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Union, hospital system battle over workers’ right to choose By Rick DelVecchio When Msgr. John Brenkle heard of the labor-management trouble brewing at Catholic-run Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, he knew he had a touchy problem on his hands.

Special Labor Day section inside Workers were telling him that the hospital’s owner – the St. Joseph Health System, under the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange — was strongly anti-union. But Msgr. Brenkle, pastor at St. Helena Parish in Santa Rosa and an experienced hand at labor law, knew the Sisters as having an exemplary record in battles for farm worker rights in the 1960s and for “the tremendous amount of good work they do for the poor.” What’s more, he and the order’s General Superior and hospital’s system UNION, HOSPITAL, page L5

Hispanic Charismatic Congress Father José Corral (inset) leads 1,500 faithful at the annual Hispanic Charismatic Catholic Congress, held at Mercy High School in San Francisco Aug. 9-10. This year’s theme was “It Is I, Do Not Be Afraid” from Matthew 14:27

Priest ordained for Archdiocese in Republic of Congo Father Ghislain Bazikila completes complex road to holy orders June 21

ore than 200 priests and hundreds of assembly members gathered June 21 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo for the priestly ordination of Father Ghislain Bazikila for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and 15 other men for the Archdiocese of Brazzaville. Ordaining prelate was Archbishop Anatoly Milandou of Brazzaville. Sulpician Father Luis Corneli represented St. Patrick’s Seminary and University at the rite. “It was wonderful,” Father Corneli told Catholic San Francisco. “With five choirs and hundreds of voices the day was triumphal.” The site of the Mass was in front of the Brazzaville cathedral and the archbishop’s residence, Father Corneli said, noting that it was the same place Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass for thousands during a trip to Africa in 1981. Because Father Bazikila’s father was too ill to travel to the United States, Archbishop George Niederauer granted special permission for the priest to be ordained in his homeland. The Archdiocese of San Francisco announced last FATHER BAZIKILA, page 13

Father Ghislain Bazikila distributes Communion at his ordination Mass June 21.

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On The Where You Live by Tom Burke If you have the time, your help is needed at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco accompanying residents to Mass. Mass times – and you may volunteer for one, all or any combination of the times - are Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. If enough people come forward, a Saturday Vigil Mass at 3 p.m. will be added. Father William Young, now retired and a volunteer at Laguna Honda, called in the request on behalf of Father Te Van Nguyen, Laguna Honda chaplain. If you think this is right for you, call Bob Deel, Laguna Honda pastoral Dylan Holborn-Welsh care coordinator, at (415) 759-3043. Many remember and parish ministry. The Friars have served the people of Our pastor, presided over the festivities with music from the are grateful for the long service of Sister Miriam Walsh at Laguna Honda. Sister Miriam, a Mission Helper of the Lady of Angels since its founding in 1926 – retreat centers, famed Coro Hispano, directed by Pedro Gaffney, as well Sacred Heart, is now at her congregation’s motherhouse outreach to the incarcerated, education, and ministry to the as Mariachis at the event reception. Brianna Daly, grandback East for an extended period of rest. Her address is poor. Call Mike Stecher at (650) 342-4680 or Anne Hahn daughter of Bob Huerta and his wife, Kati, was honored as 1001 W. Jappa Rd., Baltimore, Md. 21204. For many at (650) 692-5044…. Congrats and thanks to Major queen of the rites. Andrew Galvan is Old Mission curayears it was Sister Miriam who asked for help such as this Gregory Chrisman, recently retired after 20 years and tor…. Dylan Holborn-Welsh, a seventh grade student at San and many heard the call. May this time be no different…. 5,000 flying hours including deployment to Iraq with the Francisco’s St. Gabriel Elementary School, left many behind U.S. Air Force Reserve. Greg has as first place finisher Youth from Burlingame’s Our flown for Southwest Airlines for in the pentathlon Lady of Angels Parish heard the 14 years. Mighty proud are his wife, event of Region 14 cry of the poor traveling to Tecate, Jan, children, Grant and Greer, USA Track and Field, Mexico and building a new house both students at St. Catherine of the same organization for the Espinoza-Medina family Siena Elementary School, and for Team USA at the – Roberto, Maria Dolores and Grayson, a freshman at Junipero Olympics in Beijing. their children Marlon, Gustavo Serra High School, as well as folks, The competitions Leonardo and Carla Alejandra. Dorothea and George Chrisman five elements are The family’s income is about $200 of Our Lady of Angels Parish 80-meter hurdles, a week from Roberto’s wages as a in Burlingame….Happy 50 years shot put, high jump, rancher and Maria Dolores’ earnings married June 28 to Lucky and long jump and a as a seamstress. The family’s current Jerry McGowan who took their 1,500-meter run. residence has a dirt floor and a leaky vows at St. Anthony Church in San Soon back to school, roof with walls made from used lumFrancisco and renewed their troth at Dylan is all set for ber. The new home will change all St. Peter Church in Pacifica where the upcoming crossthat. Living conditions are still spare they have been active members for country season in though with no inside plumbing and more than 40 years. Jerry is a 1956 September. “Dylan limited access to clean water. The alum of Archbishop Riordan High aspires to compete at mercy team included Katie Green, Katy Daly and Old Mission Lucky and Jerry McGowan School and Lucky is a 1958 graduate the Olympics when Sam Diserens, Ron DelPape, Marg Dolores curator, Andrew Galvan McCaffery, Andrew Turzanski, Samantha Benz, Ellen of Immaculate Conception Academy. Among those wish- he is older,” said West, Kyle Goldstein, Erica Lewis, Kelsey Merrigan, ing the couple well were their children Michelle Smith, proud mom, Alice Mary Grace Chambers, Danielle Baker, Erin O’Connor, Yvette Holt, Rene Rushing, Denise Fritz and Michael Holborn. Proud dad is Charles Welsh…. This is an empty Gabi Lewis, Mackenzie DelPape, Dean Garibaldi, McGowan…. Happy anniversary to Linda and Tony space without you. Send items and pictures via e-mail to Ryan Flynn and OLA Youth Minister Teresita Santiago. Sideco, parishioners of Holy Name of Jesus Parish, who burket@sfarchdiocese.org. 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WASHINGTON (CNS) – The athletic success of a young man resettled in the United States as a Sudanese refugee in 2001 has shined a spotlight on the Catholic agency that helped him find a new home after years of life in a Kenyan refugee camp. Lopez Lomong was among the 3,800 “lost boys of Sudan” who were resettled in the United States in 2001 with the help of the U.S. bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services. He became a U.S. citizen in 2007, and today is an Olympian competing in the games in Beijing. Lomong, a Catholic, qualified for the 1,500-meter run by finishing third July 6 at Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., the same trials at which San Francisco’s Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s 2002 graduate Shannon Rowbury qualified for the Olympics’ 1500-meter competition. On Aug. 6 Lomong’s teammates on the U.S. Olympic team chose him to carry the U.S. flag during the Aug. 8 opening ceremonies. Not only were his friends and his foster parents, Barb and Rob Rogers of Tully, N.Y., celebrating his success, but so were officials at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. MRS helped resettle Lomong in the Diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., where he is a member of St. Leo Parish in Tully. Catholic Charities also helped him resettle and find a home with the Rogers. “Lopez Lomong’s selection to lead the U.S. Olympic team will remind the world that the United States remains a beacon of hope for refugees around the globe, and will remind all Americans of our history as a welcoming nation,” said Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Migration and a former San Francisco Archdiocese auxiliary. In a statement Aug. 7, he called it “a proud moment, not only for Lopez and his fellow Olympians, but also for our nation.” Johnny Young, executive director of MRS, applauded Lomong’s selection as flag bearer. “It is incredible to think that a young boy who fled violence in his home country is now the flag bearer for his new country at the Olympics,” he said. “It is a testament to the U.S. refugee program and shows us that former refugees have much to contribute to our nation. It also demonstrates that a generous U.S. refugee policy can save lives and that the Catholic Church can play a role in that,” he said.

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Lopez Lomong, left, of the U.S runs during a heat of the men’s 1,500-meter competition at the Olympics Aug. 15. The member of St. Leo Parish in Tully, N.Y., was eliminated from the competition Aug. 17 in the 1,500-meter semifinals.

Each year the United States welcomes up to 60,000 refugees from around the world, with MRS and Catholic dioceses across the country assisting about one-quarter of them. Julianne Duncan, now associate director of children’s services for MRS, worked in 2000 at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, the camp where Lomong was living before he came to the U.S. She was deployed there by the International Catholic Migration Commission under contract with the United Nations. She was very involved with the case of the “lost boys,” so called because they were driven from their tribal villages and separated from their parents during the height of their country’s civil war, from 1993 to 2003. Refugee camps became their home. Duncan’s job was to interview boys still under 18

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Hong Kong group protests China abuses HONG KONG (CNS) – The Hong Kong Diocese’s justice and peace commission has used the Beijing Olympics to highlight China’s human rights violations. On Aug. 13, the commission demonstrated outside the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong, placing an envelope containing a statement addressed to the government on the iron railings in front of the office, reported UCA News. The statement urged the government to improve human rights, allow greater religious freedom and honor promises on human rights and press freedom made when it applied to host the Olympics. The statement listed people detained as a result of trying to protect local residents’ farms and houses, which Chinese officials took over for construction work for the Olympics. It also listed human rights activists.

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August 22, 2008 A seemingly three-dimensional image of Christ appears above the altar at the new Cathedral of Christ the Light Aug. 13 in Oakland. The cathedral, under construction since 2005, will be dedicated Sept. 25. It replaces St. Francis de Sales Cathedral which was damaged beyond repair in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The 58-foottall image of Christ in Majesty is formed by light passing through 94,000 laser-made holes on metal panels.

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Pope John Paul II to move the cause forward, the miracle needed for their beatification was not approved by the Vatican until early July. Louis lived 1823-1894 and his wife lived 1831-1877. They had nine children, five of whom joined religious orders.

Pope: overcome racism VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI warned that racism is alive in modern society, and he urged the Church to help overcome all forms of racial intolerance. He said racism is often tied to economic and social problems. Although such problems may be real, they can never justify racial discrimination, he said Aug. 17. While the pontiff did not mention specific countries, his words had an immediate echo in Italy, where a series of government actions against illegal immigrants have prompted strong debate inside and outside the Church.

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Buchenwald liberator dies at 83 OXFORD, Iowa (CNS) – As a 19-year-old, James Hoyt was among the first four U.S. soldiers to help liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany in 1945. The experience seared haunting memories in his mind. For decades it left him unable to speak about what he had seen. On Aug. 14, the 83-year-old member of St. Mary Parish in Oxford was laid to rest, described as an American hero and the subject of national headlines. He died Aug. 11. Father Ed Dunn, pastor, said in his homily at the funeral Mass, “The suffering of the soldiers and civilians in Iraq during these past five years pained him deeply. I ran across one of Jim’s sayings to the effect that the only ones who love war are those who have not been in it. He was a man of peace.”

manuscripts and a climate-controlled room for precious papyrus fragments, the head of the library said. In addition, the library is reclaiming as a reading room the finely decorated Sistine Hall, which has been used in recent times for Vatican Museums’ exhibits. Cardinal Raffaele Farina, prefect of the Vatican Library, gave a progress report on the remodeling project in an interview Aug. 15.The work, which began in 2007, is expected to be completed by 2010, when the library will reopen to scholars.

CHICAGO (CNS) – The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay 16 victims of clergy sex abuse more than $12.6 million in a settlement announced Aug. 12. In addition to financial payments, the archdiocese agreed to make public additional information and files related to the cases, including the deposition of Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago. The settlement followed two years of mediation between the archdiocese and attorneys for the victims. The settlement covers 14 cases involving 10 priests between 1962 and 1994. The two others relate to Father Daniel McCormack, who pleaded guilty in 2007 to charges related to the abuse of five children. He is serving a five-year prison sentence.

‘40 Days for Life’ set WASHINGTON (CNS) – A nationwide ecumenical campaign called “40 Days for Life” aims to end abortion through prayer, fasting, outreach and vigils. From Sept. 24 to Nov. 4, there will be 173 campaigns at abortion clinics in 45 states, two Canadian provinces and Puerto Rico. During Lent this year similar campaigns were held in 59 locations across the country.

Nuns find priest’s mutilated body Saint’s parents’ beatification ok’d HYDERABAD, India (CNS) – The mutilated body of Jewish covenant revision voted VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI has a Catholic priest was found on a deserted road in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state. The body of Father Thomas Pandipally, 37, a Carmelite of Mary Immaculate priest, was found Aug. 17 near Yellareddy, a town about 200 miles northwest of the state capital Hyderabad. Father Pandipally was the local pastor and vice principal of a church-run high school in Yellareddy. His provincial superior, Father Alex Thannippara said 18 wounds on the priest’s body showed he tried to block his attackers.

Library includes fireproof bunker VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican Library’s makeover will include construction of a fireproof bunker for

approved the beatification of Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. The couple will be beatified Oct. 19, World Mission Sunday, during a Mass in the Basilica of St. Therese in Lisieux, France, the Vatican announced Aug. 19. St. Therese and St. Francis Xavier are the patron saints of the missions. With beatification, the diocese where the candidate lived or the religious order to which the person belonged is authorized to hold public commemorations on the person’s feast day. With the declaration of sainthood, public liturgical celebrations are allowed around the world. The Martins were declared venerable, one of the first steps in the sainthood process, in 1994. But despite the active encouragement of

WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. bishops have voted to ask the Vatican to approve a small change in the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults to clarify Church teaching on God’s covenant with the Jewish people. The proposed change – which would replace one sentence in the catechism – was discussed by the bishops in executive session at their June meeting in Orlando, Fla., but did not receive the needed two-thirds majority of all members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at that time. After mail balloting, the final vote of 231-14, with one abstention, was announced Aug. 5. The change would remove a sentence that reads: “Thus the covenant that God made with the Jewish people through Moses remains eternally valid for them.” Replacing it would be: “To the Jewish people, whom God first chose to hear his word, ‘belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the wor-

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Justin Slute (center, front) poses with his school’s super-mileage vehicles and the Mater Dei Catholic High School team at the Shell Eco-marathon in Fontana, Calif., in April. The high school team from Evansville, Ind., took the grand prize with the single-seat vehicle that gets more than 2,800 miles to a gallon of gas.

ship and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ’” (Rom 9:4-5; cf. CCC, No. 839).

