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By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput will succeed Cardinal Justin Rigali as archbishop of Philadelphia. Pope Benedict XVI accepted Cardinal Rigali’s resignation and named the Denver archbishop as his successor July 19. Archbishop Chaput is scheduled to be installed as Philadelphia’s new archbishop Sept. 8 at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. Archbishop Chaput’s appointment comes as the Philadelphia archdiocese is still reeling from a scathing grand jury report released in February. It accused the archdiocese of failing to stop priests from sexually abusing children even after a previous report had called attention to problems. It said more than CHAPUT, page 7
China crisis A Norwegian flag appears among red roses in the market square outside the Oslo cathedral in Norway July 23. A shooting rampage left 68 people dead at a summer camp in Utoya island after a car bomb ripped through the governing Labor Party’s headquarters in Oslo July 22, killing eight. More on Page 4.
China and the church are locked in a battle of wills (Page 4). George Weigel says China’s regime has broken faith with Rome but believes the 2,000-year-old church can afford to wait out a regime that has existed only since 1949 (Page 13).
By Valerie Schmalz A Church of the Nativity parishioner’s book documenting the effectiveness of abstinence and fidelity in reducing AIDS – and the decades-long failure of condoms and other technical fixes in stopping the spread of the deadly disease – is gaining national attention. “Affirming Love, Avoiding AIDS: What Africa Can Teach the West” (National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2010), received first place in the best book by a small publisher at the Catholic Press Association convention in Pittsburgh in June. The judges called the book, authored by Church of the Nativity member Matthew Hanley and Dr. Jokin de Irala, “A well-documented case for what is happening and not happening in working with AIDS in Africa and what and how the West can learn from all this research.“ “Quite simply,” Hanley told Catholic San Francisco, “each of Africa’s declines
in AIDS rates are most attributable to changes in sexual behavior — specifically fidelity or what the public health community sometimes calls ‘partner reduction.’” “Affirming Love, Avoiding AIDS” supports with evidence Pope Benedict XVI’s controversial 2009 remarks on a plane en route to Africa that condoms “aggravate” the AIDS crisis. At the time, the pope was vilified as unscientific and puritanical. Studies by epidemiologists from Harvard’s School of Public Health and UC San Francisco support the pope’s statement that promoting condoms can do more harm than good, said Hanley. “Condom sales in Botswana increased from 1 million in 1993 to 3 million in 2001, while HIV prevalence among pregnant urban women increased 27 to 45 percent,” the book notes. “In Cameroon, condom sales rose from 6 million to 15 million in the same period, while HIV prevalence increased from 3 to 9 percent.” Hanley is an author and consultant whose booklet “The Catholic Church & The
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Dr. Hart Kalu Onwuka consults with patient Yahaya Kabiru at Our Lady of Apostles Hospital in Akwanga, Nigeria, in this Sept. 2, 2010, photo.
Global AIDS Crisis” was just published by The Catholic Truth Society, publisher to the Holy See in the United Kingdom. Hanley earned a master’s degree in public health from Emory University in 2000 and later worked for Catholic Relief Services, traveling in Africa as an HIV/AIDS adviser. Worldwide, an estimated 25 million people have died of AIDS since it was first
identified in 1981. The World Health Organization and UNAIDS estimate 33.4 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2008. Two-thirds of HIV infections are in sub-Saharan Africa, according to WHO. In the U.S., HIV is primarily a disease of homosexual men and intravenous drug AIDS BOOK, page 9
INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION Local news briefs . . . . . . . . . 4 Old church to be sold . . . . . . 8 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Scripture reflection . . . . . . . 14 Father Rolheiser . . . . . . . . . 15
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On The Where You Live By Tom Burke The Pardon of Assisi is available to all Aug. 2, feast of Our Lady of Angels, at La Nuova Porziuncola in North Beach. Details are in `local news’ in this issue but hats off and thanks to the Knights of St. Francis who will be on hand to welcome pilgrims and watch over the special chapel. The Archbishop’s Hour is waiting for you every Friday at 9 a.m. on Immaculate Heart Radio, 1260 AM. It’s a full 60 minutes with exhortations weekly from Archbishop George Niederauer and in upcoming weeks live reports from Italy’s holy sites with Angela Alioto who calls Italy home each summer. A special report from the original Porziuncola in Assisi is planned for Aug. 5…. Singing the National Anthem at AT&T Park June 5 were the “After Eight Singers” that began as “a group of moms in Belmont who could rehearse only after 8 p.m. when their kids were in bed,” said member Liz Hannan of Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame. This is the Helene Churton, a sixth fifth time the ensemble grader at St. Anselm “has taken the mound” to School in Ross, and her dad, David, on Lourdes pil- sing, Hannan said, adding “and hopefully not grimage with the Order of the last.”… Congrats to Malta in May. Sgt. Gerald d’Arcy of SFPD who was honored as Officer of the Year by the San Francisco Bay Area Law Enforcement Emerald Society in May. Jerry is a graduate of Holy Name of Jesus School and Archbishop Riordan High School and attended the University of Arizona on a football scholarship. He has been with SFPD since 1981. Jerry and his family are members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Belmont where many have heard Jerry sing. “Jerry lends his glorious Irish tenor voice to many police, church and social functions,” the Emerald Society said. Jerry sang the Star Spangled Banner for a law enforcement night at AT&T Park July 22. Proud family includes Jerry’s wife,
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Teen employment summer success story for ICA girls By Valerie Schmalz Athena Gonzalez is only 15 but she has a summer job with an insurance company. She thinks that’s pretty good since she just completed her freshman year at all-girls Immaculate Conception Academy in San Francisco. Immaculate Conception Academy just completed its second year as a Cristo Rey Network School where students work one day a week at an employer to help defray their tuition at the college preparatory school. Students pay $4,000 in tuition, less than a third of tuition at other Catholic high schools. Many also receive financial aid. This year about 25 ICA students will be working at summer jobs offered because of their outstanding performance during the school year, said Max Straube, ICA chief business and finance officer, and CEO of the nonprofit ICA Work Study Corp. That’s up from last year when about 20 girls had summer jobs. ICA converted to the Cristo Rey Network model in 2009. Students were hired for the summer at organizations that include KGO-TV ABC 7, Paul Capital Partners, Fugazi Travel, Catholic Healthcare West, Iteon Consulting, Phacil, Korn/Ferry International, Socius Insurance and, law firm, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, the school said. “I am only 15 and yet I have a job already,” said Athena, a graduate of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Daly City, who plans to study to be a forensic scientist. When Socius Insurance offered her a summer position, Athena thought it was a prank. “I thought they were joking because it was April Fools’,” said Athena. “It was so surreal. I’m going to be paid.” In her Monday-Friday 1-5 p.m. job, Athena is working online with policies but also started working with the Microsoft Office program Excel, she said, calling the job “a good opportunity.” “A lot of our companies are taking one or two students who have been excelling,” said Rachel DeBruin, corporate work study coordinator for ICA. Among those who regularly hire the girls are Catholic Healthcare West, Academy of Art University and Korn/Ferry International, Straube said. “That’s direct employment and the kids are earning some pocket money as opposed to during the school year when their salary goes to pay tuition,” Straube said. Students attending Immaculate Conception Academy who entered after its conversion to a Cristo Rey Network school must meet income requirements set by the Cristo Rey Network that are designed to ensure the students come from economically disadvantaged families although in San Francisco the income cutoff is much higher than at most other schools because of the Bay Area’s high cost of living. Students do not ICA GIRLS, page 8
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U.S. survey: Fewer priests, more Masses at fewer parishes WASHINGTON — More U.S. Catholics are attending Masses at fewer parishes staffed by a rapidly declining corps of priests, according to a new report on “The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes.” Produced by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate for the Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership project of five national Catholic ministerial organizations, the report documents what it calls the “supersizing” of U.S. Catholic parish life. “Bigger parishes, more Masses and ministries in languages other than English are becoming the norm,” said a news release on the report released July 18. CARA found that the number of Catholic parishes has declined by 1,359 since the year 2000 to 17,784 in 2010, representing a 7.1 percent decrease. The 2010 number is roughly equal to the 17,637 U.S. parishes in 1965 and 1,836 fewer than the peak number of U.S. parishes in 1990. The average number of registered households in each U.S. parish grew to 1,168, and the average number of people attending Mass at Catholic parishes was 1,110 in 2010, up from an average of 966 a decade earlier. The total number of priests, men and women religious and deacons in the United States was 117,080 in 2010, a decline of 41 percent from the 197,172 in those categories in 1980.
Norway’s deep grief VATICAN CITY — The July 22 bombing of a government building and massacre at a youth camp in Norway “came so unexpectedly; no one could foresee the horror of this manifestation of evil,” Father Pal Bratbak, spokesman for the Catholic Church in Norway, told Vatican Radio July 25. The impact has yet to sink in, he said: “We have not yet seen the names or the faces of those who died.” The government lowered the death toll to 76 as the suspect, Anders Behring Breivik, said in court July 25 that he targeted Norway’s liberal leadership as the “price of their treason.” “It is a tragedy for his family as well,” said Father Bratbak. “They didn’t know anything. He even wrote on his Facebook profile that he is Christian, which shows how totally unrealistic and out of touch with reality he is: You cannot call yourself a Christian and do the things he has done.” On July 24 at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, a “grief-stricken” Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the victims. “Unfortunately, yet again, comes news of death and violence,” he said.
LOCAL NE WS Student lost in Yosemite fall University of San Francisco nursing student Ramina Badal, 21, was swept over Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park July 19. She was one of three young people swept over the 317-foot falls after reportedly crossing the metal barricade above it. All are presumed to have died. Badal’s sister Tanya asked the USF community to keep the three young people in prayer, USF spokeswoman AnneMarie Devine said. “The family has asked that we specifically remember Mark 10:27: ‘Jesus looked at them and said, For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.’”
