July 20, 2007 by Catholic San Francisco

Pope relaxes restrictions on use of Tridentine Mass

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a longawaited overture to disaffected Catholic traditionalists, Pope Benedict XVI has relaxed restrictions on the use of the Tridentine Mass, the Latin-language liturgy that predates the Second Vatican Council. The pope said Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite, should be made available in every parish where groups of the faithful desire it. While the new Roman Missal, introduced in 1970, remains the ordinary way of Catholic worship, he said, the 1962 missal should be considered “the extraordinary expression of the same law of prayer.” The pope’s directive came July 7 in a four-page apostolic letter titled Summorum Pontificum. The new norms will take effect Sept. 14. An accompanying letter from the pontiff to the world’s bishops dismissed fears the decree would foment Church divisions or be seen as a retreat from Vatican II. The pope said the new Mass rite would remain the Church’s predominant form of worship. San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer underscored that point. “The pope sees this decision as helpful toward unity within the Catholic Church,” he told Catholic San Francisco. “ At the same time, the Holy Father makes it very clear that the Mass as presently celebrated according to the 1970 Missal remains, and will remain, the ordinary celebration in the Church, with the 1962 rite as the extraordinary celebration.” Patrick Vallez-Kelly, director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Worship, said he felt “the impact on the Archdiocese will be moderate to small.” The papal instruction “makes it clear that the ordinary form of the Mass remains that which is in our current Sacramentary,” Vallez-Kelly said. “I believe the apostolic letter is intended primarily as a gesture for reconciliation and to maintain unity, and those for whom the order of Mass has been a cause to separate themselves from the Church are a relatively small number. If anything, I hope that in all parishes we will continue to celebrate the Eucharist in the ordinary form to which we are accustomed in reverent, beautiful, joyful and hospitable ways that will draw more people together in Christ rather than cause division.” A handful of parishes in the Archdiocese offer Masses in Latin according to the Novus Ordo of Pope Paul VI, but there are no currently authorized, congregational Masses celebrated in the Tridentine rite.

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By John Thavis

Shown is a page from a 1996 reproduction of the 1962 Roman Missal. Commonly known as the Tridentine Mass, the Mass of this missal is entirely in Latin. The Tridentine Mass was promulgated in 1570 by Pope Pius V following the Council of Trent. It was used throughout the years with only minor changes until 1970 following the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. The pope expressed sympathy with Catholics attached to the Tridentine rite and uncomfortable with the new Mass. In the post-Vatican II period, he said, excessive liturgical creativity often led to “deformations of the liturgy which were hard to bear.” “I am speaking from experience, since I, too, lived through that period with all its hopes and confusion. And I have seen how arbitrary deformations of the liturgy caused deep pain to individuals totally rooted in the faith of the Church,” he said. The pope said it is clear that, in addition to Catholics from that era, young people are also being attracted by the older form of the liturgy. The Tridentine Mass has been allowed as a liturgical exception since 1984, but Catholics had to request permission from local bishops. The new decree significantly altered the bishop’s role, maintaining his general oversight on liturgy but removing him from initial decisions on Tridentine Masses. The document said a priest who wishes to celebrate the Tridentine Mass alone “does not require any permission,” and lay Catholics who wish to attend such semi-private Masses may do so. Local pastors are to handle more formal requests for scheduled Masses, the document said. The text does not require TRIDENTINE MASS, page 6

Vatican document clarifies teaching on nature of Church (The text of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s document “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church” is available on the Vatican Web site: www.vatican.va.)

By Dan Morris-Young SAN FRANCISCO – The recent Vatican document calling for clear understanding that only the Catholic Church possesses the “fullness” of the means for salvation was created primarily as an instructional tool for Catholics and should not be read as a diminishing of other faith communities, according to the churchman who signed it. On the contrary, said Cardinal William J. Levada, who heads the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which issued the document July 10, the narrative points

Cardinal William J. Levada out that “outside the Catholic Church elements of holiness and truth do exist and that the Holy Spirit is working in those other communities and churches as well.” During a July 17 interview while visiting the Bay Area, Cardinal Levada said he was “somewhat surprised” at the amount of “ecumenical commentary” the document had NATURE OF CHURCH, page 11

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By George Devine, Sr. When Junipero Serra Highâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball varsity beat St. Francis 5-0 on April 20, veteran coach Pete Jensen didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a big deal of it being his 500th career win. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally in keeping with Jensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character, according to longtime baseball coach and scout Terry Christman: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known Pete a long time. The 500 is a milestone, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bet what means more to him is having kids come back and talk to him about what it meant to play for him and then go on to college and later life. I think of having Joe Kmak come back to help him coach and teach at Serra. What you did for kids is something he will cherish more than the 500, and Pete has touched a lot of lives in a good way.â&#x20AC;? Jensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own words prove Christman right: â&#x20AC;&#x153;500 is just a number. What I think about most through the whole thing is how lucky I have been to have the players and coaches I have had. It might have happened otherwise, but later. What is unique about the number is it happened over 21 years which is a lot of games a year. Our winning percentage is .750 which is more significant than the 500.â&#x20AC;? Still, the marker causes Jensen to reminisce about his extended family on the diamond and his family at home, where Pete and his wife, Robin (who works in Serraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development office), are parishioners of nearby St. Bartholomew in San Mateo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My first varsity team was in 1984 and we won the WCAL (West Catholic Athletic League) and CCS (Central Coast Section). My twin daughters Keely and Courtney were born that year, the day before the semifinal game, so I was from the hospital to the ballpark. Having my son Ty play for me as catcher in 1998-99 was memorable, when we were league and section champs and ranked number one in the state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The assistant coaches Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had along the way, and for a long period of time, have been keys to the Padresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; success: John Caselli, a Serra grad, for my first six years; Rich Jefferies since 1992, and Joe Kmak for seven years. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had tremen-

dous help and great kids. How proud I am to be involved with this school!â&#x20AC;? Serra administrator Randy Vogel sees Jensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievements in a cohesive context: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pete runs a very structured, disciplined program. He asks a lot of the young men and sets high standards for them. In the philosophy of Serra these kids are student athletes where studies come first, and I think Pete feels that way, too. We have an outstanding academic program and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get your priorities straight. Over the past 23 years, I think Pete has run a very solid baseball program. He has worked with his coaching staff to integrate a solid foundation on the freshman and junior varsity levels so that the preparation and teaching of the same system at the lower levels is a major reason for the success of the varsity program. Within his coaching years at Serra he has had 12 WCAL championships (cochampionships or outright) and had players go on to the professional ranks and even some to the majors. Ten such players (four coached by Jensen) have come from Serra overall.â&#x20AC;? Another local expert who appreciates Jensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach is Associated Press sports correspondent Rick Eymer: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known Pete since I was attending St. Gregoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School in San Mateo. He was my eighth-grade baseball coach. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure if that was his first coaching job, though I know he was attending Hillsdale High School at the time. I do remember one game in particular, played at Serra High, against St. Raymondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when things were falling apart and they scored a couple of unearned runs on us. We were all hanging our heads. Pete gathered us on the mound and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a game! Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to be having fun!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; He said it in such a way that we all couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to play the rest of the game. We still lost, but we did have fun. Pete lives and breathes baseball. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s any secret. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surprise that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been so successful at it. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedicated himself to helping kids understand the game better, and not just from a fundamental stand-

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I think about most through the whole thing is how lucky I have been to have the players and coaches I have had,â&#x20AC;? said Junipero Serra High School baseball coach Pete Jensen who recorded his 500th coaching win in April.

point. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been a positive influence to his players, and you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but have fun around him. He allows the game to be pleasurable for all.â&#x20AC;? Dean Ayoob, assistant athletic director at Junipero Serra, has a similar outlook: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I played baseball for Pete. Our 1991 team was CCS champion and ranked number one in the state. He had a great deal of influence

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LA Archdiocese to pay $660 million more to settle cases LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles Archdiocese July 15 announced the largest Church settlement of sexual abuse lawsuits to date, agreeing to pay more than 500 alleged victims a total of $660 million. Before noon the next day, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Haley Fromholz had approved the settlement, calling it “the right result.” He said settling the cases was “the right thing to do.” Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony again offered his personal apology to every victim of sexual abuse by a priest, religious, deacon or layperson in the archdiocese. “It is the shared hope of everyone in our local Church that these victims, many of whom suffered in silence for decades, may find a measure of healing and some sense of closure with today’s announcement,” he said in a statement July 15. “Although financial compensation in itself is inadequate to make up for the harm done to the victims and their families, still this compensation does provide a meaningful outreach to assist the victims to rebuild their lives and to move forward,” he said. The settlement — reached by attorneys for the archdiocese and 508 people suing the archdiocese — came the weekend before the first of 15 civil trials in Los Angeles County courts was to begin. With the agreement in hand, Cardinal Mahony and attorneys for both sides instead appeared in court to present the formal settlement to Fromholz. Following Fromholz’s action, Cardinal Mahony repeated his apology and an offer to meet privately with any victim who asks. “This particular day is a day for the victims to speak,” he said, adding he would spend the rest of the day in prayer.

World Youth Day on track SYDNEY, Australia (CNS) — Disgruntled horse trainers withdrew a legal threat against the 2008 World Youth Day vigil and papal Mass at Royal Randwick Racecourse and agreed to work with the New South Wales government on a compensation package. In principle, the trainers now have no objection to the events being at the racecourse. The Randwick Trainers Association had said it would explore legal avenues to stop use of the racecourse for 10 weeks next year because of the July 15-20 World Youth Day activities.

Says pope to address U.N NEW YORK (CNS) — The Archdiocese of New York said it is delighted Pope Benedict XVI “will be addressing the United Nations here in New York this coming spring.” A statement issued July 16 by Joseph Zwilling, New York archdiocesan communications director, was apparently the first official indication such a visit would take place in the spring.

