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Archbishop: Don’t legalize marijuana

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After the storm

A rainbow frames the historic graveyard behind St. Mary Magdalene Church in Bolinas after a heavy rainstorm Oct. 15. Long operated as a parish cemetery, St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery became one of the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s seven Catholic cemeteries this year. Praying for the dead is a Christian obligation, specially observed during November and on Nov. 2, All Souls Day. Nov. 1 is All Saints Day and a holy day of obligation.

hen the State of Washington legalized the recreational use of marijuana, traffic fatalities related to cannabis doubled. Emergency room visits have risen sharply in Colorado primarily among toddlers who consume marijuana edibles. And this spring, right here in San Francisco, 19 people went to the emergency room when they unknowingly ingested marijuana-laced candies during a celebration. In California, Proposition 64 asks voters to follow the same path. As these two states have demonstrated, Archbishop such a dramatic change will have radical consequences – Salvatore J. some predictable and others Cordileone unanticipated. Why would we want to legalize a substance with such potentially dangerous impacts, especially when we don’t understand the full extent of those impacts? Increased road fatalities alone should give us pause. Incredibly, California voters are being asked to allow the widespread use of marijuana despite see archbishop, page 10

Catholic school principal baby boom: New moms lead three archdiocesan Catholic schools Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

Hannah Everhart’s pastor volunteered to baptize her new baby Coraline at a school Mass at Our Lady of Visitacion School. A mother at St. Finn Barr School offered to care for Mele Mortonson’s baby, Catherine Maria, so mother and baby, drive to school together each day from Oakland. Then, Mortonson hands Catherine Maria to the mom, who is a stay at home mother who is already at St. Finn Barr to drop off her own child for school. Michelle Basile also lives in Oakland, and she

has found child care near St. Timothy School in San Mateo, and says parents, children, and staff are all understanding if she has to make a quick trip to take care of little Matteo Nicolas during school hours. For archdiocesan Catholic school principals Everhart, Mortonson and Basile, the Catholic values supporting family and life which their schools teach are coming home in a personal way for them. All three had babies in the past year and returned to their positions as principals. All are also fortunate to have very supportive husbands, they said. see principal, page 19

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‘Amoris Laetitia’ V: ‘Why Male and Female’

Need to know Nov. 1 is Solemnity of All Saints: A holy day of obligation, which means Catholics are required to go to Mass just as on Sunday. The Solemnity of All Saints is the day the Catholic Church celebrates all the saints, those known and those many more who are known only to God until we hopefully join them in heaven. “The Commemoration of All Saints” was first celebrated in the East, and the feast is found in the West on different dates in the eighth century, according to Catholic Culture. Check your parish for Mass times for Nov. 1.

This is the fifth in a series of six articles by Archbishop Cordileone on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” (the Joy of Love).

n these articles reviewing Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia,” I have made reference to the relativistic culture in which we live, which tells us, in effect, that we create our own reality. Indeed, for quite some time this thinking has been enshrined in the law of our land, with just one example Archbishop – albeit signifiSalvatore J. cant – being the by now famous Cordileone (or infamous) Supreme Court decision in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (June 29, 1992), which asserts: “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” However, beginning with reason we can see that the universe is a well-ordered system, characterized by certain consistent principles. Of course, as Christians we believe that all of creation has a purpose and goal, given it by the Creator; our role as human beings created by God is to discover and develop what God has created, including our human nature. What does the Church teach us about our nature? The starting point is that every human person without exception is created in the image and likeness of God, with the purpose to love and be loved, and to share eternal life with Him in heaven. While this divine image in us has been tarnished by original sin, nonetheless, this starting

Faith Formation Conference: A two-day Faith Formation Conference takes place Dec. 2, 3 at San Jose Convention Center, 150 W. San Carlos in San Jose. The event opens with Mass at San Jose’s Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, Dec. 2 at 7:30 a.m. Talks and workshops throughout the two days cover topics including prayer, family ministry, youth ministry, evangelization, music in liturgy, and Scripture. Keynote speakers include Bridgeport Connecticut Bishop Frank J. Caggiano and Chris Stefanick, noted outreach speaker and regular voice on Catholic radio. Visit www.faithformationconference. com. ADVENT RITES APPROACHING: A commissioning Mass anticipating the Filipino Advent tradition of Simbang Gabi will be celebrated Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. “By commissioning, we Filipinos are sent forth to be the light of our communities,” said Nellie Hizon, who helps organize the now annual event that takes place at parishes throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco. A schedule of Simbang Gabi Masses will be available in the coming months, Hizon said; nelliehizon01@gmail.com.

the Church certainly respects the inherent and inviolable dignity of every person, including those who experience “gender dysphoria,” that is, a dissonance between their own biological sex and self-perceived gender identity. Since we understand the human person to be a unity of body, soul, and mind, the Church teaches us that true compassion is to help persons in those difficult circumstances to truly integrate all three. This is of particular importance for children. “Young people need to realize that they are bombarded by messages that are not beneficial for their growth toward maturity,” he says (AL, 281), and, “The young need to be helped to accept their own body as it was created” (AL, 285). Teachers, parents, and all those responsible for the care and rearing of children must be very conscious that “in an age when sexuality tends to be trivialized and impoverished,” true sex education “can only be seen within the broader framework of an education for love, for mutual self-giving” (AL, 280). Pope Francis’ words here point to the great human enterprise that God has entrusted to the human race in creating us in a sexually complementary binary way: To use our bodies not in whatever way we please – which, in the end, only leads to loneliness – but rather to give ourselves away out of love. This is how we imitate the love of God Himself, whose only-begotten Son took on a human body so he could hand himself over to death for our salvation. To give oneself away out of love: This is the meaning of sacrifice, “to make holy,” and in God’s design for our happiness, it is what makes us capable of true intimacy – ultimately, intimacy with Him, which is our eternal happiness. In my next and final article, I will discuss some of the endeavors in our Archdiocese to respond to Pope Francis’ recommendations for helping our people live God’s plan for family life in a wide variety of ways.

point means that every human person is endowed with intrinsic dignity. It is also fundamental to point out that, at the beginning of creation, God made them “male and female” (Gen 1:27). Virtually every human culture throughout history has recognized the fact of this biological design. It is Sacred Scripture, though, that teaches us about the deeper spiritual reason why God ordered creation in this way: It is to allow a “complete gift of self” – spiritually, emotionally and physically – between a man and woman in marriage. This is the only union capable of “creating a new life out of love,” and while this provides great benefits for the flourishing of individuals and of societies as a whole, it takes on an even greater meaning on the spiritual level: Because the conjugal union of husband and wife is designed to be both unitive and procreative (open to life), it uniquely images the love within the holy Trinity. As Pope Francis says: “In the human family, gathered by Christ, ‘the image and likeness’ of the Most Holy Trinity (cf. Gen 1:26) has been restored, the mystery from which all true love flows” (AL, n. 71). At the same time, the Holy Father is careful to point out that “masculinity and femininity are not rigid categories” (AL 285) and have a wide range of expressions. However, while “biological sex and the socio-cultural role of sex (gender) can be distinguished,” he warns that they “[cannot be] separated.” Instead, he says, we are “called to protect our humanity … accepting it and respecting it as it was created.” To do otherwise would be to accept the claim that personal identity can be “radically separated from the biological difference between male and female.” Ignoring our complementary design as male or female would “ultimately [lead to] … eliminating the anthropological basis of the family,” which is the basis of society. (All quotes from AL, n. 56.) Given the first starting principle cited at the beginning of this article,

Archbishop Cordileone’s schedule Oct. 21-22: St. Patrick Seminary board meeting and retreat

Oct. 17: Cabinet, chancery meetings Oct. 18-19: California Catholic Conference meetings, Burbank Oct. 20: Presbyteral Council, chancery, Priest Personnel Board meetings

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Archbishop Savio Tai-Fai Hon, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, and Father Peter Zhai outside the archbishop’s office Oct. 7. Right, many of the 150 Chinese Catholics and others who gathered at Vallombrosa Retreat Center for the North America Chinese Catholic Apostolate conference Oct. 7-9.

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“The mission continues” to evangelize the world for Jesus Christ said one of Pope Francis’ top Vatican officials for evangelization during his visit to the San Francisco Bay Area to speak to North American Chinese Catholics on the topics of mercy and evangelization. “It goes back to Jesus’ command after his resurrection: Go and preach the Gospel. It’s fundamental,” said Archbishop Savio Tai-Fai Hon, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples since 2010. He is also currently serving as apostolic administrator in the

Diocese of Guam because of issues in the diocese. “That becomes part of the nature of the church,” he said, citing the Vatican II document published 51 years ago, “Ad Gentes: On the Missionary Activity of the Church.” “The church needs to renew itself,” Archbishop Hon said, a Salesian of Don Bosco who was born and lived much of his ministry as a priest in Hong Kong, citing Pope Francis’ philosophy, adding: “To leave the comfort zone is part of the mission of the Christian life.” Archbishop Hon spoke on the topics of mercy and evangelization and on the topic of mission at the North American Chinese Catholic

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Apostolate conference held Oct. 7-9 at Vallombrosa Retreat Center in Menlo Park. The conference drew more than 150 Chinese Catholics from as far as Canada and even New Zealand, said Father Peter Zhai, director of Chinese ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The archdiocese and the dioceses of Oakland and San Jose cosponsored the conference. Evangelization is a global phenomenon, with missionaries going forth today from Asian countries including Vietnam, Korea and India to serve their own immigrant communities in other countries such as the U.S., but also for instance, Korean missionaries are working in Africa, Archbishop Hon said.