Philippine bishop pleads for peace PIKIT, Philippines (CNS) – Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato, Philippines, has urged government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace negotiators to stop the fighting that has displaced thousands of villagers in the southern Philippines. The archbishop sent a text message with

the plea to negotiators on both sides Aug. 12, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News. The British news agency Reuters reported that Muslim separatists were pulling out of Catholic farmlands Aug. 12 after a two-day military assault on their positions forced nearly 160,000 people to flee from eight towns on the island of Mindanao.

Darfur: focus of new Bible study WASHINGTON (CNS) – Many perspectives have been used over the years

Clarification The Aug. 8 issue of Catholic San Francisco carried an advertisement for the National Rosary Crusade. Unfortunately, the advertisement narrative includes a sentence which can be interpreted as insensitive to the religion of Islam, though we do not believe that is the intent. The sentence speaks of “worldwide terrorism perpetrated by those who profess to be Muslims…” We are confident that Rosary Crusade officials were trying to make a distinction between members of the Islamic faith who condemn violence and individuals who might manipulate religion to justify it. We regret that the language could be misleading and apologize for any offense or discord it might have caused.

as the basis for Scripture study, but a new Bible study using ongoing genocide as its basis may be a first. “The Not on Our Watch Christian Companion” uses the atrocities in Darfur, a region in Sudan, for its biblical reflections. The book expands on The New York Times best-seller “Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond” by actor Don Cheadle, who starred in the Rwandan genocide-themed film “Hotel Rwanda,” and Africa expert John Prendergast, cofounder of the Enough Project, a Darfur activist group. Information about the book is available online at: www.darfurchristianaction.org.

Cardinal to be exhumed LONDON (CNS) – The British government has agreed to allow the exhumation of the body of a 19th-century cardinal whose cause for sainthood widely is expected to progress soon to beatification. The Ministry of Justice granted a license to allow undertakers to dig up the body of Cardinal John Henry Newman from a grave in a small cemetery in the suburbs of Birmingham, England, and transfer it to a marble sarcophagus in a church in the city, where it can be venerated by pilgrims. The license was expected to arrive Aug. 11, the 118th anniversary of the cardinal’s death in 1890.

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Father Albert Vucinovich Priest remembered as caring, tough, mentor and loving ministry By Tom Burke A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 20 for Father Albert Vucinovich, retired pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Burlingame. Father Vucinovich, also a retired U.S. Navy captain, died Aug. 14 at Stanford Hospital after a four-year battle with leukemia. Ordained June 13, 1964, he was 71 years old. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice was principal celebrant at the funeral Mass. He spoke with Catholic San Francisco on the day of Father Vucinovich’s death on behalf of himself and Archbishop George Neiderauer and Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, who were out of the country. “Al loved being a priest,” Bishop Justice said. “He cared deeply for his people. He loved his flock, loved Jesus and wanted to share Jesus with them.” Father Vucinovich was also a priest with whom the bishops were glad to share the mantle of leadership. “Al was a very good mentor with new priests,” Bishop Justice said, “and he remained good friends with them. We are very glad to have been in ministry with him.” The late priest was someone who did not shy away from the tough subject or issue, according to Bishop Justice. “Al was always concerned and said what needed to be said very sincerely and without ego. We are very sorry to loose him but he has suffered greatly, especially during the last few months. We are glad he is in peace now and embraced by the God he loves.” A native of San Francisco, Father Vucinovich attended St. Paul Elementary School and Archbishop Riordan High School before beginning studies for the priesthood at St. Joseph College Seminary in Mountain View, now closed, and St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park. His first assignment as a priest was to Church of the Resurrection in Sunnyvale where the now late Father Nicholas Farana was founding pastor. Father Farana saw in the young priest what many in ensuing years also saw. In a communication with then Archbishop Joseph McGucken, Father Farana said the new presbyter had “not only in action but in spirit, qualities of the highest priestly virtue.” Father Vucinovich was homilist at Father Farana’s funeral Mass in March 1998. Father Vucinovich and Father Larry Goode, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in East Palo Alto, were seminary classmates and friends. “We were as close as two guys from rival schools could be,” Father Goode said with a laugh. “He went to Riordan and I went to Serra.” Father Goode remembered Father Vucinovich as a “guy on the job” who “loved being a priest and out with the people.”

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LAKE FOREST, Calif. (CNS) – The presumptive presidential nominees of the nation’s two major political parties Aug. 16 tried to define themselves in religious terms on topics ranging from their personal moral failings to how to deal with climate change during a televised forum from Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. The Rev. Rick Warren, author of the best-selling “The Purpose-Driven Life,” questioned Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., separately for an hour each in a nationally broadcast session held in the sanctuary of the 20,000-member evangelical church Warren founded. He posed nearly identical questions to each senator, starting with queries about whose advice they value and what some of their personal moral failings have been and how the nation has failed morally. With McCain offstage in a room where he couldn’t hear the interview, Obama spoke first, saying he thought “America’s greatest moral failure in my lifetime” has been not following Jesus’ call in Matthew of “whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.” “That basic principle applies to poverty,” Obama said. “It applies to racism and sexism ... and (to) not having, ... not thinking about providing ladders of opportunity for people to get into the middle class. There is a pervasive sense, I think, that this country is wealthy and powerful but we still don’t spend enough time thinking about ‘the least of these.’” McCain’s answer to the same question was similar, though not framed with the Scripture reference. “Perhaps we have not devoted ourselves to causes greater than our self-interest, although we’ve been the best at it (selfinterest) of anybody in the world,” McCain said. McCain said he thought after the terrorist attacks of 2001 the American people should not have been told to go shopping or to travel, but to join the Peace Corps, Americorps or the military and to expand the work the United States is doing to improve life for people in other parts of the world. McCain said the failure of his first marriage was his personal greatest moral failing. He did not elaborate. Obama attributed difficult times in his youth when he experimented with drugs and drinking as personal moral failings. He said he has traced his problems in those days to “a certain selfish necessity on my part.” “I was so obsessed with me and the reason I might be dissatisfied that I couldn’t focus on other people,” he said. “The process for me of growing up was to realize it’s not about me.” Even at this point in his life, he said, “when I find myself taking the wrong step I think a lot of the time it’s because I’m trying to protect myself instead of trying to do God’s work.” Warren asked Obama to explain his views about abortion, specifically “at what point does a baby get human rights?” Obama said the answer depends on “whether you are looking

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Priest receives canonical warning WASHINGTON (CNS) – Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois has received a canonical warning from his order’s leadership council because of involvement in a reported ordination ceremony sponsored by Roman Catholic Womenpriests. The warning came during a four-hour meeting Aug. 18 between Father Bourgeois and Maryknoll Superior General Father John Sivalon and the two other members of the order’s General Council in Maryknoll, N.Y. The meeting focused on Father Bourgeois’ role in what Roman Catholic Womenpriests considers the ordination of Janice Sevre-Duszynska to the priesthood nine days earlier in Lexington, Ky. A canonical warning informs a person of a violation of Church law. Future violation could lead to additional penalties, even excommunication. “I have no intentions of participating in a similar ceremony

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Humanae Vitae sets timeless standard, say speakers who holds the Father Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. The papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, much criticized when it The scientists and their advocates in government were miscame out in the sexually liberated 1960s, sets a timeless standard taken on every count, she said. The promotion of contraception for Christian marital relationships and has been validated by swiftly undermined long-held Christian mores and established a decades of sexual freedom’s sad toll, speakers told an audience constitutional right to the privacy of the womb. These steps led of 400 at a conference reflecting on the 40th anniversary of Pope to the legalization of abortion in 1973, Smith argued. Paul VI’s historic teaching on marital love. Smith said that the severing of sex from In plenary talks in a packed auditorium at relationship caused “a huge increase in aborSt. Mary’s College of California in Moraga tion” and devalued marriage. In 2005, she Aug. 9, Catholic scholars Janet E. Smith, said, more than a third of babies were born Christopher Kaszor and Joel Barstad focused out of wedlock. more on the vitality of Humanae Vitae in “That should distress all of us in the today’s defense of the dignity of human life extreme,” she said, “and my claim is contraand less on yesterday’s dissent that broke out ception is not something that’s reducing that inside the Church over the most controversial reality, it’s increasing that reality because it’s aspect of the encyclical: the papal declaration introduced a concept of sex in our culture that that artificial contraception was evil because it’s somehow all right to engage in sex as long it corrupted couples’ relationships with each as a contraceptive is used.” other and with God. At the time, critics said Smith also linked contraception to the such a patently impractical directive for prevalence of adultery, tubal pregnancies modern married couples would be sure to among women whose reproductive systems undermine Church authority. have been damaged by the pill, in-vitro ferNotre Dame medieval studies and philostilization and declining birth rates in Western ophy professor Ralph McInerny, speaking the Europe. Joel Barstad, Ph.D previous night at a pre-conference banquet at Dr. Mary Davenport, an obstetricianSt. Margaret Mary Church in Oakland, shared memories of the gynecologist speaking later in the program on myths regarding theological politics surrounding the document. He described reproductive technology and women’s health, implicated the pill what he called liberal theologians’ shock when Paul VI defended in elevated rates of breast cancer and arterial plaque. She also natural law rather than, as many had expected, conceding to argued that contraception and abortion are causally linked and popular culture over the use of contraception. charged that the medical establishment suppresses evidence of “The dissent was immediate but has been losing force ever the resulting damage to women’s well-being. since,” McInerny said. “The younger theologians are embarrassed “There’s a willingness to accept collateral damage, even death, when they read about what their predecessors in the field did.” to realize this ideal of women’s right to choose,” she said. McInerny urged the audience to reread the encyclical, calling Paul VI was correct, Smith said, when he predicted contracepit “a beautiful document” and predicting that a new generation tion would lead to a general lowering of morality, a loss of respect of moral theologians will help restore its positive message for for women and government control over sexual behavior. the laity. The “contraceptive mentality,” she said, paraphrasing Pope The conference, called “Humanae Vitae: Cornerstone of the John Paul II’s 1995 teaching Evangelium Vitae, is not to be Culture of Life,” was presented by the Diocese of Oakland and the confused with responsible parenthood any more than a selfSt. Anthony of Padua Institute, an East Bay lay organization. centered concept of freedom is to be confused with love for When Paul VI issued his teaching, women had been using others and for God. the estrogen pill for six years and reproductive scientists were “The Church understands that the difference between conpredicting that chemical contraception would lead to fewer traceptive and non-contraceptive sex is immense,” she said. “It’s abortions and babies born out of wedlock, happier marriages really a sacred act. It’s a invitation to God to create a new human and healthier societies through population control, said Smith, soul. It’s a phenomenal act. It’s not just sex. God created you (PHOTOS BY RICK DELVECCHIO/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

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Mercy Sister Eloise Rosenblatt, Ph.D., who is both a theologian and attorney, will be one of three keynote speakers at the Sept. 6 Northern California Lay Convocation to be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the McLaren Center at the University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St., San Francisco. Her talk is titled “Celebrating the Homiletic Voice of the Sister Eloise Rosenblatt, RSM Laywoman and Layman.” Other keynote speakers will be Mark Fischer, a professor of pastoral theology at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo and former director of the Pastoral Council Office of the Oakland Diocese; and Laura Bertone, chief financial officer of Pax Scientific. Fischer has published two books about pastoral councils, co-edited a third, and hosts an Internet website on parish pastoral councils. For information, visit www.norcallayconvocation.org.

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University of San Francisco students enjoy World Youth Day A contingent of seven students from the University of San Francisco led by Jesuit Father Donal Godfrey, executive director of university ministry, attended World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, July 15-20. At left, student Timothy Salvador awakens at Randwick horse racing course where an evening vigil had taken place and where the final Mass with Pope Benedict XVI would be celebrated. At right, students Elizabeth Ramos, Casey McKinnon and Mary Cavazos pose for a picture on Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge during the nine-kilometer pilgrimage to the race track.

CatholicsForProtectMarriage.com formed to back Prop 8 By Rick DelVecchio Catholics for the Common Good, the California Catholic Conference, the Knights of Columbus and other Catholic groups have formed CatholicsForProtectMarriage.com to help recruit Catholic volunteers and contributors for Proposition 8, which would overturn the California Supreme Court’s ruling that same-sex couples have the right to designate their unions as marriages. The Catholic effort is designed to support the broadbased ProtectMarriage.com coalition sponsoring Prop 8. The Yes on 8 campaign needs $20 million in contributions and tens of thousands of Catholic volunteers alone to defeat a well-financed opposition, said Bill May, chairman of Catholics for the Common Good. “We’re asking people to volunteer to help in parishes, to participate in telephoning, talking with neighbors,” May said. “This is a really important issue. Marriage is the foundation of the family. People are very upset that the Supreme Court overruled the will of the people.” May predicted the Yes on 8 campaign will be outspent 3-to-1. “The only way to really restore the definition of marriage is by volunteers getting active,” he said. Campaign finance reports as of Aug. 18 showed that the Yes on 8 campaign took in more than $4.8 million

since Aug. 1, including $1 million from the Knights of Columbus national headquarters. The CCC is directing Catholics who want to work on the campaign to the CatholicsForProtectMarriage.com web page. Catholics who want to donate should do so through the main campaign website at ProtectMarriage. com, CCC spokeswoman Carol Hogan said. At the same time, the CCC is asking each diocese to organize a campaign effort combining prayer, education, fund-raising and volunteering. On Aug. 1, the bishops announced their support for Prop 8, calling the high court’s ruling a “radical change in public policy” that goes against the biological and organic reality of marriage and diminishes marriage to mean only an adult contractual partnership with no grounds necessarily in procreating and raising children. In addition, the CCC is recommending other teaching materials for parishes, including a July letter by San Bernardino Bishop Gerald Barnes on the theological basis of marriage. “The natural structure of human sexuality makes man and woman complementary partners for the transmission of human life,” he wrote. “Only a union of male and female can express the sexual complementarity willed by God for marriage.” Prop 8 “changes the California Constitution to elimi-

