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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors as well as in protecting members of religious orders and seminarians from abuse. The new juridical instrument is meant to help bishops and religious leaders around the world clearly understand their duties and church law, underlining how they are ultimately responsible for proper governance and protecting those entrusted to their care. For this reason, the new document establishes a clearer set of universal procedures for reporting suspected abuse, carrying out initial investigations and protecting victims and whistleblowers. The new document, given “motu proprio,” on the pope’s own initiative, was titled “Vos estis lux mundi” (“You are the light of the world”), based on a verse from the Gospel of St. Matthew (5:14). “The crimes of sexual abuse offend Our Lord, cause physical, psychological and spiritual damage to the victims and harm the community of the faithful,” the pope said in the document, released by the Vatican May 9. The norms go into effect June 1. In order to stop all forms of abuse from ever happening again, not only is “a continuous and SEE DISCLOSURE, PAGE 23
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Rich was a heating and ventilation technician before a 15-foot fall put him out of work. Then, problems with his worker’s compensation coverage led to his becoming homeless. But now, life is getting better for Rich thanks to a farm employment program for the homeless in Half Moon Bay that changes lives by building connections between people. “Some good things are happening,” Rich said.
In the six months he has been working at Full Circle Food Justice, Rich (last name withheld by request) said he has been helped securing a housing voucher from the Department of Veterans Affairs and connecting to other homeless outreach services. “One of the fundamental things we’re trying to do is reweave the web of relationships that allow people to see themselves as part of a community,” said Eric DeBode, executive director of Abundant Grace Coastside Worker in Half Moon Bay, the SEE FARM PROGRAM, PAGE 11
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Johna Maychrowitz was born to teach. “It all started when I was 5 years old,” she said. She and a friend would gather the neighborhood kids together and teach them about their Catholic faith. “We even had an ecumenical group going with the Baptist girl down the street,” Maychrowitz added. The Franciscan sisters who taught her at the former St. Bruno School inspired her to become a cat-
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echist. “They were just so much fun, they brought everything to life and I decided that’s what I wanted to do,” she said. She earned her catechist credentials at the end of seventh grade, and began by teaching third graders in the choir loft at St. Bruno Parish. Fifty-seven years later, she still works in catechesis as the religious education director for the parish school of religion at Our Lady of Angels in Burlingame. Maychrowitz, along with more than 140 other SEE JOY OF TEACHNG, PAGE 9
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2 ARCHDIOCESE NEED TO KNOW “HUMANITARIANISM AND MASS MIGRATION: CONFRONTING THE WORLD CRISIS”: May 20,4-5:30 p.m., St. Claire Room, Santa Clara University Library. Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, inaugural UCLA Wasserman Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, speaks on “Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis.” The lecture will showcase new research on how current structures of health, mental health and education align and misalign with the new dystopic cartographies of mass migrations. The lecture will provide concrete recommendations for what must be done in the spirit of solidarity to help forcefully displaced populations. RSVP https://mysantaclara. scu.edu/ECP/LERC_Distinguished_Speakers.
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and reconciliation during Quo Vadis changed his life the most. “When that happened, the Holy Spirit was there. I don’t know how to explain it, it was like a calling,” he said. Gonzalez said the camp had “a good balance between prayer and activities,” and said he looks forward to going again. “It’s a fun experience, everyone is super nice, and it’s easy to make friends,” he said. Both priests also praised the camaraderie and friendship created during the camp. “To me, faith is about being able to have hope and find joy,” Father Ginter said, “and it’s great to see the moments of friendships and banter.” Quo Vadis, Latin for “Where are you going?” started in the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, in 2000 and has spread to 17 other dioceses. “This is something other dioceses have been doing with great success,” Father Summerhays said. Priests around the country, he said, have appreciated how it helps young men take their faith more seriously and told him that many seminarians attributed their vocation to Quo Vadis because “it got them thinking and praying more intentionally about what God is calling them.” Father Ginter said the camp’s ultimate goal is to form “good, holy men” who understand God’s love and plan for them, regardless of what vocation they choose. “If they’re going to be fathers, we want them to be good fathers and love God. If they’re going to be priests, we want the same thing,” he said. “We want them to have the courage to say yes to God.”
St. Patrick’s Seminary & University will host its third annual Quo Vadis summer camp July 7-10. Jointly sponsored by the vocations offices of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of San Jose, the camp challenges young men in high school to grow in prayer and examine God’s plan for “AFTER PARADISE: ETHICS AND THE FUTURE their lives. OF WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA”: May 22, noon“As they become more indepen1:15, Santa Clara University, Vari Hall, Wiegand Room. dent and think about their future, Father Andrew Christopher Bacon, SCU associate professor in the we want to make sure to bring God Ginter Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, into that conversation and encourwill explore why wildfires have become so severe, and age them to think about what consider what might be some ethical paths forward. it means to be a Catholic man and embrace that Contact Monica DeLong, mdelong@scu.edu. responsibility,” said Father Patrick Summerhays, archdiocesan vocations director. Quo Vadis blends a traditional retreat experience – adoration, Benediction, talks, spiritual direction ARCHBISHOP CORDILEONE’S SCHEDULE and daily Mass – with the games and sports of a summer camp. Father Andrew Ginter, parochial vicar of St. Hilary in Tiburon and an assistant MAY 16: Chancery meetings vocations director for the archdiocese said “it’s a retreat but not like a silent one. There’s time for MAY 17: Independent Review Board meeting young men to play and pray.” Anthony Gonzalez, a parishioner at Our Lady of MAY 18: Presbyteral ordinations, cathedral, 10 a.m. Loretto in Novato and a student at Marin Catholic High School, attended Quo Vadis last year. He said MAY 19-22: International Theological Institute his experience there “inspired me to try and beBoard meeting, Vienna come a better person. I started participating more Learn more at sfpriest.org. Contact the Quo Vadis team in church, I play guitar in choir, it motivated me to MAY 24: Mass with newly professed Missionaries at vocations@sfarch.org. Online applications must be go as much as I can.” of Charity submitted by May 31. Gonzalez said attending an evening Holy Hour MAY 25: Confirmations, Star of the Sea, 11 a.m. Church Goods & Candles Religious Gifts & Books MAY 26: Mass for Dominican Sisters, Mill Valley MAY 27: Memorial Day Mass, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, 11 a.m. MAY 29-31: Sacred Liturgy Conference, Spokane; lecture MAY 30: Mass, Ascension of the Lord, Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Spokane JUNE 3: Festa Della Repubblica, San Francisco JUNE 3: Cabinet and chancery meetings JUNE 6: Catholic Charities board meeting JUNE 7: Presbyteral Council meeting JUNE 8: Confirmations, at St. Peter with St. Anthony, St. Charles, 9 a.m.; Blessing of Missionaries of Charity soup kitchen
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CLERGY APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED
The Archdiocese of San Francisco announced a new round of clergy appointments May 6, effective July 1 unless otherwise noted.
New pastors
Father David A. Ghiorso: St. Matthias Parish, as well as pastor of St. Charles Parish, San Carlos Father Ngoan V. Phan: St. Cecilia Parish, Lagunitas, including its mission, St. Mary, Nicasio
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Father Arsenio G. Cirera: St. Patrick Parish, San Francisco, through
Dec. 31, 2019, while Father Roberto Andrey is on sabbatical
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Father Messias Albuquerque: St. Raphael Parish, part-time, and St. Thomas More Parish, part-time, with residence at St. Raphael Parish (see chaplains, below) Father Paul B. Arnoult: St. Cecilia Parish, San Francisco Father Fredereck “Paolo” Del Carmen, FFI: St. Peter Parish, San Francisco Father Elpidio M. Geneta, JCL: St. Andrew Parish, effective Feb. 1, 2019
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Father Mr. Kyle J. Faller: St. Pius Parish, following his ordination to the priesthood Father Rufino J.O. Gepiga: Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Father Mr. Ernesto Jandonero: St. Hilary Parish, following his ordination to the priesthood Father Michael D. Liliedahl: St. Catherine Parish
Father Teodoro P. Magpayo: St. Bartholomew Parish Father Samuel Musiimenta: St. Charles Parish, San Carlos Father Mr. Michael P. Rocha: Church of the Epiphany, following his ordination to the priesthood Father Ephrem R. Tillya: St. Isabella SEE CLERGY, PAGE 7
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Catholic Marin Breakfast Club ends after 25-year run CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Fridays won’t be the same for a small community of Marin County Catholics. The Catholic Marin Breakfast Club, founded by a local parishioner in 1994 to bring local Catholics together one Friday morning a month for Mass, a speaker of interest to the faithful and breakfast, gathered a final time on May 3 at St. Sebastian Church in Greenbrae. “It was a great 25 years,” said Denis Ragan, a longtime parishioner of St. Patrick Parish in Larkspur and the engine behind the long-running organization that hosted more than 200 meetings on a wide variety of topics and presented more than 175 speakers, clerical and lay. Ragan, a self-described “cheerleader” for the local faith community, announced in April that the club was coming to a close because of dwindling attendance due to aging and the death of members. It has been generally unable to lure new, young members, he said. In its heyday, up to 80 Catholics attended the monthly events; in recent years, perhaps a few dozen. “Part of it also is that I’m getting tired,” said the 85-year-old Ragan with a smile at the podium in the St. Sebastian parish hall where 15 cardinals, bishops or archbishops have stood to talk to the membership. “What I remember most was the large crowds at a weekday Mass, almost like the old days on first Fridays,” said Ragan, who lives in Corte Madera with his wife of 55 years, Linda. “I thought, wow, there are people in this church today who would normally not be in this church or any other church today.” Parishioners of nearly all Marin County parishes were part of the meetings that were more centered on liturgy and fellowship than business networking, unlike some other Catholic breakfast clubs or business associations. The Marin club was never intended to serve as catechesis or formation but more as enrichment of faith and intellect. Some speakers were Catholic, some were not. Ragan recalled visits by former Gov. Jerry Brown, the late local screenwriter Carter B. Smith, Marin Independent Journal reporter Dick
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This archival photo shows a 2004 group gathering of club presidents over the years, with Bishop Carlos A. Sevilla, SJ, then bishop of Yakima, Washington, and Denis Ragan to the right of the bishop. ST. ANDREW PARISH VINCENTIANS: On the last Sunday in April, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the U.S. celebrates Ozanam Sunday to commemorate the society’s founder Blessed Frederic Ozanam, and its patron, St. Vincent de Paul. Members of the St. Andrew Conference at St. Andrew Parish, Daly City, attended Mass together April 27 to renew their commitment as Vincentians and to receive a blessing from pastor Father Piers Lahey.
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Spotswood and Mary Jane Burke, the Marin County superintendent of schools. “Mary Jane is as Catholic as Catholic can be,” said Ragan, and brings her faith to her role as head of the Marin County’s public schools. Her presentation was called, “Confessions of a school superintendent.” Dominican Father Xavier Lavagetto was a big draw as much for his wit and wisdom as pastor at the time of St. Dominic Parish as for the fact that his father “Cookie” Lavagetto had been a baseball legend.
Jesuit Father Joe Eagan, a former educator at the University of San Francisco and for years in residence at the St. Anselm and St. Patrick rectories, was a perennial favorite with members, the majority of whom belonged to those two parishes as well as to St. Raphael, St. Rita and St. Isabella. One of Ragan’s favorite speakers was the daughter of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who commanded all land and sea forces in the central Pacific during World War II. She was a Dominican nun.
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“Admiral Nimitz looked like a naval officer like no other naval officer ever looked,” said Ragan, himself a retired naval officer. He was moved that his daughter spoke little about her father’s military accomplishments, which are considered legendary by many. “No, it was none of that,” said Ragan. “It was his character.” Some in the community he helped cultivate stood to good-naturedly toast and roast Ragan. St. Patrick’s parishioner Judy Stanzl said she and Ragan “go way back to St. Agnes School” in San Francisco. Ragan teased the younger Stanzl by saying “she was a few years ahead of me” and she shot back that Ragan “didn’t do too well there.” “We’re like family,” said St. Raphael parishioner Mike Killelai. “This was a Catholic family get together once a month.”
