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St. Anne School marks centennial with prayer

Retired Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel Walsh leads prayer at a blessing of San Francisco’s St. Anne School marking the school’s 100th anniversary Jan. 6. St. Anne pastor Father Daniel Nascimento gave the homily. More than 70,000 students have attended St. Anne in its 100 years. See story on Page 2.

VATICAN CITY – In asking to be baptized, Jesus exemplifies the Christian calling to follow along the path of humility and meekness rather than strutting about and being a showoff, Pope Francis said.

Addressing pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square Jan. 12, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the pope said that Christ’s humble act shows “the attitude of simplicity, respect, moderation and concealment required of the Lord’s disciples today.”

“How many – it’s sad to say – of the Lord’s disciples show off about being disciples of the Lord. A person who shows off isn’t a good disciple. A good disciple is humble, meek, one who does good without letting himself or herself be seen,” Pope Francis said during his midday Angelus address.

The pope began the day celebrating Mass and baptizing 32 babies –17 boys and 15 girls – in the Sistine Chapel. In his brief homily before baptizing the infants, the pope told parents that the sacrament SEE POPE, PAGE 18

‘Aguililla, a town of migrants’: The story of migration to Redwood City ARACELI MARTINEZ SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO

A group of Mexican immigrants in Redwood City already have their own book. “Aguililla, Un Pueblo Migrante” tells the story of migration from Aguililla, a farming and ranching town in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, to the Peninsula city often referred to as “Aguililla.”

Mexican lawyer Israel Contreras Cervantes, author of the book, spoke with San Francisco Católico.

“It took me seven years to do the research, and I wrote it in my spare time,” he said.

Contreras’ desire to write a second book began to emerge back in June of 2012 when former Redwood City mayor Alicia Aguirre, presented him with the keys to the city in recognition of his first book, “Aguililla, Its People and Its History.”

ensued was that “gradually, those first “Before this book, there was nothing families brought their cousin, friend, written about Aguililla. Some people uncle and aunt” and later “they would had tried to write a monograph, but go back to their town and buy their unfortunately death caught up with little houses.” them,” he said.

Now, 95% of Aguililla’s residents The first book centers around have families in Redwood City. “Most the town’s history and inhabitants of the people who live there are whereas the second one focuses on its elderly,” Contreras said. For the book culture and how migration to RedContreras interviewed about 40 of wood City began. them.

The majority of Mexican immiAguililla has become a town whose grants in Redwood City hail from livelihood depends on remittances Aguililla. “It’s a coincidence that from its migrants. “They’re the ones many people from Aguililla came to who support it economically,” said settle in Redwood City in search of a Contreras. better life,” said Contreras.

While doing research for the book, Among the first ones to arrive in the author discovered festivities that Redwood City were the López, Prado are common both to Aguililla and and Don Abel Bustos families.

(PHOTO COURTESY ISRAEL CONTRERAS CERVANTES) Redwood City.

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NEED TO KNOW STEPS TO BETTER LIVING: Publisher J.S Paluch offered advice for “Living Sustainably in the New Year” in its 2019 “Keeping the Christmas Season at Home” brochure that was circulated to San Francisco’s Sts. Peter and Paul parishioners for the holy day. Among the suggestions were take your own bags to the grocery store; buy local foods; compost kitchen waste, leaves, grass clippings; wash and reuse lock top bags; turn off electronics after a certain hour or for a full evening each week; turn the lights off when you leave the room; put the computer to sleep when not in use.

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St. Anne School is like a garden, said Father Daniel Nascimento, pastor of St. Anne Parish, invoking an image from St. Paul, in his homily at a Jan. 6 prayer service marking the San Francisco school’s 100th anniversary. “In essence he’s saying, how does a garden grow? Well, it begins with someone planting the seed, but then others have to water it,” Father Nascimento said. Students gathered in the schoolyard for the outdoor service before the start of the first school day of 2020, focusing on a blessing by retired Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel Walsh, a St. Anne alum.

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San Francisco’s St. Anne School celebrated its 100th anniversary with a blessing during the school’s morning assembly Jan. 6, the school’s first day in session for 2020. Retired Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel Walsh, an alumnus of St. Anne, presided at the Jan. 6 rites and will be principal celebrant of a Centennial Mass Feb. 2 at 11 a.m. at St. Anne Church. Bishop Walsh now makes his home at St. Anne.

More than 70,000 students have attended St. Anne in its 100 years, Father Dan Nascimento, St. Anne pastor, told Catholic San Francisco.

“St. Paul in today’s reading uses the image of a garden to help us appreciate what we sometimes take for granted,” Father Nascimento said in a homily at the Jan. 6 school blessing. “In essence he’s saying, how does a garden grow? Well, it begins with someone planting the seed, but then others have to water it.”

The same is true for St. Anne School he said.

“Your parents can send you here, your teachers can teach you, and you have to study, but how you learn and grow is a beautiful mystery. How our brains are able to remember, to absorb and apply it in life, is God’s gift to us. So we acknowledge all the people who helped make the school great, parents, teachers, students, but we also have to thank God. And so we ask the Lord to bless you and our whole school that it may help you and many others to follow, to learn, to grow and to use what you’ve learned wisely so we can care for our Mother Earth and care for our worldwide family.”

Bishop Walsh, in remarks leading up to the St. Paul readings, said:

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“The parishioners of St. Anne Church, over a 100 years ago, wanted to build a school where children can learn not only how to read and write, how to add and subtract, but also to give them good values to live by, as children of God. They wanted you to grow so that your minds may be filled with knowledge, but your hearts may also be filled with love and compassion to make our world a better place.

But this wasn’t just the work of one person, it took many hands and hearts, who labored not just one day, or one year, but every day of every year for the past 100 years.”

A prayer of blessing concluded the service: “Heavenly Father, we can only plant and water the seed. Only you can cause the seed to grow.

So we humbly implore your blessing upon our school. Because without your grace, our efforts will be in vain. Only you can take what our teachers teach, and what our students learn, to touch and transform our minds and hearts. Only you can help us use what we learn to bless others and our Mother Earth. So let your Spirit come upon our School, let your Spirit fill our classrooms, the hearts of our teachers, our students and parents, that we may grow in knowledge, wisdom and grace and become a blessing to our own family and our worldwide family. We ask this through Christ our Lord.”

Remembered at the prayer service was the wife of St. Anne principal Tom White, Joan White, who died Jan. 1, and whose funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 6.

See Catholic San Francisco’s Facebook page at www. facebook.com/CatholicSF/ for more photos and videos from the Jan. 6 blessing.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2020

San Francisco’s Mercy High School will close in June NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

After nearly seven decades of educating women, San Francisco’s Mercy High School will close its doors forever this June.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the closure of Mercy High School, an independent Catholic school sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy for the last 68 years,” Mercy Sister Carolyn Krohn, head of school, said in a Jan. 13 announcement.

Sister Krohn said the school’s decreasing enrollment, lack of a substantial endowment and growing operational expenses combined to make it impossible to continue financially.

The school seems to have been in part a victim of San Francisco’s changing character. The press release noted that “many families can no longer afford to live in the city and pay tuition on top of the cost of living.”

Mercy sisters, on the other hand, committed themselves to educating young women regardless of their ability to pay tuition fees.

The trustees and administration were “incredibly disappointed” at the closure, Sister Krohn said. “We had so hoped that we would find a solution to Mercy’s challenges, but unfortunately, even with the multiple strategies we have explored, it is just not possible.”

Mercy committed to working with parents and current and potential students to ease their transition to other schools. Officials also said they would examine potential opportunities for stu-

dents to continue their Mercy education at Mercy High School, Burlingame.

“During the coming weeks and months, Mercy’s focus will be on our students, our faculty, and our staff,” Sister Krohn said. “Classes and activities will continue as normal as the integrity of our educational program and the welfare of our students are of the greatest importance.”

On the school website and on its Facebook page, comments poured out mourning the closure.

Alumna Joan Heintz Zimmer wrote she was “devastated” by the news. “I wish there was a magic button I could push to fix this, but there isn’t so I will just have to cry and pray,” she said.

Alumna Vicki Vidmar Abrahamsohn said, “Times, unfortunately, have changed, and a place like an all-girls Catholic High school in the heart of the city cannot keep up, maintain teachers, or keep families that can pay the prices today.”

Recent graduate Raegan Ortega said Mercy

“brought people together in a way where I was able to call everyone my family.”

“This was the place that helped me break out of my shell, make new friendships and endless memories, and made me into the person I am today. Mercy taught me how to be a strong independent woman, helping me so much with where I am in my life right now,” she said.

Sister Krohn thanked the teachers, staff and women religious who “exhibited dedication, and compassion while assisting young women in their dreams of a Mercy education.”

Mercy High School, San Francisco was founded in 1952 when auxiliary Bishop James T. O’Dowd of San Francisco asked the Sisters of Mercy to open a secondary school to educate young women in the Sunset, Lakeside and Park Merced districts.

When they opened Sept. 3, 1952, they had 199 students learning in a half-finished building. Since then, the school has graduated 11,000 women.

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St. Kevin community mourns Suzanne Hockel Longtime pastoral associate helped weave Vatican II spirituality into parish life CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

In a Dec. 27 Facebook post, St. Kevin Parish in San Francisco announced a sad chapter in its nearly 98-year history.

Suzanne Hockel, who served the Bernal Heights neighborhood parish for 26 years and was one of the parish leaders Suzanne Hockel who helped translate the spirituality of the Second Vatican Council to all aspects of parish life, died of pneumonia on Christmas Eve. “When the legend of Suzanne Hockel is recounted generations from now, she will be remembered for doing what she could to bring those who fell into her orbit stronger in faith and closer to God,” said Catalino Echiverri, a student in Hockel’s 1974 first Communion class and current chairman of the St. Kevin pastoral council.

Hockel was born in 1935 and entered the novitiate for the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur at 17. She spent the next 31 years teaching in Catholic schools throughout California.

Echiverri said that Hockel’s ministry at St. Kevin Parish began in 1972 at “the cutting edge of church history.”

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Suzanne Hockel, (back row, far right), is pictured to the left of then-pastor Father James E. O’Malley in this 1983 photo of the St. Kevin Liturgy Committee. The committee included lay and clergy members, among them Father Pat Michaels (back row, far left) and future Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice (second row, far right). ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council which met between 1962-1965.

Within that context the parish leaders also addressed the changing needs of the Bernal Heights community, which saw an influx of African American, HispanicReligious and Asian families.

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Hockel helped bolster religious education programs and then formed spiritual support groups to assist growth in faith.

“It was so alive and vibrant, so filled with possibility,” said Hockel of those years.

She left the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1984, but her devotion to the church remained unchanged.

“She once told me that she professed personal vows to (former pastor) Msgr.

James E. O’Malley for service to St. Kevin Church after leaving the order,” Echiverri said.

Hockel was also choir director for the St. Brigid School Honor Choir, and for almost two decades, music director at St. Thomas More Parish in San Francisco.

She continued on as the pastoral associate at St. Kevin until her retirement in 1998 but continued to play the organ at the 8 a.m. Mass and lead the RCIA program.

Deacon Dan Rosen, formerly of St. Kevin, described Hockel as a “spiritual lighthouse.”

“She was the light for so many,” said Rosen. “You came to believe you had a part to play in the mission of the church, in the building of a community of believers. You were part of something bigger when you walked in her light.”

Hockel’s life will be celebrated Jan. 24 at a 7 p.m. vigil at St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., in San Francisco, and at the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Saturday, Jan. 25.

“For me, the spiritual highlight was when Pope Francis walked over to our choir after blessing the crèche and shook hands with the choir members,” Tietze wrote. The choir stayed an extra day after the festival, he said, to sing at the cathedral in Palestrina, where the famous Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina began his career, and again at the tomb of St. Benedict at Montecassino.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2020

Speaker: Don’t approach youth ministry as ‘a problem to be solved’ NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Youth ministry is an issue that involves the whole church and requires reflecting on how young people fit into ecclesial structures, a keynote speaker said at December’s California Catholic Ministry Conference.

“Everyone is asking how to minister to young adults with the disaffiliation rates we have now. I don’t have the answer, but I stand up here convinced that every single one Christina Lamas of you has a piece of that answer,” Christina Lamas said.

Lamas, executive director of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, gave her keynote speech on “the mission of listening” Dec. 7 at the ministry conference in San Jose. Drawing heavily on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Christus vivit” as well as current research on religious affiliation, Lamas encouraged her audience to change how they engage young people in the church.

Catholics need to open up space in the church to hear young people’s voices, because they are the future and the present of the church, Lamas said. Quoting Pope Francis, she said, “The church needs your momentum, your intuitions, your faith” and added that above all, young people need to trust “we’ll meet them no matter where they are at.”

Lamas pointed out that meeting young people means adapting to the youth generation’s issues. A

young man once told her “I wish the church would stop giving us answers to questions we’re not even asking.” That statement led her to question “how well the church is listening and adapting to the needs and voices of young people in their communities, especially of those who don’t show up,” she said.

“Young people are a gift, a grace to the church, they’re not a problem to be solved,” she said.

Lamas asked her audience a series of questions that could help show how severe the generational divide in their parish is – did anyone know five young people in their parish by name, had they ever visited a youth gathering, had they ever approached a young person for help or involved them in making youth decisions?

Research from the Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate provided more information for the audience on why young people leave Catholicism.

According to the CARA study, one in five respondents’ answers reflected disbelief in God or religion. About 16% of respondents changed their religion when their parents did and 15% independently chose another faith. Another 11% said they were opposed to the Catholic Church or the concept of organized religion.

According to CARA, only 20% of parents speak with their children about faith on a weekly basis. Most teens reported their parents rarely or never speak about their religion. Youth need help making faith part of their vocabulary, she said, and because “the language of faith begins at home,” parents and grandparents have to help children learn how to “articulate the presence of God in their lives,” she said.

Lamas encouraged people to be thoughtful when talking to young people, especially about their faith, reminding her audience that many times young people are seeking to be understood and be listened to.

Quoting again from “Christus vivit,” Lamas said “all too often, there’s a tendency to provide prepackaged answers and ready-made solutions without allowing their real questions to emerge and to face the challenges they pose.”

Adults should resist the need to always have an immediate answer, she added. “Sometimes the response can be ‘I don’t know, but that’s an important question,’ validating what they’re saying.”

Lamas said in talking with youth, the most important thing is to keep open the possibility of having a conversation. When young people fall into uncertainties in their faith, the church should be “ready to catch them and hold them through their doubts and back into their faith.”

The best way to understand young people is to engage directly with them, Lamas said, talking with them to learn what they want and what God is calling for. Regardless of a young adult’s choices or ideas, “listen to learn versus to respond,” she said. “As evangelization comes, catechesis will follow.”

On the road to Emmaus, Christ walked with disciples who did not recognize him, but he accompanied them, listened to them and met them where they were at, Lamas said. In the same way, “Walk with young people, miss them when they’re gone, and call them by name,” she said.

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Members of the archdiocese’s Filipino community celebrated the Santo Niño festival Jan. 11 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The festival commemorates the arrival of Christianity to the Philippines nearly 500 years ago. Worshippers brought images of Santo Niño to the cathedral: Red is the traditional color, while business owners dress their statue in green for good luck.

Worshippers dance the Sinulog, a traditional dance to honor Santo Niño.

Santo Niño festival celebrates five centuries of faith NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Filipino pop music filled Patron’s Hall at St. Mary’s Cathedral Jan. 11 as hundreds gathered over roast pig to celebrate Sinulog-Santo Niño, a festival honoring the Child Jesus.

Edgar Estonina, chairman of the archdiocese’s Filipino ministry consultative board, said “it’s a very festive event, it’s very fast paced, it’s very celebratory. It’s not solemn, it’s hey, I’m happy to be Christian, I’m happy to be Catholic, let’s celebrate that.”

The nearly 500-year-old celebration stems from a pivotal point in Filipino history, when Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan gave a statue of the Holy Child – Santo Niño – to Queen Juana and King Carlos of Cebu after their conversion to Christianity. The festival commemorates that event through novenas and a special dance, the Sinulog, to honor the infant Jesus.

The day’s program included Mass, a luncheon, and dancing, along with performances by St. Augustine parish’s children’s choir and the Filipino music ministry choral group. A few dozen statues, brought by worshippers to the Mass, stood on tables in the hall, dressed in red or green.

Celebrating Santo Niño is a natural follow up to

Cecille Paschner with a statue of Santo Niño donated by Archbishop Jose S. Palma of Cebu, Philippines.

Simbang Gabi, the novena held before Christmas, Estonina explained. “It’s a continuation of the birth of Christ and celebration of him growing into a child,” he said. The image of the Holy Child also represents the birth and growth of Christianity in the Philippines, he added.

Santo Niño has been celebrated at several parishes for years in the archdiocese, but this is the fourth

year the cathedral has hosted a celebration. Estonina said the Filipino ministry board wanted a central event to bring together Filipino parishioners from all across the archdiocese.

“The Filipino ministry is trying to hold more events like this in order to create a more cohesive Filipino Catholic community within the archdiocese,” he said.

As a child growing up in Cebu, the heart of the Santo Niño devotion, Cecille Paschner loved attending the festival with her mother. After moving to the U.S., though, she said she gradually stopped practicing her faith and focused on her career and boyfriend.

After she received a diagnosis of Stage 3 breast cancer, Paschner decided to leave the U.S. “I went back to the Philippines because if I die, I want to die in my country,” she said.

The cancer metastasized, and while staying in the hospital, she promised Santo Niño she would spread his devotion if he sent a sign. A negative brain scan for cancer the next day gave her the courage to move forward in spreading the message about Santo Niño, she said.

Paschner, whose cancer is now in remission, credits devotion to the child Jesus for turning her life around. “My life was all about chasing money and now he provides everything,” she said. “I really don’t mind the pain I have. I live in the light now because of him.”

Archbishop Quinn’s memorabilia gifted to his alma mater CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

St. Francis de Sales School in Riverside got an unexpected gift from its most famous alum just before Christmas.

The late San Francisco Archbishop John Rafael Quinn, who died in 2017 at age 88, was born in Riverside on March 28, 1929, and attended Catholic elementary school. He was an altar boy at St. Francis de Sales Parish, where he was assigned as a priest after seminary for the Diocese of San Diego, studies in Rome and ordination in 1953.

Archbishop Quinn served as the sixth Archbishop of San Francisco from 1977-1995.

His estate donated a collection of books – some authored by the archbishop and others from his personal library – photographs, vestments from his episcopal ministry and other commemorative items to the school. The items were hand-carried in December by Rachel Alvelais, priests care coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, whose daughter attends the University of California, Riverside.

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Personal items belonging to the late San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn are displayed at St. Francis de Sales School in Riverside, his alma mater and later his first assignment as a priest after his ordination in 1953.

“Some of these items are very personal,” said St. Francis de Sales principal Trenna Meins. “To have these

blessed possessions is quite an honor.”

Alvelais said the items were donated from the archbishop’s estate to the

Serra Clergy House in San Mateo, a residence for retired priests of the archdiocese.

Personal items in the collection include the archbishop’s biretta (bishop’s hat), fascia (sash), collar, pectoral cross, amice (cape) and gremiale, a square cloth placed on a bishop’s lap during anointing.