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Guest Commentary Pimps, pedophiles: welcome to SF By Debra J. Saunders A quick reading of the measure that will go before San Francisco voters in November to decriminalize prostitution easily could leave you with the misimpression that the measure is an exercise in fairness that demands that prosecutors go after men who abuse prostitutes and implement policies “to reduce institutional violence and discrimination against prostitutes.” A careful reading of the initiative, “Enforcement of Laws Related to Prostitution and Sex Workers,” however, shows a measure that shields child prostitution and traffickers of human beings. “If I had just heard from the proponents, I would probably vote for it myself,” said the Rev. Glenda Hope, whose San Francisco Network Ministries helped found the Tenderloin AIDS Resource, in the mistaken belief the measure is meant “to protect women.” But as the executive director of SafeHouse, a residential center that helps women get off the streets, Hope knows too much. Hope knows that the average age of entry into prostitution is 12 to 14. The office of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, who opposes the initiative, has encountered prostituted children as young as 9 years old. Yet the San Francisco ballot measure completely ignores the prostitution of children. The measure simply states, “Law enforcement agencies shall not allocate any resources for the investigation and prosecution of prostitutes for prostitution.” Astonishingly, there’s no exemption that encourages police to enforce the law for minors. If the measure passes, the city is likely to become an international haven for pimps who peddle girls and boys, and perverts seeking sex with minors. And where does that leave Bay Area youth? “They want new and young,” Jasmine, a former teen prostitute from Oakland who now volunteers for the nonprofit SAGE Project, which fights sexual exploitation, explained to me. The life, which she entered at age 14, was “like a drug.” She felt wanted. She brought in $4,000 to $5,000 a week. Sure, she knew girls who were selling themselves against their will. But she could buy things. “I was supposedly involved in a relationship” – one that ended when police prosecuted her pimp. The other big problem: The measure prohibits city law enforcement from applying for grants to prosecute human traffickers. That’s right, this measure gives a free pass to the human sex-slave trade – in a city that is a central stop for international sex-trade rings. A proponent of the measure told Fox News that she believes that it will pass with 75 percent of the vote because the city is “sex-positive.” The SAGE Project’s Allen Wilson fears that the measure may prevail because the city has no shortage of rootless residents who “will vote for this because they think it’s cool.” For them, San Francisco is “one big sandbox.” Let me be clear. I don’t want city cops wasting their time prosecuting workers at the discreet bordello that hires healthy adult prostitutes who get regular medical checkups. I would rather see law enforcement focus on serious crimes. But there is nothing broad-minded about looking the other way when 14-year-old girls and boys sell themselves on the street and massage parlors are staffed by women who are being held against their will. These are not consenting adults. The measure takes a tone that suggests it will protect women by demanding that San Francisco law enforcement prosecute “coercion, extortion, battery, rape and violent crimes, regardless of the victim’s status as a sex worker.” Of course, state law already requires that. More to the point, battery, rape, assault and even murder are crimes that befall prostitutes because they work in an inherently dangerous field bankrolled largely by men who like to demean women and girls. Violence and pain are the inevitable outcome for those steeped in this dehumanizing way of life. Young women wooed into the life quickly age to the point where they cannot net the high-incomes their pimps demand. They become addicted to drugs. They learn to commit new crimes. Until the day they find they are disposable. Or as Wilson noted, “We treat animals better.” So do not tell Jasmine that if San Francisco decriminalizes prostitution, it will do so because the city cares about prostitutes. This measure really is a gift, not so much to so-called sex workers, as to pimps, pedophiles and human traffickers. As Jasmine sees it, if the ballot initiative passes, “That’s basically saying the city does not care.” Debra J. Saunders is a nationally syndicated columnist. Copyright 2008 Creators Syndicate, Inc.

Your Aug. 8 story, “SF resolution criticized as hostile, unconstitutional,” shows that San Francisco’s so-called progressive supervisors are both hypocritical on the separation of church and state doctrine and lack a basic understanding of what it meant when it was created by the founding fathers. The separation of church and state was never meant to drive religion from the public square. It was meant to prohibit the federal government from establishing a state church in violation of religious freedom. It was never meant to infringe on religious liberty such as prohibiting public grade school children from singing Christmas carols, or prohibiting a secretary who is a government employee to have a postcard of the Virgin Mary removed from her desk due to ACLU litigation, or prohibiting high school kids from having a voluntary prayer prior to a football game. But most of all, it was not meant to be misused by political bodies like the Board of Supervisors, many of whose members constantly decry the involvement of people of faith in politics but have no problem hypocritically interfering in regard to church teaching with regard to gay adoptions. If they don’t agree with the Church’s position on this issue, that’s fine, but their resolution smacks of political hypocrisy and violates the Constitution’s guarantee of religious liberty, the very same Constitution these progressives claim to revere. E.F. Sullivan San Francisco

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Human embryos targeted Tucked back on page S9 in your Aug. 8 supplement on Senior Living is a mis-labeled article on the new master’s program that Dominican University of California is beginning in conjunction with the Buck Institute for Age Research. The program focuses on the biological sciences in aging research. What the article failed to mention is that the Buck Institute will be conducting research on human embryonic stem cells. It is paid for by Prop 71 which funds this life-destroying research. The students from Dominican will be sent to the lab for training. The lab will use “extra embryos” from in vitro fertilization who are being “donated” by their parents. This is utilitarianism at its worst! Imagine donating one of your children for research knowing he will be killed in the process. Moreover, this is utilitarianism on the part of the university. It is using its connection with the Buck Institute to increase its reputation as a research institution. Meanwhile, it is hanging on to its “Catholic identity” while seeking

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Role of Mary I respectfully disagree with Brother John Samaha’s Aug. 8 assessment on the value given to the Virgin Mary in the Catholic Church after Vatican II. In his chronology there would have been a proper “place” for the Blessed Mother during the Middle Ages and up to the Reformation; undue devaluing from the Reformation onward in Protestant circles; while a concurrent overvaluation in Catholic circles until Vatican II; finally, a proper point of equilibrium between over and under-valuation of Mary in the post-conciliar Church. Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact that the Council did not create an independent document on Mary but instead tucked it away within a more vast document from fear of infringing on Catholicism’s new ecumenical goals speaks volumes about where the current Church would be going with the Virgin Mary: nowhere. The brakes had already been firmly applied. The post-conciliar assessment of Mary has been done in such a Protestantlike way that few Catholics today under 40 have a true Catholic sense of what the Virgin should represent, much less the capacity or willingness to participate in Marian devotions, including basics as how to pray the rosary. Studies on Mary and her place in salvation history since the 1960s have also markedly declined while an embarrassed silence from some of the more progressive branches of Catholicism today cover the Virgin as with a dark veil of shame. May crownings, for example, have virtually disappeared and gone the way of Marian sodalities, home May altars, and the Salve Regina. Who is behind cultivation of this neglect? This outcome is not reaching a “restored balance” and “proper order” as Brother Samaha proposes. Rather, it is a capitulation to false ecumenism and political correctness, of entering into dialogue with the modern – but “motherless” – world. Mary is our mother. Let us not be ashamed of her or neglect her! What the Reformation could not undo in 500 years, our own Church has undone in 40. May these 40 years of a Marian desert now end and may a renaissance of true Marian devotion, grounded on both Scripture and Tradition, blossom. For that, however, we will need leadership. Oscar Ramirez San Francisco

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The “Statement of the Catholic Bishops of California in support of Proposition 8” offered generally helpful counsel to those considering the difficult issue of same sex marriage. In one respect, however, it missed the mark. The statement asserted: “When men and women consummate their marriage, they offer themselves to God as co-creators of a new human being. Any other pairing – while possibly offering security and companionship to those involved – is not marriage.” In that one remarkably sweeping and gratuitous finding, the bishops have discarded as invalid any marriage of those beyond child bearing years or those who, for whatever medical reason, are incapable of reproduction. Jim Hargarten San Francisco

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funds to build a Catholic chapel. One cannot serve God and mammon. Mary Ann Haeuser San Rafael (Ed. note: A June 2007 news release from the Buck Institute confirms writer Haeuser’s facts as do published news reports. A Dominican University spokesperson reports that seven students are enrolled in the master’s program inaugural year and that “none of the seven have been placed in a stem cell lab.”)

Real-world ethics In a desire to have us understand that the Kingdom of God is conceptually different than the real world, Archbishop George Niederauer seems to forget to tell us (in his homily printed Aug. 8) that in the real world of business ethics the purchase of the field containing the pearl of great price is both risky and wrong. Two stories could make clear what I mean. A person overhears a conversation about a corporate breakthrough before it becomes public knowledge. The person sells a mediocre stock portfolio and buys into the stock before the price rises. The owner of a field puts a pearl (of great price) somewhere in the field. When a passer-by discovers the pearl, the owner goes to retrieve it before the passer-by returns to buy the field. In both these stories, like in the Matthew parable, someone takes advantage of another’s ignorance. It is ethically wrong. Through his parables it is clear Jesus knew the business community of his day. Too often homilists of today do not recognize the subtle issues Jesus presents in these stories. As the master teacher of our community Archbishop Niederauer could help us

LETTERS, page 16

LABOR DAY

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2008

On the dignity of work: Church teaching strong Adapted from an article at http:// www.catholiclabor.org, with permission of Father Sinclair Oubre of Port Arthur, Texas, a priest of the Diocese of Beaumont and a member of the Catholic-Labor Network. Building on ancient Greek, Muslim and Hebrew sources, the Hebrew prophets and the teaching of Jesus, Catholic social doctrine developed in the 19th century when the Gospel encountered modern industrial society. The development of the doctrine of the Church on economic and social matters attests the permanent value of the Church’s teaching and at the same time as it attests the true meaning of her tradition, always living and active. The Church’s social teaching comprises a body of doctrine which is articulated as the Church interprets events in the course of history, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, in the light of the whole of what has been revealed by Jesus Christ. This teaching can be more easily accepted by men of good will … the more the faithful let themselves be guided by it. (Catechism of the Catholic Church #2420 - 2422) LEO XIII AND PIUS XI For more than 100 years popes have used the teaching tool of the encyclical letter to address the economic challenges and changes confronting humankind. With “Rerum Novarum: On the Condition of Workers,” in 1891, Pope Leo XIII was the first to fully develop the Catholic response to worker dignity in light of capitalism and socialism. Forty years later, Pope Pius XI issued “Quadragesimo Anno: On the Reconstruction of the Social Order.” He underscored Pope XIII’s letter, emphasizing the immorality of keeping economic control in the hands of a few. He also recognized the principle of subsidiarity, which held that levels of authority should act only when lower levels cannot deal with a problem. Although the economic elites at the time viewed the gap between rich and poor as resulting from natural laws, Pope Pius XI saw it as unjust and offered workers Christian principles instead of the reforms proposed by revolutionaries. JOHN XXIII AND PAUL VI In 1961, Pope John XXIII wrote “Moter et Magistr” (“Mother and Teacher”), arguing that not only the individual but also the state bears responsibility for social justice. In 1971, Pope Paul VI marked the 80th anniversary of Rerum Novarum and vigorously endorsed John Paul XIII’s letter with “Octogesima Adveniens: A Call to Action”.

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JOHN PAUL II AND BENEDICT XVI Pope John Paul II wrote prolifically on economic justice. In “Laborem Exercens,” he focused on the themes that work is central to the social question and that work has potential not only to dehumanize but also to be the means whereby the human person cooperates in God’s ongoing creation. In later writings he took a critical attitude toward both capitalism and communism and warned that economic development may not set people free but only enslave them more. Pope Benedict XVI, in his 2006 homily on the Feast of St. Joseph, was concerned with the spirituality of work. He wrote: “A spirituality must be lived that will help believers to sanctify themselves through their work, imitating St. Joseph, who every day had to provide for the needs of the Holy Family with his hands, and who because of this the Church indicates as patron of workers.”

‘A spirituality must be lived that will help believers to sanctify themselves through their work, imitating St. Joseph’ – Pope Benedict XVI U.S. BISHOPS The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops also has recognized that work is fundamentally spiritual. In its 1996 statement “A Catholic Framework for Economic Life,” the conference wrote: “All of economic life should recognize the fact that we all are God’s children and members of one human family, called to exercise a clear priority for the least among us.” The statement also declared: “All people have the right to economic initiative, to productive work, to just wages and benefits, to decent working conditions, as well as to organize and join unions or other associations.” “Economic Justice for All,” a pastoral letter issued in 1986 by the U.S. bishops, remains a framework for Catholic action on economic justice today. The bishops noted the benefits of a global economy but warned of the dangers of dehumanization, self-interest and alienation in communities whose members’ economic roles have become narrowly specialized. “It is often difficult to find a common ground among people with different backgrounds and concerns,” the bishop conference document stated. “One of our chief hopes in writing this letter is to encourage and contribute to the development of this common ground.”

Old scrapbook sheds new light on Father Peter Yorke ~ Page L2 ~

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Faith leaders play role in hotel worker campaign ~ Page L4 ~

Catholic San Francisco

August 22, 2008

Discovered old scrapbook sheds new light on famed SF labor priest (PHOTO BY TOM BURKE/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Archdiocesan archivist Deacon Jeffrey Burns displays a scrapbook with news clippings dating to the 1890s that was recently donated to the Archdiocese by a couple who found it in an antiques store.

