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Citing failing strength, Pope Benedict announces he will resign CAROL GLATZ AND CINDY WOODEN

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VATICAN CITY – Saying he no longer has the strength to exercise ministry over the universal church, Pope Benedict XVI announced Feb. 11 that he would be resigning at the end of the month after an eight-year pontificate. “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry,” the pope told cardinals gathered for an ordinary public consistory to approve the canonization of new saints. Pope Benedict, who was elected in April 2005, will be the first pope to resign in more than 600 years. He told the cardinals, “In today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of St. Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.”

‘Decline of strength’ due to aging

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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to deliver a talk at the conclusion of a Mass for the Knights of Malta in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 9. The pope announced Feb. 11 that he will resign at the end of the month. The 85-year-old pontiff said he no longer has the energy to exercise his ministry over the universal church.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told journalists at a briefing that the pope’s decision was not prompted by any medical illness, but was due to a natural “decline of strength” associated with old age. Even though the announcement had caught almost everybody by surprise, it was not a snap decision, but rather one that “had matured over the past few months,” Father Lombardi said. The pope made his announcement in Latin from a

Resignation will open transition period CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – While the surprise resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is a first for the church in centuries, it also leads to a complicated period of transition that ends in the election of a new pope. Regulated by ancient traditions and recent rules, the period between popes – known by the Latin term “interregnum” – will begin exactly at 8 p.m. Rome time Feb. 28, a date and time Pope Benedict stipulated in a declaration he made Feb. 11 for when the See of Rome and the See of St. Peter will be vacant. Normally the interregnum begins with a pope’s death and is followed by a period of mourning. This time the pope will resign from his ministry and spend a short period of prayer and reflection at the papal summer villa in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, before moving to a monastery at the Vatican. The rules governing the interregnum are matters of church law, not dogma.

Cardinals govern before new election

The apostolic constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis” confirms that as long as the Holy See is vacant, the universal church is governed by the College of Cardinals, which cannot, however, make decisions normally reserved to the pope. Such matters must be postponed until the new pope is elected. Until there is a pope, the Roman Curia – the Vati-

can’s network of administrative offices – loses most of its cardinal supervisors and cannot handle any new business. The College of Cardinals is to deal solely with “ordinary business and matters which cannot be postponed.” At present, there are 209 cardinals, and all of them are asked to meet in Rome to help administer the transition period. The College of Cardinals does this through two structures: a general congregation, in which all the cardinals are to meet daily; and Cardinal Sodano a particular four-member congregation, consisting of the chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, and a rotating team of three cardinal assistants.

PAGE 7: Prayers offered for ‘courageous’ pope. PAGE 11: Ambassador lauds ‘grace, humility.’ PAGE 14: Pontificate marked by teaching. pre-written text during a morning ordinary public consistory where a large number of cardinals were present. When he delivered his announcement, the pope seemed very “composed, concentrated” and read “in a solemn manner” in keeping with the importance of what he was saying, Father Lombardi said. Fulfilling the canonical requirement, Pope Benedict solemnly declared to the cardinals, “Well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of St. Peter, entrusted to me by the cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of St. Peter, will be vacant and a conclave to elect the new supreme pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.” It is up to the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, to make preparations for a conclave to elect a new pope. Father Lombardi said after the pope steps down, he will move to the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome. He will stay there until the renovation is SEE POPE, PAGE 21

US church leaders express surprise, admiration CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Only those cardinals under age 80 will be eligible to vote in the coming conclave. Cardinals who are age 80 or over by the time the conclave starts are excluded from the closed-door proceedings. There will be 117 cardinal-electors when the “sede vacante” begins Feb. 28; by March 5, that number will be 116. As chamberlain, Cardinal Bertone is to administer

WASHINGTON – U.S. Catholic Church leaders who awoke to the news of Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he will retire at the end of February said they were surprised by the news but admired the pontiff ’s courage and humility for making the decision. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement that the pope’s announcement “is but another sign of his great care for the church.” “The Holy Father brought the tender heart of a pastor, the incisive mind of a scholar and the confidence of a soul united with his God in all he did,” the cardinal said, adding: “We are sad that he will be resigning but grateful for his eight years of selfless leadership as successor of St. Peter. “The occasion of his resignation stands as an important moment in our lives as citizens of the world. Our experience impels us to thank God for the gift of Pope Benedict,” he continued. “Our hope impels us to pray that the College of Cardinals under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit choose a worthy successor to meet the challenges present in today’s world.”

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Frank Patt Asked at St. Teresa of Avila Church, San Francisco, Feb. 2. “We’re all Third Order Carmelites. We have a goal for life always to get close to God, especially for Lent.” JOHN TUSCH “I usually do the same goal for Lent, trying to be a little more aware of the old people around me – be a little more forgiving and patient.” FRANK PATT

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Marin retreats offer spiritual renewal through silence CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Dominican Father Bruno Gibson has an invitation for Catholics looking to deepen their faith: Experience silence as a way to inspire spiritual enthusiasm. Assigned to St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco, Father Gibson is spending a sabbatical year in Marin County leading daylong retreats and meditations in a program he calls “A View from the Ridge.” “It’s called ‘A View from the Ridge’ because it’s on a beautiful spot, perhaps the most extraordinary panorama that one could imagine,” he said. “You see from Mount Tamalpais on one side, all over the Marin headlands, Belvedere Island, the Golden Gate, the bay in between, stretching all the way over to Angel Island.” The beauty of the setting brings something important to the retreat, Father Gibson said: “The gift I’ve felt that this gives is the gift of silence.” The retreats themselves have a theme. “I try to follow the seasons,” he said, “but I also try to follow whatever is topical.” The project started as a Lenten meditation, “With Christ in the Desert,” 12 years ago,” said Father Gibson, a native San Franciscan who was ordained in 1960 and has served at Dominican parishes and centers in California, Oregon and Washington. St. Hilary parishioner Marilyn Knight hosts “A View from the Ridge” retreats in her home in Tiburon. Beginning with continental breakfast at 9 a.m., the program usually includes a talk by a fellow Dominican, silent periods, conferences with retreat leaders, Mass and a post-retreat social hour. Knight offers her library for meditation and contemplation. Knight tries to keep the number of participants to fewer than 25. Most are between 40 and 60 years old and many are regulars. “They really like the sense of silence and the opportunity to hear different preachers,” she said. Father Gibson said leading retreats fulfills the Dominican spirit of “contemplata aliis tradere” – a phrase from St. Thomas Aquinas meaning to contemplate and communicate to others the fruits of one’s contemplation. He said the retreats attract “people who are more interested in deepening their experience of Mass, people who are curious about their

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Well remembered pastor: Gone but not forgotten TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The legacy of love and service left by the late Msgr. Bruce Dreier continues at Church of the Epiphany Parish where he was pastor from 1992-2004. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy presides at a Mass for Msgr. Dreier Feb. 23 at Epiphany at 5:30 p.m. A dinner honoring parishioners and volunteers Dan Cascino, Joe Desimone and Fran and Steve Balestrieri and late parishioners Steve Balestrieri Katrina Lee and Michael Downing follows. Steve and Fran are married 60 years and are extremely active at Epiphany with the Over 50 Club, and the parish finance and pastoral councils. Dan is a 1967 graduate of Epiphany School and has served as coach and gym director and assisted with technical duties for the school’s theatrical program. Joe and his wife Linda are married 36 years and are busy Joe Desimone at Epiphany where Joe coaches and Linda is a teacher at Epiphany School. Katrina coached girls’ volleyball at Epiphany. Michael is an Epiphany School alum. Dinner tickets are $20 and $10 for youth 13 and under. Email Ken Tonna maltaman1@comcast.net or Julinda Pastor labx10@ aol.com. Msgr. Dreier was also pastor of St. Robert Parish, San Bruno, where he served from 2004 until his death from cancer in 2009.

RIORDAN PROUD: Retired San Francisco Fire Department Captain John R. McCloskey was honored by Archbishop Riordan High School Jan. 17 with its 2013 Chaminade Award. John is a 1955 Riordan alumnus. His sons John and Joe graduated Riordan in 1980 and ‘81. The award is the school’s highest honor. Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice was principal celebrant of the day’s Mass. Riordan graduates Father Michael Quinn, ’70, and Father Thomas Seagrave, ’60, concelebrated. As a tribute to the honoree, the ARHS Marching Band learned the Marines’ Hymn. Pictured from left are Captain McCloskey; San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, and ARHS president Joseph Conti. BREAD OF LIFE: Handicapables and helpers are the assembly and Father Kirk Ullery, chaplain, is principal celebrant of Mass at noon, Feb. 23, Room C, St. Mary Cathedral Event Center, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Lunch follows. Volunteers are always welcome to assist in this ongoing tradition of more than 40 years. Call Joanne Borodin at (415) 239-4865. WATER OF LIFE: The punch line is “I’d baptize them all and we’d never see them again.” All of us can infer the set-up as having to do with Catholics who become hard to find after receiving the sacraments of initiation – baptism, Eucharist and confirmation. Capuchin Father Michael Mahoney used the funny and plausible tale to open his homily on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 13, at Our Lady of Angels parish where he is pastor. Baptism, he said, is a lifetime commitment to God and our chance to bring God to the world. “It is our call to follow Jesus Christ.”

ANNIVERSARIES: Happy 50 years married to Emeline and George Thoppil parishioners of Holy Name of Jesus Church, San Francisco. The couple and their family marked the occasion together at Mass Feb. 2. Holy Name parishioners Esperanza and Rolando Vallecillo celebrated 55 years married Jan. 5. CENTURY PLUS: Congrats to the St. Raphael Lagan Institute #52. The women recently celebrated the group’s 108th anniversary at San Rafael Joe’s. “Lagan 52’s history reflects a care and concern for each other and those in need,” said Olivia Dalessi in a note to this column. GOOD CAUSE: Fourth graders at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Redwood City raised $308 for the Joanne Pang Foundation and support of public cord blood collections across California. Janelle Hernandez teaches the class. Joanne Pang

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Couples renew marriage vows with archbishop VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The couples who renewed their vows Feb. 2 at St. Mary’s Cathedral ranged from the Cucalons, who married 60 years ago in Panama, to Don and Irene Broderick, married less than two years ago at St. Elizabeth Church, San Francisco. “You feel the presence of the Holy Spirit from all the other couples,” said Don Broderick of All Souls Parish, South San Francisco, who said Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone told them, “you’re the ones who’ve been married one year, nine months” when they met him at the reception after the ceremony. Sixty-two couples renewed their vows, representing more than 2,200 years of married life and more than 30 parishes. “A lot of wisdom there, a lot of powerful examples,” said the archbishop, who celebrated the Mass with auxiliary Bishops Robert W. McElroy and William J. Justice, and several other priests, including Most Holy Redeemer pastor Father Brian Costello. All sacramentally married couples were welcome to participate. Irene Broderick said the opportunity to renew vows, standing in the pew with her husband, surrounded by other couples doing the same thing, was very powerful, because there were no distractions and no worry about the wedding details as they looked directly into each other’s eyes. “I feel very strongly he is my gift,”

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Rosario and Dr. Antonio Cucalon, pictured with daughter-in-law Mardi Cucalon and Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, were among 62 couples who renewed their vows at a special anniversary Mass Feb. 2 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. said Irene Broderick. “God sent him along to me and marriage is a gift.” Adelaida and Homer Zuraek married Feb. 2, 1963, at St. Dominic Church in Luzon, Philippines. When they learned of the Mass, they brought their family celebration, planned for St. Dunstan Parish, to the cathedral, with all three children, spouses and five grandchildren. “To me its patience and understanding, you have to give and take,”

said Adelaida Zuraek. And faith: “To me, you really have to give love.” Mario and Norma Panoringan were married 43 years ago at St. Edward the Confessor Church, which was in the Richmond District of San Francisco. The secret to a happy marriage, Mario Panoringan said, is “being together, sharing the things that are dear to both of us.” “Christ is the bridegroom who gives his life for his bride the

church,” the archbishop said in his homily. The example of sacramentally married couples reflects God’s covenant with the church, and is a witness of that love, he said. Antonio Cucalon, married Feb. 7, 1953, says his wife Rosario is the reason for their 60 years of happiness. The two met in Panama where he practiced general dentistry. “It was a short romance, we just went ahead, got married and took off for USC,” he said, marveling that his wife, one of 13 children, was willing to leave everything for him and go to Los Angeles where he studied orthodontics. “She is always willing to give, always very loving,” Cucalon said. Rosario Cucalon says she is very lucky, with her husband, with their four children. “My husband has a beautiful temperament. He’s very easy to get along with,” she said. Marriage is “foundational for the common good,” and important for children to have a mother and a father, Archbishop Cordileone said. But beyond that, he said, “in your covenant of marriage, you signify the love of God.” That might sound like “highfaluting” theology, the archbishop said, but it is acted out daily by young couples who take turns getting up in the middle of the night for a crying baby and in the times when, despite everything, a husband or wife foregoes the silent treatment and offers forgiveness. Marriage is “the sacrament of mutual gift of self, of self-surrender so two might become one,” he said.

