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Shannon Rowbury: From ‘off the radar’ to Olympic Games Special to Catholic San Francisco Former stand-out athlete at San Francisco’s Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and recent inductee into the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame, Shannon Rowbury qualified for the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Team by winning the Olympic Trials’ 1500 meters on July 6 in 4 minutes, 5.48 seconds.

Rowbury has gone from “off-the radar” to a USA Indoor National title, followed by achieving a time (4:01.61) that ranks her as the fifth fastest American woman for 1500 meters in history. And now, she’s on to the Summer Games in Beijing.

“The last two months have been just amazing,” said Andy Chan, her SHCP coach. “I feel blessed that Shannon and I crossed paths back in 1998 and developed a great athlete-coach relationship. What Shannon accomplished in high school was enough to make any coach proud. But the fact she has continued to achieve even greater things is just off the charts.”

Coach Chan attended the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., to cheer on Rowbury. He admits he was quite nervous. “I’ve had July 6 circled on my calendar for a long time. My wife, Malinda, and I got married last summer but didn’t take a honeymoon. We were saving money and vacation time to take a big international trip if Shannon were to qualify. Then we realized we couldn’t just pickup and go to China for the Olympics at the last minute.

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Olympics-bound Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory graduate Shannon Rowbury and her former SHCP coach, Andy Chan, hold a sign created

by Chan for the July 6 Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.

Catholic advocates tame ‘stealth’ assisted-suicide

By Rick DelVecchio

The Northern California and Nevada contingent at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, carries the California flag to the opening Mass of the July 15-20 international event. Coverage, Page 3.

For the fourth time in as many years, Catholic bishops and health-care providers have staved off an end-of-life bill proposed by advocates of physician-assisted suicide.

The bill, AB 2747, narrowly passed the Senate Health and Judiciary Committees in June after language unacceptable to Catholic advocates was removed, according to the California Catholic Conference.

The bill's sponsor, Assemblywoman Patty Berg, agreed to the compromise June 25 in order to secure enough votes for the measure to pass the Health Committee, the CCC said on its website. Additional changes were made the next day by the Judiciary Committee as the bill advanced to the Senate floor, where a vote is pending.

The bill in its original form alarmed Catholic lobbyists, the Northern California Oncologists Association, the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund and Californians Against Assisted Suicide. Advocates said the bill was intended to give terminal patients more say in end-of-life decisions, but opponents feared the measure would steer patients and their doctors toward euthanasia.

"The event was an important win for us,” the CCC said. “The amendments the author accepted now make ASSISTED-SUICIDE, page 11

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by Tom Burke More than 300 parishioners and friends from San Francisco’s Sts. Peter and Paul Parish descended upon Stafford Lake in Novato for the Ninth Annual Madonna del Lume Italian Family Picnic. Salesian Father Salvatore Giacomini presided at an outdoor Mass. Gail and Bob Corridan of St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco and Tom Faimali and Marie Lavin of St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael turned out steaks, burgers and hot dogs for the crowd. Allie Bondanza, a junior at Marin Catholic High School and parishioner of St. Isabella’s in San Rafael, was named this year’s queen. Caroline Cannizzaro of Millbrae’s St. Dunstan Parish and Kathleen Cresci of Petaluma were among those on the nominating committee…. The Class of ’77 from Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary School gathered in April at their childhood stompin’ grounds in North Beach. Salesian Father Armand Oliveri, a former pastor of the parish, and Salesian Sister Kathleen Gibson, who still teaches at the school, were among old friends and mentors attending. Organizers were classmates Frank Lavin and Valentina Simi who said the event included Mass and visits to old classrooms. “We tried to fit into our old desks but in many

Honored with this year’s Leo T. Walsh Scholarships were, back from left, Lisa Dimech, Ann-Marie Sequiera, Meghan McNamara, Timothy Dunleavy and, front from left, Sean Reichhold, Monica Coen, Riley White, Sandra O’Donoghue, Sean O’Donnell, Timothy Stapenhorst.

cases were disappointed,” Frank said with a laugh not admitting if he was among those who had trouble squeezing in….Winners of awards from the Leo T. Walsh Scholarship Program/Irish Cultural Centre of California were announced at the United Irish Cultural Center in May. Hats off to soon-to-be high

Father Roberto Andrey leads prayer at dedication of the Jubilee Labyrinth at St. Peter Parish in Pacifica. The prayer path “celebrates life, past, present and future,” the parish said. Assisting the pastor in the rite are, from left, Deacon Peter Solan, Pete and Joanne Cacicedo, chairs of the parish finance and parish councils, and Mike Duterte who designed the labyrinth. St. Peter Parish celebrated Father Andrey’s 25th year as a priest in April.

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Pope tells young people Holy Spirit can transform world

By Cindy Wooden SYDNEY, Australia (CNS) – With prayer and openness, young people can receive the power of the Holy Spirit and transform the world, Pope Benedict XVI told participants at World Youth Day. “Do not be afraid to say ‘yes’ to Jesus, to find your joy in doing his will, giving yourself completely to the pursuit of holiness,” the pope told them July 20 as he celebrated the Mass closing the six-day youth gathering.

Some 350,000 people – including San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer, Vicar for Administration Msgr. Harry Schlitt and nearly four dozen others from Nevada and northern California – attended the morning Mass at Royal Randwick Racecourse and, police said, more than half of them had braved the cold and spent the night camping out at the track. World Youth Day officials put Mass attendance at 400,000.

Pope Benedict announced at the end of the July 20 Mass that the next World Youth Day would be held in Madrid, Spain, in 2011.

Archbishop Niederauer called Worth Youth Day “a powerful, public expression of the value of faith in Christ and in his Church in the lives of enthusiastic young people.”

“The prevailing culture in Sydney is intensely secular,” the Archbishop told Catholic San Francisco, “so the witness of joyful, hopeful faith, shared by a quarter of a million young people, impressed and even startled folks who are used to hearing that religion, if it exists in modern life at all, should be a very private affair. The Holy Father connected directly with young Catholics by contrasting the life-giving values of the Gospel with the relativism, materialism and consumerism that prop up the culture of death.”

At the July 19 vigil, the pope said that understanding the Holy Spirit, “the neglected person of the Blessed Trinity,” is not easy.

But, he said, the Spirit’s power to strengthen and to unify people in love is as real as the Spirit’s bond of unity and love with the Father and the Son. And when Christians are filled with the Holy Spirit they can

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Following a July 19 Mass with World Youth Day pilgrims from the United States, Northern California and Nevada WYD participants posed with San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer; standing from left: Msgr. Harry Schlitt (San Francisco Archdiocese vicar for administration), Tony Sarboraria, Carrie Agasid Marigmen, Archbishop Niedereauer, Donna Kashat, Jonathan Lin, Teresita Santiago, Michelle Bortoli, Andrew Lin, Robert Vallarino, Simon Hwang, Penelope Rivas and Claire Hwang; kneeling from left: Daniela Rivas, Sergio Canjuro, Eileen Emerson, Mary Jansen (director, Office of Campus Ministry and Office of Young Adult Ministry) and Laura Lemus.

bring “the hope of peace, healing and harmony” to situations of conflict, suffering and tension, he said.

“Unity and reconciliation cannot be achieved through our efforts alone. God has made us for one another, and only in God and his Church can we find the unity we seek,” the pope said.

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of creation, giving life to all that God made, he said. The Spirit is the source of new life in Christ, and it is the Spirit that sustains the unity of the Church and its fidelity to tradition.

Pope Benedict told the young people at the vigil that he knows many of them have been or will be tempted to drift away from their faith, but being true to oneself means being true to the God who created each person.

“God is with us in the reality of life, not the fantasy,” he said.

“It is embrace, not escape that we seek.”

At the vigil, which began with the pope lighting a torch carried by a young indigenous woman and ended with eucharistic adoration, the pope told the young people to open themselves to the energy of God’s love.

Pictured in the cover photo are, from left: Daniel Olenchuk (holding flag, from Sacramento), Jennifer Ghera (background, Reno), Simon Hwang (Oakland), Erin Callister (background, Reno), Robert Munson (partially obscured, Reno), Robert Vallarino (San Francisco), Jeff Weinrich (Sacramento), Rebecca Lenihan (obscured, Sacramento) and Ethel Machi (tour guide).

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“In accepting the power of the Holy Spirit you, too, can transform your families, communities and nations,” he said.

During the vigil, 24 young people from nine countries were introduced to the crowd; they were the 24 people who received the sacrament of confirmation from the pope during the July 20 Mass.

Celebration of World Youth Day, the pope said, enables participants to experience the Church as “a living community of love, embracing people of every race, nation and tongue.”

The Book of the Gospels was carried to the altar by a grassskirt wearing dance troupe from Fiji.

The world needs the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, the pope said. “In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair,” he said.

But the Gospel message of salvation reveals how each person was created in God’s image and made for love, he said, a love which “is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good, radiating joy and beauty.”

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Pope visits rehab center SYDNEY, Australia (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI told a group of young Australians recovering from drug and alcohol abuse that he considers them “ambassadors of hope.” Those who have struggled to overcome addiction and get their lives back on a positive track are the best ones to help others who are lost and suffering, the pope said July 18. While thousands of young Catholics from around the world were celebrating World Youth Day in Sydney, Pope Benedict stopped to visit a rehabilitation community and support program run by the Sydney Archdiocese’s social service agency.

Mass. bishops oppose bill WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Catholic bishops of Massachusetts have opposed a bill that would repeal a 1913 law used to bar most out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in the commonwealth. The bishops and other critics of the bill believe giving marriage licenses to out-of-state couples whose home state doesn’t legally recognize such unions would open the door for legal challenges in other jurisdictions. DignityUSA, an unofficial Catholic support group for gay Catholics and their families, applauded the legislation and said it would be another step toward “putting our families on equal footing with other families.” The Massachusetts Senate passed the bill July 15 and the House was expected to vote on the measure before the end of July.

Haiti ‘needs political stability’ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) – Haiti desperately needs political stability so that jobs can be created to lift the poor out of a critical situation, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Policy. “The situation is critical, although there is still a glimmer of hope,” Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Fla., told Catholic News Service July 16. Bishop Wenski visited Haiti in mid-July.

Group nears full communion VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A traditionalist group based in northern Scotland is on the road toward establishing full communion with the Vatican. Though the Transalpine Redemptorists reported July 1 that canonical censures had been lifted and their priests were in good canonical standing, one Vatican official clarified there were still “certain censures that have to be removed.” The official told Catholic News Service July 15 the censures will be removed eventually and that the group’s members “are on their way” toward full reconciliation with the Roman Catholic Church. The community, not linked to the Redemptorist order, is based on the island of Papa Stronsay in the Orkney Islands, north of Scotland.

The community’s vicar general, Father Michael Mary, has

said Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter that allows for wider use of the Mass in Latin using the 1962 Roman Missal prompted the community to seek full communion.

Seek to exhume Cardinal Newman LONDON (CNS) – Catholic officials are seeking permission to exhume the body of Cardinal John Henry Newman, a 19th century Church leader whose cause for sainthood is expected to soon progress to beatification. The officials want to transfer the cardinal’s remains from a grave in a small cemetery in the suburbs of Birmingham, England, to a marble sarcophagus in a church in the city where they can be venerated by pilgrims.

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Urge war opposition WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Catholic Worker Movement has called on the U.S. bishops to denounce the American-led war on terror while urging the Church and U.S. citizens to repent for “affronts to God” fed by violence and materialism.

Meeting at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Ann Parish in Worcester, Mass., July 9-12 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the movement, a gathering of 500 Catholic Workers issued a statement encouraging the Church and “all people of good will” to embrace prayer, fasting, vigils and nonviolent civil disobedience to end military occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

‘End funds to abortion providers’ WASHINGTON (CNS) – U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., led other pro-life lawmakers in the House in calling for Congress to end federal funds for Planned Parenthood and other family planning organizations that provide abortions. The lawmakers were allowed an hour on the House floor July 9 to make their comments. “Most Americans, I suspect, probably have no idea whatsoever that our tax dollars have enabled abortionists to establish and to run hundreds and hundreds of abortion mills throughout America,” said Smith, a Catholic. “America’s biggest abortion chain is Planned Parenthood,” he said. “Each year, approximately 290,000 children are aborted in Planned Parenthood clinics. Each year, Planned Parenthood gets more than $335 million in taxpayer funds, including huge amounts from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Title X program.”

