August 10, 2007 by Catholic San Francisco

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A handful of exuberant campers practice aerial maneuvers over the pool at the Catholic Youth Organization summer camp facilities near Occidental on Aug. 4. The boys were among more than 200 youth in the CYO 2007 summer camp program’s final session. More than 700 youth ages nine to 16 participated over the summer, according to Jim Willford, who took the reigns as executive director of the 216-acre CYO Camp and Retreat Center in June.

World must unite to address poverty, ex-U.N. official says By Mary Ann Wyand INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Some 850 million people in the world — half of them children — are hungry every day. A sixth of the world’s population is hungry, malnourished and lives in poverty. Every day, 25,000 people — including 18,000 children — die of malnutrition. Those sobering and heartbreaking statistics can be eliminated, according to James Morris, if more individuals, churches, community organizations and companies support poverty-relief efforts in the U.S. and abroad. Morris, an Indianapolis resident who served as executive director of the United Nations’ World Food Program, shared compelling stories about his international humanitarian ministry in a talk on “Connecting to Children: The Importance and Responsibility of Living in a Global Community and How Nutrition Impacts Kids” at St. Joan of Arc Parish and School in Indianapolis. Morris served as the 10th executive director of the world’s largest food aid organization from 2002 to 2007. During 2006, the World Food Program fed 88 million people in 78 countries with $2.9 billion in contributions. Reflecting on visits to impoverished countries, Morris said relief organizations and their supporters are slowly making progress in alleviating hunger. “But the fact of the matter is — in this rich world, this

smart world, this technologically able world — there is no excuse for those numbers,” he said. “To think that 25,000 human beings die every day of malnutrition — 75 percent of them children — and more people are dying of hunger, of malnutrition, than die of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV combined, it’s shameful. It’s sinful. It’s reprehensible. It’s unacceptable.”

‘The Catholic Church has been a remarkable partner’ in fighting hunger and poverty, according to the former head of the U.N.’s World Food Program. Morris said he finds hope in the many good people and ministries that help the poor with basic human needs in the U.S. and Third World countries. “If every congregation in the world and every school” did what many religious communities and students do, “we would be a lot further along in solving the problem” of world hunger, he said.

In his former post, Morris said, he focused on understanding and addressing the magnitude of the critical problems of world hunger and extreme poverty. The Catholic Church has “a wonderful relationship” with the World Food Program, Morris said, and “has supported us financially” for years. “If there is a unifying principle of all the great faiths of the world,” he said, “it’s the responsibility of those who have to take care of those who have not. We know the scriptural references — ‘I was hungry and you fed me.’ All the great religious doctrines are replete with the absolute mandate that we have to do something about this.” During meetings with Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Morris said, he thanked the pontiffs for the role of Catholic missionaries around the world — Sisters, Brothers, priests and lay people — who do extraordinary work in impoverished countries. “The Catholic Church has been a remarkable partner for the World Food Program, in part through Catholic Relief Services and Caritas,” Morris said, “but also through lots of diocesan missionaries all over the world.” Morris and his wife, Jackie, lived in Rome during his five-year leadership of the U.N. World Food Program. Morris now serves as a consultant for the Indiana Pacers and helps Riley Hospital for Children, the Gleaners Food Bank and the Boy Scouts, all in Indianapolis.

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On The Where You Live by Tom Burke Congratulations and thanks to Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrating 50-year jubilees. Right at home is Sister Dee Myers, a pastoral associate at St. Matthias Parish, Redwood City, for 16 years. Sister Dee is also a member of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council and previously served as teacher, counselor and program director in Illinois, Tennessee and New York…. Right at home 40 or so years ago was Sister Mary Louise Caffery, formerly James Mary, who taught at St. Paul High School in San Francisco from 1962-64. For the last four decades she has taught chemistry and computer science at Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa…. Sister St. Regina Wagner taught at San Francisco’s St. Paul Elementary in 1961 and 62, and neighboring St. Philip from 1963-70. She has been a teacher and principal at schools in the Midwest, and is currently on the faculty of Mary Our Queen School in Omaha, Neb. … Sister Dolores Becker has never served in the Archdiocese of San Francisco but sure did grow up here. She’s a graduate of Most Holy Redeemer Elementary School and Star of the Sea Academy – both now much missed along with St. Paul High School. Sister Dolores now serves in Deer Park, N.Y.….While we’re at it,

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A dozen Notre Dame de Namur Sisters to celebrate jubilees Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur will honor members celebrating jubilees at a Mass of Thanksgiving in the chapel of Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont on Aug. 12. Collectively, these women have educated tens of thousands of children throughout California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii. 70 YEARS – Platinum Jubilee Sister Anne Christine Barry, SNDneN, remembers telling her mother that she wanted to enter the convent because the Sisters of Notre Dame she had met in Watsonville “are so happy, and always seem to be having a good time.” Sister Anne has served in her congregation’s schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and currently resides at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland. Sister Alberta Marie Karp, SNDdeN, once said that “teaching was the last thing” she wanted to do but found herself

spending 60 years doing just that in California, Washington and Oregon. In fact, the now 87-year-old educator has been heard to say, “I can’t stop teaching.” She currently resides at the Notre Dame Sisters Province Center in Belmont. Sister Marie Elise McCormick, SNDdeN, received her bachelor’s degree in history and went on to teach elementary school. Later she became a nurse and for 18 years cared for the infirm Sisters at Notre Dame Infirmary in Saratoga. Sister Marie Elise enjoys assisting in the Province Center in Belmont where she resides.

currently serves as a eucharistic minister to terminally ill residents at a nearby rest home and volunteers at the St. Vincent de Paul Society in San Mateo. Sister Barbara Kavanaugh, SNDdeN, serves as associate director of finance for the California Province of the Notre Dame Sisters. She also taught elementary grades for 33 years in schools throughout California. Seventh grade was a favorite. “Kids at that age need a lot of ‘bridging’ – to subjects, to one another, to parents. I enjoyed creating the bridges with musicals, field trips and brunches.”

60 YEARS – Diamond Jubilee Sister Elizabeth Mary Hagmaier, SNDdeN felt drawn to religious life at an early age and taught sixth and seventh grade in schools throughout California and Oregon including 20 years at Notre Dame High School in Alameda. She

50 YEARS – Golden Jubilee Sister Jeanette (Marie Pierre) Braun, SNDdeN, helped found the Mission Reading Clinic in San Francisco and later coordinated a Project Read program. For eight years she NOTRE DAME SISTERS, page 22

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August 10, 2007

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Immigration: human face needed WASHINGTON (CNS) — Poll after poll says the American public supports a comprehensive approach to fixing immigration problems, but leaders of efforts to pass such a federal law acknowledge that an opposite message is driving the debate. With a comprehensive immigration bill likely off the table until after next year’s presidential election, advocates for immigrants said at an Aug. 3 teleconference their strategy now has to become getting more of that majority of the public involved. One part of that is to get more religious leaders to take a stand, said Kevin Appleby, director of migration and refugee policy for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “We need to counter the voices of talk radio,” said Appleby. “Quite honestly, the churches, including the Roman Catholic Church, need to do a better job of educating people about the realities of immigration ... to put a human face on the discussion.”

Pope: beware of wealth, greed CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Too much wealth and greed could “seriously compromise” one’s salvation, Pope Benedict XVI said recently, adding that the real treasure humanity should strive for is Christ. It is a thing of “wisdom and virtue to not set one’s heart on the things of this world, because everything passes, everything can suddenly come to an end,” he said before reciting the Angelus prayer Aug. 5. While one’s earthly possessions and material wealth can be a necessity that are good in and of themselves, they are “not to be considered an absolute good,” he told those gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer residence south of Rome. Wealth “does not ensure salvation, rather it could even seriously compromise it,” he said.

Praised on health care vote WASHINGTON (CNS) — Thanking the Senate and House for their approval of legislation reauthorizing and expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP, the heads of the Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities said they hoped partisanship could be set aside to get a final bill to President George W. Bush quickly. In a July 20 letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer strongly urged the legislator to “stay firmly on the path of covering our uninsured children” and said he was “disappointed to hear” President George Bush “has threatened to veto legislation to improve the health of our nation’s children.”

Molly Shelton, center, wipes tears from her eyes during an Aug. 2 prayer service at St. Olaf Church in Minneapolis for victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse. Prayer services for people of all faiths were held at St. Olaf and the Catholic cathedral in St. Paul the day following the rush-hour tragedy.

“The time for partisan bickering is over — it is now time for united support on behalf of children’s health coverage and a more solid foundation for our nation’s future,” said Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity who is CHA president and CEO, in an Aug. 3 statement. “We applaud the Democrats, Republicans and independents in Congress who have come together to support and strengthen this program,” said Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, in a separate statement Aug. 3. The House voted 225-204 late Aug. 1 in favor of the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act, known as CHAMP, which would provide health insurance for at least 3 million children currently uninsured and reauthorize funding for the more than 5 million children already covered by SCHIP. The program is due to expire Sept. 30. The Senate approved a different version of the legislation by a 68-31 vote Aug. 2.

Pope to visit Holocaust memorial VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During his visit to Austria, Pope Benedict XVI plans to stop at a Holocaust memorial in Vienna and to celebrate the 850th anniversary of Austria’s most important Marian shrine in Mariazell. The Vatican Aug. 3 released the official schedule of the pope’s Sept. 7-9 visit to Austria. It will be the seventh foreign trip of his pontificate.

Chinese Catholic letter retranslated HONG KONG (CNS) — The Hong Kong Diocese has revised the Vatican’s Chinese translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s letter to Catholics in China. Cardinal Joseph Zen Zekiun of Hong Kong – who visited the San Francisco Bay Area in May — told the Asian church news agency UCA

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News that the original Chinese text contains many mistakes and that the revision was to “help those (Chinese) who don’t know foreign languages understand the letter’s original intentions.” The cardinal, who presided over sessions at three parishes in mid-July to explain the papal letter’s content and context, spent a week revising the Chinese translation with experts. The revised text, which contains 20,086 characters including footnotes, was published in the July 15 issue of Kung Kao Po, the diocesan Chinese weekly.

U.N. decision on Darfur cheered WASHINGTON (CNS) — The United Nations’ decision July 31 to send a peacekeeping force to the Darfur region of Sudan drew cheers from Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service organizations. The U.N. resolution, which authorized up to 26,000 peacekeepers in the long-troubled region, was hailed as a “ welcome breakthrough” by Caritas in an Aug. 1 statement. “It is too early to tell if the U.N. resolution for peacekeepers in Darfur means an end to the suffering of the people there, but it sends a strong signal to all the warring parties to stop fighting and to enter into meaningful negotiations,” said Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight.

Man accused in papal plot dies SOFIA, Bulgaria (CNS) — Sergei Antonov, accused by Pope John Paul II’s would-be assassin of being part of a Soviet-bloc plot to kill the pope in 1981, was found dead in his Sofia apartment Aug. 1. Bulgarian police confirmed the death of the 58-year-old Antonov, but said his death had occurred several days earlier. He apparently died of natural causes. Antonov was deputy manager of the Bulgarian state airline’s Rome office in the early 1980s. Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk captured in St. Peter’s Square moments after shooting the pope and convicted of attempted murder, had told Italian investigators Antonov and two employees of the Bulgarian Embassy in Rome were involved in the shooting. French Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger carries a cross to the Sacre Coeur Basilica in the Montmartre section of Paris during the annual Good Friday Stations of the Cross in this 2003 file photo. The Jewish-born former archbishop of Paris died Aug. 5 at 80.

