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Tens of thousands fill downtown streets for 10th annual Walk for Life West Coast VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
Tens of thousands of women, men and children walked chanting and singing through San Francisco’s downtown behind a banner declaring “Abortion hurts women” Jan. 25 for the 10th annual Walk for Life West Coast, the largest pro-life gathering on the West Coast. The event drew unusually high media attention, as participants tweeted the walk to the second most trafficked hashtag on Twitter and the local NBC affiliate warned viewers that traffic was bad into the evening because of the “massive” turnout. Always unpopular with local elected officials, this year the walk was the subject of controversy as San Francisco Supervisor David Campos introduced legislation earlier in the month attacking as false the “Abortion hurts women” slogan on the pro-life organization’s city-permitted (PHOTO BY JOSE LUIS AGUIRRE/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)
Pro-life demonstrators filled Civic Center Plaza Jan. 25 for the Walk for Life. See Page 10 for more photos and a link to Archbishop Cordileone’s homily.
Church entering ‘new era,’ says top papal adviser JONATHAN LUXMOORE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
OXFORD, England – The cardinal who heads Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals said the Catholic Church is entering a “new era” and accused critics of the pope’s statements on economic injustice of failing to “understand reality.” “I’m firmly convinced we are at the dawn of a new era in the church, just as when Pope John XXIII opened its windows 50 years ago and made it let in fresh air,” said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa in an interview with Germany’s Cologne-based Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger published Jan. 20. “Francis wants to lead the church in the same direction that he himself is moved by the Holy Spirit. This means
Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga closer to the people, not enthroned above them, but alive in them,” said the cardinal, who leads the council appointed by Pope Francis to work on reform in the Roman Curia and advise him on church governance. In addition, Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga said, the pope favored “above all, a simpler life and leadership” from priests and bishops in
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line with the “sometimes forgotten message of Jesus,” and believed they should go out to people, rather than “sitting in our administrative offices and waiting for people to come.” He said most Catholics were “behind the pope” and added that he believed Cardinal-designate Gerhard L. Muller, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, could be less absolute in his defense of authority in the church. “I understand it. He’s German and a German professor of theology on top of it. In his mentality, there is only right or wrong, that’s it,” said Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga. “But I say: The world, my brother, isn’t like that. You should be slightly flexible when you hear other voices,
It will be months before an extraordinary session of the Synod of Bishops meets in Rome at the behest of Pope Francis to discuss what a Vatican announcement called “the pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization.” But one pastor in the archdiocese, Dominican Father Michael Hurley at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco, is already using some of the same
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NEED TO KNOW BISHOPS ON INSTAGRAM: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for Media Relations has created an account with Instagram, a fast-growing, imagedriven social media network that uses a mobile application. The USCCB account at http://instagram.com/usccb was created in late January and features bishops interacting with young people, the Catholic Church in action, behind the scenes photos of the USCCB, graphics and more. USCCB will begin to share videos in the coming weeks as well. DALAI LAMA AT SCU: The Dalai Lama will visit Santa Clara University for a talk concerning organizational life, ethics and compassion, Monday, Feb. 24, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Leavey Event Center on the Santa Clara campus. Attendees are advised to arrive two hours early in order to pass through security and to bring only small bags. Tickets for the public will be available online at www.scu.edu/ dalailama beginning Jan. 28 at 9 a.m. Tickets are $130 and only two tickets can be purchased per transaction. The ticket price covers only the direct expenses SCU is incurring for the visit.
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Chinese ministry welcomes Year of the Horse No one left hungry or without well wishes at the conclusion of the 23rd annual Chinese dinner hosted by the Consultative Board of the Chinese Apostolate Jan. 24. The event welcomed nearly 600 guests including Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordilieone to the New Asia Restaurant in Chinatown to celebrate the start of Chinese New Year with a rotation of fine foods, entertainment, raffle prizes and prayer. The archbishop took to the stage to pay homage to the Chinese community for their values of “hard work, teamwork and family unity” and to highlight the contributions and retirement of Canossian Sister Maria Hsu, archdiocesan ethnic ministries director and chair of the Chinese apostolate consultative board.
CCCYO DINNER: CYO Athletics Hall of Fame will induct its 2014 roster, including John Bickle (honored posthumously), Tom King and Peggy Youngblood, at the CYO Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner, Feb. 8 at the O’Reilly Catholic Charities CYO Center in St. Emydius Gym in San Francisco. For tickets, go to http://bit. ly/7thHOF.
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HEALING MASS: Archdiocese of San Francisco Charismatic Renewal will celebrate a healing Mass on March 7 at 7: 30 p.m. at St. Anselm Church, Ross, with rosary at 6:45. All are welcome to fellowship in parish hall following Mass. Father Ray Reyes, charismatic renewal liaison; Father Mike Quinn, pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea; Father Mark Taheny, pastor, St. Sebastian, Greenbrae are among the concelebrants. Visit www.sfspirit.com/; email queenofpeacemarin@yahoo.com; (415) 302-8982.
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Students attend pro-life youth event About 150 middle school and high school students attended the first youth event associated with the Walk for Life West Coast, Jan. 25 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The students listened to presentations by the Sisters of Life about their work and the sanctity of life. Pictured are students from Star of the Sea School, San Francisco, with assistant principal Maureen Lundy; and confirmation students from Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, Half Moon Bay, with confirmation coordinator Liz Neapolitan.
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‘Just think of how this can change someone’s life’ Our Lady of Angels Parish family fills cargo container for delivery to kids, families in Tanzania
Marc Worrall is pictured with his daughter Jessie, Our Lady of Angels pastor Capuchin Father Michael Mahoney and volunteer Louise Schurr Jan. 26 in the parish parking lot where supplies were being collected for children and families in Tanzania.
Worrall and his family will travel to Tanzania and Father Mmbando in July. “My long- term goal is to get kids involved and to have them have a better understanding on how much we have in comparison to the rest of the world,” he said. Worrall would like to see schools and communities adopt parishes or other communities with an open supply of goods and communication going to them regularly. “The key is to get children involved at an early age to start making changes,” Worrall said. “Children can start communicating with other kids from other parts of the world. Our kids will learn to appreciate what they have. “If we can make a small difference in a small part of the world it’s a start. I think we all have a mindset of where do we start, what can I possibly do to make a change? We have to abandon that type of thinking. Think big, start small.”
than to be a 9-year-old girl in Tanzania. The village people are very poor, walking one mile to get clean water. Mud huts have dirt floors.”
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What do you do with a leftover shipping container sitting around a business site you are moving? Ask Marc Worrall of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame, and he’ll tell you: You fill it up with items for kids and families and send it to Tanzania, Africa, where they will be put to very good use. Worrall, whose family owns New England Lobster, came across the empty container – 10 feet wide, 20 feet long and 8 feet high – when the wholesale seafood company moved from South San Francisco to Burlingame. “I thought it would be a good idea to fill it up with relief goods and send it somewhere in Africa,” Worrall told Catholic San Francisco via email. “A few months later I met Father Mark and I thought what better than to send the full container to him.” Father Mark Mmbando is a Capuchin Franciscan friar serving in Africa. Capuchin Franciscans of the Western America Province have been serving the people of OLA since the parish was founded in 1926. Worrall and the priest met when Father Mmbando was visiting OLA about a year ago. In April, the container will go on a freighter from Oakland. The trip to Tanzania should take 59 days. Father Mmbando will take over custody of the goods from there. Worrall said the container cost about $2,500 and he is absorbing all shipping costs and taxes. The container can also be used as a house or some type of shelter after it is emptied, Worrall said. “I am not sure what this will cost me personally,” he said. “I just think of how this can change someone’s life. If a sewing machine can land in the right hands in Africa that person could start a small business and have a new life.” Worrall explained that the people of Father Mmbando’s parish are extraordinarily poor. “We are asking for household goods for the hospitals and schools and community areas,” he said. “Most of the village people do not have electricity. That is why I am looking for solar lanterns.” Worrall and volunteers set up trucks for donations at OLA the weekend of Jan. 25-26 and will again be accepting donations around Masses Feb. 8-9. Items requested include summer and winter clothes for children ages 5-15; school supplies, sports items, medical and personal hygiene items, sewing machines, computers and components, small tools, toaster ovens, and microwave ovens. Monetary donations are also accepted. Checks should be made payable to Our Lady of Angels Parish with a memo note Father Mark Mmbando and mailed to 1139 Eastmoor Road, Burlingame 94010. Worrall’s daughter, Jessie, as well as his sons, Sean and Nick, and wife Sue have joined in on the “Send It” project one and all. The motto of the project, Worrall said, is: “Impossible is nothing.” At OLA Masses leading up to the collection dates, Jessie spoke about the living conditions for the people in Tanzania. She said simply: “I know it is much different to be a 9-year-old girl in Burlingame
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STOCKING STUFFERS: St. Mary’s Auxiliary Holiday Boutique Committee works all year making holiday decorations and handcrafted items to raise funds for a special project at the San Francisco medical center. This year the proceeds benefited the Mercy Sister Diane Grassilli Center for Women’s Health. Since 1995 the boutique has raised more than $200,000. Pictured from left are members Arlene Fife, Victoria Murphy, Pauline McArdle, Cecilia Bermudez, Anne Hohener, Anita Fernandes and Mary Perata. Not pictured are Ellenann Hughes and Doris Gibson. Immaculate Conception Academy. Rose Marie is a graduate of St. Peter School and Mercy High School, San Francisco. Thanks to ever faithful pasta lunch supporter Jerry Heckert who keeps me up to date on the dates with the next spaghetti soiree scheduled for Feb. 19 and third Wednesdays of the month after that and always at noon by the way.
ON HER OWN: When St. Ignatius College Preparatory senior Kyra Powers steps out into the bigger world after this year’s graduation, us big folks can be thankful that someone with such a big heart is sitting at the adult table now. The St. Brendan parishioner has been recognized through the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program with a President’s Volunteer Service Kyra Powers Award. Her good work included helping kids at the San Francisco YMCA and being an ear for foster children. The good work adds up to more than 400 volunteer hours. Kyra’s favorite hobbies are baking pastries and swimming competitively. Her folks are Beth and John Powers. Thanks to SI sophomore Angelina Hue for letting me borrow a few facts from her story about Kyra that appeared in the winter edition of Genesis magazine, SI’s alumni publication. Angelina’s parents are Benson and Mia Hue. HOMEMADE: Still packing in the crowds is the monthly pasta and meatball lunch at Immaculate Conception Church gym on Folsom off Cesar Chavez in San Francisco. The whole nine yards – with what you get for your money it’s more like 10 yards – is just $9 with beverages available for purchase. Thanks to Rose Marie Nadell for calling in to check on the dates for the lunch so she could get her dad, Ralph Cavillo and her aunt Carmen Poka to the famed full plate fest.
