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Elderly in long-term care ride out COVID with family, staff CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Administrators and staff of longterm care facilities, residents and their family members, and a Catholic chaplain talked to Catholic San Francisco about how they are meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately affected the elderly in residential care across the U.S. and worldwide. “The fear in the air is palpable,” said a San Anselmo woman named “Molly,” who asked not to identify the Bay Area facility where her mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, has been living for the last five years. She said two residents have died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. “The lightness and joy is gone right now,” she said of the mood of the facility’s staff and patients. The full-time caregiver her family hired to supplement her mother’s care in the memory care unit quit over fears of contracting or communicating the virus. Molly was cleared to step in. An April 23 Kaiser Family Foundation report tracking data on pandemic-related deaths in the U.S. showed that in nearly two-dozen states, 27% of those deaths were of residents of longterm care facilities. In some states the percentage was closer to 50%. Administrators at three area longterm care facilities that are Catholic or have Catholic roots – Nazareth House in San Rafael founded by the Sisters of the Nazareth; Alma Via in San Francisco, which traces its history to the Sisters of Mercy, and St. Anne’s Home in San Francisco, a ministry of the Little Sisters of the Poor – say their sites have statistically fared better. None of the 95 residents of Nazareth House have tested positive for the virus, spokesperson Lynetta Matteo said. She credited “conservative and strict” early action, cooperation from residents and families and “God’s grace.”
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Rudy Zannini, 86, took this selfie at his residence at Nazareth House in San Rafael. He said the physical isolation during the pandemic has been hard but he has quickly adapted to texting, Zoom and FaceTime to stay connected. He worries most about how the economy will affect his children and grandchildren. “In the first few weeks of the virus scare, fear was expressed by families as to how we planned to keep residents healthy,” Matteo said. The facility moved from early social distancing to isolation and stepped up procedures to closely align or exceed public health directives, she said. Daily Mass and Communion in the Nazareth House chapel ceased in mid-March under Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone’s directive. Meals moved from the common dining room to in-room service, all
group activities were canceled and no visitors were allowed. “Family members expressed difficulty coping with the reality that they could not visit” or help with mail, hair styling, laundry, walks or trips to the doctor, Matteo said. All these tasks transitioned to staff. Rudy Zannini, 86, a former administrator at Archbishop Riordan High School, is a two-year resident of Nazareth House. “When they said we are going into SEE ELDERLY, PAGE 5
Bishops in dioceses across the U.S. are turning their attention to how best to reopen Masses to the public and celebrate the sacraments while protecting the safety of worshippers and adhering to state guidance on mitigating the spread of the coronavirus. In California, a resumption of religious services remains months away, under a four-stage recovery plan outlined April 28 by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The state is currently in the first stage, the planning phase. Stage 2 will concern lower-risk sectors of the economy, including schools, which Newsom said may reopen in the summer with adaptations. Churches and personal services such as gyms, spas, and salons are in the third stage. The fourth stage would mark the end of the stay-at-home order and allow for reopening of the highest risk parts of the economy such as concerts, convention centers, and live audience sports. “In terms of timing, Newsom conveyed Stage 2 is in weeks, not months,” the California Catholic Conference said in a policy update. “Stage 3 and 4 is in months, not weeks.” SEE REOPENING, PAGE 8
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2 ARCHDIOCESE NEED TO KNOW STAY-AT-HOME EXTENDED THROUGH MAY: San Francisco Mayor London Breed has extended the city’s stay-at-home order through May, acknowledging the hardship to the public but saying caution is needed as COVID-19 cases continue to rise and vulnerable populations remain st risk. The extension will apply throughout the Bay Area, county health officers said in a joint statement. ONLINE SPIRITUAL SUPPORT: “Through need Darkness into New Light,” ministry for grief and bereavement, Zoom video and phone meeting, Friday, May 15,10:30-noon. Email your request to join the group to Rcs7777@comcast.net. MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES: Many people are experiencing higher levels of depression and anxiety during the pandemic. Visit https://sfarchdiocese.org/mental-health to find articles, video and local resources that may help you or your loved ones. STRESS MANAGEMENT: A “Stress Management Playbook” for the time of COVID-19 is available from the California surgeon general, at https://bit. ly/2VjRPSZ. “Safe, stable, and nurturing relationships can protect our brains and bodies from the harmful effects of stress and adversity,” the guide states. More resources from the surgeon general may be found at https://bit.ly/2KgN0DG. HELP WITH GROCERIES: The Love Your Neighbor ministry recently launched in response to the COVID-19 crisis, and so far 14 parishes in the archdiocese have committed volunteers to deliver groceries to those who call the Love Your Neighbor hotline at (888) 237-7807. Calls are answered in Spanish and in English from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Calls received after hours go to the program’s voicemail. Visit https://sfarch.org/ loveyourneighbor and https://sfarch.org/amaatuprojimo. CLERGY APPOINTMENTS: The archdiocese announced a round of clergy appointments April 21. Visit catholic.sf.org for the full list, which is also scheduled to appear in the May 23 print issue.
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Paulist priest hosting Zoom workshops on sobriety in pandemic CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Paulist Father Terry Ryan is hosting Zoom workshops for alcoholics and others in recovery, emphasizing contemplative prayer and meditation and its fundamental role in sober living in these uncertain times. Catholic San Francisco spoke with Father Ryan by phone from his pandemic outpost at a parish in Boulder, Colorado, where he is currently living away from his longtime residence at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. “I’m a Paulist Father who can’t go home,” said Father Ryan who led “The 12-step way in COVID-19 times,” on Zoom April 25. He hosted a similar Zoom workshop on May 3. The 12-step approach is often identified with Alcoholics Anonymous, which was founded in 1935 by two alcoholics on spiritual principles outlined in each step of recovery. “Old St. Mary’s is sort of AA central,” said Father Ryan, a priest for 40 years who has focused on studying and teaching contemplative and centering prayer and meditation. The Chinatown church hosts dozens of 12-step meetings each week, he said. Father Ryan recited the 11th step of recovery to illustrate the affinity between the recovery program and contemplative prayer. “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out,” he stated. Before the novel coronavirus outbreak, Father Ryan had for many years presented workshops for those in recovery as part of his pastoral ministry. Like so many other public gatherings in the wake
of the pandemic shutdown, the scheduled workshops were converted into virtual ones through the technology of Zoom, which requires only a computer or cellphone and an internet connection. “Everybody is either in recovery, was in recovery or seeks recovery,” he said, speaking of those with compulsions for alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography and more. Father Ryan wears his clerical collar and does not disguise that he is a Catholic priest. But he said he is careful when sharing how the church’s long tradition of contemplative prayer can improve the lives of participants. “With something like this, you could have somebody who has recently stopped drinking and has no real relationship with anything of a God, or someone upset with organized religion,” he said. “Richard,” who requested anonymity for this story, is a 34-years-sober alcoholic in San Rafael who is coordinating the Zoom workshops with Father Ryan. Once in seminary training for the priesthood, Richard said that from his perspective, those in recovery are in many ways well equipped to handle pandemic shutdown restrictions and losses. “Many of us are having much less trouble with this crisis than other people,” he said, because those who stay in the program and remain sober are practicing spiritual principles in their daily lives. “When something like this comes along, we have an accepted reliance on God, or as many of us call it, a higher power,” he said. “We realize at our core this is just one more among many things that are beyond our individual control.” Contact ollipops@comcast.net for more information about the Zoom meetings.