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Peninsula event draws attention to immigrants’ plight Redwood City mayor and county sheriff pledge help

Archbishop cites conflict between legal and moral

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REDWOOD CITY — Emilia Placarte’s husband died in June in the desert of the United States-Mexico border as he tried to return to the U.S. “He had to go to Guadalajara, Mexico, because his son was killed,” said Placarte with tears in her eyes. “But when he was trying to come back, he died in the desert.” The Redwood City resident told her story to more than 400 clergy and community members at a July 21 meeting sponsored by Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA) at the First United Methodist Church. One goal of the event was to appeal to San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks and other government officials, asking support for immigration reform and their cooperation in not supporting federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting undocumented immigrants. “We are asking our representatives to think about our suffering. Undocumented immigrants need to have a kind of permit that allows us to leave the country in case of emergency to avoid more abuses and deaths at the border. Our kids are American citizens and they have the right to live in this country with their parents,” added Placarte, herself an undocumented resident. The widow explained she had paid $2,500 to “coyotes,” a term used to describe people who charge the undocumented to smuggle them into the U.S. “They lied to me. They said my husband was OK and already in the U.S. I believed in them and sent the money.” Another speaker, Andrea Garcia, now 21, came from Mexico at age five but could not enroll in the University of California system because she is undocumented. “A child’s dream should not be crushed,” she said. “We can all be somebody someday.” Rosura Lopez spent 13 days in a Sacramento jail because she was arrested during a January ICE raid in Redwood City. She was released because she is victim of domestic violence. Archbishop George Niederauer and Father John Balleza, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, were among the attendees. Comparing the debate on immigration reform to historic national conflicts over issues such as slavery and civil rights, Archbishop Niederauer told the group, “This is not the first issue in American history over which a battle had

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Father John Balleza (left), pastor of Redwood City’s Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, and Archbishop George Niederauer listen to immigrants’ testimonials during a July 21 community meeting at First United Methodist Church in Redwood City.

to be fought between what was legal and what was moral. Those earlier battles were not over in a week, a month, a year, or a couple of sessions of Congress.” “We who struggle for the rights of immigrants, and for good legislation on immigration, have respect for the law. We do not encourage illegal acts. But we do denounce morally wrong systems of law and we do campaign for good legislation,” the REDWOOD CITY MAYOR, page 17 Archbishop said.

The following is excerpted from comments made by San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer at a July 21 community meeting at Redwood City’s First United Methodist Church at which immigration issues were discussed. After Congress failed to pass an immigration reform bill, many started saying the issue is dead. No, it’s not. Immigration reform is critically necessary in this country. And, while it may be dead in Congress for this session and the next, it is not dead in our hearts, in our lives, or in our future. Some will say to us: “We can’t do anything. What you are asking is illegal.” Yes, but more importantly, what we are asking is moral. It is right and fair and just. This is not the first issue in American history over which a battle had to be fought between what was legal and what was moral. Those earlier battles were not over in a week, a month, a year, or a couple of sessions of Congress. One battle was over slavery. In the 19th century, slavery was legal and, after 1850, when Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law, it was a federal crime to help a slave to escape, even if you lived in a free state and helped him or her there. The law was immoral, and the act of helping a slave escape was illegal, but it was morally right. Another battle in the last century was over civil rights. The law forbade African Americans to drink at white drinking fountains, to stay in many hotels and eat in many restaurants, to go to schools and universities that their taxes paid for. The law was immoral. So people marched in Selma, Ala. and elsewhere. The marchers were doing something illegal, but morally right. The sheriffs and the police officers who turned water cannons and dogs on them were acting legally, but immorally. We who struggle for the rights of immigrants, and for good legislation on immigration, have respect for the law. We do not encourage illegal acts. But we do ARCHBISHOP CITES, page 9

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Century mark to be noted by YMI Council No. 613 By Tom Burke St. John Bosco Council No. 613 of the Young Men’s Institute will marks its centennial anniversary with a 3 p.m. Mass of thanksgiving and reception Aug. 19 at the San Mateo Elks Club. Founded in 1907 at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in San Francisco, the organization today also claims the Parkside District’s St. Cecilia Parish as a base. “We’re expecting more than 100 people,” said Mike Amato,a YMI officer. Salesian Father Nicholas Reina, president of the congregation’s high school in Richmond, will preside. Council chaplain, Salesian Father Armand Oliveri, a former pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul, will concelebrate. According to “San Francisco: A History of the Archdiocese of San Francisco” and tradition, YMI began when six young men met “under a lamp post” in front of the now-closed St. Joseph Church on Howard Street in San Francisco sometime before the group was officially recognized in 1883. YMI has grown to 37 councils – three in the Archdiocese of San Francisco - and 2,700 members in California, Hawaii and Indiana. YMI was formed around principles including defending the Catholic faith, caring for its members and “the moral, social and intellectual development of its members,” the history states. “The YMI overall promotes a program that supports the faith, patriotism and fraternalism,” Amato said. ”Following these goals, Council 613 supports programs that assist seminarians, youth and social causes.” Dick Pisciotta is a past-president of Council 613 and a member for 46 years. “In the model of St. John Bosco we strive to help youth,” Pisciotta told Catholic San Francisco. An annual essay contest each October draws more than 100 entries, he said. “We are a closeknit organization dedicated to the Catholic faith, brother-to-brother.” Mike Amato called the future of YMI “bright” noting efforts to recruit and interest young men are ongoing. With about 90 members,Council 613 meets second Tuesdays of the month at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Avenue and Vicente in San Francisco, at 7 p.m. Interested men may phone Pisciotta at (415) 3346429. Additional information about the YMI organization can be found at www.ymiusa.org.

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Priests hope to put torture on trial By Michael Vick Though they face a possible gag order preventing them from discussing U.S. policy on torture during their anticipated trial, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale and Jesuit Father Steve Kelly say their rejection of that practice is the prime reason they face jail time for an incident at a military base last November. “Our concern is that the issue of torture has become a major phenomenon in society,” Father Vitale told Catholic San Francisco. “It’s inhuman, but it’s become acceptable.” Father Vitale also said that despite government assurances to the contrary, the recent record of U.S. conduct exposes Bush administration interrogation policies. “What is happening is that although they profess that they don’t teach torture, what results is torture. We know the end product based on what goes on at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.” Father Vitale, 74, retired pastor at St. Boniface Church in San Francisco, and Father Kelly, 58, who worked with Redwood City’s Catholic Worker community, will both face charges in Tucson next week of trespassing at Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista, Ariz. The two priests went to the military complex to deliver a letter decrying torture to Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, then commanding officer there. After being denied entrance, the two knelt to pray and were subsequently arrested. Both reportedly face a 10-month prison sentence if convicted. Father Vitale said the pair went to Fort Huachuca largely because Maj. Gen. Fast was stationed there. She was the senior military intelligence officer in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib torture scandal before being assigned to command Fort Huachuca. She has since been reassigned to Fort Monroe in Virginia where she is deputy director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center. Responding by e-mail to questions from Catholic San Francisco, Maj. Gen. Fast said, “The U.S. Army does not approve of or condone torture. Numerous safeguards have been put into place to ensure that interrogators can request clarification, if in doubt, or report cases where they may suspect wrongdoing.” She said she did not recall having seen the letter from Fathers Kelly and Vitale. It had been “handled in legal channels,” she explained. “The two priests were well aware that their trespassing actions would lead to their arrest,” she said.

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Sept. 21-23 When Can I See the Face of God? Silent Retreat for Men Fr. Bernard J. Bush, S.J.

Reservations for weekends must be made by mail and accompanied by a $10 non-refundable deposit per person.

Scripture tells us that we cannot see the face of God and live, yet St. Ignatius teaches us to find God in all things. Jesus shows God to us so that we can see, hear and follow him on the way to eternal life. Those who come to this retreat will contemplate the obstacles that block our vision of God, how to remove them so that we can dedicate ourselves totally to his love, praise and service.

August 17-19 Special Group (SFO Formation Directors) August 23-26 Long Retreat , Men & Women “Contemplation with St. Joseph: Holiness of Life” Fr. Vito Perone Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Portugese Retreat Fr. Manuel De Souza September 7-9 A Silent Women’s Retreat “Reconciliation and Affirmation of God’s Love” Fr. Serge Propst. O.P. September 14-16 A Silent Women’s Retreat “Reconciliation and Affirmation of God’s Love” Fr. Serge Propst. O.P. September 21-23 A Silent Women’s Retreat “Reconciliation and Affirmation of God’s Love” Fr. Serge Propst. O.P.

Sept. 21-23 Scripture & Saints & the Spiritual Exercises Quiet Retreat for Men Fr. Gerald F. Hudson, S.J. This retreat will be a prayerful reflection on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Examples from Scripture and the lives of saints (e.g., St. Thomas More) will help us to apply the Exercises to our own lives in the here and now.

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Father Louis Vitale, OSF, and Father Steve Kelly, SJ

Father Kelly said concern about victims of torture was only part of the priests’ focus. “We are also worried about the souls of these 18, 19 and 20-year-old soldiers who are being coerced into torture,” he said. Father Kelly said immoral interrogation policies could produce a blowback that will hurt American security by emboldening those who violently oppose U.S. policy. He called the upcoming trial a “kangaroo court,” but said he sees positives. “Ironically, they’re furthering our cause by bringing attention to the issue, and putting Fort Huachuca on the map.” Father Vitale emphasized that Church teaching never sanctions torture. “Torture is unacceptable in the eyes of the Church,” he said. “It’s not a reliable way to get information, but in any case it is simply an inhumane treatment of others.” The pre-trial motions hearing is scheduled for Aug. 13, and will possibly continue the following day. The two priests will be represented by Bill Quigley, a law professor and the director of both the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University in New Orleans. The three men are scheduled to speak at Tucson’s Southside Presbyterian Church in the evening of Aug. 12 to raise awareness of the issues surrounding the case.

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More than 1,000 parishioners took part in the July 21 centennial staging of the Novena to St. Anne procession from St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, San Francisco. During the Mass preceeding the procession, Archbishop George Niederauer (center) officially installed Father Raymund Reyes (left) as St. Anne pastor. In attendance was longtime – 1970-90 — former pastor Msgr. John Foudy (right). Father Reyes is interviewed about the famed novena, his ministry, and the changing demographics of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish on the next installment of “For Heaven’s Sake” scheduled to air Aug. 19 at 5:30 a.m. on KRON TV Channel 4.

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Make a difference in a rural Catholic community, by helping us build a new Catholic Church so that we may worship as one family. About our Island Community & Our Need Molokai is the most rural Hawaiian island (population 8,100), and was the mission of Blessed Damien DeVeuster, a 19th century priest who served the leprosy patients of Kalaupapa, Hawaii. After 16 years of ministering to the physical and spiritual needs of the patients, Blessed Damien died of leprosy during Holy Week, 1889. On Sundays, at St. Sophia Church in Kaunakakai, the main town on Molokai, our parishioners and visitors stand outside the doors and sit on folding chairs in the church carport. Many of the faithful hear, but do not see our pastor celebrate the Eucharist. Our children attend religious education classes in the church carport and storage spaces. Time, weather, and termite infestation have all taken a toll on St. Sophia Church, a simple wooden structure built in 1937. Our dream is to worship as one family in a new church, and to provide a safe and clean space for our children to learn the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Damien story. After ten years of fundraising, we have exhausted our own island resources. We now turn to the greater U.S. Catholic Community to help us realize our dream, which is to build the Blessed Damien Church of Molokai. Just as we await the day Blessed Damien is added to the canon of saints, we await also the day the doors of our new church are open to all who wish to pray and to learn about his mission. Please Give Today Send your tax deductible donation to: Blessed Damien Church Building Fund Molokai Catholic Community P O Box 1948 Kaunakakai, Hawaii 96748

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August 10, 2007

More than 2,000 anticipated at Hispanic Charismatic event By Michael Vick

Deacon John Norris, Katlyn Roobian, Anelita Reyes, Jan Roobian, and Sister Celeste Arbuckle with backpacks Katlyn donated for poor San Francisco children. Deacon Norris heads the Department of Pastoral Ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Anelita Reyes is associate director for catechesis in the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry.

