Frank Kovich.

(1950 to 1951), St. Teresa School (1951), and Epiphany Sister Agnes Teresa is surSchool (1954 to 1956).

Sister Mary Agnes Teresa vived by her brother, Charles, her sister in law, Mary, nephShe later served as the Kovich, PBVM ews and their families, as well secretary-receptionist at as her loving Presentation Sisters.

Cathedral Intermediate School.

In 1990, Sister Agnes Teresa became Memorial contributions to the Sisters of the director of religious education at the the Presentation are preferred. Contributions Presidio, San Francisco, where she contin- can be sent to Sisters of the Presentation, ued for four years until the Presidio closed Development Office, 281 Masonic Avenue, as a military base.

San Francisco 94118.

A funeral Mass was celebrated July 8 When she retired from full time ministry, at the Presentation Sister Motherhouse for she volunteered as a minister to the sick Presentation Sister Mary Dolora Sullivan and elderly. A resident of the Presentation (baptismal name Mary Dolores) who died Motherhouse since 1992, Sister Dolora most July 3. recently was engaged in the A native of San Francisco, ministry of prayer for the Sister Dolora was born April intentions of the Sisters of 6, 1916, and was a Sister of the Presentation donors. the Presentation for 76 years.

Interment was at Holy Sister Dolora held an Cross Cemetery in Colma. undergraduate degree Sister Dolora is surin English from the San vived by nieces Kathleen Francisco College for Foley and Rosemary Dervin, Women and a graduate nephews Arthur J. Sullivan degree in Education from the III and James J. Sullivan, University of San Francisco. and their families, as well She spent 42 years in the as her loving Presentation ministry of education, teachSisters. She was predeing all grades from second to ceased by her brother, Arthur Sister Mary Dolora twelfth at schools including Joseph Sullivan, Jr., his wife Sullivan, PBVM San Francisco’s Cathedral Catherine, and her sister, Presentation (1935), St. Anne School (1935 Barbara Jane Sullivan.

- 1937), and Epiphany School (1939-1940).

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Este Congreso es el mismo que se hacia en Mercy High School

Congreso Carismatico Catolico En Balboa High School Arquidiocesano de San Francisco “Estén listos, con la tunica puesta y los lámparas encendidos.” Lc 12, 35

Conferencistas: Rev. Armando Lopez, San Francisco Rev. Elias Arambula, Sonora, Méx.

Rev. Edgar Solano, Costa Rica Rev. Fernando Echeverria, Colombia Rev. José M. Corral, San Francisco Ruben Dario Hoyos, New York Cantantes: Caty Martinez, Matle Valley, WA; Javier Soto, Los Angeles Coros Arquidiócesanos de San Francisco HABRA CONGRESO PARA NIÑOS DE 4 a 11 AÑOS DE EDAD Gracias por su cooperación de 3 dolares por la comida de los niños cada día.

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DIRECCIONES PARA LLEGAR A BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL TRANSPORTACIÓN DE REDWOOD CITY EN AUTOBÚS: Salida: Esquina de calles Woodside y Broadway Hora: 8:00am, sábado y domingo Habrá estacionamento en SF POR CARRO: De San Rafael, Novato, Santa Rosa a otras ciudades norte de San Francisco Tome 101 sur, cruce el Puente Golden Gate, tome la salida de 19th Avenue hasta la calle Ocean Ave. en San Francisco. Vuelta a la izquirda en Ocean Ave., sigue esta calle hasta llegar a la calle Cayuga Ave. y vuelta a la derecha hasta llegar a la escuela Balboa High School.

De Sacramento, Richmond, Oakland, Hayward y otras cuidades al norte y este de San FranciscoTome 80 sur o el freeway 880 oeste hasta el puente Bay Bridge y cruce el puente. En San Francisco tome freeway 101 hasta llegar a una division de carreteras. Entonces tome freeway 280 sur Daly City hasta la salida de Geneva/Ocean Ave. Tome la salida de Geneva/Ocean Ave. al este, sigue la calle Ocean Ave. hasta llegar a la calle Cayuga Ave. y vuelta a la derecha hasta llegar a la escuela Balboa High School.

De San Jose, Redwood City, San Mateo y otras ciudades de la Peninsula al sur de San Francisco y que el freeway 101 norte es mas convenienteTome 101 norte hasta que hay una division de carreteras antes de llegar a San Francisco. Tome el freeway 280 sur Daly City hasta la salida Geneva/ Ocean Ave. Tome la salida de Geneva Ave. al este, sigue la calle Geneva Ave. hasta llegar a la calle Cayuga Ave. y vuelta a la izqueirda hasta llegar a la escuela Balboa High School.

