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Archdiocese delivers Catholic schools seismic reports VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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Celebrating the Chinese New Year

Repentance Prayer Group danced for the Ancestor Veneration Rite following the Chinese New Year Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 20.

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Archdiocese of San Francisco officials and civil engineers were meeting March 1, 2 and 3 with pastors and principals in San Francisco about recently completed on-site seismic evaluations of Catholic archdiocesan school buildings in the city.

The evaluations found significant construction work will need to be done at a number of schools to meet the standard of “life-safety” which is that the people in the building are able to exit safely in case of a magnitude-7 earthquake, said Jesuit Father John Piderit, archdiocesan vicar for administration. Another segment of the schools will also need to have their structures retrofitted, but the work will be less costly, said David Finn of David Finn Architects, which managed the seismic evaluations by structural engineers.

The archdiocese conducted seismic evaluations in two phases. The first phase was SEE ARCHDIOCESE, PAGE 6

Pauline sister hosts cable series on old films condemned by church CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Many of this year’s Oscar-nominated films would likely have been stamped “condemned” if they were made during the era of the Catholic Legion of Decency, according to Catholic film critic Pauline Sister Rose Pacatte, host of a month-long film series in March aired by Turner Classic Movies.

“Condemned,” premiering March 3 at 8 p.m., will explore a little-known or forgotten aspect of film history: the powerful influence the Catholic Church had on Hollywood for more than a half-a-century from the 1930s through the 1960s.

“This is a fascinating look at older films and why they were condemned or found offensive and objectionable by the Catholic Church” said Sister Rose, an award-winning catechetical film critic who offers her theological, educational and

One too many bad words or a kiss lasting more than six seconds could land an otherwise good film on the condemned list.

Pauline Sister Rose Pacatte

cinematic perspective on films for RCL Benziger, St. Anthony’s Messenger and National Catholic Reporter.

Sister Rose is also founding director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies in Culver City. Her blog, “Sister Rose Goes to the Movies,” is ranked as one of top 130 church blogs in the country, according to her biography.

The series will screen 27 of the movies the Legion condemned and explore the impact it and Catholic moviegoers had on how movies were produced at that time.

Founded in 1933 by the archbishop of Cincinnati, John T. McNicholas, the Catholic Legion of Decency was dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content in films, often of a sexual nature, from the viewpoint of the church. The Legion distributed a list of ratings for films, classifying them as A (morally unobjectionable); B (morally objectionable in part); or C (condemned). The rating system was more stringent than the Motion Picture Association of America’s long-standing “Production Code” in place at the same time.

During the Legion’s heyday, Catholic parishes asked the faithful to take the Legion of Decency SEE MOVIES, PAGE 12

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400 preparing to enter Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil

NEED TO KNOW CATHEDRAL ANNIVERSARY: St. Mary’s Cathedral 45th Anniversary Gala, May 6, in the cathedral’s lower halls following vespers in the main church with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone presiding. 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.

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The Rite of Election is a step in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) which celebrates the acceptance of the archbishop of those who have been preparing to enter the Catholic Church at Easter into the order of the elect – meaning they have his permission to be baptized.

In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, we actually do a combined rite: The Rite of Election for those who are currently not baptized and will be baptized, confirmed and have first Eucharist at the Easter Vigil, and the Rite of Welcome in which we welcome those people who are already baptized in another Christian religion who want to become Catholic. They will make a profession of faith to the Catholic Church and be confirmed and have first Eucharist, also at the Easter Vigil.

The Rite of Election always takes place at the cathedral on the first Sunday of Lent, this year Feb. 14 at St Mary’s Cathedral. This year, 53 parishes participated with 200 catechumens becoming Elect (the unbaptized) and 200 candidates for full communion (non-Catholic baptized).

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone presided at a Liturgy of the Word (not a Mass). More than 1,500 people attended. The rite was fully bilingual.

Part of the rite is that those who have not been baptized come forward with their godparent and sign

RARE CHINESE WORLD MAPS ON EXHIBIT: “China at the Center: Rare Ricci and Verbiest World Maps” will be held from March 4 to May 8 at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

The exhibition, presented by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in partnership with the University of San Francisco, 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 (16231688), the Chinese Wanli and Kangxi emperors and 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. Visit www.asianart.org/exhibitions/ china-at-the-center.

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Men and women elect with signed Books of the Elect representing their respective parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and its new members, themselves included, come Holy Saturday. the Book of the Elect so they are enrolled in the parish’s book.

It’s really neat that some parishes have books that go back decades and show all the people who have become Catholic through that parish.

The archbishop’s homily stressed the importance of conversion and how this Jubilee Year of Mercy is a wonderful time for everyone to practice mercy and justice.

Next for all those who became elect is that throughout Lent they will go through a series of rituals called scrutinies, in which they eval-

uate their desire to become Catholic and are prayed over by the pastor and community. They continue their formation classes in a more intense way as they near Easter. Then at the Easter Vigil, both the elect and the candidates for full communion receive the proper sacraments and are fully Catholic.

MARCH 6: Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty call

MARCH 10: Presbyteral council meeting; chancery meetings; St. Mary Star of the Sea parish meeting

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MARCH 3: Executive Committee meeting, seminary; chancery meetings; vespers with Bishop Lopes, cathedral, 5:30

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Catholics celebrate Chinese New Year at St. Mary’s Cathedral VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Catholics celebrated Chinese New Year at St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 20, with a Mass and ancestor veneration rite followed by a sumptuous banquet attended by more than 500 people. The celebration was enlivened by a “Lion Dance” on the cathedral plaza after the afternoon Mass.

“There is no better way for us to bless this New Year than by what we are doing now,” Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone told the congregation in his homily. “The Eucharist is our best expression of thanks for the year that has just ended and the most powerful source of grace to meet the challenges of the year that now begins.”

The archbishop also mentioned the Christians persecuted now and in the past, saying, “What sustains believers in times of persecution is the food of immortality, the Eucharist.”

The archbishop was principal celebrant at the Mass, with Bishops William Justice, Ignatius Wang and Daniel Walsh concelebrating, joined by many priests including Chinese Ministry director Divine Word Father Peter Zhai and Vicar for Clergy Father Raymund Reyes. The Mass prayers and singing were in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

“New Year is always celebrated when families gather around with parents, grandparents,” said Father Zhai. “That is why it is very significant for Chinese Catholics, as a community, to gather around our spiritual father, our beloved Archbishop Cordileone to celebrate the New Year. “ The Mass was followed by the ancestor veneration rite, at a temporary altar set up to the left and below the main altar in St. Mary’s Cathedral. The rite began with a dance by the Repentance Prayer Group and the veneration song, “The heavens declare the glory of God.” The ceremony included a reading from the Old Testament book of Sirach which began, “Now will I praise those godly men, our ancestors.” Archbishop Cordileone, and Bishops Justice, Wang and Walsh placed lit sticks of incense on the altar. Archbishop Cordileone also placed fruit and flowers there.