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Lenten parish, school activities around the archdiocese Mission Dolores Academy, San Francisco, will raise funds for the Missionary Childhood Association. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, San Francisco, students collect money in the St. Robert Parish, San Bruno, youth are beginChange for the World campaign against world ning rehearsals for the annual Good Friday Passion Play while parishes in all three counties hunger, specifically for two schools in Africa. Marin Catholic High School is learning about are hosting soup suppers, scheduling Lenten ways to help free slaves in Sudan. reconciliation services and praying the Stations Lent is a time when the of the Cross as the Archdiocese church emphasizes the sacraof San Francisco settles into the ment of reconciliation. Lenten season. San Francisco Auxiliary During Lent, Catholics are Bishop William J. Justice will urged to pray, do penance and lead the annual “Shadows to fast and give to the poor. They Light” Lenten mini-retreat are also required to forego meat for high school students at St. on Fridays and Ash Wednesday Cecilia Church, San Francisco, and fast on Ash Wednesday and 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. The Good Friday. no-cost event begins with regAt St. Rita School, Fairfax, istration at 12:30 p.m. and will teachers prepare a soup supper include Stations of the Cross, for the parish March 12. opportunities for individual Fast doesn’t have to just be reconciliation, and snacks. food. Our Lady of Angels, BurlArchbishop Riordan High ingame, is tackling the obsession School, San Francisco, holds with electronics. The parish and a daily Lenten prayer service the school are filling out “iFast” during lunchtime in the school cards, pledging to “fast some Chapel of the Assumption and from my ‘i’ screens: phone, TV, will have school reconciliation video games and computer to services as will Sacred Heart reconnect with God and my famCathedral. At Mercy High ily.” School, San Francisco, stuAt St. Brigid School, San Our Lady of Angels parishioners dents in religious studies classFrancisco, the cafeteria does not are filling out “iFast” cards pledges spend one 85-minute class serve meat on Friday and there ing to unplug tech devices and in the chapel with Scripture are Stations of the Cross each reconnect with God this Lent. reading and “the opportunity Friday in the school chapel. Each for reflection as well as confession,” said Rita E. student has a special book with a daily Lenten activity. Families also receive a different book to Cutarelli, associate principal. Each student also receives a booklet titled “What Am I Doing for complete and discuss at home. Lent This Year?” she said. Catholic schools and religious education and St. Elizabeth Church, San Francisco, offers a youth ministry programs emphasize learning Lenten mini-retreat, “Lent in the Year of Faith,” about and contributing to Catholic Relief Serwith Philippine Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara at vices, the U.S. bishops’ organization that helps 7 p.m., Feb. 24, one of many lectures and special needy in other countries. A CRS representative retreats during Lent throughout the archdiowill speak at the teen “Face the Fast” event at St. Peter Parish, Pacifica, March 9, sponsored by cese. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Daly City, the archdiocesan Office of Religious Education sponsors a mission drive and collects peanut and Youth Ministry and the parish. butter for a homeless shelter. The eighth grade Marin Catholic High School, Kentfield, offered students perform a dramatization of the Sta“a light soup lunch to our faculty, staff and stutions of the Cross. dents, in the spirit of Ash Wednesday and fastAt St. Francis of Assisi Parish, East Palo Alto, ing, and the donations go to CRS,” said Beckett there are Stations of the Cross each Friday in Columbo, communications director. five neighborhoods in Spanish and in English in the church, with 14 houses involved in each station enactment. “We encourage them to look for people who don’t go to church so as to get them involved in some small way,” said pastor Father Larry Goode. VALERIE SCHMALZ

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Prayers offered for ‘courageous’ pope

Brooke Burns

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Surprise, sadness and understanding greeted Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he will resign the papacy Feb. 28. “I’m sad. I really like him as a pope. I respect him,” said Brooke Burns, after noon Mass Feb. 11 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. “I think he is super courageous but I also believe he is doing what he believes is the will of God and I respect that and I trust that whoever is picked next will follow in his footsteps. I’m supportive ultimately, but it definitely came as a shock.” Carlo Santos saw the pope last year during a visit to the Vatican and said there “was just this aura of holiness about him.” He called the pope “courageous” and said he was “was very deeply saddened’’ by the announcement. “He stood up for many of the Catholic rights and very conservative policy,” Santos said. “I’ve always respected him as a pope and a leader of the church. I am very sad.” Sister of Social Service Anna Maria

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Rabus said the resignation is “probably a good move, because he is elderly. There are so many issues to deal with nowadays.” “I’m shocked, as we all are,” said Robert Hance, sitting in a pew at the cathedral after Mass. Hance visited Rome on business last year. Going to the Vatican, and seeing the pope, “really was a wonderful experience,” Hance said. “I feel a connection to the pope in a way I didn’t know you could.” Claire Diepenbrock, speaking before Mass at the cathedral, said, “I think he’s probably doing the right thing if his health is not permitting to let him carry on. We’re sorry to lose him, very sorry to lose him.” In a statement, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone expressed “deep gratitude” to Pope Benedict XVI for a lifetime of service. “Those of us who know him and who have watched his whole life unfold in service to God, can see that that this decision to step down was motivated by his own discernment of what best serves the good of the church,” Archbishop Cordileone said.

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“I will pray for him with great filial affection, and ask that we all hold him in prayer at this time,” the archbishop said. “May God bless him and may God guide the College of Cardinals as they choose his successor.” Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio is founder and editor of San Francisco-based Ignatius Press, the primary publisher of Pope Benedict XVI’s books in English. “I think it’s good for the church if this is what he believes God wants,” said Father Fessio, a longtime friend and former student of Pope Benedict XVI. When obtaining a doctorate in theology at the University of Regensburg in Germany, 1972-75, Joseph Ratzinger now Pope Benedict, was Father Fessio’s doctoral director and mentor. “I love the man and I think he is a wonderful person and a great pope,” said Father Fessio. “I’d like him to stay as long as I am alive. He is going to do what he believes is right and what he believes is God’s will and that will be the best.”

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San Francisco’s 26th annual Memorial Service for the Victims of Abortion will have a new date and sharpened focus in 2013. The March 7 gathering will continue to offer prayer, Scripture, homilies and a placing of roses, but will also begin the practice of highlighting a different Bay Area pro-life ministry or organization each year. Formerly, this service took place on the eve of January’s Walk for Life West Coast. “Moving the event to the time of Lent has several advantages. Lent is a time for renewal and repentance. Separating the Walk for Life and the memorial service provides the Bay Area with another distinct opportunity to gather ecumenically in support of life. Additionally, by drawing attention to a specific pro-life group each year, we hope to encourage financial and volunteer support for that group,” said IFCL chairman Greek Orthodox Father Aris P. Metrakos. The 2013 memorial service will spotlight San Francisco’s Alpha Pregnancy Center, whose prenatal counseling and postpartum support provide women facing crisis pregnancies with an alternative to abortion. The 7:30 p.m. service will take place at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 999 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco. Contact Father Aris at (415) 5844747 or fr.aris@yahoo.com.

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ARCHBISHOP PRAISES FORMER ANGLICANS FOR THEIR ZEAL FOR CATHOLIC FAITH

HOUSTON – The prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith urged Anglicans entering the Catholic Church to “be courageous in maintaining the vibrancy and orthodoxy” of their faith in their new spiritual home. “It takes a great deal of courage to be Catholic and so I say to you: Be courageous,” Archbishop Gerhard L. Muller told a Feb. 2 symposium marking the first anniversary of the Catholic Church’s U.S. Archbishop ordinariate for former Anglicans. Muller “Your loyalty to the Holy Father and your commitment to seeking the truth has brought you this far and will sustain you, and will also serve as a powerful encouragement to those ‘born’ into the Catholic Church to rediscover her beauty and the consistency of her teaching. Your ‘youthful enthusiasm’ is a great gift,” he said. Archbishop Muller called for a “culture of communion” and the continued path toward Christian reunification. The Houston-based Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, created by the Vatican for former Anglican groups and clergy seeking to become Catholic, includes 30 priests – all former Anglicans who have completed an approved formation program – and about 1,600 people in 36 communities across the U.S. and Canada, most of whom became Catholic within the past year. Archbishop Muller noted that the ordinariate leadership has a “delicate but all-important task to both preserve the integrity of your parish communities and, at the same time, help your people integrate into the larger Catholic community.” ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Priest: Struggling moves people to ‘higher level of spirituality’ LAURA DODSON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Franciscan Father Richard Rohr told a Florida audience that he is about to end 43 years of giving retreats all over the world “and I haven’t found a single perfect person.” “We all come to God by falling, by doing it wrong,” he said. “The ego doesn’t like that.” The San Pedro Spiritual Development Center in Winter Park partnered with St. Stephen Parish in nearby Winter Springs to welcome the priest Jan. 24-27 on the last leg of his final tour. For two evenings and a retreat weekend for 150 men that sold out before it was ever marketed, Father Rohr inspired more than 1,000 participants – many of whom attended both evenings, sold more than 1,000 of his books and CDs and signed every book presented for autograph. A prolific author, speaker and founder of the Center for Contemplation and Action in Albuquerque, N.M., he is celebrating his 70th birthday in March with the launch of the Rohr Institute’s Living School for Action and Contemplation.

From purpose to transformation

“Psychologist Carl Jung said that the two major tasks in life are building your ego structure in the first half and getting beyond the building to the purpose of life in the second,” Father Rohr said. “It is transformation that gets you from the first to the second half – the transformation of failure. The normal paths of transformation are great love and great suffering – there is something more than you love yourself.” He cited families with a handicapped child, couples after divorce, a homosexual coming out, rejection, the marginalized, and the excluded as examples of suffering. “Great suffering lets us see reality is not the way it seems,” Father Rohr continued. “Struggling moves you to a higher level of spirituality and whatever happens to you is pure grace.” Laughter erupted throughout the evening presentations as participants followed Father Rohr’s example and advice to “laugh at yourself.”

Ego’s ‘false satisfaction’

“Dualistic thinking is exclusionary,” he said.

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“It produces divisions and the ego loves to take sides. It gives a false satisfaction.” As if to add weight to his own authority, he told the crowd: “I checked this out personally with Dr. (Mehmet) Oz,” a physician with a popular nationally syndicated talk show. “He said the mind is a binary system,” the priest said. “It functions with comparison – short/ tall, win/lose, if it’s not this, it’s that. It’s not true, but it’s helpful in a world of constant binary choices. A lot of people stay there.” Father Rohr explained that the major documents of Christianity demand FRANCISCAN FATHER that we move beyond the RICHARD ROHR binary – calling the work of the Second Vatican Council “brilliant documents of high-level inspiration.” And he cited the Trinity as the perfect example – “the principle of three undoes two, moves to dynamism and relationship.” “In a normal day, you can get through with dualistic thinking,” Father Rohr continued, “but then comes love, death, suffering, a notion of God, a notion of infinity, sex and you need a different processor. Love overcomes the dualistic mind. You cannot love in any sustained way with a dualistic mind. The ego begins with no – the soul begins with yes.”

‘The ego begins with no – the soul begins with yes.’

Rushing to judge

It was this that most touched Donna Walters from Annunciation Parish in Altamonte Springs, a senior in the Orlando diocese’s Commissioned Lay Ecclesial Ministry Program at San Pedro Center. “We all do it,” Walters said. “We’re so full of our ego, we rush to judge. We have to be aware of it and then we can reflect and change. Are we open enough, empty enough to hear the still small voice? God transforms us through love.” Jerry McDaniel, a St. Stephen parishioner, said the highlight was the healing service. Each man was sent off with a strip of red tape to place pieces on different parts of their bodies where there has been pain or humiliation. They returned to put the pieces of tape from their bodies onto a crucifix. “It looked like blood,” McDaniel said. “Father said, ‘You’ve given it all to Jesus. You don’t have the right to take it back. Move on from here.’ He has profoundly changed the way I think about things.”

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Cardinal relieved of public duties for past failure to protect children CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

But he posted on his blog – http://cardinalrogermahonyblogsla.blogspot. com – a letter he wrote to Archbishop Gomez, which outlines his efforts in dealing with clergy sexual abuse. “Nothing in my own background or education equipped me to deal with this grave problem,” he wrote. Cardinal Mahony said he followed what was standard procedure around the country, including removing suspected abusers from ministry and referring them for treatment. “We were never told that, in fact, following these procedures was not effective, and that perpetrators were incapable of being treated in such a way that they could safely pursue priestly ministry,” he wrote.

WASHINGTON – The new proposed rules issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concerning the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act show movement but fall short of addressing the U.S. bishops’ concerns, New York Cardinal and bishops’ president Timothy M. Dolan said Feb. 7. The bishops “look forward” to engaging the government on serious issues that remain, he said. The bishops stand by a March committee statement affirmed by the entire body of bishops last June, he said. In that statement, he said, the bishops expressed concern over the mandate’s “exceedingly narrow” four-part definition of “religious employer,” one that exempted houses of worship, but left “our great ministries of service to our neighbors, namely, the poor, the homeless, the sick, the students in our schools and universities, and others in need” subject to the mandate.

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LOS ANGELES – Cardinal Roger M. Mahony will “no longer have any administrative or public duties” as retired archbishop of Los Angeles because of past failures to protect children from clergy sex abuse, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez announced Jan. 31. The archbishop’s statement came the same day the archdiocese released 12,000 pages of personnel files of clergy who were the subject of a 2007 global abuse settlement. The material has been posted on the website http://clergyfiles.la-archdiocese.org, along with supporting information that includes the names of members of the hierarchy involved in the handling of abuse allegations. Archbishop Gomez also accepted Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry’s request to be relieved of his responsibility as the regional bishop of Santa Barbara. Cardinal Mahony, 76, headed the archdiocese from 1985 until his March 2011 retirement. Bishop Curry, 70, was the archdiocese’s vicar for clergy and chief adviser on sexual abuse cases in the mid-1980s. “These files document abuses that happened decades ago,” Archbishop Gomez said Jan. 31. “But that does not make them less serious. I find these files to be brutal and painful reading. The behavior described in these files is terribly sad and evil. “There is no excuse, no explaining away what happened to these children. The priests involved had the duty to be their spiritual fathers and they failed. We need to acknowledge that terrible failure today,” he said.

Some of the files show in the 1980s that some archdiocesan officials worked to conceal child molestation by priests from law enforcement authorities. Memos exchanged in 1986 and 1987 by the cardinal and the bishop detail proposals to keep police from Cardinal investigating three Mahony priests who had admitted to church officials that they molested young boys. Archbishop Gomez in his statement noted that Cardinal Mahony “has expressed his sorrow for his failure to fully protect young people entrusted to his care” and Bishop Curry “has also publicly apologized for his decisions while serving as vicar for clergy.” “Effective immediately,” he continued, “I have informed Cardinal Mahony that he will no longer have any administrative or public duties” and accepted Bishop Curry’s request “to be relieved of his responsibility as the regional bishop of Santa Barbara.” Jesuit Father Tom Reese, director of the Religion and Public Policy program at Georgetown University’s Woodstock Theological Center, said Archbishop Gomez’s steps were extraordinary. “This is the first time that an archbishop has publicly recognized the failings of his predecessor in handling the abuse crisis and punished him by limiting his ministry,” he said. Cardinal Mahony declined a request for an interview with CNS.

