October 17, 2014 by Catholic San Francisco

Mysteries, the rosary and the Bible This is an abbreviated version of the talk Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone gave at the rosary rally Oct. 11 at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco.

he rosary involves meditating on the mysteries of our faith. But many people misunderstand the meaning of “mystery.” In popular thought, a mystery is considered nothing more than a question to which no one can ﬁgure out the answer. In the Bible, though, a mystery is something quite different. In the Bible and in the Church, a mystery is something hidden by God, to be revealed at a point of God’s choosing. A mystery, even when revealed for example by Christ, is only partially revealed and understood. Finite minds cannot understand inﬁnite realities. In each age the Church struggles to at least partially understand revealed mysteries and express them in the

culture of that age. One sees this in the deepening appreciation over time of the mysteries entrusted to the Church. Throughout the course of 2,000 years of Church history, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Church has been able to explain in greater depth and with greater clarity the truths of our faith. This occurs as the SALVATORE J. Church reCORDILEONE sponds to challenges to the truths in different cultural, political and social circumstances.

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The Spirit continues to guide the Church in the way of truth. Our actions today, praying the rosary and promoting understanding of the power of this prayer, stem originally from a movement of the Holy Spirit that prompted people to adopt a new devotion. It was Our Lady herself who revealed the rosary to St. Dominic. She told him that the rosary would be one of the most powerful weapons against future errors and difficulties. Mysteries are good things God has revealed but not fully explained to us. When we pray the mysteries enumerated in the decades of the rosary, we accept our limited understanding but look forward to the end of time when we understand how these mysteries are integrated into the divine plan of human salvation. As the Church makes her pilgrim way through the time of this world to that great, ﬁnal, eternal encounter, God uses the rosa-

ry as a revelation to keep the Church on the path of truth and to motivate her children to make progress in the way of holiness, even in the face of the temptations and obstacles that the evil one and the world place before us. Jesus Christ is the Word made Flesh, the Son of God become man. He is the one who fulﬁlls all the prayers and aspirations of Israel as articulated by the Old Testament prophets. By praying the Psalms since the ﬁrst Pentecost, the Church has joined the Jews, her ancestors in faith, in praying that most precious treasury collection of inspired prayers, the Psalms, which the Jews have bequeathed to the world. The three sets of mysteries – Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious – are prayed with 10 Hail Mary’s for each one, totaling 150 Hail Marys. The traditional complete rosary corresponds to the 150 Psalms in SEE ARCHBISHOP, PAGE 13

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VATICAN CITY – The wounded state of marriage and family in the modern world calls for even greater evangelization and outreach to those who are divorced and remarried and to those who experience same-sex attraction, as well as better education of children and families in the faith, according to an interim report from the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family. The church needs to continue to minister pastorally to those in irregular unions, and stable heterosexual couples should be accompanied in a development toward the sacrament of marriage, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops said in a midterm report issued Oct. 13. “A missionary conversion is required,” with a focus on people’s real problems, since “it must not be forgotten that the crisis of faith has led to a crisis in matrimony and the family and, as a result, the transmission of faith

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Archbishop Cordileone leads prayer before the Blessed Sacrament in United Nations Plaza in San Francisco Oct. 11.

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San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone carried the exposed Eucharist in a monstrance through the streets of San Francisco, as more than 1,000 Catholics processed in a public display of faith

from St. Mary’s Cathedral to United Nations Plaza for the fourth annual rosary rally Oct. 11. “Pope Francis prays three rosaries a day,” said keynote speaker Father Andrew Apostoli, co-founder with Father Benedict Groeschel in 1988 of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, urging the about 2,000 people gath-

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Parish ‘techies’ team up to create digital tools for evangelization

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The Daughters of Charity Health System board of directors has approved the sale of its six California hospitals and medical foundation to Prime Healthcare Services and Prime Healthcare Foundation of Ontario. The sale was given ﬁnal approval by the DOCHS board Oct. 10. The Vatican must still approve the sale of the Catholic hospitals to a non-Catholic nonproﬁt health organization. The sale must also be reviewed and approved by the California attorney general. The hospitals to be sold are: Seton Medical Center, Daly City; Seton Coastside, Moss Beach; O’Connor Hospital, San Jose; Saint Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy; St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles; St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood; and the DCHS Medical Foundation based in San Jose. The sale ends 162 years of providing Catholic health care to Californians by the Daughters of Charity. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Seton Medical Center was the only remaining Catholic hospital with an obstetrics department to deliver babies. The Daughters of Charity were forced to sell their hospitals by escalating operating costs at a pace of $10 million a month due to increasing labor costs, low reimbursement rates from payers and an evolving health marketplace, according to a press release from the Daughters of Charity Health System. Prime Healthcare and Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 charity organization, is a $2.5 billion health system that owns and operates 29 acute-care hospitals with 4,700 beds in nine states.

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Four months ago a roomful of young computer programmers, software developers, graphic designers and other parish “techies” spent Pentecost weekend at St. Dominic parish hall pitching ideas for apps, and other high-tech tools for sharing the faith. Two project ideas from that weekend are in development according to Dominican Father Emmanuel Taylor, associate pastor of St. Dominic Parish and organizer of what could be the first-ever “Catholic Hackathon.” Hackathons are common, short-term collaborations of high-tech talent for a specific purpose, usually the development of software. The purpose of the Catholic Hackathon was simple: Bring interested parishioners to pitch an idea for evangelizing using personal technology, computers and mobile devices, primarily. The first project, called “Preach Back,” is an application designed to be a dialogue tool between a pastor and his flock. Users will be able to share insights on the impact of the homily message in their daily lives to their pastors who will benefit too. “Ultimately the app hopes to help Dominicans become better more effective preachers by collaborating with parishioners in a meaningful way,” said Father Taylor, who is also the organizer of OPTIC West, or Order of Preachers for Technology, Information and Communication, a Dominican effort that seeks to spread the Gospel today using modern technologies. The second project is a Web-based platform called “Story Project” that will be integrated into the St. Dominic website. Stories from a diverse group of Catholics at different stages of their faith walk will be featured on the site, allowing visitors to read about other people like themselves. The St. Dominic hackathon, like other hackathons, was a creatively intense collaboration of ideas and know-how compressed into a two-day format. A Friday night kickoff drew 56 people, mostly young males who work in the tech industry. In an energetic open forum, those who came with an idea about how to evangelize took a threeminute turn at the microphone, offering

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Idea creators and collaborators working on faith-related applications participate in the firstever “Catholic Hackathon,” at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco. a description in the hope of seeking development partners. An hour or so later, the top idea creators and their collaborators divided up into smaller project teams, huddling over laptops or mobile devices or scribbling on paper posted on the wall to map out their projects. At a Catholic hackathon, the ideas are more meaningful than those that come out of regular hackathon, said programmer Charles-Axel Dien. “The Holy Spirit is present in the church and gives us lots of ideas to spread the Gospel.” The next evening, the project teams, many of whose members may have met for the ﬁrst time just 24 hours earlier, presented their concepts to a panel of judges consisting of two Dominicans, two programmers and one designer from the parish. The ideas were evaluated on a set of simple criteria: Would the product bring people to Christ and to the church? Could it be executed? And, would the product be enticing and easy to use? Developer Lance Johnson said hackathons are considered “tech events” but are not limited to those with a technical background: “There are a lot of people who walked in here and all they knew was that they had an idea,” he said. Other project ideas in the consideration included Kidzmass.com, a website designed to engage young children during Mass; “One,” a relationship-based

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Many people think that San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone marches to the beat of a different drummer. His pick for the position of director of development – a former college basketball player with a Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University – won’t change that view. Basilian Father Anthony Giampietro comes to the newly created position with the mission of reaching outside the traditional parish beat for fundraising; to ﬁnd those people and organizations who want to support the archbishop and the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s mission of sharing Christ’s good news. “My role is to connect with people who will be inclined to support the archdiocese. There are many persons of means who are not yet well known to the archdiocese or who have not yet been asked to help,” said Father Giampietro of his emphasis on major gifts. “In the brief time that I have been on the job, I have been greatly inspired by the generosity of those I have encountered. There are people out there who have been successful and who really want to help support the great work of our church.” In speaking about his approach to matters of faith and culture, Father Giampietro offered that there is “no conﬂict between authentic faith and good reasoning. Catholic education has the great mission of fostering a better understanding of all that is, along with a deeper faith, one that completes our understanding. The church is of tremendous service to the world, through its great intellectual and cultural contributions as well as its works of charity and mercy.” Until now the primary fundraising appeal for the Archdiocese of San Francisco was the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, a form of tax on each of the parishes to support the infrastructure of the archdiocese and a great number of ministries and outreach programs. The Archbishop’s Appeal will continue, but Father Giampietro’s role is to reach beyond that traditional source. “We do want to expand the base,” he said. “At the end of the day, my job is fundraising but it is part of our mission as a church, to do what we can to foster an encounter between Christ and everyone with whom we come in contact.” Father Giampietro comes to the position most recently from St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, where he was executive vice president and academic dean. Prior to that, he was associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, where he had taught since 2002. Father Giampietro’s doctoral dissertation topic at Fordham University was “The New Natural Law Theory and the Question of Same Sex Marriage.” He has spoken and published extensively on the Catholic intellectual tradition, including on Catholic bioethics, marriage and family life.

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Hundreds of San Mateo teens are expected to attend XLT-Mid Peninsula Oct. 22, the start of what the parishes of St. Denis, St. Raymond and Church of the Nativity hope will be a frequent “joyful” and “community-building” event for Catholic youth. The ﬁrst XLT, short for “Exalt,” is in the “praise and worship” mode and will have music, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh talking about his faith, and a period of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, said Lindsey West, director of religious education at St. Denis. Two more XLTs will be scheduled later in the school year, West said. All will be held at Sacred Heart High School in Atherton, which was delighted to offer its venue at no cost and to help with logistics, she said. “It’s geared for teens,” said West. “We say sixth to 12th grade.” Chaperones and youth parish groups are welcome. XLT Mid-Peninsula begins at 6:30 p.m. with hospitality and the event is 7-8:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart School, 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. For more information or to buy a ticket for $10 go to stdenisparish.org/event or contact lwest@stdenisparish. org. Also visit http://stdenisparish.org/events/xltmid-peninsula-encounter-w-jim-harbaugh. “There are three components to it,” West said. “One is dynamic music, two is an inspiring speaker, and the third is prayer, speciﬁcally adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.” “From that comes community building,” she said. “From that comes a joyfulness and lightheartedness about the faith,” she said. The adoration is quiet time, she said. “We always remind the kids it is really a personal time for them – even though they are in community – to have that faceto-face time with Our Lord in the Eucharist.”

