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By George Raine

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It’s chilling enough that one in 11 adolescents is a victim of physical dating violence, but it only gets worse: Research shows that one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. It would make sense, then, to make a case for healthy relationships – and do it early.

A workshop titled “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” conducted for eighth graders at Mission Dolores School – now Mission Dolores Academy - in May did just that – not jarringly, but to make the point that if young people are uncomfortable in relationships, fix them, and establish rules of behavior, and offer lessons on how not to be hurtful.

It certainly worked for one eighth-grader, a boy, who in a comment wrote, “I don’t personally have experience with domestic violence but I know what I don’t want to be when I grow up.”

It was the first of what may be a series of workshops presented by Angelina Quintana, 23, and Melissa Suncin, 24, themselves graduates of Mission Dolores, and produced by Ministers of Light, a ministry within the Archdiocese of San Francisco offering domestic violence counseling from a Catholic and faith-based perspective.

The ministry is exploring the possibility of holding the workshop at other schools, as it has become clear that unhealthy relationships often start early and can lead to a lifetime of abuse, and as the archdiocese turns a spotlight on the work of the Ministers of Light at the third annual domestic violence awareness Mass Oct. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

The Ministers of Light is a survivor-driven, survivor-led ministry that formed at Mission Dolores in 2008. That year, its founder and director, Marisela Sookraj, was preparing to be baptized when, she said, her sponsor and then-boyfriend beat her, fracturing her skull. Her colleagues in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults comforted her, but Sookraj felt a void: There was no faith-based, Catholic domestic violence support group in San Francisco or in the archdiocese. She approached San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice, who, indeed, was supportive, and this year the ministry, now also formed at nine other parishes in the archdiocese and looking to expand, is being folded into the archdiocese’s Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns.

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Elizabeth Ver, 22, and her special “angel” Marilyn Knight share a close moment at Ver’s baby shower Sept. 17 at St. Hilary Parish in Tiburon.

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Parish ‘angels’ embrace struggling mom-to-be

– Each year, one in four adolescents reports verbal, physical, emotional or sexual abuse.

By Lidia Wasowicz On a cloudless Saturday afternoon, a host of “angels” at St. Hilary Church in Tiburon flutters around the hall, checking every detail on the balloonfestooned tables laden with savory sandwiches, salads and sweets and piled with festively wrapped baby gifts.

They want to ensure perfection at their first shower for their first “client” since last October’s launch of

– One in five adolescents reports being a victim of emotional abuse.

– Nearly 80 percent of girls who have been victims of physical abuse in their dating relationships continue to date the abuser.

the parish’s Gabriel Project, which serves and supports the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of momsto-be in distress.

When she finally appears, a half- hour late due to heavy East Bay traffic, they hover over her with hugs and hellos.

Overwhelmed by the attention and affection, the attractive and very pregnant young woman has no doubt her newfound mentors are heaven-sent.

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He now makes his home at Nazareth House in San Rafael. Father Len, now 76 and ordained March 30, 1963, served as pastor of St. Peter’s for 23 years before retiring to residency at St. Stephen Parish in San Francisco in 2004. He also served at parishes including Father Wilton Smith St. Sebastian in Kentfield, Our Lady of Loretto in Novato and taught at Junipero Serra High School. All of our 90 retired priests – some even that age - will be remembered at the first St. John Vianney Luncheon for retired priests at St. Mary’s Cathedral Oct. 21 at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $100 per person and promised are

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By Valerie Schmalz Two San Francisco supervisors said NARAL Pro-Choice California failed to prove that First Resort engages in false advertising, even as they joined in voting to forward legislation targeting pregnancy centers to the full Board of Supervisors for a vote Oct. 4.

The “False Advertising by Limited Services Pregnancy Centers” legislation, introduced by Supervisor Malia Cohen and written by City Attorney Dennis Herrera, is aimed at First Resort’s use of billboards in poor Latino and African-American neighborhoods and pay-perclick Google ads that bring up First Resort’s website in response to the search engine query “abortion.”

The proposed ordinance would affect speech of any kind by the organization or its employees, First Resort said in a statement submitted to the committee. First Resort is an Oakland-based nonprofit pregnancy counseling and women’s health clinic that provides free medical services.

“The legislative record here is empty,” Supervisor Sean Elsbernd said, saying he would vote against the ordinance after confirming with the deputy city attorney that state law regulating medical clinics prohibits false advertising and

thus already covers First Resort’s operations. “I do not want to see us pursue this.”

“I would love to be able to support the legislation that would protect a woman’s right to choose,” said Supervisor John Avalos, chairman of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, at the Sept. 26 hearing. “I think if you can produce a record of false advertising here in San Francisco, I can support it.”

Elsbernd said that legislation targeting pregnancy centers in New York, Baltimore and Texas has not stood up to court challenge.

This is the first time medical clinics were included, and Elsbernd said no testimony against non-licensed Alpha Pregnancy Center was presented.

“It puts at risk our ability to proceed in a court if there is an appeal,” Avalos said.

First Resort said the proposed legislation would have a “chilling” effect on free speech, imposes Draconian fines for vague violations of speech and is directed solely at pregnancy centers, specifically First Resort, as it exempts from any penalties all organizations that provide or provide referrals for abortion.

“The proposed ordinance is the result of a private political organization using the power of government to attack another organization based on that organization’s ideas and speech.

Archbishop’s recovery progressing San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer, who on Aug. 29 underwent successful emergency double bypass surgery in Southern California, is recovering “as expected from the major procedure,” San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice said in a statement.

“Following his doctors’ orders, he continues to be unable to accept visitors or calls during this period of recovery,” Bishop Justice said. He added that the archbishop “is keeping up with his correspondence” and expresses “his appreciation for your prayers and for your expressions of concern and affection.”

Archbishop Niederauer has returned from Southern California to his residence in San Francisco, where he continues to recuperate.

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National Abortion Rights Action League (“NARAL”) has long attacked First Resort in NARAL’s publications and ‘investigations,’” First Resort said in its statement. “It is an abuse of governmental power and the legislative process to draft legislation to target one organization for the benefit of a political ally.”

The third supervisor on the committee, Eric Mar, said he supported the legislation and asked Cohen to add him as a co-sponsor. “If you are providing accurate information, what do you have to be afraid of?” Mar asked. The other co-sponsors are Supervisors Scott Wiener, Jane Kim and David Chiu.

In testimony by its officers and employees, First Resort said it always presents clients with a form that states it does not refer or do abortions, that if asked about abortion on the telephone it states it does not do abortions or refer for them,

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“I was very surprised” by the committee’s decision not to recommend passage, said First Resort CEO Shari Plunkett.

“We’d heard that the supervisors, as they said, were strongly pro-choice so we were concerned that there would be a flat-out yes vote but instead they sent it forward without a recommendation and called on the supporters to give more evidence,” said First Resort board member and attorney Paul Sluis.

Bill sponsor Cohen said she is confident the bill will pass the full board of supervisors. “This is not a piece of legislation that is ill-spirited,” Cohen said.

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has transferred responsibility for two very precise administrative procedures from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments to the Roman Rota, a church court.

The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, published the papal directive Sept. 27 giving the Rota responsibility for handling procedures involving a marriage that was celebrated validly but not consummated and for cases involving the nullity of an ordination.

Pope Benedict said he made the change so that the congregation for worship could “dedicate itself principally to giving a new impulse to the promotion of the sacred liturgy in the church, according to the renewal willed by the Second Vatican Council.�

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Palestinians seek statehood Palestinians cheer in the West Bank city of Hebron before a public screening of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the United Nations Sept. 23.

Abbas asked the United Nations to recognize a state for his people, even though Israel still occupies its territory and the United States has vowed to veto the move.

Church leaders step up Abuse was ‘torture,’ of Berlusconi human rights group says criticism ROME – The head of the Italian bishVATICAN CITY – The abuse of children in Irish institutions amounted to torture and represents an enormous human rights failure, Amnesty International Ireland said.

Based on evidence revealed by a number of independent commissions, “children were tortured. They were brutalized, beaten, starved and abused,� said Colm O’Gorman, executive director of the Ireland office of the human rights organization. “Much of the abuse described in the Ryan Report meets the legal definition of torture under international human rights law,� he said in a statement issued Sept. 26.

The kind of abuse documented in the so-called Ferns, Murphy and Cloyne reports also “included acts that amounted to torture and inhuman and degrading treatment,� the statement said. “The abuse of tens of thousands of Irish children is perhaps the greatest human rights failure in the history of the state� of Ireland, said O’Gorman, who was abused by a priest in the Diocese of Ferns, Ireland, in the 1980s.

ops’ conference condemned the “licentious behavior and improper relations� of Italy’s political class, in what was seen as the strongest church criticism to date of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The speech by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa Sept. 26 did not specifically name Berlusconi but appeared to respond to recent sex scandal revelations involving the 74-year-old prime minister. He is accused of paying for sex with a 17-year-old dancer and is also facing trial for fraud. “It is sad to see the deterioration of public morals and language,� Cardinal Bagnasco said in an address to Italian bishops. “It is especially mortifying to witness behavior that is not only contrary to public decorum but also intrinsically wretched and empty,� he said.

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Supreme Court began debates Sept. 26 on the legality of two states’ constitutional amendments that human life begins at conception.

But the Archdiocese of Mexico City questioned how the 11 judges could consider overturning the amendments since the court ruled in a 2008 case that any state government could set health policy as it sees fit. “The issue is very simple: The states of the republic have the right to defend human life just as Mexico City expressed its right not to,� the archdiocese said in a Sept. 25 editorial in its publication, Desde la Fe. The editorial also took issue with the court for failing to decide the legality of abortion – and focusing on jurisdictional matters, instead.

In 2008, the court ruled, 8-3, to uphold a Mexico City law decriminalizing abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization is “wholly inadequate to protect the conscience rights of Catholic hospital and health care organizations,� the head of the Catholic Health Association told the Department of Health and Human Services.

Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity who is CHA president and CEO, proposed in Sept. 23 comments to HHS that the definition of a religious employer be adapted to one contained in the Internal Revenue Code, which says an organization is “associated with a church if it shares common religious bonds and convictions with the church.�

Instead, the HHS proposal defines a religious organization that could be exempt from the mandate as one that meets four criteria – “(1) has the inculcation of religious values as its purpose; (2) primarily employs persons who share its religious tenets; (3) primarily serves persons who share its religious tenets; and (4) is a nonprofit organization� under specific sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

That definition has drawn criticism from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and other Catholic groups. HHS was accepting comments on the proposed religious exemption until Sept. 30.

Phoenix: New norms for Communion cup PHOENIX – Plans are under way in the Diocese of Phoenix to implement new local norms for the distribution of Communion.

As a result, the wine that becomes Jesus’ blood at consecration will not be offered at every Sunday Mass, but instead will be reserved for special occasions, left to the determination of each parish pastor.

The change will bring local Catholic celebration of the Eucharist into union with the practice of the faithful around the world, according to diocesan officials, who said receiving Communion under both kinds is uncommon in most countries. “What many people don’t realize is that we’ve had experimental privileges,� said Father Kieran Kleczewski, executive director of the Phoenix diocesan Office of Worship. “We’re now under the same norms as the church in the rest of the world.�

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– Archbishop Dolan said the bishops “reject all hatred and unjust treatment against any person” but called for dialogue with the president on the “definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman.”

– He predicted that the administration’s stance on the Defense of Marriage Act would “precipitate a national conflict between church and state of enormous proportions.”

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WASHINGTON (CNS) – New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, told President Barack Obama in a Sept. 20 letter that his administration’s fight against the Defense of Marriage Act will undermine marriage and create a serious breach of church-state relations.

The law, known as DOMA, defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

“It is especially wrong and unfair to equate opposition to redefining marriage with either intentional or willfully ignorant racial discrimination, as your administration insists Archbishop on doing,” the archbishop said.

The text of his letter Dolan was released late Sept. 21 by the U.S. Conference of underscored Catholic Bishops.

There was no immethe church’s diate response from the White House to a Sept. 22 position request from Catholic News Service for comment on the recognizing ‘the archbishop’s letter.

Archbishop Dolan immeasurable underscored the church’s position recognizing “the personal dignity immeasurable personal dignity and equal worth of all individuals, including and equal those with same-sex attraction” and said “we reject all worth of all hatred and unjust treatment against any person.” individuals.’

But he called for dialogue with the president on the Defense of Marriage Act and the “definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman.”

“I am convinced that the door to a dialogue that is strong enough to endure even serious and fundamental disagreements can and must remain open, and I believe that you desire the same,” the USCCB leader wrote.

He predicted that the administration’s actions in relation to the Defense of Marriage Act would “precipitate a national conflict between church and state of enormous proportions and to the detriment of both institutions.”

He said the administration’s decision last spring not to defend DOMA in court was “problem enough, given the duty of the executive branch to enforce even laws it disfavors.” But now the Justice Department “has shifted ... to actively attacking DOMA’s constitutionality,” he said.

In addition to the two-page letter, Archbishop Dolan sent Obama a three-page analysis prepared by USCCB staff on “recent federal threats to marriage.” The analysis cited: – The Department of Justice’s July brief in Golinski v.

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Revised missal: More answers to common questions

By Laura Bertone In early September, we began a series of questions and answers on the revised Roman Missal. We continue the discussion with the people’s parts: Why and how they are changing on the First Sunday of Advent.

Second in a series Why are the people’s parts changing?

As soon as a revised/third edition of the Roman Missal was approved in 2000 by Pope John Paul II, and published in 2002, experts began translating the Latin book into

The language is at times less familiar and more formal, but it is also more theologically precise and consistent.

English. This included tens of thousands of prayers which had to be analyzed in the original Latin, translated into English, reviewed and approved in a complex and lengthy process until the texts were ready for publishing in English. Due to the new work on translating the Latin texts, some modifications were made to the responses and prayers the congregation says at Mass (almost all the priest’s parts were also newly translated and therefore changed). All these revisions were made so that the English better reflects as closely as possible what the Latin is communicating – with the least amount of interpretation. This means the language is at times less familiar and more formal, but it is also more theologically precise and consistent.

