August 13, 2010 by Catholic San Francisco

Catholic preschools on the rise; good for children and parents, schools and parishes

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Lauri Hill is bringing a theology degree from the Franciscans to her latest undertaking – opening a new Catholic Montessori-inspired preschool at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish and school in Belmont. “We teach them the sign of the cross, the Hail Mary, Our Father, we teach them about the saints,” said the veteran pre-school director about her 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old charges. “We talk about the life of Jesus. We talk about God and creation. We talk about Our Lady.” The IHM preschool is located on the same campus as the elementary school. So is the new preschool at St. Thomas the Apostle School, perched above the Pacific Ocean in the foggy reaches of San Francisco’s Richmond District. With the two new parish preschools opening in the 2010-11 school year, the number of Catholic preschools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco rose to 16 – part of a boom in early childhood education by the Bay Area Catholic Church in the past five years. There now are seven Catholic preschools in San Francisco, six in San Mateo County and three in Marin, (See directory.) With just a handful of exceptions, the preschools are affiliated with the parish school and many of the preschool students go on to attend the Catholic “big school” next door. “A value for the parish specifically is that we become actively involved in the education of the children with the parents so the parents are not alone in the world,” said Father Kenneth M. Weare, pastor of St. Rita Parish, where St. Rita Preschool was founded in 2006. CATHOLIC PRESCHOOLS, page 6

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“We’re there for the family,” says St. Rita pastor Father Kenneth Weare about St. Rita Preschool (above), where children are accepted beginning at age 3. At baptism, St. Rita gives parents a special certificate for a complimentary registration to the preschool and a discount on preschool tuition.

Catholic leaders and others decry reasoning of judge’s marriage ruling By Rick DelVecchio

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The Aug. 4 court ruling striking down California’s voter-approved definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman as having no rational basis is drawing a rising chorus of criticism from Catholic bishops and others who believe the societal case for traditional marriage is inherently reasonable. Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, denounced the ruling by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker. “The misuse of law to change the nature of marriage undermines the common good,” Cardinal George said. “It is tragic that a federal judge would overturn the clear and expressed will of the people in their support for the institution of marriage,” he said. “No court of civil law has the authority to reach into areas of human experience that nature itself has defined.” In his ruling, Judge Walker said the November 2008 initiative was hard-fought and was supported by a majority of voters but concluded that California’s obligation to treat its citizens equally overrides a popular vote to enforce what he called a moral principle. He called marriage a fundamental right and said the state can’t allow motives such as religious belief and tradition to get in the way of extending the right to all couples. He said Prop 8, which revised the state Constitution to define marriage as between a man and woman, is not only unequal but also “creates an irrational classification

on the basis of sexual orientation.” “What’s really irrational is the judge’s dismissal of marriage between a man and a woman — the basic bedrock of our society — as if it were some kookie idea,” Sister Mary Ann Walsh, director of media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wrote in a commentary on the Washington Post blog, “On Faith.” “What’s really irrational is his ignoring the will of the people with real-life experience of marriage, who have voted down gay marriage not only in California but throughout the United States whenever legalization of gay marriage has been put to a vote,” she wrote. Yet more irrational, Sister Mary Ann wrote, are the judge’s “damning words” against freedom of religion.

See Guest Commentary, page 14 “Religious beliefs that gay and lesbian relationships are sinful or inferior to heterosexual relationships harm gays and lesbians,” Walker concluded. Walker rejected arguments that proponents gave in support of Prop 8: Preserving marriage as a union between a man and a woman and excluding any other relationship from marriage; proceeding with caution when implementing social changes; promoting opposite-sex parenting over same-sex parenting; protecting the freedom of those who oppose marriage for same-sex couples; and treating same-sex couples differently from opposite-sex couples. The judge wrote that the testimony of the main witness presented in defense of marriage as an institution CATHOLIC LEADERS, page 3

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On The Where You Live By Tom Burke Congrats to Nancy Clarkin of Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Half Moon Bay who was presented with the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women Jane Thain Award in May. “Ms. Clarkin’s leadership in many activities at Our Lady of the Pillar led the nominating committee to choose her to receive the award,” the ACCW said Janet Schroder and in announcing the recogNancy Clarkin nition. Nancy’s ministries include work with the St. Vincent de Paul Society and church environment. Janet Schroder, whose mom, Jane Thain, was a pioneer in the work of the ACCW, presented the award….Is there a doctor in the house? Yes, two in fact, if you’re visiting the home of Lani and John Meneses. The couple’s daughter, Christina Marie Casillas, just received a doctorate in education from San Diego University, and daughter, Lisa earned her MD from UC Davis in 2007. Both women are graduates of St. Anne Elementary School. Lisa’s husband is, Philippe Doherty, a 1994 graduate of Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep, and Christina is married to Fabian – no not the singer from Philly. The couple’s children are Xico, 16, Malea, 12, and Cristian, 5…. Reunion was

New retiree Brian McGrath, center, with, from left brother, Don, sisters-law Kelly and Becky, and brother, Joe.

Congrats to 7th and 8th grade cheerleaders at St. Robert Elementary School who took home prizes from competitions at Notre Dame High School in May. Coaches are Jennifer Malatesta and Sarah Morales. Thanks to Eileen Grealish for the good news.

the word in May for 60 graduates of the class of ’60 from tor. Thanks to Christine Stinson, family services manager, St. Matthew Elementary School in San Mateo. Ceremonies for fillin’ us in…. More thanks and congrats to Camille included the presentation of a custom-built brick and wood Torres, who retired in June after 30 years as third grade bench and a check for $1,000 to the school from the alums. teacher at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School In remarks at the presentation ceremony, Jane Chartz, a in Redwood City. “Mrs. Torres has taught more than 1000 member of the class, remembered well the children during her career at Our Lady of Sisters of the Holy Cross who served at Mt. Carmel School,” said Principal Teresa the school during the group’s grade school Anthony in an announcement of the mileyears. “They selflessly dedicated their lives stone. “We shall truly miss her expertise as to the education of the young, without sala phenomenal educator.” Plans for Camille ary or recognition.” Jane said. “No doubt and her husband, Ray, include travel…. St. we would not be the people we are today Rita Elementary School in Fairfax leads were it not for the excellent education we a hats off to students Julian Ishibashi and received at St. Matthew’s 50 years ago.” The Anne Cook on winning first and second morning following the reunion, the graduplace in this year’s Marin County Science ates gathered for a special alumni Mass in Fair … Recognized for their more than the parish church with many serving as min20-year parish ministry at St. Peter’s in isters of the liturgy. Laurie Meyer Coulter Pacifica were sacristan, Kay Stephanian, said planning for the event began more than and Kim Hoag who prepares the weekly a year ago. Among those welcoming the general intercessions and presider notes. alumni back was current school principal, ….Thanks to the Holy Name of Jesus Beverly Viotti….Congrats and thanks Parish bulletin for this gem: “Hatred does to Brian McGrath, who retired this past more damage to the person in whom it is Lisa and Christina spring after 42 years with the Department stored than to the person on whom it is Meneses of Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of San poured.”…This is an empty space without Francisco most recently as Superintendent of Mt. Olivet you. E-mail items and electronic pictures – jpegs at no less Cemetery in San Rafael. Brian was honored for his ser- than 300 dpi – to burket@sfarchdiocese.org or mail them vice in April and presented with remembrances including to Street, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Don’t forget a Waterford Crystal candlestick – he is a collector of the to add a follow-up phone number. Thank you. My phone prized glass – by Katherine Atkinson, cemeteries direc- number is (415) 614-5634.

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Abortion provider Planned Parenthood closes Redwood City office By Valerie Schmalz Planned Parenthood Golden Gate closed its Redwood City clinic in July, leaving just one remaining clinic in San Mateo County. The closure came a month before a startling announcement by Planned Parenthood Federation of America August 6 that it was severing ties with the Bay Area franchise — Planned Parenthood Golden Gate. “They were not meeting our standards for administrative and fiscal management,” Karen Ruffato, vice president

Catholic Leaders . . . ■ Continued from cover founded in the bond between a man and a woman so lacked credibility as to carry no weight with the court. The “rule of opposites” has been a virtually unwavering principle of marriage throughout human history, witness David Blankenhorn testified. “There are no or almost no exceptions to this principle that marriage is between a man and a woman,” said Blankenhorn, founder and president of the Institute for American Values. Walker, in his ruling, said that such reasons “are nothing more than a fear or unarticulated dislike of same-sex couples.” Ned Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference, said the ruling does a “great injustice” to the institution of marriage and will accelerate the disintegration of mother-father families. Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis said it is “a sad and almost incomprehensible event for the court to deny both the Judeo-Christian and natural law definition of one-man one-woman marriage, particularly after the people of the State of California had voted as free and responsible citizens to support it.” Walker wrongly focused on individual testimony, Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles, wrote in a blog post. “There is only one issue before each of us Californians: Is Marriage of Divine or Human Origin?” he wrote. “Those of us who support Prop 8 and worked for its passage did so for one reasons: We truly believe that Marriage was instituted by God for the specific purpose of carrying out God’s plan for the world and human society. Period.” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage, said the nation’s voters have uniformly upheld the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman whenever the issue has been on the ballot. “This understanding is neither irrational nor unlawful,” he said. “Marriage is more fundamental and essential to the well-being of society than perhaps any other institution. It is simply unimaginable that the court could now claim a conflict between marriage and the Constitution.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said the decision regrettably overturns California voters’ definition of marriage as between a man and a woman and harms an institution that is “the bedrock of society.” “We recognize that this decision represents only the opening of a vigorous debate in the courts over the rights of the people to define and protect this most fundamental institution — marriage,” the LDS church said in a statement. The question of the constitutionality of same-sex marriage is expected to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Prop 8 proponents have filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and a review of Walker’s legal analysis by the appellate court is considered one possible route to the high court. Andy Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage. com, the official proponents of Prop 8, said “The judge’s invalidation of the votes of over seven million Californians violates binding legal precedent and short-circuits the democratic process.” Pugno said it is disturbing that the trial court “has literally accused the majority of California voters of having ill and discriminatory intent when casting their votes for Prop 8.” But he said the reality is that Prop 8 “was simply about restoring and strengthening the traditional definition of marriage as the unique relationship of a man and a woman, for the benefit of children, families and society.” Appearing on Fox News Sunday, former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, one of the lawyers who represented the same-sex couples, called Walker’s ruling “judicial responsibility in the classic sense.” “So, society doesn’t get to say marriage is between a man and a woman?” host Chris Wallace asked. Olson replied: “We can’t wait for the voters to decide that that immeasurable harm that is unconstitutional must finally be eliminated.” Any appellate panel will be obligated to defer to the trial court on the facts but will review the legal questions anew. “The exact line between legal and factual questions is not always a clean one,” said Ash Bhagwat, a constitutional law professor at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law. “These are all unresolved legal issues. There are plenty of arguments they (Prop 8 proponents) can make.”

of affiliate services for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, told The Bay Citizen in a story published online August 6. Calls by Catholic San Francisco to the local chapter and to the national organization were not returned by deadline. The Bay Citizen reported that the Golden Gate organization planned to continue operating its seven centers in Alameda, San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Sonoma counties. At the same time, the newspaper reported that Planned Parenthood affiliates in San Jose and Shasta were expected to expand operations into the Bay Area. The closure of the Redwood City clinic on July 3 came as a surprise to pro-life advocates who had been praying outside the abortion clinic for about five years. They were unsure if the closure was due to declining demand for abortion or just a cost-saving consolidation. Prospective clients for the Redwood City clinic were referred to the remaining clinic in San Mateo County in the city of San Mateo on Palm Avenue. Church of the Nativity parishioners, Deacon Dominick Peloso and his wife Mary Ellen, a nurse, were among a group of five to eight parishioners from Nativity and Our Lady of Carmel parishes who prayed the Rosary and the Chaplet

of Divine Mercy one Saturday a month outside the 1230 Hopkins Avenue site in Redwood City. “We don’t know when they did abortion,” Peloso said. “We just knew that we could make it once a month on a Saturday and so that is the day that we picked to pray. We were there as a presence.” While 40 Days for Life vigils conducted around the country over the past few years have resulted in abortion clinics closing, no 40 Days vigil was conducted at the Redwood City site. Those praying outside the San Mateo Planned Parenthood clinic are seeing an uptick in activity there since the July 3 Redwood City clinic closure, said Sandra Dillon, parishioner of Our Lady of Angels. Saturdays, when abortions are usually performed, are busy and there appears to be more traffic during the week, Dillon said. In an interview published in the San Francisco Examiner newspaper, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate interim CEO Therese Wilson said, “We [closed the Redwood City office] for staffing efficiencies and to reduce our expenses in terms of utilities.” Planned Parenthood Golden Gate referred the 600 patients it said used the Redwood City site to clinics in San Francisco and San Mateo, Wilson said.