The Catholic Church’s incorporation of the 5,000year ancestor veneration rite is very meaningful for Chinese, said Joseph Ko, a parishioner at St. Joseph’s in Fremont. “After Vatican II, the church has changed,” Ko said. “Now we feel our thousands of years of tradition are treated as important. We feel a lot more at ease with the church and we are all together.”

Ancestor veneration in the Chinese Catholic Church was first promulgated by Pope Pius XII but was not actively practiced until 1971 when Cardinal Paul Yu Pin started to promote the practice in Taiwan during Chinese New Year, according to the guide for the Feb. 20 Mass. The reason for incorporating this ceremony with the liturgy was quite simple, Cardinal Yu Pin stated: “Worshiping God and venerating ancestors are both rooted in traditional Chinese culture. Promoting this tradition … can help people become more upstanding and moral citizens.”

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Madesyn Boger’s “The Chilkat Blanket” is 26 pages long, a very sweet career beginning for the writer/children’s advocate. Madesyn is a 2012 graduate of Immaculate Conception Academy and in May graduates from Iowa State University with a degree in child, adult, and family services. “I’m very excited because Madesyn Boger I was able to graduate in three years and that has been my goal this whole time,” Madesyn told me via email. “I want to be a child life specialist so after I graduate I will be doing an internship at a hospital in the child life program to get my 480 clinical hours.”

Madesyn’s family on her mom’s side share the Native American Tlingit Culture and she wrote the book much to recall that heritage as well as her call to serve children. Tlingit tribes have passed on many customs and one of the most famous is the Chilkat Blanket, colorful and used to tell the story of a family.

Madesyn has worked with children since age 14 as nanny, volunteer at Stanford Children’s Hospital, camp counselor at UCSF and working in child care. Madesyn said the experience was a direct path to deciding her professional future.

“All of these experiences have made me realize that there is no greater joy than working with children,” Madesyn said. “Children have taught me so much like how to be forgiving, kind, generous, thoughtful, and to love every second of the day.”

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“The Chilkat Blanket” is available on Amazon, online Barnes & Noble, and Folio Books in Noe Valley. Half of all proceeds from book sales will benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to assist in the cure of childhood cancer.

VETS VALENTINES: Students at St. Thomas the Apostle School had armed service veterans at the top of their lists over Valentine’s Day. “Cheer and Chocolates” sent more than 400 chocolate bars and greetings to patients at the San Francisco VA Hospital and similar facilities in Santa Rosa and Marin. “The idea was to provide a treat

HOME RUN: San Mateo’s St. Timothy School has just banked a $2,000 grant from Wells Fargo Bank’s Step Up to the Plate for Education campaign. The San Francisco Giants have partnered with Wells and sports radio’s KNBR to provide the grants to Bay Area schools. The Giants’ Brandon Crawford and the bank’s Jim Foley, presented the check to principal Michelle Basile and student leaders, Christopher Schrum and Ariana Totanes, Feb. 11. for the veterans in our neighborhood at the VA hospital for Valentine’s Day,” Barbara Anderson the school’s religion coordinator told me noting that donations from school families allowed the school to extend the good work to the other locations.

Stephen Connelly, parent of a second grader Sebastien, works at the VA hospital and started the ball rolling as outreach to the hospitals was a first-time event for the school. The cards are made by the students who already and for many years have sent greetings six times a year to the residents of St. Anne’s Home. “We are proud of the response we had to this special event at the beginning of Lent, as our school demonstrated actively living out the message of the Year of Mercy,” Barbara said.

CHECKMATE: Thanks to St. Cecilia Parish for keeping up the good news on its Vicente and 17th Avenue marquee: “If you’re not feeling as close to God as you usually do, who moved?”

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PRO-LIFE: Congrats to St. Veronica School first grader Joshua Arobio, grand prize winner for grades one and two in this year’s archdiocesan pro-life essay contest. Jesuit Father John Piderit, vicar for administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral where prizes were awarded Feb. 7. Pictured with Father Piderit and Joshua following the liturgy are Joshua’s mom Maricor and dad Arnold.

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Memorial Mass for Archbishop Hurley March 19 A memorial Mass for retired Anchorage Archbishop Francis Hurley will be celebrated March 19, noon, at St. Paul Church, Valley at Church Street, San Francisco. Archbishop Hurley died Jan. 10 at age 88 at his home in Anchorage.

Archbishop Hurley attended San Francisco’s St. Agnes School entering St. Joseph College Seminary in Mountain View as a high school freshman. He was ordained to the Archbishop priesthood for the Archdiocese of Hurley San Francisco June 16, 1951. Following studies in sociology and education at The Catholic University of America, he served for more than a decade with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the nation’s capital in work related to those fields.

He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Juneau by Pope Paul VI and ordained bishop by his now late brother Bishop Mark Hurley March 19, 1970. In 1976 he was installed as archbishop of Anchorage where he served until his retirement in 2001.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said in a statement: “Archbishop Hurley was a regular visitor to the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and valued his friendships with many members of the presbyterate.

I use the occasion of this email to send my gratitude to Father Mario Farana and his staff for the warm hospitality offered to Archbishop Hurley at St. Paul Parish over the years.”

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‘24 Hours for the Lord’ around the archdiocese A number of parishes around the Archdiocese of San Francisco are responding to Pope Francis’ call to dedicate “24 Hours for the Lord,” most particularly focusing on offering confessions March 4-5.

“The initiative of ‘24 Hours for the Lord,’ to be celebrated on the Friday and Saturday preceding the Fourth Week of Lent, should be implemented in every diocese,” Pope Francis wrote in his Bull of Indiction declaring the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy April 11, 2015. The pope will lead a penance service March 4 at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

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required by an ordinance enacted Oct. 17, 2014, by the City of San Francisco. The ordinance, which applies only to private schools in the city of San Francisco, requires existing private elementary and secondary schools to obtain an evaluation by a licensed structural engineer whether the school conforms to the standard of life safety. This first phase has already been completed for all the archdiocesan schools. The second phase, which is not required by the city, is an engineering and cost analysis of what is required to retrofit those buildings in need of structural strengthening.

Despite the daunting situation faced by some of the schools, Archbishop

Salvatore J. Cordileone hopes to keep all of the schools open, Father Piderit said.

The archdiocesan schools are a heritage bequeathed to this generation by the men and women who contributed and built the schools during the past nearly 100 years, some constructed during the decades of rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake but many others built in the post-World War II era, Father Piderit said.

“Now it is our turn to preserve the legacy for future generations,” Father Piderit said. “It is a very large challenge.”

The engineers issued retrofit recommendations for 31 of the buildings.

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The estimated cost of the retrofit for all the school buildings is in the range of $70-80 million and construction would take place over five to eight years, Father Piderit said. However, engineers caution that as work continues, the cost numbers could be revised up or down.

The school building reports for phase 1 are to be submitted to the city by November 2017, according to the ordinance, but the archdiocese has completed these evaluations well ahead of that deadline, Finn said.

Once submitted, the reports will be available for view at the city’s building inspection department.

Principals and pastors were scheduled to meet in three separate group meetings with the engineers and archdiocesan officials March 1, 2 and 3 to receive the detailed engineering reports and cost estimates that constitute phase 2. Additional follow-up meetings are scheduled through March 24.