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POLL INDICATES SUPPORT FOR ABORTION LIMITS
WASHINGTON – A flurry of pro-life events around the nation augmented the annual March for Life Jan. 22, including a Marist University poll indicating support for abortion restrictions, even among those who call themselves “strongly pro-choice.” Of the “strongly pro-choice” group, 58 percent said they support limiting abortion to, at most, the first three months of pregnancy, according to the poll released Jan. 21 by the Knights of Columbus. Among all Americans, 84 percent support that restriction. Also, 84 percent said they do not see the abortion debate as an all-or-nothing proposition, saying that laws can protect both the well-being of a woman and the life of the unborn. Other findings included: 80 percent of Americans support parental notification before a minor can obtain an abortion; and 55 percent want continued debate on the abortion issue, including 60 percent of respondents ages 18-32, the so-called “millennials.” The National Right to Life Committee, in its own study issued Jan. 21, noted that the number of abortions performed each year since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has gone down from its 1990 high of 1.6 million to an estimated 1.1 million. The committee said the trend is due to pro-life legislative efforts “that have raised awareness.”
Court extends injunction protecting Little Sisters from HHS mandate PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Jan. 24 issued a three-sentence order affirming – for the time being – an injunction blocking enforcement against the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Christian Brothers benefits organization of a mandate to provide contraceptive coverage in employee health insurance. The order released late in the afternoon affirmed Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s Dec. 31 order in the case. It temporarily blocks the federal government from requiring the Denverbased sisters and their co-plaintiffs at Christian Brothers Services from having to meet that requirement of the Affordable Care Act. The attorney for the Little Sisters and the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops welcomed the order. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., speaking in his capacity as president of the USCCB, said in a statement released Jan. 25 that the bishops “welcome the court’s protection of ministries like the Little Sisters, whose vital work is at the heart of what it means to be Catholic.” The Supreme Court’s order said: “If
the employer applicants inform the secretary of Health and Human Services in writing that they are nonprofit organizations that hold themselves out as religious and have religious objections to providing coverage for contraceptive services, the respondents are enjoined from enforcing against the applicants the challenged provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related regulations pending final disposition of the appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.” The requirement to provide coverage for contraceptives in employee health insurance does have an accommodation, or waiver, the government says would keep certain religious organizations from having to comply with the mandate. A statement from Mark Rienzi, senior counsel at the Becket Fund, which represents the Little Sisters, said they are “delighted that the Supreme Court has issued this order protecting the Little Sisters.” The statement said the order means the sisters and the other organizations whose benefits are managed by Christian Brothers Services and Christian Brothers Benefits Trust “must simply
inform HHS of their religious identity and objections.” The statement added that the suit is a class-action case on behalf of more than 400 Catholic organizations whose benefits are managed by the Christian Brothers. The Little Sisters and Christian Brothers Services and Christian Brothers Benefits Trust, which manages the religious order’s benefits, object to being required to justify to the government that they should be entitled to an exemption from the mandate. They argue that filling out the paperwork for a waiver that would instruct a third party to provide the contraceptive coverage amounts to them being part of the mechanism for providing abortion and other morally objectionable types of coverage. “To meet the condition for injunction pending appeal, applicants need not use the form prescribed by the government and need not send copies to third-party administrators,” the order said. The court’s order specified that the injunction “should not be construed as an expression of the court’s views on the merits” of the religious groups’ legal claims.
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with help for the poor, Msgr. Albacete said. “There is conflict many times between works of justice that have to be done and my sacramental vocation.” Cardinal O’Malley said the pope believes the poor are underserved both pastorally and in the area of social services, and this is a significant challenge for the church. He described working with immigrants at the Centro Catolico Hispano in Washington, an “entirely church-sponsored agency” that worked in partnership with government organizations. While the government’s primary interest was the social welfare of the clients, the agency was called to serve the “whole person,” including addressing spiritual needs, he said. Cardinal O’Malley said there is an increase in the number of seminarians in the Archdiocese of Boston in the wake of the scandals. “We’ve gone from a shortage of seminarians to a shortage of room for them,” he said. “These young men, sometimes against the protests of family and friends, want to be of service. ... They want to be part of the new evangelization.” “It’s a very moving experience to see how God’s grace moves in the church,” he added.
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NEW YORK – Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley told Catholics gathered for a Jan. 19 festival, “You can’t be a disciple on a solo flight.” “We are part of the community, part of God’s family, and we have responsibilities for each other. Those who are suffering and those who are poor have a special claim on our love,” he said at New York Encounter 2014. In a freewheeling public conversation with Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete, Cardinal O’Malley reflected on Pope Francis’ admonition, “Go out, head for the periphery.” Msgr. Albacete is a theologian, author, former physicist and chairman of the board of advisers of the Crossroads Cultural Center, an organizer of the event. More than 1,500 people attended the sixth annual encounter, a three-day public cultural festival designed as a witness to faith. The Jan. 17-19 event was also organized by the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation and held at the Manhattan Center. Msgr. Albacete said Pope Francis encourages people
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Cardinal defends publication of JP2’s private notebooks JONATHAN LUXMOORE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WARSAW, Poland – The former personal secretary of Blessed Pope John Paul II has approved the publication of the late pontiff ’s private notebooks, despite a request in his will that they should be burned. “In writing his will, the Holy Father knew he was entrusting these notebooks to someone who would treat them responsibly,” said Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, who not only served as the pope’s personal secretary throughout his almost 27-year pontificate, but was his secretary in Krakow, had been a student of then-Father Karol Wojtyla in the seminary and was ordained to the priesthood by him in 1963. “I had no doubt these were such important items, testifying to the spirituality of a great pope, that it would be a crime to destroy them,” Cardinal Dziwisz told a Jan. 22 news conference in the southern Polish city to announce the release of the notebooks by the local Znak publishing house. However, the planned Feb. 5 publication of the notebooks has been widely criticized in Poland as an act of disloyalty toward the late pope, who said in his will, published at his death in April 2005, that he counted on his secretary to ensure his wishes were observed after his “years of cooperation and help, full of understanding.” An expert on the Catholic Church’s communist-era role, Father Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, urged Poles to boycott Znak and said publication of the notebooks would be “very hurtful” in “consciously violating the pope’s will.” “In European culture, a final will is always binding, as long as its realization
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Newly elected Pope John Paul II – Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla – is pictured as he greets the world from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 16, 1978. isn’t against the law and morality – this is required not just by legal statutes and good manners, but also by respect for the dead,” the priest told Poland’s TVN television. “This public act of disobedience is a form of anti-witness and can’t be justified by any explanation that it’s for the good of the church. Does a clergyman serving as a secretary know better than St. Peter’s successor?” he asked. In a statement, Znak said Cardinal Dziwisz had acted “out of respect for John Paul II” in not destroying the “two simple notebooks,” covering the years 1962-2003, which contained the pope’s “most important personal questions.” It added that the 640-page book, “I Am Very Much in God’s Hands,” would reveal Blessed John Paul’s “care for his dearest friends and collaborators, and the church entrusted to him,” and
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allow readers to “know Karol Wojtyla’s weaknesses,” and “accompany the pope at moments of his greatest closeness to God.” The former pope will be canonized April 27 at the Vatican. Znak’s director, Henryk Wozniakowski, described the notebooks as “a publisher’s dream,” adding that Znak was ready to collaborate with “all the biggest world publishing houses” on foreign-language editions. However, a Catholic Polish Radio commentator called the publication “no more than a marketing ploy.” “The pope left a great deal behind him, illuminating his views and beliefs in every area, and these notebooks merely confirm what we already know,” the commentator, Malgorzata GlabiszPniewska, told Catholic News Service Jan. 27. “Having given so much of himself to the world, John Paul II had a right to keep something private. He taught us the good of the individual, however interesting to others, must always take priority over the good of society,” she said. Cardinal Dziwisz, 74, said in the foreword to the new book that he had “faithfully followed the Holy Father’s will” after his death by “distributing all his possessions, particularly his personal mementos.” However, he added that he had not “had the courage to burn the notebooks” because they provided “the key to his spirituality.”
POPE: CHEER YOUR TEAM BUT PRAISE GOD, TOO
VATICAN CITY – Prayers of praise for God aren’t just for charismatics, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. “We find it easy to understand praying to ask God for something and also to thank the Lord,” he said Jan. 28 at his early morning Mass. But prayers of praise “don’t come so spontaneously.” According to a report in Vatican Radio, Pope Francis focused his homily on a line from the day’s first reading, which described David as “dancing before the Lord with abandon.” Pope Francis said he could imagine someone objecting, “but, Father, that’s for people in the Renewal in the Spirit, not for all Christians.” “No,” he said, “prayers of praise are Christian prayer.” In fact, the pope said, the Psalms are filled with prayers of praise and that’s what the Sanctus or “Holy, Holy” and the Gloria recited at Mass are. Returning to possible objections, he said he knows some people might think they just can’t pray that way. He said he would counter, “You’re able to shout when your team makes a goal, but you cannot sing the Lord’s praises?” Explaining more of the biblical story from the 6th chapter of the Second Book of Samuel, Pope Francis noted how Michal, the daughter of Saul, reproached David for dancing in public and making a spectacle of himself. The chapter ends abruptly with the line, “Saul’s daughter Michal was childless to the day she died.
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Bishops: Quebec euthanasia bill contradicts ‘basic human values’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
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WALK: Tens of thousands march in 10th annual Walk for Life West Coast FROM PAGE 1
event banners that hung from 50 light poles along the Market Street route. His resolution, which would also regulate future banner content, was scheduled for a Board of Supervisors’ vote Jan. 28. “When you peel away the glossy wrappers, the pro-choice movement is about death,” walk speaker Monica Lynn Snyder of Secular Pro-Life told the noontime rally in front of City Hall, calling the pro-life movement the “big tent.” “Everyone who recognizes the horror of abortion is welcome,” said Snyder, 28, of Sacramento. “We are so proud to have the largest number of people and the largest number of youth showing the pro-life face of the West Coast,” said walk cochair Eva Muntean. “We feel like this is so important. You have to be a voice for those who have no voice,” said Mary Eggers of Napa, who came to the walk with her husband Tim and five children ages 6-19. The walk began with a noontime rally at Civic Center Plaza, followed by a two-mile walk, 10 to 15 abreast, filling Market Street, which was closed for the demonstration, ending at Justin Herman Plaza on San Francisco Bay. About 60 counter-demonstrators waved signs and yelled at the midpoint of the walk route near the
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‘Massive’ turnout for Walk for Life
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Tens of thousands marched in San Francisco Jan. 25 at the Walk for Life. Archbishop Cordileone read a message from the papal nuncio supporting the marchers’ witness to the sanctity of life.