Vatican confirms parish closings BRIGHTON, Mass (CNS) – The Catholic Church’s highest court has rejected appeals of the closures of eight Bostonarea parishes, the Archdiocese of Boston recently confirmed.

Boston-area Catholics have vowed to continue their fight to have their closed parishes reopened. The Apostolic Signature sided with the archdiocese, which closed the parishes.

Kneeling now norm VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Receiving the Eucharist on the tongue while kneeling before the pope will become the norm at papal liturgies, said the Vatican’s liturgist. While current norms allow the faithful to receive the Eucharist in the hand while standing, Pope Benedict XVI has indicated a preference for the more traditional practice, said Msgr. Guido Marini, master of papal liturgical ceremonies. Kneeling and receiving Communion on the tongue highlights “the truth of the real presence (of Christ) in the Eucharist, helps the devotion of the faithful and introduces

Study guide examines torture The dignity and respect of the human person is the cornerstone of a new study guide on torture as a moral issue published by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The guide, “Torture: Torture Is a Moral Issue, a Catholic Study Guide,” looks at Church teaching as it relates to torture by government authorities around the world and mixes in biblical passages that evoke Jesus’ call to “love your enemies.”

The guide is available for downloading at www.usccb. org. St. John of God Catholic Parish in San Francisco recently displayed the above signage in conjunction with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture .

the sense of mystery more easily,” he said in an interview with the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.

Miracles recognized VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI has authorized publication of a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Damien de Veuster of Molokai, clearing the way for his canonization. Another of the decrees approved by the pope July 3 involved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. Louis lived from 1823 to 1894 and his wife from 1831 to 1877.

Vatican reports deficit VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After three years in the black, the Vatican reported a $14 million deficit for 2007, due mainly to the continued fall in the value of the U.S. dollar and the poor performance of the stock market.

Idea of women bishops criticized VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican has expressed its disappointment with a July 7 decision by the Church of England, the mother church of the Anglican Communion, to move ahead with plans to allow the ordination of women bishops. “We have learned with disappointment of the news of the vote by the Church of England that opens the way to the introduction of legislation that leads to the ordination of women bishops,” said a July 8 statement from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

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Legal experts disagree on California same-sex marriage law

By Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) – Though legal experts on a July 10 panel disagreed about how the California samesex marriage law will impact the freedom to express religious beliefs, they all agreed it will ultimately change the definition of marriage.

In a presentation hosted by the Family Research Council in Washington, an ideologically diverse panel of legal experts debated the national political ramifications of the May 15 California Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling that same-sex couples have the right to have the state designate their civil unions as marriages.

The more conservative legal experts on the panel said they believe that if the California law isn’t turned back, religious freedoms will be dangerously compromised nationwide. The more liberal law professionals said samesex marriage advocates and religious liberty supporters can coexist if both groups respect each other’s rights.

“They can coexist if both sides are not taking a ‘it’s my way or the highway approach,’” said Nathan J. Diament, director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. “Part of the challenge here is we have very powerful interest groups who have veto power over reasonable compromise. We need to find a way to insulate these issues, or everyone is going to lose out.”

Some members of the panel were concerned the ripple effect of the California same-sex marriage law would

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result in priests and laypeople being sued for publicly stating their moral objections to homosexual acts, court clerks being forced to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies despite their religious opposition, and medical

and insurance professionals having their state licenses revoked if they refuse to assist gay couples on religious grounds.

Benjamin Bull of the Alliance Defense Fund said he feared states would word hate-crime laws to make it a criminal offense for citizens “to speak out against homosexual acts.”

“Right now the First Amendment affords you the right to be wrong,” said Kevin J. Hasson, founder of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. “It’s just a matter of time. There are radical homosexual organizations working hard. It could force universities – regardless of their religious traditions – to make university housing available to same-sex couples.”

Considering California’s size and influence, its samesex marriage law could be a “springboard” for the gay marriage movement in other states, said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.

Currently the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents states or the federal government from making laws that prohibit the free exercise of religion, but Teresa Stanton Collett, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in St. Paul, Minn., expressed concern that these rights would be compromised if the California law remains in effect.

A ballot initiative has qualified for the California November general election that, if passed, would define marriage in California as between one man and one woman.

Meeting to focus on parish councils, homilies, ‘women’s voices’

By Rick DelVecchio The Northern California Lay Convocation will hold its second annual meeting Sept. 6 at the University of San Francisco.

Organizers describe the convocation as a lay effort to broaden and intensify lay involvement in the Church in accordance with the vision of Vatican II. The meeting, which is expected to draw 400 participants from Monterey to Sacramento, will focus on taking action on three issues that the 300 participants in last year’s session identified as priorities: pastoral councils, women’s voices in the liturgy and effective homilies.

Seeking cooperation with the Church hierarchy on enhancing lay involvement in ways that conform to canon law, the convocation has invited clergy and all the Catholic bishops in Northern California to attend.

“Our perspective is to work within the body,” said Rob Grant, spokesman for the

convocation and a member of the group’s steering committee. “We would rather unearth and harness the potential within canon law than to say let’s throw that out.

Other organizations may choose other paths, but our intent as illustrated in our mission statement is to celebrate and inculcate the possibilities of a post-Vatican II Church.”

The daylong meeting, called “Bringing Voice to Faith,” will open with a talk by Mark. K. Fischer, author of “I Like Being in Parish Ministry.” The book is a collection of success stories on how parish councils can benefit pastors.

Grant said Catholics are called by baptism to play an intimate part in the administration and ministry of the Church.

Thus, the convocation will offer discussions on successful pastoral councils and parish council training by successful parish leaders, he said.

The convocation is not arguing for a right for women to give homilies, Grant

said. The intent is to point out opportunities in the liturgy where canon law allows women to speak.

The meeting will feature a talk by canon lawyer Mercy Sister Eloise Rosenblatt on “Offering the Homiletic Voice of the Layman and Laywoman.”

Grant said convocation organizers wish to focus on such Church documents as the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church and the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in

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St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises transforming lives Five hundred years ago a seed of the Spiritual Exercises was planted in the Church

by Ignatius of Loyola. Five hundred years later people continue to experience the graces of Ignatius’ conversion by making the Exercises.

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By Liz Dossa “I used to listen to people who would tell me how they loved Jesus with so much emotion. I couldn’t quite relate,” said Paula Zand to the small group seated in folding chairs.

“And now I do!” Her voice rose exuberantly.

Zand and her companions were concluding the year-long Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius at Mercy Center in Burlingame.

One of the most powerful tools of spiritual change of the last five centuries is quietly drawing Christians like Zand in great numbers – and transforming their lives. “There is an increasing interest, a hunger and thirst for spirituality and prayer, for a relationship with God, “ said Jesuit Father Bernie Bush, a staff member at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos where the Exercises have been given since 1925. “Taking a person through the Exercises helps people see and understand God’s movement in their lives.”

Out of his own suffering, Ignatius de Loyola had a conversion experience in 1522.

At the river Cardoner near Manresa in Spain, he experienced God shining through all of creation. He sensed “God in all things.”

The Exercises are the fruit of his on-going conversion that continued for many years.

The Jesuits have made it their mission to pass on this gift of their founder.

“In addition to being inspired, St. Ignatius was a genius,” said Mercy Sister Lorita

Masses to prepare for St. Ignatius feast A three-homily preparation for the celebration of the July 31 feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola will take place during 5:15 p.m. Masses at St. Ignatius Church on the campus of the University of San Francisco July 28, 29 and 30, organizers have announced.

“St. Ignatius Loyola: His Life, His Lord, His Legacy” will be the theme of the three 15-minute homilies at the church, Fulton at Parker in San Francisco. The three Masses will be followed by short instructional sessions on Ignatian prayer and spirituality at 6:15 pm in the parish offices.

Jesuit Father Charles Rodrigues will lead the sessions. He is currently studying for a Licentiate of Sacred Theology at the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, with a focus on Biblical Theology and Ignatian Spirituality. For more information, contact Dan Faloon at (415) 422-2195 or faloon@usfca.edu.

Participants in a recent small-group meeting as part of a Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius retreat at Mercy Center, Burlingame, are clockwise from top left: group leader Liz Lawhead, Beth Kawasaki, Will Simpson and Margie Barkhau (back to camera).

Moffatt, who directs the Exercises at Mercy Center. “The Exercises use all of humanity’s faculties. They engage the mind, imagination, the will and heart. Ignatius paid attention to the whole person. Perhaps this is because he paid such close attention to his own interior life.”

Forty years ago this experience was unavailable to lay people. “Before Vatican II the Spiritual Exercises were limited to preached retreats for religious,” said Jim Neafsey, a spiritual director and former staff member at Mercy Center. “After Vatican II the Jesuits rediscovered the more personal way of doing these exercises. Doing them in the midst of life was rediscovered.”

People who have gone through the Exercises talk about the life-altering effects.

Some, like Mercy Sister Pat Galli, have found them immediately life-changing. She entered the Mercy community after taking the Exercises in 1988 and now gives them at the Jesuit Retreat Center.

After her 30-day retreat, Cathy Gilligan, a former school teacher, used her retirement savings to open a Catholic Worker House in Redwood City for abused Hispanic women.

Liz Lawhead left her job as a program and project manager in the high technology industry after she participated in the Exercises in 2000. She is now a spiritual director and team member of the Exercises at Mercy Center.

Not everyone changes a vocational path so radically. Through prayer and with the help of a spiritual director, people learn to look for the movement of God in their lives. They learn to ask, “Where was God in my life today?”

“The main intention of the retreat is to develop a deeper, experiential relationship with Christ, with God, and therefore to become more like Christ,” said Marilyn Granucci who directs the Exercises at Mercy Center with Sister Moffatt.

Nancy Warfield, who completed the 30-week experience at Mercy Center this May, came into the Exercises thinking her

understanding of Scripture would grow. “But in beginning the Exercises,” she said, “I was answering that deep call underneath the academic interest. There was a much deeper desire to know and see the world in God’s eyes.”

St. Ignatius divided the Exercises into four “weeks,” or stages, which guide the retreatant through the Mysteries of Jesus’

life: his birth and presence in the world, his suffering, death and resurrection.

At Mercy Center, the Ignatian Retreat is given in the form of a 30-week experience.

Participants meet once a week from October to May. Each week they pray together with material of the Exercises presented by a retreat director. During the two and a half hours there is time for personal prayer and time to meet in a small group to listen to the presence and activity of God in each person’s prayer and life experience. Every third week, the person meets with his/her retreat director for individual attention.

At the Jesuit Retreat Center, retreatants meet daily with their spiritual director and spend hours in prayer during the 30-day retreat. The Eucharist is celebrated daily.

A 30-week format is also offered for individuals throughout the year with a spiritual director while the participant continues daily life.

In the Bay Area the Exercises fill up quickly. The summer retreats at the Jesuit Retreat Center, which include an eight-day version of the retreat, are full with a waiting list. Mercy Center offers a six-day Ignatian retreat.

Description of the process falls far short of the Exercises themselves. “The Spiritual Exercises is like a cookbook,” said Jesuit Father Joseph McHugh, who helped lead the June retreat at Mercy Center. “You can’t just read about it. You have to taste it yourself.”

Websites on Ignatian spirituality: • www.mercy-center.org – Mercy Center’s website lists the Ignatian Retreat and other programs.

• www.jrclosaltos.org – website of the Jesuit Retreat Center, Los Altos.

• www.nwjesuits.org/JesuitSpirituality/SpiritualExercises.html – description of the Exercises and an opportunity to do the Exercises online.

St. Dominic’s Month: August, 2008 Save the dates for our annual celebrations of St. Dominic’s parish and the Dominican community.

