January 18, 2013 by Catholic San Francisco

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Marchers place crosses representing the 68 people killed in homicides in San Francisco in 2012 at the foot of the altar before a memorial Mass at Mission Dolores Basilica Jan. 12.

Violence victims’ loved ones, supporters march for peace DANA PERRIGAN CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

It wasn’t much of a Thanksgiving this year for Dana Rodriguez and her family. That was the day she found out that her 36-year-old brother, Angelo Rodriguez, had been shot to death the night before on Brookdale Avenue in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley. “Our holiday will never be the same because of that,” Rodriguez told the crowd gathered around her at 16th and Mission streets. “But we can’t leave it all up to the police to stop the violence. We have to bring it to the

‘We’re walking because the dignity of the human person seems less and less respected. And we are walking in solidarity with those who have lost loved ones.’ AUXILIARY BISHOP WILLIAM J. JUSTICE community. It’s up to us, because we walk up and down these streets every day.” An hour or so earlier, Rodriguez and other family members of those who have been slain on the streets of San Francisco – along with clergy, women religious, ex-offenders and restorative

justice ministers of the San Francisco archdiocese – assembled on a bright and chilly Saturday morning in front of St. Anthony of Padua Church on Cesar Chavez Street. Sixty-eight of them held white crosses representing the 68 homicides that occurred in the city in 2012. Others displayed signs

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that read “Peace and Justice,” and “Stop the Violence.” Alternately chanting the sign slogans and praying, the block-long contingent of about 250 people crossed Cesar Chavez and began marching up Mission Street – past the colorful awnings of mom-and- pop grocery stores, piñatas hanging in doorways, pawn shops, screen-covered liquor stores, sidewalk vendors selling rosaries and chicken mole. “We’re doing this to remember the people who have died, and to support the family members,” said Julio SEE MARCH, PAGE 19

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PROP. 8 ARGUMENTS SET: The U.S. Supreme Court announced Jan. 7 that oral arguments would be heard on consecutive days in March in cases over same-sex marriage laws. On March 26, the court will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which considers California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage. On March 27, it will take up United States v. Windsor, which weighs the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

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Lacey Buchanan’s story is one of the power of love – and of YouTube. The 25-year-old law student, wife and mother produced a YouTube video about her son Christian that so far has attracted 11 million views, and was voted No. 3 by viewers of Godvine.com. That attracted the attention of Walk for Life organizers, who asked her to speak at this year’s rally Jan. 26 at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. “Her video moved us, showing a mother’s love for her unborn child,” said Eva Muntean, Walk for Life organizer. The little boy, who will be 2 in February, was born with a cleft lip and palate, but he was also born without eyes and so is blind. Buchanan, who is six months pregnant with her second child, will speak at the ninth annual Walk for Life West Coast. The walk rally begins at 12:30 p.m. in front of City Hall. More than 40,000 people are expected at the event, Muntean said. “I was pro-life before Christian was born, but it wasn’t on a realistic level,” said Buchanan, who lives in a small town near Nashville, Tenn. Buchanan and her husband discovered Christian would have disabilities be-

WORLD DAY FOR THE SICK: World Day for the Sick will be celebrated in the Archdiocese of San Francisco at a noon Mass Feb. 23 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. In a message for the 2013 World Day of the Sick, Pope Benedict XVI said the Year of Faith is an occasion for the church to intensify its charitable services “so that each one of us can be a good Samaritan.”

CORRECTION “40 DAYS FOR LIFE BEGINS ASH WEDNESDAY,” JAN. 11, PAGE 2: 40 Days for Life will not hold a vigil outside the Mill Valley Health Center in the spring.

EWTN will broadcast the Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 26, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Hosts Father Mark Mary and Doug Barry will cover the day’s speeches at City Hall Plaza, with interviews with pro-life leaders and participants.

fore he was born, but did not consider abortion, she said. The reaction of others has shocked her. “The fact that people who don’t even know me find it easy to say to me ‘your child should have been aborted,’” Buchanan said. “Now it’s a reality to me that there’s abortion, that there’s babies dying.” “Christian has opened my eyes as far as abortion. He has opened my eyes to the necessity to speak up, to stand firm, to really let my voice be heard on this issue – not just be pro-life, but to be actively pro-life,” Buchanan said.

The day of walk events begins with 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone. After the 12:30 p.m. rally, the walk along Market Street to the Ferry Building starts at 1:30 p.m. Speaking at the walk will be the papal nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who will read a message from Pope Benedict XVI; Elaine Riddick, an African-American woman who was involuntarily sterilized at 14; Kelly Clinger, spokesman for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign; and walk mainstay Baptist pastor Rev. Clenard H. Childress Jr. Silent No More Awareness Campaign international spokesman Jennifer O’Neill will speak at the earlier Silent No More rally. The website for the walk is walkforlifewc.com.

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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is in London for meetings Jan. 16-18 on developing an historic new liturgy for members of the Anglican Church who are choosing to come into communion with the Roman Catholic Church under an initiative by Pope Benedict XVI. The archbishop is a member of the Subcommission on the Liturgy for the Anglican Ordinariates, a Vatican advisory group that is in the second year of a three-year effort to create proposals for final action by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for Divine Worship. Archbishop Cordileone contributes canon law expertise to the group, which includes other prelates as well as expert advisers. The rites for Mass, marriage, funerals and seasonal prayers will be

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implemented by newly formed Catholic ordinariates – similar to dioceses, but with national jurisdiction – for Anglicans joining the Roman church. The Catholic Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, based in Houston, was formed Jan. 1, 2012, and now has 1,500 laypeople across the U.S. and Canada, 35 communities and 24 priests. Ordinariates also have been es- Archbishop tablished in England Salvatore J. and Australia. Cordileone The liturgies under development are designed to respect Anglican traditions and spirituality while conforming to Catholic norms. Worshippers in the new ordinariates will have a choice of following the Revised Roman Missal or an amended Anglican Order of Holy Mass.

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“There’s diversity among Anglican liturgies,” Archbishop Cordileone told Catholic San Francisco. “We’re trying to have a more unified form. They can always use the current form of the Roman Missal, but also they’ll have a more traditional form that’s Anglican.” The Anglican order of Mass has similarities both to the pre-Vatican II Catholic Mass and to the Liturgy of the Word in the current form. But there are important differences, including a prayer said by the Anglican celebrant at the foot of the altar during the introductory rites and a section called “The Comfortable Words,” where the deacon or priest faces the people and recites one or more sentences from Scripture. In addition, the Anglican penitential rite takes place before the offertory. In the Anglican Church there is diversity not only in liturgy but also in opinion about doctrine and theology, notably concerning the divinity of

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Christ, sexual morality and ordination. Women have been ordained in the Anglican communion since the 1970s. The Anglican communion allows a wide variety of opinion, and diversity over doctrinal matters has grown in the past 50 years, Archbishop Cordileone said. Anglicans who want to join the Latin church are “looking for clarity with regard to teaching,” he said. “There weren’t Christians who, before the 1960s, didn’t believe Christ was divine, didn’t believe he rose bodily from the grave,” he said. “It really wasn’t that much of an issue. Now that it has become, I think these more traditionally minded Anglicans lament that many of their fellow believers don’t hold to these traditional Christian beliefs and they see that the Catholic Church is. So they want to be in union with the Catholic Church because of those beliefs but they want to retain their Anglican worship and spirituality.”

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‘Honest discussion of race’ USF scholar’s goal QUOTABLE: CLARENCE B. JONES

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As a speechwriter and counsel to Martin Luther King Jr. from 1960 until his death in 1968, Clarence B. Jones had an unobstructed view of civil rights history in the making and its champion – and he brought an eyewitness account of those remarkable years to the course he taught last fall at the University of San Francisco, “From Slavery to Obama.” Jones, the university’s first-ever Diversity Scholar, said the course was fundamentally a tribute to the legacy of Dr. King, “whose extraordinary leadership transformed our country,” and he also said it is designed to enable “honest and critical discussion of race in our country.” There is hardly a better starting point for that than the 2008 election of President Barack Obama and now his re-election, when Americans demonstrated how far the country has come, “particularly after the transformative legacy years of Martin Luther King Jr.,” by voting for an African-American who they believe is qualified to be president, Jones said in an interview.

‘Prejudice still controls people’

It is clear, however, that prejudice still controls people – take the talk about 21st-century secession in Texas and elsewhere, he noted. “Now we know more clearly than we did in 2008 and more clearly than we did in the initial months of 2012 that to some people the issue was unabashedly, without question, an issue of race, and that it is an affront, an insult to the history of this country as they understand it, to have a black man as the president of the United States,” said Jones. “It is a usurpation of power. It is inconsistent with everything that they believe in about this constitutional form of government. Therefore, they do not want to remain a part of this union.” King, whose national holiday and the inauguration of President Obama fall on the same date this year, Jan. 21, would have had the appropriate response, said Jones. “Martin would say, ‘Bless them that they are so misinformed, but I love them, and we must reach out to them and try to redeem and reclaim their souls,’” said Jones, who in 2008 coauthored “What Would Martin Say?” a collection of responses Jones imagined King would have to issues looming today. “Because remember that while Dr. King, while he is popularly referred to as a civil rights leader, in his own mind that was a secondary characteristic,” Jones added. “His primary nomenclature was he was a minister of the Gospel, a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

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ON RACE AND THE ELECTION OF A BLACK PRESIDENT: “Now we know more clearly than we did in 2008 and more clearly than we did in the initial months of 2012 that to some people the issue was unabashedly, without question, an issue of race, and that it is an affront, an insult to the history of this country as they understand it, to have a black Clarence B. man as the president of the United Jones States.” ON FORGIVENESS: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that “it is the act that is evil,” not the person that is evil, and that “the person can be redeemed.”

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A woman holds a portrait of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 2011 dedication of a memorial to Rev. King in Washington. my house and beat my family and I will still love them. They can come and bomb my house and destroy my home and my family, and I will still love them. They can take me out on the side of the road, beat me and kill me, and I will still love them, for they know not what they do.” King believed that “it is the act that is evil,” not the person that is evil, and that “the person can be redeemed.” Jones was describing a remarkable person, of course, and so he said, “When I teach I say, if you remember nothing else, that from 1956 until April 4, 1968 (from the beginning of King’s work until the day he was killed), with the exception of Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, Martin Luther King Jr. may have done more to bring about social, racial, political justice in America than any other person or act in the previous 400 years of our country.” What more might have King accomplished had he lived? “He may have been able to give the AfricanAmerican community in particular a greater sense of pride in their own destiny, and a greater sense of their collective and individual responsibility,” said Jones. He noted, quoting civil rights advocate and writer Michelle Alexander, that there are more African-Americans in jail than enslaved in 1950.

King’s leadership rose above self-interest

King could have made that happen, said Jones, because he would have remained the only major national figure who could demonstrate that his leadership was “not self-interest based, that he wasn’t exercising or refusing to exercise leadership because of some direct or indirect economic

WHAT MORE MIGHT HAVE KING ACCOMPLISHED HAD HE LIVED? “He may have been able to give the African-American community in particular a greater sense of pride in their own destiny.” benefit that would come to him.” He was speaking as a prophet, said Jones, “as a person that only has the best interest of the nation at heart.” Being King’s ally changed his own life, said Jones. Had he not known him, he said, “I would have been a very successful, a very rich amoral Negro.” Jones, 81, was recruited by King when a young lawyer in Southern California. He had a hand in helping with the historic 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at the March on Washington, and as King’s lawyer had the good sense to get a copyright on the speech. He had seen too many people take advantage of King, using his image in marketing, for example. “I said not this time,” he said. Jones, who lives in Palo Alto, has had a long career in the law, teaching and in business, and was a partner with Sanford Weill and Arthur Levitt Jr. in a Wall Street investment banking firm – making him the “first Negro” on Wall Street, according to his resume. Jones was the only child of domestic workers and spent some of his childhood at a Catholic boarding school in Pennsylvania where nuns, including the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament) taught him, were his surrogate mothers and influenced him. He said his semester-long stay at USF was in part payback to the sisters. “It is for the magnificent nuns who helped shape me and educate me. This is my way of saying thank you. I am very proud that I am teaching at a Jesuit institution. It is possible by the way (the sisters) shaped my early life,” he said.