The challenge of raising funds to pay for the structural corrections to the buildings will fall upon the schools and parishes, with the archdiocese providing technical and other support, Father Piderit said. The archdiocese is open to creative solutions to the retrofitting when major construction is required, he said. For instance, the city might be willing to approve mixed-use development of the school buildings and land, perhaps to provide housing as well as classrooms.

The ordinance grew out of The Private Schools Earthquake Safety Working Group which was formed by the city. In its report, issued in late 2013, the Working Group said 33 percent of private school buildings have characteristics that indicate they might perform poorly in future earthquakes while 43 percent of all San Francisco private school buildings have characteristics that indicate they are likely to perform well. For 24 SEE ARCHDIOCESE, PAGE 14

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Marriage commitments celebrated with balloons, prayers and cake at cathedral “Yours is a lofty vocation,” Archbishop Cordileone said in his homily. He noted that in a few moments the couples would renew their vows.

“You know your own flaws better now than you did on your wedding day, and you know the flaws of your spouse as well – and he or she knows yours!” he said, “But do not think about those limitations as you renew your vows today. Think instead of the Lord Jesus, for it is he who is speaking in you: Let his perfect love make up for what is lacking; let him love and be loved in your marriage bond.”

After the Mass, during a reception with a balloon arch, cake, and other refreshments in the cathedral Patrons Hall, Rosario and Guillermo Morales agreed that prayer was important to a strong marriage. Married 46 years, they met shortly after Rosario graduated from Mission High School when she was 19 and he was 22. Guillermo said at the very beginning, he made a Cursillo and then Rosario did and they also raised their three children while staying active in the Christian Family Movement. Now with six grandchildren, the St. Paul parishioners say they rely on their faith, for-

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Robert and Catherine Quinn met at Barney’s Huddle, a bar in North Beach. Robert was a San Francisco firefighter who had just gotten out of the service in 1946. “I saw her there and leaned way back to get a better look and stood up,” he recalled. Sixty five years, five children and three grandchildren later, the parishioners at St. Anthony of Padua in Novato still make each other laugh.

Clarence Bryant met his wife Annie during junior high in San Francisco but it took a few years for their friendship to turn into matrimony – on Feb. 20 at St. Mary’s Cathedral they were celebrating 62 years of marriage this year. They sent four girls through St. Emydius School and remain active in the parish.

The annual wedding anniversary Mass celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and concelebrated by Bishop William Justice and numerous priests is a way to recognize couples’ milestone anniversaries, from two to more than 70 years of marriage, said Ed Hopfner, archdiocesan marriage and family life director. Of the 129 couples who attended, 31 couples had been married 50 years or more, he said. Elizabeth and Albert Bucci, parishioners at Our Lady of Mercy, had been married the longest at 71 years.

Welcoming the couples, Archbishop Cordileone said the Mass was “an occasion of great joy and thanksgiving to God, thanksgiving especially to you our married couples who persevere in your holy path of matrimony.” The archbishop said the couples were called to a “sacred vocation, a sacrament with which the Lord has blessed the church.”

During the course of the Mass, the archbishop walked through the cathedral, incensing the wedding rings on the hands of the married couples.

The couples also renewed their matrimonial promises to each other.

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On Feb. 17, Affeldt kicked off Junipero Serra High School’s Lenten project, “Generation Alive.” Since Affeldt and his wife started the Generation Alive Foundation in 2005, the organization has provided those in need with more than 1.5 million meals. The organization

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Last year, the Serra community raised $12,000 and packed 28,000 meals on March 23. “There are more than 800 potential leaders sitting in this room right now,” Affeldt said. “I believe that Serra High School can be a school of leaders. “ “We try to teach students to treat people the way they would want to be treated,” Affeldt said.

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Former local priest leads Tanzanian health initiative Child Family Health International, a San Francisco-based nonprofit supporting international education programs and community health initiatives, announced its expansion into Tanzania with local leadership shared by a Tanzanian priest who formerly served in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Father Faustine Father Faustine Mosha, co-founder and executive Mosha director of the Children Growth and Development Center.

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The center’s work includes workshops in child psychology, HIV/AIDS education, first aid, smallbusiness management, modern agricultural techniques, nutrition, water sanitation and hygiene, and safe delivery, while simultaneously creating a social caregiver network and amplifying women’s voices.

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From left, Clarence and Annie Bryant of St. Emydius; Guillermo and Rosario Morales of St. Paul; Nino and Judith Dungo of Immaculate Heart of Mary.

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Parishioners at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco have been challenged to drink only tap water as a beverage for one week as part of Lenten program aimed at raising $10,000 for the maintenance of water systems in the Central African Republic.

The money that participants in the “Lenten Water Challenge” would normally spend during the week of Feb. 28-March 6 on coffee, tea, sodas, juice, alcohol and even bottled water will benefit Living Water International, a non-denominational Christian organization that “demonstrates the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water,” according to its website.

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He told Catholic San Francisco on Feb. 23 that he also took inspiration from Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical “Laudato si,’” the California drought and the spiritual symbolism of water.

Smith included bottled water in the fast because

of the amount of water and energy used to create plastic bottles and packaging. “Giving up bottled water during the challenge also creates a consciousness about that,” he said.

“The season of Lent challenges us to be people of life and solidarity,” he said. “Water gives life, and our parish motto for this Lenten challenge is “Be ‘living water,’” he said.

Prayer is central to the challenge.

“We pray for the people of the Central African Republic and other communities where safe, accessible water is at risk, and we pray that we receive the “living water” promised by Jesus Christ,” he said.

After Sunday Mass on the last two weekends in February, Smith and other representatives of the parish formation commission sat in the vestibule at a table with a poster board and a big basket of bright blue rubber wristband graced to those who signed a pledge card.

“The wristband promotes not just consciousness and the greater care and reverence for and conservation of water, but also the spiritual fruit we hope to bear from it,” he said. “To become the living water, to represent the presence of God is what a little fasting and prayer can do for us.”

Almsgiving collections will be collected at all Masses the weekend of March 5-6. Online donations to the Lenten Water Challenge can also be made at stdominics.org

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MOVIES: Sister hosts cable series on old films condemned by church FROM PAGE 1

Pledge, an oath that promised an individual would not watch morally objectionable movies or even patronize any theatre that screened them. To avoid a condemned rating, Hollywood producers were often willing to adjust costumes or story lines.

Sister Rose, who told Catholic San Francisco she used to receive letters telling her that it was “just wrong” for a nun to watch movies, believes “you can find God on the silver screen.” She said her approach as host of the series will be “cinematic, historic and “educational” as it looks at each film and what led to its condemned rating.

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The glorification of criminality, the sexual objectification of a woman, the suggestion of premarital sex, provocative clothing, adultery and too-passionate kisses could each or in combination lead to a condemned rating, said Sister Rose. One too many bad words or a kiss lasting more than six seconds could land an otherwise good film on the condemned list.