Parish family granted visas A San Francisco single mother and her two children who were undocumented and faced the threat of deportation to Peru have won approval for a visa and are in the U.S. legally. The three, parishioners at Mission Dolores in San Francisco, were granted visas in June by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. They were represented by immigration lawyer Jackie Shull-Gonzalez, with Dolores Street Community Services. The two Lee children, Elizabeth, 19, and her brother, Felix, 16, were seen as potential beneficiaries of the DREAM Act, proposed legislation that would afford a path to citizenship for a select group of undocumented young people of good moral character who attend college or enlist in the military for two years. Elizabeth Lee, a graduate of Lowell High School, was accepted at UC Berkeley, but for a variety of reasons – including that she is not eligible for financial aid unless she is a lawful permanent resident — enrolled at City College of San Francisco. Felix Lee is a senior at Lowell. Their mother, Melissa Lee, 47, is ethnic Chinese. She represented herself in a petition for asylum and was unsuccessful. The Lees were facing deportation when Shull-Gonzalez took the case last fall.
occurred but inspectors for District Attorney George Gascon continued to look into the incident. Erica Terry Derryck, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office, said July 15 that the matter had been dismissed for “lack of corroboration.” The Archdiocese of San Francisco learned about the incident on May 26, met with Father Myers on May 27 and placed him on administrative leave. The matter was referred to the archdiocesan Independent Review Board. The board was asked to determine if a “boundary violation” had occurred – a type of inappropriate behavior that falls short of physical sexual abuse but is considered an offense under the U.S. bishops’ 2002 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. George Wesolek, communications director for the archdiocese, said the board “is looking into the actual action, of moving into the dressing room. That is what the board will be deciding his (Father Myers’) future on.” In June, the archdiocese named retired Msgr. Harry Schlitt as interim administrator of St. Raymond.
Vocation seminar Aug. 9 “Mine know me,” a discipleship and personal vocation seminar takes place Aug. 9-11 from 7-9 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 1237 Alabama St. in San Francisco. The sessions are being coordinated by Patrick Summerhays, a seminarian studying at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park. “The goals are to help youth learn how to sense God’s call to their personal vocation, whether to marriage, priesthood, consecrated life or the single state,” Summerhays said. He called the evenings “an opportunity to learn about the lives of priests and men and women religious.” Ordained and professed individuals will be on hand at the meetings and will “answer questions about their personal journeys,” he said. For information, call (415) 282-1652.
No DA charges in priest case Local youth attending WYD The San Francisco District Attorney’s office will not prosecute Father William Myers, formerly the pastor of St. Raymond Parish in Menlo Park, who in April had what is believed to be an apparent violation of church child-protection norms with a 17-year-old boy. Father Myers had followed the boy into a dressing room at a Ross Dress For Less store in San Francisco on April 19, alarming the boy’s father who saw what occurred and intervened. San Francisco police found that no criminal act had
San Francisco State University’s Newman Club is sending its first official contingent to World Youth Day, thanks to scholarships from the San Francisco Hibernian Newman Club, Verbum Dei Sister Karla Felix said. A contingent of 10 will be able to celebrate WYD with Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid Aug. 16-21 because of scholarships to students and campus ministers, Sister Karla said. Others attending from the Archdiocese of San Francisco LOCAL NEWS, page 16
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DUBLIN (CNS) — A judicial report into he loved him. the handling of allegations of child sexual The 400-page report also records for the first abuse against clerics in the Diocese of Cloyne time stark disagreement among Irish bishops has concluded that the church’s own guidelines over whether Bishop Magee — a former secrewere “not fully or consistently tary to three popes — should quit implemented” in the diocese as as bishop of Cloyne after December recently as 2008. 2008, when the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the In an exceptional move, the Catholic Church said he was using Vatican recalled its nuncio to child safeguarding policies that Ireland July 25 so that he could were “inadequate and, in some help write a formal response respects, dangerous.” to the report and its aftermath, The board was charged with which included strong criticism investigating the handling of alleof the Vatican from the Irish Irish PM Enda Kenny gations made against 19 priests government. The report, released July 13 by Judge from 1996 — when the church in Ireland first Yvonne Murphy, also said Cloyne Bishop John implemented child protection procedures — to Magee admitted to what has been described as 2009. The commission found that “the primary inappropriate behavior with a young man. It responsibility for the failure to implement the said the bishop embraced him, kissed him and agreed procedures lies with Bishop Magee.” “It is a remarkable fact,” the report notes, told the young aspirant for the priesthood that
China: Pope ‘deplores’ church treatment, removes bishop VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican said a Chinese bishop ordained illegitimately in mid-July has been automatically excommunicated and lacks the authority to govern his diocese. At the same time, the Vatican praised bishops loyal to Rome who resisted participation in the ordination ceremony before being forced by authorities to do so. “The Holy Father, having learned of these events, once again deplores the manner in which the church in China is being treated and hopes that the present difficulties can be overcome as soon as possible,” a Vatican statement said July 16. The Vatican was reacting to the ordina-
tion of Father Joseph Huang Bingzhang July 14 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Shantou, in southern China’s Guangdong province. Bishop Johan Fang Xingyao of Linyin, president of the government-sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, was reportedly the main celebrant; he was one of eight Vatican-approved bishops at the ordination. It was the second ordination of a Chinese bishop without papal mandate in the last month. The state-run Xinhua News Agency published a statement July 25 by the State Administration for Religious Affairs saying that the Vatican’s action was “extremely unreasonable and rude,” reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.
“that Bishop Magee took little or no active interest in the management of clerical child sexual abuse cases until 2008.” The report found that Bishop Magee falsely told the government that his diocese was reporting all allegations of clerical child sexual abuse to the civil authorities. It also found that the bishop deliberately misled another inquiry and his own advisers by creating two different accounts — one for the Vatican and the other for diocesan files — of a meeting with a priestsuspect. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told Vatican Radio July 19 that much of the criticism failed to take into account the efforts of Pope Benedict XVI and other church officials to prevent future cases of child sexual abuse and address past cases with openness and determination. On July 20, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny accused the Vatican of adopting a “calculated,
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Chaput . . . ■ Continued from cover three dozen priests with allegations of sexual abuse were still in positions where they could contact children. At the grand jury’s recommendation, two priests, a layman and a former archdiocesan priest were charged with criminal counts related to abuse of juveniles. Another priest was charged with endangering child welfare for his role in assigning the accused priests. In response, the Philadelphia archdiocese hired a former sex crimes prosecutor to review personnel files of the 37 priests named in the grand jury’s report and Cardinal Rigali placed 21 priests on administrative leave. In his remarks before introducing Archbishop Chaput, the cardinal did not refer directly to the sex abuse situation, but said “if I have offended anyone, I am sorry” and apologized “for any weaknesses on my part.” Later, in response to questions from the press about whether he had any regrets, he said “we’ve learned so much we didn’t know before,” and that “we see now with greater precision” what might have been done differently. Philadelphia news organizations had speculated that the cardinal was forced out by the crisis, but he had submitted his resignation when
he turned 75 on April 19, 2010, as required under canon law. In the news conference, he said there was “no particular relationship” between the pope accepting his retirement and events in the archdiocese, saying it was “very, very providential.” Archbishop Chaput said his transition to Philadelphia was a little like joining a family and that it would take some time to adjust to each other. “I do not know why the Holy Father sent me here,” he said. “No bishop will try harder to help persons who have been hurt by the sins of the past or work harder to strengthen or encourage our priests and to win the hearts of the people.” He said he needed to read the grand jury reports and spend a lot of time talking to people, including abuse victims and their families, before he could talk about how to fix the problems of the abuse cases. “It’s not my problem, it’s our problem ... give me some time,” he said. Archbishop Chaput is a Capuchin Franciscan who was born in Concordia, Kan., Sept. 26, 1944. A member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe, he was the first Native American to be named an archbishop when he was appointed to Denver in 1997. Archbishop Chaput holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from St. Fidelis College in Herman, Pa., a master’s degree in religious education from Capuchin College in
last October. It was facing debt amounting to more than $50 million. Opening in 1980, the 2,900-seat Crystal Cathedral was one of the nation’s first megachurches. It is made up of more than 10,000 panes of glass. The cathedral “will enable this beacon of faith to continue to influence others as an important place of worship,” Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown said in a statement.
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Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver embraces Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali during a news conference at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia July 19.
Washington and a master’s degree in theology from the University of San Francisco. Among his recent writings are two books, “Render Unto Caesar,” about Catholic participation in the public square, and “Living the Catholic Faith: Rediscovering the Basics.” Among his recent projects and activities were helping found the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders and serving as the apostolic visitor in 2007 for the Vatican’s review of former Australian Bishop William Morris, who was the
Orange bids to buy cathedral complex ORANGE (CNS) — The Diocese of Orange has made a formal bid of $50 million to buy the Crystal Cathedral complex in Garden Grove, once the home church of the Rev. Robert Schuller, a noted television preacher. The cathedral property was put up for auction earlier this year as part of the cathedral ministries bankruptcy proceedings. Crystal Cathedral Ministries founded by Rev. Schuller, who is now retired, filed for bankruptcy
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subject of lengthy efforts to force his resignation after a decade of conflict with the Vatican over some pastoral practices and statements on married priests and women priests. Archbishop Chaput is “widely perceived both as a leader of the church’s conservative wing and a tough administrator with a strong work ethic,” wrote National Catholic Reporter columnist John Allen. He reported that Archbishop Chaput was “a highly personal choice by Pope Benedict.”
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History texts must show gays’ role, new California law mandates
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Father Ken Westray was installed as pastor of San Francisco’s St. Vincent de Paul Parish by Archbishop George Niederauer at an evening Mass July 9. “The Mass was very uplifting and the church was packed,” said parishioner Gail Andrews. The gospel choir of Sacred Heart Parish in San Francisco, which is now closed and where Father Westray once served as pastor, helped lead song.
Old Guadalupe church to be sold; group wants it kept as ‘historic’ By George Raine The Archdiocese of San Francisco has announced it intends to sell the building that formerly was the site of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 906 Broadway in San Francisco, which was closed 20 years ago and for the past 15
years was the home of St. Mary’s School for the Chinese community. The church, where for many years Mexican- and Latin-American parishioners worshiped as members of a parish founded in 1875 for Spanish-speaking immigrants, was closed in 1991 because OLD GUADALUPE, page 16
ICA girls . . . ■ Continued from page 3 have to be Catholic, but about 80 percent of ICA students are Catholic, Straube said. Nationwide, the Cristo Rey Network is the fastest growing Catholic high school model, from the first school’s creation in 1996 in Chicago to 24 college preparatory schools nationwide in 2010-2011.
