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Bishops: How pandemic has shaken diocesan, parish life DENNIS SADOWSKI CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CLEVELAND – Nearly every bishop responding to a survey said the coronavirus pandemic has seriously affected the celebration of the sacraments and rites and sacramental preparations programs in their dioceses.

Confirmations, first Communions, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and other sacramental preparation were the ministries most often cited by the bishops as being affected, according to the survey conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.

In addition, six out of 10 bishops said that since March when restrictions on ministry and Mass atten(CNS PHOTO/BOB ROLLER) dance were put in place, the morale Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell and a woman religious walk with others toward the National Museum of African American Hisof priests, lay ecclesial ministers, tory and Culture during a peaceful protest June 8, 2020, following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose neck was pinned to deacons and chancery staff has been the ground by police for more than eight minutes before he was taken to the hospital. at least somewhat affected, according to the findings released July 9.

Titled “Ministry in the Midst of Pandemic,” the survey asked bishops about six areas of concern that have arisen in dioceses since the pandemic caused public Masses to be suspended and the celebration of sacraments to be restricted or postponed.

Instead, what Father Wilkinson The questions focused on the look at racism and racial injustice.

RHINA GUIDOS wants others to understand is those pandemic’s effect on dioceses; special From his @PadreInAtlanta Twitter CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE engaging with the words “Black pastoral provisions issued by dioceshandle, Father Bruce Wilkinson, a Lives Matter,” including many es; financial concerns raised by the retired priest, has been almost daily WASHINGTON – Some bishops Black Catholics like him and those pandemic; actions to address a diocalling attention to and sometimes have denounced them. Others have who support them, “what they are cese’s financial health; the pandemic calling out those who attack those embraced them. One held a sign with seeking, especially in the Catholic effects on parish assessments; and three words, including some bishops. the words as he kneeled in a modiocesan technological assistance to “They’ve taken position from some- Church, is to have racism be adment of prayer recalling the death of dressed.” schools and parishes. one telling them that ‘this is a MarxGeorge Floyd, which sparked demonHe points to a July 2 statement CARA staff members mailed the ist group and pro-abortion and prostrations and wide discussion about from Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of survey to bishops in 177 archdioceses gay therefore we have to be against racial injustice in the United States.

Little Rock, Arkansas, who spelled and dioceses and 20 eparchies May 18 them,’” said Father Wilkinson in a Some Black Catholics believe the out in detail support of the Black and followed up with a mailing June 8 July 8 interview with Catholic News unrest and the ubiquitous words Lives Matter movement. to those who did not respond. OverService. “There are some, I’m sure, proclaiming that “Black Lives MatSpeaking from his experience as all, 116 bishops, 59%, had responded involved in the (Black Lives Matter) ter” provide an opportunity for the way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country. a new pastor at an Oklahoma City by the release of the report. About political group that are about that,A personal Catholic Church in the United States If youmajority have received a flag honoring your loved one's military service and would like to donate it but that is far from the vast to engage in an uncomfortable and to the cemetery to be flown as part of an “Avenue of Flags" Day, SEE RACISM, PAGEon8Memorial Day, 4th of July and Veterans'SEE BISHOPS, PAGE 19 of people.” long-overdue deep discussion and

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Website: Anti-Asian racism rises during pandemic

NEED TO KNOW CATHEDRAL HOURS: St. Mary’s Cathedral is now open for private prayer. The cathedral is closed to the public during liturgies, which are daily at 7:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.; Saturday at 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. in Spanish. Livestreaming of Masses will continue Monday through Friday for the 12:10 p.m. Mass; and on Sunday for the 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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These arrangements are subject to change. For the latest information, visit www.smcsf.org.

‘COMBATTING RACISM’: New webpages on the archdiocesan website provide Catholic statements on the current crisis in race relations, a video “Stations of the Cross” produced by the Catholic bishops of California as a prayer against racism, and links to various resources. There is a page in English and a page in Spanish. Visit https://sfarchdiocese.org/combatting-racism.

CATECHIST FORMATION WORKSHOPS ONLINE: For summer 2020, all workshops will be presented online and will take place live and in real time on July 18 and July 25. Attendance at each workshop will be credited two hours toward a Basic Certification or Recertification. There is no fee for attending the workshops online. To register, or for more information, contact Anelita Reyes, reyesa@sfarch.org; (415) 614-5651.

VOCATIONS: “Behind the Veil: A Virtual Tour of Convent Life.” Spend a day behind the scenes with a variety of orders and communities: Six communities of women religious will take visitors on a virtual tour of their vocations by means of Zoom, with live Question & Answer periods. Meet the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa, the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, the Daughters of St. Paul, the Dominican Nuns at Corpus Christi Monastery, and the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Are you, or is someone you know, a young woman discerning religious life? All are invited to attend. Register at https://vocations.breezechms.com/.

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Asians and Pacific Islanders have reported increasing incidents of discrimination and bias during the pandemic, according to website data recently published.

Stop AAPI Hate received more than Cynthia Choi 2,100 online submissions of racist actions from across the country between March and June, marking a sharp increase in anti-Asian incidents. Among the 832 California incidents reported to the website were 81 assaults and 64 potential violations of civil rights, according to a press release.

Stop AAPI Hate is a collaboration

between the Asian Pacific Policy Planning and Council, Chinese for Affirmative Action and San Francisco State University’s Asian American Studies department.

Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, said the upward trend of incidents is “very alarming.”

Choi said website submissions rise in tandem with “racist and xenophobic rhetoric coming from the President of the United States and other elected officials,” which is used to deflect from the “epic failure in containing the pandemic.” In a number of incidents, she said, President Trump’s name was invoked, along with anti-immigrant beliefs and terms like “China virus.”

“We believe this type of demagoguery is making it dangerous for Asian Americans in the U.S.,” she said.

Incidents have been reported in 31

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Parishes need your help ROD LINHARES

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he past few months have been unprecedented. We’ve all been impacted by the shelter-in-place mandate, by the virus itself, and/or by the economic shutdown. This has been a most challenging period.

Parishes need your help At the same time, these past few months have vividly demonstrated our concern for each other and our sense of community. There have been countless instances of parishioners demonstrating the love, sacrifice and care for their fellow human beings that epitomizes our faith.

Members of our parish communities have checked in on their neighbors, run errands, brought food and supported others in a variety of other ways. All of this should be a great source of pride for all of us as Catholics.

This has also been a time in which many parishioners have been looking to engage with fellow members of their parish families. Priests throughout the archdiocese have responded to this desire for community in beautiful and creative ways.

Without your support, critical parish programs could be curtailed or even eliminated.

Whether it’s been through livestreaming Mass, leading morning and evening prayers, offering reflections, providing online retreats or via one of many other ways, our priests have reached out to their parish families. Their ongoing commitment to engage parishioners and innovation during the past months have been inspiring.

Regrettably, this has also been a time of tremendous financial uncertainty for many parishes. A number have experienced severe decreases in income due to the inability of parishioners to attend Mass in person.

Parishes rely on the financial support of their parishioners to fund several critical items. In particular, weekly giving (offertory) supports a variety of parish expenses. Examples include priests’ room, board and salaries, parish staff salaries and benefits,

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plant utilities and general maintenance, faith formation and various ministries, and in some cases community outreach.

We realize that many people are now experiencing increased financial constraints, which makes us especially thankful to all who have continued to support your own parishes during these past months.

Whether it’s been through your parish’s online giving program, dropping off or mailing your envelope, using the new Lifeline link on the archdiocese website, or providing your financial support in another way, your ongoing commitment to your parish and continued generosity are vital. Without your support, critical parish programs could be curtailed or even eliminated.

It is your support – both financial and otherwise – that makes our church so special and gives us faith in what is to come. We thank you, and we look with great anticipation to the day when we can all again celebrate Mass as one in our churches.

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California counties, in grocery stores, restaurants, parks and neighborhoods. A report released June 30 details incidents of verbal harassment, shunning and physical assault. Asian Americans were told to “go back to China” and blamed for bringing coronavirus to the U.S. A respondent from Santa Clara reported her dog was kicked by a man who then told her “to shut my dog up … (he) then spat at me, saying ‘Take your disease that’s ruining our country and go home.’” Another reported shopping in Livermore when someone yelled “Get out of my way! You don’t speak English.” Others had bottles thrown at them, were spat at or assaulted.

Choi said she would like to see governments take anti-Asian discrimination seriously and use existing civil

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CSF earns 15 Catholic media awards CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The Archdiocese of San Francisco was recognized in a broad range of categories in the U.S.-Canada Catholic Press Association’s annual awards competition July 2, with Catholic San Francisco honored with 15 awards in the 25,000-plus-circulation division for non-weekly diocesan newspapers.

The awards were announced to CPA members via Zoom after coronavirus restrictions canceled the annual Catholic Media Conference slated for June 30-July 2 in Portland, Oregon.

Catholic San Francisco, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco led by editor Rick DelVecchio, earned three general excellence awards representing the editorial and business sides of the bimonthly newspaper with supporting digital platforms.

The newspaper’s editorial staff also won 12 awards.

Archdiocesan director of communications Mike Brown was named Communications Director of the Year. The Archdiocese of San Francisco’s website, sfarch.org, managed by assistant director of communications Jan Potts, won first place for Best Diocesan Website.

Communications manager John Gray earned an honorable mention for Best Video/Audio Interview for his Mosaic TV episode on Catholic marriage.

Brown’s department includes Catholic San Francisco, the Spanish newspaper San Francisco Catolico, associated social media pages and a growing range of other broadcast and digital communication resources.

Editor Rick DelVecchio, who earned Editor of the Year in the CPA’s 2018 competition, earned third place this year as Best Social Media Professional.

Under DelVecchio’s leadership and with technical support from Washington, D.C.-based Catholic media consultant Heidi Thompson, Catholic San Francisco launched a three-part digital publishing initiative in early 2019. The effort formally debuted Catholic San Francisco as a multi-platform media organization with a daily or near-daily digital news report and digital audiences including CSF print subscribers as well as non-subscribers. The move quadrupled website visits, tripled email

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Dennis Callahan’s photo of a lone worshipper at St. Pius Church in Redwood City during adoration Nov. 3, 2019, was among his work samples that earned him a U.S.-Canada Catholic Press Association second place as top photographer for 2019 in Catholic San Francisco’s newspaper division. newsletter subscriptions and expanded Facebook engagement to the top tier of the U.S.-Canada (arch)diocesan media peer group.

Consulting photographer Dennis Callahan won second place for Best Photographer for his wide-ranging work in 2019. DelVecchio’s nominating letter for Callahan noted his combination of technical skill, newsperson’s eye for story and commitment to deadlines and sensitivity in working with and portraying subjects.

Advertising director Mary Podesta earned an honorable mention as Advertising Professional of the Year. DelVecchio’s nominating letter for Podesta, who was appointed to the position less than two years ago after long service as a commission ad salesperson, noted her creative and organizational skills and consistently high productivity to support the self-funded editorial programs of CSF and San Francisco Catolico.

Catholic San Francisco reporter and associate editor Christina Gray earned eight awards, including a first place for Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues (Solidarity) for her pictorial story on a Catholic Charities outreach to the homeless in San Francisco’s BayviewHunters Point neighborhood, “Helping San Francisco’s invisible homeless.”

Gray also won first place for “Living the Consecration: A Practical and Inspirational Guide,” which the judges recognized for Best Special Supplement.

Congratulations to Fr. John Greene on his retirement after 44 years of priestly service to the Archdiocese of SF., and specifically to St. Robert’s Church in San Bruno! His homilies were always excellent, and as a confessor, he was understanding, supportive, gentle, forgiving, and helpful to the penitent. As a counselor, he was very patient, and understanding. To those who lost family members and friends, his funeral services were personal, heartfelt, and deeply caring. He was most appreciative and generous to his people, with personal thank you notes, flowers for his secretaries, and buffet lunches periodically to thank those special committees.

Fr. Greene worked well with our Presentation and Franciscan Sisters, and the three principals at the school during his 7 1/2 years. He interacted with the school children with homilies on their level that they could understand, participated in the school festival, and “dressed up” and celebrated Halloween with them! He guided several deacons on their journey to priesthood, and supported the many clubs and groups in our parish. Fr. was also Chaplain to the San Francisco Fire Department and gave tirelessly to the men,women and their families for 37 years. Fr. Greene is a true apostle of God and worthy shepherd of his people at St. Robert’s. While he will be sorely missed, we wish him a well-deserved, happy, and restful retirement!

Gray won second place for Best Feature Writing for her interview with Shelby, a Catholic man who ended up on the streets after moving to San Francisco “Homeless and hanging on with faith and friends.”

The 16-page resource guide, distributed to email subscribers, supported Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone’s call for frequent rosary prayer, confession and adoration to live out the consecration of the archdiocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 2017. The digital project, which was accessed by hundreds of email subscribers, was a joint effort by Gray, DelVecchio, consultant Heidi Thompson and production manager Karessa McCartney.

Gray won third place for Best Reporting on the Celebration of a Sacrament for “Confessors on confession,” her interviews with four priests on the beauty

of the sacrament of reconciliation.