De San Jose, Redwood City, San Mateo y otras ciudades de la Peninsula al sur de San Francisco y que el freeway 280 norte es mas convenienteTome 280 norte hasta la salida Geneva/Ocean Ave. en San Francisco.

Tome la salida de Geneva/Ocean Ave. al este, sigue la calle Ocean Ave. hasta llegar a la calle Cayuga Ave. y vuelta a la derecha hasta llegar a la escuela Balboa High School.

De Half Moon Bay, Pacifica, y otras ciudades de la Peninsula al sur y oeste de San FranciscoTome 92 este hasta llegar a la salida del freeway 280 norte. Tome freeway 280 norte Hasta la salida Geneva/Ocean Ave. en San Francisco. Tome la salida de Geneva/Ocean Ave. al este, sigue la calle Geneva Ave. hasta llegar a la calle Cayuga Ave. y vuelta a la izquierda hasta llegar a la escuela Balboa High School.

Por Tranportation Publica: BART- De Richmond, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Concord, Heyward y otras ciudades este de San Francisco. De Millbrae, So. San Francisco, Daly City, etc.- Tome el tren BART a San Francisco hasta la estacion de Balboa, la calle es Geneva adonde puede tomar el Muni bus 43 Masonic al este hasta llegar a la calle Cayuga y vuelta a la izquierda a hasta llegar a la escula Balboa High School. Transportacion en San Francisco- Por Tranvia: J, K,y M hasta la estacion de Balboa. Por Buses- 14 Mission, 43 Masonic, 49 Mission/Van Ness. Para info. De buses llame 311.

Archbishop George Niederauer cordially invites you to join him for Evening Prayer to the Glory of God in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the investiture of Rev. Monsignor James O’Malley Prelate of Honor to His Holiness S Rev. Monsignor James Tarantino Prelate of Honor to his Holiness S Rev. Monsignor C. Michael Padazinski Chaplain to His Holiness S Rev. Monsignor John Talesfore Chaplain to His Holiness S Sunday, August 15, 2010, 4:00 p.m.

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption Geary and Gough Streets San Francisco, CA News in brief. . .

■ Continued from page 5 political, cultural and business leaders in Westminster Hall in London. The pope will participate in an ecumenical celebration in Westminster Abbey and celebrate Mass in Westminster Cathedral as well as take part in a prayer vigil in London’s Hyde Park.

Pope Benedict will preside at the beatification ceremony of Cardinal John Henry Newman in Cofton Park, Birmingham. It will be the first beatification he has carried out as pope.

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St. Gabriel Elementary School’s class of ‘60 received Golden Diplomas at the school in April. Classmates came from locations near and far to catch up on the happenings in their lives and the many changes at St. Gabriel over the last 50 years.

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

Saturdays: San Mateo Pro-Life prays the rosary at Planned Parenthood, 2211 Palm Ave. in San Mateo at 8 a.m. and invites others to join them at the site. The prayer continues as a peaceful vigil until 1 p.m. The group is also open to new membership. Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month except August and December at St. Gregory Parish’s Worner Center, 138 28th Ave. in San Mateo at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call Jessica at (650) 572-1468 or visit www.sanmateoprolife.com.

Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.: Rosary for Life 815 Eddy St. – Planned Parenthood – in San Francisco.

July 21, 5 – 6:30 p.m.: “Why Africa Matters?” – The Lane Center Summer Lecture Series at Xavier Hall on Main Campus of the University of San Francisco. Jesuit Father Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, Provincial of the Eastern Africa Province of the Society of Jesus, speaks on Challenges from Christianity’s New Center of Gravity.

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July 25, 10:45 – 11:45 a.m.: Can We Talk? The Future of Interreligious Dialogue in the Catholic Church with Father Jim Fredericks, Ph.D., a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, in Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall directly north of St. Ignatius Church on Parker Ave. in San Francisco. Since the Vatican Council, the Catholic Church’s relationship with other religions has become more complex and more central to the church’s mission. Father Fredericks is a specialist in the theology of interreligious dialogue and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. For more info, contact Greg Fox at gfox@bfesf.com or Dan Faloon, 422-2195.

July 18 – 26: 103rd Novena of Good St. Anne at St. Anne of the Sunset Church, Funston at Judah in San Francisco. Services prayed every day, all day including Mass, confession and blessing with the St. Anne’s relic. Visit www.stanne-sf.org

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St Gabriel Elementary School’s class of 2006 gathered at their elementary alma mater in May to celebrate their upcoming graduations from high school.

