September 26, 2008 by Catholic San Francisco

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U.S. bishops, CRS urge nominees to ponder poverty

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To be dedicated on Oct. 3, the new St. Anthony Foundation social services center at 150 Golden Gate Ave. in San Francisco will serve 40 percent more people with the same-sized staff. See story on Page 3.

Economic crisis and low media focus equal scant relief gifts? By Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) – The combined hurricanes and tropical storms that have devastated U.S. communities and Caribbean nations in the past few months have exceeded the damage Hurricane Katrina inflicted on New Orleans in 2005, but donations for relief efforts this time are drastically less. “I believe a combination of the recent economic crisis and the media attention, or lack thereof, has presented challenges to us,” said Patricia Hvidston, senior director of development for Catholic Charities USA, based in Alexandria, Va. “We have gotten donations, and we’re grateful to everyone who has made donations, but it’s significantly lower than the response to Katrina.” For example, donations to Catholic

Charities in response to Katrina averaged $890 each from more than 180,000 contributors, but donations in response to the series of hurricanes and tropical storms that have crippled communities along the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and other parts of the country have only averaged $159 each from fewer than 1,000 supporters, Hvidston told Catholic News Service Sept. 22. “That’s a remarkable difference,” she said. “It’s clear that people are fearful during these difficult economic times, but I don’t think the message is getting out to the American people about how so many of our citizens have been devastated by these storms.” Millions of Americans from Texas to Florida were forced to evacuate during the storms that have hit the U.S. since August. ECONOMIC CRISIS, page 5

WA S H I N G T O N ( C N S ) – Representatives from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services in a telephone press conference Sept. 23 called on the major parties’ presidential candidates to lay out their foreign policy strategies in relation to the world’s poor and overseas assistance. The campaigns of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain have failed to adequately address the global food crisis, the Catholic leaders hope U.S. increasing role of the U.S. Defense presidential candidates will Department in humanitarian work, the address global poverty during refocusing of U.S. foreign assistance, their Sept. 26 foreign policy debate. and how the government should help the poor adapt to climate change, said Bill O’Keefe, senior director for the advocacy department of the Baltimore-based CRS. The Obama and McCain campaigns also have failed to sufficiently articulate if their foreign policy programs would promote religious equality, strengthen international law, support a safe haven for foreign refugees, or actively pursue a comprehensive resolution between the Israelis and Palestinians, said Stephen Colecchi, director of the Office of International Justice and Peace for the USCCB. “This topic is timely considering that this Friday night (Sept. 26) the candidates will be debating foreign policy,” O’Keefe said. “These are critical issues that are crying out for attention.” Both campaigns are currently focused on the domestic economic crisis and the Bush administration’s proposed bailout of U.S. financial institutions, which could cost taxpayers $700 billion or more if approved by Congress. With approximately $38 billion currently being spent on foreign aid – which includes costs for foreign embassies and diplomatic missions – both Colecchi and O’Keefe argued that money spent to address global poverty is a minimal expense in the federal budget compared to the proposed bailout of U.S. financial institutions. “There is no doubt the next administration and Congress have tough financial problems they will have to deal with,” O’Keefe said. “But there is a missed opportunity by the candidates to demonstrate their own leadership (on these matters) and to prove to the voters they can think broadly about comprehensive issues. The person who can demonstrate they can do that is more likely to win the election.” If the U.S. government would invest in a solution to poverty in foreign countries, those nations would become better trade partners, Colecchi said. Nations with fewer poverty issues also tend to be more peaceful countries and more peace in the world would reduce “the amount that we have to spend on defense,” he said. The USCCB also has submitted its November 2007 “Faithful Citizenship” statement – which address these and other moral issues – to both campaigns and has sought a meeting with each candidate to discuss the topics face to face, Colecchi said. O’Keefe urged Catholics to bring up these issues with the candidates at campaign events and write letters to the editors at a variety of publications as a way of gaining support for moral concerns. Ultimately, Catholics have the power to vote for the candidate they believe has best addressed these moral issues of conscience, he said. Colecchi said the U.S. Catholic bishops are calling for a new style of politics that focuses “more on the pursuit of the common good than on the demands of narrow special interests.”

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INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION Porziuncola ready . . . . . . . . 5 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Travel guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Datebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Father Charito Suan, pastor, blesses Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at St. Elizabeth Church in San Francisco. More than 300 people attended the dedication marked by a procession of children singing Marian hymns. At right is Salesian Father Marvin Felipe, parochial vicar.

An oops is in order for my deleting an e-mail bound for this column. The name on it as I remember was Josephine Dentoni. Sorry, Josephine! Please be in touch with me again…. Right on target was Stanford University in choosing Notre Dame High School English teacher, Valerie Collett, for a Teacher Tribute Award. Valerie was recognized for her “dedication to the field of education,” Notre Dame said in announcing the honor. Also at Notre Dame, a couplet of kudos for senior Amanda Deering whose poetry will be published in this year’s “A Celebration of Poems.” Leading the way at the Belmont school are senior class officers Danielle Eggli, Raisa Luna, Charlene Gemora, Gabby Valerie Collett DeMatteis, Lyra Tanner, Brooke McCallion and Jennifer Martinez…. “Welcome aboard” is a phrase ringing throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Shannon Wolfe is new voice teacher at Holy Name Conservatory of Music at Holy Name of Jesus

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St. Anthony’s celebrates anniversary in new facility The St. Anthony Foundation will celebrate its 58th anniversary with the dedication and opening of a new social services center at 150 Golden Gate Ave. in San Francisco on Oct. 3, the day before the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi which is the official founding date of the well-known Bay Area non-profit ministry. Across the street from its current location, 121 Golden Gate Ave., the new facility features more space for medical treatment, dining, employment programs, social service outreach and a state-of-the-art computer lab. Designed and built using Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) specifications, the new building will accommodate 40 percent more people without adding additional staff, said Francis Aviani, St. Anthony’s communications manager. “Because St. Francis is remembered for his identification with the poor, Franciscans are better known for their service among the poor than for the buildings they construct. So when St. Anthony’s started planning the new service center, we started with, ‘Where and how can we best meet the needs of today and tomorrow’s poor?’ The answer was still in the Tenderloin, and with a healthier and more efficiently designed service center,” Aviani said. The move will be a pleasant adjustment from the cramped facilities down the street, and comes at an opportune time, Aviani said, explaining, “We are seeing more people coming to all of our programs, now we will have room to serve them.” The Oct. 3 dedication ceremony will be “short and sweet,” she said, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Speakers will include local dignitaries and program participants. According to the foundation, the $22 million service center project was nine years in planning and construction, and “is focused on increasing capacity and efficiency as well as environmentally sensitive design and materials.” “The conscious effort toward greater sustainability is an intrinsic part of the system and the culture of St. Anthony Foundation,” it stated. “As a Franciscan organization, respect for the earth and its inhabitants are central values. In the Tenderloin, the tandem roles of environmental responsibility and

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The computer lab at St. Anthony Foundation’s new social services center offers training from basic skills to computer technician certification.

social responsibility are evident as is the impact of environmental illnesses from asthma to diabetes and mental health. In this way we have come to view the environmental sustainability as part of social justice. Simply put, everyone deserves access to healthy and respectful medical care and learning centers. Sadly, in areas like the Tenderloin that is not always the case.” Designed by Oakland-based HKIT Architects, the new service center features open and airy rooms, natural light, regionally harvested and manufactured wood doors, and low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) painted walls. Nibbi Brothers of San Francisco is the general contractor. The center at 121 Golden Gate Ave. “was

in a non-reinforced masonry building that was once home to a parking garage” and too expensive to retrofit, Aviani said. The St. Anthony Foundation could not run without the dedication of its staff and volunteers, said Barry Stenger, the organization’s director of development, noting that the philosophy has remained the same since Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker founded it in 1950.

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CYO Family Day draws more than 200 (PHOTOS BY JERRY DOWNS)

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Religious of the Sacred Heart elect American as new superior By Tom Burke The Religious of the Sacred Heart, known in the Archdiocese of San Francisco for their schools in San Francisco and Atherton, have elected Sister Kathleen Conan, RSCJ superior general. Sister Conan will oversee the order’s ministries in 44 countries from the Sisters’ world headquarters in Rome. The election took place at the Sisters’ General Chapter in Lima, Peru. Sister Conan succeeds Sister Clare

Pratt, the congregation’s first superior general from the United States. Sister Conan is a native of New York State and has been provincial of the Sisters’ U.S. Province for the last three years. She is also a former member of the congregation’s United States and international formation team. Sister Anne Wachter, RSCJ, Head of School at Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco, has known Sister Conan for 20 years and said her new post will put her “gifts and experience” to work.

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Porziuncola: ‘impossible dream that is no longer a dream’ San Francisco’s National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi officially announced the readiness of its new Porziuncola chapel at a media briefing Sept. 18 that included shrine officials and San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom. “In a hundred years, the Porziuncola will still be a very special place,” Angela Alioto told those present, calling San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer and former San Francisco Archbishop and now Cardinal William J. Levada “incredible partners” on the effort and “amazing men.” “Welcome to the impossible dream that is no longer a dream,” said Alioto, vice chair of the organization that has spearheaded the Porziuncola chapel project which will be blessed and dedicated in ceremonies tomorrow, Sept. 27, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Cardinal Levada will preside at the rite. Archbishop Niederauer will be principal celebrant. “We are here to celebrate this milestone,” Mayor Newsom said to news media representatives. He lauded Alioto’s “passion, resolve and constancy” in bringing the project to a fruitful close. “This has been an extraordinary process for me to witness,” he said, noting it will strengthen “our connection to our patron saint and everything that is good in San Francisco.” “The Porziuncola will bring people close to the qualities of St. Francis – some-

Economic crisis . . . ■ Continued from cover Many have returned to destroyed homes and no way of earning a living, Hvidston said. Catholic Relief Services has raised around $1 million for emergency aid for Cubans and Haitians affected during this hurricane season, but has fallen $1.5 million short of the agency’s fundraising goal for those Caribbean nations, said Mark Melia, deputy vice president for

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Taking part in a Sept. 18 news conference about the Porziuncola Shrine at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco were, from left: Alfonso Rocciola, project manager for Nibbi Brothers Construction; San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Angela Alioto; Father Robert Cipriano, shrine rector; and Michael O’Leary, development director for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

thing we need in today’s world,” said Michael O’Leary, development director for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. “My heart is in this 100 percent,” said Father Robert Cipriano, rector of the National Shrine of St. Francis. “Francis was a man for all people, a man of all times, a man of peace.” (See a commentary by Father Cipriano on Page 18.) Construction on the Porziuncola – a

detailed replica of the small church near Assisi, Italy, which is closely tied to St. Francis of Assisi – began in May 2007. The Archdiocese of San Francisco announced last week that an indulgence very similar to the “Pardon of Assisi” indulgence attached to the original Porziuncola in Assisi will be available at the new chapel as well. (For background and requirements on the indulgence,

see the Sept. 19 issue of Catholic San Francisco.) The Porziuncola chapel itself at 610 Vallejo St. was built within what was a former gymnasium of St. Francis of Assisi Parish. The parish was suppressed is 1992, re-opened in 1998 as an archdiocesan shrine, and recognized as a national shrine in 1999 by the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference.

charitable giving for the Baltimore-based international relief agency of American Catholics. “We understand everyone is feeling the impact of the current economic crisis, so we’re doing our best to share information with potential donors about the dire conditions in the Caribbean,” Melia told CNS Sept. 22. “We’re also trying to assure them that their donations will be going directly to the people in need to help keep them alive.” So far CRS has provided aid to more

than 4,000 families in Haiti and delivered 170,000 pounds of food to assist at least 20,000 Cubans, he said. “Our focus is on immediate relief right now,” Melia said. “Response from our donors has been tepid. We’re not getting the response that we

have received from previous natural disasters.” In general, charitable institutions have reported a decrease in donations and financial experts have speculated that U.S. citizens are concerned about their financial well-being in a tough economy.

