January 16, 2015 by Catholic San Francisco

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Father Michael Mahoney celebrates 50 years religious

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Archbishop, Orthodox prelate to pray vespers for peace, unity VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Gerasimos and San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will celebrate solemn vespers on Jan. 18 to pray for those suffering persecution for their faith and to begin together the international Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Archbishop Cordileone will preside and Metropolitan Gerasimos will deliver the homily at the vespers service at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Belmont. In April, the archbishop SEE EAST-WEST, PAGE 5

Pope in Sri Lanka: Reconciliation means ‘pursuit of truth’ FRANCIS X. ROCCA

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Churchgoers attend Mass at Santo Nino de Tondo Church in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 11, ahead of Pope Francis’ Jan. 15-19 visit to the Philippines.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Arriving in Sri Lanka, a country recovering from two-and-a-half decades of ethnic and religious civil war, Pope Francis said reconciliation would require its people to explore their painful recent history and accept persistent differences within their multicultural society. “The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing and SEE SRI LANKA, PAGE 22

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MANILA, Philippines – “Today I was thinking about the tenacity of the poor,” said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila as he and his guests rode past a polluted creek lined with the cardboard, plastic and tin shacks of people he describes as “informal settlers.” He had just presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for a building that will house 67 of the families living along the creek, then celebrated a late-afternoon Mass for them and for the roughly 300 fami-

Cardinal Tagle said he is not nervous about the papal visit. ‘I’m excited. I want to see how the pastor in him will react to the reality here.’

block units built under the auspices of the St. Hannibal Empowerment Center. As he arrived in a pedal cart to the building site – a lot vacant except for a huge pile of rubble – and as he left the Mass, the crowds pressed in. Police and community organizers had to form a cordon to get him to his car after Mass, but he still stopped to pose for selﬁes, smiling broadly and bringing the hands of the elderly to his forehead in a sign of respect. The poor, he said, “are willing to wait. When life is easy, it’s easy to say

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CELEBRATING VOCATIONS: The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael invite the public to St. Rose Convent, 2515 Pine St., San Francisco, on Feb. 8 from 3-4:30 p.m. for an open house celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life. Gather for a prayer for peace in the chapel, followed by visiting and refreshments in the convent. A separate open house will be held at the same time in Marin County at Dominican Convent, 1540 Grand Ave., San Rafael. RSVP for either location by calling (415) 453-8303 or email crbush@ sanrafaelop.org. Also on Feb. 8, from 9:30-11 a.m., the Sisters of Mercy invite the public to Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame. Visit the Mercy sisters’ home, learn about the congregation’s rich heritage and meet sisters who serve in a variety of ministries in the Bay Area. All are welcome to stay for Sunday liturgy at 11:15 in the main chapel. RSVP by calling (650) 340-7400.

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Twelve days into her retirement, Dominican Sister of San Rafael Anne Bertain muses about “slowing down,” reading, swimming, spending time with family and taking a real vacation. But as she talked with Catholic San Francisco on Jan. 12 in the sunny Dominican convent on Pine Street across the street from the parish she’s served for 50 years, it seemed obvious that her life is and always will be, centered on her life’s work – serving the disadvantaged. In 2011, Sister Anne received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontiface Award from the Vatican for her long history of ministry to the people of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. “I’ve always loved what I do,” Sister Anne, 76, said. “It’s what gives me energy.” Floral remnants of a retirement Mass and reception held at St. Dominic in her honor two days earlier sprout from vases around the table where we sit. Nearly 700 guests from throughout the state came to show their appreciation for the legacy of Sister Anne, including four former pastors, 30 former students and her third-grade teacher, retired Dominican Sister Bernadette. Dominican Sister of San Rafael Colleen McDermott assumed the role of director of community services on Jan. 1. Sister Anne said she learned the meaning of a life of service from her parents, Ellen and Jean Bertain. She was educated by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael at St. John the Baptist School in Napa and at St. Vincent Ferrer High School in Vallejo. She was drawn to the order, and entered the novitiate in 1957, telling her family, however, that she might be back in three months. “And here it is, almost 58 years later,” she laughed. After teaching first grade at St. Dominic School in the early-1960s and retiring as school principal in 1979, Sister Anne started the parish’s first community service

‘CATHOLIC IMAGINATION AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE’: At the 6th Annual Convocation of the College of Fellows of Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Jan. 31 at 1:30 p.m., DSPT Fellows Dana Gioia, Bob Flint, and Mary Hirschfeld will offer presentations on “Catholic Imagination and Contemporary Culture” through the prism of their vocations as poet, lawyer and economist/ theologian, respectively. There will be Q&A with the presenters and other members of the College of Fellows. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. The event is open to the public; RSVP is required. RSVP is required at www. dspt.edu/convocation or to (510) 883-2086. The school is located at 2301 Vine St., Berkeley. CSF NEWSLETTER: Visit www. catholic-sf.org to sign up for Catholic San Francisco’s email newsletter, newly redesigned especially to view on mobile devices. The newsletter is issued each week the paper publishes a print or digital issue and includes highlighted articles and photos as well as links to the edited paper to download as a PDF or view in your browser.

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Dominican Sister Anne Bertain meets with guests at Lima Center in San Francisco on Jan. 13. In 2005, Sister Anne opened the drop-in day shelter for the homeless operated from the St. Dominic Church basement. department. She had learned firsthand about the urban poor after working with school families in the 1960s and 1970s. At the time the school was 90 percent African American. “That was where I was introduced to struggling families, to the needs of the local community,” she said. Since then she’s run a robust roster of programs for the parish including a community assistance ministry which last year spent $60,000 – funds raised by the financial gifts of parishioners – to help struggling local families meet their rent. St. Dominic also helps with food, medical and utility bills. Sister Anne has also started and led a prison ministry, a consolation ministry, a seniors program, an HIV/AIDS support group, a sandwich program for recovery centers, annual holiday food and toy programs, a social justice ministry. In 2005, Sister Anne opened the Lima Center, a drop-in day shelter for the homeless operated from the church basement. The center

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Papal nuncio to bring message from Pope Francis to Walk for Life Jan. 24 VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The pope’s diplomatic representative to the U.S. will read a message of support from Pope Francis at the Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 24. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States, will attend the Walk for Life this year, according to the office of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone. “What an honor! We are so excited—this is the next best thing to having the Holy Father himself with us!” said Eva Muntean, a co-founder of the walk. Archbishop Viganò, appointed on Oct. 19, 2011, the feast of the North American Martyrs, is the 14th papal representative to the United States. The diplomatic post was established in 1893. Archbishop Viganò will read Pope Francis’ greeting, said Karen McLaughlin, executive assistant to Archbishop Cordileone. Pope Francis also sent greetings to the Walk for Life in 2014. Archbishop Viganò ﬁrst attended the walk in 2013 where he told participants: “You can’t imagine how happy I am to be here with you today. To see so many people love life … You are the best of the United States of America!”

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Pro-life demonstrators filled Civic Center Plaza Jan. 25 for the Walk for Life. Archbishop Cordileone and concelebrating bishops will celebrate the Walk for Life Mass at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral before participating in the walk. The Walk for Life West Coast begins at 12:30 p.m. at San Francisco’s Civic Center with the walk along Market Street scheduled for 1:30 p.m. More than 50,000 people are expected for the annual event. This year a young woman Rebekah Buell who saved her baby by using a technique to reverse RU486 will be

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in college pursuing a degree in English. Other speakers will include Julia Holcomb, who at 16 years old became the legal ward of Steven Tyler, lead singer of the rock band Aerosmith and American Idol judge and at age 17 was coerced into an abortion; Jim and Joy Pinto, who cohost EWTN radio and TV programs; and Rev. Clenard Childress, founder and director of blackgenocide.org, who spoke at the ﬁrst Walk for Life and has spoken at almost every walk since. Founded in 2005 by a group of San Francisco Bay Area residents, the Walk for Life West Coast’s mission is to change the perceptions of a society that thinks abortion is an answer. Walk participants are expected from throughout the Bay Area and across the United States and Canada. Visit www.walkforlifewc.com

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‘Becoming Capuchin was natural thing to do’ TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Father Michael Mahoney celebrated his 50th year as a Capuchin Franciscan in 2014. He was ordained in 1974. “The Capuchins were a household word in our house,” the pastor of Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame told me via email. Father Michael’s family and his home parish in Ireland were alive with vocations. “I had three uncles who were priests and two aunts who Father Michael were nuns,” he said. In his counMahoney, OFM tryside parish of 1960 there were Cap. 80 priests with roots in the parish serving around the world. “I grew up in Ireland in the 1950s when priesthood and religious life were highly valued vocations. Mothers, families and parish communities supported and encouraged young men to go into a life devoted to God.” Father Michael attended the Capuchin high school in Rochestown, Cork. He had two uncles who were Capuchin Franciscans. “Becoming a Capuchin seemed a natural thing for me to do,” he said. “In my high school graduating class of 22 boys, eight of us joined the Capuchin Order.” Father Michael is a licensed marriage and family therapist. His early years as a psychologist and a young priest were in service to the incarcerated in Ireland. “Working with prisoners was a valuable learning experience and gave me a ﬁrsthand experience of what life is like for the poor, the uneducated, those who grow up in crime-infested neighborhoods,” he said. In 1978 he came to California as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Angels. Since then he has served 36 years with the Capuchins in California, 20 of them at OLA, “a parish I dearly love,” he said. “It has been a great joy for me to work with my brother Capuchins and a wonderful staff here at OLA. We continue to minister to our people in the Capuchin Franciscan way: openness, availability, love of people, builders of community. The goodness, the faith and the ﬁdelity of parishioners is a constant reminder to me that it is in giving that we receive and in dying that we are born to eternal life.” STARS OF THE SEA: San Francisco’s Star of the Sea School honored Adelle Balmy, Lauri Hill, Lynda McCarthy, with George Pulizzano with Stella Maris awards Nov. 22. Adelle was involved with the school’s Mothers’ Club and served as head room parent. She was among those behind early fundrais-

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PEER PLEASURE: In the spirit of the Christmas season, Wendy Hitchcock’s third grade class at St. Patrick School in Larkspur, made ﬂeece blankets for Project Night Night. The group works to make a child’s ﬁrst experience in a homeless shelter a little less scary and sad. . Each student made a blanket tied up with a bow. Project Night Night donates 25,000 tote bags with a blanket, stuffy toy, and book to homeless children each year. The idea came from room parents, Tracey Brisbin and Kealy Murray. ers that have since grown into an annual parish festival. Lauri helped open Star’s preschool in 2008 and its soon being accepted and seen as a great addition to the neighborhood and the parish. “Lauri Hill is a truly wonderful Catholic educator.,” the school said. Lynda served for 30 years at Star many as principal. “Perhaps the greatest gift Lynda shared with Star was here enthusiasm and infectious sense of Christian joy,” the school said. George served as a coach and athletic director at Star of the Sea. “George has given time, energy and love to our students and our community,” the school said. ALL HATS OFF: Remembered at a funeral Mass Jan. 12 at St. Cecilia Church was Patricia Pinnick, a longtime teacher at the parish school who died Jan. 7 at age 82. Pat also served at St. Thomas More School as librarian after retiring from St. Cecilia. In his homily at the funeral Mass, St. Cecilia pastor, Msgr. Michael Harriman, remembered Pat as a person who lived her faith. “Rejoice in the Lord” would be always on her lips, he told the assembly that included Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary who served as principal at St. Cecilia’s during Pat’s 49 years there as well as students from St. Cecilia’s and St. Thomas More. Pat was a graduate of Holy Names University in Oakland. ANNIVERSARY: Erwin and Loretta Schoenstein celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with relatives and friends at a Mass and reception at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Burlingame Nov. 8. The couple met and married at St Cecilia’s Parish, San Francisco and raised their seven children in the city’s St. Brendan Parish. Thanks to their daughter Therese Schoenstein Povey for the good news.