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California became the first state in the nation to require its public school social studies texts to specifically include the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. The law also prohibits the state Board of Education from adopting instructional materials that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill, SB48, known as The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful Education Act, was sponsored by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown July 14. “History should be honest. This bill revises existing laws that prohibit discrimination in education and ensures that the important contributions of Americans from all backgrounds and walks of life are included in our history books,” Brown said in a statement. California already requires that public school students be taught from texts that “accurately portray the role and contribution of culturally and racially diverse groups including Native Americans, African-Americans, MexicanAmericans, Asian-Americans, and EuropeanAmericans in the development of California and the United States.” The new law revises this list to also include Pacific Islanders; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans; persons with disabilities; and members of other ethnic and cultural groups. The California Catholic Conference opposed
The model has been embraced by 21 religious orders and five dioceses that sponsor the schools. The sponsoring group assures that the school is Catholic in identity and mission, true to the religious charism of the sponsor and appropriately governed, according to Network bylaws. At ICA, the school continues to be operated within the charism of its founders, the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. Catholic Healthcare West senior counsel Mary Rotunno says CHW hired Shane Agao, who will be a senior next year, for three days a week this summer. Shane works on the legal practice manager database which tracks contracts with vendors and physicians. “She works on making sure the data from the contracts is accurate and is entered completely and
the bill and recorded its highest response rate on a piece of legislation. A legislative alert by the conference had urged Catholics to tell their state legislators to vote against the bill. “Professional educators and historians, working with teachers, parents and school boards, should design social studies curriculums,” the alert said, noting that “politicians, subject to the winds of political correctness, should not because they often respond with more alacrity to the interest groups than to their constituents whose children attend California’s schools.” Bill May, chairman of the lay apostolate Catholics for the Common Good, said “the governor made a huge mistake” in signing the bill. Vicki Evans, respect life coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns, said: “As attorney general, Brown did everything in his power to work for the defeat of Proposition 8, defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Still, we hoped he would veto SB 48 as an unwarranted intrusion into education and an affront to parental rights.” She said the governor “seems to have decided that the advance of an ideological agenda trumps parents’ rights to educate their children in the faith. Inclusion in a history book should be based on an individual’s merit, not his or her inclusion in a ‘protected class.’” Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez called the bill “another example of the government interfering with parents’ rights to be their children’s primary educators.”
accurately. That is really important because of the strict laws and regulations hospitals are under,” Rotunno said. Shane also is helping clear out a file room and sending old files to storage, making sure the files’ whereabouts are accurately entered, Rotunno said. “We hired her for the summer because she was a great worker. She was really diligent and conscientious. She’s been a really great asset to our team,” said Rotunno, who said CHW hired four ICA students last year as part of its commitment to social justice and to the community, but said she is the one who came out ahead with Shane as the fourth member of her team. “I asked her to find someone as great as she is to be assigned to us next year,” Rotunno said.
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AIDS book. . . ■ Continued from cover users but in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world, it largely afflicts heterosexuals. “Affirming Love, Avoiding AIDS” draws on a range of scientific sources including statistics compiled by condom manufacturers and studies commissioned by the United Nations to show condom campaigns have coincided with spiking AIDS rates in parts of Africa. It also discusses the failures of other lesser known measures promoted by what Hanley calls “the AIDS establishment” such as testing services and the treatment of other sexually transmitted infections as a means of preventing HIV transmission. “For a long time it was assumed that each of these measures would turn the tide – but they didn’t,” Hanley said. “You don’t have to be Catholic to recognize the failure of the risk reduction model. It may protect some people some of the time, but that does not mean it has been a Matthew Hanley public health success,” Hanley said. Most recently, a study led by Dr. Daniel T. Halperin of Harvard’s School of Public Health, and published in February, found the prevalence of AIDS in Zimbabwe dropped almost in half, from 29 percent of all adults nationwide in 1997 to 16
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A papal foundation dedicated to AIDS patients may expand its services to include a global program of distributing anti-AIDS drugs, a Vatican official said. The initiative would respond to the shortage of anti-retroviral and other drugs in poorer countries, where the vast majority of AIDS patients receive no adequate treatment, Msgr. Jean-Marie Mupendawatu, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, said in an interview July 21 with the Vatican newspaper. Msgr. Mupendawatu is a delegate to the Good Samaritan Foundation, established by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 2004 to provide economic support to the sick who are most in need, particularly those suffering from AIDS. Msgr. Mupendawatu said the foundation planned to strengthen its activity, especially in Africa, by increasing its promotion of donations of pharmaceutical and medical material, and by working more closely with local Catholic leaders to place the church in the forefront of the care for AIDS patients.
percent in 2007 due to decisions by Zimbabweans to reduce the number of sexual partners, with many more choosing to remain abstinent or faithful. The primary motivation for the Zimbabweans’ behavior change was fear of dying of AIDS, the study’s authors found. Hanley said the U.N. AIDS agency attempted to suppress a major international study it commissioned on condom effectiveness because of the study’s unexpected conclusion that condom promotion and distribution had not reversed any of the severe African epidemics. U.N. AIDS first tried to change the study’s conclusions then refused to publish them, the book documents. “This is the agency that is responsible for putting together policies on AIDS,” Hanley told Catholic San Francisco. “Suppressing these findings was a great dereliction of duty.” The study, conducted by UCSF epidemiologist Dr. Norman Hearst, was eventually published by Studies in Family Planning and Hearst introduced the study into the record when he testified Sept. 25, 2007, before the House Committee on Foreign Relations. “No generalized HIV epidemic has ever been rolled back
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Deacon Felix Lim is pictured with members of the Chinese Catholic community at St. Matthew Church in San Mateo. From left, Herve Yu, Joseph Yu, Marie Yu, Debbie Lee. Deacon Lim was ordained a transitional deacon at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church July 8 by Archbishop George Niederauer. “I, as a member of the Chinese community at St. Matthew as well as many other members from various Chinese communities in the area are extremely excited that there is now a Mandarin-speaking deacon and by next June there will be a Mandarin-speaking priest to serve the burgeoning Chinese population,” Theresa Chalmers told Catholic San Francisco.
by a prevention strategy based primarily on condoms,” Hearst testified. “Instead the few successes in turning around generalized HIV epidemics, such as in Uganda, were achieved not through condoms but by getting people to change their sexual behavior.” Hanley observes that “while these things might appear obvious, to say them is to cross the cultural Rubicon.” The book contends public health authorities’ strong focus on technical fixes rather than on behavior is an outgrowth of the widespread utilitarian view of human beings that assumes all values are fungible, what Pope Benedict termed the “dictatorship of relativism.” The authors cite Blessed Pope John Paul II’s “Letter to Families” in which the late pope writes: “… so called ‘safe sex,’ which is touted by the ‘civilization of technology,’ is actually, in the view of the overall requirements of the person, radically not safe, indeed it is extremely dangerous. It endangers both person and family. And what is this danger? It is the loss of the truth about one’s own self and about the family, together with the risk of a loss of freedom and consequently a loss of love of itself.”
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Faith lights the way for San Quentin inmates
“When I struggle with things, I turn to him (God).”
“I’m at the age now where I realize what I’ve been doing is not working, and I have three (preadoles-
Ed Ballenger By Lidia Wasowicz
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hey started out from different ethnic, educational and economic origins, lost their moral compass along the way and found religion where their paths converged -- San Quentin State Prison in Marin County. The inmates interviewed for this article followed divergent directions on their spiritual journey: One detoured to atheism, another headed straight for conversion and the rest got lost in uncertainty for awhile. All found their bearings behind bars and steered to the Catholic faith for comfort, courage and consolation. Here are their stories of how they arrived on common ground. Michael Villanueva, who has spent half of his 40 years serving a 15-to-life sentence for conspiracy to commit seconddegree murder and assault with a deadly weapon, came from sturdy Catholic stock. His grandfather fought against federal forces persecuting Catholics in Mexico in the 1920s before arriving in the United States under the Bracero Program initiated to fill a farm labor shortage. His father, a migrant worker who returned to his homeland to find a wife and start a family, kept a checklist to ensure his seven children received the sacraments. Michael, the firstborn, began secretly questioning his faith in high school. By junior college, he had turned away from God and toward the bottle. One night, inebriated, he tried to stab a man who had insulted his friend but missed. His friend did not. “I started to get in trouble at 16, coinciding with my progression to secularism,” said Villanueva, leaning against the pew in San Quentin’s Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Chapel. “At the time of the arrest at age 20, I was a full-blown
atheist -- but the first thing I did was grab a Bible.” In 1998, he strived to emulate the prodigal son but failed to receive the reception he expected. “I was a mess,” said Villanueva, who arrived at San Quentin seven years ago and hopes his next parole hearing, scheduled for December 2012, will set him free. “But something in me told me if I kept going, there would be a reward.” It came on May 13, 2008, on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima and the 10th anniversary of his decision to return to his faith with a daily recitation of the rosary. “All the weight was lifted,” he sighed. “‘Thank you, God,’ I said. ‘I’m still in prison, but I’m not suffering any more.’” Reconnected to his roots, Villanueva wants to branch out, studying advanced calculus, working toward a college degree and hoping for an engineering career. “My faith is my rock that keeps me grounded,” he said. A single act forever changed the life of Ed Ballenger, 59, a once happily married carpenter. It landed him in prison with a 15-to-life sentence, of which he’s served 19 years, the past five at San Quentin. The jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife’s paramour, a tragedy for which he now takes full responsibility. “Prison has been a good experience for me,” Ballenger admitted. “As much as it’s been difficult, it’s been a growing experience.” His introspection laid bare the “egotistical” side he blames for his troubles and opened his heart to others because, as he came to recognize, “Christ is in everybody.” He felt at home the minute he stepped into the Catholic chapel in 2007.
cent) sons that I need to be a father to.” “Since I’ve been incarcerated, I’m much richer realizing
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what’s really important.” Kevin Daniel Driscoll
“At the time of the arrest at age 20, I was a full-blown atheist -- but the first thing I did was grab a Bible.” Michael Villanueva “I liked the feel of this church,” recalled Ballenger, who was baptized in April. “The people were friendly. It was peaceful. They had pretty good songs.” The homily messages of service, forgiveness, nonjudgment and redemption erased his fear, eased his pain and earned his trust.