In the archdiocese, the role of Father Zhai, a Divine Word Missionary born in China, is important to accompany Chinese here, Archbishop Hon said. “We need Chinesespeaking priests here. While they are facing all the challenges here, if someone can accompany them with certain Christian messages, that is already good evangelization. At the end of the day we are not simply raising family … after this life, we are aiming for something more. Inside our desire, we do have this tendency for beyond this life.” For more information on the Chinese Catholic ministry in the archdiocese, zhaip@sfarch.org

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Claire Dworsky has been playing soccer since age 3. Now a junior at St. Ignatius College Prep and with years of experience putting the ball where she wants it, she is place-kicker for the SI varsity football team. Claire has considered football a possible sport for her since she was “little,” she told me: Her dad always made time for them to go out for a catch and her mom’s car Claire Dworsky always had a few “balls rattling around in the back” so practice was always near. A soccer coach along the way noticed how Claire was kicking goals from long distances and said “kicking field goals” might be next. “I asked my parents to take me out to the football field after a soccer game last year, and I was able to kick pretty easily from the 30,” Claire said. She then asked SI varsity football coach John Regalia for a tryout. “He told me I would have to learn the playbook, lift weights, learn a defensive position, and attend all the practices,” Claire said. In her new role for the first time Aug. 27, she successfully kicked for three extra points. “It’s a lot of pressure, the first time I stepped up to kick my knee was shaking,” Claire said. “But you get used to it, you learn to trust yourself and trust your line to protect you and trust your team.” “Honestly, being a girl isn’t that big a deal, it’s about skills and being willing to work,” Claire said. “Our football team’s mission statement is ‘A relentless pursuit of competitive excellence’ and that means a lot to me. I love my teammates like brothers.” Claire said football has “made me a stronger soccer player, and a better person.” Claire said if given the chance she’d play football in college. “Playing at the college level is super challenging. There are a few women who have played. I would love to try.” Claire is no stranger to contact sports and says soccer is certainly one. “It gets physically rough. There is aggressive play and no pads. So playing football isn’t completely unfamiliar. The boys are a lot bigger, faster, and tougher so we try to keep me out of most tackling drills. I’ve been knocked down and it hurts, but everyone supports you and helps you up.” Claire has her eye on studying engineering and medicine. “I hope to work with disabled vets, ath-

REUNION: Our Lady of Mercy, Class of 1976 gathered Sept. 17 at the Daly City school. “We met in classroom 5B for a meet and greet, attended Mass together, then headed to the church hall for dinner and dancing,” classmate Eileen Murray Grealish told me. “It was a very enjoyable evening. We are all looking forward to our next reunion!”

PETS PRIORY PRIORITY: Benedictine Father Maurus Nemeth blessed some 20 pets Oct. 4 at Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley. Pictured is sixth grader, Maya Hsu, with her chicken “Schneeflocke,” German for “snowflake.” letes, and children. Mobility makes such a huge difference for quality of life. Because I was born in an orphanage in Kazakhstan I had rickets and malnutrition, I was really sick when my parents adopted me and brought me to San Francisco. The orphanage didn’t expect me to be able to walk or even stand because my legs had stopped working. But the amazing American medical system and my parents’ hard work got me back my legs. For me playing sports is a gift from God. I’m grateful every day that I can walk, and kick the ball and enjoy my life.” Claire is the first young woman in the history of the school to play on SI’s Wildcat football team. Claire’s parents are Deanna Hodgin and Philip Dworsky.

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Archbishop emeritus Niederauer supports destitute Himalayan foothills diocese The Diocese of Miao is one of the newest dioceses created in 2005, and its Bishop George Palliparampil, a Salesian of Don Bosco, is perhaps the first Catholic priest to venture into the desperately poor area of northeast India in the Himalayan foothills. Archbishop emeritus George H. Niederauer joined with Deacon Eddy Gutierrez and his wife Diane to host a reception at the Gutierrez home Oct. 2 to raise money and awareness for the diocese’s first hospital, the 25-bed St. Teresa of Kolkata Hospital. The Diocese of Miao is an area bordering Tibet which China continues to claim. “Many women die in childbirth,” with the average life span 40-45 years, said Deacon Rory Desmond, president of the board of the Christopher Missions Foundation. The first baby was just born in the newly opened hospital on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Deacon Desmond said. Archbishop Niederauer established a sister diocese relationship with the Diocese of Miao during his tenure. Shown in center are Archbishop Niederauer and Bishop Palliparampil. For more information or to donate: Christopher Missions Foundation, 100 Portola Dr, San Francisco, CA 94131, christophermf.com. Deacon Rory Desmond, can be reached at rory.desmond@ christophermf.org or (415) 306-3788.

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My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Mercy Changes the World!” On World Mission Sunday, October 23, Pope Francis invites each of us to be part of that change for our world of great need. He calls us Archbishop to announce the Cordileone mercy of God, “the beating heart of the Gospel” (Misericordiae Vultus 12). On this 90th World Mission Sunday, our Archdiocesan family joins 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 financial help, through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, support the work of the Mission Church, its witness to Christ and its service to the poor. “Let us not close our hearts within our own particular concerns, but let us open them to all of humanity.” Message for World Mission Sunday, 2016 I echo these words of our Holy Father, asking you to open your

hearts as you connect on World Mission Sunday with every corner of the globe: with the Americas, where catechists travel to remote areas to bring the Good News of God’s great love to families; with Europe, where new churches are being built to welcome faith communities, renewed after years of persecution; with Asia, where six million children receive an education from Religious Sisters in some 16,000 Church-run elementary schools; with the Pacific Islands, where 1,000 young men are preparing for the Priesthood, to bring the Lord’s healing hope and peace to those in need; with Africa, where those who are sick are provided with loving care at 6,400 Catholic hospitals and small clinics. Grateful always for your generosity of spirit and heart, and confident of your missionary commitment to share the joy of the Gospel and help the poor, I pray for blessings for you and your families! Faithfully yours in the Lord,

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Raising voices in song and prayer at Gospel Jazz Mass Diane Crowther, director of the St. Paul of the Shipwreck gospel choir, led a choir comprised of gospel singers from five different parishes accompanied by Bay Area jazz musicians for a rousing Gospel Jazz Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Oct. 15. St. Mary’s rector and pastor Father Arturo Albano was principal celebrant accompanied on the altar by Deacon Larry Chatmon of St. Paul of the Shipwreck. The choir included gospel singers from Sacred Heart, St. Boniface, Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Paul of the Shipwreck parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and St. Columba from the Oakland diocese. The annual Gospel Jazz Mass is organized by St. Paul of the Shipwreck parish and St. Mary’s Director of Liturgy Doug Benbow.

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U.S. Catholic China Bureau honors Bishops Cummins, Wang Michele Jurich The Catholic Voice

The U.S. Catholic China Bureau will honor Oakland Bishop emeritus John S. Cummins and San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop emeritus Ignatius Wang with the Matteo Ricci Award at the bureau’s Nov. 3 awards dinner. The Berkeley-based bureau is not a diplomatic or human rights organization, rather the mission of the U.S. Catholic China Bureau is to provide resources and information to those who have serious and professional interest in the Catholic Church in China, the religious situation and general situation in China, said its executive director Passionist Father Robert Carbonneau. “We serve as a resource to bridge relationships,” said Father Carbonneau, “and to be of service to whoever contacts us. We keep a public educational and pastoral influence in the United States, and try to do that in China as well, to Catholics who request things from us.” The award is named for Matteo Ricci, the 16th-century Jesuit priest and missionary to China, remembered for his adaption to Chinese culture. “This is not an annual award,” Father Carbonneau said. “We do this when we feel it’s appropriate to give an award.”

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U.S. Catholic China Bureau Matteo Ricci Award dinner Nov. 3, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Edward W. Chin Auditorium 388 Ninth St., #290, Oakland $125 per person; $95 per ticket for groups of five or more uscatholicchina.org Reservations: www.eventbrite. com/e/matteo-ricci-award-dinnertickets-26161783599 Bishop Cummins has served on the board of the U.S. Catholic China Bureau for more than two decades, Father Carbonneau said, even before the bureau moved from Seton Hall University in Orange, N.J., where it

was founded in 1989, to Berkeley in 2012. “Bishop Wang is a representation of the steadfast faith of Chinese Catholics,” said Father Carbonneau. “Both of these men represent a voice of Ricci in a very modern sense. They’re both honest and humble.” Bishop Wang, who remains active in the Chinese Catholic community in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was the first Chinese bishop appointed in the United States. The bureau emerged, Father Carbonneau said, “out of the need for re-engagement and contact between the religious orders that had been involved in the China mission in the U.S.” “This was a very exciting possibility in ‘89,” he said. “Religious orders with legacies in China were once again being contacted by Chinese Catholics. Everybody thought this church was dead.” Educating U.S. Catholics on the Catholic Church in China, and fostering opportunities for service between American Catholics and Chinese Catholics are among the goals. “The Chinese Catholic Church is certainly suffering, but it’s not being persecuted in the way that it had been persecuted as intently in the 1950s,” Father Carbonneau said.

The bureau is located in a Victorian house that is owned by the Interfriendship House Association; Bishop Cummins serves on its board. “This is an organization founded to bring Chinese scholars, post-docs, to have the opportunity to go to school and live in this building,” Father Carbonneau said. The bureau is funded by donors, events such as the awards dinner and a schedule of missionary preaching across the country. Father Carbonneau counts Bishop Cummins among the major influences on the bureau’s work. Both Father Carbonneau and his predecessor, Jesuit Father Michel Marcil would seek Bishop Cummins’ counsel. “First of all, he’d listen,” Father Carbonneau said. “Then he’d answer optimistically, even if he was cautious. Even if he was cautious, he’d be optimistic. “Then he would contextualize by saying, ‘Remember, we’ve been involved with China for a long, long time.’” Bishop Cummins would also draw on his experience with organizations such as the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences, which he also documents in his memoir, “Vatican II: Berkeley and Beyond,” which he published last year.

