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Novena to St. Anne turning 100 and still attracting the faithful

By Tom Burke In less than two weeks, St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco will begin celebration of the centennial of a ministry that has drawn hundreds of thousands to the Judah Street church over a century of summers - the annual Novena to Good St. Anne. The parish celebrated its own centennial in 2004. Judy Morris of St. Cecilia Parish remembers attending the Novena – in the late 1940s. “My mother took us when we were little kids – babes in arms,” Morris told Catholic San Francisco. Other children in the family included brothers Jerry, now living in Southern California, and Jim – now Father James Morris ordained in 1966 and today serving at St. Raymond Parish in Menlo Park. “My mom took all three of us,” Judy Morris said, pointing out that her middle name is, indeed, Anne, in honor of the saint whose intercession is implored at the Novena each year. “I say a prayer to St. Anne everyday,” she said. “We always went. We liked it as kids and less as teen-agers,” she noted with a laugh.

“My grandparents and aunts and uncles had attended the Novena from the start.” Morris said the Novena – July 18-26 this year — was “a part of summer” and vacations for her family never took place in July. “People would come by bus and street-car,” she said. Her mother, Josephine, who died 10 years ago, attended the Novena into her 80s. Morris said she has only missed the Novena “a couple of times,” and that was due to sickness. She’ll be there this year, she affirmed. The Blessing of Children was a rite Morris and her family never missed. The special blessing takes place this year on the Sunday of the Novena, July 22, during the 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses. “They’d bring us up on the altar and always have a medal or memento for us,” Morris recalled. As one who has lived on both sides of Vatican II, she believes there is room for the Novena in today’s Church. “I think you stay close to your religion when you have an opportunity like the Novena.” She recommends people take the centennial year to try the Novena anew. Msgr. John Foudy, who led St. Anne’s as pastor from 1970-90, knew the Novena long

San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Connolly – later archbishop of Seattle — carries a monstrance in the famed Novena to St. Anne procession. The July 18-26 Novena celebrates its 100th anniversary this month. At Bishop Connolly’s right is the late Father Joseph A. Donworth, pastor of St. Stephen Parish in San Francisco from 1952-72. Through many of its 100 years, the Novena to St. Anne drew huge crowds to St. Anne of the Sunset Parish. before he took reins of the parish. “My mother would take us every year,” he said. Now retired, he lives at Alma Via residence in San Francisco. He tries to attend the Novena each year. “I’ve gone pretty faithfully but I’ve got the walker now and can’t march around,” he said. Impact of the Novena can be as powerful today as in past generations, Msgr. Foudy said. “Anything that gathers people together around their faith, especially in the numbers the Novena has generated, is a good thing,” he said. Father Raymund Reyes will be officially installed as eighth pastor of St. Anne’s July 21 during a 10 a.m. Mass. Archbishop George H. Niederauer will preside. A recep-

tion will follow. “The devotees of the Novena have dwindled in number for the past years,” the new pastor told Catholic San Francisco. “The challenge for me as the pastor today is not just about making the traditional prayers and devotions become prominent again during the Novena days. It is also finding a new direction where these blessed days can relate particularly with the homebound, the elderly, the new immigrants, young families, and especially the children.” Last year, approximately 500 people attended the Novena daily, “many fewer than the thousands who flocked to the church in the 70’s,” Father Reyes said. ST. ANNE, page 3

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Manila cardinal promotes ‘theology of crumbs’ SAN FRANCISCO — In an expansive homily that drew applause, laughter and emotion June 21 at San Francisco’s St. Anne of the Sunset Church, Cardinal Guadencio Rosales of Manila underscored the deep faith, generosity and hospitality of the Filipino culture and urged Filipinos living in the United States to use their cultural heritage as a leaven in American society. A Pontifical Mass followed by a reception at St. Anne were the final events of the cardinal’s three-day Bay Area visit which also included a Mass at San Francisco’s St. John the Evangelist Parish, East Bay liturgies, and visiting several relatives. In an interview with Catholic San Francisco June 19, the cardinal cautioned the United States about its social development aid in the Philippines and expressed excitement about the impact of Pondo Ng Pinoy, a foundation he helped launch to aid the poor in his homeland three years ago. While “mutually beneficial” bi-lateral treaties between the Philippines and United States “should be respected,” Cardinal Rosales notably security agreements, it would be prudent for U.S. federal developmental aid programs to “distance themselves” from “some human development programs” currently supported and become more aware of how monies are used, Cardinal Rosales said. It is widely acknowledged that corruption and lack of accountability have long plagued social development sectors of the Filipino government as well as some non-governmental organizations there. On the other hand, Cardinal Rosales said, Catholic Church affiliated organizations “”have always been among the most credible.” That would include Pondo Ng Pinoy, whose member organizations now include more than a dozen Filipino dioceses and apostolic vicariates. A key tenet of the Pondo Ng Pinoy philosphy, Cardinal

St. Anne . . . ■ Continued from cover However, he noted, the centennial anniversary is expected to draw many. There is also excitement surrounding Father Reyes’ installation and Archbishop Niederauer’s participation. Many have been calling about the event. “One interesting call I received was whether we still hold the Novena and the big procession of the Blessed Sacrament outside in the months of July,” Father Reyes said. “I think the devotion has left an indelible mark on parishioners and former parishioners alike, wherever they are.” “My installation and endorsement by Archbishop Niederauer to St. Anne’s community will certainly strengthen my commitment and perseverance in leading the parish to many years of making a difference and choosing the life of Christ,” Father Reyes said. Writing in Volume II of the “History of the Archdiocese of San Francisco,” archivist Deacon Jeffrey M. Burns, Ph.D., noted that crowds exceeding 20,000 were common in the 1920s. For example, he recorded, the Novena’s 1926 eucharistic procession “circled several blocks surrounding St. Anne’s.” Daily Mass times during the Novena are 8:45 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7p.m. , according to the parish Web site which contains additional Novena details: www.stanne-sf.org. “Celebrate and sing! Play your harps, for the Lord our God”. Psalm 147:7

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Rosales said, is personal commitment to tangible, daily support of at least 25 centavos – less than one cent in U.S. currency – to the poor and the work of the foundation. He described it as “true democratization of charity.” The cardinal expanded on what he calls a “theology of crumbs” during his St. Anne homily. “We in the Philippines are gathering crumbs from every Filipino,” he said to the nearly 1,500 gathered at St. Anne. “All God wants is small things. Small things put together can start up a miracle. The issue is the love for the poor. Goodness is not complicated.” He underscored the significance of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, pointing out that no other parable reveals the name of the persons involved — from the story of the Prodigal Son, to the Pharisee and the Publican, to the Good Samaritan. “This is very, very significant,” he said. “Love is a way of life. Love is not a one-shot thing,” said the leader of the Philippines’ nearly 65 million Catholics, more than 80 percent of the nation’s population. The Filipino culture, he emphasized, “embedded in us since we were small kids has the ability to be friends with almost everyone. There is room for everyone in our cul-

Cardinal Guadencio Rosales of Manila is blessed by members of San Francisco’s St. Anne of the Sunset Parish at a reception for him following a June 21 Pontifical Mass at the parish attended by nearly 1,500.

ture. There is always room for one more in our culture.” After describing the Filipino emphasis on personal care and concern for individuals “even if it interferes with schedules,” the cardinal drew applause when he said, “I assure you, God is not going to judge us according to schedules. He is not a God of schedules.” Speaking about the priesthood and to the many priests present at the Mass, Cardinal Rosales said, “God is not going to judge me as a priest or a cardinal, but as a person. The first ontological and metaphysical vocation for a priest is to be a good human being.” “To be a good man, to be a good person is your first vocation,” he said. “Be good as a man, reflect the goodness of God, and a good priesthood will follow.” Cardinal Rosales, who turns 75 Aug. 10, told Catholic San Francisco he had submitted his letter of resignation to the Vatican in June, complying with the canonical mandate for cardinals to offer their resignation on turning 75. He said he had not received official word whether or not he would be asked to continue as head of the Manila Archdiocese. (For information on Pondo Ng Pinoy, visit its Web site: www. pondongpinoy.com.)

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Campaign urges marital growth DENVER (CNS) — Public service announcements for television and radio launched by the U.S. bishops June 27 feature couples from around the country candidly talking about what they did that day for their marriage. The advertisements, sponsored by the U.S. bishops’ committees on Marriage and Family Life and Communications, highlight on-the-street interviews with couples in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Texas, and Providence, R.I. The campaign was unveiled during the annual meeting of the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers in Denver. The ads end with a message, “Small changes can make a world of difference,” and urge viewers or listeners to go to the Web site www.foryourmarriage.org for suggestions on little things they could do to help strengthen their marriage.

Tridentine Mass discussed VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI spent about an hour with an international group of bishops June 27 discussing his decision to allow greater use of the Tridentine Mass. Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, who attended the meeting, confirmed to Catholic News Service that the purpose of the encounter was to inform the bishops about the coming papal document and help ensure its favorable reception. Cardinal O’Malley and Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis were reportedly the only U.S. prelates participating,

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Pope sets year dedicated to St. Paul By John Thavis ROME (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has announced a special jubilee year dedicated to St. Paul, saying the Church needs Christians who will imitate the apostle’s missionary energy and spirit of sacrifice. The pope said the Pauline year will run from June 28, 2008, to June 29, 2009, to mark the approximately 2,000th anniversary of the saint’s birth. He made the announcement while presiding over a vespers service at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome June 28, the eve of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome. The Pauline year will feature special liturgies and events in Rome, the pope said, but should also be celebrated in local churches and in the sanctuaries, religious orders and other institutions with a special link to St. Paul. In the Archdiocese of San Francisco that would include the San Francisco parishes of St. Paul, St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, and Sts. Peter and Paul; the Paulist Center Book and Gift Shop; Pauline Books and Media; the Paulist Fathers; the St. Paul Convent of the Missionaries of Charity; and the Daughters of St. Paul, Redwood City, among others. In a special way, the Pauline year will be ecumenical, reflecting the saint’s commitment to the unity and harmony among all Christians, he said. Seated near the altar were representatives of other Christian churches, in particular a delegation from the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The pope made a point of greeting them warmly and reiterating their “common commitment to do everything possible to hasten the time of full communion between the Christian East and West.” Beneath the basilica’s main altar, Vatican experts in recent years have unearthed what they say is evidence a roughly cut marble sarcophagus was indeed the tomb of St. Paul, who was believed martyred nearby. Pope Benedict went even further, saying the sarcophagus “according to the common opinion of the experts and unopposed tradition holds the remains of the apostle Paul.” St. Paul was born in Tarsus, in what is now Turkey, at the start of the Christian era, sometime between A.D. 7 and 10, according to Church historians. After his conversion on the road to Damascus, he became one of the Church’s foremost evangelizers, first among Jews, then among Gentiles. The pope noted St. Paul was once a violent persecutor of Christians who experienced a lasting personal conversion.”He lived and worked for Christ; he suffered and died for him. How current is his example today?” he said. The pope also noted that, according to a long-standing tradition, Sts. Peter and Paul met near the basilica before they were martyred, and they hugged and blessed each other. They were very different figures, with different roles, and there were at times tensions between them, the pope said, but together they helped build the Church and showed the world a new way of being brothers.

