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‘Disclosure, not silence’: Pope issues new norms on abuse reporting CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
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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Juliana Veneziano and Natalie Mazzanti at Potrero Nuevo Farm in Half Moon Bay May 9. The women work at the Full Circle Food Justice program, which hires homeless men and women to grow food that is given away to needy families.
Change by the bushel: Farm program helps homeless NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
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
Joy of teaching: Catechists reflect on decades of service NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
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-
‘You create these rituals and traditions and stories, 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.’ JEAN MARIANI
Catechist, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Novato
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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