April 8, 2011

California bishops decry breakdown on budget deal: ‘Devastating for poor’

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The breakdown of budget talks between California Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers is “tremendously disappointing for Californians but particularly devastating for the poor and vulnerable,” Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Gerald Wilkerson said April 1 in his role as president of the California Catholic Conference.

Bishop Wilkerson said the news that Gov. Brown and legislative leaders have halted budget talks virtually guarantees there will be no special election in June. Talks with Republican lawmakers fell apart on the Democratic governor’s proposal for a special election on a mixture of budget-balancing cuts and tax extensions.

“The job of elected officials in Sacramento isn’t to carry out partisan agendas, but to pursue the common good,” Bishop Wilkerson said. “We fervently pray that both sides return to the bargaining table as soon as possible and make the compromises necessary to meet our moral responsibility to California’s most vulnerable citizens and put the state back on a solid financial footing.”

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Catholics’ challenge of facing the stranger

Pope Benedict XVI kisses a child as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican March 30.

Page 11 of this week’s issue features articles on the challenges of welcoming the newcomer in a changing church. Embrace Latino newcomers or they will flee the church, a Notre Dame theologian told a Catholic conference in Washington, D.C. Migration is a global phenomenon that “cannot be ignored, because it involves human beings,” Cardinal Theodore McCarrick told the conference. In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, where Hispanics make up more than a third of the faithful, an archdiocese-wide pastoral initiative is under way. On Page 14, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose. H. Gomez reflects on the legacy of Cesar Chavez.

By Valerie Schmalz Sister Antonella Manca says Burlingame Catholics call them “the Italian order.”

Four sisters sent from Italy in 1975 at the request of then-Archbishop of San Francisco Joseph Thomas McGucken, the Missionaries of the Sacro Costato teach and administer at St. Catherine of Siena School in Burlingame.

And the result makes the school a little more oldschool. Students can choose to learn Italian or Spanish.

Catholic Schools Week this year emphasized traditional Catholic devotions including a day to pray the rosary and another day when each class took a turn visiting the parish church for eucharistic adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.

“It was beautiful. They were very touched,” said Sister Antonella, who returned to St. Catherine’s in 2006 to take over as school principal after 11 years as a missionary in Albania. “One of the seventh graders came up and told me, ‘that was the best time of my life. I felt Jesus was talking to me.’”

The school believes learning how to write well is important and was featured in an ABC-7 feature in March titled, “School embraces lost art of penmanship.”

Kindergarteners sing the “Ave Maria” in Latin, vigorously and on pitch, under the gentle supervision of Sister Alessandra.

Nurturing the imagination is part of the package, too.

On St. Patrick’s Day a wide-eyed kindergarten girl rushed into the hallway to inform Assistant Principal Adrian Peterson that leprechauns had come while the class was at recess “and everything is upside down!”

Parents of students join the Catholic Church each year, usually with their children, Sister Antonella said. “To see this happiness in the families is beautiful,” she said.

Listening to Sister Alessandra tell Bible stories when Aidan, now in fourth grade, was a kindergartener was a turning point for parent Judy Chao, who entered the church in 2007 with husband Frank Lew and their two boys. “It’s home. It’s how I feel when I go to St. Catherine’s,” said Chao, who attended Catholic preschool in Taiwan. “We are Chinese. Our philosophy is respecting everyone, being kind. From kindergarten to eighth grade, they are driven by ‘always be respectful, be kind to others.’”

For a long time, a mainly Caucasian school that reflected the earlier demographics of the neighborhood, the school is slowly diversifying, said Peterson. “We are starting to represent more of the neighborhood. A lot of ITALIAN NUNS, page 3

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Italian missionary nuns model old-school Catholic faith to suburban families

“The Italian order” at St. Catherine of Siena School: Sister Amy, Sister Corinna, Sister Alessandra, Sister Antonella.

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By Tom Burke Well I did it. I went through a camera-equipped red light. My ticket and copies of pictures taken at the scene were in the mail pretty quick. As I’ve been told that I look like game show host, Monty Hall, I was thinking of saying it was the TV star behind the wheel but think he’d never cop to driving a Kia. In any case, I am going to court to try to get the fine reduced. It’s a whopper. Sure hope they’ll let me do it “my way.”

It’ll be kind of “Let’s Make a Deal” you might say minus the wacky outfits. Keep your fingers crossed, please…. Thanks to Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman for this interesting note. “Five priests have either been stationed or in residence at St. Pius Church in Redwood City and have been made bishops,” Father Jerry told me in a note to this column.

Rob and Katherine Moser They are retired Anchorage Archbishop Frank Hurley, Santa Rosa Bishop Dan Walsh, Reno Bishop Randy Calvo, San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Bob McElroy, and San Jose Auxiliary Bishop Tom Daly.

“This is a great tribute to the people of the parish,” Father Jerry said. Father Jerry, ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1968, is former rector and president of St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park. He

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now serves as Vice President of Corporate Ethics for the Daughters of Charity Health System and lectures in moral theology at Santa Clara University. He has been a “special associate” at St. Pius since 1975 and in residence there since 2005…. Congrats to Amanda Sheldon, a senior at Notre Dame High School in Belmont and winner of a Community Service Scholarship of $5,000 at annual Sequoia Award ceremonies in March. The future elementary school teacher shares her time tutoring students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Belmont and as a counselor in the Caritas Retreat Program. The volunteer also visits with residents of Sunrise Assisted Living in San Mateo. Amanda is on her way to San Francisco State University to major in child and adolescent development. Mighty proud is Amanda’s mom Christine Sheldon…. “Lights! Camera! Auction!” an annual fundraiser of the St Stephen Women’s Guild brought 300 people out for fun and food in the parish’s newly remodeled Donworth Hall. Katherine Moser, mom of fourth grader, Julia, and fifth grader, Dylan, coordinated the evening with Women’s Guild presidents Giovanna Oropeza and Alicia Pashby. Tony Maffei and Sal Rizzo handled auction chores and raised more than $120,000 of which $42,000 benefits St. Stephen School technology lab…. Archbishop Riordan High School held its third annual Bay Area Catholic Junior High School Quiz Bowl March 26. Day’s champs were students from Our Lady of Mercy School. Other participating schools included St. Dunstan, St. Gabriel and All Souls. Thanks to contest organizers John Albach and Bruce Wicklund….The class of ’61 from the much-missed St. Rose Academy is getting back to basics with its 50th reunion, classmate Anne Marie Jordan told me. The alumnae will lunch in Rose Court at Pine and Pierce where, as students, they used to eat their midday meal in the school cafeteria. San Rafael Dominican Sister Susannah Malarkey, the class’s former Latin teacher is expected to attend. E-mail annemjordan@comcast.net for reunion information. While we’re here, “Hats off” to Monica Williams,

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■ Continued from cover the ethnic communities are really pushing our school,” because a Catholic school run by sisters ties back to many cultures’ perception of religion, Peterson said, citing an increase in Filipino and Irish immigrant families.

The Sacro Costato is a missionary order with an emphasis on contemplation. “Through the most sacred wound of the pierced side of Jesus opened by a lance, we the Sacro Costato Missionaries enter into the heart of the Lord,” according to a brochure about the order.

The order’s charism is to make reparation for sins, Sister Antonella said. “To be witnesses for what God can do for people. To be witnesses of God’s love through every kind of work. To be a community ready to go wherever the Holy Father calls us. That’s it,” she said.

At the morning school yard assembly which is usually attended by 50 to 60 parents, Sister Antonella said she offers a little

Kindergarten teacher Sister Alessandra sings the “Ave Maria” in Latin with her charges.

religious reflection such as, “Today, we will pray for the reparation of sins.”

The sisters emphasize the sacraments,

April 9 benefit for tsunami relief at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral A group of Japanese musicians will perform April 9 at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral to benefit victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The money raised will be donated to Catholic Relief Services, which is working with Caritas Japan on disaster relief.

About 12 Japanese musicians and their friends and spouses will play classical and Japanese traditional music. The 6:30 p.m. concert will follow 5 p.m. Mass at Old St. Mary’s, 660 California St. in San Francisco. Admission is free and donations are accepted.

“As a native of Japan I want to do something to help the victims,” said Old St. Mary’s music director Satoko Fujiwara. “I decided to gather my Japanese friends.”

Joining the adult musicians will be the Old St. Mary’s kids’ choir, or Junior Music ministers, including Fujiwara’s 16-year-old son who will play the cello, she said. “All of my family is in Tokyo, they are OK,” said Fujiwara, who added that some other musicians have friends and family whose homes have been destroyed. The trumpet player comes from Sendai in the affected area of northeast Japan and “fortunately her family is OK.” although they were without electricity or water for two weeks after the disaster, Fujiwara said.

As of April 4, 12,259 people were confirmed dead and 15,315 were missing, Japan’s National Police Agency said. More than 166,327 people were in shelters around the country.

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On First Fridays, the entire school attends Mass, again with many parents in attendance, Sister Antonella said. The school website features information about a student Legion of Mary chapter as well as about the mandatory spell-a-thon, junior high Halloween dance, and this year’s April production of “Princess Bride.”

Sister Antonella was Claudia Robles’ third grade teacher and the sisters are the main reason she and her husband Hector chose to send their four children to St. Catherine’s. “I like the fact that my children like going to school,” said Robles. “They don’t complain about going to Mass either.”

Sister Antonella returned to St. Catherine’s from Albania in response to a call from her “very dear friend,” then-pastor Father Albert P. Vucinovich who died of leukemia in 2008. She was very happy as a missionary in Albania, even though the living was hard because it is a very poor country, she said. “I miss it,” Sister Antonella said.

“That’s OK. This is a mission, too.”

Christians among workers risking their lives in nuclear disaster SENDAI, Japan – Christians are among the workers sacrificing their lives to control radiation escaping from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the church missionary news service Fides reported March 30 in relaying news sent by local missionaries and confirmed by Sendai Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga.

“In the midst of this tragedy we are experiencing and which is creating serious concern for all,” the bishop said, “we know that some Christians are working as volunteers near the plant. In this terrible situation, the Japanese Christians have a great opportunity to give witness to their faith and Gospel values. They are doing it in solidarity and dedication to others, in a spirit of self-denial. In Fukushima workers are risking their lives to save the Japanese people and prevent nuclear catastrophe.”

In Fukushima, there are 180 anonymous volunteers who, in shifts of 50, are entering the plant to carry out emergency operations.

In recent days, three men working near the plant’s reactor No. 3 were hospitalized due to

radiation contamination. According to local sources of Fides, the leader of the team that manages operations is a Christian, while five others who are members of a Baptist community are working in the process of cooling reactors No. 1 and No. 2.

A special prayer vigil was held in Singapore a few days ago for the victims, for those who are working in solidarity, for the Christian communities in Japan and to support “the Christian heroes of Fukushima” by the Overseas Missionary Fellowship, the evangelical Christian community that has missionaries in 12 Asian countries.

Volunteers have continued to expand activities to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami, the church news agency UCA News reported.

The Catholic Church in Japan established the Sendai Diocese Support Center on March 16 and began recruiting volunteers two days later.

Young men and women were also dispatched from Tokyo Shinsei Kaikan, a Catholic center for youth activities, faith formation and Bible study, to help in Ishinomaki.

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Tripoli bishop calls for talks TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyans are tired of war and hopeful of a diplomatic solution to end NATO’s military support for rebels battling the Moammar Ghaddafi regime, Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, apostolic vicar of Tripoli, told the church missionary news agency Fides.