ICA junior earns highest Girl Scout honor and helps others as she does By Tom Burke Katlyn Roobian, a junior at Immaculate Conception Academy, donated 50 backpacks stuffed with school supplies to the Archdiocese’s Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry for distribution to needy children at inner-city religious education programs. The donation was part of 350 backpacks Roobian filled on her way to earning the Girl Scouts’ Gold Award, the highest honor of the organization. She is a member of Troop 1018 that meets at the Richmond District’s Star of the Sea Church and has been a Girl Scout since the fifth grade. Troop leader is Nancy Schlesinger. “Many children are going to be very happy

thanks to Katlyn,” said Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, director of the Religious Education and Youth Ministry office. Roobian said her biggest helper on the three-month effort was her mother, Jan. Money to cover the $7,000 expense of the backpacks came from donations and goods from individuals and companies contacted by the Girl Scouts. The remaining 300 backpacks were headed for the Homeless Children’s Network for distribution to shelters and additional programs, said Roobian, who aspires to be a teacher. “I have always loved school and one of my favorite things has always been shopping for all my new supplies at the beginning of each school year,” she wrote in her solicitation letter of June 1.

When local parishioners and others from neighboring dioceses gather Aug. 11-12 for the eighth annual Hispanic Charismatic Catholic Congress, they will be meeting for the first time at Mercy High School in San Francisco. “The event used to be held in the Cathedral, but we don’t fit there anymore,” said Father José Corral, liaison to Hispanic Catholic Charismatic movement for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Father Corral estimated more than 2,000 will attend, including about 200 children, mostly from the Bay Area. Most participants will come from San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Sacramento, Oakland and San Jose, he said, although some will be traveling from as far away as Los Angeles. This year’s theme comes from the Gospel of St. John, which calls on those who love Jesus to follow him by keeping his commandments. Father Corral said the theme shows a connection between love and obedience. In addition to a Mass scheduled Aug. 11, and a holy hour ceremony the same day, the event will feature intercessory prayer meetings, eucharistic adoration, and even a children’s congress for ages four to 11. A closing Mass will be held on Sunday. A donation of $5 per person per day is requested; $3 for children under 11. The event is set for 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. both days. Speakers will include Father Corral, administrator of St. Finn Barr Parish, San Francisco; Father Pedro Alvarado González, Father Carlos Triana and Ingeniero Laura Marzariego of Mexico; Father Perfecto Medina of the Dominican Republic; Father Martín Avalos, Guillermo Marzariego and

Salvador Melara of El Salvador; and Father Nestor Aterado, parochial vicar, St. Anthony Parish, Redwood City. The children’s congress will involve faith-based lessons, skits, prayer, singing, movies and games. Also, at one point, the children will sing for the adults. “We like to say that we are not babysitting them,” said Father Corral. “We are evangelizing them.” The congress is held four times a year, with the most recent event held in May at Sequoia High School in Redwood City. While local parishes sponsor three of the events, the event held this week is for the entire Archdiocese of San Francisco. Father Corral said the congress is a blessing for Hispanic Catholics of the area, and provides an occasion for fellowship. “It gives Hispanic people the opportunity to be together and celebrate as a family,” he said. “They are so joyful, and always come out of these congresses with a willingness to become better people, better husbands and wives, and better families.” Father Corral said the event takes about six months to organize. More than 200 volunteers will staff the congress. Many of them have met every third Monday of the month for planning sessions, and they will have held prayer sessions on the four consecutive Wednesdays prior to the congress. Though the event is conducted entirely in Spanish, Father Corral said that from time to time, non-Hispanics venture in, drawn by the music and the friendly atmosphere. He also said that even though he has been overseeing the event for nearly a decade, he has not tired of doing it. “It’s a renewing experience,” Father Corral said. “It refreshes my faith.”

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Archbishop cites . . . ■ Continued from page 5 denounce morally wrong systems of law and we do campaign for good legislation. The bishops of our Church recognize that a nation has the right to control territories and borders, but we reject such control when it is exerted merely for the purpose of acquiring additional wealth. More economically powerful nations that have the ability to protect and feed their residents have a stronger obligation to accommodate immigration flows. What does good immigration legislation include? l)A broad-based legalization process (permanent residency) of the undocumented of all nationalities; 2) Reform of our family-based immigration system to allow family members to reunite with their loved ones in the United States; In 2004, the Chinese Catholic Retreat was held in San Luis Obispo.

Bay Area Chinese Catholic Living Camp set for Labor Day weekend Bay Area Chinese Catholic Living Camp will take place at The Jesuit Retreat House in Los Altos Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. The young adult retreat, with presentations in both Chinese and English, is in its 11th year. Canossian Sister Maria Hsu, director of Ethnic Ministries for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is overseeing the event this year. Young adults from throughout the state will attend, she said. “The men and women plan the retreat

themselves,” Sister Hsu said, noting that the event has drawn as many as 100 participants. Spiritual director for the Labor Day activity will be Paulist Father Ivan Tou. “Our hope is that the retreat will give Chinese young adults spiritual insight and group spirit,” Sister Hsu said. “We want to nurture the Catholic faith among our Chinese young adults.” More information is available at www.bacclc.org.

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3) Reform of the employment-based immigration system to provide legal pathways for migrants to come and work in a safe, humane and orderly manner; 4) Abandonment of the border “blockade” enforcement strategy; 6) Restoration of due process protections for immigrants. In the struggle that is ahead of us, people of faith need to continue to fight back against the myths and lies about immigration with the weapon of the truth. Many religions are joined in supporting immigration reform. Speaking from within my own Christian tradition, I can say that this issue is not a latecomer, a recent arrival for Christians. Mary and Joseph and the infant Jesus were immigrants in Egypt, fleeing King Herod. That infant grew up to become the Teacher who said, “If you welcome and take in the stranger, you welcome and take in me. If you do not welcome and take in the stranger, you do not welcome me.”

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Holy day of obligation Solemnity of Assumption rooted in earliest days of Church By Brother John M. Samaha, SM The Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary (Aug. 15) is a feast that traces its origin to the earliest ages of the Church. Tied to this feast are themes of Mary as Mother of the Church and model for the Church. In her the Church witnesses the fullness of the effects of the saving death and resurrection of Christ for humanity. The preface of the holy day’s Mass attests to this: “Today the Virgin Mother of God was taken up into heaven to be the beginning and the pattern of the Church in its perfection, and a sign of hope and comfort for your people on their pilgrim way.”

COMMENTARY The themes of the Mass prayers and readings, and those of the Liturgy of the Hours reflect the basis of the Church’s teaching about Mary and the many titles accorded her in popular Christian devotion. The doctrine of the Assumption celebrates the passage into heaven of Mary, body and soul united. It was infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII on Nov. 1 1950 in his apostolic constitution, Munificentissimus Deus. In 1789 the first diocese was established in the United States of America. Baltimore was chosen as the seat and John Carroll the first bishop. At that time the Diocese of Baltimore included the whole country. The cathedral for the new diocese was named for the Assumption of Mary, and is today a basilica and historic monument. At the first National Synod of 1791 Bishop John Carroll and his clergy placed our new nation under the patronage of Mary in the title of the Assumption. The observance of the feast was transferred to the Sunday following Aug. 15 so that American Catholics, a small minority, could more easily gather to celebrate the patronal feast. While

The Assumption of Mary is one of the featured shrines at San Francisco’s Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption. On Aug. 15. St. Dominic Parish, 2390 Bush, San Francisco, has scheduled a Mass and choral concert beginning at 7:30 a.m.

not a holy day of obligation at the country’s birth, the Assumption was designated such in the 19th century for all of the United States. This was confirmed by the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1884. The 1791 Synod directed that holy days, like Sundays, were to be observed by attendance at Mass, catechetical instructions for adults and children, vespers (evening prayer), and benediction with the Blessed Sacrament. Also recommended were a sermon, singing the Litany of Loreto, singing hymns in English at vespers and benediction, and the recitation of the Prayer for the President and All Civil Authorities composed by Bishop Carroll. The rich ethnic diversity of the United States is reflected in some of the customs and popular devotions surrounding the Assumption. One such custom is the blessing of the fishing fleets and the local bodies of water observed in some coastal areas. This practice has its origins in Mediterranean countries like Italy, Spain, and Portugal, and is still observed in some ports along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. Although many of these practices have declined, they are an indication of the great Marian heritage of our country and the special regard we hold for the Mother of the Lord. Marianist Brother John Samaha is a prolific writer and resides at the Marianist Care Center, Cupertino.

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Has the face of the Church changed? At the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII proclaimed that “the deposit of faith itself and the truths contained in our venerable doctrine are one thing, but the manner in which they are annunciated is another, provided that the same fundamental sense of meaning is maintained.” In promulgating Vatican II’s “Dogmatic Constitution on the Church” (1964), Pope Paul VI reaffirmed this statement: “What Christ willed, we also will. What was, still is. What the Church has taught down through the centuries, we also teach… That which was assumed, is now explicit; that which was uncertain, is now clarified; that which was meditated upon, discussed and sometimes argued over, is now put together in one clear formulation.” Following the Council, there has been a good deal of “meditation,” “discussion,” and “argument” over the meaning of one phrase in number 8 of the “Constitution on the Church.” In 2000, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published Dominus Jesus in an effort to bring greater clarity to the meaning of the disputed phrase. The “Constitution on the Church” teaches that the Church, which the resurrected Christ entrusted to Peter’s pastoral care, is “the pillar and mainstay of the truth” and “subsists in the Catholic Church” which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him. Debates continued about the exact meaning that the church of Christ “subsists in the Catholic Church.” Consequently, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued on June 29 “responses” regarding the authentic meaning of this phrase. News coverage and talk shows have generally understood these responses wrongly and at times negatively, some claiming the Catholic Church is teaching that all non-Catholics are not saved and going to hell. Some commentators have flamed these fires by confusing the responses with the July 7 apostolic letter of Pope Benedict XVI regarding the proper understanding of the use of the Roman Missal (used by the priest at Mass in celebrating the Eucharist). Not a few reporters are claiming that the Good Friday prayers will again mention the “perfidious Jews.” This prayer was eliminated from the Good Friday liturgy in 1969. Since then, the prayer refers to the Jewish people as the “first to hear the word of God.” ●

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The “Constitution on the Church” contains certain key ideas: the People of God, the collegiality of the bishops, the primacy of the pope, a renewed understanding of the individual Churches within the universal Church, the ecumenical application of the concept of the Church and its openness to other religions, and the question of the specific nature of the Catholic Church. The first paragraph of number 8 speaks of Christ as the “one” mediator who established and sustains on earth “his holy Church,” a visible “organization through which he communicates truth and grace.” This earthly church is not separated from “the church endowed with heavenly riches.” They form “one complete reality which comes together from a human and divine element.” This paragraph ends by teaching that “many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside its visible confines. Since these are gifts belonging to the Church of Christ, they are forces impelling towards Catholic unity.” What does it mean that the church of Jesus Christ “subsists in the Catholic Church?” Subsistence means that the church established here on earth by Jesus perdures in historical continuity and permanence, with all the elements instituted by Christ, in the Catholic Church. The church of Christ is not the sum total of the churches or the ecclesial Communities. If it were, the church of Christ would no longer exist today. Rather, the true Church has only one “subsistence” in the Catholic Church, while there are elements of this same church outside the Catholic Church. By employing the phrase “subsists in the Catholic Church,” the “Constitution on the Church” intended to recognize that the presence of ecclesial elements proper to the Church of Christ, while subsisting in the Catholic Church, are also present in nonCatholic Christian Communities. The recent CDF responses reaffirm this teaching while clearly recognizing, as did Vatican II’s “Constitution on the Church,” that this Church of Christ is “present and operative in the churches and ecclesial Communities not yet fully in communion with the Catholic Church, on account of the elements of sanctification and truth that are present in them.” (italics added) While these churches and Communities lack all of the gifts belonging to the Church of Christ, they “are

deprived neither of significance nor importance in the mystery of salvation.” While the Oriental Churches are separated from full communion with the Catholic Church, they have true sacraments, the priesthood, and the Eucharist Father Gerald D. Coleman, S.S. “because of apostolic succession.” These Churches are linked to the Catholic Church “by very close bonds” and merit the title of “particular or local Churches.” They are “sister Churches” of the Catholic Church. The “wound” of these particular churches is their noncompatibility with the doctrine of the primacy of the pope which is an “internal constitutive principle” of the Church of Christ as found in the Catholic Church. Since the Christian Communities born out of the 16th century Reformation do not enjoy apostolic succession in the sacrament of Orders, they are “deprived of a constitutive element of the Church.” Because of the absence of the sacramental priesthood, they have not preserved the genuine and integral substance of the eucharistic mystery. They are not “Churches” in the proper sense of the term. This does not mean these Christian Communities sustain a complete absence of ecclesial elements. The ecumenical challenge and desire is to recognize truly ecclesial characteristics and dimensions in these Communities. Many elements of sanctification and of truth are found in these Communities and “the Spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as means of salvation.” Ecumenical efforts must continue in mutual respect and an honest dialogue which leads toward the unity of all Christians in “one flock with one shepherd.” (John 10:16) Father Gerald D. Coleman is vice president of corporate ethics for the Daughters of Charity Health System.