Friday, August 1 & Saturday, August 2 – Coffee House, Doors open at 7 p.m./Show starts at 7:30 p.m., Parish Hall. Tickets cost $20 in advance; $25 at the door Sunday, August 3 – Solemnity of the Dedication of St. Dominic’s Church, All Masses Sunday, August 10 – Solemnity of Holy Father Dominic, All Masses Friday, August 15 – Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary (Holy Day of Obligation) Vigil Mass on Thursday, August 14 at 7:30 p.m.; Masses at 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; & 7:30 p.m. Mass with Solemn Mass Choir; concert to follow Tuesday, August 19 – Annual Lecture: “The Gothic Enterprise” by Robert Scott, author of The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral 7:30 p.m., Church nave, reception and book signing in Parish Hall to follow Saturday, August 23 – Mass of Remembrance for our Dead 10 a.m., Church nave, reception in Lima Center to follow Saturday, August 23 – Medieval Meal 7 p.m., Parish Hall, bring spoons & knife (but no fork!) Tickets cost $30 Wednesday, August 27 – Annual Concert: Contemporary Choir, 7:30 p.m., Church nave, reception in Parish Hall to follow Saturday, August 30 – Novice’s First Vows, 10:30 a.m., Church nave, reception in Parish Hall to follow 2390 Bush Street (at Steiner), San Francisco (parking available) • (415) 567-7824; www.stdominics.org

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■ Continued from cover plans, and to get Olympic tickets. So we pulled the trigger in January of this year and committed to traveling to Beijing for the Summer Games. I guess it all worked out.”

Coach Chan’s feelings were expressed on a sign he held up after Rowbury’s qualifying race: “Hotel in Beijing – 10,875 Yen. Tickets to the Olympic Track Meet - $520.

Watching the kid you coached in high school run in the Olympics – priceless.” ”While many may be surprised by this 23-year old’s rapid ascent, we at SHCP are proud and excited to witness such success from an alumna of our school. In August, Beijing and the world will get to see this athlete who we were lucky enough to know up close and personal for her four years (1998-2002) of high school,” a school spokesperson said.

When Rowbury entered SHCP, she had no previous running experience. She had broken her leg in kindergarten and took up dancing to strengthen it. She started with ballet but switched to Irish step dancing. She became quite accomplished.

“I still remember her first day of school,” recalled SHCP athletic director and PE teacher Jo Ann Momono. “She told me she was planning to try out for soccer and asked me if she should try out for cross country.” Fortunately, Momono directed Rowbury to Coach Chan, the school’s then first-year head coach.

Her first training runs were nothing out of the ordinary so Coach Chan was surprised when Rowbury’s first race was a 14:22 for second place in a two-mile junior varsity race. She eventually moved to varsity, won the league championship, and helped the team qualify for the California State Meet for the first time in school history.

As a freshman she raced at different distances – 800, 1600, 3200 and 4X400. “I changed my mind almost weekly as to what her best event was,” said Chan. “In the end, we decided to have her focus on the 800 because the time it would take her to run the 800 was about the same length of time as an Irish dance routine.”

In May of 1999, Rowbury emerged on the Central Coast Section (CCS) scene, winning the championship in the 800 meters. It was the first of many tactically sound races.

She hung back for the first lap and then, with 300 meters to go, “powered up” and took the lead. The crowd and the announcer literally gasped when the little known athlete surged to the lead on her way to what would be the first of four consecutive section championships at 800.

During her junior year, Rowbury became a state and national-level prep runner. In cross country, she ran 17:52 on a five-kilometer course, to place second at the state meet. In

Headed to Beijing Sayaka Matsumoto, a 2001 graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Berkeley, will compete at the Olympic Games in Beijing as a member of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling and Judo team. The El Cerrito resident is a seven-time national champion and four-time Pan Am medalist.

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Shannon Rowbury took up Irish step dancing as a youngster to strengthen a broken leg. In the other photo, Rowbury wins the California State Meet 1600 meters on June 1, 2002, her last race in a Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory uniform.

April 2001, she won the 800 meters at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational – at that point the fastest time in the nation for a high school girl (2:08.52). She would go on to finish the season undefeated at 800 meters, winning the California State Meet and the Adidas National Outdoor Championships.

Rowbury’s senior year included national-level marks in three events: the 800 (2:08), 1600 (4:51) and 3000 (9:38).

Rowbury decided not to defend her state title in the 800 and instead moved up to the 1600.

“As Shannon developed as a runner, her ability to focus for longer periods of time improved, and she evolved into what I considered a natural miler,” said Chan, “At that distance she had time to strategize, and her finishing speed was an even greater asset.” In her final high school race, Rowbury won the state 1600 meters.

Rowbury was more than an athlete at SHCP. Richard Sansoe, her U.S. history teacher, recalled, “She was always determined and focused. She handled the class as well as she performed as an athlete.”

Her grades were so good that her French teacher, Don Moe, said, “She did not miss, was never even late on a single homework assignment all year. She had a B on one quiz during second quarter. Every other grade all year was an A or A-.”

Ken Hogarty, now SHCP principal, worked with Rowbury in the DePaul Scholar program. “Shannon was an excellent writer who loved literature,” said Hogarty. She went on to graduate magnum cum laude in English and Theater Studies, earn a certificate in Film/Video/Digital Studies, and a masters in humanities with a Film Studies and Women Studies emphasis from Duke University.

Shannon’s mother, Paula Rowbury, remembers being asked why Shannon chose SHCP. “One of the people that I talked to believed any coach could have molded Shannon into the athlete that she has become,” she said. “I adamantly pointed out how wrong she was. I knew that it took a selfless coach, a person of character, to work patiently in developing an athlete’s talents. Andy’s main focus was on helping her develop a love and passion for her sport.”

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brought us to SHCP at the same time, so we started our journey together in 1998,” said Rowbury. “I was new to running and he was new to being a head coach.”

Looking back, Rowbury said, “I was very fortunate with my high school experience. Andy recognized that I might have a future in running, and he made sure to think of my development in the long term. He was conservative in my training, taught me the value of recovery, and above all made sure running was fun. While I may not have as many records as a result, I feel I owe a lot to Andy for creating in me a healthy and positive outlook toward running.”

“Shannon was incredibly coachable,” said Chan. “She asked lots of questions, and we always had detailed race plans. Her strength was her ability to find the finish line.

Numerous times she found a way to kick just enough to pass a runner in the final meters of the race.”

“We always focused on improving each year and doing things that gave her the best possible chance for success. I felt that if this was done, winning championships and running fast times would take care of themselves. I preached that if it came down to the last 200 meters and she was in the race with a chance to win, neither she nor I could ask for anything more.”

An interesting note about Rowbury’s high school training is that her success came at a school with no track facility or nearby place to run. The campus is located in the heart of San Francisco, less than a mile from downtown and City Hall.

During the past two years, Chan said, “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked if Rowbury would make the Olympics. Now the question is “Can Shannon Rowbury win an Olympic medal?”

The Olympic women’s 1500-meter runs are scheduled Aug. 19, 21 and 23.

(Material for this story was supplied by the SHCP Office of Communications.)

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St. Mary’s Chinese Schools and Center receive $1 million for capital campaign A gift of $1 million for the support of St. Mary’s Chinese Schools and Center Capital Campaign was presented to Archbishop George H. Niederauer by May Louie on behalf of herself and her husband, Sinclair Louie, during a July 1 luncheon hosted by the Schools and Center at the Empress of China in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

St. Mary’s is building a new Chinese Center on the former International Hotel site at Kearny and Jackson in Chinatown.

The Archbishop expressed his deep gratitude on behalf of the Archdiocese to Mrs. Louie and daughters, Eva Lee and Betty Louie, for their generosity. Mrs. Louie also indicated to the Archbishop that she will present another check for $1 million in January.

Paulist Father Daniel E. McCotter, pastor and director, and Dr. Collin P. Quock, general chair of the capital campaign, also expressed their gratefulness to the Louies for the confidence they have placed in St. Mary’s to continue its 105-year-old ministry to the Chinese community.

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International gathering Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur from 14 countries in five continents are meeting in Belmont on the Notre Dame de Namur University campus for their General Chapter. Occurring every six years, the gathering focuses on the future direction and goals for the worldwide congregation. “Our responsibility in this meeting is to determine how we can choose to stand with poor people as they struggle for adequate means for human life and dignity in the 21st century,� said congregational leader, Sister Camilla Burns.

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The conference is titled “Humanae Vitae: Cornerstone of the Culture of Life.”

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A pre-conference banquet will be held at St. Margaret Mary Church Hall in Oakland on Aug. 8. Speaker will be Ralph McInerny, editor of Catholic Dossier.

Archbishop Raymond Burke, formerly of St. Louis and recently appointed prefect of Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, the Vatican’s highest court, had been scheduled to speak but had to cancel because of his call to Rome.

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From natural family planning initiatives to sexual abstinence programs, parishes and dioceses are increasingly adopting Pope Paul’s vision for a world built on fidelity in marriage and the love shared by husband and wife as the cornerstone of a stable world.

While the 7,000-word encyclical – which upholds the Church’s long-standing prohibition on artificial contraception – is rarely addressed from the pulpit, ministries that seek to head off teen sex, cohabitation, high rates of divorce and single parenthood appear to be on the increase.

“There is an army of people out there right now who are desirous of getting this message out,” said Janet Smith, professor of moral theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Detroit Archdiocese. Smith will be a keynote speaker at an Aug. 9 conference on Humanae Vitae being held at St. Mary’s College, Moraga.

Smith, who has taken her “Contraception Why Not” presentation across the U.S. and Canada, said numbers might not be overwhelming, but a growing number of people are making a connection between the sexual freedom that emerged in the 1960s and today’s violence, depiction of women as sex objects and high incidence of divorce.

“It seems to me that 40 years ago people thought that contraception would be advantageous. Now 40 years later, we’d better rethink that,” she said.

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Father Edward Stackpoole, SJ: ‘Mosaic’ interviews Russoniello a man of charity and wisdom dent and a concelebrant at Father Stackpoole’s funeral Mass July 23 at St. Ignatius Church Jesuit Father Edward Vincent Stackpoole, on the USF campus, called the late priest “a a former superior of the Jesuit Community at rock of the Jesuit community.” the University of San Francisco and a teacher “When I came to the school,” Father at the school for 32 years, died July 18 at Privett told Catholic San Francisco, “Ed Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos. had just stepped down as rector of the Jesuit Father Stackpoole, a gradcommunity after overseeing uate of San Francisco’s St. the transition of the comMonica Elementary School munity from living at Xavier and the Jesuit’s St. Ignatius Hall to Loyola House. It was College Preparatory, entered more than a move of people the Jesuit order in 1943 and and furniture and took us was ordained in 1956. from an institutional housing “Ed was a very wise man to a more community-servwho never said anything neging way of life, and I am a ative about anyone, a man of beneficiary of that.” total charity,” said Jesuit Father Stackpoole, who Father Joseph Angilella, held a postgraduate degree minister of the USF Jesuit in English with a focus on Father Edward community and scheduled Chaucer, was a jury memStackpoole, SJ to be among funeral Mass ber for the Commonwealth concelebrants. “He was a mainstay of the Club’s annual awards for fiction and nonUSF campus. When he was rector he was a fiction. “Ed read hundreds of books and very wonderful rector. Everyone had great passed the best on to me – especially crime respect for him as a man of prudence and and adventure,” Father Privett said. “Ed was wisdom especially in difficult areas. We are a very gracious person.” very sorry to lose him.”

Interment was at Santa Clara Mission Father Stackpoole had much more than Cemetery. Father Stackpoole is survived a passing impact on those he met. “He was his sisters, Evelyn Rausch and Mary deeply loved by everyone who came in Elizabeth Knoblock, as well as numercontact with him,” Father Angilella said. ous nieces, nephews and their families.

“People are grateful to him in so many ways. Remembrances may be sent to the Jesuit He helped so many along the way.”

Community, Loyola House, 2600 Turk Father Stackpoole was held in high Blvd., San Francisco 94118. regard throughout the Jesuit community, Jesuit Father Daniel Kendall, a close Father Angilella added, noting the priest friend of Father Stackpoole and his family, “was often consulted” on the most important was to be homilist at the funeral Mass. Jesuit of issues and served as an advisor to the Father Mario Prietto, rector/superior of the order’s highest offices on many occasions. Jesuit community at USF, was to be main Jesuit Father Stephen Privett, USF presi- celebrant at the Mass.

Joseph Russoniello, U.S. Attorney for Northern California, joins Tom Burke and the wider community on “Mosaic,” Aug. 3 at 5 a.m. on KPIX CBS 5. Fun and formality fill the 30minute program in a broad discussion of Russoniello’s now more than 40-year legal career as well as his lifetime as a lay Catholic.

By Tom Burke

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“Physician-assisted suicide is bad medicine, bad morals and bad public policy,” the

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He said he also opposes assisted suicide for “slippery slope kinds of reasons.” A case in point is the Netherlands, he said, where assisted suicide is now being done with people with dementia and chronic depression.

