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In Chile and Peru, pope urges unity, compassion Barbara J. Fraser Catholic News Service

LIMA, Peru – Pope Francis tackled politically charged issues during his weeklong visit to Chile and Peru, decrying human trafficking, environmental destruction, corruption and organized crime in speeches before audiences that included political leaders.

At the same time, he called for unity, dialogue and coexistence in each of the two countries, which have been marked by political tension and sometimes-violent conflicts. Invoking Mary, he called for compassion, which he also demonstrated as he blessed a Chilean prisoner’s unborn baby and see pope, page 12

People react after seeing Pope Francis pass in the popemobile outside the presidential palace in Lima, Peru, Jan. 19.

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Catholic groups decry end of immigration protection for Salvadorans Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON – As the Catholic Church in the U.S. began observing National Migration Week, a time to reflect on the circumstances confronting migrants, immigrants, refugees, and human trafficking victims, the administration of President Donald Trump announced that it would end an immigration program for thousands of Salvadorans, one of the largest groups of modern-day immigrants in the country and one that includes many Catholics.

More than 200,000 Salvadorans, living under a special immigration status in the U.S., now face the prospect of staying in the country illegally or returning to a nation designated as one of the most dangerous in the world not at war, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Jan. 8 that it was ending a provision called Temporary Protected Status after Sept. 9, 2019.

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Salvadorans depart following a news conference Jan. 8 at the New York Immigration Coalition in Manhattan following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement to end the Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans immigrants.

“The decision to terminate TPS for El Salvador was made after a review of the disaster-related conditions upon which the country’s original designation was based,” DHS said in a statement. Salvadorans affected can apply to stay under a different program, if they qualify, or make plans to return to their home country, the statement continued.

Citizens of El Salvador were able to apply for TPS in 2001 after the Central American nation experienced a series of major earthquakes. TPS grants a work permit and a reprieve from deportation to certain people whose countries have experienced natural disasters, armed conflicts or exceptional situations, to remain temporarily in the United States.

El Salvador had previously received the designation in 1990 after thousands of Salvadorans fled to the U.S. seeking refuge from a brutal civil war.

Supporters of the Salvadorans said

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Need to Know WALK FOR LIFE WEST COAST: Prayer events aligned with the Jan. 27 Walk for Life West Coast include a Vigil for Life, Jan. 26, St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, 5-8 p.m. with vespers, Mass and Holy Hour; all-night Eucharistic Adoration for Life, Jan. 26, 8 p.m.-7 a.m., Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St., San Francisco; Evening High Mass in extraordinary form, Jan. 27, 5 p.m., National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco. The shrine is a short walk from the end of the Walk for Life West Coast.

Watch Walk for Life on EWTN: For those who cannot attend the Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco on Jan. 27, EWTN brings live and complete coverage of the largest pro-life event of the year on the West Coast. EWTN can be found locally on COMCAST 229, ATT 562, Astound/Wave 80, San Bruno Cable 143, Dish Satellite 261 and Direct TV 370. Visit ewtn.com.

Adult faith formation opportunity: Just Faith Ministries seeks volunteers committed to adult faith formation, personal transformation and Gospel ministry to the needy and vulnerable. Since 2001, more than 50,000 people have completed a JustFaith Ministries program in the U.S. “Together we envision a vast community of faith(Photos by Debra Greenblat/Catholic San Francisco) ful people transformed by the spirit and leading lives of Participants in a workshop hosted by the St. Dominic Art Guild display their own versions of a Mexican devotional folk art CandlesEach had the opportunity to have the Religous Gifts & Books extraordinary compassion,” JustFaith said in an email toChurch Goods called&“retablo.” retablo they created blessed by the priest after the 5:30 vigil Mass.

Catholic San Francisco. “JustFaith Ministries programs create an environment that invites personal transformation. We change people – and those people change the world.” Visit www.justfaith.org for information about programs including eight-week modules on ministering to the hungry, the homeless and those who are incarcerated. Contact Meg 5 locations in California Bowerman, megbowerman@gmail.com, (510) 684-7139, to Your Local Store: schedule a sample at your parish during Lent. altar decorations from Spain,” she said.

Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco 369 Grand Av, S.San Francisco,650-583-5153 Friars from Spain or those sent to Mexico first Near SF Airport - Exit 101 Frwy @ Grand who eventually traveled north during the colonial period had to transport everything on beasts of On Jan. 13, participants in a workshop hosted Archbishop cordileone’s schedule burden or simple wagons, Skelton said. by thewww.cotters.com St. Dominic Art Guild became “santeros” cotters@cotters.com “Carved marble reredos or statues from Spain (saint makers in Spanish) by learning to paint could not be easily transported,” she said. “Availtheir own versions of a Mexican devotional folk Jan. 26: Walk for Life reception, 6 p.m. able materials such as wood, tin, copper or animal art called “retablo.” hide provided the surface on which to paint “Retablo in Mexican or Spanish folk art is a Jan. 27: Walk for Life Mass, cathedral, 9:30 a.m., Walk saintly images.” devotional painting using iconography derived for Life Most of the population in the 16th and 17th from traditional Catholic Church art,” said art centuries in the Southwest was rural and uneduguild member and parishioner Elizabeth Skelton Jan. 28: Confirmation, St. Vincent de Paul, noon cated for centuries, said Skelton, and the compact who led the hands-on portion of the workshop in painted images helped augment faith formation, the parish hall following a lecture by Dominican Jan. 29: Interview, Catholic Answers Live, 4 p.m. prayer and meditation.

Brother Michael James Rivera.

The participants of the workshop came from The half-day workshop was the second in Jan. 30: Reception, Benedict XVI Institute, San Diego both St. Dominic Parish and neighboring parishthe “Prayer through Art” series launched last es, according to Skelton, and each had the opporNovember by the parish art guild. The guild, Feb. 1: Priest Personnel Board and chancery meetings composed of parishioners who are photographers, tunity to have the retablo they created blessed by the priest after the 5:30 vigil Mass. lighting designers, graphic artists, calligraphers, Feb. 2: Cabinet and chancery meetings; Interfaith “Helping people understand that these are not interior designers and fine artists, hosts creative Housing Taskforce meeting, chancery; confirmation, St. workshops open to the parish community through simply art forms but also expressions of one’s Veronica, 5 p.m. time in contemplation with the Lord is one of my which it “hopes people will encounter Christ,” goals,” said Brother Michael. “And I love seeing our according to its website.

Feb. 3: Wedding Anniversary Mass, cathedral, 10 a.m. students make something which they can take home Skelton said retablos were created as devotional and incorporate into their times of personal prayer.” images for churches in a small format for perFeb. 4: Jubilarians in Consecrated Life Mass, cathedral, sonal devotion. “Placed above or behind church 11 a.m.

The St. Dominic Art Guild will host another workaltars and in side altars, these simple images of shop on Feb. 17 with a lecture by Dominican Father Catholic subjects such as the Virgin Mary, saints, Feb. 5: Province meeting, Jesuit Retreat Center Brendan McInerney who is trained in the art of Rusand scenes from Christ’s Passion were replicasian Byzantine iconography. tions of more academic formal painted or carved Feb. 5-13: Bishops’ Lenten Retreat, Jesuit retreat Center

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current TPS recipients should be allowed to stay because they have built families and are firmly rooted in the U.S. and local faith communities.

Catholic bishops and organizations have expressed concern that Salvadorans would be forced to return to a socially unstable country that is ravaged by gangs and has been designated by various organizations as one of the most dangerous places in the world and one not equipped to absorb such a large-scale repatriation.

“From our experience working with the Catholic Church and other local partners in El Salvador, the Salvadoran government does not have adequate humanitarian capacity to receive, protect, or integrate back into society safely this many people,” said Catholic Relief Services in a statement released shortly after the decision was announced.

Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Texasbased Hope Border Institute, said the administration’s decision would instead create an additional 200,000 “soon-to-be undocumented immigrants” in the U.S. “Today, the Trump administration unnecessarily and cruelly put the security, safety, families and lives of over 200,000 Salvadoran TPS recipients, including over 35,000 in Texas, in jeopardy. Deporting them will mean uprooting and destroying families and livelihoods and sending families back to poverty and violence in one of the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world,” Corbett said. “And make no mistake, we as Americans through our trade and security policies, and because of our insatiable appetite for drugs, are morally implicated in the crisis in El Salvador and Central America.”

Recalling the words of Pope Francis, Corbett said building walls, detaining human beings and “deporting our Salvadoran sisters and brothers is just another example of how the Trump administration is stirring up ‘primal fears’ for political advantage.”

A big concern for Catholic organizations and leaders is the 192,000 U.S.-born children of Salvadoran families.

“This is yet another ill-conceived decision by an administration that ignores the immense contributions to our country by immigrants and that has lost sight of the United States’ long history as a safe haven for people who flee danger abroad,” said Bishop Kevin W. Vann of Orange, California, chairman of the board of the Maryland-based Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. “By terminating TPS for El Salvador, hundreds of thousands of people, including U.S. citizen children and extended family, will be faced with wrenching decisions about how to proceed with their lives,” Bishop Vann said. “The administration fails to address how it makes the United States any safer to expel people who have been living and working legally as valued

Catholic Charities is collaborating with San Francisco’s Immigrant Rights Commission and other local organizations to offer a free, half-day legal workshop for Temporary Protected Status holders from El Salvador.

The Jan. 27 event will be held at Mission High School at 3750 18th St., San Francisco, from 1-4 p.m.

The workshop is open to all temporary protected status holders and is being organized to help those affected by the recent decision explore legal remedies and file extensions.

“We are getting many calls from people who are very, very concerned and confused,” said Francisco Gonzalez, immigration legal services director for Catholic Charities. “The idea of not having a secure future is daunting.”

For more information call (415) 581-2360 or email civic.engagement@sfgov.org. To register for the Jan. 27 workshop: bit.ly/NEW LINK. Christina Gray

residents of our country. Instead of withdrawing their protections, our government should welcome these long-term, settled members of our communities and find ways to give them a permanent path to residency.”

In a statement, Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; Committee on Migration, said the administration’s decision was “heartbreaking.”

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“We believe that God has called us to care for the foreigner and the marginalized ... Our nation must not turn its back on TPS recipients and their families; they too are children of God,” he said in a statement.

While urging Congress to find a solution, Bishop Vasquez said the USCCB stands in solidarity with Salvadoran TPS recipients and that the bishops would continue to pray for them, their families, “and all those who are displaced or forced to flee from their homes.”

The Center for Migration Studies in New York said 88 percent of Salvadoran TPS beneficiaries are employed, many are homeowners, and typically have lived in the U.S. for 21 years. Returning them to El Salvador would be “destabilizing,” said Donald Kerwin, the center’s executive director, said in a statement.

“Today’s decision creates many losers, and no winners,” he said. “The losers include the TPS recipients themselves, their employers, their U.S. citizen children, their U.S. communities, El Salvador, and the U.S. economy. The rule of law is another loser as the decision will relegate hard working legal immigrants into persons without status and force TPS beneficiaries and their U.S. children to return to violence-plagued communities without good economic prospects.”

Ricardo Calderon, of the Central American Resource Center in San Francisco, told Catholic News Service that the affected Salvadorans have suffered what amounts to “psychological torture” while waiting for the administration’s decision.

“We have become familiar with the reality of Salvadoran TPS holders through the stories of individuals in our Ignatian network,” the organization said in a statement. “These women and men of all ages – whom we know as students, teachers, colleagues, parishioners – are faced with a future of uncertainty and grave risk for themselves and their families as they contemplate a return to the violence and impunity in El Salvador.”

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‘We couldn’t do what we do without our 15,000 volunteers,’ St. Anthony’s head says Tom Burke catholic San Francisco

St. Anthony’s Dining Room has been at it since 1950 when Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker and his friar brothers passed out sandwiches to the Tenderloin hungry outside their Golden Gate Avenue friary.

“While doing that Alfred’s Franciscan vision allowed him to see the inconsistency of brothers and sisters made in God’s image forced to sit on the curb and eat,” St. Barry Stenger Anthony’s executive director Barry Stenger told me. “His respect for their innate human dignity led him to open the dining room, ‘not a soup kitchen,’ he would tell reporters, a dining room where the poor could eat around a table in the way that brothers and sisters were meant to eat.”

The ministry has been tagged with several nicknames through the years including “The miracle on Jones Street.”

“Legally it is still St. Anthony Foundation, but a few years ago we finally realized it is less about how we see ourselves and more about how others see us; to generations of San Franciscan we are just St. Anthony’s. We haven’t yet gone as far as some of our guests—to them we’re ‘Tony’s,’” Barry said.

Like its name, St. Anthony’s work has seen growth and a need to adapt to changing times and those who need help.

“Our new dining room has been open for more than three years,” Barry said. “The new space has given us the flexibility to respond to important changes in our community: For instance we now have a dedicated section for families with children.”

Franciscan tradition and the Catholic faith are in all that St. Anthony’s does, Barry said. “As a large human services nonprofit St. Anthony’s is not unlike all the Catholic hospitals and schools and charitable organizations in this country founded by charismatic priests and nuns. We struggle to make sure that our efforts to professionalize and expand do not erode our commitment to Catholic social teaching and the religious values of our founders. Not an easy task but one that is critical to our future.”

In its early years, St. Anthony’s served “those who were struggling with their experiences in the war, described as ‘shell-shocked,’” Barry said, noting that today the diagnosis is post-traumatic stress disorder. “Today the folks we accompany range from

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CATHOLIC ACTION: Students from St. Isabella School/Parish, San Rafael, and Marin Catholic High School decorated and filled 50 bags for guests at the Mill Street Shelter in San Rafael. Contents included socks, toiletries, snacks and holiday treats. “They sang Christmas carols with the guests and distributed the bags after a recent dinner at Mill Street,” organizers said. “Guests were thrilled to receive the Christmas bags.”

Barry admits he is far from alone in the work of St. Anthony’s. “We couldn’t do what we do without the help of our army of volunteers, with more than 15,000 helping us each year as individuals or as part of a church, community group or local corporation.”

Barry recalled “in giving we receive” from the Prayer of St. Francis. “Our donors and volunteers tell us that helping our neighbors in need – and making a real human connection with them – is deeply rewarding. St. Francis lived and worked among the poor less to change them and more because he came to see that was how God was changing him.”

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HOLY MARY: Notre Dame des Victoires School students celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 12 with a prayer service in the parish church with second graders wearing handmade replicas of the famed tilma crucial in the apparitions of the Blessed Mother to St. Juan Diego. Student council leadership helped lead the service. NDV looks forward to celebrating this feast day for years to come, the school said, noting a new, framed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be placed in the school halls for all to see, pray to, and reflect on. Pictured from left in their tilmas are second graders Kaye Zilimskas, Caitlin Melanphy and George Morris. the chronically homeless, to the working poor, to recently evicted families. We support them with a variety of services: With medical care, social work, addiction recovery, technology training and we operate the city’s largest free clothing program.”