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U.S. citizenship workshop Domestic violence prevention program Oct. 3 in Daly City set Oct. 4 at Epiphany The San Francisco Organizing Project is teaming with the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns to hold a free workshop on immigration rights and applying for U.S. citizenship, the groups announced. To be held Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Church of the Epiphany, 827 Vienna St. in San Francisco, the session will offer information on immigrants’ rights, notably in the event of an immigration raid, and legal assistance to persons wishing to start on the path to citizenship.

Multi-lingual support will be provided in Spanish, Tagalog and other Filipino dialects. Co-sponsors of the event include Catholic Charities CYO, the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center and the San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network. For more information, contact Claire Bohman at (415) 385-3632. It is estimated there are more than 40,000 in the Bay Area eligible for citizenship “but have not begun the process,” an event media advisory said.

Annual blessing of animals Oct. 4 The annual blessing of animals will take place Oct. 4 – the feast of St. Francis of Assisi – at St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave. in San Francisco from noon – 2 p.m. In addition to the blessing, the San Francisco SPCA will have adoption-ready cats on site. “Bring your animal or a picture of your animal for a blessing, or bring your love of animals and enjoy an afternoon with all kinds of animals and animal lov-

ers,” information about the event said. For more information on the event or adoption procedures, call (415) 863-7515. St. Francis of Assisi Parish in East Palo Alto is celebrating the feast of its patron saint with a parade at 10 a.m. commencing at East Bayshore and Bay Rd. in East Palo Alto. A Mass and blessing of animals is set for 11 a.m. at the church followed by an afternoon of a fun, food and festivities. For more information, call (650) 322-2152.

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OLL Elementary marks golden anniversary By Tom Burke Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School marked its 50th year with a Mass of Thanksgiving Sept. 14, the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, in the parish church. Archbishop George H. Niederauer was principal celebrant. Father William McCain, pastor, concelebrated. “We are about teaching salvation brought about by the Cross and we begin and end each day with the sign of the cross,” said Sue Maino, principal, in remarks to the large assembly. “For 50 years, your school has been carrying out your mission to teach the youth of the parish.” “It was a nice day for everyone,” Father McCain told Catholic San Francisco. “Archbishop Niederauer’s homily was spot-on, the music and liturgy were beautiful. It was inspiring and a great way to kick off the anniversary year.” “The parish and I are very proud of the school,” Father McCain continued. “The principal and staff work very hard to keep the quality and standards high.”

“Salvation begins with God, who reaches out to everyone in Jesus Christ and draws them to himself, to his life, now here in this world, and forever,” Archbishop Niederauer said in his homily. “No one is excluded.” Recall often Christ’s words to his Apostles at the Last Supper, Archbishop Niederauer said. “’You have not chosen me; I have chosen you.’ Secondly, Catholics do not believe that Jesus is a strictly personal Savior for you and you and you but not for him and her and them. He is not like a personal spiritual trainer in the sky. Jesus Christ died and rose again for all women and men.” Additional concelebrants included Msgr. Richard Knapp and Fathers Mark Francis Garbo, Jesus Labor, Thomas Daly, Thomas Hamilton, Feliciano Mofan and William Nicholas. Deacons Bill Mitchell and Alex Madero assisted. Additional events commemorating the school anniversary are planned for the next year ending with a Mass in September 2009. Auxiliary Bishop William Justice is scheduled to preside.

“We hope you will join us as we celebrate the place where faith and knowledge have grown for 50 years,” said Amy Bjorklund Reeder, anniversary coordinator, in an invitation to alumni, parents and the wider community.

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Supreme knight invites Biden WASHINGTON (CNS) – Carl A. Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, wants to talk with Sen. Joseph Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate. In a full-page advertisement that appeared in several newspapers Sept. 19, Anderson said he wants to discuss only one issue: Biden’s stance on abortion and his unwillingness to bring his Catholic views into the discussion of public policy on the issue. “I hope that he will really consider this (meeting),” Anderson told Catholic News Service Sept. 19. Appearing in the Washington Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the News Journal in Wilmington, Del., the Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pa., the Citizens’ Voice in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and the Baltimore and Washington editions of USA Today, the ad comes in response to Biden’s Sept. 7 appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” During an interview with host Tom Brokaw, the Delaware senator said he accepted Catholic teaching that life begins at conception but that he could not impose his beliefs in the public policy arena.

Bishops invite McCain, Obama WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has extended invitations to Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama to meet before the Nov. 4 election and discuss a variety of election issues. Invitations to the major presidential candidates were sent in August, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 17. Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, told the newspaper that five bishops who lead various policy committees want to discuss the candidates’ views on social policies such as abortion, education, immigration, international affairs and communications. Any meetings, should they occur, will be private and off the record, Bishop Murphy said.

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XVI urged international leaders to tackle global poverty “with courage” when they meet at the United Nations to verify implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. Despite the global financial crisis, the poor must not be forgotten, he told pilgrims Sept. 21 at his residence in Castel Gandolfo outside Rome. He also sent greetings to Caribbean nations and coastal states in the U.S. battered by recent hurricanes. The pope spoke four days before world leaders joined the U.N. General Assembly to check progress on the anti-poverty program adopted eight years ago. “On the occasion of this important meeting ... I want to renew my invitation to adopt and implement with courage the measures needed to eradicate extreme poverty, hunger, ignorance and the scourge of pandemics, which strike above all the most vulnerable,” he said. The Millennium Development Goals were adopted by almost 200 U.N. member nations in 2000 and seek to slash global poverty in half by 2015.

JABALPUR, India (CNS) – Christians in central India have taken to the streets to protest an attempt to burn the Catholic cathedral. Two unidentified men entered the 120-year-old Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cathedral in Jabalpur and set fire to its altar Sept. 18. Father Joseph Christuraj, spokesman for the Jabalpur Diocese in Madhya Pradesh state, said the fire was extinguished before it could spread. Christian schools in Jabalpur did not open Sept. 19. The same day, Bishop Gerald Almeida of Jabalpur led a delegation to demand that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan condemn the attack and protect Christians. The delegation also submitted a list of 56 cases of attacks on Christians in Jabalpur over the past two years.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) – The U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services has been working with aid agencies to respond to the Ethiopian food crisis brought on by drought. Lane Bunkers, CRS country representative in Ethiopia, told Catholic News Service in an e-mail

Sept. 16 that CRS signed a $53.4 million agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide nearly 3 million drought-affected Ethiopians with emergency food assistance over the next few months.

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JERUSALEM (CNS) – The family of a Latvian priest posthumously named as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, will receive a medal honoring his work in Riga, Latvia, Sept. 26. Cardinal Janis Pujats of Riga will attend the ceremony to honor Father Kasimir Vilnis at the Israeli Embassy in Riga. Father Vilnis’ name also will be inscribed on the Wall of Honor at the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Father Vilnis was born in Nautreni, Latvia, in December 1907. As a parish priest in Riga Father Vilnis risked his life during World War II to help Jews fleeing from the Nazis. He hid Jews NEWS IN BRIEF, page 9

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NCR editor named KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CNS) – Joe Feuerherd, who during the past 24 years has filled a variety of roles at the National Catholic Reporter, ranging from intern to Washington correspondent, has been appointed NCR publisher and editor in chief. The appointment was announced Sept. 15 by Patrick Waide Jr., chairman of the NCR board of directors. NCR is an independent Catholic newspaper based in Kansas City.

Bishops target Catholic voters WASHINGTON — As the nation moves closer to the presidential election, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is intensifying efforts to communicate to U.S. Catholics the messages in the bishops’ statement on “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.” The bishops’ statement is on the Web at www. faithfulcitizenship.org. To encourage Catholics to visit the website, the USCCB will give an iPod to a person randomly selected from those who register until Nov. 4 to be notified about new “Faithful Citizenship” resources. “Faithful Citizenship: A Matter of Conscience” and the “Video Quiz with Steve Angrisano,” both from the Faithful Citizenship website, have been uploaded to YouTube for viewing by the general public. Angrisano is a singer, songwriter and storyteller popular with Christian youth. Also, a “Faithful Citizenship’ page has been created on the popular social networking site, Facebook.

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So when the foundation brought together six Nobel Peace Prize laureates to share their experiences, some 3,000 youths worldwide showed up to listen and to be mentored by the laureates Sept. 11-13 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The conference at the Catholic university featured retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, anti-land-mine activist Jody Williams of the U.S., Betty Williams of Northern Ireland, Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina, and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi of Iran.

Rejects Vatican demand WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – A top Polish theologian known for his work in the field of ecumenism has rejected a demand from the Vatican to retract and rewrite an article criticizing the Vatican’s attitude toward Christians of other denominations. Oblate Father Waclaw Hryniewicz received the demand in a January letter from Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of

the Faith, after publishing the article in an online theological journal. However, he later refused to publish an “approved retraction” and could now face a publishing ban and suspension, according to a source in Poland. Contacted by telephone, Father Hryniewicz, who retired in 2005 from the Catholic University of Lublin, told Catholic News Service: “I am close to death and do not see how I can now go against my conscience by writing an article with clarifications and rectifications, even though I’ve been told to expect disciplinary sanctions. What worries me most of all is that this judgment may now be expanded to cover all my previous work as well, in which I expressed similar views and convictions.”