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Essay winner says ‘no excuses for bullying’ TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Rachel Woolwine, an eighth grade student at St. Patrick School, Larkspur, is this year’s winner of the St. Thomas More Society Essay Contest. Rachel and her school each received $500. Other winners and schools are eighth graders Audrey Neri, St. Thomas the Apostle School, $300, and Mackenzie Rohan, St. Stephen School, $200. In their essays entrants were asked to anRachel swer this question: “As an eighth Woolwine grader, what would you do if you saw a fellow student being bullied? Do you think that the actions of St. Thomas More can give you guidance on what to do?” In her essay Rachel said she tries to “follow the example of heroes such as St. Thomas More” who “stood up to the king’s bullying attitude.” The contest drew more than 125 entries from 13 schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. “Our readers said that the quality of the essays was never better, a great tribute to our schools,” the St. Thomas More Society said. RALLYING YOUTH: A Youth rally hosted by the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco drew a big crowd to Mission Dolores Parish Jan. 5. Jesse Manibusan, a published musician and former East Bay music director, was in charge of rallying cries. Archdiocesan Youth Council members Alex Karlegan and Melissa Marston of Mater Dolorosa Alex Karlegan Parish and Angelo Novello of Our Lady of the Pillar Parish were among the planners of the day. It was retiring youth ministry assistant director’s Vivian Clausing’s last event. “We will miss her outstanding youth activities and her kind demeanor very much,” said Angi Rodriguez, youth minister at Mater Dolorosa. BLOOMIN’ GOOD WORK: Andy Galvan, curator of Old Mission Dolores, got down to it planting daffodil and tulip bulbs at the statue of the newly sainted Kateri Tekakwitha in the mission’s cemetery. The bulbs were a gift of Dora Bellefountaine in honor of her son Michael who died in 2007. Rose trees were planted in late September in honor of St Kateri Tekakwitha’s canonization and were funded through gifts to the curator’s office including dona-

WOMAN TO WOMAN: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County honored Mercy High School, Burlingame at its Ozanam Awards Brunch Oct. 20. The school was especially recognized for its support of St. Vincent de Paul’s Catherine’s Center, a transitional program for women leaving incarceration. SVdP said “students, teachers, and parents” were “an invaluable source of support.” Pictured receiving the award from SVdP Executive Director Lorraine Moriarty on the school’s behalf are, from left, sophomore Sydney Judilla, junior Gabriella Judilla and senior Sarah Lawlor. Each of the young women is a regular volunteer at Catherine’s Center. On Dec. 11, Catherine’s Center founder, Mercy Sister Marguerite Buchanan spoke to students regarding the Catherine’s Center mission: a spiritually based transformative program, helping women leaving incarceration change their lives through therapy, education and training. Sister Marguerite is a Holy Names High School alumna, graduating 63 years ago. She noted how she was empowered by her experience at the school and then embarked upon her mission of empowering others.

ANNIVERSARY: Happy 53 years married Jan. 1 to Zita and John Escobosa of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame, where they have been members since 1966. The couple was prayed for and wished well by the assembly of a morning Mass at OLA on New Year’s Day with pastor Capuchin Father Michael Mahoney presiding. tions from the Sisters of Social Service. On Feb. 23, in partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the San Francisco Presidio, Mission Dolores will host a Planting Fiesta. Visit www.missiondolores.org. MODEL OF EXCELLENCE: SVdP’s Catherine’s Center was chosen by Oakland’s Holy Names High School Social Justice Club as ministry that represents the school’s mission of empowering women.

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Holy Family sisters honored for fighting human trafficking vants. A local organization the Sisters of the Holy Family support recently uncovered a case in which workers from the Salinas area were brought to the Bay Area to conduct door-to-door and street corner sales of fruit and flowers.

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At a regional meeting of religious leaders four years ago, a group of Bay Area nuns were asked if they could help provide emergency housing for victims of human trafficking. The Sisters of the Holy Family â&#x20AC;&#x201C; founded in San Francisco in 1872 with their motherhouse in Fremont â&#x20AC;&#x201C; realized that they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the resources to meet that request. But they wanted to do something. Shortly before the beginning of January, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the Sisters of the Holy Family received the FBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Leadership Award for what they decided to do. During the award ceremony, Acting Special Agent in Charge Joel Moss of the FBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s San Francisco field office told them that â&#x20AC;&#x153;they personify the true meaning of the award by identifying a need and making it their mission to raise awareness of some of the worst crimes against our youth,â&#x20AC;? and for â&#x20AC;&#x153;making a difference in our community.â&#x20AC;? Sister Gladys Guenther, president of the Sisters of the Holy Family, said the 55 sisters, ranging in age from the 50s through 90s, committed themselves to participating on whatever level they each felt was possible. Some collected or made things â&#x20AC;&#x201C; blankets, clothing and toiletries â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for human trafficking victims in shelters. Others took part in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walk-a-thon, which raised $5,000 for local organizations providing direct services to victims. Still others underwent the six-month training course and began making presentations on human trafficking to civic groups and faith communities throughout the Bay Area. They spoke with parents and children about Internet safety and pushed for anti-trafficking legislation. The award recognized that, through their combined efforts, the sisters had become a vital link between law enforcement agencies, faith communities and community resources. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was interesting to receive the award,â&#x20AC;? said Sister Gladys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more gratifying to know that the small efforts we made have raised awareness of human trafficking to the public.â&#x20AC;? Sister Caritas Foster, coordinator of the sistersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; anti-trafficking ministry, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;human trafficking is modern-day slavery. People are being exploited, bought and sold.â&#x20AC;? During her presentations on human trafficking to various groups, Sister Caritas seeks to educate

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Holy Family Sister Caritas Foster leads the 55 sisters of the Fremont-based community in efforts to combat human trafficking. those in attendance about the scope and urgency of the problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Human Trafficking 101 is what I call it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basic information.â&#x20AC;?

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San Francisco has been identified as a key transit point for human trafficking in the U.S. The U.S. State Department estimates that from 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked annually in the U.S. Forty-three percent of trafficking incidences in California occur in the Bay Area. While international trafficking of victims forced to work in brothels, massage parlors, nail salons, strip clubs and escort services has garnered the media spotlight, the majority of human trafficking victims â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both foreign and domestic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are exploited for another reason. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Labor is the predominant way people are exploited,â&#x20AC;? said Sister Caritas, who points out that people are often brought into the country legally and trafficked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working to pay off travel costs. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re forced to live and work wherever. At the end of the week, they owe more than when they started.â&#x20AC;? Labor human trafficking victims are routinely found working in agriculture, restaurants, hotels, or in peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homes as nannies and domestic ser-

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 18, 2013

Cardinal urges governor to rethink ‘radical’ abortion bill CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK – A New York measure that would prevent state regulations on abortion is a “radical” bill in a state where the abortion rate is already “double the national average,” New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan told Gov. Andrew Cuomo Jan. 9. The cardinal made the comments in a letter to the governor after Cuomo delivered his annual State of the State address, which opens the legislative session. In his speech, Cuomo outlined an agenda for the coming session that includes reforming gun laws, improving the state’s health care system, bettering care for the mentally ill, working for safer schools and raising the minimum wage. He also backed a number of measures on women’s issues, including the proposed Reproductive Health Act to codify abortion in state law. Cardinal Dolan told him that while there was much to praise in the address, “I would be remiss if I did not renew my great disappointment regarding your continued support for the radical Reproductive Health Act.” New York Right to Life is among other opponents of the measure, first introduced in the Legislature two years ago. In a statement on its website, the organization said the measure would write “fundamental reproductive rights” into New York state law and make changes “that represent the opinion of only a tiny subset of New Yorkers who hold extremist pro-abortion views.” “The bill would provide full legal cover to the tragic and well-entrenched practice of abortion-ondemand through all nine months of pregnancy,” New York Right to Life said. New York decriminalized abortion in 1970, before

2 CEREMONIES, 3 BIBLES FOR OBAMA’S INAUGURATION

WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama takes the oath of office to officially begin his second term, he’ll double up on ceremonies and use three Bibles. Because Jan. 20, the day the Constitution sets for the swearing-in ceremony, falls on a Sunday this year, the president will actually take the oath twice – once officially on the 20th in a small, private

‘We obviously disagree on the question of the legality of abortion, but surely we are in equally strong agreement that the abortion rate in New York is tragically high.’ NEW YORK CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN

Responding to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed Reproductive Health Act to codify abortion in state law

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pictured during a 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. the Roe v. Wade decision made abortion legal virtually on demand across the country. Backers of the Reproductive Health Act say it is needed to update current state law that is “outdated and confusing” and to protect women’s “reproductive rights.” In his letter, Cardinal Dolan reminded the governor that “millions of New Yorkers of all faiths, or none at all, share a deep respect for all human life from conception to natural death. I also know that you are aware that New York state’s abortion rate is, incredibly, double the national average. “Sadly, nearly four in 10 pregnancies statewide end in abortion. In some parts of New York City, the rate is higher than 60 percent, mostly in the impoverished black and Latino communities,” he contin-

event, and ceremonially the next day on the steps of the Capitol. The private formalities in the White House Jan. 20 will have the president place his left hand on his wife’s family Bible while he swears the oath of office. For the public ceremony Jan. 21 at the Capitol, Obama will place his hand on two Bibles, stacked together – one that was owned by Abraham Lincoln and one by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The

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ued. “As we have discussed in the past, we obviously disagree on the question of the legality of abortion, but surely we are in equally strong agreement that the abortion rate in New York is tragically high.” Cardinal Dolan pointed out that supporters of legal abortion have often “claimed they wanted to make abortion ‘safe, legal, and rare.’ Yet this measure is specifically designed to expand access to abortion, and therefore to increase the abortion rate. I am hard-pressed to think of a piece of legislation that is less needed or more harmful than this one.” He urged Cuomo to reconsider his support for the Reproductive Health Act and said he is always available “to discuss this or any other matter with you at any time.” “My brother bishops and I would very much like to work closely with you,” Cardinal Dolan said, “to reduce New York’s scandalous abortion rate and to provide an environment for all women and girls in which they are not made to feel as though their only alternative is to abort.” He said abortion “goes against all human instinct” and “all too often leads to lifelong feelings of regret, guilt and pain for them, and for the baby’s father as well.”

federal holiday marking Rev. King’s birthday falls on Jan. 21. The Lincoln Bible was purchased by William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court, for Lincoln’s use at his swearing-in ceremony March 4, 1861. (The 20th Amendment, ratified in 1933, moved the inauguration date to Jan. 20.) Obama used the Lincoln Bible for his inauguration ceremony in 2009. It is part of the Library of Congress collection. The Presidential Inaugural Committee said in a Jan. 10 press release that the King Bible was used by the civil rights leader and Baptist minister when he traveled. The tradition of the president using a Bible for the ceremony dates back to George Washington, who used one from the collection of St. John’s Masonic Lodge in 1789. There is no constitutional requirement to use a Bible, but many presidents have chosen Bibles that had historical or personal significance. Harry Truman in 1949, Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 and Richard Nixon in 1969 all used two Bibles, the committee said. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 18, 2013

IN ‘EX CORDE’ REVIEW, BISHOPS, COLLEGE LEADERS CITE GOOD COLLABORATION

WASHINGTON – During the past decade, U.S. Catholic college presidents and local bishops have experienced greater collaboration, according to a review of the Vatican document that clarified the relationship between these leaders. The bishops and college leaders gave a 10-year review of “The Application of ‘Ex Corde Ecclesiae’ for the United States,” a document that went into effect in 2001 and outlines how U.S. Catholic colleges and universities should Bishop Joseph P. implement the 1990 Vatican docuMcFadden ment on Catholic higher education called “Ex Corde Ecclesiae” (“From the Heart of the Church”). “Ex Corde,” issued by Blessed John Paul II, outlined the identity and mission of Catholic colleges and provided universal norms to ensure colleges maintain these standards. It specifically defines the “mandatum,” or church authorization, granted by the local bishop to teach theology. Bishop Joseph P. McFadden of Harrisburg, Pa., chairman of the Committee on Catholic Education of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a one-page report summarizing the review completed in June 2012. The report was released Jan. 10 by the USCCB. “Bishops reported that they believe our institutions of Catholic higher education have made definite progress in advancing Catholic identity,” the report said. “The relationship between bishops and presidents on the local level can be characterized as positive and engaged, demonstrating progress on courtesy and cooperation in the last 10 years.” It also noted that “clarity about Catholic identity among college and university leadership has fostered substantive dialogues and cultivated greater mission driven practices across the university.”