Future plans for the now men and women include nursing and design colleges, plus local and other schools such as MIT and University of Hawaii.

Datebook July 17, noon – midnight: The 151 years-old incorrupt Heart of St. John Vianney, known as Cures of Ars and patron saint for priests, will be displayed for veneration at Holy Spirit Church, Fremont.

All are welcomed to visit and venerate the sacred relic. For more information call parish rectory (510) 797-1660 or visit www.holyspiritfremont.org.

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Aug. 15, 10:45 – 11:45 a.m.: Eucharistic Prayers: The Heart of the Eucharist with Jesuit Father Thomas J. Reese in Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall directly north of St. Ignatius Church on Parker Ave. in San Francisco. In order to understand and celebrate the Eucharist, we need to carefully look at the Eucharistic prayers used at Mass.

Contact Greg Fox at gfox@bfesf.com or Dan Faloon at (415) 422-2195.

Volunteer Opportunities Catholic Charities CYO is an independent nonprofit organization operating as the social services arm of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Rooted in our faith traditions of charity and justice, CCCYO works to support, stabilize and strengthen families.Volunteers have the power to change lives and impact communities. Contact Liz Rodriguez at erodriguez@cccyo.org or (415) 972-1297 to fill out a volunteer application. A list of current open volunteer positions is available online at www.cccyo.org/volunteer.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco serves over 1,000 men, women and children every day through a spectrum of programs. Learn about available volunteer opportunities with our shelters, programs, and events helping those suffering from poverty, homelessness, addiction and domestic violence. For more information, please contact Joe Garvey, Volunteer Coordinator, at (415) 977-1270 x 304 or e-mail jgarvey@svdp-sf.org.

St. Anthony Foundation serves thousands of poor and homeless individuals and families through its food program, drug and alcohol recovery, free medical clinic, clothing program, tech lab, and other programs. Our award winning Volunteer Program is an integral part of our services and relationships. For more information, visit www.stanthonysf.org and fill

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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County is the safety net every year for over 40,000 San Mateo County residents in need, including more than 17,000 children. See how you can join us. Call Atrecia at 373-0623 or e-mail svdpinfo@yahoo.com.

Handicapables continues its 45-year tradition of prayer and fellowship each third Saturday of the month at St. Mary’s Cathedral at noon. Volunteers are always welcome to help serve the meal and assist those attending. Contact Olivia at (415) 751-8531or Jane at (415) 585-9085 to volunteer and for other information.

Handicapables will not meet at the Cathedral in October but another event is planned. Ask at the numbers above.

La Porziuncola Nuova at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi. To volunteer and become a Knight of Saint Francis, contact Jim Brunsmann at jimbrunsmann@comcast.net or go to www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com and follow the Volunteer Application link at the bottom of the home page.

Holy Cross Cemetery 1500 Old Mission Rd. in Colma, (650) 756-2060 Aug. 7, 11 a.m.: First Saturday Mass in All Saints Mausoleum.

Food and Fun July 17, 8 p.m. – midnight: July Fest Zydeco Dance at St. Finn Barr Parish Goode Hall, 415 Edna St. at Hearst in San Francisco. Adults only. Tickets are $20 at the door. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Raffle and lots of fun. Contact Alice at (415) 760-1454 or (415) 333-3627.

July 25, noon – 5 p.m.: Rock and Roll for Magglio,

a benefit for young Magglio Boscarino who lives with Pompe Disease. Enjoy a day of good will with bocce, live music and food plus a Drum Circle from 4 – 5 p.m. Tickets include food and are $25 for adults and $10 for children. Sponsorships and in-kind donations welcome. E-mail sblevin@gmail.com or visit rollformagglio.eventbrite.com.

July 29 – Aug. 1: 17th Annual “Huge Rummage Sale” at St. Anthony of Padua Parish Hall and plaza, 1000 Cambridge in Novato. Friday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Admission is free except for Thursday pre-sale from 6 – 8 p.m. which has $10 ticket price. “This is the largest event of its kind in the Bay Area with great bargains on thousands of donated items,” said sale organizers. Call (415) 883-2177.

July 31, 4 p.m.: Our Lady’s Ministry Seventh Annual Fundraising Dinner at SDES Alvarado Hall 30846 Watkins St., Union City. It’s an evening of fun and fellowship with great food, auctions and a mega raffle. Proceeds benefit the poor in Africa, Peru, Mexico, El Salvador, the Philippines and Haiti! To purchase tickets, best before July 24 but also available at the door, e-mail olministry@ yahoo.com, or call (415)467-4747 or (510) 538-8810.