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September gathering set for abuse survivors’ healing, advocacy By Rick DelVecchio The Archdiocese of San Francisco is inviting survivors of clergy abuse in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area to come together to share food, participate in a group discussion to exchange ideas and discuss individual needs and mutual concerns, including personal healing and advocacy. The meeting, “A Fall Gathering of Clergy Abuse Survivors,” will be held on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Twin Pines Lodge in Belmont. It will be moderated by Barbara Elordi, Victim Assistance Coordinator for the Archdiocese, and facilitated by two non-Catholic psychotherapists, Marianne Gunther-Murphy MFT and Steve Abrams MFT. Elordi said any survivor who wishes to do so may come with a support person “who has walked this journey with them, if they would find this helpful.” The committee for the gathering consists of five clergy abuse survivors, two parishioners and the Victim Assistance Coordinator. “The idea of this meeting has been in the planning stages for over a year,” Elordi said. “The survivor community has wanted this time to come together, reacquaint with survivors they know, meet new survivors and give everyone an opportunity to ‘check in.’ It was important to the group that the meeting take place in a non-Church setting and that no clergy be present as part of the program.” However, there will be a follow-up meeting in October with Archbishop George Niederauer and Bishop William Justice for any survivors from the September meeting who would like to continue the conversation from the gathering with the bishops. These meetings are designed to broaden the discussions that have previously taken place in survivors’ meetings with Archbishop Niederauer, to give survivors a chance to share their concerns with a larger group and to suggest next steps in working with the Church hierarchy to promote healing. “I’m truly hoping for the best this day in that everyone walks away with something good, something hopeful to hold onto for themselves in moving forward,” Elordi said of the September gathering. Survivor Carol Mateus said she has been encouraging such a gathering for more than a year. She said many victims continue to suffer not only from having been abused but also from having been ignored initially by the Church. “My goal in wanting to do this is not only for us to come together and draw strength but to come together and tell the Church what we need from them in order for us to heal and

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get over this,” said Mateus, who said she was abused by a priest in the Archdiocese in 1966 when she was a 20-yearold college student. Mateus, who has returned to the Church and belongs to a charismatic prayer group, is hopeful that the bishops can begin to approach survivors’ healing as a responsibility under Church principles of restorative justice. She looks toward diocesan policies that will lead to healing and include services such as “access to qualified therapists without any interference in the therapy by the diocese.” Mateus said: “What heals people from this kind of trauma is love.” Survivor Paul Fericano, who was abused when he was a 14-year-old seminarian in Southern California in 1965, said that trying to find common ground between survivors and the Church has been a long and painful road. “Most of the time people just want to be heard, and from there we find out what they really need,” he said. “Those who I have worked with run the gamut from those who are very angry and have not received any therapy at all to those who have been in therapy quite a few years and are doing deep work on themselves to determine what they really want. It’s all part of the healing process, even litigation for some. “I give the San Francisco Archdiocese a lot of credit because I hear from survivors around the country,” Fericano said. “It is awful what happens in some dioceses, how they slam the door in survivors’ faces. I think it’s important to raise the red flags but also to acknowledge when the Church does something good. All this gives everybody hope – real hope that change is possible.” Fericano agrees that restorative justice is a promising approach. “I don’t know how many times I’ve heard survivors say, ‘It’s never been about the money. Why can’t people understand that?’” he said. “If you were to take a poll I think it would come out that survivors really didn’t care about the money as much as they cared about the Church getting it

For more information on the gathering, and to RSVP, call (415) 614-5503, a confidential line staffed by survivors. Or, contact Barbara Elordi at (415) 6145506 or elordib@sfarchdiocese.org. For set-up and food planning, please respond by Sept. 10. No one will be turned away. Twin Pines Lodge is located at 30 Twin Pines, off Ralston Avenue, in Belmont. right and owning up to what happened. A lot of this happened because the Church ignored survivors.” Fericano said he hopes the gathering will help bring parishes into the support effort with survivors and bishops. “Encouraging parishes to reach out to survivors in their parishes – I hate to say adopting a survivor, but there are many survivors who still are Catholic,” he said. “There are many in the pews who have not spoken up about their abuse. We have to be mindful of that reality. You find this in a lot of conservative parishes. They say, “We have had enough of this’ and they unconsciously start blaming the victim.” To survivor Wayne Presley, the meeting “is potentially a step in the right direction.” “Until it happens, I want to reserve judgment, though,” said Presley, who was abused at a Catholic elementary school and a seminary in the 1970s. “I have also seen so many survivors end up feeling hurt and betrayed by Church leaders, so I want to be careful not to get people’s hopes up.” Asked what are his hopes for the October follow-up meeting with Archbishop Niederauer and Bishop Justice, Presley said: “I’d like to see them do even more to find and help survivors.” “There can never be enough outreach,” he said. “It takes decades for most survivors to feel enough trust to come forward. Or, it takes ‘bottoming out’ and losing their family or job or getting arrested until most survivors will finally disclose their pain. That’s why Church leaders must be prodded, again and again, to keep reaching out.”

Cardinal urges postwar plan for Iraq WASHINGTON (CNS) — The ancient Christian communities that once thrived in Iraq “now face potential extinction,” said U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, urging the United States to develop a postwar plan to help Iraq resolve the humanitarian consequences of the seven-year war. The fact that U.S. combat forces are expected to leave by Sept. 1 “is good news for our American servicemen, their families and the nation,” the cardinal said. “But this departure should not be accompanied by a withdrawal of our support for the Iraqi people, particularly for the millions of displaced Iraqis.” After Sept. 1, there will still be 50,000 Americans in Iraq — noncombat troops — who will “help maintain the peace and

support the Iraqi army and police force,” the cardinal pointed out, but said that as combat forces leave, violence could increase against those who have been displaced, including Christians. The cardinal, who is the retired archbishop of Washington, is a consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration and Catholic Relief Services, the bishops’ overseas relief and development agency. Although the international community, led by the United States, has provided basic assistance and resettled a small number of Iraq’s refugees, he said, a long-term solution to such massive displacement “has proven elusive.” Many Iraqi families have been left stranded because they are afraid of returning to Iraq and unable to permanently settle in their host country, he explained.

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Vatican welcomes US plaintiffs’ decision to end abuse lawsuit VATICAN CITY — While underlining its condemnation of “the horror” of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, the Vatican welcomed as “good news” the imminent end of a lawsuit against the Holy See in a U.S. court. The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, told journalists Aug. 10 that “the Holy See is satisfied to hear the news” that a lawsuit in a U.S. court against the Vatican was being dropped by the plaintiffs. Three men in Louisville, Ky., filed a motion Aug. 9 requesting a federal judge drop their case. The men, who were abused by priests in the Archdiocese of Louisville, filed a suit against the Vatican in 2004 claiming it was liable for actions by bishops in failing to prevent sexual abuse by priests. They argued that the bishops who supervised the abusive priests were employees of the Holy See. However, the men’s attorney, William F. McMurry, told media outlets that because an earlier court ruling recognized the Vatican’s sovereign immunity, he was going to drop the lawsuit. A judge must now rule whether the case can be dismissed, but lawyers for both sides told The Associated Press it had virtually ended. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act protects governments from being hauled into U.S. courts. The law previously has been found to apply to efforts to sue the Holy See, exempting it from tort claims. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court left standing a lower court ruling that will allow an Oregon man to try to hold the Vatican financially responsible for his sexual abuse by a priest, if he can persuade the court that the priest was an employee of the Holy See. By declining to take Holy See v. John Doe, the court left intact the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that said because of the way Oregon law defines employment, the

Vatican is not protected under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act from potential liability for the actions of a priest who Doe, the unidentified plaintiff, said sexually abused him in the 1960s. The case will now go back to U.S. District Court, where Doe’s attorneys will attempt to prove that the late Andrew Ronan, a former Servite priest who was laicized in 1966, was a Vatican employee at the time the events took place. Jeffrey Lena, the U.S.-based attorney for the Holy See, said in a statement Aug. 9 that the Louisville lawsuit had “always lacked merit.” “This development confirms that, contrary to what the plaintiffs’ lawyers repeatedly told the media, there has never been a Holy See policy requiring concealment of child sexual abuse,” he said. “The theory crafted by the plaintiffs’ lawyers six years ago misled the American public,” he said. “That the case against the Holy See always lacked merit does not mean that the plaintiffs themselves did not suffer as a result of sexual abuse,” said Lena. “But bringing this case only distracted from the important goal of protecting children from harm.” Father Lombardi said despite the good news of the case’s almost certain dismissal, the Vatican in no way was “minimizing the horror and the condemnation of sexual abuse and compassion for the victims’ suffering.” “Justice toward victims and the protection of minors must be goals that remain a priority,” he said. “Nevertheless, it is positive that a six-yearlong case alleging the Holy See was involved in charges of covering-up abuse — (charges) which also had a strong negative impact on public opinion — has in the end been shown to be grounded on a baseless accusation,” he said. In the dismissal motion, McMurry wrote that an earlier court ruling recognizing Vatican

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immunity meant the plaintiffs then had to proceed on the argument that U.S. bishops were officials or employees of the Holy See. However, “the grant of jurisdiction was so narrow that it’s meaningless,” he said. Also, the claim of one of the plaintiffs was voided because he was involved in a settlement against the Louisville Archdiocese in 2003 and, therefore, could not seek a claim from the Vatican. The motion said that in the other two plaintiffs’ cases, “the bishops in question are deceased and further discovery regarding the bishops’ actions is believed to be impossible.” A lawsuit still on the books in Wisconsin states that top Vatican officials knew about allegations of sexual abuse by Father Lawrence Murphy at St. John’s School for the Deaf near

Milwaukee. But in an earlier statement, Lena said the Vatican “knew nothing of his crimes until decades after the abuse occurred.”

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Catholic Preschools . . . ■ Continued from cover Archbishop George H. Niederauer emphasized the Church’s role in supporting families in an April 30, 2009 letter sent to pastors and principals that accompanied guidelines for supporting and establishing preschools and child-care centers. Noting there is a growing number of single parent families and families with both parents working, Archbishop Niederauer wrote, “The Archdiocese recognizes the need for quality child care and believes that the parish can be of service in assisting parents in meeting this need. Many parents look to their local faith community for help with their daily lives. We support the involvement of parishes in helping parents respond to their need to nurture their children when they must also work outside the home.” Nationally, 54 percent of all Catholic elementary schools also have a pre-kindergarten program, according to the National Catholic Education Association. Twenty years ago, only 31 percent of Catholic schools had a pre-kindergarten program, the NCEA said. At Immaculate Heart of Mary Preschool, as at most preschools, parents have the option of two, three

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“It’s academic preparation for kindergarten,” said Simons about her program, already full with a waiting list. “It’s learning reading readiness. I kind of trick them into learning by having a lot of fun.” Catholic school enrollment trends are leading schools to experiment with various methods of reaching prospective students, and preschools meet a need of families at a time when there is an increased emphasis on early childhood education as well as greater numbers of working parents. Preschools are a great way for a family to learn about the Catholic school as well as for the families to have an entrée to acceptance when it comes time to apply for kindergarten, said Simons. “I think if we can catch the families at the preschool level, I think we have a better chance of keeping them with us,” said Simons. Dominican Sister Joan Hanna, who founded the Saint Raphael Preschool in 2004, agrees. She sees Saint Raphael Preschool, where the older students are “Saints” and the younger ones “Angels,” as a way to make God real for children. “I think the focus of preschool in the Catholic community is how we begin that formation of children and their faith life: their spiritual journey as well as their sense of community,” Sister Hanna said. “If we are to reach real peace in this world we will have to begin with the children.”

