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The four Missionaries of Charity who were slain in Yemen “gave their lives out of love for Christ,” Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said at a Mass celebrated March 10 at St. Paul Church in San Francisco. “Words fail at a time like this,” Archbishop Cordileone said in his homily. “Such unspeakable acts are indicative of the rebellion within the human heart.” Pope Francis called the sisters “martyrs of today” who “gave their blood for the church” speaking at St. Peter’s Square March 6. The pontiff prayed that Blessed Teresa of Kolkata would “accompany to paradise these daughters of hers, martyrs of charity, and that she would intercede for peace and a sacred respect for human life.” At the Mass in San Francisco about 50 Missionaries of Charity were joined by religious sisters from other orders and Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, director of the archdiocesan Office of Consecrated Life, as well as others. Ten priests and Deacon Rory Desmond assisted at the 7 a.m. Mass. Sister Anselm, Sister Reginette, Sister Judith, and Sister Marguerite, natives of India and Africa, were serving as caregivers at the Missionaries of Charity’s convent and nursing home for elderly and disabled people in Aden, Yemen, when two armed gunmen attacked, killing the sisters and 12 others. There was no information on the fate of Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnanil who had been staying with the sisters after his parish in Aden was burned down, Catholic News Agency reported. The mother superior, Sister Sally, escaped. Photographs show the sisters were wearing aprons over their habits at the time of their deaths, Fides News Agency reported.

In the final chapter of his 2015 encyclical letter “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis said that it will be “individual conversion” and “community networks” that will ultimately motivate Christians to develop the new convictions, choices and habits necessary to authentically care for God’s creation. On April 23, the Archdiocese of San Francisco launches an initiative designed to help bring those lofty ideals down to earth with a workshop for members of parish and school communities who may want to respond to the pope’s call but may not know how or where to start. “Parishes shouldn’t have to figure this out on their own,” said Stephen Miller, a parishioner of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in San Francisco and a member of the planning committee for “Laudato Si’: A Parish Response,” a half-day, bilingual (Spanish and English) workshop at St. Anne parish hall in San Francisco from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The workshop is designed to engage members of parish and school communities around the messages of the encyclical and give them the inspiration and tools to evaluate the environmental sustainability of parish activities and practices through the lens of Catholic values. “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience,” wrote Pope Francis on paragraph 217 of his 190-page encyclical. Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice, who with St. Cecilia pastor Msgr. Michael Harriman is driving the initiative

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A Missionary of Charity prays before photos of four sisters slain in Yemen following Mass for the late religious March 10 at St. Paul Church.

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NEED TO KNOW ECUMENICAL ANNIVERSARY: March 8 marked the 10th anniversary of the Ecumenical Salutations to the Holy Cross, held this year at Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross, Belmont. The service included veneration of the relic of the true cross of Our Lord which is kept at the Orthodox parish. The event is part of an ongoing relationship between the Orthodox parish and Catholic Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. This year, the homilist was San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, who was welcomed by Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Gerasimos.

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St. Joseph’s Table was celebrated for the 75th year at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish March 9. Cooked by the sons of the women who were little girls when it started, the fish is donated by restaurants on Fisherman’s Wharf. Left: Cooks were Frank Capurro, Paul Capurro of Capurro’s Restaurant, Fisherman’s Wharf; John Canepa, Ed Suacci. Right: Antoinette (Ninu) Canepa, past president of Madonna Addolorata Di Sant’ Elia; and Marie Lavin, president.

DOCENT TOUR: St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, free tour, March 19, 10-11:30 a.m. Docents will discuss the church’s carved altars and shrines, sculpted by the Edmund Schmidt Studio of Oberammergau, Bavaria. Etched in white oak from Germany’s Black Forest, the images portray numerous saints, biblical stories, quotations, scenes from the life of Christ and even Schmidt’s own signature. Contact docents@ stdominics.org.

Parish celebrates St. Joseph’s Day VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

St. Joseph’s Day is March 19 and for all Catholics, the foster father of Jesus and spouse of Mary has special significance as the patron saint of fathers, of families, of the Catholic Church, parishes, unborn children, workers, travelers, immigrants and a happy death. In Italy, St. Joseph’s Day is also celebrated as Father’s Day, said Laura Bertone, director of the archdiocesan Office of Worship. At Sts. Peter and Paul parish, the Salesian parish founded for Italian immigrants, the Madonna Addolorata di S’Elia Society hosts St. Joseph’s Table, a traditional Sicilian fish supper brought over by Sicilian immigrants that dates to the 1500s, said Marie Lavin, president. Catholics prayed to St. Joseph because of a drought – “there were no

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St. Joseph’s Table with Paloma, 11, Marie Lavin’s granddaughter, and Emmet, 3, Marie Lavin’s great-nephew.

crops, there wasn’t any fish,” Lavin said. “The commitment was to feed the poor in honor of St. Joseph.” It is a meatless meal with fish because Santa Elia is a fishing port. The event began with the mothers in the sodality going door to door to the restaurants run by Sicilians on Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco and the connection continues, she said. “The fish gets donated. The cooks from restaurants to cook. I donate my time. It’s all to keep our traditions and culture alive,” she said. The cooks are the sons of mothers who were little girls when the sodality tradition began. The proceeds from the volunteer event go to the Salesian Sisters to help them with their work with the poor, Lavin said. This year, the event was March 9 and the table held the traditional lilies used as an emblem of St. Joseph SEE PARISH, PAGE 26

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St. Mary’s School to suspend operations in June VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

St. Mary’s School, which opened in 1921 to serve mostly immigrant Chinese in San Francisco, will suspend operations at the end of the school year in June, the Archdiocese of San Francisco and pastor of Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral announced. “We must suspend operations in our K-8 school because of low enrollment and a continuing inability to financially sustain the school,” Paulist Father Bart Landry said in a statement March 8. Father Landry, who is pastor of Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral and Holy Family Chinese Mission and director of the school, said, “This is a suspension and not a closure.” “The issue is enrollment,” said Jesuit Father John Piderit, archdiocesan vicar for administration and moderator of the curia. The K-8 school’s enrollment has dropped to 80, with four kindergarteners enrolled for next year and 14 eighth graders graduating this year. “A school that can cover all its expenses and provide a lively classroom experience for all its students has at least 230 students,” said Father Piderit. A school could survive for a couple of years with 200 enrolled and would be on the edge of closing with 180, he said. Enrollment was around 100 when the school moved into its new building at 838 Kearny St. in 2011 and has continued to decline. The bilingual Montessori preschool will continue operating, Father Landry said. As preschool students are ready to enter kindergarten, if there is sufficient parent demand, the parish will consider reopening the school, he said in his statement. A public meeting was held to announce the suspension March 8. A school enrollment fair will be held March 23 at St. Monica School to help families find new Catholic schools for their children for next year. Many parents were shocked and upset, said Dora Snider, mother of a kindergartener and third grader. “We are feeling lost and unsupported. There is

Children play at St. Mary’s School in this file photo.

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Pastor of Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral and Holy Family Chinese Mission and director of St. Mary’s School a will, and we’re trying to find a way!” she wrote in an email to Catholic San Francisco. St. Mary’s School has struggled to reverse declines in enrollment for several decades. Because the old school was an unreinforced masonry building, retrofitting it to comply with new seismic regulations

after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake would have reduced its space by 25 percent. At that time, the decision was made to build a new structure and in the interim the children attended school at the shuttered Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Broadway. During that time enrollment faltered and continued to decline in the new building. The $28 million, six-story building was built on the very compact site of the razed single occupancy International Hotel. In addition to the school, the complex holds a 150-space underground parking garage built by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and a 15-story, 105-unit low-income senior housing tower built with federal and local housing funds. Archdiocesan schools superintendent Nina Russo expressed “great sadness” about the decision and noted that from the time the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange and the Paulist Fathers opened the school in 1921 “St. Mary’s School has been a center of Catholic education and Chinese heritage for thousands of students,” she said. St. Mary’s was founded as a mission school when Chinese were not allowed to own property and were barred by local law from traveling out of Chinatown unless to work. A series of federal Chinese Exclusion Acts barred Chinese immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens from the late 19th century until the laws were repealed in 1943. Until the 1960s, most Chinese lived in Chinatown. Today, Chinese and other Asians live in every city neighborhood and the mayor is a Chinese American. “We have one of the newest school buildings in San Francisco and we plan to make a comeback,” said Father Landry. However, he said, to date strong marketing efforts to build enrollment by the school with support from the archdiocese failed to halt a decline in already low enrollment. “Unhappily, the numbers just aren’t there. Our parish is under financial pressure to balance our books at both the school and parish level, and we can no longer sustain the annual losses brought on by low enrollment,” he said.

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‘Warm all over,’ says SHC junior TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco’s St. Anthony’s has found a disciple in Kiana Sisneroz. The Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep junior gathered up 300 coats, cash and three large containers of clothing and shoes for St. Anthony guests over three recent Sundays of accepting donations at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish. “I know it sounds like a cliché but I wanted Kiana Sisneroz to support a worthy program and provide essentials to less fortunate people that generally they could not afford or own,” Kiana said. “I knew a difference could be made if I selected an organization, like St. Anthony’s, that shared my belief in helping others with no cost imposed to the people who needed coats, or clothing.” This disciple is a veteran of helping others. The One Warm Coat drive is Kiana’s third and she expects to hold a fourth next year. She is quick to admit she did not do it alone and is grateful for “the strong support I had from the church, the school, the foundation, and my family.” Coordinating a charitable drive takes time and energy, Kiana told me including many hours deciding where the donated goods would go, where the drop-off point would be and getting those permissions, collecting containers for the drive, and advertising that included “online with St. Anne’s School – my alma mater – Sunday Bulletins with the church, and flyers at neighborhood retail shops and stores.” And don’t forget “organizing the coats by children, women, and men before delivering the coats and clothing to St. Anthony’s.” Kiana was onsite. “For three consecutive Sundays, I greeted parishioners and donors in the vestibule of the church for three masses while accepting donations of lightly worn coats and jackets for adults and children, answering questions about my drive, accepting monetary donations and issuing receipts.” Kiana is already thinking of the future. “My short-term goal is to obtain an undergraduate business degree at a prestigious university with a minor in entrepreneurship. Immediately following graduation, I plan on attending law school. My long-term goal is taking over my mother’s preschool and ultimately franchising it.” By the way, Kiana is also a ballerina, studies piano and volunteers at her mom’s preschool. DOUBLE DOSE: St. Cecilia Parish hit for extra bases again with the moving marquee message: “Yesterday, you said tomorrow” and just a few blocks away a non-Catholic church message board sent the runners home with “Example is a language everyone understands.”

CORPUSCLE MUSCLE: More than 50 donors came forward for the Feb. 8 blood drive at Mercy High School, San Francisco. Mercy’s “Women in Medicine,” a project done in partnership with the school and St. Mary’s Medical Center, coordinated the drive with help from the American Red Cross. “Designed as a four-year program for participants, ‘Women in Medicine’ starts freshmen students off by providing them with visits and tours; as sophomores they meet with Mercy alumnae who are currently in the health care field; junior year, the students begin volunteering at St. Mary’s and as seniors continue to volunteer while learning about academic regulations and university requirements for attending the California university system,” Mercy’s Audrey Magnusen told me. Pictured from left on the blood drive desk are Mercy seniors Dominique Sabins, Cierra Zaldivar, Jocelyn Ho, Nina Medernach and Andrea Escobar. lunch at Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd., Golden Belles of 1966 will be honored as well as those celebrating 75, 70, 60, and 40 years of having graduated. Grace, (415) 640-2800; nuttydames@aol.com. St. John Ursuline gets together April 17, 11 a.m., honoring its 1966 graduates with golden diplomas, United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco; email sjualumnae@gmail.com; Theresa Keane (415) 867-3575, register by April 1.

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CATHEDRAL TO CELEBRATE 45TH WITH GALA MAY 6

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School of the Epiphany students collect canned food for the parish Society of St. Vincent de Paul and collect coats to donate to the homeless.

Year of Mercy in full swing at School of the Epiphany VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The School of the Epiphany takes community service seriously always but for the Year of Mercy “we kicked it up a notch,” said principal Diane Elkins, and for Lent the school is “in high gear.” Early in Lent, a Catholic Relief Services speaker, Thomas Awiapo, told an upper class assembly about how his brother died of starvation and he walked miles every day to attend a Catholic Relief Services school in Ghana so he could get a meal to eat. However, most of the Lenten events, in addition to weekly Mass, are direct service for others. “We have good children who have big hearts and we have wonderful supportive families that get it and they support their kids in this,” Elkins said. “It makes the kids feel good. It’s wonderful for the community. It’s a good match.” Every year the school in San Francisco’s CrockerAmazon neighborhood holds large-scale canned food drives to support the parish Society of St. Vincent de Paul food pantry and one is currently underway for Easter bags, said eighth grader Marc Aronce. The whole school also pitches in each Advent to bring Christmas and winter help to several migrant farmworker families through a Catholic parish in Gilroy. In addition to schoolwide charity, each grade commits to a community service project and for the Year of Mercy, many grades are involved with two, Elkins said. Children in Epiphany’s younger grades take on projects that can be done in school, Elkins said. For example, the first graders are making greeting cards for the homebound in the parish while the kindergarteners are collecting toiletries for the military. The fifth graders design and create birthday cards and visit the residents of Sterling Court senior living complex in San Mateo each month. The third graders do art projects with the Oceana Terrace senior citizens. The fourth graders are making box lunches for St. Anthony’s Dining Room. Older children help out at the school too, with the sixth graders responsible for picking up the church after the weekly school Mass and also after two of the daily morning Masses.

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Seventh graders clean up around the block each morning and pick up the school yard. The older grades have a project that takes them “off campus,” she said. The seventh graders make lunches and go to the area around City Hall and distribute them to the homeless four times a year. “It really makes me feel good,” said Marc of his contact with the homeless people. The seventh graders also distributed warm coats, eight bags they collected at school, to the homeless around City Hall, said seventh grader Illeana Rodriquez. “People are in need and we probably have more things than them that we can contribute to them,” Illeana said about acts of charity. “You do it out of the kindness of your heart – it doesn’t matter what season it is.”

The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption will mark its 45th year in 2016. The anniversary is set to be commemorated with prayer, a gala and all-star entertainment May 6. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will begin the special night with evening prayer at 5:15 p.m. in the cathedral with subsequent events taking place in the cathedral Conference Center. The night has taken the name “Be a Blessing, Grow the Legacy.” A statement from the cathedral recounts how the “mother church” has “found its place as the heart of Catholic life in the archdiocese, as well as serving as a venue for countless civic and cultural events in our fair city.” Major church figures who have prayed at the cathedral include St. John Paul II, Blessed Mother Teresa and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. The cathedral has been the site of many funerals including rites for bishops, priests, religious and other servants of the church. Each year hundreds of elementary school children are shown around the cathedral by volunteer cathedral docents. Thousands of young women and men celebrate their graduation from Catholic high schools at the cathedral. Visitors from around the world find their way to St. Mary’s Cathedral. The evening includes dinner, music and a special appearance by Franc D’Ambrosio, renowned singing star of “Phantom of the Opera,” and remembered for his performances at anniversary celebrations of the Porziuncola Nuova in North Beach. Contact Deacon Christoph Sandoval at rcs7777@ comcast.net. Visit www.stmarycathedralsf.org.

