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‘Good and faithful servants’

Archbishop Cordileone addresses the Fourth Annual St. John Vianney Luncheon honoring retired priests and supporting the priests’ retirement fund. (PHOTOS COURTESY DENNIS CALLAHAN)

4th Annual St. John Vianney Luncheon honors 95 retired priests CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Perhaps the greatest gift the 95 retired priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco have given and still share is to be “wisdom,” the keepers of the memory of the community, Bishop William J. Justice told the nearly 600 guests at a gala luncheon in their honor on Oct. 24. “The wisdom they share with the younger generation of priests and seminarians gives courage to this new generation to walk on, walk forward with hope in their hearts because these retired men now are guides on the road to come and see where Jesus lives,” he said in prepared remarks for the Fourth Annual St. John Vianney Luncheon at St. Mary’s Cathedral’s Patrons Hall. The event, a fundraiser for the Priests’ Retirement Fund, netted $208,000. “As Pope Francis has said, seniors must be recognized that they are ‘wisdom’ people and with them – these men – one can move closer to the embrace of God,” he said. Bishop Justice acknowledged the religious, social, SEE FAITHFUL SERVANTS, PAGE 2

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From left, Jesuit Father John Piderit, Amelia Barquez, Archbishop Cordileone, Florian Romero, Sylvia Rivera and Armando Santana.

Father Kirk Ullery and Father Donald D’Angelo.

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cultural and economic upheavals the priests have seen in the course of their vocations. “Their lives are witness to the Christian community, that the lifetime response to coming to know Jesus with its ups and downs, successes and failures, brings hope and mercy to all,” he said. “You have been the good and faithful servant,” he said in conclusion, ending with a quote from Ephesians 1:15-18: “May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened that you may know what is the hope that belongs to this call.” Msgr. Harry Schlitt, the event’s emcee, then introduced archdiocesan development director Basilian Father Anthony Giampietro, whose department coordinated the event. Father Giampiet-

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ro listed the characteristics so common to priests: quiet service, prepared to help in any way they can, always present in prayer to those who are suffering in any way and willing to lay down their lives for others. “Often, usually, they don’t know how wonderful they really are,” he said. Father Raymund M. Reyes, archdiocesan vicar for clergy, introduced the event’s honorees, two priests honored for the length of their service. Msgr. Jim Keane, 94, retired in 1996 after 51 years of service, and Father Eugene “Bud” Francis Duggan, 93, retired in 1994 after 48 years of service. Each received an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis. “They no longer refer to them as retired priests but simply as senior priests because they never retire,” Father Reyes said. “They are here still

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ministering to us, inspiring us in a special way and there is no doubt, today’s attendance and celebrating is a great testament to how much they are loved and appreciated.” Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy closed the luncheon by thanking the retired priests for the example they have set for aging priests like him. He said they give us a “shining example now of what it means to be a priest fully in our lives.” “They embrace the priesthood in their senior years with meaning and dignity and grace and sacriﬁce, and understanding the meaning of suffering and embracing it and surrounding it all with a deep sense of the gratitude of God,” Bishop McElroy said. “For that example particularly, I and the other priests in the archdiocese give thanks to all of you in your retirement.”

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Men called to hear Jesus’ words of hope and mercy Here is Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice’s keynote talk Oct. 24 at St. Mary’s Cathedral at the Fourth Annual St. John Vianney Luncheon honoring the retired priests who served in the archdiocese.

cripture scholars tell us that the first part of St. Mark’s Gospel is an attempt to answer the question, “Who is this person?”; “Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?” It is a question that Jesus proposes to his disciples in the Gospels. “Who do people say that I am?” And it is a question he attempts to BISHOP WILLIAM answer in St. J. JUSTICE Luke’s Gospel when he takes the scroll of Isaiah the prophet in the synagogue of his small village of Nazareth and proclaims, “The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord” (Luke 4: 18-19). Today we honor men who have devoted their lives to answering the above question: “Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?” and, “Who do people say that I am?” They have done so because somewhere in their lives they have come to hear Jesus’ words of hope and mercy. They have asked as the two disciples in

Today we honor men who have devoted their lives to answering the question: ‘Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?’ and, ‘Who do people say that I am?’ St. John’s Gospel did, “Where do you live?” And they have accepted Jesus’ answer, “Come and see.” Their lives have been dedicated to deepening their desire to share the Jesus they have come to know with those with whom they minister: To bring liberation to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, glad tidings to the poor, to let the oppressed go free. On this day of honor and appreciation we ourselves might wonder who are these men? What can we say about them? A quick way to find out a bit more about them is to check out their living quarters, whether it is Nazareth House, St. Anne’s, Serra Clergy House, an assisted-living facility, or a private residence. We might find family pictures: siblings, deceased or living parents, grandparents, nieces or nephews, close friends. There also might be photos of couples the priest has married, children he has baptized, special parishioners who have become lifelong friends. There may also be books in the room – read over the years, professional magazines, homily hints and the Liturgy of the Hours (breviary), and books on prayer, as well as a great novel currently being read. All these items would reveal a man of faith and prayer, a man of concern for his parishioners and a man of gratitude.

Yet not seen in his arrangement of his living space but seen in his face, in his spirit of service, and in his love for God in God’s holy people are the challenges these men have faced in the Lord’s service. A. For a few, their first assignment as a newly ordained priest might have been in the pre-1962 boundaries of the archdiocese, where he could have been assigned far from the Bay Area and his family and friends. He could have been an associate in Gilroy, or Turlock or Cloverdale – far away in those days. Yet he would have shared with parishioners who this person Jesus is, and to love his parishioners and walk with them as they grew in their love of the Lord. B. For many, the challenge to respond to the Second Vatican Council and share its hopes and dreams with parishioners became a real source of tension in the parish, and maybe in their own lives. How do you learn to say Mass facing the people and in the local language? What do you say to the people confused over the change? C. Then there were the social upheavals of the ‘60s, ’70s and early ‘80s: civil rights, divided congregations, the Vietnam War, priest friends leaving the priesthood to marry and have a family, people calling you by your first name

when for many years, “Father” had almost been your first name. D. The population shifts in the parishes, the challenge to learn another language and customs, and how to guide and live with lay leadership. E. New regulations from the chancery and the civil authorities that called forth managerial skills priests did not know they had, or new skills that they had to learn. F. The challenges of the Catholic schools as they turned to lay administration and faculties, which resulted in increasing expenditures. G. The changes in administration as new archbishops arrived and later retired. H. The reduction in the number of priests in the archdiocese despite the growing complexity of parish life and responsibility. Yet through all of this, these men – because they continued deepening their love for Jesus and knowing who he is – were more than able to survive. As pastors they helped to build vibrant communities in their parishes: parish Pastoral Councils, Finance Councils, leadership development, Youth Ministries, prayer groups, Renew Groups. Now perhaps the greatest gift they have given and still share, is to be “wisdom,” the keeper of the memory of the community. Their lives are witness to the Christian community that the lifetime response to coming to know Jesus with its ups and downs, successes and failures brings hope and mercy to all. SEE CALLED, PAGE 5

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Father ‘Bud’ Duggan, Msgr. Jim Keane receive papal honors Here are the remarks of archdiocesan vicar for clergy Father Raymund Reyes in introducing the two special honorees Oct. 24 at the fourth annual St. John Vianney Luncheon honoring retired priests of the archdiocese: Father Eugene “Bud” Francis Duggan and Msgr. Jim Keane.