A page from the new Roman Missal shows a change in the people’s response when the priest says, “The Lord be with you.” The congregation responds, “And with your spirit.” New missals are on the way to parishes throughout the United States for use beginning the First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27.

How are the people’s parts changing?

Most of the changes are small – a word added or moved to be more exact and consistent throughout the Mass. In some ways, this may make it more difficult to change – we are so used to saying the words by rote that to change a little thing can really throw us off. This is actually a change that many people are looking forward to – the small alterations will force every one of us to stop saying things without thinking about what we are declaring (often also said as fast as we can as if it were a race to the amen), and instead we can focus on precisely what we are communicating. It may be hard to break a bad habit, and take a lot of practice to do so, but an advantage is that we will all be praying with more intention and attention.

Some of the changes are more significant: entire phrases added or moved, and new – and in some cases infrequently used – vocabulary are now in place.

Note that the following people’s parts are not changing: Lord have mercy/Christ have mercy (also known as the Kyrie); the Our Father and the acclamation which follows; and the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei).

Next week’s topic: Music and the revised Roman Missal.

Laura Bertone is interim director for the Office of Worship of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Most of the changes are small – a word added or moved to be more exact and consistent throughout the Mass.

People’s parts of the new missal: Greeting and Penitential Act Changes in the revised Roman Missal are in bold.

Greeting Priest: The Lord be with you.

People: And with your spirit.

Penitential Act A: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. Or B: Have mercy on us, O Lord.

People: For we have sinned against you.

Priest: Show us, O Lord, you mercy.

People: And grant us your salvation.

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Countdown: There are 57 days to implementation of the Roman Missal third edition Nov. 27.

Beginning with the current issue, Catholic San Francisco is serializing the people’s parts of the new missal.

The paper will publish the people’s parts in full on Nov. 18, the last issue before the new Mass changes are introduced on the First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27. Next week: Gloria.

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Dioceses working diligently to prepare faithful for new missal

By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) – In real estate, the mantra is “location, location, location.” When it comes to preparing Catholics for the introduction of the new Roman Missal, the mantra could well be “catechesis, catechesis, catechesis.”

Dioceses are trying to leave no stone unturned when it comes to preparing everyone from clergy to “the people in the pews” when the new missal’s use begins with the First Sunday of Advent.

“We started planning about five years ago,” said Rita Thiron, director of the Office of Worship for the Diocese of Lansing, Mich.

Even before the plan was formally unveiled last October, the diocese started priming the pump early last year with a series of “very generic articles” about liturgy, the Mass and the liturgical year, Thiron said.

“Then later in 2010, we began a series of articles on the process of translation and on the new Roman Missal

Msgr. Schlitt to brother clergy: Be prepared!

By Msgr. Harry Schlitt I just completed six Masses beginning with the First Sunday of Advent for television. We have to tape the Masses well in advance, because of “closed captioning” and logistical timing to get them into the media outlets.

This short essay is to my brother priests who will experience the majority of minor changes in the language that is now our Now I know new Roman Missal. Be prepared! what our I found the experience of making the changes very forefathers difficult and wondered through the entire process, experienced “why?” There are phrases and paragraphs that yearn after so many for explanation and much less enhance the meaning or inspire as the original years of the Latin texts were intended.

Now I know what our foreLatin when fathers experienced after so many years of the Latin asked in the when asked in the `60s to go to the English.

‘60s to go to It’s not my place to be critical of the many translators, liturgists and the English. high-ranking clergymen who are responsible for the changes. But it is worth my reaching out to the priests and people of the archdiocese and suggest that you be prepared. Use the time allotted to practice so that you are not surprised by expressions like “sending down your Spirit upon them like a dewfall” … “welcome them into the light of your face” … “our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep.” Believe me, it can be distracting.

I only wish I had had more time to practice before the lights went on and the cameras were rolling. But I guess after almost 50 years of doing it one way, I’ll be able to adjust to doing it another way.

It all begins in the season of Advent when we are reminded again and again from Scripture, hymn and word about “preparation.” So I say unto you, be prepared!

Msgr. Harry Schlitt is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and a former vicar for administration and moderator of the curia.

itself,” she added. “Over the next 12 months, we did a series of articles about the Mass and the wording of different parts of the Mass and what would change.” Those

Priests are an important constituency in making a smooth transition to the new missal. articles were converted into a series of parish bulletin inserts slated to run through November.

“In June of 2010, we did a series of workshops for the parish leaders, reached 750 parish leaders, and they in turn were trained to do things in their parishes,” Thiron told Catholic News Service. “We did daylong workshops with them, gave them all kinds of resources – tips, handouts.”

She added, “We met with the musicians pretty early on in November 2010 to discuss the chant settings in the Roman Missal as well as the new single Mass setting that our diocese would use for six months.”

Parish musicians are one key element to making the changeover work well. The St. Louis Review, newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, posted on its website a series of musical settings for different parts of the Mass for use with the new Roman Missal. The settings are performed by a parish musician: Matthew Baute, music director at Holy Trinity Parish in St. Ann, Mo. In the far-flung Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M., “we’ve done 19 regional workshops for our music people, introducing them to the (liturgical) dialogues, and three Mass settings that we’re recommending – not requiring, recommending” for use, said Linda Krehmeier, director of the archdiocesan Office of Worship and Christian Initiation.

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– “We will need to learn new words ... but the deeper question is why.”

–“Most of the changes are on the priest.”

– “It’s been a massive undertaking.”

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hearts,” said Jackson Schoos, music director of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tenn., at an August symposium for diocesan music ministers, “and change can be a little disconcerting.”

“I don’t think it will be that difficult” for the people to adjust to the new musical settings, said Father Jerry Strange, a former music teacher who is associate pastor of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Hendersonville, Tenn. “Most of the changes are on the priest.”

Priests are another important constituency in making a smooth transition to the new missal.

Father Tom Dente, head of the Office of Divine Worship for the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., said the archdiocese “broke the ice” two years ago in having two priests well-versed in the new missal – one of them being Msgr. James Moroney, former executive director of what is now called the Secretariat for Divine Worship at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops – to get their fellow priests ready for the changes.

The Diocese of Orlando, Fla., used its clergy convocation in August to prepare priests in the use of the new Roman Missal, according to Father Richard Hilgartner, Msgr. Moroney’s successor at the USCCB. “We will need to learn new words ... but the deeper question is why,” said Evan Stricklin, a pastoral administration and a parish liturgy director in the Diocese of Metuchen, N.J., at an Aug. 22 meeting of clergy in the Diocese of Nashville.

“Our challenge is to look at the words sacramentally” to understand the meaning contained in them, he added.

Dioceses also have prepared compact discs for clergy to hear the music and prayers contained in the missal so they don’t have to open the missal cold and be

Fathers Joseph Fitzgerald and Gregory Rannazzisi enjoy a light moment during a workshop to prepare priests for the implementation of the third edition of the Roman Missal at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Melville, N.Y., in May.

expected to recite new prayers flawlessly at first sight.

“They’re the guys we really need to serve the most and they have to serve our people the best,” Lansing’s Thiron told CNS. “And throughout it, our bishop (Earl A. Boyea) had been extremely supportive and eager for it to succeed. And he’s even buying all of our priests missals.”

Even though Thiron said the cost is “not as much as you think,” even for the 200 priests serving in the diocese, the list price of an “altar edition” of the new Roman Missal is $169 from USCCB Publishing. A “chapel edition,” smaller in size but with all of the same prayers and rubrics, lists for $115.

In the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, “we did 10 eight-hour workshops around

the archdiocese,” Krehmeier told CNS.” Originally they were intended for training the trainers – like for liturgical leadership. But we ended up with people from the pews and just about anybody coming to those. We probably have had about 700-800 people who attended them – two Saturdays – using the FDLC material,” a reference to the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions.

In the archdiocese’s northernmost parish, parishioners are typically expected to make a four-hour trek to Albuquerque and back again for training. But when a missal workshop was made available at their parish, 80 people turned out, Krehmeier said.

“It’s been a massive undertaking, she added. “Based on what I’ve been told,” Krehmeier said, “this by far has reached

more people than any other single project in terms of liturgy.

The most recent Mass book changes -- which more closely reflect “Liturgiam Authenticam” (“The Authentic Liturgy”), the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments’ 2001 document on liturgical translations -- are unlikely to be the last, liturgists agree.

From Aramaic to Greek to Latin to vernacular language after the Second Vatican Council, the Mass has evolved over 2,000 years in an effort to help worshippers appreciate the mystery that is God. “It’s not the changing that’s abnormal. It’s not changing that’s abnormal,” said Jesuit Father John Baldovin, professor of historical and liturgical theology at Boston College, who explores the history of the missal and the new English translation in a video series on the National Jesuit News website.

The translation that began being implemented in English-speaking countries in 2010 has been openly criticized by some clergy and liturgy experts for its structurally complicated language that they believe strays from the intent of Vatican II’s liturgical reforms. But other liturgists responsible for catechesis on the missal are reminding the faithful that the translation helps bind modern-day Catholics with early Christians through its more authentic language.

“People may find it interesting that this has developed over centuries. It isn’t something dropped out of the sky at Vatican II, but it has a history,” said Christina Ronzio, director of the Office for Worship in the Cleveland diocese.

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Sacred Heart Sister Barbara Dawson has been appointed provincial of the United States Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart.

She will take her post in 2012. Sister Barbara entered the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1968, professed first vows in San Francisco in 1971 and made her final Sister Barbara profession in 1979 Dawson, RSCJ in Rome.

Sister Barbara will be responsible for the communities and ministries of the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the United States that includes schools in San Francisco and Atherton.

Sister Barbara, born in San Francisco, is a

graduate of St. Brendan School and her congregation’s Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. “The roots of my family and my faith are deep in San Francisco, beginning with both of my grandmothers who grew up in the Mission and Haight,” Sister Barbara said.

Sister Barbara said her commitment to the cause of poor people began in her legal work in the Tenderloin, and work at Catholic Charities in San Francisco and in Oakland.

“Of course I will bring these roots to my new work as our congregation continues to shape our mission of education in response to the needs of children and families in the 21st century,” she said.

Sacred Heart Sister Kathleen Conan is the congregation’s superior general. “Barb will bring to this service her strong commitment to the Society, her belief in our vocation and in the province,” she said.

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Violence . . . about our ministry,” said Sookraj, “that we are here, we are available to help survivors and also educate schools about prevention.”

At Mission Dolores School, the phrase that so many people of a certain age recall, “No means no,” only gets a laugh,” even while, said Suncin, one of the presenters, it certainly applies “and is totally applicable to our workshop.” The phrase that did resonate with the eighth-graders, she and her colleague Quintana said, is “Know your bottom lines.”

That means, they said, youngsters need to establish limits that can’t be breached, and, they added, young people have a responsibility to make those bottom lines known.

Here are a few examples of bottom lines from the Mission Dolores workshop: “I want my friends to be honest with me.

I don’t want to be mistreated or misused.

I want to be able to be myself. I can’t be friends with someone who bullies others. I don’t want to be talked down to.”

Some of the students, said Andreina Gualco, the former principal at Mission Dolores who recently became principal at the Church of Good Shepherd School in Pacifica, “do not necessarily have a lot of examples of healthy relationships in their

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Angelina Quintana, left, and Melissa Suncin, both of Mission Dolores Parish, are seen Sept. 23 outside Mission Dolores Basilica. In May, they conducted a workshop at the former Mission Dolores School for eighth-graders on teen dating and healthy relationships.

lives,” and in fact see violence in their homes. Accordingly, she said, one of the

values of the workshop was this: “To have someone come in, someone they could relate

to, and say, ‘Hey, this doesn’t have to be the way you have to live.’”

Gualso added, “It was good for those kids to get that reassurance that it is OK to speak up when something is not well, if you see your friend getting into a relationship that is unhealthy – to speak up and help them get out of it.”

Quintana and Suncin, who continue to be active at the Mission Dolores youth ministry activities, found that many of the eighth-graders believed that domestic or dating violence was something that befell other people. “They said, ‘I see it on TV and that is how it is for those people,’” said Suncin. “We made it clear to them that all situations are different and that this could happen to people of all creeds, backgrounds and socioeconomic classes. Unfortunately, it may come close to you or someone you know and we are teaching how to be aware and possibly prevent violence.”

Suncin added, “There is a responsibility to know how to handle yourself, knowing how to express yourself with others. If you are around people who make you uncomfortable when you express yourself you might want to reconsider those people and their relationship with you.”

Some of the children, said Quintana, said they did not know what their bottom lines are, that they had never been asked. “They had to think about it,” she said.

Life issues, disdain for faith linked in Respect Life Month message media, promote a selfish and demeaning view of human sexuality, by extolling the alleged good of sexual activity without love or commitment.”

Cardinal DiNardo noted that the theme for the 2011-12 Respect Life program, now in its 40th year, was taken from Jesus’ Cardinal Daniel promise in the N. DiNardo of 10th chapter of Galveston-Houston John: “I came so that all might have life and have it to the full.”

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WASHINGTON (CNS) – “Increasing attempts to expunge God and religious discourse from public life” are contributing to a growing disrespect for the unique status of human beings, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo said in a message for Respect Life Month in October.

In a statement made public Sept. 26, the archbishop of Galveston-Houston and chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities linked respect for life to recent moves to silence the voice of people motivated by faith.

“Some now even seek to eliminate religiously motivated people and organizations from public programs, by forcing them to violate their moral and religious convictions or stop serving the needy,” he said. “The same forces, aided by advertising and entertainment

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“Viewing life as a ‘zero-sum’ game, in which advancing one’s interests requires putting aside the needs of others, can lead to callous unconcern for anyone who is especially weak, defenseless and in need of our help,” Cardinal DiNardo said.

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The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo Street and Columbus Avenue, in San Francisco, has announced the following schedule of events honoring Mary, the rosary and the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: Oct. 2: Blessing of the Animals, 2 p.m. in the shrine church.

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Oct. 27 at 10 a.m. in the Shrine Church, there will be a convocation of San Francisco’s religious leaders from many faiths that will parallel the Pilgrimage for Peace in Assisi taking place the same day with Pope Benedict XVI and the world’s religious leaders.