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Gelato and a stroll with Father Armand Oliveri, 99 STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Salesian Father Armand Oliveri has moved through the city blocks around Sts. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco for the better part of a century. His family moved there from Italy in 1929 and by the time he left the parish middle school he knew he wanted to be a priest. At age 99, his birthday recently celebrated by fellow priests and friends at the church known as the “Italian Cathedral of the West,” Father Oliveri
stays active in church and neighborhood. He routinely concelebrates Mass seven days a week, and later strolls his beloved North Beach, although now in a wheelchair and with a caregiver at his side. Catholic San Francisco joined Father Oliveri on his rounds May 3, a sunny spring day when the priest of nearly 70 years, decked out in his clerical collar and signature green cap, headed out for his weekly vanilla bean gelato. View a video of Father Oliveri at Facebook@catholic-sf.
‘Such a polite man’
After surveying the freezer case of two dozen gelato flavors carefully for several minutes, Father Oliveri chose a small cup of vanilla bean. Despite his anticipation of the weekly treat it curiously sat untouched in front of him for several minutes. “He is such a polite man,” Dandy Palaganas, his primary caregiver tells us. “Even at home he will not touch his food if he is the only one at a table eating.”
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Father Oliveri wheels past Washington Square Park at the corner of Union and Stockton streets, where he sometimes greets the homeless on morning outings when they recognize him or his clerical collar. According to parish secretary Gibbons Cooney, he also spends time in the parish gift shop where he blesses visitors from around the world and the religious items they purchase.
Father Armand Oliveri, who was born in Pallare, Italy, near Genoa, on March 30, 1920, poses in front of the Italian-Athletic Club on Stockton Street. The fraternal organization, based around the corner from Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, opened in 1918 and is still considered the heartbeat of the Italian community in San Francisco. Father Oliveri’s father moved the family from Italy to San Francisco when he was a young boy and he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School. Ordained in Turin, Italy, in 1950, he later served for nearly a decade as pastor of his childhood parish where each Sunday morning he is on the altar as a concelebrant of the Italian Mass at 11:45.
‘Wonderful’ priesthood
Back at his modest room at the parish rectory, Father Oliveri sits at his desk facing a wall-to-wall horizon of photos that serves as a timeline of his priesthood. He points to one black-and-white photo that stands out among the mostly color images. A youthful Father Oliveri is flanked by his parents and a cast of impeccably vested altar boys on the steps of Sts. Peter and Paul Church after celebrating his first Mass there in 1950, the year he was ordained. The photo seems to document not just an event but an era long gone. Other photos include one of St. John Bosco, founder of the Salesian order, and one of Father Oliveri with a large parrot on his shoulder. “He accompanied me even to Fisherman’s Wharf,” he said, smiling at the memory.
‘A lot to thank God for’
Father Oliveri said he enjoyed photography and was behind the camera in many of the photos on the wall. He watched in amusement as we took photos with an iPad that looks nothing like the cameras he ever held. He agreed to give it a try and laughed heartily when he saw the short movie that he created with it. “I have a lot to thank God for,” Father Oliveri said. “So many of my prayers have been granted by God.”
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Three seminarians to be ordained to the priesthood May 18 Catholic San Francisco spoke with Deacon Kyle J. Faller, Deacon Ernesto M. Jandonero and Deacon Michael P. Rocha, seminarians who will become the newest priests of the archdiocese when they are ordained May 18 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s
Cathedral. Archbishop Cordileone has issued the three men their first parish assignments: Deacon Faller, St. Pius Parish, Redwood City; Deacon Jandonero, St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon; Deacon Rocha, Church of the Epiphany, San Francisco.
Deacon Kyle J. Faller: From a career focus to ‘something bigger’
Deacon Ernesto M. Jandonero: ‘You have to let go of everything’
Deacon Michael P. Rocha: ‘A perpetual yes’
The youngest of four boys in a devout Marin County family – including older brother Cameron, ordained a priest in the archdiocese in 2015 – Deacon Kyle Faller was a junior at Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield when he first thought of the priesthood as a “serious option for my future.” “I don’t remember my parents necessarily encouraging me to be a priest or speaking about the priesthood much,” Deacon Faller, 28, told Catholic San Francisco by phone May 3 from St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park. “They just wanted us to be happy.” But his family’s regular Catholic practice was inarguably an influence, said Faller, who went to public elementary and middle schools. Praying the rosary together, going to Mass at their home parish of Our Lady of Loretto in Novato and adoring the Blessed Sacrament on first Fridays was “just part of the family regime.” Father Thomas Daly, now bishop of Spokane, Washington, was president of Marin Catholic at the time and was a guiding force for the high schooler’s earliest yearnings. But the idea of the priesthood “fell to the wayside” at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where Deacon Faller started dating while he pursued a double major in political science and philosophy. “I had hopes of working in politics in Washington, D.C.,” he said. But his focus soon changed from career and earning a healthy paycheck to “how I could offer my life for something bigger.” During a backpacking trip in Italy with college friends, Deacon Faller heard God’s distinct call, not telling him what to do but asking him what he wanted. “That phrase resounded five times over within me before it kind of clicked in mind that God was offering me the choice,” he said. “It wasn’t as if I was being forced into something. I knew at that moment that my truest desire had revealed itself.” He later traveled to Lourdes, France, where he and a friend sat in silence as the sun set after praying at the grotto. “Kyle, everything I know about you and everything you’ve told me, I really think you are going to find your answers in the diocesan priesthood,” his friend told him. “I would rather he hadn’t said that,” said Deacon Faller, who had not yet decided whether religious community or diocesan priesthood was right for him. He called the experience an example of “the workings of grace.” “I always thought that when we talk about God’s grace it was these profound moments where God gives you this new sense of passion and devotion and confidence and willingness to serve,” he said. “But what has struck me over the time of my formation is that’s the way that God’s grace works so profoundly, not just in isolated moments, but in relationships with people who become instruments of God’s grace.”
Deacon Ernesto Jandonero credited divine providence with having brought him to ordination as a priest in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Growing up 7,000 miles away in Iloilo City, Philippines, Deacon Jandonero said the idea of being a priest was always “hovering around, on and off.” In 2000, he moved to the U.S., first to New Hampshire and then to the East Bay, working as a registered nurse. After being rejected from a few programs to get a further degree, Deacon Jandonero said he went on a retreat and decided to seriously consider the priesthood again. “I was thinking at that time, I don’t want to live a life of ‘what if ’ and then didn’t do it,” he said. To prepare for joining the seminary, he decided to simplify his life and moved to South San Francisco, joining Mater Dolorosa Parish in South San Francisco and serving as an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion. Deacon Jandonero said at first he considered entering the seminary for the Diocese of Oakland, where he had lived a long time. Talking with his pastor, Father Roland de la Rosa, and attending an annual discernment retreat at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, convinced him to join the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Seminary formation has been difficult in some ways. Deacon Jandonero said working in a professional career and then having to return to school had been “a little bit tough,” but it taught him the importance of surrendering everything to God. “It takes a lot of humility and obedience to let go of myself in order to understand the true essence of my priestly calling,” he said. “You have to let go of everything,” Deacon Jandonero added. “Physically, emotionally, spiritually, you have to be open to God. That’s the very key of answering the call to God.” While Deacon Jandonero said he had gone through “a dark valley of challenges” in his journey to the priesthood, including frequent difficulties with his health, those experiences have made him “confident that God is with me.” His previous career as a nurse has also helped reassure him he is prepared for the work of priesthood. Deacon Jandonero said not only had he seen challenging circumstances in his former job, but his longtime work in the corporate world caring for people undergoing “physical illness and spiritual devastation” gave him useful experiences to draw on in his service as a priest. “Those experiences I had in working with different people, with different beliefs, nationality and culture had taught me good lessons that I could use in my future priestly ministry,” he said. Looking forward to his ordination, Deacon Jandonero said that like Christ, he hopes to be “be a good shepherd of the people of God and bring the flock closer to Him.”
Growing up in Modesto, Deacon Michael Rocha’s exposure to faith came from a vibrantly Catholic family and from his time spent at church. Family rosaries in the evening were a staple at his house from a young age and he spent “many hours” praying in his parish’s perpetual adoration chapel and altar serving. More than anything else, he said, “these led me to discern a call to priesthood.” At age 14, Deacon Rocha went through confirmation preparation and began to intentionally cultivate a deeper prayer life, especially through eucharistic adoration. During that time, he first began to have thoughts about joining the priesthood. The example of his parish priest, Father Joseph Illo, who is now the pastor of Star of the Sea in San Francisco, also made a deep impression. “His zeal for ministry, reverence at the altar, charity in serving the people of God and deep devotion to personal prayer inspired me to consider a call to the priesthood,” Deacon Rocha said. By the time he finished high school the idea had dwindled away and Deacon Rocha focused on preparing for a professional career. He entered the University of California Riverside on a pre-dentistry track. After a year and a half of studying sciences, though, Deacon Rocha said he realized that “was not my call nor passion.” After meeting with the archdiocesan vocations director, visiting St. Patrick’s Seminary & University and going on retreats, he became more certain of his calling, switched his major to philosophy and applied to the seminary. Immediately after college graduation in 2013, he entered St. Patrick’s. Six years later, Deacon Rocha said he looks forward to starting his life as a priest. Being a priest today “demands not only time and presence but also patience, understanding, prudence and charity,” he said. Offering the sacraments means “a perpetual ’yes’ to be there for the people in order to help them encounter Christ,” he said. At the same time, Deacon Rocha said, society “is further and further trying to eliminate God or religion from public life. As a result, many young people are either leaving the church or are not well informed about the beautiful truths of our Catholic faith.” Deacon Rocha said that under those circumstances priests have to be ready to preach the faith to people from a variety of backgrounds. Deacon Rocha said clergy in the archdiocese have the particular challenge of presenting the faith “to a culture engaged in the advancements of technology, social media and new trends.” The prevalence of loneliness and social isolation in society offers an opportunity for the church to offer “a personal and communal relationship with Jesus Christ in His Church,” he said. Deacon Rocha’s first Mass will be offered in Latin at Star of the Sea Church, May 19 at 11:30 a.m.
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CLERGY: Latest parish, chancery assignments assignments FROM PAGE 3
Parish, part-time (see Chaplains, below), effective Sept. 15, 2019 Father Tony Vallecillo: Our Lady of Loretto Parish, part-time, and St. Isabella Parish, part-time, with residence at Our Lady of Loretto Parish
Continued as pastor
Father Patrick T. Michaels: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Mill Valley
Sabbatical
Father Roberto A. Andrey, through Dec. 31, 2019
Chancery assignments
Father Andrew P. Spyrow: Associate vicar for clergy, part-time; ministry as pastor of St. Raphael Parish will continue Father Cameron M. Faller: Priestsecretary to the archbishop, and director of vocations, with residence at Star of the Sea Parish, San Francisco
Chaplains
Father Messias Albuquerque: Brazilian ministry, part-time, with residence at St. Raphael Parish Father Andrew W. Ginter: Marin Catholic High School, with residence at St. Patrick Parish, Larkspur Father Malachy U. Theophilus: OSA Kaiser and Sequoia Hospitals, Redwood City, with residence at St. Charles Parish, effective Sept. 1, 2019
Father Ephrem R. Tillya: Kaiser and Novato Community hospitals, part-time, with residence at St. Isabella Parish, effective Sept. 15, 2019
Outside the archdiocese
Father Patrick J. Summerhays: Canon law studies at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., residence at Theological College, effective May 26, 2019; residence at Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, effective Aug. 15, 2019, through May 30, 2020
Religious order assignment
Father John Beckley, SM: In residence, Notre Dame des Victoires, June 28-Aug. 6, 2019
Retirements
Father Rafael A. De Avila: Retiring to Mexico Father Nicasio G. Paloso: Retiring to Salinas, in the Diocese of Monterey
Change of address
Father Anthony E. McGuire: Serra Clergy House, effective May 1, 2019
Departures from the archdiocese
Father Franklin Fong, OFM: Residence as arranged by the Franciscan Province of Santa Barbara Father Msgr. Robert T. Sheeran: Returning to the Archdiocese of Newark Father Lawrence Vadakkan, SDB: Returning to his order in India
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Archbishop confirms students, urges them to discern ‘the gift God gave you’
Archbishop Cordileone confirmed 291 confirmands at St. Mary’s Cathedral May 4, the majority of them eighth graders from 19 parishes and schools. Two-thousand worshippers attended. The archbishop opened his homily by noting the “sadness and maybe fear for some people as we see attacks on houses of worship over and over again.” He noted the beauty of fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which he called “a symbol of all the church has given to the world.” He said the workers on the cathedral in the Middle Ages considered it their gift to God. He said the same spirit motivated the monks who preserved the ancient texts of the classical world and dedicated themselves to research on health care. “It was the Christians who stayed behind to care for the sick,” he said, also noting that science and universities have their roots in the church. The archbishop also urged the students to discern their personal vocation – “the gift God gave you” – which he said works hand-inhand with their Christian vocation.