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Marist priest and former pastor begins detention ministry job Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

After 13 years as pastor of Notre Dame des Victoires Parish in San Francisco, Marist Father Rene Iturbe has a new job with the Archdiocese of San Francisco serving as “the face of the church” to locally incarcerated men and women.

On Jan. 6 Father Iturbe, who left his longtime pastoral assignment at the French National Catholic Church on Pine Street this summer, began his new role as the chaplain of detention ministry for San Francisco and Marin County jails.

His assignment fills a need for consistent Catholic Mass and sacramental and pastoral care in the jails according to the coordinator of the archdiocese’s restorative justice program.

“We needed a qualified chaplain devoted to the San Francisco County jails and Father Iturbe was retiring,” said coordinator Julio Escobar, whose program supports crime victims and survivors and works with offenders to

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Marist Father Rene Iturbe, third from right, held a retreat for lay detention ministry volunteers Feb. 8 at Vallombrosa Retreat Center in Menlo Park. Father Iturbe is the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s new chaplain of detention ministry serving San Francisco and Marin jails. achieve restorative justice. “We began praying and talking about the possibilities.”

Archbishop Cordileone made the appointment last year.

In the absence of a priest devoted to the county jails, Escobar spent a lot of his energy finding priests able and

willing to say Mass and visit with inmates and managing lay volunteers.

As a result, regular ministry to the jail population was difficult.

San Francisco County’s three jail complexes house approximately 1,300 men and women, according to Father Iturbe. These include one large and

relatively modern facility located in San Bruno (which historically was under the jurisdiction of San Francisco County) and two smaller downtown jails. Marin County has a small jail at its civic center. San Quentin State Prison, also in Marin County, has its own chaplain, Jesuit Father George Williams. San Mateo County Jail’s detention ministry is run by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County.

“Not everybody wants to do this kind of ministry,” Father Iturbe told Catholic San Francisco Jan. 19. But being “an instrument of mercy” to those who feel alienated is an important part of the Society of Mary charism, he said.

“My draw to this ministry is a bottom line belief that everyone is made in the image of God,” he said. “Even though you may not see any manifestations of it, that is what Jesus saw.

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For more than 30 years Ángel Suárez has been serving at Church of the Epiphany in San Francisco and witnessed the changes the parish has experienced. He can readily tell you the difference between what Latino Catholics of yesterday needed and what they need today.

In the past, their greatest need was the Sunday Mass celebrated in Spanish – something that was attainable, said Suárez, who is currently a eucharistic minister and coordinator of the prayer group at Epiphany. But today, he said, the greatest problem facing Catholic Latinos in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is the lack of Spanish-speaking priests.

Despite the shortage of priests capable of celebrating Mass in Spanish, Epiphany pastor Father Eugene Tungol strikes an optimistic tone. Nearly 400 Hispanic families attend the 11:30 am Sunday Mass, and the parish has nearly 2,000 registered families.

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went from being a parish of mainly Italian and Irish parishioners to one where Filipinos and Latinos make up the majority.

On the day of the celebration of the Epiphany of our Lord – also known as “Día de los Reyes,” Mass was celebrated by a guest priest, Father John Jiménez, now pastor at Archbishop Riordan High Schol.

In his homily he encouraged the faithful to follow the example of the Magi from the East who, despite having enjoyed some form of power at one point in time, also faced hardship but went on their journey to the Holy Land to worship the Lord.

He compared the problems they confronted with the difficulties encountered by many today after the housing market crash with homelessness and unemployment.

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Archbishop’s Circle doubles in past year Rod Linhares Director of Development

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Members of the Archbishop’s Circle gathered in December for their annual Advent Retreat. derie fostered by the many social and spiritual activities that allow us to grow in charity and serve our brothers and sisters in communion,” commented Circle members Jorge and Alicia Marra of St. Patrick Parish, Larkspur.

Archbishop Cordileone introduced the Circle projects for FY 2018-2019 at the conclusion of the recent Advent Retreat. The focus on seminarians, marriage and family life, the Walk for Life and Rosary Rally remain, and

new projects include a Deacon’s Assistance Fund, support for a program at Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco that feeds the needy, marketing for Catholic schools, seed funds for a health clinic providing family care in accordance with Catholic teaching, and several others.

Each year, the Circle projects will be a combination of ongoing efforts and new initiatives. The archbishop’s long-term priorities will be evident, and he’ll also be able to emphasize items that are more urgent at a particular time. Taken together, the projects advance the interests of the archdiocese and evangelize within it.

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The Archbishop’s Circle began in the spring of 2016 and now consists of nearly 50 households representing about 75 individuals. The Circle is comprised of individuals who donate funds to special projects and initiatives identified by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.

In the current fiscal year, this includes sending seminarians to Lourdes on a pilgrimage, implementing stewardship in various parishes, beginning a Hispanic School of Leadership and supporting the Rosary Rally, the Walk for Life and a marriage and family life program.

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Ritual, consistency lead to better participation at Mass, study suggests Dan Meloy Catholic News Service

DETROIT – So who really is singing “Gather Us In” at Mass?

Does the pastor asking people about their week really make the Mass friendlier and more engaging? Why is the Our Father so engaging? Do people like singing new songs at Mass, or do they prefer tried and true hymns they have been singing for years?

Two local Catholic researchers are trying to find out.

John Ligas and Sacred Heart Major Seminary professor Michael McCallion presented a paper titled “Sociology of the Sacred in Post-Modernity: Ritual Dis-Attunement at Sunday Mass” during the Society for Catholic Liturgy Conference in Philadelphia last October.

The study’s primary aim was to discover which parts of the Mass local Catholics were most actively

engaged with, and which parts lacked participation.

“We wanted to do research on tuning and dis-tuning at a typical Sunday liturgy,” Ligas told The Michigan Catholic, Detroit’s archdiocesan newspaper.

McCallion and Ligas went about observing 35 liturgies across 10 parishes – three parishes in the Chicago Archdiocese and the rest in Detroit’s northern suburbs. The pair discretely took notes on who at Mass was actively participating in the Our Father, the opening, closing and communal hymns, the Gloria and the responsorial psalm along with other parts of the liturgy.

“A good analogy would be at a football stadium,” Ligas said. “Everybody is watching the game, but who is participating in ‘the wave’? Who cares about what’s happening on the scoreboard? Who is checking their phone? We feel the Catholic liturgy is see mass, page 18

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Cardinal invokes Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in march vigil homily

WASHINGTON – New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during a homily at the Jan. 18 Mass that opened the National Prayer Vigil for Life.

Like “Pastor King,” as Cardinal Dolan referred to him throughout his homily, “our belief in the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of all human life propels us to concern for human life wherever, whenever, and however it is threatened, from racial antagonism to justice for immigrants, from the wartorn to the hungry,” the prelate said.

And, like Rev. King, whose life was the subject of a national holiday three days prior, “our prayers and witness are about civil rights: the civil right to life and to equal protection under the law, guaranteed by our Constitution, for the most fragile, marginalized and threatened – the tiny, innocent baby in the womb,” Cardinal Dolan said.

Security expert: wall would be costly symbol of exclusion, bigotry

WASHINGTON – A scholar at a Washington think tank says the Trump administration doesn’t understand the financial, social, environmental and other implications of building a bigger border wall with Mexico and may push the country into paying for a costly, ineffective structure that would only serve to symbolize the sentiments of those in the U.S. who embrace bigotry.

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It also won’t stop the people who come into the country legally but remain long after their visas have expired, she said.

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Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, and Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said in a Jan. 17 letter to members of Congress the needs of poor people should be bipartisan priorities. The letter was sent as Congress faced a Jan. 19 deadline to adopt a budget or at least another temporary spending measure to keep the federal government from shutting down.

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cardinal: married priests may be option for isolated parishes

VATICAN CITY – The idea of exceptionally ordaining older married men of proven virtue to celebrate the Eucharist in isolated Catholic communities is something that should be discussed, said Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy.

“It is not about being in favor of or against something, but about attentively evaluating various possibilities without being closed or rigid,” the cardinal said in a new book in Italian, “Tutti gli Uomini di Francesco” (“All Francis’ Men”) released Jan. 22 by Edizioni San Paolo.

The book, by Italian journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona, includes interviews with churchmen named to the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis was asked by the German newspaper Die Zeit last year about whether, in the Latin-rite church, he could see allowing married “viri probati” – men of proven virtue – to become priests.

“We have to study whether ‘viri probati’ are a possibility. We then also need to determine which tasks they could take on, such as in remote communities, for example,” Pope Francis said.

The issue is expected to come up in the 2019 special gathering of the Synod of Bishops to study questions related to the church’s pastoral work in the Amazon. Already at synods in 1990 on the priesthood and 2005 on the Eucharist some bishops – especially from Brazil’s Amazon region – suggested ordaining married men as the only way to ensure Catholics in isolated villages could receive the Eucharist regularly.

Cardinal Stella said that in the Amazon or in some remote Pacific islands, “but not only, there is acute suffering because of a real ‘sacramental emergency,’ which the few priests present are not able to accommodate.”

The discussion Pope Francis wants the church to have, he said, is to look seriously at all the options for responding to people’s real hunger for the Eucharist and honoring its central place in the life of the church.

While the Catholic Church throughout the world, especially in the more secularized West, must improve its vocations work, Cardinal Stella said, it also should study the possibilities and see if “the Spirit suggests something.”

One possibility to explore is the exceptional ordination of older married men in remote communities, he said.

“Continuing to maintain their family and jobs and receiving a formation contextualized for their environment, they could offer part-time service to the community they come from in order to guarantee the sacraments, especially by presiding at the eucharistic celebration.”

Christians must convert to ecumenism, cardinal says

VATICAN CITY – To be effective evangelizers, the Catholic Church and other Christian churches must constantly undergo their own conversion to a stronger commitment to Christian unity, said Cardinal Kurt Koch, the Vatican’s Cardinal Koch chief ecumenist.

“So that the evangelizing task can be carried out in a credible way, the church itself continually needs a self-evangelization that includes conversion to the ecumenical search for Christian unity,” the Swiss cardinal wrote in the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.

In preparation for the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 18-25, Cardinal Koch’s article focused on the connection between mission and Christian unity, a connection that gave birth to the ecumenical movement among Protestants more than 100 years ago and one that the Catholic Church has acknowledged since the Second Vatican Council.

“Witness to the love of God, which is an integral and fundamental part of Christian identity, must be given in an ecumenical communion,” said Cardinal Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

God sent his son into the world to save human beings and gather them back into one family, he said. The church, as a sacrament of unity, is called to work to re-establish its own unity and to draw others into the one family.

The church, Cardinal Koch said, can be the “sacrament of salvation for the world only if it does not offer the world the deplorable spectacle of its own division.”

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Left, Pope Francis greets a blind woman who is 99 years old along the parade route in Trujillo, Peru, Jan. 20. Center, Nuns wait for Pope Francis’ arrival for mid-morning prayer with contemplative nuns at the Shrine of Our Lord of the Miracles in Lima on Jan. 21. Right, a boy presents a hat to the pope on his arrival at the international airport in Trujillo.

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consoled people who lost their homes in devastating floods a year ago on Peru’s northern coast.

He also acknowledged that the church must address its own problems, including sexual abuse, corruption and internal divisions.

“The kingdom of heaven means finding in Jesus a God who gets involved with the lives of his people,” he said.

Pope Francis arrived in Santiago, Chile’s capital, Jan. 15. Over the next three days, he met with young people outside the capital, celebrated Mass among indigenous people in the southern city of Temuco, and traveled to the northern desert city of Iquique, which has been a magnet for migrants.

On Jan. 18, he arrived in Peru, where he celebrated Mass in Lima and traveled to the northern coastal city of Trujillo, which suffered disastrous flooding a year ago, and Puerto Maldonado, in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon.

In both countries, the pope met with indigenous people and youth, clearly with an eye toward the Synod of Bishops on youth, scheduled for October at the Vatican, and the synod for the Amazon in 2019. He repeatedly referred to the importance of the earth, calling it “our common home,” as he did in the encyclical “Laudato Si’.”

“The defense of the earth has no other purpose than the defense of life,” he said.

The trip was the pope’s fourth to South America. It came at a time when politics in the region are increasingly polarized and political and economic problems have prompted many people, particularly from Haiti, Venezuela and Colombia, to seek better opportunities in other countries, where they often face discrimination.

Various countries, including Peru, are also reeling from revelations of corruption, especially multimillion-dollar bribes and kickbacks from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.

Speaking to an audience of diplomats and politicians that included Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who had narrowly escaped impeachment a month earlier because of accusations of influence peddling, Pope Francis called corruption a “social virus, a phenomenon that infects everything, with the greatest harm being done to the poor and mother earth.”

He warned political and civic leaders in both countries against the seduction of the “false gods” of money and power and urged them to maintain unity by listening to their people, including native peoples, with their ties to the earth, as well as youth, migrants, the unemployed, children and the elderly.

The pope stressed the inextricable bonds between humans and the environment, telling leaders in Chile that “a people that turns its back on the land, and everything and everyone on it, will never experience real development.”

Both countries have seen violent clashes in recent years over large-scale development projects in indigenous territories.

In southern Chile, Mapuche communities are fighting to regain territory lost first to Spanish colonists and later to settlers who moved to the area after the country gained independence. Native forests, sacred to the Mapuche, have been razed for timber plantations, and springs and streams are drying.

There have been clashes between protesters and police, and attacks against landowners, including a high-profile case in 2013 in which a couple was killed when their house was set on fire.

Churches, both Catholic and evangelical, also have been burned. Four churches in Santiago were firebombed just before Pope Francis’ visit, and a chapel south of Temuco was set ablaze three days after his visit.

Speaking to an audience that included both Mapuche people and descendants of settlers, the pope called for unity, saying, “Each people and each culture is called to contribute to this land of blessings.” He added, “We need the riches that each people has to offer, and we must abandon the notion that there are superior or inferior cultures.”

Rejecting “acts of violence and destruction that end up taking human lives,” the pope also spoke out against the signing of “elegant agreements that will never be put into practice,” which he said is also violence, “because it frustrates hope.”

In Peru, 34 people died and hundreds were injured in protests by indigenous groups in June 2009, after the government passed a series of laws that could have given timber, mining and other industries easier access to indigenous people’s lands. At the time, thenPresident Alan Garcia said indigenous people were blocking development in the Amazon.

Speaking in Puerto Maldonado to some 2,500 people from more than 20 indigenous groups, Pope Francis responded directly to that accusation, which has been repeated by government officials and industry executives in other countries.

“If, for some, you are viewed as an obstacle or a hindrance, the fact is your lives cry out against a style of life that is oblivious to its own real cost,” he said. “You are a living memory of the mission that God has entrusted to us all: the protection of our common home.”

The pope listed a number of threats that members of his audience had described to Amazonian bishops dur-

ing an encounter the day before his visit. Governments and corporations promote oil and gas operations, mining, logging, industrial agriculture and even conservation projects without regard for the people living in the affected areas, he said.