The Porziuncola and “Francesco Rocks” Gift Shop are open every day from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with Mass in the shrine church 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 or visit www. knightsofsaintfrancis.com or www.shrinesf.org.

Parents and families supported by friends in the Catholic community gathered Sept. 17 at the Rachel Shrine at Holy Cross Cemetery in memory of young children who had died before, during or shortly after birth. Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy was principal concelebrant of the Mass and healing service that followed.

Concelebrants included Father Mark Taheny, Msgr. Mickey McCormick, Father Vito Perrone, and Capuchin Franciscan Father Michael Michael Mahoney. Deacon Pete Pelimiano assisted. Project Rachel, the archdiocesan post-abortion ministry, and Holy Cross Cemetery sponsored the celebration.

“Amidst the overwhelming sadness that at times comes to us in life, we are called always to try to find the enveloping consolation of God, even when it seems most difficult to do so,” Bishop McElroy said in a comment on the celebration to Catholic San Francisco.

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San Francisco’s St. Finn Barr School began use of its newly renovated kindergarten room Sept. 15, just in time for the school’s golden jubilee year. Pictured cutting the ribbon are Alex Ristaino`20, and Alex Novo `20, with kindergarten teacher Karen O’Reilly.

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Oct. 4: Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi.

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Oct. 15: Father Andrew Apostoli, of EWTN, will celebrate a special Mass at 9 a.m. in the shrine church prior to his keynote address that afternoon at the San Francisco Rosary

St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic School has received two donations totaling $1.85 million from the Mary A. Baracchi Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust, the Daughters of Charity Ministry Services Corporation announced.

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RESPECT LIFE ✦ SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2011 Study: Abortion harms women’s mental health The largest, most definitive analysis of the mental health risks associated with abortion was published Sept. 1 in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry.

Conducted by Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University, the analysis examines 22 studies published between 1995 and 2009 involving 877,181 women, of whom 163,831 had abortions.

The findings: — Women who have had an abortion have an 81 percent higher risk of subsequent mental health problems compared to women who have not had an abortion.

— Women who aborted have a 138 percent higher risk of mental health problems compared to women who have given birth.

— Women who aborted have a 55 percent higher risk of mental health problems compared to women with an `unplanned’ pregnancy who gave birth.

— Women with a history of abortion have higher rates of anxiety, depression, alcohol use/misuse, marijuana use, and suicidal behavior, compared to those who have not had an abortion.

Coleman notes that a 2010 study by Canadian researchers published after she completed her analysis of the 22 studies, arrived at “strikingly similar” conclusions regarding the increased risk of mental

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By Susan E. Wills

Father and daughter Nurse Vilma Silva hands Lester Hernandez his baby girl as his wife, Urania Rivas, watches at Casa Materna in Nicaragua in early August. Health workers have noticed more men accompanying their wives and babies to health clinics since the inception of a church-run program to educate men about treatment of women.

health problems associated with abortion.

The staff, priests and counselors in Project Rachel, the church’s post-abortion ministry, are well aware of the mental health problems women experience following an abortion. The national Project Rachel ministry website, which lists offices to call for confidential help, receives countless letters from women and men expressing profound anguish, sometimes for decades after an abortion. Thousands of tragic personal stories are posted in

chat rooms and on message boards like those at www.afterabortion.com.

And yet a handful of “pro-choice” academics continue to churn out papers attempting to show that “the few” women who have mental health problems after abortion are those who had mental health problems before their abortion. They claim that having an abortion is better for one’s mental health than giving birth to an “unplanned” (and therefore to their mind “unwanted”) child.

The staff, priests and counselors in Project Rachel, the church’s postabortion ministry, are well aware of the mental health problems women experience following an abortion.

Health care professionals have a duty to advise patients of the benefits and risks of a procedure “in a manner that reflects the current scientific literature,” so patients can make an informed choice.

As former abortion clinic staff attest, and as undercover journalists in the U.S. and U.K. have discovered, counselors at abortion clinics conceal mental and physical health risks — as well as the fact that the procedure will violently end a child’s life — in order to sell abortions.

Thanks to Coleman, the current scientific literature now proves that the increased risks to mental health from abortion outweigh any imagined “benefit” to women. Women considering abortion deserve to be told these facts—but they won’t hear them once they’re inside the clinic. It is up to us to get the word out.

Susan Wills is assistant director for education and outreach for the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-life Activities.

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RESPECT LIFE ✦ SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2011 Catholic groups mourn latest executions WASHINGTON (CNS) – Catholic and other groups mourned the executions Sept. 21 of Troy Davis in Georgia and of Lawrence Brewer in Texas.

Davis, 42, was put to death for his conviction in the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah, Ga., police officer Mark MacPhail. Brewer, 44, an admitted white supremacist, was executed for his role in the 1998 race-fueled murder of James Byrd Jr., who was dragged for miles from the back of a pickup truck.

“The executions of Davis and Brewer should remind us that racism is still a major issue in this country, and that our work to end the use of the death penalty should include work toward racial justice,” the Catholic Mobilizing Network said Sept. 22.

“As a church, we begin Respect for Life Month in October,” the group added. “The execution of Davis, surrounded by the considerable doubt of guilt, is a glaring reminder of the work that still needs to be done to end the use of the death penalty.”

Chris Brown of Atlanta holds a placard as protesters show their support for death-row inmate Troy Davis during a rally at the Capitol in Atlanta Sept. 20.

A parole board in Georgia denied a last-ditch clemency appeal by Davis, who was executed Sept . 21 for the murder of a police officer. Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, Pope Benedict XVI and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter are among those who argued for clemency for Davis.

In Texas, Jeffery Patterson, executive director of the state’s Catholic conference, said the Texas Catholic bishops “have strenuously opposed the death penalty because it violates the Catholic faith regarding the sacredness of human life.”

“The most recent execution underscores our commitment – and that of our partners – to advocate and educate policymakers and the public about the morally objectionable use of the death penalty in Texas,” he said.

Davis’ case drew worldwide attention. The execution was delayed for four hours while the U.S. Supreme Court heard, and ultimately rejected, an emergency appeal for a stay of execution. On Sept. 20, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole rejected a clemency request from Davis’ lawyers, and a day later it ruled out a polygraph test to keep Davis out of the death chamber.

Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta and retired Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah had asked the Georgia panel Sept. 12 to stop the clock ticking toward Davis’ execution.

“The death penalty is irreversibly wrong when there is an execution of a person who may possibly be innocent. The conviction and death sentence of Mr. Davis was based on testimony of key witnesses and did not result from physical evidence,” the prelates said.

“The Gospel that Christians proclaim is a Gospel of mercy, love and forgiveness,” they said. “We believe that the death penalty is not compatible with the Gospel. The common good and public security can be achieved in other ways. The Gospel calls us to proclaim the sacredness of human life under all circumstances.”

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RESPECT LIFE ✦ SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2011 Movies seen as influencing renewed At a glance momentum toward assisted suicide WASHINGTON (CNS) — An increase in the number of movies that present assisted suicide in a positive light is contributing to a renewed momentum to legalize physician-assisted suicide, especially in the New England states, a panelist said at a Sept. 20 webinar sponsored by the National Catholic Partnership on Disability.

Films such as “Million Dollar Baby” and “The Sea Inside,” both rated PG-13 as containing material that may be inappropriate for children under 13, “dull our repugnance” for assisted suicide and “suggest that some lives are not worth living,” said Capuchin Franciscan Father Dan Mindling, academic dean at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. He quoted assisted suicide proponent Derek Humphry as saying in 2004 that advocates of assisted suicide “must introduce our subject more healthily into literature, media and the arts so that it is as commonplace to read, watch or listen to in our lives as watching sporting events or monitoring political news.”

The webinar took place less than two weeks after Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley certified the language of an initiative for the November 2012 ballot that would make assisted suicide legal in the commonwealth. Certification allows proponents of the initiative to begin to gather the 68,911 signatures required by mid-November for the initiative effort to continue.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston strongly condemned the proposal in a Sept. 18 homily at the annual Red Mass sponsored by the Catholic Lawyers’ Guild of Boston.

“We hope the citizens of the commonwealth will not be seduced by (words like) dignity and compassion, which are means to disguise the sheer brutality of helping people to kill themselves,” the cardinal said.

I n t h e w e b i n a r, Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, reviewed the recent history of assisted suicide efforts and said that although its proponents had “predicted a crosscountry sweep,” they found great resistance between 1994 and 2007, when assisted suicide began to seem like an idea “whose time had come and gone.”

But in 2008, the Hemlock Society — Boston Cardinal Sean which had reinventP. O’Malley has strongly ed itself under the condemned a proposal name Compassion & Choices — began a to put an initiative before new strategy, targeting Massachusetts the “unchurched and voters to make assisted suicide legal in the libertarian segments” of the Pacific Northwest commonwealth. a n d N ew E n g l a n d , Doerflinger said.

Voters in Washington state approved assisted suicide that year, and it was permitted in Montana by a 2009 court decision, but recent legislative efforts to permit assisted suicide in Vermont, New Hampshire and several other states were turned back.

Doerflinger urged Catholics and others who oppose physician-assisted suicide to read the U.S. bishops’ pastoral statement, “To Live Each Day With Dignity,” approved in June.

“With expanded funding from wealthy donors, assisted suicide proponents have renewed their aggressive nationwide campaign through legislation, litigation (CNS PHOTO/GREGORY L. TRACY, THE PILOT)

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— Films such as “Million Dollar Baby” “dull our repugnance” for assisted suicide and “suggest that some lives are not worth living.”

— In 2008 the Hemlock Society targeted “unchurched and libertarian segments” of the Pacific Northwest and New England.

— Recent legislative efforts to permit assisted suicide in Vermont, New Hampshire and several other states were turned back.

— Assisted suicide is a particular danger to those with disabilities.

— Blessed John Paul II stressed in “Evangelium Vitae” that assisting another’s suicide “can never be excused even if requested.”

— Catholics are encouraged to read the U.S. bishops’ pastoral statement, “To Live Each Day With Dignity.”

and public advertising, targeting states they see as most susceptible to their message,” the document says. “If they succeed, society will undergo a radical change.”

Sister Janice McGrane, a Sister of St. Joseph who became a disabilities activist after rheumatoid arthritis began to limit her activities, had been scheduled to speak at the webinar but was unable to attend because of the deaths of two members of her religious community. Jan Benton, executive director of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability, read the remarks Sister Janice had prepared.

Assisted suicide presents “a great danger for those of us with disabilities,” she said, encouraging those participating in the webinar to do everything they can to help people with disabilities remain in the community with “appropriate Medicaid services.”

“Living in the community is very pro-life and profamily,” Benton said, speaking on behalf of Sister Janice.

Father Mindling reviewed church teaching on suicide, saying that it often resulted from confusion or “great psychological disturbance.” But he said Blessed John Paul II made clear in his encyclical “Evangelium Vitae” that assistance in another’s suicide “can never be excused even if requested.”

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RESPECT LIFE ✦ SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2011 Guest Commentary

Stop the new attack on conscience rights Americans have expressed many different views about contraception and sterilization. But just about everyone has been able to agree on one thing: Government should not force anyone to act in accord with someone else’s view rather than his or her own.

That consensus may have ended Aug. 1, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it will require virtually all private health plans in the U.S. to cover the full range of contraceptive drugs and devices and sterilization procedures, as well as “education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity” to promote these.

HHS will require this under the new health care reform law’s mandate for covering “preventive services” without co-pays or out-of-pocket expenses. Even the great majority of religious organizations must comply, or stop providing health coverage.

Fortunately HHS is allowing public comment on its decision until Sept. 30. All concerned about government’s respect for freedom of conscience need to raise their voices now.

The Catholic bishops’ conference has made it easy to do so by visiting www.usccb.org/conscience. Visitors can send a prepared email message to HHS, add their own personal comments as they wish, and learn more about the issue. The prepared message and related materials focus on three points:

also pose their own health problems, including an increased risk of stroke, AIDS and some cancers.

Pregnancy not a disease: The idea behind “preventive services” is to invest in making sure that dangerous illnesses are avoided in the first place, or detected very early, so we don’t need more risky and expensive curative treatments later. Almost all congressional discussion of “preventive services for women,” for example, was about preventing breast cancer. Pregnancy simply does not belong on this list of diseases – it is the healthy, natural condition by which each of us came into the world. And if government is committed to preventing pregnancy now, because it is the kind of condition that otherwise needs a “cure,” the stage is set for mandated abortion coverage. Prescription contraceptives

Suppressing freedom of religion: Federal law has always left Catholic organizations free to offer health coverage in accord with their moral and religious convictions – whether that coverage is offered to employees, students in Catholic colleges, or the general public. The religious exemption in the new HHS rule addresses only the first of these three situations, and does that very badly. To provide a Catholic health plan even to its own employees, a Catholic organization must focus on teaching religious doctrine, fire its non-Catholic employees, and refuse to provide health care and other lifeaffirming services to any but fellow Catholics. Jesus himself, who helped and healed people of various faiths, would not

Covering abortion drugs: The drift from contraception to abortion is even more apparent in HHS’s insistence on covering all drugs approved by the FDA for contraception.

Prescription contraceptives also pose their own health problems, including an increased risk of stroke, AIDS and some cancers.

Some FDA-approved “emergency contraceptives” can work by interfering with an embryo’s ability to implant in the mother’s womb, ensuring the death of a newly conceived human being – and that is an abortion in Catholic teaching.

One such drug, “Ella,” closely related to the abortion drug RU-486, could induce abortions well after implantation.

be “religious enough” to qualify for this bizarrely narrow exception.

For these reasons the current HHS mandate for contraceptive coverage should not be implemented. Above all, any policy Richard on this subject should have no involvement in aborDoerflinger tion or in violating religious freedom. Working together we may get the federal government to realize this.

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The Catholic schools we need schools and 2.1 million students enrolled.