CELAM drafts plan HAVANA (CNS) — The Latin American bishops’ council has drafted a more than 100-point plan to implement conclusions in the final document of the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, said the council’s newly elected president. Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis of Aparecida, Brazil, president of the council, known by its Spanish acronym as CELAM, said the

During the hearing, Ray Boucher, lead In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, attorney for the victims, thanked his approximately $72,800,000 has been paid clients for resolve and courage, asking in settlement of roughly 113 cases over them to stand. “I think they deserve a the past quarter century, officials told tremendous debt of gratitude,” Boucher Catholic San Francisco. Currently there said, fighting back tears. are three pending cases, they said. He credited Cardinal Mahony with No parish, school, or Archbishop’s taking steps that led to the settlement, Annual Appeal funds in the Archdiocese which might not have occurred “if left to of San Francisco have been used for setthe lawyers.” tlements, they noted, adding that about 70 Michael Hennigan, attorney for the percent of settlement and defense expensarchdiocese, said in court his views of cleres have been paid from a combination of gy sex abuse had changed over the years he outside insurance and self-insurance prospent on the cases, largely through his prigrams. The balance was paid from vate meetings with 70 plaintiffs. Cardinal Roger Mahony reserves and “real property collateral and “I’d like to say that the Church would sale proceeds.” have been reformed without these cases, but I don’t know Cardinal Mahony said the new Los Angeles settlethat’s true,” he said. “These cases have forever reformed ment and the one for $60 million announced in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It will never be the same.” December “will have very serious and painful conseThe archdiocese in December had announced the set- quences for the archdiocese.” He said the archdiocese tlement of 45 lawsuits for $60 million. will re-evaluate all ministries and services. Under the latest agreement, the archdiocese will pay The archdiocese will sell “nonessential properties” to $250 million and the balance will come from a combina- fund its portion of the settlement, he said, adding that no tion of payments from insurance carriers and religious parish properties or schools would be affected. orders whose members have been accused in the cases. In May Cardinal Mahony said the archdiocese would According to a tally prepared by the Los Angeles sell its chancery building. Additionally, about 50 properTimes, the previous largest settlement of abuse cases in ties have been identified as available to sell. the United States since 2002 was the $157 million the Teresa Kettelkamp, executive director of the U.S. Boston Archdiocese agreed to pay to 983 claimants in bishops’ Office of Child and Youth Protection, told several different agreements. The Archdiocese of Catholic News Service that the Los Angeles settlement is Portland, Ore., agreed to $129 million for 315 claimants; a watershed for the number of victims it includes. the Diocese of Orange, Calif., agreed to pay $100 million Reaching a court settlement for damages “is just one of to 90 claimants, and the Diocese of Covington, Ky., set- the tools of healing,” she said. “Hopefully time will tell tled with 350 claimants for $85 million. whether it makes a difference.”

Church in Latin American must continue to respond to the “scandalous gap” between rich and poor, attract lapsed Catholics, and engage in pastoral work based on the conclusions of the conference held in Aparecida in May.

Texas. The ecumenical interaction July 11 was not unusual for the former first lady or for her husband, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, a member of the Disciples of Christ. Their closest Catholic relationship was with their daughter, Luci Baines Johnson Turpin. It was Turpin who called Paulist Father Robert Scott, a senior minister at St. Austin Parish in Austin, Texas, to come to the LBJ Ranch when it became clear her mother was close to death. In an interview with Catholic News Service July 12, Father Scott said he has known Turpin and her family for 25 years. He said Johnson attended every first Communion, confirmation and graduation for her Catholic grandchildren. And when Turpin’s daughter, Nicole Nugent, was preparing for her confirmation, Johnson invited the whole class out to the LBJ Ranch for a retreat.

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ROME (CNS) — Representatives of the Vatican and Israel met in Jerusalem July 11 to continue work on an agreement regarding the financial and juridical status of Catholic institutions in Israel. A statement released in Rome July 12 by the Israeli embassy to the Holy See said, “The delegations met in a climate of great cordiality, made progress and renewed their common determination to accelerate the work so an agreement could be reached as soon as possible.” The negotiators will meet again Sept. 3 in Jerusalem.

Lady Bird had close Catholic ties WASHINGTON (CNS) — Lady Bird Johnson, an Episcopalian, died just after a Catholic priest finished reciting the litany of the saints with her family at her bedside in Austin,

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNS) — The Pontifical College Josephinum, the only pontifical seminary in North America, has announced the establishment of the Institute for the Formation and Ministry of the Permanent Diaconate at its campus in Columbus. Father Christopher J. Schreck was named the founding executive director of the institute. Ordained in 1977 for the Diocese of Savannah, Ga., Father Schreck served as vice rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia from 2002 to 2004 and before that was vice rector for educational administration from 1996 to 2002. The Josephinum also will introduce a distance-learning program in September, which was developed in cooperation with the National Association of Diaconate Directors. It is intended exclusively for deacons.

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USF team ‘immersed’ in realities of Nicaraguan poverty By Michael Vick When University of San Francisco graduates receive their diplomas next year, they might not realize the leather covers enclosing those hard-earned pieces of paper come from a struggling artisan in Nicaragua. Members of the University of San Francisco’s leadership team, headed by USF president Jesuit Father Stephen Privett, journeyed on June 8 and 9 to Nicaragua for an “immersion trip” that lasted through June 16. The goal: expose and educate participants about realities of poverty in the developing world to enhance classroom work and make concrete the university’s mission of providing a global perspective. Tangible results of this trip included a probable link between USF and a Nicaraguan leather shop. After a visit to a leather craftsman’s home and workshop outside the capital, Managua, Tracy Shroeder, USF’s vice president for information technology, suggested the university could link with the man to provide a service to students that would also help his small business. Recalling that the university orders around 3,000 leather diploma covers every year for graduation, Shroeder wondered if the Nicaraguan craftsman could fill such an order. “If that worked at USF, other Jesuit institutions might jump into that as well,” said Shroeder. “Suddenly you see something that could fundamentally change his business – something that is a routine expenditure for the university but could help feed his children.” Father Privett concurred. “Why not support an artisan co-op down in Nicaragua for whom 3,000 stable orders would make a huge difference?” The Universidad Centroamericana, a fellow Jesuit institution in Managua, hosted the 12-member team during its stay. Previous immersion retreat destinations have included El Salvador and Tijuana, and focused on country-specific problems – the Salvadoran civil war and the infamous murder of Jesuit priests and their housekeeper in 1989, and immigration and border issues in Mexico.

Food, clothing and other materials are harvested from a landfill near Managua, Nicaragua, by residents of a nearby encampment visited by a University of San Francisco team in June.

According to the United Nations, Nicaragua is now the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, so the team focused on economic issues. They also placed particular emphasis on the hosting university, working with faculty and officials to see if new connections could be made to the advantage of both institutions. “The overall hope is that these kinds of experiences raise the sensitivity and consciousness of the university’s leadership with regard to what the world looks like,” Father Privett told Catholic San Francisco. It is important for university leaders to be exposed to the plight of the world’s poor, he said, because it helps them better educate students about global poverty unheard of in the West. “We talk about educating from a global perspective,” Father Privett said. “Well, that’s really the global perspective. It’s not about business interests crossing borders. It’s about two-thirds of the world lacking

adequate food, shelter, education and health care.” The team included the president; the vice presidents for business and finance, for university life, for university advancement and for information technology services; the associate provost; the deans of the school of business and management, the school of nursing and the school of education; the dean of academic and enrollment service, and the rector of the Jesuit community. The participants visited the Fe y Alegria school system in Managua. With around 1,200 students ranging from kindergarten to high school, the Jesuit-run curriculum also features a technical program for high school graduates, focused on auto mechanics and

air conditioning maintenance. The technical school boasts a 100 percent hiring rate. The USF group also visited an encampment of nearly 300 who live and work adjacent to Managua’s garbage dump. Inhabitants often find their food by sifting through the trash. The landfill also supports grazing cattle, whose contaminated milk is sold at market, team members were told. USF’s contingent met with Eddy Perez of Dos Generaciones, a non-governmental organization that works with the children of the encampment to facilitate educational opportunities. Dean of USF’s nursing school, Judith Karshmer said conflicting goals complicate USF TEAM, page 7

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July 20, 2007 The document said the 1962 missal can be used for the sacraments of baptism, marriage, penance and the anointing of the sick. Bishops may celebrate the sacrament of confirmation according to the old rite, too. The document gives bishops the power to erect a “personal parish” for celebrations according to the old liturgy. The text allowed for Mass readings in local languages, even when the 1962 missal is being used, using a Lectionary, or book of Mass readings, that has been approved by Vatican. The pope also suggested new saints and new prefaces should be inserted in the 1962 missal; that question will be studied by the “Ecclesia Dei” commission. Unlike the 1984 indult offered by Pope John Paul II, the new decree did not explicitly state that those requesting permission for the Tridentine Mass must accept the legitimacy of the new Mass. Vatican sources said such acceptance would be presumed, however. In his accompanying letter, Pope Benedict said priests who celebrate according to the Tridentine rite cannot, as a matter of principle, exclude celebrating the new Mass. “The total exclusion of the new rite would not, in fact, be consistent with the recognition of its value and holiness,” he said. That could be an issue in the Vatican’s ongoing reconciliation efforts with the members of the Society of St. Pius X, founded by the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who was excommunicated in 1988. The society rejects the new Mass and several important teachings of Vatican II. In a statement July 7, the head of the

Tridentine Mass . . . ■ Continued from cover parishes to establish a Tridentine Mass schedule, but it said that where “a group of faithful attached to the previous liturgical tradition exists stably,” the pastor should “willingly accede” to their request to make the old Mass available. The document stipulates priests who use the 1962 Roman Missal must be qualified to do so. Some experts believe a lack of priests trained to say the old Mass could present problems, at least initially, in responding to local requests. In scheduling Tridentine Masses, the document said, local pastors should balance special requests with the ordinary pastoral demands. It offered guidelines: On Sundays and feast days, parishes may offer only one Tridentine Mass; the old Mass also can be celebrated on weekdays and in particular circumstances such as pilgrimages. When a group of the lay faithful “does not obtain what it requests from the pastor,” it should inform the local bishop, who is “earnestly requested to grant their desire,” the document said. If the bishop is unable to provide this kind of celebration, the matter goes to the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei,” which is charged with “maintaining vigilance over the observance and application” of the new decree, it said. Religious orders may offer Tridentine Masses in conventual or community celebrations in their own oratories, it said.

