February 18, 2011 by Catholic San Francisco

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Boston studies parishes’ future; change ahead for some Toledo parishes

Dominic Segerblom, 4, is anointed during the World Day of the Sick Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 12. See Page 10 for more photos.

Newsletter offers spiritual guidance to prisoners Mass. The Order of Malta was founded in Jerusalem at the end of the 11th century to run a hospice for pilgrims; WASHINGTON (CNS) – With its quarterly newsletthe organization received papal recognition as a religious ter “The Serving Brother,” the American Association of order in 1113. the Order of Malta is trying to bring spiritual guidance The order gradually took on military responsibilities and hope to the Catholics who make up 25 percent of the out of a need to defend pilgrims and Christian lands from more than 2.3 million prisoners in the U.S. Muslim attacks, and from the 14th to the 17th centuries it The inspiration to become active in prison ministry was a major naval power in the Mediterranean. Throughout came to Steve Caron, a its history, however, the Knight of Malta, when he order’s chief aims have been Alarmed by heard a reading at Mass sanctification of its mem– from chapter 25 of the bers, service to the faith Gospel of St. Matthew: and charitable work, which the dramatic “I was in prison and you includes members’ outreach visited me.” to prisoners. Alarmed by growth in “No one was talking the dramatic growth in the about prison ministry,” prison population in the the prison Caron said. “So I talked U.S., in 2006 the American about it with my parish Association of the Order of population, priest who encouraged me Malta made prison ministry to speak with prison chapits national work. the Order of Malta made prison lains in our area.” According to Caron, the Caron said he thought: association has since com“There’s more that I can mitted substantial resources ministry its national work. do,” feeling there was a to provide Bibles, spirireal need to help prisoners tual readings and volunteer who, perhaps because of their Catholic faith, might be labor to reach those behind bars with Christ’s message. closed off to guidance because they felt “ashamed or Because of the austere nature of most prisons, and the embarrassed” by their actions. As it turns out, he was heavy restrictions placed on prisoners’ use of television, coincidentally invited to join the Knights of Malta less radio and the Internet, Caron and the Knights decided that than a month after hearing Matthew 25 proclaimed at SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, page 9 (CNS FILE PHOTO/KAREN CALLAWAY)

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BOSTON (CNS) – In the Boston archdiocese, a team of priests, deacons, religious and laypeople will help lay the groundwork for the archdiocese’s future, which will likely result in fewer parishes but a similar number of churches that currently serve Catholics. Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley announced the formation of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission Feb. 2. The 18-member board will make a final recommendation to him on a pastoral plan for resources available in the near future. “This is an important endeavor that will help guide and shape the future of the archdiocese in meeting the pastoral needs of our parishes and ministries, and in advancing the mission of the church,” the cardinal said. Father Richard Erikson, archdiocesan vicar general and moderator of the curia, did not give a specific timeline for the group to accomplish its work but he said that by the end of the year church officials could have a sense of how to proceed. About a week before the Boston announcement, officials in the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, announced a three-year parish reorganization plan is to begin in July with changes for 13 parishes, which will either be twinned or merged with other parishes or will share a pastor. Over the next two years, further reorganization is planned that will affect another 20 parishes. In Boston, Father Erikson said the timeline for implementing the pastoral plan over the long term has not been concretely established, but he said Cardinal O’Malley wants a gradual implementation. The priest told The Pilot, the archdiocesan newspaper, that the committee’s goals include assisting Cardinal O’Malley in presenting a future pastoral plan that will “be equal to the resources we have available” and helping the archdiocese prepare for “challenges we will have in the future.” He said he anticipated the plan will include a number of parish mergers with individual churches remaining open as places of worship. “Our hope is to maintain and sustain as many churches as possible,” he said. In contrast, the archdiocese shuttered dozens of church buildings as part of its 2004 parish reconfiguration process, roiling the local Catholic community and sparking several parish vigils and civil and canonical appeals. Father Erikson expressed hope that 20 years from now, the archdiocese would have fewer parishes but “not dramatically fewer churches.” He cited dwindling Mass attendance, financial strain PARISHES’ FUTURE, page 9

Stem cell research: The Catholic view This week’s issue features three articles on the fast-expanding field of stem cell research. On Page 10, Valerie Schmalz reports on the first human clinical trials of a possible therapy derived from human embryonic stem cells. On Page 12, Vicki Evans raises concerns about California’s public stem cell agency, which has funded $1 billion for buildings, training and research, much of it in the Bay Area, since 2006. On Page 13, Father Tad Pacholczyk says embryonic stem cells have become “a great modern secular fairy tale.”

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION Combating bullying . . . . . . . 5 Avoid negative thinking . . . . 6 Local news . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Feast of St. Peter Damian . . 14 Father Rolheiser . . . . . . . . . 15

Cathedral Memories ~ Page 3 ~ February 18, 2011

Priests fear Egyptian youth will leave church ~ Page 11 ~

Datebook of events . . . . . . . 17

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On The Where You Live By Tom Burke Thanks to Msgr. Michael Harriman, pastor of St. Cecilia Parish, for this exhortation as we anticipate Lent and Easter. The flame of the Paschal Candle burns when the wax melts away, Msgr. Harriman said, and if we want the light of Christ to shine in us “we must let a bit of ourselves melt away” through unselfish acts such as being attentive and helpful to others…. Terry Hanley, principal, leads kudos to everyone at Star of the Sea School in San Francisco. “During the month of November Star held its annual canned food drive in conjunction with the San Francisco Food Bank,” Terry told me in a note to this column. “Students, parents and teachers all donated enough items to fill nine barrels with canned goods and the food bank acknowledged Star’s contributions – 1,121 lbs. - as one of the largest donations in the city this year. Way to go Star!”… St. Gabriel School recently celebrated 100 Days of School. Students dreamed up 100 things they wish they had, wouldn’t want, could eat or could never eat. Homework included finding 100 of the same items in their homes. Among the things recorded were toothpicks, staples and beans…. Michael McKenna has been serving since 1978 at Notre Dame High School, Belmont.

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‘I saw tears streaming down my dad’s face’ Catholic San Francisco is inviting readers to contribute their first-person Cathedral Memories to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption. The paper will collect the articles, including the following one, in a special anniversary issue planned for April. A Mass to celebrate the anniversary will be held May 5.

By Edward Schoenstein My dad, Louis J. Schoenstein, was a principal partner in a pipe organ business, Felix F. Schoenstein & Sons. The organ at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Van Ness Avenue, dedicated in 1891, was one of many church organs he serviced, and as a teenager, I accompanied him on many visits to the site. My first memory of the church is the view from the choir loft which looked onto a warm sunlit, amber-colored interior of highly varnished wood and a horseshoe gallery. At street level below the cathedral’s tall bell tower, my dad would call attention to a patch of concrete different in color from the surrounding cement. He told me how, as the `06 earthquake fire raged westward, Van Ness Avenue became the last hope of stopping the from spreading and ATHEDRAL fire engulfing the remaining western part of the city. EMORIES Flames spanned the broad boulevard at several locations and the cross on the top of the cathedral bell tower ignited. Two priests, Father Charles A. Raam and Father Phillip O’Ryan, and firemen from Engine Company #34, fought the blaze with buckets of water and wet sacks. They then climbed the tower and cut the base of the cathedral’s burning cross and it crashed to the slab below, hence the patched and differently colored concrete. The day of the fire, I was at Candlestick Park. An announcement on the public address system said any priest

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Pope mourns ‘pitiful’ deaths of Roma children VATICAN CITY – More solidarity and concern should be shown toward the most vulnerable in society, Pope Benedict XVI said. The pope lamented the “pitiful case” of four Roma, or Gypsy, children who were burned to death Feb. 6 while sleeping in a makeshift shack on the outskirts of Rome. Such a tragedy “obliges us to ask ourselves whether a society that showed more solidarity and fraternity, was more consistent with love, namely was more Christian, wouldn’t have been able to prevent such a tragic event,” he said during his Angelus address Feb. 13 in St. Peter’s Square.

Church can fill gap in helping piracy victims VATICAN CITY – The rising incidence of piracy on the high seas and the hijacking of ships calls for improved spiritual counseling to help crew members prepare for the possibility of and to recover from such tragedies, said participants at a Vatican conference. More people were taken hostage at sea in 2010 than ever before, said Scalabrinian Father Gabriele Bentoglio, undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers. According to a 2010 International Maritime Bureau report, 445 ships were attacked worldwide, 1,181 seafarers were captured, and eight of them were killed, he said. “While the owners pay soaring ransoms for the recovery of vessels and cargos,” he said Feb. 14, “seafarers, fishers and their families are paying the highest price in terms of psychological trauma and other consequences.”

Priest: Visitator to report Irish church near collapse DUBLIN – Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley reportedly will tell Pope Benedict XVI that the Catholic Church in Ireland is “on the edge” of collapse due to the fallout from clerical abuse scandals. Cardinal O’Malley is one of several senior prelates charged by Pope Benedict with carrying out an apostolic visitation of the Irish Catholic Church following a series of highly critical judicial reports that revealed abuse by priests and a widespread culture of cover-up for decades among church leaders. Father Tony Flannery, a leading member of the Association of Catholic Priests, revealed at a conference of laypeople Feb. 12 in the Irish capital that “Cardinal O’Malley told the association the Irish Church had a decade, at most, to avoid falling over the edge and becoming like other European countries where religion is marginal to society.” Cardinal O’Malley could not be reached for comment. In a mid-November statement, the Vatican said it would issue a comprehensive summary of the investigations’ findings when they are completed.

Hunt under way for stolen Waterloo battle crucifix OXFORD, England – A Catholic bishop has appealed for recognition of the importance of religious symbols for military personnel after a historic crucifix was stolen Feb. 3 from a chapel at Hougoumont in Belgium at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo site. “Battlefields are places where people are called to pray for peace and the fallen, however long ago the fighting took place,” said Bishop Richard Moth of the Military Diocese of Great Britain. Bishop Moth’s comments were made as an international police hunt continued for the six-foot commemorative crucifix. In a Feb. 15 Catholic News Service interview, he said the crucifix was considered a key emblem by British regiments who took part in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grand Army, and had long been a reminder to anyone visiting Waterloo of the “massive loss of life.”

Injured Polish racer to get drop of JPII’s blood WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – Injured Polish race car driver Robert Kubica was to receive a reliquary containing a drop of blood from the late Pope John Paul II in an effort that church officials hope will hasten the 26-year-old Formula One star’s recovery from a serious crash. Kubica also will receive a strip of fabric from one of the late pope’s liturgical robes, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz told Warsaw’s TVN24 news. “John Paul II was a sportsman himself, he loved sport as a young man,” said the cardinal, who was secretary to the Polish pope. Considered a rising star on the Formula One circuit, Kubica was competing in a road rally in Liguria, Italy, Feb. 6, when he lost control of his vehicle at high speed on a curve and crashed into a guardrail. He sustained multiple fractures and his right hand was partially severed, according to police.