The reasons for the decline are familiar: W hen St. Paul describes the gifts God has The steady drop in vocations to the religious given the church, he includes teaching among teaching orders; the drastic shift in demothe most important (1 Corinthians 12:28). graphics of the late-20th century that saw a No surprise there. “Go teach!” was the final dramatic drop-off in Catholic immigration mandate of Jesus. History has long taught that from Europe; the rising cost of living since without teachers to announce the Gospel and the late 1970s; and the crumbling of an educate the young, the church struggles to intact neighborhood-based Catholic culture survive. Evangelization through good teaching that depended upon the parochial school as is essential to Catholic life. Pastoral leaders in its foundation. developing nations say that Catholic educaThe most crippling reason, however, may tion is what attracts rest in an enormous people to Jesus and shift in the thinking his church. When it of many American Reawakening a sense comes to education, Catholics, namely, nobody has a better that the responsitrack record than the bility for Catholic of common ownership church. schools belongs only In the 20th centhe parents of the of Catholic schools may tostudents tury, for example, who attend there was no greater them, not to the entire be the biggest challenge church. Nowadays, witness to the effectiveness of Catholic Catholics often see a the church faces in schools than the Catholic education as Nazi and Communist a consumer product, any revitalization efforts to destroy reserved to those them. Pope Benedict who can afford it.

XVI’s own beloved The result is predicteffort ahead. homeland —where able: Catholics as a to be Bavarian was whole in the United to be Catholic — States have for some was perhaps hardest hit in all of Germany. By time disowned their school system, excusing January 1939 nearly 10,000 German Catholic themselves as individuals, parishes or dioceses schools had been closed or taken over by from any further involvement with a Catholic the Nazi Party. Tyrants know and fear the school simply because their own children are true strength of a Catholic education: What not enrolled there, or their parish does not parents begin in the home, Catholic schools have its own school. extend to society at large.

The truth is that the entire parish, the But what of today’s Catholic schools that whole diocese and the universal church benexist in a world largely free of those sorts of efit from Catholic schools in ways that keep 20th-century threats? Are we not facing our communities strong. So all Catholics have a own crisis of closure for the Catholic school duty to support them. Reawakening a sense in America? of common ownership of Catholic schools The answer is yes. Statistics from the may be the biggest challenge the church faces National Catholic Educational Association in any revitalization effort ahead. Thus, we tell a sobering tale about Catholic schools in Catholics need to ask ourselves a risky questhe United States. From a student enrollment tion: Who needs Catholic schools, anyway? in the mid-1960s of more than 5.2 million The answer: We all do. Much of the in nearly 13,000 elementary and second- research on Catholic education conducted ary Catholic schools across America, there over the last five decades has answered are now only half as many, with just 7,000 with a unanimous voice that without a doubt

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Students are greeted by Father Charles Dillingham during the first day of school at All Saints Catholic School in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 30.

An estimated 2 million students were heading back to U.S. Catholic schools in late August and early September.

Catholic schools are an unquestioned success in every way: spiritually, academically and communally. More to the point, the graduates they produce emerge as lifelong practitioners of their faith. These Catholic graduates have been, are and will be our leaders in church and society.

As long as we Catholics refuse to acknowledge that the overall health of the church in the United States is vitally linked not only to the survival but the revival of the Catholic school, we are likely to miss the enormous opportunity this present moment extends.

It is time to recover our nerve and promote our schools for the 21st century. The current hospice mentality – watching our schools slowly die – must give way to a renewed confidence.

To re-grow the Catholic school system, today’s efforts need to be rooted in the longterm financial security that comes from institutional commitment through endowments, foundations and stable funding sources and also from every parish supporting a Catholic school, even if it is not “their own.”

It is both heartening and challenging to remember that Catholic churches and schools were originally built on the small

donations of immigrants who sacrificed nickels, dimes and dollars to make their children Catholics who are both well educated and fully American. Have we Catholics lost our nerve, the dare and dream that drove our ancestors in the faith, who built a Catholic school system that is the envy of the world?

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Quick facts – The number of U.S. Catholic schools has dropped by half since the mid-1960s.

– Research shows that Catholic schools pay multiple benefits for society and for the church.

– A commitment to the financial health of Catholic education as an institution, not just to individual schools, is a key to revitalization.

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By Annette Brown Two professors at Notre Dame Law School are scheduled to publish a study in the University of Chicago Law Review that documents the positive effects of urban religious schools over charter schools in averting serious neighborhood crime. In “Catholic Schools, Charter Schools and Urban Neighborhoods,” Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett compare the effects of Catholic schools and charter schools (in Chicago) on rates of neighborhood crime and find that “the presence of a Catholic school in a police beat appears to suppress crime and the presence of a charter school does not.”

The study selected six major crimes – aggravated assault, aggravated battery, murder, burglary, robbery, and aggravated sexual assault – from 1999-2005. While the crime rate declined during those years, controlling for demographic factors, it was about 25 percent lower in each year in those beats with open Catholic schools. When these Catholic Schools were closed, the crime rate in those neighborhoods climbed rapidly and continued to rise, even when charter schools leased the buildings that once held the closed Catholic school. Violent crime rates declined dramatically in San Francisco from1990-2010, but did not increase in the police beats of the closed schools in San Francisco.

In San Francisco, we have closed or merged 10 Catholic elementary schools in the last two decades, mainly due to the inability of these schools to offer tuition rates low enough to meet the needs of lower-income families and maintain all of the programs and resources necessary to provide quality education. In short, income falls far short of expenses to educate our students in nearly all schools, but is most keenly felt in schools that are situated in lower-income urban neighborhoods.

However, in looking closely at where the schools in San Francisco were closed, we find this: Half of the schools were

closed in ZIP codes that exceed the median family income in San Francisco ($70,770 in 2009), and half were closed in ZIP codes where the median family income is lower than the median for all of San Francisco.

It seems that Catholic schools are being closed in neighborhoods where there are students who might choose to attend them.

The authors of the Chicago study said they are satisfied that Catholic schools are good for urban neighborhoods. They gave these possible contributing factors: – The presence of the pastor living on the premises and the security of the premises as compared with public schools – Catholic schools’ discretion over the student body enrollment – “The fact that better-educated, highly motivated parents are more likely to choose Catholic schools for their children” – Parental motivation resulting in more control in children’s behavior, and these responsible parents may also keep crime and disorder in check – The longevity of the schools in the community, most since the early 20th century. The school may be one of the last remaining functional community institutions in the neighborhood, and when it closes, the neighborhood declines.

– Social capital: In the words of James Colemen, “successful schools tended to be distinguished by parents’ connections to their children’s school and to the parents of their children’s peers.” These connections, he reasoned, “closed the loop between school, teachers, and parents, thus guaranteeing the enforcement of appropriate norms.”

Brinig and Steele state that “charter schools may be imperfect substitutes for complete school choice” because “they do not appear to replicate Catholic schools’ positive community benefits.”

Their conclusion is sobering: “Urban Catholic schools are, it is fair to say, an endangered species. Absent a major shift in education policy favoring school choice, or a decision to invest massive new private resources in them, Catholic schools will continue to gradually disappear from urban neighborhoods. As these schools close, the physical and educational space left open by their departure will be filled – both literally and figuratively – with charter schools.”

Annette Brown is the Assistant Superintendent of Development and Finance for the Archdiocese of San Francisco Department of Catholic Schools.

How you can help If you have a student in our Catholic schools, and if you are financially able, consider paying “the gap” in addition to your tuition. It will be a tax deduction for you and a boon to your local school. “The gap” is the difference between the tuition the schools charge, and the amount it costs to fund the education for each individual student.

It averages $733 per student, with a high of $1,918 at the school that must achieve the most fundraising per student.

If you are a parishioner, consider sponsoring a student by paying all or part of the tuition to a particular student or anonymous student.

Or, if you would like to make a general donation to the Archdiocese of San Francisco Education Endowment for scholarships, contact Annette Brown in the Department of Catholic Schools at (415) 614-5662 or browna@ sfarchdiocese.org.

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The Catholic Difference

Father Barron’s ‘Catholicism’ In the fall of 1972, a group of us, philosophy majors all, approached our dean of studies, Father Bob Evers, with a request: Under the supervision of a faculty member, could we build a two-credit senior seminar in our last college semester around Kenneth Clark’s BBC series, “Civilization,” which had been shown on American public television. Father Evers agreed, and we had a ball.

“Civilization” was the perfect way to finish a serious undergraduate liberal arts education; it brought together ideas, art, architecture and history in a visually compelling synthesis of the history of western culture that respected Catholicism’s role in shaping the West.

Over the next four decades, I wondered whether someone, somewhere, at some point, would do a “Civilization”-like series on Catholicism itself: a grand tour of the Catholic world that explored the church as a culture through its teaching, its art, its music, its architecture – and above all, through the lives it shaped. That has now happened. The result is the most important media initiative in the history of the Catholic Church in the United States.

The man responsible for this feat is Father Robert Barron, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and a faculty member at Mundelein Seminary. Father Barron is an old friend (and a colleague on NBC’s Vatican coverage), but I’ll risk the charge of special pleading by stating unequivocally that Father Barron’s “Catholicism,” a 10-part series premiering on public television stations around the country this fall, is a master work by a master teacher. In 10 episodes that take the viewer around the Catholic world, from Chartres to the slums of Calcutta and dozens of points in between, Father Barron lays out the Catholic proposal in a visually stunning and engaging series of presentations that invites everyone into the heart of the faith, which is friendship with Jesus Christ.

Having talked with Father Barron and his colleagues at Word on Fire, his media ministry, throughout the production of “Catholicism,” I can testify that this was a great labor of love: love for the Lord, love for the church, and love for the truths the church teaches. Yet there is nothing saccharine here, nothing cheesy, nothing pop-trendy. It’s Catholic classic, not Catholic lite, but John Cummings’ cinematography is so beautiful, Steve Mullen’s original score is so fetching (drawing on ancient chants in a thoroughly contemporary way), and Father Barron’s narration is so deft – the man has a genius for the telling example or analogy – that even the most difficult facets of Catholic belief and practice come alive in a completely accessible way.

At the center of it all is Jesus of Nazareth, posing that unavoidable and disturbing question: “Who do you say that I am?” Viewers of “Catholicism” will get to know many of the great minds and spirits who wrestled with that question over two millennia – Peter and Paul; Augustine and Thomas Aquinas and Dante; Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross; Edith Stein and Katherine Drexel. But throughout the series, the focus keeps coming back to the Lord Jesus. “Catholicism” is built on the firm convictions that it is his church and that it is his truth that measures all truth. Father Barron understands that postmodern culture poses special challenges for the proclamation of the Gospel. That’s why this committed believer, who is also a fine theologian, can sympathetically but forcefully invite his viewers into a thorough exploration of the Creed (an exploration deepened in the series’ companion book, “Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith” (Doubleday).

There is no dithering about the bad news, either: Father Barron knows that the Catholic Church is a community of sinners whose infidelities have often marred

Not surprised I, for one, am not at all surprised that George Weigel (“The gentlemanly art of the insult,” Sept. 16) has spent so much time thinking about how best to insult people.

Msgr. John Talesfore St. Mary’s Cathedral

Humor, sin, forgiveness I appreciated the Sept. 16 issue for the following: Thank you, George Weigel, for your wit and humor: You made my day and made me laugh. Writing the truth in a funny way

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is another way of getting at your adversary in a nice way. You are right. Gone are those days, my friend!

Concerning Catholic News Services’ Word to Life column: If the writer is looking for someone who has turned away from a life of great sin to embrace God, that’s me. “I am she whom Jesus loves despite my unworthiness and my sins.”

Concerning Question Corner, I direct my questions to Father Kenneth Doyle on Mary Magdalene. Are the seven demons our seven deadly sins? Are the words of Jesus to forgive enemies not only seven times but 77 times referring to the seven deadly sins in all of us?

As I pray, I thank God for the grace to forgive and the grace to be forgiven.

Rose M. Jardin San Bruno

Where’s the outrage?

War, slave maker

Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Your Sept. 9 edition confirmed my hunch that our archdiocese is doing well, healthy, and my fellow Catholics actually are reading Catholic San Francisco! My conclusion came from the unusually numerous and passionate letters covering several hot topics, not the least of which was from my old friend and pastor emeritus of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Father John K. Ring.

St. Paul would be (is) proud of his fellow scribes!

Peter J. Fatooh St. Ignatius Parish San Francisco

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

against Japan. I bring to his attention as to what some of the most senior officers of the United States military had to say about dropping the atom bomb on Japan. Gen. Douglas MacArthur stated that in his military judgment the bomb had been unnecessary and he saw no military justification for dropping the bomb.

General Dwight Eisenhower stated after learning that the atomic bomb would be used against Japanese cities: “I had been conscious of a feeling of depression, so I voiced him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and dropping of the bomb was completely unnecessary.”

Gen. George C. Kenney, commander of the Allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific Area: “Japan will not last long.”

On Aug. 9, 1945, after the bombing of Hiroshima, Herbert Hoover wrote: “The use of the atomic bomb with its indiscriminate killing of women and children revolts my soul.”

The combined judgment of these great senior officers of the United States military saw no military necessity for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

Catholic san Francisco Salute to scribes

the face of the Lord. At the same time, Father Barron’s series displays the innumerable ways that the Catholic Church has been and remains a force for truth, decency, compassion, and sanity George Weigel in an often cruel world.

Watch it. Politely lobby your local public television station to show the series in its entirety. Spread the word.

I read “Guest worker outrage” by Tony Magliano (Sept. 9). I was horrified that guest workers live in bug-infested dorms while sewing clothes for Target and Walmart at the Classic Fashion workshops in Jordan for 13 to 16.5 hours a day, six days a week, for 61 cents an hour. These people are only allowed out of their compound for six hours a week.

I wish you would reprint the article because I think people must have missed it: Otherwise there would have been a loud cry of outrage that the workers are being tortured and for cultural reasons unable to return to their families after being violated by rape.

Google Global Labor & Human Rights to sign a petition to stop this.

Anne Johnson Tiburon

Hiroshima’s agony I refer to Robert Theis’ letter (Sept.

16) justifying the use of the atomic bomb

The writer, born and raised in San Francisco and a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has been ministering to the poor in Tijuana for the past 28 years. The Monitor newspaper served the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1858 to 1984.