Father Eugene “Bud” Francis Duggan

Now 93 years of age, Father Bud Duggan was ordained June 15, 1946, at St. Mary’s by Archbishop John J. Mitty. Father Duggan celebrated his first Mass at St. Augustine’s Church, in Oakland, with his mother, Mary Agnes, and his father, Philip, in attendance, along with his siblings. This was the parish they had grown up in, and the school they had all attended. Over the next eight years, two of his younger brothers, Paul and Bill, followed his example and were also ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Father Bud was initially assigned by Archbishop Mitty to St. Jarlath’s Church in Oakland, and, after five years, to St. Vincent de Paul Church in San Francisco. In 1954, Father was assigned to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Redwood City. As he prepared to leave St. Vincent de Paul, his pastor, Father Thomas O’Kane, wrote to the archbishop the following message: “…When the praise of a man is on the lips of the whole church, a letter from the pastor who was graced to have him as assistant for some years may not be very significant. However, I do not want Father Duggan to leave without you knowing how indebted this parish is to him for his gracious and Christ-like ministry here. Kindly, zealous and overly self-sacrificing, he won for the priesthood in his person the very highest regards and the deep affection of all the parish. I assure you that I and the priests in the house shall miss him sorely. For the children, the sick, the poor, it will be hard to find anyone with his kindness, his understanding and his grace.” After serving at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redwood City, for eight years, Father Bud received word from Father Thomas Bowe, chancellor of the archdiocese, that Archbishop Joseph McGucken was assigning him to Most Holy Redeemer Church in San Francisco. In 1966. Father Duggan was assigned to St. Brigid Church in San

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Sister Cecilia of the Sisters of Nazareth of Nazareth House, San Rafael, receives a papal blessing from Father Raymund Reyes on behalf of Father Eugene Duggan, retired pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Sausalito, now residing at Nazareth House. The presentation took place at a luncheon honoring retired priests Oct. 24 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Francisco, and in 1968, was named resident chaplain at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose. In 1969, Father was named pastor of Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Portola Valley, and a year later, he was sent to St. Denis Parish where he served as pastor for 14 years. In 1983, Archbishop Quinn asked him to serve as pastor of Star of the Sea Church in Sausalito. In response to a letter from a parishioner that praised Father. Duggan, Archbishop Quinn wrote, “I could not agree with you more as to Father’s kindness, warmth and deep pastoral sense. His priestly dedication is an example to all of us in the archdiocese, and I thank God with you for the many years of service which he so selﬂessly has rendered to the church.” Archbishop Quinn approved his request to retire in 1994, saying, “As

you come to this signiﬁcant point in your life, I want to express my personal gratitude for your faithful and devoted priestly service in the archdiocese over these many years and in particular, praise you for your service at Star of the Sea Church. I hope and pray that while your priestly service will now take new form that the years ahead will bring rich and deep satisfaction to you.” I join Archbishop Cordileone in continuing to echo these sentiments!

Msgr. Jim Keane

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CALLED: Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; words of hope and mercy FROM PAGE 3

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Msgr. James Keane, retired pastor, Our Lady of Loretto Parish, Novato, accepts a papal blessing from Father Raymund Reyes, vicar for clergy, at a luncheon honoring retired priests Oct. 24 at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral.

RETIRED PRIESTS: 2 men receive papal honors FROM PAGE 4

ary education in Marin County.â&#x20AC;? He added again, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I shall do my best to see that your trust in my ability to do the job has not been misplaced!â&#x20AC;? In 1959, he succeeded Father Joe Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell as assistant director of St. Vincentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School for Boys in San Rafael. He was named director of the school seven years later, and served in that capacity until 1975, during which time he was named a prelate of honor with the title of monsignor by Archbishop McGucken. Monsignor wrote to the archbishop, in typically humble fashion, stating, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wish to thank you for the honor given to the school!â&#x20AC;? In 1975, monsignor was named pastor of Our Lady of Loretto in Novato, and was quick to note that he would do his best to carry on and implement the works of his predecessor, Father Charles

Farrell, who had served at the parish for over 20 years. A parishioner wrote to Archbishop Quinn, praising Msgr. Keane for his leadership, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Msgr. Keane has a unique talent for bringing out the best. His calm, firm leadership provides the environment that brings abundant fruit to the good vines you place in this field.â&#x20AC;? Another parishioner wrote, following the death of his beloved wife, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Msgr. Keane has been gracious, kindly, and supportive. I wish to say that you have a great team at the parish. I know of no other time than death when one needs the church more for support and purpose.â&#x20AC;?

This â&#x20AC;&#x153;wisdomâ&#x20AC;? they share with the younger generation of priests and seminarians gives courage to this new generation to walk on, walk forward with hope in their hearts because these retired men now are guides on the road to come and see where Jesus lives. As Pope Francis has said, seniors must be recognized that they are â&#x20AC;&#x153;wisdomâ&#x20AC;? people and with them â&#x20AC;&#x201C; these men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one can move closer to the embrace of God. So today, all of us thank you, our retired priests, for following Jesus. The pictures and books in your rooms may help to show who you are, but it has been your response to the invitation of the Lord Jesus to be of service to his people despite the very challenging times in which you have lived, to be men of prayer that inspires us. Your ministry has defined you. You have been the good and faithful servant. Ephesians expresses it so well, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Therefore, I, too, hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love for all the holy ones, do not cease giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of him. May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened that you may know what is the hope that belongs to this callâ&#x20AC;? (Ephesians 1:15-18). Thank you for your service to the Lord and to us, members of his church. We have been helped to receive through you, Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; invitation to come and see where he lives and to say our â&#x20AC;&#x153;yesâ&#x20AC;? to his call. You have showed your wisdom. You have been good shepherds. For this we all say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;thank you,â&#x20AC;? good and faithful servants of the Lord.