Lefebvrite society, Bishop Bernard Fellay, welcomed the pope’s decree and said it had created a “favorable climate” for ongoing dialogue. But he said doctrinal differences must be settled before there can be reconciliation. The pope invited bishops to report on implementation of the new decree after three years. If serious problems emerge, “ways to remedy them can be sought,” he said. Publication of the decree came after nearly two years of review. Although it was issued “motu proprio,” a phrase that signifies a pope is acting on his own initiative, Pope Benedict consulted with the world’s cardinals and bishops. The strongest apprehensions were voiced by French and German bishops, who worried that internal Church unity — and their own authority — could be weakened by creating parallel worshipping communities. Other bishops said the move could be seen as delegitimizing the liturgical reform of Vatican II. The pope dismissed both fears as “unfounded.” He blamed in part “news reports and judgments made without sufficient information” for confusion over his decision and for divergent reactions ranging from joyful acceptance to harsh opposition. He emphasized that although the new Mass of 1970 was designed to replace the old liturgy, the 1962 Roman Missal was “never juridically abrogated.” “What earlier generations held as sacred

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USF Team . . . ■ Continued from page 5 the work of Perez and his group. “He said when they first went in to try to help the families that live in the dump, the first thing they tried to do was say, ‘These kids just need to go to school.’ But that was their strategy. It wasn’t the strategy of the people who lived there.” Shroeder echoed Karshmer’s sentiments. “The roots of poverty there are so deep that you can’t just say, ‘Well, you should send your child to school, and the issues become clothing for school, books for school, and transportation to school,’” Shroeder said. “No, the issues are, ‘Well, if I send my child to school, I might not eat tonight because I need my child’s labor to help feed my family.’” Karshmer hopes to share the immersion experience with colleagues and students. “If this were good for me, which it really was, then shouldn’t I try to do whatever it is I can to make it happen for faculty and staff in the school of nursing?” “I’m going to try to work with some of my colleagues who are faculty in nursing who are Spanish speakers, and some students who are Spanish speakers,” she said, “and see if we can try a pilot immersion experience.” Karshmer hopes all faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to participate in an immersion trip. Shroeder also hopes to use her USF

University of San Francisco officials who took part in a fact-finding "immersion" trip to Nicaragua last month included, back row, from left: Gerardo Marin, associate provost; Charles Cross, vice president, business and finance; Mike Duffy, dean, School of Business and Management; Judith Karshmer, dean, School of Nursing; Walter Gmelch, dean, School of Education; Margaret Higgins, vice president, university life; Salvador Aceves, associate provost, academic affairs; front, from left: Jesuit Father Stephen A. Privett, president; Jesuit Father Mario Prieto, rector, Jesuit community; B.J. Johnson, dean, academic and enrollment Service, and associate provost; Tracy Schroeder, vice president for Information Technology Services; and the group’s guide. Not pictured: Dave MacMillan, vice president, university advancement.

position to help groups she met in Nicaragua. “The organization that works with the craftspeople needs a couple of computers,” she noted, adding that her department has a program that donates used computers.

Schroeder kept a journal of her Nicaragua experiences. In it, she describes the great differences between technologies that universities in America take for granted and the equipment Central American institutions have.

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“As much as we struggle to do all we do with the resources we have at USF, I have to say that these trips make me feel that we have an embarrassment of riches,” she wrote. “When the UCA IT leaders asked me to tell them about the cost of our new enterprise resource planning system, I gave them only the hardware and software numbers because the cost of the project is greater than the annual budget of their entire university.” Anne-Marie Devine, USF’s assistant director of media relations, said that to her knowledge USF is the first and only university in the country to employ an immersion experience with an entire leadership team. For Father Privett, having leadership colleagues on the trip is indispensable. “Leadership in the university is distributed, so it’s not enough for the president or the vice president to go and to have this kind of education,” he said. “I’m not the supreme leader of this university. It’s crucial that it is a shared experience, because leadership is a shared experience.” “It’s sort of a grounding session for everyone on the leadership team,” Shroeder observed. “It’s an extraordinary opportunity that has really shaped this leadership team, and created a type of cohesion that wouldn’t have otherwise existed.” Karshmer agrees. “It’s not about the hierarchy. It’s about the mission,” she said, adding that Father Privett has set the bar high for university leaders. “The gauntlet has been thrown. If you think it’s useful, then you better see how you’re going to help your own staff and faculty have the experience.”

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Baby Boomer tsumani, elder abuse will challenge California By Mike DeNunzio The Golden State is turning gray. California has the largest senior population in the nation. Almost four million residents are 65 or older and those over 85 are increasing the most. In 2010 the first baby boomers will turn 65 and the state’s senior population will approach six million. Forty percent of the Baby Boomers are Latino and Asian and half are women. California is facing a diverse geriatric tsunami that will hit the state budget, taxes, charities, housing, health care and more.

COMMENTARY As we hear, today “60 is 40.” Californians are living longer, healthier, active lives. Many will outlive their resources and also encounter forms of dementia and other age-related disabilities. To prepare California for a senior society the State Health and Human Services Agency is developing a “Comprehensive Strategic Plan on Aging.” Two major components of the plan are elder abuse and endof-life care. The plan is monitored by the California Commission on Aging, the principal advisory body to the governor and the Legislature on senior issues. Elder abuse is epidemic. Adult Protective Service agencies throughout the state report marked increases and for every reported case, five are unreported. Elder abuse can be physical or mental, but most is financial and committed by a family member. APS agencies are understaffed; they need larger budgets to handle growing caseloads to protect vulnerable seniors. End-of-life care involves the personal autonomy of dying patients. To be faced are demands to legalize physician-assisted suicide which many call “the ultimate elder abuse.” On June 10 AB 374, or “The Compassionate Choices Act,” was defeated in the Assembly for the second time in two years. It would

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Elder abuse . . . ■ Continued from page 8 The State Probate Code permits adults to determine their own medical treatment with an advanced directive for “provision or withholding of all forms of health care.” This directive can include palliative sedation to relieve pain and hasten a peaceful death. Polls that show 70 percent support for assisted suicide are misleading because they do not inform respondents of an advanced directive. Opponents of AB 374argued that subtle coercion by family and health professionals can result in chronically ill or disabled seniors feeling they have a “duty to die.” They also noted that although the bill required assisted suicides to be reported, it had no penalty for doctors who do not report. The “slippery slope” argument by opponents seems to have deadly proof in Holland where physician-assisted suicide has “slipped”

Serra coach . . . ■ Continued from page 3 hood and treating people the way they want to be treated, and you can really see that as an alum coming back.” George Devine, Sr., assists his son

from assisting the terminally ill, to the chronically ill, to the disabled, to the depressed. The Dutch government’s own studies report doctors “terminate without request” about 1,000 patients a year. In Holland a peaceful death for those thought not to have a “livable life” has also “slipped” into the pediatric wards. A study published in the British medical journal The Lancet reports eight percent of all Dutch infant deaths are from lethal injections and 45 percent of neonatologists and 31 percent of pediatricians who responded to the journal’s survey reported they had committed eugenic infanticide. Undoubtedly, proponents of assisted suicide will bring it back next year. It must be defeated again and again. Twenty-one states have defeated proposals for assisted-suicide. California is the seventh largest economy on the planet. How we decide this life-or-death issue will resound across the nation and the world. Mike DeNunzio is a California Commissioner on Aging. George, Jr., in providing game updates from Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the National Football League games in the Bay Area for Fox Sports Radio and Sporting News Radio.

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Vallombrosa to mark 60 years of service to the Archdiocese of the 60-year history of the retreat center will be showcased. Following the Sept. 16 Mass will be a blessing of the new Memorial Fountain. The fountain is a gift of the Vallombrosa Retreat Association, a volunteer group that supported the center for many years. An open house with refreshments will follow. Founded in 1947 to focus on the spiritual needs of the women of the Archdiocese, Vallombrosa Center now offers a wide range of retreats, prayer days, and other spiritual programs for men and women. It also is available for events and programs of other groups. For more information or to make reservations for the benefit dinner, call Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto at (650) 325-5614 or e-mail rosina@vallombrosa.org. More information about Vallombrosa and its programs is available on the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site: www.vallombrosa.org.

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In a gritty border town, Burmese refugees are caught in a tangle, stuck between a home to which they can never return and a place they can never truly call home. Repatriation to Burma and its military dictatorship is nearly tantamount to a death sentence. Unfortunately, on the other side, Thailand is not waiting with open arms. Undocumented, displaced and with no immediate means to improve their situation, they are easy prey for human traffickers, authorities and employers. The Daughters of Charity moved quickly to identify the Burmese in greatest need, such as this group of new arrivals, 100 Rohingya Muslim migrants from western Burma.

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An elderly resident rests on a mat in Di Linh Leprosy Camp, the oldest leprosy village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Despite economic gains in the country, living conditions in Di Linh have changed little. It is sparse, isolated and poor. Still, over the 40 years Daughter of Charity Sister Josephine Mai Thi Mau has worked in the camp, she has seen progress. Children of leprosy patients, many of ethnic minority groups often shunned in Vietnamese society, have become accountants, lawyers and teachers. One even became a doctor and returned to provide health care to the village. Lack of funds hamper the work.

The texture of suffering: the photographs of Peter Lemieux By Liz Dossa

eter Lemieux’s photographs don’t just speak eloquently of poverty; they take the viewer close to the texture of suffering.

An image of a woman and children in a leprosy-affected village in Nigeria brings one close enough to see the light playing on her dark skin and the despair in her eyes. The viewer is forced to return her gaze.