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JOY OF TEACHING: Catechists reflect on decades of service FROM PAGE 1
individuals, was honored May 10 at the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Pius X Awards Dinner, which celebrates catechists and parish faith formation leaders for their service to the church. More than 400 people attended the annual dinner, held at St. Mary’s Cathedral. In remarks delivered in English and Spanish, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said that “to be a catechist is not just a job in the church, it’s a vocation.” In addition to saluting their work in classrooms, the archbishop especially thanked catechists for teaching the faith “by modeling a life of hope and a life of holiness.” “Pouring our lives out for another is at the center of Christian life,” he said. Rosa Gomez, a parishioner at All Souls in South San Francisco, was honored for 50 years of service. A catechist since 1964, she said she only took time off during pregnancies. When she was first asked to be a catechist, “I jumped and said yes. “Since then to the present, I’ve been serving the parish and the children, loving it and embracing the Lord,” she said. Being a godmother led Jean Mariani to becoming a catechist. After taking a class to prepare for her niece’s baptism, a religious sister asked if she would help with children’s catechesis. “The program was on Sundays and I decided I had no excuse not to teach,” she said. Thirty years later, she is still teach-
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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone congratulates Our Lady of Angels parishioner Johna Maychrowitz during the Pius X Awards Dinner May 9 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Maychrowitz has taught faith formation for 57 years. The annual awards honor all those involved in serving the church’s catechetical work. ing, dedicating her Sundays to the children’s liturgy of the word at St. Anthony of Padua in Novato. The early years of catechesis are important for a lifetime of belief, Mariani said. “You create these rituals and traditions and stories,” Mariani said, “and it’s stuff that kids keep with them. We’re remiss if we don’t tell them stories of their faith, starting with the Gospels.” Leading her students to faith has also helped their parents become
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more involved in the church, she said, since they ask to go to the children’s liturgy and can explain the readings to their parents. As a catechist, Mariani said, “you have to really believe your faith and really love it and live it. That’s how you impart it to others, that’s what kids are responding to.” Pat and Tom Lama, parishioners at St. Veronica, were also honored for 30 years of service as catechists in the archdiocese. They started teaching
third graders after responding to a bulletin ad and have since taught marriage preparation, RCIA and confirmation retreats. Pat Lama said the joy of teaching her students Rosa Gomez brings her back every year. “It thrills me to see young people grow in the church,” she said. “And it’s just been fun. I think it’s brought us closer.” One of the most gratifying moments for the couple is seeing former students at Mass. “When we see someone in church it’s like, ‘oh, we had them in class,’” Tom Lama said. “So we must be doing something right. It’s neat. Indescribable.”
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Migrant family from Honduras finds welcome in Half Moon Bay LORENA ROJAS SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO
Julio Lopez, a Honduran merchant, turned migrant overnight. Faced with death threats and extortion and all but ruined by the theft of all his merchandise, he left behind his home and what once was his business and made his way to the United States with his entire family to finally settle in a welcoming Catholic community in Half Moon Bay. “I have peace of mind and I feel safe,” Lopez said with great enthusiasm when on Sunday, April 28, he was visited by Missionaries of Jesus Sister Norma Pimentel. Sister Pimentel, internationally known for her humanitarian work sheltering refugees in Texas, had welcomed the Lopez family for two days in a temporary safe haven run by Catholic Charities in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. Lopez left Honduras with his wife Lilian and their children Elkin, 11, and Naelson, 9, and walked for 45 days until the family surrendered to border authorities last July 15. They remained there in custody for four days. As they were on the move, Elkin passed out from hunger. They had been without any food for 24 hours and fatigued. Naelson got ill with a high fever while in custody. As if their losses in Honduras and their struggle to escape were not enough, the people who were supposed
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Missionaries of Jesus Sister Norma Pimentel attended Mass at Our Lady of the Pillar Church in Half Moon Bay April 28 during a visit to the Bay Area to discuss her work creating a relief center in Texas for U.S.-bound refugees detained at the border. Left, Julio Lopez poses outside the church with his sons Naelson, left, and Elkin. The Lopez family fled intolerable conditions in Honduras on a journey that led them to a new home in Half Moon Bay. to help them cross the river into the U.S. stole the few belongings they had left. But, for Lopez, it is harder to lament the tragedies he endured in Honduras than to focus on sharing everything his children have accomplished in the few months they have lived in California. Naelson and his soccer team have won a state championship and he has become a key player. Elkin has his mind set on becoming a psychologist. Sister Pimentel, who is executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley and the founder of the Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas told San Francisco Católico that families at the center had the good fortune of meeting people
from Half Moon Bay who had traveled to the border to assist refugees. “They went there to be close to our people, to offer their support, and that’s how they got a chance to meet many families at the center during those days,” she said. This group from Half Moon Bay, Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (Helping Latinos to Dream), known by the acronym ALAS, was started by a 12 women from the Bay Area. One of them, Belinda Arriaga, is a community social worker active in migrant ministries at Our Lady of the Pillar. She arranged for Sister Pimentel’s visit to the parish to speak with migrants who had spent time at her Texas respite center. Members of ALAS offer assistance to newly arrived Central American migrants and six families benefited
from their direct assistance and were welcomed in Half Moon Bay. Sister Pimentel and Arriaga met with the families at the ALAS office. Some of them also attended the Spanish Mass at Our Lady of the Pillar afterward. Sister Pimentel said she is gratified that the community of Half Moon Bay was given the chance to welcome the stranger. “These people have a commitment here in the community and are willing to go meet them, facilitate the help they need, and help make them feel protected,” said Sister Pimentel. “If you are not willing to open up your hearts and to welcome the stranger,” she said, “you are missing out on the opportunity to be the person that God is calling to become brothers and sisters to each other.”
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local nonprofit overseeing the farm program. Full Circle Food Justice, a collaboration between Abundant Grace and Potrero Nuevo Farm in Half Moon Bay, pays homeless workers $15 an hour to plant, grow and harvest organic produce two days a week. What they harvest gets distributed free to low-income families at four sites in the area. DeBode said Full Circle Food Justice harvests about 20,000 pounds of produce a year, most of which ends up on the tables of Latino families working in the agricultural and service industries. Both San Mateo County and the city of Half Moon Bay have contributed some funds to Full Circle Food Justice, DeBode said, but the project depends mainly on individual donors. DeBode said the farm program not only has given workers a sense of helping improve the Half Moon Bay community, but also has changed how they view themselves. “I’ve really seen the dignity of work concretely impact people in a lot of ways,” he said. Workers are taking
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Eric DeBode, executive director of Abundant Grace Coastside Worker, a Catholic Worker house in Half Moon Bay, said Full Circle Food Justice harvests about 20,000 pounds of produce a year, most of which ends up on the tables of Latino families working in the agricultural and service industries. better care of themselves, planning their lives more and feeling more a part of the community. “People have made good changes.” Juliana Veneziano praised how the
work puts healthy food in the hands of local families. “We’re not just helping ourselves; we are helping families who can’t afford this food,” she said.
Working at the farm the last eight years has not only brought in some income for her but also provided some peace in her life, she said. “When I’m here I can always just put away my troubles and absorb myself in nature. No matter what hardships are going on, there’s only success on the farm,” Veneziano said. Natalie Mazzanti met DeBode a few years ago at a weekly free breakfast in Half Moon Bay. The meeting gave her an opportunity to work at the farm and also eventually led to her finding stable housing. Now living in an apartment in Pacifica, Mazzanti said the program provided a lifeline as she struggled with homelessness. “It’s a wonderful atmosphere, with good people,” she said. “You’re having a good time, and I’m very grateful I’ve been a part of it. When you see people just enjoying the food and everything, that’s the icing on the cake.” For more information about Abundant Grace Coastside Worker, or to contact executive director Eric DeBode, visit https://abundantgracecw.org.
AG asks dioceses to share clergy abuse records CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
California Attorney General Xavier Beccera is asking Catholic dioceses in California to voluntarily share documents on the handling of past allegations of sexual abuse of minors by priests, religious, other lay church employees and volunteers. In a statement May 6, the Archdiocese of San Francisco said the attorney general’s office has asked all 12 Catholic dioceses around the state to preserve files and documents that concern their compliance as mandatory reporters of child abuse to local law enforcement. Becerra’s office also has asked that six of the 12 dioceses, including the Archdiocese of San Francisco, “voluntarily produce these same documents so that the AG’s Office can monitor their compliance with the letter and spirit of the law.” The request covers “any and all
documents and communications” related to allegations of sexual misconduct involving minors by any individual in the purview of the archdiocese, “even if the allegations have not been determined to be credible or have not been the subject of an internal or external investigation by the Archdiocese, or if the investigation is not complete,” according to the four-page letter to the archdiocese. The letter also asks for a list indentifying all persons accused of sexual misconduct, “even if the allegations do not meet the Archdiocese’s definition of ‘credible allegation.”’ “As is our policy, we intend to cooperate with the Attorney General’s request and will work out the details with them directly,” the archdiocese said. The archdiocese said it regularly trains all mandated reporters about their obligations to report to law
enforcement. “Even those who are not mandated reporters are reminded of the moral obligation to be aware of the signs of child abuse and to report it when there is a reasonable suspicion an abuse has occurred,” the
archdiocese said, noting that information on measures in place to protect children can be found at www.sfarch. org/protecting-children. The archdiocese also posted a link to Becerra’s letter.
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CHICAGO ARCHBISHOP APOLOGIZES FOR FARRAKHAN VISIT TO CATHOLIC CHURCH
WASHINGTON – The archbishop of Chicago apologized to the local Jewish community after a priest in the city invited the leader of the Nation of Islam to speak at his church, days after he was banned from Facebook for what it called hate speech. “Without consulting me, (Father) Michael Pfleger invited Minister Louis Farrakhan to speak at St. Sabina Church in response to Facebook’s decision to ban him from its platforms,” said Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich in a May 10 statement, a day after Farrakhan spoke at the Catholic Church where Father Pfleger is the pastor in a predominantly black parish. “Minister Farrakhan could have taken the opportunity to deliver a unifying message of God’s love for all his children. Instead, he repeatedly smeared the Jewish people, using a combination of thinly veiled discriminatory rhetoric and outright slander.” Cardinal Cupich said he apologized “to my Jewish brothers and sisters, whose friendship I treasure, from whom I learn so much, and whose covenant with God remains eternal.”
PHILADELPHIA HOLDS ‘PRO-LIFE RALLY AGAINST BULLYING’
PHILADELPHIA – More than 1,000 people gathered in Philadelphia May 10 to demonstrate against recent social media videos of a Pennsylvania
She called for Sims’ resignation but also said the event was organized for a “much bigger reason” – to stand for the dignity of human life, a point emphasized in several other speeches at the rally. Rose said: “Over 900 babies are killed every day at Planned Parenthood facilities across the U.S., and 2,600 across the nation at abortion clinics.”