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Retreat center to mark 60th anniversary Vallombrosa: a much-loved place to encounter God By Sister Stephanie Still, PBVM hether described as a haven amid a busy world, a jewel, or a place to encounter God, Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park, which celebrates its 60-year anniversary in September, is a much-loved spiritual resource in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Vallombrosa Retreat Center was dedicated on Dec. 7, 1947 by Archbishop John Mitty (center). Pictured with him are Father Butler, the first director of Vallombrosa (to Archbishop Mitty’s left), visiting clergy, Dominican Sisters of the Holy Cross, and the first group of retreatants.

The Lourdes Court residence was added in 1962 providing 20 more rooms for retreatants. To mark the anniversary, the previous directors of the retreat center, including Msgr. Eugene Boyle, Msgr. Warren Holleran and Father Tom Madden, will be honored at the benefit dinner on Sept. 15. The evening event will include a social and dinner at $150 per person. Proceeds will support the current programs and future needs of Vallombrosa Center. On Sept. 16, Archbishop George H. Niederauer will preside at a jubilee liturgy for the 60th anniversary of the founding of Vallombrosa. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. and will be followed by a blessing of the new Memorial Fountain at noon. The fountain is a gift of the Vallombrosa Retreat Association, a volunteer group that supported the center for many years. An open house with refreshments will follow the liturgy and blessing. On Dec. 7, 1947 Archbishop John Mitty, the fourth archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (1935-1961), dedicated Vallombrosa Retreat Center for the use of the women of the then 13 counties comprising the Archdiocese. At that time, El Retiro (Jesuit retreat center) in Los Altos was providing retreats for men, and Archbishop Mitty wanted a retreat house established for women. Retreats took place every weekend for women of the Catholic parishes and organizations such as altar societies, mothers’ clubs, the Young Ladies Institute, and the Children of Mary chapters. The on-site mansion built by Edward Hopkins was converted into 36 rooms for retreatants, a chapel, meeting rooms, and other space needs for retreats. The center’s original property included 17 acres and extended to Laurel Avenue. The name Vallombrosa was chosen by Hopkins, and endures to today. The beautiful natural surroundings reminded him of the similar setting of the Benedictine Abbey (founded in 1050) in Vallombrosa, an area of Tuscany, Italy. The name translates to “shady glen,” more than fitting for this property with its beautiful lawns and landscaping. The grounds feature trees from all over the world. The original staff included Father William G. Butler, the first director from 1947 to 1953, priests who served as retreat masters and the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Cross (Everett, Wash.), who served in all the other staff functions. Several physical features still loved by retreatants were established during the early years. The shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes was donated by the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women to honor Msgr. William P. Sullivan, their moderator. The Stations of the Cross were given by the Young Ladies Institute in memory of Miss Josephine Malloy, the Grand Secretary of the Institute. The pattern of generous support of the ministry of Vallombrosa Retreat Center continues to the present day. The original Stations of the Cross, for example, are currently being restored and generous donors have stepped forward to fund this important conservation. Key for many years to the financial and volunteer support of the center was the Vallombrosa Retreat Association. Begun in 1948 under its first president, Katherine McKinnon, the group promoted retreats and other spiritual events, as well as assisting in the financial support and administration of Vallombrosa Center. The association existed until 1996. Early in Vallombrosa’s history, it was recognized that expansion of the facility was needed. Building began with the second director, Father John M. Lally (1953 to 1960), who oversaw the construction in 1954 of Lourdes Court, which can house 20 retreatants. In 1955, the Rosary Grove was dedicated, establishing another devotional area for the center. When the Dominican Sisters withdrew, the Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco, supplied staffing needs until 1957 when

Described as distinctive works of art, the Stations of the Cross have been meaningful devotional pieces for many generations of Vallombrosa retreatants. the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity took over non-retreat staff roles at Vallombrosa. In 1960, Msgr. Eugene J. Boyle became the third director and initiated a development campaign. In 1961 construction was begun for the Teresa and Francis wings with 40 double-occupancy rooms and the current administration building. The housing replaced the rooms for retreatants in the mansion and was dedicated by Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken in August, 1962. Other fundraising events such as the annual fashion show, champagne brunches, and boutiques, with the aid of the Vallombrosa Retreat Association, also began at this time. An annual Christmas Mass and luncheon continues today. The present-day chapel was constructed in 1966 and was dedicated on Oct. 9 of that year. Part of the funding for these projects was raised by the sale of seven acres of the original property for the site of Nativity School. One reason for the need to seek outside financial support for the center was the creation of three new dioceses in 1962 – Oakland, Fresno, and Santa Rosa. Creation of these new dioceses significantly reduced

the pool of retreatants and former sources of support, necessitating new ways of raising funds for building and program needs. In 1968, a number of changes for Vallombrosa occurred with the brief directorship of Sulpician Father Terence L. Loughran, during the summer of 1968, and the arrival of a new director, Father J. Warren Holleran, in the fall. The Franciscan Sisters also withdrew, beginning the hiring of lay men and women to staff the center. During the decade of the 1960s, Vallombrosa remained committed to the spiritual development of women in the Archdiocese offering retreats every weekend for Catholic and non-Catholic women, establishing an inclusive spirit which remains today in the programs of Vallombrosa. The center provided a much needed haven. As one of the Fashion Show programs stated: “Vallombrosa is a place where one may walk alone with God. It is a place of solitude, silence, and especially prayer.” With demographic and sociological changes, as well as changes in approaches to spirituality during the 1970s, the mission of Vallombrosa evolved from serving only women. Programs for men and women and the use of the facilities by outside groups (known as hosted events) began during this time. Not-for-profit groups, business gatherings, and various workshops and programs including Ira Proghoff Workshops, Transpersonal Psychology, and a cancer support group were made available. Vallombrosa became the site for retreats for the priests of the Archdiocese, married couples, engaged couples, charismatic groups and others. Father J. Thomas Madden became the fifth director in 1982 and continued in that role until 2004. Those two decades saw an increase of programs and visibility of Vallombrosa. As a result, nearly 10,000 people a year now enjoy the serenity and spirituality of the center. According to Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, program director since 1999, the center continues to seek new audiences and ways to increase attendance at sponsored events. “Once someone has experienced Vallombrosa,” says Sister Rosina, “they realize that something sacred happens here and that it is a special place.” Two directors, who served short stints since Father Madden’s term, worked to increase the awareness and marketing of Vallombrosa. John Moran, who only served a short term due to ill health, was followed by Carrie LaBriola. During Ms. LaBriola’s year of service, the newsletter to current and former guests at Vallombrosa was reinstituted and a Web site, www.vallombrosa.org, was created. The Web site now describes events and programs of the center, offers on-line registration, and provides other information about Vallombrosa, including a virtual tour. A new director, Dominican Father Patrick LaBelle, began at Vallombrosa on July 1. He recently stated: “I see Vallombrosa as a little treasure, a center for prayer, reflection, learning and growing, hidden in the Silicon Valley and the beauty of Menlo Park. My dream is to continue what has been the life of holy ground and to enhance it with my own experience and interests. I would like to see the texture of this area finding common space in this incredible ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.” For more information or to make reservations for the benefit dinner or the jubilee liturgy, contact Sister Rosina Conrotto at (650) 325-5614 or rosina@vallombrosa.org.

Sister Stephanie Still, PBVM, is a member of Vallombrosa’s advisory board and the Communicator for the Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco.

A p l a c e o f s e r e n i t y, b e a u t y, p e a c e a n d r e f l e c t i o n i n o u r ow n b a c k y a r d By Father Patrick LaBelle, OP Director, Vallombrosa Retreat Center

any would be surprised to hear that just before he left for his fatal trip to Asia, Thomas Merton spent several months at a retreat house in Anchorage. One usually thinks of Thomas Merton as a kind of architect in the world of retreats. His own spiritual life was a source of great hope for many who have read his books, learned about his own journey or listened to his spiritual stories. And as he left for what would be his final trip he was careful to make arrangements for the building of a hermitage on the property of the retreat house. It was his intention to return to Alaska and walk even more closely with God in a setting of natural beauty and almost constant prayer and fasting. There is something powerful in learning to be quiet enough to hear the voice of a loving God calling out with advice and invitation to grow in happiness, confidence and charity. Thomas Merton felt that he had to travel to Alaska to find this serenity but we have that wonderful peace right in our backyard at Vallombrosa. Almost hidden in the heart of Silicon Valley and the beauty of the residences of Southern San Mateo County, Vallombrosa is a treasure. It beckons to the people of the entire Bay Area to come, rest, pray, reflect, exchange and study. We are a family of staff, benefactors, guests and history. For the past 60 years a steady stream of people has worked to identify and share this vision of a reflective and prayerful Church. The various directors, leaders of the Bay Area Catholic Community,

have joined with professional colleagues to pray, study, and prepare an offering of joy to all who hear the invitation to enter into our own desert where we can acquire the tools necessary for life in a busy and highly technical society. We have beautiful surroundings and grounds with a mix of tasteful art, architecture and arrangements designed to allow one to take a deep breath, tidy up a bit and return to the reality of the times. When the Archbishop of San Francisco proposed the idea of a retreat center in Menlo Park he had in mind a place where The Word could be broken and shared through prayer, preaching, study and community. He saw this lovely setting as a crucible where all of the gifts available to us could be mixed to provide the “stuff” of happiness and peace for many — busy people, coming together for periods of time to search, identify and grow into a living reflection of God’s presence in the place, the people and the exchanges that would mark the life of Vallombrosa. In this jubilee it is appropriate for all of us to give thanks. We praise and offer gratitude to the Archdiocese and the directors over the years who have provided the spark of life so clearly present here. We recognize the many staff persons over the years who have cooperated and offered their talents to stimulate us to reflect and pray for peace and good days. We are also grateful to the various staff members, the living architects who make life so productive, comfortable and beautiful for us when we visit. And, of course, we give thanks to the many who support us and allow for the continuation of the dream. We rejoice in a tradition, a community and a way of life that we call Vallombrosa.

Catholic San Francisco

August 10, 2007

Are we too insular?