Anglicans pilgrimage to Lourdes LONDON (CNS) – Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, England, has made an historic pilgrimage to the Marian sanctuaries in Lourdes, France. Archbishop Williams’ Sept. 22-24 visit was the first to Lourdes by an archbishop of Canterbury.

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Santa Clara University names 28th president SANTA CLARA – Jesuit Father Michael Engh has been selected the 28th president of Santa Clara University. A distinguished historian and current dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Father Engh will succeed Jesuit Father Paul Locatelli who announced in March he would step down after nearly 20 years as president. Father Locatelli will continue as president until Dec. 31, university officials said. Father Engh, 58, was elected by Santa Clara University’s Board of Trustees during a special meeting of the governing body on Sept. 17. He will take office in January. In making the announcement, A.C. “Mike” Markkula, trustees’ chair, said, “Father Engh brings to Santa Clara an outstanding record as a scholar, teacher, historian and administrator. He has made significant academic contributions in his career as a historian, and understands the potential of Jesuit institutions to advance learning and artistic expression, faculty scholarship, and social justice.” “He possesses a rare blend of vision, compassion, and a deep understanding of Jesuit higher education that will serve students, faculty, staff and the broader Silicon Valley community very well,” Markkula said. Robert Finocchio, vice chair of the trustees and chair of the presidential search committee said, “Father Engh is the ideal person to lead Santa Clara University into the next stage of its history. He will continue building

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Santa Clara’s reputation for academic excellence and supporting our mission of developing leaders of competence, conscience and compassion.” “From the first conversations in the search process, Santa Clara’s themes – the pursuit of academic excellence, social justice, community-based learning – have resonated with my core values,” Father Engh said. “It is an honor and a great privilege to have been selected to join Santa Clara University as its next president.” A third-generation Angeleno (Los Angeles native), Father Engh graduated from what was then Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1972 and was ordained in 1981. He completed graduate studies in the history of the American West at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1987 and began teaching at LMU in 1988.

He was active in founding LMU’s Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles and the university’s Center for Ignatian Spirituality. He is the author of “Frontier Faiths: Church, Temple, and Synagogue in Los Angeles” (1992) and has published numerous articles or chapters in books on the history of Los Angeles, the Catholic Church in the American West, and LMU’s history. “Santa Clara University is fortunate to have Father Engh come on board as president,” said Jesuit Father Robert B. Lawton, president of Loyola Marymount. “He is a wonderful human being, and a great academic who works very well with both faculty and students, and he is a terrific fund raiser,” he said. “He’ll quickly become a Bronco!” As dean of LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, a position he has held since June 2004, Father Engh has led a team in the implementation of a five-year strategic plan for the College: “Education That Transforms.” He has helped initiate contacts with universities in China, encouraged foreign immersion trips for faculty, and founded two programs to promote inter-religious dialogue. Prior to his work as dean, Father Engh served as rector of the Jesuit Community at LMU from 1994 to 2000. In 1991, he co-founded the Los Angeles History Seminar at the Huntington Library, one of the largest urban history seminars in the country, and led the group until 2003.

As part of a sabbatical, Father Engh spent two years (2000-02) in East Los Angeles conducting research at the Huntington Library, volunteering at Los Angeles Central Juvenile Hall, and helping at the Dolores Mission Parish. Father Engh says his approach to higher education reflects a city-inspired understanding of the place that social justice holds in the mission of the contemporary Jesuit University. “The gritty realities of inner-city life jarred me as no book or lecture had,” he said. “My vision uses the traditional Jesuit lens of academic rigor to focus on the pursuit of knowledge, justice and faith. Excellence in scholarship and the arts presumes rigor, mental training that disciplines the mind to free the spirit in its quest for truth and beauty,” he said. Father Engh first visited Santa Clara in 1974 as a Jesuit novice. The oldest of six children, the priest was born in Los Angeles, where his mother’s family first settled in the 1880s. His father, Donald, is a retired captain in the Los Angeles city fire department and his mother, Marie Therese (Airey) Engh, is a homemaker. He graduated from St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey, Calif., in 1968. A baseball enthusiast, Father Engh said two words that describe him well are: “Dodgers fan.” He enjoys reading, exercise and spending time with friends. Santa Clara University currently enrolls about 8,685 students.

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Sacramento Diocese asks Church court to rule on dispute SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) – Officials of the Diocese of Sacramento announced Sept. 15 that the diocese has asked a Church tribunal to settle an ongoing dispute with the leaders of the Dominican order’s western province, based in Oakland. The ruling concerns responsibility for the actions of Dominican Father Jerome Henson, who was accused of sexual abuse while serving at St. Dominic Church in Benicia during the early 1980s. Father Henson is accused of molesting a 13-year-old former altar boy in 1981 and also another boy. Father Henson was serving in the Diocese of Orange when the Sacramento-area allegations surfaced in

2002. He was removed from ministry. Sacramento diocesan officials said they made their announcement in response to recent remarks from the pulpit at Benicia’s St. Dominic Church by Dominican Father Emmerich Vogt, prior provincial of the Dominicans’ western province. In a settlement with sex abuse victims and their attorneys reached in June 2005, the Diocese of Sacramento agreed to pay $35 million to 33 victims of sexual abuse in resolving all outstanding legal claims against the diocese and all religious orders operating within the diocese. Two claims involved Father Henson. More than two years later, the diocese

was partially reimbursed by the Dominican’s insurance carrier for the claims against the priest, but so far the province itself has declined to accept responsibility for the remaining damages, which total $1.5 million, according to Kevin Eckery, spokesman for the diocese. “The financial resources of the diocese ultimately come from the generosity and sacrifice of the Catholic people,” Sacramento Bishop William K. Weigand said in a statement released to the media. “As bishop, I have to be a faithful steward of those financial resources. I am just not free to absolve the Dominicans of their full responsibility for the actions of their members. In addition,

it’s a matter of fairness,” the bishop stated. Discussions between the Dominicans and the Diocese of Sacramento have been taking place for more than three years, Eckery said. Repeated efforts to resolve the dispute have been unsuccessful, he said, leading diocesan officials to recourse under canon law. Eckery said the case has been filed with the metropolitan tribunal of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. A metropolitan tribunal is the first appellate court for the diocesan courts in the province. The case is set to be heard in October, he said. Tribunal officials in San Francisco told Catholic San Francisco they could not comment on a pending case.

Israeli rabbi calls Vatican invitation to synod sign of hope By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) – The Vatican invitation to participate in the upcoming world Synod of Bishops on the Bible is a “signal of hope,” said Israeli Rabbi Shear-Yashuv Cohen, who will lead a one-day discussion on the Jewish interpretation of the Scriptures. Rabbi Cohen, co-chairman of the IsraeliVatican dialogue commission and chief rabbi of Haifa, is the first non-Christian ever invited to address the world Synod of Bishops. He will speak the second day of the Oct. 5-26 synod at the Vatican. “(The invitation) brings with it a message of love, coexistence and peace for generations,” Rabbi Cohen told Catholic News Service in an interview in his Jerusalem office in late September. “We see in (the) invitation a kind of declaration that (the Church) intends to continue with the policy and doctrine established by Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, and we

appreciate very deeply this declaration.” Despite the history of violence and bloodshed from the Christian world, said Rabbi Cohen, the invitation can also be seen as a declaration of “respect and coexistence with Judaism as the older brother of Christianity.” He said he actually felt a bit of trepidation in accepting the invitation because some rabbinical leaders feel that interreligious dialogue is simply another way of trying to convince Jews to become Christians. Some Jewish leaders opposed his addressing the synod. “There is an extreme group that is afraid and who say that, since (Christians) didn’t succeed by force to convert us, they are trying now to do it by talking. They call it the kiss of death,” said Rabbi Cohen. “If they are right, I am making a mistake, but I believe that is not the situation.” The rabbi said he sees the invitation as a partial fulfillment of an ancient daily prayer that seeks a day when all people will join together to worship God.

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Wedding Guide The groom’s parents’ role – taming questions of etiquette, tradition, By Pat Wargocki There’s a lot of ambiguity about the role of the groom’s parents at weddings. Depending on their circumstances, they might offer to pay for several things, including flowers and transportation for the bridal party. Some even help with honeymoon expenses. The one rule of thumb, however, seems to be that the groom’s parents host the rehearsal dinner. That’s a given, unless there are extenuating circumstances – such as when the groom’s parents are ill, unable to cover this cost or are deceased. In these situations, the groom or the bride and groom together sometimes assume the responsibility for the dinner; other times, the bride’s parents may offer. Open communications between the bride’s and groom’s families, plus a fair amount of common sense

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and respect, will carry the day. Most parents of the groom don’t view the rehearsal dinner as an obligation so much as a joyous contribution to one of the most memorable events in their son’s life. They want to celebrate as their adult child receives the sacrament of matrimony, which will affect the rest of his life. That’s the good news. The bad news is that most parents of the groom are discovering that the dinner the night before the wedding has evolved into a fairly big deal, with many more attendees and much more expense than at one time was the case. In some cases, rehearsal dinners are becoming so posh they’re like mini wedding receptions. Gone are the days of an intimate rehearsal dinner for just the wedding party and parents of the bride and groom. One reason is that for many relatives and friends today, going to a wedding is no longer a short drive to the church on the big day. Traveling to a wedding may involve an airline flight or long car trip, plus staying at a hotel at least the night before and/or the night after the wedding. Often the groom’s parents would like to extend their hospitality to people who put so much effort (and

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The wedding feast at Cana is depicted in a mosaic in the Holy Family Chapel at the Knights of Columbus headquarters in New Haven, Conn. Wedding etiquette was even an issue in the New Testament as Jesus stepped in at his mother’s request to save a wedding couple’s family from embarrassment.

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and here we often find it hard to accept the real limits of life. What are those limits? They are the limits that come with being an infinite spirit in a finite world. We are fired into this world with a madness that comes from the gods and has us believe that we are destined to embrace the cosmos itself. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want something, we want everything. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a simple way, though a good one, of saying something that Christianity has always said: namely, that in body and soul we are meant to embrace everyone and we already hunger for that. Perhaps we experience it most clearly in our sexuality, but the hunger is everywhere present in us. Our yearning is wide, our longing is infinite, our urge to embrace is promiscuous. We are infinite in yearning, but,

Life and love, beyond the abstract and beyond the grandiosity of our own daydreams, involve hard, painful renunciation. But it is that very renunciation that helps us grow up and makes our lives real in a way our daydreams donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. In trying to explain some of the deeper secrets of life, Jesus gives us this parable: The Kingdom of God is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; when he finds a single one of great value, he goes and sells all that he owns and buys that pearl. That, the pearl of great price, the value of love and its cost, is in essence the challenge that young husband put to his wife when he told her to sort out the question: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are you a married woman or something else?â&#x20AC;? For what are you willing to renounce other things?