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RICHMOND, Va. – The bishops who lead Virginia’s two dioceses blasted a federal judge’s decision allowing non-doctors to perform first-trimester abortions in the state, saying the ruling “goes beyond Roe v. Wade,” the 1972 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion virtually on demand. The May 6 ruling by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson “reveals the extreme measures that are being taken by pro-abortion groups to eliminate even common-sense restrictions on abortion,” said a May 9 statement from Bishops Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington and Barry C. Knestout of Richmond. The Falls Church Medical Center, which performs abortions in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, brought the case to court, along with other clinics and supporters of legal abortion. Hudson, in his opinion, said: “A consensus appears to have evolved” on the issue of whether first-trimester abortions are safe and simple enough to be performed by someone other than a physician, thus making Virginia’s current medical requirements “unduly burdensome” and therefore unconstitutional. Bishops Burbidge and Knestout, though, said the decision “further advanced the extreme agenda of the abortion industry and placed Virginia’s women at ever greater risk of harm from surgical abortion.” CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
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The Archdiocese of San Francisco Restorative Justice Ministry Thanks and Blesses Volunteers and Partners Who are the hands and hearts of our ministry of healing and restoration from violence, with the grace Jesus Christ who are the hands and hearts of our ministry of healing and of restoration from violence, through the grace of Jesus Christ
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This year partners at the Restorative Justice Ministry AwardsDinner Dinner This yearwe wethanked thankedour our wonderful wonderful helpers at the Restorative Justice Ministry Appreciation April 25,25, 2019 EventCenter Centerinin San Francisco April 2019atatSt. St.Mary’s Mary’s Event San Francisco
Debbie McDermott, honoree California Catholic Conference Executive Assistant & Associate Director for Restorative Justice
Vicki Hennessey, honoree Sheriff of San Francisco
Alessandro Boyer Juvenile Detention Ministry, testimonial
“You Will KnowThem Themby byTheir TheirFruits” Fruits” Mt Mt7:15-20 7:15-20 Will Know
Andy Rivas, Executive Director California Catholic Conference and staff, Restorative Justice Directors from Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Rosa, Oakland and Sacramento with their families
Annabelle Groh, honoree Archdiocese of San Francisco, Vicar for Clergy Office Manager
Christine Leach, Carol McMackin Mel Santos, honorees Comunidad San Dimas –Juvenile Detention Ministry
Sister Marion Irvine, O.P., honoree Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Detention Ministry
Sister Patricia Riley, O.P., honoree Juvenile Detention Ministry Dominican Sisters grant funding liaison
Karen Fletcher Adult Probation Department Chief, and staff special invitees
Calvin Pollard Juvenile Detention Ministry testimonial
Keli Burns ADSF Reentry Ministry participant, women lifer testimonial
Tinisch Hollins, honoree Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, CSJ California State Director
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Collette Carrell, honoree California Reentry Institute
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SUNDAY READINGS
Fifth Sunday of Easter ACTS 14:21-27 After Paul and Barnabas had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” They appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith. Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished. And when they arrived, they called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. PSALM 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.
The Lord is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. Let them make known your might to the children of Adam, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. REVELATION 21:1-5A Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw
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oday the church gives us readings that examine both the hardship of living the life of the Gospel, but also the glory of our magnificent God and the vast and deep inheritance we have in him. Just prior to this reading from Acts, Paul and Barnabas have won hearts and minds through healing a man who had never been able to walk. But when others come to Lystra (now in present-day Turkey) they stone Paul, and leave him for dead. It is only when the “disciples gathered around him” that he was healed. From this, we can discern that believers prayed over him, (perhaps even the Apostles) and gave him the anointing of the sick. No small thing to narrowly escape death, and to be healed SISTER MARIA through the intercession of CATHERINE other believers. TOON, OP But this lends a gravity to Paul’s statement in the reading today, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.” During the season of Easter when the church is basking in the graces of the redemption and meditating on rousing stories of healing and miracles, the reality of what the early believers
SCRIPTURE REFLECTION
and the Apostles faced could be easily passed over. The Apostles as the first bishops of the church were charged to “preach the word, in season, and out of season,” whether people in the ancient world were open to the message or not. Paul recounts with pride in his second letter to the Corinthians that he has been beaten, stoned, shipwrecked and more for the sake of others’ salvation (11:23-28). Yet these sufferings are a joy for him, knowing that he is accomplishing the work of God and others are being saved. There is a lot of joy in the early Christian communities because of the freedom and love that comes with knowing the truth of Jesus Christ. In fact, both the second reading from Revelation and the Gospel from the 13th chapter of John both point to the triumph that comes with persevering in suffering. We have the assurance that “God’s dwelling is with the human race” even though he is so far above us, and that he “makes all things new.” Jesus teaches us that his love renews the earth, and in persevering through all the suffering that providence presents to us, we have a share in Christ’s everlasting glory. Do not be afraid of any suffering that comes to us. Go forward, like Paul and Barnabas, ever ready to give an account for the hope that is in you (1 Peter 3:15). SISTER MARIA CATHERINE TOON, OP, is a perpetually professed member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. She has a master’s in theology from Ave Maria University and teaches high school theology in Chicago.
In his homily at Mass in the Casa Santa Marta in Vatican City on May 10, Pope Francis invited Christians to be docile to the voice of the Lord, after the model of St. Paul. Taking his cue from the conversion of St. Paul on the road to Damascus, narrated in the first reading at daily Mass, Pope Francis said the apostle to the Gentiles was hardheaded but not hard-hearted. The Holy Father said the moment of his conversion “marked a change in the course of Salvation History.” It exposed the church’s universality and its openness to “pagans, Gentiles, and those who were not Israelites,” which, the Pope said, the Lord permitted because “it was important.”
JOHN 13:31-33A, 34-35 When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and God will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, MAY 20: Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena, priest. ACTS 14:5-18. PS 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16. JN 14:26. JN 14:21-26. TUESDAY, MAY 21: Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs; ACTS 14:19-28. PS 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21. SEE LK 24:46, 26. JN 14:27-31a. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia, religious. ACTS 15:1-6. PS 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5. JN 15:4a, 5b. JN 15:1-8. THURSDAY, MAY 23: Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter. ACTS 15:7-21. PS 96:1-2a, 2b3, 10. JN 10:27. JN 15:9-11. FRIDAY, MAY 24: Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter. ACTS 15:22-31. PS 57:8-9, 10 and 12. JN 15:15b. JN 15:12-17. SATURDAY, MAY 25: Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor; St. Gregory VII, pope; St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin. ACTS 16:110. PS 100:1b-2, 3, 5. COL 3:1. JN 15:18-21. SUNDAY, MAY 26: Sixth Sunday of Easter. ACTS 15:1-2, 22-29. PS 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8. REV 21:10-14, 22-23. Jn 14:23. Jn 14:23-29. MONDAY, MAY 27: Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop. ACTS 16:11-15. PS 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b. JN 15:26b, 27a. JN 15:26—16:4a.
POPE FRANCIS PAUL: HARD-HEADED, NOT HARD-HEARTED
the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will always be with them as their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, for the old order has passed away.” The One who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
Reflecting on St. Paul’s character, Pope Francis called him “a forceful man” who was “enamored with the purity of the law,” saying he was “honest” and “consistent”, though he had “a difficult character.” “First of all, he was consistent, because he was a man open to God. If he persecuted Christians, it was because he was convinced that God desired it. But how can that be? Never mind how: he was convinced of it. This is the zeal he carried for the purity of the house of God, for the glory of God. A heart open to the voice of the Lord. And he risked all, and charged ahead. Another characteristic of his actions is that he was a docile man – full of docility – and was not hard-headed.” VATICAN NEWS
TUESDAY, MAY 28: Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter. ACTS 16:22-34. PS 138:1-2ab, 2cde3, 7c-8. SEE JN 16:7, 13. JN 16:5-11. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29: Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Paul VI, pope. Acts 17:15, 22—18:1. Ps 148:12, 11-12, 13, 14. Jn 14:16. Jn 16:12-15. THURSDAY, MAY 30: Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter. The Ascension of the Lord. ACTS 1:1-11. PS 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9. EPH 1:17-23 or HEB 9:24-28; 10:19-23. MT 28:19a, 20b. LK 24:46-53. FRIDAY, MAY 31: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ZEP 3:14-18a or ROM 12:9-16. IS 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6. SEE LK 1:45. LK 1:39-56. SATURDAY, JUNE 1: Memorial of St. Justin, martyr. ACTS 18:23-28. PS 47:2-3, 8-9, 10. JN 16:28. JN 16:23b-28.
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Who goes to hell and who doesn’t?
ell is never a nasty surprise waiting for a basically happy person. Nor is it necessarily a predicable ending for an unhappy, bitter person. Can a happy, warm-hearted person go to hell? Can an unhappy, bitter person go to heaven? That’s all contingent upon how we understand hell and how we read the human heart. A person who is struggling honestly to be happy cannot go to hell since hell is the antithesis of an honest struggle to be happy. Hell, in Pope Francis’ words, “is wanting to be distant from FATHER RON God’s love.” Anyone who ROLHEISER sincerely wants love and happiness will never be condemned to an eternity of alienation, emptiness, bitterness, anger, and hatred (which are what constitute the fires of hell) because hell is wanting not to be in heaven. Thus there’s no one in hell who’s sincerely longing for another chance to mend things so as to go to heaven. If there’s anyone in hell, it’s because that person truly wants to be distant from love. But can someone really want to be distant from God’s love and from human love? The answer is complex because we’re complex: What does it mean to want something? Can we want something and not want it all at the same time? Yes, because there are different levels to the human psyche and consequently the same desire can be in conflict with itself. We can want something and not want it all at the same time. That’s a common experience. For
instance, take a young child who has just been disciplined by his mother. At that moment, the child can bitterly hate his mother, even as at another, more inchoate, level what he most desperately wants is in fact his mother’s embrace. But until his sulk ends he wants to be distant from his mother, even as his deepest want is to be with his mother. We know the feeling. Hatred, as we know, is not opposite of love but simply one modality of love’s grieving and so this type of dynamic perennially plays itself out in the befuddling, complex, paradoxical relationship that millions of us have with God, the church, with each other, and with love itself. Our wounds are mostly not our own fault but the result of an abuse, a violation, a betrayal, or some traumatic negligence within the circle of love. However this doesn’t preclude them doing funny things to us. When we’re wounded in love, then, like a reprimanded, sulking child who wants distance from his mother, we too can for a time, perhaps for a lifetime, not want heaven because we feel that we’ve been unfairly treated by it. It’s natural for many people to want to be distant from God. The child bullied on the playground who identifies his or her bullies with the inner circle of “the accepted ones” will understandably want to be distant from that circle – or perhaps even do violence to it. However that’s at one level of soul. At a deeper level, our ultimate longing is still to be inside of that circle of love which we at that moment seemingly hate, hate because we feel that we’ve been unfairly excluded from it or violated by it and hence deem it to be something we want no part of. Thus someone can be very sincere of soul and yet because of deep wounds to her soul go through life
and die wanting to be distant what she perceives as God, love, and heaven. But we may not make a simplistic judgment here. We need to distinguish between what at a given moment we explicitly want and what, at that same moment, we implicitly (really) want. They’re often not the same. The reprimanded child seemingly wants distance from his mother, even as at another level he desperately wants it. Many people want distance from God and the churches, even as at another level they don’t. But God reads the heart, recognizes the untruth hiding inside a sulk or a pout, and judges accordingly. That’s why we shouldn’t be so quick to fill up hell with everyone who appears to want distance from love, faith, church and God. God’s love can encompass, empathize with, melt down and heal that hatred. Our love should too. Christian hope asks us to believe things that go against our natural instincts and emotions and one of these is that God’s love is so powerful that, just as it did at Jesus’ death, it can descend into hell itself and there breathe love and forgiveness into both the most wounded and most hardened of souls. Hope asks us to believe that the final triumph of God’s love will be when the Lucifer himself converts, returns to heaven, and hell is finally empty. Fanciful? No. That’s Christian hope; it’s what many of our great saints believed. Yes, there’s a hell and, given human freedom, it’s always a radical possibility for everyone; but, given God’s love, perhaps sometime it will be completely empty. FATHER RON ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.
