September 14, 2007 by Catholic San Francisco

Marin Supervisors begin review process for boys’ school land

Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

(CNS PHOTO/CHURCH/ HANDOUT/REUTERS)

By Maurice Healy

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd in the Am Hof Square in Vienna, Austria, Sept. 7. During a three-day visit, the pope said Christianity was not just the legacy of Europe’s past but “the way to the future.” See “Vatican Letter” on Page 16 for a commentary on the papal journey.

SAN RAFAEL — Marin County’s Board of Supervisors this week began a review of a draft update to the countywide plan containing a proposed restriction on land use that puts in jeopardy a proposal by St. Vincent’s School for Boys to build senior housing on a small portion of its land and assure continuation of the school’s mission. For much of its 152-year history, St. Vincent’s School operated as an orphanage and was home to thousands of boys. It now is a residential care facility for vulnerable and at-risk boys. Group homes accommodating about 60 boys and a school were constructed many decades ago and St. Vincent supporters say new and updated facilities are needed. The St. Vincent’s School property is about 770 acres located north of San Rafael, stretching eastward from Highway 101 to the bay. Current development is on five percent of the property, and the school is seeking to build senior housing on an additional 10 percent of the land. Under St. Vincent’s plan, 85 percent of the school’s property would remain open space. St. Vincent officials say the proposed senior development, the equivalent of 350 residential units, would be located on a 76-acre envelope of land largely hidden from view from the highway. Moreover, they contend that the senior community proposed by St. Vincent’s meets a critical need in the county for such housing. Speaking on behalf of St. Vincent’s School at the Sept. 10 meeting, Gary Giacomini said recent studies indicate a severe shortage of available housing for seniors in Marin County, while demographic trends point to a looming “silver tsunami” in the growth of the SCHOOL LAND, page 3

Catholic youth build the Kingdom of God, one home at a time An expanded version of this story appears on the Catholic San Francisco Web site: www.catholic-sf.org.

By Michael Vick For most high school students, summer vacation brings to mind trips to the beach with friends, family reunions, picnics and the occasional visit to an amusement park. But it was much more for a select group of young parishioners from two Redwood city parishes, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Pius. A group of 52 students, representing nine different high schools, took part in a mission trip to Tijuana, Mexico, where they spent the better part of a week building three homes for poor families. The students lived in a campsite not far from the construction zone, and kept luxuries to a minimum. Kevin Staszkow, youth minister at St. Pius, said the restrictions were by design. “Living without running water and electricity for the week, they get an experience of what life is like for most people in the world,” said Staszkow in an e-mail interCATHOLIC YOUTH, page 18

Laura Correa (left), Lacey Dickinson and Jessica Lydon (kneeling at right) find shade in a recently roofed house with some of its future residents.

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION Presentation jubilees . . . . . 4 Priests enter plea . . . . . . . . 7

Annual High School Booklet

New principals . . . . . . . . 8-9

~ Special Insert ~

Datebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Marriage and Weddings

Classified ads . . . . . . . 22-23

~ Pages 10-15 ~ September 14, 2007

Scripture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

www.catholic-sf.org SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS

VOLUME 9

•

No. 26

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

On The Where You Live by Tom Burke

Local members of the Young Men’s Institute enjoyed a visit with Reno Bishop Randy Calvo, center, after the YMI Grand Council Convention and closing rites in the “Biggest Small City in the World.” Looking as if the days were well spent are Father Ted King, left, of Reno; Father Agnel De Heredia, YMI chaplain and pastor of All Souls Parish; Jack Albrecht, Harold Boyd, Ed Oldham, Bishop Calvo, Chuck Elliott, Brian Handlos, Frank Pignati, Mike Handlos, Vince MacEvilly, Bob O’Donnell, Carl Franke, Felix Ysturiz.

Family math teacher, Randy Vogel, right, with some of the Dunns he’s taught including dad, Pat, Emily, Jason and Brian.

Let’s start with one big “Oops!” and an “I’m sorry” to the kids of St. Patrick Parish in Larkspur who raised and donated $2,800 to help the local poor and the good and farreaching works of Catholic Relief Services. “Thank you for including the picture of our students in your Aug. 24 Datebook,” Amelie Keane, St. Pat’s religious education coordinator, wrote in her most charitable chastisement. “There was a mistake printed in the caption. These students do not attend St. Patrick Elementary School. They attend the Religious Education Program at St. Patrick Parish for middle school students who attend public and private schools. The program is called Spirit Quest.” The mistake was mine and I’ll try better next time. Hats off to Amelie and all who make our religious education programs possible….Done at Junipero Serra High School, at least for now, is the Dunn family. All six members of the clan have had some connection with Serra during the last three decades. Dad, Pat, is a 1974 grad who met his wife, Anne, at Serra when she was attending classes there as part of the tri-school program involving Mercy High School, Burlingame – Anne’s alma mater – the all-boys Serra, and Notre Dame High School, Belmont. The couple’s three sons, Ed, ’02; Brian ’06; and the recently graduated, Jason, ’07, are all Serra alums and Anne and Pat’s daughter, Emily, took an honors algebra class at Serra as an eighth grader at nearby St.

LIVING TRUSTS WILLS ●

●

PROBATE

MICHAEL T. SWEENEY ATTORNEY AT LAW 782A ULLOA STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127

(415) 664-8810

Gregory Elementary School. Emily is now a junior at - you their mom, Angie, told me in a recent e-mail. “They took guessed it - Mercy. Randy Vogel, faculty member and admis- some time during their recent visit to the Philippines to take sions director at Serra, is also part of the mix. He taught alge- care of orphans at Hospicio de San Jose in Manila.” The bra to Pat, Brian, Jason and Emily…. Father Rick Van De help doesn’t stop there. Mark and Camille are continuing Water was recently honored by the people of St. Thomas with financial support as “donor brother and sister” to help More Parish in San Francisco, where he is a parochial vicar, pay for the daily needs of the kids they met. Dad, James, is on the occasion of his 25th year as a priest. Born in South pretty proud, too. Angie said the Hospicio is a “cradle to Carolina, Father Rick was ordained for the Catholic Church grave” institution with some 300 residents, 85 percent of of Jerusalem from where St. Thomas More pastor, Msgr. whom are children. “Many babies are left anonymously,” Angie said, noting that all Labib Kobti, also hails. In who are there, even those fact, a major part of Father abandoned and brought by Rick’s and Msgr. Labib’s officials, were left in love by work here is ministry to the folks and families just too Arab American Catholic poor to support them. At the Community. Father Rick has helm is Daughter of Charity previously served as a semiSister Socorro Evidente. nary professor in the Middle Angie is a former student of East and as a pastor in Sister Socorro at Immaculate Switzerland . Some 250 Heart of Mary College in attended the jubilee event Quezon City and one-time ….The welcome mat is out volunteer at Hospicio. More at Our Lady of Mercy info is available by e-mailing Elementary School for new Angie at angie@wilsonphoassistant principal, Gina Beal, tos.com . . . This is an empty who has been teaching at neighboring All Souls Camille and Mark Wilson with friends they made this space without ya’!! The esummer at Hospicio de San Jose in the Philippines. mail address for Street is burElementary School for the ket@sfarchdiocese.org. last seven years. Gina is in the final steps of completing a graduate degree in educational Mailed items should be sent to “Street,” One Peter Yorke administration at San Francisco State University…. “It Way, SF 94109. Pix should be hard copy or electronic jpeg was not all play during summer vacation for Mark and at 300 dpi. Don’t forget to include a follow-up phone numCamille Wilson of Our Lady of Loretto School in Novato,” ber. Call me at (415) 614-5634 and I’ll walk you through it.

GIVE US YOUR CAR AND WE’LL GIVE THEM HOPE Donate to SV

St. Vincent de Paul Society Marin – San Francisco – San Mateo Serving the poor since 1860

www.mtslaw.info

Donate your Car, Boat or RV

FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION

1-800-YES-SVDP 937-7837

NEW BOOKS ON CUBA

MAY MASON, REALTOR

Spanish-English Short Story Collections By Bay Area Cuban-American Author Oscar Orbea, Ph.D.

Buying, selling, I can do it for you! CALL ME!

Cuba, Between History and Legend / Cuba, entre la historia y la leyenda $17.95 Cuba, I Remember You / Cuba, te recuerdo $19.95 Published by AIRLEAF PUBLISHING www.airleaf.com – 1-800-342-6068

HELPLINES FOR CLERGY/CHURCH SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS 415-614-5506 This number is answered by Barbara Elordi, Archdiocesan Pastoral Outreach Coordinator. This is a secured line and is answered only by Barbara Elordi. 415-614-5503 If you wish to speak to a non-archdiocesan employee please call this nunmber. This is also a secured line and is answered only by a victim survivor.

Parishioner of Saint Brendan’s Church

415.759.2535 Office 415.710.3168 Direct

mvmason@comcast.net www.maymason.com

AUFER’S

RELIGIOUS SUPPLIES

Serving The Catholic – Christian Community since 1904

Your complete source for the finest offering of Religious Goods 1455 Custer Avenue, San Francisco 94124 415-333-4494 • FAX 415-333-0402 e-mail: sales@kaufers.com www.kaufers.com

West Coast Church Supplies 369 Grand Avenue South San Francisco

DONATE YOUR OLD AUTO

1-800-767-0660

To help St. Denis Catholic High School in Uganda

Easy access: 3 blocks west of 101 Bibles, Books, Rosaries,Statues, Jewelry, Medals, Crucifixes, Baptism and Christening Gifts

Father Joseph tells us 60% of his students are orphans from AIDS and need your love and help! Classics to Clunkers, running or not. We do everything for you and you’ll receive a tax deduction for your car. Please give us a toll free call today. God Bless!

800-511-4409 Mon – Fri 9:30 to 5:30 Sat 9:30 – 5

www.unchildren.org • United Fund For Children, Inc.

September 14, 2007

School land . . .

Annual wine tasting, auction to benefit St. Vincent’s School

■ Continued from cover county’s population over the age of 65. By 2030, about one-third of the county’s population will be seniors. The proposed St. Vincent senior community, Giacomini said, would tentatively include 360 continuing care retirement apartments, 132 senior cottages, 40 assisted-living rooms, 30 skilled-nursing beds and 110 moderate and low-income apartments primarily for caregivers at the facility. St. Vincent officials say that beyond environmentally sensitive development, the senior facility would have a minimal effect on traffic in the area. The school’s plan has drawn strong support from organizations concerned with issues affecting seniors and affordable housing. Giacomini said the St. Vincent proposal represented “a huge win-win-win,” which would provide a much-needed senior village for all levels of income and their caregivers, preserve and protect the environment and habitat through sensitive development and dedication of 85 percent of the St. Vincent land as open space, and provide continued services and care for the boys of St. Vincent. At an the earlier stage review of the draft update to the countywide plan by the Marin Planning Commission, St. Vincent’s plan initially met with approval. In April, the planning commission favored the St. Vincent plan, but the commissioners reversed themselves in May under heavy pressure from interests opposed to development. The recommendation of the planning commission, contained in the draft countywide plan now under review by the five elected Marin Supervisors, is for about half the units in the St. Vincent proposal. But St. Vincent officials and others contend that the number of units recommended by the planning commission is so low that it precludes economically viable development. At the Sept. 10 meeting, Donna Bjorn, president of the League of Voters of Marin County, told Marin Supervisors that the planning commission had fallen far short of its goal of sustainability through a balance of environment, equity and economics. She said the landuse recommendation affecting St. Vincent demonstrated environmental concerns had “overwhelmed the issues of social equity and the economy.” Bjorn said the planning commission recommendation “is an attempt to constrict development to the point where it is financially not feasible.” Several speakers at the Sept. 10 meeting opposed any development on St. Vincent’s property, and urged Marin

Catholic San Francisco

The 11th annual Vincenzo Wine and Food Festival, a fundraiser and auction to benefit at-risk Bay Area youth, will be held Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. at St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael. The school grounds will be transformed into an Italian-style trattoria featuring exclusive tastings from such wineries and restaurants as Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery, Oakville Ranch Vineyards, Roederer Estate, J.P. Harbison Wines, Aidelle’s Sausage Co., Dominus Estate and Wildfox/Scrumptious Catering. Tickets are $125. For more information, call (415) 972-1233. Founded in 1855 for Gold Rush orphans, St. Vincent’s is a licensed, residential treatment home for at-risk boys ages 7 to 17.

The Chapel of the Holy Rosary at St. Vincent’s School for Boys.

Supervisors to accept the limited construction level recommended by the county’s planning commission. Doug Wilson of the Sierra Club expressed support for the lowest possible level of development at St. Vincent’s property. Marin resident Cliff Menekin expressed long-standing opposition to development. He said Spanish missionaries had given the land to Timothy Murphy, a foreman who had suppressed the Indians, and Murphy had donated the land to the Catholic Church. He charged that the agenda was being “set by the Archdiocese of San Francisco for its own needs,”and said “most of the kids [at St. Vincent] come from outside the county.” In an earlier statement, however, Archbishop George H. Niederauer said, “It is important to note that St. Vincent’s does not receive archdiocesan financial support and that all the income realized by the responsible future development of its lands will be dedicated to support the boys by building a new campus, preserving the historic chapel and buildings, and providing educational scholarships for other children and youth from low-income families.” Archbishop Niederauer said, “Those of us who are com-

mitted to St. Vincent’s and the welfare of the boys ask nothing more from elected officials in Marin ... than for fairness and social justice as they consider land-use policies that will guide the future of the school’s lands.” At the Sept. 10 meeting, Supervisor Susan Adams said nothing in the review by the Board of Supervisors would change her conviction that only the lowest level of development should be allowed at St. Vincent’s. But Supervisor Judy Arnold said she hoped “equal weight would be given to the economy, environment and social equity.” Supervisor Harold Brown, Jr., said the countywide plan update “takes in much more than land use.” Supervisor Charles McGlashen stressed the importance of “shrinking our ecological footprint” and “changing our transportation vision.” Supervisor Steve Kinsey, president of the Marin Board of Supervisors said, “fairness and balance” need to be addressed. St. Vincent officials say they hope the Board of Supervisors will revise the draft countywide plan so that the senior housing community can be made reality, and thereby preserve the important work of St. Vincent’s School for Boys. Marin Supervisors will hold several public hearings, including a Sept. 25 meeting at Marin Civic Center to address the St. Vincent issue, before voting on the updated countywide plan Oct. 23.

Catholic San Francisco

Sister Mary Bernadette Giles, PBVM

September 14, 2007

Sister Mary Agnes Curran, PBVM

Sister Roberta Connolly, PBVM

Sister Maryann Healy, PBVM

Sister Honora Barnacle, PBVM

Sister Lucia Lodolo, PBVM

Six Sisters of the Presentation celebrate jubilees By Sister Stephanie Still, PBVM Six Sisters of the Presentation (San Francisco) who work or reside in the Archdiocese of San Francisco recently marked milestone jubilees at a community celebration at the order’s motherhouse in San Francisco. The jubilee event is held every year at the end of the Sisters’ Assembly days. Sister Mary Bernadette Giles, a resident of the Presentation Sisters Motherhouse, celebrated a Jubilee of Praise marking 75 years from her entrance on June 24, 1932. Sister Bernadette was a pioneer in the work of parish Sisters, beginning a then-new ministry of visiting parishioners in their homes in St. Agnes Parish in 1943. While pursuing this ministry for 30 years, she also taught at Presentation High School, San Francisco, served on the Human Rights Commission in San Francisco, and was active in many civic, professional and faith groups. Sister Bernadette continues to minister to the world through her ministry of prayer. Sister Mary Agnes Curran, a resident of the motherhouse, celebrated a Jubilee of Grace marking 70 years from her entrance on July 1, 1937. Sister Agnes taught kindergarten and first grade from 1939 to 1975. When she retired from full-time teaching, she continued to teach small groups. Today, Sister Agnes writes poetry, corresponds with women in prison, and is engaged in the ministry of prayer. Sister Roberta Connolly, a resident of the motherhouse, celebrated a Jubilee of Grace marking 70 years from her entrance on July 1, 1937. Sister Roberta taught at the high school level for 43 years, and then became the mission awareness coordinator for the high schools in the Archdiocese. Sister Roberta now volunteers her services for organizations, including SafeHouse, a residential program for women seeking to leave prostitution. Sister Maryann Healy (formerly Sister Mary Eugenia), a resident of St. Elizabeth Parish, San Francisco, celebrated a Jubilee of Grace marking 70 years from entrance on July 1, 1937. Sister Maryann taught grades one through

nine in Presentation schools for 40 years. After receiving a certificate in gerontology, she managed an apartment complex for low-income seniors, and then worked as a grief counselor at Holy Cross Cemetery. Sister Maryann currently is a volunteer at The Lantern, an educational center for immigrants in the Mission District sponsored by the Sisters of the Presentation. Sister Honora Barnacle, a resident of the motherhouse, celebrated a Diamond Jubilee of 60 years from entrance on April 30, 1947. Sister Honora taught elementary and high school during her active ministry years. As a high school teacher, she was the moderator for student musicals and the

yearbook staffs. Sister Honora is engaged in the ministry of prayer for the needs of the world. Sister Lucia Lodolo, (formerly Sister Mary Anthony Daniel), celebrated a Golden Jubilee marking 50 years from entrance on July 15, 1957. Sister Lucia began her ministry as an elementary school teacher, but in the 1970s she became a pastoral associate at St. Teresa Parish, San Francisco, where she ministered for more than 30 years. Currently, Sister Lucia is a staff member at St. Anthony’s in the Tenderloin and at The Lantern, an educational center for immigrants and a sponsored ministry of the Presentation Sisters.

Pettingell Book Bindery Klaus-Ullrich S. Rötzscher Bibles, Theses, Gold Stamping. Quality Binding with Cloth, Leather or Paper. Single & Editions. Custom Box Making

2181 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 845-3653

Friendship, Family & Faith Join one of two Stanford Nutrition Studies: The Antioxidant Study or The Omega-3 Study

Alma Via of San Francisco 415.337.1339

We are currently recruiting MEN and WOMEN who have one or more of the following: Elevated LDL-Cholesterol (> 130 mg/dL) Elevated blood pressure (>120/80 mmHg) Some extra weight (roughly 15-100 lbs overweight) Are able to come to Stanford University for 3-5 blood draws And do not take any cholesterol blood pressure or diabetes medications

w w w. a l m a v i a . o r g These two separate 8-week studies will investigate the potential health benefits of dietary antioxidants and omega-3 fats

Retirement • Assisted Living • Dementia Care An Elder Care Alliance Community Elder Care Alliance is cosponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Burlingame Region and the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. RCFE Lic # 385600270

Catholic san Francisco Newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco

Most Reverend George H. Niederauer, publisher Maurice E. Healy, associate publisher & executive editor Editorial Staff: Dan Morris-Young, editor; Tom Burke, “On the Street” and Datebook; Rick DelVecchio, assistant editor; Michael Vick, reporter

Advertising: Joseph Pena, director; Mary Podesta, account representative Sandy Finnegan, advertising and promotion services Production: Karessa McCartney, manager Business Office: Marta Rebagliati, assistant business manager; Judy Morris, circulation and subscriber services Advisory Board: Jeffrey Burns, Ph.D., James Clifford, Fr. Thomas Daly, James Kelly, Deacon William Mitchell, Kevin Starr, Ph.D.

For more information or to fill out a brief eligibility survey on-line visit our website

nutrition.stanford.edu or contact us at: 650-736-8577

You will receive free cholesterol and blood pressure screenings and free study results if you enroll (No monetary compensation)

Catholic San Francisco editorial offices are located at One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109. Tel: (415) 614-5640;Circulation: 1-800-563-0008 or (415) 614-5638; News fax: (415) 614-5633; Advertising: (415) 614-5642; Advertising fax: (415) 614-5641; Advertising E-mail: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org Catholic San Francisco (ISSN 15255298) is published weekly (four times per month) September through May, except in the week following Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, and twice a month in June, July and August by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1500 Mission Rd., P.O. Box 1577, Colma, CA 94014. Periodical postage paid at South San Francisco, CA. Annual subscription price: $27 within California, $36 outside the state. Postmaster: Send address changes to Catholic San Francisco, 1500 Mission Rd., P.O. Box 1577, Colma, CA 94014 If there is an error in the mailing label affixed to this newspaper, call 1-800-563-0008. It is helpful to refer to the current mailing label.

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Southern California dioceses agree to $198.1 million settlement Bishop Brom said although some people see it otherwise “there has been no effort on our part to cover up.” He said that as an immediate conseSAN DIEGO (CNS) — The Diocese of quence of the settlement, the diocese will San Diego and the Diocese of San no longer be able to assist parishes in need Bernardino, which broke off from its or parishes that wish to take on construcsouthern neighbor in 1978, agreed Sept. 7 tion projects. to pay $198.1 million to settle lawsuits A task force will be formed to decide with 144 victims of sexual abuse by priests how the finance crunch will affect diocesan between 1938 and 1993. ministries, the bishop said. The dioceses had originally offered $95 In response to a question about whether million to settle the claims. The plaintiffs there was a feeling of shame that these sought $200 million. things had happened in the Catholic Earlier in the year, the San Diego Diocese Church, Bishop Brom said “there certainly filed for bankruptcy protection hours before is a sense of embarrassment at what has a trial was to begin in one of the first lawsuits happened and we’re, in a sense, overalleging the Church was responsible for sexwhelmed by what has surfaced in this ... ual abuse by priests. The judge in the bankwhole period of time.” ruptcy case had recently threatened to throw Most of the cases came to light in 2003 out the bankruptcy case if no agreement was after the state lifted for one year the statute reached with the plaintiffs. San Diego Bishop Robert H. Brom speaks during a Sept. 7 press conference of limitations on civil suits for sexual abuse The settlement is one of the largest in announcing an agreement to pay $198.1 million to settle lawsuits cases against private entities. the country. The Los Angeles Archdiocese with 144 victims of sexual abuse by priests. Bishop Brom said that although eviannounced an agreement in July to settle dence suggests that the incidence of sexual 508 lawsuits for $660 million. Under the agreement, the San Bernardino Diocese and sion of the Church in this diocese for a number of years,” abuse within the Church is no greater than among other its insurer, Catholic Mutual, will pay $15.1 million for 11 adding that it’s too soon to know what those effects will be institutions, that’s no excuse. “In the Church, it should have been better, not compacases. The San Diego Diocese will pay $77 million and on programs and staff. Catholic Mutual will cover another $75.7 million for a total Diocesan chief finance officer Richard Mirando said at rable, to what is going on elsewhere,” he said. “There is an of 111 cases. San Diego will pay another $30.2 million for the press conference that funds for the diocese’s portion of added piece in the Church when the abuse takes place in a 22 cases involving members of religious orders. the payout will come from a combination of liquid assets trust relationship, such as that between a priest and a stuA statement from the San Diego Diocese said it hoped — primarily the sale of real estate — and short- and long- dent or a young person, a pastor and a member of the community. So, it is embarrassing, and it has led us to be proat least part of that amount could be recovered from the term financing that has yet to be arranged. religious orders. Vicar General Msgr. Steve Callahan said records related foundly apologetic to those who have suffered the abuse, to “Reality requires admission,” San Diego Bishop Robert to abuse by Church ministers will be released, according to their family members and friends.” Bishop Brom has invited victims of sexual abuse by H. Brom told diocesan staff in a meeting a few hours after the agreement. the settlement was announced. “It happened. Regrettably, “We want to convey, most of all, to the victims, we rec- Church personnel to meet with him personally. “I can say I have been personally overwhelmed in dealto our embarrassment, it happened. And we’re learning ognize how tragic” their situation has been, he said. “We more and more about the consequences of sexual abuse and know it’s very painful when those facts come out, but we ing with the victims themselves and their family members,” how horrible they are.” believe it helps the victims to heal when they have the he said, “to hear their stories and to understand the conseBecause state judges had allowed punitive damages to assurance from us that we’re not seeking to cover anything quences, the tragic consequences that sexual abuse has caused in their lives.” be sought in several of the pending cases, the San Diego up as far as what took place.” Diocese risked becoming liable for extraordinary sums had those cases proceeded to trial. The diocese had sought to settle all of the cases within a Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court. “This effort failed,” Bishop Brom said in a public statement released after the settlement was announced. At a press conference the same afternoon, Bishop Brom said he expects “some damaging consequences for the mis(CNS PHOTO/CYRIL JONES-KELLETT, THE SOUTHERN CROSS)

By Ann Aubrey Hanson and Cyril Jones-Kellett

All You Who Are Thirsty . . . “Come to the Waters”

(Is 55.1)

Holy Spirit Conference 2007 September 28 - 30, 2007 Friday, Saturday & Sunday A R C H B I S H O P R I O R DA N H I G H S C H O O L 175 Phelan Ave. (Next to City College of SF)

Registration: Per Day: $20 ❖

Alzheimer’s has many faces

❖ Saturday & Sunday: $30 – $7 hot lunch available

Speakers ❖

●

Fr. Jim Tarantino ~ Tiburon, CA

●

Fr. Bill Halbing ~ New Jersey

Do you have mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease? If so, would you like to participate as a volunteer in a research study?

●

Fr. Raymund Reyes ~ San Francisco, CA

Reflect-1 is a clinical research study being conducted in your area to see if an investigational drug can help people with Alzheimer’s disease.

●

Linda Schubert ~ Santa Clara, CA

●

Fr. David Pettingill ~ San Francisco, CA

Qualified participants musrt be: – from 50 to 90 years of age – in general good health – diagnosed with probable mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease – currently not taking approved therapy for Alzheimer’s disease including Namenda – accompanied by a regular caregiver to 9 study visits over a 30 week period If you qualified for participation, all study-related physical exams and lab test will be provided at no cost.

For more information, please call or e-mail: Bevin Powers Stanford Center for Neuroscience in Women’s Health (650) 723-7845 bevin.powers@stanford.edu For further information regarding questions, concerns, or complaints about research, research related injury, and questions about the rights of research participants, please call (650) 723-5244 or call toll free 1-866-680-2906, or write the Administrative panel on Human Subjects in Medical Research, Administrative Panels Office, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5401.