Legion-condemned films included “Baby Face” (1933) with Barbara Stanwyck, “And God Created Woman” (1956) with Bridget Bardot. In 1948, a Roberto Rossellini film, “L’Amore,” led to a Supreme Court ruling that declared motion pictures a form of artistic expression protected by freedom

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Unfortunately, according to Sister Rose, the Legion rarely considered the story or quality of the film or intent of its director. As a result, some good movies were banned that in later years were rerated when the Legion was renamed the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures in 1966.

The Legion’s influence continued to wane and in 2001, responsibility for reviewing and rating films was transferred to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office for Film and Broadcasting. Today, the faithful can rely on Catholic News Service film reviews or the reviews of someone like Sister Rose.

While the Legion of Decency is a part of Catholic and film history, Sister Rose said today’s practicing adult Catholic is well-equipped to identify films to avoid. The opportunity to talk about critical thinking is one of the main reasons she accepted the chance to host the TCM series.

“Don’t be afraid,” she said. Do your homework on a film; read all you can about it and its director. “If you know who you are and what your values are, you don’t need to run to a priest to tell you what to do.”

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A group of 11 from Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco traveled to Mexico to see Pope Francis during the pontiff’s apostolic journey last month. Teacher Julia Rinaldi said: “The pilgrimage was so important and powerful … hard at times to put into words.” Teacher Ish Ruiz said the 11 from SHC and the hundreds of thousands of people they shared the visit with “celebrated as a Catholic community, along with our pope, the boundless love of Christ.” The papal Mass was celebrated Feb. 17 in the fairgrounds of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Three SHC students reflected on the trip: “What I received from this journey is a renewal of my Catholic faith. The first day of my journey to visit the pope in Juarez, Mexico was the first step.

This opportunity was full of life lessons in being away from my family to having to make sacrifices from my daily life. Having to sleep on a hardwood floor, having limited time to shower, to eat and to be on my phone were sacrifices many can and can’t do. My biggest sacrifice was being out in 85 degree weather for 12 hours, but at the end of the day it was worth it. On this journey I received how to appreciate my Catholic faith and the once in a lifetime experience I have received.”

MARTIN GUZMAN, junior “Being able to go on this trip was something truly amazing. I learned a lot from this journey. Aside from being able to see the pope celebrate Mass, getting to know new communities was something

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Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory pilgrims traveled to Mexico to see Pope Francis. Back from left, junior Martin Guzman; teacher Julia Rinaldi; juniors Paulina Toledo and Chris Lavino. Front from left, juniors Giselle Rojas-Ubence, Roberto Ramos, Wendy Tamayo-Rojas; freshman Sofia Ruvalcaba; junior Mika Morgan; teacher Ish Ruiz; parent Richard Ruvalcaba. extraordinary. Seeing the pope was so special and emotional. Meeting students from all over Mexico helped me understand new cultures. I was able to make new friendships that I will carry with me forever. Because we were able to cross the border and able to see the border for myself, I learned a lot because I got to see where so many immigrants go

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‘24 HOURS’: Around the archdiocese FROM PAGE 5

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, EAST PALO ALTO: After al- night Eucharistic adoration beginning Friday evening, parishioners are walking from St. Francis to Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park “celebrating 65 years of God’s mercy in East Palo Alto,” said pastor Father Larry Goode. On the way back, they will stop at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University to receive a plenary indulgence for going through the Holy Doors at the seminary. The day will end with eucharistic adoration Saturday night.

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY, SAN FRANCISCO: “40 Hours for the Lord” beginning with confessions at 5:30 a.m. March 4 and concluding March 5, at 10 p.m. The two days will include many hours of confession, eucharistic adoration, a confirmation retreat,

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rosary recitations, Stations of the Cross and Mass, said pastor Father Eugene Tungol. Refreshments will be served from 7 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Saturday.

ST. ANNE OF THE SUNSET, SAN FRANCISCO: “24 Hours for the Lord” begins with school stations of the cross at 1:45 p.m. March 4 and concludes after 5 p.m. Mass March 5. The two-days include Lenten soup supper, Divine mercy stations, movies, faith sharing, rosary, eucharistic adoration and many hours of confession throughout.

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ST. DOMINIC, SAN FRANCISCO : “24 Hours with Jesus” March 4-5 beginning with Stations of the Cross at 12:15 p.m. March 4 and including adoration, vespers, Mass at various times, and anointing of the sick at 8:30 a.m. March 5.

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CLINIC FOR HOMELESS OPENS UNDER ST. PETER’S COLONNADE

VATICAN CITY – A sign reading “medical-health care clinic” is posted on a wooden door in the colonnade of St Peter’s Square – Pope Francis’ latest gift, by way of the Office of Papal Charities, to the homeless of Rome.

The clinic, standing alongside the showers and barber shop that were previously made available to Rome’s needy, opened Feb. 29. Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, said the Italian Association of Podiatrists will also provide a free-of-charge service because, he added, “feet are the most affected part in people living in the street.”

Medical specialists and health care personnel of the Holy See, the University of Rome and the volunteer association Medicina Solidale see patients, prescribe tests and treatments, and recommend hospitalization, if necessary, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported.

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis met Feb. 26 with the CEO and co-founder of Instagram, Kevin Systrom.

The photo-sharing social network was founded in 2010, and bought by Facebook in 2012. Over 300 million people use the service each month.

Systrom posted a photo of the meeting on his Instagram profile, writing: “Today I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis. We spoke about the power of images to unite people across different cultures and languages. It was by far one of the most memorable experiences of my life!”

In January, Pope Francis met separately with both Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of the parent company of Google, and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

POPE: BENEDICT’S FIRST ENCYCLICAL REMAINS TIMELY

VATICAN CITY – The message of former Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical “Deus Caritas Est” remains timely, “indicating the ever-relevant prospect for the church’s journey,” Pope Francis said Feb. 26 as he received in audience members of a two-day international congress assessing the document’s 10th anniversary.

“The more we live in this spirit, the more authentic we all are as Christians,” the pope said.

The text “concerns a theme that allows us to retrace the entire history of the church, which is also a history of charity,” the pope said. “It is a story of the love received from God, to be carried to the world: this charity received and given is the fulcrum of the history of the church and of the history of each one of us. ... Both for individual members of the faithful and for the Christian community as a whole, the words of Jesus hold true: That charity is the first and greatest

of the commandments: ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. … You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

The Jubilee Year of Mercy “is also an opportunity to return to this beating heart of our life and our witness, to the center of the proclamation of faith: ‘God is love.’ God does not simply have the desire or capacity to love; God is love: charity is his essence.”

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ROME – The Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, Cardinal George Pell, testified via video link for four hours overnight Feb. 28 from a Rome hotel to the Australian Royal Commission investigating how different institutions in the country handled sexual abuse, Vatican Radio reported.

Cardinal Pell has repeatedly given his support for the commisCardinal Pell sion’s work, and has vowed to meet individually with victims who had travelled to Rome and has said he hoped the coming days “will eventually lead to healing for everyone.”