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UK lawmakers advance same-sex marriage, 400-175 SIMON CALDWELL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

MANCHESTER, England â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Members of Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of Commons voted, 400-175, to allow same-sex marriage, pushing a controversial piece of legislation closer to becoming law. The vote followed six hours of debate and represented the first time lawmakers were able to vote on the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples. The bill will now be scrutinized in committee before having a third reading in the House of Commons and must also pass through the House of Lords before it would become law later this year. The Catholic Church has campaigned against the bill, which is also strongly opposed by the Church of England, the mainstream Protestant denominations and by Jewish, Muslim and Sikh leaders.

Bishops warn lawmakers

The Catholic bishops have directly warned lawmakers that the proposals will destabilize marriage, harm the well-being of children, jeopardize religious liberty and undermine the ability of the church to function effectively in civil society. But introducing the second reading debate Feb. 5, Culture Secretary Maria Miller promised Parliament that the bill would not pose a threat to religious

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Christian activists Jonathan Longstaff and Jenny Rose, both from London, protest outside Parliament before a vote on same-sex marriage in London Feb. 5. freedom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be deeply divisive if, in righting a wrong for some, we created a wrong for others,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No teacher will be required to promote or endorse views that go against their beliefs,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No hospital chaplain or worker will have to believe in a new definition of marriage. No religious organization will have to conduct same-sex weddings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is about fairness and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about giving those who want to get married the opportunity to do so while protecting those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree with same-

sex marriage,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Prime Minister David Cameron depended on the support of the opposition Labor Party as a majority of his Conservative Party members â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 139 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; voted against the bill, while 132 voted in favor. Yvette Cooper, Labor Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, praised the bill and told the House of Commons that no religious group â&#x20AC;&#x153;owns marriage.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Religious organizations shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be required to hold same-sex marriage but

nor, in the spirit of freedom of religion, should they prevent other religious organizations or the state from doing so,â&#x20AC;? she said. Cooper also argued that Britain should legalize same-sex marriage â&#x20AC;&#x153;because other countries are doing it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their churches and their societies havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fallen apart,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catholic Spain has had same-sex marriage since 2004. Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Argentina, South Africa celebrate same-sex marriage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;France just last week passed the first vote on the way to same-sex marriage, and the president of the United States of America is in favor of equal marriage,â&#x20AC;? she said. However, some politicians criticized the legislation, claiming the government was incapable of guaranteeing freedom of conscience for people who disagreed with the redefinition of marriage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The government cannot possibly guarantee protection for churches or individuals with a traditional view because it cannot control or predict what will happen in the courts,â&#x20AC;? said Jim Dobbin, a Labor politician from Manchester and a Catholic. He said the closure or secularization of Catholic adoption agencies that could not assess same-sex couples under equality laws introduced in 2007 â&#x20AC;&#x153;was a good exampleâ&#x20AC;? of how Parliament was not able to control the interpretation of laws it introduced.

Theologian: American youth a ravaged but promising mission field CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In sexual morality, family life and education, the Baby Boom generation ushered in a series of cultural changes that led to an â&#x20AC;&#x153;anthropological crisisâ&#x20AC;? in American society, leaving younger generations yearning acutely for what the Catholic Church has to offer. That is the assessment of Pia de Solenni, a Seattle-based writer with theology degrees from two Vatican-

chartered universities, who now serves as a consultant to the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. She spoke with Catholic News Service in Rome while participating in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture, which met in early February to address the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;emerging youth cultures.â&#x20AC;? The sexual revolution, promoted by mass media and facilitated by abortion and contraception, led to a breakdown of the family, so that an estimated 40

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Ex-ambassador lauds pope’s grace, courage, wisdom, humility PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to resign Feb. 28 “was taken with much grace, courage, wisdom and humility,” said the most recent U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Miguel Diaz. Diaz, now the University of Dayton’s professor of faith and culture, told Catholic News Service in a Feb. 11 phone interview that he hopes that in this period before a new pope is elected, the entire church will pray about and discuss the possibilities presented by a change in the top leadership of the Catholic Church. Diaz recalled fondly his meetings with Pope Benedict while he served as ambassador from August 2009 until last November. A replacement for the post has not yet been named. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry both issued statements of appreciation for the pope’s leadership and recalled their meetings with him.

SPOKESMAN: ‘CARDINALS WILL BE AUTONOMOUS’

VATICAN CITY – Even though Pope Benedict XVI will spend his retirement near Rome and then inside Vatican City, he will not play any role in the upcoming election for a new pope, and he will not interfere with the responsibilities and decision-making activities of the new pontiff, the Vatican spokesman said. Rather, the new pope will have the prayerful support and empathy of someone who understands “more than anyone in the world” the burden and responsibilities of being a pope, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said Feb. 12. In response to questions about how a conclave and a new papacy will be played out while a former pope is still alive and living in the vicinity, Father Lombardi said, “there will be

“I always found him to be very personable,” Diaz said, adding that the two of them also enjoyed switching their conversation among the several languages that they both speak. “And he always responded to my kids.” The pope’s decision to resign because of weakening health “has put a more human face to the Miguel Diaz papacy,” Diaz said. “It was a courageous decision to step down.” In his statement, Obama offered his appreciation and prayers to Pope Benedict. “Michelle and I warmly remember our meeting with the Holy Father in 2009, and I have appreciated our work together over these last four years. The church plays a critical role in the United States and the world, and I wish the best to those who will soon gather to choose (his) successor.” Kerry also offered his prayers for

the pope and remembered attending a Mass in Washington five years ago at which Pope Benedict said Americans remain a people of hope and America a land of freedom and opportunity. “He believes, as we do, that the qualities that have made our nation strong can also help make the world freer and more just.” Diaz said that as the first pope to resign in more than 600 years, Pope Benedict’s action offers a model for other leaders to recognize that it can be acceptable to step down when human limitations become overwhelming. “If the pope can do that, recognizing the limitations of his body,” Diaz said, then “all kinds of religious leaders” might feel the example opens a door when they begin to recognize limitations in themselves. Diaz said that with the return to his role as a theologian, he’s especially excited by the possibilities this moment holds for the church. “What we need in this moment of grace is to have a national and inter-

national conversation about who the next leader should be,” he said. In a time when “every faithful Catholic has had those moments when we contemplate leaving the church, or fear that ‘my kids are going to leave,’” this is a moment when Catholicism’s leaders should discuss how to meet such challenges, he said. With the pope’s resignation coming in Lent, a time of fasting, prayer and reflection, Diaz said he hopes to encourage and participate in dialogue that leads to transformation, just as Lent in the liturgical tradition “leads to resurrection, transformation and change.” Diaz noted that of course “we don’t have a vote” in who is elected pope, but that people at all levels of the church can pray and offer guidance to those who do vote, encouraging them to consider who can best tackle the complex issues that lie ahead for the church. “We don’t know if the cardinals are going to have this conversation, but they should,” he said.

absolutely no problem” because Pope Benedict is a discreet and “extremely scrupulous” person. No one would ever expect from him any “interference or comments that would cause even minimal awkwardness or problems for his successor,” he said. “Rather, his successor will feel supported by the prayers and intensely loving presence and interest from someone who, more than anyone in the world, can understand and be interested in the worries of his successor,” the priest said. “Pope Benedict will surely say absolutely nothing about the process of the election,” the spokesman said, “and not intervene in any way in the process,” he said. “You can be totally sure that the cardinals will be autonomous in their decision” in deciding on the next pope, he added.

CARDINAL O’BRIEN SAYS POPE’S RESIGNATION IS TEACHING MOMENT

papal transition into a story about “liberals and conservatives” or by trying to invent scandals and conspiracies. Especially during the Year of Faith, he said, a papal transition is an occasion to help Catholics and others understand the church and its structure. “The timing is for a reason,” he told Catholic News Service. Cardinal O’Brien was present Feb. 11 when Pope Benedict, speaking in Latin, told cardinals living in Rome that, after much prayer, he believed his age and diminishing energy meant he should retire for the good of the church. “I didn’t believe it. I didn’t want to believe it,” he said. The 73-year-old Cardinal O’Brien is one of 117 cardinals who are under age 80 and therefore eligible to vote in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope.

VATICAN CITY – The retirement of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of a new pope “is a unique moment for teaching about the role of the papacy and the individual involved,” said U.S. Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien. “This is an important world event, and I hope we can use it as a teaching moment and Cardinal O’Brien a moment of grace,” said the cardinal, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The cardinal, former archbishop of Baltimore, said his prayer is that “hucksters don’t derail” the news about the pope’s resignation by trying to fit the

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VATICAN CITY – The president of the Pontifical Council for the Family said his defense of the dignity of homosexual persons and their individual rights was misinterpreted, perhaps intentionally. “It is one thing to verify whether in existing laws one can find norms that would safeguard individual rights. It’s another thing to approve certain expectations,” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, council president, told Vatican Radio Feb. 6. At a Vatican news conference Feb. 4, Archbishop Paglia had insisted that only a lifelong union of a man and a woman could be termed a marriage. The archbishop also said the church’s affirmation of the full dignity of all human beings led him to oppose laws that outlaw homosexuality. In addition, he said that “to promote justice and to protect the weak,” greater efforts were needed to ensure legal protection and inheritance rights for people

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VATICAN CITY – Young people’s essential needs, including decent work and an education, demand a serious, effective response from both the church and the wider community, Pope Benedict XVI said Feb. 7 during an audience with members and advisers of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Problems facing young people “cannot be met with responses that are evasive or banal,” he said, especially if humanity is going to have a hopeful, generous future. Most people under 25 live in developing nations, and they represent “a challenge to the world of globalized consumerism and the culture of entrenched privileges,” the pope said. Through emerging youth cultures, today’s young people show “a deep need, a call for help or even a ‘provocation’ that cannot be ignored or left out either by civil society or the church community,” he said.

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Some Catholics have winter of discontent over king’s burial SIMON CALDWELL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

MANCHESTER, England – In one of the most fascinating archaeological finds in recent times, a skeleton found under a parking lot in the central English city of Leicester has been confirmed by DNA tests as that of King Richard III, the monarch depicted by William Shakespeare as a devious hunchback uttering the memorable line: “Now is the winter of our discontent ….” Richard was slain during the Battle of Bosworth Field Aug. 22, 1485, and his body was given a prompt burial under a Franciscan friary, which was later suppressed and demolished. Bosworth had the effect of bringing the War of the Roses to a close, ending a long conflict between the Houses of Lancaster and York and ushering in a new era because it also brought the victor to the English throne as Henry VII, the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Plans are afoot to bury the remains of Richard in Leicester’s Anglican cathedral, and these have been met with indignation by some Catholics who believe that, because Richard was a Catholic (all of England was in the 15th century), he should be buried in a Catholic church using Catholic rites. An e-petition has now been lodged on the British government website, a facility to allow the public to raise matters of concern. The petition points out that Richard was never a member of the Church of England and claims that the Anglican Church was an invention of the son of the “man responsible for his death and ignominious burial.” This claim, however, is historically inaccurate. King Henry VIII did not create the Church of England but took the Catholic Church in England into schism: He would happily persecute both Catholics who asserted papal primacy and Protestants who denied the Real Presence. The Church of England, as it continues to exist, was created by his second daughter, Queen Elizabeth I, in the settlement originating from1558. D I S T I N C T I V E L Y

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Pope Benedict’s pontificate marked by teaching, call to return to faith JOHN THAVIS AND FRANCIS X. ROCCA

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VATICAN CITY – During his almost eight-year pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI impressed the world as a teacher, guiding Catholics to the sources of the faith and urging modern society not to turn its back on God. Citing his age and diminishing energy, the 85-year-old pope announced Feb. 11 that he would be resigning effective Feb. 28 and would devote the rest of his life to prayer. As pastor of the universal church, he used virtually every medium at his disposal – books and Twitter, sermons and encyclicals – to catechize the faithful on the foundational beliefs and practices of Christianity, ranging from the sermons of St. Augustine to the sign of the cross. Having served in his 30s as an influential adviser during the 1962-65 Second Vatican Council, he made it a priority as pope to correct what he saw as overly expansive interpretations of Vatican II in favor of readings that stressed the council’s continuity with the church’s millennial traditions.

Highlighting church’s moral boundaries

Under his oversight, the Vatican continued to highlight the church’s moral boundaries on issues such as end-of-life medical care, marriage and homosexuality. But the pope’s message to society at large focused less on single issues and more on the risk of losing the basic relationship between the human being and the Creator. He consistently warned the West that unless its secularized society rediscovered religious values, it could not hope to engage in real dialogue with Islamic and other religious cultures. In his encyclicals and in his books on “Jesus of Nazareth,” the pope honed that message, asking readers to discover the essential connections between sacrificial love, works of charity, a dedication to the truth and the Gospel of Christ. The German-born pontiff did not try to match the popularity of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, but the millions of people who came to see him in Rome and abroad came to appreciate his smile, his frequent ad libs and his ability to speak from the heart. Although he did not expect to travel much, he ended up making 24 trips to six continents and three times presided over World Youth Day mega-gatherings, in Germany in 2005, in Australia in 2008, and in Spain in 2011. Talking about aging last March when he met the 85-yearold Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Pope Benedict told him, “Yes, I’m old, but I can still carry out my duties.”

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On a historic visit to the United States in 2008, the pope

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Left, Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims after a 2006 Mass on Islinger Field near Regensburg, Germany. Center, the pope walks with a cane as he arrives to meet with seminarians in Rome Feb. 8. Right, the pope is pictured during Mass at Yankee Stadium in New York in 2008. brought his own identity into clearer focus for Americans. He set forth a moral challenge on issues ranging from economic justice to abortion. He also took church recognition of the priestly sex abuse scandal to a new level, expressing his personal shame at what happened and praying with the victims. The pope met three times with former U.S. President George W. Bush, including a formal visit to the White House, and the two leaders found wide areas of agreement on pro-life and family issues. Pope Benedict was 78 and in apparent good health when elected April 19, 2005, but was said to have told his fellow cardinals that his would not be a long papacy like that of his predecessor. In an interview with the German author Peter Seewald in 2010, Pope Benedict said: “If a pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.” As inevitable as his election seemed after Blessed John Paul died in 2005, his path to the papacy was long and indirect. Joseph Ratzinger was born April 16, 1927, in the Bavarian town of Marktl am Inn, the third and youngest child of a police officer, Joseph Sr., and his wife, Maria. Young Joseph joined his brother, Georg, at a minor seminary in 1939. Like other young students, he was automatically enrolled in the Hitler Youth program, but soon stopped going to meetings. During World War II, he was conscripted into the army, and in the spring of 1945 he deserted his unit and returned home, spending a few months in an Allied prisoner-of-war camp. He returned to the seminary late in 1945 and was ordained six years later, along with his brother.