She received an honorable mention in the same category for her story on the baptism of a one-time teenage atheist, “One young woman’s unexpected conversion.” The same story also was recognized with an honorable mention for Best Feature Writing.

Gray earned third place awards for Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues (Solidarity, and Option for the Poor and Vulnerable categories respectively) for her story on Nicholas Peters, a terminally ill St. Charles School student who spent his last months ministering to the homeless, and for her story on formerly homeless veterans housed on the grounds of Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.

Second place honors for Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues (Solidarity) went to CSF reporter Nicholas Wolfram Smith for “Change by the Bushel,” his story on a collaborative farming program benefiting the homeless in San Mateo County.

Consulting reporter Lidia Wasowicz won second place in the category of Best Personality Profile for “Warrior for Life,” a story about pro-life crusader Raymond Dennehy.

Catholic San Francisco won third place for Best Annual Report for DelVecchio’s year-end article on “10 ways Catholic San Francisco made a difference in 2019.”

Longtime CSF production manager Karessa McCartney was recognized with a third place award for Best Layout of an Article for a newspaper spread highlighting portions of the “Living the Consecration” supplement.

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Archbishop to ordain two new priests for archdiocese NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Catholic San Francisco spoke with Deacon Ian Quito and Deacon Benjamin Rosado,

who will become the newest priests of the archdiocese when they are ordained August 1 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. For their first parish assignments, Archbishop Cordileone has appointed Deacon Quito to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Redwood City and Deacon Rosado to St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo.

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“I heard a still, small voice in my heart and it was God inviting me, asking if I would be willing to be a priest. And that came out of nowhere. The idea of priesthood really wasn’t on my radar,” he said.

Discerning priesthood changed the direction of his life, Deacon Rosado said. He contacted the archdiocesan vocations office to discover the next steps to start priestly formation, and while it would be years before he entered seminary, he felt reassured he was on the right path to answer God’s call.

Deacon Rosado credited two priests in particular with helping him discern his vocation, his spiritual director, Contemplative of St. Joseph Father Vito Perrone, and his pastor at St. Thomas More, Msgr. Labib Kobti, who one day unexpectedly told

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“I would love to know who they are, their names, their families, their situations, and accompanying them so that they may be able to encounter God amid troubles and difficulties and joys and triumphs in their lives.”

Deacon Quito said the coronavirus lockdown, which prematurely closed off his final year at St. Patrick’s, had brought about a lot of uncertainty and anxiety, but had also been an important lesson for his priesthood on depending on God. “I realized at the end of the day, amid these ambiguities, what remains, or who remains, is really God himself,” he said.

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Marin embraces blessings, limits of outdoor Masses CHRISTINA GRAY

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One month to the day after Marin County gave local faith communities the green light to resume socially spaced liturgies in outdoor spaces, Father William Brown voiced gratitude for the ability to gather in person July 5 for Sunday Mass in the leafy courtyard of St. Anselm Parish — his first as new pastor.

“We gather together in the fresh air, in the strong wind and in a friendly climate that allows us to say thank you to God for the gift of life,” said Father Brown, his vestments whipping around him from where he stood under a large oak tree before two-dozen masked faces. “Thank you for Jesus and for the people who bear his name.”

St. Anselm began offering daily and weekend Mass in the courtyard between church and the rectory soon after county health officials gave faith communities the go-ahead June 5 for outdoor liturgies with limitations on size and a host of other“best practices.

Like most other Catholic churches in Marin County, St. Anselm was eager to resume communal Masses after nearly four months without them.

“It is very obvious that our community has missed attending Mass and receiving the body of christ,” said Sissy Ratto, St. Anselm’s longtime parish secretary, about the Masses.

Deacon Robert Meave said many of the parish’s older parishioners aren’t entirely comfortable attending public Masses. Many continue to watch livestreamed Mass instead.

For those attending outdoor Masses, social distancing and hygiene guidelines pose an adjustment.

“I think people are cooperating well, but it’s my sense that the order of Mass is taking a bit to get used to,” said Deacon Meave.

The beginning of outdoor Masses in the last month has not been linked to a coincidental spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the county. The changes prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to add Marin to the list of counties on the state’s watch list July 2.

On July 12, the county reported more than 1,800 cases and 23 deaths. Nearly

At Marin’s St. Rita Parish, Masses remain suspended.

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Father William Brown, left, pastor of St. Anselm Parish in Ross, distributed Communion to parishioners at the end of a July 5 Mass held in the parish courtyard. The majority of Marin County parishes are offering outdoor Masses, many in addition to livestreamed or recorded Masses. half the cases are occurring in San Rafael, with Hispanics disproportionately impacted countywide.

Though the 1,674 active cases of COVID-19 at nearby San Quentin State Prison are not reflected in county statistics, community transmission by essential workers living in the county is being monitored. More than 200 staff and guards have been infected, and 100 inmates have been hospitalized outside the prison.

Preparing for an outdoor Mass requires “a lot of work,” said Father Pat Michaels, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Mill Valley. The parish celebrated its first outdoor Mass in the parish parking lot June 28.

Parish staff sent an email to all registered parishioners with the informed consent form and an explanation of safety protocol and expectations.

An Eventbrite system had to be set up for making Mass reservations limited to 100 persons, and pastor, staff and volunteers spent the better part of a day measuring and marking up the parking lot with single, double and triple seat sets with six feet between.

“We needed to be ready to welcome people and make them feel all right about a situation that seemed very strange, and more than anything, they

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needed understanding and compassion in meeting the requirements we were under,” Father Michaels said.

Outdoor Masses have been fueled by “kindness and good will, with a great sensitivity to keeping each other safe,” he said.

“It took a lot of intentional planning,” said Jane Ferguson Flout of Catholic Charities after an outdoor Mass celebrated by Msgr. Harry Schlitt in the courtyard of St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael July 5. More than 60 people attended.

Ferguson Flout said detailed planning for the Mass attended by over 60 people was guided by both county and

archdiocesan guidelines and struck a “good balance” between safety and liturgical traditions.

Entry to the 9:45 Mass required advance signup on the Catholic Charities website, a signed waiver and a normal body temperature.

Massgoers, many toting their own lawn chairs, spread out in wordless cooperation around the Italianate fountain and over the lawn facing Msgr. Schlitt, the protection of a canvas canopy fortified by a plastic face shield.

There was no singing, music or worship aids, no joining of hands in the sign of peace or the Lord’s Prayer. But that took nothing away from the joy of Heide Van Nellen, 85, a lector at Most Holy Rosary Chapel.

“It’s hard to describe my joy to be at an in-person Mass and to see as much as one can tell with masks on, my friends,” she said. “I felt parched, I was parched and this Mass was manna from heaven.”

Nellen’s joy was short-lived. Just three days after the July 5 Mass, Catholic Charities announced it was suspending the outdoor Mass until further notice due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the county.

“We, like you are disappointed but your safety is paramount to us,” the announcement read.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JULY 16, 2020

Archbishop to ordain nine to permanent diaconate Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will ordain nine men to the permanent diaconate Aug. 15 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Each of the men has completed a five-year formation and education program on much of which they have been accompanied by their wives. In observance of COVID-19 protocols, the event is ticketed and by invitation only.

(Photos by Dennis Callahan/Catholic San Francisco)

Bob Andrews, 68

Married to Lisa; children Kirk and daughter-in-law Victoria, and daughter Jeffrey-Marie and son-in-law Matthew, Church of the Nativity, Menlo Park Over the years, Lisa and I have been active in parish ministry. For the past 18 years through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, I have led prayer services at the county jail in Redwood City. I have Bob and Lisa Andrews long envisioned that I would do something to serve the Lord once my working career ended. A deacon is a minister of service and of God’s word.

As a deacon, I can minister to others with the lifegiving balm of the Gospel, and I will also be able to assist at holy Mass, weddings, baptisms, and funerals. This is an enormous grace and privilege. I am humbled by the call and eager to serve.

Jose G. Hernandez, 53

Married to Lucia Vicente De Hernandez, St. Raphael Church Looking back, I realize how the Lord has transformed my life as well as the lives of my beloved wife, Lucia, and three children. Lucia and I lived together for 24 years without being married. In 2011, we decided to Jose and Lucia Hernandez get married in the Catholic Church. Lucia has been a great supporter throughout this journey as have my daughter and two sons. I am also thankful for the support of my parish, my local community and my friends. The call that the Lord has made to me through Msgr.

Romulo Vergara is being fulfilled. I did not choose this path; however, the Lord has chosen it for me, and I will respond to that call with love, respect, obedience and as the humble servant that God wants me to be.

David Bernstein, 58

Married to Beth Bernstein; children Jacob 27, Sam 23, St. Raphael Church As for my formal journey to the diaconate, it began in 2013 as a result of an accident on the Golden Gate Bridge that had brought traffic to a crawl on my commute home to Marin. While inching northbound David and Beth Bernstein along Van Ness Avenue, I somehow recalled recent notices in our church bulletin regarding an informational session on the diaconate being held that very night at St. Mary’s Cathedral, just blocks away. Within minutes, I was learning about the diaconate in our archdiocese. As you might imagine, I’ve learned to find comfort in God’s loving plan for me and to be honest and true to his plan which continues to bring me joy and happiness.

Emilio Valencia Lucero Jr., 66

Married to Marie Ancilla S. Calalang; children Donnaciel, Marie C. Lucero, Francis Anthony C. Lucero, Florence Carmen and Tim Castillo, St. Andrew Parish In 1972, I was accepted as a government scholar in the Philippine Military Academy and graduated in 1976. As an idealistic newly commissioned officer I took advanced military courses and law graduating in 1984. Chilla and I decided to migrate to the U.S. The move was never easy, but through prayers

RITE ADAPTED IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 LAURA BERTONE, director of worship for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, explains how the ordination rite has been adapted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: Normally at an ordination, after the primary bishop has laid hands on the candidate, every other clergy member who is in the same rank of clergy gets an opportunity to lay hands on the ordinand. This also happens at the sign of peace after the bishop, then all of the same rank. This means deacons lay hands on deacons, priests on priests and bishops on bishops. Given the pandemic, this year only Archbishop Cordileone will lay hands on the ordinand and exchange with them the sign of peace and no one else. This will also be true for the ordination of priests on Aug. 1.

One thing that will remain as in the past is the vesting: Each ordinand chooses either a priest or another permanent deacon to help him put on his stole and dalmatic for the first time immediately following being ordained. The wives of the men assist with this process. This is usually a nice time for the men to take a breath after having been ordained and it is a special moment between him and the clergy member he has chosen often his pastor and/or mentor.

All nine of our men are married this time.

Usually we have one or two single men in the group and they take an additional vow of chastity, but this year we will not have that vow.

At every ordination, the ordinand is presented with the tools of his trade as I call it.

The deacons will each be handed the Book of the Gospels and reminded to “believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.”

As proclaimers of the Gospel, this is a wonderful prayer! When priests are ordained, they are handed their paten and chalice which they use for Eucharist, and bishops when ordained to the episcopate are given the miter and crozier.

and trust in God’s providence we persevered. We have been privileged to serve with charismatic prayer groups and communities in the archdiocese thru the Filipino Catholic Charismatic Communities and the Catholic Renewal Board. Currently, we serve our parish Emilio and Marie Ancilla Lucero community of St Andrew. I am blessed to have been accepted in the diaconate formation program.

Richard Olivares Dizon, 57,

Married to Jennifer Dizon, St. Mark Parish I credit my wife with reawakening me to the faith. I remember being deeply moved watching the funeral of St. John Paul II and began attending daily Mass and serving in parish ministries. When my dad Richard Olivares became sick, Deacon and Jennifer Dizon Rollie Bonggat was so helpful to our family that I began considering the diaconate. Through the example of Deacon Jerry Quinn from St. Mark’s I continued discerning my call. With guidance from our pastor at the time, Holy Ghost Father Al Furtado, and prayer, we entered the formation program. I am eternally grateful to God, my wife, family, classmates, professors and formation and spiritual directors for their support and prayers.

Daniel Kaatz, 51

Married to Lupe Gil, Notre Dame des Victoires Parish My story up to this moment has been one of mercy and grace. AA introduced me to a spiritual way of life that returned me to our Catholic faith.

My sister, Melody, showed me the path to holy Scripture.

Daniel and Lupe Kaatz God has called my name through these life experiences; therefore, I am humbly and gratefully here right now. I arrived in San Francisco to discern religious life with the Franciscan Friars at St. Boniface Church. It was there that I met Lupe. She is now my wife. We believe that God brought us together because we were both seeking him. He is the author of our/his story.

John Hurst, 61

Married to Diane; child Marianne, St. Gabriel Parish My parents were my first teachers of the faith and sacrificed to send me to Catholic schools. After three years in the St. Ignatius Institute at the University of San Francisco I went to work at PG&E where I still work John and Diane Hurst today. I finished my undergraduate degree at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and a graduate degree in theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. The most important aspect of my life was meeting and marrying my wife Diane.

She is the most generous, loving person I’ve ever met. I’m privileged to be her husband. We adopted our daughter Marianne from China in 2000. After my wife and daughter, the diaconate program has been the greatest blessing of my life.