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Lemieux’s mission is reflected in his exhibit “Global Poverty” slated for Mercy Center’s Art Gallery July 25 to Aug. 31. His images, exhibited at the Point Seven Conference at St. Mary’s Cathedral last October, nearly compel the viewer to respond. The Sisters of Mercy have chosen Lemieux to exhibit his work as they refocus as a Mercy community on the Millennium Goals which were the subject of the conference. The Sisters will be discussing the goals during their gathering in August to decide what more they can do to address those goals. Lemieux eagerly shared his vision during a recent short visit to Mercy Center, just a few hours before boarding a jet for a trip with University of San Francisco students to Cambodia. He regularly makes grueling trips into primitive situations. He took the current exhibit’s photographs visiting healthcare projects of the Daughters of Charity around the world. As he talks about his work, it’s clear a sense of the world’s pain and poverty burn in him as well as in his work. The fire has burned brighter as he has learned to believe in his own photography. He grew up in New Hampshire where a mentor taught him basics and ushered him through dark room techniques. He consulted on his photos with his mother, who was an artist. After he graduated from Duke University in 1994, he directed VIDA, a medical relief and development organization for Latin America. It was an exploratory step in the direction of his art. “I wasn’t yet sure I could do only photography,” he said. When he attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California, he took as many journalism and photography courses as he could at the UC School of Journalism. His talent and skill were affirmed when he won the Dorothea Lange Award for a photojournalism project on the Mission District of San Francisco, a study of the lives of Mexican migrant workers. It propelled him into his career. “Photography became my focus,” he said. “My subjects are people in need and those doing something about the need.” He began to crisscross the world in a vocation as freelance photojournalist and consultant to international aid organizations, especially the Seton Institute which sponsors healthcare projects of the Daughters of Charity. He traveled to the Kanyakumari District in India a few days after the December 2004 tsunami. He has photographed leprosy victims in Ethiopia, and HIV positive women prisoners in Kenya. His photos show an intimacy with his subjects which can only come from their ease with him. “He has a unique presence that allows people to open up. They trust him,” said Mike Duffy, director of the Lane Center at USF, who watched Lemieux work in Cambodia. “There are many ways to communicate without spoken language. We went to a recycling center where a group of women sitting on

floor was stringing beads. He sat with them, listening to them talk, and although not speaking their language, entered into the conversation, then started taking pictures.” “They [people I’m photographing] are no different from us,” said Lemieux. “They like having attention. I’m a diversion, if they feel it is not exploitation. I don’t want to have a strong presence. I want to be an observer. Eventually they get bored with me and go on with their lives.” He quickly acknowledges he is allowed this intimacy more readily when he is an extension of the Daughters of Charity whose projects he often photographs. “My doing this kind of work without the Daughters would be far more difficult. They have the trust of the people. Without that introduction the people wouldn’t trust someone like me in their homes.” His work has a relentlessness about it. Every detail is important, as in the Nigerian photo where a crack in the plaster wall and the lines of the crude window shutter lead the eye to the woman and children. The light focuses on them as they stare out, haunting in their beauty. The words “who knows tomorrow?” are scrawled above the window. Beyond time and the trust of his subjects, he adds meticulous observation of visual and verbal cues which lead to the layers of meaning. Capturing patterns of lines, of light and dark, and the telling gesture take a careful eye. “It is a lifelong process to sharpen the senses,” he said. “Part of it is being out there in a strange place, being uncomfortable, being hot.” He might add, being afraid for your life, as was the case in Nigeria where the Daughters need guard dogs and lock themselves behind two sets of padlocked doors at night. Yet, if it were only despair Lemieux was portraying, even such a high-energy artist could probably not keep clicking the shutter to capture such wrenching scenes. The stamina to catch another plane comes from chronicling hope in his writing and photography amidst profound need. His recent work has centered on the international projects of the Daughters of Charity serving the world’s poor. “I can show what kind of amazing work the Sisters are doing.” In another sense, photography and writing are his response to the world’s suffering. They are a way to call out to the rest of us and tell the story. His work is a witness to both suffering and courage. How can we not do our part? For additional Internet information on Lemieux, the Seton Institute, or Mercy Center, visit www.setoninstitute.org; www.mercy-center.org; or peterlemieux.com. Mercy Center may be called at(650) 340-7474. Liz Dossa directs communications for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Burlingame Regional Community.

A region notorious for terrorism, kidnappings and tribal rivalry, the Niger Delta nearly tops the list of the world’s hottest hotspots. Even so, twice a week, Dr. Ihedioha Ogochukwu and a team from Our Lady of Waters Clinic push off from their mooring in Bomadi, where the Daughters of Charity have operated since 1995. “Many places on the river count on us,” explains Dr. Ihedioha. “Without our boat, many would die of malaria and dysentery before reaching us.” The chief welcomes the team. Dozens crowd the ramshackle hut converted into a health post. One young boy with severe malaria, malnutrition and dehydration clings to life on a soiled mat near a rancid pool of water in the back room. Fraught with worry, his parents feel graced to have the doctor present.

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Vatican Letter Vatican’s flurry of decisions By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Before Pope Benedict XVI took off for his summer vacation in the Italian Alps, he engaged in a time-honored Vatican tradition: clearing his desk. That resulted in a flurry of decisions and documents, some long-awaited and some complete surprises. Their common denominator, apparently, was that no one wanted to deal with them again when they returned in September. Topping the list was the pope’s July 7 apostolic letter on wider use of the Tridentine Mass. The document had been floating around so long the Latin term “motu proprio,” which refers to the form of the text, actually was making it into mainstream news reports. The pope began consulting on the Tridentine question in late 2005, and in early 2006 he discussed a draft text with members of the Roman Curia and the world’s cardinals. The document then went into hibernation. Some are still wondering why. After all, very few changes were made in the course of its preparation. In the end, the pope acknowledged some apprehensions about his decision but made it abundantly clear he wanted wider latitude shown to traditionalist groups who desire Mass in the old rite. The outcome was not surprising to reporters covering the Vatican. What seemed a little unusual was that such a sensitive document was not unveiled at a press conference. Before his election, Pope Benedict participated in many such press conferences as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. At best, these media events can head off confusion and resolve doubts about a document; at worst, they add unnecessary verbiage and risk veering off into irrelevant controversies. Perhaps the pope weighed the option and decided that his voice — in the Tridentine Mass letter and an accompanying explanatory letter — was enough. The lack of a press conference was also noticed on three other recent occasions: the release of the pope’s letter to Chinese Catholics, a change in papal conclave rules and a doctrinal document insisting the Catholic Church was is true Church of Christ. The letter to Chinese Catholics was so finely tuned that a press conference was probably never even considered. Again, the Vatican decided not to bury what the pope was saying in extraneous comment. The China letter also had been expected for months and went through an ample review process involving Vatican departments and others. In contrast, the pope’s one-page letter changing conclave rules dropped out of nowhere. Clearly, this was something the pope did not feel needed broad consultation. For journalists in the Vatican’s press room, the conclave change was a reminder to always be prepared. It simply appeared in the noon press bulletin, in Latin and with no translation. The pope’s move effectively restored the two-thirds majority for all circumstances of papal election, eliminating a simple majority option. The latest document to drop out of the Vatican pipeline was a statement reaffirming the Catholic Church is the one true Church, even though “elements” of truth can be found in other Christian communities. It was personally approved by the pope. Although it agitated the ecumenical waters, the document said nothing new, raising the question of why it was released at this particular moment. The Vatican said it was because of possible confusion in theological and ecumenical circles. Those who see a grand design in Vatican actions, however, suspected it may have been another olive branch to the breakaway traditionalist followers of the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre — just three days after the Tridentine Mass decree. In this reading, the Vatican has delivered a double demonstration, liturgical and doctrinal, that answers some of the Lefebvrites’ strongest objections about the modern Church. The doctrinal document certainly illustrated Pope Benedict’s ongoing concern with the correct implementation of the Second Vatican Council. It was chock full of footnotes citing Vatican II documents and emphasized the council never intended to question the “fullness of grace and truth” present in the Catholic Church. In a similar manner, the decree on the Tridentine Mass insisted the council had never officially abrogated the old liturgy, which can therefore coexist with the new Mass. As the pope said early in his pontificate, Vatican II teachings must be seen as reform, not as “discontinuity and rupture” with the past. Pope Benedict also made some long-expected appointments in June and July. One of the most important was the naming of French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran as head of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, a move that signaled priority interest in interfaith relations. Five more appointments were announced, too. The timing probably had as much to do with logistics as anything: Summer vacation gives relocating prelates a chance to move their offices and, if needed, their residences. As for the pope, he’s not expected to return to his desk at the Vatican until the end of September. After nearly three weeks of “real” vacation in the mountains, he’ll spend most of the summer at his villa in Castel Gandolfo outside Rome, where he keeps up a limited schedule of meetings. John Thavis directs the Rome Bureau of Catholic News Service.

In response to the June 22 article by George Weigel, “Catholic colleges and dynamic orthodoxy”: as an alum of Catholic University, I am disappointed at my alma mater’s regression into conservatism. I can only equate “dynamic orthodoxy” with what we fear out of Iran and with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Fundamentalism when “dynamic” can only mean trouble. Patrick J. Quinn San Francisco

On turning back(s) I grew up at St. Catherine’s in Burlingame in the 1950’s. Of course, the Mass was in Latin. Our pastor “said” the weekday Mass in 15 minutes at the most. It was over almost before it began. I did learn to be an altar boy in 1958,and knew my responses for the Latin Mass perfectly. How well I remember being in the big church, kneeling with my father and mother and brother and watching the priest at the altar — far, far away from the people, his back turned to the congregation, speaking in a mysterious language. The only time I paid really careful attention was at the elevation of the host and the chalice. Even as an altar boy, I was told the Mass was “Father’s prayer” and to try not to make any mistakes or “interfere.” Remember the language? Folks “attended “Mass in those days, as one might attend a concert or a play. Folks “heard” Mass, as one might listen to a dramatic reading — clearly not as participants, as the People of God united in prayer, but as an audience enjoying a stellar performance. I forgot my Latin shortly afterward. And it wasn’t too long before Vatican II and the ensuing, dramatic changes in the celebration of Mass. I am 58. I will celebrate my 25th anniversary as a priest in December. I have not the slightest idea how to celebrate the Latin Mass, and there are countless priests in my situation. I have not the slightest idea where to locate a Latin Missal. I firmly believe the Holy Spirit enlivens and strengthens and guides the hearts and lives of all believers. I believe there is a legitimate place for the Latin Mass in the Catholic Church. It did nurture the spiritual lives of countless Catholics. I do pray, and will pray, that these liturgical changes will be ultimately life-giving and perhaps bring about some reconciliation with disaffected Catholics who have opposed and rejected the Mass in vernacular and related liturgical changes for so many years. I also pray the changes will not amount to, in computer terms, a “fatal error.” I hope they will not stifle the Holy

Spirit poured out upon the Church by the Lord Jesus Christ. Father Piers Lahey Pastor, Church of the Good Shepherd, Pacifica