He linked the survival of native cultures – especially groups that continue to shun contact with the outside world, many of which live along the border between Peru and Brazil – to protection of the earth.

The pope also linked environmental destruction to social problems, mentioning unregulated gold mining that has devastated forests and been accompanied by human trafficking for prostitution and labor.

He called attention to violence against women, urging his listeners to combat the violence that happens “behind walls” and “femicide,” the murder of women because they are women, usually perpetrated by men.

In a moving encounter with youngsters in a home for abandoned and orphaned children founded and directed by a Swiss missionary priest in Puerto Maldonado, the pope asked their forgiveness for “those times when we adults have not cared for you, and when we did not give you the importance you deserve.”

As on all his trips, the pope met with priests, religious and seminarians, urging them to remember their roots, embrace the wounded world, maintain hope and spread joy.

Speaking with bishops, he addressed problems that included sexual abuse and divisions within the church.

In Chile, Pope Francis met privately on Jan. 16 with sex abuse survivors. He drew public criticism, however, for his defense of Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, who has been accused of covering up sex abuse by his former mentor, Father Fernando Karadima. The Vatican sentenced Father Karadima to a life of prayer and penance after he was found guilty of sexually abusing boys.

After the pope told reporters on Jan. 18 that there was no evidence that Bishop Barros knew of the abuse by his mentor, and that the accusations were “slander,” Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said, “Words that convey the message ‘If you cannot prove your claims then you will not be believed’ abandon those who have suffered reprehensible criminal violations of their human dignity and relegate survivors to discredited exile.”

In his public remarks to politicians in Chile and Peru, the pope acknowledged the harm done by sexual abuse, as well as the need to fight corruption not only in the public sphere, but also in the church.

Speaking to bishops in Chile, he warned against clericalism that stems from a “lack of consciousness of belonging to God’s faithful people as servants, and not masters.”

Pope apologizes to sex abuse victims, defends accused Chilean bishop Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PERU – Pope Francis apologized to victims of clergy sex abuse, saying he unknowingly wounded them by the way he defended a Chilean bishop accused of covering up abuse by his mentor.

Speaking with journalists on his flight to Rome from Lima, Peru, Jan. 21, the pope said he only realized later that his words erroneously implied that victims’ accusations are credible only with concrete proof.

“To hear that the pope says to their face, ‘Bring me a letter with proof,’ is a slap in the face,” the pope said.

Pope Francis was referring to a response he gave

in Iquique, Chile, Jan. 18 when local reporters asked about his support for Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, given accusations that the bishop may have been aware of abuse perpetrated by his former mentor, Father Fernando Karadima. The priest was sentenced to a life of prayer and penance by the Vatican after he was found guilty of sexually abusing boys.

“The day they bring me proof against Bishop Barros, I will speak. There is not one piece of evidence against him. It is calumny. Is that clear?” the pope had told the reporters in Iquique.

His response provoked further outrage, especially from Father Karadima’s victims who said the pope’s response made his earlier apologies for the church’s failure to protect sex abuse victims seem hollow.

Asked about the incident during the flight back to Rome, Pope Francis said he meant to use the word “evidence,” not “proof.” The way he phrased his response, he said, caused confusion and was “not the best word to use to approach a wounded heart.”

“Of course, I know that there are many abused people who cannot bring proof (or) they don’t have it,” he said. “Or at times they have it but they are ashamed and cover it up and suffer in silence. The tragedy of the abused is tremendous.”

However, the pope told reporters on the papal flight that he still stood firmly behind his defense of Bishop Barros, because he was “personally convinced” of the bishop’s innocence after the case was investigated twice with no evidence emerging.

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How can it all have a happy ending?

here’s a line in the writings of Julian of Norwich, the famous 14th-century mystic and perhaps the first theologian to write in English, which is endlessly quoted by preachers, poets, and writers: “But all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.” It’s her signature teaching.

We all have an intuitive grasp of what that means.

It’s our basis for hope. In the end, the good will triumph.

But the phrase takes on added meaning when it’s seen in its original context.

FATHER ron What was Julian trying to rolheiser say when she coined that phrase?

She was struggling with the problem of evil, sin, and suffering: Why does God allow them? If God is both all-loving and allpowerful what possible explanation can there be for the fact that God lets us suffer, lets us sin, and lets evil be present all over the world? Why didn’t God create a world without sin, where we would all be perfectly happy from birth onwards?

Julian had heard enough sermons in church to know the standard apologetic answer for that, namely, that God allows it because God gave us the great gift of freedom. With that comes the inevitability of sin and all its sad consequences. That’s a valid answer, though one that’s often seen as too abstract to offer much consolation to us when we are suffering. But Julian, despite being a loyal daughter of the

church and having been schooled in that answer, doesn’t go there. She offers something different.

For her, God allows evil, sin, and suffering because God will use them in the end to create for everyone a deeper mode of happiness than they would have experienced if sin, evil, and suffering hadn’t been there.

In the end, these negatives will work toward creating some deeper positives.

Let me quote Julian in the original (the Middle English within which she wrote): “Jesus, in this vision informed me of all that I needed answered by this word and said: ‘Sinne is behovely, but alle shalle be wele, and alle shalle be wele, and all manner of thing shalle be wele.’”

She shares that Jesus says that sin is “behovely.”

In Middle English, behovely has these connotations: useful, advantageous, necessary. In her vision, sin, evil, and suffering are ultimately advantageous and even necessary in bringing us to deeper meaning and greater happiness. (Not unlike what we sing in our great Easter hymn: O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam.)

What Julian wants us to draw out from this is not the idea that sin and evil are of little consequence but rather that God, being so unimaginable in love and power, is able to draw good out of evil, happiness out of suffering, and redemption out of sin in ways that we cannot yet grasp. This is Julian’s answer to the question: Why does God allow evil? She answers by not answering because, in essence, no adequate answer can ever be imagined. Rather, she sets the question into a theology of God within which, beyond what we can imagine at present and beyond what theology can really account for, God’s power and love will eventually make all things well, dry every tear,

redeem every evil, erase every bad memory, unfreeze every cold heart, and turn every manner of suffering into happiness. There’s even a hint in this that the final triumph of God will be to empty hell itself so that, indeed, absolutely every manner of being will be well.

In a subsequent vision, Julian received a fivefold assurance from God that God may, can, will and shall make all things well and we ourselves will see it.

All of this is predicated of course on a particular concept of God. The God that Julian of Norwich invites us to believe in is a God who is precisely beyond our imagination both in power and in love. Any God we can imagine is incapable of making all manner of being well (as many atheistic critics have already pointed out). This not just true in terms of trying to imagine God’s power, it’s particularly true in terms of trying to imagine God’s love. It’s unimaginable in our present human condition to picture anyone, God or human, who cannot be offended, is incapable of anger, holds nothing against anyone no matter what evil he or she may have perpetrated, and who (as Julian describes God) is completely relaxed and has a face like a marvelous symphony. The God of our imagination, re-enforced by certain false interpretations of Scripture, does get offended, does get angry, does take vengeance and does meet sin with wrath.

Such a God is incapable of making all manner of things well. But such a God is also not the God whom Jesus revealed.

Were we to look into the eyes of God, says Julian, what we would see there would “melt our hearts with love and break them in two with ecstasy.”

most recent Star Wars seems to be, not the hero’s spiritual journey but the elevation of the all-conquering female.” Well, my, my and fiddle-dee-dee.

Bishop Barron states he was 17 when the first Star Wars came out. I was 27 and stood in line on Geary Street for four hours with my friends to see that magnificent film. What Bishop Barron seems to miss is that this is not 1977. Oh, just for the record, I saw the movie last week. We no longer want to see The Hero accomplishing astonishing feats while submissive little ladies oooh and ahhh at masculine prowess to which they could never aspire. Given all the recent brouhaha over sexual harassment and sexual attacks, as in the #Metoo movement, why are there still spokespersons for “the church,” which doesn’t have all that good of a track record concerning women (except, of course, for Our Lord Jesus Christ who spoke to, welcomed, loved and accepted women’s generosity on his behalf) who want to get spiky when a film genre evolves with the times and recognizes women’s gifts. Will some men never have enough power? I guess not!

Sue Hayes San Francisco

the makings of a “Star Wars” movie: action, comedy, a little romance, and most of all a hero!

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Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.

Letters The ideal of equality between men and women

Re “The bitter pill of ‘false liberation,’” Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Jan. 11: On Jan. 15 we celebrated the life of a truly great American, Dr. Martin Luther King. Half a century ago, Dr. King passionately, hopefully and eloquently urged us to live up to the ideal of equality professed in our country’s founding documents. Each of us learns very early those lofty words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. ...” But what exactly do we mean when we apply those words to the concept of the equality of men and women?

Father Pacholczyk argues that “The widespread adoption of the ‘contraceptive mentality’ has led inexorably to a new perspective of women, namely that they should be more like men, and therefore they should like men become impregnable, through the ongoing practice of contraception.” Further, he asserts that “From this perspective, their ability to conceive life becomes tantamount to a malady needing to be remedied, a ‘defect’ that renders them ‘unequal’ to men.”

If Father Tad is right, that the “contraceptive mentality” is based on a perceived natural inequality that needs to be corrected, we have a problem.

How do we reconcile the need to correct that “defect” with our country’s bedrock assertion that it is self-evident that all men are created equal? Is that assertion merely a quaint, archaic expression that enlightened people really don’t believe? If our concept of self-evident equality wobbles, then our rule of law upon which it is based also wobbles. Can a nation whose fundamental underpinning wobbles long endure?

Dr. King had no illusions. He knew the road to equality is a long, arduous journey. He also knew that the battle is not ours. It is waged by our valiant warrior, the Prince of Peace. Our part is first to trust that equality will prevail, and then, individually and collectively, to open our hearts to allow our God to impress on them the meaning of true equality in the myriad of circumstances where we encounter injustice.

Arthur Mangold San Mateo

This is not 1977

In reading Bishop Barron’s “How Star Wars Lost Its Way,” (Jan. 11), I was first tempted to roundfile it after the paragraph which stated “that the overriding preoccupation of the makers of the

‘Star Wars’ finally caught up with reality

When “Star Wars” came out in 1977 I was 12 years old. I loved the movie and the two others that followed. As a preteen I was happy to see a strong female in Princess Leia but as a teen in the later movies I was disappointed that Luke had the Jedi ability and the training and not his twin sister.

What I recall from these movies was Leia had a twin connection to Luke, but not actual Jedi powers.

Unlike Bishop Barron I was happy to see that a female is the chosen Jedi. It took over 70 years for Wonder Woman to get her own major action movie and I cheer that my teen daughter has female action heroes to enjoy on the big screen. Unlike Bishop Barron I saw a movie that finally caught up with reality. After all, we’ve had real life women being pioneering doctors, scientists, astronauts, fighter pilots, soldiers, inventors, innovators and explorers for decades; so it’s about time we have some fun with female action heroes. “The Last Jedi” had all

Feminist perspective a good thing

Bishop Barron complains about an “aggressive feminist ideology” which promotes movies portraying women as strong and competent, sometimes even more so than men. In a world where a man who publicly talks about women, including his wives and daughter, as if they were objects holds the highest office in the land, I actually think that’s a good thing.

Greg Smith San Francisco

Sale of seminary parcel

The news that Saint Patrick’s Seminary & University sold one acre of its land to the Menlo Park Fire Department was interesting (Jan. 11, p. 16).

1. It will provide the MPFD sufficient land to better accomplish its protection mission.

2. The seminary gains $6.6 million to support its programs to develop new priests.

3. The seminary sold the current fire department site to the MPFD in the 1950s. This new sale continues the good neighbor relations between the seminary and the city of Menlo Park.

4. It shows the high cost of land in the Bay Area.

In 1898, Kate Johnson donated 88 acres to Archbishop Patrick Riordan to build Saint Patrick’s Seminary.

In need of money in 1998, the seminary sold 43 acres to a land and housing developer for $22 million. (Jane Knoerle, “Marking a Century: St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park Begins a Year of Centennial Celebration,” The Almanac (Menlo Park), Sept 16, 1998.)

While this current sale is a boon for the seminary, I caution against future sales that would diminish the seminary heritage lands and decrease the campus areas that may be needed for future programs.

In a related point, has the archdiocese published a vision or a plan for the future of the seminary, the source of our priests?

Stuart MacKenzie San Bruno

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Becoming a holy Christian takes time

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hat are you looking to accomplish with your life? For you, what is the bottom line of your existence? The Catholic perspective on this question is that the supreme purpose of every human being is to save his or her soul. We do this by accepting Jesus as Lord, and by helping others to save their souls.

Becoming a holy Christian takes time, so be patient with yourself. If you think you may need a little more maturing, you’re probably right. I’m 86, and I’m just beginning to get the hang of it. One either keeps on maturing, or one FATHER JOHN falls by the wayside. I’m never surprised when people slip in CATOIR the practice of their faith.

However, if the lapse causes them to forget their primary purpose; namely, saving their immortal soul, it sets off an alarm in my head.

I recall how St. Paul was exceedingly upset when he found out that many of his Roman converts were

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and charity, and pray to be open to God’s grace.

Openness means placing yourself in the hands of God, and trusting his love. Surprisingly, your holiness depends more on God’s love for you, than it does on your love for God; nevertheless, you must try to make a reasonable effort to be holy.

So many people are afraid and lonely. They compound their problem by falling away from the community of faith. This is sad because it’s so much more difficult to “Seek first the kingdom of God,” when you try to do it on your own. You can show your love for the Lord by caring for those in need, especially if they are all alone.

God has asked us to offer him public worship. Jesus said, “Do this in memory of me.” A good Catholic attends holy Mass on Sunday not only because it is a form of obedience to his will, but because it’s advances the very purpose of their life. They want to be faithful to the bottom line, and win eternal happiness in heaven.

May the Lord be your strength and your joy.

Father John Catoir is a canon lawyer and a priest of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey.

To be or not to be: Parsing the implications of suicide

n recent years we have witnessed a growing tendency to promote suicide as a way of resolving endstage suffering. Physician-assisted suicide is now legal in a handful of states and a number of other jurisdictions are considering laws to legalize the practice.

A few years ago on Nightline, Barbara Walters interviewed an assisted suicide advocate who summed it up this way: “We’re talking about what people want. There are people who, even suffering horribly, want to live out every second of their lives, and that’s their right, of course, and they should do it. Others don’t want that. Others want out!”

Those favoring physicianassisted suicide argue that getting out of our final agony means essentially redeeming a “get out of jail free” card father tadeusz through committing suicide. pacholczyk At first glance, taking this step would indeed appear to end our troubles definitively. But what if this view of things is dead wrong, and we don’t actually end up escaping our sufferings? What if we, instead, end up in a new situation where our trials are still present, and maybe even more intense, on account of the willful decision we made to end our own life?

I was recently reminded of this serious flaw in the “suicide solution” after watching a remarkable video adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Hamlet,” with Campbell Scott co-directing and starring in the

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falling back into paganism. He reasoned that it’s one thing to lapse into neglect, but quite another to lose your faith entirely. He wrote to them to shape them up.