Guest editorial Just what should we do with all those illegals? By George Wesolek “What is it about illegal that you don’t understand?” That question has been thrown at me as a challenge a time or two. The question reflects some of the emotional heat that is generated by any discussion of immigration reform and, especially, creating a path for legalization of the 12 million undocumented now living in our country. Why do I think that immigration reform is necessary and that it must include a path for legalization? My answer to that is based in my heart. I have worked with undocumented immigrants. I have heard their stories. I have looked them in the eye as they speak of the grinding poverty of their home countries; of wanting something better for their families whom they have left behind. I have talked to the people who have been here illegally for 15 or 20 years, neighbors and fellow workers, who hold jobs, pay taxes, send their children to our schools. These children are mostly citizens since they were born here, children who very well could be separated from their parents if the parents are swept up in an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raid and deported. The fear of this happening to them and their families is palpable and everpresent. What if they take their children to school and ICE agents are waiting for them? What if one of the children is sick and needs emergency care at the hospital? Will they endanger themselves by filling out forms, identifying themselves? Where can they go if they are fired unjustly or abused? They are truly a people who live in the shadows. What are we as a nation to do with these people? Deport all of them? Send them back to their home countries, separating families, crushing any stability and chance for dignity that these people might claim? No! Common sense and Christian faith tell us otherwise. My heart tells me that what the Catholic bishops of the United States and Mexico, in communion with the Holy Father in his 1995 World Migration Day message, have affirmed is true: In the Church no one is a stranger, and the Church is not foreign to anyone, anywhere. As a sacrament of unity and thus a sign and a binding force for the whole human race, the Church is the place where illegal immigrants are also recognized and accepted as brothers and sisters. It is the task of the various dioceses actively to ensure that these people, who are obliged to live outside the safety net of civil society, may find a sense of brotherhood in the Christian community. Solidarity means taking responsibility for those in trouble. (Strangers No Longer, p. 47) The recent defeat of immigration reform is a huge disappointment to all of us who have been working so long and hard to get it passed. The inability to pass legislation, which is so crucial to the health of the nation, demonstrates a moral landscape of confusion and lack of national character. Both the left and the right killed this bill. The left (many mainline unions among them) were against the bill because it would create an “underclass of workers.” What do we have now if not a permanent underclass of workers living in the shadows paid for by all of us used to this labor force? The right was obsessively concerned about what they termed “amnesty.” What do we have now if not an “informal amnesty?” Because of this gross inability to fix something that everyone agrees is broken, we now will have the status quo with more ICE raids, more families displaced and people continuing to live in fear. What do we do? As we sort out what is still possible in continuing the struggle legislatively, we must find ways to express our solidarity with our brothers and sister in the immigrant community. This is not the time to step back in frustration and anger. It is, rather, the time to step up with renewed energy. It is not the time to feel defeated and dejected. I invite all of you to pray with me that we can feel renewed energy to continue this struggle. Most practically, I ask that you generate ideas, practical ways, that we can express and show our support for our brothers and sisters in the immigrant community. E-mail any ideas that you have to wesolekg@sfarchdiocese.org. George Wesolek directs the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

With regard to your July 20 coverage of Summorum Pontificum I would like to make the following observations. 1)I don’t understand why reporter John Thavis insists on calling it the Tridentine Mass whereas the pope speaks of the “Missal of Blessed John XXIII” of 1962. 2) U.S. Catholics should remember we represent only six percent of Roman Catholics in the world and the pope has to think about the needs of the other 94 percent of the Church when he legislates. 3) Just this year Thomas Grimaux published “Les Communautes Traditionelles en France” which gives the history of 17 religious communities of men and women with houses in France; these foundations received the Holy See’s canonical recognition in 1988 to celebrate according to the Missal of Blessed John XXIII. And they are not connected with the Society of St. Pius X. 4) I have just visited two of them, the Benedictine Abbeys in Le Barroux and Fontgombault and I was truly impressed. First, by their vitality: their ranks count between 50 and 60 monks and very few older members (many in their 20s and 30s). Second, by their beautiful testimony to the unbroken Catholic tradition: they maintain the millennial Gregorian repertoire for the liturgy of the hours and the Mass. (None of this seemed to bother the stream of laity who joined the monks for meals and Mass.) Third, by their eucharistic hospitality: while they don’t normally concelebrate, the sacristan offered me every day the option of either the Latin missal of Paul VI or Blessed John XXIII. In other words, the pope not only hopes to reconcile the priests and faithful of the Society of St. Pius X through Summorum Pontificum, but he also wants to safeguard the legitimate rights of those thousands of Catholics attached to the Missal of Blessed John XXIII simply because it represents the faith of the Church. Father James Garcia Pastor, St. Anthony Parish Menlo Park

for one, am really not concerned about what other denominations think. I was born a Roman Catholic; at age 21 I became an Episcopalian, and just recently came back to the Catholic faith for obvious reasons (if you keep track of what is happening in the Episcopal Church you would understand why). My only reason for leaving the Church in the first place was because of the Vatican II changes (some liturgical ones, as Pope Benedict explains, were “deformations”). I really was not into summer camp liturgy. But, having returned, I am surprised at the constant “explaining away” of the Catholic faith. Those who believe don’t need explanations. Those who don’t believe, don’t care. Liz Kayne Land O’Lakes, Fla.

Akin to obscurantism?

L E T T E R S

When the pope speaks… How can Cardinal Levada (Catholic San Francisco, page one, July 20) possibly be surprised at the reaction to the pope’s pronouncement re: the theological superiority of Catholicism? There is no such thing as a message “for Catholics only.” When the pope speaks, the world hears! As the Church seeks to sell off its people’s property to satisfy a disgraceful debt, this message is not just ill-timed, but unnecessary! Virginia Dolar Novato

Talk, talk, talk Why are we constantly explaining? Is there any way you could have reported on the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s statement on the Church and the Tridentine Mass in a more positive light for Catholics? I,

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I had given up Latin. I still kept the old missals, with Latin on one side and my native language on the other; but it was a question of “form” not of “substance,” and I complied. Apparently, Latin had become akin to obscurantism. We, humans, are attracted to what’s obscure, secret, fantastic, magic: consider the enthusiasm for the adventures of “Harry Potter” and the subtle imaginings of the “Da Vinci Code,” both books were written in English, by the way. Is that to say English is akin to obscurantism? We received no pronouncement from the Holy See because our pope trusts in our ability to distinguish between form and substance. I believe he prays very, very hard for us, too. Anne Audouin-Danet Burlingame

Ecumenical setback

Somehow it seems disingenuous for the Vatican (and Cardinal Levada in particular) to express surprise at the amount of “ecumenical commentary” in reaction to its recent pronouncement: “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.” How could anyone not suspect that our Protestant brethren would not take kindly to a Vatican definition of “church” which excludes them? The differences between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism are cultural, historical, theological and well known to those who study and experience them. Official representatives of both have long been involved in efforts to forge understanding and healing. The “people in the pews” have found beautiful and faith-affirming ways to share and collaborate. This is good. Why is it necessary for the Vatican to offer this “clarification” in this way, at this time? Who was asking “some questions”? What was the need? The explanation, that defining the differences in this way would help the efforts to focus on what unites us, is not convincing. In my opinion, Vatican II was a great embrace of the ecumenical movement and the current pronouncement is a major setback. Jack Hitchcock San Mateo

Stewards of truth I would like to respond to the July 20 letter, “Much heat, little light.” The arguments raised are two-fold: 1) Middle school children are too young to be exposed to the global warming debate, and 2) the notion of global warming or climate change is based on the “junk science” of scholars from 150 different countries. I am reminded of the phrase, “Move along, there’s nothing to see here.” This approach shows myopia and lack of scholarship. When we get news from only one source, we tend to believe that source as if it is God speaking out of the burning bush. No one owns truth; that’s why there are so many opinions. But down deep we can recognize truth. The writer goes on to say middle schoolers ought to be focusing on “real problems” rather than discussing their environment. This is the ploy of changing the subject when truth tries to squeeze in like a light in a darkened room. I assume the real problem according to the writer is a lack of knowledge of how this LETTERS, page 18

August 10, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

Guest Commentary

Black Catholic Congress muted? The 10th National Black Catholic Congress that convened in Buffalo, N.Y., in mid-July could have used a Cyprian LaMar Rowe. A Marist Brother at the time of the historic sixth congress in 1987, Brother Rowe stepped to that congress’ forefront, quelling an undercurrent of impatience with the process that did not allow some 1,500 delegates and observers to speak directly to the real things which pained them. He acknowledged the problems and then swayed the majority to agree to disagree while remaining focused on completing the process. While there was no discernable undercurrent of dissatisfaction among Congress X’s 2,500 participants, there was the absence of one clear voice speaking without apology to the entire Church about what troubles the hearts of some 2.5 million U.S. black Catholics: the need to move from the periphery of membership to inclusion at all levels. The voices that did dominate the plenary sessions, homilies and workshops were inspiring, interrupted several times by the applause of participants who were as impressed as I was with speakers’ calls to go forth and tell others about Christ. But by focusing primarily on where black Catholics want to go and not enough on where we are, and by implying that to mention any painful issues is “negativity, criticism, cynicism or division,” I believe facilitators unwittingly missed fully utilizing their moment in the media spot-

light. And this congress was historic enough for media to turn out in respectable numbers. Causes rise and fall based on public awareness, and media tend to zoom in on who tells a story best. Televised images of fire hoses turned on segregation protesters shocked America and won great sympathy for civil rights activists. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Archbishop Oscar Romero, Mahatma Gandhi, Fannie Lou Hamer and Daniel Rudd did not shrink from media coverage. They saw in it an opportunity to tell their stories, to give ordinary people something each could do. Whether it was to stop riding busses, make their own salt or meet in Congress to establish an agenda for evangelizing African Americans, there was something all people could do to hasten needed change. And the Catholic Church needs to change the way it ministers with and among minorities. Arch/dioceses are still lumping ministries to minorities together and under the authority of mostly whites. They continue to set budgets without high-salaried personnel ever setting foot in black or Hispanic parishes or attending a workshop to understand who these constituents are, how they benefit the whole Church — and vice versa! Congress X could have called for a shaking up of the status quo that misses enrichment opportunities because so many of the Church’s various racial communities worship in isolated pockets. This call would not have been to embarrass the Church but to say black Catholics in particular long for

greater interaction with all of the other beautiful people of God. There’s a reason the black Catholic movement rose in the late-1800s (Rudd himself was a journalist then who used media to Carole Greene father the national black Catholic congresses!), fell, rose again when Thomas Wyatt Turner founded the Federated Colored Catholics in 1925 to promote racial harmony, fell again when the organization lost its focus when required to become part of the Catholic Interracial Council in 1933, then rose once more when black Catholics and their supporters were vocal in protesting racism from the late 1960s, their efforts culminating in the U.S. black bishops in 1987 — in one voice — calling for the resumption of the black Catholic congresses that had halted nearly a century earlier. I believe the reason the black Catholic movement rises and falls is directly related to how well black Catholics tell their full story. But who will do this for us today? Who can we send? Carole Greene is a feature editor for Catholic News Service.

Spirituality for Life

Three temptations – for us and for Jesus Cosmologists tell us the universe has no single center. Its center is everywhere, every place, every planet, every city, every species, and every person. But we already know this. Faith tells us that what ultimately defines us and gives us our identity and energy is the image and likeness of God in us. We are God’s blessed ones, masters of creation, special to God. And we know this long before religion tells it. Deep down, whether we admit it or not, we each nurse the secret of being special. And this is not just ego or narcissism but a congenital imprint inside our very souls. Imprinted in the core of our being is the sense we are not just accidental, anonymous chips of dust, almost invisible on the evolutionary conveyer-belt, destined to flicker for an instant and then disappear forever. We know we are more. We feel timelessness, eternity and immortal meaning inside ourselves. In our daily lives this can often cause more heartache than it solves. It is not easy to live out our blessed status when, most of the time, everything around us belies that we are special. As much as we experience ourselves as special, we also experience emptiness, anonymity and dour ordinar-

iness. And so it can be easy to believe we aren’t special at all, but are small, petty and haunted by over-inflated egos. It is a still an unhealthy temptation to believe we are not blessed, not special in any way. But faith tells the true story: We are, all of us, made in God’s image and likeness, blessed, and our private secret that we are special is in fact the deepest truth. Still, circumstance often tire us in ways that tempt us to believe the opposite. It happened to Jesus. He too was tempted, and there was a particular prelude to his vulnerability: During his baptism, he had heard his father say: “You are my blessed son, in whom I take delight!” Those words then formed and defined his self-consciousness. Knowing he was blessed, Jesus could then look out at the world and say: “Blessed are you when you are poor... and meek ... and persecuted.” But throughout his life Jesus struggled to always believe that. For instance, immediately after his baptism, we are told, the Spirit drove him into the desert where he fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, and afterwards “he was hungry”. Obviously what Scripture is describing here is not simply physical

hunger. Jesus was empty in ways that made him vulnerable to believe he was not God’s blessed child. These were his three temptations: First, the devil tempted him: “If you are God’s specially blessed Father one, turn these stones Ron Rolheiser into bread.” In essence, the devil’s taunt was this: “If you believe you are God’s specially blessed creature, why is your life so empty?” Jesus’ reply, “One doesn’t live on bread alone!” might be rendered: “I can be empty and still be God’s blessed one! Being blessed and special is not dependent upon how full or empty my life is at a given moment!” The second temptation has to do with human glory and its absence. The devil shows Jesus the kingdoms of the ROLHEISER, page 17

