February 11, 2011

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By John Thavis

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI prayed for a peaceful outcome of the political unrest in Egypt, and the Vatican spokesman said he hoped the changes in the region would lead to greater religious freedom.

“In these days I am following closely the delicate situation of the dear Egyptian nation,” the pope told pilgrims at his noon blessing at the Vatican Feb. 6.

“I ask God that this land, blessed by the presence of the Holy Family, may rediscover tranquility and peaceful coexistence, in a shared commitment to the common good,” the pope said.

It was Pope Benedict’s first comment on nearly two weeks of protest demonstrations that have shaken President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30-year hold on power.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, reviewed the political turmoil in Egypt in a commentary Feb. 5 on Vatican Radio. He said it was not mistaken to speak of a “revolution” in countries of North Africa and the Middle East, where widespread political opposition has emerged for the first time.

Father Lombardi said that along with economic causes of the unrest, many people of the region – especially young people – want more freedom and a more responsive government. He noted that at the recent Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, leaders of Christian minorities there made similar calls for religious freedom.

“Now there are entire populations that, in order to more fully realize their dignity, are asking to exercise more responsibly the right of citizenship that belongs to every person of whatever religion,” the spokesman said.

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Men pray during a protest in Cairo Feb. 7. A day earlier, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for a peaceful end to the unrest in Egypt.

Martha Arbouex’s pilgrim’s path to the Tenderloin

Corpus Christi School closing after 83 years; enrollment drop, financial strain cited

Father Tommy King, a missionary in Guatemala and Peru before taking over as pastor of the parish on Golden It was disconcerting enough for Martha Arbouex Gate Avenue in May. when her parish, Sacred Heart, in San Francisco’s Arbouex’s transformation, from balking at the notion Western Addition, was closed after Christmas 2004, in of joining a Tenderloin parish – “I wouldn’t go down need of an $8 million seismic retrofit while the number those steps to the kitchen at night even with God,” she of its parishioners dwindled. said – to tireless advocate for St. Boniface and the poor On top of that, Arbouex and the other Sacred it serves, is a snapshot of conversion.

Heart faithful, predominantly AfricanBorn and reared in Alabama, 65-yearAmericans, had to go church shopping old Arbouex moved to San Francisco in – getting a sense of other parishes and 1964 following her high school graduwhich among them would be a good fit. ation. She married, had two children, St. Boniface Church in the Tenderloin and for 41 years worked for Fireman’s was the pick, but it wasn’t Arbouex’s Fund Insurance Company, retiring Dec. choice.

31, 2006.

“I didn’t drive in the Tenderloin,” said She wasn’t particularly active at Arbouex, encapsulating her aversion at Sacred Heart, largely because of the presthe time to the challenged neighborhood. sures of work deadlines and the commute What a difference six years make. to the Fireman’s Fund office in Novato.

Today, Arbouex is synonymous with St. Still, having to leave Sacred Heart – the Boniface ministries that serve the poor, Martha Arbouex outside unreinforced masonry building was including as head of the St. Vincent de rocked by the 1989 earthquake, and netSt. Boniface Church Paul Society Conference at the parish ting hung below the ceiling to prevent and as vice president of the society’s debris from falling on pews – was unsetSan Francisco office. She’s a leader, too, in the parish’s tling. Besides, St. Boniface, to her, was in no man’s land. unit of the Knights of Peter Claver & Ladies Auxiliary, St. Boniface’s then-pastor, Franciscan Father Louie the largest historically African-American Catholic Vitale, wanted her and the others from Sacred Heart to lay organization. In fact, given her five-days-a-week join his parish. schedule as well as serving as a lector on Sunday, she Father Vitale said the Sacred Heart choir was central is becoming one of the faces of Catholic volunteerism to the merger: He wanted to host the choir at St. Boniface in the archdiocese. and the choir needed to relocate. Very quickly, parish and “She does the work of five people,” said Franciscan MARTHA ARBOUEX, page 10

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By Valerie Schmalz Monday was a somber day at Corpus Christi School in San Francisco, as Salesian Sister Cecilia Henry went from classroom to classroom listening to her students.

Families had received letters the preceding weekend announcing that the school would Salesian Sister close in June, unable Cecilia Henry to sustain itself financially for another year.

“After much prayer and consultation, it is with deep regret that we announce the closing of Corpus Christi School at the conclusion of this school year in June 2011,” wrote principal Sister Cecilia and newly installed Corpus Christi Pastor Salesian Father Marc Rougeau. Father Rougeau was installed as pastor Jan. 30. This is Sister Cecilia’s first year CORPUS CHRISTI, page 11 at the school.

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Pope prays for peaceful end to Egyptian unrest

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Peggy Brady is a 1967 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Belmont and has taught at her alma mater since 1974. She has taught government and English and served as director of student activities and summer school, and as yearbook adviser and senior class coordinator. “It’s been a privilege to teach at my alma mater, and I have a unique perspective as a former student, teacher, and parent, Jenny ‘97,” Peggy said. “Notre Dame continues to offer a valued-based education while keeping up with the many changes technology provides.” Rita Gleason is principal at Notre Dame. “Mrs. Brady has dedicated her entire professional life to the critical ministry of Catholic education,” Rita said. “She has educated and nurtured young women who have become women of active faith, strong intellect, and Christian leadership…. Paul Trudelle is in his 27th year of teaching at Woodside Priory School and currently the head the Science Department. He holds a graduate degree from San Francisco State University.

“One of Paul’s goals as a teacher is to help students appreciate the wonders of the physical universe and the gifts of God’s creation,” the Priory said. The teacher encourages students by telling them to, “Keep alive the burning desire to know so that you may use your knowledge to help others.” Head of School, Tim Molak, said, “Paul embodies the Benedictine values, has an enthusiastic passion for teaching science, and has given tirelessly of

his time, treasure and talents to students and the school with his 27 years of teaching.”… Mike Silvestri , a 1967 graduate of St. Ignatius College Preparatory, is now, at 40 years on the job, one of the schools longest serving teachers. In that time he has taught math, served as the school business manager and coached baseball and basketball. As business manager for 20 years, Mike grew the financial aid program to helping nearly 20 percent of the student body with $1.5 million in aid. Through Mike Silvestri the deferred maintenance budget, he helped refurbish many of the buildings on campus and recover the school’s sports fields. As a teacher he said he has had “tremendous satisfaction” and, according to the school, Mike “has taught nearly every course in the math department.” The school’s Board of Regents honored Mike in May 2005 praising him for his “professionalism, expertise and dedication,” the school said. “It’s a wonder that the school has allowed me to have two great careers Former San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong and Mary Lau, wife of late San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Lau, with drawing of new St. Mary’s School and Chinese Center scheduled to open in May. Heather is a graduate of the school as was Gordon Lau. The school is in the midst of a $350,000 fundraising campaign to furnish the school’s nine classrooms Call (415) 929-4690 for giving opportunities.

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Director Mick Terrizzi and St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School students are pictured at Tuesday afternoon drum line rehearsal.

By Tom Burke Students at San Francisco’s St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School are learning to play the drums and all that goes with it.

“The students practice once a week for an hour and fifteen minutes,” said instructor Mick Terrizzi, noting the 16 future Gene Krupas and Karen Carpenters play snare, bass and tenor tom drums. Terrizzi, a graduate of St. Gabriel School and St. Ignatius College Preparatory, also teaches social studies at SAIC. The lessons are an exercise on more than one level. “Practice also includes a cardio workout, as carrying the drums can be strenuous,” Terrizzi said.

The group has performed in front of parents at the Christmas show and at the SAIC open house as well as in nearby Precita Park. Students learn how to read basic notation, and master many of the basic drum rudiments, Terrizzi said.

Terrizzi taught himself to play the drums in high school and has seen the drum line help students beyond the music. “While teaching junior high English in a rough inner-city school, I ventured into the auditorium and found a bunch of trashed drums from the ‘70s,” Terrizzi said. “I took them home and refurbished them, replaced some parts, did some tuning and launched a drum line at the school.”

He said students from all grades wanted in because it was the only extracurricular activity offered at the school. He told students that participation would be based on academic performance and behavior. In less than six months, the school saw a 20 percent

increase in English language test scores and many students who were constantly in trouble turned their antics around.

“I just moved back to San Francisco this year and am trying to expand on this idea to help students here in the city,” Terrizzi said. “I bought these drums with my last paychecks from the Kansas City public school system.”

In addition to sharing his love of drumming with students, Terrizzi plays professionally.

“When I was 18 and a freshman at San Diego State University, I auditioned for a touring rock band and got the job,” he recalled. His on-the-road career took him to venues throughout Southern California and Arizona and he continues playing in professional rock and hip-hop bands today. “Hip-hop is my favorite type of music to play,” he said.

“I do this because for some students, the chance to play a musical instrument might be their only reason for coming to school that day,” Terrizzi said. Students also experience, he said, a chance to work on their discipline and teamwork. “All of these skills are vital in any professional field. While students are learning to appreciate the arts, they are also sharpening the skills that may take them farther than any grade I can give them in the classroom.”

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St. Mary Magdalene relic to make 5 local stops on February tour A California-wide tour of St. Mary Magdalene relics has scheduled five stops in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The itinerary includes stops Feb. 16 at St. Dominic Church in San Francisco; Feb. 19 at St. Thomas More Church in San Francisco; Feb. 20 at Vallombrosa Center and Corpus Christi The St. Mary Magdalene Monastery, both in relic is seen at Menlo Park; and Feb. Immaculate Conception 27 at St. Francis of Seminary in Huntington, Assisi Church in East N.Y., Nov. 12, 2009, during Palo Alto. its first visit to the U.S. At St. Thomas More, the event will include a candlelight procession at 3 p.m. followed

by Mass at 5. At St. Dominic, veneration will take place from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., with Mass at 5:30 and preaching and prayer at 9 p.m.

At Vallombrosa, veneration will be held at 9 a.m. with a candlelight procession at 10:30. At the monastery, Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., with veneration after Mass until vespers at 5.

At St. Francis of Assisi, veneration will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Paula Lawlor, a member of St. James Parish in Del Mar, San Diego County, and the organizer of the tour, said she is sending invitations to all parishes in the archdiocese and hopes to add more locations to the tour.

The relic, a portion of St. Mary Magdalene’s tibia, or shinbone, will be carried in a reliquary to California for a one-month tour. After two weeks ST. MARY MAGDALENE, page 6

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Catholic theologians call for change after abuse crisis in Germany OXFORD, England (CNS) – More than 140 Catholic theologians from universities in Austria, Germany and Switzerland called for the church to take serious steps to address the problems of the priest shortage by allowing married priests and women to have more active roles in church ministry and allowing laypeople to help select bishops and pastors, among other changes.

A spokesman for the German bishops’ conference cautiously welcomed the theologians’ memorandum, saying the professors “are contributing to debate about the future of the church in Germany.”

“The German bishops have invited this debate,” Jesuit Father Hans Langendorfer, secretary of the German bishops’ conference, said Feb. 4 in a statement.

“These topics need urgent further clarification. To meet the difficult challenges facing the church in Germany with action needs an affirmation rather than just responsiveness

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Rome diocese launches site on John Paul II’s beatification ROME – The Diocese of Rome launched a new website dedicated to the beatification and canonization of Pope John Paul II. Published in seven languages, the site – www.karol-wojtyla.org – offers news updates and background information on the late pope and his sainthood cause, as well as a live webcam of his tomb in the grotto of St. Peter’s Basilica.

The website also announced that the beatification ceremony in St. Peter’s Square May 1, Divine Mercy Sunday, will be open to the public and no tickets will be required to attend. The evening before the ceremony, April 30, there will be a prayer vigil at Rome’s ancient Circus Maximus racetrack, it said.

by the bishops,” Father Langendorfer said. “Weighty subjects should no longer be avoided.”

The priest’s comments came in response to a 1,360word memorandum, “The Church in 2011: A Necessary Departure,” signed by 143 theologians from Germany, Austria and Switzerland and published Feb. 4 by Germany’s Suddeutsche Zeitung daily.

The bishops will discuss the theologians’ call during a plenary meeting in March, he said. Pope Benedict XVI will visit his native Germany Sept. 22-25.

The professors said their appeal was in response to the clergy sexual abuse scandals that surfaced in Europe in 2010 and the growing numbers of Catholics who have “terminated their legal membership or they have privatized their spiritual life in order to protect it from the institution.”