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Liturgical items top agenda at bishops’ general meeting in Baltimore MARK PATTISON

The agenda includes separate reports by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage; Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty; and the USCCB working group on the life and dignity of the human person.

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WASHINGTON – Liturgical matters will take center stage on the agenda of action items at the fall general meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to be held Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore. There will be five liturgical items up for consideration. All are subject to amendments from bishops. All but one require approval of two-thirds of the bishops, followed by final approval from the Vatican. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, who is president of the USCCB, will deliver his first presidential address. He was elected to a three-year term last November. As is customary, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, also will address the assembly. During the meeting, the bishops will choose a new secretary-elect for the USCCB, and vote for the chairmen-elect of five committees. A number of presentations will be made, including one on underserved communities and Catholic schools, and another on a recent pilgrimage of prayer for peace in the Holy Land. The bishops also will conduct the canonical consultation on the sainthood cause of Father Paul Wattson. Father Wattson was an Episcopal priest who co-founded the Society of the Atonement, also known as the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Atonement, to further Christian unity. He was received into the Catholic Church as were all men and women in the society at the time, and devised the Weetk of Prayer for Christian Unity, still observed each January. On the first day of the meeting, the bishops will concelebrate Mass at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore in honor of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Baltimore was the first diocese founded in the United States. The bishops had similarly marked the bicentennial of the U.S. hierarchy in 1989 with a Mass at the basilica. The liturgical items up for consideration: – A revised translation of the ritual book “Dedication of a Church and Altar,” used whenever a new church is built or when a new altar is made. The revised English translation incorporates the modifications from the Code of Canon Law as well as bringing the translation into conformity with the Roman Missal, Third Edition. – A first-ever official English translation of the ritual book “Exorcisms and Related Supplications,” revised after the Second Vatican Council, and promulgated in Latin in 1999 with an amended version in 2004. The main part of this book is the

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In this 2013 file photo, members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops pray before an afternoon session during the bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore. Liturgical matters will take center stage during this year’s meeting, to be held Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore. rite of major exorcism and includes an introduction outlining criteria for its use, which is always the decision of the bishop alone. While this text affirms the reality of evil in the world, it even more so affirms the sovereignty of Jesus to overcome any and all evil. – A supplement to the Liturgy of the Hours of an English translation of the prayers used for the feast days of saints who have been added to the general calendar since 1984. – Modifications to the Revised Grail Psalms, originally approved in 2010 by the Vatican. The USCCB Committee on Divine Worship recommended improving the translation and its “sprung rhythm” to make proclamation and singing easier. The fifth liturgy-related item would authorize rewriting for later approval guidelines from its 1995 document “Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities” in light of medical developments and increased awareness of challenges faced by Catholics today, such as gluten intolerance, also known as celiac disease. Other action items to be addressed by the bishops include the 2015 USCCB budget, the 2016 diocesan assessment, and a proposal to proceed on a revision to the “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.” In USCCB elections, Archbishops Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans and Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services have been nominated as secretary-elect. The five committees seeking chairmen-elect, and their bishop-nominees, are: – Committee on Communications: Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, New York, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas.

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Amid insurgency, Iraqi priest is guardian angel of ancient manuscripts CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME – Just as the so-called Monuments Men salvaged European masterpieces stolen by Nazi forces during World War II, a Dominican priest is protecting priceless manuscripts from falling into the hands of rampaging militants in northern Iraq. Though operating on a much smaller scale, Dominican Father Najeeb Michaeel and the ancient manuscript collections in his care still face a very real threat. Islamic State militants have been sweeping across the northern Iraq region in their bid to establish an Islamic state. Their campaign has become increasingly brutal in recent months as they continue to lay siege to unprotected towns and villages, murder hostages, threaten residents, confiscate property and, by many reports, desecrate or ransack religious places of worship. The Dominicans’ collection of medieval manuscripts and valuable documents that already survived centuries of conflict and potential neglect were now under threat once again. Early Aug. 6, the Feast of the Transfiguration, the residents of Qaraqosh woke up to the news that the Kurdish regional forces, known as peshmerga and who had been repelling militant incursions, had packed up and left the city in the dead of night. “The people woke up and realized they had no protection” and they started scrambling to evacuate the city, said Benedictine Father Columba Stewart, director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at St. John’s Benedictine Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, who has been helping Father Michaeel with his preservation work since 2009. People had to flee on foot as the limited number of vehicles were being used to shuttle children, the ill and the elderly out of the city, he told Catholic News Service Oct. 21 from Collegeville. Father Michaeel and his small team managed to pack two openbed pickup trucks full of nondescript cardboard boxes holding 1,300 extremely fragile and valuable 14th to 19th century manuscripts. Father Stewart said Father Michaeel was able to save “really important patriarchal manuscripts” from the Chaldean Patriarchate in Baghdad that recently had lent their collection to him for digitizing. The wave of townspeople, including Father Michaeel, walked 40 miles in scorching August heat to Irbil, capital of the Kurdish region of Iraq, carrying whatever they could, said Father Stewart, who remains in almost daily contact with the Iraqi priest. Just hours before militants invaded, they were able to truck the manuscripts, leaving behind the laboratory and digitizing equipment that had been provided by funding through the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library. Now, in addition to preserving the manuscripts, the priest and his community provide the lion’s share of care of the refugees’ suddenly

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A medieval manuscript from the collection of the Dominican order in Iraq is seen in a restoration laboratory. Dominican Father Najeeb Michaeel and his team moved 1,300 manuscripts dating from the 14th to 19th centuries before Islamic State militants invaded Qa raqosh Aug. 6. Najeeb Michaeel operated the lab in Qaraqosh, Iraq, prior to Aug. 6 when Islamic State forces overtook the city. Father Michaeel is pictured working on a manuscript at his laboratory prior to Aug. 6. fragile lives because so many lack any shelter and support, Father Stewart said. Father Michaeel started collecting and preserving the nation’s cultural and religious heritage as

recorded on the manuscripts in the 1980s. He persuades manuscript owners, monasteries and churches to let him borrow their works to be cleaned and digitized; he then