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and metropolitan celebrated the Service of Salutations to the Holy Cross at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross. At the April 8 service, Archbishop Cordileone preached and Metropolitan Gerasimos presided. The Belmont Orthodox church possesses a relic of the true cross and for nine years has invited Immaculate Heart of Mary for the Lenten service, IHM pastor Father Steve Howell said. Last year was the first time Archbishop Cordileone and Metropolitan Gerasimos were involved, partly to pray for an upcoming May 2014 meeting between the heads of both churches in Jerusalem. “We are continuing a long-standing tradition of praying together,” Father Howell said, part of a history of cooperation and friendship between the two parishes. “This is an opportunity to pray together and share together.” The Greek Orthodox and the Catholic Church recognize each other’s sacraments and at the April 8 service those present prayed the Greek Orthodox version of the Nicene Creed. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an international and ecumenical faith practice sponsored by The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and The Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches. It was first promoted by a one-time Episcopal priest, Father Paul Wattson who joined the Catholic Church more than a century ago along with the members of the Society of the Atonement, which he cofounded. The U.S. bishops voted Nov. 11 at their annual fall general assembly in Baltimore to approve forwarding his cause for sainthood. Father Wattson, whose father was himself an Episcopal priest, was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1886, according to Auxiliary Bishop John J. O’Hara of New York, in remarks to the bishops prior to the vote. The Society of the Atonement,

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made up of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, has its headquarters in Graymoor, New York, which is in the New York archdiocese. Father Wattson saw the need for both a Franciscan spirituality in the Episcopal Church and a way to serve the poor, Bishop O’Hara said. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING) A third need Pope Francis kisses an Orthodox arose before the representative during a meeting end of the 19th with leaders of other religions century: “Repair at the Catholic University of Our the breach in a Lady of Good Counsel in Tirana, divided church,” Albania, Sept. 21, 2014. Bishop O’Hara said. In 1903, Father Wattson started the Church Unity Octave. Now more commonly known as the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, it “continues to this day,” Bishop O’Hara said. The week is observed each January. Catholic News Service contributed to this story.

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Dominican Sisters of San Rafael intertwined with history of archdiocese Catholic San Francisco is featuring one religious congregation from the archdiocese in each installment of this periodic column â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wake Up the World!â&#x20AC;? marking the Vaticanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Year of Consecrated Life. This is the challenge Pope Francis has given to consecrated persons: to wake up the world by living, praying and ministering in a way that reflects how Jesus lived on this earth, with compassion, mercy, gentleness, forgiveness, justice and concern for those who are poor or marginalized in any way. KATHERINE MARTIN

Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call is endlessly creative. Imagine it is 1850. A Belgian woman in a Dominican convent in Paris is on the verge of making her vows. The new bishop of the Western Territory of the New World, Joseph Sadoc Alemany, OP, visiting, seeking WAKE UP THE WORLD ! is volunteers to accom2015 Year of Consecrated Life pany him and revive the Dominican presence in California. Sister Mary Goemaere simply says â&#x20AC;&#x153;yesâ&#x20AC;? to the unknown, embarking on an arduous journey of three sea voyages, an overland mule-back crossing of the Isthmus of Panama, and arrival in San Francisco in early December on the steamer â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crescent City.â&#x20AC;? Little did she imagine how her life in the Order of Preachers, and the life of the community of Dominican sisters she founded, would forever be intertwined with the histories of California and the San Francisco archdiocese. The ďŹ rst foundation was in Monterey. Mother Mary, who spoke only French, opened a convent and a school with postulants and students who spoke only Spanish or English. Surely God was with them as they prayed, worked and lived together. In 1853 Archbishop Alemany asked Mother Mary to relocate to Benicia; there St. Catherine Academy bloomed for over a century. But once the fortunes of Benicia as capital of California waned, Mother Louis Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell had the foresight to build a motherhouse in San Rafael in 1889. This archdiocese is the congregationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home where we will celebrate our 165th anniversary in the Year of Consecrated Life. God has blessed us with women called to vowed Dominican life and with ministerial opportunities in California and Nevada. In this archdiocese alone

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SISTERS OF ST. DOMINIC, CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY NAME â&#x20AC;&#x201D; DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SAN RAFAEL ARRIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO: Dec. 6, 1850 ORIGINAL MINISTRY: Education CURRENT MINISTRIES: Education: preschool through university, teaching and counseling; health care: Dignity Health co-sponsor, chaplaincy, hospice care, physical therapy; university campus ministry; parish ministry; spiritual direction and retreats, art, affordable housing; social justice advocacy, social services, respite for homeless; Tijuana: clinic, housing, religious education, literacy, social services The motherhouse from 1889-1990.

NUMBER OF SISTERS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE: 64

we, preachers of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s word for others, founded four schools, taught in eight more, co-sponsor a health care system and operate a retreat center. We are particularly grateful for our long, ongoing relationship with St. Dominic and St. Raphael parishes; for our affordable housing ministry, Rose Court, in the Western Addition; and for our ministries of education at Mission Dolores Academy and at San Domenico School in San Anselmo. We are blessed to be part of Dignity Health, headquartered in San Francisco, a system of caregivers and staff who are committed to excellent care, delivered with compassion, for all in need.Â As 21st-century life unfolds, we continue to focus on our mission to bring the Gospel to bear with depth and compassion on the critical issues of our times. Mother Mary, who sent beautifully handwritten letters to Paris, would be astounded by our use of videoconferencing and our Facebook page and our cellphones. She would be amazed at the rate of speed we can travel af-

ter the journey she experienced. But she would surely recognize the spirit of â&#x20AC;&#x153;yesâ&#x20AC;? to Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call that our sisters embody. And we like to think that she would be as grateful as we are for our many friends who have given of their time, energy, talent and treasure to support our vision as we work for the transformation of attitudes and systems that deprive any person of dignity.

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Note from the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael: The Year of Consecrated Life coincides with the 165th anniversary of our founding in California. We are celebrating by hosting a variety of events in San Rafael throughout the year. Watch the Calendar section of Catholic San Francisco for our invitations to Gather@Grand! Or you may visit our website www.sanrafaelop.org for upcoming events. All are welcome! KATHERINE MARTIN is director of development for the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael.

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Florida prelate: Church workers must faithfully represent faith in public MIAMI – A day after a federal judge’s Jan. 5 ruling struck down the state’s ban of samesex marriage, Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski sent a letter to archdiocesan employees stressing that they need to “understand the church’s position” on this issue. Along with the letter, which he said he wrote because of “recent decisions by courts in Florida,” the Archbishop archbishop attached a statement Wenski issued by the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops that expressed disappointment with the court’s redeﬁnition of marriage saying it “will have implications not yet fully understood.” The ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle of Tallahassee overturning a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage made Florida the 36th state to legalize same-sex marriage. Archbishop Wenski reminded employees that they “publicly represent the Catholic Church and the archdiocese” in everything they do and say. He also quoted the archdiocesan employee handbook which points out that “certain conduct, inconsistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church, could lead to disciplinary action, including termination, even if it occurs outside the normal working day and outside the strict conﬁnes of work performed by the employee.” The handbook also states, as pointed out in the archbishop’s letter, that “employees should exercise discretion when posting on social media sites, and note that online activity indicative of prohibitive behaviors may subject an employee to disciplinary action or termination.”

Pro-life novena aims to unite Catholics in prayer CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – A “9 Days for Life” novena taking place around the Jan. 22 anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion virtually on demand aims to unite Catholics in prayer, penance and pilgrimage. The Jan. 17-25 novena “offers a chance to join in prayer and solidarity with the unborn, victims of violence, those suffering from addiction, and those whose hearts ache to be part of a family,” said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The novena is part of the USCCB’s 2014-15 Respect Life Program with the theme “Each of Us Is a Masterpiece of God’s Creation,” adapted from Pope Francis’ 2013 Day for Life greeting. In addition to the prayer intentions, each day of the novena aims to raise awareness on issues such as domestic violence, post-abortion healing, pornography addiction and end-of-life matters. More information is available at www.9daysforlife.com. “Pope Francis reminds us constantly of the loving concern Christians have for all people at any stage of life who’ve been cast aside or forgotten by society,” Cardinal O’Malley said in a statement. There are four ways to participate in the novena for both English and Spanish speakers: by subscribing to daily content through email or via text messages; using the “9Days for Life” app; and accessing downloadable print materials. Content also will be shared on Facebook at www.facebook.com/peopleoﬂife and other social media with the hashtags #9daysforlife and #9diasporlavida. Catholics are also encouraged to participate in local events such as Masses, blessings for pro-life pilgrims, or a parish Holy Hour. Bilingual resources for diocesan and parish leaders, including a guide for youth ministry, logos, ads for the Web and for print, a ﬂier, additional prayer resources, and a social media kit can be found at www.usccb.org/about/pro-life-activities/januaryroe-events/9-days-for-life-resources-for-leaders.cfm.