The group said it no longer could remain silent in the face of what they say is a lingering crisis within the Catholic Church. “We have the responsibility to contribute to a new start,” the statement said.

“It looks like we struck a nerve,” said Judith Konemann, a professor from Munster and one of the signatories, reported the German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung.

The theologians also said that the church should “trust in people’s ability to make decision and carry responsibility” in their own lives and “must not revert to paternalism.” They praised the church’s esteem for married and unmarried lives, but said this should not exclude same-sex couples and divorced and remarried couples, though the statement stopped short of asking the church to officially sanction same-sex unions.

The church teaches that any sexual activity outside of marriage, understood to be between a woman and a man only, is sinful.

The theologians questioned the wisdom of lately bringing back old forms of liturgical worship and warned that liturgies were in danger of becoming “frozen in traditionalism.”

“Cultural diversity enriches liturgical life,” they said.

“Only when the celebration of faith takes account of concrete life situations will the church’s message reach people.

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The Internet has a role to play in priestly formation, pope says VATICAN CITY – The Internet can be a valuable tool for Catholic education and evangelization, and its proper use should be encouraged in seminaries as well as other church institutions, Pope Benedict XVI said in an address to members of the Congregation for Catholic Education Feb. 7-9.

He said the congregation was working on a document titled “Internet and Formation in Seminaries,” but did not say when it would be published. The education and formation of future priests in seminaries is “one of the most urgent challenges” of the church today because of the culture of relativism dominant in contemporary society, the pope said.

He encouraged the use of social media such as Facebook as a means of spreading the Christian message, but warned of the dangers of substituting human relationships with virtual contacts.

Irish bishop asks laity to help ‘reform and renew’ church DUBLIN – An Irish bishop has called on parishioners to “reform and renew” the Catholic Church toward a future that is more transparent and in which leaders are accountable. Bishop Noel Treanor of Down and Connor, the diocese based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, launched a new “listening program” across the 88 parishes of the diocese Feb. 8. The program is aimed at giving laypeople a chance to have their say about the church.

A woman from northern Sudan cries after the announcement of the official voting results in Khartoum Feb. 7. Election officials said that more than 98 percent of ballots in the January vote were in favor of independence, meaning Southern Sudan will become the world’s newest country in July.

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Liturgist drops speaking engagements over missal translation process

By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – Saying that he “cannot promote the new missal translation with integrity,” the former chairman of the music committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy has withdrawn from all speaking engagements related to the missal.

Benedictine Father Anthony Ruff, a professor of liturgy and Gregorian chant at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., made the announcement in “an open letter to the U.S. Catholic bishops.” The letter was published in the issue of America magazine dated Feb. 14.

Use of the new translation of the missal is to begin Nov. 27, the first Sunday of Advent, in U.S. parishes and in several other parts of the English-speaking world.

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■ Continued from page 4 and anger felt by Irish Catholics in the wake of the child sexual abuse scandals, Bishop Treanor insisted that “even if the scandals didn’t happen, even if there were just as many priests now as there were 50 years ago, this process would still be necessary.”

Korean Catholics seek to prevent abortions by helping single moms SEOUL, South Korea – Korean Catholics have launched a project to prevent abortions by mobilizing church institutions to assist single mothers after they give birth. The pro-life activities office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea launched the New Life Project with a Mass at Myeongdong Cathedral Feb. 7, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.

The project combines 15 church and pro-life group shelters for single mothers and assistance from dioceses and hospitals to encourage unmarried pregnant women to give birth to their babies. Catholic-run hospitals will offer free delivery for unmarried pregnant women who later will be offered accommodation at the shelters. The women also will be offered financial support from dioceses and parishes. The project will include sex education in Catholic schools and religious education classes.

The transition to the new translation took up most of the past decade and has not been without its rough patches, with some bishops, priests and laypeople criticizing changes in Benedictine Father wording meant to bring the translaAnthony Ruff tion more closely into alignment with the Latin original.

There was no comment on the priest’s letter from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Father Ruff said his involvement with

the ICEL music committee, “as well as my observation of the Holy See’s handling of scandal, has gradually opened my eyes to the deep problems in the structures of authority of our church.”

He called the missal “part of a larger pattern of top-down impositions by a central authority that does not consider itself accountable to the larger church.”

“When I think of how secretive the translation process was, how little consultation was done with priests or laity, how the Holy See allowed a small group to hijack the translation at the final stage, how unsatisfactory the final text is, how this text was imposed on national conferences of bishops in violation of their legitimate episcopal authority, how much deception and mischief have marked

this process – and then when I think of our Lord’s teachings on service and love and unity ... I weep,” Father Ruff said in the letter.

Noting that some of his friends and acquaintances had left the church or “remain Catholic with difficulty,” Father Ruff said he would “stay in this church for life and do my best to serve her.”

“This I hope to do by stating the truth as I see it, with charity and respect,” he said. “I would be ready to participate in future liturgical projects under more favorable conditions.”

A source at the USCCB said Father Ruff’s speaking engagements were not arranged by the conference or its Secretariat for Divine Worship. The priest had reportedly been scheduled to speak about the missal in eight dioceses.

to the state’s Catholic bishops. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the legislation into law Jan. 31 in Chicago, making Illinois the sixth state to permit same-sex marriage. Called the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, the legislation is instead likely to “offer little protection in the context of litigation religious institutions may soon encounter in relation to charitable services, adoption and foster care,” said a statement from the Illinois Catholic Conference, issued after the Jan. 13 Senate passage of the legislation.

demanded that the federal government conduct its own inquiry.

“The Christian community is deeply saddened by this report,” Archbishop Bernard Moras of Bangalore, president of Karnataka Catholic Bishops Council, said during a Feb. 5 news conference.”It looks like propaganda of some (Hindu) ideology (and) ... an impression is being created that churches are anti-social.”

The archbishop was traveling abroad when the report into the attacks in September 2008 was submitted to the government Jan. 28 by a

commissioner chaired by retired Judge B.K. Somasekhara. The Commission was appointed to investigate simultaneous attacks on three dozen churches in Mangalore and surrounding communities and other attacks on Christian targets across the state.

The commission absolved the state government, which is led by members of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, police and Hindu fundamentalist groups of the attacks despite testimony by dozens of Christians describing the nature of the violence.

Pope urges health care workers to treat patients as whole persons VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged health workers to look beyond the illnesses afflicting people in their care and see the individual who is suffering and deserving of humane attention and good medical treatment.

Speaking to crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his regular Sunday Angelus prayer Feb. 6, Pope Benedict reminded the faithful of the upcoming World Day of the Sick and called on church leaders and Catholic laity to pray for those suffering with illness. “I exhort all health care workers to look at the sick person and see not only a fragile body, but above all a person, who deserves solidarity and adequate and competent treatment,” the pope said. He called for the efforts of all to spread “the culture of life” and to “make the value of the human person central, in every circumstance.”

Illinois bishops say new Indian Christian leaders civil union law could reject report clearing harm religious freedom fundamentalists CHICAGO – Illinois’ new law legalizing civil unions and giving them the same status as marriages in the state has the “potential for a serious conflict with religious liberty,” according

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St. Mary Magdalene . . . â– Continued from page 3 in Northern California, the relic will make a stop at the federal penitentiary in Atwater on its way to Southern California.

The relic will be carried to Northern California by Father François LeHÊgaret, a French Dominican priest.

St. Mary Magdalene is recorded in the Bible as the first witness to the resurrection of Jesus.

According to tradition, some years after the crucifixion, Mary Magdalene was imprisoned. After her release, she and some other followers of Jesus were cast out to sea, landing miraculously on the coast of Gaul (France) near Marseille.

After preaching and converting the region, she retired to a mountain cave, known as Sainte Baume and spent the last 30 years of her life in solitude.

A letter from Bishop Dominique Rey of FrĂŠjus-Toulon reports that the relics were hidden at the time of the Saracen invasion and rediscovered in 1279, and have been venerated

ever since. Shortly after the discovery, Pope Boniface VIII published the pontifical bull for the establishment of the Dominicans at Sainte Baum and St. Maximin.

They have guarded the relics ever since, Lawlor said.

The tour will be centered on Dominican parishes and will include photographs of the cave, Lawlor said. “Mary Magdalene would like to go to the people who have been taking care of her all these years,� said Lawlor, who has written a book about the saint.

For the first stop Feb. 14 at St. Albert Priory – the Western Dominican Provincial House – in Oakland, Lawlor said she is looking forward to the relic being led into the church in a Dominican procession.

Lawlor visited the cave in France and said a miracle happened as a result. “It was something that I didn’t even know existed until I went,� said Lawlor, the mother of seven children. “I had an amazing experience from prayers in there that were answered the day after. To me it was a huge miracle.� – Michelle Jurich of The Catholic Voice contributed to this story.

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Bishop urges better care for those coping with behavioral health issues WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS) – In his third pastoral letter, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston calls for an improved response to and care for those suffering from chemical dependency and mental illness in West Virginia.

Bishop Bransfield was to issue the letter, titled “Hearts Made Whole: A Pastoral Response to Behavioral Health in West Virginia,” on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. 11, which also is World Day of the Sick.

The letter is an extension of his first pastoral letter, “A Church That Heals: A Pastoral Letter on Health and Well-Being in West Virginia,” released in 2006.

Drawing upon the parable of the good Samaritan in his latest letter, Bishop Bransfield said that the church strives to be the good Samaritan to those suffering from chemical dependency and mental illness.

“As we strive to make whole the hearts of suffering brothers and sisters,” the bishop said in his letter, “each of us is called to respond as the good Samaritan, to give with compassion and to give the best we have to offer.”

In the five years since his first pastoral letter, Bishop Bransfield said that he has seen great strides in improving the health and well-being of those in need through health fairs, healthy living programs, new partnerships with Catholic Charities West Virginia and other service organizations.

“At the same time, I have become increasingly aware that one area where we, as a state, remain ‘far from the place called health’ – especially in terms of creating an environment

of mutual regard and effective care – is in our response to those suffering from chemical dependency and those living with mental illness,” he said in his letter.

“West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources includes these issues under the title of ‘behavioral health’ and I will use that expression here to mean both mental illness and chemical dependency,” he added.

Throughout the letter, the bishop talks about the good that is being accomplished in responding to those suffering from chemical dependency and mental illness and, at the same time, what still needs to be done. Noting the economic hardship and poverty from which many suffer in West Virginia, the bishop discusses a link between poverty of social and economic resources and poverty of spiritual resources.

“The stress of living in poverty and being deprived of access to needed services can lead to depression and despair, which may, in turn, lead to substance abuse,” he said in the letter. “A situation arises in the lives of some that creates a continuing cycle, eventually eroding all hope.”

A study prepared for Mental Health America ranked West Virginia among the highest in terms of rates of depression and suicide, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that the state’s population is above the national average in per capita use of illegal drugs and in the nonmedical use of pain relievers.

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“As people of faith,” he said, “we are called to follow the example of the Good Samaritan, to respond to Christ’s call to ‘go and do the same’ for those with behavioral health issues.”

Bishop Bransfield released his second pastoral letter “On My Holy Mountain,” calling for the need of improved safety for West Virginia’s coal miners, last April.

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There are signs of hope in both federal and state laws which seek to ensure that behavioral health issues are treated with equal concern to physical illness, to promote healthy practices and to coordinate health initiatives among state agencies, Bishop Bransfield said, but he also said there is still an area of great concern.

Part of the answer, he said, will be to devote more funds to proven prevention strategies and treatments, a matter for legislatures, but a great deal of the answer lies in the faithful’s response, as individuals and as members of communities, to those dealing with addictions and with mental illness.

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Activists oppose Planned Parenthood clinic in Redwood City

By Valerie Schmalz Planned Parenthood plans to open several new clinics in the Bay Area and is in the midst of a battle with neighbors and pro-life activists over a proposed center in Redwood City on the Atherton city line.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte has applied to open a health clinic in a former Wachovia Bank building on El Camino Real. The conditional use permit sought by Planned Parenthood would not allow it to provide surgical abortions but would allow it to give out abortion pills.

Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Fran Linkin said the clinic will not offer medicine abortions immediately but “it is something we would consider if there is a need for it.”

Jessica Munn, chair of San Mateo Pro Life, said pro-life activists believe that the clinic will distribute abortion pills.