XUAN TRUONG, Vietnam (CNS) — A bishop in northern Vietnam recently ordained a record number of priests after working to regularize “illegal” clergy and seminarians. Bishop Joseph Hoang Van Tiem of Bui Chu ordained 45 priests for his diocese, as well as five others for the Bac Ninh and Phat Diem dioceses and for the Dominican congregation in Bui Chu. Neither Bac Ninh nor Phat Diem has a bishop. The new priests, from the Hanoi Archdiocese and seven northern dioceses, were considered illegal by the Vietnamese government.

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An Islamic mosque in the sheep country between Melbourne and Geelong in Australia has been named the Virgin Mary Mosque as a way to show common ground between Christians and Muslims, according to a report on Catholic Online. “Let us prove that Christianity and Islam have many things in common,” said the mosque’s Sheik Isse Musse.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The number of Christians murdered in Iraq since 2003 skyrocketed compared to murders in 1995-2002, said a report based on public accounts from Iraqi Christian sources. The report described in detail the deaths of Christian children, laity, priests and nuns who were burned, beaten or blown up in car bombs in recent years. From May 2003 to early June 2007, 268 Iraqi Christians were murdered, it stated,

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the face of poverty, secularization and the spread of sects in Latin America, Catholics around the world must form strong communities of faith ready to help them spiritually and materially, Pope Benedict XVI said June 14 at the Vatican while meeting with members of the “Populorum Progressio” Foundation, which funds small development, education and health care projects aimed at assisting poor indigenous, mixed-race and black farming communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Hot line en route for clergy ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (CNS) — Franciscan Sister Mary Frances Seeley, a counselor and certified suicidologist, is heading up a plan to establish a crisis hot line specifically to address the needs of priests and religious Brothers in the grips of depression, thoughts of suicide or the everyday stresses of life.

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Ivette Batista, 16, of New York prays during a youth gathering at the national Catholic charismatic renewal conference in Secaucus, N.J., June 23. She attended the conference with Jovenes de Valor, a group of young charismatic Catholics from the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — St. Augustine of Hippo just got a whole lot hipper. The fifth-century doctor of the Church, perhaps known best for “Confessions,” an autobiographical account of his conversion to Christianity, now has a MySpace page. Michael Dolan, director of communications for the Augustinians of the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, said he started the page on St. Augustine’s behalf as a way to introduce visitors to St. Augustine and the Augustinians. “The focus of the page is to give people a deeper sense of who Augustine was, but also to get them engaged in Augustinian spirituality,” Dolan told Catholic News Service. The popular social networking Web site myspace.com allows users to post pictures and information about themselves on personal pages. All users — and now St. Augustine — can add other users to their list of friends. St. Augustine’s Myspace profile can be viewed at www.myspace.com/saintaugustineofhippo.

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Called the Upper Room Crisis Hotline, the program is endorsed by the National Federation of Priests’ Councils and is slated to begin in late summer or early fall. It is intended to address the emotional toll that Sister Seeley said is being paid by a majority of clergy in the post-scandal era. Citing the demonization of priests by a growing number in the aftermath the sexual abuse scandal, the Chicago-based NFPC asked her to fashion an easily accessible, interventional buoy for clergy .

Glossary aims at faith literacy WASHINGTON (CNS) — From “Abba” to “zucchetto,” a new glossary provides definitions and background for more than 1,300 words that may arise in the Catholic vernacular. “St. Mary’s Press Glossary of Theological Terms,” composed by Holy Cross Father John T. Ford, evolved from a survey conducted by St. Mary’s Press that indicated a lack of Catholic literacy among students. The book can be ordered for $15, plus shipping and handling, on the St. Mary’s Press Web site: http://college.smp.org.

Human trafficking exposed WASHINGTON (CNS) — Julia Ormond has met the victims of modern slavery — vulnerable men, women and children sold by traffickers for sex or labor. In her work on human trafficking for the United Nations, Ormond visited Ghana, where she learned young boys were enslaved on boats to perform the dangerous task of untangling fishing nets. The large number of children’s bodies washing ashore alerted authorities.

60 deacons ordained for L.A. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles ordained 60 men to the permanent diaconate June 16. It was the largest group of deacons ordained at one time in the history of the archdiocese and possibly in the country. At the start of the celebration, the 60 men, along with the wives of the 56 married candidates, processed into La Playa Stadium to the sounds of “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,” in front of more than 3,000 cheering family, friends and parishioners.

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Catholic leaders react to failed immigration bill WASHINGTON (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U.S. Catholic leaders expressed disappointment following the Senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s failure to pass a bill to reform the current immigration system. Speaking on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Gerald R. Barnes of San Bernardino, the chairman of the bishopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Committee on Migration, said June 29 he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;deeply troubledâ&#x20AC;? legislators were unable to agree upon legislation to reform immigration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The status quo is morally unacceptable and should not be allowed to stand,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The U.S. bishops shall continue to point out the moral deficiencies in the immigration system and work toward justice until it is achieved.â&#x20AC;? Had it passed, the bill would have established a path toward citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States and beefed up border security. The Serra Club of San Francisco recently installed officers for the 2007-08 year: seated from left: Joan Higgins, president; Connie Mertes, trustee; Vivian Mullaney, communications vice president; Margaret Diedrich, vocations vice president; standing, from left: Terry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, trustee; Martin Kilgariff, trustee; Art Green, treasurer; Neal McGettigan, secretary; and Tevis Martin, trustee. Other officers include Paul Crudo, program vice president; Carole Kilgariff, membership vice president; and Rick Arellano, trustee. Msgr. Edward McTaggart, retired pastor of St. Brendan Parish, and Father Tom Daly, vocations director for the Archdiocese, serve as chaplains. Dedicated to fostering and supporting religious vocations, the Serra Club welcomes new membership. Its next lunch gathering is July 12 at the Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia St. off Mission in San Francisco at noon. Guest speaker will be Father Thuan Hoang, parochial vicar at Church of the Visitation Parish and a canon lawyer, who will talk about the Blind Vietnamese Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fund and the work of the Sisters of the Congregation of Lovers of the Cross. Tickets are $15. Call Paul Crudo (415) 566-8224.

Dominican to be honored St. Dominic Parishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Social Justice Council will hold a celebration July 12 in honor of Dominican Father Tim Conlan at the parish hall, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco, according to a parish statement. Father Conlan has worked to promote education initiatives in Rabinal, Guatemala, including a computer course, sewing classes for women and girls, and a scholarship program in bilingual education for teachers. Tickets for the 6-9 p.m. event are $20. Proceeds will benefit the priestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission work. ST. CLAREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RETREAT Santa Cruz

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Opus Dei U.S. vicar: St. Josemaria Escriva urged daily holiness By Dan Morris-Young

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Msgr. Thomas Bohlin, vicar of Opus Dei in the United States, underscored the basic message of Opus26p10.042 Dei founder St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer – infusing daily life with the sacraments and sharing the Catholic faith with friends and co-workers – during a June 30 homily at St. Mary Cathedral, San Francisco. Attended by more than 600, the Mass was one of scores of liturgies commemorating the June 26 feast day of the Spanish saint celebrated in more than two dozen states during June. Opus Dei is the only personal prelature of the pope, and is comparable to a nonterritorial diocese. The prelature has about 90,000 members in more than 60 countries. “So much depends upon our living the lives that God wants us to,” said Msgr. Bohlin during the 10 a.m. Mass homily, underscoring that “every baptized Christian” has a “call to heroic Christian holiness in the hustle and bustle of everyday life.” St. Josemaria Escriva’s, who founded Opus Dei in 1928 and directed it until his death in 1975, “saw that the call to holiness applies to everyone,” said Msgr. Bohlin, who arrived in the Bay Area June 23 where he took part in days of study and retreat at Opus Dei’s Trumbull Manor facility near Novato. Describing Opus Dei’s founder “as a modern day saint” familiar with 20th century life, Msgr. Bohlin said the charismatic St. Josemaria advocated “an apostleship of friendship” in which Catholics “from all walks of life” reach out ”one on one” to those near them in the workplace, family, school and community.

Msgr. Thomas Bohlin, vicar of Opus Dei in the United States, delivers the homily at a June 30 St. Mary Cathedral Mass commemorating the feast day of St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, Opus Dei founder.

American culture suffers from what some call “friendship-deficit syndrome,” he said, noting that “so many are surrounded by people but have few friends.” An interview of the New York City-based priest was taped June 27 for airing Aug. 5 at 5 a.m. on “Mosaic,” the half-hour television program produced in cooperation between the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Communications Department and CBS Channel 5. Tom Burke hosts the Aug. 5 installment. An evening focused on the life of St. Josemaria and timed to the fifth anniversary of his canonization is scheduled Oct. 5 from 7-9 p.m. at San Francisco’s Presidio Golden Gate Club. Planned speakers include San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer; William Park, Ph.D., editor of “Newman on the Bible”; and Karen E. Bohlin, Ph.D., author of “Teaching Character Education through Literature: Awakening the Moral Imagination in Secondary Classrooms.”

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Catholic San Francisco

July 6, 2007

De Marillac Academy earns top environmental award De Marillac Academy was recognized at a San Francisco City Hall reception in mid May hosted by the Department of the Environment of the City and County of San Francisco. With a 97 percent rate of waste diversion, De Marillac holds the highest rate of waste diversion of any of the 285 schools participating in the composting program sponsored by the Department of the Environment. De Marillac’s commitment to a wastefree campus has included recycling bottles, cans, paper and cardboard, and collecting excess food and other compostable waste. Composting and recycling efforts have been enhanced by curriculum-based activities such as science lessons “focused on organic decomposition and the ecological benefits of sustainable practices,” school officials said. Principal John Omernik outlined benefits of going waste free at a student assembly. “As a values-based school community, we are called to be stewards of our environment. By integrating our compost program with our recycling efforts, we are giving back to the Earth by replenishing it with those natural resources left over from our daily activities. By composting in the cafeteria, in our

classrooms, and even the paper towels from the restrooms, we are serving our community by being environmental leaders.” A group of students called Compost Monitors spearheads composting and recycling practices, notably in the cafeteria. With teacher assistance, the monitors “hold classmates accountable for their practices and aid in educational activities that promote environmental stewardship,” officials said. Founded in 2001 by the Daughters of Charity and the De La Salle Christian Brothers, De Marillac Academy provides tuition-free Catholic education in the Vincentian and Lasallian traditions for children of any faith and cultural background from underserved families of the Tenderloin and other at-risk communities in San Francisco. De Marillac is funded by foundations, individuals, the Daughters of Charity, and the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Every student attends De Marillac on a full, annual scholarship of $15,000. The scholarship covers all costs associated with the yearround program, including the extended school day (9.25 hours daily), extensive counseling program, and small class size.

