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Pope: Lent is an opportunity to draw near to Christ Vatican Radio

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Pope Francis uses incense during a Lenten penance service in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 17. The pope was one of 95 priests and bishops listening to confessions and granting absolution. After the reading of a Gospel passage, the pope did not give a homily. Instead, he and the thousands of people gathered in the basilica prayed in absolute silence for 10 minutes. The pope spent about four minutes kneeling before a priest in one of the wooden confessionals before he walked to one nearby, put on a purple stole and waited for the first penitent to approach.

VATICAN CITY – “Perhaps we have not yet encountered Jesus personally,” Pope Francis said in his angelus address March 19 in St. Peter’s Square. “Perhaps we have not recognized him as our savior.” The pope was commenting on the day’s Gospel, which relates the “dialogue” between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. Because of the great respect Jesus shows her — despite her being a Samaritan, and despite her disordered life — she is open to the words of Christ, when he speaks to her about the true faith. She recognizes him as a prophet, and intuits that he could be the messiah, and Jesus tells her plainly that ne is, in fact, the messiah — something that happens very rarely in the Gospels, the pope said. “Dear brothers,” Pope Francis continued, “the water that gives eternal life was poured out in our hearts on the day of our baptism.” On that day, he said, “God transformed us and filled us with his grace.” However, the pope said, we sometimes forget about the grace of our baptism, or treat it merely as a piece see pope, page 20

700 gather with archbishop for special immigration Mass Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone celebrated a special immigration Mass before 700 congregants at St. Peter Church in the Mission District on March 11 in response to requests from community members for his pastoral presence during a time of uncertainty. More than a dozen priests from parishes throughout the archdiocese took part in the bilingual Mass honoring the dignity of immigrants and refugees. St. Peter pastor Father Moises Agudo concelebrated. After the Mass, a team of volunteers from eight local nonprofits offered a “know your rights” forum in the parish school gym.

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Archbishop Cordileone blesses a baby March 11 after a special immigration Mass at St. Peter Church in San Francisco.

In his homily on the day’s readings, the archbishop referred to Moses’ words to the Israelites in their exodus out of Egypt to the Promised Land. “Moses tells them to follow the law of the Lord and to obey his commandments,” he said. “Because whoever follows the law of the Lord will have nothing to fear. The people then had lots to fear. They were in the desert for 40 years.” Lorena Melgarejo, parish organizer for the archdiocese’s Office of Human Life and Dignity, said that when she asked the anxious community what people needed most from the local church, the archbishop’s presence was at the top of the list. see immigration mass, page 10

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Here is a list of selected Lenten events in the archdiocese. A comprehensive, online list is available at sfarchdiocese.org/home/archdiocese/ lent-2017.

March 25

St. Dominic Lenten Day of Reflection and Service: “Five Keys to Freedom in Christ: Living the Spiritual Works of Mercy” presented by Chris Smith. Lady Chapel and Parish Hall, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 2390 Bush St., San Francisco. Free event includes morning session, lunch and afternoon ministry project. michaelosmith@stdominics. org.

April 1

“Meditations on the Seven Last Words”: A 10:30 a.m. talk by Father Victor Sczurek, O. Praem, head master of St. Michael’s Abbey Preparatory School, Silverado. Father Sczurek is one of six speakers featured in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption’s Lenten Speaker Series. 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. (415) 567-2020; stmarycathedralsf.org.

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March 23: Bishops’ workshop, Washington, D.C. March 24: Keynote address, St. Austin School, St. Louis March 26: Parish visit, St. Patrick Parish, San Francisco

Amigos Los Capuchinos Easter Mercado: 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame. Proceeds support the Capuchin mission in Mexico. Easter crosses, wreaths, clothing, linens, baked goods from Mexico. Saturday, 3-8 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. (650) 347-7768.

April 2

Day of Recollection: Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, Holy Name of Jesus convent chapel, 1555 39th Ave. near Lawton, San Francisco with Mass at 1 p.m. followed by lunch and reflection by Father Cameron Faller, Archbishop Riordan High School. $25. (415) 7530234; dcmibach@aol.com.

Lenten activities with Catholic Charities

Old St. Mary’s Cathedral Lenten Presentation: “Buddha Made Me a Better Christian” by Father Dick Chilson, CSP, in the Old St. Mary’s Bookstore, 660 California St., San Francisco. (415) 288-3800.

Canal Family Support, San Rafael: Program tour, March 30; volunteer opportunity, tutor – ongoing.

April 4

“The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus”: A Lenten lecture led by Sister Eloise Rosenblatt, RSM, at St. Catherine of Siena Parish Center, 7-8 p.m. 1310 Bayswater Ave., Burlingame. (650) 344-6884.

April 9

Old St. Mary’s Parish Annual Palm Mass and Sunday Brunch: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Druid Hall in Nicasio. Old-fashioned country brunch, raffle and silent auction. stcecilia-lagunitas.org.

April 14

St. Ignatius Church Family Stations of the Cross: 7 p.m. 650 Parker Ave., San Francisco. Fourteen families will actively participate in this unique family service. vkazanjian@gmail.com.

Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of San Francisco invites volunteers to serve during Lent. Here is a sampling of opportunities.

Refugee and Immigrant Services, San Mateo: Program tour, April 11. Homelessness and Housing Services, San Francisco: Program tour, April 11 Rita da Cascia Community, San Francisco: Volunteer opportunity, support group co-host, MarchMay; volunteer opportunity, Easter party, April 8. Additional volunteer opportunities: Are listed at http://catholiccharitiessf.org/all-opportunities/. Contact Diana Contreras, volunteer manager, at (415) 972-1297 or volunteer@ CatholicCharitiesSF.org.

March 27: Chancery meetings

St. Dominic to host Lenten ‘Mercy Night’

March 29: Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep board meeting; chancery meetings March 30: Priest Enrichment Day; SF Chronicle awards gala dinner March 31: Executive Board call, California Catholic Conference April 1-3: Parish and school visit, St. Cecilia Parish April 5: Cabinet and chancery meetings April 6: Benedict XVI Institute board meeting; Presbyteral Council executive committee meeting; chrism Mass, 5:30, cathedral

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Archdiocese names coordinator of youth and young adult ministry Amanda George has been named coordinator of youth and young adult ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Father Charles Puthota, director of pastoral ministry, announced March 10. Catholic San Francisco asked George to explain a bit about her position, a new one in the archdiocese because it combines both roles, and also to share a bit about her background and philosophy. Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

CSF: What is your job exactly and what are its responsibilities?

George: I’m the coordinator of youth and young adult ministry for the archdiocese, supporting the youth and young adult communities of the archdiocese, working to create an environment where they are valued and invited, providing leadership formation, helping them discern their mission in the community and the world, and inviting them into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. With God’s grace, I’ll be working closely with parish youth ministers, pastors and nearby diocesan directors to accomplish these goals.

CSF: What do you see as your top two to three priorities in reaching youth and young adults?

George: My top priorities are: (a) Supporting parishes in their youth and young adult ministry efforts (ministry resources, leadership recruiting, training, best practices, etc.); and (b) offering archdiocesan-wide opportunities for youth and young adults to grow in our love of God, understand our faith, and foster deep Catholic identity and community through retreats, volunteering, conferences, pilgrimages and mission trips.

CSF: What do you think will be the top challenges?

George: Top challenge: Determining the best ways to reach non-practicing youth and young adult Catholics and bring them back to the faith.

CSF: What is your background and how did you hear about the job?

George: I’m a parishioner at Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park. I have a bachelor’s degree from Sonoma State University in business administration. My professional background is in operations, IT, and most recently Web development. In my personal time, I’ve done youth ministry with St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Palo Alto, St. Joseph in Cupertino, and at the Echoes of Worth teen retreat in 2015 and 2016. In the past I’ve been on the leadership team of Goretti Group (a Bay Area chastity

I think my philosophy can be summed up by G.K. Chesterton’s famous quote, ‘The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.’ Amanda George group). Currently I’m the volunteer director of finance and technology for Young Catholic Professionals Silicon Valley and I serve as volunteer president and chairman of Vintage Affaire, the charity wine auction benefiting Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The Holy Spirit led me to this role through a very circuitous route, and I think it’s fair to say the job found me, rather than I found it. Through some Ignatian discernment I concluded that God was inviting me to leave the Web development job that I enjoyed and enter into full-time ministry working for the church.

CSF: What is your philosophy – and how does it inform your life and work?

George: I think my philosophy can be summed

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RIORDAN HONOR: Retired Navy Capt. William M. Best was recognized with Archbishop Riordan High School’s Blessed William Joseph Chaminade Award in ceremonies Jan. 20. This year’s presentation coincides with the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Society of Mary, Marianists, Blessed William their founder. The honoree is a longtime member of the school’s board of trustees. “He truly loves the spirit of Riordan,” the school said in a statement. His son Michael is a 1997 Riordan graduate. Pictured are William with his daughter Michelle Rosinsky and granddaughters Harper and Grace Rosinsky at his right, and Jackie Lynn Brownopiat at his left.