In a Jan. 6 column in the Tampa Bay Times, Bishop Robert N. Lynch of St. Petersburg said he wanted to add his voice to “discussion regarding the challenges we in the Catholic Church face as we strive to preserve the traditional sacramental understanding of marriage even as the law now accommodates couples of the same sex.” He pointed out that the church upholds marriage “as an indissoluble relationship between a man and a woman committed to mutual consolation and open to procreation” and said that understanding is “rooted not only in the church’s long-standing theological understanding of married life, but in the church’s understanding of Christian anthropology.” The bishop also noted that “together with Pope Francis and in light of the discussions at the recent Extraordinary Synod on the Family held in Rome”

that today’s families present the church with pastoral challenges particularly “as the church strives to accept people in the speciﬁc circumstances of their lives and support and encourage them in their search for God and their desire to be members of the church.” He said he did not wish to contribute to “notions which might suggest that same-sex couples are a threat incapable of sharing relationships marked by love and holiness and, thus, incapable of contributing to the ediﬁcation of both the church and the wider society.” Bishop Lynch also pointed out that “with patience and humility, our church must continuously strive” to discern a “pastoral response faithful to church teaching and marked by respect and sensitivity” to same-sex couples.

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Dominican sister to lead Catholic Charities USA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ALEXANDRIA, Va. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dominican Sister Donna Markham has been chosen to succeed Father Larry Snyder as the new president of Catholic Charities USA. The announcement was made Jan. 12 at Catholic Charities headquarters in Alexandria, a suburb of Washington. Sister Donna becomes the ďŹ rst woman to lead Catholic Charities, Dominican which was founded in 1910. She Sister Donna will officially take over from Father Markham Snyder June 1. Currently president of the Behavioral Health Institute for Mercy Health, Sister Donna, a board-certiďŹ ed clinical psychologist, has a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Detroit and was named a fellow in the American Association of Clinical Psychologists. Last year, she was awarded the prestigious Harold S. Bernard Training Award from the American Group Psychotherapy Association in February 2014.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There can be no greater call than to serve and advocate on behalf of persons who struggle to get by in a world where they are all too frequently relegated to the margins of society and where they long for dignity, hope and compassion,â&#x20AC;? said Sister Donna in a statement, adding she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;honored and humbledâ&#x20AC;? by her selection. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel blessed to walk among the many dedicated Catholic Charities workers across the country who daily make the Gospel come alive through their care for their sisters and brothers in need.â&#x20AC;? With Mercy Health, Sister Donna is engaged working on changing how behavioral health care services are delivered across seven geographic regions. Beforehand, she served for 10 years as the president of the Southdown Institute in Ontario, and as prioress of the Adrian Dominican congregation in Michigan. She also served for eight years as a member of Catholic Charitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; board of trustees, two of those as board chair. Catholic Charities USA is the national office for Catholic Charities agencies nationwide, which help a combined 9 million-plus people a year regardless of religious, social or economic backgrounds. Father Snyder will be returning to his home Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to do ministry there.

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New York’s French community offers prayers for Paris victims BETH GRIFFIN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK – New York’s French Catholic community offered solemn prayers for the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris at an otherwisejoyful family Mass. “Everybody knows somebody who was involved in the massacre. They’re stunned, they’re searching and they don’t know what to do,” Msgr. John N. Paddack said in his homily during Mass Jan. 11 at Church of Notre Dame in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights neighborhood. Morningside Heights is the center of the Francophone Catholic community in New York. The parish includes French nationals and Catholics of West African heritage from throughout New York City and the suburbs. Many of the worshippers at the Mass gathered for the ﬁrst time since returning from Christmas home leave in France. Msgr. Paddack, parish administrator, led a prayer of condolence for the families of the victims and solidarity with all those touched by the incidents. “May the French be assured of our prayers and thoughts in this difficult time and the concern of all in the free world,” he said. Seventeen people died during three days of attacks in Paris, including an initial deadly assault by gunmen on the editorial offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The paper published caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. “People are asking for Masses and

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An altar server uses incense during a French-language Mass at Notre Dame Church in New York Jan. 11. The Mass was offered for the 17 victims of the recent terror attacks in France. prayers and some will attend the Holy Hour in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes,” Msgr. Paddack said. There is a full-size replica of the Grotto at Lourdes, France, behind the main altar at the church. In 1858, the Blessed Mother appeared to Bernadette Soubirous and two other children in a rock cave near Lourdes. At Notre Dame, three dozen children in the ﬁrst Communion preparation program sat in front of the pulpit as Msgr. Paddack described in French the signiﬁcance of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist as told in the Gospel of Mark for Jan. 11. “Today I saw people who hadn’t been here in a while and I’ll probably do grief counseling during the week,” Msgr. Paddack said. He is a counselor and psychologist, with experience in other traumatic situations, including the 9/11 attacks.

“The feeling of being overwhelmed is somewhat akin to 9/11. It brought back feelings I had then, but they’re not as intense,” he said. In 2001, Msgr. Paddack was a teacher at a high school in Staten Island, a borough heavily affected by the attacks on the World Trade Center. Msgr. Paddack said he read Charlie Hebdo occasionally when he was a student in Paris. “Someone would press it into my hand on the Metro. I didn’t like it, but I would support their right to have it,” he said. Francoise Cestac, a member of the parish council at Notre Dame in Manhattan, said although it is difficult to consider now, “As Catholics, we should think of forgiveness at a later stage. It’s a basic principle of Catholic teaching.” “We have to ﬁght fanaticism in general,” he said, “and we are united in our prayers during this period of mourning.”

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A federal court has ruled that a Michigan-based medical supply company does not have to provide contraception coverage in its employee health insurance plan because of faith-based objections. The Jan. 5 ruling by Judge Robert Jonker of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids said that Autocam Medical does not have to comply with the contraceptive coverage requirement of the Affordable Care Act. The decision is a reversal of the judge’s ruling three years ago. The current decision is based on the Supreme Court’s ruling last June in the Hobby Lobby case, which said that closely held companies cannot be forced to abide by the federal Health and Human Service’s mandate that requires nearly all employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs, elective sterilizations and contraceptives to their employees free of charge if the individual or families that own the businesses have religious objections to the mandate. Tom Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Society, which argued the case on Autocam’s behalf in the lower and appellate courts, said in a statement that the ruling “sets another strong precedent for the free exercise of religious faith on the part of all American citizens.” “Coercing citizens to violate their conscientious religious beliefs makes a mockery of the very notion of religious freedom,” he added.

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Markets no answer to economic inequities, pope says in book CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The world cannot wait for an economic system that will cause poverty to fix itself, Pope Francis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Markets and financial speculation cannot enjoy absolute autonomy,â&#x20AC;? he said. There must be â&#x20AC;&#x153;programs, mechanisms and procedures aimed at a better distribution of resources, job creation and the integral advancement of those who are excluded,â&#x20AC;? he said in a recently published interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot wait any longer to fix the structural causes of poverty, to cure our society from a disease that can only bring on new crises,â&#x20AC;? he said. The latest interview, conducted in October 2014, was published in a new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pope Francis: This Economy Killsâ&#x20AC;? by Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli. While the book was released Jan. 13, excerpts from the interview

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This globalized economy is supported â&#x20AC;&#x153;by a throwaway cultureâ&#x20AC;? where policies and social behaviors have made money, not people, the focus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Money becomes an idol, and men and women are reduced to simple tools of a social and economic system characterized, no, dominated by deep imbalances,â&#x20AC;? he said. Abortion and the abandonment of the elderly are also consequences of this throwaway mentality, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I often ask myself, Who will be the next to be thrown away? We have to stop ourselves in time. Let us stop this, pleaseâ&#x20AC;? he said. Pope Francis said the earliest Fathers of the Church highlighted the importance of helping the poor and the fact that the earth and its resources belong to everyone, not just the wealthy. He said if he were to use the same phrases from the homilies of these early church fathers â&#x20AC;&#x153;on how to treat the poor, there would be someone accusing my homily of being Marxist.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This attention to the poor is in the Gospel and is in the tradition of the church, it is not an invention of communism, and there is no need to turn it into an ideology, as has sometimes been the case throughout history,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Cardinal-designate Mafi of Tonga called a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;simple, humbleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; man PATRICK DOWNES CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

HONOLULU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; When Tongaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future cardinal came to Hawaii as a priest in 2005 for the ordination of his cousin, one of the Tongan Catholic women hosting him wanted to buy him a pair of shoes. Then-Father Soane MaďŹ politely turned down the offer, preferring instead the sandals he was already wearing. A few years later, then-Bishop MaďŹ again visited Hawaii, and Bishop Mafi his cousin, Sacred Hearts Father Johnathan Hurrell, invited him to his parish in Waialua, where he was parochial vicar. They celebrated a weekday Mass together, but Father Hurrell was unsure of the protocol of concelebrating with a bishop. His cousin put him at ease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He told me that he would be my altar server,â&#x20AC;? Father Hurrell said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and he did. The small weekday congregation was delighted.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a simple man,â&#x20AC;? Father Hurrell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very humble.â&#x20AC;? Father Hurrell, who is now the provincial superior of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, spoke to his cousin shortly after Pope Francisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jan. 4 announcement that he would be among the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest group of cardinals. He said the bishop told him he was awakened that day at 4 a.m. by his brother in San Francisco, who gave him the news. According to Father Hurrell, Bishop MaďŹ told his brother that he was mistaken and went back to sleep. In the morning, discovering that his brother was correct, he â&#x20AC;&#x153;quietly cried,â&#x20AC;? Father Hurrell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very warm, genuine, very real,â&#x20AC;? he said. Father Hurrell was born in New Zealand but spent about 15 years of his youth in Tonga. The priest said he and the cardinal-designate, who is four years older and one of seven children, grew up together and were probably considered the least likely in the family to become priests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were the most rascal of the kids,â&#x20AC;? he said. Father Hurrell said the cardinal-designate â&#x20AC;&#x153;is encouraging, supportive and a mighty preacher.â&#x20AC;? He also has a great sense of humor. Soane Patita Paini MaďŹ was born in the Tongan capital of Nukuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;alofa Dec. 19, 1961, the son and grandson of catechists. He joined a parish youth group growing up in the settlement of Kolofoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ou, near the capital, on the main island of Tongatapu.