St. Ignatius College Preparatory announces tuition-free middle school Catholic San Francisco

St. Ignatius College Preparatory announced Oct. 8 that the school will open a tuition-free junior high school program beginning August 2017 with its first class of sixth graders. Named after longFather Tony time SI president Sauer, SJ Jesuit Father Tony Sauer, the academy will eventually offer sixth, seventh and eighth grade boys and girls from economically disadvantaged backgrounds a Jesuit education with the expectation that these students Father Eddie will matriculate Reese, SJ

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Walk for Life speaker lineup announced The lineup of speakers for the Walk for Life West Coast on Jan. 21 in San Francisco will include a woman who survived being aborted, the mother of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, and the president of an international coalition to expose and oppose forced abortion, gendercide and sexual slavery in China. Also speaking will be Rev. Clenard Childress Jr., who has spoken at almost every Walk for Life, including the first Walk.

Pam Tebow is the mother of Heisman Trophy winner, Tim Tebow, who gave an ESPN interview in which she discussed refusing to abort “Timmy” when advised to do so. She is nationally known for her pro-life message. Reggie Littlejohn is founder and president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, an international coalition to expose and oppose

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the fact that, unlike alcohol, there is no reliable standard for measuring the effect marijuana has on a driver. Drivers are well aware of the .08 Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) standard in the Golden State. Yet we still take chances and tell ourselves we are “OK” to drive. Unfortunately, I am all too familiar with how easily we can fool ourselves, as four years ago I myself was found to be over the BAC standard at a sobriety checkpoint. While at the time I judged myself safe to drive, I recognize the wisdom of such a strict standard in order to avoid drivers endangering others and jeopardizing the precious gift of life and health entrusted to us by God. Temperance, the virtue which extols moderation and restraint, leads to healthy relations with others and care for our own health. Excessive use of almost any substance or overindulgence in any activity can damage our own health and the well-being of others. In the case of marijuana, the effects are not fully understood and the proposed standards are arbitrary. Legalization of marijuana in California will have to be followed with years, if not decades, of education in temperance in its use, let alone the time needed for exact legal standards, which are currently completely lacking for marijuana, to be put into place. According to a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, traffic deaths doubled in Washington after legalization, in effect, increasing the chance that you or a loved one will be killed on

the highway. In 2014, one in six drivers involved in a fatal accident had recently used marijuana. Colorado is seeing similar results. This study also found no objective basis for determining if a driver is impaired. THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, can stay in a person’s system for extended periods. High levels might not indicate impairment so the testing may actually lead to convictions of innocent drivers. Conversely, a driver with relatively low levels of THC might actually be very impaired. Where is there justice in that? At the very least, this uncertainty should be a red flag to voters. It is enough of one for the California Highway Patrol to oppose Proposition 64. These men and women are the first-responders on our highways. They witness the fatalities on a daily basis. They know the cost our families and communities will pay. There are many more reasons to question the wisdom of legalizing marijuana. It sends a message to children that drug use is acceptable. If you don’t think teens will take up marijuana, look at the history of tobacco. It was “cool” to smoke until the dangers became all too apparent. It then took decades for the smoking rate to reach today’s low levels. Will legalized marijuana follow that same pattern? No one knows the answer to many of these troubling questions and that’s why I am personally opposed to Proposition 64, and invite you to vote against it as well. The cost in lives is unacceptable. The parallels with other substances like tobacco are too striking. And the impact on our young people too uncertain.

Catholic groups urge AMA to oppose assisted suicide Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON – Two Catholic organizations are calling on physicians to urge the American Medical Association to maintain its current stance against physician-assisted suicide. The call from the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Catholic Bioethics Center comes as the AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs gathers information to “outline the current landscape” on physician-assisted suicide. Representatives of the Catholic organizations are concerned that this effort by the AMA is a first step toward taking a neutral stance on assisted suicide. The organizations are urging physicians to address their concerns during the AMA’s interim meeting Nov. 1215 in Orlando, Florida. “We are mostly trying to get physicians in particular as well as experts in the area of assisted suicide and palliative care who are most compelling in their arguments against assisted suicide and against the neutrality of the medical association,” said Greg Schleppenbach, associate director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities. “But we also secondarily urge individuals to contact the AMA as well because we’re all patients of doctors and we all have a stake in the medical professions not adopting assisted suicide,” Schleppenbach told Catholic News Service. “We need every physician possible who is opposed to assisted suicide to speak up and to encourage other physicians to speak up,” he added.

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Portuguese bishops applaud Guterres nomination as U.N. secretary-general Lise Alves Catholic News Service

SAO PAULO – The Portuguese Bishops Conference praised former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres for his “deep sense of humanity and faith” after he was nominated as United NaAntonio Guterres tions secretarygeneral. “We hope he can face with courage, dialogue and resolutions all the great challenges on the world agenda today, always seeking peace, peaceful resolutions and the development of friendly relations among nations, as stated at the beginning of the United Nations Charter,” the bishops said in an Oct. 6 statement. The U.N. General Assembly on Oct. 13 approved Guterres’ five-year appointment. He will succeed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of South Korea early next year. A member of Portugal’s Socialist Party and a fervent Catholic,

Pope: Protect child migrants, refugees who face greater risk of abuse

VATICAN CITY – Children are the most vulnerable and hardest hit among the world’s migrants and require special protection, Pope Francis said. “Children are the first among those to pay the heavy toll of emigration, almost always caused by violence, poverty, environmental conditions, as well as the negative aspects of globalization,” he said. “The unrestrained competition for quick and easy profit brings with it the cultivation of perverse scourges such as child trafficking, the exploitation and abuse of minors and, generally, the depriving of rights intrinsic to childhood as sanctioned by the International Convention on the Rights of the Child,” he said. The pope made the comments in a message on the theme of “Child Migrants, the Vulnerable and the Voiceless” for the World Day for Migrants and Refugees 2017; the text was released at the Vatican Oct. 13. The World Day for Migrants and Refugees is observed Jan. 15. In the United States, National Migration Week will be celebrated Jan. 8-14.

Guterres, 67, was one of the founders of the Franciscanbacked Grupo da Luz (Light Group) in the early 1970s while still a college student in Lisbon. The group worked with poor people living in Portugal’s capital. Among his colleagues within the group was Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Portugal’s current president. “The United Nations now has a unique opportunity to rethink, to revise, and to reform its service toward the international community,” Rebelo de Sousa told journalists while waiting to speak to the U.N. in early October about his friend. Guterres served as Portugal’s prime minister from 1995 to 2002. In 2005, after leaving the Portuguese government, Guterres led the U.N. refugee agency for 10 years until he stepped down in December. Quoting Pope Francis, bishops’ spokesman Father Manuel Barbosa said he hoped Guterres in conjunction with the world body could render effective service to humanity that is respectful of diversity and capable of bringing out the best in each person for the sake of the common good.

Middle East Christians called key witnesses of mercy, forgiveness

NEW YORK – Protecting Christianity and religious pluralism in the Middle East and respecting the rights of all would open the path to peace in the region, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said at a dinner in New York Oct. 12. “True peace is possible only when the fundamental rights and dignity of every person are respected. We continue to believe that fundamental human

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A child sits on railroad tracks near a makeshift camp for migrants in late March at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of in Idomeni, Greece. Children are the most vulnerable and hardest hit among the world’s migrants and require special protection, Pope Francis said.

rights must include the freedom of conscience, the free exercise of religion, and equality under the law,” Anderson said. He made the comments in accepting the Path to Peace Award, sponsored by the Path to Peace Foundation. As president of the foundation, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, presented the award to Anderson and the Knights of Columbus for the international fraternal organization’s life-saving work in the Middle East and “humanitarian work throughout the world.” The dinner marked the 25th anniversary of the foundation, established to support the work of the Vatican’s U.N. mission.

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Cardinals-designate Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, Joseph W. Tobin of Indianapolis and Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the new Vatican office for laity, family and life, are the three new U.S. cardinals named by Pope Francis Oct. 9.

Off the beaten path: Pope looks far afield for new cardinals Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY – Choosing new members of the College of Cardinals, Pope Francis once again looked to countries and particularly to dioceses that were not and never had been represented in the body that advises the pope and bears responsibility for electing his successor. Announcing the names of 17 cardinals he will create Nov. 19, Pope Francis chose men from 14 nations, which will bring the total number of countries represented in the College of Cardinals to 79. When he announced the names Oct. 9, the college had members from 72 countries. The cardinal electors – the prelates under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope – currently represent 57 nations; after the consistory to create new cardinals, the group will bring together men from 60 countries. The 115 cardinal electors who entered the conclave in 2013 that elected Pope Francis had come from 48 countries. Eight years earlier, the group that elected now-retired Pope Benedict XVI came from 53 nations. Under Pope Francis, the idea that some large archdioceses are always led by a cardinal is fading, but is not altogether gone. His latest choices included the archbishops of Chicago, Malines-Brussels and Madrid. But other traditional cardinal sees like Venice and Turin in Italy or Baltimore and Philadelphia and Los Angeles in the United States were not included in the pope’s latest picks. Archbishop Blaise Cupich of Chicago was one of those named. Not only did Pope Francis name the first ever cardinal electors from Bangladesh, Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea, he

named Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin the first cardinal elector of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis; Archbishop Baltazar Porras Cardozo the first cardinal elector of Merida, Venezuela; and Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes the first archbishop of Tlalnepantla, Mexico, to be a cardinal elector. The 2016 consistory will be the third called by Pope Francis to create new cardinals and, once again, members of the Roman Curia received just a nod. Irish-born U.S. Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, the prefect of the new Vatican office for laity, family and life, is the only member of the Curia chosen this time. Archbishop Mario Zenari, the pope’s nuncio to Syria, also was tapped, but the pope made it clear that the Italian archbishop would remain in war-torn Syria. After the distribution of red hats Nov. 19, members or retired members of the Curia will make up 28 percent of the cardinal electors. Just over 35 percent of the members of the group that elected Pope Francis in 2013 were Curia veterans, although only 24 percent of the cardinals in the conclave that elected Pope Benedict were. After the consistory, the electors named cardinals by Pope Benedict will account for just over 46 percent of the total; just over 36 percent will have been named by Pope Francis; and just over 17 percent will be cardinals created by St. John Paul II. St. John XXIII and Blessed Paul VI expanded the size of the College of Cardinals and began the modern internationalization of the body. In 1970, Blessed Paul decreed that cardinals over the age of 80 could not vote in a conclave, and in 1975 he set the limit of cardinal electors at 120 men.