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Pax et bonum By Father Bob Cipriano Rector, National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi As we approach the opening day of the new shrine called the “Nuova Porziuncola” at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, I am filled with joy! It’s breathtaking to think that in San Francisco we will have such a sacred place. This little church, a veritable image of the one in Assisi that was so dear to St. Francis (so dear that he asked to be carried there so that he could die on its earthen floor) is simple in its beauty. Some say they “feel” the presence of St. Francis and /or the Lord by just standing near its walls. The last two years so many people have worked to bring this Shrine into existence and, I believe, each will be rewarded by God for the part that she or he has played in its construction. These workers came to us from different parts of the world. Some were Christian, some were not. Some were young, others much older. Some were high in verbal skills, others were silent. But to each and to all we sing out to you (and to all who will come to visit) the joyful song of St. Francis of Assisi: Pax et bonum … Peace and all good. We hope everyone will experience what we do in the New Porziuncola: peacefulness, joy and a desire to share the love of Christ Jesus and of his humble servant, Francis of Assisi, with everyone you meet…including the animals.

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur In the documents of the Second Vatican Council, the Church of Christ acknowledges that in God’s plan of salvation, the beginning of our faith is to be found in the patriarchs, Moses and the prophets – and we profess that all Christ’s faithful are children of Abraham. Church leaders at the Second Vatican Council recognized that “Although Christianity sprang from Judaism, taking from it essential elements of its faith and divine worship, the gap dividing them was deepened more and more, to such an extent that Christian and Jew hardly knew each other.” Urging a deeper understanding between Christian and Jew in the document Nostra Aetate, they said we cannot truly pray to God the Father of all if we treat any people in other than a loving fashion, for all are created in God’s image. Our relation to God the Father and our relation to one another are so dependent upon one another that the Scripture says, “He who does not love, does not know God.” The Jewish High Holy Days, which are spent in prayer and solemn introspection, are observed beginning at sundown on Sept. 29. Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of Ten Days of Awe. It ends on the Day of Atonement with the feast of Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown Oct. 8 and ends on Oct. 9. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the most important of all Jewish Holidays. They are the only holidays that are purely religious, not related to any historical or natural event. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated the first and second day of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar Tishri. It is a time of family gatherings, special meals and sweet tasting foods. Rosh Hashanah also marks the Day of Judgment, as Jews worldwide examine their past deeds and ask for forgiveness, and the Day of Remembrance, as Jews review the history of their people and pray for Israel. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn day of the Jewish year, the most sacred of the Jewish holidays – the “Sabbath of Sabbaths.” Observed on the 10th day of Tishri, it is a day of fasting, reflection and prayers. By Yom Kippur, the 40 days of repentance that began with the first of Elul have passed, and those who have repented for their sins are granted a good and happy New Year. Since Yom Kippur is the day to ask forgiveness for promises broken to God, the day before is reserved for asking forgiveness for broken promises between people. On the eve of Yom Kippur the community joins at the synagogue. Then as the night falls the cantor begins the Kol Nidre, repeated three times, each time in a louder voice – which emphasizes the importance in keeping vows. An important part of the Yom Kippur service is the Vidui or confession. The confessions serve to help reflect on one’s misdeeds and to confess them verbally is part of the formal repentance in asking God’s forgiveness. Because community and unity are an important part of Jewish Life, the confessions are said in the plural (We are guilty). As Yom Kippur ends, at the last hour a service called Ne’ila offers a final opportunity for repentance. It is the only service of the year during which the doors to the Ark (where the Torah scrolls are stored) remain open from the beginning to end of the service. The service closes with the verse, said seven times, “The Lord is our God.” The Shofar is sounded once and the congregation proclaims, “Next year in Jerusalem.” MEH

Reject polarization A few weeks ago, George Wesolek wrote a great article on the compartmentalized split between supporters of pro-life vs. the workers of justice and peace. He lamented that these ministries have existed side by side on parallel lines but were never able to work together as one, that they hold different world-views and they “don’t’ even like each other.” It was painful to read, but I must admit it is true. And in the recent outbreak of comments over the handling of Catholic doctrines by certain politicians, we see the consequences of “not even liking each other.” And I am talking about members of the same faith! George’s article was good at presenting the history of each group since Vatican II and how they ended up in opposite trenches of the culture war. How is it we can believe in the same God, worship in the same Church and still find a way to criticize and denigrate our neighbor so quickly? Why is it that we lord it over them, holding tight to our own corner of the culture-war blanket? I think the answer is multi-layered. If the first layer is the structural one within the Church, as George said, another layer has to rest outside the Church at the foot of the political parties fanning the flames of cultural separation and the media gorging themselves on the resulting tension – reaching a cyclical high pitch every four years. But there is a deeper layer within ourselves, within our own selfishness and shortsightedness. How can we rise above the polarization? How can we turn off the culture-war mode to concentrate on building of the Kingdom? The answer can only come from a source higher than ourselves. To hear it, we need to be quiet, respectful and prayerful. Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa contrasted Pentecost and Babel as opposing examples of the love of God vs. the love of selves. He says that only the unitive power of the Holy Spirit can build up out of love and out of obedience. Who are the builders of Babel? Father Cantalamessa says, “We, alas, are one of them, the passage from Babel to Pentecost must be carried out spiritually every day in our lives, just as we need to pass continually from the old man to the new man.” Since the hunting season of political campaigning is far from over, I am begging the Holy Spirit to help us survive the storm. Michèle Szekely San Francisco

myself. He married my children, baptized their babies, and conducted my husband Oliver’s funeral. Never was there a better friend, confessor or compassionate man. I congratulate you on describing his qualities so beautifully. Helen Austin Fairfax

Delusional thinking A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is not a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without either the peanut butter or the jelly. It does not take a law license, or a religious preference, or a high IQ to understand this. In fact even a child can recognize basic reality, often better than we adults. In the same way, a “marriage” which lacks a husband or wife is not a marriage. Whatever it may be, it is not a marriage. And calling it so does not make it so, unless we are willing to delude ourselves. Let’s not delude ourselves and others – it hurts both of us. Vote yes on Proposition 8. Cyrus Johnson San Mateo

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Wonderful priest I can’t thank you enough for the wonderful piece about Father Al Vucinovich. I live across from St. Rita’s rectory on Marinda Drive in Fairfax. For 25 years he was a dear friend, neighbor, and travel companion for both my husband and

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Prop 8 from pulpit

The bishop of each diocese of California should instruct every priest to explain and preach to all their parishioners the necessity of voting for Proposition 8 at the November election. This proposition would refute the ruling of the four activist judges ( 4-3 vote) of the California Supreme Court who by the technique of legal legerdemain, found that homosexuals are entitled to have their relationships legalized as marriage. This is opposed not only by natural law but by our Christian doctrine (Gen. 19: 1-25; Rom. 1: 24-32), and other faiths such as Hindus, Muslims, Confucianism, etc. Catholic bishops, including Archbishop Niederauer, and most significantly Pope Benedict XVI, have expressed the teaching of the Church that this is morally wrong and will have disastrous consequences for family and society. The court ruling is in direct contravention of the law passed by the overwhelming vote of California citizens in 2000. This court ruling subverts the commandment “Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother” and the holy sacrament of marriage – just as Roe v. Wade subverted the commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” There are those who will be moved by bumper stickers, TV adds and anecdotes, and there are others who will not. On the other hand, there will be many who will be persuaded by the personal explanation and recommendation given to them by their parish priests. These recommendations will not require fund raising and be of greater effect than indirect communication. I request each bishop to so instruct the priests of his diocese. Richard T. LemMon Atherton

Troubling, heavy handed This is a charged issue and I know some will disagree, but I feel compelled to write. I am deeply saddened by the California Catholic bishops’ support of Proposition 8. The Church has long held there is a distinction between civil marriage and the sacrament of holy matrimony as practiced in the Church. That is why my wife and I decided to marry in the Church and we consider it a great blessing that we were able to give that sacrament to one another. The recent California Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex couples to enter into civil marriages does not threaten the Church’s doctrine, teachings or practices. If the Church has long made the distinction between civil law and Church doctrine, why not now? Official encouragement from the LETTERS, page 20

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Your angel have a name? Mine does (Ed note: the Feast of the Guardian Angels is celebrated Oct. 2.) My affinity for angels is obvious. On my stair landing is a handsome statue of St. Michael the Archangel with sword drawn and foot firmly placed on the evil head of Satan. Hand-painted cherubs grace a set of coffee mugs, and prayers to Michael, Gabriel and Rafael are on my bedside table. As a little girl I prayed to my guardian angel before being tucked in for the night. But I had never been told that my angel had a name until a college friend informed me hers was named Felicia, and that all I had to do was ask! So I did, several times, but nothing happened until the morning of my 21st birthday. I had just awakened and in that ephemeral moment when sleep gently fades away beneath the dawning of consciousness, an androgynous sounding voice said quite clearly: “John.” Despite my pleas to speak again, John remains at my side to this day, albeit silently. Being singularly mine, the friendship of my heavenly protector suggests he is open to suggestions -- like coming to the aid of a man racked with a fit of coughing during

Mass. When I asked John to help him, the coughing abruptly stopped. Coincidence? Maybe. Maybe not. Having a personal guardian angel has never been defined by the Church as an article of faith, but the Catholic encyclopedia tells us that it is, “in the mind of the Church,” and as St. Jerome expressed it: “How great the dignity of the soul, since each one has from his birth an angel commissioned to guard it.” The reality of angel guardians is stated by Jesus’ admonition, “See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.” What is this if not an affirmation that our guardian angel is always before God, serving as our advocate when we’re in danger or need? A friend of mine with car problems on a foggy night can attest to this. Miles from home and with no cell phone, she was desperate until two young girls in a pickup truck pulled up to offer assistance They looked under the hood, did something inside, and the stalled motor started. Before she could even thank them, my friend’s r rescuers were gone in the fog. Angels? Maybe. Maybe not.

In his Summa Theologiae, Thomas Aquinas holds that every soul that comes into the world is given a personal spirit guardian that has been created to be immortal. “Thus, angels can never die, nor are they Jane L. Sears separated from us after death, but remain with us in heaven, not to help us attain salvation, but ad aliquam illustrationem” (to enlighten us with their angelic ministry). Meanwhile, in the daily vicissitudes of life, how fortunate we are to know this heavenly protector remains steadfastly at out side. If you would like to know the name of your own loyal friend, all you have to do is ask. Will your angel tell you? Maybe. Maybe not. Jane L. Sears is a freelance writer and member of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame.