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August 13, 2010 Action, the political arm of Americans United for Life, in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last month.

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Kagan takes bench Oct 4 WASHINGTON — Solicitor General Elena Kagan was set to take a seat as the third woman on the current Supreme Court in October after the Senate confirmed her last week in a 63-37 vote. Kagan, 50, will take the bench Oct. 4, filling the seat left vacant by the June retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens at age 90. Kagan's confirmation was hailed by President Barack Obama as "an affirmation of Elena's intellect and accomplishments" as well as of "her character and her temperament; her open-mindedness and evenhandedness; her determination to hear all sides of every story and consider all possible arguments." Critics decried Kagan as being too political, citing her position with the Clinton administration, and lacking in judicial experience. "Elena Kagan's record indicates that she will be an agenda-driven justice, deciding cases on her own political and social ideology rather than the Constitution," said Charmaine Yoest, president of AUL

WASHINGTON — The Knights of Columbus renewed the fraternal organization's support for traditional marriage, religious liberty and the culture of life in a series of resolutions approved during the final business session of the organization's Aug. 3-5 convention in Washington. The Knights' 128th annual supreme convention drew thousands of participants. Members reiterated their "deep and historic commitment to oppose any governmental action or policy that promotes abortion, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and other offenses against life" and pledged to "continue to speak out to our elected representatives about the need to enact legislation to oppose these practices and to protect human life in all its stages." In resolving to build a culture of life, the Knights said they would continue to support programs for women facing crisis pregnancies. They also called for laws that protect the conscience of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical personnel, "guaranteeing that they may not be forced to provide medical services which violate their religious beliefs." The Knights said they would "continue to uphold the traditional teaching of the church concerning the death penalty" as explained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and in Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" ("The Gospel of Life").

Scouts explore faith at Jamboree WASHINGTON — Msgr. John B. Brady says he got his vocation at the 1950 National Scout Jamboree. Sixty years later, the priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, a chaplain

for the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, was one of more than 20 priests and deacons serving as chaplains at the Boy Scouts' 2010 national Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. As more than 30,000 Boy Scouts and Venturers gathered for the Jamboree marking the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, chaplains of different faiths were there to help guide them, discern what God wants of them and encourage them spiritually. Besides rafting, rappelling, swimming, canoeing and a host of other outdoor activities, the Scouts could work on their Duty to God patch. Msgr. Brady said one of the things the Scouts must do to earn their Duty to God patch is visit with a chaplain. "We get people of every faith coming, not just Catholic," he said, noting that the chaplains represent multiple faiths — as do the patches. He said he tells the Scouts that duty to God "means they should have a personal relationship with God" — talk to him and read the Bible or Quran.

Altar servers bring Jesus closer to people, pope says at audience VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI thanked tens of thousands of young altar servers for their important service to the church and urged them to "jealously safeguard" their friendship with Jesus. "Tell your peers about the gift of this friendship with joy, with enthusiasm and without fear," he said. The pope was flown to the Vatican by helicopter Aug. 4 to give his first general audience since beginning his summer vacation in July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome. More than 80,000 pilgrims cheered and waved at the sky as the helicopter carrying the pope circled over St. Peter's Square. Pilgrims in the square and along the top of the colonnade included more than 53,000 female and male altar servers from 16 European countries. He told the altar servers, aged 14-25, that they were very fortunate to be able to take part in the mystery of the Eucharist. The Eucharist "is a precious good, a priceless treasure and the bread of life" with which Jesus nourishes and sustains his flock, giving people the love and strength they need in their daily lives.

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Pope praises cluster bomb ban CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI praised the 108 nations that have adopted a treaty banning the stockpiling and use of cluster bombs and encouraged other nations to follow suit "for the defense of human dignity and human life." Speaking Aug. 1 at the papal summer villa in Castel Gandolfo, the day the Convention on Cluster Munitions went into effect, the pope said the weapons, which release a cluster of small bombs over a wide area, "provoke unacceptable damage on civilians." After reciting the Angelus with visitors, the pope expressed the Vatican's satisfaction with the treaty and his personal concern for "the numerous victims who have suffered and continue to suffer" serious damage "because of these insidious weapons." The pope said he hoped nations

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Vatican condemns use of embryonic stem cells in tests on humans VATICAN CITY — The Vatican condemned the recent decision by U.S. regulators to begin using embryonic stem cells in clinical tests on human patients. The destruction Flood victims reach out for relief supplies Aug. 10 in Pakistan’s Punjab of human embryos involved in such research province. The United Nations said the number of people suffering from amounts to "the sacrifice of human beings" the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million. Church charities, and is to be condemned, said the president including Catholic Relief Services, are gearing up for prolonged relief emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life, and rehabilitation work Bishop Elio Sgreccia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave final approval for a clinical trial of embryonic stem cells as a treatment what justifications are given for their use, he said. The Italian for patients with spinal-cord injuries, making the United bishop said embryonic stem cells have not been proven to States the first country to allow the testing of such cells on be effective in therapies. human beings. Geron Corp., the U.S. company which won – Catholic News Service and Catholic San Francisco the FDA approval, plans to perform tests on a small group of patients paralyzed by a spinal cord injury. In a July 31 interview with Vatican Radio, Bishop Sgreccia said science itself recognizes the human embryo "is a human being in the making." Destroying embryos "receives a completely negative judgment" from an ethical point of view, no matter

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Theology of the body combats secularist threats, says Cardinal Rigali By Catholic News Service BLUE BELL, Pa. — The theology of the body outlined 30 years ago by Pope John Paul II helps the world combat threats to the dignity of the human person and the sanctity of marriage, Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia said at a national conference. The cardinal celebrated Mass July 30 for about 450 people at the National Theology of the Body Congress, held July 28-30 at Normandy Farm in Blue Bell. Participants came from 11 countries and 111 U.S. dioceses, while others who did not travel to Pennsylvania could see the keynote addresses live-streamed on the Internet. In his homily, Cardinal Rigali said the theology of the body represents “God’s plan for humanity,” in which “authentic love, always and everywhere, takes the form of a gift of self, modeled on Christ’s gift of himself to his Father.” He said society today has reinterpreted human sexuality as “the absolute right to satisfy every craving.” “Embracing consumerism, materialism, individualism, entitlement, a0utonomy, relativism and hedonism, the one thing that the abiding secularistic culture appears unable to tolerate is religion,” Cardinal Rigali said.

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“The secularistic culture ... has paved the way for numerous errors and distortions resulting in promiscuity, cohabitation, divorce, contraception, direct sterilization, adultery, abortion, domestic violence, sexual abuse and the attempt to deconstruct marriage as the union of one man and one woman,” he added. He urged participants to continue the congress with “a campaign of human and catechetical formation,” in order that “the next generation can continue to access and comprehend it.” The congress was sponsored by the Theology of the Body Institute, which has an informative website at www. tobinstitute.org. In addition to Cardinal Rigali, speakers included author Father Richard Hogan; Helen Alvare, associate professor of law at George Mason University and an adviser to Pope Benedict XVI’s Pontifical Council for the Laity; Father Brian Bransfield, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis; and Richard Fitzgibbons, director of the Institute for Marital Healing. Maria Stumpf, director of operations and programming for the institute, said she hoped the congress would serve as an impetus for evangelization at the parish level across the region, nation and abroad.

Theology of the Body is the topic of a series of 129 lectures given by Pope John Paul II during his Wednesday audiences between September 1979 and November 1984. It was the first major teaching of his pontificate and the complete addresses were later compiled and published as a single work: “The Theology of the Body: Human Love in the Divine Plan.” A new translation has been released under the title “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology Cardinal Justin Rigali of the Body.” The themes of the Theology of the Body were repeated and expanded upon in many of John Paul’s encyclicals, letters, and exhortations.

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By Laura Dodson ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CNS) — When Sister Diane Couture was called on after Hurricane Katrina to help repair the stained-glass windows at seven churches along the Gulf Coast, she discovered that “we weren’t out there to repair windows, we were there to repair lives.” Now she is leading her fellow Sisters of St. Joseph into St. Augustine’s historic Lincolnville neighborhood to offer enrichment opportunities to the residents. “The ‘Art House of Dreams’ is everyone’s dream,” she said. “It allows everyone in the community — especially the children — to have faith and hope for the future.” Lincolnville was established in 1866 by former slaves. When the first Sisters of St. Joseph arrived from France to teach the children, they were prohibited from doing so. The nuns opened St. Joseph Academy in downtown St. Augustine, where they taught white children by day and sold French lace to buy teaching materials for the black children they taught at night. Now the religious congregation has joined with two Lincolnville churches — St. Benedict the Moor Catholic and St. Cyprian Episcopal — to provide creative art and music classes as well as social services. This process of rebirth began two years ago when Sister Couture, who has directed the Sisters of St. Joseph stainedglass studio since 1992, was commissioned to restore the stained-glass windows in St. Benedict the Moor Church, a mission of the Cathedral of St. Augustine since 1899. It served St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School, which was opened in 1898 through the generosity of St. Katherine Drexel. Today, 70 percent of the parishioners are former students of the school. “Our dream is to restore the school to its original and have the Sisters of St. Joseph back where they belong,” said Rai Schwecke, who married into an established Lincolnville family in 1970. “They came to educate black students. They started in that school and our dream is to have them back again.” The rectory is now being renovated and will be open

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for classes in September. The old school building is being completely restored and is destined to become a center for cultural enrichment. Sister Couture envisions cottage industries to help provide support for the adults and scholarships for the children. Participants couldn’t have a more accomplished teacher and advocate. Sister Couture’s work is recognized internationally. Her most recent and noteworthy achievements include the memorial stained-glass window that was commissioned by St. Francis of Assisi Parish in New York, home of Franciscan Father Mychal F. Judge, the New York City fire department chaplain who was the first volunteer casualty of the Sept.11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The window was dedicated at the first anniversary commemoration of the tragedy. Sister Couture was called in by the National Guard immediately after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 to salvage any windows or parts of windows she could from the churches that had been affected, as well as to secure those that had not been destroyed. The work of restoring the windows of seven churches took until early 2010 to complete. “The stained-glass windows were very special — they had been in the church for almost 100 years,” said Father Michael Tracey, pastor. “We lost all our records and photos, but Sister Diane was able to replicate the windows from the Internet and the people are very happy.” “The task of the artist is to discover the spirit that lies within the heart of an event,” Sister Couture said, “and thus the great gift and call of the artist begins to take flesh.”

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St. Anne of the Sunset Church marks 103rd year of Novena Close to a thousand people attended the 103rd Novena to St. Anne at the San Francisco church July 18-26. Redemptorist Fathers, led by Father Ted Lawson, preached. The novena included a public Eucharistic procession on the Saturday of the Novena. Among those attending in thanksgiving was Eden Niemela, a 41-year-old married mother who recovered from paralysis and now works as a nurse. “She was literally comatose for several months and came back,” said Father Ray Reyes, pastor, who was among the priests and parishioners of the parish who prayed for the intercession of St. Anne for Niemala.

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A child holds a cooked meal at a relief camp in Shaktigarh, India in this file photo. Catholic Church leaders have consistently called for more funding in the global fight against hunger and poverty.

An Indian mother gives water to her 18-month-old daughter, who is suffering from severe malnutrition, in Madhoun, in India’s state of Uttar Pradesh. India ranked 65th out of 84 countries in the Global Hunger Index of 2009, below countries such as North Korea and Zimbabwe.