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A girl sleeps on chairs in a partially destroyed school Oct. 12 used as a shelter after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti. Hurricane Matthew killed at least 1,000 people in Haiti and at least 33 in the U.S.

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Pope canonizes seven saints who ‘fought the good fight of faith’ Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY – The seven new saints of the church were holy not because of their own efforts but because of “the Lord who triumphs in them and with them,” Pope Francis said. Each one “struggled to the very end with all their strength,” which they received through perseverance and prayer, the pope said Oct. 16 at a canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square. “They remained firm in faith, with a generous and steadfast heart. Through their example and their intercession, may God also enable us to be men and women of prayer,” the pope told the estimated 80,000 people present at the Mass. Seven large tapestries bearing the portraits of the new saints decorated the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica, some representing specific aspects of their lives that exemplified their holiness. Argentine “gaucho priest,” St. Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero was portrayed sitting on a donkey, his humble means of transportation when traveling thousands of miles to minister to the poor and the sick. St. Jose Sanchez del Rio, a 14-yearold Mexican boy martyred for refusing to renounce his faith during the Cristero War of the 1920s, was depicted holding a palm branch and rosary while a trail of blood and a single bullet were at his feet. St. Salomone Leclerq, who was

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A man holds an image of new Mexican St. Jose Sanchez del Rio, who was martyred at the age of 14 in 1928, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 16.

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Women in traditional Mexican dress hold flags before the canonization Mass for seven new saints celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 16. Mexican St. Jose Sanchez del Rio was among those canonized. killed after refusing to renounce his faith at the height of the French Revolution, was shown with his eyes fixed toward heaven as an angel carried a palm, symbolizing his martyrdom for the faith. The French Carmelite writer and mystic, St. Elizabeth of the Holy Trinity, was shown seated in prayer, and St. Manuel Gonzalez Garcia, a Spanish bishop who spent his life devoted to eucharistic adoration, smiled radiantly. Brightly colored tapestries also featured the images of two new Italian saints: St. Ludovico Pavoni, the

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ROME – The heroism of Mexico’s newest saint, should embolden the nation’s priests to place “their full trust in God,” Antonio Berumen, the vice postulator, told Catholic News Service Oct. 14. The martyrdom of St. Jose Sanchez del Rio, who died in 1928 during a government crackdown on Catholics, takes on a new meaning today amid violence in Mexico, where 15 priests have been murdered in the last four years, most if not all for denouncing the drug traffickers, he said. Catholic News Service

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We, the people “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

s children, how many of us had to memorize and recite the preamble to the Constitution? In “Healing the Heart of Democracy,” Parker Palmer, reminds us of common ground and common cause and pleads for the recovery of the common good, a sense of “we, the people.” Since the easy money of the dot-com days of 2000, the catastrophic events of 9/11, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Wall Street crash of 2008, the emergence of Sister jean the Tea Party conservaevans, rsm tives, the obstructionist Congress of the last eight years, and the ubiquitous presence of social media, we have witnessed the growth of an “I” obsession that has successfully robbed our nation of its sense of we the people. Like Parker Palmer, Pope Francis weighs in on the excesses of individualism, “Our world is being torn apart by wars and violence, and wounded by a widespread individualism which divides human beings, setting them against one another as they pursue their own well-being.” In his speech to Congress on Sept. 24, 2015, Pope Francis urged American lawmakers no fewer than six times to promote the common good of our society: “You are called to defend and preserve the dignity of your fellow citizens in the tireless and demanding pursuit of the common good, for this is the chief aim of all politics.” This teaching isn’t new. It appeared in 1891, when Pope Leo XIII wrote, “… civil power must not be subservient to the advantage of any one individual, or of some few persons (read: gun lobby) inasmuch as it was established for the common good of all (‘Rerum Novarum’).” Without such basic conditions like clean drinking water (read: Flint), nourishing food, shelter (read: homelessness), safety on the streets (read: police killings), a relatively toxin-free environment (read: pollution, nuclear waste), and quality public education (read: charter schools), no citizen will achieve full potential. Nor can anyone flourish under the burden of inordinate college debt (read: 8 percent). What is the root cause of our inability to promote the common good within our society? It is the idolatry of money, says Pope Francis unequivocally. In a society that idolizes money and views human beings as mere consumers, financial systems rule rather than serve (read: Wall Street). The resultant inequality spawns violence in society and the common good is forgotten.

In a society that idolizes money and views human beings as mere consumers, financial systems rule rather than serve (read: Wall Street). The resultant inequality spawns violence in society and the common good is forgotten.

Sister Jean evans is vocation minister for Sisters of Mercy West Midwest and assists Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan with music at first Friday prayer around the cross, Taizé, in Burlingame.

Contemplative prayer

ontemplative prayer, as it is classically defined and popularly practiced, is subject today to considerable skepticism in a number of circles. For example, the method of prayer, commonly called centering prayer, popularized by persons like Thomas Keating, Basil Bennington, John Main, and Laurence Freeman is viewed with suspicion by many people who identify it with anything from New Age, to Buddhism, to self-seeking, to atheism. Admittedly not all of its FATHER ron adherents and practitioners are free from those charges, rolheiser but certainly its true practitioners are. Understood and practiced correctly this method of prayer, which allows for some variations in its practice, is in fact the form of prayer which the desert fathers, John of the Cross, and the author of the “Cloud of Unknowing” call contemplation. What is contemplation, as defined within this classical Christian tradition? With apologies to the tradition of Ignatius of Loyola, who formats things differently, but is very much in agreement with this definition, contemplation is prayer without images and imagination, that is, prayer without the attempt to concentrate one’s thoughts and feelings on God and holy things. It is a prayer so singular in its intention to be present to God alone that it refuses everything, even pious thoughts and holy feelings so as to simply sit in darkness, in a deliberate unknowing, within which all thoughts, imaginations, and feelings about God are not fostered or entertained, as is true for all other thoughts and feelings. In the words of “The Cloud of Unknowing,” it is a simple reaching out directly toward God. In contemplative prayer, classically understood, after a brief, initial act of centering oneself in prayer, one simply sits, but sits inside the intention of reaching out directly toward God in a place beyond feeling and imagination where one waits to let the unimaginable reality of God breakthrough in a way that subjective feelings, thoughts, and imaginations cannot manipulate. And it is precisely on this point where contemplative prayer is most often misunderstood and criticized. The questions are: Why shouldn’t we try to foster and entertain holy thoughts and pious feelings during prayer, isn’t that what we’re trying to do in prayer? How can we be praying when we aren’t doing anything, just sitting? Isn’t this some form of agnosticism? How do we meet a loving, personal God in this? Isn’t this simply

some form of transcendental meditation which can be used as a form of self-seeking, a mental yoga? Where’s Jesus in this? I will let the author of “The Cloud of Unknowing” reply to this: “It would be very inappropriate and a great hindrance to a man who ought to be working in this darkness and in this cloud of unknowing, with an affective impulse of love to God himself alone, to permit any thought or any meditation of God’s wonderful gifts, kindness or his work in any of his creatures, bodily or spiritual, to rise up in his mind so as to press between him and his God, even if they be very holy thoughts, and give him great happiness and consolation. … For as long as the soul dwells in this mortal body, the clarity of our understanding in the contemplation of all spiritual things, and especially of God, is always mixed up with some sort of imagination.” We cannot imagine God, we can only know God. In essence, the idea is that we may never mistake the icon for the reality. God is ineffable and consequently everything we think or imagine about God is, in effect, an icon, even the words of Scripture itself are words about God and not the reality of God. Admittedly icons can be good, so long as they are understood precisely as icons, as pointing to a reality beyond themselves; but as soon as we take them for the reality, our perennial temptation, the icon becomes an idol. The difference between meditation and contemplation is predicated on this: In meditation we focus on icons, on God as God appears in our thoughts, imagination, and feelings. In contemplation, icons are treated as idols, and the discipline then is to sit in a seeming darkness, beneath a cloud of unknowing, to try to be face to face with a reality which is too big to grasp within our imagination. Meditation, like an icon, is something that is useful for a time, but ultimately we are all called to contemplation. As “The Cloud of Unknowing” puts it: “For certainly, he who seeks to have God perfectly will not take his rest in the consciousness of any angel or any saint that is in heaven.” Karl Rahner agrees: “Have we tried to love God in those places where one is not carried on a wave of emotional rapture, where it is impossible to mistake oneself and one’s life-force for God, where one accepts to die from a love that seems like death and absolute negation, where one cries out in an apparent emptiness and an utter unknown?” That, in short, is contemplative prayer, authentic centering prayer, as a discipline. Oblate Father Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.

letters Marriage decline is economic

Re: “Pope sees global war against marriage,” Oct. 6: I certainly can’t speak globally, although with 25 millions of refugees fleeing wars that is not conducive to marriage. Nor is abject poverty, e.g. Haiti. But the main reason here in the U.S. is income inequality. Lots of women would like to get married and have children but even with combined incomes can’t afford marriage. In fact, the women I’ve met make more than men. Finally, they just to decide to have children before menopause as single mothers. This is not just my impression but confirmed by social science research. Meanwhile, the 1 percent spends millions for their weddings, Mary Margaret Flynn San Carlos

Where is the electoral passion against abortion?

