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New Millennium holds challenge and promise for Bay Area Catholics The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake did more than shake the landscape. In a real sense, its aftershocks forced the beginning of change and spiritual renewal in
(left) P.J. Jacinto got off the plane with camera in-hand at SFO Aug. 21 still video taping memories of his World Youth Day pilgrimage to Rome Aug. 10-21. "I was 10 feet away from the Pope and I’ve got him on video," Jacinto smiled. (bottom) Evangeline Fontanilla welcomed her daughters (left) Jeannie and Chrystal who said to mom the pilgrimage strengthened their faith and was a powerful experience.
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Members of Crossroads prepare to begin a cross continent pro-life walk from the Golden Gate Bridge to Toronto for World Youth Day with Pope John Paul II. More pictures and a story: Pages 6 and 7.
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In 1858, Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, OP, the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (1853-1884) founded its first newspaper, The Monitor, 12 million Africans recognizing the importance of commuCatholic Catholic suffering in worst san Francisco san Francisco drought in 60 years nicating directly with faithful Catholics through the Church’s own media. Under the leadership of Archbishop Alemany, a Dominican and Spaniard who was a naturalized American citizen, Catholic the Archdiocese of San Francisco built san Francisco St. Francis of Assisi relic arrives in San Francisco up an extensive system of schools, orFaith journey of Father Pham phanages, hospitals, and homes for the Retired priest recalls escape, Legislation giving grants to repair missions faces lawsuit elderly, and other institutions of charity. persecution Founded just five years after Archbishop Alemany arrived in California, The MonSponsors confident itor engaged and reported and communimarriage initiative will make ballot cated the faith and issues of importance to the faithful for nearly 130 years. Today, as Catholic San Francisco newspaper transitions to a magazine and increases its attention to digital media, DEC. 10, 2004 MAY 2, 2008 AUG. 12, 2011 the commitment continues to connecting with, and walking alongside, the people of the archdiocese. THE NEXT CHAPTER OF CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO “This is a tradition that goes back to CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO the very beginnings of this archdiocese OUR NEXT ARCHBISHOP CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO – the desire to communicate directly to Pope establishes the faithful in the most effective medium Archbishop consecrates formal ministry archdiocese to Blessed Virgin of catechist of the day,” said Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone. “The new magazine will bring top writing, great graphics and photos and ways to nurture faith to the Hispanic Catholics embrace pastoral letter people of the archdiocese.” “If the past year has taught us anything, it is that today’s shepherds need to find new ways to communicate with their flock,” Archbishop Cordileone said, noting the archdiocese’s commitment to the new magazine, and to digital modes of communication, e-letters, social meMAY 20, 2021 AUG. 2, 2012 OCT. 12, 2017 dia and the website. As the newspaper makes way for new forms of communication best suited to CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH THE YEARS: Catholic San Francisco the current needs of the church and the published its first issue Feb. 12, 1999 and concludes its 22-year run on June 17, 2021. The A personal way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country. faithful, it leaves behind three defining official archdiocesan newspaper was delivered by mail to registered parishioners, chronicled local you features have received a flagpopes, honoring your loved one's military service and would like to donate it Catholic history through newsIfand on three three archbishops, and countless to thecontributions cemetery to be partschool of an “Avenue Day, stories of Catholics and their to flown parishasand life. of Flags" on Memorial Day, 4th of July and Veterans' SEE THE TRADITION CONTINUES, PAGE 8 FEBRUARY 12, 1999
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DADAAB, Kenya (CNS) — It took 32 days for Fatima Mohammed to make it from her drought-stricken farm in Somalia to the relative safety of a sprawling refugee settlement in northeastern Kenya. There were days, she recalled, when her children were so thirsty that they could not walk and the men in her family would ferry them ahead, returning to carry two more children in their arms. The Somali woman and her children are among 12.4 million Africans facing acute food shortages. Because of prolonged drought and civil conflict, Somalis are bearing the brunt of what the United Nations Refugee Agency calls one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world today.
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The United Nations declared a famine July 20 for the southern regions of Bakool and Lower Shabelle in Somalia and the refugee agency reported that child deaths are “alarmingly high” as people trek to neighboring countries for food and water. Fatima Mohammed told Catholic News Service that her family had lived through drought before, but that support from aid agencies helped them survive until the rains returned. “This time, al-Shabaab won’t let them in,” she said, referring to the Islamist group that controls portions of Somalia. “So when our animals started dying, our only choice was to stay and die ourselves, or else start walking for Kenya.” They trekked across the desolate stretch of African bush, all 11 members of the FAMINE, page 20
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A newly arrived Somali woman waits in line July 27 for food to be distributed at the reception center of the Dagahaley refugee camp, part of the Dadaab refugee complex in northeastern Kenya.
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Taking part in Dominican Schools Music Project instruction at San Francisco’s St. James Elementary School are third-graders, from left: Alexei Stout, Joel Tolentino, Ashley Dickson and Carolina Hernandez. See story on page 8.
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Mission San Francisco de Asis (Dolores) founded Oct. 9, 1776 is the oldest building in San Francisco and the 6th of 21 California Missions.
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Only one thing stands between the California’s historic missions and $10 million in federal preservation funds: a lawsuit filed last week in by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a longtime adversary of the Catholic Church. Last year, AUSCS opposed nearly $700,000 in federal grants to preserve two historic buildings that still serve as houses of worship: the Episcopal Old North Church in Boston and Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, the oldest synagogue in the nation. However, the AUSCS did not go to court to block those grants. The organization, originally known as Protestants and Other Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, is taking a much tougher approach now that Catholic missions are in line for similar grants. Last week, AUSCS asked the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. to block the funding for the missions. The organization has a long history of opposing the Catholic Church. Since its founding in the 1940s it has opposed government aid to Catholic schools. In 1958, it called for revoking the citizenship of American cardinals who participated in the conclave at which John XXIII was elected pope. In 1967 it went to court to stop distribution of a Madonna and Child postage stamp because the group claimed in promoted the Catholic faith. Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State has changed its name and according to Joe Conn, a spokesman for the AUSCS, it has changed its ways. When asked by Catholic San Francisco last week if its efforts to block funding for the missions was “just some old-fashioned Catholic-baiting,” Conn said, “No. We just don’t have enough money
to sue in every case.” But the organization will find the money when the Catholic Church is involved. The $10 million in federal funding would be provided by the California Missions Preservation Act, which was signed into law by President Bush Nov. 30. The money would go to the California Missions Foundation, a secular organization. The law requires that the foundation match the federal funding dollar for dollar with private or state contributions. The foundation would decide how to spend the $20 million. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr of Carmel and Senator Barbara Boxer, won broad bipartisan support in Congress but was strongly opposed by AUSCS. After the bill received final approval from the Senate Nov. 17, AUSCS executive director Barry W. Lynn, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ said his group would challenge the law in court. “Taxpayers should
Two Franciscan friars from Assisi, Italy landed in San Francisco last week bearing a rare gift for the city and the Archdiocese: a small rock from the Porziuncola, the stone chapel St. Francis of Assisi and his early followers built more than 800 years ago and where the Franciscan order was born. Banded with a red ribbon and bearing the wax seal of the Franciscan community in the saint’s native town, the angular chunk of pink granite arrived in a felt-lined leather case with the gold-embossed image of the Porziuncola gracing its lid. The rock circulated among admiring guests at a welcoming party at San Francisco International Airport and later starred at a reception at the De Young Museum. The rock’s final destination is a replica of the Porziuncola under construction at the National Shrine of St. Francis in North Beach. Possibly the first relic of the 13th century saint to enter the United States, it will be installed on the altar of the sister Porziuncola. “This rock isn’t only a rock,” said Frate Gianpaolo Masotti of Santa Maria degli Angeli basilica in Assisi.
A rock used more than 800 years ago in the repair of St. Francis of Assisi’s chapel at Assisi will be enshrined at the National Shrine of St. Francis in San Francisco’s North Beach district.
The sponsors of an initiative to define same-sex marriage in California as unconstitutional are confident the measure will qualify for the Nov. 4 ballot. Ron Prentice, chairman of the steering committee for ProtectMarriage.com, a coalition of pro-family organizations, churches and individuals, told Catholic San Francisco that election officials in 10 of the state’s 58 counties have finished validating signatures the campaign turned in April 24. Based
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St. Thomas More Parish in San Francisco is hosting a wedding for as many as 20 couples — one parish’s response to a decline of almost 50 percent in weddings among Catholics in the past two decades. “We’ll be doing a real shebang. A real wedding,” said Joe Espinueva, a parishioner and organizer of “Operation I Do,” a totally free wedding and reception for couples who were civilly but not sacramentally married or have been in a common law marriage. “There will be cutting of cake. There will be dancing. We will want these people to feel they are getting a real marriage from the church,” said Espinueva. Parishioners are volunteering to cook dishes, bake cakes, and offering to donate bouquets. Many of the marrying couples’ children will serve as flower girls and ring bearers. Marriage preparation according to church norms is under way, said Espinueva. “We are not trying to do a microwave wedding or a shortcut wedding,” said Espinueva, who said he was sacramentally married at St. Thomas More four years ago, years after entering a civil marriage. The parish will engage in follow up with the couples after the wedding to keep them engaged spiritually with the church, Espinueva said. “We started in our church a campaign SACRED VOWS, page 8
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on the results so far, Prentice predicted that when the remaining counties complete their work over the next few weeks the initiative will have the 694,354 signatures required to qualify for the general election. The campaign submitted 1.1 million raw signatures. This initiative would place the wording in the state Constitution, where advocates say it could not be changed by the Legislature or the courts. Proposition 22 states that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid in the state.
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Father Joseph Hung Pham fled in 1979 from the Communist regime in Vietnam, which had decided he was a spy, and he almost died on the open sea after the small fishing craft packed with refugees disintegrated. “I am not a good Father Joseph swimmer,” Father Pham said. A Hung Pham Thai fishing vessel picked up the refugees and Father Pham spent four months in prison in
Thailand before his brother in Brooklyn, N.Y., also a priest, Father Joseph Tan Pham, was able to sponsor him. Father Pham didn’t stay long in Brooklyn, and was incardinated in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1984. “I cannot get along with the winter and summer so I moved to California with my sister and my brother and their families,” Father Pham said. Father Pham worked in a series of parishes, and spent about a decade at St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo. He served as a chaplain at the area hospitals, Seton Medical Center and San Mateo General Hospital, as well as visiting nursing homes. In his retirement, Father Pham said he is moving to San Jose to be closer to his brother and sister and their families and will remain active in the Vietnamese language Cursillo and Charismatic movements. Father Pham and his brother were ordained the same day in 1973 in the Diocese of of Xuan Loc. Because Father Pham’s bishop sent him to the Philippines to study and he flew back shortly before FATHER PHAM, page 3
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“It’s the story of a sanctity, a holiness that has lasted 800 years. It’s a rock that has seen pass in front of its eyes the life of St. Francis himself, Santa Chiara and many, many other saints and apostles who have worked very hard to live Francis’ life.” The 72 friars of the Assisi community met in 2006 and agreed to donate the relic “with the hope that the joy this rock gives us will also give that joy to the City of San Francisco,” Frate Gianpaolo said. The rock was one of two that had been removed from the Porziuncola over the years during repairs and kept in the museum at the basilica that was built to enclose the chapel in the 1600s. “That church is the original church St. Francis repaired and loved during his life,” Frate Gianpoalo told Catholic San Francisco. “Was he the only one who handled the rocks? At the beginning he was alone but then probably some of his followers helped him to restore the church. Of course we don’t know which part of the church was repaired by St. Francis. But we know the first community of St. Francis and the Brothers worked together to repair the church.” ASSISI RELIC, page 6
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We are embarking on a new era in Archdiocesan communications – one suited to the modes of communications that define the 21st century. Catholic San Francisco as a weekly and biweekly newspaper is publishing its last issue with the newspaper you hold in your hands. But Catholic San Francisco will remain a part of all our lives, continuing as a glossy magazine with inspiring articles about ministries of the Archdiocese, news you can use and Catholic content to nourish your faith and daily life. We will deliver it to you 6-8 times a year, beginning in September. Catholic San Francisco staff will continue to offer you the reader breaking news and current events, but will deliver that content digitally. If you are not already receiving Catholic San Francisco e-letters, please sign up for the new Friday Catholic San Francisco weekly newsletter, at sfarch.org/ signup. That is where we are going. Where we have been is a history worth celebrating. Catholic San Francisco was launched in 1999, and delivered a weekly or biweekly newspaper to every registered household in the Archdiocese for many years. It brought the news and faith closer to Catholics in the tradition of The Monitor, the newspaper of the Archdiocese from 1858 to 1984. Inside these pages are photos and stories with some of those moments in the last 20-plus years. They saw three popes, three archbishops and more elected officials than we can list here.
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VATICAN CITY – Calling for formal recognition of “those lay men and women who feel called by virtue of their baptism to cooperate in the work of catechesis,” Pope Francis has instituted the “ministry of catechist.” “The Spirit is calling men and women to set out and encounter all those who are waiting to discover the beauty, goodness and truth of the Christian faith,” the pope wrote in “Antiquum Ministerium” (Ancient Ministry), his document released at the Vatican May 11. In addition to releasing texts of the document in Italian, French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Polish, the Vatican distributed a video of the text translated into Italian sign language. Pastors must support laypeople in answering the Spirit’s call and “enrich the life of the Christian community through the recognition of lay ministries capable of contributing to the transformation of society through the ‘penetration of Christian values into the social, political and economic sectors,’” the pope said, quoting what he had written about the vocation of laypeople in his 2013 document, “The Joy of the Gospel.” Bishops’ conferences will need to determine the “process of formation and the normative criteria for admission to this ministry” and devise “the most appropriate forms for the service which these men and women will be called to exercise,” the pope said. SEE POPE, PAGE 17
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Carrying a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, the faithful process through San Francisco city streets near St. Mary’s Cathedral during the Oct. 7 rosary rally and consecration of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The events were designed to mark the centenary of the Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, and inspire renewed devotion to the Blessed Virgin among all Catholics in the archdiocese. Left, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone blesses the Fatima statue during the consecration rite in the cathedral. More coverage on Pages 18-19.