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TRENT, ITALY — “Today global hunger has reached an all-time high,” said Father Kenneth Weare, Ph.D., pastor of St. Rita Church in Fairfax and an adjunct professor of social ethics at the University of San Francisco, at an international conference of 560 moral theology professors from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and North America. Titled “In the Current of History: From Trent to the Futures,” the conference was held July 24-27 in Trent, Italy. “One sixth of the world’s population goes to bed hungry every night,” Father Weare said. “High food prices, which have ignited riots in more than 30 nations, the global economic recession, and the spread of civil strife in Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere, have created the critical state of a human catastrophe.” Addressing the moral issues of the human right to food, Father Weare outlined the current food crisis: “The worldwide food emergency,” he said, “is imperiling decades of significant progress against hunger and poverty made in the 1980s and early 1990s. The consequences are devastating.” Hunger, poverty, and economics are interrelated, he said in his lecture, “The Right to Food: Reflections on Globalization and Hunger.” Father Weare cited a World Bank estimate that “with every percentage point of decline in the growth rate of developing countries, another twenty million people are forced into poverty.” He noted that “as world trade decreases and job loss increases, money sent home by foreign workers abroad likewise diminishes — severely impacting families in the poorest nations.” He said in sub-Saharan Africa, one-third of the entire population suffers from hunger. Farmers are forced to sell their livestock in order for their families to survive. Thousands of malnourished mothers and children are dying. Father Weare recalled that recently Caritas International urged the Group of Eight and the Group of 20 representatives gathered in Canada to act aggressively to confront the crisis. “Decades of misguided economic and agricultural policies have finally become too much for farmers and people around the world to withstand. He emphasized that today more than one billion people are chronically hungry. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) recently reported that the increase in hunger is not due to poor harvest, but rather to the economic recession that has brought about lower incomes coupled with higher food prices. The 24 percent increase in food costs, lower incomes, high fuel prices, reduced economic opportunities, as well as droughts and flooding due to climate

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change, have all combined to create a global hunger epidemic. Moreover, Father Weare noted, the FAO concluded that “the silent hunger crisis poses a serious risk for world peace and security.” “Our response to this crisis begins with the recognition that every human person has a right to be free from hunger and have access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food,” he said. In April 1963, Pope John XXIII promulgated his seminal encyclical, Pacem in Terris – delineating prophetically and unequivocally Church teaching on human rights. Affirming the rights of human persons, he stated flatly that every person “has the right to life, to bodily integrity, and to the means which are suitable for the proper development of life; these are primarily food, clothing, shelter, rest, In this file photo, Afghan refugees wait for rations of wheat to be handed out at a camp medical care, and finally near Peshawar, Pakistan. Nearly a decade ago, in a message to a U.N. conference on the necessary social food and agriculture, Pope John Paul II said food shortages and hunger affect millions services.” and have serious consequences for global peace. Father Weare pointed out that in articulating Father Weare said that “while demographics, climate this Catholic teaching, Pope John borrowed directly from the United Nations 1948 Universal Declaration of change, and commodity prices appear to be working against the movement to end hunger, nevertheless even Human Rights, Article 25. This Catholic social teaching on human rights and in these desperate times there are signs of hope.” He continued: “While national commitments to implespecifically the right to food has been reaffirmed repeatedly in other authoritative teaching documents including ment the right to food would have been unthinkable the 1986 pastoral letter of the United States Catholic only ten years ago, such commitments are already being introduced into law. In Brazil, for example, the right to Bishops, “Economic Justice for All.” Food is a human right, Father Weare affirmed. “This food is now firmly entrenched, and hunger has therefore is something that has been formally recognized by the been lessened.” “Moreover, the FAO has been working with both govmajority of nations.” “However,” she added, “sadly very little has been done ernment and non-governmental organizations to promote to put this recognition into practice. No government will a set of guidelines aimed at helping policy makers and make the right to food a reality unless it strives to realize, others realize the right to food,” he said. “Such ‘right to with equal resolve, other human rights which the right food’ guidelines have been lauded as the most effective means of moving governments as well as civil society to food is inseparably connected.” Father Weare said, “Morally, we have it within us to towards achieving global food security.” Father Weare also noted that “universities in Italy, as make this a better world, a caring world, a compassionate world where everyone would enjoy the right to food and well as universities in Ireland, Iran, and elsewhere are establishing institutes and developing college courses freedom from hunger.” He recalled that former United Nations Secretary- specifically on the human right to food.” In conclusion, he said, “With hunger at an all-time General Kofi Annan said that the solution to fulfilling the right to food was not just humanitarian aid today, but steps high, now more that ever the world has a pressing moral to improve food security tomorrow. He called for a focus obligation to invest in agricultural development to combat on small-scale farmers. He encouraged banks and other hunger and restore dignity to the poor. Promoting the lenders to extend services to small farmers so that they can right to food is not just a moral imperative; it is fundaafford fertilizers and other productivity-boosting measures. mentally a basic human right.”

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“Global hunger has reached an all-time high,” warns Archdiocese of San Francisco priest at recent international conference in Italy

Students wait for food at the Stara School and rescue centre in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya in August last year. Catholic educators and nonprofit groups said Pope Benedict XVI in his latest encyclical continues to inspire them to build awareness of global poverty and hunger in vulnerable communities.

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Guest Commentary Judge overreaches in claiming voters irrational By Bill May Members of Catholics for the Common Good were stunned that Judge Walker could find absolutely no rational reasons for maintaining marriage between a man and a woman when he overturned California’s Proposition 8 in a ruling released Aug. 4 in San Francisco. Walker concluded that motivation for voting in favor of Prop 8 could only be attributable to animus and discrimination against gays and lesbians. He may have overreached. While his decision is quite radical, it provides important insights into the false premises and assumptions that have led so many young people to abandon marriage, cohabitate, and have children outside of marriage. Judge Walker gutted foundational principles of democracy by seeming to say that citizens have no right to organize civil society using common sense unless it can be supported by scientific or sociological evidence. He decided mothers and fathers did not matter for children because other people could do just as good of a job raising them. He came up with a whole new definition of marriage as merely a committed relationship for the private interests of adults. This confirms Catholics for the Common Good’s contention that the issue is really about the public interest of two conflicting definitions of marriage rather than personal behavior and alternative lifestyles. The views expressed by Walker are so pervasive in our culture that, while some people may be startled by the conclusions found in his opinion, some friends and family members will be quite familiar or even agree with this line of reasoning. However, all of Judge Walker’s conclusions are in conflict with the reality and the truth about the human person. We learned a number of key things from the decision, all of which have confirmed that the “Stand with Children” movement, with its training and formation program, is on the right track and critical for rebuilding a marriage culture starting with our own families. You can see more details on this including comments from the lead defense counsel, and selected quotes from Walker’s decision that paint a picture that will amaze you at http://ccgaction. org/node/848. The appeals process is already underway. Prop 8 lawyers have laid a good foundation for overturning Walker’s decision at either the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals level or at the U.S. Supreme Court. It is going to be a long process. Looking to the future of the legal battle, Andy Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, the official proponents of Prop. 8, said, “At trial we built a solid record to show that marriage has served as the foundation of the family and society as a whole, has universal functions and features attributable only to unions between a man and woman, has been defined in both law and language as a union between a man and a woman, and acts as the predominate relationship in which to create and support children. We will be actively appealing the ruling.” If anything, Judge Walker’s action in overturning Prop 8 reinforces the danger for the future of our children and families. We face this daily but seem to forget about it until there is a crisis. Walker’s decision, if allowed to stand, will end debate on the public interest of “traditional” marriage, wresting it completely from the hands of the voters (as is the case in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa). We cannot let that happen. As Pope John Paul II, our patron, said, “It is not permissible for anyone to remain idle. Our approach refocuses us on the reality of marriage as part of God’s plan for creation and makes issues related to sexual orientation and alternative life-style irrelevant. We are in solidarity with the common interest that every child has in the marriage of his or her mother and father. We are beginning to understand the underlying causes of the confusion about marriage, family and human sexuality that is perplexing so many of our children, friends and fellow parishioners. There is no longer that sense of isolation and helplessness that so many have been feeling. We urge people not to sit idly by and complain about the way things are and how your rights are being taken away. If you care about the future of your family, religious liberty and the Church, we urge you to get involved and take action. Local teams are starting to meet monthly in many parts of the state. They will be participating in new trainings in the fall. Join the team now. See our website —- www.ccgaction.org — for the schedule of events taking place in your area. We invite you to become involved and do something positive. This has got to be a work of the Holy Spirit. Recognizing that, we have confidence. We are motivated. We are feeling strong. And, we have Our Lady of Guadalupe by our side. Bill May is chairman of Catholics for the Common Good, a lay apostolate for the evangelization of culture based on the social teachings of the Catholic Church, and founded in response to Pope John Paul II’s call for a new evangelization and the U.S. bishops’ call for faithful citizenship.

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For a very long time, priests and many lay persons have wondered why Msgr. Robert McElroy is not a Bishop! This question was a spontaneous reaction to Bob’s inherent abilities, e.g., his intellectual acumen and rigor, his commitment to his priest support group, his praiseworthy instincts as a priest and pastor, his authentic care for people, his innate honesty, and his wonderful sense of humor. When qualities such as these are evident, it would be very easy for Bob to take himself very seriously and exude academic haughtiness and a spirit of superiority. He has never done this, a credit to a deep humility that runs through the depths of his being. He has been intimately involved with numerous important conversations and decisions on the part of the Archdiocese and can now give the local church his undivided attention. He is an alumnus of St. Patrick’s Seminary and University and the faculty is very proud that it had a part in his priestly formation and education. Rev. Gerald D. Coleman, S.S. Redwood City

The Vatican should be commended for reaffirming the attempted ordination of women as a major offense against the sacrament of Holy Orders (“Norms on women’s ordination reflect sacrament’s importance,” CSF July 30). As Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl stated, “the Catholic Church through its long and constant teaching holds that ordination has been, from the beginning, reserved to men, a fact which cannot be changed despite changing times.” The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded in the Sacred Scriptures of Christ choosing his Apostles only from among men; the constant practice of the Church, which has imitated Christ in choosing only men; and her living teaching authority which has consistently held that the exclusion of women from the priesthood is in accordance with God’s plan for his Church. In calling only men as his Apostles, Christ acted in a completely free and sovereign manner. In doing so, he exercised the same freedom with which, in all his behavior, he emphasized the dignity and the vocation of women, without conforming to the prevailing customs and to the traditions sanctioned by the legislation of the time. This Catholic Church teaching is not a sign of disrespect toward women. There are countless other ways that religious and lay women serve the Church – ways that are no less faithful to the Gospel. In fact, Pope John Paul II has said, “The greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven are not the ministers but the saints.” R.T. Turner San Francisco

Interdependence of life I was so happy to see that concern for the environment and all life on earth was included in the Respect Life essay contest this year. However, I was dismayed to see, in the essays that were printed, the dichotomy between humans and the other-than-human world so strongly perpetuated. If we look long and lovingly at God’s creation, we see that the life and health of all living things requires clean air, clean water, and healthy soil. Until we realize that God said, “It is good” about all Creation, human choices and actions will continue to stop short of the fullness of the words “respect life.” We must keep looking deeper — not only so that we can help our children see the essential interdependence of all life, but so that our children will inherit the gifts of God that humans are called to protect: the conditions for Life. Catherine Regan San Francisco

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Children in womb It’s time for the minority of Americans who don’t yet embrace a pro-life position to realize that the status of children in the womb is the key civil rights problem of our day. Martin Luther King Jr. preached that “When we truly believe in the sacredness of human personality, we won’t exploit people, we won’t trample over people with the iron feet of oppression, we won’t kill anybody” (Christmas sermon, 1967). Well, “anybody” means “anybody,” which is why it’s wrong to pretend to be “for” civil rights and against restoring protection to the unborn. So let’s get on with it and restore protection to our youngest brothers and sisters. Rev. Frank Pavone National Director, Priests for Life Staten Island, NY

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Our pastor republished, without comment, the Vatican’s “clarification” of attempted ordination of women as a “grave crime.” The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praises that clarification as a “welcome statement.” The Vatican clarification could well be sub-titled: “Women are valued in the Church, as long as they know their place.” The Vatican piece is a masterpiece of sophistry. After touting the wonderful things that the Church “allows” women to do, it concludes: “The Catholic Church through its long and constant teaching holds that ordination has been, from the beginning, reserved to men, a fact which cannot be changed despite changing times.” The Vatican continues to hold that, even though ordination of women is not a matter of faith and morals, it is nonetheless “not open to debate among Catholics.” However examined, that statement boggles the mind. It is reminiscent of a pre-Vatican II mentality which asked for unquestioning obedience to the most bizarre of propositions. Imagine, if you will, the multitude of now recognized errors that could be justified by a paternalistic ruling that “it has always been that way so it must be right.” As faithful Catholics, we look to the Church as our Shepherd. But that does not mean that we are brainless sheep. Jim Hargarten San Francisco