Book author responds I wanted to set the record straight about something in the “review” of my book, “The Grace of Everyday Saints” (“New book recounts fight to save St. Brigid Church,” Sept. 9), and I’d like a correction made.

Mr. Clifford says, “I planned to ask Guthrie about this but she did not respond to my messages.”

I never received a message from him (let alone “messages”). No calls at my office. No queries by email.

He never contacted my publicist at Houghton Mifflin. I am very easy to find at The San Francisco Chronicle and through my website www.julianguthriesf.com, where my contact info is listed. I would have relished the opportunity to talk with him.

Julian Guthrie San Francisco James O. Clifford Sr. replies: “I wish to apologize to Julian Guthrie for assuming she had received my emails, which were in reply to those she sent me. I should have phoned her and if that failed sent a letter or gone to The Chronicle. Guthrie informed me after publication of the article that the email site to which I replied was meant to send messages, not receive them. Nevertheless, in keeping with CSF’s standards, I should have pursued her through other means. I am sorry for this failure. I have learned through this that email may be quicker than snail-mail but it can easily become fail-mail.”

L E T T E R S

In my close to 60 years of reading The Monitor and Catholic San Francisco, I have never been so impressed by any article as “I was told it was necessary,” the Aug. 12 report of Father George Zabelka’s reflections on the dropping of the atomic bombs and his conviction that “war is totally incompatible with Jesus’ teaching and that Christians cannot and will not engage in or pay for it.” From my humble perspective, war and poverty should continue to be the most important challenges for people of faith. All churches should be historic peace churches.

War, the ancient slave maker, condemns us to the never-ending cycle of violence, ecological devastation and abject poverty. The good news invites us to the freedom of sharing, and to building communities of love and trust. A million thanks for your article.

Father Jim Hagan Tijuana, Mexico

Status of Father Pavone I was disappointed that your media alert regarding the Priests for Life Mass to celebrate their 20th anniversary at St. Mary’s Cathedral was portrayed as a cancellation instead of a postponement, when clearly it was necessitated because we didn’t have a bishop to celebrate.

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH IS 5:1-7 Let me now sing of my friend, my friend’s song concerning his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; he spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines; within it he built a watchtower, and hewed out a wine press. Then he looked for the crop of grapes, but what it yielded was wild grapes. Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard: What more was there to do for my vineyard that I had not done? Why, when I looked for the crop of grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes? Now, I will let you know what I mean to do with my vineyard: take away its hedge, give it to grazing, break through its wall, let it be trampled! Yes, I will make it a ruin: it shall not be pruned or hoed, but overgrown with thorns and briers; I will command the clouds not to send rain upon it. The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his cherished plant; he looked for judgment, but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry!

RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

A vine from Egypt you transplanted; you drove away the nations and planted it.

It put forth its foliage to the Sea, its

A favorite quote by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) declares, “God is dead.”

Nietzsche refers not to a divine being who once lived and has now ceased to live, but rather, in Nietzsche’s more subtle, atheistic view, that the development of modern science and the increasing secularization of society had effectively “killed” the Christian God as a viable source of absolute morality in the modern world. The French writer, Emile Zola (1840-1902), stated his view more eloquently: “Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.” Clearly, in a world saved and sanctified by Christ, the idea of God, Christianity and faith have found great hostility from an increasingly secular zeitgeist.

Oddly enough, God, and the faith professed by an enduring church, have outlived both of these men, if not also their ideas, and continue to be a driving force if not a thorn in the side of the modern world that these and other modern writers and philosophers helped to define.

Throughout the history of Christianity, there have been examples of where the church, the message of the Gospel, even the very idea of faith itself has clashed with the popular notions of the era. In the early years of Christianity, the Christian movement itself clashed with the ancient, pagan, Greco-

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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20; Philippians 4:6-9; Matthew 21:33-43 shoots as far as the River.

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Why have you broken down its walls, so that every passer-by plucks its fruit, The boar from the forest lays it waste, and the beasts of the field feed upon it?

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Once again, O Lord of hosts, look down from heaven, and see; take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted the son of man whom you yourself made strong.

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Then we will no more withdraw from you; give us new life, and we will call upon your name. O Lord, God of hosts, restore us; if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved.

R. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE PHILIPPIANS PHIL 4:6-9 Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.

Scripture reflection FATHER WILLIAM NICHOLAS

The stone rejected Roman society to the point of persecution. St. Francis of Assisi and the example lived by the Franciscan order clashed with the popular materialism and militarism of the time. Even Mother Teresa faced the culture of the Hindu caste system as she ministered to the poorest of the poor in one of the most crowded cities in India, and challenged the rest of the world by the way she answered her call to serve the rejected of society.

Jesus, who faced the same opposition in his ministry, told a parable of how a group

of rebellious workers sought to sabotage the vineyard by rejecting every representative sent to them by the landowner, even to the point of killing the landowner’s son. Yet, in the end, as nothing would hinder the landowner in his plans for the vineyard, nothing would hinder Christ in his carrying out his mission for the destiny of all creation.

How often has the church, and the Gospel message it preaches, with all its standards and morals, faced mass ridicule from mainstream society because its message is politically incor-

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 21:33-43 Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned.

Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.”

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes? Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.”

rect, unpopular, or out of line with majority opinion? How many, even within the church, seek to hinder its efforts to preach the Gospel to all people, to sabotage the vineyard of the church and its message throughout the world?

Nothing will hinder the work Christ continues to do in and through his church, with all of its values, teachings, standards and principles.

God’s plan will be carried out, but either with us, or in spite of us. Like in the vineyard, we can either be those rebellious workers who seek to sabotage the will of the owner, only to have the vineyard taken from us, or we can be the instruments, who, by our participation, assist and enhance the ultimate purpose God has for his vineyard and its work in and through the church.

Emile Zola was also fond of remarking: “The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.” In just such a way, God’s truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. Let us resolve to be those faithful workers in the vineyard with whom the landowner will be pleased, so that God’s plan, his truth and his will for his church in particular, and the world in general, will move forward because of our fidelity, rather than in spite of a vain rebellion.

Father William Nicholas is parochial vicar at Mission Dolores Parish in San Francisco.

Question Corner

Eulogies at funeral Masses

By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: I am wondering why I was almost unable to read a eulogy at my mother’s funeral. The pastor of the church said that they were eliminating family eulogies because of occasional improprieties in such talks and the extended length of the service. Due to the undertaker’s pleas on my behalf, I was finally allowed three minutes to speak.

My parents were both devout Catholics, and I am greatly offended by this experience; I will continue to pray, but I will never return to church. (Sewell, N.J.) Answer: The issue of family remarks at a funeral Mass calls for a delicate balance between what is proper and what is pastoral. Fortunately, the official ritual book, the Order of Christian Funerals, published by the Vatican in 1989, gives a pastor room to create that balance.

Section 141 of the ritual restates the long-standing prohibition of eulogies at Catholic funerals: “A brief homily based on the readings should always be given at the funeral liturgy, but never any kind of eulogy.”

But further on, the same ritual (No. 170) allows that: “A member or friend of the family may speak in remembrance

of the deceased before the final commendation begins.”

While these two sections may first appear to be contradictory, they are actually not, and they hint at what a funeral Mass is supposed to signify.

It is not (despite what many funeral programs say) a celebration of the life of the deceased, even less a canonization.

Instead, it is a tribute to the merciful love of Christ and to the victory over death won by Jesus, together with a prayerful plea that the merits of that victory be extended now to the person being prayed for.

The homily, then, should focus on the promises of Jesus about eternal life. It is helpful, and comforting to the family, if the priest can speak personally and give some examples of the ways in which the deceased person gave witness to Christian belief and values.

Sometimes, though, the priest never knew the deceased; this may be especially true in large suburban parishes or in areas where neighboring churches have recently merged.

Particularly in such circumstances it is desirable — I would almost say necessary — for a friend or family member to speak about the deceased.

But the ritual’s guidelines envision that such remarks be brief (coming, as they do, at the end while the priest is

standing and waiting to pray over the casket) and should use examples of how the deceased’s life was one guided by faith.

These family comments should not consist of a biography (the place for that is the obituary) or an endless chain of humorous stories about the decedent (those are more appropriate at the wake service the night before or at a luncheon following the funeral).

The celebration of a funeral Mass ought to be comforting for the family, even uplifting, focused as it is on the promise of eternal life and the hope of eventual reunion.

But sometimes, when a celebrant has done all that he can to highlight those themes, the good he has done unravels when a family member gets up at the end and, overcome by emotion, actually deepens the grief of the mourners.

I am sorry for your unfortunate experience, and I hope that the church’s guidelines were explained to you with understanding. But I am even more saddened to think that you would deprive yourself forever of the strength and comfort of the Eucharist as a result.

Questions may be sent to askfatherdoyle@gmail. com and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, NY 12208.

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Spirituality for Life

A sufficient creed Several years ago, a friend of mine made a very unHollywood type of marriage proposal to his fiance: He was in his mid-40s and had suffered a number of disillusioning heartbreaks, some of which, by his own admission, were his own fault, the result of feelings shifting unexpectedly on his part. Now, in midlife, struggling not to be disillusioned and cynical about love and romance, he met a woman whom he deeply respected, much admired, and with whom he felt he would like to build a life. But, unsure of himself, he was humble in his proposal.

This, in essence, was his proposal: I’d like to ask you to marry me, but, I need to put my cards on the table: I don’t pretend to know what love means. There was a time in my life when I thought I did, but I’ve seen my own feelings and the feelings of others shift too often in ways that have made me lose my confidence in my understanding of love. And so, I’ll be honest: I can’t promise that I will always be in love with you. But I can promise that I’ll always be faithful, that I’ll always treat you with respect, that I’ll always do everything in my power to be there for you to help further your own dreams, and that I’ll always be an honest partner in trying to build a life together. I can’t guarantee how I will always feel, but I can promise that I won’t betray you in infidelity!

That’s not exactly the type of marriage proposal we see in our romantic movies and novels, predicated, as they are, on the naïve belief that the passion and excitement we initially experience when we fall in love will remain that way forever. But this is a mature proposal, one that doesn’t naively promise something that’s impossible to deliver.

But, beyond pointing us toward a more mature understanding of love, this is also a rich image for faith and how it works. Faith too, in the end, is more about fidelity in action than about fervor in feelings. Allow me an example: When I was in the seminary, a classmate of mine set off one summer to make a 30-day retreat. His aim was precisely to try to acquire a more affective faith, one that he would feel with fervor and which would seep warmly through his heart. He suffered from what he self-described, as a “stoic” faith, a gut-sense of God’s reality and love, but one which didn’t translate much into any warm feelings of security about God’s existence and love. By his own admission, he lacked affectivity, fire, emotion, and warmth about his faith.

And that’s what he went in search of.

He returned from the retreat still stoic, but changed nonetheless: “I never got what I asked for,” he said, “but I got something else. I learned to accept that my faith might always be stoic, but I learned too that this is OK! I don’t necessarily have to have warm and imaginative feelings about my faith. I don’t need to be full of passion and fire. I only need to be faithful in my actions, to not betray what I believe in. Now faith, for me, means that I need to live my life in charity, respect, patience, chastity, and generosity to others. I just need to do it; I don’t need to feel it.”

Faith and love are too easily identified with warm feelings, passion, fervor, affectivity, and romantic fire. And those feelings are part of the mystery, a part we are meant to embrace and enjoy. But, wonderful as these feelings can be, they are, as experience shows, fragile and ephemeral.

Our world can change in 15 seconds because we can fall in

or out of love in that time.

Passionate and romantic feelings are part of love and faith, but not the deepest part, and not a part over which we have much emotional control.

Hence, unromantic Father Ron as it is, I like the stoic approach that is expressed Rolheiser in the marriage proposal of my friend, particularly as it applies to faith. For some of us, faith will never be, other than for short periods of time, something that fires our emotions and fills us with warm fire. We’ve already experienced how ephemeral that fire can be.

Hence, like my colleague with the “stoic” faith, some of us might have to settle for a faith that says to God, others, and ourselves: I can’t guarantee how I will feel on any given day. I can’t promise that I will always have emotional passion about my faith, but I can promise that I’ll always be faithful, that I’ll always act with respect, and I will always do everything in my power, as far as my human weakness allows, to help others’ and God’s cause in this world. I can’t guarantee how I will always feel, but I can live in the firm resolve to never betray what I believe in!

That’s a sufficient creed.

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

Guest Commentary

Our Lady’s sorrows – and graces

By Matthew Hanley The Gospel of St. Luke tells us several times how much Mary had to keep in her heart. At the joy of the Nativity, she treasured what the shepherds came to say and pondered it all in her heart. At the joy of finding Jesus in the temple, she kept his words and actions in her heart, even if she did not understand everything he was doing.

But Mary also had to hold ominous things in her heart at least since the day Simeon told her that “a sword will pierce through your own soul also.” This first of Mary’s seven sorrows magnifies by way of dreaded anticipation the most bitter of sorrows to come. Most of us recognize in hindsight that worry or anxiety about some future event is often worse than experiencing it. Possessing certain knowledge of future agony to be inflicted upon the child she loves naturally as her own son and supernaturally as her God must have compounded exponentially the anguish of the Crucifixion itself.

St. Alphonsus Liguori’s splendid discourse on Mary’s Sorrows is lengthy, but to read even a random portion of it is to perceive more keenly the magnitude of Mary’s sorrows – which is to say the magnitude of her love. It is to be moved by her epic heroism – the furthest thing imaginable from an “epic fail,” to use that trendy phrase du jour.

He cites revelations given to St. Bridget which indicate that Mary did know what was in store for her son; earlier than we might suppose, then, “began her great martyrdom.”

Liguori stresses that Mary’s martyrdom was greater than any

Letters . . .

■ Continued from page 17 As you know, the media has another opportunity to bash the Catholic pro-life movement with the recent request of Amarillo, Texas, Bishop Patrick Zurek calling Father (Frank) Pavone back to Amarillo. However, Father Pavone (national director of Priests for Life) continues to be in good standing and has all his faculties for ministry. Let’s not contribute to misinformation getting to the public.