Re “Speaker: Death penalty ultimate insult to human dignity,” Oct. 6:

Here again we face another presidential election. I see where you explain the church position on the death penalty and exhorting how parishioners should vote. Having taken that bold position, many of us would be deliriously happy if you took a similar stand on abortion. Gerald Studier San Rafael The writer is a St. Isabella parishioner.

Abortion is the ultimate insult

Actor Mike Farrell in his Catholic San Francisco Oct. 6 interview states that the death penalty is the “ultimate insult to human dignity.” There has been no one executed in California since 2006. During this same 10-year period there have been approximately 2.5 million executions of innocent preborn babies in California. Tell me who receives the ultimate insult! Laurette Elsberry Sacramento

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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time SIRACH 35:12-14, 16-18 The Lord is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of the oppressed. The Lord is not deaf to the wail of the orphan, nor to the widow when she pours out her complaint. The one who serves God willingly is heard; his petition reaches the heavens. The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal, nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds, judges justly and affirms the right, and the Lord will not delay. PSALM 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23 The Lord hears the cry of the poor. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the Lord; the lowly will hear me and be glad. The Lord hears the cry of the poor. The Lord confronts the evildoers, to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. When the just cry out, the Lord hears them, and

from all their distress he rescues them. The Lord hears the cry of the poor. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. The Lord redeems the lives of his servants; no one incurs guilt who takes refuge in him. The Lord hears the cry of the poor. 2 TM 4:6-8, 16-18 Beloved: I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but to all who have longed for his appearance. At my first defense no one appeared on my behalf, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them! But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear

it. And I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat and will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen. LUKE 18:9-14 Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity – greedy, dishonest, adulterous – or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’ But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

God and us

wo elderly women in the front pew of their church were listening to a fiery preacher. When he condemned the sin of stealing, they cried out: “Amen, brother.” When he condemned the sin of lust, they cried out all the more: “Preach it, Reverend.” When he condemned the sin of lying, they jumped to their feet screaming: “Tell it as it is, brother. Amen.” But when the preacher condemned the sin of gossip, they got very quiet. One said to the other, “He’s quit preaching and now he’s meddlin’.” Self-righteousness is more common than we think. Over 2000 years ago, Jesus addressed the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector “to those who were father charles convinced of their own puthota righteousness and despised everyone else.” There is a tendency in us to be quite sure of our own rightness and be smugly moralistic and intolerant of others’ actions and beliefs. It is a false conviction that we are better or more moral than others, something entertained inside and expressed outwardly. Jesus addresses it through parables and, at times, in strong language.

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Richard Crashaw, a 17th century English metaphysical poet, who was also an Anglican cleric converted to Catholicism, has a poem on this Sunday’s Gospel: “Two went to pray? O rather say one went to brag, th’ other to pray: One stands up close and treads on high, where th’ other dares not send his eye. One nearer to God’s altar trod, the other to the altar’s God.” Crashaw’s poetic interpretation captures Jesus’ contrasts in the two men’s posture and prayer. One brags while the other prays. One takes up position in pride while the other feels unworthy even to raise his eyes. One gets only as far as the altar while the other gets close to God. The parable seeks to persuade us toward the nature of our relationship with God, with one another, in particular, with the poor, and the practice of prayer. The context is provided in Sirach where the poor of the world, the weak, oppressed, orphan, and the widow are close to God: “The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds.” The rich and the powerful are on notice because with wealth and position there is a grave danger of self-righteousness and lack of need for God. The poor in their lowly status have God on their side because, as the psalm says, “the Lord hears the cry of the poor.” Jesus the prophet par excellence continues and fulfills the Old Testament theme of God standing by the poor. In his words and actions, Jesus upholds

Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings Monday, October 24: Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret, bishop. Eph 4:32–5:8. Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6. Jn 17:17b, 17a. Lk 13:10-17. Tuesday, October 25: Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time. Eph 5:21-33. Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5. See Mt 11:25. Lk 13:18-21. Wednesday, October 26: Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time. Eph 6:1-9. Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14. See 2 Thess 2:14. Lk 13:22-30. Thursday, October 27: Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time. Eph 6:10-20. Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10. See Lk 19:38; 2:14. Lk 13:31-35.

Sunday, October 30: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Wis 11:22-12:2. Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14. 2 Thes 1:11-2:2. Jn 3:16. Lk 19:1-10. Monday, October 31: Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time. All Hallows’ Eve. Phil 2:1-4. Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3. Jn 8:31b-32. Lk 14:12-14. Tuesday, November 1: Solemnity of All Saints. Rv 7:2-4, 9-14. Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6. 1 Jn 3:1-3. Mt 11:28. Mt 5:1-12a. Wednesday, November 2: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. Wis 3:1-9. Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6. Rom 5:5-11 or Rom 6:3-9. Mt 25:34. Jn 6:37-40.

Friday, October 28: Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles. Eph 2:19-22. Ps 19:2-3, 4-5. Lk 6:12-16.

Thursday, November 3: Thursday of the Thirtyfirst Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Martin de Porres, religious. Phil 3:3-8a. Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7. Mt 11:28. Lk 15:1-10.

Saturday, October 29: Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time. Phil 1:18b-26. Ps 42:2, 3, 5cdef. Mt 11:29ab. Lk 14:1, 7-11.

Friday, November 4: Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, bishop. Phil 3:17—4:1. Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5. 1 Jn 2:5. Lk 16:1-8.

the poor and those crushed by society, culture, and even religion. He keeps company with sinners and tax collectors. He challenges the oppressive structures arrayed against the poor and suffering. Jesus calls people to an authentic and loving relationship with his father and one another as essential for the kingdom. Three insights stand out. One, our relationship with God is based on grace, not on the merits of our deeds. It is not the quantity, but the spirit in which we live and love. Undeserved though we are, God shares his superabundant love with us freely and joyfully. Prayer is self-emptying before God who alone can fulfill us. Two, our relationship with one another is based not on pride but humility, not on comparison but compassion. We are all in the same boat of sinfulness. The church is a fabulously sacred place to find our identity. As Charles Morrison has said, “The Christian church is a society of sinners. It is the only society in the world in which membership is based upon a single qualification, that the candidate be unworthy of membership.” Three, poverty and suffering in the world are humongous and heartbreaking. God in Jesus Christ is stirred up to compassion, urging us to be his devotees in alleviating pain and healing the planet earth. Father Puthota is pastor of St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco, and director of Pastoral Ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Pope Francis Beware the bad leaven that deceives

VATICAN CITY – Be trustworthy, transparent and truthful, not a “spiritual schizophrenic,” Pope Francis said. “A hypocrite is a phony: He seems nice, courteous, but he has a dagger behind him,” the pope said Oct. 14 in his homily during Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae. The pope focused on the day’s Gospel reading from St. Luke (12:1-7) in which Jesus warns his disciples about “the leaven – that is, the hypocrisy – of the Pharisees.” Pope Francis said there is good leaven and bad leaven. Good leaven builds up God’s kingdom, he said; it is “solid, nourishing and becomes good bread.” Bad leaven – the deceitful leaven of hypocrites – he said, is all about appearances, looking good on the outside, but inside, there’s little substance, much like a pastry his Italian grandmother used to make for Carnival. Catholic News Service

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Jesuit Father John Piderit was among the priests hearing confessions at U.N. Plaza.

(Dennis Callahan/Catholic San Francisco)

Archbishop Cordileone lifts the monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament during Benediction at United Nations Plaza for the rosary rally. City Hall’ s dome can be seen across Civic Center behind the plaza.

Dominicans of the Most Holy Rosary, who staff St. Charles Borromeo in San Francisco and Holy Angels School in Colma, attended the rally.

Archbishop Cordileone leads eucharistic procession through city streets Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone led hundreds of Catholics praying the rosary through the streets of the city in a eucharistic procession that wended past City Hall to United Nations Plaza. “To pray the rosary is to look at Jesus through her eyes, to see him through the lens of her faith and love,” the archbishop told those gathered on the pavement a stone’s throw from Market Street under a hot noonday autumn sun Oct. 8. The rally included praying the rosary and Benediction. The rosary rally was re-established in 2011 at the initiative of the Legion of Mary on the 50th anniversary of Servant of God, Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton’s Family Rosary Crusade. The 1961 rosary rally drew a half million people to Golden Gate Park’s Polo Field. The annual San Francisco rally is timed for October. In 1883 Pope Leo XIII officially dedicated the month of October to the Holy Rosary, Father Peyton was known as the “Rosary Priest” because he tirelessly promoted the powerful prayer of the rosary around the world, preaching to an estimated 28 million people over the course of his life. Father Peyton first proclaimed the phrases “The family that prays together stays together” and “A world at prayer is a world at peace.” “The world needs Christ more than ever and his mother is the example of how we can carry him to a waiting world,” Archbishop Cordileone said in his homily at the Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Mass was followed by a short period of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament and then the archbishop led the procession along some of the city’s busiest thoroughfares to United Nations Plaza. David Carey and his wife Josemine came with their 1-year-old son from St. Margaret Mary parish in Oakland “to pray, pray for everyone who needs it.” “We pray the rosary, join with our community to show our support for the Blessed Mother and our church,” Carey said.

The procession traveled down Van Ness Avenue toward City Hall and U.N. Plaza. Right, a devotee of the Blessed Mother with her statue.