“Since abortion is Planned Parenthood’s big money-maker there is no doubt in my mind that they would start doing them very soon,” she said.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte and Concord-based Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific are expanding into the area that fell under the purview of Planned Parenthood Golden Gate until last year, when the national organization severed ties with San Francisco-based PPGG over its financial difficulties.

The Redwood City clinic is the first of several it plans for San Mateo County, according to a letter from Maya Altman, chief executive officer of Health Plan of San Mateo. Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific plans to open a clinic in Mill Valley by the end of February and opened one in January on Valencia Street in San Francisco.

The California Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s bishops, opposes state funding of Planned Parenthood and in the past several years has asked the Legislature to ensure that Planned Parenthood is subject to the same cuts as other social service programs, such as CalWorks, which provides child care subsidies to single mothers entering the work force. The Conference estimates that California Planned Parenthood affiliates received at least a third of their funds from the taxpayers and perform a quarter of all abortions in California.

The Catholic Church opposes direct abortion under all circumstances. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains forever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one can

under any circumstance claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being.”

If the Redwood City clinic opens, pro-life activists plan to begin praying outside immediately.

“We have many pro-life supporters in Redwood City that prayed outside the other two Planned Parenthoods, before they closed, and will be praying outside of this one if their application goes through,” said Sandra Dillon, a parishioner at Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame. “The location would give us a lot of exposure to get the truth out,” she said. The group does not display graphic images, but she said some protesters do.

The clinic application is supported by Health Plan of San Mateo, which provides health care to the county’s 94,000 MediCal recipients, and by San Mateo County Supervisor Ruth Jacobs Gibson. It is opposed by a local newspaper and a neighbor, who say Planned Parenthood brings protesters with disturbing images.

Neighbor Zach Whitman wrote a letter to the city saying the clinic will attract protesters with photos of aborted fetuses that could upset the area’s children.

The Palo Alto Daily Post questioned the judgment of Planned Parenthood in opening a clinic on the busy street.

“The problem is that protesters with ghastly, stomach-turning signs permanently encamp themselves on the sidewalks and streets around Planned Parenthood facilities,” according to an editorial in the newspaper.

A public hearing Jan. 19 before the Redwood City zoning administrator drew 40 people, with 20 testifying, 11 against the proposal.

Whether the clinic gets the go-ahead will likely come down to that persistent Bay Area headache: parking.

The site at 2890 El Camino Real has 18 parking spots.

Under city regulations, the new medical clinic use requires 27 parking spots, said Redwood City Zoning Administrator Blake Lyon. Planned Parenthood either must demonstrate that it will not need that number of parking spaces because a significant number of its employees and clients will not park cars or present a shared parking agreement with a property tenant or owner within 900 feet of the proposed clinic site, Lyon said.

Nearby properties include Holiday Inn Express on Selby Lane, Renato Court dental office complex, Redwood Pet Hospital, Chantilly Restaurant and Chevys Fresh Mex. Planned Parenthood’s Linkin said Redwood City can waive the parking requirement. “It’s really in the power of the zoning administrator to decide on a case by case basis how that parking plan rolls out in terms of how many parking spots they want us to have,” Linkin said.

Abortion clinic videos show need for changes, pro-life official says WASHINGTON (CNS) – Recent undercover videos showing a Planned Parenthood worker advising clients how to skirt age restrictions on abortion and mandatory reporting laws came as no surprise to Jennifer A. Ruggiero, director of the Office of Respect for Life in the Diocese of Metuchen, N.J. “We’ve made an ongoing effort to raise awareness of some of the myths about Planned Parenthood,” Ruggiero said.

The video “sting” conducted by Live Action at the Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey clinic showed the clinic’s office manager – who has since been fired – talking to a man and woman posing as a pimp and an underage prostitute. She urges them not to reveal the woman is 14 because state law would require clinic personnel to report it as a case of statutory rape and child abuse.

Other Live Action undercover videos show Planned Parenthood personnel in 10 states offering advice to hide the sexual exploitation of minors or sex trafficking of foreign-born women.

In reaction, Indiana Republican Rep. Mike Pence introduced a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, which has 154 co-sponsors. The Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, H.R. 217, would “prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions.”

Planned Parenthood Federation of America spokesman Stuart Schear said in a statement that the organization’s “top priority is the health and safety of our patients and the health and well-being of women and teens across the country.”

Lyon said he is waiting for Planned Parenthood’s parking plan before making a ruling. He said that once he rules on the conditional use application – a decision that must be based solely on land use considerations – any member of the public can file an appeal to the Redwood City Council within seven calendar days.

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By Joseph Ryan

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WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS) – Bishop W. Francis Malooly said he hopes and prays that the Diocese of Wilmington’s recent settlement with survivors of clergy sexual abuse will begin the healing process for survivors and help the church “emerge purified and renewed.”

The diocese late Feb. 2 reached an agreement to pay survivors of sexual abuse by priests more than $77.4 million to settle nearly 150 claims of abuse.

The agreement will end pending lawsuits against the diocese and several parishes and commits the diocese to give to survivors its files on sexual abusers.

The agreement, pending approval of all creditors and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, could bring to an end by this summer the Chapter 11 process the diocese began in October 2009. The diocese declared bankruptcy to settle the cases filed by the survivors in a “fair and equitable way,” while continuing the ministries of the church.

“It is our hope and prayer that the settlement’s monetary and nonmonetary terms will begin the healing process for clergy sexual abuse survivors,” Bishop Malooly wrote Feb. 3 in a letter to the people of the diocese.

The bishop noted that the $3 million judgment against St. Elizabeth Parish that was awarded last December will be paid from the settlement, “sparing the people of St. Elizabeth’s this tremendous financial burden.”

The $77.4 million settlement is $3.4 million higher than the amount the diocese offered in a settlement plan Jan. 10.

The additional millions were at the heart of the current negotiations, said diocesan attorney Tony Flynn. “We were able to bridge that gap with funds from insurance and by caps on attorneys’ fees to minimize

Pat Nagle and Mary Dougherty, victims of clergy sexual abuse, speak during a press conference, Feb. 3, the day after a $77.4 million settlement agreement was reached with the Diocese of Wilmington, Del.

the costs going forward.” The insurers agreed to add about $1.4 million to the settlement’s trust fund, he said.

The agreement also preserves the diocese’s lay employee pension fund by increasing it by $5 million and by including a pledge from the diocese to add $2 million to the fund each year, said Flynn.

The agreement does not settle suits filed by sexual abuse survivors against religious orders in the diocese. During a news conference Feb. 3, Thomas S.

Neuberger, attorney for the firm that represents many of the abuse survivors, said he would seek as much as another $80 million from the orders.

According to the settlement, funds from the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Inc., and contributions from nondebtor Catholic entities including the Catholic Diocese Foundation, Catholic Cemeteries, Siena Hall, Seton Villa, Children’s Home, insurance carriers and the parishes themselves, will be placed in a trust to pay

survivors of clergy sexual abuse and other creditors.

In addition to agreeing to hand over files on sexual abuse, other nonmonetary terms of the diocese’s agreement include: – Bishop Malooly will continue to meet with any sexual abuse survivor who wishes to meet with him and will send a letter of apology to survivors and their families.

– The diocese will display a plaque in each of its institutions that states that sexual abuse of any kind will not be tolerated.

– The diocese will continue to review and enforce its child-protection policies and will post results of the annual audit by the U.S. bishops’ on compliance with the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.”

Bishop Malooly recalled in his Feb. 3 letter that when he was installed as bishop of Wilmington in September 2008, he apologized to survivors of clergy sexual abuse “for the crimes that were committed against them and the innocence that was stolen from them by the despicable and sinful acts of some Catholic priests and others representing our church.”

He said he “vowed to continue the good work begun by Bishop Michael Saltarelli (his predecessor) to bring healing to survivors and their families. It was with this goal in mind – along with the desire to continue the pastoral, educational and charitable work of our parishes – that I made the decision to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in October of 2009.”

The bishop asked members of the diocese to pray for the continued healing of survivors of sexual abuse and their families and “that the Holy Spirit will continue to guide us in the months and years ahead so that we, as church, will emerge purified and renewed.”

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Overcrowded conditions lead church to urge changes in prison policy

By Barbara J. Fraser

(CNS PHOTO/JORGE ADORNO, REUTERS)

LIMA, Peru (CNS) – A Feb. 3 riot in Lima’s San Pedro Prison left one inmate dead, less than two months after a fight between rival groups in San Miguel Prison in Santiago, Chile, led to a fire in which 81 inmates died.

The prison in the Chilean capital housed nearly twice the number of inmates it was designed to hold, while San Pedro’s stark, concrete buildings, built for about 3,000 men, now house some 8,000.

San Pedro, Lima’s largest prison, also is dangerous, a school for crime, a public health hazard and a place where inmates essentially govern themselves, according to Ricardo La Serna, a member of the prison ministry leadership team at the Peruvian Conference of Bishops’ Social Action Commission.

“None of this has happened by accident,” La Serna said.

“The country’s public policies have not addressed this well.”

Prison populations have climbed steadily in recent years throughout Latin America, partly because of rising crime rates, but also because of stiffer sentences for recidivism and for activities that formerly were not considered crimes, such as protests that block highways.

The result is overcrowded facilities that are “designed to keep people from escaping” but do little to change behavior, prepare inmates to resume life outside the walls or provide them with basic services while incarcerated, La Serna said.

Because Latin America’s prisons are chronically shortstaffed, inmates devise their own system of order, in which crime kingpins may demand payment from prisoners further down the pecking order. Disputes over power lead to riots such as those in San Miguel and San Pedro.

Amid the chaos, church workers provide education, health care and legal aid, treating inmates as human beings. Their work “is not only a testimony of faith, it is demanded by the human principles of society,” La Serna said.

Between 1995 and 2005, prison populations more than doubled in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, and increased by more than half in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay and Peru. Only Venezuela registered a decrease in its prison population.

As a result, most prisons are over capacity, forcing inmates to sleep on floors or in corridors or patios.

Income distribution in Latin America is among the most unequal in the world, and studies show that prison populations climb with increasing income inequality.

Worse yet, many church workers have found, is the high proportion of inmates who have not yet been tried for their alleged crimes. In 2008, that figure was more than 75 percent in Bolivia and the Dominican Republic, and between 35 percent and 50 percent in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and Guatemala, reported the U.N. Latin America Institute for Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders.

In Peru, Ecuador and Mexico, recent crackdowns on public demonstrations – which human rights activists call the “criminalization of protest” – have led to the arrests of more demonstrators. Drug couriers or “mules” have swelled prison populations in most countries. The steady flow of men and women to the United States and Europe in search of work also has taken a toll. “In recent years, many people from Bolivia have migrated to Spain, leaving their children with a relative, such as an uncle or a grandmother,” said Oblate Father Oscar Dewulf, who works with a prison ministry team in a youth

An inmate peers through a barred window inside the Alcatraz wing, housing the most dangerous prisoners of the Tacumbu high security prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 4. Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo ordered the closing of Tacumbu, the largest prison in the country, because it is populated beyond its capacity and living conditions are precarious.

detention center in Cochabamba, Bolivia. “They send money home to their kids, but they don’t use it well.”

For the children left behind, lack of parental guidance combined with easy access to pornography often results in sexual violence, Father Dewulf said. “In the detention center, of the 29 young people who have been sentenced, 18 were convicted of rape. There also are young men who were raped as boys and who, when they reach sexual maturity, commit the same crime with young boys,” he said.

A similar case in Peru recently led some media commentators and several presidential candidates to call for the death penalty – reflecting La Serna’s charge that public policy on prisons is often dictated by public opinion and current events instead of scientific analysis.

Lima Mayor Susana Villaran spoke out against the death penalty, noting that a prison sentence should provide rehabilitation as well as punishment.

Experts say that is one area in which most of the region’s prisons fail.

“The main problem is the lack of personnel to assist and rehabilitate the young people,” Father Dewulf said. “There should be a lawyer, a psychologist, an educator, a social worker, enough teachers to ensure that the young people finish school and to provide training, because these youths are deprived of freedom, but not of the right to an education. Some youths

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Martha Arbouex . . .

Martha Arbouex’s transformation, from balking at the idea of joining a Tenderloin parish to becoming a tireless advocate for St. Boniface Parish and the poor it serves, is a snapshot of conversion.

need psychiatric assistance, but there is no budget for that kind of therapy.”