By Tom Burke Thanks to an accidental find at a Pleasanton antiques stores, the Archdiocese of San Francisco now owns a scrapbook chronicling several years of iconic labor priest and defender of the faith Father Peter C. Yorke. The 150-page book stuffed with newspaper clippings is a glimpse into the day-to-day ministry of the priest whose militant advocacy during the bloody San Francisco Teamsters strike of 1901 established the Church as defiantly pro-labor and put into action the Vatican’s recent reiteration of the dignity of work as crucial to any modern definition of human dignity. Father Yorke’s reputation is long as both a labor activist and a defender of the faith, said Deacon Jeffrey Burns, Ph.D., the archdiocesan archivist who termed Father Yorke a “consecrated thunderbolt” in an article he wrote about one of the most high-profile figures in the history of the Archdiocese. Born in Galway, Ireland, 1864, Yorke was adopted by the Archdiocese and rose swiftly in its ranks as an educator, editor, administrator and liturgical reformer. He made the Church a force in San Francisco politics through his attacks on the American Protective Association, an anti-Catholic organization that was on the march at the time. The priest “dissected and bludgeoned” his opponents, Deacon Burns wrote. “The APA frequently used gendered language in denigrating the Catholic Church; not only did such sallies attack the Catholic religion, they attacked the manliness of Catholic men,” wrote labor historian Brenda D. Frink. “Men such as Father Peter C. Yorke responded in kind, defending Catholic manhood and belittling that of their opponents.” In 1901, Father Yorke took labor’s side in the

Teamsters strike, telling huge crowds that Christ died so men could be free, not be crushed by “Mammon, the spirit of Greed,” Deacon Burns wrote. Father Yorke’s fighting style won him popularity in the city, especially among fellow Irish immigrants who appreciated his response to bigots and, paraphrasing California historian James P. Walsh, his “victories over the respectables,” Deacon Burns wrote. Through his defense of labor Father Yorke worked to implement Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum, which responded to the growing problem of worker dignity in an industrial economy and asserted workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively. Later popes, notably John Paul II, built on the encyclical, which remains at the core of Catholic social teaching. “Yorke was the person who put that document into reality,” Deacon Burns said. Water-stained with a green cover and leather-bound at the spine, the scrapbook covers 1896-1900 – years when Father Yorke was battling bigots and making his name as a defender of the faith. “The scrapbook is interesting and has quite a few articles about Father Yorke and the various controversies he was engaged in and also a num-

ber of things on general Church history,” Deacon Burns said. Cindy and Jim Schneider of Sparks, Nev., found the book while browsing in a Pleasanton antiques store. They bought it for what they would only admit was “a nominal fee” and brought it immediately to the Pastoral Center of the Archdiocese at One Peter Yorke Way on Cathedral Hill in San Francisco. The scrapbook was first thought to have originally belonged to the archdiocesan archives. “We do have a Yorke scrapbook from 1896 in our records but it disappeared before I became archivist. I thought this might have been it, but it’s not,” Deacon Burns said. Deacon Burns also noted the clippings were from San Francisco’s daily papers and not from Catholic publications. “We have all the Catholic Monitors so this is a great complement,” Deacon Burns said. Father Yorke was named editor of The Monitor, the archdiocesan newspaper, in 1894 under Archbishop Patrick Riordan. The newspaper served the Archdiocese from 1858 until 1984. “Anyone who wants to come in and look at the scrapbook is welcome,” Deacon Burns said. “It’s an amazing thing to get something like this out of the blue. Occasionally you get some real finds, and it’s really exciting.” Anyone interested in visiting the archives, should call (650) 328-6502. The archives are located at 320 Middlefield Rd. in Menlo Park on the campus of St. Patrick’s Seminary and University.

August 22, 2008

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Labor Day statement Tough economy calls for renewed solidarity, bishop says By Nancy Frazier Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Invoking the spirit of the late labor priest Msgr. George Higgins, the chairman of the U.S. bishopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development said Americans must â&#x20AC;&#x153;move beyond handwringing and negative assessmentsâ&#x20AC;? of tough economic times to a renewed commitment to Catholic principles of subsidiarity and global solidarity. In a statement released Aug. 18 for Labor Day, observed Sept. 1 this year, Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., praised Msgr. Higgins for his â&#x20AC;&#x153;extraordinary ability to measure the large economic issues by their impact on the average working man and woman.â&#x20AC;? Msgr. Higgins, who died in 2002, wrote the annual Labor Day statement on behalf of the U.S. bishops for many decades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monsignor would have been harsh in his judgment about the greed and irresponsibility that led to the mortgage foreclosure crisis,â&#x20AC;? Bishop Murphy wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would have had some caustic comments on the price of gas for the working person and its impact on family life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would have kept a keen eye on the cost of living and its effect on family budgets, on the real value of current wages to buy necessitiesâ&#x20AC;? he continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and on the challenges to our economy to diversify without losing sight of its traditional strengths and opportunities.â&#x20AC;? But ultimately Msgr. Higgins would have reasserted â&#x20AC;&#x153;his faith in a nation and a people whose creative energies and productive capacities should and would move us to a healthier economic situation,â&#x20AC;? the bishop said. The nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dual commitment to economic freedom and economic justice â&#x20AC;&#x153;cannot mean freedom for me and justice for me alone,â&#x20AC;? Bishop Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It must extend to all those who are affected by our actions and by societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals. That means everybody in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s globalized world.â&#x20AC;? The bishop said 2008 offers a special opportunity

Msgr. George G. Higgins, second from right, lends support to striking mine workers in Kentuckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harlan County in this 1974 file photo. In a statement for Labor Day, Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., praised the late labor priest for his â&#x20AC;&#x153;extraordinary ability to measure the large economic issues by their impact on the average working man and woman.â&#x20AC;? Msgr. Higgins died in 2002 at age 86.

as Americans â&#x20AC;&#x153;choose a new president, as well as onethird of the Senate, all the members of the House of Representatives, and myriad state and local officials.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Msgr. Higgins would urge you to look beyond the slogans and the promises,â&#x20AC;? Bishop Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would have a few choice words for those he deemed unworthy or neglectful of the rights of workers and the role of unions. But he would always insist on some basic principles that we all must follow.â&#x20AC;? Among those would be a call â&#x20AC;&#x201C;reiterated in the bishopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; political responsibility statement, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenshipâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for â&#x20AC;&#x153;the formation of a correct conscience based on the truth about the human person and human society,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An informed conscience examines the candidates and the issues from the perspective of human life and dignity, the true good of every human person, the true good of society, the common good of us all in our nation and in this world,â&#x20AC;? he said. Calling human life â&#x20AC;&#x153;the supreme good in this world,â&#x20AC;? Bishop Murphy said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faithful Citizenshipâ&#x20AC;? emphasizes both â&#x20AC;&#x153;the fundamental duty to oppose what is intrinsically evil (i.e., the destruction of unborn life) and the obligation to pursue the common good (i.e., defending the rights of workers and pursuing greater economic justice).â&#x20AC;? The Labor Day statement also stressed a Catholic commitment to â&#x20AC;&#x153;alleviating the pain of poverty at every level: internationally, nationally and especially locally through the magnificent endeavors of priests, religious and laity in our parishes.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things may be tough for an awful lot of us today,â&#x20AC;? Bishop Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But no matter how difficult it might be for you or me, I believe each of us can name someone we know who is carrying a greater burden. I can hear Msgr. Higgins telling us, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget the other guy,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; especially the person with less. That person has hopes and dreams too.â&#x20AC;? The full text of the Labor Day statement can be viewed on the website of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, www. sfarchdiocese.org, or of the U.S. bishops, www.usccb.org.

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August 22, 2008

Faith leaders play role in SF hotel workers’ campaign By Rick DelVecchio

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Catholic priests and other faith leaders are playing a prominent role in an effort by worker committees at two San Francisco hotels to reach an agreement with employers on a non-confrontational approach to allowing employees to decide whether or not they want to form a union. Worker committees at the HEI Le Meridien and the Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf initiated the actions in June and reached out to HERE Local 2 (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union), the union that represents most non-management employees at 90 percent of the Class A hotels in San Francisco. According to petitions submitted by the committees, the workers want the decision on union representation to be made by a process known as a card check. A card check is a neutrality agreement with the employer that allows workers to choose yes or no on union representation without risking a costly and divisive election. “The workers are requesting a fair process that’s simple, expedient and without threat of intimidation and that will allow them to choose whether to have a union or not,” said the Rev. Israel Alvaran, a United Methodist minister who is organizing faith community support in the effort. “The fair process they’re asking for is a card check neutrality agreement where the management and Hotel housekeeping supervisor union would agree Gyorgyi Vernetti enjoys her to give workers a job but believes union free hand in organizrepresentation would give her ing,” he said. more of a say in the workplace. According to the petitions, workers at the Omni, Four Seasons, Courtyard Marriott on 2nd Street, the W San Francisco and the Intercontinental Hotel all became union through the card check process. The union argues that the process allows workers to make a free choice and is fairer than the traditional method of voting on union representation through a secret ballot governed by the National Labor Relations Board. Organized labor maintains that NRLB elections deny union organizers access to voters in the workplace, hinder voters’ free speech and may subject voters to economic coercion through meetings with superiors who oppose unionization.

The Rev. Israel Alvaran is organizing the faith community to support a new organizing drive by San Francisco hotel workers. “We don’t want to be ‘rent-a-collars’”

Father Eduardo Dura, the pastor of San Francisco’s St. Patrick Parish, believes the card check is the better approach for workers, management and the community. He has been joining the Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf worker committee in meetings with management. The card check “is the easiest way to get the objective done,” said Father Dura, noting he helped supervise a card check at the Intercontinental Hotel. “In four hours we were able to determine whether they were for or against,” he said. “Over 95 percent voted for the union.” Father Dura became involved in labor organizing because his parish is surrounded by hotels. He said the workers in the industry include many people of Chinese, Filipino and Latino backgrounds who benefit from having a say in their wages and working conditions. “If you’re working alone, you’re at the mercy of management,” Father Dura said. “At any time you could be fired.” He said not only job security but also working conditions are an issue. He said maids in particular endure a heavy workload, pointing out that hotels have upgraded from 10-inch-high to 18-inchhigh beds. “The maid has to lift the whole weight,” he said.

Father Dura is a part of pro-labor movement in the faith community called Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice of San Francisco (CLUE). The movement is promoting partnerships between the labor and faith communities. More than 60 lay and ordained members of the faith community have signed a letter supporting the hotel workers’ effort, and some have been taking part in worker meetings with management. “We’re trying to build relationships with religious leaders, because that has an effect,” Rev. Alvaran said. “What CLUE is about is building relationships with workers,” he said. “We don’t want to be ‘rent-a-collars.”’ Gyorgyi Vernetti said she loves her job as a housekeeping supervisor but believes union representation would give her more of a say in the workplace. “Right now we have an open-door policy, but I’m not sure that open-door policy is working that great,” said Vernetti, 50, who lives in Hercules with her 11-year-old daughter, Olivia, and her parents. “People don’t feel comfortable speaking out.” Vernetti, who was baptized Catholic in her native Hungary, said: “I love my job. There’s no question about that, but I would like to make it better. We’d all like to make it better.”

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Union, hospital . . . ■ Continued from cover board chair, Sister Katherine Gray, were personal friends. Msgr. Brenkle put the question to the diocesan Council of Priests, hoping the council’s involvement would help restolve the trouble and prevent it from escalating into an open fight within the Church. The council met and heard from two representatives from the hospital and two from SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, the union that had been trying to organize workers at Santa Rosa Memorial. The union had filed a National Labor Relations Board complaint in March 2005 alleging the employer had used intimidation and threats during a workplace campaign leading up to an election on union representation. John Borsos, a union vice president, said the trouble had started in 2004 when the employer hired a “union avoidance firm” in response to the organizing campaign. As a guide to sorting out the claims the council used a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops working paper called “A Fair and Just Workplace: Principles and Practices for Catholic Health Care.” The result of dialogue among bishops, unions and employers in 1998 and 1999, the paper noted “the wounds, anger, and misunderstandings” that can arise from local conflicts and guided employers and unions on how to work out differences in the spirit of Catholic social teaching. Workers have the right to decide if and how they will be represented in the workplace, and coercion of any kind should be avoided, the paper stated. In 2007 the priests’ council recommended the paper to Bishop Daniel Walsh, who adopted it as diocesan policy. The policy would come into play within months when a union approached the diocese about organizing cemetery workers. Rather than opposing the effort, the diocese arranged for the workers to meet with labor representatives and indicate their preference for or against joining the union.

Theologian criticizes ‘pre-election agreements’ Kevin Murphy, vice president for theology and ethics at the St. Joseph Health System, responded to criticism from within the Church about the system’s conflict with SEIU United Healthcare Workers West. “This has less to do with social justice teaching and more to do with context and mechanism,” he told Catholic San Francisco. The hospital system opposes the union’s push for “pre-election agreements” and believes that secret-ballot elections under federal law better respect the dignity of each participant. If a hospital official signed such an agreement, Murphy said, that would be unfair to employees who might not want to belong to a union and who would not have been given a chance to vote. Murphy said it is inappropriate to say that opposition to the SEIU’s approach means the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange are in conflict with their pro-labor history. “What I see consistent in the heritage of the Sisters is they always look for the voices that aren’t being heard,” he said. “It’s about ensuring employee choice.” To Msgr. Brenkle’s dismay, the conflict at Santa Rosa Memorial did not go as well. The meeting with representatives of the two sides left him with questions about whether the Catholic employer was operating in the spirit of the bishops’ guidelines. He did not choose sides but concluded that the union was “much more enthusiastic” about the guidelines than management. “That’s all the diocese is looking for, that the process be fair and just,” he said. “Unfortunately, the St. Joseph Health System has not adopted this stance of neutrality. They have been aggressively anti-union.” Far from reaching agreement on a way to handle their differences, the hospital system and the union have expanded their battle and now are entrenched in a fight that has attracted the national media to the union’s narrative of a Catholic employer’s performance in light of Church teaching. (“Nuns versus union,” blogged the Wall Street Journal.) The union is seeking a system-wide “code of conduct” to govern organizing campaigns. It is proposing language similar to that in agreements it reached with Catholic Healthcare West in 2001 and later with forprofit chains, Borsos said. The union maintains that the language

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protects worker rights in elections to decide union representation. Alleging that anti-union practices in Santa Rosa were echoed in union campaigns at other sites in the 14-hospital system, the union says it has ample evidence to show that federal law governing such elections is too weak to prevent employers from using their economic power to intimidate workers. In November 2007, an administrative law judge set aside a union election at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, upholding two of 15 objections the union had made about the employer’s conduct. Pointing blame at high-ranking company officials, Judge Lana H. Parke found that “certain conduct of the employer interfered with the employees’ exercise of a free and reasoned choice.” On Aug. 4, the National Labor Relations Board’s regional director in Los Angeles issued a complaint alleging unfair labor practices at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, also a St. Joseph Health System facility, including taking pictures of employees involved in union activity and interrogating employees wearing union pins. The complaint is scheduled to go to a hearing in October. “We strongly contest the accusations,” said Kevin Andrus, the system’s vice president for corporate communications.