Archdiocese challenges city on transfer tax In a hearing Feb. 8 in San Francisco Superior Court, the Archdiocese of San Francisco challenged an attempt by San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting to impose a transfer tax on an archdiocesan corporate reorganization involving its properties, including churches and schools, in 2008. The lawsuit was filed last year by the archdiocese after a transfer tax review board, composed of city administrators, ruled against the archdiocese. The archdiocese argued that the imposition of a transfer tax on a purely intra-denominational reorganization is unprecedented in California and outside the San Francisco ordinance and state law, and violates the California and U.S. Constitutions by imposing a tax on a church for exercising its recognized constitutional rights to choose and change those civil law corporate forms that best accommodate its religious structure and needs. The archdiocese further argued that to impose transfer taxes and interest on a religious organization in connection with an internal restructuring involving no sale or revenue from which to pay any tax is inequitable and threatens to confiscate substantial church assets that are devoted to religious purposes. The court proceedings were continued to Feb. 17, when closing arguments were to be heard and a schedule for additional briefings determined. A decision in the case is not expected until sometime in April.

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By Matthew Gambino PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – In a reprise of 2005’s sensational grand jury report of sexual assaults by clergy in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams released a new report Feb. 10 by a grand jury investigating similar abuse. While the 2005 report detailed dozens of cases of sexual abuse of children by clergy over many decades, the new report brings criminal indictments for the first time. Charged with rape, assault and other felonies related to minors, as recommended by the grand jury, are former archdiocesan priest Edward V. Avery, 68, of Haverford; Father Charles Engelhardt, 64, of Wyndmoor and an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales; an archdiocesan priest, Father James J. Brennan, 47, of Linfield; and former lay teacher, Bernard Shero, 48, of Bristol. All four were arrested Feb. 10. Msgr. William J. Lynn, 60, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Downingtown, was charged on two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The charges stem, according to the report, from Msgr. Lynn’s conduct as archdiocesan secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004. In that role, he was responsible for recommending the assignment of priests in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He is believed to be the first high-ranking diocesan official indicted under a criminal statute in the U.S. for charges related to the sexual abuse scandal that came to light in 2002. Because of the volume of evidence collected by the grand jury, which includes testimony of some 45 witnesses, Williams said a preliminary hearing for the charges will be waived. No trial date has been set. In a series of statements Feb. 10 and 12, Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia categorically denied that any archdiocesan priests with “an admitted or established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor against them” remained in ministry. He also urged all Catholics to “join me in praying every day for victims of sexual abuse ... that they will have real hope in Christ and truly know that they do not stand alone.” The archdiocese announced Feb. 12 that a new “delegate for investigations” will be hired, who will operate independently from the archdiocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection, and that psychologist Joseph A. Cronin had been hired to the new post of clergy support associate in the Office for Clergy. At a Feb. 10 news conference, Williams said that as a practicing Catholic, presenting the grand jury’s findings caused him discomfort. “This isn’t a witch hunt into the Catholic Church,” said Williams, a member of St. Cyprian Parish in West Philadelphia. “The criminal acts that occurred here are not representative of my religion. They are the bad acts of individual men. “I recognize all the good that the Roman Catholic Church has done and continues to do in the world,” he added. “But I am sworn to uphold the law, and I will do what is necessary to protect children.”

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Anti-bullying focus at schools tries to keep up with growing problem By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Although bullying is nothing new, efforts to curb it are still in unchartered territory, especially in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s digital age when the scope of bullying expands far beyond school hallways or playgrounds. Bullying is often a topic of discussion at school meetings and educational seminars and has also come under federal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s umbrella with guidelines it released last fall calling certain acts of bullying potential civil rights violations.

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But despite all the talk, destructive and harassing behavior is still rampant and able to cause almost instant damage with a simple text message, Facebook update or e-mail. A new study published in the February edition of the American Sociological Review says todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bullies arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily the most popular students but tend to be those who want to be popular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By and large, status increases aggression, until you get to the very top,â&#x20AC;? said the studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead author, Robert Faris, an assistant sociology professor at the University of California Davis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When kids become more popular, later on they become more aggressive.â&#x20AC;?

The study questioned nearly 4,000 North Carolina high school and middle school students asking them to list their best friends, people they had picked on and people who had picked on them. The studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main finding reinforces what bullying-prevention groups are currently advocating, mainly that the old stereotypes of bullies no longer hold true. Today, especially with online tools, anyone can be a bully and more people can be victimized. With the rise in this kind of harassment and its often dire consequences, anti-bullying programs are becoming more prevalent. One major effort, the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, is now used in more than 7,000 schools nationwide. The program, based at Clemson University in South Carolina, is named after a Norwegian researcher who began studying bullying more than 40 years ago. The program began in just a handful of schools nationwide in 2001. Marlene Snyder, the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of development, told Catholic News Service Feb. 10 that a number of Catholic schools across the country have â&#x20AC;&#x153;really embraced the programâ&#x20AC;? and that religious-affiliated schools â&#x20AC;&#x153;seem to get to the heart of matter a lot quickerâ&#x20AC;? examining roles people play in a bullying situation as part of their religion classes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For decades weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known about bullying, but we have not always responded well,â&#x20AC;? she said in a phone interview from her Montana home. Snyder said the Olweus program is not a one-shot deal where schools learn about bullies and then continue on their way. Instead, the comprehensive program is meant to develop long-term changes. Bullying has been a hot topic at recent National Catholic Educational Association conventions, and this year during the April 26-28 convention in New Orleans several speakers plan to address it. During Catholic Schools Week Jan. 30-Feb. 5, several Catholic schools across the country included anti-bullying workshops as part of events held for the observance that included Masses, open houses and activities for students and teachers. At St. Francis of Assisi School in Burien, Wash., which runs a yearlong anti-bullying program, a theater group acted out bullying scenes as part of a Catholic Schools Week presentation. The kindergarten through fifthgrade students watched a presentation about children getting mad on the playground, and the middle school students watched a performance that focused on gossip, rumors and cyberbullying. After the performances, students were asked to think about what they saw and make comments.

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The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counselor told a local newspaper that bullying is a problem for private and public schools alike. She said it might be easier for a small school like St. Francis to take action when they see this kind of behavior because of their bullying policy and clear awareness of â&#x20AC;&#x153;when a student has crossed the line.â&#x20AC;? Many public and Catholic schools have specific anti-bullying policies in place and dioceses are also beginning to develop these policies in accordance with state laws. Currently, 45 states have anti-bullying legislation. The states that do not have these laws are: North and South Dakota, Michigan, Hawaii and Montana, as well as the District of Columbia. At the end of last year, diocesan principals in Biloxi, Miss., established antibullying guidelines in accordance with new Mississippi law. Rhonda Clark, assistant superintendent of schools, told the Gulf Pine Catholic, newspaper of the Biloxi Diocese, that the guidelines did come as the result of an increase in bullying but were â&#x20AC;&#x153;merely a matter of following the law.â&#x20AC;?

Archdiocesan policies to combat harassment The Archdiocese of San Francisco has addressed bullying specifically since March 2001 in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Student to Student Harassmentâ&#x20AC;? information which is part of a larger work titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Policies and Procedures Regarding Child Abuse and Harassment.â&#x20AC;? At that time, the booklet was distributed to every employee of the archdiocese and since then has been given to every new employee. The distribution of the booklet is accompanied by the viewing of videos that role-model harassment in its many forms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our schools are actively vigilant about identifying bullying and are making every effort to stop it,â&#x20AC;? archdiocesan schools Superintendent Maureen Huntington told Catholic San Francisco. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Efforts include keeping parents informed and encouraging students to speak up.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tom Burke Departs: Aug. 2; Sept. 12 & 26, 2011

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Avoid negative thinking: Attitude is key as we age By Lisa M. Petsche There is no shortage of information in the media about how to improve your life through instrumental changes such as eating more nutritiously, exercising and not smoking. Did you know, though, that nurturing a positive mental attitude can also go a long way toward maximizing your physical, mental and spiritual well-being? Even if you don’t consider yourself a naysayer, make it a point over the next few days to scrutinize everything you think and say; you might be surprised. For instance, how much of your self-talk and communication with others contains the words “can’t,” “don’t,” “shouldn’t,” “couldn’t” and “never?” Do you frequently start sentences with “If only,” “I can’t believe” or “I hate it when?” And do you use phrases such as, “it’s impossible,” “I have no choice,” “that’s terrible,” and “why me?” Negative thinking takes many forms: doubt, worry, catastrophizing (magnifying the importance of upsetting events), focusing on our own shortcomings or those of others, seeing only the flaws in proposed plans, dwelling on what we perceive to be lacking in our lives, approaching life from the perspective of entitlement (believing that we are owed certain things), denial, inflexibility, hopelessness, and regarding the world as an uncaring, even hostile place. By-products of such thinking include self-absorption, depression, defensiveness, self-criticism, destructive criticism of others, sarcasm, distrust, blame, jealousy, bitterness, self-pity, avoidance, indecision, chronic complaining, low self-esteem, resistance to change, helplessness and passivity.

Negativity is harmful not only to your physical and mental health – generating stress that can lead to illness – but also to your spiritual well-being, and the well-being of people around you. Here are some ways to accentuate the positive instead: – Limit your exposure to the news. – Use positive self-talk. Emphasize phrases such as “I can,” “I will,” “I choose.” – Be generous with praise and encouragement and cautious with criticism (giving only the constructive type).

Pick your battles … don’t dwell on past mistakes … look for the good in people and situations. – Cultivate a healthy sense of humor. Read the comics or rent funny movies, for example. Don’t take yourself or others too seriously. – Accept realities you can’t change and focus instead on those you can influence. – Trust that there’s a valuable lesson in every type of adversity. And remember that no matter what happens, you always have a choice about how to respond. – Pray to God to give you the strength to face life’s challenges with courage and grace and place your trust in him. – Stay connected to people who care. Minimize contact with those who are negative or self-centered.

– Find an outlet for expressing your thoughts and feelings, such as talking with a friend or keeping a journal. – Pick your battles; don’t make a major issue out of every concern. – Don’t dwell on past mistakes, hurts or other unpleasant events. – Look for the good in people and situations. Demonstrate empathy, give others the benefit of the doubt and practice forgiveness. – Do something you enjoy each day: read, listen to music or take up a hobby. – Identify sources of stress in your life, then eliminate as many as possible and learn to manage the rest. Practice relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing. – Let go of the need for perfection, and be flexible about plans and expectations. Take things one day at a time. – Practice random acts of kindness. – Set aside some quiet time each day; it nurtures your spirituality and helps to keep you grounded. Finally, focus on the good things in your life, such as supportive relationships, and seek beauty and tranquility through appreciation of various kinds of art as well as nature. Be sure to count your blessings and learn to live in the moment, enjoying life’s simpler pleasures. It makes for a happier and healthier you. Lisa M. Petsche is a social worker and a freelance writer specializing in health, aging and spirituality.

