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Teachers’ contract underscores high schools’ ‘paramount’ Catholic purpose Rick DelVecchio Catholic San Francisco

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Hundreds protest at Planned Parenthood

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone joined protesters in front of the 1650 Valencia St. Planned Parenthood clinic in San Francisco Aug. 22, part of a national day of protest over undercover videos showing people in the organization discussing the harvesting and sale of fetal tissue. “I’m here because I’ve seen the videos,” said Brittany Morgan, 26, holding her 1-month old son Micah. “I’m more than angry.” Story on Page 9.

A new labor agreement between the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the union representing teachers at the four archdiocesan high schools states that Catholic teachings must remain paramount in the classroom and that teachers are accountable for personal conduct that could negatively affect their ability to serve the Catholic mission.

Marin Catholic High School president Tim Navone said the agreement, which follows months of contention that made national headlines, brings the focus back on teaching.

“I am most excited that our teachers are going to be able to be fully focused without distraction on what they are going to do best, and that is teaching,” he told Catholic San Francisco Aug. 20. “As an administrator my hope and goal is they have the sole focus of educating our students.”

Navone added that he is “filled with a lot of gratitude for those on all sides. The union executive committee really worked hard.”

Ted DeSaulnier, a religion teacher at Archbishop Riordan High School and a member of the executive see teachers, page 13

Pastors alarmed by ‘ubiquitous’ pornography’s impact on children and families Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

Local pastors say online pornography is a growing threat to adolescents, adults and couples, with problems related to Internet viewing showing up more often in the confessional.

Increasingly graphic yet pushing the boundaries of mainstream entertainment – consider “Fifty Shades of Grey,” a sadomasochistic-themed erotic thriller that opened to general movie audiences earlier this year – pornography is an indiscriminate predator that endangers adults, children, families, couples and society itself, the pastors said in interviews with Catholic San Francisco.

“It’s a ubiquitous problem,” said Father Mark Doherty, parochial vicar at St. Peter Parish in San Francisco and chaplain at Sacred Heart Cathedral

‘Pornographic imagery is everywhere and so sneaky that faith can often have trouble intervening.’

Father Anselm Ramelow, OP Preparatory. “It’s seriously startling the extent to which it has become a problem among young boys.”

Kids who have relatively free access to computers and smartphones are finding pornography at home, Father Doherty said. This includes what he calls “lowlevel” pornography as seen on such TV networks as HBO. “That’s often how the door gets opened.”

Pornography is listed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church as an offense against chastity.

“Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties,” the catechism states. “It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. …”

The catechism says pornography is a “grave offense,” turning people into objects and immersing them in a fantasy world.

Pornography is named as a “particularly worrisome” threat to sexual and marital development in a June 2015 Vatican document summarizing responses of the world’s bishops in preparation for this October’s Synod of Bishops on the family. see pornography, page 12

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Need to know Project Rachel liturgy: “A Mass and Healing Liturgy in Memory of Our Little Ones” will be celebrated Sept. 19, 11 a.m., at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma, with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone as principal celebrant. Parents, families and the Catholic community are welcome. The event is sponsored by the archdiocesan Project Rachel ministry and Holy Cross Cemetery. Contact Project Rachel at (415) 717-6428 or the archdiocesan Respect Life program at (415) 614-5570.

Viewing the pope’s visit: Several cable systems will set up temporary channels for nonstop coverage of Pope Francis’ U.S. visit next month, and all major events will be streamed live on the Internet, the California Catholic Conference says. The pope is expected to talk about immigration, hunger and the environment during stops in Washington, Philadelphia and New York.

The Washington archdiocese has prepared a special website for parishes, schools and other organizations: Go to www.walkwithfrancis.org for resources and information on the visit. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has catechetical material available for all age levels.

US bishops’ Labor Day statement: Creating sufficient, decent work that honors the dignity of families is the Catholic way, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said in the bishops’ 2015 Labor Day statement. “We are in need of a profound conversion of heart at all levels of our lives.” Archbishop Wenski said, adding that in the ecology encyclical “Laudato Si’” Pope Francis challenges people to see the connections between human labor, care for creation, and honoring the dignity of the “universal family, a sublime communion which fills us with a sacred, affectionate and humble respect.”

See www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/ human-life-and-dignity/labor-employment/ labor-day-statement-2015.cfm.

Re-entry conferencE: A conference on issues related to prisoners re-entering society will be held at the St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center Sept. 26, 8 a.m.3 p.m. The keynote speaker is Megan Comfort, senior research sociologist at RTI International. Formerly incarcerated adults and teens, nonprofit advocates and providers, law enforcement and religious, social and educational institutions are invited to attend. The event is co-sponsored by the archdiocesan restorative justice ministry. Contact Julio Escobar at (415) 861-9579, escobarj@sfarchdiocese.org.

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Walking for affordable housing

San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice and Father Lawrence Goode, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in East Palo Alto, lead a walk around the St. Matthew Parish grounds in San Mateo Aug. 20 as part of a rally against evictions and for laws to protect tenants. The rally also focused on an apartment complex where tenants, including some St. Matthew parishioners, face a steep rent increase or eviction.

Seminary to honor Greater Bay Area Serra Clubs at Sept. 19 gala St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, founded in 1898, will host its annual gala Sept. 19 on the seminary grounds in Menlo Park.

Every year the seminary community honors a person or group that has loved St. Patrick’s and supported its mission. In anticipation of Blessed Junipero Serra’s upcoming canonization, the community will honor The Greater Bay Area Serra Clubs: San Francisco, San Jose and West Contra Costa County. The Serra Club mission, closely aligned with the work of its namesake, is to foster and affirm vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

Serra International, a global lay apostolate for vocations in the Catholic Church, was founded in Seattle in 1935. Today,

Serra Clubs include more than 20,000 members in 800 clubs in 40 countries. In the United States alone, there are 9,000 members in 260 clubs.

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Father Arturo Albano was installed as pastor of St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco Aug. 8 at an evening Mass.

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was principal celebrant and homilist.

Father Albano and Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice concelebrated.

In remarks at the Mass after Communion, Father Albano called his appointment “a glorious moment” telling the assembly that while he had anticipated retiring “man proposes and God disposes so here I am.” He said his appointment was a “divine surprise” and he is grateful to Archbishop Cordileone for his “confidence and belief in me.”

The appointment puts “great responsibility and challenge on my shoulders” but I am “happy to face it all,” Father Albano told Catholic San Francisco.

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Father Arturo Albano, pastor at St. Mary’s Cathedral, is pictured with Archbishop Cordileone and family members after his installation Mass Aug. 8. Right, Father Albano poses with the Missionaries of Charity after his installation. He became friends with the sisters at Mission Dolores Parish, where he served as pastor before his appointment to the cathedral.

Among those in attendance were uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and grandnephews from as far as Germany, Canada, the Philippines and the state of Virginia. Special guests

and gift bearers were Father Albano’s brother Joseph of Union City and his sister Ester Garcia, president of the University of the East in the Philippines. Their parents are deceased.

More than 60 people who hail from Father Albano’s hometown of Dingras in the Philippines, most of whom now live in the United States, were also in the assembly.

Regional gathering on feast of St. Peter Claver The Northern California Inter-Council and Courts, a regional organization of the Knights of Peter Claver Inc. and the Knights of Peter Claver Ladies’ Auxiliary, will celebrate the feast of St. Peter Claver on Sunday, Sept. 13, with a gospel Mass at 12:15 p.m. at St. Boniface Church in San Francisco.

The umbrella organization for men and women Knights of Peter Claver groups from 11 parishes in San Francisco, East Palo Alto, Oakland, Richmond and Sacramento, the InterCouncil and Courts supports the parish groups through prayer, community service, fundraising and fellowship.

The September “turnout” is hosted by the Sacred Heart Council and Court #296, domiciled at St. Boniface. The tradition of the turnout stems from the earliest days of the order, when regular attendance at Sunday Mass (especially for men) was not common.

Annual events were designated as times when the members should dress alike, attend Mass, and receive Communion together.

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Members of the combined Courts and Councils of the Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver, domiciled at St. Boniface (#296) and St. Paul of the Shipwreck (#120) parishes in San Francisco are pictured in a 2012 photo. tion that moved here from the South,” said Levert Horner of Vallejo, the Inner Guard for Council #296. “Now we need more young people. We have

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The order maintains the AfricanAmerican Catholic tradition in cities throughout the nation while reflecting the multicultural face of the 21stcentury Catholic Church. Particularly here in California, Catholics from all ethnic backgrounds are drawn to the spirit of service to the church. The most recently established unit in Los Angeles (#400) is primarily Latino.