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Msgr. Brenkle is not the only Catholic priest to sympathize with the union’s call for a new pact to protect worker rights. “According to Catholic social teaching, workers are the ones who are supposed to make the decision, but in many ways you can undermine the process,” said Father Sinclair Oubre, a Diocese of Beaumont (Texas) priest active in a national network of labor priests. “And these union-avoidance consultants are experts at thwarting union organizing drives.” The hospital system strongly defends its conduct, saying that it supports workers’ right to choose whether or not they want to join the SEIU or another union, or no union at all. The system will not sign a “pre-election agreement” such as SEIU is demanding, Andrus said. “There will be no negotiations,” he said, “until the SEIU demonstrates it has the minimum required standing by federal law, which is 30 percent of our employees, in order to file for a vote. “We are not anti-union. We are employee choice. We currently have working relationships with four different unions. The important thing is we’re working diligently to protect our employees’ right to choose for themselves.” On Aug. 13, the conflict reached a new pitch when employees and their supporters delivered thousands of postcards to the door of the Sisters’ Motherhouse at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange. The union also issued an open letter “calling on the women religious to help stop the unlawful threats and intimidation of workers who support forming a union.” For Msgr. Brenkle, the public fight he hoped to prevent has come to pass. He is “conscious of the wonderful work the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange does” but finds himself on the other side of the line from his friends on labor relations in the order’s hospitals. “It’s a painful process,” he said. “I’ve lost their goodwill. I’ve lost their friendship, I’m afraid.”

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Repurcussons of immigration raid felt far beyond Iowa By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – An immigration raid May 12 in Iowa may have taken place in tiny Postville, but its repercussions are being felt as far away as Washington and Guatemala. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the Agriprocessors meat processing plant in Postville, arresting 389 people, most whom are Guatemalan, and ultimately charging 304 of them with felony criminal counts such as possessing a false ID. The remaining 85 were charged with civil immigration violations and released “for humanitarian purposes” such as caring for their young children. By the next week, members of Congress were holding hearings about the effects of workplace raids on families and calling on ICE personnel to explain elements of such raids. The Guatemalan government was decrying treatment of its citizens as human rights violations. In Iowa, churches stepped in to help families affected by the arrests. At St. Bridget’s Catholic Parish in Postville, some families, afraid to go home, stayed in the church around the clock in the days immediately following the raid. There, and at churches of various denominations, volunteers provided meals, legal advice and whatever comfort and support they could. Among problems the volunteers faced was that a toll-free number provided by ICE did not provide the location of the detainees. News reports listed jails around the state where they were being held, but there was little reliable information. Archbishop Jerome G. Hanus of Dubuque celebrated the May 17 evening Mass at St. Bridget’s and assured the community of the Church’s continued support. “Recently when our Holy Father was in the United States, he spoke of the need for the protection of families who find themselves, for whatever reasons, separated from their homes and homelands,” he said in Spanish. “We welcome the gifts that you bring to our communities and our Church – your strong faith, your optimism, your appreciation of family life, your gift of celebration and music and many others,” the archbishop said. As petitions were read at the prayer of the faithful, a 4-year-old girl walked up and handed over a piece of paper. The congregation became very quiet. The parish’s Hispanic minister, Paul Rael, opened the paper, and then slowly said, “We have a special petition. It says, ‘Please let my daddy come home.’” In Washington at a May 20 hearing before the House workforce protections subcommittee of the Education and Labor Committee, Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, said the raid appears to have undercut an investigation into the use of child labor at the Agriprocessors plant.

Iowa priest reflects on life in Postville after ICE raid By Michael Vick Three months after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a kosher meat factory in the small city of Postville, Iowa left the town in shambles, one local priest said conditions on the ground are worse than ever. “Each day grows more horrible than the previous one,” Father Lloyd Paul Ouderkirk of St. Bridget’s Church told Catholic San Francisco. “This is a town that before the raid that had 2,400 people. After the raid it’s less than 1,000.” Father Ouderkirk, who came out of retirement to help in the aftermath of the ICE raid, said the parish was hit particularly hard. “They took a sixth of the town, a third of the school and half our parish,” the priest said. “Right now, it doesn’t look very good. We’re struggling.” Father Ouderkirk said the local faith community, including Roman Catholics, Protestants and Jews, joined with interested visitors for a peace walk that brought in more than 1,200 people. Father Ouderkirk said the aim of the march was three-fold: to demand a “just change” to federal immigration laws, to “stand in solidarity” with the immigrants caught up in the raid, and to push for better working conditions for all workers. The parish has become a major source of support for the immigrant families affected by the raid. Father Ouderkirk said the parish was initially open from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. to deal with the need, but could not keep up the pace. It is now open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. and has taken on volunteers from around the country. Father Ouderkirk said one light in the darkness surrounding the raid has been the sense of togetherness shown by the various religious groups in Postville. “We prayed in union with Jews, our Protestant neighbors, and Catholics,” the priest said. “It was the first time in the history of this town. The local Lutheran minister said he’d seen more Rabbis [during the peace walk] than in the whole rest of his life. We’ve met a lot of people sympathetic to us from around the country.”

“There is mounting evidence that state and possibly federal authorities were aware of labor law violations, including laws prohibiting child labor, in advance of the raid,” Murguia’s testimony said. State authorities confirmed they were conducting an investigation before the raid, she said. Murguia added that the United Food and Commercial Workers Union had requested that ICE postpone a raid that was widely rumored to be in the works because it feared such an action would undercut enforcement of labor laws intended to protect all workers at the plant. She said federal authorities “missed an opportunity to prosecute abuse of workers – including children” which could have helped protect workers beyond the immigrant community. “It is not only unjust that all the penalties associated with this enforcement action have been borne by immigrant workers rather than by the employer,” she said, “it is also a clear example of how the actions of one federal agency enforcing one set of laws can undercut the enforcement of another important set of laws designed to protect all workers, including and especially children.” At the same hearing, James C. Spero, deputy assistant director of ICE’s investigations office, confirmed that none of the management team at Agriprocessors had yet been arrested or charged. He declined to say whether arrests of company managers might be forthcoming, but said many documents were seized during the raid. AL W. GROH

At a Washington immigration conference May 20, Guatemalan Ambassador Francisco Villagran de Leon asked Stewart Baker, assistant secretary for policy of the Department of Homeland Security, about the charges the Guatemalans are facing. The department oversees immigration enforcement. By charging the Agriprocessors workers

with ID theft, a felony, Villagran said more than 200 Guatemalans were being prevented from accepting the option to be deported. That option is typically given to people without criminal records who are found to be in violation of immigration laws, which are civil, not criminal violations. Having the more serious charge of ID theft on one’s record can prevent someone from ever immigrating legally to the United States. “They are all willing to be deported,” Villagran said. “Instead they are being charged with ID theft. Who knows how long they’ll be detained.” Baker said bringing the more serious charges is warranted because identity theft is a serious crime, and even the false use of someone’s Social Security number to get a job can create complicated problems for the number’s legitimate owner. Guatemala’s exterior minister, Haroldo Rodas, said May 21 that the U.S. violated the human rights of those arrested in the raid, notably by keeping them at the National Cattle Congress Fairgrounds in Waterloo, Iowa, for processing. Guatemala’s national newspaper, La Prensa Libre, said 287 Guatemalans in Postville charged with ID theft face prison terms of up to five years. As of mid-May, 177,000 Guatemalans had been deported from the United States this year, the newspaper said. The American Immigration Lawyers Association sent letters to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Attorney General Michael Mukasey May 22 voicing concerns about “widespread violations of the basic civil liberties and human rights ... (that have) permanently disrupted their families and communities.” Contributing to this story was Franciscan Sister Carol Hoverman in Postville.

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ICE head seeks common ground with Church WASHINGTON (CNS) – The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, had to know she was stepping in front of a potentially challenging audience when she agreed to speak to the 2008 National Migration Conference, co-sponsored by four Catholic organizations that aid refugees and immigrants. Even at 7:30 a.m., a majority of the 850 participants in the conference – most of whom work in Church-based programs for immigrants and refugees – made their way to the meeting room July 29 to hear Julie Myers, assistant secretary for ICE in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Hands shot into the air in response to a call for questions from the audience as Myers concluded remarks that touched on her efforts to deal with illegal immigration “in a humane way.” She also spoke at length about the Church’s shared interest with ICE in cracking down on human trafficking and in preventing people with a record of human rights violations from settling in the United States. Session moderator Don Kerwin, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, opened the floor to questions. He advised Myers that one area of concern for the group was ICE’s recent enforcement actions, particularly large-scale immigration raids, such as one conducted May 12 in Postville, Iowa. (See page L6.) The first question came from Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, Guatemala, who asked whether Myers was “conscious of the consequences of deportation on families and on the economies of their home countries.” Most of the nearly 400 people arrested at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville are Guatemalans. Facing criminal charges of identity theft and with little time to consider alternatives as their cases were fast-tracked through the courts, most accepted plea agreements that will subject them to months of jail time before being deported. Myers responded by saying Bishop Ramazzini is “one of

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Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, former auxiliary bishop of San Francisco, welcomes participants July 28 to the 2008 National Migration Conference in Washington. More than 800 persons took part in the conference addressing a number of topics related to immigration: pastoral care, refugee resettlement and human trafficking. Bishop Wester chairs the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration.

many people who don’t like the laws created by our Congress” that call for deportation of people who are in the United States without valid visas. She said the U.S. government has created “welcome home” centers in some countries to help people ease back into their homelands and that she’s “aware of sad personal stories” of people affected by deportation. She said she has worked to try to ensure parents and their small children are not separated by deportation, but blamed Congress for a law that allows no exception to deportation “for people who become parents while in the U.S.,” thereby forcing people to either move their children who are U.S. citizens to other countries or split up the family. Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, was up next at the microphone. He commented about an apparent disconnect between U.S. immigration policy and its foreign policy, particularly when it comes to the recognition of the human rights of immigrants. Other questions from the floor dealt with difficulties workers have in getting access to detained immigrants to provide pastoral care; cases of mothers who are detained away from their small, and in some cases nursing, children. Myers responded to each of the questions, though rarely by directly addressing what the questioner raised. Several times she repeated that the laws she enforces are the work of Congress, not ICE. To other questions, such as one about how some of the people arrested in Postville have been treated, she countered that she disagrees with some of what has been reported about the Iowa situation. “People there made some very sad choices,” she said, by coming into the United States illegally, by using false IDs to get work and even by having children in circumstances that further complicated the family’s legal status. The July 28-31 conference was hosted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Relief Services.

Mexican activist praises Church’s work on immigration By Geoffrey A. Brooke Jr. WASHINGTON (CNS) – Mauricio Farah Gebara, an official with the National Commission of Human Rights in Mexico, praised the Catholic Church in Mexico and in the United States for “outstanding work on behalf of immigrants and their families.” Farah Gebara, executive director of the commission’s fifth division, made the comments in a speech July 31 as a part of the 2008 National Migration Conference held July 28-31 in Washington. The Church is “a source of much needed relief and hope for people so vulnerable, and at the same time, so necessary for the well-being of us all,” said Farah Gebara. The National Commission of Human Rights is an independent group that works in Mexico to help guarantee human rights for migrants. It works with individuals trying to cross into the

U.S. as well as those entering Mexico from Central America. It also issues policy recommendations to all levels of government in Mexico on how the government can improve immigration policies and human rights in the country. “Through the recommendations, we have demanded to bring to justice government officials for cruel and humiliating treatment of immigrants, lack of due process, aggression, extortion and corruption, and for inadequate conditions at detention centers,” he said. Farah Gebara examined Mexico’s relationships both with Central America and the U.S. “Trade and finances have no borders. The search for survival and a better life has no borders either,” he said. “That is why protection of the rights of immigrants and their families should not have borders of any kind.” He also spoke at length about human trafficking, an issue he described as “one of the

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‘GPS’ – God’s positioning system It was the cold Chinese food that did it. I finally broke down. Two weeks ago, I picked up some Chinese takeout on my way to a meeting with a few colleagues. Somehow, the 10-mile drive from city to suburb took me on an hourlong expedition that ended with cold food and a sour temperament. As I nibbled on microwaved lo mein, I vowed to finally purchase the Global Positioning System I had long been considering. Some drivers keep their cool when they’re lost. I get flustered and frazzled. So GPS has quickly become an indispensable part of my car (and well being). When I make a wrong turn, the GPS earns its keep, quickly calibrating. No need to waste precious time and pricey gas going any farther in the wrong direction. I can immediately right myself. Imagine if the same device could apply to major life decisions. As soon as you wander off track, you’d be alerted: “EXIT! Wrong turn. Wrong school. Wrong job. Wrong mate.” And just like that, you’d be guided back onto the right course. In reality, decision-making is much harder. Discernment has become a foreign concept to many young adults. Hollywood portrays decision making as a split-second act – as planes are boarding and brides are walking down the aisle. Real-life discernment is not so dramatic. It can-

not be cleverly scripted or neatly aligned to a soundtrack. Rather, it takes time, as is suggested by the meaning of the word. To discern means to distinguish or separate by sifting. Synonyms for the verb – to perceive or recognize – also imply the passage of time and careful consideration. By definition, discernment does not happen in a flash. We are able to discern when we pray and reflect, examining a decision on the pages of a journal or on a walk with a friend. Just as I plug in my GPS, we can better navigate life decisions when we stay plugged into our power source. With God as our fixed point of reference, knowing which turns to make becomes clearer. We can also glean direction from those who have traveled before us: the saints, the Scripture writers and Church leaders. They faced difficult junctures, and many left written maps behind. When I turn to the saints, I am comforted to learn that discernment is not described as a separate, obscure skill to be clinically studied. Rather, it operates in conjunction with other virtues, one reinforcing another. St. Francis of Assisi’s prayer for discernment reads: “All-highest, glorious God, cast your light into the darkness of my heart. Give me right faith, firm hope, perfect charity and profound humility with wisdom and perception, O Lord, so that I may do what is truly your holy will.”

Before he asks for wisdom and perception, St. Francis prays for faith, hope, charity and humility. Likewise, St. Paul writes to the Philippians: “This is my prayer: that your love may increase Christina ever more and more in Capecchi knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value….” Grant me faith “with wisdom,” St. Francis prays. Grant me love “in knowledge,” St. Paul submits. They are closely intertwined, one wrapped inside the other. St. Augustine puts it even more simply: “Love and [then] do what you will.” If you truly love God, he suggests, then by doing what you will, you’ll be doing God’s will. The more fully we love God, the more naturally we discern his will – head and heart operating in harmony, leading us in the right direction. Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can be reached at christina@readchristina.com.