A commemorative medallion of St. John Paul II’s visit to San Francisco in 1987 is also among the memorabilia along with photographs of the archbishop, including one with the visiting pontiff. Archbishop Quinn’s funeral Mass program and prayer cards are also part of the collection.

Meins said the school plans to create a display case for the items and predicts they will be inspirational for students.

“It is very symbolic for us,” she said.

“Archbishop Quinn was proud of being an alum of our school. Hopefully, this will help with vocations (to the priesthood).”

This story was adapted from an original story in the December 2019 issue of the Inland Catholic Byte, Diocese of San Bernardino.

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Survey seeks insight into attitudes, practices of archdiocese’s faithful CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

On the fourth Sunday of Advent, Massgoers found a survey card in their pews with 11 questions from the archdiocese about household demographics, Mass attendance, parish life, spiritual practices outside of Mass and even where they think the Catholic Church falls short.

A single line at the top described the purpose of the anonymous survey: “Your input in this archdiocesan survey will help us better know and communicate with you.”

Robert Graffio, archdiocesan vice chancellor and tribunal manager, told Catholic San Francisco Jan. 8 that the survey is an “outgrowth” of the annual Sunday Mass count, which literally counts the number of men, women and children attending Mass on one Sunday in October in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Comprehensive findings of the 2019 Mass count will be presented to the presbyteral council in Feburary, but Graffio released limited figures to Catholic San Francisco along with those for the last five years for this story. October’s 2019 count of 69,538 showed a consistent downward trend over the past five years of about 4% a year. In 2015 the Mass count was 80,395.

“After doing the October Mass counts for a couple years, I thought we should try to find out more information about who is in our pews besides just counting heads,” Graffio said. “Perhaps parishes know who their people are better than what we do, but I wanted to see if we could find out more on an archdiocesan-wide basis.”

Graffio said he was initially focused on obtaining better demographic information about parish households. Archdiocese development director Rod Linhares, who eventually partnered with Graffio on

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Archdiocesan development director Rod Linhares, left, and vice chancellor Robert Graffio review completed survey cards at the Pastoral Center in San Francisco Jan. 8. The surveys, available in both English and Spanish with an online option available, went out Dec. 22 and will be collected until Jan. 31.

the survey, convinced him of the value of gaining insight into the views of the faithful as well.

“My thought was that it would help with communications,” Linhares said. “Instead of communicating what we think people want to know, I thought we should find out.”

With the acknowledgement and input of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and the presbyteral council, the pair developed and refined the survey to include a combination of multiple-choice and openended questions that will yield both demographic and attitudinal information.

Information gleaned from the survey which includes an online version and was available in both English and Spanish, will be shared later in 2020 first with pastors and parish-specific information.

Broader summary results and “general themes” will also be shared, said Graffio, and may be useful for planning and communication.

“I would not say my motivation was concern,” Graffio said about the need for an archdiocesan survey, acknowledging that declining Mass counts “are not a surprise.”

“It’s more about how to move forward as an organization,” he said.

Linhares agreed that the survey is “not about solving a problem but helping us be more targeted about what we do.”

Before presenting the survey concept to priests, Linhares said he thought some might take it as “a referendum on what they are not doing right.” Surprisingly, their questions primarily had to do with administration of the survey.

“We try to emphasize with the pastors that there is no mandate to work with the information,” Graffio said. “Feel free to use it as you desire.”

Graffio and Linhares said they designed the survey card to be brief. “We even timed it with a completion goal of less than six minutes,” said Linhares.

An online version of the survey was also offered for those who wanted the ability to offer longer and more comprehensive answers.

The pair is trying to “make it as easy as possible” on pastors and parishes by picking up the completed cards at local deaneries.

Graffio said that some people have taken the time SEE SURVEY, PAGE 19

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2019-20 Respect Life Essay Contest stresses loving all from conception to natural death The theme for this year’s Respect Life Essay Contest, organized by the archdiocesan Office of Human Life & Dignity, is, “Loving everyone from conception until natural death including little babies and people who are old or sick; this is what Jesus calls us to do.”

The Bible quote that served as inspiration is: “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me, receives the one who sent me” (Matthew 10:40).

“Students were given the opportunity to write about the respect due babies in the womb from the moment of conception, and the importance of loving and supporting elders until natural death,” said Maria Martinez-Mont of the Office of Human Life & Dignity.

“Both babies and elders could be included in the essay or students could focus on one,” she said. “The welfare of both babies and elders is of critical importance in a throwaway culture where people may quickly be dismissed when they are perceived to be no longer productive. In this climate, the infant in the womb and the elderly may be seen as an inconvenience or a burden in their families’ lives. Society offers options that deny the right to life of these most vulnerable individuals, while our faith tells us that every life is precious in God’s eyes and has value regardless of age, stage or particular capabilities,” Martinez-Mont said.

This year’s contest extended the invitation to kindergarten and expanded

categories of submission to include poetry, painting and video.

Participants included students throughout the archdiocese from kindergarten through 12th grade both in Catholic schools and in parish religious education programs as well as the home schooled.

“A group of respect life volunteers read approximately 692 submissions and carefully selected the winners and those to receive honorable mention,” Martinez-Mont said. “It was challenging to choose winners from among all the wonderful submissions.”

Volunteers shared their experience as follows: “It was beautiful to read the profound faith of our young Catholics. I was inspired and my own faith was deepened as I read through the essays.”

“Very talented and mature children for their ages.”

“I was so impressed with the insight and creativity of many of these students on the value of life. Many had observations within their own families and with their grandparents. So many of them spoke of their deep love, which affected us all as we read these essays.”

“Some students wrote about the impact of their grandparents in leading them to their faith, the sacraments, and to God. It proved that the role of the family, of grandparents, aunts and uncles is really important in the formation of faith and ultimately of

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love. It was so impressive to read these wonderful thoughts and stories. Each essay we read had impact on us. Particular thanks to the teachers who lead this project in the classrooms.”

This year’s celebration will include not only the winners and those receiving honorable mention, but every student who participated, along with their families and teachers. All students with their families and teachers will receive an invitation to attend the Mass, which will be followed by awarding of prizes and a reception.

The celebration will take place at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sunday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will celebrate the Mass and officiate at the awards ceremony.

This year’s winners and honorablemention recipients are listed below:

High school

GRAND PRIZE: St. Luke CCD, ninth grade. Artwork: Arriana Pascual FIRST PRIZE: San Mateo: St. Luke CCD, ninth grade, Tiffany Neher; San Francisco: Poem, 10th grade, Sacred Heart Cathedral: Kai Hinoki HONORABLE MENTIONS: Victoria Tapper, St. Luke CCD, ninth grade; Arden Moser, Mater Dolorosa CCD, 10th grade

Eighth and seventh grades

GRAND PRIZE: Eva Salgado, St. Monica School, eighth grade, San Francisco FIRST PRIZE: San Francisco: Keiana Pineda, School of the Epiphany, seventh grade; Marin: Natalie Jaworsk, St. Isabella School, seventh grade; San Mateo: Lucia Arriaga, St. Matthew, seventh grade HONORABLE MENTIONS: Nedine Ghattas, Our Lady of Loretto, Novato, eighth grade; Josiah Ferretty, School of Epiphany, eighth grade; Wan Kim, St. Monica School, eighth grade; Bryan Jimenez-Rodriguez, Mission Dolores Academy, seventh grade; Alessandra Hernandez, St. Matthew, seventh grade; Roderick Cormier, Our Lady of the Angels, seventh grade; Maya Jasmine Tomas, St. Veronica, eighth grade; Catherine Summe, St. Matthew, seventh grade; Ella Rae Schroth, St. Matthew seventh grade; Emma Villalobos, St. Matthew seventh grade

Sixth and fifth grades

GRAND PRIZE: Aliana Chang Patel, Our Lady of Mercy, sixth grade FIRST PRIZE: San Francisco: Ami Kim, St. Monica, sixth grade; San Mateo: Ava Chiappari, Our Lady of Mercy, sixth grade; Marin (2) prizes: Ava Korich, St. Isabella, sixth grade; Samantha Ariyoshi, St. Isabella, fifth grade HONORABLE MENTIONS: Bella Kwok, St. Thomas the Apostle, fifth grade; Deven Ho, St. Thomas the Apostle, sixth grade; Roselle Asunka, St. Mark CCD, fifth grade; Ava Legaspi, School of the Epiphany, fifth grade; Vincent Nunez, St. Matthew, sixth grade; Lucina Theresa Gonzalez, All Souls CCD, fifth grade; Jolie Girgis, Our Lady of Angels, sixth grade; Giovanni Gonzalez, Our Lady of Angels, sixth grade; Heyden Fong, St. Catherine of Siena, sixth grade; Emma Dugoni, Our Lady of Angels, sixth grade; Daniela Reynoso, St. Veronica, fifth grade; Matthew Ayon, All Souls, sixth grade; Lomani Nguyen, St. Matthew, fifth grade; Mia Anibale St. Isabella, sixth grade

Third and fourth grades

GRAND PRIZE: Alessandra Rolle, St. Catherine of Siena, fourth grade FIRST PRIZE: San Mateo: Selena Alaura Reyes, St. Veronica, fourth grade; San Francisco (2) prizes: Carl Henry Paredes, Epiphany fourth grade; Eliza Jane Kojder, St. Finn Barr, third grade ; Marin: Beatrice Pheatt, St. Isabella, third grade HONORABLE MENTIONS: Layla Apour, St. Catherine of Siena, fourth grade; Santiago Lopez, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, fourth grade; Santiago Alvarez, St. Catherine of Siena, fourth grade; Genevieve Napier, St. Veronica, third grade; Marco Gomez, Holy Angels, fourth grade; Isabella Yurick, St. Catherine of Siena, third grade; Charmagne Lopez, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, fourth grade; Stella Jolie Angelo Vecchida, Our Lady of Loretto, third grade; Charlotte Maloney, St. Isabella, fourth grade

First and second grades

GRAND PRIZE: Rachel Ho, St. Thomas the Apostle second grade FIRST PRIZE: San Francisco: Julieanne Cadiz, St. Monica, first grade; Marin: Logan Spence, St. Isabella, second SEE ‘LOVING EVERYONE’, PAGE 9

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SCHOOLS’ ANNUAL PEACE PARADE ON FOR JAN. 30

– Escorted by an SFFD engine and SFPD Ingleside Station officers organize traffic – Every grade focuses on one service organization (local, regional, national or international) for the week and highlights that group to the entire school before we march.

– Route: Edna to Monterey Boulevard to Hazelwood, to Judson (say goodbye to ARHS band) and back to Forester “We would love to make this a tradition for all Catholic schools in the archdiocese during CSW, maybe even together,” she said.

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St. Finn Barr School and Archbishop Riordan High School will join hands Jan. 30 for the schools’ ninth annual Peace Parade, bringing a message of social justice to the community during Catholic Schools Week.

The parade always takes place during Catholic Schools Week “to share the good news of Catholic schools with the community,” St. Finn Barr principal Mele Mortonson told Catholic San Francisco.

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grade; San Mateo: Bellerose Carner, St. Catherine of Siena, second grade HONORABLE MENTIONS: Samantha Wiley, St. Isabella, second grade; Morgan Pahk, St. Isabella, first grade; Ava Roberts, Our Lady of Loretto, second grade; Itzayanna Gutierrez, St. Thomas Apostle, second grade; Jady Au, St. Monica, second grade; Soleil Uribe, Our Lady of Mercy, second grade; Catherine Stallman, St. Catherine of Siena, first grade; Anastasia Carner, St. Catherine

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State Senate bill would give parents more rights in school sex ed NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The California Catholic Conference is pushing for legislation that would give parents more control over the sexual health education of their children in public elementary schools.

If passed, Senate Bill 673 would “increase parental oversight of sexual education of public school children in all grades and ensure age appropriate instruction below grade seven,” Raymond Burnell said.

Burnell, director of education and environmental stewardship for the California Catholic Conference, said public school parents have three rights under the state’s sexual health education law.

“Parents have the right to be notified, they are able to review the materials in advance of that

instruction, and they are allowed to excuse their child from participating in all or any part of sexual health education,” he said.

The proposed legislation would help parents review sexual health education materials by mandating that they must be accessible online. While some school districts, like San Francisco’s, already do so, many districts require parents to travel to the school to review materials, which Burnell called “an exceptional burden” on single parent and low income households.

“Getting this posted online would be a huge success because it would allow parents to really see everything for themselves,” he said. “The more they are informed and aware and can see it with easy access, the better.”

Burnell said SB 673 would also require parents to

opt into sexual education for their elementary aged children, rather than having the district enroll them by default. Sexual education for students below grade seven occurs at the discretion of the school district.

Having parents actively choose to have their child enrolled in sexual education “really strengthens parental rights to supervise instruction,” Burnell said.

The state Senate education committee held a hearing on the legislation Jan. 15. Burnell acknowledged that passing SB 673 will be difficult. “We are going against the wind on this one,” he said.

Burnell encouraged Catholics to contact state senators on the education committee to express their support for the legislation. “The more you flood the offices of these seven senators and let them know there’s support for the bill, the better,” he said.

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NATIONAL 11

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2020

Former cardinal moves from Kansas friary to new location MARK PATTISON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Theodore McCarrick, the former cardinal who was laicized by the Vatican in 2019 after numerous claims of abuse by him were substantiated, moved Jan. 3 from the Capuchin Franciscan friary in Kansas where he had been living since late 2018.

McCarrick made the move on his own accord, according to a spokesman for the Capuchin Franciscan province that oversees the friary.

The former prelate had stayed a little over one year at St. Fidelis Friary, run by the Capuchin Franciscan order in Victoria, Kansas, in the Diocese of Salina in the northwestern part of the state.

While his new residence has not been publicly disclosed, one diocese vociferously declared that McCarrick was not within its territory.

“Rumors that the former cardinal Theodore McCarrick has moved to Jacksonville and is staying at a priest retirement facility in the Diocese of St. Augustine are absolutely false. The diocese has made no arrangements for McCarrick to stay at any of its church-owned properties,” said a Jan. 8 statement from Kathleen Bagg, diocesan communications director for the northeast Florida diocese.

“It is unfortunate that Church Militant didn’t contact the diocese for the truth before posting their inaccurate story to their site. The diocese does not know the whereabouts of McCarrick, and it is not our responsibility to keep tabs on his movements,” Bagg added.

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Then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, arrives in procession for a Mass of thanksgiving for Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 22, 2010.

Church Militant, originally known as Real Catholic TV, posted a story responding to Bagg’s statement Jan. 8 with the headline “St. Augustine Diocese lies,” adding that “Catholic establishment media” were taking the diocese at its word.

Bagg, in her statement, also said: “Be cautious of where you obtain your news regarding the Catholic Church – and in this case, the Diocese of St. Augustine.”

The election of a new provincial for the Denverbased Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Conrad had no influence on McCarrick’s decision to leave, according to Capuchin Father Joseph Mary Elder, director of communications and vocations for the province, which also has a friary in San Antonio within its boundaries.

“There was nothing on our part” that suggested McCarrick leave, Father Elder said. “Our provincial was very clear with him.”

Nor was space an issue. Fewer than 10 Capuchins live at St. Fidelis.

“It’s a huge place. We have our meetings there and we have enough room for almost everybody,” Father Elder told CNS in a Jan. 10 telephone interview.

“There may have been concern on his part on the report coming from Rome” stemming from the allegations that first surfaced in 2018,” Father Elder added.

“But that is just conjecture on my part. He was free to stay as long as he wanted to.”

McCarrick’s life at the friary was uneventful, save for an interview in Slate.

But “he had to be supervised at all times,” Father Elder told CNS. “The friary is a big building that adjoins a church,” and behind the church was a school, he added.

Wherever McCarrick moved to, he kept his own counsel on the matter.

“The only knowledge we have is that he made plans to leave, and we were privy to his plans,” Father Elder told CNS. “That was the first time I heard any plausible location to where he might be.”

Texas Catholic leaders oppose governor’s plan to reject new refugees CAROL ZIMMERMANN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Texas Catholic leaders were quick to take a stand against a Jan. 10 announcement

by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that the state would no longer resettle refugees.

The governor’s decision, announced in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, makes Texas the first state to reject refugee resettlement after last year’s executive order by President Donald Trump requiring governors to publicly say if they would accept refugees after June 2020.

To date, governors in 42 states have said they will accept more refugees. Governors from five remaining states that accept refugees – Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina – have yet to respond to the Jan. 21 deadline.

Texas bishops responded individually on Twitter to the governor’s decision, urging him to reconsider. In a Jan. 10 statement, the Texas Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s bishops, said the move to “turn away refugees from the great state of Texas” was “deeply discouraging and disheartening.”

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Displaced Syrian children who fled Turkish violence sit in a bus waiting to go to Dohuk, Iraq, Oct. 25, 2019.

The conference said it “respects the governor” but said his decision in this case was “simply misguided” because it “denies people who are fleeing persecution, including religious persecution, from being able to bring their gifts and talents to our state and contribute to the general common good of all Texans.”

In his letter to Pompeo, Abbott, who is Catholic,

emphasized the work Texas has done in welcoming refugees, saying that since fiscal year 2010 “more refugees have been received in Texas than any other state.”

“Texas has carried more than its share in assisting the refugee resettlement process and appreciates that other states are available to help with these efforts,” the letter said.

Ashley Feasley, director of policy for Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, told Catholic News Service that Abbott’s decision is a “big deal” because the state has resettled 10% of refugees in the United States in the past 10 years.

She said the move does not mean that refugees can’t come to the state, but they cannot be resettled there.

That decision, she said is a problematic one. For starters, about 80% of the refugee cases are described as “follow to join,” meaning these refugees, whose cases have been vetted, are looking to join a family member or friend in the community. Allowing them to resettle with people they already know is a request that resettlement agencies try to honor, she said, because it helps with the adjustment.

Cardinal Mueller: Church crisis comes from abandoning God, adapting to culture CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY

PHOENIX, Ariz. – The crisis facing the Catholic Church today has arisen from an attempt – even by some within the church – to align with the culture and abandon the teachings of the faith, said Cardinal Gerhard Mueller Jan. 1.

“The crisis in the church is man-made and has arisen because we have cozily adapted ourselves to the spirit of a life without God,” the cardinal told thousands of Catholics gathered in Phoenix for the 2020 Student Leadership Summit hosted by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS).

“The poison paralyzing the church is the opinion that we should adapt to the Zeitgeist, the spirit of the age, and not the spirit of God, that we should relativize God’s commandments and reinterpret the doctrine of the revealed faith,” he said.

He cautioned that even a number of people in the church are “longing” for a kind of Catholicism without dogmas, without sacraments, and without an infallible magisterium.

Mueller, the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, celebrated Mass Jan. 1 for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. In his homily, he reflected on the human desire to embrace substitute gratifications when God is set aside.

“But the one who believes needs no ideology,” he said. “The one who hopes will not reach for drugs.

The one who loves is not after the lust of this world, which passes along with the world. The one who loves God and his neighbor finds happiness in the sacrifice of self-giving.”

“We will be happy and free when in the spirit of love we embrace the form of life to which God has called each one of us personally: in the sacrament of marriage, in celibate priesthood, or in religious life according to the three evangelical counsels of poverty, obedience and chastity for the sake of the kingdom of heaven,” he continued.