Witnessed Nazi brutality

In a meeting with young people in 2006, the pope said witnessing the brutality of the Nazi regime helped convince him to become a priest. But he also had to overcome some doubts, he said. For one thing, he asked himself whether he “could faithfully live celibacy” his entire life. He also recognized that his real leanings were toward theology and wondered whether he had the qualities of a good pastor and the ability

meneutic of discontinuity and rupture” in interpreting Vatican II as a radical break with the past. The pope called instead for reading the council through a “hermeneutic of reform” in continuity with Catholic tradition. In 1977, Pope Paul VI named him archbishop of Munich and Freising, and four years later Pope John Paul called him to head the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where he wielded great influence on issues such as liberation theology,

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People pose in front of the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born in Marktl am Inn, Germany, Feb. 11. “to be simple with the simple people.” After a short stint as a parish priest, the future pope began a teaching career and built a reputation as one of the church’s foremost theologians. At Vatican II, he made important contributions as a theological expert and embraced the council’s early work. But he began to have misgivings about an emerging anti-Roman bias, the idea of a “church from below” run on a parliamentary model, and the direction of theological research in the church – criticism that would become even sharper in later years. In a 2005 speech that served as a kind of manifesto for his young papacy, Pope Benedict rejected what he called a “her-

dissent from church teachings and pressure for women’s ordination. Serving in this role for nearly a quarter century, thenCardinal Ratzinger earned a reputation in some quarters as a sort of grand inquisitor, seeking to stamp out independent thinking, an image belied by his passion for debate with thinkers inside and outside the church.

Writings numbered more than 1,000

The new pope spent most of his energy writing and preaching, in encyclicals, letters, messages, homilies and talks that eventually numbered more than a thousand. Surprising those who had expected a by-the-book pontificate from a man who had spent more than 23 years as the Vati-

can’s chief doctrinal official, Pope Benedict emphasized that Christianity was a religion of love and not a religion of rules. During the 2010-11 Year for Priests, Pope Benedict held up the 19th-century French St. John Vianney as a model of clerical holiness who struggled against the indifference and hostility of a militantly secular society. He convened a Synod of Bishops on Scripture in 2008, in an effort to move the Bible back to the center of individual spirituality and pastoral planning. He opened a Year of Faith in October presided over a synod focusing on the new evangelization and a revival of Christian faith in the secular West, one of the priorities of his pontificate. Some of Pope Benedict’s most memorable statements came when he applied simple Gospel values to social issues such as the protection of human life, the environment and economics. When the global financial crisis worsened in 2008, for example, the pope insisted that financial institutions must put people before profits. He also reminded people that modern ideals of money and material success are passing realities, saying: “Whoever builds his life on these things – on material things, on success, on appearances – is building on sand.”

Touches of liturgical antiquity

Pope Benedict’s outreach to traditionalist Catholics brought him some opposition and criticism. In 2007, he widened the possible use of the Tridentine Mass and began introducing touches of antiquity in his own liturgies, including the requirement of kneeling when receiving Communion from the pope. Then in 2009, in an effort to reconcile with the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, he lifted the excommunications of four of the society’s bishops who were ordained illicitly in 1988. A storm of criticism erupted

because one of the four, Bishop Richard Williamson, had made a number of statements – widely available on the Internet, but unknown to the pope – denying the extent of the Holocaust. The Vatican scrambled to distance Pope Benedict from the bishop’s views and reaffirm the pontiff ’s commitment to Catholic-Jewish dialogue. The pope himself wrote an unusually personal letter to the world’s bishops, defending his efforts to restore church unity by reaching out to traditionalists and expressing sadness that even some Catholics seemed ready to attack him “with open hostility.” At the same time, he clearly acknowledged mistakes in Vatican communications and said the Holy See would have to do a better job using the Internet in the future. Instead, the mishaps continued, and for most of the year preceding Pope Benedict’s resignation, press coverage of the Vatican was dominated by the so-called “VatiLeaks” affair, a scandal over confidential and sometimes embarrassing confidential documents that had been provided to the press, allegedly by the pope’s own butler, Paolo Gabriele. A Vatican court found Gabriele guilty in October and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. Pope Benedict, meeting his former aide outside his cell in the Vatican police barracks, pardoned him just before Christmas.

Rekindling ‘dying flame’

The pope’s 2009 letter to bishops also summarized what he saw as his main mission as the successor of Peter: “In our days, when in vast areas of the world the faith is in danger of dying out like a flame which no longer has fuel, the overriding priority is to make God present in this world and to show men and women the way to God.” The idea that God is disappearing from the human hori-

zon and that humanity is losing its bearings with “evident destructive effects” was a theme Pope Benedict saw as common ground for dialogue between Christians and Muslims. He voiced the church’s opposition to a potential “clash of civilizations” in which religion was seen as a defining difference. But sometimes his words drew as much criticism as praise, particularly among Muslims who felt the pope was unfairly questioning the foundations of their religion. In a lecture at Germany’s University of Regensburg in 2006, the pope quoted a Christian medieval emperor who said the prophet Mohammed had brought “things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.” Following protests in the Islamic world, which included the burning of churches in the Palestinian territories and the murder of a nun in Somalia, the pope said he was sorry his words had offended Muslims and distanced himself from the text he had quoted. Later that year, visiting a mosque in Turkey, he turned toward Mecca and prayed silently alongside his host. This interfaith gesture generated considerable good will, and over the succeeding years, Pope Benedict continued to meet with Muslim leaders. Yet some Muslims continued to view the pope with suspicion or hostility, such as the prominent cleric who reiterated complaints about the Regensburg speech in the run-up to the pope’s trip to Lebanon in September.

of Constantinople to visit the patriarch at his headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2006. Two years later, the pope invited the patriarch to give a major address at the Synod of Bishops. The Vatican also arranged the resumption of theological talks with the Orthodox in mid2006 and began new forms of cultural collaboration with the Russian Orthodox Church. The fate of Christian minorities around the world was one of the pope’s major concerns, especially in places like Iraq and other predominantly Muslim countries. The pope strongly defended the right to religious freedom in his speech to the United Nations in 2008. In early 2007, the pope turned his attention to China, convening a meeting of church experts to discuss ways to bring unity to the church and gain concessions from the communist government. A papal letter to Chinese Catholics a few months later encouraged bold new steps to bridge the gap between Catholics registered with the government-controlled Catholic Patriotic Association and the so-called underground communities, whose leaders were frequently harassed or imprisoned by the authorities. The pope’s letter also issued a broad invitation to government authorities for dialogue on the appointment of bishops and other topics. A number of bishops were subsequently ordained with both papal and government approval, before the government returned to the practice of choosing bishops without the Vatican’s approval.

Christian unity a priority

One of the most important documents issued under Pope Benedict, and with his explicit approval, was a doctrinal congregation instruction on bioethics in 2008. The document warned that some developments in stem cell research, gene therapy and embryonic experimen-

The pope considered Christian unity one of his priorities, and he took steps to improve dialogue with Orthodox churches in particular. The most visible sign was the pope’s decision to accept the invitation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Instruction on bioethics

VATICAN CITY – Journalists tracking meetings that preceded the 2005 conclave to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II noted Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s rising status among the electors but doubted his chances to gain the 77 votes needed to win. He was seen as divisive by some in the church, and many thought the cardinals would choose someone with more pastoral experience. In the end, the cardinals turned to a man who offered doctrinal firmness, a sharp intellect and a clear vision of the threats facing the church and the faith. In the days before and after the pope’s death, he emphasized his concerns about the urgent challenges facing the church. In meditations written for the Way of the Cross at the Rome Colosseum on Good Friday, March 25, 2005, he said too many Catholics continue to scorn and scourge Jesus in his church. “Christ suffers in his own church,” he said. He described “the falling of many Christians away from Christ and into a godless secularism,” but also the fall of those Catholics who abuse the sacraments or their positions in the church. He said the church often seems like “a boat about to sink, a boat taking in water on every side.” Less than a month later, April 19, Cardinal Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals, was elected the 264th successor of Peter. He chose the name Benedict XVI. The white smoke signaling the 115 cardinal electors had

tation violate moral principles and reflect an attempt by man to “take the place of his Creator.” The pope’s own writings frequently explored the relationship between personal faith in Christ and social consequences. His first encyclical, “Deus Caritas Est” (“God Is Love,”), issued in 2005, reminded all people that God loves them and called on them to share that love in a personal and social way. It won high praise, even from quarters typically critical of the church. Two years later, his second encyclical, “Spe Salvi” (on Christian hope), warned that without faith in God, humanity lies at the mercy of ideologies that can lead to “the greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice.” His third encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”) was released in 2009 and said ethical values are needed to overcome the current global economic crisis as well as to eradicate hunger and pro-

finished their task occurred at 5:50 p.m., a little more than 24 hours after the electors had taken their oath. At 6:43 p.m., Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez made the solemn announcement to the people from the external loggia of the Hall of Blessings of the Vatican basilica. The conclave began the day before in the Sistine Chapel. The first black smoke issuing from the chapel stove took place at 8:04 p.m. the same day, with black smoke again at 11:52 a.m. April 19. At 6:48 p.m., 58 minutes after white smoke was seen, Pope Benedict XVI, preceded by the cross, appeared on the external loggia to greet the people and to impart the apostolic blessing “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and to the world). Prior to the blessing, he addressed the faithful with the following words: “Dear Brothers and Sisters, “After the great Pope John Paul II, the Lord Cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to act, even with inadequate instruments and above all I entrust myself to your prayers. In the joy of the Risen Lord, trusting in His permanent help, as we go forward the Lord will help us, and His Mother, Mary Most Holy, will be at our side. Thank you.” ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE, VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE

mote the real development of all the world’s peoples. Several months ago, the Vatican said Pope Benedict had completed work on another encyclical, this one on the virtue of faith, and its publication was expected in the first half of this year. The Vatican has not said whether or not the letter would come out before the pope’s resignation takes effect Feb. 28. His three-volume work, “Jesus of Nazareth,” published between 2007 and 2012 in several languages, emphasized that Christ must be understood as the son of God on a divine mission, not as a mere moralist or social reformer. The books argued that while Christ did not bring a blueprint for social progress, he did bring a new vision based on love that challenges the evils of today’s world – from the brutality of totalitarian regimes to the “cruelty of capitalism.” Contributing to this story was Cindy Wooden at the Vatican.

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Sparks of inspiration at inauguration

recently had the opportunity to be present at the presidential inauguration, thanks to an esteemed senator. No doubt, impressions of notable events differ widely but allow me to give you mine. I surveyed the crowd at the National Mall. From the U.S. Capitol, you could see FATHER EUGENE throngs of peoHEMRICK ple all the way to the Lincoln Memorial, two miles away. Awesome best describes being in the midst of a historical event. Experiencing the moment is absolutely spellbinding. President Barack Obama’s address was inspiring, but not filled with the applause he usually receives. Perhaps it was because much of what he said was touched on before: the need for equality, women receiving equal pay for equal work, allowing immigrants to seek a better life in the United States and affordable health care for all. Ecological stewardship, improving infrastructures, education, research and science also received priority. The need for mature congressional dialogue was implied in the statement that name-calling is not legitimate debate. What particularly made the speeches at the inauguration inspiring is that they echoed the prophets of the Old Testament and the beatitudes, speaking to the divine urge in us to live God’s blessed life on earth. Richard Blanco’s poem turned life inside out. Instead of advocating middle-class values in political terms, he employed poetic imagery, picturing his father cutting sugar cane so he could obtain an education. Blanco’s poem and the inaugural luncheon were the inspirational gems of the moment. Why? It is because poetry reveals the very soul of life, enabling us to uncover life’s often overlooked beauty as well as its dark side. Those who spoke at the inaugural luncheon were refreshingly candid, humorous and momentarily nonpolitical. Hearing them speaking from the heart was heart-lifting. Without doubt we need wise and prudent visionary leaders. Equally true is the need for good human beings who exude feeling and open their hearts, causing us to open our hearts. Interestingly, the luncheon talks took place around the dinner table, making us wonder how much better our country would be if we sat around it more often and opened our hearts in a spirit of mutual humor and respect for each other. My guess is problems would melt more quickly and solutions would be found swiftly. Inaugurations come and go, and with each there is a flicker of inspiration. This inauguration did not let us down when it came to that flicker. © CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

March for life all year long

hat a wonderful sight to behold: From Capitol Hill as far as I could see, there was a sea of people on the march for life. But the 40th March for Life was bittersweet. It was inspiring to see so many people, from so many states, marching on behalf of our unborn TONY MAGLIANO brothers’ and sisters’ right to be born. But it was sad to think that we have been marching for 40 years – with no end in sight. While progress has been made in many states to restrict abortion on demand, we are still a very long way from the day when every single unborn child will be allowed to see the light of day. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, it has been

We’re called to be consistent peacemakers – for the born and the unborn. estimated that more than 52 million unborn babies in America have been killed by abortion, according to data supplied by the Guttmacher Institute – the former research arm of abortion provider Planned Parenthood. The March for Life in Washington, D.C., the Walk for Life West Coast, the Midwest March for Life and prolife demonstrations in various state capitals are shots in the prolife arm, but these one-day annual events are simply not enough. We need to march all year long, educating and lobbying for the full protection of every single unborn person’s life and dignity. And we need to regularly be present in large numbers at the abortion mills, peacefully and prayerfully denouncing the murders taking place within their walls. Another

way to keep marching is to sign up to receive legislative alerts from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. It’s also important to contact your state Catholic conference and get on their legislative alert list. In her Nobel Peace Prize speech, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta said, “I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing – direct murder by the mother herself. ... Because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for me to kill you and you to kill me – there is nothing in between.” Indeed, abortion is war waged against the smallest and weakest members of humanity. War always inflicts the most suffering on the most vulnerable. Let’s continuously respond to the Lord’s call to be consistent peacemakers on behalf of all of our brothers and sisters – born and unborn. Let’s march for life all year long. MAGLIANO is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist.