Losing one’s faith happens slowly over an extended period; it’s hardly noticeable. Here’s a checklist to help you see how you’re doing. Ask yourself the following questions: Am I a good Catholic, or merely a pagan with Catholic patches? Do I truly love Jesus Christ? Do I believe he is truly present in the Eucharist? Do I go to Mass on Sundays, and receive holy Communion? Do I read the word of God often, seldom, or never?

We’re all sinners, and we all need to check our progress from time to time. One sure sign of a true believer is that he or she prays. Prayer consists of adoration, repentance, thanksgiving and petition.

How are you doing in the prayer department?

It pleases the Lord when you pray for yourself and others. He wants to be your best friend. From time to time pray for the whole church. Pray for those who stumble and fall. Pray for the spirit of forgiveness.

Pray for the ability to trust the Lord. Pray for the joy of the Holy Spirit. Pray for the virtues of faith, hope

n the history of U.S. Catholic higher education since World War II, three seminal moments stand out: Msgr. John Tracy Ellis’ 1955 article, “American Catholics and the Intellectual Life;” the 1967 Land o’ Lakes statement, “The Idea of a Catholic University;” and the day Don J. Briel began the Catholic Studies Program – and the Catholic studies movement – at the University of St. Thomas in the Twin Cities.

I’ve long had the sense that Msgr. Ellis’ article was retrospectively misinterpreted as a relentless polemic george weigel against Catholic colleges and universities mired in the tar pits of neo-scholasticism and intellectually anorexic as a result; on the contrary, it’s possible to read Ellis as calling for

title role. Listening once again to Hamlet’s timeless soliloquy “to be or not to be,” I was struck by how carefully Shakespeare addresses the vexing question of intense human suffering and the perennial temptation to commit suicide.

Hamlet muses about whether it is better to put up with the bad things we know about in this life than to step into the strange new land of death’s “undiscovered country,” a country about which we know very little, and from which no one returns. This leaves us, in Hamlet’s words, “puzzled” and in “dread of something after death.” He wonders aloud about the hidden purposes of suffering when he asks himself, “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” than to “take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them.” He concludes by asking whether we shouldn’t rather “bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of ?”

Among those who end up committing suicide, whether physician-assisted or otherwise, many will face extenuating circumstances including severe depression or other forms of extreme mental pain.

In such cases, it is clear that their moral responsibility will be greatly diminished, as fear and anguish constrict their ability to think and reason clearly.

But this is not always the case, and some people, with clear mind and directed intention, do choose to end their lives, as appears to have been the case for Britney Maynard. She was the young woman in California who in the early stages of her brain cancer carefully arranged and orchestrated her own physician-assisted suicide, establishing months in advance the date and setting, who would be present in the room, what music would be playing as she did it, etc.

Such a decision is always a tragedy, and every life, even when compromised by disease or suffering, remains a great gift to be cared for. When freely chosen, suicide is a form of serious wrongdoing and is, in the words of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Gravely contrary to the just love of self. It likewise offends love of neighbor because it unjustly breaks the ties of solidarity with family, nation, and other human societies to which we continue to have obligations.” It leaves behind loved ones to contend with unresolved guilt, shame, and pain.

While ending our life may seem to offer an “escape valve” for the serious pressures and sufferings we face, we do well to consider the real effects of this choice both in this life, and in the life to come. In the next life, a preceding act of suicide may deny us the very relief we were seeking, and may, in fact, lead to harsher purification in a new situation of our own making, or, heaven forbid, lead to a fate far worse than purgatory.

Our Lord and his church care profoundly for those who commit suicide, and even though this act clearly involves grave matter, the catechism reminds us that, “We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The church prays for persons who have taken their own lives.”

Suicide affects us not only in the here and now, but has significant, even eternal, implications for the journey to that “undiscovered country” that awaits us.

Father Tad Pacholczyk is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and serves as the director of education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.

Homage to Don Briel Catholic institutions of higher learning to play to their putative strengths – the liberal arts, including most especially philosophy and theology – rather than aping the emerging American multiversity, of which the University of California at Berkeley was then considered the paradigm. But that’s not how Ellis was understood by most, and there is a direct line to be drawn between the Ellis article and the self-conscious if tacit defensiveness of the Land o’ Lakes statement, which seemed to say, yes, we’re second rate, maybe even third rate, and the way to be first rate is to be like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the rest of what would be called, in 21st-century Catholic academic jargon, “aspirational peers.”

The problem, of course, is that by 1967, those “aspirational peers” were beginning to lose their minds, literally, en route to the postmodern sandbox of authoritarian self-absorption they occupy today.

So there is another direct line to be drawn: This time, from Ellis and Land o’ Lakes to Don Briel’s

catalyzing the Catholic studies movement, which, among other things, works to repair the damage that was done to institutions of Catholic higher learning in the aftermath of Land o‘ Lakes.

But there was, and is, far more to Don Briel’s vision, and achievement, than damage-repair.

Nourished intellectually by John Henry Newman and Christopher Dawson, Briel’s work has aimed at nothing less than creating, in 21st-century circumstances, the “idea of a university” that animated his two English intellectual and spiritual heroes.

And, one might say, just in the nick of time.

For the deterioration of higher education throughout the United States in the past several generations has contributed mightily to our contemporary cultural crisis, and the cultural crisis, by depleting the nation’s reserves of republican virtue, has in turn produced a political crisis in which constitutional democracy itself is now at see weigel, page 18

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Sunday readings

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time DEUTERONOMY 18:15-20 Moses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin; to him you shall listen.

This is exactly what you requested of the Lord, your God, at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let us not again hear the voice of the Lord, our God, nor see this great fire any more, lest we die.’ And the Lord said to me, ‘This was well said. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kin, and will put my words into his mouth; he shall tell them all that I command him. Whoever will not listen to my words which he speaks in my name, I myself will make him answer for it. But if a prophet presumes to speak in my name an oracle that I have not commanded him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, he shall die.’”

PSALM 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9 If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord; let us acclaim the rock of our salvation. Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us joyfully sing psalms to him.

If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the Lord who made us. For he is our God, and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.

If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Oh, that today you would hear his voice: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert, Where your fathers tempted me; they tested me though they had seen my works.”

If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

1 CORINTHIANS 7:32-35 Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in both body and spirit.

A married woman, on the other hand, is anxious about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. I am telling you this for your own benefit, not to impose a restraint upon you, but for the sake of propriety and adherence to the Lord without distraction.

MARK 1:21-28 Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught.

The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.

In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!” Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!” The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him. All were amazed and asked one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.” His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.

Christ ‘truth itself’

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hat makes Jesus Christ different from all the other prophets and religious teachers of human history?

“A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin,” Moses promises in our first reading for this Sunday (Deuteronomy 18:15). This is quite a promise because Moses was different from all the other prophets. Moses conversed with God “face to face, as a man is wont to speak to his friend” (Exodus 33:11).

He taught the people from the authority of his direct encounter with God, “face to face.” He did not have to rely on any other human witnesses. God was his only Father Joseph teacher.

Previtali But there was still something imperfect about Moses’ prophecy: “I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face thou canst not see” (Exodus 33:23).

The Catholic theological tradition, following St. Augustine, interprets these passages about Moses to mean that Moses saw God’s essence in the Beatific Vision only at certain times and in a passing manner, as in a rapture, and not in a stable and

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permanent way, as we hope to see God in heaven.

Moses’ prophecy, then, was based on the imperfect vision of God, coming and going in moments in his life. Yet he taught from this imperfect vision of God. This is what he meant by a “prophet like me”: God would give to His people a prophet who would teach from the Vision of God. How does God fulfill this promise?

We see Jesus’ prophecy in action in our Gospel for this Sunday. “The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes,” St. Mark (1:21) records. Jesus shows Himself to be one of a kind, different from the other religious teachers of His time, because He does not rely on human authority or human witnesses for the truth of His teaching. In the Sermon on the Mount, especially, He even shows Himself to be greater than Moses, adding to what Moses had taught already, presuming Himself capable of interpreting and explaining the true meaning of Moses’ teaching: “You have heard that it was said … but I say unto to you …” (Matthew 5-7).

In our Gospel passage, Jesus’ teaching authority is confirmed by His power over evil spirits and other miracles (Mark 1:23-28). The people of His time make the connection right away: Just as He cures diseases and casts out demons with authority, so also He teaches the truth with authority. Jesus is able to work miracles and cast out demons

by His own authority because He is God made man. This means that His human nature is the in-

strument of His divinity. Whatever He does with His human soul and human body, He does it with the power of His divine nature. Therefore, when He speaks a word of command, it is God who commands. When He touches the leper to give healing, it is God who touches and heals. Likewise, when He opens His human mind and His mouth to teach doctrine, it is God who is teaching with a human mind and human language.

For this reason, the Catholic theological tradition has always affirmed that Jesus, always filled with His divine knowledge, also possesses a human knowledge that is most complete and perfect.

This means, above all, that Jesus, from the first moment of His conception in the womb of Our Lady, sees the essence of God in the Beatific Vision. More perfect even than Moses, Jesus sees God face-to-face always in His Beatific Vision.

This is what makes Him different from all the other prophets of human history. His teaching is “with authority” and He is a “prophet like [Moses]” because He teaches always from His Vision of God. He is God Himself teaching us with a human mind and a human tongue! He is Truth itself !

This is the glorious fulfillment of the promise of Moses: the New Moses, Jesus Christ, Who teaches with authority the truth we need to get to Heaven.

“Listen to Him” (Matthew 3:17).

Father Joseph Previtali is currently studying at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.

Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings Monday, January 29: Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13.

PS 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7. Lk 7:16. Mk 5:1-20.

8, 9, 10. Heb 2:14-18. LK 2:32. LK 2:22-40 or 2:22-32.

Tuesday, January 30: Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 Sm18:9-10, 14b, 2425a, 30–19:3. PS 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6. MT 8:17. Mk 5:21-43.

Saturday, February 3: Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr; St. Ansgar, bishop.

1 Kgs 3:4-13. PS 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Jn 10:27. Mk 6:30-34.

Wednesday, January 31: Memorial of St. John Bosco, priest. 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17. PS 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7.

JN 10:27. MK 6:1-6.

Sunday, February 4: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jb 7:1-4, 6-7. Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6. 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23. Mt 8:17. Mk 1:29-39.

Thursday, February 1: Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. Feast of St. Brigid, Virgin.

1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12. 1 Chronicles 29:10, 11ab, 11d-12a, 12bc. Mk 1:15. Mk 6:7-13.

Monday, February 5: Memorial of St. Agatha, virgin and martyr. 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13. PS 132:6-7, 8-10. See Mt 4:23. MK 6:53-56.

Friday, February 2: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Mal 3:1-4. PS 24:7, 8, 9, 10. PS 24:7,

Tuesday, February 6: Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs. 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30. PS 84:3, 4, 5 and 10, 11. Ps 119:36, 29b. Mk 7:1-13.

Wednesday, February 7: Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. 1 Kgs 10:1-10. PS 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40. See Jn 17:17b, 17a. Mk 7:14-23.

Thursday, February 8: Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of St. Jerome Emiliani, priest; St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin.

1 Kgs 11:4-13. PS 106:3-4, 35-36, 37 and 40. Jas 1:21bc. Mk 7:24-30.

Friday, February 9: Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. 1 kgs 11:29-32; 12:19. PS 81:10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15. See Acts 16:14b. Mk 7:31-37.

Saturday, February 10: Memorial of St. Scholastica, virgin. 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34.

PS 106:6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22. Mt 4:4b. Mk 8:110.

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Holy Spirit, you who make me see everything and who shows me the way to reach my ideal.

You who give me the divine gift of forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. You may publish this as soon as your favor is granted. M.L.

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Obituaries Stephen Walsh, longtime cathedral cantor

Longtime St. Mary’s Cathedral cantor Stephen Walsh died Jan. 13 at age 61. He had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on Jan. 8.

Born in Portland on June 12, 1956, Stephen moved to San Francisco in the early 1980s. He forged a vibrant life of singing, acting and liturgical music.

In addition to his nearly 25-year career as cathedral cantor, Stephen also sang with the Gala Singers for years at wine tastings and other celebrations. A versatile baritone, he sang for classical concerts all over the Bay Area. He used his considerable acting, singing and dancing skills for many leading roles at Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma.

Stephen was in charge of the Free Meals Program at Glide Memorial Church in the Tenderloin for many years, working with people in transition, and always treating them with dignity and respect.

“Stephen’s bravery extended itself in countless ways, always in support of justice,” according to an obituary in the program for the funeral Mass held Jan. 17 at the cathedral.

(Photo by Dennis Callahan/Catholic San Francisco)

Stephen Walsh is pictured serving in his role as cantor at St. Mary’s Cathedral during the chrism Mass on April 6, 2017.

Stephen died Jan. 13 at the age of 61 after 25 years leading liturgical music at the cathedral.

Stephen shared his love for his vocation in an email interview with Catholic San Francisco’s Tom Burke published in the April 17, 2015, issue.

family said in a statement. “Impressed by the love and Antonio Sanchez-Corea dignity with which the sisters work, he embraced their Antonio Sanchez-Corea, called “a great friend of the Archdiocese of San Francisco” mission, recruiting scores of family and friends to help care for their residents.” Sanchez-Corea established in a statement from the Office for several businesses including A.R. Sanchez-Corea and the Vicar for Clergy, died Jan. 8 Associates, a building code and permit consultancy. from cancer.

Survivors include Lucille, his wife of 60 years.

Sanchez-Corea attended San A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Mary’s Francisco’s St. Monica School, St. Cathedral Jan. 12 with interment at Holy Cross Ignatius College Preparatory, and Cemetery, Colma.

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“I love being a cantor at St. Mary’s Cathedral,” Stephen said, adding that he wanted Massgoers “to have a wonderful experience in our liturgies.”

“I want them to remember that they felt at home at the cathedral. I want them to feel like it is their church because it is, in fact, their cathedral,” he said.

“It’s a real blessing,” Stephen said. “I love to lead the music, to sing the Psalms, to be at the liturgies, to be a part of the team that keeps the liturgy flowing smoothly and effortlessly. It is called the celebration of the Eucharist for a reason and I love to be a part of the celebration with enthusiasm.”

Stephen is survived by his partner Eddie Odisho; his mother Marguerite Walsh; and siblings Larry Walsh (Leslie and their two sons, Brian and Jonathan), Kate Hoffman (Harry), Charles Walsh and Ann Radley (their daughter Ceridwen), Pat Walsh (Debbie and their son Timothy), his identical twin brother Kevin Walsh (John Strege), and David Walsh.

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Detention ministry: Marist priest and former pastor begins role at county jails FROM PAGE 5

Iturbe has been a Marist priest for 43 years, primarily working in university campus ministry and as a parish priest. From 1987-93 he served as vicar-provincial of the San Francisco Province of Marists.

When asked to explain the goals or importance of detention ministry Father Iturbe paraphrased portions of Matthew 25:36-40.