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Thousands of candles in metal shelters near the Lourdes Grotto carry the intentions of pilgrims.

A statue of the Virgin Mary is central to the Grotto of Massabielle at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Lourdes: ‘God is very much the God of surprises…’

Lourdes has impacted him as well since assuming his post in 2006. “What I have noticed is a greater awareness of people’s vulnerability. The way I describe it is that Lourdes brings about a healthy vulnerability in us. What I have seen is that we all come here with different masks – fronts that we wear. Something about Lourdes, then, helps us to start letting go of those. So it makes me more sensitive to what the real person is like, or that there is something else going on here in the person’s life – a deeper awareness. You don’t just take things at face value.”

Father Moran’s duties center around recruiting, training and coordinating priests to serve as chaplains for pilgrims from the “Anglophone” (English-speaking) world. The goal of his labor is to make English-speaking visitors as comfortable and welcome as possible, to encourage “enough things in their own language” that they do not feel “isolated,” and to help them “have a good stake here in the Sanctuary.”

Road stencils and a painted line lead pilgrims through Lourdes, France on the Jubilee Way to places of significance in the life of St. Bernadette Soubrious.

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Father Martin Moran, OMI

Lines form at spigots carrying water from a spring said to have been uncovered by St. Bernadette following the Virgin Mary’s direction.

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blate Father Martin Moran issues what sounds like a spiritual guarantee: lives of pilgrims to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France have a “99 percent” chance of improving.

“I would say that almost everyone, 99 percent, of the people who come here leave changed for the better,” said the priest who is Chaplain Coordinator for English-speakers who visit Lourdes.

“Expect to be moved. Expect to be touched,” he said, but quickly added, “but perhaps not in the way you expected.”

“God is very much the God of surprises here,” Father Moran said in an interview the day after nearly 80,000 pilgrims from around the world worshiped at a Mass marking the 150th anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to a young French peasant girl on Feb. 11, 1858 at Lourdes. She would become a saint – St. Bernadette Soubrious.

“God will break into, will intervene, in people’s lives here in ways they weren’t expecting,” he explained. “They might expect, for example, to have a very moving experience at Mass. And, yes, the Mass was very nice but it might be as they are walking up the hill and they see the smile of a person, or they see another person helping someone who is sick – and they see the work of God there.”

The Oblate calls the well-known destination for millions seeking healing in their or loved-ones’ lives “a great leveler.”

“What Lourdes does is help people to look at things – the ordinary things – in a different way,” he explained. “It gives people a new perspective on life. When we come here we see people who are sick, people who are helping the sick, people who are coming obviously loaded down with worries and burdens. There is something quite humbling about the whole experience. We’re all the same.

“A lot of people come looking for hope, and Lourdes is a place that offers a lot of hope. And it’s not a false hope.

People come bringing whatever prayer they bring, bringing whatever people they bring in the sense of the people they carry in their hearts.”

There are six official languages at the Sanctuary – English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Dutch.

The priest emphasizes for visitors that the story of the Sanctuary, the apparitions and St. Bernadette “is not an add-on or an extension” to Scripture. “Bernadette wasn’t about setting up her own Church, or anything like that.

Mary through Bernadette was fleshing out part of the Gospel message, highlighting the Gospel call for the need for conversion.”

“Sometimes we tend to romanticize the lives of the saints,” Father Moran said. However, he continued, Bernadette’s story “is a very human one” in which her poverty and piety contribute “to the depth of the message.”

Noting parallels between Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Fatima, Father Moran said it is clear “God calls those on the margins.”

Has he witnessed miracles? While not calling them that, he can recite a number of stories about people whose lives have been remarkably changed, nourished and opened up

by Lourdes.

He tells about a couple who came to Lourdes to pray that their daughter and son-in-law could conceive a baby.

The young couple “had tried everything.” On their return trip home, the parents received a message there daughter was pregnant, something doctors said was medically unexplainable.

He describes parents who brought their physically and mentally disabled son to Lourdes, “fervently praying for a cure.”

“That didn’t happen,” the priest said. “But what did happen was that the parents left here with a much stronger ability. And to see those parents changing over the week – to see how they changed – was quite, quite remarkable.”

Pope Benedict XVI will visit Lourdes during his Sept.

13-15 trip to France, according to Vatican officials. While at the shrine he will participate in the traditional prayers held at the Marian shrine, including the nighttime candlelight procession and an evening eucharistic procession.

He will celebrate Mass for the general public Sept. 14 and a special Mass Sept. 15 for the sick who come to the shrine seeking healing and strength.

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Thousands of candle-bearing pilgrims participate in a rosary and Marian hymn procession at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.

A Feb. 11 procession marking the 150th jubilee of Marian apparitions to St. Bernadette Soubrious featured 14 languages.

By Dan Morris-Young

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(PHOTO COURTESY OF MIDI-PYRENEES TOURISM BUREAU)

Two dozen bishops and more than 1,000 priests were among the estimated 80,000 faithful who took part in the Feb. 11 Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes marking the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s apparitions witnessed

by St. Bernadette Soubrious.

About 10,000 of 80,000 worshipers at the 150th jubilee Mass at Lourdes gathered near the Grotto of Massabielle, also known as the Miraculous Cave or Cave of Apparitions.

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Father Baumann praised

Power of the Holy Spirit

By Pope Benedict XVI “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.” We have seen this promise fulfilled! On the day of Pentecost, the Risen Lord, seated at the right hand of the Father, sent the Spirit upon the disciples gathered in the Upper Room. In the power of that Spirit, Peter and the Apostles went forth to preach the Gospel to the ends of the earth. In every age, and in every language, the Church throughout the world continues to proclaim the marvels of God and to call all nations and peoples to faith, hope and new life in Christ.

In these days I too have come, as the Successor of St. Peter, to this magnificent land of Australia. I have come to confirm you, my young brothers and sisters, in your faith and to encourage you to open your hearts to the power of Christ’s Spirit and the richness of his gifts. I pray that this great assembly, which unites young people “from every nation under heaven,” will be a new Upper Room. May the fire of God’s love descend to fill your hearts, unite you ever more fully to the Lord and his Church, and send you forth, a new generation of apostles, to bring the world to Christ!

“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.” These words of the Risen Lord have a special meaning for those young people who will be confirmed at today’s Mass. But they are also addressed to each of us – to all those who have received the Spirit’s gift of reconciliation and new life at baptism, who have welcomed him into their hearts as their helper and guide at confirmation, and who daily grow in his gifts of grace through the Holy Eucharist. At each Mass, in fact, the Holy Spirit descends anew, invoked by the solemn prayer of the Church, not only to transform our gifts of bread and wine into the Lord’s body and blood, but also to transform our lives, to make us, in his power, “one body, one spirit in Christ.”

The power of the Spirit never ceases to fill the Church with life! Through the grace of the Church’s sacraments, that power also flows deep within us, like an underground river which nourishes our spirit and draws us ever nearer to the source of our true life, which is Christ. Yet this power, the grace of the Spirit, is not something we can merit or achieve, but only receive as pure gift.

God’s love can only unleash its power when it is allowed to change us from within. We have to let it break through the hard crust of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age. Only then can we let it ignite our imagination and shape our deepest desires.

That is why prayer is so important: daily prayer, private prayer in the quiet of our hearts and before the Blessed Sacrament, and liturgical prayer in the heart of the Church. Prayer is pure receptivity to God’s grace, love in action, communion with the Spirit who dwells within us, leading us, through Jesus, in the Church, to our heavenly Father. In the power of his Spirit, Jesus is always present in our hearts, quietly waiting for us to be still with him, to hear his voice, to abide in his love, and to receive “power from on high,” enabling us to be salt and light for our world.

Empowered by the Spirit, and drawing upon faith’s rich vision, a new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God’s gift of life is welcomed, respected and cherished – not rejected, feared as a threat and destroyed. A new age in which love is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good, radiating joy and beauty. A new age in which hope liberates us from the shallowness, apathy and self-absorption which deaden our souls and poison our relationships. Dear young friends, the Lord is asking you to be prophets of this new age, messengers of his love, drawing people to the Father and building a future of hope for all humanity.

The world needs this renewal! In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair. How many of our contemporaries have built broken and empty cisterns in a desperate search for meaning – the ultimate meaning that only love can give? This is the great and liberating gift which the Gospel brings: it reveals our dignity as men and women created in the image and likeness of God. It reveals humanity’s sublime calling, which is to find fulfillment in love. It discloses the truth about man and the truth about life.

The Church also needs this renewal! She needs your faith, your idealism and your generosity, so that she can always be young in the Spirit. In today’s second reading, the Apostle Paul reminds us that each and every Christian has received a gift meant for building up the Body of Christ. The Church especially needs the gifts of young people, all young people. She needs to grow in the power of the Spirit who even now gives joy to your youth and inspires you to serve the Lord with gladness. Open your hearts to that power!

I address this plea in a special way to those of you whom the Lord is calling to the priesthood and the consecrated life. Do not be afraid to say “yes” to Jesus, to find your joy in doing his will, giving yourself completely to the pursuit of holiness, and using all your talents in the service of others!

Excerpted from Pope Benedict’s homily at the World Youth Day Eucharistic celebration July 20. See www.vatican.va.

I was pleased to see mention in the “Street” column for July 11 of Father Anthony Baumann, OFM, who died in January of this year. However, I was surprised that nothing was written about his many years as a healthcare chaplain at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco.

During the period 1985-1993, I worked with Father Baumann in the Chaplaincy Services at St. Mary’s. He served before I arrived and long after I departed. Not only was he a wonderful healthcare chaplain, he also acted as both a mentor and inspiration to me, the first lay Catholic chaplain at St. Mary’s. He encouraged me as a healthcare chaplain and urged me to stretch beyond the hospital to assume regional and national responsibilities for the National Association of Catholic Chaplains. This was yet another role in his truly marvelous life.

Patricia Jane Murphy San Francisco

Heartfelt, gripping As an ambassador of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul San Mateo’s SVdP’s Catherine’s Center program (for women recently released from incarceration) that works in close collaboration with the Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame, I wish to thank Jane Sears for her meaningful “Potpourri” column of June 27. The message was heartfelt and gripping.

I have become an integral part in supporting the women of SVdP’s Catherine’s Center and feel so fortunate that I am able to walk with them on their journey. This ministry has swept me into an experience filled with love, compassion, joy and thanksgiving.

Ms. Sears definitely encompassed the true essence of SVdP’s Catherine’s Center in her unique and descriptive style of writing. Please continue her exceptional column.

Donna Wright SVdP’s Catherine’s Center Burlingame (Ed. note: Online information on Catherine’s Center may be accessed at www.svdp-sanmateoco.org/catherines.)

‘On the table’

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Celibacy review due Father Gerald Coleman (July 11) is correct that priests and other adults who sexually abuse children do so because of deviate or incomplete psychosexual development.

Indeed, most abusers are family members or close family friends of their victims and not celibate. It is also true that the charism of celibacy is a gift to the Church that needs to be honored and esteemed and those relatively few who receive this “gift of the Spirit” deserve respect and support.

Church documents dating back to the fourth century indicate that priests, like other humans, can be pedophiles.

How then can Bishop Geoffrey Robinson implicate celibacy as a causal factor in priests abusing children and in the even more egregious response of so many Church leaders who protected predators and displayed an incredible lack of empathy for victims? Mandated celibacy is a hallmark of the clerical class that fosters status, privilege and secrecy in the view of Cleveland’s Father Donald Cozzens – author, teacher, former seminary rector and vicar for clergy. It is a theological statement that asserts being sexually inactive is preferable to being sexually active, and it places the discipline of celibacy on a higher level than marriage, a sacrament of the Church.

In the opinion of Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who addressed the bishops at their 2002 Dallas meeting, imposed celibacy is one of the factors contributing to “clerical narcissism,” a sense of moral superiority, and arrogance so frequently seen in abusers and their protectors.

Clearly it is time for the Holy See to review the practice of mandatory celibacy for diocesan priests in the Latin rite, which is no longer serving the best interests of the Church.

Robert M. Rowden, M.D. San Rafael

L E T T E R S

Father Jerry Coleman’s July 11 column on Australian Bishop Geoffrey Robinson’s book and U.S. talks rightly quotes the bishop as saying that “celibacy was not the sole cause of sexual abuse by priests.” But there is no doubt, as the bishop states, that the abuse crisis “has put obligatory celibacy on the table.”