LETTERS Kate Smith deserves better
I can’t remain silent as the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Flyers attempt to malign one of the greatest American Catholic women of our time, the late Kate Smith. Someone with a warped mind dug out an old, politically and morally insensitive song from way back in the 1920s and found that Miss Smith sang it in a play (and so did the distinguished African American singer, the late Mr. Paul Robeson). So, the Yankees announce their refusal to play her recording of “God Bless America” because of her singular misdeed (if there indeed was one). The sons of the late Yankee owner, George Steinbrenner, disgracefully malign Kate Smith while not a single action by them to discredit their own late father who was a convicted felon. The Philadelphia Flyers practically had her canonized back in the 1970s and ‘80s when she attended in person on several occasions and belted out that great Irving Berlin song to a delirious and grateful sold-out crowd and TV audience. Then they built a statue in her honor outside of their stadium and now have removed it entirely. Disgraceful. Kate Smith can’t defend herself from the grave, but, we who know her legacy well, can and will. She didn’t have a mean bone in her body and Irving Berlin, a Jewish immigrant himself, would have never allowed her to represent his song had he had any feelings of bigotry by her. Kate Smith has been credited for helping to raise over $600 million in War Bonds during WW II (experts say that amount translates today to billions of dollars). She was also a distinguished credit to her Catholic faith. Kate Smith will always have a place in our home and I hope your readers’ too. As for the Yankees and Flyers, until they right their wrong they will never have my respect. Peter J. Fatooh San Francisco
At the risk of being dismissed as a “progressive ultramontanist” (shudder!), I disagree with Mr. Weigel’s minimizing the significance of “clericalism.” And tracing the abuse crisis to the sexual revolution of the ‘60s and ‘70s is misleading because: A) much of the abuse predates that era; B) abuse is mainly about power, not sex; without a power dynamic, there is no abuse; C) traditional deference to church clerics has surely enabled abuse of power – power to coerce and to conceal. I suggest another element to the crisis: patriarchy. Does anyone believe that clerical abuse of minors would persist in a church where women had power and authority to stop it? Granted, Weigel’s topic was limited, yet I don’t sense any pastoral concern for the survivors of abuse. This is not about anonymous “dark forces ... trying to destroy the Church.” It is about named and ordained officials of the church damaging children under cover of darkness. Paul Seliga, M. Div. San Bruno
Supporting our priests
Re “St. John Vianney and the Basic Principles of Priestly Life,” archbishop’s homily, May 2: In long experience with numerous priests in this archdiocese I have not met one who is lazy! Nor have I experienced one who was indifferent to needs of his parish. The only despair seen relates to how the church, to whom he owes loyalty, is forsaking many of those needs. I strongly believe I am not alone in these observations. Also weakening of a priest’s faith in today’s complicated life is due in large part to the rapid rise of the educational level of the faithful. A priest can no longer satisfy his congregation by passing on the authoritarian attitudes of past centuries. Alex M. Saunders, MD San Carlos
Time to rework teaching, governance
Re “Dogmatic Constitution on the Church,” quoted in “Crisis calls for ‘prophetic’ laity,” March 14: “Bishops, in communion with the pope, are solely responsible for teaching and governance, serving the faithful by the example of the good shepherd.” Let’s look at that a bit more closely. Setting the sexual abuse scandal aside, let’s examine the response of the bishops to the 2015 papal encyclical “Laudato si’.” How has our archbishop exercised his responsibility as sole teacher and governor in the promotion of this document, held by many in scientific and secular communities to be of critical importance to the survival of our planet? Have priests in our archdiocese been exhorted to read, preach and promote action in response to this teaching document? If so, it’s a well-kept secret. It’s time for structures of teaching and governance to be examined and reworked in light of the talent and energy present in the body “Catholic.” Some will see this as a threat to power and authority. So be it. Maureen Bennett San Anselmo
Punishing children for their parents’ ‘sins’
Re “Love and sin are not compatible,” letter, May 2: In reading the letter that seemed to support the banning of children from Catholic schools if their parents were gay, I wondered in what other situations are children punished for the “sins” of their parents. If this is justified, what is the next group of children that would be banned? What happens to the children of divorced Catholics who remarried, or the children of parents who aren’t married, or the children of Catholic parents who practice birth control? At this rate, there might not be enough children to keep a school running. Richard Morasci San Francisco
Commentary minimized power issues
In response to George Weigel (“The Ratzinger diagnosis,” April 27) whom I respect for his scholarship and his devotion to the church, not to mention his vocabulary: First, I agree that Pope Benedict’s “diagnosis” of the abuse crisis is both helpful and lacking.
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On the composting of thee and me
n Herman Wouk’s novel “War and Remembrance,” Warren Henry shocks his Bible-reading father, the novel’s hero, by claiming that human beings are “microbes on a grain of dust ... and when it’s over we’re just dead meat.” The Washington state legislature has now topped the cynical young Warren Henry by declaring that we’re useful meat, as in potential compost, such that one can legally choose to be composted after death, then used for fertilizer. The case for composting thee and me is put in reasGEORGE WEIGEL suring ecological terms. “There are significant environmental problems with burying…bodies,” according to state senator Jamie Pedersen, author of the human composting bill. Katrina Spade, the founder of “Recompose” (the company promoting human composting) described the process by which her firm does its grubby business as “the same process happening on the forest floor as leaf litter, chipmunks, and tree branches decompose and turn into topsoil.” Lynn Carpenter-Boggs, a Washington State University researcher who tried Ms. Spade’s process on six cadavers, told the Washington Post that “the material we had, at the end, was really lovely; I’d be happy to have it in my yard.” There, now: doesn’t that make you feel better? Anyone paying attention to the churnings of American politics knows that the coastal strip of the Pacific Northwest, between Eugene, Oregon, and the northern suburbs of Seattle, is an asylum of political correctness, fueled by what a cultural anthropologist might call substitute religions. What was already the most unchurched part of the country when I lived there from 1975 to 1984 has experimented, over the past four decades, with various ultramundane religiosities – from social-
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few years back, I gave a talk entitled “Thinking Through the Transgender Question” at a local parish. In the audience were several individuals supporting the transgender movement. During the question-and-answer session, one of them, a young woman, raised this difficulty: “If someone wants to transition, how does that hurt anybody else? If my friend wants to be transgender, how would that harm any of us?” Behind this line of argument, first, is the widely held notion that each of us is an isolated unit and our private choices don’t affect others. Yet the old adage that no man is an island rings perennially true. Grave harms to others, in fact, follow in the wake of the radical personal decision to “switch genders.” FATHER TADEUSZ I recently spent some time PACHOLCZYK with a husband and wife who had a son struggling with depression and schizophrenia and who was convinced he was a woman. They shared with me how their son no longer spoke to any of his siblings or relatives, shutting everyone out of his life. He moved away to link up with the transgender community at his college for support, and his parents summed up his new way of thinking as the detonation of a bomb that had ravaged the whole family. That kind of devastation has been thoroughly catalogued by those who have gone all the way through the process of transitioning, and years or decades later come to regret it. Walt Heyer is one such individual who turned to hormones and surgeries to try to take on the appearance of a woman. Many years later, he “detransitioned,” and started writing and speaking about his experiences. He has summarized the painful effects of his choices on those around him in several of his essays.
MAKING SENSE OUT OF BIOETHICS
It’s long been obvious that certain forms of radical environmentalism are an ersatz religion, with an ersatz sacred text (Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring,’) ersatz sacraments (those multiple recycling bins), an ersatz Satan (Big Oil), an ersatz theology of the Kingdom (the aforementioned ‘sustainability’), and an ersatz moral theology (using plastic straws being the latest example of an eco-mortal sin). ism to radical feminism to gender theory to the most esoteric forms of environmentalism – often layering one mania on top of another. With human composting, this madcap exercise has now been turned inside out, demonstrating the ancient truth that the worship of false gods – in this case, Gaia, or the Earth – is a sure prescription for lethal incongruity. In the biblical view of things, men and women, created in God’s image and likeness, have a Godgiven dignity that implies a responsibility to care for God’s creation, the Earth. Exercising that responsibility is a good thing here-and-now; it’s also an act of generosity toward future generations, who should inherit the Earth as a garden to cultivate, not a garbage dump to manage. But if men and women are, in the final analysis, compost – “a cubic yard of soil,” as Ms. Spade told the Post – why should we possess a unique dignity? Why should we bear any special responsibility to treat the Earth and other living creatures well? If we’re just
compost-waiting-to-happen, why should we treat nature with respect? If human beings have no special dignity within creation, then we have no special responsibility for creation. By declaring us proto-fertilizer, the human composters implicitly deny our innate and distinctive spiritual qualities – our ability to reason and to choose, to love, to sacrifice, to act altruistically and to rise above self-indulgence and violence. Logically, then, don’t the human composters undercut their own case for the care of the Earth and its creatures? Radical environmentalism in the form of human composting leads to an ecological nihilism antithetical to the moral case for “sustainability.” Turning each other into compost also vitiates the ancient human instinct to create special places for the dead, where loved ones may be visited and their memory honored. To gut that instinct by composting relatives and friends for use in Lynn Carpenter-Boggs’s yard suggests that the bonds of love, friendship, and community that exist in life really aren’t really significant: if we’re just fertilizer, why should we be valued in life and cherished in death? It’s long been obvious that certain forms of radical environmentalism are an ersatz religion, with an ersatz sacred text (Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,”) ersatz sacraments (those multiple recycling bins), an ersatz Satan (Big Oil), an ersatz theology of the Kingdom (the aforementioned “sustainability”), and an ersatz moral theology (using plastic straws being the latest example of an ecomortal sin). It was only a matter of time before this ersatz religion’s false anthropology and cosmology – its denial of the unique status of human beings in a natural order that’s created, not accidental – would lead to the grotesque. With human composting, gussied up as a matter of ecological responsibility, the grotesque has most assuredly arrived. GEORGE WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Nobody gets hurt? Coming to the conclusion that ‘no one gets hurt’ whenever someone transitions is simply naive, contradicted by the facts on the ground and by the tortuous lives of those pursuing this misguided ‘solution’ to their gender confusion. “Being transgender required destroying the identity of Walt so my female persona, Laura, would feel unshackled from Walt’s past, with all of its hurt, shame, and abuse,” he wrote. “It’s a marvelous distraction for a while, but it isn’t a permanent solution when the underlying issues remain unaddressed. Gender change is at its heart a self-destructive act. Transgenders not only annihilate their birth identity, they destroy everyone and everything in their wake: family, wife, children, brothers or sisters, and career.” Walt had been married for many years, but after transitioning, he and his wife divorced. Communication with his children ceased. He was fired from his well-paying job as an engineer, and became practically destitute. Virtually all the significant relationships in his life were damaged, some irretrievably. In his essay, Walt follows the trail of breadcrumbs in his own life to its logical conclusion. “It occurred to me after much self-reflection that asking a surgeon to modify my appearance through a series of cosmetic procedures was simply a socially acceptable means of self-mutilation and self-destruction,” he stated. “Taken to the extreme, self-destruction leads to suicide.” Follow-up studies of those who undergo sexchange operations have shown that they experienced highly elevated suicide rates, even many years post-surgery, revealing yet another of the grave harms associated with transitioning that brings untold heartache to family and friends, relatives and acquaintances.
Beyond wreaking havoc in the life of patients and those around them, other damaging societal consequences arise in the wake of transitioning. In a recent article in Public Discourse, Dr. Monique Robles, a pediatric critical care specialist, stresses how schools and institutions of higher learning are now “enforcing the use of preferred gender pronouns and opening bathrooms and sports teams to students of the opposite biological sex. Educators who refuse to comply are losing their jobs. Parents who do not agree with the trans-affirmative approach for their gender dysphoric children are faced with legal consequences. In the sports arena, biological males identifying as transgender are competing in women’s events with an unfair biological advantage. Biological females who claim to be male are allowed the unfair advantage of competing while taking testosterone, which is considered ‘doping’ in any other circumstance.” Coming to the conclusion that “no one gets hurt” whenever someone transitions is simply naive, contradicted by the facts on the ground and by the tortuous lives of those pursuing this misguided “solution” to their gender confusion. They, along with their families and broader society, clearly deserve better. Instead of propping up a fictitious and harmful understanding of human masculinity and femininity, we owe it to those struggling with gender dysphoria to address compassionately their underlying mental health concerns. Through evidence-based therapies, including appropriate psychiatric and interpersonal outreach and counseling, we hope to bring healing, preserve family unity and help sustain important, lifelong friendships. That’s what those struggling with their gender dysphoria deserve and all those who love them desire. 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.