❖

Masses – All Are Welcome ❖ Doors open at 8:00 am Saturday and Sunday 7:00 pm Friday – Opening Mass 3:00 pm Sunday – Closing Mass

Receive!!

Come to the source of all grace Worship and celebrate joy-filled healing Masses . . . English Latino and youth tracks . . . For more information, www.sfspirit.com or call: Ernie von Emster (650) 906.3451 Maria Vierneza (415) 350-8677 Isabel Tovar (415) 297-1709

Catholic San Francisco

NEWS

September 14, 2007

in brief

Sets new marriage prep protocol RICHMOND, Va. (CNS) — Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond has approved a new diocesanwide marriage preparation process that will require engaged couples to take a premarital inventory, a full course in natural family planning and an educational program on Pope John Paul II’s “theology of the body.” The changes came at the urging of a committee formed to review and recommend enhancements to the diocese’s existing marriage preparation process. Engaged couples still will begin their marriage preparation process by meeting with their parish priest or deacon.

Share technologies, asks pope

E-mail scam targets Catholics

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Industrialized nations “must share clean technologies” with developing nations, as well as curb the demand for goods that damage the environment, Pope Benedict XVI said. Countries with emerging economies and undergoing rapid industrialization “are not morally free to repeat the past errors of others by recklessly continuing to damage the environment,” the pope said in a written message to environmental and religious leaders meeting in Greenland. The message was addressed to Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, one of the sponsors of the seventh Religion, Science and the Environment symposium on the Arctic. The Sept. 6-12 meeting in Ilulissat, Greenland, brought together religious leaders from numerous traditions to focus on the impact pollution and climate change have had on the island’s rapidly melting glaciers.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) — A new spam scam targeting Catholics and Church institutions promises recipients that they are among 100 people worldwide chosen at random to receive $650,000 from the Catholic Church in Italy “for your own personal, educational and business development.” The grants are supposedly designed “to make a notable change in the standard of living of people all around the universe.” Recipients are urged to contact “the church executive secretary”— sometimes named as Sister Abrielle Gallo, at other times a Miss Mary Pepe — to receive “your donation pin number, which you will use in collecting the funds.” No such grant program exists,.

Prison changing to religious site BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) — An infamous Colombian prison named “La Catedral,” once home to narco-trafficking kingpin Pablo Escobar, soon will be turned into a center of prayer. The administration of the prison site recently was given to the Monastic Brotherhood of St. Gertrude the Great, which plans to invest less than $60,000 to turn the ruins into a religious site and spiritual retreat.

Appeals for death-row clemency VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A top Vatican official appealed for the life of a death-row inmate whose execution was scheduled for Sept. 13 in Texas. Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, urged Texas government authorities Sept. 7 to commute the death sentence of Joseph Lave. Lave, 42, has been on death row for 13 years. He was convicted of the brutal murders in 1992 of two 18year-old store clerks, Frederick Banzhaf and Justin Marquart.

Hunger, development key to aid WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a joint letter to members of the Senate, the head of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Policy and the president of Catholic Relief Services called increased funding for hunger relief and development grants key in an upcoming foreign aid bill. “The persistence of abject hunger, poverty and disease in God’s world is a significant moral challenge,” said the Sept. 5 letter from Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Fla., and Ken Hackett, CRS president. “Reliable programs that have proven results in combating or reducing poverty and disease deserve the full support of the U.S. Congress.” The Senate, back in session after a four-week August recess, was to consider the 2008 foreign aid bill, formally known as the State/Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill. Bishop Wenski and Hackett argued for the upgrade of Millennium Challenge Corporation funding to at least $1.8 billion, the level approved by the House.

(CNS PHOTO/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO VIA REUTERS)

Rabbi praises pope’s expertise VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI’s theological expertise will help bring Catholic-Jewish dialogue to a deeper level, said a U.S. rabbi. Rabbi Eugene Korn, executive director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., said that with Pope Benedict “we have a great man now who can blaze the theological trail” left behind by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. Rabbi Korn, together with Anthony J. Cernera, the president of Sacred Heart, presented the center’s “Nostra Aetate” award to the pope at the end of his Sept. 5 general audience to mark his contribution to Jewish-Christian relations.

Discuss exodus of Iraqis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI met with Syria’s vice president to discuss the exodus of Christian and other refugees from Iraq, many of whom have fled to Syria. During a private audience Sept. 5, Vice President Farouk alSharaa gave the pope a personal message from Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Later, the Syrian vice president met with the Vatican’s top foreign affairs experts. The Vatican said the discussions focused on Syria’s efforts to host hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees and on Syria’s requests for aid from international agencies. Syria is now home to an estimated 1.5 million Iraqi refugees.

Israeli President Shimon Peres presents a gift to Pope Benedict XVI before their meeting at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sept. 6. Peres gave the pope a modern work of art that incorporates the symbols of the three monotheistic religions.

Advocates Israeli-Palestinian talks JERUSALEM (CNS) — The United States has a responsibility to play a vital role in restarting IsraeliPalestinian negotiations, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ international policy committee. “We have a certain responsibility. By not being engaged at this level it will certainly involve us in ways we do not want to be involved in (later),” said Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Fla. “There needs to be a negotiated solution. The status quo is not tenable,” he said. “The two partners are not on equal strength ... and the USA has to prevail on Israel to negotiate in good faith and not take advantage of the Palestinian weakness.” He said the U.S. bishops’ conference needs to encourage both sides to negotiate and to reach a workable solution in which East Jerusalem still has a role in Palestinian society. East Jerusalem was captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.

$10 million given for Katrina WASHINGTON (CNS) — More than $10 million was recently distributed by the U.S. bishops’ Hurricane Recovery Task Force to the two dioceses hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina two years ago. The “Rebuild Church, Rebuild Hope” collection approved in June 2006 by the bishops distributed $6,175,103.41 to the Archdiocese of New Orleans and $4,116,735.60 to the Diocese of Biloxi, Miss., according to Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, retired archbishop of Galveston-Houston and task force chairman. The bishops of the two dioceses had previously agreed on a 60-40 division of the funds raised through the collection. The $10 million was raised in a collection in U.S. parishes last year.

ADVERTISING PAYS!

25 RUSSIA AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO Since 1937 Lunch & Dinner Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Buy one Special of the Day and receive a discount of $10 on a second special. Coupon good 9/14/07 to 9/27/07 *May not be used with other offers. No duplicates, please.

415-585-8059 Parking lot across from club Manager: Rich Guaraldi, a YMI member

130 Years of Caring for Seniors

Assisted Living

•

Dementia Care

•

Skilled Nursing

Mercy Retirement & Care Center Oakland • 510.534.8540 w w w . m e r c y r e t i r e m e n t c e n t e r. o r g An Elder Care Alliance Community Elder Care Alliance is cosponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of Burlingame and the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. RCFE Lic # 015600255 SNF Lic # CA020000237

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

Story update

The Darfur Region

Priests offer no-contest plea in torture trial North Darfur

West Darfur

Garsila

Nyala South Darfur

(CNS MAP/EMILY THOMPSON)

Khartoum

Zalingei

mander of military police in Iraq, recalled a conversation with Fast she had subsequent to being ousted from her In a major ruling that effectively stifles the defense in command at Abu Ghraib. According to Karpinski, Fast the case of two Catholic priests arrested while attempting said, “We’re going to run interrogations the way we want to deliver a letter denouncing torture at Fort Huachuca in them run.” Though early reports criticized Fast for her alleged role Arizona, Magistrate Judge Hector Estrada agreed with a government motion to preclude evidence of systematic tor- in the torture at Abu Ghraib, the Army formally cleared her of all charges. Alone among the senior offiture on the part of the American military. cers involved in the Abu Ghraib incident, the The gag order prevents defense attorney Army found Karpinski culpable and demotWilliam Quigley, lawyer to Jesuit Father ed her to the rank of colonel. In a March Steve Kelly and Franciscan Father Louis 2005 editorial, The New York Times called Vitale, from presenting documentary or testhe Army’s internal investigation a “whitetimonial evidence of, among other things, wash typical of the reports issued by the the training of soldiers in torture techniques; Bush administration.” rendition, or the extradition of prisoners to Since the priests’ arrest, the Army transcountries known for torture; the defense of ferred Fast to Fort Monroe in Virginia. Fort international law, and the legality of the wars Monroe is headquarters of United States in Iraq and Afghanistan. Army Training and Doctrine Command, The order, issued Sept. 4, also denied a charged with educating soldiers and setting defense motion for a jury trial. In a teleoperational doctrine for the Army. phone interview with Catholic San In an interview with Catholic San Francisco, Quigley said the rulings have all Father Louis Vitale, OFM Francisco prior to the priests’ hearing, Fast denied that torbut eliminated the priests’ chances of avoiding jail time. “The guts of the trial are finished,” said Quigley, a human ture is taught at Fort Huachuca. Fort spokesperson Tanja rights attorney who teaches at Loyola Law School in New Linton concurred. “We have hosted several media days for the media to Orleans. “If the trial is not about torture and justice, then it’s going to be an irrelevant analysis of where they were on the view our training, and also supported numerous individual requests from international, national, and regional media,” driveway, and not what’s at the end of that driveway.” she said. “Human Intelligence being conIn light of both motions, Quigley said he ducted under this lawful policy is critical to submitted a no-contest plea on Sept. 7 on saving innocent lives.” behalf of the priests. In a no-contest plea, the Some evidence points in a different direcdefendants do not admit guilt, but are subject to tion. Between 1996 and 1997, nine military sentencing as if they had. The defendants can and CIA training manuals were declassified. deny the charges in another legal proceeding. The manuals taught methods in, among The prosecutor does not have to accept other things, torture, false imprisonment, the the plea, and could go forward with the trial, kidnapping and arrest of a target’s family, but Quigley said he did not expect that. extortion, and execution. He said the priests are not interested in As reported in The Tucson Weekly in June getting off on a technicality. He did note, 2004, these manuals were translated into however, that had they been engaged in Spanish at Fort Huachuca for use at the another activity approaching the military Western Hemisphere Institute for Security base, they would not be facing a trespassing Father Steve Kelly, SJ Cooperation at Fort Benning, Ga., formerly charge. “If they had brought a pizza instead of a letter denouncing called the School of the Americas. A U.N. Truth Commission strongly implicated one gradtorture, then they would have been able to deliver it,” he said. Quigley said that if the trial were to move forward, it would uate of the school, Col. Rene Emilio Ponce of El Salvador, likely be in October. If accepted, the priests’ no contest plea in the ordering the assassination of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter in November 1989. The would also probably take effect in October, he added. One issue in the proceeding is that Father Vitale faces a priests were outspoken critics of military and government separate hearing on Sept. 21, when Estrada will rule on brutality. Ponce denied any involvement in the massacre. In separate interviews with Catholic San Francisco whether the priest should go directly to jail for violating a pre-trial order not to violate local, state or federal laws. before their pre-trial hearing in August, both priests Father Vitale participated in a Nagasaki Day line-crossing acknowledged that they might be punished for their at the Nevada nuclear weapons test site on Aug. 9, for actions. Father Kelly saw their protest as a chance to put Fort Huachuca on the map. which he was cited. “Jail time is a small price to pay for trying to raise conDespite the legal setback, the priests still plan to use the sciousness about this issue,” said Father Kelly. case as an opportunity to denounce torture, Quigley said. “Everybody is going to continue to put torture on trial,” he said. “It just won’t be there in the courtroom.” In an e-mail interview with Catholic San Francisco, Ft. Huachuca spokesperson Tanja Linton said the priests’ By Patricia Kasten motives in the case had no bearing on the proceeding. The Gospel for September 16, 2007 government’s only goal is in maintaining law and order on Luke 15:1-32 the fort, she said, adding that in the government’s view, the Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading priests’ own actions hurt their case. for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle “The defendants in this case have a history of defying C: the story of the Prodigal Son, a story unique to Luke. the court’s orders and violating their conditions of release The words can be found in all directions in the puzzle. set by the judge,” she said. SCRIBES HUNDRED SHEEP Linton also said the case was about the priests and their LOSING ONE NINETY-NINE SHOULDERS actions, and not about the deterrence of future protest. JOY HEAVEN REPENTS “The government has no interest in deterring citizens SQUANDERED SWINE THE PODS TREAT ME COMPASSION EMBRACED from lawfully expressing their First Amendment rights,” KISSED A RING CALF wrote Linton. FIELD MUSIC ANGRY Military police arrested the two priests on Nov. 19 on a charge of federal trespass and failure to comply with the JOYOUS RETURNS orders of a police officer. The priests had been taking part in a protest against torture. They were the only two proQ U E N I N Y T E N I N testers to walk up to the guard post. S H O U L D E R S F O E Both men said they were approached along the way by Q U G T J O M U S I C N men in plain clothes and were told not to continue to the U N S C R I B E S E A I guard post, but no one identified themselves as military offiA D A R D E R S K L L W cers. They had hoped to deliver a letter denouncing torture to N R R N E V A E H D F S Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, then commanding officer at the fort. D E I A N P C T D E D D Fast was the head of military intelligence in Iraq during E D N A M M E L M Q E O the Abu Ghraib torture scandal. The story made world headlines after photos surfaced in April 2004 of torture of R T G O D F D N P E S P Iraqi detainees by the U.S. military. E M C R E J O Y T D S E One photo showed detainees forced to huddle naked in a D C Y R G N A C F S I H pyramid formation, one inmate on top of another. Another, L O S I N G O N E P K T which became the iconic image of the scandal, showed a © 2007 Tri-C-A Publications hooded detainee standing atop a wooden box, arms outUGGAN’S SERRA MORTUARY Sponsored by D stretched, with electrical wires attached to his body. 500 Westlake Avenue, Daly City In an interview with The Signal newspaper of Santa 650-756-4500 ● www.duggansserra.com Clara in 2004, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, former com-

By Michael Vick

SUDAN

The Darfur Emergency Response Operation, based in Nyala, Sudan, has been providing help to displaced people in western Sudan since 2004.

Archbishop to lead prayer at Darfur awareness event Archbishop George H. Niederauer will deliver the closing reflection Sept. 16 at an interfaith service urging world leaders to demand warring groups in Sudan’s Darfur region halt attacks against civilians and aid workers. The service will be held at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St., from 4 to 5 p.m. Archbishop Niederauer’s closing is scheduled for 4:45. Also leading the service are Yasmine Khan of Islamic Networks, Rabbi Henry Schreibman and San Francisco Tzu Chu Buddhist Volunteers. The program includes 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. screenings of “The Devil Came on Horseback,” a film about the Darfur tragedy. Sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, the event is part of the latest Global Day for Darfur. “There’s a continuing crime and genocide going on in Darfur,” said Paulist Father Charles Kullmann, the pastor at Old St. Mary’s. “This is the fourth Global Day for Darfur. We’re trying to urge the United Nations and the African Union to implement various resolutions that have passed and to urge the government of Sudan to allow the peacekeepers to be effective.” Since 2003, intertribal warfare and related disease and starvation have cost as many as 400,000 lives in Darfur and displaced 2.3 million Darfuris, according to a briefing paper at savedarfur.org. The paper blames the Sudanese government for supporting the violence with its armed forces, a charge Sudan denies. The U.N. and humanitarian agencies have been targeted by both sides in the conflict and have warned that the death rate could rise as high as 100,000 a month if aid is blocked. The U.N. has passed 16 resolutions on Darfur, including an Aug. 31. 2006, decision authorizing a peacekeeping force of 22,500 to be placed in Darfur to protect civilians. Fewer than 200 peacekeepers have been deployed, according to the paper, which cites “Sudanese stonewalling and the failure of U.N. member states to enforce their will.” Peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups are set to begin in Libya Oct. 27.

(CNS PHOTO/PAUL JEFFREY)

SCRIPTURE SEARCH

Women carry water home from a well in Geles, an Arab village in the Darfur region of Sudan. Pope Benedict XVI recently said he was concerned about the equitable sharing of the world's water supplies, and warned that water shortages could easily fuel conflicts.

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

13 Catholic schools to be led by new administrators Eleven Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and two secondary schools will be led by new administrators for the 2007-2008 academic year. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Our Lady of the Visitacion Elementary Sister Joan Gibson, DC Sister Joan Gibson, a Daughter of Charity, is a former principal of Cathedral High School, now Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. She subsequently served as assistant principal for Mission Services for nearly 10 years at the newly merged school. Sister Joan has served her congregation in the roles of an education councilor for Daughter of Charity schools from 1996 – 2004 and director of the Vincentian School of Spirituality from 2005 - 2007. All Souls Elementary, South San Francisco Vincent Riener Vincent Riener has more than 30 years experience in Catholic education in Australia and the United States. He served as a grade school principal in the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., and more recently as an assistant principal in one of Australia’s largest Catholic high schools, Marymount College. He is an enthusiastic educator with a wide experience in curriculum and cooperating initiatives including the integration of technology and learning. Our Lady of Mercy Elementary, Daly City Alex Endo Alex Endo has been OLM’s director of athletics and physical education teacher since 2002. Prior to that, he was a teacher and director of athletics for Stuart Hall for Boys and Convent Elementary in San Francisco. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the

University of Redlands and holds a master’s degree in education from the University of San Francisco. In addition, Endo’s teaching credential emphasizes cross-cultural, language and academic development. “It is an honor and privilege to be selected as principal. Our Lady of Mercy is a very special place,” he said. Corpus Christi Elementary Sister Martina Ponce, FMA Salesian Sister Martina Ponce was born in Texas and met the Salesian Sisters in 1957. “I loved them and fell in love with St. John Bosco’s charism,” she said. “I entered in 1958 and professed vows in 1962.” Sister Martina has served in schools in New Jersey, New York, Texas and Louisiana and is a former provincial of the Salesian Sisters’ Western Province. “Now the Lord brings me once again to Corpus Christi School in beautiful San Francisco where with God’s help and guidance I hope to serve for many years.” Notre Dame Elementary, Belmont Noreen Browning Noreen Browning has a long educational background in San Mateo County. Born in San Mateo and a graduate of St. Gregory Elementary, she attended Mercy High School in Burlingame and completed undergraduate studies at the University of San Francisco. She holds a graduate degree from Notre Dame de Namur University,

Belmont. Long a member of the faculty at Notre Dame Elementary, she has primarily taught technology. “The mission of Catholic education and the example set by the Sisters of Notre Dame encourage us to be teachers like St. Julie Billiart and Jesus Christ,” she said. “ We must teach with compassion, dedication, faith, and an unwavering love for God.” Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary, Belmont Sandra Larragoiti Sandra Larragoiti has more than 30 years experience as an educator. She has been a counselor, classroom teacher and administrative team member. She is a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, and serves in the parish as eucharistic minister, homebound minister and member of the RCIA team. She has also been an IHM school parent where her son graduated before going on to Sacred Heart Preparatory and the University of San Francisco. “My commitment to the IHM community comes from years of participation, observation and appreciation. IHM is truly both a place of scholarship and spirituality,” Larragoiti said. De Marillac Academy Margaret O’Brien Margaret O’Brien joins De Marillac as interim principal, coming from Edison Charter Academy in San Francisco’s Mission District. Before joining Edison, she spent seven years as a teacher at St. Charles School, also in the Mission District. Margaret holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from Marquette University; an elementary education credential from USF, a Cross Cultural, Language and Academic Development Certificate from Stanford University; and NEW PRINCIPALS, page 9

The Learning Place

EDUCATION STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

MARY T. BROWN Agent, Lic. #0761332 “It’s Not Too Soon to Start Investing for College”

152 Eureka Square Pacifica, CA 94044

Off.: (650) 355-8756 Toll Free: (866) 355-8756 Fax: (650) 355-4665 marybrown.chøk@statefarm.com

GOLDEN STATE COLLEGE OF COURT REPORTING & CAPTIONING

• Lucrative Career • Great Lifestyle • Mobility • Independence

• Be Your Own Boss • Jobs Are ABUNDANT!

A Great Career is Right At Your Fingertips! Virtually Lay-Off Proof. Highly Skilled Professionals now being trained in Dublin, CA (925) 829-0115. Day and Night Courses Available. For Info & Orientation Days:

www.goldenstatecourtreporting.com

Dave McDevitt California Catholic and Private School Representative Phone - 877-526-2008 dave_mcdevitt@hmco.com

Reading Writing Math Mandarin

Spanish

Test Prep An independent school for students in grades 6 – 12 with mild to moderate learning differences. ●

● Low student-teacher ratio Small, nurturing, respectful environment ● Development of academic potential without pressure ● San Francisco location convenient to entire Bay Area ● Fully accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges To attend an open house, please call 415.922.6081. Sterne School, 2690 Jackson Street, San Francisco 94115

Back-to-School Special Enroll 3 months and receive1 month free. Offer valid until 9/30/07

415-387-2457

43 3 9 Balboa Street and 45th Ave nue

September 14, 2007

New principals . . . ■ Continued from page 8 an administrative services credential from San Francisco State University. Woodside Priory School, Portola Kathy Hume Kathy Hume, new dean of the Middle School at Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley, is returning to Catholic education. “I am thrilled to be in a school that follows the Benedictine tradition. It is a wonderful compliment to my career experience,” she said. Prior to her current post, Dean Hume was for nine years a principal of public elementary and middle schools in San Francisco and South San Francisco. In the San Francisco Archdiocese, she has taught at Notre Dame des Victoires and St. Gabriel elementary schools and served as principal at St. Thomas Apostle Elementary for six years. Her two children attend Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. St. Philip Elementary Remy Everett A native San Franciscan, Remy Everett has been a part of the San Francisco Archdiocese throughout her life, attending All Hallows Elementary and St. Vincent High School. She graduated from San Francisco State University. Her education career has always been in Catholic schools. She served on the St. Philip the Apostle School faculty for 17 years and now assumes the role as principal. She feels fortunate to continue alongside a faculty, staff and school community that share her enthusiasm to move forward in continued efforts to achieve academic excellence and appreciation of Catholic education. Our Lady of Angels Elementary, Burlingame Patricia Bordin and Judy O’Rourke Judy O’Rourke and Patricia Bordin are serving as

co-principals this year at Our Lady of Angels School, Burlingame. O’Rourke was born and raised in San Francisco. She graduated from Most Holy Redeemer Elementary and St. Paul High School and completed undergraduate work at San Francisco State University and graduate work in administration at USF. She previously taught at St. Brendan Elementary in San Francisco and St. Patrick Elementary in Larkspur serving as principal of St. Patrick for 15 years. She has been at OLA for 10 years and teaches eighth grade literature as well as math to sixth and seventh graders. Bordin was born and raised in San Francisco. A graduate of St. Michael Elementary and Immaculate Conception Academy, she earned an undergraduate degree from Notre Dame de Namur University and a graduate degree in administration from USF. She has been a member of the faculty at St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary in San Francisco and St. Robert Elementary in San Bruno, serving as principal at St. Robert for nine years. She has been at OLA for four years teaching math. O’Rourke and Bordin are both committed to Catholic education and excited to serve as interim, coprincipals for the current school year at Our Lady of Angels School. St. Joseph School of the Sacred Heart Elementary, Atherton Mike Murphy, interim principal New interim principal, Mike Murphy completed undergraduate studies in history at Santa Clara University and holds a graduate degree in religious studies from St. Joseph Seminary. He received his teaching credential in math and history from the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor. Murphy joined the teaching staff at St. Joseph School of the Sacred Heart 15 years ago after teaching in public schools in New York and Texas. “For me, the greatest challenges and greatest joys of teaching come from helping kids to discover new ideas that affect how they view their world,” he said. “I want to help each student explore his or her relationship with God, and discover the joy and satisfaction that can come as they open their hearts and minds to the mysteries of a God who loves them unconditionally.” Murphy was ordained to the permanent diaconate in 2006 and serves at St. Charles Parish in San Carlos.

Catholic San Francisco

SECONDARY SCHOOLS Sacred Heart Preparatory, Atherton James Everitt, interim principal James Everitt earned an undergraduate degree in theology from St. Mary’s University and a graduate degree in educational psychology from the University of Houston. He is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in education at USF. Everitt has served in numerous roles at Sacred Heart Schools, including director of the Office of Equity, Justice and Multicultural Education. He taught previously at the Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Houston. The educator has a strong commitment to progressive education and believes Sacred Heart Prep is at the threshold of offering a world class, global education that speaks to the needs of today. “I value Catholic education because it challenges students to think about themselves in relationship to others and to a God who loves each person deeply,” he said. “Catholic education calls forth in students the very best in what it means to be human.” Archbishop Riordan High School Kevin R. Asbra In 1981, Kevin Asbra began his work with high school students as a youth minister in a Franciscan parish in Huntington Beach, Cal. After earning an undergraduate degree in religious studies at Cal State-Fullerton, Asbra began teaching religion and math at St. Paul High School in Los Angeles. Asbra was also the campus minister and coached both baseball and basketball. After earning a graduate counseling degree at Mount St. Mary’s College, Asbra began working as a guidance counselor. In 1991, his family moved to Kansas City where he taught math in public high schools, worked as a guidance counselor, and eventually became an assistant principal. The Asbra family moved to the Bay Area in 2000, and Asbra has spent the last seven years as an assistant principal in the South San Francisco Unified School District. He and his wife, Dr. Karen Seratti, are the parents of twin sons, Ethan and Nicholas, kindergartners at St. Brendan Elementary in San Francisco.