“Jesus is my bedrock,” said Ballenger, who dreams of being released in two years, putting the machinist and computer skills he’s honed at San Quentin to use and, perhaps, reconnecting with the two grown sons he hasn’t seen since they were tots. “When I struggle with things, I turn to him.”
With a rap sheet stretching back 27 years, Trent Hillman, 40, started drinking, smoking pot and getting “sticky fingers” at age 13. He thinks his incarceration for receiving stolen property will finally break the musty mold. “I’m at the age now where I realize what I’ve been doing is not working, and I have three (preadolescent) sons that I need to be a father to,” Hillman said. The rosary and the Eucharist have brought him solace needed to turn his life around. “It’s a comfort to know that if I’m open to God’s will, there’ll be good out of this,” he said. Ambitious, articulate, analytical, Kevin Daniel Driscoll, 38, has used his prison time to earn a law degree, seek missing evidence he says would show he fatally shot his fiancé the night before her wedding shower in the heat of passion, and work on self-improvement. Sentenced to 40 years to life for seconddegree murder with a gun enhancement, Driscoll has spent the last two of the 12 years served in San Quentin. As a scientist with a degree in environmental studies, he questioned his faith and God’s existence. “Since I’ve been incarcerated, I’m much richer realizing what’s really important,” he said. “There’s a lot to the saying there are no atheists in foxholes because we’re in one now.”
Born into a military Catholic family, educated by Carmelite sisters and Jesuit brothers, Christopher R. Marshall Sr., 44, had one fatal flaw they could not help him overcome: greed. A landscape contractor pulling in six figures, Marshall nonetheless gave into the temptation of pulling a fast one that has cost him more than 10 years of his life. His conviction on six counts of forgery and 38-to-life punishment capped a life of crime that started with selling drugs at age 19. “The idiotic things I did were totally out of character of my family and what they stood for,” Marshall said. “I had a good life, I chose to ruin it for pure greed.” His transfer to San Quentin Feb. 3, 2010, opened his eyes. “I’ve changed; the greed is done,” said Marshall, who currently is not eligible for release until 2037. “It was a godsend I was sent here.” Unlike most prisons, where “you wake up, go to breakfast and lock up in your cell,” he said. San Quentin offers numerous programs, attracts hordes of volunteers and, of special spiritual significance, has its own Catholic chapel. “It’s a place of safety where peace prevails when you cross the threshold,” said Lt. Sam Robinson, a 15-year veteran of San Quentin. “You can’t help but be a different individual when you leave.”
“The idiotic things I did were totally out of character of my family and what they stood for.” Christopher R. Marshall Sr.
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Critical but loyal: “Render unto Caesar!” This a reader’s response to Catholic San Francisco’s notice in the July 15 issue inviting readers for ideas about redesigning the paper. The reader suggests new rules for discourse on matters of science and dogma. Comments welcome. I have written a number of letters to the editor of Catholic San Francisco and the editors have graciously published some of these. Most of my letters have addressed the false practice of “science bashing” by some prior article or letter in the same paper. Perhaps it is time to stretch a little and write something original with the promise of more to come, if it is accepted. As a first theme I would remind readers of the test given by the Pharisees to Jesus about the correctness of cooperating with the perceived oppressors of their nation. His final answer was “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” I now suggest that we do the same in regard to the “things that are science.” History tells us that in many examples that suggestion would lead to better science and also better religion. There are exceptions, of course. They tend to deal with personalities rather than either dogma or science. It is not always possible to separate what belongs to science and what belongs to God. Sometimes this leads to heated discussion and strong feelings, perhaps even feelings of righteousness in both camps. To continue a In this first note I should like to suggest a set of rules for dialogue, graciously discourse on this subject and suggest that readers test not only my writing, but all admit one’s own columns that touch on both religion and science by these errors when an rules. Quote only opposing view has correctRule(and1. true) facts. It should be embarrassing to made valid points. be caught Rule 2. Write only on subjects on which you qualify. It is OK to go beyond qualifications if the statements are given as opinion and not as established doctrine or science. The same is true when writing about feelings. One can describe feelings without misleading others as to the facts. Rule 3. Test the validity of a generalization before writing it for others to read. Here is the type of generalization to avoid: “The piano is black, the crow is black. Therefore the crow is a piano.” The two main difficulties with that logic are that not all pianos are black, and that color may be insufficient to equate two named categories. Rule 4. Focus on the major concern rather than on a general issue. For example, it is foolish to write about the generality of embryonic stem cell research when the real concern is preservation of the life of individual embryos. As it happens the two can, and should, coexist. It is often said that politics is the art of the possible. It is close to impossible to prevent research on embryo stem cells. But it is possible to influence scientists to preserve the life of the embryos. Why waste resources on an impossible task when the actual goal may be accomplished? Rule 5. Invite a dialogue rather that pontificate on the subject. I believe this rule even applies to the pontiff! And the present pontiff seems to so believe. Dialogue is initiated by presenting the concern and asking questions. Note that we are dealing with concerns and issues rather than problems. Here I give an example. I would like to know the difference to me as a scientist between pontificating ex cathedra, and pontificating in an encyclical. Some theologians I have read imply that residual doubt by scientific observation, or otherwise, is a mitigating condition on any encyclical. In contrary the pope has great responsibility before pontificating ex cathedra. In our times, that responsibility may even include consulting scientists. Hence ex cathedra pronouncements are rare. I invite an authoritative response. Rule 6. To continue a dialogue, graciously admit one’s own errors when an opposing view has made valid points. Then write about how views may be reconciled with the new understanding. The implication here is that the editor will allow dialogue in CSF, which means responses to writers. Rule 7. It is OK to be critical and loyal.This one is specific for a Catholic writer in a Catholic paper. And that is my continued intent. Alex M. Saunders, M.D. San Carlos
CSF redesign We invite readers to join the staff of Catholic San Francisco in taking inventory for a potential redesign of the newspaper. Share your thoughts on headlines and type; graphics and artwork; photos; amount and variety of content; user-friendliness; design of ads, inside pages and special pages; the paper’s personality; and whatever else may be on your mind. Mail the editor, phone (415) 614-5647 or e-mail comments to delvecchior@sfarchdiocese.org. Subject line: Redesign.
Teacher: Curriculum standards needed A few years ago, after I made a brief presentation about the Theology Department’s curriculum at Serra High School’s open house, a couple came up to me and said Serra seemed more Catholic than any of the other Catholic schools they visited. I took this as a great compliment. It was awkward, though. Just what did they hear at the other schools or was being too “Catholic” a slur on their part? Ms. Santamaria’s letter (July 15) was a bit disturbing, but I can see where she is coming from. Just like secular society, our Catholic American identity is marked by labels — conservative, traditionalist, liberal, orthodox, cafeteria, fallen away. It can be confusing and downright disturbing at times. What I gleaned from Valerie Schmalz’s article on Father Piderit’s presentation to teachers at a June 13 seminar at Marin Catholic High School was that we should not be ashamed to be Catholic because we have contributed so much positively to how the Western mind perceives the world, and this should be embedded in the curricula of all subjects in a Catholic school. I concur. But it begs the question: Why isn’t it? A lot could be cleared up if first and foremost a standardized curriculum for Catholic high school religion courses across the country existed, not a guide or framework, created by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, teachers and theologians. All of my colleagues in other disciplines teach curriculum approved by the state, but religion curriculum is often created by those with the loudest voices. We know where that has gotten the secularists. That said, we must have hope in what Hans Urs von Balthasar wrote: “The drama of a life lived in discipleship of Christ has remained alive down the centuries (Theo-Drama).” Christian Clifford San Mateo The writer teaches at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo.
Principal: Schools exceed standards
from the medieval mystic John of the Cross, the 19th century theologian Msgr. Ronald Knox, and the 20thcentury spiritual director Father Henri Nouwen show that we have a tool in our 21st century internal struggles with good and evil: Prayer! And in particular, Eucharist. In these days of high tech, it is good to remember that the basics are still important. Prayer and the Eucharist are as low tech as you can get but are as necessary as ever. Thank you for the reminder. Bob Nelson Daly City
Says church hierarchy has undermined itself
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Re: Lynne Santamaria’s letter. I’m saddened to read of her unsatisfactory experience with Catholic school, but believe that it is important to write about my very positive experience as a student, parent and teacher. Because of this, I am keenly aware of the great things happening in Catholic education. Ms. Santamaria found the “institutional culture at the high school level offensive and at the lower levels, disappointing.” This has never been my experience. I see schools that are the children’s second homes. Unlike so many other schools, we do not teach “tolerance,” we teach love. Visit any Catholic school and ask what the students do for their community. Working hand-in-hand with parents and teachers, our students learn that they can make a difference in this world. At my current school, we were recognized by the San Francisco Food Bank for our generosity during their Thanksgiving Food Drive. We adopted three families at Christmas and provided gifts for them. Every spring we participate in the Leukemia Society Pennies for Patients Drive. The specifics may vary, but every Catholic school teaches students that it is our responsibility to love our sisters and brothers. Ms. Santamaria also questioned the curriculum in our schools. We follow the state framework and I think most people would be amazed to see how far our students go beyond that framework. She wrote that “those of us in the know are aware that Catholic schools are marginally better than public.” The fact is, that if she took the time to contact any Catholic high school in this archdiocese, she would learn that 95 percent (or more) of our graduates go on to college (as compared to San Francisco Unified School District, which has 64 percent of its students graduate from high school). Research shows that Catholic school graduates are more likely to be involved in social justice campaigns, charitable organizations, and careers that serve society. I am convinced that this is because we learn that prayer begins with words, and often must continue through social action. Our students get this. Two personal comments: Just today I wrote out the tuition check for my daughter’s last year in a Catholic college. Tuition for my children, kindergarten through college, has amounted to over $250,000. It has been worth every penny. And to those who taught me — the sisters, the brothers, the priests, the lay teachers — to those who have taught with me, and to all those it has been my honor to teach in Catholic schools: Thank you! Terrence Hanley The writer is principal of Star of the Sea School in San Francisco.