Father Ken Westray, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in San Francisco and chaplain of the Sacred Heart Council, will preside at the Mass.

Father Kirk Ullery, chaplain of the Sacred Heart Court, and Franciscan Father Tommy King, pastor of St. Boniface, will concelebrate. The Sacred Heart Gospel Choir – now in its 41st year offering traditional and contemporary gospel music within the Mass – will sing.

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Having not stepped far from Catholic schools her entire life, Natalie Cirigliano is staying her path as new principal of Holy Name of Jesus School, San Francisco.

Natalie is a graduate of St. Catherine of Siena School, Burlingame and Mercy High School, Burlingame.

“I believe that giving your child the gift of a Catholic education is Natalie one of the greatest things you can Cirigliano give your child, and one that continues to give your entire life,” Natalie told me via email. “I will forever be thankful to my parents for investing in the Catholic school system and me!”

Natalie holds a graduate degree in Catholic educational leadership from the University of San Francisco. She completed undergraduate work at UCLA. “I am very excited to be joining the Holy Name community which is very rich in tradition and history,” Natalie said. “I look forward to continuing to strengthen this community while building on the already strong and impressive academic program it offers.”

Natalie looks to have all Holy Name students feel supported and encouraged. “I want all of my students to be resilient and hardworking young adults whose daily actions reflect values of faith, compassion, empathy, and confidence.”

Natalie not only attended St. Catherine’s and Mercy, Burlingame she has taught at both. She was assistant principal and dean for student life at Mercy as well as History Department chair. She taught junior high grades at St. Catherine’s where she is also an active parishioner.

HALLOWED SPACE: San Francisco’s St. Dominic Church is on ground picked especially by Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, himself a Dominican, in 1863. Churches were built on the site in 1872, 1887 and the current structure in 1928. “It is a Dominican hallmark because it is committed to Dominican spirituality and was founded by the Dominican Order,” Elizabeth Skelton, director of the St. Dominic Docent Program told me in an email.

Docents became a part of the parish landscape in the mid-1980s during the first phase of St. Dominic’s seismic rehabilitation project “as a way of bringing people to see the beautiful interior treasures such as magnificent stone and wood carvings and stained glass windows,” Elizabeth said. Docents from already existing programs at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Grace Cathedral, and Temple Emanu-El were great helps in getting things going, Elizabeth said.

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St. Dominic’s pipe organ was built in Boston in 1909. Not far from the console is a room nearly four stories tall that contains almost 4,000 pipes ranging in size from 32 feet long to smaller than a pencil.

“This love of the work itself, of the materials, of the process of creation is the glory of St. Dominic’s Church,” the parish website says. “Each piece of art is an individual treasure. Together they form this exquisite offering of prayer and praise.” St. Dominic Church has been called “a sermon in stone.” Visit www.stdominics.org.

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Docents seek to acknowledge the remarkable artistry in the church among its wood carvings, stone carvings and stained glass. They try also “to honor the architects and engineers who brought into being the ancient ‘flying buttress’ remedy for the highly ac-

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IN IT TOGETHER: Concern for creation and the poor with Mary Evelyn Tucker and Jesuit Father John Coleman on Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Sept. 3, 7 p.m., Xavier Hall, University of San Francisco. Mary Evelyn unpacks the invitations and challenges of the encyclical with response from Father Coleman followed by questions and small group discussion. RSVP to um@usfca.edu; (415) 422-4463; visit www.interfaithpower.org/usfclimateevents; parking in the Koret parking structure, southwest corner of Turk Boulevard and Parker Avenue.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of July HOLY CROSS, COLMA Amelia S. Acosta Maria Angela Aguinaldo Royce R. Alt Consuelo Acosta Ancheta Eufemia C. Arroyo Sr. Mariana Arroyo, SHF Donald George Bartolotti Robert A Besozzi Frank Billante Shirley Cassidy Bogue Kathleen Claire Born George E. Brayer Sr. Mary Edwin Byrne, RSM Protacio P. Cabiltes II Theresa Sexton Cafferkey Mary Calleja Kathleen Cantwell Sam J. Cardinale Joanne C. Carlascio Patrick Joseph Carlin Ginger V. Castro Catalina Maningas Ceballos Janey Young Cheu Susan Elizabeth Coppin Rosale M. Cresta Pacifico Cruz Jr. Frances Cuadra Maura B. Cueva Virginia K. De Voto RoseAnne McCardell DeAmicis George Edward Devine Angelino B. Escoto, Jr. Eulalia Fernandes Louise Francis Figlia Mary Ellen Ford Jorge Saucedo Franco Stephen R. Franks Richard G. Fry Richard Furrer Maureen Galeotti Albert Ganem Zina Garza

Rogelio Adonay Gastellum Peter Joseph Giannini Meleseini L. Hafoka Daniel P. Hagmaier Sister Elizabeth Hagmeier John Francis Hardy Edgard A Ibarra Donna Interlicchia Dorothy Julieann Jasinski Luz Obien Jimenez Francis Jospeh Kelly Raymond A. Langlois Rolando Sison Laureta Peter Shu-Chi Lee Juanita Livingstone Rebecca Alicia Lopez Monica Hing Mee Louie Glenn Charles Lynch Barbara Ward Mackey Kamal Elias Malouf Ramon Mamaril J. Pedro Martinez Mary McNally Dolores M. Mercado Dora T. Mezzetta Rita M. Michelini Mirella Miranda Leonardo L. Montenegro Alice G. Morales Kathleen Marie Murphy Sunni May Nash Bernice A. O’Brien Juanita Padilla Galdo Pavini Fidel L. Penna Angelina Gonzalez Persich Betty Pond Mary Puccinelli Dina Puccinelli Sr. M. Assumption Queva, SHF Ramona Ramirez Esther T. Re Esperanza M. Rilles Manuela Rodriguez Mary Ross

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Mt. olivet, san rafael Jane Marie Cahill Phoebe Carlton Haifa Ghammache Lynne Johnson Catherine Teresa Knittel Zorka Svorcan Manovi Mary Frances Medeiros Manuel Pacheco Medeiros Jr. Mrs. Richard (Verna) Parino Georgette “Sissy” Perinoni

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Mass and Healing Liturgy in Memory of Our Little Ones Saturday, September 19, 2015 Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Principal Celebrant Parents, family and the community are welcome.

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Catholic Charities invites clergy, parish staff and parishioners to tour one or more of its program sites in the archdiocese. Guests will have the opportunity to meet the program directors and see how youth, adults and the elderly are being served with compassion. Sept. 3, 9:30-10:30 a.m., OMI Senior Center, San Francisco; Sept. 10, 10-noon, Refugee and Immigrant Services/Behavioral Health Services, San Mateo; Sept. 15, 10:30-noon, St. Vincent School for Boys, San Rafael; Sept. 22, 3-4 p.m., Canal Family Support Program, San Rafael; Sept. 23, 10-11:30 a.m., Derek Silva Community, San Francisco; Sept. 30, 3-5 p.m., Youth Club at St. Francis of Assisi, East Palo Alto. Space is limited so sign up now by contacting Jane at JFergusonFlout@CatholicCharitiesSF.org or (415) 972-1227. Visitwww.CatholicCharitiesSF.org.

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2 Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose profess perpetual vows The Motherhouse Chapel of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose overflowed with sisters, guests and family members from California, Texas, Illinois, Canada and Vietnam for the profession of perpetual vows by Sister Mary Yun, OP and Sister Mary-Han Nguyen, OP on the feast of St. Dominic Aug. 8. Sister Gloria Marie Jones, OP, congregational prioress witnessed the rite.

Oakland Bishop Michael Barber, SJ, was principal celebrant and homilist. Divine Word Father Carl Seewald, the sisters’ chaplain, was among the concelebrants.

Sister Mary-Han was born in Vietnam, and entered the U.S. at age 16. Her parents and siblings live in Houston. Her sister, Sister Theresa Trang

Nguyen is a Sister of the Lovers of the Holy Cross.

Sister Mary-Han holds a graduate degree in pastoral ministry from Santa Clara University and currently serves as a parish faith formation director in Southern California.

Sister Mary Yun was born in Korea and entered the U.S. at age 12. Her mother and most of her family reside in southern California. Sister Mary holds a master of social work degree from UCLA and serves as a licensed clinical social worker.

“The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose feel blessed to embrace these women in their congregation and pray God’s blessings upon them and all they will serve in ministry,” the sisters said in a statement.

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Archbishop links natural family HOLY LAND FRANCISCAN planning, stewardship of environment PILGRIMAGES Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone linked protection and nurturing of marriage and the family with stewardship of the environment, drawing heavily on the words of Pope Francis and the two previous pontiffs in his keynote address to the California Association of Natural Family Planning.