LETTERS Adoration inspires faith in practice

What Obama inherited

Re “Drop the confrontational, negative attitude,” Letters, Jan. 25: Our Lord, Jesus Christ, who is God, is present body, blood, soul and divinity in the Blessed Sacrament (holy Eucharist). I spend time in the presence of God each week in the Blessed Sacrament to adore, love, praise, worship, give thanks and make reparation for my own sins and the sins of the world. There are two reasons why I do this: first, to keep company, which he wants, and second, to receive the grace from him that I need to go out into the world to see the holy face of Christ in every person I meet, be they rich, poor, black, brown, white or whatever. Time spent with God in eucharistic adoration compels one to go to put one’s faith into practice. Eithne Kilty San Anselmo

To read Stephanie Hart’s letter in the Jan. 25 issue (“Voting against Obama had nothing to do with race,”) it’s as if the history of the U.S. began with Obama in 2009. He inherited nothing but the disastrous wars of the past decade (with the subsequent trillions in costs, human and material), one of which continues unabated (no thanks to him), the poor decisions coming from Washington, D.C., as a whole; the unbridled influence of billions in lobbyists’ funds; the indifference of a body politic that prefers reality TV to reality; an uneducated ill-informed populace; the financial mismanagement of our economy; and the power of money over everything. Obama is the devil and life as we know it is over. None of us shares any responsibility. Where is mine in this debacle and what can I do to effect positive change? Carson Watson San Rafael

Seeing the face of Christ If we believe that Jesus is the Eucharist, his body and blood present in all the tabernacles of the world, 15 minutes in his presence is the most precious moment in life. Rosenda M. Jardin San Bruno

Pelosi photo confusing The Jan. 11 article (“Catholics still largest Congress denomination”) regarding the religious makeup of our U.S. Congress is interesting. However, I did not understand why the photo showed Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Considering she opposes the stand of her church on such important issues as abortion, it does not seem appropriate. I find it confusing. Mary L. Zgraggen San Francisco

Can’t serve 2 masters Re “Rep. Pelosi is Catholic by the sacrament of baptism,” Letters, Jan. 25 (a response to “Why is Nancy Pelosi listed among Catholic (Congress) members?” Letters, Jan. 18: In my opinion, the church has delicately tightroped on this volatile issue. Can Catholic legislators get a “free pass” on their religious teachings if they claim that their support of issues that are in direct contradiction to the church’s teachings are merely reflective of the majority of their constituents? We have gone way too long in not having the church speak to the latter proposition. We need a frank and open dialogue about this issue.

What is worse is that – especially in Ms. Pelosi’s case – the majority of her constituents are Catholic! In this case, we open Pandora’s box completely because her Catholic constituents don’t seem to care if she supports such issues as samesex marriage, abortion rights, etc. This begs the further question: What is the church’s position when it constantly views elections in heavily Catholic districts where the electorate votes in direct opposition to the church’s teachings? When we see Catholic politician after Catholic politician line up to defend abortion and same-sex marriage, the faithful wonder: “When will the church draw the line in the sand”? The church should be on the front lines and speaking out. Instead, I view it as fearful because of our own recent scandals. This results in timid, unmoving responses. You cannot serve two masters. If Catholics are to be candidates for civil office, they should have the backbone to say to their prospective constituents, “I share the moral teachings of my church. I want to serve you in public office and I will cast my votes accordingly.” This issue is far from being resolved. I commend our archbishop for being a beacon of truth and leadership. We need our church’s teachings on these volatile social issues resonating in our Catholic high schools and colleges. If young people are not instilled with their church’s teachings, we are wasting our money on Catholic education. I only wish many of the faithful would wake up. Peter J. Fatooh San Francisco

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Putting teeth back into faith, hope, and love

t. Paul famously tells the Corinthians that there are “three things that last: faith, hope, and love.” At this Pauline prompt, the Christian tradition has identified these three as the “theological” virtues, meaning those features that come as a unique gift from God and that serve as the structuring elements of a properly spiritual life. They are also today massively misunderstood, and this misunderstanding has contributed mightily to the dismissing of religion in many circles of our increasingly secularFATHER ROBERT ist society. The theological virtue BARRON that causes the most trouble is faith. This is because, in our culture besotted with the physical sciences, faith is construed as simple-mindedness, credulity and superstition – a poor pre-scientific substitute for real knowledge. As I have often argued before, authentic faith does not lie on the near side of reason; it doesn’t fall short of reason’s demands or lurk in a sub-rational or irrational darkness. Rather, real faith is a surrendering on the far side of reason, a leap into darkness to be sure, but a darkness beyond, not prior to, the illumination of the sciences and philosophy. This implies, of course, that the person of real faith reverences reason in all of its forms and refuses to accept the myth of a “war” between religion and science. Moreover, scientists who are religious believers as well – think of Georges Lem Maitre or George Coyne, or Stanley Jaki, or John Polkinghorne – readily accept the fact that reason is surrounded on all sides by something akin to faith. No scientist could get her work off the ground unless she accepted on faith the proposition that the world in its entirety is intelligible; and she

couldn’t move forward with her projects unless she accepted, without personal verification, the findings, research and experiments of thousands of others; and she couldn’t bring her studies to fulfillment unless she conceived of an intellectual goal that was not entirely available to her rational gaze. Therefore, the theological virtue of faith involves absolutely no sacrifice of the intellect.

Not the hope of conventional optimism

In the wake of an event such as the Newtown tragedy or the Christmas tsunami of 2004, many will wonder how Christians can possibly exercise the virtue of hope. The deaths of innocents at the hand of a madman or of hundreds of thousands through natural disaster would seem to preclude the possibility of hoping in a loving God who actively cares for the world that he has made. But hope, as G.K. Chesterton pointed out, has little to do with conventional optimism. The person of authentic hope is not compelled to hold that suffering, tragedy, conflict, and the deaths of innocent people will simply disappear through the intervention of God. Take a good hard look at the Bible. Every page of the Scriptures was written by someone who believed passionately in God, yet the Bible is filled with accounts of tragedies and disasters of all stripes: rape, murder, genocide, military collapse, political distress, etc. Jeremiah hoped in the Lord, and he watched the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians; David hoped in Yahweh, even as he was relentlessly pursued by Saul; Paul hoped in God, and he himself was mocked, tortured, and finally put to death. An optimist might think that God’s existence is irreconcilable with evil, but a person of hope never assents to such a naive proposition. To hope, in the theological sense, is to know that God finally is the sovereign master of the universe and hence that the drama of both nature and history is, at the end of the day and despite all darkness, a divine comedy. When the great English mystic Juliana of Norwich

said, “All will be well, all manner of things will be well,” she was not chirping optimistically about the disappearance of evil; she was exhibiting hope that God’s triumph is assured.

Not the love of ‘being a nice guy’

The third theological virtue is love, and like its counterparts, it too is often flattened out and trivialized. For many, to love is equivalent to being a nice guy, or in Flannery O’Connor’s formulation, “having a heart of gold.” In his great autobiography “The Seven Storey Mountain,” Thomas Merton remembered a professor of his in England who said that love was, essentially, “being a gentleman.” Now there is nothing in the world wrong with being a nice guy or having a heart of gold or being a gentlemen, but you can easily achieve all three of those states and not have love. For love is not really about fitting in and being friendly and getting along; it is willing the good of the other as other. It is truly wanting what is best for another person and then concretely doing something about it. And this means that real love can be as tough as nails or as disagreeable as a slap in the face – indeed, in Dostoevsky’s phrase, something “harsh and dreadful.” Compelling an addict to get help, or questioning a dysfunctional style of life, or calling someone to real conversion all involve the willing of the good of the other – and none will cause people to characterize you as a nice guy. This is why, by the way, the God who is love is not a kindly Santa Claus who magically makes troubles disappear. There are indeed three things that last: faith, hope, and love. A robust Christianity revolves around them. But we must be careful lest those terms lose their bite. FATHER BARRON is the founder of the global ministry Word on Fire and the rector-president of Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, Ill.

Relativism remains abortion’s safeguard

had the privilege of speaking at the Arlington, Va., diocese March for Life youth rally the evening following the march. Some 6,000 zealous, young pro-lifers were there. The larger venue that day was the Verizon Center before the march began; 20,000 young people were there, with 13,000 more sent to an overflow event. Planned Parenthood doesn’t have an event for young people anywhere near this magnitude. Perhaps that’s because pro-choice America doesn’t offer anything for young people to CHRISTOPHER celebrate. STEFANICK Forty years after Roe v. Wade America is, no doubt, taking a turn toward life. According to a recent Knights of Columbus’ Marist poll, six in 10 Americans find abortion morally objectionable and 83 percent want to see significant abortion restrictions. And according to a Gallup poll, more than half of Americans think abortion is “morally wrong” versus just 39 percent who think it is “morally acceptable.” A recent Time magazine article reported that “at the state level, abortion-rights activists are unequivocally losing.” North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi and Arkansas are each down to only one operating abortion clinic. The 2,908 U.S. abortion mills in 1982 shrank to 1,793 in 2008 (the latest year data is available). Twenty-four states passed 92 abortion-regulating provisions in 2011.

Relativism a growing trend

But here’s the rub: While America is more clearly seeing the evil of abortion for what it is, America is still strongly relativist, and that trend is only growing. According to a Barna group study, 93 percent of teens do not believe in absolute truth. As long as they remain relativ-

ists, their support of abortion restrictions will only go so far. The same Knights of Columbus’ Marist poll that found a majority thought abortion was wrong also found that only about 10 percent of Americans believe abortion should always be illegal. It seems they don’t want to impose their morality on others through legislation – as if we had the power to each create our own personal, moral universes, or as if every piece of law isn’t the legislation of morality. Abortion became legal because of relativism, and relativism remains abortion’s safeguard. But when we look straight at a moral evil, the underbelly of relativism is revealed. Relativism simply doesn’t work in real life. After the events of 9/11, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani stood before world delegates at the United Nations and said: “We’re right and they’re wrong (to have attacked innocent people). It’s as simple as that. … The era of moral relativism … must come to an end. … There’s no moral way to sympathize with grossly immoral actions.” It’s impossible to look at burning bodies jumping from the Twin Towers and say “I can’t impose my view of right and wrong in this situation.” Giuliani returned a $10 million gift from a member of the Saudi royal family, given to help recovery from the tragedy. He had published a statement along with the gift that if U.S. foreign policies were different the tragedy might not have occurred. Giuliani wanted to send a message that there would be zero compromise with what happened. Circumstances can’t justify an evil like 9/11. Not even a little. Likewise, when we cut past the endless polemic and hyper focus on every possible circumstance that might surround an abortion and simply look at the act, we see something like 9/11 happening under our noses every day. Abortionist Dr. Crist shared in a testimony that it’s not uncommon to deliver children intact, feet first, hearts still beating. He went on to describe how he sometimes dismembers the child or crushes the head to stop the heart and get the fetus out (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 25, 2000).

If this act isn’t wrong, what is? If this shouldn’t be illegal, on what grounds should anything be illegal?

Failing to ask the hard questions

But relativists fail to ask those straight, hard questions. We consider ourselves more sophisticated if we can dwell in 100 shades of gray instead of seeing things in black and white like the pro-life fundamentalist. Relativism has turned us into a culture of death – a society of barbarians, though we’re high-class barbarians. As long as the horror occurs in a sterile hospital room and no one has to hear the baby scream or deal with the emotional wreckage of the mother (just feed her some pills) we’re perfectly comfortable with it. Worldwide since 1980 there have been well over 1.2 billion abortions. There have been more than 55 million lives snuffed out by abortion in the U.S. alone. In 2010 a full 40 percent of pregnancies in New York City ended in abortion, with 48 percent being aborted in the Bronx, and 60 percent of all pregnancies to black women. The national average is 22 percent of all pregnancies. To borrow words from President Obama delivered at Newton, Conn.: “We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change. We will be told that the causes of such violence are complex, and that is true. But that can’t be an excuse for inaction. Surely, we can do better than this. If there is even one step we can take to save another child … surely we have an obligation to try.” (The irony of the statement when seen in light of his abortion policy is so glaring it hardly needs mention.) I’m encouraged that this generation seems to be facing the fact that abortion is morally repugnant. They think abortion is wrong “for them.” I won’t break out the champagne until they take a break from relativism and can say that because it’s wrong, it’s wrong for everyone. STEFANICK is director of youth outreach for YDisciple.

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SUNDAY READINGS

First Sunday of Lent Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for 40 days, to be tempted by the devil. LUKE 4:1-13 DEUTERONOMY 26:4-10 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “The priest shall receive the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar of the Lord, your God. Then you shall declare before the Lord, your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as an alien. But there he became a nation great, strong, and numerous. When the Egyptians maltreated and oppressed us, imposing hard labor upon us, we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and he heard our cry and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. He brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand and outstretched arm, with terrifying power, with signs and wonders; and bringing us into this country, he gave us this land flowing with milk and honey. Therefore, I have now brought you the first fruits of the products of the soil which you, O Lord, have given me.’ And having set them before the Lord, your God, you shall bow down in his presence.” PSALM 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, say to the Lord, “My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust.” Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble.

No evil shall befall you, nor shall affliction come near your tent, For to his angels he has given command about you, that they guard you in all your ways. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Upon their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the asp and the viper; you shall trample down the lion and the dragon. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Because he clings to me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in distress; I will deliver him and glorify him. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. ROMANS 10:8-13 Brothers and sisters: What does Scripture say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart – that is, the word of faith that we preach – for, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. For the Scripture says, No one who believes in him will be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all

who call upon him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” LUKE 4:1-13 Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for 40 days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” Jesus answered him, “It is written, one does not live on bread alone.” Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant. The devil said to him, “I shall give to you all this power and glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish. All this will be yours, if you worship me.” Jesus said to him in reply, “It is written: You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve.” Then he led him to Jerusalem, made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you, and: With their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone.” Jesus said to him in reply, “It also says, You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.” When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time.