Help your loved one overcome the dangers of isolation Nesting is a common phenomenon of aging. It refers to burrowing in at home. The world shrinks to that one favorite chair in front of the television. Within reach are the TV remote, piles of old newspapers and magazines, snack food and a coffee cup (and maybe a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of alcohol). Nesting is a sure sign that your loved one has become too isolated. We’re social animals. We need to be around others. A care receiver who has become a hermit is in danger of developing a host of problems. Again, the maxim “use it or lose it” is a helpful guide. A person who is mentally stimulated and challenged can think more clearly. A person who gets some physical exercise, who is out and about, feels better and sleeps more soundly at night. A person who is concerned about others, who feels he or she is making a contribution, is less self-absorbed. A person with basic social skills is going to pay attention to appearance and manners. Of course, sometimes there are very good reasons for sticking close to home. We all have our down times. It could be that your care receiver has been sick. Maybe your loved one is recovering from surgery. But for some, it’s not hard for that recuperative period to lead to an unhealthy isolation.

You realize that your loved one used to belong to a parish guild or an altar society but now only attends Sunday Mass. She no longer takes the bus downtown for that once-a-month luncheon with friends. She only goes out to buy groceries, and she doesn’t even want to do that. Why does this happen? It might be that his closest friends have died and it’s not easy to make new ones. Maybe he’s concerned that mentally he’s not as quick as he used to be. He forgets names. He gets confused when he’s out of the house. Maybe she’s hiding the fact that she’s having trouble walking. Or that she is getting dizzy sometimes, or having trouble controlling her bladder. Pride may be influencing the decision: “What will people think? I look terrible.” Maybe your loved one is simply afraid. The news is filled with stories of violent crimes, and he or she can feel vulnerable. What can you do to help? – Bring up the subject of isolation. Ask your loved one why he or she doesn’t want to go out. Maybe there’s a very simple explanation and solution. – Find out what community programs and activities are available. Visit a local senior center with your father. Better

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LOCAL NE WS Cardinal to speak on Christian unity “Hope for the Future of Ecumenism,” a presentation by Cardinal Walter Kasper, featured speaker of the annual Paul Wattson Lecture, will be held Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church, Fulton Street at Parker Avenue in San Francisco. Cardinal Kasper is former head of the Vatican office promoting Christian unity. Event is sponsored by the University of San Francisco and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. Free admission. Parking is available in Koret lot at Parker and Turk Street. Call (415) 221-4269. The Paul Wattson Lecture Series honors the life and works of the founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, Father Paul James Francis Wattson, S.A.

Jesuit conference on migration and faith America’s contentious immigration debate could become less polarized if people of all faiths tried to find common ground through the lens of their religious values and symbols. That perspective – the subject of initiatives led by Fairfield University’s Center for Faith and Public Life – will be explored at an event Feb. 24, 6-8 p.m., at the University of San Francisco titled, “Illegal Migration: Faith-Based Social Principles and Secular Policy.” Keynote speaker is the center’s director and professor of sociology, Jesuit Father Richard Ryscavage, an expert on immigration and refugees. The discussion and a reception will be held at USF’s Fromm Hall, Maraschi Room, 2130 Fulton St. in

San Francisco, and is hosted by former U.S Attorney and Fairfield alumnus Joseph P. Russoniello and the Fairfield Alumni Association. Due to limited space, please register at www.fairfield.edu/sfimmigration or call (203) 254-4280.

Sudanese author at Marin Catholic Author Francis Bok returns to Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield March 3 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the John Paul II Student Center to speak about current events in Southern Sudan. His book, “Escape from Slavery,” was an all-school read at Marin Catholic in 2008, when Bok first addressed the student body. Since that time Bok has continued his campaign to free his people. A January referendum to create an independent Southern Sudan was approved by almost 99 percent of voters. Bok also will share the story of his escape to America and his dream to build an English-speaking school, connected with Marin Catholic, in the village of his childhood.

St. Rita Lenten talks Retired San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn will open the 2011 St. Rita Lenten lecture series March 8 at 7 p.m. at the church in Fairfax. His topic: “Vatican Council I: Facts and Distortions.” St. Rita pastor, Father Kenneth Weare, will speak March 15 at 7 p.m. on “Global Economy and Climate Change: A Catholic Perspective,” and University of San Francisco

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President Jesuit Father Stephen Privett will speak March 22 at 7 p.m. on “Catholic Higher Education: Issues and Challenges.” On March 29, Dominican Sister Marion Irvine Archbishop will give a talk on John R. Quinn “Economic Justice: An Elusive Goal.” San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy will close the series April 5. His talk: “If the Pastoral Letter was Re-written Today, What Would it Say?” On April 3 and 4 from 7-9 p.m., the parish will host music, meditation and prayer, with musician John Michael Talbot performing. The church is located at 100 Marinda Drive, Fairfax. For more information and soup supper reservations, call (415) 4564815.

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Cathedral concert Father John Moulder, an accomplished jazz guitarist, and his quartet will perform Father Moulder’s sacred concert, “Trinity,” at St. Mary’s Cathedral March 11, the first Friday of Lent, at 7 p.m. The suggested free-will offering is $15, and the proceeds benefit the cathedral.

Talk on church future St. Pat’s Day parade Peter Steinfels, University professor at Fordham University in New York City and co-director of the school’s Center on Religion and Culture, will speak March 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Holy S p i r i t Pa r i s h /

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St. Augustine’s Fernandez to head Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center By George Raine Nestor Fernandez II, a parishioner at St. Augustine Church in South San Francisco who is on track to be ordained a deacon in June 2012, has been named executive director of the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center. Fernandez, 52, a FilipinoAmerican, is the first person of Asian ancestry to direct the 120-year-old institution that serves more than 600 lowand moderateincome chil- Nestor Fernandez II dren, families and seniors in San Francisco’s North Beach, Chinatown and Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhoods. As a corporate executive, he was most recently vice president for operations at Western Athletic Clubs, a collection of high-end athletic clubs and sport resorts. Although it was a private sector enterprise, the company owner was a philanthropist, Chuck Feeney, said Fernandez. “We were very successful, but it really had a non-profit soul to it,” Fernandez said of Western Athletic Clubs. The Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center is financed by a combination of

private and public funding, and thus it is nonsectarian, but Fernandez said he will still be guided by principles that reflect his faith. “I don’t make a big deal of my faith but I don’t hide it either,” he said. “We live the Gospel and follow God’s word. That is always the way I have lived my life,” Fernandez added. The decision by the center’s board of directors to name Fernandez was unanimous. “We have a lot of respect for Nestor’s background, qualifications and enthusiasm,” said Asim Bhansali, president of the Tel-Hi’s board of directors, “and we are confident he will elevate Tel-Hi to new heights.” Fernandez has been involved with Tel-Hi since 2002, first as a volunteer, then as a board member, staff administrator and interim executive director. A San Francisco resident for nearly 40 years, he earned a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of San Francisco. He is also serving as an adjunct professor at USF and is active in other public service organizations. The center Fernandez directs, at 660 Lombard St., in a diverse area of San Francisco, offers a variety of services including preschool, youth activities, after-school and summer programs, as well as a daily hot lunch program and activities for seniors.

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Msgr. Dreier celebration A weekend of activities at parishes where Msgr. Bruce Dreier served as pastor will honor the late priest Feb. 25, 26 and 27. “ M s g r. B r u c e Dreier Memorial Weekend” includes Msgr. Bruce Dreier youth basketball tournaments all three days; wine tasting on Friday; Mass on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. with San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert McElroy presiding followed by the Epiphany Hall of Fame Dinner dance. Dinner tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children. For other ticket information as well as times and locations, call (415) 350-6399 or (415) 279-0515. The weekend is sponsored by Epiphany Parish where Msgr. Dreier served from 1992-2004, and St. Robert Parish in San Bruno where he was pastor from 2004 until his death from cancer Aug. 10, 2009.

Spanish conquest exhibition The Oakland Museum of California presents “Contemporary Coda,” a companion installation to “Splendors of Faith/Scars of Conquest” showcasing contemporary perspectives on the legacy of the Spanish conquest of California. On view Feb. 26 through May 29, the exhibition features 17 works by contemporary artists that address issues of immigration and regional connections across the current border; religion and

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Star of The Sea lab named for Fr. Duggan The new Father Bill Duggan Science Lab was dedicated Jan. 15 at Star of the Sea School in San Francisco. It will be used by students in kindergarten through middle school and allow them to utilize technology as they advance in their science curriculum, the school said in an announcement of the recently completed facility. It was funded through donations from alumni, parents, parishioners and grants from two foundations. Parents also took a hand in the preparation of the lab by painting and assembling the furniture. The lab is named for the now-late Father Bill Duggan, who served at Star of the Sea Parish some 50 years ago, and is remembered for his “kindness and sense of humor that gave him an instant connection with the children at school, their families and parishioners,” the school said.

40 Days for Life vigils The national movement to peacefully pray outside of abortion clinics for 40 days returns to San Francisco and San Mateo beginning Ash Wednesday, March 9. The vigils will be part of a nationwide movement that began in 2007 in Texas. This Lent, 246 prayer vigils will be held throughout the country, 40 Days for Life said on its website. Twenty eight are planned in California March 9 to April 17. In San Francisco, organizers plan to pray from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the sidewalk across from the Golden Gate Community Health clinic on Eddy Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street. GGCH was Planned Parenthood Golden Gate until the national organization severed ties due to financial difficulties last year. In San Mateo, the 40 Days vigil will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. outside the GGCH clinic at 2211 Palm Ave. near 25th Avenue.

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Spiritual guidance . . . ■ Continued from cover a newsletter would be the best and most effective method for bringing prisoners a message of hope. The prison chaplains he met throughout Massachusetts were very encouraging, providing many ideas and guidance to make the product supportive of their ministries, he said. Most helpful of all was Jesuit Father George T. Williams, who was formerly the Catholic chaplain at the state prison in Concord, Mass. Caron said the priest became the founding editor of “The Serving Brother.” He has kept that role despite a move to California. He now ministers to inmates at San Quentin State Prison in California. He serves as chaplain to more than 6,000 prisoners, including over 700 on death row. Father Williams, who began his new ministry at San Quentin in January, said the idea for the newsletter jelled when he mentioned to Caron that it is difficult to get “quality, Catholic materials to prisoners.” Caron, said Father

Parishes’ future . . . ■ Continued from cover on parishes and an anticipated diminishment of the number of priests available for active parish ministry as reasons for implementing a new pastoral plan. Weekly Mass attendance has plummeted from about 70 percent of the archdiocese’s Catholics in the 1970s to 17 percent today. Operating expenses outstrip weekly offertory income in about 40 percent of the archdiocese’s parishes. The number of archdiocesan priests available for parish ministry is expected to drop from today’s mark of 350 to 180 in 20 years. In the Diocese of Toledo, the aim of reorganization involves twinning parishes or clustering them so that one priest is assigned to a few parishes, said Jason Shanks, leader of the diocesan Evangelization and Pastoral Life Secretariat and director of the Office of Pastoral Planning. The three-year plan is based on a study completed in 2005

Williams, replied that he had an idea for what he called “a Sunday-like bulletin that people in parishes get” distributed to prisoners. The idea was to package basic Catholic teaching, some resources for prisoners to use in their daily prayer and usually a message from a bishop, said Father Williams. “As teachers of the church, we wanted bishops to have direct access to prisoners,” said Father Williams. Introduced in the fall of 2009, “The Serving Brother” features religious art, letters from prisoners, recreational reading and spiritual reading. The aim of the newsletter is to not only help those in prison but also to help those released make the transition back into society. “We have a light to share,” Caron added.It took just a year from the newsletter’s inception to its being published by the Boston Area chapter of the Order of Malta. In Advent 2010, in addition to the prisons and jails in the church’s Boston province, “The Serving Brother” was test marketed in Florida, Michigan and Indiana.In the summer of 2010, based on a positive response from prisoners and prison chaplains in the various states, the Order of Malta made the