The Catholic Difference As of June 1, the Diocese of Birmingham had been without a bishop for two years, while the Diocese of Pittsburgh (not to mention the entire state of Arkansas) had been bishop-less for over a year. Without significant change, and soon, this glacial pace in the appointment of bishops is going to create a severe crisis of absentee Church leadership. An exaggeration? Try this thought-experiment: There are 222 months between July 2007 and December 2025. During that period, 165 diocesan bishops and 52 auxiliary bishops in the United States will reach the canonically prescribed retirement age of 75. That might suggest that a total of 217 bishops will have to be replaced between Independence Day 2007 and Christmas 2025 – which is a lot of bishops. Things are actually more complicated, however, for such a simple calculation doesn’t take into account the ordinaries who will be transferred from one diocese to another, the bishops who might die before 75, or the bishops who could have to retire (or be retired). Nor does that simple calculation reflect the need for new bishops to fill the new dioceses that must be created as the Catholic population of the United States soars from 65 million today to perhaps 100 million in 2025. Taking all of these factors into account, a conservative estimate would suggest the Church in America must be given at least 250 new bishops between now and December 2025: one new bishop about every three and a half weeks. Which will come as something of a shock, I expect, in Birmingham, Little Rock and Pittsburgh — and perhaps in

both the nunciature in Washington and the Congregation for Bishops in Rome. For the past two centuries, the Catholic Church shrewdly and tenaciously wrestled with various kinds of governments to regain (or, in some instances, gain) the power to order its internal life according to its own standards — to appoint bishops without political interference. In the mid19th century, the pope had a free choice of bishops in a small minority of dioceses around the world. Today, the pope enjoys the freedom to appoint bishops in the great majority of dioceses in the world. This remarkable freedom, unprecedented in Catholic history, is one of the signal accomplishments of Vatican diplomacy since the French Revolution. Yet that accomplishment is now being jeopardized, not so much from external enemies as from internal sclerosis. The present system for vetting candidates for the episcopate, and then getting them appointed and installed in a timely fashion, needs a major overhaul. Not only does it work too slowly; it doesn’t work strategically. The actuarial tables have made clear for more than a decade that the senior episcopal leadership of the United States would have to be dramatically reconfigured in the last half of the first decade of the 21st century. Yet there seems to have been no strategic plan to guide this process. Appointments to both diocesan and metropolitan sees are handled independently, one at a time; on only the rarest of occasions does consideration seem to be given to how a

move on one part of this complex chessboard affects other possible moves down the line. Moreover, there is virtually no consultation on the appointment of bishops with knowledgeable memGeorge Weigel bers of the Church outside the ranks of the clergy (and such consultation is exceedingly rare with the lower clerical orders). Reformed, evangelically-focused criteria for judging a man’s fitness for the office of bishop, for which many rightly called in the wake of the Crisis of 2002, do not seem to have been devised, much less implemented. And all of this is happening — or, better, not happening — at a moment when episcopal credibility remains the most severe casualty of the Long Lent of five years ago. The risk of business-as-usual? Congregationalist ultramontanism, if you’ll pardon the phrase: a Catholic Church in America in which people love their parish priests, love the pope – and have little sense of connection to the local bishop. That’s not what Vatican II intended in its reform of the episcopate, nor is it what Christ intended for his Church. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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‘Pantry’ foundress’ funeral Mass Aug. 7 A funeral Mass for Holy Family Sister John Marie Samaha was celebrated Aug. 7 at St. Joseph Church in Fremont. Sister John Marie had been a religious for 64 years. She was 84 and died Aug. 1 at her congregation’s motherhouse in Fremont. Sister John Marie was born in San Francisco in 1923 and entered the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1943. She ministered as a religious educator in parishes throughout California and for many years served as pastoral associate at St. Joseph Parish, Fremont. The late religious was a legendary throughout the Bay Area for her parish ministry with Sister John Marie’s Pantry and was a recipient of “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” award from the Vatican in recognition of extraordinary service to the universal Church. In a reflection by Holy Family Sister Carol Crater, Sister John Marie was remembered for her reputation for

ministry to the poor as well as being the first one to try out and report on any new restaurant in the Fremont-Newark area. She was known by many names, Sister Carol recalled fondly, including Sister Hershey Kisses. “Her love of chocolate, her love for card-playing, her love for Sister John Marie frappucinos, all spoke of her abilSamaha, SHF ity to enjoy a good time,” the Sister said, noting meals and parties “provided the context for much of her ministry.” “Among her Sisters, she was called `the best superior I ever had,’ and `our great leader’ when she served a term in congregational administration,” Sister Carol conSISTER SAMAHA, page 22

Sister Margaret King, San Jose native, dies Former San Francisco educator Sister of Charity Margaret King (Ann Corita) died July 20 at Marian Hall, Dubuque, Iowa. Sister Margaret was in the Department of Education for the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1975-79 and Catholic Social Services, San Francisco, 1980-88. She also ministered as a music educator in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Arizona, Montana and southern California. Sister Margaret was born March 7, 1914 in San Jose to Peter and Anna Dunne King. She graduated from St. Paul High School, San Francisco, before entering the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sept. 8, 1932 from St.

Michael Parish. She professed first vows on Mar. 19, 1935 and final vows on Aug. 15, 1940. She is survived by a nephew and the Sisters of Charity with whom she shared life for 74 years. A funeral Mass was celebrated July 26 in Marian Hall Chapel with interment in the Mount Carmel Sister Margaret Cemetery. Remembrances may be King, BVM sent to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Retirement Fund, 1100 Carmel Dr., Dubuque, Iowa 52003.

Sister Veronica Podesta dies July 30 Presentation Sister Veronica Podesta (formerly Sister Mary John Bosco) died July 30 at the Presentation Motherhouse in San Francisco. A native of San Francisco, she was born in 1917 and was a Sister of the Presentation for 72 years. Sister Veronica earned an underSister Veronica graduate degree from San Francisco Podesta, PBVM College for Women and teaching credentials from the University of San Francisco. She taught elementary school for 41 years, teaching every grade from kindergarten through seventh, at schools in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Morgan Hill, Los Angeles, Montebello, and Albuquerque, N.M.. After retiring from full-time teaching, Sister Veronica resided in Nativity Parish in Menlo Park for more than 25 years. Most recently, she lived at the Presentation Motherhouse Care Center and was engaged in the ministry of prayer. Sister Veronica had a special devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and found joy in receiving letters from former pupils. Sister Veronica leaves her nephews Robert Dal Bon and James Dal Bon, grandnieces, as well as her loving Presentation Sisters. A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 6 at the Presentation Motherhouse, followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. Memorial contributions to the Sisters of the Presentation can be sent to Sisters of the Presentation, Development Office, 281 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, 94118.

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Wisdom 18:6-9; Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF WISDOM (WIS 18:6-9) The night of the passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure Knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage. Your people awaited the salvation of the just and the destruction of their foes. For when you punished our adversaries, in this you glorified us whom you had summoned. For in secret the holy children of the good were offering sacrifice and putting into effect with one accord the divine institution. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22) R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own. Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting. Blessed the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance. R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own. See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, upon those who hope for his kindness, To deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine. R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own. Our soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our shield. May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in you. R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own. A READING FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS (HEB 11:1-2, 8-19) Brothers and sisters: Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. Because of it the ancients were well attested. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go. By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise; for he was looking forward to the city with Foundations, whose architect and maker is God. By faith he received power to generate, even though he was past the normal age —and Sarah herself was sterile— for he thought that the one who had made the promise was trustworthy. So it was that there came forth from one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore. All these died in faith. They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth, for those who speak thus show that they are seeking a homeland. If they had

Redwood City Mayor . . . ■ Continued from page 5 “It is important that we stand together and we speak out for justice,” Father Balleza said. According to ICE statistics, since 2005 the agency has detained, arrested and deported 400,000 men, women and children from across the nation, and the operation “Return to Sender” continues. Addressing the gathering, Sheriff Greg Munks agreed to implement a policy protect-

been thinking of the land from which they had come, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac descendants shall bear your name.” He reasoned that God was able to raise even from the dead, and he received Isaac back as a symbol. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 12:32-48) Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?” And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute the food allowance at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so. Truly, I say to you, the master will put the servant in charge of all his property. But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, then that servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish the servant severely and assign him a place with the unfaithful. That servant who knew his master’s will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten severely; and the servant who was ignorant of his master’s will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.” (Ed. note: Daily Scripture readings can be found on the U.S. bishops’ Web site: www.usccb.org.) ing law-abiding community members from ICE raids. “I want you to know that we at the Sheriff’s office have worked very hard to build trust with the community,” he said. “Our department does not and will not cooperate with those types of raids in our community.” “We need to take action so that this does not divide our community,” Redwood City Mayor Barbara Pierce told the gathering. “Our police will protect and work with all our citizens, regardless of their immigration status. The council and I are looking at all our options.”

FATHER JOSEPH PELLEGRINO

Gospel calls us to intensity and energy in seeking holy Today’s Gospel reading reminds me of the story of the apparition on the corner of Main and Market in a busy city. It was Saturday morning when the pastor heard a knock on the rectory door. An extremely excited lady said, “The Lord has appeared on the corner of Main and Market.” Father was in the process of trying to decide if she was suffering from stress or whatever, when a second person came running, “Father, father, the Lord has appeared on the corner of Main and Market.” “When?” the priest asked. “He’s there right now,” they both answered. So the pastor went down the block where a large crowd had formed. Sure enough, he saw Jesus. After a while the Lord left. The priest didn’t know what to do, so he called a monsignor friend of his. His friend told him to call the bishop. So father called the bishop: “The Lord has appeared on the corner of Main and Market. What should I do if he comes back?” The bishop thought for a bit and then said he’d get back to him. The bishop called Rome, and, being an important bishop, he got the pope. “Holy Father,” he said, “one of my priests reports the Lord has appeared on the corner of Main and Market in his parish. He wants to know what he should do in case the Lord comes back.” After a few moments the pope replied, “Tell father to look busy.” Good advice. The Lord is coming back. How should we prepare? Not just by looking busy, but by being busy. There is a lot to keep us “busy.” People are seeking meaning in life. We Christians have been given the gift of recognizing the reason for existence. The answer is simple: Jesus. We have to be devoted to the Lord, out there, here among us, here within each of us. This complicated world becomes simpler when we make it clear to ourselves that we are enriched by the Lord’s presence. When every aspect of our lives revolves around Jesus, we just don’t want anything in our lives to distract us from that divine presence. We don’t avoid immorality just because the Church says this or that is bad. We avoid immorality because we refuse to allow immorality to soil the presence of the Lord within us. Holding on to Jesus keeps us busy. We are always fighting against our imperfections and against temptations. We fight

against those who mock our Catholicism. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by negativity. That can be particularly true when we put up a fight for the Lord. Those blessed with children, including those of you who would like to share these blessings with anyone who will take them for a week, know you cannot allow your children to flounder. Children take a tremendous amount of work to grow into good Christian men and women. Children need a tremendous amount of love to help them manifest a Christian identity. When you do this work, when you provide this love, children experience Jesus in their homes. Be busy doing the important things in your home. Pray together as a family. Pray the rosary. Read a chapter from the New Testament and talk to God about it. There is little greater than opening your children to their spiritual potential. Standing up for the Lord keeps us busy. Those us who are not married know how difficult it can be to live as a Christian single. But the single person has to make an effort to fill his or her life with actions that reflect Christianity. He or she has to be busy, filling life with meaningful Christian experiences. The Church depends on committed singles to be generous with their time. The married often say it takes work for a marriage to succeed. It is not easy to express love as the Lord created love, an act of giving, when you live in a culture that says love is a way of taking satisfaction from someone else. The sex culture has degraded marriage to measuring its success in proportion to the satisfaction generated by a blue pill. Married Christians can withstand this exploitation of their sacrament by seeking ever new ways to give themselves to their spouses in loving, selfless care. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have the servants recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants. The Lord is here. It is not enough for us to just look busy. We have to be busy. And we have to trust in Him. He will respond to our determination to live our faith by caring for us.