Serramonte Music Center Back to School Special Pianos: Baldwin (USA) ¡ Guitars: Ibanez Washburn Epiphone ¡

¡ Band Instruments:

Selmer ¡ Lessons ¡ Studio Sheet Music

5% donated back to your school! 14 Serrmonte Center Daly City, CA 94015 Tel. (650) 994-2225 Fax: (650) 994-0617

Or visit us online at: Serramontemusic.com

For information about advertising in Catholic San Francisco PLEASE CALL 415-614-5642

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Wedding Guide Marriage for Life Preparation for marriage: ‘You say those vows, you better darn well know what they mean’ By Rick DelVecchio By the time they walked down the aisle at St. Ignatius Church a year ago, Jaime Barrett and Vince Vigil felt well disciplined to begin their lifelong journey together. They had a good grasp of the life skills they would have to master to make theirs a successful alliance. And they had learned much about the challenges of embodying the sacrament of matrimony as a Catholic couple. Their readiness was no accident. They had completed a marriage preparation course at St. Mary’s Cathedral offered by an older married couple with long experience mentoring engaged couples. They found the encounter both moving and informative. “There was a couple who taught the class that was beautifully connected,” said Jaime, 31. “They had been through such difficult experiences. To hear a couple like that say how tough the bad times will get and how good the good times will get, how unbelievably joyous the good times will get, I think is important.” “So many people look at marriage as a spontaneous thing,” she said. “This is your whole life. This is one shot. This is the partner you choose for life.” The mentor couple was Connie and Joe D’Aura, longtime San Franciscans and parishioners at St. Stephen Parish. In 1999 they saw a need for an alternative program for marriage preparation in the Archdiocese and since have trained some 200 couples a year. They are offering the course again on Nov. 10 and 17 – well-timed for New Year’s and Valentine’s season weddings — and plan six dates for 2008. Couples gather at the cathedral for two separate halfday weekend meetings. The format is borrowed from Engaged Encounter, the retreat-based program where the D’Auras served as volunteers for more than 15 years before starting Marriage for Life. Marriage for Life is among a nember of alternative programs couples in the Archdiocese can use to fulfill Church

requirements for preparation prior to a parish wedding. Chris Lyford, archdiocesan assistant superintendent for faith formation and religious instruction in the Department of Catholic Schools, said parish-based programs in which mentor couples counsel engaged couples in their homes are preferred under pastoral policy. Engaged Encounter, which offers weekend retreats, is the second choice. Alternatives such as Marriage for Life are next. But all approaches are far more similar than different. Marriage for Life, like Engaged Encounter, emphasizes wedlock as a lifelong narrative. The core message: like any good story, the plot dips and turns and the threads of romance, parenting, economics, work and faith weave throughout, but in the end it is the unity of the narrative that tells success from disappointment. “We try to impress on them that with medical advances we’re all living a lot longer,” Joe D’Aura said. “The whole mindset is: What do you need with you and your partner to keep it going all these years? I don’t think any knowledge base is really necessary. I think it’s a mindset of what you’re getting into – looking at this as a journey.” The core skill is communication. The D’Auras share how they connected at difficult times in their marriage and urge their students to prepare for the inevitable stresses and losses. “We tell them we don’t want you to copy us but we’re hoping our story sparks a conversation,” Connie said. “If something comes up later in life, how are you going to handle it? Talk about it now before you get married.”

Married 24 years in October and pictured with their son Tony, 7 , Connie and Joe D’Aura established the Marriage for Life program in 1999.

The D’Auras say they fill a niche not served by parishand retreat-based programs. Many parishes do not have mentor couples available, and retreats can be out of reach for engaged couples who live far apart or have conflicts on weekends. “The reason we started it is we noticed a lot of couples falling through the cracks,” Joe D’Aura said. For Jaime Barrett Vigil, separate sessions with time to reflect in between worked better than immersing with other couples over a whole weekend. “We wanted to kind of keep it private and still interact with couples and hear their stories,” she said. “It’s more of a personal choice. So you could go home at night and talk, which is what we did, until the next Saturday.” MARRIAGE FOR LIFE, page 11

For information about advertising in our next

WEDDING GUIDE Call (415) 614-5642

Unforgettable Wedding Berries

Christian Brothers Retreat

Mont La Salle Chapel ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Engagement Gifts Special Event Desserts Boxed Wedding Favors Cake Decorations Birthday Gifts Graduation Gifts Father’s Day Gifts

Ph: 707.252.3810

www.christianbrosretreat.com

We are available for wedding

We Ship Nationwide Perfect Delivery Guaranteed Lower Shipping Rates Save 10% on items over $40 Use Coupon Code: SBWED Expire Dec. 31, 2007

1-877 BERRIES

www.berries.com

ceremonies, indoors or out, receptions, rehearsal dinners, or special events of all types.

We also have full, on-site catering available and guestrooms for individual accommodations.

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

Wedding Guide Marriage for Life . . . ■ Continued from page 10 Had she and her fiancé not had structured conversations with other couples, Jaime said they would have learned on the job by a process of elimination. But she found it eyeopening to learn that unless they communicate, couples can

Several marriage prep options now available Upon becoming engaged, Catholic couples should check with their parishes first about required preparation for receiving the sacrament of marriage. The preparation, on average, takes six months and begins with a meeting with a priest at the wedding parish. It can also include meetings with mentor couples in the parish or completion of certificate programs outside the parish. In addition to parish-based programs, four non-parish-based programs are approved by the Archdiocese: ● Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekend, Vallombrosa Retreat Center in Menlo Park or Mercy Center in Burlingame. Next sessions Sept. 21-23, Menlo Park; Nov. 2-4, Burlingame. Cost: $350 per couple for 2007, $450 for $2008. Web site http://www.sfcee.org. E-mail catholicsfee@aol.com. ● Commuter Weekend Marriage Preparation Class, St. Vincent School in San Rafael, one all-day Saturday session. Next sessions: Oct. 20 and Nov. 17; $325. Web site http://sfcatholic.com. Phone (707) 552-3394. E-mail prep@sfcatholic.com. ● Marriage for Life, St. Mary’s Cathedral, two weekend half-day sessions. Next session: Nov. 10 and 17. Contact Joe and Connie D’Aura, (415) 664-8108; $185. E-mail marriage@ccwear.com. ● Saturdays for Engaged Couples, Paulist Center at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, one all-day session. Next session: Nov. 17; $200. Web site http://www.oldsaintmarys.org/html/marriage/engaged.htm. Phone Father Peter Shea (415) 288-3807 or e-mail pshea@paulist.org.

be far apart on some big issues, such as how many children to have. She said one conversation moderated by the D’Auras was particularly helpful. This involved an exercise in which couples concentrate on their clasped hands. Jaime recalled the message: “These are the hands that you’re going to hold through the good times and bad times. These are the hands that you are going to see get old together. These are the hands you’re going to hold at night when you need support.” Communication is at the heart of embodying the sacrament as well. Matrimony is not a sacrament taken once or occasionally. Couples learn that its outward sign is their Christ-like loving behavior toward one another at each step of the path. The D’Auras hope couples will build their relationships on that principle and thus meet their responsibilities to the faith. By contrast, they do not tax couples with Church rules and prohibitions. Men, who often are the reluctant partners in the training, respond to that approach, Joe D’Aura said. “Once they realize we’re not there to make them better Catholics, they seem to relax.” Salesian Father Harold Danielson, parochial vicar at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, put in another way: “There’s a mystery of the holy. You offer what the Church offers, then it’s up to them.” For marriage counselors, two trends stand out: the typical engaged couple in the Archdiocese is older and more worldly than was the case 30 years ago, and the number of couples taking vows is dropping off year by year. One reason is couples are leaving the area for economic reasons, but Lyford thinks another is that far fewer Catholics practice family prayers and faith formation at home. “There is a trend of people simply not getting married,” he said. “The real reason is their parents’ generation did not hand down to them the value of Catholic sacramental marriage. The generation ahead of us dropped the ball.” But Lyford sees hopeful signs that young adults today are much more open-minded about Catholic teaching. “People now coming to church are very open, are educated

and are willing to ask the compelling questions,” he said. At the same time marriage preparation, once theological, has become more of a balance between theology and everyday behavior, he said. “There’s a new and positive emphasis on life skills,” he said. “And the second thing is seeing it as an opportunity to communicate the Gospel message and teaching the beauty of the Church. The truth can be presented in a very gentle and rational way.” Jaime said that after a year of marriage she and her husband are well on the road. They have made some crucial decisions, such as when to have their first child – within two years — and staying in San Francisco to give their kids a better-rounded education in the world. Jaime and Vince had known each other for eight years before they wed, so they had a head-start over some couples when they attended Marriage for Life. “It helped us solidify where our marriage was going to go with our family,” Jaime said. “The day you say those vows things will never be the same. You say those vows, you better darn well know what they mean.”

Carrico Creative Wedding & Portrait Photography

www.JoelCarrico.com Capture the moment...forever!

650.387.6890

You’re Getting Married This Summer And Your Photos Are Going To Last A Lifetime. . . Would You Like To Have A Beautiful, White Smile That Lights Up The Room?” Dear Bride-To-Be, Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. Your family, friends, and photographer will all be there admiring how beautiful you look. If you would like to guarantee that your smile turns heads and has people accusing you of being in Hollywood, then I invite you to call my office for a very special offer. I’m offering $100 off all teeth whitening for you, and putting an extra $300 in your personal account for any extra cosmetic work you would like to have done in my office. Plus, since you are the bride, for every person in the wedding party, family, or friend you send to our office before the wedding, I’ll add an additional $100 to your account! The one catch is that you must call before June 28th and schedule your appointment. Even if you don’t get married until August or the Fall, we can schedule you later in the summer to guarantee you have a magical, dream smile that everyone talks about. Please call us today at 650-588-4255! Or for a free report on how you can have a more confident, attractive smile, quickly with anxiety free dentistry call 800-507-9208. I look forward to hearing from you!

Dr. Brad Parker St. Catherine of Siena Parishioner

P.S. And best of all . . . Congratulations!

Bradley L. Parker, D.D.S. FAGD 750 Kains Avenue, San Bruno, CA 944066 Visit us at www.blparkerdds.com Call for a free report: 1-800-507-9208

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Wedding Guide Technology, luck and love link to allow sister to attend brother’s wedding Ingenuity, know-how, doggedness, technology, luck and love were linked and synched this summer at San Francisco’s St. Ignatius Parish to allow Stephanie Jones to take part in the wedding of her brother and his bride even though Jones was in a wheelchair nearly 500 miles away. “I was there. Personally I felt like I was at my brother’s wedding although I never left L.A.,” said Jones, 41, a quadriplegic whose ability to travel has been limited since a tragic pool diving accident in June 2005. “It was truly a miracle that we could do it,” she said. “The church was so beautiful, and it felt like I was really there.” With a Webcam mounted on top of her computer screen at her home that fed her image to the church, Jones was even able to participate in the reception following the wedding Mass, visiting with old friends and many guests as if she was physically there with them. A Jesuit parish, St. Ignatius is located on the campus of the University of San Francisco. “Our wedding was doubly blessed,” said the groom, Mark Scarpelli. “Father Jim Blaettler blessed our marriage, and I really believe the Holy Spirit helped bring in my sister’s presence through the miracle of live video.” The sequence of events leading to the L.A.-San Francisco audio-video connection started 10 days before the July 28 wedding of Scarpelli, 34, and Ashley Dumont, 27, when Scarpelli’s mother, Martha Jones, asked parish wedding coordinator Margaret Walden, “Could you help us send a live video feed of our son’s wedding to our quadriplegic daughter in Los Angeles?” As administrative assistant to St. Ignatius pastor Jesuit Father Charles Gagan, Walden has a reputation for getting things done. She e-mailed Ray Frost, parish sacristan, who in turn put out the word to his volunteer sound system crew. By rehearsal Friday, USF Internet technician Walter Petruska had installed a high-speed Internet connection in the church. Pat Steacy of the university’s audiovisual serv-

The Wine Merchant of Showplace Square We Provide: ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

Gift wrapping Wedding Consultant Gift Baskets Catering ◆ Delivery in Califrnia and out-of-state where allowed

(PHOTO BY JAY TEITZELL)

By Kevin Boden and Dan Morris-Young

Stephanie Jones in Los Angeles watches her brother’s wedding in San Francisco as her friend Jay Teitzell positions the Webcam enabling friends to interact with her in real time.

ices took Petruska’s Internet pipeline and strategically located it behind a pillar on the groom’s side of the church. At that location, the groom’s mother and stepfather, Larry Jones, were able to feed an image from a camera plugged into their computer laptop through an Ethernet cable directly out of the building onto the Internet. For Stephanie Jones to receive the video signal in L.A.

Great Smile, Healthy Smile . . . My Smile

DIAMOND DANCE CENTER Wedding Packages Available! International Standard Ballroom and Latin American Street Latin ● Argentine Tango ● Australian New Vogue

Every Thursday – 7-8:30 p.m. Beginner Adults $10 per person

(415) 864-8466 (415) 864-VINO Fax (415) 453-3791

Give your smile a face lift for your special day!

Special Offer: Present this advertisement to receive $5 offer private lessons. Limit one voucher per person up to 4 people. Advanced classes and private lessons by appointment.

E MILIO J. M AIONCHI , J R . 2 Henry Adams Mezz. #21 San Francisco, CA 94103

the family at first used a company with a reputation for being a leader in videoconferencing. However, on the day of the wedding the link simply would not work. Luckily a long-time, computer savvy friend of Stephanie was with her in L.A. to help there with the twoway Webcast. Just as the wedding was about to begin, Jay TECHNOLOGY AND LOVE LINK, page 13

415.410.6612 870-A Old Country Road, Belmont, Ca 94002 Advanced Classes by Appointment Only, Group Classes Available.

Dennis M. Mercer, Studio Principal

Call today for a consultation: Tel: 415-392-3689 www.drtuft.com DENTAL OFFICES OF DR. MELISSA TUFT 450 SUTTER STREET, STE 1619 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

Licentiate-F.A.T.D. *AUST LTD.

Fine Children’s Clothing & Shoes Flower Girl, Communion and Special Occasion

1201 San Carlos Ave. San Carlos 650-595-7745 or

650-654-0277

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

Wedding Guide Technology and love link . . . Teitzell thought of connecting the locations by using the free Internet “telephony network” known as Skype. The situation became tense. Martha and Larry Jones had never used Skype. Teitzell managed to reach them on their cell phone at St. Ignatius. Luckily, their 21-year-old granddaughter, Nicole Davinroy, was sitting right there. “Sure, I can do it,” she said when asked if she knew how to work with Skype. The Jones’ cell phone was handed to her. With Teitzell coaching, Davinroy immediately set up a Skype account, downloaded the network software, and started to feed a live video signal from Larry Jones’ camera inside the church. “We were flying blind right up to the start of the wedding, but in the end the crew at St. Ignatius pulled it off and Nicole took over the Skype connection at the last moment. She did a wonderful job. We are very proud of her,” said her grandmother, adding, “The frustration level was so intense, you would not have believed it.” Explained Teitzell, “Film experience really helped as I was able to send signals up to the camera person inside the church using the Webcam so people in San Francisco could see Stephanie, and we used small cue cards to signal when the camera should pan left or right and focus in on the action at the altar.” As the wedding began, Jesuit Father James Blaettler welcomed the congregation, including Stephanie.

Full Service Catering and Event Planning By appointment only

(PHOTO BY LARRY JONES)

■ Continued from page 12

Ashley Dumont and Mark Scarpelli exchange rings during their July 28 wedding at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco as the wedding Mass celebrant, Jesuit Father James Blaettler, presides – as captured on the live video feed to Mark’s sister in Los Angeles.

“From my vantage point as celebrant,” the associate pastor told Catholic San Franciso, “the broadcast did not intrude at all into the ceremony. Most of the people in attendance were aware of the special reason for the setup and thus open to it.”

Does the priest think Webcasting of parish events and rites might increase? “I think similar special circumstances definitely would merit the effort again in the future,” Father TECHNOLOGY AND LOVE LINK, page 15

Bambie Fer nando 650.544.4408 | 650.834.3480 www.lechoncatering.com Experience Italy right in your own back yard.

Shop

CIAO BELLA ITALY and let us help you with your wedding and gift registry.

For your party or reception, provide premium entertainment.

Contact: Bob Noto – 650-368-2013 www.brotherbuzz.com Catch Brother Buzz at Lou’s Pier 47 Sat., Sept. 29 at 4 pm or Sun., Oct. 7 at 5 pm

Large assortment of dinnerware, platters and more!!! 467 Miller Avenue Mill Valley 415.384.0222 www.ciaobellaitaly.com

Advertise in our next Wedding Issue Feb. 29, 2008

Oh so edible & wonderfully unforgettable Our delicious fruit bouquets will help make your wedding day truly unforgettable! Complete each table with a fresh, unique centerpiece from Edible Arrangements™. To order call or visit

To order, please call or visit: 415-921-5100 415-731-3120

312 West Portal Ave. 415-431-4431 San Francisco, CA 94127

2675 Geary Blvd. #203c San Francisco, CA 94118

Berry Chocolate Bouquet™

415-431-4431

415-409-3303

669 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94103

511 & 515 Bay St. San Francisco, CA 94133

Edible Arrangements® – www.ediblearrangements.com

Franchises Available. Call (203) 407-8777

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Wedding Guide Twenty Something

Shed inhibitions; embrace the dance of life There’s something about warm weather that prompts people to wed. You’ll probably hear wedding bells ringing nearby – a relative, a friend, a neighbor – which means you’re warming up your iron and your dance legs. And if you tuned into ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” you might be feeling a bit unprepared, keenly aware that you lack expert instruction, fake eyelashes, dazzling dresses, spray-on tanner and killer legs. It’s a daunting endeavor, to hear music and move your limbs in a way that somehow corresponds. People approach the challenge in a variety of ways. As a young adult on an active wedding circuit, I’ve been tracking the different dancing styles. Perhaps you identify with one: The dancer. These are the annoying people who are blessed with that innate gift of rhythm. They embody music in a way that makes sense and looks good. The seductress. These people hit the dance floor and suddenly feel incredibly attractive. Every motion is dramatic—the squinted eyes, the sharp head turns, the pelvic thrusts. The cradle robber. This subgroup typically involves grey-haired men whose self perception is skewed by dancing. To them, every young woman is available and (inexplicably) attainable. The jumper. This group’s working on their vertical. Every beat is cause to bounce. The clapper. Every beat is cause to clap, too. Clappers tend to sway side to side: clap to the left, clap to the right, repeat. Soon they’re carried away and they can’t be stopped. The sweater. These people look like Steve Nash in

Red Robin Caterers 489 MAGNOLIA AVENUE LARKSPUR, CA 94939 (415) 924-0956 FAX (415) 924-8871

the fourth quarter of a play-off game: flushed cheeks, matted hair, shirt drenched in sweat. But they’re having the time of their lives. The slow dancer. These people pop up when the music slows down. They had seconds on cake. They’re still feeling it. But they’ll waltz to “Wonderful Life.” The interpreter. These people love charades. So if there’s a lyric that can be gestured, they’ll do it. This can get pretty advanced. For Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309,” they punch the numbers in the air. The MTV star. These are the ones who memorize

‘Everyone else seems to know the steps and have momentum. It’s awkward easing in.’ and recreate Beyonce’s hip-hop routine. But without the special effects and talent, it can look like hopscotch gone mad. The lyric lover. They know every word to every song played the entire night. Makes you wonder if they listen to the radio in their sleep. Also makes you feel seriously uncool for never having heard half the songs before. The chicken dancer. These folks love to flap their elbows. And when the tempo picks up, they scrunch their faces in concentration. They’re determined to keep

up. They’re working out old wounds from being picked last for seventh-grade flag football. Being a young adult feels like standing on the edge of the dance floor. Everyone Christina else seems to know the Capecchi steps and have momentum. It’s awkward easing in. But you can’t really dance if you’re watching your feet. And you’ll never have fun if you don’t shake your self consciousness. So dive in with a sense of humor and a smile. Feel the beat. Do your thing. And don’t look back. That’s St. Paul’s advice in Colossians 3:23. “Whatever you do, in word or deed, do wholeheartedly.” It’s Jesus’ first miracle at the Cana wedding, embracing and extending fellowship. It’s Marty Haugen’s hope in his hymn “Gather Us In” — “Give us the courage to enter the song.” And it’s my prayer for the next dance and the next day: that we find courage to enter the song. That, when handed hokey pokey, we shake it all about. Christina Capecchi is a graduate student at Northwestern University. E-mail her at christinacap@gmail.com.

Unique Favors for Special Events

The Irish Journey Necklace An endless circle of love embraces A shamrock symbolizing ones Endless love of Ireland while on life’s journey... Celtic Jewelry and Gifts for all occasions Including Irish Bridal Jewelry and Gifts Shop The Irish Jewelry Company

www.theirishjewelrycompany.com

Created & hand designed

EMAIL: Peggy

Joanne

uniquefavors@mac.com josiegrec@comcast.net 415.924.9227 415.924.9482 http://web.mac.com/uniquefavors

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY GIFT CENTER & JEWELERY MART 888 BRANNAN STREET, SUITE 495 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103 PHONE 415.437.4700 FAX 415.437.4702 MONIKA@MAIOLICA.COM WWW.MAIOLICA.COM

H s Lordships Restaurant on the Berkeley Marina 199 Seawall Drive Berkeley

510-843-2733 – Please Join Us – RESTAURANT

•Monday - Friday Lunch Buffet...$13.95 • Early Bird Dinner Special $13.95 7 days a week, 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Except Holidays Prime Rib - Chicken Jerusalem - Catch of the Day Parties of 8 or More $2.00 extra per person

Please Call for Reservations For Those Special Occasions, Wedding Receptions or Company Meetings, Inquire About our Banquet Facilities in our Catering Office

GIVE YOUR MARRIAGE SOLID FOUNDATION

CATHOLIC ENGAGED ENCOUNTER “A Wedding is a Day . . . A Marriage is a Lifetime. We are committed to providing weekend retreats for couples preparing for the sacrament of marriage. Give your marriage a solid foundation by attending one of our weekends.

For more information and dates, please call our information line at (415) 664-1985 or visit our web page at www.sfcee.org Gift Certificates Available E-mail us at: CatholicSFEE@Aol.com

centaur_roman_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ RSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_å0ç,éƒ©˙î6˚¬µñø/œ®ß†ü3-5¥1à¡™£¢'§¶•ªº YOU HANDLE WHERE –&"'«…æ)*÷|ÅıÇÎ´Ï˝ÓˆÔ ÒÂ˜Ø.Œ‰Íˇ¨9„˛Á¸`⁄Í‹›fifl‡°·‚—±"'»ÚÆ¯˘¿|áéíóúâêîôûàèìòùäëïöüÿãñõ ÁÉÍÓÚÀÈÌÒÙÄËÏÖÜŸÑÃÕÂÊÎÔÛ YOUR GUESTS WILL SIT. centaur_italic_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ~! WE’LL HANDLE WHERE @#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_å0ç,éƒ©˙î6˚¬µñø/œ®ß†ü3-5¥1à¡™£¢'§¶•ªº–&"'«…æ)*÷|ÅıÇÎ´Ï˝ÓˆÔ ÒÂ˜Ø.Œ‰Íˇ¨9„˛Á¸`⁄Í‹›fifl‡°·‚—±"'»ÚÆ¯˘¿|áéíóúâêîôûàèìòùäëïöüÿãñõÁÉÍÓÚÀÈÌÒÙÄËÏÖÜŸÑÃÕÂÊÎÔÛ THEY SLEEP. centaur_bold_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ Courtyard provides your guests RSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_å0ç,éƒ©˙î6˚¬µñø/œ®ß†ü3-5¥1à¡™£¢'§¶•ªº –&"'«…æ)*÷|ÅıÇÎ´Ï˝ÓˆÔ ÒÂ˜Ø.Œ‰Íˇ¨9„˛Á¸`⁄Í‹›fifl‡°·‚—±"'»ÚÆ¯˘¿|áéíóúâêîôûàèìòùäëïöüÿã with the amenities they need at a ñõÁÉÍÓÚÀÈÌÒÙÄËÏÖÜŸÑÃÕÂÊÎÔÛ price that’s sure to please. centaur_bold_italic_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_å0ç,éƒ©˙î6˚¬µñø/œ®ß†ü3-5¥1à¡™£¢'§¶•ªº–&"'«…æ)* ÷|ÅıÇÎ´Ï˝ÓˆÔ ÒÂ˜Ø.Œ‰Íˇ¨9„˛Á¸`⁄Í‹›fifl‡°·‚—±"'»ÚÆ¯˘¿|áéíóúâêîôûàèìòùäëïöüÿãñõÁÉÍÓÚÀÈÌÒÙ Minutes away from the SFO Airport ÄËÏÖÜŸÑÃÕÂÊÎÔÛ

and San Francisco granjon_roman_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFG Newly renovated hotel HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_å0ç,éƒ©˙î6˚¬µñø/ Upgraded luxurious bedding œ®ß†ü3-5¥1à¡™£¢'§¶•ªº–&"'«…æ)*÷|ÅıÇÎ´Ï˝ÓˆÔ ÒÂ˜Ø.Œ‰Íˇ¨9„˛Á¸ `⁄Í‹›fifl‡°·‚—±"'»ÚÆ¯˘¿|áéíóúâêîôûàèìòùäëïöüÿãñõÁÉÍÓÚÀÈÌÒÙÄËÏÖÜŸÑ Nearby restaurants and shopping ÃÕÂÊÎÔÛ Great rates for wedding room blocks granjon_italic_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFGHIJKL marriott_light_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_å0ç,éƒ©˙î6˚¬µñø/œ®ß†ü3-5 IT’S THE MARRIOTT WAY.SM QRSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_©®™— ¥1à¡™£¢'§¶•ªº–&"'«…æ)*÷|ÅıÇÎ´Ï˝ÓˆÔ ÒÂ˜Ø.Œ‰Íˇ¨9„˛Á¸`⁄Í‹›fifl‡°·‚—±"'»Ú marriott_lightitalic_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFGHIJKLM Æ¯˘¿|áéíóúâêîôûàèìòùäëïöüÿãñõÁÉÍÓÚÀÈÌÒÙÄËÏÖÜŸÑÃÕÂÊÎÔÛ NOPQRSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_©®™— granjon_bold_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFG marriott_medium_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[]\;',./ABCDEFGHIJKL HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_å0ç,éƒ©˙î6˚¬µñø MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_©®™— /œ®ß†ü3-5¥1à¡™£¢'§¶•ªº–&"'«…æ)*÷|ÅıÇÎ´Ï˝ÓˆÔ ÒÂ˜Ø.Œ‰Íˇ¨9„˛Á marriott_mediumitalic_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[];',./ABCDEFGHI ¸`⁄Í‹›fifl‡°·‚—±"'»ÚÆ¯˘¿|áéíóúâêîôûàèìòùäëïöüÿãñõÁÉÍÓÚÀÈÌÒÙÄËÏÖÜŸÑ JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?_©®™— ÃÕÂÊÎÔÛ San Francisco Aiport

Courtyard by Marriott 1050 Bayhill Drive San Bruno, CA 94066 (650)952-3333 To reserve your room, call 1-800-MARRIOTT or visit Marriott.com/SFOSB. Rates are per room, per night, based on availability.