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Firm begins first human study using embryonic stem cell therapy By Valerie Schmalz The first attempt to use therapies derived from human embryos on patients is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area as part of research that Menlo Park-based Geron Corp. hopes will cure spinal cord injuries. Stanford Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center volunteered to become the third research site for the clinical trials and are now recruiting patients. The first – and so far only – patient was injected with the Geron stem cell treatment at Shepherd Center in Atlanta in October. Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago is also an approved site. Stanford, a world center for embryonic stem cell research, announced its participation in January. This is the first human embryonic stem cell treatment on humans approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The primary goal of the clinical trials is to see if it is safe to treat human beings with cells cultured from the cells drawn from in-vitro fertilization embryos. The FDA approved two more human embryonic stem cell clinical trials by another company, Advanced Cell Technology, in November but no patients are known to be enrolled. Geron officials have said the company hopes to show that human embryonic stem cells can be used “to achieve restoration of spinal cord function.” Pro-life opponents say the trials are risky because embryonic stem cell treatments in animals have been dogged by the twin problems of rapidly growing cancerous tumors,

or teratomas, and rejection by subjects’ immune systems. The Catholic Church opposes human embryonic stem cell research because it destroys a human embryo. “This is a rush to make a political point, not a trial based on a well-tested method,” said David Prentice, Ph.D., a prominent opponent of human embryonic stem cell research. The former professor of life sciences at Indiana University is senior fellow for life sciences at Family Research Council. Prentice said even if Geron shows some results, the time frame for the treatment – seven to 14 days after the spinal cord injury – is problematic because spinal cord injuries sometimes spontaneously heal in the months after an injury and there will be no way to determine the cause of the improvement. Geron did not return repeated phone calls for comment. The FDA originally placed a hold on the study in 2008 because in an animal study the subjects developed cysts at the injection site, but apparently the concerns were resolved by further data, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine said on its blog in July. Another concern is that cells cultured from human embryos face a high risk of rejection much as transplanted organs do, said adult stem cell researcher Jean Peduzzi-Nelson, Ph.D., associate professor of anatomy and cell biology at Wayne State University Medical School. Geron’s goal of healing spinal cord paralysis is already being achieved at least partially with ethically acceptable adult stem cells, Peduzzi-Nelson said. Because adult stem cell treatments rely on a patient’s own cells, they are more difficult to patent and therefore

are not as likely to make money for pharmaceutical companies, she said. Money for large clinical trials is hard to find, said Peduzzi-Nelson, who is applying for funding to conduct similar trials to use adult stem cells for spinal cord regeneration in the U.S. but has so far been unsuccessful. However, Peduzzi-Nelson said a Louisiana company, TCA Cellular Therapy, is conducting safety trials of an adult stem cell treatment using the patient’s own bone marrow. TCA received FDA approval last year and is recruiting research subjects with recent spinal injury, based on its filing at clinicaltrials.gov, a website of the National Institutes of Health. In September testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Peduzzi-Nelson cited the work of a Portuguese team that successfully treated spinal cord paralysis using stem cells from the patient’s own olfactory mucous. Geron is a publicly traded company that is funding and operating the trials. But California taxpayers are also funding stem cell research through the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was created when voters passed Proposition 71 in 2004. More than $1 billion has been awarded by CIRM to construct facilities at institutions including Stanford and University of California campuses as well as to fund research. The California Catholic bishops opposed Proposition 71 and oppose human embryonic stem cell research. “No embryo needs to die to prove that embryonic stem cells may do something non-embryonic stem cells already can do,” said Carol Hogan, director of pastoral projects and communication for the California Catholic Conference.

Vatican to update bioethics guidelines for Catholic health care workers By Alan Holdren VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) – The Vatican department in charge of supporting Catholic health care workers has announced that it will soon release updated guidelines on bioethics issues. The guidelines offered in the “Charter for Health Care Workers” provide a point of reference on church teaching for medical professionals. It is being updated to provide current teaching on complex topics in the health care field like stem cell research, reproductive issues, euthanasia and abortion. Representatives from the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Workers spoke to journalists about the theme on Feb. 3 after presenting the Pope’s message for the 19th World Day for the Sick. Bishop Jose L. Redrado, secretary of the council, said Catholic facilities are battling a “culture of death.” In Phoenix, Ariz., one such clash involved doctors at a Catholic hospital choosing to abort the child of a mother with severe pulmonary hypertension. Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix reacted to the news of the abortion by ordering an investigation and, after attempting to reconcile differences with the hospital staff, stripped the facility of its Catholic identity. These types of cases demonstrate that there is a need to

translate church teaching into terms that are understandable in “modern society,” Redrado said. “The language should be clear,” he added, “explaining what the church says, where the frontiers are, where there is a risk of crossing the line.” Undersecretary of the council, Msgr. Jean-Marie Mpendawatu, suggested that the revised document could serve to reduce the “mystification” attached to bioethical themes and offer health workers the truth of Catholic Church teaching in the area. The monsignor lamented the way that “invasive ideologies” often bury authentic Catholic Church teaching on issues of bioethics. He referred specifically to reproductive issues and the use of adult stem cell research and treatment. “Many say that the church on stem cells is behind the times, it doesn’t want to do anything, it’s not interested.” But the church has centers for developing and promoting ethical treatments using non-embryonic stem cells, “centers also of research and treatment using (adult) stem cells,” he said. The council, led by Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, is in contact with Catholic institutions to pair their knowledge with Vatican-approved doctrine. Bioethics centers and bishops’ conferences throughout the world are contributing. Msgr. Mpendawatu said that it could be “very impor-

tant” for the formation of health care workers who are often not trained specifically in bioethics. During the press conference, the council also announced a May 2011 conference in which participants will examine HIV/AIDS prevention issues. International experts and Vatican officials will be taking part. Condom use will be discussed, but the conference will take a broader approach to AIDS-related themes, said Msgr. Mpendawatu. The conference is especially interesting following Pope Benedict XVI’s comments on condom use in the 2010 book-interview “Light of the World.” He said that condoms were not the solution to AIDS prevention, but that they could show a first sign of moral responsibility if used with the intention of reducing the risk of transmitting disease. The words were widely seen as a change in church teaching against condom use, but as the Vatican’s doctrine department clarified on Dec. 21, they represented no such change. The council announced that it will release guidelines to church teaching on AIDS care and prevention which will provide a Vatican-approved point of reference for Catholic professionals in the field. As a “pastoral” document, it will approach the many difficult issues such as care for elderly left without children and protection of children whose parents have died from AIDS.

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World Day of the Sick Mass

The 2011 World Day of the Sick Mass, commemorating Our Lady of Lourdes and sponsored by the Knights of Malta, took place at St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 12. Upper left, Archbishop George Niederauer blesses a woman. Lower left, Annabelle State, 7, is anointed with oil. Above, ill people and their caregivers are pictured at the Mass, where each sick person was anointed on the forehead and hands and there was a special blessing of caregivers’ hands. Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy was a concelebrant of the Mass.

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After protests, priests fear Egyptian youths will turn away from church Sunday liturgies were interfering with their noon call to prayer. NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) – He said that, as a foreign Two priests with strong ties to priest, he was often called in Egypt said they feared young by the Egyptian secret police, Egyptian Catholics will turn which he said had spies at the away from the church because it Coptic Catholic seminary where did not back the protests that led he taught. He said police would to the resignation of President mention that the bishop was Hosni Mubarak. not going to attend a meeting “If we lose the youth in – when no one else knew that the church, then we are done,” – and even repeated back to the said Father Makarios Isaac, American things he had said in an Egyptian-born priest of the confidence to four seminarians. Archdiocese of Toronto and an Both priests also spoke associate of Maryknoll Fathers of discrimination against and Brothers who is currently Christians. based in Kenya. In the Egyptian army, said Father Isaac, originally Father May, discrimination ordained for the Coptic Catholic against Christians was conDiocese of Minya, Egypt, and stant. “There’s a fair amount the former diocesan developof conversion” to Islam in the ment director there, said the military because of the presmain Muslim and Orthodox sure, he said. Christians are leaders forbade participation in called “mushrik,” which means the protests. He said the Coptic someone who believes in many Catholic patriarch of Alexandria, gods or is an idol worshipper. Cardinal Antonios Naguib, told He said he knew of one army protesters to go home. officer who was refused a pen The priest said he feared by a colleague when the colyoung people will “turn their league saw the cross on the backs on the church” and say, Christian’s wrist. “You never stood with us ... you Father Isaac said that, in Anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square in Cairo after the announcement of Egyptian never taught us to stand up for the 1970s, two of his brothers President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation Feb. 11. Egypt’s Vice President Omar Suleiman said Mubarak our rights.” were kidnapped by members of had bowed to pressure from demonstrators in the streets and resigned, handing power to the army. Maryknoll Father Douglas the Muslim Brotherhood in an May, who worked in Egypt for effort to get Muslim prisoners 18 years of Mubarak’s nearly 30-year rule, said he thought “the permit to do with a church building – even repainting it – had released. His brothers later were freed in a prisoner exchange. Christian leaders in Egypt played it safe.” to be signed by the former president. He said when he attended two different universities in the “I’m afraid that the church leadership has lost its credibil“We had to wait 21 years to get a permit,” said Father Isaac. 1970s and early 1980s, he was asked if he were Christian or ity with the Christian youth over this,” said Father May, now Even after the permit was granted, he said, state or local officials Muslim, because professors could not tell by his name. stationed in Nairobi. “If you were Christian, you would feel it right away,” he could stop construction for “security issues.” Both priests, who have indults to minister to Coptic- and Father May, who left Egypt in 2007 but still visits at least said, adding that Christians never got the top grades, even if Latin-rite Catholics, spoke of discrimination that Christians twice a year, said that in the town of Dalga, Coptic Orthodox they were most intelligent. faced under Mubarak’s rule and that of his predecessor, Anwar literally worship underground because they have not had a He added there is “great hope” about the country’s future Sadat. permit for a church for 20 years. In the same town, a mosque – including that whoever leads Egypt will be concerned not to In separate interviews with Catholic News Service in the was built next to a Catholic church, and local authorities closed make the same mistakes as Mubarak, “because they can see days following Mubarak’s Feb. 11 resignation, they said that any down the church because Muslims complained that the long the power of the people.” (CNS PHOTO/DYLAN MARTINEZ, REUTERS)

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican’s ambassador to Egypt said he hoped the country’s future would include greater social justice and greater freedom for all of the country’s people. In an interview with Vatican Radio Feb. 11, Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald said he hoped the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which is running Egypt, would follow the direction of constitutional reform and “will also respond to the other demands of the population with regard to social justice and with regard to political liberties as well.” Archbishop Fitzgerald, the Vatican nuncio in Cairo, said that even before President Hosni Mubarak resigned Feb. 11, the Egyptian leader had given his vice president the task of studying various articles of the constitution with a view of amending them in response to protesters’ demands for greater democracy. Mubarak’s promises of reform were not enough for protesters, and he was forced to hand over power to the military and step down. As Mubarak left the capital and the military took over, the nuncio told Vatican Radio, “We are still in an uncertain position, but the people are very happy – they are rejoicing

– and we hope that this euphoria will produce a moment of solidarity for the people in this country.” The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Feb. 13 a series of steps needed for a democratic transition, including the dissolution of Mubarak’s parliament, a suspension of the constitution with the promise of establishing a committee to rewrite it, and the promise of elections in six months. Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, told Vatican Radio Feb. 14 that he hoped the patient commitment to nonviolence and democracy that motivated the protesters would continue to inspire changes in Egypt for the good of all of its citizens, including the Christian minority. Egypt’s 8 million to 10 million Coptic Orthodox and up to 250,000 Coptic Catholics have a right to express their opinions and hopes in the process of rewriting the nation’s constitutions, he said. “I certainly think they should be listened to, and I also hope that their opinions will be accepted. I also hope that in the constitution there are those fundamental principles that affirm the dignity of men and women, the freedom of all and civic coexistence with respect for others and respect for the law,” Cardinal Sandri said.