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Prophecy - challenge and comfort A few years ago, at a conference I was attending, the participants were divided into discussion groups and each asked the question: “What is the most important thing the Church needs to be saying to the world today?” There were a variety of answers, each stressing a different aspect of the Gospels. Conservatives tended to stress challenging the world toward sounder teaching and of paying more attention to family, marriage and private morality. Liberals tended to stress social justice, peace and poverty. Both agreed the world needs to be challenged on consumption and greed. The issues named are valid and important, but I had a nagging thought that perhaps we, the churches, need to speak something else to the world before we speak these other challenges or certainly concomitant with them. I also had the nagging impression that, albeit for different reasons, both liberals and the conservatives were deriving a secret glee from the fact the world wasn’t working very well; that it was paying a heavy price in terms of

sadness, despair and dissipation for not listening to us, the churches. What, beyond the challenges of truth and justice, should we be speaking to the world? Words of understanding, consolation, comfort. One of the major tasks of the churches is to console the world, to comfort its people. “Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.” I heard this echo from Isaiah from a wonderful old priest shortly after I was ordained. Working for a summer in one of our Oblate parishes, I was living in the rectory with an elderly priest, a fine, saintly man. He had been ordained for more than 50 years and had, during all those years, been exemplary, honest, faithful and generous. He was deeply respected. Now, in his late 70s, legally blind and semi-retired, he celebrated Mass every day, heard occasional confessions, and spent much of his time praying. One evening, I asked, “Father, if you had your life as a priest to live over again, would you do anything differ-

ent?” I was expecting him to say no, given his obvious goodness and fidelity. His answer surprised me. “If I had my priesthood to live over again,” he said, “I would be gentler with Father people. I would conRon Rolheiser sole more and challenge more carefully. I was one of those people who was taught and who deeply believed that only the full truth can set us free, that we owe it to people to challenge them with the truth, in season and out. I believed that and did it for most of the years of my ministry. And I was a good priest. I lived for others and never once betrayed in any real way my vows and ROLHEISER, page 14

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Serious Catholicism for serious election Full disclosure, up front: Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver is an old friend; the Archdiocese of Denver syndicates this column; I played a (very) minor role in introducing Archbishop Chaput to my friends at Doubleday. So I’m not exactly a disinterested party in the matter of the archbishop’s new book, “Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life.” I trust that doesn’t preclude my suggesting that it’s essential reading for serious Catholics in an election year fraught with consequence for core Catholic issues in 21st century America. Archbishop Chaput is a pastor, first and foremost. His book is a pastor’s book. It’s informed by scholarship, and by the archbishop’s extensive experience in wrestling with issues at the intersection of morality and public policy. At the same time it’s a book for ordinary Catholics who want to be faithful to the Church and faithful to the first principles of justice in their civic lives. Here’s the argument, concentrated into nine key points. 1. Schizophrenic Catholicism is neither Catholic, nor responsible, nor patriotic. “We have obligations as believers,” the archbishop writes. “We have duties as citizens. We need to honor both, or we honor neither.” 2. Postmodern secularist skepticism about the truth of anything is soul-withering; in C.S. Lewis’s phrase, it makes “men without chests.” The current social, political and demographic malaise of aggressively secularist Europe is an object lesson, and a warning, for America: “A public life that

excludes God does not enrich the human spirit. It kills it.” 3. The new anti-Catholicism in the U.S. is not built around antipathy to the papacy, the sacraments, consecrated religious life, or the other bugaboos of those who once ranted about the “Whore of Babylon.” Rather, it’s an assault on religiously informed public moral argument of any sort, an attack against “...any faithful Christian social engagement.” So we can’t rest easy with the fact that the Catholic Church plays a considerable role in American society. There are forces in the land that would banish Catholicism, and indeed classic biblical morality, from a place at the table of democratic deliberation. 4. Because the Catholic Church’s defense of the first principles of justice – principles that can be known by reason – has specific policy implications for public life, the Church’s teaching has political “side-effects.” Anyone who considers this partisan meddling is simply mistaken. The most powerful “political” statement Catholics and other Christians make is to acknowledge the sovereignty of Christ as the first sovereignty in our lives. This confession of faith in fact helps make democracy possible, by erecting a barrier against the modern state’s tendency to fill every nook and cranny of social space. 5. America was founded on the convictions that there are moral truths that we can know by reason, and that the state has no business doing theology. The result was the vibrant, religiously informed public moral culture that amazed Alexis de Toqcueville in the 19th century. That distinctive American experience later shaped Vatican II’s teaching on religious

freedom and the limited, constitutional state. 6. Work for social progress, however noble, is no substitute for ongoing personal conversion to Jesus Christ. True conversion will almost inevitably George Weigel extract costs in politics. Catholic politicians who seek to avoid these dilemmas by hiding in the underbrush of a public square stripped of religious and moral reference points should reflect on the lives of Thomas More and Martin Luther King. 7. There is a bottom line in all this: the life issues are “foundational...because the act of dehumanizing and killing the unborn child attacks human dignity in a uniquely grave way.” 9. Responsible citizenship means making choices, not simply voting the way our grandparents did. Citizenship is an exercise in moral judgment, not in tribal loyalty. 10. Nothing in politics is perfect, including candidates. Yet unless we fight for the truth, “we become what the Word of God has such disgust for: salt that has lost its flavor.” Good stuff. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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August 22, 2008

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Isaiah 22:19-23; Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8; Romans 11:33-36; Matthew 16:13-20z A READING FROM THE BOOK OF ISAIAH IS 22:19-23 Thus says the Lord to Shebna, master of the palace: “I will thrust you from your office and pull you down from your station. On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah; I will clothe him with your robe, and gird him with your sash, and give over to him your authority. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. I will place the key of the House of David on Eliakim’s shoulder; when he opens, no one shall shut when he shuts, no one shall open. I will fix him like a peg in a sure spot, to be a place of honor for his family.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8 R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands. I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth; in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise; I will worship at your holy temple. R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands. I will give thanks to your name, because of your kindness and your truth: When I called, you answered me; you built up strength within me. R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands. The Lord is exalted, yet the lowly he sees, and the proud he knows from afar. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever; forsake not the work of your hands. R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS ROM 11:33-36 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor? Or who has given the Lord anything that

he may be repaid? For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 16:13-20

Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

FATHER CHARLES PUTHOTA

Who is Jesus to us? An important question An atheist quizzes his newly-converted Christian friend about Jesus. “Where was Jesus born? How many apostles did he have? Who were his parents? Where did he die?” The new Christian draws a blank to each question. The unimpressed atheist says, “You seem to know nothing about Jesus to whom you claim to have been converted.” The friend answers: “I’m ashamed at how little I know about Jesus. However, some years ago I used to be addicted to gambling and alcohol, and abusive to my own family. But now I am completely freed from those demons. All this Jesus has done for me. This much I know of him.” Who is Jesus to me? We Catholics at times are thrown off by this direct challenge. We have our liturgies, sacraments, and devotions; we like to give to the poor and the needy; we love the Church and follow the traditions – all of which possess the power to bring us face to face with Jesus. However, not often are we engaged in finding a personal and communal relationship with Jesus and explore ways in which he could become vital in our lives. Who do we say that Jesus is? Jesus himself is interested in this question. Information about Jesus does not necessarily lead us to Jesus. The faith our parents, teachers, friends, priests, and nuns have passed on to us needs to become our personalized faith. We cannot live on borrowed truths. Truths have to become our way of life or we will be mouthing platitudes. Theories of food are all good, but we have to taste it for ourselves. Concepts of love are not enough. We need to learn personally to love and be loved. Similarly, our faith calls for personal experience or it is not our faith. Jesus invites us to come and see – taste and see – for ourselves. As individuals, families and communities, we face the question: Who is Jesus to us? People may have variously called him John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah, and one of the prophets. But who is Jesus to us, here and

now, in our culture and society, in the 21st century, given our issues and predicaments? The answer is bound to be a dialogical, evolving one as Jesus relates to our changing scenarios of life as we grow in age, gaining wisdom and understanding. Our authentic answers to the question of Jesus can spring only from the Heavenly Father’s revelation. Only through God’s wisdom and knowledge, His inscrutable and unsearchable ways, which Paul celebrates in Romans, do we know His Son. We cannot define Jesus purely from culture and society, our wants and needs. There is a grave danger of domesticating Jesus to suit our needs and feelings. True, he is incarnate in our times, culture, and the world as the Word-turnedFlesh, but he is also counter-cultural, calling the world to conversion and judgment. He is the Son of God, our Savior, for all times and cultures. He is “the Christ, the Son of the living God,” calling us to repentance and giving us eternal life. We cannot fabricate Jesus for our convenience; we cannot fashion our own idols of Jesus. Our personal experience of Jesus has to be rooted and grounded in the revelation of our Father. Letting Jesus be who he is, we discern his vital role in our lives. As Peter is called to shepherd the Church, as Eliakim is appointed master of the house in Isaiah, we are sent out on mission in the wake of our personal experience of Jesus. We will help build up the Church and counter evil in the world so that God’s Kingdom may become a reality for our times. Who is Jesus to us? This question we cannot ignore as Christians. The answer – not merely in words, but in the way we live – will bind us together with Jesus and his Father, energizing us to re-create the world, the world God cherishes with an everlasting love. Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D., is pastor of St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco.

From Sacramento

A major disservice to California, again Budget deficits plague the Golden State like wildfires, yet no political will to change a clearly dysfunctional system has materialized. Why do we let this situation continue? The pattern, established over the past few decades, continues this year: The Legislature holds hearings on the Governor’s budget – released in January – but doesn’t get serious until after fiscal figures are revised in May. Lawmakers pass Democrats’ proposals, ignore Republicans’. Legislators don’t come close to the June 15 constitutional deadline, but since no one suffers consequences at that time, nobody seems to care. After weeks, or months of faux-action or no action at all, the leadership reaches a compromise when everyone is too tired to fight anymore. Current speculation in Sacramento is that Republicans will “allow” the Governor to place an initiative on the November ballot for voters to decide between a new California Lottery or a one cent increase in the sales tax, but only if there is a spending cap placed on state expenditures. Again, more of the same – a short-term and incomplete “solution” geared to the next election. Few voters understand the intricacies of state budgeting. Nor should we need to. That’s why we elect representatives. Since the legislature doesn’t handle problems – such as expenditures outpacing revenues – once a situation does come to the forefront (underperforming schools, out of

control property taxes or crazy energy prices), a “solution” often emerges through voter-approved initiatives. Unfortunately, initiatives are rarely crafted as carefully as a fully vetted bill would be. Once locked in by the voters, the new law can be nearly impossible to change, except by another initiative. Another reason no political will for change happens in the Capitol is because the two major political parties have gerrymandered districts. It’s one of the few things the parties have cooperated on consistently – maintaining the status quo for themselves. What Californians deserve – instead of platitudes and pledges that appeal to one segment or another – is real dialogue between the parties leading to working plans and good, bi-partisan solutions. However, Democrats propose more than $11 billion in new taxes, without so much as a public hearing on the matter. Republicans insist on the sales tax exemption for yacht owners while demanding cuts to social service programs. Party loyalty is one thing; following like lemmings into the abyss is another. The Governor proposal, borrowing against the potential future profit of a new and improved California Lottery, is full of assumptions, some of which are dubious says the Legislative Analyst’s Office.

We need to insist that our representatives work with each other, taking a long-term budgeting approach. They must avoid wishful thinking and political dogma, negotiate intelligently, Steve Pehanich and promote a more just and healthy state. Use the Catholic Legislative Network (www.cacatholic.org) – a partnership of California dioceses – to communicate with your legislator that enough is enough on this budget charade.Tell them to work together or we will elect somebody who will. If the legislature does not work to fix California’s perpetual budget disaster, we will continue this ridiculous, archaic and unjust system in what is supposed to be one of the leading states in the union. Voters must demand change. Steve Pehanich is director of advocacy and education for the California Catholic Conference. Visit www.cacatholic.org for information on legislation, elections and Catholic Social Teaching.

August 22, 2008

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Vatican approves English translations for constant parts of Mass WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Vatican has approved a new English-language translation of the main, constant parts of the Mass, but Catholics in the pew are unlikely to see any of the changes for awhile to allow for catechesis on the reasons for the revisions. The approved text, sent to the Vatican for recognitio, or confirmation, after a June 2006 vote by the U.S. bishops in Los Angeles, involves translation of the penitential rite, Gloria, creed, eucharistic prayers, eucharistic acclamations, Our Father and other prayers and responses used daily. It is only the first of 12 units into which the third edition of the Roman Missal has been divided for translation. It includes most of the texts used in every celebration of Mass including responses to the celebrant by people participating in a liturgy. “In terms of the people’s part, it’s not gong to require too much adjustment,” Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli of Paterson, N.J., chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, told Catholic News Service July 25. “It’s a refinement of the language, a clearer theological language. “Not much of the people’s part is changed, and I think once or twice after they use it, they will hardly notice the change,” he said. Bishop Serratelli said it will be awhile before they become part of regular worship at Mass. “I’m hoping for two years,” he said. Patrick Vallez-Kelly thinks it could take longer. The director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Worship estimated that “the earliest we should expect to pray with the new texts is some time in 2011.” “Using resources developed nationally and locally, the Archdiocese of San Francisco will make available to all parishes and schools a comprehensive catechetical program to prepare clergy, lay liturgical ministers and the lay faithful of all ages for the new English translation of the Mass,” Vallez-Kelly said. “However, at this time I don’t anticipate this catechesis will be ready for use until 2010 or 2011.” The lead time is also needed to allow musicians to work with the texts and to prepare music for various liturgical settings and seasons,” said Vallez-Kelly and other experts. Vallez-Kelly said he believes “the changes to the people’s parts and the celebrant’s parts will take some getting used to, especially after 30-plus years of using the current texts.” At the same time, he added, “I believe that this will be a very ‘do-able’ transition and that we will get accustomed to the new prayers and responses. This has the potential to be a positive development in our shared liturgical celebration, but I would not try to downplay the challenge and resistance that might arise initially.”

New Responses Notable changes in the people’s responses at Mass as approved by the Vatican NEW FORM

PRESENT FORM

“And with your spirit.”

“And also with you.”

Response whenever the priest says, “The Lord be with you.”

“I have greatly sinned … through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.”

“I have sinned through my own fault.”

First form of the penitential rite

“I believe …”

“We believe …”

Beginning of the Nicene Creed

“It is right and just.”