Rolheiser . . .

when the devil challenges him to prove his specialness is: “I’ll take the stairs down, just like everyone else!” Our blessedness is not predicated on having a VIP elevator, or on having any special privileges that set us apart. We are God’s blessed ones, even when we find ourselves riding the city buses. We are God’s special, blessed sons and daughters, even when our lives seem empty, anonymous and devoid of special privileges because then we won’t forever be putting God and our restless hearts to the test, demanding more than ordinary life can give us.

■ Continued from page 15 world and says: “All of these will be yours if you worship me!” The taunt is: “If you’re God’s blessed one, how come you’re a big, fat nobody? Not famous, not known, anonymous.” And Jesus’ reply might be worded this way: “I can be a big nobody and still be God’s blessed one. Blessedness doesn’t depend upon fame, on being a household name.” The third temptation follows the similar lines: The devil takes Jesus to the top of the temple and challenges him to throw himself down to make God catch him since, in faith, it is promised God won’t let his blessed one “dash his foot against a stone.” Jesus responds that we shouldn’t put God to the test. The temptation and how we should resist it are both contained in his reply. In essence, what Jesus says

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

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher and awardwinning author, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. His Web site is www.ronrolheiser.com.

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August 10, 2007

(This is the same congress that used to be done in the cathedral)

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

John 14, 15

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

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Note: The next congress will be on August 9-10, 2008

Letters . . .

Unequivocal teaching

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Contrary to Church teaching, Louise Courpet (Letters, July 20) complains that if “those to whom the Holy Spirit has given a vocation” happen to be married or female,” they should not be rejected. Aside from the fact the Holy Spirit does not call persons to vocations for which they are disqualified, I would point out two things: As a married man’s first duty is to his wife and family, the priest’s is to his Church and the needs of his flock without being burdened by divided interests. The celibate priesthood remains the tradition of the Western Church, the only exceptions being married Anglican/Episcopalian or Lutheran clergy who convert to Catholicism. Secondly, in his Apostolic Letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis regarding no women priests, Pope John Paul II stated unequivocally that priestly ordination is to be reserved to men alone. His closing words, “I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church’s faithful,” confirms that the matter is not even open for debate. The best way to solve the alleged priest shortage is to pray for vocations, trusting that Christ, the great high-priest, will hear and answer us. Jane L. Sears Burlingame

nation came together. I tend to agree with this statement, because it is then and only then that these youngsters will see just how far from the founding fathers’ ideal of a democracy this present administration has taken them and us. In that understanding will truth prevail. We are all stewards of this planet (Gen 2:15) and have a responsibility to tend the garden that is our home. That is the real truth. Paul Hanley Pacifica

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Sea of despair In their offensively self-righteous letters about what they call illegals, two letter writers recently spewed a shallow mentality onto the pages of a respectable Catholic newspaper. I protest that they are allowed to dump their trashy hatred in the midst of the more worthwhile subjects presented in Catholic San Francisco. In the July 20 issue Walter E. Marston praised a letter from Sean Walsh for his courage. He overlooks the sea of despair and suffering which has driven so many people to try to enter our country without the required authorization. Both have overlooked the overwhelming and spiritually compelling teachings, love and sacrifice of Jesus Christ which took place as an example for all of us. The two have missed the point so badly they include in their circle of contempt the very priests who speak out in defense of the vulnerable seeking a better life in America. Rather than letters like these two, let us instead read a eulogy to the ill-fated man found dead, with his hand crushed, in the wheel well of a jet out of Shanghai which landed at SFO. It is supposed he died of suffocation in the agonizing cold of the unpressurized wheel well at high altitude. It is also supposed he risked his life to enter the United States because of the 11-year waiting period for an official passport. Robert Jimenez San Rafael

Will of God? I read in Diana Otero’s July 6 story, “Looking into the eyes of those risking death for a better life,” that we must “consider the issues of why so many must leave their homelands to come to the U.S. in the first place.” I have to address the role of the Catholic Church in this mess. I admittedly am an adherent to Christ’s words to “render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” Therefore, I prefer the Church have less of a political role and more of a spiritual role. Politics should be reserved for secular organizations. I believe in separation of Church and state. Having said that, let’s address the root causes of people migrating north into America. Perhaps it’s the high birth rates in the sending countries? And who is causing and encouraging those high birth rates? I’m not suggesting the Church promote abortion, nor do I insist the Church promote birth control. Just please don’t preach to poor people that they should have as many children as they physically can because it is the “will of God.” In Genesis, God told man to “be fruitful and multiple, and fill the earth.” I think man has well filled the earth, and it is time he exercise some restraint. It wouldn’t hurt if the Church would convey that message to the flock, rather than incessantly demanding the U.S. accept more and more poor illegal aliens, and further drag down our society. Kurt Thialfad San Francisco

Zeitgeist of rude I’ve enclosed copies of two articles, one by the columnist George Weigel (July 6) and the other by a New York Times reporter. They treat roughly the same subject. Mr. Weigel’s article seems uncharitable. The tone is his usual arrogant, know-itall, I’m-on-close-terms-with-importantpeople voice. The New York Times article by contrast is very respectful. Mr. Weigel’s remark about “the Zeitgeist of the more delirious suburbs of the People’s Republic of California” certainly seems ignorant and uncalled for. Mildred D. Johnson San Francisco

Arrogant and off mark I found the piece by George Weigel in your July 6 issue, “Will Catholics and Orthodox unite?” to be arrogant and patronizing and not worthy of a religious publication. Implying that monks of Mount Athos reflect mainstream Orthodox thinking is wrong, to say the least. Do you mean to tell me Catholics don’t have any small communities of religious men with ideas that may be out of the mainstream? To make matters worse, this article is placed in the same issue as a photo of Archbishop Niederauer and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Garasimos leading a joint service. In spite of Mr. Weigel making light of the issue and poking fun at a sister church, there are serious differences of theology between Catholic and Orthodox Christians, not the least of which is the relationship of the Bishop of Rome to the bishops or patriarchs of the Orthodox Church. Rome maintains it has primacy while Orthodox patriarchs strongly disagree. If the Catholic Church wants “a return to the relations that prevailed in the first centuries of Christian history,” a good place to start would be to acknowledge that while the Bishop of Rome may be the first among equals because of his decent from Peter, the emphasis is on “equals” rather than on “first.” The statements regarding the patriarch of Constantinople were off the mark as well. During the fourth crusade Catholic crusaders sacked Constantinople, carted off priceless relics and icons, and defiled holy sites. That is not something that Orthodox Christians ever forgot. Finally, Mr. Weigel’s comments regarding Orthodox Christians’ need for a life-line to Rome in order to withstand “Islamist pressures” are equally wrong. Orthodox Christians perhaps know better than Rome what it is to survive under Islam. Following centuries of Islamic incursions, a weakened Constantinople finally fell to the Turks, and the Hagia Sophia, the holiest shrine in Orthodox Christianity, was turned into a mosque. For centuries Muslim control and influence extended across many Orthodox Christian lands. The Orthodox Church learned to survive under very difficult LETTERS, page 22

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‘Russian Thinkers’ made current again by Stoppard trilogy By Father Basil DePinto We tend to look for the new: the latest house or car, a book hot off the press everyone has to read. But consider this: “Russian Thinkers” is a collection of essays and lectures by Isaiah Berlin first gathered in book form in 1978. It began to fly off the shelves last year because Tom Stoppard used it as the basis for his trilogy of plays, “The Coast of Utopia,” much acclaimed on Broadway. The book is a brilliant exposé of the intellectuals and artists who realized, from the mid-19th century onward, that revolution in Russia was merely a matter of time. Berlin was eminently equipped to understand the men who so presciently wrote about the catastrophe to come. He was born in Russia in 1909 and emigrated to England with his parents at the age of 12. He spent most of his adult life at Oxford but gained international esteem for his lecturing and publishing. Americans came to know him primarily through his incisive and highly readable articles in The New York Review of Books. Because he was bilingual Berlin could read these authors in the original and translate for modern readers all the nuances of their thought. They stood for the stream of liberalism that blasted its way through 19th century life in Europe, and looked longingly to its results on this side of the Atlantic. The American and French revolutions gave enormous hope to Europeans, but they were dashed by the failure of the many uprisings of 1848. Especially in Russia, the harsh autocracy of the Czars and the misery of the vast peasant population caused the intellectual middle classes to agitate with increasing fervor for freedoms which were becoming commonplace elsewhere. But censorship, police brutality, forced conscription and economic backwardness remained rampant in Russia. Foremost among the voices crying for liberation was that of Alexander Herzen. Berlin has a special affinity for this writer whose passion for justice and experience of exile reverberated in his own life. The central thesis of Herzen’s thought, according to Berlin, is the terrible power over

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and democracy, without immediate concern for the good of people it always results in victimization and human sacrifice. One can look at the ideals of liberty and fraternity proposed in the French Revolution, which so soon turned into the Terror (the first use of that term in modern history). Or the Marxist vision of a distant ideal society which must be achieved by atrocities in the present. Herzen is scrupulously fair in his evaluation of every attempt to bring about a better world. He has experienced at first hand the misery imposed by tyranny, but he also sees the flaws in systems designed to overcome it. If the new world does not attend to the preservation of individual liberty, it runs the risk of creating its own excesses. In the long run, any attempt to devise an all-encompassing method, to impose a single solution, applicable to all peoples and societies without regard to their individual needs and viewpoints, is doomed to make the last condition worse than the first. Here Berlin brings into Herzen’s thought a maxim of Kant: “From the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.” The application of this kind of wisdom to current events is all too clear. Herzen’s thought is as fresh and vital today as it was well over a hundred years ago: truth does not wither with age. Berlin has rendered a great service by calling our attention to a man whose life’s work was a call to universal freedom and justice. A priest of the Oakland Diocese, Father Basil DePinto writes on the arts for publications on both U.S. coasts.

Bravery is theme of several EWTN August airings Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), the global Catholic TV network, is offering a variety of special programs during August. “Saint Clare of Assisi” explores the life of the beautiful young woman of noble heritage who was captivated by the teachings of St. Francis. Embracing a life of poverty out of love for Christ, she became the foundress of the Poor Clare nuns. The program is scheduled to air Aug. 11 at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. and Aug. 16 at 10 a.m. In “Maximilian, Saint of Auschwitz,” actor Leonardo Defilippis portrays the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish priest, and his heroic response to the hatred of the Nazis, Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. and Aug. 23 at 10 a.m.

On Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. and again Aug. 21 at 11 a.m., “Father Justin Figas: Beyond the Airwaves” looks at the life and legacy of a noted radio evangelist. “A Debt to Honor” is a documentary about Italians who during World War II rescued Jews from the Holocaust. It is scheduled Aug. 20 at 12 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. EWTN is carried 24 hours a day on Comcast Digital Channel 229, RCN Channel 80, DISH Satellite Channel 261, and Direct TV Channel 422. Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. Visit www.ewtn.com for programming information.

The Snow Maiden: a Suspense Thriller by Joseph P. Rogers (author of Maiden of Orleans: a Bayou Thriller) In this exciting novel, Sarah Hamilton, a beauty queen in a Wisconsin town, becomes involved with a dangerous man named Wayne Kirchner whose criminal activities lead to murder. Robert Alma, a private detective from Chicago, is hot on the trail of Wayne. For her own secret reasons, Sarah marries Thomas Angelique, ensnaring him in a web of intrigue. Sarah makes several confessions at St. Faustina Church where she seeks absolution and advice from her parish priest to whom she tells her innermost secrets. Sarah embarks on a spiritual journey in which she learns about forgiveness, mercy, and grace. A kind young girl named Chloe plays an integral role in events that move steadily to a shocking, dramatic resolution.