In many cases, there is no budget for even the basics.

In an interview with the Mexican Catholic publication, El Observador de la Actualidad, the former head of the Mexican bishops’ Prison Commission told the story of a bishop who once said he wished inmates at the local prison were fed as well as animals in the zoo – drawing the ire of the local governor, who blocked him from entering the prison for two years.

Health experts say prisons also become public health hazards, in which visitors run a risk of catching illnesses that can then spread outside the prison walls.

In Peru and other countries, prison ministers provide health care, counseling, sacraments and legal assistance, but La Serna said more church involvement is needed.

Parishes must get involved by addressing the issues that send people to prison in the first place, speaking out on drug use and encouraging better policies – and funding – for prisons, he said.

“Society has accepted prisons as part of the system of social control,” La Serna said. “If you want that system to work, you have to give it the necessary resources. If you have 8,000 people in prison and you know that 7,000 are going to get out and commit crimes again, and are in poor health, it’s a bad investment.”

“The best thing that could have happened for me was the closing of Sacred Heart,” said Arbouex. “I would not have been in this kind of ministry in that location. We ■ Continued from cover don’t have the poverty, the homelessness, in the Western choir “felt a fine rapport,” he said. In addition, Father Vitale Addition.”

She added, “The closing was the best thing for me as needed to increase the parish base for it to remain viable.

“It has been a great blessing to all,” he said of the merger a Catholic, as a person. It got me engaged. It got me to thinking about what I have, and what I could lose, and if with the Sacred Heart community.

In fact, he was aggressive in recruiting them, said I lose what little I have where I could end up. I truly want Arbouex. He told the group they could have their somebody out there who is going to be kind enough to help me the way I am willing to own Sunday Mass. What help somebody else.”

Arbouex and others from What happened to Sacred Heart wanted, how- ‘After a while, I thought, they are Arbouex has happened to ever, was a kitchen. They many St. Boniface volundid a lot of cooking, they just people, with different issues,’ teers, said Father King. told Father Vitale, for fund“As we meet people here raisers and for food for the as brothers and sisters it poor, and St. Boniface had Martha Arbouex, a volunteer at softens our heart,” he said, no kitchen. Father Vitale had St. Boniface Church, said of the “and at the same time, one installed. the people we serve meet “We didn’t have any someone who doesn’t need excuse to not go to St. poor the church serves. to be here. They show them Boniface,” said Arbouex. dignity, and that takes a It was about the time that Arbouex’s transformation began. She was drawn to the little bit of their edge off.” He added, “It is mutual. That Gubbio Project at the church, which provides day shelter for is when I trust the spirit of God is working.”

Laura Slattery, the executive director of the Gubbio homeless people, in the rear pews of the church, and also Project – named for the town in Italy where, legend has it, feeds them. She is now on the Gubbio board.

“After a while, I thought, they are just people, with differ- St. Francis of Assisi negotiated peace between angry farmers ent issues,” Arbouex said of the population she once avoided and a wolf – said of Arbouex, “She works tirelessly to ensure eye contact with, by her own account. She also started that the Gubbio Project has the resources that it needs, from volunteering at the Vincentian Help Desk, an emergency blankets to cleaning supplies to rent for the office, so that clothing program for people having difficulties, and otherwise the doors of the project can remain open to the homeless immersed herself in service, particularly after her retirement. who find sanctuary here.”

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Coadjutor Archbishop Gomez condemns workplace immigration raids

By George Raine The U.S. Catholic bishops decry workplace raids on immigrants, which cause family members to be separated and even bring about “the destruction of the family,” Coadjutor Archbishop Jose Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles told the House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Jan 26.

He said that the bishops believe that immigration is ultimately a humanitarian issue because it impacts “the basic human rights and dignity of the human person.” He added that the church in the U.S. supports the pursuit of comprehensive reform in lieu of enforcement-only measures in dealing with unauthorized immigration.

There are an estimated 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants presently in the U.S. and the bishops, said Archbishop Gomez, do not question the right of the sovereign to enforce immigration laws. But the bishops do not, he said, accept “some of the policies and tactics that our government

has employed to meet this responsibility.”

Archbishop Gomez, the former archbishop of San Antonio, in April was named coadjutor of Los Angeles by Pope Benedict XVI. He will automatically become head of the three-county Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the nation’s largest Catholic see, upon Cardinal Roger Mahony’s retirement at 75 on Feb. 27.

Cardinal Mahony has written extensively about immigration. In his blog, on Jan. 18, Cardinal Mahony wrote that he became friends with Mexican-American men and women who worked at his parents’ plant in the San Fernando Valley when he was a child. The relationship continued during his years as a priest and continued when he was named bishop and worked with immigrants in the Dioceses of Fresno and Stockton.

He wrote, “Over the years immigrant people have become very dear to me, and Jesus continues to call me to walk with them on their journey. I intend to spend the coming months and years walking in solidarity with the 11 million immigrants who have

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come to the United States to improve their own lives and the life of our country and to advocate on behalf of the silent millions.”

In his testimony before the House subcommittee, Archbishop Gomez noted that illegal immigrants, largely from Mexico, are low-skilled workers who come to the U.S. to support their families, working in the agricultural, meatpacking, landscaping, services and construction industries.

Over the past few years, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, responsible for enforcing prohibitions on the employment of unauthorized immigrants, has staged high-profile workplace raids, apprehending thousands of workers.

“Although ICE undertook these raids in disparate industries across the United States, a common theme binds them all: the destruction of the family. As a result of each of these very different raids, families and their communities were destroyed,” said Archbishop Gomez.

He said the bishops’ conference “believes that the humanitarian costs of workplace

raids are immeasurable and unacceptable in a civilized society.”

At the same time, Archbishop Gomez said the U.S. bishops support a comprehensive immigration reform that would include: An earned legalization program for foreign nationals of good moral character; the reform of the family-based immigration system; a revamped temporary worker regime that protects both the workers who would come to the U.S. and U.S. citizen workers; the restoration of immigrants’ due process rights, and an effort to meaningfully address the root causes of migration, such as under development and poverty.

Also included would be “the targeted, proportional and human enforcement of immigration laws,” said Archbishop Gomez.

He said the bishops believe that by increasing lawful means for migrants to enter, live and work in the United States, “law enforcement will be better able to focus upon those who truly threaten public safety – drug and human traffickers, smugglers and would-be terrorists.”

Egyptian unrest . . .

developing countries. Underlying everything is a policy that is focused on selfishness and not on the promotion of human dignity,” he said.

The bishop said Egyptian Catholics were praying in their churches every evening.

“What is happening in Egypt is the result of the misguided policies of world leaders who have not made choices in the best interest of the future, life, dignity and freedom of mankind,” Bishop Zakaria said.

So many young people have risen up in protest, he said, because “for so many years nobody has thought about them, about their needs and dreams. The protests are a desperate act to make their voices heard.”

“The time has come for political leaders to make an examination of conscience and set aside their personal interests,” the bishop said. “Politics must again be at the service of our country.”

Bishop Zakaria also said he was optimistic about the future of Egypt. The violence of recent days, he added, “is because many under Mubarak who have enjoyed privileges are sending out armed groups against the young people gathered in Tahrir Square.”

“We hope that calm will soon prevail,” he said.

– Catholic News Agency contributed to this story.

The St. Mary Chinese Day School choir performed at the Feb. 6 Chinese New Year Mass, celebrated by retired San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral and Holy Family Mission in San Francisco. Feb. 3 marked the first day of the Chinese New Year.

Corpus Christi . . .

■ Continued from cover “As you are well aware, Corpus Christi has lost enrollment over the past few years, families are struggling to pay tuition and a direct consequence is that the school is struggling to meet its own financial obligations,” the letter said. “We have made every effort to reverse this trend but it has not been sufficient.”

The decision was made jointly by Father Rougeau, Sister Cecilia, the provincials of the Salesians, the superintendent of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Department of Catholic Schools and others in the archdiocese, the letter said.

“There are not enough resources to turn the situation around,” said Archdiocesan Superintendent of Catholic Schools Maureen Huntington. Corpus Christi lacks an endowment, which allows some other schools with similar sized enrollments of 175 or fewer to remain financially sound, Huntington said.

Enrollment at Corpus Christi dropped from 270 students in the 2006-07 school year to 175 this year. “Sister Cecilia had only a handful of applications for kindergarten this year,” Huntington said, citing a greater number of families out of work or underemployed as well as fewer children overall in the neighborhood. Neither the school nor the archdiocese could offer more than limited tuition assistance, she said.

The Department of Catholic Schools will work with other schools in the area to help Corpus Christi students continue at a Catholic elementary school next year. A registration fair was scheduled for Tuesday,

Feb. 8, at Corpus Christi, with representatives from 15 schools expected to be on hand to help parents enroll their children in another Catholic school this fall.

On Monday, Sister Cecilia held a student assembly to discuss the impending closure and then spent a good part of the day going from classroom to classroom listening to her students.

“I’m just listening to their questions right now. The more they bottle it up, the worse it gets,” said Sister Cecilia.

Founded 83 years ago, Corpus Christi is located on Francis Street, between Mission Street and Alemany Boulevard.

The Salesians of Don Bosco assumed responsibility for the parish and school in 1948. It is one of only a handful of Salesian schools in the U.S., including Sts. Peter and Paul School and parish in North Beach. The Salesians are the third largest religious order but most of their 40,000 members are located in the developing world.

At least some parents were shocked by news of the closure. One father called Catholic San Francisco and said his family moved their younger children to Corpus Christi School from another school because of its warm family atmosphere. His wife and her friends are talking to each other, trying to decide if they have a chance to keep Corpus Christi from closing, he said.

“If the parents knew what was happening, we would rally together,” said the parent, who asked that he not be identified. “I don’t know why they didn’t ask for the help of the families. We were always thinking there is no problem, we’re in good shape.”

Catholic elementary school enrollment in 12 U.S. urban dioceses has dropped by a

“If these predominantly Muslim nations succeed in the crucial undertaking of growth in dialogue, in the respect of the rights of everyone, in participation and in freedom, then the world will be a safer place,” Father Lombardi said.

He expressed the Vatican’s hope that Egypt and other countries in the region will be spared any additional violence and bloodshed, and that political instability that increases the risk of violence will soon come to an end.

Coptic Catholic Bishop Youhannes Zakaria of Luxor said what was happening in Egypt could happen in any country where there were deep social and economic disparities.

“At the heart of the revolt is also the divide between the consumerism diffused by the media and the poverty of the people,” Bishop Zakaria told the Vatican missionary news agency Fides Feb. 5. “At the cinema and on television, movies and TV series filmed in luxurious palaces are shown continually while many Egyptians struggle to feed their families.”

“The world is experiencing difficult times, caused by the economic and global financial crisis, which takes a particularly heavy toll on

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Salesian Sister Cecilia Henry held a student assembly Monday to discuss the impending closure of Corpus Christi School and then spent a good part of the day going from classroom to classroom listening to her students.

third since 2000. In the archdiocese, enrollment declined by more than 2 percent from last year, with 250 fewer students in San Francisco, 25 fewer in Marin and 125 fewer in San Mateo County.

In October, the Archdiocese of San Francisco Department of Catholic Schools said two to four elementary schools of the 53 schools were likely to close at year end because their situation was so serious. At the same time, Huntington announced the Strategic Plan in Support of Catholic Parish Grammar Schools, which set up an archdi-

ocesan schools team to help another dozen or so struggling schools in marketing, building parent advisory boards and improving financial management. The strategic plan set four benchmarks to identify and monitor struggling schools: Declining enrollment; physical plant in need of repair without adequate funds to do the repairs; leadership issues including a poor relationship between pastor and principal and lack of parent and parish advisory boards; and inadequate financial management and/or operating at a financial loss.

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Guest Commentary

Led to the priesthood through the waters of Lourdes To say my vocation is a Marian vocation is an understatement. In fact, the only reason I am in the seminary is because of the intercession of Mary and my experience in Lourdes, France.

In 1858, the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Bernadette in the city of Lourdes and miraculously opened up a natural spring. During these apparitions, Mary called for people to come in procession to Lourdes so that they could drink and wash themselves in the water. Over the past 150 years, there have been 67 officially declared miracles and countless other nonofficial or unknown physical and spiritual healings. So now, every year, millions of pilgrims journey to Lourdes in search of healing.