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ARCHBISHOP’S HOMILIES: A selection of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone’s homilies may be found at https://sfarch.org/homilies. The archbishop’s most recent homilies posted are “The Domestic Church as a Domestic Monastery” (Easter Sunday, April 12), and “The Transformative Power of Altruistic Love” (Second Sunday of Easter, April 19). SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO: Catholic San Francisco will include a selection of articles from San Francisco Católico, the Spanish-language newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, for the duration of the shelter-in-place mandate that has suspended public Masses. The newspaper is normally delivered in bulk to churches with weekend Spanish Masses.
More than 100 cars rolled boisterously through the St. Patrick Parish parking lot and past the rectory in Larkspur April 29, with parish families displaying messages of appreciation for Msgr. Michael Padazinski, pastor, who is pictured waving at the caravan, and Father Andrew Ginter. The event was part of the “Uplift Your Priest” campaign by an international vocations ministry program.
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COVID spread among homeless puts spotlight on city response NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Homeless individuals account for about 10% of San Francisco’s COVID-19 cases, leading to renewed focus about how best to provide care to the vulnerable population. Dr. Grant Colfax, the city’s public health director, said during an April 24 briefing “This is unfortunately a large proportion. We know that many members of our community remain at risk of significant harm for the coronavirus. As we look at the next step we’ll continue to protect the most vulnerable.” “Providing safe places is a top priority” for city agencies, Abigail Stewart-Kahn, interim director of San Francisco’s Homelessness and Supportive Housing department, said. The city has acquired 2,741 hotel rooms that can be used to house COVID-19 positive people who cannot safely isolate themselves, asymptomatic individuals and those recovering from the virus. The rooms can also be used to house city employees or contractors who are involved in responding to the pandemic. Stewart-Kahn said the city is working on making more hotel rooms available. According to the city, 1,079 of those rooms, fewer than half the total available, have been occupied, about 950 of them by homeless people who are in various stages of quarantine or recovery. Mayor London Breed gave no indication her administration would be carrying out an April 14 Board of Supervisors emergency ordinance that would have required the city to house up to 7,000 homeless people in hotel rooms, regardless of infection status or health conditions. When questioned about it during an April 27 update on the city’s coronavirus efforts, the mayor bluntly said there was a difference “between a goal and what we all desire to do, and what reality is.” Breed said the city would provide as many hotel rooms as they could for priority populations, “but
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Tents are seen on a sidewalk in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood April 29, 2020. With homeless individuals making up nearly 10% of COVID-19 cases in San Francisco, city officials are looking at ways to best provide care to the vulnerable population. we have to do so responsibly,” with 24-hour staffing, security checkpoints, cleaning and meals. In addition, she said social distancing has multiplied the inherent challenges in serving unhoused people, especially if they suffer from mental illness or drug addictions, and the city lacks adequate number of staff to ensure the safety of all concerned. “I don’t think there’s anyone in this city who doesn’t want to house homeless people period,
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whether it’s a pandemic or not,” she said. “The reality is we can’t do so safely without making sure that we have the people and the resources and the things necessary in place to keep folks that we’re serving safe and the people who are actually working in these locations safe.” San Francisco supervisors sharply criticized Breed, with Supervisor Shamann Walton saying SEE COVID, PAGE 17
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COVID-19 data show health-wealth disparities CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on San Franciscans geographically, with the highest incidence largely occurring in densely populated eastern and southeastern parts of the city: the Mission District, South of Market, China Basin and Bayview-Hunters Point, according to city data released April 20. The data showing the spread of COVID-19 by ZIP code, which are consistent with the pandemic’s unequal spread throughout California and nationally, highlight “some of the disparities we knew” about the link between health and wealth, Mayor London Breed said at a press conference. The Mission had the highest total number of cases in the city, at 182 as of April 25. Screen shot of a San Francisco Department of Public Health map showing the spread of confirmed COVID-19 cases by ZIP code. “We see in the Mission there are more cases, which is consistent with our findings,” Breed said. “About 25% of those infected are Latino, Screen shot of a San Francisco health department map showing the spread of confirmed COVID-19 cases by ZIP code. but the Latino community represents 15% of the care disparities that we have seen for years and stigma and discrimination are going to be more at population, so there’s a huge disparity there.” decades in the city.” City data updated May 1 showed that Latinos ac- risk for getting sick.” Sister Patricia Chappell, former executive direcColfax stressed the importance of not over-genercounted for 37% of the 1,624 San Franciscans contor of Pax Christi USA and a member of the Sisters firmed positive for the virus but only two of the 29 alizing the data or implying that being in a neighof Notre Dame de Namur, said the Catholic Church borhood with a higher infection rate necessarily deaths. Asians, by contrast, accounted for 14% of must do more to call on the government to look at makes a person more prone to COVID-19. positive cases but nearly half of the deaths. the disparities and do something about them. “I want to stress no ZIP code or neighborhood is All those who have died from the virus had “I continue to be baffled by the silence on the part inherently safer than another,” he said. “Every San underlying conditions and all but one were over of our institutional church,” she said in an April 23 Franciscan should continue to exercise precau60, the city said. interview with Catholic News Service. tion. This map should not make any one feel more Dr. Grant Colfax, director of the Department of “We do have a responsibility to reach out,” she relaxed or more fearful.” Public Health, attributed the high rate of cases said. 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ELDERLY: Long-term care residents ride out pandemic with family, staff FROM PAGE 1
lockdown, we had a very serious conversation with him about moving into our home and riding this out together,” his daughter Patty Zannini-Koch told Catholic San Francisco April 28. Raised in North Beach in multi-family, multi-generational flats, “we are used to the village,” she said. The family ultimately decided, however, that the best Father Zacharias course for Rudy was to remain at Nazareth House. “Freddie’’ “After a couple of weeks, the Thomas anxiety among everyone seemed to settle down as we were able to prevent any cases from arising,” said Matteo. “The hardest thing for me was not seeing anyone,” Zannini said. The week before the state shutdown on March 17, Zannini received a smartphone from daughter Patty, who said her father learned how to text and FaceTime “practically overnight.” He also participates in regular family Zoom calls. Zannini capably took and sent a selfie to Catholic San Francisco for possible use with this story. Zannini said he doesn’t live his days in fear of getting the virus or giving it to someone else. “Everybody here, we’ve lived our lives,” he said. He worries about the economy and how his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren might suffer for years to come. “When you’re 86-years-old, the virus doesn’t bother me as much as the other stuff,” he said. Father Zacharias “Freddie’’ Thomas is chaplain for the 125 residents of Alma Via of San Francisco, a senior living facility near Lake Merced. Father Thomas, who applied for the role of chaplain as part of the completion of his doctoral studies in pastoral counseling, is the spiritual director for residents.