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Father Puthota named archdiocesan director of pastoral ministry RICK DELVECCHIO CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Father Charles Puthota, longtime pastor of St. Veronica Parish in South San Francisco, has been named director of pastoral ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, effective April 4. Father Puthota will continue in his full-time role as pastor, while, in addition to being available online and Father Puthota via telephone for work related to pastoral ministry, he will serve two days a week at the chancery in his new assignment under Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone. He will have overall responsibility for the archdiocesan religious education and youth, young adult and marriage and family ministries, also overseeing the office that ensures compliance with the U.S. bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. “My role as I see it is to coordinate, set the goals,” Father Puthota told Catholic San Francisco. “I would like to start out by listening and learning at the beginning and then I want to do consultation within the department and also across departments. … I don’t bring any prefabricated goals to the department but the mission is clear: It is to share the faith, to preach the good news and to be of service to the people God at so many different levels.” He said he views his new role as an extension of his parish ministry. “This is going to be pastoral ministry on a broader level,” he said. “I see it as a continuation of that ministry to the wider archdiocese.” In an email to Catholic San Francisco, Father Puthota said he is “honored to serve as the archbishop’s delegate to this department and to carry out his vision for pastoral ministry.”

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Bishop Lopes honored at prayer service CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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More than 100 people, including local parishioners, seminarians, Dominican brothers and priests, Carmelite nuns and Byzantine Catholics, responded to San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone’s invitation to join him in honoring native son and recently ordained Bishop Steven J. Lopes at vespers March 3 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. Bishop Lopes, a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco born and educated in Catholic schools in the East Bay, was ordained at Houston’s Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral Feb. 2 as the first bishop to head the Northern American Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter for Episcopalians who have converted to Catholicism. The 75-minute liturgy was centered on the Canticle of Mary, the Blessed Virgin’s hymn of prayer to the Lord and faith-filled response to the angel’s news that she would be the Mother of God. “The experiences of our lives sometimes tempts

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us to doubt the faithfulness of God, to doubt that the grace we may receive especially through the sacraments is truly working in us, transforming our fragile lives into the very image and likeness of Christ Jesus the Lord,” Bishop Lopes said in a homily in which he called the Magnificat “a prayer for all seasons.” “Harken rather to Mary’s prayer in the midst of temptation to the Lenten prayer of the church, submit to God, pray for conversion, go to confession, open your hearts before the Lord, and watch, watch, how those old temptations are blown away like so much mist and smoke that they truly are.” Bishop Lopes, ordained as a priest in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2001, was selected by Pope Francis to lead the Personal Ordinariate, a dioceselike canonical structure located in Houston, Texas. The Personal Ordinariate serves 40-plus parishes in the United States and Canada comprised of Anglican converts to Catholicism. At a reception following the prayer service in the cathedral’s Patron’s Hall, Bishop Lopes was greeted by guests and offered blessings to those who approached with bowed heads. “He was such a breath of fresh air,” said Carmen Maguire, a parishioner at St. Anselm Parish, where Bishop Lopes served as associate pastor until his 2005 appointment as secretary to then-prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal William J. Levada. “He just loves the faith.”

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Archbishop takes questions from Marin parishioners CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

About 50 parishioners of Marin County parishes had the opportunity to “interview” Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone March 10 after he was invited to be the monthly guest speaker of the Men’s Club of St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Sausalito. The informal presentation in the church included a question-and-answer session that revealed, among more weighty things, that the archbishop likes to hike and attend live jazz performances with another music-loving bishop. The archbishop also shared details of his seven-day work schedule. “As soon as I stepped into the archdiocese I was given one of these things,” he said holding up an iPhone, and smiling as he scrolled through his datebook to offer a day-in-the-life look at his activities. His day started, he said, with a morning Mass at St. Paul Parish in San Francisco for four Catholic nuns and 12 others executed by terrorists at a retirement home run by the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen. He returned to the chancery in San Francisco for a meeting of the presbyteral council to review plans for the Jubilee Year of Mercy and a “Laudato Si’” summit in April and discuss the next convocation of priests. After a two-hour meeting with the personnel board to discuss priest assignments, it was across the bridge to Sausalito, then by 9 p.m. he was expected in San Rafael where he would begin a three-day parish visit to St. Raphael Parish the next morning.

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Archbishop Cordileone greets a guest during his March 10 visit to Star of the Sea Parish in Sausalito. Star of the Sea pastor Father Mike Quinn said the parish’s Men’s Club didn’t have a topic in mind for the archbishop but “had a lot of basic questions about his job and its challenges.” A moderator read questions that had been written on note cards in the parish hall during a social hour preceding the presentation. The opening question: “How do you plan on reversing a downward trend in Mass attendance in our region?” “The long-range solution is stewardship,” the archbishop answered. He referred to the Diocese of Wichita, saying Catholics there are “really alive in the faith and engaged in the life of the church.” He said the Kansas diocese

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“We also need to ramp up our efforts with vocations,” he said. A general loss in “the sacramental view of life” is a huge challenge to the church at all levels, the archbishop said. “We need to reclaim a sense of the sacred.” “The church understands the power of teaching through symbol,” the archbishop said. “It used to be very much woven into the fabric of society so our vision of how we looked at the world was more in sync with the church.” When asked about how he weathers the criticism he receives from the public and from some Catholics, he admitted that at times it was very hard on him. “But there is a lot more support for the basic kind of moral beliefs that we have than people realize,” he said. “Wherever I go, people express that to me, including non-Catholics, so I try to take encouragement and solace from that.” He said he knows that someday he’s going to have to account to the Lord like everyone else. “God has given me a big responsibility for stewardship of this church,” he said. “I don’t want to have to say to God that I stepped back because I didn’t want to be called names.” What is harder sometimes, he said, is to have a calm, rational discussion on divisive issues. He said he looks to Pope Francis as a model of encounter. “I’ve realized that you can’t have a stereotype of any individual group of persons if you actually know that person or know people from that group of persons,” he said. “You might not change your mind on the issues, but you can change a perspective.”

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ARCHBISHOP: Celebrates Mass for martyred Missionaries of Charity FROM PAGE 1

Both al-Qaeda and the Islamic State have set up strongholds in the unstable country which is one of the poorest in the Middle East. A statement issued by the al-Qaida network in the Arabian Peninsula denied any involvement in the massacre. A year ago when war broke out between Saudi Arabia-backed government troops and Shia Muslim Houthi rebels, Bishop Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar for southern Arabia, said that he discussed with the Missionaries the risks of remaining. They were the only religious congregation in the port city of Aden and among probably less than 4,000 Catholics total in Yemen. “They told me there was nothing to discuss: They would not leave whatever happened, because they wanted to stay with the people entrusted to their care. It was clear that on the part of the sisters this was no exhibition of heroism, it was purely their desire to follow Jesus Christ. I

respected the sisters’ decision, and am convinced that their martyrdom will bear fruit also for the lives of other Christians living in the Arabian Peninsula,” Bishop Hinder told Fides. The Missionaries of Charity have a large presence in the Archdiocese of San Francisco with the only U.S. novitiate located in the convent adjacent to St. Paul Church. The Missionaries of Charity also operate Queen of Peace Shelter, a home for women who are pregnant; and an AIDS hospice, Gift of Love, in Pacifica. As well they feed the homeless six days a week at a location beneath the U.S. 101 overpass and at St. Anthony of Padua in San Francisco. They teach catechism to children and adults at several parishes. The sisters also live in a convent in Richmond in the Diocese of Oakland where they work primarily in catechesis and prison ministry. At the Mass, Archbishop Cordileone told the sisters, “Thank you for your witness. Thank you for your prayers. Thank you for your presence here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.”

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone presided at an early morning Mass for martyred Missionaries of Charity at St. Paul Church March 10. An assembly of fellow women religious including 50 Missionaries of Charity and Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, director of the Office of Consecrated Life, brought their prayer to the liturgy. The archbishop was joined on the altar by 10 priest concelebrants.

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Knights highlight MC’s work for persecuted Christians VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The Knights of Columbus were so impressed by Marin Catholic High School’s efforts to raise money to help persecuted Middle East Christians that the national organization presented Marin Catholic with a Holy Family icon blessed at the Vatican at the Immaculate Conception Mass and produced a touching YouTube video highlighting their achievement and distributed it this Lent to Catholic high schools nationwide. “People forget very quickly that this is the part of the world where Christianity began,” said Andrew Walther, Knights vice president for media, research and development based in New Haven, Connecticut. He said Marin Catholic’s approach demonstrates an effective way to both raise money for Christians and educate the students about what Pope Francis declared “is a form of genocide” by ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Marin Catholic’s Lenten project “helps build solidarity with the people persecuted there,” Walther said. The Knights are also lobbying Congress and President Barack Obama to revise the current approach to admitting Syrian and Iraqi refugees because they say it discriminates against Christians. “Our position has been that people who are enduring the genocide that’s ongoing over there should not also be put at the back of the immigration line,” said Walther. During Lent 2015, the school, in partnership with the local Knights and Marin Network for Life held a dinner and collected money at school to raise $23,000 for the Christian Refugee Relief Fund established by the Knights of Columbus. This year the school, led by the student St. Vincent de Paul club, is again raising

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From left: Marin Catholic theology teacher Joseph Tassone, Sydney Miller, Andie Davis, Muneera Raees, Joe Garbarino, Paul Raees. money for Christians in Syria and Iraq, said Marin Catholic theology teacher and Knight Joe Tassone. Tassone led a discussion of the ongoing genocide of Christians and a mother and son, refugees from Iraq, spoke with the all students March 2 at the school. As of December, the Knights of Columbus has contributed more than $5 million in direct aid to Christians and other persecuted minorities in the region, working with Catholic Relief Services, Aid to the Church in Need, Caritas and local dioceses in Iraq and Syria. This year the Knights’ project is “40 bucks for Lent,” Walther said. More information can be found at christiansatrisk.org. “It’s a great thing for high schools to do because they can really help people in a very concrete way who need the essentials, who need what we would consider the basics to get by,” said Walther. “At the same time, it is very

helpful for these students to understand how important the faith is to people who won’t give it up, even in circumstances like this. It’s an incredible witness.” Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson testified Dec.9 before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee asking for several actions against the genocide. He spoke in support of a House Resolution decrying the genocide against Christians and other minorities. Anderson, Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl and a group of clergy and religious scholars sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking for an opportunity to brief him about the genocide. The Christians of Iraq and Syria and other vulnerable minorities fear taking refuge in the United Nations camps because of “religiously motivated violence and intimidation inside the camps,” Anderson said in his testimony.

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Before last October’s Vatican Synod on the Family, the Office of the Synod asked bishops throughout the world to consult with their people and forward their input to Vatican. A questionnaire accompanied the instruction with very in-depth, complex, discussiontype questions. The topic was “The Vocation and Mission of the Family and Church in the Contemporary World.” The Office of the Synod directed that each bishop write up a report based on the responses to the questionnaire, and forward the responses and report to the synod office through the conference of bishops. The bishops were told that the responses and report were to be kept confidential, as they were only to be used for informing the participants at the synod. In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the synod consultation was discussed at a meeting of the archdiocesan Council of Priests, which decided that, in order to make it easier for our people to give input, the complex questions on the questionnaire should be translated into a Survey Monkey format and posted online for people to complete (hard copies were also available for those who did not have access to the InA personal way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country. ternet). Parishes could also, in addition, form groups of parishioners to offer reflections on the longer If you have received a flag honoring your loved one's military service and would like to donate it questionnaire, which a few did. At the same time, (1864-1925) however, the council strongly felt that a survey such to the cemetery to be flown as part of an “Avenue of Flags" on Memorial Day, 4th of July and Veterans' Day, as the one to be posted online could not be conducted please contact our office for more details on our Flag Donation Program. Sponsored by the United Irish Societies of San Francisco without the results being published. The council, This program isPearse open to & everyone. If youFife do not have a flag to donate, you may make then, asked the archbishop to make public only the Connelly and Drum Bands top-line results of the Survey Monkey, and to do so a $125 contribution to the “Avenue of Flags” program to purchase a flag. only after the synod completed its work. The survey offered 27 statements in five broad categories and responses were requested to be ranked on a 1-10 scale, from strongly disagree to strongly agree, then producing a weighted average for each question. The category groupings were: marriage (three questions); annulment/divorce (five); birth control/ IVF (nine); homosexuality (three); and formation/ catechesis (seven). Eleven-hundred English language and 10 Spanish language responses were received from all three counties of the archdiocese. Respecting the Holy Father’s call for confidentiality in the synod process, the responses to the Survey Monkey questionnaire are not being released, though the results do indicate the need for ongoing catechesis among the faithful. Pope Francis’ response to the deliberations of the synod, called his apostolic exhortation, is expected in the near future.

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organized under the archdiocese’s Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns, told Catholic San Francisco that the workshop will “help people see the ground they can walk on” because the document is so big. In a March 2 letter to priests, deacons and men and women religious of the archdiocese, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone announced the workshop and urged each to promote the event where he will lead the invocation. Father Kenneth M. Weare, pastor of St. Rita Parish in Fairfax, will deliver the keynote address followed by case studies from local parishes with existing teams that have made strides toward sustainability. They include St. Teresa of Avila and St. Francis of Assisi parishes in the archdiocese, and St. Thomas Aquinas in Palo Alto in the San Jose diocese. The second half of the workshop offers a combination of practical, educational and inspirational tools. Participants may choose one of three concurrent workshops: reduction of energy use, cost and emissions;

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Parishioners funded the installation of solar panels at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Palo Alto in the San Jose diocese. The parish provides energy for three associate parishes. educating and inspiring parishioners; and engaging the wider community on the importance of environmental justice. The ultimate aim of the workshop is to help mobilize volunteers for “care for creation teams” at each parish, said Miller, chair of the St. Teresa of Avila Parish team that has implemented changes to reduce the parish’s output of greenhouse gas emissions.

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“We saw that many parishes in the archdiocese already had various Earth-friendly initiatives in place,” Miller said. “Pope Francis has called us all to get more intentional about sharing our stories.” There is no one-size-fits-all plan, Miller said. “The idea is to encourage parishes to engage their own parishioners around this theme of caring for creation in whatever makes sense for that parish and how the parish connects to the surrounding community, he said. St. Teresa of Avila has benefited from the expertise of Miller, who

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Rare Chinese world maps on exhibit “China at the Center: Rare Ricci and Verbiest World Maps,” an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, continues through May 8. Presented by the museum in partnership with the University of San Francisco, the event is the first time that Ricci’s World Map (1602) from the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota will be shown together with the Verbiest World Map (1674) from the Library of Congress. “Visitors will be able to better appreciate the historical relationship between European Jesuit missionaries Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) and Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688), the Chinese Wanli and Kangxi emperors as well as Chinese intellectuals and new Catholic converts of the 1600s,” said Passionist Father Robert E. Carbonneau, executive director of the Berkeley-based U.S. Catholic China Bureau. Both maps marked the first time the Chinese had seen a representation of the whole world, including the Americas. “Viewing these large, breathtaking maps offers a direct link to our contemporary worldview as well,” said Father Carbonneau said. “Most remarkable in the Ricci map is the depiction of China on one side and the Americas on the other with the Pacific Ocean at the center. This is a completely different perspective from previous European maps that placed the Atlantic Ocean at the center.” In addition, the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at USF is coordinating the following on-campus events: “Mapping “The East”: Envisioning Asia in the Age of Exploration,” an exhibit of maps of East Asia from the collections of Sophia University, Tokyo, March 30 to May 22 at Manresa Gallery, St. Ignatius Church. Visit the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at http://usf.usfca.edu/ricci/events/index.htm; the Asian Art Museum at www.asianart.org/exhibitions/ china-at-the-center; the U.S. Catholic China Bureau at www.uscatholicchina.org.