FRANCISCAN PROVINCE: TEXT YOUR PRAYER INTENTION

NEW YORK – Prayer intentions can now be sent by cellphone, under a new service by the Holy Name Province of the Franciscans. The service, “Text a Prayer Intention to a Franciscan Friar,” works like this: Text the word “prayer” to 306-44 and hit “send.” Senders will then receive a welcome message inviting them to then send in their prayer intentions. Senders will receive a text in reply stating that their prayer intention has been received and will be prayed for. The intentions are received on a website, and will be included collectively in the friars’ prayers twice a day and at Mass. “With technology changing the way we communicate, we needed to offer people an updated way to ask for prayers for special intentions and needs either for themselves or others,” said a Jan. 8 statement by Franciscan Father David Convertino, executive director of development for the Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

High court lets stand policy on stem cells CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Jan. 7 let stand a lower court order allowing government funding of research involving certain embryonic stem cell lines. The court also scheduled oral arguments for March in two cases over state laws on same-sex marriage. Without comment, the court let stand an August ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia which dismissed a lawsuit by two scientists who said the funding policy inhibits their chance of getting government grants for their research on adult stem cells, and argued that violates another law. Under a 2009 policy, the government began allowing federal funding of research on human embryos that were created for in vitro fertilization but were no longer needed for that purpose. Under a previous policy, government funding was allowed on stem cells derived from a handful of lines that existed to that point. The two scientists, Dr. James Sherley and

Theresa Deisher, sought to block the expansion, arguing that it was barred under a 1996 law, known as the Dickey-Wicker amendment, that prohibits use of federal funds for “the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes” or “research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero.” In his August ruling, Chief Judge David B. Sentelle of the D.C. Circuit, said the National Institutes of Health’s interpretation of the Dickey-Wicker amendment was “reasonable” in permitting funding of embryonic stem cell research using cells derived using private funds. He said 2009 NIH funding guidelines correctly and legally allowed funding on stem cells derived from embryos created for artificial insemination and donated to scientists after the parents decided to discard them. The Catholic Church opposes stem cell research that destroys human embryos. The same objections do not arise over research using adult stem cell lines, because these are cells taken from anyone after birth.

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C.S. Lewis’ exploration of Christian faith inspires new generation JONATHAN LUXMOORE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

OXFORD, England – In a wooded suburb of this fabled university city, a battered typewriter sits on a desk beside a bay window that overlooks a tangled landscape of oaks and beeches. Nearby, ancient bookshelves guard a leather armchair surrounded by wall maps and pictures depicting a fantasy world. When Clive Staples Lewis bought The Kilns, a former brick factory, in 1930, he used its remote calm to produce a stream of Christian stories, the best known of which, “The Chronicles of Narnia,” has since sold 100 million copies in more than 45 languages. But Lewis also gained renown for his Christian apologetics. His “Mere Christianity,” published in 1952, was rated “best religious book of the 20th century” by the U.S. magazine Christianity Today.

Gaining greater notice in US

Until now, Lewis has been largely ignored at Oxford University, where he taught for three decades, until his death in 1963. He has gained greater recognition in the U.S., where the Episcopal Church celebrates a “Holy C.S. Lewis Day” each November. With interest growing, however, and three books of the Narnia series now blockbuster films, things are changing. “Lewis wasn’t a professional theologian, but his sense of the world Christianity portrays was just as profound

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Author C.S. Lewis is pictured in a 1955 portrait by Walter Stoneman. Experts agree that Lewis succeeded in capturing the Christian imagination where the theological abstractions of churches often seemed too highbrow. as the best modern theologians’,” said Judith Wolfe, an expert on the author and a theology faculty member of Oxford’s St. John’s College. “He realized Christian literature wasn’t presenting good characters who were also interesting; the evil characters were always more compelling,” she said. “By portraying Christ as the lion Aslan in the Narnia stories, he hoped to reveal the real-life attractiveness of the holy.”

Fought in trenches in World War I

A native of what is now Northern Ireland, Lewis won an Oxford scholarship in 1916, graduating after fighting in the trenches of World War I. He became a fellow of Oxford’s Magdalen College in 1925.

The city is full of landmarks connected to Lewis. There’s the Eagle and Child pub where his literary group, The Inklings, met; the walkways where he nurtured his fascination for Nordic, Celtic and Greek legends; and the Anglican Holy Trinity Church where he lies buried. As a new generation is introduced to the world of Narnia, The Rev. Michael Ward, a university chaplain, said he thinks Lewis’ Christian vision is gaining a new relevance. Lewis’ work has appeared on reading lists in both English literature and systematic theology at Oxford. The C.S. Lewis Society hosts weekly seminars at the university’s Pusey House.

Similarities to Tolkien

“Like his close friend, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis expressed his Christian faith through narrative and imagination which seems to be chiming in with contemporary needs,” explained Rev. Ward, co-editor of the groundbreaking “The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis.” “People are picking up intuitively again on the timeless religious element in his books, even if they’re not directly aware of their fundamentally Christian message,” the Anglican said. Although Lewis, raised in the Anglican Church, disappointed the devoutly Catholic Tolkien by declining to convert, he was sympathetic to the Catholic doctrines of confession and prayers to the saints. Diarmaid MacCulloch, professor of

church history at Oxford, said Lewis’ nondenominational approach to Christianity explains his popularity in the U.S. and is giving him renewed appeal today.

Inspiration for conservative Christians

“Lewis has become a standardbearer for conservative Christians when religion seems to be undergoing a great realignment between the forces of tradition and change,” MacCulloch told Catholic News Service. “This tension runs across the theological categories and can now unite a conservative Catholic with a conservative Protestant, something which wouldn’t have happened half a century ago.” Other experts concur that Lewis succeeded in capturing the Christian imagination where the theological abstractions of churches often seemed too lofty. Walter Hooper, an American Catholic who was living with Lewis at the time of his death, remembers the author as affable and hard-drinking, but also as a man who sincerely attempted, against difficult odds, to live a Christian life. He agreed that interest in Lewis also is growing among Catholics. “Lewis owed it to his fans to avoid complexities and set Christianity’s core beliefs in place,” Hooper told CNS. “But he was adamant those core beliefs, the deposit of faith, must always remain, no matter how things change. If you get rid of Christianity’s sense and meaning, you’ll have nothing to come back to.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 18, 2013

German church ends abuse research, citing lack of trust CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BERLIN – Germany’s Catholic Church has withdrawn from an inquiry into sexual abuse by clergy, citing a breakdown of trust with researchers. However, the project director, Christian Pfeiffer, accused bishops of trying to “censor and control” his work, which aimed to analyze victim statements, the behavior of molesting priests and reactions by their superiors. “Trust is essential for such an Bishop Stephan extensive and sensitive project, Ackermann as the partners agreed from the outset,” Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier, the German church’s delegate for issues of sexual abuse, said in a Jan. 9 statement. “Unfortunately, Professor Pfeiffer’s attitude and behavior toward church leaders has effectively removed any basis of trust. We regret our attempts at an amicable solution have not succeeded,” he said. Bishop Ackermann said the inquiry formed part of the German church’s “comprehensive set of measures,” which had included revised guidelines, a telephone hotline and “extensive preventive measures and training opportunities.” He added that a separate project to study forensic reports, based at the University of DuisburgEssen, had published findings in December, but said the church would now seek a new research team to take over from Pfeiffer’s Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony, known by its German acronym, KFN, and would demand repayment of research funds. In a statement the same day, Pfeiffer said several of Germany’s 27 Catholic dioceses had resisted cooperation and had demanded the right to approve his findings. “Our aim to research abuse by priests has failed because of the censorship and control desired by the church,” said the statement on the KFN website. “Scientists cannot be expected to give permanent consideration to whether their formulations or data interpretations exceed the limits of what a project’s funders will accept. Their sole obligation is to the truth,” Pfeiffer’s statement said.

Hundreds of Germans have come forward claiming molestation by Catholic priests and church staffers since the first case was reported in January 2010 at Berlin’s Jesuit-run Canisius Kolleg. In August 2010, the German bishops’ conference released new guidelines for tackling and preventing abuse. The guidelines require all Catholic youth workers to obtain police checks and undergo psychiatric tests and dioceses to appoint independent ombudsmen and experts.

In July 2011, Bishop Ackermann said KFN would have access to personnel files from Germany’s religious orders and 27 dioceses over the previous decade, as well as files dating back to 1945 from nine dioceses. Pfeiffer said several dioceses had destroyed documents relating to clerical abuse and reneged on a pledge to cooperate, adding that future researchers should be aware that “signing a contract with the bishops’ conference does not provide security.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 18, 2013

French bishops: ‘Listen to the streets’ on marriage CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

PARIS – A French bishops’ spokesman urged politicians to “listen to the streets” after hundreds of thousands of people rallied against same-sex marriage. “We’re facing questions about society – what the family is, what marriage is, and whether there’s a difference between men and women,” Msgr. Bernard Podvin, spokesman for the French bishops’ conference, told France’s Metro daily. “I’m not one who says the street must decide, because this is always dangerous, and political responsibility rests with those elected. But the street is expressing a great frustration today – those holding political responsibility can’t expect to govern without listening to what it’s saying,” he said. The Jan. 13 demonstration was organized by a coalition of 30 family groups. Organizers said 800,000 people participated, although French police put the number at 340,000. Msgr. Podvin said the Catholic Church believed homosexuals “must be respected,” but was against the same-sex bill, which was introduced in November by the government of President Francois Hollande under the slogan, “Marriage for All.” In addition to legalizing same-sex marriage, it would allow adoption by same-sex couples. “In our eyes, there’s nothing contradictory between fighting firmly against homophobia and saying no to a radical transformation of the family model,” Msgr. Podvin said. At the conclusion of the demonstration, protesters in Paris’ Champ de Mars called on Hollande to

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Thousands of demonstrators march in Paris Jan. 13 to protest against France’s planned legalization of same-sex marriage. “hear and understand the people of France,” adding that the bill had “deeply divided” the population and provoked opposition “from right and left and the unaffiliated.” They said the legislation “means inscribing in our law a fundamental discrimination: between those who will be born from a father and mother, and those who will be legally ‘born’ from two fathers or two mothers.” France’s Le Figaro daily said several Catholic bishops – including Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon – joined the rally privately with diocesan groups. In a brief address to protesters in Place DenfertRochereau, the bishops’ conference president, Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, said he had not participated because his “mode of communica-

tion” with the government was “not the demonstration, but direct dialogue.” However, he praised protesters for the “quality of their message” and for taking part “peacefully, without aggression, distrust or personal hatred.” “It must be understood that the defense of parentage, paternity and maternity over children isn’t an act of aggression against homosexuals, but a recognition that a child born from a man and woman has a right to be raised by a man and woman,” he said. Supporters of the proposed legislation plan a rally in Paris Jan. 27, two days before debate is scheduled to begin in France’s National Assembly. About 500 people, mostly French citizens, also gathered in front of the French Embassy in Rome Jan. 13 as a show of support for the Paris protesters. Organizers said they gave the embassy a letter addressed to the French president asking him to not promote the proposed laws. Similar protests were held by French citizens in London, Brussels, Madrid, Washington, D.C., Jerusalem, Moscow and Tokyo, organizers said.

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Eucharistic adoration Holy Hour ‘is something you have to experience’

The bishops are asking that prayers of the faithful include their special intentions at all Masses. Archdiocesan social media manager Edison V. Tapalla is pictured reading during Mass in the archdiocesan pastoral center chapel.

Archbishop Cordileone is asking local Catholics to pray and sacrifice in 4 ways to protect freedom, marriage and life STORIES AND PHOTOS BY VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Praying the rosary ‘A powerful intercessory prayer to Mary’ More than 30 St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, students belong to the school Legion of Mary and pray the rosary after school on Thursdays.

Church of the Nativity parishioners Deacon Dominick Peloso and Mary Ellen Peloso are pictured in front of the church. “We need to pray and fast for our country,” Deacon Peloso said.

A woman prays in a tiny chapel adjacent to the church during eucharistic adoration at St. Finn Barr parish in San Francisco. The ancient devotion is enjoying a quiet renewal in the archdiocese. A Holy Hour or eucharistic adoration is time spent in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, exposed in a monstrance on the altar. This ancient devotion is enjoying a quiet renewal with about 60 parishes scheduling regular adoration in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. During the Year of Faith, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is asking each parish to schedule at least one Holy Hour a month to pray for protection of religious freedom, marriage and life. St. Mary’s Cathedral held its first Holy Hour for religious freedom in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel Dec. 30, led by Archbishop Cordileone. The next Holy Hour is scheduled for 5 p.m. Jan. 27 and will also be led by the archbishop. In general, the cathedral Holy Hour will be the last Sunday of the month at 2:30 p.m. throughout the Year of Faith, said interim director of worship Laura Bertone. “Jesus loves our company and he passes on many favors,” said Mary Ellen Peloso, who with her husband Dominick organizes perpetual adoration at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park. St. Bruno Parish in San Bruno also offers 24/7 or perpetual adoration. Many parishes have a Holy Hour on first Friday while others schedule weekly or more frequent times. Holy Name of Jesus Parish has adoration all day on Wednesdays, while St. Finn Barr Parish has adoration at various times including 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Mon-

US bishops launch Catholic movement for marriage, life, religious freedom

day to Thursday. An informal listing of parish adoration can be found at www.straphaelministries.org/eucharist/srm_eucharist.html.