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His father, a fisherman of Sicilian descent, was born and baptized in San Francisco. Friends call him “prayerful,” “holy,” organized and detail-oriented. San Diego auxiliary bishop for seven years, Oakland bishop since 2009 Has doctorate in canon law
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The day after he released his first pastoral letter on abortion, the holy Eucharist and the responsibility of Catholics in public life, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone celebrated Mass at St. Peter Church, one of the three “Mission parishes” in San Francisco’s Mission District. On May 1, Archbishop Cordileone published the document titled: “Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You: A Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life.” In his homily, Archbishop Cordileone preached about the sanctity of the Eucharist, the “bread of life,” and compared it to the human dignity of the unborn. He lamented that “fewer and fewer Catholics believe that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist,” and for this reason do not “behave in a way that is consistent with this teaching.” Parishioners reacted to the homily and to the content of the pastoral letter. Damaris Berrios and her husband Augusto C.
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Noguera direct a ministry dedicated to marriage at St. Peter. She told San Francisco Catolico that the pastoral letter is a resource of great help to families and she will include it in her ministry. “We believe that this pastoral letter is a remedy to heal the wounds in families, because many families today are carrying the pain and wounds of the traumas that abortion leaves behind,” Berrios said. She said that the document is also an exhortation to recover the love of the holy Eucharist. Noguera said the pastoral letter is a call to care for the work of God. “We have to defend it (life), that is the challenge that we have today as citizens and as Catholics, to work for the reign of goodness, for the reign of peace, and above all for the reign of life,” he said. Noguera exhorted Catholics to defend the dignity of human life. “About this we have to work as Catholics and give testimony each day in our lives and in the places where we live and work.” In his pastoral letter “Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You,” Archbishop Cordileone SEE PASTORAL LETTER, PAGE 3
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NEED TO KNOW ST. ANTHONY’S DINING ROOM REOPENS: After 15 months of serving COVID-safe to-go meals, the St. Anthony’s Dining Room has reopened its doors for sit-down service. The return to regular service – with several key improvements – marks the recovery of a cultural space that has brought San Franciscans together for over 70 years. The St. Anthony’s Dining Room serves an average of 2,400 meals a day to San Franciscans in need. Staff look forward to bringing back community-led programs as soon as it is safe to do so. Visit stanthonysf. org/dining-room/. PRESBYTERAL ORDINATIONS LIVESTREAMED JUNE 19: Through the imposition of hands and the invocation of the Holy Spirit by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Deacon Cameron Pollette and Deacon Nick Case will be ordained at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. The ordination will be livestreamed at sfarch.org/events/presbyteral-ordination. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WEEK IS JUNE 22-29: This year for Religious Freedom Week the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops chose the theme, “Solidarity in Freedom,” and are offering an online program of prayer, reflection and action at usccb.org/committees/religious-liberty/religious-freedom-week. The bishops illustrated the importance of this year’s theme by quoting Pope Francis in his 2020 encyclical, Fratelli tutti, on the subject of human fraternity. “Solidarity means much more than engaging in sporadic acts of generosity. It means thinking and acting in terms of community.” CATHOLICISM AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS WITH DR. PETER KREEFT: A unique and fun series presented by the Pastoral Ministry Online School. “The Lord of the Rings” is uniquely, but anonymously, Catholic, by Tolkien’s own description of it, according to Kreeft, a Christian author and professor of philosophy at Boston College. Get more information and sign up at sfarch.org/tolkien. CATHOLIC JOB OPENINGS: Looking for an employment opportunity within the Archdiocese of San Francisco or with another Catholic organization? Visit sfarch.org/employment-opportunities for a list of immediate job openings at the San Francisco Chancery, Catholic schools and more.
ARCHBISHOP CORDILEONE’S SCHEDULE JUNE 16-18: USCCB virtual spring meeting JUNE 19: 10 a.m. Presbyteral ordination at the Cathedral JUNE 26: 5:30 p.m. mass at the Cathedral for the conclusion of the diaconate retreat JUNE 27 TO JULY 10: Vacation
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On May 15, 180 youth representing 18 parishes and schools were confirmed at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone presided and Father Stephen H. Howell concelebrated and anointed. A week later on May 23, Pentecost Sunday, 37 adults representing 20 parishes were confirmed at a cathedral Mass by the archbishop who presided and anointed the newly confirmed.
Archdiocese offering free estateplanning tool to local Catholics CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Do you have a legal will or trust in place? If the answer to that question is an uncomfortable ‘not yet,’ you are not alone. Nearly 70% of Americans say they don’t have a viable estate plan in place despite the legal, financial and emotional consequences of leaving this earthly life without one. The Archdiocese of San Francisco wants to remove some of the barriers to estate planning by offering local Catholics a free online estate-planning tool. The archdiocese has partnered with FreeWill, a pioneering organization whose mission is to make estate planning “warm, intuitive and totally free” so that people can more easily “care for the people and causes they love.” A legally-binding basic will or trust can be created online at FreeWill.com/SFARCH in about 20 minutes. “Creating an estate plan is essentially an act of love and caring,” Rod Linhares, director of mission advancement for the archdiocese, told Catholic San Francisco. A will or trust protects what you have worked hard to achieve regardless of your age or accumulations and ensures your assets benefit who and what matters most to you. In some states, depending on the circumstances, the absence of a will or trust at death can mean the government can claim ownership of your assets, according to Linhares. A will or trust also saves loved ones the added heartache and cost of probate proceedings. Preparing an estate plan can feel daunting, compli-
cated or expensive to many people, and unnecessary to others who feel they are either too young to create a will or don’t have sizable enough assets, according to FreeWill. FreeWill helps remove those obstacles by offering a secure, one-shop stop for the creation of legally binding wills and trusts. Other important estate-planning provisions such as an advanced healthcare directive, beneficiary designation and durable power of attorney can also be created and integrated at FreeWill. The archdiocese is one of more than 400 nonprofit organizations nationwide that have partnered with FreeWill because it has been so successful in helping donors make bequests, qualified charitable distributions and stock gifts. According to the website, individuals who create estate plans with FreeWill are five times more likely to leave a gift compared to the national average. Linhares emphasized the special importance of an estate plan for Catholics “because we are called to act as stewards of the church.” By recognizing a parish, school, ministry or the Archdiocese of San Francisco itself in FreeWill estate planning, you can invest in the future of the faith and make an impact for generations, Linhares said. “Creating a will is an excellent way to take stock of our blessings, protect those blessings, the people close to us, and provide you and your family with peace of mind, all while reflecting on God’s grace in our lives,” he said. Visit FreeWill.com/SFARCH
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Deacon Cameron Pollette, Deacon Nicholas Case to be ordained priests on June 19 CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Deacon Cameron Pollette
Born and raised in San Francisco, Cameron Pollette’s family was not Catholic. He and his mother would often visit houses of worship of different denominations, though, and his young imagination was captured by what he saw at the Catholic churches. “We’d go inside, and it was very mysterious, with these beautiful statues and stained glass,” he said. “Also, learning the church’s patrimony of art and music really captivated me and I fell in love.” Pollette’s interest in the church grew throughout middle and high school and his parents supported it. His father bought him a catechism, and he began attending nearby Star of the Sea Parish regularly. In his last undergraduate year at University of California Davis, he entered the church. Along with his conversion, he began to seriously consider becoming a priest. “I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to God in some way and was looking for something to do next,” he said. As a lector and extraordinary minister of holy Communion at Star of the Sea, and through conversations with former pastor Father Mark Mazza, Pollette became attracted to the idea of serving as a diocesan priest. He applied to St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park. With ordination only weeks away, Pollette said becoming a priest still inspires awe in him. “In the sense of understanding the greatness of the call, who’s going to be worthy of that?,” he said. “But my confidence comes from knowing that I’m responding to a call. I’m not trying to convince God to accept me as a priest. He called me.” A variety of devotions and spiritual practices have been crucial to Pollette during his discernment and seminary formation, as is having a spiritual director. He encouraged young people to keep in mind what God was calling them to do. “We always think about ‘what do I want
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Left, Deacon Pollette has been assigned to St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco after his ordination. Right, Deacon Nicholas Case will be assigned to St. Catherine of Siena Parish in San Mateo as associate pastor. He will also be priest-chaplain at Junipero Serra High School.
‘My confidence comes from knowing that I’m responding to a call. I’m not trying to convince God to accept me as a priest. He called me.’ DEACON CAMERON POLLETTE to do,’” he said. “I encourage all young people to be open to ‘where does God want me to be,’ and to have the courage to say yes and abandon themselves to that call.”
Deacon Nicholas Case
Deacon Nicholas Case told Catholic San Francisco that his conversion to Catholicism and ultimate decision to enter the priesthood was at first an intellectual one. “My intellectual conversion was spurred on by my studies of philosophy and theology, especially Augustine and Thomas Aquinas,” said Case, a Southern California native. “My spiritual conversion took longer.” It began in earnest, he said, during a Sunday Mass in New York City where he was working on a graduate degree.
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‘I found I had a passion for serving as a diocesan priest.” DEACON NICHOLAS CASE “Although I was not yet a believer, I remember looking around and being amazed by the reverence of those at Mass,” Case said. “They truly believed in the Real Presence. I remember thinking to myself, if what they believe is happening, is actually happening, this is the most important and beautiful thing on the face of the earth.”
He pondered the priesthood while studying and teaching in Berkeley, and solidified his call to diocesan priesthood while working as the director of religious education at St. Anselm Parish in Marin County. “I found I had a passion for serving as a diocesan priest,” he said. Nicholas Case recently completed his theological studies at North American College in Rome. It was an experience, he said, that offered many graces. One such grace, he said, was meeting seminarians and priests from all over the U.S. and the world. “It gave me a more universal perspective for our church and allowed me to see and hear about the unique challenges and opportunities for the church in other places in our country,” he said. In particular, Rome deepened Case’s connection to the saints and other great Christians through the centuries, who he said, “not only inspire me to live out my vocation but can become great partners in prayer.” “This was very spiritually rewarding as I was able to develop relationships with, and be inspired by, the saints and martyrs of our ancient faith,” he said. Case said he looks forward to preaching and teaching as a diocesan priest. “I look forward to working with a diverse group of people, listening to their own struggles and concerns, and ministering to them in their need,” he said.
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Catholic San Francisco’s longest longhauler looks back TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
When this remembrance is published, I will have ended my run as a chancery grunt. I’ve roamed the halls of the archdiocesan headquarters for the last 36 years, the first 15 or so at the “old chancery” at 16th and Church Streets and the last two decades or so at One Peter Yorke Way. A beloved mentor of mine before I came West was Fred Day, program director and air personality at a small radio station in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, where I had one of my first full-time jobs. Fred also sold commercial time to neighborhood businesses. He had quite the roster of clients and did all of his spots himself without a script. He would sit at the microphone and go on about each of the sponsors in 30- and 60-second announcements. My favorite were his spots for North Church & Candles Religious Gifts & Books PennGoods Pharmacy where he would envision the aisles of the store and extemporaneously promote the goods on the shelves including Russel Stover Candies and Aqua Velva aftershave. My aim in these words is to recall my history in the archdiocese during 5 locations in California Catholic San Francisco and other eras Your Local Store: and do as Fred did minus the cologne and sweets. 369 Grand Ave., S.San Francisco,650-583-5153 Catholic SanNear Francisco was birthed SF Airport - Exit 101 Frwy @ Grand 16 years after the retiring of The Monitor in 1983. During that 16 years, cotters@cotters.com (FILE PHOTO) www.cotters.com the chancery published a monthly Catholic San Francisco senior writer Tom Burke’s column, “On the Street Where you Live” was a reader favorite. Burke retired May 28 after 36 years magazine dropped at parish offices and with the Archdiocese of San Francisco. also for about five years distributed a before you is Catholic San Francisco, four-page leaflet, Sunday to Sunday, a new voice in the San Francisco Bay given to parishes to insert in parish Area. The newspaper takes its place bulletins. among the ranks of Catholic publicaCatholic San Francisco was first tions with the goal of serving Catholics published in 1999 and was a bold idea in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in a time when diocesan publications with faith and integrity.” throughout the U.S. were ceasing I will cherish my time with CSF espublication one after the other. In the pecially my almost 20 years of penning hands of then-communications direc“On the Street Where You Live,” a Page tor, Maury Healy, with the support of 2 staple until my bout with cancer in then-Archbishop William J. Levada, 2019. Please let me thank you again the newspaper went into its planning for your prayers during and after that by the archdiocese and advertising ness of our communion with Jesus stages. A team of professionals was time. I have been blessed as I move into revenues. It also accepted donations Christ.” put together to produce the paper, retirement with good health and truly and grants. In an editorial on Page 2 of CSF’s and clergy and other leadership were the wind at my back. For 22 years now, The vision of the newspaper was to consulted on distribution, content, and first issue, Feb. 12, 1999, the paper’s Catholic San Francisco has filled its have the broadest possible distribution mechanics were explained: “This cost. by being mailed to all registered house- first issue’s promises and it is hoped new publication is being mailed to At the start of planning for Catholic and intended that what follows in the holds. The newspaper was to be part of San Francisco, Archbishop Levada put all individuals, families and housecoming months and years will too. a communications effort by the archforth the paper’s purpose: “This action holds currently registered at parishes diocese that used “a variety of media within the archdiocese.” It goes on to is inspired by the call of Pope John Tom can be reached at tomburke331@ to reach our diverse community.” The say the newspaper will be delivered to Paul II for a greater understanding of gmail.com. editorial explained: “What you have registered parishioners and be funded our faith and a more intense aware-
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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone invited 40 students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption May 24 for a personal tour along with SFCM Humanities chair Nikolaus Hohmann.