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WINNING SCRIPTURE: Junior high students at Our Lady of Mercy School, Daly City recently went to the boards on Scripture. The Bible Quiz was organized by Blessed Virgin Mary Sister Rosabel Sare, first grade teacher at OLM. Congratulations to Carlo Bautista, first place, and Joseph Benito, second place, and Kirby Watts and Alyssa Hernandez, who tied for third place. Pictured from left: Beth Gorman, assistant principal; Father Doming Orimaco, pastor; Carlo Bautista; Father Sebastine Bula; Jeffrey Burgos, principal; Sister Rosabel.

‘Prayer is thread holding each day together,’ Brother Isaiah says Tom Burke catholic San Francisco

Brother Isaiah Marie Hofmann, a graduate of Marin Catholic High School and Boston College, told me his invitation to religious life “was there all along, hidden in my every joy, hope, desire and struggle growing up.” He joined the Community of the Franciscans of the Renewal in 2008 and spoke with Catholic San Francisco via email from their friary in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Brother Isaiah It was on the New England college campus that Brother Isaiah began to discern his calling. “I realized that this vocation was an invitation to be all his – to belong to God, to be led by him, and to let him become the source of all joy, peace, intimacy, and contentment. To my own surprise, it felt like this was what my heart had always longed for.” Brother Isaiah said he wanted three things: “a life of deep prayer, brothers to help me in the struggle, and a life near and with the poor” and he found

them and “Christ waiting for me” in the Franciscans of the Renewal. “It is way better” than anything he anticipated, Brother Isaiah said. “I’m starting to realize that the problem isn’t that my desires are too big for God but that they’re too small. He has consistently blown my every hope and expectation out of the water and revealed himself to be the giver of ever-greater gifts, things much better than I could ever have dreamed of.” As to his daily routine? “Prayer is the thread that holds each day together,” Brother Isaiah said. “We pray as a community five times a day with an hour of personal meditation in the morning and an hour of eucharistic adoration in the evening as a friary. We have Mass together each day. Between the formal times of prayer, we have our meals together as well as share the chores and work that keep a house together.” The congregation’s regular work is service to the neighborhood poor. Weekends are often spent giving retreats to youth or other groups. Each year there is time set aside to visit their families. The family reaction to Brother Isaiah’s vocation was “awesome,” he said. “It wasn’t easy and it requires a deep act of surrender and sacrificial love for any parent. Surrender doesn’t come overnight – it’s a

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Dominican nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery run on the monastery grounds in Menlo Park in support of Dominican friars, right, who ran a half-marathon fundraiser March 18.

Lenten exercises: Dominican brothers, sisters race to support aging friars

Five Dominican brothers in formation at St. Albert’s Priory in Oakland who share a running pastime turned a half-marathon on March 18 into a run-a-thon to support the care of elderly friars of the Western Province. The “Fast Friars,” as they were known in their online fundraising effort, raised over $10,000 in pledge money by race day. It’s an impressive achievement, but one they share with their cloistered counterparts, the Dominican nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery. While Dominican brothers Thomas Aquinas Pickett, Andy Opsahl, Matthew Heynen, Scott Norgaard and Damien Dominic Nguyen ran the 13.1-mile footrace at Quarry Lakes Regional Park in Fremont, the sisters were in prayerful lockstep with them, body and spirit. “We can’t leave the cloister for the half-marathon but we are blessed to have a nice, long rosary path around our cloister grounds,” a post on the community’s Face-

book page read. Each of five of the monastery’s nuns were paired with one of the five Dominican brothers, offering prayers for their “running partners” and any of benefactors who donated to them. The good-humored, social-media savvy nuns mapped out their course, crowed about rosary lap times and promoted their brother-runners on Facebook. Each sister will cover at least nine miles. The partnership with the nuns is very special, according to Brother Andy Opsahl, but not new. Each Dominican novice is assigned one of the nuns as his prayer partner for his entire life as a Dominican. It is a reciprocal relationship, which means the brother and sister pray for each other. The average cost of one day of care for an elderly Dominican is about $180, or about $66,000 a year. “Care for our elderly and infirm friars is very expensive just like it is for any family,” said Brother Andy, who will take his solemn vows on April 29. “After a lifetime of faithful service we want the older friars to

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Cardinal Raymond Burke draws a crowd at San Francisco Mass

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“The fundamental struggle of our life in Christ ... is the struggle to live the truth in love in a world which could deceive us into thinking that we can love even while we violate the truth,” Cardinal Raymond Burke said in his homily March 15 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The cardinal, who was the presenter at all three days of the Western Region Canon Law Meeting sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, delivered the homily at a 5:30 p.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone for the canon lawyers who attended from Western states. The Mass was concelebrated by Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice and a number of priests. Cardinal Burke, a former prefect of the Catholic Church’s top judicial court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was treated like a celebrity by many who attended the Mass from the area and who lined up after the Mass to greet him, and in many cases, ask for his autograph. Last year, Cardinal Burke was one of four cardinals who publicly asked Pope Francis to clarify what the prelates said were confusing aspects of the pope’s apostolic exhortation on marriage and family, “Amoris Laetitia,” regarding whether divorced and remarried Catholics should receive Eucharist if their marriage was not declared null by the church. Cardinal Burke, patron of

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Well-wishers greet Cardinal Raymond L. Burke after Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on March 15. He was the presenter at all three days of the Western Region Canon Law Meeting sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and delivered the homily at a 5:30 p.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone for the canon lawyers who attended from Western states. the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, did not address that controversy either in his homily or during his presentations at the canon law conference. At San Francisco’s cathedral, Cardinal Burke emphasized the importance of the “humble” practice of canon law for the “salvation of souls.” “Canon law is not in contrast with the many works of divine grace in the church but rather assures that the

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work of divine grace will be received into souls formed in accord with the mind and heart of Christ,” Cardinal Burke said. “We do not study and respect the law for its own sake but for the sake of the sacred realities which it safeguards and fosters. We serve the justice which is the minimal and irreplaceable requirement of divine love,” Cardinal Burke said.

DIVINE MERCY: The special Sunday is celebrated April 23 at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1310 Bayswater, Burlingame beginning at 2:30 p.m. with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and confession; 3 p.m., a Divine Mercy Mass; 4 p.m., Benediction and veneration of Jesus’ image. Judy Miller (650) 740-7147. TEKAKWITHA DINNER: Evening is set for April 29 at St Peter CCD Center, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica, 6 to 8 p.m. featuring a typical Guatemalan menu and entertainment. Benefits educational programs for young women in Guatemala. $60 per person, table of six $300. Kay Sweeney, (650) 557-1591, missionguatemala@hotmail.com, www.kateri-fund.org.

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Sandra Maria goes to work each day even though she knows it is slowly killing her. Maria, a mother of five and a grandmother, spends each day scavenging in a city garbage dump in northern Nicaragua for recyclables, which she later sells for money to buy food. The work is hard — toxic fumes rising up from the mounds of putrid garbage sting her eyes and burn her throat as hordes of mosquitoes buzz around her body — but not having food for her family is harder. “The smoke is killing us and we bathe in dirty water,” says Maria, who lives in the shanty town inside the garbage dump with her family. “We would do anything to get away from the dump, but right now it is the only way for us to make money to survive.” Maria’s family is one of hundreds who scrape out a living each day in Chinandega’s 20-acre garbage dump. In many Latin American countries, the poor flock to city garbage dumps because it is often the only steady work they can find and they can at least earn enough to guarantee their children a meal. Still, the pay is meager — the equivalent of between $2 and $10 U.S. dollars a week. The dire situation in Chinandega is just one example of the intense poverty plaguing Latin America. A 2011 World Bank study found over 13 percent of Latin America’s population living on less than $2.50 a day, while 26 percent lacked access to basic sanitation. The fact that families are turning to garbage dumps for survival, shows the severity of the need. “Garbage dumps and dirty streets are terrible playgrounds for children to be growing up in,” says Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach, whose ministry supports several aid programs across Latin America for families struggling to survive intense poverty. “If we don’t do something to break the vicious cycle of poverty these children are trapped in, they are doomed to become adults still living in the same deadly environment.” Despite the dismal statistics and fear over the future of an uncertain economy, dozens of local outreach ministries run by strong Catholic missionaries are tapping into God’s economy to help the poor in Latin America. And, already, they’ve seen great returns as lives are being restored. One such life is that of Maria Elena. The mother of four used to work in the horrific 42-acre garbage dump in Managua, Nicaragua. She barely made enough money to feed

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Sisters from nine different communities of women religious in the Archdiocese of San Francisco were honored March 12 at a special Mass commemorating National Catholic Sisters Week at St. Patrick Parish in Larkspur. Back from left: Sister Judith Benkert, OP (Adrian); Sister Pat Hunter, SNJM; Sister Jeanette Lombardi, OSU; Sister Colleen Kern, SNJM; Sister Jean Marie Fernandez, RGS; Sister Dee Myers, BVM; Sister Celeste Arbuckle, SSS; Sister Diane Smith, OP (San Rafael). Front row from left: Sister Maggie Glynn, FSP; Sister Brigid Noonan, OP (San Rafael); Sister Liz Schille, RGS; Sister Linda Hebert, CSN.