The Catholic Difference

Converting England – and us In 1850, Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman wrote his fellow-Englishmen from Rome, announcing that Pius IX had restored the diocesan hierarchy in England and that he, Wiseman, would be cardinal archbishop of Westminster. “From Out the Flaminian Gate,” a pastoral letter longer on baroque rhetoric than ecumenical diplomacy, caused a perfect storm in Protestant England. Queen Victoria wondered whether she remained the sovereign. Lord John Russell, the prime minister, said he would rely on the good sense of the English people, who “looked with contempt on the mummeries of superstition.” The Anglican archbishop of York warned that Rome was plotting Anglicanism’s “captivity and ruin.” As things turned out, Anglicanism proved quite capable of arranging its own sad ruin. Today, Catholics (their ranks bolstered by a substantial number of Polish immigrants) are the largest number of Christian churchgoers in England. The Church of England is the Christian community to which most Englishmen know that they, and their parents and grandparents, once belonged. England’s cause, and Anglicanism’s, are no longer thought to be the same. Which was once the case, and for centuries. At the level of national mythology, modern state-building in 16th century England had a premier Catholic villain: the Spanish bogeyman, Philip II, with his Armada. Perhaps more importantly in ordinary people’s lives, the formation of the modern state in Tudor England went hand-in-(mailed)-glove with the state-sponsored and state-enforced demolition of traditional Catholic piety in favor of Protestant doctrine and practice,

in what historian Eamon Duffy dubbed “the stripping of the altars.” By 1688, with the staunchly Protestant William and Mary enthroned and James II in exile, to be an English patriot was to be Protestant. Catholicism was dangerously “other.” That the storm of controversy Nicholas Wiseman caused in 1850 is inconceivable now – that contemporary calls for England’s conversion would likely meet yawns rather than outrage – says a lot about the land that once produced such great Christian allegorists as John Bunyan, John Milton, and C.S. Lewis. “English = Protestant” has been replaced by a new equation: “English = Multiculturally P.C.” Evensong is still sung superbly in King’s College chapel, Cambridge; but the psalms and canticles echo amidst the real absence. Bunyan’s Pilgrim has come to an even deeper slough: not of despond, but of spiritual apathy and boredom. Into that slough now rides Father Aidan Nichols, the distinguished English Dominican theologian. His small book, “The Realm: An Unfashionable Essay on the Conversion of England,” makes a bold claim about the past and a bold wager about the future: “England is in fact inseparable from Catholicism, unimaginable without it.” Moreover, Father Nichols argues, to preach, teach, propose and invite the conversion of England is not bad manners, but true courtesy. Replying to a BBC interviewer who fretted that England’s return to the Catholic orbit would violate contemporary ecumenical and multiculturalist sensibilities, Nichols responded in a tone that might have commended itself to Cardinal Wiseman, before he put pen to parchment outside the Flaminian Gate:

“...if Catholic Christianity conveys in human form the divine revelation which is the greatest truth, goodness, and beauty man can know, then all the elements of truth, goodness and beauty in the theory and George Weigel practice of other forms of Christianity and indeed in other faith traditions would attain their crown in this [Catholic] context, would come to their intended fulfillment.” Father Nichols’ description of the cultural challenges of the New Evangelization after Vatican II rings true far beyond Land’s End: our problem today is less the new atheism than the new apathy, an apathy that has grown exponentially amidst uninteresting and soggy Christianity, material wealth, and the decline of any public consensus that some things are, simply, true. Like those who will read him with appreciation here in the former colonies, Father Nichols also recognizes the challenge of spiritual boredom in post-Christian culture cannot be met by Catholic Lite. It can only be met, and the 21st century world converted, by Catholicism in full. On that, Aidan Nichols and Nicholas Wiseman would be fully agreed. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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St. Francis was right: in giving, we receive St. Francis of Assisi, patron of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, wrote the often-quoted words “In giving, we receive.” Was this a fundraising gimmick of the Middle Ages or was this an authentic call to a deeper spiritual insight? What motivates generosity in each of us? Regardless of the state of the economy, why would any person give anything for any particular cause? Almsgiving is a religiously motivated giving of money or resources to benefit those needing them. This giving of alms is often traditionally linked to prayer and fasting. This act of generous self-donation maintains a special place in Catholic Christianity. St. Francis considered living on alms an imitation of the life of Jesus, Mary and the Apostles. Centuries later, William J. Short, OFM from the Franciscan School of Theology wrote, “In later Hebrew Scriptures ‘sedaqua’ means both ‘alms’ and ‘justice’, implying that almsgiving restores God’s right order in society.” In the later Middle Ages begging (mendicant) religious orders often sought alms of food, goods or money to maintain their communities. In contemporary Catholic America, almsgiving has built and maintained our institutions of faith including seminaries, shrines, hospitals and the retrofit of churches and cathedrals through free-will offerings, legacies and bequests by way of both informal and formal fundraising mechanisms. The spiritual foundation of all Catholic giving is a practice of considering and treating all things of this earth and one’s own life as belonging to God and defining oneself

as steward of the gifts given to us by God himself. Generosity is never tied to our circumstances, but to our convictions. Motivation for giving must come from somewhere other than guilt for not giving or shame for giving too little. Public scoldings from the ambo only guarantee a collection basket of resentment. What makes people authentically generous is a deep, transformative experience of divine grace -- the kind of transformational experience centered on the power of belief in Christ Jesus and his instruction to us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind and to love our neighbor as ourself. This necessarily requires love-in-action in building the Kingdom of God on earth. St. Francis was convinced we should proclaim the Gospel of Jesus – and rarely use words. To give means to act. Generosity is not merely a word, a thought or a desire but freewill choice to walk the words of Jesus. Stewardship is an equally powerful driving force within our sacred tradition, which has come down to us as a ministry of one who is responsible as “lord or lady of the manor” who manages essential resources and functions (oikonomia). This pre-supposes a deep personal spirituality that understands what Peter the Apostle wrote in the first century, “As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” Stewards are those entrusted with the responsible management of all God has given to humanity including God’s plan of salvation, especially the “divine economy.”

On the surface all giving appears to cast fundraising in an earthly economic environment. But the reality is an active involvement in something greater than simply writing a check. Divine economy, in the broadest Deacon R. sense, not only refers to Christoph God’s actions to bring about the world’s salvaSandoval tion and redemption, but to all God’s dealings and interactions with the world. In this case, stewardship has come to mean more a way of life than a specific action. The life of stewardship is then Christocentric — a trifold process of thought, feeling and action whereby we relate our whole person to the whole action of God in the image of Jesus toward others and the active transformation of the world around us. To authentically pray for vocations means to authentically be prayer in action. These two notions of almsgiving and stewardship are the pillars of Catholic advancement. They inform and drive both fundraising and development. Fundraising requires “friendraisST. FRANCIS, page 21

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL EZ 18:25-28 Thus says the Lord: You say, “The Lord’s way is not fair!” Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair? When someone virtuous turns away from virtue to commit iniquity, and dies, it is because of the iniquity he committed that he must die. But if he turns from the wickedness he has committed, he does what is right and just, he shall preserve his life; since he has turned away from all the sins that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 R. Remember your mercies, O Lord. Your ways, O Lord, make known to me; teach me your paths, guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. R Remember your mercies, O Lord. Remember that your compassion, O Lord, and your love are from of old. The sins of my youth and my frailties remember not;

Viktor E. Frankl, Holocaust survivor and author of “Man’s Search for Meaning,” says: “Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Even in the worst of circumstances, one has responsibility toward oneself. One might be deprived of family and community, but one still has to choose how to live. Human beings are free to choose. Jean-Paul Sartre puts it existentially: “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.” While the Christian worldview calls for individual responsibility, we are not condemned to be free. Rather, we are blessed to be free. God in his wisdom and providence has given each of us the precious ability to choose between “life and good, and death and evil.” We cannot use community as a means of shirking personal responsibility. Community is possible only to the extent individuals are capable of assuming responsibilities toward themselves and others. This is valid in the secular and sacred spheres. Addressing Israelites during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel calls them individually to accountability. Scattered in exile among nations, they cannot enjoy the luxury of a national sense of obedience to God, as expressed in the Jewish unifying prayer “Shema Israel.” Even in such sad circumstances of fragmentation and alienation,

Letters . . . ■ Continued from page 18 Church to support Prop 8 with financial and volunteer support seems heavy handed. But the suggestion that voting for the proposition is a moral obligation is troubling. My wife and I know many gay and lesbian couples who are in strong, committed relationships. Should they choose to enter into a civil marriage, their commitment to one another does nothing to threaten my Catholic faith. I am troubled that the Church would encourage its members to pass a law that amends the state constitution with the purpose of denying a specific civil right to a minority group. Denying the rights of the few – even if voted on by a majority – strikes me as un-American and not all that Christian. John Kovacevich San Francisco

Disservice to Pelosi The Archbishop’s quick reaction to condemn Speaker Pelosi’s comments on Church teaching does her a disservice. All

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Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 18:25-28; Psalm 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32 in your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, O Lord. R. Remember your mercies, O Lord. Good and upright is the Lord; thus he shows sinners the way. He guides the humble to justice, and teaches the humble his way. R. Remember your mercies, O Lord. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE PHILIPPIANS PHIL 2:1-11 Brothers and sisters: If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any

compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others. Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becom-

Scripture reflection FATHER CHARLES PUTHOTA

Jesus is our paradigm for personal responsibility there is no substitute for personal commitment. In fact, there is all the more reason for individuals to assume greater responsibility in following God’s ways. Each one has to turn away from iniquity and wickedness and do what is right and just to preserve one’s life. With no community available for support and encouragement, they as individuals have to choose to live a life worthy of God’s calling. Jesus specifies personal accountability in favor of deeds that go far beyond words. In the parable, one son (representing tax-collectors, sinners and prostitutes) says he will not go, but changes his mind and goes to work

in the vineyard. The other son (for religious and civil authorities) says he will go, but does not go. Being born into a community or tradition will not automatically save one. We have to respond to Jesus’ call as individuals and follow him into his community. Our personal responsibility will be judged on the basis of deeds, not words. Our words of prayer will have to be complemented by our deeds of service. Our liturgies should open us to the wider possibilities of remembering Jesus in acts of compassion: “Whenever you have done this to the least of my brothers and sisters, you have done it to me.” Our profession of faith must issue

she did was to note that there was ambivalence in Church teaching on the origin of human life as recent as 50 years ago. That is a true statement. I was taught in Catholic college that is was not clear exactly when, prior to birth, that human life began. This was 50 years ago and was based on the writings of Thomas Aquinas, a saint and Doctor of the Church. Granted that the Church’s position has changed since then, but to claim that the principle of life-at-conception has been affirmed since the first century is historically not correct. Church teaching has evolved on this (and other) matters and, I suspect, will continue to evolve as scientific truths become more apparent. Raymond J. Donohue Corte Madera

ing it to “Sex and the City.” I am wondering as to why in our Catholic newspaper these things are even mentioned, and given the review space. In Philippians, Chapter 4, we read whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, gracious, if there is any excellence or anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Let’s encourage our film-makers to give us quality, uplifting family films that we can all enjoy in good conscience and not patronize films that are morally degrading. Elizabeth Tremel Sausalito