Archbishop gives music conservatory students personal tour of cathedral CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
It’s likely that the more than three dozen students given a private tour of St. Mary’s Cathedral by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on May 24 left with a deeper appreciation of the cathedral celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. “Is that wood or metal?” a student of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music could be heard asking a classmate as they walked under the massive, mixed-media window that defines the entrance of the cathedral, the third in the city’s history and the first built after the Second Vatican Council. The window, the archbishop said before the group entered the cathedral for the morning tour, is a visual expression of the “universal call to holiness” for every person in whatever role they choose in life. It is one of the main tenets of Vatican II. The field trip from the conserva-
tory located just a few blocks from the cathedral was led by Nikolaus Hohmann, chairman of the conservatory’s humanities department. The doors of the church are more than a practical element, the archbishop told the students before they passed through them. “Christ speaks of himself as the door,” he said. “He is the door that opens up the encounter with God the Father.” Inside the cathedral the archbishop pointed out the cathedral’s many architectural and engineering marvels such as the weight of millions of pounds of reinforced concrete held up at only a few anchor points. “You’ve got to believe in God for safety reasons,” he said to laughter among the students. At the cathedral’s Guadalupe Shrine, the archbishop spoke to the students about his love of music and the importance of music as a vocation. “The world needs beauty and unity right now more than ever,” he said.
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INTRODUCING THE NEXT CHAPTER We are extremely excited to announce a shift in Catholic San Francisco’s communications offerings! Building on decades of great work, we will be launching new products and platforms in
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FO R C AT H O L I C SA N F R A N C I S CO Print and digital communications have changed rapidly over the past decade. So while our message is
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FIRST MAGAZINE HITS YOUR HOME IN SEPTEMBER! » Beautifully designed magazine delivered 6-8 times per year and accentuated with corresponding videos on our website. » Content that gives you a greater awareness of the amazing people and ministries across the archdiocese. » News will continue through a new website and digital newsletter allowing for real time breaking stories and weekly recaps. » Feature stories that inspire an appreciation for your faith and offer real assistance that improves your life in other ways.
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THE TRADITION CONTINUES: From The Monitor to new Catholic San Francisco Magazine FROM PAGE 1
legacies as the newspaper that continued the tradition of the gifted writers and editors who have contributed to Catholic media in the Archdiocese since the 19th century. Catholic San Francisco was created by all those who worked on it: the newspaper’s five editors, Maurice Healy, Dan Morris Young, Patrick Joyce, Jack Smith and Rick DelVecchio, their staff members and many thousands of faithful readers who contributed ideas and opinions for more than two decades.
A record of local Catholic life
The local church leaders who began the newspaper in 1999 understood its role in documenting local church history; the bishops and archbishops that helped define it, the people and events that shaped it, and the liturgical calendar around which all revolved. In the first issue of Catholic San Francisco published Feb. 12, 1999, the former editor of The Monitor, which closed in 1984 after 126 years as the newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, welcomed the return of a local Catholic newspaper. (The Monitor is available at sfarchdiocese.org/archives.) “No one vehicle provided an overview of Catholic life in the Archdiocese of San Francisco once The Monitor closed,” wrote Father John A. Penebsky, now deceased. In 1995, then-Archbishop William J. Levada, the seventh Archbishop of San Francisco championed the return of a newspaper for its ability to document “the pilgrim journey which is the story of our salvation.” “Our local church is chock full of stories which will appear on these pages each week in order to deepen the bonds which unite us as faithful believers in the Word made flesh,” said then-Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester, now Archbishop of Santa Fe, in the same inaugural issue. The 22 years of issues – 797 issues in total – available on the Catholic San Francisco archive at catholic-sf.org, is a time capsule of local Catholic life, preserved digitally as historical record. It represents a full generation of liturgical events, presbyteral ordinations, jubilees, school and parish anniversaries, remodels, fundraisers, chancery events, ministry work, religious community projects, obituaries and more, always aiming to capture the faithful hearts of the people involved. Tom Burke’s “On the Street Where You Live” column was a folksy page roundup of small stories that included wedding anniversaries, professional achievements of local Catholics, parish picnics and the like. In a 2017 reader survey, respondents rated Burke’s “Street” column, which began with the paper’s first issue in 1999, a favorite feature. Around the Archdiocese, a free-form photo page of unrelated snapshots proved equally popular. The photos sent in to staff by readers, sometimes grainy or blurry, nonetheless captured significant moments for local Catholics: a Knights of Columbus council fundraiser, school children returning to school in the fall, a religious community’s annual meeting and more.
News through a Catholic lens
As a newspaper, Catholic San Francisco’s editors covered news events – local, national, world and Vatican – through a Catholic lens.
(CNS PHOTO BY ENRICO RISANO, CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)
San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada (left) and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, address a press conference in Menlo Park, Feb. 12, 1999.
(CNS PHOTO/JACK SMITH, CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)
Auxiliary Bishops Ignatius Wang and John C. Wester of San Francisco, center, join the second annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco Jan. 21, 2006. “One of my tenets was to cover the news,” said Maury Healy, Catholic San Francisco first associate publisher appointed by Archbishop Levada. “And there is almost always a Catholic angle to it.” He named Dan Morris Young as managing editor of the weekly publication which was delivered by mail to the homes of registered parishioners. “I used to tell the archbishop that the newspaper was the ‘Catholic eye on the world, and the eye on the local Catholic Church,’” he said. Over 20 years, Catholic San Francisco covered the Catholic response to major news stories including the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the sexual abuse crisis in 2002 and 2003, the funeral of Pope John Paul II and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Philippine Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, California wildfires in 2017 and 2018, and the coronavirus epidemic in 2020. Catholic San Francisco covered and promoted the first Walk for Life West Coast, held Jan. 22, 2005. The Walk was condemned in advance by all of the city’s supervisors and Mayor Gavin Newsom, who declared “Stand Up for Choice Day” and held a counter demonstration. Smith wrote the story and photographed this Walk. Healy editorialized in the pages of Catholic San Francisco under the headline “Shame of San Francisco” writing, “Thanks to the repugnant rhetoric of city officials and the boorish behavior of several hundred pro-abortion activists, San Francisco went a long way on Jan. 22 to solidify its reputation as one of the most intolerant cities in the nation.” Healy’s editorializing was in the
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Archbishop George H. Niederauer waves to the crowd after his Feb. 15, 2006 installation as the eighth archbishop of San Francisco at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.
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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone visited Our Lady of the Visitacion School, San Francisco in 2014. He is shown here giving the children an ‘air hug.’
tradition of Father Peter Yorke, diocesan priest who was an editor of The Monitor in the 1890s and at the forefront of defending Catholic interests against the attacks of the American Protective Association. Father Yorke published a series of exposes on the APA, engaged in public debates and played a key role as a labor activist. In the Teamsters’ Strike of 1901, Yorke placed the Catholic Church of San Francisco firmly on the side of labor, making impassioned speeches to thousands of workers. He said, “As a priest, my duty is with the working people, who are struggling for their rights, because that is the historical position of the priesthood and because that is the Lord’s command.” Catholic San Francisco also documented the church’s role in standing up for immigrants, covering immigration and affordable housing issues, visiting the jails and leading prayer services for those killed on city streets. Healy said the biggest story the paper covered in 2010 was the explosion of a PG&E gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno. It killed eight people, including one Catholic school child and her mother. The cover photo for the Sept. 17 issue showed a group of St. Cecilia School students crying during a memorial for a classmate and her mother who perished.
Reputation for excellence
From its earliest days until its last, Catholic San Francisco editors and staff earned annual awards from the Catholic Press Association (now known as the Catholic Media Association). The membership organization
of Catholic media professionals from dioceses around the U.S. and Canada recognize excellence in an annual awards competition. In its 22-year run, Catholic San Francisco earned 76 separate (CMA) awards in its division and circulation category, highlighted by five general excellence awards including editor of the year for former editor Rick DelVecchio in 2018, and two for best newspaper.
What comes next?
Catholic San Francisco will continue to offer news updates in a Friday e-letter that will be sent to those who are already signed up for CSF’s digital newsletter as well as those who join at sfarch.org/signup. Social media channels of the Archdiocese and the website will also bring information. The new Catholic San Francisco magazine (profiled on pages 6-7), will be a pleasure to read and hold and combine local stories about ministries and people with timeless stories and resources for faith and life. A new adventure in communications begins – resting on a foundation of quality and commitment to proclaiming Jesus Christ that stretches from the first issue of The Monitor in 1858, and through two decades of Catholic San Francisco newspaper. The commitment to proclaim the Gospel which began with the life, death and resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ more than 2,000 years ago will continue. As the Bible reminds us, the Gospel must be proclaimed in season and out of season (2 Tim 4:2) in recognition that, regardless of the medium, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb 13:8).
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Acolyte ministry brings men one step further in serving the church NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Christopher Major’s road to the diaconate started with a simple statement after Mass one Sunday at his parish, St. Isabella in San Rafael. As everyone gathered after the liturgy ended, Deacon Jim Myers approached him and said, “I think you have what it takes to be an outstanding deacon.” “That was amazing, he saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself,” Major said. Major understood the seriousness of what becoming a deacon meant: not just a five-year commitment to formation, but a lifetime of service to the church, and through Holy Orders, “joining the apostolic tradition.” On May 14, Major and nine other men in their fourth year of the archdiocese’s diaconate program were instituted in the ministry of acolyte by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Becoming acolytes means the men will become “more closely bound to the service of the altar and commissioned as extraordinary ministers of holy Communion,” the archbishop said during the Mass. Acolytes assist the deacon and priest during liturgies, especially with preparing the altar during Mass. Along with Major, the other men instituted as acolytes were David Arms, James DeWan, Ricardo Escobar, Thomas Kramer, Christopher Mariano, Guillermo Quant, Mark Scafidi, Iwan Soegiharto and Russell Wertenberg. Addressing the men in the diaconate program, Archbishop Cordileone said, “As you progress through the different stages of formation toward diaconal ordination, and God willing for the rest of your life as you’re serving the church as a deacon, this is the one thing that does not change: the primacy of prayer, the primacy of keeping communion with the church to enhance your intimacy with the Lord.” Major began preparing for the diaconate program by attending daily Mass and joining a morning prayer group at his parish. “I was truly trying to do the things the archbishop talks about, being in prayer, the power of the rosary, the power of the Eucharist, and it starts to draw you closer,” Major said. In the formation classes, he learned more about Christ and how he could bring him to the world. Along the way, he also realized that in order to preach about grace and forgiveness from the pulpit, he needed to accept God’s forgiveness for his past, something he had struggled with. Major said that during his program he has become confident that “I can be this person with drive and spirit that hopefully brings people back into the church. My hope is to be that person that speaks strongly about the Eucharist and the presence of Christ.” The community in the diaconate program is important too, he said, as the men pursue their vocation together.
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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone stands with the men instituted as acolytes May 14, 2021 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. “Individually it strengthens you, but it also elevates your understanding of what love is and sacrifice is, because you’re doing it with other men.” Major said the diversity of the church is reflected in his ordination class, and the friendships in the group have allowed for frank discussions around race and racial justice. Their bond has also been a source of support amid personal tragedies, as men in the class have suffered the loss of close family. “We’re making a strong statement about how we should profess our faith and doing it with courage. It strengthens you in this walk, and I’m grateful for the leadership of the archbishop in this,” he said. Chris Mariano, archdiocese coordinator of youth and young adult ministries, said hearing his name called during the ceremony was a powerful confirmation that he was following his vocation. “I knew this was part of the call, it made me feel like we’re going in the right direction,” he said. Mariano said that growing up in South San Francisco’s St. Augustine Parish, “Holy orders were always in my mind.” St. Augustine’s deacons and their wives played a significant role in parish life and his religious formation, and at one point he had discerned a vocation to priesthood. After his marriage, he stayed interested in becoming a permanent deacon, but knew that it was a decision he and his wife needed to make jointly because of the commitment required. After discernment meetings and a meeting with Archbishop Cordileone, they decided to go forward with the application.
“It was definitely a process. Just as husband and wives are one flesh, we need in the diaconate to move together as a family,” he said. Mariano said the other men in his program have been powerful witnesses to Christian life and “how we live for the church and how we live for our families. “It’s really a communal experience. The brotherhood is real,” he said. Major said acolyte ministry is another step in preparing to live at the service of God’s people. The word deacon derives from a Greek word for a servant, and “Ultimately the deacon is a form of service. The essence is to go out and feed and help people, do whatever you can to go out to provide value to someone who doesn’t have it,” he said. That commitment to service led him to accept Archbishop Cordileone’s request to become the archdiocese’s coordinator of African American ministry and find a role for himself in promoting racial unity, whether through an after school chess program or with the archdiocese’s listening sessions on racism. “All of us are called to go out there in different environments and try to reshape the intellect or reason of others. Once you make that connection, then you can open up the Bible or reason of faith. We want to be really uplifting examples of faith, so people start to turn their ears to the voices that truly matter,” he said. The planned date for ordination of his class to the permanent diaconate is May 28, 2022.