Coarsening of the culture There’s much consternation, blaming and heartfelt sorrow over the clergy sex abuse scandal exposed now in Europe. The media have picked it up and exploited it to the detriment of so many faithful and caring clergy around the world. Sin sells! Pornography is getting bigger and better. Have you watched what passes for entertainment on TV lately? Our culture is undermining our civilization. Are we not all culpable when we LETTERS, page 18

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Hello college; goodbye Church? For some students, going away to college is often viewed as a chance to be liberated from their parents and the restrictions of family life. One such parental rule that is exercised in many Catholic homes is the one about Mass attendance. I can still hear my own father and mother saying to us when we would rather stay in bed on a Sunday morning, “As long as you live in this house you will go to Mass.” Does this sound familiar? Aside from the natural tendency many young people have to rebel against authority, living away from home, especially for the first time, presents many challenges. It can be difficult to live the faith without good support systems. In most cases we learn about our faith from our parents, teachers and other mentors. College is a prime time for a young person to begin to mature in and really own his or her faith. Attendance at Mass and practicing the faith becomes a personal responsibility. No parent or other authority figure is around to try to make one go to church. It becomes a personal decision. Sometimes I have heard students and other young adults declare, “I didn’t ask to be a Catholic. My parents made that

decision for me. I was just a baby and not able to choose my own religion.” That is true for those of us baptized as infants, but the fact still remains that we received the gift of faith through our parents and one of the tasks of young adulthood is to own that faith and mature in it. We are part of the Church whether we chose it or not. College is a special time for intellectual growth and that should include growth in knowledge and appreciation of our Catholic faith. When I was a campus minister, we had a course every semester entitled “Catholic Update.” Priests always gave a plug about the program at the end of Masses the previous weekends before the first session, challenging people, particularly the students, by saying it seemed strange to him that so many of them were working on degrees in higher learning while they often had little more than an eighth grade education in their faith. That statement really made an impact and we always had large classes of students sincerely seeking to know and understand more about the riches of Catholicism. Some students have a great need to explore different faith traditions during their college years and I think that is good. However it is important to include the Catholic

Church in that exploration. Sadly enough some people abandon their faith without ever actually knowing what the Church really teaches and why. College is the prime time to deepen that Sister Margie knowledge and also one’s relationship with Jesus. Lavonis Among other things one’s faith and friendship with Jesus and His Church provide the sustenance needed to get through college and all the challenges that it presents. As many will discover, it is when one is away from his or her support systems that he or she needs the Church even more. And not only does the Church provide a haven during college days, it often provides a chance to discover and exercise one’s gifts. Many students who get involved in campus ministry or at Newman Centers (Student Parishes) THE CUTTING EDGE, page 20

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Isn’t academic freedom for all? It is not what lawyers would call a clean case, but still it is clear enough to expose the hypocrisy often found on politically correct college campuses. The basic framework is pretty simple. Then things get complicated. Kenneth J. Howell was an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Illinois since 2001, teaching “Introduction to Catholicism” and “Modern Catholic Thought.” He was told by the head of the religion department at the end of the spring semester that he would not be teaching the next semester. His offense: teaching one aspect of Catholic belief in the “Introduction to Catholicism” course. Every semester in that introduction class, Howell explained in an open letter published on the Internet, he gave two lectures dealing with Catholic moral positions. One was an explanation of natural moral law. “The second was designed as an application of natural law theory to a disputed issue in our society,” Howell wrote. “Most of those semesters, my chosen topic was the moral status of homosexual acts.” That became the heart of the matter. Following up on a classroom discussion, Howell sent a lengthy e-mail to students in his class, distinguishing how the morality of homosexual acts would be judged by the theory of utilitarianism and by natural moral law. He wrote: “A homosexual orientation is not morally wrong just

as no moral guilt can be assigned to any inclination that a person has. However, based on natural moral law, the church believes that homosexual acts are contrary to human nature and therefore morally wrong.” One student sent a complaint to Robert McKim, the religion department head, about Howell’s explanation of the morality of homosexual acts, which the student called “hate speech.” McKim told Howell he would not have a future teaching position at the university. The matter is complicated by Howell’s unusual employment arrangement since the religious studies department was founded in 1971. He is director of the Institute of Catholic Thought, part of the campus Newman Center and the Diocese of Peoria, with his salary funded by the institute. While this could raise a question of conflict of interest, Howell was not penalized for proselytizing but for accurately presenting – without advocating – what the church teaches. “My responsibility on teaching a class on Catholicism is to teach what the Catholic church teaches,” said Howell. “I have always made it very, very clear to my students that they are never required to believe what I’m teaching and they’ll never be judged on that.” Since Howell is no longer teaching, he also forfeited his position as institute director. Howell could have chosen a less-inflammatory moral issue to use as an example. Even so, the administration was too quick to accept

the student’s accusation that Howell used “hate speech.” It wasn’t hate speech, since it accurately transmitted Catholic teaching that it is the act and not the person that is condemned. Stephen Kent The course was not compulsory. Those enrolled must have some interest in learning what the church is about, some of which may conflict with their beliefs. Academic freedom is meant to protect free inquiry and debate, which should include teaching what people believe and why. Academic freedom has been stretched to excuse bigotry, prejudice and slander – hate speech – against the church. The university chancellor asked a faculty committee to review the case and to report before classes resume in late August. It will be interesting to learn if the university extends academic freedom to teaching what the Catholic Church believes. Stephen Kent, retired editor of archdiocesan newspapers in Omaha and Seattle, writes a column for Catholic News Service. Contact: Considersk@gmail.com.

Parish Diary

Letter to the newly ordained This summer in the United States, 440 men are being ordained to the priesthood in service to the Church. Welcome to the vineyard of the Lord! We need you. There are many things that we older priests might like to say to our newly ordained brothers. But first and foremost, we want to say thank you. It is not easy being a Catholic priest today. The recent clerical scandals have discredited us. They have eroded our self-respect. But we are grateful to you for taking the risk of being a Catholic priest. We live in an age of skepticism and cynicism. You are a man of faith. Right from the start that makes you out of place. Many people will not believe in the value of our vocation. Even some members of your own families might question your decision. Don’t be afraid. God’s grace will sustain you. Your parishioners will affirm you. What you are doing is noble and worthwhile. Have confidence in Christ, who called you into his service. Every age has presented challenges to priests. It was not easy being a priest during the Roman Empire or the Black Plague. Priests were targets in the French Revolution and under communism. Priests suffered greatly as missionaries. They continue to suffer today when they stand up for the poor and oppressed. Suffering comes with following Christ, the suffering servant.

Just love as Christ loved. Love the people God puts in your path. If you love them, they will love you in return. Be kind. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, a great priest of the last century, said there were three rules to priestly service: kindness, kindness, kindness. You were ordained for people, not paper. The diocesan paperwork can wait; the sick person can’t. Be humble. You won’t always have an answer for the problems your parishioners bring to you. Sometimes there is no answer. It is frequently enough just to formulate the right questions. Just be present when they are suffering. People want authentic wisdom, so work hard at preaching. Preaching is the most important thing that you personally bring to the celebration of the liturgy. Your people yearn for inspiration and wisdom. Don’t feed them baby food. Do not use canned homilies. People can tell they are not your words. Don’t talk down to your parishioners. Preach to the adults and bless children, not the other way around. Read the Scriptures and pray over them. That is the most important way we prepare to preach. Celebrate the liturgy with reverence and respect. Forget about the trivial stuff such as what style vestments you wear. Jesus wouldn’t care. He told us not to worry about what we wear. Just wear the vestments the parish provides.

Welcome people to the church facility. Leave it open during the day so they can come in and pray. Sometimes they just want to cry out before the Lord. Sometimes you will need to cry out before the Lord, too. Father Stay away from money. It is dangerous. Peter J. Daly Don’t let money be the focus of your ministry. Let other people count the collection. Be a good steward of the church’s resources, but don’t measure your success by the collections. Store up your treasure in heaven. Don’t be ambitious for higher office in the Church. There is no greater calling than being a priest among the people. The best priests are humble, not ambitious. Pray for your bishop. Most importantly, pray. Pray every day. Pray without ceasing. Pour out your heart to God in prayer. There is much more to say. But for now, I just want to say welcome – and thank you! Father Peter J. Daly is a pastor in Maryland and writes a column for Catholic News Service.

Catholic San Francisco

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION REV 11:19A, 12:1-6A, 10AB God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed One.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 45:10, 11, 12, 16 R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir.

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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Revelation 11:19a, 12:1-6a; Psalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16; 1 Corinthians 15:20-27; Luke 1:39-56 R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father’s house. R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. So shall the king desire your beauty; for he is your lord. R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. They are borne in with gladness and joy; they enter the palace of the king. R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.

Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through man, the resurrection of the dead came also through man. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death, for “he subjected everything under his feet.”

A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1 COR 15:20-27 Brothers and sisters:

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE LK 1:39-56 Mary set out and traveled to the hill coun-

love reading about history. My bookshelves are filled with old history texts and modern historical non-fiction. As an amateur historian, I like to see myself as a middle of the road sort of guy. I tend to shy away from extremist theories and over-the-top statements. However, after years of study, I can’t help myself. In my opinion, the history books have it all wrong! Reading them, you’d think the most important players in world history were people like Caesar and Charlemagne, Napoleon and Washington. They might have us believing that the most significant events of the past were centered in places like Cairo, Rome, New York, or Beijing. They tend to focus on those with power or on times and circumstances that find great armies and navies on the move. It’s certainly understandable. Yet unless they take a few moments to look to a young peasant woman living under Roman rule 2000 years ago, the history books will never quite get it right. For it is Mary, a poor, unassuming girl from an occupied, irrelevant land, who has done more than any prince, president, or pope to shape the history of this planet. On the surface, she might not meet the criteria or standards that most historians use to measure greatness, but there can be little doubt that she has touched and changed our lives and our world far more than anyone in history (except, of course, for her Son!) This Sunday, we have the opportunity to set the historical record straight as we remember and celebrate our Blessed Mother on the Feast of the Assumption! By becoming the Mother of God, Mary played a key role in bringing

Scripture reflection DEACON MICHAEL MURPHY

Mary points us to the Father, reminds us of God’s mercy salvation and redemption into the world. On this great feast, we commemorate the day that God honored Mary, the Perfect Disciple, by taking her to Heaven, where she reigns now as Queen and Intercessor for us all. Unlike other figures from the past, Mary not only changed history many years ago, but continues to do so today! The achievements of all others throughout time pale in comparison to what she has done. Yet I can’t help but feel that when Mary receives these many well-deserved titles, tributes, and accolades, she’s probably slightly embarrassed and perhaps a bit uncomfortable. I can just picture her, standing in the background, giving a little smile and a small shake of her head. For Mary always turns all credit and glory over to God, and, as she so beautifully puts it

in this week’s Gospel, sees herself only as His lowly servant. Shunning the spotlight, walking softly beside us, Mary diverts all attention from herself and gently points us to the Father. In speaking to Elizabeth, praising the Lord for all He has done for her, this humble and graceful woman reveals to us the incredible power of God and demonstrates where true happiness and peace can be found. Not with the proud, the mighty, or the rich, but with people such as herself, those who open themselves to God and allow Him to work in their lives. Mary also wants us to understand that it’s in our weakness and our vulnerability that we grow close to our Lord and come to make a lasting difference in this world. Her wonderful

try in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children forever.” Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home. Gospel discourse, known as the Magnificat, gives us great hope, because we often find ourselves among the poor and the hungry, both literally and figuratively, standing on the outside, looking in at those whom society considers strong and important. But through her words and her life-long example, Mary shows us that it’s in our frailty and our powerlessness that we touch and change lives and find the strength and the will to say “Yes” to God, bringing Him into our world, sharing Him and His love with others. Mary did it, beginning in that modest stable in Bethlehem, and we can do it, starting today. We might not realize it now, but we impact and change history, change the future, every time that we, like Mary, are patient, generous, and forgiving. Mary makes it clear that no kindness or loving act is ever too small or insignificant. What’s more, we never go it alone. The Magnificat reminds us that God lifts up the lowly, fills the hungry with good things, and always remembers His promise of mercy. With this God and His Mother by our side, how can we possibly fail? As with Mary, it’s doubtful we’ll show up in many history books. But if on this Feast of the Assumption, we resolve to follow her lead and take her words to heart, we too will make a difference in this world and in the lives of all around us. Although we may never become famous, or even footnotes in a high school text, we will join Mary as together, through word and deed, we proclaim the greatness of the Lord! Permanent Deacon Michael Murphy serves at St. Charles Parish in San Carlos.