Cathleen Gillies San Francisco Editor’s note: A Sept. 21 update by the Archdiocese of San Francisco states that Bishop Zurek “ordered Father Pavone back to his home diocese of Amarillo temporarily, where he remains a priest in good standing. In a Sept. 9 letter to his fellow bishops, Bishop Zurek cited “persistent questions and concerns” about how donations to Priests for Life are used, according to Catholic News Service. Father Pavone has appealed to the Congregation of the Clergy and the Vatican.

Vicki Evans, archdiocesan Respect Life coordinator, provided added clarification: 1) We did call it a postponement and not a cancellation; 2) The date was not moved because

other by virtue of its duration and its intensity. Not only was her martyrdom drawn out over time by the anticipation, witness and memory of the Crucifixion, Mary suffered hers not in body but in the depths of her heart and soul.

Martyrs down through the centuries were able to endure impossible physical torment with equanimity. Think of St. Lawrence, being grilled over an open flame, announcing he was done on one side and ready to be turned over. Yet this very love of God which consoled the martyrs in their trials was itself the source of Mary’s own particular martyrdom: “The love she bore him” – not a cruel tyrant – “was her only and most cruel executioner.”

Moral sufferings that afflict the heart and soul are vaster than physical sufferings. Blessed John Paul II notes in “Savlifici Dolores” that they are also less reachable by therapy. In our age of unprecedented health and longevity, great attentiveness to physical well-being is paired with relative neglect of this much deeper pool of human suffering which Christ alone can heal.

Although Mary, in witnessing the Crucifixion, experiences what might seem to be the complete negation of the promises the angel gave her at the Annunciation, she holds firm; her faith was greater than that of the disciples who fled.

At the foot of the cross, Mary “is perfectly united with Christ in his self-emptying.” Blessed John Paul describes this, in one riveting line, as “perhaps the deepest ‘kenosis’ of faith in human history.” (Kenosis refers to that act of self-emptying).

Mary so identified with her son that she was “satisfied “we did not have a bishop to celebrate” Mass. This was a joint decision by our Office of Public Policy and Priests for Life to wait until Father Pavone was available to be present.”

Retired priests, humble fishers In response to Mr. Jack Hitchcock’s letter of Sept. 23 concerning the image of boats used in conjunction with the Priests’ Retirement Fund collection, I would like to offer a bit of explanation as to why we chose that picture to represent the PRF for 2011. The theme verse for this year is a portion of Luke 5:11 – “They left everything and followed him.” This verse comes as the climax of Jesus calling Simon Peter, James and John – all fishermen – to follow him and the image of boats on the water was meant to evoke this nautical scene. We share Mr. Hitchcock’s concern for our country and individuals during the current economic environment and did not intend to associate the Priests’ Retirement Fund nor the lives of our retired priests with prosperous luxury. Instead, we intended to choose an image that would associate the retired priests with these humble fishermen whom Jesus chose as his followers.

I would also like to thank Mr. Hitchcock for his feedback concerning the PRF brochure. It is a great resource to hear reactions to our collection efforts, so that we can improve them for future years. The staff of the Archdiocesan Office of Development

rather to endure any torment than that our souls should not be redeemed, and be left in their former state of perdition.”

Liguori goes on to write that Mary’s “only relief in the midst of her great sorrow in the passion of her Son, was to see the lost world redeemed by his death, and men who were his enemies reconciled with God.” Such manifest greatness makes the phrase “Mary is a loving mother” seem like a wild understatement.

By virtue of the “immense love” Jesus feels for his mother, regularly honoring Mary’s sorrows can reap immense spiritual benefit. Many Catholics, however, may not be aware that Mary promised (through St. Bridget) specific graces to those who recall her seven sorrows – including peace within families, constant protection and visible help at the hour of death.

You’ll want to take a look at these consoling graces – and to take a moment to remember Mary’s sorrows today. Perhaps every day.

Matthew Hanley is, with Jokin de Irala, M.D., the author of “Affirming Love, Avoiding AIDS: What Africa Can Teach the West,” which recently won a bestbook award from the Catholic Press Association. He is a member of Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park.

This column first appeared on The Catholic Thing, at www.thecatholicthing.org, copyright 2011, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. can be reached at (415) 614-5580 or development@sfarchdiocese. org and we are always glad to hear feedback regarding the Priests’ Retirement Fund, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal or any other of our archdiocesan collections.

Where Mr. Hitchcock and I most certainly agree is the need to contribute to the care of our retired priests. As Simon Peter, James and John gave up all to follow Christ, our retired priests have also given up much to accept God’s call to ministry and to serve God and the church in their years of active ministry and in their retirement. Priests receive a modest salary during their years of active ministry and depend on the Priests’ Retirement Fund to aid them in their retirement years. With an increase in the number of retired priests, the Priests’ Retirement Fund is in need of further support to continue to provide our retired priests with an adequate level of care. If you gave to the recent Priests’ Retirement Fund collection held at your local parish, I thank you.

If you did not give at that time, I ask that you consider a donation to the PRF and feel free to contact us via the phone number and email address above for more information on how to do so. Our priests spend their lives giving richly to others and the Priests’ Retirement Fund is a great opportunity to give back to them.

Robert Dalton Associate Director of Development Archdiocese of San Francisco

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“I don’t like to ask for help, but I didn’t even have to ask to get this blessing from God,” said a tearful and thankful Elizabeth Ver, 22.

Before her encounter with the “angels,” much of her life was hell, she confided after the festivities. Abused and abandoned by her mother at age 10, she shuffled from juvenile hall to a series of group homes. She suffered hunger and homelessness, despair and depression.

She met the father of her child, a handsome, unemployed musician 16 years her senior, while at her uncle’s house for a Labor Day barbecue. He was watching his son play

Her introduction to the life-affirming Gabriel Project in March was made by St. Vincent de Paul volunteers, who came bearing food vouchers and, noting Ver’s condition, recommended the program. with a friend at a neighboring apartment, but kept his eye on her.

They’ve named the baby, due Oct. 3, Anastasia Elizabeth.

“My blessing from God is this baby,” Ver asserted, recalling how her mother “told me she would have aborted me if not for my father.”

Her introduction to the life-affirming Gabriel Project in March was made by St. Vincent de Paul volunteers, who came bearing food vouchers and, noting Ver’s condition, recommended the program.

“They’ve made a humongous difference,” Ver said. “I’d be lost without them.”

She had instant rapport with her personal “angel,” Marilyn Knight of Tiburon, a Dame of Malta committed to serving the sick and poor.

“Marilyn brought me groceries and prenatal vitamins and baby books and stuff I never even thought of,” Ver related.

Noticing Ver was job hunting but had no telephone, Knight purchased a cell phone for her the next day.

As the due date approached, Knight took Ver shopping for a stroller, infant seat, blankets and other essentials. On Labor Day weekend, she displayed the selected items after Mass, giving St. Hilary parishioners a chance to contribute.

The donations that single weekend totaled $800.

At a glance – St. Hilary is one of 13 parishes in the San Francisco archdiocese, and one of four in Marin County, participating in the national Gabriel Project.

– Elizabeth Ver is the parish project’s first “client” since the effort was launched last October.

– The national project was born of a similar program started by a Houston priest in the wake of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

– The Gabriel Project is named after the angel who in Scripture delivers the good news of Christ’s birth to Mary and calms her fears.

Elizabeth Ver, 22, opens gifts at the baby shower the Gabriel Project “angels” at St. Hilary Parish in Tiburon threw in her honor Sept. 17.

Parishioners donated $800 for a stroller, swing, infant seat, diapers and other infant essentials.

Left, Ver is encircled, from left, by Ingrid Gallagher, Gabriel Project coordinator at St. Hilary; Fredi D’Alessio, program coordinator for the Gabriel Project in the San Francisco archdiocese; Edna Griffith, board member of the Gabriel Project at St. Hilary; and Marilyn Knight, Elizabeth’s “angel.”

“I was so pleased at such a generous, enthusiastic response,” said Ingrid Gallagher of Tiburon, Gabriel Project coordinator at St. Hilary. “Normally, people shell out single dollar bills or just walk by, but the way Marilyn had the items all laid out on the table for people to see what they were paying for and eliminating the need to buy a gift themselves really made a difference.”

Custom-tailoring their services, the “angels” do not plan to throw baby showers for every mom-to-be they take under their wing.

“What we want to give to all our struggling young mothers is hope,” Gallagher said.

That desire echoes the mission statement of the Gabriel Project, named after the angel who in Scripture delivers the good news of Christ’s birth to Mary and calms her fears.

“The Gabriel Project announces the same comforting message to frightened pregnant mothers,” the statement proclaims.

The “angels” spread this message by offering and/or facilitating services varying from child care and counseling to education and employment throughout the pregnancy and for the first few weeks after birth, although when special bonds develop, the relationship may endure.

St. Hilary is one of 13 parishes in the San Francisco archdiocese, and one of

It’s a girl: A shower gift to the prospective mom

four in Marin County, participating in the nationwide Gabriel Project, born of a similar program started by a Houston priest in the wake of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

“The key challenge is to increase the number of parishes involved and the pub-

lic’s awareness of our services,” said Fredi D’Alessio of Sausalito, who was named the archdiocese’s head of the program two years ago when not a single parish was participating.

The project has made inroads toward both goals since its entry into the Web. Learning of the program online, one woman has moved from Alabama to the Bay Area to be near the Catholic family who will be adopting her child.

Providing solutions may sway women from considering a termination of their pregnancy, D’Alessio said.

“If you’re 14 and pregnant but have seen the whole parish pool together their support, your first thought won’t be of abortion, it’ll be, ‘The parish can help me.’”

“Our aim,” he added, “is to help pregnant moms, whether they are considering abortion or not.”

On that score, the St. Hilary “angels” hit the ball out of the park, said Edward Dacanay of Oakland, Ver’s uncle with whom she currently resides.

“I’m overwhelmed by what Marilyn and the others have done for her,” he said.

Knight considers it nothing extraordinary.

“This is what Christ wants us to do – to not just throw money at people but build relationships with them,” she said.

More information on the Gabriel Project is available at sfgabrielproject.wordpress.com.

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I come to ‘speak about God’

Pope Benedict XVI arrives at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Erfurt, Germany, Sept. 23. The pope stopped to pray in the cathedral, where Martin Luther was ordained a Catholic priest in 1507.

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FREIBURG, Germany (CNS) — On a four-day visit to Germany, Pope Benedict XVI warned that godlessness and religious indifference were undermining the moral foundations of society and leaving its weakest members exposed to new risks.

He repeatedly mentioned the duty to protect the unborn, and proposed this as an area where Catholics and non-Catholics can witness together and help resist ethical erosion.

The pope, making his first official state visit to his homeland, said after arriving Sept. 22 that he had come “to meet people and to speak about God.” He took that message to the country’s political leaders, to the church’s ecumenical partners, to the Catholic faithful and, through the mass media, to the German people.

The 84-year-old pope at times looked tired during the heavy program of events, but generally held up well. He beamed when enthusiastic Catholics in central and southern Germany chanted his name and waved banners with the trip’s slogan, “Where there is God, there is a future.”

When the pope stepped off his plane in Berlin, the German capital, he was greeted by President Christian Wulff and Chancellor Angela Merkel. The pope smiled as a boy and a girl presented him with a bouquet of flowers, and cannons boomed out a 21-gun salute.

At a welcoming ceremony at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin, the pope strongly defended the church’s voice in public affairs and said that to dismiss religious values as irrelevant would “dismember our culture.”

Wulff, in his own speech to the pope, agreed that the church’s message is needed in modern society. But the president, a 52-year-old Catholic who is divorced and

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By John Thavis

A woman holds a child as Pope Benedict leads a prayer vigil with young people in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Sept. 24.

civilly remarried, added that the church too is challenged by important questions today: “How compassionately will it treat points of rupture in the lives of individuals? How will it approach points of rupture in its own history or the wrongdoing of members of its clergy?”

The pope’s main event in Berlin was his speech to the German parliament, the first time he has addressed a legislative body. Although dozens of parliamentarians boycotted the event, he received a standing ovation from the assembly.

The pope’s speech, philosophical in tone, argued that belief in God was the foundation for Western progress in law, social justice and human rights through the centuries.

Germany’s Nazi past, he said, illustrates that without justice, the state becomes “a highly organized band of robbers, capable of threatening the whole world and driving it to the edge of the abyss.”

Today, he said, with unprecedented opportunities to manipulate human beings, the threat is even more dramatic. He pointed to Germany’s ecology movement as a step in the right direction, but said an

Pope Benedict XVI greets German police motorcycle riders after he arrived at Germany’s Erfurt airport Sept. 23.

“ecology of man” was needed to protect human dignity.

The pope later met with Jewish representatives and recalled the Nazi “reign of terror” in his homeland, saying it showed what people are capable of when they deny God. “The supposedly ‘almighty’ Adolf Hitler was a pagan idol, who wanted to take the place of the biblical God, the creator and father of all men,” he said.

Celebrating Mass in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium for 70,000 people, the pope appealed for a better understanding of the church, one that goes beyond current controversies and the failings of its members.

On the plane carrying him from Rome, the pope told reporters he understood the feelings of German Catholics who have left the church because of revelations about clerical sex abuse, but he urged them to work against such crimes “on the inside.” The pope later met with five sex abuse victims in Erfurt, an encounter that the Vatican said left the pontiff “moved and deeply shaken.”

The pope presided over major ecumenical events Sept. 23 in Erfurt, the town where Martin Luther was ordained and site of an Augustinian monastery where he lived for several years. Meeting with Lutheran leaders, the pope prayed for Christian unity and said ecumenism today faces threats from both secularization and Christian fundamentalism.

“God is increasingly being driven out of our society. ... Are we to yield to the pressure of secularization, and become modern by watering down the faith?” he said.

In Erfurt, a city in former East Germany, the pope said at a Mass that Nazism and communism had been like “acid rain” for Christianity. But he said the oppression and difficulties in those dark years actually left many Catholics with a stronger faith — stronger, perhaps, than under current freedoms.