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On Jan. 24, 2019, Augusto César Noguera, Damaris Berrios and their 11-year-old son Augusto José Noguera Berrios left their home in the dark of night without saying goodbye to loved ones, and boarded a flight from Nicaragua’s Managua International Airport to San Francisco. The young Catholic family told San Francisco Católico they fled their home country fearing for their lives after religious and political persecution there put their lives “on the path of the dead.” They found refuge in the home of Noguera’s sister, and became members of the Mission District’s St. Peter Parish community. ”The first days (displaced) were very difficult,” Noguera said with a broken voice. “We left professions and a whole life.” Berrios also spoke of her son’s pain at leaving behind his friends. The Noguera Barrios family were among 8.5 million people worldwide who fled violence in their countries in 2019, according to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. The Noguera Berrios family now wait with hope for immigration authorities to approve their asylum petition. Before they fled their homeland, Noguera and Berrios had both worked for 15 years as professors at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, (UNAN). They had a stable social and economic life as a middleclass family. Their Catholic faith was at the center of their lives. Before work each morning, husband and wife went together to Mass at Jesus of the Divine Mercy Church, located a block off campus. They also served together as volunteer coordinators of a lay ministry. Augusto José was an altar boy. But their commitment to the Catholic values of justice, peace and respect for human life, would ultimately put their lives at risk. A year earlier in 2018, violence broke out in Nicaragua when university students began protesting the
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Augusto Cesar Noguera, Damaris Berrios and their son Augusto Jose are pictured at St. Peter Parish in San Francisco May 22 more than two years after fleeing their home country of Nicaragua. The family faced death threats for condemning government policies and tactics that conflicted with their Catholic values. government’s decision to increase Social Security taxes. Many working people considered the decision an unreasonable burden and unjust for the most vulnerable. Classes were suspended May 8 at the UNAN campus when students continued to protest the policies of President Daniel Ortega. On July 13, armed paramilitary groups moved in to remove the protesters from campus in a confrontation that left many dead or injured. Similar confrontations were happening across the land. The parish priest of Jesus of the Divine Marcy church near campus pulled more than a hundred students away from the violence and took them
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repudiated the actions of the government. The pair were branded as traitors and the threats against them began. Berrios said that aligning themselves with the government would have certainly made it easier to continue with their work and lives there. But they reasoned it would have been inconsistent with their Catholic values. Some of threats came from their own university colleagues or superiors, Noguera said. One day in the corridors of the university, an allied government official threatened him: “We will continue to tear skin, blood will continue to be shed, and you are on the list,” the man said. Another co-worker told Noguera that he was named at a meeting of professors and government leaders as a “traitor to the government and a follower of the bishops.” Noguera participated in a massive pilgrimage called by the bishops of Managua in the name of peace and justice. The government called the bishops, “coup bishops.” Noguera was implicated and told to, “watch out because we are following you and we know every one of your movements.” It became clear with time that the family members were destined to become one of the many other deaths and “disappearances” in Nicaragua since the clash began. Augusto José witnessed a group of paramilitaries come to his school and remove a teacher for having participated in the demonstrations. The Noguera Berrios family made their secret plan to leave. It has been two years since the family arrived in San Francisco and secured their safety. But this year holds great potential for more unrest and violence in Nicaragua with the presidential election upcoming in November 7. Bishop Carlos Ávila, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Managua, expressed the church’s concern about the government’s behavior in the face of the elections. Monsignor Avila said, “the government is mocking the elections,” according to Catholic News Service (CNS).
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Clergy Assignments On behalf of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and with appreciation to the Priest Personnel Board, Father Andrew Spyrow, vicar for clergy, announced the following clergy appointments on May 15, 2021. Appointments are effective July 1, 2021 except as otherwise noted.
Ordinations to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, June 19, 2021, St. Mary’s Cathedral:
Rev. Mr. Nicholas S. Case; Rev. Mr. Cameron R. Pollette (See first assignments under parochial vicar heading)
Pastors:
Father Michael D. Liliedahl, St. Stephen Parish, San Francisco; Father Miguel A. Ruiz, SVD St. Kevin Parish, San Francisco; Father Tony S. Vallecillo, Our Lady of Loretto Parish, Novato
Administrators:
Father Andrew C. Ibegbulem, OSA, Cluster, St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish with All Hallows Chapel, San Francisco; Father Kevin Kennedy, St. Monica-St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, San Francisco, continuing as pastor of Our Lady of Fatima, San Francisco; Father Alner U. Nambatac, St. Luke Parish, Foster City, continuing as pastor of St. Timothy Parish, where he will reside; Father Raymond D. Tyohemba, VC, St. Finn Barr Parish, San Francisco, effective April 15, 2021, continuing as part-time chaplain, UCSF, Mission Bay, also continuing as part-time chaplain, Laguna Honda Hospital; Father Richard H. Van de Water, St. Thomas More Parish, San Francisco
Pastors appointed for second term:
Father Arturo L. Albano, St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco; Father Agnel J. De Heredia, St. John the Evangelist Parish, San Francisco; Father Francis M. P. Garbo, Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco; Father Felix B. Lim, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Novato; Father Alner U. Nambatac, St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo (see additional responsibility as part of the new Cluster, St. Timothy Parish and St. Luke Parish, announced above, under administrators; Father W. Paul O’Dell, St. Denis Parish, Menlo Park, with Our Lady of the Wayside Chapel
Parochial vicars:
Father Christian N. Anyanwu, Church of the Nativity Parish, Menlo Park; Father Jorge E. Arias-Salazar, St. Pius Parish, Redwood City, part-
time, with residence at St. Pius Parish, continuing part-time as parochial vicar at St. Matthew Parish; [Transitional Deacon] Nicholas S. Case, St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Burlingame, part-time; Junipero Serra High School San Mateo, part-time; Father Stephen Idoko, VC, St. Vincent de Paul Parish, San Francisco; Father Maurice C. Igboerika, St. Pius Parish, Redwood City; Reverend Manuel D. Igrobay, Cluster, St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo, and St. Luke Parish, Foster City, with residence at St. Timothy Parish; Father Vincent M. Kelber, OP, St. Dominic Parish, San Francisco, effective June 20, 2021; continuing as Prior; Father Anthony P. LaTorre, St. Monica-St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, San Francisco, with residence at St. Thomas the Apostle rectory; Father A. Roy E. Remo, Cluster, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, both in San Francisco, with residence at All Hallows Chapel; [Transitional Deacon] Cameron R. Pollette St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco; Father Edgardo A. Rodriguez, Holy Angels Parish, Colma; Father Mark V. Taheny, Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, Half Moon Bay; [Transitional Deacon] John Winkowitsch, OP, St. Raymond Parish, Menlo Park, effective June 5, 2021
Special assignments:
Father Cameron M. Faller, chaplain, Newman Club, San Francisco State, continuing as vocations director, with residence at St. Stephen Parish; Father Armando J. Gutierrez, part-time, priestsecretary to the archbishop, part-time faculty, St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, Menlo Park, with residence at St. Peter Parish, San Francisco; Father Michael J. Quinn, part-time chaplain, Archbishop Riordan High School, continuing as pastor of St. Brendan Parish
Retiring:
Father Wade E. Bjerke, living independently within the boundaries of the Diocese of Fresno; Father Shouraiah Pudota, living at St. Bruno Parish, San Bruno and in India; Father John J. Sakowski, living independently in Santa Clara, within the boundaries of the Diocese of San Jose
Residence changes:
Father Edward A. Bohnert, The Trousdale, Burlingame, effective May 20, 2021; Father Andrew P. Spyrow, St. Monica-St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, San Francisco, continuing as vicar for clergy; Bishop Daniel F. Walsh, St. Anne’s Home, San Francisco, effective April 15, 2021
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Sabbatical:
Father Marvin P. Felipe, effective July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
Granted leave:
Reverend Mr. Francis Coyne, release from assignment, effective May 1, 2021
Religious Orders and Institutions-announcements:
Father Adrian Chikwamo, SJ, St. Ignatius Jesuit Community, graduate work at California Institute of Integral Studies, effective Feb. 17, 2021; Father Joseph S. Dederick, OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Capuchin Western America Province, with residence at St. Francis of Assisi Friary, effective April 5, 2021; Father Edward G. Maristany, Opus Dei, Menlough Study Center, Menlo Park, effective April 26, 2021; Father Mario Olea, SVD, in residence, All Souls Parish, South San Francisco; Father Victor Taglianetti, OFM Cap., vocations director, Capuchin Western America Province, with residence at St. Francis of Assisi Friary, Burlingame, effective May 11, 2021; Father Melchor “Mel” Trinidad, SDB Provincial, Salesians of John Bosco, with residence at the Salesian Provincial House, San Francisco, effective April 3, 2021; Reverend Br. John Winkowitsch, OP, ordination to the priesthood, June 5, 2021
Remaining outside the U.S. at this time due to COVID restrictions:
Father Christian N. Anyanwu (Nigeria); Father Stephen Idoko (Nigeria); Father Fredereck S. del Carmen, FFI, (The Philippines); Father Ephrem R. Tillya (Tanzania); Father Chinonso Okoroichi (Spain, Nigeria)
Departures from the archdiocese:
Father Michael R. Carey, OP, reassigned to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Father Francis T. Htun, returning to Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar; Msgr. James A. Kelly, Opus Dei, reassigned to Berkeley in the Diocese of Oakland, effective April 26, 2021; Father Jeong Gon Kim, returned to the Diocese of Suwon, South Korea, effective Nov. 22, 2020; Father Isaiah M. Molano, OP, reassigned to St. Dominic Parish, Eagle Rock, in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Father Henryk A. Noga, moving to ministry in the Diocese of Oakland; Father Loreto B. Rojas, returning to the Diocese of Sacramento; Father Tadeusz Rusnak SCh, returned to The Society of Christ, effective September 30, 2020; Father Peterson O. Tieng, LRMS, returned to the Philippines, January 31, 2021
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A parish prays for shooting victims
Father Matthew Link, pastor of Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco, led a Mass and prayer service May 30 for the nine victims of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workplace shooting May 26 in San Jose. Pictured on votive candles are the names and faces of each victim: Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63; Lars Kepler Lane, 63; Alex Ward Fritch, 49.
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San Rafael Dominicans celebrate jubilarians 60 YEARS
The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael will be streaming their 2021 Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration July 24 at 10 a.m. in San Rafael, celebrating nine 2021 jubilarians, and two sisters whose jubilees fell in 2020 during the pandemic’s tightest restrictions. 2021 JUBILARIANS
70 YEARS Sister Karen Marie Franks, OP
Sister Patricia Bruno, OP Sister Katherine Hamilton, OP Sister Raya Hanlon, OP Sister Francine McCarthy, OP Sister Diane Smith, OP Sister Aaron Winkelman, OP Sister Karen Marie Franks, OP
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Sister Judy Lu McDonnell, OP Sister Gervaise Valpey, OP
Sister Susannah Malarkey, OP
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25 YEARS
Sister Patricia Farrell, OP
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Mercy Sister celebrates 60 year jubilee Sister Deborah Watson, RSM, graduated from Mercy High School Burlingame and entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1961. After 17 years in elementary education and parish religious education at parishes including St. Gabriel, Holy Name and St. Stephen in San Francisco, St. Gregory in San Mateo as well as in Southern California, she was missioned by the Sisters of Mercy Sister Deborah and her St. Gregory’s parish Watson, RSM community to the Mercy Mission in the Altiplano of Perú. She continues to serve within the Latin American and Caribbean region of the Sisters of Mercy and resides in Argentina.
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Crisis in Mozambique Leads Catholics There to Establish Outreaches to Help Orphans The Association Cross Mozambique (ACM), a ministry to orphans and founded by Doroteia Balane and a group of other dedicated Catholic women, has become a lifeline to boys and girls victimized by poverty and the blight of the African AIDS crisis. (See story opposite page.) From the time ACM first began ministering to the thousands of orphans and vulnerable children who live in the Maputo and Namaacha areas, its goal has always been ambitious. Rather than simply ensuring those boys and girls survive day by day, the Catholic ministry has worked to ensure each child is treated with unconditional compassion and is given the opportunity to reach his or her full potential. “What ACM does is incredible. They have become a lifeline to orphans and vulnerable children age 6 to 17 — kids who are at an extremely vulnerable point in their lives — and they have given those children a real chance at a better future,” explained James Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach, a major international Catholic ministry helping ACM with its programs. “When our ministry decided to make helping Africa’s AIDS orphans a priority, we sought out programs like this one and have been doing everything we can to support them. That is the best way to address the AIDS orphan crisis in Mozambique — by empowering the local leaders already doing great things in the country.” Doroteia, the founder of ACM, certainly lives up to Cavnar’s positive impression of her. She has made incredible sacrifices to help the orphans in Mozambique and continues to look for new ways to
reach those children in greatest need. “I am so happy because I am doing a job I like, looking after people who are suffering and helping the children who need a mother,” she said. “Always I am asking for God to give me a long life in order to use me to help people in need.” To lift up destitute children and restore their hope, Doroteia and ACM take a holistic approach. Not only do they meet each child’s physical needs by supplying food, educational opportunities and preventive health care, but they also bless them spiritually through Bible study and prayer. ACM starts its process by identifying those orphans and vulnerable children with the greatest needs. It then determines what services will best help each of them to prosper and grow. Once these boys and girls are enrolled in the program, a volunteer also makes weekly home visits to ensure the material and spiritual requirements of the children are being met. In situations where the orphaned child is living with an overwhelmed extended family member or a sick parent, Doroteia and her team provide assistance and spiritual support to the entire family. By strengthening these families, Doroteia believes she can best fulfill the calling God has given her: to love others with the same compassion Christ has shown her. “In addition to mobilizing Catholics in America to help Doroteia serve orphans, Cross Catholic Outreach wants to assist ACM with a special program it has developed to educate girls — a particularly vulnerable group in the country,” Cavnar said. That particular project provides special boarding homes for at-risk
As it developed its outreaches to help orphans and vulnerable children in Mozambique, ACM discovered a special need among girls. Many were not being educated properly. girls who are struggling with a wide range of life issues. “Sadly, Mozambique’s orphan problem is complicated by gender inequity. When these children are taken in by extended family members, the boys are frequently sent to school, while girls are left to do domestic work at home. As a result, more than half of Mozambique’s young girls can’t read or write,” he explained. The Association Cross Mozambique solves this problem by providing at-risk girls in Maputo — the most populous city in Mozambique — with a quality Catholic education. These girls are given the opportunity to attend St. Joseph Institute, a Catholic boarding school run by the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters in Inhambane on Mozambique’s southern coast. “While living at the institute’s boarding facilities, the girls can learn and mature in a safe environment.
