August 26, 2011 by Catholic San Francisco

U.S. bishop: Vatican aims to regain trust of religious women

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the final stage of the apostolic visitation of U.S. women’s religious communities, the Vatican congregation overseeing the study not only is facing mountains of paper, but must try to rebuild a relationship of trust with the women, said the congregation’s secretary. U.S.-born Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, said, “I believe a visitation has to have a dialogical aspect, but the way this was structured at the beginning didn’t really favor that.” In an interview Aug. 10 with Catholic News Service, Archbishop Tobin said the congregation hoped its review of the visitation reports and its responses to the participating religious communities would be marked by dialogue and would be a step toward healing. “I’m an optimist, but also trying to be realistic: The trust that should characterize the daughters and sons of God and disciples of Jesus isn’t recovered overnight. I think women religious have a right to say, ‘Well, let’s see,’” he said. The former prefect of the congregation, Cardinal Franc Rode, initiated the visitation in January 2009, saying its aim would be to study the community, prayer and apostolic life of the orders to learn why the number of religious women in the United States had declined so sharply since the 1960s. Almost a year into the study, Cardinal Rode told Vatican Radio that the investigation was a response to concerns, including by “an important representative of the U.S. church” regarding “some irregularities or omissions in American religious life. Most of all, you could say, it involves a certain secular mentality that has spread in these religious families and, perhaps, also a certain ‘feminist’ spirit.” Archbishop Tobin said Mother Mary Clare Millea, superior general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and RELIGIOUS WOMEN, page 24

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Members of the St. Francis of Assisi parish St. Vincent de Paul Society pray with the sister and mother of Hugo Chavez, shot to death July 19 in his driveway.

Local teen’s Madrid surprise: Murder spike He plays in orchestra for pope prompts direct anticipate when he escaped the foggy San action by parish By Valerie Schmalz Francisco summer to accompany his aunt, A 17-year-old San Franciscan who Anna Maria Mendieta, principal harpist traveled to Madrid to attend World Youth with the Sacramento Philharmonic, to Day suddenly found himself playing a Spain’s capital city. much bigger role: He wound up sitting Mendieta took Walter along with the in as a violist in idea that he would the orchestra that help out during played at all major orchestra rehearsreligious events and als. Mendieta in the opening and the past has played closing ceremoevents for digninies at the global taries including Catholic celebration Spanish King Juan Aug. 16-21. Carlos and Soviet Walter Gazave, Premier Mikhail who played a borGorbachev. The rowed viola, was aunt and her nephone of only two ew were the only Americans who Americans in the performed in the World Youth Day World Youth Day orchestra. orchestra for Pope San Franciscan Walter Gazave and his When the two Benedict XVI and San Franciscans aunt, Anna Maria Mendieta a live, Olympicsarrived at the home scale audience. of pianist Maria He phoned his mother, Gloria Gazave, Martinez-Alvira, the hostess asked about at 1:30 a.m. Aug. 18. “Wow, this is pretty Walter’s musical experience. He explained awesome!” he said. that he played the viola. In an email for Catholic San Francisco, “She excitedly got up to show him her Walter wrote: “It’s amazing to be in this mother’s viola — her mother had passed orchestra and to have the opportunity to away a few months ago,” Mendieta said. play for the most important person in the “She quickly got on the phone to ask the world and at such an important event. I’m director if Walter could join the orchestra. glad I got the chance!” The director said yes, and Walter attended The young musician, a member of San the first rehearsal with him, having to sightFrancisco’s St. Thomas More parish, spent read the music. a week practicing 8 hours a day to play for “It was as if the position was waiting LOCAL TEEN, page 23 the papal performance — a gig he didn’t

By Valerie Schmalz and Jose Luis Aguirre Hugo Chavez was shot standing in front of his house, falling to the ground in his gravel driveway, while his brother drank beer in the back garden on a jasmine-scented July night in East Palo Alto. “I was in my bedroom when I heard the shooting in front of my house. I ran outside and saw my son on the ground. We didn’t see who did it,” said Yolanda Chavez, who moved to the U.S. from Michoacan, Mexico, 17 years ago. She spoke to Catholic San Francisco as her 3-year-old granddaughter played in the grass in front of a canShrine at the spot dle- and-flowerwhere Jabari decked shrine Banford died to her uncle. “I don’t have words to express this feeling.” “He had a car seat for the baby in his car,” said Chavez’s sister Irma Patricia Chavez, 31. “He really loved her.” Hugo Chavez, 26, was buried from St. Francis of Assisi parish, and on Aug. 19, pastor Father Lawrence Goode and four parish members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society stood with Chavez’s mother, sister and two nieces to pray for him in the same driveMURDER SPIKE, page 24

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On The Where You Live By Tom Burke Can’t believe that the new school year is at our heels! From all of us here at CSF, here’s a ramp-up cheer for all who make it happen! About 60 St. Ignatius College Prep students shared their summer time off through the school’s Immersion Program, traveling all over the country and Mexico to work with and live in solidarity with the poor through the ministries of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco welcomed nine SI students for a 10-day Immersion Urban Retreat. Students provided direct service to the homeless every day in ways including serving meals, assembling toiletry bags, and volunteering the SVDP Help Desk. Thanks to SVDP’s Michelle Forshner, and SI’s Paul Totah for the great reporting on this good work…. Happy 90th birthday to Irvin Mitchell who was honored on his natal day, Aug. 8, by his wife, Jeanne, their children and their spouses, as well as the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Special guest at the party was John DeMicheli, a friend of John’s since the lads were 11 years old….Prayers please for Father Paul Perry who was injured recently in an automobile accident. Father Perry is parochial vicar at St. Sebastian Parish in Kentfield and

St. Isabella parishioners raised $500 for charity selling lemonade. Pictured from left at the successful watering hole, some out of sight, are Isabella Santi, Sofia Santi, Matthew Riella, Anabella Riella, Claire Cassidy, Conor Cassidy, Aisling Cassidy, Alex Dombrowski, Father Alner Nambatac, and Brendan Cassidy.

a longtime hospital chaplain. Father Perry is also a wellknown organist often giving free concerts in St. Sebastian Church. His address is St. Sebastian Church, 373 Bon Air Road, Kentfield 94904…. More than 20 students from San Mateo County entered this year’s SVDP Art & Essay contest. First place honors for the essay contest went to Jonathan Kitts, a seventh grader at Burlingame’s St. Catherine of Siena School. Winning art entry was created by Josef Rapadas, a fourth grader at All Souls School in South San Francisco. Josef’s illustration, which was printed on hundreds of SVDP shirts, displays the soci-

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Latino outreach boosts enrollment at Marin parish school Cristina Morales stood outside her daughter’s public school for more than an hour, waiting for the teacher to show up two years ago. And that was just one problem – a series of substitute teachers and budget cuts at the school meant her daughter was getting short shrift at a time when she should have been learning to read, Morales said. “My husband and I, we were very depressed because we wanted our kids to get educated,” said Morales, who was born in El Salvador but moved to the U.S. at age 10. Meanwhile at St. Raphael School in San Rafael, then-Vice Principal Lydia Collins was facing a different challenge and saw a solution. “Our Latino Mass at 12 noon is packed with families and we have empty seats in our classroom. We need to invite them to be part of our community,” recalled Collins, who took over as principal at the K–8 school this year. The school made presentations, calling it a “parish enrollment push” at all the Masses, including English- and Vietnamese-language Masses, but the greatest response was from the Hispanic families, Collins said. The school offers parish scholarships, called “Adopt a Student,” as well as working with The Guardsmen Scholarship Program and The Basic (Bay Area Scholarships for Inner-City Children) Fund, and archdiocesan financial aid. “We extended an invitation. This is your church, this is your community, this is your school. We invite you to be part of this,” said Collins. Twelve children enrolled for the 2010-11 school year and six more enrolled from the parish enrollment push for the school year that began Aug. 24, Collins said. All 12 of the initial group of children are returning. “I think the significance of the PEP program is that it invited Latinos to begin to see that the school is about the whole community,” said former pastor Father Paul Rossi, who moved to St. Pius Parish this summer but was instrumental in implementing PEP as St. Raphael pastor. “The outreach project that St. Raphael has initiated is a good model for other Catholic schools in our archdiocese and even across the United States,” said Maureen Huntington, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Nationally, Hispanic children made up about 13 percent of Catholic school children K-12 in the 2010LATINO OUTREACH, page 6

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Students at St. Raphael School pose for a group portrait. Urban Catholic school enrollment is under pressure nationally because of the gap between the capacity of schools built for earlier generations of Catholics and the ability of newer immigrant parish families to pay. But at the Marin County parish school, a person-to-person outreach has led to a rise in enrollment from parish families – a strategy that archdiocesan schools Superintendent Maureen Huntington says is a model for other Catholic schools locally and nationally.

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of others and urged the rebels to show the world that Libya is a country of “religiously moderate” people. Earlier this year, a Franciscan priest in Libya told Catholic News Service that Christians were afraid Islamic fundamentalists would take over if Gadhafi fell. Libya is a Muslim country, with Christianity restricted mostly to enclaves of foreign workers, many of whom were evacuated earlier this year.

OMAHA, Neb. — Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago talked to a group of seminarians enrolled in a summer program about the patience and perseverance it takes to hear God’s word. He also said the charism, or gift, God gives to each seminarian is to be used to draw people to Christ. “Your responsibility is to strengthen it and live it to the best of your ability ... and then pass it on,” he said.

Church protests reproductive bill Catholic Charities’ Illinois crisis MANILA, Philippines — Catholics are outraged at a CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Most people don’t leave any time in their day to stop, listen and reflect on what God is doing and saying in their lives, Pope Benedict XVI said Aug. 17. He said it is essential to consistently find a moment every day to be able to “collect our thoughts in silence and meditate on what the Lord wants to teach us, since he is present and acts in the world and our lives.”

New evangelization’s task VATICAN CITY — New evangelization stems from the challenges facing the church in bringing the Gospel to those already familiar with it, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the year-old Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization. “It’s easier to proclaim Jesus Christ to those who have never heard of him,” he said. “The challenge is much more difficult” to bring Christ to people “who presume to have the faith or to those who have left (the church) for reasons including the behavior of people of the church.”

Dublin church’s financial crisis DUBLIN — The Dublin archdiocese is on the brink of financial collapse because of payouts to victims of clergy sexual abuse, according to an internal report. The report — prepared by the diocesan Council of Priests and obtained by The Irish Catholic newspaper — said that “reserves the diocese had built up over decades have been spent on seeking to compensate, somewhat, victims of child sexual abuse by priests.” So far, 172 civil actions from people alleging abuse have been taken against 44 priests of the Dublin archdiocese, at a cost of $20 million.

Libya’s revolution and church TRIPOLI, Libya — Three Franciscan friars were barricaded in their convent in Libyan capital and no one dared walk in the street because people were being shot on sight, the church missionary agency Fides reported Aug. 23, citing interviews with members of Tripoli’s small Catholic community as rebel forces battled forces loyal to dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The head of Libya’s rebel forces, claiming they had taken the capital, said Gadhafi had tried to scare people by saying that Islamic extremists were part of the rebel movement. Mustafa Abdel-Jalil called on all Libyans to respect the lives

proposed national law on reproductive health and continue to protest a measure they consider harmful to the nation and to life and family, the church news agency Fides reported. The church said there are few opportunities for dialogue with President Benigno Aquino, who backs the proposal. Supporters of the law, which is under discussion by lawmakers, believe it would lead to population decline and ease poverty.

JP2’s blood part of pilgrimage MEXICO CITY — Blood belonging to Blessed John Paul II was scheduled to arrive in Mexico Aug. 17 and be exhibited throughout the country as part of a pilgrimage of peace. The pilgrimage began Aug. 25, when the blood will be taken from the Vatican embassy to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It will later be taken to more than 90 sites nationwide, including many in dioceses with high rates of violence stemming from organized crime and drug cartel activities. The violence has claimed more A capsule containing blood than 40,000 lives since from Blessed John Paul II December 2006.

Missal books out Oct. 1 WASHINGTON — The “Roman Missal, Third Edition,” the ritual text containing prayers and instructions for the celebration of the Mass, is being prepared for publication. Seven U.S. publishers (Catholic Book Publishing Corp., Liturgical Press, Liturgy Training Publications, Magnificat, Midwest Theological Forum, USCCB Communications and World Library Publications) will publish ritual editions and are now advertising their plans and will soon accept pre-orders. The missal will be implemented in the U.S. on the First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27. The ritual editions should start arriving in parishes around Oct. 1. The U.S. bishops’ website on the revised missal is at http://old.usccb. org/romanmissal.

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PEORIA, Ill. — An Illinois county circuit judge ruled Aug. 18 that the state may refuse to renew its foster care and adoption services contracts with Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Belleville, Joliet, Peoria and Springfield. The decision could potentially impact thousands of children and hundreds of Catholic Charities employees. In a strongly worded response hours after the ruling, Peoria Bishop Daniel R. Jenky said he was “extremely disappointed” to learn of the decision by Judge John Schmidt of the Sangamon County Circuit Court. It came one day after a hearing in Springfield on an ongoing dispute between Catholic Charities in the four dioceses and the state over the legislative intent of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which took effect June 1. The legal issue stems from Catholic Charities’ long-standing practice that prospective adoptive and foster care parents who are cohabiting — regardless of sexual orientation — be referred to other agencies or the Department of Children and Family Services. Lawyers for the Illinois attorney general’s office argue that policy now violates state anti-discrimination laws that accommodate gay and lesbian couples in civil unions.

Catholic Hispanics’ challenge DENVER — Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez told Latino leaders it is one thing to acknowledge the fact the country and the U.S. Catholic Church “are becoming more and more Latino and Hispanic,” but “what we do with that reality ... is up to us.” “I think we all know that we are living in a period of change in which we face some big questions about our nation’s direction and future. I believe those questions must form the context for our mission as Hispanic Catholics and faithful citizens,” he said in an address Aug. 13 at the sixth annual conference of the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders.

Priest could face life term KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal prosecutors filed a motion Aug. 18 requesting that Father Shawn Ratigan, a priest of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph arrested on child pornography charges, remain in jail while awaiting trial. Prosecutors also said the priest, 45, should receive a life term if convicted. The Kansas City Star reported that Father Ratigan had his first federal court appearance Aug. 18 on 13 counts of the production, attempted production and possession of child pornography. His lawyer entered not guilty pleas for the priest on all charges. The priest and the diocese also have been named in two separate lawsuits filed the families of two girls. Bishop Robert W. Finn has pledged to take several actions, including appointing a former U.S. attorney to conduct an independent investigation into how the diocese has handled the case.