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Showing a poster describing De Marillac Academy’s waste diversion program are, from left, students front row: Diego Coronel, Grace Balabat, Josephine Alonzo, Irving Flores and Jesus Vazquez; adults standing, from left: Meghan Sullivan, volunteer; Alma Garcia, custodian; Katie Jann, volunteer; John Omernik, principal; Phoebe the Mascot; and Mike Daniels, director of communications and major gifts.

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Catholic San Francisco

July 6, 2007

Global warming debate heats up classroom Take Action!

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When middle-school science teacher Tom Mullen screened Al Gore’s global warming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” at St. Monica School in San Francisco, he set off a controversy among some faculty and parents about the film’s science and objectivity. “No parent actually approached me, but one student advised me that her parents wanted to be told ahead of time if such films were being shown,” Mullen told Catholic San Francisco in a recent e-mail. He also said other students indicated during projects the class did in response to the screening that their parents had objections to the science in the film. Mullen said the responses from parents and from fellow teacher Karl Laschet prompted him to organize a project for the students to seek answers for themselves. They would directly ask climatologists at prestigious universities about the subject. The class asked three questions of scientists chosen from universities in U.S. News and World Report’s list of 100 best universities. The class asked if Earth’s climate is changing or likely to change, if human activity is a major factor in that change, and if recent findings of the International Panel on Climate Change, which conclude that the answer to the preceding questions is affirmative, are generally correct. The students received 15 responses before the end of the school year from scientists at schools including Harvard, MIT, Tulane and Duke. Of those, only one indicated skepticism regarding climate change and if human activity is involved. The skeptical response came from Dr. Terry Toy of Duke University who said he thinks human activity is probably a minor factor in climate change. Toy also said in his response to the class that although he had not yet read the IPCC report, he worried about politics behind it. St. Monica teacher Laschet also expressed concern about he described as the political aspect of the global warming debate. “‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ in my opinion, is an enviropolitical agitation propaganda tool, in short, a mockumentary of science and the scientific process,” wrote Laschet in

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an e-mail interview. “Anthropogenic global warming has become the biggest myth of the 21st century, even transcending Santa Claus and Leprechauns.” Laschet, a history and physical education teacher, said he has long been interested in the sciences and spends much time reading science-related books. “I am 43, old enough to clearly remember reading articles in Science News, Popular Science and other magazines O

and seeing shows claiming ‘scientific proof’ that we were doomed to experience an ice age in our lifetime,” wrote Laschet. “Needless to say, those doomsayers – thankfully – have been proven wrong. I believe that the latest batch of doomsayers will also be proven wrong.” Mullen’s class, for their part, seemed to enjoy both the film and the survey project. Mullen said the students were particularly excited about the chance to hear from scientists working in the field of climate change. “The students were thrilled that important scientists would bother to respond,” he wrote. One of the scientists who agreed with the film, Dr. Peter Reich of the University of Minnesota, described a high level of unanimity in the scientific community on global warming. “The IPCC represents a historically unique consensus document – scientists typically disagree with each other about everything,” wrote Reich in an e-mail to the class. “The IPCC is equivalent to a document jointly put out by all Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and atheists in which they agreed about religion. The IPCC consensus is that unusual.” One of the students, 14-year-old Joe Palazzolo, said he appreciated the chance to see the film and to contact the scientists. “We’ve never done anything of this magnitude in class before,” he said. “I think this beats any in-class lecture.” Young Palazzolo said the movie presented concrete, scientific proof of global warming, and he is concerned with the implications. He is particularly worried about predictions that water from the melting polar ice caps could inundate some areas of the globe. Joe said his opinion had been shaped by the film and further cemented after conducting the survey project. “I believe that this response from the scientists validates the film’s opinion on global warming, because many of the scientists who responded had done their own research on the topic and came to the same conclusion on global warming,” he said.Mullen hoped the response the students received from their survey would help address concerns of parents and teachers. “The most important lesson is that there is real science and real answers to be found if we keep asking the questions,” Mullen said.

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July 6, 2007

China Analysis By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With his long-awaited letter on China, Pope Benedict XVI has opened new prospects for reconciliation among the country’s divided Catholic communities. How and when these divisions can be overcome is now primarily up to Chinese Catholics. But the pope underlined the urgency of unity, inviting bishops and the Catholic faithful to move beyond “suspicions, mutual accusations and recriminations” within the Church. Certainly, the pope’s letter was aimed in part at Chinese policies that have engendered such tensions. The government requires registration of bishops and Church communities and uses this as a tool for control. Some Catholics view registration as a serious compromise and prefer to exercise the faith in a semi-clandestine manner. In language that was pointed but not polemical, the pope rejected state interference in Church affairs and explained why the Church’s structure and activities do not threaten the civil order. He also offered to dialogue with the government on the chronic conflicts over bishops’ appointments, Church jurisdictions and diplomatic relations. The pope knows there is not a lot he can do about the policies adopted by the Chinese government. On the other hand, he has a much greater opportunity to help resolve internal Church problems. That’s where the focus of this letter lies. In effect, the pope was telling Chinese Catholics that the split between clandestine and officially registered Churches may be understandable, but it compromises the Church’s pastoral effectiveness. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang has made similar observations in recent interviews. The only bishop of Chinese descent in the U.S. episcopate, Bishop Wang has said it appears to him from visits to China that distinctions between registered and unregistered Catholic communities in China are “gradually beginning to blur.”

Catholic China Web sites told to delete papal letter HONG KONG (CNS) — Some Catholic Web sites in mainland China that uploaded Pope Benedict XVI’s letter to Catholics were ordered to remove it. UCA News, an Asian church news agency, observed that a few hours after the Vatican issued the letter June 30 that several mainland Catholic Web sites uploaded a Chinese version of the letter. However, most of those Web sites, which usually carry news on the universal Church, the Church in China and the pope, had removed the text by the next day. A priest in charge of one Web site registered with the government told UCA News July 2 he felt helpless because he strongly believes that “China Church Web sites should publish the pope’s letter.” The priest, who asked not to be named, said some government officials who came to his office June 29 asked about the letter but did not explicitly say he could not carry it. The next evening, he uploaded the letter to his site, but he was told July 1 that he was not allowed to post the text.

When he visits China, Bishop Wang said, he attends liturgies of both Church communities. A divided Church, the pope wrote at the beginning of his 55-page letter, cannot evangelize effectively because it cannot be a witness of love and unity. The pope then gave several practical guidelines aimed at bridging the gap between China’s Catholic communities. On perhaps the most crucial question — whether local Churches should register with the government — he outlined a margin of flexibility that went far beyond previous Vatican statements, in effect leaving it up to the judgment of the local bishop. He also answered a question that surfaces at the grassroots level of the Church in China, when he encouraged lay faithful to participate in Masses and sacraments carried out by government-registered bishops and priests, as long as they are in communion with Rome. One of the most important accomplishments of the papal letter was that it finally brought into the open some of the sensitive issues that have been discussed behind closed doors for decades. Indeed, the pope seemed convinced that openness, even if it brings some risks, is the best strategic path for the Church in China at the moment. For example, in discussing the status of Chinese bishops, he candidly stated that many of the bishops ordained without papal approval have later sought and obtained reconciliation with the pope. The problem, he added, is that most of these bishops have never told their own priests or faithful that they have reconciled with Rome. It is indispensable for them to bring this fact into the public domain as soon as possible, he said. A theme running through the papal letter is that the Catholic Church in China is one, not two. The terminology of the letter avoids emphasizing a dichotomy between socalled “underground Church” and “official Church.” Observers note that this in itself is significant. The pope did emphasize some basic principles about ecclesiology, most notably that Church communion requires unity among the bishops and with the pope. The pope does not have an external role but a ministry intrinsic to each particular Church, he said. He also rejected efforts to create an autonomous national Church and took aim at “entities desired by the state and extraneous to the structure of the Church” that claim to place themselves above the bishops. The pope clearly had in mind the government-sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, which was mentioned in a footnote in the same section. The thrust of the papal letter was to encourage Catholics to work around these kinds of obstacles, rather than allow them to divide the Church community. The pope knows that the healing process among Catholics in China will not happen overnight and could, in fact, take many years. Meanwhile, he has sketched out the direction and tried to clear a path to unity.

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Community mourns death of California Jesuit and friend By Ed Langlois PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — Family, friends and Jesuit communities are mourning the death of a California Jesuit priest and his hiking companion. The pair had been missing in Oregon since June 8. Authorities found the bodies of Father David Schwartz, 52, and Cheryl Gibbs, 61, just off a highway in the northwest part of the state July 1. They apparently died when their car ran off the road and rolled into a hidden ditch during a return trip to Portland from the Oregon coast. Thousands drive by the spot each day, but the crashed Father David auto was only visible by airplane. Father Schwartz, a graduate Schwartz, SJ of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., was ordained at St. Mary Cathedral in San Francisco and was a parish priest in Los Gatos for 10 years. His most recent assignment was at a retreat center in Orange County. He also serves as a chaplain in the local hospital. Gibbs was a longtime coroner’s supervisor in Alameda County. Tom Mulligan, Father Schwartz’s brother-in-law, was at the scene and told Portland’s KATU-TV the family was saddened but was grateful for closure after a long statewide search. Authorities began to focus their efforts on the northern coast when they learned the two made a stop June 8 at the Tillamook Cheese Factory, a popular tourist stop where guests can sign a register. Father Schwartz and Gibbs were last seen that day at a hotel near the Portland airport. Their car and items for a day trip were gone, but the rest of their belongings were still in their hotel rooms. Margarette Schwartz, 78, of Sacramento traveled to Oregon and spent the better part of a week searching for her son, who had wanted to be a priest since at least the eighth grade. The mother of eight knew something was wrong when her dependable priest-son did not show up at her home June 16 as planned. The priest’s father, a retired homicide detective, also helped in the search. The family had clung to hope the two were lost in the woods alive. “Like any community and any family, we are devastated by this news,” Jesuit Father Paul Janowiak, an official for the Oregon province of Jesuits, told the Catholic Sentinel, newspaper of the Portland Archdiocese. “(Jesuit) communities all over are praying. We can only imagine what the family, especially his parents, are going through,” he said. Jesuit Father Anastacio Rivera called Father Schwartz “a highly competent and esteemed member” of the staff at Loyola Institute in the town of Orange.