returns the restored originals and gives digitized copies to the owner and specialized archives. The priest also built a collection of some 750 manuscripts from the Dominican community. Father Stewart said the early European Dominicans in Iraq “were the first cultural anthropologists” in the area. “They described what they were seeing and left very interesting records,” he said, documenting “their work and the communities they ministered to.” The Dominicans have been in Iraq for so long, “there’s a lot of depth” and history in the collection, Father Stewart said. Luckily, Father Michaeel already had digitized the collections in the Mar Behnam Syriac Catholic Monastery, which is now behind the front lines of the militants and rumored to have been destroyed or burned down, Father Stewart said. Father Michaeel and his staff of six to eight local Iraqis use a simple, inexpensive technique of photographing manuscript pages with a high-end 35mm camera and flash strobe lights for illumination. The digital images are stored on a hard drive, which is then sent to Collegeville. Staff at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library then makes multiple backups, organizes the data, catalogues it and puts it online for scholars, Father Stewart said. All training, funding and equipment for Father Michaeel’s work come through the donations, grants and foundation money pulled together by Father Stewart. Father Stewart said Father Michaeel and his restoration team have made digital copies of 5,000 manuscripts with the library’s support. “It’s amazing what they’re doing on their own,” he said. They will be getting new equipment as they settle in Irbil, he said, with now a second exodus under their belt. They were uprooted from Mosul in 2008, when the entire Dominican community left, many for Qaraqosh, in the wake of mounting kidnappings and threats against religious. Father Stewart said as the Iraqi people, especially Christians, continue to be pushed out of their homes and their country and settle elsewhere, their history and heritage gradually will be lost. “These are communities that no longer exist” as the people have scattered and their traditions fade away, he said. When communities disappear, their heritage goes with them, he added, so these manuscripts and documents will most likely end up being the only memories that survive. Even though “they are digital surrogates, it’s not the best, but they are better than nothing,” he said. The museum and its funders will continue to support the preservation work because, Father Stewart said, “it’s a tiny investment for such a huge boon of conserving cultural memory.” Editor’s note: More information about the Hill Museum’s work can be found online at www.hmml.org/.

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‘Bludgeoned’ by all sides, family needs church for help, pope says CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – The family is under attack now more than ever because of today’s culture of division that wants to break from and be free of all everlasting bonds and forms of solidarity, Pope Francis said. “Talking about problems of the family, for example, bonds are being destroyed, instead of created. Why? Because we are living in a culture of the provisional, of conflict, of the inability to make alliances,” he said. What is needed is a church and Christians who are willing to “waste time” on people, not just principles, and accompany face-to-face those needing to discover the truth in Jesus Christ, he said. The pope’s comments came during a 90-minute encounter with about 8,000 lay members of the international Schonstatt movement Oct. 25 in the Vatican audience hall. The movement, founded by the late German Father Joseph Kentenich, was celebrating its 100th anniversary. Representatives asked the pope five questions, ranging from how to help strengthen families to his secret for maintaining a sense of hope and happiness in such a trouble-plagued world. “I haven’t got the faintest idea,” he said with a smile. Part of it comes from his personality and being a bit “impulsive,” which makes him a bit of a daredevil, he said. But that courage is also rooted in prayer and abandoning himself to God’s goodness, he added. Knowing that God is always there, even “in moments of major sin,” gives him great confidence and faith,

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Pope Francis greets a child as he arrives to lead a special audience for members of the Schoenstatt religious movement at the Vatican Oct. 25. he said, in remarks that were entirely unscripted. Something else that helps, he said, is perspective. Jesus Christ is and must always be at the center of everything, which means, oneself, one’s parish, the associations one belongs to, even the Roman Curia, cannot become the center of one’s life, he said. “The truth is grasped better from the periphery,” from the outside looking in, he said. One striking example came to light in a recent conversation with a criminal defense lawyer who told him he often cries with the prisoners he visits in jail. “He sees the world of law, of what he has to judge as a criminal lawyer, but also from the wounds that he ﬁnds

there,” which allows him to see the actual situation better, the pope said. “Therefore, I would say a healthy recklessness – that is, letting God do things; praying and abandoning oneself; courage and patience; and going to the peripheries. I don’t know if this is my secret, but it is what comes to mind,” he said. In response to a question about how to help families, Pope Francis said he believed “the Christian family, the family, marriage have never been attacked as much as they are right now.” The family is “beaten and the family is bastardized” and debased, since almost anything is being called a family, he said. The family faces a crisis “because it

Pope urges activists to struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis urged an international gathering of grass-roots social activists to struggle against the “structural causes” of poverty and inequality, with a “revolutionary” program drawn from the Gospels. “The poor no longer wait, they seek to be protagonists, they organize, study, work, demand and, above all, practice that special solidarity that exists among those who suffer, among the poor,” the pope said Oct. 28, to a Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Popular Movements. The pope said solidarity entails struggling “against the structural causes of poverty, inequality, the lack of work, land and shelter, the denial of social and labor rights,” and confronting what he called the “empire of money.” Most of what the pope said recalled his earlier statements on social justice, especially his November 2013 apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), but he delivered the remarks with a strong note of personal encouragement to the activists, telling them: “Today I want to join my voice to yours and accompany you in your struggle.” Pope Francis said Catholic social teaching deﬁnes “land, shelter and work” as “sacred rights,” yet “if I speak of this some people conclude that the pope is a communist.” Deploring the displacement of his “brother peasants” from their “native soil,” the pope warned that traditional rural life is at “risk of extinction.” He also said “ﬁnancial speculation” on food prices was to blame for the starvation of millions around the world. “I’ve said and I repeat: a home for every family,” Pope Francis said. “Family and shelter go hand in hand.”

Scorning terms such as “homeless people” as euphemisms, the pope said that, in general, “behind a euphemism lies a crime.” The pope called for urban planning based on the “authentic and respectful integration” of different communities, and criticized real estate developers who demolish the “poor settlements” typical of cities in underdeveloped countries. Every neighborhood should have “adequate infrastructure,” include sewers, streets and recreational facilities, he said. Pope Francis reiterated his earlier criticisms of rising youth unemployment, in Europe and elsewhere, as reﬂective of a “throwaway culture” that treats people as leftovers. Other examples, he said, include society’s neglect of the aged, low fertility rates, malnourished children and abortion. Noting that he was addressing representatives of non-unionized workers such as trash pickers, street peddlers and artisans, the pope said “every worker, whether or not part of a formal system of salaried work, has the right to a decent wage, social security and a pension plan.” The pope said social justice also requires peace and environmental protection, both of which the global economic system inevitably threatens. “There are economic systems that must make war in order to survive,” he said. “An economic system centered on the god of money also needs to plunder nature, plunder nature, in order to maintain the frenetic pace of consumption inherent in it.” Pope Francis said that he was writing an encyclical on ecology, and promised the activists that the document would reﬂect their concerns. The pope acknowledged that the activists sought to replace the current economic and political system with one based on “human dignity,” but warned them to avoid destructive extremism in the process.