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WASHINGTON — The number of Catholic members of Congress is slowly creeping higher, but the Catholic contingent, like the full Congress itself, has taken a decided turn toward the Democratic Party. When the 111th Congress is sworn in Jan. 6, more than a quarter of its members will be Catholics, roughly matching the percentage of Catholics in the U.S. population and consistent with the statistical trends of the past decade. Four years ago when the 109th Congress convened, it included 153 Catholics. Two years later there were 155 Catholics in the 110th Congress. But the new group of senators and representatives has 162 members who identify themselves as Catholics.

NEW ORLEANS — Six to eight minutes suffices for a Sunday homily, three to five minutes for a weekday sermon, Father Roy Shelly and Deborah Wilhelm of the Diocese of Monterey told a recent conference on preaching at Loyola University New Orleans. “The idea is not so much ‘brevity’ as it is not taking longer than you need,” Wilhelm said. If priests and deacons do not take seriously their vocational call and the preparation needed to preach the Gospel, Father Shelly said, the resulting communication will be flat and possibly even an obstacle to worship. “The Pew Foundation looked at why young adults are leaving the church, and the first reason the study gave was poor preaching,” Father Shelly said. “… This post-Vatican II generation expects more from us.” Spiritual preparation is critical, Father Shelly said, and the methodology employed involves “lectio divina” — reading, reflecting and praying over the Scripture passage. “Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, ‘If you want me to speak for an hour, I’m ready. If you want me to speak for 10 minutes, I’ll need a week,’” Father Shelly said. (CNS PHOTO/GREGORY A. SHEMITZ)

College president resigns

Father Edward Sheridan delivers the homily during Mass at St. Rosalie Church in Hampton Bays, N.Y., in October 2010.

NEW ORLEANS — Holy Cross Father Anthony J. DeConciliis, who was installed as president of Our Lady of Holy Cross College in 2005, stepped down from his position Aug. 15 in a restructuring of the college that also included the reconstitution of the school’s board of regents by the Marianites of Holy Cross. No explanation was given for the actions. A press release announced the formation of a new board of regents and the selection of Myles Seghers, a veteran New Orleans Catholic educator who has served in various capacities at Our Lady of Holy Cross since 1998, as interim president and Patricia Prechter as interim provost. “Other than this, I really will not discuss the affairs of the corporation,” Sister Suellen Tennyson, provincial of the Marianites, said in an email sent to the Clarion Herald, the New Orleans archdiocesan newspaper, a couple of days after the announcement. “Sometime in the future, after these changes settle, it would then be appropriate to share direction, plans, etc. The main thing right now is to be prepared to welcome the students on August 27.”

including recollections of Cardinal Edward Egan, archbishop emeritus of New York. The 10th anniversary falls on a Sunday, and this year’s observance commemorating it will be a cause of much reflection and remembrance, the USCCB announced in offering clergy and pastoral ministers considerations on how to observe the day in the context of the liturgy. — Catholic News Service, USCCB

The costs of 9/11 — Coalition military and contractor deaths: 4,792 in Iraq, 2,672 in Afghanistan (http://icasualties.org) — Civilian deaths in Iraq: 102,000 and 112,000 (www.iraqbodycount.org) — Scott Appleby, director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, cites the “fraying of the moral fabric of our nation” and the “rise of the new McCarthyism.” — Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy, says the events of 9/11 were used by “political opportunists” to “sell the nation two wars in the Middle East, to vastly expand the budgets of military and intelligence agencies, and to launch the most technologically sophisticated and wide-reaching surveillance system ever deployed in human history. But instead the “the nation will greet the 10th anniversary of that day weaker in almost every way” (Essay on civil liberties for this summer’s “Costs of War” report by Brown University). — Curtailed individual rights: from a roundup of more than 1,000

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WASHINGTON—The Catholic Church Remembers, a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ website to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, highlights firsthand experiences from the terror attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people in New York City and Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon. The site at http://www.usccb.org/issuesand-action/human-life-and-dignity/september-11/ includes six video vignettes,

Sept 11, 2011: Rescuers carry fire chaplain Franciscan Father Mychal Judge, who died giving last rites to a firefighter killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

U.S. citizens and immigrants, many of whom were detained in secret without charges, to wiretapping and other data gathering, much of it directed at Muslims, Arabs and South Asians (Graves). — U.S. economic cost: $3.2 trillion to $4 trillion, including the cost of dealing with long-term care for veterans and paying interest on the borrowed money used to finance the wars (Brown report) — Catholic News Service

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New policy on deportation reviews could allow some to stay in U.S. By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An Obama administration announcement that new discretion will be exercised in whether to deport immigrants who do not have criminal records was hailed by advocates for immigrants and supporters of comprehensive reform. The new policy announced in letters to senators Aug. 18 could mean some people facing deportation will be allowed to remain in the United States and get work permits, a development praised by Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, a consultant to the U.S. bishopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Committee on Migration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This could help keep families together and give hope to young persons who know only America as their home,â&#x20AC;? he said in a statement. Others also expressed support for the policy, but like Bishop Wester were quick to add that comprehensive immigration reform would be the best approach to fixing the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broken immigration policy. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., one of the most visible congressional advocates for compre-

Latino outreach . . . â&#x2013; Continued from page 3 11 school year, according to the National Catholic Education Association. Of the 74.2 million children under 18 in the U.S., 23 million are Hispanic, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Overall, the U.S. Census found that Hispanic

hensive immigration reform, noted that he has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama over increased deportations during his administration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Focusing scarce resources on deporting serious criminals, gang bangers and drug dealers and setting aside noncriminals with deep roots in the U.S. until Congress fixes our laws is the right thing to do and I am proud of the president and (Homeland Security Secretary Janet) Napolitano for standing up for a more rational approach to enforcing our current immigration laws,â&#x20AC;? said Gutierrez. Frank Sharry, executive director of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voice Education Fund, voiced skepticism about the ability of immigration agencies to adjust to a new approach, but added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This announcement establishes a new level of accountability and clarity that should lead to safety and stability for thousands of American families whose lives currently are being turned upside down by deportation. The praise came the same week â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and often in the same press releases â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in which many of the same organizations blasted the administra-

tion for expanding a program known as Secure Communities, which uses fingerprints gathered in jails and prisons to identify immigrants who are in the country illegally. Advocates for immigrants say the program leads to deportation for people who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been convicted of crimes. Said Sharry: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other reforms are sorely needed. The Secure Communities program remains fundamentally flawed and needs dramatic reforms to reverse the damage done to community policing; if not, the program should be terminated. Other administrative measures should also be taken. For example, spouses of U.S. citizens who are eligible for green cards and waivers of undocumented presence should be able to apply for those waivers in the U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; without having to risk their families and their lives to do so.â&#x20AC;? Opponents of comprehensive immigration reform proposals were quick to criticize the policy. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said the plan â&#x20AC;&#x153;amounts to backdoor amnesty for hundreds of thousands â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if not millions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of illegal aliens.â&#x20AC;? Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;the admin-

istration should enforce immigration laws, not look for ways to ignore them.â&#x20AC;? The new policy was spelled out in an Aug. 18 letter to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and other senators who had been urging administrative action to help people facing deportation. In the letter, Napolitano said a review process would be conducted to decide which cases are a priority, in keeping with a June 17 memorandum from John Morton, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In a press release, Durbinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said Mortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memo outlines a process under which criteria will be established to identify pending deportation cases where discretion could be exercised, allowing certain individuals to legally remain in the United States. It said Mortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memo listed â&#x20AC;&#x153;positive factorsâ&#x20AC;? that might make someone a low priority for removal, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;individuals present in the U.S. since childhood (like DREAM Act students), minors, the elderly, pregnant and nursing women, victims of serious crimes, veterans and members of the armed services, and individuals with serious disabilities or health problems.â&#x20AC;?

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said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Latino families are invited into St. Raphael School personally and by a current member of the school community.â&#x20AC;? Critical to its success, is St. Raphael Parishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adopt a Studentâ&#x20AC;? program, Huntington said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The past two years of success are only the beginning of a successful project.â&#x20AC;? Principal â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today I feel Lydia Collins ve r y p r o u d o f myself. I know my daughter is going

to be very well educated. I know my son will be very well educated,â&#x20AC;? said Morales, who notes her daughter is reading Junie B. Jones chapter books, and is starting second grade with a very good academic evaluation. Morales, who stays home with her two children, volunteers several times a week at the school and will also work in the extended care program in the coming school year, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our most involved people have been the PEP (parish enrollment push) people,â&#x20AC;? said Collins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of nice to see. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have full tuition but I am going to give you my time and energy and involvement. Because we kind of didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how this was going to go.â&#x20AC;?

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die together and we are buried together.” The first Memorial Mass, sponsored On Sept. 11, 10 years to the day after by the San Francisco Fire Department and 343 firefighters and 60 police officers were Police Department, was celebrated in 1947 killed in the terrorist attacks at the World to honor four firemen, as they were known Trade Center, and three months after two then, who were killed July 30, 1946, fighting a fire at the Herbert Hotel San Francisco firefightin San Francisco: Lt. ers perished in the line John Borman, Lt. Albert of duty, the 64th annual Hudson, Firefighter Police/Fire Memorial Walter Elvitsky and Mass will be celebrated at Firefighter Charles St. Monica Church. Lunch. One other number is Since then, it has pertinent: Father John come to commemorate Greene, the St. Monica and honor all firefighters pastor, is in his 30th and police officers who year as chaplain of have died in the previthe San Francisco Fire ous year, but particularly Department. As such, those lost in the line of it has fallen on him to duty. The Sept. 11, 10:30 bury five firefighters who a.m. Mass at St. Monica died of injuries doing at 24th Avenue and Geary dangerous work. The Boulevard has added first three were Lt. Jerry significance this year, so Eugene Butler (1993), soon after the death of Lt. Louis R. Mambretti Father Greene in uniform at Perez and Valerio. (1995) and Firefighter Station 14 “I don’t think any of Melinda J. Ohler (2003). us have gotten over that The last two, Lt. Vincent Perez and Firefighter-Paramedic Anthony or even through that right at the moment,” Valerio, from Engine Company 26, were Father Greene told Catholic San Francisco. fatally injured while fighting a house fire in “Everybody is having a tough time. It just impresses on everybody the dangers of Diamond Heights on June 2, 2011. Some 5,000 people hung on Father the job and the fact that our friends can Greene’s words at a funeral Mass for the be killed. And just the fact how short life two men at St. Mary’s Cathedral on June 10. can be.” Father Greene, who is 61 and who was “Firefighters do everything together. We work together. We live together. We play ordained in 1976, did not know, when his FATHER GREENE, page 9 together. We argue together. Sometimes we

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Father John Greene, pictured aboard a fireboat in San Francisco Bay, said his long service as chaplain to the San Francisco Fire Department has strengthened his priesthood. “I have learned a lot from their courage,” he said.

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Although the percentage of the U.S. workforce they represent has shrunk over much of the past half-century and some Catholic critics contend that their time has come and gone, labor unions are still viewed as a force for good for their members. Much of the recent debate over unions stemmed earlier this year from a series of bruising budget battles in states generally led by new Republican governors and legislative majorities as they sought to curb collective bargaining rights and discontinue union membership as a condition of employment, which were framed as ways to keep state budgets in check. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One has to make a distinction between unions as they were conceived in social teaching and unions that exist on the basis of taxpayer funding,â&#x20AC;? said Patrick Carey, professor of theology at Milwaukeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marquette University, in the cover story in

the August issue of U.S. Catholic magazine, Labor Pains. Syndicated columnist George Weigel wrote earlier this year that todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unions are not like the kind envisioned by Pope Leo XIII, who ushered in the era of Catholic social teaching with the 1891 encyclical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rerum Novarum,â&#x20AC;? and by Blessed Pope John Paul II, who wrote the encyclical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laborem Exercensâ&#x20AC;? 30 years ago. They are different from â&#x20AC;&#x153;unionized American public school teachers who make decent salaries with good health and pension benefits, often work nine months of the year and are sometimes difficult to fire even if they commit crimes,â&#x20AC;? said Weigel. He also argued that a key theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laborem Exercensâ&#x20AC;? is â&#x20AC;&#x153;the innate dignity of work,â&#x20AC;? but the pope also called unions an â&#x20AC;&#x153;indispensable element of social life, especially in modern industrial societies.â&#x20AC;? Thomas Shellabarger, a former domestic policy adviser for the U.S. bishops and now

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A woman casts her ballot in Glendale, Wis., as Wisconsin holds the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest recall elections Aug. 9. Six state Republican and two state Democratic senators faced recalls sparked by disagreements over a budget-balancing law signed by Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The bill limits the bargaining powers of public employee unions.

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firefighterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turnouts, or the outer protective clothing firefighters wear. Father Greene keeps his in the trunk of his Toyota, always at the ready to report in at the command post. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there for moral support, and in the worst cases, to minister to injured firefighters, and he visits firefighters treated for injuries. Mostly, however, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good cheer and pitch-and-catch ribbing between priest and firefighters, a world in which good-natured insults mean youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He can throw a shot with the best of them,â&#x20AC;? said Lt. Michael Maloney, at Station 14 on 26th Avenue. Father Greene, of course, must take shots as well. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commonly addressed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Immensity,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Rotundity,â&#x20AC;? a reference to an ample midsection, and others best left unpublished. Father Greene has dinner two or three nights a week at one of San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 44 fire stations. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the dessert man, learning long ago not to come empty handed. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often a cake from Schubertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery, the 100-year-old institution at 6th Avenue and Clement Street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The guy will put 10 pounds on you,â&#x20AC;? said Maloney. Firefighter Eli Thomas of Station 14 said Father Greene baptized his daughter and son. His younger brother is an altar server at St. Monica and his father is a parishioner. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had marriage counseling with the chaplainpastor and asked Father Greene to pray for him before his deployment to Iraq with the National Guard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has always been in my corner pulling for me,â&#x20AC;? Thomas said. Born in Vallejo, Father Greeneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father was a civilian electronics engineer at Mare Island, after a stint in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and his mother was a registered nurse. He has a brother, Patrick, from Vacaville â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and San Francisco firefighters complete the extended family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have become very close to me,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a unique world. They see stuff that no one else in general experiences. But they always do it together. They get to be very tight.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x2013; Continued from page 7 chaplain service began in 1982, that he would be a good fit for the work. The late Msgr. Bruce Dreier, the chaplain at the time, asked Father Greene to fill in for him â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the answer was no. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I said no because I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I was the right person. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know any firefighters. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anything about the fire department,â&#x20AC;? said Father Greene. How things change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has strengthened my priesthood,â&#x20AC;? he said of his chaplaincy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has really expanded my understanding and compassion. I think I have learned a lot from their courage, from their dedication, and there is one important thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it is their friendship and their support, and that has meant a great deal to me.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mutual. One of Father Greeneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closest friends in the department is Pat Gardner, retired deputy chief of operations. Father Greene buried his parents, gave first Communion to both his children and was there for their confirmation. He presided at the marriage of his son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He does things for everybody and he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take anything in return,â&#x20AC;? Gardner said of Father Greene. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has a huge heart,â&#x20AC;? said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White. Father Greene buried her father last year, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and was a source of advice and guidance for me and my family,â&#x20AC;? she said. He baptized her three sons, including her youngest, Sean Daniel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now a healthy 11-year-old â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who at 10 days had severe cardiac problems and was given a blessing by the priest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is the spiritual leader of the fire department,â&#x20AC;? said the chief. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is a friend to all in the department and he celebrates with us collectively as a department and personally with different families, and he has also grieved with us.â&#x20AC;? A chaplain responds to all major fires of three alarms or more, fully in uniform in a

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Serra christens $21 million arts and science complex

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Junipero Serra High School’s 24,000-square-foot Center for Arts and Science includes five new science laboratories and new facilities for the visual arts, music, theater, ceramics, film and other activities.

Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo has dedicated a new Center for Arts and Science with new state-of-the-art classrooms, science labs geared to handson learning, a broadcasting studio and arts facilities and a new swimming pool. The $21 million center marks the second phase of Serra’s master plan and is designed to bring the 900-student boys Catholic school into a much more competitive position in the region, officials said. The expansion is part of the archdiocesan high school’s mission to educate young men as Catholic citizens, Serra President Lars Lund said. “What brings it all home for me is that today we started putting crucifixes in all the classrooms,” he said in an interview the week before the Aug. 20 ribbon-cutting. “Because everything we do here at Serra begins with and has its ultimate goal of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “Why are we doing this? Not only to prepare our students for the rigors of college but to prepare them for the challenges of adulthood in the 21st century — and also to do it with our Catholic faith in the core of everything they do,” he said. The center, built with union labor, includes five new science laboratories; classrooms that integrate current advanced technology; new facilities for the school yearbook and newspaper and for film; an art room dedicated to painting and drawing and a ceramics studio; state-of-the-art

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Donald Casper, 63, attorney; dedicated to city, church A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 23 for Donald Casper at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in North Beach. Mr. Casper, the victim of a hit-and-run accident in Sonoma County Aug. 14, was 63. Mr. Casper was a graduate of Sts. Peter and Paul School and San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Ignatius College Preparatory and earned undergraduate and law degrees from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. A partner with the law firm of Jacobs, Spotswood & Casper, he was a Knight of Malta, past president of the St. Thomas More Society and former chairman of the San Francisco Republican County Central Committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donald Casper Donald Casper was a kind and thoughtful friend and supporter to so many people in North Beach and throughout the city,â&#x20AC;? said Marc Bruno, Vincentian Life director for the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco and a friend of Mr. Casper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Don used his skills as an attorney to help paint a positive picture of what it means to be Christian in the modern world,â&#x20AC;? Bruno said, complimenting, too, the late attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;memorable sense of humor.â&#x20AC;? Bruno said Mr. Casper â&#x20AC;&#x153;supported the St. Vincent de Paul dinners for the homeless at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish with his prayers and with his resourcesâ&#x20AC;? and recently served as chairman for the $2 million capital drive to retrofit the parish church. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was always dressed like a Fifth Avenue attorney but at heart he was a down-home San Franciscan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dedicated to the city and the church he loved,â&#x20AC;? Bruno recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Don has been a friend of mine since I was a teenager,â&#x20AC;? said Angela Alioto, former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She said the two saw each other â&#x20AC;&#x153;almost every morningâ&#x20AC;? at the Porziuncola Nuova at the

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LOCAL NE WS Interim liturgy head appointed

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Laura Bertone, a St. Mary’s Cathedral parishioner, member of the pastoral council and chair of the cathedral board of regents, has been named interim director of the archdiocesan Office of Worship. She steps in at a critical time, with the implementation of the revised Roman Missal just months away on Nov. 27. Bertone brings a wealth of liturgical experience and a love of liturgy that dates back decades to her years at Marin Catholic High School with then-Father John Wester, who is now bishop of Salt Lake City. Bertone began her new role this month, replacing her friend and colleague Patrick Vallez-Kelly, who resigned to take a campus ministry position at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo. She will work half-time. Bertone serves as the master of ceremonies at the cathedral for Archbishop George Niederauer and the auxiliary bishops. She describes herself as “the very tall woman in white who takes the bishops’ hats on and off.” She graduated in 2001 with distinction from the University of Notre Dame with a master’s in theological studies and liturgical studies. Bertone is chief financial officer for four family companies, which gives her the flexibility to take the church position on an interim basis. Bertone also spent eight years rebuilding a Canadian minesweeper while living aboard it, docked at Treasure Island. She sold it in 2009 and now lives near the cathedral. “She never sank, so I guess I did OK,” Bertone said. “Then again, owning a 150foot battleship is nothing compared to the implementation of the Roman Missal!” Bertone has served and taught in a number of parishes — with a focus on liturgy — including ministry as a lector, extraordinary minister of holy Communion, catechist and acolyte. She has been a catechist for the archdiocesan Office of Worship, is a member of the board of trustees of St Patrick’s Seminary & University and in October will be invested as a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher. — Valerie Schmalz

Hundreds of Catholics are expected to attend this year’s Holy Spirit Conference, an annual three-day event intended to nurture the prayer life of those involved in the charismatic renewal. The Holy Spirit Conference will be Sept. 16-18 at Archbishop Riordan High School at 175 Phelan Ave. across from City College of San Francisco. The theme will be, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart” (Proverbs 3:5). The active community of charismatics – there are groups in just about every parish in the Archdiocese of San Francisco – is also welcoming a new liaison: St. Anne of the Sunset pastor Father Raymund Reyes. Father Reyes will assume the position that has been held by Msgr. James Tarantino, who plans to continue his active involvement. Msgr. Tarantino said as vicar of administration and moderator of the curia, he has a natural continuing connection to the charismatic movement in the archdiocese. “Tens of millions of Catholics have taken advantage of this particular outpouring of the faith,” Msgr. Tarantino said, noting the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s multicultural charismatic movement includes Filipino, Vietnamese, Hispanic, and Indonesian groups. Msgr. Tarantino will speak at the conference as will St. Brendan pastor Father Dan Nascimento. Father Reyes will not attend this year as he will be leading a pilgrimage that had been planned for many months. Other speakers include Father Michael Sears, a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and author of “The Charism of Tongues: A Gift of Prayer and Edification” and Holy Name of Jesus and Mary Sister Linda Koontz who ministers to the poor in Juarez, Mexico. Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice will celebrate Mass at the conference. Father Reyes was ordained in 1988 in the Philippines and served as pastor at several parishes there before moving to San Francisco in 1997. His parishioners in the Philippines introduced him to the charismatic movement early in his priesthood, Father Reyes said. He is also the Filipino liaison to the charismatic renewal in the archdiocese. “I was encouraged by my own parishioners to attend the Life in the Spirit Seminars, an eight-week basic course in the Gospel message, certain teachings of the church and of course with a strong emphasis in the work of the various gifts of the Holy Spirit,” said Father Reyes. “I was readily convinced by the fruits of the charismatic renewal. It is definitely a joy to be an instrument in the growth of this particular movement in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.” The charismatic renewal leads to much higher parish involvement, said Ernie von Emster, a Redwood City resident who is urging fellow Catholics to come to at least part of the weekend. Anyone can attend Mass without paying the $20 a day or $30 weekend fee, organizers said. “There are a lot of people who have a yearning for something else in their lives,” von Emster said. Visit sfspirit.com for more information. — Valerie Schmalz

Project Rachel, the archdiocesan post-abortion ministry, and Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery are sponsoring a memorial Mass celebrated in Spanish and English, on Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. at the Rachel Shrine, Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road in Colma. The event honors babies and young children who died before, during and shortly after birth. Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy will be principal celebrant of the Mass joined by priests of the archdiocese. The Project Rachel ministry welcomes members of the community to join in prayer in a spiritual and solemn environment, said Mary Ann Schwab, Project Rachel coordinator. “Parents and families are touched by this special remembrance of their children and the assuring presence of others,” she said, adding that the healing liturgy “inspires reflection that God is present to all his children.” Following the Mass, the Project Rachel Committee will host an informal gathering and lunch. For more information, call Project Rachel at (415) 7176428 or the archdiocesan Public Policy Office at (415) 614-5570.

Hispanic Mass Oct. 8 at cathedral The Hispanic ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco invites the Latino community to a Mass to be held Oct. 8, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The aim is to bring together Latino parishioners and clergy from San Francisco and San Mateo and Marin counties to celebrate Mass. The event also seeks to celebrate Latino Catholics who attended Advent, Lent and summer retreats in the three counties over the past year. An estimated 333,000 Latinos live in the three counties of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, of whom 70 percent are Catholic and half are under 20 years old.

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Parish workshop: Spiritual preparation for death is vital Spiritual preparation for death is vital for the dying person as well as for loved ones. That was the message of “Letting Go with Love,” a workshop held Aug. 8-12 at St. Anthony de Padua Parish in Menlo Park and organized by parochial vicar Father Alberto Cuevas with Mission Hospice of San Mateo County. In the confused emotions surrounding the dying process, it is important to know “that death is not an end, not a punishment, but the beginning of life,” Father Cuevas said. “We want to help the community overcome the death of a family member,” he said. “We are in an area of a very high level of cancer and other diseases in our parish. We have noticed that people are not prepared to offer assistance to their loved ones facing terminal illness.” Dr. Maria de Lourdes Ramirez Avila, an expert in palliative care, traveled from Tijuana, Mexico, to deliver a talk. “A patient needs a lot of attention, care, love and companionship. Sometimes we believe that medicines give enough, but we forget that they also have psychological, social and spiritual needs,” she said. Father Javier Sanchez Hernandez, who works with Dr. Ramirez in Tijuana and San Diego, Dr. Maria de Lourdes said that faith is essential: Ramirez Avila “Seeing that loved ones have faith in God strengthens all family members.” Emily Lopez, a St. Anthony parishioner who volunteers with patients, understands the words of Father Sanchez: A year ago, her son of 36 years died of a stroke. “It was a tremendous impact and old pain is great, but I think I was the only one in my family who had the strength to cope because of my walk in the church, my conversion to the Lord and because I’m a mystical person,” she said. With prayer and a review of the loss, “you have to ask also what you have gained in all of this,” she said. “Familiarity with death, for me, is an aspect of life.” For more information about Mission Hospice call Gloria Gutierrez at (650) 554-1000 or visit www.missionhospice.org. — Jose Luis Aguirre LOCAL NEWS, page 13

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Retired Fresno priest named in lawsuit Father Don Flickinger, a retired priest of the Diocese of Fresno, was named in a lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court Aug. 9 alleging that he sexually abused a 13-year-old boy in San Jose in 2001. The plaintiff, Matthew Frazer of San Jose, now 23, said in the complaint that he was an eighth-grade student at St. Frances Cabrini School in San Jose and an altar boy at St. Frances Cabrini Church in 2001 when the abuse allegedly occurred in the parish rectory. The Diocese of San Jose issued a statement saying Father Flickinger is not and has never been a priest of the Diocese of San Jose. The San Jose diocese said that Father

Flickinger did reside in the diocese from 1991 until 2006, while he cared for his ailing mother. He was not affiliated with the school and was a guest priest in the Diocese of San Jose while living at St. Frances Cabrini Church. The defendants named in the suit also include the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco. The archdiocese said in a statement Aug. 11 that Father Flickinger did reside in the archdiocese as a retired priest in residence at St. Paul Church in San Francisco from fall 2008 until spring 2011, but noted that he is not a priest of the archdiocese, does not exercise any ministry here now and does not now reside in the archdiocese. The necessary letter of good standing from the Diocese of Fresno had been received by the archdiocese before Father Flickinger was allowed to live in retirement in the archdiocese, and had been renewed by Fresno. In addition, Father Flickinger had complied with all policies of the archdiocese for accepting priests

Catholic identity topic of USF lecture Catholic identity is the topic of a lecture and discussion at the University of San Francisco Aug. 29 from 12:15-1:15 p.m. with Jesuit Father Tom Reese. Father Reese is a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown, a noted religious commentator and the former editor of America magazine. His presentation will cover the theological, historical and sociological aspects of the question of what it means to be Catholic, as an individual or as an institution. The event will be held in the Romero Room, University Ministry, in Lower Phelan Hall. Refreshments and dessert will be provided. Father Thomas For more information contact um@usfca.edu or (415) 422-4463. Reese, SJ

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from other dioceses, including required fingerprinting, completion of online safe environment training and his signed declarations that he had read all current archdiocesan policies and addendums related to the USCCB Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. The archdiocese also indicated in its Aug. 11 statement that Father Flickinger served here as director of development from 1983 to 1986. The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests held a news conference Aug. 10 outside St. Paul Church in San Francisco. Members of SNAP alleged that church officials in the three counties in which Father Flickinger has lived have known about his alleged “predatory behavior.” Father Flickinger, who is 75, is retired and now living in the Diocese of Fresno. He had returned to Fresno with full faculties. Because of the lawsuit that is now pending, “He will not exercise faculties in any public ministry, as prescribed by our policy,” said Teresa Dominguez, victim assistance and safe environment manager at the Diocese of Fresno. Dominguez said that in 2009 the diocese cooperated with an investigation by the San Jose Police Department that was in response to Frazer’s allegation. She added

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that, to date, “and to our knowledge, we have not directly received any other complaint (about Father Flickinger) that has been substantiated.” An internal investigation, according to protocol of the Diocese of Fresno, will be conducted, Dominguez said. “Should there be any relevant discoveries, they will be addressed in compliance with the (USCCB) charter,” she said. — George Raine

Copper thieves strike two S.F. parishes Thieves stole copper pipe from St. Brendan School and unsuccessfully tried to make off with copper doors from St. Emydius Church, police said. Both occurred in broad daylight. The St. Brendan theft was around 10 a.m. on Aug. 10 and the attempted theft at St. Emydius Church was between 9:30 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. on Aug. 12, police said. Last year thieves took the copper bell from St. Michael Korean Church and it has not been recovered, police said. The soaring price of copper is blamed for the thefts as well as other copper thefts from schools and construction sites in the Bay Area and elsewhere in the country.