Quiet prayer in the real presence of Jesus

Praying during eucharistic adoration is different than attending Mass, because it is a time of quiet prayer focused on the real presence of Jesus, said Mother Rosealba, superior of the Monastery of Perpetual Adoration, a cloistered order of religious women located at 771 Ashbury St. in San Francisco. Parking is at 70 Downing St. The chapel is open to the public 6:15 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. “You come to the face of the Lord, he’s there present; he’s looking at you. When you leave, you go with that very inner peace within you,” said Mother Rosealba. “To be in the presence of the Lord is the best time you can spend.” The Blessed Sacrament is exposed 24 hours a day and the sisters each spend at least one hour a day praying individually as well as praying the Liturgy of the Hours seven times a day in the chapel, she said. The monastery, founded in 1928 by sisters fleeing the Mexican Revolution’s persecution of the Catholic Church, is devoted to constant prayer before the Eucharist. “You can talk to him as a friend, as a father, and he is all-powerful. It is something that you have to experience, to be in front of the Blessed Sacrament,” Mother Rosealba said. “You get so many graces.” The U.S. bishops are asking Catholics to join a national movement of prayer and sacrifice to rebuild society to protect religious liberty, marriage and life. “Life, marriage, and religious liberty are not only foundational to Catholic social teaching but also fundamental to the good of society,” said San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone. The movement is prompted by policy changes under way, such as the man-

Prayers at Mass Prayers to highlight life, marriage, conscience

Catholics across the archdiocese will begin praying for the protection of religious freedom, marriage and life every Sunday as part of a national Catholic campaign of prayer and sacrifice. The prayers of the faithful will specifically mention such life issues as abortion, said St. Raphael pastor Father John Balleza. “A lot of this is going to be focused,” the pastor said. “We can’t use mixed language.” For instance, those who support legalized abortion, “they’re not pro-choice, they’re pro-abortion,” Father Balleza said. The prayers of the faithful will be anti-violence, promarriage, and state “what we stand for as Catholics,” he said. He said the intentions are going to be more focused on what is happening, including an emphasis on conscience rights – “our freedom to speak in the public square, to exercise our faith in the public square.”

Prayers follow Creed at Sunday Mass

The prayers of the faithful are prayed after the Nicene or Apostles’ Creed in the Sunday order of the Mass, and usually read by the lector although the celebrant often adds additional prayers. During daily Mass the intentions are read after the homily or after the Gospel if there is no homily. Each parish has its own approach to writing the prayers of the faithful. In some parishes, a liturgy committee writes the Mass intentions, in others, various organizations take date by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that the bishops and others say coerces employers, including heads of religious agencies, to pay for sterilizations, abortion-inducing drugs and contraceptives, as well as increased efforts to redefine marriage, the bishops said. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on marriage, including California’s Proposition 8 preserving marriage between one man and one woman and the U.S. Defense of Mar-

turns while in others a director of worship crafts the intentions. The new approach will bring more unity to the prayers of the faithful at parishes in the archdiocese and also within the American church, Father Balleza said. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops website includes suggested prayers for the intentions of religious freedom, marriage and life as part of the five-point campaign approved by the U.S. bishops at their November meeting. At St. Raphael in San Rafael there will be some more challenges, because Masses are said in four languages, so it will be important to make sure the translations are accurate, he noted. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone met this month with all the priests of the archdiocese to discuss ways to implement the five points and to get their ideas, said Father Balleza. The entire national campaign is a return to traditional devotions and practices and requires increased education of the faithful by priests, with the Sunday homily a good tool, said Father Balleza. It will also be important to work with influential and active groups in the parishes so they can be involved in encouraging fellow Catholics to join the campaign, he said. The homily will also be a good format for informing the faithful of the issues surrounding marriage, life and religious freedom to encourage them to join in the U.S. bishops’ campaign of prayer and sacrifice, he said.

riage Act in June. Religious organizations face an Aug. 1, 2013, deadline to comply with the HHS mandate. Catholics are urged to pray and sacrifice through the following means: Holy Hour; daily rosary; prayers of the faithful at Mass; abstinence from meat and fasting on Fridays. A second Fortnight for Freedom will be at the end of June and the beginning of July. For more information visit www.usccb.org/life-marriage-liberty.

Del France is a convert and Colleen Catholics in danger and in troublous France is a cradle Catholic. They met times to fly for refuge to Mary,” Pope when both were teachers at Marin Leo XIII wrote in his 1883 encyclical Catholic High School. Now, with their “On Devotion to the Rosary.” small children, they try to say a family “This devotion, so great and so conrosary once a week. fident, to the august Queen The older boys, 5 and 3½, of Heaven, has never shone do pretty well, Colleen said. forth with such brilliancy as The youngest is 1½. when the militant Church “My husband just sort of of God has seemed to be discovered the rosary, and endangered by the violence by his lead, the boys are toof heresy spread abroad, or tally into it,” Colleen France by an intolerable moral corsaid. “He made rosaries ruption, or by the attacks with the boys out of Fimo of powerful enemies,” Pope dough,” a kind of clay that Leo XIII wrote. bakes in the oven, and then At both Lourdes and the three of them strung the Fatima, apparitions judged rosaries they use. valid by the Catholic “It’s a powerful interChurch, Mary urged praycessory prayer to Mary,” ing the rosary, Pope John Colleen said. “In this day Paul II noted in his 2002 and age you need to utilize encyclical “On the Most POPE LEO XIII all the beautiful prayers we Holy Rosary.” have in our faith and hand them down to our children.” Groups pray at nearly every parish In the U.S. bishops’ call to prayer and At virtually every parish in the Archsacrifice to protect religious liberty, diocese of San Francisco, a group gathmarriage and life during the Year of ers to pray the rosary before or after Faith which ends Nov. 24, the bishops daily Mass. St. Thomas More parishioask Catholics to pray the rosary, parners Victoria Medina, her husband and ticularly the daily family rosary. two children, 18 and 21, try to pray a family rosary when they can, she said. “When we travel, when we do things School kids pray rosary together together, we pray the rosary,” she said. St. Catherine of Siena School The rosary, while it is a prayer for principal Sister Antonella Manca said Mary’s intercession, is really a contemshe prayed the rosary with her family plative prayer centered on the life of growing up, and encourages the rosary and also visits to the Blessed Sacrament Christ: “… It has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety,” Blessed among her students at the K-8 BurlinJohn Paul wrote. The 20 mysteries of game Catholic school. More than 30 the rosary (joyful, sorrowful, luminous, students belong to the school Legion of Mary and pray the rosary together after glorious) cover the span of the Gospels. The rosary is also a potent prayer school on Thursdays. As children, “My for peace, and for the family, Blessed brother and I were the youngest. We John Paul wrote: “The revival of the always complained, ‘It is so long,’” said rosary in Christian families, within the Sacro Costato Missionary Sister Ancontext of a broader pastoral ministry tonella. “But guess what? My brother to the family, will be an effective aid in became a priest and I became a nun, so countering the devastating effects of you never know what will happen.” this crisis typical of our age.” The current bishops’ appeal is part of The U.S. bishops’ website includes a a long church tradition of asking Mary guide to saying the rosary at www.usfor help to preserve the family and ccb.org/prayer-and-worship/devotionin time of trouble, particularly when als/rosaries/how-to-pray-the-rosary. Christianity is under attack. cfm. “It has always been the habit of

‘It has always been the habit of Catholics in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary.’

Fasting and abstinence ‘Fasting gives wings to your prayers’

Church of the Nativity parish“Just giving up something you ioners Dominick and Mary Ellen really love: giving up eating between Peloso believe in prayer and fasting. meals, giving up chocolate, giving up “Fasting gives wings to your prayer. TV, giving up soda, abstaining from Our Lady has called for not only TV and electronic gadgets – doing prayer but fasting also,” said Mary something that is really hard and a Ellen Peloso, a registered nurse, who sacrifice to do is kind of the aim,” with her husband Dominick, has Mary Ellen Peloso said. begun fasting for the intentions of the U.S. bishops – protection of life, Fasting is different for each person marriage and religious liberty. Each person’s approach to fastDominick Peloso, retired Menlo ing will be different because not Park assistant police chief, everyone has the same is a deacon at Nativity. strength, and age, illness The couple coordinates and different spirituality perpetual eucharistic ado“all create differences in ration at Church of the what can and cannot be Nativity where a couple done,” noted Father Vito hundred people commit to Perrone, founder of the pray for an hour or more Contemplatives of St. MARY ELLEN PELOSO before the Blessed SacraJoseph and administrator ment each month, she said. of the Byzantine Catholic parish Our The U.S. bishops and Archbishop Lady of Fatima. Salvatore J. Cordileone have asked “We are aiming at not being slaves the faithful to abstain from meat and to the passion, impulse, desires of to fast on Fridays all year – not just the flesh, but instead, becoming during Lent. The request recognizes slaves of Christ,” Father Perrone the importance of spiritual and bodisaid in a recent essay on fasting for ly sacrifice for the life of the church, parishioners at Our Lady of Fatima the bishops said in the five part call who follow the more rigorous fasting to prayer approved at the national schedule of the Byzantine Catholic meeting of bishops in November. church. “To eat during the fasting season moderately and reasonably is to keep the body in health, and this Fasting ‘for our country in general’ gives it the opportunity to strive for “I think the bishops are right on to holiness.” call for prayer and fasting because we The other component of fasting is need fasting,” said Dominick Peloso. reparation for sins, both personal “The country seems to just steep itself and communal, said St. Raphael in this secular humanism. We need pastor Father John Balleza. Money to pray and fast for our country in saved by fasting and abstaining general.” should be accompanied by almsgivFor most Catholics, fasting outside ing, Father Balleza said. “If you of Lent is not a regular thing, noted give something up, that money St. Anne of the Sunset pastor Father should go to some work of charRaymund Reyes, who said that will ity, something you deem worthy of be one of the challenges for pascharity.” tors in educating and encouraging Fasting for religious liberty, marparishioners to join in the prayer and riage and life, makes sense, Mary sacrifice campaign. Ellen Peloso said. The church rule for fasting which “It just makes your prayer more applies to Ash Wednesday and Good powerful. Because you are putting Friday, and applies to those ages 18 more of yourself into it,” Mary Elto 59, allows only one full meal a day and two small meals not to equal a full len Peloso said. “If we really want to have religious liberty, we have to meal. Drinking liquids is permitted. sacrifice for it. Nothing comes easy Fasting is hard, the Pelosos said. in life, which is why we have prayer But God appreciates the effort, even and sacrifice.” when we fail, they said.

‘It just makes your prayer more powerful. ‘

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Retaking our streets: Restorative justice in the city of St. Francis

he Mission District of the city of St. Francis has a reputation for Latino culture, sunshine and a playful atmosphere, and being an almost lighthearted place for fun. Over the last couple of years, however, it is quickly becoming a place of dark shadows and death. From October through December 2012, there were five homicides, mostly gang related. This last year there have been 68 violent deaths in San Francisco, the majority in the southeast sections. Most of the homicide vicGEORGE tims are very young, adolesWESOLEK cents. Many of the shooters are also young, some as young as 14. The streets are not safe for residents and visitors, especially at night, although shootings and murders have also taken place in broad daylight. The fact that this mindless violence (even though there is a distorted, revenge-oriented gang rationale) is perpetrated by 14-year-old children in some cases, reminds us of futuristic predictions in novels such as “Clockwork Orange” and the like. Killing, for revenge and even for fun, is becoming embedded in the culture, an evil, systemic pall creeping through our streets and into our families and communities and settling there as an alien host. Families in this community live in fear. Often, the violence and the growth of this darkness are strongly related to poverty, to poor schools, to high school dropout rates of more than 50 percent. Parents, many undocumented and in a foreign environment, are working two or three jobs just to pay the rent and put food on the table and are confused by the culture. Their children, with feet in two worlds, encounter forces that rip away their foundational values and present them with an array of loyalties and survival techniques that coarsen and harden them into a way of life forming them into the citizens of this valley of blood and death. Parents generally do not know what to say to these children, or even how to see the warning signs. Throughout the years, the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns of the archdiocese has had a

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Walk for Peace marchers approach the altar at Mission Dolores Basilica Jan. 12 with crosses representing homicide victims in San Francisco. Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice was principal celebrant at a memorial Mass. vibrant ministry visiting the jails of San Francsico, Marin and San Mateo counties and bringing the word of God to the perpetrators of the violence. We help them to reform and change and journey with them throughout the court system and offer them a safe place to continue their lives when they get out. We have now broadened our approach and expanded our ministry to include the families of victims and perpetrators and the entire community wracked by the pain of this violence. This new approach is called “Restorative Justice Ministry.” In order to begin this, we have slowly established a presence on the streets. Any time there is a violent crime, we go to the scene. A small group of volunteer laypeople and clergy hold a simple prayer service. The victims’ families are invited. We talk with them; we help them with burial costs if needed; we listen to their pain as they mourn; we support them on their journey. In certain cases, we have been successful in including the families of the perpetrators. This has led to reconciliation. Restorative justice is about healing wounded relationships. It is about bringing the

forgiveness and love needed to wash away the blood and terror. It is not easy work. Fear stops people from leaving their homes to challenge the demons of the streets. It is even more difficult for those who live in a different part of the city to claim this as their responsibility. Someone who lives on the west side of the city may read about the murders and think about them as if they happened in some faraway foreign country, not a few miles from their doorstep. Even though this is hard work, it is the work of the Lord. It is evangelization. It is peacemaking. It is worth it. This last Saturday, a March for Peace wound its way through the Mission. Prayers were said, people voiced their anguish and their belief that things could change. Clergy blessed the streets. The Mission was consecrated to God. Angels of light were unleashed to counter the demons of death – a small step to retake our streets and our community.

