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CCCYO sports to mandate pregame ecumenical prayer CYO Athletics introduced mandatory prayer before girls volleyball games in Marin County on Sept. 11, a policy that will be instituted across the Archdiocese of San Francisco by September 2012, according to Catholic Charities CYO. “We think that an opening prayer is a great way to bring us together as a community and remind us that God is present in each of us,” said Jeff Bialik, executive director of Catholic Charities CYO, who noted that parish athletic directors were the ones who first suggested the idea. “We are also trying to reintroduce fun and civility into our games, which can sometimes be too much about winning or losing.” Hundreds of prayer cards were distributed to coaches, parents, and athletic directors to kick off the first phase of the program, said CYO Director of Athletics Courtney Johnson Clendinen, who oversees grade three through eight athletics in Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco counties. “Sharing prayer with someone is very powerful,” said Clendinen. Eighty girls volleyball teams, grades three through eight, were the first to pray the ecumenical prayer that had been written over the course of seven months by a team of religious education directors, athletic directors, pastors and Catholic Charities CYO officials. In January, the 300 Marin County CYO boys’ basketball teams will inaugurate the policy. In September 2012, the rest of the CYO basketball, soccer, and volleyball teams MANDATORY PRAYER, page 13
Arely Caballero and Giselle Sierra, both 11, members of St. Boniface Church in San Francisco, carry a cage with a pair of Australian parakeets, Folsom and Ruth. The pet birds were blessed during the annual Franciscan Blessing of the Animals at the church in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.
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Franciscan Father Tommy King, pastor at St. Boniface, and another parish member look on as a child wants to play with Jack, a dachshund that needs wheels to travel. Right, a young woman gives water to her dog.
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On The Where You Live By Tom Burke This scribe is glad again to raise our glasses and thanks to all of our retired priests. Father Ray Zohlen is former pastor of St. James Parish in San Francisco and St. Raymond Parish in Menlo Park. Now 86 years old, he was ordained Jan. 24, 1953, retired in 2000 and now lives at Serra Clergy House in San Mateo. He also served at parishes including Holy Name of Jesus, St. Patrick, Star of the Sea, St. Anne and Visitacion in San Francisco. Father Kevin Gaffey is retired pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Novato where he served from 1986 until Father Kevin Gaffey retiring in 2003. Now 79 years old, he was ordained June 15, 1957. Father Gaffey is a former pastor of St. Paul Parish and also served at St. Mary’s Cathedral, and parishes including St. Cecilia and St. Philip, in San Francisco and St. Catherine of Siena in Burlingame. He now makes his home at Vallombrosa Retreat Center in Menlo Park. Father Zohlen and Father Gaffey are two of 90 priests who have served us here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and now have a chance to rest a bit – I say a bit because they truly just keep on going. We are in their prayers and hearts every day. These men are the special guests at the first St. John Vianney Luncheon at St. Mary’s Cathedral Oct. 21 at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $100 per person. Fun and fine fare are both on the menu. Proceeds benefit the Priests Retirement Fund. Call (415) 614-5580 or email development@sfarchdiocese.org. If you missed the recent collection for retired priests, you can send your gift to Priests Retirement Collection, Office of Development, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. • Happy 25 years married Aug. 16 to Sabina and Jeff Burns who celebrated the special occasion at the Claremont Hotel. Sabina teaches first grade at Oakland’s St. Lawrence O’Toole School and Jeff, ordained in 2003, is deacon at St. Lawrence Church. A well known and
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Grace is always present Let me begin by thanking you for your prayers and concern and support during my recent illness and now, during my recuperation. It is a humbling and welcome experience to be on the receiving end of such love and affection from so many priests, religious and lay people, from Catholics and non-Catholics alike. As many of you know, on Aug. 29 I underwent cardiac bypass surgery in Long Beach, where I was concluding my vacation. After the surgery I had to deal with a difficult infection, but now I am back home here and looking forward to returning to my duties as archbishop in six to eight weeks. It is an article of our Catholic faith that God’s grace is present for us in every moment, in every circumstance, no matter how difficult or challenging or painful the moment is. That is our belief, but, in the moment itself, we can feel so afraid or distracted that we don’t have a sense of God present to us and
Archdiocese offers missal workshops The implementation of the revised missal is only eight Sundays away. Interested in learning more about the liturgy and the new translation? Attend one of the following archdiocesan workshops: — Oct. 18, 7 to 9 p.m., St. Bartholomew Parish, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Spring, San Mateo. — Oct. 22, 10 a.m. to noon, St. Anselm Parish, 97 Shady Lane off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Ross. — Nov. 6, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Laura Bertone, interim director of the archdiocesan Office of Worship will facilitate the free sessions. For more information, call (415) 614-5586.
acting in our lives. That’s when God often gets our attention by something someone says to us, or something we read, or something that happens in prayer. I’d like to share with you one such gift God gave me last month, a few days after my surgery. Our loving God tailors his graces to each of us, to our
I’d like to share with you (a) gift God gave me last month, a few days after my surgery. gifts, our limitations and our experiences. I had taught English in college for 27 years, so God reminded me of a poem by John Donne, an early-17th-century Anglican clergyman in England. It is one of his best poems, often appearing in anthologies, and I had forgotten about it for many years. It is printed in the poetry section in the back of the Liturgy of the Hours that priests, deacons, religious and many lay people use daily for morning and evening prayer, and at other hours as well. The entire poem is sublimely beautiful, but I didn’t move past the first stanza, because that’s what God was calling me to hear. The poem is entitled “Hymn to God my God, in my Sickness,” and these are the first five lines: Since I am coming to that holy room Where, with Thy choir of saints for evermore, I shall be made Thy music; as I come I tune the instrument here at the door, And what I must do then, think here before. What a lovely image to connect our life here on earth with eternal life! Donne is not gloomy or saccharine or vague. Our life here is a practice session, a rehearsal, if you will, and we prepare for eternal life by living the life of Christ together here and now. We “think here before” about our loving God and our relationship with him, and we “tune the instrument” of living this life here so that it is in harmony with what Christ teaches us in the Gospel in our life together as church. As I prayed about these lines of Donne, I realized that the rest of my life, long or short, is for tuning and think-
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ing, and, of course, daily practice and rehearsal. That was the grace, but there was also a dividend. I found it at the beginning of the third line: “I shall be made Thy music.” How shallow and wrong our Archbishop images of heaven can George be! We picture people playing harps and sitting Niederauer on clouds. Two weeks of that would be way too much. No wonder the Irish have a saying: “You should go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company!” Of course that is dead wrong: by definition hell is for terminally selfish and self-absorbed folks, and they have never made the best company. We get heaven wrong because we spend much of our life here as consumers, so we assume that we will be consumers in eternity. If God brings us to heaven then it is up to him to entertain us and make us happy always. But look at what Donne says: We are not going to an eternal concert where we will listen to God’s music, just as we go to an all-Beethoven or greatest Broadway hits concert here. Instead, we become one with God’s music, the profound and eternal music of creation, redemption and holiness. We will not be God’s house guests. We will be one with him in love. Of course this is a deep mystery, and there are no floor plans or previews of coming attractions available. Still, Jesus did tell a crucified criminal, “This day you will be with me in paradise,” and St. Paul, citing Isaiah, says, “What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him” (1Corinthians 2:9). Finally, St. John tells us: “Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). That’s more than enough to get me to “think here before” and to “tune the instrument here at the door.” Thanks again for your prayers and your loving concern.
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October 7, 2011 accept that their country is no longer culturally homogeneous and said they should be ready to look at candidates in new ways in the nation’s 2012 presidential election. “Voting cannot just be dictated by habit, membership of a social class or the pursuit of particular interests – it should take account of the challenges presenting themselves and aim for what could make our country nicer and more humane to live in,� said the permanent council of the bishops’ conference, headed by Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois of Paris. The six-page declaration, presented in Paris Oct. 3, said the global financial crisis had added to existing “social and political difficulties� and coincided with a “formidable development of scientific techniques� that risked a backlash against human dignity. It said mass immigration had ended the “cultural homogeneity� of Western societies, while the spread of individualism risked damaging social life and the sense of a common good. Catholics traditionally make up two-thirds of France’s 60 million inhabitants, although fewer than one in 10 attends Sunday Mass and 40 percent of the population denies any faith.
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BBC date change ‘senseless hypocrisy’ VATICAN CITY – The Vatican newspaper said it was “historically senseless hypocrisy� for the BBC to drop the dating abbreviations B.C. and A.D. on the grounds that they might offend non-Christians. In a front-page commentary Oct. 4, L’Osservatore Romano said the change reflected a wider effort to “cancel every trace of Christianity from Western culture.� The British media corporation recently announced it would replace B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, or Year of the Lord) with B.C.E. (Before Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era). It said the new terms were a “religiously neutral� alternative. The Vatican newspaper added its voice to a growing number of critics, who have noted that the new dating abbreviations still use the birth of Christ as a reference point, but without acknowledging the connection. “To deny the historically revolutionary importance of the coming of Christ on earth, which is also accepted by those who do not recognize him as the son of God, is an act of enormous foolishness,� the newspaper said.
Supporting missions improves people’s lives VATICAN CITY – Supporting the church’s work in missionary lands with their prayers and their financial contributions, Catholics also improve the lives of the poor and promote dialogue, said the new prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. “Evangelization always promotes the development of peoples,� Archbishop Fernando Filoni told L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, Oct. 2. “The proclamation of the Gospel brings and creates solidarity,� said the archbishop, who was appointed in May to head the Vatican congregation responsible for the church in mission territories. World Mission Sunday is Oct. 23.
Vatican calls for faith cooperation in Pakistan VATICAN CITY – A top Vatican official urged Pakistani Christians to spread the Christian message, but also to show respect for the Muslim faith.
A priest listens as Pope Benedict XVI leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his apartment above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 3. “Ministers of divine care for every person,� guardian angels exist to protect every human life from its beginning to end, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, secretary of the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, called for religious cooperation saying, “As a small minority in a predominately Muslim society, the church in Pakistan lives and moves within a framework which calls for sensitivity and great love for our Muslim brothers and sisters.� “Christian love urges us to dialogue and to promote positive and constructive relations with individuals and communities of other religions. It is uplifting to hear that tremendous effort has been made in Pakistan to witness the fact that Christians and Muslims can work and walk together in peace,� he said in a message marking a new missionary initiative of the Catholic Church in Pakistan. “The Year of the Mission,� which began Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30, 2012, marks the 60th anniversary of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan. More than 100 religious leaders from seven dioceses in Pakistan met at for three-day conference prior to the start of the mission, according to Fides, the news agency of the evangelization congregation. They discussed the challenges faced by minority Christians in Pakistan today, citing religious fundamentalism, inequality, discrimination and extremism. Christians make up only 2 percent of the population in Pakistan, and face many obstacles in enjoying full religious freedom, they said.
Bishops: Social change means voters must change PARIS – France’s Catholic bishops have urged citizens to
Bishops amend citizenship guide WASHINGTON – A new introduction to the U.S. bishops’ document on political responsibility reminds Catholics that some issues “involve the clear obligation to oppose intrinsic evils which can never be justified,� while others “require action to pursue justice and promote the common good.� The brief Introductory Note to the 2011 reissue of “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship� was signed by the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of nine USCCB committees. It was approved by the bishops’ Administrative Committee at its mid-September meeting and made public Oct. 4. The introduction says that “Faithful Citizenship,� one in a series of documents that have been issued before every presidential election for nearly 35 years, “has at times been misused to present an incomplete or distorted view of the demands of faith in politics� but “remains a faithful and challenging call to discipleship in the world of politics.� The introduction lists six “current and fundamental problems, some involving opposition to intrinsic evils and others raising serious moral questions:� – Abortion “and other threats to the lives and dignity of others who are vulnerable, sick or unwanted.� – Conscience threats to Catholic ministries in health care, education and social services. – “Intensifying efforts to redefine marriage� or to undermine it as “the permanent, faithful and fruitful union of one man and one woman.� – An economic crisis that has increased national and global unemployment, poverty and hunger, requiring efforts to “protect those who are poor and vulnerable as well as future generations.� – “The failure to repair a broken immigration system.� – “Serious moral questions� raised by wars, terror and violence, “particularly the absence of justice, security and peace in the Holy Land and throughout the Middle East.� – Catholic News Service
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Dead wrong: Catholics must no longer support capital punishment By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church’s position on capital punishment has evolved considerably over the centuries. And as a result, “it is not a message that is immediately understood — that there is no room for supporting the death penalty in today’s world,” said a Vatican’s expert on capital punishment and arms control. Because the church has only in the past few decades begun closing the window — if not shutting it completely — on the permissibility of the death penalty, people who give just a partial reading of the church’s teachings may still think the death penalty is acceptable today, said Tommaso Di Ruzza, desk officer at the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. St. Thomas Aquinas equated a dangerous criminal to an infected limb thereby making it “praiseworthy and healthful” to kill the criminal in order to spare the spread of infection and safeguard the common good. However, over the centuries, justice has evolved from being the smiting arm of revenge toward a striving for reform and restoration, much like today’s medical science, where amputation is no longer the only recourse for curing an infection. Modern-day popes have reflected that change in attitude. As far back as the 19th and early 20th centuries theologians pondered the seeming paradox between the Fifth Commandment, “You shall not kill,” and the church’s dark history of condoning state-held executions to deal with heresy and other threats and crimes. Pope Paul VI took concrete action in distancing the church from this form of punishment, first by formally banning the use of the death penalty in Vatican City State, although no one had been executed under the authority of the Vatican’s temporal governance since 1870. Pope Paul also spoke publicly against planned execu-
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Dead wrong . . . ■ Continued from page 6 the changes in 1997, he said while the principles do not absolutely exclude capital punishment, they do give “very severe or limited criteria for its moral use.” “It seems to me it would be very difficult to meet the conditions today,” he had said.