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Mercy Sister Mary Edith Hurley celebrated her 75th year as a religious June 1. Sister Edith attended St. Peter School, San Francisco where the Mercy Sisters served for elementary and high school later earning a degree from Holy Names University in Oakland. “As a student in school, I observed the joy and work of Sister Mary Edith the sisters and felt drawn to join them,” Sister Edith told me via Hurley, RSM email. “I appreciated the fact that Mercy foundress, Catherine McAuley, was born in Dublin, Ireland and that the first Sisters of Mercy came to San Francisco from Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland – the county my parents immigrated from.” Sister Edith taught in elementary schools in the Bay Area and Southern California from 1942 to 1984 including St. Gabriel School in San Francisco. After 40 years, for most the length of an entire career, Sister Edith took but a rest. “I was offered a sabbatical and found a renewal program for religious in Sydney, Australia. I then had the opportunity to work with the Sisters of Mercy there for the next five years. My experience ‘down under’ is one of my best moments to recall.” Sister Edith returned to Australia in March and while she says “it is too soon for another, I am always ready.” Sister Edith returned to San Francisco and Holy Name of Jesus School in 1990 where she taught computer until retiring in 2000. She continued to volunteer at the school until 2005. “I feel this choice of religious life is a gift from God and believe any woman is thrice blessed in following the call,” Sister Edith said. “It seems a challenge today, however, but religious life has tried to respond to all Vatican II has called for and we are happy the way things are going.” Having more hours of her own now is OK with Sister Edith. “Today it is a joy to have plenty of time for prayer and the works of Mercy. Some may call it retirement, but to me it is just living a new life.” THANK YOU: Pope Francis has declared 2015 as the Year of Consecrated Life. Things cannot start too soon to thank and remember the women and men of religious orders who have served

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DISCIPLES: Pictured are Vincentians from Pescadero’s St. Anthony Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County who joined members from around the county for the Ozanam Liturgy and Brunch Sept. 20. Last ﬁscal year, they helped 648 individuals, including 290 children with food and clothing assistance. SVdP’s Walk a Mile in My Shoes campaign recently raised more than $6,000 “raising awareness and funds for the forgotten, suffering or deprived in our community whom we are blessed to serve,” SVdP said. Joseph Sisters of Chestnut Hill, and the Augustinian fathers and brothers that inspired me. I was born in a Mercy Sisters’ hospital. The Archdiocese of San Francisco through the Office for Consecrated Life will be offering many chances for prayer and learning during the year. The first event, evening prayer led by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, is Oct. 20, 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Everyone’s invited.

PLACES PLEASE: Students at San Francisco’s Epiphany School celebrated the feast of St. Francis of Assisi with Mass and a play about the city’s namesake portraying him from youth until death. From left in costume are second graders Diego Aguilar, Isaiah Cabuloy, Justin Jiang, Augustus Garlitos, Carlo Melendez, Jason Hart.

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World Mission Sunday 2014 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Today vast numbers of people still do not know Jesus Christ.” Pope Francis begins his message for this year’s celebration of World Mission Sunday with these words. But he quickly offers us the way to make a joy-ﬁlled, life-giving difference in this regard. “World Mission Sunday is a privileged moment when the faithful of various continents engage in prayer and concrete gestures of solidarity in support of the young churches in mission lands.” On October 19, as our Archdiocesan family

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celebrates this “privileged moment,” let us join our brothers and sisters around the world who will gather at the Lord’s Table to celebrate, with great joy, our common vocation as missionaries. Our prayers and concrete gestures of solidarity will help build local churches, like the church in Mongolia, the world’s youngest Catholic Archbishop Church, and churches across the Cordileone globe. Through the work of these churches, and their witness to Christ, the poor receive practical help and experience God’s love and mercy, His hope and peace. Your ﬁnancial help on World Mission Sunday, offered in the collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, will support the 1,150

young mission dioceses and communities who await the Good News of Jesus as their saving hope. Pope Francis encourages us to take joyful part in the Church’s mission to all nations, as we live our lives grounded in love for Jesus and concern for the needs of the most disadvantaged. May World Mission Sunday offer each one of us an opportunity to accomplish both, as we share the joy of the Gospel and help the poor by our fervent prayer and through generous hearts! Sincerely yours in Christ,

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Faith Formation Conference set for Nov. 21-22 The ninth annual Faith Formation Conference will take place Nov. 21-22 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The Archdiocese of San Francisco will join with the dioceses of San Jose, Monterey, Oakland and Stockton to host the conference, themed “Living the Gospel Joyfully/Viviendo el Evangelio con Gozo.” This two-day multicultural and multilingual event highlights the importance of lifelong faith development and is aimed at everyone – adults, young adults and youth – to enrich their faith and strengthen their knowledge, skills and commitment to be disciples in the church and in the world. More than 2,500 people are expected to come from all over Northern California to attend the 105 workshops to be offered in English, Spanish and Vietnamese and to visit over 70 exhibits. Parishioners, parents, church/parish ministers, pastors,

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St. Anthony’s Relics Visit Northern California From October 26 to November 2 A Messenger of Hope from padua, italy San Francisco - San Pablo Santa Clara - San Bruno St. Anthony will be visiting us in the form of two precious relics from his Basilica in Padua, Italy. The relics will be accompanied by Fr. Mario Conte OFM Conv. from the Messenger of St. Anthony.

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Prop. 47: State voters to decide on reduced prison sentences CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

In the nearly 15-year course of mourning the death of her police officer husband in the line of duty and waiting for his young killer’s conviction, Dionne Wilson of Morgan Hill has been transformed from embittered crime victim to activist for criminal justice policy reform. “During the trial I wanted his head on a stick,” Wilson said in a phone call with Catholic San Francisco on Oct. 9, less than a month before Californians vote on Proposition 47, the Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative. The anger and grief following her husband’s murder didn’t blind her, however, from eventually seeing what she called a “broken” criminal justice system focused on “punishment not rehabilitation.” “The ‘R’ in the CDCR (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) is a joke,” said Wilson, whose husband Nels “Dan” Niemi, a San Leandro police officer, was fatally shot in 2005 while investigating a disturbance. “There is no rehabilitation going on in prisons except in programs operating outside the prison.” After the long and liberating process of forgiving her husband’s killer, Wilson began volunteering for one such program, San Rafael’s Insight Prison Project, and now sits on its board. She travels from her South Bay home each Saturday to facilitate the IPP’s Victim Offender Education Group at San Quentin State Prison, where it helps prisoners develop insight into the circumstances of their lives and the choices that led them to prison. Like most IPP staff and

Proponents say the initiative would free up prison costs associated with the incarceration of low-level, non-violent criminals but keep rapists, murderers and child molesters locked up. volunteers, she is a vocal proponent of Proposition 47. Proposition 47, which voters will decide Nov. 4, would reduce sentences in California for a handful of petty crimes such as drug possession and some types of thefts like shoplifting currently charged as misdemeanors or felonies. Grand theft, receipt of stolen property, forgery, fraud, bad-check writing not exceeding $950 and personal use of illegal drugs are examples of felony crimes that would be reduced. The measure also would also open a three-year window during which inmates serving felony sentences could apply for sentence reduction. Supporters say the felony reduction would reduce the barriers to jobs, housing, vocational training and other needs that many with sentences for low-level, nonviolent crimes face after release. A third impact of the measure would be to redirect savings resulting from a lower prison population to substance abuse, mental health and re-entry support programs. Proponents say the initiative would free up prison costs associated with the incarceration of low-level, nonviolent criminals but keep rapists, murderers and child molesters locked up. The savings realized from charging some crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies would be applied to the Safe

Neighborhoods and Schools Fund. About 65 percent of the $150 million to $250 million expected annual savings will go to substance abuse and mental health programs, with 25 percent going to K-12 programs for at-risk youth and 10 percent to victim support services. “This is not new money but simply redirected corrections funds,” Wilson said. Wilson said that California spent $62,300 last year for each state prisoner but only $9,100 per K-12 student.

“We’ve built 22 prisons and only one university since 1980,” she said. But opponents, including the California District Attorneys Association and the California Police Chiefs Association, say the initiative would release dangerous inmates to the general public by reclassifying crimes. “We all agree that at some level criminals must face meaningful consequences for violating the law,” police chiefs’ association president Christopher Boyd said. “Prop. 47 turns that idea on its head. The penalties for serious crimes will be reduced and felons currently in prison will be entitled to resentencing to county jail or outright release.” SEE PROP.47, PAGE 21

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National shrine, exhibit feature artifacts, insights about late pope SARAH MCCARTHY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – In the heart of the national shrine dedicated to one of the most revered ﬁgures in church and world history, a new exhibit pays further homage to the man who embodied the Catholic Church for more than 25 years. “A Gift of Love: The Life of St. John Paul II” will have its inaugural opening Oct. 22, the pope’s feast day, as a permanent exhibit at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington. The 16,000-squarefoot display features numerous artifacts and insights into the life of the late pope, including photographs and footage of him as a young priest in Poland. The executive director of the shrine, Patrick Kelly, said the opening of the exhibit lends a “major catechetical element” to the shrine. “We’re a shrine so we’re a religious site, but we have this great exhibit, and never before have the two elements been put together, where you have a shrine, but you have a major exhibit to the saint that the shrine is dedicated to,” he said in an interview with Catholic News Service. A walk through the exhibit not only draws the visitor into the works and legacy of the beloved pope, but also offers a glimpse into the life of Karol Wojtyla before he became Pope John Paul. Included among religious artifacts such as traditional headgear worn by the pope is a pair of skis and tennis shoes that St. John Paul used when he was a young man. Before it became a shrine, the building was home to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center. The Knights of Columbus acquired it in 2011 and converted it into a shrine to keep with the original vision of the center, Kelly said. “We decided it was appropriate to build a shrine dedicated to this great saint who embodied so many of the trials and tribulations of the 20th century,” he said. One of the hallmark features of the exhibit is an interactive touch-screen display that provides information on St. John Paul’s travels while he was pope, which included visits to more than 100 countries. The device allows users to choose a speciﬁc country and learn more about the pope’s visit to that country through timelines, photographs and videos. “I think John Paul II had an authenticity that people recognized,” Kelly said. “I mean, he connected with people. People who were in a crowd of tens of thousands felt like he was speaking to them.”