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The staff at the Holy Family Day Home of San Francisco hopes their successors, a century or two from now will enjoy the fruits of their labors. To give their future counterparts an idea of the work they have done, the group has placed a time capsule under its new play porch. “I’m not sure how we’re going to mark it yet,” said office manager Ryan Fettes. “I think we’re going to press an ‘X’ on the spot.” Fettes used an elements-resistant ammunition case and sealed it with duct tape. A construction worker on staff, Robert Atkins, then covered the capsule in an all-weather tarp and sealed it with additional duct tape. The entire capsule was then buried in three feet of concrete. Inside the capsule, the people of a later century will find a Froebel cube, a mid-century toy the Sisters of the Holy Family used to teach children shapes; articles on the Day Home’s groundbreaking, pictures of the children at the center, as well as children’s artwork. Executive Director Donna Cahill also included a letter to a future successor. The capsule’s key will be in the possession of the executive director in his or her office at all times. The key will be passed down from the outgoing director to his or her replacement until such time as the capsule is finally opened. Holy Family Day Home Executive Director Donna Cahill recently Providentially, the day the staff buried prepared to drop the Home’s time capsule into a hole that is the time capsule a crew of volunteers from now covered by a new play porch’s paving. Levi Strauss and Co. was on hand. A member of the HFDH board, Phil Marineau, is Official dedication ceremonies for the $7.1 million Strauss’s former CEO and the company was instrumental in providing infrastructure and support for Holy Family’s project are planned for Oct. 13 at the Home, 16th and capital campaign, which has raised $4.1 million so far, with Dolores streets, San Francisco. Archbishop George H. Niederauer is scheduled to preside. $3 million still needed.

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‘Modest’ parish outreach to Guatemala leads to new schools, healthier lives, new optimism By Dan Morris-Young

or something its founder calls “not a professional organization by any means,” the Marin Guatemala Mission Project (MGMP) based at St. Rita Parish in Fairfax has to rate high on the David-vs-Goliath scale for making tangible differences in the lives of thousands of Guatemala’s poor. The group’s roots are planted in bricks — $750 worth requested in a letter to St. Rita parishioner Bill Cuneo barely seven years ago from a Carmelite missionary, Sister (Madre) Anna Maria Chavajay. The nun needed the bricks for upgrades at her tiny school in El Sitio, one of about 30 tiny villages loosely affiliated with the small city of Patzun which is about 60 miles east and north of Guatemala City. The letter followed a visit to El Salvador and Guatemala in 2000 by Cuneo, fellow parishioner Hank Yudice and others who were part of a commission from the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The two men came back convinced they should, could and would do something concrete to address the poverty and need they had seen.

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New schools at El Sitio, Guatemala, built with the backing of the Marin Guatemala Mission Program based at St. Rita Parish, Fairfax, replaced the brick, mud and tin-roof structure pictured here. More than 270 students are enrolled now, compared to about 80 in 2001.

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“Madre sent pictures of the school — made up of cement bricks, mud and boards with a tin roof,” Cuneo recalls. “She also sent some basic plans of her dream school.” Cuneo shared what he had seen and learned with friends, and mentioned Madre Maria’s project. “One of them approached me and said he was very interested in assisting with the project and the next thing I know he made a large donation toward it. This was the beginning of our mission building program.” Several other large donations have been received since then. Not only has Madre Maria’s dream school been built – and today enrolls more than 270 compared to about 80 in the original – but in the last half dozen years MGMP in El Sitio alone has spearheaded construction of a secondary school, a new church, and some housing for victims of the October 2005 Hurricane Stan. Immediately following the hurricane, MGMP participants sent $10,000 to Madre Maria and $10,000 to St. James Parish in Santiago to help with desperately needed emergency relief. The funds “were also used to feed and clothe the victims and to purchase seed for a new crop,” said Cuneo, a retired Dean Witter broker. In addition, its members have built a new church with caretaker quarters and a rectory in a poor area of Guatemala City; constructed and outfitted a now-thriving carpenter school in Patzun; added a garage and new roof to Madre Maria’s Patzun convent, and erected two homes in the village of Panabaj. They have also secured an ultra-sound machine for a physician in Santiago Atitlan, the largest municipality on Lake Atitlan. MGMP is among those helping erect a new hospital. The previous one was destroyed by Hurricane Stan. This does not count the 10 large cargo containers shipped over recent years, each stuffed with everything from school supplies (for more than a thousand youngsters) to clothing, computers, medical supplies, medicine, bedding and beds, building materials, toys, tools, and other goods that parishioners and friends have gathered. Another is slated to be ready to go next month. Its contents will be largely school supplies as well as tens of thousands of chewable, children’s vitamins. The impact of education on the lives of the Mayan youngsters’ futures cannot be over emphasized,

Students at the elementary school built at El Sitio enjoy a moment before a visitor’s camera. according to Father Ken Weare, St. Rita pastor. “Every time I visit I am impressed by the enthusiasm of the students. They are happy. They enjoy their studies. They really look forward to school and don’t talk about days off or missing class. A couple of kids said they did not like it if class in interrupted.” “This is a very important part of their daily lives,” he added. “They know they are lucky because none of the villages around there have a school, so they are hopeful about their futures and you see an optimism you do not find elsewhere. Their intensity, their interest, their dedication is wonderful.” A nine-member contingent from the Marin group, including Cuneo and Father Weare, visited Guatemala and their target sites June 18-25, arriving in Guatemala City shortly after their most recent cargo container – shipped April 28 — had been unloaded for deliveries to outlying areas. Officials from Vatican-affiliated Caritas International and Caritas of the Archdiocese of Guatemala help supervise the distribution. It is edifying to see the items donated by parishioners being used and appreciated, members of the group said.

On April 27 a handful of St. Rita School seventh graders helped Father Ken Weare, pastor, start loading a cargo container with goods destined for outlying villages in Guatemala served by the Fairfax parish’s Marin Guatemala Mission Program; from left: Bryan Bostjancic, Alex Demartini, Justin Kehle, Nicholas Carlson and Nick Massucco.

It was a first-time trip to Guatemala for four of the nine, including Noele Kostelic, St. Rita pastoral associate. She was not only impressed by the people, the land and the parish-backed projects, but also ate lunch “in the hotel where my grandmother lived for two years” including the months Kostelic’s own mother was pregnant with her. “It was very moving to visit a place that I have heard about my whole life and that influenced family decisions,” she said. Kostelic said she and others were struck by the devastation left by Hurricane Stan. They visited a “tent city” of perhaps 200 people established in its aftermath near Santiago Atitlan. They saw an area that had once been a town but is now a field formed by a monstrous mudslide that buried hundreds of its residents. Future projects, said mission coordinator Cuneo, include addressing El Sitio’s need for a community center, an idea being brought forward by Madre Maria. The high-energy Carmelite, laughed Cuneo, “could sell snow to Eskimos.”

Father Ken Weare, pastor of St. Rita Parish, Fairfax, celebrated Mass at Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala in the church built there in 1547. It was one of the stops made during the June 18-25 visit of nine persons representing the Marin Guatemala Mission Program. More than 1,000 attended the Mass.

A student practices skills at the carpentry school established in Patzun by the Marin Guatemala Mission Program. Seven have graduated and quickly obtained jobs. Twenty-two are now enrolled.

Women take part in fabric weaving, design and sewing training. On completion of the instruction, they receive a sewing machine. While the mission effort is based at St. Rita, other parishes and organizations have also taken part including San Domenico School, San Anselmo; St. Anselm Parish, Ross; St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon; St. Sebastian Parish, Kentfield; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley; and Lucas Valley Community Church. Last year St. Rita, St. Anselm and St. Hilary parishes each donated $2,500 for the annual salary of three teachers. MGMP has also combined efforts at times with a similar a organization in Dallas, Texas, to share ideas and resources. A parish in New Jersey even heard of the work and recently donated the $2,100 proceeds of fund-raising event. In addition to Cuneo, Kostelic and Father Weare, those visiting Guatemala in June were Kevin Baumsteiger, St. Rita Parish Council president; Dennis Baumsteiger; Peter Doyle, Julianna Martinez, and Hank and Dorothy Yudice. (Ed. note: For more information or a presentation on the Marin Guatemala Mission Project, contact St. Rita Church at (415) 456-4815 or saintritafairfax@att.net.)

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Meeting at the Carmelite convent in Patzun are, from left: Carmelite Sister Augustina; Father Ken Weare, St. Rita pastor; Bill Cuneo (back), mission coordinator for Marin Guatemala Mission Program; Sister (Madre) Anna Maria Chavajay; and Noele Kostelic, St. Rita pastoral associate.

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July 6, 2007

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Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull, 1817.

Guest editorial Fourth of July: more than beer, picnics and baseball By Brother John Samaha, SM Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army. Another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. Nelson quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn’t. So, take a few minutes while enjoying our Fourth of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: freedom is never free! The Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics and baseball games. Marianist Brother John Samaha is a prolific writer and resides at the Marianist Care Center in Cupertino. He has been a religious for 58 years.

Addressed to Archbishop George H. Niederauer and shared at his request, the following letter acknowledges the Archdiocese’s annual Canon 1271 contribution to the Holy See, an annual valuation paid by almost all (arch)dioceses. Your Excellency, The Holy Father has asked me to acknowledge the offering of $73,248 which you sent through the Apostolic Nunciature as a contribution from the Archdiocese of San Francisco for the support of the Holy See. His Holiness is grateful for this donation and for the devoted sentiments that inspired it. He very much appreciates the support which you and your people have given to him in his service to the universal Church. I am pleased to assure you of the Holy Father’s prayers for you and for those entrusted to your pastoral care. Invoking upon all of you joy and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ, he cordially imparts his Apostolic Blessing. With personal good wishes, I am Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Secretary of State The Vatican

You are, or are not On the day of St. Paulinus, St. John Fisher and Thomas More (June 22), Catholic San Francisco printed an article by Father Ron Rolheiser, “Liberals and conservatives need each other.” The Catholic Church does not have liberals and conservatives. You are in communion with the Holy Father, the pope, or you are not. Litmus test for abortion? There is no litmus test for abortion. You cannot be both a practicing Catholic and pro-choice at the same time. If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? Roy Dominico Petri San Anselmo

Kudos to the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine (June 17) and writer Joan Ryan for the positive image of Catholic Sisterhood projected in “What Will Happen to the Sisters of Mission San Jose?” These are truly remarkable women and we have much to learn from them. I would like to commend another member of the San Jose Dominicans, Sister John Martin Fixa, the executive director of the Vision of Hope Project, which provides ongoing financial support to the order’s inner city schools. On Thursday, Oct. 4, Sister John Martin will receive the Assumpta Award presented by the Board of Regents of San Francisco’s St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral. The award dinner will coincide with our Cathedral’s first Festival of Flowers featuring arrangements by prominent floral artists inspired by St. Mary’s art and

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‘Agendized reporting’ Once again a lengthy story regarding immigration was featured (June 22) with a color picture of people marching in a Corpus Christi procession. The writer took the insulting approach many agendized writers have — assuming readers are dolts. The reporter refers to “immigrants” when most of us understand he is referring to individuals who cross our borders illegally. While we understand illegal immigration is a problem, the agendized cadre of speakers so willing to give statements were quick to point out the value of immigrants to our society. I agree the U.S. is a nation of immigrants. We are also a nation of laws. Without laws we have chaos and the shining light that is the U.S. will suffer as will nations that depend on us. Americans also believe in fairness for all, not just illegal aliens. When a person comes to the U.S. illegally he or she breaks more than one law. They fraudulently use our healthcare system, school systems, social services. Tax laws are broken. Opportunities for American citizens, especially children, are stolen as taxes and educational opportunities are diverted. The hand-picked sources agree we need immigration reform. I would, too, if the laws in place (although not enforced) made it harder to continue breaking the law, assuming I thought that was acceptable Christian behavior. Members of our Church, bishops and some clergy as well as activists want us to believe immigration is a moral issue when it really is a moral issue for clergy as well. The Church in our area has decided to conspire against “citizen” parishioners for the benefit of illegal aliens. In doing this they accept and contribute to negatives that harm American citizens. They become co-conspirators in crimes the justice system would prosecute American citizens for in a heartbeat. At least can’t the Archdiocese remember a simple law, “Thou shalt not steal?” We need character reform for clergy and politicians, not immigration reform. Sean Walsh Novato