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When a journalist said the majority of Catholics in the United States favor use of the death penalty, Cardinal Ratzinger said, “While it is important to know the thoughts of the faithful, doctrine is not made according to statistics, but according to objective criteria taking into account progress made in the church’s thought on the issue.” Meanwhile, more than 200 Catholic theologians,
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Poll: Rising support for life without parole over capital punishment By George Raine Polling that for more than five decades has shown substantial public support for keeping the death penalty option in California, for the first time reflects growing voter support for imposing sentences of life in prison without parole for certain capital crimes. A majority of Californians still want the death penalty on the books but now say they prefer life in prison without the possibility of parole over the death penalty for someone convicted of first degree murder, the Field Poll found. The margin was 48 percent to 40 percent, while in 2000 the opposite was true, with 44 percent favoring the death penalty and 37 percent life in prison. Support for maintaining the death penalty option remains solid at 68 percent in favor and 27 percent against. But the shift buoys efforts by backers of a 2012 state ballot initiative to replace the death penalty with life in prison with no possibility of parole. “The Field Poll illustrates that the time has come to replace the practice of the death penalty with life without the possibility of parole,” said Catherine Huston, coordinator of the Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty at the Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns. The Catholic Church opposes the death penalty as it believes all life is valuable. In 2010, the California Catholic Conference said life without the possibility of parole is an alternative that protects society. Huston added, “The U.S. Catholic conference of bishops put it well when they said, ‘It is time for our nation to abandon the illusion that we can protect life by taking life.’” Death penalty opponents backing the initiative effort include active and retired law enforcement officials and judges, victim advocates and people exonerated from wrongful conviction. They have formed a group called Safe California, arguing there is a financial incentive for repeal by voters: California has spent $4 billion on the death penalty, largely for legal bills, since it was reinstated in 1978, a Loyola Law School in Los Angeles study found.
Their proposal also requires that all persons convicted of murder shall be required to work in prison and money earned be placed in a victims’ compensation fund. It also would establish another fund to allocate $100 million over three years to local law enforcement to help fund rape and homicide investigations. Safe California said it will launch the signaturegathering effort, with a target of 700,000 signatures, in late October and complete it in late February, to place the question on the November 2012 ballot. The state’s death penalty was established by initiative and can only be amended by initiative. A former prosecutor and the original author of the 1978 initiative, Don Heller, has joined supporters of Safe California. “Thirty-three years ago I made a mistake,” Heller said. “Now we have the opportunity to fix that mistake and improve public safety.” Still, many Catholics support the death penalty, as do major law enforcement associations, such as the Peace Officers Research Association of California. Its president, Ron Cottingham, a lieutenant in the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, said he is persuaded the penalty is a deterrent. “In California we have an average of 10 peace officers killed a year,” some in traffic accidents assisting people but others killed by assailants, said Cottingham. “I believe it would be worse, but people suddenly think twice about taking the life of a cop, a firefighter, a firstresponder, knowing it means the death penalty. So, we believe it is a deterrent.” Cottingham added, “In my career I’ve removed guns from persons, from vehicles, from some very unsavory characters, from outlaw biker gangs, and you realize that but for the grace of God they could have taken you out.” Huston, however, said the campaign for the initiative will make the case that California’s death penalty system is broken, its costs unwieldy and, moreover, it itself poses a threat. “We can’t undo death,” she said. “We know that the death penalty risks executing the innocent. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty, 139 innocent men and women have been freed from death row nationally.”
At a glance — A new poll shows a rise in support for life without parole as an alternative to the death penalty in some cases. — In 2010 California’s Catholic bishops backed the option as an alternative that protects life. — Supporters of death penalty repeal plan to begin gathering signatures later this month for a 2012 initiative. — Don Heller, the author of California’s 1978 death penalty initiative, has changed his mind and now supports the life without parole option.
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‘Life is a work of God:’ Cherishing children with Down syndrome Courtney and Dennis Elbert’s son Sam is luminous, his mother says. With his bright eyes and tow-colored hair, he seems to give off a little bit of a glow. He’s an active 7-year-old who plays soccer, basketball and baseball. He wakes up happy, and can perceive when others are feeling sad. He’s quick to try to cheer them up with a joke or a song. A first-grader at St. Leo School in Versailles, Ky., Sam seems to have a deeper connection to Jesus than most children, said his mother. When he prays, he’s not just saying the words. He means it. But many people don’t notice all the things that are wonderful about Sam, Courtney Elbert told Our Sunday Visitor. “They just remember he’s ‘Sam-with-Down-syndrome,’” she said. “And there’s so much more to him.” According to studies reported by the National Center for Bioethics, slightly more than nine out of 10 women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome choose to abort their babies. Some pro-life advocates fear that rate will at least a year,” Grimberg said, after being told about all the increase with the development of a new, noninvasive test for things Elizabeth wouldn’t do. But then Elizabeth started doing the condition that doctors say will be able to be administered as lots of those things, and learning how to fit in with her siblings. “You have someone who is mostly always happy,” Pat early as the ninth week of pregnancy — before many expectant parents announce their status. The only tests currently avail- Grimberg said. “She was always an upbeat kid. You never had able so early in pregnancy carry a slight risk of miscarriage, a sleepless night wondering where she was going or when she would be home. She’s been kind of a delight.” so many women avoid them. Jane Altman of Chicago grew up knowing the Grimbergs, “I take this personally,” Courtney Elbert said. “To me, it’s a eugenic bull’s-eye drawn on these babies. Life, which is a work so she was familiar with Down syndrome before she and her of God, should not be denied to anyone. I cannot apologize husband, Bill, had their first child. Colleen, was born 14 years ago with Down syndrome when Jane was 27 years old, with for my son, because he is a gift.” The Elberts have found support both in the Diocese of no inkling that she had the condition until their pediatrician Lexington, where Courtney Elbert has served on the inclu- told them about three days after she was born. Colleen attends her neighborhood public school, included sion committee since the year Sam was born, and at St. Leo Parish, where they started SPICE (Special People in Catholic with another child with Down syndrome in a regular educaEducation), to support the formation and education of people tion eighth-grade class. The school also has a self-contained with disabilities, raising both awareness and funds to pay for special-education room and the staff and resources to meet everything from extra staff and educational materials to profes- Colleen’s needs. Earlier, she went to a Catholic preschool and grade school, and her younger sister and brothers attend their sional development for teachers. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, and the parish school, St. Andrew. She participates in a range of activities, some with typical families of children and adults with the condition are eager children, some with children to get the word out about with all kinds of disabilities their loved ones and the way and some with other children those with Down syndrome As high numbers of unborn with Down syndrome. That have affected their families. mix is important, Altman Dioceses and parishes are babies with the condition are said, because Colleen needs increasing their efforts to serve to be involved with all kinds families and individuals with aborted, families explain the of people, and she needs the Down syndrome, whether freedom to make her own by offering special religious friends. education or including them gifts that they bring. Maria Hudak has never in regular religious education had much trouble making or in Catholic schools. The National Catholic Partnership on Disability offers training friends. The 38-year-old daughter of Jeannette and John webinars on ministering to people and families with disabilities Hudak, Maria is married to a young man named Danny, and additional support for diocesan disability directors and who also has disabilities. The couple is active at St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Baltimore, where Maria Hudak has been an other personnel. Some parents of children with Down syndrome say they extraordinary minister of Communion for years. She hasn’t understand the dread that expectant mothers and fathers might done that so much recently because arthritis in her knees feel about a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, because makes it difficult to get up and down the sanctuary stairs, her they once felt scared and overwhelmed. But most of them have mother said, so Maria and Danny are thinking of becoming greeters instead. learned that reality is far different from their fears. That would be a perfect ministry for them, she said. Pat Grimberg’s daughter Elizabeth, the eighth of nine “They know everyone in the parish,” she said. “And children, is 26 now, and her life is nothing like what Grimberg everyone knows them.” pictured when she was born. Like Pat Grimberg, Jeannette Hudak was told that her “I think that I cried every single day when she was born for
Colleen Altman, right, with younger siblings Patrick, Michael and Megan.
daughter “wouldn’t do anything. She probably wouldn’t talk. I didn’t even know what Down syndrome was. But I was determined to learn as much as I could and teach her as much as I could.” Deacon Pierce Murphy of the Diocese of Boise, Idaho, and his wife, Mary Anne, learned all about Down syndrome years before their youngest son, Liam, was born with the condition. They had already adopted one special-needs child and were planning to adopt another when they were matched with a newborn boy with Down syndrome, so they did all the research they could to prepare to take him into their family. The adoption fell through, and they adopted another child. But when Liam was born, Deacon Murphy said, the couple felt the Lord had prepared them. While Mary Anne Murphy had home-schooled all of the family’s eight children, last year Sarah —- Liam’s next-oldest sister — asked if she could go to school this year, because all of the older children were out of the house and it was too quiet. When she and Mary Anne visited St. Mary School in Boise with Liam in tow, the principal told them, “We’d be delighted to have Sarah enroll. But we really want Liam. Our school needs him,” said Deacon Murphy, who is his diocese’s Respect Life coordinator. Now Sarah is in the sixth grade, and Liam, 7, is in kindergarten. “The world needs all the people that God creates,” Deacon Murphy said. “That’s one of the things I’m deeply concerned about: all those children who won’t be part of our society. The gifts that people with Down syndrome bring … they are the presence of God in our lives. I worry about a world where so many people have decided that there is no room for someone they don’t see as perfect.” Michelle Martin writes from Illinois. This article was published in the Oct. 2 issue of the independent newsweekly Our Sunday Visitor and is reprinted with permission.
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In early September, we began a series of questions and answers on the revised Roman Missal. We continue with how the revised missal will affect the music we hear and sing at Mass. Why are some of the songs I’m used to at Mass changing?
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Revised missal: More answers to common questions Parishioners sing a hymn during a 2010 Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester, N.Y. The new General Instruction of the Roman Missal has replaced the word “song” in favor of “chant,” but the hymns that have been part and parcel of Catholic worship are likely to continue to be used for some time.
Hymns – songs we sing at various parts As we’ve been discussing, the revised Roman Missal has meant that some of of the Mass which are not the people’s the English translations of familiar parts or priests parts set to music – should not of the Mass have changed, and therefore change. Their words have not changed the words have changed. If the words that and therefore there was no need to rewrite we speak have changed, they also must or adapt any of them. So what people are change if we sing them. Many churches used to hearing for the gathering song or have wonderful choirs and are used to as a Communion hymn will be the same singing together the parts of the Mass: the – whether they are the traditional songs of Gloria, Sanctus, mystery of faith, Lamb of our history, or more recent compositions. What about Gregorian chant? God, and more. Most of these have needed Gregorian chant is considered “to hold to be revised so that the words in English, pride of place” in whether spoken or the church (GIRM sung, are consistent. 41). Due to its traIn many cases, Many people are hoping ditional use and composers have rhythm, chant is taken familiar Mass that a positive result h i g h l y e n c o u rparts and been able aged to be sung to adapt the meloby the priest and dies to the new of the revision of the the people. With words. Therefore, we will hear and Roman Missal will be the the revised Roman Missal, emphasis sing almost the has been placed exact song we are increased use of chant – on chanting parts used to, with just a of the Mass and few minor changes. in English or Latin – by the texts have been In other cases, comwritten to facilitate posers have seen all participants at Mass. the priest and peothe new revision ple singing. This as an opportunity does not mean that to write entire new Masses – putting to music all parts of the all Masses have to be sung, but with the Mass in a new composition. Most parishes new English translation, in many cases may see a combination of these: some the flow of the words naturally fit to be revised songs and some brand new songs. chanted by the presider and people. Many D I S T I N C T I V E L Y
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people are hoping that a positive result of the revision of the Roman Missal will be the increased use of chant – in English or Latin – by all participants at Mass. It’s not Nov. 27 yet, but my church is singing the new Masses. Why? Since the bishops want to encourage singing the parts of the Mass by the people, and music is a rich part of most liturgies, especially those on Sundays, people began asking if they could start practicing the new sung Mass parts before the First Sunday of Advent when we all begin using the revised Roman Missal. It was also pointed out that since we do not say or sing the Gloria during Advent, we would have to wait until Christmas to use the new text of the Gloria. Therefore, Archbishop George Niederauer gave permission in July to allow parishes to introduce certain revised Mass parts earlier than Nov. 27. As of Oct. 1, parishes can begin singing the revised translation of the Gloria. As of Oct. 29, they may also begin singing the new Sanctus and mystery of faith. Parishes are only allowed to use the new texts if they are sung. If the congregation recites the prayers, they must continue to use the current words until Advent. Of course, all parishes can start practicing any new music whenever they want, such as before or after Mass, if they do not use the songs as a part of the Order of Mass. Next week: A discussion of “And with your Spirit”
Hymns – songs we sing at various parts of the Mass which are not the people’s or priests parts set to music – should not change. People’s parts of the new missal: Gloria Changes in the revised Roman Missal are in bold. All: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Catholic San Francisco is serializing the people’s parts of the new missal. The paper will publish the people’s parts in full on Nov. 18, the last issue before the new Mass changes are introduced on the First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27. Last week: Greeting and Penitential Act. Next week: Gospel Acclamation and Nicene Creed.