The human temptations of our divine Lord

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powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.” Jesus is human, having taken on our human form and entered fully into the human experience. This includes the experience of temptation. We see this especially played out during his 40-day sojourn in the desert, when Satan played upon Jesus’ very humanity to draw him away from his mission as the son of God; when Jesus encountered temptations that go with having too much time on his hands in a remote location with little more to do than think, pray and grow hungry. Being alone would invariably intensify the temptations. After all, who would know? First, Jesus experienced hunger. While the temptation was to use his divine power to produce food, it was also a temptation to fulfill a basic human need. Such a temptation would naturally coincide with other human drives such as thirst, survival and our reproductive drives and instincts. To this, Jesus declares that we do not live solely on the attributes of our humanity, be they “bread,” drink or our procreative appetites, urges and orientations. Second, Jesus experiences temptation that plays upon basic pride. Being the divine son of God would naturally invite temptation to demonstrate his divine status; in this case by throwing himself off of the Temple. After all, being faithful to the person that he is, would it be wrong to simply do what he is capable of doing? Such a temptation would coincide with the human desire to “show

off ” as a matter of pride; or to behave in a way contrary to God’s purpose because “that’s the way I was made” or “I have to be faithful to who I am.” To this, Jesus gives an example of what it means to die to ourselves and live for the will of God in stalwart faith that needs no proofs. Third, Jesus experiences the temptation of expediency, aimed ultimately at disobedience. Jesus, the divine son, became human to save humanity by suffering and dying. Naturally that would come with the temptation to achieve the same goal in a more convenient, less painful way; in this case worshipping Satan, even for only a brief moment. After all, the same result, just a different means; alone in the desert, no one would see, and the goal would be achieved. To this, Jesus gives a reply that speaks strongly to the popular temptation that “the ends justify the means.” As we all have free will to act as we choose, we must nonetheless exercise our freedom within the parameters of obedience to God and his laws. With these three temptations Jesus identifies with our humanity in its totality. By descending from on high to be incarnate as a man, Jesus reasserted our humanity to the dignity of a race created in the image and likeness of God. As such, we are not only human. Rather, like Jesus, as God created us, we are human!

BLESSED FRA ANGELICO c. 1400-1455 February 18

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18: Monday of the First Week of Lent. Lv 19:1-2, 11-18. PS 19:8, 9, 10, 15. Mt 25:31-46.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21: Thursday of the First Week in Lent. Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, bishop and doctor. Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25. PS 138:12ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8. Mt 7:7-12.

Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, known as Blessed Fra Angelico, was an early Renaissance painter. After joining the Dominicans in 1420, he began illustrating manuscripts and choir books, beginning each new work with a prayer. His religious altarpieces, paintings and frescoes exploited color for spatial and emotional effect. Fra Angelico, meaning “angelic brother,” is the patron of artists.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19: Tuesday of the First Week of Lent. Is 55:10-11. PS 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19. Mt 6:7-15.

e’re only human!” So states a common phrase used by many people to downplay, or outright excuse, the otherwise scandalous behavior of either another or themselves. Whenever we see an admired celebrity fall from grace, overcome by scandal or caught in less than admirable behavior, there are always those who choose to soften the public blow by downplaying our very humanity – “they’re only human.” My response to such a comment is simply, “so is Jesus.” Of course, we cannot deny the divinity of Christ. But have we ever truly pondered those biblical passages that reflect upon the nature FATHER WILLIAM of the Incarnation? “He NICHOLAS emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness” (Philippians 2:7). “We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). Jesus is not “only” human, nor is he a superhuman, “with

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

FATHER NICHOLAS is parochial vicar of Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20: Wednesday of the First Week of Lent; Bls. Francisco and Jacinta Marto (Portugal). Jon 3:1-10. PS 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19. Lk 11:29-32.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22: Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, apostle. 1 Pt 5:1-4. PS 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6. Mt 16:13-19. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23: Saturday of the First Week of Lent. Memorial of St. Polycarp of Smyrna, bishop and martyr. Dt 26:16-19. PS 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8. Mt 5:43-48.

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Prayer as sanity and balance

ur generative years are a marathon, not a sprint, and so it’s difficult to sustain graciousness, generosity and patience through the tiredness trials, and temptations that beset us through the years of our adult lives. All on our own, relying on willpower alone, we too often fatigue, get worn down,and compromise both our maturity and our discipleship. We need help from beyond, from somewhere even beyond the human supports that help bolster us. We need God’s help, strength from something beyond what’s human. FATHER RON We need prayer. ROLHEISER But too often we think of this in pious rather than realistic terms. Rarely do we grasp how much prayer is really a question of life and death for us. We need to pray not because God needs us to pray but because if we don’t pray we will never find any steadiness in our lives. Simply put, without prayer we will always be either too full of ourselves or too empty of energy, inflated or depressed. Why? What’s the anatomy of this? Prayer, as it is understood in all its best traditions, Christian and other, is meant to do two things for us, both at the same time: Prayer is meant to connect us to divine energy, even as it makes us aware that this energy is not our own, that it comes from elsewhere, and that we may never identify with it. Genuine prayer, in effect, fills us with divine energy and tells us at the same time that this energy isn’t our own; that it works through us, but that it’s not

us. To be healthy, we need both: If we lose connection to divine energy we drain of energy, depress, and feel empty. Conversely if we let divine energy flow into us but identify with it, somehow thinking that it is our own, we become grandiose, inflate with self-importance and arrogance, and become selfish and destructive.

who is full of creative energy, but is also full of grandiosity and ego; or, on the other hand, it makes for a man or woman who feels empty and flat and cannot radiate any positive energy. Without prayer we will forever be bouncing back and forth between grandiosity and depression.

Like in-flight refueling

Thus, unless I have real prayer in my life, if I’m sensitive, I will more than likely live inside a certain habitual depression, afraid that really accessing my energies and acting on them would lead others to think I’m full of myself. Since my sensitivity won’t allow that, I entomb many of my best energies on the unconscious premise that it’s better to be depressed than be accused of being an egoistic. But Jesus, himself, in his parable of the talents, warns us strongly about the price that’s to be paid for burying one’s talents, namely, emptiness, anger and lack of delight in our lives. Often times, if we check beneath our angers and jealousies, we will find there a buried talent that’s bitter because it has been suppressed. Virtue at the cost of suppressing our energies leads to bitterness. Conversely, if I don’t care if people think me an egotist and I don’t have real prayer in my life, I will let the divine energies flow freely through me, but I will identify with them as if they were my own, my talents, my gifts, and I will end up full of ego and grandiosity, with those around me wishing I was depressed! Without prayer we will always be either too empty of energy or too full of ourselves.

Robert Moore offers a very helpful image to illustrate this, that of a small fighter plane having to fuel-up in-flight. We have all seen video footage of a small fighter-jet fueling-up while still in the air. Hovering above it is a mother-plane with a huge reserve of fuel. The little plane has to fly close enough to the mother-plane so that a nozzle from the motherplane can connect with it so as to refill its fuel tank. If it doesn’t make this type of contact it runs out of fuel and soon crashes. Conversely, if it flies into the mother plane, identifies with it, it goes up in flames. Few images capture as astutely the importance of prayer in our lives. Without prayer, we will forever find ourselves vacillating between being too empty of energy or too full of ourselves. If we do not connect with divine energy we will run out of gas. If we do connect with divine energy but identify with it, we will destroy ourselves. Deep prayer is what energizes us and grounds us, both at the same time. We see this, for example, in a person like Mother Teresa, who was bursting with creative energy but was always very clear that this energy did not come from her, but from God, and she was merely a humble human instrument. Lack of real prayer makes for two kinds of antithesis to Mother Teresa: On the one hand, it makes for a wonderfully talented and energetic man or woman

Does weekday Mass count? The meaning of Easter duty

I am an old lady, and I have been privileged to attend daily Mass for most of my life. The various weekend liturgies in our area churches are most disconcerting to me, and I am considering a long leave of absence. My question is this: Can a weekday Mass be designated to fulfill the weekend obligation? (Clinton Township, Mich.) The Sunday Mass obligation is clear. The Catechism of the Catholic Church in No. 2181 states: “The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a FATHER serious reason (for example, KENNETH DOYLE illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor. Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.” From apostolic times, followers of Jesus have gathered on Sundays because that is the day of Christ’s resurrection, which is the core of our faith. The communal dimension of the celebration has the added value of strengthening the faith of participants. (St. John Chrysostom said, “You cannot pray at home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the union of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity.”) Notice that the catechism envisions exceptional situations, where a pastor can lift the requirement for a sufficient reason. If, for example, someone who did not drive and lived a distance from a church could find a ride only on weekdays or if a person were afflicted by agoraphobia (fear of crowds or open spaces) and was comfortable only when there was a handful of people in attendance – in such circumstances a pastor might well lift the

QUESTION CORNER

Sunday obligation and encourage the person to go to Mass on a weekday instead. But your own situation seems to be different. You just don’t like the way the liturgy is celebrated in parishes in your area on Sundays. In my mind, that would not be enough of a reason to dispense you. I would suggest that you look for a Sunday Mass more suited to your taste. While the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, No. 40, says that “every care should be taken that singing by the ministers and the people not be absent in celebrations that occur on Sundays,” that same provision does allow for “due consideration for the cultures of the people.” So, you will probably find some Sunday Masses that are quieter than others. What ever happened to the Easter duty? Is it still mandatory for Catholics to receive the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist at least once a year, during the Easter season, to remain in good standing? (city and state withheld) The church’s Code of Canon Law in No. 920 requires Catholics to receive holy Communion at least once a year, during the Easter season. (In the U.S., the Easter season is defined as running from the first Sunday of Lent through Trinity Sunday, which is the Sunday after Pentecost.) That same code in No. 989 says that “each member of the faithful is obliged to confess faithfully his or her grave sins at least once a year.” Note that this requirement applies only to “grave sins” and that no specific time frame is mentioned, other than annually. So, a person who is not conscious of any mortal sins is, technically, not required to go to confession at all. However, the code is quick to point out in No. 988.2 that it is recommended “to the Christian faithful that they also confess venial sins.” The catechism describes venial sins as “everyday faults.” In the sacrament of penance, one encounters directly the merciful, forgiving Christ. Received with reasonable frequency, the grace of this sacrament helps the penitent to make steady progress on the path to holiness.

Q. A.

Send questions to Father Doyle at askfatherdoyle@ gmail.com and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.

Parable of the talents

OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

Gun controls, support for mentally ill, protect the gift of life SISTERS OF SOCIAL SERVICE

The tragedy at Newton, Conn., was a wakeup call on gun violence occurring daily in our country – and the need for new laws and policies that finally end this source of pain and suffering. There is an equally pressing need to support robust care for those with mental illness and mental health programs for individuals and families of the perpetrators as well as the victims. We must demand action to address the growing use of violence as a means of entertainment. These actions are about protecting the most precious resource we have – the gift of life. Vice President Biden is supporting stronger, enforceable proposals on universal background checks as well as bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazine ammunition that the president could institute by executive action. State and local government leaders are proposing specific actions on school safety, mental health services and gun violence protection. We are called to join with concerned individuals, religious communities and congregations, educational institutions and political, economic and social organizations in a collaborative effort to have effective control of the AR-15 assault rifle. This is the same gun that was used in Newtown, the movie theater in Aurora, Colo., and the Christmas Eve shootings of four firefighters in upstate New York. As Sisters of Social service and associates we stand together as we speak out for the sacredness of life and declare our support for these legislative actions on a national, state and local level that will challenge the pervasive culture of violence in our country. Let us remember that, together, we can overcome the deep darkness of these times by the radiant light of our own lives and actions. The Sisters of Social Service are based in Encino.

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Living our Catholic faith in the postmodern world First of two parts

he final document voted on at the Second Vatican Council was the pastoral constitution on “The Church in the Modern World.” That was in 1965. Then came 1968, a year of violent social unrest in many parts of the world. And so, in the 1970s, people began to speak of the “postmodern” world. And here we had just gotten used to the modern one! I would like to share some thoughts with you on living our Catholic faith in the postmodern world. To gain an understanding of postmodernism, we must begin with the modernism of which it is “post.” I would describe “the modern world” as an approach to understanding, emerging from the SALVATORE J. Enlightenment, which reCORDLEONE jects the ideas of revelation and divine authority, and maintains that only reason and science can provide reliable, objective information about the world. Religion is seen by some proponents of modernism as the inveterate foe of science, a personal, subjective attachment that might provide solace for those who profess faith, but which possesses no objective reality. Thoughtful Catholic authors, past and present, have ably demonstrated that the purported contradictions between faith and reason, or between religion and science, can be maintained only at the cost of incredible ignorance; but that is a price some are willing to pay to banish religious discourse to the margins of society.

FROM THE ARCHBISHOP

Birth of postmodernism

Just as the advocates of modernism rejected a religious interpretation of reality, so, beginning in the 1970s, some began to question the absolute truth claims of the “modern world,” and postmodernism was born. What the modern world called progress or objective truth, postmodern thinkers began to describe as an explanation crafted by

What the modern world called progress or objective truth, postmodern thinkers began to describe as an explanation crafted by an elite to gain and keep power over others. an elite to gain and keep power over others. They called this the “metanarrative” and urged that it be swept aside so that smaller, local narratives could have their day in the sun. The postmodern critique was especially attractive to those who had been marginalized, or were striving to be a voice for the marginalized, in society. It was a reaction to the hegemony of the “modern,” “scientific” claims to express absolute truth that led to the postmodernist assertion that all truth is relative and that each person’s perception of what is true, based on his or her experience, has validity. The situation is further complicated by the fact that these different worldviews exist side by side, and people move between them. Let me give two contemporary examples to illustrate my point. First, let us consider an axiom from the modern worldview: Science is the source of objective knowledge, and religion is hostile to science. Actually, the church herself invented the method of scientific inquiry, and did so in the Middle Ages, and it is precisely from here that the Western European culture developed and continues its influence today in the culture in which we live. But, for the sake of argument, let us grant the hypothesis that religion is hostile to science, and apply the hypothesis to the question of the unborn child. The most basic principles of biology maintain that an organism is the same entity at every stage of its development. If I observe a striped caterpillar, the scientist informs me that it is Danaus plexippus. At a later stage it will develop wings and I will recognize it as a monarch butterfly; but to say that it “becomes” something else would be very unscientific language. Yet when the church, defending the sanctity of human life, points out that a human being is a human being at every stage of his or her development, whether in the womb or outside it, the proponents of abortion abandon the scientific perspective and launch into pseudo-philosophical speculations about when human life “really”

begins and when “personhood” begins. So who is hostile to science?