Through the amazing generosity of Barbara McCullough, I was blessed to go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes in 2007 with a group of students from Marin Catholic High School. Under the direction and guidance of Father Tom Daly and Charlotte Kiesel, our group went to Lourdes in order to serve the sick pilgrims and to grow in our prayer life. As one pilgrim stated, “Lourdes is the world turned upside down.”

Despite so many sick pilgrims, Lourdes is a place of peace, hope, and joy. It offered us the opportunity to serve the less fortunate, but, at the same time, it provided us with the solitude necessary to grow in our relationship with Christ. The sick pilgrims we served came to Lourdes with so much hope of a cure; but unfortunately, most returned home bearing their same condition. However, I was always amazed by the happiness and peace they displayed after emerging from the water. Their reaction helps reveal the true nature of the Lourdes’ water.

Through washing in the water, Mary calls pilgrims to remember their baptism by acknowledging their sins and their complete dependency on Christ.

By putting their lives in Christ’s hands, pilgrims leave Lourdes with a new sense of hope and peace and with a new found ability to embrace and bear their sufferings. Mary calls for us to wash in the water at Lourdes because she deeply desires for us to grow closer to her son. Interestingly enough, the majority of the officially declared miracles in Lourdes have not been caused by the water. Rather, they have occurred during the Eucharistic healing service, thus showing that through the water Mary is simply trying to lead us to her son.

This is clearly evident in my own Lourdes’ experience.

Before going to Lourdes, I had a stagnant faith, and I had absolutely no desire to become a priest; in fact, it was the last thing I ever wanted to do.

Before going to Lourdes, I had a stagnant faith, and I had absolutely no desire to become a priest; in fact, it was the last thing I ever wanted to do. Mary called me to descend into the waters of Lourdes because I, like the sick pilgrims, needed to put my life in God’s hands and to acknowledge my complete dependency on him.

Through serving the sick and taking time for prayer in Lourdes, the Blessed Mother slowly opened my eyes to the fact that I had never considered God’s will for my life. As she drew me closer to her son, I began to real-

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Thanks from seminary Mass changes will for vocations article restore liturgical awe We would like to express our sincere appreciation for George Raine’s very fine article on our seminary and vocations in the Jan. 14 issue of Catholic San Francisco. It was wonderful to open the newspaper and see St. Patrick’s front and center.

We found the article to be extremely informative and, more importantly, positive. The three seminarians you interviewed for the article were quite eloquent when talking about their journey. Those narratives reiterate our very important mission, to prepare men for the priesthood.

Thank you for your continued support of St. Patrick’s Seminary & University.

Blessings in Christ, Father James L. McKearney, S.S. President/Rector Rev. James E. Myers, S.S. Vice President for External Affairs Director of Vatican II Institute St. Patrick’s Seminary & University Menlo Park

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Thank you, Patrick Vallez-Kelly (“Toward liturgical renewal,” Jan. 28).

I’m so pleased to be asked my ideas about liturgical renewal. As he stated, “To move toward renewal someone must first have the desire for it.” I do have the desire – a desire for reverence at the divine liturgy that is observable by all our senses. Father Paul Sorgie has a wonderful talk on CD by Saint Joseph Communications, “Restoring Reverence to the Mass,” which I highly recommend.

Because we U.S. Catholics have for the most part lost the awe and profound wonder of what worship is all about (psst – it’s not about us), it is very difficult for parents to convey to children that Mass is anything more than light musical entertainment followed by donuts (which a third grader told me is the best part of Mass).

We must speak, dress, behave and perform music as if before a worldly king. To speak or sing of Jesus as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and then not to act accordingly sends a very confused message.

My hope would be that at least one of the weekend Masses at each church would be dedicated to solemn worship. One recommendation would be to chant the liturgical parts in English. If the pastor could be won over to the change, it would be the impetus needed to create the atmosphere that the church is indeed holy ground.

Nancy Nakai Santa Rosa

Opposes bid for Redwood City clinic I oppose Planned Parenthood Mar Monte from getting approval from Redwood City to set up shop in a build-

ize that I had never been open to hear a call to the priesthood due to my own iniquities and fears. The moment Mary unexpectedly opened my eyes to this reality; I was petrified to even think about becoming Cameron Faller a priest. The responsibilities and life of a priest seemed so foreign and daunting that I felt completely inadequate to consider this call. However, through prayer to the Blessed Mother and through listening to the Lord during eucharistic adoration, I slowly felt more and more pulled to the priesthood, and so I decided to enter the seminary six months after returning from Lourdes.

During my experience in Lourdes, like a true mother, Mary slowly guided me and gave me the openness necessary to hear her son’s call, and she has continued to form me into the man I need to be in order to accept and fulfill his calling. As I continue on my journey toward priesthood, I like to picture myself in the arms of the Blessed Mother, and I pray that Mary will continue to form me into the image and likeness of her son.

Cameron Faller, a first-year student for the Archdiocese of San Francisco at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park, wrote this reflection to note the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. 11. He received a bachelor’s in philosophy from Gonzaga University last May.

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Besides the major traffic and biowaste issues noted at the zoning meeting for the applicants, Redwood City must look at the moral issues that would affect the people of Redwood City – namely, that Planned Parenthood targets the poor and youth.

Please understand that Planned Parenthood does not counsel people about prevention of STDs, unplanned pregnancy and the emotional and physical toll of engaging in sex before marriage as they profess to do.

Planned Parenthood’s main goal is to promote what it calls safe sex.

There is no such thing as safe sex.

If there were, then there would be a decrease in the now-over 70 STDs – not to mention unplanned pregnancies, breast cancer, cervical cancer, infertility and abortions. All of these unwanted results would be nonexistent rather than at an all time high.

Planned Parenthood receives millions in our tax dollars and makes millions of dollars from the abortion business. Every teen that it puts on birth control is a potential abortion, which equates to more income.

Follow the money; do your research.

Planned Parenthood does not help the poor, the women or the teens of our community. It hurts women, hurts our teens and brings down the morals and ethics of our society, besides being unregulated.

Redwood City community, please oppose this application to the City Council.

Sandra and Michael Dillon San Mateo The writers own property in Redwood City.

of parochial education and reflected on my own education growing up in the Ingleside District in the `60s, which was a decade of many changes in the city. By way of background I attended St. Stephen School and graduated from St. Ignatius in 1977 (my father was Class of `47). I think it is vital, in this city of St. Francis, that the Catholic community continues to be proud and visible. Your publication accomplishes this and gives Catholics a feeling of solidarity, which is important.

The retreat with my daughter Gigi’s theology class took place at the St. Anthony Foundation at 150 Golden Gate Ave. in the heart of the Tenderloin. I participated in this retreat the previous year with my daughter Noelle’s class at the same venue. Last year I took 10 students to the clothing donation center and sorted clothes, which are distributed at no cost to those that need clothing for themselves or their family. This year I worked in St. Anthony Dining Room with my students, handing out food trays to the guests and then busing tables. During the two-hour lunch period we served more than 2,000 meals. In my opinion, this is the true message of Christ (“what you do to the least of my brothers/sisters ...). Being of service to those less fortunate is putting Christ’s words into action. Yes, it is good to donate.

But I think every Catholic, and their children, should spend a few hours giving of themselves. At the dining room, the students, without another classmate, were required to eat at one of the tables with the guests and converse. I would often remind my girls that they should always be thankful for what God has provided. I no longer have to convey that message.

I am also normally not one to write in.

But I think these students, and their leaders, should be commended for their selfless contributions to the human spirit in the name of Christ. Your periodical provides the forum to acknowledge that the Christian spirit is alive and well in the city of St. Francis and hopefully inspire others to give of themselves as well. There is no downside.

Marty Ruane San Francisco

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St. Francis’ true spirit I receive Catholic San Francisco and am a native San Francisco Catholic and wanted to let you know about a retreat I attended with my daughter’s sophomore theology class from St. Ignatius Prep. I have read the recent articles about the importance

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The Catholic Difference

Aggie Catholic renaissance Where can you find a Catholic chaplaincy at an institution of higher learning that’s looking to expand its church to seat 1,400, because the current 850 just isn’t enough?

South Bend, Ind., perhaps? Well, no, actually: College Station, Texas, where the Catholic chaplaincy at Texas A&M, St. Mary’s Catholic Center, is setting a new national standard for Catholic campus ministry.

Aggie Catholicism is something to behold. Daily Mass attendance averages 175; there were closer to 300 Catholic Aggies at Mass on a weekday afternoon when I visited a few years back. Sunday Masses draw between 4,000 and 5,000 worshippers. There are 10 weekly time slots for confessions, which are also heard all day long on Monday. Eucharistic adoration, rosary groups, the Liturgy of the Hours, and the traditional First Friday devotion are staples of Aggie Catholicism’s devotional life.

A rich retreat program is available, and each year some 1,250 students make or staff a retreat sponsored by St. Mary’s.

“Aggie Awakening,” an adaptation of Cursillo for students, is one of the cornerstones of the campus ministry; other, specially designed programs include a silent retreat and a retreat titled “Genius of Women.” In 2009-10, 200 students participated in biweekly spiritual direction programs, and another 70 took part in the “Samuel Group,” an exercise in Ignatian discernment that includes a commitment to curb what one campus minister describes as “unnecessary TV and Internet use.” Two-thousand A&M students, not all of them Catholics, have participated

in introductory sessions exploring the theology of the body, and many have continued that exploration in follow-on study groups.

Then there is service. Aggie Catholics participate in domestic and international missions, work with Habitat for Humanity, take part in a ministry to prisoners, and are involved in various pro-life activities. In fact, the 40 Days for Life program is an outgrowth of the Catholic campus ministry at Texas A&M; the national office of 40 Days is staffed by Aggie grads.

The campus ministry also works with a local Life Center that helps mothers and families in difficult situations.

All this energy has had a discernible effect on vocational formation and discernment. Since 2000, the campus ministry has averaged some nine students per year entering the seminary or religious novitiates; 132 Catholic Aggies have been ordained priests or made final religious vows in the past two decades.

And then there is the vocation to marriage and family, which the campus ministry takes very seriously. Aggie Catholics are also a powerful witness to the rest of Aggieland; 175 new Catholics have entered the church the past two years through St. Mary’s RCIA program.

The Catholic renaissance at Texas A&M is staffed by two full-time priests, three part-time and semiretired deacons, one part-time priest, three full-time lay campus ministers, three sisters from the Apostles of the Interior Life, three part-time campus ministers, and four part-time student interns. That probably strikes many campus ministers as a rather large staff.

In fact, the people who lead St. Mary’s are stretched – and they began where many others are today.

Catholic campus ministry at Texas A&M is a striking example of “If you build it, they will come.”

George Weigel The program is unapologetically orthodox. There is no fudging the demands of the faith. And yet they come, and come, and come, because Aggie Catholicism shows the campus a dynamic orthodoxy that is not a retreat into the past but a way of seizing the future and bending it in a more humane direction. The premise that informed John Paul II’s approach to students his entire life—that young people want to be challenged to lead lives of heroic virtue, in which the search for love is the search for a pure and noble love—is the premise that guides Catholic campus ministry at College Station.

Texas A&M is a special place, culturally; in many respects, it seems to have skipped the ‘60s, such that its 21stcentury life is in palpable continuity with its past. That’s a deeply Catholic cultural instinct, which St. Mary’s has seized to build a program that is a model for the entire country.

George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Guest Commentary

Beware of do-gooder billionaires?

By Deacon Patrick Moynihan In her article in the January-February issue of The Atlantic, “The Rise of the New Ruling Class: How the Global Elite Is Leaving You Behind,” Chrystia Freeland provides a new vocabulary for understanding the approach to philanthropy being practiced by more and more of today’s global billionaires. This approach differs not only in magnitude but also in methodology from that practiced by the national multimillionaire captains of industry of the last century.

To make her point about how the culture of big philanthropy has changed, Freeland nimbly replaces the terms plutocrat and philanthropy with meritocrat and social engagement. She argues that the self-made, genius billionaires are different from the philanthropists of the past. They not only want to pay for the bus to the Promised Land, they want to drive it. In some cases, they are even willing to quit their day job to focus on solving the world’s worst problems. She calls this new generation philanthrocapitalists.

Freeland credits the term philanthrocapitalism to Matthew Bishop and Michael Green who published a book by the same name in 2008. According to Bishop and Green, philanthrocapitalists (Soros, Gates, Buffett and the like) approach the business of doing good in the same manner that they approach doing good business. The authors gush, “Today’s philanthrocapitalists see a world full of big prob-

lems that they, and perhaps only they, can and must put right.”