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New Orleans’ Archbishop Hannan dies at 98 At a glance By Peter Finney Jr.
Archbishop Philip M. Hannan, 1913-2011 — One of the last two surviving U.S. bishops to have attended all four sessions of Vatican II. — Confidante of John F. Kennedy as a presidential candidate and as president. — “The Jumping Padre:” World War II paratroop chaplain. — Rode out Hurricane Katrina alone at age 92. — Fighter for civil rights and the unborn.
‘Live for others,’ prelate exhorts public servants (CNS PHOTO/COURTESY ARCHBISHOP HANNAN)
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NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans, a World War II paratroop chaplain who befriended and secretly counseled John F. Kennedy during and after his historic run for the White House as the first U.S. Catholic president, died Sept. 29 at age 98. Archbishop Hannan, who had become increasingly frail in recent months because of a series of strokes and other health problems, was the third-oldest U.S. bishop and one of the two last surviving U.S. bishops to have attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) as a bishop. He was as fierce a defender of civil rights and the unborn as he was proponent during Vatican II of the morality of nuclear deterrence. He was also known as fearless: In 2005, alone, the 92-year-old prelate rode out Hurricane Katrina alone in the fortresslike TV studios of Focus Worldwide. The building’s backup power failed but the archbishop had plenty of water, peanut butter and crackers — as well as a trusty 3-wood to ward off potential looters. He was ordained auxiliary bishop of Washington in 1956 and was attendArchbishop ing the final session of Philip M. Hannan Vatican II when Pope Paul VI appointed him as the 11th archbishop of New Orleans Sept. 29, 1965. As archbishop, he endeared himself to a Catholic populace that could be wary of outsiders through his plain talk against abortion — which drew the ire of Catholic politicians who supported keeping abortion legal — and through his outreach to the poor, the elderly and those of other faiths. In 2010, Archbishop Hannan published his memoirs, “The Archbishop Wore Combat Boots,” which documented his confidential relationship with Kennedy when he was an auxiliary bishop of Washington.
Archbishop Hannan and Kennedy were so close that first lady Jacqueline Kennedy asked him to deliver the eulogy at the assassinated president’s funeral Mass on Nov. 25, 1963, at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington. In 1968, Archbishop Hannan returned to Washington from New Orleans to deliver the graveside eulogy at the funeral of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. In 1994, he offered graveside prayers at the interment of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in Arlington National Cemetery. In 1942, he volunteered as a wartime paratroop chaplain and led a small crew of greenhorn jumpers, who followed the priest affectionately as their “Jumping Padre.”
Then-Father Hannan, a paratroop chaplain with the 82nd Airborne during World War II, helps liberate a concentration camp at Wobbelin, Germany, in 1945.
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Club teams transforming prep sports Club or travel sports teams are changing the game at the high school level for soccer and basketball in particular, as independent leagues draw players as early as second and third grade who want to play a sport year-round. “It’s really hard for a kid to come out to basketball tryouts if he’s been playing football in the fall and he has five days to prove himself against kids who have been playing basketball year round,” said Dean Ayoob, director of athletics at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo. “That’s a really tough position for the multi-sport athlete.” High school games used to be where the college scouts came to see future scholarship candidates play, but now most follow the recommendations of club coaches, athletic directors say. That can influence student athletes as well, even though just 1 percent of all high school athletes receive any kind of college athletic scholarship, Ayoob said. The increasing influence of club teams creates scheduling conflicts because seasons overlap but “there is great value to both programs,” said John Mulkerrins, athletic director for Saint Ignatius College Preparatory. “A club program offers more opportunity to play at a higher level against other athletes who are on the same track,” he said, while “the high school team offers the same opportunities as the club team but also gives the high school athlete more of an opportunity to play with, and in front of their friends in usually a more supportive environment.” For players who are serious about the game, playing club is almost a given, athletic directors and coaches said. At the grammar school level, club teams offer opportunities for exercise particularly as public school systems drop physical education, said Jeff Wilson, varsity soccer coach at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. They also offer another option if a high school or grammar school team is not a fit for a child, as well as a second team to play on for the youth who is very enthusiastic about a sport. In the past decade, the rise of club teams
(PHOTO BY PAUL GHIGLIERI/ST. IGNATIUS)
By Valerie Schmalz
Cullen Roche, Saint Ignatius College Preparatory `11, was recruited to play soccer for UC Davis, where he is a freshman. He is the rare example of a multisport athlete who received an athletic scholarship.
and the level of competition has become very intense, said Wilson, who is also a counselor and social studies teacher at SHCP, partly because club systems are set up to classify players by ability rather than by parish or school affiliation. Wilson said it is still possible for an exceptional multisport athlete to go on to the collegiate level, citing Cullen Roche, a 2011 graduate of rival Saint Ignatius Preparatory, who went to UC Davis to play soccer but played football and Gaelic sports as well as soccer in high school. “The best high school teams have the most club players, or have all club players,” said Toby Rappolt, assistant varsity coach at SHCP, owner of Sunset Soccer Supply stores in San
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Juan Palacio, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory `10, plays freshman soccer for San Francisco City College. He played for the Irish as well as for the San Francisco Chivas-Glens club team, under SHCP varsity Coach Jeff Wilson.
At a glance — Club sports offer prep athletes more opportunity to compete against other athletes at the same level. — Prep athletes’ work ethic “has been totally ramped up over the past 20 years” with competition and training in and out of season. — The best high school teams have the most club players, or have all club players. — Club sports offer another option if a high school or grammar school team is not a fit for a child. Francisco and San Rafael, and, for many years director of coaching for the San Francisco Vikings soccer club. For soccer players, the West Catholic Athletic League season is perfect, Rappolt noted, since fall and spring club soccer seasons fall on either side of soccer, which is a winter sport for girls and boys. “I believe you should play for your school,” said Rappolt, who is coaching two grammar school soccer teams in the San Francisco Vikings Youth Soccer League this season and runs the summer Vikings Soccer Camp in San Francisco for ages 6-12. “Socially, it is a really good thing. They have a national cup for over-60s in soccer. But once you play in your grammar school, once you play in your high school, once you play in your middle school – you never play in middle school again. That’s why it’s a special thing.” “I’m still buddies with my high school coach, with the guys I played with on the team,” said Rappolt who attended Lowell High School. Mulkerrins said at most high schools
the athletes are encouraged to play multiple sports. “It is well documented that athletes who specialize early often suffer from overuse injuries,” Mulkerrins said. “There are fewer instances where a student athlete is playing for the pure love of the game and to get life lessons out of the experience. I see more and more athletes dedicated to earning that scholarship,” said Ayoob, who believes the club versus high school sports tension will even out over time. “One positive I have seen is the work ethic of the kids has been totally ramped up over the past 20 years” as they play and work to get strong in and out of season. Rappolt said studies show there are three key factors to excelling at anything: passion, practice and feedback. Club soccer teams, done right, are able to provide that year-round. In the end, everyone stops playing competitively, Rappolt said. But, Rappolt says, he tells his soccer players as they go off to college, usually having completed their competitive athletic career: “Find someplace to play at noon. It’s great therapy, physical and psychological.”
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Coach as spiritual mentor In my sophomore year, I transferred to Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, where I would meet Coach Kevin Quattrin. Sports are an influential institute in our society. Playing Coach Quattrin was also my math teacher. He taught me his on a team and learning the discipline of practice and working genuine passion for football. Under his guidance, I learned with others are essential lessons in developing community. As patience and how to use my intellect in a sport that may appear a young child growing up in the Serramonte district of Daly to use only brute force. More importantly, he used each weekly City, I spent many hours at Mass to help players rememGellert Park honing my skills ber that faith was essential in baseball. I fondly recall in sports. practices with my classmates UCLA basketball Coach John In my later years at SI, I fielding and hitting balls as would work with Coach Ray the sun went down. We were Wooden was an inspiration: Calcagno, who would teach coached by a generous busime humility as he explained nessman who volunteered ‘Reading his books… was invaluable that I did not have the skills after work. His name was to make the varsity team as Herm Alcalde. a junior. This allowed me in God calling me to be one of his Coach Herm was the first to play with my younger of many coaches that would brother, Joel, on the legendcoaches as a future priest.’ model mentoring, teaching, ary field at Kezar Stadium and sense of fatherhood as a member of the junior that would be the manner in varsity team. which I would be called to answer my vocation to priesthood. I was fortunate to attend UCLA, where I had the opporAt Westborough Junior High School, I was recruited by Coach tunity to meet basketball Coach John Wooden. Reading his Doug Moyer to play football at El Camino High School in books and having the opportunity to discuss lessons he wrote South San Francisco. The mere fact that I was identified as about a philosophy based on Christian values was invaluable having ability to play football gave me a sense of dignity and in God calling me to be one of his coaches as a future priest. worth as a teenager trying to find himself. I observed how Coach In college, I was able to walk the sidelines with Coach Bill Moyer gathered us daily for instruction on plays on the chalk- Walsh as he coached the Stanford Cardinal football team in a board as well as how to lift weights to prepare us for games. victory over my UCLA Bruins.
Being in the presence of these coaches helped me realize that sports have had a great influence in my life and most likely in the lives of many of the parishioners I come in contact with as a seminarian. In this writing, I want to show how these various coaches impacted my life to say yes to Jesus’ appeal to “Come, follow me.” Undoubtedly, there are many families who have recognized the importance of sports in developing the character, discipline and formation of their children. However, the main coach providing guidance to me in my development through the others has always been God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Interwoven between the practices, games, and postgame potlucks, were attendance at Mass, retreats, and catechism classes. It was essential to my parents that my faith development not be compromised by my participation in sports. The next time you participate in sports, whether bringing your children to practice or a game or cheering on the Giants, 49ers, A’s, Sharks, Bears, Cardinal, Warriors or (insert your team here), please remember the importance of prayer and give thanksgiving to the Lord for giving us this type of recreation in our lives. Please pray for the coaches who in most cases do not do it for the financial compensation. They coach primarily to give back to youth a precious gift of teamwork and preparation to achieve a victory but also to be gracious in defeat and in doing so build character with a Christian foundation.
resources for the parish athletic directors to help them explain the reason for the new policy, she said. “CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) has a distinguished tradition in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and a highly respected sports presence within the Bay Area,” said Father Kenneth Weare, pastor of St. Rita Parish in Fairfax, and a member of the Catholic Charities CYO board of directors. Parents and students benefit from CYO sports regardless of religious belief and practice, he said. “At the same time, CYO is differentiated from other sports
organizations by its specifically Catholic identity,” Father Weare said, “Being Catholic means not only loving our neighbor but also loving our God. Hence, vocal communal prayer is a natural and necessary dimension of the Catholic faith associated with all positive human endeavors including sports. “In an increasingly secular society, all the more is it imperative to express and to show forth the affirmation of religious belief, that is, the conviction that there is more to life than materialism alone. Prayer attests to spiritual values,” said Father Weare. “Prayer attests to love over and above all else.”
By Hansel Tomaneng
■ Continued from cover in San Mateo and San Francisco will be added, she said. Already, Clendinen said there has been “pushback” from some Marin parents and coaches who said, “This is not church.” She has gotten some positive responses but also received five or six unpleasant phone calls and six or seven critical letters, she said. In writing the prayer, the idea was to “try to make it as interfaith and ecumenical as we could while still maintaining who we are with our Catholic identity,” she said. Because CYO Athletics’ policy is to ensure every child can play sports, many of the participants are agnostic, or belong to other faith traditions, including Judaism and Islam, said Sheila Meagher, athletic director for St. Hilary parish and school in Tiburon. But, Meagher said, “By and large people are taking on the attitude, ‘Hey, it is CYO.’ I think they kind of get it. It’s change and it’s uncomfortable for some people to be spiritual or even to think of spirituality.” Game officials, referees and umpires, have been instructed that the teams must stand in a circle at center court or center field to say the prayer – and a representative of each team must lead the prayer – before each game of the day can begin, she said. If a coach feels he or she cannot lead the prayer, a player or parent can do it and as the season progresses, players will be encouraged to take turns leading the prayer, Clendinen said. Parents and other observers who feel they cannot say the prayer are asked to stand quietly and respectfully while the prayer is read. Marin athletic directors, religious education directors, pastors and CYO officials met twice a month for seven months to flesh out the new program and write the prayer, Clendinen said. Parish religious education directors have been enlisted to be
CYO game prayer Please stand as we pray: God, we pray that our hearts be open to see your presence in and through sports: We pray for athletes … who, through sports, develop character and values.
(PHOTO COURTESY CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO)
Mandatory prayer . . .