“I understand the intentions of the bombing, but that’s not how you solve the crisis,” he said April 4, adding that he thinks the will to negotiate is strengthening and appealing to the African Union and Europe to step up peace efforts

Pope: Witness despite ‘evil’

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI urged young people not to abandon their faith in God because of the “attacks of evil” within the church. “Carry intact the fire of your love in this church every time that men have obscured her face,” he said in a foreword to a new catechism edited specifically for young people. The new “Youth Catechism,” also called “YouCat,” will be included in each pilgrim backpack for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid. Today’s Christians “have need of divine help if you do not want your faith to dry up as a dewdrop in the sun,” he wrote.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Franciscan Sister Klara Duha and her friend, human rights activist Dr. Linda Nurtjahja Wijasa, raised enough money through a chain of e-mails and Facebook for delicate — and ultimately successful — surgery for a poor woman suffering from a severe disease related to the birth of her first child, asianews.it reported April 2. “As a doctor I am personally called to practice love and charity toward others,” Dr. Wijasa said, adding that she wants to share love and hope “as we are morally obliged to do as Catholics.”

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VATICAN CITY — The church needs more training of both priests and lay people in fighting the influence of the devil and bringing spiritual healing to those in need, said attendees at an international exorcism conference. “This is warfare. We’ve gotten way behind. We’ve lost the concept of spiritual warfare,” said Msgr. Marvin Mottet, the official exorcist of the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa. The 80-yearold retired priest said that about once a month he sees a serious case of possession and “tons” of cases of demonic influence in which people are being “bothered or attacked by evil spirits.”

AJMER. India — The diocese in India’s Rajasthan state organized a day-long program April 2 in part to help women stand up to pressure to abort female fetuses, ucanews.com reported. The census report released March 31 revealed the lowest male-female ratio — 914 per 1,000 males — in the country since independence in 1947. People resort to killing female fetuses to avoid having to give a dowry for a daughters’ marriage. In most Indian communities, the bride’s family has to give cash and goods to the bridegroom as a precondition for marriage. “Can we afford to be silent spectators and not do anything about these missing women?”asked Bishop Ignatius Menezes of Ajmer.

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VATICAN CITY — One thousand people were suspected to be dead or missing in the town of Duekoue, Ivory Coast, after clashes throughout the country intensified, the church’s aid and development agency Caritas Internationalis said in a statement April 2. Aid organizations have been recovering hundreds of bodies in Duekoue, according to news reports and “the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating,” the statement said.

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, described a “disquieting calm, not at all reassuring,” with people barricaded in their homes and necessities running short in some districts, the church missionary news agency Fides reported.

PHILADELPHIA — As a lay teacher, three priests and a former priest of the Philadelphia archdiocese prepared for arraignment on charges of sexually abusing or failing to protect children, Cardinal Justin Rigali placed two retired priests on administrative leave pending a more thorough investigation. The two were not named in the archdiocese’s March 30 announcement, but the Philadelphia Inquirer identified one as Father David Givey, who was editor of The Catholic Standard & Times archdiocesan newspaper from 1985 to 1992, retired in 2006 and now lives in Somers Point, N.J. They joined 24 other priests already put on administrative leave by the cardinal, including the three who appeared before Common Pleas Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes March 25.

Blessed Bonifacia Rodriguez Castro, 1837-1905, is one of three people to be canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Oct. 23. The Spanish nun founded the Servants of St. Joseph, a congregation originally dedicated to providing religious and technical education to poor women.

Church giving seen rebounding, but is Catholic picture different?

WASHINGTON — Protestant church giving is rebounding from the recession, according to a new survey, but a Catholic expert said the results might not reflect Catholic giving patterns.

In the third annual “State of the Plate” survey, which included responses from more than 1,500 congregations, 43 percent of the responding churches said donations were up in 2010, 39 percent said they were down and 18 percent said they remained the same as the year before.

Nearly half of the respondents were evangelical or Baptist and only 2 percent Catholic or Orthodox.

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■ Continued from page 4 K. Kelley, president of the International Catholic Stewardship Council. Noting that giving increased during eight of the 10 years of the Great Depression, Kelley said “offertory collections should not be down at this time” as long as churches are welcoming and community-building places.

Archbishop Gomez visits Lakers practice LOS ANGELES — Lima, Peru, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani — a former player on the Peruvian national basketball team — and Archbishop Jose Gomez visited the Los Angeles Lakers’ practice session March 30, meeting with the team and talking basketball with the players, Catholic News Agency reported. The two prelates witnessed a full-court scrimmage and also had one-on-one conversations with Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant, forward Pau Gasol and coach Phil Jackson.

county started registering same-sex couples as domestic partners last year, according to university spokeswoman Kate Venne, who told Catholic News Service that there are 13 other Jesuit colleges and universities that offer health benefits to same-sex partners.

LAHORE, India — Lahore Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha condemned the March 20 burning of the Quran by Florida pastor Terry Jones and said “the U.S. government should detain the pastor for some time.”

“In view of the effects his actions have had all over the world, he should be controlled and understand the harm that has been done,” the archbishop told charity Aid to the Church in Need, according to a report by the Scottish Catholic Observer.

Protests have been held in many parts of the Muslim world since the Quran burning took place. An attack on a U.N. base April 1 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, killed 14 people and an attack the following day in Kandahar killed at least 10.

Marquette U: Health benefits for same-sex domestic partners MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will extend health benefits to same-sex domestic partners starting next year. The extension is contingent upon domestic partners registering their status with the Milwaukee County clerk’s office. The

Bishop Justice leads Lenten youth retreat

Reconciliation for woman in ordination clash with church SAN DIEGO — A former advocate of women’s ordination, who later renounced her 2007 attempt to be ordained as a deacon and declared her adherence to church teaching, announced March 25 that she has been fully reconciled with the church following a decree from the Vatican, Catholic News Agency reported.

“The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has lifted any canonical sanctions that I incurred by attempting ordination as a deacon,” wrote Norma Jean Coon, in an online update to an earlier letter in which she acknowledged that her actions had resulted in excommunication.

Hitchens on illness, belief

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WASHINGTON — Outspoken atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens says he has rejected attempts by several Christians to make him reconsider his non-belief in light of his cancer battle.

To the contrary, Hitchens, who is undergoing treatment for cancer of the esophagus, told the U.K.’s Telegraph magazine that he is thinking of proposing that he and fellow atheists Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris advocate for secular hospital visitors.

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Close to 150 high school students attended the Shadows to Light Lenten retreat March 27 led by Auxiliary Bishop William Justice at St. Thomas More School in San Francisco. The two-hour retreat invited youth to reflect on Lenten themes of grace and forgiveness via youth-led activities that told the Gospel stories of the Woman at the Well, the Man Born Blind and Lazarus.

At least 16 parishes and nine high schools participated.

lauded as a major victory for parental choice in education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 4 that Arizona residents have a right to claim tax credit for donations to non-profit groups that provide scholarships to religious schools, Catholic News Agency reported.

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Cross Builds Innovative Earthquake, Hurricane Resistant Housing For Haiti’s Poor Aid efforts in Haiti have entered a new phase — shifting from emergency relief to major rebuilding and recovery projects focused on creating greater safety and stability for earthquake victims struggling to move on with their lives.

One Catholic organization, Cross International Catholic Outreach, is taking a novel approach with its rebuilding efforts, including the use of cutting-edge technology to build earthquake-resistant homes for traumatized survivors. The Floridabased charity is building hundreds of these unique houses using technology designed by an American non-profit founder and businessman, Donald A. Stevens.

Created as a housing solution for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka, the cost-effective and flexible Shelter2Home technology allows even an inexperienced labor force to construct a strong shelter in a matter of hours, without the use of heavy equipment or sophisticated tools. Once the first stage of these homes has been erected, it can easily be converted into a permanent, stucco covered home for greater safety and permanence.

“The houses have a galvanized steel

frame that maintains its stability in severe weather conditions, including earthquakes, explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross International Catholic Outreach. “Once the frame is up, we wrap it in a resilient metalized foil cloth. At that point, it has a tent-like appearance, but it is waterproof, sturdy and can provide privacy and shelter.

The covering reflects nearly all the sun’s rays (temperatures are far cooler than normal inside the home) and provides protection against fires, termites, mold, and mildew.”

While the home is in this first phase, it can also be moved — an important benefit since land use is complicated by the slow recovery of the Haitian government. It can sometimes take months to iron out disputes over property use and ownership.

When the home owners are ready, the final phase of construction is organized.

This involves covering the outside of the house with a proprietary stuccolike material that — once dried and painted — looks like one of the many cement homes common to Haiti. A single-family home can be built for just $5,000 to $10,000.

“And the same technology is being used to build schools, clinics, dormitories,

Everywhere you turn in Port-au-Prince, you see the rubble and ruin of destroyed homes and lives. and other buildings up to four stories tall,” Cavnar said. “Our donors are learning about these plans now, and we expect many will still want to help Haiti by sponsoring a home or school. If you want to do something profound to help, this is certainly the most tangible and

At left, a rendering showing both the frame and tented covering of the house. At right, the final version of the house with the stucco exterior in place.

impacting thing you could do.”

To maximize the impact of its housing efforts, Cross International Catholic Outreach has helped set up a factory in Haiti where the components of these homes can be built and stored for quick delivery.

“This strategy is also helping Haitian families by creating jobs within the country,” Cavnar said. “Unemployment was extremely high before the earthquake — now, things are even worse. This factory includes job training. Once a man has learned how to construct a home, he has a valuable skill. Tens of thousands of homes were destroyed and need to be rebuilt. A trained worker has the best opportunity to land those jobs.”

To make a tax-deductible contribution in support of Cross International Catholic Outreach and its projects overseas, use either the postage-paid brochure inserted in this newspaper or send your donation to: Cross International Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC00758, 490 White Pond Drive, PO Box 63, Akron, OH 44309-0063.

Cross Recognized, Endorsed by early 50 U.S. Catholic Bishops As Cross International Catholic Outreach (CICO) continues its range of relief work to help the poor overseas, its efforts are being recognized by a growing number of Catholic leaders in the U.S. “We’ve received an impressive number of endorsements and letters of support from American Bishops and Archbishops — nearly 50 Catholic leaders at last count,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross International Catholic Outreach.

“They’re impressed by the fact that we’ve done outreaches in more than 40 countries and that we undertake a variety of projects; everything from feeding the hungry and housing the homeless to supplying safe water and supporting educational opportunities for the poorest of the poor.”

Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis sent one of the more recent letters of encouragement, writing: “It is my hope that this ministry will continue to flourish and reach as many people as possible. I will inform the priests of the Archdiocese of St. Louis of the important work that Cross

International Catholic Outreach does and elicit their prayerful and financial support for the service you provide to the less fortunate around the world.”

Bishop Kevin Vann of Fort Worth was just as enthusiastic about Cross Catholic and its mission. “I also know that many of the Bishops in Texas think very highly and endorse the work and mission of Cross International Catholic Outreach — as well as do other Bishops whom I know from my days of graduate studies in Rome. Please know of my prayers and support for this vital work...”

In Archbishop Gregory Aymond’s case, the endorsement came with a personal note of thanks for the role Cross Catholic played in helping families hit hard by Hurricane Katrina.

“I’m happy to acknowledge that Cross International Catholic Outreach was of tremendous help to the Archdiocese of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina,” he said.