And in addition to receiving a quality education, they are also blessed with nutritious meals, practical job skill training, mentoring from the sisters and spiritual formation,” Cavnar explained. “As the girls grow up and eventually move out on their own, they will be equipped to get good jobs and raise families who love and serve the Lord.” Readers interested in supporting Cross Catholic Outreach food programs and other outreaches to the poor can contribute through the ministry brochure inserted in this issue or send tax-deductible gifts to: Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC01682, PO Box 97168, Washington DC 20090-7168. The ministry has a special need for partners willing to make gifts on a monthly basis. Use the inserted brochure to become a Mission Partner or write Monthly Mission Partner on mailed checks to be contacted about setting up those arrangements.
Cross Catholic Outreach Endorsed by More Than 100 Bishops, Archbishops Cross Catholic Outreach’s range of relief work to help the poor overseas continues to be recognized by a growing number of Catholic leaders in the U.S. and abroad. “We’ve received more than 100 endorsements from bishops and archbishops,” explained James Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach. “They’re moved by the fact that we’ve launched outreaches in almost 40 countries and have undertaken a variety of projects — everything from feeding the hungry and housing the
homeless to supplying safe water and supporting educational opportunities for the poorest of the poor. The bishops have also been impressed by Cross Catholic Outreach’s direct and meaningful responses to emergency situations, most recently by providing food, medicines and other resources to partners in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala impacted by natural disasters.” Bishop Ronald W. Gainer of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, supports this mission. He writes, “What a joy it is to
be part of the Lord’s redemptive work and to manifest his mercy on earth by caring for our neighbors in need.” In addition to praising CCO’s accomplishments, many of the bishops and archbishops are encouraged that pontifical canonical status was conferred on the charity in September 2015, granting it approval as an official Catholic organization. This allows CCO to participate in the mission of the Church and to give a concrete witness to Gospel charity, in collaboration with the Holy Father.
“Your work with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development is a strong endorsement of your partnership with the work of the Universal Church,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said. “By providing hope to the faithful overseas by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, delivering medical relief to the sick and shelter to the homeless, and through self-help projects, you are embodying the papal encyclical Deus Caritas Est.
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ABOVE: Seeing an urgent need, Doroteia Balane stepped forward, founding a Catholic mission to help orphans in need. BELOW: A little boy collects a food package Doroteia’s ministry provides to families sheltering orphans in their homes.
properly address the country’s needs. To address this problem, Doroteia founded a Catholic mission called Association Cross Mozambique and she now has a full staff dedicated to serving children in need. Her mission also distributes food and has developed a special program to educate young girls who are often given fewer opportunities than boys. As someone who has grown up in Mozambique and worked among orphans for years, she is extremely
effective in her mission and has already helped transform hundreds of lives. “That is why local Church missions run by Catholic women like Doroteia are so important in Mozambique right now — and why we should be doing everything we can to support them,” Cavnar said. “They know these communities intimately and have developed wise plans to help. All they lack are resources. That is what limits the scope of their work. When we come alongside them, empowering them and supporting them financially, we can increase their impact in the community and make a huge difference in hundreds of children’s lives.” Right now, supplying food to
Doroteia’s programs and supporting her efforts with young orphaned girls (see story on opposite page) are two of Cross Catholic Outreach’s priorities, and they are encouraging American Catholics to help them fund these important initiatives. “When Doroteia Balane saw an extreme need in Mozambique, she didn’t turn away from it, expecting someone else to address the problem. She stepped into the challenge and found solutions, sacrificing her own time and resources to help these children,” Cavnar said. “Now it is our turn to step forward and get involved, and we can do that by empowering her with the funding and resources she needs for her mission.”
How to Help To fund Cross Catholic Outreach’s effort to help the poor worldwide, use the postage-paid brochure inserted in this newspaper or mail your gift to Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC01682, PO Box 97168, Washington DC 200907168. The brochure also includes instructions on becoming a Mission Partner and making a regular monthly donation to this cause. If you identify an aid project, 100% of the donation will be restricted to be used for that specific project. However, if more is raised for the project than needed, funds will be redirected to other urgent needs in the ministry.
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SUNDAY READINGS
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time JOB 38:1, 8-11 The Lord addressed Job out of the storm and said: Who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb; when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands? When I set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door and said: Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled! PSALM 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31 Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting. They who sailed the sea in ships, trading on the deep waters, these saw the works of the LORD and his wonders in the abyss. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting. His command raised up a storm wind which tossed its waves on high. They mounted up to heaven; they sank to the depths; their hearts melted away in their plight. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.
They cried to the Lord in their distress; from their straits he rescued them, He hushed the storm to a gentle breeze, and the billows of the sea were stilled. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting. They rejoiced that they were calmed, and he brought them to their desired haven. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness and his wondrous deeds to the children of men. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-17 Brothers and sisters: The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him
so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. MARK 4:35-41 On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” They were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”
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of Jesus calming a storm was an anchor for enduring many subsequent storms – persecution, theological debates over what Jesus meant, schisms and heresies, linguistic and inter-cultural conflicts It’s a story of consolation and conversion. By the time the evangelists wrote the gospels, the faith community was storm-experienced. Kamala Harris, Vice-President of the U.S., became the first woman in 175 years of the Naval Academy to give the commencement address on May 28. The graduates are experts in what happens at sea. She said, “If we weren’t clear before, we now know: The world is interconnected. Our world is interdependent. And our world is fragile.” She speaks from a consciousness that underscores the political, military and environmental reality. Storms in one place are no longer isolated or discrete. War in Afghanistan affects the entire middle east. Correlatively, we recognize that peace in the heavens affects peace on the earth. Violence against the earth provokes wars in the heavens against the earth. We look at tables of average earth temperatures rising to record-setting heat waves. We get reports of literal storms of climate change – unseasonal hurricanes, tornados, rising seas. There are dried-up lakes, droughts, once verdant farmland desiccated, and insect infestation of millions of once-hardy trees. Fires to clear the Amazon rain forest for agriculture disturb cloud cover and formerly predictable seasons of rain. A mysterious interrelation of wind, water, cloud, sun, fields and forests causes destructive floods in one region, and parching drought in another. So “Quiet! Be still!” is a command to reflect,
stop jabbering about self-interest, blaming others for inaction, and focusing narrowly on threats to the survival of our own companions and our own boat’s safety. What about the rest of the people on the lake, besides those in our own boat? “And other boats were with him.” Do something about the storms that involve not only impersonal forces of wind and water. We hear a command to us, not just to wind and water. Stop making war with each other, and war upon the planet. “Let us cross to the other side,” says Jesus. The other side is a universe away from how we used to think. But what do we expect of ourselves and what of God? In the storm, do we rely on a magical view of God, the omnipotent one, who will amaze and deliver us from danger and restore the conditions in which we feel undisturbed? Do we expect that our desperation will drive God to prove his power over nature, to minimize our misakes, to brush aside our stupidities? Or in the storm do we understand our responsibilities as co-creators with God? If God created the heavens and the earth, what power do we have as co-creators with the divine! We now take responsibility for generating storms and our essential role, together with God, to bring about harmony between heavens and earth, sea and sky, wind and waves. “Quiet! Be still!” is a counsel to us as a human community. We hear Jesus today urging us to move out of our old patterns of thinking. “Let us cross to the other side.”
MONDAY, JUNE 21: Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, confessor. Gn 12:1-9. PS 33:12-13, 18-19, 20 and 22. Heb 4:12. Mt 7:1-5.
in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, priest. Gn 18:1-15. Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50 and 53, 54-55. Mt 8:17. Mt 8:5-17.
Serra, priest. Gn 22:1b-19. PS 115:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9. 2 Cor 5:19. Mt 9:1-8.
TUESDAY, JUNE 22: Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Paulinus of Nola, bishop and confessor. Optional Memorial of Sts. John Fisher, bishop and martyr and Thomas More, martyr. Gn 13:2, 5-18. PS 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5. Jn 8:12. Mt 7:6, 12-14.
SUNDAY, JUNE 27: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24. PS 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13. 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15. Cf. 2 Tm 1:10. Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43.
f you go on pilgrimage “In the Footsteps of Jesus” to Israel, one event you can expect is the day the tour guide takes you onto the Sea of Galilee – actually a lake of fresh water. The boat stops and the guide suggests this could be the very location where Jesus stilled the storm. Someone reads the gospel for this Sunday – or its versions in Matthew or Luke. What gets remembered is the calm after the storm. That’s the comfort, not being in a storm – remembering the disciples got freed from anxiety. Storms are more than bouts of nasty weather. We find ourselves caught in them all the time – emotional, marital, ethical, politiSISTER ELOISE cal. There’s gun violence, ROSENBLATT, RSM debates over alternative facts about the January 6 storming of the Capitol, rockets firing into civilian neighborhoods, with jet planes bombing back, democratic-minded residents of Hong Kong fleeing Chinese government oppression, the immigration crisis at the MexicanU.S. border, and family stand-offs over who gets how much inheritance from a deceased parent. We are coming out of an awful health storm just now – COVID. For the early Christian communities, the memory
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LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23: Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. Gn 15:1-12, 17-18. PS 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9. Jn 15:4a, 5b. Mt 7:15-20. THURSDAY, JUNE 24: Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist Vigil. Jer 1:4-10. PS 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab and 17. 1 Pt 1:8-12. See Jn 1:7; Lk 1:17. Lk 1:5-17. FRIDAY, JUNE 25: Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22. PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5. Mt 8:17. Mt 8:1-4. SATURDAY, JUNE 26: Saturday of the Twelfth Week
MONDAY, JUNE 28: Memorial of St. Irenaeus, bishop and martyr. Gn 18:16-33. PS 103:1b-2, 3-4, 8-9, 10-11. Ps 95:8. Mt 8:18-22. TUESDAY, JUNE 29: Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles Vigil. Acts 3:1-10. PS 19:2-3, 4-5. Gal 1:11-20. Jn 21:17. Jn 21:15-19. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30: Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. Gn 21:5, 8-20a. PS 34:7-8, 10-11, 12-13. Jas 1:18. Mt 8:28-34. THURSDAY, JULY 1: Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of Saint Junipero
FRIDAY, JULY 2: Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67. PS 106:1b-2, 3-4a, 4b-5. Mt 11:28. Mt 9:9-13. SATURDAY, JULY 3: Feast of St. Thomas, apostle. Eph 2:19-22. PS 117:1bc, 2. Jn 20:29. Jn 20:24-29. SUNDAY, JULY 4: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Ez 2:2-5. PS 123:1-2, 2, 3-4. 2 Cor 12:7-10. Cf. Lk 4:18. Mk 6:1-6. MONDAY, JULY 5: Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Zaccaria, priest; St. Elizabeth of Portugal. Gn 28:10-22a. PS 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15ab. See 2 Tm 1:10. Mt 9:18-26. TUESDAY, JULY 6: Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr. Gn 32:23-33. PS 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b and 15. Jn 10:14. Mt 9:32-38.