Hansel Tomaneng is a seminarian at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University.
We pray for coaches … who place players before winning and value sportsmanship. We pray for parents … who love their children for who they are, not for how they perform. We pray for officials … who inspire fair play. We pray in God’s name.
Archdiocese of San Francisco CYO athletes recite the CYO game prayer before a contest.
Amen
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Padres break 42-year curse with victory at St. Francis Mountain View
By Valerie Schmalz
By Jack Heffernan, Serra ‘12
A weight room run by a nationally ranked weightlifter is a core element of Notre Dame High School in Belmont’s athletic program, where this year all athletes are required to do a minimum of 25 weightlifting and conditioning sessions before their sports seasons start. “I don’t know how many girls’ teams use a weight room as much as we do on a general day to day basis,” said Notre Dame Athletic Director Jason Levine. Levine, who took over as athletic director last year, instituted a new requirement this year that all girls visit the strength and conditioning room at least 25 times before their team starts its season – and do it under the supervision of Lorie Hirahara. Hirahara, a middle school science teacher in Fremont, was hired by former Notre Dame Athletic Director Mike Ciardella, as an assistant golf coach. But when he discovered her weightlifting background, Ciardella enlisted the high school’s booster club to build a weight and conditioning room and Hirahara has been running the program since 2004. Hirahara became an All-American athlete in 1986 by being the only Division II athlete to place in the top five at the Division I Nationals. In 1989 she won the California state championships in Olympic weightlifting. From 1989 to 1992, Hirahara was ranked in the top 10 in Olympic weight lifting. She retired at age 29 after she was hit by a drunk driver in 1993, she said. “I feel great because this is an opportunity for me to give back to the next generation,” Hirahara said. Notre Dame Belmont is the only girls school in the Archdiocese of San Francisco participating in the tough West Catholic Athletic Conference. During the busiest season, as many as 250 girls use the strength and conditioning facility, Hirahara said. “We found if the girls got 25 workouts in, they tended to be injury free,” Hirahara said. “They went through their season with no injury. Any workouts they got over 25, the girls who got between 25 and 50 workouts saw an improvement in their athletic performance.” Emily Morris was part of the winning eight-person basketball team that won the Central Coast Section Division IV championship last school year. Morris said weight and conditioning training helped build her up as an athlete and the times spent working out in the weight room definitely built team esprit de corps. “We had that mindset that we wanted to get better and we
The Junipero Serra High School Padres ended a 42-year drought to defeat rival St. Francis Mountain View 31-13 in a West Catholic Athletic League victory on the Lancers home turf. “The last time we beat them down there was 1969,” said Serra Athletic Director Dean Ayoob. NFL Hall of Famer A victory ends Lynn Swann, Serra ‘70, played quartermore than back that year for the boys Catholic high school. four decades Serra has defeated St. Francis the past of cursed play three years at Serra but the Sept. 30 West on a rival’s Catholic Athletic League victory home field. ended more than four decades of cursed play for Serra at Brother Fisher Field, Ayoob said. The defense played sharp throughout, allowing only one touchdown and one first down in the first half. After St. Francis jumped out to an early 10-0 lead, two turnovers led to the Lancers trailing 17-7 at the half. St. Francis added another score with 5:17 left in the third quarter, but senior Marty De Alba blocked the extra point to make the score 17-13. Serra’s big play came with 14 seconds left in the third quarter. On fourth down with a yard to go , with the Padres on their own 42 yard line, senior running back Erich Wilson broke through for a 58-yard touchdown run. Junior Eric Redwood contributed with 22 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown while Wilson finished the night with 22 carries for 189 yards and two touchdowns. De Alba and senior linebacker Brandon Bochi led the defense with 4.5 tackles each. The win puts the Padres mark at 4-0 (1-0 WCAL) on the season with a road trip to Saint Ignatius College Preparatory set for 1 p.m. Oct. 8. – Valerie Schmalz contributed to this story.
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put in the work in the weight room. We were stronger and more unified because of that,” said Morris, who is injured but is attending UC San Diego to play basketball. “I got 50 workouts in all my seasons,” said Morris. “Lorie has the 50 club. You get a T-shirt if you get 50 workouts from the end of your last season to the beginning of your next.” Levine and Hirahara believe strength training was a key piece in the CCS championship. “They won with a core of eight girls – it has to be what they are doing in the off season,” Hirahara said. Another three girls from the junior varsity joined the team for the CCS games which take place after the conclusion of the WCAL season. Weight and conditioning training has long-term positive effects for women’s health by building stronger muscles to support bones and by building stronger bones as well, Hirahara said. “It’s really a lifelong skill,” she said.
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This is a portion of a Sept. 18 homily by Boston die, others might be tempted to regard this not as a call for Cardinal Sean O’Malley at the Boston archdiocese’s annual help, but as a reasonable response to what they agree is a Red Mass for members of the legal profession. It is used with meaningless life. Those who choose to live may then be viewed as selfish or irrational, as a needless burden on othpermission of the archdiocese. This month the attorney general of Massachusetts has ers, and might even be encouraged to see themselves in that certified a petition in support of legalizing physician-assisted way. Many people with a disability who struggle for their suicide in our state. It is another attempt to undermine the genuine rights to adequate health care, housing and so forth, sacredness of human life that demands an energetic response are understandably suspicious when the freedom society most eagerly offers them is the freedom to take their lives. from Catholics and other citizens of good will. The notion that assisting a suicide shows compassion Today, many people fear the prospect of a protracted period of decline at the end of life. They fear experiencing is misguided. It eliminates the person but causes suffering pain, losing control, lingering with dementia, fear of being to those left behind and pushes vulnerable people to see death as an escape. According to the National Council on abandoned, fear of becoming a burden on others. We as a society will be judged by how we respond to Disability: “As the experience in the Netherlands demonthese fears. We must devote more attention to those who strates there is little doubt that legalizing assisted suicide might feel that their life is diminished in value or meaning, generates strong pressures upon individuals and families to they need the love and care of others to assure them of their utilize the option, and leads very quickly to coercion and involuntary euthanasia.” inherent worth. Legalizing assisted suicide leads to more suicides. This Most people, regardless of religious affiliation know that suicide is a tragedy, one that a compassionate society is the collateral damage of the assisted suicide agenda. The should work to prevent. They realize that allowing doctors World Health Organization warns: “Avoid language which normalizes suicide or presents to prescribe the means for it as a solution to problems.” their patients to kill themA decade after Oregon’s selves is a corruption of the law allowing physician assistmedical profession. It even ed suicide took effect, suicide violates the Hippocratic “Advocates for physician-assisted suicide and had become the leading cause oath that has guided phyeuthanasia often claim these practices will only affect of “injury death” in Oregon sicians for thousands of a narrow class of terminally ill patients who are and the second leading cause years. To quote from that expected to die soon in any case. But there is ample of death among those between foundational document: evidence of a ‘slippery slope’ toward ending the lives 15 and 34 years of age. The “I will not give a lethal of patients with chronic illnesses or disabilities, or suicide rate in Oregon was drug to anyone even if I even those who are vulnerable or marginalized in in decline until physicianam asked, nor will I advise other ways.” assisted suicide was legalsuch a plan.” — U.S. bishops’ fact sheet on assisted suicide ized and by 2007 had risen By rescinding the 35 percent higher than the legal protection for the national average – not countlives of a category of people, the government sends a message that some persons are ing physician- assisted suicides of seriously ill patients or better off dead. This biased judgment about the diminished failed suicide attempts. We hope that the citizens of the commonwealth will not value of life for someone with a serious illness or disability is fueled by the excessively high premium our culture places be seduced by the language: dignity, mercy and compassion on productivity and autonomy which tends to discount the which are used to disguise the sheer brutality of helping some lives of those who have a disability or who are suffering kill themselves. A vote for physician assisted suicide is a vote or dependent on others. If these people claim they want to for suicide.
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The collateral damage of doctor-assisted suicide
Members of the disability rights group Not Dead Yet picket a press conference given by Jack Kevorkian in Southfield, Mich., in 2007. Kevorkian, who died last June, was released from prison a few days earlier after serving eight years of a sentence for second-degree murder in an assisted suicide case. The U.S. bishops warned in June that the campaign for doctor-prescribed suicide poses a renewed threat to human dignity, fueled by expanded funding from wealthy donors and targeting states susceptible to the message.
In the Gospel the workmen are angry at the owner of the fields for his largess to those who only produced a little bit, only worked the last shift. God’s logic is one of love. He does not just see what we deserve, but what we need. God’s approach is expensive and the insurance companies would not be in favor. In the eyes of the world those who are in the last stages of life are somehow diminished in their humanity and should be eliminated. We must see them through God’s eyes and recognize that each and every person is created in his image and likeness and that we are all connected to God and to each other. We are our brother’s keeper and our sister’s helper. Cain who forgot he was his brother’s keeper ended up becoming his executioner. “Thou shall not kill” is God’s law and it is written in our hearts by our creator.
Guest Commentary By Sister Constance Carolyn Veit, LSP As the 20th century came to a close, the United Nations celebrated the International Year of Older Persons, heralding the vision of “A Society for All Ages.” The first years of the new millennium have been anything but that, with the abandonment of frail seniors during natural disasters from New Orleans to Japan, the legalization of assisted suicide in several U.S. states and foreign countries and political rhetoric that seems to consider the growing population of seniors merely as a drain on our health care system and the federal budget. Is this the society for all ages we envisioned in 1999? Rather than looking upon the growing numbers of older persons as a burden, Pope Benedict XVI — like his predecessor, Blessed John Paul II — has called them a blessing for society. “Every generation can learn from the experience and wisdom of the generation that preceded it,” he affirmed in speaking to the elderly at St. Peter’s Residence in London last September. He insisted that “the provision of care for the elderly should be considered not so much as an act of generosity but as the repayment of a debt of gratitude.” The pope’s words should give us pause. We might also recall a bit of biblical wisdom: “With your whole heart honor your father; your mother’s birth pangs forget not,” Sirach tells us. “Remember, of these parents you were born; what can you give them for all they gave you?” (Sirach 7:28). Sirach admonishes us, “My son, take care of your father when he is old; grieve him not as long as he lives. Even if his mind fail, be considerate with him; revile him not in the fullness of your strength. For kindness to a father will not be forgotten, it will serve as a sin offering – it will take lasting root.” (Sirach 3:12–14). To realize all that we owe the elderly and to honor them as a blessing, perhaps we need to slow down a
bit and look at each one as if they were our own parent or grandparent. Maybe we need to see ourselves in them – for we too will be old one day, if we are blessed to enjoy a long life. Perhaps what we really need to do is to look upon the elderly as Pope Benedict does – as persons imbued with inviolable dignity and thus worthy of our respect and care, simply because they have been made in the image and likeness of Winifred Ireland is pictured with Sister Joseph at the Little Sisters of the Poor’s St. God and are sustained by Anne’s Home in San Francisco. his providence. “Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary,” Benedict said in his first elderly happy, that is what counts!” We are caregivers – homily as pope and again to the elderly last September not politicians or policy makers. But we do know that in London. “Life is a gift, at every stage from concep- caring for the elderly poor is growing more difficult all tion until natural death, and it is God’s alone to give the time because of funding cuts, a chronic shortage of and to take.” qualified professional and paraprofessional care givers, This October American Catholics once again and the attitudes of a society becoming increasingly observe Respect Life Month. When we think of pro-life callous with regard to the sacredness of human life. activities, we naturally think of the unborn, and rightly During this Respect Life Month we invite you to pray so. But this year, we would do well to reflect on the for the triumph of the culture of life, to advocate for elderly — the contributions they have made to our fami- better financing of care for low-income seniors and lies and society, their wisdom and experience, the care better educational programs and benefits for caregivers, and assistance they need and the respect they deserve and simply to cherish the elders in your own family or as human persons created in God’s image. community. As Little Sisters of the Poor, we are committed to Sister Constance Carolyn Veit is director of the accompaniment and care of the needy elderly, folcommunications for the Little Sisters of the Poor in lowing the advice of our foundress, St. Jeanne, who said, the United States. “Never forget that the poor are Our Lord … Making the
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Making a Difference
America’s longest war: 10 years and counting Consider these insightful words from one of America’s most moral voices: “We must find an alternative to war and bloodshed.” The war we are fighting “has strengthened the military-industrial complex ... and put us in the position of protecting a corrupt regime that is stacked against the poor.” This war “has played havoc with our domestic destinies. ... It has put us in a position of appearing to the world as an arrogant nation. ... The judgment of God is upon us today.” These words spoken by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. concerning the Vietnam War could just as easily be spoken about America’s 10-year violent involvement in Afghanistan, America’s longest war! Yes, indeed, like the Vietnam War, the armed conflict in Afghanistan, not to mention the wars in Iraq, Pakistan, Libya — and God and the CIA only know where else — “has strengthened the military-industrial complex” once again. Weapon-producing corporations such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics are reaping huge wartime profits at the expense of the poor and wartorn. And with their expensive campaign contributions, these corporations are lobbying politicians in Washington to keep America’s war machine rolling on and on! Just as the American government supported the corrupt Diem administration during the Vietnam War, the United States now supports the corruption-plagued Karzai administration in
Kabul that is not very interested in helping Afghanistan’s poor. Like Vietnam, the war in Afghanistan “has played havoc with our domestic destinies.” According to the National Priorities Project, during the 10 years of fighting in Afghanistan, the Bush and Obama administrations — along with a very willing Congress — have spent more than $456 billion so far. And what good has it accomplished? Honestly, very little. Instead, great harm has been done: More than 1,775 American troops lost, hundreds of thousands of innocent Afghanis killed, their nation bombed into prehistoric times, and the U.S. economy is in the tank. Throughout it all, Washington’s politicians have showered corporations and the rich with huge tax breaks while threatening the poor, the working class and the elderly. These politicians are doing little to help the 14 million unemployed Americans. Many thousands of teachers, police officers and firefighters have already been laid off, and if the American people let them have their way, Congress and the Obama administration will cut essential programs such as Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. As Dr. King said during the Vietnam War, most of the world continues to view the United States “as an arrogant nation.” The world’s people overwhelmingly believe that the use of
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Priests for Life Mass should go forward I think Mass should be said anyway on the 20th anniversary of Priests for Life. We need the graces so that God will grant Father Frank a new diocese and he will be able to continue his pro-life work in a new religious order. Father Frank is still in good standing as a priest even though his bishop has asked him to perform his pro-life work in Amarillo. There are other priests who work full-time for Priests for Life. We all need to do our part in the ministry of saving babies from abortion. Liz McKinnon Laramie, Wyo.