The abuse crisis, the drastic priest shortage, the closing/merging of churches, all these have caused parishioners to ask whether it would serve the mission of the Church to allow married men to be ordained.Most Catholics would agree celibacy is a charism but many would also say that a charism cannot be mandated.

Father Coleman did not take on these other arguments that mandatory celibacy has other effects on the overall priesthood and therefore the entire faithful.

More on the table: there are new reports that three Church of England bishops are meeting in Rome trying to effect a wholesale Anglican acceptance into communion with

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the Roman Catholic Church. This would involve hundreds of Anglican married priests, with their families, being accepted as functioning Catholic priests.

The mandatory celibacy discipline has emptied our seminaries of native priests. This year only foreign born priests were ordained in Idaho. With 17,000 married deacons we have no real shortage of vocations.

This year across the U.S., 40 dioceses are closing 800 churches. By not putting mandatory celibacy “on the table” are we allowing mandatory celibacy to trump the availability of the Eucharist and the other sacraments?

Ed Gleason San Francisco

‘Profoundly grateful’ Many thanks for allowing me to share the physical and spiritual journey to heart transplant (Catholic San Francisco, June 27).

The anointing from Bishop John Wester and the prayer of the Church community are what carried me and my family through. I am profoundly grateful.

Father Joe Bradley San Mateo

Ballot box thoughts The July 11 letter by Rosemary K. Ring made me shake my head. She seems to think the holy Eucharist is being used as a political tool because bishops withhold it from Catholics “whose political opinions vary from their own.” She finds it “objectionable and unconscionable” to withhold Communion from those who overtly contradict the teachings of the Church, does “not see any theological or moral justification for it .…”

She does not see the moral justification for a bishop discouraging Catholics from voting for candidates who support partial birth abortion up to the day of birth? This is not espousing one party or another, though, it seems that most, not all, of those candidates are from one party. As a Catholic Democrat, I am continually disappointed by my party choosing candidates who are

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Guest Commentary

American Catholic structural polarization Like the certainty of winter coming after fall, further polarization in the Catholic community will happen during this presidential election season. This polarization, poisonous and infectious to the ecclesial community, makes us increasingly ineffective in living out Catholic social teaching and producing change for social justice.

It didn’t have to be this way.

Structural decisions made 34 years ago by American Catholic Church leaders – bishops, clergy, religious and laity – are a primary cause of these circumstances today. The fruit of these decisions continues to be an obstacle to American Catholic unity of thought and purpose and the cause of bitter division and partisan infighting.

When the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops set up a separate Pro-life ministry with its own staff and network right across the hall from its office for Social Development and World Peace (Justice and Peace), it set in motion a chain of developments that has compartmentalized Catholic social teaching and helped to create two Catholic constituencies. Instead of establishing one office of Catholic social teaching which would expound one message – clearly and consistently about the human person from the unborn through the life cycle right until death – the decision makers set up parallel structures, each with its own message. These structures resulted in dysfunction and confusion that continues to this day.

Each message has created a constituency around it. These two constituencies often have little in common; have opposite world-views regarding culture and politics and, frankly, dislike each other.

More problematically, by dichotomizing the essence of the message of Catholic social teaching, it has allowed Catholic constituencies to pick and choose their favorite Catholic social teaching concept and discard or trivialize other important elements. In the present political climate, it has allowed “cover” for Catholics, especially Catholic politicians. With faith and values all the rage now in both political parties, it is clear Catholic politicians will continue to claim the mantle of faith by using terminology, sometimes taken directly from the “Compendium on Catholic Social Teaching,” to describe their beliefs about the poor, the unborn and the like. Unfortunately, all too often, they will proclaim only part of the teaching, not all of it.

Politically, in the past and surely to be the case this political season, this has led to Catholics hurling anathemas at each other from the right and the left of the political spectrum. The results of all of this will be more polarization, division and confusion, making this upcoming presidential election one of the most fractious and bitter in American Catholic history.

I cannot help but wonder what the present American political theater would look like if the Catholic Church had been teaching a unified, clear and consistent message for more than 30 years.

Could it be that legalized abortion would be a thing of the past? Could it be that healthcare and housing would be available to all? If a core group of 65 million Catholics understood the Church’s full message and acted George Wesolek on it, would there be the a Democratic Party today which still considers pro-life Democrats as somehow unfaithful?

Would Planned Parenthood still have a stranglehold on the party?

Would the Republican Party have a different slant on those who live on the margins of society as more than just collateral damage of Adam Smith’s “invisible hand”? Could it be that with a unified and consistent message taught more than three decades, there would actually be a true “Catholic vote” in the U.S.?

The structural dysfunction caused by separate structures negates and distorts the fact that Catholic social teaching is seamless. The teaching of the Church does not have different principles for different social issues. There is no set of Catholic teaching that applies only to life issues or only to issues of economic or social justice. Each of the basic principles of Catholic

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Potpourri

Reflections on purgatory and eternity There is nothing quite as bittersweet as a funeral for a family member or close friend. Flowers and hymns, laughter and tears, eulogies recalling the grace, wit and wisdom of the departed are de rigueur for all – except the deceased.

These traditional and sentimental accouterments are for the ones left behind, the ones stunned with grief and sorrow. They are meant to comfort and console, and that’s a good thing, a much needed thing. Yet the prayers and platitudes that suggest the departed’s instant bliss and immediate entry into heaven come with no guarantee. Can that be hazardous to the health of the soul?

Many Catholics consider purgatory passé, along with hell and other negatives; others barely give it a mumble.

While it’s certainly appropriate for us to feel optimistic about our salvation and that of our loved ones, it might be tempting to adopt the attitude that this “halfway house” is nothing more than medieval Catholic thinking and, as such, should be tossed into a spiritual rubbish bin.

Unfortunately, the current crop of counterfeit visionaries who claim to have been given visions of purgatory where wailing souls suffer unspeakable torment and agonies

horrific enough to scare a pope, have helped turn people off to its reality.

Consonant with disbelief in such an unspeakable place, is the notion that since it does not exist, the departed souls do not need our prayerful assistance after all. But make no mistake.

The Church clearly teaches there is such a state of purification, and it is essential for souls who led less than a perfect life on earth. It can be likened to heaven’s entry hall, one stop in an elevator going up to the penthouse, a detour along the road to paradise, or an adjacent dressing room in which to clean up before attending an elegant and eternal banquet.

Aside from the scriptural references to purgatory, and the papal statements reiterating its reality, great saints have written about it not as a place of fire and torment, but as St. Catherine of Genoa cheerily assures us, “Apart from the happiness of the saints in heaven, there is no joy comparable to that of the souls in purgatory. There, the incessant communication with God grows more and more intimate, and according to the impediments of that union (the rust and remains of sin) are consumed.”

Still, for all the lovely comfort in Catherine’s words, the

souls are still in dire need of our prayers to catapult them out of the stopover place of purification, and hurled into eternal bliss with the creator. St. Thomas More took this to heart when he wrote, “Pray for me, and I for Jane L. Sears thee, that we may merrily meet in heaven.”

Although there is no assurance that neither we, nor the ones who have preceded us, “will go right up,” purgatory, with its salvational promise of cleansing and deliverance in preparation for the ecstasy of the Beatific Vision, is meant to encourage deeper belief in God’s love and mercy, and the guaranteed happiness that awaits those for whom he has prepared a place.

Jane L. Sears is a freelance writer and member of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame.

The Catholic Difference

On the death, and aging, of princes The death of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin of Benin this past and his humility. The African cardinals – all new Christians May 13 marked the passing of one of world Catholicism’s – got the saint they wanted; the rest of us got a very different noblemen. kind of “political pope,” who dramatically reshaped the history Born in what was then the French colony of Dahomey of our times by being a pastor and a moral witness. in 1922, a mere 40 years after the first John Paul, for his part, reposed enorCatholic missionaries had arrived in that mous trust in Bernardin Gantin, appointing West African land, Bernardin Gantin was him prefect of the crucial Congregation for ordained a priest in 1951, consecrated Bishops and, in 1993, dean of the College auxiliary bishop of Cotonou in 1956, and of Cardinals. It was in the latter roles that I named archbishop of Cotonou in 1960. first knew Gantin and was deeply impressed After participating in all four sessions by his faith, his good humor, and his transof the Second Vatican Council, Archbishop parent integrity. Here, one thought, was a Gantin was brought to Rome by Pope prince, long before he acquired the title; and Paul VI to work at the Congregation for he was a prince because he was a Christian, the Evangelization of Peoples (known a man unafraid of the future because the to all Roman hands by its former name, future was assured by Christ.

Propaganda Fidei, or “Prop” for short).

One also sensed a deep spiritual bond He then became president of the Pontifical between the Polish pope, saturated in a milCouncil for Justice and Peace and was crelennium of Christian history, and this child ated cardinal in June 1977. of the first modern African evangelization.

In the run-up to the conclaves of 1978, Cardinal Bernardin Gantin The son of a retired soldier and the son some imagined Gantin as the first pope from of railway worker, both from what some sub-Saharan Africa; he never thought of himself in those terms, regard as the borderlands of the faith, came to the center of and likely played a not unimportant role in Karol Wojtyla’s the Church and found in each other a devotion to Christ that election as John Paul II. Some of the Great Electors of 1978 transcended race, culture and language. thought of Wojtyla as a bridge to the communist world, a kind Cardinal Gantin was also, in an oblique way, one of those of “political pope.” Cardinal Gantin and his fellow-Africans most responsible for the election of Joseph Ratzinger as Benedict thought in rather different terms: they admired the lucidity of XVI. On turning 80 in 2002, Gantin lost his vote in any future Wojtyla’s faith, the clarity of his defense of Catholic doctrine, conclave. Neither canon law nor the apostolic constitution

governing papal elections requires that a cardinal who reaches the age of 80 must thereby relinquish his post as dean of the College of Cardinals. But Bernardin Gantin was a man of great humility as well as integGeorge Weigel rity, and he seemed to think his brother cardinals, and the whole Church, would benefit from his stepping aside to allow the vice-dean, Cardinal Ratzinger, to succeed him. So Cardinal Gantin resigned as dean, returned home to Benin, and took up pastoral work.

Cardinal Gantin’s self-effacing humility paved the way for Cardinal Ratzinger, as dean, to preside over the general congregations of cardinals that followed the death of John Paul II and to be the principal concelebrant and the homilist at John Paul’s funeral Mass. No one should doubt that Ratzinger’s performance in those roles had a lot to do with the swift resolution of the conclave of 2005 in his favor.

Thus did Gantin, a man who did not lack a sense of self but whose sense of self was not ego-driven, do a last great service for the universal Church.

Will his example inspire other princes of the Church who, in the future, find themselves in parallel situations?

George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Msgr. Bruce Dreier, pastor, was homilist for the St. Robert Parish 50th anniversary Mass.

Original parishioners – all wearing yellow carnations rise from their pews for special recognition at St. Robert Parish anniversary Mass.

St. Robert Parish celebrates 50th anniversary “We are a parish family like none other I have experienced,” Msgr. Dreier said. “We stand today with our St. Robert Parish in San Bruno celebrated its 50th Archbishop to pledge our support and renew our commityear with a Mass of Thanksgiving and a family style ment. When the Lord calls out to us `Come follow me!’ barbecue June 8. we stand ready with faith-filled Archbishop George H. hearts and a burning desire to Niederauer was principal celserve.” ebrant. St. Robert pastor, Msgr.

An awareness of need in Bruce Dreier, was homilist. the world apparently is among Concelebrants included Fathers even the young at St. Robert’s.

Paul Rossi, Paul O’Dell, Tom Francesca Bedolla Mejia, who Hamilton, Joe Pham Hung, James recently made first Eucharist at Morris, Donald D’Angelo, forSt. Robert’s, gave up gifts for mer pastor Father Vincent Ring the occasion and asked those and Msgr. Emmanuel Nnanna, a remembering her to instead priest visiting from Nigeria. make a donation to the parish The church was filled for social justice group’s campaign the morning liturgy. Original to buy mosquito nets for the parishioners wore yellow carnapoor in malaria-plagued countions and showed they are quite tries. The invitation raised $570 a number when all rose for spefor the cause. cial recognition during Mass.