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Rich kids growing up without money or understanding
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loria Steinem once confessed that, while never having been overweight, she has always been concerned about her weight because the genes she inherited from her parents predisposed her in that direction. So, she says, “I think of myself as a fat woman who is slim at the moment.” Her comment helped me to understand something I misunderstood years before in a classroom. Early on in my seminary studies, taking a course on the sociology of poverty, I was struggling to accept our professor’s explanation as to why poverty isn’t always the consequence of FATHER RON personal failure, but is often the ROLHEISER product of unchosen circumstances, accidents, and misfortune. Many of us in the class weren’t buying it, and this was our logic. Most of us had come from very humble economic backgrounds and believed that we had pulled ourselves up by our own bootstraps. Why couldn’t everyone else do the same? So we protested: We grew up poor. We didn’t have any money. We didn’t get free school lunches. We had to work to pay for our clothes and books. Our parents never took any handouts. Nobody helped them – they took care of themselves. So have we, their kids. We resent those who are getting things for nothing. Nothing came to us free! We’ve earned what we have. Our professor answered by telling us that this is precisely why we needed a course on the sociology of poverty. He wasn’t buying the notion that we had grown
up poor and had earned things by our own hard work. Then, this surprising phrase: “None of you were poor as kids; you were rich kids who grew up without money; and where you are today isn’t just the result of your own hard work, it’s also the result of a lot of good fortune.” It took me years (and Gloria Steinem’s comment) to understand he was right. I was a rich kid who grew up in a family without money. Moreover, so much of what I naively believed that I’d earned by my own hard work was in fact very much the product of good fortune. I doubt our society understands that. A number of popular clichés have us believe that one’s background should never be an excuse for not being a success in this world, that success is open equally to everyone. We’ve all inhaled the clichés. Any poor kid can grow up to be president of this country! Any poor kid can go to Harvard! Anybody industrious can make a success of his or her life! There’s no excuse for any healthy person not having a job! Is this true? Partially, yes; kids from poor economic backgrounds have become president, thousands of poor kids have found entrance into the best universities, countless kids who grew up poor have been highly successful in life, and people who are motivated and not lazy generally do make a success of their lives. However, that’s far from the whole story. What really makes for the separation of rich and poor in our world? Is everyone really on equal footing? Is it really virtue that makes for success and lack of it that makes for failure? In a best-selling book, “Elderhood,” Louise Aronson, makes this comment about her mother and Queen Elizabeth, both who aged wonderfully and gracefully: “They both were born into privilege: white, citizens of developed countries, wealthy and educated. Both were gifted with great genetic DNA, and both had
the good fortune of not ever having been assaulted, abused, felled by cancer, or in a debilitating car accident. … These advantages are not a matter of character. Indeed, willpower and capacity for wise decisions are often byproducts of fortunate lives.” Success isn’t predicated only on personal character, hard work, and dedication. Neither is failure necessarily the result of weakness, laziness, and lack of effort. We aren’t all born equal, set equally into the same starting blocks, have equally gifted or abusive childhoods, are allotted equally the same opportunities for education and growth, and then are parceled out equally the same measure of accidents, illness, and tragedy in life. However, it’s because we naively believe that fortune is allotted equally to all that we glibly (and cruelly) divide people into winners and losers, judge harshly those we deem losers, blame them for their misfortunes, and congratulate ourselves on what we have achieved, as if all the credit for our success can be attributed to our own virtue. Conversely, we see those who are poor as having only themselves to blame. Why can’t they pull themselves up by their bootstraps? We did! But … some of us have genes that predispose us to become fat, some of us are rich kids who grow up without money, and willpower and capacity for wise decisions are often the products of a fortunate life rather than a matter of character. Recognizing that can make us less cruel in our judgments and far less smug in our own successes. OBLATE FATHER RON ROLHEISER is former president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas where he is now a full-time faculty member in the school’s Spirituality Institute.
Finding God in the wilderness
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he sense of place and pull to the wild that inspired Nick Ripatrozone’s new book are tucked in his very name. The rip-roaring surname is the name of a mountain town in central Italy, which the 40-year-old writer has visited. Like his ancestors, Nick is drawn to the mountains, living with his wife and 8-year-old twins in Andover Township, New Jersey, in a colonial house on the edge of woods that have captured their imagination. It’s part of Bobcat Alley, a forested region with a distinct feel from urban New Jersey and a high incidence of CHRISTINA bobcats. (He’s got the wildlife CAPECCHI cameras to prove it.) Paying attention – to their comings and goings, to the shifting seasons, to the winding brook – is crucial to Nick’s craft and creed, as a writer and as a Catholic. “The wild reminds us to be in awe of things beyond ourselves,” said Nick, a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Sparta, New Jersey. “It gives us the opportunity to renew ourselves. It’s been a real influence for me as a writer and as a person of faith.” Nature softens the information age that constantly churns out notifications, headlines and soundbites, he said. “It’s not something that responds to the mi-
nutiae of daily anger or outrage that happens in the world. It transcends us.” Nick is grateful his daughters have a love of nature, fostered by their daily “pilgrimage” to what they call “the magic tree” in their backyard. Their desire to be in the woods together, as a family, warms his heart and offers the hope that it will remain as adolescence nears. The wilderness is a powerful antidote to social media and the endless pursuit of “likes.” Nick understands this well, as a high-school English teacher. His students describe their Instagram and TikTok habits as “almost an existential battle,” he said. “One of the dangers of what we’re experiencing now is that our visual frame of reference is defined by the screen we’re looking at and becomes very, very narrow. We’ve become convinced that that’s where our attention should be, and it’s such a small and insignificant part of existence. When you go outside, the scope expands tremendously, along with all the layers and depth.” That expansion is a timeless phenomenon. Nick realized many of his favorite writers were inspired by the wild – great minds with varying styles and backgrounds. “What does that say about the wild as a place of storytelling and creativity?” he wondered. The answer is in his book “Wild Belief,” a new release from Broadleaf Books. It illuminates the impact of nature on Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Merton, Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver, among others. The book began with copious research in 2019, when Nick pored over microfilm in the library for
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Harris’ Central America trip addresses church concerns RHINA GUIDOS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON – During her first foreign trip to Latin America as U.S. vice president June 7 and 8, Kamala Harris took on a topic that has long been on the mind of the Catholic Church in the Americas: alleviating the problems that force Central Americans, in particular, to leave their homelands and take part in a perilous journey north. “We still maintain that the main reason for migration, for this exodus of migrants toward the United States that passes through Mexico, is poverty,” said Guatemalan Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini. He addressed a group of bishops June 2, via Zoom, gathered outside Chicago, along with leaders of prominent Catholic organizations from the U.S., Central America and Mexico, days before the vice president’s visit. Cardinal Ramazzini, who has seen the good and bad effects of migration on both sides of the border, emphasized the urgency of addressing corruption and an economic system rooted in greed that doesn’t allow the poor – seeking better wages, housing and education– any other option but to leave. “The topic of corruption continues to worry us tremendously,” Cardinal Ramazzini said to brother bishops gathered at Mundelein Seminary. “You’ve heard it from Pope Francis’ point of view: It is like leprosy, a cancer that destroys the social fabric of civil society.”
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A woman from Honduras prays after crossing the Rio Grande into Roma, Texas, June 10, 2021.
Though there had been talks about Catholic Church officials in Guatemala meeting with Harris to express their concerns during her June 7 stop in Guatemala City, the vice president concentrated her time on listening to government officials and entrepreneurs. Walking a political tightrope by appearing with two presidents who have publicly criticized U.S. efforts to fight corruption in the region, Harris announced, nonetheless, that a new U.S. anti-corruption task force in the region is in the works.
“If we are truly to have a fight for democracies, especially in a world where they are increasingly under attack, one central agreement must be to fight corruption,” Harris said during a news conference announcing the task force just feet from Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei June 7. Giammattei recently criticized the top lawyer for his country’s office of the Special Prosecutor Against Impunity, saying he was “biased.” Making structural changes in the relationship among the governments of the U.S., Mexico and the nations of Central America is important, said Cardinal Ramazzini, but he admitted that it comes during a trying political time for Central America. The Nicaraguan government, ruled by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, has been detaining opposition candidates, incarcerating any competition that would pose a threat to him in the country’s upcoming presidential elections in November. In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele – who got rid of any checks to his power by firing five Supreme Court justices and an attorney general who had opposed him when his party took over legislative power in May – has openly displayed contempt for the U.S. “We have to take into account the dictatorial attitude of the gentleman in Nicaragua ... and another negative aspect, the attitude Mr. Bukele has adopted,” when it comes to countries collaborating on joint economic initiatives for the region that can help stem migration, said Cardinal Ramazzini.
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SENSE OF HOPE IS REQUIRED FOR CATHOLIC JOURNALISTS, ARCHBISHOP LORI SAYS
BALTIMORE – Seeing the signs of the times through the lens of wisdom and hope is not only a professional requirement for Catholic journalists, but also a deeply personal matter, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore told Catholic Media Conference attendees watching a livestreamed Mass from Baltimore’s Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. In his homily for CMC’s annual memorial Mass June 9, the archbishop reflected on the theme for the conference, “Anchored in Hope.” He selected a reading for the Mass from the Letter to the Hebrews in which St. Paul referred to Jesus’ intercession for us: “This we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, which reaches into the interior, behind the veil” (Heb 6:19). The archbishop said, “In other words, even as we encounter, describe and seek to address life’s problems, already we are anchored firmly in heaven where Christ is seated at God’s right hand. “Genuine hope gives us the wisdom and love ‘to read the signs of the times’ and to describe what we see and hear, not through the lens of ideology, partisan politics or personal animosity – but rather through the clear and truthful vision that faith affords us,” he said.
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LUBBOCK, Texas – After a federal court dismissed Planned Parenthood’s challenge to a Lubbock ordinance that declares the city a “Sanctuary for the Unborn,” a lawyer with the Chicago-based Thomas More Society said he believes these sanctuary cities have solid footing in Texas law. “Cities have the right to regulate businesses and practices within their bounds. A municipality may choose to allow gambling, or even prostitution, or may criminalize it,” said Erick Kaardal, special counsel at the pro-life law firm. “Abortion is a business, driven by profit, and is required to abide by municipal regulations.” On June 1, Judge James W. Hendrix of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division, dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction, saying Planned Parenthood failed to show, “as they must,” it has standing to sue the city. In September 2020, a committee of Lubbock residents filed a petition proposing an “ordinance outlawing abortion within the city of Lubbock, declaring Lubbock a sanctuary city for the unborn.” The city’s charter
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Chang, also a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet, was initially implicated in the scheme. She had been a teacher at the school then its vice principal. On June 9, KTLA-TV Channel 5 reported that a spokesman for the U.S.
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LOS ANGELES – Federal prosecutors filed charges June 8 against a now-retired woman religious who has agreed to plead guilty to fraud and money laundering charges for stealing over $835,000 in funds from a Catholic elementary school in Torrance, California, where she had been the principal for 28 years. For a period of 10 years ending in September 2018, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, of Los Angeles embezzled just over $835,000 from St. James Catholic School to pay for personal expenses, including gambling trips. The Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet is to appear in U.S. District Court for arraignment July 1. The two charges to which she pleaded guilty carry a maximum statutory penalty of 40 years in federal prison. A second woman religious at St. James, Sister Lana
WASHINGTON – The top priority of the church is to “proclaim the word of God,” said Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles in a June 10 keynote address during the Catholic Media Conference. “This prioritization is important today,” Bishop Barron said, over some “false dichotomy, pitting one against the other.” He spoke on the last day of the Catholic Media Association’s annual conference. Held June 8-10, it took place virtually for the second year in a row due to concerns about COVID-19. Having read recently that the Archdiocese of Quebec’s continuing consolidation process has now shrunk the number of parishes in the Canadian see to just 25, “I wonder if it’s a sign of the times we’re supposed to read,” Bishop Barron said. “What are our parishes? Ought they to become, perhaps, centers of evangelization?” he asked. “Are they being shaped to evangelize the culture? I wonder what a reprioritization would look like.” The church’s role is to bring light to the people, he added. “What does that have to do with Catholic media?” Bishop Barron queried. “Pretty much everything. ... Our primary purpose is to declare the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.”
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has appointed South Korean Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik of Daejeon as the new prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy. The Vatican made the announcement June 11, adding that the outgoing prefect, Italian Cardinal Beniamino Stella, 79, would remain at the congregation until the new prefect could assume his role. The new prefect has also been made an archbishop, the Vatican added. Born Nov. 17, 1951, in Nonsan, Archbishop You studied in Seoul and in Rome, where he received his doctorate in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Lateran University. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1979 and served in a variety of positions in the Diocese of Daejeon, including spiritual director, professor and finally president of the Catholic University of Daejeon. St. John Paul II named him coadjutor bishop of Daejeon in 2003 and he became head of the diocese in 2005. Within the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, he has been a member of many commissions, including those for mission and pastoral care, social affairs, and the pastoral care of migrants and
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VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church can break new ground in fostering dialogue in the oftenpolarizing space of the digital web, said participants in a Vatican communications initiative. The initiative, “Faith Communication in the Digital World,” was sponsored by the Vatican Dicastery for Communication and CARITAS TELLS G7 LEADERS DEBT RELIEF IS brought together 16 young commuKEY TO GLOBAL COVID-19 RECOVERY nication specialists from around the VATICAN CITY – The world cannot world to address “how the church recover from the health and economic can and should be present online.” crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and The U.S. participants chosen by the tackle climate change without debt reVatican were: John Grosso, director lief for the world’s poorest countries, of digital media for the Diocese of said the secretary-general of Caritas Bridgeport, Connecticut; Alexandra Internationalis. As the leaders of the Carroll, communications manager world’s wealthiest nations prepared for social mission for the U.S. bishto meet for the G7 summit in Cornops’ Department of Justice, Peace wall, England, Caritas insisted their and Human Development; and John agenda could not possibly succeed Lilly, communications specialist for without canceling the debt of poor the U.S. bishops’ Office of Public Afcountries and allowing those funds to fairs. The 12-month program, which be reinvested in COVID-19 vaccines includes meetings in Rome and online, and health care, economic recovery The to Most Requested Funeral Directors in the Archdiocese is designed develop proposals that projects and combating the climate
foreign residents. He was president of the bishops’ committee for Caritas Korea from 2004 to 2008. He has been a member of the conference’s Commission for Clergy and Religious since 2005 and had been a member of the Pontifical Council for “Cor Unum” until it was absorbed by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in 2017. Archbishop You hosted events held in Daejeon as part of the Sixth Asian Youth Day, sponsored by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, and attended by Pope Francis in 2014. The appointment comes just a few days after Pope Francis announced he had asked Bishop Egidio Miragoli of Mondovì, Italy, to conduct an official visit of the Congregation for Clergy, a move he had also made before naming a new prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. Cardinal Stella will reach the mandatory retirement age of 80 Aug. 18. He was appointed prefect by Pope Francis in September 2013. The congregation coordinates and promotes the training of candidates for the permanent diaconate and diocesan priesthood and their ongoing formation after ordination. It also handles the requests of diocesan priests and deacons seeking dispensations from their ministerial obligations, promotes the active functioning of presbyteral and parish councils and is involved with safeguarding the use of church assets.
crisis. At the summit June 11-13, U.S. President Joe Biden was set to meet with the heads of the other G7 governments – Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. The prime ministers of Australia and India and the presidents of South Korea and South Africa also were invited to the meeting. “COVID-19 put the rampant social injustices in today’s world under a magnifying glass,” Aloysius John, secretary general of Caritas Internationalis, said in a statement June 10. “The only way to rebuild the future must be by eliminating such injustices.” Caritas Internationalis is the Vatican-based umbrella organization for national Catholic charities around the world. Its members provide social services and emergency and development aid in some 200 countries.