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

Wedding Guide Spirituality for Life

Finding grace in the limits of marital love In many of her novels, Anita Brookner, almost as a signature to her work, will make this comment: The first task of a couple in marriage is to console each other for the fact they cannot not disappoint each other. That’s an important insight. Why? When we are young and hear sadness in love songs, we think the sadness and disappointment are a prelude to the experience of love. Later we come to realize the sadness and disappointment ultimately originate not from the fact that love has not taken place, but from the finite, limited character of human love itself. Brookner has it right: The first task in any love is for us to console each other for the limits of our love, for the fact we cannot not disappoint each other. Why can’t two persons ever be enough for each other? Why is disappointment part of the experience of every relationship, friendship and marriage? The very way we are made precludes ever having, in this life, a oneness of mind, heart, and body that fulfills us in such a way there is no disappointment. Our longing is simply too wide. We long for the infinite and are built for it and so we wake to life and consciousness with longings as deep as a Grand Canyon without a bottom. In this life then, outside of rare and very transitory mystical experiences, there is no consummation (sexual, emotional, psychological or even spiritual) with another person so deep and all-embracing so as exclude all distance, shadow and emptiness. No matter how deep a friendship or a marriage and no matter how good, rich in personality, and deep the other person might be, we always find ourselves somewhat disappointed. In this life, there is no union that fills every emptiness inside us. Somewhere, we always sleep alone. In essence, there is no union which fulfills perfectly

the Genesis prescription that “two become one flesh.” No matter how close a marriage or a friendship, two can never ultimately become one. No matter how deep a union, we always remain separate, two persons who cannot really ever, in this life, make just one heart, one mind and one body. No love or friendship ever fully takes away our separateness. Sometimes sexual electricity or emotional or spiritual affinity can promise such a oneness. But, in the end, it cannot fully deliver it. No matter how deep and powerful a union, ultimately, we remain, and need to remain, captains of our own hearts, minds and bodies. This needs to be recognized, not just to help us deal with disappointment, but especially so we do not violate each other. What’s implied here? In this life we are always, to some degree, in exile from each other. We stand alone in some way. Where we feel this most deeply is not in our sexual isolation, but in our moral separateness. What we crave even more deeply than sexual unity is moral affinity, to be truly one heart with another. More than we desire a lover, we desire a kindred spirit, a soul mate. If this is true, then the deepest violations of each other are also not sexual but moral. It’s when we try to be captain of somebody else’s soul that we rape someone. And it is our failure to accept that we will always be somehow separate from each other that creates the pressure inside us to unhealthily try to be captain of someone else’s soul. We violate another’s separateness precisely because we cannot accept the disappointment of love. Beyond even this, we cannot not be disappointed in love because, in the end, we are all to some degree limited, inadequate, blemished, dull and boring. None of us is God. No matter how rich our personalities or attractive our bod-

Technology and love link . . .

“I think one needs to be careful with regard to seeing an equivalency or substitute for a sacramental experience that one fully can have only in person,” he cautioned. “The Holy Spirit works in miraculous ways,” affirmed Father Gagan, pastor, when he learned of the first successful live video wedding at the parish. (A lector, lector trainer and eucharistic minister at St. Ignatius Parish, Kevin Boden acted as the primary coordinator of logistics between the families, parish and audio-visual crew who staged the July 28 Scarpelli-Dumont wedding Webcast.)

■ Continued from page 13 Blaettler said. “I would not encourage such an arrangement as an ordinary procedure, especially if it encouraged people not to attend the wedding — or other services. That is not to say that I don’t think there could be a real media ministry in all of this, especially if the virtual reality is understood as a way of enhancing rather than reducing the experience.”

i’s Favors & Gifts n e l E ❖ Specializing in Wedding, Christenings & Favors ❖ Imported Gifts ❖ Affordable Prices ❖ Christening Outfits and Shoes 116 El Camino Real San Carlos, CA 94070

Tel: 650.631.8900

ies, none of us can indefinitely excite and generate novelty, sexual electricity and emotional pleasure within a relationship. A relationship is like a long trip and, as Dan Berrigan puts it, “there’s bound Father to be some long dull Ron Rolheiser stretches. Don’t travel with someone who expects you to be exciting all the time!” What’s the lesson? Stoicism and cynicism about love and romance? To the contrary: The recognition that, in love, we cannot not disappoint each other is what makes it possible for us to remain inside marriage, friendship, celibacy and respect. It’s when we demand not to be disappointed that we grow angry, make unrealistic demands, and put pressure on each other’s moral and sexual integrity. Conversely, when we recognize the limits of love, when we accept an inevitable separateness, moral loneliness, and disappointment, we can begin to console each other in our friendships and our marriages. In that consolation, since it touches so deeply the core of our souls, we can begin to find the threads that can bind us into a oneness of heart beyond disappointment. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author. His Web site is www.ronrolheiser.com.

Aubergine World Cuisine Catering

Intergrating innovative cuisine with impeccable service

www.aubergineworldcuisine.com Phone: 650-712-1229

Full Service Florist

A RENAISSANCE COLLECTION OF ITALIAN MAIOLICA SINCE

1946

CATERING

BIORDI 412

San Francisco 415-822-3710 Fax 415-822-3711

COLOMBUS AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO , CA

94133 [TEL] 415.392.8096 [FAX] 415.392.2608 W W W. B I O R D I . C O M [EMAIL] INFO@BIORDI.COM

FINE SERVICE, BETTER EVENTS.

TABLES SEATING LINENS SETTINGS SERVEWARE STAGING

ABBEY party rents sf

1- 800-717-PARTY 411 ALLAN STREET DALY CITY, CA 94014 FAX 415-715-6914 TEL 415-715-6900

WWW.ABBEYRENTSSF.COM

Redwood City 650-366-6540 Fax 650-366-6799

www.arguellocatering.com

ANGELICA LIMOUSINES, LLC Weddings ✧ Airport ✧ Anniversary ✧ Prom Special Occasions ✧ Medical Appointments

(415) 898-1977 ‘Everything was just perfect!” www.angelicalimousines.com Sedans – 10% Discount – Stretch

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Vatican Letter Pope: Christianity ‘shatters the rules’ of the marketplace On a three-day pilgrimage to Austria, Pope Benedict XVI brought a core theme of his pontificate to Central Europe, warning that a drift away from Christian values is leaving society unfulfilled, less charitable and without a real future. Although the pope’s events during the Sept. 7-9 visit were low-key, his message was not. To diverse audiences of Catholic faithful, politicians, Church ministers and volunteers, he argued that Europe risks adopting a godless vision that will inevitably lead to a spiritual, social and demographic dead end. One of the pope’s most telling speeches came in Vienna on the first day of his trip, when he addressed a group that included scores of international diplomats and representatives. Instead of covering the usual list of global trouble spots, the pope made a strong pro-life appeal, zeroing in on the problems of abortion and euthanasia. Beyond the moral issue of the taking of innocent life, the pope raised a wider question: whether Europe, with its low birth rate and rapidly aging population, is “giving up on itself.” He hammered home the same theme the next day, telling 30,000 people at the Marian sanctuary of Mariazell, “Europe has become child-poor: We want everything for ourselves and place little trust in the future.” His sermon at Mariazell also focused on the modern tensions among religious truth, interreligious sensitivity and the fear of intolerance. It’s an issue he raised a year ago in Regensburg, Germany, in a speech that drew criticism because of comments about Islam. This time, the pope avoided specific remarks about other religions, but insisted the Church must proclaim Christ as the universal savior. “This does not mean that we despise other religions, nor are we arrogantly absolutizing our own ideas,” he said. Rather, he said, it means the Church will never accept an “attitude of resignation” toward the truth, the assumption that truth cannot be known. It is this attitude that “lies at the heart of the crisis of the West, the crisis of Europe,” he said. The pope then emphasized a point that has become a touchstone of his pontificate: the Christian conviction that “at the origin of everything is the creative reason of God.” This is the principle that has shaped Europe’s history and must orient its future, he said. More than once, the pope stressed that Christianity was not merely a “moral code” but a religion that embodies love of God and neighbor. In his final meeting in Austria, the pope applied this vision to the practical area of volunteer charity work, which he said touches the heart of the Christian message. The pope said this kind of personal, selfless activity cannot simply be delegated to the state or the market economy. In fact, he said, in a “culture which would calculate the cost of everything,” Christian charity “shatters the rules of a market economy.” It was a strong reminder of a point the pope made in his 2006 encyclical, “Deus Caritas Est” (“God Is Love”), that state social policies can never replace the personal commitment of individuals. By design, none of the papal events in Austria were big ones and, thanks in part to steady rain, the low crowd expectations proved correct. But most of the pope’s appearances were televised, and Austrian Church sources believe the trip’s impact will be felt in the discussion and reflection that follows his departure. One important factor was that the German pope spoke their language and felt at home in Austria, a country that despite internal Church problems remains about 75 percent Catholic. The pope did not directly take up the problems — including seminary sex scandals and tensions over Church teachings — that have left some Catholics alienated from the Church in recent years. He alluded to them in remarks to reporters on his plane from Rome, saying he was grateful to those who have remained faithful despite the difficulties and that he hoped to help “heal the wounds,” but there was no detailed follow-up during his stay in Austria. The pope stuck to basic Christian themes, as he has throughout his pontificate. He offered beautifully crafted sermons on the power of prayer, the importance of Sunday Mass, and even the modern relevance of poverty, chastity and obedience in religious life. These are eminently religious themes that do not usually produce frontpage headlines around the world. But they reflect one of the big reasons Pope Benedict was elected in 2005: The cardinals felt he was the man who could revitalize the Church at its base, especially in Europe. The Austrian visit saw Pope Benedict in the teaching role he loves. It is teaching with an edge, however — the edge of a pastor worried about the future of the faith on Christianity’s home ground. John Thavis directs the Rome Bureau of Catholic News Service.

CRS sends thanks (Following is a recent letter addressed to San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer which he requested be shared with readers of Catholic San Francisco. The next annual Catholic Relief Services Collection is scheduled March 2, 2008 in parishes of the Archdiocese.) The success of the Catholic Relief Services Collection is dependent on the good work of the diocesan leaders who guide and support local efforts to promote the collection. The USCCB wishes to acknowledge the success of the Catholic Relief Services Collection in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The Archdiocese of San Francisco achieved a significant increase in its fiscal 2006 CRS Collection receipts over 2005. This accomplishment deserves recognition and the appreciation of those who benefit from the collection. Our national collections are catechetical opportunities. They help the Catholic faithful practice Gospel stewardship, and provide tangible expressions of solidarity with the Universal Church. The CRS Collection in particular impacts the lives of millions of our brothers and sisters around the world and here at home. We would be grateful if you would also convey our heartfelt gratitude to your priests for their efforts to promote The CRS Collection in their parishes. Their commitment and generosity demonstrate genuine love and compassion for all who are helped by the collection — those who are truly Jesus in disguise. Wishing you every good blessing and peace, I am Sincerely yours in Christ, Bishop William Skylstad, president, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Sounds without bite?

Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers. Please send your letters to: Catholic San Francisco One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, CA 94109 Fax: (415) 614-5641 E-mail: morrisyoungd@sfarchdiocese.org

Lord has good hearing Mr. Weigel’s comments in his Aug. 24 column, “When petitions become sermonettes,” struck me as inconsistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church. In addition, he demonstrates a lack of understanding of the importance of living the Gospel. He refers to petitions, such as “ For the leaders of the United Nations, may they effectively design programs to provide aid to the people who experience the greatest suffering, let us pray to the Lord,” not only as not prayers, but possible expressions of “conventional liberal pieties” or “guilt trips aimed at suburban congregations.” So confident was he of the righteousness of his disapproval that he trusted “the Lord wasn’t listening” (to these petitions). I am offended. When social justice is just rhetoric, without social action, it is just that — meaningless words. To pray for those who are in influential positions of power in our world, that they will make good decisions for all God’s people is what every devout Catholic should do. For some reason, Mr. Weigel disagrees. Mr. Weigel might consider that these prayers of petition to which be objects might one day be offered for a group to which he himself belongs. On that day, I trust that the Lord will be listening. Sally Cashin Smith San Francisco

L E T T E R S

George Weigel’s Aug. 24 column, “When petitions become sermonettes” puzzles me. He castigates as “soft socialism” a prayer: “For a transformation of world vision which will put the needs of human beings before capital gain and create policies which manifest Jesus’ love for the poor.” That nicely expresses Scrooge’s conversion in “A Christmas Carol.” Or does Weigel think Dickens a covert precursor to Lenin? Even The Wall Street Journal informs us when some individuals, corporations and polities put the bottom line ahead of human dignity and labor rights. “Mankind was my business!” Marley wailed, lamenting to Scrooge his own life as “a good man of business,” eye only to the ledger. Weigel hopes God turned a deaf ear to: “For the leaders of the United Nations, may they effectively design programs to provide aid to the people who experience the greatest suffering.” Weigel cites U.N. failings. Such a prayer asks, “For intercession … for the civil authorities, for those oppressed” to correct these wrongs. It meets real-world needs and Vatican II’s mandates, as stated in the column. However, Weigel pines for “simple, even formulaic petitions” at Mass, courteous sounds without bite. Congregations respond to specifics. Consider Luke 10:25-37. Jesus amplifies the “simple, even formulaic” commandment “love your neighbor as yourself.” He speaks of the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan who happen upon the man beaten by thieves. Jesus spells out who is neighbor and

Letters welcome

who is not. Would Weigel deconstruct that Gospel message as “soft socialism,” a “guilttrip aimed at suburban congregations”? I fear so and I am puzzled. Paul Moslander San Francisco

Group signing off

Once again, thank you for including our Autumn Group events in your Datebook. Due to your perseverance in following our activities, we received many inquiries about our group over the past several years. More importantly, thanks to you, the participation in activities – especially our excursions – was most encouraging. Since many of our participants came from all parts of the city and beyond, ours was not a parish group, per se. God bless you and your great work, especially Tom Burke. On behalf of the Autumn Group, the members of which were always very proud of the Catholic San Francisco announcements, I again express my deep appreciation of your patience and kindness. Sister Esther McEgan, RSM Pastoral associate St. Mary’s Cathedral

Vicious view For the readers who spotted the vicious conclusion of Christopher Hitchens’ two-page article about Mother Teresa in the current (Sept 10) issue of Newsweek, following is the note I am sending to the magazine, whether the editor decides to publish it or not. Hitchens is a columnist for Vanity Fair and the author of “God is Not Great.” Here are Hitchens’ closing words of his Newsweek article, titled “The Dogmatic Doubter,” about Mother Teresa : “I say it as calmly as I can— the Church should have had the elementary decency to let the earth lie lightly on this troubled and miserable lady, and not to invoke her long anguish to recruit the credulous to a blind faith in which she herself had long ceased to believe.” And this is my note to the editor: “Christopher Hitchens’ vicious closing lines of what was in the main a rather fair review of Mother Teresa’s “dark night of the soul” trigger two responses, and I too ‘say this as calmly as I can’: first, 100 years from now how will Hitchens’ pronouncements be judged next to Chesterton’s, Maritain’s, Belloc’s, John Paul II’s, and Mother Teresa’s herself, all firm believers? And, second: since it can be legally done so cheaply, why hasn’t Hitchens yet shown the ‘elementary decency’ he flippantly suggests the Church should have, and changed his first name? Father Larry N. Lorenzoni, SDB San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

For the Journey

Vanity plates and grace — UR4GVN You wouldn’t expect grace or theological insight or a moment of inspiration to come to you via the vanity license plate on the car in front of you. But maybe a generous God, and one with a sense of humor, knows that sometimes a busy mom needs any opportunity for inspiration. And wasn’t it St. Ignatius of Loyola who told us we should find God in all things? It was a wintry day and the sidewalks at our Catholic elementary school were covered with ice. Just moments before I arrived to pick up my two children, the school prankster was heard to remark to a friend, “See those sixthgraders over there? I’m going to slide into them and see how many of them I can knock down.” As luck would have it, one of those sixth-graders was my son. The resulting collision sent him to the pavement where he bumped his teeth and loosened his braces. As Mike and his sister climbed into the car, he presented his mouth for inspection. “Great. This is just what I need today,” I thought. Our orthodontist works on our side of town only certain days of the week and on the other side of town the rest. Naturally this afternoon, with rush-hour traffic

building, he was all the way across the city. Pushing aside thoughts of “What’s for dinner?” and 20 other things I had on my agenda, I headed to the orthodontist with the two children and listened to the gory details of the sliding incident. My anger and frustration built. What a pointless, careless thing to do on the part of the offender. And was there damage to the teeth? The teeth I was already paying several thousand dollars to straighten? When we finally reached the orthodontist’s office, Mike disappeared into the examination room, and I flipped through a dog-eared magazine. The good news: The braces could be tightened; the teeth had not been hurt. We all headed to the car, the darkness of evening gathering around us, and headed back into the clogged streets. My relief that the teeth were OK soon gave way to frustration that night was coming, that the whole evening was in disarray, that dinner would be late. I felt my stomach tighten; my body became that little knot of tenseness that is the opposite of everything I try to be. Then on the street ahead, I saw the license plate: UR4GVN.

It spoke to me just as clearly as if the Archangel Michael had climbed into the front seat and delivered the message personally. Suddenly, I had to wipe away the tears that clouded my eyes. A feeling of release went through me. Effie Caldarola Forgiven? I knew I could forgive the boy who slid on the ice. But could I forgive myself for my impatience and anger? For not being the efficient homemaker with dinner planned out ahead of time? For putting too many things on my “to do” list and then going nuts when it deteriorated into a “didn’t do” list? But I was forgiven. Who, I wondered, pays to put a message like that on their vanity plates? Someone who has no idea he or she made a frazzled mom cry on the way home from the orthodontist. Effie Caldarola writes and lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

Guest Commentary

TV: time for lid on ‘garbage in, garbage out’? In computerese, there’s a relatively old aphorism, “garbage in, garbage out,” referring to the fact computers by themselves can’t do anything beyond what we program them to do. When the United States makes the transition to digital television in 2009, you might have to pay for a set-top box that converts the current analog signal to digital so you can see it. In that sense, it’s more a case of garbage out, garbage in; the crud that clutters the airwaves still finds a way into the home. But with digital signals, technology has made it possible to split one channel into as many as six with no appreciable loss of picture quality. That doesn’t make the TV merely a garbage can, but a potential landfill. What rights do the American people have when it comes to for-profit broadcasters using the public airwaves to make money? If the material is patently offensive — generally, in language or sexual content — the Federal Communications Commission can fine the broadcaster. That happened when the FCC fined CBS first over the Super Bowl breast-baring incident of 2005, and then last year over an episode of “Without a Trace” that showed a teen orgy. It also fined shock jock Howard Stern several times before he landed a deal with a satellite radio outfit. If the material is bad beyond compare, the public has standing to challenge renewal of the broadcast license. Many challenges have been mounted, but no broadcaster’s license has ever been revoked. It’s come close twice. A Mississippi station in the 1960s

would regularly claim “technical difficulties” if “The HuntleyBrinkley Report” aired a segment on civil rights — even though more than half of the people in the station’s broadcast area were black. The owner of a Michigan station in the 1970s used his airwaves to make personal attacks on people without giving them a chance to reply — this before the fairness doctrine governing on-air speech was revoked 20 years ago. The station owners, therefore, seem to have a license to print money and to air whatever they choose. But not so fast, say 28 organizations, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. With the advent of signal-splitting digital TV as the only game in town come 2009, it’s time that the FCC apply some public-interest regulations to broadcasters, the consortium said in an Aug. 15 filing with the FCC. The coalition, which has no snappy name or acronym, includes Common Cause, two statewide League of Women Voters chapters, the Alliance for Community Media, the Center for Digital Democracy, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and two organizations serving the hearing-impaired. “The obligation of broadcasters to serve local educational, informational, civic, minority and disability needs of the public has been created by statute and upheld by the courts,” the groups said. “Further guidance from the commission is necessary to clarify how these public interest obligations apply to DTV (digital television) broadcasters and to answer outstanding questions raised by the increased technological capabilities

of the digital medium.” “Despite the fact that most broadcasters have come to treat the public airwaves as their personal property, that incredibly valuable spectrum is still owned by the American public,” said Meredith Mark Pattison McGehee, policy director of the Campaign Legal Center, a coalition member. “It is the (FCC’s) job to remind broadcasters of that fact and to demand substantive public-interest efforts in return.” In the filing, the consortium recalled that the FCC had asked for comments on its digital TV transition advisory committee’s recommendation that the FCC should adopt a set of mandatory minimum public-interest requirements for digital broadcasters that would not impose an undue burden on digital broadcast stations and could be phased in over several years. But the FCC, it added, “has not reported on its findings on minimum public-interest obligations.” The organizations noted there were fewer than 600 days before digital TV is the way Americans will watch television. Mark Pattison is media editor for Catholic News Service.

The Catholic Difference

Nat’l Endowment for Arts – it’s working! Tradition tells us that baseball is the national pastime. Economics tells us that it’s pro football. Casual conversation makes it clear that America’s favorite sport is complaining about government. Herewith, then, something counterintuitive: an encomium to government, indeed to the federal government, in fact to a typically controversial part of the federal government – the National Endowment for the Arts [NEA] which, thanks to its current chairman, the poet Dana Gioia, is actually spending your money on culturally important projects. It wasn’t always that way. Remember Karen Finley, the “performance artist” and NEA grantee, whose “art” consisted of smearing her naked body with chocolate and then sprinkling herself with bean spouts? There’s been none of that sort of selfindulgent rubbish on Gioia’s watch. Instead, to take a first example, there’s been Shakespeare. Under Gioia’s leadership, NEA created the “Shakespeare in American Communities” program, which has brought 22 of the Bard’s plays to more than a half-million Americans in more than 2,000 performances – and not in major cities, but to small towns, rural areas, and military bases. It’s been the largest Shakespeare tour in American history, involving seven professional theater companies, and it’s touched down in all 50 states. The last is a reflection of Dana Gioia’s political smarts: Members of Congress from sea to shining sea know their constituents are being served by the NEA. More importantly, though, “Shakespeare in American Communities” is an expression of Chairman Gioia’s populism, which is of the very best

kind: he believes the American people are eager for something more than “American Idol” and “Die Hard XLIV” (or whatever number we’re on). The military has been a special concern of Gioia’s. Fittingly enough, his service has coincided with both the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. NEA’s “Great American Voices Tour” has taken professional performances of Broadway music (“South Pacific”) and classical opera (“Carmen” and “Don Giovanni”) into 39 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force bases around America. The artists and musicians involved also visit local schools and conduct pre-concert seminars to help audiences appreciate the nuances of these different musical forms. Then there’s “Poetry Out Loud,” a project close to the heart of Gioia, one of America’s most distinguished poets. I confess that when I hear rap “music,” I hear vulgar chaos. Gioia’s poet’s ear heard a longing for a return to oral recitation, so he launched an NEA program that encourages kids across America to learn serious poetry by heart, and then learn how to recite it publicly in a compelling way. Tens of thousands of students across the United States have participated in this project, co-sponsored by the state arts endowments and the Poetry Foundation – and in doing so have gained in self-confidence, learned their own literary heritage, and developed impressive public speaking skills. “The Big Read” is even more ambitious: this Gioia initiative aims at nothing less that restoring reading – and reading serious fiction at that – to the center of our national cultural life.