“As the prophet Isaiah wrote In his homily, Msgr. Dreier long ago, `And a little child shall said St. Robert’s parishioners lead them,’” said Franciscan “continue to build our commuSister Sheral Marshall, a pastonity” and “hear the invitation of ral associate at St. Robert’s who the Lord” even 50 years after the accepted the donation for the parish’s establishment. social justice committee.

Francesca Bedolla Mejia “We recognize our strengths The history of the parish and our weaknesses. We recogwas captured and displayed in nize our gifts and talents. And we reach out beyond our- the parish hall in photo albums, a power-point presentaselves to serve the community.” Service does not stop there, tion, and a documentary film featuring interviews with he continued, pointing to how members minister to one parishioners who witnessed St. Robert of the House of another and “even further to help where there is a need.”

God’s beginnings.

(PHOTO BY LUCY BEDOLLA MEJIA)

By Tom Burke

(PHOTOS BY ARNE FOLKEDAL)

Original parishioner, Catherine Murphy, was sure to not miss St. Robert’s 50th anniversary celebration.

Due to poor health, she had not been in the church since her husband’s death four years ago.

Luca and Sofia Kinchen enjoy the bouncy castle at St. Robert Parish anniversary festivities.

Pitching in – a hallmark of St. Robert parishioners – is shown here by Fran Bennett, left, and Helen O’Brien.

July 25, 2008

seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130 R. Lord, I love your commands.

I have said, O Lord, that my part is to keep your words. The law of your mouth is to me more precious than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

R. Lord, I love your commands.

Let your kindness comfort me according to your promise to your servants. Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.

R. Lord, I love your commands.

For I love your command more than gold, however fine. For in all your precepts I go forward; every false way I hate.

R. Lord, I love your commands.

Wonderful are your decrees; therefore I observe them. The revelation of your words sheds light, giving understanding to the simple.

R. Lord, I love your commands.

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS ROM 8:28-30 Brothers and sisters: We know that all things work for good for those who love God,

who are called according to his purpose. For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 13:44-52

Jesus said to his disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets.

What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.

“Do you understand all these things?”

They answered, “Yes.” And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.”

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Scripture reflection

1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF KINGS 1 KGS 3:5, 7-12 The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.”

Solomon answered: “O Lord, my God, you have made me, your servant, king to succeed my father David; but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act. I serve you in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a people so vast that it cannot be numbered or counted. Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong. For who is able to govern this vast people of yours?”

The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request. So God said to him: “Because you have asked for this — not for a long life for yourself, nor for riches, nor for the life of your enemies, but for understanding so that you may know what is right — I do as you requested. I give you a heart so wise and understanding that there has never been anyone like you up to now, and after you there will come no one to equal you.”

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FATHER CHARLES PUTHOTA

Christ gives treasure Solomon did not have If God were to give you three wishes, what would you like to have? We pine in various combinations for wealth, health, youth, affection, long life, fame, power, comforts, and the like. We fantasize having them, regret not having them–-and may well spend our lives trying feverishly to attain them. Such wishes speak volumes about us as they represent our treasures, which largely determine the course of our life, influencing our choices and coloring our vision. Depending on the nature and quality of these treasures, we may find success or failure in life, happiness or sadness, peace or conflict, freedom or bondage.

God wants Solomon to explore his treasures. Knowing that God is the giver of every blessing, Solomon discerns that what he really needs is the ability to welcome life wholeheartedly. No matter what life brings, Solomon is confident he can face it if he is endowed with a heart that sees right from wrong, a heart capable of looking deeply into human beings and knowing them for who they truly are, beyond external appearances.

Solomon calls this ability an “understanding heart.” His treasure is spiritual discernment.

God is eager to give him “a heart so wise and understanding.”

We normally associate the heart with feeling. But can the heart also know and understand? The French philosopher Blaise Pascal asserts: “The heart has its reasons which reason does not understand.” The Little Prince affirms: “It’s only with the heart one sees clearly.” The logic of the heart is different. Solomon wishes to be able to combine the human powers of imagination and reason, love and logic, mind and heart, analysis and feeling. God is delighted with the integrated human beings. Have we not often seen disintegration all around? In the information age, is there room for transformation? As we go searching for knowledge, can we combine it with the matters of the heart? How often do we see within ourselves, in relationships, and our choices the divorce between the mind and the heart? To mature in personhood, we need to seek ways of

personal healing and communitarian integration–a great treasure indeed.

A deeper dynamic is at work in the gospel as Jesus invites us to interiority from which all our actions flow. Solomon’s treasure is the power to discriminate between right and wrong. Jesus wants us to possess a greater treasure. Jesus’ call is that we delve deeper than right and wrong, good and evil. It is the same dynamic expressed in Jesus’ invitation to broaden and deepen the commandments of the Old Testament.

Jesus challenges us to distinguish between the good and the better, between the better and the best. Christianity is a life far beyond right and wrong, toward the fullness of life. Staying merely at the level of right and wrong, we haven’t even stepped into the edges of the vast ocean of Christianity.

To belong to Jesus entails being engaged in the tension between things good and things better, leading to things best.

The first man sells everything he has to buy the land with the buried treasure.

Giving up the good things, he seeks better things. The pearl merchant lets go of the precious pearls when he finds the better one. We cannot set sail onto the vast ocean if we cannot let go of the shore. We cannot embrace the better if we cannot leave the good. Life entails a dynamic choosing of the better things as we search for the best.

This is the treasure Jesus invites his followers to possess.

What is my treasure? For Jesus’ disciples, it cannot merely be the ability to know right from wrong. There is so much more. It is the gift to know the good from the better.

As Jesus says, where my treasure, there my heart is. This Christian treasure cannot be stolen or sullied. It will shine forth in season and out of season. It will merge our mind and heart, body and soul. By means of this treasure, we will gain a glimpse into the abundant and eternal life Jesus offers us.

Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D., is pastor of St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco.

Spirituality for Life

A certain disquiet inside us In her novel, “A Map of Glass,”Canadian novelist Jane Urquhart tells the story of an aging woman who recalls how, as a little girl, she used to steal her father’s stethoscope and play with it.

“I loved the rubber earpieces that shut out the noise of the world. But, even more, I loved the silver bell at the end of the double hose, a bell I could place against my chest in order to listen to the drum, to the pounding music of my own complicated, fascinating heart.”

The pounding music of my own complicated, fascinating heart! What a wonderful phrase. It is not a simple thing to be a human being and, in this, we parallel the universe.

Science tells us there is a deep, intelligible pattern evident in the universe as it is unfolding, but that this is only part of the story. Together with this intelligibility there are, at the same time, powerful, wild, unpredictable, chaotic forces that wreak havoc with the design and meaning – and make for every kind of random occurrence.

The center holds, but the surface often does not. Small wonder that many philosophers consider ambiguity the fundamental phenomenon in the universe and some scientists argue that there is no pattern or meaning to things at all.

And our lives can seem the same. At a deep level, at least when we are healthy, we generally have an inchoate feeling that ultimately things make sense, that there is a moral underpinning to everything, that love has meaning, and that we are called to give ourselves in altruism. The center holds, but the surface of life, like nature itself, is often full of powerful, wild, unpredictable and chaotic forces that threaten to wreak havoc with what is beneath. Our personalities, like the universe, are caught in the tension between deep meaning and wild occurrence that seems to belie what is deeper.

The genius of Henri Nouwen was that he was able to give expression to this. In his diaries, time and again, he would share how complex his heart and feelings were and how saint and sinner would vie with each other: “I want to be a great saint, but I also want to taste everything that sinners get to experience. ... No wonder my life is often tiring!”

Nouwen left no doubt about his trust in and commitment to the deep things of faith and Christ, but he also left no doubt that our lives are also full of wild, random forces that drive us in contrary directions.

The universe isn’t simple and neither, it seems, are we.

Why? Because of the very depth and riches of things,

not least our own hearts.

God did not make us or the universe simple and without freedom.

The universe is not a machine and we are not robots, programmed to act out in a clear, predefined way. The Father universe resembles more Ron Rolheiser a living organism than it does a machine, and we are beings of mysterious depth, ambiguous freedom, and immense complexity and our deepest problems do not stem from the fact that the mechanism isn’t running correctly. Our deepest struggles stem from the fact we have a certain disquiet inside us, a madness that, it seems, is evident even in the physical cosmos itself. The center and the surface are often not in harmony, both inside of nature and inside of our hearts.

We need think no further than Augustine’s famous line: ROLHEISER, page 22

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Mac into coming to San Doug Benbow, chair of Francisco and participating the festival committee and director of liturgy at the Rev. William McMillan in this year’s flower festival.

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With a theme of “One Body, One Spirit In Christ,” the convention will offer speakers and break-out sessions on a wide range of topics, with special emphasis on worship in a multi-cultural Church, and the care and renewal of those in parish ministry leadership, planners said.

Featured speakers include Msgr. Kevin W. Irwin, Rawn Harbor, Robert McCarty and Mercy Sister Cynthia Serjak. Presenters include Tom Kendzia, Mary Frances Reza, Dr. Paul Ford, Christopher Walker, Jerry Galipeau and ValLimar Jansen.

Activities during the convention will highlight the diversity of styles and cultures present in today’s Church and will include concerts, liturgies and special events intended to build bridges between the cultures and focus on unity in Christ, planners said.

The NPM website is www.npm.org.

July 25, 2008

Wesolek . . .

■ Continued from page 15 Social Teaching is immediately applicable to all situations that involve the human situation, both personal and social. At the core of the teaching is the anthropological assertion that every human being has a dignity that is sacred – that every person is made in the imago Dei regardless of race or creed, whether rich or poor, smart or not, athletic or disabled. That principle extends from the moment of conception until the moment of natural death and includes everybody in between. It is the basis for our concern and legislative advocacy about the African who lives on less than 65 cents a day, for the millions of children with no medicine who die before the age of five, for those with no food or shelter both abroad and in our own country, for the unborn and the vulnerable elderly.

The precipitating event that instigated this structural course of action was the advent of Roe vs. Wade. What had been presumed as unthinkable became a legal reality – abortion on demand, for any reason to anyone, more available even than some common medical interventions. After some 48 million abortions to this day, the attacks on this fundamental human freedom, the right to life, become more widespread with the possibility of assisted suicide becoming legal in more states than Oregon.

The structural response by the Church after Roe was to institutionalize the educational and advocacy efforts to overturn the decision and to stop the tide of other dehumanizing legislation akin to it. At the time, it perhaps seemed logical to set up a separate office to meet this threat. Many dioceses followed the model.

The two separate constituencies created and galvanized by this structural framework began fighting early and still wage war in a cultural and political context. “Justice and Peace” constituents quickly grabbed onto Cardinal Joseph Bernadin’s “consistent ethic of life” metaphor implying if not asserting outright that certain Catholic politicians who were pro-abortion made up for it by being good (and therefore acceptable under the Catholic mantle) on a host of other issues on the spectrum: poverty, health care, etc.

Many in the pro-life community, on the other hand, developed a

tunnel vision approach, which would not even mention any other issue regarding the poor other than abortion. Their passion for this issue drove them completely into the embrace of the Republican Party. This embrace brought with it support for no tax-and-spend policies and a philosophy of government that does not align with classical Catholic social teaching and Vatican encyclicals of the last 100 years. The other side, the classic “economic justice” Catholic (most of whom are now in their waning years) will overlook a Catholic politician’s perfect 100 percent rating by NARAL (National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws) and do anything to elect them with an equal amount of passion. Although it is now difficult (one hopes) to maintain Catholic identity and be “pro choice,” they survive by winking and nodding at the abortion issue, basically trivializing it.

A unified structural model of social action works. Both the life constituency and the peace and justice constituency get the same message. The action on behalf of justice at the “Walk for Life” and at the Conference on Global Poverty model to them the completeness of the Catholic social teaching message. Pro-life people are becoming aware and supporting action for the poor, supporting the end to the death penalty, while “justice” people are marching at the West Coast Walk For Life.

Over the course of these 30-plus years, there has been a gradual evolution of the bishops’ clarity on Catholic social teaching. The confusion about abortion and euthanasia being “one of many issues on the spectrum of life” has been rejected. The bishops now state: “The direct and intentional destruction of human life…is always wrong and is not just one issue among many. It must always be opposed.” (Faithful Citizenship 2007) The bishops are also clear that: “Opposition to abortion and euthanasia does not excuse indifference to those who suffer from poverty, violence and injustice. Any politics of human life must work to resist the violence of war and the scandal of capital punishment. Any politics of human dignity must seriously address issues of racism, poverty, hunger, employment, education, housing and health care.” (Living the Gospel of Life) So now the catechesis is whole and integral again. The structures and educational strategies to communicate them are not.