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Holy Week and Easter Triduum Schedule 2016 THE CHRISM MASS Thursday, March 17 • 5:30 pm The Chrism Mass Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Principal Celebrant Annual Archdiocesan Celebration of Renewal of Priestly Ministry by the Clergy, Blessing of Oils of Catechumens, Sick and Sacred Chrism by the Archbishop

PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20 Regular Weekend Schedule of Masses Saturday 5:30 pm Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am (Gregorian chant), 11:00 a.m. Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant (Cathedral Choir), 1:00 pm (en Español)

THURSDAY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER Thursday, March 24 7:30 pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Washing of Feet, followed by Vigiling and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Francis Hall (Lower Level) until 11:45 pm 11:45 pm – Night Prayer in St. Francis Hall (NO Confessions and NO 7:30 am or 12:10 pm Masses Today)

FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY) Friday, March 25 We continue to keep vigil 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross Led by students from St. Brigid’s School 2:00 pm – Music in the Cathedral 2:00-3:00 pm – Confession 3:00 pm – Liturgy of the Passion and Death of the Lord Archbishop Cordileone, Celebrant Liturgy of the Word, the Adoration of the Cross and Holy Communion 7:00 pm – Via Crucis/Stations of the Cross en Español (NO 7:30 am or 12:10 pm Masses Today)

HOLY SATURDAY Saturday, March 26 Our Paschal Vigil continues throughout the day and night 9:00 pm – The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant Blessing of the New fire and Paschal Candle, Liturgy of the Word, The Celebration of the Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist and the First Communion of our Elect. (NO Confessions and NO 8:00 am or 5:30 pm Masses Today)

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Sunday, March 27 Regular Sunday Schedule of Masses 7:30 am (Cantor and Organ), 9:00 am Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant (Gregorian Chant), 11:00 am (Cathedral Choir), 1:00 pm (en Español)

4:00 pm – Easter Concert; Organ Recital 4:45 pm – Evening Prayer and conclusion of the Paschal Triduum

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Around the archdiocese

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LA YOUTH DAY: A number of teens from the Archdiocese of San Francisco traveled to Los Angeles for LA Youth Day, held before the annual Religious Education Congress weekend. Youths in grades nine-12 participated in a rally, liturgy and workshops designed just for them. During the archdiocesan group’s gathering following the day, teens shared what they learned and prayed together, said Ynez Lizarraga, associate director for youth ministry and catechesis. Shown are teens from St. Augustine, St. Raphael, and St. Kevin parishes. Others attended from St. Matthias, St. Pius, Church of the Epiphany and Mercy High School, Burlingame.

MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, KENTFIELD: Five students signed letters of intent to play college football. From left: Zach Margulis, Endicott College; Clayton Demski, UCLA; Will Buckstaff, Claremont McKenna; Darius-James Peterson, College of Idaho; Nick Gernhard, U.S. Air Force Academy.

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NATIONAL SHRINE OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI Columbus @ Vallejo | www.ShrineSF.org | 415.986.4557

Friday, March 18 – Stations of the Cross 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Exposition & Veneration of Blessed Sacrament 5 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Confessions 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Mass 7 p.m. Shrine Hours 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Week of Lent Lenten Week Confessions – Monday & Thursday 4:30 to 6:45 p.m. Holy Thursay, March 24 – Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7 p.m. Friday, March 25 – Stations of the Cross 12 Noon Good Friday Liturgy 3 p.m. Confessions 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday March 27 – Easter Sunday 11 a.m. Lenten Week Ends Monday March 27th

Good Friday Collection

As a pontifical collection

Christians around the world are united in a special way during Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Our hearts, minds and prayers are also especially aware of the Holy Land. Our parish, once a year on Good Friday, is called on to support Christians in the Holy Land. Many Christians in the Holy Land depend on the collection for their lives. As a pontifical collection requested by Pope Francis, the annual Good Friday Collection offers a direct link for parishioners to be witnesses of peace and to help protect the Holy Places. When you donate on Good Friday, you are supporting Christians in the Holy Land. Franciscans and others in the Holy Land are housing and feeding the poor, providing religious formation and education, maintaining shrines and parishes, and conducting pastoral ministry. For more information, visit MyFranciscan.org/good-friday. The Good Friday Collection is requested by the Holy Father. Please be as generous as your abundance allows.

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL, SAN MATEO: Seniors Ian Tighe and Mikey Takla have been recognized as National Merit Finalists, the school announced. The award reflects scores in the 99th percentile on the PSAT, as well as stellar academics and participation in numerous activities.

Holy Week at saint Cecilia

əÞOsŘǼs ǢǼʳ ˓ ˠ˦ǼÌ ɚsŘȖsʰ Ǣ Ř ®ǋ ŘOÞǣOŸ ˣˠˤʳ˥˥ˣʳ˧ˣ˧ˠ Live Church Broadcast: www.stcecilia.com

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, March 20th Saturday Vigil Mass - 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses - 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. (Solemn Procession at the 11:30 a.m. Mass) Palms will be blessed at the beginning of every Mass. Holy Thursday, March 24th 7:30 p.m. - Mass of the Lord’s Supper with Mandatum and Eucharistic Exposition until 10:00 pm with Msgr. Michael Harriman and Fr. Patrick Summerhays Good Friday, March 25th 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Meditations on “Witness to Christ” by Fr. Joesph Landi with our Adult Choir 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Children’s Stations of the Cross in the Lower Church 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. - Solemn Liturgy - (The eighth graders will act out the chanted Passion; General Intercessions; Holy Communion and Veneration of the Cross) - Msgr. Michael Harriman Holy Saturday, March 26th 8:30 p.m. - Easter Vigil Mass - Msgr. Michael Harriman (with Choir and Orchestra) Easter Sunday, April 27th 7:30 a.m. - Fr. Pepin Dandou with music by Christopher & Matthew Jereza 9:30 a.m. - Fr. Joseph Landi Family Mass with music by Cecilia Cardenas 11:30 a.m. - Fr. Patrick Summerhays (with Choir & Orchestra)

EASTER LITURGIES ST. ST.GABRIEL GABRIEL 2559-40th Ave. SF, CA 415-731-6161 2559-40th Ave. SF, CA 415-731-6161

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday, March 21 – 7:30 pm

HOLY THURSDAY - MARCH 24

6:30 PM PARISH SOUP SUPPER - BEDFORD HALL 8:00 PM MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the School Library until 10:00 P.M.)

GOOD FRIDAY - MARCH 25 NOON - 12:30 PM Stations of the Cross (Presented by St. Gabriel School Students) 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM - Prayerful Reflections & Chant 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM - Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM - Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

HOLY SATURDAY - MARCH 26

8:00 PM - CELEBRATION OF THE EASTER VIGIL

EASTER SUNDAY - MARCH 27 EASTER SUNDAY MASSES 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 10:10 AM - (BEDFORD HALL) 12 Noon

NOTE: THERE WILL NOT BE A 5:30 PM EVENING MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY.

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Divided Supreme Court hears Texas abortion case also suffered severe psychological effects after the abortion. Now, she is taking a stand against WASHINGTON – As the U.S. “shoddy abortion clinics” and warnSupreme Court heard arguments ing that abortion is “a very dangerous March 2 about a Texas law requirprocedure.” ing abortion clinics to meet higher Inside the court, the justices heard a medical standards, advocates challenge to a Texas law that requires outside the court said the regulaabortion clinics in the state to conform tions are about protecting women’s to the same regulatory health standards health. as ambulatory surgical centers. For Nona Ellington, the case is a Under these health standards, personal one. abortion doctors must have admitting “As a result of that abortion at age privileges at a hospital within 30 miles 15, I’m no longer able to have chilin case of a medical emergency resultdren,” she said outside the court. “I ing from an abortion. In addition, final had five miscarriages instead.” regulations increased the required The miscarriages led to life-threat- number of staff at clinics, as well as ening complications, including tubal mandating building requirements such pregnancies and a ruptured falloas a designated operating room. pian tube, sheSaint said, adding that sheParish CriticsWelcomes say that the law’s regulations Agnes You! MATT HADRO AND ADELAIDE MENA CNA/EWTN NEWS

could result in 75 percent of Texas abortion clinics closing, due to increased operating costs or lack of additional real estate to conform to the regulations. Most remaining clinics would be in urban areas, critics say, creating a substantial burden on women seeking abortions. The state of Texas, defending the law, argues that the medical consensus is split on the need for the regulations, and so it is within the state’s power to act if it sees the need for oversight of clinics. Inside the court, oral arguments focused on whether the law’s intent was to place an “undue burden” on the right of

women to have an abortion, as prohibited in the court’s 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The law puts “heavy burdens on abortion access that are not medically justified,” said Stephanie Toti, challenging the Texas legislation before the court. She pointed to clinics closing throughout the state in anticipation of the law’s enactment or right after it was enacted. The court is expected to rule later this year. The recent death of pro-life Justice Antonin Scalia leaves a hole in the ideologically divided body of justices, leaving the remaining eight members of the bench to issue the decision.

EASTER LITURGIES

Reconciliation Service, Saturday, March 29th, 11:00am

Saint Agnes Jesuit – Easter Week If you have been thinking about going Parish to Confession, this service may be for you. All are2016 welcome. nd Holy Thursday, April 2Ave., 1025 Masonic

SF, CA 94117 • SaintAgnesSF.com

Liturgy of the Service, Lord’s Supper, Reconciliation Sat.,7:30pm March 19th, 11:00 am strings, woodwinds & liturgical dance Streetwith parking only rd Good Friday, April 3 24th Holy Thursday, March Stations of the Cross: 12Noon - Outdoors along Haight Street Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper, pmChurch 2:00pm7:30 - In the Strings, woodwinds liturgical movement Liturgy of the Lord’s& Passion, 7:30pm Parking Mass @ Hayes/Masonic withfor choir, woodwinds, timpani & strings Good Friday, March Saturday, April 4th 25th Great of Vigil Easter,12Noon 8:00 pm – (no 4pm Liturgy) Stations theofCross: Outdoors along Haight Street with choir, brass, woodwinds & strings Parking Valet 2:00pm – In the church, Valet Parking Easter Sunday, April 5th Liturgies 8:30am 10:30am 7:30 (no 6pm Liturgy of the Lord’s&Passion, pmLiturgy) choir, brass, woodwinds & strings Choir,with woodwinds, timpani & strings * Parking @ Hayes/Masonic Easter Vigil, Saturday, March 26th 1025 (no Masonic Avenue, San Francisco Great Vigil of Easter, 8:00pm 4pm Liturgy) (415) 487-8560 www.SaintAgnesSF.com Choir, woodwinds, timpani, strings & brass* Parking @ Hayes/Masonic available Easter Parking Sunday, is March 27thin our lots on Oak Street between Ashbury & Masonic. Liturgies 8:30am & 10:30 am (no 6pm Liturgy) Choir, woodwinds, timpani, strings & brass* Parking @ Hayes/Masonic

Inclusive + Diverse + Jesuit Inclusive + Diverse + Jesuit

Vatican’s International Exhibition Eucharistic Miracles of the World

St. Augustine Church

3700 Callan Blvd. S. San Francisco, CA 94080

2016 EASTER WEEK SCHEDULE

Reconciliation Service: Communal Penance, March 21st at 7:00 p.m. SACRED TRIDUUM Holy Thursday Morning Prayer – 8:40 a.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 7:30 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight Good Friday Morning Prayer – 8:40 a.m. Liturgical Services – 12 noon to 3p.m. Evening Service – 7 p.m.

Holy Saturday Morning Prayer – 8:40 a.m. Easter Vigil Mass – 8 p.m. Easter Sunday Masses: 5 a.m. (Salubong) Sunrise Mass, 7:45 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m NO 5:30 p.m. Mass on Easter Sunday

Annual Divine Mercy Novena

Vatican’s Vatican’s International International Exhibition Exhibition Eucharistic Miracles of the Eucharistic Miracles of the World World

and Celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday April 3rd

Star the Catholic Church —Phone: 751-0450 Comeofjoin ourSea parish family and be a “Guardian of(415) the Eucharist”! Our www.starparish.com Perpetual Adoration Chapel, adoring OurGeary Lord 24/7 will be completed this summer! - 4420 Blvd., San Francisco, CA If you would like to be part of establishing the first perpetual adoration chapel in S.F., sign up at starparish.com Questions? Contact Leslie at 916.396.1029. Thank you and God bless you! VATICAN EXHIBIT

The Holy Name Society of Star of the Sea Church is inviting everyone to join them in the Annual Novena & Celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday:

Star —Phone: 751-0450 (70 panels—1,800 years of Miracles) Star of of the the Sea Sea Catholic Catholic Church Church —Phone: (415) (415) 751-0450 www.starparish.com 4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, www.starparish.com - 4420 Geary San Francisco, CA April 2ndBlvd., —Saturday 3 PM CA — 7 PM VATICAN EXHIBIT April 3rd —Sunday 9 AM — 6 PM VATICAN EXHIBIT (70 (70 panels—1,800 panels—1,800 years years of of Miracles) Miracles)

April April 2nd 2nd —Saturday —Saturday 3 3 PM PM — —7 7 PM PM April 3rd —Sunday 9 AM — 6 PM April 3rd —Sunday 9 AM — 6 PM

Novena Starts

March 25th - Good Friday through April 2nd -Easter Saturday Time: 3pm Place: Star of the Sea Church 4420 Geary Blvd, SF, CA 94118

Divine Mercy Sunday PRESENTATIONS (Miracle stories, scientific study, and Scriptural basis for the True Presence)

Presented by: Faith Based Communications www.FaithBasedComm.com

Presented by: Presented by: Faith Based Communications Faith Based Communications www.FaithBasedComm.com www.FaithBasedComm.com

April 2nd — Saturday 5:30 PM PRESENTATIONS PRESENTATIONS 3rdscientific — Sunday (MiracleApril stories, scientific study, and and (Miracle stories, study, Scriptural basis for the True Presence) 9& 10:30 AM and 2:30 & 4 PM Scriptural basis for12:30, the True Presence) April 2nd — Saturday 5:30 April 2nd — Saturday 5:30 PM PM April 3rd — Sunday April 3rd — Sunday 9 9& & 10:30 10:30 AM AM and and 12:30, 12:30, 2:30 2:30 & &4 4 PM PM

April 3rd we will have Holy Hour at 3pm - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - Chaplet of the Divine Mercy - Litany of Divine Mercy - Prayer of Entrustment of the world to the Divine Mercy - Veneration of the Divine Mercy Image - Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ***Light Refreshment will be served right after the Holy Hour on Sunday***

STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH 4420 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94118 (415) 751-0450 • www.starparish.com

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REPORT DOCUMENTS GENOCIDE IN IRAQ, SYRIA

WASHINGTON – One week before the State Department must announce if Islamic State atrocities against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria are genocide, a 278-page report has been released documenting that Christians there do face genocide. “We now stand on the cusp of another historic decision,” stated Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, who released the report March 10 along with the advocacy group In Defense of Christians. “The evidence contained in this report, as well as the evidence relied upon by the European Parliament, fully support, and I suggest to you, compel, that reasonable grounds exist to believe that the crime of genocide has been committed against Christians in the region,” he said. “History will record the recent atrocities committed against religious minorities in the Middle East as genocide,” he added. “The question is whether America will be remembered as courageous, as in the case of Darfur, or as something much less so, as in the case of Rwanda.”