is being bludgeoned by all sides, leaving it very wounded,” he said. There is no other choice than to go to the family’s aid and give them personal help, he said. “We can give a nice speech, declare principles. Of course we need to do this, with clear ideas” and statements saying that unions that do not reﬂect God’s plan of a permanent union between a man and a woman are forms of “an association, not a marriage.” However, people must also be accompanied “and this also means wasting time. The greatest master of wasting time is Jesus. He wasted time accompanying, to help consciences mature, to heal the wounds, to teach,” the pope said. He said the sacrament of matrimony is becoming just a ceremony or social event for some people, who do not see its sacramental nature as a union with God. Part of the problem is a lack of formation for engaged couples and “this is a sin of omission on our part,” he said. But there also is the problem of a culture that is shortsighted, where everything is temporary or “provisional,” he said, and “forever has been forgotten.” He said he sees the same thing even in his own family with couples living together “part time: Monday through Friday with my girlfriend and Friday to Sunday with my family. They are new forms, totally destructive and limiting of the greatness of the love of marriage.” When asked about the best way to share the faith with others, the pope said going out into the world and living as true witnesses of Christ and his message is the only way. “There is no other way. To live in a way that others become interested and ask, ‘Why?’ This is witness,” he said.

EXPERTS, HISTORIANS EXPLORE SHAKESPEARE’S CATHOLIC SYMPATHIES

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England – Historians and researchers are seeking insights into the life of William Shakespeare amid claims that the playwright was a secret Catholic at a time when the faith faced savage persecution. “The probability that Shakespeare A stamp marking the 450th was a hidden Cathoanniversary of William lic helps explain the Shakespeare’s birth goes on generally recognized sale at the Vatican Nov. 21. enigma behind his work,” said Jesuit Father Peter Milward, an authority on the playwright. “The Catholic elements visible everywhere in his 37 plays suggest he can be viewed as a champion of medieval Christendom, looking back with nostalgia to England’s past Catholic traditions,” Father Milward told Catholic News Service. Views of Shakespeare until recently have been dominated by an “old guard” of literary scholars, who have portrayed him as conforming with England’s Protestant establishment, Father Milward said. Although his vast output explored human emotions and dilemmas, it was held to be essentially artistic, as beﬁtted England’s golden age under Queen Elizabeth I. However, new historical evidence has produced a “turning of the tide,” the Jesuit said. Shakespeare was most proliﬁc from 1589 to 1613 as the Reformation still was being imposed, causing creative people to avoid drawing attention to their religious beliefs. Some experts now think Shakespeare was deeply religious and that far from going along with England’s official Protestant ideology, the playwright was deeply attached to the Catholic devotions suppressed a generation before.

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The terror and treats of parenthood

t’s that time of year when it’s possible to be anything you want to be. A pirate, a ninja, a clown, a queen: Halloween lets you try on any role for a night. Buy a costume, apply some makeup, and your new identity is complete. As a mom, it’s fun to see the kids get so excited about the possibilities of Halloween. I think back over my own life and recall the parade of identities I assumed over the years, including a cowgirl, a princess, Mickey Mouse, and – in college and my 20s– a gypsy (always the easiest costume to cobble GINNY KUBITZ together at the last minute). MOYER It’s intoxicatingly fun, the chance to be someone else for a night. And it’s so easy to assume a new role, knowing it’s temporary and just for a lark. It’s the opposite of real life, where our roles involve a serious investment of time and energy. This is certainly true of my roles as teacher and wife. It’s even more true of my identity as a parent. When my oldest son was born eight years ago, life as I knew it changed forever. It didn’t take long before l knew that my new role – a mother who cared for a tiny newborn, who got up multiple times a night to feed him, who wandered around smelling of spit-up – was the most all consuming one I’d ever known. Parenthood is a commitment like nothing else. It’s not a role you can wear once and discard, like a costume. You’re in it for the long haul, forever (as my mom says, you never stop worrying about your kids). It’s an identity that may feel a little bit uncomfortable in the early days. It may feel like you didn’t get a chance to try it on first, or that maybe parenthood is not as good a fit as you thought it would be. But the amazing thing about parenthood is that, as the old maxim goes, God doesn’t call the ready; God readies the called. What I didn’t know about babies would have filled a library, but with the grace of God and the help of experienced parents,

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A student from St. Mary’s School holds a Halloween pumpkin at Hampton Nursery in Landover Hills, Maryland, in this 2013 file photo. I got to the point where I could spend a day alone with my baby without fearing I’d make a parenting error that would scar him for life. And when I look back over my life, parenting my kids is something I’m proudest of: Not because I’m doing a brilliant job (goodness knows I mess up often), but because I began with such a knowledge deﬁcit and somehow managed to reach a baseline level of competence. That role as a mom, which felt alien and downright scary at times, is one that I wear like an increasingly comfortable sweater. And the best news – the most important bit, really– is that there is such unique joy that comes from living this role: Seeing your baby smile, feeling a little hand slip into yours, walking two excited superheroes around the neighborhood on a night dedicated to terror and treats. These little moments can overwhelm you with feelings of happiness and gratitude. Yes, parenthood can seem downright terrifying, especially at ﬁrst. But with grace and God, we grow more at home in the role. And it doesn’t take long to learn that there is no treat half as sweet as the love of a child. KUBITZ MOYER is the author of “Random MOMents of Grace: Experiencing God in the Adventures of Motherhood.” She blogs at RandomActsofMomness.com.

The future of professional, or commercial, football

s an octogenarian, I’ve witnessed the rise and am beginning to see the fall of professional, call it commercial, football in the United States. The fan base is so strong and the commercial impact so widespread that the fall may not happen. But it could. Concussions and other serious injuries are a major concern; prominent players are being charged with violence against women and children. Embattled NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is on the defensive. Back in the late summer of 1944, my St. Joseph’s Prep FATHER WILLIAM football teammates and I, J. BYRON, SJ along with the Philadelphia Eagles, spent two weeks outside of Philadelphia at what was then known as West Chester State Teachers College, now West Chester University. We were there for “football camp.” The Eagles had the lower-level floors in a college dorm; the high school boys occupied the upper floors. We all ate in the same dining hall. We high school kids went through drills in full equipment each morning; the Eagles worked out in shorts and T-shirts. We scrimmaged in the afternoon; they were free, so many of them came out to offer coaching tips – their ends with our ends, their backs with our backs, their linemen with ours. Then at night, they scrimmaged under the lights and we watched. We learned a lot about football from them. It was a big deal for us to be around Jack Banta, Enio Conti, Jack Ferrante, Jack Hinkle, Francis “Bucko” Kilroy, Ben Kish, Eddie Michaels (who never wore a helmet!), Allie Sherman (who was only 21), Steve Van Buren and Al Wistert. There were 31 players on the Eagles’ roster. For all of them, it was a part-time job. None of them earned anything in the vicinity of a six-figure salary. No one ever suggested that these pros were not