The spiritually and emotionArchbishop ally healthy family, founded upon Cordileone parents who try to love each other with a Christ-like love, is the key underpinning of a healthy society, the archbishop said Aug. 21.

The same life view is what is needed for the whole world, Archbishop Cordileone said, quoting Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’.”

The conference, titled “Male and female he created them,” was held Aug. 21-22 at St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center in San Francisco. At the concluding banquet, Archbishop Cordileone was given the Calegari Award to acknowledge decades of contributions to “love and life,” including serving on the CANFP executive board since 2009 and promoting natural family planning education in the dioceses of San Diego, Oakland and the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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Ursuline Sisters: Catholic pioneers in North America since 1639 Western Province Ursulines of the Roman Union

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Founding: Brescia, Italy in 1535 by St. Angela Merici

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Our beginnings in the San Francisco archdiocese were no different. Invited to Santa Rosa in 1880 by the pastor of St. Rose Parish and the archbishop of San Francisco, six Ursuline Sisters traveled from Brown County, Ohio, to begin Catholic schools, first in Santa Rosa, which was then part of San Francisco archdiocese, and later in San Francisco and Novato.

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The Ursulines opened Our Lady of Loretto grade school in Novato in 1958, as one newspaper describes it “with jets overhead, cows on the hills, and youngsters at their books.” Immediately Our Lady of Loretto had an opportunity to live the Ursuline value of hospitality. A local little white schoolhouse burned down, and those public school students and teachers were welcomed to use a classroom and share the playground at Our Lady of Loretto. Fifty-seven years later, Our Lady of Loretto School continues in its founding traditions with Christ at its center educating students to be compassionate, humble, responsible, involved, spiritual thinkers in the church and society.

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Archbishop, pro-lifers protest Planned Parenthood Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

Hundreds of Bay Area residents protested Planned Parenthood and its sale of aborted baby parts for research, gathering to pray at clinics in Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco as part of a national day of protest Aug. 22 that drew tens of thousands to more than 320 Planned Parenthood locations nationwide.

In San Francisco, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone joined the pro-life demonstration, speaking briefly and praying with the activists outside a Planned Parenthood clinic on Valencia Street.

“The pain is so deep,” said the archbishop. “Thank you for bearing witness and let us pray that God might bless our land with peace and life.”

“I’m here because I’ve seen the videos,” said Brittany Morgan, 26, holding her 1-month old son Micah at the demonstration in San Francisco. “I’m more than angry. I never knew what was happening to these babies after they’ve been aborted.”

The National Day of Protest, sponsored by more than 40 pro-life organizations, was sparked by revelations in a series of undercover videos shot by the Center for Medical Progress that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting and sale of fetal tissue from aborted babies. The videos, shot over a period of two and half years, are being released at a rate of about one a week.

The eighth video, released Aug. 21, allegedly showed the top executive of Placerville based StemExpress joking about shipping intact aborted babies’ corpses to research labs.

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A demonstrator outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in San Rafael Aug. 22.

committee, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley, wrote a letter Aug. 3 to urge senators to support S. 1881, which would defund Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates and instead fund women’s health providers that do not promote abortion.

“It has long been troubling to many Americans that the nation’s largest abortion network, performing over a third of all abortions, receives over half a billion taxpayer dollars a year,” he wrote.

In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, protesters prayed outside Planned Parenthood locations in San Francisco, Redwood City, San Mateo, San Rafael and South San Francisco. About 130 people gathered outside the Redwood City clinic on El Camino Real, a crowd that included parishioners from St.

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Francis of Assisi Parish in East Palo Alto; Church of the Nativity and St. Anthony in Menlo Park; and St. Pius, in Redwood City. Protestant ministers joined the about 120 people who prayed and held signs outside the Planned Parenthood in San Rafael.

Nicole, 28, and Bill Hull, 27, said the videos were distressing particularly because they are expecting their first child in a week (who was blessed in utero by the archbishop that day outside the San Francisco clinic). “It really hits home,” said Bill Hull. “Getting to see all the ultrasounds, going through the whole process – we are just finding it really hard to see how anybody could ever say it is not a human being.”

Jennifer Hernandez traveled to San Francisco from Stockton with her husband, because San Francisco has the highest abortion rate in the country.

The couple has three children. “Every baby is wanted by someone even if you can’t take care of him yourself – somebody wants him,” Hernandez said.

The National Day of Protest of Planned Parenthood, #ProtestPP, drew crowds as large as 1,600 in Aurora, Illi-

nois, and 850 in Falls Church, Virginia.

Five hundred gathered outside the clinic in San Jose.

In its mission statement, #ProtestPP, whose main sponsors were Created Equal, the Pro-Life Action League, 40 Days for Life, and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, stated: “Our goal is to raise awareness of the heartless and even illegal activities of Planned Parenthood by going to where the killing and harvesting of body parts from aborted children takes place.”

The videos have drawn scrutiny from state and federal leaders, and five states have moved to withdraw Medicaid funding from their local Planned Parenthood branches.

Top officials of Planned Parenthood dispute what the videos show, saying they have been edited to distort the interviews and any mention of money for tissue and body parts is related to customary handling fees charged the researchers. The center has posted the videos in their entirety on its website, www.centerformedicalprogress.org, and it plans to release several more.

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The ones she saw were stern and serious. “I get the sense that he was not that happy,” she told Catholic News Service.

Norton said she discovered from reading some of his documents that Father Serra cared for the native people he evangelized despite his apparent serious demeanor.

She said he “lived in service” to people and she wanted to show the Franciscan in a positive light, honoring his work and perseverance.

“I wanted to tell the story of the work that he did. ... That he walked and worked to build what is now essentially the California we know,” she said in a telephone interview.

In Norton’s painting, Blessed Serra holds a cross and walking stick and is surrounded by representations of nine missions he established, the California coast demarcated with a splash of blue. A rooster at his feet is a nod to his early rise and the long hours he labored.

In her own blog about the painting, Norton wrote of Father Serra, “He is the story of persevering in what we believe in.”

Norton’s colorful painting stands in stark contrast to a portrait that turns up every time his name is Googled.

That image shows the tonsured friar against a dark background looking left in a wide-eyed stare. He wears a gray cowled robe, the Franciscan garb of his time. A crucifix hangs from his neck.

Monica Orozco, director of the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, said the painting is typical of how people sat for portraits at the time. “I suppose (he) looks a little dour, a little apart, not much in terms of emotion,” she said, adding that there is a certain “majesty” and “gravitas” to his image.

Another of the few 18th-century depictions of the missionary is a woodcut published in 1787 with the first biography of Father Serra by Franciscan Father Francisco Palou,

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He stands “ready to punish his own body to atone for the sins of others,” wrote University of California historian Steven Hackel about the depiction. “This one is by far the grittiest, the most complicated, and likely to be the most accurate image that exists of Serra.”

Those who say the Spanish missionary does not deserve honor assert that he was a part of the imperial conquest under which California Indians nearly became extinct. Critics have defaced his image during protests and on social media. Some have portrayed him as the devil.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Conference of Major Superiors of Men overwhelmingly passed a resolution Aug. 7 committing to “a deeper engagement” to protect the earth and “cherish all creation.”

The conference, made up of leaders who represent more than 17,000 Catholic religious brothers and priests in the United States, laid out steps for member congregations to take in solidarity with Pope Francis’ call to action on climate change in his encyclical on the environment.

“The biblical vision with Christ in the center of our lives and communities, along with our vows and our mission as religious, calls us to see the urgency of this issue, not simply as a justice and peace concern but as embedded in who we are,” it said.

Quoting from the encyclical “Laudato Si’,” it added: “CMSM deeply feels the suffering of our ‘common home’ and

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HOUSTON – The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said “respectful, honest, open dialogue” about “matters at the core of our life” led to an agreeable conclusion this spring to the Vatican’s doctriSister Sharon nal assessment and Holland reform mandate.

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Same-sex attraction needs more attention in parishes, say speakers

PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Clarifying church teaching and preaching to those with same-sex attraction are crucial to evangelizing today, speakers said during an Aug. 10-12 conference.

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Dan Mattson, a Midwestern man who describes himself as same-sex attracted, said society labels people who experience same-sex attraction, and by creating “other” groups, mainstream culture forces people into social boxes they might not be ready to identify with.

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The document blames misuse of the Internet and forced prostitution as factors in the trend. Couples struggle to find ways to grow more intimate with pornography yet many remain stunted in their emotional and sexual development.

Pornography is as old as civilization – the words “pornography” and “obscene” have Greek and Latin roots – but for the first time in history it is being consumed widely.