During his testimony, he acknowledged the church has not handled the issue of sexual abuse well in the past, the Vatican news service reported. “I’m not here to defend the indefensible. “The church has made enormous mistakes and is working to remedy those, but the church in many places, certainly in Australia, has mucked things up, has let people down,” Cardinal Pell said.

NUMBER OF CHRISTIANS IN GAZA STRIP CONTINUES TO DWINDLE

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The small Christian presence in Gaza Strip continues to dwindle, with at least 30 young people emigrating in recent months and frequent funeral services for elderly residents, the church news service Fides reported. Christians still in the Gaza Strip number just over 1,000.

Father Mario da Silva IVI, parish priest of the Latin Catholic Holy Family Church, made the assessment in an interview made public by the communications office of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. The report found “little hope for short-term change,” with the community facing international isolation, scarcity of jobs and persistent threats of war.

The Latin Catholic parish has launched 12 projects to provide aid and other assistance. Multi-service halls, opened before Christmas, have regular parish oratory activities: prayer meetings, catechism classes, community recreation and games. Moreover, the parish priest hopes that at least five young Christians from Gaza

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Benson said that the average price for the event in the United Kingdom is around $30,000, according to wedding magazines. Such expenses, he told Catholic News Agency, are “definitely a barrier” to getting married.

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BISHOPS’ MEETING: ENCOURAGING ‘PROPHETS OF MERCY’

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The nun who kissed Elvis, ditched Hollywood and found her home

olores Hart was 19 when she filmed her first movie scene: Kissing Elvis Presley.

The aspiring actress was dressed in a polka dot dress with her honey-brown hair swept in a ponytail. He wore a denim jacket with the collar turned up, his glossy bangs grazing his brow. They were directed to kiss again and again and again, lip locked until finally they heard “Cut!” First a makeup artist had to touch up Dolores’ bright red ears, then Elvis’ ears needed concealer. After one seemingly endless kiss, Elvis pulled CHRISTINA away and called “Cut,” sayCAPPECCHI ing he needed to come up for air. It was his first onscreen kiss too.

On set, Dolores never missed a chance to hear Elvis croon. “He totally took you when he was singing onstage,” she told me.

But when Elvis asked her out on a date, Dolores was all business, explaining they’d have to return by 7:30 p.m. to get enough sleep before her 4 a.m. alarm for hair and makeup.

He was a gentleman, always calling her “Miss Dolores,” and the Catholic from Chicago recognized in the Mississippi Pentecostal a fellow spiritual seeker. They would go on to discuss Scripture, with Elvis pulling out a Bible and asking for her thoughts on various verses.

When Paramount released “Loving You” in 1957, Dolores became an overnight star. She earned a Tony nomination two years later for her work on Broadway in “The Pleasure of His Company,” with critics calling her “the new Grace Kelly.”

Dolores’ faith kept her grounded, especially daily Mass. After a long Broadway run, a friend encouraged her to recuperate at Regina Laudis, a Connect-

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Dolores Hart and Elvis Presley in the 1957 film “Loving You” icut abbey of cloistered Benedictine nuns. Dolores felt a peace there and knew it wasn’t simply the reprieve from Hollywood pressures. “There was something more,” she wrote.

She began dating Don Robinson, a handsome Catholic architect. The two were engaged in a year.

Dolores’ dream of marriage and motherhood was within reach: The big day would be Feb. 23, 1963.

Wedding invitations were printed.

But the tug of religious life persisted, and Don felt Dolores grow distant. “You’re still thinking about that monastery, aren’t you?” he asked.

She returned and again felt its powerful draw.

Wandering through a pine forest as the snow fell, Dolores sobbed over the “jumble” in her mind.

Besides giving up Don, she’d also be forfeiting a fairytale career, including four scripts from MGM and an offer from Universal to star opposite Marlon Brando. She penned a letter to God that day, writing, “I can’t understand your ways.”

Dolores broke the news to Don her first day back.

They met with the priest set to marry them, who was baffled by Dolores’ decision. “There is an aura of flightiness about Hollywood,” he warned her. “I think you should see the archbishop as soon as possible. It’s more than I can handle.”

She entered the convent on June 13 and cried herself to sleep that night.

Religious life didn’t come easily to the 24-yearold. Looking back now, at 77, Mother Dolores sees how her early suffering in the abbey carved out a “purity of heart.”

She didn’t instantly shed her vanity. “You still have that drive, but you redirect it,” she told me.

“I came to the realization that who you are in your soul, who you come to love and who loves you is what makes you beautiful.”

The same force behind her acting – her desire “to be a bridge, a connector” – was fully satisfied through a life of prayer, enabling Mother Dolores to become “a bridge for people to an eternal life.”

She founded a theater at the abbey “to help young people find their vocation in Christ through the medium of theater.”

“My life in the monastery has allowed me to be open to the grace of creation and what it means to be a human being in the world.”

CAPECCHI is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and the editor of SisterStory.org.

The cries of finitude

hat most moves your heart? When do you most naturally feel compassion in your heart? I am most moved when I see helplessness, when I see someone or something helpless to tend to its own needs and to protect its own dignity. It might be a baby, hungry and crying, too little to feed itself and to safeguard its own dignity. It might a woman FATHER RON in a hospital, sick, ROLHEISER in pain, dying, helpless to get better, also unable to attend to her own dignity. It might be an unemployed man, down on his luck, unable to find work. It might be a little girl on the playground, helpless as she is teased and bullied, suffering indignity.

Or it might just be a baby kitten, hungry, helpless, unable to speak or attend to its own need. I am always touched in the softest place inside me by helplessness, by the pleading of finitude. I suspect we all are.

We’re in good company. This is what moved Mary, Jesus’ mother, at the wedding feast of Cana to go over to Jesus and say: “They have no wine!” Her request here has different layers of meaning. At one level, it is a very particular request at a particular occasion in history; she is trying to save her hosts at a wedding from embarrassment, from suffering an indignity. No doubt the shortage of wine was due to some poverty on their part, either a

shortage of money or a shortage of good planning, but, either way, they stood to be embarrassed before their guests. But, as with most things in the Gospels, this incident has a deeper meaning. Mary isn’t just speaking for a particular host on a particular occasion. She’s also speaking universally, as the mother of humanity, Eve, voicing for all of us what John Shea so aptly calls, “the cries of finitude.”

What is finitude? The finite, as we can see from the word itself, contrasts itself to the infinite, to what is not limited, to God. God, alone, is not finite. God, alone, is selfsufficient. God, alone, is never helpless, and God, alone, never needs help from anyone else. Only God is never subject to sickness, hunger, tiredness, irritation, fatigue, bodily and mental diminishment, and death. God, alone, never has to suffer the indignity of need, of getting caught short, of inadequate self-expression, of not measuring up, of being embarrassed, of being bullied, of being unable to help himself, and of having to beg silently with his eyes for someone to come and help.