If this is really how philanthrocapitalists see the world and their role in it, clearly their personal wealth is not the only thing that is oversized. It also is no surprise that former President Bill Clinton wrote the foreword to the 2009 edition of Bishop and Green’s book. Who else would think himself tall enough in the world of doing good to put the cherry on top of a book about giants like Gates and Buffet? Mr. Clinton even claims a certain parentage for the movement. He declares, “CGI (Clinton Global Initiative) is, in many ways, the laboratory in which the authors’ ideas about philanthrocapitalism are tested.”

It is not the hubris and superlative claims surrounding the new philanthropy that concerns me the most. That comes with every human endeavor. It is how philanthrocapitalism not only creates a will, but one with enough capital behind it to make sure that it can choose its own way. Big money attracts more money, which eventually narrows the approach to solving social problems.

The easy marriage of two very legitimate, but different pursuits – philanthropy and capitalism – also blurs lines. It argues that the world can improve without authentic conversion or change. It ignores the fact that real, sustainable progress must be transformational for all parties.

The idea that we can all stay as we are while the megabillionaires make the world right simply by applying their innovative minds and big capital is spurious. Yet, this is the philosophy

projected by some of the most popular of the philanthrocapitalists. Case in point: A recent ad in Time magazine showed Bono and wife Ali Hewson headed to do good in Africa, toting Louis Vuitton bags – not so ironically, the bag of choice for fleeing dictators and their wives with little time to pack up valuables.

Evidently, we do not even have to change style to do good.

Freeland points out that the most “coveted status symbol isn’t a yacht, a racehorse, or a knighthood; it’s a philanthropic foundation … one actively managed in ways that show its sponsor has big ideas for reshaping their world.” It is a bit of a chilling sensation to think they may also be intent on reshaping it in their own image. Evidently, we do not even have to curb our egos to change the world.

Maybe we really don’t have to change for the world to improve. Maybe the second coming will be sponsored by Coke, and Jesus will emerge on stage as a tech giant, hedge fund manager, diva model, sporting a Vuitton original and singing a chart-topping pop song.

The writer, a permanent deacon for the Diocese of Rockford, Ill., lives in Haiti and is president of The Haitian Project, a Catholic mission that operates a tuition-free secondary school for underprivileged Haitian children. He writes a weekly column for Catholic News Agency and the Daily Journal in Seneca, S.C.

Consider This

The ‘deranged’ and discrimination Stigmatization, stereotyping and separation from society – all are a part of the lives of those affected by mental illness, according to a Catholic organization involved in the field.

“Most people with mental illness suffer silently, often hiding to escape the stigma of being known as a person with this condition, sometimes hiding in full view,” said the Council on Mental Illness of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability.

“Regrettably, such individuals often are unable to find access to needed services due to underfunded mental health systems incapable of delivering proper care,” the council said.

Poor mental health treatment was a factor in the January shootings in Tucson, Ariz., it said.

Therese Avant would agree. “The matter goes deeper and gets into an issue that few popular journalists are willing to broach openly,” she said in an e-mail to me, commenting on a recent column about the Tucson shootings.

“I speak as one who has voluntarily complied with (often barbaric) psychiatric treatment for nearly 40 years despite enormous personal cost,” wrote Avant, of Birmingham, Ala. “Discrimination against psychiatric patients is enormously real in these United States,” she continued. “I have experienced

this discrimination for most of my adult life. So those who can will shun psychiatric treatment rather than be shunned.

“Most persons with mental illness will not seek treatment until they are forced into it or (when) this society starts accepting mental illness as a real illness. I think we are a long way from true social acceptance of mental illness, so the means to involuntary commitment must be correspondingly increased,” she wrote.

The council says those with mental health issues “may even lack support from a faith community unwilling or ill-equipped to welcome them as children of God, made in God’s image and endowed with human dignity.”

We know from the stories of the Gospels that the lepers, the deaf, the blind and those with other diseases and conditions were outcasts from society. Yet these were the people Jesus welcomed and healed.

In the wake of a Tucson, an Oklahoma City, an Omaha and countless others, too much comfort is taken in “it was not done for political reasons.” To blame “deranged individuals” may be true, but it does not justify inaction in addressing the problem.

Avant paints a harsh picture. People with illness must be committed to treatment involuntarily in order to protect them

– and often to protect society – because they or their family are reluctant to seek treatment.

Avant, speaking as a person with mental illness, asks: “Would you go, on your own, if you knew you Stephen Kent needed treatment, knowing that the social label of pariah that would result once word got out in your community?”

The council notes: “As people of faith, we can provide a welcoming community and a faith life rooted in Christ, offering hope and comfort to those in most need.”

A Christian view should more resemble the council’s scenario of a welcoming community than the ostracism Avant describes.

Kent, now retired, was editor of archdiocesan newspapers in Omaha and Seattle. He may be contacted at considersk@gmail.com.

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READING FROM THE BOOK OF SIRACH SIR 15:15-20 If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live; he has set before you fire and water to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand. Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given him. Immense is the wisdom of the Lord; he is mighty in power, and all-seeing. The eyes of God are on those who fear him; he understands man’s every deed. No one does he command to act unjustly, to none does he give license to sin.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!

Blessed are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Blessed are they who observe his decrees, who seek him with all their heart.

R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!

You have commanded that your precepts be diligently kept.

Oh, that I might be firm in the ways of keeping your statutes!

R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!

Be good to your servant, that I may live and keep your words.

Open my eyes, that I may consider the wonders of your law.

R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!

Instruct me, O Lord, in the way of your statutes,

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18; 33-34; Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37 that I may exactly observe them.

Give me discernment, that I may observe your law and keep it with all my heart.

R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!

A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1 COR 2:6-10 Brothers and sisters: We speak a wisdom to those who are mature, not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are passing away. Rather, we speak God’s wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory, and which none of the rulers of this age knew; for, if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written: 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, this God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 5:17-37 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven. I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. “You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.

But I say to you, whoever is angry with brother will be liable to judgment; and whoever says to brother, ‘Raqa,’ will be answerable to the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will

W

hen the Russian-Finnish boundary was being redrawn, a farmer was told that the new border passed right through the middle of his land. He now had the option of belonging to Russia or Finland. Having promised everyone that he would consider the matter carefully, he finally opted to join Finland. The disappointed Russian officials explained to him the many advantages of joining Russia. The farmer heard them out and said: “I completely agree with all your reasons. It has always been my dream to live in Mother Russia. However, at my age, I simply won’t be able to survive another one of those Russian winters.”

Confronted with choices all the time, we have no choice but to choose. At times, we vacillate between options, struggling to make up our mind. Even when we do not or cannot choose, it becomes a choice. Other times, like the Finnish farmer, we make choices diplomatically, wishing not to offend others’ feelings or beliefs. There are still other times when we choose emotionally or selfishly. Often times, we are unable to make good choices that reflect wisdom and discernment.

In the Word of God, Sirach wisely suggests that God has set before us options to choose from: fire and water; life and death; good and evil. We may recall that Moses too places such choices before the Israelites: life and prosperity; death and doom; life and death; blessing and curse (Deuteronomy 30:15, 19). Such overarching realities are before us all the time.

Even while considering the ordinary things of everyday life, we are actually choosing either to enlarge or confine life for ourselves and others.

Scripture reflection FATHER CHARLES PUTHOTA

Christian vision is a choice God’s great commandments have to be translated into the daily circumstances we encounter.

Sirach is utterly convinced that God who is immensely wise, mighty in power and all-seeing will bless us beyond our wildest dreams if we choose to keep his commandments.

Jesus, the new Moses, the law giver par excellence, challenges us with a new quality of options we have to choose from. In the six antitheses of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus fulfills and perfects the old law (“you have heard it said ...) by ushering in a radically new way of looking at life and love (“… but I say to you. ...”). The Old Testament law is good and valid, but Jesus wants his followers to take a quantum leap forward by going to the heart of things.

Christians who take the Ten Commandments seriously will do well to discover their logi-

cal fulfillment in the Sermon on the Mount.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful for the promoters of the Ten Commandments to think of displaying the Beatitudes as well in public places?

In Jesus’ vision, it is not enough to avoid murder. The follower of Jesus has to be mindful of anger, which could eventually lead to murder.

While it is obvious that murder must be avoided at all costs, Jesus invites us to delve into the realm of motives and orientations deep within our minds and hearts. In other words, Christian vision penetrates not only external actions but internal assumptions and leanings. Do you want to eliminate murder? Eliminate anger in the first place. When anger does not exist, murder will have no place whatsoever. Jesus offers forgiveness as the means of elimination of anger, a gift to be offered as a precondition for any worship.

be liable to fiery Gehenna. Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny. “You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into Gehenna. “It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce. But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife - unless the marriage is unlawful — causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

“Again you have heard that it was said to your ancestors, Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow. But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ Anything more is from the evil one.”

In short, our exteriority has to flow from the spiritually purified and nourished interiority.

This is Jesus vision with regard to five other issues placed in the antitheses: adultery, divorce, oath-taking, revenge, and hatred. To avoid these, we must go to their very origin. In a refreshingly practical way, Jesus wants us to deal with the internal law first if we have to successfully deal with the external law. If everyone were to live from “the internal law of charity and love” (St. Ignatius of Loyola), rules and regulations would become obsolete.

The choice that Jesus offers is not between the good and the bad. For the follower of Jesus, that the bad has to be avoided is absolutely obvious. The choice that Jesus offers us is between the exterior laws and inner spirituality. When the inner being is suffused with light, the external manifestation of our life will necessarily reflect that light. This is both profound and simple wisdom for Christians to practice.

Such wisdom is not some abstract quality to acquire. It is the person of Jesus Christ himself, as Paul celebrates it in the Corinthians, “mysterious and hidden, which God predetermined before all ages for our glory.” When we choose Jesus as part of our conscious lives, the many choices in our lives fall in their places. With Jesus living at the core of our lives, the circumference of our lives will take on a new meaning and depth. Choosing Jesus, his values and vision, will lead us to the choicest blessings in life.

Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D., is pastor of St. Veronica Parish in South San Francisco.

Your image of God affects your life If we take time to reflect on our image of God we can learn a lot about our spirituality. Throughout my years of ministry people have shared with me how they view God. There are those who think of God mostly as a judge or a policeman. For some God is a strict father whom they fear and to whom they aren’t particularly close. Others see God as a loving father who protects his people. Still others see God, primarily in the person of Jesus. For them God is a friend. These are just to name a few.

How we view God has an effect on both our prayer and our faith. If we see God as a judge or a very strict, vindictive parent then we probably conduct our lives out of fear. We tend to do what is good and obey the “rules” primarily because we are afraid of God’s anger. We feel like God is watching our every move to catch us in sin. We often think of God as “up there” and we are down here. We tend to live our faith out of fear. I remember when I was in elementary school, before the Second Vatican Council, I lived in fear of God.

On the other hand, if our image of God is one of a loving, forgiving God, the way we live our faith will be different.

We believe in a God of love as proclaimed by Jesus. We try to live our faith as best as we can but we know that if we fail or sin we have a compassionate God who will forgive us.

When we view God as loving we no longer do the right thing primarily because we are afraid. We live our lives in such a way because we love God in return and want to please him. We are grateful knowing that all we have is freely given to us out of love. We don’t have to be a certain way for God to love us. We cannot earn God’s love. His love is a gift.

Whether we return that love or not is our own free choice.

Even so, God will never stop loving us. God is faithful and will never abandon us.

Another way to discover how we really view God is to look at what motivates our way of living. If we live our lives out of fear chances are that we see God as a policeman or a judge. If love moves us to live out our faith then we prob-

ably view God as a loving and compassionate being, like the father in the story of the Prodigal Son. How we experience God can change. Those who seem to be stuck to a punishing view of God will do well to reflect on the Gospels and learn from Sister Margie Jesus about who God is.

Lavonis Jesus’ primary mission was to reveal his Father’s love for each one of us. After all, God’s greatest expression of his love was his gift of Jesus.

Holy Cross Sister Margie Lavonis is a freelance writer living in Notre Dame, Ind.