good role models for us boys. There were no reports of spouse abuse or other behavioral problems on their part. Coach Greasy Neale had them toe the line on field and off. They finished second in the NFL Eastern Division that year. There was no Super Bowl back then. Things are different now. Goodell, shamed into a September news conference, publicly apologized for oversight failures and acknowledged the need to repair off-the-field conduct policies. He announced that he would appoint a committee to overhaul the league’s personal conduct policy and will have a report ready by Super Bowl Sunday. Many wonder, why not sooner? Professional football (no reason not to call it “commercial football”) is a major business that, without intending to, holds a mirror up to American culture. From high-priced stadium seats or in front of generously sponsored television coverage, we delight in watching organized violence on fall Sunday afternoons and a couple of weekday nights through autumn into January. The heaviest Eagle I saw back in 1944 was Bucko Kilroy (243 pounds), and the tallest, only one, was rookie John Durko (6 feet, 4 inches). Today’s rosters far exceed earlier height and weight totals thus helping to explain why virtually one out of every three players now will have a short career and lifelong injuries. Most of us will continue to watch the games, although we may consume more of the advertised beverages to ease the guilt. Younger parents may begin to steer their male offspring away from the gridiron toward the soccer and lacrosse fields. Who knows? Only time will tell. The long overdue revision of personal conduct policies for NFL players may not be enough to save the game. JESUIT FATHER BYRON is university professor of business and society at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. His email is wbyron@sju.edu.

Frank Wolf: An appreciation

or the first time since 1978, Frank Wolf’s name will not appear on the November ballot in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. The Republic will be the poorer for that. Virginia’s 10th CD includes territory familiar to James Madison. And it’s not hard to imagine the father of the Constitution and Bill of Rights taking deep satisfaction from the public career of a fellow-Virginian, a man of integrity who bent every effort to defend human rights, especially for the defenseless. That advocacy was the GEORGE WEIGEL hallmark of Frank Wolf’s lengthy congressional career, which, like my old friend Henry Hyde’s, is a powerful argument against term limits. When the defense of religious freedom and other basic human rights meant confronting Soviet power, even when foreign policy “realists” objected, Frank Wolf was there. When the defense of religious freedom meant confronting Islamist and jihadist terrorists, in the face of the same objections from the same unrealistic realists, Frank Wolf was there. When genocide was going on in Sudan, and Washington preferred to look away, Frank Wolf forced his governmental colleagues to pay attention. When most of official Washington ignored the plight of persecuted Christians whose communities could trace their origins virtually to apostolic times, Frank Wolf was their advocate and, challenging both Congress and the Obama administration and citing as his rationale William Wilberforce’s 1789 speech in Parliament against the slave trade: “Havting heard all of this, you may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say that you did not know.” Frank Wolf also understood that consistency in human rights work meant being a pro-life advocate. Like the late Richard John Neuhaus, whose work he admired, Frank Wolf saw the pro-life movement as the natural heir to the U.S. civil rights movement, and prolife advocacy here at home as the natural complement to work in defense of people oppressed by authoritarian and totalitarian regimes abroad. That an evangelical Protestant understood this, and acted on it, when so many Catholic members of Congress did not, is cause for Catholic reflection—and repentance. Frank Wolf did his chores for Virginia’s 10th CD; he didn’t get re-elected 16 times by ignoring the homefront. But in the 30 years I’ve known him, I’ve always had the impression that it was his advocacy for those who were both persecuted and voiceless that kept him in the game and offered him the deepest of satisfactions in his public service. And in the case of this Christian gentleman, I couldn’t help but think that the deepest source of Frank Wolf’s concern for the persecuted was the truth the Vulgate Bible caught best in Latin: Caritas... Christi urget nos – “The love of Christ impels us ...”(2 Corinthians 5: 14). He’d dismiss the comparison out of hand, but I thought of Frank Wolf this past summer when I read Fred Kaplan’s “John Quincy Adams: American Visionary.” True, Frank Wolf did not spring from the intellectual and political aristocracy of the American founding; nor did he serve as ambassador, senator, secretary of state, and president; nor is he a crusty curmudgeon like the Adams portrayed brilliantly by Anthony Hopkins in the film “Amistad.” But like John Quincy Adams, Frank Wolf brought distinction to the U.S. House of Representatives rather than taking distinction from it. Like Adams, Wolf made a sometimesunpopular moral cause the centerpiece of his service in the people’s House. And like Adams, Frank Wolf drew the affection and respect of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle, who know that the House is losing one of its unsullied moral reference points when Frank Wolf retires. These days, “public service” is too often a matter of incantation rather than fact, as public office has become an expression of ego rather than of conviction. But for the past 34 years, the people of Virginia’s 10th Congressional District, and indeed the people of the United States, have had a true public servant in Frank Wolf, whose convictions graced the office he held and ennobled the legislative body in which he served. WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

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SUNDAY READINGS

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day. JOHN 6:37-40 WISDOM 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction and their going forth from us, utter destruction. But they are in peace. For if before men, indeed, they be punished, yet is their hope full of immortality; chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed, because God tried them and found them worthy of himself. As gold in the furnace, he proved them, and as sacriﬁcial offerings he took them to himself. In the time of their visitation they shall shine, and shall dart about as sparks through stubble; they shall judge nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord shall be their King forever. Those who trust in him shall understand truth, and the faithful shall abide with him in love: because grace and mercy are

with his holy ones, and his care is with his elect. PSALM 23:1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6 The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side with your rod and your staff that give me courage. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overﬂows. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. ROMANS 5:5-11 Brothers and sisters: Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us: For Christ, while we were still helpless, died at the appointed time for the ungodly. Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even ﬁnd courage to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. How much more then, since we are now justiﬁed by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath. Indeed,

Jesus’ promise of eternal life

if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life. Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. JOHN 6:37-40 Jesus said to the crowds: “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”