Prayer is ever vital Thank you for the marvelous gem of a column by Father Ron Rolheiser in the July 15 issue. His quotes
Bishop Thomas Daly’s analysis of the lack of priest vocations in the San Francisco archdiocese (“Bishop Tom Daly reflects on his nine years as vocations director,” May 20), uses the same old arguments that clerics in the church, including the pope, have made for years. Somehow the bugaboo of “secularism” is to blame. Young men don’t respond to the call to the priesthood because they are more tempted by the world, the flesh and the devil (the ignorant teaching of Augustine of Hippo). In reality Bishop Daly fails to acknowledge that the Catholic hierarchy due to its tight grip on power and influence has undermined itself. The priest abuse cover-up is an ongoing indicator of how bishops tried to control the bad press, lied to their own people and concealed the truth. How the pope and bishops dealt with this issue over many years is indicative of a terrible misuse of power. Without being honest with its own people, the bishops can’t possibly gain the credibility they need to influence men who might otherwise be drawn to the priestly life. Daishin Sunseri San Francisco
Parish’s mission work embodies Jesus’ teaching
I just read the article (“Marin parish group builds school in rural Guatemala,” July 15) about the way the people of St. Rita Church in Fairfax are serving the poor of Guatemala and also in Marin County. This is what church is about. The social teachings of the church are being practiced and applied and people are deepening their understanding of what Jesus taught and where he can be found. I want to thank your paper for recognizing such a great example of church. We are all one in Christ’s body. Patricia Krommer, CSJ Los Angeles
Parishioners doing what Jesus would have done In your July 15 issue there was a wonderful article showing that the precepts found in the Gospel are still alive and robust in St. Rita Church in Fairfax. The article on St. Rita’s Guatemalan project shows parishioners that are living as Christ would have in the community. Certainly, here is one small parish living the beatitudes. I only hope that what Father Ken Weare and his parishioners are doing spreads and encourages others. They will know we are Christians by what we do. The beatitudes scream social justice and St. Rita’s is clearly helping Christ carry the cross. Thank you for the article. Will Silverthorne San Francisco
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China-watching in the Vatican Whatever its other accomplishments, Henry Kissinger’s new book, “On China,” ought to cause serious reconsideration of that now familiar refrain, “China is the lead country of the future.” Kissinger’s analysis of Chinese history has been criticized, as has his reticence about evils like the massacres at Tiananmen Square. But his conclusion — that China’s future depends on the resolution of the conflict between those of its leaders who want to maintain totalitarian political control at all costs and those who want to complete the country’s remarkable economic development with a genuine opening toward democratic governance — strikes me as a fair summary of the situation. And it should give no comfort to the “China is inevitably number one” crowd. A country that conflicted about its political future is an unlikely contender for world supremacy. The current division with the Chinese political leadership will also be of interest to the Holy See. In Rome, some Vatican diplomats have long advocated a fast march toward full diplomatic relations with the Beijing government; others have urged a more measured approach, which has been the path chosen by both John Paul II and Benedict XVI. The latter seem to me to have the better of the argument. Indeed, it is not easy to see any advantage to the Catholic Church in quickly closing a diplomatic deal with the Peoples Republic of China, ruled as it is today, and for three reasons. 1. The current regime cannot be trusted to keep its word. For some time, a modus vivendi (way of living) was in place
between the Vatican and Beijing on the appointment of bishops. It was never codified, but everyone knew the basic rules of the road: no bishops are to be ordained without the tacit approval of the Holy See. The regime brazenly broke that working agreement late last year, going so far as to drag one elderly Chinese bishop by his hair to an illicit episcopal ordination. There is no reason to think that formal diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the PRC will resolve this bottom line issue of the church’s independence to control its own life. That issue has to be resolved before any diplomatic deals are concluded. 2. Diplomatic relations with Beijing means severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Taiwan is the first Chinese democracy in history; the Catholic Church has made clear for three decades now that, under modern conditions, democracy is morally superior to other forms of governance, most certainly including totalitarianism. For the Holy See to throw a Chinese democracy over the side while embracing Chinese totalitarians would raise grave questions about the church’s commitments to human rights and democracy. The struggle that Kissinger describes over China’s future must be farther along the road toward a resolution in favor of the reformers before diplomatic relations between the Holy See and China make sense—not least because that kind of resolution could render the Taiwan issue moot. 3. Diplomatic relations with Beijing under current circumstances could well impede the church’s evangelical mission in the China of the future. There is serious persecution of
Christians in China. Yet, if and when China finally opens itself fully to the world, China is likely to become the greatest field of Christian mission since the Europeans came to the George Weigel Western Hemisphere in the 16th century. If the Catholic Church is seen as an ally of the old regime in the period immediately after the old regime falls, the church’s missionary efforts are going to be seriously compromised. Evangelical Protestants and Mormons, who are gearing up for major missionary efforts in China when that becomes possible, don’t have to worry about such linkages being drawn. The Catholic Church should not put itself at a disadvantage in the missionary China of the future by its diplomatic actions today. The Catholic Church is 2,000 years old; the current Chinese regime took power in 1949. The church can afford to wait. Keeping the pressure on, especially about religious freedom and the free appointment of bishops, is more important now than a nunciature (Vatican embassy) and a Vatican ambassador in Beijing. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
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Bring clean water to the thirsty By Tony Magliano Instant access to plentiful water is often taken for granted by most of us in the developed world. When we turn on our faucets, we expect clean water to flow. Well, I don’t think that way anymore. Recently while I was taking a shower, the steady flow of water was suddenly reduced to a trickle, and seconds later it completely stopped. Thankfully, the problem was fixed inexpensively the next day. But the perceived problems that earlier seemed to be facing my family and me would be considered blessings, not burdens, to the 884 million people in the developing world who have absolutely no access to safe water and the 2.5 billion people who lack basic modern sanitation.
According to Water.org (www.water.org), every 20 seconds a child dies from water related diseases such as diarrhea. And half of the world’s hospitalizations are due to infected water and poor sanitation. Millions of women and children in poor countries spend many hours every day collecting water from distant and often polluted sources. With all of these life threatening problems facing the poorest people on the planet, the U.S. Congress and the Obama administration are poised to drastically slash poverty-focused international aid in the 2012 federal budget. Huge tax cuts for the wealthy, three wars (arguably more) and astronomical annual military budgets have overwhelmingly contributed to the nation’s deficit problems — not the relatively small amount of federal aid to the world’s poor.
Please email and phone your U.S. representative and your two U.S. senators, Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Urge your senators to co-sponsor the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2011 (S.B. 641). If passed into law, it would provide 100 million people with first -time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis. Pope Benedict XVI said that everyone has a “right to water.” But sadly and irresponsibly, Congress has failed to pass this life saving legislation for the past several years. Let’s really put the pressure on this year. Get your parish involved! Make a difference! Tony Magliano writes a column on social justice for Catholic News Service.
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Religious freedom and birth control The hallucinogenic drug peyote is not for me, though I respect the right of Native Americans to use it in their religious rituals. Blood transfusions are not verboten to me, but I respect Christian Scientists’ right to refuse them. Health insurance programs fit into my lifestyle, yet I respect the rights of the Amish to work out noninsurance medical care programs with the hospitals they use. Abortion, however, is horrifying to me and I shudder to think that money I pay for health insurance should fund abortion in any way at all. I shudder even more to think that the U.S. government would force me to subsidize abortion and other services in order to get health insurance from a private company. This is Big Brother at his worst and I cringe at the thought that anyone, including a church organization, might be told by government to fund a procedure through private insurance plans for their own employees. Having government decide such questions is a clear violation of conscience. Some contraceptives, such as the morning-after pills, can cause abortions. The church objects to them because they involve taking an innocent life, however tiny it is. Some ridicule the church’s stance on contraception but the spiritual truth is that contraception deliberately deprives human sexual intimacy of an essential part of its depth and meaning. A man and woman through their sexual union express total commitment and openness to each other, including openness to conceive and nurture a new human person. The church’s position can be supported even from a secular point of view. It is hard to deny that broad promotion of contraceptives and sterilization has made sexuality more “casual” and less meaningful for millions, or that hormonal contraceptives have had serious and sometimes life-threatening effects on some women. Others don’t have to understand or agree with this perspective; but until now, the federal government has generally been careful to allow individuals and religious organizations to purchase and provide health care without being forced to violate it. Respect for freedom of conscience and religious liberty has
a long history. Thomas Jefferson, who was not especially religious himself, said it best in 1809, when he declared that “No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of civil authority.” That position is under threat as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services prepares to list “preventive services for women that must be included in most private health plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Healthcare Reform Act.” HHS called on the Institute of Medicine to list such services that should be mandated in private health plans. IOM said July 20 that everybody’s health plan should cover contraception, sterilization and patient education and counseling promoting these for all women with reproductive capacity. IOM offers no talk of religious exemption for those with moral or religious objections to some of these practices, including those that effectively abort tiny children. The Institute of Medicine defines itself on its website as an independent, nonprofit organization that works outside of government to provide unbiased and authoritative advice to decision makers and the public. As it claims independence, one can ask “independent of what? Constitutional history? American government? Basic human rights?” Fortunately, two members of Congress, Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) and Dan Boren (D-Okla.), saw it coming, and introduced the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act 2011. They and the bill co-sponsors recognize that it is wrong for government to force institutions and persons to provide procedures and drugs that violate their conscience. That includes drugs that can take innocent lives under the guise of “treating” what IOM apparently sees as a disease, i.e. pregnancy. The Fortenberry and Boren bill would prevent new mandates under PPACA from being used to discriminate against persons and institutions for acting according to their conscience on these matters – as it already respects
the consciences of the Amish, Christian Scientists and adherents of Native American beliefs. Rights are important, and citizens need to be Sister Mary wary of threats against them. The freedom to folAnn Walsh low one’s conscience and to practice one’s religion is under assault today and concerned people need to push back. St. Thomas More, who was heralded in the play “A Man for All Seasons,” faced a conscience problem when England’s Henry VIII demanded an oath of allegiance to him as a self-declared head of the church. Thomas More, the king’s lord chancellor and a brilliant lawyer, refused to sign. He squared off against his government, albeit reluctantly. Before his execution at the chopping block for such treachery the husband and father voiced his allegiance to his king, but with one caveat: “The king’s good servant,” More declared himself, “but God’s first.” It was more than 400 years ago when More said the government had gone beyond what his conscience could bear. The right to follow one’s conscience trumps other obligations, even rights claimed by the government. The message still stands today. Sister Mary Ann Walsh is spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Editor’s note: In Washington July 19, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston expressed strong opposition to the Institute of Medicine panel’s recommendation. See catholic-sf.org for Catholic News Service coverage of the issue.