Spirituality for Today

Overcoming the legalistic spirit The late German Redemptorist Father Bernard Haring, one of the great moral theologians of the 20th century, always stressed the importance of mercy over legalism. The spirit of legalism was abhorrent to him because Jesus always denounced the legalists of his day, often calling them hypocrites. The Lord wanted his followers to obey the higher law of love. With this in mind, Father Haring wrote that St. Thomas Aquinas showed us “that every man-made law would become brutal and unjust if applied in all cases without regard for various forms of life,” thereby making a major contribution to efforts against the constant threat of the legalistic spirit. A legalist is one who insists on following the letter of the law to the point of neglecting the quality of mercy. This violates the supreme law of love. In the field of marital law, there is something called a legal presumption, which means that every marriage is presumed to be valid unless the contrary can be proved. This is a good law, because Jesus said, “What God has joined together, no human being must separate” (Mk 10:9). But the legalist always enforces legal presumptions

without stopping to ask if God really put this union together. Annulments are remedies in cases where it can be shown that the contract was in some way defective from the beginning because of fraud going to the heart of the contract or some other grounds such as psychological incapacity. For example, if a woman marries an abusive, latent schizophrenic, believing that her love will be strong enough to heal him from his bouts of irrational anger, most likely she will be sorely disappointed. One can feel only pity for the husband who might be a sick man, but that doesn’t give him the right to abuse his wife. St. Paul recommended separation in cases involving infidelity, and very often abusive husbands not only cheat on their wives, but brag about it. Those who say to such a woman, “You made your bed, now you must sleep in it,” are uncharitable legalists. The fact that the wife stood before the altar and publicly vowed to marry this man for life sets up the legal presumption that this marriage can never be annulled. However, if it can be shown that the husband lacked the capacity to give true consent at the time of

the marriage, the validity of that union is in serious doubt. We acknowledge that legal presumptions are important for the good order of society, but if the circumstances of a particular case dictate it, an annulment Father is possible. This would mean that the rights and obligaJohn Catoir tions accruing to that marriage are no longer binding. For decades, annulments were being granted by the Vatican’s Roman Rota based on the grounds of psychological incapacity. If a spouse lacks the capacity to enter into and sustain the burdens and obligations of marriage, the contract cannot be valid. Compassion often has its place as a matter of justice. Father John Catoir, head of St. Jude Media, writes a column for Catholic News Service.

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Spirituality for Life

Love in a time of opposition How do you stay positive, preach hope, and remain big-hearted enough to love those who oppose and hate us, Jesus was capable loving and big-hearted in the face of opposition, misunder- even as our empathy and love are predicated on a certain of continuing to love standing, hostility, and hatred? elitism, namely, on the feeling that we are so morally and and forgive in the face This is what Jesus did and that particular quality of his religiously superior to those who hate us that we can love of hatred and murder life and teaching constitutes perhaps the greatest personal them in their ignorance: Poor, ignorant people! If only they because, at the very heart and moral challenge to all of us who try to follow him. How knew better! This is not love but a superiority-complex of his self-awareness, do you remain loving in the face of hatred? How do you masquerading as empathy and concern. That’s not how Jesus lay an awareness of who remain empathic in the face of misunderstanding? How do treated those who hated him. he was, God’s son, and you continue to be warm and gracious in the face of hostility? How did he treat them? In the face of hatred and being how much he was loved. Father How do you love your enemies when they want to kill you? put to death by his enemies, Jesus wasn’t intimidated, nor did He wasn’t thick-skinned Ron Rolheiser Virtually every instinct inside us works against us here. he become thick-skinned or condescending. What did he do? or elitist, just in touch Our natural instincts are mostly self-protective, paranoid He rooted himself more deeply in his own deepest identity and, with who he was and even, antithetical to self-abnegation and forgiveness. Our inside of that, found the power to continue to be warmed-hearted, how much he was loved. innate sense of justice demands an eye for an eye, a giving loving, and forgiving in the face of hatred and murder. How so? From that source he drew his energy and his power to forgive. back in kind, hatred for hatred, distrust for We too have access to that same powerful distrust, murder for murder. And this isn’t just spring of energy. Like Jesus, we too are God’s true for the big things, our struggle to remain children and are loved that deeply. Like Jesus, To continue to offer others genuine love and loving in the face of death threats. We struggle we too can be that forgiving. to remain loving even in the face of irritation. Very few things, I believe, are more needed understanding in the face of opposition and How do we handle opposition, misundertoday, in both society and the Church, than this standing, hostility, and hatred? capacity for understanding and forgiveness. To hatred constitutes the ultimate social, political, Sometimes our response is paralysis. We continue to offer others genuine love and underget so intimidated by opposition, misunderstanding in the face of opposition and hatred ecclesial, moral, religious, and human challenge. constitutes the ultimate social, political, ecclesial, standing, and hatred that we retreat and go underground. We retain our ideals but no longer moral, religious, and human challenge. Sometimes practice them in the presence of those who church people try to single out one particular moral oppose us. We continue to speak love and understanding, As Jesus was being executed he prayed: “Forgive issue as the litmus test as to whether or not someone is a true but not to our enemies (whom we don’t exactly hate, but them, they don’t know what they are doing.” Karl Rahner, follower of Jesus. If there is to be litmus test, let it be this one: whom we now stay away from). Can you continue to love those who misunderstand you, commenting on this, astutely points out that, in fact, his Sometimes our response is the exact opposite, namely, executioners did know what they were doing! They knew who oppose you, who are hostile to you, who hate you, and in the face of opposition we develop a skin that’s so thick they were crucifying an innocent man. So why does Jesus who threaten you - without being paralyzed, calloused, or that we don’t need to care about what others think of us: Let say they were acting in ignorance? condescending? them think whatever they want! They can like it or lump it! Their ignorance, as Karl Rahner points out, lay at a The problem with a thick skin is that our capacity to go on deeper level: They were ignorant of how much they were Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, saying the right words and doing the right actions is partially loved, whereas Jesus was not. 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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Never say never?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Nancy Frazier Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien echoed in the July 30 issue the Vaticanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position that attempting womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ordination is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;more grave crime against Church law.â&#x20AC;? Then there was Gary Zimakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women Will Never Be Priests.â&#x20AC;? (Gary, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t your mother tell you â&#x20AC;&#x153;never say never?â&#x20AC;?) Women constitute the overwhelming source of Catholic Church energy and workers, but continue to be restricted from equality with men in fulfillment of their Christian lives. Women have gained access to influence but they have not achieved access to authority, which remains vested in the ordained classes. This is leading to the ever-increasing practice called â&#x20AC;&#x153;defecting in place,â&#x20AC;? i.e., Catholics stay Catholic, but do not behave or believe the way the hierarchy or Church teachings would like. In fact, poll numbers of those in favor of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ordination are way up in the United States, and a recent poll of Austrian clergy showed something like 51 percent in favor. This smacks of late 1968, when many Catholics were disagreeing with Humanae Vitae. Cardinals and Bishops issued letters read from the pulpits speaking of the twin evils of birth control and abortion attempting to gain adherence to Church teaching on birth control by some sort of equivalence to abortion which was opposed by the vast majority of Catholics. It is a technique that often backfires. A word to the wise should be sufficient. Jim McCrea Piedmont, CA

accept the status quo and do not stand up for ethics and morals? Children are being abused â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;exterminatedâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; around the world through abortion, 53 million and counting here in the U.S. since 1973. Our tax dollars help Planned Parenthood and other providers to wipe out our future. What coverage does the media give these facts? What kind of example are we giving to our young, some of whom we hope will become Servants of God? Margaret Walsh Pacifica

Startled and disappointed We were rather startled by the Guest Commentary by Gary Zimak in the July 30 issue. While we totally agree that there should be more effort to inform Catholics about their faith, we think that Mr. Zimak is a questionable source at best. Just to give the Faithful an honest view concerning some of Mr. Zimakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statements: 1. He states that the doctrine of women as priests â&#x20AC;&#x153;has been infallibly decided.â&#x20AC;? The Apostolic letter he cites was not written â&#x20AC;&#x153;ex cathedra,â&#x20AC;? and the only mention of infallibility concerning this topic was an opinion by Pope Benedict while he was still a cardinal. 2. His knowledge of the history of the Bible seems lacking at best. The Catholic Church Old Testament is a Jewish book, not one created by the Catholic Church. The difference between the Lutheran and Catholic versions is because the Catholic Church chose the Greek translation (Septuagint) and Luther chose to go with the version used by the Jewish religion, which does not contain any books written after 450 B.C. 3. His limitations on the Mass are strictly of his own thinking. The Mass was first celebrated as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;supper of the Lord,â&#x20AC;? and is far more than a remembrance of Calvary. 4. As for no salvation outside of the Church, perhaps someone should explain the teachings of Vatican II to Mr. Zimak. He seems to have stopped his belief in Catholic teachings at the Council of Trent. There are a number of other discrepancies in Mr. Zimakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article, and we are disappointed that Catholic San Francisco publishes such a document and gives Catholics the feeling that this is the whole truth. Mike Ghiorso Denis Nolan Daly City

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on contrary opinions After reading and rereading the July 30 issue â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guest Commentary â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ten facts most Catholics donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know (but should!)â&#x20AC;? by Gary Zimak of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catholic Exchange,â&#x20AC;? I wondered what Catholic San Francisco editors had in mind when selecting the piece for publication. It provided no new insights but instead the same old worn out points that are often made by some finger-shaking, pre-Vatican II conservative, â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditionalâ&#x20AC;? Roman Catholics. Zimakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-women clerical citation is a given! It seems to me that the main point of the commentary was that â&#x20AC;&#x153;no-longer Catholicsâ&#x20AC;? should take notice: unless you come back into the Roman Catholic Church and accept all the â&#x20AC;&#x153;doctrineâ&#x20AC;? it espouses, you will burn in Hell or perhaps in Purgatory for an undetermined

period of time. Certainly the piece did not contain any new, enlightened points of view that would pique the interest of forward looking, contemporary Christians searching for new understanding. So why tell conservative readers what they already fully accept and celebrate (e.g. there is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church)? But to declare that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Bible is a Catholic Bookâ&#x20AC;? seems to leave out our Jewish forefathers; or that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Annulments are not Catholic divorcesâ&#x20AC;? thereby offending oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sense of honesty; or that â&#x20AC;?Hell and Purgatory still existâ&#x20AC;? especially for former Catholics, all seem consistent with a look backward. So why select wornout points of view as a way to engender interest in former Catholics who probably donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read Catholic San Francisco anyway? Why not select a stimulatingly contemporary, forward looking and in step with Vatican II piece so that all might learn new perspectives rather than one that cites the Councils of Hippo (313) and Carthage (397) among others? Joseph Barbaccia MD San Francisco

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Love and compassionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Every time I read your paper it makes me seriously consider leaving the Church. Today I read â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ten Facts Catholics Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know (but should)â&#x20AC;? with the smirking picture of the author. The first fact we Catholics donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know is that women will never be priests. I never real-

ized how bigoted and hateful the Church was until your newspaper began rubbing my face in it every week. You seize every opportunity given to you to degrade and marginalize women. God forbid you ever publish an article recognizing the contributions of women to the Church! Your coverage of the priest sex abuse crimes was equally disgusting. I loved that you used the opportunity to publish articles blaming lay people and the sexual revolution rather than the men who made the conscious decision to rape little children. I also loved that this paper thought to publish an article on why the rapes werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as bad as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re made out to be because, among other reasons, the children were pubescent. Please remember Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.â&#x20AC;? Every time I read your paper I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but think that I have no interest in associating with an institution as apparently hateful as the Catholic Church. You have a responsibility to publish articles that accurately reflect Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message of love and compassion. If you cannot, you may well be responsible for driving away faithful Catholics struggling to understand how the Church can justify its institutionalized misogyny. Elizabeth MacGregor San Francisco

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Presentation Sister Helen Griffin She retired from teaching in 1987 A funeral Mass was celebrated July 2 at the Presentation Sisters Motherhouse but continued in ministry at University Chapel for Presentation Sister Helen of California’s San Francisco hospital Griffin who died June 26. The late reli- and as a regular visitor to young patients in the facility’s pedigious was born in San atric oncology unit. In Francisco and was a Sister recent years she has been of the Presentation of the engaged in the ministry of Blessed Virgin Mary for prayer for missionaries. 67 years. Interment was at Holy Sister Helen graduCross Cemetery in Colma. ated from San Francisco Sister Kathleen College for Women in Griffin, PBVM, survives 1951 subsequently beginSister Helen as do their ning a 42-year teaching brother, Thomas and career at schools including sister-in-law, Anna, as St. Elizabeth, St. Anne, well as nieces, cousEpiphany, and St. Agnes ins and the Presentation in San Francisco, and Sisters. Sister Helen’s Nativity in Menlo Park. Sister Helen served Sister Helen Griffin, PBVM parents are the late Ellen Corrigan Griffin and during years when the Michael Griffin, a oneArchdiocese of San Francisco encompassed a huge region time San Francisco firefighter. of Northern California, and relevant to Memorial contributions to the Sisters that, also taught in schools now part of of the Presentation are preferred. the Diocese of Oakland, formed from the Contributions can be sent to Sisters of Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1962 and the Presentation, Development Office, the Diocese of San Jose, formed from the 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1981. 94118.