EASTER LITURGIES ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH 1571 Southgate Avenue, Daly City, CA 94015 (650) 756-3223

2016 Holy Week Schedule March 24, Thursday HOLY THURSDAY 9:00 am – 4:00 pm "P A B A S A" (Passion) 8:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper 9:30-11:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Chapel) March 25, Friday GOOD FRIDAY 10:00 am – 12:00 noon "P A B A S A" (Passion) 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross

SEX ABUSE REPORT ‘STAGGERING AND SOBERING’

PITTSBURGH – The Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is calling for prayers after a Pennsylvania grand jury released its report on the alleged sexual abuse of hundreds of children by priests in the diocese in past decades. The report covers cases dating back to the 1940s and charges that previous bishops put abusive priests back to ministry. “This is a painful and difficult time in our diocesan church,” Bishop Mark L. Bartchak of AltoonaJohnstown said March 1. “I deeply regret any harm that has come to children, and I urge the faithful to join me in praying for all victims of abuse.” On March 1 a grand jury released its 147-page report on the diocese’s response to sex abuse by clergy. The report in part drew on evidence from diocesan archives that were opened through a search warrant. Over 115,000 documents were seized, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane charged that two previous bishops “placed their desire to avoid public scandal over the well-being of children.” The grand jury document details hundreds of children reportedly molested or raped, mostly from the 1940s through the 1980s. “These findings are both staggering and sobering,” the report said. “Over many years hundreds of children have fallen victim to child predators wrapped in the authority and integrity of an honorable faith. … Priests were returned to ministry with full knowledge they were child predators.”

CRUX IN TRANSITION AS BOSTON GLOBE CUTS TIES

BOSTON – The Boston Globe has said it will no longer be running its Catholic news site Crux as of April 1. Vatican analyst and associate Crux editor John Allen says he hopes to continue the site with other partners. The announcement comes after less than two years of operation for the Catholic site. The Boston Globe cited financial reasons for the decision. It said that Allen is “exploring the possibility of continuing it in some modified form, absent any contribution from the Globe.” Allen told CNA that he and Crux Vatican correspondent Ines San Martin will continue the site and are “actively pursuing potential partners, sponsors and donors.” In a letter to newsroom staff, Globe editor Brian McGrory and managing editor and vice president for digital David Skok said “we simply haven’t been able to develop the financial model of big-ticket, Catholic-based advertisers that was envisioned when we launched Crux back in September 2014.” CNA/EWTN AND VATICAN NEWS SERVICES

(Around the Neighborhood)

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross and Communion Stations of the Cross

3:00 pm

5:00 pm

St. Paul of the Shipwreck

(Inside the Main Church)

March 26, Saturday HOLY SATURDAY 8:00 pm EASTER VIGIL MASS March 27, Sunday EASTER SUNDAY 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 am & 12:30 pm MASSES After all Masses Easter Egg Hunt

OLD ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL / CHINESE MISSION

660 CALIFORNIA STREET SAN FRANCISCO

HOLY WEEK 2016

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Sunday, March 20

5:00PM (Saturday Vigil Mass) 9:00AM & 11: 30AM (Bilingual)

Monday, March 21

7:30AM & 12:05PM Masses

Tuesday, March 22

7:30AM & 12:05PM Masses

Wednesday, March 23

7:30AM & 12:05PM Masses

Advocates have been pressuring the State Department to include Iraqi and Syrian Christians, as well as other ethnoreligious minorities in the region, as genocide victims. Last fall the agency was reportedly set to only consider Yazidis in northern Iraq as genocide victims, based on a Holocaust Museum report with a narrow focus on time and place. Carl Anderson Authorities such as the European Union Parliament and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bi-partisan federal government commission that makes advisory recommendations to the State Department, have already declared that the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians, Yazidis, and other ethnic and religious minorities.

Holy Thursday, March 24

7:30AM 12:05PM 6:15PM 8:00PM

Morning Prayer Communal Reconciliation Service Mass of the Lord's Supper Evening Prayer

Good Friday, March 25

7:30AM Morning Prayer 12:00-1:30PM Seven Last Words 1:30-3:00PM Liturgy of the Lord's Passion 6:00PM Liturgy of the Lord's Passion in Cantonese

Holy Saturday, March 26

8:30PM The Great Vigil of Easter

Easter Sunday, March 27

9:00AM 11:30PM

Mass of the Lord's Resurrection Bilingual Parish Mass of the Lord's Resurrection. Followed by Easter Cake in the Auditorium

Celebrating 100 Years 1915-2015

cordially invites you to celebrate Holy Week and Easter with us

Palm Sunday Masses 7:30 am • 8:45 am Español 10:45 am Gospel

Holy Thursday 7:30 pm • Parishwide Celebration followed by all night Adoration Good Friday Noon-1:15 pm • Stations of the Cross 1:30-3 pm • Good Friday Service 7:00 pm • Español Easter Vigil 8:00 pm • Parishwide Celebration Easter Sunday Masses 7:30 am • 8:45 am Español 10:45 am Gospel 1:00 pm Igbo On Jamestown avenue between Third Street and Jennings San Francisco Entrance to Parking Lot on Jennings Street 415-468-3434 www.stpauloftheshipwreck.org

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PRAYER VIDEO FOCUSES ON NEEDY FAMILIES

VATICAN CITY – In his newest prayer video Pope Francis focuses his monthly intention on families in difficulty, praying that they receive the help they need and that children can grow up in a healthy environment. “The family is one of the most precious assets of humanity. But is it not perhaps one of the most vulnerable?” the pope said in his newest video of prayer intentions, published March 10. When families are exposed to economic, health, or other difficulties, the children grow up “in an environment of sadness,” he said, and shared his universal prayer intention for the month of March: That families in need “may receive the necessary support, and that children can grow up healthy and in peaceful environments.” The video was the latest in a new series of short clips dedicated to his monthly prayer intentions, called “The Pope Video.” March’s prayer video was released less than a week after an app called “Click to pray” was launched, which allows users to pray daily for Pope Francis and his monthly intentions through a mobile network.

‘HE DIED OF COLD’: POPE MOURNS A DEATH IN THE STREETS

ing Mass on Monday reflected on the challenge of trusting in God in a world where the innocent suffer. “Three days ago a homeless person died here, on the street,” the pope said March 14, according to Vatican Radio’s translation: “He died of cold.” Observing how the man had the opportunity to receive the necessary care, he asked: “Why, Lord? Not even a caress ... But I entrust myself to you because you never let me down.” Pope Francis’ March 14 homily at the chapel of the Vatican’s Santa Marta residence touched on other recent tragedies as well, including the recent murder of four Missionaries of Charity in Yemen. He spoke about those suffering in Italy’s Campania region, where high cancer rates have been linked to the illegal burning of toxic waste. The pope also cited the number of refugees who are denied shelter. “Even when we do not understand” – for instance, in the case of a sick child – “let us put ourselves in the hands of the Lord who never abandons his people” he said. He also said we should think of those who die without being caressed one last time.

CONFESSION WITH POPE ‘BEAUTIFUL’

VATICAN CITY – Speaking days after the death of a homeless man on the streets of Rome, Pope Francis dur-

ROME – Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to confession with Pope Francis? One American studying in Rome

For those who are afraid to go to confession or who haven’t been in years, Knopf told them not to be afraid, and to focus on what Pope Francis has often said during the jubilee: That in the confessional, it is the “merciful face of Christ” that we encounter. (L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO)

Pope Francis is seen during an annual Lenten retreat in Arriccia, Italy, March 6-10.

recently got an answer to that question. And she called the experience a genuine encounter with a spiritual father – an encounter that was also surprisingly normal. “Pope Francis practices what he preaches when he speaks of being a tender father in the confessional,” Leslie Knopf told CNA March 11. She said the pope was very kind during the whole confession and was intentional in understanding her and where she was coming from. However, he also made sure to get to the heart of the matter being discussed. She said it was particularly meaningful to go to confession with the pope during the Jubilee of Mercy, since he has placed such a strong emphasis on the sacrament during the Holy Year. “That was one of the main points of my experience that was so beautiful,” Knopf said, adding that another significant part of the confession was that it was so “beautifully normal.”

St. Emydius Catholic Church 286 Ashton Ave. / 415-587-7066

(De Monfort Ave. / 1 Block from Ocean Ave.)

The Triduum (March 24-27)

Thursday, March 24 • Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the Church 7:00 p.m. Vigiling in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament Until midnight Friday, March 25 • Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m. Quiet Prayer in Church 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Liturgical Service 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, and Communion)

Saturday, March 26 • Holy Saturday Morning Prayer Easter Vigil

8:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 27 • Easter Sunday Salubong Mass Easter Mass ONLY

6:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

(no 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass)

(The Sacred Triduum ends with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday)

12:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross

Good Friday

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 1:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Word 1:45 p.m. Veneration of the Cross Communion Service 7:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross

Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday Masses

8:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m, 10:00 a.m. & 12 noon

EASTER LITURGIES A Parish that Welcomes & Reaches Out A Parish that Prays & Worships Together A Parish that Celebrates & Reconciles

Eucalyptus Drive @ 23rd Avenue (near Stonestown) SaintStephenSF.org

Holy Thursday (No morning Mass) Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7:30pm Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament until 10pm

415.681.2444

Saint Stephen Catholic Church

Good Friday (No morning Mass) Stations of the Cross, 12:00pm Spiritual Reflection, 12:30pm Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord, 1:30pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night (No morning Mass or Reconciliation) Vigil Mass, 8:00pm Easter Sunday 8:00, 9:30 & 11:30 am (No 6:45pm Mass) Easter Egg Hunt following 9:30am Mass

2016 Easter Week Liturgies Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion - March 20th

Masses: 5 p.m. (Sat. Vig.), 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 noon (Span.) Blessing of Palms and Procession from Auditorium to Basilica at 10 a.m. & 12 noon Masses

2016 Holy Week Schedule

CNA/EWTN AND VATICAN NEWS SERVICES

Holy Week Masses 8:00am (Mon., Tue., Wed.)

1721 Hillside Drive Burlingame Capuchin Franciscans

7:30 p.m. Mass of Lord’s Supper Adoration until Midnight

MOSUL, Iraq – The Islamic State released a short video documenting the burning of Christian books in the area of Mosul, the Vatican news agency Fides reported March 13. The images show a militant throwing in flames books and dossiers with crucifixes on the covers. The video, launched under the title “The Diwan for Education destroys books regarding Christian education in Mosul,” was released on the Internet at the end of last week through the Android application Amaq News, with the intent to publicize operations and terrorist attacks carried out by affiliates of the Islamic State, Fides said. Local sources consulted by Fides said most of the books burned were used for religious education by Christian primary school pupils before Mosul fell into the hands of the Islamic State.

Palm Sunday Reconciliation, Saturday 3:30-4:15pm Vigil Mass (Saturday) 4:30pm 8:00, 9:30, 11:30am & 6:45pm

Our Lady of Angels Church

Holy Thursday

ISLAMIC STATE PUBLICIZES CHRISTIAN BOOK BURNING

Holy Thursday - March 24th

6:30 p.m. - Seder Supper (tickets required) 8:00 p.m. - Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper [Bilingual] followed by procession and adoration until 11 p.m.

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion - March 25th

Mission Dolores Basilica 16th & Dolores St., San Francisco 415-621-8203

www.missiondolores.org

Rev. Francis P. Garbo, Pastor Dcn. Vicente Cervantes, Deacon Dcn. Mario Zuniga, Deacon Jerome Lenk, Director of Music & Liturgy Maria Rosales Uribe, Director of Religious Ed.

12:00 noon - Stations of the Cross and Private Prayer 6:30 p.m. - Liturgy of Good Friday [Bilingual] followed by Santo Entierro Procession

Holy Saturday - March 26th

3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Sacrament of Reconciliation 8:00 p.m. - Easter Vigil Liturgy [Bilingual]

Easter Sunday - March 27th

8:00 a.m. - Mass [cantor and organ] 10:00 a.m. - Mass [Basilica Choir – brass and organ] 12:00 noon - Mass [Spanish – Coro y organo]

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Cardinal Pell shares emotional meeting with abuse survivors ELISE HARRIS CNA/EWTN NEWS

ROME – Cardinal George Pell and a dozen survivors of clerical sex abuse met March 3 in Rome, where they shared an emotional encounter and drafted a joint statement committing to work toward peace and healing. “I just met with about a dozen of the Ballarat survivors, support people and officials and heard each of their stories and of their sufferings. It was hard; an honest and occasionally emotional meeting,” Cardinal Pell, who is prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, said in the statement. Cardinal Pell read the statement aloud to reporters outside Rome’s Hotel Quirinale, where for the past four days he has been giving his testimony before Australia’s Royal Commission investigating institutional responses to child sex abuse cases. He assured his commitment to working with members of the survivors group, many of whose families he knows from his time as a priest in Ballarat, a city in Australia’s state of Victoria.

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Cardinal George Pell meets with child sex abuse victims March 3 at the Hotel Quirinale in Rome.