“Let’s go right to the Gospel because that’s what we do as Catholics, right?” he said. “Jesus said that whatever we do for one of the least of our brothers you do for me, and certainly incarcerated people fit that.”

Father Iturbe said that he is there for everyone.

“I’m a Catholic but I’m not just there for Catholics,” he said. Catholic inmates are offered the sacrament of reconciliation, “but anyone can come in and talk to me about anything,” he said.

“We walk with people in what’s going on with them and hopefully in that walking God can operate in their life. That’s what it’s about, really.”

Incarcerated people “have burned through a lot of their relationships like you burn bridges,” said Father Iturbe, whose ministry may provide them

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with an opportunity to develop a relationship with God for perhaps the first time in their lives.

“Sometimes we’ve just to have everything knocked out from under us,” he said.

He described an inmate he met with years ago who had killed his estranged wife and her lover in a jealous rage.

“God meant nothing to him,” he said. “God wasn’t in his life, not even close.”

After the crime, all relatives on both sides disowned him and he realized he was truly alone.

“One could say he was almost pushed into looking at his relationship with God hoping for God’s mercy and forgiveness,” Father Iturbe said, and that could be true. But after a few months the priest felt the accused had come to “some kind of understanding that God was with him and that through his mercy he could begin again.”

Father Iturbe asked if such reconciliation is hard to believe.

“Maybe, but on the other hand, the fact of the matter is that he was there praying with me to a God he didn’t know before,” he said. “To me that was a palpable time, when somebody who had “all doors locked” had something open up and he had some kind of hope.”

Mass: Ritual improves participation FROM PAGE 9

a collective action. So what things contribute to the collective actions and what distracts?”

Recognizing the limitations of conclusions one could draw from the observations of two people in a limited scope, McCallion and Ligas just focused on who was singing at Mass.

“At every liturgy at every church we observed, everyone joined in for the Lord’s Prayer,” Ligas said. “On the other side of the coin, the responsorial song was a bust, if you consider how many are participating and how many are not.”

The summarization of the Ligas’ and McCallion’s

research boils down to the idea that Catholics are more apt to verbally participate in parts of the Mass that are more ritualized, such as the Our Father. The response to the general intercession had the highest rate of response and participation, while more “changeable” parts of the Mass, such as the hymns, psalms, or the pastor asking the congregation to greet one another, tended to have low rates of participation.

“From our initial responses, we found that ritual comes to form again,” McCallion said. “If people are not singing the same songs, people are less likely to sing. That’s our hypothesis that bore out in the data.

Some hymns, some other parts of Mass that are constant, we found a greater rate of response.”

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The answer must be the conversion of culture by well-educated men and women who know what the West owes to Catholicism as a civilizing force, and who are prepared to bring the Catholic imagination to bear on reconstructing a culture capable of sustaining genuine freedom – freedom for excellence – in social, political, and economic life.

Conversion, then, is what “Catholic studies” and Don Briel’s life-project are all about: The conversion of young minds, hearts, and souls to the truth of Christ and the love of Christ as manifest in the Catholic Church, to be sure; but also the conversion of culture through those converted minds, hearts, and souls. According to the common wisdom, Land o’ Lakes and its call for Catholic universities to “Be like the Ivies!” was “revolutionary.” But the true revolutionary in American Catholic higher education over the past decades has been Don Briel, who has enlivened an approach to higher education that embodies the new evangelization as no one else has done.

Those of us who love and esteem him pray for a miracle that will cure the rare forms of acute leukemia that now afflict him. But, like Don Briel himself, we commend our prayers, as we commend him, to the mysterious and inscrutable ways of divine providence. We also know that the truths with which he ignited an academic revolution will win out, because this quintessential Christian gentleman and educator taught us by his witness and his work to trust the Lord’s guarantee in John 8:32: “...the truth will make you free.”

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FRIDAY, JAN. 26 WALK FOR LIFE WEST COAST: Prayer events aligned with the Walk for Life West Coast include a Vigil for Life, Jan. 26, St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, 5-8 p.m. with vespers, Mass and Holy Hour; all-night Eucharistic Adoration for Life, Jan. 26, 8 p.m.-7 a.m., Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St., San Francisco; Evening High Mass in extraordinary form, Jan. 27, 5 p.m., National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco. The shrine is a short walk from the end of the Walk for Life West Coast.

SATURDAY, JAN. 27 SISTERS SPEAK: Star Speaker Series welcomes the Sisters of Life, Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Blvd. at Eighth Avenue, San Francisco, following the Walk for Life West Coast, 5 p.m. free barbecue in auditorium; 6 p.m., Sisters of Life talk in the church on their experiences of pro-life work in the streets; 7 p.m. Taize Holy Hour; starparish.com; claire@starparish.com.

DOMINICAN STUDY DAY: Dominican Sister Margaret Mayce on “Think Globally, Act Locally: Leave No One Behind, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $20 includes lunch, Dominican Center, 43326 Mission Circle, Fremont, RSVP by Jan. 19, http://bit.ly/2018StudyDay; (510) 933-6360.

MARDI GRAS DANCE: Zydeco theme at St. Finn Barr Parish, 415 Edna St., San Francisco, 8-midnight, $20 in advance, $25 at door, food available for purchase, alguidry@comcast.net, (415) 760-1454.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 27 ‘WALK FOR LIFE WEST COAST’: The event steps off for the 14th time from a 9:30 a.m. opening Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral with Archbishop Salvatore Archbishop J. CordilCordileone eone, principal celebrant and homilist. Walk for Life West Coast rally with speakers is 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Civic Center Plaza, preceded by a Silent No More Rally at 11 a.m. The event has drawn more than 50,000 pro-life supporters in years past. Associated events throughout the day are listed at www.walkforlifewc. com. Speakers for the day include Dr. John Bruchalski, who performed abortions during his residency but returned to the Catholic faith of his youth; Terry Beatley, founder of Hosea Initiative, a non-profit organization which teaches a broader understanding of the abortion industry’s exploitation of women and children; Rev. Clenard Childress Jr. who has spoken at almost every Walk for Life West Coast; Joseph Scheidler, founder of the ProLife Action League will receive the day’s St. Gianna Molla Award.

EWTN brings live and complete coverage of the largest pro-life event of the year on the West Coast, Jan. 27.

EWTN can be found locally on COMCAST 229, ATT 562, Astound/Wave 80, San Bruno Cable 143, Dish Satellite 261 and Direct TV 370. Visit ewtn.com.

SUNDAY, JAN. 28 ACCW LUNCHEON: San Francisco Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women “Roman Holiday,” Olympic Club, Lakeside with fashions by Simi’s, 11 a.m., no host cocktails and silent auction; 12:30 p.m. luncheon, $75 per

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31 POPE FRANCIS REVIEW: Jesuit Father Joe Eagan with key questions on Pope Francis’ four-year tenure. What’s behind his thinking? What motivates his choice of bishops? What have we learned about the man Francis? Come, bring your questions and observations.

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MOSAIC: Guests Rod Linhares and Florian Romero of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Office of Development discuss fundraising and stewardship with host John Gray, 5:30 a.m., KPIX Channel 5, sfarch.org/mosaic-tv.

CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Geary Boulevard at Gough Street, San Francisco, 4 p.m., featuring local and international artists, free parking, freewill donation requested at door. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213, www.stmarycathedralsf.org.

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Archbishop nears completion of project to visit every parish and school Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone has visited 44 Catholic schools and counting as part of his commitment to visit all 91 parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Sixteen more parishes including four more schools remain to be visited. He is shown here with the third grade class at St. Catherine of Siena School in Burlingame Dec. 15. More on Page 15.

School accepts archbishop’s invitation with daily rosary practice Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

It is 8:15 on a Friday morning in January at San Francisco’s Our Lady of the Visitacion School. The rowdy ritual chaos of students arriving for class becomes a schoolwide hush as the voice of a fellow student comes across the intercom announcing daily rosary prayer.

“Today we will recite the fifth joyful mystery, the finding of the child Jesus in the Temple,” reads Samantha Liang hovering over the small intercom box in principal Hannah Everhart’s office with three other members of the school’s Vincentian Marian Youth club who take turns leading the rosary prayers.

Everhart told Catholic San Francisco on Jan. 12 that not long after Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone urged the faithful to regular rosary practice after the consecration of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in October, the school began saying a decade of the rosary together each day.

“When we heard the call to the rosary from the archbishop, we combined that with our support of the Missionary Childhood Association,” Everhart said. The school holds fun-

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Members of Our Lady of the Visitacion School’s Vincentian Marian Youth group lead the entire school in a decade of the World Mission Rosary every morning over the intercom before classes begin. Pictured in Principal Hannah Everhart’s office on Jan. 12 with a poster of the mission prayed for with the World Mission Rosary are eighth graders Samantha Liang, Aaliyah Mangonon, Ashley Mai and Cyrus Carino. draising drives for the organization.

Founded in France 185 years ago to encourage the spiritual and sacrificial support of children living in mission

dioceses through the world, MCA promotes praying The World Mission Rosary. The World Mission Rosary was originated by the late Archbishop

Fulton J. Sheen who loved the missions, according to its brochure. The distinctively colored rosary encourages rosary prayer for missions in a different area of the world where missionaries continue to share the news of Jesus Christ.

“On our green beads we pray for the continent of Africa with its many trees and plants,” Liang announced through the intercom. “Our intention is that all people in the missions who live in sorrow may find peace and hope in the Gospel message.”

A decade of yellow beads represent Asia, red for the Americas, white for Europe, blue for Oceania (the Pacific Islands) and green for Africa. Each day, the intentions of the school’s prayers are offered for one of the five regions.

Each grade level follows along with the Our Father and Hail Mary and Hail Holy Queen in in their own way, according to Everhart. In a matter of only a few months, the morning rosary has had a profound impact on the entire school.

The less than 10-minute ritual has become a “soothing and a centering” start to every day, she said, and more meditative as time goes on than simply recitative. “We’re having a true prayer see rosary, page CSW6

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atholic Schools Week provides an annual opportunity to remember and appreciate anew the contribution of Catholic schools in the United States. This remarkable school system stands apart from public and other private school systems, and is a source Archbishop of great Salvatore J. pride for the Cordileone Church. It is fitting for us to recognize and remember the vision and sacrifice of the countless women and men who helped Catholic schools take root in this country and flourish to this day.

The story of Catholic schools is a story of vitality and resilience rooted in fidelity to their mission – the education and formation of life-long faith-filled Catholics who discover and live out their Godgiven vocation so that they might know, love and serve God in this life and so be happy with Him forever in the next. This mission is the reason these schools exist.

It defines the Catholic enterprise, and this is what sets it apart from all other types of schooling in this country.

Significant struggles and set-

backs, as well astounding accomplishments, have been part of the Catholic school story throughout its almost three-hundred year history in this country. But whether in times of prosperity or times of peril, the three theological virtues – fearless faith, abiding hope, and unceasing love – were hallmarks of good planning for the future of Catholic schools. Attending to these virtues, those who charted the future of Catholic education were able to be bold and wise and faithful to the mission of Catholic schools and open to their extravagant possibilities. They found the courage to challenge themselves, to learn from others, to adapt their approaches to changing times, to innovate prudently, and to strive for excellence for the sake of the Kingdom of God and the souls of their students.

Today’s Catholic schools face an array of challenges that are daunting indeed. But as the Paschal Mystery demonstrates, for those who suffer in communion with Christ, struggles and setbacks are not the last word.

Rather, they serve as pathways to renewal, revitalization and rebirth. The next chapter in the Catholic school story in the United States will be written by us. May our faith be as fearless, our hope as abiding, and our love as unceasing in these demanding times as they were for the generations who have gone before us. For this we pray.

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Why Catholic school?

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t has been 10 months since I began my tenure as Superintendent of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

In that ten months, my love for the Catholic schools of our Archdiocese has only grown as I continue to be amazed by the families, students, pamela lyons educators and administrators that comprise the 22 preschools, 55 elementary schools, and 8 high schools in Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties. During the past four months, my staff and I have had the opportunity to visit almost all of these 85 schools and are continuously blown away by the strong Catholic communities, innovative educational programs, and dedicated people we find at each of these schools. As we celebrate Catholic Schools Week across the United States, you may be wondering what is it that separates the Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from the many other schools in Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo. You may be asking yourself, why Catholic school?

When a child enters a Catholic school, they are treated as one of God’s beloved children, created in His image and likeness, and as such are inherently good. In other words,

all of our students are beloved because they are created by God. Catholic schools create educational opportunities that not only address the intellect, but of equal importance, the spiritual, moral, and social aspects of every child. We recognize the importance of academic excellence, and are diligent about ensuring that our students are receiving an education on par with, and in most cases, an education that greatly surpasses other local public and private institutions. The difference lies in our pursuit of academic excellence as a pathway to a greater good.

Our curriculum is rooted in the Gospels that inspire a love of learning and the intellectual pursuit of the truth. I always tell our teachers that we are educating our students to change the world, by contributing to the Kingdom on earth, with their ultimate goal being entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven.

This school year, more than 24,200 students attend Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

We welcome those members of our community who are not currently attending a school in the Archdiocese to visit a Catholic school and experience for yourself all they have to offer. Join us in our mission to grow our students’ understanding that they are God’s beloved so they may fully realize God’s plan for them.

Pamela Lyons is Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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Creative Latino outreach is critical to growing SAIC, St. Peter enrollment Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School charges tuition based on family income – and principal Barbara Moodie says that fact makes the Mission District school very affordable for Latino families who might have thought Catholic school was out of reach.

“Our tuition is based on your income,” said Moodie, who said enrollment increased to 153 students this year, up from 131 in the 2016-17 school year. “A lot of families are very proud. They are embarrassed” to apply for financial assistance, but can see the sense of tuition based on income, Moodie said. The long term enrollment goal is 225 students, Moodie said.

St. Peter School is financially attractive as well, with one of the lowest tuitions in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said Sandra Jimenez, principal.

A big factor in the schools’ success is Father Moises Agudo, who is pastor of St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception, St. Peter and St. Charles Borromeo parishes, Moodie said.

“I can’t emphasize enough how important a pastor who really supports the school is,” Moodie said, noting, “He recruits.”

“If you have the pastor working with the principal, magic happens,” said the University of Notre Dame’s Latino Enrollment Initiative director Manny Fernandez.

Founded in 2012, the Catholic School Advantage program’s Latino Enrollment Initiative identifies and assists Catholic schools with substantial unmet capacity (open seats), favorable demographic potential – namely, a growing number of Latino families in the surrounding area – and motivated principals by offering a framework to transform schools, working with pastors and principals, in order to attract and serve Latino families, according to the Latino Enrollment Initiative website.

In the Archdiocese of San Francisco Department of Catholic Schools, the coordinator of the Alliance of Mission District Schools, Gustavo Torres is participating in the summer and school year educational program and sharing information with Mission District schools.