Albert S. Nimri, 62

Married to Abla F. Nimri; children Daniel 30 and Gino 23, St. Thomas More Parish My wife Abla and I married in 1987.

Abla and I are both cradle Catholics.

Discerning a call to the ordained ministry may have begun on a Sunday morning during Mass just after Communion, A deacon candidate Albert and Abla Nimri in his second year of the formation program spoke about the need for deacons. Although I was sitting in the back of the church, I felt as if the announcer was talking to me personally. I am always reminded by the words of our Lord (John 15:16). You didn’t choose me, but I chose you. It is a great blessing to be called a servant and a worker of God.

Raymond ‘Ray’ Smith, 65

Married to Ofelia Delgadillo Smith; children Brandon and Devany, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Redwood City I grew up in a Christian family attending Protestant services. I fell in love with the Catholic church through my wife, Ofelia, when we married in 1981.

She was my RCIA sponsor. I was received in the CathoRaymond ‘Ray’ and Ofelia Smith lic Church at Easter Vigil in 1995. I am committed to doing whatever is pleasing to God, to serve him and to help others.

I am deeply indebted to all who have helped me: God, my wife, all the professors at the seminary, the priests and deacons in our church, and all my brothers and sisters in Christ. I hope that in some small way I can pay back your kindnesses by serving the Lord and spreading his word and joy.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JULY 16, 2020

San Francisco archdiocese ‘surprised’ by order to cease indoor, public Masses JONAH MCKEOWN CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY

The Archdiocese of San Francisco is pledging to comply with the city and county public health orders barring indoor public Masses and limiting outdoor services, including funerals, to 12 people.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera sent a letter June 29 to the archdiocese’ lawyer, ordering the archdiocese to cease-and-desist indoor public Masses and giving it one day to comply.

“Upon reviewing the reports of multiple San Francisco parishes holding indoor Mass over the last few weeks, the health officer has concluded that the archdiocese is putting not only its parishioners but the larger community at risk of serious illness and death,” the letter said.

The archdiocese told CNA that it has made a good-faith effort to comply with the city’s public health guidelines, despite some occasional confusion and last-minute changes to the city’s public health orders.

“Our intention has always been to conform to what we understand to be the city orders and timelines,” the archdiocese said, noting that the city’s orders have been constantly changing throughout the pandemic, sometimes on short notice, the archdiocese said July 2.

Indoor gatherings are not currently permitted in San Francisco, but outside religious services and funerals are allowed with a 12-person limit, ABC7 reports.

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covers the city and county of San Francisco, as well as San Mateo and Marin counties.

The letter laid out several complaints the city had received about parishes around San Francisco holding indoor Masses.

According to the letter, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone had informed all parishes that they could resume public Mass June 14.

Dr. Tomas Aragón, the county public health officer, subsequently informed the archbishop that “he planned to issue a revised order that would allow for larger outdoor services and general indoor services... limited to 12 attendees, subject to safety and social distancing protocols, which would be effective June 29.”

Aragón later informed the archdiocese, on June 26, that such a revised order would be delayed.

A lawyer for the archdiocese sent a letter to the city attorney’s Office June 30 saying that Archbishop Cordileone has now notified his priests “that the order limiting religious services to outdoors with no more than 12 people remains in force with appropriate social distancing and face coverings.”

One of the examples the city attorney’s letter cited as a supposed example of a congregation flaunting the public health rules was a complaint that alleged that a priest from Star of the Sea parish “led a procession on June 8 without wearing a face covering.”

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RACISM: Amid unrest, some say church can engage in fight FROM PAGE 1

parish in 2003, Bishop Taylor recalled how he arrived to tend to a community that was 95% Hispanic and had a weekend schedule with six Masses – three in English and three in Spanish.

The Spanish-language Masses were packed, with people standing in the back, in the aisles and sometimes outside the church’s front door, he said, and though the English-language Masses were less than half full, they had the more desirable Sunday morning time slots.

“I asked what we would do if the tables were turned and we had English speakers standing in the back, along the aisles and outside the front door and they realized that of course, we would adjust the Sunday schedule to provide more English Masses. In that way, the eyes of these well-meaning people were opened to the hidden injustice embedded in our Sunday schedule,” he wrote.

“When I left that parish five years later, we had nine weekend Masses that better corresponded to the makeup of the parish: seven in Spanish, one in English and one bilingual,” he said. “When people know that they matter, things begin to change.”

The bishop continued, saying that something similar is happening with the movement seeking to point out racial injustice.

“That is the contribution that the Black Lives Matter movement is offering to us today. All lives matter, of course, but as a society we don’t act that way – and that’s the point,” he wrote in his statement. “There are injustices embedded in the way our society is structured to which we are often blind. Most of my Anglo pa-

rishioners were aware of the crowding at the Spanish Masses, but they didn’t think of it as a problem, indeed viewing it from outside, they spoke with admiration of the fervor of their fellow parishioners and were blind to the underlying injustice.”

Looked at from a different vantage point, the injustice becomes clear, he said.

“In a similar way, most of us are aware of some of the disadvantages that come with being Black in America, but from the outside we tend to ascribe these disadvantages to internal factors within the African American community and we miss the point that if Black lives really mattered as much as white lives, our whole society would be structured differently,” he wrote.

The bishop pointed out in detail and with statistics structural injustices for Black Americans in law enforcement, health care, employment, and education.

It’s important that others take the time, as Bishop Taylor did, to think about, read about, and have a dialogue with parishioners of color to “come to understand what (Black Lives Matter) is, before they condemn something,” said Father Wilkinson.

Marcia Chatelain, a Georgetown University history professor, said the church has an opportunity to work toward the greater interracial justice the Black Lives Matter movement espouses.

“While they may not find themselves aligned with all the points that have been expressed, they really do have an incredible opportunity to engage in an important moral civic and social movement,” she said in a July 9 interview with CNS. “I would hope

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that, at some point, people would take time to really understand what they’re debating.”

Parishes also should be having difficult conversations about the ways that they may have benefited from slavery, segregation or other ways that have been or still are, detrimental to people of color in their localities, she said. But some might be reluctant to do so, Chatelain added, since some might find themselves “so proximate to the problem.”

And Father Wilkinson has been witness to some of it. As a retired priest, if he’s not helping out, he attends Masses without his collar or anything that would identify him as a priest and sits in the pews with the laity.

“What I have found is disconcerting,” he said. “I’ve noticed some people, if I’m in a church that’s predominantly white, look at me as if I’m not supposed to be there, to the point where at the sign of peace, I don’t even get approached. It’s not universal ... but there’s been too many that I’ve gone to where it’s happened.”

Those are the kinds of experiences bishops and others in church hierarchy need to listen to so they can engage with the message some Catholics have found in the Black Lives Matter movement, he said. But that doesn’t begin to address the structural injustices that Bishop Taylor referred to, he added.

For Bishop Taylor, as for Father Wilkinson, the plight of Black Americans speaks to one of the church’s main teachings, and yet it is a situation not absent from the life of the church.

“If you and I are truly pro-life, we are obligated to work for the protection and respect for human life from the first moment of conception to natural death and every stage in between, and thus it is obvious that racism is a pro-life issue,” Bishop Taylor wrote.

“Racism is a sin,” he added, “and we have to admit that even as church, we have not been immune to racial bias and the blindness to structures of sin that affect how our own institutions are run.”

While it was easier to condemn acts that led to George Floyd’s death and the killing of many other people of color, he said, some could be “blind” to structural injustices that continue to harm others. Some also may fail to take into account the generational effects of slavery, segregation and the systemic use of violence, he explained, “including the lynching (publicly approved hangings) of more than 4,000 black men, women and children across 800 counties throughout the United States between 1877 and 1950.”

Those realities must be recognized and addressed in any attempt to combat racism, Bishop Taylor said.

“I hope this has helped you understand why it is so important for us to insist that Black Lives Matter and to view the task before us through the pro-life lens of our Christian belief in the God-given intrinsic dignity of every person, in this case Black people, rather than the more secular Marxistinspired class struggle lens that some would propose and which sometimes gets disproportionate coverage in the news,” the bishop wrote.

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COAKLEY: LOANS SUSTAINED ‘ESSENTIAL MINISTRIES’

WASHINGTON – Federal emergency loans were a lifeline to Catholic organizations, allowing “our essential ministries to continue to function in a time of national emergency,” the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee said.

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, commented July 10 in response to an Associated Press story claiming the Catholic Church “used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion” in federal loans.

The AP story described the loans as “the church’s haul” and claimed the total amount might “have reached – or even exceeded – $3.5 billion, making a global religious institution with more than a billion followers among the biggest winners in the U.S. government’s pandemic relief efforts.” The news service said its July 10 story was based on its analysis of recently released federal data.

“The Paycheck Protection Program was designed to protect the jobs of Americans from all walks of life, regardless of whether they work for for-profit or nonprofit employers, faith-based or secular,” Archbishop Coakley said.

By some estimates thousands of individual churches, schools, food pantries and other social service programs would have shuttered all around the country were it not for the federal loan program.

Even with the emergency loans, “more than 100 Catholic schools have announced that they plan to close, with hundreds more facing an uncertain future,” Archbishop Coakley said. “Businesses, hospitals, schools, and churches all across the country are facing many of the exact same problems.”

‘FLANNERY’ DOCUMENTARY OPENING AT VIRTUAL THEATERS

WASHINGTON – “Flannery,” a documentary about the life and writings of Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor, opens in select virtual cinemas nationwide July 17.

Previously, the movie, which won the Library of Congress Lavine/ Ken Burns Prize for Film in 2019, has only been shown in film festivals and college campuses.

The movie screenings have Flannery always been followed by discusO’Connor sions with the film’s directors, not only about the movie itself, but about issues raised in it by O’Connor’s writings on race, sexism and faith. The online viewings, listed at www.flanneryfilm.com/calendar, will follow a similar pattern, of sorts, this year with four live, virtual discussions on Facebook with filmmakers, a guest moderator and panelists focusing on O’Connor themes.

The discussions – at www.facebook.com/flanneryfilm/events – will focus specifically on race, faith, the craft of writing and O’Connor’s disability. She died in in 1964 at age 39 from Lupus complications.

COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF EMPLOYER EXEMPTIONS TO CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE

WASHINGTON – In a 7-2 decision July 8, the Supreme Court upheld regulations by the Trump administration giving employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans.

The decision, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, said the administration had “the authority to provide exemptions from the regulatory contraceptive requirements for employers with religious and conscientious objections.”

Dissenting votes were by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor.

“This is a saga that did not need to occur. Contraception is not health care, and the government should never have mandated that employers provide it in the first place,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said.

GOMEZ: MISSION FIRE A CALL TO RENEWAL

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez has called for Catholics to find hope and a renewed sense of mission amid a “season of sickness and death.” Archbishop Gomez preached a Sunday morning homily June 12 at the Chapel of the Annunciation, on the grounds of the historic San Gabriel Mission Church which was severely damaged by a fire early Saturday morning.

“In this long season of sickness and death since the coming of the coronavirus, this is one more trial, one more test. We ask the Lord to grant us comfort and consolation,” Archbishop Gomez said.

“We ask him to strengthen and increase our faith.”

The cause of the fire is being investigated by local and federal authorities. Because the mission church was under renovation, many of its historic and devotional objects had been removed and were not inside when the building burned.

MINISTER: DECLINE IN CONFESSION HARMS CHURCH’S MISSION

PHILADELPHIA – With COVID restrictions lifting, pastors looking to welcome faithful back should rethink their confession schedules – and start talking more about the sacrament in the pulpit.

That’s according to Archdiocese of Philadelphia evangelization director Meghan Cokeley, who said that a lack of convenient times for the sacrament of reconciliation, along with a poor understanding of its significance, are leading to declines in overall Mass attendance.

Cokeley said that many area faithful have advised her that traditional Saturday afternoon confession times “are terrible as far as accessibility, (especially) for young families.”

Respondents to a survey by Cokeley said that Sunday mornings and weeknights were more viable for receiving the sacrament.

The lines for confession have been shrinking for years.

Cokeley was shocked by a recent five-year study by the Malvern-based Catholic Leadership Institute, which surveyed some 17,000 practicing Catholics from the Philadelphia archdiocesan area.

“Seventy-five percent of them reported that they go to confession once or twice a year or never, and that ‘never’ portion was almost 30%,” Cokeley told CatholicPhilly.com, the archdiocesan online news outlet. “These are regular Massgoers ... our ministry leaders, parish council members, finance council people.”

SOTO: ‘STRENUOUS LABOR’ OF ENDING RACISM SHOULDN’T BE ‘TOPPLED’ BY LOOTING

SACRAMENTO – By defacing and toppling a statue of St. Junipero Serra in Sacramento, protesters may have meant “to draw attention to the sorrowful, angry memories over California’s past,” but “this act of vandalism does little to build the future,” Bishop Jaime Soto said July 5.

The bishop, who heads the Sacramento Diocese, made the comments after the statue on the grounds of the California Capitol in Capitol Park was torn down by a group of demonstrators late July 4.

“There is no question that California’s indigenous people endured great suffering during the colonial

period and then later faced the horror of governmentsanctioned genocide under the nascent state of California,” Bishop Soto said. “This legacy is heartbreaking.”