“I know the goodness of so many people in Catholic Bellarat; a goodness which is not extinguished by the evil that was done,” he said. It is everyone’s desire to make things better on the ground, he said, and promised his personal commitment in helping the survivors to work effectively with the various agencies in Rome dedicated to fighting clerical sexual abuse, particularly the

ST. BRENDAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

St. Anne of the Sunset Church

Good Friday March 25

12:00 noon Stations on the Cross 1:00 pm - Meditation on the Seven Last Words 2:00 pm Good Friday Liturgical Service

Week Schedule Holy Thursday March 24

7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8:00 - 10:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the church hall

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2016 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 20 Masses: 5:00 p.m. March 19 (English) 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 a.m. (English) 6:00 p.m. (Spanish) Procession prior to 10:00 a.m. Mass Gather in the Parish Center at 9:45 a.m. HOLY THURSDAY, MARCH 24 No Morning Masses 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer 6:30 p.m. – Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00 p.m. GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 25 No Morning Masses 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. – Stations of the Cross 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. – Adult Choir Performance 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. – Meditation 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. – Good Friday Liturgy

EASTER SUNDAY, MARCH 27 Masses: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 a.m., and 1:00 p.m. (English) 3:00 p.m. (Spanish)

December 17 (Wednesday) 7:00 – 8w/Adoration :00 pm Holy Thursday: 7:30pm in Church Hall until 11pm

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7 Words CHRISTMAS DAY (by Fr. Tony McGuire ) - Last of Jesus 1:30pm - Liturgy with Veneration of the Cross 3pm - Confessions 7pm - Stations of the Cross

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014 Thursday, December 25, 2014 Vigil of the Nativity of our Lord Nativity of Our Lord 5:00 pm – Vigil Family Mass 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am Vigil 11:30 pm – Christmas Carols at Church 8:00 pm Easter 12:00 Midnight Mass (Note: No 5:00 pm Mass)

Holy Saturday: NEW YEAR’S EVE Easter Sunday March 27 Masses: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Easter Sunday: 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am 5:00 pm – New Year’s Eve Mass

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HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 26 No 8:30 a.m. Mass 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Confessions N o 5 : 0 0 p . m . Ma s s 8 : 0 0 p . m. - E a s t e r V i gi l M a s s

Confession: Wed., March 23 @ 7pm Advent Reconciliation Service (Confessions):

Holy Saturday March 26

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recently-established Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. At the hearing the cardinal testified on claims which resurfaced last year accusing him of transferring notorious abuser Gerald Ridsdale; of attempting to bribe David Ridsdale, a victim and nephew of the now laicized priest; and of failing to act on victims’ complaints. Despite having testified before the commission twice before on the same charges, Pell offered to testify again and was summoned to return to Australia for deposition in December. However, the cardinal’s doctor advised against the long flight due to health issues. As a result, Cardinal Pell volunteered to appear by way of video conference from Rome, which took place Feb. 28-March 3. David Ridsdale was present in Rome for the cardinal’s hearing alongside 14 other abuse survivors from Australia and their families, who launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to raise the money to send them, so that Cardinal Pell would have the same sort of public hearing as he would have in Sydney. Cardinal Pell arranged for the group to meet with Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Pontifical Gregorian University’s Center for Child Protec-

Easter Vigil at 8pm NEW YEAR’S DAY

Thursday, January 1, 2015 Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (A Holy Day of Obligation) 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 6:00pm

Mater Dolorosa 307 Willow Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080

HOLY WEEK EASTER 2016 March 20, Palm Sunday:

Vigil Mass: Saturday, March 19 at 5 p.m. Sunday Masses at 8 a.m.,10 a.m., & 12pm Palms will be blessed at all the Masses (Procession with palms to commemorate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, will take place from the school lobby to the church at the 5 p.m., 10 a.m. and 12 Noon Masses.)

March 24, Holy Thursday:

Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Parish Hall until 11 p.m.

March 25, Good Friday:

Meditation at 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Stations of the Cross at 2 p.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion at 2:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross at 7:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion at 7:30 p.m.

March 26, Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil Mass at 8:30 p.m.

March 27, Easter Sunday:

Masses at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. (with Children’s Liturgy of the Word) and 12 Noon

April 3, Divine Mercy Sunday:

Vigil Masses ~ 5 p.m. Masses at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. & 12 Noon Prayers at Pieta Garden ~ Following the 12 Mass Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Prayers ~ 2 p.m. Reconciliation ~ 2 to 2:50 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 3 p.m.

7:30am, 9am, 10:30am (w/Easter Egg Hunt following) 12pm (Mass in Chinese)

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CHURCH OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CHURCH AND SCHOOL 60 Wellington Avenue, Daly City, CA 94014 2016 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

March 19—Saturday—PALM SUNDAY of the Lord’s Passion Blessing and Distribution of Palms: Vigil Masses: 4:00 PM; 5:30 PM. March 20—Sunday—All Masses

60 Wellington Avenue Daly City, CA 94014 Phone 650 755 9786 March 21—HOLY MONDAY 7:30 AM—Mass

March 22—HOLY TUESDAY 7:30 AM—Mass

March 23—HOLY WEDNESDAY 7:30 AM—Mass Evening Perpetual Help Novena is cancelled

2016 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE March 24—HOLY THURSDAY

PASCHAL TRIDUUM BEGINS March 19 - Saturday - PALM SUNDAY of the 7:30 AM—Morning Praise PM—Evening Mass of the Lord’s Lord’s Passion7:30Blessing and Distribution of Palms: Supper (Bilingual) Washing of the Feet AdorationPM; of the Blessed Sacrament: Vigil Masses: 4:00 5:30 PM. 9:00 PM—12:00 Midnight March-25—GOOD FRIDAY of theMasses Lord’s Passion March 20 Sunday - All 12:00 PM—3:00PM—Family Reflections on the Seven Last Words March 21 - HOLY MONDAY 3:00 PM—Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, Communion Service. 5:00 PM—Santo Entierro Procession 7:30 AM - Mass 7:30 PM—Spanish Service March 26 —HOLY SATURDAY March 22 - HOLY TUESDAY 7:30 AM—Stations of the Cross (Outdoor) (8:00 AM, 4:00 PM & 5:30 PM MASSES 7:30 AM - Mass ARE CANCELLED) 8:10 PM—Easter Vigil Liturgy March-27—EASTER SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE March 23 HOLY WEDNESDAY 5:30 AM—”Salubong” and Mass 7:30 AM - Mass Evening Perpetual Help Novena is cancelled March 24 - HOLY THURSDAY PASCHAL TRIDUUM BEGINS 7:30 AM - Morning Praise 7:30 PM - Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Bilingual) Washing of the Feet Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: 9:00 PM - 12:00 Midnight March 25—GOOD FRIDAY of the Lord’s Passion 12:00 PM - 3:00PM - Family Reflections on the Seven Last Words 3:00 PM - Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, Communion Service. 5:00 PM - Santo Entierro Procession 7:30 PM - Spanish Service March 26 - HOLY SATURDAY 7:30 AM - Stations of the Cross (Outdoor) (8:00 AM, 4:00 PM & 5:30 PM MASSES ARE CANCELLED) 8:10 PM - Easter Vigil Liturgy March 27 - EASTER SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE 5:30 AM - ”Salubong” and Mass

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PELL: Cardinal shares emotional meeting with abuse survivors FROM PAGE 16

tion and a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, after the hearing finished. After talking to Father Zollner, the survivors returned to Hotel Quirinale for their meeting with Cardinal Pell. In comments to the media after the encounter, David Ridsdale described it as “extremely emotional,” but was happy they were able to meet “on a level playing field; we met as people from Bellarat.” Cardinal Pell was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ballarat in 1966, where many of the abuse survivors in Rome are from and where he served as a priest and later as a consultor to Bishop Ronald Mulkearns, who oversaw the diocese from 1971-1997. Among the many survivors present were Anthony and Chrissie Foster, the parents of two clerical abuse victims. After two of the Fosters’ three daughters were abused by Fr. Kevin O’Donnell, one committed suicide,

Suicide has been common among victims of clerical sex abuse in Ballarat, and is something both Cardinal Pell and the survivors spoke out against in their statement. while the other became an alcoholic and was struck by a car while intoxicated, leaving her severely disabled. Suicide has been common among victims of clerical sex abuse in Ballarat, and is something both Cardinal Pell and the survivors spoke out against in their statement. “One suicide is too many. There have been many such tragic suicides,” Cardinal Pell said while reading it aloud.

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He committed to working with the survivor group to try to stop suicides after abuse, and to make it so that “suicide is not seen as an option for those who are suffering.” Despite the vast distance between Rome and Ballarat, the cardinal said he wants to continue contributing to making the city a model and a place of healing and peace. He voiced his support to begin investigating the feasibility of creating a research center dedicated to enhancing the healing of abuse survivors and to improving the protection of youth, and expressed his faith in the loyalty and charity of the church-going community in Ballarat. “I urge them to continue to cooperate with the survivors to improve the situation,” he said. “It would be marvelous if our city became wellknown as an effective center and the example of practical help for all those wounded by the scourge of sexual abuse,” he said.

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Easter 2016 Holy Week Schedule Palm Sunday, March 20

Saturday Evening Vigil - 5pm (March 19) Sunday - 8am, 9am (Cantonese) 10:30am (Choir) (Palms will be blessed and distributed at all Masses)

Holy Thursday, March 24

Mass of the Lord’s Supper; Procession and stripping of the Altars - 7:30pm (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10pm)

Good Friday, March 25

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion with Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion - 12 noon Confessions - 1:30pm to 3pm

Holy Saturday, March 26 No 8:30am or 5pm Mass Easter Vigil Mass - 8pm

Easter Sunday, March 27 8am, 9am (Cantonese) 10:30am (Choir) No Evening Mass

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PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 20TH

Saturday Vigil at 5:00 pm Sunday at 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am Palms distributed at each Mass

Palm Sunday, March 20

5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass (Saturday, March 19) 7:30 a.m. Quiet Mass; 9:15 a.m. Palm Sunday Procession with Donkey. N.B. start time Meet by the Lourdes Grotto at 9:15 a.m. Family Mass follows in Church. 11:30 a.m. Solemn Choral Mass 1:30 p.m. St. Jude Pilgrim Mass in Spanish 5:30 p.m. Mass with Contemporary music 9:00 p.m. Mass by candlelight

The Sacred Triduum Holy Thursday, March 24

7:30 a.m. Tenebrae; 7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Good Friday, March 25

7:30 a.m. Tenebrae 12:00 p.m. Seven Last Words of Christ Seven reflections on the last words of Christ with choral music 1:45 p.m. The Celebration of The Passion of the Lord A simple version with read Passion Gospel 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Confessions 5:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross Led by the Youth Ministry 7:30 p.m. The Celebration of The Passion of the Lord A solemn version with chanted Passion Gospel

Holy Saturday, March 26

8:00 a.m. Tenebrae; 8:00 p.m. The Easter Vigil No confessions this day.

Easter Sunday, March 27

7:30 a.m. Mass with Easter Hymns; 9:30 a.m. Family Mass; 11:30 a.m. Solemn Choral Mass; 1:30 p.m. St. Jude Pilgrim Mass in Spanish; 5:30 p.m. Mass with Contemporary Music; No Mass at 9:00 p.m. today. No confessions this day.

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HOLY THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH

Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 7:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00 pm in the Church

GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 25TH

Living Stations of the Cross – 12:00 noon The Celebration of The Passion of The Lord – 1:15 pm Confessions – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Stations of the Cross – 7:00 pm

HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH Confessions – 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Easter Vigil – 8:00 pm

EASTER SUNDAY, MARCH 27TH

Masses at 7:00 am, 9:00 am and 11:00 am Easter Egg Hunt for Children following the 9:00 am Mass

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 17, 2016

Vatican paper lauds ‘Spotlight’ as brave, not anti-Catholic CNA/EWTN NEWS

VATICAN CITY – The film “Spotlight,” which won the Oscar for best picture Feb. 28, is a courageous movie that is not anti-Catholic, the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano said in two articles dedicated to comment on the Oscars. Historian and journalist Lucetta Scaraffia, in an op-ed titled “It is not an anti-Catholic film,” writes that Spotlight “is not anti-Catholic, as has been written, because it manages to voice the shock and profound pain of the faithful confronting the discovery of these horrendous realities.” The movie “does not delve into the long and tenacious battle that Joseph Ratzinger, as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and as pope, undertook against pedophilia in the church,” says Scaraffia, but “one film cannot tell all, and the difficulties that Ratzinger met with do not but confirm the film’s theme, which is that too often ecclesiastical institutions have not known how to react with the necessary determination in the face of these crimes. “Not all monsters wear cassocks. Pedophilia does not necessarily arise from the vow of chastity. However, it has become clear that in the church some are more preoccupied with the image of the institution than of the seriousness of the act,” the op-ed says. According to Scaraffia, “the fact that a call arose from the Oscar ceremony – that Pope Francis fight this scourge – should be seen as a positive sign: There is still trust in the institution, there is trust in a pope who is continuing the cleaning begun by his predecessor, then still a cardinal.

‘The fact that a call arose from the Oscar ceremony – that Pope Francis fight this scourge – should be seen as a positive sign: There is still trust in the institution.’ LUCETTA SCARAFFIA Historian and journalist

There is still trust in a faith that has at its heart the defense of victims, the protection of the innocent.” In another article published in the same edition, L’Osservatore Romano’s movie reviewer Emilio Ranzato writes that “Spotlight” “is not an anti-Catholic film because Catholicism in itself is not even mentioned. “It runs the risk of being against the church because it tends to generalize; but generalizations are inevitable when stories have to be told in just two hours,” he adds. “Spotlight,” Ranzato writes, “is without doubt a film with the courage of denouncing cases that need to be condemned without hesitation. And it does it in a detailed manner, grounded in an investigation that is both serious and credible. “A film like ‘All the President’s Men’ remains distant, but McCarthy’s instead is a good work, done in a very non-Hollywood style,” he concludes. Several leading U.S. bishops have also commented on “ Spotlight.” Last November, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops discussed the role of the media in promoting accountability.

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“The media was one of the major forces pushing the church to respond in a way that it had failed to do up to that point, and we are better for it,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville said in a blog post at the time. He noted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People that was adopted by the U.S. bishops in 2002. The charter directs efforts to create a safe environment, report suspected abuse and cooperate with civil authorities, discipline offenders and work toward healing and reconciliation for victims. Stressing the need for continued transparency and vigilance, Archbishop Kurtz reiterated his sorrow for all those who have been victims of abuse. “We can only be healthy as a church and as a society if we honestly confront the sexual abuse of children and rebuild relationships one at a time,” he said. “I have been inspired by those victims I have met, and I encourage all victims of sexual abuse and all those who know of any abuse to seek help and to contact law enforcement. I know our pastors, counselors, and all in pastoral ministry stand ready to reach out and support you.” Christopher White, associate director of Catholic Voices USA, said the movie is “a painful reminder of one of the darkest periods in Catholic Church history.” At the same time, he said the U.S. Catholic response to abuse allegations has improved considerably. “The newer reforms of accountability and transparency have made the Catholic Church among the leading institutions seeking to protect minors in the United States,” he said in a Feb. 29 essay for the Washington Post.