He studied at the PaciďŹ c Regional Seminary in Suva, Fiji. Ordained a priest June 29, 1991, he spent four years at Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;apai parish on an outer island. In 1995, he became vicar general. In an interview with Catholic San Francisco in 2008, Bishop MaďŹ said his bishop sent him for three years of study at then-Loyola College in Baltimore. After he graduated in 2000, he returned to Fiji to join a formation team training local priests. He was named coadjutor bishop of Tonga in 2007 and bishop of Tonga in April 2008, the ďŹ rst Tongan diocesan priest to be named a bishop. He told Catholic San Francisco that, at the time, he was both eager and apprehensive about being the bishop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a mixed feeling, excited but at the same time overwhelming,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I belong to everybody.â&#x20AC;? He will be elevated to the rank of cardinal, a ďŹ rst for Tonga, by Pope Francis Feb. 14. Father Hurrell said he believes the message the pope is giving with this choice was that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the little ones matter.â&#x20AC;? The cardinal-designate is the current president of CEPAC, the Episcopal Conference of the PaciďŹ c. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is very well-respected by his brother bishops,â&#x20AC;? said Father Hurrell. With only about 15,000 Catholics, the Diocese of Tonga is the size of some American parishes. At 53, Bishop MaďŹ will be the youngest of the 120-plus-member College of Cardinals. Tonga is a constitutional monarchy made up of 176 islands. The people speak Tongan and English. The country lies about 3,000 miles southwest of Hawaii. The countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prominent religion is Methodist; Catholics make up around 13 percent of the population.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2015

Bishops see signs of resilience in Gaza JUDITH SUDILOVSKY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Despite the immense destruction still evident in Gaza following the war there last summer, the resilience of the people gave hope to 16 bishops of the Holy Land Coordination during their visit to the Gaza Strip Jan. 11-12. One boy’s words continued to resonate with Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The boy, who was the last student to speak to the bishops before they left Holy Family School in Gaza, told them he simply wanted dignity. “What made a deep impression on me is that the people are not broken,” said Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town, South Africa. “Their will is very strong. We saw this in the way they interacted with us and the fact that life is as back to as ‘normal’ as possible. It signiﬁes the strength of the human spirit.” It took some of the bishops six hours to get through the Erez checkpoint into Gaza where they celebrated Mass, met with members of the Christian community and were briefed on the work of CRS, Caritas and the Pontiﬁcal Mission in Gaza. The bishops also visited the Israeli border town of Sderot, which was among the Israeli towns that came under bombardment from Gaza during the war, before returning to Bethlehem. “We shouldn’t make light of the Israeli perspective and we need to listen to it; it is truly a concern and before the walls of separation there were suicide bombings. We understand the fear, but that is not a

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Bishops from around the world pray during a Jan. 12 Mass at the Carmelite Monastery in Bethlehem, West Bank. long-term solution,” said Bishop Cantu. “The wall of separation is causing even more problems, even in the short term.” Auxiliary Bishop William Kenney of Birmingham, England, noted that an Israeli they spoke with in Sderot remembered with fondness the time when Gazan workers were able to come to the city, and they had meals together.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2015

Doctor: Kenyan bishops could demand apology for vaccine drive FRANCIS NJUGUNA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s Catholic bishops could demand a public apology from the government, following a revelation that some tested vials of the tetanus vaccine given under a nationwide campaign contained a hormone linked to birth control. In November, the bishops charged that the vaccine, targeted to women of childbearing age and not to men, was being administered in a campaign sponsored by the World Health Organization and UNICEF that had been guarded by secrecy and deception. The bishops said they suspected the vaccine contained beta human chorionic gonadotropin, or beta hCG, which prevents women from becoming pregnant. In November, a joint committee formed of church leaders, medical doctors, and the parliamentary Committee on Health agreed to test samples of the vaccine at laboratories around the world. Preliminary test results, released Jan.

10, showed that three of 59 vials of the tetanus vaccine contained beta hCG. The others tested negative. The results were included in a preliminary executive summary of the report of the joint Kenya Catholic Conference of Bishops and Kenyan Ministry of Health, along with a committee of experts on tetanus vaccine testing. Dr. Stephen Karanja, chairman of the Catholic Doctors’ Association, who was preparing to address the nation’s bishops about the preliminary report, told Catholic News Service Jan. 13 that the bishops could demand a public apology from the government. He said three contaminated vials “is quite a good number for the bishops to base their strong case on.” At the height of the issue, the Kenyan bishops questioned why the national immunization campaign was aimed at women between the ages of 14-59 and also why the government was conducting this campaign when the bishops were not aware of a nationwide tetanus crisis.

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TAGLE: Cardinal wants to show pope depth of faith learned from poor FROM PAGE 1

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A volunteer cuts the hair of a homeless woman at a church in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 9. Pope Francis is scheduled to visit the Philippines Jan.15 -19. go to my mother,” Milagros, asking for tickets to one of the papal events, he said. The cardinal’s public Sunday began with him warmly welcoming a succession of journalists to his home, standing where TV crews told him to and answering their questions with ease. He posed for group and individual photos with almost all of them. He talked about the papal trip, the morning earthquake that woke all his visitors, the Filipino people, Pope Francis’ personality, popular piety and the poor. He expressed concern about how he will deliver the gifts people have given him to give to the pope. They ﬁll 14 boxes so far, he said, and the nuncio doesn’t want them stacked at the nunciature where the pope will sleep. During a fast-paced and often funny conversation with Lino Rulli, host of the “The Catholic Guy” on SiriusXM, Cardinal Tagle said he is not nervous

about the approaching papal visit. “I’m excited. I want to see how the pastor in him will react to the reality here.” The pope, he said, practices what he preaches about going out to the world’s peripheries to meet, listen to and help the poor and excluded. When you do that, the cardinal said, “you will learn something,” and he’s looking forward to seeing the pope’s face, watching his eyes, when he “receives the Gospel proclaimed to him by the poor.” The theme came up again in an evening conversation with Catholic News Service before the last events of the day: a 7 p.m. Mass in a super-packed Santo Nino de Tondo Church and dinner afterward with the concelebrating priests, auxiliary bishop and the journalists who were treated as his honored guests. The Filipino poor usually are “resigned, in a positive sense. They say, ‘We will try to succeed, but if not, God will take care of us,’” he said. Even if they cannot provide their children with a nice house, good schools and nutritious meals every day, they try to live honorably and ensure special events are celebrated. “If nothing else, they want to leave their children a good name and good memories. You hear that over and over from the poor.” Cardinal Tagle said he did not know how to judge the accuracy of the predictions that 5 million people will attend the pope’s Mass Jan. 18 in Manila’s Rizal Park, but he knows a lot of the poorest Filipinos will be there. “Many people believe that even if they cannot see the pope up close, if they are geographically present, it will bring a blessing. And their children and grandchildren can say they were there,” he said. Sacriﬁcing to get to the park, waiting for hours and putting up with the crowds “is a bodily form of prayer, like fasting.” Cardinal Tagle said that over and over again, his understanding of the Scriptures has taken on new depth from his experience with the poor and “their wisdom, their hope.” That’s what he wants to share with the pope.

In Philippines, spirituality includes warfare against dark forces SIMONE ORENDAIN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

MANILA, Philippines – In the months leading up to Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines Jan. 15-19, church leaders emphasized “spiritual preparation,” such as a special prayer for the pope at the end of each Mass and a reminder to carry out small acts of kindness toward the less fortunate. Along with prayerful devotion to Jesus, the Virgin Mary and veneration of the many saints, another aspect of the faith in this overwhelmingly Catholic country is its consideration of the forces of darkness and spiritual warfare. At the spacious chapel inside the main building of the Manila archdiocese, Msgr. Jesus-Norriel Bandojo said a prayer as he poured holy water into water bottles and bottles of olive oil and sprinkled it on colorful rosaries, rock salt, a selection of saints’ medallions and icons of various religious ﬁgures, all crowding a table on one side of the altar. He said the items had to be “cleansed” of any possible evil spirits hanging around them, waiting to take advantage of their unsuspecting owners. Msgr. Bandojo, an exorcist-in-training, had just concluded a Mass for archdiocesan employees. “And with that, I hope that God will give you compassion and will give you the grace to ward off anything that will lead you away from him. That he protects you, protects your way,” he said. Some archdiocesan workers invited Msgr. Bandojo especially because, they said, there was too much bad health going around at the office. Sylvia Gamboa, a supervisor for the archdiocesan properties department, said: “We have so many that have had operations ... one employee had spinal surgery twice, another, his shoulder ... someone a full hysterectomy.” Gamboa told Catholic News Service there were other cases of colleagues taking ill, sometimes without explanation, all within the month that they had scheduled the exorcists’ Mass. They could not say for sure what the cause was for the streak of bad luck with poor health, but Gamboa said having the Mass and Msgr. Bandojo’s talk on exorcism could only help

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Msgr. Jesus-Norriel Bandojo, a priest in the Office of Exorcism of the Manila Archdiocese in the Philippines, gives a blessing and says a prayer of deliverance over “sacramentals” in late October at the archdiocese offices’ chapel to ward off the possibility of evil forces attaching themselves to the religious items. to strengthen their faith against any possible evil work behind it. At the Office of Exorcism of the Manila archdiocese, Father Jose Francisco Syquia, chief exorcist, said in oppression, one of the stages toward full demonic possession, misfortunes such as poor health with no clear medical explanation can affect a person. Father Syquia said that, at any given time, the office handles 30 cases of demonic possession from across the country, an increase from 10 years ago. Far worse than bad luck, these involve evil spirits taking over people, causing them to do things without normal explanation such as read minds, levitate and speak in Latin with no prior exposure to the language. In his office lined with shelves of psychology, theology and exorcism books, Father Syquia, a Rometrained exorcist, said some cases involve several priests having to pin down the possessed person while reciting prayers.