Mueller stressed that thanksgiving is a key part of the Christian life. At the start of the new year, he encouraged Catholics to voice gratitude for all of creation, for sending Christ into the world as our savior, for the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Catholic Church, the gift of family, and all the other blessings that can be easily taken for granted.

“As Christians, we have a musical awareness of life: In our hearts resounds the song of thanksgiving of being redeemed. Its melody is love, and its harmony is joy in God,” he said.

Rather than placing hope in fate, he said, the Christian recognizes that suffering is inevitable,

but can still find joy in Christ, who also suffered and opened for us the door to eternal life.

In these challenging times, however, scandals in the church and a crisis among traditionally Christian societies in the West have led many to anxiously wonder whether the rock on which Christ built his church is crumbling, the cardinal said.

“For some, the Catholic Church is lagging behind by 200 years compared to where the world is today.

Is there any truth to this accusation?”

Calls for modernization demand that the church reject what it holds to be true, for the sake of building a “new religion of world unity,” Mueller warned.

“In order to be admitted to this meta-religion, the only price the church would have to pay is giving up her truth claim,” he said. “No big deal, it seems, as the relativism dominant in our world anyway rejects the idea that we could actually know the truth, and presents itself as guarantor of peace between all world views and world religions.”

The post-Christian society welcomes these efforts to reconstruct the church “as a convenient civil religion,” the cardinal said.

The antidote to secularization within the church is a life of faith, lived in the enduring truth of Christ, Mueller told those present.

12 FAITH

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2020

SUNDAY READINGS

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time ISAIAH 49:3, 5-6 The Lord said to me: You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory. Now the Lord has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength! It is too little, the Lord says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

Sacrifice or offering you wished not, but ears open to obedience you gave me. Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not; then said I, “Behold I come.”

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

“In the written scroll it is prescribed for me, to do your will, O my God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart!”

Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

I announced your justice in the vast assembly; I did not restrain my lips, as you, O Lord, know.

Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

PSALM 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

I have waited, waited for the Lord, and he stooped toward me and heard my cry. And he put a new song into my mouth, a hymn to our God. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-3 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call upon the name

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21: Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. 1 SM 16:1-13. PS 89:20, 21-22, 27-28. EPH 1:17-18. MK 2:23-28.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. 1 SM 17:32-33, 37, 40-51. PS 144:1B, 2, 9-10. MT 4:23. MK 3:1-6.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23: Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of St. Vincent of Saragossa, deacon & martyr; St. Marianne Cope. 1 SM 18:6-9; 19:17. PS 56:2-3, 9-10A, 10B-11, 12-13. 2 TM 1:10.

MK 3:7-12.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24: Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor; Optional memorial of Our Lady of Peace. 1 SM 24:3-21. PS 57:2, 3-4, 6 AND 11. 2 COR 5:19. MK 3:13-19.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25: Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle. ACTS 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22. PS 117:1BC, 2. JN 15:16. MK 16:15-18.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. IS 8:23—9:3. PS 27:1, 4, 13-14.

1 COR 1:10-13, 17. MT 4:23. MT 4:12-23 OR 4:12-17.

MONDAY, JANUARY 27: Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici, virgin. 2 SM 5:1-7, 10. PS 89:20, 21-22, 25-26. 2 TM 1:10. MK 3:22-30.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 28: Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor. 2 SM 6:12B-15, 17-19. PS 24:7, 8, 9, 10. MT 11:25.

MK 3:31-35.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29: Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time. 2 SM 7:4-17.

PS 89:4-5, 27-28, 29-30. MK 4:1-20.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30: Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time. 2 SM 7:18-19, 2429. PS 132:1-2, 3-5, 11, 12, 13-14. PS 119:105.

MK 4:21-25.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 31: Memorial of St. John Bosco, priest. 2 SM 1:1-4A, 5-10A, 13-17. PS 51:3-4, 5-6A, 6BCD-7, 10-11. MT 11:25. MK 4:26-34.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1: Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time. 2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17. 51:12-13, 14-15, 16-17. Jn 3:16. Mk 4:35-41.

JOHN 1:29-34 John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel.”

John testified further, saying, “I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and remain upon him. I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”

Here I am, Lord

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, JANUARY 20: Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of St. Fabian, pope and martyr; St. Sebastian, martyr. 1 SM 15:16-23. PS 50:8-9, 16BC-17, 21 AND 23. HEB 4:12. MK 2:18-22.

of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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ovely melodies have been written for today’s responsorial psalm (the response is “Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will”), which make for pleasant congregational singing.

Sometimes, however, I feel a disharmony, not in the music but in me. The statement I’m making by joining in and the way I feel about some part of my life don’t fit together.

The words affirm a desire to do whatever God’s will might be; my desire to do that is not always robust, to say the least. “To do your will, O my God, is my delight,” the psalmist sings. In all honesty, I’m glad to leave that line to the cantor.

Jesus, who prayed all the KEVIN PERROTTA psalms, must have prayed this one. In fact, the New Testament Letter to the Hebrews pictures him praying lines from this particular psalm.

Jesus certainly did not feel that there was anything out of tune when he made these words his prayer. (Did he sing them?) He really did want to do whatever God wanted. He was the beloved Son who loved the Father with all his heart.

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

The contrast between Jesus and me is hugely humbling, of course. Yet it is not discouraging.

First, because he has entered into the human condition that I and everyone else in the world find ourselves in. Another passage in the Letter to the Hebrews speaks vividly of Jesus in Gethsemane, offering “prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death.”

If in some sense Jesus delighted in God’s will even in Gethsemane, he certainly felt the same deep reluctance to suffer in obedience to God that all of us feel. With loud cries and tears he begged the Father to find some other way than his crucifixion to reconcile humanity to himself.

Second, Jesus has come to share his Spirit with us. The climax of today’s Gospel is the announcement by John the Baptist that the Son of the Father has arrived to “baptize with the Holy Spirit.”

“Baptize” means immerse. Think of a couple of 10-year-olds throwing a friend into a swimming pool. Jesus has come to toss us into the ocean of God’s life-creating, all-loving Spirit.

Immersed in God’s Spirit, we can truly begin to sing, “Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.”

KEVIN PERROTTA is the editor and an author of the “Six Weeks With the Bible” series, teaches part time at Siena Heights University and leads Holy Land pilgrimages. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He writes Sunday Scripture reflections for Catholic News Service.

POPE FRANCIS POPE: DON’T LET THE DEVIL LIGHT ‘FIRE’ OF WAR IN YOUR HEART

VATICAN CITY – People cannot call themselves Christians if they sow the seeds of war, Pope Francis said.

Finding fault and condemning others is “the temptation of the devil for making war,” the pope said in his homily during morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae Jan. 9, the same day he gave his annual address to the diplomats accredited to the Vatican.

If people are “sowers of war” in their families, communities and workplace, then they cannot be Christians, he said, according to Vatican News.

Celebrating Mass in the chapel of his residence, the pope preached about the day’s first reading from the First Letter of John. The passage underlined how important it is to “remain in God” by following his commandment to love God by loving others. “This is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother,” one verse says.

“Where the Lord is, there is peace,” Pope Francis said in his homily.

“It is he who makes peace; it is the Holy Spirit

that he sends to bring peace within us,” he said, because only by remaining in the Lord can there be peace in one’s heart.

But how does one “remain in God?” the pope asked. By loving one another, he said. “This is the question; this is the secret to peace.”

The pope cautioned against thinking that war and peace are only external to oneself, that they occur only “in that country, in that situation.”

“Even these days when many fires of war are lit, one’s mind immediately goes straight there (to faraway places) when we talk about peace,” he said.

While it is important to pray for peace in the world, he said, peace must begin in one’s own heart.

People should reflect on their own heart – whether it is “at peace” or “anxious” or always “at war, straining to have more, to dominate, to be heard.”

“If we do not have peace in our heart, how do we think there will be peace in the world?” he asked.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

OPINION 13

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2020

LETTERS ‘Distressed’ by Pelosi letter

I feel distressed by the criticism of Nancy Pelosi by a letter writer in Catholic San Francisco (“Faithful witness is everyone’s job,” Dec. 19, 2019). I feel especially concerned about the sentence that ends “how dare she admit that she is a Catholic?”

How dare any of us judge another’s worthiness within the Catholic family? It seems obvious that Speaker Pelosi’s politics must rankle this writer. But I think she does follow the teaching of the Catholic Church at least as well as the letter writer, who sounds like one of those men about to stone the adulterous woman until our Lord said “let the one without sin cast the first stone.”

Speaker Pelosi represented our church eloquently when she responded to the president, who had accused her of hating him, by saying: “As a Catholic, I do not hate anyone and I pray for the president and his family.”

Susan Brown San Carlos

The church speaks for the benefit of our souls

Re “Taking liberties with language,” Letters, Dec. 19, 2019: Oh, my. Mr. Mandell (Letters, Dec. 19) certainly threw several Molotov cocktails holding church doctrine responsible for millions of deaths, unwanted pregnancies, illiteracy, abandoned children, blah, blah, blah. Mr. Mandell, each person (me, too) is ultimately responsible for our own actions. Sin is Satan’s foothold in this world. I can suggest you try to study why the church has the obligation to teach what it does (start with Jesus’ commission to his disciples). It is the Catholic Church which, through the centuries, built hospitals, schools, orphanages and to this day still serves the poor more than any other single charitable organization.

By the way, condoms can “fail” – but they also fail to build true fidelity in sexual relationship between man and woman (husband and wife). In cultures where polygamy or multiple partners are more common, even if the condom “works,” the stain on a person’s soul remains. Multiple sex partners, same-sex activity, transgenderism, I could go on – all manifestations of personal rebellion against our true nature as we were created, rebellion through sin.

So, the church does what Jesus commanded us to do – speak up for the benefit of our souls.

Against killing the most innocent. If not for “extreme” (really?) right-wing lawmakers, there would be more partial-birth abortion. The Democratic Party has removed any restrictions whatsoever on abortion from its platform.

We should pray for each other. I ask you to join me in that regard for a more just world that recognizes the truth of Jesus’ coming to heal the world, and to do what we can to (yes, I’ll say it) fight for the truth – his truth.

JR Hermann San Mateo

Pelosi ‘builds bridges rather than walls’

Pope Francis warned, “To hate is to murder in your heart.” He said, “Politicians should never sow hate and fear, only hope.” So I was pleased when Nancy Pelosi was asked, “Do you hate the President?” and she responded that she was raised in a Catholic home and taught not to hate anybody. She added, “I’m a Catholic. I don’t hate the president, I pray for him all the time.”

In a recent letter to the editor a San Diego reader takes offense with Nancy Pelosi calling herself a Catholic. He asserts “she does not follow the teaching of the Catholic Church or even the Ten Commandments.” Why are female elected officials like Pelosi criticized in ways that male politicians never experience? It’s fair to criticize the policies of politicians but not their faith.

I’m not qualified to judge who is or isn’t a good Catholic. What I know about Nancy Pelosi, my congressperson since 1987, is that she’s a devoted mother and grandmother and has been married to her husband for over 50 years. In her long career she has served our country honorably and without scandal.

She advocates for human rights, the prevention of gun violence, compassionate treatment of refugees, affordable health care and combating climate change. She calls San Francisco, “the city of St. Francis” and recites from a prayer attrib-

uted to our city’s patron saint. She and her family volunteer at St. Anthony’s Dining Room in the Tenderloin. She builds bridges rather than walls.

I wish more of our nation’s leaders were like her.

Kenneth Castellano San Francisco

Politics and church moral teachings

Re “Taking liberties with language” (Letters, Dec. 19, 2019): Yes, let us be honest with others, but first of all with ourselves. The Catholic Church’s condemnation of homosexuality and condoms is not responsible “for God knows how many millions of deaths.”

This assertion is absurd on its face as individuals make conscious decisions as to which behaviors to engage in. Practicing homosexuals are already ignoring the church’s teaching, so are we to believe that they adhere to the church’s ban on condoms during homosexual sex? Not likely.

Rather than refute, point by point, the letter writer’s assertions, I will just say that having read his letters to the editor in Catholic San Francisco these past few years, it strikes me that he is of the variety of Catholics exemplified by Nancy Pelosi.

Let us be honest about this. Can individuals who publicly reject the church’s moral teachings on serious issues still honestly claim to be Catholic?

The writer makes it clear that he is pro-abortion (aka “pro-choice”). He writes of a “woman’s right,” but such a right was only invented by the U.S. Supreme Court nearly 200 years after the Constitution was written and ratified. The framers and founders knew that our true rights come from God, and not from governments. Food for thought there.

Lastly, perhaps this letter writer is completely comfortable with the practice now of delivering an unborn child alive so that his/her organs and tissues can be harvested while these are still of use to the macabre practitioners of “medical research.”

Oh, yes, this is occurring in several of the university medical centers in California, including UCSF. Many of us pro-life Christians are not at all comfortable with such gruesome practices that are a result of legal abortion. Let us contribute our time, talents and some of our finances to end these practices.

Larry Burdoin Temple, Texas

No right to judge a person’s religious belief

In the letter written by Bob Danzl (“Taking liberties with language,” Dec. 19, 2019), he criticizes Nancy Pelosi for calling herself a Catholic. I think it is tempting for Catholics to look at well-known politicians or other people in government who are also Catholic and criticize them for their practice of Catholicism.

With more and more Catholics in high places, it has become common to doubt the religion of these individuals because we may disagree with them.

However, the majority of the Supreme Court is now Catholic, including the chief justice, John Roberts.

Joe Biden is Catholic. William Barr, the attorney general, is also Catholic. Steve Bannon is Catholic.

So is Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Kirsten Gillibrand and Chris Christie.

Look at the diverse group of Catholics in political life. How is it possible that people with such different ideas and beliefs in government are all Catholic?

Even though it is tempting to pick and choose those who we agree with and claim we know which people are the “real” Catholics, that to me is a mistaken assumption. People still have freedom of religion in the U.S., and they can publicly proclaim which religion, if any, they belong to. We have a right to disagree with their ideas or principles, but I don’t see how we have a right to judge a person’s religious belief.

Richard Morasci San Francisco Editor’s note: In November 2019 the U.S. Catholic bishops approved adding new materials to complement “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” their long-standing guide to help Catholics form their

consciences in public life, including voting, according to a Catholic News Service report. The addition included the statement that called abortion the preeminent social issue of our time.

In “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship – Introductory Note,” on the USCCB website, the bishops state, “The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself, because it takes place within the sanctuary of the family, and because of the number of lives destroyed. At the same time, we cannot dismiss or ignore other serious threats to human life and dignity such as racism, the environmental crisis, poverty and the death penalty.” Efforts to protect the unborn “remain as important as ever,” and “ … abortion contaminates many other important issues by being inserted into legislation regarding immigration, care for the poor, and health care reform.”

‘I am more Catholic than you’

In the latest round of letters, Richard Morasci, to my mind, rightfully faults a previous letter writer who criticized Nancy Pelosi for calling herself a Catholic.

This practice of “I am more Catholic than are you” has a long history in this church. It was addressed by Pope Benedict XV over a century ago.

At that time, the church was deeply divided over Pope Pius X’s campaign against “Modernism,” which was a catchall for anything Rome deemed suspicious. When Pius died, the conclave of 1914 elected Benedict XV, who immediately issued an encyclical calling on Catholics “to appease dissension and strife” so that “no one should consider himself entitled to affix on those who merely do not agree with his ideas the stigma of disloyalty to faith” (“Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum,” accessible from the Vatican website at https://bit. ly/39D9IBB).

“There is no need of adding any qualifying terms to the profession of Catholicism,” Benedict XV concluded. “It is quite enough for each one to proclaim ‘Christian is my name and Catholic my surname.’”

Jim McCrea Piedmont

Gratitude for child protection posters

Thank you, Archbishop Cordileone and the archdiocesan victim assistance committee for the excellent posters now on the walls in all our Catholic churches giving phone numbers to call immediately to report abuse or any inappropriate behavior with a minor. Thank you for a great job. Now we need to put this information in our Sunday bulletins. If we can make room for how much money we collected at Mass, we can certainly make room for a phone number to call to help protect our children, teens, and even adults. Yes! We can do this! Peace and blessings.

Mary Beaudry South San Francisco

Evangelization must be a two-way street

I have traveled from Amsterdam, Norway through to Budapest, Hungary and most of Italy.

During the distribution of Communion in Catholic churches in those countries the host is dipped into the precious blood while here each is given separately. Afraid to catch the flu and other illnesses, many of us attending Mass will not put our mouths to the chalice even though it is wiped with an altar cloth after each communicant receives. It would seem that our American bishops might make this change here.

Also, in the quiet after Communion, why not read what the pope has said or done during the week or announce some important happening within the universal church.

Catholics not receiving Catholic newspapers are unaware of the writings of the pope or what the church is doing beyond their own parish.

Evangelization must be a two-way street. It is important for the church to try to inform its members any way possible. There is much positive information for them to know.

Alvaro Bettucchi South San Francisco

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The best 10 books that found me in 2019

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here’s a Latin axiom which argues that there’s no accounting for taste, “de gustibus non est disputandum.” I reference it to preamble to my annual list of the 10 books I most enjoyed this past year because, admittedly, taste is somewhat subjective. I chose these particular FATHER RON books because ROLHEISER they’re the ones that spoke most deeply to me.

Perhaps they won’t speak to you in the same way. Fair enough. There’s no accounting for taste.

So, here are the authors and the books that spoke to me most deeply during this past year: BERNARDO OLIVERA, “HOW FAR TO FOLLOW? THE MARTYRS OF ATLAS.” This book helps tell the inside story of the Trappist monks who were martyred by Islamic extremists in Algeria in 1996. Similar to the movie, “Of Gods and Men,” it focuses on the deep struggles these men underwent in making the decision not to leave their monastery and, instead, face martyrdom.

DONALD SENIOR, “RAYMOND E. BROWN AND THE CATHOLIC BIBLICAL RENEWAL.” Well-researched and well-written, this is a biography

Peace as a path of hope

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t the end and the beginning of each year the phrase “Happy New Year” becomes a routine greeting. Everyone from individuals to congregations repeat it. With it, a salutation, a wish or a sentiment is conveyed that is devoid of any further concrete CARLOS AYALA meaning. At the most the RAMÍREZ words embody a concept of happiness that is reduced to the satisfaction of individual interests, taking away its collective dimension.

Although the greeting will continue to be uttered it does not mean that we cannot ponder for a moment about its meaning and the need to move from words to action.

This will imply having a different set of values and ideas that can guide us and inspire us, making verifiable personal and social happiness possible.

In that expectation of values and ideals that lead to a practice that can constitute an inflection point in the lives of persons and people, the tradition of papal messages on peace, proclaimed at the beginning of each year, is commendable.

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of the renowned Scripture scholar, Raymond E. Brown, who stood out both for his scholarship and for his exemplary discipleship and priesthood.

The book is more of an intellectual history of Brown than a chronicle of his life. It’s interesting too because, by sharing Brown’s intellectual history, Senior also highlights the particular theological and ecclesial struggles of Brown’s generation. For many of us this will be hauntingly familiar.