More than 100 communities are participating in “The Big Read” this year, reading American classics ranging from Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” to Willa Cather’s “My Antonia” to Harper Lee’s George Weigel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Participants use well-prepared study materials to get inside an author’s head, and are given the opportunity to attend lectures and seminars that help restore the idea of reading great literature as an adventure as well as a pleasure. Although it’s constitutionally irrelevant, it’s no accident these ambitious programs have been led by an NEA chairman who is a very serious Catholic, and who believes that the world, created through the Word, is unveiled in all its mystery and beauty through the mediation of words. Dana Gioia knows that ours is a sacramental world, in which the extraordinary lies just on the far side of the ordinary. And he knows that great art, in its many forms, helps us up through that permeable border and into the realm of transcendent truth – and love. That’s why he’s the best chairman NEA has ever had. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Catholic youth . . . ■ Continued from cover

What more could someone want than to be able to say, ‘I provided a home for someone’? – Paula Staszkow, youth minister

view. “They start asking questions about why people are so poor who live so close to us.” Nicole Wickstrom, a 17-year-old senior at Sacred Heart Preparatory, said she found life without electronics liberating. “It was nice living simply, and it makes you think about everything that you take for granted in your life,” said Wickstrom, a two-year volunteer and St. Pius parishioner, in an e-mail. “There are no distractions.” Wickstrom said she knew it was a blessing to be born in a wealthy nation, she did not see how lucky until she went to Tijuana. “People don’t realize what poverty is until they see it first hand,” she said, adding that in spite of that poverty, the people they met have faith. Gabriela Dematteis, 16, a junior at Notre Dame High School in Belmont, said in an e-mail that her knowledge of Spanish helped her bond with the families the group helped, particularly one of the mothers. “She was so happy. She said I was welcome into her home whenever I wanted,” said Dematteis, an OLMC parishioner. Chris McLinden, a 16-year-old junior at Junipero Serra High School, also shared his feelings about the trip with Catholic San Francisco. “I realized that the youngest daughter (of one of the famFifty-two high school youth and their 20 chaperons from Redwood City’s Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and ilies) will get to grow up in a new house,” said McLinden, St. Pius parishes pose for a group shot during their week-long June stay in Tijuana, Mexico. an OLMC member. “I am one of the reasons for that.” The young parishioners help build three homes for in-need families there. The homes, built from kits, are 11 feet by 22 feet. They have one outside door and two windows. The wooden framed structures are wrapped in tar paper, bailing wire, Chula Vista, Calif., located minutes from the Mexico border. In Chula Vista, the group stayed the night on the floor chicken wire, and finally two coats of stucco. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel has participated in the Mexico in four classrooms provided by Most Precious Blood Parish. trip five years running. St. Pius began its involvement two The students and chaperones dined on pizza, prayed for the trip to come, and had what Staszkow called a “very intense years ago. Staszkow’s wife, Paula, is youth minister at OLMC. She rock, paper, scissors tournament” late into the night. The group reached their campsite on Sunday, and set up said in an e-mail that the goal was to give students the the tents that would be their opportunity to do somehomes for the next six days. thing positive during their ‘We are hoping that through this With no running water, summer break. each person brought a “Jesus calls us to serve shower bag to fill with nonothers. That does not mean experience of living and working potable water. The bags taking the summer off,” she would be left out during the said. “What more could as disciples and in solidarity with day in hopes the sun would someone want than to be heat them enough for a able to say, ‘I provided a the poor, hearts are changed and warm shower after work. home for someone’?” The trips cost $600 per Her husband concurred. person. Staszkow said one “We were looking for people choose to follow Jesus.’ third of the amount was something the youth could Kevin Staszkow, youth minister covered by the immediate do during the summer to families of the students, a really get their hands dirty third through a special colputting the Gospel into action,” he said, adding that though the students built an lection at both parishes, and a third through a network of earthly home for families in need, the real benefit was that extended family and friends contacted by letter to sponsor the students. By holding additional fundraisers, like a car they built up the Kingdom of God. “I would say the overall goal is discipleship, pure and wash, the group ensured that no student was turned away. Paula Staszkow said the dynamic between the adults simple,” he said. “We are hoping that through this experience of living and working as disciples and in solidarity and the high school students made for an interesting trip. “They [the adults] come for a variety of reasons, but with the poor, hearts are changed and people choose to folMegan Smith and Amanda Costello carry they soon learn from the adults who are experienced that low Jesus.” new friends on their shoulders. Before the students could build a home or a kingdom, the trip is not about the adults doing all the work,” she said. they first had to get to Tijuana. The group, including 20 “We are there to encourage, empower, teach and delegate, Mt. Carmel and St. Pius,” she said. “They put their trust in adults, rode in a caravan of 10 rented vans south from so that it truly is the youth who accomplish the task.” She said that encouragement came not just from the a group of teens to do the work of Jesus on their behalf. It’s Redwood City toward Mexico. The group also had another probably the best way that our churches model that the adults on the trip, but from those who stayed behind. van and suburban that hauled a trailer just for supplies. “The trip would not be possible without the support of youth are the Church of today.” The trip started on June 10, a Saturday. The first stop was

Above and right, Redwood City students work on framing one of the three homes they helped complete for thepoor of Tijuana during their summer mission trip there.

September 14, 2007

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS (EX 32:7-11, 13-14) The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once to your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, for they have become depraved. They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, ‘This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ “I see how stiffnecked this people is, ” continued the Lord to Moses. ”Let me alone, then, that my wrath may blaze up against them to consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation.” But Moses implored the Lord, his God, saying, “Why, O Lord, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and how you swore to them by your own self, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.’” So the Lord relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19) R. I will rise and go to my father. Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me. R. I will rise and go to my father. A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me not out from your presence, and your Holy Spirit take not from me. R. I will rise and go to my father. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. R. I will rise and go to my father. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY (1 TM 1:12-17) Beloved: I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry. I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and arrogant, but I have been mercifully treated because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief. Indeed, the grace of our Lord has been abundant, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. But for that reason I was mercifully treated, so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display all his patience as an example for those who would come to believe in him for everlasting life. To the king of ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 15:1-32) Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them he addressed this parable.

“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 people who have no need of repentance. “Or what woman having 10 coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Then he said, “A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them. After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”’ So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son.’ But his father ordered his servants, ‘Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ Then the celebration began. Now the older son had been out in the field and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing. He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. The servant said to him, ‘Your brother has returned and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ he became angry, and when he refused to enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. He said to his father in reply, ‘Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends. But when your son returns, who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’ He said to him, ‘My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours. But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”

Catholic San Francisco

Scripture reflection FATHER BILL NICHOLAS

Is it possible there are two prodigal sons in that parable? We are all familiar with the parable that concludes this week’s Gospel. The title, however, is not a part of Scripture, but has been added by tradition. It does not begin saying, “Jesus told the story of the Prodigal Son,” but rather, “Jesus told them a parable.” Be that as it may, reading the story, in deference to the title, leaves me often wondering – which of the two sons is the Prodigal Son? As surprising as the question might be, it may not be so much so when one remembers the story tells of two sons. The story of the younger son who leaves and returns comprises a little more than half of the story. The other half tells of the older son who stayed, but was so resentful at the party for his wayward brother that he refuses to join the celebration. The story does not end on a positive note, but rather with the unresolved image of the father pleading with the older son to come in. We relate the younger son to those sinners with whom Jesus associated – those he was seeking to draw back to the father; those who were lost, whom Jesus was now finding; those for whom there will be a greater celebration on their return than more than 100 righteous people. This younger son realized the hard way that life was not about what he wanted to do, but about how blessed he was in living under the love and protection of his father. He returned with a gesture of humility and repentance, and was received back with great celebration. Those who have returned to the Church after “going astray” can relate to this part of the story, as can any of us who acknowledge our sinfulness and our need for the father’s love and forgiveness. What about those of us who have never left, but have remained faithful? When we remember that the parable was addressed to the Pharisees, who resented Jesus’ fellowship with sinners, we more clearly see the Pharisees reflected in the older son. He did not leave. He remained faithful. In the end, however, it was all about him, not his fideli-

ty to the father: “I have always been faithful,” “you never gave me a celebration,” “you never gave me something to celebrate with my friends,” “I refuse to come in.” Hence, his fidelity was in expectation of a reward for himself. This expectation and resentment, as much as his brother’s ambition and waywardness, led to alienation. We do not know, however, whether the older son eventually comes in, or perhaps packs his bags and leaves the next day. The story is about two sons. One son left while the other stayed. One returned in humility, the other refused to enter because of pride. One came to appreciate the blessings he enjoyed with his father, the other expected reward for fidelity and services rendered. One son changed, the other did not. One learned that it was about his father’s love; the other felt it as all about him. One son’s story ends on a happy note; the other son’s story does not. Which son is prodigal? In the end we recognize both prodigal sons of this parable, but not as a third person, looking into the story from the outside. How do we relate to both types of “prodigalness”? How have we been lost, or strayed or departed, and sought to be found so as to return to the father? On the other hand, how we have been “faithful,” but also refused to be truly present, to live our faith completely, to participate fully in the worship life of the Curch? As we hear this familiar story yet again, let us pray for those who have strayed from the faith, like the younger son. For those who, like the older son, have “remained faithful,” let us pray that we all heed the father’s call to live our faith more fully every day of our lives, and – more to the context of the story – participate more fully in our celebrations as a faith community, united with our heavenly father. Father Bill Nicholas is parochial vicar at St. Cecilia Parish, San Francisco. The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1869 – Sir Edward John Poynter, oil on canvas.

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Music TV

Books RADIO Film

Stage

Program documents saga of WWII ‘Nisei’ aerial gunner After the Pearl Harbor attack, a Nebraska farmer named Ben Kuroki volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps. He would become the first Japanese-American war hero, surviving 58 missions as an aerial gunner over Europe, North Africa and Japan during World War II. Between tours of duty the 23-year-old would find himself at the center of controversy — a lone spokesman against the racism faced by thousands of Japanese Americans sent to internment camps. Titled “Most Honorable Son,” a one-hour program on Kuroki’s story will air Sept. 17 on KPBS-TV Channel 9 at 10 p.m., according to the station’s Web site. The program features interviews with Kuroki, fellow airmen of the 8th and 20th Army Air Forces, Japenese internees who met him during his visit to internment camps and a Nebraska congressman who helped Kuroki in his quest to fly on B-29s. Sent to California where airmen rested before reassignment, he feared walking the streets, even in uniform. Kuroki joined activists fighting discrimination and spoke at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, an influential group of government, academic and

speech marked the turning point for acceptance of the “Nisei” – Japanese Americans

LA cathedral tapestries KGO topic San Francisco’s KGO-Channel 7 will air “Divining the Human: The Cathedral Tapestries of John Nava” at 5 a.m. on Sept. 23. The program is part of the “Vision & Values” series produced by the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission, a production partner of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. The film follows Nava, a California artist, and his creation of tapestries for Los Angeles’

Ben Kuroki business leaders in northern California. The roomful of cynical business and government leaders stood and cheered, tears running down many faces. University of California-Berkeley Vice President Monroe Deutsch said Kuroki’s

Two guests on ‘For Heaven’s Sake’ discuss Faith Formation Conference The wide-ranging scope of the northern California Faith Formation Conference will be discussed on the “For Heaven’s Sake” program to air Sept. 16 at 5:30 a.m. on KRON-TV, Channel 4. Program guests will be Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, director of the archdiocesan Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, and Megan PryorLorentz, the office’s associate director for youth ministry and catechesis.

A cooperative effort of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the dioceses of Oakland, San Jose, Monterey and Stockton, the multi-language Faith Formation Conference will take place Sept. 21-22 at the Santa Clara Convention Center and feature more than 100 workshops on a variety of topics from liturgy and music to marriage and prayer. For conference information, visit: www.sitekreator.com/faithformation.

GLORY TOURS invites you to join us on pilgrimages.

TRAV

DIRECTORY For advertising information please call 415.614.5642

LAKE TAHOE RENTAL Vacation Rental Condo in South Lake Tahoe. Sleeps 8, near Heavenly Valley and Casinos.

Call 925-933-1095 See it at RentMyCondo.com#657

whose parents were immigrants — back to California after the war.

We are a wholesale pilgrimage tour company serving group leaders, organizations, churches leaders and travel agents on wholesale basis. We are dedicated to serving pilgrims, giving the best experience possible on their journeys. Once you taste our loving service, you’ll never think of going on pilgrimages without Glory Tours. So come and join us, with your family, friends and relatives. GLORY TOURS runs and operates the tour and offer one free travel for every ten paying pilgrims. We will meet or beat every legitimate offer in the market. Please feel free to contact by phone 1-866-352-5952 or e-mail: ruby@glory-tours.com or check www.glory-tours.com. Glory Tours will be happy to serve you For individuals you may join the ff. public tours: EASTERN EUROPE, SHRINES OF ITALY & ROME, Oct 13-26, 2007 from SFO/LAX, $2,890. + tax FATIMA, SPAIN, LOURDES & PARIS, Nov 6-17, 2007 from SFO/LAX, $2,590. + tax GREECE, GREEK ISLANDS AEGEAN CRUISE & TURKEY (MOTHER MARY’S HOUSE IN EPHESUS & much more), Nov. 6-18, 2007 from SFO $2,695. + port charges & tax PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY LAND Nov. 16-24, 2007 from SFO $1,990. + tax SPECIAL PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES ON IT’S 150TH FEAST ANNIVERSARY PLUS LISIEUX, NEVERS, PARIS, SARAGOZA, AVILA & MADRID Feb 5-16, 2008 (12-days) from SFO $2,590. + airline taxes

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Nava’s work consists of a series of tapestries: one, the “Communion of Saints,” depicts 136 Catholic saints which hangs in the nave of the cathedral; another, “The Baptism of the Lord,” depicts John the Baptist baptizing Jesus in the River Jordan; and the third, “The Holy City,” hangs behind the altar. The program was funded in part by a grant from the Catholic Communication Campaign.

Catholic San Francisco invites you

to join in the following pilgrimages SOUTHERN ITALY Nov. 26 – Dec. 7, 2007 Departs San Francisco 12-Day Pilgrimage

only

2,599

($2,699 after August 18, 2007)

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

Roman Forum

HOLY LAND December 27, 2007 – January 8, 2008 Departs San Francisco 13-Day Pilgrimage

only

2,699

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

Fr. Richard Cash, Spiritual Director

Saint Peter of Gallicantu

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

IRELAND June 30 – July 9, 2008 Departs San Francisco 10-Day Pilgrimage

only

2,999

($3,099 after March 14, 2008)

Fr. John Moriarty, Spiritual Director Visit: Shannon, Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Knock, St. Mary’s Cathedral Croagh Patrick, Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, Bunratty Folk Park, Ennis, Adare, Slea Head, Gallarus Oratory, Dingle, Killarney, Gougane Barra Park, Blarney Castle, Cork, Waterford, Rock of Cashel, Holy Cross Abbey, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Glendalough, Dublin

For a FREE brochure on these pilgrimages contact: Catholic San Francisco

(415) 614-5640 Please leave your name, mailing address and your phone number California Registered Seller of Travel Registration Number CST-2037190-40 (Registration as a Seller of Travel does not constitute approval by the State of California)

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

More than 100 MBA students from the University of San Francisco’s Masagung School of Management pitched in Aug. 18 on a clean-up and beautification project that had them sweeping, working on gardening projects, and painting over graffiti throughout Chinatown, according to Anne-Marie Devine of USF’s communications office. School Dean Mike Duffy also took part.

Back to School Sept. 30, 1 – 4 p.m.: Denise Roy, LMFT, M.Div leads a workshop at Mercy Center, 2350 Adeline Dr. in Burlingame. Tickets are $25 per person. The author’s new book is titled “Momfulness: Mothering with Mindfulness.” Roy, a mother of five, is convinced that much of what stresses us is lack of time and lack of real presence in the time that we do have. For information visit www.mercy-center.org or (650) 340-7474.

St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco Celebrating 150 years of service in 2007. Visit www.stmarysmedicalcenter.org. Sept. 29, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Free screenings for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), seen and heard about widely in ads for medications to deal with this condition. More than 12 million Americans are at risk. The largely silent, yet life-threatening condition can lead to amputation, heart attack, stroke and even death. Symptoms include cramps, tiredness or pain in the legs, foot or toe pain, foot or toe wounds that will not heal. Registration is required. Call (800) 444-2303 and visit www.KnowYourABIQ.com. Takes place in St. Mary’s Cardiac Cath Lab, 450 Stanyan St. Level C. Oct. 6, 10:30 a.m.: Healthy Heart Lecture and Health Screening in hospital’s Morrissey Hall, 2250 Hayes St. Ground Floor, Level C. Registration required. Call (800) 444-2303.

St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 for more information about any event listed here. Sept. 15: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at noon. Archbishop Niederauer will preside. Volunteer drivers needed. Call (415) 751-8531. Sept. 19: St. Mary’s Cathedral will be hosting a presentation by Sister Arthur Gordon, Daughter of Charity, on bringing health and hope to the poor and sick in Kenya. Whether in the trenches of Nairobi’s poorest slums or behind the gates of Kenya’s largest women’s prison, Sister Arthur’s mission knows no bounds. The event will take place from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in St. Francis Hall in the Event Center. Refreshments will be served. The event is a continuation of the Point 7 Now conference held last October and scheduled again for Oct. 27. Oct. 27: Point Seven Now Action Conference, a continuing effort against poverty, takes place. Anticipated speakers include U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer as well as U.S. Representatives Tom Lantos, Anna Eshoo and Lynn Woolsey. Sponsors include the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Catholic Relief Services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Seton Institute. Tickets are $20. For information or to register, call (415) 614-5567 or e-mail publicpolicy@sfarchdiocese.org.

Food & Fun Sept. 14, 15: Australian Outback OLA Fun Faire, a Down-Under festival benefiting Our Lady of Angels Elementary School, Hillsdale Rd. just off El Camino Real, Burlingame. Friday from 6 p.m. and Saturday 2 – 10 p.m. Sept. 15: Fiesta Filipiniana benefiting Fil-Am Society of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco. Begins at 6 p.m. with no-host cocktails. Evening includes dinner, dancing to music of DJ Nolly Yamzon. Tickets are $30 adults/$12 children 6

Datebook – 12. Call Freda Motak at (415) 335-5606 or Edith Andaya at (415) 564-2118 for information. Sept. 16: Champagne Bingo benefiting the work of the Holy Name Society of Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St. on Washington Square, 1 – 5 p.m. with free parking. Tickets $17; includes champagne, lunch, two bingo cards and chance at door prizes. Takes place in gym below church. No tickets sold at door. No children. Call (415) 885-0567. Sept. 21, 22, 23: Journey through the Years, annual St. Robert Parish Festival, Crystal Springs Rd. at Oak in San Bruno. Enjoy entertainment, food, games, rides for the kids plus raffles, prizes and bingo. Call (650) 589-2800. Sept. 28, 29, 30: St. Philip Parish Annual Festival festivities start with dinner on Friday at 6 p.m. Followed by two days of games, activities and entertainment on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Teen dance Saturday at 7 p.m. Located at 24th and Diamond Street in Noe Valley; more details at www.stphilipfestival.org or call 415-824-8467. Sept. 29: Annual festival benefiting Holy Angels Parish in Colma from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Enjoy entertainment, food, and games for young and old. Admission free. Contact virginiasimon@msn.com for information. Oct. 6: Pregnancy Resource Center of Marin and St. Anslem’s Reverence for Life Program will host a fundraising dinner for Novato’s Pregnancy Resource Center, 5-9:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in San Anslemo. Robin Strom, executive director of Pregnancy Resource Center, will be the keynote speaker. Event includes dinner, entertainment, no-host bar and a fine wine raffle. Oct. 6: Golf tournament benefiting Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School at Crystal Springs Golf Course. Scramble format at 9:30 a.m. with awards dinner after match. Call (650) 592-7714. Oct. 6, 7, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Columbus Day Bazaar benefiting Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary School on Washington Square in San Francisco. Enjoy games, food and entertainment. Call (415) 4210809 or visit www.stspeterpaul.sanfrancisco.ca.us. Oct. 12: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Irish Invitational Golf Tournament, Harding Park Golf Course, 9 a.m. shotgun start. Fee of $250 per person includes breakfast, lunch, tee prizes, use of driving range, golf, post-tournament appetizers and awards ceremony. For more information, contact John Brown (’84) at (415) 775-6626, ext. 682 or john.brown@shcp.edu.

Reunions Sept. 22: Mercy High School San Francisco Alumnae Association invites all alumnae and friends to a casual dance featuring music of the 70s. Tickets are $20. Visit www.mercyhs.org for information. Sept. 29: Annual St. Brigid High School reunion at Presidio Golf Club with cocktails at 11:15 a.m. and lunch at noon. Tickets are $40. Make check payable to Sister Maleada Strange and mail before Sept. 10 to her at 11-A, 255 Coggins Dr., Pleasant Hill, 94523. Sister Maleada can also be reached at (925) 932-6613. Oct. 6: Class of ’52, reunion lunch, Presentation High School, San Francisco at Sinbad’s

Restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf. Contact Lorraine Denegri D’Elia at (650) 992-2076; Barbara Casey Zanette at (650) 871-9585 or Marilyn Emilio Adair at (415) 584-0798. Oct. 6: Class of ’57 from Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School. Contact Joan McCormack at phone.joan@sbcglobal .net or call (415) 221-2684. Oct. 6: Class of ‘72, Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Contact Notre Dame Alumnae Office (650) 595-1913, ext.191 or Gail Jackson at gjackson@ndhsb.org. Oct. 6: Class of ‘77, Mercy High School, San Francisco at Mercy High’s Rist Hall. Contact Barbara Bardelli Rindge at (408) 313-9358 or brindge@comcast.net or Rosemarie Paredes Muzio at (650) 888-8654 or rosemarie58@sbcglobal.net. Oct. 20: St. Emydius Class of ‘71 at Patio Espanol, San Francisco. Contact Joanne Johnston Ryan at (650) 871-5007. Oct. 20: St. John High School Class of ‘67 will be hold its 40-year reunion at Oyster Point Inn in South San Franciso. Lunch will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Sue Fitzgerald Ritner at (925) 8201084 or SRitner@rossmoor.com. Rooms may be reserved for those who would like to spend the night. Oct. 20: Class of ’67, Mercy High School, San Francisco at Irish Cultural Center. Contact Stephanie Mischak Lyons at (415) 242-9818 or smlyons@earthlink.net. Oct. 27: Immaculate Conception Academy, class of ‘67, at Dominic’s Restaurant at Oyster Bay. Contact Annette Lacrouts Lee at (650) 7550473 or jdmpro@aol.com or Liz Baiocchi Parodi at (650) 574-1980 or eparodi@cooley.com.

Prayer/Lectures/Trainings Sept. 19 through Sept. 28: Novena commemorating the life and death Filipino martyr and saint, Lorenzo Ruiz, beginning with Mass at St. Anne of the Sunset Church Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. and ending with Mass of Thanksgiving Sept. 28 at St. Mary’s Cathedral at 6:30 p.m. with Archbishop George H. Niederauer presiding. Various talks and prayer services highlight the days in between at churches throughout the Archdiocese. For details visit www.staroftheseasf.com. Sept. 20: The Letters of Saint Paul, a biblical study course with Father David Anderson, pastor of St. Peter Church in Ukiah, to be held at Marin Catholic High School, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd. in Greenbrae at 7:30 p.m. The first Letter studied will be “1Thessalonians,” said Michele Szekely, a parishioner of Notre Dame des Victoires Church, San Francisco, and a coordinator of the sessions. For more information, contact haeuser@sbcglobal.net or check www.leblogdelabergerie.com/SaintPaul.htm Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m.: “Living Your Faith: Making Each Day Count,” by Bill Huebsch, at St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Springs in San Mateo. The presenter is known for his work in modeling methods of teaching/updating the entire parish community in the Catholic faith.. Our Lady of Angels, St. Matthew, St.

Mark, St. Gregory parishes co-sponsor the evening. Call (650) 347-0701, ext. 18 for information. Oct. 20: Annual St. Luke’s Mass and Banquet sponsored by SF Guild of Catholic Medical Assn., 5 p.m. at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. at Vicente St. in San Francisco with banquet to follow. Dr. Colman Ryan, founder of the San Francisco Heart and Vascular Institute at Seton Medical Center, will speak on the dangers of being overweight. Tickets are $70 / $35 for clergy, religious, students. Contact Dr. George Maloof at (415) 2198719 or gmaloof2003@yahoo.com. Mondays, 7 p.m.: New Prayer Group Meeting at St. Anne of the Sunset Convent, 1330 14th Ave. (in chapel), between Irving and Judah St., San Francisco. Everyone Welcome! Questions call Pat (415) 215-1884. Thursdays: St. Stephen Church of San Francisco is offering a Chinese Bible Study group. The group will meet every Thursday, 7:30 – 8:45 p.m. at the O’Reilly Parish Center, 451 Eucalyptus Dr., San Francisco. Contact Veronica Wong at (415) 681-2444, ext. 33 for details. Saturdays: Prayer meeting at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, at 9:30 a.m. Father James Tarantino presides. Hospitality follows. Call Moriah at (415) 756-5505. Saturdays: Bible study at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 12:30 - 2 p.m. Call Moriah (415) 756-5505. Tr a p p i s t Father Thomas Keating, the internationallyknown Cistercian monk famed for his teaching and promulgation of contemplative prayer in everyday life, has scheduled two appearances in the Archdiocese next month. He will speak on “Healing the World One Person at a Time” on Nov. 3 during a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. event at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon. He will take part in “An Invitation to Interspiritual Dialogue and Healing of the Human Family” on Nov. 4 from 1:304:30 p.m. at Mercy High School auditorium, 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco. Preregistration is “highly recommended” by the sponsoring organization, Contemplative Outreach of San Francisco and Marin Counties. Cost for the Nov. 3 event is $35 in advance, $40 at door and includes lunch. Cost for Nov. 4 is $25in advance, $30 at door. Visit www. contemplativeoutreach.org or e-mail mary.wyman@yahoo.com.

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

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Pope mourns death of Pavarotti, praises Italian tenor for his talent

Through his annual “Pavarotti and Friends” charity concerts, Pavarotti performed with pop musicians such as Elton John, Sting and Bono, raising money for victims of war and poverty. He also performed benefit concerts for refugees, the poor and victims of natural disasters. His internationally recognized generosity often overshadowed tax evasion scandals. He was convicted of dodging Italian tax payments in 1999 and was acquitted after a second charge in 2001.

GARAGE DOOR REPAIR

S.B. CONSTRUCTION

Discount

Garage Door

* Demolition/Framing * Plumbing/Electrical * Drywall/Tile Etc. * License/Bond # 804282 * Fax # (415) 681-4438 * Cell # (650) 346-9985 * Competitive Rates *

MORROW CONTRUCTION Specializing In Wood Fences

Repair Lic #376353

Broken Spring/Cable? Operator Problems? Lifetime Warranty All New Doors/Motors

One Price 24 /7

Painting & Remodeling John Holtz

Ca. Lic 391053 General Contractor Since 1980

(650) 355-4926

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

Painting, roof repair, fence (repair/ build) demolition, carpenter, gutter (clean/ repair), skylight repairs, landscaping, gardening, hauling, moving, janitorial. All purpose.