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discover leadership abilities that they often use throughout their lives. My advice to college students who are serious about their faith and relationship with God – or want to be – is to try some of the following suggestions: First, find someone to go to Mass with you. Most young adults hesitate to go to a Mass their own. It is a lot different not being connected to a family or with familiar people at Sunday Mass. Establish a group of “church friends.” Students have told me that they met some of their dearest friends while they were involved in campus ministry or at the Newman Center of their university, and often their spouses. Second, sign up for at least one activity that campus ministry or the center provides. Get involved in a liturgical ministry. Join a faith sharing or scripture group. Sign up for a retreat. In my experience, students in their final year or semester of school who went on a campus retreat for the first time often said how much they regretted not participating early on. It is a great way to make good friends who share similar values. If you are a commuter student who does not live on a campus or goes to a school that does not have its own Catholic Center, find a parish where you can get involved. Talk to the pastor about opportunities to connect

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St. Patrick’s Seminary & University Sept. 18: St. Patrick’s Seminary & University Four Pillars Gala at the school, 320 Middlefield Rd. in Menlo Park. Evening includes Vespers at 5 p.m. then tours, social hour, dinner, raffle and dancing. Tickets are $150 per person. Raffle tickets $25 each or a book of five for $100. For more information visit our www.stpatricksseminary.org, email events@stpatricksseminary.org or call (650) 325-5621, ext. 211.Proceeds benefit the school.

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption Gough and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 St. Mary’s Cathedral marks its 40th year in 2010. Aug. 15, 11 a.m.: Archbishop George Niederauer presides at Mass commemorating the patronal feast of the Cathedral with prayers and blessings linked to the feast as well as a procession to the Cathedral’s Shrine of the Assumption. Aug. 15, 4 p.m.: Investiture of four priests – Fathers James O’Malley, John Talesfore, James Tarantino, Michael Padazinski - recently named by Pope Benedict XVI as Monsignor. Archbishop Niederauer will preside. Additional special events of the anniversary include the annual Festival of Flowers which takes place at the Cathedral October 1 – 3, with a Gala Preview and Reception September 30, from 6 - 9 p.m. For more information on the Festival visit the Flower Festival website www.CathedralFlowers. org, or call (415) 567-2020. Monterey Bishop Richard Garcia this year joins Archbishop George Niederauer as Flower Festival Honorary chair.

Youth Ministry Visit http://sforeym.googlepages.com Sept. 26, 4 p.m.: Mass in Celebration of Youth at St. Anne of the Sunset Church, Judah St. at Funston in San Francisco. This is a collaborative event of high school campus ministers and parish youth ministers/Confirmation coordinators. Youth are encouraged to get involved as music ministers, readers, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, and ministers of hospitality. Help is also needed with set-up, clean-up and refreshments. A planning meeting is scheduled for Aug. 31 at the Pastoral Center, One Peter Yorke Way in San Francisco. Contact your parish youth minister or school campus minister or call (415) 614-5654.

Volunteer Opportunities Catholic Charities CYO is an independent nonprofit organization operating as the social services arm of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Rooted in our faith traditions of charity and justice, CCCYO works to support, stabilize and strengthen families. Volunteers have the power to change lives and impact communities. Contact Liz Rodriguez at erodriguez@cccyo.org or (415) 972-1297 to fill out a volunteer application. A list of current open volunteer positions is available online at www.cccyo.org/volunteer. The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco serves over 1,000 men, women and children every day through a spectrum of programs. Learn about available volunteer opportunities with our shelters, programs, and events helping those suffering from poverty, homelessness, addiction and domestic violence. For more information, please contact Joe Garvey, Volunteer Coordinator, at (415) 977-1270 x 304 or e-mail jgarvey@svdp-sf.org. St. Anthony Foundation serves thousands of poor and homeless individuals and families through its food program, drug and alcohol recovOct. 8, 8 p.m.: A Night of Prayer and Song with musicians Bob Hurd and Dan Schutte at St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave. in San Francisco. Songs written by the pair include Pan de Vida and Here I Am Lord. Tickets at $25 per person include refreshments at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.lanier.org/st-kevin or contact Matt Lanier at (650) 738-1632 or matt@lanier. org. Proceeds benefit the parish.

Datebook Oct. 9, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Archdiocese of San Francisco Respect Life Conference - Rediscovering the Family in a Technological Age at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption – St. Francis Hall, Gough St. at Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Tickets are $40 for general John M. Father Tadeusz admission; $60 for nurses Haas Ph.D. Pacholczyk, Ph.D. CE; and $90 for doctors CE. Families are faced with physical, spiritual and psychosocial dilemmas in today’s world. These talks compare and contrast Natural Law with today’s concept of marriage, conscience, birth control and artificial reproduction. Topics and speakers included The Good of Marriage and Contraception, Sterilization and NFP, John M. Haas Ph.D.; Babies are Begotten Not Made and Bioethical Questions Surrounding the Question of Same Sex Marriage, Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. Also a panel discussion with Father Pacholczyk, Dr. Haas and Vicki Evans, Respect Life Coordinator, Archdiocese of San Francisco. A Course Evaluation will be completed for CE requirements. To register Visit: www.ncbcenter.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1069 or www.ccwf.org or www.sflifeandjustice.org. For information contact Vicki Evans vevans1438@att.net or call (415) 614-5533, Kathleen O’Connell-Sundaram, RN, BSM adminccwf@gmail.com (408) 391-6211; Julie Kelley jkelly@ncbcenter.org (215) 877-2660. Sponsors include Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns, National Catholic Bioethics Center, California Catholic Women’s Forum and SF Chapter of National Association of Catholic Nurses.

ery, free medical clinic, clothing program, tech lab, and other programs. Our award winning Volunteer Program is an integral part of our services and relationships. For more information, visit www. stanthonysf.org and fill out a volunteer opportunity request form or contact Marie O’Connor at 415-592-2726. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County is the safety net every year for over 40,000 San Mateo County residents in need, including more than 17,000 children. See how you can join us. Call Atrecia at 373-0623 or e-mail svdpinfo@yahoo.com. Handicapables continues its 40-year tradition of prayer and fellowship each month at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Volunteers are always welcome. Call Olivia at (415) 751-8531or Jane at (415) 585-9085. Handicapables will not meet at the Cathedral in October but another event is planned. Ask at the numbers above.. La Porziuncola Nuova at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi. To volunteer and become a Knight of Saint Francis, contact Jim Brunsmann at jimbrunsmann@comcast.net or go to www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com and follow the Volunteer Application link at the bottom of the home page.

Single, Divorced, Separated Aug. 15, noon: Annual picnic for Divorced and Separated in the Archdiocese of San Francisco at San Bruno City Park. All unmarried Catholics and their families are invited for an afternoon of good food, great fun, and lots of camaraderie. Hot dogs, sausages, buns, condiments and a cook are supplied. Please bring side dish, beverage or dessert to share. Always fun! Nominal charge of $5/person or $10/ family covers meat, charcoal and other expenses. For directions and more information, call Gail at (650) 591-8452.

Catholic Charismatic Renewal Sept. 17 – 19: San Francisco Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave. in San Francisco across from City College. Speakers include Msgr. James Tarantino, Father Dan Nascimento, Mark Ferrel, Carolyn Suty. Tickets are priced at $40 for the weekend, $25 per day, $10 Youth with lunch. Hot lunch is available. To register in English, call (415) 564-PRAY; in Spanish, call (650) 773-4709; in Vietnamese, call (408) 661-6751. Youth registration, call (415) 350-8677. Masses of healing Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 11:30 a.m.; Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Reunions Aug. 13 – 15: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School’s 125th Anniversary Weekend including liturgies, cocktail reception, block-party, open house. Visit www.mountcarmel.org/alumni or call (650) 366-8817. Aug. 28: Class of ’60 Notre Dame High School, Belmont. E-mail Igoa McCall at mcbett@comcast. net. Aug. 28, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Alumni Day at Notre Dame Elementary School, 1200 Notre Dame Ave. off Ralston in Belmont. E-mail jpenner@nde.org. Day includes picnic, tours, kids’ activities. Sept. 18: St. Paul High School class of 1960 contact: Lil Carter 415-584-3938 email:sphsclassof1960@yahoo.com Sept. 25, 11:30 a.m.: St. Brigid High School all-school reunion at Presidio Officers Golf Club. Contact Pat Sabatini at (650) 685-5666. October 22: Class of ’60, St. Cecilia Elementary School Wine and Cheese Party in the parish Collins Center. Event includes tour of the school and the opportunity to participate in the annual Parish Festival. Contact Bob O’Donnell at rjodfc@yahoo.

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Food & Fun Aug 28, 5:30 pm.: Women of St Paul annual Pasta Dinner and Raffle at St. Paul Church, Father Mario P. Farana Parish Hall, 29th and Valley Streets in San Francisco. The meal includes salad, bread, pasta, meatballs and dessert. No host bar opens at 5:30 p.m. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. New this year: A Children’s Craft Table. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. For reservations, contact St Paul Rectory at (415) 648-7538. Aug. 28, 29: Super Bargain sale at St. Anne of the Sunset’s Moriarty Hall on Funston between Judah and Irving. Hours are Saturday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. – noon. New and used items will be available for purchase. Proceeds benefit St. Anne Parish. For more information or to donate items call Lucy at (415) 681-8719; Lydia at (650) 888-8973, or Vera at (415) 752-2732. Oct. 6, 11 a.m.: St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco’s annual Brennan Awards lunch and ceremony at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel, 333 O’Farrell St. Award recipients are Sharon McCarthy Allen and Joanne Murphy. Visit www. svdp-sf.org

Traditional Latin Mass The traditional Latin Mass celebrated according to texts and rubrics of the Missal of Blessed John XXIII of 1962 is celebrated at four locations within the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Sunday, 12:15 p.m.: Holy Rosary Chapel at St. Vincent School for Boys in San Rafael. For more information, call St. Isabella Parish at (415) 479-1560. First Fridays, 7 p.m.: St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425 Bay Rd. at Glen Way in East Palo Alto. For more information, call (650) 322-2152. Father Lawrence Goode, pastor, is celebrant. First Sundays, 5:30 p.m.: Mater Dolorosa, 307 Willow Ave. South San Francisco. For more information call (650) 583-4131. Second Sundays, 5:30 p.m.: St. Finn Barr Church, Edna St at Hearts in San Francisco. Call (415) 333-3627.

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Seeking — and finding — God in (almost) everything “THE JESUIT GUIDE TO (ALMOST) EVERYTHING: A SPIRITUALITY FOR REAL LIFE” by James Martin, SJ. HarperOne (San Francisco, 2010). 406 pp., $26.99.