He said in the Philippines, an increased interest in the occult is one of the main culprits of possession today. “Many people who enter Satanism and the New Age are actually searching for a tangible experience of God,” Father Syquia told CNS. “They are not evil people. They are usually people who have been deceived because man really has a tendency to look for God, for the divine. That’s where Satan comes in, through man’s curiosity.” Father Syquia said the oldest example of this is the story of creation, when Eve’s curiosity led her to be tricked by Satan into believing she could be God-like if she simply ate the forbidden fruit. He said in the same way, people’s curiosity about the preternatural world leaves “openings” where evil spirits can latch on. And these openings can occur when a person delves into the occult or nurtures paranormal powers like clairvoyance, repeatedly sins without remorse or experiences serious trauma early in life that accompanies unwillingness to forgive. Father Syquia said oftentimes a person, who believes he or she is possessed, tries to get help in the wrong places. “Here in the Philippines we have a lot of occult practitioners they ﬁrst go to before they even think of going to the church,” he said. “We have a lot of faith healers ... people into witchcraft ... people who are into these superstitious practices. By the time they come to us they already have deep bondage.” The exorcist said the oldest religious practice in the Philippines was animism, a belief that elements of nature and some inanimate objects have spirits. And that these beliefs lend themselves to superstitious practices. Depending on how deep the bondage is, a possessed person may have to go through multiple exorcisms, he said. But real help comes only when the person turns to God fully. In a book he wrote on exorcism called “Exorcism, Encounters with the Paranormal and the Occult,” Father Syquia said a possessed person “must choose God with as much passion as he can muster. This would then release any ‘right’ the devil has over the person.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2015

Mercy and compassion compel pope’s visit to the Philippines

hen I first heard about Pope Francis’ coming to the Philippines this month, I thought, “That couldn’t be. He has already been invited to the 51st International Eucharistic Congress set to be held in Cebu, the Philippines in January next year.” My curiosity grew as FATHER to what really RAYMUND REYES prompted the Holy Father’s visit making him the third pope to visit the largest Christian country in Asia. Pope Paul VI visited the Philippines in November 1970 and St. Pope John Paul II in February 1981 and January 1995. It was not actually a great surprise after learning what compelled him to come. Pope Francis greatly desired to visit the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda, that killed more than 6,000 people in November 2013. Pope Francis, who has been outspoken on God’s mercy and compassion from day one of his papacy, brings his good heart to the Philippines especially to the families who are still suffering and rebuilding their lives. His coming has mobilized the whole country to work with him in unison with Christ’s mercy and compassion. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has launched its focus for 2015 as the “Year of the Poor.” In his pastoral letter, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, CBCP president, has urged the Filipino people to prepare spiritually for the coming of Pope Francis by becoming a people rich in mercy and making mercy their national identity and a gift to the Holy Father. Also, Cardinal Luis Tagle, the Archbishop of Manila, has assured the blessing of the pope’s visit to the whole country, particularly the poor, the survivors of calamities and victims of injustice. He spoke clearly on the pope’s challenge to reach out with love to the neglected and abandoned and to establish in society a culture of mercy and compassion. Furthermore, Bishop Mylo Vergara, chair of CBCP communication and media, has considered Pope Francis’ pastoral visit as God’s visitation to the Filipino people in need of his love, mercy and salvation. Pope Francis himself has already initiated something concrete by paving the way for the construction of the Pope Francis Center for the Poor in the Archdiocese of Palo, Leyte, a city that was greatly damaged by Yolanda. The center will provide homes for the elderly and orphans, as well as a clinic and a chapel. Pope Francis will bless the center when he visits Leyte on Jan. 17. There he is also scheduled to celebrate the Eucharist and share a meal with poor children, orphans and survivors of Yolanda. The pastoral visit of Pope Francis includes a special celebration of the Eucharist with clergy and religious representatives at the Manila Cathedral and a meeting with the Filipino youth at the University of Santo Tomas, the royal and only

Perspectives from Archbishop Cordileone and guest writers

Truly, Pope Francis’ pastoral visit has drawn the church in the Philippines to its basic identity as ‘a place of mercy freely given, where everyone can feel welcomed, loved, forgiven and encouraged to live the good life of the Gospel.’ pontifical Catholic university in Asia. As people endowed with great regard for family values, the Holy Father has included in his itinerary a meeting with Filipino families on the spacious grounds of Manila Bay’s Mall of Asia. Here in our archdiocese, Filipinos are overjoyed, blessed and proud of the Holy Father’s visit to the Philippines. Blesilda Almacen and her children, parishioners of St. Boniface Church in San Francisco, already flew to the Philippines to spend Christmas with relatives and to join them to see Pope Francis in person. A faithful devotee herself to Santo Niño, meaning “Holy Child” in Spanish, she said she’d greet the pope with the miraculous image of Santo Niño in her hands. “It wouldn’t surprise me,” she added, “if thousands would also carry their images of Santo Niño and have them blessed by the Holy Father himself.” Nellie Hizon, a St. Stephen parishioner and a great advocate of Simbang Gabi in the archdiocese, is elated by the pope’s visit to the Philippines. She said “Pope Francis’ visit is truly God’s marvelous blessing that brings further fervor to the practice of faith he gifted us.” Freda Motak, a St. Anne of the Sunset parishioner, has marveled at Pope Francis’ desire to travel a long distance. She said, “The Holy Father was being true to his words to share in the burdens of others and offer the Filipino people his personal message of hope, love and healing.” Estelle Oloresisimo, president of the Filipino-American Friendship Network, hopes that Pope Francis’ call for mercy reaches out to government officials on behalf of the thousands of overseas foreign workers by creating more local jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities. She said “Fifty percent of migrants are women, mostly mothers who left their own children to take care of other people’s children in foreign lands as nannies and domestic helpers just to secure a future for their families.” Truly, Pope Francis’ pastoral visit has drawn the church in the Philippines to its basic identity as “a place of mercy freely given, where everyone can feel welcomed, loved, forgiven and encouraged to live the good life of the Gospel” (“Evangelii Gaudium” 114). It has opened many opportunities to value the poor, the victims of disasters and injustice, to renew society and to care for creation. With the Holy Father’s pastoral visit, may mercy and compassion embrace not just Filipinos but all of us.

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A worker holds up necklaces with portraits of Pope Francis on sale at a store in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 5.

FATHER REYES is vicar for priests for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2015

The gaze of Jesus: Where a vocation begins

he Dutch master Rembrandt painted many images of Gospel scenes. Maybe you are familiar with the beautiful painting of the “Prodigal Son” in which the father embraces his young troubled son with great compassion and love. The image of Jesus above is one of Rembrandt’s paintings called the “Head of Christ.” This painting evokes something extraordinary in the glance of Jesus. It is not a composed, confident savior whom we see, but someone who looks deeply concerned by the other person or SISTER JEAN people whom he sees. This is EVANS, RSM the Jesus who attracted followers, who healed the sick, who forgave sinners. He saw people and they followed him (Mark 1:16-20). Pope Francis is someone who has been touched by the gaze of the Lord. That powerful gaze can be the call to vocation today. One of his most beautiful reflections focuses on the gaze of the Lord and its effects on the heart of Matthew the tax collector. The Gospel story tells us: “As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him” (Matthew 9:9). The man who was to become St. Matthew walked off his job to follow Jesus. Father Manuel Correia, a Comboni missionary tells us that the Gospel says nothing about the face of Jesus – his features, the color of his hair or eyes, but often speaks of his gaze. The way Jesus looked at people communicated feelings and emotions that words cannot convey. A simple glance and exchange of looks changed everything for Matthew as it did for all the Apostles, who left everything and followed Jesus. In reflecting on this passage, Pope Francis explains that when Jesus saw Matthew he “saw him through the eyes of mercy and chose him.” God didn’t just see Matthew as a sinner – a corrupt and uncaring official; but through the eyes of mercy, God sees him as a loved sinner someone who will respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship and mission. This particular verse is very personal and significant for Pope Francis because he sees himself as a recipient of God’s merciful glance. Taken from

Rembrandt’s “Head of Christ” the reflection of St. Bede the Venerable, the phrase “saw him through the eyes of mercy and chose him” forms part of the coat of arms first chosen by Jorge Bergolio when he was appointed bishop in 1991. In fact, it was on the feast of St Matthew in 1953 that 17-year-old Jorge Bergoglio first experienced the loving presence of God in his life. After going to the sacrament of penance, Jorge felt his heart touched by God. Recalling this moment, Pope Francis says that with a gaze of tender love this “mercy of God” called him to religious life where he would follow the example of St Ignatius of Loyola. The tender gaze of the Lord had a tremendous impact on the pope, as it had on Matthew. It changed his heart and his way of life. He was converted. Pope Francis says that as soon as Matthew felt that gaze of Jesus in his heart, he got up and followed Jesus. Jesus’ gaze always lifts us up. It is a look that always lifts us up, and never leaves you in your place, never lets us down, never humiliates. It invites you to get up – a look that causes you to grow, to move forward, that encourages you, because the one who looks upon you loves you. The gaze makes you feel that he loves you. This gives the courage to follow him (Casa di Santa Marta, Sept. 21, 2013). Recognizing and responding to the gaze of Jesus is only the first step in the following of Jesus. We are rooted in God’s mercy and sent on mission.

At the end of the 2013 World Youth Day in Brazil, Pope Francis challenged the thousands of youth at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro: “Go. During these days here in Rio, you have been able to enjoy the wonderful experience of meeting Jesus, meeting him together with others, and you have sensed the joy of faith. But the experience of this encounter must not remain locked up in your life or in the small group of your parish, your movement, or your community. That would be like withholding oxygen from a flame that was burning strongly. Faith is a flame that grows stronger the more it is shared and passed on, so that everyone may know, love and confess Jesus Christ, the Lord of life and history” (cf. Rom 10:9). Pope Francis gives us a mission for today to offer God’s joy and consolation to others, to the poor, to the distressed. But Pope Francis offers a word of caution, “Careful, though! Jesus did not say: ‘Go, if you would like to, if you have the time,’ but he said: ‘Go and make disciples of all nations!’” A vocation begins with the loving glance of the Lord and ends with a mission to bring the mercy and consolation of God to all people, especially those who are vulnerable. Jesus invites young people to discover his love and mercy within themselves and to share it with others. St-Exupéry wrote that it is only with the heart that one can see rightly because what is essential is invisible to the eye. And so it is necessary to pray for purity of heart – to see with good sight, to see ourselves with God’s eyes, as God’s beloved children. That is the gaze that will purify, free and empower us to be a message of joy to others. Pope Francis reminds us: “All of us find ourselves before that gaze, that marvelous gaze, and we go forward in life, in the certainty that he looks upon us. He, too, however awaits us, in order to look definitively – and that final gaze of Jesus upon our lives will be forever!” MERCY SISTER JEAN EVANS is a vocations minister for the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community. She helps coordinate Taize prayer around the cross at Mercy Center, Burlingame. The Sisters of Mercy invites women to four Fridays of Evening Prayer and conversations about vocation, led by a team of sisters, Jan. 30, Feb. 27, March 27 and April 24 at Mercy Center. RSVP to Sister Jean at (650) 373-4508; email Jevans@ mercywmw.org.