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Vatican officials express hopes for Egypt’s future

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Pope John Paul II stand at attention during the playing of national anthems at Cairo airport in this 2000 file photo.

Iraqi Archbishop: West ignorant of ‘scary volcano’ that could erupt in Middle East KIRKUK, Iraq (CNA/EWTN News) – The secular western world is incapable of fully understanding the threat of a “reawakening of Islam” in the Middle East, according to an Iraqi bishop beset by radical movements in his own archdiocese. In an interview with the Italian bishops’ SIR news agency, Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk, Iraq, called the Middle East a “scary volcano” because of the possible consequences of widespread unrest. “There are Islamic forces and movements that wish to change the Middle East, creating Islamic States, caliphates, in which Shariah (law) rules,” he warned. Radical groups present in Iraq such as al-Qaida and Ansar al Islam are calling on citizens in other Middle Eastern nations to inject an Islamic influence into otherwise general protests in places like Tunisia and Egypt.

For Archbishop Sako these calls have “the clear intention of fueling ... a total religious change” in the area. “They are voices that could find fertile ground in Egypt and elsewhere and therefore should not be underestimated, also because there are regional powers whose leaders have defined these revolts as the ‘reawakening of Islam’,” he said. In practice, the goal of these fundamentalists is “to create a void to be able to fill it with religious themes, convinced ... that Islam is the solution to everything.” In Egypt, protesters insist that the widespread protests are not driven by religion or ethnicity, but rather a universal grievance against extremely poor social and political conditions. Some fear, however, that organized Islamic associations such as the Muslim Brotherhood are in an optimal position to take advantage of the confusion for political benefit. Because unrest could be manipulated by fundamentalist

opportunists, Archbishop Sako called the Middle East “a scary volcano.” Should Egypt become an Islamic state, he said, it would be “a problem for all” and have “undeniable, negative aftershocks for Christian minorities.” According to the archbishop, Europe and North America are blind to the possibility of such an “Islamization” of the Middle East. “The Western mentality does not allow it to fully comprehend this risk,” he said. He explained that politics and religion are interwoven in the Middle East, whereas there is “a tremendous void” between them in Western nations. This results in two extremisms, he said. The Middle Eastern mentality is dominated by Islam, while a secularism that denies its Christian roots and relegates Christian values to the private sphere reigns in the West.

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February 18, 2011

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Enduring questions about state’s stem cell institute Shortly before the 2004 general election, I appeared on Jim Lehrer’s PBS NewsHour to speak out against Proposition 71, the Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, that would be on the California ballot. As Respect Life Coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Public Policy, I explained that the Catholic Church opposes human embryonic stem cell research because it kills a human embryo. As a CPA, I explained that its funding mechanism, a $3 billion general obligation bond issue, would add to the financial burdens of our budget-challenged state. As a concerned citizen, I explained my misgivings about the power an unregulated nongovernmental body, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), would exercise over research grants provided by public funds. Not surprisingly, my warnings went unheeded and Californians passed Prop. 71. Six years later, these problems seem to endure. Prop. 71was structured to guarantee $3 billion of funds to CIRM over 10 years, putting bond proceeds beyond the reach of the governor and Legislature regardless of the state’s financial condition. California’s budget is currently in worse shape than ever with a $25 billion projected shortfall and proposed cuts disproportionately hitting the poor and disadvantaged. CIRM’s preferential financing deal seems at odds with Gov. Jerry Brown’s message of “shared suffering.” To date, CIRM has made more than $1 billion in grants, the majority to ethically troubling human embryonic stem cell research. In spite of the hype, embryonic stem cells have yet to produce a cure. Only now are three clinical trials beginning, mainly through private companies like Geron. Even the popular media are catching on. During a 2009 Oprah Winfrey segment featuring Michael J. Fox, Oprah’s favorite doctor, Dr. Oz, surprised viewers with this statement. “The problem ... is that embryonic stem cells come from embryos, like all of us come from embryos, and those cells can become any cell in the body, but it’s very hard to control them and so they can become cancer.” He contrasted this with licit and promising research using more stable adult stem cells or newly discovered induced pluripotent (iPS) stem cells, which bring an adult stem cell back to its primitive pluripotent state. Already more than 73 therapies have come from adult stem cells. Realizing it was losing the race for cures by focusing primarily on embryonic stem cells, CIRM expanded into three additional areas: adult stem cells, iPS cells, and cancer stem cells. All things being equal, all four stem cell tracks should be pursued for cures. But all things are not equal. Three of these areas are ethical and one is not because it kills a member of the human family for the sake of research for which there are ethical alternatives. The Catholic Church condemns only human embryonic

stem cell research because it destroys a days-old embryo by extracting its cells. Destroying an embryo is the moral equivalent of aborting a fetus – both involve killing a human being. Shifting use of terms is intended to convince us that developmental differences between a blastocyst, an embryo and a fetus are equivalent to ethical differences. In reality, each term simply describes a stage in the life of every human being conceived. The bishops dismiss the argument that there is no harm in killing so-called “spare” embryos from in-vitro fertilization – the source of the human embryonic stem cells researchers use – because they would die anyway. “Ultimately each of us will die, but that gives no one a right to kill us. Our society does not permit lethal experiments on terminally ill patients or condemned prisoners on the pretext that they will soon die anyway. The fact that an embryonic human being is at risk of being abandoned by his or her parents gives no individual or government a right to directly kill that human being first.” According to CIRM’s website, 59 percent of its funding thus far has gone to research, 32 percent to facilities and 9 percent to training. While Prop. 71 made no provision for funding education, CIRM has taken it upon itself to educate not only doctoral and postdoctoral graduates, but also public school children and undergraduate students. Part of CIRM’s educational mandate came from the Legislature in 2009 when the California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act established stem cell educa-

The state’s stem cell institute at a glance Stem cell research is moving at a faster pace than envisioned when the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine began funding the research five years ago, spokesman Don Gibbons told Catholic San Francisco. In 2009, the San Francisco-based institute received 86 applications for stem cell projects that would move a project to the clinic within four years. Fourteen Disease Team Research Awards worth nearly $225 million were granted in October 2009. The breakdown by stem cell type was: four human embryonic; one induced pluripotent; three cancer; and six adult. CIRM had predicted in 2006 that it would receive only a handful of proposals and issue one or two grants by 2009, Gibbons said. “The field has moved faster than we thought,” he said. “We understand much more than we expected.” He said researchers are interested in all four types. Each type has different properties and different potential applications, and researchers think there is one type that is optimum for each disease, he said.

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Health reform foes lack solid ground The Republican-led House recently passed another statement of “no” in reply to the Obama health care reform. Funny how they all mention repeal but few, if any, have concrete proposals to replace the ideas they don’t like. So we are left to deal with industry fear statistics like those quoted by Mr. DeNunzio (Letters, Feb. 4). The truth is, now that people understand the facts about the reform act as passed, only 18 percent of the population favors complete repeal.

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tion as a state priority. The law required the Department of Education to post CIRM’s model stem cell science curriculum and communicate its availability to science teachers and school districts. CIRM’s Education Portal (www.cirm.ca.gov/stem_ cell_education_portal) is a mix of hard science and questionable ethical conclusions. These educational modules were developed by organizations with a vested financial interest in human embryonic research. What is presented is not unbiased. An ideology steeped in the utilitarian benefits of any and all biomedical research is conveyed. Moral teachings and ethical principles are often removed from the equation, misrepresented or downplayed. Our Catholic educational system cannot compete with the state-funded CIRM. But we can provide students with the ethical foundation necessary to discern where scientific fact ends and propaganda begins. The task is not that daunting. Some archdiocesan high schools already have bioethics programs that teach students to ask the right questions and question ethical conclusions. Vatican resources like “Evangelium Vitae” and “Dignitas Personae” are accessible and understandable. They apply moral principles to science for an ethical result, not a utilitarian one. They offer a reasoned counterpoint to today’s message that if ethics get in the way of doing what science wants to do, ethics must yield. Isn’t this what CIRM is asking?

Here’s a fact: If you are one of the 45 million who had no health insurance coverage, under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act you are now far more likely, if not definitely, open to coverage now. Regarding the Canadian border and the claim that thousands are flooding across seeking health care here: Please, no one believes this scare tactic. I’ve seen the information, and have family and friends living in Canada. This just isn’t happening. The bishops have thankfully said no to repeal efforts led by the Republicans, whose few concrete proposals to date would at best offer coverage to fewer than 5 to 10 million of the more than 45 million previously without access to coverage. And their free market ideas offer no ability to keep down costs: They depend on the generosity of an industry used to reaping millions in profits by saying no to patients. I am one of the many who formerly suffered under the old laws, which denied coverage far too often, overcharged for procedures and prescription drugs and made random decisions governing my health care. Peter Mandell San Francisco

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By Vicki Evans

Values represent number of grants using the indicated cell type approved by CIRM through Dec. 10, 2009. The grant distribution reflects $1.018 billion awarded as of Dec. 10, 2009.