Bishop Thomas Rodi of Biloxi had similar praise.

“Your quick response to the needs of the people in south Mississippi in the

Bishop Kevin W. Vann, a director on the board of Cross International Catholic Outreach, at a recent meeting with Pope Benedict. aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will always be remembered and greatly appreciated,” he said. “Thank you for all the good you do, and may God bless you and your ministry.”

In addition to praising the work CICO accomplishes, many of the Bishops and Archbishops are also impressed by the unique collaborative relationship Cross has with the Pontifical Council Cor Unum

in Rome. This allows the charity to participate in the mercy ministries of the Holy Father himself. In his praise of CICO, Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati underscored this unique connection.

“Cross International Catholic Outreach’s close collaboration with the Pontifical Council Cor Unum is a source of encouragement,” the Archbishop said.

“The Holy See has unique knowledge of local situations throughout the world through its papal representatives in nearly two hundred countries and through its communications with Bishops and others who care for the poor and needy in every corner of the world.”

CICO president, Jim Cavnar, explained the significance of this connection.

“Our collaboration with Cor Unum allows us to fund outreaches in virtually any area of the world, and we have used that method in special cases — to help the victims of natural disasters, for example,” he said. “It only represents a small part of our overall ministry, but it can be a very important benefit in those special cases.”

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Catholics Playing Vital Role In Haiti Reconstruction Port-au-Prince resident Caline Brevil was on her way to the tap-tap station to pick up a friend when the violent earth-quake struck Haiti in January.

Her mind raced to her family, who were back at their home. She had to get back to them.

As Caline — nine-months pregnant — pushed through the demolished streets of the city, she had to step over the bodies of men, women and children blocking the way. At first, she said “Excuse me” as she stumbled through, but she soon realized all the people lying prone in the streets were dead.

When her own home finally came into view, all she could see of her house was the roof. It had collapsed, becoming the floor of the building.

The damage was so severe in her neighborhood that there was no one alive to ask about the fate of her husband and 5-year-old, twin daughters.

She never did find them.

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Earthquake survivor, Caline Brevil

In the first month following that fateful day, Caline slept in a tent outside of Port-au-Prince. There, she gave birth to a daughter, Ronese, the child she had been carrying when the earthquake struck. To protect her new baby, Caline decided to leave the smoldering city for someplace safe. Begging a ride, she made her way to Hinche, a rural town north of the capital. She now lives there in a dilapidated shack that she shares with her grandmother.

Caline has nightmares and often can’t sleep at night. In her recurring dream, she and her husband are together when the earthquake hits. He carries the children and they run away. They come to the fork in the road, and Caline goes one way and her husband and children go another, never to be seen again.

“I’ve seen too much. I’ve seen too much,” she sobs. “I’ll never forget.”

Nearly everyone in Haiti carries similar emotional and economic burdens today. Old lives are completely gone, and most people have lost at least one close family member.

“More than 200,000 men, women, and children were killed when the earthquake struck. Though the initial tremor lasted only 35 seconds, it was enough to reduce entire neighborhoods to fields of rubble and forever change lives of hundreds of thousands of Haitians,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross International Catholic Outreach, one of the prominent ministries involved in recovery efforts in Haiti today.

The January earthquake was the worst disaster the country has seen in 200 years. Not only did Haiti lose national landmarks such as the Presidential Palace and the Catholic Cathedral, but more than one million people were left without homes after the quake. These traumatized survivors fled to the countryside in search of food, water, and shelter.

According to Cavnar, emergency aid from Cross Catholic and other agencies initially focused on helping survivors living in tents and temporary shelters.

Since the anniversary of the

Huge tent cities can be found throughout the Port-au-Prince area, but many earthquake survivors seek safer shelter in the country’s rural towns. earthquake, much of the aid efforts have shifted to long-term recovery.

Though it will be years before Haiti’s capital city is restored, individual people — victims like Caline — have hope of living vastly improved lives, thanks to continued support from generous American Catholics.

“We are focusing on improving the lives of individuals. If you get caught up in broad statistics and the issues of governments, you miss the point. Caline is a living, breathing person who needs help, and there are hundreds of others like her who are facing similar problems that we can help solve. That should be our focus now,” Cavnar said. “Our donors have this perspective too. They are staying involved in our Haiti outreach, and their continued support is making a huge difference in the lives of the earthquake survivors.”

Cavnar pointed to Anise Verdieu’s story as an example.

Verdieu, 55, lost her house in the earthquake and has been living in a tent with her family since then.

Verdieu and her family are one of several who are receiving a sturdy new

home through a major housing project being organized by Cross International Catholic Outreach and funded by the charity’s U.S. donors.

“As a Christian I’ve been taught to be faithful and to pray — knowing that God will provide,” she said. “Getting a new house is proof that God does provide. It is the greatest gift God could give me; if I die tomorrow, now I will know that I’m leaving a house for my children.”

In this phase of this special outreach, hundreds of homes are being built for traumatized earthquake survivors across the country.

“Verdieu was thrilled to have been selected to receive a new home,” Cavnar said. “She had felt like a lost soul — one among tens of thousands in need, with no hope of recovering from this disaster.

Now, thanks to the American Catholics who are contributing to our Haiti housing outreach, she has new hope.”

Cross Catholic is also working with Pwoje Espwa, an orphanage for more than 750 children in southern Haiti.

There, it is building specially-designed temporary shelters for displaced orphans who lost their parents in the earthquake.

“In addition to providing high-quality homes for orphans and refugee families, this project is also creating jobs for local workers, which will benefit Haiti’s economy,” said Berthony Piard, Espwa’s assistant director for the housing project.

“Every structure we build employs 10 to 12 people, allowing them to earn enough money to feed their families and send their kids to school.”

In addition to constructing homes, Cross Catholic is undertaking other rebuilding projects to help the people of Haiti recover. This includes rebuilding schools that were demolished.

“Our ultimate goal is to bring complete and lasting rehabilitation to Haiti. The process has required lots of patience, creativity and ingenuity — and we could not do any of it without help from our Catholic supporters in the U.S.,” said Jim Cavnar, president of Cross International Catholic Outreach.

For earthquake survivor Caline Brevil, the 23-year-old who lost her husband, twin daughters, and home in the disaster, this support from America is a literal answer to prayer.

“My sole source of hope through this horrible time of loss has been God,” she said. “He is continuing to answer my prayers through the generosity of others.”

To make a tax-deductible contribution to Cross International Catholic Outreach and its work with Catholic ministries overseas, use either the enclosed postage-paid brochure or send donations to: Cross International Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC00758, 490 White Pond Drive, PO Box 63, Akron, OH 44309-0063.

How to Help: Your help is needed for Cross International Catholic Outreach to bring Christ’s mercy to the poorest of the poor. Use the enclosed postage-paid brochure to mail your gift or send it to Cross International Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC00758, 490 White Pond Drive, PO Box 63, Akron, OH 44309-0063.

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Bishops’ committee says professor’s book misrepresents faith WASHINGTON (CNS) – A 2007 book written by Fordham mittee or the exact date when the correspondence was received.

The statement from the committee, chaired by Cardinal University theology professor Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson “contains misrepresentations, ambiguities and errors” related Donald W. Wuerl of Washington, indicated that the book was to the Catholic faith, the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine reviewed because Sister Elizabeth is a well-known theologian and that the book is aimed at a broad audience of general readers. has concluded.

The fact that it is used as a university theology The committee said in a 21-page statement textbook also was a factor, the statement said. released March 30 that the book, “Quest for the A former president of both the Catholic Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology Theological Society of America, Sister of God,” failed to take the faith of the Catholic Elizabeth says on her Fordham faculty page Church as its starting point and chose to use that her main areas of research include “issues standards from outside the faith to “criticize related to justice for women.” and to revise in a radical fashion the conception She says on her personal Web page that of God revealed in Scripture and taught by the the documents of the Second Vatican Council magisterium.” deeply influenced her as a young theologian in The committee found that Sister Elizabeth, the 1960s. She recalls the experience of slowly a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of reading a draft of “Gaudium et Spes” – “Joy and Brentwood, New York, erred when she critiqued St. Joseph Sister Hope,” the Pastoral Constitution on the Church modern theism as a departure from medieval Elizabeth Johnson in the Modern World – and “drinking it in like and patristic sources and proposed new metawater in the desert.” phors for God “that are intended to help transIn a statement March 30, Sister Elizabeth said her book form society in a positive way by promoting the socio-political “endeavors to present new insights about God arising from status of women,” according to a U.S. bishops’ statement.

The book was identified for review by the committee during people living out their Catholic faith in different cultures around winter 2009-10, said Father Thomas G. Weinandy, executive the world.”

“My hope is that any conversation that may be triggered director of the Secretariat for Doctrine at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He did not identify who approached the com- by this statement will but enrich that faith, encouraging robust

relationship to the holy mystery of the living God as the church moves into the future,” she said.

The Fordham theologian said the committee’s conclusions “paint an incorrect picture of the fundamental line of thought the book develops” and expressed concern that she was never invited to talk to the committee. “This book was discussed and finally assessed by the committee before I knew any discussion had taken place,” she said.

A conversation with the bishops about her intentions in the book “would have very likely avoided these misrepresentations,” she said.

“The bishops felt that (meeting with her) would just prolong a process that they really didn’t want to prolong,” Father Weinandy told Catholic News Service.

– Catholic San Francisco contributed to this report.

Baseball stars take field for ‘Faith Bowl IV’ HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (CNS) – A lineup of baseball celebrities takes the field for the debut of “Faith Bowl IV,” which airs early this spring in conjunction with the start of the baseball season.

“Faith Bowl IV,” from Family Theater Productions with the collaboration of Catholic Athletes for Christ and the Knights of Columbus, focuses on “Coaches, Mentors and Parents Helping Kids Get the Most Out of Sports.”

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Catholic fifth graders form bonds with soldiers serving overseas and see such distaste for this war that it makes me feel more than a little dissension toward us soldiers that have to fight it.

By John O’Shaughnessy The Criterion INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Rena Becher knows there are moments in life when a simple gesture that says “I’m thinking of you” can forge an immediate bond between people.

As proof, she refers to the special thank-you letters that American soldiers serving overseas have sent to the fifth grade students at St. Simon the Apostle School in Indianapolis.

The fifth grade teacher mentions how quiet her students become when she reads them one of the letters, such as this one from an American soldier serving in Afghanistan, who had received a care package that the children had helped to make.

“Sitting in our small slice of heaven in Afghanistan, it started to be a looming notion that the holidays were all just going to meld into our daily routine,” the soldier wrote. “When our chaplain came down with your packages though, it moved me. Many a day I will catch flashes of news during chow

The students turned in more than 800 pounds of Halloween candy to send to soldiers overseas – ‘a really big deal in our class.’

– Fifth grader John Morrissey “However, the packages we received gave me renewed faith and a happiness that I truly haven’t felt since I was a child. The gifts you send us aren’t of candy, but of love and hope, which are truly what we needed. I could never tell you how much it means to us.”

The soldier signed his name under the words, “From the bottom of my heart, my deepest regards.”

That special connection between students and soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Bosnia and other parts of the world has been a key part of the faith-based life lessons at St. Simon School for more than six years.

“It gives them a sense of the world beyond St. Simon,” Becher said. “We’re involved in this because it’s a way of giving to others, which God wants us to do. I don’t look at it just from a patriotic standpoint, but from a religious standpoint, too. This is our faith. This is a service we can do.”