Postmodernism and same-sex marriage

Now let us consider an example of the postmodern worldview: same-sex marriage. The argument here would be that the “dominant narrative” maintaining that marriage is a relationship which by its very nature can be entered into only by a man and woman does not take into account the experience of those with a same-sex attraction: Their experience says that they can form a deep, committed relationship with another person and that this, too, can rightly be called a marriage. My point here is not to argue the question of samesex marriage, but to note how in society today the process moves quickly through three stages: 1) challenging the traditional understanding of marriage on the basis of personal experience; 2) assuming that it is simply a fact that same-sex marriage is the same as traditional marriage; 3) oppressing anyone who dares to disagree. Advocates of same-sex marriage claim the equality of different points of view until they get control of power, and then enforce their view on everyone else, all the while continuing to claim that there is no such thing as objective truth. And so, even though the Catholic Church runs extremely effective adoption programs, she must be forbidden to do so because she challenges the now-dominant narrative of same-sex marriage. Thus, those who pride themselves on being objective and scientific can readily switch channels when science becomes inconvenient, and yesterday’s marginal group asking for toleration can become incredibly intolerant once it gains the upper hand. And we, who espouse a religious worldview, have to be careful, because we, too, can shift gears quite easily and unconsciously. The human condition is disintegrated (we would say fallen), and the categories of “religious,” “modern,” and “postmodern” are not hermetically sealed compartments. How are we to integrate these various currents in our own lives, and interact with others who identify as modern or postmodern? Archbishop Cordileone gave this talk at the Brompton Oratory, London, England, Jan. 17. The second part will appear in the Feb. 22 issue.

In praise of Marian hymns that move

hile the church has in various councils and declarations strived to define the nature and significance of Mary in the divine plan, for the vast majority of Catholics it was not papal statements but the traditions of art, story, poetry and, most especially music, that “told us” who Mary was. Of the many Marian hymn texts found in current hymnals, one of the most popular is Roland Palmer’s “Sing of Mary,” in which we hear Mary described as “pure and lowly, virgin mother undefiled.” Though such language ROB GRANT does recount the church’s teachings about Mary’s virginity and immaculate conception, do they tell us anything about who she really was? Do the traditional songs we sing about Mary show us the exceptionally aware and extraordinarily empowered teenage girl who discerns in herself a calling from God to accomplish an enormously challenging task? Do the lyrics reveal a young woman who, discovering she is unmarried and pregnant, while eschewing the insulting categorizations of being “defiled” or “undefiled,” simply sees in this pregnancy the will of God? Is she celebrated as the first teacher of the boy Jesus, his constant comrade as he walks his dangerous road to Jerusalem, and the last companion by his side at Calvary? Is she the brilliant example of a life lived brazenly and offered to us as a challenge to imitate that courage and conviction?

Traditional portrayals one-dimensional

Unfortunately, no. The Mary of traditional

A piety rooted only in emotion and ritual with no transformative effect on the habits and conditions of our lives, and of the world, is not the kind of religion to which Christ calls us, and of which Mary is such a stunningly powerful example. song – and much traditional devotion – is onedimensional, pure and mild, immaculate, undefiled. Given that the purpose of any liturgical element, be it Scripture, prayer, gesture, movement, vestment, vessel, ritual or song is to move us from the static place of “So, there it is …” to the place of “So, now what do we do?” Wouldn’t we Catholics be better served by Marian hymns that give us a genuine “Knowing this Mary, what’s our task now? Knowing her faith, her courage, her fortitude and her compassion, what are we going to do about it? How will our lives bring to the world the enfleshment of Christ and the building of the kingdom in the brazen way that hers did?” Any “religious” experience is only as good as the action that follows from it. A piety rooted only in emotion and ritual with no transformative effect on the habits and conditions of our lives, and of the world, is not the kind of religion to which Christ calls us, and of which Mary is such a stunningly powerful example. What if we sang of Mary in this way:

Sing we of Mary, strong and bold – She whom prophets did foresee. She who would make God’s plan unfold. She whose “yes” changed history. Mary, with joy, we sing now your glory, Knowing your challenge to us here on earth: Bring the divine to the human story, Bring to the world its second birth. Sing we of Mary, first believer First disciple, first to teach. First as giver, then receiver First to learn, to live, to preach. Woman, sister, wife and mother, First of disciples, last at the cross. Teach us to walk with Christ, our brother: Teach us to love without counting cost. Sing we of Mary, ever present, Ever a part in the human scene Ever as earth’s most noble peasant Ever as heaven’s humble queen. Mary the dawn to Christ’s loving dayMary the star to Christ’s radiant sun! Open our hearts, our minds, we pray! Open our hands to the work to be done. (TEXT COPYRIGHT © 2006, ROB GRANT)

Maybe, if we were to sing less of Mary’s purity and more of her brazen boldness in the face of life’s dirty, messy challenges, whether we’re the teenage girl or the retired plumber, we’d actually have a more practical model of sanctity to emulate. GRANT is a 30-year veteran of parish ministry in Bay Area, where he serves as music director at St. Ambrose Parish, Berkeley, and as cantor/accompanist at St. Gabriel and Notre Dame des Victoires parishes, San Francisco, and the Newman Center at UC Berkeley.

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POPE: Aging Benedict XVI first pontiff to resign in 600 years FROM PAGE 1

completed of a cloister, set up by Blessed John Paul II, which is located inside the Vatican Gardens, he said.

Retiring to monastery

The pope will then live in the cloister, called the Mater Ecclesia monastery, and dedicate his time to prayer and reflection, the Vatican spokesman said. It was likely the pope would keep writing, he added, since the pope has mentioned many times that he has wanted to spend more time dedicated to study and prayer. When asked if there would be any confusion over leadership or a schism were a possibility, Father Lombardi said he believes the pope “had no fear of this” happening because he clearly demonstrated his desire to step down and no longer be pope or retain any papal authority. “I think in no way is there any risk of confusion or division” in this respect, he said. The pope, who is past the age allowed a cardinal to vote for a new pope, will obviously not be part of the conclave that will convene to elect his successor, he added. He is not likely to play any role in the “interregnum” or time between popes because “there is no role for a predecessor pope” during this period, the priest said. The Jesuit priest said a “sede vacante” usually lasts less than a month, and that it was more than likely a new pope would be elected in time to lead the full schedule of Holy Week and Easter liturgies. Cardinal Sodano, who was one of the many cardinals present during the pope’s announcement, addressed the pope, telling him the news left them with “a sense of loss, almost completely incredulous.” However, it was obvious that his decision was based on a “great affection” for the well-being of the church, the cardinal said. Father Lombardi said being a pope today is “much more fast-moving, more demanding” than it was in the past with an almost nonstop full schedule of public and private events and liturgical celebrations.

Maintained remarkable inner serenity

When asked whether the pope had any medical illnesses or bouts of depression that may have prompted his resignation, Father Lombardi said the pope was “absolutely not” depressed and possessed

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Previous papal resignations Left, an illustration shows Pope Celestine V resigning from the papacy in 1294. It is rare for a pope to step down from his position, and St. Celestine V was the last to freely do so. He was known through history as a holy man who rejected the political machinations of the medieval papacy. Right, an illustration depicts Pope Gregory XII, who resigned his papacy in 1415. He was the last pope to do so. His resignation under pressure helped end the Great Western Schism. a remarkable “spiritual serenity” and composure despite the many difficult moments he has had to face as pope. The Vatican spokesman also said he was not aware of any medical illness that would have caused the pope to step down, rather it was due to a “normal” deterioration of physical and mental strength that comes with old age. Pope Benedict often has seemed tired, with large, dark circles under his eyes during especially busy periods of public liturgies and audiences. In October 2011, he began riding a mobile platform in liturgical processions. At the time, Father Lombardi said it was “solely to lighten the burden” of processions, although he acknowledged the pope had been experiencing the kind of joint pain normal for a man his age. Just a few months later, the pope began using a cane to walk, although it often looks like he is carrying it, not relying on it, for support. However, just in the past few months when celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope no longer walks all the way around the altar when using incense at the beginning of Mass; instead he raises the thurible only from the back of the altar. And at

the end of a Mass Feb. 2, the pope lost his grip on his crosier; as it fell, Msgr. Guido Marini, the papal master of liturgical ceremonies, caught it. The option of a pope to resign is explicitly written into the Code of Canon Law. It says a pope may step down, but stipulates that the decision must be made freely and “duly manifested.” No one needs to formally accept a pope’s resignation for it to be valid. The last pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII in 1415. Pope Benedict had long said it would be appropriate for a pope to resign for the good of the church if the pontiff felt he were unable to physically bear the burden of the papacy. In his book-length interview, “The Light of the World,” with German journalist Peter Seewald, the pope said, “If a pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.”

Determined to persevere

The pope told the author that it was important, however, that the pope “must not run away” and “must stand fast and endure” any difficult situations that are facing the church. For that reason, he was not thinking of resigning in 2010 – the year the interviews were conducted. “One can resign at a peaceful moment or when one simply cannot go on,” the pope had said. Before ending his remarks during the consistory, Pope Benedict told the cardinals: “I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the holy church to the care of our supreme pastor, our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the cardinal fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new supreme pontiff.” The pope said, “I wish to also devotedly serve the holy church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.” Father Lombardi said he felt “great admiration” for the pope’s “great courage” and “freedom of spirit” in making this decision. The spokesman said it shows the pope is not only fully aware of the great responsibilities involved in leading the universal church, but his hopes that “the ministry of the church be carried out the best way” possible.

TRANSITION: Conclave to gather REACTION: Prayer, admiration FROM PAGE 1

the goods and temporal rights of the Holy See until the election of a new pope. Meanwhile, the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, is charged with making preparations for a conclave to elect a new pope, and the cardinals must set the time for the conclave to start. The word conclave comes from Latin, meaning literally “with key,” and reflects the previous tradition of locking the cardinals in an area where they would spend day and night until the new pope’s election. On the day set for entry into the conclave, the cardinal-electors assemble in St. Peter’s Basilica to attend morning Mass. In the afternoon, they walk in procession to the Sistine Chapel, located just to the north of St. Peter’s. The voting may begin that afternoon with one ballot; on following days, normally two ballots are held in the morning and two in the afternoon. A pope is elected when he obtains a two-thirds majority, reflecting a change Pope Benedict established in 2007 that effectively undid a more flexible procedure introduced by Blessed John Paul. According to the new rule, the twothirds-majority rule cannot be set aside even when cardinal-electors are at an impasse. All voting is secret, in writing, on

paper ballots, which are deposited in a receptacle by each elector, then counted. Ballots are taken to any cardinals residing at the Domus Sanctae Marthae but who are too sick to come to the Sistine Chapel. After each morning and afternoon round of voting, the ballots are burned. By tradition but not by rule, they are burned with special chemicals to produce the black smoke signifying an inconclusive vote, or white smoke if a new pope was elected. Due to confusion in the past as people in St. Peter’s Square tried to determine what color smoke was coming out of the Sistine Chapel smokestack, the basilica’s bell is also rung to confirm a successful election. Once a new pope has been elected, he is asked if he accepts the office – he is encouraged but not bound to do so by the current rules – and is asked to choose a name. Traditionally, the senior member of the cardinal deacons – currently Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, 69 – announces the successful election results from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. After the new pope has donned papal robes, he proceeds to the balcony, where he greets the public and offers his first blessing. At a time designated by the pope, usually a few days later, he officially opens his ministry with an investiture Mass at St. Peter’s.

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Cardinal Dolan ‘startled’

Cardinal Dolan was interviewed on the NBC’s “Today” show early Feb. 11 where he said he was as “startled as the rest of you” about the news. Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl was similarly talking about the pope’s decision on local news radio WTOP before 8 a.m. The cardinal said he was “very much surprised” by the announcement, noting that he had seen the pope less than a month ago and there was no indication of a possible resignation. What does not surprise the cardinal, though, is that the pope was able to make such a decision. “I don’t think we should be surprised,” he said, that when the pope realized he didn’t “have the strength to continue” his role he had “the humility and courage” to act on it. Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans also expressed his “great deal of admiration” for the pope, said he appreciated the pontiff ’s “recognition of the health issues he is facing” and admired “his humility in asking the cardinals to come together in prayer to select his successor.” In Chicago, Cardinal Francis E. George echoed his fellow U.S. prelates in saying the pontiff always has

put “the will of God for the good of the church before every other consideration” and “that same resoluteness of purpose” is evident in his decision to resign. Pope Benedict “has taught with clarity and charity what God has revealed to the world in Christ; he has handed on the apostolic faith; he has loved all of God’s people with all his heart,” the cardinal said in a statement. “He has now shown great courage in deciding, after prayer and soul-searching, to resign his office.” Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., said he was surprised “along with the rest of the world” about the resignation and was “touched by his humble admission of the strength necessary to carry on this ministry of Christ.” “This is a decision that reflects Pope Benedict’s stewardship of his office and is a sign of his deep humility,” he said. Cardinal Wuerl said that the resignation of a pope for health reasons is a new situation, “but the work of the church” will remain the same. The cardinal said he would not speculate on the identity of the next pope, but he expected Pope Benedict’s successor to “be a person of great continuity” who would carry forth the church’s doctrines and spiritual traditions, which he said are the bedrock of the Catholic faith.