Corpus Christi School memories As an alumna of Corpus Christi School and growing up in Corpus Christi Parish, I must comment on the article by Valerie Schmalz (“Corpus Christi School closing after 83 years,” Feb. 11.) Corpus Christi Parish has been the responsibility of the Salesians of Don Bosco for over 100 years! Eightythree years ago Corpus Christi School was under the teachings of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. How well I remember Sister Felix, CSJ, and Sister DeSales, CSJ, both principals when I was a student. What happy memories I have of my classmates, the old building, the school cafeteria, the traffic noise of Alemany Boulevard, the separate schoolyards – one for the boys and one for the girls – and our middy blouse and navy blue skirt uniform. The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco did not assume responsibility until the ‘60s! In the spring of 2010 the alumni were contacted to help our alma mater. It is indeed a somber time to hear that CCS, the “warm and family atmosphere” school will no longer be part of the community. Ernestine Ferrari Zuffo Daly City Class of 1947

people can be when asking the question, “What would Jesus have done/said?” Most often it is done to justify a choice one has already made, as if to say, “Shazam! He would do exactly what I would do!” Marian Ritchie of San Francisco (Letters, Feb. 4) took issue with the action of Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix regarding his stripping the Catholic affiliation from a hospital in his diocese. She asks, “What would Jesus have done?” with regard to choosing abortion to save a life of the mother of four, implying that Jesus would have advised the abortion. In asking ourselves, “What would Jesus say/do?” (knowing he would never ask us to commit sin) rather than presuming that he would automatically say exactly what we would have him say, perhaps the best place to start would be to ask ourselves an additional question: “What is the last thing I would want Jesus to say?” or “What is the last thing I would want Jesus to tell me to do?” Considering that Jesus rarely said what his disciples and detractors expected or wanted, this would be an appropriate starting point. In regard to Ms. Ritchie’s question, taken in the context in which she asks it, I have a possible answer to what Jesus might have said: “Whoever would preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will preserve it” (Mark 8:35). Father Bill Nicholas Parochial Vicar Our Lady of Loretto Parish Novato

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Christian number crunching For 27 years, the International Bulletin of Missionary Research has published an annual “Status of Global Mission” report, which attempts to quantify the world Christian reality, comparing Christianity’s circumstances to those of other faiths, and assaying how Christianity’s various expressions are faring when measured against the recent (and not so recent) past. The report is unfailingly interesting, sometimes jarring, and occasionally provocative. The provocation in the 2011 report involves martyrdom. For purposes of research, the report defines “martyrs” as “believers in Christ who have lost their lives, prematurely, in situations of witness, as a result of human hostility.” The report estimates that there were, on average, 270 new Christian martyrs every 24 hours over the past decade, such that “the number of martyrs [in the period 2000-2010] was approximately 1 million.” Compare this to an estimated 34,000 Christian martyrs in 1900. As for the interesting, try the aggregate numbers. According to the report, there will be, by mid-2011, 2,306,609,000 Christians of all kinds in the world, representing 33 percent of world population—a slight percentage rise from mid-2000 (32.7 percent), but a slight percentage drop since 1900 (34.5 percent). Of those 2.3 billion Christians, some 1.5 billion are regular church attenders, who worship in 5,171,000 congregations or “worship centers,” up from 400,000 in 1900 and 3.5 million in 2000. These 2.3 billion Christians can be divided into six “ecclesiastical megablocks”: 1,160,880,000 Catholics; 426,450,000 Protestants; 271,316,000 Orthodox; 87,520,000 Anglicans; 378,281,000 “Independents” (i.e., those separated from or

unaffiliated with historic denominational Christianity); and 35,539,000 “marginal Christians” (i.e., those professing off-brand Trinitarian theology, dubious Christology, or a supplementary written revelation beyond the Bible). Compared to the world’s 2.3 billion Christians , there are 1.6 billion Muslims, 951 million Hindus, 468 million Buddhists, 458 million Chinese folk religionists, and 137 million atheists, whose numbers have actually dropped over the past decade, despite the caterwauling of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and company. One cluster of comparative growth statistics is striking: As of mid-2011, there will be an average of 80,000 new Christians per day (of whom 31,000 will be Catholics) and 79,000 new Muslims per day, but 300 fewer atheists every 24 hours. Africa has been the most stunning area of Christian growth over the past century. There were 8.7 million African Christians in 1900 (primarily in Egypt, Ethiopia and South Africa); there are 475 million African Christians today and their numbers are projected to reach 670 million by 2025. Another astonishing growth spurt, measured typologically, has been among Pentecostals and charismatics: 981,000 in 1900; 612,472,000 in 2011, with an average of 37,000 new adherents every day – the fastest growth in two millennia of Christian history. As for the quest for Christian unity: There were 1,600 Christian denominations in 1900; there were 18,800 in 1970; and there are 42,000 today. Other impressive numbers: $545 billion is given to Christian causes annually, which comes out to $1.5 billion per day. There are some 600 million computers in Christian use, up from 1,000

in 1970. 71,425,000 Bibles will be distributed this year, and some 2 billion people will tune in at least once a month to Christian radio or television. 7.1 million books about Christianity will be published this year, comGeorge Weigel pared to 1.8 million in 1970. The big lesson of the 2011 Status of Global Mission report can be borrowed from Mark Twain’s famous crack about his alleged death: Reports of Christianity’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Christianity may be waning in Western Europe, but it’s on an impressive growth curve in other parts of the world, including that toughest of regions for Christian evangelism, Asia. Indeed, the continuing growth of Christianity as compared to the decline of atheism (in absolute numbers, and considering atheists as a percentage of total world population) suggests the possibility that the vitriolic character of the New Atheism – displayed in all its crudity prior to Pope Benedict’s September 2010 visit to Great Britain – may have something to do with the shrewder atheists’ fear that they’re losing and the clock is running. That’s something you’re unlikely to hear reported in the mainstream media. The numbers are there, however, and the numbers are suggestive. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Making a Difference

Holding penalty on the NFL Although the Pittsburgh Steelers lost the Super Bowl, they won a bowl full of money. Each player received a bonus of over $40,000. In the National Football League, nobody loses. Players on average make approximately $1.9 million per year – with a median income $790,000 in 2009. Most head coaches bring home over $2 million. And team owners’ average income is reported to be around $33 million. But all this wealth partly comes at the expense of some very impoverished El Salvadoran workers – the real losers – who are being crushed by the NFL. The National Labor Committee’s director, Charles Kernaghan, explained to me that at the Ocean Sky sweatshop in El Salvador, where NFL T-shirts are sewn for Reebok – the NFL’s official uniform provider – workers report being drenched in their own sweat, since afternoon factory temperatures reach 98 degrees. Kernaghan said, the 1,500 workers – mostly women – are constantly cursed at and humiliated. Factory drinking water is filthy and contaminated. He added that women are paid just eight cents for every $25 NFL T-shirt they sew, meaning their wages amount to just three-tenths of one percent of the NFL’s retail price. Unions and collective bargaining – enjoyed by the NFL – are harshly prohibited.

“These oppressed workers, and their families, are trapped in misery,” said Kernaghan. “If the NFL doubled the women’s wages to just 16 cents per shirt, this tiny raise in income would at least lift these workers out of misery and into poverty.” Surely, we’re all in agreement that the NFL and Reebok could at least do this much. The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace’s “Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church” insists that “Labor has an intrinsic priority over capital” (No. 277). Workers have rights to a safe and healthy workplace, to adequate rest, to a pension, to insurance for unemployment and sickness, to maternity pay, to assemble and form associations, and to a just wage. “These rights are often infringed, as is confirmed by the sad fact of workers who are underpaid and without protection or adequate representation. It often happens that work conditions for men, women and children, especially in developing countries, are so inhumane that they are an offense to their dignity and compromise their health” (No. 301). It’s time we penalize the NFL and all greedy corporations for holding – holding back extremely impoverished workers from gaining their basic human and labor rights. Please log onto the National Labor Committee (www. nlcnet.org) and sign their petition to the U.S. government regarding the Ocean Sky sweatshop.

And please take just a little more time to write to: Ambassador Ronald Kirk, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20508. Urge him to investigate Tony Magliano and correct the serious abuses suffered by workers at the Ocean Sky sweatshop in El Salvador, where according to the National Labor Committee, workers are denied basic labor rights that are written into, and supposedly guaranteed by the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement. Also request that he demand of every corporation doing business in Central America, full compliance with all labor rights standards written into the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement. Let’s help impoverished workers win their struggle for labor rights with greedy corporations. Let’s work to ensure that oppressed apparel workers in El Salvador finally gain an equal playing field with the NFL. Tony Magliano writes a column on social justice for Catholic News Service.

Making Sense Out of Bioethics

Spinning stem cell fairy tales Discussions about the morality of stem cell research often focus on the differences between adult stem cells and stem cells derived from embryos. The adult variety, such as those derived from bone marrow or umbilical cords, are already providing an impressive array of treatments and cures for sick people, while the embryonic kind are not. Adult stem cells can be obtained without crossing any moral boundaries, whereas embryonic stem cells cannot, because they are obtained by destroying young human beings who are still in their embryonic stages of growth. In spite of great progress in identifying ever more powerful adult stem cell sources, scientists still clamor for embryos. Even in the face of impressive new technologies for making “embryonic-like” stem cells without using embryos, the chorus of voices pushing for the sacrifice of embryos seems only to grow louder. Indeed, one of the most common questions I encounter when I give talks about stem cells is why scientists and politicians are so intent on pursuing the destruction of human embryos when so many other nonembryonic sources of stem cells are available that are already helping countless patients with serious diseases. What is behind this incessant drumbeat to go after the human embryo?

One can sense a certain “logic of killing” that hovers in the wings of these discussions. If tiny human embryos were to be safeguarded and protected by law, this would constitute a threat, if not a frontal assault, to legalized abortion on demand, which routinely allows us to end the lives of older, almost-born humans more than 3,000 times every day in the U.S. by surgical means and many more each day through chemical means. This desire to sanction current immoral practices is certainly one reason we see continuing pressure to allow the destruction of human embryos for research. Pope Benedict XVI, in a recent address, spoke of resisting “… those forms of research that provide for the planned suppression of human beings who already exist, even if they have not yet been born. Research, in such cases, irrespective of efficacious therapeutic results, is not truly at the service of humanity.” In our society, however, the hype surrounding the harvesting of human embryos as a way to cure nearly every disease has taken on the form of a popular mythology. A Washington Post article summarized it this way a few years ago:

“‘To start with, people need a fairy tale,’ said Ronald D.G. McKay, a stem cell researcher at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. ‘Maybe that’s unfair, but they need a story Father Tad line that’s relatively simple to understand.’ Human Pacholczyk, Ph.D. embryonic stem cells have the capacity to morph into virtually any kind of tissue, leading many scientists to believe they could serve as a ‘universal patch’ for injured organs.” This idea, though still speculative, is straightforward and easy to sell, especially to desperate patients and patient advocacy groups. Some scientists are happy to perpetuate the myth, too, believing that this kind of “master cell” from the earliest stages of human life could help unlock some of the most primordial and MAKING SENSE OUT OF BIOETHICS, page 16

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS LV 19:1-2, 17-18 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy. “You shall not bear hatred for your brother or sister in your heart. Though you may have to reprove your fellow citizen, do not incur sin because of him. Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against any of your people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 R. The Lord is kind and merciful. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. He pardons all your iniquities, heals all your ills. He redeems your life from destruction, crowns you with kindness and compassion. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. Not according to our sins does he deal with us,