WESOLEK, page 20

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obituary

Former Riordan teacher dies Marianist Brother William McCall, a teacher and champion of the speech and debate program in the 1960s at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco, died of cancer in Cupertino on July 9, 2008. He was 81.

Brother McCall was born in Camas, Idaho, on Sept. 10, 1926.

He attended middle and high school in Los Angeles.

In 1943, after completing his junior year of high school, Brother McCall enlisted in the Navy and was stationed in DeLand, Fla. His duties included aviation ordinance and servicing aircraft machine guns.

Upon his return from military Brother William service in 1946, Brother completed McCall, SM high school at Metropolitan High in Los Angeles and entered college there on the G.I. Bill at Loyola University. He graduated in 1952 with a bachelor’s degree and later earned a master’s degree in English literature there.

Brother McCall entered the novitiate in 1955 at Santa Cruz, professed first vows in 1956, and in 1960 professed perpetual vows in San Francisco.

Brother McCall spent most of his teaching career at Chaminade College Preparatory at Canoga Park and West Hills, Calif., where he taught for 22 years and served as president from 1982-1986. He also taught at Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco, Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, and St. Louis School and Chaminade University in Honolulu.

Brother had no immediate survivors. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 15 at the Marianist Center in Cupertino. Burial was July 16 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos.

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Books RADIO Film stage San Francisco Symphony’s finale: first rate

By Father Basil DePinto Time was, the end of June would have been long past the end of the musical season. Now, happily, music lovers are not so deprived; hence, the San Francisco Symphony regaled its patrons with a fine series the week before the Fourth of July, and with a first-rate American maestro at that. David Robertson is well known here – he first led the Symphony in 1997 – and currently directs the St. Louis Symphony.

Mr. Robertson’s program featured the music of Central European composers (Poland, the Czech Republic), in works to which he brought his customary vigor and polish. The opening work was the only one not likely to elicit enthusiasm from the audience. I heard Witold Lutoslawski conduct his “Mi-parti” here in 1991; it made no more sense to me this time than the last. The untranslatable French title refers to the freedom given to the players, at certain defined moments, to play whatever they want. It sounds, and I suppose is meant to sound, like a jumble. This is experimental music which certainly deserves a hearing. You just as certainly don’t have to like it. The piece was mer-

cifully short and received what we call polite applause.

Things looked up with Janacek’s “Taras Bulba,” based on a Gogol novella about a Ukrainian Cossack and his heroic exploits. It’s hard to believe that Janacek’s music, which today is part of the standard repertory, was until recently almost unknown. “Taras Bulba,” which dates from 1924, is full of vivid orchestral color and refulgent harmonies, and is typical of the composer’s exciting dramatic style.

Janacek was a committed modernist with a keen sensitivity to the world around him. The third movement includes a few bars right out of a Scott Joplin ragtime piece. (A little tyke sitting in front of me turned around and gave his mom a gleeful look of recognition.) But more than anything else, Janacek’s music is strikingly original, belonging to no established camp, whether serialist or neo-romantic.

Mr. Robertson drew wonderful sounds from the orchestra, by turns beguiling and warlike. The very prominent brass sections were never strident, and the lyrical string passages flowed with strength as well as sweetness.

What is so striking about this conductor’s work is his capacity to center

David Robertson

everyone’s attention on the score rather than on himself. He is clearly a strong leader but not a showy one. It is less a question of self-effacement than one of

serious commitment to the music alone.

Quite an achievement.

The evening ended with Dvorak’s cello concerto. Not so long ago it was played here, unforgettably, by Mstislav Rostropovich. It takes great courage for a young artist to follow in such footsteps, and Alissa Weilerstein proved herself equal to the task. She has a strong, full tone and a keen musical sense. There was no need to make invidious comparisons.

What does need repeating is that great classics never grow stale; every exposure to them is a revelation of deeper riches.

Dvorak embraced the German Romantic tradition as would any composer of his time, yet his devotion to his Czech roots makes itself felt on every page, and springs fresh and new in any loving performance, which this certainly was.

A composer has to be what he is; hence Puccini’s Butterfly may look Japanese, but she sounds fully Italian, and Dvorak is a Czech even in his “American” quartet and his New World Symphony. To recognize that is to understand why the joy of music is ever ancient, ever new.

Father Basil DePinto is a frequent contributor on the arts.

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but many dioceses are opting to combine Catholic social teaching under one roof.

This is a positive and welcome development that unifies the message and makes accountability to the entirety of Catholic social teaching real.

■ Continued from page 19 The USCCB conference structure is still bifurcated even while there are promising hints that communication between these offices is increasing. Many dioceses around the country still have separate offices for life issues and justice and peace issues

George Wesolek directs the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

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July 26, 8 p.m.: July Fest Zydeco Dance at St. Finn Barr Parish Goode Hall, 415 Edna St. at Hearst in San Francisco. Free dance lesson 7 – 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Call (415) 3333627 or (415) 585-4524.

July 26, 7:30 p.m.: “La Boheme” performed by Pocket Opera of Notre Dame at Notre Dame de Namur University Theater, 1500 Ralston Ave. in Belmont. Tickets are $20/$10 seniors. Call (650) 508-3729 or e-mail concerts@ndnu.edu.

July 28, 29 30, 5:15 p.m.: “St. Ignatius Loyola: His Life, His Lord, His Legacy,” a preparation for the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola on July 31. Sessions include Mass in St. Ignatius Church, Fulton at Parker in San Francisco, with a 15-minute homily on each of the topics, followed by a short session at 6:15 pm in the parish offices on Ignatian prayer and spirituality relating to the day’s topic. Jesuit Father Charles Rodrigues is currently studying for a Licentiate of Sacred Theology at the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley with a focus on biblical theology and Ignatian spirituality. Contact Dan Faloon, at (415) 422-2195 or faloon@usfca.edu July 29, Aug. 19, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.: St. Emydius Parish, Ashton and DeMontfort St. in San Francisco, hosts two talks by Franciscan Sister Sheral Marshall on “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.”

Contact Joe and Peggy Koman: at emjkoman@att. net or (415) 585-8260.

Aug. 2, 11 a.m.: First Saturday Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery’s All Souls Mausoleum, Old Mission Rd. in Colma. Call (650) 756-2060.

Aug. 3, 10, 17, 10:45 a.m.: Jesuit Father Tom Reese, a former editor of his order’s America magazine, speaks on politics, liturgy and justice at Fromm Hall behind St. Ignatius Church on the campus of USF. Aug. 3: “Catholics and Faithful Citizenship,” Aug. 10: “Symbolic Gestures and the Liturgy,” Aug. 17: “Justice and the Eucharist.” Contact Greg Fox at gfox@bfesf.com or Don Faloon at (415) 422-2195.

Through Aug. 8, noon – 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday: “Then and Now: Annual Art and Art Therapy Exhibition” at Notre Dame de Namur University’s Weigand Gallery on the college campus, 1500 Ralston Rd. in Belmont. Showcases artists’ work and “how the field of art therapy has evolved within the mental health profession.” Call (650) 5083556 or visit www.ndnu.edu.

Aug. 7, 6:30 p.m.: Notre Dame de Namur University will hold an informational forum on its evening degree programs. Professors will take part to provide guidance and background. Admission, finance and other topics will be addressed during the Ralston Hall Mansion gathering, 1500 Ralston Ave., Belmont. For information, call (650) 508-3600.

Aug. 15, 8 p.m.: Refresh your soul … with a moment of peace and quiet … away from the busyness of life … listen to beautiful music … join others in prayer and song around the cross … offer your restlessness and worries to Jesus, the one who understands … let the longing in our world and yours meet in Jesus the one who heals.

Location: Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd., Fremont.

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Aug. 15-17: “The Saints of Summer – a Silent Retreat for Men” directed by Jesuit Father Gerald F. Hudson at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos.

The saints of summer include St. Thomas More (June 22); Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29); St. Thomas the Apostle (July 3); St. Benedict (July 11); and St. Ignatius of Loyola (July 31). Father Hudson is a former member of the faculty at St. Ignatius College Prep and joined the staff of the JRC in 2006. Call (650) 948-4491 or visit www.jrclosaltos.org for more information and to register.

Aug. 16, noon to 5: Annual picnic for separated and divorced Catholics and their families at San Bruno City Park, Site #9, Crystal Springs and Oak Avenues, San Bruno. Bring your family and a favorite picnic dish or snack to share. Tickets are $5/person, or $10/ family. Grilled hot dogs, sausages, condiments, plates, napkins and utensils will be provided. Share food, socializing, fun and games, and lots of fresh air and sunshine. Those wishing to carpool from San Francisco will meet at the parking lot at St. Stephen Parish near Stonestown at 11:30 a.m. Call to let them know you’re coming; for directions contact Vonnie at (650) 873-4236 or Gail at (650) 591-8452.

Aug. 23, 2 p.m.: A concert benefiting Saint Patrick’s Seminary and University featuring Catholic music artist, John Angotti, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd. San Francisco. Angotti is an award-winning composer and recording artist recently featured at the United States papal visit and is also performing at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. Also appearing will be choirs from St. Francis High School in Mountain View and Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park under the direction of Margaret Durando and Gabriel Lucas.

General admission tickets are $75 with a special rate of $25 for students. For more information, visit www. stpatricksseminary.org or call (650) 325-5621.

Sept. 5 and subsequent First Fridays of the Month: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets at St. Sebastian

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Saturday, 4 p.m.: Religious programming in Cantonese over KVTO 1400 AM, co-sponsored by the Chinese Ministry and Chinese Young Adults of the Archdiocese.

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

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

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Voices from far and wide joined in a Gospel Mass at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco in June. Shrine rector, Father Robert Cipriano, presided with Conventual Franciscan Father Paul Gawloski, pastor, St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, concelebrating. Deacons Chuck McNeil and Larry Chatmon assisted at the Mass. The 55-member choir – including singers from the Shrine, St. Paul of the Shipwreck (San Francisco), St. Stephen (San Francisco), St. Columba (Oakland) and St. Callistus (El Sobrante) – was directed by Rawn Harbor, liturgy director for both St. Columba Parish in and the Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley. The preeminent Gospel liturgist will be involved with the blessing and dedication of the Shrine’s Porziunocla on Sept. 27 and will spearhead a workshop Oct. 15-18 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, ending with a 5:30 p.m. Gospel and Jazz Mass on Sunday with Archbishop George Niederauer as the principal celebrant.

Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd. in Greenbrae for Mass at 7 a.m. with breakfast and talk following. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J, Justice is guest speaker Sept. 5. Archbishop George H. Niederauer will speak Dec. 5. Presentation Oct. 3 will address upcoming elections. Nov. 7 gathering offers opportunity to learn more about the Knights and Dames of Malta. Members’ breakfast $7/visitors $10. Call (415) 461-0704 weekdays or e-mail sugaremy@aol.com.

Sept. 6, 1 p.m.: Third Order Mass to welcome Bishop William Justice as new auxiliary bishop, St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd., San Francisco, followed by reception. All Lay/Secular Orders and those interested in knowing more about the lay vocation are welcome. Call (408) 730-5385 or e-mail mary_munden@hotmail.com.

Sept. 7, Mass at 11 a.m. with picnic from noon – 4 p.m.: CYO Family Day at St. Ignatius College Prep, 37th Ave. at Sunset Blvd. in San Francisco. It’s an afternoon of CYO fun with family and friends featuring a picnic, all-day swimming with licensed lifeguards on duty and a festival to celebrate the kickoff of CYO Athletics’ Fall Season. Enjoy games and activities plus hot dogs with all the trimmings. Tickets are $10 per person for events and $5 per person for picnic lunch.

Call (415) 972-1233 or visit www.cccyo.org Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m.: Concert by Jesse Manibusan at St. Raphael Church, 1104 Fifth Ave. in San Rafael.

Suggested donation of $5 for individuals or $30 for parish youth groups. Reception afterward. Contact Chris Lorentz at (415) 454-8141, ext. 28 or clorentz@ saintraphael.com.