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Members of nine different communities of women religious from all three counties of the Archdiocese of San Francisco were honored by the St. Patrick Parish community in Larkspur on March 12 at a special Mass commemorating National Catholic Sisters Week. The parish made the celebration of National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14 an opportunity to recognize the sisters for their service and witness in a Mass celebrated by Msgr. Michael Padazinski, pastor. Parishioners were invited to an after-Mass hospitality hour with the sisters to meet them personally and hear their stories. “These women are but a small sampling of the many great witnesses who live their vocation in service to the Gospel,” said Msgr. Padazinski. “Living out their charisms has blessed our archdiocese and I hope that other young women will seriously consider a vocation to the religious life.” Over 200 people came to St. Patrick’s 10 a.m. Mass to greet the Catholic sisters who accepted the parish’s invitation. The communities present included Sisters of Social Service, Adrian Dominicans, Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, Sisters of Nazareth, Franciscan Sisters of Peace, Ursuline Sisters, and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The annual celebration of National Catholic Sisters Week began only three years ago as part of National Women’s History Month. NCSW is supported by a grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation which in 2015 conducted research that showed the majority of U.S. Americans, including Catholics, lacked a basic knowledge and understanding of Catholic sisters’ work and daily lives. Many people, especially young people, reported never having met a Catholic sister. In the closing remarks of the Mass, Msgr. Padazinski shared his personal gratitude and appreciation for the sisters who educated him. “I recall fondly those sisters, they were an inspiration to me and helped me discern my call to the priesthood,” he said. He encouraged those who might be curious about religious life to take the opportunity to chat with the sisters. St. Patrick parishioner Peggy Walker said she was educated at St. Brigid School by the BVM sisters, at St. Raphael by the Dominican Sisters, and at St. Anselm and Marin Catholic by the Holy Name Sisters. She believes she was better because of their influence. “We were ‘doers’ because the sisters were our mentors,” she said.

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Good Shepherd students make lunches for poor, homeless Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

Each Friday of the school year, students at Good Shepherd School make 120 lunches for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo homeless center in South San Francisco – a routine that began 16 years ago. Last week, it was the seventh grade and the first graders who made and packed the lunches into specially decorated brown lunch bags for the clients of the North County Homeless Help Center on Grand Avenue. “Each class takes a turn,” said seventh grader Xavier Kendall-Protacio, so that during the course of a month each grade helps make lunches. “The guests love them,” said Lisa Collins, director of the center, which is open 10 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturdays. The decorated bags are perhaps even more of a hit than the lunches, distributed on Fridays so the guests have food over the weekend, she said. “People actually even save the bags with the drawings,” Collins said. “It’s great. It’s nice to do that. Thank you so much. It’s nice for everyone,” said Rosanda Bauzon, waiting in line on St. Patrick’s Day for lunch at the Grand Avenue center. Her pal, Linda Martinez, who is living in temporary housing with her adult son, added, “I think it’s nice for the young kids to do that. It gives them a little job to do.” The Good Shepherd lunch project began when parent Barbara Rozzano was working at Costco and saw dayold bakery items going to waste. Her

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Good Shepherd students pack food for lunches for Society of St. Vincent de Paul clients. Right, Amanda Montalbano is pictured with one of the lunch bags she decorated. oldest, now 26, was a student at the time. Today she has a child who is a freshman at Sacred Heart Cathedral, and a fifth and a seventh grader at Good Shepherd. Rozzano’s enthusiasm shows no signs of flagging. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay organization, inspired by Gospel values, which leads women and men to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-toperson service to those who are needy and suffering in the tradition of its founder, Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul, according to its mission statement on the national website. At Good Shepherd, in addition to the school work with

and pack muffins and cookies in plastic bags. Then the younger grade comes through, putting the items into lunch bags. If, as was the case last week, the school is closed on Friday, they make lunches on an earlier day. The students decorate the paper lunch bags each week as part of their religion grade, Rozzano said. “The big kids pray in the beginning, before they start, and the little kids pray over the lunches at the end,” Rozzano said. And somehow, the whole job is done by 9 a.m., she said. “They are helping the community as well as learning there are less fortunate people,” said Rozzano. “We need to help everyone we can.”

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Immigration Mass: Archbishop celebrates with 700 in Mission District FROM PAGE 1

“That really showed the people here the archbishop’s concern for the Hispanic community,” said Mercy Sister Marian Rose Power, who has long served at St. Peter School. With the archbishop’s presence, the availability of lawyers to speak with them, a full church of English and Spanish-speaking people together, “in some respects I could see their fears subside a little after seeing people walking side-by-side with them,” she said. President Donald Trump’s Jan. 25 executive order on border security and immigration enforcement empowered the Department of Homeland Security to “take all appropriate actions to ensure the detention of aliens apprehended for violations of immigration law.” James Schwab, a spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told Catholic San Francisco that local action is “targeted and lead-driven, prioritizing individuals who pose a risk to our communities,” such as known street gang members, child sex offenders, and deportable foreign nationals with significant drug trafficking convictions. Schwab noted that, “To that end, ICE’s routine immigration enforcement actions are ongoing and we make arrests every day.” Francisco Gonzalez, director of refugee and immigrant services for Catholic Charities in the

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Young people outside St. Peter Church in San Francisco on March 11 advertise a hotline number for immigrants to receive legal help. More than 700 people gathered at the church for a special immigration Mass celebrated by Archbishop Cordileone.

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Preparation for a year of archdiocesan celebrations commemorating the centennial of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima begins this Sunday, March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation. A Marian Day retreat will be held May 6 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, with Cardinal William J. Levada as main Mass celebrant. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will culminate the year Oct. 7 by consecrating the archdiocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The archbishop announced the centennial year and the consecration in a March 15 letter to pastors. He urged pastors to preach and educate about the ancient meaning of such consecrations. “For this act of consecration to bear fruit, I am convinced that we must prepare ourselves spiritually and with catechesis for this significant day,” the archbishop wrote, noting that a committee made up of various priests, women religious and laity has been meeting in recent months to help prepare for the event. The committee is spearheaded by Father Charles Puthota, archdiocesan director of pastoral ministry. “I feel it is very important that our parishioners be aware of the history of the Fatima apparitions and in particular the role these apparitions have played in the life of the church over the past 100 years,” the archbishop wrote. The Marian apparitions began May 13, 1917, when three shepherd children, Lúcia Santos and her cousins Blessed Jacinta and Blessed Francisco Marto, reported seeing the Virgin Mary. They continued once a month until Oct. 13, 1917, and later were declared worthy of belief by the Catholic Church. Speaking to German pilgrims during his general audience on Feb. 17, Pope Francis said “let us entrust ourselves to Mary, Mother of hope, who invites us to turn our gaze towards salvation, toward a new world and a new humanity. God bless you all,” Vatican Radio reported. Pope Francis will go on pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima this May 12-13.

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House bill’s ‘life protections’ said laudable, other aspects ‘troubling’ Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON – The inclusion of “critical life protections” in the House health care bill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid and tax credits, are “troubling” and “must be addressed” before the measure is passed, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee. Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, who is chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, sent a letter March 17 to House members. It was released March 20 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Regarding life protections in the bill, Bishop Dewane said: “By restricting funding which flows to providers that promote abortion and prohibiting federal funding for abortion or the purchase of plans that provide abortion – including with current and future tax credits – the legislation honors a key moral requirement for our nation’s health care policy.” Among the “very troubling features” of the bill are the Medicaid-related provisions, he said. Other aspects that must be addressed before the bill is passed include the absence of “any changes” from the current law regarding conscience protections against mandates to provide certain coverage or services, Bishop Dewane said. His letter follows one sent March 8 to House members by him and three other bishops’ committee chairmen stating they would be reviewing closely the American Health Care Act, introduced in the House March 6 to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The other signers of the earlier letter were: Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty; and Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman, Committee on Migration. In his March 17 letter, Bishop Dewane said one area in the new bill that could be helpful – with “appropriate safeguards” – is an effort to increase flexibility for states and provide more options for health care savings and different kinds of coverage based on economic levels. But still, Bishop Dewane said, “efforts to increase flexibility must be carefully undertaken so as not to undermine” a given program’s “effectiveness or reach.” In the House bill, Medicaid expansion would be repealed and replaced with a “per capita allotment.” Under the current law, more Americans became eli-