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St. Rita Church extends hospitality to Marin County’s homeless It was two years ago when Yvonne Wild, who had been living in the tent halfway up Mount Tamalpais, first felt the love at St. Rita Church in Fairfax.

She boarded a bus at the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County, which took her and a dozen or so other homeless women to the church. There they were greeted by volunteers, were fed, given air mattresses and blankets, shared stories with the hosts and were made to feel at home.

The best part, said Wild, was the respect that she was shown.

“You feel like a normal human being,” she said, which, she said, is a courtesy not often extended to the homeless.

St. Rita is one of 15 Marin County churches, plus a synagogue, that for two years has accommodated groups of homeless people one night a week in a shelter program called REST – Rotating Emergency Shelter Team – run by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County. Congregations provide volunteers, meals, etc, while funding for staff and other expenses is covered by a grant of $175,000 from the Marin Community Foundation.

REST runs Dec. 1-March 31, accommodating on average 43 men and 12 women seven nights a week at a different church, casting a light on the homeless crisis in one of the state’s most affluent counties and, for St. Rita’s 97 volunteers in the program, providing a platform to fulfill the gospel of Jesus Christ, said the pastor, Father Kenneth Weare.

“Jesus did not say, ‘Come and worship me.’ Jesus said, ‘Take care of people in need,’” said Father Weare.

St. Rita is the only Catholic church housing homeless in the REST network. On Thursday nights for the past two years the parish has opted to take in women, many of whom posted thank-you notes at the parish hall before turning in on the evening of March 31.

“I would like to thank you for helping me in my times of trial,” read one. “This church always goes overboard,” read another.

And this: “To all of the cooks – your church was voted best food.”

Jack Stewart, the parishioner who coordinates the effort at St. Rita, got a deal on double air mattresses at a Big 5 Sporting Goods, after he explained the cause – and then told the guests on the last night they could keep them. He believes in the cause.

“When it’s three o’clock in the morning and it’s raining you like to think that maybe everybody is in a comfortable bed,” said Stewart. “That is not the case any longer. This is just a small way that we can be good Christians and good neighbors.”

Dolores Stoll, the parishioner who coordinates the volunteer dinner preparation at St. Rita, said, “It’s something we have to do, to take care of one another, and St. Rita is a community of loving families.”

Barbara Petty of Fairfax, who is not a parishioner but sends her son, Patrick Allen, to the parish school, made chicken noodle soup for the last gathering of the year. She became a volunteer in the shelter program wanting to immerse her son in community service. “The kids here (in Marin County) do not have a concept of not having everything that they need or want,” said Petty, “so it is really important for us to remember there are some in different circumstances.”

(PHOTOS BY GEORGE RAINE/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

By George Raine

St. Rita shelter volunteers, from left, George Maloney and Jack Stewart, with Natalie Chapman and Ben Dines, both from Sir Francis Drake High School, welcome and feed homeless women.

There is a year-round homeless shelter in Marin, Mill Street, part of the nonprofit Homeward Bound, with 55 beds – not nearly enough for the demand, said Christine Paquette, spokeswoman for the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin. In addition, two civil grand juries have described the need for more emergency shelter space in the county.

The REST program, she said, has been a major success, for guests who have felt welcomed and hosts “who have been blessed to do the work.” The negative, she said, “is that this is not sustainable in terms of logistics.” She added, “It is really hard for these people to be sleeping on the church floor every night in a different church all winter long. Blankets on the floor are really not what we want to be.”

Thus, the society is advocating for a permanent site.

Still, said Wild, who after seeing REST program as a guest joined the staff of the St. Vincent de Paul Society to help run it, knows from experience the value of being treated with respect, even in a temporary, imperfect program. “At St. Rita, they treat me like I live right next door to them. I am not any different than they are,” said Wild. “They treat us like a neighbor who is just having a bad streak of luck right now and ask, ‘What can we do to help?’”

Wild, 63, worked for 35 years as an emergency medical technician in Oakland before events made her homeless. At St. Rita the other day, helping the homeless women get settled in the parish hall, she said, “The air mattress, the pillow – it makes you feel more civilized. You are actually putting your head on a pillow instead of a backpack or a bunch of leaves.”

The St. Rita volunteers – including parishioners, students from the elementary school, from Sir Francis Drake High School

Barbara Petty

Yvonne Wild

and Marin Catholic High School and several Protestant friends – join the women at the table.

“It indicates to the homeless people that we care about them personally, and that means a great deal to them,” said Father Weare. “For many who had never met homeless people before, they now see that homeless people are just like them,” he said.

“They have the same concerns, the same fears, same hopes, same dreams.”

In addition, the St. Rita community has come to realize that housing is very much a crisis in Marin, and “it suggests to us that we need to take more political action, because what we need to do is to eliminate why there are homeless in the first place,” Father Weare said. Seeing the county spend money on what he considers non-essentials, he added, “The question of allocation of resources, the question of issues of human rights and human values, seem to be missing from the Marin County Board of Supervisors.”

Lenten resources Information on prayer, celebration, almsgiving, fasting and charity is available from the U.S. bishops at http://www.usccb.org/lent. Lent ends with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on April 21, Holy Thursday.

Easter Sunday is April 24. Catholics are encouraged to make a good confession before Easter, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said March 8.

Chinese Catholic New Year Mass

The 20th anniversary Chinese New Year Mass was celebrated by retired Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang Feb. 13 at Holy Name of Jesus Church in San Francisco.

The annual Mass “is very important for our Chinese Catholics because the Chinese New Year is the most important cultural celebration of the year,” said Sister Maria Hsu, director of ethnic ministries for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. After the Mass a dinner was held for 600 guests, including Archbishop George Niederauer, Bishop Wang, Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice, Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy and Reno Bishop Randy Calvo.

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Hispanic pastoral initiative

Father Moises Agudo, vicar for Spanish-speaking Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Hispanic Pastoral Council and the Ministry for the Hispanic Community were sponsors of a Lenten retreat at St. Timothy Church in San Mateo March 19. The day drew 120 people from eight parishes. Retreats were also held that day at Mission Dolores Parish in San Francisco and St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael. The daylong retreat, with the theme of “The Family as Domestic Church,” was the first of four planned for this year. Two more retreats with concurrent presentations in San Mateo, Marin and San Francisco counties are planned with a culminating retreat for all three counties in the archdiocese in October at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Hispanics comprise 34 percent of Catholics in the archdiocese, Father Agudo said.

Panelists: Welcome immigrants or lose them to other faiths, secularism

By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – With the bulk of U.S. population growth coming among Hispanics, the Catholic Church must get out ahead in welcoming Latino newcomers or they will become involved in other institutions and activities instead, cautioned panelists at a conference on immigration and the church.

Some types of welcoming might include offering Mass in Spanish, creating an environment around parish property where immigrants without family will feel at home hanging around with friends there, or being able to rally support at Catholic universities for the DREAM Act, said Father Virgilio Elizondo, professor of pastoral and Hispanic theology at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies.

“Immigrants bring with them a profound faith that God is with them,” he said at a daylong conference on the pastoral, policy and social implications of immigrants in the Catholic Church.

“Yet many are not made welcome in our churches.”

Father Elizondo was among panelists at the March 21 event co-sponsored by The Catholic University of America and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Just a few days later, the Census Bureau released data from the 2010 census showing that one in six Americans is Hispanic, their largest percentage of the population to date, up by 43 percent in a decade.

And Latinos are a young demographic, making up 23 percent of the under-17 population, compared to 16 percent of the total U.S. population, according to the census. It showed that though most Latinos still live in just nine states as they have for generations – Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York and Texas – the Hispanic population more than doubled in nine others, primarily in the Southeastern region. Those include Alabama, Arkansas,

Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Maryland and South Dakota.

The data affirmed what speakers at the conference said about the church needing to recognize that it has new members in places where Catholics have been a small part of the population.

Immigrants need help adjusting to their new home, learning English and figuring out paths to leadership in society and in the church, he said. From the parish office and pastoral staff through organizations like the Knights of Columbus, the various people and functions of the church need to consciously reach out to these newcomers, he added.

“Even if people walk out,” when a priest preaches about the need to welcome newcomers, as sometimes happens, said Father Elizondo, the church’s pastoral responsibility is to embrace those who may change the demographic face of a community.

“This is a moment of real challenge,” he said. In some places, that will mean confronting racist attitudes that people may not recognize in themselves, Father Elizondo said, adding that the current tone of political debate about immigration helps mask some people’s xenophobia in arguments such as “what part of illegal don’t you understand?”

In the same panel discussion, Timothy Meagher, associate history professor at Catholic University, explained that the only reason the Catholic Church in the United States is as large as it is today – about 25 percent of the population – is because of the massive immigration of poor, low-skilled people from Ireland, Italy and Germany in the 19th century.

Then, as now, many of those immigrants came because what is now called globalization undermined entire economies.

Poor farmers and artisans found themselves undermined by lower-cost agriculture and factories in other countries when railroads and steamships made it possible to send food and manufac-

tured goods around the world, Meagher said. Much like today, those who were pushed out emigrated to the United States, where growth in low-skilled jobs offered them a chance to support their families.

Another panelist, Jesuit Father Alan Figueroa Deck, executive director of the USCCB’s Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, said there is “no doubt this is a critical moment in the history of the church.” The church’s young people are no longer predominantly of European ancestry, he noted, adding that the church’s leadership, institutions and even the style of worship “must take this transformation into account.”

It’s because of recent immigration that the Catholic Church has become much more established in all parts of the country, he said, giving the example of North Carolina, where the Catholic population has doubled “because of immigrants.”

Although there’s been great progress in the past 60 years in developing leadership capability among Hispanic Catholics and ministries for them, Father Deck said much of the church doesn’t recognize that “U.S. Catholicism will be different” because its growth is coming from Hispanics.

For instance, the people involved in the charismatic renewal and Cursillo movements are primarily Hispanics and more than half of Hispanic Catholics say they have been influenced by the charismatic renewal movement, he said.

“This is a way of being Catholic that’s more celebratory and festive,” said Father Deck. Holding onto these Catholics will take evangelization that appreciates such culture, he said, and avoids trying to make people with different traditions fit into the “American” type of church. That runs the risk of driving these new generations not toward evangelical churches, but toward a secular attitude that doesn’t include any faith.

“We’re Americanizing people out the front door of the church,” he said.

Cardinal: Like Jesus, world’s migrants are strangers seeking a place of welcome office: That people have a right to migrate to be able to care for themselves and their families, as WASHINGTON (CNS) – Migrants around well as a right to be able to support themselves the world struggle to find welcome, making the without migrating; that governments have a sovCatholic Church’s challenge to educate its own ereign right to control their borders; that refugees people about the teachings of the faith a universal and asylum seekers should be protected; and that one, said Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the the rights and dignity of people without immigraretired archbishop of Washington who was the tion documents should be protected. keynote speaker during a daylong conference Don Kerwin, vice president for programs at on the subject. the Migration Policy Institute and former direc“I have witnessed the migration phenomena tor of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, in all its forms,” said Cardinal McCarrick at elaborated on similar points, noting, for example, the March 21 conference co-sponsored by The that “states don’t give us rights. States exist to Catholic University of America and the U.S. give us ways to honor our God-given rights.”