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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH IS 55:1-3 Thus says the Lord: All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare. Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David. RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 145:8-9, 15-16, 17—18 R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due season; you open your hand and satisfy the
“They all ate and were satisfied” (Matthew 14:20). In almost every area of society and culture, especially where customers and clients are involved, everyone is eager — and anxious — to ask: Are people satisfied with the services offered? Are their desires fulfilled? Are they content? Satisfaction surveys have become the order of the day. Even our telephone calls are sometimes monitored for quality, with an eye on satisfaction. It is as if when satisfaction was not given, it would be impossible for an institution to survive. It would be an enlightening exercise for us to delve a bit deeper into what kinds of satisfaction we seek in life. When our material needs are satisfied, longings are still lodged in our heart. Even in the midst of the most satisfying conditions, why do we experience restlessness and yearning for something more? It is when we confront this truth that we begin to live from the soul. Augustine was right: “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in thee.” The word of God throws light on our innermost longings and the lasting satisfaction only God can give. There are three significant interconnected insights that shine forth in the readings.
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 55:1-3 Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18; Romans 8:35, 37-39; Matthew 14:13-21 desire of every living thing. R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS ROM 8:35, 37-39
Brothers and sisters: What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Scripture reflection FATHER CHARLES PUTHOTA
All gifts flow from God First, all the material, tangible gifts we enjoy in life flow from God. God is the ultimate giver of these gifts. In Isaiah, God will provide not only water and grain, but also milk and honey. In the Gospel, by providing bread to the multitudes, Jesus makes it clear that he is eager to address our bodily needs. He is also the healer par excellence. We understand, therefore, the necessity of stewardship and justice. We are inspired to put our material resources and talents at the service of the larger community in the spirit
of love and justice. As we read in Matthew 25, we will be evaluated only on the basis of concrete deeds of love and service. Second, only God can satisfy our spiritual longings. He is the one who can touch our inmost desires and needs. That is why in Isaiah, God says: “Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life.” The “everlasting covenant” he promises will be the foundation of our inner satisfactions. In the Gospel, too, we realize that the sharing of bread has the deeper meaning
A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 14:13-21 When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said to them, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me, ” and he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over — twelve wicker baskets full. Those who ate were about five thousand men, not counting women and children.
of Jesus being the “bread of life” and of the eucharistic meal which will bring us to unimaginable union and communion with him. Paul celebrates this union in Romans 8: “What will separate us from the love of Christ?” Nothing in all creation “will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Third, as we seek our material blessings and our spiritual union with God in Jesus, we are not to be discouraged by our limited resources. Feeling helpless, we cannot wallow in self-pity. We have to place what we have, our five loaves and two fish, in the hands of Jesus who will take them, bless them, break them and give them. Then everyone can eat and be satisfied. This is Jesus’ way to address the ills of the world — and to heal the planet earth. Practical considerations: How can we creatively practice stewardship’s “three Ts”: time, talent and treasure? Since God alone can fill my soul, do I make the space and time to experience him? Because it takes the whole village to make a difference, how do we collaborate with people of good will to multiply our meager resources for the good of the whole world? Father Charles Puthota, Ph.D., is pastor of St. Veronica Parish in South San Francisco.
California: Evangelization’s past and future By Archbishop Jose H. Gomez I’ve been reflecting about how we are all heirs of America’s first evangelization. The Christian faith was brought to this land by Spanish missionaries centuries before the American Revolution. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Catholic from Spain, was the first to explore our California coast in 1542. He brought a priest and sailed in a ship he called San Salvador (“The Savior”). Sixty years later, Sebastián Vizcaíno brought Franciscan priests with him to explore Southern California. This history tells us that Jesus Christ was calling America to faith long before this country even had a name. His Gospel was being proclaimed in California in the Spanish tongue long before the pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower. The Mass was being celebrated here years before the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. On July 4, we remember the anniversary of our country’s founding. A few days before that, on July 1, we celebrate the memorial of Blessed Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary known as the Apostle of California. I believe American Catholics need to begin to see how these memorials belong together. America’s story starts with those Spanish missionaries. Our national character and identity are deeply marked by the Gospel values they brought to this land. Just look at a map and think of how many places are named in Spanish for saints, sacraments, and articles of our faith. We have Santa Cruz (“Holy Cross”) and Sacramento (“Holy Sacrament”). Our own great metropolis of Los
Angeles was founded as El Pueblo de Neustra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula — named for St. Francis of Assisi’s chapel to Our Lady of the Angels. Although it was founded by Christians, America has become home to an amazing diversity of cultures, religions and ways of life. This diversity flourishes precisely because our nation’s founders had a Christian vision of the human person, freedom, and truth. It is a basic American belief that men and women are created equal — with God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This vision is part of the beautiful legacy that Fray Junípero Serra and his fellow missionaries left us with, along with the missions they established along El Camino Real, the King’s Highway. California was among the first outposts for the evangelization of America. California must now become a leader in the new evangelization of our country. In our new evangelization we must be an icon of what God intends his church to be — one family of God that joins peoples of many colors, races, nationalities and languages. Blessed Junípero used to trace the sign of the cross on people’s foreheads and say to them, “Ama a Dios! Love God!” In our new evangelization we too must bring the signs of God’s love to our city and world. In the spirit of St. Francis, we must be missionaries of mercy and apostles of reconciliation in our culture. The writer is archbishop of Los Angeles. Condensed from a July 1 column in the archdiocesan newspaper The Tidings.
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Spirituality for Life
A new challenge When I began writing this column, I shared that occasionally I would do a column that was more exclusively about my personal life. I have tried to limit myself in that and, in the 28 years I have been writing this column, have probably done less than 10 pieces whose main focus was my own life. When I have done so, it was almost always to share with readers a major transition in my life. This column is one of those personal pieces. My personal life is again undergoing a major transition, though this one does not concern a move to a new job or to a new city. It has to do with my health. In early May I went for a routine colonoscopy and the doctor discovered a cancerous tumor in my colon. The good news was that it was discovered relatively early, before there were symptoms. They scheduled me for surgery in early June and removed the affected area, along with a series of lymph nodes. The operation, while pretty invasive, went well, but some of the lymph nodes had already been affected, meaning that the cancer was not necessarily fully contained in the tumor. I have recovered very well from the surgery, though this took some weeks. An oncologist advised me that prudence dictates that there be a follow-up treatment to the surgery, namely, six months of chemotherapy. He also assured me that the long-term prognosis is good, but that, as with all cancer, nothing is really sure until it’s sure. A cure is most likely, but not assured. I start the chemotherapy treatments in early August and will be facing a certain desert experience for the next six months. This is not a plea for sympathy. I share this with you because one shares this with one’s family and you are my family of read-
ers. I will appreciate your prayers, even as I trust you not to deluge me with e-mails, cards and letters. What we give to each other inside the mystical body of faith, family, and friendship, need not be announced to be effective. Where am I with all of this? Initially, especially before the surgery and subsequent scans revealed more precisely the limit of the cancer, there was understandably a good amount of fear and paranoia. One’s thoughts and fears aren’t easy to control when one’s next visit to the doctor might mean a death sentence. Eventually though, and not just because the long-term prognosis now appears quite positive, I have begun to find a deep peace within all of this. I trust in God and know that I am safe. I also trust the medical professionals with whom I have been dealing. They have been marvelously competent and infinitely gentle. But that peace of soul is also predicated on a number of realizations that were only abstract theories for me before this illness. Some things are infinitely more real to me now: I now know existentially that life is fragile, that health is precious, and that it’s to be appreciated rather than taken for granted. I know, too, existentially that we cannot safeguard our own lives, no matter how carefully we try. Faith and hope are flooding into my life as never before. So, too, is love. Family and friends are mostly taken for granted when we are young and strong and under the illusion that death is not really a reality for us. We realize how deep a grace family and friendship are only when we are fully attuned to our own vulnerability; mostly, too, it is only then that we actually
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allow others to love us. And there are other deep lessons in this for me: I have been driving my engines hard for a long time, dodging bullets as I overwork. So many times in the past years, in a trance of Father overwork, I promised God that I would slow my life Ron Rolheiser down, just as soon as this particular task was finished. Indeed, often, explicitly in prayer, I asked God to let me do this slowdown willfully, and not have some health breakdown force it on me. Like the young Augustine, I was praying: “Slow me down, but not yet!” My cancer diagnosis is finally doing for me what I couldn’t do for myself. One last lesson: Should I land on my feet, healthy and my old self again after the chemotherapy, I hope to have the strength to not return to my old life, grateful to have dodged a bullet and ready for business as usual. Instead, like the one leper who returned to give thanks to Jesus rather than going back to normal living, I am praying that the grace of this visitation will be the alchemy I have long needed to make me turn instead habitually in gratitude toward Jesus and toward the present moment. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.