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Report takes deeper look at statistics about women’s religious orders PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – A longtime trend of declining numbers of women in religious orders is unpacked a bit in a new study by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. In the report released Oct. 13, the social science researchers of CARA observed that the demographical story of women religious in the United States takes some disentangling. Although past studies have talked about the rapid decline in the number of nuns in the country starting after the Second Vatican Council, “such studies did not provide the more nuanced narrative of what decline meant for the individual religious institute,” the report said. “How, for example, did religious institutes respond to declining membership?” From a peak in 1965 of 181,000, the number of women religious in the U.S. has steadily declined to the current 50,000. That’s about how many sisters there were in the United States 100 years ago, said the report: “Population Trends Among Religious Institutes of Women,” by CARA staffers Mary L. Gautier and Mark M. Gray, and Erick Berrelleza, a Jesuit scholastic at Boston College. CARA found that as their numbers declined, some religious orders reorganized their internal structures, while others merged with other religious institutes. Some have been bolstered by sisters from other countries or women who joined a religious order later in life. Others simply stopped serving in the United States. “In the face of diminishment,” it said, “women religious have innovated by responding with new models when old models proved ineffective.” That’s partly why the report refers to disentangling, Gautier told Catholic News Service. Some whole institutes disappeared from the Official Catholic Directory, a reference book published annually, whether by being folded into another organization, by leaving the United States or adapting in another way. The report pointed to a ﬂaw in assumptions about the growth in women’s religious vocations coming primarily in orders that are “traditionalist” – meaning for example, those whose members wear a full religious habit – while institutes whose members do not wear a traditional habit are declining. “One of the most striking ﬁndings regarding new entrants is that almost equal numbers of women have been attracted” to both kinds of religious orders, the CARA report quoted. Gautier’s book categorized the two types of religious orders according to whether the organizations belong to one or the other of two leadership organizations, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Council of Major Superiors of Women. The LCWR’s member organizations, which account for about 80 percent of the country’s women religious, had among them 73 postulants, 117 novices and 317 women who had taken temporary vows in 2009.

WOMEN RELIGIOUS Religious institutes whose members follow more traditional practices (the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious), such as wearing full habits, had a similar number of women in formation as did religious orders whose members follow more contemporary practices (the Leadership Conference of Women Religious).

TOTAL NUMBERS OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS IN THE U.S. BY YEAR 1966 1950 1980 1990 2000 2010

147,310

181,421

126,517

102,504

SISTERS IN THE U.S. BY AGE 70-79

32 %

79,814

The orders that make up CMSWR in the same year had 73 postulants, 158 novices and 304 women who had taken temporary vows.

60-69

22 % 50-59

26 %

49,883

In 2009, the year on which this study was based, the orders that constitute the LCWR had 73 postulants, 117 novices and 317 women who had taken temporary vows.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious estimates that about 80 percent of the women religious in the United States belong to orders affiliated with the LCWR.

40-49

80-89

57,544

2014

90 & Over

11 %

Under 40

Source: U.S. Census Bureau/Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

Although its member organizations account for a much smaller percentage of the nuns in the U.S., CMSWR organizations had about the same number of women in formation as did LCWR institutes, said Gautier – 73 postulants, 158 novices and 304 who had taken temporary vows. Among other items in the report, CARA pointed to several institutes that stood out in the data for having a “slowing rate of decline” in number of members. When the authors dug a bit, they found that such slowing sometimes was the result of one community absorbing another. It cited the merger of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springﬁeld, Massachusetts, in the mid-1970s with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Fall River, Massachusetts. “It is not that the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springﬁeld exhibited a sudden increase in new vocations, but rather these two mergers account for the upswing,” the CARA report said. “In such cases, the apparent slowing rate of decline is not related to an increase of new vocations; instead, it is these mergers that account for the increases in membership.” There are some institutes that show consistent growth even without such mergers, the report said. “These communities do not exhibit the growthfollowed-by-decline pattern and seem to point to even further expansion into the foreseeable future,” it said. For instance, the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan, was established in 1973 with nine members. The community has continued to grow gradually, and its membership will approach 100 by the end of the decade, the report predicted.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 17, 2014

Agreement called ‘new day, new way’ in church response to abuse CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. PAUL, Minn. – With a historic courtroom in downtown St. Paul as the backdrop, attorney Jeff Anderson and officials from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Oct. 13 announced a settlement of one of the first cases filed under the Minnesota Child Victims Act. They also released a history-making agreement to work together to protect children and help clergy sexual abuse victims/survivors heal. “This is about truth, and this is about a new day; this is about a new way, this is about a safe way,” said Anderson, who has represented plaintiffs in dozens of lawsuits filed against the archdiocese during the past three decades. “It’s not just about pledges and promises. It is an action plan ... words don’t protect kids. Actions do.” During the news conference, a long line of survivors came forward to shake hands with Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens and Father Charles Lachowitzer, vicar general for the archdiocese. Anderson and Bishop Cozzens expressed their thanks to survivors who made the historic agreement possible. Anderson said, “I am grateful to each of these survivors and their families and supporters that sit among us and

work among us every day. This is not a day of reckoning as much as hope, as promise, as action.” “I hope this is a fresh start,” said Al Michaud, a survivor of clergy sexual abuse that occurred when he was a child. “We need a safe place to come forward, we need a path toward healing, we need a supportive place to come forward and tell our story.” Michaud is not Doe 1, the plaintiff in the case that was settled. However, he said the settlement is a sign of progress and a reason for hope. “No longer will we be beaten down by the church, because it’s no longer our enemy but our ally,” he said. Doe 1 says he was abused in the 1970s when he was a minor by a former priest of the Diocese of Winona, Thomas Adamson, who had assignments in the archdiocese. “Today is an unprecedented day, a day I never thought in my wildest dreams I would see,” said survivor Jim Keenan. “For those of you who still need a voice, this is your way to come forward.” “We arrived at this place of cooperation thanks to the perseverance of survivors and their loved ones,” Bishop Cozzens said. “We are thankful for their courage in making sure that this issue is addressed openly and thoroughly and with compassion.

“I am sorry.” Bishop Cozzens continued. “This never should have happened.” Bishop Cozzens noted that the day’s events would not have been possible without leadership from Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, who was unable to attend because of a previously planned visit to the archdiocese’s sister diocese in Kenya. A morning court meeting in the Doe 1 case precipitated the afternoon news conference. In a statement, Archbishop Nienstedt praised those “who worked so diligently to bring about this agreement,” which “embodies a strengthened spirit of collaboration in addressing the issues related to clerical sexual abuse.” “I am deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for the pain suffered by victims, survivors and their families,” he said. “Today we take a signiﬁcant step closer to achieving the goals we set nearly a year ago to protect children, to help survivors heal, and to restore trust with our clergy and faithful.” As part of a global settlement agreement, the archdiocese committed to abiding by a set of 17 child protection protocols that were developed and approved by both archdiocesan leadership and Jeff Anderson and Associates.

ARCHBISHOP URGES PEACE DURING NEW ROUND OF FERGUSON PROTESTS

ST. LOUIS – Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis urged protesters to turn away from violence as a new round of protests began over the shooting death of African-American Archbishop teenager Michael Carlson Brown this past summer in the small town of Ferguson. The protests were to take place not only in Ferguson, where Brown was fatally shot by a white Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson, but also in St. Louis under the banner “Ferguson October.” “The sin of racism in our cities and our nation must be dealt with, but never with violence,” Archbishop Carlson said in an Oct. 10 message titled “A Call for Peace in Our Community.” “There are small but vocal groups currently threatening violence. I urge anyone who feels the desire to violently lash out to ﬁrst pause and consider the potential consequences of their actions,” Archbishop Carlson said. “Will violence make the situation right? Will it right the wrongs? Or will it only make things worse? The unrelenting desire for revenge is a poison that seeps into our souls and can become contagious carrying with it a commitment to violence.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 17, 2014

Bishops emphasize traditional marriage after Supreme Court action CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – After the Supreme Court Oct. 6 declined to review rulings overturning five states’ bans on same-sex marriage, several U.S. bishops criticized the court’s inaction and reiterated that according to church teaching, traditional marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said the court’s failure to review the Circuit Court decisions was “deeply disappointing.” “Marriage is not merely a human institution that can simply be redefined at will, but one established by our creator and necessary for human flourishing. Children deserve a mother and a father who are committed to a faithful and permanent union,” he said. North Carolina Bishops Peter J. Jugis of Charlotte and Michael F. Burbidge of Raleigh said in a statement: “Millions of Americans have looked to the Supreme Court to put this issue to rest by supporting marriage as being between one man and one woman. We know from our Catholic teaching that marriage is a permanent, faithful and fruitful covenant joining a man and a woman. It is our duty to continue to affirm marriage in this way, and it is our hope that the Supreme Court will ultimately agree.” The Colorado Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s bishops, said the court’s failure to review the rulings was “disappointing and advances a misunderstanding of the institution of marriage.” The statement said that the court declining “to act will have a lasting and profound effect on the family structure.” “Our desire is for people of good will to continue to grow in the truth and joy of marriage, so that when society begins to see the bad fruits of this decision, our families and the church will be there as joyful witnesses of the truth about the family and human sexuality,” it added. Colorado’s bishops also said the situation shows

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Faith leads to generous love, not fake facades, hypocrisy, pope says guise oneself’ by seeming a bit weak when fasting,” he said. St. Luke in the day’s Gospel reading (11:37-41) details how Jesus admonishes the Pharisee who is shocked when Jesus doesn’t observe the prescribed washing ritual before the meal. Jesus highlights the hypocrisy of a vessel that’s clean on the outside, but “inside you are filled with plunder and evil” – an image similar to one in the Gospel according to St. Matthew that speaks of the “whitewashed tombs” that are beautiful on the outside, but filled with filth and rot, the pope said. Also St. Paul in his Letter to the Galatians (5:1-6), also read at the Mass, says people “who are trying to be justified by law” are separated from Christ and fallen from grace. That is because the only thing that counts for Jesus is “faith working through love,” the pope said, citing St. Paul. “The law by itself doesn’t save,” nor does just reciting the Creed – “it’s a motionless faith,” he said. Faith must lead to charity and sacrificing for others, the pope said.