Conference of Catholic Bishops. “In every visit Governments have a responsibility to honor to another country, migration is part of the conthe common good by making it possible for versation. And it’s not a pretty sight. But it cannot people to survive decently, he said. But “if you be ignored, because it involves human beings.” can’t survive, you have a right, sometimes a Protesters rally against proposed legislation dealing with illegal immigration Earlier in the day, speakers representing the responsibility, to migrate.”

March 17 outside the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. Senators voted down five USCCB and the Migration Policy Institute took He took issue with those who say people who proposed bills, including one so-called “birthright” measure that took aim a detailed look at the theological development come into the United States illegally are greedy, at automatic citizenship for children of illegal immigrants born in the U.S. of Catholic teaching on migration and how that “yet we’re not greedy for staying?” shapes the church’s public policy approach. Later, Immigrants also have rights and responsispeakers tackled the role of faith-based groups in the ongoing In today’s society, “you may not recognize Jesus at first” in bilities to contribute to the social good, Kerwin said, including U.S. debate about immigration policy and delved into U.S.- a stranger, “but he is there,” said Cardinal McCarrick. people who are in the country without legal immigration status.

Mexico relations and how they are affected by migration issues.

To those who say immigrants need to follow “the rule of Globalization makes more urgent the need for the church Cardinal McCarrick, whose international travels haven’t to defend the human rights of the tens of millions of refugees law,” Kerwin’s response is: “What don’t you get about Godslowed since his retirement in 2006, traced migration-related and other people who are in search of a better life, he said. The given dignity?”

Scriptures from the flight of the Israelis in Exodus to the admoni- cardinal serves as a board member for Catholic Relief Services, The phrase “rule of law” has become a red herring in the tion in Leviticus that “the stranger who resides with you shall be among other activities that take him around the world. immigration debate, he said. What the term means is that leaders to you as the native among you” and through the New Testament.

In outlining church teaching on the rights of migrants, J. Kevin should be bound by the law. But in the case of U.S. immigra“Jesus was an itinerant preacher,” he reminded the audience. Appleby, director of migration policy and public affairs for the tion laws, they’re nearly impossible to follow, with provisions “He had nowhere to lay his head. There are many like that in USCCB, traced the same scriptural roots Cardinal McCarrick that are retroactive, inconsistently applied and that don’t reflect our world today.” referenced and listed some principles that guide the work of his realities of life, he said.

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Guest Commentary Deaf Catholics deepen faith through pilgrimage to France In 2009, I went to France for the annual Eucharistic saw the painted pictures of many modern saints. We also celebration of the Paris deaf community. Seeking an walked as a group through the Stations of the Cross set opportunity to meet American deaf people, some of the on a large stony mountain. Our deaf members would not community’s French members asked if it would be pos- pass one station by without a picture. We were impressed sible to come back to France with a group. by everything.

That trip took place last summer when I returned to We went to see the chapel where St. Bernadette had France on a pilgrimage with four other members of the been baptized and visited her family’s home and the deaf Catholic community in the Fort Castle, where we saw many San Francisco Bay Area. The archaic work tools that belonged to pilgrims were Aidee Papp and her parents. We went for adoration Clarebyll Mabanta – members in the Basilica of the Immaculate of St. Benedict Parish in San Conception where we saw the Francisco, where I lead the adult painted picture of an infected foot faith development program – and the relic of the heart of St. and Robert Zunino and his wife Bernadette.

Diana Zunino, a deaf couple who The Disabled Service Team at attend the Santa Rosa deaf comLourdes welcomed us into their munity and are also members of building to watch a DVD of events St Benedict. and solemnities of past years at The great saints of France Lourdes. At the end of the meetinspired us in advance. Every secing, the team members were very ond Sunday, the St. Benedict faith grateful for our pilgrimage and development program shows reliespecially for our visit to their site. gious movies about the saints, and They suggested a common prayer. we reflect on the saints’ examples We stood in a circle. The deaf and lives. The impact of movies Americans prayed in American about St. Therese of Lisieux and Sign Language and the French deaf St. Bernadette eagerly empowered people prayed in the French Sign us to plan our pilgrimage.

Language. It was the best fraternal Father Paul Diemert of the deaf The San Francisco deaf Catholic pilgrims moment and event we had that day. apostolate in Paris knew about Each group appreciated the beauty are pictured at Lourdes in June 2010. our visit and welcomed us to his of the other’s sign language, the parish. He led us through the deaf beauty of our deaf culture and the school of Paris, where we explored the buildings and beauty of every one of us. There were endless smiles on flower-filled garden. The group visited the Eiffel Tower everyone’s faces. No one could explain; no one could for hours the first evening and took many pictures. comment. The unique thing we would say was this: “Ahhh, In Lourdes, we visited the Marian sanctuary and the they sign the Virgin Mary in that way; we do it this way.

Grotto of Masabielle, where we drank the grotto water. We Each reflects her identity.” The signs of the Virgin Mary went to the Mass for the sick in the lower chapel, where we were the most beautiful.

I am grateful to God for our successful pilgrimage and thankful to every one of the pilgrims. I knew that each of them had a spiritual reason for the trip and it was a way for me to assist them pastorally. I do Father Ghislain not know about the Cheret Bazikila blessings God gave me and the graces that the Blessed Virgin and saints bestowed upon me and us, but I am happy that every one of us had a good feeling and good experience.

Spiritual pilgrimages are a way to gather the lives, hearts and hopes of our faithful people.

Each member of the group returned home with favorite impressions. Robert was most impressed by the statues of the cross at Lourdes. Aidee was interested in the sufferings of the martyrs and the tools of torture which were used long ago. She wanted to make that visit longer, and she personally went to the front of the altar of the Foreign Mission Chapel of Paris to ask forgiveness for our past faith misunderstanding or mistrust. Diana was aware that the sick people at Lourdes seemed so joyous and hopeful.

They prayed and sought interior joy and peace more than physical healing. And Clarebyll clearly understood that the height of the candles at Lourdes was deeply meaningful.

The pilgrimage was a great success and I am thinking about plans for another trip to France and Italy next year. Deaf people appreciate what they see and learn so much by sight.

Father Bazikila, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2008. He ministers to the deaf community in Northern California.

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suffering hatred and subject to violence and persecution.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Bishop-elect Thomas Daly (“Bishopelect Daly named first auxiliary bishop for San Jose Diocese,” March 25) is the 41st alumnus of St. Patrick’s Seminary & University who has been named a bishop.

The first was Most Reverend J. Alden Bell, class of 1932, former bishop of Sacramento. Daly stands in a line of distinguished “Men of Menlo,” joining recent newly ordained alumni bishops William J Justice, auxiliary bishop of San Francisco; Randolph Calvo, bishop of Reno; Larry Silva, bishop of Honolulu; and Robert W. McElroy, auxiliary bishop of San Francisco.

Each of these men bring to the episcopate myriad qualities of commitment to the church, bright minds, balanced personalities, a great sense of humor, and integrity and holiness of life. Bishop-elect Daly embraces these dimensions and sustains a unique quality of inner freedom and strength. He is his “own man,” not hesitant to express his mind, and not given at all to bullying or being manipulated. His deep qualities are learned and developed but rest ultimately on his superb San Francisco Catholic family, rooted specifically in the deep faith of his parents, Marian and his late father, Don. His commitment to the encouragement of youth is well-known and respected, whether exampled in guiding high school students at Marin Catholic or his consistent striving after excellence in promoting vocations to the priesthood – a pursuit no doubt modeled on his patron saint, Vincent de Paul.

At this particularly challenging moment in the American church, Bishop-elect Daly will bring a sense of integrity and authentic support especially for his fellow priests. As the church of San Jose celebrates its 30th

Disagrees with church on capital punishment It was less than amusing for me to see Mr. Gerald Uelman on the front page of Catholic San Francisco in your lead story of Catholic lawyers against the death penalty (March 18). Your story brought to mind two interesting aspects of this issue.

First, many Catholics, like me, are not opposed to capital punishment. We also believe there is a major differential between first-degree murderers and the taking of innocent life through abortion.

It’s a no-brainier that the taking of innocent life is just that. The aborted fetus has harmed no one. First-degree murderers not only have committed their act with forethought but in many cases their crime is heinous and involves mental torture to their victim prior to the actual murder.

This is not to mention the calamity they bring for a lifetime to victims’ families.

While the Catholic Church has every right to exert its official position, individual Catholics have every right to assert their reasoned belief as I have above.

Letters welcome Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers.

Please send your letters to: Catholic San Francisco One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, CA 94109 Fax: (415) 614-5641 E-mail: delvecchior@sfarchdiocese.org, include “Letters” in the subject line.

Secondly, how ironic that Mr. Uelmen would be your story’s “poster boy.” He is the same fine Catholic from Santa Clara University who helped successfully defend O.J. Simpson, the latter having been found in civil court to be responsible for the brutal deaths of his wife and Mr. Ronald Goldman.

Having Mr. Uelmen leading the antideath penalty Catholic lawyer campaign is tantamount to having Hugh Hefner chairing an anti-pornography campaign.

Peter J. Fatooh San Francisco

Pray for Bhatti, faith’s latest martyr Shahbaz Bhatti (“In praise of Shahbaz Bhatti,” Guest Commentary, Deacon Brian Bromberger, March 25) was the only Catholic minister in the Pakistan government; he was appointed minister for minorities. Bhatti was killed by extremists because he opposed the blasphemy law. He was a humble and brave man and worked tirelessly in spreading the truth of Christ and standing up for Christian rights in the Islamic country of Pakistan. He was warned about the dangers to his life but said, “I believe in Jesus Christ who has given his own life for us. I know what the cross means and what it means to follow the cross. I am ready to die for the cause of my suffering community and I will die to defend their rights.” He gave his life for his faith in Christ. An official request to the Vatican has been made by the bishops of Pakistan to recognize Shahbaz Bhatti as a martyr and patron of religious freedom.

He is the latest martyr for the faith. Please pray for the Pakistani Christians who are

Daly will bring deep qualities as bishop

anniversary, they are receiving a wonderful gift in their new auxiliary bishop.

Father Gerald D. Coleman, SS Vice President, Corporate Ethics Daughters of Charity Health System

Vatican II interpreters may be misleading In your March 18 issue, Sister Kathleen Dolphin (Guest Commentary, “Catholic laity and church reform”) reminds us that patience can become a vice. Are we all guilty of coming to accept as “normal” nuns obsessed with power and structures of authority, rather than with service, who’ve traded Catholicism for radical feminism, kicked the habit, and, as self-appointed interpreters of what the “Spirit of Vatican II” really intended for the bishops to do, work no longer to transform the world with Catholic values but rather to transform the church along the lines of their liberal secular ideology? It’s such a cliché by now. (I do know some wonderful women religious.)

Catholics have been losing their faith and falling away from the church for decades, not just recently. The rate of hemorrhaging has been even greater among the ranks of many religious orders. Compromising the faith to accommodate secular trends and despising the traditions doesn’t help the situation. People will stay when they sense the church has something to teach, firm doctrines and principles that its members will defend and even die for. Women don’t “hold up half the sky;” God holds it all up. In a typical parish, you’ll find more women involved than lay men; it’s the latter who need to be more engaged.

We all need to support, appreciate, respect and inspire our clergy. Abandon heretical ideas (there’s nothing left to discuss), love the church, and pray that the fresh translation of the latest edition of the Roman Missal will help our liturgies lift us even closer to the heavenly realm.