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Low Sundays: Moments of vulnerability and grace
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n one of his fragments from the “Sacred Heart Messenger,” Father Michael Paul Gallagher, SJ, describes an experience many of us may recognize: “Bouts of inner emptiness can make faith unreal. Without Energy, the spark of desire, I can sleepwalk through routine prayers. I trust that this dullness of spirit will not last and that God embraces me through this cloud of unfeeling.” It’s what I would call a “low” Sunday: Nothing too much happening within me, it seems – just boredom, a SISTER JEAN feeling of disinterest and EVANS, RSM a general sense of “Who cares?” It is not easy to find the cause of this condition unless we look at the Resurrection gospel stories, in particular at the man labelled a “doubter.” Was it really doubt that caused Thomas’ refusal to believe the apostles? Could his adamant denial, his seeming skepticism have concealed a profoundly painful wound, a feeling so raw that Thomas could not let go of it? It would take an appearance of Jesus, an opportunity to place his finger into Jesus’ hands and his hand into the Lord’s side before he could believe. Why? Because sometimes it’s easier to hold on to a wound than to let Christ take it from us. “In every man and in every woman there is a wound, inflicted by failures, humiliations, bad conscience. Perhaps it was caused at a time when we needed infinite understanding and nobody was there to give it,” wrote Brother Roger of the Taize community. It is this “infinite understanding” that the risen Christ wishes to offer to each of us in our vulnerability, for Christ is God’s infinite understanding. Think of the way he spoke in the passion –
Isn’t it true that we have a habit of distancing ourselves? Of allowing our “wound” to obstruct the flow of grace. Like the disciples, we can close ranks and try to forget the ordeal, the pain and the humiliation of our vulnerability. But let’s not forget the promise of Jesus: the Holy Spirit. words of forgiveness, words of consolation to a thief, words of recognition to the women of Jerusalem, words of care and concern for his mother and beloved disciple. As he approached the disciples in their post-Calvary traumatic stress and vulnerability, he offered a second chance. The grace of forgiveness embraces the apostles in their weakness. At the seaside, when Jesus sees the disciples’ frustration and tiredness, he cooks them breakfast, a BBQ at the beach. He offers them warmth and good humor at a time when they are too embarrassed or ashamed to acknowledge him. “For, none of the disciples was bold enough to ask, ‘Who are you?’ They knew quite well it was the Lord” as the Gospel of John records (John 21:12-13). Isn’t it true that we have a habit of distancing ourselves? Of allowing our “wound” to obstruct the flow of grace. Like the disciples, we can close ranks and try to forget the ordeal, the pain and the humiliation of our vulnerability. But let’s not forget the promise of Jesus: the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is like a “gentle breeze which, if we can but catch it,” writes Cardinal Basil Hume, OSB, “blows all the time to help us on our journey through life to its final destination, to the Lamb on the throne, to the springs of living water” (Revelation 7:17). The promised Spirit
will comfort us, calm our fears, and gently tend our rigid, inflexible minds. That same Spirit will warm what has become frozen within us – arctic circles of memories and hurts. That same Spirit can bridge the distances, heal the loneliness, rekindle weak faith, “if we but catch it.” For the Holy Spirit prepares us for closeness with Jesus. The truth is this: God desires to be with us. Again, Father Gallagher shares his faith: “It is an extraordinary statement, ‘I stand at the door and knock.’ This is God, being shy, discreet, patient, as if waiting anxiously to be heard. If revelation, as people say, is interruption, this is the gentlest of interruptions, respectful of our slowness and our deafness. While I wander in forgetfulness of who I am meant to be, God stands there hoping for my attention, asking to come in, eager to work a transformation in me. Will I open the door?” Eileen Caddy, founder of Findhorn, a spiritual community in northern Scotland, suggests a simple approach, one she learned while searching for God’s will in her life: “Listen, listen, listen … to become a good listener you have to listen often. You have to spend time in absolute stillness and learn to be.” Under quite difficult circumstances while living in a small trailer with another family, Caddy remained faithful to her times of quiet meditation: “… night after night, in hail, rain, snow and everything else, winter and summer. It made me realize where I am God is within.” With the promise of Jesus to give us an advocate and a consoler, we can be confident and unafraid of our weaknesses because “God’s love has been poured in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (Romans 5:5). With this awareness, let us celebrate our vulnerability, for embraced by the grace of God, our Sundays will not be “low” anymore. MERCY SISTER JEAN EVANS ministers in the Capuchin Development Office in Burlingame.
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Conference challenges stereotypes about scribes, Pharisees CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – When Pope Francis wants to warn Christians against falling into the trap of rigidity and putting too much emphasis on adherence to the law above the merciful encounter with God, he often turns to the example of the Pharisees. The Pharisees “don’t go speak with sinners, they don’t visit tax collectors, they don’t go because (they think), ‘Better not get tarnished by these people, it’s a risk,’” the pope said in one example, from a homily last November during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae. “They are incapable of forgiving, of being merciful, of receiving,” he added. “They choose the opposite of Jesus.” In fact, for many men and women, especially Christians, the term “Pharisee” conjures up images of the scribes and doctors of the law who plotted against Christ and followed the letter – but not the heart – of the law. However, a number of scholars and experts are concerned, that these figures – while based on biblical accounts – can often be misunderstood or used as a pretense for prejudice, bigotry and offenses against Jews. To study this dilemma, Rome’s Pontifical Biblical Institute sponsored at the Pontifical Gregorian University a May 7-9 conference, titled “Jesus and the Pharisees: An Interdisciplinary Reappraisal.” Notable Christian and Jewish scholars, organizers and participants were hoping greater knowledge about biblical interpretations and the role that Pharisees actually played, especially those who were followers of Jesus, could lead to a use of the term that is more consistent with historical fact rather than a broad brush for negative stereotypes. The conference’s opening session noted that the use of the word “Pharisee” as a metaphor for hypocrisy is not only an issue within the Catholic Church, but also in other Christian churches and even the U.S. political sphere, as evidenced by Democratic candidate
Pete Buttigieg’s use of the word to describe U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and members of the Republican Party. “It’s important to understand how we should use language today and not in a manner that is offensive,” Rabbi David Rosen, international director of the American Jewish Committee’s department of interreligious affairs, told Catholic News Service May 7. Many Christians, he said, “don’t realize that for most Jews today, Pharisees are who we think we are. We are descended from the Pharisees; that’s Rabbinic tradition! And so, if you use the word ‘Pharisees’ pejoratively, it’s insulting to Jews.” However, Rabbi Rosen told CNS that it is clear that despite Pope Francis’ negative assessment of Pharisees in his homilies, “everybody knows he is a friend of the Jewish community” and he is in no way “insensitive to Jewish sensibilities.” The rabbi explained that it’s clear that the pope is referring to a small group and is not making a general accusation against the Jews or the Pharisees. Father Joseph Sievers, a professor at the Biblical Institute, told CNS that “language is sometimes very tricky” and that the pope is highlighting this specific group in the Bible to help Christians understand what their attitude and relationship toward mercy and the law should be. “He uses the word ‘Pharisee’ without thinking of the ancient Pharisees and without making that connection, which for others – for Jews – are very present,” he said. “The problem is not so much the pope,” Rabbi Rosen said, “The problem is a priest – let’s say in Bogota – who says, ‘Hey, the pope speaks like that about the Jews and the Pharisees, why shouldn’t I?’ And that’s where we need to encourage a little greater sensitivity and understanding the dangers of not qualifying your language when you use it in sermons and homilies.” Pope Francis acknowledged that negative perceptions of the Pharisees throughout history had often been made “without concrete basis in the Gospel accounts.”
The pope met with conference participants May 9 and instead of delivering his speech, chose to greet each person individually. In his prepared remarks, the pope said that contrary to negative interpretations, “Jesus and the Pharisees must have had much in common.” He also noted that the New Testament offers examples where Jesus had “numerous discussions with Pharisees about common concerns” and “accepted other aspects of their interpretation of the Torah.” Jesus, he added, shared their belief in the resurrection and “accepted other aspects of their interpretation of the Torah.” The pope also noted that some Pharisees themselves followed Jesus and one defended Peter and John when they were questioned by the high priests about their preaching. Homilies and preaching that accurately portrays the Pharisees and differentiates those who helped Jesus from those who opposed him was one of several themes the conference was discussing. Among the scholars invited were Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar from Vanderbilt University and visiting professor at the Biblical Institute where she teaches a course on the parables of Jesus. She was also named April 30 as member of the editorial board for L’Osservatore Romano’s “Women-Church-World,” the women’s magazine for the Vatican newspaper. Levine told CNS that as a scholar, “I’m interested in how the data we learned from this conference can help us in things like preaching, formulating perhaps a revised lectionary, eliminating the connection between the negative use of Pharisees and negative use of Jews (and) seeing how bigotry takes shape over time and how that bigotry is attached to a particular group of people but then extends out.” As the first Jewish scholar to teach in the field of New Testament at the Biblical Institute, Levine highlighted the importance of helping priests, especially those who study her course on parables, on how to correctly interpret the biblical passages describing the actions of some Pharisees.
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Be merciful ministers of Christ, pope tells new priests JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – The priesthood is not a “cultural association or a union,” but a ministry of mercy anchored on Christ’s mission to bring hope to the downtrodden and comfort to those who suffer, Pope Francis told new priests. “The Lord wished to save us freely. It was he who told us, ‘Give freely what you have received freely.’ The celebration of the Eucharist is the culmination of the Lord’s gratuitousness. Please, do not dirty it with petty interests,” he said. Celebrating Mass May 12 in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis ordained 19 new priests: 11 who studied at three different diocesan seminaries in the city and eight from the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, an association of diocesan clergy associated with Opus Dei. Reading the traditional homily from the rite of ordination, the pope reminded the new priests of their duties as ministers of Christ and the call to be “men of prayer, men of sacrifice so that through the word (of God) and your example you may build the house of God, which is the church.” However, departing from his prepared remarks, he also urged them to “never tire of being merciful.” “Through the sacrament of penance, you will forgive sins in the name of God, Christ and the church,” the pope said. “Be merciful just as the Father, just as Jesus, has been merciful with us, with all of us.” Be “close to God in prayer, be close
to the bishop who is your father, be close to the presbytery, close to the other priests as brothers – without speaking ill of each other – and be close to the people of God,” the pope said. “Always have before your eyes the example of the Good Shepherd who came not to be served but to serve and to seek out and save what was lost.” After the ordination, Pope Francis greeted the faithful waiting in St. Peter’s Square and led them in praying the “Regina Coeli” prayer. Recalling the Sunday Gospel reading from St. John, in which Jesus tells his disciples that “my sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me,” the pope said that the Good Shepherd “is attentive to each one of us, he looks for us and loves us.” “Let us not forget that Jesus is the only shepherd who speaks to us, who knows us, who gives us eternal life and guards us,” he said. After praying the “Regina Coeli” prayer, the pope invited two of the newly ordained priests to join him in blessing the crowd outside St. Peter’s Square. Reminding the crowd that Sunday also marked the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis urged people to pray for “courageous” men and women who are called to the priesthood and religious life because “it is always a risk to follow Jesus.” “I invite you to remember those who the Lord continues to call by name, as he did one day with the apostles along the coast of the lake of Galilee so that they may become ‘fishers of men,’” the pope said.
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Cardinal visits refugees in Greek camps as political solutions falter CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
MYTILENE, Greece – The Vatican and the Greek government agree on what should happen to the asylumseekers in Greek camps: They should be welcomed by European communities and helped to build a new life on the continent. Exactly how that should happen seems unclear, though. Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, went to the Greek island of Lesbos May 8-9 to assure both refugees and residents that Pope Francis remembers them, to deliver financial donations to projects helping the refugees and to try to get something moving to help those currently in camps “live again, work and raise their families.” He met with the government official in charge of all the camps in Greece, the director of the Moria and Kara Tepe camps on Lesbos, the mayor of Lesbos and the commander of the Greek police for the North Aegean region, which includes Lesbos. They all agree members of the European Union should be doing more to ease the burden on Greece and to alleviate the suffering of the 70,000 migrants and asylum-seekers still living in Greek camps. But, apparently, not much will happen before the European Parliament elections in late May. The Greek government talks about “relocation schemes,” which would transfer migrants and asylum-seekers to camps in other countries, but that would require EU negotiations and agreements that do not seem to be in the works. Cardinal Krajewski, supported by the Migrants and Refugee Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and aided by the Community of Sant’Egidio, wants to see an immediate expansion of the “humanitarian corridors” project.
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POPE INVITES YOUNG PEOPLE TO PLEDGE TO BUILD A NEW ECONOMY
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has invited young economists and entrepreneurs around the world to help create a “new and courageous culture” that finds new ways to do business, promote human dignity and protect the environment. “We need to correct models of growth incapable of guaranteeing respect for the environment, openness to life, concern for the family, social equality, the dignity of workers and the rights of future generations,” the pope said in a letter inviting young people to take part in a new initiative. The initiative, to be launched at an event in Assisi March 26-28, 2020, invites young men and women studying or working in the field of economics or business to join the pope and “enter into a ‘covenant’ to change today’s economy and to give a soul to the economy of tomorrow.” The aim is to build and promote a different kind of economy: “one that brings life not death, one that is inclusive and not exclusive, humane and not dehumanizing, one that cares for the environment and does not despoil it,” the pope said in the letter, released by the Vatican May 11. The letter, addressed to “young economists and entrepreneurs,” said that given “a need to ‘reanimate’ the economy,” there was no better place to launch the initiative than in Assisi, “which has for centuries eloquently symbolized a humanism of fraternity” and peace, and would be “a fitting place to inspire a new economy.” St. Francis of Assisi is the church’s “outstanding example of care for the vulnerable and of an integral ecology,” the pope said, which is why the event in Assisi is titled “The Economy of Francis.” The environment and all of creation need “a sound economy and a sustainable development that can heal its wounds and assure us of a worthy future,” the pope wrote.