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Call to holiness I can’t understand why so many were upset by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the University of San Francisco. If she is prochoice, then she must answer to her conscience. I must answer to mine. There is no law that can legalize murder, rape, thievery, terrorism, etc. If it is immoral, then it is sinful. We decide how we act, not some elected representative. I do believe our bishops and priests could speak out more often on the sanctity of life, on the horrors of war, and on the evidence of greed and immodesty as seen in our culture. Perhaps we need to be reminded more often that we are called to be a holy people. Agnes C. DePatta San Rafael

Get the memo? First, last month we saw USF, the prominent Jesuit institution, schedule a big rivalry baseball game with the other prominent Jesuit institution, the University of Santa Clara, for Good Friday at AT&T Park. It was proudly announced in the local papers. Then we see USF invited Nancy Pelosi to give the commencement address at their McLaren College of Business. Have the Jesuits completely written off the traditional Church (and the Vatican) as LETTERS, page 19

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The Catholic Difference Last December’s visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople revived speculation that the millennium-long division between Rome and the Christian East might soon end. That was certainly the dream of Benedict’s predecessor, the Servant of God John Paul II, who really did seem to believe Rome and Constantinople could achieve ecclesial reconciliation by the end of the 20th century, so that a millennium of division – the formal split having taken place in 1054 – would be succeeded by a new millennium of unity, in a return to the relations that prevailed in the first centuries of Christian history. It was a noble vision, but it might not have accurately measured the depth of the chasm between Catholicism and some parts of the worlds-within-worlds of Orthodoxy. Recent comments on Benedict’s December pilgrimage by the Orthodox monks of Mount Athos suggest the division is deep and wide indeed. Mount Athos, a craggy peninsula in northern Greece, is home to 20 self-governing Orthodox monasteries. In fact, Mount Athos is virtually a country unto itself. Its formal designation in Greece is the “Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain.” No women or female animals are allowed on Mount Athos. Visitors are strictly limited. Only male members of the Orthodox Church may become monks. And, while Mount Athos comes under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Athonite monks, who regard their monasticism as what they term “the non-negotiable guardian of the Holy Tradition,”

were very unhappy with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the way he treated his Roman guest in December. Why? Because, the monks complained, “the pope was received as though he were the canonical bishop of Rome.” There were other complaints, but that was the first listed in a statement released last Dec. 30 by the Assembly of Representatives and Superiors of the 20 monasteries: Why was Bartholomew treating Benedict as though the latter were, in fact, the bishop of Rome? Well, if we can’t agree on that, we do have, as Jim Lovell told Mission Control, a problem. To be sure, Athonite monasticism is a particularly stringent form of Orthodoxy. And if the monks of Mount Athos have their dubieties about the ecumenical openness of Patriarch Bartholomew, it is, perhaps, not surprising they imagine Benedict XVI as a usurper and a teacher of heresies. Yet this Athonite intransigence reflects a hard truth about Catholic-Orthodox relations after a millennium of division: namely, for many Orthodox Christians, the statement “I am not in communion with the bishop of Rome” has become an integral part of the statement, “I am an Orthodox Christian.” The obverse is not true. I much doubt there are more than a handful of Catholics around the world whose confession of Catholic faith includes, as a key component, “I am not in communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople.” The truth of the matter is that, outside historically Orthodox countries and certain ethnic communities, the thought of how one stands vis-à-vis the Patriarch of Constantinople simply does-

n’t enter Catholic heads. Perhaps that’s a problem, but it’s nowhere near as great an obstacle to ecumenical progress as the conviction in some Orthodox quarters that non-communion with George Weigel Rome is a defining characteristic of what it means to be “Orthodox.” 1054, it now seems clear, was not a date-in-a-vacuum. Rather, the mutual excommunications of 1054 were the cash-out, so to speak, of a drifting-apart that had been going on for centuries, driven by language and politics, to be sure, but also by different theological sensibilities. Are those two sensibilities necessarily Church-dividing? The Catholic answer is, “No.” But that is emphatically not the answer of Mount Athos, and of those Orthodox for whom the Athonite monks are essentially right, if a bit over-the-top. All of which suggests that John Paul II’s dream of a Church breathing once again with both of its lungs is unlikely of fulfillment anytime soon. Unless, that is, Islamist pressures compel a re-examination within Orthodoxy of what a life-line to Rome might mean. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Seeking life that is not skin deep Somewhere along the line, advertisers convinced me my skin is woefully inadequate. Dull. Porous. Trapped in dead cells. They hurled one pejorative after another upon my 20something skin, and not once did I defend it. Instead I cried “Uncle,” cowering to the cash register with some brightlypackaged, overpriced remedy. Cosmetic advertisers are creative in their diagnosis of problems: dry, brittle, rough, damaged, parched, distressed, impure. They are equally creative in their proposal of solutions, infusing goop with a smorgasbord of extracts: rosemary, lemongrass, seaweed, cucumber, melon, mango, pomegranate, coconut, orchid. I’m a sucker for the exotic: Swiss Glacial Water, Tahitian Palm Milk, Australian Guava. The more remote its origin, I figure, the stronger its power. I’m also a sucker for the scientific: alpha and beta hydroxy, nutri-keratin, complexes and formulas, fruit micro-waxes. I don’t have the foggiest notion of what fruit micro-wax is, but if the back of the bottle pictures a string of magical microbeads, I’m sold. Then there’s active fruit concentrate. It doesn’t take a biology degree to know this is infinitely superior to inactive fruit concentrate. Garnier sells face scrub containing dermatological nutrients, a phrase that’s enclosed in quotation marks and followed

by two asterisks. In tiny type, wedged below the product barcode, we find the asterisks’ meaning: “Ingredient complexes developed exclusively by Garnier to work on the skin’s outer layer.” It is a brand name, a marketer’s invention, not a scientific concept. The asterisks exist for liability’s sake, because technically the product is not working below the skin, as “dermatological” suggests. Cosmetic advertisers are selling what we never knew we always needed. We buy it because our society puts a premium on appearance. We buy it because we don’t want a pressing need to go unmet, and every cosmetic cause is now packaged to seem pressing. Garnier makes it matter, insisting, “The beauty of your skin reflects your inner health and vitality.” Catholicism works the opposite way – from the inside out. It does not come in citrus packaging, yet it renews our inner health and vitality. There is no fine print. There are no asterisks or rhetorical inventions. There is nothing trendy to it. That’s not the point. “An adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties,” Pope Benedict XVI points out. Our faith is ancient, steadfast and deeply satisfying. When we practice it, all the fanciful effects attributed to skin products work on our interior. Catholicism hydrates the soul, polishes the spirit and softens the heart. It regenerates morals, fortifies character, renews forgiveness and rejuvenates compassion.

Our faith offers an active virtue concentrate, infused with extracts from St. Peter, St. Paul and the Virgin Mary. And the benefits are long lasting. Distinguishing between wants and needs Christina is the task of today’s Capecchi Catholic young adult. Products, promises and potions are constantly pitched, arriving in pretty packages with wiggly words. Ads are more sophisticated and better-funded than ever before. We must be discerning. We must see through the hype so we don’t invest our greatest energies on causes that are skin deep. God knows the desires of our heart, and he will grant them freely and generously if we delight ourselves in him. Parched skin may elicit more attention, but parched spirituality matters much more. So when you tend to those sunburned shoulders this summer, don’t worry about coconut vs. cucumber. Lather yourself in his love. Christina Capecchi is a graduate student at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. E-mail her at christinacap@gmail.com.

Spirituality for Life

Don’t worship your emotions Every major spiritual tradition offers this challenge: Don’t worship your emotions! Don’t love only when you can feel natural sympathy. Don’t love only when you can feel good and clean about it. Don’t let your moral decisions be dictated by your emotions, even when they seem to operating at their highest level. What’s at issue here? Fuller maturity and what’s highest in Christian discipleship. When Jesus tells us that all the commandments can be boiled down to a single one, love, he adds a caveat: Love, as I have loved you. How did he love? He continued to love, forgive, and give his life even when those he was loving were destroying him. That’s the challenge, but it isn’t easy. Why not? If you were bullied as a child, laughed at, humiliated, and shamed before friends and classmates, it isn’t easy (no matter how much you have matured) to feel sympathy for the bully who, as you have learned since, was only acting out the abuse he himself had received. It’s more natural to continue to hate him and rejoice that his later life is as laden with problems and unhappiness. If you are a woman who has been hit by a man, perhaps by

your own spouse, and made to feel helpless and humiliated, it is hard to feel real empathy for the plight of men (let alone for the man who struck you) just because you now know men are more wounded than women. Their suicide rates are infinitely higher, and they struggle much more than women to express themselves, to give and to receive love, and to enjoy simple joys. If you have been sexually abused it is understandably impossible, at least at one level,to feel compassion for pedophiles and sexual predators, even once you know every victimizer was himself first victimized and that this wound is the cause of his deep sickness and that the stigma of that sickness is the new leprosy in our society. And if your emotions are normal it is hard to be opposed to the death penalty when the person awaiting the sentence is unrepentant, rationalizing, hard, and is blaming everyone else for his problems. It’s easier to oppose the death penalty for someone whose heart is repentant and tearful and who wants only to make amends. But that’s the stretch! That’s precisely what we are invited to do when Scripture says: “Sing a new song!” What is our old song and what is wrong with it? Our old

song is the song we naturally sing, even at our best, when we let our emotions, our natural instincts, and our bruised and needy egos dictate our sympathies. When we do this, we give love and empathy Father only when our emoRon Rolheiser tions, naturally protective and wounded, allow us to. That is why it is so difficult for us to have a consistent ethic of life within which we are as solicitous to save the life of a guilty murderer as we are to save the life of an innocent unborn child. We struggle with this because emotion rather than our discipleship dictate our sympathies. We are naturally loving and empathic, but in a very restricted way; namely, we share love and empathy only when we can feel good about ROLHEISER, page 17

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Journal from border: Looking into eyes of those risking death for a better life By Diana A. Otero In the middle of May, representatives from Catholic Charities’ immigration programs from around the nation including myself traveled to the border between the United States and Mexico to learn more about the phenomenon of migration and to gain keener insights into the current immigration reform debate. We met in Altar, Sonora, Mexico, a town about 60 miles south of the border with Arizona. Close to 1,500 people arrive daily at this stretch of the border with hopes of crossing into the United States. Altar is often the last stop many immigrants make in Mexican territory in their trek north to slip into the U.S. through Arizona. It is also the site of Centro Comunitario de Atención al Migrante Necesitado (CCAMYN), an organization supported by the Archdiocese of Hermosillo. The center was founded in 2001 to respond to the influx of ailing immigrants who, after failed attempts to cross the border, were left penniless and discouraged.