Reviewed by Allen Wright Catholic News Service Jesuit Father James Martin, author of numerous books including the best-seller “My Life with the Saints,” draws primarily from the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the wisdom of other Jesuits to bring to life an abundance of spiritual and practical insights for living in today’s world full of complexities and confusion. In “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything,” the insights of St. Ignatius, a 16th-century mystic and saint, are presented as relevant today as they ever were. Through the skillful writing and pastoral nature of Father Martin, the Ignatian way of “finding God in all things” is made accessible to scholar and layperson, believer and nonbeliever alike on each page of this book. Father Martin’s gift as a writer and storyteller allows the reader to feel right at home with the writings and thought of St. Ignatius, who becomes a friend on the journey rather than an archaic, antiquated saint whose spirituality is out of touch with the 21st-century thinker. Quite the opposite. Questions that confront all people are addressed in this book including: How do I know what I’m supposed to do in life? How do I make good decisions? How can I face suffering? How can I find God? How do I pray? How do I love? All these questions and many more are discussed through the lens of Ignatian spirituality, which is at its core very practical and useful no matter what the generation or century.

“The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything” does not shy away from naming the foundation of St. Ignatius’ life, after his army injury, which was his relationship and commitment to follow Jesus Christ and the teachings achings in the Gospel. Father Martin does an excellent job of repeatedly going backk to the underpinning of all Catholic theology heology and spirituality which is Jesus himself. imself. In the chapter titled “Thee Six Paths,” Father Martin examiness the different paths people choosee to take in life concerning their relaelationship or lack of relationshipp to God. People are often in transition ion between these paths, but he is insightful about the popular credo do that a person can be “spiritual but ut not religious.” He aptly points out, “While ‘spiritual’ is obviously healthy, ‘not religious’ may be another way of saying that faith is something between you and God. And while faith is a question of you and God, it’s not just a question of you and God. Because this would mean that you, alone, are relating God. And that ing to God means there’s no one to suggest when you might be off track.” Later on in a chapter titled “What Do You Want,” Father Martin reflects on his own journey from Wall Street to the seminary and insists that God meets you where you are and

that “you are loved even in your imperfections. God already loves you.” Throughout the book, Father Martin writes about aspects of Ignatian spirituality (the importance of listening, for example), i including various quotes from St. Ignatius himself. He q also inserts quotes from the Gospels or another Jesuit saint, writer or colleague and then draws from his life experience to make the story come alive. These life experiences are common m to us all and the gift in reading this th book is that in relating to the reallife lif stories, we connect our sometimes ordinary daily lives with the life of faith ord that connects us to God. The T wealth of spiritual insight this book provides is enormous. Although its more than 400 pages might seem m intimidating for the average layperson, this intimid user-friendly book responds to the multitude user-fri of questions that people ask regarding faith, quest incorporating incorpora the wealth of Scripture, tradition and personal perso stories to make it an enjoyable journey. Those who are accustomed to the T way of St. St Francis, St. Therese of Lisieux or Blessed Teresa Ter of Calcutta will find a friend in St. Ignatius. Allan Wright is author of “Jesus in the House” and “The Bible’s Best Love Stories,” published by St. Anthony Messenger Press.

‘Tales From Earthsea’ animation film offers parables of life and death By Joseph McAleer NEW YORK (CNS) — Wizards are fighting, dragons are circling overhead and the natural world has lost its balance in “Tales From Earthsea” (Walt Disney/Studio Ghibli), a Japanese anime adaptation of the popular book series by Ursula K. Le Guin. Originally released in Japan in 2006, “Tales From Earthsea” offers multiple parables on life and death; freedom and slavery, and the need to respect the environment. There’s a lot going on here, and viewers unfamiliar with the novels and their complex mythology may feel bewildered. But — as centered on the figure of Sparrowhawk (voice of Timothy Dalton), a master wizard — this is essentially an epic struggle between good and evil with a healthy dose of Christian symbolism thrown in. Along with the other symptoms of a disturbances in Earthsea’s life force — sailors no longer able to control the

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wind and waves, failed crops, rampant pestilence, increasing drug use and the onslaught of those dragons — the king’s son, Prince Arren (voice of Matt Levin), has disappeared. After committing murder, this boy-wizard goes on walkabout, eventually joining Sparrowhawk as his apprentice. Sparrowhawk must protect Arren so that he can control his powers, fulfill his destiny and restore harmony to nature. But Arren is a rebellious teen and runs away. He saves a young girl, Therru (voice of Blaire Restaneo), from slavery, freeing her to return to the farm where she lives with her adopted mother, Tenar (voice of Mariska Hargitay), a former priestess who, it turns out, is Sparrowhawk’s great love. Interrupting the temporary domestic bliss that follows for our coincidental quartet is evil wizard Lord Cob (voice of Willem Dafoe). Terrified by death, Cob wants to live forever. But to achieve this, he must kill all of Earthsea’s good wizards. Catholic viewers will note many quasi-Christian references sprinkled throughout the film. Sparrowhawk carries a staff, and roams the countryside looking for lost lambs, to bring them into “the light.” Tenar recalls the moment when “he came and rescued me and led me into the light.” When Arren is seized by slave traders and thrown in jail, Sparrowhawk miraculously appears, removes Arren’s chains and liberates him, St. Peter-like, while the guards sleep. The central message of “Tales From Earthsea” is about life, “the most important thing in the world.” “Life without death is not life,” the sorcerer tells his apprentice. “Refuse death and you refuse life itself. Life is precious because we know we’re going to die.” Those who, like Cob, try to cheat death get their comeuppance, while those who accept it are offered the hope of an afterlife where the spirit endures. Viewers hooked on the wondrous Disney/Pixar style will be sorely disappointed by the animation on display in this 2D

production. While backgrounds are lush, often resembling beautiful oil paintings, the character renderings are not more advanced than your typical Saturday morning cartoon fare. Additionally, as directed by Goro Miyazaki (son of famed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki), the subject matter of “Tales From Earthsea” is darker, more violent and a lot less fun than most Disney offerings, making this the first-ever animated film produced or distributed by the company to receive a PG-13 rating. The film contains stylized cartoon violence, including stabbings and strangulations, instances of drug use, and fantasy witchcraft. The Catholic News Service classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. McAleer is a guest reviewer for Catholic News Service. More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies.

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EWTN special programs in August Special telecasts on EWTN, the 24-hour Catholic television network, will include the Solemn Mass of the Assumption of Mary, live from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Aug. 15 at 9 a.m. Another special program, “Interrupted Lives: Catholic Sisters Under European Communism,” recounts the courage and deep faith of Eastern-Rite and Latin-Rite nuns who remained faithful to their vocations despite Soviet domination. It airs Aug. 14 at 11 p.m., Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. and Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. “Mount St. Mary’s University: The Spirit Continues,” details the rich history of this Catholic seat of learning, founded in 1808 and located outside Emmitsburg, Maryland, about 65 miles from Washington and 12 miles south of Gettysburg. The documentary airs Aug. 22 at 7 p.m., Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. and Aug. 26 at 2 a.m. “The Healing Prophet: Solanus Casey” tells the story of a Capuchin priest who served his order as a humble porter in the New York City and Detroit areas. He became a renowned miracle worker, sought out by thousands for spiritual advice before his death in 1957 at age 86. The program airs Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 28 at 2 a.m. EWTN is carried on Comcast Channel 229, AT&T Channel 562, Astound Channel 80, San Bruno Cable Channel 143, DISH Satellite Channel 261 and Direct TV Channel 370. Comcast airs EWTN on Channel 70 in Half Moon Bay and on Channel 74 in southern San Mateo County. Visit www.ewtn.com for more information.

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• Companionship, Socializing, Outing • Light Housekeeping • Special Needs • Affordable Rates

Emily Bion Wagman License #39702

650-834-7227 Cell ebw8bion@yahoo.com

Home Care

Handy Man Painting, roof repair, fence (repair/ build) demolition, carpenter, gutter (clean/ repair), kitchen/bathroom remodel, decks, welding, landscaping, gardening, hauling, moving, janitorial.

CA LIC #817607

BONDED & INSURED

415-205-1235

BEST PLUMBING, INC. Your Payless Plumbing

Lic. # 872560

➤ Drain-Sewer Cleaning Service ➤ Water Heaters ➤ Gas Pipes ➤ Toilets ➤ Faucets ➤ Garbage Disposals ➤ Copper Repiping ➤ Sewer Replacement ➤ Video Camera & Line locate PROMPT AND UNPARALLELED SERVICE

(650) 557-1263

EMAIL: bestplumbinginc@comcast.net Member: Better Business Bureau

Senior Care

Full Payroll Service www.irishhelpathome.com

Tel: 415 759 0520

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NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

Home Care Mariah’s Garden Home Care Agency Provides home help, companionship, personal care to seniors. Serving San Francisco Bay Area. Free assessment service 24/7.

Contact 650.619.5870 • 650.921.8161

Counseling Marriage and Individual Counseling David E. Nellis, MA, MFT (415) 242-3355 801 Portola Drive, Suite 108 San Francisco Do you want to be more fulfilled in love and work – but find things keep getting in the way? Unhealed wounds can hold you back - even if they are not the “logical” cause of your problems today. You can be the person God intended. Inner Child Healing Offers a deep spiritual and psychological approach to counseling: ❖ 30 years experience with individuals, couples and groups ❖ Directed, effective and results-oriented ❖ Compassionate and Intuitive ❖ Supports 12-step ❖ Enneagram Personality Transformation ❖ Free Counseling for Iraqi/Afghanistani Vets

Lila Caffery, MA, CCHT San Francisco: 415.337.9474 Complimentary phone consultation www.InnerChildHealing.com

Homecare for Seniors by Accredited Caregiver Specialists

SF Bay Area

$17/hr

Free in-home assessment www.accreditedcaregivers.com 650-307-3890

SUPPLE SENIOR CARE “The most compassionate care in town”

1655 Old Mission Road #3 Colma, SSF, CA 94080 415-573-5141 or 650-993-8036 *Irish owned & operated *Serving from San Francisco to North San Mateo

BILL HEFFERON

* Attendants * Companions * Hospice * Respite Care Competitive Rates • Screened • Insured • Bonded

Fully Licensed • State Certified • Locally Trained • Experienced • On Call 24/7

Call (650) 757-1946 Cell (415) 517-5977

When Life Hurts It Helps To Talk • Family • Work • Relationships • Depression • Anxiety • Addictions

Dr. Daniel J. Kugler Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Over 30 years experience • Reasonable Fees

Confidential • Compassionate • Practical (415) 921-1619 • Insurance Accepted

PAINTING INTERIOR, EXTERIOR All Jobs Large and Small

10% Discount: Seniors, Parishioners

Call BILL 415.731.8065 • Cell: 415.710.0584 bheffpainting@sbcglobal.net Member of Better Business Bureau Bonded, Insured – LIC. #819191

Painting S.O.S. PAINTING CO. Interior-Exterior wallpaper hanging & removal Lic # 526818 Senior Discount

415-269-0446 650-738-9295

www.sospainting.net FREE ESTIMATES

Construction MORROW CONTRUCTION Specializing In Wood Fences

(650) 994-6892 lic. 343633

CAHALAN CONST. Foundations, Earthquake Dryrot, Termite, Siding, Stucco Additions. Remodels lic# 582766

415.279.1266

painting and remodeling

Casarotti + Design

Carpet Cleaning

• Remodels • Additions • Free Estimates • Permit Drawings

Safe Non-Toxic, No Shampoo, Dry in Hours not Days

650.255.5821

1537 Franklin Street • San Francisco, CA 94109

Commercial & Residential Serving SF & San Mateo Co. St. Charles Parishioner

Painting QUALITY HOME CARE SERVING THE BAY AREA SINCE 1996

Service Changes Solar Installation Lighting/Power Fire Alarm/Data Green Energy

www.dreamcyclemusic.com

Since 1972 Ca License # 663641 24 Hour Emergency Service

The Irish Rose

Kathy Faenzi, MA, Clinical Gerontologist Office: 650.401.6350 Web: www.faenziassociates.com

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800.321.2752

Investment

Lic. #933007

John Holtz Ca. Lic 391053 General Contractor Since 1980

(650) 355-4926

Painting & Remodeling •Interiors •Exteriors •Kitchens •Baths Contractor inspection reports and pre-purchase consulting