Contributing to this story was Cindy Wooden in Freiburg.

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In pope’s Germany, a test case for ‘new evangelization’

The pontiff blamed internal dissatisfaction on Catholics’ superficial notions of a ‘dream church’ that has failed to materialize. that he can connect with the intelligentsia, and at this rarified level he gets respect.

The pope also clearly connected with the Catholic faithful who turned out by the tens of thousands for his Masses and prayer services.

Praying before a statue of Mary at a shrine in Etzelsbach or kneeling in eucharistic adora-

Youth gather before the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI for a prayer vigil in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Sept. 24.

tion at the Freiburg cathedral, the pope heard behind him the sound of silence — music to his ears, because it was a sign of intense participation.

His appeal to return to the Christian roots of Germany met with enthusiastic approval from what one woman called his “base” — the Catholic families who have tried to maintain their religious traditions in the face of decades of communism and more recent years of social fragmentation.

Other audiences appeared less in sync with the pope’s message and his single-minded focus on the “return to God” theme.

To Germans who have left the church or those who have pushed for a “dialogue” within the church on issues like priestly celibacy and the role of women and lay people, the pope had some pointed words.

First, he said the root problem was a misunderstanding of the nature of the church: It’s not just a social organization that people opt in or out of, but a community of believers that belongs to Jesus Christ. He blamed internal dissatisfaction on Catholics’ superficial notions of a “dream church” that has failed to materialize.

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. As the families we serve are from so many different cultures and backgrounds, our book should be a delicious mix of memories and interesting dishes to make. 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 Catholic Cemetery, P.O. Box 1577, Colma, CA 940l4 or drop it off at our office (or All Saints Mausoleum on the 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.

We hope to have the cookbooks ready at the beginning of 2012 – our Anniversary Year. Proceeds of this cookbook will go to a special cemetery restoration fund allowing us to preserve our history and the stories of all who are interred here.

Thank you for sharing your recipes, stories and memories with us!

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FREIBURG, Germany (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI’s four-day visit to Germany highlighted two closely connected challenges for the church: how to re-evangelize traditionally Christian countries in the West, and how to regain a credible voice in modern society.

In a sense, the pope’s German homeland was a test case for the “new evangelization” project that has taken center stage in his pontificate.

As the pope pointed out repeatedly during the Sept. 22-25 visit, modern Germany is a highly secularized country where atheism or religious indifference is widespread, where traditional moral values are eroding and where the church’s message seems to have less and less impact.

And yet Germany has a native son as pope — still a point of pride for many Germans — and a tradition of intellectual debate. At the very least, the pope hoped for a fair hearing, and at some levels, he got one.

His address to the German parliament, in which he argued that social justice must be grounded in morality, prompted reflection and discussion in German media. The normally critical weekly Der Spiegel called the speech thought-provoking and “courageous.”

It was a classic Pope Benedict speech, a philosophical exposition that ranged from the biblical account of King Solomon to the positivist world view of modernity. He showed

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By John Thavis

Pope Benedict XVI waves after arriving to lead a prayer service at the Marian sanctuary of Etzelsbach in Germany Sept. 23.

In a meeting in Freiburg with officials of Germany’s central lay Catholic committee, the pope bluntly described the German church as “superbly organized” but lacking in spirit.

Rather than relying on big church structures and programs, he said, “new evangelization” will depend more on small Catholic communities and individuals able to share their faith experiences with co-workers, family and friends.

The pope’s visit was also designed to reach a wider audience, the millions of Germans who have drifted away from the church or religion. At the trip’s first event at Berlin’s presidential palace, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich told Catholic News Service that he was convinced these Germans would be listening to the pope — even the skeptics, he said.

The skeptics were not at the papal venues, however. They followed the visit through the media, if at all. And their reactions were mixed.

“His speech to parliament showed he is a man with high intellect. But for most people, it is too high. The talk about needing to rediscover God — this I didn’t understand.

It sounds like what he’s saying belongs to the past,” said Magda Hilmers, a Protestant from Freiburg.

Inga, a 46-year-old woman who comes from a Catholic family but said she is “not religious,” thought the pope should have spoken more about social issues, including war and economic imbalances. She said she was put off by the cost and showiness of the papal visit.

For Andres Capriles, a young Bolivian immigrant to Germany, the pope’s words were important but did not address what’s on many Catholics’ minds.

“People are not just disillusioned about God and religion, they are disillusioned about the church and the direction the church is moving, which seems to be away from the Second Vatican Council,” he said.

Petra Kollmar, a 57-year-old Catholic from Freiburg, said the problem with the pope’s visit was “what he did not talk about — the ‘no’ to women priests, the church’s attitude toward homosexuals and divorced people in the church, the abuse of children that has occurred.”

Church must move closer to Gospel FREIBURG, Germany (CNS) — The church must change to respond to the Gospel call and the needs of real people, but that change must be dictated by Christian values and not by greater adaptation to the values of the modern world, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Meeting Sept. 25 with about 1,500 Catholics involved in church ministries, lay movements and civic, political or social activities, the pope said he knows Germany is experiencing a decline in religious practice and is seeing many of its members drift away from church life.

According to the bishops’ conference, the number of Catholics in Germany was 28.2 million in 1990, and has dropped to about 24.6 million today.

Pope Benedict said he knows the numbers of Catholics leaving “prompts the question: Should the church not change?

Must she not adapt her offices and structure to the present day in order to reach the searching and doubting people of today?”

“The church is not just other people, not just the hierarchy, the pope and the bishops: we are all the church, we the baptized,” the pope said.

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Hefty, scholarly biography does not ignore Chesterton’s quirky side evolution and, later, Marxian philosophy made belief in religious doctrine irrelevant. Nonetheless, G.K. developed a childish but ardent love for the Immaculate Conception when he was a boy.

Chesterton enjoyed the happiest of childhoods and he was irritated as an adult that so many chose to blame their parents for their adult miseries. His parents encouraged him to become an artist and were unconcerned about their elder son’s lack of success in school. From St. Paul’s School, he studied at the Slade School of Art for two years but left without a degree. Chesterton’s interest in drawing waned and he was increasingly passionate about writing. He was lucky enough to get hired by a publishing company in 1895. In 1902, he was given a weekly column at the Daily News and then was hired by the Illustrated London News three years later and he worked for them for 30 years. He also made money by making long speaking tours of Europe and the United States.

With his 1901 marriage to Frances Blogg, a devout Anglican, he was reintroduced to Christianity. He identified closely with the Anglo-Catholic side of the Church of England. While he increasingly saw the most authentic, truthful expression of Christianity in Catholicism, he did not become a Catholic until 1922. Chesterton was well aware of how controversial a step he was making, knowing the lingering hostility felt by most of

Reviewed by Graham Yearley (CNS) Any adjective denoting great size — gargantuan, titanic, huge — seems to apply aptly not only to the literary output of G.K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton but to his physical appearance as well. Chesterton, best known today as the author of the Father Brown stories, was 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed close to 300 pounds. He usually wore a cape and walked with a sword in his hand and a cigar in his mouth.

In his writing career, which spanned the years 1895 to 1936, he wrote 80 books, hundreds of poems, 200 short stories and more than 4,000 essays. He wrote literary and art criticism, detective novels, political commentary and Christian apologetics. Chesterton could dictate without hesitation a complete essay to the exact word count required by the newspaper or magazine’s requirements.

Ian Ker’s new biography of Chesterton is the first in several decades. It is a scholarly biography with perceptive analysis of his major works of apologetics — “Orthodoxy,” “The Everlasting Man,” “St. Francis of Assisi” and “St. Thomas Aquinas” — but it does not ignore the quirky humanity of Chesterton. Chesterton could produce penetrating criticism of Dickens, but he frequently lost his way on trains and would have to telegraph his wife to find out where he was and how to get home.

For a man who became one of England’s most famous Catholics, Chesterton had little religious life in his youth. Born May 29, 1874, Chesterton was baptized as an Anglican as an infant, but his mother’s increasing agnosticism stopped any regular church attendance. Like many in England’s middle class, the Chesterton parents believed in liberalism, the political and social movement that saw human progress moving inevitably toward a just and happy future. To many, Darwin’s theories of

the British toward Rome. Chesterton’s principal concern was that his wife not be angered by his decision or feel forced to follow him. Indeed, Frances did not join the Catholic Church until several years later.

Chesterton’s marriage was a happy one, but not an easy one. Frances endured periods of deep depression and had a horror of sexual contact. But she brought order to her husband’s chaotic life, managing both his domestic life and his public life. Unsurprisingly, the Chestertons had no children of their own, but, nonetheless, G.K. had an extraordinary rapport with children, delighting them with his stories and drawings. He had the same respect for children as he did for adults, basing his behavior on Jesus’ special regard for children.

There are two major elements of Chesterton’s thought that permeate both his religious writing and his literary criticism.

First was a rich sense of wonder in the most ordinary things of life and giving thanks for them. Chesterton wrote, “It is the aim of all religion, of imagination, of poetry and the arts, to awaken that sense of something saved from nothing.” Second, he emphasized appreciating the limits of our imagination and the limitless nature of God who chose to take on the limits of our mortality. Knowing limits is “a way to appreciate how awful and beautiful this world is,” he wrote.

Chesterton saw Catholicism as “the key which unlocked the meaning of the world, it had to be complex and complicated, which is why he vigorously condemns the speciously attractive demand to simplify Christianity”. He accused Calvin of “(trying) to create a simplified Christianity, and creating a world of pessimism and devil-worship.”

Yearley earned a certificate of advanced study in theology at the Ecumenical Institute of St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore. He continues to study theology.

Video games: Risks, opportunities for families

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By Thomas L. McDonald

An advertisement for the release of a video game and its rating is displayed at a local store in Maryland Sept.

11. Even though 18 percent of all gamers are between the ages of 12 and 17, the Entertainment Software Rating Board says three of the five top -selling games on the market received a rating of M for “mature.”

NEW YORK (CNS) — Since Nintendo first captured the hearts, minds and thumbs of a generation of children in the 1980s, the video game industry has steadily increased in size, revenue, cultural influence and sophistication.

A form of entertainment that began in the 1970s with the crude dots and lines of “Pong” has evolved into a complex creative form whose impact now ranks with that of movies, TV and popular music.

The numbers speak for themselves: According to the Entertainment Software Association, 72 percent of American households have a video game machine.

Consumers spent $25.1 billion on games in 2010, with those numbers projected to hit $48 billion for 2011 and $70 billion by 2012. By comparison, worldwide motion picture ticket sales for 2010 were approximately $31 billion.

In studies of children ages 12-17, 99 percent of boys — and 94 percent of girls — play video or computer games, with no variables for race or ethnicity. And it’s not just the kids who are playing: The average gamer is 37 years old, with 29 percent of them over age 50. Though gaming numbers had skewed heavily male for most of the industry’s existence, by 2010, 48 percent of its audience was female.

Although impressive in themselves, these raw numbers don’t speak to the issues underlying such a rapid and widespread penetration by a new medium into the American home. Just as print, radio, movies, TV and the Internet have transformed society, so, too, will games.

Many people associate the term “games” with harmless pastimes or childish diversions, yet modern interactive entertainment can be every bit as mature, and even sophisticated, as its cinematic counterpart. The challenge lies in sorting out the diverse types of games and machines that characterize the industry’s output, so parents and consumers can make informed choices.

The most family-friendly option is the Nintendo Wii. The intuitive approach of its unique motion-control system — which allows people to get off their couches and make

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real movements — is matched by inoffensive content.

Nintendo is famous for using a stable of characters such as Mario and Pokemon in clever, exciting offerings like “Mario Galaxy” and “Kirby’s Epic Yarn” — action-puzzle games that appeal to players of every age.

The Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3, by contrast, have positioned themselves as machines for teens and adults. Their lineups are dominated by violent games and advanced sports titles, although both are trying to reach Nintendo’s family audience as well.

The violent content of games has been increasing for years, driven by improved graphics and the perceived need to be more outrageous than the competition. Once a teenfriendly World War II action game, the “Call of Duty” series radically ratcheted up the level of expliciVideo Games display with last year’s “Modern Warfare 2.” This iteration even included a sequence in which the gamer participates in a bloody massacre of unarmed civilians.

Alas, this kind of ultraviolence sells: “Modern Warfare 2” was the most successful media launch — across all genres — in history, earning $310 million in 24 hours, with final sales in excess of $1 billion.

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■ Continued from page 23 Yet gratuitous mayhem is certainly not the whole story. Many games are either free of graphic violence, or place it in a moral context.

“Bioshock,” for example, tells the complex story of a libertarian dystopia, exploring issues of bioethics, morality, responsibility, politics, and the limits of personal freedom; its sometimes violent action thus unfolds within a morally consistent world.

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The decision to let a game machine enter the household is one to be carefully considered. fully considered by parents with young children. “We allowed the Xbox in our home when my oldest son saved up enough money to purchase it himself,” says Catholic author and blogger Danielle Bean. “We saw it as a way to reward his responsibility, and he has continued to be responsible with it. ... When managed reasonably, the games can be a fun way for kids to connect and socialize.”

In fact, Cheryl K. Olson, co-author of “Grand Theft Childhood,” the seminal Harvard University study on video games and violence, found that children who don’t play games have lost out on a vital element of socialization.

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At a glance — Virtually all teens play video or computer games.

— Most family-friendly option: Nintendo Wii — “Modern Warfare 2” earned $310 million in 24 hours — Parents with young children should carefully consider the decision to let a game machine enter the household mote important school and life skills,” she explains, “such as solving problems and anticipating consequences. I remember watching my son play games such as ‘Legend of Zelda’ when he was a young teen. He had to search, plan, and try different approaches to advance. You don’t get those kinds of benefits from watching cartoons or sitcoms on TV.” But games aren’t just kid stuff anymore. Take Father Shane Tharp, a pastor and high school teacher. “I game because I grew up gaming,” he explains, “and I continue to game because I find it soothing.

“There is something satisfying about accomplishing a quest, outsmarting a puzzle, or beating a level. I credit video games with teaching me lateral thinking skills and how to work out solutions to complex problems.”