Everything else is finite. Thus, as humans, we are subject to helplessness, illness, lameness, blindness, hunger, tiredness, irritation, diminishment, and death. Moreover, within all these, we are also subject to indignity. So many of our words and actions are, in the end, cries of finitude. Although we are infinitely more sophisticated in our humanity, we are all still, at one level, the baby kitten, pleading with our eyes for someone to feed us, and all the assertions of self-sufficiency of the rich, the strong, the healthy, the arrogant, and of those who seemingly need no help are in the end nothing other than attempts

to keep helplessness at bay. No matter how strong and self-sufficient we might believe ourselves to be, finitude and mortality admit of no exemptions. Tiredness, illness, diminishment, death, and painful hungers will eventually find us all. Our wine too will eventually run out. Hopefully someone like the mother of Jesus will speak for us: They have no wine!

What’s the lesson in this? A number of things: First, recognizing our finitude can lead to a healthier self-understanding. Knowing and accepting our finitude can help quell a lot of frustration, restlessness, and false guilt in our lives. I once had a spiritual director, an elderly nun, who challenged me to live by this axiom: Fear not, you are inadequate. We need to forgive ourselves for our own limits, for the fact that we are human, finite, and are unable to provide ourselves and those around us all that we need. But inadequacy is a forgivable condition, not a moral fault.

Beyond forgiving ourselves for our helplessness, recognizing and accepting our finitude should challenge us too to hear more clearly the cries of finitude around us. And so whether it’s the cry of a baby, the humiliation in the eyes of someone looking for work, the ravaged eyes of the terminally ill patient, or simply the pleading eyes of a young kitten, we need, like Mary, to take up their cause and ensure that someone spares them from indignity by changing their water into wine, by calling out: They have no wine!

OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.

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SUNDAY READINGS

Fourth Sunday of Lent ‘But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’

LUKE 15:1-3, 11-32 JOSHUA 5:9A, 10-12 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.” While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth of the month. On the day after the Passover, they ate of the produce of the land in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain.

On that same day after the Passover, on which they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased. No longer was there manna for the Israelites, who that year ate of the yield of the land of Canaan.

PSALM 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the Lord; the lowly will hear me and be glad.

Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Glorify the Lord with me, let us together extol his name. I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Look to him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. When the poor one called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress he saved him.

Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

CORINTHIANS 5:17-21 Brothers and sisters: Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from

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LUKE 15:1-3, 11-32 Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them Jesus addressed this parable: “A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them. After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, “Father, I have sinned against

St. Augustine has it right

here was an unusual auction that took place in Washington, D.C. Thousands of old patent models of unique and unusual inventions were up for sale. Since 1800, thousands of old patent models had accumulated in the U.S. Patent Office.

And now, one by one, these strange gadgets went under the auctioneer’s hammer.

Some were clever. Some were clumsy. For example, someone had invented an automatic bedbug buster.

There was also an illuminated cat, created to scare away mice at night. Another device consisted of a long tube with a mouthpiece.

It was supposed to enable a person to warm his feet, while sleeping, with his DEACON own breath. To most people, FAIVA PO’OI these inventions were just good for a laugh. One man even wrote an account of the auction and called it “The Shattered Dreams of a Century.”

The same story could be written about many areas of life. There are financial illusions – dreams of ways to “get rich quick.” There are political illusions: “Vote for me, and I promise this and that.”

There are religious illusions: “Send in your donations, and you will never be lonely. You will always be happy.” All of these plans have one thing in common. They are based on the idea that happiness is the goal of life and that pleasure is the highest good.

Unfortunately, the reality is that these plans don’t work. Happiness is not the sole goal of life nor is pleasure the highest good. People who make a mission of happiness are seldom happy. The author of Ecclesiastes was determined to be happy.

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

He worked at it. He said, “I kept my heart from no pleasure. Then I considered all that my hands had done. And behold all was vanity and a striving after the wind” (2:10, 11).

Most of us are neither great inventors nor great composers, but all of us are dreamers. The poet was thinking of you and me when he wrote: “Man is a dreamer: He glimpses the hills from afar. And plans for the things out yonder; where all his tomorrows are.”

Thrills do not last. That is why the dream of the prodigal son could never come true. He was chasing an illusion that could never be realized because it had no relationship to reality. In a sense, each of us is like the prodigal son. We are discontented with things as they are, and we dream of life as it might be. We should never feel too old to dream. If our trust is in the Lord, the possibilities of life are limitless, and the future is forever bright. But there is a catch: not all of our dreams can be trusted.

Some of them are merely illusions.

There is a law in life that is as real as the law of gravity. It is this: There can be no happiness without holiness. This is simply the way we are—the way we were created. We cannot seek to satisfy our lower nature at the expense of our higher nature and expect to ever be genuinely happy. The author of Ecclesiastes says, “In my opinion, nothing is worthwhile; everything is futile” (1:2).

Some people think it is very sad that physical pleasures do not last and, worse yet, do not satisfy.

But I disagree. In part, it was his unhappiness that ultimately saved the prodigal son from himself and from his sinfulness. His sadness was a sign of his remorse and repentance. It moved him to begin thinking about his former life and his father, and eventually drove him back home.

Truly, as St. Augustine has written, God has made us for himself, and our souls will find no rest until they rest in him.

DEACON PO’OI serves at St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo.

heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”’ So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son.’ But his father ordered his servants, ‘Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ Then the celebration began. Now the older son had been out in the field and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing. He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. The servant said to him, ‘Your brother has returned and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ He became angry, and when he refused to enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. He said to his father in reply, ‘Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends. But when your son returns who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’ He said to him, ‘My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours.

But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, MARCH 7: Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent. Optional Memorial of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs. IS 65:17-21. PS 30:2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b. AM 5:14. JN 4:43-54.

TUESDAY, MARCH 8: Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent. Optional Memorial of St. John of God, religious. EZ 47:1-9, 12. PS 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9. PS 51:12a, 14a. JN 5:1-16.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9: Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent. Optional Memorial of St. Frances of Rome, religious; feast of St. John Ogilvie, priest and martyr (Scotland). IS 49:8-15.

PS 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18. JN 11:25a, 26. JN 5:17-30.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent. EX 32:7-14. PS 106:1920, 21-22, 23. JN 3:16. JN 5:31-47.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11: Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent. WIS 2:1a, 12-22. PS 34:17-18, 19-20, 21 and 23. MT 4:4b. JN 7:1-2, 10, 2530.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12: Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent. JER 11:18-20. PS 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12. SEE LK 8:15. JN 7:40-53.

SUNDAY, MARCH 13: Fifth Sunday of Lent: Is 43:16-21. Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6. Phil 3:8-14. Jl 2:12-13. Jn 8:1-11.

MONDAY, MARCH 14: Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent. Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or Dn 13:41c-62. PS 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6. Ez 33:11. Jn 8:12-20 or Jn 8:1-11.

TUESDAY MARCH 15: Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent. Nm 21:4-9. PS 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21. Jn 8:21-30.

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OBITUARIES

Brother David Brennan, FSC Christian Brother David Edward Brennan died Feb. 15 at his community’s residential facility in Napa. He was 72 years old.

Born in San Francisco, Brother David grew up in St. Gabriel Parish and graduated from Sacred Heart High School, now Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, in 1961.