for Life West Coast from the power structure on the shores of the bay of St. Francis in the city of St. Francis. Unbelievable is a celebration of the Roe v. Wade perpetual massacre, the demolition of human beings in the womb. The most dangerous and dreadful place for a human being to be in the United States is in the womb. Thy kingdom come, whose will be done Jan. 26? Roy Petri Sonoma

attempts to keep Catholics in line and the rest of us at a distance. However, many lay Catholics have begun to see through the game. The truth is that to follow the teachings of Christ people do not need a man-made organization, especially one led by very fallible and in some cases corrupt prelates. In addition there are many non-Christian traditions that do not mistakenly make the distinctions between what is sacred and what is not. Instead they live with the inherent and integrated truth of our deep interconnection with everything and everyone. There is no false separation – no them and us. I suggest that the archbishop read some spiritual literature other than Thomas Aquinas. Daishin Sunseri San Francisco

WESOLEK is communications director for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

LETTERS Conscience formation and doubt In his article on conscience formation (“The consequences of conscience,” Dec. 21) George Wesolek bemoans that in the formation of conscience people rarely delve deeply into what the church teaches, and why. Without saying that Wesolek is right or wrong, I should like to respond about the “why.” Most people are not sufficiently trained to delve deeply into the why. When they attempt to do so they are never certain if they can cover the issue completely. If a person with science or any other critical training attempts to delve into the “why” it is soon discovered that those to whom one has access are not trained to give satisfying answers. Digging even deeper, one finds that the magisterium cannot develop a coherent answer to “why” because many theologians who begin to delve deeply into subjects Wesolek lists come to conclusions in conflict with present dogma. The more clearly these theologians express their conflicting concerns the more likely that they are silenced by the magisterium. According to Wesolek one should give up use of logic during conscience formation and just rely on the “teaching of the magisterium and why.” He has it right, at least when the teaching of the magisterium may no longer be logical when one starts with premises based on up-to-date information. Wesolek should include in a future article about the formation of conscience how to act when there is proper reason for doubt in the current teaching. It would be highly useful to those of us who would like to think out the subjects more completely. Alex M. Saunders San Carlos

City’s pro-Roe ‘celebration’ unbelievable Re “City officials endorse Roe ‘celebration’ for same day and place as pro-life march,” Dec. 21: There’s a long history of opposition to the Walk

Church creates ‘false dualistic conflict’ Archbishop Cordileone’s comments about his role and the role of the Catholic Church in San Francisco (“Conversation: An interview with Archbishop Cordileone,” Sept. 28, 2012), miss the point concerning some fundamental issues in a postmodern diverse American city. The archbishop mistakenly defines the church as holy, sacred and good in opposition to what he calls “secular society and culture.” This philosophy of them vs. us is the primary fallacy of most conservative Christian denominations, most especially Catholicism. For centuries the Catholic Church has deliberately taught that its message of authenticity and authority cannot be questioned. The leadership (popes and bishops) have created a false dualistic conflict with the rest of society. By constantly preaching the church/secular divide, the institutional hierarchy

Why is Rep. Pelosi listed among Catholic members? Re “Catholics still largest Congress denomination,” Jan. 11: Really?! You included Nancy Pelosi among one of the Catholics in Congress?! Although it is between her and her God, judging by her pro-choice, pro-abortion, and pro-partial birth-abortion stance, it would seem to be in name only. Perhaps you have different standards for Catholics in Congress. This is a very sad day for me as a Catholic. Carol Bellero San Rafael

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Say yes to new risks and new graces in 2013

arbara Benson Keith’s wake-up call came while chatting with a fellow kindergarten teacher at the end of a school day. Her colleague said, “‘I hope in 10 years I’m right here in this classroom doing the same thing,’” Barbara recalled. “And inside I was like, ‘Ack! No!’ That didn’t appeal to CHRISTINA me at all.” CAPPECCHI In the spring of 2000, after 12 years of teaching, Barbara took a leave. She was ready to end the persistent stream of sickness teaching had triggered and embark on her next adventure. “I thought, ‘You can be safe or you can take risks and live your life.’” Barbara traveled to Pompeii, Italy, taking in colossal mosaics that left her slack-jawed. Back home, she immediately set to creating a mosaic, digging out leftover chunks from a community ed stained-glass class she’d taken nearly a decade ago. She worked on a card table wedged beside the basement furnace, playing the “Wicked” soundtrack on repeat as she pieced together a 51” by 51” rendering of Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. The mosaic took four months and 4,800 pieces of hand-cut glass and won second place in the Minnesota State Fair, landing Barbara the first of dozens of public art commissions

This mosaic is part of a series created by Barbara Benson Keith for a Minneapolis hospital. that have kept pouring in, providing full-time work since 2007. She and her husband, Pete, moved to the country and built a home, starting with a large work table for her mosaics. Now the self-taught artist has her own studio, with a mirror on the ceiling and a rescue dog at her feet. She tends to chickens, taps maples for syrup and studies roving shadows.

With her black hair, youthful face and bright smile, the petite 46-yearold looks stress free. “When I was teaching, there was always noise,” Barbara told me. “Now it’s quiet, and I’m healthy, and I don’t have to set my alarm in the morning. You finish a piece and you say, ‘Wow, I made that!’” Barbara’s journey from the class-

room to the country inspires me, especially as we unroll a promising new year. It is a chance to more fully become the people God designed, to discover and perform the work he set out for us, drawing on the unique set of skills and talents no one else possesses. That may call for a career change, an address change or an attitude change. Maybe the key will be to start praying or to resume praying, to pray earlier or later, alone or in communion, with your own words, with ancient words or with no words at all. It could be time to take a long, hard look at the thing keeping you from pursuing God’s will. Will you bend to it again or are you ready to press forward? Are you willing to cut and glue as many tiny pieces as Barbara made on the card table in her basement? Can you trust that all the labor may produce a masterpiece? Perhaps the difference between you and your better self is a matter of being less rushed in 2013 – more awake, more aware, more attuned. I’m anticipating the new year like never before. I can almost see the flood of love and purpose it will bring, shoving all the less important stuff out of view and demanding my best – someone wiser, gentler and stronger. My answer will be simple, the same word that turned a peasant into the mother of God, the one that opens every door and invites every grace: Yes. CAPECCHI is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can be reached at www.ReadChristina.com.

Confronting the height of evil, natural and unnatural

yphoon Bopha ripped through the Philippines on Dec. 4, leaving nearly 1,500 dead. The storm pushed about 200,000 people into shelters, many without homes to return to. The death toll surpassed that of tropical storm Washi, which claimed 1,268 people in the Philippines just a year before. CHRISTOPHER Wind gusts of STEFANICK up to 138 mph and torrential rains set off flash floods and brought down homes where people sought shelter, even above where floods usually occur. In one city alone, Cagayan de Oro, 891 lives were claimed by the storm. Entire families were washed away and killed. Perhaps more heartbreaking are the stories about families where all but one person were washed away. One cameraman caught a mother looking through wreckage in tears simply repeating, “I have three children.” She was unable to find any of them. It’s unimaginable. The flood seems a perfect image for what happened on the other side of the world just 10 days later in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children were killed. Parents showed up at the fire station that day to retrieve their children. All hoped to see their faces jump out of the crowd. Some never did. One parent was seen walking away,

There’s only one answer to our questions at times like these: God himself. without child, sobbing, “Why?! Why?!” Others stayed at the fire station for hours, unable to accept the fact that they were going home empty-handed.

‘Rachel weeping for her children’

Matthew’s Gospel quotes a prophecy from Jeremiah to describe the pain of the parents of children (2 and under) who were slaughtered by King Herod. These children are called the Holy Innocents. Coincidentally, some scholars think there were about 20 of them in the village of Bethlehem. “A voice is heard in Ramah,” Jeremiah wrote, “weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more” (Matthew 2:18). The gaping hole left by the death of a child can’t be filled by anything on this side of eternity. Within 10 days this past December, we saw the height of natural evil and unnatural, willed evil destroying communities and lives. Anyone close to these events, no doubt, wanted to shout to God like Martha, Lazarus’ sister, after he died, “Lord if you were here this wouldn’t have happened!” (John 11: 21).

How do we make sense of it all?

There are solid responses to the problem of pain that explain how a loving God would permit us to suffer, and how he’d only allow evil with a plan for a greater good – even some spiritual good that we might not grasp

in this life. This plays out perfectly on the cross, the greatest evil (deicide) and the greatest blessing in human history. I’m not sure how much these explanations help people in times of crushing sorrow, though.

God’s stark answer to Job

Job had experienced crushing sorrow. Many scholars think Job is the oldest book in the Bible. Perhaps this is because the problem of pain has perplexed the world longer than any other question. Job loses everything and God’s response to his pain is stunning. After Job complains and questions his maker about the “injustice” of life for most of 37 chapters, the answer he gets isn’t a theological lecture. Instead, God brings Job to his knees. He turns the tables, questioning Job: “Were you there when I laid the foundations of the earth? Did you set the boundaries of the sea? Can you bind chains of the Pleiades or loosen Orion’s belt?” (Job 38). God gives no answer but the stark reminder that he is God and Job is not. That might seem harsh, but sometimes no other answer will do. And when we remember that, it doesn’t take the pain away, but it offers a consolation that nothing else can give. It comes from accepting the fact that someone else is in charge, and that no thread falls outside of God’s tapestry. This is the final answer God gives on the cross. By no means does he brush aside death or pain or deny their exis-

tence. The central image of our faith, hanging prominently in most churches, is a man in agony. This is not a man who promises us freedom from pain, but his presence with us in our pain. Christ entered the darkness of our human condition so profoundly that in the depths of it he prayed, “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” While there are layers of meaning for this prayer, I think one is simply so that when we want to shout that prayer, we have someone to pray it with. Where is God when we’re in pain? On the cross next to us. A friend of mine recently got word from a missionary in the Philippines. He was amazed at the faith there. He saw a group of people building a structure from the rubble. Was it a shelter? A new house? A barn for animals? No. It was a chapel. In the midst of the wreckage they knew the only answer that would suffice. We see the same faith in the small community in Newtown, where churches were full, not empty following the tragedy, and where the local youth group just days after the shooting had planned a Holy Hour. There’s only one answer to our questions at times like these: God himself. Ten days after the Newtown tragedy we were reminded of God’s answer to the problem of pain –Emmanuel, God with us. He didn’t change the fact that we experience pain and death. He changed what pain and death mean for us. He conquered them from within. Thank you, Lord, for stepping into the floodplain with us. STEFANICK is director of youth outreach for YDisciple.

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SUNDAY READINGS

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus told them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ So they filled them to the brim. JOHN 2:1-11 ISAIAH 62:1-5 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch. Nations shall behold your vindication, and all the kings your glory; you shall be called by a new name pronounced by the mouth of the Lord. You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the Lord, a royal diadem held by your God. No more shall people call you “Forsaken,” or your land “Desolate,” but you shall be called “My Delight,” and your land “Espoused.” For the Lord delights in you and makes your land his spouse. As a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you. PSALM 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all you lands. Sing to the Lord; bless his name. Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Announce his salvation, day after day. Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.

Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Give to the Lord, you families of nations, give to the Lord glory and praise; give to the Lord the glory due his name! Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Worship the Lord in holy attire. Tremble before him, all the earth; Say among the nations: The Lord is king. He governs the peoples with equity. Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:4-11 Brothers and sisters: There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom; to another, the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another, faith by the same Spirit; to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit; to another, mighty deeds; to another, prophecy; to another, discernment of spirits; to another, varieties of tongues; to another, interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit

produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes. JOHN 2:1-11 There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding 20 to 30 gallons. Jesus told them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from — although the servers who had drawn the water knew —, the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.” Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.