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gible for Medicaid, so long as their states opted into the entitlement program’s expansion. The House bill’s “proposed modifications to the Medicaid program, a vital component of the social safety net, will have sweeping impacts, increasing economic and community costs while moving away from affordable access for all,” Bishop Dewane said. He also cited the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s assessment of the bill that said “as many as 24 million additional people could be uninsured in the next 10 years for a variety of reasons.” The U.S. bishops, he said, have stressed that “all people and every family must be able to see clearly how they will fit within and access the health care system in a way that truly meets their needs.” The CBO estimates millions of people currently eligible for Medicaid under the law “will be negatively

impacted due to reduced funding from the per capita cap” proposal, Bishop Dewane said. “State and local resources are unlikely to be sufficient to cover the gaps,” he continued. Congress needs “to rework the Medicaid-related provisions of the AHCA to fix these problems and ensure access for all, and especially for those most in need,” said Bishop Dewane. He also pointed out that the House measure does not provide “conscience protection against mandates to provide coverage or services, such as the regulatory interpretation of ‘preventive services’ requiring contraception and sterilization coverage in almost all private health plans nationwide.” The mandate requiring most employers to provide such coverage even if they are morally opposed to it, he reminded House members, “has been the subject of large-scale litigation especially involving religious entities like the Little Sisters of the Poor.” Bishop Dewane outlined other provisions he said need to be addressed before the legislation is passed, including: The current federal health care law “is, by no means, a perfect law,” Bishop Dewane said, noting the U.S. bishops “registered serious objections at the time of its passage” in 2010. “However, in attempting to improve the deficiencies of the ACA, health care policy ought not create other unacceptable problems, particularly for those who struggle on the margins of our society,” he said.

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Catholic san francisco | March 23, 2017

Catholics, Muslims urged to work together, learn from one another Michelle Martin Catholic News Service

CHICAGO – Leaders in Catholic-Muslim dialogue called on members of both faith communities to find ways to accompany one another and work together at a moment when all religion is under threat from an increasingly secular and even anti-religious society. San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy, co-chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ West Coast Catholic-Muslim Dialogue, and Sherman Jackson, a professor of religion and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California Dornsife, both offered comments at a March 8 public session in Chicago. The public session came during the March 7-8 National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue, co-sponsored by the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and held at the Catholic Theological Union. Bishop McElroy said that theological dialogue and reflection is important, but the relationship between Catholics and Muslims in the United States must extend beyond theologians and take on a pastoral aspect. “It is not enough to clarify our commonalities and differences on a deep theological level or even to publish these findings, if we do not take steps to broadly convey this deepened level of friendship and truth to Muslims and Catholics within our nation,” he said. At the moment, Catholic and Muslim communities simply do not know one another well enough, the bishop said. The U.S. bishops’ ecumenical and interreligious committee has co-sponsored three regional Catholic-Muslim dialogues for over two decades – midAtlantic, Midwest and West Coast. In February 2016, the committee announced the launch of a national dialogue. Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich began his tenure as the Catholic co-chair of the national dialogue Jan. 1. The Muslim co-chair is Sayyid Syeed, director of the Islamic Society of North America’s Office of Interfaith and Community Alliances.

In his remarks, Bishop McElroy said ignorance “leads to problems between our two communities, but it is not merely or even primarily theological ignorance.” “It is the ignorance of not knowing one another as brother and sister precisely in our religious identities,” he said. Jackson said the obstacle to greater friendship and cooperation goes beyond ignorance to fear. “Part of what undermines the relationship between Muslims and anybody else in America – not just Catholics – is that it’s so easy to scare people about Islam,” he said. “Because of that fear, you can never get to the point of trust, and without trust there is no friendship, and without friendship, there is no real cooperation.” Catholics faced similar suspicions in the United States of the 19th and early 20th centuries because

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Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago visits March 8 with Scott Alexander, associate professor of Islamic studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and Saleha Jabeen, a 2014 graduate of the theological union.

WASHINGTON – Amir Hussain wants Americans to know that Muslims have always been a part of the history of the United States, starting long before the country gained its independence from Great Britain. “There’s never been an America without Muslims,” said Hussain, quoting from the first line of his book “Muslims and the Making of America” during a program at the National Press Club March 14. At least 10 percent of the slaves kidnapped in West Africa and brought to the U.S. beginning in the 17th century were Muslim, explained Hussain, professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. “Muslims have been a part of the history of this country since before this country was this country,” Hussain told the audience. Born in Pakistan, he emi-

they were believed to have a higher allegiance to Rome than to the country. “The Jewish Question,” the phrase coined by German philosopher Bruno Bauer in the 19th century, was based on the idea that Judaism was a religion of laws that governed private and public conduct, and as such, was incompatible with the modern secular state, Jackson said. “The present moment has prompted many of us to ponder whether America might be staggering toward a dreaded yet entirely avoidable ‘Muslim Question,’” he said, Religion – whether Christianity or Islam – can be seen as opposed to the European enlightenment liberalism that American founding fathers relied on. That liberalism “calls into question all forms of authority outside the individual self, especially religion,” Jackson said. “It insists that individuals must be free to choose their way of life, with the only restrictions being the extent to which their choices encroach upon the freely made choices of others.” Religious traditions, including Islam and Christianity, set a much higher value on the common good, Jackson said, and call on their members to contribute to it. Muslims who embrace Shariah – Islam’s religious law – can contribute to and benefit from the common good in any number of ways, from following speed limits to keeping public spaces safe for all. “While such Islamic virtues as fairness, mercy or hospitality may inform the spirit of these deliberations, concrete conclusions would draw upon such principles as efficiency, safety, economic cost, longterm resource management and the like,” Jackson said. “And in none of this – Islam, Shariah or Muslim ‘God-consciousness’ – would pose an impediment to engaging with non-Muslims on a completely equal footing.” Correction: A Catholic News Service article on Page 9 of the March 9 issue, “Bishop challenges Catholics to combat ‘ugly tide of anti-Islamic bigotry,” described a Catholic-Muslim dialogue that occurred Feb. 17, 2016, in San Diego. We placed the article in error and apologize for any confusion. grated with his parents to go to Canada and he later became a U.S. citizen. As an example, Hussain’s book briefly recounts the story of a Muslim, Estevanico the Moor, in what now is Florida in 1528 as a slave who accompanied a Spanish conquistador, Panfilo de Narvaez. In his presentation, Hussain cited literature published in London in 1734 referencing Muslims in colonial America. However, it was not until the late 19th and early 20th century when Muslims who were not slaves began arriving from the Ottoman Empire. While the numbers of Muslims in the U.S. in the 18th century were small, by 2015 the U.S. Muslim population was estimated at about 3.3 million – about 1 percent of the total population – in a January 2016 Pew Research Center report. Catholic News Service

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Catholic san francisco | March 23, 2017

Slain Jesuit inspires another Salvadoran archbishop and an ode to martyrs Rhina Guidos

San Salvador’s archbishop focused on 24 lives who were ‘consecrated to God’ and who died because of their faith: two bishops, 17 priests, a seminarian about to be ordained, three religious sisters and a laywoman.

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WASHINGTON – Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande has been credited with inspiring Blessed Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, toward a journey of defending the poor that led to his martyrdom in 1980. But now, Father Grande’s life seems to have inspired the current archbishop of San Salvador, who issued a pastoral letter remembering, praising and apologizing for the long-overdue recognition of Catholics, including U.S. church members, who suffered persecution and death during Central America’s armed conflicts. “In my capacity as pastor of this church, I have to acknowledge with humility that we have committed many mistakes,” Archbishop Jose Luis EscobarAlas said in the letter issued March 12, the 40th anniversary of Father Grande’s killing. “We have crossed the threshold of the third millennium in the Salvadoran archdiocese without having pronounced a word of recognition for all the men and women who were victims of persecution, torture, repression” and who ultimately died as martyrs, he said. The archbishop unveiled the letter in the hamlet of El Paisnal, the hometown of Father Grande, a vocal priest who worked with poor rural communities in El Salvador and advocated for better social conditions for them. He died in 1977 after being shot more than a dozen times in an ambush that also resulted in the death of two of his rural parishioners, Manuel Solorzano, a man in his 70s, and Nelson Rutilio Lemus, a teenager of 15 or 16, who

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were accompanying him to a novena honoring St. Joseph, the patron saint of their hometown. Some say his death led Archbishop Romero, who was a close friend, to take up Father Grande’s devotion to the poor. The document of more than 200 pages urges Catholics and “people of goodwill” to learn about and follow the example of Father Grande and other slain members of the church, including U.S. Father Stanley Rother, and four U.S. churchwomen who lost their lives while serving the poor of Central America in the 1980s. The Vatican announced March 13 that Father Rother, brutally murdered in 1981 while serving a poor indigenous community in Guatemala during a mission for the

This is the cover of a pastoral letter issued by Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador, El Salvador, March 12. The letter apologized for the long-overdue recognition of Catholics, including U.S. church members, who suffered persecution and death during armed conflicts in Central America. Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, will be beatified in September. Archbishop Escobar praised Father Rother, who was born on a farm, for his contributions to agriculture in Guatemala and identifying “as one more peasant” with the local community of Santiago Atitlan, where he served. He also praised four U.S. churchwomen – Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and laywoman Jean Donovan – who were beaten, raped and murdered by government soldiers in El Salvador in 1980. Though their work was precarious, they decided to stay with those who were suffering in the country, Archbishop Escobar said.