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ARCHBISHOP COMPARES EARLY PRO-LIFE BATTLES TO MARRIAGE STRUGGLE TODAY Highlights from Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone’s homily at Jan. 25 Walk for Life West Coast Mass. The entire homily can be heard at https://uno.flocknote. com/note/174755 or read at www. sfarchdiocese.org/about-us/news/2014/ Defending-Human-Life-and-Dignity,from-Generation-to-Generation-3889/. The pro-life movement is about more than saving the life of the baby, although that already is a very great thing and enough to justify all that we do on behalf of life. But the movement is also about the mother, and providing her the emotional, spiritual and material support she needs to make a happy
and truly human choice – indeed, so that she can truly have a choice at all. The pro-life movement is about more than saving the life of the baby. It’s about giving that baby all the care, love and nurturing he or she needs to grow up happy and healthy and to achieve his or her total potential in life. It’s about the mother and a whole network of relationships around that baby that the baby needs in such a vulnerable stage of life. It’s especially about connecting that baby to where he or she came from: the mother and the father. My young people: Your elders in the pro-
life movement have stayed the course during some very hostile and dark times, and now the pro-life movement is stronger than it ever has been. Now it is your turn. It is this wider picture of the pro-life movement that is now the critical issue of the moment and, yes, I won’t hesitate to say it: It is under attack. Yes, marriage is under attack, but not just recently; this has been going on in our society for a very long time now, actually, for at least as long as the abortion-rights movement has been in existence. And it stands to reason, as both are manifestations of what Pope Francis so often refers to as the “throw away” culture.
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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 31, 2014
LETTERS
Income inequality does not indicate injustice The Jan. 17 article of Mr. (Jeff) Bialik (“Growing inequality – a moral challenge for America”) claiming that it is the moral duty of American Catholics to use the coercive power of government to close the difference in earnings and wealth among American citizens is misleading, factually incorrect, a politicization of Catholic theology, and of no consequence to our economic well-being. Income inequality is not an indicator of an economic system that is socially unjust and which must be remedied through forceful redistribution of income or wealth, as advocated by the author’s sources (holy or otherwise). A comprehensive definition of income (U.S. Census Bureau) shows income inequality declined 1.8 percent between 1993 and 2009. Consumption inequality is substantially lower than income inequality, and has been declining in recent years. Using the quintiles methodology of the Congressional Budget Office (which understates real income growth), the October 2011 report shows the lowest quintile grew 18 percent. The most important finding of the CBO was that income in all quintiles grew. According to the OECD, per-capita GDP in the U.S. in 2010 was $46,600, which is 47 percent higher than the $31,800 average per capita GDP in the EU nations in that year. Contrary to the ridiculous allegation of the author that the income and wealth gap are due to greed and Darwinian economics, the most influential factors enabling income growth in the U.S. are (1) greater economic freedom, (2) a highly developed entrepreneurial culture, (3) the electronics revolution, and (4) a large, highly developed venture-capital industry. The U.S. tax system is more progressive than that of any other advanced economy. The top 5 percent pay a disproportionate 44 percent more in taxes that the bottom 95 percent, while 47 percent of tax filers pay no tax at all. The bottom 50 percent of filers pay only 2.3 percent of taxes, and the bottom quintile gets money back. The government provides medical care, public transportation, public parks, public education, unemployment benefits, food stamps, disability benefits, benefits for unwed mothers … and the author claims this country does not have a floor beneath which no citizen can fall. Really! It’s blather like that brings to mind the words of Thomas Sowell: “I have never understood why it is greed to keep the money you’ve earned, but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.” Thomas H. Werdel Jr. Bakersfield Jeff Bialik, executive director of Catholic Charities CYO in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, responds: I appreciate and respect Mr. Werdel’s point of view, though I believe that he read much more into my article than was actually written. My basic premise is that we are all created equal in the eyes of God, a growing inequality in America and in the world is a moral challenge, and the church has a role to play in lending its voice to the dignity and worth of each person. I specifically did not suggest a recommendation for how to address this inequality, though I did argue for an economic floor below which no one is allowed to fall. Mr. Werdel is correct in pointing out the number of social programs that do provide relief and support to many of our friends and neighbors who are struggling. Unfortunately, many of these very programs have recently been cut, including food stamps and unemployment insurance – and more cuts are pending in Congress. While there are no simple answers to these complex challenges, I believe that a country
that does not consider the equitable distribution of income in its policies is in danger of a moral failing that reaches well beyond economics.
Celebrating Juana, city’s ‘founding mother’ Thank you so much for your story on Juana Briones (“Mission artifacts pay homage to ‘founding mother of San Francisco,’” Jan. 17). As a member of the National Association of Professional Latin American Women, I want to share this part of Juana’s story with you: For about five years during the 1980s, a group of San Francisco women sought permission from California state legislators in Sacramento to erect a monument honoring Juana in the North Beach area near Washington Square. Briones was an exemplary The Juana Briones monument at Spanish/Mexican Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. pioneer woman who we consider a role model for all LatinAmerican women. She was a hard-working, independent, smart business woman with a compassionate heart and spirit and was also a landowner, owning what is now all of the North Beach district and more, against all odds. Juana was, is, and always will be an example we should follow with pride. After so many trips to Sacramento, wearing our hot pink T-shirts with purple letters (which I still save) asking “Where is Juana?” on the front, not giving up, we finally won that fight, got the permit and her monument stands there at the corner of Stockton and Filbert streets, across from Sts. Peter and Paul Church, for all San Franciscans to see. Lillian Alfaro-Khan San Francisco The writer is president of the San Francisco Marina/ North Beach Lions Club.
Toward a ‘more incisive female presence’ Re “Women in the church and the in the world,” commentary, Jan. 24: Isn’t it ironic that after all the good things Pope Francis says about women (“But we need to create still broader opportunities for a more incisive female presence in the church”) that he picks eight men to advise him and not one woman. Jane Klinge San Mateo
Negativism holds back church family Re “What popes can and can’t do,” George Weigel, Jan. 17: George Weigel may never change and his last column in which he once again second-guesses Pope Francis on several issues the pope has pinpointed in his first year as problems that need immediate attention demonstrates either his lack of perspective or his stubborn refusal to consider any opinions save his own. Certainly a review of the compassionate messages of Jesus we have in the Gospels could hardly be considered controversial and the pope’s personal
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gestures of reaching out to people as a bridge of communication between clergy and laity and his emphasis on service rather than on maintaining a status quo of privilege and personal power will go a lot further in correcting the negativism that currently holds us back from the best we could aspire to as a church family. I hope that George “gets it” eventually and figures out which side is winning so he can root for it instead of being a heckler all the time. Rosemary K. Ring Kentfield
Government must respect religious identity Jim McCrea writes (“A government of laws, not of men,” letters, Jan. 24), regarding an earlier letter: “The morality to which he refers is a religious choice, not an imposition by the government.” No. Our religion is our identity, which the government is bound to respect, not a choice that it can pressure us to relinquish. The moral judgment in question is a conviction which we’re bound to hold and a truth of which we are made aware. It is not a sectarian rule, but a truth applicable and accessible to all citizens through reason and natural law. What we object to is exactly the “imposition by the government” of the administration’s moral judgment. This is thus more correctly framed as an issue of conscience than of religion. McCrea’s analogies fail. Nobody has a strict moral objection to welfare, and national defense is a primary purpose of centralized government, whereas health care is not. The current law was declared constitutional only by the unfortunate and erroneous allowance of what are clearly coercive fines under the government’s power to “tax.” Is there now nothing that the government can’t force us to do by the same method?! Given this unprecedented power, the administration took the opportunity to impose its morality on all by completely unjustified inclusions in required coverage. Fertility is not a disorder, nor is pregnancy a disease, so the coverage in question represents neither treatment nor preventive medicine. It is rather lifestyle subsidization and ideological social engineering. Christopher Nantista Redwood City
‘We are in the midst of a culture war’ Jim McCrea’s letter, probably unintentionally, provides a solution to the vexing problem of being forced to support something one finds morally wrong. He asks if an earlier letter writer was “willing to allow people who conscientiously object to war to not pay taxes that are used for that purpose.” He then goes on to note that “conscientious objection status is narrowly defined and selectively granted.” So, expand CO status and end it being “selectively granted” only to those who oppose war. Every day I read news stories that clearly show we are in the midst of a culture war. James O. Clifford Sr. Redwood City
Let drought inspire a ‘victory garden’ mentality I hope we pray together for rain to ease the drought and work together to conserve water we now have. I hope to see a “victory garden” mentality that unified people during World War II without casting blame on neighbors and encouraging water frugality. A few ideas in addition to water-saving appliances, toilets, showerheads: Take a Navy shower. Get wet, turn off water to soap yourself, rinse. Put buckets in the shower stall, on the porch and a tub in kitchen sink to catch water runoff and soak dishes. That water and shower stall bucket are dumped into porch bucket and used for general watering of garden. I hope engineers work on desalination powered by solar energy. I hope plumbing entrepreneurs help homeowners in use of gray water with biodegradable detergents only for landscape watering and washing cars. Please, Californians, let’s show the country that we can work together on this in a spirit of cooperation. Droughts are a part of life here. Susan Brown San Carlos
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Changing the music, but not the message
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he Parti Quebecois has proposed a new Charter of Values for the Province of Quebec. The most controversial provision of the bill (Bill 60) would forbid state workers to wear conspicuous religious symbols – kippahs, turbans, hijabs and large crosses, for example. There is something about religious garb that the party finds out of place in the kind of society Quebec wants to be. Isn’t it ironic, in an era when it’s fashionable to impose this kind of secularism, that Esquire magazine should choose Pope Francis JOHN GARVEY as its best dressed man for 2013? (Last year it was Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a movie star.) Pope Francis is undeniably charming, but he wears a white cassock and a big cross. Neither is, as they say in Quebec, a la mode. His zucchetto would not pass muster under the proposed bill. Perhaps the folks in Quebec are just that different from Americans. Quebec looks to France for cultural cues, and the French are devoted to an ideal of laicite. But we see a lot of that in America, too, these days. Take, for example, President Barack Obama omitting the words “under God” when he recited the Get-
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tysburg Address for a Ken Burns documentary last fall. Or think of the stories we now hear every year about public school Christmas concerts (excuse me, Winter festivals) that omit any music mentioning the Lord’s birth, as if Christmas doesn’t count as part of our culture. So what explains the pope’s popularity, even in matters sartorial, in the face of these secularizing trends and growing public embarrassment over religiosity? Maybe the best explanation is that Pope Francis’ wardrobe has a different cultural meaning. Our trendsetters like the fact that he kept his old black shoes and that he turned down the red cape with ermine trim that some popes have worn. (“Carnival time is over,” the BBC records him as saying.) Here is what Esquire said by way of justifying its choice: “The black shoes and unadorned, simplistic regalia are just an outward acknowledgment of his progressive orthodoxy.” Pope Francis is both religious and orthodox, but it’s OK because to them he seems “progressive.” The Advocate – a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender interest magazine – picked Pope Francis as its Person of the Year, too, for this perfectly orthodox statement about people with homosexual inclinations: “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Pope Benedict could have easily said the same.