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Dominican Sister Dolores Marie Calderwood died at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse in Mission San Jose on May 22, 2021. She was 92 years old and in her 70th year as a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose. Born in San FranSister Dolores cisco, Sister Dolores Marie CalderMarie attended San wood, OP Francisco’s St. James School and Immaculate Conception Academy both served by the congregation she would later join. In 1950, she entered the Dominican Sisters of
Mission San Jose and made her first profession of vows in 1952. For 45 years, Sister Dolores Marie ministered in Catholic schools including her alma maters St. James School and Immaculate Conception Academy as well as San Francisco’s Immaculate Conception Elementary School and Archbishop Riordan High School. She also taught in schools of the Diocese of Oakland and schools in Southern California. “Blessed with a gentle spirit and love for her religious community, Sister Dolores Marie dedicated her life to teaching and to study, a hallmark of Dominican life,” the sisters said in a statement. Funeral services were private with interment in God’s Acre, the sisters’ cemetery located at the motherhouse. Remembrances may be made to the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, 43326 Mission Circle, Fremont 94539.
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Sister Marguerite Buchanan, RSM, died May 26, 2021 at Marian Oaks Care Center in Burlingame. Born in Berkeley in 1932 and named Barbara, she went to Holy Names High School in Oakland, then to St. Mary’s Hospital School Sister Marguerite of Nursing in San Francisco. It was there Buchanan, RSM that she met the Sisters of Mercy and entered the community in Burlingame in 1951. She made her first profession in 1953 and received the religious name Sister Mary Marguerite. Marguerite taught science and religion at Mercy High Schools in both San Francisco and Burlingame, and later served as principal and development director at each. Trained in spiritual direction with a master’s degree in transpersonal psychology, Sister Buchanan was on the staff of Mercy Center from 1985-2003. She and Sister Suzanne Toolan, RSM, led centering prayer at San Quentin State Prison and the Federal Correctional Institution for Women. The sisters saw the need for support for women leaving prison and, in collaboration with the St. Vincent DePaul Society, Sister Buchanan established Catherines Center in 2003 with Sister Toolan’s support. Throughout the rest of her life, Marguerite continued to guide the Catherines Center.
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Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield presented diplomas to 205 graduates June 5 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. The Class of 2021 named Rebecca Ring as valedictorian, and Jahnavi Muppirala as salutatorian, and collectively received over 800 acceptances to colleges and universities nationwide. The Class of 2021 also completed 29,200 Christian Service hours contributed to people in need, locally and around the world. Presenting diplomas were president Tim Navone and Principal Chris Valdez.
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TUESDAYS, MAY 18-JUNE 22: St. Hilary Spring Bereavement Group: If you have lost a loved one, consider joining others who are also grieving. This group offer a safe, private space to assist you through this difficult time. The bereavement group leaders are fully vaccinated, and will use COVID precautions. This group meets inside the church at 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon. Contact the parish office (415) 435-1122, or Darby Duke, (415) 497-5605, or dmdukern@gmail.com. FRIDAY, JULY 2: Strength for the Journey: Spiritual support meeting via Zoom led by Deacon Christoph Sandoval of St. Mary’s Cathedral for those facing a life threatening illness. 1-3 p.m. on the first Friday of the month. Visit sfarch.org/grief.
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Católicos en EE.UU. están bendiciendo a los pobres en Kenia atendiendo su urgente necesidad de agua potable Gladys Mghoi es una abuela que cría a sus nietos en Mokine, una pequeña aldea ubicada en la Arquidiócesis de Mombasa. Cada mañana se despierta a las 4 a.m. para comenzar el largo y arduo proceso de ir a buscar el agua para el día. “En la humilde casa de Gladys no hay un grifo al que puedan acudir para abastecerse de agua. Ella vive en una aldea muy pobre y, como la mayoría de los demás habitantes, tiene que caminar a un pozo distante para conseguir el agua que necesita su familia”, explicó Jim Cavnar, presidente de Cross Catholic Outreach, una institución líder en ayuda y desarrollo que apoya a misiones católicas en África. “Es trágico, pero la escasez de agua es algo muy común en muchas partes de Kenia. Las personas que viven en áreas remotas tienden a ser extremadamente pobres. Sus aldeas no cuentan con la infraestructura para suministrar agua y enfrentan muchas dificultades tratando de obtener lo que necesitan para sobrevivir”. En el caso de Gladys, saciar la sed de sus nietos significa caminar casi tres kilómetros hasta el lecho de un río seco, donde la gente ha cavado un agujero que permite que el agua se filtre desde el fondo. Es un proceso lento, por lo que Gladys y los demás que llegan al lugar tienen que esperar su turno por más de una hora para llenar sus contenedores con agua con barro del hoyo. Gladys Mghoi y sus nietos enfrentan grandes retos para obtener su suministro de agua diario. Actualmente caminan muy lejos para recoger agua contaminada porque no tienen más opción. Sin embargo, con la ayuda de la Iglesia Católica, esta dificultad puede terminar. El regreso a casa con este “premio” es también un reto porque el recipiente que usa se vuelve muy pesado cuando está lleno. Debido a la edad y la salud de Gladys, sus nietos mayores suelen ayudar en este proceso agotador e interminable. Cada vez que lo hacen, la familia vuelve a quedar en desventaja. La recogida de agua toma tanto tiempo que con frecuencia los niños llegan tarde a sus clases o dejan de asistir por el día. Según Cavnar, el resolver el problema de la escasez de agua es una prioridad para Cross Catholic Outreach, ya que la falta de agua potable tiene un impacto muy negativo en muchos aspectos de la vida de una familia pobre. “Una de nuestras mayores preocupaciones es la mala calidad del agua que consumen actualmente”, dijo. “El agua está contaminada con bacterias, parásitos y químicos de las siembras de las granjas aledañas”. Gladys también es consciente de esta amenaza, pero como carece de una mejor alternativa, no sabe qué más podría hacer. “Recogemos agua muy, muy sucia, lo que es muy difícil para nosotros, y
Gladys Mghoi y sus nietos enfrentan grandes retos para obtener su suministro de agua diario. Actualmente caminan muy lejos para recoger agua contaminada porque no tienen más opción. Sin embargo, con la ayuda de la Iglesia Católica, esta dicultad puede terminar.
muy peligroso para nuestro consumo”, reconoció Gladys. “Esta agua está muy sucia, muy turbia. Pero como no tenemos opción, tenemos que beberla así como está”. Pero por muy sombría que parezca esta situación, Gladys y sus vecinos tienen ahora motivos para sentirse esperanzados. Un sacerdote de la localidad se ha dado cuenta de las dificultades por las que pasan y está trabajando para ayudarles a través de una asociación con Cross Catholic Outreach. [Ver la historia en la página opuesta.] Si este proyecto tiene éxito, los retos que ella y sus nietos enfrentan en la obtención de agua podrían terminar pronto. “Nuestro objetivo ahora es obtener el respaldo económico de los Católicos estadounidenses para financiar este proyecto especial”, dijo Cavnar. “Si responden con generosidad, y creo que lo harán, podremos estar seguros de que
Gladys y sus nietos van a tener agua fresca y potable para muchos años”. El abordar necesidades específicas como esta es la razón para la que se fundó Cross Catholic Outreach. Durante casi 20 años, este ministerio Católico ha trabajado con sacerdotes, hermanas religiosas o misiones Católicas en muchos países para resolver los problemas de los pobres. “Los Católicos de los Estados Unidos están muy interesados en ayudar a los pobres usando nuestra estrategia porque les gusta financiar necesidades específicas y a la vez apoyar al clero Católico local”, dijo Cavnar. “Ellos quieren que los dólares donados causen un impacto profundo y duradero, y por eso los proyectos de agua son su tipo de apoyo preferido. El suministro de agua potable satisface muchas necesidades — desde saciar la sed hasta restaurar la salud y fomentar nuevas metas educativas. En este caso en particular,
también brindará el tan esperado alivio a personas tan preciadas como Gladys”. La abuela confirmó ese hecho al explicar otra razón más por la que ve el proyecto de agua como una bendición: “Soy una persona mayor, y no es muy seguro para mí ir a recoger agua; pero como no hay alternativa, tenemos que arriesgar nuestras vidas”, explicó Gladys. “A veces, debido a mi debilidad, puedo caerme. Otras veces puede haber animales salvajes como hienas en el camino”. Esos riesgos también se eliminarán cuando se complete el proyecto de agua. “No puedo imaginar la alegría que sentirá Gladys cuando ese grifo esté instalado en su casa y vea que el agua limpia fluye libremente. Pero sí sé una cosa: ella y los demás en su comunidad alabarán a Dios”, exclamó Cavnar. “Y qué alegría será para nosotros también. ¡No hay nada más gratificante que servir como instrumentos de la misericordia de Dios!”
CÓMO AYUDAR Si desea apoyar los esfuerzos de Cross Catholic Outreach para ayudar a los pobres a través del mundo, por favor use el folleto con sello postal prepagado que se encuentra en esta publicación, o envíe su donación por correo a Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC01608, PO Box 97168, Washington DC 20090-7168. El folleto también incluye instrucciones sobre cómo convertirse en un asociado misionero y hacer una donación mensual a esta causa. Si identificas un proyecto en particular que quieras apoyar, el 100% de tu donación se dirigirá a ese proyecto. Sin embargo, si se recaudaran más fondos de los necesarios, los fondos restantes se reorientarán a otras necesidades urgentes del ministerio.
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Desplazados nicaragüenses por persecución religiosa reciben ayuda en iglesia en San Francisco LORENA ROJAS SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO
Dejando toda una vida a la deriva, en la oscuridad de la noche, y sin despedirse de sus seres queridos salieron del aeropuerto de Managua en un vuelo que llegó a San Francisco el 24 de enero de 2019, los esposos Augusto César Noguera, Damaris Berrios y el hijo de los dos Augusto José Noguera Berrios – entonces de 11 años – huyeron de Nicaragua por la persecución religiosa y política que había puesto sus vidas en la ruta de los muertos, que ya eran muchos en el país debido a los conflictos políticos. Los Noguera Berrios tenían unos 15 años de trabajar como profesores en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, (UNAN) con un estado económico y social estable. Llevaban una vida productiva en la Iglesia Católica donde servían como coordinadores voluntarios del ministerio religioso Cristo Entre Nosotros, del Centro Espiritual Luis Amigó donde dirigian a unas 200 familias. Además Noguera era ministro extraordinario de la comunión y su hijo Augusto José servía como monaguillo. Todas las mañanas antes de comenzar sus trabajos en la universidad, Augusto César y Damaris iban a la misa en la iglesia Jesús de la Divina Misericordia ubicada a una cuadra del campo universitario. Eran bien conocidos en el entorno laboral y social como católicos comprometidos en la Iglesia y con la comunidad, pero sobre todo comprometidos con la justicia, la paz y el respeto a la vida humana, valores que enseña la Iglesia Católica, afirma Berrios, pero esto puso sus vidas en riesgo. ¿Por qué se convirtieron en perseguidos? El 18 de abril de 2018 la violencia estalló en Nicaragua por las protestas de los estudiantes y la respuesta armada de la policía. Los jóvenes universitarios manifestaron el enojo del pueblo debido al anuncio del gobierno de aumentar los aportes al Seguro Social, y el pueblo consideraba esto otra carga sobre sus salarios que afectaría sobre todo a los más vulnerables. En protesta contra esta medida del presidente Daniel Ortega, los jóvenes estudiantes de la UNAN donde trabajan los Noguera Berrios tomaron la universidad el 7 de mayo, las clases se suspendieron y el clima político comenzó a subir los niveles de stress a nivel nacional. Estudiantes de otras universidades también protestaban al mismo tiempo en diferentes partes del país. El 13 de julio de 2018 grupos armados paramilitares sacaron a los protestantes de la universidad en un enfrentamiento que dejó muertos y heridos. El párroco de la iglesia Jesús de la Divina Misericordia – la misma donde iban a misa todas las mañanas los Noguera Berrios – rescató en medio de la balacera a unos 100 estudiantes y los refugió en el templo, narró Noguera. La iglesia con los estudiantes y clero adentro fue atacada a balazos los días 13 y 14 de julio por las fuerzas paramilitares. La agencia de noticias BBC reportó que los estudiantes respondían desde adentro con armas hechas a mano como piedras y otros
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La familia Noguera Berrios posa en la iglesia San Pedro en San Francisco el 22 de mayo. Ellos esperan una respuesta a su solicitud de asilo. objetos. Dos estudiantes murieron por impacto de balas adentro de la iglesia.