However, he continued, “it is also true that while Father Serra worked under this colonial system, he denounced its evils and worked to protect the dignity of native peoples.”

“His holiness as a missionary should not be measured by his own failures to stop the exploitation or even his own personal faults,” the bishop added.

TRUMP’S BREAK FROM WHO CALLED ‘REGRETTABLE’

WASHINGTON – The Catholic Health Association July 7 said it was “deeply regrettable” that President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the U.S. from the World Health Organization during a global pandemic.

Instead, the U.S. should be “leading a coordinated global response to protect the lives of millions of people around the world,” the organization said in a statement released the same day the U.S. submitted its withdrawal notification to the secretarygeneral of the United Nations.

“As with Ebola, smallpox, polio and HIV/AIDs, the COVID-19 virus does not recognize national borders,” the CHA said. “A global response therefore is needed to save lives around the world and here in the United States. CHA strongly urges the president to reconsider this decision and ensure the U.S. remains a leader in global health.”

CHA’s statement referred to a letter its president and CEO, Mercy Sister Mary Haddad, sent to Trump June 22 asking him then to reconsider pulling out of WHO.

WITH NEW CLAIMS AGAINST COMPOSER, ARCHDIOCESE RESTRICTS LOCAL CONCERTS

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Catholic hymn composer David Haas is not permitted to give presentations, workshops or concerts at events hosted by Catholic entities in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and his music will no longer be used at archdiocesan events, the archdiocese announced July 8.

Tim O’Malley, archdiocesan director of ministerial standards, said in a statement the archdiocese has received new, independent reports from women in different parts of the United States alleging that Haas “engaged in inappropriate conduct” with them when they were young adults in the 1980s. The reports are “similar in nature to the conduct described in previous allegations,” O’Malley said.

In late May, Into Account, a nonprofit that supports abuse survivors, emailed Haas’ associates to notify them that several women had accused Haas of “spiritual manipulation” and “sexual offenses.”

The archdiocese also reported in June that it had denied Haas a letter of suitability, which states that an individual is in good standing in his or her home diocese and includes a statement affirming that no allegations of sexual abuse or impropriety have been made against him or her. It also reported that in 2018 it had received two reports that Haas had “acted inappropriately” with adult women in other states. It had previously received a similar complaint in 1987.

Haas has denied any wrongdoing.

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NY, Brooklyn close 26 schools amid pandemic cash crunch CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK – Twenty schools in the Archdiocese of New York will not reopen in the fall because of the financial fallout caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Archdiocesan education officials also announced that three schools will merge.

A news release from the archdiocese cited the pandemic for sickening thousands of people with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and leading to massive layoffs that have left people without jobs for weeks, leaving them unable to pay school tuition.

The archdiocese also pointed to “a significantly low rate of re-registration for the fall,” and added that months of canceled public Masses have resulted in a loss of parish contributions that traditionally help support the schools and also hurt fundraising for scholarships.

Meanwhile, in the neighboring Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, school leaders said six schools will close there as of Aug. 31. They also attributed the closings to the pandemic.

“Children are always the most innocent victims of any crisis, and this COVID-19 pandemic is no exception,” New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

said. “Too many have lost parents and grandparents to this insidious virus and now thousands will not see their beloved school again.”

Cardinal Dolan added that his prayers were with the children and their families most affected.

“Given the devastation of this pandemic, I’m grateful more schools didn’t meet this fate and that Catholic schools nearby are ready to welcome all the kids,” he added.

The archdiocese said that about 2,500 students and 350 staff members will be affected by the closings. Eleven of the schools are located in three of New York’s five boroughs – Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island – with the remaining nine in outlying communities including New Rochelle, New Windsor, Poughkeepsie and Yonkers.

Michael J. Deegan, archdiocesan superintendent of schools, acknowledged that closing the schools was a painful decision. He said studies of the financial status of each left administrators with no option but to close them.

“I have been a Catholic school educator for more than 40 years and could never have imagined the grave impact this pandemic has had on our schools,” he said in a statement.

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“This is a very bad day for everyone in the extended Catholic school community. I send my love and prayers to the families, teachers, principals and staff of the affected schools,” Deegan said.

In Brooklyn, the six schools are located in the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn.

The diocese said in its news release the schools have experienced declining enrollment for the last five years, but that registrations dropped off significantly as the pandemic took hold of the metropolitan area.

The schools have more than $630,000 in outstanding tuition payments, the diocese said.

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He quoted Dr. Matthew Willis, Marin County’s public health officer, as saying the county’s new COVID-19 cases are four times the level recommended by the state for reopening of churches.

Father Weare said St. Rita’s significant population of people over the age of 60 is of particular concern to him. His oldest parishioner is 102 and was still serving as a lector when the pandemic hit.

N He C said T he I has V had E no L complaints Y U N I from parishioners about his decision.

The parish remains active despite the suspension of public Masses.

On the last weekend in June, the St. Vincent de Paul conference of the parish hosted a drive-through food drive.

Parish families handed 170 bags of groceries and household goods out their car windows to be distributed to local families in need of help.

Cash donations totaling more than $5,000 were collected.

“Closing churches has forced us to find God in places that are more difficult and complicated than the quiet of a church,” Father Weare said.

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Father Weare said news headlines in local papers over the last eight to 10 days have all said a different version of the same thing: The virus is here in Marin, it’s not going away, and it’s spiking.

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SUNDAY READINGS

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time WISDOM 12:13, 16-19 There is no god besides you who have the care of all, that you need show you have not unjustly condemned. For your might is the source of justice; your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all. For you show your might when the perfection of your power is disbelieved; and in those who know you, you rebuke temerity. But though you are master of might, you judge with clemency, and with much lenience you govern us; for power, whenever you will, attends you. And you taught your people, by these deeds, that those who are just must be kind; and you gave your children good ground for hope that you would permit repentance for their sins.

PSALM 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 Lord, you are good and forgiving.

You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in kindness to all who call upon you. Hearken, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my pleading.

Lord, you are good and forgiving.

All the nations you have made shall come and worship you, O Lord, and glorify your name. For you are great, and you do wondrous deeds; you alone are God. Lord, you are good and forgiving.

You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in kindness and fidelity. Turn toward me, and have pity on me; give your strength to your servant.

Lord, you are good and forgiving.

ROMANS 8:26-27 Brothers and sisters: The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the holy ones according to God’s will.

MATTHEW 13:24-43 OR 13:24-30 Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.

When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.

The slaves of the householder came to him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’

His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.” He proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that

a person took and sowed in a field.

It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’”

He spoke to them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.” All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world.

Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

The Spirit comes to our aid

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e do not know how to pray as we ought,” St. Paul tells us today. But where’s the problem? There are so many prayers – the Hail Mary, the Book of Psalms, novenas, countless prayer books and, most basic of all, the Lord’s Prayer. When we don’t know how to pray, we can use those.

Established KEVIN PERROTTA prayers, however, are not Paul’s solution to the problem of not knowing how to pray because, more literally, he is concerned with the problem of not knowing what to pray, and established prayers can’t solve this problem.

How can I know which set prayer is best? Is now the moment for a psalm of rejoicing or a psalm crying out for help? What should I pray for? That Dan gets the job he’s applying for? That my friend Richard is healed – or that he die a peaceful death?

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

… the Spirit in us will pray us safely through the present troubled age and into the eternal kingdom.

I don’t know what to have in mind when I pray a prayer. When I get to “your will be done” in the Our Father, should I mean, “heal Richard” or “give him a painless death”?

Paul has been speaking about the journey we are making through this life. In Christ, God is leading us from this present age into eternity with himself. We can have a sense of anticipation,

because we know it will be good to arrive at our destination.

But we cannot know the route.

Only God knows that. Only he knows the blessings and sufferings by which he will bring us home to himself.

So to a great extent, at any point along the way, we don’t know what to pray for. It makes sense to pray for what seems best to us – that Dan would get the job, that Richard would make a remarkable recovery. But how can our prayers fit in with what God has in mind?

The answer, Paul indicates, is that God has placed his Spirit in us – his Spirit, that knows his mind – so that his Spirit prays with us. The Spirit can guide our choice of prayers. Even more, he prays with us in our deepest longings that cannot be put into words.

He makes our sighs and groanings into prayers. That is how close God has come to be with us.

And in this way, the Spirit in us will pray us safely through the present troubled age and into the eternal kingdom.

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

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, JULY 20: Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time.

Optional Memorial of St. Apollinaris, bishop and martyr. MI 6:1-4, 6-8. PS 50:5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23. PS 95:8. MT 12:38-42.

TUESDAY, JULY 21: Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor. MI 7:14-15, 18-20. PS 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8. JN 14:23. MT 12:46-50.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22: Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, apostle to the apostles. SGS 3:1-4b or 2 COR 5:14-17. Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9. JN 20:1-2, 11-18.

THURSDAY, JULY 23: Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Bridget, religious.

JER 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-1. PS 36:6-7ab, 8-9, 10-11. SEE MT 11:25. MT 13:10-17.

FRIDAY, JULY 24: Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhloof, priest.

JER 3:14-17. JER 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13.

SEE LK 8:15. MT 13:18-23.

SATURDAY, JULY 25: Feast of St. James, apostle. 2 COR 4:7-15. PS 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6. SEE JN 15:16. MT 20:20-28.

SUNDAY, JULY 26: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. 1 KGS 3:5, 7-12. PS 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130. ROM 8:28-30. CF. MT 11:25.

MT 13:44-52 or 13:44-46.

MONDAY, JULY 27: Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time.

JER 13:1-11. DEUT 32:18-19, 20, 21.

JAS 1:18. MT 13:31-35.

TUESDAY, JULY 28: Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time.

JER 14:17-22. PS 79:8, 9, 11 and 13.

MT 13:36-43.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29: Memorial of St. Martha, virgin. JER 15:10, 16-21.

PS 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18. JN 8:12.

JN 11:19-27 or LK 10:38-42.

THURSDAY, JULY 30: Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor; Bl. Solanus Casey, priest. JER 18:1-6. PS 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab. SEE ACTS 16:14b. MT 13:47-53.

FRIDAY, JULY 31: Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, priest. JER 26:1-9. PS 69:5, 8-10, 14. 1 PT 1:25. MT 13:54-58.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1: Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop & doctor.

JER 26:11-16, 24. PS 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34. MT 5:10. MT 14:1-12.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2: Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time. IS 55:1-3. Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18. ROM 8:35, 3739. MT 4:4b. MT 14:13-21.

MONDAY, AUGUST 3: Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time. JER 28:1-17. PS 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102. JN 1:49b. MT 14:22-36.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4: Memorial of St. John Vianney, priest. JER 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22. PS 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23. JN 1:49b. MT 14:22-36 or MT 15:1-2, 10-14.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5: Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time.

Optional Memorial of the Dedication of St. Mary Major. JER 31:1-7. JER 31:10, 11-12ab, 13. LK 7:16. MT 15: 21-28.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JULY 16, 2020

Praying when we don’t know how

H

e taught us how to pray while not knowing how to pray. That’s a comment sometimes made about Henri Nouwen.

It seems almost contradictory to say that. How can someone teach us to pray when he himself doesn’t know how? Well, two complexities conspired FATHER RON together here.

ROLHEISER Henri Nouwen was a unique mixture of weakness, honesty, complexity, and faith. That also describes prayer, this side of eternity. Nouwen simply shared, humbly and honestly, his own struggles with prayer and in seeing his struggles, the rest of us learned a lot about how prayer is precisely this strange mixture of weakness, honesty, complexity, and faith.

Prayer, as we know, has classically been defined as “the lifting of mind and heart to God,” and given that our minds and hearts are pathologically complex, so too will be our prayer.

It will give voice not just to our faith but also to our doubt. Moreover, in the Letter to the Romans, St. Paul tells us that when we do not know how to pray, God’s Spirit, in groans too deep for words, prays through us.

I suspect that we don’t always recognize all the forms that takes, how God sometimes prays through our groans and our weaknesses.

The renowned preacher Frederick Buechner, speaks of something he calls “crippled prayers that are hidden inside our minor blasphemes” and are uttered through clenched

teeth: “God help us!” “Jesus Christ!”

“For God’s sake!”

These are prayers? Why not? If prayer is lifting mind and heart to God, isn’t this what’s in our mind and heart at that moment? Isn’t there a brutal honesty in this? Jacques Loew, one of the founders of the WorkerPriest movement in France, shares how, while working in a factory, he would sometimes be working with a group of men loading heavy bags onto a truck. Occasionally one of the men would accidently drop one of the bags which would split open leaving a mess and a mini-blaspheme would spring forth from the man’s lips. Loew, partly seriously and partly in jest, points out that while the man was not exactly saying the Lord’s Prayer, he was invoking the name of God in real honesty.

So, is this in fact a genuine modality of prayer or is this taking the Lord’s name in vain? Is this something we should be confessing as a sin rather than claiming as a prayer?

The commandment to not take the name of God in vain has little to do with those mini-blasphemes that slip out between clenched teeth when we drop a bag of groceries, jam a finger painfully, or get caught in a frustrating traffic jam. What we utter then may well be aesthetically offensive, in bad taste, and disrespectful enough of others so that some sin lies within it, but that’s not taking the name of God in vain. Indeed, there’s nothing false about it at all. In some ways it’s the opposite of what the commandment has in mind.