“No one remains untouched by it,” the Witherspoon Institute said in a 2010 report titled “The Social Costs of Pornography.”

The institute said porn consumption “is qualitatively and quantitatively different from any that has gone before it.” More than 72 million people worldwide every month visit porn sites, the institute said, and the images called up are more graphic and violent than ever before.

Father Doherty said that the problem often presents itself to a priest when a woman seeks help for her marriage after discovering her husband’s use of pornography.

The adult men often say they were seduced by imagery they found innocently on TV or the Internet.

That initial exposure may lead to harder-core websites, movies or magazines. For some, it becomes an addiction.

“Once you go down that road, it’s often very hard to stop,” Father Doherty said.

He said pre-pubescent and adolescent boys tell him that they feel guilty. Many Catholic men and boys are ashamed that they did not resist the temptation despite what their church, their teachers and their parents taught them, he said.

“Though we hope that our faith gives pause for thought, we are all temptable,” said Dominican Father Anselm Ramelow, a teacher at the Dominican School of Philosophy

RECLAim Sexual Health: Catholic online recovery program for pornography and sex addiction. reclaimsexualhealth.com John Paul II Renewal Center: Dedicated to spreading the teachings of the pope’s “theology of the body.” jp2renew.org ‘Bought with a Price’: Arlington, Virginia, Bishop Paul Loverde’s pastoral letter. arlingtondiocese.org Matt Fradd: Catholic author of “The Porn Effect.” mattfradd.com

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The Catholic view of the sacredness of sexuality as a gift from God offers hope and healing to those tempted by pornography. Without that view, pornography can become a true addiction, “worse than alcoholism,” said Father Anselm Ramelow, a teacher at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley. and Theology in Berkeley. He lives at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco.

“Pornographic imagery is everywhere and so sneaky that faith can often have trouble intervening,” he said.

Arlington, Virginia, Bishop Paul Loverde has written a 77-page pastoral letter on the topic, titled “Bought with a Price: Every Man’s Duty to Protect Himself and His Family from a Pornographic Culture.”

“Today’s kids don’t have to stumble upon faded centerfolds or sneak glimpses of late-night television – they can tap a keyboard or screen and access virtually an infinite supply of graphic nudity and sex acts,” he writes. “They’re awash in a sea of smut, and as our culture increasingly legitimizes, even glorifies it, only heroic parental vigilance – plus God’s providence – offers them any hope of escaping its influence.”

The Catholic view of the sacredness of sexuality as a gift from God offers hope and healing. For example, St. John Paul II’s teachings compiled in his “theology of the body” contrast the gift of sexuality with its abuse through practices that distort the integrity of the whole person and train males and females to look upon each other as objects.

Without that view, pornography can become a true addiction, “worse than alcoholism, because alcohol is not a substance we need and that we therefore can abstain from,” said Father Ramelow. Like alcoholics or drug addicts, porn addicts can seldom recover their sexual health without help.

Father Joseph Previtali, parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Pillar Church in Half Moon Bay, said the main pastoral challenge with pornography is helping young men

understand that what they’ve been sold by the world is a “false and destructive vision of manhood.”

“Our Lord Jesus, the perfect man, and St. Joseph, teach us the true meaning of manhood,” said Father Previtali. “It’s powerful that our two main models of masculinity were virgins for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.”

Dominican Father Michael Hurley, pastor of St. Dominic Church in San Francisco agrees that the crisis of pornography flows from a cultural misunderstanding of the nature and power of sexuality. “There’s a challenge, but also an opportunity to share the beauty of our faith tradition in this area,” he said.

Bishop Loverde’s pastoral letter offers a Christian “Plan of Life” to help those tempted by pornography, including morning prayer, meditation, spiritual readings, frequent confession, Mass attendance and “practicing the presence of God.” He also offers St. Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: “Do you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price.

So glorify God in your body.”

‘Victory’ app aimed at helping young people suffering addiction to porn Abbey Jaroma Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON – Matt Fradd, a popular Catholic speaker who said he has dedicated his life to fighting pornography, teamed up with longtime youth minister Mark Hart, known as the “Bible Geek,” and LifeTeen to develop an app designed to assist young people find victory in their battle against porn.

“I worked as an apologist at Catholic Answers for three years and I would travel the country and give many talks, and I couldn’t help but feel that while I was up there proclaiming the basic Gospel message to thousands of teenagers, a good number of these young men and women were looking at hardcore pornography,” Fradd explained in a phone interview with Catholic News Service.

The app, Victory, is based on a calendar system where the user can mark the days they were victorious over porn, or had a setback, using colors.

White represents the days they were victorious, and gray represents the days with a setback. A date with a green square around it signifies a day the user went to confession.

“One of the reasons this app is so helpful is that it enables people to view freedom from porn, not as a destination, but as a daily choice. This app enables us to daily track our progress and reflect upon our victories. ‘Look at that, I had five days in a row that I was victorious,’” Fradd said.

After the setback is logged on the calendar, the app assists you in pinpointing what the trigger

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This screen grab was taken from www.theporneffect.com.

Matt Fradd, a popular Catholic speaker who says he has dedicated his life to fighting pornography, teamed up with Mark Hart and LifeTeen to develop an app designed to help young people overcome attraction to porn.

was so you are more prepared to log a white day the next time that trigger occurs. Users can choose from various “trigger” options – boredom, loneliness, anger, stress or tiredness. According to Fradd, this helps a person to gain self-knowledge.

The app includes a section for journaling, and there’s a prayer request button that will notify up to three “accountability partners,” as the program calls them, to pray for you. The app is private and

requires a four-digit passcode to log in.

Rachel Penate, the assistant to the executive vice president of LifeTeen, said: “Not everyone struggles with pornography, or even the sin of lust, but everyone struggles with sin. It may require a bit of adaptation, but Victory can suffice as a tracking tool for any struggling with a particular sin.”

Being that Victory is geared toward Catholics, many have asked Fradd why it seems he is preaching to the choir, and his response is: “Because the choir is looking at porn.”

Victory was launched May 28, and since then it has been downloaded over 4,500 times, which is a testament to its popularity. The app is free, and the accompanying book included in the app costs $1.99.

The price of the book goes straight back to the app, though, not only to update the current version, but to launch an android version later this summer.

There also is a donation page set up to increase funding for the app and it is donate.lifeteen.com/ thevictoryapp. A donor matches every donation through that link.

Fradd said he and his partners, Hart and LifeTeen, have high hopes for Victory – to bring the addictive and destructive nature of pornography to light and to provide supportive and private assistance to liberate young people who have a porn addiction.

“The hope of this app,” said Penate, “is that it will spark real and honest conversations about porn – why it needs to happen to heal from addiction; why it’s destructive; and to encourage teens that they are not alone in this fight: That it is OK to struggle.”

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Teachers: High school contract settlement FROM PAGE 1

committee of Archdiocesan Federation of Teachers Local 2240, said he felt relieved to settle a disagreement he described as “one of those perfect storms.”

Societal issues of religious freedom and equal rights clashed but in the end both sides strived to reach an agreement, with the union offering the final language that forged a tentative deal in July, he said.

The agreement, ratified in a narrow 90-80 decision by union members Aug. 19, includes a fiveparagraph preamble section on the purpose of Catholic education and expectations for teachers to support the mission. “All lay teachers covered by the agreement “shall conduct themselves at all times during the performance of those duties in a manner in keeping with the standards of the church,” the preamble states.

“The close vote reflected divisions among faculty and the broader community after the archdiocese administration proposed new language that would have declared teachers to be ‘ministers,’ language that, if implemented, would have placed the teachers outside the protections of the National Labor Relations Act,” the union said in a news release.

Covering 236 full-time teachers, the deal provides for a 7.5 percent salary increase over three years for teachers at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco, Marin Catholic in Kentfield and Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo. Teachers at Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco will receive a 6 percent increase over the contract term, with possible parity with the other schools at 7.5 percent if the school can afford a larger increase in the third year.

“I want to thank the union and administration negotiating teams for their hard work over the past few months in coming to this agreement,” Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said in a statement from the archdiocese. “They have negotiated just wages and benefits for our high school teachers, who are among the finest teachers in Northern California.

“I also very much appreciate that the negotiations included a rich discussion about the mission and purpose of Catholic education and the vital role that our high school teachers play in carrying out that mission,” he said. “I’m pleased that these discussions reinforced and clarified purposes and roles which have been referenced in previous contracts. And I pass on my special thanks to all our teachers who ratified this agreement.”

Nina Russo, interim superintendent of schools, said, “We look forward to our students returning to a year of learning and rich, meaningful experiences in both academics and school life. We appreciate the concerted efforts of teachers and school leadership to prepare for this new school opening with the highest degree of commitment and professionalism.”