RACHEL HELD EVANS: This past year, scanning book reviews, I discovered the writings of Rachel Held Evans. I cite three of her works here that spoke to me very deeply: “Searching for Sunday, Loving, Leaving, and Finding Church”; “Inspired, Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again”; and “A Year of Biblical Womanhood.” Rachel grew up a cradle Evangelical with a deep and solid faith, but adulthood brought its own challenges, particularly for someone of her courage and honesty. These books chronicle Rachel’s struggle with her religious mother-tongue, her falling out of her faith story, and her particular way of finding her way back in. Her story articulates the struggle of millions. It’s an invaluable read, irrespective of one’s religious mothertongue. She’s also an exceptionally gifted writer. Sadly, she died in May at the age of 37. We lost a needed religious voice, but what she left us can help many a person sort through his or her religious struggles.

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ROBERT ELLSBERG, “A LIVING GOSPEL, READING GOD’S STORY IN HOLY LIVES.” The lives of the saints are our living gospel and Robert Ellsberg is the foremost hagiographer in the English language today.

This, wonderfully readable, book teaches us both what hagiography is and why it’s important.

ago. It moved me then and it moved me even more 32 years later. In her story, you will better understand your own story and the movement of God in your life.

DAVID BROOKS, “THE SECOND MOUNTAIN, THE QUEST FOR A MORAL LIFE.” Brooks’ “Second Mountain” very much corresponds to what spiritual writers like Richard Rohr call the second-half of life.

Drawing upon his own story and creatively mixing secular and religious perspectives, Brooks lays out a challenging vision of what it means to mature, to move from being the hungry child to becoming the blessing adult. An excellent read.

RICHARD ROHR, “THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST.” This book will challenge you and will, with a sound scriptural theology, challenge mainline theology in its popular conception of both the intent and the scope of the incarnation. An important read.

MARY JO LEDDY, “WHY ARE WE HERE, A MEDITATION ON CANADA.” Not least, a book from a Canadian. Mary Jo Leddy, the founder and director of Romero House for refugees in Toronto has always been a prophetic voice. In this book, she submits that every country has its “original sin,” some primal fault in its origins that now taints its present.

For Canada, she argues, it was how it treated its indigenous peoples as it formed itself into a nation. Canada is not unique in having such an “original sin.” Every country has it. Everyone should read this book.

I apologize that this year’s list, again, does not include any novels.

RUTH BURROWS, “BEFORE THE LIVING GOD.” This is Ruth Burrows’ autobiography. I first read it 32 years

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

MARGARET RENKL, “LATE MIGRATIONS, A NATURAL HISTORY OF LOVE AND LOSS.” This is a unique kind of book, a poetics of sorts on love, nature, adoration, family life, death, dying and human resiliency. This is a piece of art.

The Martini Curve revisited

ope Francis concluded his preChristmas address to the Roman Curia by invoking the memory of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, SJ, who died in September 2012. The Holy Father recalled that, “in his last interview, a few days before his death, (Cardinal Martini) said something that should make us think: ‘The GEORGE WEIGEL church is 200 years behind the times. Why is she not shaken up?

Are we afraid? Fear, instead of courage.

Yet faith is the church’s foundation.

Faith, confidence, courage ... Only love conquers weariness.’”

The Martini Curve should indeed make us think. I thought about it at the time and ended up with questions rather than answers. What, precisely, was the church 200 years behind? A Western culture come unglued from the deep truths of the human condition? A culture that celebrates the imperial autonomous self ? A culture that detaches sex from love and responsibility? A culture that breeds a politics of immediate gratification and intergenerational irresponsibility? Why on earth would the church want to catch up with that?

Call me a dullard, but try as I might to adjust my thinking, I’m afraid that’s what I still think about the allegation that Catholicism’s contemporary failures result from our being stuck in a rut behind the curve of history. Moreover, since Cardinal Martini’s death seven years ago, certain empirical facts

have become unmistakable: the local churches that have tried hardest to play catch-up with “history” and “the times” are collapsing.

The premier example is Catholicism in the German-speaking world.

Weekly Mass attendance percentages have fallen into single digits in German cities and aren’t much better in Austria and the German-speaking parts of Switzerland. Has this implosion of the sacramental community compelled a rethinking of the strategy of cultural accommodation? On the contrary. With a bullheadedness once caricatured as typically Prussian, the great majority of German bishops support a national “synodal process” that seems determined to put the pedal to the metal of surrendering to “the times,” even if – particularly if – this means jettisoning the truths that, according to both revelation and reason, make for happiness and beatitude.

Is there a single example, anywhere, of a local church where a frantic effort to catch up with 21st-century secularism and its worship of the new trinity (Me, Myself, and I) has led to an evangelical renaissance – to a wave of conversions to Christ? Is there a single circumstance in which Catholicism’s uncritical embrace of “the times” has led to a rebirth of decency and nobility in culture? Or to a less-polarized politics? If so, it’s a remarkably wellhidden accomplishment.

There is, however, evidence that the offer of friendship with the Lord Jesus Christ as the pathway to a more humane future gets traction.

Shortly after last October’s Great Pachamama Flap, I got a bracing email from a missionary priest in West Africa. After expressing condolences for my “recent Roman penance” at the

Amazonian synod (which had featured a lot of politically correct chatter about the ecological sensitivity of indigenous religions), my friend related an instructive story: “You’ll be happy to know that last year, when one of our villages invited me to come and help them destroy their idols and baptize their chief, we did not, before doing so, engage in any ‘dialogue with the spirits,’ as was so highly praised in the (synod’s working document). There was no Tiber to throw [the idols] in, so a sledgehammer and a fire had to suffice. Somehow the village managed to survive without such a dialogue, and in fact they have invited me back ... to celebrate the oneyear anniversary of the great event, and to bless a cross that will be set up in the village as a permanent reminder of their decision.”

Three weeks ago, the local archbishop wrote those same villagers, telling them of his “immense joy” that, the year before, they had “turned away from idols in order to turn resolutely to the Living and True God ... You have recognized in Jesus Christ the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Open wide your hearts to him ... and always conquer evil with good.”

There’s no Martini Curve in that part of the global vineyard, it seems.

Rather, there is, to borrow from the late cardinal’s last interview, “faith, courage, confidence ... (and the) “love that conquers weariness.” That is surely something to think about in the Vatican – and throughout a world church in which everyone is called to missionary discipleship.

GEORGE WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

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The foxes and the henhouse

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robably the biggest bioethics story of 2019 involved Dr. Jankui He (known to his associates as “JK”), a Chinese scientist who employed a new technology called CRISPR/Cas9 to produce the world’s first gene-edited babies. JK made genetic changes to two little girls, Lulu and Nana, when they were early-stage embryos, attempting to modify a receptor for HIV to confer resistance to a possible future infection from the virus. He publicly announced the birth of the girls at an international scientific conference near the end of 2018, and as the news rapidly spread, many scientists and commentators expressed shock and dismay over his “designer baby” experiments.

FATHER TADEUSZ Chinese provincial auPACHOLCZYK thorities quickly became aware of his activities as well, and he was placed under house arrest upon his return from the conference. In the closing days of 2019, a secret trial was held, and he was sentenced to three years in prison for producing the CRISPR babies. The trial proceedings concluded that JK had “rashly applied gene editing technology to human assisted reproductive medicine.”

The verdict reached by the Chinese court raises complex questions that must be confronted: What does it mean to “rashly apply” a new technology like human gene editing? Who should determine if a particular use is “rash” or “reasonable”?

Dr. Rita Vassena, a member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, framed the ethi-

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NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY NAMES INTERIM PRESIDENT

Notre Dame de Namur University has announced the appointment of Daniel J. Carey as the Belmont school’s interim president. Carey took the reins Jan. 13.

“Dr. Carey will bring his deep commitment, extensive experience, and dynamic leadership to the Notre Dame de Namur campus and community as interim president,” said Notre Dame Sister Jean Stoner, Daniel J. Carey the school’s board of trustees’ president. “We look forward to working together with Dr. Carey to build the future of Notre Dame de Namur as an institution of higher education.”

Carey is former president of Edgewood College in Madison, Wis., and Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. “His experience with faith-based institutions includes 33 years as president or vice president for four Catholic colleges and universities,” the school said in a statement.

Carey said: “I’m strongly committed to Catholic higher education. My interest in Notre Dame de Namur begins with a deep respect for the university’s long and successful history.”

Carey holds a doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado, and completed an intensive postdoctoral seminar at Harvard University for senior administrators.

Carey takes the place of Judith Greig who retired after 10 years as NDNU president and more than 30 years with the school in June.

“The university’s successes over the last decade have been made possible by the hard work, creativity, and perseverance of this community,” Greig said in a statement on her retirement at the time.

Notre Dame de Namur University is a Catholic, not-for-profit, coeducational institution established in 1851 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

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The Formation Weekend is for: • Persons already involved in this ministry • Communities wishing to start Retrouvaille • Couples and priests who are currently preparing to work in this ministry in existing and new communities • Couples and priests who wish to discern how they may help the Retrouvaille ministry by their involvement The policy regarding presenting team composition in the Retrouvaille International By-Laws is as follows: • Non-Catholic members shall be practicing Christians and accept and support the Catholicity of Retrouvaille.

• All teams must be in a marriage deemed valid by the Roman Catholic Church.

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cal concerns around JK’s case this way: “As the current scientific consensus indicates, the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in human embryos destined to give rise to a pregnancy is, at this stage, unjustified.”

She couches her ethical analysis, as many scientists do, in terms of the “current scientific consensus.” But such “consensus” is an extremely malleable concept. It also conveniently implies that scientists themselves can set up their own ethical rules and provide regulatory oversight for scientific research, so that they, in effect, become the foxes guarding the henhouse. The saga that has unfolded during the last year surrounding the gene-editing experiments of JK has demonstrated, if nothing else, how self-serving and ineffective a community of scientists can be as they try to exercise the role of lawyer, judge and jury of their own ethical standards.

Even though we should be justifiably alarmed at Chinese courts meting out jail time in secret to scientific researchers, the fact remains that it was a government-controlled court that finally put some teeth into ethical regulations. In the West, to have governments, courts or major institutions take any action whatsoever in a case like JK’s seems at present inconceivable. Instead, in American and European universities and industrial settings, we often encounter feeble, meandering discussions about research ethics, along with a proliferation of rubber-stamping “ethics review panels.” These often consist of hand-picked members devoid of strong ethical or religious training and viewpoints. Such panels give increasingly systematic cover for an everexpanding range of unethical research practices.

Whether it’s giving a green light to use stem cells derived from human embryos or tissues from intentionally aborted fetuses for research, or to employ cloning technology to produce new human life, or to manufacture three parent embryos, many biomedical researchers have come to

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just venture ahead, confident that they won’t be “fenced in” by ethical considerations.

JK’s gene-editing experiments and China’s strong reaction have at least managed to bring the ethical concerns momentarily back into the spotlight. “I think a jail sentence is the proper punishment for him,” said Wang Yuedan, a professor of immunology at Peking University in comments he shared with the New York Times. “It makes clear our stance on the gene editing of humans – that we are opposed to it… signaling that there is a bottom line that cannot be broken.”

Yet this is precisely the difficulty in biomedicine today: Namely, that there are few, if any, “bottom lines” when it comes to research ethics. The lines have become exceedingly flexible, if the price is right or if a particular political administration is amenable to re-drawing them.

While there isn’t any perfect solution to ensure scientists never engage in unethical research – and the involvement of communist secret courts is certainly far from ideal – we clearly need to promote, fund and regulate modern biomedical research in a way that prioritizes ethics over expediency.

This means establishing significant sanctions and funding restrictions when ethical violations by researchers occur. It also means including alternative viewpoints on ethics review panels, especially those informed by longstanding religious and philosophical traditions, like that of the Catholic Church, which offer the important perspective that certain ethical lines are not able to be moved or redrawn. This kind of input can contribute much to the kinds of discussions that need to occur, and can afford an important counterbalance to any foxes who desire to keep guard over the ethical henhouse.

FATHER TADEUSZ PACHOLCZYK, PH.D., is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Mass., and serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.

FORMATION WEEKEND June 7-9, 2013

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We believe that the presence of God can make a difference in any marriage and that a reconciled marriage is preferable to divorce.

We welcome all who wish to join us in this ministry, and will work together to help alleviate the pain and begin the healing process in the marriages that come to Retrouvaille for help.

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Visiting bishops witness complexities of Gaza Strip JUDITH SUDILOVSKY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

JERUSALEM – In addition to a sense of isolation, young people in the Gaza Strip are experiencing an unemployment rate of 70 percent, and most see emigration as their only solution, said Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese of the Military Services.

“This is a challenge for young people,” he told Catholic News Service Jan. 13. “They are facing uncertainty and insecurity about their future.”

Archbishop Broglio was one of 15 bishops – mostly from Europe and North America – taking part in the annual weeklong Holy Land Coordination visit to support the Holy Land’s local Christian communities. Several talked to Catholic News Service after visiting Gaza.

“The future for the young people is very tenuous,” Archbishop Broglio said. “Basically, the only solution they see is getting out. But that is very problematic, because once they do get out, there is no coming

(CNS PHOTO/MOHAMMED SALEM, REUTERS)

Palestinians are seen in central Gaza Strip Nov. 14, 2019.

Fifteen bishops are taking part in the annual weeklong Holy Land Coordination visit.

back (because of travel restrictions.) Leaving means an indefinite separation for families.”

Basics such as water and electricity are interrupted daily, he said.

The Gaza Strip has been under an air, land and sea blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in 2007, when

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The United States, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Egypt, Israel and other countries list Hamas as a terrorist organization, charging that it is funded by Iran.

The bishops began their visit in Gaza and celebrated Mass with members of Holy Family Catholic Parish there Jan. 12. They also met with local families and religious sisters working in Catholic charitable institutions and visited the Daughters of Charity, the Thomas Aquinas Training Center and the Caritas Medical Center.

With just over 1,000 people, the Christian community in the Gaza Strip is very tiny, but the educational, vocational and health services it provides to the general population are highly regarded.

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‘AGUILILLA’: The story of migration to Redwood City FROM PAGE 1

once asked “to bring a replica of the Virgin of Fatima to Redwood City as a gift from their countrymen.”

What he never imagined was that while doing so, he would meet his future wife, a young woman born in Redwood City to parents from Aguililla, Michoacán in the midst of a crowd at St. Anthony Parish in Menlo Park in January 2015.

The couple now lives in Guadalajara, Mexico, with their baby, who was born in 2019 in Redwood City.

The author told us that the book has been well received not only by the people of Aguililla living in Redwood City, but also by those who have traveled to Texas, Los Angeles, Yakima and Canada.

“This book is for them because we need to

know who we are, where we came from and where we are going. We come from the indigenous Purépecha culture, but we are also the result of the Spanish conquest,” he said.

Contreras believes that the new generations born here should inherit all this knowledge about their origins. “The people of Aguililla are very friendly, honest, hard-working and dedicated.”

“Immigrants from Aguililla have many occupations. They are laborers but there are also entrepreneurs like the owners of the Chávez and Mi Pueblo supermarkets, or like Juanita Ceja from Vinos Ceja (Ceja Winery), he said.

The 200-page book was printed with the auspices of the Friends of Aguililla committee. The edition of his first book sold out in three months.

For the second book “we have sent 500 copies to be printed in a deluxe edition,” he said.

The organizer of the book launch in November

2018, Daniel Garza, a retired teacher and school principal – although not from Aguililla himself is married to a woman from Aguililla and claims that Aguililla’s blood “flows in my heart.”

He became interested in the book after he noticed his wife sobbing while reading the book.

“It brings back memories of my childhood,” she told him. Garza said that he has shown the book to his 14-year-old daughter and together they are learning about Aguililla, where mom and grandma came from and about its people and contributions.

“Many people were not able to return to Aguililla. Their children were born here. They only know Aguililla by name. For me, this book is a beautiful thing, because if they can’t go, Aguililla comes to them through its pages.”

“Aguililla, un Pueblo Migrante” can be found on Amazon, Los Manguitos ice creamery in Redwood City among other outlets.

RAMÍREZ: Peace as a path of hope FROM PAGE 14

There we find a prudent perspective that sees beyond immediate particular interests, guided by the principle of reality understood not as capitulation to what is customary but as the pursuit of what should be. We recognize this disposition in the pastoral ministry of Pope Francis.

In his message for the celebration of the 53rd World Day of Peace 2020, titled: “Peace as a Journey of Hope: Dialogue, Reconciliation and Ecological Conversion,” the pope speaks of the need to promote pathways that will foster a “greater capacity for compassion and creative solidarity.”

The image of a journey leads us to take steps, make decisions, overcome obstacles, abandon erratic paths and discover new horizons. It is all part of the journey.

Along these lines, the pope’s message envisions the construction of peace as a journey of hope in the face of obstacles and trials; an attentive journey based on remembrance, solidarity and fraternity; a journey of reconciliation in fraternal communion; and a path of ecological conversion.

The desire for peace, the object of our hope, arises from the “increase of social inequalities and the refusal to employ the means of ensuring integral human development.” The pontiff reflects on the reality of many men and women, young and old, “innocent victims of painful humiliation and exclusion, sorrow and injustice.”

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He tenders a proposal “to pursue a genuine fraternity based on our common origin from God and exercised in dialogue and mutual trust.” It must be a constant and patient work in search of “truth and justice, to honor the memory of victims and to open the way, step by step, to a shared hope stronger than the desire for vengeance.”

He explains that, in political terms, democracy can be an “important paradigm of this process, provided it is grounded in justice and a commitment to protect the rights of every person, especially the weak and marginalized.”

Peace as a path of reconciliation and fraternal communion must entail “renouncing our desire to dominate others and learning to see one another as persons, sons and daughters of God, brothers and sisters.”

The pope suggests that “only by choosing the path of respect can we break the spiral of vengeance and set out on the journey of hope.” A valid position also for the political and economic sphere since, “there can be no true peace unless we show ourselves capable of developing a more just economic system.”

Finally, in the aftermath of our hostility toward others, the lack of respect for our “common home” and the abusive exploitation of natural goods, the urgency and necessity of an ecological conversion arises. This conversion must lead us to a “new way to dwell in our common home, to accept our differences, to respect and celebrate the life that we have received and share, and to seek living conditions and models of society that favor the continued flourishing of life and the development of the common good of the entire human family.”

As we see, bringing about peace (and happiness) correlates to being free from misery, insecurity, ignorance and situations that trample on human dignity. But they are also linked to the reasons for living, fighting, enjoying, suffering and hoping.

Next time we say “Happy New Year,” don’t let it be just a cordial greeting. Let us think about putting on new energy and rekindling new hope.

Because, as the document says, “the world does not need empty words but convinced witnesses, peacemakers who are open to a dialogue that rejects exclusion or manipulation.”

CARLOS AYALA RAMIREZ is a professor at the archdiocesan Hispanic School of Pastoral Ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. This article was first published in San Francisco Católico.

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BRAZIL’S HIGH COURT: NETFLIX CAN CONTINUE ‘FIRST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST’

SAO PAULO – Supreme Court Justice Jose Antonio Dias Toffoli has overturned a lower court decision to temporarily suspend Netflix’s Brazilian-made movie, “The First Temptation of Christ.”