(Photo by Valerie Schmalz/Catholic San Francisco)

Jose Rodriguez and his two sons came from St. Charles Borromeo Parish in San Carlos. Rally attendees included disabled people. Right, praying the rosary at U.N. Plaza. “I am here to recite the rosary with the rest of our Catholic brothers and sisters in San Francisco,” said Erson Que of All Saints Parish in Hayward. “I feel when I say the rosary daily and as much as I can, it brings me closer to the Lord which brings me closer to the Blessed Mother.” In beginning his talk at United Nations Plaza, the archbishop spoke about Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at the altar by Islamic jihadists in July for whom Pope Francis has waived the normal five-year waiting period after death to begin the process of beatification. The pontiff said it was impor-

tant to gather the testimony of witnesses who are now alive and clearly recollect the priest’s life and death. The closest witness to Jesus is his mother, Archbishop Cordileone said. “When we pray the rosary then, we are privileged to enter into Mary’s heart and contemplate Christ with her.” Concluding his homily at United Nations Plaza, the archbishop said, “May our praying of the holy rosary lead us to contemplate with greater depth and fervor the mysteries manifest in our Lord’s earthly life, so we may bear witness to him by our holiness of life, after the manner of our Blessed

Mother Mary and all the martyrs, for the glory of God and the proclamation of the good news of salvation.” For those who came, the opportunity to witness their love for Mary and the Catholic Church appeared paramount. “It is our devotion to mama Mary. She is our spiritual mother and we derive our strength from her,” said Marilou Ibaseta, who came with two friends, Emmy Yee and Elizabeth Ing, from Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco. Jose Rodriguez brought his two young sons from St. Charles Borromeo Parish in San Carlos to the Mass and rally because “I am Catholic,” he said.

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Rural Catholic cemetery reflects California history Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church and its secluded graveyard perched on a coastal bluff in the West Marin enclave of Bolinas was deeded to the Archdiocese of San Francisco by the family of one of the town’s first settlers in 1878. Almost 138 years later, the cemetery has become one of the archdiocese’s seven Catholic cemeteries. “St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery was a parish cemetery, as were most of our other cemeteries at one point,” said Monica Williams, director of cemeteries. She said the cemetery behind the remote West Marin church, a mission of Sacred Heart Parish in Olema 11 miles away, joined the archdiocese-administrated Catholic cemeteries family this year in part because its longtime volunteer superintendent Dr. Norman Straub, died in 2014. The archdiocese’s other Catholic cemeteries include Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, Holy Cross Cemetery in Menlo Park, Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery in Half Moon Bay, St. Anthony Cemetery in Pescadero, Mount Olivet Cemetery in San Rafael and Tomales Cemetery in the town of the same name. Before St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery was a parish cemetery, however, it was simply a family graveyard to an influential “Californio” – a Spanish term for the original colonists of California and their descendants, according to Elia Haworth, curator of the Bolinas Museum. Gregorio Briones was the son of Don Marcus Briones who accompanied St. Junipero Serra to Yerba Buena later known as San Francisco and helped establish Mission Dolores in 1776. His sister was Juana Briones, an enterprising businesswoman and healer some call “the founding mother of San Francisco.” Briones, a soldier in the colonial army and former alcade, or mayor of the Presidio in San Francisco, retired

The St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery in Bolinas was originally a graveyard for the family of Gregorio Briones, a former colonial military officer whose father accompanied St. Junipero Serra to Yerba Buena where he helped establish Mission Dolores. Briones’ will requested the family plot be expanded into a permanent Catholic cemetery and chapel. In 1878, his descendants deeded both to the Archdiocese of San Francisco. in the 1840s and moved his family to Rancho Las Baulines or Bolinas after receiving a land grant from the governor. Here, he became a successful cattle rancher. A history of the cemetery was written by Straub, a St. Mary Magdalene parishioner and San Anselmo resident who is buried in the idyllic cemetery. It is available on the Sacred Heart Parish website. After a smallpox epidemic hit West Marin in 1853, Gregorio Briones donated a plot in a pasture overlooking Bolinas Lagoon for a burial ground. Prior to this, those who died were usually buried on the property where they lived. Over the years, according to Straub, the burial ground became known as the Briones Graveyard, and from the beginning, it had two sections: Catholic and Protestant. When

someone died, whichever clergyman was available presided.   When he died in 1863, Briones’s will included a request to make the burial ground into a permanent cemetery. It also asked that a chapel be built on the grounds so that people could pray for the repose of his soul, according to Straub, even though Briones himself is buried at Mission Dolores. For unknown reasons, according to Straub, his requests were not carried out for more than 20 years, though people continued to be buried there. In the late 1870s during a nationwide surge of temperance and religious fervor, three churches were built on Horseshoe Hill where St. Mary of Magdalene Church stands today – a Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic church. Though the Catholic church is the only one that remains in that location today, the

area was once christened, “Gospel Flat.” Pablo Briones, the eldest son of Don Gregorio, organized the construction of the church with the aid of the local Catholic population, together with generous donations from the Protestant community.   The mission church and cemetery were served for decades by the Sacred Heart Fathers, a missionary group active in the Pacific Islands. When the order left in 1935, the parish became part of Sacred Heart Parish in Olema. Williams said that anyone that wishes to have loved ones buried at the historic St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery may contact Sacred Heart Parish in Olema to make arrangements for burial and a funeral Mass. For more information visit marinsacredheart.com or holycrosscemeteries.com.

Principal: New moms lead three archdiocesan Catholic schools FROM PAGE 1

“My husband really supports my work,” said Mortonson. “As a product of Catholic school, he understands it is not a typical job.” Also critical is “having the support of my pastor (Father William McCain) both on the logistics but also spiritually – such an important part of this job is spiritual. I have a very supportive school community.” St. Timothy School staff and parents have come through with flying colors in support of Basile as well, the principal of the San Mateo school said. Matteo Nicolas was born May 8, Mother’s Day, and Basile worked until April 27 when she went out on maternity leave. During her pregnancy and now, “everyone here was so kind and helpful and supportive. The things I couldn’t do anymore, people just picked up,” Basile said. Now, Matteo is in child care nearby and she can go see him during the day if need be. Basile has a portable bassinette to use in a pinch. As well, she has a network of school parents and others who have volunteered to help out if she has to stay late for a school emergency. The children were very interested in her pregnancy and parents and children continue to care about the baby, Basile said. “The young kids are fascinated. I brought him for morning prayer and announcements. The kids were really kind and loving toward him.” “I feel very fortunate because we have such an emphasis in our school and in all Catholic schools

(Photo courtesy Mortonsons)

John Basile Jr. and Michelle and baby Matteo Nicolas.

St. Finn Barr principal Mele Mortonson with her husband Patrick and their daughter Catherine Maria.

on family – that they are able to see the leader of their school model that. That’s fortunate,” Basile said. “It’s special.” Father Thuan Hoang’s response to the birth of Coraline was to suggest the baby be baptized at a school Mass at Church of the Visitacion. Children and parents of school children joined the family and friends at the Sept. 27 baptism on the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, one of the patrons and founders of the Daughters of Charity who founded and continue to support Our Lady of the Visitacion.

Everhart lives 10 minutes away and found inhome child care five minutes away, so she takes a half hour lunch hour with the baby each day. “It’s definitely hard because every day, leaving my baby is difficult and I am enjoying being a new mom. But having a supportive school community is amazing. Everyone asks how she is doing, asks to see pictures.” “I think I would feel really disconnected if I didn’t get to go see her in the day,” Everhart said. “It’s fun though. I feel I am getting the best of both worlds.”

(Photo courtesy Michelle Basile)

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Readable narrative of the Nov. 2, 1963, assassination of Catholic president of Vietnam Robert Graffio

“The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam” by Dr. Geoffrey DT Shaw. Ignatius Press (San Francisco, 2015), $24.95. “[W]e killed him. We all got together and got a g–d–- bunch of thugs and we went in and assassinated him.” So said President Lyndon Johnson in a recorded telephone conversation with a U.S. senator about President John F. Kennedy’s decision directly to put in motion the recommendation of various advisors to remove, by coup d’état, the devoutly Catholic president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem. In “The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam,” military historian Geoffrey Shaw challenges the American historical narrative of President Diem as a corrupt dictator, and in an extensively footnoted narrative contends that it was a calculated smear campaign by members of the Kennedy administration and the American media, most notably The New York Times. Shaw is himself not a Catholic, but brought the book to Ignatius Press, a Catholic publisher. The “Lost Mandate of Heaven” is a copiously footnoted and impressive work of scholarship with an extensive bibliography, yet is quite accessible to the general reader.

On Nov. 2, 1963, President Diem and his brother and chief political advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu went to morning Mass, stayed to pray, and were captured by military men while standing in the grotto of the Virgin Mary, according to a priest who was an eyewitness. Diem and Nhu were taken by armored personnel carrier a short ways down the road, and, while alive, had their gallbladders cut out and were then each shot in the head. “It’s very savage… trés savage!” said General Nguyen Khanh, visibly distraught even decades later, to the book’s author. France, the Philippines, Australia, and Great Britain all opposed the coup – as did Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and ambassador to Vietnam Frederick Nolting. As Jesuit Father James V. Schall noted in his foreword to the book: “It is not a happy story except in the sense that here we finally have a clear picture of the events and personages surrounding this assassination….This book is not an account of the perfidy of the Communists. It recognizes that they are ruthless, powerful, and out to win. But they are not the focus of the text. They are, rather, the recipients of the tragedy. The ones left to follow in its wake.” Madame Nhu, the widow of Ngo Dinh Nhu, Diem’s younger brother and chief political advisor who was assassinated with Diem, stated at a Nov. 5 press conference, three days after the

murders: “Whoever has the Americans as allies does not need enemies.” Ironically, within the month on Nov. 22, 1963, Kennedy, also Catholic, was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, who had traveled to the Soviet Union and joined the Communist Party. Shaw recounts the story of the American alliance with President Diem and the American betrayal led by W. Averell Harriman, assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs, who hated Diem, accusing him of being authoritarian and antiDemocratic. While it’s true that Diem closed some newspapers and suspended elections, Harriman and others in Washington failed to recognize a key principle of British success in its Ma-

laya campaign over the prior decade: In a Communist insurrection, it is far more important for people to feel protected by their national government than for them to feel that they have a say in their government, Shaw wrote. Diem was a rare man in South Vietnam at that time. Sen. Mike Mansfield, the U.S. Senate majority leader, described Diem to President Dwight D. Eisenhower as honest, incorruptible, and a devoutly dedicated nationalist. Nguyen Khanh, a retired Vietnamese general, who participated in the coup against Diem, told the book’s author in a 1994 interview that, among the Vietnamese, there still, to this day, is a deep reverence, bordering on awe, when they talk of the former president. Shaw recounts that Diem encouraged the Viet Cong to switch sides and return to their villages; a desire to avoid bloodshed whenever possible that sprang from the Ngo Dinh brothers’ Catholic faith. Acknowledging Diem’s effectiveness and competence in resisting the Communist insurgency, Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the Communist North, upon learning of Diem’s assassination, was quoted as saying: “I can scarcely believe the Americans would be so stupid.” Using original sources, including declassified U.S. government documents, this book is for anyone who wants to understand the inner workings of American diplomacy and foreign policy, or who wants to more fully understand the build-up to the Vietnam War. Graffio is vice-chancellor and manager of the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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Orange County charges against fetal parts broker ‘historic’