Call (650) 757-1946 Cell (415) 517-5977 NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

For Advertising Information Call 415-614-5642 E-mail: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org

0% Financing Available

SPECIALIZING IN SAN MATEO COUNTY REAL ESTATE

INNER CHILD HEALING Teenage Girls’ Body Beautiful Group

Are you getting the positive attention and social life you want? Studies show that overweight girls are depressed, unhealthy, lonely and have low self esteem. This is not who you are. Come and get on track to enjoy these great years! You can do it! Parental consent, support and family interview to join group. Interviews: By appointment: Sept. 17-Oct. 1 For more information or to make an appointment call:

415.337.9474 www.InnerChildHealing.com

• Relationships • Addictions

Dr. Daniel J. Kugler Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Over 25 years experience

Today

Gydesen Const., Inc. General Contractor

Construction Debris, Yard Clippings, Household goods, etc. . . . FREE ESTIMATES

415.425.6063

General Music, Instrumental, Mass Music Serving Catholic Schools since 1996

linda@westbaymusic.org 650.365.1494

PLUMBING HOLLAND Plumbing Works San Francisco ALL PLUMBING WORK PAT HOLLAND CA LIC #817607

BONDED & INSURED

415-205-1235

BEST PLUMBING, INC.

Featuring Pressure Washing ● ● Repairs ● Safety Grab Bars ●

MICHAEL A. GYDESEN Lic. # 778332

Lic. # 872560

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

(650) 557-1263 EMAIL:

bestplumbinginc@comcast.net Member: Better Business Bureau

●

Expert Plumbing Repairs ●

General Repairs Clean Drains & Sewers Water Heaters ●

●

SANTI PLUMBING & HEATING

FAMILY OWNED

(650) 355-8858

415-661-3707

PARTY RENTALS FINE SERVICE, BETTER EVENTS.

1537 Franklin Street • San Francisco, CA 94109

www.westbaymusic.org

Contact: 415.447.8463

MIKE TEIJEIRO Realtor (650) 523-5815 m.teijeiro@remax.net

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Confidential • Compassionate • Practical (415) 921-1619

MUSIC PROGRAMS FOR YOUR SCHOOL

Serving San Francisco, Marin & the Peninsula.

Your Payless Plumbing

Lic. # 663641

24 HR

Plumbing • Fire Protection • Certified Backflow

John Bianchi Phone: 415.468.1877 Fax: 415.468.1875 100 North Hill Drive, Unit 18 • Brisbane, CA 94005 Lic. No. 390254

TABLES SEATING LINENS SETTINGS SERVEWARE STAGING

Hauling MUSIC ACADEMY Shamrock Hauling

Home Healthcare Agency

* Parishioner of St. Gregory’s Church, San Mateo

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

The Irish Rose

If I can be of service to you, or if you know of anyone who is interested in buying or selling a home, please do not hesitate to call me . . .

COUNSELING Starts Oct. 3, Wednesdays from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Limited to 8 girls. SAN FRANCISCO, near City College

HEALTHCARE AGENCY

Specializing in home health aides, attendants and companions.

REAL ESTATE

Lila Caffery, MA, CCHT

Handyman

SERVICE DIRECTORY

415-931-1540

(650) 994-6892 lic. 343633

Sister Ellen Mary Ach, formerly known as Sister Mary Benignus, died Sept. 4 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich.. She was 78 and in the 59th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sister Ellen Mary graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Adrian,and received a bachelor of philosophy degree in history from Siena Heights University, also in Adrian. Sister Ellen Mary’s many years of service included 23 years in the Archdiocese of San Francisco at parishes including St. Patrick in Larkspur and St. Dominic in San Sister Ellen Mary Ach, OP Francisco. She also served at parishes in Oakland and Hayward. Sister Ellen Mary was a volunteer at Dominican Oaks in Santa Cruz for eight years before coming to the Dominican Life Center in 2007. “Sister Ellen Mary was a very gentle woman who touched the lives of many in the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1975 - 99,” said Sister Cathy Olds, OP, the Adrian Dominicans’ major superior in Michigan. “Sister Ellen Mary walked with the poor in service at St. Anthony Dining Room. She loved San Francisco and became a wonderful tour guide for those visiting the city. In her final days, she said often that she was ready to go home to God and now she has.” A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 7 in the Sisters’ St. Catherine Chapel with interment in the congregation cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Dr., Adrian, Mich., 49221.

Luciano Pavarotti

Construction Specializing in Bathroom And Kitchen Remodels.

Adrian Dominican dies Sept. 4 in Michigan

(1997 FILE PHOTO, CNS/ALEXANDER NATRUSKIN)

MODENA, Italy (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI mourned the death of Luciano Pavarotti and praised the Italian tenor for his extraordinary talent. In a telegram sent to Archbishop Benito Cocchi of Modena-Nonantola, the pope offered his condolences for the death of this “great artist who honored the divine gift of music through his extraordinary interpretative talent.” The archbishop read aloud the telegram Sept. 8 during the funeral Mass held in the city’s cathedral, where Pavarotti had sung as a child in the choir. Catholic News Service obtained a copy of the telegram from the Vatican Sept. 10. Thousands turned out for the ceremony to honor Pavarotti, who died Sept. 6 at the age of 71 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Former U.N. SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan was present for the funeral along with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, numerous Italian pop stars, and U2 singer Bono. Pavarotti was divorced and remarried; his first wife of more than 30 years, his widow and his children were also present. Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and Bulgarian soprano Raina Kabaivanska sang for the funeral ceremony. In his homily, Archbishop Cocchi praised the artist who also “expressed himself in charity for those who suffered,” reported the media.

obituary

ABBEY party rents sf

1- 800-717-PARTY 411 ALLAN STREET DALY CITY, CA 94014 FAX 415-715-6914 TEL 415-715-6900

WWW.ABBEYRENTSSF.COM

NOTICE TO READERS Licensed contractors are required by law to list their license numbers in advertisments. The law also state that contractors performing work totaling $500 or more must be state-licensed. Advertisments appearing in this newspaper without a license number indicate that the contractor is not licensed.

For more information, contact:

Contractors State License Board 800-321-2752

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Elderly Care

Irish Caregiver

Housing needed

caregiver needed

Personal care companion, Help with daily activities; driving, shopping, appointments. 27 years experience, references, bonded. (415) 713-1366

Many years experience, excellent local references, responsible and reliable. Available days or nights. Please call for info. (415) 503-7208

Need 2-3 bedroom apt. or home in San Francisco for a family up to $1,500 per month.

415.567.7936

Experienced, mature lady seeking work as elderly aide or companion. Hourly (nights or days), or live in (SF area). Reliable, exc. refs. available. ( 415 ) 845-1732

caregiver Available

Piano Lessons

Biblical Study Course The Letters of Saint Paul A Biblical Study Course by Fr. David Anderson Come and join us at Marin Catholic High School (Kentfield) on Thursday evenings, 7:30 to 9:30 pm, starting Thursday September 20, 2007. We will be using the Ignatius Bible Study Guide for many of the Letters and we will start with “The First Letter to the Thessalonians”. Suggested Donations: $150 for the Fall Session (but no one will be turned away for lack of funds, please contact us). For more information, call Mary Ann at 415-454-0979 or email at haeuser@sbcglobal.net or check: www.leblogdelabergerie.com/SaintPaul.htm

Experienced caregiver available. Live-in, excellent references.

(510) 731-7863 Piano Lessons

Organist

PIANO LESSONS by university professor. (415) 587-8165

ORGANIST WEDDINGS • FUNERALS

CALL 415-485-4090 CHIMNEY CLEANING SPECIAL!

Worship Services, Catholic Experience Marie DuMabeiller 415-441-3069, Page: 823-3664 VISA, MASTERCARD Accepted Please confirm your event before contracting music!

PUBLISH A NOVENA Pre-payment required Mastercard or Visa accepted

Chimney Cleaning

CHIMNEY CLEANING

PIANO LESSONS BY

CAROL FERRANDO. Conservatory training, masters degree, all levels of students. CALL (415) 921-8337.

Cost $25

If you wish to publish a Novena in the Catholic San Francisco You may use the form below or call 415-614-5640 Your prayer will be published in our newspaper

Hall for Rent HALL FOR RENT Knights of Columbus San Rafael #1292 Dining and dancing rooms for up to 120. Kitchen facility. Ideal for Baptisms, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. tassonejoe@hotmail.com

415.215.8571

Pet Pet Available Available

Female english bulldog puppy,Timi, is so sweet and lovable. She loves to be held and lay in your lap. She is pretty small. She is ready for new home. She is AKC reg. This puppy will get to your heart. To know more about my baby: dan_jammy@yahoo.com

heaven can’t wait

Serra for Priestly Vocations Please call Archdiocese of San Francisco Fr. Tom Daly (415) 614-5683

ADVERTISING SALES

For The Largest Publisher of Catholic Church Bulletins

This is a Career Opportunity! • Generous Commissions • Minimal Travel • Excellent Benefit Package • Stong Office Support • Work in Your Community. E.O.E.

Call 1-800-675-5051, Fax resume: 925-926-0799

We are looking for full or part time

RNs, LVNs, CNAs, Caregivers In-home care in San Francisco, Marin County, peninsula Nursing care for children in San Francisco schools If you are generous, honest, compassionate, respectful, and want to make a difference, send us your resume: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN Fax: 415-435-0421 Email: info@snsllc.com Voice: 415-435-1262

❑ Prayer to the Blessed Virgin ❑ Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Please return form with check or money order for $25 Payable to: Catholic San Francisco Advertising Dept., Catholic San Francisco 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109

Health Fair

English Bulldog For Sale Gender: Female; Age:12 weeks; Color/Markings: red with white markings; Size at Maturity: Medium; Potential: Perfect Pet Champion; Bloodlines: Yes; Champion Sired: No. What's Included: AKC Registration, Pedigree, Health Records, Health Guarantee After placement support. For more information email: md1ryan@gmail.com

Help Wanted

Name Adress Phone MC/VISA # Exp. Select One Prayer: ❑ St. Jude Novena to SH ❑ Prayer to St. Jude

NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL Belmont, California PRINCIPAL The Board of Directors at Notre Dame High School, a Catholic independent school sponsored by the Sisters Notre Dame de Namur and serving 650 young women in grades 9 through 12, invites candidates who are practicing Roman Catholics to apply for the position of Principal. The school has inaugurated the President/Principal model of administration. The Principal is the Chief Operating Officer and, as such, has the general charge of the day to day operations of the school. The Principal reports to the President who is responsible to the Board of Directors. The ideal candidate will have a strong record of accomplishment as both an enthusiastic educator and an academic leader with a belief in the value of single-gender education. Discover more about the school at www.ndhsb.org. Position qualifications include an advanced degree, five years of successful educational experience in teaching and in Catholic school administration, collaborative leadership style, and superior communication skills.

Address all inquiries, letters of intent, and requests for application to: Notre Dame Principal Search Robert F. Shea, President Shea Consulting Services, LLC 7601Churchill Way, Suite 1116 Dallas, TX 75251 972-458-7755 Robert @sheaconsulting,com

Looking for employees? Over 200,000 readers!

Place a Help Wanted ad in

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿

✿ ✿ ✿ SEEK COMFORT IN PRAYER TOGETHER ✿ achel ourning Shrine ✿ Remembering our babies who died ✿ before, at, or after birth. ✿ We hold these our children ✿ gently in our hearts and ✿ pray for all who mourn for them. ✿ ✿ “For I will turn their mourning into joy.” – Jeremiah 31-13 ✿ Rachel Mourning Shrine Holy Cross Cememtery ✿ Colma, California ✿ ✿ M EMORIAL M ASS ✿ AND ✿ H EALING L ITURGY ✿ ✿ Saturday September 15, 2007 – 11:00 a.m. ✿ Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission, Colma, California ✿ Rachel Mourning Shrine ✿ ✿ Followed by a gathering and luncheon refreshments sponsored by the ✿ Archdiocesan Project Rachel Ministry and Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery ✿ ✿ ✿ The Catholic Cemeteries ✿ Archdiocese of San Francisco ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ For further information contact: Project Rachel Ministry at (415) 717-6428 or Respect Life Program at (415) 614-5572

Please enter the main gate at Holy Cross Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma Signs will be posted to direct you.

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY MT. OLIVET CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1500 MISSION ROAD, COLMA, CA 94014 270 LOS RANCHITOS ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 650-756-2060 415-479-9020 HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY INTERSECTION OF SANTA CRUZ AVENUE, MENLO PARK, CA 94025 650-323-6375

✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿

S TUART H ALL

NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL

H IGH S CHOOL

Archdiocese of San Francisco

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL

Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

S T. I G N A T I U S COLLEGE PREP

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS

SACRED HEART PREP

WOODSIDE

P RIORY S CHOOL

2007-2008 INFORMATION BOOKLET M A R I N C AT H O L I C

SACRED HEART C AT H E D R A L P R E PA R AT O R Y

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL SAN FRANCISCO A RCHBISHOP R IORDAN

H IGH S CHOOL

CS2

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

ARCHBISHOP GEORGE H. NIEDERAUER With this letter, I invite you to consider enrollment in one of the excellent Catholic high schools within the boundaries of the Archdiocese. This annual guide offers an excellent resource for you in your search for the right match for your child. I hope you will take the time to carefully read through the information provided about each school in this special issue. As you do so, I believe you will gain an appreciation for the Christ-centered culture provided throughout the Archdiocese, and the remarkable quality of the educational programs and activities designed to prepare the hearts and minds of our children for the future. When I first arrived in San Francisco to begin my work as your new Archbishop, one of my most delightful discoveries was the excellent Catholic school system here. The vitality, expertise and dedication of faculties and staffs are a great gift to the Church and to the entire community. Beyond the academic preparation for college and the opportunity to excel in athletics, though, the young men and women attending our Catholic high schools can grow into a more mature knowledge and practice of their faith, and will find many opportunities to serve those in most need in our community. It is hard to overestimate the importance and impact of these life-changing experiences. The four years of high school are extremely important in a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. May God bless and guide you as you begin the important task of considering the best placement for your child. I look forward to seeing you in the future at one of these exemplary schools. Sincerely yours in Christ, Most Reverend George Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco

TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from Archbishop George H. Niederauer. . 2 Steps For Applying to Catholic High Schools . . 3 Archbishop Riordan High School . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Immaculate Conception Academy . . . . . . . . . . 5 Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. . . . . 6 Stuart Hall High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Junipero Serra High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Marin Catholic High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Locator Map/Open House Calendar . . . . . . 10-11 Mercy High School, Burlingame . . . . . . . . . . 12 Mercy High School College Preparatory . . . . . 13 Notre Dame High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory . . . . . . . 15 Sacred Heart Preparatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 San Domenico School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 St. Ignatius College Preparatory . . . . . . . . . . 18 Woodside Priory School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Letter From Maureen Huntington, Superintendent of Catholic Schools and Why Choose A Catholic High School? . . . . . . . 20

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

CS3

STEPS FOR APPLYING TO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS 1.

Obtain the application packets from all of the Catholic High Schools to which you plan to apply.

Attend OPEN HOUSES and visit at least two schools which interest you and meet your needs. Consult this brochure for calendar dates or call individual schools. Seek information about other opportunities for school visitations. Considering your personal strengths and aptitudes, discuss with your 8th Grade teacher(s), principal, counselor, and parents, the high school programs that best meet your needs.

Complete and submit your applications on time.

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; NOTICE

Take the High School Placement test at one of the schools to which you have applied. The HSPT may be taken only once, but on the form list the other Catholic Schools to which you have applied, so your test scores can be sent there.

On March 7, 2008 letters will be mailed regarding your admissions status.

6. 7.

Pay registration fees to the school you plan to attend. For further information check the website, www.sfcatholicschools.org.

NON DISCRIMINATORY POLICY

AS TO

STUDENTS â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco; Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco; Immaculate Conception Academy, San Francisco; Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo; Marin Catholic High School, Kentfield; Mercy High School, San Francisco; Mercy High School, Burlingame; Notre Dame High School, Belmont; Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, San Francisco; Sacred Heart Preparatory, Atherton; Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco; San Domenico Upper School, San Anselmo; Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco; Woodside Priory High School, Portola Valley; admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color or national origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administrated programs.

CS4

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL 175 Phelan Avenue • San Francisco, California 94112 • (415) 586-8200 • www.riordanhs.org

PROFILE

Over the past two years 98% of our graduates moved on to higher education. 79% of our Class of 2007 matriculated to four-year colleges and universities. The Visual and Performing Arts Department (drama, music, digital arts, and fine arts) is integrated within the school curriculum. Our Drama Department, housed in the 1,100 seat Lindland Theatre, boasts an excellent reputation for its quality and professionalism. The Crusader Marching Band performs at various Bay Area parades. Our Resource Specialist Program (RSP) is a program unique among the Bay Area Catholic high schools. With the support of the Resource Specialist, students with learning differences participate in Riordan’s regular college prep curriculum. The goal of the Resource Specialist Program is to help students achieve their maximum potential while developing the necessary skills to succeed academically.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

In 1949, when young men first walked through the doors of Archbishop Riordan High School, they encountered a community similar to the one our students experience today. We welcome students from various ethnic and economic backgrounds with differing abilities and gifts. We provide a rigorous college preparatory academic program with clearly defined codes of personal conduct in a single gender environment. Archbishop Riordan High School, an Archdiocesan Catholic High School, educates young men in an academic environment that fosters the Marianist tradition of preparing students for a productive and rewarding life.

PHILOSOPHY Archbishop Riordan High School, a Catholic school in the Marianist tradition, cultivates skills that prepare students to learn throughout their lives. A Marianist education aspires to sow, cultivate, and to bring to fruition the Christian spirit in people. The students join an inclusive community of caring people who treat one another as family. The foundation of this community is articulated through a written doctrine, Characteristics of Marianist Education, which aims to: • educate for formation in faith; • provide an integral, quality education; • educate in family spirit; • educate for service, justice and peace; • educate for adaptation and change. Archbishop Riordan High School engages young men in a process that promotes growth and development in the intellectual, spiritual, social, and physical arenas of the student’s life. Riordan is a community of faculty, students, parents, and alumni, who mutually support and assist one another to promote Christian values.

Archbishop Riordan High School recognizes the role and importance that co-curricular activities play in the personal growth of the whole person. ARHS offers over thirty clubs, activities, and interscholastic sports that reflect the wide range of interests of our students. All Riordan students become involved in Riordan’s numerous sports, clubs, community service, and Campus Ministry programs. Campus Ministry offers spiritual retreats to all grade levels. Retreats provide time for reflection, community building, and spiritual growth away from the Riordan campus. Our community service program, inspired by the Marianist Characteristic to educate for service, justice, and peace, encourages students to become aware of the needs of their fellow human beings. Archbishop Riordan High School has a very successful athletic program, winning numerous championships over the years. The Crusaders field twenty-five interscholastic teams (football, cross-country, soccer, wrestling, basketball, baseball, track and field, tennis, and golf). Riordan is a founding member of the highly competitive West Catholic Athletic League. Our athletic program has developed the physical skills of numerous Riordan alumni that have gone on to compete at the college and professional levels. Archbishop Riordan High School prepares its students to meet the challenges of life. The combination of demanding academics, abundant co- curricular activities, and a supportive atmosphere make Riordan an empowering place. Archbishop Riordan High School continues to proudly serve and educate young men in the Marianist tradition.

CURRICULUM At the core of the Archbishop Riordan academic program is a challenging college preparatory curriculum that blends a classical liberal arts education with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in higher education. The curriculum is designed to develop a student’s understanding of key topics and issues in each academic discipline. The 4x4 Block Schedule: Archbishop Riordan High School’s school year is split into two semesters, and students take four classes at a time. Each class lasts eighty minutes (five days a week), thus providing sufficient time for students and teachers to delve more deeply and actively into topics and activities. This emphasis on depth promotes greater understanding of skills, concepts, and ideas. Rather than depending only on the traditional lecture to present content, ARHS teachers encourage students to actively participate in the learning process. Archbishop Riordan offers 14 Advanced Placement courses, with six of the fourteen courses offered in science and math disciplines. One hundred sixty-six Riordan students took 312 A.P. exams in May 2007.

ENROLLMENT 700 LEADERSHIP Fr. Thomas J. French, S.M., President Mr. Kevin Asbra, Principal TUITION & FEES $12,000 annual tuition, $600 registration fee ENTRANCE INFORMATION Mr. Dion Sabalvaro, Director of Admission, (415) 586-1256 admissions@riordanhs.org www.riordanhs.org

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

CS5

Immaculate Conception Academy Celebrating 125 years with Abundant Gratitude! Since 1883 3625 - 24th Street at Guerrero • San Francisco, CA 94110 • (415) 824-2052

PROFILE Immaculate Conception Academy is a college preparatory Catholic high school for young women, sponsored since 1883 by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. Maintaining a multi-ethnic population and drawing students from San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, the Academy provides a challenging curriculum within the warm family setting that only a small girls’ school can provide. We proudly announce that 100% of the Class of 2007 will be attending college. They have been awarded over $2.5 million in scholarships. ICA focuses upon college admissions starting in freshman year. ICA’s College Fair, College Panel, On-Site College Admissions Day, yearly College Checklist and on-going guidance enable our Spartans to achieve great success.

PHILOSOPHY

ICA Women of Faith

The Academy serves the San Francisco community as a vibrant school where love of God and respect for family, friends, and country are nurtured. An ICA graduate is a Woman of Faith, Learning, Community, Leadership, and Vision. These core characteristics mark each alumna as a young woman whose education has brought her to value personal, academic and spiritual growth, and as a person who recognizes her responsibilities to her family, her church and her community. Faculty and students work together to create an environment that fosters the development of the whole person, the pursuit of truth, and the building of community.

CURRICULUM ICA offers a college preparatory curriculum to all young women. The block schedule provides a focused and in-depth learning experience for our students. • All students take four years of Religion, English and Social Studies, with the option of enrolling in English III Honors, AP Literature, Advanced Placement U.S. History and AP U.S. Government and Politics. Additional English electives include Imaginative Writing and the Language of Film. • Qualified students may choose Algebra II Honors, Pre-Calculus Honors and AP Calculus. • Four years of laboratory science are offered, including biology, physiology, chemistry and physics. • Spanish and French language classes, required for two years, culminate in elective

Honors French and Advanced ICA Women of Community Placement Spanish Literature and Spanish Language. • Many students take advantage of Computer Science, Computer Programming, Digital Art, advanced Art, Piano, Dance and Drama classes. • Electives in art, dance, drama, psychology and home economics stimulate students to discover their individual gifts and interests, as well as to fulfill the admission requirements for both public and private colleges and universities. • The FLAME (Focused Learning for Academic Motivation and Excellence) Program focuses specifically on those students for whom academics are challenging and supports those students who achieve well above grade expectations.

ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS Co-curricular activities ICA Women of Leadership are an important part of student life at ICA. They include Student Council, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Block Society, Student Ambassador Club, Girls’ Athletic Association, yearbook, school newspaper, Campus Ministry, Black Student Union, Fil-Am Club, Las Latinas Unidas, Aina ‘O’ Hawaii, SAVE Environment Club, Double XX Science Club, Respect Life Club, choir, drama production, Spartan Film Society, East Coast and West Coast College Tours and the CloseUp Trip to Washington, D.C. Volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, crosscountry and track, tennis and the Spirit Squad constitute the sports offerings.

ICA Women of Learning PRINCIPAL Sister Janice Therese Wellington, O.P. FACULTY A 40-member faculty and staff is composed of religious and lay colleagues. A student-teacher ratio of 1 to 14 allows for individual attention. Average class size of 17. ENROLLMENT 264 TUITION AND FEES 2007–2008 $9,600 – Tuition • $550 – Registration Fees/books vary by class level from $200 to $600

ICA Women of Vision

TUITION ASSISTANCE ICA offers tuition assistance and awards based on scholarship, citizenship, and financial need. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Gina Espinal ‘78, Admissions Director E-mail: gespinal@icacademy.org Patricia Cavagnaro ‘60, Development Director/Alumnae Moderator pcavagnaro@icacademy.org (415) 824-2052 • FAX (415) 821-4677 Web site: www.icacademy.org Cover photo by Nicole Dinas

CS6

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART 2222 Broadway • San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone: 415/563-2900 • Web Site: www.sacredsf.org

PROFILE

ACTIVITIES

Convent of the Sacred Heart High School is an independent, Catholic, college preparatory high school for girls founded in 1887 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. One of the oldest private schools in California, CSH offers a challenging curriculum that provides a strong foundation to meet the demands of highly competitive college entrance. As a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, CSH participates in Network service projects, leadership seminars, and student exchange programs that offer students opportunities at Sacred Heart campuses throughout the United States. With a value-oriented perspective, the intention of a Sacred Heart education is to educate the whole person — spiritually, intellectually and socially. Students participate in a variety of service outreach programs in the Bay Area community. Students are encouraged to pursue leadership opportunities available through student council and class activities. In the spring of 1998, CSH was once again recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

Extracurricular activities are an essential part of the CSH experience. All clubs are student directed and options include nationally-recognized school publications, debate, drama, service, spirit, outdoors, environmental, and Honor Societies. Several clubs offer co-ed opportunities.

PHILOSOPHY The philosophy of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School is stated in our Goals and Criteria shared by all Sacred Heart Network Schools in the United States. Sacred Heart Schools educate to: • A personal and active faith in God; • A deep respect for intellectual values; • A social awareness which impels to action; • The building of community as a Christian value; • Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

CURRICULUM The rigorous academic program, which is based on traditional study of the humanities, also requires that students be thoroughly grounded in the sciences and social sciences. The English program places serious emphasis on writing skills, as well as offering a variety of literature courses. Instruction in the social sciences includes courses in world and U.S. History, Government, Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, and Economics. All of our students enroll in extra courses beyond the graduation requirements. The mathematics program is fully integrated, with the traditional strands of algebra, geometry and trigonometry interwoven throughout each of the first three years. Science courses include Biology, Marine Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physiology, Anthropology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Human Geography, AP Physics and AP Environmental Science. Foreign language classes are taught in French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin and Latin. The school’s technology department is acknowledged as one of the most innovative in the country introducing all students to computer programming and the latest computer applications and peripherals, allowing students to utilize a variety of means for information gathering, interpreting, synthesizing, and reporting. Each student has passwordprotected filesharing, allowing her to work from any place that has an Internet. The Fine Arts Department offers classes in studio art, chorus, coed choir, instrumental music, dramatic and musical theater, photography, as well as AP Art History, and Art History. Twenty-two Advanced Placement courses are available, and an average of 98% of the students enroll in at least one AP course during her four years. The average number of AP courses taken by students is three.