On Dec. 9, Father Agudo invited representatives of St. Peter and St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception and Torres to present the advantages of Catholic schools to the parents of the 540 children who are in the joint parish religious education program that serves St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception, St. Peter and St. Charles Borromeo parishes.

The size of the religious education program is also an indicator of how much farther Catholic schools need to go to attract Latino families to a Catholic school education, Jimenez said. “Over 500 kids and they are not in Catholic schools. If we just got 10 percent of them, it would boost our St. Peter’s enrollment up to 300,” Jimenez said.

Catholic schools have statistically been shown to be a major factor in children retaining their Catholic faith as they grow up, Fernandez said. For the schools themselves, the under enrollment of Latinos is a critical issue, he said.

“There is no better evangelizer of the faith than Catholic schools. My daughter is six. She is with her teacher and her school way more than with us. She really has a great relationship with Jesus because of her teacher,” Fernandez said. “We’re losing Catholics to the evangelicals. If we don’t do something to stop it, it’s a problem.”

“Right now, 4 percent of Latino children are enrolled in Catholic schools,” Fernandez told Catholic San Francisco. “The last number we saw was 57 out of 100 Catholics between the ages of 0 and 10 are Latino.”

At St. Peter’s and at SAIC, the principals rely on “Madrinas” and “Padrinos” who go to preschool fairs and talk to individuals and families from the perspective of Spanish-speaking parents who have children at the school, said St. Peter School principal Sandra Jimenez. She said that is a big factor in recruiting new students. For SAIC, the parent outreach includes cafes and local cafes frequented by families, Moodie said.

“If they are coming from a Latin American country, Catholic schools are only for the elite. They do not even think it is available to them,” Fernandez said. Finances are also a major factor, Fernandez said, “But the biggest issue is schools are not reaching out to these families to say the school is safe, we are not going to ask for documents, it is affordable.”

“The Madrinas program is a relationship builder.

That is why those schools will be successful, because see enrollment, page CSW13

(Photo by Valerie Schmalz/Catholic San Francisco)

St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception principal Barbara Moodie with students at a robotics tournament the school sponsored with St. Peter and St. James schools in the fall.

We support our Catholic Elementary Schools in celebrating

Catholic Schools Week

Our Lady of Loretto Peter Brown ’18

St. Anselm Samantha Horan ’18

- Volunteer - Atria Senior Living, Casa Allegra Community Services - AP Scholar - Team Captain, Football - Varsity Track and Field - National Honors Society

St. Raphael

Miguel Maldonado ’18 - Volunteer, Bello Gardens - AP Scholar - Chaplain Varsity Soccer - Captain, Varsity Soccer

- Volunteer - be2live Service Trip - Dean’s list - Captain & Chaplain, Varsity Basketball - Captain, Varsity Lacrosse - Kairos Retreat Leader

St. Patrick

St. Hilary

Lauren Lombardi ’18 - Volunteer, CYO Catholic Charities - AP Scholar - Chaplain, Varsity Water Polo - Math Club and Outings Club President - Writer, School Newspaper

St. Isabella

Annie Navone ’18

Alexandre Simard ’18

- El Carmen Project service work in Dominican Republic, Panama & Peru - Kairos Retreat Leader - Varsity Field Hockey - AP Scholar

- Student Body President - Sophomore and Junior Class VP - MVP & Captain - Mock Trial Team - AP Scholar with Distinction - Intern, Marin County District Attorney’s Office

Outstanding students are admitted every year to Marin Catholic from each of our Catholic elementary schools.

These students are well-rounded, faith filled, and service oriented. They excel in academics, arts, music, athletics, and more.

It is on the solid foundation established in our parochial schools that we build our legacy at Marin Catholic —a legacy of faith, knowledge, and service.

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marin county elementary schools Celebrating Catholic Schools Week

Open House

Sunday, January 28, 2018 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Call us at 415-892-8621 and schedule a tour.

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COMMITTED TO FAITH AND EXCELLENCE COMMITTED TO FAITH AND EXCELLENCE CALL FOR A TOUR: 415-924-0501 CALL FOR A TOUR: 415-924-0501

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St. Patrick School ✮ 120 King Street ✮ Larkspur, CA St. Patrick School ✮ 120 King Street ✮ Larkspur, CA 94939 94939

A values-based education. A caring, child-centered environment.

Religious instruction, prayer & community building activities.

Thematic teaching. A multi-sensory approach to reading readiness.

Diffferentiated instruction. Hands on Math & Science instruction.

Art, Music, Spanish, and Integrated Technology.

Multi-faceted extended day program.

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Saint Raphael School Faith, Leadership and Excellence

Call to schedule a tour!

415-454-4455 office@straphaelschool.com

Open House: Sunday January 28, 2018 10 a.m.-12 noon

1100 5th Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901 www.straphaelschool.com

Please call to schedule a school tour (415) 479-3727 ext. 112

Outstanding students graduate every year from the Catholic elementary schools in Marin County.

at www. stisabellaschool.org

These students are well-rounded, faith-filled, and service-oriented.

They excel in academics, the arts, music, athletics, technology and leadership skills.

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St. Thomas the Apostle School

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Preschool - 8th Grade Now Accepting Applications for the 2018-2019 School Year Requests for personal tours are welcome, please call to schedule an appointment.

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St. Brigid School

130 Years of Excellence in Catholic Education

Now serving TK students!

Our exciting TK program provides the option for younger children to gain social and academic experience prior to entering Kindergarten.

Located in Pacific Heights, Saint Brigid School is a Transitional Kindergarten to grade 8 WASC accredited elementary school.

We are accepting applications for all grades and welcome you to come for a visit!

Call (415) 673-4523 to schedule a tour or e-mail mpeterson@saintbrigidsf.org for information.

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PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE

Saints Peter and Paul Salesian School is a Visit our website to learn more 9th Ave. Preschool (ages360 3 and up) – Grade 8 Program. www.staroftheseasf.com San Francisco, CA 94118 Theresa Poon, Principal Now accepting Applications for the Call us to arrange a school tour tpoon@staroftheseasf.com (415) 221-8558 2018-2019 School Year.

Saints Peter and Paul Salesian School 660 Filbert Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 415-421-5219 | www.sspeterpaulsf.org Academic Excellence Since 1925 Where Tradition Meets Innovation Saints Peter and Paul Salesian School is a Preschool (ages 3 and up) – Grade 8 Program.

Now accepting Applications for the 2018-2019 School Year.

Visit our website for more information and to sign up for a school tour.

In addition to the core curriculum, Saints Peter and Paul Salesian School offers Robotics, Coding, Art in Action, Italian, Spanish, Music and Physical Education classes.

Principal: Lisa Harris, Ed. D.

Visit our website for more information and to sign up for a school tour.

In addition to the core curriculum, Saints Peter and Paul Salesian School offers Robotics, Coding, Art in Action, Italian, Spanish, Music and Physical Education classes.

Principal: Lisa Harris, Ed. D.

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rosary: School accepts archbishop’s invitation FROM PAGE CSW1

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experience with 250 people at the same time.”

Everhart said the ethnic diversity of the school and the global focus of daily prayers has been helpful in that

students are able to “see themselves reflected in what we pray for.”

“Some of our students at the school who are not even Catholic have made prayer part of their lives,” said Everhart.

The school had only enough rosary

beads to provide one per classroom, but thanks to the San Francisco office of Missionary Childhood Association housed at the chancery offices of the archdiocese, each student will be given their own World Mission Rosary during Catholic Schools Week.

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22, am–12:00pm 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont St. Matthew Catholic School tel 650-325-7304 fax 650-325-3841 Open House: January 30, 11:00 am –1:00 pm St. Matthew Catholic School tel 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 tel 650-368-8327 fax www.nde.org lpaul@stgregs-sanmateo.org Open House: February 6, 10:00 am650-368-7031 Preschool K 8 www.nde.org office@stpiusschool.org Sunday, January 28, 2018 office@stpiusschool.org Notre Dame Elementary St. Pius School Our Lady of Angels Our Lady of Angels www.nde.org 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo Open House: January 30, 11:00 am –1:00 pm 910 S.9:00am El Camino Real, San Mateo St.House: Matthew Catholic School www.nde.org office@stpiusschool.org tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 Open House: February 6, 10:30am–12:00pm 10:00 am Saturday, January 27, fax 2018 office@stpiusschool.org tel 650-591-2209 650-591-4798 Mass Open House: January Open January 30, 30, 10:30am–12:00pm A sponsored ministry of Burlingame the 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Our Lady of Angels www.stmatthewcath.org tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 www.stmatthewcath.org 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo Open House 9:30-11:00am Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 Notre Dame Elementary Open House, Tours, Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm St. Pius School Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur www.olaschoolk8.org www.olaschoolk8.org www.stpiusschool.org 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame telScience 650-343-1373 faxfax 650-343-2046 Open House: January 22, 9:00 am –12:00 pm tel 650-343-1373 650-343-2046 www.stmatthewcath.org Fair & Book Fair 10:30am-Noon Notre Dame Elementary A sponsored ministry of the Open House: January 22, 9:00 am –12:00 pm St. Pius School 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City Matthew Catholic School St. Matthew Catholic School 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 www.olaschoolk8.org tel650-343-1373 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 bviotti@stmatthewcath.org bviotti@stmatthewcath.org tel fax 650-343-2046 A sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Our Lady of Angels 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood www.stpiusschool.org St. Matthew Catholic School Our Lady ofJanuary Angels 910 S.Camino El Camino Real, San MateoCity 910Open S. El Real, San30, Mateo Open House: 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pmpm www.nde.org Open House: January 27, 6:00 – 8:00 Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 office@stpiusschool.org House: January 11:45am–1:30pm St. Matthew Catholic School bviotti@stmatthewcath.org Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont Our Lady of Angels St. Matthew Catholic School Our Lady of Angels 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame www.stpiusschool.org tel 650-368-8327 650-368-7031 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame 910 S. El Caminofax Real, San Mateo www.stmatthewcath.org www.stmatthewcath.org tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 Open House: January 27, 6:00 –8:00 pm Our Lady of Angels Open House: January 30,11:45am–1:30pm 10:30am–12:00pm 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame 910 S. El Camino San650-368-7031 Mateo Open House: January 30, 1200 Notre Dame Avenue, Belmont www.nde.org 910 S.Real, El Camino Real, San Mateo 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame www.olaschoolk8.org tel fax www.olaschoolk8.org tel 650-368-8327 650-343-1373 650-343-2046 www.stmatthewcath.org teloffice@stpiusschool.org 650-343-1373 fax fax 650-343-2046 Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm www.ola.community www.stmatthewcath.org Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Our Lady of Mount Carmel School 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame St. Raymond www.nde.org tel fax 650-591-4798 St. Raymond tel650-591-2209 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 www.stmatthewcath.org office@stpiusschool.org Open House: January 30, 10:30am–12:00pm www.olaschoolk8.org tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 bviotti@stmatthewcath.org tel 650-343-1373 650-343-2046 bviotti@stmatthewcath.org tel 650-343-1373 • fax fax 650-343-2046 tel301 650-343-9200 • Street, fax 650-343-5620 Grand Street, Redwood City 301 Grand Redwood City 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park tel 650-591-2209 fax 650-591-4798 Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm Our Lady of Mount Carmel School 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park www.olaschoolk8.org Open House: January 6:00 – 8:00 Open House: January 10:30am–12:00pm St. Raymond tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 St. Matthew School Open House: January 27, 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm pm telJanuary 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm bviotti@stmatthewcath.org Saturday, January 27,Catholic 2018 Open House: 30,30, 11:45am–1:30pm Sunday, January 21, 2018 www.mountcarmel.org www.mountcarmel.org www.straymond.org Open House: January 22, 9:00 am–12:00pm www.straymond.org 301 Grand Street, Redwood City Our Lady of Angels 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park Open House:Week January 6:00 –8:00 pm tel 650-343-9200 fax27, 650-343-5620 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo Kindergarten Open House 9:30-10:30am St. Matthew Catholic School Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm Catholic Schools Mass 10:00am bviotti@stmatthewcath.org telwww.mountcarmel.org 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 tel tel 650-322-2312 faxfax 650-322-2910 650-322-2312 650-322-2910 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame Our Lady of Angels www.straymond.org www.stmatthewcath.org Our Lady of Mount Carmel School St. Matthew Catholic School 910 S.Raymond ElJanuary Camino Real, SanJanuary Mateo 30, 11:45am–1:30pm Sunday, 28, 2018 Open House: January 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm Our Lady of Mount School Thursday, January 25, 2018 Carmel Open House: St. Raymond info@mountcarmel.org info@mountcarmel.org Open House: January 30,30, 11:00 am–1:00 pmpm Open House: January 11:00 am–1:00 tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 Our Lady of Angels 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame www.olaschoolk8.org tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 Family Mass 10:45am 301 Grand Street, Redwood City 910 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo www.stmatthewcath.org tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 Open House, Science Fair & Art Fair 6:00-8:00pm 301 Grand Street, Redwood City 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Our Lady of Mount Carmel School 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo ParkPark K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm St. Raymond K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm info@mountcarmel.org 1328 Cabrillo Avenue, Burlingame www.olaschoolk8.org Open House 11:45am-1:00pm Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 www.mountcarmel.org www.stmatthewcath.org tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 bviotti@stmatthewcath.org www.mountcarmel.org www.straymond.org 301 Grand Street, Redwood City www.straymond.org PreK-7 Open House: JanJan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm 1211 Arbor School Road, Menlo Park PreK-7 Open House: 30, 10:00am–12:00pm Our Lady of Mount Carmel School K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 – 8:00 pm St. Timothy www.olaschoolk8.org tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 St. Timothy School St. Raymond Open House: January 27, 6:00 –8:00 pm tel 650-366-8817 650-366-0902 tel 650-343-1373 fax 650-343-2046 tel 650-366-8817 fax fax 650-366-0902 tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 Open House:faxJanuary 30, 11:45am–1:30pm www.mountcarmel.org telbviotti@stmatthewcath.org 650-322-2312 650-322-2910 www.straymond.org PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo tel 650-343-9200 fax 650-343-5620 Open House: January 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm 301 Grand Street, Redwood City 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo info@mountcarmel.org bviotti@stmatthewcath.org Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm Our Lady of Mount Carmel School St. Raymond Catholic JK-8 School 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park info@mountcarmel.org Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 St.650-322-2312 Timothy School telSt. 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 Open House: January 30,650-322-2910 11:00 am–1:00 pm pm tel fax St. Catherine of Siena School Catherine of Siena School www.sttimothyschool.org Open House: January 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm 301 Grand Street, Redwood City 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park www.sttimothyschool.org K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm www.mountcarmel.org K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo www.straymond.org info@mountcarmel.org Our Lady of Avenue, Mount Carmel School Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm St. Raymond 1300 Bayswater Burlingame www.mountcarmel.org 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame telwww.straymond.org 650-342-6567 faxfax 650-342-5913 tel 650-342-6567 650-342-5913 PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm St. Catherine of Siena School Our Lady of Mount Carmel School PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 www.sttimothyschool.org St. Raymond K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 St. Timothy School tel301 650-366-6127 • fax 650-366-0902 Pre-K 8 Grand Street, Redwood City St.Open Timothy School www.stcos.com 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park www.stcos.com K House: January 19,19, 7:00 pmpm KSt. Open House: January 7:00 Our Lady of Mount Carmel School 301 Grand Street, Redwood City 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame Raymond PreSchool 8 tel 650-322-2312 • fax 650-322-2910 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 info@mountcarmel.org 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm www.mountcarmel.org 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm tel 650-344-7176 faxfax 650-344-7426 tel 650-344-7176 650-344-7426 www.straymond.org K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 pmpm K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 St. Timothy School 301 Grand28, Street, Redwood City www.mountcarmel.org www.stcos.com Sunday, January 2018 Sunday, January 28, 2018 St. Catherine of Siena School 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park www.straymond.org K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm St. Catherine of Siena School www.sttimothyschool.org K Open Info Night: January 18, 7:00 – 8:00 pm www.sttimothyschool.org tel 650-366-8817 fax30, 650-366-0902 Open House: January 10:00 am–1:00pm House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm tel 650-322-2312 fax 1515 Dolan Avenue, San650-322-2910 Mateo www.mountcarmel.org tel 650-366-8817 fax Mass 10:00am K-8 Open House 11:00am-1:00pm tel 650-344-7176 fax650-366-0902 650-344-7426 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame www.straymond.org tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 pm tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 info@mountcarmel.org PreK-7 Open Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm St. Catherine of Siena School Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 pm www.sttimothyschool.org Open House, ToursHouse: & Science Fair 11:00am-12:30pm Middle School Information Session 12:00pm tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 info@mountcarmel.org Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm St. Timothy School www.stcos.com tel 650-322-2312 fax 650-322-2910 Open House: January 30, 11:00 am–1:00 www.stcos.com K Open House: January 7:00 pm pm K Open House: January 19, 19, 7:00 pm K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 – 8:00 pm 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 info@mountcarmel.org Info Night: January 7:00 –8:00 pm tel 650-344-7176 fax18, 650-344-7426 House: January 30, am–1:00 pm 1515 Dolan Avenue, Sanpm Mateo telK650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 K-8Open Open House: February 1,11:00 7:00 pm All schools are are fullyfully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm www.stcos.com All schools accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm K Info Night: January 18, 7:00 –8:00 pm PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm St. Catherine of Siena School St. Timothy School Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm St. Timothy School St. Catherine of30, Siena School Open House: January 10:00 am–1:00pm St. Timothy School www.sttimothyschool.org telBayswater 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 1300 Avenue, Burlingame 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo PreK-7 Open House: Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm K-8 Open House: 1, 7:00 pm 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo All schools are fully1300 accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and February Colleges.