Holiness, wholeness and depression
xternal appearances can easily fool us, and often do. That’s true in every area of human life, and religion is no exception. Some years ago, I lived in a seminary for nearly two years with a young seminarian who, by all outward appearances, appeared to be the ideal candidate for priesthood and ministry. Intelligent, conscientious, prayerful, strongly committed to his studies, and with a deep concern for the poor, he seemed above the more mundane and secular concerns of his peers. He FATHER RON wasn’t interested in drinkROLHEISER ing beer, arguing football, gossiping, making small talk, or wasting time with the other seminarians. While these other things were going on, he was normally found in either the chapel, the library, or at this desk, busy about more serious things. Moreover, he was always courteous and polite to a fault, no harsh words, bitter slang, or salacious jokes issued from his mouth. He did all the right things. But none of us living with him confused him with a saint. He was a sincere young man but not a particularly happy one. Why not? Because, while externally he was doing everything right, what radiated from his person was not life but depression. His entry into a room had the effect of draining some energy from the room. He was doing everything right, but his energy wasn’t right. The other seminarians, for all their mundane interests, were perceptive and good-hearted enough to recognize that he needed help and would play the Good Samaritan, taking turns sitting beside him at table, hoping to cheer him up a little. The seminary rector too recognized a problem and sent him to a psychologist who told the young man that he was on the edges of a clinical depression and that he would be well-advised to leave the seminary, at least for a while. The young man did leave seminary, eventually regained his health, and is today a man who brings a robust energy into a room. This is not an uncommon example. One of the struggles we perennially face with religious discernment is that it’s easy to mistake depression for sanctity, sentimentality for piety, rigidity for orthodoxy, narrow sectarianism for loyalty, repressed sexuality for wholeness, and denial of one’s complexity for stability. Depression can look like sanctity because the person within its grip will appear to be free from the normal urges that come from our more earthy passions. Sentimentality invariably gravitates toward piety and dresses
itself as devotion. Rigidity invariably cloaks itself as an overzealous concern for truth and orthodoxy, just as narrow sectarianism forever presents itself as fierce loyalty, and repressed sexuality and denial of one’s complexity, especially one’s sexual complexity, take on the guise of wholeness and stability. Depression, sentimentality, fearfulness, rigidity, sectarianism, repression, and denial like to hide behind nobler things. I say this sympathetically. None of us are free from these struggles. But, with that being confessed, we shouldn’t be fooled by false sanctity. Depression, sentimentality, fearfulness, narrowness, rigidity and repression drain the energy from a room. Real sanctity, piety, orthodoxy, loyalty, wholeness and stability bring energy into a room and don’t make you swallow hard and feel guilty because your own blood is filled with a more robust energy. The presence of real sanctity sets you free and gives you permission to feel good about your humanity, no matter how red your blood. Real sanctity attracts and radiates life; it doesn’t unconsciously beg you to play the Good Samaritan to cheer it up. We see this, for example, in Mother Teresa. As we now know from her diaries, she spent the last 60 years of her life in a deep, painful dark night of the soul. During the last 60 years of her life she was struggling interiorly for consolation, yet everything about her radiated the opposite. She filled a room with energy. She lit up a room like a powerful light bulb. She wasn’t just doing all the right things; she was radiating a life-giving energy. And that is how, in the end, we need to discern genuine sanctity, genuine piety, genuine orthodoxy, genuine loyalty, and genuine wholeness from their false guises. Genuine sanctity brings energy into a room, depression drains it from a room; genuine piety, like a beautiful icon, attracts you, sentimentality makes you uncomfortable, wanting to shield your eyes; genuine orthodoxy makes you want to embrace the whole world, rigidity makes you fearful and petty; genuine loyalty has you standing up for your loved ones, narrow sectarianism makes you a bigot; genuine wholeness has already faced the dark chaos of your human and sexual complexity, repression and denial make you huddle in fear before those dark corners. There’s a double challenge in this: First, as this pertains to our own lives, we must be more honest and courageous in facing our own chaos and recognize our perpetual propensity to disguise our weaknesses as virtues. Second, we need, as the poet, William Stafford, puts it, to make sure that we are not following the wrong star home. OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.
America magazine printed a long interview with Pope Francis in September, in which he affirmed the teachings of the church about abortion, gay marriage and artificial contraception, but added, “it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.” The proposed Charter of Values in Quebec claims to uphold “the values of state secularism and religious neutrality and of equality between women and men.” Perhaps the real meaning of secularism, the real importance of religious neutrality, is that these ideologies fit well with our sexual politics about reproductive freedom and gender roles. Members of traditionally orthodox religions – Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Sikh – need to keep their opinions to themselves when they appear in public. What is wonderful about Pope Francis is that he is no less Catholic than his 265 predecessors, but he seems to have found a way past all the cultural barriers. He has not changed the church’s teaching at all, but he has changed the music – so said Time magazine, another publication that made him its Person of the Year. Let us hope everyone remains this willing to listen after they have heard everything he has to say. It could be good for people of all faiths. GARVEY is president of The Catholic University of America in Washington.
The ultimate wisdom behind technology
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esmerized” best describes the people around me who were watching the animated video of the Mars rover Curiosity land on the red planet’s surface. The video was part of an exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington. It includes spectacular pictures of Mars and a model of Curiosity. The video begins with a space capsule and then large rubber balls float down to Mars’ surface. Curiosity lands and then bounces repeatedly before stopping. The rubber balls deflate and there stands FATHER EUGENE Curiosity. Immediately, its sun HEMRICK panels open and its cameras begin surveying the terrain. After being recharged by the sun, it begins moving across Mars’ desert-like surface. As it comes upon a large rock, it stops and its drill removes the rock’s surface. Next, the rover probes inside the rock and analyzes its organic makeup. As I reflected on the technological advances NASA has achieved, other astonishing achievements came to mind. We have come far in such a short time. As I walked home from the exhibit, I wondered, “Are these technological breakthroughs becoming so common that we take them for granted?” It is true that when we take something for granted, much of its awe is diminished. Equally true is the feeling that “it’s to be expected,” and we may no longer be in awe. In this age of breakthroughs, how can we maintain our sense of awe? How can we maintain the gratitude it generates? Our answer can be found at the start of the book of Sirach: “All wisdom is from the Lord and remains with him forever. The sands of the sea, the drops of rain, the days of eternity – who can count them? Heaven’s height, earth’s extent, the abyss and wisdom – who can explore them? ... There is but one, wise and truly awesome, seated upon his throne – the Lord.” Sirach continues: “It is he who created her, saw her and measured her, poured her forth upon all his works.” When we revisit the video on Curiosity and see it through the eyes of Sirach, our awe returns and it is more splendid. Behind these technological feats is the wisdom that God imbued in us. The inspiration behind our mind-boggling achievements comes from God. Curiosity not only left us and traveled to Mars, but it also raises our thoughts up to God.
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Feast of the Presentation of the Lord ‘The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.’ LUKE 2:22-40 MALACHI 3:1-4 Thus says the Lord God: Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will come to the temple the Lord whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who will endure the day of his coming? And who can stand when he appears? For he is like the refiner’s fire, or like the fuller’s lye. He will sit refining and purifying silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, refining them like gold or like silver that they may offer due sacrifice to the Lord. Then the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem will please the Lord, as in the days of old, as in years gone by. PSALM 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord! Lift up, O gates, your lintels; reach up, you ancient portals that the king of glory may come in! Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord! Who is this king of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord! Lift up, O gates, your lintels; reach up, you ancient portals that the king of glory may come in! Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord! Who is this king of glory? The Lord of hosts; he is the king of glory. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!
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HEBREWS 2:14-18 Since the children share in blood and flesh, Jesus likewise shared in them, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who through fear of death had been subject to slavery all their life. Surely he did not help angels but rather the descendants of Abraham; therefore, he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every way, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God to expiate the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested. LUKE 2:22-40 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. He came
in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying: “Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.” The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted - and you yourself a sword will pierce - so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was 84. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer. And coming forward at that very time, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem. When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions of the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
Walking life’s tightrope without a net
ne of my responsibilities as a deacon, which I share with my wife, is presenting classes to newly engaged couples who are preparing for marriage in the church. It’s a very rewarding ministry that allows us to meet some absolutely wonderful people. One thing that constantly strikes me is how young these couples are. Even though my wife and I were only in our early 20’s when we tied the knot, my crotchety 55-year-old self sometimes wonders, are they ready for this big step? Do they have any idea what they’re getting themselves into? Do they understand the risks they’re taking and DEACON MICHAEL the way their lives are about to change? Shouldn’t they MURPHY be going to their proms and swooning over the Beatles? Yet I also smile when I look at them, because I’m not so old that I don’t remember the beautiful hope that filled my wife and me when we were married, the expectation and joy that overwhelmed us as we planned our lives together. These young couples believe, with every ounce of their being, that because of the tre-
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We prefer to take a chance, to take a risk, because the results can be so great! This is undeniably true in our faith lives as well. mendous love they feel for each other, they will be able to rise above any challenges that might come their way. They know it won’t all be rainbows and unicorns, but they’re confident that the risk is well worth it and so they are ready to jump in with both feet! It’s a beautiful thing to see. Of course, I think we all understand that everything worthwhile in life involves risk. If we always stayed safely locked up in our room, life might be comfortable and easy, but it would also be bland and inconsequential. Instead, all those big decisions which impact our lives – marriage, friendship, career – all involve us going outside of ourselves and putting it on the line, with no guarantees of success. Few of us, though, would have it any other way; we prefer to take a chance, to take a risk, because the results can be so great! This is undeniably true in our faith lives as well. I thought of that when I read this week’s Gospel. Simeon had spent decades waiting for the Messiah. Encountering Jesus in the Temple, his life was now complete and he felt great satisfaction and joy.
LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3: Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr; St. Ansgar, bishop. 2 SM 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13. PS 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7. MK 5:1-20. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4: Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 SM 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30-19:3. PS 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6. MK 5:21-43. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5: Memorial of St. Agatha, virgin and martyr. 2 SM 24:2, 9-17. PS 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7. MK 6:1-6.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6: Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs. 1 KGS 2:1-4, 10-12. 1 CHR 29:10, 11ab, 11d-12a, 12bcd. MK 6:7-13. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7: Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. SIR 47:2-11. PS 18:31, 47 and 50, 51. MK 6:14-29. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8: Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of St. Jerome Emiliani, priest; St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin. 1 KGS 3:4-13. PS 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. MK 6:30-34.
Yet I’m sure there were many times over the years where Simeon was tempted to chuck the whole thing, to just go home and do what everyone else in the world was doing. It would have been much easier and probably seemed to make a lot more sense. Instead, he took a chance, trusted in the Lord, and found himself meeting God face to face. The risks were huge; yet the rewards were extraordinary. Today, Simeon is our role model. His faith in our Lord and his incredible perseverance show us how it should be done. God asks the same from us, wanting us to trust him, to walk the tightrope of life without a net. He’s hoping we’ll have the courage to seek him, never giving up, no matter how challenging our journey towards him might be. Then, once we’ve found him, our Lord gently yet firmly pushes us out into the world, confident that we’ll have the courage and the ability to change it, making his kingdom of mercy and compassion a reality. God sends us on a great and glorious mission; not easy, no guarantees, not for the faint of heart. Yet if we take those first tentative steps, we may soon find ourselves, like Simeon, meeting God in ways we never expected. So take a deep breath, step out, and take the risk! Simeon, the young married couples; they’ve all done it. Now it’s your turn! DEACON MURPHY serves at St. Charles Parish, San Carlos, and teaches religion at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton.
COLETTE OF CORBIE 1381-1447 February 7 Born Nicolette Boellet in France, this reforming saint preferred Colette, her nickname. She entered and left several religious orders, then lived as an anchorite, or hermit, for three years. Eventually, she discerned that God wanted her to return Franciscan religious to their original rule of strict poverty. Colette helped inaugurate reforms among Franciscan friars. After reportedly saving the life of a woman dying in childbirth, Colette was considered a patron of expectant mothers.
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SURVEY: After parishioner feedback, St. Dominic expands family ministry FROM PAGE 1
parishioner feedback that will be used to inform the Oct. 5-19 synod agenda to improve pastoral support of married couples and families at his parish. On Jan. 25 St. Dominic kicked off a new Family Ministry Program attended by 10 families who got away for a shared a day of prayer and discussion with Father Hurley and each other. While 10 youth volunteers babysat young children, the adults shared the challenges even faithful marriages and families face. “Life is full of distractions and fragmented attention,” parishioner Judy Kummer said when asked by organizers, at the request of Catholic San Francisco, why she signed up for the family-focused day of fellowship. “Sometimes it’s difficult to prioritize and remember what’s most important.” Kummer said she looked forward to meeting other families with similar challenges and finding solutions as a faith community. Father Hurley, like all pastors in the archdiocese, was asked by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordilieone in November to help bishops prepare for the synod by asking parishioners for feedback to a 39-question preparatory document issued by the Vatican. The anonymous questionnaire asked Catholics to express their understanding and
‘For us the immediate value of the survey was that it let us know that in terms of preparing our parishioners for marriage we have a very strong formation. However, we heard that we are not as strong in supporting marriages once we get the sacrament.’ DOMINICAN FATHER MICHAEL HURLEY Pastor, St. Dominic Parish, San Francisco acceptance of church teachings on sexuality, marriage and family life and report on how effectively they feel the church supports those teachings. While many pastors provided the Vatican-supplied document to parishioners to complete on their own, Father Hurley and his parish council decided to create their own online survey. It presented the same questions as the Vatican survey did but included St. Dominic-specific questions. Their purpose was twofold: to simplify the somewhat daunting, theology-heavy questionnaire to make it more approachable and to gather feedback they could use to analyze the effectiveness of St. Dominic’s own pastoral approach to marriage and family. In an interview with Catholic San Francisco in December days after the
deadline of his online survey, Father Hurley emphasized that the Vatican’s poll of the pews is not market research, like a Gallup poll. “Market research means that somehow the market is going to change the message,” he said. “For us the market isn’t going to change the Catholic message. But it may help us better capture and articulate the richness of the Catholic tradition of what marriage and family is all about.” Results from the survey which were sent in summary rather than statistical form from pastors to the archbishop just before Christmas, have now been sent along to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for retrieval by Rome. According to Father Hurley, feedback from St. Dominic parishioners
affirmed the parish’s support of marrying couples while shining a light on a blind spot: Parishioners said it should invest as much time supporting Catholic marriages and families as it does creating them. “For us the immediate value of the survey was that it let us know that in terms of preparing our parishioners for marriage we have a very strong formation,” said Father Hurley. “However, we heard that we are not as strong in supporting marriages once we get the sacrament.” The Family Life Ministry program that kicked off last weekend is not a knee-jerk reaction to this feedback – the idea had been in development – but the results from the synod survey confirmed the need for it and pushed it forward. Father Hurley says young marriages and new families with children between ages 1-5 are the focus of this ministry. “When it comes to the struggles of marriage, separation and divorce are most likely in the first five years,” he said. Parents Steve and Sandy Finnegan are grateful for the new ministry. “We want to connect with other families who share in and affirm the teachings of the church to help raise our daughter in a challenging, secular city,” the couple said in response to a query to ministry organizers by Catholic San Francisco.
‘NEW ERA’: Pope moving church ‘closer to the people,’ says top adviser FROM PAGE 1
instead of just listening and saying, no, here this is the wall. I believe he’ll get there, and understand other views. But for now he’s still only at the beginning.” The cardinal’s remarks follow recent criticisms of Cardinal-designate Muller, formerly bishop of Regensburg, Germany, for what some bishops and cardinals see as an overly rigid stance on church teaching in some areas. The archbishop was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to head the doctrinal congregation in July 2012 and named a cardinal by Pope Francis Jan. 12. Speaking Jan. 21 at a Catholic university symposium in Venice, Cardinal-designate Muller said he believed church life should not be “so much concentrated on the pope and his Curia.” He said the pope’s November apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), did not, “contrary to superficial interpretations, contain any instructions for a change of direction or revolution.” However, in the interview, Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga said the pope’s priority was that the church should “reach the common people,” and show compassion through “a different kind of care for the world, especially the needy.” He added that there had been “a lot of shouting” against the pope’s “critique of capitalism” in “Evangelii Gaudium,” especially in “U.S. business circles” who did not “understand reality.” “Who says capitalism is perfect, especially since the recent financial market crisis?” the cardinal said. “This crisis didn’t hit the poor, but rich America and rich Europe, and
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Pope Francis and young people wave from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Jan. 26. The two young people at his side launched doves to highlight the church’s call for peace in the world. it wasn’t the invention of liberation theology or the result of the ‘option for the poor.’ When no one criticizes capitalism, this is something false,” he said. Asked about calls for the church to change its attitude to divorced and remarried Catholics, Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga said the church was “bound by God’s commandment” that “what God has joined together, man must not divide.” However, he explained that there were “many ways to interpret” the commandment, and “still much room for a deeper interpretation” without reversing the teaching. The cardinal said an October Synod of Bishops on the family would tackle
new social issues such as surrogate parenthood, childless marriages and same-sex partnerships which were “not even visible on the horizon” at the last family synod in 1980. “We have the traditional doctrine, and, of course, the traditional teaching will continue,” Cardinal Rodriquez Maradiaga said. “But pastoral challenges require timely answers. They can’t any longer come from authoritarianism and moralism.” He said the cardinals who elected Pope Francis in March knew that “much had to change in the church.” He added that changes now “high on the agenda” included plans to make the Synod of Bishops a “useful and
powerful tool of collegial leadership,” rather than a body “meeting in Rome every three years,” and the creation of a new Congregation for the Laity to reflect the fact that laity “constitute the vast majority of God’s people.” A new constitution for the Curia also was planned, the cardinal said. It would replace Pope John Paul II’s 1988 apostolic constitution, “Pastor Bonus,” on the structure and responsibilities of the Curia. The cardinal promised it would be “something completely new, not just a modification or adaptation.” “There are plenty of staff in the Curia who agree it cannot stay as it is and are supporting us with their own proposals. The Curia is by no means a monolithic bloc,” he said.
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OBITUARIES SISTER MARY MCMAHON, RSCJ, 87
Religious of the Sacred Heart Sister Mary McMahon died Jan. 15 at Oakwood, the congregation’s retirement center in Atherton. She was 87 years old and a Religious of the Sacred Heart for 66 years. Born in Omaha, Neb., she held an undergraduate degree in economics from her congregation’s Duchesne College in Omaha as well as a graduate degree from the University of Sister Mary Nebraska. McMahon, RSCJ Sister Mary taught at Sacred Heart schools in Chicago and Menlo Park. She is a former director of Oakwood and served in leadership posts in the sisters’ formation programs for women joining the order. The Sacred Heart Sisters said in announcing her death: “One word could sum up Sister McMahon’s life story, with its variety of ministries: happiness.” She is survived by her sisters Sacred Heart Sister
Catherine McMahon, Jean Fitzpatrick and Colleen McMahon. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Feb. 1, 10 a.m. at at Oakwood, 140 Valparaiso Ave., with burial in the Sacred Heart cemetery there. Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108.
SISTER MARCELLA MCMACKIN, OP, 89
Sister Marcella McMackin, a Dominican Sister of San Rafael for 58 years, died at Our Lady of Lourdes Convent in San Rafael Jan. 17. She was 89 years old. Born in San Francisco, Sister Marcella attended Star of the Sea School and its high school. She entered the Dominicans in 1955 taking the name Sister Mary Joachim. Sister Marcella was an educator Sister Marcella for 37 years including service at McMackin, OP St. Isabella School, San Rafael, and
St. Dominic School, San Francisco. She retired from teaching in 1995. “Sister Marcella had a gift of attention to many details,” the Dominican sisters said. “She had a keen sense of humor.” Sister Marcella is survived by her sister, Margaret. A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 24 at the Dominican Sisters Center in San Rafael with interment in St. Dominic Cemetery, Benicia. Remembrances may be sent to the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, Development Office, 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael, CA, 94901.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SOUGHT The Department of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking elementary principals for the 20132014 school year. Candidates must be practicing Roman Catholic, possess a valid teaching credential, a Master’s degree in educational leadership, an administrative credential (preferred), and five years of successful teaching experience at the elementary level.