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He said he hoped all of El Salvador’s Catholic martyrs would one day be recognized but focused for now on 24 lives who were “consecrated to God” and who died because of their faith: two bishops, 17 priests, a seminarian about to be ordained, three religious sisters and a lay woman. He also acknowledged that an untold number of Salvadoran “lay martyrs” whose lives are now being documented also perished. More than 70,000 are estimated to have died in the Salvadoran conflict that lasted roughly from the late 1970s until peace accords were signed in 1992. “I’m sorry that this act of justice and charity for our martyrs wasn’t carried out,” long ago, he said in the letter. Some of it could have been due to practices and spirituality “contrary to the renewal of the Second Vatican Council” and other church teachings from Latin America that focused on the poor and that were not always welcomed by some in the church of El Salvador. The oligarchy, and “sons and daughters of darkness,” who owned much of the country’s mass media, helped in those days drive a false message, one that promoted slanderous views and defamation of people who were faithful Christians, Archbishop Escobar wrote. Many Salvadorans believed that Catholic men and women who were helping the poor were communists, politically minded enemies of the system, wolves in sheep’s clothing, “guerrilleros,” members dangerous organizations, the archbishop said. “They were none of this. They were and are martyrs,” Archbishop Escobar wrote.

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Catholic san francisco | March 23, 2017

Pope apologizes for Catholics’ participation in Rwanda genocide Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY – Meeting Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Pope Francis asked God’s forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence perpetrated by some priests and religious. “He implored anew God’s forgiveness for the sins and failings of the church and its members, among whom priests and religious men and women who succumbed to hatred and violence, betraying their own evangelical mission,” said a Vatican statement released March 20 after the meeting of the pope and president. Some 800,000, and perhaps as many as 1 million people – most of whom belonged to the Tutsi ethnic group – died in the ferocious bloodshed carried out from April to July 1994. “In light of the recent Holy Year of Mercy and of the statement published by the Rwandan Bishops at its

Priests and marriage: Pope’s response not new

VATICAN CITY – While Pope Francis’ recent comments on the subject of married priests made headlines around the world, his response falls clearly in line with the thinking of his predecessors. In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, published in early March, Pope Francis was asked if allowing candidates for the priesthood to fall in love and marry could be “an incentive” for combatting the shortage of priestly vocations. He was also asked about the possibility of allowing married “viri probati” – men of proven virtue – to become priests. “We have to study whether ‘viri probati’ are a possibility. We then also need to determine which tasks they could take on, such as in remote communities, for example,” Pope Francis said. Expressing a willingness to study the question of allowing married men to become priests was hardly a groundbreaking response given that the topic was explored in two meetings of the Synod of Bishops and by both Pope Benedict XVI and St. John Paul II. During the 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist, the possibility of ordaining men of proven virtue was raised as a way to provide priests for areas of the

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Pope Francis poses with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his wife, Jeannette, during a March 20 meeting at the Vatican. conclusion” in November, the Vatican said, “the pope also expressed the desire that this humble recognition of the failings of that period, which, unfortunately, disfigured the face of the church, may contribute to a ‘purification of memory’ and may promote, in hope and renewed trust, a future of peace, witnessing to the concrete possibility of living and working together

world where Catholics have very limited access to Mass and the sacraments. “Some participants made reference to ‘viri probati,’ but in the end the small discussion groups evaluated this hypothesis as a road not to follow,” a proposition from the synod said. Eight years before he was elected pope, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said that while married priests were not on the horizon in “the foreseeable future,” it was not an entirely closed subject.

Pope: Make confession more available

VATICAN CITY – Hear confession every time someone asks, Pope Francis said, and don’t ever put limited hours on the sacrament of reconciliation. “Please, let there never be those signs that say, ‘Confessions: Mondays and Wednesdays from this time to that time,’” he told hundreds of confessors and other participants attending an annual course sponsored by the Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican court that handles issues related to the absolution of sin. “Hear confession every time someone asks you. And if you are sitting there, praying, leave the confessional open because God’s heart is open,” he said March 17. Confession “is a pastoral priority,” and is a daily

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once the dignity of the human person and the common good are put at the center.” Pope Francis “conveyed his profound sadness, and that of the Holy See and of the church, for the genocide against the Tutsi,” the Vatican said. “He expressed his solidarity with the victims and with those who continue to suffer the consequences of those tragic events.” In President Kagame’s 25-minute private meeting with the pope, as well as during his meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, note was made of “the collaboration between the state and the local church in the work of national reconciliation and in the consolidation of peace for the benefit of the whole nation,” the Vatican said. In a statement read in churches throughout Rwanda Nov. 20, the country’s bishops apologized for “all the wrongs the church committed” during the genocide. “We regret that church members violated their oath of allegiance to God’s commandments” and that some Catholics were involved in planning, aiding and carrying out the massacres. call to head to the “peripheries of evil and sin, and this is an ugly periphery,” he said.

Gypsy woman among 115 Spanish martyrs

OXFORD, England – A 23-year-old illiterate basketmaker who died in prison after giving birth to a child will be the first Gypsy woman beatified by the Catholic Church. She will be among 115 martyrs from the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War beatified at a March 25 Mass in Spain’s Almeria diocese. In July 1938, despite being pregnant, Emilia Fernandez Rodriguez was given a six-year jail sentence for trying to shield her husband, Juan Cortes, from recruitment by Republican paramilitaries after they occupied Tijola and closed its church. An illiterate Roma, she was taught prayers by a fellowinmate and sent to an isolation cell in Almeria’s Gachas Coloras prison without proper food after refusing to betray her catechist during interrogation. She was left to die, alone and unattended, after giving birth to a daughter. The martyrs include 95 priests and 20 laity, all of whom died between July 1936 and January 1939.

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Catholic san francisco | March 23, 2017

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Fourth Sunday of Lent 1 SAMUEL 16:1B, 6-7, 10-13A The Lord said to Samuel: “Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen my king from among his sons.” As Jesse and his sons came to the sacrifice, Samuel looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is here before him.” But the Lord said to Samuel: “Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart.” In the same way Jesse presented seven sons before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any one of these.” Then Samuel asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?” Jesse replied, “There is still the youngest, who is tending the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send for him; we will not begin the sacrificial banquet until he arrives here.” Jesse sent and had the young man brought to them. He was ruddy, a youth handsome to behold and making a splendid appearance. The Lord said, “There – anoint him, for this is the one!” Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand, anointed David in the presence of his brothers; and from that day on, the spirit of the Lord rushed upon David. PSALM 23: 1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6 The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side; with your rod and your staff that give me courage. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

EPHESIANS 5:8-14 Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them, for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says: “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” JOHN 9:1-41 As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him, “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” – which means Sent – So he went and washed, and came back able to see. His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit and beg?” Some said, “It is, but others said, ‘No, he just looks like him.’” He said, “I am.” So they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?” He replied, “The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went there and washed and was able to see.” And they said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.” They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees. Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a Sabbath. So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.” So some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And there was a division among them. So they said to the blind man again, “What do you have to say about him, since he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” Now the Jews did not believe

that he had been blind and gained his sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had gained his sight. They asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How does he now see?” His parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. We do not know how he sees now, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is of age; he can speak for himself.” His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged him as the Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue. For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; question him.” So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner.” He replied, “If he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see.” So they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered them, “I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?” They ridiculed him and said, “You are that man’s disciple; we are disciples of Moses! We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from.” The man answered and said to them, “This is what is so amazing, that you do not know where he is from, yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him. It is unheard of that anyone ever opened the eyes of a person born blind. If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything.” They answered and said to him, “You were born totally in sin, and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out. When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” He answered and said, “Who is he, sir that I may believe in him?” Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, the one speaking with you is he.” He said, “I do believe, Lord,” and he worshiped him. Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.” Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not also blind, are we?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you are saying, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.”