Select better movies Upon reading the Catholic San Francisco, I came across the commentary by Harry Forbes on the film, “The Women,” an update of an old movie classic. Gossip, an affair, betrayal, crude words, profanity, sexual banter, drug use and adultery were all referred to by the reviewer as part of this film – even compar-

Catechesis essential The Catholic San Francisco is a valuable resource for our faith community. It attempts to inform us on Catholic concerns, and most importantly, can educate us on matters of worship. I refer to the two complex topics of page 13, Aug. 22 regarding the future changes to the Mass and the mandate to cease using the name of Yahweh in worship. In matters such as these, that will directly impact our worship practices,

ing obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 21:28-32 Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ He said in reply, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, ‘Yes, sir,’ but did not go. Which of the two did his father’s will?” They answered, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him.”

forth in the promotion of justice, which is simply our mission of making God’s blessings available to everyone. There is no dichotomy between faith and justice. We live a faith that does justice. Jesus is our supreme paradigm for personal responsibility. There is no discrepancy between his words and deeds. Saying yes to his Father, he goes into the vineyard to do His work. He is God’s Word. The Word becomes flesh. The Word becomes the person of Jesus whose personal mission is to fulfill his Father’s will. Paul presents Jesus’ personal response in the form of humble obedience to the Father. Jesus assumes the awesome responsibility of redeeming the world by giving up his position with God, becoming human, and obeying his Father unto death on the cross. Because of this, God exalts him as Lord. If Jesus had not assumed his personal mission, what would have happened to the whole human family? Thanks to his obedience, we are filled with hope for new life. Having created us uniquely, God has given a mission to each one of us. We have to rise to the call of God in Jesus to fulfill our individual mission, the most vital part of which is to bring our personal fulfillment into building up the community, the Body of Christ, leading up to the Kingdom of the Father. Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D. is pastor of St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco.

would you consider starting the necessary catechesis, right now, right here, in the paper? In matters such as these, Catholics need to be fed intellectually. The twoparagraph article regarding the usage of Yahweh never answered the question of why. Can Catholic San Francisco create an on-going series, specifically following and reporting on the changes to the Roman Missal? As I understand, the timetable suggests the entire translation will not be approved until 2010 or later. As a Church, we failed our followers with poor catechesis regarding Vatican I and Vatican II. We are the Church, and this time, we need to be ready in all areas of communication for this challenge. Peggy Rozhon El Granada (Ed note: Indeed, catechesis on the Mass changes is being developed by national and international organizations. The Office of Worship will be providing those materials to parishes and other organizations and individuals. Catholic San Francisco plans to carry explanatory and background coverage.)

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Divino Niño devotion celebrated

Pope: Eucharist draws faithful to Christ His presence has power, he added. “It draws us in to make us his own, to make us similar to him; it attracts us with the strength of his love, leading us out of ourselves in order to unite us to him, making us one with him,” the pope said. Through baptism, religious education and preaching, Christians are shaped and molded into the living stones that make up the church, he said, but the result is complete “only when they are joined together by love.” “Therefore, the love of Christ, the love that will never end, is the spiritual energy that unites those who participate in the same sacrifice and are nourished by the one bread broken for the salvation of the world,” the pope said.

‘Faithful Citizenship’

(PHOTO BY JOSE AGUIRRE/ EL HERALDO)

ALBANO, Italy (CNS) – The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist has a dynamism that draws people in and makes them more like Christ, Pope Benedict XVI said. At a Sept. 21 Mass in Albano, a small town in the hills south of Rome, Pope Benedict consecrated the new altar in the town’s cathedral. The pope told those gathered for the morning Mass that they should be filled with joy knowing that “each day the sacrifice of Christ” will be offered on the new altar. “On this altar, he will continue to sacrifice himself in the sacrament of the Eucharist for our salvation and that of the whole world,” he said. “In the eucharistic mystery, renewed on every altar, Jesus makes himself truly present,” the pope said.

Jose A. Medina, Ph.D., consultant on Hispanic ministries to the California bishops’ conference, addresses participants at a Sept. 19 open discussion on the U.S. bishops’ document “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Redwood City. Three Spanish-language conferences were held across the Archdiocese last week, followed by three in English this week, the last of which takes place today at 7 p.m. at Holy Name of Jesus Parish, 1555 39th Ave., San Francisco.

(PHOTOS BY JOSE AGUIRRE/EL HERALDO)

More than 500 faithful took part in a devotion to Divino Niño during a Sept. 7 Mass at Corpus Christi Parish in San Francisco. Celebrant was Father Juan Andres Barrera, above right, of Colombia, South America, where the devotion is very popular, dating from the early part of the 20th century. One focus of the celebration is the blessing of children who are in attendance.

Community health fair at St. Paul of Shipwreck St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish and Arthur H. Coleman Medical Center will host a community health fair Oct. 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature a physicians’ youth forum from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., a free lunch and entertainment by Gospel youth choirs from 12:15 to 1, health screenings from 1 to 4 and talks with physician counselors from 3 to 4. For more information, call (415) 750-5683. The church is located at Third Street and Jamestown Avenue, and the Coleman Medical Center is located at Third and Ingerson streets.

St. Francis . . . ■ Continued from page 19 ing.” The apostolic tradition from the very beginning meant building communities by building trust and relationship under the banner of a common conviction. If we believe raising money for St. Patrick’s Seminary and University helps to build Church for the succeeding generations, then we will join in the divine effort to validate that vision by giving alms and offering stewardship. Nothing says it better than the mission statement of our seminary. It reads in part, “St. Patrick’s Seminary and University maintains as its primary purpose the initial and ongoing formation of Roman Catholic priests in a contemporary multicultural world, especially for the dioceses within the Western United States and the Pacific Rim. Through (The Four Pillars) human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral development, it enables Christ-centered men to grow and excel as collaborative, culturally aware pastoral leaders committed to Jesus and his Church.” To give means that we receive holy priests who break open the Word in our lives, who offer sacraments which bestow upon us the divine life of God himself and who offer witness in their various ministries to the image and likeness of Christ. If we understand this, then we truly understand St. Francis when he says, “In giving, we receive.” Deacon R. Christoph Sandoval is project director of the Office of Advancement of St. Patrick’s Seminary and University and a member of its Board of Regents.

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A funeral Mass for Marianist Father John C. Rielly was celebrated Sept. 20 at Queen of the Apostles Church in San Jose. Father Rielly was a regular celebrant and homilist at the parish for more than 20 years. The priest died Sept. 14 at Marianist Center, his congregation’s retirement facility in Cupertino. He was 83 years old. Born and raised in San Francisco, Father Rielly attended St. James Elementary School. He entered the Marianists during his junior year at St. James High School, which became Archbishop Riordan High School in 1949. He professed first vows in 1943 and perpetual vows in 1945. He was ordained to the priesthood in Fribourg, Switzerland July 12, 1953. Father Rielly completed undergraduate work in philosophy at the Marianist’s University of Dayton later earning a graduate degree in Latin from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. During his years as a religious he served in many capacities including early service as a teacher at Archbishop Riordan High School and most recently as head of its Marianist Family League, laity outreach focusing on faith-sharing. “Father Rielly was a very nice man, a very good priest” said Marianist Father Tom French, Riordan president. “Up until June he was driving up from Cupertino and directing the Family League ministry. It was the directive of our founder, Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, that we be present to the laity. Father Rielly followed that charism very well. We will miss him very much.” “I held his hand and said the Glorious Mysteries and

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Special Liturgies Sept. 27, 5 p.m.: Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz at St. Anthony Church, 3215 Cesar Chavez St. (Army) in San Francisco. Potluck dinner and social follows in school cafeteria. Call (415) 647-2704 for details. Oct. 4, 11 a.m.: First Saturday Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. Call (650) 756-2060. Oct. 18, 5 p.m.: St. Luke’s Mass and Banquet at St. Cecilia Church and Collins Center, 17th Ave. at Vicente St. in San Francisco. Tickets are $70. Attorney Wesley J. Smith will speak on “Assisted Suicide and the Corruption of Palliative Care” and be honored with the group’s annual award. Copies of Smith’s book, “Forced Exit,” will be available for purchase. Contact George Maloof, M.D., at gemaloof2003@yahoo.com or (415) 305-2408. Sponsored by San Francisco Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.: Breast cancer Awareness Mass at St. Dominic Church, Bush St. at Steiner in San Francisco. Survivors of the disease as well as family and friends of survivors and those lost to the disease are invited. Parking available. Call (415) 929-9242 or e-mail martid528@comcast.net for more information. Oct. 26, 3:30 p.m.: “Mass for Those Affected by Crime, Abuse or Violence.” Archbishop George Niederauer will preside. This is a Mass for those of all ages who have been victimized in any way through crime, abuse or violence. It is also for secondary victims including families and friends of those traumatized. Sponsored by the Restorative Justice Board for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Call (415) 614-5570 or e-mail ribeirop@sfarchdiocese or mfelix@ihmbelmont for more information.

Arts & Entertainment Sept. 28, 5 p.m.: Jerome Lenk, director of music and liturgy at Mission Dolores Basilica, will present an organ concert in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Basilica organ featuring works by Charles Vidor. Free-will donations benefit the music program at the parish. Reception follows. For more information, call (415) 621-8203 or visit www.missiondolores.org. Oct. 26, 3 p.m.: Concert featuring “The Jeduthun” and “Chorus Paulinus” of the Philippines under the musical direction of Father Arnold Zamora at St. Brendan Church, 29 Rockaway Ave. just off Laguna Honda in San Francisco. Proceeds benefit St. Brendan Church Altar Servers’ Society and retired priests of Bohol in the Philippines. Tickets are $15 each. For more information call Sister Necy at (415) 681-4225.