Much heat, little light I’d like to comment on “Global warming debate heats up classroom” (July 6). Middle school is too early in the lifelong process of education to introduce something as complicated as global warming. The only “scientists” who know it all are the junk scientists who ride the propaganda train that tells us we are doomed without governmental action. Physicists and non grant-funded climatologists consider the impact of the sun, the complicated warming/cooling mechanisms of gases other than carbon dioxide, actual historical records of warming trends (instead of selected snapshots with carefully selected starting points), computer modeling inadequacies, and what else we don’t really know. Mr. Tom Mullen’s fellow teacher, Mr. Karl Laschet, had a pretty accurate description of the political aspects of the global warming debate. A serious problem in this environmental issue is that the tiny percent of global warming generated by human activity is blown out of proportion so as to propose governmental actions that will divert resources from the real problems that should occupy our attention. The stopglobalwarming.org chart (“Take Action!”) was a joke. Fluorescents have been pushed for decades. Cars have been sold since the 1950s with manuals that explain proper tire inflation. Recycled paper is readily available. Using a power mower for a large lawn (with the huge amount of oxygen it generates) is not only feasible but produces a net benefit to the environment. Mr. Mullen should consider getting students excited about how our nation came together in the 1770s, and the 44-page “They Signed for US” (http://straighttalk.securepubs.com) would be a great starting point. St. Monica School students may possibly benefit from this premature look at how a political agenda and sincere/insincere interpretation of events drives what we come to believe, but we must hope that in the end, “Truth will prevail.” David L. Collins San Mateo

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Vocations disqualified? While Father Bill Nicholas in his Scripture reflection (July6) chides a parent for praying, “Lord, call more men to the priesthood, but not my son,” I lament the fact the official Church prays, “Lord, call more men to the priesthood, but not married men or men who wish to be married.” Does not the rule of mandatory celibacy also contribute to the supposed “great shortage” of vocations? It is sad those to whom the Holy Spirit has given a vocation continue to be rejected because they are married or female. Louise Courpet Daly City

Write on, Sean Walsh I wish to commend Sean Walsh for his July 6 letter to the editor (“Agendized reporting”) in which he calls for respect for immigration laws and points to moral issues involved in their breaking. And I salute you for publishing the letter. Mr. Walsh hit the nail on the head. I feel his letter should be read and digested by all your readers, especially the bishops and clergy. I salute you, Mr. Walsh, and admire you for your courage of your convictions. Walter E. Marston San Francisco

July 20, 2007

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The Catholic Difference In early June, I received a forwarded e-mail from a correspondent who’s done several tours in Iraq. He, in turn, had just heard from an Iraqi fellow-Catholic, a former translator for U.S. forces there, of the death of Father Raheed Ganni. The broken English of the Iraqi’s e-mail conveys the force of the scene better than I ever could: “Today 3 June, Sunday morning and after he did Sunday service in his church (The Holy Spirit) in Al-Nour neighborhood in Mosul, and while he and three of the [deacons] of his church were leaving the church, stooped them a group of criminals of the Jehadists of Muslims extremist who call themselves members of Iraqi Islamic State and very close to the church, because they were waiting them outside the church and asked them to get out of the car and at the wall of the church they shooted them and kill all them, in the same time they planted some IEDs close to their dead bodies to make more hurt and damage happen when peoples come to evacuate them. Their dead bodies stayed out side the church many hours in the street...Actually I know this priest since 2 years ago. He is a very nice guy, respectable man, kind, love the others, always like visit and help the poor peoples. After his graduation from Rome, he was able to find him a church outside Iraq and stay there to do service for the expatriate of Iraqis, but he preferred to come back to Iraq to serve his own peoples. He was always praying to stop this violence in Iraq. I ask God the mercy for him and for the other martyrs.”

Subsequent traffic on the Catholic Internet circuit revealed a remarkable man. At his ordination in 2004, Father Raheed had evidently told a friend he didn’t expect to live more than two more years. God gave him three. Father Raheed was martyred soon after receiving word he had been accepted for doctoral studies in Rome, and as suggested above, his death had a biblical aura to it. Like great Christian witnesses in the Book of Revelation, Father Raheed Ganni’s body and the bodies of his three deaconcompanions were left in the street, unattended, until the IEDs could be disarmed and the remains of the saints taken into Father Raheed’s church. I say “saints” with confidence, for there is no doubt Father Raheed Ganni and his deacons are martyrs, killed “in hatred of the faith” by the haters who have created the current chaos in parts of long-suffering Iraq. We may, rightly, rejoice at the triumph of the martyrs. But we must also ask, now what? The Holy See’s opposition to the use of force in Iraq in March 2003 is well known. Perhaps less well known is the widespread conviction in the Vatican today that a precipitous American withdrawal from Iraq would be the worst possible option from every point of view, including that of morality. Senior officials of the Holy See with whom I discussed the issue in May share the view of American analysts who are convinced a premature American disengagement from Iraq would lead to genocidal violence, Iraq’s collapse into a failed

state, chaos throughout the Middle East, and a new haven for international terrorists. That all of this would make life intolerable for Iraq’s remaining Christians is pluperfectly obvious. George Weigel The question of Iraq’s Christians was discussed during June 9 meetings involving President Bush, Pope Benedict, and senior Vatican diplomatic officials. U.S. Catholics and all those committed to religious liberty must urge the U.S. government to bring every possible lever into play to ensure that the Maliki government in Iraq takes seriously the religious freedom provisions of Iraq’s democratically ratified constitution, and moves to redress the plight of Chaldean Catholics and other Iraqi Christians who, too often, are being given three unacceptable choices: convert to Islam; face sometimes-lethal pressures to convert; or emigrate. May the intercession of Father Raheed Ganni and his companions hasten the day of peace with freedom and justice in Iraq. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

The Bottom Line

Seeking hope on death row In 2000 I was asked to be the guest speaker for the 10th annual ecumenical remembrance day service held in Worcester, Mass. It was sponsored by Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty, a nonsectarian organization started in 1989 by death-row inmates in Alabama along with abolitionists outside prison walls. The invitation came from Tanya Connor. Her friend and co-founder of the group, Wallace Thomas, was executed July 13, 1990. “We value life, oppose killing by the state and individuals, and invite all to help end the cycle of violence, seeking restitution to victims’ families, rehabilitation of offenders and reconciliation between both groups,” Tanya wrote in her letter to me. Those words expressed exactly what I have long stood for and prayed for. It was an honor for me to accept the invitation. I had a surprise coming when I finished talking and answering questions from the people who filled Our Lady of Fatima Church for the program. A dozen or so youths from St. Mary Parish in nearby Uxbridge went up to the altar, papers in their hands. One by one they read the names of the 651 people who, by mid-July of that year, had been executed in the United States since 1976, the year the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. It surprised me that I knew so many of the names, so

many of their stories. I felt I was attending a massive wake. This was sobering, powerful, disturbing. Those gathered were mourning not anonymous prisoners or inmates or criminals but people who had a name, who once had faces, personalities, bodies and souls. The wretchedness of how we kill in the name of “justice” became more and more thundering as the young ones kept voicing the names of people we took it upon ourselves to judge as unworthy of life. I started to pray, “God, forgive us!” I was very interested in Project Hope. I corresponded with Darrell B. Grayson, the editor of Project Hope’s quarterly newsletter published by death-row inmates and friends in Alabama. I was moved by the publication’s spiritual tone, as evidenced by statements such as, “Every human person is created in the image and likeness of God. We don’t pick which lives are sacred and which are not.” That was spoken by Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis in March 2004 during testimony before the Minnesota Senate against a proposal to reinstate the death penalty in the state. Mostly, however, I was impressed by Darrell. I still cherish the first Christmas card I received from him and his fellow inmates on death row, beautiful hand-drawn fig-

ures of the Bethlehem miracle. I expected I would be receiving such cards for many Christmases to come, but I have now learned I am wrong. His execution is set for July 26. Esther Brown, Project Hope’s execu- Antoinette Bosco tive director, tells how Darrell, who is black, had an all-white jury. Darrell, a high-school dropout, came from a dysfunctional, poor family. The Innocence Project took on his case, but “the courts denied him DNA testing,” Brown said. Her words touched me as she talked about the good Darrell has done in spite of the “darkness and horror of death row. ... He decided he would leave the world better than he found it.” I think of the words Darrell says often as I pray Alabama will not kill this man: “Keep hope alive!” Antoinette Bosco is the author of a dozen books including “One Day He Beckoned.”

Spirituality for Life

Soul-chained to things beyond us In his novel, “Clowns of God,” Morris West suggests there are deep reasons why we are so incurably restless: “The fact is that we live only in communion - not only with our present, but with the past and future as well. We are haunted by a whole poetry of living, by lullabies half-remembered and sounds of train whistles in the night and the scent of lavender in a summer garden. We are haunted by grief, too, and fear, and images of childhood terror and the macabre dissolution of age.” Living, at least living with a certain restfulness and peace of soul, is not as simple as we think. We shouldn’t be so surprised at our perpetual disquiet and pathological restlessness for we are haunted, as West puts it, by a whole poetry of living that doesn’t allow us to be easily inside the present moment. Too many things that have nothing to do with the present moment constantly invade our consciousness. We are, in the words of Toni Morrison, “soul-chained” to things beyond us. Our hearts sense things, remember things, and connect to things in ways we do not necessarily want. And, these half-remembered, half-thought, and half-felt feelings forever keep us from being comfortably inside our own skins. They bring the past and future into our present and they chain our hearts to worlds beyond us. We feel this most clearly and painfully whenever we suffer a heartache or an obsession for someone we love but

can’t have. Whenever that happens, as we know, the ache in our hearts makes for a heaviness, an emptiness, and a restlessness that robs us of virtually all of the joy we might experience at a given moment. There are so many times when we have every practical reason to be happy and content, but, because of a heartache, simply cannot give ourselves over to the moment or be content inside of its simple joys. Our heartache, coming from somewhere beyond, colors everything with its restlessness. And it isn’t just romantic heartaches that do that. We suffer through obsessions of all kinds. Memories, regrets, hurts, intuitions, nostalgia, and daydreams of all sorts, are forever impaling themselves inside us and leaving us deeply restless. Karl Jung once said energy isn’t always friendly. Whenever we have a heartache, a regret, or an obsession that spoils our day and leaves us too restless to sleep at night we experience what he meant. This is both good and bad. Some of the things we are chained to produce pain and restlessness in ways that rob us of sunshine, freedom, and sleep. Often, when we are restless, the thoughts and feelings that have invaded us are unwanted. We wish we could be free of them in order to enjoy our lives, without these thoughts and feelings roaming around inside of us like ghosts inside a haunted house. But, painful as this

can be, we really wouldn’t want the opposite. If we could ever be content simply with the pleasures contained in a given moment, like a contented animal munching grass in the sun, we would, by that same Father token, reduce ourselves Ron Rolheiser from human to animal. What makes our souls different is precisely the fact that our souls are infinite in their depth, infinite in their yearnings, and therefore infinite in the realities to which they are chained. Our restlessness is, in fact, a sign of our humanity. Sometimes of course this wears us down and we become so weary that we want only to numb ourselves. This numbing ourselves to depth can be healthy for a while, as a convalescent space, but in the end we need to be haunted from beyond. The ghosts that haunt us bring with them depth, spirit and meaning. Morris West says we are always haunted by things beyond us, but adds: “I am sure that it is in this domain of ROLHEISER, page 18