Heading out for an encounter with God

ope Francis has a knack for taking familiar biblical phrases and turning them around to make a practical, if not necessarily devotional, point. For instance, in speaking to lay Catholics more than a year ago he turned to Revelation 3:20 to make the critically important point that they are needed to help the church “step outside herself.” He did so by ﬁrst quoting the familiar words, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my FATHER WILLIAM voice and opens the door, (then) I will enter his house J. BYRON, SJ and dine with him and he with me” (Revelation 3:20). But Pope Francis turned this text around to have Jesus stand there, knocking, but saying, in effect, “Hey, let me out!” The pope was inviting the church to ask itself, “How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out? And we do not let him out because of our own need for security, because so often we are locked into ephemeral structures that serve solely to make us slaves and not free children of God.” Pope Francis wants the church to move “to the outskirts of existence.” He wants us to move out of our comfort zones. In this “stepping out,” he says, it is important “to be ready for encounter” because that is what Jesus did and wants to do

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Pope Francis greets people during an audience to give Christmas greetings to Vatican employees in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 22. To the pope, it is important “to be ready for encounter.” now through us – encounter others, especially the poor, the elderly and hungry children. “We must create a ‘culture of encounter,’ a culture of friendship, a culture in which we ﬁnd brothers and sisters, in which we can also speak with those who think differently, as well as those who hold other beliefs, who do not have the same faith. They all have something in common with us: They are images of God; they are children of God. (We must be) going out to meet everyone, without losing sight of our own position.” We must not permit ourselves to become “starched” Christians, said the pope. And by that he was referring to “those overeducated Christians who speak of theological matters as they

calmly sip their tea. No! We must become courageous Christians and go in search of the people who are the very ﬂesh of Christ.” Pope Francis insists that when you touch the hand of a poor person, you are touching the hand of Christ, and he is urging us – the church – to be doing exactly that, to be breaking out of our selfimposed enclosures to touch the suffering Christ wherever there is suffering in our contemporary world. Christ is knocking at the doors of our hearts and asking to be let out so that he, through us, can heal a broken world. To say that the typical Catholic parish community has not yet heard that knock is to state the obvious. But it is not to say that the knock cannot be heard and that no response will ever be forthcoming. I have a friend who likes to say that coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous. So perhaps it is not all that coincidental that fewer young Catholics are showing up in parishes on Sundays. Perhaps they are already “out there” and what they need right now is the push and pull of God’s grace so that, while not giving up their own original position in the church, they can reach back from wherever they are on the “outskirts of existence” and bring those they might meet there back with them into the fold. I’m assuming that we who are still very much in and of the fold will be open enough to welcome them. JESUIT FATHER BYRON is university professor of business and society at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. Email wbyron@sju.edu.

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Fostering solidarity across generations

ccasionally we hear disturbing stories in the media about young people who perpetrate abuse against the elderly. In a widely reported 2009 story, for example, caretakers at the Quadrangle Assisted Living facility outside Philadelphia were charged in connection with the abuse of an elderly patient named Lois McCallister. Three employees, ages 19, 21 and 22 were caught on a surveillance camera as they taunted, mocked and assaulted the 78-year-old woman. She had begun complaining to visiting family members several months prior that someone was hurting her and hitting her. There were also initial signs of bruising on her hand and wrist. After bringing the FATHER TADEUSZ bruises to the attention of PACHOLCZYK the nursing home’s administrators, the family was informed that the allegations were unfounded, and were told the accusations were simply the result of the patient’s advancing dementia. The family suspected there was more to it, and clandestinely installed the video camera in a clock in the victim’s room. After capturing the assailants on tape, they concluded that the abuse suffered by their mother had been ongoing for some time. One of the young women charged in the case told investigators she was working on another floor the night the clock/ camera captured the scene in the elderly woman’s room. A family member later told news reporters, “They called the third girl down from another floor and said, ‘Come down, we’re going to start.’” As a consequence of the abuse, the Department of Public Welfare eventually revoked the license for the facility, and the family filed a civil lawsuit against the facility’s parent company. A tragic event like this leads to intense questioning about how these young people, charged with the special care of the older generation, could end up becoming so callous, inhuman, and brutal. What can be done to prevent this kind of

MAKING SENSE OUT OF BIOETHICS

he transfer of the celebration of the Epiphany to a Sunday from Jan. 6 (the solemnity’s traditional date), and the elimination of Sundaysafter-Epiphany in favor of the ill-named Sundays of “Ordinary Time,” has made a hash of the Christmas liturgical season, as I suggested in “Evangelical Catholicism.” Still, the liturgical calendar of Blessed Paul VI does us a service by highlighting the formerly insigniﬁcant feast of the Baptism of the Lord as the terminus of the Christmas season. And that service is to GEORGE WEIGEL remind us to remember, cherish, celebrate the date of our own baptism. When I ﬁrst started working on pro-life and religious freedom issues with Evangelical Protestants, some 35 years ago, I was struck by the way these folks introduced themselves at a meeting. Most Americans, in such circumstances, identify themselves by occupation: “I’m John Smith and I’m a lawyer with Smith Jones” or “I’m Jane Doe and I’m a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital.” My new friends didn’t do that. Rather, they’d say “I’m John Smith (or Jane Doe) and I was born again on such-and-such a date” – which was usually when the person in question was a young adult. Contrarian that I can be on occasion, I would say, when the introductory rites came around to me, “I’m George Weigel and I was born again on April 29, 1951 ... at which point I was precisely 12 days old.” That drew the occasional blank stare, but it

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An elderly woman attends Pope Francis’ encounter with the elderly in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican last Sept. 28. “intergenerational disconnect” from occurring in the future? And what can be done to build up unity and respect among generations? A nearly universal point of reference over the years, and a counsel of incalculable worth, has been the injunction enshrined in “Honor your father and mother.” A decision to abide by this commandment invariably serves to strengthen the concern of children for their parents and elders, and helps forge a bond among generations. The Book of Sirach offers similarly sage advice: “My son, take care of your father when he is old; grieve him not as long as he lives. Even if his mind fails, be considerate of him; revile him not all the days of his life; kindness to a father will

not be forgotten, ﬁrmly planted against the debt of your sins ….” In a sense, it is precisely the weakness and vulnerability of the elderly that beckons us to manifest a greater respect toward them, and never to mistreat them in the strength of youth. As Pope John Paul II beautifully summed it up in his 1999 Letter to the Elderly: “… the signs of human frailty which are clearly connected with advanced age become a summons to the mutual dependence and indispensable solidarity which link the different generations ….” Compassionately attending to the needs of the elderly draws the generations together and builds solidarity. When the unique gifts of the elderly are invested and shared with the younger generation, this, too, builds up solidarity. Elderly people help us see human affairs with a sense of perspective tempered by experience, reﬂection and wisdom. Whenever grandparents contribute to the raising and formation of the grandchildren, even by doing something as simple as teaching them how to pray and think about God, they strengthen intergenerational ties, and build family unity. We can foster intergenerational care and support within our families and communities in other simple ways as well, for example, through conscientious parenting, including small but important steps such as insisting on mealtime together as a family which builds up mutual respect and concern for others in the family; teaching compassion by visiting sick or elderly neighbors together; teaching children to welcome all human life, even when weak or handicapped; praying together as a family; decreasing media time and guarding against violent computer/video games, pornography and other practices that dehumanize people and make them seem like objects to be manipulated. As we seek to build relational bridges across generations, and work to construct a society that esteems its elders, we simultaneously build up homes and communities that are liberated of the threat of abuse or neglect — places of safety, mutual support and love, even as the hairs on our head turn gray and our strength wanes. FATHER PACHOLCZYK is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Mass., and director of education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.

Owning our baptism

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Pope John Paul II blesses a baby in the Sistine Chapel on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord in 2002. often led to interesting conversations about sacramental regeneration. My evangelical friends’ sense that the day of their being “born again” was the defining moment of their lives, and my Catholic convictions about what had happened to me on April 29, 1951, came into harmonic focus when, in preparing the first volume of my biography of St. John Paul II, “Witness to Hope,” I described the pope’s return to his parish in Wadowice on his epic first papal pilgrimage to Poland in June 1979. Stepping into the church where he had served Mass, received the scapular, and prayed daily during his youth, the 264th bishop of Rome went straight to the chapel that housed the baptismal font and venerated the place where he had been “born again” in 1920. Why? Because Karol Wojtyla knew that that day

was the most important day of his life: The day when he was first empowered, by water and the Spirit, to become a friend of the Lord Jesus Christ and a missionary disciple. As John Paul understood it, the most important day of his life was not the day on which he was ordained a priest, consecrated a bishop or elected pope. The most important day of his life was the day of his baptism. Everything else flowed from that, like the waters in Ezekiel’s vision, flowing from the restored Temple to renew the face of the earth. In discussing evangelical Catholicism, the book and the idea, with dozens of audiences in various Catholic venues around the country and the world over the past two years, I’ve often conducted a little pop-quiz, asking my audience how many of them know the date of their baptism. I once got close to a 10 percent positive response, but the norm is usually in the 2-3 percent range. I then tell the story of my evangelical friends, and the story of John Paul II, and suggest that those present should, on returning home, take out the file where they keep the “Catholic stuff,” look up the date of their baptism on their baptismal certificate, memorize it – and then celebrate that day in some special way every year hence. I’ve been doing that for a decade and a half now, prodded a few months ahead of time by the liturgical feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Like the Lord, on the day of our baptism, each of us received a commission: in our case, to be the disciples who take Christ’s mission into the world, every day. Owning that is how we become the “church in permanent mission” to which Pope Francis has called us. WEIGEL is a distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

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The importance of the interior and private

e can never be challenged too strongly with regard to being committed to social justice. A key, nonnegotiable, summons that comes from Jesus himself is precisely the challenge to reach out to the poor, to the excluded, to those whom society deems expendable. Therefore the huge, global FATHER RON issues of justice ROLHEISER should preoccupy us. Can we be good Christians or even decent human beings without letting the daily news baptize us? The majority of the world still lives in hunger, thousands are dying of Ebola and other such illnesses, countless lives are torn apart by war and violence, and we are still, as a world, a long ways from dealing realistically with racism, sexism, abortion, and the integrity of physical creation. These are major moral issues and we may not escape into our own private world and simply ignore them. However, precisely because they are so mammoth and important, we can get the impression that the other moral issues we have to deal with, issues of private morality, are not as important. It’s all too easy to conclude that, given the mega-problems in our world, it doesn’t matter much how we live in the deeper recesses of our private worlds. Our private, little moral concerns can look pretty petty when weighed against the problems of the world as a whole. Do we really believe that God cares much whether or not we say our morning prayers, gossip about a colleague, nurse a grudge or two, or are less than