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A resident is pictured at Nazareth House in San Rafael. Administrators at the long-term care facility took extra measures to protect residents and staff from the coronavirus. “This is not a good time, and being in the room for so long, some residents feel that they are in jail or are losing their strength,” Father Thomas said April 25. Not able to say Mass or offer Communion, Father Thomas described his primary role now as “being a presence” to residents, “spreading Christ’s love, his compassion, his mercy and his joy.” He makes room visits and churns out special spiritual literature on a printer for religious holy days, and he delivers it personally. “People are very appreciative to have something to read,” he said. Some residents asked Father Thomas for rosaries and to show them how to pray the rosary. He called the pandemic an opportunity to “go deep into our spirituality” and “to be stronger in faith and united with friends.” He also spends much of his time trying to connect residents with family and friends who cannot visit
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them. He is organizing and will moderate a Zoom support group for family members of residents as well. A spokesperson for Elder Care Alliance, a network that operates five Alma Via facilities in California, said that after one staff member in San Francisco tested positive for COVID-19, the organization began testing staff and residents routinely in rounds. To date, no residents have tested positive, Dan Hatfield said. Father Thomas said he believes that most residents feel “very comfortable and safe.” As for his own health and safety, outside of meeting all the protocols required of staff and common sense, he doesn’t worry too much. “I trust in God and he will protect me, that is my personal belief,” he said. Sister Theresa Gertrude Robertson, Mother Superior and administrator at St. Anne’s Home, said the 80 residents have been “very generous” under the restrictions in place. “Normally they are as free as a bird to go wherever they want,” she said. “Now to be confined to your room, to have to wear a mask if you pop your head out, to have tray meal service, to not see your family for going on six weeks. It tries their patience but they’ve been so generous about it.” “I see great generosity, great senses of humor and patience, a long-suffering patience,” she said. “Their choice would be to be free and do anything they want, but they know for their well-being and for everyone else they have to follow these guidelines.” Mother Theresa said St. Anne’s Home had an isolated case of coranavirus but no outbreak. Not all residents are Catholic, but the rosary is prayed over the public address system at 4:15 daily. On the feast of the Annuncation, the sisters maintained social distance as they stopped in front of each door with a statue of Mary to “give residents a spiritual lift.”
Become Part of the Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes In 2018, a benefactor attending one of our retreats offered to reconstruct the humble Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, originally built in the early 50’s. The Vision grew, and now we hope to add gardens and a plaza – named for the beloved, late Fr. Kevin Gaffey – a priest in residence at Vallombrosa who had a great devotion to Our Lady. There will be a Fountain of St. Bernadette, and a “Path of Spiritual Works”, and two formal gates and numerous benches. All these will surround the Shrine and create a quiet and sacred space for prayer, reflection and devotion. There will also be an outdoor altar for Mass at the Shrine in Gaffey Plaza.
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BISHOPS AROUND COUNTRY CONSECRATE US TO MARY
WASHINGTON – Bishops throughout the United States reconsecrated the country to Mary as the nation continues to struggle in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Bishops in Canada also used May 1 to rededicate their country to the Blessed Mother. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led a “Renewal of the Consecration of the United States of America to the Blessed Virgin Mary” May 1, livestreaming from Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles. Alternating between English and Spanish, Archbishop Gomez said: “In this difficult time we turn to the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of the church. She intercedes with her Son for all who are affected in this way by the pandemic. ... We implore her maternal care for her children.”
NEW ORLEANS ARCHDIOCESE FILES FOR CHAPTER 11
NEW ORLEANS – Citing mounting concerns over the financial impact of clergy sex abuse settlements and the coronavirus pandemic, the Archdiocese of New Orleans filed for Chapter 11 reorganization of the finances of its administrative offices May 1 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In a letter to Catholics of the archdiocese, Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond said the “difficult decision” to file for financial reorganization would allow the archdiocese to ensure that sex abuse victims have their claims resolved in “a fair and timely manner.” He said parish funds will be used to resolve claims.
PHOENIX CUTTING JOBS, CLOSING NEWSPAPER
PHOENIX – The Diocese of Phoenix is eliminating 21 jobs and closing the monthly diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Sun, citing a projected $6 million pandemic-related budget shortfall. In addition to the job losses, eight vacant positions will not be filled, 13 other employees will work reduced hours, furlough days have been implemented and will continue into the new fiscal year, priests’ base salary has been cut 25%, and travel has been reduced to essential trips with prior approval only. The Catholic Sun, which was direct-mailed to Catholic households throughout the diocese, published its final issue in April. The diocese said it will communicate through social media, television, radio, podcasts, diocesan websites and Flocknote, a communication tool for sending text messages and emails.
Social justice leaders urge cardinal to step back from praise of Trump DENNIS SADOWSKI CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
CLEVELAND – Laudatory comments about President Donald Trump by New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan have been blasted in a letter to the prelate from more than 1,500 faith leaders. The letter, released May 1, said the cardinal’s late April remarks in a conference call with the president and subsequent appearance on Fox News “sends a message that CathoCardinal Timothy lic leaders have aligned themselves M. Dolan with a president who tears apart immigrant families, denies climate change, stokes racial division and supports economic policies that hurt the poor. “There is nothing ‘pro-life’ about Trump’s agenda,” said the letter released by the advocacy group Faith in Public Life. In the conference call April 25 to discuss the needs of Catholic schools, which have been struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump described Cardinal Dolan as a “great gentleman” and “a great friend of mine.” Cardinal Dolan responded that he held “mutual” feelings toward the president and that he calls Trump more often than he calls his 90-year-old mother. And during an April 27 segment on “Fox & Friends,” Cardinal Dolan said of Trump: “I really salute his leadership,” while adding that he also admired the leadership of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats. “Everybody has really come through, but the president has seemed particularly sensitive to the, what shall I say, to the feelings of the religious community,” the cardinal said.
John Gehring, Catholic program director for the organization, told Catholic News Service May 4 the interest in sending a letter to Cardinal Dolan “caught fire” soon after his television appearance. “Cardinal Dolan has every right to engage with the White House. But there is a difference between dialogue and a kind of deferential coziness with a president who, frankly, has used cruelty as a political weapon and who abuses power. That’s what the concern was here. It was not that there was an engagement with this president,” Gehring said. “Catholics want our bishops to be prophetic leaders who speak truth to power,” he added. “This call felt like the essence of transactional politics.” While mentioning his support for Catholic schools, Trump in the conference call repeatedly turned the conversation to his positions against abortion and his work to protect religious freedom around the world and urged those on the call to vote for him Nov. 3. A spokesman for the archdiocese declined comment on the letter. In a May 1 Facebook Live interview with Jesuit Father Matt Malone, editor of America magazine, Cardinal Dolan defended his comments. The cardinal said he has received “much more criticism from those you might call on the right” for his cooperation with Democratic politicians in New York, including Sen. Charles Schumer, Cuomo and de Blasio on various legislative priorities and social policies. “The right wing is blasting me for the outreach, for the spirit of cooperation there. Now the left wing is snotty about the fact that I may have been part of, which I was, of a conference call with Catholic leaders. I would just say, ‘Look are we in the sacred enterprise of accompaniment and engagement and dialogue or are we not?’ When you do it, you risk criticism from both sides,” Cardinal Dolan said.