St. Dolan Timothy School Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame 1515 San Mateo telAvenue, 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 www.stcos.com www.sttimothyschoool.org Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm Catherine of Siena School St. Catherine of Siena School www.sttimothyschool.org 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo www.sttimothyschool.org Grades K 8 telSt. 650-344-7176 • fax 650-344-7426 www.stcos.com K Open House: January 19, 7:00 pm 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame St.January Catherine of Siena School 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 All schools are Sunday fully accredited by28, the 2018 Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools Colleges. tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 www.sttimothyschool.org tel 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and •and Colleges. tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 pm 1300 Sunday, January 28, 2018 www.stcos.com www.stcos.com Family MassBayswater 9:00am Avenue, Burlingame fax 650-342-5913 Ktel Open House: January 19, 7:00 K 650-342-6567 Open House: January 19, pm 7:00 pm Open House: January 30,Educational 10:00 am–1:00pm Open House andand Student Fair 10am-Noon All schools are fullyOpen accredited by10:00am-12:30pm the Western Association and the Western Association of Schools Colleges. www.stcos.com 650-344-7176 faxCatholic 650-344-7426 House teltel650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 KK-8 Open House: January 19, 7:00 K-8 Open House: February 1, Open House: February 1, pm 7:00 pm tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 pm Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

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Catholic san francisco | January 25, 2018

All-school Latin program ‘levels the playing field’ in language development Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

Latin is now compulsory for kindergarteners through eighth graders at Mission Dolores Academy, according to principal Meredith Essalat, offering the diverse student body a “unifying” language where no student is at a disadvantage in the development of language skills.

“It’s a new curriculum for everyone,” said Essalat, who introduced the program at the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year with Latin teacher Samantha Alfonso.

Mission Dolores Academy students come from a combination of English, Spanish, Tagalog and Eritrean primary speaking households among others, she said. In Latin, they find common ground.

“We’re finding that Latin really levels the playing field,” she said.

Studies have shown that the study of Latin makes an immediate impact on the development of a student’s vocabulary as well as on reading comprehension, said Essalat. It also has a positive “ripple effect” on performance in the sciences.

Latin is the root of Romance languages such as Spanish, Italian and French. While English is considered a Germanic language, about 80 percent of the entries in any English dictionary are borrowed from Latin.

Many Latin words and phrases such

(Courtesy photo by Samantha Alfonso)

Mission Dolores Academy Latin teacher Samantha Alfonso holds up Latin translations of Dr. Suess’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Cat in the Hat,” two of the books she uses to teach Latin to kindergarteners through eighth graders. The all-school Latin language program was launched this academic school year. as “per se,” “status quo,” “ad lib” and “verbatim” are commonly used

by English speakers, who may not realize the words are actually Latin.

Latin is the lexicon of science, law and religion.

MDA Latin teacher Samantha Alfonso was a pre-nursing student struggling with medical terminology, which is overwhelmingly Latin-derived, when she decided to take Latin in her second year of college. It so trans-

formed her learning experience that she switched majors to language arts.

“When I started taking Latin, it all began making sense,” she said. “I could better see how English works.”

Alfonso teaches Latin at three levels, in two weekly sessions for each.

Kindergartners and first- and secondgraders for 20 minutes; third through fifth graders for 30-40 minutes and sixth through eighth graders for one hour.

To make it fun, she sometimes incorporates popular books with Latin translations into her classes, such as Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham,” “Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling and her personal favorite, “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein.

She said students – especially her third graders – have surprised her by how quickly they’ve been able to figure out the pattern of noun and verb endings.

“I was very impressed with how they’re starting to figure words out on their own,” she said. “It’s really surprising.”

Essalat said that she was unaware of any other K-8 school in the Archdiocese of San Francisco that has made Latin a required course for all grade levels.

“Latin is a great platform in our community from day one,” she said.

“Our goal is to form good communicators with a better command of language.”

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Catholic san francisco | January 25, 2018

Offering excellent Catholic education in a nurturing environment HOLY NAME SCHOOL

Pre-School through Eighth Grade 1560 - 40th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 415.731.4077 www.holynamesf.com Sunday, January 28, 2018 9:30 a.m.- Family Mass 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.- School Tours & Science Fair

St. Anne School

Pre-School through Eighth Grade 1320 - 14th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 (415) 664-7977 www.stanne.com Open House: Sunday, January 28, 2018 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Please visit our website for school tour dates.

Educating students in the Catholic tradition since 1920

SAINT CECILIA SCHOOL A Parkside Institution Since 1930

Saint Cecilia Students Are: Active Christians Lifelong Learners Socially Responsible Citizens Effective Communicators Problem Solvers Saint Cecilia School 660 Vicente Street San Francisco, CA 94116 415-731-8400 www.stceciliaschool.org For more information, please call the school office or visit our website.

Saint Gabriel School Catholic Education Since 1948 2550 Forty First Avenue San Francisco, CA 94116 office@stgabrielsf.com www.stgabrielsf.com

(415) 566-0314 (415) 566-3223 (fax)

401 Eucalyptus Drive San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 664-8331 www.ststephenschoolsf.org

Celebrating our 66th Year of Providing Excellence in Catholic Education

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Catholic Elementary Principals Sought for Archdiocesan Schools The Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is seeking elementary principal candidates for the 2018-2019 school year.

Candidates must be a practicing Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church, possess a Valid California Standard Teaching Credential or the equivalent from another State, a Master’s Degree in an educational field and/or California administrative credential*, be certified as a catechist at the basic level** and have five years of experience in teaching and/or in administration with Catholic school experience. * Principals who are not in possession of both educational qualifications, must complete the requirement within a three year period of time from date of hire. ** Principals who are not in possession of basic certification in religion at application, must complete the process before they start their position.

Please send resume and letter of interest by February 15, 2018 to: Ms. Christine Escobar Human Resource Manager, Department of Catholic Schools One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109 OR escobarc@sfarchdiocese.org Salary will be determined according to Archdiocesan guidelines based upon experience as a teacher or administrator and graduate education.

Medical, dental, and retirement benefits are included.

ARCHDIOCESAN STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

The Archdiocese of San Francisco adheres to the following policy: “All school staff of Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco shall be employed without regard to race, color, sex, ethnic or national origin and will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories.” (Administrative Handbook #4111.4)

– Notice of Non Discriminatory Policy as to Students – All Souls School, So. San Francisco; Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco; Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School, San Francisco; Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco; De Marillac Academy, San Francisco; Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, San Francisco; Good Shepherd School, Pacifica; Holy Angels School, Colma; Holy Name School, San Francisco; Immaculate Conception Academy, San Francisco; Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Belmont; Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo; Marin Catholic High School, Kentfield; Mercy High School, San Francisco; Mercy High School, Burlingame; Mission Dolores Academy, San Francisco; Nativity School, Menlo Park; Notre Dame Elementary, Belmont; Notre Dame High School, Belmont; Our Lady of Angels School, Burlingame; Our Lady of Loretto School, Novato; Our Lady of Mercy School, Daly City; Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Redwood City; Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Daly City; Our Lady of the Visitacion School, San Francisco; Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, San Francisco; Sacred Heart Preparatory, Atherton; Saint Anne School, San Francisco; Saint Anselm School, San Anselmo; Saint Anthony-IC School, San Francisco; Saint Brendan School, San Francisco; Saint Brigid School, San Francisco; Saint Catherine of Siena School, Burlingame; Saint Cecilia School, San Francisco; Saint Charles School, San Carlos; Saint Dunstan School, Millbrae; Saint Finn Barr School, San Francisco; Saint Gabriel School, San Francisco; Saint Gregory School, San Mateo; Saint Hilary School, Tiburon; Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco; Saint Isabella School, San Rafael; Saint James School, San Francisco; Saint John School, San Francisco; Sacred Heart Lower and Middle Schools, Atherton; Saint Matthew School, San Mateo; Saint Monica School, San Francisco; Saint Patrick School, Larkspur; Saint Paul School, San Francisco; Saint Peter School, San Francisco; Saint Philip School, San Francisco; Saint Pius School, Redwood City; Saint Raphael School, San Rafael; Saint Raymond School, Menlo Park; Saint Robert School, San Bruno; Saint Stephen School, San Francisco; Saint Thomas More School, San Francisco; Saint Thomas the Apostle School, San Francisco; Saint Timothy School, San Mateo; Saint Veronica School, So. San Francisco; Saint Vincent de Paul School, San Francisco; Saints Peter & Paul School, San Francisco; School of the Epiphany, San Francisco; Star of the Sea School, San Francisco; Stuart Hall for Boys, San Francisco; Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco; Woodside Priory, Portola Valley; Woodside Priory Middle School, Portola Valley; admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color or national origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administrated programs.

Catholic san francisco | January 25, 2018

Marin Catholic pioneers Catholic integration curriculum Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

The Catholic intellectual tradition is a buzz phrase that Marin Catholic High School is turning into an updated curriculum – beginning with a pilot ninth grade English course this year.

The goal is to “bring students to beauty, truth and goodness,” said principal Chris Valdez, to “help students maximize their potential to both be good and do good in the world.”

The idea of Catholic integration is to infuse all courses with the Catholic intellectual tradition, a process Marin Catholic began about a decade ago when it sponsored the Substantially Catholic several-day seminar.

Next year, Marin Catholic will be changing its schedule and so this is a good time to also revamp the curriculum to be more intentional about Catholicism, he said.

The English course, which is a joint project of three English teachers, including a Dominican of Mary Mother of the Eucharist sister, a teacher who came to the school from an independent school, and a Theology teacher convert to the faith, is the first step, Valdez said, and benefits from having three very gifted teachers with varied backgrounds and training involved.

“The synthesis of these three great teachers is remarkable,” Valdez said.

How does Catholic integration work in a ninth grade English class?

The theme for the freshman year is “Who is my neighbor?” and the Scriptural inspiration is the Parable of the Good Samaritan. As the template for the approach explains, “In this parable, Jesus proclaims the two great commandments: Love God and Love your Neighbor As Yourself. He also goes on to answer the essential question, who is my neighbor?”

Literature the students study includes Shakespeare’s “Othello,” J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” poems like Frost’s “The Mending Wall,” as well as short stories by Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor whose stories address learning to live as neighbors in the newly desegregated South, Valdez said.

The approach is not dogmatic, but intellectual and encountering ideas in literature and life, Valdez said. For instance, a key quote the students consider from another novel, Their Eyes Are Watching God is: “Love is like the sea. It’s a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”

The students apply the core teachings in theology by engaging in directed community service as well,

The goal is to ‘bring students to beauty, truth and goodness’ to ‘help maximize their potential to both be good and do good in the world.’

Chris Valdez, Marin Catholic High School principal so that they are seeing how the Gospel teaching applies in their own experience.

A critical piece in the new approach is resetting perspective through a clear and explicit Catholic lens which Valdez said is “extremely important.

That has been slow going but the lens through which you see our humanity has deep impact on how we choose texts and how we make sense of what we read.”

Step two is “baptizing teacher curricular strategies,” he said, “to ensure that students are not only developing requisite skills but are having an encounter with a book that is going to inspire virtue.”

This is both new, and a return to some of what Catholics learned in schools that were dominated by religious men and women trained and practiced in deep faith, Valdez said. He noted while he attended Catholic high school, he attended UC Santa Barbara and earned his teacher’s credential at San Francisco State University’s program, and his public university experience is common to many Catholic educators today.

So, he said, this approach of reintegrating Catholic intellectual tradition into the curriculum and school life, “is a return in a lot of ways. It is a remembering.”

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ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO: Students in the school’s inaugural Engineering Program shared their final semester project, a working trebuchet, a compound machine used to throw a projectile and known for use in ancient battles.

STS. PETER AND PAUL SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO: In the spirit of the season, students collected toys for children at Family House, a not-forprofit organization that provides temporary housing to families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, BURLINGAME: Junior Adeline Yang and freshman Madeline Wang visit with a resident at the Mercy Retirement and Care Center in December. Students visited with the elderly, led a bingo social, and enjoyed a Christmas concert.

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP, SAN FRANCISCO: The call of service found SI faculty working recently with Faithful Fools in the Tenderloin in that group’s ministry to the homeless. Pictured from left: Patrick Lannan, Chad Evans, Carole Nickolai, Michael Shaughnessy, Lisa Traum, Anne Stricherz and Jennifer Roy.