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Presentation Sister Mary Ursula Lowe, educator for 40 years

Presentation Sister Mary Francis Milanesi, 82 years in consecrated life A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 28 for Presentation Sister Mary Francis Milanesi who died Jan. 23. Sister Francis would have been 100 years old April 14. She was a Sister of the Presentation for 82 years. The Mass and a vigil service both took place at the Presentation Sisters Sister Mary motherhouse in San Francis Milanesi Francisco.

Sister Francis held an undergraduate degree in education from San Francisco College for Women and spent more than 25 years in the ministry of Catholic education. The late religious taught at San Francisco’s St. Agnes School from 1934-43, and served as principal and teacher at St. Francis School SISTER MILANESI, page 16

of the Sisters of the Presentation A funeral Mass for Presentation service in schools, which eventually Sister Mary Ursula Lowe was celstretched from Washington state to ebrated Jan. 26. The former Mother New Mexico.

General of the Presentation Sisters Sister Ursula leaves a sister, Clare would have been 95 years old Feb. 9.

Lowe, a sister-in-law, Honora Lowe, She was a Sister of the Presentation as well as nieces Aileen Stephens and for 78 years.

Kathleen Fleming, and nephews J. Sister Ursula held an undergraduKevin Lowe, Jr. and William T. Lowe, ate degree in political science from and her loving Presentation Sisters. the University of San Francisco and Memorial contributions to the a graduate degree in religious eduSisters of the Presentation are cation from Seattle University. She preferred. Contributions can be spent nearly 40 years in the ministry sent to Sisters of the Presentation, of Catholic education serving in Sister Mary Development Office, 281 Masonic elementary schools in Sierra Madre, Ursula Lowe Avenue, San Francisco 94118.

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Art historian details complicated history of famous masterpiece “STEALING THE MYSTIC LAMB” by Noah Charney.

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Reviewed by Graham Yearley (CNS) – Art historian Noah Charney’s “Stealing the Mystic Lamb” is subtitled “The True Story of the World’s Most Coveted Masterpiece.” It is the story of the Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck, painted between the years 1426 and 1432, one of the hallmarks of Western art.

An enormous work, the altarpiece is made up of 20 separate panels in two tiers. Some of the smaller panels, particularly those of “The Annunciation,” “The Heavenly Choir” and “Adam and Eve,” may be more famous than its central lower panel depicting a lamb upon an altar, its blood flowing from its side into a golden cup.

Even at its installation in St. Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, the altarpiece was too large for the space it was designed for and the side panels could not be opened flush to the wall. It is remarkable that this altarpiece, weighing over two tons, has moved at all, much less been stolen seven times.

The Ghent Altarpiece hung undisturbed for 140 years and then became the target of Protestants eager to destroy graven images of God. The first attack in 1566 was repelled by the outer doors of the cathedral; by the second assault with a battering ram, the altarpiece had been hidden in one of the towers and it escaped the wrath of the mob.

In 1794, the French Republican army invaded Flanders and began a campaign of looting artworks and sending them to France. On Aug. 20, 1794, the central panels were taken from the St. Bavo Cathedral and transported

to Paris and put on immediate display at the Louvre. It is not clear if the side panels had been hidden or were ignored by the invading army, but they remained in Ghent.

A few years later, the director of the Louvre would ask the Ghent authorities if they would consider giving over the side panels, so the altarpiece ce could be whole again, albeit in France, not ot Belgium.

With Napoleon’s defeat in 1814, thee monarchy was restored in France. But, when Napoleon escaped from his first exile on Elba and amassed another army and marched on Paris, King Louis XVIII fled from France and found refuge in Ghent.

After Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo, King Louis, in gratitude to the city that had sheltered him, arranged for the return of the central panels to Ghent. The painting was once again a complete work for a year until the side panels were severed from the central panels and stolen on Dec. 19, 1816.

The side panels ended up in the collection of Edward Solly, an Englishman based in Berlin. In 1821, the Prussian emperor, Frederick William III, bought Solly’s collection and used his legitimately purchased works of art as the core of the collection for the newly established Prussian national gallery, the Berlin Museum.

In a move that would horrify art conservationists today, the side panels were split vertically, so both sides could be viewed by museumgoers at once. The side panels remained until 1920 on Museum Island in Berlin. The side panels were returned to Ghent in one of the most humiliating

and painful reparations inflicted on the defeated Germany by the Allies.

The Ghent Altarpiece was whole again for 20 years until the Nazis stole it during the Second World War and placed it, along with hundreds of other major paintings, in the Alt Aussee salt mine in Bavaria.

Adolf Hitler had planned to build a vast museum in Linz, Austria, his birthplace, to house the thousands of artworks that had been looted from the defeated nations of Europe. The story of hhow these precious artworks were resccued from almost certain destruction by a zzealous local official determined to carry oout Hitler’s “scorched earth” policy is one of the most fascinating sections of the Ghent Altarpiece’s complicated history.

G It is a reminder that our art treasures that hang quietly on museum walls or tha in apses of cathedrals were probably stolen from someone at some time. Most stol European museums are filled with artworks Eur taken in one invasion or another. More chilltake ing is the thought that a work as singular and beautiful as the Ghent Altarpiece could be destroyed in a few seconds by a frustrated criminal who did not get the ransom he expected or a passing soldier eager to avenge his fallen comrades. The Ghent Altarpiece has endured these calamities and many more, a glowing tribute to the genius of the brothers Van Eyck and the God who inspired them.

Yearley is a graduate of the Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore.

CBS comes under fire for onslaught of violent crime dramas

By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) – It’s said all too often that you can’t argue with success.

But you can.

The argument: CBS is doing a disservice by airing so many crime dramas.

The counter-argument: Doing a disservice to whom? CBS is the most-watched network in America.

Precisely the point. The more people who watch, the more people can get drawn into a worldview that we live in dangerous places in a dangerous society.

It’s true that Marshal Matt Dillon gunned down some outlaw virtually every week on “Gunsmoke” – another CBS program – and that series ran 20 seasons.

But by the time the show premiered in 1955, the Old West was a thing of the past. All of CBS’ crime series are set in the present day.

Let’s look at all of the CBS crime shows that aired the week of Jan. 16-22: “CSI: Miami,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “NCIS,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Criminal Minds,” “Blue Bloods,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “The Mentalist,” “The Medium,” two installments of “CSI: New York” and

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That’s 13 hours of crime out of 22 hours of prime time – 59 percent of CBS’ prime time. And that doesn’t include legal-beagle shows, like “The Good Wife” and “The Defenders.” By comparison, ABC, NBC, Fox and CW air 16 hours of crime shows over 69 combined prime time hours, or 23 percent. And that total includes fantasy shows like “Smallville,” and reality series like “Cops.”

CBS may be America’s most-watched network, but it’s also the network with the oldest average age of viewers.

That’s a problem for CBS, because advertisers prefer younger viewers. But it’s also a problem for America, because studies have shown that TV viewers grow more fearful the more crime they see on the tube; this includes the “if it bleeds, it leads” late local newscasts. And older Americans are more affected by this phenomenon than younger viewers.

These findings should come as no surprise. Studies have shown for many, many years that Americans are affected by what they see on TV, and cultural critics have taken the TV industry to task for just as long over it.

There’s been a longtime animus over messages on TV. But the latest flap is over the new MTV series “Skins” with its depiction of teen sexuality.

In a Jan. 31 column, Catholic News Service reviewer John Mulderig said the show “follows a group of high school students who regard sexual activity, drinking and drug use as normal aspects of their lifestyle.” Sponsors have withdrawn, the Parents Television Council has condemned it, and “some Catholic groups may also be mobilizing to oppose the show,” he writes.

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well entrenched in R-rated films, its marketing to teen viewers via prime time TV is a disturbing innovation, Mulderig wrote.

The series’ “potentially toxic impact on impressionable youngsters is undeniable,” he concluded.

Well, if Americans believe that viewers will be affected by what is shown on “Skins,” they should believe that viewers also will be affected by what they see on “Criminal Minds.” Speaking of which, a “Criminal Minds” spinoff makes its debut on CBS just as “Medium” is being taken off the schedule.

Does CBS even know how to do warm, family-friendly programming anymore? The network does continue to air the “Hallmark Hall of Fame” made-for-TV movie series, most recently “The Lost Valentine.” But that program accounts for two or three hours a year out of 1,144 total hours of prime time.

CBS’ reality series seem to specialize in duplicity and deceit, especially “Survivor” and “Big Brother.” And one of its newest entries in its sitcom lineup has a bleeped-out obscenity as part of its title.

CBS can do better. But they won’t bother unless viewers give them a reason to.

You can complain to CBS directly. Gil Schwartz is the network’s executive vice president in charge of communications. He shuttles between New York and Los Angeles. The best bet is to write to him: Gil Schwartz, CBS, 524 E. 57th St., New York, NY 10019. The phone is (212) 975-4321.

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When Sister Francis retired from teaching in 1970, she began a new ministry as hostess at her congregation’s Presentation Retreat Center in Los Gatos. “Welcoming and counseling guests for over 30 years in this role, Sister Francis came to embody the ministry of hospitality and spirituality of the retreat center,” the Presentation Sisters said in an announcement of her death. In 2003, Sister Francis moved to the Presentation motherhouse where she engaged in the ministry of prayer.

Sister Francis leaves her nieces, Ann Evans and Lynn Storman, and her nephew, David Milanesi, as well as her loving Presentation Sisters. Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.

Memorial contributions to the Sisters of the Presentation are preferred. Contributions can be sent to Sisters of the Presentation, Development Office, 281 Masonic Ave., San Francisco 94118.

February 11, 2011

Lenten Opportunities ASH WEDNESDAY IS MARCH 9 February 16, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.: “The Practice of Compassionate Presence,” with Father Joe Nassal at Santa Sabina Center, 25 Magnolia Ave., San Rafael.

Suggested offering is $20. Call (415) 457-7727 or e-mail info@santasabinacenter.org.

March 8, 6 p.m.: “Kickoff” of “40 Days for Life” campaign in St. Mary’s Cathedral Conference Center Room C, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Mass at 6:30 p.m. Following Mass a procession to Planned Parenthood for a brief service and then back to the Cathedral for fellowship and potluck snacks. Call (415) 668-9800 or visit www.40daysforlife.com/sanfrancisco.

Daily March 9 – April 17, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.: “40 Days for Life” Campaign of fasting and of prayer for an end to abortion at Golden Gate Community Health (former Planned Parenthood) at 815 Eddy St. between Van Ness and Franklin in San Francisco. Call (415) 6689800 or visit www.40daysforlife.com/sanfrancisco.

Wednesdays, March 9 – April 20, 7:30 p.m.: The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose offer a “Lenten Journey” to reexamine minds and hearts to enter deeply into the Paschal Mystery during Holy Week.

Series includes faith sharing with a Scriptural base, time to share and explore what the scripture has to share. Takes place at Dominican Sisters of MSJ motherhouse, main parlor, 43326 Mission Boulevard, entrance on Mission Tierra Place, in Fremont. E-mail blessings@msjdominicans.org or call Sister Beth Quire, OP at (510) 449-7554.

March 11, 6 p.m. – March 12, 6 p.m.: “Young Adult Lenten Retreat: How to Walk the Healing Journey” with Dominican Sister Rebecca Shinas at Dominican Sisters of MSJ motherhouse, 43326 Mission Boulevard in Fremont, entrance on Mission Tierra Place.

Learn the eight steps of forgiveness, hear remarkable testimonies of conversion, healing, and repentance; receive sacrament of reconciliation plus great food, great company, great talks and time for prayer, reflection, sharing. Special appearance by Christine Watkins, author of “Full of Grace: Miraculous Stories of Healing and Conversion through Mary’s Intercession.” E-mail blessings@msjdominicans.org or call (510) 933-6335.

March 25 – 27: “Come and See” Retreat for Women” at Mercy Convent in Burlingame. How do you know God is calling you? Are you longing for something more? Experience life in a convent, meet with Sisters of Mercy and hear presentations to answer your questions. No charge for the retreat.

Contact Mercy Sister Cindy Kaye by e-mail at kayenun@yahoo.com or call (650) 340-7434 by March 11.