Vocations/Serra Clubs July 22, noon: Regular luncheon of the Serra Club of San Francisco at Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia Avenue, off Mission Street in San Francisco Vincentian Father Thaddeus Laput, parochial vicar, Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park, will talk about the relationship between St. Peter and St. Paul, and its significance in the early church.Cost: $16 for lunch. Non members welcome. Contact Paul Crudo at (415) 566-8224 or e-mail pecrudodds@aol.com.

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Books offer very different views on human search for God, miracles â&#x20AC;&#x153;FULL OF GRACE: MIRACULOUS STORIES OF HEALING AND CONVERSION THROUGH MARYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S INTERCESSIONâ&#x20AC;? by Christine Watkins.

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Reviewed by Brian Welter Catholic News Service Miracles have played a rich and vital role throughout Christian history. Divine intervention has assured believers of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued presence and love in human history.

Christine Watkinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Full of Graceâ&#x20AC;? and Elizabeth Ficocelliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bleeding Hands, Weeping Stone,â&#x20AC;? each written by practicing Catholics, present a spiritual view of miraculous events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miracle Cures,â&#x20AC;? written by sociologist Robert A. Scott, politely but resolutely explains such marvels with modern medical and social science. The power of suggestion and the expectations for miracles from deeply religious environments explain these wonders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Full of Graceâ&#x20AC;? tells the stories of six people, including the author, who are transformed by Mary, especially through her presence at Medjugorje in what is now BosniaHerzegovina. Suicidal drug addicts, social dropouts and broken families are deeply transformed through prayer and halting, sometimes even cynical belief. Just a mustard seed

of prayer and faith moves people to change their lives after God intervenes through Mary.

Watkins never promises that things will be easy, though.

The people she portrays keep slipping up. They give up on God, yet God continues to speak, never giving up on them.

Their time in Medjugorje is grace-filled, and they find healing, even if they must return more than once. Mary, it turns out, does more healing than all new-fangled therapies ever could because she always leads people to her Son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bleeding Hands, Weeping Stoneâ&#x20AC;? is a fun read, as Ficocelli canvasses Christian history for weird, surprising and hard-tobelieve supernatural events, including bilocation, luminosity, levitation, the odor of sanctity, incorruption and apparitions.

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Until the 19th century, apparitions were not necessarily associated with Mary. In the Middle Ages, many saints, the apostles and even Jesus appeared to people. The devil would also show up, not as his true self, but as a seemingly good spiritual being. Through prayer and keen spiritual sense, a person could spot Satan.

St. Padre Pio, who famously fought with the devil, received many spiritual gifts. He is a modern example of the stigmata, first seen in St. Francis of Assisi. With this blessing, the person shares in some way with the passion of Christ. Such people often have deep connections with Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sufferings. The author shows how such miracles, like all the graces discussed, are Christ-centered. Thus, she notes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;true stigmata are not meant for a specific individual, but for the universal church.â&#x20AC;?

Such a blessing is not meant to turn that individual into a spiritual celebrity, but to indicate Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love and presence.

A miracle is valid only if it leads people to greater faith and virtue. The Church, and the faith of the people, grow through such heavenly works.

Sociologist Robert A. Scott, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miracle Cures,â&#x20AC;? takes a much different approach. He acknowledges the reality of miracles in the sense that they are real for the individual and the society from which they come. Miracles play a central role in perpetuating the faith within that society, and the recipient becomes a kind of shaman between this world and the other.

Yet Scott never gets beyond his sociology. Some medical, social or psychological explanation always exists. Causes of miraculous healing include: clean water and air and better nutrition available during a pilgrimage; an improved mental disposition caused by the belief itself; an illness clearing up naturally on its own; or an unconsciously staged illness, by which the person becomes ill so that he or she can then experience a â&#x20AC;&#x153;cure.â&#x20AC;?

God plays no part in this deeply secular, politely atheistic worldview. Nonetheless, the insights into the power of belief and into the nature of religious societies, both modern and medieval, make â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miracle Curesâ&#x20AC;? a fascinating read. Unlike the atheist fundamentalists of today, Scott does not attempt to argue readers out of their faith. He simply sticks to his story line.

These three books offer answers to the modern-day thirst for spirituality through clear, direct arguments. All three agree that the search for God is a deep part of human nature that has ramifications for all of society.

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