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August 26, 2011

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Together in Christ — at last Twenty-five couples wed in historic ceremony at St. Mary’s Cathedral By Jose Luis Aguirre Twenty-five Latino couples were married at St. Mary’s Cathedral by Auxiliary Bishop William Justice in the first-inmemory mass wedding for Spanishspeaking Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. All of the couples had lived together in a civil or common law marriage for at least five years, and the wedding on Aug. 13 was an initiative of Father Francisco Gamez, parochial vicar at the cathedral who is in charge of Spanish family ministry in the archdiocese. “It was necessity that led us to arrange these marriages,” Father Gamez said. “We wondered why they did not receive Communion and it is because the couples were not married.” “Being in front of the altar, all dressed up in white, is something I thought about for so many years and I didn’t want to wait any more,” said Amalia del Valle, who married Jaime Wilson Cerrano. The San Mateo couple had lived together for 30 years. “Now that we are closer to the church we decided to get married.” “Marriage does not change the commitment or lifestyle of these couples. What it changes is the fact that as baptized they are called to the vocation of marriage to achieve holiness and to get closer to the Eucharist,” Father Gamez said. Archbishop George Niederauer earlier this year appointed a panel to find causes and devise remedies for the precipitous drop in marriages that has occurred even as the arch-

diocese’s church-going population increased from 395,000 in 1990 to 444,000 in 2010. The 25-couple wedding was part of a grassroots movement to combat a 47 percent decline in Catholic sacramental weddings from 1990 to 2010. The decline mirrors a similar drop nationally in marriage. An English-language ceremony for 26 couples is planned at St. Thomas More Church in San Francisco on Sept. 5. Because of demand, Father Gamez said he has scheduled another mass wedding for May 12, 2012 and organizers at St. Thomas More said they are contemplating a second big wedding next year. Within the archdiocese, Latino ministry is planning several events to strengthen

marriage and family including marriage retreats, a family week in February and other community weddings. For many Hispanic couples the cost of the church and the lack of information in their language are major obstacles for not

marrying, Father Gamez said. The cathedral asked a $200 donation for the ceremony and reception in the cathedral hall. Many couples choose to live together first to see if the relationship works and then decide whether to marry in the church. Others do not marry because they want to do it in front of their families in their countries of origin, he said. “The belief that they will return to their countries to get married there also influences their decision not to marry here,” the priest said. “But the reality is that they stay here all their lives and never get married.” “We always wanted to get married but for different reasons we postponed it. Now, we’re really excited not only for us but for our 9-year-old daughter,” said Yahaira Ek, who married Jimmy Cetina. The couples who married Aug. 13 had returned to daily practice of their faith and had become involved in parish ministries. Typical were Lilibeth Torres and Roberto Bautista, who have been together for five years. “We decided to marry because now we belong to a Bible group at St. John the Evangelist parish and we would like to follow the teachings of the church,” Lilibeth said. “We joined a prayer group at St. James (parish) almost two years ago and we learned about the importance of this sacrament to keep the family united, blessed by God and to teach our kids our principles,” said Mayra Ramirez, who married Manuel Muñoz after 12 years together. “We are happy to know that God now blesses our marriage.”

Luis Arturo Euan and Karen Novelo exchanging vows.

Jaime Wilson Cerrano from Peru and Amalia del Valle from Argentina walk toward the altar. The couple lived together for 30 years before getting married.

A group of brides is pictured before the procession.

An unidentified little girl in arms dressed for the day with a floral tiara and a beaded necklace.

Mario Palomino and Norma Rubí Zavaleta pose after the ceremony with their son, Dylan, and a little friend of the family, Karen.

Daisy Cabrera, 9, entertains herself after the wedding of her parents Dionicio and Lorena.

Lilibeth Torres and Roberto Bautista exchange vows while their godparents look on.

Twenty-five couples were wed at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Aug. 13 in a special ceremony for Latino couples who have been in long-term relationships but had never married. The Mass was celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice and concelebrated by Father Francisco Gamez, cathedral parochial vicar.

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August 26, 2011

President Obama and Catholic teaching After President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, the Catholic bishops of the United States applauded the historic nature of the election of the first African-American as president while at the same time expressing fear that the new president would pursue an aggressive pro-abortion agenda as part of efforts to reform the nation’s health care system. Despite protestations from the president and his administration, it’s becoming ever clearer that that is exactly what is happening. But it’s not just on life issues that the president is so out of step with Catholic teaching. On immigration reform, Guest Editorial protecting the poor and vulnerable from carrying the burden of the recently enacted budget cuts, and defending the integrity of marriage, the president has done little to nothing. For all those Catholics who convinced themselves to vote for Obama despite his aggressive pro-choice positions because they believed that on balance he would pursue policies that would protect the poor, improve access to health care for all, bring sanity to the country’s immigration system, the first three years of this administration must be more than disappointing.

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Viewed through the lens of the full breadth of Catholic social teaching, this administration must be seen as a disaster. In fact, its positions have been openly and aggressively hostile to our values. Choices that the administration made during the health care reform debate forced the bishops to oppose an initiative — making the health care system more fair, more just and more efficient — that they had been working toward for decades. Instead, they felt compelled to speak against a bill that forced American taxpayers to pay for health insurance policies that will fund abortions and other procedures that violate the dignity of life. Some argued that the bishops had it all wrong, but recent developments have made it abundantly clear the bishops’ concerns were more than legitimate. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as part of the health reform act, has implemented rules requiring that all insurance policies must provide coverage for a variety of preventive services, at no cost to the patient, including contraceptives and surgical sterilization. HHS officials pointed to clauses in their mandate that would provide conscience protections for religious agencies who believe such services are immoral. But a closer look at the conscience protections reveal they are so narrowly defined that they would not apply to Catholic hospitals, schools and social service agencies. “Under the new rule our institutions would be free to act in accord with Catholic teaching on life and procreation only if they were to stop hiring and serving non-Catholics,” said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. “Could the federal government possibly intend to pressure Catholic institutions to cease providing health care, education and charitable services to the general public?” Cardinal DiNardo asked. Apparently, the answer is a resounding yes.

• In the recent budget and debt-ceiling debates, the bishops urged the president and Congress not to pass budget cuts that would hit hardest the poorest and most vulnerable. But, eager to make a deal, the president and the majority of Congress ignored the bishops’ pleas and passed a plan that will lead to cuts in programs that help those who need it most. Even some in the president’s own party objected to the deal as inadequate and unfair. On same-sex marriage, the president has stood silent while courts and state legislatures render the definition of marriage meaningless. There have been promises of needed reforms to the immigration system, something the Catholic church has vigorously supported for years. Yet, no action. The Obama administration has turned on the spigot of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, again ignoring the sanctity of life by engaging in research that sacrifices lives unnecessarily and immorally. Some might argue that the president’s political opposition has blocked his efforts to pursue some of the legislation and policies that hew more closely to church teachings. But others might ask where has the president’s soaring rhetoric been when it comes to so many issues that are vital not only to the church but to the entire country? Is it that he has lost his renowned power of persuasion or that he has no interest in fighting for the things Catholics believe are so important? If he has no interest, then those Catholic voters who ignored his clear position on life issues and put faith in the rhetoric of his campaign trail stump speech were simply duped. This unsigned editorial titled “On issue after issue, president out of step with Catholic teaching,” appeared in the Aug. 5 issue of the Tennessee Register, newspaper of the Diocese of Nashville.

A-bomb chaplain Fr. Zabelka had it right and wrong

Where’s Weigel?

Re: “‘I was told it was necessary: A-bomb chaplain regrets ‘utter moral corruption’ of civilian mass killing,” Aug. 12. It was 1964, and I stood in a vast flat area of scorched bits and pieces of what I knew was ground zero, Hiroshima. To my right was the steel skeleton of some sort of domed building, and I wondered how it still stood. I stood alone with my thoughts trying to contemplate what happened 19 years before, and just weeks after I was born, standing with dozens of Japanese tourists. I was alone in my U.S. Navy dress blues. Could I have been more conspicuous? What were they thinking? Was I to blame in some way for this devastation? Being an American, should I be held accountable to the thoughts of these people of Japan, or worse, the survivors? Our duty station was the South China Sea, off the coast of Vietnam and most of us had no clue as to the whys and wherefores of the conflict we were engaged in there. We only knew that this was serious, as we could see the flashes of fire power looking like lightning in the distance. We completed our mission and headed home with a stop in Hawaii, and we were more than excited when we steamed into Pearl. This was Hawaii! A place to be dreamed about, an exotic island in the warm Pacific, and now to be entering Pearl Harbor was indeed a site to behold, especially for a Midwesterner. The USS Arizona was a place to see, and it didn’t cost much, so some of us climbed aboard a Navy boat for the ride, and disembarked onto the Arizona Memorial, along with other tourists, many of them Japanese. Again, I found myself alone. This time alone in my tropical whites; a U.S. Navy sailor aboard a still commissioned battleship with many of her crew entombed below decks. A ship that is alive with the oil that seeps from her engines still coming to the surface as a colored sheen on the water, the memories of the crew yet aboard and the Stars and Stripes on the masthead. Again, I was alone in thought with the Japanese tourists about me. Did they ask themselves, what were these sailors thinking? Do they blame us, the Japanese tourist? Did the sorrow and sense of awe I felt at Hiroshima infect them on this battleship, as it did me at Hiroshima? Tears welled in my eyes as I read the names of those below decks, reaching up out of their watery grave to remind us that man is far from perfect, and we all suffer in war. This country is far from what Christ wants us to be, but, we are not above all a nation of aggressors. If we fight, arguably, we fight for a just cause. Most, if looking at history will say that we did the right thing in Germany and Japan, as it saved many more lives than were taken by ending the war sooner rather than later. Some say that we should have gone into Russia, and that would have saved 20 million Russians from the murderous Stalin. We would have saved millions of Jews if we had gotten involved in Europe earlier, or if one honorable and courageous German would have sacrificed himself and taken Hitler out in 1939. Father Zabelka talked about the innocent, and I ask: is there … “the innocent” in war, or are they complicit in the actions of their corrupt and inhumane governments by manning factories and such, keeping quiet and doing what they are told? As I see it, God gave us two things as humans: faith and reason. Reason is to use the gift God gave us to come to good conclusions; and faith is to rely on God to get through the process of reasoning to the good conclusions. It is reasonable for nations such as Japan, Germany, Vietnam and the U.S. to forgive each other after such wars and say, what is past is past. Absolutely! So when do we stop beating ourselves up for what is history? Phil Feiner San Carlos

What has happened to George Weigel’s column? Ever since that doctor wrote to complain, Weigel’s column hasn’t been published. I hope it will resume. His is the only column I find of interest — that and Pope Benedict’s commentary. Virginia Hayes San Francisco Editor’s note: George Weigel’s column appears occasionally and is featured on the opposite page this week. A review of the roster and schedule of columnists is part of the process of redesigning the paper, which is under way and will continue through the rest of 2011. Reader comments are welcome.

This newspaper should carry more church teaching If you are considering trying new items in CSF, I have some suggestions. I would like to see some references to actual church teaching, possibly Catechism of the Catholic Church references or specific encyclicals, in response to letters submitted to the editor. Many times it seems, from the letters, and responses to the letters, that much of our faith is up for grabs when in fact it is not. I am aware that there are areas where we can disagree and still be in union with the church, but there are other areas that have been settled for hundreds if not thousands of years. It would be refreshing to see these areas clearly defined in CSF. In keeping with educating Catholic adults with your content, I think it would be great to have some sort of apologetics column. Also, if possible, reprinting any articles from the National Catholic Register, This Rock Magazine, and/or The Catholic World Report would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your inquiry into this matter from your readers! C. Costa Half Moon Bay

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Where is patriotism?

A few weeks ago America celebrated July 4. Nowhere could I find a reason in writing, or in the media, beyond parties, parades and fireworks. Are we letting our patriotism slip away little by little? Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor noted the need to make middle school students aware of civics, not waiting for high school. Civics and history need to be living now! The general population will decrease its national attachment unless the principles of life, liberty, equality and the pursuit of happiness are kept constantly before us as ideals to be revered. Our founders set out on a course stating our dependence on providence: The fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, thus partakers of the divine spirit. The new nation embraced this principle, unimpeded by a monarchy. Thus they adopted, through trials, a democracy. Now we must do our part – study, learn about responsibilities of citizens. Our respect for these first principles must not recede. Olivia Fisher San Francisco

Chastity column saddens Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk’s column, “Gay genes, sex and the call to chastity” (Aug. 12), took me back to my high school religion classes in the 1950s. Then, I probably would have bought his circuitous, questionable logic. Today, I can only think: How sad. This man has never been in love. Jerry Betz San Francisco

Another view on chastity I am writing in reference to Father Tad Pacholczyk’s article, “Gay genes and the call to chastity.” I do agree that a person’s makeup does not necessarily predict behaviors and the question of a “gay” gene is that – a question. I do not, however, agree that as God made us a certain way that this is an excuse. God did make each of us individual, and the important thing is to thank God for this gift. I can only state to thine own self be true, do no harm to others and treat others as you would wish to be treated. Father Pacholczyk said, “Those who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex are similarly called to chastity.” But this is not done by, as he said, “refraining from sexual activity with members of the same sex and engaging in an apprenticeship of self-mastery.” It is done by being true to themselves and others in a chaste and loving way. I agree that marriage is most complete in living in conjugal chastity in the exclusive and lifelong gift to each other. This holds true in gay unions as well. Love is not sin, and yes, Father Pacholczyk, there is love and chastity in gay unions. Patrick Quinn San Francisco LETTERS, page 17