The satirical movie has been severely criticized by Catholic organizations and hundreds of Brazilians for suggesting that Jesus had a homosexual experience after spending 40 days in the desert. “It should not be assumed that a humorous satire is capable of weakening the values of the Christian faith, whose existence goes back for over 2,000 years, and the belief of the majority of Brazilian citizens,” Dias Toffoli said in his Jan. 9 decision.

The Supreme Court justice also noted that freedom of expression is “a condition inherent to human rationality, as a fundamental right of the individual and a corollary of the democratic regime.”

Brazil’s judiciary is in recess until February, so it is up to Dias Toffoli to rule on matters he considers most urgent until the courts are back in session. The suspension of the movie on Netflix’s website was requested by a conservative Catholic group, Dom Bosco Center of Faith and Culture.

A lower court judge in Rio de Janeiro, Benedicto Abicair, ruled that the right to freedom of expression “is not absolute.”

FRENCH BISHOPS’ COUNCIL OKS REMOVING GENDER IDS ON BAPTISM CERTIFICATES

OXFORD, England – The French bishops’ permanent council has approved a recommendation to remove gender references for parents on baptismal certificates.

Bishop Joseph de Metz-Noblat of Langres, president of the French bishops’ Council for Canonical Questions, said the changes were made to bring baptismal practices into line with new gender-equality laws.

In a letter to bishops dated Dec. 13, 2018, and published at the end of 2019, Bishop Metz-Noblat said the “ever-more-complex situation of families in France” had made compiling Catholic documents “sometimes difficult,” especially with baptisms. He added that his council had worked with the two other bishops’ conference commissions to produce a new baptismal formula, refer-

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to complete the card but have mailed it in along with an extra sheet of thoughts.

“They have concerns about the church but when you talk to them it comes from a point of caring,” he said. “That’s why they take so much time.”

With several weeks left before the Jan. 31 closing date, survey responses seem to be “all across the board,” said Graffio.

Some are very devout and express disappointment to the question about why certain people in their family or their friends don’t go to Mass, he said. Others really want to express their displeasure about what they don’t like about the church generally, globally, in the United States at the archdiocesan level or in their parish.

“Even though we took a long time and put in a great amount of effort with others in crafting these questions, the one I am most interested in hearing responses to and I’m disappointed in seeing is left blank, is this open-ended one,” said Graffio, pointing to question 11 on the form, which asks for additional comments.

“I am sincerely interested in hearing what people have to say,” he said. “This is not necessarily going to radically change the archdiocese, but it will help us understand better what’s going on out there in the pews and in the minds of the people in the pews.”

The online parish survey is available at: sfarchdiocese. org/parish-survey-english or sfarchdiocese.org/parishsurvey-spanish. The deadline is Jan. 31.

ring to “parents or other holders of parental authority.”

The reformulation was designed to avoid any moral judgment and help dioceses confronted with problems of vocabulary, the bishop said. He added that the reformulation had now been approved by the bishops’ permanent council.

“According to canon law, ministers cannot refuse sacraments to persons who opportunely ask for them, while children cannot be held responsible for the situation of their parents,” Bishop Metz-Noblat said. “This is why we are recommending you adopt this formulation, which seems more suited to our epoch.”

SPANISH CHURCH LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT GOVERNMENT SECULARIZATION

VALENCIA, Spain – Spanish church leaders voiced concern for their country’s future after the government pledged to legalize euthanasia, secularize education and strip the church of “improper assets.”

“Spain faces a critical situation, a true emergency for our future,” Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera of Valencia told Catholics in a pastoral letter. He asked that special prayers and Masses be help in Spain “as long as this uncertain future remains unclarified.”

The letter, dated Jan. 4, was circulated just before Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez formally took office Jan. 8 at the head of a coalition government, the first since Spain’s 1978 restoration of democracy.

Sanchez had been caretaker prime minister since early 2019. Cardinal Canizares said his warnings were not “rhetoric or sterile drama,” but a call for the church to “testify to Christ in words and deeds” and help “build a new mentality and a new Spain.”

Another archbishop said he was asking Mary to “save Spain.”

Archbishop Jesus Sanz Montes of Oviedo said in a Jan. 8 tweet: “Uncertainty is drawn on the horizon, but we know the sun will rise behind the clouds and storms. ... The sun will bring back color after all the clumsiness, lies and vanity which beset us.”

‘NO END IN SIGHT TO THE HORROR’: AUSTRALIAN BISHOPS RESPOND TO FIRES

CANBERRA, Australia - Saying that “there is no end in sight to the horror which confronts us,” Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, said the bishops have set up a national network, connecting people affected by the fires with “people who can help with tasks such as preparing meals, clearing properties, rebuilding communities, as well as pastoral and counseling support.”

The bishops’ conference also set up a special page, www.catholic.org.au/bushfires, with a button for donation to St. Vincent de Paul as well as resources such as prayers of intercession, prayers for those affected, and statements on the fire from other organizations.

“We have all seen the apocalyptic images, even if we are not in the areas most affected,” the archbishop said. “Lives have been lost, homes and towns have been destroyed, smoke has shrouded large swathes of our country.

At least 24 people have died in the fires, which began in August and now are in four states. CNN reported Jan. 7 that more than 2,000 homes in the state of New South Wales alone have been destroyed.

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OBITUARIES SISTER ANNE DAVIDSON, RSCJ

Sacred Heart Sister Anne Davidson died Nov. 1, 2019, at her community’s Oakwood residence in Atherton. Sister Anne was a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for 79 years and was 98 years old.

She spoke French. Spanish, Italian, German, and English and was an alumna of San Francisco College for Women, Lone Mountain, Sister Anne now part of the University of San Davidson, RSCJ Francisco.

Sister Anne’s service included teaching at the sisters’ Convent of the Sacred Heart Schools in San Francisco and teaching art at Lone Mountain where “she really become an art professor and taught art full time,” the sisters said in a statement. “Her favorite responsibility, however, was that of sacristan, a position she held for 25 years.”

She served as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco and Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City. “She loved bringing the Blessed Sacrament to patients in the hospital, to parishioners from the cathedral, and to other homebound persons,” the sisters said. “She was much loved by the recipients of her ministry.”

A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 7 at Oakwood with interment in the sisters’ cemetery there.

Remembrances may be made to Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 140 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton 94027.

SISTER SHEILA KEANE, OP

Dominican Sister Sheila Keane, OP, died at the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose St. Martin Residence in Fremont Dec. 12, 2019. She was 92 years old and in the 72nd year of her religious profession.

Sister Sheila met the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose at St. Elizabeth Elementary School, Oakland, and entered the Congregation in 1945. On July 30, 1947, she made first profession of vows as a Dominican Sister.

For 11 years Sister Sheila was teacher or principal at Catholic schools in southern and northern California including St. Boniface School, San Francisco.

After earning a graduate degree in social work, she ministered as a social worker at Serra Center, Mission, San Jose, and St. Vincent’s School, San Rafael. For 35 years, 1974-2010, she was a social worker for the St. Anthony Foundation at St. Boniface Parish, San Francisco.

Sister Sheila A funeral Mass was celebrated Keane, OP Dec. 17, at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse in Fremont with interment at the Congregation’s cemetery, God’s Acre located on the grounds of the Motherhouse.

Sister Kathleen frequently joined groups in preparing and serving sandwiches to the homeless.

She gave out McDonald’s gift cards to the homeless holding signs on the streets. Watching the nightly news, she became distressed and appalled over how immigrants were being treated at the border, especially when children were being separated from their parents. She went to the border with other Sisters in January 2019 and often tearfully shared how it was a life-changing experience.

She served as life care coordinator for the Sisters of Mercy from 2010 until 2018.

Her funeral Mass took place at the Mercy Chapel in Burlingame Jan 6. Memorial gifts may be made to the Sisters of Mercy, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010.

SISTER KATHLEEN KEARNEY, RSM

Sister Ernestina Molinari, 89, died Jan. 5, at her congregation’s Caritas Center in Dubuque, Iowa. Sister Ernestina entered the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary congregation Sept. 8, 1948, from St. Philip Parish, San Francisco.

She professed first vows on March 19, 1951, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1956.

Sister Ernestina is a former principal of San Francisco’s St. Brigid School and St. Thomas More Sister Ernestina School, and member of the faculty Molinari, BVM of St. Paul High School. Among her other ministries were leadership of the congregational retirement center in Los Gatos and elderly housing in Santa Rosa.

Survivors include her brother Roy Molinari and his wife Erlinda of San Mateo.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 13 in the sisters’ Marian Hall Chapel with interment in Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Remembrances may be made to Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003.

Sister of Mercy Kathleen Kearney died Dec. 15, 2019, at Marian Oaks in Burlingame.

Born in San Francisco Aug. 1, 1946, she grew up in St. Gabriel Parish and first met the Sisters of Mercy there. After graduating from Mercy High School San Francisco in 1964, she entered the community in 1964. Professing her vows in 1967, she took on the name of Sister Kathleen.

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B16, cardinal write book defending celibacy This is the cover of “From the Depths of Our Hearts,” by retired Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.

In the book they defend priestly celibacy, an issue that was discussed at last year’s Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.

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VATICAN CITY – Since marriage and priesthood both demand the total devotion and self-giving of a man to his vocation, “it does not seem possible to realize both vocations simultaneously,” retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a new book.

“From the Depths of Our Hearts,” a defense of priestly celibacy, has an introduction and conclusion written jointly by the retired pope and by Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, and one chapter written by each of them alone.

The book was to be published in English Feb. 20 by Ignatius Press but the French newspaper Le Figaro released excerpts Jan. 12 from the original French edition.

In a chapter signed by both the retired pope and the cardinal, they said the book resulted from an exchange of “ideas and our concerns,” particularly related to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, which heard repeated calls for considering the ordination of married elders to serve far-flung communities and provide greater access to the Eucharist and other sacraments.

Pope Francis’ response to the requests of the synod is expected early in the year. Observers noted how unusual it was for the retired pope to intervene publicly on an issue the reigning pope is considering.

Cardinal Sarah and Pope Benedict seemed to recognize how usual the move was, but they wrote, “’Silere non possum!’ I cannot be silent!”

The two said they offered their reflections “in a spirit of love for the unity of the church.”

In a separate interview with Le Figaro, Cardinal Sarah said, “If this book is a cry, it’s a cry of love for the

NORTHERN IRELAND RELIGIOUS LEADERS WELCOME RESTORATION OF INSTITUTIONS

DUBLIN – Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, has welcomed a new political agreement that restores the suspended democratic institutions set up as part of the peace process in Northern Ireland.

The legislative assembly and governing executive – established on a cross-community power-sharing basis between parties representing both the Catholic and Protestant communities – collapsed more than three years ago due to a lack of trust between the parties.

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church, the pope, the priests and all Christians. We want this book to be read as widely as possible. The crisis facing the church is striking.”

According to the published excerpts, a chapter signed by Pope Benedict noted how today many people assume the gradual adoption of the discipline of priestly celibacy was a result of “contempt for corporeality and sexuality.”

The error of that thinking, he said, is demonstrated by the church’s high view of the sacrament of marriage.

And, while acknowledging that celibacy has not always been a requirement for priesthood, he said that married priests were expected to abstain from sexual relations with their wives.

Renouncing marriage “to place oneself totally at the disposition of the Lord became a criterion for priestly ministry,” he said. ment that brought an end to 30 years of sectarian strife that saw more than 3,500 people killed – published a new set of proposals to restore trust. The following morning, the assembly met and elected a new minister.

Archbishop Martin joined with other church leaders in welcoming the new deal as “a balanced accommodation that is focused on the common good.”

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The region has suffered a severe crisis in both education and health care in recent years due to a chronic

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The published excerpts do not discuss the continuing practice of ordaining married men in the Eastern Catholic churches nor the exceptions granted by St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict himself to married former ministers of the Anglican Communion and other Christian denominations who become Catholic.

Last January, speaking to reporters flying back from Panama with him, Pope Francis said, “Personally, I believe that celibacy is a gift to the church.”

“I’m not in agreement with allowing optional celibacy,” he said. “A phrase St. Paul VI said comes to mind: ‘I would rather give my life than to change the law on celibacy.’”

However, he did say “there could be some possibility” of ordaining married men in very remote locations where there are Catholic communities that seldom have Mass because there are no priests. But, even for that situation, much study would need to be done.

Responding to journalists’ questions Jan. 13, Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said, “the position of the Holy Father on celibacy is known,” and he quoted the pope’s comments to journalists last January.

But Bruni also included Pope Francis’ statement that “some possibility” could exist for exceptions in remote areas “when there is a pastoral necessity.

There, the pastor must think of the faithful.”

In addition, Bruni noted that when Pope Francis addressed members at the end of the synod in October, he said he was pleased that “we have not fallen prisoner to these selective groups that from the synod only want to see what was decided on one or another intraecclesial point” while ignoring all the work the synod did in analyzing the problems, challenges and hopes on the pastoral, cultural, social and ecological levels. lack of funds and the absence of decision-makers.

In a joint statement, the church leaders warned that “the principles of accountability, transparency and responsibility, identified in the agreement, are crucial to underpinning sustainable government and ensuring that the experience of the last three years cannot happen again.”

“Along with the development of trust and generosity of spirit, these measures offer an opportunity to build a peaceful and just society that is centered around respect and recognition of each other’s cultural identity,” the leaders said.

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CLERICUS CLASSIC: Annual evening basketball game featuring priests of the archdiocese versus St. Patrick seminarians. Basketball rivalry, skills competitions, food and a $1,000 raffle. Doors open at 6 p.m. Adults $10, Children $5. Third child and more free. Junipero Serra High School, 451 West 20th Ave., San Mateo. fallerc@ sfarch.org.

SUNDAY, JAN. 19 CATHEDRAL CONCERT: Free 4 p.m. afternoon concert at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Featuring the Cavatina Music Society.

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DIACONATE INFORMATION: An informational meeting for single and married men between the ages of 30-60 interested in the permanent diaconate. 7-8:30 p.m., at archdiocesan offices, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco.

FRIDAY, JAN. 24 PRAYER VIGIL FOR LIFE: On the eve of Walk for Life West Coast 2020, the Dominican Friars of St. Dominic Parish hosts a prayer vigil with opportunities to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

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ADORATION FOR LIFE: All-night Eucharistic adoration on the eve of Walk for Life West Coast 2020.

Adoration begins at 8 p.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St., San Francisco, and ends 7 a.m. Jan. 25. Visit parish. sspeterandpaulsf.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 25 WALK FOR LIFE WEST COAST 2020: Begins with Mass celebrated by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco at 9:30 a.m. A rally with speakers and information begins at Civic Center Plaza at 12:30 p.m. and walk processes to Justin Herman Plaza. Visit walkforlifewc.com. or (415) 6581793.

WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY: Our Lady of Mercy Parish has a Bible study every Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. in the church hall at 1 Elmwood Drive, Daly City. Visit olmcath.org or call (650) 7552727. All are welcome.

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POST-WALK DINNER: BBQ sponsored by the Knights of Columbus at Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary St., San Francisco begins at 6 p.m. Visit starparish.com.

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CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LUNCHEON: The Council of Catholic Women is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a luncheon and vintage fashion show.

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GRACECENTER BINGO: Good Shepherd Gracenter, a residential recovery center for women at 1310 Bacon St., San Francisco, is looking for volunteers to help host a Feb. 1 bingo lunch, donate bingo prizes and play bingo. (415) 387-9365 to sign up, or visit gsgracenter.org.

OLA CRABFEST: A beloved annual fundraiser for the Our Lady of Angels sports program. No-host cocktails, crab dinner, dancing, party games and more. $75. Our Lady of Angels school gymnasium, 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame. (650) 347-7768.

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Church, 850 Judah Street, San Francisco. Reception and open house to follow. Visit stanne-sf.org or stanne. com.

MONDAY, FEB. 3 GRIEF SUPPORT: St. Pius Parish is facilitating an eight-week, Monday night grief support group beginning February 3 at the parish center, 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City. 7 p.m. (650) 361-0655, or emailgriefministry@pius.org. Walk-ins welcome.

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CONSECRATED LIFE MASS: The Archdiocese of San Francisco celebrates the women and men religious celebrating jubilees of consecrated life. 10:45 a.m., St. Matthew Church, 1 Notre Dame Ave., San Mateo. Reception to follow. conrottor@sfarch. org.

‘LAUDATO SI’ TALK: St. Ignatius Parish hosts a panel discussion and presentation on “Laudato Si’,” an encyclical by Pope Francis that calls all people of the world to take “swift and unified action” against environmental degradation. 650 Parker Ave., San Francisco. Visit stignatiussf.org or call (415) 422-2188.

PEACE MASS: First Saturday Mass for reparation peace in the world. 9 a.m., Our Lady of Mercy Church, 1 Elmwood Drive, Daly City. Father Domingo Orimaco, pastor and celebrant.

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ANNIVERSARY MASS: Special Mass celebrating 100 years since the founding of St. Anne School.

11 a.m. at St. Anne of the Sunset

HEALTH CARE ETHICS: Second annual Converging Roads health care ethics conference, “Catholic Medicine in a Secular Society.” 8:15 a.m.-6 p.m., St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, 320 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park. Register at convergingroads.com or email sara@forlifeandfamily.org.

HAITI BENEFIT: “Haiti on the Rise” supports the Haitian people in reconstruction efforts following the devastating 2010 earthquake. Fundraiser for reconstruction of La Grotte High School in Port-au-Prince. 5-9 p.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral event center. haitiontherise5thannualdinner.eventbrite.com, or (415) 5327223.

SUNDAY, FEB. 9 RESPECT LIFE MASS: Respect Life Essay Contest Awards Mass, celebrated by Archbishop Cordileone, 11 a.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral. Valerie Schmalz, (415) 614-5571, schmalzv@ sfarch.org.

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Catholic schools’ indispensable role in leadership, formation

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an you imagine the American Catholic Church today without Catholic schools? I certainly cannot. Since 1727, when the Ursuline sisters founded their academy in New Orleans, Catholic schools have taught America’s children. The schools educated the sons and daughters of immigrants. They also opened their doors to the children of farmers and merchants, to the affluent and powerful, and to the poorest of the poor. In offering an aspirational educational opportunity, ARCHBISHOP always wedded to the SALVATORE J. Catholic faith, the schools CORDILEONE left an indelible mark on the Church and on American society.

Catholic schools are a gift from the Church and a gift to the Church. And despite current trends toward smaller enrollments and all-tofrequent closings, Catholic schools are arguably as important to the mission of the Church today as they ever have been. Maybe even more so.

There are daunting challenges facing the Church in these times and addressing them is the responsibility of all those who minister in the Church. Very often, however, we turn to the schools to show us the way. This is an unfair burden to place on our Catholic schools, to be sure. But the fact we naturally turn to them is understandable. It is also high praise for what they do.

Catholic schools have storied history in the

formation and development of American Catholics and Catholicism. Also, many of us went to Catholic school and we know firsthand the critical role that schooling played in who we have become. Both of these reasons incline us to look to our schools as “the” places that will make the difference for our Church moving forward.

But there is more than personal experience and history that draws our attention to schools for leadership these days.