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VATICAN CITY – A diocese that cares more about being an organized workplace rather than announcing the good news can fall prey to clericalism and distance itself from Christ, Pope Francis said. In creating a “functionalist diocese,” the pope said, local churches are in danger of transmitting a “new ideological colonization that seeks to convince others that the Gospel is wisdom and doctrine but not an announcement, not a kerygma.”
Pope Francis addressed over 1,000 diocesan leaders, both clergy and laity, May 9 at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. The pope listened to several people – a young woman, a couple and a priest – who recounted the various joys and challenges they face in their work within the Roman diocese. Speaking for nearly 50 minutes, Pope Francis warned diocesan leaders that with so many difficulties facing Catholics, such as loneliness, poverty and the dangers of drugs and alcohol, there is a temptation for parishes and the diocese to try “to put things in order.” When things seem unbalanced, he said, “we are called to take this imbalance with our hands, we cannot be afraid of imbalances.” To explain his point, the pope recalled the Gospel account of the disciples imploring Jesus that it was late, and he should dismiss the crowds who were listening to him preach. “’Lord, send them away,’ they tell him. This is the temptation ‘church people’ have of balance. I think that’s where clericalism began,” he said. “Perhaps that is where clericalism started because clericalism (means having) a good balance, to try to put things in order.”
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis expressed his closeness to and prayers for the victims of a shooting at a Catholic Church in Burkina Faso, which claimed the lives of six people. “The Holy Father has learned with sorrow about the news of the attack on the church in Dablo, Burkina Faso. He prays for the victims, for their families and for the entire Christian community in the country,” Alessandro Gisotti, interim director of the Vatican press office, tweeted May 13. According to the Agence France-Presse, armed persons entered the church May 12 on motorcycles and shot at churchgoers attempting to escape. Father Simeon Yampa, who was celebrating Sunday Mass, was among those killed in the attack. The gunmen then set fire to the church and several other buildings nearby before raiding a local health center. Government officials blamed the attack on Muslim extremist groups, saying that after failing “to pit communities against each other with targeted killings of traditional chiefs and community leaders, terrorist groups are now attacking religion in an evil plot to divide us,” AFP reported. A government official told the BBC that the militants also set fire to a nearby shops and a health center. Dablo’s Mayor, Ousmane Zongo, said the town is “filled with panic” and that citizens are “holed up at home.” The people of Burkina Faso have suffered an increasing number of terrorist attacks in recent years from Islamist groups. Authorities said five teachers were shot to death in an attack on Friday. The government in Burkina Faso declared a state of emergency in several northern provinces last December because of Islamist attacks, including in the region where the assault on Sunday took place, Reuters reported. Sunday’s attack is the second on a Catholic church in the area this year; four died after an attack on a church in a nearby village in April. In addition, attackers targeted a Protestant church during the same month, killing six. Before giving his Easter blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) April 21, Pope Francis prayed for peace in several countries in the African continent, including Burkina Faso, which he said are “still rife with social tensions, conflicts and at times violent forms of extremism that leave in their wake insecurity, destruction and death.” CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE, CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
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Pope authorizes pilgrimages to Medjugorje CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – Parishes and dioceses are now allowed to organize official pilgrimages to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but it must be clear that the Catholic Church has not recognized as authentic the alleged Marian apparitions there. Polish Archbishop Henryk Hoser, the pope’s apostolic visitor to Medjugorje, and Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, the nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina, announced the pope’s decision to lift the ban on official pilgrimages May 12. Alessandro Gisotti, the interim director of the Vatican press office, confirmed the change, but said care must be taken to ensure the pilgrimages are not “interpreted as an authentication of wellknown events, which still require examination by the church.” Therefore, he said, church-sponsored pilgrimages must “avoid creating confusion or ambiguity from the doctrinal point of view.” In 1981, six young people from Medjugorje claimed that Mary had appeared to them. Some of the six say Mary still appears to them and gives them messages each day, while others say they see her only once a year now. Diocesan commissions studied the alleged ap-
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A statue of Mary is seen outside St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this Feb. 26, 2011, file photo.
paritions from 1982 to 1984 and again from 1984 to 1986, and the then-Yugoslavian bishops’ conference studied them from 1987 to 1990. All three commissions concluded that they could not affirm that a supernatural event was occurring in the town. In 2010, retired Pope Benedict XVI established a papal commission to study the alleged apparitions.
The commission’s report has not been made public, although some of its points were revealed after Pope Francis spoke about the commission’s work. Pope Francis acknowledged that pilgrims to the Marian site deserve spiritual care and support, but he also expressed doubts about claims that the apparitions have continued for more than 35 years. During his flight to Rome from Fatima, Portugal, in May 2017, the pope told journalists that, regarding the Medjugorje commission’s work, “three things need to be distinguished.” “About the first apparitions, when (the ‘seers’) were young, the report more or less says that the investigation needs to continue,” the pope said, according to the English translation posted on the Vatican website. “Concerning the alleged current apparitions, the report expresses doubts,” he said. Furthermore, “personally, I am more ‘mischievous.’ I prefer Our Lady to be a mother, our mother, and not a telegraph operator who sends out a message every day at a certain time – this is not the mother of Jesus.” Pope Francis said his “personal opinion” is that “these alleged apparitions have no great value.” The “real core” of the commission’s report, he said, is “the spiritual fact, the pastoral fact” that thousands of pilgrims go to Medjugorje and are converted.
Pope discusses deaconesses, need for nuns to be servants not ‘maids’ CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis told the heads of women’s religious orders from around the world they need to send sisters on assignments that truly serve the church and those in need, and not agree to requests for “maids.” “You did not become a religious in order to become the maid of a priest,” he said to some 850 superiors general in Rome for their plenary assembly. There are many needed forms of service, whether they be in administration or caring for and performing domestic tasks for those in need, he said May 10 in the Vatican’s Paul VI audience hall. But being “a maid, no,” he said; “You must help here in this” because even if the church is trying to stop exploitation among its ranks, it is still the superior general who decides “yes” or “no” to these requests. The pope’s comments came during his meeting
with those taking part in the May 6-10 plenary of the International Union of Superiors General, which represents more than 450,000 sisters in more than 100 countries. The gathering offered talks, workshops, reflections and discussion on a number of topics, including interreligious dialogue, cross-cultural experiences, caring for children and the planet, and the future of religious life. The pope, who spoke off-the-cuff and answered people’s questions, was seated behind a wooden table in the front of the hall next to Sister Carmen Sammut, superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa and the outgoing president of the UISG. Before reading her remarks, she joked that she never imagined she would ever be “sitting at the right hand of the father.” She thanked the pope for being a source of inspiration and helping the church fight the abuse of minors and vulnerable people. “We are also grateful for your having faced the painful issue of abused religious,” she said, noting that many forms of abuse occur worldwide, including cases of religious abusing their fellow sisters. National conferences of religious orders “are facing this scourge with courage and determination,” she said, listing a number of UISG initiatives to help congregations in raising awareness, training superiors
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DISCLOSURE: Pope issues new norms on mandatory abuse reporting FROM PAGE 1
profound conversion of hearts” necessary, there must be “concrete and effective actions that involve everyone in the church,” he wrote. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, said the new norms ascribe a new role to heads of dioceses by making them responsible for alerting the proper Vatican authorities of all forms of suspected abuse, including the possession, distribution or creation of pornography involving a minor. He told Vatican News May 9 that the norms respond to Pope Francis’ continued insistence for concrete and effective measures to ensure bishops and religious superiors have a very clear understanding of what their obligations are and what they should and should not do when it comes to safeguarding. It also requires all priests and religious to report suspected abuse or cover-ups and encourages any lay person to report through a now-mandated reporting “system” or office in each diocese. How the office or “system” works will be up to each diocese, but “the idea is that anyone who has suffered abuse can have recourse to the local church, while being assured they will be well received, protected from retaliation, and that their reports will be treated with the utmost seriousness,” Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, told Vatican News. Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta told reporters that the obligation to disclose has always existed but has been hindered by “either a closed-shop mentality or a misplaced interest in protecting the institution.” He said the new document affirms that “disclosure is the main policy of the church. It is a very strong message that disclosure is the order of the day and not silence.” The new norms now stipulate: – Procedures for the investigation of bishops, cardinals, patriarchs, religious superiors and all those who lead – even temporarily – a diocese or particular church, including personal prelatures and personal ordinariates. – Leaders will be held accountable not only with suspected cases of committing abuse themselves, but also accusations of having interfered with, covered up or failed to address abuse accusations they were aware of. – When the accused individual is a bishop, the met-
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Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta speaks at a news conference presenting Pope Francis’ new document, “Vos estis lux mundi” (“You are the light of the world”) at the Vatican May 9, 2019. He told reporters that the obligation to disclose has always existed but has been hindered by “either a closed-shop mentality or a misplaced interest in protecting the institution.”
ropolitan will receive a mandate from the Holy See to investigate or delegate a person in charge of the preliminary investigation. A status report must be sent to the Holy See every 30 days, and the investigation completed with 90 days with some exceptions. Vatican offices are also held to specific timeframes and prompt action. – By June 2020, every diocese in the world must create an office or “public, stable and easily accessible systems” for reporting suspected abuse against a minor or vulnerable person, failure of compliance of abuse guidelines by bishops or superiors, and cases of interference or cover-ups in either a civil or canonical investigation of suspected abuse. – All priests and religious that become aware of abuse or its cover-up must alert their bishop or religious superior promptly. – A minor is anyone under the age of 18 and a vulnerable person is “any person in a state of infirmity, physical or mental deficiency, or deprivation of personal liberty which, in fact, even occasionally, limits their ability to understand or to want to otherwise resist the offense.” – The definition of child pornography as any rep-
resentation of a minor, regardless of the media used, “involved in explicit sexual activities, whether real or simulated, and any representation of sexual organs of minors for primarily sexual purposes.” – Bishops and religious superiors will be accountable not just for protecting minors against abuse but also for protecting seminarians, novices and members of religious orders from violence and sexual abuse stemming from an abuse of power. The norms apply to reports of “delicts against the sixth commandment” regarding clerics or members of religious orders and “forcing someone, by violence or threat or through abuse of authority, to perform or submit to sexual acts.” – Those who report abuse cannot be subjected to pressure, retaliation and discrimination or told to keep silent. The seal of confession, however, remains inviolable and is not affected by the new norms. – Procedures for carrying out the preliminary investigation include the bishop immediately requesting from the Vatican that he or a delegate be assigned to begin the preliminary investigation. If he considers an accusation is unfounded, the papal nuncio is informed. The Vatican will have 30 days to respond to the request and the bishop sends a status report to the Vatican every 30 days. – When the investigation is complete, the bishop sends the results to the proper Vatican office, which then follows existing canon law. – The continued obligation to respect civil laws regarding mandatory reporting. – Those who reported suspected abuse or cover-up will be told of the outcome of the investigation if they request to be informed. – A fund can be set up by bishops’ conferences, synods and church provinces to cover the costs of investigations. The document is a follow-up to Pope Francis’ 2016 document, “As a Loving Mother,” on transparency and accountability of bishops and religious superiors. The two documents together are meant to correct what had been a lack of or unclear procedures for investigating a bishop complies with already TERMS AND CONDITIONS / TOUR CONTRACT Pentec titution Tour 91009 the wayPentecost Tours, Inc. is not a participantTour in the 90917 California Travel Consumer Re Restitu titution Fund. This transaction is not covered by the California Travel Consum established norms against abuse and clearly expressof Pent Restitution Fund. You are not eligible to file a claim against that Fund in t ac event Pentecost Tours, Inc.’s default. However, Pentecost Tours, Trust Inc. do ing the consequencesmaintain of ofnoncompliance or cover-ups. a Trust account for tour deposits at MainSource Bank in Batesville,
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MARIN: Focus on housing leads to dramatic drop in homelessness FROM PAGE 2
Walker said those who have been living outside for a long period of time often have overlapping disabilities that can make it difficult or impossible to find stability. “It’s not their fault they can’t navigate the system,” said Walker, who was once homeless herself on the streets of San Rafael. “It’s our system’s fault that we were not able to help the people who needed the most.” Housing alone often can have a staSuzanne Walker bilizing effect on medical and mental health and the difference is often quickly apparent in a formerly homeless person’s outward appearance. “It can be amazing that after a month of being housed, someone can look like an entirely different person,” Walker said. “Their behavior changes because they are not struggling to survive every day.”