Brother David Brother David entered the noviBrennan, FSC tiate of the Brothers of the Christian Schools July 9, 1961, received the religious habit Jan. 24, 1962, and pronounced final vows June 21, 1968.

Brother David is a former provincial of the Christian Brothers and president of the broth-

ers’ Mont La Salle Vineyards where “he built up the business and oversaw the consolidation of resources through the sale of the winery in 1989, along with the long-term lease arrangement for the vineyard and winery production property at Mont La Salle.,” the brothers said.

Brother David was director of the brothers’ community at Sacred Heart Cathedral from 2003 to 2006 when he moved to Napa in administrative roles. He retired in 2008.

Survivors include his brother John J. Brennan Jr. A funeral Mass was celebrated at Mont La Salle Chapel in Napa Feb. 20 with interment at the Brothers Cemetery.

Remembrances may be made to the Lasallian Education Fund, 4401 Redwood Road, Napa, CA 94558.

CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL/STUART HALL HIGH SCHOOL: The schools will present “Les Misérables” at Convent’s SYUFY Theatre March 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. and March 12 at 2 p.m. The school is located at 2222 Broadway, San Francisco. Tickets are $10 at the door.

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Sister Imelda Marie Dibble, OP

Sister Imelda Marie Dibble, OP

Sister Imelda Marie Dibble died Feb. 16 at the motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose in Fremont. She had been a religious for 66 years and was 83 years old.

She was born in San Francisco and attended St. James School and held an undergraduate degree from Holy Names University in Oakland and a graduate

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degree from the University of San Francisco. Her teaching ministry spanned 33 years at schools in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland and Mexico City.

From 1986 until her retirement in 2011 Sister Imelda served her congregation in roles including treasurer, congregational councilor and director of studies.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 23 in the motherhouse chapel with interment in the sisters’ cemetery there.

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Prospective applicants must be a practicing Roman Catholic and hold a valid CA. teacher’s credential.

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San Francisco MANAGER OF PAYROLL

The Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking a qualified Payroll Manager to facilitate timely and accurate Payroll processing for 4000+ employees.

This full time exempt position reports directly to the CFO.

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• Direct all payroll activities and coordinate the processing of payroll for the San Francisco Archdiocese which encompass 4,000+ full and part time employees.

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MERCY HIGH SCHOOL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA SEEKING NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL Seeking: The Search Committee seeks a dynamic and visionary Catholic educator, dedicated to the values of a Mercy Secondary Education for young women, as sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.

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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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San Francisco 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/job-postings/ victim-assistance-coordinator-csf-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Qualified applicants should email resumé and cover letter to schmidtp@sfarch.org.

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DEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS JOB FAIRS FOR TEACHERS SEEKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POSITIONS PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 8 FOR THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR! San Mateo County schools: Saturday, March 12, 2016 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Belmont Marin County schools: Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at St. Hilary School, Tiburon San Francisco County schools: Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Star of the Sea School, San Francisco Please bring your professional resume with you to the Job Fair/Recruitment Fair To receive a teacher application packet please visit the Department of Catholic Schools website at: www.sfarchdiocese.org/catholicschools or contact Mrs. ‘Ofa Po’oi at 415-614-5660

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ST. DOMINIC YOUNG ADULT GROUP: Audrey Amort, left, and her friend Dave Rivers were among 35 young adults from St. Dominic and other local parishes who wrote letters to and purchased Catholic books for men and women incarcerated in prisons across the U.S. The joint service project teamed the parish with Ignatius Press, which receives hundreds of letters each year from prisoners requesting Bibles and other spiritual books.

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TEACHER DELEGATION TO ST. HILARY: The Malaysian Minster of Education and a small delegation of Malaysian educators working to introduce the Apple iPad to its schools toured St. Hilary School in Tiburon on Feb. 18 to see how Apple technology is being used as a tool there, according to principal Marie Bordeleau.

St. Hilary is an Apple Distinguished Program, a special designation reserved for schools that integrate Apple technology in education and meet best practices.

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MISSION DOLORES TOURS: A tour of Old Mission Dolores Church and its cemetery, museum and basilica church led by an ancestor of the Ohlone Indians that built them is a unique experience, according to curator Andy Galvan, far left, whose great-great-great-great grandparents are buried in the ancient cemetery. Galvan and his cousin and co-curator Vincent Medina, both Ohlone, are leading 90-minute public tours on Saturdays in February and March at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

parish auditorium of Mission Dolores Basilica Church on Feb. 20 for about 40 participants that included guided prayer, group sharing, rituals and song. Father Spieler, who splits his time between St. Agnes and St. Ignatius parishes, told the group his goal for the half-day retreat was to liberate each participant’s “inner contemplative.”

In the early church, he said, people easily achieved inner or wordless prayer, what we call contemplative prayer.

“We each have that capacity,” he said. “But in our church experiences, even if we are doing good things, we don’t allow ourselves to continue to mature spiritually.” A Spanish version of the same retreat will be held March 5.

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LENTEN RETREAT MISSION DOLORES: Jesuit Father Joe Spieler, center, led a Lenten retreat in the

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FRIDAY, MARCH 4 2-DAY RUMMAGE SALE: Church of the Visitacion Mothers’ Club, 701 Sunnydale at Rutland, San Francisco, Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.2 p.m.; clothes, furniture plus new items booth; (415) 494-5517.

CEMETERY MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum, 11 a.m., Father Michael Healy, pastor, St. Father Michael Bartholomew Healy Parish, San Mateo, principal celebrant and homilist. (650) 756-2060, www.holycrosscemeteries.com.

BREAKFAST TALK: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club, St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake and Bon Air Road, Greenbrae, Mass, 7 a.m. followed by breakfast and talk from Philip Grant, Irish Consul General, breakfast $10 members, $15 others, (415) 461-0704, 9- 3p.m. or Sugaremy@aol.com.

TAIZE: All are welcome to Taizé prayer around the cross, Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, 8 p.m.; (650) 340-7452.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10 PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets second Thursday of the month except in December; 7:30 p.m.; St. Gregory’s Worner Center, 28thh Ave. at Hacienda, San Mateo, new members welcome. Jessica, (650) 572-1468; themunns@yahoo.com.

‘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 March 20, 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 March 20, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Jessica Munn (650) 572-1468, www.40DaysForLife/ sanmateo.

SUNDAY, MARCH 6 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Geary Boulevard at Gough, San Francisco, 4 p.m., featuring local and international artists, free parking, freewill donation requested at door, (415) 567-2020, ext.

213, www.stmarycathedralsf.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 AUCTION: Notre Dame High School, Belmont auction, 6 p.m., Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, tickets and information, www.ndhsb.org, (650) 595-1913.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

MONDAY, MARCH 7

PEACE MASS: St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, 9 a.m., Father Marvin Felipe, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist; (650) 580-7123; zoniafasquelle@gmail.com.

GRIEF SUPPORT: Eight-session “First Step” grief support group, 7 p.m., St. Pius Parish Center, 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City, 7 p.m., Mondays, Feb. 22 through April 11, register (650) 361-0655; griefministry@pius.org; walk-ins welcome.

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 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.