We tend to think of prayer far too piously. It is rarely unadulterated altruistic praise issuing forth from a focused attention that’s grounded in gratitude and in an awareness of God. Most of the time our prayer is a very adulterated reality – and all the more honest and powerful because of that.

For instance, one of our great struggles with prayer is that it’s not easy to trust that prayer makes a difference. We watch the evening newscasts, see the entrenched polarization, bitterness, hatred, self-interest, and hardness of heart that are seemingly everywhere, and we lose heart.

How do we find the heart to pray in the face of this? What, inside of our prayer, is going to change any of this?

While it is normal to feel this way, we need this important reminder: prayer is most important and most powerful precisely when we feel it is most hopeless – and we are most helpless.

Why is this true? It’s true because it’s only when we are finally empty of ourselves, empty of our own plans and our own strength that we’re in fact ready to let God’s vision and strength flow into the world through us. Prior to feeling this helplessness and hopelessness, we are still identifying God’s power too much with the power of health, politics, and economics that we see in our world; and are identifying hope with the optimism we feel when the news looks a little better on a given night.

If the news looks good, we have hope; if not, why pray? But we need to pray because we trust in God’s strength and promise, not because the newscasts on a given night offer a bit more promise.

Indeed, the less promise our newscasts offer and the more they make us aware of our personal helplessness, the more urgent and honest is our prayer. We need to pray precisely because we are helpless and precisely because it does seem hopeless. Inside of that we can pray with honesty, perhaps even through clenched teeth.

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

Language: Veiling or unveiling moral truth?

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o sanction or encourage certain wrongful actions, it is often necessary to manipulate language.

The plain meaning of words can get in the way of convincing others they should tolerate or participate in wrongdoing, or otherwise embrace situations of evil or injustice.

Verbal obfuscation becomes necessary to veil evident moral truths.

A recently published book by Laura Fabrycky, the FATHER TADEUSZ wife of a U.S. PACHOLCZYK diplomat in Berlin, offers insight into this phenomenon during the Nazi regime. Fabrycky served for several years as a tour guide to the house of anti-Nazi dissident and Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Fabrycky describes how bewildered she was coming across a seemingly mundane bureaucratic memorandum in an exhibition catalogue. Only after reading it through several times did its meaning begin

MAKING SENSE OUT OF BIOETHICS

to “coalesce with nauseating clarity. It concerned vehicles … that the Nazis designed to kill people – Jewish people, mostly. These mobile units killed through asphyxiation.

Nazis loaded Jewish people into them, filled the vehicles with carbon monoxide, and then emptied the dead from the killing machines. Whoever wrote the memo, however, used language to tap dance, delicately, almost soothingly, around the subject at hand to obscure the heavy murderous footfall of its horrific realities. …

The quicksand sentences swallowed more than they said; these ear-ticklers softened the blow that plain and direct speech would easily level on human conscience.”

The careful hijacking of language by purveyors of wrongdoing described by Fabrycky is a widely deployed tactic in the battle for the soul of every culture. The phenomenon is especially prevalent when discussing bioethical situations in which the human person and the human body are systematically violated, often under the aegis of the medical profession and the health sciences.

A current example can be found in the April 2020 issue of the “Mayo Clinic Proceedings” in an article entitled, “Fertility Preservation for Transgender Individuals: A Review.”

The problem of fertility preserva-

tion in transgender individuals, of course, arises precisely because physicians carry out interventions that deliberately disrupt and suppress healthy hormonal physiology and mutilate healthy sexual anatomy to the point that properly functioning fertility may be permanently lost.

The authors consequently attempt to identify ways to “salvage” fertility while carrying out, or in the wake of, direct medical attacks on the human body. Throughout the article, the destructive interventions are carefully veiled by the almost compulsive use of jargon such as “gender-affirming hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery.” Such euphemisms obscure the fact that the procedures, while affirming subjective gender feelings, most decidedly do not affirm objective biology.

The article would read quite differently if such phrases were replaced by “biology-opposing” surgery or “biology-denying” hormone therapy.

Similarly, if one were to replace “gender-affirming” with the more accurate “fertility-denying” or “fertility-destroying” therapy, the moral implications and objections surrounding these “treatments” would come into much clearer focus.

The use of tap-dancing and eartickling language, however, veils the SEE PACHOLCZYK, PAGE 15

Archdiocesan religious plead for end to racism Members of the Council of Religious of the Archdiocese of San Francisco crafted the following statement.

Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, director, Office of Consecrated Life Religious spoke for the council: “We were inspired by Archbishop Cordileone’s message in reaction to the death of George Floyd and wanted to add our voice to plead for an end to racism. The atrocities that continue to plague our society must be acknowledged and stopped. And we invite all to pray that the inherent dignity of ALL will be cherished, recognized and honored.”

In solidarity with all those who have expressed outrage at the virulent attacks against persons who are discriminated against; in solidarity with all those who non-violently stand with their brothers and sisters of color; in solidarity with all those who pray for an end to violence against all marginalized people, we, members of the Council of Religious for the Archdiocese of San Francisco urge all to see and respect “the spark of the Divine” in all persons.

In particular, the Council of Religious condemns the brutal killing of George Floyd, and so many others, at the hands of police officers. We are horrified at the brutality and constant harassment to which black men and women are subjected, as well as the denial of full rights and dignity that people of color too often experience. This has to stop.

As people who believe that we are all created in the image of God, we must raise up justice, peace, and the respect of each person’s life. We must become aware and work to change the inequities that the pandemic and the recent murders have unveiled.

We must eliminate the systemic racism that permeates every aspect of our nation.

Working with all people of good will, we commit to acting in every way possible to bring the change that is necessary so that all of our brothers and sisters can live in the liberty and justice promised to all. It is long past time to dismantle white privilege and rededicate ourselves to building God’s beloved community.

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Quarantine an ideal time for faith formation at home

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uring quarantine, parents find themselves having to be more responsible for continuing their children’s religious education, especially if their children attend public schools. Although initially it may seem like extra work, this is a prime opportunity to underscore and continue faith formation in the home. Grounding your children in faith may help them feel more stable and secure in this unsettling and disorienting period. I VERONICA am not a parent, but SZCZYGIEL from my decades-long experience in teaching religion both at a Catholic middle school and through CCD classes, I have learned that, when it comes to faith formation, children learn best with consistency, genuine guidance, and authentic opportunities to question, engage in their curiosity, and discover God in everyday life.

Here are some suggestions, many of which you may do already, that are informed by my teaching experiences to help children (grades 1-8) keep the faith during this pandemic.

To continue religious formation at home, it is important to keep faith central through prayer. Lead the family in saying prayers before mealtimes and bedtimes, and even in the morning. Young children especially need repetition to remember the traditional prayers, but this prayer time is also a good occasion to guide children in speaking to God straight from their hearts. Help them by modeling this yourself and saying intentional prayers.

Having people or issues to pray for will help children feel more purposeful, especially when events are not in their control.

Keep faith alive through honest conversations. You as a parent know your child best and how much information he or she can manage; however, try to be as honest as possible about what’s going on, even if you explain things in the simplest terms. Children understand more and more deeply than you might think. In these conversations, your children may ask tough questions, and the older ones especially might even question the existence or mercifulness of God. You don’t have to answer all these on the spot; it’s OK to let their concerns ruminate between you, as children really just want to be heard and feel like their voice is taken seriously. And it’s OK to respond “I don’t know” to your child’s question, as long as it’s not said in an offhand way. Faith is mysterious. Try to remind your children that God loves them and provides hope for people. You can ask them at dinner each night ways in which God has revealed his presence to them—whether through a kind text from a friend or a loving phone call from a grandparent. Maybe God’s love was revealed through a beautiful birdsong or a story of a hero on the news. His love shines through in many ways that we take for granted.

Keep faith consistent through regular Mass attendance. Children might wonder why it’s acceptable to watch Mass now instead of being there in person. Assure them that this is only temporary, and we still need to attend Mass in person to receive the Eucharist. But for now, participate in the televised Mass actively. Say the responses out loud, shake hands or hug for the sign of peace, and if you don’t feel too embarrassed, SEE SZCZYGIEL, PAGE 15

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JULY 16, 2020

LETTERS Remembering Father Ken Westray

We have heard the shocking news about Father Ken Westray’s sudden death [June 25, 2020]. Many years ago, Father Ken and I were at St Patrick’s Seminary. Even in those early days, it was so clear.

Ken was an energetic, joyful guy who loved the Lord deeply, and couldn’t wait to begin his service to the people of God as a deacon, then as a priest and pastor. Wherever he served, Ken was a faithful shepherd who, as Pope Francis likes to say, was “living with the smell of the sheep.”

Father Ken’s close friend and brother in Christ, Father Jay Matthews, passed away, also suddenly, in Oakland. Father Ken was the homilist at the funeral, and I wanted to share a few of the things Father Ken said. These are all from the online edition of The Catholic Voice. These words clearly describe Father Ken as well as Father Jay: “Father Jay saw the light of Christ in himself and in each and every one of us, even sometimes when we could not see it in ourselves. ... [to Father Jay] everything was a gift of God.. [Father Jay] helped us celebrate being Negro, then Colored, then black, then African American and empowering us and many of you to get involved and staying involved in the Roman Catholic Church even when you knew you were not welcome. …

Father Jay didn’t tolerate any isms because he believed everyone was created in the image and likeness of God.” We won’t hear Father Ken’s strong voice in the crucial discussion of Black Lives Matter. As someone with a deeply rooted passion for social justice and peace, Ken’s words would have been so meaningful.

He passed away in the month of June, the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ken was pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in San Francisco before it closed. He approached everything he ever said and did as a priest and pastor, allowing the mercy and grace and peace which are found in Christ to flow through him always.

Father Piers Lahey St. Andrew Parish, Daly City

Father Kirk’s service to Handicapables

In last week’s obituary of Father Kirk Ullery, no mention was made of his more than 30-plus years of service as chaplain to Handicapables (now known as Breaking Bread with Hope). Father began his ministry with Handicapables starting in the late-1980s until 2018, leaving because of health issues. To quote our past president, Sally Tolley: “His love of people shined through him. It made the experience of coming to Handicapables even better. He was loved by all of us.” It was quite poignant during one of his last sermons when he invoked sentiments similar to Father Damien of Molokai saying, “I am now a Handicapable.” May he rest in peace.

Jacalyn Morri Pugh Former president, Handicapables San Francisco

Comments lacked compassion

I was very disturbed to read USCCB president Archbishop Jose H. Gomez’ comments about the recent Supreme Court job protection for the LGBT community. While he does not have to condone or support the LGBT lifestyle, to say the “human family is harmed” by not allowing employers to terminate LGBT employees for no just cause does not show compassion or love for our fellow human beings. A person can disapprove of another person’s lifestyle while not wishing them discriminatory harm from an employer. The Catholic Church should not be frowning upon the basic right to work without being fired for no reason.

Michelle Ladcani Belmont

A memorable sermon

Several months ago the Pew Center published a poll that stated most Catholics no longer believe in the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. If that is true it is due to the total failure of the bishops and priests to teach their flock in the most important truth of our faith.

However, several weeks ago, I attended Sunday

Mass at St. Pius in Redwood City. I heard the best sermon I have heard in 20 years and the first one in that period about the true presence. It was given by a recently ordained priest named Kyle Faller. He covered what we believe, why we believe it and if we don’t then we might as well go to a non-Catholic church. He gave his sermon with no notes, strictly from the heart. It was wonderful. He was teaching with the full authority of the church – no watering down of doctrine.

With young priests like this, Our Lady is doing her work. Let us pray for more like him.

Stephen Firenze San Mateo

Serra’s journey ‘heroic’

A banner was put up in Los Angeles in Father Serra park to tell the real story of the St. Junipero Serra with a quote from Pope Francis. His statue was torn down here at this park. I’m in Los Angeles doing some outreach. According to the California Catholic Bishops, there is a fake history going around accusing the saint of the genocide of the indigenous. While there were abuses this according to them does not meet historical rigor.

Archbishop Cordileone pointed out in his recent statement: St. Serra made heroic sacrifices to protect the indigenous people of California from their Spanish conquerors, especially the soldiers. Even with his infirmed leg which caused him such pain, he walked all the way to Mexico City to obtain special faculties of governance from the Viceroy of Spain in order to discipline the military who were abusing the Indians. And then he walked back to California.

And lest there be any doubt, we have a physical reminder to this day: everywhere there is a presidio (soldiers’ barracks) associated with a mission in the chain of 21 missions that he founded, the presidio is miles away from the mission itself and the school. St. Junipero Serra also offered them the best thing he had: the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ, which he and his fellow Franciscan friars did through education, health care, and training in the agrarian arts.

Gregory Mitchell Los Angeles

Reflecting on reconciliation

Re “USF speaker: Reconciliation futile without accountability” (June 25) In the article Clarence Jones was quoted: ”The problem we are experiencing today is precisely because we have been unable or unwilling to face the facts that are required for reconciliation.”