The deal ends 10 months of bargaining marked by strong resistance by some teachers that the archdiocese’s proposals to strengthen the schools’ Catholic mission could threaten their job security and lead to intrusions into their private lives.

The proposals included initial contract language that defined teachers as ministers, and a supplemental faculty handbook revision that strictly underscored Catholic moral and theological principles.

As bargaining progressed the archdiocese dropped all references to teachers as ministers, and negotiators for the two sides finally settled on language focusing on teaching and expectations for the personal conduct expected of a Catholic teacher. “(The archbishop) tried to be as flexible as possible,” Jesuit Father John Piderit, archdiocesan vicar for administration and moderator of the curia, told Catholic San Francisco Aug. 20. “Had he gone too far in insisting on these he would not have gotten the agreement.”

Father Piderit said it is up to individual school administrators or principals to investigate and decide any concerns that a teacher’s conduct may detract from the classroom.

“The archbishop has made it clear that they are to try to work things out,” Father Piderit said.

Unresolved personnel matters will go to the superintendent of schools, he said.

Unchanged from previous agreements, the contract provides for a grievance process that may include arbitration.

Father Piderit likened the process to the way student conduct issues are handled.

“My point is not the penalty,” he said. “My

Catholic education, teaching roles defined The new archdiocesan teachers’ contract includes these preamble clauses on Catholic education: WHEREAS, the Union and its members recognize the unique nature of the Archdiocesan high school system in that it is Roman Catholic, committed to provide education within the framework of Catholic principles; that Catholic teachings and precepts shall remain paramount throughout the term of this Agreement; and that nothing in the Agreement shall be construed as interfering in any way with the Superintendent’s functions and duties insofar as they are canonical; and WHEREAS, the Union and its members recognize that all lay teachers covered by this Agreement shall perform all their duties as set forth in this Agreement in accordance with the doctrines and precepts of the Roman Catholic Church, and shall conduct themselves at all times during the performance of those duties in a manner in keeping with the standards of the Church; and WHEREAS, the Parties to this agreement acknowledge that the purpose of Catholic schools is to affirm Catholic values through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to help students learn and develop their critical and moral faculties; and WHEREAS, teachers are expected to support the purpose of our Catholic schools in such a way that their personal conduct will not adversely impact their ability to teach in our Catholic High Schools; and WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that disputes about teacher conduct on and off the job are subject to the grievance procedure to determine whether such conduct has adversely impacted the teacher’s ability to teach in our Catholic High Schools.

point is you’re always making a judgment about particular circumstances.”

The union news release said “the language makes clear that questions regarding teacher conduct on and off the job are subject to the collective bargaining grievance procedure, and are not the sole province of administrative fiat. The language was vetted through California Federation of Teachers attorneys, ensuring compliance with protective labor laws.”

Union president Gina Jaeger said “the negotiations have been an arduous process, testing the resolve of our executive board and membership.

But union democracy provided a firm foundation for our discussions. I am very proud of our union for standing tall in support of dignity and fairness.

Now it is time to heal after a tumultuous year.”

Father Piderit said the overall impact of the agreement is to clarify Catholic identity especially in the Bay Area where ideas may be confused. The deal affirms that “we expect people not to compromise in Catholic teaching in word and in action,” he said.

During months of bargaining, the faculty handbook revision, which was concurrent with but never part of the bargaining process, was expanded into a theologically broader, more Christ-centered document by a committee of high school theology teachers picked by the archbishop.

With the labor agreement now in hand, the handbook will serve as a template for ongoing teacher formation, first at Marin Catholic and later at the other three schools, Father Piderit said.

Marin Catholic president Navone said four meetings are planned for administrators and faculty to address the document. Teachers previously expressed concerns primarily about issues of homosexuality and same-sex marriage, he said.

“There’s nothing new and nothing changing on how we instruct but there are a lot of people here who feel nervous by the fact of not having a full grasp of Catholic teaching and don’t want to step into a minefield,” he said. “We want to take the time to talk about issues they may come in contact within curricular areas and other issues they encounter in normal life.”

Letters Armchair ethicists and the A-bomb

Shame on Tony Magliano!

Calling himself a “peace columnist” does not allow him to spread slander about U.S. servicemen (“A-bomb chaplain’s conversion,” Aug. 14). Does he endorse the execrable statement of Father Zabelka that “… (American) planes went to Japan with the express purpose (my emphasis) of … slaughtering hundreds and thousands of children and civilians.”

If not, he should say so.

Referencing hysterical propaganda does not strengthen his argument. His right to express political opinions does not include repeating Zabelka’s hateful slur, dishonoring men who risked their lives defending America. He owes them an apology.

The 80,000 deaths in Hiroshima were tragic. So were 300,000 deaths perpetrated by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Nanking Massacre. An invasion of Japan would have been worse than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. The Japanese military were preparing all civilians to fight to the death (and to execute all POWs). The Battle of Okinawa (a sample of what the Allies would face) cost 72,000 American casualties and possibly 160,000 civilian deaths. Virtually all 77,000 Japanese troops on the island died.

Armchair ethicists, insulated by 70 years of faded memories, smugly pontificate about dropping the A-bomb. Historian Paul Fussell would have been part of the invasion force. In “Thank God for the Atom Bomb” http://crossroads.alexanderpiela. com/files/Fussell_Thank_God_AB.pdf Fussell wrote: “… the farther from the scene of horror, the easier the talk.”

Tony Magliano should read Fussell’s essay to understand the facts and the context surrounding that awful decision. Those horrific bombs saved more lives than they claimed.

Kent Grealish San Mateo

Protecting the world for future generations

On behalf of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, we call the attention of the people of the San Francisco archdiocese to the tremendously thoughtful and powerful encyclical on the environment recently published by Pope Francis at www. laudatosi.com. In “Laudato Si’,” “On Care for Our Common Home,” all are challenged to consider the observable changes to our air, water and biodiversity, and to reflect on the kind of world we want to leave for future generations. Can we appreciate that everything is fundamentally connected, and that a healthy natural world is not meant just for the few? Will we reconsider our thinking and choices, as individuals, as communities, and as countries that affect the environment for better or worse?

The Sisters have been studying and acting on these are issues for some time. In 2006, rooted in our care for creation, and in solidarity with our sisters and brothers of the human-earthglobal community, we formally endorsed the Earth Charter. We committed to use it as a guide to changes in our lifestyle and congregational decision-making: www.earthcharterinaction.org.

For example, we have made significant changes to how we shop and what we eat, to our transportation, our use of water and our housing. We continue to look for ways to share the many blessings we have with those who need so much, as we believe that care for the earth is directly linked to of well-being of everyone on it. We invite others to join us in reading and reflecting on the pope’s encyclical, reviewing the Earth Charter, and considering what you can do to adopt a new way of living, one that reflects responsibility and care for our common home.

The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Leadership Team Sister Maureen McInerney, OP, Prioress General Councillors Sister Carla Kovack, OP; Sister Susan Allbritton, OP; Sister Abby Newton, OP; Sister Mary Kieffer, OP

Role of altar servers

Re “Helping altar servers master their craft,” Aug. 14: The article was a reminder of when I was an altar boy during World War II. The altar boys would serve at Masses and could verbally send up prayers of adoration to heaven with the priest.

The title of the article should have been “Helping altar servers to master their new craft to be unseen and not heard.”

Roy Petri Sonoma

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Sunday readings

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time DEUTERONOMY 4:1-2, 6-8 Moses said to the people: “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. In your observance of the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I enjoin upon you, you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it. Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations, who will hear of all these statutes and say, ‘This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.’ For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the Lord, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him? Or what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today?”

PSALM 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5 One who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Whoever walks blamelessly and does justice; who thinks the truth in his heart and slanders not with his tongue.

One who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Who harms not his fellow man, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor; by whom the reprobate is despised, while he honors those who fear the Lord.

One who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Who lends not his money at usury and accepts no bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things shall never be disturbed.

One who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

JAMES 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27 Dearest brothers and sisters: All good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change. He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls. Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

MARK 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 When the Pharisees with some scribes who had

come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders. And on coming from the marketplace they do not eat without purifying themselves.

And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed, the purification of cups and jugs and kettles and beds. So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him, “Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?” He responded, “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.

You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.” He summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. “From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile.”

Practicing ‘custody of the eyes’

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n Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23, the Pharisees are up in arms (as usual) about their observations of Christ’s religious observance. But before I throw them under the bus, their reaction poses a valid question: At what point does my desire to perfect religious muddle my identity? At this time the tradition of the Elders is considered a crucial part of the Pharisee’s Jewish identity. To cast it aside as quickly as Christ does would seem sacrilegious to them. It would be like wearing white after Labor Day in the South.