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Jose, 17, spent 21 days traveling largely by foot from his native Honduras to reach the U.S.-Mexico border.

the border in the past 10 years makes us question our responsibility as Catholics to prevent more of our brothers and sisters from dying or disappearing and leaving families destroyed and towns abandoned,” said Francisco García, director of human rights at CCAMYN. We heard many personal stories. For example, José, 17, traveled for 21 days from his native Honduras to reach Altar. His goal is to find a good “coyote” to help him get to the United States safely. I can see the fatigue in his eyes. He has been sleeping in the street, has suffered from the cold, and has gone days without eating. “I have walked a lot and suffered a great deal. I watched my friends die as they fell off the train,” remarked the young man. “To not worry my mother, I told her the journey wasn’t that hard, but it is actually really sad. Far from your country, you aren’t worth anything. Fear and God are your only companions on this journey.” For a moment, he was lost in the words. Maybe he was looking for a reason to return before it was too late. Pedro Elías, a hardworking Mexican from Guadalajara, Jalisco, was lost for two days in the desert. The exhaustion from 24 hours of walking left him sleeping under a tree when the “coyotes” began to yell at him and the 12 others in his group. They needed to hide because the Border Patrol was searching the area. Scared and alone, he walked without a sense of direction until the Border Patrol found him dehydrated and unconscious. “I had never been happier to see la migra. I was almost dead, and thanks to them, I am alive today,” commented Elias who is ready to set out once more to cross the border. La migra is slang for U.S. immigration enforcement officers. María Pérez, 19, is prepared to attempt the border crossing for the first time. Her father, even though he is old, is

Men negotiate with the operator of a van near the U.S.-Mexico border, presumably for possible help entering the U.S. without documentation.

going to accompany her. In Guatemala, her mother and her three little sisters are hoping they will be able to cross and that, finally, they will be able to enjoy a better life. Perez is afraid. She has heard of the desert dangers: animals, poisonous plants, and worst of all, the bajadores. These assailants look for immigrants lost in the desert, attack them, and take advantage of the women they find. Perez asked us to pray for her. Her face became sad. She did not want to risk everything to cross the border, but she felt the future of her family was in her hands. This is more powerful than her fears. José, María and Pedro have received not just food, hospitality and clothing from CCAMYN, but also emotional support. García says many of the people they serve feel defeated and hopeless. When leaving CCAMYN and seeing the many people who have arrived looking for help and others in the streets making preparations for their journey, we stop and ask ourselves if it is worth risking everything to cross the border. How many more of our brothers and sisters will die? What can we do to prevent it? There are no simple answers, but we understand it is necessary to unite and continue to urge legislators to address comprehensive immigration reform that is just for our brothers and sisters already here, and to consider the issues of why so many must leave their homelands to come to the U.S. in the first place. We also need to reconsider militarization of the border, a reality that forces persons desperate for a better life to cross at the most dangerous places, like the desert of Arizona. Diana Otero coordinates Parish Immigration Services for Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese.

Prayer for Migrant Brothers and Sisters Loving and merciful heart of Jesus, I pray for my migrant brothers and sisters. Have mercy on them and protect them from mistreatment and humiliation in their travels. They are identified by many as dangerous and poor because they are strangers.

(PHOTOS BY DIANA A. OTERO)

In the central plaza, the immigrants meet to find a place to spend the night and arrange for a “coyote” to guide them to the land of opportunity. The town is calm, almost ghostly, with dusty streets and sun so harsh it warns travelers of what the rest of the journey will be like. In Altar, there are close to 100 houses prepared to receive immigrants who typically pay between three and five dollars a night to stay there. They often sleep in bunk beds without mattresses in less than sanitary conditions. Men, women and children coming from Mexico, Central America and South America climb onto pickup trucks that take them from Altar to Sásabe. There, in the desert, they continue their journey by foot. It can take from two to seven days for them to reach a safe place on the other side of the border. There is a small, improvised toll booth along the unpaved road that leads from Altar to Sásabe. Next to the booth are three white crosses that bear witness to the countless job seekers who cross these lands as well as those who will never make it across the desert. We pulled over to the side of the road. In front of the crosses, we prayed for the souls of those who have lost their lives, paying the highest price trying to secure a better future for themselves and their families. Every representative in our group had the name of someone who had died trying to cross the border. Nearly 300 die each year, according to statistics given to CCAMYN. Many have not been identified. The majority die from dehydration. Loudly we begin to read the names: Adolfo Ríos, age 36; Zenaida Dircio, age 23; Jovani Hernández, age 28; JD#54, age 17… None of us could continue reading. A group of maybe 20 people approached the toll booth in a van, and all of a sudden the names on the list had faces that were looking into ours. One of them could be the next addition. The priest who was leading the prayer looked at the people in the van and began to bless them. As the men were receiving their blessings, the van started to leave and they continued their journey. In the few minutes we were standing alongside the road praying, four other pickup trucks passed before the excessive heat made it too difficult to spend more time there. “Knowing that more than 3,000 people have died along

By the grace of God, let us respect and value their dignity. Touch our hearts with your goodness, Lord, when we see them as they travel. Protect their families until they return home, not with a broken heart but with their hopes fulfilled. Amen

July 6, 2007

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 66:10-14c; Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20; Galations 6:14-18; Luke 10:1-12, 17-20

A READING FROM THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE GALATIANS (GAL 6:14-18) Brothers and sisters: May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision, but only a new creation. Peace and mercy be to all who follow this rule and to the Israel of God. From now on, let no one make troubles for me; for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 10:1-12, 17-20) At that time the Lord appointed 72 others whom he sent ahead of him in

Rolheiser . . . ■ Continued from page 15 it; that is, when it is clean, wanted, respected and appreciated. We can love, forgive, and bless someone who wants to be loved, forgiven, and blessed by us, but, we find it existentially impossible to do the same when that person has hurt us, hates us, blames us, and wants us dead. But that’s precisely what Christian discipleship and full human maturity call us to — to be able to have real empathy, forgiveness and love for those who have hurt, humiliated, and blamed us. When the negative publicity about sexual abuse among clergy was at high fever, a very sincere, good-hearted, Catholic man

Scripture reflection FATHER BILL NICHOLAS

Laborers in the harvest: time for attitude check?

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH (IS 66:10-14C) Thus says the Lord: Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her, all you who love her; exult, exult with her, all you who were mourning over her! Oh, that you may suck fully of the milk of her comfort, that you may nurse with delight at her abundant breasts! For thus says the Lord: Lo, I will spread prosperity over Jerusalem like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing torrent. As nurslings, you shall be carried in her arms, and fondled in her lap; as a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort. When you see this, your heart shall rejoice and your bodies flourish like the grass; the Lord’s power shall be known to his servants. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20) R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth, sing praise to the glory of his name; proclaim his glorious praise. Say to God, “How tremendous are your deeds!” R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. “Let all on earth worship and sing praise to you, sing praise to your name!” Come and see the works of God, his tremendous deeds among the children of Adam. R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. He has changed the sea into dry land; through the river they passed on foot; therefore let us rejoice in him. He rules by his might forever. R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. Hear now, all you who fear God, while I declare what he has done for me. Blessed be God who refused me not my prayer or his kindness! R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

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In his commentary on this week’s Scripture readings, Father Bill Nicholas asks parishioners to review their attitudes toward religious vocations.

pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves his payment. Do not move about from one house to another. Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God is at hand for you.’ Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you, go out into the streets and say, ‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.’ Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand. I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town.” The 72 returned rejoicing, and said, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power to ‘tread upon serpents’ and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” said to me: “I’ll never give another penny to the Catholic Church! I will not have any of my money supporting a pedophile!” That’s nature speaking, but it’s a long way from the love and understanding that Jesus preached. In essence, what this sincere man is doing is worshipping his emotions by saying: “I can give my love and support when I can feel good about it, but I can’t give my love and support when I can’t feel good about it, no matter that a pedophile suffers from the most unglamorous of all diseases.” But love calls us to more than that. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and award-winning author, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.

For the second time since Easter our Sunday Gospel speaks to the subject of vocations. The Fourth Sunday of Easter, commonly referred to as “Good Shepherd Sunday” is also observed as the “World Day of Prayer for Vocations.” Now, mid-way through the summer, our Gospel speaks of the call for workers in the harvest, with the all-too-familiar reminder that “the harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.” Across the board, we have a tremendous need in our Church for priests, Sisters and Brothers. We see fewer and fewer religious teaching in our schools and priests serving in our parishes. We hear references to the “graying” of the clergy. Those who are entering formation are coming through neither fast enough nor numerous enough to replace those who are leaving, retiring or passing away. The work for those currently serving in ministry is progressively increasing as the responsibilities continue to grow more and more abundant. Many a vocation homily or reflection has included the words of this Sunday’s Gospel – “…ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” The call to prayer is important and reminds us that our first duty in addressing the vocation crisis faced by the Church is to pray earnestly for quality people to serve in the priesthood and religious life. However, when we “ask the master” to “send out laborers” do we really know what we are praying for? What is the attitude we bring to our prayers for vocations, particularly in light of the great shortage we see? This question is what eventually drew me to the priesthood. In Catholic grammar school we were taught to pray for more priests and religious. However, it came to feel somewhat awkward always praying for an increase in vocations when I, myself, seemed disinclined to consider it. I began to ask: If not me, then who? This, of course, was only the beginning. In his “Confessions,” St. Augustine, expresses the caliber of his spirituality prior to his great conversion in a brief, rather laughable prayer – “Lord, grant me chastity…but not yet.” In praying for vocations, do we unintentionally incorporate a similar attitude? “Lord grant us vocations, (but not me),” “Lord, call more men to the priesthood, (but not my son),” “Lord, call more Sisters and Brothers to serve in our schools, (but not my child).” People look to the parish priests for leadership and guidance. They admire those that can rally the spirit of parishioners, young and old. Families have fond memories of that special priest who witnessed their marriage, baptized their children, gave them their First Communion and guided them to their Confirmation. We speak highly of that special priest who worked so well with the youth of our parish. Yet, how many parents use such admiration to encourage their sons to consider the priesthood? We admire the religious sisters and brothers who taught us in school. Yet, do we consider entering the religious life to continue the work of those teachers we