Would Mr. Jones say that reconciliation requires that everyone agree with him about what the facts are supposed to be? Would he acknowledge the right of all of us to consider the questions revolving around race in America and perhaps come to different conclusions than he does?

I would assume that anyone who teaches at a great university such as the University of San Francisco would accept that. But that did not seem self-evident from the quotations in the article.

Albert Alioto San Francisco

Statue vandalism marks new low

Woefully ignorant thugs have reached a new high in low in vandalizing sacred monuments in Golden Gate Park, notably the time-honored, beautiful St. Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key and Ulysses Grant statuary. One youth bashed the toppled Serra statue with his skateboard. How very ironic that these “privileged” tear precious artwork from their pedestals, only symbolically replacing their holierthan-thou selves on same, railing against authority and serving nothing to advance the cause of racial equity. As for the imperfect, like us all, Serra, there are two sides to every coin: Several missionaries were killed and one mission was burned to the ground. But these actions do not negate the fact that we owe California’s rich Mission heritage to Father Serra and the thousands of Chumash and Ohlone Indians who gave them to us, all living in more deprived times.

Patricia Briggs San Francisco

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PACHOLCZYK: Language: Veiling or unveiling moral truth?

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reality of unethical medicine directed against the human person.

Similar tap-dancing is evident in the morally problematic world of infertility treatments and in vitro fertilization. As David Dodge notes in his 2014 New York Times article, “Fertility clinics, in particular, have mastered the art of sperm donor doublespeak.” Instead of the clinic’s staff “greeting me with, ‘This way, please, to the masturbation room,’ ...at my scheduled ‘donation time,’ a technician guides me to the ‘collection room,’ points out my various ‘entertainment options,’ and hands me a sterile cup for my ‘specimen.’ I realize all this veiled terminology is supposed to make the process less awkward for me. Somehow, though, it just makes things worse.”

Msgr. William Smith, the late and renowned moral theologian at New York’s Dunwoody Seminary, once quipped that had society been courageous enough years ago to speak frankly about the issue of contraception, it would have termed it “life prevention” rather than “birth control.” That would have led to a much different social dialogue regarding the ethical and medical harms of contraception. It would be hard to imagine husbands asking their wives the question, “Honey, did you remember to pick up the Life Prevention Pills at the pharmacy today?”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, verbal gymnastics have also been evident in media headlines like, “Abortion Services Unavailable During the Lockdown,” or “Texas Clinics Resume Abortion Services.” Abortion, of course, is never a “service,” but rather a lethal disservice for every pre-born hu-

man victim it ensnares. The moral nausea caused by such direct acts of killing almost demands linguistic recasting to tickle our ears and assuage our consciences.

Fabrycky’s provocative encounter with the Nazi memo led her to conclude that “even language has a morality, or immorality, in whether it discloses or seals off facts and responsible thought, in whether it serves the truth or lies. … Language often does our thinking for us. We take in words and phrases like air, and this ambient language forms our thoughts without ever stimulating our minds to interrogate them.”

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

SZCZYGIEL: Quarantine an ideal time for faith formation at home FROM PAGE 14

sing the hymns out loud. You can also talk about the Gospel with your children afterward. Or, if you DVR your Mass, you can pause after each reading and ask your children for their understanding of it.

Keep faith fun through activities. There are many great resources available on the internet, from traditional classroom lesson plans to faith-based games your children can play. Your local diocese or a quick Google search will lead you to some helpful sites. You can ask kids to write a letter to Jesus, create a comic book of Bible stories, or, if they have siblings especially, enact a Bible skit. Children can

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Keep faith authentic by ensuring that you’re spiritually nourished, too. Children can differentiate between genuine and lackadaisical efforts.

So, make sure you have time to keep your own faith alive. Talk to God directly. Take a break from everything that is going on and focus on your inner relationship with the Lord.

The above are meant as helpful tips. You can use what works best for your own family. After all, what I learned most from my years of teaching religion is

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WEBSITE: Anti-Asian racism rises during pandemic FROM PAGE 2

rights law to respond to racist incidents.

“We want them to ensure the safety and rights that protected groups have, that’s all that we’re asking,” she said.

Choi said a comprehensive solution by city and state governments has to use more than the laws in place. Hate crime legislation is “a very legal framework, it’s narrow, and we’re seeing that many incidents, as harrowing and shocking

as they are, don’t rise to the level of hate crimes,” she said. Policing, she added, “is not the solution to many of these incidents.” Public education campaigns, and condemnation of anti-Asian behavior, are integral to any response.

“There should be a range of responses to rally and mobilize the community to ensure we have safety planning efforts in place. We want to come up with community based interventions and solutions, build cross-community soli-

In a press release, Russell Jeung, a professor at SFSU who chairs Asian American Studies, said the incidents detailed by Stop AAPI Hate represent the “tip of the iceberg of anti-Asian American hate and discrimination.

Without government accountability, we risk COVID-related racism against Asian Americans becoming deeply entrenched, ultimately impacting the lives of millions of people in California and around the country.”

darity and redefine what safety means for our community,” she said.

Recent videos of anti-Asian incidents in California have boosted the importance of anti-discrimination work. At a Carmel Valley restaurant, a man began berating a nearby family and uttering racist insults. In Marin County, a woman told a family to go back to where they came from and threatened to call the police after they brought their dog on a trail.

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The letter cited the blog of Father Joseph Illo, Star of the Sea’s pastor, and a picture he posted June 13 of a eucharistic procession in San Francisco.

In a July 2 email to parishioners, Father Illo disputed the letter’s characterization of the procession, which he said actually took place several years ago. The image first appeared on his blog during May 2016.

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with which the California bishops have taken to plan very safe reopening of our churches for public Masses – when public health officials permit,” a statement from the archdiocese to CNA reads.

Archbishop Cordileone is seeking a meeting with “a senior city official” to discuss further “the nature of our religious services and how to fairly apply city policies to religious services,” the archdiocese concluded.

gathering of more than 12 people, outside, for an activity that is specifically protected by the Constitution?” Illo wrote in his July 2 email to parishioners.

An archdiocesan spokesperson told CNA that they were surprised by the city attorney’s letter.

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MEXICO CITY – A former Salvadoran army officer has testified that the “high command” gave orders to eliminate Jesuits priests during the country’s civil war. He also said the Central American country’s president would have known of the crimes to be committed and did not intervene.

The testimony was offered at the trial of Inocente Orlando Montano, a former colonel in the army of El Salvador, who is on trial in Spain for the murders of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter on the campus of a Catholic university.

“The entire operation was ordered by the high command,” testified Yusshy Rene Mendoza, a former lieutenant in the Salvadoran army and a cooperating witness.

Testifying July 8, Mendoza said his superior, Guillermo Benavides, a former colonel and then-director of the army academy, told troops the night before the crime that an order had come to move against Spanish Jesuit Father Ignacio Ellacuria, rector of Central American University in San Salvador.

“Benavides told me that he had to execute the order that had been received and Montano was one of the persons that gave the order to eliminate Ellacuria. He told me that several times,” Mendoza, who worked as an assistant to Benavides, told the court.

“He told us the situation of the country was critical because the guerrilla group was well positioned and, to counteract it, a decision had been made to take drastic measures because, if not, the war would be lost.”

Mendoza testified “according to Col. Benavides’

RECOVERED FROM COVID-19, ARCHBISHOP DIES AFTER STROKES IN BANGLADESH

DHAKA, Bangladesh – A leading Bangladeshi archbishop died just weeks after apparently recovering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.

Archbishop Moses Costa of Chattogram died while hospitalized in Dhaka July 13 after suffering a series of strokes. He was 69.

He became the most senior Catholic clergyman in Bangladesh Archbishop to die during the coronavirus panMoses Costa demic, ucanews.com reported.

He was the secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh and led the bishops’ Commission for Health Care. Previously, he served as chairman of the conference’s Commission for Seminary and Commission for Youth.

Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario of Dhaka, bishops’ conference president, announced the prelate’s death in a statement and called for prayers.

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Salvadoran Gen. Rene Emilio Ponce, right, and his colleagues, Colonels Francisco Elena Fuentes, left, and Inocente Orlando Montano, center, are pictured in a 2000 photo during a news conference denying involvement in the 1989 deaths of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter.

order, if there wasn’t a reversal of the order, it’s because the president had to have approved it.”

He said afterward he was giving a statement and a lawyer intervened to say that he “could not mention anyone in the high command” and only implicate Benavides and the Atlacatl Battalion, a battalion accused of carrying some of the worst atrocities of El Salvador’s civil war, which ended in 1992.

Mendoza was imprisoned after the slayings, but released after an amnesty was approved in the early 1990s. He subsequently left the country and testified from Chile, where he is a citizen.

Benavides also was imprisoned after the slayings Archbishop Costa was hospitalized June 13 in critical condition and tested positive for COVID-19 the next day. His condition improved significantly, and he tested negative for the virus on June 22. However, he remained in the hospital for treatment.

He suffered multiple strokes on July 9, according to doctors.

A private funeral service was set for July 14, the archdiocese said.

Archbishop Costa’s death sent shockwaves among Bangladeshi Catholics at home and abroad. Hundreds posted tributes on social media.

Maulana Amjad Hossain, a Muslim cleric, described the archbishop’s death as the “loss of a great friend” who promoted interfaith harmony.

“Archbishop Moses was a true friend. ... He was a man of dialogue who prioritized interfaith harmony. His life and idealism are great inspirations for us all,” Hossain told ucanews.

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and released with the amnesty. The amnesty was annulled by El Salvador’s top court in 2016, and Benavides returned to prison. He remains the only person convicted for the crime, though the Jesuits asked in 2017 that his sentence be suspended. A court in El Salvador denied his extradition to Spain Mendoza testified he did not believe Benavides was the intellectual author of the Jesuits’ murder.

Montano, 76, faces charges of murder and a sentence of up to 150 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors allege he participated in “the decision, design or execution of the killings.” He has pleaded not guilty.

The six Jesuits were pulled from their residence and murdered Nov. 16, 1989. Mendoza said soldiers did not use military weapons and simulated a firefight to cover up their actions and to try to pin blame on the guerrillas, supposedly present on the campus.

He also said soldiers were told to alter their weapons afterward so ballistics could not trace them.

Father Ellacuria was a prominent figure in the peace talks to end the civil war, in which right-wing death squads and left-wing rebels fought and 75,000 lives were lost. Mendoza testified that the perception in the military was that Father Ellacuria supported the guerrilla cause.

Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Martin-Baro, Juan Ramon Moreno, Amando Lopez, Segundo Montes and Joaquin Lopez also were killed in the attack, along with Julia Elba Ramos, a housekeeper, and her teenage daughter, Celina.

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VATICAN CITY – Decrying the unimaginable “hell” migrants experience in detention centers, Pope Francis urged all Christians to examine how they do or don’t help – as Jesus commanded – the people God has placed in their path.

Christians must always seek the face of the Lord, who can be found in the hungry, the sick, the imprisoned and foreigners, the pope said on the anniversary of his first pastoral

visit as pope to the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Jesus warned everyone, “whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me,” and Christians today must look at their actions every day and see if they have even tried to see Christ in others, the pope said in his homily during Mass July 8.

“Such a personal encounter with Jesus Christ is possible also for us, disciples of the third millennium,” he said.

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anniversary of his first apostolic journey to an island that has been a major destination point for migrants seeking a new life in Europe.

However, since 2014, at least 19,000 people have died, drowning in the Mediterranean Sea during those boat crossings. Pope Francis mourned their deaths during his 2013 visit with prayers and tossing a floral wreath into the rippling water.

In his homily at the Vatican chapel July 8, he remembered those who are trapped in Libya, subjected to terrible abuse and violence and held in detention centers that are more like a “lager,” the German word for a concentration camp. He said his thoughts were with all migrants, those embarking on a “voyage of hope,” those who are rescued and those who are pushed back.

“Whatever you did, you did for me,” he said, repeating Jesus’ warning.

The pope then took a moment to tell the small congregation – all wearing masks and sitting at a distance from one another – what had struck him about listening to the migrants that day in Lampedusa and their harrowing journeys.

He said he thought it strange how one man spoke at great length in his native language, but the interpreter translated it to the pope in just a few words.

An Ethiopian woman, who had witnessed the encounter, later told the pope that the interpreter hadn’t even translated “a quarter” of what was said about the torture and suffering they had experienced.

“They gave me the ‘distilled’ version,” the pope said.

“This happens today with Libya, they give us a ‘distilled’ version. War. Yes, it is terrible, we know that, but you cannot imagine the hell that they live there,” in those detention camps, he said.

And all these people did was try to cross the sea with nothing but hope, he said.

“Whatever you did … for better or for worse! This is a burning issue today,” the pope said.

The ultimate goal for a Christian is

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A migrant is seen in a file photo holding his guitar aboard the Sea Watch 3 German charity ship off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy.

an encounter with God, he said, and always seeking the face of God is how Christians make sure they are on the right path toward the Lord.

The day’s first reading from the Book of Hosea described how the people of Israel had lost their way, wandering instead in a “desert of inequity,” seeking abundance and prosperity with hearts filled with “falsehood and injustice,” he said.

“It is a sin, from which even we, modern Christians, are not immune,” he added.