More Magliano I am requesting that you include Tony Magliano’s articles on a regular basis. They are extremely informative and educational. Eithne Kilty San Anselmo
Harsh wasteland Re: Father Tad Pacholcyzk’s column, “Human stockpiling” (Sept. 16): Segueing from a bizarre “thought experiment” about temporarily crystallized children to the “multibillion dollar business of infertility in the U.S.,” Father Pacholcyzk brings to light disturbing aspects of the business. It’s good to have such information brought to us forcefully. Father Pacholcyzk notes that “stored embryos often end up being condemned to a kind of perpetual stasis, locked in time in the harsh wasteland of their liquid nitrogen orphanages.” As despicable as the practice is, I am not as much concerned about the children as I am about us adults. Certainly the children are as
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America’s military might is a major cause of international instability and a huge obstacle to peace. More than 40 years ago, King warned Americans: “The judgment of God is upon us today.” And a Tony Magliano few years before his warning, the world’s Catholic bishops, during the Second Vatican Council, issued a similar warning. They urgently proclaimed: “Men of our time must realize that they will have to give a somber reckoning for their deeds of war. For the course of the future will depend largely on the decisions they make today.” In the prophetic words of King: “We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence, or violent co-annihilation. We must move past indecision to action. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality and strength without sight.” Tony Magliano writes a column on social justice for Catholic News Service.
future retreats will have greater participation. Classes are held throughout the year for children and young adults with special needs. For more information, please contact Janet Fortuna at (415) 614-5500. Ernie and Marie Batrez Faith formation group leaders Pacifica
Weigel on Lenin’s Tomb innocent as the infants massacred by Herod in Bethlehem. Certainly they are in the care of our loving and merciful God. For those concerned about the absence of formal baptism, does the desire for their salvation by prayerful Christians constitute a baptism of desire? Let’s continue the “thought experiment” by changing the focus to adult Christians. Consider a man bombarded daily by complex issues. Little by little, he isolates himself from the public forum. He insulates himself from issues that he perceives don’t affect him directly. His conscience hardens. His heart grows cold. He does not think in terms of the “warehousing of children.” Is not that man in danger of being “condemned to a kind of perpetual stasis,” locked alone in a harsh wasteland — not in time but in eternity? Is not his danger greater than that of the warehoused children? Am I that man? Arthur Mangold San Mateo
Abolish human slavery Delighted to read the article on human trafficking by Sister Dolores Barling, SNJM (“End modern-day slavery,” Sept. 30). We are doing our best to abolish this slavery. Thank you for informing the public about this hidden atrocity. Sister Kathleen Bryant, RSC Religious Sisters of Charity Culver City
Retreat served those with special needs A wonderful retreat was held at St. Peter Church in Pacifica on Sept.17 for individuals with special needs and their families. The event was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and led by Sister Celeste Arbuckle, Janet Fortuna and the faith formation group leaders. It was a day for everyone to come together, meet one another and attend two parental seminars geared toward the challenges of raising children with special needs. There were activities for all the children while their parents attended a seminar. The retreat closed with a time of reflection, prayer and all the children singing and signing two songs they learned that day. Everyone had a great time and the parents seemed to be especially grateful for the seminars and to be able to voice their ideas, needs and thoughts on participating within our greater church community. We really hope
By George, there he goes again! Long on opinion and short on facts, Mr. Weigel tells us that Lenin’s Tomb is “a major tourist attraction and thus a source of income.” In five visits to Moscow since the fall of the USSR, I’ve tried to see the mummified old boy, however, it’s always been closed. That’s because it’s only open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and, oh yes, admission is free. Further, the special regiment of honor guards has been replaced with a single bored policeman. Mr. Weigel then goes on to criticize the Russian Orthodox for not being aggressive enough about burying the monster. The Moscow patriarchy of the ROC has, and continues to make, terrible errors. However, they live in a nation where unrepentant communists and nationalists use any excuse to attempt to destabilize society. Things there are a little more complicated than they appear from the civilized comfort of something called the “Ethics and Public Policy Center” in Washington. Greg Smith San Francisco
St. Brigid book is questionable history
millennium. I was honored to be one of three priests on the first 13-member panel that would study the City of San Francisco. I was honored to be on the commission for all three years as we studied and planned for the three counties of the archdiocesan church. In this study we wanted and invited the involvement of all the parishioners of the church. There were parish self-studies developed by parish priests and laity. There were small meetings and town hall meetings. There were appointed priests and laity that assisted the commission in developing and reviewing the studies. Then there were many meetings of small clusters of parishes so that – from the bottom up – we might develop through surveys and studies a plan that was factual and realistic and pastoral as well as truly representative of the thinking of all the people who were anxious to work with us in forming the church of the future. The church of San Francisco proudly responded in great numbers to this public profession and expression of faith. We showed ourselves to be a collaborative church eager to share thoughts and desires and the responsibility for the future vibrancy of the Roman Catholic Church of San Francisco. All of this is the real history of the church of San Francisco during those years. It is a history Ms. Guthrie’s book shows no knowledge of and, strangely, makes no mention. Sadly there was a small group of people who were too busy or disinterested to participate with the archbishop and all the people who were eager to do the hard work with him of facing the future and planning for it sensibly and with sensitivity. I am particularly saddened that a small band of the people from St. Brigid’s was in that group. I was sad because I served them as their associate pastor, then as the neighboring pastor and dean of that part of the archdiocese. In those roles I participated in all the meetings they were asked to have and were invited to attend. I knew all who were present. With the exception of about six people who I worked with and prayed with I did not know the others until they later publicly and sadly expressed their unhappiness. I feel sorry for this former parish and for its good people because I do not think a few unhappy and uninvolved ones ever showed the parish of St. Brigid in the proper light of the true faith. I feel sorry for the people who bought this book expecting to read the history of this parish. They deserve a refund. Father John K. Ring Pastor emeritus St. Vincent de Paul Church San Francisco
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Re: Julian Guthrie’s book, “The Grace of Everyday Saints” (Sept. 16 review): One of our priests said Ms. Guthrie shows potential as a novelist. Unfortunately, this book purported to be not fiction but history: It is not history. History shows that Archbishop John R. Quinn in his ministry as pastor of the church of San Francisco knew that we had to face realistically the facts of San Francisco’s need for the presence of a vibrant church – a church that knew herself and the challenges she was experiencing in the last years of a millennium. She had to be knowledgeable and wise enough to form herself in the world of today as the loving church of Jesus and show this in rich liturgies and meaningful service to the people. To enable himself to do this, Archbishop Quinn formed and empowered an Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission to guide the church in a self-study of its role and its needs and through the collaboration and study, listening and discussion, and prayer of all the people of the archdiocese, develop a pastoral plan that would offer a journey of hope for the third
October 7, 2011 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH IS 25:6-10A On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; he will destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face; the reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the Lord has spoken. On that day it will be said: “Behold our God, to whom we looked to save us! This is the Lord for whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!” For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain. RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 23:1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6 R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side with your rod and your staff that give me courage. Matthew’s Gospel is taken from the “end time” section, the final teachings of Jesus which precede the Passion and Resurrection. The kingdom of heaven is like a wedding banquet, and it triggers association with a happy a gathering. However, this particular story is oddly alienating and unfriendly. Why was it retained in the final version of the gospel, when it could have been left out? Like other parables, it must have been effective in provoking community discussion about fundamental faith questions. There are actually three parables rolled into this passage. In the first, the king invites those on his guest list to the event of a life-time, the wedding party for his son. Who wouldn’t jump at the privilege to be included? But these don’t want to come. When I was mulling over this story, complaining to some Sisters of Mercy that this was a tough passage to write about, and asking why people wouldn’t want to come to a banquet, Helen Marie Gilsdorf quipped, “Because everyone knew the cooking was bad.” Perhaps there were some natural reasons for not wanting to come: Feeling unable to ever reciprocate, not being able to afford the long journey, having to care for a sick relative,
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Matthew 22:1-14 R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come. R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE PHILIPPIANS PHIL 4:12-14, 19-20 Brothers and sisters: I know how to live in humble circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance. In every cir-
cumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and of being in need. I can do all things in him who strengthens me. Still, it was kind of you to share in my distress. My God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father, glory forever and ever. Amen. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 22:1-14 Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched
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Too busy for the banquet? opposing the king’s politics, feeling too shy to mingle with such a big crowd, or being a committed vegetarian and feeling revolted by the veal, roast beef, and ribs on the menu. But whatever legitimate reasons there might have been, these invitees trivialized the summons, preferring to work than come to the king’s party. It’s explicable. Who would do that? In the second parable, the invitees not only refuse to come, they kill the messen-
gers, as though the announcers are enemies rather than ambassadors of the king. They completely distort reality, treating the good as though it’s something bad. Predictably, their response results in self-destruction. The king, apparently letting the roasts go cold, and suspending the banquet, wages war and destroys the city of the refuseniks. In the third scene, the riffraff and the peasants have filled the banquet hall, but the
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his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying, “Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’ Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged and sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.’ The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to meet the guests, he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. The king said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’ But he was reduced to silence. Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’ Many are invited, but few are chosen.” king finds one man who doesn’t fit in. Is he still dirty from his fieldwork? Despite the fact that all his friends cleaned themselves up for the event, he didn’t? He’s so relationally alienated that he doesn’t take the most basic social cues from others like himself? Further, when he’s addressed as “friend,” by the king, he clams up and takes the Fifth, as it were, refusing to engage in conversation or offer an explanation. So, in a puzzlingly hostile scene, the king like a judge has him bound up like a criminal and thrown out of the banquet hall. The bizarre details in the parable are meant to provoke reflection. We might ask: — Have I trivialized some essential goals rather than put them at the top of my agenda? — Am I distracting myself with work and business, and not paying attention to some important spiritual issues? — How do I ethically distinguish good possibilities from bad ones in my life? — Am I in conversation with God, or am I in shutdown? Mercy Sister Eloise Rosenblatt, Ph.D., is a theologian and an attorney in private practice in San Jose.
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Wisdom vs. logic Wisdom is the quality of having knowledge, experience which highlighted the conflict between wisdom and logic. and good judgment, whereas logic is merely the study of Charles Darwin’s theory seems logical, but it falls short of correct thinking. being a scientific theory. Wisdom enables you to accept mysteries that you cannot A proposition only rises to the status of a theory when prove scientifically. It does not deceive. it is considered to be more than a hypothesis or a conjecture. For instance, we know that something doesn’t come To be a valid scientific theory, it must have been tested and from nothing, and that there must be a supreme intelligence proven satisfactorily. behind the universe, even if we do not clearly understand it. The theory of evolution is plausible, but it has never been Logic can appear to be truthful, but fall short. truly proven; no missing link has ever been found. There has For instance, it is logical to deny the existence of God, never been any proof of a rising spiral from the amoeba to saying that there is not a reptiles to birds to mammals shred of scientific evidence to apes and ultimately to man. This is not to say that in the entire universe to Without faith, people are doomed creation and evolution are prove God’s existence. So mutually exclusive. We do logic can lead to serious to endure the limitations of logic. not believe that, as many error. fundamentalist Christians do. Faith is knowledge; it comes to us not from science, but from divine revelation. Catholics know that two recent popes have endorsed theistic Faith gives us a wider perspective on the totality of reality, evolution as a valid thesis, allowing that the temporal appearance of life on earth has been guided by God without defining and it gives us wisdom. Wisdom teaches us to cling to our faith and to believe in what way that may be. However, since Darwin’s theory eliminates God from the with St. Paul that doing this “is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come process, his credibility is suspect. He wrote: “I gradually came to knowledge of the truth” of salvation in Jesus Christ (1 to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine religion” (“Evolution and Other Fairy Tales,” by Larry Azar). Timothy 2:3-4). Darwin’s “The Origin of Species” was no doubt influWithout faith, people are doomed to endure the limitaenced by his rejection of God and the Book of Genesis. tions of logic. Logic has caused many believers to leave the faith. Recently, I wrote a column on the theory of evolution,
The account of creation in Genesis tells us that God created the world and our first parents. When they disobeyed him, God punished them, thus leading to the fallen state of man. Darwin’s followers reject this story as folklore Father and conclude that there John Catoir never was a fall, and therefore there is no such thing as original sin. If we have not fallen, they say, we do not need to be saved. Thus they also deny the divinity of Christ. Logic leads them into the denial of more than 5,000 years of our Judeo-Christian heritage. Faith teaches us that there is great wisdom behind the Book of Genesis. Modern history shows that human nature has fallen: We are still living on the brink of nuclear disaster. The Middle East could explode, and wisdom teaches us that we truly do need a savior. Pray for those who have lost their faith because of the atheistic theories of Charles Darwin. Father John Catoir writes a column for Catholic News Service.