VATICAN SPOKESMAN DECRIES ‘SENSATIONALISTIC PRESENTATION’

VATICAN CITY – Vatican spokesman Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi cautioned March 4 that the recent Oscar win for “Spotlight” and the lengthy deposition of a top Vatican official, Cardinal George Pell, on institutional responses to clerical sex abuse could paint a false picture of how the church has responded to the issue. “The sensationalistic presentation of these two events has meant that, for much of the public, especially if less informed or of short memory – thinking that the church has done nothing or done very little to respond to these horrible tragedies,” Father Lombardi said. An objective consideration of the facts, he said, “shows that this is not true.” “The courageous commitment popes have dedicated to confronting the crisis manifested in different countries and situations – such as the United States, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, the Legionaries of Christ – has been neither small nor indifferent,” he said. CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY

EASTER LITURGIES St. Patrick’s Church

756 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103 • (415) 421-3730

Holy Week Liturgical Services March 20 – March 27, 2016

March 20, Palm Sunday • 5:15 pm (Vigil), 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am (in Latin) 12:15 pm, 5:15 pm Masses March 21, Holy Monday • 7:30 am & 12:10 pm Masses • 5:15 pm Mass followed by Stations of the Cross March 22, Holy Tuesday † Perpetual Help Devotion only after 12:10 pm Mass † • 7:30 am & 12:10 pm Masses • 5:15 pm Mass followed by Stations of the Cross March 23, Holy Wednesday • 7:30 am & 12:10 pm Masses • 5:15 pm Mass followed by Stations of the Cross • Agape/Seder Supper – Parish Hall at 7:00 pm March 24, Holy Thursday † Only one Mass today - at 5:15 pm † • 9:00 am Community Morning Prayer • 5:15 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper • Transfer of the Blessed Sacrament • Adoration until 10:00 pm • 9:00-10:00 pm Parish Family Holy Hour March 25, Good Friday † No Masses today † • 9:00 am Community Morning Prayer • 12:00 pm-1:45 pm Seven Last Words • Confessions 12-12:45 & 1-1:45 • 2:00 pm Stations of the Cross • 3:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion March 26, Holy Saturday • 9:00 am Community Morning Prayer • 8:30 pm Easter Vigil Mass (vigil candles will be provided) Salubong immediately follows the Liturgy March 27, Easter Sunday • 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am (in English) & 12:15 pm (NO Mass at 5:15 pm)

For I know that my Redeemer lives, Alleluia! A Blessed and Happy Easter to All! The Priests and Rectory Staff St. Patrick Church

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LETTERS Witless collection of offensive cliches

Surely rational adults, including this writer, will not watch the new ABC sitcom “The Real O’Neals,” Hollywood’s ridicule of Irish Catholics. There is nothing funny or real about “The Real O’Neals”; it is a witless collection of offensive anti-Catholic cliches and jokes about Jesus including a statue of the Blessed Virgin in the O’Neal bathroom, reports New York Post TV critic Robert Bork. Bork wonders what the reaction would be if such humor were used against other religious groups. Mike DeNunzio Walnut Creek

Lessons of ‘Spotlight’

“Spotlight” is a collegial lesson for our current church leaders. Cardinal Law’s malfeasance and institutional dishonesty are a degrading confirmation of the presence of evil and human frailty within the rectory of our faith. The complicity of the private sector: The lawyers, the defenders, the heavy hitters, the press. The denial, the disbelief and betrayal of a grandmother. The collateral damage, the stray Catholics who hoped to salvage their faith reduced to disillusion and anger. The catastrophe of those who suffered first-hand. The congregation’s common fear, not wanting what was whispered in the pew to be true. Perhaps most disturbing in the film were the acknowledgements: Cardinal Law, in a Holy See act of ineptitude, rehabilitated to a revered place in Rome, followed by a dismaying list of global places where priestly spiritual and

sexual sin took hold upon children and held for generations. Were they mortal or venial? The small audience gasped. I felt sadly connected when, in the columns of places appeared my town, Santa Barbara, along with faraway Wongooloola, Australia. Go see the movie. You will be entertained, gripped and stunned. Then, let us all explore the grace of forgiveness. John McCord San Francisco

A beautiful Lenten custom

There’s a lovely and ancient practice I’d like to see more of. It consists in veiling the statuary and crucifix in the church with simple purple cloth for the last two weeks of Lent. We have been practicing our Lenten journey of prayer, fasting and almsgiving – fasting alongside Christ in the desert. Now this Passiontide we can deprive ourselves also of sacred art and images, fully preparing ourselves to concentrate on Christ’s work of redemption. The crucifix is uncovered on Good Friday, and the remaining veils would be removed again before the Easter Vigil, echoing the temple veils rent in two. At the Easter Vigil we once again behold the church decorated in glory, as our voices raise to praise him with his angels and his saints. It’s a beautiful custom that ought to return. Michael Stallman San Mateo The writer is a member of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Burlingame.

Fostering a mature faith

The letter of August Pijma (“Old Tes-

tament and Father Rolheiser,” March 3) is excellent witness to our church’s guilt in not fostering a mature adult Catholic faith. If every word of Scripture were of equal historical value then Mr. Pijma’s concern with passages of violence would challenge credibility. I quote one Scripture passage to support my case. Philip the Apostle was hitchhiking from Jerusalem toward Gaza and was picked up by an Ethiopian who was reading Scripture in his chariot. Philip asked if the Ethiopian understood what he read. The answer is rich: “How can I unless someone explains it to me?” (Acts 8: 31) The same is true today. We have numerous difficult readings on weekend liturgy that are left unexplained. We leave our pews with a disconnect between our traditions and some small inspiration derived from a passage from the Gospel. If we truly want to understand such readings we must do our own research. Take the example of Joshua at Jericho. Archeological study shows that when Joshua came to Jericho the walls were already tumbled 200 years earlier by an earthquake. Indeed the earthquake had been violent. Scripture

credits Joshua and then carries the theme of violence to the conquest of all Palestine. More likely Palestine was “conquered” by very slow assimilation of the population by a culturally sophisticated minority. As example worship of a rain god (Baal) was no longer as important when rain water is collected in cisterns in the winter season. Small exaggerations grew into larger ones until the time some thousand years later when the traditions were written down. Violence was an accepted part of storytelling then as it is now. But these traditions are just stories with an occasional lesson attached. What is difficult, and needs continuous explanation is to distinguish between story, the lessons, and the bits of history that are the true fundamentals of our faith. Failure of clarification is failure of the church that leads to adults with attitudes like August Pijma. His parish should take his cry for truth seriously and include explanations of our liturgical readings in the weekend liturgy. Alex M. Saunders San Carlos The writer is a member of St. Charles Parish, San Carlos.

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EASTER LITURGIES St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Church - Sausalito Easter and Holy Week Schedule March 15th - March 27th 2016

HOLY WEEK LITURGIES

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How the soul matures

n a deeply insightful book, “The Grace of Dying,” Kathleen Dowling Singh shares insights she has gleaned as a health professional from being present to hundreds of people while they are dying. Among other things, she suggests that the dying process itself, in her words, “is exquisitely calibrated to FATHER RON automatically ROLHEISER produce union with Spirit.” In essence, what she is saying is that what is experienced by someone in the final stages and moments of dying, particularly if the death is not a sudden one, is a purgation that naturally lessens the person’s grip on the things of this world as well as on his or her own ego so as to be ready to enter into a new realm of life and meaning beyond our present realm of consciousness. The dying process itself, she submits, midwifes us into a wider, deeper life. But that does not come without a weighty price tag. Most of us do not die peacefully in our sleep, comfortable, dignified, and serene. The norm rather is the kind of death that comes about by aging or by terminal

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Humiliation is what humbles and deepens us. disease. What happens then is not comfortable, dignified, or serene. Rather there is a painful, sometimes excruciating, almost always humiliating, breakdown of the body. In that process we lose our health, our natural bodily beauty, our dignity, and sometimes even our mind. Dying is rarely beautiful, save in another aesthetic. And so how is the process of dying calibrated to help ease our grip on this world and more gracefully move on to the next world? Dying matures the soul. How so? Writing about aging, James Hillman poses this question: Why have God and nature so constructed things that as we age and mature and are finally more in control of our lives, our bodies begin to fall apart and we need a bevy of doctors and medicines to keep functioning. Is there some wisdom in the very DNA of the life process that mandates the breakdown of physical health in late life? Hillman says there’s an innate wisdom in the process of aging and dying: The breakdown of our bodies deepens, softens, and matures the soul. Jesus teaches us this lesson, and it is a truth he himself had to accept, with considerable reluctance, in his own life. Facing his own death the night before he died, prostrate on

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the ground in Gethsemane, he begs his Father: “Let this cup pass from me! Yet, not my will, but yours, be done.” In essence, he is asking God whether there is a road to glory and vision of Easter Sunday without passing through the pain and humiliation of Good Friday. It seems there isn’t. Humiliation and depth are inextricably linked. After his resurrection, talking with his disciples on the road to Emmaus, he says to them: “Wasn’t it necessary that the Christ should so suffer?” This is more a revelation of truth than a question. The answer is already clear: The road to depth necessarily passes through pain and humiliation. Pain and humiliation, and there is invariably a certain dying in these, help open us up to deeper consciousness. And we know this already from common sense. If we honestly assess our own experience we have to admit that most of the things that have made us deep are things we would be ashamed to talk about because they were humiliating. Humiliation is what humbles and deepens us. Psychologist/philosopher, William James, submits that there are realms of reality and conscious-

ness that lie beyond what we presently experience. All religion, not least Christianity, tells us the same thing. But our normal consciousness and self-awareness literally set up boundaries that prevent us from going there. Normally, for us, there’s this world, this reality, and that’s all! The dying process helps break open that contraction in our perception, awareness, and consciousness. It is calibrated to open us up to a reality and a consciousness beyond what we presently deem as real. But there are other paths to this too, outside the process of dying. Prayer and meditation are meant to do for us exactly what the dying process does. They too are exquisitely calibrated to loosen our grip on this world and open our awareness to another. As Singh puts it: “The path to the transpersonal realms, which the saints and sages of every age have known through the practice of meditation and prayer, appears to be the same transformative path that each of us traverses in the process of dying.” That’s consoling: God is going to get us, one way or the other. OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

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Resisting the demagogue

ou’ve got to have a good memory for mid-‘60s pop music to remember the Seekers, an Aussie quartet that once vied for the top of the British charts with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones (and did quite well here in the U.S., too). But this isn’t a pop culture quiz; it’s a reflection on our increasingly disturbing 2016 presidential election, with a little help from, yes, the Seekers. Why? Because it struck me last week that their 1965 hit, “A World of Our Own,” written as a bit of ‘60s romantic whimsy, might well serve as the theme song of the 2016 Trump camGEORGE WEIGEL paign. For readers under 60, here’s the refrain: We’ll build a world of our own That no one else can share All our sorrows we’ll leave far behind us there. And I know you will find There’ll be peace of mind When we live in a world of our own. The notion of America as a refuge from the world’s harsh realities has a long pedigree in our national cultural history. It took its most dangerous form in the 1930s, when isolationism so paralyzed American politics that Hitler almost won the world empire he sought. Today, that impulse to “build a world of our own” seems to be driving the Trump campaign, which is long on emotional appeals to making America great again, and very, very short on specific policies for achieving that goal. Yet Mr. Trump’s appeal to a narrow idea of American exceptionalism, married to an unblushing demagogy about “the other” that he deploys with a vulgarity that would have gotten a child’s mouth washed out with soap once upon a time, clearly appeals to vot-

ers who are mad as hell and determined not to take it anymore. To be sure, those voters include good people and there’s a lot to be angry about. The Great Recession has led to the great stagnation. Globalization has disproportionately clobbered working class people, and defenders of free markets have done too little to address their legitimate grievances. Racisms of various forms are back, polluting the public atmosphere in the most racially egalitarian country on the planet. Political correctness chokes off free speech and corrupts education. It’s scandalous that neither major party can address immigration policy with prudence and compassion. And that’s before we get to the fact that, thanks to Obama administration fecklessness, the next president is going to face the most dangerous world situation since 1947. So by all means, fellow Americans, be angry. But please don’t channel that anger into support for a candidate who is utterly unfit – by character, by wit, or by life experience – to lead America for the next four years. Catholic affection for the United States has been based in large part on the story of the U.S. as a political community in which the sphere of common care and protection is an expanding one. We’ve been drifting away from that noble inclusiveness in recent decades, most lethally because of the abortion license. The toxic identity politics of the moment is also fragmenting the country, just as our popular culture has become so debased that it can no longer sustain an “us” that’s larger than a “me.” There’s plenty of blame to go around for this meltdown. But the point to be emphasized just now is that Donald Trump, far from offering a compelling remedy for American fragmentation, is exploiting it with a demagogic energy and a package of authoritarian prescriptions not seen since the heyday of Huey Long, fictionally immortalized in “All the King’s Men.” There is nothing remotely Catholic about the Trump

sensibility. There is nothing in Mr. Trump’s record or his current campaign to suggest that he gives a fig for the life issues, for religious freedom in full, or for the constitutionalism that is America’s unique expression of Catholic social doctrine’s principle of subsidiarity. Rather than lifting us above anger to renewed common purpose, Mr. Trump is dragging our politics even deeper into the muck, impeding a serious conversation about freedom’s relationship to self-command – about greatness rooted in virtue. There are alternative ways to register one’s discontent than by voting for Donald Trump. Serious Catholics will act on those alternatives. WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

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The authentic St. Patrick

hat do we really know about St. Patrick? His background is shrouded in mystery. What we have heard often mingles myth with reality. To separate fact from fiction we need a closer look. We need to ask the real St. Patrick to please stand up. In the fifth century A.D. an adolescent boy in Britain was kidnapped and enslaved by marauders from a nearby country. The youngster they captured eventually eluded his captors in Ireland, but several years later returned as a priest BROTHER JOHN with the conviction that God M. SAMAHA, SM had chosen him to convert that country to Christianity.

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His life was clouded by legend, but peeling away the myth we discover that what is factually known about St. Patrick is far more interesting. He never chased the snakes out of Ireland, nor do we have any certainty that he used the shamrock to teach the Trinity to his converts. History possesses no written records about Britain or Ireland from the fifth century except those few about Patrick. Quite simply Ireland had no written records prior to Patrick. The sequence of his life is not clear, and historians cannot identify when he was born, ordained a bishop, or died. But scholars agree that the two

extant examples of his writing are clearly the work of the same man we today call Patrick. The two brief compositions of Patrick, his “Confession” and his “Letter to Coroticus,” are the sources of all we know for certain about the historical Patrick. The “Confession,” not really a biography, recounts his call to convert the Irish and aims to justify his mission to an unsympathetic people in Britain. The “Letter to Coroticus,” an Irish warlord whom Patrick excommunicated, illustrates his power as a preacher, but yields little biographical information. SEE SAMAHA, PAGE 24

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SUNDAY READINGS

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Procession with Palms LUKE 19:28-40: Jesus proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem. As he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples. He said, “Go into the village opposite you, and as you enter it you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. And if anyone should ask you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you will answer, ‘The Master has need of it.’” So those who had been sent went off and found everything just as he had told them. And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying this colt?” They answered, “The Master has need of it.” So they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the colt, and helped Jesus to mount. As he rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen. They proclaimed: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.” Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!” ISAIAH 50:4-7 The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. The Lord God is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. PSALM 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.” My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Indeed, many dogs surround me, a pack of evildoers closes in upon me; They have pierced my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? They divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. But you, O Lord, be not far from me; O my help, hasten to aid me. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I will proclaim your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you: “You who fear the Lord, praise him; all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him; revere him, all you descendants of Israel!” My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

LUKE 23:1-49: The elders of the people, chief priests and scribes, arose and brought Jesus before Pilate. They brought charges against him, saying, “We found this man misleading our people; he opposes the payment of taxes to Caesar and maintains that he is the Christ, a king.” Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He said to him in reply, “You say so.” Pilate then addressed the chief priests and the crowds, “I find this man not guilty.” But they were adamant and said, “He is inciting the people with his teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to here.” On hearing this Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean; and upon learning that he was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod who was in Jerusalem at that time. Herod was very glad to see Jesus; he had been wanting to see him for a long time, for he had heard about him and had been hoping to see him perform some sign. He questioned him at length, but he gave him no answer. The chief priests and scribes, meanwhile, stood by accusing him harshly. Herod and his soldiers treated him contemptuously and mocked him, and after clothing him in resplendent garb, he sent him back to Pilate. Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, even though they had been enemies formerly. Pilate then summoned the chief priests, the rulers, and the people and said to them, “You brought this man to me and accused him of inciting the people to revolt. I have conducted my investigation in your presence and have not found this man guilty of the charges you have brought against him, nor did Herod, for he sent him back to us. So no capital crime has been committed by him. Therefore I shall have him flogged and then release him.” But all together they shouted out, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us.” — Now Barabbas had been imprisoned for a rebellion that had taken place in the city and for murder. — Again Pilate addressed them, still wishing to release Jesus, but they continued their shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate addressed them a third time, “What evil has this man done? I found him guilty of no capital crime. Therefore I shall have him flogged and then release him.” With loud shouts, however, they persisted in

calling for his crucifixion, and their voices prevailed. The verdict of Pilate was that their demand should be granted. So he released the man who had been imprisoned for rebellion and murder, for whom they asked, and he handed Jesus over to them to deal with as they wished. As they led him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country; and after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus. A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’ At that time people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall upon us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?” Now two others, both criminals, were led away with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” They divided his garments by casting lots. The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said, “He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Christ of God.” Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine they called out, “If you are King of the Jews, save yourself.” Above him there was an inscription that read, “This is the King of the Jews.” Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us.” The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, “Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”; and when he had said this he breathed his last. Here all kneel and pause for a short time. The centurion who witnessed what had happened glorified God and said, “This man was innocent beyond doubt.” When all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts; but all his acquaintances stood at a distance, including the women who had followed him from Galilee and saw these events.