On our side of the country it would be like failing to eat organic, or being an A’s fan in San Francisco: Uncouth, definitely. sister maria The Pharisees believe that catherine, op these traditions make or break their faithfulness to God. Jesus clearly disagrees. How can I discern between a tradition that is burdensome

scripture reflection

(but is now expected), versus a legitimate practice that deepens my faith? In this situation Jesus indicates that the Pharisees are not paying attention to the telos – the end for which all things strive according to their nature. He indirectly implies the real question: To what end are you washing hands, purifying beds, pots, etc.?

The first thing Jesus lists that emerges from human hearts is “evil thoughts.” The happiness we strive for in our relationship with God and each other is directly related to what we think about. My thoughts are the rudder that direct the boat of my moral life. This is part of my telos; I become what I ponder.

So, this begs another question: What am I thinking about all day long? What am I putting into my mind to nourish it? Monastic writers discuss a practice called “custody of the eyes,” at length. These wise fathers in the faith encourage me to discipline my eyes. When I’m driving along the highway, do I have to look at every billboard? When I go grocery shopping, do I dwell on a Kardashian gracing the cover of People?

My mind needs something life-giving to feast on.

Paul emphasizes this, when he says, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever

is gracious if there is any excellence or anything worthy of praise, think about these things” (Philippians 4:8). How do I find more of these things to dwell on? A twofold approach could be helpful: Where am I wasting time on frivolous images? What am I reading? What do I listen to? Minimizing the time spent on what doesn’t lead me to God, will help me to make room for the things that will deepen my relationship with Christ and open my heart to what is truly restorative. Regular Sunday Mass attendance is mandated by the church to offer such an opportunity. It provides a weekly spot in my schedule to refocus. In addition, here is where adding 15 minutes of spiritual reading before bed, listening to a couple of faith-filled podcasts in the car every week on spiritual subjects that interest me, and praying the rosary step in; these are the things that give me palpable energy.

To what degree do the things you think about and the ways you spend your time help you to fulfill that end?

Sister Maria Catherine, OP, is a perpetually professed member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. She is fresh from teaching high school English in San Francisco, and is pursuing her master’s in theology at Ave Maria University in Florida.

Political correctness: Swallowing hard

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ust because something is politically correct doesn’t mean that it might not also be correct. Sometimes we have to swallow hard to accept truth.

I served on a priests’ council, an advisory board to the bishop in a Roman Catholic diocese. The bishop, while strongly conservative by temperament, was a deeply principled man. His decisions he made on principle, and sometimes that meant he had to swallow hard.

For example, he found himself under strong pressure to raise the salaries of lay employees in the diocese. The FATHER ron pressure was coming from rolheiser a very vocal group of social justice advocates who were quoting the church’s social doctrines in the face of protests that the diocese could not afford to pay the kind of wages they were demanding. Their cause also leaned on political correctness.

This didn’t make things easy for the bishop, given his conservative temperament and conservative friends.

He came one morning to the priests’ council and asked the priests to give him a mandate to give the diocesan employees the wage increase. The priests told him that they would not bow to political correctness and voted against it. A month later, the bishop came back to the priest’s council and asked the priests again for their support, and should they vote against it again, he would do it on his own. One of the priests, a close personal friend of his, said: “You’re only asking us to do this because it’s politically correct.” The bishop answered him: “No, we’re not doing this because it’s politically correct. We’re doing it because it is correct! We can’t preach the Gospel with integrity if we don’t live it out ourselves. We need to pay a living wage because that’s what the Gospel and Catholic social doctrine demands – not because it’s politically correct.”

In saying this, the bishop was swallowing hard at having to bow to something that was presented as politically correct. Principle trumped feeling.

And principle needs to trump feeling: When something comes at us with the label that this must be accepted because it is politically correct, our spontaneous reaction is negative and we are tempted to reject it.

Teaching in some pretty sensitive classrooms through the years, I remember once, frustrated with

the hypersensitivity of some students, I told a student to “lighten up.” He immediately accused me of being a racist on the basis of that remark.

It’s easy then to react with spite rather than empathy.

But, like the bishop we need to be principled and mature enough to not let emotion and temperament sway our perspective and our decisions. Just because a truth comes cloaked in political correctness and we hear it voiced in self-righteousness doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t the truth. Sometimes we just have to swallow hard.

Among other things, political correctness, as a check on our language, helps keep civil discourse civil. Talk radio, cable television, blogs, tweets and editorials are today more and more being characterized by a language that’s rude, insensitive and flat-out disrespectful and, in its very disdain for political correctness, is ironically the strongest argument for political correctness. Politics, church, and community at every level today need to be much more careful about language, careful about being politically correct, because the violence in our culture very much mirrors the violence in our language.

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

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Pope urges expansion of priests’ on-call emergency service

VATICAN CITY – The Year of Mercy is a perfect time to increase the number of priests who take turns being on call all night for emergency spiritual care of the sick and dying, Pope Francis wrote.

“The coming extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is a good occasion for intensifying the collaboration between pastors and laypeople in the mission of supporting with affection and tenderly assisting the sick and dying,” the pope wrote in a July 27 letter Federation of Priestly Emergency Services president Manuel Martin Sjoberg.

The pope also quoted from his document announcing the Year of Mercy, which begins Dec. 8, calling people to reach out and support those who are suffering “so they can feel the warmth of our presence, our friendship and our fraternity.”

Vatican: Remember works of mercy on World Migrant Day

VATICAN CITY – In the Year of Mercy, the Catholic Church’s annual day of reflection and prayer on the situation of migrants and refugees will include a special reminder that “welcoming the stranger” is a corporal work of mercy.

For World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2016, Pope Francis has chosen the theme: “Migrants and refugees challenge us. The response of the Gospel of mercy,” the Vatican announced Aug. 20.

Closer to the celebration, which is Jan. 17 at the Vatican and a full week

New Evangelization, the office Pope Francis charged with coordinating the Holy Year of Mercy, which begins Dec. 8, posted a list of desired qualities and the application form on the Year of Mercy website: www.im.va/content/ gdm/en/partecipa/missionari.html.

The missionaries will be sent out Feb. 10, Ash Wednesday.

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Migrants look out of a window of a rescue ship as it arrives in Trapani, Sicily, Aug. 9.

in January for Catholics in the United States, Pope Francis will issue a special message, the announcement said.

Explaining the pope’s choice for the theme, the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers said the pope first wants to draw Catholics’ attention to “the dramatic situation of many men and women forced to abandon their homelands.”

Pope seeks ‘missionaries of mercy’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is looking for a few good “missionaries of mercy,” priests who are known for their preaching and their dedication to hearing confessions and granting absolution.

If they have their bishop’s or superior’s support, priests interested in being one of the special communicators of God’s mercy are invited to apply online.

The Pontifical Council for Promoting

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GLASGOW, Scotland – The president of the Scottish bishops’ conference offered a “profound apology” to victims of child abuse following a national review of church safeguarding procedures.

Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow, conference president, said the Catholic bishops were “shamed and pained” by abuse suffered at the hands of anyone in the church.

“Such actions are inexcusable and intolerable,” Archbishop Tartaglia said during Mass Aug. 18 in St. Andrew Cathedral. “The harm the perpetrators of abuse have caused is first and foremost to their victims, but it extends far beyond them, to

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an example of the way in which work first and foremost unites people and of its power to build a community

their families and friends, as well as to the church and wider society.”

Get to know Jesus by reading Gospels, pope tells visitors

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis asked people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to be quiet for a moment and ponder the question, “Who is Jesus to you?”

After the moment of silence Aug. 23, the pope introduced the midday Angelus prayer by asking Mary to help Christians purify their faith, removing “worldly incrustations and fears.”

Commenting on the day’s Gospel reading from St. John, the pope said people were scandalized when Jesus told them he was the “bread of life” and “clearly alluded” to the fact that he would sacrifice his life for them. The people were upset, he said, because such talk did not fit in with their idea of a success-driven Messiah.

They understood Jesus’ words so well that they did not want to listen to him because they were words that put their mentality in crisis, he said.

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Peace Day message: Overcoming indifference

Vatican City – To promote a reflection on the need for a “conversion of mind and heart” open to the needs of others, Pope Francis has chosen “Overcome indifference and win peace” as the theme for the church’s Jan. 1 celebration of the World Day of Peace 2016.

More information about ethnic and religious hatred and disregard for human rights is not enough, the Vatican’s justice and peace office said: People must rise above individualism and open their hearts and minds to the suffering of others.