“It is right to give him thanks and praise.”

Response when the priest says, “Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.”

“Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.”

“Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.”

Start of the Sanctus

“Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.”

“Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.”

Prayer before Communion

The most significant changes approved by Rome include: • Whenever the priest says, “The Lord be with you,” the people will respond, “And with your spirit.” The current response is “And also with you.” • In the first form of the penitential rite, the people will confess that “I have greatly sinned ... through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.” In the current version, that part is much shorter: “I have sinned through my own fault.”

• The Gloria has been translated differently and the structure of the prayer will have changes from the current text. • The opening of the Nicene Creed changes from “We believe ... “ to “I believe ... “; other changes in the prayer also have been made. • Before the preface, when the priest says, “Let us give thanks to the Lord our God,” instead of saying, “It is right to give him thanks and praise,” the people will respond, “It is right and just.” • The Sanctus will start “Holy, Holy, Holy

Vatican: No ‘Yahweh’ in songs at Masses WASHINGTON (CNS) – In the not-too-distant future, songs such as “You Are Near,” “I Will Bless Yahweh” and “Rise, O Yahweh” will no longer be part of the Catholic worship experience in the United States. At the very least, the songs will be edited to remove the word “Yahweh” – a name of God that the Vatican has ruled must not “be used or pronounced” in songs and prayers during Catholic Masses. Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli of Paterson, N.J., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, announced the new Vatican “directives on the use of ‘the name of God’ in the sacred liturgy” in an Aug. 8 letter to his fellow bishops. He said the directives would not “force any changes to official liturgical texts” or to the bishops’ current missal translation project but would likely have “some impact on the use of particular pieces of liturgical music in our country as well as in the composition of variable texts such as the general intercessions for the celebration of the Mass and the other sacraments.”

Contributing to this story were Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Dennis Sadowski and Dan Morris-Young.

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Father Bazikila. . . ■ Continued from cover month that Father Bazikila’s first assignment will be determined after a meeting with the Archbishop on his return. Father Bazikila is the second deaf man to be ordained for the Archdiocese in two years. Fellow native of the African continent, Father Paul Zirimenya, was ordained last June. Residing at St. Gabriel Parish, San Francisco, Father Zirimenya currently ministers to the deaf community of northern California. Father Bazikila’s road to ordination has been at times a rocky one, he told Catholic San Francisco in May. He entered the seminary at age 14 in his homeland. By the time he turned 20 it had become clear he was losing his hearing. He was reluctantly asked to leave the seminary, thus loosing both his vocational path and his ability to hear. In time he returned to college in the Congo, earned a master’s degree in sociology, learned to sign and began teaching Bible to the deaf in local churches. Men and women religious whom he met at that time, including an American deaf priest, encouraged him to resume his pursuit of the priesthood. That pursuit led him to New York where he spent a year in the seminary, then a pastoral year in Boston, and eventually with the encourage-

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Lord God of hosts.” The current versions says “Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.” • The new response at the Ecce Agnus Dei (“Behold the Lamb of God”) is: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.” In 2001 the Vatican issued new rules requiring liturgical translations to follow the original Latin more strictly – a more literal translation approach called formal equivalence. The resulting new translation adheres far more closely to the normative Latin text issued by the Vatican. Two other sections of the Roman Missal have come before the bishops. In November 2007 they approved a revision of all the Sunday and weekday Lectionary readings for Lent, but at their June meeting, and in subsequent mail balloting, they rejected a 700-page translation of the proper prayers for Sundays and feast days. The rejected section is to come before the full body of bishops again at their November general assembly in Baltimore, along with two other sections totaling about 500 pages. When the bishops approved the first section in June 2006, Bishop Donald W. Trautman of Erie, Pa., called it “a truly important moment in liturgy in the United States.” He then chaired the U.S. bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy, now called the Committee on Divine Worship. Bishop Trautman said at that time that he did not expect the new Order of Mass to be implemented in the United States until the entire new Roman Missal in English had been approved by the bishops and confirmed by the Vatican. According to the current schedule, the earliest that the Vatican could receive the final sections of the translation project would be November 2010, one of the reasons Vallez-Kelly said he thinks implementation of the language changes are probably three years out. The timetable will also depend on the work of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, made up of representatives of the world’s 11 main English-speaking bishops’ conferences and decisions of the USCCB Administrative Committee in setting the agenda for the general meetings. A two-thirds majority of the nation’s Latin-rite bishops must approve each unit of the missal translation. After each section is approved, it is sent to the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments for confirmation.

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ment of then-Archbishop William Levada of San Francisco (now Cardinal Levada in Rome) he and other deaf seminarians headed to St. Patrick Seminary and University in Menlo Park. Father Bazikila said his five years at the Menlo Park campus were a growth period for him, his deaf confreres and the school. When they first arrived, they had to rely on typed notes from hearing classmates. Later, captioning services were made available, but these were done by persons offsite and were at times unreliable. The seminary eventually turned to signing interpreters, employing them not just for class work but for liturgical and social occasions. “It was a learning curve for all of us,” he said.

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‘Consummate educator’ lives to 95 Blessed Virgin Mary in 1933, professing first vows in 1936 and final vows in 1941. She taught and served as principal at St. Paul A funeral Mass for Sister Jameselle Keane was celebrated at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Elementary School as well as a member of the faculty at Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 6. Born neighboring St. Philip Elementary School. She also served in San Francisco, Sister Keane is a graduate of San at schools in Butte and Missoula, Mont., Boulder, Colo. Francisco’s St. Paul High School, now closed. She was and San Jose and Stockton, Calif. John Keane called her “the consum95 years of age. mate educator,” who when not teaching “From my earliest memories Aunt Lil was taking classes. “I’m sure that her was always a joy to be around,” said John students were all the better for her dediKeane of St. Rita Parish in Fairfax, and a cation.” nephew of the late religious. Keane and “In recent years, Aunt Lil enjoyed nieces of Sister Keane were at her side frequent visits to the motherhouse by when she died. “When I was a boy we her nieces Pamela and Sally who always used to talk sports and she knew what remembered to pack two of her favorite she was talking about. She had a wonthings – a loaf of sourdough French bread derful and distinctive laugh and liked to baked in San Francisco and a box of See’s use it.” candies,” Keane said. “Aunt Lil is rememIt was 75 years ago, John Keane told bered by me and all my cousins who recall Catholic San Francisco, that then-Lillian her girlish giggle, enthusiasm and interest Keane began the journey and vocation in our lives and her unwavering allegiance during which Sister Jameselle Keane – she took the name in honor of her father, Sister Jameselle Keane, to the Forty Niners.” “Aunt Lil loved her life as a nun,” James, and mother, Ellen – taught and BVM Keane noted. “She loved life, period. supervised at BVM schools for almost She was the embodiment of seeing a sermon rather than seven decades in three different states. Raised in Noe Valley, she was part of a family that, like hearing one, and when she did use words they counted. so many others in the neighborhood, made its way through We all feel very lucky to have been able get back there to spend her last few hours together.” the Depression with faith, humor and hard work. Interment was in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Dubuque. Sister Keane finished two years at San Francisco State before entering religious life, continuing to completion Remembrances may be sent to the Sisters of Charity of of undergraduate work and graduate work in second- the Blessed Virgin Mary Retirement Fund, 1100 Carmel ary education. She entered the Sisters of Charity of the Dr., Dubuque, Iowa 52003.

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In Historic Colma

■ Continued from page 11 my commitment. But now that I am older, I regret some of what I did. I regret that sometimes I was too hard on people! I meant it well, I was sincere, but I think that sometimes I ended up laying added burdens on people when they were already carrying enough pain. If I were just beginning as a priest, I would be gentler, I would spend my energies more trying to lift pain from people. People are in a lot of pain. They need us, first of all, to help them with that!” He’s right. What the world needs first of all from us, the churches, is comfort, help in lifting and understanding its complexity, its wounds, its anxieties, its raging restlessness, its temptations, and its infidelities and its sin. Like the prodigal son, the world needs first of all to be surprised by unconditional love. Sometime later, and there will be time for that, it will want hard challenge. And our comfort must be offered not on the basis of what is best inside of human understanding. The comfort we offer rather must be the product of what we ourselves feel when we come to know for ourselves the ineffable, all-empathic, all-embracing, all-forgiving heart of God. We will comfort the world, and it will be comforted, when we show it that God sees its heart with the eyes of the heart, that God feels for it more than it feels for itself, that God never feels frightened by the assertions of human freedom, that God always opens another door when we close one, that God is not put off by all the times when we are too weak to do what is best, that God understands our complexity, our weaknesses, our anger, our lusts, our jealousies, and our despair. God descends into all the hells we create, stands inside our muddled, wounded and guilty hearts and breathes peace. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser can be contacted through his website: www.ronrolheiser.com.

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Trainings/Lectures/Respect Life Aug. 23, following 5 p.m. Mass: Bioethics Barbecue and Potluck dinner at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd. in Greenbrae. Legionaries of Christ Father Joseph Tham, a physician, ethicist and member of the faculty at Rome’s Pontifical University, will speak on challenges faced by Catholics today in the area of bioethics. Sponsored by the Respect Life Program of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Contact Vicki Evans at (415) 945 – 0180. Sept. 6, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Second Annual Northern California Lay Convocation at University of San Francisco’s McLaren Center, 2130 Fulton St. in San Francisco. Visit www. NorCalLayConvocation.org for details. Sept. 17, 18, 19, 7-8:30 p.m.: A Faithful Citizenship Conference in Spanish will take place at, respectively, Mission San Rafael, 1105 Fifth Ave., San Rafael; Mission Dolores Parish, 3321 16th St., San Francisco; and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, 300 Fulton St., Redwood City. The event will feature a panel of experts and focus on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ statement, “Faithful Citizenship and Formation of Conscience.” Materials for and a discussion of the Protect Marriage Initiative – Proposition 8 – will also be included. Sept. 24, 25, 26, 7-8:30 p.m.: A Faithful Citizenship Conference in English will take place at, respectively, St. Bartholomew Parish, 300 Alameda de La Pulgas, San Mateo; St. Sebastian Parish, 373 Bon Air Rd., Kentfield; and Holy Name of Jesus Parish, 1555 39th Ave., San Francisco. The event will feature a panel of experts and focus on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ statement, “Faithful Citizenship and Formation of Conscience.” Materials for and a discussion of the Protect Marriage Initiative – Proposition 8 – will also be included.

Letters . . . ■ Continued from page 10 understand that dealing well with issues of the real world is what brings us closer also to the Kingdom of God. Alex M. Saunders, MD San Carlos

‘Lower Gym’ liked A nice article (Aug. 8) on “The Lower Gym” at the former Star of the Sea Academy. A missed opportunity: Sister Marjory Ann Baez, DC, is a graduate of Star of the Sea Academy. Star is as important in her life as Marillac College and the University of San Francisco.

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Sept. 13, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: “End of Life Issues Conference,” sponsored by the Respect Life Program, Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at St. Mary Cathedral Rooms A/B/C. Continuing education credit of 5 hours is available for nurses at a cost of $50. General admission is $35 (scholarships available), which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Speakers include Nancy Valko, RN, president of Missouri Nurses for Life; Carol Hogan, California Catholic Conference; Mary Male Schembri, Catholic Charities CYO. They will be speaking on contemporary end-of-life topics including definition of death, organ transplants, palliative v. terminal sedation, assisted nutrition and hydration, hospice care, advance medical directives, California assisted-suicide legislation and conscience clauses. For information and registration, contact Vicki Evans (415) 614-5533 or vevans1438@aol.com.

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Vocations Aug. 31: Special Retreat for Women Discerners with Sisters of Nazareth at the Los Angeles Nazareth House, 3333 Manning Ave., Los Angeles. For reservations, more information, contact Sister Fintan: e-mail: vocations@nazarethhouse.org; phone: (310) 216-8170.

St. Patrick’s Seminary Celebrates 110 years Aug. 23, 2 p.m.: A concert benefiting Saint Patrick’s Seminary and University featuring Catholic music artist John Angotti at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Angotti is an award-winning composer and recording artist recently featured at the United States Papal visit and at World Youth Day in Australia. Also appearing will be choirs from St. Francis High School in Mountain View and Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park under the direction of Margaret Durando and Gabriel Lucas. General admission tickets are $75; $25 for students. For more information, visit www.stpatricksseminary. org or call (650) 325-5621. Sept. 19, 6 p.m.: The Four Pillars Gala at St. Mary’s Cathedral will honor Archbishop George H. Niederauer with proceeds benefiting St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park in its mission of “the initial and ongoing formation of priests” for service in a “contemporary and multicultural world.” The evening will feature entertainment by Diana Stork of Festival of Harps as well as an exclusive wine auction. The event takes its name from the four pillars of formation: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral. Tickets are $150. Call the seminary at (650) 325-5621 or visit www.stpatricksseminary.org.

Thanks for also mentioning the upcoming 100th anniversary of Star of the Sea Elementary School. Marie Conroy-Salbi San Francisco (Ed. note: Daughter of Charity Marjory Ann Baez was recently elected visitatrix of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Province of the West, as reported in the Aug. 8 Catholic San Francisco.)

Skewed statistics Tony Magliano made misstatements in his Aug. 8 anti-gun rant. First, the assault weapons ban was allowed to expire because it was proved to be of no consequence. I cannot dispute the U.S. murder figures,

St. Mary’s Cathedral Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco – (415) 567-2020. Ample parking is available free of charge in the Cathedral lot for most events. Aug. 27: 60 Years of Commitment in the Middle East: The Ongoing Search for Peace and Justice, beginning at 6 p.m. with dinner and an awards program at 7 p.m. Tickets are $100. Honoree is Allan Solomonow. Sponsored by American Friends Service Committee. Call (415) 565-0201, ext. 16. Second and Fourth Fridays through September at 7:30 p.m. in Cathedral Event Center, Monsignor Bowe Room: Discussions of Plato’s Works, a series on the philosophical works of Plato with the goal of recapturing the wisdom of the ancient authors on perennial questions. The series is free. For a complete list of dates and reading materials, visit: http:// www.stanthonypaduainstitute.org/phisem_flier. pdf. Presented by Reynaldo Miranda of the St. Anthony of Padua Institute. For more information, call (888) 619-7882, or e-mail MagisterTextus@ StAnthonyPaduaInstitute.org. Sept. 17 and 24, 7:30 a.m.: Father Steven J. Lopes, STD, a priest of the San Francisco Archdiocese, who is an official at the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the faith and secretary to its prefect, Cardinal William Levada, will deliver two breakfast lectures on the Pauline Year under the title of “Pope Benedict on Saint Paul.” Father Lopes also teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

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but he compares the U.S. with Great Britain in total murders. He neglects the fact the UK has one of the highest crime rates in the western world. Criminals run rampant because it is against the law to protect yourself with a “weapon” of any sort. Does that make sense? John Lott, a liberal Ph.D. and statistician from the University of Chicago and Yale, attempted to write a book using federal and state official statistics proving we need more gun control. His findings were to the contrary. He titled his book: “More Guns, Less Crime.” Which country, with the smallest crime rate in the western world has, per person, the most guns? Switzerland! Mr. Magliano also gives statistics on how many children are killed with guns.