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Immaculate Heart Radio will merge with Relevant Radio to create a larger national Catholic radio network, according to an announcement from the networks. In the Bay Area, 1260 AM is the Immaculate Heart Radio station which reaches and has connections with the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and the dioceses of Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Jose. Immaculate Heart Radio network broadcasts along the greater West Coast and Southwest. Relevant Radio is mostly centered in the Midwest and in the East. Both networks offer their programming to affiliate stations as well. The new corporation will be Immaculate Heart Media d/b/a Relevant Radio® and will broadcast

over 108 AM and FM radio stations and translators in 36 states reaching 133 million listeners, including in the four largest broadcast markets New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. Additionally, all programs will be livestreamed and available on podcast through multiple Internet platforms including websites, mobile apps, and social media portals, according to the announcement. “In a way, this merger feels like a historic moment in Catholic communications in this country,” said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez. “For the first time, there will be a single Catholic voice in our nation’s largest media markets.” The merger will be finalized in 2017, pending Federal Communications Commission approval, the statement said.

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Members of 40 Days for Life and Walk for Life West Coast prayed for an end to abortion outside the Valencia Street Planned Parenthood clinic on Oct. 15 in San Francisco, as the nation’s largest abortion provider celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding by Margaret Sanger on Oct. 16, 1916. Pro-life groups held prayer vigils at Planned Parenthoods throughout the country. Sanger’s first clinic to supply birth control was opened in Brooklyn and shut down 10 days later. Planned Parenthood receives more than a half billion dollars a year in federal funds and is the nation’s largest abortion provider.

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The archbishop visited St. Gabriel School Oct. 3. Shown here with the first grade.

Archbishop visits St. Gabriel, blesses preschool St. Gabriel Parish and School welcomed Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone who visited in October as part of his regular parish visits to parishes in the archdiocese. During the visit, he blessed St. Gabriel’s new Tiny Knights Preschool that opened in late September. He met with the parish council and school and parent boards. After celebrating 10 a.m. Mass Oct. 2, the parish hosted a reception for the archbishop to meet parishioners, school families and alumni.

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Archbishop Cordileone blessed the preschool Oct. 2. Shown with pastor Father Tom Hamilton.

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“The new evangelization calls for followers of Christ who are unconditionally pro-life: who will proclaim, celebrate and serve the Gospel of life in every situation. A sign of hope is the increasing recognition that the dignity of human life must never be taken away, even in the case of someone who has done great evil. . . . I renew the appeal I made . . . for a consensus to end the death penalty, which is both cruel and unnecessary.” Saint Pope John Paul II Papal Mass, St. Louis, Missouri, January 27, 1999

Basilian Father Anthony Giampietro, director of development for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was principal celebrant of Mass Sept. 25 at San Francisco’s AT&T Park with retiring Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully in the assembly. The Mass preceded a Giants and Dodgers game that would be among the last Scully would have a voice in. This season was his last in the announcer’s booth after 67 years. Father Giampietro has been working with Catholic Athletes for Christ and said that the Giants “rolled out the red carpet” for Scully, 88, well known as a practicing Catholic. “So I celebrated Mass with him, many family members and others before his final TV broadcast,” Father Giampietro said. The Los Angeles Times wrote Hall of Famer Scully is “regarded as the greatest broadcaster in baseball history.”

“all life is Sacred ” California Bishops announce support for PROP 62 to end the use of the death penalty in California

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END THE DEATH PENALTY Proposition 62 will end executions in California and save over $150million per year. Pope Francis said: The commandment “thou shall not kill” has absolute value and pertains to the innocent as well as the guilty. (2/21/16 – Angelus)

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California Bishops support the public safety and rehabilitation act.

Proposition 57 offers alternatives: an increase in public safety leading to less crime; programs to promote healing and rehabilitation; the means to deal with offending juveniles as the wounded children that they are; placing more decisions in the hands of impartial judges; and a chance at parole for non-violent offenders.

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obituary Sister Cleta Herold, PBVM

Presentation Sister Cleta Herold died Sept. 26, at the Presentation Motherhouse in San Francisco. Born in San Francisco, Sister Cleta was a Presentation Sister of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sister Cleta for 75 years and 94 Herold, PBVM years old. She held undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from the University of San Francisco and was a former member of the faculty at Presentation High School, San Francisco. Sister Cleta also served at St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired and for 10 years

as a pastoral associate at Most Holy Redeemer Parish, San Francisco. “She loved tenderly as evidenced in her presence among those who were deaf or hard of hearing and among those suffering with AIDS,” said Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto in a talk at Sister Cleta’s funeral Mass Sept. 30. “And she walked humbly with her God, confident that God was her constant companion, her strength, her courage and her deepest love.” In her retirement years, starting in 1993, Sister Cleta volunteered at SafeHouse, a residential program for women seeking to leave prostitution and The Lantern, a Presentation literacy ministry in the Mission district of San Francisco. Most recently, Sister Cleta was engaged in the ministry of prayer.

The funeral Mass was celebrated at the Presentation Motherhouse with interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.

Remembrances may be made to the Sisters of the Presentation, Development Office, 281 Masonic Ave., San Francisco 94118.

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Proposition 62 is an initiative that, if approved by the voters, would repeal the death penalty for persons found guilty of murder and would replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The Bishops of California have agreed to support Proposition 62 and oppose Proposition 66 (which would speed up death penalty appeals). Since the current death penalty was enacted in California in 1978, over 900 individuals have received a death sentence. As of October 2015, 15 have been executed, 102 have died prior to being executed, 747 are in state prison with death sentences, and the remainder have had their sentences reduced by the courts. Most of the offenders who are in prison with death sentences are at various stages of the direct appeal or habeas corpus review process. Under existing state law, death penalty verdicts are automatically appealed to the California Supreme Court. In these “direct appeals,” the defendants’ attorneys argue that violations of state law or federal constitutional law took place during the trial, such as evidence improperly being included or excluded from the trial. If the California Supreme Court confirms the conviction and death sentence, the defendant can ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision. In addition to direct appeals, death penalty cases ordinarily involve extensive legal challenges in both state and federal courts. These challenges involve factors of the case different from those considered in direct appeals (such as the claim that the defendant’s counsel was ineffective) and are commonly referred to as “habeas corpus” petitions. Finally, inmates who have received a sentence of death may also request that the Governor reduce their

sentence. Currently, the proceedings that follow a death sentence can take a couple of decades to complete in California. Proposition 62 would repeal the death penalty for persons found guilty of murder and would replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Proposition 62 would apply retroactively to persons already sentenced to death. In addition, Proposition 62 would require that persons found guilty of murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole must work while in prison and increases to 60 percent the portion of wages earned that may be applied to any victim restitution orders or other orders against the inmate. Fiscal Impact: According to the Legislative Analyst Office (LAO), Proposition 62 would reduce net state and local costs associated with murder trials, appellate litigation, and prisons by around $150 million annually within a few years. This reduction in costs could be higher or lower by tens of millions of dollars, depending on various factors including how the proposition is implemented and the rate of death sentences and executions that would take place in the future in the absence of the measure. The Justice That Works Initiative (Prop 62) will:

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California Bishops Announce Support for Prop 62 to End the Use of the Death Penalty July 14, 2016 California Bishops Statements | All Life Is Sacred – Innocent or Flawed | Bishops Also Oppose Prop 66 to Speed up Executions SACRAMENTO, CA - During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, we, the Catholic Bishops of California support Proposition 62 which would end the use of the death penalty in California. Our commitment to halt the practice of capital punishment is rooted both in the Catholic faith and our pastoral experience. All life is sacred – innocent or flawed – just as Jesus Christ taught us and demonstrated repeatedly throughout His ministry. This focus on the preciousness of human life is fundamental to Christianity and most eloquently expressed in the two great commandments: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart … love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mk. 12.30-31) Jesus makes clear that to love God we must love our neighbor. Each of us holds an inherent worth derived from being created in God’s own image. Each of us has a duty to love this divine image imprinted on every person. “Whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” (I Jn. 4.20) Our support to end the use of the death penalty is also rooted in our unshakeable resolve to accompany and support all victims of crime. They suffer the very painful consequences of criminal acts. With the violent loss of a loved one, a sword has pierced their heart. Their enduring anguish is not addressed by the state-sanctioned perpetuation of the culture of death. As we pray with them and mourn with them we must also stress that the current use of the death penalty does not promote healing. It only brings more violence to a world that has too much violence already. We will continue to promote responsibility, rehabilitation and restoration for everyone impacted by the criminal justice system. Only through their healing will the entire community be healed. The Bishops of the United States have long opposed the use of capital punishment. In the past, it was sometimes morally justified in order to protect society, but those times have passed. Proposition 62 provides voters with the opportunity to end this practice in California, just as 19 other states have already done.