‘LOOKING EAST’: Lecture on Eastern Catholicism, 1 p.m., Our Lady of Fatima Russian Byzantine Catholic Church, 5920 Geary Blvd. at 23rd Avenue, San Francisco, (415) 752-2052; www.ByzantineCatholic.org.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 5

3-DAY MISSION: Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th at Lawton, San Francisco, 7-8:30 p.m. with Redemptorist Father Thomas Santa on “A Jubilee Mission: Mercy and Abundant Grace in the Kingdom of God.”; (415) 664-8590.

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SVDP LUNCH: Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, president, Charles Schwab Foundation, is featured speaker at luncheon benefiting work of St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco, 11:30 a.m., Four Seasons Hotel. 757 Market St., San Francisco. (415) 977-1270, ext.

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‘CALLED AND SENT’: The role of women and the natural world in anointing I O practices N in Sancient Judaism, the Greco-Roman world and early Christianity with Carrie Rehak, 9 a.m., St. Anselm Church, Shady Lane at Bolinas, Ross; (415) 454-4836; www. saintanselm.org.

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MASS AND PARADE: St. Patrick’s Day liturgy and reception, 9 a.m., St. Patrick Church, 756 Mission St., San Francisco followed by parade celebrating the day, 11:30 a.m., Second and Market streets; United Irish Societies, www.uissf.org.

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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.

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Celebrate the Year of Mercy with a Divine Mercy Pilgrimage to Poland

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$1.00 | VOL. 18 NO. 5

Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2016

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.”

Matthew 5:7

Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Development (415) 614-5580 development@sfarch.org SFArch.org/AAA

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ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL 2016

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“For almost a quarter of a millennium, the Church in San Francisco has been a beacon of hope,

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | MARCH 3, 2016

ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL 2016 GOAL $6,400,000

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CHANCERY BUDGET FOR 2016 SOURCES OF INCOME $14,800,000

spreading the light of Christ to all in our community. I ask you to be generous with your prayers and with your material support for the mission of the Church here in our Archdiocese.”

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone

Parish Ministry & Schools Universal Church 20% 26% $1,287,900 $1,691,200

WHAT YOUR GIFTS SUPPORT Your gift to the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal allows us to provide ministries, programs and services that benefit all parishes and people in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The Annual Appeal is an opportunity for all in the Archdiocese to come together as one community to support one another and all whom we serve.

Clergy Support 33% $2,075,900

Social Ministry 21% $1,345,000

Other Sources 57% $8,400,000

AAA 2016 43% $6,400,000

Clergy Support

Social Ministry

Parish Ministry & Schools

Universal Church

Clergy Support takes care of those who take care of us, contributing to the retirement fund for our retired priests, seminarian education, and more. The offices supported include: Vicar for Clergy, Permanent Diaconate, the Office of Consecrated Life, and the Office of Vocations.

Through Social Ministry, the Archdiocese brings the Good News to the world. The offices supported include: Hospital Chaplains, the Tribunal, Young Adult Ministry, Public Policy, Justice & Peace, Respect Life, Prison Ministry, Ethnic Ministry, Chinese Ministry, Ministry for the Spanish Speaking, Filipino Ministry, Ecumenical and Interreligious Programs.

Under the heading of Parish Ministry & Schools the Archdiocese provides additional funding for parishes and schools. The offices and funds supported include: Department of Pastoral Ministry, Religious Education and Youth Ministry, Office of Worship, Marriage and Family Life, Teacher Incentive Grants, and Alliance for Mission District Schools.

The Universal Church supports the larger work of the California Conference of Bishops, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Holy See, and the Archdiocesan Department of Communications, which produces and maintains the Archdiocese website and social media, Catholic San Francisco, San Francisco Católico, TV Mass, and “Mosaic” on KPIX.

85 Deacons

Hospital & Prison Chaplains

24,635 Catholic School Students

The Holy See

74 Retired Priests

Young Adult and Campus Ministry

3,147 Teachers & Staff

Catholic San Francisco

Respect Life

Faith Formation & Youth Ministry

SFArchdiocese.org & Social Media

Ministry Support in 22 Languages

Premarital and Marriage Support

California Catholic Conference of Bishops

Continuing Education

Justice & Peace

60 Teacher Grants

US Catholic Conference of Bishops

20 Seminarians in Formation

Ecumenical and Interreligious Programs

Office of Worship

“Mosaic” on KPIX-Channel 5

248 Active Priests

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Watch Archbishop Cordileone’s 2016 Annual Appeal video message: SFArch.org/AAA

Dear Friends in Christ: It is once again time to invite you to participate in our Archdiocesan Annual Appeal. During this Holy Year of Mercy, our theme is taken from the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy” (Matthew 5:7).

Christ teaches us to be just and merciful servants, prepared to care for even our enemies, without counting the cost.

Every year I am moved deeply by the generosity of our Catholic faithful in support of the work of the Archdiocese.

The Annual Appeal video this year will focus upon Restorative Justice, Religious Education, and seminary formation. As I think of those served by each of these ministries I am so grateful to those who have made it possible for the mercy of Christ to be made manifest to those in need: victims, perpetrators, and their families; young children learning about the faith; and all those who encounter Christ in our priests. We are a blessed Archdiocese.

I am grateful as well for all that you do to bring life to others, in your families, in your neighborhoods, and in your local parishes. As the Archdiocese embarks on this Annual Appeal, I urge you to be as generous as you can be in support of our ministries.

With my gratitude for your continued support of our Archdiocese, and with my prayerful best wishes, I am, Sincerely yours in our Lord,

Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone Archbishop of San Francisco

Ways to Give Only you can decide what gift amount is right for you in light of your circumstances and in light of the blessings God has given you. For your convenience you may make your contribution over time. Please see the table to the right for budgeting purposes.

• Online (by credit card or checking account): SFArch.org/AAA. Online (by credit card or checking account): SFArch.org/AAA. Please note that you can take full advantage of the benefits offered by your credit card, such as bonus points and airline miles.

• Using the enclosed brochure (by credit card, check, or cash): Please make checks payable to “Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2016.” You may send your completed donation brochure directly to the Archdiocese (the address is pre-printed on the form).

• Stocks, Bonds or Mutual Funds: Donations of stock offer a way to make a charitable gift without having to utilize cash funds. In addition, a stock donor may be able to benefit from capital gains tax savings. For more information on how to donate stocks, bonds or mutual funds, please contact the Office of Development: (415) 614-5580, development@sfarch.org.

• Matching Gifts: Many employers have matching gift programs which provide employees with the opportunity to enhance their charitable contributions. Please contact your company’s Human Resource professional to find out whether your company has a matching gift program.

suggested gift plans Total Gifts

1st Payment

10 Monthly Payments

$5,000

$500

$450

$2,000

$200

$180

$1,000

$100

$90

$800

$80

$72

$500

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$45

$300

$30

$27

$200

$20

$18

$150

$15

$13.50

$100

$10

$9

For more information, please contact your parish or the Office of Development at (415) 614-5580 or email: development@sfarch.org A self-addressed AAA donation brochure is enclosed for your convenience.