The seeming triumph of evil

n my most recent reading Luke’s account of Christ’s Passion, it’s the Pharisees’ accusations that stand out. This group, so key in the religious and political life of the Jews, cannot make up their mind how to prosecute Christ: “… (he is) misleading our people … opposes taxes to Caesar … he maintains that he is … a king.” There are three accusations, and three times Pilate declares Jesus not guilty. It is after Pilate’s third affirmation of Christ’s innocence that the Gospel writer tells us, that the accuser’s “voices prevailed.” Why did they prevail when it was so clear that Christ was innocent? Why did they “win” when it was the mob, incited by Jesus’ enemies, who are in wrong? It seems like there SISTER MARIA should have been a number CATHERINE, OP of opportunities for truth to “win.” Scriptural exegetes point to Pilate’s weak political position as part of his

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

PHILIPPIANS 2:6-11: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

motivation. And his moral weakness. The buck was supposed to stop with him. But he didn’t have the chutzpah to say no. This is what made him a coward when it really counted. What comes across so clearly is that Pilate’s statement of what we all know to be true is not enough. He has to act on it in order for his verdict to be meaningful. And he doesn’t. This is a key part of the tragic symphony of Christ’s passion. This is the key example of the downfall of authority from an empire which was so committed to reason and logic. In Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s commencement address to Harvard in 1978, the Russian survivor of communist gulags makes a similar claim about western culture. Rather than delivering a hearty pat on the back to enthusiastic graduates of one of America’s most prestigious universities, he delivers a startling indictment of the Western world. Among his list of the West’s failures, is what he calls a “decline in moral courage.” This courage is observable in the ruling bodies of western governments, and most importantly, he claims, is pervasive in the conscience of western society. Our media, and pornography usage are big indicators of this. Solzhenitsyn’s observation of this dynamic is not unlike what we read in Luke’s interplay between Pi-

late and Jesus’ detractors. The Roman procurator’s choice to collapse under the pressure of a mob, however, puts him solidly in the camp of what Solzhenitsyn refers to: becoming “tongue-tied and paralyzed” when dealing with “threatening forces.” Solzhenitsyn claims that the lack of moral rectitude gives way to spiritual exhaustion. It’s this lack of gumption to choose the good that characterizes the spiritual malaise of our society, and I find it characterizing even some of my own choices. How can we overcome this? Christ points us to the answer going into Holy Week. All of Lent we have been encouraged to commit ourselves to acts of penance. It is self-sacrifice that teaches us, in small ways as well as big ones, that letting God have his way will teach us to be just and virtuous. In an interview with Joseph Pearce years before his death Solzhenitsyn claims exactly this when he says, “The difference (between Communism and the Ten Commandments) is that the Gospel asks all this to be achieved through love, through self-limitation.” DOMINICAN SISTER MARIA is a perpetually professed member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist and is pursuing her master’s in theology at Ave Maria University in Florida.

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Two traits are patently evident in Patrick’s “Confession”: his humility and his strength. These characteristics are missing in early biographies and in the legends. The missionary Patrick who returned to Ireland was a strong and vigorous personality. He was tough and determined. He had to be to pursue the vision that launched him in the evangelization of the pagan island. He was not the least bit reluctant to undertake this mission despite the fact that in 400 years no one had taken the Gospel beyond the bounds of Roman civilization. As each obstacle was encountered, Patrick mustered the strength to overcome it. With limited education – he was chiefly selfeducated – but with the grace of the experience of his enslaved exile, Patrick determined to do what no other had done in the previous four centuries of Christian history. He decided to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth, and he planned wisely a way to do it. Unaided he figured out how to carry Christian values to the barbarians who practiced human sacrifice, who constantly warred with each other, and who were noted slave traders. That was neither simple nor easy to attempt. Most likely he hazarded this challenge of evangelization never before undertaken by the missionaries of the Greco-Roman world because the Christians of the continent did not consider barbarians to be human. Patrick’s years as a slave had uniquely molded his attitude to mount a heroic effort to reach the

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minds and hearts of these untamed people. Patrick detested slavery, and may have been the first Christian leader to speak out unequivocally against it. The church did not formally condemn slavery as immoral until the late nineteenth century. Patrick had experienced this suffering, knew how to suffer with others, and understood the sufferings of others. Compassion was his strong suit. A more genuine advocate for the disadvantaged and the marginated of society than Patrick would be difficult to find. Without doubt he is one of the great saints of the downtrodden and excluded whom others shun. In Patrick women, too, find an advocate. He speaks of them as individual human beings, lauds their strength and courage in the sufferings they endured in slavery, and respects them as handmaids of the Lord. Unlike most of his episcopal contemporaries, he might be the first male Christian since Jesus to speak so positively about women. Patrick was convinced he had a God-given mission, and that providence would see him through thick and thin. This gave him the will to return to the barbarians who had mistreated him. Patrick saw God at work in the world as a loving and benevolent father.

His legacy

Did Patrick accomplish his mission? At the time of his death human sacrifice had ceased, the Irish people abandoned the slave trade, and, although they had not stopped warring with each other, the battles were more restrained. Patrick knew these people would not change overnight. This is the legacy left by St. Patrick: he had met the objective set by Christ, the master of apostles, to spread the Gospel to the ends of the Earth. And his successors continued the pursuit of that objective. As Ireland without Patrick is unthinkable, so, too, is life today without the saints. The saints are for the ages, ours no less than others. Without saints life would be miserable. The saints are for everyone – believing and unbelieving – because they are the people who proclaim by their lives that life is valuable, life is worth living, that a provident God cares for us. Without them life would be a series of disasters. St. Patrick personified this Christian hope. MARIANIST BROTHER JOHN SAMAHA lives in Cupertino.

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Our journey continues as we travel through and tional airport for departing to Lisbon, arriving in the region of Navarra to visit the family castle and ourour arrival in Paris,flight we board our motor coach for Lisieux, per couple* the picturesque countryside to the lovely 12th century the next day. birthplace of St Francis Xavier. As a close personwhere we check in at our hotel for dinner and overnight. Da walled city of Avila. Upon our arrival in Avila, we proal friend of St Ignatius and one of the original seven [B,D] LO ceed to the hotel to check in for dinner and an overnight. Day 2: Monday 10/10, LISBON / SANTAREM / FATIMA members of the Society of Jesus, St Francis performed We [B,D] Upon our morning arrival in Lisbon, we visit the birthmany miracles, was granted the gift of tongues, foretold in place of St. Anthony of Padua, the Lisbon Cathedral, the future, healed countless people, and baptized over bir Day 5: Thursday 10/13, AVILA / SEGOVIA / BURGOS St Jeronimo’s Monastery, and Belem Tower. From 10,000 people in just one month’s time. St Francis Xavier al This morning we visit the Monastery of the Incarnathere, we stop in Santarem to visit the Church of St. is regarded as one of the most zealous missionaries of me tion and the convent of St. Teresa, where the saint Stephen, where in the 13th century a Eucharistic Mirall times. From there, we cross the spectacular Pyrenees ma experienced her remarkable vision of the angel. This afacle took place. When a woman attempted to steal a Mountains and continue to Lourdes, where the Blessed the ternoon we travel to Segovia, where the sacred relic of St consecrated host from Mass, the host turned into flesh Virgin Mary appeared to St Bernadette in 1858. Upon John of the Cross is enshrined. St John was the confessor 10, and began to bleed. To this day the precious relic reour arrival, we check in at the hotel for dinner. After dinis r of St Teresa and often conferred with her on their expemains incorrupt for all to see. The church has since been riences in the spiritual life; he is one of Christianity’s foreall ner, we participate in the Candlelight Procession and renamed the Church the Holy We events continuein Normandy Scenesof from the Miracle. historical Mo most authorities on spiritual and mystical theology. We rosary with pilgrims from all over the world. Overnight our journey into Fatima to check in at our hotel for a visit the convent near the Vera Cruz church, constructed Vir in Lourdes. [B,D] welcome dinner and overnight. [D] Day 10: Tuesday 10/18, LISIEUX / NORMANDY / Templars, where the mortal remains of Saint John ou by the LISIEUX of the Cross are buried. Inside the city walls we also see ner We take a day trip to the Normandy area to spend Fatima ros the best-conserved aqueduct of the Imperial Roman time at the Military Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Omaha Empire. In addition to viewing this 2000-year-old engiin L Museum and other sites associated with World War II. marvel, we visit Alcazar castle, the last in the neering Our journey today concludes as we return to our hotel in gothic style to be constructed. Time permitting; Spanish Lisieux for dinner and overnight. [B,D] we enter the famous castle, which was an inspiration for Walt Disney when he created his Cinderella castle. 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Ancient Ireland" and is one Day 3: Thursday 10/20, BELFAST / GIANT'S CAUSEWAY / BELFAST Ancient Ireland" and is one it there a WAY / BELFAST of the most spectacular Our morning begins as we travel 60 miles north to see to see St of the most spectacular archeological sites in the morning begins as we travel 60 miles north to see the see Giant’s Causeway,Our a unique geological landC archeological sites in the Pro country. Dating from the theplace see else Giant’s Causeway, scape that is truly unlike any on earth. The a unique geological landThe re country. Dating from the 4th century, it was originally scape that is trulyresulting unlike any place else on earth. The causeway’s interlocking hexagonal columns, 4th century, it was originally of the da used as a fortress. Mighty causeway’s interlocking hexagonal columns, resulting from the basaltic lava of an ancient volcanic eruption used as a fortress. Mighty to explo stone walls encircle a comthe basaltic of an ancient volcanic eruption 6 million years ago, foreverfrom changed County lava Antrim’s stone walls encircle a com- pendently plete round tower, a roofmillion years forever changed County Antrim’s northern coast, earning it 6the prestige of ago, a “Unesco less abbey, a 12th century plete round tower, a roof- interested World Heritage Site” title. northern Reading and hearing aboutit the prestige of a “Unesco coast, earning s Romanesque chapel, and less abbey, a 12th century venir the causeway does not begin offer any realistic WorldtoHeritage Site” title. Reading and hearing about should ch numerous other buildings Romanesque chapel, and Carroll's glimpse into this natural phenomenon. Only seeing the causeway does notis begin to offer any realistic Kylemore Abbey and high crosses. Northnumerous other buildings stores off believing! Therefore, we shall “see”. into Then,this we natural return tophenomenon. Only seeing is glimpse east ofKylemore the Rock ofAbbey Cashel is and high crosses. North- selection Belfast for a city tour and time at the Titanic Museum. believing! Therefore, we shall “see”. Then, we return to Kilkenny, a charming inland east of the Rock of Cashel is chandise The museum was master-planned over 185 acres of the 6: Sunday 10/23, WESTPORT / CLIFFS OF MOHER / Belfast for a city tour and time at theDay Titanic Museum. city. Overlooking the River heritage site where the Titanic designed built. Kilkenny, ADARE / BUNRATTY Rock of Cashel a charming inland reasonabl Thewas museum wasand master-planned over 185 acres of the / LIMERICK Nore is a famous fortress, Dayfor6:the Sunday 10/23, WESTPORT / CLIFFS OF MOHER / Our day concludes as we return to the hotel for dinner This morning we depart Westport incredible and city. Overlooking the River This even heritage site where the Titanic was designed and built. BUNRATTY Kilkenny Castle, which was and overnight. [B,D] dramatic Cliffs of Moher, whereADARE nearly 5/miles of layered/ LIMERICK Nore a famous fortress, Rock meet of in Our day concludes as we return to the hotel dinner occupied upincredible until 1935 and when the exorbitantiscost of upkeep Thisdefiantly morning we almost depart Westport for the black shalefor and sandstone cliff rock soars Kilkenny Castle, resulted in the 1967 donation of the castlewhich to was tel lobby and overnight. dramatic ofOcean. Moher, whereeventually nearly 5 miles of layered Day 4: Friday 10/21, BELFAST / SLIGO /[B,D] KNOCK / 700 feet above the aggressive might of theCliffs Atlantic transporta occupied up until 1935 when the exorb the country Ireland. 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in religious art. The biblical passage, “The just man shall blossom like the lily” is applied to St. Joseph in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church for his feast day, March 19, according to the International Marian Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio. March 19 has been the most commonly celebrated feast day for Joseph, but we also celebrate May 1

as the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, established by Pope Pius XII in 1955. While the devotion to St. Joseph spans every nationality around the world, in the San Francisco Bay Area, aficionados of pastries look forward to the special St. Joseph’s Day zeppole, which can be purchased at several Italian bakeries. For those who are more adventurous, Immaculate Heart of Mary’s Gail Tesi offers this recipe.

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2 eggs beaten 1 cup ricotta cheese ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup confectioners’ sugar for dusting

Using a deep fryer, heat oil to 375 F. In a medium saucepan, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Stir in the eggs, ricotta cheese and vanilla. Mix gently over low heat until combined. Batter will be sticky! Drop by tablespoons into the hot oil a few at a time (don’t crowd). Zeppole will turn over by themselves. Fry until golden brown, about 3 or 4 minutes. Drain on a paper sack or paper towel. Dust donuts in a bag with the brown sugar as they are too hot to handle directly from the oil. They must be dusted with the sugar while warm. For a change, toss the warm zeppole with cinnamon sugar. (RECIPE COURTESY GAIL TESI, IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY PARISH)

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He said his prayer as he takes on his new role is that of St. Ignatius Loyola: “Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous, teach me to serve you as you deserve.” Father Puthota was born on June 11, 1956, at Kilacheri, India. His parents Isaac and Martha were both teachers and principals of parish Catholic schools. He has two older brothers, Rex Paul and Abraham; a younger brother, John Nicholas; and two younger sisters, Mary and Josephine. He said that in his upbringing he was “blessed with the most amazing and ardent Catholic faith environment at home and in the home parish.” Jesuit-educated from elementary through graduate school, Father Puthota earned undergraduate degrees in chemistry, philosophy and theology, a master’s in English and a doctorate in English literature. His doctoral dissertation at Marquette University was on “The Problem of Obscurity in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens.” Father Puthota was ordained in

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VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR – CHANCERY The Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking a qualified candidate to work directly with the Archbishop, Auxiliary Bishops and the Office of Child and Youth Protection in the role of Victim Assistance Coordinator. A full job description may be found here: www.sfarchdiocese.org/docs/default-source/human-resources/jobpostings/victim-assistance-coordinator-csf-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Qualified applicants should email resumé and cover letter to schmidtp@sfarch.org.