Siguieron la enseñanza de la Iglesia
Cuando la universidad regresó a clases, el gobierno había impuesto nuevas reglas a los profesores, dijo Noguera. Los Noguera Berrios se opusieron a apoyar las acciones del gobierno y rehusaron cumplir las nuevas reglas que consistían en espiar a los estudiantes y reportar si no estaban a favor del gobierno, dijeron. Para los Noguera Berrios estas medidas del gobierno atentaban contra las libertades básicas en un estado democrático, y la Iglesia Católica también repudiaba públicamente la acción del gobierno del presidente Daniel Ortega y la primera dama Rosario Murillo, quien también es la vicepresidenta del país. Por no participar en eventos universitarios a favor del gobierno, los Noguera Berrios fueron considerados traidores y a partir de ahí comenzaron las amenazas contra ellos. Para Berrios, la opción de alinearse a favor del gobierno les habría solucionado los problemas y facilitado continuar con sus trabajos, pero hubiera sido “incoherente” con lo que predicaban a los miembros de la comunidad católica que lideraban, y también hubiera ido contra la voz de la Iglesia que criticaba las medidas injustas del gobierno. Decidieron mantenerse firmes en la enseñanza de la Iglesia sobre la justicia, la paz y el respeto a la vida. Las amenazas contra los Noguera Berrios venían por parte de sus propios compañeros o superiores que estaban a favor del gobierno, comentó Noguera. Narra que en los pasillos de la
universidad, durante horas de trabajo un funcionario aliado del gobierno le lanzó una escalofriante amenaza, “Seguimos arrancando piel, se va a seguir derramando sangre y voz estás en la lista…”. Otro compañero de trabajo le dijo a Noguera que su nombre se había mencionado en una reunión de profesores y dirigentes del gobierno en la universidad considerándolo como un traidor del gobierno y seguidor de los obispos. Los obispos de Managua habían convocado y dirigido una peregrinación – que se tornó multitudinaria – el 28 de abril pidiendo paz y justicia. En esta peregrinación participó Noguera. El asegura que después de haberse expuesto como un seguidor de la Iglesia Católica en esta peregrinación, uno de sus superiores en la universidad lo acusó de ser un aliado del clero a quienes los seguidores del gobierno llaman “obispos golpistas”, y una funcionaria de alto rango administrativo entre improperios le advirtió que se cuidara porque lo estaban siguiendo y sabían todos sus movimientos. En este momento, los esposos Noguera Berrios se dieron cuenta que cada día estaban más cerca de correr la misma mala suerte de los muertos y desaparecidos en Nicaragua en lo que iba de la manifestaciones. Para Damaris Berrios las noches se habían vuelto interminables sin poder dormir mirando a través de la ventana de su casa con el temor de que uno de esos grupos paramilitares que se movilizaban en motocicletas, enmascarados, con armas militares, que iban quemando casas y matando gente les hiciera daño. Sobre estos grupos el gobierno
siempre negó que fueran paramilitares y los calificó como turbas de civiles agitadores. El clima de pánico ya había llegado muy cerca del niño Augusto José, quien había presenciado en su escuela a un grupo de paramilitares que sacaron a un maestro del salón de clase por haber participado en una manifestación. Temían por la seguridad de su niño al punto de instruirlo para que no hablara en la escuela y si se encontraba en medio de un tiroteo se lanzara al piso para salvar su vida, narra Berrios. El miedo y la ansiedad de toda la familia habían llegado al filo de la navaja por lo que decidieron huir y refugiarse en la casa de la hermana de Augusto Noguera en San Francisco, California. “Los primeros días (después de la huida) fueron muy difíciles” narra Noguera con la voz quebrada “dejamos profesiones y toda una vida”. Su esposa también visiblemente afectada –dos años después del día de la huida- lamenta el trauma de Augusto José el día que dejó a sus amigos del barrio. En medio del dolor que les ha dejado el desplazamiento debido a la violencia en su país, los Noguera Berrios se entregaron al servicio pastoral en la iglesia San Pedro en San Francisco. “El padre Moisés (párroco de la iglesia San Pedro, en el distrito de la Misión) nos abrió la puerta, nos ha dejado ayudar en la misa de los sábados, 6 p.m., y ya fundamos un grupo para ayudar a las familias, igual al que teníamos en Nicaragua”, narra Noguera. VER DESPLAZADOS, PÁGINA 27
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Un grupo de jóvenes de Half Moon Bay en una tienda durante la misa de Confirmación. Ellos son parte de los 123 muchachos que recibieron el sacramento en la iglesia Nuestra Señora del Pilar. Los reunieron en cuatro misas debido a las restricciones por COVID-19.
(FOTO CORTESÍAS DE LUIS MAYA)
Cristian Gerónimo Martínez recibió el sacramento de la Confirmación en la parroquia Nuestra Señora del Pilar el 29 de mayo. Se ve junto a su padrino Hermilio García y el padre José Corral.
Nuestra Señora del Pilar experimenta un fenómeno creciente de jóvenes participando en la iglesia LORENA ROJAS SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO
El fenómeno experimentado este año en la iglesia Nuestra Señora del Pilar en Half Moon Bay, con la confirmación de un gran grupo de 123 jóvenes, llena de gozo y esperanza al clero, a los padres de familia, catequistas y a la comunidad. “Sí, hay esperanza. SÍ, hay jóvenes que quieren acercarse a la Iglesia. Hay jóvenes buscando a Dios y papás que están trayendo a sus hijos a la Iglesias”, dijo el padre José Corral, párroco de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, al referirse a la gran cantidad de muchachos que recibieron este año el sacramento de la Confirmación. Muchos otros jóvenes participan en la iglesia, ya sea en la catequesis para la Primera Comunión, en el programa de Ritos de Iniciación Cristiana de Adultos (RICA) para jóvenes, los que asisten a las misas, y muchos que participan en los eventos carismáticos como se vio en la vigilia para la fiesta de Pentecostés. Felicita Martínez es una de esas madres que llevó a su hijo Cristian Gerónimo Martínez a la Iglesia a prepararse para la Confirmación. “Mi hijo fue muy bendecido por recibir la Confirmación y fue uno de los cuatro Confirmados que recibió un reconocimiento por haber aprendido y participado más”, él ha dicho que aprendió a mirar el mundo diferente y a valorar cada cosa que llega a sus manos, gracias a la formación que recibió en Nuestra Señora del Pilar”, narró Martínez.
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Jóvenes de Nuestra Señora del Pilar hacen sonar caracoles marinos al paso de la procesión del Santísimo en una vigilia de sanación el día de Pentecostés.
La catequista Terry Giorgetti atribuye el éxito de la participación de los jóvenes en la Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Pilar al trabajo en equipo de todos los catequistas, el apoyo del personal administrativo, del clero, el gran esfuerzo que hacen los papás y los recursos que ofrece la Arquidiócesis de San Francisco. Para Martínez, este fenómeno creciente y esperanzador de jóvenes participando en la Iglesia se debe a que los muchachos encontraron en Nuestra Señora del Pilar el apoyo que necesitaban. “Ellos se sintieron como en su casa”, dijo. El padre Corral comparando la participación este año de los jóvenes en la Confirmación con años
anteriores, la calificó como un “fenómeno nunca antes visto en Nuestra Señora del Pilar”. Él no quiere que estos muchachos se alejen de la Iglesia después de haberse confirmado, por lo que está ofreciendo una misa mensual especial para ellos, los domingos a las 10 a.m., la primera es el domingo 13 de junio del 2021. Después de la misa se ofrecerá una feria de recursos, con mesas y exposición de materiales sobre los diferentes ministerios que hay en la parroquia. De esta forma quieren motivar a los jóvenes para que se integren a algún grupo en la Iglesia. La mamá de Cristian piensa que su hijo si se va a integrar a algún ministerio en Nuestra Señora del Pilar porque después de la confirmación él ha expresado “que Dios quiere algo de él” y que desde que confirmó su fe como católico, ha comenzado a dirigir la oración de gracias por los alimentos. Además a menudo lo encuentra en su dormitorio orando con la cruz de Confirmación entre sus manos. La catequista Giorgetti dijo que a los jóvenes les gusta mucho el programa que se utiliza para las clases, “De hecho uno de los temas que más les gustó fue el que se titula El reino de Dios”. Agregó que este año para desarrollar el programa de formación recibió mucho apoyo por parte del ministerio para jóvenes de la Arquidiócesis de San Francisco, quienes ayudaron con las sesiones de encuentro entre los jóvenes confirmandos y sus padrinos, y con la organización del retiro con el cual finalizó la formación para Confirmación.
sfc Comunicaciones en español para parroquianos en la Arquidiócesis de San Francisco Estimados lectores del periódico San Francisco Católico y Catholic San Francisco, como muchos de ustedes ya saben el periódico en español, el San Francisco Católico, se dejó de imprimir en abril de 2020 debido a las restricciones por COVID-19. Durante más de un año los artículos en español se han publicado en el periódico hermano Catholic San Francisco. En esta edición del 17 de junio de 2021, el periódico Catholic San Francisco también llega a su última edición para convertirse en la revista Catholic San Francisco. La arquidiócesis continuará apoyando las comunicaciones de sus parroquianos hispanos en su propia lengua española. Para la cobertura de eventos en español y para informarse sobre los programas pastorales de las diferentes oficinas en la arquidiócesis pueden continuar comunicándose con Lorena Rojas a través del correo electrónico RojasL@sfarch.org o en el teléfono (925) 822 8299.
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DESPLAZADOS NICARAGÜESES: Reciben ayuda en iglesia en San Francisco DE PÁGINA 25
La familia Noguera Berrios son parte de los 8.5 millones de desplazados en el mundo en el 2019, debido a la violencia en sus países, según datos del Dicasterio para la Promoción del Desarrollo Humano Integral del Vaticano. Ahora, los esposos Noguera Berrios reciben la caridad de los parroquianos de su iglesia y el apoyo de su familia y amigos en San Francisco, mientras esperan que las autoridades de migración resuelvan su solicitud de asilo para poder integrarse a la vida normal en este país. Mientras en Nicaragua la tensión aumenta debido a las elecciones presidenciales del 7 de noviembre de 2021. El mismo día de la entrevista de los Noguera Berrios con el San Francisco Católico, el obispo
Carlos Ávila, portavoz de la Arquidiócesis de Managua manifestó la preocupación de la Iglesia por el comportamiento del gobierno de cara a las elecciones. Un artículo del Servicio de Noticias Católico (CNS por sus siglas en inglés) revela que monseñor Ávila denunció que “el gobierno (de Nicaragua) está burlando las elecciones”. En este mismo ambiente pre-electoral, también el obispo auxiliar de Managua, Silvio José Báez, tuiteó sobre su consternación por el allanamiento al periódico independiente en Nicaragua, el Confidencial, calificando esta medida como un “nuevo atropello de la dictadura (de Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo) contra este medio informativo”. La inseguridad política en Nicaragua continúa como hace dos años cuando los Noguera Berrios huyeron del país dejando “toda una vida allá”.
(FOTO LORENA ROJAS/SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO)
Augusto José Noguera Berrios mira una imagen mientras sirve como monaguillo en la iglesia San Pedro el 22 de mayo.
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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of May HOLY CROSS, COLMA Rosa O. Alvarez Ida Amato Mary M. Aviles Andres Barba Natividad M. Bautista Rosario G. Bello Carlos P. Borromeo Anne Z. Brichacek Kathleen A. Brick Eric Brodrick, Jr. Miriam C. Brown Sally E. Burns Titania C. Cabiles Napoleon Cabuenas Belinda Campos Maria D. Campos Joseph John Castro Colleen Clarke John Folsom Cloutman Katherine Louise Cooper Pasquale L. Cosentino George James Knox Costello Terry Ashe Croft Lourdes F. Cuizon Marlene Ann Davancaze Lolita A. Dayrit Stella M. De Cesare Lynn Marie Didier Ann Doyle James Dragon Gregorio Dubon
Peter M. Dumlao Mary D. Falzon Molly V. Figone Frances Foglia-Teglia Baby Grey Galang Linda Marie Garcia Ann Gardner Germaine M. Gibbs Alice Therese Grayewski Eleanor Guastavino Elsie Gufler Gabriel Paul Harp Amador Herrera Pelagia M. Jose Eduardo A. Landeros Helen T. Lee Rose Wai Lan Chu Ling Patrick Kevin Lynch Eleanor L. Macdonald Consuelo Marie Mason John Edward Mason, Sr. Abina McPeake Oscar Menezes Lorenza Enriquez Miller Myra Moy Gene Mullin Kathryn A. Murray Frances L. Musgrave Katherine Marion Nemeth Carmela Anne Nilan Mary Rose O’Connell Mary Hyacinth Olson Jane M. O’Neill Encarnacion Orantes
Janet A. Paige Sir Arthur Papoff, KC*HS Oscar Roy Peralta Patricia Ann Ramirez Cecilia P. Ramos Antonio Rodriguez David Rodriguez Robert Ryan Andrew Scarpelli Oscar Schiel Mary C. Scholz Al Semenero Maria D. Silva Julia Thomas Connie Trewin Allen P. Varian, Jr. William K. Vela aka Kevin Vela Dorothy D. Waite Shirley Frances Wickstrom David Anthony Wilbrand Lynn Mary Willard Sharon L. Wilson Alice Josephine Young Paul Zamora Arthur J. Zanello
OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR Patrick Hethcoat Ronald W. Marsh Timothy E. Moran
HOLY CROSS, MENLO PARK Paul T. Ho Eleanor Lussier McLoughlin Sione ‘Ata’Ata Tavake
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma While we will not be having a First Saturday Mass in July, we encourage you to remember in prayer all our beloved dead at rest in our Catholic Cemeteries.
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma CA | 650-756-2060 Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1975 Santa Cruz Ave. @Avy Ave., Menlo Park, CA | 650-323-6375 Tomales Catholic Cemetery 1400 Dillon Beach Road, Tomales, CA | 415-479-9021 St. Anthony Cemetery Stage Road, Pescadero, CA | 650-712-1675 Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA | 415-479-9020 Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery 926 Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, CA | 650-712-1679 St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery 16 Horseshoe Hill Road, Bolinas, CA | 415-479-9021
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