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The eldest priest of our diocese departed for heaven just recently at age 99. We felt some degree of sorrow – for ourselves – but mainly joy, for we felt certain he would be welcomed into the arms of God. Only a few months ago, Father George, living in retirement, worked with his caretaker to respond to Pope Francis’ call to all of us to be more mindful of the poor. They assembled small kits of food, water and toiletry items, placing them in bags they would distribute to homeless persons in their daily drives around the city’s streets and parks. The largest portion of Father George’s priestly career took place in hospital chaplaincy, where he was faced, no doubt, with having to console the families of those who spent their last days on earth in St. Joseph Hospital. How comforting he must have been as he conveyed Jesus’ promise of eternal life to believers. As a quote from John 6 puts it, “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.” This is a great assurance to us if we and our loved ones have sought to be faithful followers of Jesus. How comforting it is to read earlier

‘The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.’ – WISDOM 3

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in that same chapter, “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day.” Whatever the exact timing, and with or without a bit of additional polishing up before entering God’s presence, we are certain that the promise held out by Jesus in the readings for this weekend applied to Father George Curtsinger. He was demonstrably a believer in and a follower of Jesus.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3: Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Martin de Porres, religious. PHIL 2:14. PS 131:1bcde, 2, St. Martin 3. LK 14:12-14. de Porres TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4: Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, bishop. PHIL 2:5-11. PS 22:26b-27, 2830ab, 30e, 31-32. LK 14:15-24. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5: Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time. PHIL 2:12-18. PS 27:1, 4, 13-14. LK 14:25-33. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6: Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time. PHIL 3:3-8a. PS 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7. LK 15:1-10. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7: Friday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time; Bl. John Duns Scotus, priest. PHIL 3:17-4:1. PS 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5. LK 16:1-8. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8: Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time. Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica. PHIL 4:10-19. PS 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a and 9. LK 16:9-15.

Pope: Evolution, Big Bang do not push aside God, who set it in motion CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – The big-bang theory and evolution do not eliminate the existence of God, who remains the one who set all of creation into motion, Pope Francis told his own science academy. And God’s existence does not contradict the discoveries of science, he told members of the Pontiﬁcal Academy of Sciences Oct. 27.

“When we read the account of creation in Genesis, we risk thinking that God was a magician, complete with a magic wand, able to do everything. But it is not like that,” he said. “He created living beings and he let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave each one, so that they would develop and reach their full potential.”

God gave creation full autonomy while also guaranteeing his constant presence in nature and people’s lives, he said. The beginning of the world is not a result of “chaos,” he said, but comes directly from “a supreme principle that creates out of love.” “The Big Bang, which today is held as the beginning of the world, does not contradict the intervention

of the divine creator, but requires it,” he said. “Evolution in nature is not at odds with the notion of creation because evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve.” Members of the academy, many of them renowned scientists and philosophers, were meeting at the Vatican Oct. 24-28 to discuss “Evolving Concepts of Nature.”

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“RELIGION IN PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS: FAMILY, FRIEND, FOE?” EDITED BY THOMAS J. DAVIS. Indiana University Press (Bloomington, Indiana, 2013). 227 pp., $25. The work of religious philanthropic organizations came into clear view during the summer of 2014 when two Christian mission groups serving people in need around the world arranged to ﬂy two of their medical missionaries suffering from the Ebola virus out of Liberia to a hospital in Atlanta, where they were treated successfully. One group was Samaritan’s Purse, a well-funded evangelical Christian organization dedicated both to “helping those in need and proclaiming the hope of the Gospel.” The other group, officially called SIM, is an international Christian mission organization with similar goals. SIM stands for Serving in Mission. Samaritan’s Purse today is headed by Franklin Graham, son of famed evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham. The chapter in “Religion in Philanthropic Organizations” telling of the organization’s earlier evolution under the evangelist Bob Pierce, who died in 1978, makes for compelling reading and casts light on precisely the issues the book highlights. Over the course of his life, Pierce grew increasingly wary of the effects of accepting government funds in religious philanthropic organizations. He feared, too, that “professionalization” in the provision of social services would get elevated “over prayer” and compromise his organization’s Christian mission and identity. There is a close relationship between charitable action and philanthropy on the part of religious organizations, according to Thomas J. Davis, the book’s editor. But the philanthropy his book focuses upon aims principally at alleviating society’s ills and making the world a better place. This might be done through caring for the sick, feeding and educating the poor, disaster relief, counseling families that suffer or aid for immigrants.

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How does a religious philanthropic organization “navigate the demands of governmental regulations when that organization is the recipient of federal dollars?” That important question, posed by Davis, is asked again and again in one form or another as the book’s chapters unfold. Its 10 contributing writers explore issues of philanthropy from Christian, Jewish and Islamic perspectives. Sheila S. Kennedy insists in a chapter titled “Religious Philanthropies and Government Social Programs” that “there is no constitutional reason that congregations cannot partner with government” in the U.S. “The issue is how such partnerships are conducted.” Kennedy is professor of law and public policy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Still, she advises religious congregations that their primary mission is ministry. “Before a congregation contracts to provide social services, it needs to consider whether the contract will divert attention and resources from that primary mission. A corollary question is whether contracting with government will mute the congregation’s prophetic voice” – mute its willingness to criticize government positions on speciﬁc issues, for example. Issues related to government ﬁnancial aid and the apprehensions of some that it will corrupt a religious body’s mission represent one central area of concern in this book. It also calls attention to the divisions within individual religious bodies over the value and purpose of their social-services work. These concerns may be particularly evident in contemporary times when the expectation looms large that social-services work will be conducted not only with good intentions, but professionally and competently. How is a religious body’s identity and purpose

maintained in the conduct of social services work? Will those whose poverty is addressed by a church ever discover what the religious group believes or what convictions prompt it to serve others in need? In other words, will actions truly speak louder than words in religiously sponsored social-services work? A fear that words of faith will not be heard much, if at all, has divided religious congregations over many decades, the book shows. Within religious bodies, some resist social-services endeavors, considering them a distraction from the mission to call people to conversion. Others consider these endeavors basic to the practice of their faith. One big challenge, then, when it comes to religion and philanthropy is to balance conﬁdence in God with conﬁdence in professionalism. Jesuit Father Fred Kammer, in an excellent chapter on Catholic Charities, appears to believe it is possible to achieve this balance. Father Kammer is a past president of Catholic Charities USA. “In the view of Catholic Charities leaders, agencies not only can but also should be both missiondriven and competent,” Father Kammer writes. He speaks, moreover, of “the complex and generally positive relationship of Catholic Charities” with the U.S. government and “various state and local governments.” I found it notable that in discussing “the tensions of philanthropy and Catholic identity,” Father Kammer took care to provide a list of “10 ways that Catholic Charities ministry is Catholic.” For example, he said, “Catholic Charities recognizes that some services require attention” not only to the physical and mental needs of those they serve, but to their spiritual needs as well. Also, he said, “Catholic Charities promotes the sanctity of human life and the dignity of the human person,” it “is authorized to exercise its ministry by the diocesan bishop,” and its “ministry has been an integral part of the Catholic Church for 2,000 years.” GIBSON was the founding editor of Origins, Catholic News Service’s documentary service. He retired in 2007 after holding that post for 36 years.