The Bible is not speaking only of almsgiving, but about a true detachment “from the dictatorship of money, from the idolatry of cash. All greed distances us from Jesus Christ,” he said. The pope then told a story about a very wealthy woman who wanted to give the late Jesuit superior, Father Pedro Arrupe, a donation for mission work in Japan. Father Arrupe, who led the Jesuits from 1965 to 1983, went to meet the woman and saw that she had invited the media to cover it as some kind of event, the pope said. The priest felt “great humiliation,” but accepted the money because it would be for the poor in Japan, the pope recalled. But when Father Arrupe “opened the envelope, there was 10 dollars” inside. Pope Francis asked people to reﬂect whether “ours is a cosmetic Christian life of appearances or a Christian life with the faith working in charity?” Jesus advises everyone to “never blow a horn” about their good deeds and to “never give just the leftovers,” but to make a true sacriﬁce for others, he said.

MISSIONARIES HELP KEEP PEOPLE, CHURCH HEALTHY AND HOLY, POPE SAYS

VATICAN CITY – Missionaries do enormous good for the world and the church by bringing God’s love to the far corners of the earth and by keeping the church healthy and fruitful, Pope Francis said. Missionaries, who leave their homes and even risk their lives, “have done immense good for the church, because once the church stops moving and becomes closed up inside herself, she gets ill, she can be corrupted, either by sin or that false knowledge separated from God that is worldly secularism,” he said in a homily Oct. 12.

representative to U.N. agencies in Geneva, said Oct. 8 during the 2014 International Dialogue on Migration of the International Organization for Migration. “They are particularly vulnerable and hence should receive special protection,” he told the delegates. He called for transnational efforts that cross international borders so that the needs of migrant workers are not forgotten in a world built around economic growth. Migrants deserve great respect because of the service and positive economic and social contribution they offer in their host countries, the archbishop added.

VATICAN OFFICIAL URGES RETHINKING OF POLICIES TOWARD MIGRANT FAMILIES

PHILIPPINE GENERAL ORDERS CHAPLAINS TO PRAY ROSARY FOR POPE’S SAFETY

to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the date of the first Marian apparition in Fatima, Portugal. In a statement, the military said his message also asked all Catholic service members to also pray a rosary daily for the pope’s safety when he visits the Philippines Jan. 15-19. Father Bernardo Odfina, a lieutenant colonel and acting armed forces chief chaplain, said: “We are very much concerned for the successful visit of the Holy Father, Pope Francis here in the Philippines; and as father of the AFP, General Catapang is responsible for leading the whole armed forces in supporting the government’s efforts to ensure the safe and peaceful visit of the holy pope.” In September, reports surfaced that the Islamic State group announced it was targeting the pope, possibly during his travels. In early October, Catapang said military intelligence officials did not have information regarding any terror threat here to Pope Francis, but a Manila-based security analyst said the government should take the Islamic State fighters’ threat “very, very seriously.”

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VATICAN CITY – Faith is not about appearances and superﬁcially following the laws with a heart that resists detaching itself from greed and evil, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. God wants to see a faith that inspires action and is “working in charity,” making sacriﬁces for others, the pope said Oct. 14 during his morning Mass in the Domus Pope Francis Sanctae Marthae where he lives. “Jesus condemns this cosmetic spirituality – appearing good, beautiful, but the truth that’s inside is a whole other thing,” he said, according to Vatican Radio. “Jesus condemns people with good manners but bad habits, those habits you can’t see, but are done on the sly. But the appearance is alright: these people who like to stroll in the square, be seen praying, ‘dis-

GENEVA – Migrant families whose members are often separated pose unique challenges as globalization sweeps the world and deserve special consideration so that family unity remains a priority, a Vatican official told a United Nations meeting. Children in families in which one or both parents migrate long distances for employment as well as the elderly and spouses left at home must become a “high priority in any migration policy debate,” Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican’s permanent

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from parents to children has been interrupted,” according to the interim report. The synod is not supposed to reach any deﬁnitive conclusions, but set the agenda for the larger world synod to be held Oct. 4-25, 2015, which will make recommendations to the pope. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the synod, announced Oct. 13 that the theme of next year’s assembly will be: “The vocation and mission of the family in the church and in the modern world.” After the larger ordinary synod of bishops in October 2015, Pope Francis will promulgate an “Apostolic Exhortation,” a pastoral plan for the topic. The exhortation will likely be released a year later, in 2016, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said. “That will be the document that will be the basis of our pastoral strategy and approaches to our ministry to families in the archdiocese,” Archbishop Cordileone said. The 2014 extraordinary synod on the family, Oct. 5-19, is only the third extraordinary synod called by any pope and has the theme: “The pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization.” Because the report discusses possible changes in the annulment process and outreach to those with same-sex attraction, it captivated attention in the news media and blogosphere, with The New York Times hailing it as a “shift in tone toward gays and divorce.” Archbishop Cordileone clariﬁed that the document does not deviate from what is in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which, among other things, states that those who experience attraction to members of the same sex “must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. Every sign of

unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided.” He added, “This is where the document placed the emphasis in treating this question. It is a point that has been repeated consistently by leaders in the Catholic Church for many years.” As one example he pointed to the “Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons” issued in 1986 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (headed at the time by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger), which stated: “It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the Church’s pastors wherever it occurs. It reveals a kind of disregard for others which endangers the most fundamental principles of a healthy society. The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in word, in action and in law.” The Archbishop observed, “Apparently it was a good thing that the relatio placed the emphasis on this point, because it seems that some people are hearing it for the ﬁrst time.” With regard to the guidance that Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation will provide, he noted, “Whatever speciﬁc ideas the Apostolic Exhortation will give, it will all be for the purpose of helping our pastoral ministers in carrying out their unchanging mission: leading their people to holiness. This, of course, was part of the renewal of the Second Vatican Council, with its emphasis on the universal call to holiness. And the only way to holiness is to embrace the cross.” The relatio emphasizes the need for new language and a fresh pastoral approach, and emphasizes the need for educated priests and laypeople to spread the Gospel. “The fundamental challenge facing families today is undoubtedly that of education, rendered more difficult and complex by today’s cultural reality,” the relatio said.

The section on same-sex attracted people drew widespread media commentary. It pointed out that homosexual persons, just as all members of the church, “have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community,” and added that “the question of homosexuality leads to a serious reﬂection on how to elaborate realistic paths of affective growth and human evangelical maturity integrating the sexual dimension.” “Yes, all members of the church have gifts to offer, just as all have a cross to carry. In fact, each one’s cross is a gift from God, which God gives us so that we can achieve holiness in life, that is, the lasting, deeper joy he wants for us,” said Archbishop Cordileone. “I’m happy the synod wants us to reﬂect on how the church’s ministers can better help persons with homosexual attraction answer this call to holiness that God gives to each of us.” Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, commented that in the relatio’s comments on homosexual persons, “there is nothing new, since the church never rejected homosexuals; it always cared of them from a pastoral point of view. And on the other hand, we cannot say that a gay couple is really a couple or may form a family.” The relatio also discussed the possibility of streamlining the annulment process and reached no conclusions, but said better preparation of couples for marriage was needed. Regarding access to Communion for divorced and remarried people, the relatio said there were different proposals: “Some argued in favor of the present regulations because of their theological foundation, others were in favor of a greater opening on very precise conditions.” Catholic News Agency/EWTN News, Catholic News Service and assistant editor Valerie Schmalz contributed.

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VATICAN CITY – The official midterm report from the Synod of Bishops, which uses strikingly conciliatory language toward divorced and remarried Catholics, cohabitating couples and same-sex unions, has proven highly controversial inside and outside the synod hall, with some synod fathers saying it does not accurately reﬂect the assembly’s views. Following a nearly hourlong speech Oct. 13 by Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, who, as the synod’s relator, has the task of guiding the discussion and synthesizing its results, 41 of the 184 synod fathers present took the ﬂoor to comment the same morning, the Vatican said. According to the Vatican’s summary of their remarks, which did not quote bishops by name in accordance with synod rules, a number of synod fathers objected that Cardinal Erdo’s text lacked certain necessary references to Catholic moral teaching. “In regard to homosexuality, there was noted the need for welcoming, with the right degree of prudence, so as not to create the impression of a positive valuation of that orientation,” the summary said. “It was hoped that the same care would be taken in regard to cohabitation.” Bishops also remarked on the midterm report’s scarce references to the concept of sin, and encouraged the assembly to emulate the “prophetic tone of Jesus, to avoid the risk of conforming to the mentality of today’s world.” Regarding one of the synod’s most discussed topics, a proposal by German Cardinal Walter Kasper to make it easier for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion, at least one bishop argued that it would be “difficult to welcome some exceptions without in reality turning it into a general rule.” Some members of the synod made their objections public. U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, told Catholic World Report that the midterm report “advances positions which many synod fathers do

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Cardinals Timothy M. Dolan of New York, Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, and Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, arrive for the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 14. not accept and, I would say, as faithful shepherds of the flock cannot accept. Clearly, the response to the document in the discussion which immediately followed its presentation manifested that a great number of synod fathers found it objectionable.” Cardinal Burke accused leaders of the synod of giving the public a distorted image of the proceedings, almost all of which are closed to the press. “All of the information regarding the synod is controlled by the General Secretariat of the synod, which clearly has favored from the beginning the positions expressed” in the midterm report, the cardinal said. “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see the approach at work, which is certainly not of the church.” Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, Poland, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, told Vatican Radio that Cardinal Erdo’s speech was not acceptable to many synod fathers, because it departed from the theology of St. John Paul II and reflected an ideology hostile to marriage by seeming to approve of same-sex couples raising children, among other ways. The midterm report “should be an incentive to fidelity, family values, but instead seems to accept everything as it is,” the archbishop said. The controversy over the report prompted the

synod’s General Secretariat to issue a statement Oct. 14, lamenting that a “value has been attributed to the document that does not correspond to its nature” and emphasizing that it is a “working document, which summarizes the interventions and debate of the first week, and is now being offered for discussion by the members of the synod.” The bishops were to work in small groups of about 20 each, discussing Cardinal Erdo’s speech and presenting their conclusions to the entire assembly Oct. 16. Speaking to reporters Oct. 14, Cardinal Wilfrid F. Napier of Durban, South Africa, said his group had found in the midterm report “quite a lot of things which are expressed in a way which we certainly wouldn’t feel that are very helpful to giving a clear idea of where the church stands on some of the issues that are being raised.” “Individual things that were said by individuals, may have been repeated a couple of times, are put in here as if they really do reflect the feeling of the whole synod. They’ve been picked up by the media then and made to be the message of the synod. I think that’s where the upset is,” he said. The cardinal would not specify the statements or topics in question. When asked about media reports that Cardinal Erdo’s speech represented a new overture to divorced Catholics and homosexuals, he said, “That’s one of the reasons why there’s been such an upset among the synod fathers, because we’re now working from a position that’s virtually irredeemable. The message has gone out, ‘this is what the synod is saying, this is what the Catholic Church is saying,’ and it’s not what we are saying at all.” The cardinal said the midterm report accurately reflected bishops’ calls to drop “very harsh language that alienates people,” such as cohabitating couples, who act in conflict with church teachings, but he said Cardinal Erdo had not suggested the teachings themselves would change. “My worry is that the message has gone out – and it’s not a true message – that this synod has taken up these positions, and whatever we say hereafter is going to be as if we’re doing some damage control, which is certainly not what is in my mind,” Cardinal Napier said.