August 26, 2011

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The Catholic Difference

Martyrdom in Pakistan Sixty-four years ago, on Aug. 14, 1947, Great Britain’s empire in the Indian subcontinent was divided into the independent, self-governing Dominions of India and Pakistan. The division of the subcontinent into two states was bitterly opposed by the Indian Congress Party and Winston Churchill, but supported by the Muslim League (with Congress, one of the two major pro-independence parties in the British Raj) and the Attlee government, which had displaced Churchill in 1945. Congress proposed power-sharing plans that would hold the subcontinent together as a political unit; they were all rejected by the leader of the Muslim League, a Scotchdrinking, pork-eating, and rather secular lawyer named Mohammad Ali Jinnah. More than any other single factor, Jinnah’s iron will created Pakistan out of several Muslim-dominated provinces of the Raj, thus splitting the subcontinent into three parts (for the original Pakistan included East Bengal, which is now independent Bangladesh). Individuals rarely bend history, or colonial empires, to their wills. Jinnah was an exception: no Jinnah, almost certainly no Pakistan. Thus the fact that Mohammad Ali Jinnah died on Sept. 11, 1948, a mere 13 months after Pakistani independence, poses one of the great “What if?” questions of modern history. What if Great Britain had held out for another 18 months, insisting on religious freedom and political power-sharing within a pluralistic India that included the provinces that became Pakistan? What if this pluralistic nation had, over time, become what

India is today: the world’s largest democracy, with a vibrant free economy and the world’s biggest middle class? What if the experience of pluralism had led, not to the enduring hatreds born 64 years ago in the slaughters that followed mass population transfers as people sorted themselves out between “India” and “Pakistan,” but to a genuinely tolerant, multi-faith society in which religious freedom was respected? What if that experience of pluralism had bred, not the fanatical “Hindu fundamentalism” and Islamist jihadism that beset India and Pakistan today, but more tolerant forms of each faith, both of which could then accept the Christians in their midst with equanimity? A lot of the history of the last six and a half decades has at least something to do with the failure of British intelligence to figure out that Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a man whose time was running out just as the British Empire was preparing to divide its crown jewel at Jinnah’s insistence — including the personal history of Shahbaz Bhatti, who was born a generation after Jinnah’s will created Pakistan. The 42-year-old Bhatti, a Catholic and Pakistan’s federal minister for religious minorities, was murdered — or, to be more precise, martyred — this past March 2 while being driven to work. His murderer left a note in which he explained that Bhatti had to die because he opposed Pakistan’s blasphemy law, a crude attempt to oppose a form of Islamic sharia on the country. Shahbaz Bhatti knew that his life was in danger. Some weeks before his death, he made clear in interviews that he

was fully aware of the risks he was running. But he was determined to hold fast to his faith and to his convictions about religious freedom. “My struggle will continue,” he said, “despite the difficulties and threats I George Weigel have received. My only aim is to defend fundamental rights, religious freedom, and the life of Christians and other religious minorities. I am prepared for any sacrifice for this mission, which I carry out with the spirit of a servant of God.” One of those interviews was with Al-Jazeera, which seems an unlikely source for a reading in the Liturgy of the Hours. But if, as I am confident, the church will one day celebrate the feast of Blessed Shahbaz Bhatti, martyr, this good and brave man’s confession of faith to Al-Jazeera —“I know the meaning of the cross and I am following the cross” — would make an exemplary second reading in the Office of Readings. Between now and then, spend a minute and a half with Shahbaz Bhatti, courtesy of YouTube, and be inspired by a 21st-century Thomas More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBTBqUJomRE. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Guest Commentary

Putting our souls on the scale Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan None of you will be surprised to hear me admit that I have a problem with my weight. I actually have a Ph.D. in dieting. On and off for the last 40 years I’ve tried and tried. It’s not about looking better, since I’m never going to be on the cover of Gentleman’s Quarterly. It’s about taking good care of the life, the health, the body God gave me. It’s about using food the way God wants us to, by not abusing it. It’s actually about the biblical virtue of stewardship, taking good care of the gifts that the Lord has given us — in this case, my body and my health — so as better to serve Him and others. The only two times I’ve ever been successful in dropping pounds, and thus improving my health, is when I’ve both asked God’s help, and the assistance of a professional dietician. The dietician is so, so, helpful. So, each week I check-in: We review the food I’ve eaten — since part of the regimen is to keep track of it—and she provides me with some enlightening instruction on nutrition, she offers some gentle correction on where I may have wandered, and, then, of course, I step on the scale. When I’ve lost a pound or so the last week, she offers encouragement. When — as happened last week, after my return from some vacation splurging! — I’ve put on a few,

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Heed the catechism Pity Alex M. Saunders, M.D., whose Catholicism and role as scientific researcher elicit such a strong need for the truth that his July 29 idea for redesigning Catholic San Francisco (“Critical but loyal: ‘Render unto Caesar!’”) presents other letter writers with his seven rules “for separating what belongs to science and what belongs to God.” His first three rules require dealing only with facts, with qualifying subjects and with generalizations tested for validity. Rule 4 calls it “foolish to write about the generality of embryonic stem cell research,” which glares sternly as his greatest concern — possibly because that research is his steady income and he seems disturbed by attempts to prevent that work. His other rules state that “the pope has great responsibility before pontificating ex cathedra” and “to continue a dialogue, graciously admit one’s errors.” Yes, before reaching Rule 6, calling for “opposing views to be reconciled with the ‘new understanding’” of his, I suggest he understand a most reliable, most compelling viewpoint: the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which greeted the new millennium in 1994 with this beginning: “God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness, freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life, and sent his Son, who invites men to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children, and thus, heirs of blessed life.”

she offers encouragement, reminding me that this is really a lifelong journey, a healthy way of life, and that, thus, there will be ups and downs. It works! I admit I can’t do it without God’s grace and without a consistent check-in with my dietician. This week’s article is not about weight loss, folks. Believe it or not, it’s about confession! Because, see, what the regular visit to the dietician does for my physical health, a regular visit to the sacrament of penance does for my spiritual well-being. So, regularly, I see my confessor. I’ve kept track of my sins, through an examination of conscience each night at my end-of-the-day prayers, and a more thorough one in preparation for the sacrament. I report in, humbly confessing where I’ve gone astray. Sometimes, thanks to the grace and mercy of Jesus so strong in this sacrament, I can even report progress in some areas. My confessor listens patiently, offers some enlightenment, and, especially keeps me from getting discouraged by my weakness, as he gently reminds me that more important than any fall is getting back up. Actually, in the sacrament of reconciliation, I put my soul on the scale. And the sacrament reminds me that the life of discipleship is a lifelong journey, with valleys and peaks.

Here’s the mistake: In the past, when, with divine assistance and the skills of the dietician, I’ve been successful in losing the weight and reaching a healthy level where I can fit back into my clothes, I get independent! I figure that I don’t need the dietician anymore! I know what to do now! She’s taught me all I need to know. I can do it on my own now ... and I stop going. Guess what? Without that consistent accountability, without that regular check-in, weigh-in, encouragement, and enlightenment, I’m soon back into the XXL clothes. And so it is with the sacrament of penance! I’m tempted at times to think, I don’t need that! I know my sins! I realize what I have to work on! I’ll just take care of it myself, and tell God “I’m sorry” on my own. Big mistake. Doesn’t work. I learn the hard way. You feel spiritually heavy? You feel bloated by sin or just plain blah? You wonder why your soul feels so lifeless? Go see a spiritual dietician. Do it regularly. Get back to confession!

So much for the doctor’s seven little rules. He left out the most important of any he could conjure for himself: the Ten Commandments. These belong to God, who sets up a demand for each in its importance, and the most vital, as relevant to this medical researcher, is: Thou shalt not kill. Robert Jimenez Burlingame

engage; it is a foreign term not only outside our language but also outside our understanding. The translation it replaces, “one in being,” on the contrary, celebrates the intense unity of Christ and God and encourages us to explore the reality of that relationship in our experience and in our reflections. To the detriment of our liturgical life, the proposed translation time and time again substitutes the opaque for the meaning-rich. Michael C. Busk San Francisco

Comprehending the new missal The common argument (“Teens will adapt quickly to new missal say catechists,” Aug. 12) that the proposed translation will “re-mystify” the Eucharist by introducing theological terms to emphasize that “God is beyond human perception” is discontinuous with the Roman Catholic meaning of mystery. A sense of mystery begins with involvement and is characterized by a growing richness of meaning. We experience, for example, that Eucharist is a meal, spiritual food for the everlasting journey of life, the physical Christ, that it is personal and communal, that it is celebration and expectation, participation in Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, union with the risen Christ, fellowship with the communion of saints –and so much more that we have yet to perceive. But this mystery is expressed best not in obscure Latinized ecclesiastical lingo but in the simple phrase “body and blood of Christ,” words transparent enough to be understood by a 9-year-old and bounteous enough to challenge the life of a 90-year-old. A mystery is not beyond human perception but so abundant in meaning that we always will have more to experience and appreciate about it. “Consubstantial,” for example, does not involve or

The writer is archbishop of New York. Reprinted with permission from Catholic New York, newspaper of the archdiocese.

Food a necessity, not a right Father John Coleman, SJ, wrote in the Aug. 12 issue that “Food is a fundamental right.” This is an insidious and misleading expression and results in disaster for victim and producer. The farmer will not continue to produce if the product of his labor is taken by others, and if distribution is politically distorted it will not reach those in need. The family farm should be encouraged where it is possible to operate without interference, but to feed large numbers with basic commodities the larger privately owned farms make more efficient use of resources. Father Coleman further condemns speculation and profit in agricultural products. These pricing devices are essential to the producers’ choices of what to plant and harvest in an activity that is loaded with risk. Political control, for other than product purity, distorts the flow of food products and inhibits a more beneficial and universal distribution. Ron Gillis Larkspur

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August 26, 2011

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH JER 20:7-9 You duped me, O Lord, and I let myself be duped; you were too strong for me, and you triumphed. All the day I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage is my message; the word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all the day. I say to myself, I will not mention him, I will speak in his name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it. RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 63: 2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water. R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory, For your kindness is a greater good than

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 20:7-9 Psalm 63: 2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Romans 12: 1-2; Matthew 16: 21-27 life; my lips shall glorify you. R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name. As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied, and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you. R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. You are my help, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy. My soul clings fast to you; your right hand upholds me.

R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS ROM 12:1-2 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

young woman who wants to be a writer confessed to me that she hesitates to be candid in her journal. “I don’t put everything down because sometimes I have feelings I don’t think I should have.” I tried to encourage her with advice I received from a wise friend about journal writing: Write not only what you did, but what you felt at the time. If you want to remember a period of your life, you can recall where you were and what you were doing in a given year. But you can’t recapture the feelings unless you record them at the time they are happening. So, if we look at the Sunday readings as journal entries, what record of feelings do we find? The verses from Psalm 63 express heartfelt longing for God, the emotions we don’t hesitate to express, as we pray along with the psalmist. These sentiments record a believer’s spiritual thirst for God and confidence in God’s protection. “My soul clings fast to you; your right hand upholds me.” The divine presence feels intimate and fulfilling. “As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied.” St. Paul positively urges the Romans to be transformed in their minds, and embrace what is “good and pleasing and perfect.” By contrast, the reading from Jeremiah is painful and embarrassing. “You duped me, O Lord, and I let myself be duped.” Why didn’t a later editor strike this passage instead of leaving it in? Why didn’t Jeremiah hold himself in check and keep from venting feelings he shouldn’t have let surface in the first place? Jeremiah suspects he’s been tricked and seduced by God. It’s a time he suffers a profound spiritual crisis. He’s tumbled into

Scripture reflection SISTER ELOISE ROSENBLATT

God and ‘tough love’ a pit of depression and despair at being a media failure. He reproaches God for having to face constant opposition. What kind of prayer is this? In the context for this passage, Jeremiah has been delivering harsh words, warning the Judeans about the impending military defeat by the Babylonians. He takes a hard stand, announcing that the disaster will result in the fall of Jerusalem and the exile. He expected the message would get people’s attention. But he doesn’t get respect. Instead, he meets opposition, criticism, derision, and public humiliation. But we could ask, “What did he expect?” Those who wanted a more optimistic political and religious message label him a defeatist and pessimist. Jeremiah reproaches God and pours out his disillusionment and weariness. God seduced him into carrying out

an important task. It was like fire burning in him. He felt forced to carry out the mission. He has served God, but now feels God has tricked him and turned against him. Jeremiah keeps faith in God, but it’s at a huge emotional cost. Faith doesn’t make him happy; it compels him to go on preaching doom and gloom. His prayer doesn’t sound like Psalm 63. Rather, his journal records his struggle with dark thoughts, conflict and contradiction. Jeremiah took my friend’s advice seriously: “Record what you feel at the time.” The Gospel passage isn’t any cheerier. “Jesus began to show his disciples ….” And part of their education involves an unsympathetic portrait of Jesus. He harshly scolds Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!” We sympathize with Peter, who apparently wanted to encourage his depressed master with positive

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 16:21-27 Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay all according to his conduct.”

thoughts, self-affirmations and an optimistic attitude toward the future. But Jesus, recognizing the inevitability of his suffering and death, is obsessed with a perspective like Jeremiah’s tough but truthful message: See, analyze and accept the harsh reality that lies in front of you. Read the signs of the times. Don’t live in denial, self-delusion or makebelieve. Don’t disguise the truth with your fantasies about what it should be. Plan for what is coming; don’t think you can escape it with happy talk. What the disciples learn is that the following of Jesus means taking up your cross, and re-enacting what Jesus faced — opposition, suffering, death and rising up. Following Jesus doesn’t take place as a romantic adventure in your mind, but along the stony road of real life. Taking up your cross is a dynamic that entails facing people you know institutions that ground who you are, and traditions that you value most deeply. Reflection questions: 1. If you followed the example of Jeremiah in not censoring your thoughts, what complaints might you feel free to express to God? Or do you pray more easily the verses of Psalm 63? 2. If there’s something you want or need to say to a family member, co-worker, student or friend, what approach would be best — the “tough love” of Jesus, or the encouraging words of Paul to the Romans? Mercy Sister Eloise Rosenblatt, Ph.D, is an attorney in private practice in San Jose. Her email is eloros@sbcglobal.net.