The perils of Christian testimony

f you’ve heard one story of Jesus curing a blind man you’ve pretty much heard them all, whether it be of Jesus smearing mud paste, simply touching the man’s eyes, whether the man cries out to the “Son of David” or first experiences his cure by seeing people who look like “walking trees,” after which Jesus sternly orders them to tell no one. In the Gospel of John, however, the man born blind never asks for a cure, nor does he seek out or engage Jesus in any way. Rather, it is Jesus who notices the man born blind, and Jesus alone who takes the initiative. Yet, for the man born blind there is no order to say nothing to anyone. father william Rather, this encounter with nicholas Jesus, who quickly disappears from the scene, an encounter that results in the acquiring of sight, is but the beginning of an elongated ordeal in which the man born blind is thrust into an interrogation where, alone and unaided, he must make his own sense of what just happened, demonstrating to his hostile interrogators that he had been given far more than mere physical sight. Upon being cured, indeed from the moment he is told to wash at the pool of Siloam, the man born

scripture reflection

When we, or anyone else, encounter the saving action of Christ, or receive his sanctifying grace in and through the sacramental life of the church, it is never ‘one-sided.’ blind is abandoned by the one who cured him to answer for both the encounter and the cure. From the beginning he is presumed to be “steeped in sin” from birth, hence his lifelong blindness. Over the process of the interrogation he is abandoned by his parents who deflect all questions to their son, denounced by the Pharisees who reject his answers, and physically expelled from the premises by those who are offended by his “lectures.” Yet, throughout, he exercises a deeper insight into who had cured him, and what power was behind the cure; conclusions drawn from his personal encounter, built upon a general knowledge of the ways of God as revealed through the written Scriptures of his faith, and incorporating simple, basic logic; conclusions that confounded his interrogators, refuted accusations against Jesus, and demonstrated a deeper spiritual “sight” into the identity of a man he had only briefly met, and to this point had never even seen with his own, now cured, eyes. In the end the man born blind, who previously had been well known, and an apparent fixture to the locals, sits alone and ostracized, the direct re-

sult of the unsolicited actions of Jesus. Only then does Jesus return to the scene, asking the man born blind a simple question, an understatement considering what the man had just endured, but a profound one touching upon the basic call of all who are to follow him: “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” The story of the man born blind is not just another story of Jesus and his miracles. The subsequent testimony that the man is compelled to give in the aftermath makes this story stand out among other miraculous cures. The story demonstrates how an encounter with Jesus, even an unsolicited one, is never an event in and of itself. When we, or anyone else, encounter the saving action of Christ, or receive his sanctifying grace in and through the sacramental life of the church, it is never “one-sided.” In the outlook of John the Evangelist, as expressed in the miracle of the man born blind, every encounter with Jesus, every cure, every occasion in which one receives the grace and goodness of the Messiah, includes a corresponding witness that must be given; evangelization, even in the midst of hostility, that makes known the mystery of Jesus identity as Messiah, and his saving, sanctifying and healing action. It is through this testimony that we authentically and substantially answer the same question put to us: “Do you believe in the Son of Man? Father Nicholas is a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco currently serving at St. Bruno Parish, Whittier. Visit www.frbillnicholas.com.

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Nothing is ever really ours

verything is gift. That’s a principle that ultimately undergirds all spirituality, all morality, and every commandment. Everything is gift. Nothing can be ultimately claimed as our own. Genuine moral and religious sensitivity should make us aware of that. Nothing comes to us by right. This isn’t something we automatically know. During a class some years ago, a monk shared with me how, for all the early years of his religious life, he had been resentful because he had to ask permission of his abbott FATHER ron if he wanted anything: “I rolheiser used to think it was silly, me, a grown man, supposedly an adult, having to ask a superior if I wanted something. If I wanted a new shirt, I would have to ask the abbott for permission to buy it. I thought it was ridiculous that a grown man was reduced to being like a child.” But there came a day when he felt differently: “I am not sure of all the reasons, but one day I came to realize that there was a purpose and wisdom in having to ask permission for everything. I came to realize that nothing is ours by right and nothing may be taken as owned. Everything’s a gift. Everything needs to be asked for. We need to be grateful to the universe and to God just for giving us a little space. Now, when I ask permission from the abbott because I need something, I no longer feel like a child. Rather, I feel like I’m properly in tune with

the way things should be, in a gift-oriented universe within which none of us has a right to ultimately claim anything as one’s own. This is moral and religious wisdom, but it’s a wisdom that goes against the dominant ethos within our culture and against some of our strongest inclinations. Both from without and from within, we hear voices telling us: If you cannot take what you desire then you’re weak, and weak in a double way: First, you’re a weak person, too timid to fully claim what’s yours. Second, you’ve been weakened by religious and moral scruples so as to be incapable of seizing the day. To not claim what is yours, to not claim ownership, is not a virtue but a fault. It was those kinds of voices that this monk was hearing during his younger years and because of them he felt resentful and immature. But Jesus wouldn’t echo these voices. The Gospels make it pretty clear that Jesus would not look on so much that is assertive, aggressive and accumulative within our society, despite the praise and envy it receives, and see this as admirable, as healthily seizing the day. I doubt too that Jesus would share our admiration of the rich and famous who claim, as by right, their excessive wealth and status. When Jesus states that it is harder for a rich person to go to heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, he might have mitigated this by adding: “Unless, of course, the rich person, childlike, asks permission from the universe, from the community, and from God, every time he buys a shirt!” When Jesus tells us that children and the poor go to heaven more easily he is not idolizing either their innocence or poverty. He’s idolizing the need to recognize and admit our dependence. Ulti-

Persuasive disciples, not anarchic disrupters

e are living through a dangerous moment in our national life, of an intensity and potential for destruction unseen since 1968. Then, a teenager, I watched U.S. Army tanks patrol the streets of Baltimore around the AfricanAmerican parish where I worked. Now, a Medicare card carrier, I’m just as concerned about the fragility of the republic and the rule of law. A uniquely vile presidential campaign has been followed by a postelection rejectionism that conjures george weigel up images of 1860. Electoral refuseniks who cannot abide the verdict rendered on Nov. 8 put on a vile display in Washington the day after the inauguration – and this despite President Obama’s plea for civility and a dignified transfer of power. The new administration has not helped matters with its own tendency toward raw-meat rhetoric, seemingly aimed at keeping its electoral base in a state of permanent outrage. In today’s deeply divided America, the public debate is too often being framed by those who substitute invective for argument while demonstrating a visceral contempt for normal democratic political and legal process. Unless reason reasserts itself over passion, the potential for short-term chaos is great and the risk of longterm damage even greater: An ongoing cycle of resentment, bitterness, and revenge that will lead to more of the gratuitous violence that was seen on the streets of Washington this past Jan. 21. Americans once knew a different way. In the 1950s and early 1960s, the civil rights movement promoted, not rage and disruption, but nonviolent civil disobedience, accepting the penalties imposed under what protesters deemed unjust laws in order to awaken consciences to the injustice of those laws. The canonical text here is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s brilliant “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” In it, King married a Gandhian theory of nonviolent direct action to Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of the relationship of moral law to civil law, calmly but forcefully explaining his cause and his actions to skeptical fellow clergymen who were critical of his methods. The letter is thoughtful, measured, and well worth rereading – not least because some reli-

gious leaders today are taking an opposite tack. These leaders may imagine that their calls for “disruption,” of the sort Saul Alinsky described in “Rules for Radicals,” stand in continuity with King’s Letter from Birmingham jail. They do not. They appeal to outrage, not to the people’s instinct for justice. They risk little or nothing, whereas King risked everything. Their program, such as it is, calls for resistance and defiance rather than correction and civic renewal. There is little in their message about “dialogue,” a key theme of Pope Francis; but there is a lot of hot rhetoric about impeding the enforcement of the laws, in terms weirdly reminiscent of the states-rights or “nullification” theory of John C. Calhoun, recently disowned by Yale University for his defense of slavery. I do not raise these concerns as an apologist for the present administration. I publicly opposed the nomination of Mr. Trump and did not vote for him (or his opponent) last November. A clever email correspondent spoke for me and perhaps many others when he asked, on Nov. 9, “Do the Germans have a word for ‘euphoric dread’?” (They don’t, alas.) The administration has made decisions and appointments I applaud, and decisions and appointments I deplore. I often find the rhetoric from the White House a degradation of what we used to call “the public discourse.” But that fevered talk has been quite matched by the administration’s opponents in a public scream-in. In a volatile situation like this, the task of religious leaders is not to imitate Saul Alinsky or to mimic Lenin’s strategy of heightening the contradictions. The task of religious leaders is to call their people to live citizenship as discipleship, which in this instance means using the arts of persuasion rather than the anarchic tactics of disruption to do the work of justice. Discipleship will always involve speaking truth to power. But Christian discipleship is a matter of speaking that truth and attempting to persuade others of it, not barking epithets. Order is fragile. Order is gravely threatened by incivility, from any source. Whatever their politics – left, right, alt-left or alt-right – those contributing to that incivility and that assault on order are playing with fire, which means they’re behaving irresponsibly. Their counsel should be ignored. Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

mately we don’t provide for ourselves and nothing is ours by right. When I was in the Oblate novitiate, our novice master tried to impress upon us the meaning of religious poverty by making us write inside of every book that was given us the Latin words: Ad Usum. Latin for: For use. The idea was that, although this book was given to you for your personal use, you ultimately did not own it. It was just yours temporarily. We were then told that this was true of everything else given us for our personal use, from our toothbrushes to the shirts on our backs. They were not really ours, but merely given us for our use. One of the young men in that novitiate eventually left the order and became a medical doctor. He remains a close friend and he once shared with me how even today, as a doctor, he still writes those words, Ad Usum, inside all his books: “I don’t belong to a religious order and don’t have the vow of poverty, but that principle our novice master taught us is just as valid for me in the world as it is for any professed religious. Ultimately we don’t own anything. Those books aren’t mine, really. They’ve been given me, temporarily, for my use. Nothing belongs to anybody and it’s good never to forget that!” It’s not a bad thing as an adult to have to ask permission to buy a new shirt. It reminds us that the universe belongs to everyone and that all of us should be deeply grateful that it gives us even a little space. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