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Position Title: Director of Music Experience: Previous Pastoral Experience Salary: Commensurate with Experience with benefits Starting Date: February 1, 2014 Holy Name of Jesus Parish in San Francisco is seeking a dynamic person for a part-time Director of Music position. The Director of Music will oversee the overall music program of the parish. The candidate must demonstrate a solid understanding of Catholic liturgy promoting a conscious, active and full participation of the congregation. He or she must have the ability to play the organ and piano, direct the parish choir and develop other vocalists and instrumentalists for the liturgy. Specific Requirements include: Provides music for Saturday, 5PM Vigil Mass, and Sunday, 7:30 AM (if needed) , 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM Masses. Directs Holy Name Choir at the 11:30 AM Mass and rehearses with them once a week or as needed. Attends and works together with the Liturgy Committee to prepare community celebrations. Provides incidental music, preludes and postludes, as necessary for all the Masses. Oversees maintenance of all music instruments and organizes the music library. Recruits new members for music ministry. Provides liturgical aides (eg. Lyrics of songs) to be projected on the screen. (Occasionally available for weddings and funerals when necessary – additional stipend.) Leads and accompanies the community as the principal Music Minister for liturgies that may fall outside the regular weekend Masses: Paschal Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday Solemn Liturgical Services, Easter Vigil), Christmas Midnight Mass, and all Christmas Day Masses (7:30 AM; 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM) Ash Wednesday Masses on the Holy Days of Obligation (Assumption, Immaculate Conception, Mary, Mother of God (New Year’s Day), All Saints Day Morning Mass on the National Holidays of Memorial Day and Labor Day. Thanksgiving Day whenever the school music director is unavailable. Desired Characteristics: A person of faith with a worshipping attitude Able to work with and supervise others Skilled in church organ and piano Skilled in choral conducting and direction Well-rounded musically, with knowledge of all styles of music from Traditional Gregorian Music to Contemporary Ability to train others in Choral Singing and Cantoring Ability to work with ipad/Mac/projector/ screen Strong organizational skills with great attention to detail Perform other duties assigned by the Pastor Able to work collaboratively as part of a team with various age groups. Requirements: Music degree Previous successful experience in planning liturgy and music in the Roman Catholic Rite Previous supervised Pastoral experience in Parish Ministry Excellent communication and organizational skills Available for weekend work Job opened date: December 30, 2013 Job closed date: January 31, 2014 Job type: part time with benefits Special Instructions: Applicants must submit a letter of interest along with resume and send to: Rev. Arnold E. Zamora, Pastor
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FRIDAY, JAN. 31
SATURDAY, FEB. 2
PRO-LIFE: Volunteers to peacefully witness the message of life at Planned Parenthood, 35 Baywood Ave., San Mateo, Fridays, 2-4 p.m. Group prays and offers help with accurate information verbally or with pamphlets. Jessica, (650) 572-1468.
SATURDAY, FEB. 1 BYZANTINE TALKS: “Looking East” series on Eastern Christianity by pastor, Father Kevin Kennedy, Our Lady of Fatima Byzantine Catholic Church, 5920 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, 10 a.m. Divine Liturgy with fellowship at noon and talk at 1 p.m. Series continues first Saturdays of the month. All welcome throughout the day; www. byzantinecatholic.org; www.facebook. com/byzantinecatholicsf; (415) 7522052. PEACE MASS: Most Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond St., San Francisco, 9 a.m., Father Brian Costello, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist. Zonia Fasquelle, zoniafasquelle@gmail. com.
SUNDAY, FEB. 2 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m., Xiyan Wang, piano, with Shan Huang, trumpet; (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. All recitals open to the public, free will offering accepted at the door; www.stmarycathedralsf.org; ample free parking.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5 DIVORCE SUPPORT: Meeting takes place first and third Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish O’Reilly Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus, San Francisco. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu.
CONSECRATED LIFE MASS: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant and homilist of a Mass commemorating women and men religious at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Archbishop Gough Street at Salvatore J. Geary Boulevard, Cordileone San Francisco, 11 a.m. The liturgy will have a special focus on those celebrating milestone or jubilee years in their vocation. Email conrottor@sfarchdiocese.org. (415) 614-5500, Office for Consecrated Life.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 6
ANNIVERSARY MASS: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant of English/Spanish bi-lingual Mass marking “Five-year” anniversaries – 5, 10, 15 through 50 years and over 50 years - of married Catholic couples in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, 10 a.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Reception follows. To register and more information visit www.sfanniversary.info; email hopfnere@sfarchdiocese.org; Betty Reichmann, (415) 614-5680.
SUNDAY, APRIL 6 CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant of Mass commemorating 50th anniversary of the dedication of Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Avenue and Lawton, San Francisco, 10:30 a.m. Father Arnold Zamora, pastor, is among concelebrants. Reception following in Ryan Hall. (415) 6648590; email hnchurch50th@gmail. com; visit www.holynamesf.org.
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LECTURE: Conscience Project Series at Santa Clara University, 7 p.m., Weigand Room, Arts and Sciences Building. Feb. 6: “Women Speak for Themselves: Conscience and the New Catholic Feminism,” with Helen Alvare, professor, George Mason University School of Law and said to be among leading Catholic legal scholars in the U.S. Alvare has written widely on legal matters concerning marriage, parenting, non-marital households, abortion, and the First Amendment
FRIDAY, FEB. 7 MORNING MASS: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club, St. Sebastian Hall, Greenbrae, 7 a.m. Mass with talk following. Jesuit Father Joe Eagan will tell how Jesuit spirituality will further impact the pontificate of Pope Francis. Members breakfast $8, others $10, (415) 461-0704 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Sugaremy@aol.com.
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SUNDAY, FEB. 9 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m., Ryan Enright, organist; (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. All recitals open to the public, freewill offering accepted at the door; www.stmarycathedralsf.org; ample free parking. INTERFAITH ART: “Sacred Words: Finding Common Ground” at Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael through April 11. Exhibit showcases artists from multiple faith traditions. Sponsors include St. Raphael Parish and Mission, San Rafael. Visit www. MarinJCC.org/CJP. Call (415) 4448000.
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CCCYO DINNER: CYO Athletics Hall of Fame will induct its 2014 roster, including John Bickle (honored posthumously), Tom King and Peggy Youngblood, at the CYO Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner at the O’Reilly Catholic Charities CYO Center in St. Emydius Gym in San Francisco. For tickets, go to http:// bit.ly/7thHOF.
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SATURDAY, FEB. 8 WORLD DAY OF SICK MASS: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant and homilist, 11 a.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. “A special time of prayer and sharing, of offering one’s suffering for the good of the church and of reminding everyone to see in his sick brother or sister the face of Christ who, by suffering, dying and rising, achieved the salvation of mankind,” as stated by Blessed
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TUESDAY, FEB. 11 DIVORCE SUPPORT: Meeting takes place second and fourth Tuesdays, St. Bartholomew Parish Spirituality Center, Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Springs Road, San Mateo, 7 p.m. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu.
THURSDAY, FEB. 13 PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro-life meets 7:30 p.m., St. Gregory Parish Worner Center, 138 28th Ave., San Mateo at Hacienda. Jessica, (650) 572-1468.
SUNDAY, FEB. 16 CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. featuring Hans Uwe Hielscher, organist. (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. All recitals open to the public, freewill offering accepted at the door; www.stmarycathedralsf.org; ample free parking.
SATURDAY, FEB. 22 HANDICAPABLES MASS: Handicapables Mass and lunch, noon, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Father Kirk Ullery is principal celebrant and homilist. All disabled people and their caregivers are invited.
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9 DAYS OF GRACE: “Nine Days of Grace: a Jesuit Retreat,” at St. Ignatius and St. Agnes churches, San Francisco daily through Feb. 20. This collaboration of the Jesuit ministries Father Peter in San Francisco Byrne, SJ is open to all. Jesuit Father Peter Byrne of the Oregon Province of Jesuits and Megan Pryor Lorentz, director, St. Agnes Ignatian Spiritual Life Center, are presenters of this preached retreat on everyday life. Weekdays and Saturday Feb. 15, the sessions take place 12:05 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church, corner of Fulton and Parker streets, and weekdays and Sunday Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic at Oak Street. Parking in Oak Street lots. The retreat theme is “Fall in love, Stay in love … it will make all the difference,” inspired by the appeal of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe urging the practical act of finding and falling in love with God. No registration is necessary. Free will offerings gratefully accepted. Email DaysofGraceSF@gmail.com; visit www.saintagnessf.com, www. stignatiussf.org.
ICA LUNCH: Immaculate Conception Academy’s “Celebrating Women in Business” luncheon, Julia Morgan Ballroom, 11:30 a.m., tickets $75. Guest speaker is Cara Peck, head of Enterprise Talent Planning and DeCara Peck velopment Services for Wells Fargo Bank. Peck serves on the Endowment Committee of the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco and is a member of the United Way Women’s Leadership Council. Rhonda Hontalas, (415) 824-2052; rhontalas@icacademy.org.
Volunteers are always welcome to assist in this cherished tradition. Call Randy Devoto of the Knights of Malta at (415) 321-1100.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 LENTEN EVENING: Carmelite Father David Simpson leads “Praying with St. Teresa of Avila,” 7 p.m., St. Teresa of Avila Church, 1490 19th St. at Connecticut, San Francisco. (415) 2855272; email info@ stteresasf.org; Visit Father David www.stteresasf.org. Simpson Father Simpson also speaks March 26, 7 p.m.
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THEOLOGY CAFÉ: A speaker series at St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, 1100 Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City featuring topics associated with Vatican II and the church of today. Feb. 27: Michael Neri, professor, St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, Menlo Park. Sister Norberta, (650) 3611411, ext. 115; srnorberta@pius.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 1 PEACE MASS: St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, 9 a.m., Msgr. Labib Kobti, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist. Zonia Fasquelle, zoniafasquelle@gmail.com.