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ARCHBISHOP: Mysteries, the rosary and the Bible FROM PAGE 1

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More than 1,000 people processed from St. Mary’s Cathedral to United Nations Plaza in San Francisco Oct. 11, gathering for the archdiocese’s fourth annual rosary rally. The day of public Marian devotion began with Mass for Hispanic Ministry Day at the cathedral.

ROSARY RALLY: Archbishop leads 2,000 in public eucharistic procession, Marian prayer FROM PAGE 1

The day’s events begin with 10 a.m. Mass in Spanish for Hispanic Ministry Day at the cathedral, followed by a procession past City Hall to U.N. Plaza. The rally included reciting the luminous mysteries, speeches, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and benediction. “Our Lady’s great concern was to save souls from being lost,” Father Apostoli told rally participants, repeatedly urging all to pray the rosary daily as the Blessed Mother told the children in each of her six appearances at Fatima. “She even let those three children see a vision of hell so that they could tell us hell was a real thing and we don’t want to go there.” The rosary rally, held near San Francisco’s City Hall, is a renewed tradition aimed at bringing public expressions of faith back to the Bay Area. In 1961, Father Patrick Peyton’s Rosary Crusade drew a half-million people to Golden Gate Park. Fifty years later, in 2011 the Legion of Mary, Knights of Columbus, Immaculate Heart Radio, Ignatius Press and the Archdiocese of San Francisco began a new rosary rally tradition in downtown San Francisco. This year the Guadalupañas joined as official sponsors. In a letter to pastors urging participation, Archbishop Cordileone wrote, “Our rosary rally is a good example of what the Holy Father calls ‘the evangelizing power of popular piety.’” Jerick Rea, a St. Dominic parishioner and member of the parish’s young adult group, saw the ﬂyer at church and came with friend Rose Aerubi. “I felt it would be great,” said Rea who noted that eight novices from the Dominican Priory who he sees at daily Mass were also present. “I came to support the archbishop and to pray the rosary.” As they have every year, administrators and students from San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan High School volunteered to walk with the archbishop from the cathedral and took up a collection at the rally’s conclusion.

“It’s important because our school is sponsored by the Society of Mary,” said Riordan president Joseph Conti, many of whose students present were football players who had competed late the night before. “We are very happy to support the archbishop in this endeavor to bring the rosary rally back to life in San Francisco.” “In this very biblical prayer we turn to Our Lady so that she may direct us to her son,” Archbishop Cordileone said in a talk that explained the Hail Marys in the original joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries of the rosary total 150, the same number as the number of Psalms. The luminous mysteries, instituted by St. John Paul II in his 2002 Apostolic Letter on the Rosary of the Virgin Mary, focus on ﬁve key parts of Jesus’ public ministry. St. John Paul II called the rosary a “school of Mary,” the archbishop said – “a school in which he says the Christian people are led to contemplate the beauty in the face of Christ and experience the depths of his love.” Father Apostoli told those gathered that even carrying a rosary brings a blessing. “The rosary is a prayer to bring God’s mercy for the salvation of souls,” he said. “I put a rosary in a little pocket in my pajamas.” Confessions were heard throughout the two-hour event, and even after the rally concluded at 2 p.m., there were lines of people waiting for confession administered by the four priests sitting on folding chairs on the tree-lined side of the plaza. Father Joseph Illo, administrator of Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco, and co-founder of a new venture to institute an Oratory of St. Philip Neri in the archdiocese, emceed the event. Father Illo introduced the archbishop, leading the crowd in a chant “Viva” for the archbishop, adding in a nod to the city’s hopes for the National League playoffs against the St. Louis Cardinals, “I know some of you were secretly praying for the Giants during your rosary.”

the Psalter and takes us through a meditation on the complete Paschal Mystery – our Lord’s Incarnation, Passion and Death, and Glorification. That is, both the structure and the content of the rosary is biblical. The Bible is the record of revelation that God gave to our Jewish ancestors of old and to the first generation of Christians who began the proclamation of the Good News. Thus, the mysteries are the fulfillment of Old Testament promises which are recorded in the New Testament. In essence, the rosary is a thoroughly biblical prayer. In the classic form of praying the rosary the mysteries extend from the time of Our Lord’s infancy and hidden life in Nazareth to his passion and death at the end of his earthly life. By introducing the Luminous Mysteries, St. John Paul offered a way to include meditations on the preaching and miracles of Jesus. St. John Paul says “each of these mysteries is a revelation of the Kingdom now present in the very person of Jesus.” The mysteries also have a certain sacramental character. Just as a sacrament makes present God’s love and grace when the sacrament is celebrated, so God’s love becomes incarnate to us in these moments of revelation that are the mysteries in the lives of Our Lord and Our Lady. It was through her, Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, that God’s love became incarnate in Jesus Christ, who took on human flesh and became like us in all things but sin. She, beyond all others, is His child par excellence. In this very biblical prayer of the rosary, then, we turn to Mary, so that she might direct us to her Son. We do so by contemplating with her the mystery of our salvation as it unfolded in the lives of Jesus and Mary. The rosary is, as St. John Paul teaches us, a “school of Mary,” a school in which we contemplate and learn from her Son. After the passion and resurrection, the Blessed Virgin Mary continued to pore over the mysteries surrounding her Son. She “kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Luke 2:19, 2:51). Whether we recite the rosary quietly or aloud, we imitate Mary in keeping all the central events of Christ’s life in our hearts.

Archbishop Cordileone carries the exposed Eucharist in a monstrance as he leads a procession from St. Mary’s Cathedral to United Nations Plaza Oct. 11.

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Clash of straw men

wo recent speeches by senior Vatican officials whose responsibilities involve wrestling with world politics suggest that some default positions need a re-set in the Holy See. In both speeches, reference was made to the late Samuel Huntington’s book, “The Clash of Civilizations and the GEORGE WEIGEL Remaking of World Order,” the point being to deplore what the officials imagined as Huntington’s eager anticipation of inter-civilizational conﬂict. That’s attacking a straw man in a very unfortunate way. To reduce Huntington’s argument to essentials: 1) The fault lines in world politics after the Cold War are not ideological or economic (communism vs. democracy and the market); the new fault lines are cultural. 2) Nation states will remain the primary actors in international affairs, but they’ll be organized into blocs reﬂecting cultural affinities rather than ideological commit-

ments or competing economic systems. 3) The vast majority of political scientists and international relations theorists are unaware of this massive shift in the tectonic plates underlying world politics because they’re materialists for whom all that counts is politics (the quest for power) and economics (the quest for wealth). This blindness leaves public officials (who often share this materialist bias) terribly vulnerable to events whose origins they cannot grasp, or even imagine. 4) Understanding what’s afoot in the world thus requires paying attention to realities usually ignored among political scientists, international relations theorists, and politicians, such as the enduring importance of religious conviction in forming cultures, for good or ill. Sam Huntington, a son of WASP America who took great interest in my work on Catholicism’s role in the collapse of communism, was not predicting inevitable mayhem along the civilizational/cultural fault lines he identiﬁed. But he was alerting us, in 1993, to the new facts of life in world politics. And he was urging both theorists and statesmen to recalibrate their thinking in order to manage the tensions that would inevitably arise along those fault

lines. Huntington’s original 1993 article, and the book that followed in 1996, are still worth reading, not least because “The Clash of Civilizations” was the ﬁrst book in generations in which a world-class political scientist took religion seriously as a dynamic, inﬂuential, and sometimes determining factor in world affairs. Huntington’s sensitivity to religion-and-world-politics ought to have commended his analysis to the Vatican for thoughtful consideration and serious discussion. Instead, Huntington-the-straw-man-whoprophesied-endless-civilizationalwar is dragged out whenever it’s deemed necessary for officials of the Holy See to say that “a war between Islam and ‘the rest’ is not inevitable” (true, if the civil war within Islam is resolved in favor of those Muslims who support religious tolerance and pluralism); or that Christian persecution and dislocation in the Middle East must be handled through the United Nations (ridiculous); or that the path to peace lies through dialogue, not confrontation (true, if there is a dialogue partner who is not given to beheading “the other.”) The Huntington proposal is not beyond criticism. But Huntington accurately described the Great Change that would take place in world politics after the wars of late

Self-reflection in the age of selfies

ena Dunham is not done confessing. That’s the headline of the New York Times Magazine profile just published about the actressturned-memoirist, and it couldn’t be more apt. Though I’ve never seen an episode of her highly rated, superraunchy, nudity-filled CHRISTINA HBO show CAPPECCHI “Girls,” I consider Lena something of a cultural case study, given how often she is touted as the voice of my generation. That voice has never shied away from revelation, however unflattering or immoral. It will reach new heights this month, when her memoir “Not That Kind of Girl” is released, the product of a $3 million book deal Lena signed with Random House two years ago at age 26. The Atlantic called the memoir “a new chapter in her campaign of self-exposure” while The New York Times Magazine said it was written “with a ferocious, hilarious and occasionally worrisome candor.” Lena’s revelations range from decades of psychotherapy (beginning when she was 9) to the loss of her virginity – diplomatically summarized by the New York Times Magazine as a series of “questionable personal choices.” The critical response that intrigued me most came toward the end of James Parker’s Atlantic review: “There’s something very contemporary in Dunham’s