The prophet Hosea’s words call everyone to conversion, “to turn our eyes to the Lord and see his face,” Pope Francis said.

“As we undertake to seek the face of the Lord, we may recognize him in the face of the poor, the sick, the abandoned, and the foreigners whom God places on our way. And this encounter becomes for us a time of grace and salvation, as it bestows on us the same mission entrusted to the apostles,” he said.

Christ himself said “it is he who knocks on our door, hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, imprisoned, seeking an encounter with us and requesting our assistance,” the pope said.

The pope ended his homily by asking Our Lady, the solace of migrants, “help us discover the face of her son in all our brothers and sisters who are forced to flee from their homeland because of the many injustices that still afflict our world today.”

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BISHOPS: How pandemic has shaken diocesan, parish life FROM PAGE 1

60% of diocesan bishops responded and about 50% of eparchial bishops responded, the report’s authors said.

CARA officials said the results of the survey were likely affected by whether a bishop responded while his diocese or eparchy was in total lockdown or as restrictions began to be lifted.

When it came to specific sacraments, 99% of bishops said confirmation had been very much or somewhat affected; 99% said that about first Communion; 92%, about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults process; and 94%, about other sacramental preparation programs.

Similar numbers of respondents said the celebration of marriages (98%), baptisms (91%) and funerals (93%) also had been at least somewhat affected.

In addition, the survey found the morale of church staff members has been very much or somewhat affected. Sixty percent of bishops said their morale had been affected. Higher numbers of respondents said the morale of lay ecclesial ministers (71%), priests (68%), chancery staff (67%) and deacons (62%) had been affected.

Meanwhile, 54% of bishops said the ability of

Catholic Charities to serve people in need had been impacted as well.

Jonathan Wiggins, director of parish surveys at CARA, told Catholic News Service the survey offers an early look at how the pandemic is affecting church life.

“What really strikes me is that this is so much a work in progress because parishes are not back up to any kind of normalcy in terms of Mass attendance, sacraments, giving or anything that would characterize regular Catholic life,” Wiggins said.

“This is just a couple months in and we don’t know what the long-term effects will be on dioceses and parishes,” he added.

A similar survey of parish pastors by CARA researchers is underway, Wiggins added.

The survey of bishops offered them the opportunity to provide brief written answers to questions about pastoral provisions they may have implemented, such as the dispensation to attend weekly Mass, instructions on the celebration of the sacraments such as baptism and marriage, and directives to comply with state and local government orders.

Those responses were not quantified in the CARA report. But it included comments from

bishops describing the steps they took as the pandemic led to massive church, school and business lockdowns in March and then eased in May and June.

Some bishops said they offered updates as often as weekly with regard to liturgies, finances, how parishioners can contribute to their parish during closures, and how parishes could reopen for public Masses and reception of the sacraments.

Responding bishops said they instructed parishes to follow state guidelines when public Masses resumed and stressed the importance of practicing social distancing and celebrating Mass in open spaces such as parking lots.

Regarding finances, bishops said they were concerned that the loss of income from Sunday collections would have a devastating impact on parishes. They also said they worried about the effect of increased unemployment on parishioners and the impact on family life.

With the revenue losses, some bishops said that parish and diocesan staffs may have to be reduced.

Another concern bishops expressed focused on whether people will return to Sunday Mass after a long absence. They said without the return of parishioners, the financial outlook for church entities was grim.

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Faith Formation Minister I (FFM I) will assess the needs of the Parish, envision an overall faith formation program, and develop new approaches and strategies to make Jesus known and loved in every heart. The FFM I will meet children, parents, adults and seniors where they are with Christ’s love. The FFM I is responsible for the development, implementation, and administration of the overall faith development and evangelization efforts including Adult, RCIA, Children, Family and Sacramental Preparation. The FFM I reports to and works in close collaboration with the Parish Executive Director, as well as, the Pastor, other employees, clergy and key volunteers. For a complete job description and instructions for applying, visit https://bit.ly/2BsSPgB. Faith Formation Minister II (FFM II) will lead musical worship for the contemporary music Masses, be responsible for the

technical aspects of all Masses, work on the website, as well as all social media and work directly with middle school/high school students. The Faith Formation Minister II reports to and works with the Parish Executive Director, as well as the Pastor, other employees, clergy, and key volunteers. For a complete job description and instructions for applying, visit https://bit.ly/2ZmDia4.

St. Anthony of Padua is located in south Novato in beautiful Marin County just north of San Francisco. With approximately half of our 1,500 registered families regularly attending Mass, we are committed to evangelization and outreach to bring Christ out into the community, to meet people where they are, love them as they are, and lead them to Christ through the Eucharist. This position is a key role in that mission. If you believe you are the one being called to join us on this mission, we want to hear from you!

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help wanted Sacristan The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption Full time position with benefits open at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption. Position would require detailed person who has the ability to relate well with people in a diverse, worship environment. The successful applicant should have some knowledge of the Roman Catholic church and its rituals although training will be provided. Be able to lift up to fifty pounds, have a valid California driver’s license, fluent in English.

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Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me, here. You are my Mother, Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. (Make request.) There are none that can withstand your power. O, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 x). Holy Mother, I place this cause in your hands (3 x).

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novenas Novena to St. Jude Thaddeus St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant & friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many.

But the Church honors & invokes you universally as the patron of difficult and desperate cases. Pray for me who am so miserable. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded to you to bring visible & speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation & help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations & sufferings, particularly (here make your request) & that I may bless God with you & all the elect throughout all eternity. I promise you, O blessed Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, & I will never cease to honor you as my special & powerful patron & do all in my power to encourage devotion to you. St. Jude, pray for us & for all who honor & invoke thy aid. (Say the Our Father, Hail Mary, & Glory be to the Father 3 times) – M&LP

PRAYER TO ST. PEREGRINE

(Patron Saint of Cancer Patients) O great St.Peregrine, you have been called “The Wonder Worker” because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you. For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being, & who had recourse to the source of all grace when the power of man could do no more. You were favored with the vision of Jesus coming down from His Cross to heal your affliction. Ask of God and Our Lady the cure of the sick whom we entrust to you. (mention names of those you are praying for ) Aided in this way by your powerful intercession, we shall sing to God, now & for all eternity, a song of gratitude for His great goodness & mercy. Amen. (Say the Our Father, Hail Mary, & Glory be to the Father). – M&LP

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Remembrances may be made to the Priests Retirement Fund, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109.

FATHER BRIAN COSTELLO

Father Brian Costello, a longtime pastor in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, died July 11, 2020. Ordained in 2000, he was 67 years old.

“He was deeply appreciative of the support and prayers of his brother priests following his cancer diagnosis and decline in health,” Father Andrew Spyrow, vicar for clergy, said in a statement.

Father Costello had recently Father Brian been admitted to hospice and spent Costello his last days at the home of his sister, Sally. At the time of his death he was pastor of Our Lady of Loretto Parish in Novato.

Christina Gray, associate editor of Catholic San Francisco, spoke with Father Costello in March about his Stage 4 diagnosis and what he wanted to be ahead for him. His plan was to return to his post at Our Lady of Loretto.

“I chose to come back to work because I want to model a happy death for my parishioners,” Father Costello told her March 11 at Our Lady of Loretto.

In a letter to parishioners and staff he said he was “totally at peace” with what seemed to be God’s plan for him asking “Isn’t that what our faith teaches us?”

“All I’ve ever wanted to be is a simple parish priest,” Father Costello told Gray.

He called the opportunity to show that death is not to be feared when you have faith a “great gift” from God. “I believe with every fiber of my body in the resurrection,” Father Costello said. “To have this happen right before Lent, well, it couldn’t have happened at a better time.”

Funeral arrangements are being planned. Remembrances may be made to the Priests’ Retirement Fund, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109.

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Father Westray was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Both his mother and father, Jean and Kenneth, had been born there as well and had worked for the federal government.

Father Westray, the eldest of Father Kenneth three, attended Our Lady of PerWestray petual Help School, and Gonzaga College High School. He completed undergraduate study at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, earning his undergraduate degree there while training in marine engineering and navigation. Following his graduation, he served in the Merchant Marines as a navigator of cargo ships around the world from his base in Washington, D.C. In 1979 he applied to the Archdiocese of San Francisco and completed his seminary studies at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park.

On Nov. 28, 1981, he was ordained to the priesthood

by Archbishop John R. Quinn at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Father Westray took up his first assignment as associate pastor at Sacred Heart Church in San Francisco on Jan. 15, 1982. In 1983, Father Westray was appointed to St. Elizabeth Parish, and was also accepted for an assignment with the Military Vicariate as chaplain in the United States Navy Inactive Reserve.

In 1985, Father Westray was appointed pastor at Sacred Heart, where he ministered for 14 years.

From 2000 until 2008, he served as pastor of St. Sebastian Parish in Greenbrae, and from 2008 until 2011, as pastor of St. Isabella Parish in San Rafael.

He began his last assignment, at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, on July 1, 2011.

A livestreamed funeral Mass was celebrated June 30 at St. Vincent de Paul Church.

Father Westray’s mother, Jean, now 91, his sister, Cecilia, brother, Kevin, and Kevin’s son, Vonty, were present.

Because of the severe limitations imposed on large gatherings, the funeral Mass was limited to

Notre Dame de Namur University announced July 9 that it has reached an agreement with its faculty union to extend and modify a collective bargaining agreement with the teachers through Aug. 14, 2021.

The move continues the Belmont school’s efforts to answer difficulties including low enrollment and limited cash reserves.

“NDNU has been diligently working on ways to continue in a new format as a learning institution for both the short and longer term,” the school said in a statement. “The university has been exploring all options to provide students close to graduating a guaranteed pathway to finish their degrees.”

The school announced in March that it would not be accepting new students while working its way back to financial good health.

While moving to what the school called “proportional pay” to “minimize and delay” faculty layoffs the much-reduced student enrollment as compared to fall 2019 means fewer teachers will be needed.

The school said it will offer severance pay to any full-time faculty who are laid off and cannot find a position elsewhere at equivalent salary.

“Without a faculty agreement, eligible students would not have been able to continue through spring 2021 to finish their degrees,” the school said.

NDNU was founded in 1851 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

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Mercy Sisters celebrate jubilees Sisters of Mercy West Midwest are celebrating 14 of their community for their years of ministry and commitment to the Mercy Community. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in person gatherings have been cancelled. Visit www.sistersofmercy.org/west-midwest/ west-midwest-2020-jubilarians/.

25 YEAR JUBILARIANS

Sister Maureen Kelly, RSM has spent her years of ministry in health care as a chaplain with people facing major health issues at Scripps Mercy Hospital and San Diego Hospice.

Sister Maureen Kelly, RSM

Sister Karen Kielb, RSM

Sister Suzanne Krawczyk, RSM

Sister Mary Timothy Gallagher, RSM

Sister Toni Lynn Gallagher, RSM

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Sister Marie Sister Hope Eloise Sanchez, RSM Rosenblatt, RSM

Sister Patricia Beirne, RSM

Sister Rosann Fraher, RSM

Sister Paulina Simms, RSM

Sister Maria Juanita van Bommel, RSM

Sister Karen Kielb, RSM began her ministry with seniors at Presentation Senior Housing in San Francisco and since has been a chaplain at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland. “The elderly have been for me the mirror of God’s love,” she said.

Sister Suzanne Krawczyk, RSM began her nursing ministry at St Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit later moving into palliative care. “The gift of my life in Mercy is that through ministry I could be present to those in need at the bedside, in administrative meetings and when providing spiritual direction.”

50 YEAR JUBILARIANS

Sister Marie Eloise Rosenblatt, RSM, taught at Mercy High School, Burlingame, and Mercy High School, San Francisco. She is an attorney and additionally holds a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.

Sister Hope Sanchez, RSM, ministered at St. Mary’s Hospital later becoming director of the Silver Penny Farm Retreat Center, a post she held for 18 years. She then moved to Bakersfield and is now the coordinator of extraordinary ministers of holy Communion for Mercy hospitals.

60 YEAR JUBILARIANS

Sister Patricia Beirne, RSM, has served as an elementary school teacher and principal in both the San Francisco and Los Angeles archdioceses. In 1989 she became an administrator at the Archdiocesan Spirituality Center at Mount St. Mary’s College and has been its director since 2006.

Sister Rosann Fraher, RSM, attended Mercy High School, San Francisco. Her primary ministry has been as a teacher and administrator in the Archdio-

cese of San Francisco. She was principal of Mercy High School, Burlingame from 1993 to 2003 and currently works with immigrant women at The Lantern Center for Hospitality & Education in San Francisco.

Sister Mary Timothy Gallagher, RSM, has served for 60 years in nursing, many years at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco. From 1996 until her retirement in 2015 she served as St. Mary’s nursing manager and nursing coordinator.

Sister Toni Lynn Gallagher, RSM, after years as a classroom teacher became religious education coordinator at St. Stephen Parish and at St. Peter School. She also worked with the Fordham Group on HIV education. She currently serves as bereavement coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and volunteer librarian at St. Peter’s.

Sister Bernadette Hart, RSM, began in elementary education where she taught more than 1,300 students over 36 years. She was in vocation ministry and now is a spiritual director and director of retreats She continues as a staff member at St. Gabriel Parish.