Letters False apparitions

Thank you for publishing Bishop Ratko Peric’s statements in the March 9 Catholic San Francisco. As Bishop of the Mostar-Duvno diocese in Bosnia Herzegovina, Bishop Peric has been attacked verbally and physically by those who have been taken in by the Medjugorje hoax, and left dangling in the wind by the Vatican in his struggle to expose the lies and fantasy. All too frequently, Medjugorje “seers” appear at “Marian conferences” in the U.S. Under the guise of being events to honor the mother of God, the “seers” and their handlers rake in bundles of cash and peddle a variety of “spiritual” services and religious objects – and especially travel packages to Medjugorje even though the Vatican has discouraged these “pilgrimages.” These conferences become almost circus spectacles, with faith healers, priests who “slay in the spirit” (make people fall backward into the arms of “catchers”) comedians and raucous singing. I hope the Catholic San Francisco article will wake up some readers who unfortunately believe in these false apparitions. Laurette Elsberry Sacramento

Shocking photo

What a shock, and what a disappointment, to see a photo in Catholic San Francisco of the Presentation Sisters marching in the Women’s March in San Francisco on Jan. 21. This march’s primary attention was to campaign for continued funding by the government of free abortions. I wonder if the sisters also marched in the annual Walk for Life West Coast earlier in the day along the same route. Ya think? It would appear the sisters don’t have the same concern with justice for babies. Absolutely shameful! Jerry Heckert San Mateo

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The agony of ‘our Jesus’

ome years ago, I lived with a sister who had the habit of referring to her siblings as “our Tim” or “our Rose.” After a time, I too was included in the family circle and when referenced for others, became “our Jean.” This simple act of possession, of family inclusion prompts me to share something about “our JeSister jean sus,” in particevans, rsm ular, his agony in the garden. We can follow the Gospel narratives of his agony in Matt. 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; and Luke 22:40-46. What was it that our Jesus suffered in his agony? What really comprised the full gamut of his sufferings? I rely here on the insights of Jesuit Father François Varillon and focus on certain aspects: Jesus’ experience of separation, of ambivalence, of disgust, shame and fear. Varillon maintains that our Jesus suffered extreme terror at the prospect of his death. The agony is the culminating point of his passion – it is a living death. Why so? It is the moment when Jesus experiences the wrenching separation from the Father. “It is an agony of the heart,” says Varillon, “in which the Father disappears from the consciousness of Jesus.” In Varillon’s view, a woman who has borne a child experiences the agony of separation from her child. “We were one. Now we are two.” And so it was for our

Like us in all things except sin, Jesus suffered the ambivalence that characterizes our human nature: He wanted solitude and companionship at the same time.

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Jesus who had lived the reality, “The Father and I are one” (John 10:30). Like us in all things except sin, Jesus suffered the ambivalence that characterizes our human nature: He wanted solitude and companionship at the same time. Jesus tells Peter, James and John to stay put while he goes a little distance to pray. He begins to feel “sadness and anguish” (Matt. 26:37ff). Then he goes back to them and says, “My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake with me” (26:38). Once again, he moves away from the disciples and prays to the Father for deliverance from this death sentence. Struggling, agonizing, our Jesus gives himself over to God. When he rises from prayer, he finds his three friends fast asleep. Our Jesus looks for consolation and encouragement from the disciples, but instead encounters the fickleness and selfishness of his friends. “So you had not the strength to stay awake for one hour?” Again, he leaves the three men and repeats his prayer of surrender to God. All during this time, Jesus’ desire for companionship and his need for solitude vie with each other. Alone in anguish and fear, he is a victim. Finally, we see our Jesus experience disgust and shame. He is frightened as the weight of what lies ahead of him is too much. He is nauseous. Luke tells us “an angel appeared to him to give him strength… He prayed more earnestly and his sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood” (22:43-44). The trials of our Savior are lived today in his body, the church: in the suffering of families betrayed, separated and deported; in our ambivalence about human rights, in the terror of the trafficked, in the nausea and shame of the abused and exploited members of the body of Christ. This is our Jesus in agony. This is our Jesus to whom we can offer consolation, encouragement, protection, assurance and friendship. Will we continue to sleep in his/their hour of trial? Mercy Sister Jean Evans is vocation minister for the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest.

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I’m not ‘intrinsically disordered!’

have met several priests over the years who ended up leaving the active ministry of the priesthood. Two of them have been on my mind and in my prayers recently, having left the priesthood and the church over issues connected to homosexuality. I ran into one of them some time ago by chance as we were boarding the same flight. Filling me in on the decisions he had made, he shared: “I was never happy with the Catholic Church’s view that homosexuality is inherently…” and then he paused, “…what’s the phrase they use?” I replied: “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” “Ah, yes, intrinsically disordered,” he replied. “It’s a harsh institution that would call me intrinsically disordered, and I couldn’t remain in a church father tadeusz that held those views.” The pacholczyk second priest who left had similarly decried how the church, on account of his homosexuality, saw him as intrinsically disordered – which he took to mean that he was an evil person. I was saddened at the way both of these former priests misconstrued the teachings of the church, and disappointed that they couldn’t see how we are

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Chung, Il Jin Kim, Young Jun Kim, Father Jaehoon Solomon Ryu, Deacon Dana Perrigan, Man Ho, Jiwoong Daniel Shin, Junsik Kim, Calvin Chang, Woo Young Lee, Father Minhwi John Kim. More than 300 people attended the Mass of installation. Father Kim succeeds Father Julius Hyun Hwang, pastor since 2013, who returned to service at Hauhyeon Church, a small historical church – more than 100 years old – in Uiwang City, South Korea. Father Kim, ordained in 2001, was pastor at many parishes before arriving at St. Michael. He is a graduate of Suwon Catholic University, where he majored in philosophy with a minor in theology. He belongs to Korean Prado Priests Association, a group of a little more than 1,000 “called by the Lord to go particularly to the poor and unbelievers,” according to an article on the group’s website at www. leprado.org/spip.php?article157.

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ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Auxiliary board members presented a check for $56,000 to the hospital emergency department to purchase ultrasound equipment. The auxiliary supports the hospital with proceeds from its annual raffle and holiday boutiques. Pictured, front from left: Mary Perata, Eva Perata, Jane Cunningham, Liz Nott; back from left: Arlene Fife, Michael Thomas, Dr. Matthew Denny, Dominican Sister Mary Kieffer, Nancy Shea, Beverly Desmond.

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ST. RAYMOND SCHOOL, MENLO PARK: The school’s junior high decathlon team was named Overall Winner of a competition where 12 schools of the archdiocese competed at St. Pius School, Redwood City March 4. St. Raymond also placed first in Super Quiz and Logic Quiz elements of the tourney. Areas covered include Roman Catholic doctrine, English, literature, science, mathematics, current events, social studies, and fine arts. Teacher Valerie Mattei is team coach. In individual events, Chloe Powell placed first in fine arts, Camille Porteous placed first in social studies, Amelia Abisia placed second in English and Mia Cheng placed third in math. The students compete in a California State Academic Decathlon in April. Pictured, back from left: McKenna Kirscht, Mathilde Sison, Sarah Mascarenhas, Chloe Powell, Jack Glanville, Alyssa Turenne, Finnan MacRunnels, Nick Ross; front from left: Emily Williams, Camille Porteous, Langley Ward, Carson Schultz, Amelia Abisia, Mia Cheng.

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Archbishop visits Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redwood City: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone visited Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Redwood City March 10, as part of a weekend visit to the parish. The visit was his 53rd parish visit. He hopes to complete the official visitations within the next two years of the 90 parishes. He is shown here with the kindergarten class.