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The sculpture “Saint John of the Cross” by Francisco Antonio Gijon. In teaching about the vital importance of honesty in small things, the 16th-century Spanish doctor of the church, mystic and poet says: “It makes no difference whether a bird is tied down by a heavy rope or by the slenderest of cords, it can’t fly in either case.” fully honest in our sexual lives? Does God really care about these things? Yes. God cares because we care. Large, global issues notwithstanding, issues of personal integrity are generally what make or break our happiness, not to mention our character and our intimate relationships. In the end, they aren’t petty concerns at all. They shape the big things. Social morality is simply a reflection of private morality. What we see in the global picture is simply a magnification of the human heart. When ego, greed, lust and selfishness are not dealt with inside the private recesses of the heart, it’s naive to think that they will be dealt with at a global level. How are we to build a just, loving world, if we cannot, first of all, tame selfishness inside us? There will be no transparency at a global level as long as we continue to think it’s okay to not be transparent in our private lives. The global simply reflects the private. The

failure to recognize this is, to my mind, the elephant in the room in terms of our inability to bring justice to the earth. Social action that does not have private morality as its base is not spirituality, but simple political action, power dealing with power, important in itself, but the not to be confused with real transformation. The kingdom of God doesn’t work that way. It works by conversion and real conversion is an eminently personal act. Carlos Castaneda, the Native American mystic, writes: “I come from Latin America where intellectuals are always talking about political and social revolution and where a lot of bombs are being thrown. But nothing has changed much. It takes little daring to bomb a building, but in order to stop being jealous or to come to internal silence, you have to remake yourself. This is where real reform begins.”

LETTERS Mass books deepen faith

Thank you for the book review “New books offer valuable guidance in understanding the Mass,” in the Jan. 9 edition. I’m always pleased to find recommendations for resources to help me in understanding the Mass and deepening my faith. I would like to suggest a recently published book for our brothers and sisters who have an interest in the extraordinary form of the Mass: “Treasure and Tradition, The Ultimate Guide to the Latin Mass” by Lisa Bergman (St. Augustine Academy Press). This beautifully illustrated hardcover book combines elements of a coffee-table book, a textbook and a missal. It includes the Latin and English Mass texts but it also has extensive notes and illustrations covering the history, actions, prayers and the “why” of the Mass. For those new to the extraordinary form there is a chart to help in case you lose your place during Mass. A letter to the editor is no place

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All lives matter

“Black lives matter,” according to the writer of the letter headlined “Unequal Justice” that appeared in the Jan. 9 edition. Yes, but I will take an even more radical stand and say “all lives matter.” With that in mind, I invite the author to take part in the pro-life march slated for Jan. 24 in San Francisco. I also urge march participants to raise their hands and yell “all lives matter.” Perhaps that way, the march, which draws tens of thousands each year, will finally get the media attention it deserves. James O. Clifford Sr. Redwood City

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Thomas Merton makes the same point. During the 1960s, when so many intellectuals were involved in various social struggles, Merton was tucked away in a monastery, far (it would seem) from the real battlefronts. Stung by outside criticism of his monastic seclusion, he admitted that to most outsiders it “must seem like small potatoes” to be engaged mainly in a war against one’s private demons. However, he still believed that he was fighting the real battle: that of changing hearts. When you change a heart, he says, you have helped bring about some permanent structural, moral change on this planet. Everything else is simply one power attempting to displace another. Private morality and all that comes with it – private prayer and the attempt to be honest and transparent in even the smallest and most secret of things – is the core from which all morality takes its root. Jan Walgrave, commenting on the social importance of mysticism, suggests: “You can generate more energy by splitting a single atom than you can harnessing all the forces of water and wind on earth. That is precisely what Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed did. They split the inner atom of love. Great energy flowed out.” John of the Cross, in teaching about the vital importance of honesty in small things, says: “It makes no difference whether a bird is tied down by a heavy rope or by the slenderest of cords, it can’t fly in either case.” Private morality is not an unimportant, unaffordable luxury, a soft virtue, something that stands in the way of commitment to social justice. It’s the deep place where the moral atom needs to be split.

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ope Francis made what some would consider harsh statements in his Christmas message to the Roman Curia. He warned the cardinals and archbishops assembled of “the terrorism of gossip,” of being part of a clique that “enslaves all its members, becoming ‘a cancer’ that threatens the harmony of the body and causes so much illness,” FATHER EUGENE and of “spiritual HEMRICK Alzheimer’s,” or forgetting what drew them to the priesthood in the ﬁrst place. Pope Francis said that the Curia, those who make up the Catholic Church’s governing body, is “called on to always improve itself and grow in communion, holiness and knowledge to fulﬁll its mission. But even it, as any human body, can suffer from ailments, dysfunctions, illnesses.” That hardly made for a cheerful Christmas message. But what was he trying to say? To understand Pope Francis’ thinking, we may want to look at religious orders. Some religious orders were founded to carry out reforms because its members felt as if inspiring examples of Christ’s teachings were lacking. Reform was needed to revitalize religion, spawn

saints and to establish revitalized centers for meaningful worship. As time passed, however, so did reforms. But the church saw repeated religious renaissances. One way to interpret Pope Francis’ Christmas message is to view it as a call for a much-needed renaissance and revitalization of religion in postmodern times. Although Pope Francis addressed the Curia, his message also speaks to the world. When I was traveling in Germany with a friend, he said to me: “You Americans have big appetites.” This is true of humanity, not just Americans. For example, the amount of food on supermarket shelves tempts us to appease our appetites. The saying, “The more you get, the more you want,” holds true for many, as does a big appetite for gossip and for forgetting to count the blessings we have. Down deep, we crave a healthy orderly life and know that better controlling our lives is the best way to attain true, lasting joy. We are especially happiest when doing something good and wholesome for ourselves that leads to doing something good for another. I believe this is the underlining reason behind Pope Francis’ seemingly harsh words. He is calling for a postmodern renaissance. He wants to lift our spirituality to new heights. This requires change and, yes, death to disorderly appetites and bad habits. And yet, when we admit that these things enslave us and let go, we experience the joy of freedom. And that’s the joy Pope Francis desires for all of us.

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SUNDAY READINGS

Second Sunday of Ordinary Time John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’ JOHN 1:35-42 1 SAMUEL 3:3B-10, 19 Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was. The Lord called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. You called me.” “I did not call you, “Eli said. “Go back to sleep.” So he went back to sleep. Again the Lord called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. “Here I am,” he said. “You called me.” But Eli answered, “I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep.” At that time Samuel was not familiar with the Lord, because the Lord had not revealed anything to him as yet. The Lord called Samuel again, for the third time. Getting up and going to Eli, he said, “Here I am. You called me.” Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the youth. So he said to Samuel, “Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply, Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” When Samuel went to sleep in his place, the Lord came and revealed his presence, calling out as before, “Samuel, Samuel!” Samuel answered, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, not permitting any word of his to be without effect.

PSALM 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. I have waited, waited for the Lord, and he stooped toward me and heard my cry. And he put a new song into my mouth, a hymn to our God. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. Sacrifice or offering you wished not, but ears open to obedience you gave me. Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not; then said I, “Behold I come.” Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will. “In the written scroll it is prescribed for me, to do your will, O my God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart!” Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. I announced your justice in the vast assembly; I did not restrain my lips, as you, O Lord, know. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. 1 CORINTHIANS 6:13C-15A, 17-20 Brothers and sisters: The body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body; God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are

members of Christ? But whoever is joined to the Lord becomes one Spirit with him. Avoid immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the immoral person sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body. JOHN 1:35-42 John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” – which translated means Teacher –, “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where Jesus was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus.

Seeing the one who rescues us from ourselves

t ﬁrst blush this scenario seems insigniﬁcant. Fellow Hebrews are beginning to notice Jesus as a rabbi who teaches with authority. Before we quickly move on we might think: Jesus is beginning to establish his posse of followers, but that’s it. However, here in the beginning of John’s Gospel, Jesus’ identity is revealed repeatedly with subtle simplicity. The verbs in this passage give us the deeper clue. For both John the Baptist and Jesus the actions indicate references to vision: “saw,” “looking,” “watched.” The two disciples, John and Andrew, don’t respond to sight; they SISTER MARIA respond to hearing. “The CATHERINE, OP two disciples heard and followed ….” They each respond based on hearing John the Baptist call Jesus the Lamb of God, rather than by seeing Jesus. Scripture is giving me a subtle hint that students and seekers, like myself, do not yet have the vision; I must see through my teachers. Only after patient listening will the lesson unfold in my heart. The word obedience comes from the Latin “ob audire” meaning to “listen” or “hear.” In the parable of Lazarus, the rich man begs Abraham and

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POPE FRANCIS CATECHISM, YOGA, CANNOT OPEN HEARTS

Courses in yoga, Zen meditation, even extensive studies in church teaching can never free people enough to open their hearts to God and his love, Pope Francis said. Only the Holy Spirit can “move the heart” and make it “docile to the Lord, docile to the freedom of love,” the pope said Jan. 9 at Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae in Vatican City. Many fail to recognize and be open to the Lord’s miracles even “the Apostles.”