Pulling the plug on all social networks probably isn’t the solution but we can turn to Matthew for a litmus test on each tweet: Is it drawing on a love of self or a love of neighbor? self-exposure, her restlessly accelerated processing of her own experience.” He went on to render a chilling assessment of Life On Perpetual Broadcast, that 21stcentury young-adult proclivity. “That’s modernity: the inside’s on the outside, leaving a vacuum on the inside.” I often wonder about the Facebook effect on the inner life, what it means when the time between experiencing and sharing is reduced to a matter of seconds. Reality TV stars are questioned about their willingness to bare it all for national consumption, and I’m amused when these boldfaced confessors insist they don’t share everything with the cameras. Somehow Kim Kardashian’s second go at a nationally televised wedding was supposed to seem restrained because the footage ended right before the actual ceremony and was shot only by friends, not producers. (I can’t help but think of Dave Letterman’s comment to Kim when she was on his show last year: “I just wonder if you’re getting good advice.”) But it’s not just a question for celebrities. Self-disclosure is an issue every conscientious young

modernity (the two 20th-century world wars and the Cold War); he accurately predicted what was likely to unfold along what he called Islam’s “bloody borders” if Islamists and jihadists went unchecked by their own fellow-Muslims; and he accurately identiﬁed the fact that religious conviction (or the lack thereof, as in Europe) would play an important role in shaping the 21st-century world. Thirteen years after 9/11, and in light of today’s headlines, is Huntington’s proposal really so implausible? There is something very odd about a Holy See whose default positions include a ritualized deprecation of the Huntington thesis married to a will-to-believe about the U.N.’s capacity to be something more than an echo chamber. Of all the major players in the world, the Catholic Church should be at the forefront of acknowledging the central role of culture in shaping world politics and the crucial role of religion in shaping culture. One hopes that the reforming pontiﬁcate of Pope Francis changes, not only Vatican structures, but entrenched bad ideas behind the Leonine Wall. WEIGEL is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

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adult grapples with. What goes on the blog and what stays in the private journal? What do you share with a close friend, a group of online followers, the World Wide Web, God? Where’s the line between self-aware and self-absorbed, between naval gazing and soul searching? Will I know when I’ve crossed it? I find myself composing tweets in my head, a strange sort of outside-looking-in sensation that, though aimed at capturing the moment, surely hinders my ability to be in it. When it comes to my social-media output, I try to evaluate my intentions and distinguish the sociable impulse from the narcissistic one. Am I making a connection or making a statement? The Catholic Church calls us to develop the inner life, beckoning us to bend our knees, bow our heads and close our eyes, inviting us to make our confession before a priest, not a camera. It gives us tools specifically designed for self-reflection like spiritual direction and that increasingly foreign, healing prospect of the silent retreat. In an Instagram era, these offerings feel more vital than ever. How can we still our hearts when our thumbs keep on tapping? Pulling the plug on all social networks probably isn’t the solution for most of us. But we can turn to this month’s Scripture, St. Matthew’s account of the greatest commandments, for a litmus test on each tweet: Is it drawing on a love of self or a love of neighbor?

Re Special report on Faithful America, Sept. 12, 19, 26: Much appreciation and admiration for the courageous and crucial series. Valerie Schmalz deserves the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone a medal of honor for his unflinching support of church teaching on the foundation of a stable society. Lidia Pringle Tiburon

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ll humans are artists because God is an artist. We are made in His image and likeness. So when we make works of art, it is in our nature to make them in a way that is similar to the way God created things. Before Original Sin sadly brought ugliness into the world, all that God had made was perfectly DINO beautiful. “The MARCANTONIO Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground – trees that were pleasing to the eye ...” (Genesis 2:9). Every oak tree was a perfect example of an oak tree; every lily a perfect example of a lily; every swallow a perfect example of a swallow. If you have been to a dog show, you know that the prize-winning beagle is one that looks most like what a beagle is supposed to look like. You might blurt out, “Now THAT is a beagle!” Likewise, if you could stroll through the Garden of Eden, you would find yourself continuously delighting in the perfection of each and every plant and animal. Original Sin damaged creation and made beauty more difficult to find and harder for us to appreciate. Yet we retain the basic capacity to delight in beautiful things, as well as the impulse to make beautiful things. It makes us feel more human, more alive, to compose and listen to beautiful songs, to paint and behold beautiful pictures. In short, we try as best we can to undo the effects of Original Sin, which detract from our humanity. Certainly, we can make works of art that deal with the issues of evil, suffering, and ugliness. But we do so in a beautiful way. We show beauty winning over ugliness, good winning over evil, theological hope winning over worldly despair, and eternal life winning over death. And we can do this because we believe that through Christ’s redemptive sacrifice all things will be reconciled to God. So the best paintings of the gruesome scene of the Crucifixion, for example, also convey the beauty of the divine love animating this triumphant act of sacrifice. Our most important artistic works

Beauty and architecture

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The apse of San Clemente Church in Rome. In the sixth century St. Germanus said, “The church is an earthly heaven in which the super-celestial God dwells and walks about.” are our churches. They are unique because each one is a House of God. Solomon said of the Temple he built at Jerusalem, “I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever” (1 Kings 8:13). All the more so our churches, in which God dwells – body, blood, soul, and divinity. In the sixth century St. Germanus said, “The church is an earthly heaven in which the super-celestial God dwells and walks about.” What should a dwelling for God, an earthly heaven, look like? The first account we have of God dwelling in a place is in Genesis: “... He was walking in the garden in the cool of the day” (Genesis 3:8). God’s first earthly dwelling was the Garden of Eden. Hence, Solomon’s Temple was covered with gilded carvings of cherubim (angels given the appearance of sphinxes), palm trees, and flowers, and the monumental columns on the porch were capped with lilies and

pomegranates. Solomon attempted to build the Garden of Eden that was lost, and the Garden of Eden that will be restored. Solomon’s Temple was not the first to be decorated to look like a perfect garden. The pagans had been building temples, dwellings for their gods, long before he came along, and they all make present the perfect garden that was and is to come. This imagery was continued with Christian churches, adding saints to the arcadian population. Since there is no death in the perfect garden, living things provide the structure. The ceiling, symbolizing the heavens, is held aloft with supernatural effortlessness by bundles of flowers lashed together – trees of life – or a row of leaves, or a few outstretched fingers of an angel or saint. And since there is no chaos in the perfect garden, geometry, the emblem of order, regulates these forms.

And since there is no chaos, there is a place for every thing, and every thing is in its place. The settings of important things, like the Sanctuary for example, are given monumental, fully sculptural treatment in rich materials. The vaulted ceiling might be held aloft by a fully sculpted row of giant leaves in marble. The settings of less important things, on the other hand, like a vestibule, are pared down. So that row of monumental leaves is made smaller and left unsculpted – perhaps just a bare molding in a common stone or wood. (The crown molding in your living room is essentially a row of leaves – shades of the Garden there too!) The geometry of the plan is also key. Important things are placed in the geometrical center, while less important things are off to the side. So the plan and the ornamentation work together to make evident a hierarchy. The most important doors of the church will be right in the center of the facade, and ornamented monumentally and lavishly in an expensive stone. When you open them, you see, at the end of a long processional path, the principal altar, also in a monumental, rich setting. The processional path is another crucial element. It symbolizes the passage of time. God works out our individual sanctification over time, starting with our rebirth in Baptism, and ending at the moment of death. God is working out His salvific plan for all creation over time as well, from the moment of the Fall, through the Incarnation, to the Second Coming at the end of the world. One’s movement along this path, from the beginning at the doors, through the middle in the nave, to its end at the sanctuary, symbolizes this process of sanctification. And that sanctuary, which begins at the real or virtual communion rail, is Heaven. When all these elements are put together well – appropriate ornamentation and a legible plan – the result is a building that radiates truth and beauty. The next time you find yourself in one, you should be able to spot them at work. And you probably won’t be able to help exclaiming to yourself, “Now THAT is a church!” MARCANTONIO is an architect and the president of the Catholic Artists Society. He has taught at the schools of architecture of the University of Notre Dame and Yale University.

The unhappy cost of resentment

t’s not only love that makes the world go round. Resentment, too, is prominent in stirring the drink. In so many ways our world is drowning in resentment. Everywhere you look, it seems, someone is bitter about something and breathing out resentment. What is resentment? Why is this feeling so FATHER RON prevalent in ROLHEISER our lives? How do we move beyond it? Soren Kierkegaard once deﬁned resentment in this way. Resentment, he suggested, happens when

we move from the happy feeling of admiration to the unhappy feeling of jealousy. And this, sadly, happens all too frequently in our lives and we are dangerously blind to its occurrence. Me resentful? How dare you make that accusation! Yet it’s hard to deny that resentment and its concomitant unhappiness color our world. At every level of life, from what we see playing out in the grievances and wars among nations to what we see playing out in the bickering in our board rooms, classrooms, living rooms and bedrooms, there is evidence of resentment and bitterness. Our world is full of resentment. Everyone, it seems, is bitter about something, and, of course, not without cause. Few are the persons who do not secretly nurse the feeling that they have been ignored, wounded, cheated, treated unfairly, and have

drawn too many short straws in life; and so many of us feel that we have every right to protest our right to be resentful and unhappy. We’re not happy, but with good reason. Yes, there’s always good reason to be resentful; but, and this is the point of this column, according to a number of insightful analysts, both old and new, we are rarely in touch with the real reason why we are so spontaneously bitter. For persons such as Thomas Aquinas, Soren Kierkegaard, Robert Moore, Gil Bailie, Robert Bly and Richard Rohr, among others, the deep root of our resentment and unhappiness lies in our inability to admire, our inability to praise others, and our inability to give others and the world a simple gaze of admiration. We’re a society that, for the most part, can’t admire. Admiration is, for us, a lost virtue. Indeed in the many

circles today, both in the world and in the churches, admiration is seen as something juvenile and immature, the frenzied, mindless shrieking of teenage girls chasing a rock star. Maturity and sophistication are identiﬁed today with the kind of intelligence, wit and reticence, which don’t easily admire, which don’t easily compliment. Learning and maturity, we believe, need to be picking things apart, suspicious of others’ virtues, distrustful of their motives, on hyperalert for hypocrisy, and articulating every reason not to admire. Such is the view today. But what we don’t admit in this view of maturity and learning is how we feel threatened by those whose graces or virtues exceed our own. What we don’t admit is our own jealousy. What we don’t admit is our SEE FATHER ROLHEISER, PAGE 21

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SUNDAY READINGS

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time He said to them, ‘Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.’ MATTHEW 22:15-21 ISAIAH 45:1, 4-6 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I grasp, subduing nations before him, and making kings run in his service, opening doors before him and leaving the gates unbarred: For the sake of Jacob, my servant, of Israel, my chosen one, I have called you by your name, giving you a title, though you knew me not. I am the Lord and there is no other, there is no God besides me. It is I who arm you, though you know me not, so that toward the rising and the setting of the sun people may know that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, there is no other. PSALM 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 Give the Lord glory and honor. Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all you lands. Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds. Give the Lord glory and honor. For great is the Lord and highly to be praised; awesome is he, beyond all gods. For all the gods of

the nations are things of nought, but the Lord made the heavens. Give the Lord glory and honor. Give to the Lord, you families of nations, give to the Lord glory and praise; give to the Lord the glory due his name! Bring gifts, and enter his courts. Give the Lord glory and honor. Worship the Lord, in holy attire; tremble before him, all the earth; say among the nations: The Lord is king, he governs the peoples with equity. Give the Lord glory and honor. 1 THESSALONIANS 1:1-5B Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father, knowing, brothers and sisters loved by God, how

you were chosen. For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction. MATTHEW 22:15-21 The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone's opinion, for you do not regard a person's status. Tell us, then, what is your opinion: Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?" Knowing their malice, Jesus said, 'Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? Show me the coin that pays the census tax." Then they handed him the Roman coin. He said to them, "Whose image is this and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's." At that he said to them, "Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.'