Christopher Nantista Redwood City

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Reforming Caritas International Several weeks ago, the Vatican announced that it would not grant the necessary approval for Lesley-Anne Knight’s second, four-year term as secretary general of Caritas International, a global network of 165 Catholic agencies working primarily in the Third World on development and health care issues.

Predictably, the Vatican black ball was deplored by some leaders of Caritas-affiliated agencies, who have been complaining to their diplomatic representatives at the Holy See that this clumsy and unwelcome intervention in their internal affairs would imperil their effectiveness in working with other international non-governmental organizations (INGOs).

If that’s the case, it won’t be because of anything the Vatican did. Rather, it will be because the INGO world is dominated by an unbending “progressive” orthodoxy on development and health care questions that sits poorly with Catholic understandings of how people are empowered to break out of the cycle of poverty.

INGO shibboleths are also in sharp conflict with Catholic understandings of the best way to fight the AIDS plague in Africa and other poverty-stricken parts of the world. There is very little public evidence that Caritas International, under Ms. Knight’s leadership, challenged the rigidities in INGO thinking that are a real-world obstacle to empowering the poor and to driving down the incidence of HIV/AIDS. A case in point was her address to a “Catholic Networking Session” at the 2010 International AIDS Conference in Vienna.

There, Ms. Knight asked. “Is there a uniquely Catholic

approach to the global HIV pandemic? And if so, what is it?”

Her first answer: “I fear that there may be people here in Vienna this week who would answer that it is one characterized by dogma, hypocrisy, moralizing and condemnation.”

True enough, given the attitude toward the church’s sexual ethic prevalent in the INGO universe. But did Ms. Knight challenge this caricature? Not really. The best she could manage was to lament that Catholic AIDS workers (the largest group of non-governmental care-providers for people suffering from AIDS) “are still dogged by these criticisms.”

Nor, in answering her own question, did Leslie-Anne Knight say what she might have said, which is this: “Yes, there is a uniquely Catholic approach to the global HIV pandemic.

It is an approach that takes seriously the dignity of the human person, which includes the capacity of men and women to change patterns of behavior that put themselves, their families and their communities at risk. It is an approach that takes the spiritual and moral dimensions of the AIDS crisis seriously.

It is an approach that stresses abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage – both of which have been shown by independent scholars to drive down the incidence of AIDS in vulnerable populations. It is an approach that refuses to accept the empirically unproven claims that poverty, stigma and low levels of education drive AIDS epidemics. And it is an approach that refuses to burn incense at the altar of the false god latex, where the real votaries of rigid dogma are to be found among those for whom condoms are instruments of salvation.”

Ms. Knight, I hardly need add, said none of this. To

the contrary: she put the authority of her position behind a reiteration of the poverty/stigma/loweducational-levels mythology. Which is to say, she reinforced the rigidities that are the true obstacles George Weigel to the “development innovation and collaboration” for which she called.

I don’t mean to suggest that Ms. Knight is singularly wrongheaded. What she said (and didn’t say) in Vienna expressed what is quite likely the consensus among many Caritas International-affiliated agencies. These agencies have absorbed from the INGO atmosphere in which they work, and from the governments and international agencies on whose funding they have come to depend, the approach to development and AIDS that shaped Ms. Knight’s speech and rendered it strangely anemic in its Catholic identity.

That identity is what the Holy See is determined to reassert in global Catholic development and health care efforts.

As the drama of that reset unfolds, support for the Vatican’s efforts by the leadership of the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services would be in order.

On a more immediate level, though, there are many signs of hope in the church. And for me, going to the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, as I did last week, is always one of the most hopeful times in the church year Few things lift my spirits (and remind me of the power of the Spirit) than seeing 45,000 dedicated, devoted and often delighted Catholics living out their faith. Moreover, the vast majority of those who attend are very active in their local parishes – as pastoral associates, lay chaplains, spiritual directors, music ministers, DREs, and priests, brothers and sisters. When you give a talk, you can see many in the crowd taking notes, and it’s not hard to imagine the note-takers doing so in order to take back what they’ve heard to help their parishes. Seeing this always fills me with great hope.

Here are thousands of Catholics who simply want to help the church.

All this does not negate the church’s ongoing sexual abuse crisis, but these signs of hope need to be put sideby-side with the abuse crisis. This is the church, too. Sister

Rose Pacatte, a Daughter of Saint Paul, has a long piece in the latest NCR about “Congress,” which she calls “a vibrant human mosaic” – not a bad way to look at the church. (I also posted a little “photo Father essay” on my public Facebook page to give you James Martin an idea of what Congress looked like this year.)

Here’s an excerpt from Sister Rose’s piece: “The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress began as an ‘institute’ in 1962, and as it grew and developed, moved to the Anaheim Convention Center in 1970. By 2000, it was attracting 20,000 participants for the congress HOPE AND DESPAIR, page 16

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

Guest Commentary

Hope and despair It’s easy to despair over the recent events in our church.

I’ve been thinking all weekend about the $166 million settlement by the Oregon Province Jesuits and the news from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Both places are dear to me: the Oregon Province because these are fellow Jesuits, and Philadelphia because it is my hometown. (One of the priests removed, in fact, was one of my childhood pastors.) I grieve to think that people have been hurt by any priests or brothers – Jesuit or otherwise. Like I said, it’s easy to despair.

What helps us move from despair to hope? For me, it is theological: the knowledge that the Holy Spirit is ever with us, that Christ is risen and that God is always encouraging us to build a more and more compassionate church.

All these things we believe, even in the midst of the sexual abuse crisis, which is clearly not “over.” Also, it helps me to remember that it is well within our ability to make restitution to victims, to stamp out sexual abuse in the church, and to prevent any abusive clerics from engaging in ministry. And that God calls us to do so – quickly.

Guest Commentary

Asking forgiveness during Lent During this Lenten season, we fast, pray and give alms.

But we are also encouraged to receive reconciliation. Many students will be going to confession during school hours throughout the San Francisco archdiocese.

In the second grade classroom at St. Brendan School, you can walk into the classroom and hear the religion teacher, Mrs. Warda, preparing her students for reconciliation by asking, “Did you say something mean to your friend?”

She continues, “Did you hurt your brother or sister?

Did you lie to your parents?”

The students have their heads on their desks, their eyes closed, and calming music plays in the background as Mrs. Warda continues to ask rhetorical questions to get the children to examine their consciences.

During this Lenten prayer service, Mrs. Warda reads the Scripture to the children about Christ dying on the cross, and she ties in all the sacrifices that Jesus made for us so that we can be forgiven for our sins. She asks the children to reflect on their own sins or recent actions that they wish God to forgive them for, and they write them down on a piece of paper. Writing them down helps them remember what to say to the priest during their reconciliation later in the day.

This process provides the children with an opportunity to think about their sins, and what they can tell the priest. Often young children are nervous and it helps

ease their minds about talking to the priest if they feel prepared.

We try not to allow them to be overcome by guilt but help them develop a healthy appreciation of their own conscience and moral understanding of right and wrong. Young 7- and 8-year-olds can learn to reflect on how they hurt themselves, others or God. We emphasize forgiveness, absolution and repairing their relationship with God. We collect their papers, which are then sealed up into an envelope. The children understand that their sins are “sealed in the confessional,” and no one will know what is written on them except for the priest. After the papers are collected, the class says the act of contrition together and we end the prayer service.

Mrs. Warda uses her religion teaching time to remind the children of how to go to confession with a little rehearsal. One child play-acts the priest and another plays the second grader going to confession. This is a helpful tool that she has found useful for the children to remember the order, or steps, of how to go to reconciliation. Many of the children have only been to confession a handful of times since November when they had their first reconciliation. It can be a very daunting process for a young child, and we don’t want them to be scared. It should not be a frightening experience but an opportunity for them to feel relief and contentment.

Even though a priest will give the students their real

penance, we ask them to think ahead of time what action they might take to make things right. We believe this builds their self-esteem and helps them learn how to make amends and commit to the followthrough. We discuss some Megan Hamilton of the penances that a priest might give them, such as saying the Hail Mary or Our Father in the pew following their confession. Some may be given an “action,” such as making a special effort to be kind to their sibling or parents.

Especially during this Lenten season, we should be working toward following through with our penance. We tell the students if they go out and do the same thing they asked forgiveness for the very same day, they aren’t taking it too seriously.

They have to make a conscious effort to make the right choices.

“Am I making the right choice?” Mrs. Warda asks the students. This is a question that not only children should be asking themselves this Lenten season.

Megan Hamilton teaches second grade at St. Brendan School in San Francisco.

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL EZ 37:12-14 Thus says the Lord God: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the Lord. I have promised, and I will do it, says the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice!

Let your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication.

With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

If you, O Lord, mark iniquities, LORD, who can stand?

But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered.

R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

I trust in the Lord; my soul trusts in his word.

More than sentinels wait for the dawn, let Israel wait for the Lord.

R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

For with the Lord is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption; And he will redeem Israel from all their iniquities.

R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS ROM 8:8-11 Brothers and sisters: Those who are in “And Jesus wept.”

These three words happen to be the shortest passage in all the Scriptures. And it figures that it is John who would remember and record such a detail.

Here he is, Jesus the Christ. The Word Incarnate. The Omnipotent. The one who knows all. Sees all. And, as John would remind us, feels all. The one who weeps.

The other evangelists Matthew, Mark and Luke set out to tell us what Jesus did while he walked this planet. But as the visionary, the poet John is concerned less with the facts and more with the overriding truth of the timeless God’s intimate presence in human history.

There’s a wonderful rabbinical saying about truth: “Truth is too important to be limited to the facts.” While the other writers tell us a lot about what Jesus said and did, a lot of the “facts,” the what of Jesus, John lets us know more of why Jesus did what he did, and what it means in the bigger, cosmic picture, the overarching truth of it all. John celebrates Christ’s humanity, seeing it not as a contradiction, an inconvenience to the spirit, but as the crucible into which God’s loving presence is poured and made most tangible. John’s reminders do more than point to Jesus’ successful blending

Fifth Sunday of Lent Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.

Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN JN 11:1-45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” hen Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?”

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

He said this, and then told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him.” So the disciples said to him, “Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.” But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep. So then Jesus said to them clearly, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him.” So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.” When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will

Scripture reflection ROB GRANT

The courage to live of his divine and human natures — they challenge us to follow Jesus’ example and fully and joyfully embrace our own.

In last week’s story of the man born blind, and, in the week before, the tale of the Samaritan woman, we see that Jesus’ response to suffering and pain is not to ask us to rise above it. Rather, Jesus challenges us to face it, be truly in it, knowing that only by openly embracing the darkness can we come to see

its reflection, the brilliance of the loving compassion of God. Jesus does not end his conversation with the grieving Martha and Mary by blithely saying, “Don’t worry; everything will be all right. Lazarus will rise again.” Instead, Jesus acknowledges the real-life pain of those around him and allows himself to get close enough to take in the sorrow and joys of life.

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never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.” When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher is here and is asking for you.” As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still where Martha had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Sir, come and see.” And Jesus wept.

So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”

But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?” So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” And when he had said this, He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.” Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him. of Lent (and the notion of suffering in general) lead us to believe that our vocation is to “rise above” suffering, to “offer it up.” In fact, a big focus of Lent has always been on giving things up, whipping the body into submission through denial and even chastisement so that we could be less consumed with our physicality and more focused on our spirituality.

Maybe Jesus is trying to tell us something here with his intense immersion in the physical reality of the suffering of Martha and Mary.