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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18; Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Chorinthians 3:16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 nor does he requite us according to our crimes. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1 COR 3:16-23 Brothers and sisters: Do you not know

that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are, is holy. Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool, so as to become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God, for it is written: God catches the wise in their own ruses, and again:The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs to you, Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or the present or

n the original 1981 cinematic production of “Clash of the Titans,” the deformed monster Calibos, his hand cut off by the hero, Perseus, prays before the statue of his mother, the goddess, Thetis. In a fit of anguish he cries out against Perseus, “I demand justice!” His mother’s response is terse, and to the point: “Justice, or revenge?” Passions regarding the subject of retribution can be extremely vibrant, particularly in a society in which justice is often equated with retribution and revenge. In addition to strong emotions where the commission of crimes is concerned, for better or for worse we are also a society of lawsuits, liabilities and torts, all under the auspices of justice. While our feelings may run strong, as may our anger at perpetrators of such crimes that leave a wounded victim in its wake, how often, in our quest for justice, do we consider God’s law, and Christ’s teaching, which calls us to a different consideration? Chapter 34 of the Book of Genesis tells the troubling story of how Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, is raped by Shechem, the son of Hamor. In retribution for her defilement, two of Dinah’s brothers, Simeon and Levi lead a raid against Hamor’s tribe in which they murder Hamor, Shechem and all the males in the tribe, carrying off the tribe’s wealth, including the women and children; all to avenge their sister’s dishonor. In such an ancient age in which tribal rivalries and wars were commonplace, as were blood debts paid for the restoration of honor, God brought forth a revolutionary command which put a curb on the degree to which retribution is sought and carried out — “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth...” (Exodus 21:24). Chances are the proponents of capitol punishment will quote this passage from Exodus 21:24. However, what does sacred

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Embracing forgiveness Scripture say regarding the issue of retribution, inclusive of the death penalty? What would such a command have meant for the ancient Hebrews, and other tribes and cultures of the time? What would such a command have meant at such periods in our own nation’s history when the fighting of duels was a common means of restoring one’s honor? What would it mean to us today where honor is often restored, or retribution sought, in the courtroom? To begin with, the complete passage from Exodus reads, “if injury ensues, you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe” (Exodus 21:23-25). Many interpret this passage as a prescription for retribution. However, an interesting point about this passage, especially in light of the culture of the time as illustrated in the story of Dinah, is that many scholars interpret it not as a prescription, but rather a limit to retribution. In short, one is to take no more than an eye for an eye, and no more than a tooth for a tooth. In the

case of murder, in which one tribe or faction might slaughter an entire tribe for the commission of a single offense, one is to take no more than a life for a life. Upon further reflection of such a command, one can easily conclude that acceptable retribution in the eyes of God could, perhaps, be to take less. Even the Book of Leviticus commands: “Take no revenge and cherish no grudge ...” (Levitus 19:18). This is unmistakably the path Jesus is taking during his Sermon on the Mount when he directly quotes the Exodus passage regarding retaliation and retribution (Matthew 5:38-42) — “you have heard it said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” He does not, however, end there. Rather than setting a limit, Jesus commands his followers to seek a lesser retaliation to the point of seeking no retribution at all: “…I say to you, offer no resistance to injury. When someone strikes you on (your) right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.” While on the surface Jesus’ command may appear to be absurdly impractical, we cannot deny the direction He is taking us in dealing with

the future: all belong to you, and you to Christ, and Christ to God. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 5:38-48 Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one as well. If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand over your cloak as well. Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go for two miles. Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow. “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.

retribution and punishment, including the death penalty. As Jesus further expands on this teaching — “If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand over your cloak as well ... love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44) — we recognize the undeniable path Jesus is taking. We are to be a people of reconciliation, not retribution. As difficult and unrealistic as God’s expectation may be to our limited human capacity, Jesus further compounds his command by linking it to our very identity as his followers. We are to avoid hatred and retribution because “the tax collectors do the same” and “ the pagans do as much” Instead, we are to shun revenge, embrace forgiveness, and pray for those who might otherwise draw our retribution “that (we) may be children of (our) heavenly Father” (Matthew 5:45). This is not to say that Christ is asking us to look for further injury. Nor are Christ and the church excluding the possibility of punishment and accountability. Even where violent crime is concerned, it is the teaching of the church that society and its leaders are morally bound to protect its citizens (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #2265-2266). What we see, rather, in both Scripture and church teaching is a limit to how retribution is to be sought. In the end, we are called to choose a different — a more Christian path; one in which we advocate justice and accountability through forgiveness and reconciliation, while leaving punishment, even, perhaps especially, the extreme issue of death, to the wisdom, judgment and mercy of God. Father William Nicholas is parochial vicar at Our Lady of Loretto Parish in Novato. Visit his website at www.frwcnicholas.com.

St. Peter Damian, Church Doctor who fought for clergy reform By Valerie Schmalz St. Peter Damian is a Doctor of the Church and a Benedictine monk who advised popes during tumultuous times in the early Middle Ages, but he should also be the refuge of any child whose older brother persecutes him. St. Peter Damian lived during times of schism and conflict in the church and was known for his outspoken chastisement of clergy who bought and sold church offices and even publicly “married” the women with whom they lived. St. Peter’s desire to live a life away in a hermitage was only intermittently ful-

filled during a life where he was called upon repeatedly by a series of popes to help bring order to the church. He eventually accepted the appointment of cardinal bishop of the Italian diocese of Ostia in 1057. He inveighed against the practice of simony or selling of church offices, publishing in 1051 a treatise on the vices of the clergy, the “Liber Gomorrhianus.” Born in 1007 in Ravenna, Italy, he was the youngest child in a large but impoverished family of local nobility. An older brother was so unhappy at his birth that his own mother refused to nurse him and he almost died until a fam-

ily friend fed him and brought his mother around, the Catholic Encyclopedia notes. He was orphaned at a young age and sent to live with a brother who mistreated him and forced him to work as a swineherd. Eventually Peter was sent to live with another brother, Damian, who educated him. That brother was a priest in Ravenna, and St. Peter was so grateful that he took his brother’s name, Damian. St. Peter Damian wrote dozens of sermons, seven biographies and poetry. Although he was revered as a saint immediately after his death, he was canonized in 1823 by Pope Leo XII who declared him a Doctor of the Church.

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Spirituality for Life

Tormenting the cat Eighty-five years ago, G. K. Chesterton looked at his society and saw some things that disturbed him. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his comment: There comes an hour in the afternoon when the child is tired of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pretending,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; when he is weary of being a robber or a noble savage. It is then that he torments the cat. There comes a time in the routine of an ordered civilization when the man is tired at playing at mythology and pretending that a tree is a maiden or that the moon made love to a man. The effect of this staleness is the same everywhere; it is seen in all drug-taking and dram-drinking and every form of the tendency to increase the dose. Men seek stranger sins or more startling obscenities as stimulants to their jaded sense. They seek after mad religions for the same reason. They try to stab their nerves to life, if it were with the knives of the priests of Baal. They are walking in their sleep and try to wake themselves up with nightmares. Ah, the genius of Chesterton! I read this passage years ago and have never forgotten it. Even if one doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully agree with his assessment, nobody can argue with his expression. Moreover it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strain the imagination to see evidence of what he is expressing inside of our own culture today. Salient examples abound: The illegal drug trade is one of the biggest industries in the world, Internet pornography is the biggest addiction in the world, excessive use of alcohol is everywhere, high-profile athletes and entertainers brag that they have slept with thousands of people, even as they go in and out of rehab regularly, celebrities show up at parties carrying briefcases full of cocaine, and drug dealers already find a market among our elementary school students. Evidently many of us today are also trying to stab our nerves to life by constantly increasing the dosage. But we need not look at the lives of rich and the famous to see this. None of us are immune. We just do this more subtly. Take, for example, our addictive struggle with information technology. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that the Internet and the

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The pressure to increase the dosage is constant and unrelenting. But this is precisely where a deliberate, willful and hard asceticism is demanded of us. Whenever that happens we begin to lose control of our lives and find ourselves on a dangerous treadmill upon which we begin to lose any sense of real enjoyment in life. Antoine Vergote, the famed Belgium psychologist, had a mantra which read: Excess is a substitute for genuine enjoyment. We go to excess in things because we can no longer enjoy them simply. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we no longer enjoy our food that we overeat; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we no longer enjoy a drink that we drink to excess; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we no longer enjoy a simple party that we let things get out of hand; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we can no longer enjoy a simple game that we need extreme

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Developers of new app say it could bring Catholics back to confession By Diane Freeby SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS) – Can modern technology help strengthen our faith? Some techno-savvy Catholics from South Bend think so. In his message for the 2011 World Communications Day, Pope Benedict XVI said it’s not enough to just “proclaim the Gospel through the new media,” but one must also “witness consistently.” The developers of “Confession: A Roman Catholic App” for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch think their product helps people do both. Brothers Patrick and Chip Leinen and their friend Ryan Kreager said feedback has been positive. The app, reportedly the only one with an imprimatur, is designed to help people make a better confession. Given in this case by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, an imprimatur is an official declaration by a church authority that a book or other printed work may be published. It declares the published work contains nothing offensive to Catholic teaching on faith and morals. “The app is really built for two kinds of people,” Kreager explained. “For Catholics who go to confession regularly, it gives the user information. They enter their name, age, their sex, their vocation and their last confession date, and it generates an examination of conscience based on that information.” Centered on the Ten Commandments, the examination would be different for a young mother than for a teenage boy, for example. The examinations were provided by two different priests, the app developers said. In addition to helping Catholics who already make use of the sacrament of reconciliation, Kreager said the confession app is helping another group of people. “It’s also for people who’ve been away from the church and want the opportunity to go to confession,” he told Today’s Catholic, newspaper of the Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese. “You go to the examination of conscience and it literally walks you through, step by step, your confessions as you’re in the confessional.” Patrick Leinen said that during testing, a man who hadn’t been to confession in 20 years used the app and made his way back to the sacrament. “Just the fact that someone had used the app like that, even before it was released to Apple. ... That’s the coolest thing in the world!” he said. Serving as a kind of digital notebook designed to help people remember the various prayers as well as to list the sins

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they want to confess, the confession app provides several versions of the act of contrition, including one in Latin. Melanie Williams, a 17-year-old junior at Marian High School in Mishawaka, said going to confession is an important part of her life. A fan of technology, she appreciates the customized examination of conscience. “It makes me evaluate my personal situation in life,” she said, noting how easy it is for her to understand and remember the sins she wants to confess. “My favorite part is definitely the inspirational quote that pops up after you have gone to confession. Each time I feel like it really tells me what I really need to hear at that moment. It is a great motivational tool after a good confession!” In addition to customizing each user’s list, everything is password-protected for privacy. “Once you go to confession, all that information is wiped out,” said Kreager. “All it’s going to remember is personal data like your name, age and date of last confession.” The three developers of the confession app named their company Littleiapps. Little “i” as in “I must decrease and he must increase,” explained Chip Leinen. They say they hope to create more Catholic apps in the future.

yearning for immortality. People are being told that Alzheimer’s can be addressed; Parkinson’s can be overcome; diabetes can be defeated; and MS can be conquered. Who knows? Perhaps we could extend our longevity, defeat aging, and live as if we were always young. Perhaps we could even defeat death itself through these powerful cells! Vanquishing death and achieving immortality through science – the reality-bending power of these myths and fairy tales should not be underestimated. In the final analysis, the “planned suppression of human beings” cannot be allowed to continue to creep into the practice of modern science and medicine. Our yearnings for various goods and blessings, like healing and new medical therapies, must always be tempered by our duty to pursue responsible

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A Vatican official said a new iPhone application can help Catholics prepare for confession, but cannot substitute for the sacramental encounter between a penitent and a priest. “Confession: A Roman Catholic App” for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch was recently released as a way for Catholics to prepare for and participate in the sacrament of penance. Some recent press reports, however, have suggested that the application could replace in-person confession. “It’s essential to understand that the sacrament of penance requires a personal dialogue between the penitent and the confessor, and absolution by the confessor who is present,” Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told reporters. “This is something that cannot be replaced by any application. One cannot speak of a ‘confession via iPhone,’” he said. Father Lombardi said the new application could be useful in helping people make an examination of conscience. In the past, he noted, Catholics would sometimes use written questions and answers to prepare for confession, and that’s something that could be done today with the aid of a digital device. The application, developed by a small firm in Indiana, is based on the Ten Commandments. It was designed in part for people who have been away from the church and want the opportunity to go to confession. “I think it has the potential to bring many teens back to the faith and confession,” said Williams, adding that she knows kids who haven’t been to confession in years for various reasons. “I think this app will be a wonderful helper for teens to encourage them to go to confession. They won’t have the excuse that they don’t know how to go to confession anymore!” Editor’s note: For information on downloading the confession app, go to www.littleiapps.com.

and completely ethical science. Only by insisting on the use of upright means to achieve good ends can we steer clear of the Nazi-like drive to subjugate and destroy others in our quest for desirable outcomes. Only then can science be a force for authentic healing and truly stand at the service of humanity. Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did postdoctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, Mass., and serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org.