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they are getting Latin American mothers and fathers to help recruit.”

SAIC is blessed with plentiful assistance intended to help families afford Catholic school, including the Dominicans of Mission San Jose’s Vision of Hope, the Basic Fund, archdiocesan aid, Alliance of Mission Catholic Schools, and aid from Father Agudo, Moodie said.

St. Peter is also fortunate to have generous benefactors and support from the Basic Fund, said Jimenez, who said the school has one of the lowest tuitions in the archdiocese, and a system where additional

children from the same family pay a graduated tuition to make it more affordable for families.

Moodie implemented an idea from some Southern California schools: Families who are interested in SAIC can enroll their children in the spring semester, if they are willing to join the school midyear, at a reduced tuition to see if they like it. This year, five students tried this pilot program, she said. The mid-year enrollment also allows St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception to offer new families help with filling out financial assistance forms generally due in March or April.

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Elementary & Preschool Directory San Francisco County Epiphany Elementary School 600 Italy Ave. 94112 (415) 337-4030 Website: www.sfepiphany.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School 1560 40th Ave. 94122 (415) 731-4077 Website: www.holynamesf.com Grades: K-8, D/Extended Care Holy Name Preschool Ages: 2 1/2-6 (415) 664-4753 Email: aseher@holynamesf.com St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception Elementary School 299 Precita Ave. 94110 (415) 648-2008 Website: www.saicsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Mission Dolores Academy 3371-16th St. 94114 (415) 346-9500 Website: www.mdasf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School 659 Pine St. 94108 (415) 421-0069 Website: www.ndvsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Our Lady of the Visitacion Elementary School 785 Sunnydale Ave. 94134 (415) 239-7840 Website: www.olvsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School 2222 Broadway St. 94115 (415) 563-2900 Website: www.sacredsf.org Grades: K-8, Girls, Extended Care DeMarillac Academy 175 Golden Gate Ave. 94102 (415) 552-5220 Website: www.demarillac.org Grades: 4-8, Private Stuart Hall For Boys Elementary School 2222 Broadway St. 94115 (415) 563-2900 Website: www.sacredsf.org Grades: K-8, boys, Extended Care, Private Saint Anne Elementary School 1320 – 14th Ave. 94122 (415) 664-7977 Website: www.stanne.com Grades: PreK-8, Day, Extended Care Saint Anne Preschool Ages: 3-5 (415) 731-2355 Email: stanneps@gmail.com Saint Brendan Elementary School 940 Laguna Honda Blvd. 94127 (415) 731-2665 Website: www.stbrendansf.com Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Saint Brigid Elementary School 2250 Franklin St. 94109 (415) 673-4523 Website: www.saintbrigidsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Saint Cecilia Elementary School 660 Vicente St. 94116 (415) 731-8400 Website: www.stceciliaschool.org Grades: K-8, Day, Extended Care Saint Finn Barr Elementary School 419 Hearst Ave. 94112 (415) 333-1800 Website: www.stfinnbarr.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Saint Gabriel Elementary School 2550 41st. Ave. 94116 (415) 566-0314 Website: www.stgabrielsf.com Grades: K-8, Day, Extended Care Saint James Elementary School 321 Fair Oaks St. 94110 (415) 647-8972 Website: www.saintjamessf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care, Multi-Age Literacy Program Saint John Elementary School 925 Chenery St. 94131 (415) 584-8383 Website: www.stjohnseagles.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Saint Mary School and Chinese Center 838 Kearny St. 94108 (415) 929-4690 Website: www.stmaryschoolSF.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care, Mandarin and Cantonese classes Saint Mary Preschool Ages: 2-6 (415) 981-9138 Email: pjaw@st.maryschoolsf.org

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Marin County Saint Rita Preschool 102 Marinda Dr., Fairfax 94930 Ages: 3-5 (415) 456-1843 Email: gdavidson@strita.edu Saint Patrick Elementary School 120 King St., Larkspur 94939 (415) 924-0501 Website: www.stpatricksmarin.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Saint Raphael Elementary School 1100 Fifth Ave., San Rafael 94901 (415) 454-4455 Website: www.straphaelschool.com Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Saint Raphael Preschool Ages: 3-5 (415) 456-1702 Email: yates@straphaelschool.com

Saint Anselm Elementary School 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo 94960 (415) 454-8667 Website: www.stanselmschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Saint Isabella Elementary School 1 Trinity Way, PO Box 6188, San Rafael 94903 (415) 479-3727 Website: www.stisabellaschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School 1181 Virginia Ave., Novato 94945 (415) 892-8621 Website: www.ollnovato.org/school Grades: Tk-8, Extended Care

Saint Hilary Elementary School 765 Hilary Dr., Tiburon 94920 (415) 435-2224 Website: www.sainthilaryschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Saint Monica Elementary School 5950 Geary Blvd. 94121 (415) 751-9564 Website: www.stmonicasf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Saint Paul Elementary School 1690 Church St. 94131 (415) 648-2055 Website: www.stpaulschoolsf.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Saint Paul’s Littlest Angel Ages: 2yr 9mo - 5 yr (415) 824-5437 Email: AngelInCharge@gmail.com Saint Peter Elementary School 1266 Florida St. 94110 (415) 647-8662 Website: www.sanpedro.org Grades: K-8-D, Extended Care Saints Peter and Paul Elementary School 660 Filbert St. 94133 (415) 421-5219 Website: www.sspeterpaulsf.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Laura Vicuña Kindergarten Age: 4-5 (415) 296-8549 Email: Prek@sspeterpaulsf.org Saint Philip Elementary School 665 Elizabeth St. 94114 (415) 824-8467 Website: www.saintphilipschool.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Saint Philip Preschool Ages: 3-5 (415) 282-0143 Email: preschoolinfo@saintphilipparish.org Saint Vincent de Paul Elementary School 2350 Green St. 94123 (415) 346-5505 Web Site: www.svdpsf.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care Saint Thomas the Apostle Elementary School 3801 Balboa St. 94121 (415) 221-2711 Website: www.sfsta.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Saint Thomas the Apostle Preschool & Pre-kindergarten Learning Center Ages: 3-5 (415) 387-5511 Email: jessiemen@sfsta.org Saint Thomas More Elementary School 50 Thomas More Way 94132 (415) 337-0100 Website: www.StThomasMoreSchool.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Utopia School Ages: 3-5 (415) 317-6269 Email: rfrantz@stmsf.org Saint Stephen Elementary School 401 Eucalyptus Dr. 94132 (415) 664-8331 Website: www.ststephenschoolsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Star of the Sea Elementary School 360 9th Ave. 94118 (415) 221-8558 Website: www.staroftheseasf.com Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Star of the Sea Preschool Ages: 3-5 (415) 221-7449 Email: jparas@staroftheseasf.com

san mateo County All Souls Elementary School 479 Miller Ave., So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 583-3562 Website: www.ssfallsoulsschool.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care All Souls Preschool Ages: 3-5 (650) 871-1751 Email: cmaloufs@ssfallsoulsschool.org Saint Veronica Elementary School 434 Alida Way, So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 589-3909 Website: www.saintveronicassf.org Grades: K-8 , Extended Care Notre Dame Elementary School 1200 Notre Dame Ave., Belmont 94002 (650) 591-2209 Website: www.nde.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Our Lady of Angels Elementary School 1328 Cabrillo Ave., Burlingame 94010 (650) 343-9200 Website: www.olaschool8.org Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Our Lady of Angels Preschool Ages: 3-5 (650) 343-3115 Email: olapreschool@yahoo.com Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School 80 Wellington Ave., Daly City 94014 (650) 755-4438 Website: www.olphdc.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School 1000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont 94002 (650) 593-4265 Website: www.ihmschoolbelmont.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Immaculate Heart of Mary Preschool Ages: 3-5 (650) 593-2344 Email: preschool@ihmschoolbelmont.org Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School 7 Elmwood Dr., Daly City 94015 (650) 756-3395 Website: www.olmbulldogs.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Our Lady of Mercy Preschool Ages: 2-5 (650) 756-4916 Email: preschool@olmbulldogs.org Saint Dunstan Elementary School 1150 Magnolia Ave., Millbrae 94030 (650) 697-8119 Website: www.st-dunstan.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Holy Angels Elementary School 20 Reiner St., Colma 94014 (650) 755-0220 Website: www.holyangelscolma.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care Sacred Heart Schools Lower and Middle 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton 94027 (650) 322-1866 (MAIN) Website: www.shschools.org Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care

Saint Catherine of Siena Elementary School 1300 Bayswater Ave., Burlingame 94010 (650) 344-7176 Website: www.stcos.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care Saint Raymond Preschool Ages: 4-5 (650) 322-2312 Email: pwelte@straymond.org Nativity Elementary School 1250 Laurel St., Menlo Park 94025 (650) 325-7304 Website: www.nativityschool.com Grades: Pre-K-8, Extended Care Good Shepherd Elementary School 909 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica 94044 (650) 359-4544 Website: www.goodshepherdschool.us Grades: K-8, Extended Care Woodside Priory School 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley 94028 (650) 851-8221 Website: www.prioryca.org Grades: 6-8, Boarding for Boys, Day – Coed Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School ­301 Grand St., Redwood City 94062 (650) 366-6127 Website: www.mountcarmel.org Grades: TK-8, Extended Care Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Preschool Ages: 3-5 (650) 366-6587 Email: marnott@mountcarmel.org Saint Pius Elementary School 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City 94061 (650) 368-8327 Website: www.stpiusschool.org Grades: Preschool-8, Extended Care Saint Pius Preschool Ages: 3-5 (650) 361-1411 Email: preschool@stpiusschool.org Saint Charles Elementary School 850 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos 94070 (650) 593-1629 Website: www.scharlesschoolsc.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Saint Gregory Elementary School 2701 Hacienda St., San Mateo 94403 (650) 573-0111 Website: www.stgregs-sanmateo.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Saint Matthew Elementary School 910 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 94402 (650) 343-1373 Website: www.stmatthewcath.org Grades: K-8, Day/Extended Care Saint Timothy Elementary School 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo 94401 (650) 342-6567 Website: www.sttimothyschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Sacred Heart School Preschool Ages: 3-5 (650) 322-0176 Email: pskoffice@shschools.org

Saint Robert Elementary School 345 Oak Ave., San Bruno 94066 (650) 583-5065 Website: www.saintrobertschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Saint Raymond Elementary School 1211 Arbor Rd., Menlo Park 94025 (650) 322-2312 Website: www.straymond.org Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care

Saint Matthias Preschool 1685 Cordilleras Ave., Redwood City, 94062 Ages: 2.6-5 (650) 367-1320 Email: kim@st.matthiasparish.org

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Hispanic children called the future of Catholic schools in the US Araceli Martinez San Francisco Católico

Miguel Maldonado said it was Father Paul Rossi, former pastor of St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael, who encouraged him to enroll his oldest child Miguel in the parish preschool.

“Preschool was going to be opening for the first time around 2004 when Father Rossi invited us,” said Maldonado, an immigrant from Guatemala. He remembers the priest saying, “Why don’t you take your son Miguel? The school and the parish belong to you.”

The elder Maldonado was encouraged but worried he might not be able to afford tuition. At the time he was the only provider for his family. His wife Candy did not work.

In the end he decided to enroll Miguel in preschool, with part of the future cost of elementary and high school education covered by a scholarship the school helped him secure. He and his wife paid only partial tuition.

“We’ve had to make sacrifices and didn’t buy many things that weren’t actually a true necessity so we could offer our children a good education,”

Maldonado said. “I thought I wasn’t going to be able to but we managed.”

The younger Miguel, 18, graduated from St. Raphael and is a senior at Marin Catholic High School.

His younger brother Marcelo has attended St. Raphael School since preschool and is now in seventh grade.

“One of the things I am really pleased with is the family environment,” the elder Maldonado said.

“And I really like to help out in the school, do voluntary work. That is really good for our children, to see their parents involved in the school and helping with everything. That is something they like a lot. It is a good example.”

St. Raphael principal Lydia Collins said that for about seven years a special effort aimed at increasing enrollment of all children and Latino children in particular has been underway.

“We invite Latino families to get to know us, and we tell them that St. Raphael’s is as much their school as the parish is,” she said.

Part of this effort to attract more children to St. Raphael classrooms includes support and education on how to apply for scholarships and financial help. “We want them to understand that Catholic

schools are not only for the rich as many parents think – but are open to all,” she said.

Today, more than 60 percent of St. Raphael students are Latino. “The future of Catholic schools in the United States lies in serving Latino and immigrant families. They are the ones who make our schools strong,” Collins said.

The principal encourages families to realize that their goal is to impart to their children a top-notch education, tell them about God and teach them values.

“We also want to keep families together,” she said.

Younger children get individualized attention in Catholic schools, she said.

“In public schools, a child feels lost,” she said.

“Here we teach them to believe in themselves, we inculcate in them the notion they can do and achieve whatever they set before them. Parents appreciate not only the academic results but the faith we offer them.”

The principal invites parents of Latino children to get to know St. Raphael School and Catholic schools in general. “Think that it is possible for your children to attend these schools and that they deserve an outstanding academic education with Catholic moral values,” Collins said.

Archbishop nears completion of project to visit every parish and school Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

Did you know the bishop’s miter is inspired by the Ten Commandments and a version was worn by the priests of the Old Testament? If you were one of the students who attended Mass with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone during any of the 44 official school visits during the past five years, you would also know the tall pointed white hat symbolizes the bishop’s role in teaching God’s law.

The miter points upward, symbolizing that the law came from God, not from man, and is worn by the archbishop when he addresses the people during liturgies but “when he is talking to God, the miter is off,” Archbishop Cordileone tells the children in the homily he has honed during five years of school and parish visits.

Approximately a year after his installation Oct 4, 2012, Archbishop Cordileone began official parish and school visitations with a visit to St. Hilary Parish and school in Tiburon. Most recently, in December,

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St. Catherine of Siena pastor Father John Ryan and the archbishop chat with fourth graders during a school visit. the archbishop visited Our Lady of Angels and St. Catherine of Siena in Burlingame.

Visiting the schools is one of his favorite parts of the job of archbishop, Archbishop Cordileone frequently

tells the students during the question and answer sessions in the classrooms. Each visit begins with a school Mass, and is followed by tours of the classrooms, conversations with children and teachers, and one on one time with the principal. “These visits are uplifting,” he said.

By the end of 2018 Archbishop Cordileone will either have visited or be close to having visited every one of the 91 parishes as well as all the parish schools. As of December 2017, Archbishop Cordileone had visited 44 schools, with just four more schools and 16 parishes remaining. In many if not most cases, the archbishop has already visited the school and the parish for confirmations, pastor installations or other events – such as the St. Anne Novena – but he has not yet conducted the official formal visit.

“When a parish has a Catholic school, I make it a point to stay an extra day, celebrate Mass for the children, and then visit all of the classes, concluding with a lunch with the faculty and staff,” Archbishop Cordileone said. “Which parishes do I visit first? I go first where I am invited!”

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