Food & Fun Sept. 27, 8:45 a.m. registration: San Francisco’s 5K Out of the Darkness Community Walk in Crissy Field. Event benefits suicide outreach providers including local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs. The walk will begin at 10 a.m. Guest speaker is State Sen. Tom Torlakson who will discuss state mental health policy. Music, refreshments and a thank you prize drawing at the end of the walk also included. John Sasaki of KTVU will be the Emcee. To register, donate or to learn more, visit www. outofthedarkness.org or e-mail Karin Tindall at NorcalAFSP@aol.com . Sept. 26, 27, 28: 70th Annual St. Philip Parish Festival. Festivities start with parish dinner Friday at 6 p.m. followed by two days of games, activities and free entertainment Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Teen dance takes place Saturday at 7 p.m. Takes place on St. Philip campus at 24th and Diamond Street in Noe Valley; details at www.stphilipfestival.org or call (415) 824-8467. Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m.: Evening benefiting Daughters of Charity’s Villa Siena Senior Living Community in Mountain View. Enjoy dinner, live music from the Big Band era, dancing and silent auction. Tickets are $75. Contact the Villa Siena Foundation at (650) 961-6484 or vsfound@pacbell.net or visit www.villa-siena.org. Sept. 27, 28, noon - midnight: International Food Festival at St. Thomas More Church and School, Brotherhood Way at Junipero Serra Blvd. in San Francisco. Food from around the world plus carnival rides, games, jumpers, videogame competitions for all ages. Adult beverages and live entertainment for adults with evening music and dance party. Oct. 3, 4: “Fabulous Fiftieth Jubilee Weekend” at Our Lady of Loretto Parish and School in Novato. Friday is Family Movie Night with the popular comedy, “Ratatouille,” on the school lawn. Tickets are $20 per family for film and food.

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Datebook Oct. 4, noon: The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrate 175 years as a congregation and 120 years in Northern California with a special Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Paul Church, 29th and Church in San Francisco. “Everyone is invited,” said Sister Maureen O’Brien, former principal of St. Paul High School. “It is a Mass of Thanksgiving for a wonderful 175 years as a congregation and 120 years in San Francisco.” Father Kevin Gaffey, former pastor of St. Paul’s and a graduate of St. Paul Elementary School will be principal celebrant and homilist. Father Mario Farana, St. Paul pastor, will concelebrate. Congregation president, Sister Mary Ann Zollmann, BVM, a former member of the faculty at St. Paul High School, will also take part. In addition to St. Paul’s, the BVM Sisters have served at parishes Sister Mary Ann Zollmann, BVM, and schools including San Francisco’s St. Philip, St. Brigid, Most Holy Redeemer and St. Thomas More. For more information on helping with the event or remembering the Sisters on this milestone, call (415) 648-3862. Saturday begins with a pancake breakfast by the Knights of Columbus in the parish hall at 9 a.m. followed by a parish festival with 19 booths, face painting, games and bingo. Family Mass is at 5 p.m. then a spaghetti feed. For more information, call (415) 892-8621. Oct. 3, 7 a.m.: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd. in Greenbrae for Mass with breakfast and talk following. Today’s speaker is attorney and columnist Dick Spotswood whose topic is “Predictions for the November Election After Denver and St. Paul.” Members breakfast $7/visitors $10. Call (415) 461-0704 weekdays or email sugaremy@aol.com. Oct. 4, 6 – 11 p.m.: Casino Night 2008 at All Souls Church, Spruce and Walnut Ave. in South San Francisco. Play poker, blackjack, craps and pai gow. Call (650) 871-8944. Oct. 4, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Star of the Sea Festival and Touch-a-Truck Event on parish campus, 360 9th Ave. in San Francisco. Vehicles expected to be available include a front loader, backhoe, steamroller, fire truck, police car and ambulances. Trucks on site 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. with festival completing the day from 2 – 7 p.m. Oct. 5, 9:30 – 1:30 p.m.: “Ultimate Home Party,” a shopping opportunity benefiting the Ladies Guild of St. Mark Parish, 325 Marine View – just a few blocks off Old County Rd., in Belmont. Items include jewelry, house wares and clothing. Free admission. Raffles take place throughout the afternoon. Call the parish office for more information at (650) 591-5937. Oct. 5: Annual 5K Run or Walk at Lake Merced benefiting Strides for Life Colon Cancer Foundation. $35 registration fee includes tee shirt, drawstring sport pack, water bottle, and breakfast after race. Register on-line as an individual or form a team at www.stridesfor life.org or call (650) 588-6390. Oct. 10, 11, 12: All Souls Parish Festival, Spruce and Walnut Ave. in South San Francisco: Friday 6 – 10 pm.; Saturday noon – 10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Games, rides, prizes, music and food. Call (650) 871-8944.

Good Health Oct. 11, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.: “Crossing the Threshold to Adulthood in a Healthy Manner,” a daylong session for youth and their families with opportunities for health screenings and dialogue with physicians. Takes place at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, Third St. at Jamestown in San Francisco. Day includes raffles and lunch plus entertainment by a Gospel Youth Choir. Every part of the day is free and includes medical check-ups for everyone in the family. Minors must be accompanied by parent or guardian to take part in health screenings from 1 – 4 p.m. Sponsored by St. Mary’s Medical Center, St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, the San Francisco Giants and others. For more information, call (415) 750-5683.

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

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Catholic Charismatic Renewal Information about the group’s activities can usually be found at their website www. sfspirit.com. For more information, e-mail John Murphy at exmorte@aol.com. Oct. 3, rosary 6:45 p.m. and Mass 7:30 p.m.: First Friday liturgy at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Fulton and James St. in Redwood City.

Trainings/Lectures/Respect Life Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, 6:30 p.m.: “Let Paul Speak to the Nations,” a series looking at the life and letters of St. Paul with Father David Pettingill at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, Third St. at Jamestown in San Francisco. Registration fee: $25. Bring a Bible. For registration information, call (415) 468-3434. Oct. 3, 5:30 – 7 p.m.: 4th Annual “Domestic Violence: Not in Our Community,” a domestic violence prevention program with survivors and advocates sharing experiences and recommending ways to promote healthy relationships. Presented by CORA Kumares, Kumpares; Venue: War Memorial Center, 6655 Mission St., Daly City. Call (650) 652-0800, ext. 115 or e-mail cherieqm@ corasupport.org. Oct. 4, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.: “Where Can 4 Million Displaced Persons Find Homes? The Iraqi Refugee Crisis. The Western Dominican Justice Promoters sponsor a day of study and action at St. Mary Magdalen Parish, 2005 Berryman St. in Berkeley. Speakers include Sister Arlene Flaherty who traveled to Syria and Lebanon with a Catholic Relief Services delegation and met with Iraqi refugees, two Iraqi Dominican Sisters, and Father John Morris, professor of theology at St. Mary’s College in Moraga. Cost: $20. Bring a lunch. For further information or to register, contact Sister Stella Goodpasture at (510) 2612349 or stellamsj@igc.org. Oct. 5, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.: San Francisco Chain for Life on Park Presidio Blvd. between Geary and Clement in San Francisco. People stand with signs in unity over the sanctity of life, organizers said, noting event is “prayerful, peaceful and legal.” For more information, call (415) 752-4922. Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, 3-4:30 p.m.: “Family Caregiver Mini-Sabbatical,” a four-part series for persons helping an older spouse, parent or sibling, especially someone with increasing memory loss. The Tuesday afternoon sessions will be held at Catholic Charties CYO’s San Carlos Adult Day Services, 787 Walnut St., San Carlos. Cost is $25, but a sliding scale fee is available. Respite care can be arranged. For information, call (650) 5929325 or e-mail mvargas@cccyo.org. Oct. 15, 3:30 p.m.: Lecture by Dominican Father Michael Morris, professor of religion and the arts and collector and expert on film posters from Bible-inspired films, at 252 McLaren Conference Center at University of San Francisco. Reception follows in Thatcher Gallery where a display of such posters as “The Celluloid Bible” continues until Dec. 14. For more information, call (415) 422-204 or visit www.usfca.edu/library/thacher

Taize/Chanted Prayer 1st Friday at 8 p.m.: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; young adults are invited each first Friday of the month to attend a social at 6 p.m. prior to Taize prayer at 8 p.m. The social provides light refreshments and networking with other young adults. Convenient parking is available.

For information contact mercyyoungadults@ sbcglobal.net. Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush at Stockton, San Francisco with Rob Grant. Call (415) 397-0113. 2nd Friday at 8 p.m.: Our Lady of the Pillar, 400 Church St. in Half Moon Bay. Call Cheryl Fuller at (650) 726-2249.

Vocations Oct. 17 and subsequent third Fridays, 8 p.m.: Refresh your soul with a moment of peace and quiet away from the busyness of life. Listen to beautiful music and join others in prayer and song around the cross. Offer your restlessness and worries to Jesus, the One who understands. Location: Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Motherhouse Chapel, 43326 Mission Blvd., Fremont. For further information, contact Maria Shao, (408) 839-2068, or maria49830@aol.com or Sister Beth Quire, OP (510) 449-7554 or beth@ msjdominicans. Oct. 25, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Western States Conference of Associates and Religious meet at Notre Dame High School, 1500 Ralston Rd. in Belmont. Notre Dame Sister Janice Bohn will facilitate the day on a theme of “Association: A New Call to Prayer and Service.” Sister Bohn has been a companion to women discerning to become third order associates or vowed religious for almost 30 years. Fee for the day is $30. Lunch is available at $10. Coffee and snacks provided. To register or more information, contact Kathy Noether at knoether@aol.com or call (408) 2673426. For more information about WSCAR, visit the national website at www.nacar96.org.

Reunions Sept. 29, 11:15 a.m.: St. Brigid High School, all classes, at Presidio Golf Club, 9 Presidio Terrace in San Francisco. Contact Helen Perlite at (415) 753-5964. Oct. 4, noon – 3 p.m.: Mercy High School, San Francisco, Class of 1963 at Basque Cultural Center. Contact mrodriguez@mercyhs.org Oct. 4, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: University of San Francisco, Golden Alumni Reunion. All USF graduates 1958 and before are invited. Day includes Mass, reception and lunch. To register or for more information, call (800) 449-4873 or e-mail alumni@usfca.edu. Oct. 18: USF, class of ’48. Reunion events include campus tours, shopping in bookstore, liturgy, reception and dinner. Tickets are $68. For more information or to register, call (800) 4494873 or e-mail alumni@usfca.edu. Oct. 18, 6 p.m.: St. Cecilia Elementary School, class of 1988, at Maggie’s McGarry Bar, 1353 Grant St. in San Francisco. Tickets at $10 include appetizers. Contact Tabitha Totah at Tabitha. Totah@lucasfilm.com. Oct. 18, 11:30 a.m.: St. Agnes Elementary School, class of ’46, at San Rafael Joe’s. Contact Joan Hunt at jnjhunt2003@aol.com or (818) 248-4513. Oct. 18: The class of 1978 from Our Lady of Angels Elementary School is planning a reunion; site to be announced. All members of the class as well as former teachers are asked to contact Julie Britton Kanzaki at kanzakis@comcast.net. Oct. 19, 9:15 a.m. registration: The San Francisco College for Women/Lone Mountain annual all-class reunion. Classes of ’38, 48, ’58, ’68 are honorees. Day includes Mass, lunch, reception. Tickets are $45. Contact USF alumni office at (415) 422-6431 or alumni@usfca.edu. Oct. 25, 6 p.m.: Presentation High School, San Francisco Class of ‘71 at Caesars Restaurant, Bay at Powell in San Francisco. For more information, contact Anne Rabbitt at (415) 892-2974 or anne@ divrab.com. Nov. 9-10: Anyone who attended or taught at Ryan Preparatory Seminary in the Fresno Diocese has been invited to a reunion at the diocesan Pastoral Center which is the site of the former seminary. For information, contact Bob O’Brien at bobrien@cwnet.com or (559) 493-2882.