Twenty Something

The temptation of keeping score My friend is blogging again after a four-month hiatus. “In the last week, two people have asked me about this little blog of mine, and because my ego is easily stroked,” she wrote, “I’m back.” Another friend gave up blogging for Lent and voiced her anxiety the first week of Easter, back at her keyboard: “So I sat down to write a blog post this morning and saw that my Blogspot followers went down overnight. Unable to help myself (and yet, knowing better) I clicked over to Google Reader and saw that over there, too, I was down by two. Was it something I said or something I didn’t? Am I too fluffy? Offensive? Boring? Fat?” That’s the trouble with social media. They have created more ways to chase after approval and more ways to fall short of it. We count friends and fans and followers (none of which live up to the real-life definitions). We can see where they live, how they found us and whether they return. We are still seeking the gold stars dispensed in grade school, now in electronic form: comments and tweets, LinkedIn recommendations, Facebook likes, Flickr views. A click of a mouse and – presto! – a judgment cast globally. Laptop turned voting booth. We become politicians, campaigning unceasingly and claiming all the credit. September’s back-to-school cycle heightens the pressure to perform, to make more friends and earn better grades. That’s

what makes September’s Sunday Gospels so challenging and well timed. St. Matthew understands how we operate, keeping score and holding grudges. Change the setting of his parables from vineyard to boardroom and you see how little has changed. We vent to others before addressing the offender (Sept. 4). We accept forgiveness that we don’t extend (Sept. 11). We begrudge co-workers who show up late (Sept. 18). We agree to tasks that we don’t perform (Sept. 25). It happens in the classroom and in Congress. And it happens in families. We watch siblings receive credit – forgiven debts, homecoming parties, wedding gifts – and we wonder, “Will I be granted the same benefits when it’s my turn? Will the well run dry?” There’s only one baby, for example, that turns parents into grandparents, and the other siblings see all the wet kisses, the gushing superlatives, the free babysitting and the singular adoration. The siblings who are first to parent also worry, whispering their own silly fears: Will my child enjoy the same affection when a new grandbaby arrives? We’re all operating on a false notion, bending to the smallest, saddest portrait of humanity.

We need to hear the landowner’s question in Matthew 20: “Are you envious because I am generous?” The human heart is not a trophy case with limited shelf space. It’s not a bank account that runs out after Christina too many withdrawals. Love exists in infinite supply. Capecchi We have elastic hearts: There is always more to give. Deep down we know this truth but sometimes we need reminding. So just think of grandma: Each additional grandchild brings her more joy, which warms everyone. Generosity begets generosity. A heart stretched by one act of charity is open wider for the next opportunity. When we throw away the scorecards, our humanity gives way to holiness. We celebrate the divine love that encircles us. Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can be contacted at www.Readchristina.com.

Catholic San Francisco

August 26, 2011

Spirituality for Life

Seek the truth – but with grace Today, both within society and the churches, we are finding it ever more difficult to resolve our differences because our conversations are shot-through with non-civility, name-calling, character assassination and disrespect. What’s particularly worrying is that we are doing this in the name of truth, cause, the Gospel and Jesus. We are giving ourselves permission to hate, demonize and disrespect each other in God’s name. Our cause seems so important to us that, consciously or unconsciously, we give ourselves permission to bracket some of the essentials of Christian charity, namely, respect, graciousness, love and forgiveness. This is wrong: No cause allows me to exempt myself from fundamental charity, even if I see myself as a “warrior for truth.” There is a gospel imperative to fight for truth and ultimately we all need to be prophets who fight for what is right; but even war has its ethics. Indeed, if God is on our side we should be radiating respect for others. Respect, graciousness, love and forgiveness are nonnegotiable essentials within Christian charity. They are also part and parcel of all that’s noble within humanity. Whenever we step outside of these, as we often do today in our discourse with those who are not of our political or ecclesial mindset, we should not delude ourselves into thinking that the high cause we think we are serving justifies this fundamental lapse in our humanity and charity. Whenever our words or our actions show disrespect we are not serving Jesus or truth, no matter how high the canopy under which we put our reasoning. Rather, we are serving some ideology or, worse still, working out some personal angers and pathologies.

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Some years ago at a theological college at which I was teaching we had a student who was so obsessed with defending Catholic orthodoxy that he became such a negative presence in every classroom that none of the faculty wanted to teach a class within which he was enrolled. Eventually the situation became so intolerable that the faculty, after considerable and pained discernment, asked the dean of the faculty to ask him to leave the college. Immediately after his expulsion he wrote a letter to his bishop complaining that our college had expelled him because he “was too conservative and too orthodox” to fit into our ethos. He copied the dean with the letter. The dean wrote his own letter to the young man’s bishop, telling the bishop that the college had asked him to leave, not because he was too conservative and orthodox ... but because he lacked basic courtesy and respect for others. The example here is one of a conservative pathology, but liberals do this just as well. Neither side should delude itself: Whenever we lack basic respect and basic manners the real issue is never orthodoxy or cause, but bad health. We live in bitter, highly polarized, times both inside of society and inside of our churches. The causes are real and what’s at stake is critical: war, injustice, abortion, poverty, the ecology, racism, immigration, multiculturalism, the economy, democratic principles, law and order, freedom of speech, proper authority, proper dogma, proper ecumenism, legitimacy within ministry, Christians relating to other religions and the proper freedoms and limitations within secularity itself. All of these are, in the end, life and death issues which, precisely because of

their importance, are invariably emotionally inflamed. Anyone who has any real concern for the world and the church and their future will sometimes find himself or herself at odds with others, sometimes bitterly so, Father Ron over some of these issues. And the perennial Rolheiser temptation, especially when the issue at stake is critical one, is to bracket the essentials (respect, graciousness, love and forgiveness) on the basis of cause and, in essence, fall into a way of thinking that says: This issue is so important that I need not be respectful, gracious and loving. I may demonize my opponent, assassinate his character, name-call, and use everything in my power, perhaps even violence, to have my truth win out. Because I am right and this is so important, I can bracket basic respect! What’s wrong with that? Beyond deluding ourselves that lack of charity and respect may be justified in the name of the Gospel, all that’s best within our humanity and all that’s best within Christian principle call for the exact opposite: The urgency of a situation and the bitterness already inherent within it call for more, not less, care in our rhetoric and in the actions we undertake. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.

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Picking the right college is a big deal. The right social atmosphere, the size that fits for you, and of course the majors that will lead to the career and the life you want. Affording it is a big part of the equation, too. A new series of local Catholic college fairs is designed to expose Bay Area students and their parents to a range of Catholic colleges, and some state colleges, that may be a fit. The 25 colleges and universities who are sending representatives include University of Notre Dame and Creighton University in the Midwest, Gonzaga University and Wyoming Catholic College in the West, and Belmont Abbey, Providence College and Ave Maria University in the East and South. “I wanted to have a cross-section of schools that guidance counselors might not know about,” said Patti Collyer, coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Oakland. “I wanted a broad range of tuition,” she said, noting that some small out-of-state Catholic colleges are much less expensive and have big endowments. The college fairs are sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the dioceses of Oakland and San Jose. “This is an opportunity for kids in public schools who might not otherwise find out about these schools,” said

Pope challenges young professors to embody faith By Cindy Wooden SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, Spain (CNS) — Because of political or economic pressures and influence, too many universities are becoming almost technical schools, training the young for a profession without helping them learn to seek and to love knowledge and truth and what it means to be created in God’s image, Pope Benedict said. Catholics teaching in universities are part of a centuries-long “chain of men and women committed to teaching the faith and making it credible to human reason,” the pope said in an address at World Youth Day. “We do this not simply by our teaching, but by the way we live our faith and embody it.” “Young people need authentic teachers: Persons open to the fullness of truth in the various branches of knowledge, persons who listen to and experience in their own hearts that interdisciplinary dialogue; persons, who, above all, are convinced of our human capacity to advance along the path of truth,” he said. It’s not enough to be an expert in your subject, the pope told the professors. “We need to realize in the first place that the path to the fullness of truth calls for complete commitment: It is

a path of understanding and love, of reason and faith. We cannot come to know something unless we are moved by love; or, for that matter, love something which does not strike us as reasonable,” he said. Also, the pope said, scholars must have humility, “since it protects us from the pride that bars us from the truth.” “We must not draw students to ourselves, but set them on the path toward the truth, which we seek together,” he said. The pope spoke at a meeting with young university professors. He held a separate meeting with young consecrated women. In speeches to both groups, the pope expressed gratitude and offered encouragement, but he once was a young professor himself, and much of his advice to the scholars was based on personal experience and a continuing keen observation of what is happening in universities around the world. Maria Sacristan, 41, a professor of corporate strategy at King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, said, “God must also be at the university — even in corporate strategy. I must teach my students business ethics, but also in a university we talk about everything — why exclude God?”

Vivian Clausing, associate director for Youth Ministry and Catechesis for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. With the rise in the number of impacted California state schools, more and more local students are looking out of state to the Midwest, Rocky Mountains and Southern states where costs are often lower and Bay Area students are viewed favorably, Collyer said. A small college in Atchison, Kan., is sending a representative to the college fair here because Benedictine College administrators see the Bay Area as an area with a strong pool of qualified students, said Tom Hoopes, vice president of college relations and a graduate of the University of San Francisco. “To find students who want what we offer - strong faith formation and dynamic community life — we naturally look where those types of students are to be found,” Hoopes said. This year at least two new freshmen will be attending Benedictine College from the Bay Area, an incoming pharmacy program student from Immaculate Conception Academy and a football player from San Mateo County. “It’s an opportunity for kids to find the right match,” said Collyer. At a college fair, unlike on the Internet, “you can talk to a person,” she said. “We want our kids to be aware, and parents too, that Catholic education is a possibility.” In addition to the Catholic colleges, campus ministry teams from UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University were invited and are sending representatives. Next year the dioceses of Sacramento, Stockton and Fresno will join the consortium, which will likely attract more colleges to send representatives, Clausing said. Participating colleges are: Ave Maria University, Belmont Abbey College, Benedictine College, Catholic University of America, Christendom College, Creighton University, Dominican University of California, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Franciscan University, Gonzaga University, Holy Names University, John Paul the Great University, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame de Namur, Providence College, San Francisco State Newman Center, St. Mary’s College of California, Santa Clara University, Thomas Aquinas College, UC Berkeley Newman Center, University of Dallas, University of San Francisco, University of San Diego, Wyoming Catholic College.

Catholic college fair In San Francisco, the archdiocesan-sponsored college fair will be held Oct. 4 from 4:30–8:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. The Diocese of Oakland’s fair will be Oct. 3 from 6–8:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland and 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Oct. 4. In the San Jose diocese, the fair will be from 6:30–8:30 Oct. 5 at St. Lawrence Academy, Santa Clara.

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What inspired you to become a priest? “Ask Father Dave,” a question-andanswer column for teens by Father Dave Ghiorso, will appear occasionally on a page devoted to Catholic youth topics. to do, that is what came naturally to me, and what God wanted me to do, which seemed so very foreign to me. Timing seemed to be everything. When I left the minor seminary (high school), it was to become a builder. Something that I have loved doing since early childhood. I would rather swing a hammer than to catch a football or play in a basketball game, and that is saying a lot. But as a young adult, I remained active in the parish by coaching kids. I credit the athletic director, who got me involved with coaching, as being a large part in my call. That coaching kept me connected to the parish community, and allowed me to be part of something I enjoyed doing. Still, there persisted the belief that I should be doing something more. I could not shake the feeling that God wanted more of me than coaching and building, but I was stubborn (my dad would say “testa dura”) and wanted things my way. Eventually, I met with my parish priest and told him that I could not shake this nagging feeling that the Lord wanted more of me and

maybe that “more” was to be a priest. As for the precise reasons, those would pester me for the next six years, as I had my ups and downs with making the decision. But that is another story. I like to say I finally received a telegram from God saying this is what I was to do with my life, but sorry to say, still waiting for that written message. Father Dave

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Q. Why did you become a priest? A. “I didn’t have a choice” would be the easiest answer and there is an element of truth to that statement. But it would not tell the whole story. Let me simply give the first part of the answer to this question, for it is a rambling story. The church has always been part of my life, dating back to my earliest memories. My family prayed together at church, played together on church grounds, worked together in parish programs, and reached out to others in need. My parish church was never absent from my life. I always felt that I belonged to it and the parish always looked after my family. One parish priest even gave me my first paying job as a young boy of 10 when I needed to pay off “a debt to society.” In my early years, the idea of being a priest was not foremost in my thinking. I actually thought more about being a religious brother, working with my hands in the missions, building homes, digging wells, and irrigating fields. These were things that appealed to me. When I first entered the seminary at the ripe old age of 14, I did so for many reasons. I wanted to be part of the church and in my youthful wisdom priesthood seemed like a good fit. I always had the feeling that God wanted me to be a worker for him. For the next eight years of high school and college, I struggled between what I wanted

A group of San Francisco State University students traveled to Spain for World Youth Day Aug. 16-21. The students, including those pictured here, kept an allnight vigil and then attended Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, said Verbum Dei Sister Karla Felix of the campus ministry team.

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The popemobile carrying Pope Benedict XVI makes its way through a throng of young people as the pope arrives to celebrate the World Youth Day closing Mass at Cuatro Vientos airfield in Madrid Aug. 21. “The Lord loves you and calls you his friends,” the pope told the 1.5 million pilgrims attending the finale.

Pope tells young to build on their faith, share it with the world grims the pope said: “There is no reason to lose heart in the face of the various obstacles we encounter in some countries. The yearning for God which the creator has placed in the hearts of young people is more powerful than all of these.” In other World Youth Day highlights, the pope: — Urged youth to follow Christ’s passion and “take upon our own shoulders the sufferings of the world, in the certainty that God is not distant or far removed from man and his troubles.” — Implored the young people to be “prudent and wise, build your lives upon the firm foundation which is Christ” so that “nothing will make you fear, and peace will reign in your hearts.” Beware, he said, of those who “take it upon themselves to decide what is true or not, what is good and evil, what is just and unjust; who should live and who can be sacrificed in the interests of other preferences.” — Named a new doctor of the church. St. John of Avila will become the Catholic Church’s 34th doctor of the church, all of whom are saints and come from both the Eastern and Western church traditions. The 33rd saint honored with the title was St. Therese of Lisieux. It was during World Youth Day in Paris in 1997 that Blessed Pope John Paul II made the announcement; the formal ceremony was held at the Vatican two months later. — Announced that the next World Youth Day would be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. — Vatican Radio contributed to this story.

Pope Benedict XVI greets children outside the apostolic nunciature in Madrid Aug. 19. The pontiff was in Spain for the celebration of World Youth Day.

Young people carry the World Youth Day cross during the Way of the Cross led by Pope Benedict XVI in Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid Aug. 19.

The pope announced in Madrid that he will name the 16th-century Spanish saint St. John of Avila the Catholic Church’s 34th doctor of the church. St. John is depicted in the 18th-century painting “The Blessed John of Avila” by Pierre Hubert Subleyras.

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MADRID (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI saw that 1.4 million young people could be buffeted by gusty winds and drenched by a driving rain and still fall silently to their knees to adore the Eucharist. At the final Mass closing the 26th World Youth Day Aug. 21, the pope challenged the Catholic pilgrims to take that faith, make it grow and share it with the world. Despite the hardships of getting to the Cuatro Vientos military air base in blistering heat Aug. 20 and the downpour during the nighttime vigil with the pope, hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world spent the night on the open field, praying, singing and perhaps trying to snatch a few hours sleep. But they were up, ready and rowdy when the pope arrived for the morning Mass. In his homily, the pope said the vision of that sea of happy souls “fills my heart with joy.” “I think of the special love with which Jesus is looking upon you. Yes, the Lord loves you and calls you his friends,” the pope told the young.