Sept. 7, Mass at 11 a.m. with picnic from noon – 4 p.m.: CYO Family Day at St. Ignatius College Prep, 37th Ave. at Sunset Blvd. in San Francisco. It’s an afternoon of CYO fun with family and friends featuring a picnic, all-day swimming with licensed lifeguards on duty and a festival to celebrate the kickoff of CYO Athletics’ Fall Season. Enjoy games and activities plus hot dogs with all the trimmings. Tickets are $10 for events and $5 per person for picnic lunch. Call (415) 972-1233 or visit www.cccyo.org. Sep. 26, 27 & 28: 70th Annual St. Philip Parish Festival. Festivities start with parish dinner on Friday at 6 p.m. followed by two days of games, activities and free entertainment Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Teen dance takes place Saturday at 7 p.m. Takes place on St. Philip campus at 24th and Diamond Street in Noe Valley; details at www. stphilipfestival.org or call (415) 824-8467. Third Wednesday: The fun continues at Immaculate Conception Chapel where a spaghetti and meatball lunch is served for $8 each third Wednesday of the month, beginning at noon. The family-style lunch consist of salad, bread, pasta and homemade meatballs. Beverages are available for purchase. The meal is served in the church hall beneath the chapel. Call (415) 824-1762. Sept. 5: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd. in Greenbrae for Mass at 7 a.m. with breakfast and talk following. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J, Justice is first guest of the new school year Sept. 5. Archbishop George H. Niderauer will preside Dec. 5. Presentation Oct. 3 will address upcoming elections and Nov. 7 gathering offers opportunity to learn more about the Knights and Dames of Malta. Members breakfast $7/visitors $10. Call (415) 461-0704 weekdays or e-mail sugaremy@aol.com.

Taize/Chanted Prayer 1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Young Adults are invited each first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides light refreshments and networking with other young adults. Convenient parking is available. For information, contact mercyyoungadults@ sbcglobal.net. 1st Friday at 7:30 p.m.: Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113. 2nd Friday at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400 Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at (650) 726-2249. 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.: Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Contact Benedictine Father Martin at (650) 851-6133 for directions or information.

TV/Radio Sunday, 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr. Harry Schlitt presiding. Saturday, 4 p.m.: Religious programming in Cantonese over KVTO 1400 AM, co-sponsored by the Chinese Ministry and Chinese Young Adults of the Archdiocese. 1st Sunday, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: “Mosaic,” featuring conversations on current Catholic issues. 3rd Sunday, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: “For Heaven’s Sake,” featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality. KSFB Catholic Radio 1260 AM offers daily Mass, rosary and talk on the faith – visit www. ihradio.org.

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All tragedies for sure, but he fails to tell us these stats were compiled with age 25 as the upper threshold. Also not mentioned was how many of these “children” were killed by gangs, drug activities, or in the commission of a crime by law enforcement, or by a citizen protecting him or herself. Elected officials are seeing the light; 40 states now have liberal right-to-concealed carry laws, and have the lowest crime rates. Why do states with restrictive gun laws have the highest crime rates? It’s because in “right-to-concealed carry” states, criminals don’t know who might be carrying a firearm or have a firearm in their nightstand. Our founding fathers knew the imporLETTERS, page 18

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take up the slack. Herewith a hearty recommendation: one of the greatest war films ever made, “A Midnight Clear.” The title situates the story in the Christmas just preceding the Allied victory in Europe, late 1944. A platoon of American soldiers is sent on reconnaissance to a remote mansion somewhere in France, near the German line. Their objective: to watch for enemy moves that might indicate a last-ditch offensive. The group is the familiar cross-section of

National shrine event discussed Msgr. Harry Schlitt (right), vicar for administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and Michael O’Leary (left), director of development, speak with host Tom Burke (center) Sept. 7 on “Mosaic” at 5 a.m. on CBS Channel 5. Conversation focuses on events Sept. 27 at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in North Beach when a replica of a chapel built under the supervision of St. Francis of Assisi in the Italian town of Assisi will be blessed and inaugurated as a worship space at the shrine. Special guests at the rite will include Cardinal William J. Levada, former Archbishop of San Francisco and now prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, as well as former San Francisco Supervisor and longtime shrine promoter, Angela Alioto.

American life: the country boy, the city-slicker, the Italian, the Jew, the near-seminarian, and one slightly loony loose cannon. In a touching prologue we see the boys on their last night before going overseas and their encounter with a girl whose fiancé has recently been killed. (The vocabulary is that of the time, pre-political correctness.) This section serves to establish the basic humanity of the soldiers and prepare us for the central event of the story. The leader of the group is a mild-mannered sergeant named Will (Ethan Hawke) who narrates in a voice-over; he is a kind of Greek chorus which draws our attention to the underlying moral substance of the soldiers’ action in the film’s climax. Soon after their arrival at the house the soldiers begin to hear voices in the near distance, at first spooky, then jovial; two lookouts suddenly find themselves bombarded by – snowballs. A primitive Christmas tree appears, then a procession of German soldiers offering holiday greetings and cheer, and then retreating. Both groups come out into the open the next day; it transpires that the Germans (the Jewish American uses his scant Yiddish to translate the German message) want to surrender, knowing that defeat is near. But they have to cover it up by a ruse in the event that they might be discovered if their army shows up. The tragic outcome is not inevitable – but chance and human error take their toll. The bare outline of the plot cannot do justice to the overall substance of the picture. Each character is delineated with craft and sensitivity and each episode is integrated into the whole. The highlight perhaps is the care given to the body of the one member of the platoon who is killed.

He was named Father by the men because he had once wanted to become a priest, and retained his deep faith and loving charity in dealing with his brothers. After his death they bathe the body with gentle care and lay it out for transport. The scene is clearly a reminder of the descent from the cross and preparation of the body of Jesus for burial. I have seen the picture multiple times, and it never fails to haunt me for days afterward, because of moments like this one. The film dates from 1991. Gary Sinise was already well known and several of the other actors went on to significant careers: Ethan Hawke, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon. The director, Keith Gordon, handles both the players and the script with a master’s hand. Without glaring obviousness it underscores the horror and the pity of war, but it also celebrates the beauty of the human spirit and the heights of which it is capable. Not to be missed. A priest of the Oakland Diocese and frequent contributor on the arts, Father DePinto recently celebrated his golden jubilee of ordination.

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A friend commented that George Wesolek, in his recent article, “American Catholic structural polarization,” did a great job in laying out the divisions in the Church. I think he did, too, with some reservations. Mr. Wesolek contends the Catholic bishops and local dioceses are responsible for the polarization today because they separated pro-life and justice-and-peace groups into separate, bureaucratic structures. That might be a contributing factor, but I believe he misses the fundamental dynamic responsible for this polarization. It is common knowledge a great many Catholics do not believe what Christians who are being received into the Catholic communion affirm, “I believe and profess all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches and proclaims to be revealed by God.” One pastor told me that anytime he mentions abortion in a homily, he is sure to get complaints. He even gets complaints when he talks about the Eucharist “too much.” You might know of at least one Catholic who supports same-sex marriage, and the statistics on contraception, divorce and euthanasia are appalling.

tance of being able to defend oneself. Thus our Constitution, and the right to bear arms. The first battle of the War of Independence was fought over firearms/gun powder – Lexington/ Concord. The king knew if we couldn’t defend ourselves, we would be his loyal subjects. Philip Feiner San Carlos

Bless unity effort Please thank George Wesolek for the insights he shared in his July 25 column titled, “American Catholic structural polarization.” He is now on my short list of true advocates for life with Doug Kmiec and Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. May he not have to endure what they have for their views on life. Or, perhaps he already has. May the Spirit of Christ continue to bless all his efforts to bring about true unity among Catholics. Sister Judith Guevara, PBVM San Francisco

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Even some clergy are outspoken in their dissent from Church teachings and in their disagreements with the Holy Father, encouraging further dissent in our parishes, and creating grave scandal. It is this sad fact, and not some structural, bureaucratic goof by the hierarchy, or some “tunnel vision approach” by the faithful, that fuels the divisions in the Church. It will be only through a profound catechesis, based solidly on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, directed by the bishop and implemented in our Catholic schools, our RCIA classes and from the pulpit, that such divisions can be healed and the Church be made whole and integral again. We must pray to the Holy Spirit for this intention. Robert Johnson Fairfax

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

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

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O good St. Gerard, powerful intercessor before God and Wonder-worker of our day, I call upon thee and seek thy aid. Thou who on earth didst always fulfill God’s design help me do the Holy Will of God. Beseech the Master of Life, from Whom all paternity proceedeth to render me fruitful in offspring, that I may raise up children to God in this life and heirs to the Kingdom of His glory in the world to come. Amen. S.F.

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has an immediate opening for a part-time Youth Minister. The ideal candidate will have experience in Jr. High/High School Youth Ministry, Confirmation, liturgy planning and program development as well as strong interpersonal skills. We are looking for an enthusiastic team player who can help us build a strong Youth Ministry program at St. Dunstan Parish.

The West Midwest Community of the Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Burlingame campus, has an on-call position for all shifts available. Provides personalized care and support to Sister-residents together with person-centered care teams to ensure Sisters’ continuing independence and quality of life. High School diploma or GED required. Minimum of two years work experience, preferably in elder or healthcare facilities, or comparable education/training or combination of both. Must enjoy working with the elderly, is caring and compassionate, flexible, with good communication and interpersonal skills, can understand and follow individualized care plans, multi-task and prioritize and work with evolving systems and structures. California CNA license and CPR certified required.

Email resume and cover letter to Sheree Leone at stdunstanccd@att.net or mail to Sheree Leone, Director of Religious Education, St. Dunstan Parish, 1133 Broadway, Millbrae, CA 94030.

Interested qualified applicants may send their resumes to: Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, West Midwest Community, Attn: Human Resources, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 or e-mail cmoore@mercywmw.org or fax (650) 373-4509

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of July HOLY CROSS COLMA Eufemia R. Abaya Nancy M. Alteieri William Amrull, Jr. Jerry L. Andersen Philip Q. Arcia, Sr. Florencio F. Baclaan, Sr. Chester L. Barnes Barbara J. Barrow John T. Barrow, Sr. William Robert Beck Corina E. Beckman Mary C. Berini Benita B. Bitanga Lorraine Alice Boisson Virginia Borghello-Hall Marie D. Bozin Olga M. Brunetti James H. Brusco Cornelia Alforque Bura Barbara J. Burnett Ettorina M. Cardella Simon Carreno Josefina D. Chan Iris Josephine Charles Eula D. Chriss Rose M. Colla Vincent J. Cooney Antonio Crespo John Curtin Anna Lorraine Dal Poggetto John F. Darmanin Salvadora DeCarias Balbino DeLeon Laura T. Dinucci Lily Pasion Dulay John Edmond Lois W. Evans

Grace M. Facciano Estelle Falkenberg Alma E. Farina Harold J. Finn, Jr. Tecla E. Galdo Edmund V. Garcia Pilar A. Garcia Joe Ventura Garcia Edward Germano Vahid Ghorbani William E. Giesin David Gene Ginesi Richard Gomez Marie Loree Hagler Arthur Lee Handy, Sr. Robert Hennum Inez Iacopetti Eden Duran Ingalla Edward R. Johnston Marlin D. Keats Rev. Msgr. Francis A. Lacey Philip Lacy James Lambert Rose Lazzara Lynn Margaret Leon Russell J. Leonard Jacqueline Frances Lewis Peter Joseph Long Mary Leslie Loscavio Miguel R. Loza Sr. Anne Lucey, PBVM Rolando “Roddy” A. Mapote Dolly Martin Manuel “Babe” Martinez James Joseph McCormack Marjorie L. McGettigan Marcella McInerney Bernadette “Dollie” Meehan Maria A. Mendoza

Mark E. Milleza Florence E. Monize Iris B. Morales Rose D. Moresco James Muscat, Jr. Jian Carlo Viray Nacelli Do V. Nguyen Richard F. Nichols Salud Sally Niez Maureen Pendergast Norris Rosemarie A. O’Connor Michael F. O’Driscoll Raul Luis Ortega Felix Rudolph Panol Antonio Giovani Passaglia Debra Lee Paz Charles Anthony Pellizzer Betty Marie Pellizzer Murray Jeanne Louise Peterson Maureen A. Pool Helene Pothier Rose A. Presto Stephen C. Purdy Jack P. Rappa Nelson David Rivera-Fuentes Luis Godofredo Rosales Leo Rossi Vivian T. Ryan Luis U. Saldajeno Leonora C. Salvemini Frank M. Santiago Kay Karna Schloss Mauro B. Serrano Norma Elisa Silva Paul L. Smith Betty J. Stevenson Cesar Juan Y. Tanada William L. Tempone

Kathleen M. Tilton Naim H. Totah Miljun Valencerina David Virella Michael J. Walsh Anne Marie Warrin George Michael Wehner Rita Marie Williams Aelia C. Wood Marie F. Zamacona

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Mies J. Kok Carmen B. Lamb H. Kelly Ogle Eliezer Pulido Padilla Zenona M. Zabdyr

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Marie A. (Traber) Cargile Carolyn Catala Carmella L. Costello Ruth W. Murphy Alfred D. Quilici Wilma Cook Sewell Eileen R. Soares, OLV

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA First Saturday Mass All Saints Mausoleum Chapel Saturday, September 6, 2008 – 11:00 a.m. Rev. Tony LaTorre, Celebrant

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

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

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