Sept. 19, 6 p.m.: The Four Pillars Gala at St. Mary’s Cathedral will honor Archbishop George H. Niederauer with proceeds benefiting St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park in its mission of “the initial and ongoing formation of priests” for service in a “contemporary and multicultural world.” The evening will feature entertainment by Diana Stork of Festival of Harps as well as an exclusive wine auction. The event takes its name from the four pillars of formation: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral. Tickets are $150. Call the seminary at (650) 325-5621 or visit www.stpatricksseminary.org.

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Aug. 1-3: Angels, Creation and the Power of Prayer Creativity among the angels is extra-ordinary! The

Father Joseph Bradley, administrator pro-tem, St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo, will speak about his heart transplant of nearly three years ago Aug. 4 on “Sieze the Day/The Gus Lloyd Show” on The Catholic Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. As the 7:30 a.m. Eastern interview is live, listeners here will have to tune in at 4:30 a.m. “It is early and Father Bradley said it was not a problem,” said Emily Marlow, producer of the Lloyd program. “We’re going to be his alarm clock.” Marlow said she called the priest after seeing his personal account of his transplant experience in Catholic San Francisco. Marlow produces the show from Catholic Channel studios in New York while host, Lloyd, broadcasts from Tampa, Fla. An audio link to an interview with Archbishop George H. Niederauer that ran on The Catholic Channel several months ago is available on the Archdiocese of San Francisco website – www.sfarchdiocese. org . For information and a link to a free trial with Sirius Satellite Radio visit www.thecatholicchannel.org . Sirius Satellite Radio has 8.7 million subscribers nationwide according to Marlow.

power of prayer is almost unbelievable! The adventure of entering into these worlds is full of surprise and delight! Let’s go there! Facilitated by Franciscan Sister Jose Hobday.

Aug. 29-31: A Retreat for Families and Friends of Alcoholics Alcoholism is a family disease and it takes a long and deep toll on those who love alcoholics, work with alcoholics, are related to alcoholics and who have been on an emotional roller coaster with them.

This weekend will look at the tools and treasures of Al-Anon. Participants will take part in conversations, some prayer, some quiet and some time to rest and to share experiences, strengths and hope. Retreat director, Jesuit Father Tom Weston, has been an active member of the recovery community since 1976.

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Consolation Ministry Grief support groups meet at the following parishes.

San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Sienna, Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 5581015. St. Dunstan, Millbrae; call Barbara Cappel at (650) 692-7543. Good Shepherd, Pacifica; call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593. Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City; call Barbara Cantwell at (650) 755-0478.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; call parish at (650) 366-3802. St. Robert, San Bruno; call Sister Patricia at (650) 589-2800.

Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo; call Brenda MacLean at (415) 454-7650. St. Isabella, San Rafael; call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato; call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.

San Francisco: St. Dominic; call Deacon Chuck McNeil at (415) 567-7824; St. Finn Barr (bilingual); call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823. St. Gabriel; call Elaine Khalaf at (415) 564-7882.

Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 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.

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Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco – (415) 567-2020. Ample parking is available free of charge in the Cathedral lot for most events.

Aug. 12, 7:15 p.m., Cathedral Event Center, Hall C: “St. Clare: The Hidden Evangelizer.” Free of charge, all are welcome to take part in this lecture which focuses on this lifelong friend and spiritual sister to St. Francis, principal patron of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Talk is followed by a reception with light refreshments. Presented by Stephen C. Cordova of the St. Anthony of Padua Institute. For more information, contact stephencordova@yahoo.com.

Second and Fourth Fridays through September, at 7:30 p.m. in Cathedral Event Center, Monsignor Bowe Room: Discussions of Plato’s Works, a series on the philosophical works of Plato, with the goal of recapturing the wisdom of the ancient authors on perennial and Catholic questions. The series is free.

For a complete list of dates and reading materials visit: www.stanthonypaduainstitute.org. Presented

by Reynaldo Miranda of the St. Anthony of Padua Institute. For more information, call (888) 619-7882, or e-mail MagisterTextus@StAnthonyPaduaInstitute.org

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. Half Moon Bay, Our Lady of the Pillar: Meghan (650) 726-4337.

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

Call (650) 340-7452; Young Adults are invited each first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides light refreshments and networking with other young adults. Convenient parking is available. For information contact, mercyyoungadults@sbcglobal.net.

1st Friday at 7:30 p.m.: Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

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

2nd Friday at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400 Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at (650) 726-2249.

3rd Friday, 8 p.m.: Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Contact Benedictine Father Martin at (650) 851-6133 for directions or information.

The traditional Latin Mass according to texts and rubrics from before Vatican II is celebrated at locations and times below.

First Friday of the month, 7 p.m.: St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425 Bay Rd. at Glen Way in East Palo Alto. Mass is followed by Benediction. For more information, call (650) 322-2152.

Sundays at 12:15 p.m.: Holy Rosary Chapel at St. Vincent School for Boys. For more information, call St. Isabella Parish at (415) 479-1560.

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

Ongoing support groups for the separated and divorced take place at St. Bartholomew Parish, 300 Columbia Drive at Alameda de las Pulgas, in San Mateo, first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. in the Spiritual Center and first and third Wednesdays of the month at St. Stephen parish hall, Eucalyptus and 23rd Ave. in San Francisco next to Stonestown Mall at 7:30 p.m. Call Gail at (650) 5918452 or Joanne at (650) 347-0701.

Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639 for information.

Third Saturdays: The potluck is back and being held at St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo. Gather at 6 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room of the parish hall at 600 Columbia Drive, just uphill from the church, which is at the corner of Alameda de las Pulgas and Crystal Springs Road in San Mateo.

Call Gail (650) 591-8452, or Vonnie (650) 873-4236 for more information or directions.

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

Harry Schlitt presiding.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an information phone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F. 94109, or fax it to (415) 614-5633, or e-mail burket@sfarchdiocese.org.

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Letters . . .

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■ Continued from page 14

“You have made us for yourself, Lord, and our hearts are restless until the rest in you.” In the same way the biblical author, Qoheleth, points to a certain nostalgia for the infinite inside of the human heart, a “timelessness,” and suggests we are torn in many different directions because of this. Plato called this “divine madness” and believed it was what was best inside us, the force that draws us relentlessly toward higher things.

Thomas Aquinas explained human complexity by saying that our congenital unrest comes from the fact that the adequate object of our hearts is being as such. What would satisfy us, he asks? Only everything, he answers! Small wonder that not all parts of us always pull in the same direction.

Blaise Pascal suggested that all of our miseries stem from the fact that none of us can sit still in a room for one hour. He’s right.

There is in us an innate, pathological, fascinating and holy complexity. Knowing this doesn’t make our lives easier, but, if nothing else, it can introduce us to ourselves so that we no longer need to pretend our lives our simple and deny that we struggle – physically, morally, sexually, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually.

strong in social issues but who support the denial of life.

How can devout Catholics vote for someone who champions the denial of our most basic right? How many Catholics believe this to be political opinion rather than the moral issue it actually is? If you do not defend the basic right to life, all other issues are moot: no life, no liberty, no pursuit of happiness, etc.

So, go ahead, use your right to vote “with your minds free of the burden of threats of excommunication,” but while in that ballot box, please bear in mind and pray for the millions to date who have been denied the very right to be.

Jeanne Asdourian Corte Madera

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser can be contacted through his website: www.ronrolheiser.com.

Olympic games. Anyone who thinks protests will change China’s attitude toward Tibet is sadly mistaken.

Foreign governments have viewed China’s human rights violations with indifference and will never openly support Tibet’s independence, because they have not only exported many of industries to China, but also depend on China’s trade, and value the stability in China above everything else.

China also cites the double standards of the West, where they view the human right violations in some of the Arab monarchies with a “Nelson’s eye” for fear of endangering oil supplies. China has a monopolistic hold on power through economic development and the Chinese people feel the West is having difficulty accepting China as an emerging super power.

With China’s breathtaking economic growth, millions of Chinese now feel they have more freedom and through their own efforts have the opportunity to make choices and improve their lives.

As long as people have a comfortable life, food and shelter for their family, they are willing to accept fewer political rights. What America and Europe have achieved today, China can achieve tomorrow. The West, America and China have to learn and accommodate each other. There must be a meeting of the minds on human rights in China and on the Tibet issue. A pragmatic approval will lead to changes

by China, rather than by boycotts and protests.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

Meeting of minds The uproar about the Olympic torch protests; the boycotting of the opening ceremony of the games and the hue and cry by the human right activists, while arousing attention, all will be a distant memory once the Olympics are over and the dust settles.

All the protests have done was to hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and to have them strongly unite behind their government and their policies.

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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.

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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI PARISH - CONCORD Religious Education Coordinator PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: • Children’s Faith Formation - grades 1- 6; • First Reconciliation / First Communion parish and school; • Children’s Catechumenate (RCIA adapted for children) - ages 7 & up; • Safe Environment Coordinator and Trainer for Parish.

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Applicants should send resume and references to: Rev. Hugo Hernandez 860 Oak Grove Road, Concord, CA 94518 or email to Hugo@sfaconcord.org or FAX to (925) 682-5491.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of June HOLY CROSS COLMA Raul Angel Aguirre Harry J. Aleo Louis F. Anzore, Sr. James Jeffrey Bac Sierra Fabian R. Banchini Eleanor C. Benetti Robert E. Berry Irene D. Bourbin Jack Brady Ernestine Brooks Mary Rose Brown Victoria L. Brown Darlene Burke Frances P. Casentini Hilario Castro Marcella W. Charter James R. Cofone Matthew J. Cooke Anna Cortese Joan T. Crotty John Parnell Crowley William Edward Cunha Anis Dabis Catherine R. D’Acquisto Cecilia Marie Muschi Dawydiak Leighsey B. Delery Richard J. Dineen Margaret M. Dittman Patrick Dolan Jean Etienne Duboscq William Ernest Dugoni, Sr. John P. Dunleavy Victor S. Flaviano, Jr. Bernadine M. Frazier Leona Franklin Galten Frank J. Garre Joseph M. Giomi

Teresita Magbitang Gonzales Johannes H. Graham Benjamin J. Hennig Jacqueline Horton James K. Huang Sharon Lynne James Carlos V. Jimenez William J. Kinnealy Kathleen R. Kitchin Mary Laconsay Fred W. Landucci Joseph Vincent Leddy Hilda Leone Alice Lee Loomis Raymond L. Maffei Angela R. Martin Anita Martin John Martinelli Virginia M. McCosker Sr. M. Aloysius McGloin PVBM Robert J. McKeever Lorraine Arnal McLean Ernest N. Merchant Margaret T. Michaels Shirley E. Minaker Thomas A. Mullaney Evelyn Stella Mulready Joseph P. Murphy Glenda M. Newberry Consejo L. Nobleza Mercy Ocegueda Mary L. O’Keefe Kathleen “Kate” Bern Omeara Louis Pace Romeo G. Pascasio Carlos Daniel Perez Emilia F. Petri Maria Piche Helen C. Pors Lucie Pucillo

Josefa B. Quevada Letitia Ellen Railton Manuel M. Ramirez Josefina Nito P. Reburiano Vicente Vic R. Reburiano Bernardo A. Rivo Anthony G. Sacco Thomas Robert Sanson Michael Joseph Scannell John Leonard Schmitz, D.D.S. Margaret L. Schumacher Mary C. Shick Georgia Shuster Emma Siles Edwin Gordon Silva Elaine R. Simmons Ia Simoncini Harry E. Siskron Mark E. Tabucchi Howard Taylor Paul E. Thiebaut, Sr. Nolasco L. Tomas Robert Francis Tusch Marcella Valente Barbara W. Vallo Aurora E. Vitello Edward B. Vocker Vera Vucicevic Rita M. Ward Mei Ber Young

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Tarcisio Barbariol Frank S. Camacho Frances J. McAnally Antonio Mendoza Frank Vogl

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Mary J. Bettini Marie A. Bonanno Gilbert A. Buzzetti LorRainne Byrne Maria Navejas Cruz Theresa Mary Di Lembo Janet Merrill Leidel Barbara J. Neilan Anna Maria Obertello Elideth Resendiz Joyce Marie Riordan Arthur A. Solari Angela Traber Robert C. Trieber Burrell E. Walsh

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA First Saturday Mass All Saints Mausoleum Saturday, Augest 2nd, 2008 – 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Charito E. Suan, Celebrant

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.