Rendering what is ‘owed’

n our politically charged society, a byproduct of one in which voting and citizen participation in the political process is paramount, there has grown a hypersensitivity among some against anything that even hints of violating the doctrine of “separation of church and state.” Although the founding fathers, some of them secular atheists, wrote and spoke highly of religious values as the bulwark of a society, which provides the moral foundation that is needed in a democratic republic in order to function and survive lest it descend over time into tyranny, the modern notion of this separation FATHER WILLIAM has led many to interpret NICHOLAS the first freedom of the Bill of Rights as a freedom from religion, rather than a freedom of religion. Two things have resulted from this interpretation. First, the political realm is now seen as a great secular shelter from all things religious, with, among other things, the ballot box as the great secular confessional where even people of deep religious faith, can, and indeed must, be non-religious with a supposed, spiritual and moral impunity. The second is the understanding that once a person, and especially an issue, particularly a religious one – such as the

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POPE FRANCIS RESIST THE ‘DISGRACE’ OF DIVISION

Catholics must remember their many brothers and sisters who belong to other faith traditions and not give in to division, the pope said during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 8. Are Catholics, like others, resigned to this division “or do we ﬁrmly believe that one can and must walk in the direction of reconciliation and full communion?” the pope asked, according to a report by L’Osservatore Romano.

Jesus has shown us the way: That all things are owed to God. While Jesus was able to evade the scrutiny of the Pharisees, nowhere can we escape the scrutiny of God. institution of marriage and the sanctity of life – enters the political realm, it is then considered off-limits to all moral and, especially, religious consideration. “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are God’s” is the great rallying cry for some who attempt to religiously advocate the non-religious orientation of modern politics. However, noting the manner in which the Pharisees initially brought the issue of the secular tax for Jesus’ comment – they sought to trap him – I often wonder if such a convenient mis-interpretation would really be one given by Jesus, especially with his penchant for rather crafty insinuations in the face of such attempts at entrapment. Nothing with Jesus is ever that cut-and-dried. Being a follower of Christ means and includes being a good citizen. Indeed, St. Peter advocates this, giving specific reference to respect to those responsible for governing (1 Peter 2:13-17).Paul teaches the same (Romans 13:1-7). While taxes may be somewhat excessive and the payment of them annoying to say the least, the church, nonetheless, teaches: “Submission to author-

ity and co-responsibility for the common good make it morally obligatory to pay taxes, to exercise the right to vote, and to defend one’s country” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 2240). There is, however, as always with Christ, a catch … In dodging the pharisaical attempt to entrap with a phrase that includes, “(render) to God the things that are God’s,” is not Jesus reminding us that, while some things are Caesars, all things are God’s; while some things are due to the government, all things are due to God; while some things are out of the political realm, nothing is out of the spiritual, moral and religious dominion of God. In the end, “You must live as servants of God” (1 Peter 2:16), because “all authority that exists is established by God” (Romans 13:1b). Jesus has shown us the way: That all things are owed to God. While Jesus was able to evade the scrutiny of the Pharisees, nowhere can we escape the scrutiny of God. While we render to “Caesar” what is “Caesar’s” in the context and realm of “Caesar,” everyone, in every context, even that of “Caesar” and, indeed, even “Caesar” himself, must “render to God the things that are God’s.” This makes politics, not a realm in which we are shielded from religious values, but, rather, a realm in which God’s scrutiny to what is owed is at its most taxing. FATHER NICHOLAS, a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is on temporary assignment as parochial vicar at St. Rose of Lima Parish, Simi Valley. His website is frwcnicholas.com.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, OCTOBER 20: Monday of the Twentyninth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, priest. EPH 2:1-10. PS 100:1b-2, 3, 4ab, 4c-5. LK 12:13-21.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23: Thursday of the Twentyninth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, priest. EPH 3:14-21. PS 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19. LK 12:49-53.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21: Tuesday of the Twentyninth Week in Ordinary Time. EPH 2:12-22. PS 85:9ab-10, 11-12, 13-14. LK 12:35-38.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24: Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret, bishop. EPH 4:1-6. PS 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6. LK 12:54-59.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22: Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II. EPH 3:2-12. IS 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6. LK 12:39-48.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25: Saturday of the Twentyninth Week in Ordinary Time. EPH 4:7-16. PS 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5. LK 13:1-9.

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Books explain church’s past in China, look to future challenges

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‘The truth will set you free’: Speaker inspires Serra community ANTONIA EHLERS

“Impossible is an opinion, not a fact,” claims Cameron Clapp, a triple amputee who surfs, skis, runs marathons and mentors hundreds of people each year. Clapp, who spoke Sept. 23 to the Serra High School Padres at the high school campus in San Mateo, received a standing ovation at the end of his talk. On Sept. 15, 2001, Clapp’s life changed forever. While drinking with his friends beside train tracks near Pismo Beach, he was hit by a train. Clapp lost one arm and both legs above the knee. “Remarkably, my head and body escaped the accident with hardly a scratch; for that I am very grateful,” Clapp recalled. “What happened to me was a direct result of alcohol.”

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his belief that people with physical challenges can live exciting, productive, extraordinary lives. “What is the purpose of life?” he asked. “I believe it is to find the truth. The truth will set you free. You know, good things come from tragic situations. I have met so many incredible people and have participated in athletic events that I didn’t even know existed before my accident. It is very hard to go through life missing three limbs – very hard – but it gets a little easier every day. I would never give up; that’s just not me.” Clapp endured another tragedy when his identical twin brother, Jessie, overdosed a few years ago. “Whatever tragedies you go through, there’s always hope,” he said. “Stay close to the people who care about

you and uplift you. Don’t waste your life – make good decisions. Live life to the fullest. Be a peer mentor – being a teenager is hard. I hope to reach out to others so that they may prevent others from making a tragic mistake – like my brother and I did – and to motivate them to make decisions that empower them to live life to the fullest.” Clapp’s talk was sprinkled with surfer-style humor, serious vignettes and a positive message about living life to the fullest. He stressed that everyone has a purpose in life. “Cameron is really relatable,” said Serra junior Sloan Varunok. “He didn’t preach to us … he reached us and still remained true to himself.” EHLERS is communications manager at Junipero Serra High School.

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ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA RELIC TOURING ARCHDIOCESE

A relic of St. Anthony of Padua will tour the Bay Area Oct. 26-Nov. 2, accompanied by Father Mario Conte, a Franciscan friar from Padua, Italy, where the saint is buried. Here is the schedule in the archdiocese. Sunday, Oct. 26, St. Thomas More Church, San Francisco, 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 8 p.m. Masses with veneration. Oct. 28, St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, 12:10 p.m. and 6 p.m. Masses with veneration. Oct. 29, St. Dominic Church, San Francisco, 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Masses with veneration. Oct. 30, St. Anne of the Sunset Church, San Francisco, noon and 6 p.m. Masses with veneration. Oct. 31, National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, San Francisco, 12:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. Masses with veneration. Nov. 1, St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, San Francisco, 12:30 p.m. Mass with veneration. Nov. 2, St. Bruno Church, San Bruno, 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. Masses with veneration.

HOLY CROSS CEMETERY EVENTS SET

Here is a partial schedule of coming events at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma. Saturday, Nov. 1: All Saints’ Day Mass, Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel, 11 a.m. with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, principal celebrant and homilist. Refreshments and fellowship follow. Tuesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day Service, Star of the Sea section, 11 a.m. Msgr. Michael Padazinski colonel, U.S. Air Force, chancellor and canon law head, Archdiocese of San Francisco, will preside.

Ex-offenders need help re-entering society, advocates tell conference LORENA ROJAS SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO

Representatives of social service and religious organizations gathered at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco Sept. 27 for a conference on a topic little discussed but directly affecting a large number of Californians: helping ex-offenders and their families reintegrate into society. The Bay Area Re-entry Conference and Resource Fair was developed by the restorative justice ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in coordination with organizations including the Reentry Council of San Francisco, PICO California, California for Safety and Justice, Project of Tides Center, the Office of Life and Justice of the Diocese of Oakland and the California Catholic Conference. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice opened the day with a restorative justice pledge for nonviolence. The conference was part of an ongoing effort by churches to prevent crime, reduce recidivism and increase public safety, inspired in part by the words of St. John Paul II on July 9, 2000: “We are still a long way from the time when our conscience can be certain of having done everything possible to prevent crime and to control it effectively so that it no longer does harm and, at the same time, to offer to those who commit crimes a way of re

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Leonard Rubio spoke at the Bay Area Re-entry Conference and Resource Fair at St. Mary's Cathedral Sept. 27, advocating for more resources for ex-offenders re-entering society. deeming themselves and making a positive return to society. If all those in some way involved in the problem tried to . . . develop this line of thought, perhaps humanity as a whole could take a great step forward in creating a more serene and peaceful society.” Reintegrating into society after a reduced sentence involves overcoming a number of obstacles, including access to housing and higher education, conference attendees learned. One panelist, Leonard Rubio, who served 23 years in state prison for a crime he committed when he was 18, said his experience shows that ex-offenders can overcome obstacles and even excel. He founded the restorative justice program at San Quentin State Prison while attending school fulltime. In 2013, he graduated with honors from the University of San Francisco. One of the barriers faced by ex-offenders trying to achieve a university degree is that some schools do not give scholarships to people with criminal records, said Julio Escobar, restorative justice coordinator for the archdiocese. He said that one of his goals is to work to improve educational opportunities for people after they are released from prison. An initiative on the California ballot Nov. 4, Proposition 47, would reduce prison time for those convicted of minor crimes and dedicate more resources to public safety and education. The Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative is supported by California’s Catholic bishops.