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Catholic in the NFL: An interview with Chargers’ QB Philip Rivers
Rivers’ wise words for high school men — Appreciate the faith. — Appreciate the gift of the sacraments.
By Eric Porteous Earlier this year I had the opportunity catch up with fellow Catholic, NFL quarterback and three-time Pro Bowler Philip Rivers of the San Diego Chargers at the Catholic Men’s Fellowship Conference in Phoenix. Read along as we discuss faith as an NFL player, the importance of Mass and the sacraments, temptation, natural family planning and trash talking as a Christian. Even if you’re not a football fan, you need to read this. What’s been your most memorable moment as a football player? Gosh, that’s tough to sum it all up into one. I was fortunate enough to play for my dad in high school, so that The Chargers’ Philip Rivers was special because as I grew up I couldn’t wait for that opportunity. In college beating Notre Dame in a bowl game into your adulthood as a football player. That’s pretty was the most memorable win. And I think in San Diego rare for professional athletes. How did you do that? I was fortunate to grow up in the faith; my mom taught me getting to play in the AFC championship, that was really the faith. In North Alabama there were only like 15 of us in my memorable. It’s hard to sum up one particular memory. county in my confirmation class. We were quite the minority in What does a typical day look like for you? Quite busy … Wednesday, Thursday and Friday is the Alabama. But one thing I remember is when I went to college bulk of the work week. I leave around 5:30 in the morning at North Carolina State the biggest thing that stuck in my head and don’t get home until around 6 p.m. We have Tuesday off from my mom was never miss Mass. That was the thing that so that’s kind of like a family day at my house so the kids she definitely got across. When you go to college that’s when enjoy that. During the off-season up until Easter you’re on the faith becomes your own. Your mom and dad aren’t waking your own, so staying in decent shape is up to you. It’s our you up and reminding you, “Hey this is a good day to go to family’s favorite time of year because we’re all home and we confession.” It’s up to you. So that really stayed with me and I made sure I never missed spend a lot of quality time together. It picks up again as we head into the summer, it’s a busy schedule during the season Mass and continued to grow in the faith. My wife had a lot to but I appreciate it because you get such a great off-season. do with it. She’s a convert and actually became Catholic the day You’re known for your very passionate style of play. before we got married. There are so many gifts from the faith to appreciate and it strikes people differently, but the oneness of the How do you talk trash as a Christian? I’m known as a trash talker, but I’m not saying any church wherever you are, Raleigh, San Diego, Alabama. Every trash out there. It’s all in fun; just like you would give a place we were was home because the Catholic Church is the little jab to your brother in the backyard it’s the same way same everywhere. When we went to Mass that first Sunday after moving to a new place, that out there. You know, as I was where we felt at home grew up with my dad being and were able to say “well, my coach, that’s the way he I’m known as a trash talker, but home is anywhere, it doesn’t coached – with a great deal of passion and energy. So I’m not saying any trash out there. matter where we live because we have the faith.” that’s just the way I’ve done How are you able to everything. I play the game It’s all in fun; just like you would make the sacraments a like I did when I was a kid priority in the midst of your in Alabama, even though football schedule, especially there are a lot more cameras give a little jab to your brother in on Sundays? and people paying attention. They have Mass available And the trash talk is nothing the backyard. for us; there’s a team priest I couldn’t go home and tell my wife or my mom. That was the thing that really got me who travels with us. Obviously at home I have the opportunity through some of the bumpy roads. That I knew I didn’t have to go at our parish, either earlier Sunday morning or Saturday to defend anything that was wrong. But I did understand Mass. But I’ve recently started visiting the churches in the cities the way anything can be spun by the media, so that was a we go to, and it’s that same thing – you feel at home. You’re in the opposing team’s city and yet you found Mass there. That’s learning lesson for me. So you grew up in a Catholic home, and you took that really special playing on Sunday and being able to go to Mass
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— Apply your faith to everything you do. —“If you’re going to be a Catholic man, be it all the way.” the day of the game – to play and do something you’re passionate about. I was always worried about that, to be honest, even in college thinking, “How am I going to be able to go to Mass? And if I make the NFL, then what happens?” Is there any piece of advice that you would give to high school young men? Appreciate the faith. Appreciate what we have and what a great gift the sacraments are. It’s hard to see that as a young man but I think that again, they too are the leaders of their age. They grow in their faith and everybody will follow - both their girlfriends and others. And then also, this can apply to their faith but also to anything else they do. My dad always said that if you’re going to do something — do it all the way. If you’re going to be a Catholic man, be it all the way. If you’re going to clean your room, clean it the right way. You know, all those little things add up and they stick with you. What kind of temptations and challenges have you had to face as a football player? The biggest key to avoid those temptations is to not put yourself in those situations. And it’s not just as an NFL player, it’s in any workplace, in any city, anything you’re doing, anywhere after dark, after midnight. I think it’s Corinthians 11 that says, “Bad company corrupts good morals.” If you’re not in the wrong but you continue to put yourself in tempting situations eventually you may give in. So that’s always been something I’ve lived by all the way through — don’t put yourself in those situations. Even though you may be strong enough to go somewhere and not fall into the sin, avoiding it from the start will certainly help. You’re married with five kids. I was just wondering if there’s any marriage advice you have for any of us? I think the biggest thing is to be with your best friend, and it starts right there, that’s the key I believe. Natural family planning has a lot to do with the strength of our marriage. It allows the understanding that we’re on the same page. There’s discipline and sacrifice that comes with that so we’re able bond in many different ways. And the thing I’m most thankful for is that we’re both in the church because you have an immediate bond. That was important for my wife to be Catholic as well; she’s been great for me and also as a mom and wife. Is there anything that you would like prayers for? Yeah, I can give you many intentions, but I’d certainly be humbled if you prayed for my family and for all the unborn. This article was originally published at LifeTeen.com Sept. 21 and is used with permission. Eric Porteous, Life Teen’s Director of Direct Contact, has served in ministry for nine years and received his certification in youth ministry from Franciscan University.
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Back to the future? By Greg Erlandson I suspect it has always been the case that the younger generation becomes convinced that it knows better than its elders, is better informed, is not going to make the same mistakes. This probably goes back to the invention of fire, when some young know-it-all shortly thereafter invented eye rolling as his parents struggled to master a piece of flint. There is some generational eye-rolling now going on in the church, and as is to be expected, it is coming from the young. Perhaps less expected is that it is coming from many a young priest and seminarian. There is a bracing, world-changing, in-your-face quality to some of the young guys I’m hearing about and meeting. They may not like the comparison, but their passion reminds me a lot of my generation once upon a time: an idealism that can be both inspiring and naïve, a passion for truth, a disdain for the received wisdom of their elders that strikes the holders of received wisdom as a tad arrogant. What is catching priests and laity of my generation a bit off guard is that while the energy is recognizable, its orientation is very different. Now many young guys are wearing cassocks … in public. They swap rumors about when the Mass will go back to being celebrated ad
orientem (the priest’s back is to the people) and predict the end of Communion in the hand. Latin and chant have the whiff of the new and exotic to them. I recently heard stories of young priests — shades of 1980s Catholic feminists! — rejecting concelebration. One young Turk even said that faithful Catholics should receive the Eucharist “only occasionally.” All of this stuff drives older Catholics — even those who do not see themselves as particularly liberal — a little bit crazy, in part because they see it as nostalgia for something never experienced, and as rebellion against something never lived through. Indeed, Catholics born in the 1930s, `40s and `50s remember the Second Vatican Council and the whirlwind of change that followed as essential to their experience of the church. It was cutting edge, whether liked or not. But for young priests and seminarians born after 1980, Vatican II is as much a part of ancient history as Vatican I. They have known only two popes. They have experienced the vigorous resurgence of the church militant, and they reject what they see as the church querulous among those who preceded them. Layer on top of this the sexual abuse crisis. When one talks to senior clergy, one often detects a great deal of anger directed at the bishops who they feel abandoned them. When one talks to junior clergy, the anger is often
directed at the senior clergy who, it is sometimes said and other times hinted at, abandoned the discipline and fidelity that should have prevented such terrible actions. This is unfair, of course, but it reflects an idealism that often comes with vocation. I admire the passion, the intense devotion and the sense of discovery of these newest laborers in the vineyard. At the same time, my assumption is that time spent in parishes with their people — hearing their confessions, watching their struggles, standing by their deathbeds — will sand off the sharp edges, as it did many of the priests of my generation. What remains, I hope, will be a spiritual witness that will help bring Christ to his people amid all the temptations and doubt that no generation ever escapes completely. I know that some of the young guys do give up when reality doesn’t meet their expectations, but hasn’t this always been the case? For most, idealism will bring a new energy to the vocation, and age will bring its own consolations. When that happens, one thing is sure: Someone younger will be rolling his eyes. Greg Erlandson is president and publisher of the independent Catholic newsweekly Our Sunday Visitor, where this column was published Sept. 18. Reprinted with permission.
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Spirituality for Life
Unconscious images that deeply influence us Father Ron Rolheiser Among all the great stories in the world are those that deal with heroes and heroines. These are stories that describe someone, a man or a woman, though most often a man, who has to journey through danger, suffering, opposition, misunderstanding and humiliation to achieve some noble goal. These kinds of stories abound everywhere in classical mythology, Scripture, epic novels and in popular movies. The details of the stories vary enormously, but there is a common pattern in them: For noble reasons, the hero or heroine must descend into some underworld of suffering and endure that suffering, usually in the face of fierce misunderstanding and opposition, so as to eventually emerge victorious, a conqueror, a hero, an object of admiration and as one who now somehow stands above others because of this achievement. As well, in these myths and stories the world is better and somehow saved because of this person’s courage and his or her willingness to endure pain, mis-
understanding, isolation and humiliation. Typically the hero or heroine accomplishes some feat in the world, a victory in war or in sports; but, at a deeper level, many of these stories are meant to be understood as journey inside of one’s own psyche and soul. Mythically this is expressed as the quest for the “holy grail,” and ultimately the “holy grail” is something found at the end of an inner journey, namely, a rarified human maturity and sanctity. In a new book, “Nature and the Human Soul,” Bill Plotkin reflects on how, today, our understanding of this has become badly distorted; so badly in fact, that, for our culture, the “holy grail” is envisaged as little more than the glory of being a teen idol. Here’s how he puts it: In recent decades, pop culture has diminished the mature form of the hero’s journey by confounding it with an egocentric, adolescent caricature. We’re all too familiar with the Hollywood story in which the valorous ‘hero’ or ‘heroine’ — from John Wayne to James Bond, from Superman to Mighty Mouse, from Batgirl
to Bionic Woman — risks his or her life, health or wealth in order to save the day, the damsel or the planet and reap the rewards of personal triumph. In this immature rendition of the hero’s journey, the protagonist goes forth to cheat death and becomes a ‘man’ or ‘woman,’ or flaunts machismo, more in the manner of a celebrity icon or teen idol than a mature adult. The adolescent hero returns with a few scratches but is essentially unchanged as a person. Although often entertaining, this is Dungeons and Dragons, not a mature hero’s journey. Both men’s and women’s paths to genuine maturity are distinct from juvenile, usually masculine, heroism. The mature hero endures a descent to the underworld, undergoing a defeat of the adolescent personality (a psychological death or dismemberment), receiving a revelation of his true place in the world and returning humbly to his people to be of service to his vision. This is equally true of the mature heroine.
The hero’s journey is meant to transform adolescence into adulthood, and this is not necessarily achieved by conquering invading aliens, outmuscling the bad guys or winning an Academy Award or a championship trophy. Too often these conquests have the opposite effect of deepening egocentricity and locking one even deeper inside of immaturity by reinforcing the adolescent daydream. What is needed to kill the adolescent personality is a defeat or a humiliation that cracks open and exposes the daydream’s immaturity. A true hero’s journey, one that transforms us from egocentricity to humility, will always be a paschal journey within which we, like Jesus, drink the chalice of humiliation, albeit without growing bitter or losing hope. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.
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Regional youth event Members of San Francisco’s St. John the Evangelist Parish youth group were among nearly 300 youth from the Archdiocese of San Francisco who attended the OnFire celebration for Catholic youth and young adult ministry at Six Flags in Vallejo on Sept. 24. The event drew 4,000 youth from throughout Northern California. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice was the principal celebrant of the day’s Mass.