Homelessness services historically have been provided on a first-come, first-served basis by a number of public and private organizations. In contrast, the Marin Vincentians hired someone to research best practices. The research led to a person-centered approach, reflected for example in the creation of a collaborative Homeless Outreach Team. Team members have the authority to adjust services on a case-bycase basis. A pilot program in Marin successfully housed 11 of 12 people served. “How are we going to house Jim? What’s going on with him, what programs does he qualify for, what did he fail in, how come he is still on the street? Figuring out how to solve the problem specific to Jim,” Walker explained. “Three years later that team is as if they worked for the same company,” she said. “All the agencies are working together in a way that wasn’t possible before. “Our system is completely different than it was
three years ago and much more effective,” Walker said. The focus on housing has also led to 54 percent reduction in ambulance trips and emergency room visits. “We had one client who was very medically fragile,” Walker said. “Strangers would call an ambulance all the time when they saw him. He was a super utilizer of emergency services. When housed he had a 100 percent reduction in those calls. We housed him with a caregiver who was able to take him if he needed to go or get him to see a doctor.” “It’s the hardest work any of us have ever done,” Walker said, “but it is so worthwhile when you can get someone who has been out on the streets for 10 years or more into housing and then they stay there.” In April, county supervisors voted to allocate $307,000 in state funds to the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin to create a program to steer newly homeless individuals to stable housing, the Marin Independent Journal reported.
Health care leader honored by Catholic Charities Lloyd H. Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health, was the night’s honoree at Catholic Charities’ 22nd Annual Loaves and Fishes Awards May 2. “Through his steadfast charitable support and involvement, he has made it his life’s work to ensure every person has access to health care and compassionate human services,” Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, who serves as Catholic Charities’ board chair, said in remarks to the 450
guests attending the dinner and gala at the Four Seasons Hotel. CommonSpirit is a new nonprofit health care system launched this year as a merger between Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health and built on the legacy of 17 congregations of women religious who founded health ministries to serve people in need. CommonSpirit operates more than 700 care sites and 142 hospitals in 21 states and supports a
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Sister Philomena Perreault, formerly known as Marie Therese Perreault, died May 7 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 94 years old and in the 67th year of her religious profession: 51 years in the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds, Washington, and 16 years in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sister Philomena She spent nine years ministerPerreault, OP ing in environmental services in Everett and Edmonds, Washington, and at Queen of the Rosary Convent in Menlo Park (1952-53, 1955-56).
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Oh, Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near Kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make you be invoked. Say three our Fathers, three Hail Marys and Glorias. St. Jude pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. This Novena has never been known to fail. This Novena must be said 9 consecutive days. Thanks. T.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal. You who give me the divine gift of forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. You may publish this as soon as your favor is granted. T.
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For a full job description, or to apply, please send cover letter and resume to Michael O’Smith, michaelosmith@stdominics.org All employees of the Archdiocese of San Francisco shall be employed without regard to race, color, sex, ethnic or national origin and qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered.
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ST. ROBERT SCHOOL, SAN BRUNO: Students from St. Robert Parish in San Bruno volunteered during their spring break in assisting the Lions Club with a Special Olympics basketball event. The event director stated that they were “the best volunteers they have ever had,” vice principal B. Lopez said in an email to Catholic San Francisco. “We are so proud of these REAL KIDS!”
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ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, SAN FRANCISCO: The Samoan community at All Hallows celebrated the feast of St. Peter Chanel, a Marist Father and the community’s patron saint. Community members gathered for a group photo after Mass. The service included Magdalena Winterstein Kelesoma, wearing the native Samoan “tuiga” headdress, in presenting the Book of the Gospels; and traditional presentation of a lei for pastor Father Dan Carter by Papatea Mati during the preparation of gifts. All Hallows is a satellite of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AWARDS: Archbishop Cordileone presented an award to Debbie McDermott, California Catholic Conference associate director for restorative justice, for her decades of service. She was among many honored April 25 at the Restorative Justice Ministry Awards Dinner at the St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center, with more than 200 people attending. The event included testimonies by youngsters who turned their lives around, a woman who returned to society after serving a life prison sentence, and families who lost loved ones to violence and turned to helping incarcerated youth. The event was an opportunity to thank the ministry’s many volunteers and partners, said ministry coordinator Julio Escobar.
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CATHOLIC ADVOCACY DAY: A contingent of Catholics from the Archdiocese of San Francisco joined Catholic Advocacy Day April 30 at the state capitol in Sacramento. The day of Catholic lobbying was organized by the California Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the California bishops. The parishioners lobbied state Assembly members and Senators from districts in Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco counties. The Bay Area Catholics asked lawmakers to oppose SB 24, which would require
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MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER: Encounter weekends will be held May 17-19 in San Jose, and Aug. 9-11 in San Francisco. Details available from applications@sanjosewwme.org; (408) 782-1413, www.sanjosewwme.org.
SATURDAY, MAY 18 PRIESTLY ORDINATIONS: Ordination to the priesthood of Kyle Faller, Ernesto Jandonero and Michael Rocha, 10 a.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral. Reception following the ceremony. Masses of Thanksgiving for the ordinands are as follows: Kyle Faller, May 19, 9:30 a.m., Most Holy Rosary Chapel, 1 St. Vincent Drive, San Rafael; Ernesto Jandonero, May 18, 5 p.m., St. Pius Church. 110 Woodside Road, Redwood City; Michael Rocha, May 19, 11:30 a.m., Star of the Sea Church, 420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco.
MONDAY, MAY 20 PRIESTHOOD DISCERNMENT MONTHLY DINNER MEETINGS: Church of the Epiphany, 827 Vienna St., San Francisco, 6:15-8:30 p.m. The archdiocesan Office of Vocations offers two monthly meetings for men interested in discovering more about the priesthood. Discernment is not a solitary endeavor. First Monday meetings are in Redwood City. First Thursday meetings are in San Francisco. The program each time is: eucharistic adoration in the church, dinner and discussion in the rectory. Father Patrick Summerhays, (415) 614-5684, summerhays.patrick@sfarch.org.
FRIDAY, MAY 24 CHARISMATIC RENEWAL: Santa Clara Convention Center, continu-
ing May 25-26. Sessions for all ages. Speakers include Father Raymund Reyes. www.ncrcspirit.org.
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A Spanish-speaking group meets the third Friday of each month, 7 p.m., at Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato. Contact Victoria, (702) 460-3116). Meetings first and third Wednesdays, 7 p.m., at St. Brendan Church, Parish Center, 29 Rockaway Ave., San Francisco. Contact Diana, (415) 929-0999, dianamwild@ gmail.com, or Martin, (650739-6446). Also in Spanish on the first Wednesday. Meetings the second Friday each month, 6:30 p.m., St. Hilary Parish, 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon. Contact Karen, (415-250-2597). The chancery contact for the ministry is Ed Hopfner, (415) 614-5547.
SATURDAY, MAY 25 ROSARY RALLY: 11 a.m., at the plaza across from San Francisco City Hall. Sponsored by America Needs Fatima. Juanita, (415) 647-7229.
MONDAY, MAY 27 MEMORIAL DAY MASS: Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery, Half Moon Bay, 9:30 a.m. Father Jose Corral, celebrant. Contact Monica, (650) 756-2060.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 FIRST SATURDAY MASS: 11 a.m., Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Father Brian Costello, celebrant.
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FIRST SATURDAY MASS: 9 a.m., Holy Name of Jesus Church, 155 39th Ave. (Lawton), San Francisco. Father Arnold Zamora, pastor.
SUNDAY, JUNE 2 HOME OWNERSHIP SEMINAR: The Office of Human Life & Dignity of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the St. Ignatius Adult Faith Formation Program welcome all to a free seminar on affordable home ownership in San Francisco. Hear a young Catholic couple tell “How We Bought a Home in San Francisco.” 10:45 a.m. at Fromm Hall, 2497 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco (behind St. Ignatius Church). Christopher Colosi, a Harvard grad and entrepreneur, and his wife, Stephanie, will share how they navigated the city’s
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 MENTAL HEALTH PANEL: St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco, 7:30-9 pm. St. Dominic’s Young Adults will host a panel in its parish hall for people in their 20s and 30s on “Understanding and Instilling Hope Around Depression and Suicide.” Mollie Tobias, LMFT, (650) 416-6555
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THURSDAY, JUNE 20 GOLF TOURNAMENT: Our Lady of Loretto Parish’s 15th Annual Youth Ministry Golf Tournament and Parish Dinner. Golf check-in 10:30 a.m., Indian Valley Golf Club, and Parish Dinner, Our Lady of Loretto Parish Hall. No-host cocktails 5 p.m.; dinner 6:30. $150 per golfer includes golf, golf cart, prizes, lunch and dinner. Sign up individually or with a foursome. Dinner only available at $25 for adults, $10 for youth 12-18, and under 12 free. Registration forms available at www.olnovato.org. Send reservations/payment to Youth Ministry Golf, Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, 94947. For more information, Mike Morris, (415) 897-6862. All proceeds benefit Youth Ministry Fund. Event is sponsored by OLL Youth Ministry Golf Committee and the Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of Loretto Council #3950.
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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of April HOLY CROSS, COLMA Margaret Mary Allen Ray J. Antonio Josefa Gonzales Arcaya Albert Gaston Artoux Felicidad “Ever” A. Badua Sr. Adrienne F. Baker Terry A. Balcita Winston S. Balingit Gloria Y. Bañaga Manuel D. Bañaga Dolly Barosso James Barrett Samuel D. Baxter Marie Moresco Bellante Suzanne O’Connor Berg George R. Bianchi Eileen K. Bitten Rita J. Boerio Joan Marie Bourdet Gail Frances Bradshaw Mariano Bravo Frank Casias Leonor Primicias Castillo Josefa Castro Danilo Castro Walter Castro Rena Loja Cereghino Margaret “Peggy” Clarke Thomas Gregory Collins Cecilia F. Conway Tomas Aquino Cu Carlos Felipe Cubias Elena B. Davila Ligaya S. De La Cruz Elsa Dell’Angelica Dorothy Lillian Delucchi Richard Anthony Delucchi Miguela B. Devera Clara Donaire Fe Nethercott Echiverri Kyle Enanoria Elizabeth M. Ervin Emily F. Estelita Genie U. Feliciano
William V. Figari Helen Patricia Fowlie Jose Frias Marina M. Fuentes Eva N. Garay Ana C. Gignoux Salas Barbara J Gilchrist Yolanda R. Giorgetti Ana E. Gomez Juanita Arroyo Gongora Albert Charles Gonzales Rosalia Hernandez Gonzalez Edmund Hernandez Luzviminda Julve Hollenbeck Carmen Sylvia Howarth Sr. Regina Kolb Maria Lacues Beatriz Valdez Lardizabal Marie Angela Larson Donald F. Lustenberger Elizabeth T. Maher Rita Catherine Malatesta Amelia B. Mamaril Estelle A. Marinsik Elizabeth M. Marks Mary Rose Martinez Eleanor Jane McGannon AKA Sister Marietta McGannon James Albert McManus Patricia Lee McQuaid Benigno V. Mendoza Mary C. Metzgar Ignacio Modica Ralph Richard Montgomery Cornelius J. Moynihan Francis (Frank) E. Mulholland Martha P. Murphy Sr. Mary of the Angels, O.C.D. Marcel Ospital Cora Tubig Pabalate Velma M. Pao Nieves S. Pascual Carlita F. Peters Reynaldo Pineda William David Podesto Jose Mauricio Polanco Cresencia Quiteves-Ravelo
Joseph P. Rajeski Paulina Arucan Ramos Manuel N. Rocamora Maria Antonia Rodriguez Nelly Florencia Romero Giorgio E. Rossi Brett P. Schembari Margaret A. Schulz Henry Sicabaig Edward Sweeney Marlis Tanner Rodrigo B. Tarantan Callita Tellez Luisa Tuipulotu Kevin Antonio Valladares Vides C. Allen Wall M.D. Sylvia Anne Walsh Cindy Marie Ward Fleurange A. Wilson
MT. OLIVET, SAN RAFAEL Rosaleen M. Bywater Arthur C. Latno, Jr. Judith Nagy Jorge Donaldo Puebla Edwin Souza Silvia
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