‘You have kept the good wine until now’

here are the bride and groom in the Cana story? Probably dancing, relaxing happily with close friends, eating, or taking a walk. At some point, though, the bridegroom becomes aware of the social disaster. It’s his family that is hosting the wedding banquet. The headwaiter must have alerted him to the wine situation, and it seems to be too late to purchase more. The wedding is probably a multi-day event for relatives, friends and townspeople. Did Jesus know the couple? Perhaps the narrator has supplied a detail to blanket over the source of the crisis: “Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.” Maybe the disciples were SISTER ELOISE originally party crashers. ROSENBLATT, RSM Did some disciples – perhaps with spouses and relatives themselves – show up in the spirit of “the more the merrier”? When I taught a course in Chicago on the Gospel of John, the seminarians, some with memories of

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

POPE BENEDICT XVI GOD ASSUMES HUMAN CONDITION TO HEAL IT

Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during his Jan. 9 general audience in Vatican City to the meaning of the word Incarnation. The pope began by explaining the meaning of this word, which is central to the Christian faith, starting from the church fathers, especially St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Irenaeus, who used it when “reflecting on the prologue of St. John’s Gospel, particularly in the expression “the word became flesh.” Here the word “flesh,” the pope emphasized, “refers to the person in their entirety, precisely in light of their transience and temporality, their poverty and contingency. This tells us that the salvation wrought by God made flesh in Jesus of Nazareth reaches the human person in their concrete reality and in whatever situation they may find themselves.”

“frat parties” and “keggers” in college, had no trouble understanding how a prominent family hosting a wedding could run out of wine. They could identify with a band of hardworking fishermen ready for a party, ready to eat. The Cana wedding seemed to be a kind of “open house” where a band of Jesus’ disciples – invited or uninvited – could walk in because they “knew someone,” and freely partake of food and drink, discipline-free. No one was counting how many cups of wine anyone drank. Is this why Mary alerts Jesus? He’s brought so many disciples along with him that the wine has run short? He doesn’t seem to understand that the arrival of his friends may have emptied the wine jugs prematurely. “How does your concern affect me?” One thing Jesus might have done was to take up a collection from his disciples and send some servants out to purchase more wine. But Jesus doesn’t impose responsibility on his disciples to solve a problem they may have created. Jesus makes use of the abundance that already exists ready at hand – the availability of well water itself, a good number of servants who can do the heavy lifting of water from the well, then carry it, jug by jug across the courtyard, and pour it, jug after jug, filling the six stone jars of 20 to 30 gallons each. How long did this arduous physical process take? Since these stone jars of water were for cer-

emonial washing of hands, did the fact they were being refilled signal to the bridegroom that, despite the wine running out, the family was to expect the arrival of another crowd of guests? What anxiety must have been in the air! But then, from disaster and anxiety, there is a sudden shift to an unexpected, happy turnaround: “You have kept the good wine until now.” Most of the guests have no idea what has happened. They continue drinking wine, partying and enjoying the happy celebration. Quietly, without anyone noticing, a new lease on life has opened up for everyone. The celebration can go on and on, because if there was always enough food, there is now good wine in abundance, as though the wedding banquet had just begun. Mary steps aside. She did what was needed as the prompter and animator. In John’s Gospel, Jesus begins his ministry, not by healing a sick person, but by making sure a wedding party can go on and on. No matter how many disciples arrive at this celebration, no matter how many friends of the friends of Jesus, there will be wine enough for everyone, the best wine saved for this very moment. That’s what to expect if you believe in Jesus. MERCY SISTER ELOISE ROSENBLATT is a Ph.D. theologian and practices law in San Jose. Email eloros@sbcglobal.net

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, JANUARY 21: Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. Heb 5:1-10. PS 110:1, 2, 3, 4. Mk 2:18-22. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22: Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time — Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. Heb 6:10-20. PS 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c. Mk 2:23-28.

MARIANNE COPE 1838-1918 January 23

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24: Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor. Optional memorial of Our Lady of Peace. Heb 7:25—8:6. PS 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17. Mk 3:7-12.

Barbara Koob was born in Germany, and moved to the United States with her family when she was 2. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis in Syracuse, N.Y., serving for 20 years as a teacher and hospital administrator. In 1883 she traveled with six sisters to Hawaii to minister to people with Hansen’s disease, then known as leprosy. In 1888, they opened a home on Molokai for women and girls with the disease, and continued the work of St. Damien de Veuster after his death. Mother Marianne died on Molokai; her feast is her birthday.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25: Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle. Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22. PS 117:1bc, 2. Mk 16:15-18.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25: Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, bishops. 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5. PS 96:12a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10. Mk 3:20-21.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23: Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Vincent of Saragossa, deacon and martyr. Heb 7:1-3, 15-17. PS 110:1, 2, 3, 4. Mk 3:1-6.

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Where is the fire of Catholicism?

blistering appeal for church reform by Swiss Abbot Martin Werlen has Europeans excited. “The situation of the church is dramatic,” he said in a sermon on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Vatican Council last October. “The real problem is not a problem of numbers. What is missing is the fire. We must face the situation and find out what is behind it.” With dwindling numbers of men and women joining the religious life and irregular church attendance, the church, he said, is crawling FATHER EUGENE “with the hand brake on.” HEMRICK What does Abbot Werlen prescribe to change this state of affairs? Among other things, we need to increase our courage, vision and creativity, he says.

In his writings, theologian Father Romano Guardini said “Courage is the confidence required for living with a view to the future, for acting, building, assuming responsibilities and forming ties. For, in spite of our precautions, the future is in each case the unknown. But living means advancing into this unknown region, which may lie before us like a chaos into which we must venture.” In encouraging us to employ our powers of resourcefulness, Father Guardini echoes Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, who counseled, “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” Courage does not imply ignoring church authorities. Rather, it implores us to employ our entrepreneurial spirit and to enkindle the spirit of the Second Vatican Council in which Jesuit theologian Father John Courtney Murray observed, “A lot of things came unstuck, old patterns of thought, behavior and feeling.” Where is the fire of Catholicism to be found? With society and the media becoming increasingly secular, violent and materialistic, how is the church

countering this? What are we doing to educate ourselves about the singular virtues our society needs to maintain postmodern godliness? Who is identifying effective creativity in our churches and spreading the word about it? Where are the playwrights, poets and journalists with the power to change these old patterns of thought, behavior and feelings? Every year in Washington, D.C., young students are invited to the National Mall to build homes that display creativity in conserving energy. The United States Botanical Garden displays rain gardens and rain buckets that demonstrate their ecological importance. We can learn from these two examples of creativity, vision and breaking out into the unknown that provide inspiration. If we are to enkindle the fire of which Abbot Werlen speaks, the “hand brake” must be released. Old thinking and behavior must be replaced with courage, creativity and visioning. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Answers for a reborn Christian

Prayer as the antidote to ideology, hype, fad

n virtually all of his novels, Milan Kundera manifests a strong impatience with every kind of ideology, hype or fad that makes for group-think or crowd hysteria. He is suspicious of slogans, demonstrations and marches of all kinds, no matter the cause. He calls all these the great march and, to his mind, they invariably lead to violence, all of them. Kundera likes artists because they tend to steer clear of causes, wanting to paint or write rather than march. FATHER RON There are causes ROLHEISER worth fighting for and there are injustices and wounds in our world that demand our involvement beyond our wanting rather to paint or write. Still Kundera’s severe judgment on marches and demonstrations of all kinds, the great march, is fair warning. Why? Because in our more reflective moments we know how hard it is not to get caught up in ideology, hype, fad group-think and crowd hysteria in a way that leaves us mindless. It’s hard to know what we really think and believe, as opposed to what the cultural circles we move within prescribe for us. It’s hard not to be caught up in the fashion of the moment. But it’s even harder for us to ground ourselves in something deeper, to root ourselves in a perspective outside what Thomas Hardy once called the maddening crowd. How can we ground ourselves in a depth that immunizes us from ideology, fad, hype, fashion and the subtle group hysterias that plague every culture? In Luke’s Gospel, the disciples sense that Jesus is drawing his wisdom, calm, strength and power from somewhere beyond himself, that he is grounding himself in something beyond both the enticements and threats of the present moment. Their hunch is that he is finding this depth in prayer. They too want to connect to this depth and power and they have come to realize that prayer is the route, the only route, to take them there. And so they ask Jesus to teach them how to pray. What did he teach them? How do we pray in such a way so as to ground ourselves in something truly beyond our own individual and collective narcissism? Metaphorically, this is described for us in the passage in Scripture which records the martyrdom of St. Stephen. This is the scene: A crowd of very sincere, though misguided, persons, driven by religious fervor, but caught up in some group hysteria, gather to stone Stephen to death. Here’s how Scripture describes it: “They were infuriated when they heard this and ground their teeth at him. But

St. Stephen’s gaze is beyond the crowd, beyond the moment, beyond even the fear of his own death. This, and only this, is prayer. Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God’s right hand. ‘Look! I can see the heaven thrown open,’ he said, ‘and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.’ All the members of the council shouted out and stopped their ears with their hands; then they made a concerted rush at him, thrust him out of the city and stoned him” (Acts 7, 54-58). Stephen’s death was real, but the description of his dying is replete with metaphors that tell us what it means to pray and what it means to not pray. What does it mean not to pray? The crowd, notwithstanding their religious fervor and sincerity, do not pray. The description here says it all: Their gaze is on in Stephen, at whom they are looking with misunderstanding and hatred. Moreover, his message of love is at that moment an inconvenient truth so they are stopping their ears so as not to hear. And they are in the grip of group hysteria. They are not seeing the heavens laid open, but rather a very earthly person whom they hate; and they are not in the flow of the Holy Spirit but in the grip of hysteria. That is why their gaze never rises above their bitter glare at Stephen. They are solely in the moment, in the now, seeing only what is below the heavens, and that is non-prayer. No matter how sincere we are religiously, what has just been described is not prayer. Indeed sometimes even our sincere prayer together is nothing more than the deepening of our group narcissism and a deeper enslavement to the maddening crowd. Our eyes are still on each other and not on God. Stephen, on the other hand, is praying. He is described as having his eyes turned upward (a metaphor, not a pictorial description) and he is gazing into heaven and seeing the heavens laid open. His gaze is beyond the crowd, beyond the moment, beyond human divisions, beyond hatred, beyond even the fear of his own death. He is gazing into something beyond. This, and only this, is prayer. I share Kundera’s fear about the great march and how easily and blindly I, and most everyone else, can fall into step. His hunch is that art can help ground us outside the maddening crowd. I would add that prayer is even more helpful. OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is President of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

I have a friend who is driving me crazy about “reborn Christians.” That’s all he ever talks about, and he says that is the one way to salvation. I think he needs to be straightened out. Would you please give me all the information you have on this topic? (Huletts Landing, N.Y.) The term “reborn” (or “born again”) is widely associated with evangelical Christianity and is used to describe a “conversion experience” in which a person consciously accepts Jesus as his or her personal savior. It is often linked with moments of deep emotional satisfaction. In his book “Born Again,” Watergate conspirator Charles Colson describes FATHER such an experience while he KENNETH DOYLE was incarcerated. Having asked Jesus to come into his life and having committed himself to Christ, Colson writes, “With these few words ... came a sureness of mind that matched the depth of feeling in my heart. There came something more: strength and serenity, a wonderful new assurance about life.” The Catholic view links being “reborn” to the sacrament of baptism, referencing the words of Jesus to Nicodemus in the third chapter of John’s Gospel, where Christ equates being “born again” with “being born of water and Spirit.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in No. 1265, says, “Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte ‘a new creature,’ an adopted son of God.” Since most Catholics were baptized as infants, as far back as they can recall they have believed, trusted and loved Jesus as savior and lord. They recognize that their baptism commits them to a gradual but lifelong deepening of their faith in Christ and holiness of life. As to your friend’s contention that a “bornagain” experience is the only route to salvation, I would refer him to the Second Vatican Council’s decree “Lumen Gentium.” In No.16, the document explains that “those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience – those too may achieve eternal salvation.”

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What’s new about the new evangelization AT A GLANCE

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Pope Benedict XVI made it a centerpiece of the Year of Faith. He even set up a new department in the Roman Curia dedicated to it. But have you ever wondered what is “new” about the new evangelization? The term was not coined by Pope Benedict. Blessed Pope John Paul II exclaimed in his encyclical “Redemptoris Missio” (“The Mission of the Redeemer”) that “the moment has come to commit all of the church’s energies to a new evangelization.” To evangelize means to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. Of course, the church has never ceased proclaiming the Gospel since the day of Pentecost. But in the face of various heresies, the emphasis of the church and councils over the years had come to fall more upon defending the faith than spreading it. The new evangelization refers to what Cardinal Avery Dulles identified as an “evangelical shift” that began with the Second Vatican Council and involves several things that are notably new: 1) The terminology. The First Vatican Council (1869-1870) sparingly, if at all, used the terms “Gospel” or “evangelize” or “evangelization.” The documents of the Second Vatican Council, by contrast, make frequent use of the terms. 2) The recipients. As a child, I never heard about “evangelization” but I did hear a lot about “missions.” They were in far-off countries where Catholicism was the new kid on the block. Vatican II recognized that our own backyard has become mission territory. In the words of Pope Benedict, “an eclipse of God” has occurred in what used to be Christendom. A “practical atheism” has cast its dark shadow upon Western culture so much that if the Christian faith is not outright denied, it is dismissed as irrelevant to daily life. We now realize that relatives, friends, co-workers and neighbors need to hear the message as much as those in lands far from us.