Father Tharp doesn’t see any unique issues or problems for Catholics in approaching the medium: “A game’s value must be measured on its content and context. Just as a Catholic should steer clear of a film which includes sexual material or violence for the sake of being shocking or without consequences, the same would be said of a video game.”

McDonald, a catechist for the Diocese of Trenton, N.J., has been writing about games for more than 20 years.

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The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi LA NUOVA PORZIUNCOLA Vallejo and Columbus in North Beach Oct. 8: “Third Birthday Celebration of the Knights of St. Francis of Assisi and The Porziuncola Nuova” with actress, Annie Potts of “Designing Women” fame, as master of ceremonies. Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Madden will give the invocation. Elisa Stephens, president of Academy of Art University, and Philip F. Mangano, president, American Round Table to Abolish Homelessness, will be honored with the St. Francis of Assisi Award. Reception at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. Email Angela Alioto at Angela@ knightsofsaintfrancis.com or call (415) 434-8700.

The Porziuncola and “Francesco Rocks” Gift Shop are open every day 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with Mass in the shrine church 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.

Good Health Oct. 15, 9 a.m. – noon: Free health event focusing on breast health for women sponsored by St. Mary’s Medical Center in partnership with Mercy High School, San Francisco, at the school, 3250 19th Ave. in San Francisco. Please let us know you’ll be attending. Call (888) 457-5202.

Vocations Oct 22, 9 a.m. - 6:30p.m.: “Come and See,” a day of reflection to explore religious life with the Religious of the Sacred Heart, Oakland Community, 1726 Chestnut St. at 18th in Oakland. Explore religious life: specifically the mission and charism of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, their internationality, and why women choose this way of life at this time in history. Women interested in knowing more, or who are just curious, or who are exploring a call to embrace religious life are most welcome! For more information: contact Mary McGann, RSCJ mmcgann@rscj.org. Please register by October 19 or email Regina Shin, RSCJ shin@rscj.org.

A monthly discernment group for single, Catholic women ages 18-40 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. with the MSJ Dominican Sisters. Day includes group discussion and reflection on your vocation, and Eucharist and lunch with the sisters at their Motherhouse, 43326 Mission Blvd. (entrance on Mission Tierra Place) in Fremont.

Email vocations@msjdominicans.org with questions or for more information.

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.

Oct. 9, 4 p.m.: Youth Mass at St. Anne of the Sunset Church, Judah at Funston in San Francisco. Email clausingv@sfarchdiocese.org or call (415) 614-5654.

Young Adults Oct. 19, 7 – 9 p.m.: “Theology on Tap” at Pyramid Alehouse in Walnut Creek for young adults ages 21-35.

“Drink up the good news and good brews,” organizers said. Topic Oct. 19 is “The Intersection between Faith and Sexuality.” Email stmarywcyam@gmail.com.

The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose have announced retreats for young adult women and men as well as several retreats for young adult women interested in exploring religious life. Visit www.msjdominicans.org or call (510) 933-6335 or (510) 657-2468.

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Retired Priests Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m.: “First Annual St. John Vianney Luncheon” honoring retired priests of the Archdiocese

Faith Formation October 1, 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.: “The Third Edition of the Roman Missal: New Words, Deeper Meaning,” a workshop with Paulist Father Ricky Manalo. Join us in the morning as we learn about the history of the relationship between the Mass and the Roman Missal, explore the deeper theological meanings behind the new text, and spiritually and musically prepare ourselves for the upcoming implementation date, Nov. 27, 2011. Free will offerings accepted. Come to St. John of God Church, 1290 Fifth Ave. at corner of Irving in San Francisco. Call (415) 566-6610.

Oct. 1, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Contemplative Outreach’s Annual Conference 2011 – Day of Enrichment. Four presentations and a new video by Father Thomas Keating will focus on Centering Prayer and living contemplatively in contemporary society. Marriott San Francisco Airport Waterfront Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame. For more information, contact the Contemplative Outreach Office at (973) 838-3384 or email Olsiana@coutreach.org. Cost: $75.

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.

Nov. 4, 6 p.m.: “Vincenzo Wine Tasting & Auction” at San Francisco’s Galleria in the San Francisco Design Center. Proceeds benefit Catholic Charities CYO services to at-risk youth. Guests will enjoy an enchanting evening complete with exclusive tastings from premier wineries, hors d’oeuvres and dessert

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Reunions Notre Dame de Namur High School, San Francisco is looking for members of the class of 1962 in preparation of an alumnae Mass and luncheon. The ladies of the class of 1962 will be our honored Golden Belles. Contact Katie O’Leary at nuttydames@aol.com or call (415) 282-6588.

Oct. 16: Class of 1951 from Lone Mountain College in San Francisco/SF College for Women. Contact Anstell Ricossa at (415) 921-8846 or Toni Buckley at (415) 681-5789.

Oct. 16: Class of 1961 from Lone Mountain College.

Contact Pat Mazza Gallagher at (415) 472-7865 or Carolyn Zullo Giannini at (415) 921-4407.

Oct. 16, 11 a.m.: The Catholic Alumni Club of the San Francisco Bay Area invites current and former members, married and single, guests and friends to a Mass and pot-luck picnic at the Maryknoll Residence, 23000 Cristo Rey Drive, Los Altos. Reservations are required by Oct. 9. For further information or to make a reservation, please contact Elinor Tanck at (408) 738-2511 or tancke@sbcglobal.net.

Oct. 21: Tee off in St Matthew School 48th Annual Golf Tournament! Enjoy a fun afternoon of golf and friends at Poplar Creek Golf Course in San Mateo. For more details, registration and sponsor opportunities visit www.stmatthewcath.org or email Jeff at jmstevens1@gmail.com. Alumni should let him know you are a St. Matt’s graduate.

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

Oct. 22: St. John Ursuline High School, class of ‘76 at Fisherman’s Grotto #9 in San Francisco. Email Julie Smith Prosek at c_jprosek@comcast.net (underscore between c and j) or call (650) 992-8717.

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Oct. 22, 9 a.m. – noon: “An Interrupted Life,” with Paulist Father Terry Ryan. Etty Hillesum and all of her family but brother, Jaab, were murdered at Auschwitz within months of each other in 1943 and 1944. Jabb also died in that timeframe but from illness and as a free man. Etty’s diaries, published in 1983 and again in a closer light just recently, have inspired many readers. Jesuit Father John Dear said the writings taught him, “not just how to cope, but how to grow, deepen, love and serve.” Father Terry Ryan says about Etty, “In silence and solitude she experienced self-forgetfulness, called ‘Spiritual Hygiene’ that makes space for God and love. Etty believed that a person could experience God in a direct and immediate fashion. She realized that she must love herself, with faults, before she can love others.” Talks take place at Old St. Mary’s Paulist Center, 660 California St. in San Francisco. Coffee and treats start the day.

Workshop is free, but free will offerings are welcome.

Call (415) 288-3845.

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Oct. 15, 2 – 4 p.m.: “School of the Epiphany All-School Reunion and Open House,” 600 Italy St. in San Francisco. Join your fellow classmates as Epiphany School celebrates its part in the 100 year history of Epiphany Church! All classes, from the Class of 1940 to the Class of 2011, are invited to reconnect with the school of their youth. Meet old friends and classmates. See all the improvements and additions to the campus. See videos of recent graduations. Contact Jim Reinhardt at (415) 3374030, ext.126. Pictured are Epiphany pastor, Father Eugene Tungol, and members of the Epiphany Parish Filipino community on steps of the parish church.

Oct. 1, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: “Yard Sale and Bake Sale” at Epiphany Center (Mount St. Joseph – St. Elizabeth), 100 Masonic Ave. between Turk and O’Farrell in San Francisco. Come do some shopping! Racks feature clothing, furniture, seasonal decorations, books, sporting goods and more. While you’re here pick up some delicious baked goodies provided by friends in the community. What goes together better than shopping and sweets? All proceeds benefit Epiphany Center’s ministry to at-risk women, children and families in San Francisco. Epiphany Center is a work of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.

October 8, 8 p.m.: “Dance the Night Away – Zydeco Style” at St. Paul of the Shipwreck gym, corner of 3rd and Jamestown in San Francisco. Enjoy Creole-Cajun cuisine, raffles, and a fun time on the dance floor.

Free dance lessons at 7 p.m. Music by André Thierry and Zydeco Magic. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For tickets or more information call Warren Semien at (415) 374-6698 or Benetta Gipson at (415) 822-5188.

Oct. 10: 19th Annual Capuchin Golf Tournament at Green Hills Country Club in Millbrae with registration and lunch at 10 a.m. and a shotgun-start 18-hole scramble.

Entry fee of $300 per person includes golf, range, cart, tee prizes, lunch, beverages, and dinner. Dinner-only tickets are available at $50 per person. Call Bill Mason at (650) 906-1040 or Roy Nickolai at (415) 760-6584.

Proceeds benefit service programs of the Capuchin Franciscans of the Western America Province.

Oct. 14, 15, 16: “Wild West Days” hosted by St. Dunstan Parish, 1133 Broadway Ave. in Millbrae.

Come celebrate and enjoy carnival rides, games, food and drink, a chili cook off, dunk tank, bingo, raffle, silent auction, Sunday night roast beef dinner, entertainment and much more. Fun for the whole family! Starts at 5 p.m. on Friday. Saturday hours are noon – 10 p.m. Sunday hours are noon – 8 p.m. Call the St. Dunstan rectory at (650) 697-4730.

Nov. 6: The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Columbia Division #2 Fall Fashions Show at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Avenue and Sloat Blvd. in San Francisco. Contact Maureen Hickey at (650) 3750277 for reservations or further information. Please respond by Oct. 28.

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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

Cookbook

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.

Help Wanted ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE WORKERS One on-call position is available for persons with institutional housekeeping and janitorial skills in a hospitality or larger facility. Duties include making beds, sorting, washing and drying linens and general cleaning of guest and conference rooms, hallways, windows, patio, bathrooms, and storage areas. Cleaning involves sweeping, mopping, stripping/waxing and spray buffing of floors, vacuuming of carpets, dusting and emptying waste areas. Experience in conference room arrangements and moving heavier objects, tables, chairs and floor care with older type equipment highly preferred.

Requires weekend, afternoon and evening and holiday work. Must be able to communicate well with Sisters, guests and co-workers.

Interested qualified applicants may send their resume by email jobs@mercywmw.org, fax (650) 548-0673 or mail directly to Sisters of Mercy c/o Human Resources 2300 Adeline Drive Burlingame, CA 94010

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Catholic San Francisco

September 30, 2011

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of August HOLY CROSS COLMA

Katherine Gonzales Armand Germain Guibert Frances Mary Guibert Cecile Hamilton Mary Adams Monroe T. Harris Maria C. Aguiar Beverly Jean Reinhard Hendon Carlos F. Alcala Mark A. Higdon Elizabeth Marie Archer Eugene W. Horan Heidi E. Arsento Juana Reina Huete Jeannette M. Aubert Joseph E. Intaschi Eva C. Banchero Patria U. Jaochico Esmeralda Becerra Mary P. Johnson John Benson Nancy Margaret Johnson Pamela K. Bernal Caroline Lagorio William D. Bernal, Jr. Shirlee A. Lash Lillian A. Bizal Raymunda A. Lasian Rosina Jones Bolden Anthony V. LaStella Sylvia Braidwood Orrie Leclerc Mary L. Canfield Rose M. Leksan John F. Casissa Leona M. Lewis Donald Andrew Casper Cristina “Nena” Llemos Martha Castro Brendan A. Logan Ann Louise Catrone Pauline Rose Madrieres Walter John Cavagnaro Maria Magdalena Martinez Carolyn Marie Champagne Carmella S. Martinez-Vargas Margaret H. Champagne Lilian J. Mascheroni David Eugene Cherry Josephine A. Mercurio Edward Hunter Chostner Rita Joan Merlino Manuel C. “Leo” Conte Dismas Corde-Dolorosa-Mariae Amelia R. Moresco Miriam Murphy Winifred P. Cotton Barbara Galli Murray Agnes M. Dalberg June Rita Murray Remedios B. Daquioag Egidio E. Muscat Constantine J. Dellinges Yvonne V. Muscat Anacleta B. Doroliat Mary Teresa O’Hara Sharman L. Esse Leroy Joseph Olivier Wilson P. Estillore Mary L. Paolino Katherine A. Evets Marvin J. Pardi Miriam I. Faenzi Henry Peterson, Jr. Francesca Finocchiaro Paz Resayo Irene E. Garvey Gloria Rogers Consolacion Gimenes

John Joseph Sandoval Alejandro Santoyo, Sr. Jacquelyn A. Sarraille Adriana D. Scolini Gloria Mary Seamans Nora Seibert Elaine Sequeira Roderick A. Sigua Jeanne Cronin Smith Jose H. Sosa, Sr. Dorothy J. Spellacy Marcel C. Susbilla Vincent John Tarantino Audrey E. Tennant George H. Vennemeyer Isabel B. Wallace Helen L. Walti Joseph W. Welch Ronald Vincent Wilson

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Felisitas Buenrostro Mariana Contreras Maria Sanchez Monroy Alcinda Lourenca Vierra Rose A. Yuranovich

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Alex C. Beigel, Jr. Barbara M. Herrero Thomas Richard Hofmann Carole Marie Pitto Catherine L. Pudlo Dorla D. Spaan Linda Peralta Vickroy Manouchehr Zarkoub

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA First Saturday Mass – Saturday, October 1, 2011 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Rev. Ray Allender, S.J., Celebrant

Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma – Walking Tour With Historian Michael Svanevik Saturday, October 8, 2011 – 10:00 am Walking tour is offered through the College of San Mateo Please contact the college for information and fees You may register at http://CommunityEd.smccd.edu

Todos Los Santos Celebration – All Saints Day Mass Saturday, October 29, 2011 – Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel –11:00 am Msgr. Fred Bitanga, Main Celebrant Refreshments after Mass

The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco www.holycrosscemeteries.com HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 650-756-2060 TOMALES CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1400 Dillon Road, Tomales, CA 415-479-9021

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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