Maybe the lesson is that we aren’t called so much to rise above the slings and arrows of life, as much as we are challenged to embrace them, our own and the world’s, so that we, like Jesus, might not merely transcend them but transform them.

John’s eloquently human portrayal of Jesus suggests that perhaps it is not the resuscitation of Lazarus that is the miracle but rather the capacity of humans to enter into the mystery and vulnerability of deep relationship. Perhaps the miracle isn’t that we rise but that we have the courage to connect to each other knowing that death, loss and giving up control are the only guarantees we have on the journey back to the one from whom we come.

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Lenten homage to Cesar Chavez This is an excerpt from an April 1 article in the Los Angeles archdiocese’s The Tidings newspaper by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez. The archbishop honored the legacy of Cesar Chavez, whose holiday was celebrated March 31.

I never had the honor of meeting Cesar Chavez. Many who worked with him believed he was a saint. His life has an iconic quality and heroic spirituality that reminds me of the lives of the saints. There is also something truly American about his story.

Chavez had no formal education beyond eighth grade.

But he had a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for God. He taught himself economics, philosophy and history. He studied St. Francis of Assisi, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi.

All this informed his founding of the United Farm Workers. Yet his vision was deeply Catholic at heart. He

learned his prayers and popular Mexican devotions from his mother. Good priests instructed him in the labor encyclicals of the popes and the church’s rich social teaching tradition.

Throughout his life, he went to Mass almost every day and he also spent an hour daily in prayer. He chose to live in voluntary poverty and practiced what he preached – the simple joys of serving his brothers and sisters in Christian love.

He placed his life and his work under the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe. All his major initiatives began with the celebration of the Eucharist.

When I read his words and the accounts of his life, I find a man who took Jesus Christ to be the model for how he lived. His absolute commitment to non-violence was rooted in the spirit of the Beatitudes.

I am still moved by the eulogy he delivered for 19 farm workers killed in a bus crash:

“They are important because of the love they gave to their husbands, their children, their wives, their parents – all those who were close to them and who needed them. … They are important because of the work they do. …

They are important because God made them, gave them life, and cares for them in life and in death.”

Cesar Chavez was striving not only for social justice, but also for the holiness of the saints. We should be striving for these same things, too. His witness reminds us that we can never separate our work to build a better society from the Gospel and the teachings of the church.

Jesus said that he was the vine and we are the branches.

Cesar Chavez knew this powerful truth. He knew that apart from Christ and his church he could do nothing – but that abiding in faith, his work would bear much fruit (John 15: 5).

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Loving our enemies Lorenzo Rosebaugh, an Oblate colleague shot to death in Guatemala two years ago, used to share at Oblate gatherings some advice that Daniel Berrigan once gave him. Lorenzo, contemplating an act of civil disobedience to protest the Vietnam War, was told by Berrigan: If you can’t do this without becoming bitter, then don’t do it! Do it only if you can do it with a mellow heart! Do it only if you can be sure you won’t end up hating those who arrest you!

That’s hard to do; but, in the end, it’s the ultimate challenge, namely, to not hate those who oppose us, to not hate our enemies, to continue to have gracious and forgiving hearts in the face of misunderstanding, bitter opposition, jealousy, anger, hatred, positive mistreatment and even the threat of death.

And to be a disciple of Jesus means that, at some point, we will be hated. We will make enemies. It happened to Jesus and he assured us that it will happen to us.

But he also left us the ultimate example of how we need to respond to our enemies. When Scripture tells us that Jesus saved the people from their sins, it doesn’t just mean that in offering his death to his father as a sacrifice in one eternal act he took away our sins. It also points to his way of living and how, as he demonstrated, forgiving and loving one’s enemies take away sin, by absorbing it. Jesus’ great act of love, as Kierkegaard once said, is meant to be imitated not just admired.

But how do we do this? It seems that we don’t know how to love our enemies, that we don’t have the strength to forgive. We preach it as an ideal and naively believe that we are doing it. But, for the most part, we aren’t. We really don’t love and forgive

those who oppose us. Too often we are distrustful, disrespectful, bitter, demonizing, and (metaphorically speaking) murderous towards each other. If there is much love and forgiveness of enemies in our lives, it’s far from evident, both in our world and in our churches. As Ronald Knox once said, as Christians, we have never really taken seriously Jesus’ challenge to love our enemies and to turn the other cheek.

I say this sympathetically. We need help. The old saying is true: To err is human, to forgive is divine. So how do we start?

We might start by both acknowledging our failure and admitting our helplessness, individually and as churches. We aren’t very loving and forgiving in the face of opposition! Next, we need to highlight this inadequacy and the importance of this failure in our preaching and teaching. Loving our enemies is the real moral and religious litmus test! We don’t have a right to call anyone a “cafeteria Christian” or a compromised follower of Christ unless, first of all, we, ourselves, are persons who are gracious, respectful, loving, and forgiving in the face of anyone who opposes us.

Let’s start, all of us, from this humble place of admittance: We aren’t very much like Jesus in the face of opposition.

Then, perhaps most important of all, we need to seek each other’s help, akin to the dynamics of an Alcoholics’ Anonymous meeting. Alone we haven’t the strength to love those who hate us. We need grace and community, God’s power and others’ support to remain warm, gracious, forgiving, loving and joyful in the face of misunderstanding, jealousy, opposition, bitterness, threat and murder.

Speaking personally, I consider this to be the greatest chal-

lenge of my life, morally and humanly. How to love an enemy: How do I not let a jealous glance freeze my heart? How do I not let a bitter word ruin my day? How do I not demonize others when they oppose me? How Father Ronald do I remain sympathetic when I’m misunderstood?

Rolheiser How do I remain warm in the face of bitterness? How do I not give in to paranoia when I feel threatened? How do I forgive someone who doesn’t want my forgiveness? How do stop myself from slamming the door of my heart in the face of rejection? How do I forgive others when my own heart is bitter in self-pity?

I often wonder how Jesus did it. How did he retain peace of mind, warmth in his heart, graciousness in his speech, joy in his life, resiliency in his efforts, the capacity to be grateful, and a sense of humor in the face of misunderstanding, jealousy, hatred and death threats?

He did it by recognizing that this was, singularly, the most important challenge of his life and mission, and, under the weight of that imperative, by falling on his knees to ask for the help of the One who can do in us what we can’t do for ourselves.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.

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to the soldiers. The 77 students turned in more than 800 pounds of candy.

“It was a really big deal in our class,” recalls John Morrissey, a fifth grade student. “We all crowded around as our boxes of candy were weighed. I actually gave all of my candy, except for a piece or two.”

At Christmas, the children write cards, collect toiletries ranging from lip balm to foot powder, and decorate the boxes for their gifts.

In March, they collect donated Girl Scout cookies for the soldiers.

“I just like helping the soldiers,” said Susanna Tsueda, who brought in a large quantity of Girl Scout cookies. “And I like it that they send back notes for the things we send.”

The students’ reactions continually touch their teachers.

“They really understand that it’s an amazing thing that we’re helping people that they’re never going to meet, but we’re touching their lives in a small way,” Legault said.

“And we’re grateful to the soldiers because they’re serving our country, and they’ve volunteered to do that.”

The children’s collections are part of a major project that has been led for the past eight years by Diane Spaulding of Indianapolis, who joined an effort by the Salvation Army to send care packages to American soldiers serving in Iraq.

After the Salvation Army effort ended a few months later, Spaulding faced a crossroads moment when she saw a man crying as she walked through the Hillcrest Country Club in Indianapolis, where she is a member.

“One of our maintenance men was in the hallway, and he had tears in his eyes,” Spaulding recalled. “I went up and asked him about it. He said his son was being shipped out to Iraq. His son had a wife and a child. I asked him, ‘What can we do?’ He asked me to pray for his son Jeff. I went home and talked to my husband, Doug, and said we need to do something. He said to go for it.”

Spaulding said the support of the children from St. Simon School has been unswerving. “What big hearts they have,” she said. “I’m just so proud of them.”

Her pride extends to the soldiers.

“I started the project to help our soldiers, support them and let them know they’re not forgotten,” Spaulding said.

“They’re our soldiers, they’re far away and they’re faced with death every day. This is just our way of thanking them for the job they’re doing for us. It’s such a small gesture on our part to let them know we’re thinking of them and caring for them.”

Reprinted with permission from The Criterion, newspaper for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

and another 10,000 for the associated Youth Day. (Sister Edith) Prendergast (the congress coordinator) told me that the final count for this year was almost 45,000, including 16,000 for Youth Day. For the first time every U.S. state was represented, and 444 people came from 12 countries.

“Master catechists Kathleen and Jeff Flood from St. Bartholomew Parish in Long Beach, Calif., work with the RCIA program and have been coming to the congress for 17 years. ‘Theater is to tell a story, to get an idea across in a given way, and I think that is what the congress is,’ Jeff Flood said. ‘Each year it is a different story according to a theme. Everyone gets to be a protagonist in their own story.’

Kathleen Flood said that they come ‘to search for whatever can inform adult faith formation, to take it in, to listen, to hear, to interact with others and bring it back to the RCIA candidates.’

“One of the most beautiful aspects of the congress was the Blessed Sacrament ‘chapel’ titled ‘Sacred Illuminations.’

Designed by Notre Dame Sister Rose Marie Tulacz, the space was described as ‘mystical choreography’ of light, silence, fine art, reflections, the Stations of the Cross and a labyrinth. Confessions were also available.

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statement of Jesus’ power, as in “I will raise you …” but a command that puts responsibility squarely on Lazarus.“Come out! Cooperate with the Spirit in you, Lazarus!”

Maybe we need to make some new Lenten resolutions before Holy Week hits us. If we expect to celebrate the Resurrection at Easter perhaps we ought to be looking at what is dead in our lives, what is in need of resurrection, what graves we need to “Come out of ….”

What deathly grudges are we holding on to? What unhealthy habits are keeping us bound? What fears are cutting us off from deep investment in life? What tombs do we cling to?

■ Continued from page 14 John was clearly influenced by the Hebrew visionary Ezekiel , whose Old Testament reading today well sets up the story of Lazarus’ resurrection.

Ezekiel, presaging Jesus’ call to Lazarus to come out of his tomb, urges his people: “Thus says the Lord! I will put my Spirit in you, that you may live!” Six centuries later, in Bethany, Jesus’ beckoning to Lazarus, “Come Out!” is not a

SCRIPTURE SEARCH Gospel for April 10, 2011 John 11:3-7,17,20-27,33b-45

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Academic Decathlon champs The 15th Academic Junior High Decathlon was held March 5 at St. Pius School, in one of many regional events that took place across the state. Students competed in two team events – a Logic Quiz and a Super Quiz – eight individual events and for an overall prize. The overall winner, St. Gabriel School, will compete in the state Academic Decathlon in May. Pictured kneeling from left are St. Gabriel team members Brian Palmigiano, Eoin Lyons, Eric Kong; standing from left Andrea Huey, Maggie Curran-Levett, Emma Rose Wirshing, Caitlyn Yu, Nicole Morris, Nicole Arima, Mairead Ahlbach.

Other participating schools included All Souls, Corpus Christi, De Marillac, Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, Good Shepherd, Nativity, Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception, St. Charles, St. Pius, St. Raymond, St. Thomas More, Sts. Peter and Paul, School of the Epiphany.

At Easter, will we be more willing to invest in something deep enough that its loss might cause us to weep? Will we be ready to hear, “Come out of your tombs! Untie those whom you have bound and loose your own bindings! Live!”