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obituaries

Sister Cecile taught for four decades Former Bay Area educator dies in Los Angeles After retiring from teaching, Sister Cecile Feldhaus, PBVM Sister Cecile continued to serve as (formerly Sister Mary Xavier), both a parish and school secretary. died July 3 at the California In 1999, Sister Cecile moved Pacific Medical Center in San to the Presentation Motherhouse. Francisco. A native of San During her years there, she assistFrancisco, Sister Cecile was born ed other Sisters, often by shopin 1917, and was a Sister of the ping or writing letters. Most Presentation of the Blessed Virgin recently, Sister Cecile had been Mary for 73 years. engaged in the ministry of prayer. Sister Cecile earned an underSister Cecile She will be remembered for her graduate degree in English from gracious ways and happy smile. the San Francisco College for Feldhaus, PBVM Women and a graduate degree in English from Sister Cecile leaves her sister, Sister Grace the University of San Francisco. She began her Feldhaus, PBVM, and her brother, Bernard career as a Catholic school educator in 1936 Roman Feldhaus, and a niece and nephew. and continued in this ministry for 40 years. A funeral Mass was celebrated July 9 at She taught in elementary schools in San the Presentation Sisters’ motherhouse with Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, Berkeley, interment at Holy Cross Cemetery in Albuquerque and Pecos, N.M. In 1950, Sister Colma. Remembrances may be made to the Cecile began her career as a high school teacher Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin and by 1975 had taught in every high school Mary, 281 Masonic Ave., San Francisco staffed by Presentation Sisters, a unique record. 94118.

Sister M. Martin Bush, a Dominican 71 years Sister Mary Martin Bush, a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose for 71 years, died July 2 at the congregation’s motherhouse in Fremont. She was 97. During 64 years of active ministry, Sister Mary Martin served primarily as an educator at schools in Oregon and California including St. William in Los Altos, St. Francis Cabrini in San

Jose and St. Joseph Priory in Fremont. She was well known as director of the Dominican Guild for many years and since 2004 resided at St. Martin Community in Fremont where she served in the Apostolate of Prayer. The late religious is survived by nephew Robert Bush and his family as well as the SISTER M. MARTIN BUSH, page 17

school and was an educator Marianist Father Edwin before entering religious life, Johnson, 81, a former chaplain at serving as teacher and high Archbishop Riordan High school counselor from 1948 School, died April 25 in Los until 1961. The late priest Angeles. Father Johnson, who held undergraduate and gradentered the Society of Mary in uate degrees in English and a 1961, also served as principal of graduate degree in education. Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose from 1988 – 90, the last In addition to his service at Father Edwin Marianist to hold that position Archbishop Mitty and there. He was ordained in Queen Archbishop Riordan, Father Johnson, SM of Apostles Church in San Jose in 1986. Johnson taught and administered at schools in Born in Texas, he attended Catholic high Wisconsin, Illinois and Southern California.

Funeral July 3 for Sister Sister Margaret Mary Corinne Habersetzer McSweeney dies July 5 A funeral Mass was celebrated for Franciscan Sister Corinne Habersetzer July 3 at the congregation’s Marian Residence in Santa Maria where Sister Corinne died June 27. The 90-year-old had been a Sister of St. Francis of Penance and Charity for 69 years. Sister Corinne served in the education apostolate as music teacher at schools on both the East and West coasts. Assignments in the Archdiocese of San Francisco included the Sisters’ Mt. Alverno motherhouse in Redwood City from 1989 until sale of the property necessitated her moving to Santa Maria in 2003. While there “Sister Corinne was a dear friend to the Sisters and lay persons living at SISTER HABERSETZER, page 17

Sister Margaret Mary McSweeney, 76, died July 5 at the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Motherhouse in Fremont after a lengthy illness. A San Francisco native, she taught elementary and secondary school including Immaculate Conception Elementary School and Immaculate Conception Academy in San Francisco, as well as St. Elizabeth Elementary and High School in Oakland. Sister Margaret Mary attended St. James Elementary and Immaculate Conception Academy. On Sept. 8, 1948, Margaret Mary entered the Dominican Convent at Mission San Jose. SISTER MCSWEENEY, page 17

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Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 8:15

FATHER ANDREW GREELEY

A READING FROM GENISIS 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, “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 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. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF ST. PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS Brothers and sisters: Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is 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 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.”

Sorting out needed tasks from opportunities for joy I have always hoped that someone would unearth the whole catena of Martha/Mary/Lazarus stories of which this one and the raising of Lazarus story in St. John’s Gospel are the only ones we have. The two stories enable us to see Jesus in a family context, in domestic scenes, with people whom he loved and loved him. The parents of the three presumably were dead because we hear nothing about them. They are also likely to be in their early or middle teens because they are not married. The two girls were clearly in love with Jesus and he treated their crushes with respect and affection. Were they people who actually existed? It would be hard to deny that because the stories presume that those who read the Gospels know all about them. Jesus is not saying that one should not wait on guests. He is rather saying that more important than waiting on them is enjoying them and loving them. We should never be so busy that we have no time for love. Once upon a time a mommy had such a wonderful time on her vacation that she decided that on the last weekend she would have a party for the neighbors at their summer place in gratitude for what good friends they had been. She hoped she could do that every summer. Let’s

have pizza her kids said –as kids always say. We can grill some hamburgers, her husband said, that’s easy (which is what he always said). No, said the mommy, we should have a really nice dinner (which is what she always said). The rest of the family groaned because they knew what that meant – a whole day of hard work for everyone during which the mommy would act like it wasn’t her idea but theirs and now they weren’t helping enough. The rest of the family thought that beef bourgeon was a little much for a summer dinner. There was no reason to clean up the house like it was just before Christmas. If they had to have Caesar salad, couldn’t you make it out of a bag? Was it really necessary to bake potatoes? Wouldn’t potato salad be just as good? Couldn’t you buy the apple pies at the bakery instead of making a half dozen of them? And what was wrong with package pie crust? Well, the party was a feast which everyone enjoyed. They would have enjoyed it a lot more, however, if the mommy wasn’t so worn out that she didn’t have any fun. Father Andrew Greeley is an author, journalist, sociologist and teacher.

Sister M. Martin Bush . . . ■ Continued from page 16 Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. A funeral Mass was celebrated July 4 at the Dominican Sisters Chapel with interment in the congregation cemetery. Remembrances may be sent to the Dominican Sisters Retirement Fund, 43326 Mission Blvd., Fremont 94539.

Sister Habersetzer . . . ■ Continued from page 16 the residence,” the Franciscan community stated. “Her cheerful attitude was always a source of joy for those around her.” Sister Corinne’s good heart extended not only to family and friends but also to animals, especially cats. “Sister Corinne was very fond of cats and often had a ‘convent cat’ at schools where she served and at Mt. Alverno,” the Franciscan Sisters said. Interment was at Santa Maria Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to Sisters of St. Francis at Marian Residence, 124 So. College Dr., Santa Maria, Cal., 93454.

Sister McSweeney . . . ■ Continued from page 16 In 1949, she received the name Sister Padua of the Child Jesus and St. Anthony. When Sisters were allowed to return to their baptismal name, Sister returned to Margaret Mary but kept her beloved St. Anthony as her special patron. A meticulous scholar, Sister Margaret Mary held degrees from Queen of the Holy Rosary College and Dominican University, then Dominican College. Music was a source of great joy to Sister Margaret Mary, whether it was when she played the organ and piano, when she was singing or enjoying her Sister’s concerts in her honor. In mid-life Sister was diagnosed with an illness that caused her great suffering for the remainder of her life. In 1990, she came to St. Martin’s Residence where she spent her final years. A funeral Mass was celebrated July 9 with interment in the Sisters’ Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, 43326 Mission Blvd., Fremont, Calif., 94539.

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Hispanic Charismatic Catholic Congress Archdiocese of San Francisco “If you love me, you’ll keep my commandements”

John 14, 15

Speakers: Padre Pedro Alvarado González, Guadalajara, Méx. Padre Martín Avalos, El Salvador Padre Carlos Triana, México, D.F. Padre Nestor Aterado, Redwood City, CA Padre José Corral, San Francisco, CA Deacon Justo Rodríguez, Nueva Nory

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Msgr. Thomas Bohlin, vicar of Opus Dei in the United States, explains the tenets of the high-profile group and misconceptions about it created by the novel “The DaVinci Code” and the movie of the same name during an interview on the TV program “Mosaic” which will air Aug. 5 at 5 a.m. on CBS Channel 5. Host, above, is Tom Burke. Produced by Marta Rebagliati-Ribbeck, the program is a joint project of the archdiocesan communications department and Channel 5.