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Pope: Work an important expression of human dignity Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY – Work is an important expression of human dignity and of caring for one’s family, but today there is a “dangerous tendency” to consider a worker’s family obligations as an obstacle to productivity and profit, Pope Francis said.

“But let’s ask ourselves: What productivity? And for whom?” he said Aug. 19 at his weekly general audience as he continued a long series of audience talks about the family and family life.

“Work, in its thousand forms, beginning with housework, is about caring for the common good,” providing for one’s family and cooperating with God in creating goods and services that are useful to others, the pope said.

To say someone is a “hard worker,” he said, is a compliment, just as saying someone “lives off” of another is a put down. St. Paul, in 2 Thessalonians, tells Christians that if they do not work, they should not eat. “It’s a great recipe for losing weight, eh?” the pope said.

“Work – and I repeat, in all its forms – is human. It expresses the dignity of being created in the image of God, which is why it can be said that work is sacred,”

Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered in the Vatican audience hall.

Work is so important for individual identity, for the ability it gives people to support their families and for its contribution to the community that creating and organizing employment is a huge “human and social responsibility, which cannot be left in the hands of a few or pushed off onto a divinized market,” the pope said.

“It makes me sad when I see there are no jobs, when there are people Pope Francis without work who cannot find a job and who do not have the dignity of being able to bring bread home,” he said. “And I rejoice when I see governments making great efforts to promote employment, to find jobs and to try to make sure everyone has work.”

Work is part of the normal rhythm of life for individuals and for families, he said. It must alternate with times of rest or celebration and, especially, time for prayer.

The family is “the proving ground” of labor policies, he said. “When the organization of work takes the family hostage or blocks its progress, then we can be certain society has begun working against itself.”

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USF talk, discussion explores care for creation

The University of San Francisco will host a series of talks on integral ecology, beginning Sept. 3, 7 p.m., at Xavier Hall, with a presentation by Mary Evelyn Tucker, senior lecturer and research scholar at Yale University, where she co-directs the Forum on Religion and Ecology.

She will discuss the invitations and challenges of Pope Francis’ new encyclical on care for creation, responsible development and the impact of environmental injustice on the world’s poor. The response will be given by Jesuit Father John Coleman of St. Ignatius Parish and will be followed by opportunity for questions and small-group discussion.

RSVP by Sept. 3. Visit http://interfaithpower. org/integralecology/. Phone (415) 391-4214.

On Oct. 1 at 7 p.m., the series continues with Jesuit Father Thomas Massero in conversation with the Rev. Canon Sally Bingham, president and founder, Interfaith Power & Light; and Keya Chatterjee, executive director of the U.S. Climate Action Network.

An Interfaith Climate Conference is scheduled at USF Jan 8-9.

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Religious of the Sacred Heart Sister Catherine McMahon

Women in Chun Cheon, Korea as well as director of Religious of the Sacred Heart Sister Catherine the Oxford program in England for the University McMahon died July 31 at Oakwood, of San Diego. She also taught English in Poland. the congregation’s retirement facility in Atherton. A funeral Mass was Sister Catherine moved to Oakwood in 2008.

“Sister McMahon was a lifelong learner, taking celebrated there with interment in courses in everything from introduction to computthe sisters’ cemetery Aug. 8. ers, to Spanish, ancient Greek, and genetics,” the Sister Catherine held assignSacred Heart Sisters said in a statement. “She had ments at Lone Mountain College, a particular call to help families struggling with now part of the University of San the terminal illness of a child.”

Francisco and Convent of the Sister Catherine Memorial contributions may be made to the So-of Bridge, S Sacred Heart, San Francisco and International Association McMahon, RSCJ ciety of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Avenue, taught English at the Convent of St. Louis, MO 63108. Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron W the Sacred Heart in Menlo Park, for more than a decade.

International Association of Bridge, Structural, She served as professor and chairperson of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers English Department at Sacred Heart College for

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Mercy Sister Mary Edwin Byrne school- about educating, preparing, welcoming, instructing, always looking out for the student who was falling behind. Her sole ministry was education.”

In 2005, she retired to Marian Oaks Life Center in Burlingame where, as her long-time friend Mercy Sister Mary Edith Hurley said, “She was into everything. She kept up with everyone and everything. She was so involved with people.”

A funeral Mass was celebrated July 27 at Mercy Convent Chapel in Burlingame with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. Survivors include her sister Cecilia Dempsey. Memorial gifts may be made to the Sisters of Mercy, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame 94010.

Mercy Sister Mary Edwin Byrne died July 22.

Born in Los Angeles, Sister Mary Edwin entered the Sisters of Mercy a month after high school graduation in 1940, professed vows in January of 1943 and began 51 years of ministry as an elementary school teacher at schools including St. Gabriel, St. Peter, and Holy Name, San Sister Mary Francisco and St. Catherine of Edwin Byrne, Siena, Burlingame.

RSM “She was a consummate educator,” said Mercy Sister Toni Lynn Gallagher. “Her life was about

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Vice President Kevin Wright

Trustees Audie Andrews John Leatham Matt Doran

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obituaries

Sister Mary Munch, RSCJ

Sister Maureen O’Brien, BVM

Religious of the Sacred Heart Sister Mary Munch died Aug. 12 at Oakwood, the sisters’ elder care center in Atherton. She was 89 years old and a Sacred Heart Sister for 70 years.

Sister Mary served at Sacred Heart Schools in Nebraska and Illinois and is remembered for her Sister Mary more than 20 years as a spiritual Munch, RSCJ director in several states including New York and Wisconsin.

A serious injury from a car accident led to her retirement in 1996 and moving to Oakwood in 2007.

Survivors include her brothers Henry and Fred Munch and sisters Marjorie Carlson, Cecilia McColley and Sacred Heart Sister Patricia Munch.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. in the Oakwood Chapel with interment in the sisters’ cemetery there.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108.

Sister Maureen O’Brien, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary for 60 years, died Aug. 16. Sister Maureen entered religious life from St. Anne of the Sunset Parish and served as a teacher and principal at San Francisco’s St. Paul High School, where she herself was a Sister Maureen student, for 22 years.

O’Brien, BVM Sister Maureen also served in parish ministry at St. Paul Parish, Church of the Visitation and St. Teresa Church.

Survivors include a sister Ann Theresa Riordan of Millbrae and a brother Stephen of Grass Valley.

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A funeral Mass will be celebrated Aug. 28 at the sisters’ motherhouse in Dubuque. She is interred in the sisters’ Mount Carmel Cemetery there.

A memorial Mass will be celebrated Sept. 12, 1 p.m., at St. Paul Church with a reception in the parish hall.

Remembrances may be made to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003 or St. Paul High School Alumnae Association Scholarship Fund, 221 Valley St., San Francisco 94131.

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Deanna & Raymond Reudy

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Father Virgilio M. Bartolome, SVD Father Virgilio M. Bartolome, a Society of the Divine Word priest living in residence in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, died Aug. 5. Born in the Philippines, he was 83 years old and a priest for 54 years. He held a graduate degree in economics from The Catholic University of America. His ministry was strictly in the Philippines until moving for health reasons to San Father Virgilio M. Francisco to live with family some 25 years ago.

Bartolome, SVD

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Mazzetti’s Bakery …Made with love…

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Father Bart supplied at various parishes of the archdiocese during his years of retirement in San Francisco, particularly St. Michael Church, now closed, and Church of the Epiphany.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 14 at Church of the Epiphany.

Remembrances may be made to Father Candilado Nielo, provincial superior, Society of the Divine Word, Philippine Central Province, Catholic Trade (Manila) Building 1916 Oroquieta St., Sta. Cruz, 1003 Manila, P.O. Box 4145, 1099 Manila Philippines.

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September 9, 9:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m.~ Contemplative Day of Prayer led by Ivan Nicoletto, OSB Cam. The day will focus on “Who do you say that I am?” with personal reflection time and Eucharist. No reservations required. Suggested offering, $20. Santa Sabina Center, 25 Magnolia Avenue, San Rafael, 415457-7727; info@santasabinacenter.org

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public service announcement THOUSANDS INVITED FOR TOTAL CONSECRATION TO JESUS THROUGH MARY Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine in Santa Clara invites everyone to participate in the Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary starting in the fall. The program and materials are free to participants who register prior to October 17, 2015. The program is open to new participants, and to those who wish to renew their Consecration to Jesus through Mary.

It is available in both English and Spanish.

The Program is based on St. Louis de Montfort’s book True Devotion to Mary. It consists of 33 days of prayer and includes 6 Marian Talks by Priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) and Religious Sisters of the Virgin of Mátara (SSVM.) Prayers can be recited at one’s home if one is unable to go to the church. Participants will consecrate together on November 22, the Solemnity of the Feast of Jesus Christ King of the universe at the 12 noon mass at Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine.