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Seeking part time Music Director and Organist for the Contemplatives of Saint Joseph Must be skilled in Gregorian Chant. Must be able to chant, direct, and play in both the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Mass. Willing to learn how to chant Byzantine Divine Liturgy. Direct and train the members of the Contemplatives of Saint Joseph and their Choir.

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Looking for a good paying job with benefits? CYO Transportation Services of Daly City, a program of Catholic Charities, has employment opportunities for individuals who wish to be a school bus driver. CHP – Certified School Bus Driver Training provided at no cost. • Must have a clean driving record; DMV H-6 printout required • Drug testing, fingerprinting and background check required • Must be at least 18 years old • Must be responsible, punctual, and team-oriented • Full & Part time hours available • We offer excellent benefits package and competitive pay Please contact Bill Avalos, Operations Manager at bavalos@catholiccharitiessf.org or 650.757.2117.

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The Archdiocese of San Francisco is looking to hire a qualified Full-time, Exempt Payroll Manager. We are excited to offer an excellent benefits package including a Pension Plan (Employer Sponsored), (Pre-tax employee premium for) Health Insurance, Sick and Vacation benefits, Flex spending accounts as well as a generous Holiday Schedule. Our location also offers free, gated parking. We expect that the compensation will be in the mid-$80 K range. The Payroll Manager will manage and direct the activities of the payroll function including the oversight, preparation and processing of payroll for the San Francisco Archdiocese. The manager will also support and assist Parish and Schools by guiding and identifying payroll and financial best practices. Manages a team of two.

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• Direct all payroll activities and coordinate the processing of payroll for the San Francisco Archdiocese which encompass 4,000+ full acid part time employees. • Ensure compliance with all company policies, government regulations and reporting requirements. • Implement and ensure continued use of internal controls, policies and procedures. • Lead ADP system implementations and upgrades • Align with Human Resources to complete coordination of pay, benefits and deductions. • Respond to payroll related requests for information from employees and outside locations. • Assist Parish and Schools with short term and long term leave coordination.

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• Facilitate periodic payroll training sessions with Parishes/Schools. • Plan and strategize with CFO and HR on improving Payroll/HR systems and processes; Support annual audit and budget process. • Generate and prepare periodic Pension, Flexible spending, 403B and Workers Compensation reports. • Generate all payroll communications to all locations including; Chancery, High Schools, Parish/Schools and Seminary.

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• Bachelors in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or equivalent work experience required. • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred; Knowledge of various federal and California payroll taxes required.

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Star of the Sea Catholic School, in San Francisco, is seeking an Administrative Assistant. This is a full-time position. Primary responsibilities include supporting the Principal in the daily operation of the school, managing accounts, and databases. Prospective candidates must be Roman Catholic, possess good people skills, and be proficient Mac users. Experience working with children 4 - 14 is desirable. Candidates may mail or email resumes with references to: thanley@staroftheseasf.com Visit our website at www.staroftheseasf.com

St. Ignatius Parish Communications Manager

The Communications Manager helps plan and implements the parish’s communications efforts via its website, social media, publications, press relations, email marketing, weekly bulletin, and marketing (campaigns, promotions, media products, etc.): This position serves as manager of all communications projects, coordinating volunteer, parish staff, vendor, and contractor contact, from concept through approval to production. The Communications Manager reports to the Senior Director of Parish Operations and provides communication and related support to staff and parish programs. The Communications Manager’s core responsibilities can be grouped into three areas: As owner of the content management system (WordPress) and social media channels, bringing the Parish into a new website and serving as primary content creator and editor; coordinates authors and manages site architecture, assets, and quality assurance; As project manager, editor, and writer for all parish collateral, coordinates staff and parishioner input and approval processes as well as project timelines, ensuring a unified voice, branding, and style across all vehicles; responds in timely fashion to outside and parishioner request for information and assistance; As marketing coordinator, implements and reports back to optimize email campaigns and special projects (press kit, brochures, ads, banners, development and advocacy campaigns, etc.) and creates and manages an editorial calendar and press program, along with regular event promotion.

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal. You who give me the divine gift of forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. You may publish this as soon as your favor is granted. J.C.

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The Department of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking elementary principals for the 20162017 school year. Candidates must be practicing Roman Catholic, possess a valid teaching credential, a Master’s degree in educational leadership, an administrative credential (preferred), and five years of successful teaching experience at the elementary level.

Please send resume and a letter of interest by April 1st, 2016 to: Bret E. Allen Associate Superintendent for Educational & Professional Leadership One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, California 94109 Fax (415) 614-5664 E-mail: allenb@sfarchdiocese.org

Extended Care Aide Part-time Position Opening Saint Philip the Apostle School San Francisco Noe Valley Location 725 Diamond Street, San Francisco St. Philip the Apostle school has an opening for an Extended Care Aide who is passionate about working with children. This is a part-time position of less than 17 hours/week. Position requires supervision of students from our Kindergarten to 8th grade during the hours of 2:45 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Nimble project manager able to juggle multiple teams, priorities, and deadlines.

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Excellent editorial, writing, proofreading and verbal communications skills, for online and print. Marketing, presentation, and/or design experience a plus.

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Minimum one year experience working with students in after-school setting or equivalent

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St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco, a work of the Society of Jesus, is a welcoming and inclusive Catholic community of more than 1000 households. Among the most vital and active parishes in the Archdiocese, St. Ignatius sponsors a myriad of social outreach programs to the broader community, fosters a vibrant culture of worship and hospitality, and offers excellent faith formation opportunities for all demographics. Our mission is to be a parish where people deepen their relationship with Jesus and are impelled to place their gifts at the service of others. St. Ignatius Parish seeks a highly motivated, experienced executive to be the chief administration officer for the Parish. S/He will report directly to the pastor. The ideal candidate is preferably Roman Catholic, with strong executive, organizational and leadership skills. Past experience of managing and supervising is required; a graduate degree is desirable, particularly theology, and/or success in business. The candidate must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to collaborate with other director-level team members in order to lead a dedicated staff with a diverse range of talents, goals and perspectives to partner with parishioners in accomplishing the mission of their Parish. This is a full-time position with attractive benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience. Cover letters and resumes to Sr. Theresa Moser, RSCJ, at moser@usfca.edu or 650 Parker Ave., San Francisco, CA 94118. Those received before April 23, 2016 will receive first consideration. Full Position Description can be found at: www:stignatius.org St. Ignatius Parish considers this position a ministerial position. St. Ignatius will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation. St. Ignatius Parish will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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LONGTIME MARIN EDUCATOR MOURNED: ‘BROUGHT SCHOOL BACK TO LIFE’

Sue Maino, the former principal of two Catholic schools in Marin County and a parish leader of St. Anselm in San Anselmo, died Feb. 3 at her home in San Anselmo. She was 75. Her sudden death shook former colleagues and friends in Marin, where she was hired as the first principal of San Domenico’s Lower School in 1985, according to an online obituary posted by her brother Sue Maino Tom Maino. A San Francisco native and alumna of Notre Dame High School in Belmont, Sue Maino served as principal of Our Lady of Loretto School in Novato from 2001 to her retirement in 2010. She returned every Tuesday to serve as one of the parish’s volunteer religion educators, Our Lady of Loretto School principal Kathleen Kraft said. “She was a big part of our school for a very long time and right up until her death,” she said. “She brought this school back to life.” At St. Anselm, Sue Maino served as a certified catechist, parish council president and children’s catechist, participated in adult faith formation and organized the annual parish picnic, pastor Father Jose Shaji, said. “There’s a big hole here now at St. Anselm,” parishioner Rose Shadduck said. Sue Maino is survived by her brother and two nephews. Her funeral Mass was held at St. Anselm Feb. 8 with burial at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Los Altos.

BROTHER PAUL FENNELLY

A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 20 at St. Joseph of Cupertino Parish for Marianist Brother Paul Fennelly who died Feb. 14 in Cupertino. He was 74 and had been a member of the Society of Mary (Marianists) for 55 years. Born in Alameda, Brother Paul met the Marianists at Catholic schools there and made perpetual vows as a Marianist Aug. 29, 1965. Brother Paul served in adminisBrother Paul trative roles, often as a bookkeeper Fennelly or office manager, and nearly always in his home state of California including many years at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco. Brother Paul’s final formal ministry was at Riordan, where he again handled a number of roles. He remained there through most of 2002, when he returned to the Villa St. Joseph Marianist Community in Cupertino, serving for many years as the community’s bookkeeper.

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Father Tom Seagrave, who died Dec. 18, was remembered at a memorial Mass Feb. 20 at St. Peter Church, San Francisco, where he served as administrator from 1978-85. Retired Father Thomas McElligott, who served with Father Seagrave in the post, was principal celebrant. More than 200 relatives and friends of Father Seagrave were in the assembly. A “Father Tom Seagrave/SupFather Tom port a Student Fund” has been Seagrave established to award financial help to students of St. Peter School. Father Seagrave, though well-known to be quiet about his generosity, personally paid tuition for students from financially struggling families at Catholic schools through all the years of his 47 years as a priest. “At the Mass, we received $3,500 with a pledge of $1,000 more,” said Mercy Sister Marian Rose Power of St. Peter School. “We invite all who have known Father Tom to contribute to this legacy so St. Peter’s School can continue to support families who cannot afford the full tuition.” Father Seagrave was retired pastor of St. John of God Parish, San Francisco. Contributions may be made to St. Peter’s School, “Father Tom Seagrave/Support a Student Fund,” 1266 Florida St., San Francisco 94110.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 17, 2016

THURSDAY, MARCH 17 HIBERNIAN LUNCH: Hibernian Newman Club, St. Patrick’s Day lunch. Westin St. Francis, 333 Powell St., San Francisco, no-host reception 11 a.m., lunch noon, supports college campus ministry in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Father Brendan McBride will be honored as Hibernian of the Year, $100, www.hiberniannewman.com, (415) 386-3434. GRIEF SUPPORT: Drop-in grief support group, Most Holy Redeemer Church, Parish Library, 100 Diamond St., San Francisco, meets third Thursdays, 7:30-8:45p.m.; inclusive, nondenominational, and not restricted to type of loss; email gcm@mhr.org with any questions.

Old Mission, museum, cemetery and Basilica Church with some out-ofdoors, check in at gift shop; tours begin promptly at the hour stated; Andrew Galvan, chochenyo@aol. com; (415) 621-8203; www.missiondolores.org. DOCENT TOUR: St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, free tour, 10-11:30 a.m., stay for as much or as little as you like; trained docents will discuss the church’s intricately carved altars and shrines, sculpted by the esteemed Edmund Schmidt Studio of Oberammergau, Bavaria, etched in white oak from Germany’s Black Forest, the exquisite images portray numerous saints, biblical stories, quotations, scenes from the life of Christ, and even Schmidt’s own signature; docents@stdominics.org.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18

SUNDAY, MARCH 20

‘CATHOLIC CONSCIOUSNESS’: Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio on “the rise of consciousness,” 7 p.m., Dominican Sisters Center, 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael; CommunityRelations@sanrafaelop.org; (415) 4538303; www.sanrafaelop.org; Sister Ilia currently holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University. CONCERTS: Lacuna Arts a cappella chorale presents Rheinberger Mass in E-flat for double choir, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, $18 in advance at www. LacunaArts.org; $20 at the door.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19 PEDRO TOURNEY: Our Lady of Angels, gym, 1721 Hillside, Burlingame, 9 a.m., $35 includes lunch and games, $15 lunch only, Bea Tomasello (650) 344-5276. MISSION TOURS: Old Mission Dolores/Mission Dolores Basilica, 3321 16th Street at Dolores, 11 a.m., 1, 3 p.m., guided 90 minute tour of the

‘40 DAYS FOR LIFE’: 40 Days for Life, a pro-life campaign geared to the prayer and power of Lent, seeks volunteers for two sites: 1650 Valencia St. two blocks south of Cesar Chavez St., every day through Palm Sunday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Ron Konopaski, (360) 460-9194, konopaski@ yahoo.com, sign in on electronic calendar at www.40daysforlife.com/ sanfrancisco; and 35 Baywood Ave. off El Camino Real, San Mateo, every day through Palm Sunday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Jessica Munn (650) 572-1468, www.40DaysForLife/sanmateo. TV MASSES: EWTN airs Mass daily at 5 a.m., 9 a.m., 9 p.m. and at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. EWTN is carried on Comcast 229, AT&T 562, Astound 80, San Bruno Cable 143, DISH Satellite 261 and Direct TV 370. In Half Moon Bay EWTN airs on Comcast 70 and on Comcast 74 in southern San Mateo County. CATHOLIC TV MASS: A TV Mass is broadcast Sundays at 6 a.m. on the Bay Area’s KTSF Channel 26 and KOFY Channel 20, and in the Sacramento area at 5:30 a.m. on KXTL Channel 40. It is produced for view-

MERCY SERIES: “To visit the imprisoned,” Lorraine Moriarty, executive director, St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County, Deacon Martin Lorraine Schurr, chapMoriarty lain to inmates of San Mateo County jails: The archdiocesan Office for Consecrated Life hosts a series of Sunday afternoon talks comDeacon Schurr memorating the Year of Mercy, Presentation Sisters’ convent, 2340 Turk Blvd., San Francisco, 2-4:15 p.m. with talk, refreshments, and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the final hour. Registration required, conrottor@sfarch. org, (415) 614-5535, no fee for these events but a freewill offering is accepted and later will be donated to St. Anthony’s Dining Room, Catherine’s Place, Mercy Housing and St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County.

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TAIZE: All are welcome to Taizé prayer around the cross, Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, 8 p.m. Taizé prayer has been sung on first Fridays at Mercy Center since 1983; Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan, (650) 340-7452.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2 2-DAY EXHIBIT: Divine Mercy Weekend, Saturday after 4:30.p.m. Mass; Sunday following Mass at 8, 9:30, 11:30 a.m.; 3 p.m.; Vatican approved traveling exhibit of the miracles of the Eucharist throughout the world, Star of the Sea Parish Hall, 4420 Geary Blvd. San Francisco, audio visual presentations; more than 70 displays; freewill offering accepted; www.faithbasedcomm.com; info@faithbasedcomm. com. PEACE MASS: St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St. at Hearst, San Francisco, 9 a.m., Father William McCain, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist; (650) 580-7123; zoniafasquelle@gmail.com.

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REUNION: Notre Dame de Namur alumnae, San Francisco, 150th year Mass and luncheon 10:30 a.m., Mission I Dolores O Basilica, N Scocktails and luncheon follow, Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd., lunch $40, rides from basilica to luncheon can be arranged, Grace (415) 640-2800; nuttydames@aol.com.

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FATHER YORKE MASS: The United Irish Societies gather for Mass, 10 a.m., in memory of famed Irish priest Father Peter C. Yorke, All Saints Mausoleum, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma; www.uissf.org.

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