Rob Grant is a 30-year veteran of parish ministry in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Oakland. He teaches at the Dominican School of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.

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“I met Martha Vespi, originally from Peru, outside the chapel. She works with Magnificat (www.magnificatministry.net), a ministry for Catholic women that ‘helps us tell our stories.’ She said, ‘I came here feeling very burdened, and this sacred space, and the opportunity to go to Mass, confession, to pray, to hear speakers, to get new books, is like a retreat for me. My whole self feels joyful.’ “‘For me,’ Vespi continued, ‘the Byzantine liturgy is so beautiful. I love the icons, the eyes of the icon that lead you into the divine reality. I am pretty much on my own here but everywhere I had a conversation and connected with the person next to me. I felt very safe here.’

“I asked Martha, ‘how does the congress change you?’ “‘It brings me to a place of pause, of contemplation, to a sacred space. I am a visual person so I see all these faces coming together to learn, to share with children, with the women I minister to; all the talks are for everyone, for me this is special. I wish it were twice a year.’”

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Lenten Opportunities April 13, May 11: Bioethics Seminars, 2580 McAllister St. in San Francisco, and sponsored by the San Francisco Catholic Medical Guild. “The Dying Experience” will be presented by Catherine Conway and Mary Ann Schwab with Raymond Dennehy, Ph.D. Refreshments provided. Donation is $15. Call (415) 282-0773 or e-mail gemaloof2003@ yahoo.com.

April 16, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.: “Languages Of Love,” an enrichment workshop for married and engaged couples presented by San Francisco Worldwide Marriage Encounter in St. Rita Parish Hall of Good Shepherd Parish, 901 Oceana in Pacifica, Cost is $30 per couple - $40 after April 12 - and includes materials and lunch. Call Jeff and Laura Patino at (650) 296-4601. Day is sponsored by Knights of Columbus Marian council 3773.

April 24: Msgr. Harry Schlitt celebrates the TV Mass on Easter, April 24, and all Sundays of the year!

Now produced by the retired priest’s God Squad Productions, the TV Mass is broadcast throughout Northern California and also distributed to hospitals, retirement communities, assisted living and senior centers as well as San Quentin State Prison. The Mass is for anyone who cannot get to Church on Sunday. The TV Mass, taped at the Porziuncola Nuova in North Beach, can be seen on KTXL FOX40 Sacramento (Comcast CH 8), Sundays at 5:30 a.m.; KTSF- CH 26 San Francisco (Comcast CH 8), Sundays at 6 a.m.; KOFY – CH 20 San Francisco (Comcast CH 13), Sundays at 6 a.m. Contact, TV Mass, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109 or call (415) 614-5643.

Daily through April 17, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.: “40 Days for Life” campaign of fasting and of prayer for an end to abortion at Planned Parenthood, 1650 Valencia St. near St. Luke’s Hospital in San Francisco. Call (415) 668-9800 or visit www.40daysforlife.com/ sanfrancisco.

Daily through April 17, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Join the “40 Days for Life” campaign in San Mateo in a peaceful, non-violent prayer vigil on the sidewalk at 2890 El Camino Real in Redwood City, corner Renato Court. Signs and pamphlets will be provided.

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Wednesdays through April 20, 7:30 p.m.: The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose offer a “Lenten Journey” to reexamine minds and hearts to enter deeply into the Paschal Mystery during Holy Week. Series includes faith sharing with a Scriptural base, time to share and explore what the scripture has to share. Takes place at Dominican Sisters of MSJ motherhouse, main parlor, 43326 Mission Blvd., entrance on Mission Tierra Place, in Fremont. E-mail blessings@msjdominicans.org or call Sister Beth Quire, OP at (510) 449-7554.

Fridays, through April 22, 6:00 p.m.: Soup Suppers followed by Stations of the Cross in Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Ave. South San Francisco. Call (650)-583-4131 or visit www. mdssf.org.

Youth April 30, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: “CYO Camp Open House,” an opportunity to “learn more about this awe-inspiring Catholic community that enables campers to experience a positive, meaningful and challenging summer adventure,” said information about the event. Open house includes barbecue lunch, tours, swimming, canoeing, archery, hikes and arts and crafts. CYO Camp and Retreat Center is located at 2136 Bohemian Highway in Occidental.

CYO Camp welcomes children of any religious background in youth-centered programming with value-based themes of community, stewardship and friendship. Registration is now open for CYO Camp’s Summer 2010 sessions. For dates, rates and information visit www.cyocamp.org.

May 14, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.: “Whale of a Sale” at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at Bon Air Road in Greenbrae.

Spaces are available for vendors at $35 before May 6 and for $50 after that date.

Vendors supply their own tables and chairs.

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April 16, 10 a.m. - noon: “Eggstravaganza” at Mercy High School, San Francisco, 3250 19th Ave. Rain or shine activities include Easter Egg hunt for children 2 – 10, games, arts and crafts, silent auction and more for adults, too. Advance tickets are $5 per child ($10 at the door) ages 2 – 10. Adult admission is free. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Proceeds benefit the school. Call Sally O’Connell at (415) 334-0525 or e-mail soconnell@mercyhs.org.

April 16, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.: God Squad Productions holds its annual Bocce Tournament and Picnic April 16 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at Marin Federation Bocce Courts in San Rafael. Day includes tournament, barbecue lunch, plus beverages and snacks all day. For ticket information, contact Jan. Schachern at janschachern@aol.com.

April 29 - May 1: Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Redwood City Annual Spring Festival. Three days of safe family fun including carnival rides, games, great food and live local entertainment.

Buy carnival ride tickets in advance and save big by contacting the school at (650) 366-8817 or visiting www.mountcarmel.org.

April 29: “Queen of Hearts Bridge Party and Luncheon” at St. Charles Parish Hall, 880 Tamarack Ave. in San Carlos. Check in at 9:30 a.m. Games begin at 10 a.m. Tickets at $50 per person include lunch. Al proceeds benefit St. Francis Center in Redwood City. Four rotating rounds will be played before lunch and and four rounds after lunch with prizes for top three highest scoring pairs. Contact Lynda Connolly at (650) 592-7714 or lyndaconnolly@ c2usa.net. Leave your name and partner’s name with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

May 2: 52nd Annual Catholic Charities CYO Golf Day at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club. As the longest-running charitable golf tournament in the Bay Area, CCCYO Golf Day provides scholarship opportunities for summer programming at CYO Camp and CYO Athletics Summer Camps.

Presented by honorary chair – former 49ers head coach – George Seifert, tournament chair Jim McCabe and CCCYO Golf Day committee, the day includes lunch, an afternoon of golf followed by dinner, a live auction and raffle. For tickets and information about sponsorships, contact Ana Ayala at (415) 972-1213 or e-mail aayala@cccyo.org or visit www.cyogolfday.org.

Reunion May 1, 9 a.m.: The Catholic Alumni Club of the

San Francisco Bay Area invites current and former members, married and single, guests and friends for a reunion at Mass and buffet breakfast at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 150 Anza Blvd., Burlingame at SFO. Reservations are required by April 15 and the breakfast cost is $30. Contact Elinor Tanck at (408) 738-2511 or e-mail tancke@sbcglobal.net.

Aug. 13 or Nov.26: All alumni of St. Anne of the Sunset School, class of 1981 are invited to a reunion.

Location/date still undecided. E-mail George Rehmet at georgerehmet@yahoo.com or call (650) 438-9589.

Oct. 22: Presentation High School, San Francisco class of ’66. Contact Martha Kunz Willis at (650) 763-1202 or e-mail mwwmtw@comcast.net or Marilyn Mathers at (510) 232-4848 or mmathers@ deloitte.com.

TV/Radio Fridays at 9 a.m.: The Archbishop’s Hour on Immaculate Heart Radio, KSFB - 1260 AM, San Francisco. Enjoy news, conversation and in-depth look at local and larger Church. Program is rerun Friday at 9 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. E-mail info@ sfarchdiocese.org with comments and questions about faith. Visit www.ihradio.org Sunday, 6 a.m., KOFY Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.

Harry Schlitt presiding.

Sunday, 7 a.m.: TV Mass on the Filipino Channel (TFC) Channel 241 on Comcast and Channel 2060 on Direct TV. Saturday, 4 p.m.: Religious programming in Cantonese over KVTO 1400 AM, co-sponsored by the Chinese Ministry and Chinese Young Adults of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

First Sunday, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: “Mosaic,” featuring conversations on current Catholic issues.

EWTN Catholic Television: Comcast Channel 229, AT&T Channel 562, Astound Channel 80, San Bruno Cable Channel 143, DISH Satellite Channel 261, Direct TV Channel 370. For programming details, visit www.ewtn.com.

Consolation Ministry Grief support groups meet at the following parishes: San Mateo County: Good Shepherd, Pacifica; call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593. Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City; call parish at (650) 755-2727.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City; call parish at (650) 366-3802. St. Bartholomew, San Mateo;

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St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco – SVdP - works to provide direct person to person service to San Francisco’s poor, homeless, and victims of domestic violence. Serving more than 1,000 children, women and men every day, volunteers play a critical difference in the community. For more information contact Tim Szarnicki at tszarnicki@ svdp-sf.org or (415) 977-1270 x3010.

St. Anthony Foundation serves thousands of poor and homeless individuals and families through its food program, drug and alcohol recovery, free medical clinic, clothing program and other programs. For more information, visit www.stanthonysf.org and fill out a volunteer opportunity request form or contact Marie O’Connor at (415) 592-2726.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County is the safety net every year for over 40,000 San Mateo County residents in need, including more than 17,000 children. Call Atrecia at (650) 373-0623 or e-mail svdpinfo@yahoo.com.

Handicapables continues its 40-year tradition of prayer and fellowship each month at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Volunteers are always welcome. Call Jane at (415) 585-9085.

La Porziuncola Nuova at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi invites you to volunteer. Contact Jim Brunsmann at jimbrunsmann@comcast.net or go to www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com and follow the Volunteer Application link at the bottom of the home page.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an information phone number.

Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F. 94109, or fax it to (415) 614-5633, e-mail burket@sfarchdiocese.org, or visit www.catholic-sf.org, Contact Us.

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Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo; call Brenda MacLean at (415) 454-7650. St. Anthony, Novato; call parish (415) 883-2177. St. Hilary, Tiburon; call Helen Kelly at (415) 388-9651. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato; call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.

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Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506.

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April 15, 169 a.m. – 3 p.m.: “Rummage Sale” benefiting work with elderly poor by Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake St. in San Francisco. The event is promoted as a “gigantic sale” featuring women and men’s clothing, artwork, jewelry, collectibles, books and much more with “very reasonable prices.” No early birds. Sale is open only during times listed. Call (415) 751-6510.

April 19, 5:30 p.m.: “2011 Chrism Mass” at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Archbishop George Niederauer presides with priests from throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco concelebrating. At this annual liturgy, always prayed during Holy Week, the archbishop blesses oils for sacramental use in the archdiocese for the coming year.

All from the archdiocesan family are invited. A choir leads song. Singers are invited to call Joseph Murphy at (415) 614-5505 or e-mail murphyj@sfarchdiocese. org to register with name, phone number, voice part and parish. Attendance at three rehearsals is necessary. The dates are April 16, 10 a.m. – noon; April 18, 7 – 9 p.m.; and April 19, 4 p.m. Christoph Tietze, the cathedral’s director of music, will conduct.

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