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Tour the Vatican including an audience (subject to his schedule) with Pope Benedict XVI! Tour Rome’s religious highlights including St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and Rome’s first church, the “Cathedral of Rome and of the World.” Celebrate two Masses in Rome including private Mass at St. Peter’s. See ancient Rome, the Colosseum, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore and more! Fly to Lisbon, Portugal; visit Lady of Fatima Church, celebrate private Masses at the Basilica of Fatima and Apariciones Chapel of Fatima; and tour the Batalha monastery. Travel to Salamanca, Spain; visit the Old Cathedral and New Cathedral; overnight in Valladolid, Spain. Visit Lourdes, France; celebrate Mass at the Grotto of Lourdes. Take the high-speed train to Paris for two nights. Wednesday’s Paris highlight includes The Shrine of the Miraculous Medal with Mass at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Thursday’s highlights include a full-day tour of Paris visiting the Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower, Basilica of the Sacred Heart and more! Includes 10 Breakfasts & 10 Dinners.
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Daily Mass aboard Holland America Line ms Oosterdam . Join other Catholics on this 15-day vacation including a seven-day deluxe cruise with Holland America Line and a seven-day Pacific Northwest vacation with YMT. Your group will fly into Salt Lake City for one night. The next day enjoy a city tour of the highlights before taking a scenic drive to Jackson Hole, WY. Then see Grand Teton National Park and spend two days in Yellowstone National Park before heading to Butte, MT. Travel through Montana’s “Big Sky Country” and through northern Idaho; see Lake Coeur d’ Alene; Spokane; Grand Coulee Dam; and end in Seattle, Washington. Board the 5-star ms Oosterdam in Seattle for your 7 night Alaskan Inside Passage Cruise. Next, travel through a wondrous maze of forested-island and glacier-carved fjords, past charming coastal villages, migrating whales and calving glaciers to Tracey Arm; Juneau; Sitka; Ketchikan; and spectacular Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island! After the cruise spend one more night in Seattle, with an included city tour, then depart for home. *Price includes the seven-day deluxe Alaska cruise, seven nights hotels, lots of motor coach sightseeing throughout the Pacific Northwest, baggage handling, port charges and taxes. Based on May 21 departure. Add $300 for June 18 and August 27 departures. Add $500 for the July 16 departure. The July 16 departure includes your YMT Chaplain/Priest Fr. Walter Grabowski who is pastor of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Eden, New York. This will be his 6th trip as your YMT Chaplain.
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More comments filed against HHS By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic organizations filing comments on the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ mandate that health insurance plans cover contraception and sterilization and a proposed religious exemption registered their strong disapproval. The latest round of comments echoed objections raised in those filed earlier by, among others, attorneys for the U.S. bishops and the Catholic Health Association. The comment deadline was Sept. 30, the last day of a 60-day comment period for the mandate and proposed exemption announced Aug. 1 by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. In describing as “narrow” a religious exception from the proposed mandate, Catholic Charities USA president Father Larry Snyder, in a 13-page Sept. 28 memo to an HHS administrator, said the mandate will “force organizations that oppose contraception for religious reasons to choose between (1) offering these services in violation of their religious beliefs, and (2) facing the prospect of substantial fees if they choose not to offer health insurance coverage. This lose-lose choice would impose a ‘substantial burden’ on these organizations’ exercise of religion.” Under the HHS proposal, to qualify for a religious exemption, an organization would have to meet four criteria: “(1) has the inculcation of religious values as its purpose; (2) primarily employs
Liberty. . . ■ Continued from cover the work of the church,” Bishop Lori told Catholic News Service Sept. 30, explaining the motivation for forming the committee. “Hopefully, we will raise up the issue for the entire Catholic community in the United States,” he said. “We will help educate about the issue and hopefully there will be good and effective action.” Bishop Lori has been a public defender of religious liberty over the last year. In October 2010 he issued “Let Freedom Ring: A Pastoral Letter on Religious Freedom,” which carefully laid out an argument that some legislative efforts in the government seemed to be aimed solely at the Catholic Church. Bishop Lori said the USCCB has discussed its concerns about restrictions on religious freedom repeatedly, most recently at its June meeting in suburban Seattle and again when the administrative committee met in Washington in mid-September. In his announcement, Archbishop Dolan said that committee members will work with a variety of national organizations, ecumenical and interreligious partners, charities and scholars to “form a united and forceful front in defense of religious freedom in our nation.” “Never before have we faced this kind of challenge in our ability to engage in the public square as people of faith and as a service provider,” the archbishop said in a statement. “If we do not act now, the consequence will be grave.” Archbishop Dolan cited a series of actions at various levels of government that pose dangers to the free exercise of religion. Specifically, he pointed to the narrow religious exemption in New York in regard to same-sex marriage, the Justice Department’s recent argument that the support of traditional
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persons who share its religious tenets; (3) primarily serves persons who share its religious tenets; and (4) is a nonprofit organization” under specific sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Catholic Charities has been the principal social services agency of the U.S. church for more than a century. “Throughout our history, we have always been able to serve those in need while maintaining our religious identity,” Father Snyder said. “These federal regulations, if implemented, would compromise in unprecedented ways the ability of our agencies in local communities across America to provide these services.” In a Sept. 28 letter to Sebelius, Holy Cross Father John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, reminded her that when President Barack Obama spoke at Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony in 2009, he had spoken of “a sensible conscience clause” on such matters. “May I suggest that this is not the kind of ‘sensible’ approach the president had in mind when he spoke here,” Father Jenkins said. “It runs contrary to a 40-year history of federal conscience statutes that have been in effect to protect individuals and organizations like ours from being required to participate in, pay for, or provide coverage for certain services that are contrary to our religious beliefs or moral convictions.” He suggested an alternative definition for a religious employer already found in the IRS code that such an organization “shares common religious bonds and convictions with a church.”
marriage as defined in the Defense of Marriage Act amounted to bigotry, and the requirement by the Department of Health and Human Services that the USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services provide the “full range of reproductive service” — including abortion and contraception — to trafficking victims in its cooperative agreements and government contracts. He also repeated the U.S. bishops’ concern about Health and Human Services regulations that would mandate the coverage of contraception and sterilization in all private health insurance plans while failing to protect insurers and individuals with religious or moral objections to the mandate. “As shepherds of over 70 million U.S. citizens we share a common and compelling responsibility to proclaim the truth of religious freedom for all and so to protect our people from this assault which now appears to grow at an ever-accelerating pace in ways most us could never have imagined,” Archbishop Dolan said.
At a glance U.S. bishops’ religious liberty concerns: — The narrow religious exemption in New York in regard to same-sex marriage. — The Justice Department’s recent argument that the support of traditional marriage as defined in the Defense of Marriage Act amounted to bigotry. — The requirement by the Department of Health and Human Services that the U.S. bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services provide the “full range of reproductive service” -- including abortion and contraception -- to trafficking victims in its cooperative agreements and government contracts. — U.S. Health and Human Services regulations that would mandate the coverage of contraception and sterilization in all private health insurance plans while failing to protect insurers and individuals with religious or moral objections to the mandate.
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The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi and La Nuova Porziuncola Vallejo and Columbus in North Beach: Oct. 8: “Third Birthday Celebration of the Knights of St. Francis of Assisi and The Porziuncola Nuova” with actress, Annie Potts of “Designing Women” fame, as master of ceremonies. Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Madden will give the invocation. Elisa Stephens, president of Academy of Art University, and Philip F. Mangano, president, American Round Table to Abolish Homelessness, will be honored with the St. Francis of Assisi Award. Reception at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. Email Email Angela Alioto at Angela@knightsofsaintfrancis.com or call (415) 434-8700. The Porziuncola and “Francesco Rocks” Gift Shop are open every day 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with Mass in the shrine church Monday through Saturday at 12:15 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. Rosary is prayed daily in Porziuncola at 4:30 p.m. Call (415) 986-4557.
Datebook Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m. – noon: According to the National Cancer Institute, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. The CHW Cancer Center at St. Mary’s Medical Center is partnering with Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave. in San Francisco, to offer a free breast health event to women of all ages. “Think Pink: What Every Woman Needs to Know” will have physicians, nurses and therapists discussing cancer risks, breast cancer prevention and treatment options. Medical Director Dr. Sara Huang of St. Mary’s radiation oncology is among the speakers. For more information or to let us know you’ll be there, call (888) 457-5202.
Halloween Oct. 28, 7 – 10:30 p.m.: “Sock Hop – Halloween Social” at Immaculate Conception Academy auditorium24th and Guerrero in San Francisco. Proceeds benefit St. James School - “challenging the mind, nurturing the spirit.” Evening includes costume contest, pumpkin carving contest, music and dancing. Tickets are $20 per person. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Buy tickets or donate at www.saintjamessf.org or call (415) 647-8972. Must be 21 years old to attend.
Respect Life Oct. 23, 5 – 8 p.m.: Fundraising dinner for San Mateo Pro-Life at Father Flanagan Hall, St. Mark Church, 325 Marine View Ave. in Belmont. Menu includes gourmet chicken dinner, plus fun raffle and door prizes. Guest speaker is attorney Brad Dacus founder and president of Pacific Justice Institute. Dacus has been honored his commitment to faith and justice and work protecting parental rights and religious freedom. Tickets are $30 per person. For tickets or more information contact Vicki at (650) 365-5718 or Jessica at (650) 572-1468. Please call by Oct. 20.
Food and Fun October 8, 8 p.m.: “Dance the Night Away – Zydeco Style” at St. Paul of the Shipwreck gym, corner of Third and Jamestown in San Francisco. Enjoy Creole-Cajun cuisine, raffles, and a fun time on the dance floor. Free dance lessons at 7 p.m. Music by André Thierry and Zydeco Magic. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For tickets or more information call Warren Semien at (415) 374-6698 or Benetta Gipson at (415) 822-5188. Oct. 10: 19th annual Capuchin Golf Tournament at Green Hills Country Club in Millbrae with registration and lunch at 10 a.m. and a shotgun-start 18-hole scramble. Entry fee of $300 per person includes golf, range, cart, tee prizes, lunch, beverages, and dinner. Dinner-only tickets are available at $50 per person. Call Bill Mason at (650) 906-1040 or Roy Nickolai at (415) 760-6584. Proceeds benefit service programs of the Capuchin Franciscans of the Western America Province. Oct. 14, 15, 16: “Wild West Days” hosted by St. Dunstan Parish, 1133 Broadway Ave. in Millbrae. Come celebrate and enjoy carnival rides, games, food and drink, a chili cook off, dunk tank, bingo, raffle, silent auction, Sunday night roast beef dinner, entertainment and much more. Fun for the whole family! Fun starts at 5 p.m. Friday. Saturday hours are noon-10 p.m. Sunday hours are noon-8 p.m. Call the St. Dunstan rectory at (650) 697-4730. Oct. 19, noon: San Francisco’s famous monthly pasta luncheon at the Immaculate Conception Chapel, downstairs, at 3255 Folsom St., just up the hill from Cesar Chavez. Enjoy great mostaciolli, homemade meatballs, and salad, family style for $8. Beverages are available for purchase. Nov. 6: The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Columbia Division #2 Fall Fashions Show at the United
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Catholic Charities CYO The social services arm of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Information: (415) 972-1200, www.cccyo.org, moreinfo@cccyo.org. Nov. 4, 6 p.m.: “Vincenzo Wine Tasting & Auction” at San Francisco’s Galleria in the San Francisco Design Center. Proceeds benefit Catholic Charities CYO services to at-risk youth. Guests will enjoy an enchanting evening complete with exclusive tastings from premier wineries, hors d’oeuvres and dessert by McCall’s Catering and Events, and a festive live auction featuring rare wines and unique travel packages. Tickets start at $175/sponsorship opportunities available. For information visit www.vincenzo.org, phone (415) 972-1213 or email aayala@cccyo.org.
Rosary Rallies October 15: Family Rosary Crusade. The San Francisco Legion of Mary invites all Catholics to join us for the San Francisco Family Rosary Crusade 2011. The Family Rosary Crusade will be held on Oct.15, 2011, at . noon, in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza. Join us as we pray the rosary, adore the Blessed Sacrament, listen to inspirational speakers, and ask the blessings of God for ourselves and our community. For more information, visit www.familyrosarycrusade2011.com.