We all need to learn more about our faith. But we are equipped and ready right now to share our faith with others.The Samaritan woman at the well was an evangelist from the very first day of her conversion. Let’s be encouraged by her example. She shows us that it is not so much about being a theologian as it is about sharing our personal experience of faith and introducing people to the savior.

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Pope Benedict XVI holds the Book of the Gospels as he celebrates the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization in late October 2012 in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. 3) The doers. Before Vatican II, everyone threw coins in the basket to help the missionaries, mostly priests and religious of course, to carry out the specialized task of bringing the faith to unreached people. Vatican II told us that each and every one of us is called to evangelize. None of us are exempt because of the lack of a theology degree, because we are involved in other ministries or because it “just isn’t my personality.” In his encyclical on evangelization (“Evangelli Nuntiandi”), Pope Paul VI firmly tells us to “put aside the excuses” that would stop us from evangelizing. 4) The method. OK, we can all evangelize since we can all be silent witnesses, right? After all, there’s the saying: “Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary, use words,” attributed to St. Francis. There is no evidence St. Francis ever said this. But if he did, he must have thought words were often necessary: He and his friars frequently preached on street corners. Witness

of life, for sure, is primary. People, said Pope Paul VI, listen more willingly to witnesses than to teachers. If they do listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses. Our witness validates our words. But people still need to understand the meaning of our witness. Vatican II and the popes repeat it over and over again – we must share the good news with deeds and words. 5) The message. In the past, some thought that the task was to convince others of Christianity or Catholicism. But the message is not about an ideology but a person – Jesus Christ – and what he did for us. According to Pope Paul VI, if there is one Scripture verse that encapsulates the essential Gospel message, it is the very text that evangelicals are famous for posting on billboards: John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he sent his only Son.” 6) The goal. The point of this new evangelization is not just to get inactive Catholics back to church or to increase baptisms. These steps, of course, are important. But they are just milestones on an exciting journey of discipleship and transformation that is never-ending. The goal is conversion, said Pope John Paul II, which “means accepting, by a personal decision, the saving sovereignty of Christ and becoming his disciple.” D’AMBROSIO writes from Texas. He is co-founder of Crossroads Productions, an apostolate of Catholic renewal and evangelization.

Evangelizing by making faith visible in the world DAVID GIBSON

Faith indeed encompasses words, beliefs and important ideas. Yet, Christian faith is visible. Believers’ actions make faith’s demanding reality concrete.

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Our firmest commitments tend to become visible realities of our lives. Our commitments are plain as day to others, who see what prompts us to spring into action and know, perhaps as longtime acquaintances, where we will invest our time and best energies. Msgr. Robert Weiss’ commitment appeared plain as day Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a shooter’s rampage resulted in the deaths of 20 children and six adults. I can only imagine how Msgr. Weiss felt upon arriving at this tragic scene. He was no outsider to the community. Before long, this pastor of Newtown’s St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church learned that among the dead were some of his parishioners. There would be funerals to plan at the church. Though he would mourn the tragedy personally, he proceeded in those early moments to serve the school community, the parents and others, attempting to console those suffering in the gravest of ways. Television, newspaper and radio reports made his ministry that day known to the world. He was to be joined in that ministry during the hours and days ahead by other local priests, parishioners, Catholic Charities staff and representatives of other faith communities. A Newtown vigil was held at St. Rose of Lima on the evening of Dec. 14. Msgr. Weiss, in a televised interview for NBC, spoke of the people who came together then: “People really care here, and hopefully we can just keep the community together and they can console each other.” It was shown in Newtown on Dec. 14 that faith is neither intangible nor an abstraction. Faith indeed encompasses words, beliefs and important ideas. Yet, Christian faith is visible.

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Msgr. Robert Weiss speaks to young women inside St. Rose of Lima Church during a vigil service the evening the day’s tragic events unfolded Dec. 14 at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. Believers’ actions make faith’s demanding reality concrete. In being seen, faith is communicated. There is an essential connection between words of faith and actions flowing from them. Pope Benedict XVI points to this connection, suggesting faith may lack credibility in others’ eyes if it does not lead to action. In a 2010 apostolic exhortation titled “The Word of the Lord” (“Verbum Domini”), Pope Benedict examined this connection. It is important to keep aware of “the intrinsic relationship between the communication of God’s word and Christian witness,” he said. He explained: “On the one hand, the word must communicate everything that the Lord himself has told us. “On the other hand, it is indispensable, through witness, to make this word credible, lest it appear merely as a beautiful philosophy or utopia rather

than a reality that can be lived and itself give life.” There are so many ways of making faith visible to others. Often actions speak louder than words. But words communicate faith well, particularly if the effort is made to speak patiently and in ways people understand. What other kinds of action help clarify what faith is about? Chiara Lubich, the Focolare movement’s founder who died in 2008, highlighted the importance of actions that focus beyond oneself. A new book titled “Neighbors” collects reflections of hers on this topic. “God very quickly made it clear to me that loving him involved loving him in every neighbor as well,” she said. The importance of disinterested generosity was accented in September 2012 by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin. Citizens of today’s world are accustomed to thinking that “everything has its price tag, and you only get what you pay for,” the archbishop observed. But “society is enriched,” he said, when men and women encounter the kind of generous love that does not attempt “to make use of them.” But, finally, when I think today of making faith visible, it is Blessed Teresa of Kolkata who so often comes to mind. She touched the poor, the sick and the dying. She gave needed care to them and loved them. GIBSON served on Catholic News Service’s editorial staff for 37 years.

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MARCH: Victims’ loved ones, supporters march for peace, healing

(PHOTOS BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Left, a woman cries while listening to LaReese Stitts speak to a crowd at 24th and Mission streets during the Walk for Peace Jan. 12. Stitts’ 18-year-old son, Damariee Lewis, was killed in a homicide last year in San Francisco. Center, Stitts is comforted by her 15-year-old daughter, Diamond. Above, carrying white wooden crosses, marchers make a path through the heart of the Mission District from St. Anthony of Padua Church to Mission Dolores Basilica, where the crosses were placed on the altar before a memorial Mass. FROM PAGE 1

Escobar, director of the archdiocese’s restorative justice program. Escobar said that the Walk for Peace – which will be an annual event – is part of an expanding ministry focused on addressing violence in the community and supporting those who have been affected by it. “We’re walking because the dignity of the human person seems less and less respected,” said Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice. “And we are walking in solidarity with those who have lost loved ones.” Paulette Brown’s 17-year-old son, Aubrey Abrakasa Jr., was shot 30 times with a semiautomatic weapon at Grove and Baker streets in 2006. “This is therapy for me,” she said. “I’m here to help bring awareness of the senseless killing of children in San Francisco.” Wearing a pink baseball cap with “Woman of Peace” emblazoned on the crown, Brown carried a sign

‘We’re just trying to heal our hearts. We don’t want to be angry because no one’s been brought to justice.’ LAREESE STITTS

Mother of Damariee Lewis, 18, who was a homicide victim last Sept. 15 in San Francisco displaying the photos of young men killed in the city. She wore a picture of her son – a popular senior who played guard on the basketball team at Raoul Wallenberg High School – encased in plastic around her neck. At the BART station at 24th Street, the marchers halted and formed a semicircle around LaReese Stitts, whose 18-year-old son, Damariee Lewis, was shot to death at La Salle Avenue and Osceola Lane on Sept. 15, 2012. “I was never able to see him or hold him or say a last prayer for him,” said Stitts, whose black sweatshirt bears a photographic image of a happier moment: Stitts and her

son smiling at his high school graduation ceremony. “We’re just trying to heal our hearts,” Stitts had said earlier. “We don’t want to be angry because no one’s been brought to justice.” “It’s such a waste,” said Stitts’ mother, Mary Fairly. Aided by a microphone, Escobar led the crowd in bilingual chants as it resumed its walk along Mission Street. “What do we want?” “Peace and justice!” “What do we want?” “No more killing!” A petite woman with short curly brown hair, Lucy Martinez worked to keep pace.

“It’s sad,” said Martinez, whose 28-year-old son, Richard Fowler Jr., was shot to death in 2011. “It brings up the question: Why do we have to suffer so much?” Martinez said she wishes that the man – now in jail and waiting to go on trial for killing her son – could realize the pain he has caused so many people. “Thank God they caught him,” she said. Before arriving at Mission Dolores Church, where Bishop Justice would lead a memorial Mass, the group halted at the corner of 16th and Mission streets. The marchers assembled around Dana Rodriguez, whose brother was shot to death on the eve of Thanksgiving. After speaking of the senselessness of her brother‘s death, she urged those present to work as a community to stop the violence. “With Jesus Christ in our hearts, we can do it,” she said. “Amen,” said the crowd.

Vatican doctrinal chief: Politics without God are bound to fail CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME – Politicians who want to act as if God did not exist and as if there was no such thing as objective moral truths are bound to fail in their efforts to promote the common good, said the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. “The politics we have today in Europe and North America without ethical foundations, without a reference to God, cannot resolve our problems, even those of the market and money,” said Archbishop Gerhard L. Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The archbishop, coordinator of the project to publish the complete works of Joseph RatzingerPope Benedict XVI, said one of the key teachings of the pope is the importance of faith and reason going hand in hand. Speaking Jan. 11 at a Vatican bookstore in downtown Rome, Archbishop Muller said, “Faith and reason are like two people who love each other deeply, who cannot live without each other, and who were intimately made for one another, so much so that they cannot be considered separate from one another and cannot reach their goals separately.” He quoted Pope Benedict XVI’s speech to diplomats Jan. 7: “It is precisely man’s forgetfulness of God, and his failure to give him glory, which gives rise to violence. Indeed, once we no longer make reference to an objective and transcendent truth, how is it possible to achieve an authentic dialogue?” Archbishop Muller said that in the current

‘Faith and reason are like two people who love each other deeply, who cannot live without each other.’ ARCHBISHOP GERHARD L. MULLER run-up to Italian elections he has heard that some politicians want the Catholic Church to “talk about love, charity and mercy of God,” but not insist that the truths it preaches be upheld. “But where is love without truth?” the archbishop asked. The archbishop made his comments during a short presentation of his new book in Italian, “Ampliare L’Orizzonte della Ragione. Per una Lettura di Joseph Ratzinger-Benedetto XVI,” (“Broadening the Horizons of Reason: Reading Joseph RatzingerBenedict XVI”). In the book, Archbishop Muller highlights: The importance Pope Benedict gives to the need for faith and reason to support and purify one another; the pope’s insistence that Christianity is primarily about a relationship with Jesus Christ and not simply the acceptance of rules and doctrines; and the key role that studying the life and work of St. Augustine has had both on the pope’s theology and on his ministry. During the presentation, the archbishop also

underscored how deeply Pope Benedict believes the liturgy, especially the Mass, is central to the life and future of the church. The first volume of the pope’s complete works in German to be translated into Italian was Volume 11 on the liturgy; the decision to begin with that, Archbishop Muller said, was “the express will of the Holy Father, because he said it is a decisive question for the church today and for its future.” “The liturgy is not just a memorial, but an encounter with God ... with Jesus Christ present among us,” the archbishop said. Pope Benedict believes the pre-Vatican II liturgy needed to be reformed, he said. The pope’s position is not that of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, “with whom we are in discussions,” but the pope also has taken pains to reverse the “many abuses” that took place with the reformed liturgy after the Second Vatican Council. “The liturgy is very important for the church, and we must avoid these extremes of preserving forms at all costs and doing whatever one wants,” he said. Archbishop Muller said Catholics can rightly be proud of having such a great theologian as their pope. In fact, he said, he would list the pope – along with the 18th-century Pope Benedict XIV and the fifth-century St. Leo the Great – as the greatest theologian-popes. At the same time, “the language of Benedict XVI is very simple,” he said. “He has never used language to hermetically seal off his theology from people’s real lives.”

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Knights again ready to chaperone Walk for Life TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The Walk for Life West Coast has been proudly chaperoned by the Knights of Columbus since the event’s beginnings. This year’s ninth walk, Jan. 26, will have the Knights again at its side. Catholic San Francisco spoke with Rene Perez, Grand Knight, Marian Council 3773, Good Shepherd Parish, Pacifica, about this annual pilgrimage of service for the Knights. “Thirty to 40 members of our council will be at the walk with their families,” Perez said via email. “Our job is to observe, coordinate and report, not to physically engage.” The Knights coordinate activities and protect visiting dignitaries by maintaining good conduct and cooperate with the San Francisco police who handle any disturbances. While the Knights are certainly busy with their assignments, they too are in earnest on the march. “This is more than an experience,” Perez said. “This is an opportunity of a lifetime to be with people of all races, creeds, and nationalities to celebrate the sanctity of life.”