To register for the program, or for more information go to www.consecrationgroup.org, or send an email to info@consecrationgroup.org.

Each year, the Shrine welcomes visitors from the area, across the state and even across the nation. Families, prayer groups, and youth groups from across the nation are urged to join the program. Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine is open 24/7, offers perpetual adoration, a thriving gift shop, a treasure-filled Library, and more! For additional information, contact Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine, located at 2800 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA, visit www.olop-shrine.org or contact us during regular office hours (408-988-4585).

MANAGER OF PARISH & DCS FINANCIAL SUPPORT CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE Position:

Manager of Parish and Department of Catholic Schools Financial support

Summary: The Archdiocese of San Francisco has 90 + Parishes and 30 + Parish schools.

Provide timely Financial and Accounting support to Parishes and Parish Schools, ensuring compliance with various fiscal and operational policies and procedures of the Archdiocese. This position supports all of the financial activities of the Department of Catholic Schools (DCS). This full-time Exempt position with excellent benefits report to the Chief Financial Officer.

Attributes of a Successful Candidate: Must be a strong collaborator, who is customer focused and accomplishment driven. Must be detail oriented, a “doer” but able to step back and see the big picture. Must get things done, comfortable with all types of systems; Excel, PowerPoint and QuickBooks. Strong understanding of Non-Profit, Fund Accounting and GAAP. Key Responsibilities: Provide ongoing financial support and consultation to Pastors, parish bookkeepers and business managers. Serve as a resource and trainer to bookkeepers.

Assist with development of annual parish and parish elementary school budget guidelines and ensure completion.

Coordinate and assist with the efficient submission of periodic and annual financial reports and analyses by Parishes and Parish schools.

Support the Superintendent of the DCS in all financial, analysis and budgeting activities.

Maintain financial analytics and models for parish schools including watch-list schools Coordinate parish and elementary school financial review program. Manage completion of financial reviews performed by 3rd Party CPA firms. Ensure reviews are completed within $ and time budgets and add value to the Parish and school.

Assist in the development and promulgation of the Parish and School Financial Policies Manual.

Facilitate the implementation of financial best practices in the parishes and parish schools.

Ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.

Maintain QuickBooks, use of BOX and other software tools that improve control and automation. Develop a database of operational and financial data to assist with analysis.

Basic Skills, Knowledge and/or Abilities B.S. Degree in Accounting or Business 5-7 years progressive, strong accounting experience including QuickBooks or equivalent Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills; Excellent interpersonal skills Respect for the values and teachings of the Catholic Church Ability to supply own vehicle for business use, with subsequent employer mileage reimbursement

Please submit resume and cover letter to: Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Human Resources, Attn Patrick Schmidt One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, Ca 94109 Or e-mail to: careers@sfarch.org

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Kids ‘shop’ for school at St. Anthony’s

More than 200 underprivileged San Francisco school children and their parents went back-toschool “shopping” at St. Anthony’s Foundation on Aug. 7, leaving its Tenderloin location with new backpacks and armloads of school supplies, books and winter clothing.

(Courtesy photo) Benny, an This youngster was one of 200 San incoming Balboa Francisco school children who reHigh School juceived clothes and school supplies nior, also left with from St. Anthony’s Foundation. a relieved smile.

“I just got into the law pathway,” said Benny as he headed out of St. Anthony’s annual back-to-School drive for low-income families with school supplies and clothing his family would be hard-pressed to provide for him.

According to data provided to St. Anthony’s by the San Francisco Unified School district, 2,352 students reported being homeless during the 2014-2015 school year. These students and others from low-income families often return to school without basic school needs as the cost of living in San Francisco continues to skyrocket.

In response to the spike in demand for its services, St. Anthony’s, corporate donors and neighborhood volunteers organized the largest back-to school drive for children ages 5-17 in the organization’s 65-year history.

“In a time when tensions are running high in San Francisco between the haves and have-nots, we are fortunate to see overwhelming generosity from people who are eager to make a difference for the poorest families in our community,” St. Anthony’s executive director Barry Stenger said.

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Assisi archbishop visits Francis shrine: Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, whose archdiocese in Italy includes Assisi, was principal celebrant and homilist of a Sunday morning Mass at the shrine July 26. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone hosted a dinner for the visiting prelate July 25. Capuchin Father John De La Riva, shrine rector, said Archbishop Sorrentino was given a tour and after Mass honored at a reception with food donated by North Beach merchants.

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DOMINICAN SISTERS, MENLO PARK: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone had a recent visit with the Dominican Contemplative Nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park, who have served the archdiocese since 1921 after being asked to bring eucharistic adoration and their prayerful presence to the local church. On Oct. 10 the sisters host a discernment day for Catholic single women, ages 18-40. Contact Dominican Sister Joseph Marie at vocations@nunsmenlo.org for more information or to register.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 29

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4

PRO-LIFE ROSARY: Pro-life rosary, every Saturday 10 a.m.-noon, 435 Grand Ave. South San Francisco. Rose Gomez, (650) 589-0998.

REUNION: St. Cecilia School, class of 1970, Dominic’s Oyster Point, South San Francisco. Dave Lopez, dgl94127@yahoo.com; (415) 994-1834; Facebook, see “events” “SC Class of 1970- 45 year reunion.”

SUNDAY, AUG. 30 MISSA CANTATA: Singer participants in Star of the Sea’s Summer Workshops in Sacred Music perform Mass with Gregorian chant, 11 a.m., Star of the Sea Church, Eighth Avenue at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Free.

Donations welcome. sven@starparish. com.

CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 4 p.m., various artists. Freewill offerings accepted. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213; www.stmarycathedralsf.org.

‘LATE NITE CATECHISM’: San Damiano Retreat Center, 2 p.m., St. Isidore Parish, Msgr. Cardelli Center, 440 La Gonda Way, Danville. $35/$45 with higher price including premier seating and a wine-andcheese reception. Kateri, (925) 8379141, ext. 315; katerik@sandamiano. org.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 3 ‘INTEGRAL ECOLOGY’: Concern for creation and the poor with Mary Evelyn Tucker and Jesuit Father John Coleman on Pope Francis’ new encyclical, 7 p.m., Xavier Hall, University of San Francisco. RSVP um@usfca.edu. (415) 422-4463; visit www.interfaithpower. org/usfclimateevents. Parking in Koret structure.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 CEMETERY MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum, 11 a.m., Father Charles Puthota, pastor, St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco, principal celebrant and homilist. (650) 756-2060, www.holycrosscemeteries.com.

PEACE MASS: Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd. at Eighth Avenue, San Francisco, 8:30 a.m., Father Patrick Driscoll, principal celebrant and homilist. (650) 580-7123; zoniafasquelle@gmail.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 HUMAN TRAFFICKING: The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, Gather@ Grand series, 7 p.m., with panel on human trafficking, open to all with time for questions and light refreshments, Gathering Space, Dominican Sisters Center, 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael, between Acacia and Locust. RSVP (415) 453-8303; CommunityRelations@ sanrafaelop.org.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 ‘WOMEN AND SPIRIT’: Documentary chronicling the impact of women religious on American history, 7 p.m.,

SATURDAY, OCT. 24 YOUNG ADULT CONFERENCE: Daylong event at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco.

Archbishop Salvatore Bishop McElroy Cordileone is principal celebrant of opening Mass. San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy, former liaison to young adults in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, will deliver keynote address. Young adults age 1840 are invited whether married, single, with or without children.

The day includes a track for kids as well as a session for them and their folks along with speakers addressing the young adult today. Already established parish young adult teams will have members available to answer questions about their groups and reach out to other young adults in attendance.

Conference information is available at www.sfarchdiocese.org/ yamcon2015.

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PASTA LUNCH: Immaculate Conception Church, Folsom at Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, noon, all you can eat PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets pasta, meatballs. $10, beverages availsecond Thursday of the month except P able U for purchase.

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at,mourning or after “For I willbefore, turn their intobirth. joy.”

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Mass and Healing Liturgy in memory of our Little Ones Sponsored by The Archdiocesan Project Rachel Ministry and Holy Cross Cemetery

Saturday, September 19, 2015 – 11:00 a.m.

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, principal celebrant Holy Cross Mausoleum, Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA Parents, family and the community are welcome.

A gathering and light luncheon will follow Mass at the Rachel Shrine.

For further information, please contact the Respect Life Program at 415-614-5570 or Project Rachel Ministry at 415-717-6428 To reach the Mausoleum, please enter by the Main Gate at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma.

Signs will be posted to direct you.