Capital punishment has repeatedly been shown to be severely and irrevocably flawed in its application. In the long – but absolutely necessary – process of ensuring an innocent person is not put to death, we have seen many accused persons being exonerated as new forms of forensic investigation have enabled us to better scrutinize evidence. The high cost of implementing the death penalty has diverted resources from more constructive and beneficial programs both for rehabilitation and restoration of victims and offenders. Finally, repeated research has demonstrated that the death penalty is applied inconsistently along racial, economic and geographical lines. For all of these reasons, we must also oppose Proposition 66 which will expedite executions in California. The search for a fair and humane execution process and protocol has failed for decades. Any rush to streamline that process will inevitably result in the execution of more innocent people. Neither the proponents nor the opponents of the death penalty wish this result. As Catholic Bishops we are heartened by the growth of Catholic lay movements aimed at ending the use of the death penalty. The faithful have heard the words of St. Pope John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis to stop this practice around the world. As Pope Francis has stated: A spreading opposition to the death penalty, even as an instrument of legitimate social defense, has developed in public opinion, and this is a sign of hope. In fact, modern societies have the ability to effectively control crime without definitively taking away a criminal’s chance to redeem himself. The issue lies in the context of a perspective on a criminal justice system that is ever more conformed to the dignity of man and God’s design for man and for society. And also a criminal justice system open to the hope of reintegration in society. The commandment “thou shall not kill” has absolute value and pertains to the innocent as well as the guilty. (2/21/16 – Angelus)

In November – the concluding month of the Year of Mercy – Californians have the opportunity to embrace both justice and mercy (cf. Ps. 85.11) in their voting. We strongly urge all voters to prayerfully consider support for Proposition 62 and opposition to Proposition 66. If you would like to volunteer in the campaign to abolish the Death Penalty, please contact Julio Escobar at 415 614-5572 CSF 9.15.16 issue – Full Page

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St. Pius Church, Redwood City, A Catholic Parish Community. Calling all Parishioners, Alumni and Friends: For the last six months, St. Pius Church has been celebrating its 65th Anniversary. This October 22nd is no exception. Don your bobby socks and poodle skirts because St. Pius is hosting a Hot Rod Show and Sock Hop. See the best cars from the past; dance to music of throughout the 65 years of the parish’s existence, all for the mere price of $20.00 per person. Car show starts at 6:00 pm; American fare dinner/ dance 7:00 pm. Tickets available at the door. Be there or be square.

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HOLY ANGELS SCHOOL: The Fun Run on Oct. 13 had as its goals to raise money to replace the school’s leaking roof and purchase new drinking fountains. Students ran 40 laps each and asked friends, family and co-workers for pledges.

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Catholic san francisco | October 20, 2016

THURSDAY, OCT 20 NOVENA: St. Dominic’s St. Jude Novena Oct 20-28 at the church; preacher is Dominican Father Robert Christian. St. Jude Pilgrimage Oct. 22, from Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi to St. Dominic Church, (415) 931-5919; www. stjude-shrine.org.

FRIDAY, OCT. 21 CLERICUS BASKETBALL: Priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco tipoff against seminarians from St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, Oct. 21, 7 p.m., Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., San Francisco; $10 adults, $5 students (under age 5 free). Tickets at door or (415) 614-5684; vocations@sfarch.org; www.sfarch.org/ basketball. Bring family and friends for an exciting and fun evening.

SUNDAY, OCT. 23 100TH ANNIVERSARY: St John the Evangelist School begins commemoration of its centennial year with Mass and breakfast; events continue through May 6; graduates and former students check Facebook www.facebook.com/ StJohnAlumni; www.stjohnseagles. com; contact Bill Elsbernd (415) 5878816. ST. CECILIA 100TH: St. Cecilia Parish begins its 100th anniversary concert series at 4 p.m. with music from parish choirs including St. Cecilia, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Teresa and St. Thomas More. St. Cecilia music director, Russell Ferreira conducts. Admission free. Everyone invited.

MONDAY, OCT. 24 LUNCHEON: Notre Dame High School, Belmont hosts its inaugural scholarship luncheon “Commitment, Compassion & Community,” 11 a.m., Crowne Plaza, Foster City. Rebecca Jacoby of Cisco is keynote speaker; tickets www. ndhsb.org.

SATURDAY, OCT 22 JPII MERCY: Cardinal William J. Levada is featured presenter for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy Speaker Series at St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center, Gough Cardinal Levada Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 10:30 a.m. Cardinal Levada will speak on Pope John Paul II and his papal letter on the richness of God’s mercy. Cardinal Levada is a former archbishop of San Francisco and prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at 10:15 a.m.; Father Patrick Driscoll, (415) 567-2020, ext. 208; frdriscoll@ stmarycathedralsf.org; www. stmarycathedralsf.org.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 29 REUNION: Class of 1966, Presentation High School, San Francisco with location still being decided; Martha Kunz Wills (650) 763-1202, mwwmtw@ comcast.net. ART FAIR: The sisters and associates of Notre Dame de Namur “A Fair of the Arts” supports the sisters’ work in Africa and Latin America. The event 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Notre Dame High School, 596 S. Second St., San Jose features works by local artists, as well as crafts and delicious baked goods made by the sisters and other friends. Continental breakfast and lunch will also be available for purchase. Visit www. HeartsAsWide.com; raffle tickets available from Kathy Noether, knoether@ aol.com at $5 each or six for $25.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 OKTOBERFEST: Good Shepherd Guild Oktoberfest luncheon and bingo, Basque Cultural Center, South San Francisco,, 11:30 a.m., $45 includes lunch and bingo cards; Judith Terracina (415) 753-2081 by Oct 19; proceeds benefit Good Shepherd Gracenter.

SHELTER WALK: WinterFaith Shelter Walk benefiting Interfaith Winter Shelter, 1:30 p.m., meet at parking circle at intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Lake Merced Boulevard, Cynthia Zamboukos (415) 474-1321; cynthiaz@ sfinterfaithcouncil.org; winterfaithshelterwalk.dojiggy.com.

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PEACE MASS: Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St., San Francisco, Salesian Father John Itzaina, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist, (650) 580-7123; zoniafasquelle@gmail.com. SAIC REUNION: St. Anthony/Immaculate Conception Elementary, all-class reunion, 6-9 p.m., dinner, dancing, reminiscing, raffle, Constance Dalton, (415) 642-6130; Dalton_constance@ yahoo.com with questions.

SUNDAY, NOV. 6 REUNION: Notre Dame High School, Belmont, class of 1966, 50th reunion luncheon. 1 p.m., San Mateo Marriott SFO, 1770 So. Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo, commemorative books available for those unable to attend in person; RSVP/questions to Connie Partmann Trewin (650)343-6889; LMadison25@aol.com.

ST. PETER MASS: Mass commemorating the years of St. Peter School, St. MASS AND TALK: Catholic Marin Peter Church, 1241 Alabama St., San Breakfast Club beginning with Mass Francisco, 2:30 p.m., Bishop William at 7 a.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Sir PARISH FESTIVAL: St. Anne of the Justice, former St. Peter pastor, prinFrancis Drake Boulevard and Bob Air Sunset, 850 Judah at Funston, San cipal celebrant and homilist, reception Road, Greenbrae followed by breakfast Francisco, Friday 3-9 p.m.; Saturday follows the liturgy; (415) 647-8662. and talk by Dick Spotswood; mem10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-2 bers breakfast $10, visitors $15; (415) p.m.; food, classic carnival games, outARTS N TALK:SStar of the Sea door activities, car show, silent auction,P 461-0704, U B9 a.m.-4 L p.m.; I Sugaremy@ C A T MIXED I O Church, Eighth Avenue at Geary Bouaol.com. Sunday pancake breakfast; https:// levard, San Francisco, 6 p.m.; Dr. Barwww.facebook.com/St.AnneoftheSuns bara Nicolosi, public speaker on art, MARRIAGE HELP: Retrouvaille has etParishFestival/?fref=ts. culture, media and spirituality, free adhelped tens of thousands of couples mission, free parking; www.starparish. at all stages of disillusionment or REUNION: Our Lady of Mercy School, com; (415) 751-0450. misery in their marriage. For confidenClass of 1966, 5-10 p.m., Forest Hill

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Giving Thanks by Giving Back

Catholic san francisco | October 20, 2016

3rd Annual Bay Scholars Benefit Luncheon Featuring Honored Guest Janet Napolitano President, University of California

Friday, November 18, 2016 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Julia Morgan Ballroom, Merchants Exchange Building 465 California Street, San Francisco Sponsorships: $5,000 – $50,000 Individual Tickets & RSVP: www.bayscholars.org/givingback Email caitlin@bayscholars.com or call 415.591.1810 Special thanks to our partner schools:

Bay Scholars provides promising low-income students in the San Francisco Bay Area with more than academic opportunity – it creates a true pathway to success. In addition to programmatic support, each Bay Scholar receives a $10,000 scholarship paid over four years to attend one of eight highly successful college preparatory schools, paving their way to college and a brighter future beyond. Please join us for our annual benefit luncheon, “Giving Thanks by Giving Back” at the historic Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco on November 18, with honored guest Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California. SALESIAN COLLEGE PREPARATORY COLOR GUIDE 2014

Special thanks ourSchool partner schools: • Archbishop Riordanto High • Bishop O’Dowd • Archbishop Riordan High School • • Salesian Bishop O’Dowd • Immaculate Conception Academy High School • Immaculate Conception Academy • • St. Salesian High School • Mercy High School Joseph Notre Dame • Mercy High School St. Joseph Dame • Sacred Heart Cathedral • • St. Mary’sNotre College High School • Sacred Heart Cathedral

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