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Indocumentados en el Área de la Bahía temen responder el Censo 2020 el gobierno con base en la información del censo, se utilizan para proveer alimentos en las escuelas, suplir los hospitales y los servicios de emergencias, para los centros de recreación para personas mayores, entre muchos otros servicios, explicó Vásquez.

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Inmigrantes latinos indocumentados que viven en el Área de la Bahía temen responder las preguntas del Censo 2020 y que los deporten al revelar su información personal. “El mayor miedo de las personas sin documentos legales en este país es no saber a dónde va la información que escriben en los formulario del censo, y que eso los ponga en riesgo de deportación”, dijo Adriana Guzmán de la organización comunal sin fines de lucro, Fe en Acción.

Los líderes de esta organización están ayudando a las familias inmigrantes a conocer acerca del Censo 2020. De febrero a junio de este año han logrado llevar la información y ayudar con los formularios a unas 25 mil familias en los condados de San Francisco y San Mateo, de las cuales esperan que el 100% lo llene y lo entregue de vuelta, dijo Guzmán.

Antes de que comenzara la cuarentena, a finales de febrero, Fe en Acción del Área de la Bahía logró reunir unas 150 personas en la iglesia San Mateo, en San Mateo para explicarles qué es el censo y por qué tienen que responderlo. Otros eventos que habían programado para los meses siguientes fueron cancelados por el COVID-19.

La organización continuó informando sobre el censo a través de llamadas telefónicas. Guzmán dijo que han estado llamando a los números de teléfono que tienen en las listas de personas que han asistido a algún taller sobre inmigración o que han recurrido a la organización para obtener ayuda en alguno de los servicios que ellos prestan.

Agregó que la mayoría de los líderes que hacen las llamadas son feligreses, miembros de los ministerios de Justicia Social en las iglesias católicas donde hay comunidades hispanas, también participan otras denominaciones religiosas. Guzmán dijo que muchas de las personas que han llamado se han dejado orientar acerca del censo porque confían en Fe en Acción.

Teresa Morataya, una vecina de Redwood City y parroquiana de San Antonio en Menlo Park, ya respondió las preguntas del censo en internet con la ayuda de su hijo. Ella recomienda a todos los hispanos, aun sin documentos que se hagan contar, como lo hizo ella hace muchos años atrás. En dos ocasiones respondió el censo aun cuando era indocumentada y continúa haciéndolo ahora que tiene su estatus legal en Estados Unidos.

Esta inmigrante salvadoreña dijo que es importante que todas las personas sin documentos conozcan que la información que brindan es confidencial, y recomendó que si tienen dudas sobre las preguntas en el cuestionario del censo, pidan ayudan para responderlo y entregarlo.

Leticia Acevedo es una encuestadora que trabaja para la ciudad de Sur San Francisco,

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Pancartas del Censo 2020 se ven al lado de la vía en East Palo Alto.

haciendo llamadas para preguntar si las personas han respondido el censo y ayudando a llenar los formularios a quienes aceptan la ayuda. Dijo que son diez preguntas y dependiendo de la cantidad de personas que viven en una misma casa, podrían necesitar diez a treinta minutos de tiempo para responderlo.

En los casi tres meses que ha encuestado por teléfono ha podido ayudar a muchas personas.

Pero, todavía hay muchos que cortan la llamada cuando escuchan que es por parte del Censo 2020.

Dijo que ha percibido el temor y desconfianza de algunas personas al otro lado de la línea telefónica.

“Les da miedo que uno agarre sus datos y que los denuncie a migración”, detalló.

A las personas que desconfían de dar información por teléfono, ella les recomienda que respondan el cuestionario en internet. Se van a dar cuenta que no hay ninguna pregunta sobre el estado migratorio, dijo Acevedo.

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La especialista en medios de comunicación de la Oficina del Censo en California, Angelica Vásquez dijo al San Francisco Católico que por ley federal de los Estados Unidos la información que brinda cada persona a través del Censo 2020 está protegida y se penará hasta con cárcel, si algún funcionario de la Oficina del Censo divulgara información individual de alguno de los encuestados.

“Mucho menos se va a compartir esa información con ICE o con alguna fuerza del orden, o con la policía. No, definitivamente no. Esa información es solo para propósitos estadísticos, para distribuir los fondos federales y para la representación de cada ciudad en el congreso”, dijo Vásquez.

El censo es un conteo de toda la población, lo hace la Oficina del Censo de Estados Unidos que es una dependencia del Departamento de Comercio de este país.

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La especialista en comunicaciones de la Oficina del Censo aclaró que “responder el censo es obligatorio” y podría haber inclusive multas para las personas que no quieran responderlo. Ella dijo que la oficina ofrece ayuda en diferentes idiomas, incluyendo español para que las personas que no saben cómo llenar los formularios, obtengan ayuda por teléfono o en las bibliotecas públicas.

Aclaró que en ninguna parte del censo se pregunta por el número de Seguro Social, ni por número de tarjetas de crédito. Dijo que si alguien llama o llega a las casas diciendo que es por parte del censo y pide esa información es un fraude, alertó Vásquez.

Se tiene que contar a todas las personas que viven en la misma casa aunque no sean de la misma familia, ya sea que alquilan el garaje o un dormitorio. Esto es responsabilidad de la cabeza del hogar.

En el censo de hace diez años algunos niños recién nacidos no fueron incluidos por las familias. Por esa razón las autoridades del censo este año llaman la atención para que se incluya a todos los bebés que nacieron antes del 1 de abril del 2020 y también para que se incluya a todas las personas mayores.

Los datos del Censo 2020 sobre la población total de cada estado tenían que ser entregados antes del 31 de diciembre del 2020. Sin embargo, debido a la cuarentena por el COVID-19 la entrega se pospuso hasta el 30 de abril del 2021. Con estos datos se determina el número de escaños en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos.

A las personas que por no tener una dirección postal para recibir el formulario no han respondido ni enviado el cuestionario y que tampoco lo han respondido en internet, a partir de agosto hasta el 31 de octubre recibirán la visita de personas de la Oficina del Censo, siguiendo todas las reglas de las autoridades de salud para entrevistarlos en persona en sus casas.

El conteo de las personas sin hogar que estaba programado para el 1 de abril, fue reprogramado del 22 al 24 de septiembre

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Hasta la fecha del 24 de junio cuando se cerró esta edición, se había respondido 61.7% de las encuestas a nivel nacional y 62.8% de las encuestas del estado de California, detalló Vásquez.

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Beneficiaros de TPS recorrieron el distrito de la Misión en caravana para que no se cierre el programa LORENA ROJAS SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO

Los activistas del Área de la Bahía que apoyan una demanda contra el gobierno por la suspensión del programa Protección de Estatus Temporal, (Temporary Protected Status), fueron el 24 de junio en caravana desde la iglesia San Antonio en la calle César Chávez hasta el edificio federal donde está el Tribunal de Apelaciones del Noveno Circuito en San Francisco, para llamar la atención de que el programa sigue vigente hasta que un juez dé una resolución, la cual esperan que sea durante este verano.

Marlene Quintano del ministerio de Justicia Social de la iglesia San Kevin en San Francisco, quien ayuda a los “tepesianos” con el apoyo de la organización sin fines de lucro Fe en Acción, dijo al San Francisco Católico que la caravana se hizo para recordar que el TPS está bajo esta demanda en el tribunal en San Francisco porque la administración Trump terminó el programa en noviembre del 2017.

Para pedir que el programa continúe, los beneficiarios de TPS de Sudán, Nicaragua, Haití y El Salvador y sus hijos ciudadanos estadounidenses presentaron la demanda “Ramos v. Nielsen” en marzo del 2018, argumentando que la terminación de la Protección del Estatus Temporal para estos países es ilegal porque no se siguió el procedimiento administrativo, dicen los afectados.

Otra demanda conocida como “Bhattarai v. Nielsen” fue presentada por personas de Honduras y Nepal amparados bajo la protección del TPS y sus hijos nacidos en EE.UU., alegando las mismas razones de ilegalidad en la terminación del programa, según el portal de internet de la Alianza Nacional de TPS. El TPS es un estatus de residencia legal temporal en Estados Unidos para las personas de países afectados por conflictos armados o desastres naturales. Entre los diez países beneficiarios de este programa se suman más de 300.000 personas amparadas bajo este beneficio en EE.UU., la mayoría de ellos son de El Salvador, Honduras y Haití. Estos tres representan el 90% de todas las personas amparadas bajo este programa.

Fredy Torres es un hondureño que se acogió a la protección del TPS después que el huracán Mitch, en 1998, devastó su país dejando alrededor de 7.000 muertos, lo que hizo a los habitantes de este país elegibles para buscar el amparo del TPS. Desde entonces Torres tiene un estatus legal en los Estados Unidos. Este programa le permite tener un número de seguro social y poder trabajar legalmente en el país, así como comprar propiedades y tener una licencia de conducir entre muchos otros beneficios.

Gracias al TPS, Torres trabaja como constructor en el Área de la Bahía y es el sostén económico de sus cuatro hijos de 17, 15, 9 y 6 años, y de su esposa que se dedica a tiempo completo al cuidado de la familia y de la casa.

A Torres le preocupa lo que podría pasar si la corte falla a favor de la terminación del programa. “Si perdemos el TPS, como el gobierno tiene nuestros datos podría comenzar las deportaciones”. Agregó que quienes sufrirían más las consecuencias serían las personas que trabajan en los campos agrícolas, muchos de ellos no saben leer ni escribir, dijo Torres.

El obispo auxiliar Mario E. Dorsonville de Washington, presidente del Comité de Migración

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Lauriza Silva se ve con un celular y un micrófono cerca al edificio federal en San Francisco para manifestarse contra el cierre del TPS. Lauriza es hija de Claudia y Johnny Silva ambos inmigrantes amparados con el programa TPS.

de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos, (USCCB por sus siglas en inglés), dijo el 4 de junio de este año que “lamentablemente, los “Soñadores” y los beneficiarios de TPS siguen siendo vulnerables y sin estatus legal permanente”.

“Esta continua incertidumbre para los ‘Soñadores’ y los beneficiarios de TPS llega en un momento durante la pandemia de COVID-19 cuando muchos ‘Soñadores’ y beneficiarios de TPS están, junto con ciudadanos estadounidenses en primera línea haciendo trabajos esenciales para nuestro país como atención médica, suministro de alimentos y transporte”, dijo el obispo Dorsonville.

Las personas que se han acogido al TPS deben renovarlo periódicamente y depende del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de los Estados Unidos si les concede o no continuar amparados bajo el programa.

Más de 273.000 niños nacidos en Estados Unidos tienen al menos uno de los papás amparado bajo el TPS.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of June HOLY CROSS, COLMA Shirley Rells Aguilar Charles Raymond Anaya Pasquale Banducci Berta Barberena Nenita S. Bautista Gail Sanfer Bierce Vicente B. Borja Iona Virginia Boro Renee L. Cafferata Anselmo Cantong Josephine J. Castagnola Jose Ramon Centeno Encarnacion P. Cespedes Helen Ciensczyk Cesar F. Cruz Rose M. Dalessio Maria Cecilia De Martini Rojas Hoang Minh Dinh Dolores Duckworth Kay Elizabeth Duffy Gerald T. Engeli Miriam J. Engeli Rosie Espinueva David J. Estrada Beverly J. Flaherty Lydia S. Fleming Gilbert R. Gil Cornelius Hagan John Debret Hale Lee Andrew Hammel Georges S. Handres Blanca R. Hasbun Ann Marie Cahill Healy Carl Howard Matilde H. Huerta William J. Iracki Ben Johnson Richard Kindelon Lydia A. Laguardia Pong Wai Fong Lam Maureen F. Laval Odette M. LePendu James Joseph Loftus

Kathleen M. Luhman Louis Joseph Luini Rita Mallia Jean M. Martinelli Wanda Martinez Patrick “Paddy” F. McGuirk Dennis Warren McHugh James C. McIver Julio M. Millare, Sr. Mary Frances Miller Bill Jack Mondino Sam T. Naselli Daniel O’Connor Joan Marie O’Connor Mary Veronica O’Dowd Eric Lester Perez Camille Amanda Perkinson Richard “Dick” Petrich Santos P. Ponce Antonia Rama Nenette Timog Ramos Salim Yousef Rantisi Joseph John Reggiardo Barbara Walsh Reising Joan K. Roemer Bruna Y. Romero Anthony Michael Sagon John M. Sant Jorge Guillermo Santana Nicholas Michael Schroeder Jose Eliseo Sevillano Anthony Sheehan Elias “Tony” Silva Peter Allen Smith Todd Anthony Spediacci Leo Stewart Fabio R. Suarez Susan B. Sumaylo Elisa Jane Swenson Jeffrey E. Tambo-Ong Peter Christopher Teahan Lourdes “Ludy” Tunque Reverend Kirk J. Ullery Manuita K. Ulugalu Gloria Uriza Edda Warekois Betty J. Wilson

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While we will not be having a First Saturday Mass in August, we encourage you to remember in prayer all our beloved dead at rest in our Catholic Cemeteries.

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