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Lenten Opportunities ASH WEDNESDAY IS MARCH 9 Feb. 27, 12:30 p.m.: “Organ Concert” by Father Paul Perry at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at Bon Air Road in Greenbrae. Enjoy selections by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Wagner and others. Program with commentary is about one hour. All are welcome. No admission charge. 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. March 5, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.: “Food Fast for Youth” at St. Peter Church in Pacifica. This event invites youth to fast in solidarity with those who do not have food, and to engage in hands on activities to learn about hunger. CRS speaker Scott Campbell will talk about relief efforts in Haiti. The day ends with a Youth Mass. Suggested donation for CRS is $10 per person. Questions or to register, call Vivian at (415) 614-5654.Visit http://sites.google.com/site/sforeym/ Home/about/ministries/youth-ministry. 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) 668-9800 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 Bvld., 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 Feb. 21, 5 p.m.: “Hope for the Future of Ecumenism,” a presentation by Cardinal Walter Kasper, featured speaker of the annual Paul Wattson Lecture at St. Ignatius Church, Fulton Street at Parker Avenue in Cardinal San Francisco. Cardinal Walter Kasper Kasper is former head of Vatican office promoting Christian unity. Event is sponsored by the University of San Francisco and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. Free admission. Parking is available in Koret lot at Parker and Turk Street. Call (415) 221-4269.

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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 sneakpeek at the film-maker’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.

Food and Fun Feb. 26, 6 – 10 p.m.: Join the Joanne Pang Foundation for “Be a Cord Blood Champion Celebration” at the San Francisco Zoo to benefit Bay Area public cord blood collection. Tickets are $50 per person. Visit www.joannepang.org, call (415) 845-5795, or e-mail sally@joannepang.org. Feb. 26, 5:30 p.m.: “Annual Crab Feed” benefiting St. Finn Barr Parish, 415 Edna St. at Hearst in San Francisco. Evening begins with no-host cocktails at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 and dancing from 9:30. Tickets are $45 per person in advance and $50 at the door. Contact St. Finn Barr rectory at (415) 3333627 or e-mail ler33@comcast.net. Feb. 26, 6 p.m.: St. Isabella Parish Crab Feed with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Menu includes salad, pasta, bread and “all you can eat” fresh Dungeness crab, plus coffee and dessert. Tickets are $45 for adults and $20 for children 14 and under. Takes place in St. Isabella’s Parish Hall, One Trinity Way, San Rafael. Call (415) 479-1560 for reservations ASAP! Sponsored by St. Isabella’s Men’s Club 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 are Peggy and Mike Cooney. No-host cocktails at noon with lunch at 1 p.m. Choices include pot roast and chicken pomodoro. Tickets are $40 per person. 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 Street, 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 atrisk families since 1852.Tickets are $175 per person, $500 sponsorship for two tickets Call (415) 351-4055.

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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 February 21. Contact Joan Higgins at (415) 333-2422 or e-mail jhigg2390@aol.com. Enter “Crab Feed” on subject line. March 10, noon: Serra Club of San Francisco St. Patrick luncheon at Italian American Social Club, 25 Russia Ave., off Mission Street in San Francisco. Diamuid Philpott, president of the United Irish Societies will talk about the streets in San Francisco with Irish names and how they got that way. Tickets are $20 per person. Contact Paul Crudo at (415) 566-8224 or e-mail pecrudoddss@aol.com. 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.

Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at grosskopf@usfca.edu (415) 422-6698. Would you like support while you travel the road through separation and divorce? The Archdiocese of San Francisco offers support for the journey. The Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (SDCASF) offer two ongoing support groups at St. Bartholomew Parish, 600 Columbia Drive, San Mateo, on the first and third Tuesdays, at 7 p.m. in the spirituality center, and in O’Reilly hall of St. Stephen Parish near Stonestown, San Francisco, on the first and third Wednesdays, at 7:30 p.m. Call Gail (650) 591-8452, or Joanne (650) 347-0701 for more information. Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin County: We are Catholics, single or single again, who are interested in making new friends, taking part in social activities, sharing opportunities for spiritual growth, and becoming involved in volunteer activities that will benefit parishes, community, and one another. We welcome those who would share in this with us. For information, call Bob at (415) 897-0639.

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March 4, 6:30 p.m.: 14th Annual Loaves & Fishes Dinner & Gala, benefiting the programs and services of Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The evening recognizes extraordinary charitable works in the community. Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries and author of “Tattoos on the Heart, the Power of Boundless Compassion,” will be honored with the Faith in Action Award. “Father Boyle’s commitment to helping youth choose a positive path to a better future is as inspiring as it is critical for the sustainability of our communities,” said Jeff Bialik, CCCYO executive director. “We are pleased to have him share his own stories of prevention, intervention and stabilization which are core elements of our work at Catholic Charities CYO.” Event information can be found at www.cccyo.org/loavesandfishes.

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SUPERINTENDENT AND PRESIDENT POSITIONS The Diocese of Reno in Reno, Nevada seeks a full-time Superintendent who will serve as the educational leader and chief administrator of Catholic schools in the diocese. The position will become available on July 1, 2011. Interested candidates, please submit a resume, cover letter and references to Kitty Bergin, 290 S. Arlington Ave., Ste. 200, Reno, Nevada 89501 by February 25, 2011. For more information, please e-mail Kitty at kittyb@ catholicreno.org. Bishop Manogue Catholic High School in Reno, Nevada seeks a President who will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. The position will become available on July 1, 2011. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume and references to Kitty Bergin, 290 South Arlington, Suite 200; Reno, NV 89501 by February 25, 2011. For more information, please contact Kitty Bergin at kittyb@catholicreno.org or 775-326-9430. More information about both positions is available at http://dioceseofreno.org/userpages/Opportunities.aspx

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of January HOLY CROSS COLMA Lois Ahern Diosy Bahamondes Katherine Battaglia Don F. Bechter Stanley J. Bell Joseph T. Bieri Earl Dean Bondurant Isabel M. Borey Louise F. Bortoli Adele L. Calcagno Joseph A. Calleja Gladys Canas Barbara J. Carli Sheila Olive Carraro Ralph A. Carrillo Jr. Christina Marie Carroll Dino T. Cassinelli Isabel Castellanos Julia A. Castro Melvin P. Cavallero Lodvika Celikkanat Joseph F. Clee Emilia Corona Manuel F. Corona Angelina Marie Costello Jacquelyn A. Cullen Mary Ann Day Magda De Paolo Mary DeBattista Robert Joseph Dennis Jr. Luis Ventura Diguangco Virginia F. Dinsay Madeline P. Duggan Susanne K. Ebneter Doris M. Ekberg Presentacion “Ching” Encarnacion Daniel D. Esber Oreste Facchini Jeaneen M. Ferraris Honorata L. Ferrer Joseph Fatai Fetuu Marcella Fitzpatrick Hector Joel Flores Wenceslao Flores Barbara C. Foote Roylene Franklin Louis Gambelin Julio R. Garcia Froreino Gemignani Alicia Gonzalez Constancia Gorospe Joseph L. Greco Frances H. Hanley Mary Hardey

Jane Healey Henriette Autard Heer Adolfo Hidalgo Reynaldo P. Hilario Sr. Wasyl Hluchyj Musa Mitri Howell Transferida R. Ilicito Donato Jara Dolores Mae Thornhill Kelly Stanley J. Kilcoyne Jackie Lane Johanna Lankford Irma M. Lazzarini Thomas Wallace Philip Leach William Vito Linsalato Rebecca U. Llamas Albert J. Lococo Joseph Lococo Mario S. Lopez Sr. M. Ursula Lowe PBVM Paul Lum Laura A. Luttringer Phyllis A. Lyons Cesario Madrigal Jack R. Malman Lissette A. Martinez Michael P. McGarvey Jean D. McHugh James D. McLain Charles Patrick McNicholas III Michael McNulty Fausta N. Melo Sr. M. Frances Milanesi PBVM Paul D. Molinare Arthur M. Mooney Rina Nuti Carl A. Oliva Rose G. Pavao Kathleen C. Paver Catherine G. Petri Lope M. Piamonte Tulio F. Picchi Ricardo P. Pilariza Dr. Sofia Lozano Prudenciado Francisco S. Ramirez Lillian M. Rasband Vedasto T. Redaniel Mary C. Reilly George F. Reuter Nora M. Ricard Kathleen A. Rivera-Avila Segundo Rois Carmen D. Rosales Ma. Asuncion Miras Ruperto John E. Sabath Lauro Santiago

Josephine Santoro Honor Gaffney Slowey Gregory Smith Joseph S. Soto Rima Soudah Rose E. Sullivan Michael Anthony Sullivan Pacita Y. Tanedo Genevieve C. Thoene Joseph C. Thompson Minnie B. Thompson Josefa T. Toluao Lydia Carballo Tordilla Isabel J. Trelut Elizabeth A. Uhrich Luis M. Venegas Antoniette V. Welsh Margaret L. Whearley Manuela “Candie” Ybarra Fred T. Zangrillo Rosina T. Zolezzi

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Victor M. Flores Natalina Gemignani Dorothy Dalton Hughmanick Jose Antonio Ambriz Lopez Teresa Madrigal Diane N. Pacini Lorelle M. Schafheitle Adelina Vargas

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Richard Bettencourt Teresa Carmen Gamboa Robert E. Lopez Dorothy Luiz Roberta G. Marcovich Jennifer Lynn Martin Hon. E. Warren McGuire Myrian Antonia Montes Larry (LJ) Robertson Janice Sabbatini Daniel Lee Southard Ann K. Wood

ST. ANTHONY’S PESCADERO Luie Belo Margaret Harrison

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA First Saturday Mass – Saturday, March 5, 2011 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 a.m. Rev. Aloysius Pestun, Celebrant • Corpus Christi Parish

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