Pauline Books and Media Daughters of St. Paul, 2640 Broadway, Redwood City (650) 369-4230 - Visit paulineredwood.blogspot.com. Oct. 2, 7 p.m.: Michael McDevitt, retreat leader, speaker and author, presents his new book, “The Unseen Power of Prayer.” The evening promises to be an enriching experience for anyone looking to grow in relationship with God, find God in everyday life and develop a richer prayer life. Oct. 16, 7 p.m.: The Daughters of St. Paul celebrate the Year of St. Paul with Sulpician Father Ronald Witherup. He will examine the lasting testament Paul has given to the Church, Paul’s tireless preaching and writing and his extensive travels and love for Jesus Christ. Copies of Father’s three books on Paul will also be available.

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September 26, 2008

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‘Beyond Tolerance’ offers primer on interfaith understanding “BEYOND TOLERANCE: SEARCHING FOR INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING IN AMERICA,” by Gustav Niebuhr. Viking. 218 pp. $25.95.

By Father Basil DePinto The name of Niebuhr is highly esteemed in ecumenical circles in this country. The author of the book under review, Gustav Niebuhr, is descended from two distinguished forbears: H. Richard, his grandfather, and Reinhold, his great uncle. Both his predecessors were theologians and ethicists. This Niebuhr is a journalist who writes in the spirit of his family, as the subtitle of the book indicates. He writes fervently of his commitment to the cause of religious unity across confessional boundaries. Niebuhr’s principal contention is that mere tolerance is insufficient to bring about real, practical connections among members of differing faiths. This is difficult enough in dealing with one faith in Christian ecumenism. It is far more difficult across the spectrum that includes Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, etc. The author is convinced of the possibility and pursues it with vigor and warmth. He recounts a significant number of personal experiences in which his own generous spirit has successfully aligned with others who are inspired by people like Gandhi, Merton and King. The basic means for achieving understanding, Niebuhr says, is genuine dialogue, in which two partners listen to one

another with mutual respect, and are willing to concede truth in the partner’s position. The tone throughout is one of calm, civil discourse that is committed beforehand to a positive resolution, or at least to the ongoing search for one. It would be very ungenerous to withhold assent from such a large-hearted enterprise. There can be no doubt that real progress has been made in interfaith connections; common prayer events, enlightened discussions, honest appreciation of other traditions and conclusions about religion have made their mark, and one can be reasonably certain that these are permanent gains. But in this reader at least, a gnawing doubt persists. Where is the line to be drawn, particularly by religious authority, between friendly exchange and official concession? On the most basic level, is anti-semitism really a thing of the past? Can a theological rapprochement between Christianity and Buddhism be more than a polite review of data? Niebuhr does not address these issues in any consistent way. What is missing from his account of interfaith relations is the hard fact of human intransigence when people in real life situations are faced with “the other.” The stranger, the alien, the “illegal” remains a figure of danger and anxiety. Perhaps it takes a serious sense of original sin to be both optimistic about human behavior and utterly realistic

about the pain and difficulty that must be included in any equation that seeks genuine change in religious and political encounters. Good and evil, light and darkness are inextricably entwined in human experience. The real value of Niebuhr’s book lies in its historical witness of good will and achievements. It could well serve as a school textbook teaching the basic outline of different faiths, where they agree and where they part company. While maintaining the non-establishment clause of the Constitution, schools should certainly inform children about the objective differences between Christianity and Islam, between Judaism and Hunduism. The deplorable ignorance of religious facts in all segments of our society should be addressed honestly, and Niebuhr’s book would be a good place to start. To do justice to this fine book would take more space than is available here. With the caveat mentioned above goes sincere recommendation of a work of admirable generosity, and the hope that its positive approach will be emulated far and wide among people of good will. The real value of Niebuhr’s book lies in its historical witness of good will and achievements. Father Basil DePinto is a frequent contributor on the arts.

‘Igor’: animated spoof offers some positive life lessons By John Mulderig

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NEW YORK (CNS) – “Igor” (MGM), a slight but entertaining animated horror spoof that trades on the genre’s many cliches, might be characterized as a “Young Frankenstein” for youngsters – without the inspired bits of Mel Brooks’ 1974 satire. Set in the blighted kingdom of Malaria, where evil inventors are treated as aristocracy and anyone born with a hunchback is given the titular name and a predetermined profession as lab assistant, “Igor” is the story of one such aide (voice of John Cusack) who aspires to become a mad scientist like his master, Dr. Glickenstein (voice of John Cleese). After the doctor falls victim to one of his own contraptions, Igor conceals his death and sets about creating a monster in his master’s name. Assisting him are two bungling sidekicks: Brain (voice of Sean Hayes), a disembodied, not overly brilliant brain floating in a jar, and Scamper (voice of Steve Buscemi), an irascible cat. Instead of the frightful monster he envisioned – Malaria has an annual science fair at which the most destructive invention wins – Igor finds that his latest creation is a sweet-tempered, if bizarrely assembled, girl

Scene from the animated movie “Igor.”

who christens herself Eva (voice of Molly Shannon). In one of the film’s best scenes, Eva is accidentally exposed to James Lipton’s television show “Inside the Actors Studio” and decides she wants to take to the stage. As Igor coaches Eva to act the part of a rampaging brute, he comes under the scrutiny of longtime science fair champion Dr. Schadenfreude (voice of Eddie Izzard), who steals other people’s devices. Backed by his shape-shifting girlfriend Jaclyn (voice of Jennifer Coolidge), Schadenfreude plots to take control of Eva and send her creator to the dreaded “Igor Recycling Chute.” As written by Chris McKenna, director Tony Leondis’ family comedy, which also

Organ transplants ‘Mosaic’ topic The blessings and banes of organ transplants are discussed on Mosaic at 5 a.m. Oct.5 on KPIX CBS 5. Guests include Vicki Evans, left, coordinator of Respect Life activities for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and Bel Rennels author of, “A Gift Not Wasted,” which tells of her experience as donor of a kidney to her niece and the richness it brought to Bel’s life. The writer is now a very busy advocate for transplants in the United States. Tom Burke is host. Mosaic is a production of CBS and the Office of Communications and Outreach of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

features voice work by Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall and Christian Slater, fails to capitalize fully on the wealth of talent on tap. It is largely populated with caricatures. The dialogue only rarely rises to the level of genuine wit.

There are some scenes of destruction that might frighten very young viewers. The script occasionally ventures into needless potty humor. But the film, whose director interestingly holds a master’s degree in theology, does offer lessons about overcoming stereotypes, pursuing dreams and embracing goodness. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-I – general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG – parental guidance suggested. Some material might not be suitable for children. Mulderig is on the staff of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies.

Dinner with Bishop Justice

October 14th Presented by The Catholic Professional & Business Club About Bishop Justice

CPBC is blessed to have Bishop Justice as our presenter at our October meeting. Most Reverend William Justice was named auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in April 2008. He has been pastor of Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco since 2003, and archdiocesan vicar for clergy since 2006, a post held previously by Bishop John Wester before he became Bishop of Salt Lake City. Bishop Justice was ordained a priest from the San Francisco Archdiocese in 1968 and then went on to obtain a Masters in Applied Spirituality at the University of San Francisco. He later pursued post-graduate language studies in Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico. He has served in several parishes in the archdiocese and brings a generous pastoral spirit to his work as Vicar for the Clergy.

The Topic: Faithful Citizenship

Our nation faces political challenges that demand urgent moral choices. We are a nation at war, with all of its human costs; a country often divided by race and ethnicity; a nation of immigrants struggling with immigration. We are an affluent society where too many live in poverty; part of a global community confronting terrorism and facing urgent threats to our environment; a culture built on families, where some now question the value of marriage and family life. We pride ourselves on supporting human rights, but we fail even to protect the fundamental right to life, especially for unborn children. We bishops seek to help Catholics form their consciences in accordance with the truth, so they can make sound moral choices in addressing these challenges. We do not tell Catholics how to vote. The responsibility to make political choices rests with each person and his or her properly formed conscience.

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Event Date: Tuesday, October 14th Event Location: Ceasar’s Italian Restaurant, 2299 Powell Street at Bay Street Parking: Easy street parking or $6.00 valet parking Format: Registration begins at 5:30pm followed by networking. Program begins at 6pm, ending by 7:30pm. Includes delicious dinner and dessert. No host beverages.

About the Catholic and Professional Business Club (CPBC)

CPBC is comprised of a group of Catholics who come together and share our common faith, network, hear speakers on pertinent topics, and discuss ways to incorporate our Catholic spirituality and ethics in the workplace. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month. We’d love for you to become a member of the CP&BC of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. To become a member, fill out the form below or visit our website at www.cpbc-sf.org.

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Mark Your Calendars - Upcoming CPBC Programs:

November 12 - Breakfast Meeting with Susan Todaro - Stewardship: Animating Our Faith December 10 – CPBC Merry Christmas! Happy Hour

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September 26, 2008

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Recently named and veteran members of the Catholic San Francisco Advisory Board met Sept. 5 at the Pastoral Center in San Francisco with Archbishop George Niederauer, who is the newspaper’s publisher, and members of its staff. Seated are, from left, Nellie Hizon, who represents the Filipino Catholic community on the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council; Archbishop Niederauer; Father Tom Daly, president of Marin Catholic High School and archdiocesan director of vocations; Sister Sheral Marshall, OSF, pastoral associate at St. Robert Parish, San Bruno; and James Kelly, a founding member of St. Robert Parish, and retired reporter, news and sports editor of the The Monitor. Standing, from left, are Father John Balleza, pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Redwood City; James Clifford, a retired Associated Press reporter and member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Redwood City; Teresa Moore, assistant professor, media studies, University of San Francisco; and Deacon William Mitchell, president of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council and former director of communications for the Archdiocese. Not pictured is Deacon Jeffrey Burns, Ph.D., archdiocesan archivist.

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