Rolheiser . . . ■ Continued from page 15 our daily dreaming that the Holy Spirit establishes his own communion with us. This is how the gift is given which we call grace: the sudden illumination, the sharp regret that leads to penitence or forgiveness, the opening of the heart to the risk of love.” What haunts us from beyond is also what drives us beyond simple, animal, satisfaction and opens us to other worlds. In her novel, “Love,” Nobel-Prize winning novelist Toni Morrison describes a young boy falling rather hopelessly in love

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By Harry Forbes NEW YORK (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funnyman Steve Carell might not seem a likely choice for a present-day Noah, replete with white beard and flowing robe, but he turns out to be just dandy in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evan Almightyâ&#x20AC;? (Universal/Spyglass), a delightful contemporary spin on Genesis. At the outset, Carell (reprising his TV anchorman role from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bruce Almightyâ&#x20AC;?) is leaving the nightly news desk in Buffalo, N.Y., having just been elected to Congress. Together with his wife, Joan (Lauren Graham), and their three young sons â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dylan (Johnny Simmons), Jordan (Graham Phillips) and Ryan (Jimmy Bennett) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they move into a luxurious new home in the fictitious town of Huntsville, Va. Before retiring to bed that first night, he kneels at his bedside and prays to God to â&#x20AC;&#x153;change the world.â&#x20AC;? At work, he meets his chief of staff, Marty (John Michael Higgins), administrative assistant Rita (Wanda Sykes), fawning intern Eugene (Jonah Hill) and his patron â&#x20AC;&#x201D; powerful Congressman Long (John Goodman) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who wants him to co-sponsor a major bill. He takes the assignment as a great honor, but it will mean reneging on his promise to spend time with his boys. The stage is set for an ideal life, but suddenly unwanted lumber and tools begin showing up on his front lawn. And his digital alarm clock radio starts setting itself to 6:14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the verse in Genesis containing Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injunction to Noah to build

an ark. Then those numbers start showing up everywhere else. Is someone trying to tell him something? Even when Evan is visited by God (in the person of Morgan Freeman) who speaks of an impending flood, Evan refuses to accept the obvious. But before long, especially with birds and animals suddenly besieging him two by two, he comes to accept his mission, much to the skeptical consternation of his staff and wife. Director Tom Shadyac and screenwriter Steve Oedekerk skillfully mix slapstick with sentiment and surprising reverence. The script has admirable profamily and pro-environmental themes, the latter providing sensible rationale for the biblical events as they play out. All these elements are beautifully embodied in Carellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seriocomic central performance. Early on, Carell gets to do his comic shtick, including being bitten in the crotch by a mutt, shaving his nostril hair in an extended montage, and coping with the swarm of birds that poop on his suit as they perch on his head. But as he starts to morph into Noah, with a beard he simply cannot shave off, and rough-hewn ancient robe he cannot remove, the funny shenanigans subside and he projects warmth and humanity through his eyes alone. Frankly, Carellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing Noah and indeed the central section of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;seriousâ&#x20AC;? part of the story are far better done than the comparable John Huston sequence in 1966â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bible.â&#x20AC;? Freemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s God is likewise carefully and reverently written and enacted.

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lescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. Forbes is director of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies.

FAITH, FAMILY, FUN!!! 17th Annual National Catholic Family Conference, Anaheim, Ca. July 28-29, 2007 The conference will held once again at the Anaheim Convention Center. Adult presentations, Teen/Young adult Session, and a Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Program to choose from. Some of the speakers include: Fr. Bill Casey, Bishop Andrew Francis of Pakistan, Prof. Michael Barber, Jesse Romero, Mother Regina Marie, Fr. Thomas Loya, Ken Hensley, Mary Vogrine and many more! Register online at www.CatholicRC.org or call 1-877-526-2151 for more information.

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Mission Dolores Basilica & Museum 16th and Dolores St., San Francisco – (415) 621-8203 or chochenyo@aol.com. During July and August, guided tours of the Mission grounds are available on Saturdays at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tours last 90 minutes. Adults $5/Students $3.

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tial feelings of anger and despair and ready to seek a new beginning. Once the application for the weekend is received, someone is available to help each person evaluate his or her readiness for the program. For more information, call Donna (650) 961-1172, LaVerne (650) 355-3978 or Helen (415) 388-9651; or e-mail sanjosebe@comcast.net. The Beginning Experience Web site: www.beginningexperience.org.

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Catholic Charities CYO Centennial Events Events listed here are part of CCCYO’s centennial celebration honoring 100 years of the agency’s work as a critical safety net for families, children and those in need. More information on the centennial at http://www.cccyo.org/centennial/index.php Aug 28: CYO Family Day at AT&T Park. Enjoy an evening at AT&T Park as the San Francisco Giants take on the Colorado Rockies during Catholic Charities CYO’s annual appreciation event for CYO families and kids. First pitch at 7:15 p.m. Three lucky young fans (and their adult chaperones) will be chosen to attend the Giants’ batting practice up-close and personal during a pre-game field visit. Information and tickets: (415) 972-1233.

Pauline Books and Media – DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUL – Saturdays in July: The Daughters of St. Paul are hosting a Children’s Hour 10:30-11:30 a.m. with a Veggie Tales DVD followed by related activities/ games and take home projects. Open to children 4 and older. (Accompanying adult required). For more information, call Pauline Books & Media, 2640 Broadway, Redwood City, (650) 369-4230.

St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese, Gough and Geary St., San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 for more information. Thursdays through Oct. 4: A Thursday evening discussion series on the “Confessions” of St. Augustine will be led by Stephen C. Córdova, philosophy instructor at the University of San Francisco and Dominican University. The series takes place in the Msgr. Bowe Room at the Cathedral Event Center from 7:30 – 9 p.m. For more information, email stephen.cordova@dominican.edu. Cathedral Sunday Concert Series every week at 3:30 p.m. The concerts are free and often feature the 4,842-pipe cathedral organ. Parking in the cathedra lot is free. Upcoming performances: July 22 - Angela Kraft-Cross, organist, works by Mendelssohn; July 29 - Stephen Lind, organist; Aug. 5 - David Graham (U.K.), organist. Further information is available from Christoph Tietze, cathedral music director, ext. 213.

Food & Fun Aug. 25: Miracle on B Street, evening benefiting works of St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin especially its San Rafael Dining Room where 130,000 are fed each year. Enjoy cocktails, dinner and live auction including vacations in France and Scotland. Tickets are $150. Call Christine Paquette at (415) 454-3303, ext. 12. Sept. 9: Variety Show Fundraiser for St. Mark Parish, 4 – 6 p.m. at 325 Marine View Ave., Belmont. Tickets:$10. Fellowship and bake sale to follow show. Call (650) 591-5937

Catholic Charismatic Renewal The Catholic Charismatic Renewal plans events throughout the year. Information about the group’s activities can usually be found in Datebook and always at the Web site: www.sfspirit.com. First Fridays of the month are commemorated with rosary and Mass at selected churches throughout the Archdiocese usually beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, email John Murphy at exmorte@aol.com.

Franciscan Sister Sheral Marshall, left, was guest speaker recently at a gathering of members of the Young Ladies Institute (YLI) Angela #90. Sister Sheral, a pastoral associate at St. Robert Parish in San Bruno, told of her traveling with parishioners of St. Robert’s to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Proceeds donated by YLI #90 totaling more than $1,000 were used in the effort. Women interested in learning more about YLI should call District Deputy Norma Galvin at (650) 583-9790. Joining Sister Sheral in the photo is Eleanore Fourie of YLI. Aug. 3: First Friday Mass at St. Charles Church, Tamarack and Bell, San Carlos. Rosary at 7 p.m. and Mass at 7:30 p.m.

Social Justice/Family Life July 28, 29: National Catholic Family Conference in Anaheim. Event features presentations for adults, teens, young adults and children. Speakers include Jesuit Father Michael Barber from St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park. Visit www.CatholicRC.org or call (877) 526-2151.

Reunions Sept. 7, 8: Class of ’57 from Holy Angels Elementary School in Colma will hold wine and cheese evening at the school Sept. 7 and dinner at Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco Sept. 8. Call (650) 755-0220. Sept. 15: First Annual Fall Homecoming Dinner Dance for graduates and friends of Holy Angels Elementary School in Colma. Tickets $15/$25 per couple. Call (65) 755-0220. Oct. 6: Class of 1972, Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Contact Notre Dame Alumnae Office (650) 595 1913, ext.191 or Gail Jackson at gjackson@ndhsb.org. Oct. 20: St. Emydius Class of 1971 at Patio Espanol, San Francisco. Contact Joanne Johnston Ryan at (650) 871-5007. Oct. 20: Class of ’67, Mercy High School, San Francisco at Irish Cultural Center. Contact Stephanie Mischak Lyons at (415) 242-9818 or smlyons@earthlink.net. Nov. 3: Class of ’82 from Presentation High School, San Francisco at Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco. Contact kathycooney@hotmail.com or LucyMulkerrins@sbcglobal.net. Nov. 3: Class of ’57 from San Francisco’s St. Emydius Elementary School. Tickets: $39; includes meal, tax and tip. No host bar. All takes place at Caesar’s Restaurant in San Francisco. Call Barbara

Lassalle Watson at (415) 897-6757 or Nancy Glueck McCann at (415) 924-4358. March 29, 2008: Class of ’58 from Notre Dame High School, San Francisco. Contact Patricia Cassidy Hendricks at (415) 822-1549.

Prayer/Lectures/Trainings Aug. 19-24: A week-long immersion into the process of Christian initiation hosted by the Diocese of San Jose, “The Initiation Experience: Beginnings and Beyond,” will be provided by experienced leaders from the North American Forum on the Catechumenate and offered in English and Spanish. Clergy, parish staffs, catechists, liturgists, choir directors, and volunteers involved in faith formation are encouraged to attend. Brochure and registration information at www.naforum.org or contact Diana Macalintal at the Office of Pastoral Ministry, Diocese of San Jose, (408) 983-0136.

Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs are available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at (415) 422-6698. Separated and divorced support groups: 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, San Francisco; call Gail at (650) 5918452 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236. 1st and 3rd Thursday at St. Peter Parish Religious Education Building, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica; call Diana Patrito or Joe Brunato at (650) 359-6313. 2nd and 4th Wednesday in Spanish at St. Anthony Church, 3500 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Toni Martinez at (650) 776-3795. Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639 for information. Oct. 27-29: Beginning Experience, a peer ministry for widowed, separated and divorced, will hold a weekend retreat at Vallombrosa Retreat Center in Menlo Park. Those who attend should be beyond ini-

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

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: Tiburon, St. Hilary: Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775. Ross, St. Anselm: (415) 453-2342. Greenbrae, St. Sebastian: Jean Mariani (415) 4617060. Mill Valley, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Rick Dullea (415) 388-4190. Sausalito, St. Mary Star of the Sea: Lloyd Dulbecco (415) 331-7949. San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Michael Adams (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, Lee Gallery (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus (415) 664-8590; St. Paul of the Shipwreck, Deacon Larry Chatmon and Loretta Chatmon (415) 468-3434. San Mateo County: San Mateo — St. Bartholomew: Donna Salinas (650) 347-0701, ext. 14; St. Matthew: Deacon Jim Shea (650) 344-7622. Burlingame — St. Catherine of Siena: Silvia Chiesa (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels: Holy Names Sister Pat Hunter (650) 375-8023. Millbrae, St. Dunstan: Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952. Pacifica, St. Peter: Sylvia Miles (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci (650) 355-1799, Frank Erbacher (650) 355-4355. Half Moon Bay, Our Lady of the Pillar: Meghan (650) 726-4337.