Our schools are among the rare places in our fast-paced and fragmented world with the luxury of time to spend with young people each and every day and over the course of many years. True formation that shapes men and women of faith and wisdom and virtue takes time. It cannot be done quickly. Nor can it be accomplished without faithful and faith-filled mentors as guides or without the rituals and repetition and practices that cultivate a way of being in this world.

Catholic schools also have a unique relationship with families. With an eye to the future, parents and schools come together in a special partnership rooted in hope and with the express purpose of forming the next generation.

Catholic schools also reach beyond the students entrusted to their care to their families. In so doing the schools have nourished the families in the love of Jesus Christ and His Church and helped them in their search for the truth, beauty and goodness that lead ultimately to God. Catholic schools and the people who minister in them have an indispensable role to play in the Church today, as they always have. They deserve our attention, our commitment, our ongoing support and deepest gratitude for the work they do.

Catholic education: Academic excellence as a pathway to a greater good

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appy Catholic Schools Week! I am so proud of the strong Catholic communities, innovative educational programs, and dedicated people we find at each of these schools. As you navigate this booklet, you may be wondering what is it that separates the Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from the many other schools in Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo.

You may be asking yourself, why Catholic school?

When a child enters a Catholic school, they are treated as one of God’s beloved children, created in His image and likePAMELA LYONS ness, and as such are inherently good. In other words, all of our students are beloved because they are created by God. Catholic schools create educational opportunities that not only address the intellect, but of equal importance, the spiritual, moral, and social aspects of every child. We recognize the importance of academic excellence, and are diligent about ensuring that our students are receiving an education on par with, and in most cases, an education that greatly surpasses other local public and private institutions. The difference lies in our pursuit of academic excellence as a pathway to a greater good.

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Archbishop discusses faith, reason, Catholic education LIDIA WASOWICZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

For Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the second son and third of four children born into a Sicilian workingclass family of fishermen and farmers and schooled in the public system through his freshman year in college, Catholic education holds top priority as a transformative tool for forming faith, building bonds, constructing communities and strengthening society.

In a conversation with Catholic San Francisco, the archbishop shared his perspective on the importance and impact of Catholic schools.

Here are excerpts from the one-hour interview:

Q: In the Christmas classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the angel shows George Bailey what his town would be like had he never been born. What would the San Francisco Bay Area be like had Catholic schools never been established here?

A: I think it would be similar to what the town would look like without George Bailey: so many missed opportunities, lives whose potential were not realized, so much more sadness. The Catholic schools are a real leaven in the wider society that precisely helps people realize their full potential, become the person God created them to be in their lives, provides the necessary vision. Even if the vast majority of students don’t go to Catholic schools, still it makes that vision present in the educational community

A: Catholic identity is more relevant today than ever before precisely because it’s an alternative view from the dehumanizing, secularizing trends but also a reaction on the other end of the political spectrum that wants to get in a war. We have this harsh rhetoric going on, and people attacking each other; we need the Catholic understanding of the human person.

I don’t know any other community that is more affirming of human dignity in every stage of life and in every condition of life than our own Catholic community.

Q: What are the three most important lessons a Catholic school can impart to its students?

A: Why they should be proud to be Catholic, the primacy of vocation, their purpose in life, and that Jesus Christ is at the center of their life.

Q: What grade would you give the schools in achieving these goals?

A: I wouldn’t be prepared to answer that question. What I would like to see is some longitudinal studies of how our graduates are doing after five and 10 years, not just in their career but in their life in general: If they’ve gotten married, are they still married, are they active in their parishes, active in giving back to the community. I came from a working-class family (his Sicilian paternal grandfather, father and three uncles were in the fishing business; his maternal grandfather came from a farming family in Sicily). My parents were married their whole life. We knew they were going to be. There was that stability, so we’ve all done well in life.

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Q: What do you see as the most significant contributions of Catholic schools to the local area and beyond?

A: The first thing … would be preparing leaders for the future. So many great leaders in our community here and across the nation have been products of Catholic schools. More importantly though, it’s forming people in the faith and forming people to live excellent lives morally and spiritually, which contributes to a properly ordered society, a truly just society and a society that most closely reflects the kingdom of God.

Q: What do you consider the top objectives of Catholic education?

A: The top one is to make saints. That would be forming our young people in virtue. Our Catholic approach to understanding truth (is) using faith and reason working together. This is probably the greatest advantage of Catholic schools that we can bring in the dimension of faith. Without faith (and reason) we have one hand tied behind our back when it comes to apprehending truth.

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Q: How important and why do you think it is for Catholic schools to provide education that is affordable and accessible to all?

A: It’s obviously hugely important because for families that are caught in the cycle of poverty Catholic schools sometimes (are) their only lifeline.

We do a great job of getting kids that come from a disadvantaged background, sometimes newly immigrated families where even English skills might not be adequate when they start school, graduated and into universities and really well educated and able to get back to the society and the life God calls them to live. The Cristo Rey model (see story on CSW5) is a new, creative idea that works too. We need that kind of thinking in the current context for Catholic education.

Q: What are the greatest challenges facing Catholic education in the Bay Area?

A: Affordability and accessibility probably (being) the first one and the other one being true to our vision of Catholic education in an increasingly secular society and one that is increasingly hostile to many of the core values of our faith. The third thing would be … family breakdown because what goes on in the home … affects a child’s education.

Q: What steps are being taken, will be taken and can be taken to solve some of these challenges?

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ARCHBISHOP: Discusses faith, reason, Catholic education FROM PAGE CSW3

Q: A 2018 study shows many youths stop identifying as Catholic at a median age of 13, and even more leave the church by college. What role should Catholic schools play in trying to stymie this exodus?

A: Truth. They need to know the truth. The most common reason young people give (for leaving) is that … religion contradicts science … when in fact the church loves science because science and revealed truth work together.

Q: What are Catholic schools’ greatest strengths?

A: The greatest strengths are our schools are welcoming of everyone, and we do try hard to make them diverse not just ethnically but socioeconomically.

Q: What areas need most improvement?

A: We need a much deeper understanding of the faith, more than what we can get from just an hour at Mass on Sunday, a deeper formation at all levels, leaders, teachers as well as students.

Q: Among your myriad duties as shepherd of the San Francisco archdiocese, what priority do you place on those pertaining to education?

A: Everything having to do with formation is at the top of my priority list. That would be our schools, faith-formation programs, seminary.

Q: What do you see as your responsibility to, role in and relationship with Catholic schools and those who lead, attend and support them?

A: My role is I’m the shepherd so to attend to

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Q: Are there any plans for restructuring, revamping, revising, revitalizing or reviewing the local Catholic school system this year and beyond?

A: What we’ve started to do in a few cases is have schools come under the direct management of the Department of Catholic Schools because it’s becoming harder and harder for pastors to do that directly themselves.

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Q: What kinds of duties would be shifted from the pastor to the department of schools?

A: Supervising the principal, hiring and firing faculty, school policies.

Q: What do you envision for Catholic education in the Bay Area in another decade or so?

A: More models of collaboration and more attention to ongoing formation in the area of mission.

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schools that have a specialization. One model that’s proven to be very successful around the country is elementary schools that have a classical curriculum. (He cited St. Jerome’s Parish in Maryland and Mission Dolores Academy in San Francisco as two examples.)

Q: You attended public schools until your sophomore year in college. Do you feel you missed out?

A: I do feel I missed out, but I also was able to grow up with young people from other faith traditions. I think it helped me develop an ability to relate to people who are different from me.

Q: Was there a reason you went to public school?

A: My mother told me … Catholic school didn’t agree with (his sister, the oldest of four siblings) so she transferred into public school, and we all just followed suit.

Q: How would you ‘sell’ Catholic education to parents uncertain where to send their child?

A: The top reason [cited in surveys on why parents choose Catholic schools] is that the schools are safe. So we can assure the parents their child will be safe, will be welcomed and well taken care of, will receive an excellent education but most importantly will receive an education in the faith and formation of good values.

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ICA Cristo Rey gives underserved girls hope for the future LIDIA WASOWICZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Sophomore Angelica Buncio knows her hard luck turned to good fortune when she joined 371 female students at ICA Cristo Rey Academy.

Established in 1883 to carry on the historic mission of Catholic education to enlighten and empower the vulnerable and voiceless, the San Francisco high school fulfills its ministry by joining with 152 corporate partners to integrate professional work experience with a four-year college-prep curriculum and give economically disadvantaged girls a career-enhancing edge.

Girls like Angelica, who chokes up at the memory of the travails she and her family endured after emigrating from the Philippines.

“My parents wanted a better life for me, but they couldn’t always give it to me and that’s why …” she confides, tears interrupting her reminiscence. “It hasn’t always been rainbows and all happy stuff, but it’s a lot better now.”

Her prospects grew more promising with newfound aptitude and attitude.

The former self-described “very shy, anti-social introvert” now exudes confidence, courage and conviction born in part of a well-rounded, in-thefield experience at Mills-Peninsula Health Services in Burlingame where her supervisor staggered her shifts to include seniors, dementia patients, physical therapists, retailers and facility managers.

“ICA has opened up a lot of doors for me and given me a lot of opportunities that people way older than me don’t have,” Angelica said.

“Now, because of my job where I met so many people in so many areas of the hospital when I was just 14, I can talk on the phone with adults without getting scared, I’m not afraid to ask for help, I’ve learned how to branch out and try new things, like new sports and different clubs and getting to know different kinds of people.”

The story repeats with fellow sophomore Micaiah Acosta and juniors Jessica Ferrer and Julienne Cancio, all U.S.-born children of struggling Filipino immigrants whose future outlooks brightened with acceptance at ICA Cristo Rey. “I felt it was a good opportunity for me to have a better life than what my family had to go through,” said Micaiah, who worked at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland.

“ICA gets us a step ahead because you don’t see a lot of teenagers in the workforce, especially at the corporate level, so it looks good on college resumes, and it’s helped me better my people skills.”

As an additional bonus, tension eased between her parents, who had divorced when she was three,

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ICA Cristo Rey students Angelica Buncio, Julienne Cancio, Jessica Ferrer and Micaiah Acosta spoke with Catholic San Francisco about the opportunities that have opened to them and to their families through the school’s work-study program. because – with an annual tuition of $2,900 and families paying an average $1,500 – her father could finally afford the kind of education her mother had longed to give her.

Jessica, whose parents worked at McDonald’s to make ends meet upon arriving in America some 20 years ago, felt equal relief for similar reasons.

“My going to ICA to give me opportunities they didn’t have lifted a lot of pressure,” she said.

“The job I’ve had at Jones Day (a prestigious law

firm, the sixth largest in the United States and 13th highest grossing in the world) has definitely taught me so many things you couldn’t learn anywhere else, and the teachers have given me so much because they care and focus on every student.”

Her classmate Julienne’s tale follows a similar script.

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The school and parish that work, play and pray together stay strong, supportive and spiritual together.

In interviews, 24 pupils, parents, principals, pastors and parishioners cited a bevy of benefits from programs that promote a partnership among them.

Collaborative engagements – from pasta dinners and clothing collections to sacramental rites and walks for the poor – empower, enlighten and energize a community united in love of Jesus, they attested.

Religion classes frequented by clergy, choir recitals at Sunday services, morning prayers with teachers and priests, rosary courses taught by a parishioner, liturgies with a younger “buddy” she mentors, pancake breakfasts, Advent wreath-making gettogethers and student presentations at Mass have provided educational and enjoyable experiences for Kirsten Pitcher, a sixth grader at St. Hilary School in Tiburon.

“Any activity to help me learn more about my faith is great and makes me feel included in the church,” she said.

Altar serving, helping out with St. Vincent De Paul food drives, marching for the underprivileged and taking part in outreach projects have enabled eighth grader Nellie Sell to befriend the pastor, sisters, lectors and other members of the St. Raphael Church and Mission community in San Rafael whom she otherwise would not have met.

Getting to know the volunteers who

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Joseph Dallara, Elmer Ortega and Daniel Barrios are pictured with Nellie Sell during St. Raphael School’s Walk for the Poor. support the church and its services for the poor, homeless, elderly and sick “has shown me how much helping other people actually helps yourself and reminds me that you should always be working to please God,” Nellie said.

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opportunities at St. Brendan School and parish in San Francisco, seventh graders Katie Nelson and Claire Cannon and Bobby Nelson, two years their junior, have reaped social and spiritual rewards.

“Most of my friends also help and

volunteer in the parish,” said Katie, a youth minister, altar server, lector, “peace maker” for younger children, May crowning participant and fundraiser for various church-sponsored charities. “We all like to help others and grow in our faith.”

Making sandwiches for the hungry, serving soup during Lent and taking part in other parish-partnered activities “brought our class closer together (and) taught us how some things we take for granted are important to other people,” Claire said.

For Bobby, 10, an expanded circle of fellowship rounded out the list of benefits.

“I have made new friends and got to know the priests at our school,” the fifth grader said. “I like when the teachers and priests come to my CYO games and when the priests and nuns visit during the school day.”

Encouraged by such feedback, St. Brendan principal Dianne Lakatta and pastor Father Roger Gustafson have increased their inventory of inclusive innovations.

As one example, Lakatta introduced Nun-Talk Tuesdays, featuring pastoral associate Sister Angela Furia, who gets personal on such topics as what she does for fun, why she chose religious life and how she talks to God. “Students are able to ask questions of our nun and see that she is a real person who eats, sleeps, likes to do things and loves God,” the principal said.

Among his contributions, Father Gustafson has gone to every classSEE PARTNERSHIPS, PAGE CSW12

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ICA CRISTO REY: Giving underserved girls hope for the future FROM PAGE CSW5

minimum-wage job at Subway even though she had earned a dental degree in her homeland.

“Going to ICA definitely helped my family because the tuition here was cheaper than my K-8 school, and it still gave me a really good job, college prep, academics and personal payoff,” said Jessica, who worked for two years at Brown and Toland Physicians.

“If I was going to any school other than ICA, I would probably be a nobody because before I came to ICA, I was really shy and not comfortable talking in public.”

Such transformations add evidence the unique model works in enabling girls to “have experiences they never dreamed possible,” said Dominican Sister Diane Aruda, ICA’s president.

“Parents share how astounded they are at who their daughters have become as mature, young women with goals.”

They have statistical backing: 100% of students matriculate, 82% being the first in their families to do so and 65% graduating within six years while often working part-time; 95% meet or exceed job expectations, and fewer than 10% drop out before getting their diploma.

The impressive numbers may relate to ICA’s unique acceptance criteria that assess the “whole” applicant.

“We take it all into consideration,” admissions director Angelica Granera said, “GPA, test scores, family

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polo shirt, cardigan sweater or vest, khaki or black uniform pants, black shoes – can contribute to high marks, said Bill Olinger, program director.

“We have a 90% sponsor retention rate, indicating they believe in what we are doing,” he said.

Freyer and Laureta is one of those that signed on for another term.

“We were extremely surprised at the level of proficiency that the student possessed,” said Jeff Tarantino, vice president at the award-winning consulting engineering firm. “She was thoughtful and a critical thinker (and) always knew when to ask a question.”

The company was so impressed, it hired an alumna as an entry-level engineer.

“I believe the ICA work-study experience benefited our new hire and gives her an early leg up into helping execute projects,” Tarantino said.

To get a leg up, new students participate in a two-week summer training for clerical jobs they will be performing five days a month to earn nearly half the cost of their schooling.

A sponsoring company pays ICA $34,000 a year for a team of four girls – one from each grade – that rotates work days to comprise one full-time employee.

That amounts to $8,500 per student, 43% of the $20,000 it takes to educate her. Tuition adds another $1,500 to $2,900, with the remainder picked up by donors, foundations and fundraisers.

“We’re trying to figure out ways to make it easier so we don’t have to raise over $3 million a year,” Olinger said.

The 136-year-old institution has

been tweaking the plan since joining the Cristo Rey Network a decade ago as its only all-girl member.

Initiated in 1998 as a collaborative effort between the Christian Brothers and the Jesuits, the network enfolds 37 independently run Catholic schools in 24 states, 3,450 corporate partners, 13,000 students and 18,035 graduates, making it the largest such entity in the country serving exclusively the underserved, said ICA principal George Fornero.

“When it was proposed, they all said, ‘What a stupid idea,’” he said.

“You go to some company, you talk to some CEO, you say, ‘I wonder if I could send some 14-year-old to your office and you’re going to pay this person an entry-level salary,’ and they hire her,” he mused.

“It makes no sense at all, but it works.”

Alums, seven of whom work at ICA, can testify to that.

“We do a very good job at preparing our girls for college” and careers, said alumnae adviser Tina Sprouse, citing the case of a sophomore landing a film-industry internship open to juniors and seniors and, subsequently, a plum job at Pixar Animation Studios.

The ICA experience shifted the focus and future of Felienne Dante, a 2018 graduate attending Menlo College.

After three years of working in the medical field, she recalled, “to my surprise, in my senior year, I got transferred to Makena Capital Management in Menlo Park,” inspiring a switch to finance and accounting.

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Catholic schools look ahead with innovative programs steps toward turning their dreams into reality.

Three years in WIPA have cemented Nyla’s lifelong interest in the field.

“I have not only gotten better at performing, but I now have the passion to write and direct plays and musicals,” said the veteran of musical theater since childhood.

“My dream would be to perform for a professional company that does musical theater or to teach musical theater.”

Her WIPA-enriched portfolio provides a promising start.

She has received advice from actors working locally and touring from abroad, scripted plays with internationally known writer Ron Jones, honed voice skills and trained for auditions at the Pacific Singers and Actors Workshop, developed a network of notables and spent summers at the prestigious New York University Tisch School of the Arts and Mountainview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

Amelie has had an equally excellent experience since entering Mercy and WiTECH in 2017.

“I mainly thought we were going to be doing things like coding and working with the 3D printer, which is also cool, but I really got to explore my interest in photography by learning how to take pictures with professional cameras and how to edit them on software called Lightroom,” she said.

As an added bonus, she discovered the value of the classwork extends to plans close to her heart.

“I want to work with organizations

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Responding to the needs of the swiftly shifting times, Catholic schools are introducing innovative programs to update and upgrade their trademark of excellence in growing and developing the whole person.

At St. Pius in Redwood City, youngsters are gaining hands-on experience in science, technology, engineering and math by creating, constructing, controlling, correcting and competing with robots.

In 2016-2017, second graders at All Souls in South San Francisco began incorporating programming language into classroom conversations and collaborations. Their rapid development of fluency in software syntax encouraged expansion to third grade and middle school of age-appropriate exposure to technologies and techniques – from Scratch to Makerspace – considered essential to 21st-century literacy.

Boasting that “in a world of change, Mercy women take the lead,” the all-girl San Francisco high school has carved out four career-cinching curricular tracks catering to students’ personal passions and professional proclivities. Freshmen can select Women in Performing Arts, Women in Technology, Women in the Arts or Women in Science and Healthcare.

“Each ‘women in’ pathway provides a unique, focused curriculum where our students can access guest lectures, internships and one-to-one mentorship programs with Bay Area

(PHOTO BY DEBRA GREENBLAT/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

The St. Pius School robotics class having some fun with pastor Father Tom Martin. Back row from left: Joey Abedrabbo, seventh grade, Rob Decottignies, coach; Brandon Manca, sixth grade; Father Tom Martin. Front from left: Giovanni Decottignies, sixth; Amy Welte, coach/program coordinator; Rebecca Welte, sixth; Akshara Panhcumarthi, sixth; Nick Contreras, sixth.