CSH-SHHS PARTNERSHIP CSH continues a strong partnership with Stuart Hall High School. Students from CSH/SHHS participate together in performing arts, extracurricular programs, student leadership activities, service projects and social events. This unique opportunity at Schools of the Sacred Heart allows a serious focus on academics for young women and young men along with the benefits of a co-educational campus experience. Our academic program and coed offerings are enhanced with the recent opening of Siboni Arts and Science Center. This state of the art facility houses biology, physics and chemistry labs, math classrooms, an art studio, and student center as well as a state-of-theart theatre/lecture hall. Students enjoy coed activities during the school week on both the CSH and SHHS campuses during Thursday morning Breakfast Club. These non-academic morning activities included film, photography, ceramics and intramural sports and created a unique environment for CSH and SHHS students to continue to build community. Students are also encouraged to participate in Supper Club, which offers both high schools the opportunity to engage in educational, cultural and entertaining events and activities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Both the Breakfast and Supper Clubs enriched the coed community, enhancing the experiences for all CSH students. HEAD OF SCHOOL: Douglas H. Grant AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 14 2007–2008 ENROLLMENT: 200 • FACULTY: 42 TUITION 2007 – 2008: $27,800 • All fees included in tuition. SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarships and Financial Aid are available to any student who demonstrates interest and need without consideration to race, religion or national origin. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Caitlin S. Curran, Admissions Director • (415) 292-3125 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED BY OUR TOP 15 STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE LAST NINE YEARS American U. in Paris (2) Art Institute of Chicago – Barnard (4) Bates Boston University (2) Boston College Brown (6) CAL Polytechnic State University (2) Carleton (2) Christian U. (Japan) College of Notre Dame Colgate Colorado College (2) Columbia Cornell (3) Davidson

Duke George Washington University Georgetown (3) Grinell College Harvard (5) Harvey Mudd College (5) Haverford International M.I.T. (6) Mt. Holyoke North Western NYU (4) Oberlin Occidental College Princeton (4) Reed College

Rhoades College Rice RISD Santa Clara Skidmore College (3) St. John’s (NM) Stanford (6) Tufts U. of Chicago (4) U. of Colorado (3) U. of Notre Dame (2) U. of Pacific U. of Pennsylvania (4) U. of Portland (2) U. of Puget Sound U. of Richmond U. of St. Andrew’s

U. of San Diego U. of Tokyo U. of Vermont (2) U. Southern California (9) U.C. Berkeley (16) U.C. Davis (5) U.C. Irvine (2) U.C. Santa Barbara (5) U.C. San Diego (8) U.C. Santa Cruz (2) U.C.L.A. (13) Vassar Villanova Wellesley (2) Wesleyan (2) Wheaton College Yale (3)

ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES Art History Environmental Science Spanish Language Comp. Gov’t & Politics Human Geography

English Lit. & Comp. Physics Chemistry French Literature U.S. Gov’t & Politics

Psychology Calculus AB & BC French Language Studio Art English Lang. & Comp.

Biology European History Spanish Literature Computer Science A & AB Latin U.S. History

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS English History Theology

4 years 4 years 4 years

Mathematics Lab Science Fine Arts

4 years 3 years 1 year

Physical Education Computer Science International Language Community Service

2 years 1 year 3 years 100 hours

SPORTS PROGRAM Cross Country

Volleyball

Tennis

Basketball

Soccer

Swimming

Golf Track

COED Choir

Drama

Orchestra

Musical Theatre

Badminton

Fencing

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

CS7

• 1715 Octavia Street • San Francisco, CA 94109 415/345-5811 • FAX 415/931-9161 • e-mail: farrell@sacredsf.org

PROFILE Stuart Hall High School, part of Schools of the Sacred Heart San Francisco, forms a unique partnership with Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. The two schools provide the best of educational opportunities: single-sex classes in a coeducational environment. Founded in 2000 as a school dedicated solely to the education of young men, Stuart Hall High School offers an essential and significant option for Bay Area families, a high school where the spirited nature of adolescent males is incorporated into an active learning process. Faculty members understand the learning styles of young men as well as their emotional and social needs. By design, the school is small and personal in nature. Class size averages 15 students, encouraging a personalized, challenging approach to education. A rich Catholic, ecumenical tradition provides an ideal climate for spiritual growth.

PHILOSOPHY Stuart Hall High School, as a member of the worldwide Network of Sacred Heart Schools, commits itself to the distinctive spirit and dedication to excellence that marks these schools. Specifically, Stuart Hall High School educates students to the “Goals and Criteria” of Schools of the Sacred Heart: • A personal and active faith in God; • A deep respect for intellectual values; • A social awareness which impels to action; • The building of community as a Christian value; • Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom. The young men who choose Stuart Hall High School are called to be persons of courage and integrity, people who clearly choose to use their education and personal convictions in the service of society.

ACTIVITIES Co-curricular activities make up a vital part of the Stuart Hall High School experience. The clubs and activities are an outgrowth of student interest and needs. Students are involved in activities like Speech and Debate, Digital Film & Animation, yearbook, our newspaper “The Round Table,” and student government. The “Knights” are members of the Bay Counties League West and field teams in soccer, cross-country, fencing, basketball, golf, tennis, baseball, track and lacrosse. In the short history of the athletic program, the Knights have already won league championships in soccer, basketball, and baseball, and have participated in the North Coast Section Championships in baseball, basketball, and golf.

SHHS-CSH PARTNERSHIP

CURRICULUM

The partnership with Convent of the Sacred Heart High School enables SHHS and CSH students to participate in extra-curricular programs, service projects, and social activities. Students also meet on a weekly basis for “The Breakfast Club,” which offers a variety of co-ed electives. This unique opportunity at Schools of the Sacred Heart allows a serious focus on academics for young men and women with the benefits of a co-educational campus experience.

The academic program at Stuart Hall High School challenges the students to develop their talents in all areas—the humanities, arts, mathematics, science, and technology—and offers them an excellent college preparatory program. Each student is required to take a minimum of six courses for credit per semester. The following courses are required for graduation from Stuart Hall High School: four years of English, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Religious Studies; three years of International Language and Laboratory Science; two years of Physical Education; one year of Computer Technology and Fine Arts; and 75 hours of Community Service prior to the completion of Junior year. Senior Theology involves a year long community service internship. Students may choose additional courses from a variety of electives and a range of honors courses. The Advanced Placement Program at SHHS offers courses in which qualified students can challenge themselves beyond the standard curriculum, exploring areas of particular interest. The AP Program currently includes offerings in English, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Laboratory Sciences, International Languages, and Computer Science. The school’s facilities offer the latest in computer and media technology hardware and software programs. A wide array of courses in technology addresses the needs of students who show exceptional skill and interest in this area.

HEAD OF SCHOOL Gordon Sharafinski AVERAGE CLASS SIZE 14 ENROLLMENT 2007-2008 160 TUITION 2007-2008 $27,800 FINANCIAL AID Scholarships and Financial Aid are available to any student who demonstrates interest and need without consideration of race, religion, or national origin. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Anthony Farrell Stuart Hall High School Admissions Director (415) 345-5812 • e-mail: farrell@sacredsf.org • www.sacredsf.org

CS8

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Men of Faith, Wisdom and Service 451 West 20th Avenue • San Mateo, California 94403 (650) 345-8207 • www.serrahs.com

PROFILE Junípero Serra High School is the Archdiocesan Catholic school educating the young men of San Mateo County. We are an academic high school with a strong college preparatory curriculum. We reflect the cultural richness of San Mateo County and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Although we are a school for young men, we are involved in a Tri-School program with two schools for young women – Mercy, Burlingame and Notre Dame, Belmont. Coed activities include classes, retreats, drama and music productions, some club activities and dances. Our mission is to develop the gifts and talents of each student and foster Gospel values in an environment of academic excellence and mutual respect.

CURRICULUM

Junípero Serra offers fourteen sports and more than thirty-two clubs ranging from the Angler’s Fishing Club and a Multi-Cultural Club to a Big Brother’s program and the Trivia Club. In addition Junípero Serra offers three student run publications — the yearbook, a monthly newspaper and an annual literary magazine —all of which include writing, photography and design opportunities. Junípero Serra has a rich athletic tradition. Many of our student/athletes have competed for some of the top collegiate programs in the country, while several have also been successful in professional sports. We participate in the West Catholic Athletic League, one of the top leagues in California.

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

At Junípero Serra High School we offer a college preparatory curriculum, including more than twenty Advanced Placement and Honors courses. Ninety-nine percent of our graduates continue their education at the college or university level. Among the schools our graduates currently attend are Notre Dame, UCLA, USC, Harvard, Villanova, Stanford, Santa Clara, Northeastern, US Naval Academy, Cal Poly, NYU, Catholic University of America, and UC Berkeley. The reason our students are so successful is that our faculty has created a challenging and yet comfortable learning environment in which students are placed at various levels of our program according to their needs and abilities. Junípero Serra students are required to complete a minimum of 240 units, pass all required courses, and perform eighty hours of Christian Service in order to graduate. Students may also earn college credits while at Junípero Serra. Our John L. Zoph Library contains approximately 14,000 volumes and over 30 online subscription databases. It is a curriculum-based collection that can be accessed by Junípero Serra students from any remote location by visiting the library website to view the online catalog at www.serrahs.com and clicking on the library icon. The Junípero Serra Guidance Department assists students in making academic, social, spiritual and personal decisions. Our College & Career Center allows students to research more than 3000 colleges and universities on College View, a multimedia program. In addition, the Guidance Department helps coordinate the annual Tri-School College Night, an informational gathering which includes more than one hundred of the top colleges and universities from throughout the country.

ACTIVITIES & ATHLETICS Extra curricular activities and athletics are an important part of life at Junípero Serra. More than ninety percent of our students participate in at least one activity or sport.

The arts are an essential component of a Junípero Serra High School education. We offer numerous performance opportunities — Symphonic Band, Men’s and Mixed Chorus, Jazz Band, Dramatic Workshop and Musical Theater Workshop — that allow students to experience the arts both in the classroom and on stage. In addition, we offer Architectural Design, Art, Advanced Art, Beginning Guitar, Beginning Percussion and Films.

SPIRITUALITY Our Campus Ministry Program provides students with liturgical and prayer opportunities, builds community through retreats, and empowers students to develop their gifts and talents through our Christian Service program. Theology courses offer instruction in the Catholic faith, morality and worship, and stress the importance of individual faith development. The curriculum addresses the needs of students with extensive religious education as well as those with little or no knowledge of the Catholic faith. PRINCIPAL: Mr. Lars Lund ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR: Mr. Randy Vogel, (650) 345-8242 ENROLLMENT: 1,000 OPEN HOUSE: Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 7:00 PM TUITION AND FEES 2007 - 2008 Tuition: $12,450 • Registration Fee: $650 FINANCIAL AID Tuition assistance at Junípero Serra is based on financial need. Those families interested in applying for financial aid should contact the Business Manager, Mr. John O’Sullivan, for further information at (650) 345-8207. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Application and Shadow information can be obtained by going to the Junípero Serra High School website at www.serrahs.com.

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

CS9

MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL “faith, knowledge, service”

College Preparatory 675 Sir Francis Drake • Kentfield, CA 94904

PROFILE Marin Catholic is ideally located to serve students from all over Marin and the neighboring Bay Area Counties. Sitting at the base of beautiful Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Catholic is the premier Catholic co-educational college prep high school in Marin County. The student body is made up of approximately 720 young men and women meeting admissions criteria for a challenging college prep. curriculum. Students are drawn from a broad spectrum of social, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds. Marin Catholic is committed to small class sizes which provide an excellent teaching environment. The passionate and dedicated teachers of Marin Catholic are often cited by students, parents, and alumni as the greatest strength of our school. As teachers, counselors, advisors, coaches, and activity moderators, the men and women of the faculty and staff ensure that the mission of our school is fulfilled.

MISSION Marin Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school serving young men and women. Consistent with Gospel values, we are committed to the education of the whole person. As a community that values, faith, knowledge and service, we provide our students a spiritual, academic and extra curricular environment. We expect our students, through their experiences in the classroom and as active members of the school community, to develop the attributes of an educated person: responsibility, both personal and social; critical ability; appreciation for the complexity of the world around us. We hope to instill in our students the confidence that will empower them, as informed and compassionate individuals, to effect change in our world. We are committed to learning as a lifelong process.

Marin Catholic offers twenty-three honors and Advanced Placement Courses to students who are willing and able to undertake more sophisticated, challenging course work. Honors courses are available freshman through senior year and Advanced Placement courses traditionally are taken the junior and senior year. Our Freshmen Honors program includes English, Global Studies, Algebra and Biology. Graduation requirements include four years of English, four years of religious studies, four years of social studies, three years of mathematics (including Advanced Algebra), two years of language, two years of science, one year of fine or performing arts, and one semester each of computer science and physical education. In addition to the academic requirements students must complete one hundred hours of Christian Service and participate in an annual retreat. The many activities and opportunities offered to our students through the Campus Ministry Program allow students a chance to learn more about their own spirituality.

ACTIVITIES Marin Catholic recognizes that students will have a more satisfying high school experience if they become active members of their school community by sharing their time, talents and energy. We encourage participation in our extra curricular program which is designed to appeal to the eclectic interests of our entire student body. Nearly all of our students become involved in extracurricular activities such as theatrical productions, athletics, student government and clubs.

CURRICULUM Marin Catholic provides a challenging college prep experience for all of its students. Along with the development and enhancement of essential skills, the required course of study encourages exploration and self-evaluation. Successfully completing the academic program, which includes pursuing the most rigorous course of study one can, qualifies students for admission to the most competitive colleges and universities. Ninety-nine to one-hundred percent of our graduates go on to college each year, with ninety-five percent of the Class of 2007 matriculating to four year colleges and universities.

PRESIDENT: Fr. Thomas Daly PRINCIPAL: Mr. Don Ritchie TUITION AND FEES 2007-2008 TUITION: $13,600 REGISTRATION & FEES: $650 TUITION ASSISTANCE This year Marin Catholic committed over $750,000 in tuition assistance. Approximately $225,000 of that was awarded to freshmen. Additional assistance may be awarded through named scholarships. Both tuition assistance and named scholarships are based on need as demonstrated through the tuition assistance application process. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Teri Hanley, Director of Admissions thanley@marincatholic.org • 415-464-3811 Lori Collins, Assistant Director of Admissions lcollins@marincatholic.org •415-464-3810 www.marincatholic.org

September 14, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO ARCHDIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOLS

OPEN HOUSE CALENDAR L OCATOR M APS 8 NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL

1 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL

➤

2 CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL

Church St.

4 JUNÍPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL

24th

29th

SAN FRANCISCO

➤

MARIN COUNTY

➤E

675 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard Kentfield, CA 94904 (415) 464-3800 Web Site: www.marincatholic.org OPEN HOUSE: Sun., Oct. 28 (2:00 pm – 4:30 pm)

San Anselmo

Kentfield

12 ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY Golden Gate Bridge Bay Bridge

6 MERCY HIGH SCHOOL – BURLINGAME

2001 - 37th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94116 (415) 731-7500 Web Site: www.siprep.org OPEN HOUSE: Sun., Nov. 11 (1:00 pm – 3:30 pm)

13 STUART HALL HIGH SCHOOL Burlingame

1715 Octavia St. (at Pine) San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 345-5812 Web Site: www.sacredsf.org Open House: Wed., Oct. 17 (6:30 pm – 8:30 pm) Sun., Nov. 4 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm)

6 4

San Mateo

7 MERCY HIGH SCHOOL – SAN FRANCISCO 3250 – 19th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 334-0525 Web Site: www.mercyhs.org OPEN HOUSE: Sun., Oct. 28 (9:00 am)

150 Valparaiso Avenue Atherton, CA 94027 (650) 322-1866 Web Site: www.shschools.org OPEN HOUSE: Sun., Oct. 28 (1:00 pm) Sun., Nov. 18 (1:00 pm)

1500 Butterfield Road San Anselmo, CA 94960 (415) 258-1905 Web Site: www.sandomenico.org OPEN HOUSE: Sun., Nov. 11 (1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)

San Francisco

2750 Adeline Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 (650) 762-1114 Web Site: www.mercyhsb.com OPEN HOUSE: Sun., Nov. 4 (12:00 pm) th th 6 & 7 Gr. Day – Fri., April 25 (1:30 pm – 3:00 pm)

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY 1055 Ellis Street San Francisco, CA 94109-7795 (415) 775-6626 Web Site: www.shcp.edu OPEN HOUSE: Sat., Oct. 20 (9:00 am – 11:00 am)

1 1 SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL

5 MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

¤➤

Pine

1 0 SACRED HEART PREP HIGH SCHOOL

Mi ssi on

S.F. State

Phelan Ave.

19th Ave.

3 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY 3625 - 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 824-2052 Web Site: www.icacademy.org OPEN HOUSE: Sat., Oct. 27 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)

Guererro

t. tS e k ar M

451 West 20th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94403 (650) 345-8207 Web Site: www.serrahs.com OPEN HOUSE: Thurs., Nov. 29 (7:00 pm)

13 Ellis

2222 Broadway Street San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 292-312 Web Site: www.sacredsf.org OPEN HOUSE: Thurs., Nov. 7 (7:00 pm)

M iss io n

1540 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002 (650) 595-1913 Web Site: www.ndhsb.org OPEN HOUSE: Sun., Oct. 21 (10:00 am – 2:00 pm) Information Night Tues., Nov. 13 (6:00 pm – 8:00 pm) 6th & 7th Gr. Day – Fri., May 9 (1:00 pm – 3:15 pm)

Broadw

ss Van Ne a Octavi

175 Phelan Avenue San Francisco, CA 94112 (415) 586-1256 Web Site: www.riordanhs.org OPEN HOUSE: Sun., Nov. 4 (Program begins at 10:00 am)

37th Ave.

Catholic San Francisco

➤

CS10

Belmont

1 4 WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL 10 Portola Valley 1 4

SAN MATEO COUNTY

Menlo Park

302 Portola Road Portola Valley, CA 94028 (650) 851-8223 Web Site: www.WoodsidePriory.com OPEN HOUSE: Sat., Nov. 17 (10:00 am) Wed., Nov. 28 (7:00 pm) Sun., Dec. 8 (10:00 am)

Catholic San Francisco

CS11

CS12

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL • Burlingame 2750 Adeline Drive • Burlingame, CA 94010 Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy 75 years of educating young women of the Bay Area!

PROFILE Mercy High School, Burlingame, founded in 1931 by the Sisters of Mercy and located in historic Kohl Mansion, is a Catholic, college preparatory school for young women. In the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy, our students are encouraged to envision their future, discover their talents, and grow in their faith through a challenging and motivating curricular and co-curricular program. With a student body of 500 young women, we provide a unique community on the Peninsula in which each girl is known by her teachers and classmates, and is challenged to reach her greatest potential. Annually, 99%-100% of our graduates go on to outstanding colleges and universities throughout the country. Enhancing Mercy’s exceptional environment for young women is the opportunity for our students to participate in a significant number of co-educational experiences through the Tri-School Program with Junipero Serra High School and Notre Dame Belmont. As members of the Tri-School community, our students take part in coed classes, retreats, service projects, student activities, performing and visual arts, as well as dances.

CURRICULUM Mercy offers a demanding college preparatory program designed to prepare young women for the exciting challenges of the twenty-first century. Over 25 Advanced Placement and Honors courses in English, Mathematics, Social Science, Foreign Language, Science, and Visual and Performing Arts enable our girls to challenge themselves in all disciplines. In addition to Spanish and French, Mercy Burlingame is unique in offering a highly acclaimed, four-year, UC approved program in American Sign Language. Our elective program includes a wide variety of courses to meet the needs of our diverse and talented student body. In addition, Mercy has a Learning Assistance Program, for a limited number of assessed students, who need specific support fulfilling the requirements of our college preparatory curriculum. A Mercy education emphasizes and develops the necessary critical thinking skills and strong written and verbal communication skills required of today’s university students.

ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS Mercy is more than academics; each student is encouraged to become involved in all aspects of campus life. Our extra-curricular programs feature numerous opportunities for students to share and develop their talents while performing, competing, leading, serving and celebrating. Mercy offers more than twenty clubs ranging from JSA (Junior Statesman of America) to the Ski/Snowboarding Club and hosts several informal and formal dances each year. There is something for everyone at Mercy! Athletics are a valued part of student life at Mercy High School, Burlingame with three-quarters of Mercy students participating in at least one sport each year. Fall season includes water polo, volleyball, cross country, tennis and golf, followed in the winter by soccer and basketball. The year concludes with swimming, track, softball, gymnastics, and lacrosse. Mercy’s nationally competitive cheerleading and song leading squads require a year round commitment. Crusader teams compete at the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Freshmen level in most sports, offering more students the possibility of making a team.

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS Fine arts are an integral part of each student’s Mercy education. Mercy is renowned for its outstanding visual and performing arts program which includes drama, dance, chorale, instrumental music, studio art, ceramics, photography, and film theory/production. We not only offer a wide range of courses including honors and AP sections, but a variety of performance opportunities such as Advanced Chorale, Chorale, Tri-School Chorale, Tri-School Advanced Band, Tri-School Jazz Band, the Tri-School Theatre productions and a number of smaller music and dance recitals. In addition, each spring we host a Fine Arts Night featuring student works and presentations.

SPIRITUALITY “Our center is God from whom all our actions should spring, and no action should separate us from God.” Catherine McAuley, foundress of the Sisters of Mercy. This quote of Catherine’s illustrates the core of the Campus Ministry program at Mercy High School, Burlingame. Campus Ministry is at the heart of our mission as a Catholic school; monthly school Masses, seasonal prayer services, Sacrament of Reconciliation, retreats and service learning projects complement the four-year religious studies curriculum. Although 75% of the student body is Catholic, Mercy encourages and welcomes girls of all faiths to study here. Service Learning is essential to the mission of Mercy High School and the Sisters of Mercy. Through direct service, students respond to the needs of their greater community by providing 20 hours of service each year. PRINCIPAL Laura M. Held ENROLLMENT 500 TUITION AND FEES 2007-2008 $14,458 • Registration $550 TUITION ASSISTANCE: Tuition Assistance is offered to students based on demonstrated financial need. Approximately 20% of the student body received financial assistance for the 2007-2008 academic year. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Ellen Williamson, Director of Admission ewilliamson@mercyhsb.com 650-762-1114 www.mercyhsb.com

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

CS13

Mercy High School San Francisco 3250 Nineteenth Avenue San Francisco, California 94132 415-334-0525 Fax 415-334-9726 www.mercyhs.org

A College Preparatory High School for Young Women

55 YEARS OF PROVIDING ADVANTAGES FOR YOUNG WOMEN ➢ WOMEN IN MEDICINE PROGRAM, partnership with St. Mary’s Medical Center. Students attend seminars at St. Mary’s led by medical professionals: physicians, nurses, technicians, and administrators. Coursework in the upper grades will include internships. The curriculum at the Mercy campus includes advanced science and math. This prestigious and innovative program is available to incoming 9th graders. ➢ WOMEN in the ARTS is Mercy’s newest program. Students can graduate from Mercy with a design portfolio for college. The college preparatory academic curriculum now includes intensive and extensive multi-media instruction and presentation for the serious art student both in and out of the classroom. ➢ McAuley Academic Program for students with diagnosed learning differences. ➢ The Visual & Performing Arts Center houses a first-rate theater as well as studios for art, ceramics, chorus & dance to nurture and inspire artists and performers.

WHY ALL-GIRLS? 99% of Mercy graduates attend college/university. Research shows that compared to girls in co-ed high schools, students who attend all-girls schools are more likely to: ● Thrive in the lower student/ teacher classroom ratio ● Score higher on standardized tests ● Maintain superior academic performance ● Have less stereotypical ideals ● Possess a balanced and self-assured image ● Excel in math, science and technology ● Develop life-long confidence and leadership skills

ESSENTIALS FOR YOUNG WOMEN Students who seek additional challenges choose from an extensive array of Advanced Placement and Honors courses. ● Honors: Algebra I, Advanced Algebra & Geometry ● AP: Calculus AB & Calculus BC ● Honors: Biology, Chemistry & Physics ● AP: Biology, Chemistry & Physics ● AP: English Language & Composition and English Literature & Composition ● Honors: French, Spanish & Spanish for Native Speakers III ● AP: French Language, Spanish Language IV, Spanish for Native Speakers IV & Spanish Literature ● Honors: World History ● AP: US History ● AP: Studio Art-Drawing, Studio Art-2D Design, Studio Art-3D Design Students select from a wide range of innovative classes. Course sampling: Graphics & Web Design, Contemporary World Issues, Creative Writing, Women’s Literature, Journalism, American Sign Language, Self-defense, Ethics, Social Justice, Literature & Film, World Religions, Body Awareness, Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Dance, Chorus, Student Director & Performance Workshops.

BEYOND ACADEMICS – ON AND OFF CAMPUS ➢ Intersession: a week-long enrichment program of experiential learning beyond the classroom that includes travel and day adventures. Sponsored by Mercy faculty and staff. ➢ State-of-the-art physics, biology, chemistry and technology laboratories challenge tomorrow’s professionals: doctors, engineers, scientists, lawyers, executives. ➢ A superb Library Media Center fosters and supports independent study and research. ➢ The architecturally stunning Catherine McAuley Pavilion includes a gymnasium, classrooms and artists’ gallery. Mercy athletes excel in: basketball, volleyball, tennis, softball, soccer, swimming, cross-country and track and field – over 28 teams!

Students join the California Association of Student Councils, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Ambassadors, Amnesty, Anime, Dance Committee, Environmental Green Team, Literary Magazine, Kaleidoscope, Amnesty International, Math Club, Mercy Athletic Association, Music Club, Performing Arts Association, Photography Club, Science Club, Speech Club, Spirit Squad, Music Ensemble, Campus Life Team, Web Publishing, Yearbook, Dance Ensemble, cast & crews for theater performances.