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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of December HOLY CROSS COLMA Alan J. Airoldi Irma C. Almendarez Charles H. Andrus, Jr Annie Rose Aranjo Norine M. Arrighi James Bruce Atkinson Pauline A. Attard Teofilo C. Bagain Nadine Sinsheimer Bauer Juan Alfredo Bermudez Jonathon Betts Mary Jacqueline Biagas Jerko Boban Guadalupe L. Borromeo Karen Ann Bosso Elizabeth E. Botti Michael A. Bregante Agnes Anne Brogan Elsie L. Brolan Mary Butcher Lillian G. Butler Genevieve C. Buzzard Richard Calvillo Philip J. Caracciolo Mary Louise Chavez Sofia Marie Chavez-Jimenez Rose S. Chow Mary Ciappara Vincent Cilia William Patrick Crawford Daniel E. Da Luz Geraldine A. Dacosta Guillermo R. De Jesus Celestina P. Deang Bruno J. Del Castello Sergio del Rio, M.D. Susan E. Dillard Maizie J. Dong Terence Dowling Fernando G. Dueñas Adelemarie Dunne Concha Echarte Anthony Edward Erigero
Alexander Shura Fadeff Patrick Joseph Ferdon Carmelita Fontanilla Kenneth Franklin Maria Gabara Giacomina E. Galletti Alicia Zitlalapa Garces Gladys M. Garneij Albina Ghilardi Lillian Giovanelli Ida Giovannoni Arthur C. Gonzales Leonard Gonzalez Tosca V. Graziani Harry R. Guichard Jose Guzman Margaret Mary “Peggy” Hoenisch Felicidad D. Ignacio Jimmie S. Jaber Sr. Mary Francine Jackson, RSM Maryann “Miranda” Jacopi James Jaurigui Joanne B. Johnson Keith Andrew Jones Colleen S. Kilkeary Anne J. Kimbel Mary J. Klung Krzysztof Kupczyk Sr. Anna Marie Law, RSM Valerie Bradley Lilja Lorraine Littrell James “Jim” Madden
Frances A. Mahoney Ricardo Majano Olga M. Martin Jeanette Alla Martinelli Dolores E. Mattias Eugene McPeake Esmeralda Mejia-Nolasco Florita Asistido Miller Jacqueline A. Mitchell George A. Moore Joan Mussalem-Dunne Antonio Do Nascimento Elizabeth Nemes Thomas T. Nyhan Thomas J. O’Connell Noreene G. O’Keeffe Jeanne Elizabeth O’Shea Jaime Ortega Adolfo Perez-Huerta Jose Perez, Jr. Nadine U. Pfirter Albert Puccini Catherine A. Pult Miguel Cortez Quiambao Anthony J. Ramezzano Bernice Ratti John W. Ratto Homer Reyes Kathleen Marie Riek Manuel Rivas, Sr. Betty Gobert Sanquist Diane Sarro
Rosemary A. Sauders Lucille J. Selleck Estela Shea Ana Julia Silva Mejia Josefina C. Solis Glenn A. Stepp Annette Sulpizio Audrey M. Taylor Jean Carey Tollini Natividad Singson Utanes Winifred E. Williams Margaret M. Zarcone August E. “Gus” Zipse
HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Marie Booth Dreyer
MT. OLIVET, SAN RAFAEL Miguel Anchordoqui Noel A. Anthony Mario Schiano Di Cola Albert C. Locati Frank O’Leary Dino C. Ratto Samuel Taormina
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA FIRST SATURDAY MASS – Saturday, February 1, 2014 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Rev. Joseph Landi, Celebrant • St. Cecilia Parish
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January 31, 2014 Dear Friends in Christ: In the Preface Dialogue at the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer, the priest says, “Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.” And the people reply, “It is right and just.” Each Mass reminds us that we need to be grateful. We are asked to give thanks to the Lord. In his book “The Imitation of Christ,” the 15th century monk and mystic Thomas à Kempis exhorted us to be grateful for the gifts God has for us, small and large: “Be grateful, therefore, for the least gift and you will be worthy to receive a greater. Consider the least gift as the greatest, the most contemptible as something special. And, if you but look to the dignity of the Giver, no gift will appear too small or worthless.” God’s gifts may sometimes seem routine, or expected – after all, He loves us – but that should not stop us from giving Him our thanks. Do you remember when you were a child, saving several weeks’ allowance money to buy that special gift for your Mom from the local five & dime store? Do you remember how good you felt when your Mom opened that package and saw the gift you so carefully chose for her? Can you see the gratitude in her eyes when she thanked you for that special item you found just for her? That is what God wants us to feel, that special feeling of gratitude and of giving. The theme of the 2014 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal takes its inspiration from Psalm 118:28: “You are my God, I give you thanks…” In this Psalm, God emphasizes our need to rely on Him, for He loves us, He cares for us and protects us, and we are to be grateful for all He does. Just because it may seem routine or expected doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve gratitude. As servants of our Lord, we are asked to be grateful for what we receive, to be thankful for the abundance of God’s love and care. I ask you to be thoughtful of God’s pouring out of this kindness to us. Please be as generous as you can to support the 2014 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal to further the building of His Kingdom here in our Archdiocese. With my gratitude for your continued support of the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal and my prayerful best wishes, I am, Sincerely yours in our Lord,
Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone Archbishop of San Francisco The purpose of the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is to assist in funding the overall budget of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and to maintain awareness of needs in the church beyond each parish. Along with other funding sources, the Annual Appeal enables the archbishop to provide ministries, programs and services that benefit all parishes and people in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The total budget of the Archdiocese of San Francisco is about $10.3 million. This amount includes a projected expenditure of $8.2 million for ministries and services. The Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is the method used to help fund these expenditures for ministries and services. The Archbishop’s Stewardship Council, which includes 11 pastors of the archdiocese - one from each of the 11 deaneries, oversees the process and recommends individual parish assessments for the Annual Appeal. The pastors of the archdiocese have agreed that 16.85 percent of the aggregate ordinary income of the parishes will be provided to fund ministries and programs that support the work of all the parishes. The assessment process takes a wide range of factors into consideration, and assessments for individual parishes may be above or below the aggregate average. The process also includes the approval of the Archbishop and an opportunity for appeal. The total contribution from parishes to the 2014 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is about $5.6 million. This amount represents over half of the total budget of the archdiocese, money required to support the ministries and programs of the parishes, archdiocesan direct ministry, and centralized administrative services that benefit parishes. The Annual Appeal supports ministries provided through the parish and provides direct ministry when the scope is too large or complex for any one parish. It also maintains centralized services and support for all parishes and schools, and provides for support of clergy and support of the Universal Church. (See “WHAT YOUR GIFTS SUPPORT” on page AAA2 and AAA3.) S P EC I A L S U P P L E M E N T
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WHAT YOUR GIFTS SUPPORT NOTE: The amounts shown represent the anticipated contribution of Archbishop’s Annual Appeal funds to the ministries listed during the coming fiscal year.
Parish/School Ministry $779,300 The Department of Catholic Schools prepares students for a Christian life by providing policies and programs for religious and general education in preschool, elementary and secondary schools. The department supports 22 preschools (803 students), 60 elementary and middle schools (16,540 students in kindergarten through Eighth grade), 14 high schools (7,879 students), and more than 2,100 full-time and part-time teachers, administrators, counselors, librarians, and support personnel. The Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry serves parishes in connecting adults in their twenties and thirties, (married, single, divorced, with or without children), to Jesus and to parish communities throughout the Archdiocese. The office seeks to help increase a welcoming spirit that seeks out young adults and affirms their gifts and needs. This office also serves as the liaison between the Archdiocese and the Campus Ministry programs of local colleges and universities. The Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry nurtures the lifelong faith formation of people by animating leadership training to ensure a holistic approach to their ministry. The office provides Catechist and Youth Ministry formation, enrichment and guidance, catechist certifications, Sacramental preparation classes and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) classes. The office also provides adult faith and youth leadership formation and classes in sacraments and catechesis for persons with special needs. The Office of Worship provides liturgical resources for worthy celebration of the Roman Rite. The office prepares special liturgies for major celebrations; gives presentations on liturgical spirituality, theology and ministries; trains extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion and lectors, provides catechesis on the Roman Rites and assists parishes to place qualified liturgical personnel. With the Archdiocesan Worship Commission, the office also consults on church art and architecture, the formation and work of liturgy committees, and related liturgical activities.
Archdiocesan Direct Ministries $695,000 Ethnic Ministries celebrates the rich diversity of cultures, languages and races through programs and gatherings that promote intercultural education, dialogue, communication and understanding. Ethnic Ministries provides support for 22 different ethnic communities including AfricanAmerican, Chinese, Filipino, Spanish-speaking and others. Ethnic Ministries also sponsors multicultural celebrations and collaborates with other archdiocesan offices to develop multicultural program components in order to integrate different communities into the church of the archdiocese. The Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns embodies the teachings found within the parable of the Good Samaritan by seeing injustice as a personal call to action, and making a commitment to address the needs of the suffering person. The office provides education and advocacy on behalf of the unborn, the poor, the elderly, the imprisoned, the homeless, the disabled and the marginalized in our society. Its programs include Respect Life, Restorative Justice, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Advocacy Training
and Parish Organizing. The office also collaborates with the California Catholic Conference and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to provide representation to local and national government officials and civic leaders on legislative issues that are of great importance to all Catholics due to their moral implications. The Office of the Metropolitan Tribunal and Canonical Affairs serves as a resource to the archbishop and the Catholic community in order to maintain and uphold the universal and particular laws of the church. The Tribunal assists individuals seeking to reconcile with the church by evaluating the status of individual marriages, as the church understands that bond. It also seeks to protect the rights of the faithful, including the right to a good reputation, while mindful of the obligations inherent with being a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The Office of Ecumenical and Intereligious Affairs represents the Archbishop and the Archdiocese in our relationships with approximately 70 other spiritual communities within the Christian church (Episcopal, Evangelicals and others) and outside Christianity (Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and others). The influence and work of the office extend beyond the boundaries of the Archdiocese – regional in California, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii; national in Washington D.C.; and international in Rome. The Ministry to the Spanish Speaking works with the Archbishop and the Vicar for Spanish Speaking to be effective instruments of evangelization for the Spanishspeaking community. The office supports small Christian communities, ecclesial movements and the Archdiocesan Spanish Speaking Pastoral Council to affirm and empower the laity in their baptismal vocation of service. The office provides adult faith formation programs to develop leadership and enrich spiritual life and seeks to empower Spanish-speaking youth and young adults to serve others by supporting the Archdiocesan Spanish Speaking Young Adult Pastoral Team. The office also cultivates teamwork and support among other ministry offices such as Worship, Family Life, Respect Life/Restorative Justice, Vicar for Spanish Speaking and others, in order to support parish pastoral needs. The Office for Consecrated Life. The Director of the Office for Consecrated Life serves as a liaison between the Archbishop and the Religious of the Archdiocese. The office director represents the Archbishop at congregation functions, visits religious houses, is available to individual Religious and local communities and provides guidance to new religious communities. The office is assisted by the members of the Council of Religious who help arrange for annual gatherings with the Archbishop and Auxiliary Bishops. The Office of Marriage and Family Life supports Catholic families through marriage preparation retreats and training of marriage preparation leaders, instruction in Natural Family Planning and by offering programs for enrichment of married couples. The office oversees the FOCCUS program, a marriage compatibility inventory administered as part of the marriage preparation process. The office also liaises with Marriage Encounter, Retrouvaille, ecclesisal movements such as Couples for Christ and Movimiento Familiar Cristiano Catolico and other Catholic family oriented support programs, including grief ministry and infertility support groups. Finally, the office supports marriage through education and through events such as the Wedding Anniversary Mass and the Archdiocesan Day for Marriage and Families.