St. Mary’s Cathedral – Celebrating 40 years Gough Street and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco (415) 567-2020. Visit www.stmarycathedralsf.org Feb. 12, noon: Archbishop George Niederauer presides at Mass and Anointing of the Sick at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough at Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Mass is commemoration of World Day of the Sick instituted

by Pope John Paul II. People living with any serious or acute illness as well as their families and caregivers are especially invited. Plenty of parking is available in cathedral lot at bottom of church steps. Please arrive by 10:30 a.m. Assistance to cathedral from parking lot will be available. Observance is sponsored by the Order of Malta of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. E-mail kenmryan@aol.com or call (415) 788-4550.

Feb. 27, 2 p.m.: “Lessons from a Holocaust Survivor,” a presentation by Helen Farkas at St. Matthias Church, Cordilleras Road in Redwood City. Talk is sponsored by the St. Matthias Social Justice Committee and the Belmont Inter-faith community. Co-founder of the Helen and Joe Farkas Center for the Study of the Holocaust in Catholic Schools located at Mercy High School in San Francisco, Helen shares her journey through the horrors of the Holocaust and her quest, together with her late husband, to demonstrate the sources of prejudice and indifference, showing that through God’s love and compassion hate and intolerance can be overcome. Call Cindy Gammer at (650) 906-8836.

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Call Pam Naughton at (415) 566-1936 or Anne Quilter at (415) 586-8017.

March 2, 6:30 p.m.: Epiphany Center’s Benefit Party & Show “Café Fugitive” at the Great American Music Hall, 859 O’Farrell St., San Francisco. Showtime is 8 p.m. with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Epiphany Center (Mount St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth), serving San Francisco’s at-risk families since 1852.

Tickets are $175 per person, $500 sponsorship for two tickets Call (415) 351-4055.

March 4, 6:30 p.m.: 14th Annual Loaves & Fishes Dinner & Gala, benefiting the programs and services of CCCYO. The event will recognize extraordinary charitable works in our communities and honor Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries and author of “Tattoos on the Heart, the Power of Boundless Compassion.” Event information can be found at www.cccyo.org/loavesandfishes.

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Feb. 26, 7 p.m.: “The Better Angels of Our Nature” an evening with famed documentarian, Ken Burns, at Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Burns’ in-depth, truthful and caring films have made him a trusted chronicler of the United States and its history. Among his works are “The Civil War,” “Baseball,” and most recently, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.” The Knights of St. Francis of Assisi of La Porziuncola Nuova are sponsoring the event. Evening includes sneak-peek at the filmmaker’s new history of Prohibition documentary. Tickets are available at $45, $35 and $25 per person. Call (415) 345-7575 or visit www.fortmason.org/boxoffice.

Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m.: Free Grief Support Workshop in the Msgr. Bowe Room, on the west side of the parking lot level of St. Mary’s Cathedral Gough St. and Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Workshop provides information on the grief process, and tips on coping with the loss of a loved one. Presenter is Barbara Elordi, MFT, director of Archdiocesan Grief Care Ministry. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ex. 218.

National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi LA PORZIUNCOLA NUOVA Columbus at Vallejo in San Francisco’s North Beach Visit www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com Feb 22, 6 p.m.: “Movie Night” at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in Sala di Sant’Antonio, the lower church hall. The first movie shown will be “Assisi Silence,” a movie about the Jews being hidden in Assisi, a 35-minute documentary. Also on the program is “Little Flowers of Francis.” There will be discussion, too, led by Angela Alioto, who calls St. Francis her “best friend.” Pizza will be served at 6 p.m. and the movies will roll at 6:30 p.m.

Food and Fun Feb. 12, 6 - 11 p.m.: Valentine’s Day Dinner Dance at Mater Dolorosa Parish Hall, 307 Willow Ave. in South San Francisco. Evening includes cocktails, silent auction, dining and entertainment. Tickets are $20 per person in advance and $25 at the door. Event is sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council #14818. E-mail frances@mdssf. org; jrod253@yahoo.com; or call (650) 583-4131 or (650) 703-2251.

Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m.: Mercy High School Booster Club Crab Feed Dinner in the school’s Barrett Hall.

Tickets are $40 per person/$75 per couple. Contact Teresa Lucchese at (415) 334-7941 or events@ mercyhs.org.

Feb. 12, 8 p.m.: “Zydeco Dance” at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Gym, 1122 Jamestown (corner of Third and Jamestown) in San Francisco. Tickets are $20 in advance/$23 at the door. Music is by Andre Thierry and the Zydeco Magic Band. Call (415) 468-3434.

Feb. 19, 5:30 p.m.: Mission Dolores and Notre Dame Elementary Alumni present “A Night at the Races” at Mission Dolores Auditorium, 3371 16th St. in San Francisco. Enjoy a great dinner, prizes, laughter and fun, as the MD Auditorium transforms into “Dolores Downs”. Tickets at $40 per person include dinner and a ‘funny money’ packet. An additional $100 will give you naming rights for a horse.

Reservations must be received no later than Feb. 9, 2011. E-mail dolorians@aol.com or call Katie at (415) 282-6588. Spouses and friends are welcome.

Feb. 26: “Lights! Camera! Auction!” It’s St. Stephen Women’s Guild Annual Auction and Dinner Dance at the parish Donworth Center. For tickets and additional information, contact Katherine Moser at (415) 3077729 or katyjomc@comcast.net.

Feb. 26, 5 p.m.: “Cioppino 2011” at St. Thomas More School, a sell-out for over 20 years! Chefs Mike Giusti and Rob Maldonado offer a tantalizing menu that includes antipasto, mussels, salad, cioppino or an optional chicken entree, garlic bread and dessert fit for royalty. Evening includes silent auction before dinner and hors d’oeuvres. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Reservations required. Tickets are $50 per person.

Childcare is available on site for $25 per child.

Contact Linda Shah at lp1114@aol.com or Monica Bickle at monicasfnative@hotmail.com or visit stthomasmoreschool.org.

Feb. 27, noon: Columban Fathers Annual Lunch, “An Afternoon of Fun,” at United Irish Cultural Center, Sloat Blvd. at 45th Ave. in San Francisco. Honorees

Feb. 12: Holy Family Day Home celebrates “100 Years in the Mission.” Archbishop George Niederauer will preside at a Mass at Mission Dolores at 10 a.m. followed by a reception across the street at the Day Home, 299 Dolores St. Everyone is invited! Holy Family Day Home is making a special request to alumni who attended the Day Home from the 1920’s through 2010. Light refreshments will be served and the children of the Day Home will present a short program. There is no admission charge. If you would like to attend, contact Kathleen Hayden at (415) 565-0504 ext 201 or e-mail khayden@holyfamilydayhome.org.

Feb. 27, 2 p.m.: All Presentation alumnae are invited to celebrate what it meant and continues to mean to be part of the Presentation Family at the Fourth Annual Presentation Honor at El Patio Español Restaurant in San Francisco. For more information e-mail Rosana Madrigal at rmadrigal@ pbvmsf.org or call (415) 422-5020.

Vocations/Serra Clubs Feb. 24, noon: San Francisco Serra Club luncheon at Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia Ave. off Mission St. in San Francisco. Patrick Vallez-Kelly, director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Worship Office will talk about the coming changes in the liturgy. Tickets for lunch are $16. Non-members welcome. Contact Paul Crudo at (415) 566-8224 or e-mail pecrudodds@aol.com. Enter Serra on subject line.

Feb. 27, 4 p.m.: Serra Club of San Francisco “all you can eat” crab feed at St. Anne of the Sunset’s Moriarty Hall, Judah St. and Funston Ave. in San Francisco.

Tickets are $45 per person. Mail checks made out to Serra Club to: Diana Heafey, 489 Dellbrook Ave., San Francisco 94131 by Feb. 21. Contact Joan Higgins at (415) 333-2422 or e-mail jhigg2390@aol. com. Enter “Crab Feed” on subject line.

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

Farmers Insurance (650) 557-1263

Lic # 526818 Senior Discount

Lila Caffery, MA, CCHT

BEST PLUMBING, INC. Your Payless Plumbing

S.O.S. PAINTING CO. Interior-Exterior wallpaper hanging & removal

• Family • Work • Relationships • Depression • Anxiety • Addictions Lic. #742961

Roofing

DA LY

Affordable Decks • Additions • General Remodel • Carports

415.383.6122

Lic.# 593788

➤ Hauling ➤ Job Site Clean-Up ➤ Demolition ➤ Yard Service ➤ Garbage Runs ➤ Saturday & Sunday

FREE ESTIMATES! • Fast & Affordable YOELSHAULING@YAHOO.COM

415.370.4341 www.christophershousecleaning.com

Painting & Remodeling John Holtz Ca. Lic 391053 General Contractor Since 1980

CONSTRUCTION

PAUL (415) 282-2023

Christopher’s House Cleaning

LAST-MINUTE SERVICE AVAILABLE

(650) 355-4926

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

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

For more information, contact: Contractors State License Board 800-321-2752

February 11, 2011

Elderly Care Needing help at home or asst. living facilities?

We have excellent references, 8 yrs exp.; live-in, live-out.

Specialize in Alzheimer’s Dementia.

Lowered our rates!

PLEASE CALL 415.994.9331 / 650.997.0120

Elderly Care Experienced Private Caregiver available. Responsible for safeguarding client, scheduling appointments, monitoring medications, household shopping, meal preparation, light housework.

415-386-0207

classifieds FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION

CALL: 415-614-5642 FAX: 415-614-5641 EMAIL: penaj@sfarchdiocese.org

heaven can’t wait Serra for Priestly Vocations Please call Archdiocese of San Francisco Fr. Tom Daly (415) 614-5683

Summ e Speciar/Fall ls

$119

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Chimney Cleaning

$89

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$139

Automotive

Hilltop Buick Pontiac GMC Truck I P L B A ! • Extensive inventory means selection

Help Wanted ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SOUGHT The Department of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking elementary principals for the 2011-2012 school year. Candidates must be practicing Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church, possess a valid teaching credential, a Master’s degree in educational leadership, an administrative credential (preferred), and five years of successful teaching experience at the elementary level.

Please send resume and a letter of interest by March 18th, 2011 to: Bret E. Allen Associate Superintendent for Educational & Professional Leadership One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, California 94109 Fax (415) 614-5664 E-mail: allenb@sfarchdiocese.org

Help Wanted

• Competitive pricing • Give us your bid • We can offer YOU SAVINGS! • Exceptional customer service • Easy access off I-80 at Hilltop Richmond

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Help Wanted SISTERS OF MERCY

Interested in Giving a Year of Service to the Church in the United States & Guyana, South America as a Lay Volunteer?

Mercy Volunteers Corps, a lay volunteer program sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy provides opportunities for men and women over the age of 21 to give a year of service to those in need. For the past 30 years MVC has been transforming lives, perspectives, and the world. The emphasis of the program is service, community, and prayer. Volunteer possibilities include teaching or nursing, working in homeless shelters, clinics and social service agencies in urban and rural settings throughout the United States & Guyana. Room, board, and medical insurance and a small stipend are provided. Loan deferments are available.

Volunteers are entitled to the AmericCorps Education Awards, as well.

For more information contact www.mercyvolunteers.org or Lisa Stellino at the Mercy Volunteer Corps Office (215) 641-5535

PRINCIPAL ST. GREGORY CATHOLIC SCHOOL San Mateo, California St. Gregory Catholic School is a K through 8 grade school with an enrollment of 320 students. Working closely with the Pastor and parish community, the students, teachers and staff are an integral part of St. Gregory Church. St. Gregory School is committed to carrying out the ministry of Jesus Christ in the education of youth. In partnership with families and the parish community, we educate students to become active Christians, lifelong learners, capable problem solvers, and responsible citizens.

Qualifications; • A practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church • A Masters degree in educational leadership (or related field) • Five years of successful teaching/administrative experience • Current California Credential Salary is commensurate with credentials and experience.

Letters of interest and resume should be sent to : Mr. Brett Allen Associate Superintendent Department of catholic Schools One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, CA 94019 DEADLINE: February 15, 2011

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A Life Remembered Private Family Mausoleum

Pay tribute to lives lived, love shared and sacriďŹ ces made.

A lifetime deserves a permanent testimonial.

What is a Private Family Mausoleum?

A tradition of honoring family heritage is enhanced with a customized family mausoleum. A Private Family Mausoleum provides exclusive above ground entombment and ensures a peaceful, resting place that will last for centuries. A family mausoleum may be individualized with a variety of options – allowing for one or more entombments.

A Private Family Mausoleum ensures future generations a place to appreciate their past.

Please call the cemetery for an appointment to see our Private Family Mausoleums.