so admire? How many encourage their children to consider the religious life in order to continue the work of those religious priests, brothers and sisters we remember so fondly? We admire, from a distance, such communities as Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, and their work with the poorest of the poor. Yet how many parents are willing to encourage their daughters to consider a vocation in that community? How many would be happy to hear that their daughter is interested in joining those sisters, and participating in that work? Have our families inadvertently adapted St. Augustine’s prayer for chastity, into their own prayers for vocations? – “Lord, grant us more priests, but not my son.” “Lord, call more men and women to the religious life, but someone else’s child.” Has this been our prayer over these past decades of declining vocations? When an entire generation has been praying, “Give us vocations, but not our children” are we really surprised to see a shortage of priests and religious? Is this the reason we continue to see a decline? When we pray for vocations, what are we really praying for? Has God, in fact, been answering our prayer all along? Perhaps, just perhaps, what must happen before we see an increase in vocations is an examination of what attitudes we bring toward the priesthood and the religious life. What is the spirit behind our prayers for vocations? We may admire them. We may appreciate them. But do we truly see such religious vocations as something we want our sons and daughters to enter? Let us remember, as the Gospel reminds us, the great and abundant harvest needs workers. Let us re-examine how we encourage (or discourage) vocations. Let us remember that the first vocation directors of our Church are the parents who raise their children in the faith. While a vocation to the priesthood or religious life cannot be forced, parents should at least let their children know the priesthood or the religious life is an acceptable alternative (assuming they see it as such); then our young people can truly consider it as an option for their lives, because the seeds will have been sown in the harvest of the home. Let us resolve to foster vocations to the priesthood and religious life, beginning with our own parishioners, and our own children. When we see a member of our families or our parishes who may have the potential for a vocation to the priesthood or religious life, and the openness to consider it, let us resolve to politely and humbly tell them so, planting what seeds we can so the harvest may also yield worthy workers. But most importantly, let us pray that those whose vocations it is to be the parents of children, raise their young ones to be open to whatever God calls them to, even, perhaps especially, if it is to service in the priesthood and religious life. Father Bill Nicholas, ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2001, is a parochial vicar at St. Cecilia Parish in San Francisco.

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Catholic schools showcase creativity, leadership, generosity Mission Dolores Elementary School’s Class of 2007 painted a mural of San Francisco along a wall in the schoolyard. Guiding the way was artist Debra Kaval, mom of class member, Roman. Every child took up a brush and teacher, Andrew Mughannam, incorporated Math during the grid work. Showing off the masterpiece are first graders with teacher, Cathie Alvarado.

Wearing colors of their new schools are members of the class of 2007 from Mercy High School, Burlingame. Front left, seated: Masako Le, Kate Caranto, Ashley Reyes, Victoria Ramirez, Jenna Magat; middle, from left: Anna Susa, Danielle Gatt, Lauren Rhodes, Kelly Cory; standing, from left: Dilan Akkaya, Cassie Leonardi, Emily Pickens-Jones, Jennifer DeBattista.

Frank Kaniewski and Kassandra Lastimosa are this year’s winners of Star of the Sea Elementary School’s Ron Seibel Award. They took away $800 scholarships plus their names will be added to the award plaque.

Reading Specialist, Ann Mercurio (left) from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Redwood City has been named a Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year. The award, including a $1,000 grant for the school, was presented in surprise event May 8, teacher appreciation day. Teresa Anthony (right), principal, joined in the fun.

Matt Hill boosts Cameron Montalvo in Woodside Priory School’s "tower of food" contest. Foods and cash were delivered to Second Harvest Food Bank.

St. Raymond Elementary School held its Annual Student Art Show May 23. The event showcases the work of students in all grades using oil, pastel, and pencil. "It is exciting to see the creativity of such young students, especially when art programs are being eliminated from the academic arena every year," said art teacher Claudia Myall who just completed her 10th year at St. Raymond. Amid some of the entries are sixth graders, from left: Jack Carmass, Robert Smith, Michael Tripaldi and Ryan Gaertner.

Congratulations to new student council officers at St. Stephen Elementary School in San Francisco, from left: Kerry Crowley, Joe Salvemini, Thomas Egan, Joe Holl, Natalie Kern, Jamie Maciel, Brooke Bruneman, and Jackie Hazelwood.

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Sister Marius, 96, taught many years in state Sister of Charity Mary Marius Mei, a San taught in schools in cities including Santa Francisco native and graduate of Clara, Petaluma, and Los Angeles St. Brigid High School, died June as well as in Missouri, Montana 17, at her congregation’s Caritas and Nebraska. Center in Dubuque, Iowa. Sister At her funeral in Iowa June 25, Mary Marius, who entered reliSister Mary Marius was rememgious life as a Sister of Charity of bered for her gifts as a fundraiser the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1930, for the Mission Offices of the was 96 years old. Archdiocese of San Francisco and The late educator taught and Sister M. Marius the Diocese of San Jose. “She Mei, BVM served as principal at both St. toured the schools with her puppet Thomas More Elementary School and the now- MONA making young children aware of the closed Most Holy Redeemer Elementary needs of the Missions,” said Sister Eileen Healy, School. She additionally served in administra- BVM. “From 1985 until her health would no tive positions for both the Archdiocese of San longer allow it, Marius gloried in ‘begging’ for Francisco and the Diocese of San Jose. She also the missions, especially our missions in

Ecuador. Mary Marius was willing to beg so that the poor and the sick of Ecuador had the education and the resources not to need to beg.” Sister Mary Marius also “preached” for the mission, Sister Eileen said, remembering one summer when she raised $26,000 for the cause. Sister Mary Marius is survived by two sisters-in-law, Gloria Mei of San Francisco and Mari-Pat Mei of Mill Valley, as well as the Sisters of Charity with whom she shared life for 76 years. A funeral Mass was celebrated June 25 with interment in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Retirement Fund, 1100 Carmel Dr., Dubuque, Iowa 52003.

Longtime educator, Sister Raymunda, dies June 27 San Francisco native and longtime educator Sister of Charity Raymunda Clark, 96, died June 27, 2007 at Marian Hall, Dubuque, Iowa. Her funeral Mass was celebratred July 2. Burial was at Dubuque’s Mount Carmel cemetery. She taught in San Francisco 20 years at Most Holy Redeemer, 1938-40; St. Brigid,

Sister Raymunda Clark, BVM

19940-42; St. Paul Elementary, 1942-46; St. Philip, 1956-67; and St. Thomas More, 1978-79. She also taught in Petaluma, and tutored in Sacramento. Her other assignments took her to Illinois, Montana, Nebraska and Hawaii. Sister Raymunda was born April 9, 1911 in San Francisco to Charles and Julia Cronin Clark. She graduated from St. Paul

Elementary and High School before entering the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary congregation on Sept. 9, 1929. She professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1931 and final vows on Aug. 15, 1937. Sister Raymunda is survived by nieces and nephews and the Sisters of Charity with whom she shared life for 77 years. Memorials may be made to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Retirement Fund, 1100 Carmel Dr., Dubuque, Iowa, 52003.

irrelevant? As a longtime congressional leader deeply committed to and promoting abortion, she is absolutely complicit in the world’s largest man-made holocaust – the wanton killing of upwards of 48,000,000 innocent children in the U.S. since the legalization of abortion. Father Ken Weare’s rationalization of her views and leadership, quoted in Catholic San Francisco’s May 25 lead story, reads like Jesuitical, perverse logic, but is pure poppycock. He even gets the old phrase “cafeteria Catholics” backwards; it is he and USF Father Stephen Privett and their accomplices who are picking and choosing from the table of fundamental Church principles. Just because Mrs. Pelosi talks about peace in the world (as did Lyndon Johnson, until he had the responsibility) and making the environment nicer, she still has more blood on her hands than any WWII Nazi officer. We have been criticizing the world’s Muslim religious hierarchy for not speaking out against the brutal terrorists within their flocks. Yet we have a similar problem within our Church. Very seldom do we hear a homily directed against abortion. Were the things we were taught in school and years of homilies wrong or out of date? Did we not get the memo? What are we to think? Jerry Heckert San Mateo

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Rayna Garibaldi, “San Francisco’s Portola” (Arcadia Publishing, 2007) Alessandro Baccari, Jr., “San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf” (Arcadia Publishing, 2006) Bernadette C. Hooper, “San Francisco’s Mission District” (Arcadia Publishing, 2006) Lorri Ungaretti, “San Francisco’s Sunset District” (Arcadia Publishing, 2003)

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By Jeffrey Burns, Ph.D. These four charming books are part of Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America Series.” This series publishes what amounts to neighborhood family photo albums as it collects historical photos of various areas and eras. These volumes focus on four San Francisco neighborhoods: the Portola District, the Sunset District, the Mission District, and Fisherman’s Wharf. Earlier San Francisco volumes treated Noe Valley, Portrero Hill, Visitation Valley, and other sections of the city. Each volume begins with a brief overview of the history of the district. Alessandro Baccari’s book on Fisherman’s Wharf is larger than the others and contains extended introductions for each of his chapters. Each volume contains a marvelous collection of historic photos that evoke a world that has been lost. The photos give a feel for the neighborhood and for what life must have been like in days gone by. It is like stepping into the past. Each photo is accompanied with a brief descriptive caption.

Rayna Garibaldi, a teacher at St. Elizabeth School from which she also graduated, is author of “San Francisco’s Portola.”

Readers of Catholic San Francisco will be pleased to know that the important presence of the Catholic Church in the neighborhood is acknowledged. Indeed, in many histories of San Francisco the vital role of the Church in the city has been neglected, but in these volumes the Church’s integral presence in neighborhood life is quite evident. Each volume provides photos of the various parish churches, includes some intimate photos such as weddings and first Communions, and family gatherings and depicts several parish schools and the Sisters who ran them.

In the Portola book, several photos chart the churches at St. Elizabeth Parish and the work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and their convent. A photo on page 42 captures Rose Kennedy’s visit to the Sisters in 1968. One of the more precious photos is of Sister Felicitas Cronin, PBVM giving the St. Elizabeth School baseball team a pep talk (122). Each of the other volumes contains several similar photographs. The Fisherman’s Wharf book highlights the work of the Italian parish, Sts. Peter and

Paul, the Salesians, and the annual blessing of the fishing fleet and the Madonna del Lume celebration. The Sunset District features the Sunset parishes: St. Anne, St. Cecilia, St. Gabriel and Holy Name. I was disappointed not to find a photo of the annual St. Anne Novena, which in the 1930s saw thousands of people gather in the schoolyard for the procession and devotions and is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year – July 18-26. The most Catholic of the volumes is that on the Mission District. Beginning with the establishment of Mission Dolores in 1776, recurring waves of Catholic immigrants have made the Mission a very Catholic place. The photos bear this out: parishes included are Mission Dolores, St. James, St. Anthony, St. Peter and St. Charles. The parish schools are covered as well as are the high schools. A photo of the Holy Family Day Home of the Holy Family Sisters is also included. Perhaps the most famous Catholic in the history of the Archdiocese appears twice, Father Peter C. Yorke, on pages 36 and 45. The collection, of course, covers far more than Catholic concerns. It is a wonderful visual record of these districts showing how they used to be and how they developed. These are lovely volumes. Copies are available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or (888) 313-2665. Deacon Jeffrey M. Burns, Ph.D., is archivist for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

EWTN ‘Family Celebration’ to air July 21-22 Father Antoine Thomas, host of Eternal Word Television the EWTN series “Children of Network has scheduled a July 21Hope.” 22 broadcast of its “Family Following the conclusion of the Celebration,” which will be car“Family Celebration” broadcast on ried live from the Jefferson July 22, the network plans to show Convention Complex in a documentary titled “EWTN Birmingham, Ala. Theme for the Yesterday and Today.” It details weekend is “Eucharist: Body of foundress Mother Angelica’s “fearChrist.” The broadcast will air less trust in the Lord and the before an expected television extraordinary way in which God audience in the hundreds of thoubuilt a television network around a sands, said local EWTN Father Benedict Groeschel, CFR handful of nuns who were anything spokesperson Jim Quinn. The opening session begins at 7 a.m., followed by but media savvy,” an EWTN press statement said. In the Bay Area, EWTN is carried 24 hours a day on Mass at 8:30. Expected speakers on Saturday include Franciscan Father Benedict Groeschel, founder of the Comcast Digital Channel 229, RCN Channel 80, DISH Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and host of the EWTN Satellite Channel 261 and Direct TV Channel 422. program “Sunday Night Live with Father Benedict Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and Groeschel;” Marcus Grodi, host of the EWTN program on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. Visit “The Journey Home;”Dominican Mother Assumpta www.ewtn.com for encore telecast times and other proLong, a frequent EWTN guest; and Brothers of St. John gramming information.