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PROP. 47: Reduced sentences proposed FROM PAGE 7

Supporters include crime victims’ and civil liberties groups and religious organizations, including the California Catholic Conference of Bishops. “… The common good requires a safe, nourishing environment in which all members of society can ﬂourish,” conference president Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto said in delivering the bishops’ endorsement Sept. 9. “It also demands that those who have broken society’s trust are not considered lost but – while paying the price for their actions – are given an opportunity to once more become contributing members of society.” Bishop Soto said, “Distilling complex realities to ‘soft’ or ‘tough’ on crime slogans ignores the fact that we are dealing with real human lives, with complicated social dynamics and with the need to balance accountability, justice and fairness in our justice system. Prisons do not make good schools or

good mental health programs. Proposition 47 can help us do better than that.” The wrong classiﬁcation of certain crimes has led to massive sentencing and incarceration,” said Julio Escobar, director of restorative justice ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. “People incarcerated for petty crimes who may have more serious felonies on their records, may indeed request resentencing under the measure, be heard by a judge and be sentenced to terms shorter than those they are currently serving,” Escobar said. “Some could be released earlier than they might otherwise. But distinct from three-strikers who petitioned for and won reduction of life terms, these are people serving shorter terms who are soon to be released anyway, just as people imprisoned for low-level felonies always do and always have done. They will be subject to parole supervision. The difference here is not that formerly incarcerated people will return to their neighborhoods; it is that resources will be available to lessen their chances of committing new crimes.”

FATHER ROLHEISER: Cost of resentment FROM PAGE 15

own resentment. What we don’t admit, and never will admit, is how our need to cut down someone else is an infallible sign of our own jealousy and bad self-image. And what helps us in our denial is this: Cynicism and cold judgment make for a perfect camouﬂage; we don’t need to admire because we’re bright enough to see that there’s nothing really to admire. That, too often, is our sophisticated, unhappy state: We can no longer truly admire anybody. We can no longer truly praise anybody. We can no longer look at the world with any praise or admiration. Rather our gaze is perennially soured by resentment, cynicism, judgment and jealousy. We can test ourselves on this: Robert Moore often challenges his audiences to ask themselves this question: When was the last time you walked across a room and told a person, especially a younger person or a person whose talents dwarf yours, that you admire her, that you admire what she’s doing, that her gifts enrich your life, and that you are happy that her path has crossed yours?

When was the last time you gave someone a heartfelt compliment? Or, to reverse the question: When was the last time that someone, especially someone who is threatened by your talents, gave you a sincere compliment? We don’t compliment each other easily, or often, and this betrays a secret jealousy. It also reveals a genuine moral flaw in our lives. Thomas Aquinas one submitted that to withhold a compliment from someone who deserves it is a sin because we are withholding from him or her some of the food that he or she needs to live. To not admire, to not praise, to not compliment, is not a sign of sophistication but a sign moral immaturity and personal insecurity. It is also one of the deeper reasons why we so often fill with bitter feelings of resentment and unhappiness. Why do we so often feel bitter and resentful? We fill with resentment for many reasons, though, not least, because we have lost the virtues of admiration and praise.

Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto crowns Our Lady, the Virgen de los Remedios in Pampanga.

PHILIPPINES PRELATE TO CELEBRATE MASS

Retired Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto, Pampanga, Philippines, is principal celebrant of a Mass commemorating Our Lady, the Virgen de los Remedios, Nov. 9 at St. Anne of the Sunset Church, 850 Judah St., San Francisco, at 1 p.m. Father Raymund Reyes, vicar for clergy, Archdiocese of San Francisco, and Father Norman Vitug, administrator, St. John of God Parish, San Francisco, are from Pampanga. “I truly hope we'll get a big crowd for the event,” Father Reyes told Catholic San Francisco, noting it is the third year the devotion will be commemorated. “We do have a large number of our folks from Pampanga, my hometown province living in the archdiocese. Archbishop Aniceto is archbishop emeritus of my hometown archdiocese. He retired a couple months ago after shepherding the faithful in our archdiocese for 27 years.” “Since the earliest days of the church, Mary has always occupied a special place in the hearts and homes of Christians,” according to the Facebook page of the Virgen de los Remedios Northern California apostolate. “The many authenticated Marian apparitions through the ages and throughout the world have further bolstered the tradition of Mary being the mother who would gather her children together to bring them closer to her son, Jesus Christ. In the Philippines, almost all of the major regions have a special title and devotion to Mama Mary. The Kapampangans have found refuge, comfort and consolation in the Virgen de los Remedios. During times of trouble and difficulties, we would usually seek comfort and solace in the home, at the bosom of our mother.” www.facebook.com/VirgenDeLosRemediosInNorCal.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 17 3-DAY FESTIVAL: “Wizard of Oz,” Oct, 17, 18, 19, St. Dunstan Church, 1133 Broadway, Millbrae. Carnival rides, games, food and drink, chili cook-off, pie eating contest, bingo, raffle, silent auction, and Auntie Em’s Country Store. Friday, 5-10 p.m.; Saturday, noon-10 p.m.; Sunday, noon-8 p.m. (650) 697-4730; secretary@saintdunstanchurch.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 18 REUNION: St. Gabriel School, San Francisco, 1974 graduates. Please respond to sg74reunion@gmail.com. REUNION: All Hallows School, San Francisco, class of 1964, dinner at Basque Cultural Center, South San Francisco. lindacassanego@gmail.com; (818) 889-4543. REUNION: Holy Name of Jesus School, San Francisco, class of 1974, Mass in Holy Name Church 5 p.m. followed by school tour and reception and dinner at 6:30 p.m. in parish Flanagan Center, visit Holy Name reunion website at http://holynameclassof74.myevent.com. Dave Petrini, dpetrini@accountnowinc. com; (415) 302-5608. SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY: Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, 659 Pine St., San Francisco, celebrates 90 years beginning at 2 p.m. with Mass at 5:15 p.m. in Notre Dame des Victoires Church behind the school on Bush Street across from Sutter/Stockton garage. Micaela Heekin, micaela.khh@gmail.com. RETREAT: Spiritual direction is focus at St. Matthias Parish, Father Lacey Hall, 1685 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City, 1:30-4:30 p.m. followed by 5 p.m. Mass. Speakers on how spiritual direction can help on faith journey. Liz Vugrinecz, aff@stmatthiasparish.org, (650) 366-9544, ext. 12, to register. No fee.

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Archdiocese of San Francisco through the Office for Consecrated Life will be offering opportunities to join in the yearlong celebration. The first event will take place in St. Mary’s Cathedral, 7 p.m. Please join us for this opening event for the Year of Consecrated Life. ST. JUDE NOVENA: Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus, St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, commences Oct. 20. Masses MondaySaturday 8 a.m.; 5:30 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 a.m. with rosary and blessing with St. Jude relic at all liturgies. A novena pilgrimage takes place Oct. 25 from Daly City to St. Dominic followed by a bilingual Mass with Bishop William J. Justice, principal celebrant, 1:30 p.m. Plenty of parking. www.stjude-shrine. org; info@stjude-shrine.org; (415) 9315919; (415) 333-8730.

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REUNION: St Stephen School, ‘74 with Mass in St. Stephen Church, 4:30 p.m., followed by school tours and refreshments with dinner 6:30-11, United Irish Cultural Center. Geralyn Forghani (Hayes), gerandbob@yahoo. com. Katherine Moser, development@ ststephenschoolsf.org; (415) 6648331. VICTIM ASSISTANCE: Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are invited to a Day of Mindfulness at Mercy Center, Adeline Drive, Burlingame led by Catherine Regan, Ph.D. For reservations contact Renee Duffey, (415) 614-5506. DIGNITY OF WOMEN: A presentation of Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $35 fee includes study materials and lunch, scholarships are available. Talks explore the life of Edith Stein, also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Contact Maria Martinez and Pauline Talens at endow.sf@ gmail.com. To register, go to www. endowgroups.org and click under the events tab. PAROL MAKING: Parol-making workshop, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Monica Church hall, 470 24th Ave., San Francisco. Parol kits are available for $7. Parol reminds Filipino Christians of the star of Bethlehem, the triumph of light over darkness. nelliehizon01@gmail. com; (415) 699-7927. Peter and Estrelle Chan, soler35jade@gmail.com.

SUNDAY, OCT. 19 PRO-LIFE DINNER: Evening features keynote speaker Eva Muntean, co-founder of Walk for Life West Coast plus catered dinner and raffles, 5- 8 Eva Muntean p.m. $35. Sponsored by San Mateo Pro-life. Susan, (650) 349-9197; mseed4life@aol.com.

FRIDAY, OCT. 24 RETIRED PRIESTS’ LUNCH: Luncheon and program honoring retired priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and retired priests of religious orders serving Father Terence in the ADSF, St. Horan Mary’s Cathedral Patrons Hall, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $125 with proceeds benefiting the Priests’ Retirement Fund. (415) 614-5580; email Development@sfarchdiocese.org. Father Terry Horan is retired pastor of St. Michael Parish, San Francisco.

RIORDAN ALUMNI: All Archbishop Riordan High School grads who live or work in the Marin County area are invited to attend the first annual Marin Alumni Luncheon at La Toscana Restaurant in San Rafael. $40 per person; reservations required. Tickets are available online. Visit www.riordanhs.org or call Marc Rovetti, alumni director, (415) 586-8200, ext. 357.

ICA GALA: Education that Works Gala, Grand Hyatt Union Square, 345 Stockton St., San Francisco, 5:30-9:30 p.m. $175 per person. Rhonda Hontalas, (415) 8242052, ext. 40; rhontalas@icacademy.org. Proceeds benefit Immaculate Conception Academy, San Francisco.

SATURDAY, NOV. 1 ‘LOOKING EAST’: Come to Our Lady of Fatima Russian Byzantine Catholic Church, 5920 Geary Blvd. at 23rd Avenue, San Francisco for Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m., uncheon at noon and a talk by Father Kevin Kennedy, pastor, at 1 p.m. All are welcome throughout the day. Series continues first Saturdays of the month. Parking is in St. Monica Church lot. Visit www.byzantinecatholic.org; call (415) 752-2052; email OLFatimaSF@gmail.com. PEACE MASS: Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St. at Washington Square, San Francisco, 9 a.m., Salesian Father John Itzaina, pastor,

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ST. PETER SCHOOL: Mass and reception honoring San Francisco school’s deceased classmates, religious, lay staff, 2:30 p.m. St. Peter Church, 24th and Alabama streets, San Francisco, with former pastor, Bishop William J. Justice, principal celebrant. Honorees include Fred Clark, a volunteer instructor at St. Peter, and Toni Ortengo, who has served at the school for more than 40 years. RSVP by Oct. 24 at www.sanpedro.org/alumni.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 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.

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