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Kevin Eckery, spokesman for the California Catholic Conference, said the state’s bishops have been consulting over Zoom about the eventual return of public liturgies. Discussions have focused on how to keep people safe, through actions like reducing building capacity or asking people to attend a different parish temporarily to keep a safe number of worshippers at Mass. “We are going with the advice of public health experts, so that whatever we do is consistent with expert advice,” Eckery said. Eckery said California’s bishops understood the demands to reopen church and wanted to reopen churches “sooner rather than later.” “This was the strangest Lent any of us have experienced and it’s unnatural to go without the sacraments for this long. The challenge is (reopening) consistent with best practices and not doing anything that would accidentally or inadvertently spread the virus.” Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 15 allowed public Masses to resume with restrictions that followed state requirements. He approved the start of outdoor services with people in cars as well as liturgies inside churches with no more than five people present and practicing social distancing. The so-called drive-in Masses have been welcomed by parishioners, Christopher Velasquez, diocesan director of communications, said. He estimated about half of the diocese’s 47 parishes and 44 missions have regularly scheduled outdoor liturgies. “It seems people within our community are ap-
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preciative that we are ministering and taking precautions,” he said. Portland, Maine Bishop Bishop Robert P. Deeley April 29 announced that public Masses could resume immediately outdoors in church parking lots with restrictions. The announcement said holy Communion would not be distributed and worshippers were to remain in their vehicles with cars leaving one empty parking space between them. Social distancing would be the norm for those ministering at a Mass, and offertory collections would not be taken, although parishioners were encouraged to donate to their parish through the online portal WeShare. Experts have said Catholics should expect changes to the look and feel of worship when public Masses and the celebration of the sacraments resume in dioceses where they were suspended.
Social distancing in pews, requirements that Massgoers wear facial protection and even Masses without distribution of holy Communion or having distribution moved to the end of a liturgy or to another time are all possibilities depending on local circumstances and the prudential judgment of bishops. The Thomistic Institute recently issued a 21-page document developed by a clergy and physician task force which “aims to clarify how spiritual care, including public Masses, can be responsibly offered, especially as peak restrictions on public activities are beginning to be relaxed in phases.” The guidelines offered recommendations on scheduling Masses, distribution of holy Communion and the role of priests at Mass. As gathering restrictions ease, the guidance suggests that Masses could be scheduled more frequently, with attendance on a first-come, first-served basis or on a rotating basis among parishioners. It supported drive-in Masses, which have become an increasingly wider option for parishes and missions, with worshippers remaining in their vehicle. The guidance also offered options for the distribution of holy Communion under tight public health restrictions. Mass can be celebrated with only the priest and deacon, if present, receiving the Eucharist, with no distribution to the limited number of people in attendance. Communion distribution, with proper precautions, could also follow Mass, an option the task force preferred because it provides greater safety while respecting the “symbolic and liturgical integrity of Mass.” Catholic San Francisco contributed.
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Fifth Sunday of Easter ACTS 6:1-7: As the number of disciples continued to grow, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. So, the Twelve called together the community of the disciples and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to serve at table. Brothers, select from among you seven reputable men, filled with the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint to this task, whereas we shall devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” The proposal was acceptable to the whole community, so they chose Stephen, a man filled with faith and the Holy Spirit, also Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the Apostles who prayed and laid hands on them. The word of God continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly; even a large group of priests were becoming obedient to the faith. PSALM 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19: Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting. Give thanks to the Lord on the harp; with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
Upright is the word of the Lord, and all his works are trustworthy. He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, upon those who hope for his kindness, To deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. 1 PETER 2:4-9: Beloved: Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it says in Scripture: Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a cornerstone, chosen and precious, and whoever believes in it shall not be put to shame. Therefore, its value is for you who have faith, but for those without faith: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, and a stone that will make people stumble, and a rock that will make them fall. They stumble by disobeying the word, as is their destiny. You are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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ears ago, as a young priest studying at Marquette University, I had the privilege of doing a summer French language course at Institut Catholique de Paris, as a way of preparing myself for a European language requirement for my doctoral program. The Jesuits at Rue de Grenelle in Paris generously gave me board and lodging. The French food was out of this world. Staying with the Jesuits, I would walk to my classes through the busy streets of Paris, amazed at the sights of the City of Lights. One of my favorite things was to walk to Notre Dame de Paris. What a luminous, resplendent cathedral! I fell in love with the grandeur and majesty of the church. It mediated to me the mystery FATHER CHARLES of God. Through its towering PUTHOTA gothic architecture, magnificent stained-glass windows, centuries-old history, and the fervent faith of those who worshipped there, God became both powerfully transcendent and movingly intimate to me. My experience was not unlike that of Thomas Merton, who as a young man visiting European cathedrals, was deeply touched by the presence of God, a religious experience that eventually led him to faith and vocation. On April 15, 2019, when a major fire gutted the roof and spire of this 850-year-old cathedral, I wept. It was traumatic for me and for millions of people, regardless of their religion and culture. The intense media coverage of that disaster indicated how treasured this church was in the lives of people around the world. It was because Notre Dame Cathedral was not just a physical structure, but a metaphor for the mystery of God, an evocative representation of art and culture, of noble ideals and indomitable spirit. What this cathedral stands for profoundly affects the human imagination, the heart, and the spirit. It is a dwelling place of God, no doubt, but also a sanctuary of human longing for transcendence. The word of God this Fifth Sunday of Easter speaks of God’s dwelling places. Where does God live has always been the quest of human beings. When I ask the second graders “Where does God live?” they
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would invariably point to heaven. When I ask them “Where else?” there would be sudden silence. When I point to the heart, I’d see a twinkle of joy in their eyes because they too can sense that the transcendent God is indeed indwelling, incarnational, and intimate. The Gospel passage, a favorite for funerals, is part of Jesus’ Last Supper discourse (John 13-17) and is about Jesus going “to prepare a place” for us in his “Father’s house” that has many “dwelling places.” Jesus will suffer, die, and rise from the dead, and then ascend to his Father and send the Holy Spirit. When Jesus returns to his Father, he anticipates our returning to the Father as well when we shall all be one family of God, saved and redeemed, living in glory forever in eschatological union. Thomas and Philip’s curiosity leads Jesus to affirm that he is “the way and the truth and the life” on our journey toward the Father’s house. Also, because the Father and Jesus dwell in each other, if we believe in Jesus, we will live in them forever. This is eternal life. In the letter of Peter, the ultimate fulfillment is anticipated already in our life in the church. Using the metaphor of “living stones” Peter affirms that we are being built into “a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood …” because we are “chosen and precious in the sight of God.” Peter then goes on to describe eloquently the people of God: “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own ...” called “out of darkness into his wonderful light.” In the mystical union of one another in Jesus, we are built into a church empowered to extend God into space and time. The church exists not for itself but for making God known and loved by the world. The reading from the Acts is a paradigm. Even in the early church, there are clear signs of controversies, discrimination, discernment, bold new decisions, new structures, justice, proclamation, service and feeding of the poor. The church where God dwells is called to embrace the world which God loves so much. In the current virus-affected world, the church is to speak humbly the Easter message of hope for God’s blessings for all. That is how we shall make room for God’s dwelling places in our homes, build his mighty cathedrals in our hearts, ushering in his Kingdom already here on earth. Father Charles Puthota begins a new assignment, July 1, 2020, as pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish, San Francisco.
JOHN 14:1-12: Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where I am going you know the way.” Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father.”
LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, MAY 11: Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter. ACTS 14:5-18. PS 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16. JN 14:26. JN 14:21-26. TUESDAY, MAY 12: Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; Optional Memorial of St. Pancras, martyr. ACTS 14:19-28. PS 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21. LK 24:46, 26. JN 14:27-31a. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima. ACTS 15:1-6. PS 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5. JN 15:4a, 5b. JN 15:1-8. THURSDAY, MAY 14: Feast of St. Matthias, apostle and martyr. ACTS 1:15-17, 20-26. PS 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8. JN 15:16. JN 15:9-17. FRIDAY, MAY 15: Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Isidore. ACTS 15:2231. PS 57:8-9, 10 and 12. JN 15:15b. JN 15:12-17. SATURDAY, MAY 16: Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter. ACTS 16:1-10. PS 100:1b-2, 3, 5. COL 3:1. JN 15:18-21. SUNDAY, MAY 17: Sixth Sunday of Easter. ACTS 8:5-8, 14-17. PS 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20. 1 PT 3:15-18. JN 14:23. JN 14:15-21. MONDAY, MAY 18: Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. John I, pope and martyr. ACTS 16:11-15. PS 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b. Jn 15:26b, 27a. JN 15:26—16:4a. TUESDAY, MAY 19: Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter. ACTS 16:22-34. PS 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8. JN 16:7, 13. JN 16:5-11. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20: Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena, priest. ACTS 17:15, 22—18:1. PS 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14. JN 14:16. JN 16:12-15. THURSDAY, MAY 21: The Ascension of the Lord. Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs. Optional Memorial of St. Eugene de Mazenod, bishop. ACTS 1:1-11. PS 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9. EPH 1:17-23. MT 28:19a, 20b. MT 28:16-20. FRIDAY, MAY 22: Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia, religious. ACTS 18:9-18. PS 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7. LK 24:46, 26. JN 16:20-23.
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ohn Updike, after recovering from a serious illness, wrote a poem he called “Fever.” It ends this way: But it is a truth long known that some secrets are hidden from health. Deep down we already know this, but as a personal truth this is not something we appropriate in a classroom, from parents FATHER RON or mentors, or ROLHEISER even from religious teaching. These just tell us that this is true, but knowing it does not itself impart wisdom. Wisdom is acquired, as Updike says, through a personal experience of serious illness, serious loss or serious humiliation. The late James Hillman, writing as an agnostic, came to the same conclusion. I remember hearing him at a large conference where, at point in his talk, he challenged his audience with words to this effect: Think back, honestly and with courage, and ask yourself: What are the experiences in your life that have made you deep, that have given you character? In almost every case, you will have to admit that it was some humiliation or abuse you
had to endure, some experience of powerlessness, helplessness, frustration, illness or exclusion. It is not the things that brought glory or adulation into your life that gave you depth and character, the time you were the valedictorian for your class or the time you were the star athlete. These did not bring you depth. Rather the experience of powerlessness, inferiority, is what made you wise. I recall too as a graduate student sitting in on a series of lectures by the renowned Polish psychiatrist Kasmir Dabrowski who had written a number of books around a concept he termed “positive disintegration.” His essential thesis was that it is only by falling apart that we ever grow to higher levels of maturity and wisdom. Once, during a lecture, he was asked: “Why do we grow through the disintegrating experiences such as falling ill, falling apart, or being humiliated? Would it not be more logical to grow through the positive experiences of being loved, being affirmed, being successful, being healthy, and being admired? Shouldn’t that fire gratitude inside us and, acting out of that gratitude, we should become more generous and wise?” He gave this response: Ideally, maturity and wisdom should grow out of experiences of strength and success; and maybe in some instances they do. However, as a psychiatrist, all I can say is that in 40 years of clinical prac-
tice I have never seen it. I have only seen people transformed to higher levels of maturity through the experience of breaking down. Jesus, it would seem, agrees. Take, for example, the incident in the Gospels where James and John come and ask whether they might be given the seats at his right hand and left hand when he comes into his glory. It is significant that he takes their question seriously. He does not (in this instance) chide them for seeking their own glory; what he does instead is redefine glory and the route to it. He asks them: “Can you drink the cup?” They, naive as to what is being asked of them, responded: “Yes, we can!” Jesus then tells them something to which they are even more naïve. He assures them that they will drink the cup, since eventually everyone will, but tells them that they still might not receive the glory because being seated in glory is still contingent upon something else. What? What is “the cup”? How is drinking it the route to glory? And why might we not receive the glory even if we do drink the cup? The cup, as is revealed later, is the cup of suffering and humiliation, the one Jesus has to drink during his passion and dying, the cup he asks his Father to spare him from when in Gethsemane he prays in agony: “Let this cup pass from me!”
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iven that he was one of the principal planners and prominent leaders of last October’s special Synod on Amazonia, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, OFM, is understandably enthusiastic about the results of that exercise. Indeed, the enthusiasm of the emeritus archbishop of São Paulo and prefect GEORGE WEIGEL emeritus of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy seems virtually boundless: Cardinal Hummes recently claimed that “The Synod for the Amazon was historic; no previous synod was as synodal and reform-oriented as this one.” High praise indeed. But is such fulsome applause really warranted? How does the cardinal’s claim measure up against the historical record? Not very well, I fear. Which suggests the possibility that Cardinal Hummes is reimagining the recent Catholic past in order to make certain points about the Catholic present and the Catholic future. The 1974 Synod, on evangelization was a donnybrook, reflecting the turbulence in the church a decade after the Second Vatican Council. The synod fathers couldn’t agree on a final report, so they handed the synod’s materials to Pope Paul VI with the request that he do something. Pope Paul responded with the great apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Nuntiandi” (Announcing the Gospel). It was Paul VI’s last pastoral testament to the church and the first summons to what John Paul II would call the “new evangelization,” the grand strategy that animates the living parts of the world church today. Was the Amazonian Synod more
“historic” than that? The 1990 Synod debated priestly formation and seminary reform. The propositions adopted by the synod fathers helped shape John Paul II’s 1992 apostolic exhortation “Pastores Dabo Vobis” (I Shall Give you Shepherds). Where it was taken seriously (as in the United States), that exhortation helped apply the brakes to the silly season in seminaries and laid the foundation for the reformed seminaries of today. Was the Amazonian Synod more “reform-oriented” than that? The 1994 Synod explored the renewal of consecrated religious life in light of Vatican II’s teaching on the subject. Its reflections helped John Paul II write the 1996 apostolic exhortation “Vita Consecrata” (The Consecrated Life). Throughout the world church today, religious communities of men and women that embraced Vita Consecrata are vibrant and making real contributions to the new evangelization; those that ignored “Vita Consecrata” are moribund or dying. Was the Amazonian Synod more “historic” than that? And then there was the special Synod of 1985, which met on the 20th anniversary of Vatican II’s fourth and final session to explore what had gone right, and what had gone not-so right, in implementing the council. Its final report’s description of the church as a communion of disciples in mission provided the thread that wove the 16 documents of Vatican II into a coherent, compelling tapestry of Catholic faith. Like “Evangelii Nuntiandi,” the special Synod of 1985 was a crucial moment in the journey from Vatican II – the council Pope John XXIII called to give the church new missionary energy – to the new evangelization. Was the Amazonian Synod more “historic” and “reform-oriented” than that? As for the Amazonian Synod itself,
others who were in Rome last October may remember the proceedings somewhat differently than Cardinal Hummes evidently does. Some will remember that the roster of synod participants reflected a narrow bandwidth of Catholic opinion. Some will remember the rather stifling atmosphere within the Synod Hall, which reinforced the impression created by the synod’s managers that (to vary Orwell) some viewpoints were more equal than other viewpoints. Some will remember the extraordinary things that were said in the synod assembly and in the synod’s press conferences – including the boast by a venerable missionary bishop that he hadn’t baptized an indigenous person in 35 years. Still others will remember that Rome in October 2019 was awash in German money and full of Germanfinanced non-governmental organization, which functioned more like political lobbies (or theatrical companies) than ecclesial communities. Time will tell whether the special Synod for Amazonia made a significant contribution to the proclamation of Jesus Christ and the Gospel in a largely unevangelized region, or whether that synod was a stalking horse for a host of other agendas, ecclesiastical, ecological, and political. One thing only seems clear now: “Querida Amazonia” [Beloved Amazonia], Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation completing the synod’s work, gravely disappointed those who imagined the Amazonian Synod as the decisive pivot to the Catholic revolution they had long sought. So, one must wonder, again, just what Cardinal Hummes had in mind by describing the Amazonian Synod as “historic.” GEORGE WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
In essence, what Jesus is telling James and John is this: There is no route to Easter Sunday except through Good Friday. There is no route to depth and wisdom except through suffering and humiliation. The connection is intrinsic, like the pain and groans of a woman are necessary to her when giving birth to a child. Further still, Jesus is also saying that deep suffering will not automatically bring wisdom. Why not? Because, while there is an intrinsic connection between deep suffering and greater depth in our lives, the catch is that bitter suffering can make us deep in bitterness, anger, envy and hatred just as easily as it can make us deep in compassion, forgiveness, empathy, and wisdom. We can have the pain, and not get the wisdom. Fever! The primary symptom of being infected with the coronavirus, COVID-19, is a high fever. Fever has now beset our world. The hope is that, after it so dangerously raises both our bodily and psychic temperatures, it will also reveal to us some of the secrets that are hidden from health. What are they? We don’t know yet. They will only be revealed inside the fever. OBLATE FATHER RON ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas..