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Fly into Madrid (2 nights) to start your Catholic Pilgrimage. You’ll tour Madrid, the Royal Palace, and the Toledo Cathedral. Visit Segovia and Avila (1 night) with private Mass at St. Theresa Convent. Visit the Old and New Cathedrals in Salamanca with Mass; and Fatima, Portugal (2 nights) with sightseeing, time for personal devotions and Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Basilica. Experience Sunday Mass and tour at Bom Jesus Church and Shrine in Braga and tour Santiago de Compostela (2 nights) and visit sanctuaries, Bernadette’s House and Celebrate Mass at Chapel Lourdes - at the Grotto. Sightsee in Barcelona (2 nights) including the Cathedral, choir and Mass. Fly home Monday, September 30, 2013. Includes daily breakfast and 11 dinners, English/Spanish speaking tour director throughout! Your YMT chaplain: Father Rex Familar, Parochial Vicar at St. John Vianney, Orlando, Florida. This will be Father Rex’s third European Pilgimage with YMT Vacations. Single room add $650.

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The “Quest for Six” would not have been a possibility without the vision of San Francisco 49ers founder, Anthony J. “Tony” Morabito. The former St. Ignatius halfback and Santa Clara University graduate with some of his lumber business partners and his brother Vic, gave San Francisco its first professional major league team. In 1946, the 49ers became charter members of the short-lived All America Football Conference and later merged into the NFL in 1950. Tony was passionately involved with his beloved 49ers, putting together teams that featured great names such as quarterback Y. A. Tittle, running back Hugh McElhenny and tackle Bob St. Clair. On Oct. 27, 1957, Tony was watching his 49ers trail the Chicago Bears 17–7 at Kezar Stadium when his heart gave out. The 49ers

The Morabito crypt won the game 21-17. Tony and his brother, Victor, who died in 1964, are laid to rest in Holy Cross Mausoleum. Cemetery Corner is an occasional feature highlighting the ministry of the archdiocese’s Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma.

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A one-day symposium, “The Legacy of Vatican II: Personal Reflections,” and a spring quarter course, “Vatican II: Catholicism Meets Modernity,” are the main ways Stanford University is observing the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). The March 9 symposium on the third floor of the Old Union on the Stanford campus will feature three keynote speakers. Deacon Bill Ditewig will discuss the historical context of the council; San Francisco Archbishop Emeritus John R. Quinn will discuss church structure and governance; and Tom Fox, the publisher of National Catholic Reporter, will discuss the role of the laity post-council. This symposium is open to the public free of charge. Stanford’s Religious Studies Department is offering the course during the spring quarter, April 1-June 3, Mondays 7-9 p.m. at Piggott Hall. The

course aims for a critical understanding and appraisal of Vatican II, situating it within its historical context and analyzing its significance, unfinished agenda and points of controversy. Scholars include Father Stephen Schloesser, SJ, of Loyola University, Chicago; interreligious expert Catherine Cornille of Boston College; Paul Lakeland of Fairfield University; Bryan Massingale of Marquette University; and local scholars, including Santa Clara’s University’s Catherine Murphy, Kristin Heyer, Jerome Baggett and David DeCosse, many of whom will interact with Stanford faculty including David Kennedy, Steven Weitzman Al Gelpi and others. The public is welcome at all lectures with the permission of the instructor, Father Paul Crowley, SJ. Most lectures from the course and the symposium will be videotaped and available on the Stanford Catholic Community website, stanford. catholic.edu.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 16 SATURDAY, FEB. 16 VATICAN II: “Faith Engaged – Open the Doors and Let the Winds Blow,” 10 a.m. with Father Dave Pettingill followed by table talks on “Our Vatican II: What are Father David we going to Pettingill do to make it happen?” at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, Jamestown between Third Street and Jennings, San Francisco. Registration in church vestibule 9:30-10 a.m. $10 registration fee includes lunch. Contact the Parish Office at (415) 468-3434.

RETREAT: Feb. 16, 17, at St. AnthonyImmaculate Conception School, 3215 Cesar Chavez St. near Folsom, San Francisco, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Guest facilitators include Father James Garcia, pastor, St. Anthony Parish, San Francisco. (415) 684-4008. Free. Families welcome.

BOOK SIGNING: Father Joe Bradley, graduate of Junipero Serra High School, with his book about his heart transplant, 4-6 p.m., Pauline Books & Media 935 Brewster Ave. Redwood City. (650) 3694230.

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WEEKLY CATHOLIC TV MASS: A TV Mass is broadcast Sundays at 6 a.m. on the Bay Area’s KTSF Channel 26 and KOFY Channel 20, and in the Sacramento area at 5:30 a.m. on KXTL Channel 40. It is produced for viewing by the homebound and others unable to go to Mass by God Squad Productions with Msgr. Harry Schlitt, celebrant. Catholic TV Mass, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109. (415) 614-5643, janschachern@aol.com.

GRIEF SUPPORT: Free monthly grief support session, St. Mary’s Cathedral, third Wednesday of each month, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Msgr. Bowe Room, parking lot level of the cathedral. Sessions provide information on the grief process, and tips on coping with the loss of a loved one. (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 LECTURE: “Sacred Dialogues Across the Quran” with Ingrid Mattson of Huron University College, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 4-5:30 p.m., St. Clare Room, LearnIngrid Mattson ing Commons, Santa Clara University. Free and open to the public. RSVP at www. scu.edu/ic/institute.

TUESDAY, FEB. 19 LENTEN SERIES: “Restorative Justice in the Church” with Lisa Fullam of the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, St. Rita Church, 100 Miranda Drive, Fairfax. Evening begins with soup supper at 6:15 p.m. Talk follows at 7 p.m. Talks continue on Tuesdays through March 19. (415) 456-4815. LENTEN SERIES: Tuesdays in Lent, Feb. 19, 26, March 5, 12, Discussions on the video “Catholicism” by Father Robert Barron at St. Bartholomew Par-

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VATICAN DINNER: “Circles of Giving Awards,” 6 p.m., the Olympic Club, 524 Post St., San Francisco. Alex Filippenko, professor at UC Berkeley, is keynote speaker. Exploring continues Feb. 23 at Olympic Club at 10 a.m. with “Why is the Vatican Interested in the Search for Life in the Universe?” Both events $250; seminar only $50. Advance sales only. Contact Katie Steinke at katie@vaticanobservatory.org or (805) 901-6591.

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REMEMBERED WELL: Church of the Epiphany Parish and St. Robert Parish honor late pastor Msgr. Bruce Dreier Feb. 23, with Mass at 5:30 p.m., Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy is principal celebrant, dinner at 6:30 p.m. Msgr. Dreier was pastor of Epiphany from 1992-2004 and pastor of St. Robert’s in San Bruno from 2004 until his death in 2009. Dinner tickets are $20 and $10 youth 13 and under. Email Ken Tonna maltaman1@comcast.net or Julinda Pastor labx10@aol.com.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 23 HANDICABAPLES MASS: Father Kirk Ullery, chaplain, is principal celebrant of Mass at noon, Room C, St. Mary Cathedral Event Center, Gough Street Father Kirk at Geary Ullery Boulevard, San Francisco. Lunch follows. All handicapped people are invited to this ongoing tradition of more than 40 years. Volunteers are always welcome to assist. Call Joanne Borodin at (415) 239-4865. Handicapables meets monthly except October.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23 ANNIVERSARY AUCTION: â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Award Winning Nightâ&#x20AC;? benefiting St. Patrick School, Larkspur, at Marin Catholic High School 6-11:00 p.m. celebrating schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 years. Auction items can be found after Feb. 13 at www. biddingforgood.com/stpatrickschool. Contact Kealy Murray, kealyoco1@ yahoo.com CRAB FEED: Most Holy Redeemer Parish hosts a crab feed benefitting the MHR AIDS Support Group, Ellard Hall, 100 Diamond St., San Francisco,featuring fresh crab, pasta and salad. Doors open 6 p.m. with dinner at 7p.m. Tickets $50, tables of eight $375. Drink tickets sold separately. Reserve a table by emailing crabfeed@mhr.org or call (415) 863-6259. TURRISEBURNEA LUNCH: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hooray for the Red, White and Blue,â&#x20AC;? City Forest Lodge, 354 Laguna Honda Blvd., San Francisco, no-host cocktails 11:30 a.m., lunch 12:30 p.m., $55, free park-

ing in adjacent church lot. Afternoon includes entertainment by vocalist Gloria Gavase. Proceeds benefit local charities including Project Rachel and shelters for abused women. Patricia Pendergast, (415) 731-1535. SPACE TALK: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, is offering a multimedia presentation â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Astronauts: Untold Stories of Exploration and Faithâ&#x20AC;? at 10:30 a.m. in Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Hall. Michael Morison, (415) 388-4190, olmcpa@gmail.com. LENT MEDITATIONS: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scripture Fulfilled in Your Hearingâ&#x20AC;? with Dominican Father Michael Sweeney, president, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Day includes Morning Prayer, opportunity for confession, lunch and Mass. $25. Reserve by Feb. 20. Marilyn Knight, (415) 435-1534; Dominican Father Bruno Gibson, (415) 272-1866. CRAB FEED: St. Finn Barr Church, Goode Hall, 415 Edna Street, San Francisco, 5:30 p.m., no-host bar, dinner 6:30 p.m., entertainment 9 p.m. $45 in advance $50 at the door, $5 kids meal, pizza, drink, movie. (415) 333-3627, alguidry@comcast.net. CIOPPINO: St. Thomas More School, 5 p.m., no-host bar, evening includes appetizers, salad, antipasto, garlic bread, Cioppino or a chicken entrĂŠe, dessert, $50. Linda Shah, lp1114@aol.com. Anarose Schelstrate, anarose0707@ gmail.com.

SUNDAY, FEB. 24 COLUMBAN FATHERS LUNCH: Event honors John Hickey and Mary Anne McGuire Hickey with proceeds benefitting the work of the Columban Fathers. No-host cocktails at noon with lunch 1 p.m. at United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave. at Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco. Tickets $40. Pam Naughton, (415) 566 -1936. LENT RETREAT: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lent in the Year

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THURSDAY, FEB. 28 VATICAN II TALKS: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Liturgy and Sacramentsâ&#x20AC;? with Father David Pettingill at St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City, 7 p.m. (650) 361-1411, ext. 121. laura@pius.org. DINNER AND DUETS: Epiphany Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s benefit party and show, 5:30 p.m. cocktails and hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres, 6:45 p.m. dinner, 8:45 p.m. show, James Leary Flood Mansion, 2222 Broadway, San Francisco. Tickets are $250 per person/$750 sponsorship for two tickets. Comedian Michael Pritchard is special guest. Proceeds support lifechanging services for at-risk families at Epiphany Center, 100 Masonic Ave., a work of the Daughters of Charity. (415) 351-4055, amiller@msjse.org, www. theEpiphanyCenter.org.

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CAREGIVER COMPANION European-born with 12 years exp. Honest and reliable. Doctor’s appt., complete laundry, light house-keeping, cooking. No agency fee.

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Residents’ Accounts Coordinator St. Anne’s Home is seeking a Residents’ Accounts Coordinator to bill Medi-Cal, Medicare, and manage the residents’ trust account. Skilled Nursing billing and accounts receivable experience are required. We offer competitive wages and full benefits. Please forward your resume to Steve Lewey, Little Sisters of the Poor, 300 Lake St., San Francisco, 94118 or fax (415) 751-1423

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FAITH ENGAGED! “Open the Doors and Let the Winds Blow” Featuring Father David Pettingill Father Dave Pettingill is a retired priest of the San Francisco Archdiocese who is still active in retreat work and teaching courses for lay ecclesial ministers. Father Dave is former Pastor of St. Gabriel’s Parish in San Francisco and former Professor of Homiletics, Liturgical Celebration, and Scripture at St. Patrick’s Seminary University. He is in Residence at St. Emydius Parish. Come and enjoy Father Dave’s enlightening presentation on “What happened at Vatican II”, followed by Table Talks on “Our Vatican II: What are we going to do to make it happen?”, on Saturday, February 16th at St. Paul of the Shipwreck. There is a Registration fee of $10 to help defray costs. We will gather in the Church Vestibule for Registration from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and the Seminar will run from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Lunch is included. For more information, call the Church Oﬃce at (415) 468-3434.

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HELP WANTED

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.

Please send resume and a letter of interest by March 15th, 2013 to: Bret E. Allen Associate Superintendent for Educational & Professional Leadership One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, California 94109 Fax (415) 614-5664 E-mail: allenb@sfarchdiocese.org

Director of Development and Alumnae Relations

Evening Custodian Needed Mercy High School – San Francisco has a vacancy for an evening custodian. Shift Monday-Friday; 1pm-9:30pm. Interested candidates, please visit our www.mercyhs.org under the tab “About” for the job description. Applicants please submit a cover letter along with a copy of your resume to: Lorelei Zermani Mercy High School 3250 Nineteenth Avenue San Francisco, Ca 94132 Or via email: lzermani@mercyhs.org

COMMENCING JULY 1 ,2013

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN HEALDSBURG Noted for its high student achievement and its actively supporting parent body, this Catholic, parish-based K-8 school is located in the heart of Healdsburg, a city with European charm some 75 miles north of San Francisco. The deadline for applying is February 16, 2013. Applicants should send a letter of interest and curriculum to Department of Catholic Schools P.O. Box 1297, Santa Rosa, Ca.95402. Access related information on-line at: www.santarosacatholic.org “Catholic Schools”

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.

Qualifications and Requirements:

The Congregational office of the Sisters of the Presentation seeks a Director of Development and Alumnae Relations to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate the fundraising activities and communication outreach to the Congregation’s publics; and maintain and cultivate relationships with the former students of Presentation schools. Successful candidates will have a bachelor’s degree from a four year college or university; two years’ experience in fundraising and strategic planning, preferably in a nonprofit setting; excellent verbal and writing skills; demonstrated experience in management; and familiarity and readiness in technology, including use of social networking tools. Experience in social networking media and working in a faith-based environment is preferred. Interested candidates should forward a resume, including a cover letter and salary history, to: Human Resources, Sisters of the Presentation, 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 or fax to (415) 422-5026

• 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:

Huntingtonm@sfarchdiocese.org Or mail Resume and Cover Letter to:

Maureen Huntington, Superintendent of Schools One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109

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