Clergy $1,062,900
Centralized Services $2,004,500
The Office of the Vicar for the Clergy assists and supports priests, deacons, and seminarians in their ministry to the people of the Archdiocese. The Vicar for Clergy oversees the work of the Priest Personnel Board, the Retirement Board, the Ongoing Formation of Priests Board and works with the Director of Vocations, the Director of Ongoing Formation of Priests, the Director of Diaconate Formation, the Director of Permanent Diaconate, the Vicar for Spanish speaking, and the Vicar for the Filipino Community. The Annual Appeal assists in this work by funding for clergy formation and ongoing studies, clergy retreats and days of recollection, clergy sabbaticals, and supplemental retirement needs.
The Office of Human Resources provides a comprehensive human resources framework for more than 4,300 parish, school and Pastoral Center employees. The office strives to ensure that personnel policies and programs throughout the archdiocese are consistent, understood and enforced uniformly; address the human resources challenges that our local church faces consistent with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ publication, Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord; and comply with federal, state and local laws. The office administers a competitive array of employee benefits such as health insurance, pension and retirement savings plans, disability protection, and employee assistance services. The office also facilitates comprehensive training programs and coaching for employees in leadership positions in areas such as Employment Law, Performance Management, Wage and Hour regulations, Sexual Harassment Prevention, and Salary Administration.
The Office of Vocations fosters and supports a Vocations Culture in the parishes, Catholic schools and religious education programs of the Archdiocese. Responding to Jesus’ mandate: “The harvest is rich, but the laborers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his field”, (MT. 9:37), the office places special emphasis on prayer resources and discernment materials that help candidates discover their individual calling in life. In addition to the promotion of vocations to the diocesan priesthood and religious life, the office collaborates with the various seminaries and houses of formation that educate the priestly candidates of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The Office of Permanent Diaconate supports the ministry and lives of the deacons and their wives who serve the Archdiocese. The office addresses concerns that relate to ministry assignments, the ongoing education of deacons, and the spiritual, financial and health concerns of the deacons and their families. The office supports 19 parishes in San Francisco with 28 deacons, 25 parishes in San Mateo with 45 deacons and 8 parishes in Marin with 13 deacons. The office also arranges annual retreats and social events, and assists to screen and admit candidates for the five-year deacon formation program.
Universal Church $1,081,600 Universal Church - In addition to the ministries and services provided by the Archdiocese, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal also contributes to the larger work of the California Conference of Bishops, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Vatican. The Department of Communications and Outreach manages internal communications to pastors, clergy, religious and laity, and external communications such as media relations, public relations, public information, IT department and special projects handling. The office publishes Catholic San Francisco, San Francisco Católico, the official Archdiocesan Directory and produces television and radio programs including “Mosaic” on KPIX-Channel 5, and “The Archbishop’s Hour” on Immaculate Heart Radio/1260 AM. The office also manages the archdiocese’s external and internal websites and controls the content of digital media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and YouTube.
Real Estate and Property Services assists with acquisitions and sales of real estate. The office manages all the leases of the Archdiocese and assists with ongoing maintenance issues and construction projects. The office also resolves all property issues when a parish is closed or sold, and handles Property Tax Exemptions for the Archdiocese. The Office of Finance maintains financial records for all Pastoral Center programs and administrative functions including banking and investment activities. The office also prepares and oversees the financial accounting and reporting guidelines used by Archdiocesan parishes and schools. In addition, the office assists other Archdiocesan entities with financial administration activities, as needed. The Office of Development oversees capital campaigns, planned giving and fundraising efforts of the Archdiocese, its agencies, parishes and schools. The office supports the Archdiocese to fund its ministries and services by administering the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal and leads fundraising efforts for the Priests’ Retirement Fund. The office also ensures that fundraising in the Archdiocese complies with applicable ethical and legal standards.
The Vallombrosa Retreat Facility, the Archives Office and the Department of Cemeteries are also Centralized Functions.
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Archbishop’s Annual Appeal 2014 Total Goal = $ 5,623,300 2014 Parish Assessments SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY PARISH
ASSESSMENT
PARISH
ASSESSMENT
PARISH
ASSESSMENT
(101) Cathedral of St. Mary
$ 54,000
(128) St. Gabriel Church
$ 97,200
(152) Our Lady of Lourdes Church
$ 14,800
(103) St. Agnes Church
$ 74,400
(132) Holy Name of Jesus
$ 50,700
(153) St. Patrick Church
$ 57,100
(105) St. Anne of the Sunset Church
$ 45,700
(133) St. Ignatius Church
$163,000
(155) St. Paul Church
$ 56,300
(107) St. Anthony of Padua Church
$ 32,000
(136) St. James Church
$ 15,600
(156) St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church
$ 21,800
(109) St. Boniface Church
$ 16,200
(137) St. John the Evangelist Church
$ 29,600
(157) St. Peter Church
$ 18,100
(111) St. Brendan Church
$117,600
(138) St. John of God
$ 12,600
(159) Saints Peter & Paul Church
$ 63,500
(113) St. Cecilia Church
$133,800
(140) St. Kevin Church
$ 28,100
(160) St. Philip the Apostle Church
$ 42,500
(115) St. Charles of Borromeo Church
$ 23,600
(141) Old St. Mary Church
$ 29,700
(163) Star of the Sea Church
$ 35,800
(116 Corpus Christi Church
$ 51,700
(143) St. Michael Korean Church
$ 47,400
(164) St. Stephen Church
$ 60,500
(117) St. Dominic Church
$188,600
(144) Mission Dolores Basilica
$ 26,700
(165) St. Teresa Church
$ 20,500
(120) St. Elizabeth Church
$ 35,500
(145) St. Monica Church
$ 39,000
(167) St. Thomas the Apostle Church
$ 20,100
(121) St. Emydius Church
$ 52,000
(147) Most Holy Redeemer Church
$ 56,200
(168) St. Thomas More Church
$ 51,400
(123) Church of the Epiphany
$ 75,400
(148) Church of the Nativity
$ 12,300
(169) St. Vincent de Paul Church
$103,800
(124) St. Finn Barr Church
$ 23,200
(149) Notre Dame Des Victoires
$ 34,700
(171) Church of the Visitacion
$ 23,400
(127) St. Benedict Parish
$
(173) Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission
$ 4,500
4,400
MARIN COUNTY PARISH
ASSESSMENT
PARISH
ASSESSMENT
(210) St. Rita Church
$ 34,300
(212) St. Anthony of Padua Church
$ 89,600
(203) St. Sebastian Church
$ 60,600
(213) Our Lady of Loretto Church
(205) St. Cecilia Church
$ 6,500
(215) Sacred Heart Church
(207) St. Mary Nicasio Church
$
4,900
(219) St. Anselm Church
$ 91,600
(209) St. Patrick Church
$ 69,300
(221) St. Raphael Church
$ 99,900
(211) Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
$ 64,400
(231) St. Mary Star of the Sea Church
$ 35,500
PARISH
ASSESSMENT
(233) St. Isabella Church
$ 99,700
$106,000
(235) St. Hilary Church
$104,800
$ 9,000
(237) Church of the Assumption of Mary
$ 8,100
(241) St. Helen Mission
$ 1,200
SAN MATEO COUNTY PARISH
ASSESSMENT
PARISH
ASSESSMENT
PARISH
ASSESSMENT
(301) Immaculate Heart of Mary
$ 96,200
(321) Our Lady of Refuge Mission
$
3,400
(347) St. Bruno Church
$ 36,600
(302) St. Mark Church
$ 40,100
(323) St. Anthony Church
$ 52,500
(349) St. Robert Church
$ 94,300
(303) St. Catherine of Siena Church
$142,200
(325) St. Denis Church
$ 88,700
(351) St. Charles Church
$114,900
(305) Our Lady of Angels Church
$220,900
(327) Church of the Nativity
$130,500
(353) St. Bartholomew Church
$145,800
(307) Holy Angels Church
$ 65,400
(329) St. Raymond Church
$ 62,000
(355) St. Gregory Church
$112,500
(308) St. Andrew Church
$ 65,000
(331) St. Dunstan Church
$ 83,500
(359) St. Matthew Church
$136,100
(309) Our Lady of Mercy Church
$ 72,700
(333) Church of the Good Shepherd
$ 57,900
(361) St. Timothy Church
$ 54,800
(311) Our Lady of Perpetual Help
$ 33,300
(335) St. Peter Church
$ 65,000
(363) All Souls Church
$ 45,500
(313) St. Francis of Assisi Church
$ 32,200
(341) Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
$ 71,000
(364) St. Augustine Church
$102,600
(314) St. Luke Church
$ 65,800
(343) St. Matthias Church
$ 63,100
(365) Mater Dolorosa Church
$ 52,800
(315) Our Lady of the Pillar Church
$ 57,500
(345) St Pius Church
$129,700
(367) St. Veronica’s Church
$ 49,200
(319) St. Anthony Mission
$ 3,100
Wa y s To G i v e Pledge Your Gift Over Ten Months - A gift to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal may be paid over ten months. If you are able, please include your first month’s payment when you mail your pledge envelope. Pledges are not legally binding. Gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent provided by law. OnLine Giving - If you are a member of a participating parish, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal offers the convenience of making your gift and pledge payments online by credit card or direct debit from your bank account. To make an online gift, please go to www.sfarchdiocese.org.
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One Time Gift : If you would like to make a one-time donation to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, please contact the Office of Development or your local parish to receive an AAA donation brochure and return the donation form completed with all required information to your local parish. X Check - Please make checks payable to the “Archbishop’s Annual Appeal 2014.” X Credit Card - You can take full advantage of the benefits offered by your credit card such as bonus points and airlines miles. Donate Stocks, Bonds or Mutual Funds - Donations of stock offer a way to make a charitable gift without having to utilize cash funds. In addition, a stock donor may be able to benefit from capital gains tax savings. Please contact your parish office for more information on how to donate stocks, bonds or mutual funds. Matching Gifts - Many employers have matching gifts programs which provide employees with the opportunity to enhance their charitable contributions. Please contact your company’s Human Resource professional to determine if your company participates in the Matching Gift Program. For more information - Please contact your parish or the Office of Development at (415) 614-5580 or email at development@sfarchdiocese.org.