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Back to School UCSF is offering a drop-in immunization clinic in the Mission District to give children the vaccines they need to start school. Parents are encouraged to bring their children if they have not yet received their shots. UCSF Valencia Health Services is open four days a week, year round – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. The clinic accepts most insurance plans and immunizes uninsured children at no cost. Valencia Health Services, 1647 Valencia St., San Francisco. For more information, call (415) 6473666.

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Prayer/Lectures/Trainings Aug. 10 – 19: When visiting the San Mateo County Fair be sure to visit the Legion of Mary of South San Mateo County who will have a booth in Fiesta Hall. Catholic literature and religious articles will be available. More at www.sanmateocountyfair.com.

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Catholic Charities CYO Centennial Events Events listed here are part of CCCYO’s centennial celebration honoring 100 years of the agency’s work as a safety net for families, children and those in need. More information on the centennial event 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 young fans (and their adult chaperones) will be chosen to attend the Giants’ batting practice during a pre-game field visit. Information and tickets: (415) 972-1233.

St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 for more information about any event listed here. Aug. 12 at 11 a.m.: Mass for The Vincentian Marian Youth Association. For more information about the Vincentian Marian Youth Association, contact Perrin Brady at (650) 949-8919. Aug. 16 at 7p.m.: Young adult liturgy with Archbishop George Niederauer. Reception to follow. All young adults, married or single, in their 20s and 30s are welcome. Aug. 18, Sept. 15: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 751-8531. Thursdays through Oct. 4: Evening lecture series on the “Confessions” of St. Aug. ine, led by Stephen C. Córdova, philosophy instructor at the University of San Francisco and Dominican University. The 7:30-9 p.m. series takes place in Hall C of the Event Center. For more information, e-mail stephen.cordova@dominican.edu. Copies of “Confessions” are available in our Cathedral Gift Shop (415) 577-4040. Sunday Concert Series at St. Mary’s Cathedral, every week at 3:30 p.m. The concerts are free and feature the 4,842-pipe Cathedral organ (except when noted otherwise). Parking in the lot surrounding the Cathedral is free. Upcoming performances: Aug. 19 - Angela Kraft-Cross, organist, with Claire Tremblay (Quebec), oboe. Further information is available from Christoph Tietze, Cathedral music director, ext. 213.

Food & Fun Aug. 18, Sept. 15: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 751-8531. Aug. 25: Miracle on B Street, evening benefiting works of St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin especially its San Rafael Dining Room where 130,000 poor are fed each year. Enjoy cocktails, dinner and live auction featuring vacations in France and Scotland. Tickets are $150. Call Christine Paquette at (415) 454-3303, ext. 12.

Aug. 15: The fun continues at Immaculate Conception Chapel where a spaghetti and meatball lunch is served for a modest sum - $8 per person - each third Wednesday of the month. The feast begins at noon. The popular family style lunches consist of salad, bread, pasta and terrific homemade meatballs. Beverages are available for purchase. The meal is served in the church hall. Started in April after several years off, the 50-year tradition is back on its feet drawing almost 200 diners to each of its first outings. Bring your friends for great pasta and a prayer! Call (415) 824-1762. Sept. 9: Variety Show Fundraiser for St. Mark Church, 4 – 6 p.m. at 325 Marine View Ave., Belmont. Tickets:$10. Fellowship and bake sale to follow show. Call (650) 591-5937. Sept. 9: Palmdale Spectacular X, an evening fundraiser benefiting the works of the Sisters of the Holy Family at 159 Washington Blvd. (end of Bryant Terrace), Fremont. Begins at 1 p.m. Enjoy silent and live auctions plus dinner and entertainment. Call (510) 624-4581. An online auction commenced Aug. 3. Visit www.holyfamilysisters.org. Sept. 21, 22, 23: Journey through the Years, annual St. Robert Parish festival, Crystal Springs Rd. at Oak, San Bruno. Enjoy entertainment, food, games, rides for the kids plus raffles, prizes and Bingo. Call (650) 589-2800.

Arts and Entertainment Aug. 19: Organ recital by Father Paul Perry at 12:30 p.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Kentfield. Free admission. Aug. 15: Feast of the Assumption Mass and concert at 7:30 p.m., Bush and Steiner St., San Francisco, featuring St. Dominic Parish’s Solemn Mass Choir. Part of St. Dominic Parish’s “St. Dominic Month” celebration. Aug. 29: Prayer Concert featuring St. Dominic’s Contemporary Mass Choir at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 567-7824 or visit www.stdominics.org. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays: Noontime concerts – 12:30 p.m. - at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, San Francisc; $5 donation requested. Call (415) 288-3800.

Reunions Sept. 7, 8: Class of ’57 from Holy Angels Elementary School in Colma will hold wine and cheese evening at the school Sept. 7 and dinner at Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco Sept. 8. Call (650) 755-0220.

Sept. 15: First Annual Fall Homecoming Dinner Dance for graduates and friends of Holy Angels Elementary School in Colma. Tickets $15 per person/$25 per couple. Call (650) 755-0220. Oct. 6: Class of 1972, Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Contact Notre Dame Alumnae Office (650) 595 1913, ext.191 or Gail Jackson gjackson@ndhsb.org. Oct. 6: Class of ‘77, Mercy High School, San Francisco at Mercy High’s Rist Hall. Contact Barbara Bardelli Rindge at (408) 313-9358 or brindge@comcast.net or Rosemarie Paredes Muzio at (650) 888-8654 or rosemarie58@sbcglobal.net. Oct. 20: St. Emydius Class of 1971 at Patio Espanol, San Francisco. Contact Joanne Johnston Ryan at (650) 871-5007. Oct. 20: Class of ’67, Mercy High School, San Francisco, at Irish Cultural Center. Contact Stephanie Mischak Lyons at (415) 242-9818 or smlyons@earthlink.net. Nov. 3: Class of ’82, Presentation High School, San Francisco, at Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco. Contact kathycooney@hotmail.com or LucyMulkerrins@sbcglobal.net. Nov. 3: Class of ’57 from San Francisco’s St. Emydius Elementary School. Tickets are $39 and include meal, tax and tip. No host bar. All takes place at Caesar’s Restaurant in San Francisco. Call Barbara Lassalle Watson at (415) 897-6757 or Nancy Glueck McCann at (415) 924-4358. Please respond by Sept. 30. Mar. 29, 2008: Class of ’58 from Notre Dame High School, San Francisco. Contact Patricia Cassidy Hendricks at (415) 822-1549.

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Letters . . . ■ Continued from page 18 circumstances. Perhaps it is Rome that needs a life-line to Orthodox Christianity to help withstand Islamist pressures. L. Tomacheff San Francisco

Muddled polarization With all due respect to Father Ron Rolheiser, I found his June 22 article, “Liberals and conservatives need each other,” muddled and troubling. In the Church, unlike our culture, there is no debate about faith and morals. In the litur-

Marysville to Santa Barbara and developed special skills in teaching children in first and second grades. Her faith was energized in the 1990s when she worked at the Bethsaida Family Home in Redwood City. “We helped abused and immigrant women and their children become self-sufficient. We were so proud of their successes.” Currently she is a health care assistant for the Sisters. Sister Carol (Mary Matthew) Kenning, SNDdeN, taught in schools from Los Angeles to Honolulu to Alameda. While primarily a high school teacher, she also taught at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont. She continues now to help teachers prepare religion classes and prayer services for children, and to help them develop their own spirituality. “My fundamental goal has always been to encourage people. My fundamental belief is that God is good, and people are good.” Sister Jeanne Sullivan, SNDdeN, has taught in elementary school and served in the Education Department of Notre Dame de Namur University supervising student teach-

ers. Her interest in spirituality, retreat work and spiritual direction led to 14 years as chaplain at Washington Hospital in Fremont. She says, “Something clicked. I was meeting people at their most vulnerable and needy times and was able to be present, to comfort and to guide.” Sister Jeanne lives in San Jose. Sister Claudia McTaggart, SNDdeN, has served as a teacher, religious education coordinator, provincial team member and counselor. She says of her current work at Cristo Rey High School in Sacramento, “It is an amazing privilege to accompany these hardworking students and their families and to know their struggles and hopes.” Sister Barbara Thiella, SNDdeN, currently serves as chancellor for the Diocese of Stockton and has additionally shared her gifts in dioceses and in Notre Dame schools from the Bay Area and Central Valley of California to Hawaii. Looking back she says, “I am most grateful for relationships that have been built – with God, with Sisters, and with the people I serve.”

gy of Easter Vigil, the newly baptized affirm this by saying, “I believe and profess all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches and proclaims to be revealed by God.” Certainly there is no “liberal” and “conservative” in the ideological sense when it comes to the teachings of the Church. We have the magisterium, the Holy Father and the Catechism of the Catholic Church to make sure. Yes, Catholics have preferences regarding many things: music, liturgical form, behavior and dress and other matters. We also have the various charisms, as St. Paul observed, which guide us into different areas of activity that suit our individual spiritual selves, whether social justice, reverence for life or something other. Father Rolheiser is right in that all in

the Church need each other, but not because liberals and conservatives need each other but because we are all members of the one Body of Christ. If a member does not accept the Body that Christ has given him – if they try to create a new one by imposing their political ideologies on the faith - they have ceased to be a force for building up of Christ’s Body, the Church, but have become a force tearing it down. We must, as St. Paul exhorts, “ … all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” Robert Johnson Fairfax

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Black Catholic Congress closes with reports on work, challenges BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The 10th National Black Catholic Congress came to a close July 15, after more than 2,000 black Catholics spent four days praying, celebrating and learning more about the eight principles that pose challenges to AfricanAmerican communities and how those challenges relate to the seven sacraments. The theme of the July 12-15 gathering was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christ Is With Us: Celebrating the Gifts of the Sacraments.â&#x20AC;? Ten members of the Archdiocese of San Francisco took part. Father Kenneth Westray, Jr., pastor of St. Sebastian Parish, Kentfield, heads the Archdioceseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s African American Ministry but was not able to attend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take what you have learned in the workshops and share it with the people back at home. Communicate that back home, and allow the Lord to use you,â&#x20AC;? said Father Raymond Harris, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, at the congressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; final session, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Foundations for the Future.â&#x20AC;? During the session, representatives from each of the congressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eight leadership commissions told participants what the commissions had been doing about the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight

core principles: Africa, Catholic education, HIV/AIDS, parish life, social justice, racism, spirituality, and youths and young adults. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Africa principle commission established a vision to foster a unifying, healing mutual dialogue between the continent of Africaâ&#x20AC;? and the U.S. black Catholic community, said Kim Mazyck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel that uniting to build a strong relationship with our brothers and sisters in Christ honors all of the sacraments.â&#x20AC;?

See Guest Commentary Page15 The commission would like to develop a curriculum about Africa for parishes and schools and help communities host events celebrating Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture, she said. In the five years since the last congress, the Catholic education leadership committee researched and published a book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sustaining Catholic Education in and for the Black Community,â&#x20AC;? as a resource for dioceses, individuals and organizations. The leadership commission for the HIV/AIDS principle is dedicated to decreasing the prevalence of the disease in black Catholic communities by increasing aware-

Ten members of the Archdiocese of San Francisco took part in the Tenth Annual Black Catholic Congress July 12-15 in Buffalo, N.Y.; left to right, standing: Kathryn Parish-Reese, Church of the Epiphany, San Francisco; Marie Clark, St. Emydius. San Francisco; Father Paul Paulinus Mangesho, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; Velma Gaines-Miller, St. Boniface, San Francisco; Deacon Charles McNeil, St. Dominic, San Francisco. Kneeling: Cliff Stevenson and Monique Woodford, St. Emydius. Not pictured: Deacon Larry Chatmon, Loretta Chatmon and Sandra Valentine, St. Paul of the Shipwreck, San Francisco.

ness and education efforts, said Mary Leisring, director of the Office of Black Ministry for the Archdiocese of Denver. Racism is a sin, but African-Americans still deal with this sensitive issue, said Robert

Ellis, development director for the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Mich. (Ed. note: A full report on the National Black Catholic Congress is carried on Catholic San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site: www.catholic-sf.org.)

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