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Late exorcist’s words lift the veil on the demonic, Satan Allan F. Wright Catholic News Service

“An Exorcist Explains the Demonic: The Antics of Satan and His Army of Fallen Angels” by Father Gabriele Amorth with Stefano Stimamiglio. Sophia Institute Press (Manchester, New Hampshire, 2016). 145 pp., $14.95. The world-renowned exorcist, Pauline Father Gabriele Amorth, who died this past September, has left his wisdom and experience in dealing with evil forces through this lucid and insightful compendium gleaned from interviews published in Credere magazine over the past few years. Father Amorth founded the International Association of Exorcists and performed tens of thousands of exorcisms in his life. He is refreshingly direct throughout the book and doesn’t mince words when it comes to the reality of the demonic, evil spirits and Satan. In addition, his writing conveys a sense of comfort and hope for those suffering from physical and spiritual ailments such as possession, vexation, obsession and infestation, all believed to stem from demonic forces. Father Amorth attributes the rise on demonic activity to the decline in faith in God. “When faith in God declines, idolatry and irrationality increase; man must then look

elsewhere for answers to his meaningful questions,” he writes. The principle of total and complete liberty apart from God and the denial of truth itself are indeed seductive in appearance but ultimately fail to satisfy the “desires of the human heart.” Young people in particular, he states, “are easily deluded and are attracted to these ‘seductions’ which has been the desire of Satan since the beginning.” Extreme danger arises when these demonic spir-

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its are invited into a person’s life and Father Amorth goes into detail on specific cases he has personally encountered. While we are all victims of seductions or temptations, not everyone is a victim of what the late priest calls an “extraordinary action of Satan.” Nor are extraordinary actions of Satan or evil spirits the fault of those who are victim of these attacks, he affirms. However, there are an incredible amount of people who declare their allegiance to Satan, the “father of lies.” The casting of spells and “infestations of the demonic” are in fact a reality and chronicled in this book. In chapter three, “The Cult of Satan and Its Manifestations,” topics such as spiritism, Satanism, occultism, wizards, fortunetellers, magic, piercings, tattoos and satanic music are addressed. He states that the three rules of Satanism are: “You may do all you wish, no one has the right to command you, and you are the god of yourself.” One doesn’t need to be exposed to the satanic heavy metal band Slayer to see those three elements alive and operating in our culture. Although “An Exorcist Explains the Demonic” is profoundly disquieting, Father Amorth reminds readers of God’s victory over Satan and the tools for growing in holiness and fighting evil provided by the church in the sacraments, sacra-

mentals and prayer. God loves us as a father and desires to protect us. The reader will perhaps be surprised by the amount of demonic activity that Father Amorth records in a matter-of-fact manner and yet always with the confidence that God is stronger. He recalls invoking with much success Mary, the mother of Jesus. Father Amorth also was the exorcist for the Diocese of Rome during St. John Paul II’s pontificate so he has firsthand knowledge of at least three exorcisms that the pontiff performed in his private chapel. The demons are recorded as having a special indignation when his memory is invoked because St. John Paul “ruined their plans.” Father Amorth believes the reason for this is linked to Fatima and to the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by St. John Paul March 25, 1984. The book also relies on Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church for insights into heaven, hell, purgatory and the rite of exorcism itself. Father Amorth makes a solid case for the need for many more exorcists and even suggests that every seminarian be exposed to the work of exorcism as an essential course of study. This compendium is a suitable witness to both the man and his struggle with evil. Wright is an author and academic dean of evangelization for the Diocese of Paterson and resides in New Jersey.

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Book explores costs of Catholic polarization troduction as describing as “Here comes everybody!” This is a book that all Catholics, whatever their particular views or proclivities, can and should read. Its aim throughout is not proving one point of view over others in ongoing internal Catholic debates but seeking an understanding of what really divides us and why. The authors address gender and racial differences, our views on sexuality (contraception, abortion), health issues, gender identity issues, the rising importance of the Hispanic community, questions of age and where the millennials are and whether they may lead us into a more holistic and cohesive community. The authors are sociologists and theologians, classroom teachers and active parishioners. They weave personal and professional experiences into their reflections in a way that readers can identify with and through them learn new insights and perspectives on our national Catholic and local parish communities. Polarization has cost our common Catholicism much, the authors point out. Some folks self-

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“Polarization in the U.S. Catholic Church: Naming the Wounds, Beginning to Heal,” edited by Mary Ellen Konieczny, Charles C. Camosy and Tricia C. Bruce. Liturgical Press (Collegeville, Minnesota, 2016). 175 pp., $19.95. “Polarization in the U.S. Catholic Church” includes the presentations of 19 scholars, parish activists, clergy and laypeople at a conference of the same title held in 2015 at the University of Notre Dame. Each author was allowed to expand and modify their original remarks based upon what they had learned at the conference. The essays in this volume represent an excellent cross section of the views of American Catholics today on what divides our church and what might be done to bring us together so that we can become again the church of unity and diversity that James Joyce is quoted in the in-

select parishes whose members reflect their own views and prejudices, rather than staying in their geographical parishes and thus having to encounter those with whom they may disagree. Such disengagement from other Catholics with differing points of view reinforces simplistic “either/or,” “us vs. them” approaches that stultify our growth and understanding of each other, of the church and of the world. A number of the authors show how the internal divisions within the church all too often reflect the political divisions within American society. Instead of searching for solutions to the problems confronting all Americans and American Catholics, there is a tendency to retreat from reality, a disjunction which can only increase the political polarization of our church and our society. One example is the demise of bioethics in Catholic universities, which ignores rather than seeks to solve serious issues. Fisher is a professor of theology at St. Leo University in Florida.

Friar-turned-lawyer writes novels about lawyer-turned-friar Mark Pattison Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON – Even though William Brodrick gave up the monastic life in the Augustinian order, just before priestly ordination, to be a lawyer, another call also had been tugging at him. It was persistent, and it didn’t let go. Finally, after 10 years as an attorney, he put pen to paper and started writing what would be the first of six “Father Anselm” novels, which have proven popular in Europe and are only now gaining a toehold in the United States. Father Anselm is a Gilbertine monk in England, but he often gets the approval of the monastery’s superior to travel throughout Europe as long-dormant issues rise to the fore, causing great dilemmas for nearly all parties years later. Two novels in the series, although set in the present, deal with the Holocaust and with Soviet oppression in Poland.

“His task is as much to understand as it is to solve,” said the British-born Brodrick, 57, in a telephone interview with Catholic News Service from France, where he and his family live across the street from a cathedral whose patron is the book series’ namesake. The books are called “thrillers,” to distinguish them from other crime and detective genres, although Brodrick noted the Father Anselm books might be a different breed altogether. “They don’t follow the strict conventions of any particular genre. And I think that’s the sort of books I wanted to write,” he said. “Like John LeCarre, what I like about any psychologically charged novel was the fact that there was an intervention, the fact that it was unresolved, and the fact that it was critically important to find out what’s going on. At the same time, I wanted to find it (as) a literary novel, reflective, trying to understand these very dilemmas. That slows down the thriller, that slows down the mystery.”

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SATURDAY, APRIL 22 HANDICAPABLES MASS: Mass at noon then lunch in lower halls, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Gough Street entrance. All disabled people, caregivers invited. Volunteers welcome. Joanne Borodin, (415) 2394865; www.Handicapables.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 23 CHAMBER MUSIC: St. Cecilia Church, 18th Avenue at Vicente, San Francisco, 4 p.m. (415) 664-8481. GRIEF SUPPORT: Eight-week closed session through June 11, St. Dominic Church, Aquinas Room, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, 3:30-5:30 p.m., no charge. Not a drop-in, sessions and for those who have experienced a death in the last two years; pre-group meeting with the facilitator is required. Deacon Chuck McNeil, deaconchuck@stdominics.org; (415) 505-9114. DIVINE MERCY: St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1310 Bayswater, Burlingame; 2:30 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy and confession; 3 p.m. Divine Mercy Mass; 4 p.m. Benediction and veneration of Jesus’ image, Judy Miller, (650) 740-7147.

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PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets second Thursday of the month except in December; 7:30 p.m.; St. Gregory’s Worner Center, 28th Ave. at Hacienda, San Mateo, new members welcome. Jessica, (650) 572-1468; themunns@ yahoo.com.

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After 30 years of practice in San Francisco Inner Child Healing is establishing its main office in the East Bay in El Sobrante. My new SF office is at 55 New Montgomery in the Financial District where I will continue to see my SF clients. I now see many clients in the East Bay in person and via Skype and even Face Time. Many thanks and best wishes to Catholic SF that helped me establish my practice with my first ad!

Lila Caffery, MA, CCHT 4883 Buckboard Way, El Sobrante, CA 94803 (650) 888-2873 for either office.

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Catholic san francisco | March 23, 2017

THE CATHOLIC CEMETERIES

MT. OLIVET CATHOLIC CEMETERY We are pleased to announce the opening of our newest cremation niche complex in San Rafael.

Set against the background of Mt. Tamalpais and the surrounding area, these beautiful niches provide a peaceful place of prayer and remembrance. Available in three sizes: single, companion, and family, these solid granite niches are designed to stand the test of time. Planning ahead is a gift of love to your family. Please contact us to schedule an appointment to select a niche or to request a free Catholic planning guide.

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Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Santa Cruz Ave. @ Avy Ave., Menlo Park, CA 650-323-6375

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 650-756-2060

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 415-479-9020

Tomales Catholic Cemetery 1400 Dillon Road, Tomales, CA 415-479-9021

St. Anthony Cemetery Stage Road, Pescadero, CA 650-712-1679

Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1679