Not pictured: Hudson Taylor, seventh. professionals,” said communications coordinator Theresa Poon.

“For the Mercy student who chooses a special program, the real world is her classroom where she is able to earn credits to graduate with honors and more importantly gain a fuller

understanding of how to make her dreams a reality.”

Opting for the one-of-a-kind offerings, senior Nyla Moore, Amelie Justo, Class of 2021, and recent graduate Tara Kent, now a student at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, took sizable

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ICA CRISTO REY: Giving underserved girls hope for the future FROM PAGE CSW8

Even brief exposure to the program had a lifelong influence on Bianca Guzman and Kristine Casipe, who were seniors when ICA entered the Cristo Rey Network.

“My first choice was to work in a hospital or something medical, but (seeing) the administrative side of things led me in a different direction,” Guzman said.

The business and sports management major

heads ICA’s transportation department, overseeing students’ BART, van and foot routes to work and providing chaperones for safety.

Casipe described her year in the program as “one of the best learning opportunities,” which she might not have fully appreciated as a teenager but does today as ICA’s data and gifts processing manager.

Accumulation of appreciation with age appears universal, said Andrea Manchester, Guzman’s and Casipe’s former teacher and current colleague.

“The first few years students are teenagers and

are less appreciative,” said the director of marketing and communications. “By the time they start applying to colleges, they see the benefits … paying off.”

The payoff is substantial, said Melissa Ruiz, director of guidance.

“At ICA Cristo Rey we often think of Mother Pia Backes, our founder, who was charged with having to build a school to serve the ‘young, poor and vulnerable,’” the ICA alum said. “That school, our ICA, was always living that mission and with Cristo Rey we are able to enhance our resources in that path.”

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room to sing with students a custom composition centered on the catchphrase “one body” to signify the desire for school-church unity. At back-toschool night, he had all the parents stand, embrace and belt out this “anthem.”

“One of the things I’m constantly reminding parishioners about is that the church is not a building but a movement of people, all together, toward Christ,” the pastor said. “Therefore to have a close association between church and school within a parish ensures that school families and parishioners are moving in the same direction spiritually.”

Such assurance attracted Colette Cannon, who enrolled her daughter and son, and Jenny Nelson, who signed up her three offspring.

“We chose St. Brendan for our children because we wanted them to live a life of faith and Catholic values,” said Cannon, president of the Mothers’ Club.

“Having strong ties between the parish and the school emphasizes how important those values are to us.”

The ties bind current members and bring in new ones, said Nelson, chair of the School Advisory Board.

“St. Brendan has over 1,200 active parishioners but feels like a small, close-knit family of neighbors and friends,” she said. “We are lucky to have found a community that feels like home.”

Across the bay, families express equal satisfaction with their home turf where school and parish boundaries blend.

For Paula Pitcher, the affiliation offers numerous spiritual, moral, ethical and practical benefits, including synchronicity between classroom lessons and the liturgical year.

“The church and school sit on a pretty hill in Tiburon, overlooking Richardson Bay, with gorgeous views, but in truth the people and their commitment and dedication to each other make the place,” said the 11-year parishioner and mother of two students at St. Hilary.

Principal Marie Bordeleau and Father William

(PHOTO BY DEBRA GREENBLATT/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Pictured are St. Raphael School student council members, back row, Andre Ignoffo; middle from left Allie Horsley, Brianna Frade, Marcelo Chan, Gabbie Verweil, Emanuel Almendares; front from left, Valerie Flores, Willie Sell (not on the council), Nellie Sell, Siena Hayes.

Brown, the pastor, have worked diligently to expand joint activities and communications, including the integration of priests and parishioners into the classroom and extracurricular setting and of school news into church videos, emails, newsletters and bulletins.

“It is important that the children feel rooted in a Catholic community, to have a sense of family and belonging, a sense of tradition, to grow into faithfilled adults,” said Bordeleau, whose son attends

fourth grade at St. Hilary.

“If there were no strong ties, between the school and the rest of the parish, this would be a very sad thing indeed,” Father Brown said, “two separate entities merely coexisting side by side on the same property.”

Subscribing to similar sentiments, St. Raphael principal Lydia Collins and pastor Father Andrew Spyrow have joined hands to link their two entities.

“The benefits of a united parish-school community are building a stronger faith community and ensuring a future for both the parish and school,” Collins said. “It doesn’t make sense to teach about our Catholic faith and not have a place to attend Mass or pray.”

A symbiotic relationship has practical advantages, noted assistant principal Francesca Previtali.

“It helps us to work together to achieve our ultimate shared mission in large ways, such as financial stability, and in the day-to-day menial tasks, such as who gets to use the church and when,” she said.

And it underscores a Catholic school’s position as a primary ministry of its parish and not “just a private school,” said Kathy Murray, first-grade teacher and mother of three St. Raphael alums.

“The children are our future parishioners, and it is very important for them to feel they are … a part of a bigger community who cares for them as they are educated by God-loving staff and teachers,” said Barbara Beaulieu, member of the St. Raphael St. Vincent De Paul Conference.

Wanting to promote that feeling, Megan Dominguez, mother of two St. Raphael students, spearheaded an annual Memorial Day weekend camping trip for school and church families.

“We are socially and spiritually fulfilled when the school and parish form a community,” she said.

For his part, Father Spyrow has made himself so visible – at festivals, auctions, assemblies, morning prayers and other school events – “the students actually know who the pastor is and will call out his name from across the playground,” Collins said.

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that help with immigration, domestic violence and troubled youth,” said Amelie, whose WiTECH courses taught her the usefulness of social media in promoting such causes. “You would think that technology doesn’t really associate with what I want to do in the future, but it does!”

Likewise, Tara’s WITA studies will serve her for life.

Boosting her confidence and connections, they prompted the budding photographer to join the San Francisco Women Artists’ Gallery, founded in 1887, and provided a broad platform for exhibiting her art.

“I’m still not entirely set on what I want to do, but I’m playing around with the idea of going into the State Department, photojournalism, museum curations,” the college freshman said.

“No matter where I end up, I’m going to be taking my camera, (and) the values I learned and the people I met will stick with me for a lifetime, regardless of whether or not I go professional.”

The program aims to help determine a student’s fit with her specialized studies and to impart universally applicable wisdom, said WISH director Karina Mathisen.

Even if at the end of four years, a graduate decides against majoring in science and health care in college, “a good science foundation is still critical for any field of study, be it law, politics, journalism,” she said.

Aiming for lasting life lessons, All Souls principal Vincent Riener and his team worked out a progressive plan to prep for the future.

Started as a pilot project in grade two and now incorporated through grade eight, it engages students in increasingly complex tasks that take the mystery out of science, technology, engineering, art and math.

These range from building simple machines to coding in Scratch – a child-centered, block-based programming language used to devise and share online stories, games, music, animation – to developing websites with Java to tinkering in a Makerspace, a spot designated for collaborative creativity.

(PHOTO BY DEBRA GREENBLAT/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Sixth graders Akshara Panhcumarthi and Nick Contreras working on their robotics project.

“It has always been part of our school philosophy to educate the whole child, and we recognize that each child is different and will learn in different ways,” Riener said.

“The school maintains important and meaningful traditions while continually updating programs and providing new and exciting technologies.”

Exciting enough for Alyssa Jurado and Emily Cierra to entertain as a career.

Coding, web design and online program development aimed Alyssa in a new direction.

“I have learned how to use my imagination and creativity … to be more independent and (to) troubleshoot my way out of many situations,” said the seventh grader who plans to pursue studies in the sciences.

Her father praised the school for modernizing its curriculum.

“The new programs at All Souls are very important to me as a parent as they help our children gain the skills … I deem necessary to be an interesting person, employee, friend,” he said.

For Emily, in her last year at All Souls, Makerspace made all the difference.

“While participating in this program, I realized that I really enjoyed robotics and (that) I want to eventually become a robotic engineer,” she revealed.

Some of the 16 students on four St. Pius robotics teams, debuted a year ago, came to their own realizations.

For Hudson Taylor, 12, it was “that not everything works in the beginning, that it takes work and that you don’t always have to win – playing is fun too.”

For Rebecca Welte, a sixth grader whose malfunction-prone robot Bessie broke down a nail-biting 30 minutes before the first tournament, it was the importance of teamwork.

“We always had to work together, and if people were having feelings – bad feelings – about someone else, they always worked it out,” she said.

Anticipating such a positive end game, now retired principal Rita Carroll supported the “creative outlet for learning” from the start.

“Students learn to think differently and work collaboratively,” she said.

Favoring such learning for her two sons at St. Pius, Carla Taylor voted for the parent-instigated initiative.

“Robotics and coding programs should be part of their daily routines,” she said. “It is the future.”

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Coordinator and coach Amy Welte, who conceived and created the after-school activity, sees another, less visible benefit. “(Nonathletes) may be reluctant to go out for a team sport like volleyball or basketball but enjoy the opportunity to work on a robot,” Welte said.

The work – which breeds familiarity with gears, levers, controllers, mechanical linkages and other engineering fundamentals – revolves around “raising” Lego-based robots with a central processing unit

or “brain” that commands them to proceed, retreat, turn, lift, twist, stack, hang, push or pull to score in a game. Those with the most points advance through local, state, national and world competitions.

“It was fun to see our St. Pius students leverage what they saw from other teams and create their own design and improve their score,” said Welte’s cocoach Robert Decottignies. “This program is important because in a real world corporate-engineering environment, it is very similar.”

The main drawbacks, parents and principals said, include time required of coaches and other volunteers and money needed for covering equipment purchases or rentals and entry fees. In addition, practices and competitions may interfere with sporting events.

Small price to pay for the ultimate payoff, Welte said.

“Catholic schools have long offered a high-quality, faith-centered avenue for schooling our children, but the reality is that parents have many choices when it comes to education,” she noted. “Adding enrichment programs like robotics that enhance the learning experience for children makes Catholic schools an even more compelling choice.”

(PHOTO BY DEBRA GREENBLAT/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

St. Pius sixth grader Rebecca Welte writes notes on her robotics project.

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a love of learning and the intellectual pursuit of the truth. I always tell our teachers that we are educating our students to change the world, by contributing to the Kingdom on earth, with their ultimate goal being entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Never have our schools been clearer in their purpose of furthering the mission of the Church, by ensuring that our schools are truly grounded in the Catholic faith, and committed to academic excellence, cultivating the virtuous life, nurturing a Christian community and nourishing a Catholic world view.

This school year, more than 8,200 students attend Catholic School high schools in the Archdiocese of

Catholic Elementary Principals Sought for Archdiocesan Schools The Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is seeking elementary principal candidates for the 2020-2021 school year.

Candidates must be a practicing Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church, possess a Valid California Standard Teaching Credential or the equivalent from another State, a Master’s Degree in an educational field and/or California administrative credential or the Certificate in Catholic School Administration from Loyola Marymount University *, be certified as a catechist at the basic level** and have five years of experience in teaching and/or in administration with Catholic school experience. *Principals who are not in possession of both educational qualifications, must complete the requirement within a three year period of time from date of hire. ** Principals who are not in possession of basic certification in religion at the time of hire, must complete the process before they start their position.

Application materials may be downloaded from the official DCS website by clicking on the following link: www.sfarchdiocese.org/employment The requested material plus a letter of interest should be submitted before February 15 to: Christine Escobar Human Resources Manager

Department of Catholic Schools One Peter Yorke Way

San Francisco, CA 94109-6602 Salary will be determined according to Archdiocesan guidelines based upon experience as a teacher or administrator and graduate education. Medical, dental, and retirement benefits are included.

ARCHDIOCESAN STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

The Archdiocese of San Francisco adheres to the following policy: “All school staff of Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco shall be employed without regard to race, color, sex, ethnic or national origin and will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories.” (Administrative Handbook #4111.4)

San Francisco. We welcome those members of our community who are not currently attending a school in the Archdiocese to visit a Catholic school and experience for yourself all they have to offer. I also invite you to visit our new website at schools.sfarch. org. Our goal in creating this site was to provide you with important information about our 22 preschools, 56 elementary schools, and 13 high schools in Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties. Join us in our mission to grow our students’ understanding that they are God’s beloved so they may fully realize God’s plan for them.

PAMELA LYONS is superintendent of the Department of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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Catholic Elementary Schools of North San Mateo County All Souls Catholic School (Preschool, K-8th)

479 Miller Avenue So. San Francisco 94080 Preschool - 8th Grade Phone: (650) 583-3562 Fax: (650) 952-1167 www.ssfallsoulsschool.org e-mail: info@ssfallsoulsschool.org Sunday, January 26th 9:00 am Mass followed by Open House / Science Fair 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (TK-8th)

80 Wellington Avenue, Daly City www.olphdc.org email: info@olphdc.org (650) 755-4438 * Fax: (650) 755-7366 CALL SCHOOL FOR PRIVATE TOUR OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, Jan. 26th Mass at 10:00 a.m.

School Open from 11:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. **Scholastic Book Fair ** **Art Fair**

St. Robert Catholic School (K-8th)

345 Oak Avenue San Bruno 94066 (650) 583-5065 Fax: (650) 583-1418 www.saintrobert-school.org e-mail: strobertsoffice@gmail.com Open House: Sunday, January 26 9:30 a.m. Mass 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Visit Classrooms

Holy Angels School (Preschool, TK-8th)

20 Reiner Street, Colma 94014 (650) 755-0220 Fax: (650) 755-0258 www.holyangelscolma.com Email: office@holyangelscolma.org Open House: January 26th 11am – 2pm School tours by appointment

Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School (Pre-School, TK - 8th)

7 Elmwood Drive, Daly City, 94015 Tel: (650)756-3395 www.olmbulldogs.com Give us a call to schedule your school tour.

Sunday, January 26th Mass at 10:30 a.m. followed by our Open House and Book Fair at 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

St. Dunstan Catholic School (K-8th)

1150 Magnolia Avenue Millbrae, CA 94030 (650) 697-8119 www.st-dunstan.org Applications now being accepted for 2020!

Open House: Sunday Jan. 26th Mass at 10:00 a.m.

New Families and Alumni Welcome.

Open House and Tour, 11:00 am

St. Veronica Catholic School (K-8th)

434 Alida Way South San Francisco, CA 94080 www.saintveronicassf.org (650) 589-3909

We welcome you to attend 10:00 a.m. Mass Sunday, January 26th followed by our Open House.

Applications are now being accepted Call for school tours and visit dates Many thanks to the faculties, parents, and students in all of our schools for making our Catholic schools institutions of excellence, faith, and family.

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“It comes down to working together, listening to the concerns of each other … having the families and students know their priest better outside Sunday Mass,” Father Spyrow said.

Parishioners applaud his efforts.

“If the students and school families realize that the priests and nuns are just regular people trying to do a

hard job, they might be more inclined to help out with that job or consider being a priest or a nun themselves,” said Margaret Sell, mother of a third and eighth grader. “I feel very lucky to have Father Andrew at St. Raphael’s because he appears to be making an effort to do this.”

Making an effort to cross the school-parish aisle, St. Hilary revitalized its monthly post-Mass dinners by

(PHOTO BY DEBRA GREENBLAT/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

St. Raphael School students gathered for a group photo after completing the school’s recent Walk for the Poor. adding a new ingredient: school personnel and students to set up, serve up and clean up.

“Attendance increased as well as the noise level, which is a great thing,” said Father Andrew Ginter, chaplain at Marin Catholic High School, who introduced the pasta nights while serving as parochial vicar at St. Hilary. “It has brought the two different parts of our community together, which sometimes do not cross paths.”

The crossing paths have led to some heavenly destinations.

Jennifer Marples, mom of three students, arrived at “more participa-

tion, more attendance at Mass, more connecting with my Catholic roots.”

Her son Rhys, a St. Hilary eighth grader, came to a “spiritual growth because I am praying more.”

Others have traveled even further.

“Last year, we had 11 RCIA members who became full members of the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil Mass,” Father Brown boasted. “And many of them mentioned one school mom in particular who inspired them.”

Murray concluded: “We strive to help our students be who God meant for them to be and our strong parishschool ties help make that possible.”