In his homily at the Mass, Pope Benedict said faith is not about understanding a bunch of facts, “it is an ability to grasp the mystery of Christ’s person in all its depth.” Even if it feels like a struggle at times, faith is not primarily about people working out their thoughts about God; it starts with the gift of God’s love and God’s reaching out to each person, he said. Faith entails “a personal relationship with Christ, a surrender of our whole person, with all our understanding, will and feelings,” he said. But the pope went even further, telling the young that a personal relationship with Jesus always must be transformed into action, service and love for others. In addition, it must be lived within the church, the community of believers to whom Jesus entrusted his message and his mission of salvation. “We cannot follow Jesus on our own,” he said. Those who try “approach the life of faith with the kind of individualism so prevalent today” and risk not encountering the real Jesus or “following a counterfeit Jesus,” he said. Christ asks each person, “Who do you say that I am?” the pope said. “Respond to him with generosity and courage, as befits young hearts like your own,” he told the young. “Let me urge you to strengthen this life of faith which has been handed down from the time of the apostles,” he said. “Make Christ, the Son of God, the center of your life.” In his parting words of encouragement to the young pil-

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Lightning flashes behind pilgrims as they attend the World Youth Day prayer vigil led by Pope Benedict XVI at the Cuatro Vientos airfield in Madrid Aug. 20.

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A woman rebukes a pilgrim (above) who cries, holding on to her cross during a demonstration Aug. 17 against what protesters claim is the expensive cost of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Madrid. Below left, pilgrims attend the World Youth Day prayer vigil with Pope Benedict XVI at the Cuatro Vientos airfield in Madrid Aug. 20. Hundreds of thousands of young people, set to camp out for the night in the open field, endured driving rain and wind at the start of the service. Below right, a priest hears confession from a pilgrim in one of the 200 temporary structures set up at Madrid’s Buen Retiro park on the first day of World Youth Day.

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for him as there was an extra seat,” she said. In addition to Walter and Mendieta, musicians from countries other than Spain in the orchestra included an Italian musician and a Romanian religious who was also associate concert mistress. “The music has been especially composed for this event. It´s very beautiful and powerful,” Mendieta said. Walter is the oldest of six children, and the rest of the family watched on television to cheer him on. “You should have seen us sitting on the couch viewing the Mass the other day and today, crying and screaming, and cheering as the camera panned the orchestra, the cardinals and bishops and today, the pope,” said Gloria Gazave. Pushing and prodding him to practice for 12 years until he finally began practicing on his own this year was worth it, she said. “If it were not for all this hard work,” Gloria Gazave said, “he would not have been ready and skilled enough to sight-read and take this opportunity when it arrived.” “In matters of faith, there comes a time when you experience God for yourself and that his hand truly does govern your life,” Walter’s mom said. “I believe Walter is experiencing that now.”

“They constantly forget about the purpose” of each of those documents, he said: “to put the person at the center of economic activity, and the right to speak up and be involved about issues that impact their life.” The fracas over unions started earlier this year in Wisconsin, where Democratic lawmakers fled the state to deter enactment of a budget bill that would have stripped key collective bargaining rights from state workers, setting off waves of protests in Madison, the state capital, followed by recall elections aimed at tilting the balance of power in the state Senate. The latest salvo was a standoff in Congress over Federal Aviation Administration funding. The Democratic-majority Senate refused to consider a bill passed by the Republicanled House that included a provision negating a recently awarded right to unions in the airline and railroad industries — the right to more easily win representation elections, no longer automatically counting nonvoting would-be members as “no” votes. A temporary break in the stalemate Aug. 5 ended a two-week furlough of about 4,000 FAA workers and another 70,000 workers on FAA-funded construction projects. Adrian Dominican Sister Mary Priniski, former executive director of the Boston-based Labor Guild and current mid-Atlantic chapter

MADRID, Spain, Aug. 18 — My name is John Calderon, a 24-year-old student at San Francisco State University who is now at the World Youth Day event in Madrid with other Newman students and the Verbum Dei Missionary sisters. I woke up early to make it to the Plaza Cibeles to reserve a front-row spot for the welcome celebrations receiving his holiness Pope Benedict. I have to say that this experience was a once-in-alifetime event because it was nothing like I had anticipated. When I arrived at the Plaza I was tired and really was hoping to make this encounter as quick as possible because I don’t like large crowds. However, I knew it would be worth the struggle because I have had the pleasure of seeing his holiness in Sydney in 2008 and the euphoric feeling of renewal and purpose was intense and powerful; little did I know it would be twice as powerful that day. Saving a front-row spot was not easy given that it was packed quickly and there was virtually no room to move anywhere. For the first time in my life I felt very overwhelmed by the heat and was in bad shape for most of the day. My friend and my sister and I ended up waiting a total of 10-and-a-half hours to see the pope finally arrive and actually set foot on stage. I had never been so close to him before and it was like being awakened from a dream and realizing I was in the presence of the leader of the entire church. When the pope walked on stage and raised his hand to bless us I could feel the Holy Spirit putting me at ease. He took all the pain and weariness away in a second. It no longer felt like 10-and-a-half hours of

waiting in the hot sun and being without water. I felt at peace and full of joy when he spoke to us about being called to sainthood. I felt as though the Holy Spirit was talking straight to me. It was so meaningful to me because at the Verbum Dei pre-retreat I attended the week prior to our arrival in Madrid I discovered that it is not silence that God uses to speak to me, it is the words of people; it is by Jesus speaking through others that I feel the message. And so to hear it from the pope himself was a feeling that will stay with me for always. I now truly believe that I am called to greatness in my life and I could feel the Spirit waking me up and helping me realize that. I sat in the very front in the midst of thousands of fellow Catholics who I am sure felt the power of the Holy Spirit. The only thing that separated me from the pope was the section filled with cardinals and bishops from all around the world. We even met one from California! By the time he left it felt as though my soul had been renewed for hours. I could no longer remember my problems, sorrows, pains or anything else; all I could think about was the fact that I am called to sainthood and have a responsibility to keep Christ as a foundation in all I do. It was the Holy Spirit who got me up early, gave me strength to wait all day, and to be a witness to all that we are called to greatness and to evangelize. The writer, a San Francisco State University student, attended World Youth Day with other members of the Newman Center campus ministry (pictured below).

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Sister Monica McGloin, a Dominican Sister of Hope who chairs the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice that serves the Cincinnati area, sees S.B. 5, the Ohio law that curtailed state workers’ collective bargaining rights, as “an attack on organizing in any way.” “And the fallout will not stay with the public sector,” she told CNS. “It will move to the private sectors and we’ll go back to the way we were before the labor movement, and that is very troubling to me. It seems to me we have not been paying attention to the good things that have been brought (about) by the labor movement.” A ballot measure to repeal S.B. 5 will reach Ohio voters in November. Sister Monica noted that members of her organization “don’t work for a union, but we have certain things that we care about — and that is the right of the people to organize and the right of the people to form associations in the workplace. How people do it is up to them.” During a panel discussion on “Rerum Novarum” in Washington in May, retired AFL-CIO President John Sweeney urged a renewed partnership between church and labor, “if the labor movement is to survive and perpetuate our mission of being what amounts to an action arm of Catholic social teaching.” “We should challenge every priest to be a labor priest, every bishop to be a labor bishop, every cardinal to be a labor cardinal . . . just as every pope since Leo XIII has been a labor pope,” he said.

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Book review: How market forces are corrupting belief Reviewed by Father Kenneth Weare Olivier Roy is an internationally renowned expert on Islam, with a background in Persian culture and language. He is one of those rare European intellectuals whose life experience includes many years living among Muslims in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Until recently he was director of research at the prestigious Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique in France. He is now professor of social and political theory at the European University Institute in Florence. In a recent interview with Gie Goris, editor in chief of the influential Belgian magazine MO (Mondiaal), Roy explains that the Taliban “are not so much directed against Western culture…but against traditional Afghan culture.” What disturbs people today, he says, is when “religious symbols and cultural traditions are separated.” He explains: “Fundamentalism has never been the expression of traditional cultures, but precisely of religions turning their backs to the culture in which they are embedded.” He continues: “The salafist movements on the rise today are not medieval phenomenon but products of globalization.” Olivier Roy’s recently published text, “Holy Ignorance,” consists of two major sections. Part 1, The Inculturation of Religion, treats the relationship between religion and culture, the advance of civilization into a multicultural world, the interrelation of religion, ethnicity, and nationality, and the emerging division between culture and religion. In Part 2, Globalization and Religion, Roy engages in a thought-provoking critique of the dominating power of the market economy leading into a critical analysis of what he terms “the religion market” and “the standardization of religion.” Recognizing that secularization and globalization have not eradicated religion, Roy observes that the result of separating religion from culture is a “militant reformulation of religion in a secularized space that has given religion its autonomy and the conditions for its expansion.” Roy observes that secularism engenders religion. There is a close relationship

Murder spike . . . ■ Continued from cover way, his flower-and-candle decorated shrine on the lawn just inside the garden fence. The St. Vincent de Paul Society in East Palo Alto is very active in providing help with rent and food for low-income families, Father Goode said, to the extent of housing families in their own homes at times. “God of peace and justice, please send your healing spirit on this place, as we remember the violence and death which have occurred here,” they prayed at the Chavez home and at three other sites where teens and young adults were murdered in East Palo Alto in July. Catherine Fisher, 19, died July 13; Jabari Banford, 23, died July 18; Chavez died July 19; and Kevin

between secularization and religious revivalism which is not a reaction against secularization but the product of it. Thus, it is not a religious revival, but rather a transformation. It is a reformulation of religion rather than a simple return to ancestral practices. In considering the relationship between culture and religion, Roy affirms that “religion creates culture,” usually implicitly, because “religion is also lived as a culture.” Sociologically, it is inevitable that religion produces a p cultural dimension since no functional society ciety can be sustained only on the basis of an explicitit religious belief. He explains: “Governance can function ction only if the prevailing religion develops as a culture ure — in other words as a symbolic, imaginary system tem that legitimates the social and political order but ut does not make faith a condition of communal life.” Thus, it is conformity, not religious faith that is the basis for a society; it is the difference nce between a community and a society. Similarly, as regards orthopraxy, bothh the secularized and the religious can agree on what is good. Secularism does not necessarily result in a break from religion. Roy rightly argues here that a secular society can keep in line with religious culture and values. “Secularizationn affects faith, but not necessarily values, and when en it is political (separation of religion and state); it does es not automatically involve a debate on moral values.” He correctly observes, for example, that Catholics and anti-Catholics can share the same conception of morality. Alterations in religious practice do not necessarily result in a conflict between religion and culture. One of the most important issues raised by Olivier Roy is the current crisis of faith resulting from a religious disconnect with culture. He states flatly that “lay culture has forgotten its religious roots. This not as a result of anti-clericalism or a militant anti-religious stance: it is ignorance.” People no longer know what religion is, even if they continue to use the brand. Roy gives the example of the Catholic population in France. A 2006 nationwide survey revealed that among the French population who explicitly affirmed their Catholic identity (70 percent), 55 percent claimed it was due to being born into a Catholic family, while only 21 percent

Guzman, 19, died July 24. On June 5, 3-monthold Izack Garcia was killed. While a police spokesman was reluctant to say any specific death was gang-related, Father Goode said most believe the spike in violence is tied to gang activity, possibly directed from prison. The increase in violent deaths after a relative lull prompted two August meetings of a new community intervention, Operation Ceasefire, said East Palo Alto Police Capt. Federico Rocha, who was named to head the initiative in November. A “call-in” was held in March and in April too, Rocha said. So far 10 California cities are using Operation Ceasefire, which invites or mandates attendance of targeted offenders to a meeting with law enforcement and community and social service representatives who present

U.S. women religious plan future GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (CNS) — The number of women consecrated to religious life in the U.S. is down sharply and a further drop of at least 100 is expected in each region by next year. There are 46,451 women consecrated to religious life in the country today, down from 60,642 in 2007. Those were the findings of a survey by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which held its annual assembly Aug. 9-12. Attendees concluded that decreasing membership in a large number of communities requires a review of the conference’s regional structure, which has about 1,500 members representing the elected leaders of their religious communities. “What is the ‘new’ that is emerging even as the ground shifts beneath our feet?” outgoing president Dominican Sister Mary Hughes asked in her address to the assembly. She also talked about situations of “intense suffering” around the world, urging LCWR members to be agents of forgiveness and reconciliation. She gave examples of saints who endured suffering and oppression but still conveyed a message of forgiveness and reconciliation. Participants contemplated how they might best respond collectively and individually to the world’s needs. They also approved a resolution

to actively seek to strengthen bonds with sisters throughout the world. Benedictine Sister Maricarmen Bracamontes, a Mexican theologian, gave the keynote address in Spanish. It was the first time the keynote was delivered in a language other than English. “We live in crucial times in every sense of the word,” she said. “We must not, we cannot turn back, we have to follow God’s dream in terms of values, relationships, institutions and systems. We have to question ways of facing problems and how to respond.” Franciscan Sister Florence Deacon was elected the LCWR’s new president. Sister Deacon, director of her St. Francis, Wis.based congregation, has represented Franciscan Sister Florence Deacon Franciscans at the United Nations and around the world. LCWR conferred its Outstanding Leadership Award on Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association.

said they actually believed in the Catholic faith. Only 26 percent said they were convinced of God’s existence. And, only 5 percent are actually practicing. Roy quotes the response of Archbishop André Vingt-Trois of Paris: “As a result of the huge decline in religious teaching, many adults…are completely ignorant … (and they) have not yet realized the extent of the social consequences of this transformation.” This Catholic ignorance is a major source of concern. g But surveys reveal all religions share the same r ignorance. ignora The religious leadership response to this ignorance has been mixed. An evangelization effort has been launched by the e Catholic Church to reconvert those Ca who wh nominally claim to be Catholic but have lost all religious knowledge. Similar Simil movements are underway in other faiths: this is the objective of efforts such as the Tablighi in Islam and the Lubavitch T in Judaism. Judais Meanwhile, within the context of a globalMeanw ized secular secula society, a very different response from the church leadership appears to be far ch more prominent. promin It is the fundamentalist strategy of “putting the wagons in a circle.” That is, what is being witnessed in the Catholic Church is a blatant increase in hard-line orthodoxy. As Roy succinctly points out, fundamentalism is the religious form that is most appropriately suited to globalization, because it accepts its own “deculturation” (the loss of the social expression of religion) and makes it the instrument of its claim to universality. Thoughtfully, Roy provides a detailed five-page glossary, 30 pages of end notes, and a useful five-page index. Olivier Roy’s “Holy Ignorance” is a sophisticated and engaging discussion well worth the time and reflective effort of the serious Catholic reader. Father Kenneth Weare, Ph.D., is pastor of St. Rita Church in Fairfax, adjunct professor of social ethics at the University of San Francisco and serves on the archdiocesan Board of Education and the board of directors of Catholic Charities CYO.

what will happen if they continue on the path of violence but offer help. “It is a comprehensive approach to addressing violence in the community,” Rocha said. “You stand shoulder-to-shoulder in that effort. So it is not a cop thing, it is not a church thing, it’s not a social worker thing – it is a community coalition speaking with one voice.” In East Palo Alto, Rocha has enlisted the churches because the churches have credibility, he said. Father Goode, for instance, attended the Aug. 8 Operation Ceasefire “call-in,” Rocha said. The presentations are followed by one-to-one connections including help with job training, housing, job placement, finding counseling, Rocha said. “You cannot say, ‘I had no other place to go.’ Yes, you did,” said Rocha. Approximately 30 to 90 percent of those targeted have signed up since

March, and none has relapsed, Rocha said. “It’s a simple way,” said Father Goode. “But I think it is taking the bull by the horns and trying to clarify what their options are and encouraging them to pick good options.”