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I would like to make a correction to your informative article “Shutdown of church services prompts varied responses” (April 23, 2020). We appreciate the reference to the initiative “We Are an Easter People” which gathered over 27,000 signatures. We would like to point out that while we do request public Masses, the word “possible” in our request that bishops “do everything possible” to make the sacraments available means “within all safety directives.” As we state clearly in the “Message to the Bishop”: “We, the faithful, appeal to our bishops to provide safe access to the anointing of the sick and to some form of public celebration of Mass during this time of strife and pandemic.” We do not want to put any lives at risk; “parking lot” Masses where no one leaves their cars or receives Communion are completely safe activities. There is no reason they should be prohibited. The Bill of Rights proclaims that we have the liberty of “free exercise” of religion and we are simply wanting to safely exercise that right. Janet E. Smith Retired moral theologian, former professor at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Dallas, and Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.
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On St. Joseph feast day, pope prays for workers, employers CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – With a statue of St. Joseph, mallet in hand, placed near the altar, Pope Francis dedicated his morning Mass May 1 to workers, especially those paid unjustly or virtually enslaved. “Today is the feast of St. Joseph the Worker,” celebrated also as International Workers Day and as Labor Day in many countries; “let us pray for all workers. All of them,” the pope said at the beginning of the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. He prayed that no one would be lacking a job and “that all would be paid justly and may enjoy the dignity of work and the beauty of rest.” In his homily, focused on the creation story in the feast day’s first reading, Genesis 1:26-2:3, Pope Francis said it was “as if” God told the first human beings: “You must do this, care for this and that; you must work to create this world with me and keep it going.” The work human beings do, he said, “is nothing other than the continuation of God’s work. Human work is the vocation received from God.” “Work is what makes the person similar to God because with work one is a creator, is capable of creating, of creating many things, including creating a family to keep going,” the pope said. “And this gives dignity to the human person. The dignity that makes one resemble God. The dignity of labor.” Unfortunately, he said, the dignity of labor is “often trampled on,” and not just by slavery in the past centuries, which everyone recognizes as “barbaric.” “Even today there are many slaves, many men and women who are not free to work – they are forced to
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Pope Francis raises a monstrance during eucharistic Benediction at the end of Mass May 1, 2020, in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
work to survive and nothing more,” he said. There are those who are forced to work for little or no pay, who are mistreated and even beaten, but have no escape, he added. Pope Francis said he can imagine someone saying, “’Yes, Father, it’s true, but because it happens so far away, it’s hard to understand. Because here ...’ Yes, even here among us. I’m thinking of day laborers whom you make work for a pittance and not for eight, but for 12, 14 hours a day. This happens today, here.” “Think about the domestic who is not paid justly, is not guaranteed social assistance, who cannot retire. This doesn’t happen just in Asia. Here,” he said. “Every injustice done to a person who works is a trampling on human dignity, including on the dignity
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In new bio, B16 says humanism threatens world CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
MUNICH – In a newly published biography, Retired Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a “worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies.” He cited same-sex marriage, abortion and the “creation of humans in the laboratory” as examples. The retired pope, 93, said: “Modern society is in the process of formulating an anti-Christian creed, Pope Benedict and resisting this creed is punished XVI by social excommunication.” Commenting on the state of the church in the 21st century, he said, “Events have shown by now that the crisis of faith has above all led to a crisis of Christian existence.” The German Catholic news agency, KNA, reported the remarks were published in the final chapter of a biography of the retired pope by bestselling author
Peter Seewald. The book was published in German May 4; the author said Pope Benedict made the comments in autumn 2018, more than five years after he resigned. In the interview, which had not been published before, the former pope said he had written a spiritual testament. This will presumably not be revealed until after his death, KNA reported. The pope did not comment on its contents. He also explained the reasons for his resignation as pope in 2013. He denied that it was because of corruption in the Vatican or the “Vatileaks” scandal. Instead, he said it had become increasingly clear to him that, in addition to possible dementia, “other forms of insufficient ability to hold office properly are also possible.” In this context, Pope Benedict revealed that he, like Sts. Paul VI and John Paul II, had signed a conditional declaration of resignation “in the event of illness that rendered the proper performance of duties impossible.” He did this “relatively early” in his pontificate, he told Seewald. He commented at length on criticism of his resigna-
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ROME – While the Spanish government prepares to ease lockdown restrictions, the country’s bishops released guidelines to prepare for a gradual return of the faithful to church while respecting norms that prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. In a statement released April 29, the executive committee of the Spanish bishops’ conference said it hoped the plan will “recover the normality of church life after weeks of not expressing our faith as a community in churches and parishes.” However, the bishops said that throughout the process, the faithful continue to be dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, and they suggested that “people at risk, the elderly and the sick, consider staying home and following the celebrations through the media. We are all called to live together responsibly in order to avoid the spread of the disease as much as possible and to help the poor and those who suffer most from the consequences of this pandemic,” the bishops said.
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Manila priest’s COVID mission Father Eduardo “Ponpon” Vasquez Jr., blesses deceased people inside a morgue in Manila, Philippines, April 20, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The priest also used holy water to bless people in a poor district of the city and performed an impromptu baptism.