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SATURDAY, NOV. 8 YOUTH RALLY: The San Francisco Interfaith Committee for Life ecumenical event for youth – seventh through 12th grades – 10 a.m.-4 p.m., San Francisco’s Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 999 Brotherhood Way. Admission is $10 per person with registration due by Oct. 30. Call (415) 308-4851; email fr.aris@yahoo.com; visit www.sfinterfaithcommitteeforlife. org/. GRIEF SUPPORT: All Saints Day Mass of remembrance, Good Shepherd Parish, 901 Oceana Blvd, Pacifica, 1 p.m., light reception follows; suzannechinn1@sbcglobal.net; tonilyng@ aol.com; visit www.sfarchdiocese.org/ home/ministries/grief-consolation. No charge. 2-DAY BOUTIQUE: Women’s Club, All Souls Catholic School, South San Francisco Christmas Fair, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. both days; email allsoulswomenscub@ yahoo.com. ACCW: San Francisco Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women convention, St. Cecilia Church, 17th Avenue at Vicente, San Francisco, beginning with Mass at 11 a.m. followed by lunch and program featuring speaker Margaret Turek, director of evangelization, Diocese of Oakland, with “Be the Voice of Catholic Women; Catholic Women United in Truth.” $25 ticket includes lunch. Diana Heafy, (415) 731-6379; Cathy Mibach (415) 753-0234.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 31, 2014

OUR LADY MASS: Visiting Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto, retired from San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines is principal celebrant at Mass commemorating the Virgen de los Remedios, patron of Pampanga, 1 p.m., St. Anne of the Sunset Church, 850 Judah St. at Funston, San Francisco. www.facebook. com/VirgenDeLosRemediosInNorCal. TV MASSES: EWTN airs Mass daily at 5 a.m., 9 a.m., 9 p.m. and at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. EWTN is carried on Comcast 229, AT&T 562, Astound 80, San Bruno Cable 143, DISH Satellite 261 and Direct TV 370. In Half Moon Bay EWTN airs on Comcast 70 and on Comcast 74 in southern San Mateo County. CATHOLIC TV MASS: A TV Mass is broadcast Sundays at 6 a.m. on the Bay Area’s KTSF Channel 26 and KOFY Channel 20, and in the Sacramento area at 5:30 a.m. on KXTL Channel 40. It is produced for viewing by the homebound and others unable to go to Mass by God Squad Productions with Msgr. Harry Schlitt, celebrant. Catholic TV Mass, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109, (415) 614-5643, janschachern@aol.com. CONCERT: Program celebrates 25th anniversary of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, 7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 1187 Franklin St. at Geary, San Francisco; an ensemble from San Francisco’s St. Dominic Church choir is among the groups performing. http:// conta.cc/1sRa2mt. REUNION: St. Thomas More School

60th anniversary celebration, Thomas More Way, San Francisco, beginning with Mass at 10 a.m. in parish church, followed by brunch in gym, (415) 3370100, alumni@stmsf.org.

TUESDAY, NOV. 11 VETERANS DAY SERVICE: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma, Star of the Sea section, 11 a.m., Msgr. Michael Padazinski, colonel, U.S. Air Force, chancellor and canon law head, Archdiocese of San Francisco will preside. (650) 756-2060; www.holycrosscemeteries.com.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3 SIMBANG GABI: Mass opening novena of prayer anticipating birth of Christ, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 7:30 Archbishop p.m. ArchbishBernardito Auza op Bernardito Auza, permanent observer of the Vatican at the U.N., is principal celebrant. Nelliehizon01@gmail.com; (415) 699-7927.

THURSDAY, NOV. 13 PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro-Life meets second Thursdays except December 7:30 p.m., St. Gregory Worner Center, 138 28th Ave. at Hacienda, San Mateo. New members welcome. Jessica (650) 572–1468; themunns@ yahoo.com.

FRIDAY, NOV. 14 BOUTIQUE: Sisters of Mercy at Marian Oaks Annual Holiday Boutique, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days. Delicious homemade jams, baked goods, fudge, handcrafted items, perfect holiday gifts, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame; enter at Hoover gate, follow Lower Road to Marian Oaks. Debbie Halleran (650) 340-7426; dhalleran@mercywmw.org.

JUSTICE TALK: “Catholic Social Teaching 101,” St. Dominic parish hall, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, 6:30 p.m. (415) 567-7824; socialjustice@stdominics.org. Dominican Sister Colleen McDermott is new director of the community service and justice ministries at St. Dominic’s. She has been involved in community service and justice education for 25 years.

SATURDAY, NOV. 15 2-DAY BOUTIQUE: St. Charles Parish Women’s Group, Saturday, 2-7 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-1p.m.; Tamarack and Belle street, San Carlos. rrourick@gmail.com. MISSION TRIP: One-day pilgrimage to Mission Santa Cruz and Mission Santa

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FASHION SHOW: San Francisco Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians fashion show, luncheon and raffle; 11 a.m., no host cocktails, with lunch at noon, San Francisco United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave.; $55 adults, $15 children. RSVP by Nov. 10 to Pam Naughton, (415) 566-1936.

TUESDAY, NOV. 18 3-DAY BOUTIQUE: St. Mary’s Medical Center auxiliary holiday boutique, Tuesday, 4-7 p.m. with refreshments and free parking for $10 entrance fee, Wednesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Proceeds help purchase new dialysis equipment. (415) 750-5646.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19 GRIEF SUPPORT: Free monthly grief support, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, third Wednesday of each month, 10:30noon, Msgr. Bowe Room, on the west side of the parking lot level of the Cathedral. These sessions provide information on the grief process, and tips on coping with the loss of a loved one. Facilitator is Deacon Christoph Sandoval. Call Mercy Sister Esther, (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

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HOME SERVICES CAHALAN CONSTRUCTION

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | OCTOBER 331, 2014

MOST REVEREND SALVATORE CORDILEONE and HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY invites you to share

ALL SAINTS DAY MASS | TODOS LOS SANTOS – FIRST SATURDAY Saturday, November 1, 2014 Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone, Celebrant Archbishop of San Francisco Please join us for refreshments and fellowship following the ceremony.