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The class of ’57 from the now-closed and much-missed St. John Ursuline High School in San Francisco received Golden Diplomas after the school’s annual Alumnae Mass and Reunion April 29. “A great time was had by all,” said classmate Diane Gragnani.

Pauline Books & Media DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUL Saturdays in July: The Daughters of St. Paul are hosting “Children’s Hour” with a Veggie Tales DVD followed by related activities/ games and take-home projects. Open to children 4 and up! (Accompanying adult required). Starts July 7 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. For more information, call Pauline Books & Media, 2640 Broadway, Redwood City; (650) 369-4230. Through July 17: Six-week study group on the new synod document of Pope Benedict XVI: Sacrament of Charity. “Aims to break open this rich eucharistic text and discover its importance for Christian Life.” Will meet weekly, Tuesdays from 6:30-8 p.m. at Pauline Books & Media, 2640 Broadway, Redwood City; for details and registration, call Sister Susan at (650) 703-1106.

Taize/Chanted Prayer 3rd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.: Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave, Belmont. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 277 or visit www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org. 1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; 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. Sundays: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine of Saint Francis, 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco, 12:15 p.m. Mass. For more information, call (415) 983-0405.

Food & Fun July 7: “Garage Sale for Pro-Life” 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at corner of Ralston and Tahoe in Belmont. Call Cheryl, (650) 592-5309.

July 11: Father John O’Neill, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Olema, will be honored on the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood beginning at 6:15 p.m. at Rancho Nicasio in Nicasio. Tickets are $50 and include dinner, tip and tax. Call (415) 663-1139 for reservations. Sept. 9: Variety show fundraiser for St. Mark Parish from 4- 6 p.m. at 325 Marine View Ave., Belmont. Tickets:$10. Fellowship and bake sale to follow show. Call (650) 591-5937.

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

Prayer/Lectures/Trainings July 7: First Saturday Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma at 11 a.m. Call (650) 756-2060. Aug. 19-24: “The Initiation Experience: Beginnings and Beyond,” a week-long immersion into the process of Christian initiation hosted by the Diocese of San Jose. Ttraining will be provided by experienced leaders from the North American Forum on the Catechumenate and offered in English and Spanish. Content developed for clergy, parish staffs, catechists, liturgists, choir directors and volunteers involved in faith formation. Brochure and registration information at www.naforum.org or contact Diana Macalintal at the Office of Pastoral Ministry, Diocese of San Jose: (408) 983-0136.

Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church. Contact Mary Jansen at (415) 614-5596, or email jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check Web

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

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

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site for Bay Area events, or download quarterly newsletter at www.sfyam.org. 2nd Sunday: Catholics in their 20s meet at various San Mateo locations for friendship and to discuss the Gospel and become active members of the Church. Contact: Catholic_20s@yahoogroups.com. Friday at 7:30 p.m.: Most Holy Redeemer young adults meet at 18th and Diamond Streets, San Francisco Contact yag@mhr.org or visit www.mhr.org/yag.html. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.: St. Dominic young adults meet in parish hall at Bush and Steiner, San Francisco; e-mail youngadults@stdominics.org. or visit www.stdominics.org/youngadults; rosary precedes meeting at 7 p.m. St.Thomas More Church and Catholic Campus Ministry sponsor liturgy on Sundays at 8 p.m. and the third Tuesday of month on the SFSU campus. St. Thomas More is located at 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd at Brotherhood Way in San Francisco. E-mail newman@stmchurch.com or visit www.stmchurch.com/newman/ 2nd and 4th Monday: St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group meets. Meetings take place at SVDP, Steiner and Green, San Francisco, at 7:30 p.m. 3rd/4th Saturdays: St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group provides nourishment for the less fortunate, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Contact Tricia Reilly at (415) 505-4313.

Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs are available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at (415) 422-6698. Separated and divorced support groups: 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, San Francisco; call Gail at (650) 5918452 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236. 1st and 3rd Thursday at St. Peter Parish Religious Education Building, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Diana Patrito or Joe Brunato at (650) 359-6313. 2nd and 4th Wednesday in Spanish at St. Anthony Church, 3500 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Toni Martinez at (650) 776-3795.

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) 7550478. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; call parish at (650) 366-3802. St. Robert, San Bruno; call Sister Patricia at (650) 589-2800. Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo; call Brenda MacLean at (415) 454-7650. St. Isabella, San Rafael; call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato; call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. San Francisco: St. Dominic; call Sister Anne at (415) 567-7824; St. Finn Barr (bilingual); call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823. St. Gabriel; call Elaine Khalaf at (415) 564-7882. Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 6145506. Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame; call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Children’s Grief Group: St. Catherine, Burlingame; call Debbie Simmons at (650) 5581015. Information regarding grief ministry in general: call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: Tiburon, St. Hilary: Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775. Ross, St. Anselm: (415) 453-2342. Greenbrae, St. Sebastian: Jean Mariani (415) 461-7060. Mill Valley, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Rick Dullea (415) 388-4190. Sausalito, St. Mary Star of the Sea: Lloyd Dulbecco (415) 331-7949. San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Michael Adams (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, Lee Gallery (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus (415) 664-8590; St. Paul of the Shipwreck, Deacon Larry Chatmon and Loretta Chatmon (415) 468-3434. San Mateo County: San Mateo — St. Bartholomew: Donna Salinas (650) 347-0701, ext. 14; St. Matthew: Deacon Jim Shea (650) 344-7622. Burlingame — St. Catherine of Siena: Silvia Chiesa (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels: Holy Names Sister Pat Hunter (650) 375-8023. Millbrae, St. Dunstan: Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952. Pacifica, St. Peter: Sylvia Miles (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci (650) 355-1799, Frank Erbacher (650) 355-4355. Half Moon Bay, Our Lady of the Pillar: Meghan (650) 726-4337.

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Tour of the South Days from $999*

Depart January 14, 2008

Discover some of the most beautiful cities in the old south as YMT combines an exciting 7-day Caribbean Cruise with a 7-day land tour. After a day of sight-seeing, board your ship in Tour 70605Charleston, SC, and luxuriously cruise on NCL’s Majesty to Grand Cayman Island; Cozumel, Mexico; and Key West, Florida. Enjoy NCL’s relaxed “free-style cruising.” Touring both before and after the cruise will take you for sight-seeing in Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, TN; memorable Charlotte, NC; Atlanta and the city spared by Sherman: sensational and historic Savannah, GA. *Price per pers., based on dbl. occpy., plus $299 port charge, taxes, services and & government fees. Add $500 Roundtrip airfare from San Francisco.

to join in the following pilgrimages FATIMA, SPAIN & LOURDES October 1–10, 2007 Departs San Francisco 10-Day Pilgrimage

only

2,399

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Fr. Ralph Fraats Spiritual Director

Cruise to

Greece Turkey

Visit: Paris, Lisbon, Fatima, Alba de Tormes, Avila, Segovia, Burgos, Garabandal, Lourdes and more

Lourdes

CRUISE TO GREECE AND TURKEY October 2 – 14, 2007 Departs San Francisco 13-Day Pilgrimage

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Fr. Jerry Funke

June 27-July 8,

2007

Spiritual Director Visit: Athens, Piraeus, Istanbul, Mykonos, Patmos, Kusadasi Rhodes, Lindos, Heraklion, Santorini, Corinth

Acropolis

SOUTHERN ITALY Nov. 26 – Dec. 7, 2007 $3,599 before March 19, 2007

Departs San Francisco 12-Day Pilgrimage

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2,599

($2,699 after August 18, 2007)

Fr. Jack Wintz, Spiritual Director Visit: Rome (Papal Audience), Orvieto, Assisi, Loreto, Lanciano, Mt. St. Angelo, San Giovanni, Sorrento, Amalfi, Pompeii

Roman Forum

HOLY LAND December 27, 2007 – January 8, 2008 only

We are a wholesale pilgrimage tour company serving group leaders, organizations, churches leaders and travel agents on wholesale basis. We are dedicated to serving pilgrims, giving the best experience possible on their journeys. Once you taste our loving service, you’ll never think of going on pilgrimages without Glory Tours. So come and join us, with your family, friends and relatives. GLORY TOURS runs and operates the tour and offer one free travel for every ten paying pilgrims. We will meet or beat every legitimate offer in the market. Please feel free to contact by phone 1-866-352-5952 or e-mail: ruby@glory-tours.com or check www.glory-tours.com. Glory Tours will be happy to serve you For individuals you may join the ff. public tours:

FATIMA, SPAIN, LOURDES & PARIS, Nov 6-17, 2007 from SFO/LAX, $2,590. + tax

2,699

($2,799 after Sept. 18, 2007)

Fr. Richard Cash, Spiritual Director

GLORY TOURS invites you to join us on pilgrimages.

EASTERN EUROPE, SHRINES OF ITALY & ROME, Oct 13-26, 2007 from SFO/LAX, $2,890. + tax

Departs San Francisco 13-Day Pilgrimage

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3,399

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Saint Peter of Gallicantu

Visit: Tel Aviv, Netanya, Caesarea, Mt. Carmel, Tiberias, Upper Galilee, Jerusalem, Masada

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GREECE, GREEK ISLANDS AEGEAN CRUISE & TURKEY (MOTHER MARY’S HOUSE IN EPHESUS & much more), Nov. 6-18, 2007 from SFO $2,695. + port charges & tax PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY LAND Nov. 16-24, 2007 from SFO $1,990. + tax SPECIAL PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES ON IT’S 150TH FEAST ANNIVERSARY PLUS LISIEUX, NEVERS, PARIS, SARAGOZA, AVILA & MADRID Feb 5-16, 2008 (12-days) from SFO $2,590. + airline taxes

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