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GROUND ZERO: COVID-19’s devastating toll on long-term care residents FROM PAGE 9
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Mercy Sister Mary Estelle Small died on April 13, 2020 at age 89 at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland. Sister Mary Estelle graduated from St. Elizabeth High School in Oakland where she met different communities of religious during vocation day events. “She knew she wanted to be a sister but, not wanting to teach, she chose a community with Sister Mary health care ministries,” the sisters Estelle Small said in a statement. “Because teachers were needed, she became a teacher and an excellent one. She entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1948, professed her vows in 1951, and was given the religious name Sister Mary Estelle.” “Her motto was ‘Fiat’ (‘Thy will be done’),” said lifelong friend Mercy Sister Mary Lois Corporandy. “That was evident in her life. Whatever hap-
pened was God’s will and was exemplified in her decisions and life occurrences.” Sister Mary Estelle earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Dominican College and a master’s degree in education from LaVerne College. For almost 40 years, she taught high school at her congregation’s Mercy High School in San Francisco and St. Paul High School in Whittier. “Sister had a very matter of fact style, a great sense of humor, and was a lover of books, always ready with titles she would recommend,” said Mercy Sister Corita Burnham. “She would rather read than eat.” Sister Estelle was also known for her cooking and craft-making skills and was resourceful in remaking clothing and using remnants to make serviceable and beautiful garments for people in need. Survivors include Sister Estelle’s sister, Cecilia, and nephew Fred Smith and his wife, Robyn with grandniece and nephew Katharine and Michael Smith. Funeral services will be held at Marian Oaks chapel, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame after the COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. Memorial gifts may be made to the Sisters of Mercy, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame 94010.
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Organizaciones de San Francisco se unen para ayudar a los inmigrantes indocumentados por COVID-19 LORENA ROJAS SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO
Muchos inmigrantes indocumentados en San Francisco han perdido sus trabajos desde que comenzó la crisis por el COVID-19 y no califican para recibir el incentivo federal de 1.200 dólares, ni para el seguro de desempleo por no tener documentos legales. Algunos fondos de instituciones públicas y estatales parecen ser una buena opción en este momento Lourdes de emergencia pero el laberinto Dobarganes burocrático para obtenerlos agrega aún más ansiedad de la que ya tienen por la pandemia. (FOTO DE CORTESÍA) Debido a esta situación, Guillermina Castellanos, Guillermina Castellanos, codirectora de La Colectiva se ve codirectora de La Colectiva, una organización que hablando con un micrófono junto a un grupo de mujeres. aboga por mujeres trabajadoras del hogar en San undocufund-sf.org un fondo integrado por las Francisco y miembro de la Alianza Nacional de organizaciones comunales locales La Colectiva, Trabajadoras del Hogar, entre otras organizaciones Chinese Progresive Association, Mujeres Unidas se ha unido a otros grupos comunitarios de San Francisco buscando vías para ayudar a las personas y Activas, PODER (People Organized to Demand Economic and Environmental Right), Jobs with indocumentadas de San Francisco a alcanzar estos Justice San Francisco y Young Workers United. recursos. Los líderes de estos grupos han pedido a los El proceso administrativo para llegar a donde supervisores que aprueben la canalización de están los programas de asistencia ha sido muy asistencia a través de Undocufund San Francisco y engorroso, según Castellanos. “Recientemente, una que depositen en ese fondo los recursos que tienen de las instituciones públicas anunció la entrega las organizaciones públicas de San Francisco y así de una ayuda de 500 dólares para las familias de se distribuyan los recursos de forma más fácil para San Francisco con niños escolares. Yo le mandé los indocumentados, dijo Castellanos. el link a las personas (interesadas) y era una “Ese fondo es para la gente indocumentada que cosa desesperante…agregaba aún más a la crisis necesita. Hay una aplicación simple y concreta que emocional porque los mandaban de un teléfono a deben llenar”, dijo la codirectora de La Colectiva, otro teléfono y luego que no hablan inglés. Eso fue aclarando que aunque la solicitud incluye una muy estresante”, dijo Castellanos. pregunta relacionada con la organización a la que “Vimos que eso iba a ser un poco difícil por pertenecen, las personas que no estén afiliadas a la estructura y por los retos que tiene nuestra alguna de estas organizaciones y califican para la comunidad de no tener, a lo mejor, una cuenta de ayuda también la van recibir. banco para cambiar cheques. A lo mejor no tienen un ITIN” (número de contribuyente), según la codirectora de La Colectiva. Gracias que existen estas organizaciones Los líderes de las organizaciones de San Una de las afiliadas a La Colectiva, desde hace Francisco comenzaron a buscar formas como siete años, Lourdes Dobarganes, una inmigrante conseguir que los recursos económicos que hay indocumentada de 54 años, trabajadora de San en las instituciones públicas de San Francisco Francisco quien desde la semana antes de la orden sean más fáciles de alcanzar por los trabajadores de cuarentena ya se había quedado sin trabajo, indocumentados. necesita ayuda. Así mismo se han dado a la tarea de ayudar a Los 15 clientes a quienes dobarganes les limpiaba estas personas a llenar las aplicaciones, tanto para su casa le pidieron que no volviera a trabajar por los programas locales como para la ayuda estatal temor a la transmisión del virus, al igual que las para personas sin documentos que recientemente otras dos familias a las cuales les cuidaba a sus anunció el gobernador de California Gavin Newsom. ancianos. Eso la dejó de la noche a la mañana sin Por iniciativa de Castellanos se creó en marzo su ingreso mensual de unos seis mil dólares. de este añoMost Undocufund San Francisco, www. Dobarganes le dijo al Sanof Francisco Católico The Requested Funeral Directors in the Archdiocese San Francisco
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con mucha angustia que con sus ingresos ella pagaba una renta de tres mil dólares en Treasure Island donde vive con sus dos hijos, el mayor con un trauma cerebral y la hija quien es estudiante del City College de San Francisco. Además de los gastos de comida, servicios de agua, luz, internet y teléfono, ella le mandaba dinero cada semana a sus dos hermanas mayores que viven en México para las necesidades básicas de ellas. “Todo el día estoy muy preocupada buscando ayuda, haciendo llamadas. Todo me estresa”, dijo. A pesar del panorama oscuro, Dobarganes se muestra agradecida por la ayuda que recibe por parte de La Colectiva y por otras organizaciones comunales locales. “Gracias a Dios que muchas de nosotras somos parte de estas organizaciones que nos ayudan a llenar aplicaciones, nos dicen dónde están dando comida, dónde hay algo más, porque todo es tan caro aquí en San Francisco, una caja de huevos vale casi ocho dólares aquí donde yo vivo”, dice. “Hasta el momento – desde que dejó de recibir sus ingresos – la única ayuda económica que yo tengo en mis manos ha sido una tarjeta de 400 dólares que vino de la Alianza Nacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar a través de La Colectiva de San Francisco. Y tengo un número para llenar la aplicación de Undocufund cuando llegue mi turno”, dijo. La tarjeta que ha recibido Dobarganes y lo que espera recibir por parte de Undocufund entre – 500 a 1.000 dólares – son para comida. Todavía queda la preocupación de la renta. “Yo tenía mucho miedo de no pagar la renta y que me desalojen, pero la Alianza Nacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar nos asesoró cómo hablar con el dueño de la casa y La Colectiva me ayudó a escribirle una carta. Sin embargo, la preocupación sigue ahí porque ese dinero se va a acumular. Después van a ser seis mil o nueve mil dólares que tenga que pagar”, dijo Dobarganes acaba de unirse a otra organización en San Francisco que está abogando para que las personas que han perdido sus trabajos por la pandemia no tengan que pagar la renta acumulada, dijo.