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coming back because they keep them afraid,” Archbishop Tobin said. “But certainly, on our side of the river or our side of the pond, we had created an atmosphere where that was possible,” and where the idea that some communities would be closed down “didn’t seem to be so outlandish.” “It’s like preaching; it’s not what you say, it’s what they hear ... and what a lot of these women heard was someone telling them their life was not loyal and faith-filled,” he said. In the end, though, many congregations found the process was not as bad as they feared, he said, and “an important outcome that is already happening is that there is a growing number of women religious in the United States who say, ‘We need reconciliation, but it has to happen among ourselves. It can’t be imposed by the Vatican.’” Archbishop Tobin said reconciliation is needed within and among communities, including between those represented by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, which stereotypically are seen, respectively, as very progressive and very conservative. “The visitors themselves were from the two different groups, and they found out from talking to each other that the caricatures weren’t accurate,” he said.

■ Continued from cover the apostolic visitor appointed by the Vatican, has submitted her “overall draft report,” but the congregation is expecting another 400 reports from the sisters who visited each community and from many of the communities themselves. The congregation, which has a staff of 40, including only three native English speakers, will need help reading, assessing and responding to the reports, he said. One possibility, Archbishop Tobin said, is to ask religious congregations based in Rome to allow U.S. members of their general councils to serve as consultants to the congregation and help go through all the reports. The fact that Cardinal Rode had decided the visitors’ reports would not be shared with the individual communities was only “part of the real harm done at the beginning,” Archbishop Tobin said. The situation was exacerbated by “rumors and, I would say, some rather unscrupulous canonical advisers exploited that” by sowing fear that the Vatican would replace the leadership of some communities or dissolve them altogether. “It’s like Fox News, they keep people

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Yolanda Chavez, whose son was shot to death July 19, is comforted by a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

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9/11Memorial Events Sept. 11, 2 p.m.: Concert commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks at the annual Opera in the Park in Sharon Meadows of Golden Gate Park. Music Director Nicola Luisotti will conduct the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, chorus and acclaimed soloists from the company’s fall 2011 season in a concert featuring Mozart’s masterpiece, Requiem, and inspirational works by American composers Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and John Williams. During the Mozart Requiem, meditational texts will be read by representatives of various religious traditions that make up the San Francisco Interfaith Council. Opera General Director David Gockley will serve as master of ceremonies joined on stage by a roster of distinguished political, interfaith and civic dignitaries. Admission is free. Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m.: “Annual Police/Fire Memorial Mass” at St. Monica Church, Geary at 24th Avenue in San Francisco. Liturgy is sponsored by SFPD and SFFD. Father John Greene, pastor of St. Monica and chaplain to the SFFD, is principal celebrant. The Mass prays for all firefighters and police officers who have died. Reception follows. There is ample parking on 23rd Avenue.

The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi and La Nuova Porziuncola Vallejo and Columbus in North Beach: The Porziuncola and “Francesco Rocks” Gift Shop – online at www.knightsofsaintfrancis.com - are open every day but Monday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The shrine church – online at www.shrinesf.org - is open every day 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with Mass Monday through Saturday at 12:15 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. Rosary is prayed daily in Porziuncola at 4:30 p.m. Call (415) 986-4557.

Lectures Sept. 25, 2 – 4 p.m.: “The Catholic Church in the World: Faith in the Arts” with San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park. Archbishop Niederauer will lead a discussion on Flannery O’Connor, contemporary American novelist and short story writer who died in 1964. Archbishop Niederauer said in a lecture at the University of San Francisco in 2007 that O’Connor “valued the church highly and observed it acutely, warts and all.” He noted that the writer died during the Second Vatican Council “while the bishops were writing anew what she had always known: that the church is the body of Christ, the people of God; that laypeople are its flesh and blood; and that the clergy and religious orders are its servantleaders.” Suggested donation is $20 per person. Visit www.vallombrosa.org.

Youth Ministry Oct. 4, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m.: “Catholic College Fair” at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Meet with representatives from Catholic colleges including Ave Maria University, Belmont Abbey College, Creighton University, Gonzaga University, Notre Dame de Namur University, University of Notre Dame, University of San Francisco, Holy Names University, St. Mary’s College and other Catholic schools. Event is sponsored by the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Call (415) 614-5650.

Food and Fun Sept. 2: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets for Mass and breakfast at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Bon Air Road in Kentfield. Guest speaker is Heidi Kuhn, founder of Roots of Peace, known around the world for its efforts in the clearing of land mines. Email sugaremy@aol.com. Sept. 16 and 19: “Annual Golf and Tennis Classic” benefiting Sonoma’s Hanna Boys Center. The racquets come out on Friday at Napa’s Silverado Country Club and the clubs on Monday at Sonoma Golf Club. Cost to participate in the tennis tourney is $150 per person and includes

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Respect Life 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 and national voice 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. Sept. 17, 11 a.m.: “Outdoor Mass in Memory of the Little Ones” at Rachel Shrine of Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy is principal celebrant. Mass prays for children who died before, at or after birth. Light lunch follows the liturgy. Enter cemetery main gate and posted signs will guide you to the prayer site. Contact Project Rachel Ministry at (415) 614-5570 or (415) 717-6428.

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. September 16-18: CYO Camp Alumni Weekend. All generations of CYO Camp Staff are invited to connect at this special alumni weekend. There will be opportunities to see the

camp and experience camp activities such as swimming, archery, canoeing, baseball and basketball games. There will also be opportunities for volunteer work projects throughout the weekend to improve Camp facilities and to hear about how to get involved in various alumni efforts, such as membership, marketing and fundraising. Alumni and their families welcome. CYO Camp is a program of Catholic Charities CYO. Details and costs are listed at the CYO Camp Alumni website http://camp.cccyo.org/alumni.

Marriage Help Nov. 4-6: Marriage Help – Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi), a Catholic program, has helped thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. For confidential information about, or to register for the program on November 4 - 6 call (415) 8931005 or email SF@Retrouvaille.org or visit www. Retrouvaille.org or www.retroCA.com.

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 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.

Reunions Sept. 10: Immaculate Conception Academy, class of ’46, at Joe’s of Westlake. Call Bernice Johnston at (650) 574-8365. Sept. 14, noon: Class of ‘48/49 from St. Anthony Elementary School in San Francisco at Basque Cultural Center, 599 Railroad Ave. in South San Francisco. Contact Jean Ferlick Kniffin at (650) 341-0282 or Elizabeth Caltani Cesca at (650) 588-5798. September 17: Presentation High School, San Francisco class of 1951. Contact Audrey Sylvester Trees at (650) 592-0273 or email audreytrees@sbcglobal.net. Sept. 17: Class of ’61, School of the Epiphany in San Francisco. Contact Ralph Barsi at (650) 3556614 or email rebarsi@comcast.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

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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail. 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.A.R.

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 125th Anniversary Cookbook of Memories As food has always been a comfort to families who have experienced a loss, it seems only fitting that Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery would create a cookbook in honor of its 125th Anniversary. We would like to create a cookbook of memories – special recipes of your loved ones who are interred in Holy Cross. If your Grandmother, Mom, Dad or Great Uncle Sam made a special dish and is interred in Holy Cross, we hope that you will share that favorite recipe. You may forward your recipe to the attention of Christine Stinson by email costinson@holycrosscemeteries.com, by mail to Holy Cross Cemetery, P.O. Box 1577, Colma, CA 94014 or drop it off at our office or All Saints Mausoleum on weekends. Please include your loved one’s name, date of burial and grave location with the recipe. Also, please include your name and contact information.

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Faith Formation Faith Formation Conference 2011 Date: November 18-19, 2011 Hosted by: Diocese of San Jose, Archdiocese of San Francisco, Dioceses of Monterey, Oakland, and Stockton Location: Santa Clara Convention Center Audience: 2500+ attendees from Northern California Communities / Language supported: English, Spanish, and Vietnamese Theme: Go! Glorify the Lord by your Life! Why: The Faith Formation Conference offers an opportunity to nourish your mind, heart, and soul. What: Receive Catholic formation, education, and training in catechesis, liturgy, social justice, youth and young adult, family life and ethnic ministry Who: 500+ catholic teachers from the Diocese of San Jose will join the conference on Friday, November 18. Did you know? ● The Faith Formation Conference workshops and exhibits appeal to parish ministers, teachers, parents, parishioners, pastors, pastoral associates, principals, and a wide variety of audiences ● The conference empowers people for ministry ● The conference appeals to parents — pass on the faith to their children, to be a creative catechist and teacher ● The conference allows people to deepen their faith and have a greater desire to proclaim the Word of God ● The conference allows people to learn about how the different images of Jesus have appealed to different groups of Christians ● The conference allows people to learn a new approach to reading the gospels How: Registration brochures delivered to parishes and delivered to the homes of past attendees. ● Online registration ● For more information on speakers, workshops, visit website: www.faithformationconference.com

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August 26, 2011

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of July Esteban Cruz Ibarra Robert H. Jungen Mary B. Kelly Vida Kern Patrick F. Kerrigan Andrew Agustinovich Rita Marie Klitgaard Cesar Villanueva Aldea, Sr. Dina E. Kowalski Josefina Alvarez Daniel Lann Rebecca P. Alvarez Clementine Lee Escolastica M. Anonuevo Jack V. Leonard Herbert W. Aparacio Benito Co Lo Argentina M. Balbi Kevin Allen Mack, M.D. Olivia N. Basich Della E. Maggioncalda Mary Rosetta Borden Bernice D. Malino Charles M. Borg Mario Martinez Peggy Burner Esperanza M. Mayrena Victor Burner Numeriano V. Mayrena John M. Butticci Aoife Marie McConn Benedicto E. Candelaria Georgene Noel McGee Ida A. Carrillo Jack McHugh Jayden I. Carrion Edgar McKenzie Eugenia A. Carter Richard Messinger Lolita Catania Rosemary Messinger Jorge L. Chavez Phillip E. Miller Carolyn M. Colombo Ruth L. Miller Teresa M. da Rosa Eva Louise Miraglia Joan L. De Aquino Marie J. Moesch Matthew Del Priore Joseph J. Mogannam Jose Santos Dominguez Sr. Mary Leonard Donovan, SHF Lorraine M. Monroe Jack Montserrat Catherine H. Duffy William T. Murphy Catherine Ramos Escobar Juan Jose Fernandez-Del-Campo Angelina R. Myhre Lorraine Rose Navarra Mary E. Ferrer Josephine M. Nolan Richard Gene Fornesi Gerald J. O’Connor Patricia Ann Galliano Donald Barton O’Loughlin Tony C. Garcia Michael Vincent O’Rourke Eugene L. Gartland Josefa M. Orozco Anna Frances Gatton Kum Rye Park Clorinda Germano Mary D. Perea Iyad Z. Ghishan Spencer G. Perez Catherine Giliberti Mary J Podesta Dennis G. Gleavy Augusto B. Ponce de Leon James Michael Gordon Laura T. Powers Sr. Florence Mary Gough Delfin S. Pracale, Jr. aka Sr. M. Agnes Gough, SHF Rosa Puc Dennis A. Greene Benjamin Putman Mary Griffin Jane Rae James Warren Ham Frank Ramacciotti Robin Lee Hippler, Sr. Charles Henry Ray Neva M. Hogan Nicolas Rojas Phyliss Howell Dr. Benito M.San Gil Kathleen “Kathy” Hughes Encarnacion Santos Ralph James Hutchison

HOLY CROSS COLMA

Kris Schivo Frances M. Schoenstein Mary J. Schroeder Kyongsik John Shin Rev. Zachary J. Shore Yakov Shpakov Flordeliza Sideco Agnes Isabel Sison W. LeRoy Strong Maureen Studen Joseph Francis Sullivan Fely R. Tagaca Pauline E. Tolari Frances Tonna Rose Torrao Tuitoga F. Tuia Christina M. Valerio Roberto J. Villanueva Martin Villanueva Robert P. Villanueva John D. Kenly Wade, Sr. Dolly Hazel Wolf Leslie K. Yee Eva Zirelli

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK William J. Boudreau Hugo Chavez Timothy John Collins Katherine M. Cutting Siulua A. Faleofa Elsa Garcia George Hoberg Joseph Philip Morey III John B. Morey, Jr. Kathleen Kenny Spillane Aisea Uhila

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Alba Mary Ciucci Rosalie A. (Rose) Ottolini William H. Powell, Jr. William (Bill) Stinchcomb Maria da Gloria Vargas Jean Westcott

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA FIRST SATURDAY MASS Saturday, September 3, 2011 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11 am Rev. Eugene Tungol, Celebrant

Mass and Healing Liturgy in memory of our Little Ones Sponsored by The Archdiocesan Project Rachel Ministry and Holy Cross Cemetery Saturday, September 17, 2011 Outdoor Mass – Statue of Rachel Mourning – 11am Bishop Robert McElroy, 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

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