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By George Raine Legislation that would allow a select group of immigrant young people to earn legal status is once again before Congress, held up on one hand as the righteous thing to do and on the other as amnesty that will deny jobs to recession-weary, unemployed Americans. First introduced 10 years ago — in a far different economy and less hostile political climate — the DREAM Act, an acronym for development, relief and education for alien minors, has run a gauntlet in Congress. It was introduced then by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah (now an opponent) amid bipartisan collegiality, but stalled. In December, it came within five votes for passage in the Senate, with any hope for it seemingly dashed, at least in the near term. A conservative majority took control of the House of Representatives in January, and many among them see the DREAM Act as anathema. Nevertheless, on June 28 a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee held its first hearing on the 2011 version of the DREAM Act, introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. Also in the face of daunting odds, Durbin and other Democrats on June 22 introduced a proposed immigration reform bill. Advocates, including Catholics, are reiterating enthusiastic support for both pieces of legislation, but, analysts anticipate, both will spin their wheels until the 2012 presidential election. The DREAM Act would give undocumented young people a chance to register for legal status if they were brought here by their parents as children, are long-term U.S. residents, have good moral character and complete two years of college or military service. It is estimated that 2 million undocumented young people may be candidates for legal
Old Guadalupe . . . ■ Continued from page 8 membership dramatically declined. Five years later, the building was converted for St. Mary’s School and it remained a school until May when the archdiocese opened the new St. Mary’s School and Chinese Catholic Center at 838 Kearny St. The former church is now vacant. The current structure was built in 1912 and is designated a San Francisco landmark. Thus, the exterior must remain as is, although the interior can be adapted. The decision to sell was made because of the changing demographics in a neighborhood that is now overwhelmingly Chinese and because of the archdiocesan commitment to the Chinese community, according to the archdiocese. Proceeds from the sale have been dedicated to St. Mary’s School and Chinese Catholic Center. A group of Latinos is protesting the sale because it considers the structure iconic, with historical, cultural and religious meaning to Latinos. “It is hard to accept that our beloved church is for sale and in danger of disappearing without consider-
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status under those conditions. Under current law, they are undocumented and cannot obtain a Social Security card. The DREAM Act in particular has divided Americans, with advocates for the legislation pointing to high-profile, highachieving undocumented students already making contributions to the United States to make their case, while critics say the bill is a folly when millions of Americans are out of work. The legislation is a good fit, however, with Catholic beliefs. “Catholic social doctrine is centered in the dignity of each human being,” said George Wesolek, the director of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. “The DREAM Act recognizes that these young people, who usually came here at a young age with their parents, have done all the right things: gone to school, graduated high school and have clean records, now have an opportunity to go to college,” added Wesolek, who is also the director of the archdiocese’ Department of Communications. “It is unfair to treat them in a way that is different from other young people in California. I believe that the conditions that are attached to the DREAM Act make sure that only those deserving would be able to take advantage of this legislation.” Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, among others, opposes the legislation. “Nearly 26 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed, yet Democrats are rallying for legislation that would make this problem worse,” he said. “The DREAM Act would prevent Americans from getting jobs since millions of illegal immigrants will become eligible to work legally in the United States.” Likewise, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a Senate Judiciary Committee member, said, “The legislation would actually set the stage for another mass amnesty by putting millions of ing that it is a sacred and symbolic place and part of the history of San Francisco,” a group called FANS de Guadalupe wrote Archbishop George Niederauer in June. The group claimed that the archdiocese has “neglected the Latinos in many ways and for years.” In an interview with Catholic San Francisco, Clementina Garcia Landgrave, a member, said, “I hope the archdiocese will accept to deal with us. We will try to be courteous, respectful, but they don’t pay attention to us.” The archdiocese responded to the letter saying, “The Latino community has been and remains a vibrant and important part of the archdiocese.” George Wesolek, director of communications, noted that the archdiocese consists of 90 parishes and that at least 55 Masses are celebrated in Spanish each week, in at least 34 parishes. More than 3,700 Latino students are enrolled in 74 Catholic schools. The archdiocese has many other services for Latino members and is developing a new Pastora Hispana. A Mass in Spanish is said at St. Mary’s Cathedral every Sunday at 1 p.m., attended by more than 800 people, said Wesolek. “The church is not necessarily about buildings. Buildings come and go. The church is really about the people and the ministry,” said Msgr. James Tarantino, archdiocesan vicar for administration. He noted that the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi is four blocks from the former Our Lady of Guadalupe site. Sts. Peter and Paul Parish is nearby in North Beach and Old St. Mary’s Cathedral Parish is not far away.
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Dec. 18, 2010: A young woman cries after watching from the Senate gallery as opponents block passage of the DREAM Act at the U.S. Capitol.
individuals, not just young people, on a path to citizenship. It would open the door to massive fraud and abuse of our immigration system.” The University of San Francisco boldly endorsed the DREAM Act on May 20 when it conferred an honorary doctorate on Isabel Castillo, an undocumented activist who went public with her immigration status even as she risked being deported. “We are just people who want a chance for the American dream and to go to college and become veterinarians and physicians and lawyers, etc.,” said Castillo, a 26-year-old, Mexicanborn waitress working off the books in Harrisonburg, Va.
Local News. . . ■ Continued from page 4 include a group of nine from University of San Francisco, 39 under the aegis of Opus Dei at the Church of the Nativity, a seminarian from St. Patrick Seminary & University and small groups associated with Our Lady of Angels in Burlingame and St. Charles in San Carlos parishes.
Japan relief donors thanked In a letter to Archbishop George Niederauer, Catholic Relief Services sent “deepest appreciation to the people of the Archdiocese of San Francisco” for contributions to Japan earthquake and tsunami relief totaling $193,061. The March 11 disasters killed 21,000 people and destroyed more than 500,000 buildings.
State bill would block circumcision ban initiative California Assemblywoman Fiona Ma is co-sponsoring legislation that would block implementation of a San Francisco initiative to ban circumcision. Archbishop George Niederauer and many religious leaders oppose the San Francisco circumcision ban initiative on the November ballot as a violation of religious freedom and parental prerogative. Ma, a Democrat representing San Francisco and San Mateo counties, is co-sponsoring AB 768, introduced by Democratic Assemblyman Mike Gatto of Los Angeles. The legislation “would preclude a local statute, ordinance, or regulation, or administrative action implementing a local statute, ordinance, or regulation from prohibiting or restricting the practice of male circumcision, or the exercise of parental authority with respect to male circumcision,” according to the bill summary. If passed by the California Legislature and signed by the governor, the bill would take effect immediately.
Archdiocesan youth training seeks teens who want to lead Teens who want to learn more about leadership are invited to the Youth Encountering Spirit leadership training weekend Aug. 13-14 at Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco. This year’s theme is “Be Transformed!” and the archdiocesan Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry invites all teens – even those who are not in charge of anything – to attend. The YES training includes an assessment of teens’ top five strengths, workshops on how to work collaboratively and how to use social media in evangelization, ideas for starting and maintaining a youth group and information about the revised Roman Missal. For adults, a Resources for Youth Ministry period will be offered at no charge Aug. 13 from 3-5 p.m. To sign up or for more information, contact Vivian Clausing at (650) 614-5654. —Catholic San Francisco
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Food and Fun July 29, 30, 31: “Rummage Sale” at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Novato, its 18th annual. The largest event of its kind in the Bay Area with great bargains on thousands of donated items. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Sale is held at the church hall and plaza at 1000 Cambridge St. near South Novato Boulevard. Call (415) 883-2177. Most remaining items are sold at half price on Sunday.
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Retired Priests Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m.: “First Annual St. John Vianney Luncheon” honoring retired priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Proceeds benefit Priests Retirement Fund. For information, call (415) 614-5580 or e-mail development@sfarchdiocese.org.
Arts and Entertainment Aug. 14, 12:30 p.m.: “Organ Concert” by Father Paul Perry at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at Bon Air Road in Greenbrae. Program includes music of Brahms, Bach and other composers. All are invited. Admission is free.
2011 Faith Formation Conference Nov. 18, 19: “Go! Glorify the Lord with your life!” Be among the more than 2,500 religious education professionals and Catholics looking to deepen their faith meeting for the annual “Faith Formation Conference” sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco with the dioceses of San Jose, Oakland, Monterey and Stockton at Santa Clara Convention Center. Local experts and nationally known speakers will facilitate 84 workshops. More than 70 exhibits relevant to the day will be on display. Visit www. faithformationconference.com.
Catholic Charities CYO The social services arm of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Information: (415) 972-1200, www.cccyo.org, moreinfo@ cccyo.org. August 22, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.: “Una Vía,” an evening to benefit refugees and immigrants is Catholic Charities CYO inaugural fundraising event for Refugee and Immigrants Services at the Cliff House, 1090 Point Lobos Avenue in San Francisco. The cocktail party will be highlighted by an exhibit of Jose Luis Aguirre’s photography titled “Faces of Latino Immigrants.” The exhibit shares the accomplishments of many local Latino immigrants, their stories and their visions for the future. Guests will also hear from keynote speaker, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, who will share his own immigrant journey story. Proceeds from the event will fund free or low-cost quality legal immigration services through Catholic Charities CYO. General ticket prices start at $100, sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information or to RSVP (by August 18) contact Ana Ayala (415) 972-1213 or aayala@cccyo.org. www.cccyo.org/unavia.
Rosary Rallies October 15: “Family Rosary Crusade” - The San Francisco Legion of Mary invites all Catholics to join us for the San Francisco Family Rosary Crusade 2011. The Family Rosary Crusade will be held on October 15, 2011, at 12 noon, in San Francisco’s
Dana Cody Civic Center Plaza. Join us as we pray the Rosary, adore the Blessed Sacrament, listen to inspirational speakers, and ask the blessings of God for ourselves and our community. For more information, visit www. familyrosarycrusade2011.com.
The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi and La Nuova Porziuncola Vallejo and Columbus in North Beach: Aug. 2: Feast of Our Lady of Angels with Mass at 12:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. and confessions 10 a.m. – noon and 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Knights of St. Francis are on hand to welcome pilgrims and explain special promise of the Pardon of Assisi available on this day. Visit www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com or www. shrinesf.org. Call (415) 986-4557.
Social Justice/Lectures July 30, 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.: “Mini-retreat” for vigil of the feast of St. Ignatius in Fromm Hall on USF campus with registration in Maraschi Room at 9:45 a.m. Begins with video of the saint as “ordinary and extraordinary” person. Jesuit Father John Coleman, Michael Manalastas, and Dan Faloon facilitate the sessions. Separate tracks for adults, teens and children entering the third grade and older. Contact Dan Faloon at faloon@usfca.edu or call (415) 422-2195 July 31, 10:45 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.: Video of St. Ignatius as “ordinary and extraordinary” person followed by a short reflection on the Jesuit founder at Fromm Hall on USF campus. Contact Dan Faloon at faloon@usfca.edu or call (415) 422-2195 August 28, 10:45 a.m.: Jesuit Father Thomas J. Reese, author and former editor of America, a weekly Catholic magazine, speaks at St. Ignatius Church, Parker at Fulton in San Francisco. Topics include “The Future of the Church: What will the church of the future look like?” Contact Dan Faloon at faloon@ usfca.edu or call (415) 422-2195. Oct. 22, 9 a.m. – noon: “An Interrupted Life,” with Paulist Father Terry Ryan. Etty Hillesum and
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Youth Ministry Aug. 13, 14, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.: “Youth Encountering Spirit: Discipleship Training for Youth Ministry Teams” sponsored by the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Location is Mercy High School, San Francisco, 3250 19th Ave. across from Stonestown. Sessions are for high school teens and young adult and adult leaders. Learn practical leadership skills for ministry and life. Workshops include liturgy planning with the new Roman Missal, using social media in evangelization, and developing presentation, group facilitation, and prayer leadership skills. Cost is $75 per participant – register five people and the sixth is free. Scholarships are available. Tickets include tee shirt, workshops and lunch both days. Call Vivian Clausing at (415) 614-5654 or e-mail clausingv@sfarchdiocese.org.