MISSION AND VALUES Working with the Campus Minister, students plan, lead, and participate in liturgies, assemblies, liturgical dance and chorale ensemble. Each student is required to complete 100 hours of community service as directed and supported through Mercy’s Community Service Office. Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy in San Francisco since 1952, Mercy continues to build on its rich traditions to prepare women who will make a difference in the world. PRINCIPAL Dorothy J. McCrea, Ed.D ENROLLMENT 500 TUITION & FEES 2007 - 2008 $11,600 ● $550 registration ADMISSIONS & TUITION ASSISTANCE INFORMATION: Liz Belonogoff, Admissions Director (415) 584-5929 ● Admissions@mercyhs.org Open House Sunday, October 28 – Program begins at 9AM

CS14

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL PREPARING YOUNG WOMEN FOR LIFE

1540 Ralston Ave.

●

Belmont, CA 94002-1995

PROFILE Notre Dame High School is an independent Catholic college preparatory school for young women dedicated to the educational mission of St. Julie Billiart and the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Founded in 1851 in San Jose, the school moved to the historic William Ralston Estate in Belmont in 1923. Notre Dame High School with its sister schools, Notre Dame Elementary School and Notre Dame de Namur University, is located in a professional suburban community, midway between San Francisco and San Jose, in San Mateo County. Committed to the development of young women of active faith, strong intellect, and Christian leadership, Notre Dame High School offers a strong college preparatory curriculum within a caring, supportive environment. Notre Dame High School, Mercy High School in Burlingame, and Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo participate in a Tri-School program. This unique opportunity provides Notre Dame students coeducational experiences in Academics, Campus Ministry, Community Service, Visual and Performing Arts, and Student Activities.

PHILOSOPHY As a school dedicated to the education of young women, Notre Dame High School promotes Gospel values, intellectual excellence, and commitment to service. Through its college preparatory curriculum, spiritual life, co-curricular opportunities, and interscholastic athletic programs, Notre Dame High School educates its students to master the foundational skills of learning needed to become leaders of society and responsible citizens committed to justice and peace.

CURRICULUM The Notre Dame High School curriculum is designed to prepare all students to succeed in college. Graduation requirements fulfill the course requirements for admission to University of California campuses, California State University campuses, and private, public, and Catholic colleges and universities. Historically, 100% of Notre Dame High School students enroll in colleges and universities throughout the country. A challenging four-year sequence of college preparatory and honors courses is available in all academic areas: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences, World Languages, and Visual and Performing Arts. Notre Dame High School also offers Advanced Placement classes in Art History, Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, French Language, French Literature, Spanish Language, Studio Art: Drawing, United States Government and Politics, and United States History. Through the Tri-school Program, eligible students are also able to enroll in classes at Mercy High School and Junipero Serra High School. The World Language

●

650/595-1913

Laboratory, Science Department Greenhouse, and Environmental Science Field Study Program enrich the learning experience of Notre Dame High School students. Each year students travel to Washington, D.C. to attend the Close Up Foundation’s civic education program. Balance and choice are important in a student’s life; therefore, the required curriculum is supplemented by an extensive selection of elective courses in every department.

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS Notre Dame High School provides numerous opportunities for selfexpression through its comprehensive and award-winning Visual and Performing Arts Program which includes Art, Chorus, Dance, Orchestra, Photography, Sculpture, and Video Production. Honors and Advanced Placement courses and various performance opportunities offer students experiences which enhance their self-esteem in the classroom and on stage. The Tri-School Program offers Advanced Band, Jazz Band, and Mixed Chorus and sponsors the annual Fall Play, Tri-School Musical, and Dance and Music Recitals which nurture students’ creative expression and promote an appreciation for the Visual and Performing Arts.

ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS An excellent co-curricular program is an integral part of the Notre Dame High School experience. Student-directed organizations and clubs offer opportunities for all students to become actively involved, make new friends, and assume leadership roles. Young women are empowered to pursue positions of leadership in all aspects of student government. Students produce a television broadcast (Tiger TV) and publish a newspaper, literary magazine, and yearbook. Campus Ministry supports the spiritual life of the entire school community by working with students, faculty, and staff to plan liturgies, prayer services, and class level retreats. The Campus Ministry community service program challenges students to respond to the needs of others with compassion and respect. Immersion trips in California and in Mexico offer students the opportunity to live in solidarity with the people they serve. Students are required to complete 100 hours of community service over four years. The NDB Tigers compete in the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) in ten sports, and the school fields twenty-five interscholastic teams on three levels (Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman). Teams are consistently successful in league and CCS competition, and students achieve distinction and recognition as scholar athletes. Notre Dame High School also sponsors a nationally recognized Cheerleading Squad.

PRESIDENT: Rita Gleason ‘66 ENROLLMENT: 650 TUITION AND REGISTRATION $13,950 Tuition / $600 Registration Fee TUITION ASSISTANCE AND SCHOLARSHIPS Tuition assistance is available to students with demonstrated financial need. At entrance students can earn small honors and achievement scholarships which are based on High School Placement Test scores. These scholarships are renewable each year. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION www.ndhsb.org or email: admissions@ndhsb.org Shyrl McCormick, Director of Admissions 650/595-1913 ext. 320 • FAX: 650/595-2643

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

CS15

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY Excellence in Catholic education since 1852 1055 Ellis Street

●

San Francisco, CA 94109

●

415.775.6626

●

www.shcp.edu

INTEGRITY Our Common Ground

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

WHO WE ARE

From challenging core classes to honors and Advanced Placement courses that are specifically designed to meet UC standards, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s curriculum reflects the creativity of our faculty and the uniqueness of the SHCP experience. Innovative programs like Academic Explorations and Fitness for Life broaden the scope of learning for everyone. High-achieving students can apply to the De Paul Scholar Program, which features seminar-style classes and leadership workshops for the top 10% of our applicant pool. In addition to quizzes and exams, the curriculum is enhanced with inter-disciplinary, project-based assignments and performances that allow students to collaborate with peers and experience a dynamic approach to learning. 99% of the members of the Class of 2007 continued on to top colleges and universities, including NYU, Fordham, Stanford, and Cal. A complete academic catalog can be found on the school’s website.

As the oldest Catholic school in San Francisco and the first co-educational high school in the city, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory offers the finest college preparatory education within an inclusive, Catholic community of faith. Since our founding in 1852, the Daughters of Charity and the Christian Brothers, along with a dedicated lay faculty, have been preparing young men and women to be intelligent, caring young leaders with the confidence to succeed in college and in life.

DEVELOPING INTELLIGENT, CARING LEADERS Students are encouraged to participate and find rewards in the learning that happens outside the classroom. SHCP offers a full complement of co-curricular programs, including athletics, clubs and activities, chorus, instrumental music, theater, student government, and campus ministry. Enter to learn; leave to serve – that’s our motto. All SHCP students engage in servicelearning projects within the curriculum and co-curricular programs, preparing them to become service-oriented individuals with a commitment to living the Gospel. The Fightin’ Irish athletic program at SHCP has a long tradition of teaching more than just the game. More than half of the student body participates in one or more of nineteen sports offered. Our centrally located, state-of-the-art facilities offer students the best in technological resources. Facilities include our beautiful chapel, 12,000 sq. ft library with 21,000 books and 25 full-text databases, and our 44,000 sq. ft. Sister Teresa Piro, DC, Student Life Center with a 1,500 seat pavilion for all-school gatherings, meals, and athletic events.

THE UNIQUENESS OF AN SHCP EDUCATION SHCP teachers get to know students as individuals and welcome their families as partners in education. Our inclusive community taps into a powerful educational network – one that spans continents, cultures, and centuries. SHCP seeks collegebound young men and women of faith, action, integrity, thought, and hope. PRESIDENT: Mr. John F. Scudder, Jr. ’73 PRINCIPAL: Dr. Kenneth Hogarty ’66 ENROLLMENT: Co-education – 1,270 FACULTY: 91 TUITION & FEES 2007 – 08 Tuition: $12,100 Fees: $1,100 FINANCIAL AID At the heart of SHCP’s Lasallian/ Vincentian mission is the commitment to provide the finest Catholic education to young men and women of all economic backgrounds. SHCP boasts a comprehensive need-based Financial Aid Program. More than $1.8 million was awarded for the 2007-08 school year.

OPEN HOUSE Saturday, October 20, 2007 SHADOW PROGRAM September 17 – November 30 (Advance reservations required – enroll online at www.shcp.edu.) FURTHER INFORMATION Mr. Timothy Burke ’70, Director of Admissions 415.775.6626 ext. 729 admissions@shcp.edu

www.shcp.edu

CS16

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

Sacred Heart Preparatory Sacred Heart Schools • 150 Valparaiso Avenue • Atherton, CA 94027 • (650) 322-1866

PROFILE

ACTIVITIES & ATHLETICS

Sacred Heart Prep is a Roman Catholic, independent, college preparatory school. It is coeducational with an enrollment of 530 in grades 9-12. The School was founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in 1898. It is located on a 62-acre wooded campus, bordering Menlo Park and Atherton. An education at Sacred Heart Prep is strong in studies, serious in ethical principles, and rich in the spirit of The Gospel. The School is a member of the Network of 21 Sacred Heart Schools in the United States. It is the essence of a Sacred Heart School that it be deeply concerned for each student’s total development: spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical. School policies and practices provide for the development of leadership and self-discipline. Sacred Heart consists of a culturally diverse student body, and this mix of individuals develops an appreciation and understanding of diverse races, religions and cultures as students prepare to be global citizens.

Extracurricular clubs and activities at Sacred Heart Prep play a significant part in the life of each student. They provide fun, a sense of community, a chance to observe hidden talents and to gain confidence in one’s own initiative and abilities, and an opportunity to develop leadership potential. Activities include drama, music, yearbook, newspaper, and student council. Many students participate in Model United Nations, Interact Club (Rotary), Amnesty International, Ski Club, Hiking Club, Spanish Club, Environmental Club and Campus Ministry.

MISSION STATEMENT The Schools of the Sacred Heart in the United States, members of a world wide network, offer an education that is marked by a distinctive spirit. It is the essence of a Sacred Heart School that it be deeply concerned for each student’s total development: spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical. It is the essence of a Sacred Heart School that it emphasize serious study, that it educate to a social responsibility and that it lay the foundation of a strong faith.

PHILOSOPHY Each Sacred Heart School offers an education that is distinguished by its commitment to the following five goals: • A personal and active faith in God • A deep respect for intellectual values • A social awareness which impels to action • The building of community as a Christian value • Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom

CURRICULUM The Sacred Heart Prep course work is designed to offer an intellectually challenging education to college-bound young men and women. (100% continue on to colleges and universities). Students carry six academic subjects and are required to satisfy the following distributional requirements for their diploma — 4 years of English, 3 years of a foreign language, 4 years of History, 3 years of Science (2 Laboratory Sciences), 3 years of Mathematics, 3.5 years of Religious Studies, 3 semesters of Fine Arts and 2 semesters of Physical Education. Our Fine Arts program includes: drama, dance, choral and instrumental music, studio art, ceramics, sculpture, and photography. Students are encouraged to become critical thinkers and to develop an enthusiasm and lifelong love for learning. Most of the students enroll in Honor and Advanced Placement courses during their junior and senior years. In addition, students must complete twenty hours of community service to the Sacred Heart community and two service projects – one charity and one justice project. Charity projects respond to immediate needs in the community. Justice projects respond to structural injustice and empower people to help themselves. There is a coordinated approach to spiritual life involving the SHP Community — faculty, students, staff and parents. Monthly seasonal liturgies, planned and carried out by students, embrace the entire school community, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. An organized off campus formal retreat for each class is available to our students. Each Monday assembly opens with a call to prayer or meditative silence.

While academic commitments come first at Sacred Heart Prep, the School also seeks to develop fine athletes. We commit ourselves to excellence while offering a variety of interscholastic athletic programs, with emphasis on participation, and attention to the individual student athlete. The goal of many of our students is to achieve the Varsity level of competition. All in all, over 73 percent of the Sacred Heart Prep student body participate in at least one of the many championship caliber sports offered. ENROLLMENT 2007 – 2008 530 boys and girls Sacred Heart Prep attracts students from South San Francisco to San Jose. PRINCIPAL Mr. James Everitt FACULTY 57 full-time and 15 part-time members of the faculty. 82% hold advanced degrees. The student/faculty ratio is 15:1. TUITION AND FEES 2007 – 2008 $26,885 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Sacred Heart Prep remains committed to an effective financial assistance program which supports socio-economic diversity. Last year over $1,900,000 was awarded to families with demonstrated financial need. Thirty percent of currently enrolled students receive some form of financial assistance. Financial assistance is awarded on the basis of need, as determined by the Financial Assistance Committee. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Carl A. Dos Remedios, Director of Admission 650/473-4006 FAX 650/326-2761 Website: www.shschools.org E-mail: admission@shschools.org

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

CS17

SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL 1500 BUTTERFIELD ROAD SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960-1099 ●

PROFILE AND PHILOSOPHY San Domenico School is the first Catholic school and the first independent school in California, established by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael in 1850. The Upper School offers a distinctive boarding and day college preparatory program to 160 young women from the greater Bay Area, California, and over eight countries. Best known for its welcoming community, rigorous academics, and superior performing arts in which teachers mentor their students and promote collaborative learning, San Domenico’s spectacular campus on 515-acres just 20 miles north of San Francisco is an ideal setting in which to grow and learn. In addition to its outstanding academic program, San Domenico is home to a music conservatory and its nationally renowned Virtuoso Program, an outstanding pre-professional chamber music program. The Upper School’s other exceptional offerings include theatre arts, dance, and visual arts programs, all taught by professional artists.

CURRICULUM San Domenico’s academic curriculum prepares students to succeed in college. Advanced Placement classes are currently offered in Biology, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, English, French, Spanish, Statistics, Studio Art, US History, and Psychology. An interdisciplinary learning program is offered to Freshmen (Freshman Foundations) and Juniors (American Studies) in which literature, history, art, religion, and presentation skills provide a thematic and holistic educational experience. All students participate in San Domenico’s R.O.S.E. (Real Opportunities in Service Education) program. Campus ministry, along with teachers and students, integrates pertinent community projects to enhance academic depth and promote social activism. Students develop unique personal interests with community involvement. Each spring, students take a one-week break from traditional classroom learning to participate in alternative educational experiences. Past “Spring Discovery” activities have included building houses in Mexico, exploring rain forest ecology in Costa Rica, attending Shakespeare plays in Ashland, Oregon, and participating in hurricane relief efforts, most recently in New Orleans. Our school takes pride in its commitment to ecological literacy and environmental science. This year San Domenico School was awarded the 2007 National Association of Independent Schools’ Leading Edge Award for Environmental Sustainability.

San Domenico competes in the Bay Counties League, Central Bay in volleyball, basketball, soccer, and softball, and is a Bay Area Conference participant (includes schools from the BCL Central, East, and West) in badminton. This year, the varsity soccer team captured the BCL Central League playoff championship and the League’s automatic bid to the North Coast Section Tournament.

COLLEGE PLACEMENT Our graduates attend both public and private colleges and universities. Recent graduates attend such colleges as Amherst, Barnard, Boston University, Brown, Columbia, Johns Hopkins/Peabody Conservatory, MIT, NYU, Northwestern, Oberlin, RISD, Stanford, Tufts, Universities of California, USC, and Wellesley. HEAD OF SCHOOL Dr. Mathew Heersche TUITION, 2007-2008 Boarding: $38,800 ● Day: $26,000 FINANCIAL AID San Domenico is committed to diversity in its student body and provides financial aid to qualified students. All financial aid is awarded on the basis of need. Payment plan options are also available to help make a San Domenico education affordable.

ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS Students participate in a number of curricular field trips throughout the year. They may include Bay Area theater and dance performances, art museums, service days, and national college visits. Organizations and clubs add an exciting dimension to student life. Choose from such offerings as: Student Council, Social Justice Club, Model U.N., Environmental Club, Student Ambassadors, Poetry Club, Peer Counseling, Technology Club, Organic Gardening, Verities (a magazine featuring creative literature) and Yearbook.

(PHOTO BY HTTP://PEACHNER.SMUGMUG.COM)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Risa Oganesoff Heersche, Director of Upper School Admissions/International Student Relations Phone: (415) 258-1905, ext 1124 ● Fax: (415) 258-1906 Email: rheersche@sandomenico.org ● Website: www.sandomenico.org

CS18

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

St. Ignatius College Preparatory 2001 - 37th Avenue • San Francisco • California • 94116 (415) 731-7500 • www.siprep.org

PROFILE St. Ignatius College Preparatory celebrates its 152nd year of providing Jesuit secondary education in the San Francisco Bay Area. SI is one of 44 Jesuit secondary schools in the United States providing values-centered education. SI was the tenth Jesuit secondary school to become coeducational. During their four years at SI, our students receive rigorous academic training designed to ensure that they are well prepared to enter the world of higher education. Historically, over 99% of St. Ignatius graduates enroll in colleges and universities throughout the United States. Our strong college preparatory curriculum is balanced by an active Campus Ministry program, an excellent athletic department which offers inter-scholastic competition on over 60 teams, and a superb fine arts program highlighted by productions and presentations throughout the school year.

PHILOSOPHY There are two primary objectives to a Jesuit education: first, educating the total person; and second, forming “men and women for others.” In achieving the first objective, SI offers programs that enable students to develop academically, physically, spiritually, and socially. Student activities are a vital part of the curriculum at SI. They provide opportunities to develop interests and talents that are normally untapped in classroom activities. The second objective permeates all aspects of an SI education but is most clearly focused in the 100 hours or more of community service. This special graduation requirement has as its goal the development of Christian leaders.

CURRICULUM The academic program at St. Ignatius College Preparatory is designed to prepare students for their college education, offering them four years of college preparatory study. Minimum graduation requirements meet or exceed the prerequisites and recommended subjects for any selective college in the country. They include 8 semesters of English, 7 semesters of Religious Studies, 6 semesters of Mathematics, 6 semesters of Social Science, 4 semesters of the same Foreign Language, 5 semesters of Science, 2 semesters of PE, 2 semesters of Fine Arts, 8 semesters of college preparatory electives, and 100 hours of supervised community service. For students who wish to be challenged further, SI offers Advanced Placement and Honors classes in English, Mathematics, Social Science, Foreign Language, and Science. Students who pass Advanced Placement exams receive college credit and thus save on university tuition. AP success has ranked SI among the top 30 schools nationally and among the top three schools in Northern California in terms of the number of exams administered.

PRINCIPAL Mr. Charles Dullea ENROLLMENT 1425 FACULTY 100 TUITION / FEES $13,950 / $550 FINANCIAL AID Available to students with demonstrated financial need. $1.4 million of need-based financial aid has been awarded to over 20% of the student body for the 2007-2008 academic year. The average grant was $5,200. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION www.siprep.org Mr. Kevin M. Grady, Admissions Director Mrs. Lori Yap, Assistant Admissions Director Ms. Francesca Mallegni, Admissions Associate

September 14, 2007

Catholic San Francisco

CS19

Woodside Priory School 302 Portola Road California’s Benedictine College Preparatory School Portola Valley, CA 94028 • 650 / 851-8221 Web site: www.WoodsidePriory.com

OUR MISSION Woodside Priory School is an independent, Catholic, college preparatory school in the Benedictine tradition. Our mission is to assist students of promise in becoming lifelong learners who will productively serve a world in need of their gifts.

OVERVIEW The Priory is a coeducational, college preparatory school that includes a middle school program for grades six through eight and a high school for the freshman through senior years. Celebrating its Golden Jubilee, the Priory has served the Archdiocese of San Francisco since its founding in 1957. The Priory’s challenging curriculum combined with a full program of interscholastic sports, extra-curricular activities, cultural events and service to community provides an atmosphere that encourages growth in the personal, intellectual, physical and spiritual aspects of a young person’s life. Through the Chapel program, students and faculty gather each week to experience a sense of spiritual community. The Priory’s student community of 350 is unique among Bay Area Catholic schools as it provides a boarding program for 50 high school students, fostering community living within a structured family environment. Boarders from throughout the Bay Area, as well as from the US and the world consider boarding as an exciting opportunity. Seamless interaction between boarders and day students adds a diversity of cultures within the student body. The Priory’s campus has outstanding educational facilities and a location unsurpassed in natural beauty – fifty acres of woods in rural Portola Valley, forty miles south of San Francisco and five miles west of Stanford University.

PHILOSOPHY AND CURRICULUM Priory students are challenged to engage in a complete range of educational experience, demonstrating intellectual inquiry, knowledge of human history and culture, and clear thinking, speaking and writing. Critical thinking, study skills and research skills are integrated into all academic disciplines. The Priory’s curriculum prepares all students to meet the admission requirements of the University of California and other highly regarded colleges. Students develop a strong academic base in skills and knowledge, with a special emphasis on math-science and writing-research skills training.

• High school students are engaged in a four-year retreat program centering on their spirituality and faith journey within the context of Benedictine values. • The small school environment, small class size and 9-to-1 student-teacher ratio create a strong, interactive academic environment in which individual strengths are encouraged. HEADMASTER Tim Molak, M.A. COMPREHENSIVE FEE 2007-2008 Day Students: $28,050 (Includes: Tuition, lunch, activities and athletics. Additional fees include a $400 Student Store deposit. Books are extra.) TUITION ASSISTANCE The Priory is committed to working with families regarding tuition. A tuition assistance program is available and aid is awarded on the basis of family need. For the 2007-2008 school year over $1,350,000 has been awarded to more than 20% of the student body. BENEDICTINE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Students graduating from Catholic elementary schools within the San Francisco Archdiocese and the Diocese of San Jose may apply for special consideration in the financial aid process. Students applying for this program must meet demonstrated need. Contact the Director of Admissions for information. ENROLLMENT Co-educational - 350 students FACULTY Sixty teachers form the Priory’s faculty, including four members of the Benedictine Community. Three teachers hold doctorates and a majority hold advanced degrees. VISITING THE PRIORY From the I-280 freeway, take the Alpine Road/Portola Valley exit. Follow Alpine Road west three miles to a stop sign at Portola Road. Turn right onto Portola Road. The Priory entrance is one half-mile.

The Priory’s strengths include: • Eighteen AP courses, in addition to honors and a wide range of elective choices. • Modern athletic and arts facilities, with a complete range of physical education, fine and performing arts courses. • Community service is integrated into student life and the curriculum. Students complete a significant, individually planned service learning experience. Many go far beyond the program with club and class activities. • Advanced technology and a totally wireless campus is supported through the use of technology that is integrated across the curriculum. • Over 40 faculty-supervised co-curricular activities are offered within the school day that provide opportunities for students to discover talents and develop skills not tapped in typical course work.

SHADOW DAYS Students wishing to spend a day at the Priory are encouraged to make a reservation early as Shadow Days are limited. Contact Admissions to schedule a visit to the Priory. OPEN HOUSES Saturday, November 17th (10:00 a.m.) & Wednesday, November 28th (7:00 p.m.) and Saturday, December 8th, 2007 (10:00 a.m). R.S.V.P to Admissions as spaces at the Open House are limited. See the Priory website for further information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Al Zappelli, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Woodside Priory School; 302 Portola Road; Portola Valley, CA 94028 650-851-8223 - or - E-mail: azappelli@woodsidepriory.com Web site: www.woodsidepriory.com

CS20

Catholic San Francisco

September 14, 2007

MS. MAUREEN HUNTINGTON SUPERINTENDENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Welcome back to a new school year! It is surprising how quickly the summer vacation comes to an end. Eighth grade students are gearing up for one of the busiest times in their young lives. The process of selecting the right Catholic high school to attend is exciting and scary at the same time. Before too long eighth graders will be registering for the High School Placement Test, shadowing, and trying to get a feel for each high school they visit. Soon the registration process will begin. Selecting the right combination of studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs, talents, and interests with a high school that can meet all of these varying needs is a huge challenge. Fortunately, we are blessed with a variety of excellent high schools where each student can find a place that feels like home. Each of our Catholic high schools is unique in culture and environment. They are deeply committed to teaching and living the values of our Catholic faith. The commitment toward academic excellence is evident at each campus and in each classroom. Each Catholic high school is unique in size, culture, charism and environment. Students are treasured for their individuality, talents and interests. The teachers and administrators at each school work closely with M AUREEN H UNTINGTON the parents and the family to make sure each student receives the attention they need to be academically successful and the support and encouragement they need to grow and mature into faith filled adults. This ethical and moral foundation provides our young people with the foundation they need to grow into adults with strong moral decision-making skills. I urge you to consider a Catholic High School for your son or daughter. These four years of high school will all make a world of difference to your child. Ms. Maureen Huntington Superintendent of Catholic Schools Archdiocese of San Francisco

WH Y CHOOSE A CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL??? How can I get the most supportive environment for my child during the next four years? The community environment experienced in Catholic schools fully supports students in their spiritual and academic growth. Teachers dedicate themselves to helping students achieve their full potential.

I am unable to afford the expense of a Catholic education; what can I do? All Catholic high schools in the San Francisco Archdiocese have substantial scholarship and financial aid programs for students and families who qualify.

What can a Catholic high school do for my child? The teaching of Catholic values and faith formation are core to the curriculum in Catholic high schools. Equally important is the religious community of adults surrounding Catholic schools, which supports the schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mission. Catholic schools mandate that their students take more college preparatory classes. Catholic schools provide a challenging academic curricula in which students thrive, particularly in religious studies, mathematics, science, English and other core subjects.

What are the results for Catholic high school graduates? Over 98% of Catholic school graduates in the San Francisco Archdiocese enroll in colleges and universities.

WHAT FINANCIAL HELP IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST A FAMILY WITH THE EXPENSE OF A CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION? Significant scholarship and financial assistance programs help families meet tuition responsibilities. In the 2006-2007 school year alone, more than $11 million in financial assistance was given by Catholic high schools

within the Archdiocese. At the time of application to a Catholic high school, parents should inquire about programs available through the San Francisco Archdiocese as well as through the individual school.