Often people insist that Jesus Christ is a good person, virtuous and even enlightened. But they cannot see him as the savior of the universe, the one who rescues us from ourselves. Lazarus to appear to his relatives, thinking that seeing someone rise from the dead will convince his family of the truth of the Gospel now that he grasps the peril of losing salvation. Abraham responds, “They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them” (Luke 16:29). It’s hearing that leads to faith rather than seeing. This is also why we hear Mass on Sundays, rather than passively watch Mass. It’s the hearing that leads to conversion. Jesus responds candidly to the two inquirers with a “sight” verb, “What are you looking for?” Jesus’ gaze is no ordinary look (Mark 10:21). He is probing to the depths hoping they will respond with openness to his invitation to an exchange of immeasurable love. Their response sounds like two, shy schoolboys, “Where are you staying?” They seem sheepish. In Jesus’ look they saw the deeper inquiry he was making. He is really asking, “What do you desire?” Their bashful answer is also revealing: We want you. Where are you staying? Scripture goes on to say that these two spent

the day with Jesus. There is no itinerary, no list of activities to accomplish listed in the text. They merely spent time with him. But something pivotal happens in that time, enough to make Andrew race to his brother Simon at 4 o’clock in the afternoon: “We have found the Messiah.” After spending time with Jesus, Andrew is able to answer the question Jesus had posed to him in the morning: “What are you looking for?” What do the disciples desire? Someone to save them: the Messiah! Often people insist that Jesus Christ is a good person, virtuous and even enlightened. But they cannot see him as the savior of the universe, the one who rescues us from ourselves. I can say with conﬁdence that Jesus isn’t merely a great teacher, because of this passage in Scripture. John and Andrew testify that Jesus is the one the world has been waiting for. Ancient Israel was already ﬁlled with reputable teachers of the law. Devout Jews worth their salt would have been able to discern the difference. After spending a day with him, it was clear to these two men that Jesus was not an ordinary teacher. In the morning Andrew and John left one teacher for another because they had heard the truth, but by the afternoon they realized this rabbi had seen into their hearts and offered them himself. Only God can do that. SISTER MARIA CATHERINE is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, and teaches English at Marin Catholic High School.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, JANUARY 19: Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time. HEB 5:1-10. PS 110:1, 2, 3, 4. HEB 4:12. MK 2:18-22.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. HEB 7:25-8:6. PS 40:78a, 8b-9, 10, 17. SEE 2 TM 1:10. MK 3:7-12.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20: Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of St. Fabian, pope and martyr; St. Sebastian, martyr. HEB 6:10-20. PS 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c. SEE EPH 1:1718. MK 2:23-28.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23: Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Vincent of Saragossa, deacon and or martyr. HEB 8:6-13. PS 85:8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14. MK 3:13-19.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21: Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. HEB 7:1-3, 15-17. PS 110:1, 2, 3, 4. SEE MT 4:23. MK 3:1-6.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 24: Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor; Optional memorial of Our Lady of Peace. HEB 9:2-3, 11-14. PS 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9. SEE ACTS 16:14b. MK 3:20-21.

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OLMC raises $2,400 to help fund church roof for East Africa sister parish JIM CLIFFORD

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Redwood City continues to aid its sister parish in East Africa, this time raising more than $2,000 toward completing a church near famed Mount Kilimanjaro. About half the $2,400 was raised by children at the parish school. The check was recently presented to Father Paulinus Mangesho, who accepted it on behalf of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Kiraeni, Tanzania, where the priest was raised. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I appreciate this,â&#x20AC;? he told a group of Mount Carmel parishioners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will help us but we are not done yet. I hope you will continue to support us.â&#x20AC;? Among other things, the funds will be used to provide more pews

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unity,” the pope said Jan. 13 at an arrival ceremony at Colombo’s international airport. Pope Francis addressed his words to Sri Lanka’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, who was elected Jan. 8 and sworn in the next day. During his campaign, Sirisena promised an independent investigation into war crimes allegedly committed during the 26-year struggle between government forces and rebels belonging to the country’s Tamil minority. In his remarks to the pope, Sirisena noted that during the last papal visit, by St. John Paul II in 1995, “Sri Lanka was embroiled in annihilating terrorism, following the mayhem caused by the terrorists in the daily lives of the people” – a reference to the Tamil Tigers, finally defeated in 2009 by the military under Sirisena’s predecessor, President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The war divided Sri Lanka along religious as well as ethnic lines, since members of the Sinhalese majority are typically Buddhist, and Tamils for the most part Hindu. Catholics, who make up 7 percent of the country’s population, include members of both ethnic groups. Rajapaksa, who sought re-election Jan. 8, had his political base in the country’s Sinhalese-Buddhist majority. Sirisena enjoys more support among minorities. “Sri Lanka for many years knew the horrors of civil strife and is now seeking to consolidate peace and to heal the scars of those years,” Pope Francis said, his voice hoarse and weary-sounding after the 10-hour flight from Rome. “I am convinced that the followers of the various religious traditions have an essential role to play in the delicate process of reconciliation and rebuilding which is taking place in this country.” That afternoon, the pope met with local Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and other Christian leaders, telling them that efforts at “interreligious and ecumenical relations take on a particular signifi-

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SATURDAY, JAN. 17 DISCERNMENT DAY: During the Year of Consecrated Life, the Dominican Nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park host a discernment day for young women; RSVP by Jan. 12 or for more information contact Sister Joseph Marie, vocations@nunsmenlo.org; visit www. nunsmenlo.org/vocation-discernmentday-january-2015. Day begins with Mass at 8 a.m. followed by Divine Office, rosary, conferences, and talks by Dominican nuns and friars.

SUNDAY, JAN. 18 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 4 p.m., featuring various artists; freewill offerings accepted at door; (415) 567-2020, ext. 213; www. stmarycathedralsf.org. MERTON FILM: “Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton,” 3 p.m., Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park, followed by a discussion with producer, Morgan Atkinson; wine and light refreshments will be served. Event is sponsored by the Thomas Merton Center of Palo Alto as the inaugural event in the 100th year anniversary of Merton’s birth in 1915. The film covers Merton at the Abbey of Gethsemani, where he lived for

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HANDICAPABLES 50TH ANNIVERSARY: Father Kirk Ullery, retired pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, San Francisco is principal celebrant at Handicapables Mass and lunch commemorating the group’s 50th anniversary, noon, Father Kirk in lower halls of St. Ullery Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. All disabled people and their caregivers are invited. Volunteers are always welcome. Joanne Borodin, (415) 239-4865.

CARDINAL TALK: Mercy in light of Pope Francis’ emphasis on this theme, and such issues as the migration of children from Central America are topics to be covered by Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriquez Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga of TeguMaradiaga cigalpa, Honduras, and a member of Pope Francis’ council of cardinals, 7 p.m., Santa Clara University, music and dance facility recital hall; www. scu.edu/ethics-center/events/calendar.cfm?sched=256973.

POPE FRANCIS TALK: “Gather@ Grand,” with the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, 7 p.m. with Bishop Robert W. McElroy speaking on the pastoral theology of Pope Francis and taking questions. Bishop Robert Light refreshments W. McElroy will be served; 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael, between Acacia and Locust streets; CommunityRelations@sanrafaelop. org; www.sanrafaelop.org; (415) 453-8303.

27 years, as well as his life in New York City and later. Interviews with Merton friends, scholars and authorities on the spiritual life including Father Daniel Berrigan also included. The event is open to all without charge; donations gratefully received. Ample parking is available adjacent to the site. Kay Williams, (650) 270-4188; kaywill@pacbell.net. MLK MASS: St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, 1122 Jamestown Ave. between Third Street and Jennings, now in its 100th year “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Solidarity Mass,” 10:45 a.m., featuring the parish Gospel Choir. Redemptorist Father Maurice J. Nutt, Institute for Black Catholic Studies, Xavier University is principal celebrant and homilist. www.stpauloftheshipwreck.org; (415) 468-3434.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21 HEALING: Mindfulness meditation, Jan. 21, April 22, July 15, Oct. 21, 10 a.m., Dominican Sisters of MSJ Center for Education and Spirituality at mother-

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FRIDAY, JAN. 23 WALK FOR LIFE WC: Learn more about the Jan. 24 11th Walk for Life West Coast on the Archbishop’s Radio Hour, 11 a.m., 1260 AM, Immaculate Heart Radio. Guests are walk founder Dolores Meehan and Vicki Evans, respect life coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The event draws upward of 40,000 supporters. www.walkforlifewc.com. Show email is Studio@sfarchdiocese.org. Show is rebroadcast Friday evening at 9 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28 PRIORY TALKS: “Water: A Sacred Trust,” explore both the beauty of God’s sacred gift of water and the senseless degradation of this precious resource in today’s world with Dr. Mary E. McGann, RSCJ, 7-9 p.m., Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Road, Portola Valley, Founders Hall. Admission is free, refreshments provided, Carrie Rehak, crehak@prioryca.org, (650) 8518221; www.prioryca.org/life/campusspiritual-life/insight-speakers-series/.

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CRAB FEED: Archbishop Riordan Crab Feed, tickets at $60 per person include a full crab dinner, chicken entrees also available; tables of eight available. www.riordanhs.org; (415) 586-8200 ext 217.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4 ‘JOY OF GOSPEL’: Pray, read and discuss Pope Francis’ teaching during presentations on Pope Francis’ new document, 7 p.m., Feb. 4, Mar. 11, Apr. 15, May 6; Dominican Sisters of MSJ Motherhouse, 43326 Mission Blvd., entrance on Mission Tierra Place, Fremont. Dominican Sisters Ingrid Clemmensen and Marcia Krause facilitate. www.msjdominicans.org.

FRIDAY, FEB. 6 FIRST FRIDAY: Contemplatives of St. Joseph offer Mass at Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Ave., South San Francisco, 7 p.m. followed by healing service and personal blessing with St. Joseph oil from Oratory of St. Joseph, Montreal. TAIZE: All are welcome to Taizé prayer

CEMETERY MASS: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum, 11 a.m. Father Tony LaTorre, pastor, St. Father Tony Philip Parish, LaTorre San Francisco, principal celebrant and homilist. (650) 756-2060, www.holycrosscemeteries.com.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21 around the cross, Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, 8 p.m. Taizé prayer has been sung on first Fridays at Mercy Center with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan since 1983. (650) 3407452.

SUNDAY, FEB. 8 BUBBLY & BINGO: SF Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton St. in North Beach, 11:30 a.m., $40 per person advance ticket sales only, includes lunch, champagne, two bingo cards. Antonette, (415) 509-4810.

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Amazon,” a concert performance of opera dedicated to the memory of Notre Dame Sister Dorothy Stang on the 10th anniversary of her death at the hands of murderous landowners in the rain forests of Brazil with composer Evan Mack conducting. The evening features the voices of baritone Jeffrey Williams and mezzo soprano Caitlin Mathes with the Viva la Musica chorus, Shulamit Hoffman, director; Jim McGarry, jmmcgarry@ndnu.edu; (650) 508-4120; Cunningham Memorial Chapel, Notre Dame de Namur University, Ralston Avenue, Belmont, 7 p.m. Admission is free. Donations to the Sister Dorothy Stang Scholarship Fund welcome.

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Following God’s mysterious plan, Bonhoeffer found himself in an “inescapable paradox,” caught in the tension between his nonviolent stance and a responsibility to support the conspiracy to combat genocide, working simultaneously with the international church and as a Nazi spy. He became “a pastor without a church” offering sacraments to subversives, traitors, deserters and atheists. His last letters declare that in Christ all is transformed: “Christ takes everyone who

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