Iglesia Católica aboga por los indocumentados
Los obispos católicos de California pidieron al gobernador Gavin Newsom a través de una carta enviada a finales de abril que amplíe la ayuda a las personas indocumentadas y de bajos salarios que viven en California “porque el virus no conoce la diferencia entre alguien que tiene los documentos legales correctos y aquellos que no los tienen”, dijeron. Aunque el gobernador Newsom anunció recientemente la creación de un fondo de asistencia para desastres de 125 millones de dólares para los californianos indocumentados, los obispos le han pedido que vaya más allá. Los obispos miembros de la Conferencia Católica de California extendieron la siguiente lista de peticiones al gobernador Newsom. “Expandir la elegibilidad del Seguro Estatal de Discapacidad (SDI) para trabajadores desempleados como resultado de COVID-19 que no califican para el Seguro de Desempleo (UI). “Enviar los pagos de 1.200 dólares a todos los californianos que calificaron para el Crédito Tributario por Ingreso del Trabajo de California (CalEITC) el año pasado o este año, y a todo declarante que utilizó un Número de Identificación de Contribuyente Individual (ITIN) y cumple con los mismos niveles de ingresos que el CalEITC; (pidió) ampliar permanentemente el CalEITC”. “Ampliar permanentemente el CalEITC para incluir los contribuyentes con ITIN”. De la misma manera los obispos le pidieron al gobernador que se asegure de que “el tratamiento para COVID-19 (no solo las pruebas) esté cubierto por Emergency MediCal” y de ampliar “las opciones de hotel sin o con bajo costo a los trabajadores que son esenciales, para mantener el suministro de alimentos de California; y poner más dinero a disposición de los bancos de alimentos y los distritos escolares para ampliar la capacidad de obtener alimentos e información sobre nuevos programas de ayuda para familias necesitadas”, detalla la lista de peticiones de los obispos de California intercediendo por los trabajadores sin documentos.
San Vicente de Paúl en Nuestra Señora del Pilar hace frente a las necesidades por la pandemia El impacto económico por el desempleo que va dejando a su paso el COVID-19 ha puesto a los servidores de la Sociedad de San Vicente de Paúl en Nuestra Señora del Pilar en Half Moon Bay frente a una mayor demanda de servicios por parte de las personas que sienten la amenaza de perder sus viviendas y por quienes requieren otras formas de ayuda de la organización para sobrevivir en este momento. Unas 170 familias llegan cada semana a Nuestra Señora del Pilar y en la medida que se prolonga la crisis se espera que aumente la cantidad de personas buscando ayuda. “Estamos experimentando una afluencia considerable de nuevas familias viniendo… que nunca antes han tenido que venir a buscar ayuda a San Vicente de Paúl para pagar el alquiler y para recibir asistencia alimentaria”, manifestó la organización en un comunicado. La demanda de necesidades se ha convertido en una avalancha nunca antes vista en esta parroquia a la cual San Vicente de Paúl está haciendo frente con más y nuevos métodos para entregar la comida, brindar el servicio de cuidado de personas sin hogar, y dar apoyo para el pago de renta. Los miembros de San Vicente son considerados servidores esenciales por ser proveedores de alimentos, por esta razón han podido continuar sirviendo de forma
El padre John Jiménez, director espiritual de San Vicente de Paúl y pastor asociado en Nuestra Señora del (FOTOS DE CORTESÍA) Pilar en Half Moon Bay se ve en primer plano llevando Un grupo de personas se ven en fila en las instalaciones de Nuestra Señora del Pilar cajas con provisiones para las personas necesitadas. para recibir asistencia durante la crisis por el COVID-19. regular, manteniendo las medidas de seguridad requeridas como el distanciamiento social y las medidas de higiene entre los voluntarios y los beneficiarios. “Hemos mantenido nuestro horario regular durante el brote del virus y continuaremos respondiendo al llamado de servir”, detalla el comunicado de San Vicente de Paúl. Están atendiendo tres días por semana (lunes y jueves de 5 a 7 de la tarde y los sábado de las 10 de la mañana a mediodía). “A través de nuestra despensa de alimentos, estamos distribuyendo a las familias y a los individuos mayores, cantidades de alimentos que complementan los alimentos
básicos de la despensa con proteínas como carne, huevos, yogur, queso; frutas y verduras frescas”, detalla el comunicado. San Vicente de Paúl de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, también está llevando comida hasta la puerta de las casas de las personas mayores confinadas en el hogar, y a las personas sin hogar les entregan cajas con bocadillos, paquetes con artículos para higiene y tarjetas de comida de Burger King. El presidente y la secretaria de la Sociedad de San Vicente de Paúl en Nuestra Señora del Pilar Tom y Nancy Clarkin, firmantes del comunicado se refieren al apoyo espiritual que están dando los
sacerdotes de esta parroquia a las personas que llegan por ayuda. “El padre John Jiménez, pastor asociado y director espiritual del concejo de San Vicente de Paul en Nuestra Señora del Pilar, pasa por nuestra despensa de alimentos todos los días que estamos abiertos para ofrecer consuelo a los que esperan por comida en la fila. Todos nuestros sacerdotes han mostrado una gran compasión por aquellos que sufren durante estos tiempos difíciles ofreciendo oraciones y apoyo entre ellos, el párroco, padre José Corral, el padre George Schultze (ex rector del Seminario San Patricio) en residencia en Nuestra Señora del Pilar y el padre Charles Onubogu también en residencia”.
Arquidiócesis de San Francisco ayuda a los necesitados a través de una llamada telefónica La Arquidiócesis de San Francisco ha puesto a disposición de las personas confinadas en sus hogares por salud o por edad durante la pandemia, la línea directa “Ame a su prójimo” (888) 237-7807 en español y en inglés para llevarles alimentos a sus hogares y para ofrecerles otros servicios. Las llamadas a la línea directa se reciben de lunes a viernes de nueve de la mañana a cinco de la tarde. También se ofrece ayuda a través del sitio en internet, en español https://sfarch.org/ amaatuprojimo, y en inglés https://sfarch.org/ loveyourneighbor El arzobispo Salvatore J. Cordileone alentó a los párrocos de las iglesias de la arquidiócesis a
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El ministerio “Ame a su prójimo” le compra los alimentos a las personas que pueden pagar por ellos pero no pueden salir de sus hogares a comprar y se los lleva a la puerta de sus casas. Y a las personas que necesitan alimentos y no pueden pagar por ellos ni salir, se le llevan de las despensas de alimentos para personas necesitadas. Además de la ayuda que brinda este ministerio a los necesitados, también acepta ayuda de las personas interesadas en integrarse como voluntarios entregando comida, respondiendo a las llamadas telefónicas o rezando por quienes piden oración. Los interesados en servir como voluntarios pueden registrarse a través de su parroquia. El lanzamiento de “Ame a su prójimo” ha sido posible gracias a la donación de la línea directa por parte de Thomas Rudkins, fundador de Options United, organización de ayuda a mujeres embarazadas, y a la ayuda que está ofreciendo Paul Venables, fundador de la agencia publicitaria Venables Bell & Partners y parroquiano de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo en Mill Valley, quien donó la campaña publicitaria en las redes sociales para este ministerio.
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