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Sept. 10, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Archdiocesan Respect Life Conference & Public Policy Breakfast in St. Francis Hall at St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center, Gough Street and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Msgr. James Tarantino, vicar for administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco will lead an opening prayer. Attorney Wesley J. Smith is the keynote speaker offering thoughts on “What’s New in the World of Euthanasia?” Canonist, nurse and scholar Marie Hilliard of the National Catholic Bioethics Center speaks on “Today’s End of Life Issues: Choices and Dangers.” Attorney Dana Cody and Vicki Evans, respect life coordinator for ADSF, will facilitate a workshop addressing “Are All Medical Directives Created Equal?” Cost is $40 per person and includes breakfast. Contact Vicki Evans at evansv@sfarchdiocese.org or call (415) 614-5533. Day is sponsored by Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns of ADSF. all of her family but brother, Jaab, were murdered at Auschwitz within months of each other in 1943 and 1944. Jabb also died in that timeframe but from illness and as a free man. Etty’s diaries, published in 1983 and again in a closer light just recently, have inspired many readers. Jesuit Father John Dear said the writings taught him, “not just how to cope, but how to grow, deepen, love and serve.” Father Terry Ryan says about Etty, “In silence and solitude she experienced self-forgetfulness, called `Spiritual Hygiene’ that makes space for God and love. Etty believed that a person could experience God in a direct and immediate fashion. She realized that she must love herself, with faults, before she can love others.” Talks take place at Old St. Mary’s Paulist Center, 660 California St. in San Francisco. Coffee and treats start the day. Workshop is free, but free will offerings are welcome. Call (415) 288-3845. Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.: Rosary for Life at Planned Parenthood, 1650 Valencia St. near St. Luke’s Hospital in San Francisco.
Reunion Mater Dolorosa Parish in South San Francisco celebrates its 50th year with events August 21, September 18, and October 1. Call (650) 583-4131. Aug. 13 or Nov.26: All alumni of St. Anne of the Sunset School, class of 1981 are invited to a reunion. Location/date are undecided. E-mail George Rehmet at georgerehmet@yahoo.com or call (650) 438-9589. September 17: Presentation High School, San Francisco class of 1951. Contact Audrey Sylvester Trees at (650) 592-0273 or e-mail audreytrees@sbcglobal.net. Sept. 24, 25: St. Timothy School Alumni Weekend Mass and Reception on the St. Timothy Parish campus, 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo. Visit www. sttimothyschool.org or call the school office at (650) 342-6567. Sept. 24: Mercy High School, San Francisco “Pioneer Class of 1956” celebrates. Contact Pat Hanley Davey at (650) 593-8768 or e-mail 3marypat@comcast.net.
1500 Old Mission Rd. in Colma, (650) 756-2060 Aug. 6, 11 a.m.: First Saturday Mass in All Saints Mausoleum.
Single, Divorced, Separated Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at grosskopf@usfca.edu (415) 422-6698. Would you like support while you travel the road through separation and divorce? The Archdiocese of San Francisco offers support for the journey. The Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (SDCASF) offer two ongoing support groups at St. Bartholomew Parish, 600 Columbia Drive, San Mateo, on the first and third Tuesdays, at 7 p.m. in the spirituality center, and in O’Reilly hall of St. Stephen Parish near Stonestown, San Francisco, on the first and third Wednesdays, at 7:30 p.m. Call Joanne (650) 3470701 for more information. Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin County: We are Catholics, single or single again, who are interested in making new friends, taking part in social activities, sharing opportunities for spiritual growth, and becoming involved in volunteer activities that will benefit parishes, community, and one another. We welcome those who would share in this with us. For information, call Bob at (415) 897-0639.
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; call Barbara Syme (650) 343-6156. St. Peter, Pacifica; call parish at (650) 359-6313. St. Pius, Redwood City; call parish at (650) 361-0655. St. Robert, San Bruno; call Sister Patricia O’Sullivan at (650) 589-0104. 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. San Francisco County: St. Gabriel; call Monica Williams at (650) 756-2060. St. Mary’s Cathedral; call Sister Esther McEgan at (415) 567-2020 ext. 218. Alma Via; contact Mercy Feeney at (650) 756-4500. Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo; call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506. Ministry to Grieving Parents: Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame; call Ina Potter at (650) 3476971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.
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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Help Wanted PART-TIME MUSIC DIRECTOR St. Teresa of Avila, a small Catholic Parish located in the Potrero Hill District of San Francisco, is looking to hire a parttime Music Director. The non-benefitted position would require approximately eight to ten hours per week. Ideally, the applicant would: i have a working knowledge of both Catholic Liturgy and Catholic sacred music; i be able to organize, direct, and develop a small choir; i possess keyboard skills; and i encourage congregational singing For more information contact Fr. Michael Kwiecien, O. Carm. or Fr. Michael Greenwell, O. Carm. through the parish office at 390 Missouri Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-2820, phone 415-285-5272. Resumes may be emailed to: info@stteresasf.org
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Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal. You who give me the divine gift of forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. You may publish this as soon as your favor is granted. M.A.R.
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Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assistme in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. M.P.L.
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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of June HOLY CROSS COLMA Romeo A. Abellan Jacinta A. Aguilar Demetria Alcantar Hilda Marie Anderson Emilia Angeles Erlinda S. Ante Milagros T.Anunciacion Luis M. Aparicio Nadia Maria Arreola Julia R. Asdrubale Orlando Bandoni Myrtle L. Belli Tomas Bermejo-Escobedo Helen B. Bernardez Elisa Bianchi Patricia Brown Bowers Thomas Patrick Brady Patricia Kelly Brooks Evelyn C. Buhagiar Juana Cano de Arellano Robert Joseph Carberry Katherine Casentini Tory P. Castillo Thoma s A. Cava PierinaCavallini John C. Cavanagh Renie Joseph Chaagne Felton Charles Alfred Cinti Woodena Ann Crabtree Maureen T. Cronin Margaret I. Davies Alberto De Larrazabal Virginia C. DeLeon Carlos Diaz, Jr. Dorothy A. Diez Leonardo DavidDimarumba John G. Driscoll Rosemary Dyer Mary M. Estrada James F. Fitzgerald Luciano Noel Flores Carlos A. Fonseca Dolores Mary Friday Arturo B. Geronimo Albert V. Gibeau Antonio “Tony” Giusto ThomasGoaley Floreen E.Granahan William G.Gretter Emilie Haberichter Billy Hammerlan Dorothy Jean Harless Christian J. Hary William E. Healey Romeo D. Hernando, Jr. Aurelia Mary Hippely
Clare Hoffmann Albina Ivani Marie A. Jambon Gloria Q. Jara Jorge Luis Jimenez William Bernard Johnson John W. Kelly Mary Jane Kirsch Frank M. Kratochvil Rosemarie Larsen Raymond D. Lee Albert “Babe” Leveroni Helen N. Leveroni Sinh Lam Luu Aldo L. Luzardi Laila T. Mackey Carol Marshall Gary James Martinelli Cynthia G. Martinez Christina D. Martinovich Richard Allen Mazzone Rosemary McCormick Ida L. Moretti Catherine T. Morey Julie V. Nitrio Christopher B. Noland Margaret (Peggy) Nuccitelli Tony H. Ortiz Rafael S. Pasco Jose Perez Vincent Aceves Perez Confortina Picciau Peter Picciau Noah E. Pinkerman Ramona M. Pinkerman Veronica C. Pira Elvira Vitalis Pizarro Mary J. Pode Romeo Espejo Ponce Francisco J. Prieto Dorothy E. Puccetti Lillian V. Radivoj Joseph Henry Raymond, Jr. Evangeline H. Rendon Francesco Paul V. Reyes Alfredo Cesar Rodriguez-Gomez Catheryn Rogers Felix M. Rojo, Jr. Doris Ann Russo Socrates Ordaniel Salas Gloria A. Sanchez Alberto Castro Santana Josefina M. Santos Lloyd Francis Scott Marta Selva John S. Shannon Joyce Simmons Eneliko Sipiliano Jessie T.St. Pierre Gloria Marie Stella
Christopher Stevens Sr. Mary Carmen Sugiyama, RSM Paul E. Sturm Anita M. Taylor Anthony Frank Torrano Anthony Robert Urbina Greg A. Valencerina Anthony Valerio Trinidad D. Ventura George Vidovich Helen Florence Waddell Jack Wharton Jeannette Xuereb Conncia B. Yeo Peggy O’Day Zabala
HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Ralph Joseph Calcaterra Armando L. Gonzalez Johannes Christian Herdtler Hermelinda B. Lopez Henrietta S. Mac Lorina L. Veamatahau Sally Louise Whelan
MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Lelia C. Callahan Lionel Kevin Cleary Donna Lynn Diaz Joseph Dolan Richard Farrington Rosalie Ann Kelly LouiseLa Bruzzi Sylvia Ann Lovato Frank Papp Pauline I. Teller
ST. ANTHONY’S, PESCADERO George O. Dzul
OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR Vincent Fontana Olivia T. Moritz Maria A. Silveira
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA FIRST SATURDAY MASS August 6, 2011 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 a.m. Rev. Thomas Hamilton Celebrant
The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco www.holycrosscemeteries.com HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 650-756-2060 PILARCITOS CEMETERY Hwy. 92 @ Main, Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1676
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 650-323-6375 ST. ANTHONY CEMETERY Stage Road, Pescadero, CA 650-712-1679
MT. OLIVET CATHOLIC CEMETERY 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 415-479-9020 OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR CEMETERY Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1679
A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.