Social Justice/Lectures/Prayer Oct. 22, 9 a.m. – noon: “An Interrupted Life,” with Paulist Father Terry Ryan. Etty Hillesum and all of her family but brother, Jaab, were murdered at Auschwitz within months of each other in 1943 and 1944. Etty’s diaries, published in 1983 and again in a closer light just recently, have inspired many readers. Talks take place at Old St. Mary’s Paulist Center, 660 California St. in San Francisco. Coffee and treats start the day. Workshop is free, but free will offerings are welcome. Call (415) 288-3845. Sundays, 1:30-2:30 p.m.: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Benediction at Notre Dame des Victoires Church, 566 Bush St. between Stockton
Notre Dame de Namur High School, San Francisco, is looking for members of the class of 1962, in preparation of a 109th Annual Alumnae Mass and Luncheon. The Ladies of the Class of 1962 will be our honored Golden Belles. Contact Katie O’Leary at nuttydames@aol.com or call (415) 282-6588. Oct. 8, 5:30 p.m.: Our Lady of Mercy School, class of 1961 receive Golden Diplomas after evening Mass. A reception follows. Contact Jean Anderson at (650) 756-3395 or email alumni@olmbulldogs.com. Oct. 14, 5:30 p.m.: Calling all Serra, Mercy, Burlingame and Notre Dame, Belmont alums: Join us for the Serra Alumni Homecoming Barbecue at Serra’s Frisella Field. The barbecue will be followed by the Serra Homecoming Game against Archbishop Mitty at 7 p.m. The event is free for Serra High School alumni and $5 for Notre Dame and Mercy alumnae. The price includes dinner and your game ticket. Hope to see alumni from all generations! Oct. 15, 2 – 4 p.m.: “School of the Epiphany AllSchool Reunion Open House,” 600 Italy St. in San Francisco. Join your fellow classmates as Epiphany School celebrates its part in the 100 year history of Epiphany Church! All classes, from the Class of 1940 to the Class of 2011, are invited to reconnect with the school of their youth. Meet old friends and classmates. See all the improvements and additions to the campus. See videos of recent graduations. Contact Jim Reinhardt at (415) 337-4030, ext.126. Oct. 16: Class of 1951 from Lone Mountain College in San Francisco/SF College for Women. Contact Anstell Ricossa at (415) 921-8846 or Toni Buckley at (415) 681-5789. Oct. 16: Class of 1961 from Lone Mountain College. Contact Pat Mazza Gallagher at (415) 472-7865 or Carolyn Zullo Giannini at (415) 921-4407. Oct. 16, 11 a.m.: The Catholic Alumni Club of the San Francisco Bay Area invites current and former members, married and single, guests and friends to a Mass and
Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at grosskopf@ usfca.edu (415) 422-6698. Nov. 4-6: “Marriage Help – Retrouvaille” (pronounced retro-vi), a Catholic program, has helped thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. For confidential information about, or to register for the program, call (415) 893-1005 or email: SF@Retrouvaille.org or visit www. Retrouvaille.org or www.retroCA.com. Would you like support while you travel the road through separation and divorce? The Archdiocese of San Francisco offers support for the journey. The Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (SDCASF) offer two ongoing support groups at St. Bartholomew Parish, 600 Columbia Drive, San Mateo, on the first and third Tuesdays, at 7 p.m. in the spirituality center, and in O’Reilly hall of St. Stephen Parish near Stonestown in San Francisco, on first and third Wednesdays, at 7:30 p.m. Call Joanne (650) 347-0701 for more information. Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin County: We are Catholics, single or single again, who are interested in making new friends, taking part in social activities, sharing opportunities for spiritual growth, and becoming involved in volunteer activities that will benefit parishes, community, and one another. We welcome those who would share in this with us. For information, call Bob at (415) 897-0639.
Office of Worship Call (415) 614-5586 Workshops on the “Liturgy and the Revised Roman Missal” will take place October 18, 7 – 9 p.m. at St Bartholomew Parish, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Spring in San Mateo. October 22, 10 a.m. –noon at St Anselm Parish, 97 Shady Lane off Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Ross. November 6, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. at St Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Laura Bertone, interim director, Office of Worship, Archdiocese of San Francisco will facilitate the sessions. For more information, call the Office of Worship at (415) 614- 5586. All are invited free of charge.
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Retaining Walls Stairs • Gates Dry Rot Senior & Parishioner Discounts
Lic. #742961
Licensed
6 5 0 . 29 1 . 4303
CALL FOR FREE CLIENT ASSESMENT
(415) 505-7830
Healthcare Agency
Painting PAINTING INTERIOR, EXTERIOR All Jobs Large and Small
10% Discount: Seniors, Parishioners
Call BILL 415.731.8065 • Cell: 415.710.0584 bheffpainting@sbcglobal.net Member of Better Business Bureau Bonded, Insured – LIC. #819191
415.368.8589 Lic.#942181
www.Irishpainting-sf.com
The Irish Rose
Home Healthcare Agency Specializing in home health aides, attendants and companions. Serving San Francisco, Marin & the Peninsula.
Contact: 415.447.8463
Same price 7 days Cellularized Mobile Shop
(415) 931-1540 24 hrs.
Lifetime Warranty on All Doors + Motors
S.O.S. PAINTING CO. Interior-Exterior wallpaper hanging & removal
Roofing
Lic # 526818 Senior Discount
415-269-0446 650-738-9295
www.sospainting.net FREE ESTIMATES
Remodeling Argos Construction Residential Commercial
Lic. #918864
Construction Remodels, Additions, Paint,Windows, Dryrot, Stucco
(415) 786-0121 • (650) 871-9227 Lic. # 907564
Handy Man Expert interior and exterior painting, carpentry, demolition, fence (repair, build), decks, remodeling, roof repair, gutter (clean/repair), landscaping, gardening, hauling, moving, welding.
All Purpose Cell (415) 517-5977 (650) 757-1946 NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR
415.279.1266 Lic. #582766 415.566.8646 mikecahalan@gmail.com
Painting & Remodeling John Holtz Ca. Lic 391053 General Contractor Since 1980
(650) 355-4926
Painting & Remodeling •Interiors •Exteriors •Kitchens •Baths Contractor inspection reports and pre-purchase consulting
BILL HEFFERON
G ARAGE D OOR R EPAIR
Eoin Lehane
Cahalan Const.
Nancy A. Concon,
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Discount to CSF Readers
(415) 242-3355
ACACIA HOME CARE
Garage Door
Irish Painting
Argosconstruction1.com
Senior Home Care
For information about advertising in the Service Directory, visit www.catholic-sf.org, Call 415-614-5642, Fax: 415-614-5641 or E-mail: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org
Painting
David Nellis M.A. M.F.T. • Marriage counseling • Grief and Trauma • Depression • Anxiety and Panic www.counselingforchristians.com
➤ Hauling ➤ Job Site Clean-Up ➤ Demolition ➤ Yard Service ➤ Garbage Runs ➤ Saturday & Sunday
John Spillane
Fully Licensed • State Certified • Locally Trained • Experienced • On Call 24/7
415.424.8972
Exterior / Interior Additions ➮ Baths Foundations, Stairs, Dry Rot Replacement Windows ➮ Kitchen Remodeling Architect Available ➮ Senior Discount
YOELSHAULING@YAHOO.COM
Dr. Daniel J. Kugler Confidential • Compassionate • Practical (415) 921-1619 • Insurance Accepted
KEANE CONSTRUCTION
PAUL (415) 282-2023
• Family • Work • Relationships • Depression • Anxiety • Addictions Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Over 30 years experience • Reasonable Fees
Lic.# 593788
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Kathy Faenzi, MA, Clinical Gerontologist Office: 650.401.6350 Web: www.faenziassociates.com
Service Changes Solar Installation Lighting/Power Fire Alarm/Data Green Energy
SERVICE DIRECTORY
Lic. # 376353
Timothy P. Breen Notary Public
Clinical Gerontologist Care Management for the Older Adult
Electrical Ph. 415.515.2043 Ph. 650.508.1348
ALL ELECTRIC SERVICE 650.322.9288
*Irish owned & operated
ALL PLUMBING WORK PAT HOLLAND CA LIC #817607
1655 Old Mission Road #3 Colma, SSF, CA 94080 415-573-5141 or 650-993-8036
Electrical
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Home Care Irish Help At Home QUALITY HOME CARE SERVING THE BAY AREA SINCE 1996 * Attendants * Companions • Insured • Bonded www.irishhelpathome.com
San Francisco 415 759 0520
Marin 415.721.7380
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October 7, 2011
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Driver Available Retired professional driver, practicing Catholic, insured, for shopping, doctor’s appts, etc. Outside of San Francisco negotiable. $20/hr. 2 hr minimum (415) 385-4280
caregivers ACACIA HOME CARE Most compassionate and loving care.
20 years experience – LVN Nancy A. Concon, Licensed CALL FOR FREE CLIENT ASSESMENT
(415) 505-7830
Help Wanted
Cookbook SELL Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 125th Anniversary Cookbook of Memories As food has always been a comfort to families who have experienced a loss, it seems only fitting that Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery would create a cookbook in honor of its 125th Anniversary. We would like to create a cookbook of memories – special recipes of your loved ones who are interred in Holy Cross. If your Grandmother, Mom, Dad or Great Uncle Sam made a special dish and is interred in Holy Cross, we hope that you will share that favorite recipe. You may forward your recipe to the attention of Christine Stinson by email costinson@holycrosscemeteries.com, by mail to Holy Cross Cemetery, P.O. Box 1577, Colma, CA 94014 or drop it off at our office or All Saints Mausoleum on weekends. Please include your loved one’s name, date of burial and grave location with the recipe. Also, please include your name and contact information.
Interested qualified applicants may send their resume by email jobs@mercywmw.org, fax (650) 548-0673 or mail directly to Sisters of Mercy c/o Human Resources 2300 Adeline Drive Burlingame, CA 94010
heaven can’t wait Serra for Priestly Vocations Please call Archdiocese of San Francisco (415) 614-5683
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Volunteer Needed Franciscan Covenant Program, a unique opportunity for a lay volunteer to live, Pray, and serve with the Franciscan friars of the St. Barbara Province in California, seeks full time volunteers (married couples or singles) for a 1 year commitment. Members serve in Retreat Centers, Missions, Native American Reservation, and Foundation providing direct service to the poor. It’s more than volunteering. It’s a fulfilling life experience! Contact Paul Barnes & Phyllis Becker, Directors, 831-623-1119, covprg@yahoo.com, www.franciscanconvenantvolunteers.org.
Help Wanted Archdiocese of San Francisco
Looking to make a difference?
Associate Director of Development Full-time exempt position reports to the Director of Development We are is seeking a qualified Associate Director of Development to assist in building, directing and coordinating comprehensive fund development programs of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and its agencies by ensuring that the proper planning, communications and Catholic stewardship-based, fund-raising activities are implemented. This full-time exempt position reports to the Director of Development. We offer a competitive salary in a non-profit environment plus excellent benefits (including free, gated parking at our downtown San Francisco central office.)
Principle Duties and Responsibilities: • Work on the $5 million + Archbishop’s Annual Appeal • Track and report on Bequests to the Archdiocese • Monitor a 30,000+ database
Work Experience/Qualifications:
Novenas PUBLISH A NOVENA
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE WORKERS One on-call position is available for persons with institutional housekeeping and janitorial skills in a hospitality or larger facility. Duties include making beds, sorting, washing and drying linens and general cleaning of guest and conference rooms, hallways, windows, patio, bathrooms, and storage areas. Cleaning involves sweeping, mopping, stripping/waxing and spray buffing of floors, vacuuming of carpets, dusting and emptying waste areas. Experience in conference room arrangements and moving heavier objects, tables, chairs and floor care with older type equipment highly preferred. Requires weekend, afternoon and evening and holiday work. Must be able to communicate well with Sisters, guests and co-workers.
your house, car, or any other items with a Classified Ad in Catholic San Francisco
Catholic San Francisco
Pre-payment required Mastercard or Visa accepted
Cost $26
If you wish to publish a Novena in the Catholic San Francisco You may use the form below or call 415-614-5640 Your prayer will be published in our newspaper
Name Adress Phone MC/VISA # Exp. Select One Prayer: ❑ St. Jude Novena to SH ❑ Prayer to St. Jude
❑ Prayer to the Blessed Virgin ❑ Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Please return form with check or money order for $26 Payable to: Catholic San Francisco Advertising Dept., Catholic San Francisco 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail. Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assistme in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. C.O.
Prayer to St. Jude Oh, Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near Kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make you be invoked. Say three our Fathers, three Hail Marys and Glorias. St. Jude pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. This Novena has never been known to fail. This Novena must be said 9 consecutive days. Thanks. E.A.K.
Three to five years experience in nonprofit Development, preferably management duties in fundraising • Knowledge of development and fund raising principles and procedures • Outstanding interpersonal/relationship skills; organizing the work of self and others • Active member of a Catholic parish within the Archdiocese preferred. Excellent written and oral presentation skills Experience in public speaking Knowledge of capital campaigns, annual appeals, bequests, endowments, fundraising techniques, direct mail
Qualified applicants will have extensive computer skills: Microsoft Office - ability to utilize and navigate within and interact between programs Raiser’s Edge – knowledge of the program and able to garner data through queries HTML - utilization of Internet or web-based program language
Education: Bachelor of Arts or Science degree No reimbursement for relocation expenses For more details about this position please go to: http://www.sfarchdiocese.org/media/files/open-positions/Associate%20Director%20of%20Development%20Sept%2027.pdf For consideration, please e-mail resume and cover letter to: Archdiocese of San Francisco Attn: Patrick Schmidt 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, Ca 94109 E-mail: schmidtp@sfarchdiocese.org
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Catholic San Francisco
October 7, 2011
3250 Nineteenth Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132 415-584-5929
Mercy High School San Francisco
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Open House Sunday, October 23 Presentation Begins at 9am
Proudly Celebrating 60 Years of Dedication to the Educational Mission of the Sisters of Mercy Rooted in Gospel Values
A college preparatory school where young women prepare to make a difference in the world www.mercyhs.org