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Perez has been a Knight since 2010. He joined, among other reasons, “because of the all the great works that the Knights do throughout the community. With them I am never alone in any endeavor.” Perez started with vocations and culture of life projects and remains active in those areas. The Knights help to promote and assist priests, deacons, seminarians, and men and women religious. They also help promote culture of life acRene Perez tivities including the Walk for Life West Coast and 40 Days for Life. Getting back to the upcoming walk for life, Perez said there is nothing tough about it. “There is nothing too difficult if you focus on the task at hand and know that through your efforts you are helping not only to make a difference in the lives of the individuals you touch but the entire community as well,” he said. “Becoming a Knight has meant everything to me,” Perez said.

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HELP WANTED JOB DESCRIPTION Office of the President Archbishop Riordan High School Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco is seeking highly qualified candidates for the Office of the President. Archbishop Riordan High School (ARHS) is a Catholic all male San Francisco Archdiocesan High School, founded in 1949. ARHS is sponsored by the Society of Mary (Marianist). The Characteristics of Marianist Education are as follows: Educate for formation in faith • Educate in the family spirit • Provide an integral, quality education • Educate for service, justice and peace • Educate for adaptation and change ARHS prepares young men of San Francisco, the surrounding communities and various countries from around the world for leadership through its inclusive college preparatory curriculum. ARHS fosters development in faith, character, academics, the arts and athletics, in a diverse and inclusive family environment. The school currently serves 625 students including 40 international students from six different countries. The international students reside on the ARHS campus. ARHS is a WASC accredited school. The school received the maximum six-year accreditation during the last review. The current accreditation is in place through 2014.

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SOUGHT The Department of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking elementary principals for the 20132014 school year. Candidates must be practicing Roman Catholic, possess a valid teaching credential, a Master’s degree in educational leadership, an administrative credential (preferred), and five years of successful teaching experience at the elementary level.

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• The qualified candidate with be a practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church, and will have obtained a minimum of a Masters’ Degree in Administration, and experience in secondary education. POSITION: Office of the President: Exempt, Full-time, Salaried position with an extensive benefits package RESPONSIBILITIES: The responsibilities of the Office of the President include but are not necessarily limited to the following: • Maintain the Catholicity and Marianist Charism of ARHS. • Primary responsibility to maintain respectful and cordial relationships with all Archdiocesan Offices and Officials, The Board of Trustees, the Society of Mary and the Parent Board. • Report to, seek the advice of and act upon the agreed direction of the Board of Trustees to insure the continued successful operation of ARHS now and in the future. The Board of Trustees meets with the President and appropriate staff at regularly scheduled Executive Board and Full Board meetings five times during the school year. The President should be prepared to advise the Board of Trustees on the status of the following: current status and strategic plans for various School Departments, implementation of said plans and integration into the various programs at ARHS. • Supports the Office of the Principal to insure the success of the Academic and Activities Programs. • Direct, Manage and Support the efforts of various Administrative Departments to insure the success of their missions. Observe and evaluate the staff of the Administrative Dept. REPORTS: The Office of the President reports to the Archbishop of San Francisco, through the Archdiocesan Superintendent of Catholic Schools, the ARHS Board of Trustees and the Society of Mary. Qualified applicants should send Resume and Cover Letter to:

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FRIDAY, JAN. 18

FRIDAY, FEB. 1 SEPARATED, DIVORCED

IMAGES: Photography by Frances Freyberg at Mercy Center Art Gallery, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, through Feb. 28. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (650) 340-7474. www.mercycenter.org. In 2008, Freyberg left her job in high-tech to travel the world taking photographs and writing about her experiences. www.wheresfrances.blogspot.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 19 MARDI GRAS DANCE: St. Finn Barr Church, Goode Hall, 415 Edna St., San Francisco, 8 p.m.-midnight. $23 at the door; $18 in advance, (415) 585-4524; (415) 333-3627.

THURSDAY, JAN. 24 VATICAN II TALKS: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moral Theologyâ&#x20AC;? with Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman at St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City, 7 p.m. (650) 361-1411, ext. 121. laura@pius.org.

FRIDAY, JAN. 25 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LATE NITE CATECHISMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: St. Matthew Parish, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo, hosts the live comedy show at 6:30 p.m. Happy hour appetizers and refreshments served before live performance. Fun raffle prizes. Purchase tickets online www.stmatthew-parish.org/150th/ lnc.php DANCE CONCERT: Mercy High School, San Francisco presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soar,â&#x20AC;? Jan. 25, 26, 7:30 p.m., 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco. $12/$10 students and seniors. events@mercyhs.org. (415) 334-7941. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: Conversation group on ancient philosophical

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TUESDAY, JAN. 22: Meeting takes place second and fourth Tuesdays, St. Bartholomew Parish Spirituality Center, Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Father Al Springs Road, Grosskopf, SJ San Mateo, 7 p.m.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 23: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catch the Spiritâ&#x20AC;? at St. Monica Parish, 23rd Avenue and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. with Brother Scott Slattern, for junior high and high school students preparing for the sacrament of confirmation. $25 per student includes T-shirt, lunch and program. Sister Celeste Arbuckle, arbucklec@sfarchdiocese.org.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 26 DAILY TV MASSES: EWTN airs Mass daily at 5 a.m., 9 a.m., 9 p.m. and a 4 p.m. Mass Monday through Friday. EWTN is carried on Comcast 229, AT&T 562, Astound 80, San Bruno Cable 143, DISH Satellite 261 and Direct TV 370. In Half Moon Bay EWTN airs on Comcast 70 and on Comcast 74 in southern San Mateo County. CRAB FEED: Archbishop Rior-

dan High School hosts its annual crab feed benefitting Crusader athletics, 6 p.m. Enjoy delicious fresh crab, good fun, and good company. Tickets $55. Visit www. riordanhs.org or call Sharon Udovich, (415) 586-8200 ext. 217. Event will sell out â&#x20AC;&#x201C; book early! WALK FOR LIFE: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, actress Jennifer Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, and tens of thousands of pro-lifers participate in the Walk for Life West Coast. The day kicks off with Mass at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 9:30 a.m. The Walk for Life Rally begins at 12:30 p.m. at Civic Center Plaza followed by the Walk for Life on Market Street at 1:30 p.m. Visit www.walkforlifewc. com.

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REUNION: Notre Dame des Victoires School, class of `72 is celebrating its 40th class reunion beginning with a guided tour of the school starting at 4:30 p.m. Meet at the NDV auditorium entrance at 659 Pine Street. Dinner will follow at the CafĂŠ Bastille, 22 Belden Place, between Pine and Bush, a short walk from the school. Bob Borbeck, bobborbeck@ aol.com.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2 ANNIVERSARY MASS: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant of liturgy celebrating anniversary couples of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral, Gough Street and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 10 a.m. All married couples invited to attend. Call your parish office to register. Contact Office of Worship, (415) 614-5586 or (415) 614-5505 or murphyj@sfarchdiocese.org. ROSARY: 9 a.m. in front of Planned Parenthood, 35 Baywood Ave., San Mateo, first Saturday of the month. San Mateo Pro-Life. Jessica, (650) 572-1468.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 8 ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: Conversation group on ancient philosophical texts, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Msgr. Bowe Room, 7:30-10 p.m. reynaldo. miranda@gmail.com. (415) 584 8794. MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND: A weekend where married couples can get away from jobs, kids, chores and phones and focus only on each other. If you’d like greater depth, growth and enrichment in your relationship, you’ll like the difference a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend can make. Go to wwme12.org or call Paul and Yvonne, (650) 366-7093. Register early.

THURSDAY, FEB. 14 PRO-LIFE MEETING: San Mateo ProLife, St. Gregory Parish, Worner Center, 135 28th Ave., San Mateo, 7:30 p.m. Group is open to new membership. Meetings are second Thursday except December. smprolife@yahoo.com. (650) 572-1468.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 VATICAN II: The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology, and the Religious Studies Dept. of Santa Clara University, in observance of the 50th Anniversary of Vatican II, are co-sponsoring a lecture on “Vatican II and Parish Life,” 7:30 p.m., Jesuit School of Theology, 1735 LeRoy Ave., Berkeley, free

and open to the public. (510) 549-5055. For more information, (510) 549-5055, e-mail blescher@jstb.edu, website www. scu.edu/jst/news/vatican2/. Panelists include Father Dan Danielson, Corpus Christi Church, Oakland; Father Brian Joyce, Christ the King Church, Pleasant Hill; Dominican Sister Rosemary Hennessey; and Nora Peterson of St. John Vianney Church, Walnut Creek.

THURSDAY, FEB. 28 DINNER AND SHOW: Epiphany Center’s benefit party and show, 6 p.m. cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, 7 p.m. show, 8 p.m. dinner, James Leary Flood ManMichael sion, 2222 Pritchard Broadway, San Francisco. $250 per person, $750 sponsorship for two tickets. (415) 351-4055. Comedian Michael Pritchard, emcee. Proceeds support lifechanging services for at-risk families in San Francisco at Epiphany Center, 100 Masonic Ave. A work of the Daughters of Charity.

St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City, 7 p.m. (650) 361-1411, ext. 121. laura@pius.org.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT: Evening benefits students of De Marillac Academy and includes reception and student exhibits, dinner and program, after dinner reception and dessert at the Westin St. Francis Hotel Union Square, San Francisco with Diane Dwyer of NBC Bay Area as emcee. Tickets are $150 and sponsorship-level attendance is also available. Carrie Davis, (415) 552-5220, ext. 36.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9 YOUTH FOOD FAST: Lenten retreat for high school students at St. Peter Parish, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica, 10 a.m.5:30 p.m. Join other students in fasting in solidarity with those who are hungry and learning more about how you can make a difference in the world. Catholic Relief Services speaker Deacon Steve Herrera will share about his work and there will be youth-led hands-on activities to teach about the causes of poverty and hunger. Suggested donation for CRS is $10 per person. Sister Celeste Arbuckle, arbucklec@sfarchdiocese.org.

THURSDAY, FEB. 28 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 VATICAN II TALKS: “Liturgy and Sacraments” with Father David Pettingill,

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 18, 2013

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of December HOLY CROSS COLMA Joseph Agliolo Solomon Akpan Said Alnemri Emil Altomar Frances Altomar Louise Arretche Fumiko Aspuria Esperanza Avelar Bertha Avila Florence Balestreri Pauline Balistreri Joseph Balistreri Reynaldo Baluyot David Beyer Teresita Bowens Margaret Branch Ries Francis Brooks Alice Burns Lois Cangelosi Gloria Canty Miriam Cawley Francisco Cisneros Evelyn Console Gary Cooley Monica Corkery Velma Crandall Anna Cresci Isabel Crivello Ignacio Cuadra Dominic Cucinotta Jack D’Asaro Hermogenes Datu Jack Dempsey Virginia Fetter Arthur Flores Melara Josephine Galindez Pablito Gamit, Sr. Ofelia Garcia

Melvin Giorgi Emma Gonzalez Joseph Gotelli Ruth Goulding William Graham Mary Greene Sr. Lois Hagerty, SND Allan Hillebrandt Axel Hillebrandt Marilu Hitchcock John Howard Timothy Hoyt Jadine Hue Otto Huelfenhaus Nancy Joseph Catherine Kenney-Munro Edward Lampe Pedro Locsin, Jr. Enedina Lopez Shirley Low Mary Lupo Louis Mendieta Secondo Merletti Wiliam Michelini Marie Mitchell Fr. Edward Murray Ralph Neary Michael Nevin Joseph Noero Cesare Nuti Agnes Oeverndiek Naimeh Omran Lorraine Owen Jesusa Pacia Clyde Palanca Higino Paula Edward Paz David Perez Josefina Perez Theresa Poling Jayson Poquiz Gerald Prado

Joseph Ramirez, Jr. Anita Rashleger Odily Rearte Alejandra Reyes Lena Riley William Rivera Paul Rivera, Jr. Donald Roche Matthew Ryan Elda Saccone Victoria Sema-Lopez Gayle Simons Joan Simpson Phillip Sims Qingjun Sun Joan Swendsen Phillip Tabby Marion Tandy Jorge Toro Rozella Torrez Patricia Turbin Kathleen Uhrich Roberto Vallangca Brinley Vital Charles Wagner Philip Welsh Mary Wendt Marilyn Workman James Workman Claude Wright

MT. OLIVET, SAN RAFAEL Lillie Conner Richard Conner Noel Greenfield Charles Hagele Mildred Hagele Mary O’Callaghan Mary O’Connor Anna Restaino Daniel Smith Margaret Tarrant

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