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650-325-7304 fax 650-325-3841 Open House, Tours & Science/Art Fair 11:00 am-1:00 pm A sponsored ministry of the lpaul@stgregs-sanmateo.org of Notre fax Dame de Namur 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City tel Sisters 650-325-7304 650-325-3841 www.stpiusschool.org www.nativityschool.com lpaul@stgregs-sanmateo.org tel 650 573-0111 fax 650-573-6548 St. Gregory School Middle School Information Session 12:00 pm Open House: January 30, 11:00 am –1:00 pm Sisters ofDame Notre Dame de Namur St. Gregory School 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont Open House: February 6, 10:00 Notre Elementary Open House: January 30, 11:00 am –1:00 pm www.stpiusschool.org St. Pius School tel 650-368-8327 fax 6, 650-368-7031 St. Pius School Open House: February 10:00 am am tel 650-325-7304 fax 650-325-3841 Nativity School lpaul@stgregs-sanmateo.org 2701 Hacienda Street, San Mateo Notre Dame Elementary Nativity School 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont 2701 Hacienda Street, San Mateo St. Pius School www.nde.org A sponsored ministry of the "Nurture Faith, Inspire Minds, Awaken Talents" tel 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 office@stpiusschool.org 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City 1250 Laurel Street, Menlo Park Open House: January 30, 11:00 www.stgregs-sanmateo.org Open House: February 6, 10:00 am 1250 Laurel Street, Menlo Park am –1:00 pm A sponsored ministry of the www.nde.org www.stgregs-sanmateo.org tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 Pre-School 8th grade Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Notre Dame Elementary office@stpiusschool.org 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm City www.stpiusschool.org Notre Dame Notre DameElementary Elementary St. Pius School www.nativityschool.com St. Pius School tel 650 573-0111 fax 650-573-6548 www.nativityschool.com 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 tel 650 573-0111 fax 650-573-6548 Open House: January 22, am–12:00pm 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont AnA educational ministry infax the tradition Sisters of Notre Dame de9:00 Namur Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm A sponsored ministry of650-325-3841 the tel 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 sponsored ministry of the www.stpiusschool.org 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood tel 650-325-7304 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City City lpaul@stgregs-sanmateo.org tel 650-325-7304 fax 650-325-3841 Dame Elementary Tel: (650) 368-8327 | Fax: (650) 368-7031 of Notre the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur lpaul@stgregs-sanmateo.org Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm St. Pius School www.nde.org Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur office@stpiusschool.org 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Open House: January 30, 11:00 am –1:00 pm www.stpiusschool.org St. Matthew Catholic School tel 650-368-8327 www.stpiusschool.org Open House: February 6, 10:00fax am650-368-7031 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont Open House: January 30, 11:00 am –1:00 pm www.stpiusschool.org |Road, office@stpiusschool.org A sponsored ministry of 650-591-4798 the Open House: February 6,Redwood 10:00 am City telNotre 650-591-2209 fax 1100 Woodside Our Lady of Angels Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont 1200 Dame Avenue, Belmont 910 S.Matthew El Camino Real, San Mateo St.650-368-8327 Catholic School www.nde.org tel fax 650-368-7031 telSunday, 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 www.nde.org • tel 650-591-2209 • fax 650-591-4798 office@stpiusschool.org January 26, 2020 - Open House Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm www.stpiusschool.org 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame Our Lady of Angels www.nde.org Preschool Grade 8 www.nde.org www.stmatthewcath.org 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo30, 10:30am–12:00pm office@stpiusschool.org office@stpiusschool.org tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 Notre Dame Elementary - Family Mass: 9:30 am St. Pius School Open House: January 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont Notre Dame Elementary Pius School tel 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 Open House www.olaschoolk8.org Cabrillo Avenue, tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 telA1328 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 St. Matthew Catholic School www.stmatthewcath.org Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm -St. Tours, Science Fair and Book Fair:City 10:30 am - Noon sponsored ministry of Burlingame the Open House: January 22, 9:00 am –12:00 pm 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood A sponsored ministry of the www.nde.org Saturday, January 25, 2020, 9:30-11:30 am 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 office@stpiusschool.org Our Lady of Angels www.olaschoolk8.org Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm Open House: January 22, 9:00 am –12:00 pm bviotti@stmatthewcath.org 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur www.stpiusschool.org Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur teltel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 www.stpiusschool.org Open House: January 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm St. Catholic Matthew Catholic www.stmatthewcath.org bviotti@stmatthewcath.org 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont St. Matthew School tel 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 St. Matthew Catholic School School 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont St. Matthew Catholic School tel 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm www.olaschoolk8.org Open House: January 27, 6:00 –8:00 pm Our Lady of Angels tel fax 650-343-2046 Open House: January 30, Mateo 11:45am–1:30pm Our Lady Angels www.nde.org 910 S.Real, ElReal, Camino Real, San Mateo Our Lady ofof Angels Our Lady of Angels 910 S.S.650-343-1373 El San Mateo office@stpiusschool.org 910 S.ElCamino El Camino San 910 Camino Real, San Mateo www.nde.org office@stpiusschool.org tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 Our Lady of Mount Carmel School bviotti@stmatthewcath.org 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame tel 650-591-2209 faxBurlingame 650-591-4798 St. Raymond 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, www.stmatthewcath.org St. Matthew Catholic School www.stmatthewcath.org www.stmatthewcath.org Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm www.stmatthewcath.org tel 650-591-2209 faxBurlingame 650-591-4798 Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm Open House: January 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm www.ola.community 301 Grand Street, Redwood City Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm www.olaschoolk8.org tel 650-343-1373 • fax 650-343-2046 Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm Our Lady of Angels Our Lady of Mount Carmel School 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park www.olaschoolk8.org tel tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 www.olaschoolk8.org 910 S. tel El Camino Real, Sanfax Mateo St. Raymond 650-343-1373 650-343-2046 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm teltel 650-343-9200 • fax 650-343-5620 www.mountcarmel.org Sunday, January 26, 2020 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 www.straymond.org 301 Grand Street, Redwood City 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame bviotti@stmatthewcath.org tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park www.stmatthewcath.org tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 bviotti@stmatthewcath.org St. Matthew Catholic School bviotti@stmatthewcath.org Sunday, January 26, 2020fax Family Mass 10:45 am St. Matthew Catholic School tel 650-366-8817 650-366-0902 Our Ladyof ofAngels Mount Carmel School Open House: January 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 www.mountcarmel.org St. Raymond Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm www.olaschoolk8.org Our Lady Open House: January 27, 6:00 –8:00 pm www.straymond.org tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm Open House: January 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm Catholic Schools Week Mass 10:00 am Our Lady of Angels Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm Open House 11:45 am-1:00 pm 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo info@mountcarmel.org 301 Grand Street, Redwood City Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park tel1328 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 bviotti@stmatthewcath.org www.stmatthewcath.org Open House-Science Fair & Art Fair, 11 am-1 pm 1328 Cabrillo Avenue,18, Burlingame www.stmatthewcath.org K Info Night: January 7:00 –8:00 pm www.mountcarmel.org www.straymond.org info@mountcarmel.org Our Lady of Mount Carmel www.olaschoolk8.org Open House: 27, 6:00School –8:00 pm Open House: 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm St. Raymond tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 Open House:January January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm Our ofJanuary Mount Carmel School www.olaschoolk8.org St. Raymond tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm telLady 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902

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telArbor 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 St. Timothy School St. Raymond St. Raymond Catholic 1211 Road, Menlo ParkSchool TK-8 bviotti@stmatthewcath.org 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park bviotti@stmatthewcath.org Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo www.straymond.org Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Parkpm St. Timothy School Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm www.straymond.org St. Raymond www.straymond.org www.sttimothyschool.org telPre-K 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 1515 Avenue, San Mateo www.straymond.org - 8Dolan tel 650-322-2312 faxMenlo 650-322-2910 1211 Arbor Road, Park tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 St. Timothy School Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm tel 650-322-2312 • fax 650-322-2910 www.sttimothyschool.org St. Raymond tel 650-322-2312 fax am–1:00 650-322-2910 Open House: January 30, 11:00 pm www.straymond.org St. Raymond K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo Sunday, January 26,Menlo 2020 1211 Arbor Road, Park tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 K-8 Open House: February 1,pm 7:00 pm www.sttimothyschool.org K-8 Open House 11:00 am-1:00 www.mountcarmel.org www.stcos.com St. Timothy School www.straymond.org K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm www.mountcarmel.org K Open Info Night: January 18, 7:00&am–1:00pm –Tours 8:00 pm info@mountcarmel.org www.straymond.org House: January 30, 10:00 Community Open House with ArtBurlingame Fair 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm St. Timothy School Family Mass 10:00 am tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 pm tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 Mass immediately following at 5pm K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 – 8:00 pm tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 PreK-7 Open House: JanSchool 30, 10:00am–12:00pm www.stcos.com 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm pm St. Catherine of Siena info@mountcarmel.org Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm St. Timothy School www.sttimothyschool.org Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 info@mountcarmel.org Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm St. Catherine of Siena School tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 www.sttimothyschool.org K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 pm pm 1300 Bayswater Avenue,18, Burlingame K Info Night: January 7:00 –8:00 pm St. Timothy telSt. 650-342-6567 faxSchool 650-342-5913 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm Timothy School Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame All schools are fully accredited by theHouse: Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association ofHouse: Schools January and Colleges. tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 www.stcos.com PreK-7 Open Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm St. Catherine of Siena School K Open 19, 7:00 pm 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo St.PreK-7 Catherine of Jan Siena School 1515Timothy Dolanwww.sttimothyschool.org Avenue, San Mateo Open House: 30, 10:00am–12:00pm St. School www.stcos.com St. Timothy School 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame K Open House: January 19, 7:00 tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 St. Catherine of Siena School www.sttimothyschool.org K-8 Open February 1, 7:00 pmpm www.sttimothyschool.org All schools are fully1300 accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association ofHouse: Schools and Colleges.

Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo tel 650-342-6567 650-342-5913 www.stcos.com tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo Junior High – Elementary – Kindergarten Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm K-8 Open House: February 1,fax 7:00 pm 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame St. Catherine of Siena School tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 www.sttimothyschool.org tel 650-344-7176 • fax 650-344-7426 www.stcos.com St. House: Catherine of Siena School K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm Open January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm www.sttimothyschool.org tel 650-342-6567 • fax 650-342-5913 All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. www.stcos.com 1300January Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm Sunday, 26, 2020 tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 tel 650-342-6567 faxHouse: 650-342-5913 K-8 House: Open February 1, 7:00 pm telwww.stcos.com 650-344-7176 January 26, 2020 Family Mass 9:00 am fax 650-344-7426 KSunday, Open House: January 19, 7:001, pm K-8 Open February 7:00 pm www.stcos.com K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm All schools are fullyOpen accredited by 10:00 the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association ofOpen Schools and Colleges.

Feast of St.House: Timothy Family Mass, 9ampm telHouse 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 am-12:00 pm Open House: January 10:00 am–1:00pm K-8 February 1, 7:00 tel 650-344-7176 fax30, 650-344-7426 K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 pm Open House and Student Fair, 10:00 am-Noon All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

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301tel Grand Redwood City 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 info@mountcarmel.org Our Lady ofStreet, Mount Carmel School PreK-7 Open House: Jan 10:00am–12:00pm www.mountcarmel.org Open House: January 27,30, 6:00 – 8:00 pm 301 Grand Street, Redwood City Open House: January 27,7:00 6:00 –School 8:00 pm www.mountcarmel.org Our Lady of Mount Carmel 301 Grand Street, Redwood City K Info Night: January 18, –8:00 pm St. Catherine of Siena School tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 www.mountcarmel.org School.mountcarmel.org tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 301 Grand Street, Redwood City PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame info@mountcarmel.org St. Catherine of Siena School Telwww.mountcarmel.org 650-366-6127 Our Lady of Mount Carmel School tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 info@mountcarmel.org OurNight: LadyJanuary of Mount Carmel School www.stcos.com K 301 Info 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm Pre-School-Transitional Kindergarten-Grades K-8 Grand Street, Redwood City 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame info@mountcarmel.org K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm 301 Grand Street, Redwood City tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 tel fax3:30 650-344-7426 St.650-344-7176 Catherine of Siena School PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm Sunday, January 26, 2020, – 4:45 pm

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All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

CSW18 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2020

MARIN COUNTY

ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO

Preschool & Elementary Directory SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY Holy Name Preschool 1560 40th Ave., 94122 1-415-664-4753 www.holynamesf.com Ages: 2.6-6 years

St. Anne Elementary School 1320 14th Ave., 94122 1-415-664-7977 www.stanne.com Grades: Preschool-8, Day/Extended Care

Laura Vicuña Pre-Kindergarten 660 Filbert St., 94133 1-415-296-8549 www.sspeterpaulsf.org/prek/ Ages: 3-5 years

St.Anthony-Immaculate Conception 299 Precita Ave., 94110 1-415-648-2008 www.saicsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

St. Anne Preschool 1362 A 14th Ave., 94122 1-415-731-2355 www.stanne.com/st-anne-preschool-programs/ Ages: 3-5 years

St. Brendan Elementary School 940 Laguna Honda Blvd., 94127 1-415-731-2665 www.stbrendansf.com Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care

St. Raphael Preschool 1100 Fifth Ave., San Rafael 94901 1-415-456-1702 www.saintraphaelpreschool.com Ages: 2.9-5 years

St. Isabella Elementary School 1 Trinity Way, P.O. Box 6188, San Rafael 94903 1-415-479-3727 www.stisabellaschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School 1811 Virginia Ave., Novato 94945 1-415-892-8621 www.ollnovato.org/school Grades: TK-8, Extended Care

St. Patrick Elementary School 120 King St., Larkspur 94939 1-415-924-0501 www.stpatricksmarin.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

St. Anselm Elementary School 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo 94960 1-415-454-8667 www.stanselmschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

St. Raphael Elementary School 1100 Fifth Ave., San Rafael 94901 1-415-454-4455 www.straphaelschool.com Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care

St. Hilary Elementary School 765 Hilary Dr., Tiburon 94920 1-415-435-2224 www.SaintHilaryschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care SAN MATEO COUNTY All Souls Preschool 479 Miller Ave., South San Francisco 94080 1-650-871-1751 www.ssfallsoulsschool.org Ages: 3-5 years

Notre Dame Elementary School 1200 Notre Dame Ave., Belmont 94002 1-650-591-2209 www.nde.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Holy Angels Preschool 20 Reiner St., Colma 94014 1-650-325-7304 www.holyangelscolma.com Ages: 2.9 years

Our Lady of Angels Elementary School 1328 Cabrillo Ave., Burlingame 94010 1-650-343-9200 www.ola.community Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care

St. Cecilia Elementary School 660 Vicente St., 94116 1-415-731-8400 www.stceciliaschool.org Grades: K-8, Day/Extended Care

Immaculate Heart of Mary Preschool 1000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont 94002 1-650.593.2344 www.ihmschoolbelmont.org/ preschool Ages: 3-5 years

Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School 7 Elmwood Dr., Daly City 94015 1-650-756-3395 www.olmbulldogs.com Grades: Pre K-8, Extended Care

St. Finn Barr Elementary School 419 Hearst Ave., 94112 1-415-333-1800 www.stfinnbarr.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Nativity Preschool 1250 Laurel St., Menlo Park 94025 1-650-325-7304 www.nativityschool.com Ages: 3-5 years

St. Gabriel Elementary School 2550 41st Ave., 94116 1-415-566-0314 www.stgabrielsf.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Notre Dame Preschool 1200 Notre Dame Ave., Belmont 94002 1-650-591-2209 www.nde.org Ages: 3-5years

St. James Elementary School 321 Fair Oaks St., 94110 1-415-647-8972 www.saintjamessf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Our Lady of Angels Preschool 1341 Cortez Ave., Burlingame 94010 1-650-343-3115 www.ola.community Ages: 3-5 years

St. John Elementary School 925 Chenery St., 94131 1-415-584-8383 www.stjohnseagles.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Our Lady of Mercy Preschool 7 Elmwood Dr., Daly City 94015 1-650-756-4916 www.olmbulldogs.com Ages: 24 months-5 years

St. Monica Elementary School 5950 Geary Blvd., 94121 1-415-751-9564 www.stmonicasf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Preschool 601 Katherine Ave., Redwood City 94062 1-650-366-6587 www.mountcarmel.org Ages: 3-5 years

Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School 2222 Broadway St. 94115 1-415-563-2900 www.sacredsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

St. Paul Elementary School 1690 Church St., 94131 1-415-648-2055 www.stpaulschoolsf.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care

Sacred Heart School Preschool & Kindergarten 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton 94027 1-650-322-1866 www.shschools.org Ages: 3-5 years

St. Peter Elementary School 1266 Florida St., 94110 1-415-647-8662 www.sanpedro.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

St. Matthias Preschool 533 Canyon Rd., Redwood City 94062 1-650-367-1320 www.stmatthiasparish.org Ages: 2.6-5 years

De Marillac Academy 175 Golden Gate Ave., 94102 1-415-552-5220 www.demarillac.org Grades: 4-8

St. Philip Elementary School 665 Elizabeth St., 94114 1-415-824-8467 www.saintphilipschool.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care

St. Pius Preschool 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City 94061 1-650-361-1411 www.stpiusschool.org Ages: 3-5 years

Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School 659 Pine St., 94108 1-415-421-0069 www.ndvsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

St. Stephen Elementary School 40l Eucalyptus Dr., 94132 1-415-664-8331 www.ststephenschoolsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

St. Raymond Preschool 1211 Arbor Rd., Menlo Park 94025 1-650-322-2312 www.straymond.org Ages: 4-5 years

St. Thomas More Elementary School 50 Thomas More Way, 94132 1-415-337-0100 www.stthomasmoreschool.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care

All Souls Elementary School 479 Miller Ave., South San Francisco 94080 1-650-583-3562 www.ssfallsoulsschool.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care

St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School 3801 Balboa St., 94121 1-415-221-2711 www.sfsta.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care

Good Shepherd Elementary School 909 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica 94044 1-650-359-4544 www.goodshepherdschool.us Grades: K-8, Extended Care

St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School 2350 Green St., 94123 1-415-346-5505 www.svdpsf.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Holy Angels Elementary School 20 Reiner St., Colma 94014 1-650-755-0220 www.holyangelscolma.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary School 660 Filbert St., 94133 1-415-421-5219 www.sspeterpaulsf.org Grades: Pre K-8, Extended Care

Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School 1000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont 94002 1-650-593-4265 www.ihmschoolbelmont.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care

Stuart Hall for Boys 2222 Broadway St., 94115 1-415-563-2900 Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Nativity Elementary School 1250 Laurel St., Menlo Park 94025 1-650-325-7304 www.nativityschool.com Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care

St. Mary’s Bilingual Preschool Ages: 2-6 years 838 Kearny St., 94108 1-415-981-9138 www.stmaryschoolsf.org St. Paul Littlest Angel Preschool 221 Valley St., Ste. X, 94131 1-415-824-5437 www.LittlestAngelPreschool.com Ages: 2-6 years St. Philip Preschool 725 Diamond St., 94114 1-415-282-0143 www.saintphilippreschool.org Ages: 3-5 years St. Thomas the Apostle Preschool & Prekindergarten Learning Center 710 40th Ave., 94121 1-415.387.5511 www.sfsta.org Ages: 2.9-5 years Star of the Sea Preschool 360 9th Ave., 94118 1-415-221-7449 www.staroftheseasf.com Ages: 3-5 years Tiny Knights Preschool at St. Gabriel 2550 41st Ave., 94116 1-415-566-8955 www.stgabrielsf.com/academics/ preschool Ages: 2.5-5 years Utopia Preschool 50 Thomas More Way, 94132 1-415-317-6269 www.stthomasmoreschool.org/ preschool Ages: 3-5 years

Holy Name School 1560 40th Ave., 94122 1-415-731-4077 www.holynamesf.com Grades: K-8, Day/Extended Care Mission Dolores Academy 3371 16th St., 94114 1-415-346-9500 www.mdasf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Our Lady of the Visitacion Elementary School 785 Sunnydale Ave., 94134 1-415-239-7840 www.olvsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care School of the Epiphany 600 Italy Ave., 94112 1-415-337-4030 www.sfepiphany.org Grades: K-8, Day/Extended Care

St. Brigid Elementary School 2250 Franklin St., 94109 1-415-673-4523 www.saintbrigidsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School 30l Grand St., Redwood City 94062 1-650-366-6127 www.mountcarmel.org Grades: Preschool-PreK, TK-8, Extended Care Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School 80 Wellington Ave., Daly City 94014 1-650-755-4438 www.olphdc.orgt Grades: TK-8 , Extended Care Sacred Heart Schools - Lower and Middle 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton 94027 1-650-322-1866 www.shschools.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care St. Catherine of Siena Elementary School 1300 Bayswater Ave., Burlingame 94010 1-650-344-7176 www.stcos.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care St. Charles Elementary School 850 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos 94070 1-650-593-1629 www.stcharlesschoolsc.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care St. Dunstan Elementary School 1150 Magnolia Ave., Millbrae 94030 1-650-697-8119 www.st-dunstan.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care St. Gregory Elementary School 270l Hacienda St., San Mateo 94403 1-650-573-0111 www.stgregs-sanmateo.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care St. Matthew Elementary School 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo 94402 1-650-343-1373 www.stmatthewcath.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care St. Pius Elementary School 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City 94061 1-650-368-8327 www.stpiusschool.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care St. Raymond Elementary School 1211 Arbor Rd., Menlo Park 94025 1-650-322- 2312 www.straymond.org Grades: TK-8, Extended Care St. Robert Elementary School 345 Oak Ave., San Bruno 94066 1-650-583-5065 www.saintrobert-school.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care St. Timothy Elementary School 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo 94401 1-650-342-6567 www.sttimothyschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care St. Veronica Elementary School 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco 94080 1-650-589-3909 www.saintveronicassf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Woodside Priory School 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley 94028 1-650-851-8221 www.prioryca.org Grades: 6-8 (Boarding for Boys) (Day-Coed)

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