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PUBLISH A NOVENA Pre-payment required Mastercard or Visa accepted

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If you wish to publish a Novena in the Catholic San Francisco You may use the form below or call 415-614-5640

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REAL ESTATE

SERVICE DIRECTORY

SPECIALIZING IN SAN MATEO COUNTY REAL ESTATE

For Advertising Information Call 415-614-5642 E-mail: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org

If I can be of service to you, or if you know of anyone who is interested in buying or selling a home, please do not hesitate to call me . . . * Parishioner of St. Gregory’s Church, San Mateo

COUNSELING

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Do you want to be more fulfilled in love and work – but find things keep getting in the way? Unhealed wounds can hold you back - even if they are not the “logical” cause of your problems today. You can be the person God intended.

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May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved & preserved throughout the world now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude helper of the hopeless pray for us. Say prayer 9 times a day for 9 days. Thank You St. Jude. Never known to fail. You may publish.

Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. L.J.

F.S.

Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal. You who give me the divine gift of forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. You may publish this as soon as your favor is granted. L.J.

St. Jude Novena

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

L.J.

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PET CARE

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Animal Kind offers pet wellness and veterinary care, day care and boarding. Pet pickup is available in Marin.

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MUSIC ACADEMY MUSIC PROGRAMS FOR YOUR SCHOOL

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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail.

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Oh, Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near Kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make you be invoked. Say three our Fathers, three Hail Marys and Glorias. St. Jude pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. This Novena has never been known to fail. This Novena must be said 9 consecutive days. Thanks. L.J.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Select One Prayer: ❑ St. Jude Novena to SH ❑ Prayer to St. Jude

When Life Hurts It Helps To Talk

Please confirm your event before contracting music!

Your prayer will be published in our newspaper

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Specializing in Bathroom And Kitchen Remodels. * Demolition/Framing * Plumbing/Electrical * Drywall/Tile Etc. * License/Bond # 804282 * Fax # (415) 681-4438 * Cell # (650) 346-9985 * Competitive Rates *

NOTICE

READERS

Licensed contractors are required by law to list their license numbers in advertisments. The law also state that contractors performing work totaling $500 or more must be state-licensed. Advertisments appearing in this newspaper without a license number indicate that the contractor is not licensed. For more information, contact:

Contractors State License Board 800-321-2752

Catholic San Francisco

July 20, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

classifieds For advertising Information Please Call: 415-614-5642 Fax: 415-614-5641 or Email: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org

Room for Rent

Caregiver available

Room for rent, $625/mo. including utilities, washer/dryer, Richmond district in SF, no pets.

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Personal care companion, Help with daily activities; driving, shopping, appointments. 27 years experience, references, bonded. (415) 713-1366

Hall for Rent

Caregiver Needed

HALL FOR RENT Knights of Columbus San Rafael #1292 Dining and dancing rooms for up to 120. Kitchen facility. Ideal for Baptisms, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. tassonejoe@hotmail.com

415.215.8571

in Redwood City for 76 year old male. Alzheimer’s experience needed. Evenings and Weekends. Please e-mail info, experience, first and last name, references to: bigmomajean@aol.com. Compensation based on experience. Call (650) 598-7047

Clinical Study ARE YOU A WOMAN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 50-65? ARE YOU CURRENTLY ON ESTROGEN THERAPY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN ON MEMORY AND COGNITION?

Help Wanted PASTORAL ASSOCIATE ST. TERESA OF AVILA CHURCH SAN FRANCISCO, CA

heaven can’t wait Serra for Priestly Vocations

Please Call Archdiocese of San Francisco Fr. Tom Daly 415-614-5683

ADVERTISING SALES For The Largest Publisher of Catholic Church Bulletins This is a Career Opportunity! • Generous Commissions

The Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program at Stanford School of Medicine is conducting a study on the role of estrogen in protecting against cognitive decline. Participants will receive FREE neuropsychological testing and brain imaging.

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES STANFORD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 401 Quarry Road • Stanford • CA 94305-5723 If you are interested, please contact Toni at (650)724-9269

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IMMEDIATE OPENINGS CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS California Institution for Women, Chino – Full Time Diocese of San Bernardino California Rehabilitation Center, Norco – Full Time Diocese of San Bernardino Napa State Hospital, Omola – Full Time Diocese of Santa Rosa Coalinga State Hospital, Coalinga – Part Time Diocese of Fresno Qualified applicants include priests, men and women religious, deacons or lay persons with appropriate background and skills. A letter of endorsement of good standing in the church from the Bishop in which insitution is located must accompany all applications. Complete job descriptions and salary scale: http://www.spb.ca.gov/employment/ spbpay2rd.cfm State Application form and other information about employment with the State California: http://www.spb.ca.gov/employment/ Send resume and three references with current phone numbers to: Debbie McDermott: dmcdermott@cacatholic.org or fax 916.443.4731

St. Teresa’s Parish in San Francisco is looking for a pastoral minister who collaboratively shares in the pastoral ministry of the parish, who has strengths in some,if not all of the following areas: Liturgy Social Justice ● Development of Lay leadership ● Religious Education (Adult & Child) ● Evangelization St. Teresa’s Parish, located on Potrero Hill is a small but active parish with a commitment to social justice and the development of lay leadership. If interested, please send a letter of intent and resume to Rev. Paul Warren, 390 Missouri Street, SF, CA 94107 Or paul@stteresasf.org Salary is negotiable Good Benefits if full-time Visit our website @stteresasf.org ● ●

DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT/ ALUMNAE RELATIONS Mercy High School, San Francisco, is currently seeking a full time Director of Advancement/Alumnae Relations. The Director will have excellent Development, Fundraising, Major Gift Solicitation, Event Planning and Alumnae Relations experience. Candidates must possess strong interpersonal, leadership, and strategic planning skills. Advanced database knowledge is required. Salary will be commensurate with experience for this full time position which begins August 2007. Qualified applicants please email cover letter and resume to Dottie McCrea, Principal, Mercy High School, San Francisco at dmccrea@mercyhs.org. DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SAINT RAPHAEL CHURCH SAN RAFAEL, CA Saint Raphael Parish, a vibrant Catholic Community where a broad diversity of people come together to pray, worship, learn, share and serve as disciples of Jesus Christ, is currently seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Director of Religious Education. The Director will be responsible for administering a total catechetical program that nurtures and supports the formation and continued development of faith and spirituality. Understanding and competence in working in a multicultural environment needed. Bilingual (English / Spanish) strongly encouraged. This is a full time position and salary will be commensurate with experience. A Job Description is available upon request. Interested qualified applicants are invited to send their resumes to: Saint Raphael Church Search Committee 1104 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, CA, 94901

We are looking for full or part time

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

Catholic San Francisco

July 20, 2007

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of June Raymond L. Squires Santino Dunlap De Martini L. Scott Litcher HOLY CROSS Daniel R. Sullivan Joan H. Deen Moises A. Magana COLMA Evelyn Tealdi Dante Robert Del Chiaro Andrea G. Marquina Ione C. Aiton Virginia T. Ayala William A. Barner Bernardo Barraza Vincent L. Bartolo Roberto Carlos Benavides Sandy Melissa Bermudez-Chun Teofilo J. Bernal Joseph Biagioni Barbara J. Birsinger Lynn Coleman Bjune Douglas Blake Jack Boisson Walter Prescott Borman Maura A. Breen Verena D. Broussard Evelyn Butori Martha “Jenny” Caceres Kellie Ann Carter John Casazza Lucy Kui-Ling Cheng Mary Ann Chesnut David Alan Chung Paul C. Chung Nick Circosta, Jr. Richard G. Clements Purita V. Connor Bart J. Conte John Thomas Copp Elsa Coronel-Rementeria Venus A. Corpus Antonette T. Cottone Teofisto P. Cristobal June C. Crockett Kenneth Cummings

Christina M. Donovan Montano M. Dragon III Joseph P. Driscoll Philip J. Dwyer Mary Patricia Farrell John W. Flynn Guillermo A. Fonseca Nancy M. Gallagher Norberto Garcia Eugene D. Garibaldi Eleanor L. Gasta Jose Gaytan Kathleen Nolan Genins Alberto Gonzalez Renee A. Gonzalez Gloria A. Grover Robert Guinasso Arturo C. Guitarte Mary E. Gutfeld James Watson Handley, Jr. Marie C. Hawkins Veronica A. Hines Madelyn Hoecker Lisa M. Hollander Richard “Dick” Hourigan Margaret M. Howard Rosemary Jackson Annie E. Jameson Livingston Jenks, Jr. Antonio M. Jimenez Paul F. Kelleher Maria L. Keyer Andrew F. Klase John Krische Jo-Ann G. Kwartz

Florentino M. Martin Amelia Martinez Walter Patrick McGough Charles J. McLaughlin Maria Leticia Benavidez Meza Alfonso Minero, Jr. Dora L. Minetti John A. Mitchell Caterina Maria Molinari Nancy W. Murphy Angie A. Murray Lorraine M. O’Brien John C. O’Day, Jr. Stephen Baguio O’Keefe Steven A. Olivier Rose Francis Paez Jose M. Pasion Walter Peach Joseph Pera Mildred M. Plevin Margarita Adelina Prado Susan E. Preziosi Gloria M. Prusso Josefa Quehl Robert J. Rigo Raymond L. Rinaldi Primitivo Robles, Sr. Marion E. Rodriguez Robert C. Rubia Antonio R. Salazar Joescar M. Salem Harold Schwarzman Margaret E. Schweinfurter Amantina G. Simer Gus C. Sola Elizabeth A. Sousa

Remigio C. Tence Edith M. Thorson Carl Totten Sophie Mary Troya Louis A. Vagadori, Jr. Rose “Chayo” Wheeler Suet Fong (Mary Wong) Yee Clement J. Zarcone

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Lourdes Ledesma Gutierrez M. Bernie McLoughlin Suliana Puamau Frank John Purpura Desmond Phillip Rogers Maria Silva Salazar

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Joseph J. Adabody Zulmiro R. Borges Robert B. Grady Douglas J. Meyer Mario John Pellegrini

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA 1st Saturday Mass – Saturday, August 4th, 2007 Rev. William Paul O’Dell, Celebrant St. Robert Church, San Bruno 11:00 a.m. – All Saints Mausoleum Chapel

The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco www.holycrosscemeteries.com Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-9020

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.