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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The disrespectful treatment of aborted babies’ human remains by abortion doctors demands federal action, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has said in the wake of news reports about abortion doctors’ “disturbing” practices. “Whether you support or oppose legalized abortion, I hope you will agree that these human bodies should not be wantonly discarded as medical waste or preserved at the whim of the abortion doctor,” Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas said in an Oct. 31 letter to members of Congress. Naumann chairs the U.S. bishops’ Committee on SEE BISHOPS, PAGE 20

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31 couples affirm wedding vows

Couples gathered at St. Peter Church in San Francisco’s Mission District Oct. 19 for a communal wedding ceremony. Father Moises Agudo, who celebrated the Mass, urged the 31 couples to “love until it hurts” and concluded his homily by inviting the relatives and friends present to “rejoice in the church, rejoice with them for the sacramental grace that they are about to receive today, because God has not forgotten this world and has created 31 more couples.” See story on Page 3.

St. Jude carries pilgrims’ faith and hope CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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Testimony in a civil damages case brought by Planned Parenthood Federation of America against a pro-life group that conducted an undercover investigation of possible illegal trafficking in fetal tissue continued in its fifth week before a U.S. District Court jury in San Francisco. Planned Parenthood, along with some affiliates, sued Center for Medical Progress, David Daleiden and other defendants, accusing them of fraud, breach of contract, unlawful recording of conversations, civil conspiracy and racketeering. The organization, the nation’s largest abortion provider, is seeking damages in connection with upgrading security after the investigation. The defendants have denied the claims. In his preliminary instructions to the jury of three women and nine men, U.S. District Court SEE TRIAL, PAGE 17

Thousands of pilgrims, many wearing the green color of St. Jude’s cloak, walked together through the streets of San Francisco carrying statues and other symbols of devotion to the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes during the 16th annual St. Jude Pilgrimage Oct. 26. The pilgrimage, which started with a morning Mass at Church of the Epiphany in San Francisco ended almost eight miles later at St. Dominic Church, home of the Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus, which sponsored the event. An apostolate of the Dominican Friars of the Western Dominican Province, the shrine was founded in 1935 to bring hope to San Franciscans during the Great Depression. Throughout the walk, the exuberant crowd shouted “Viva San Judas!” (St. Jude lives!). Pilgrims pray to St. Jude for his intercession in all manner of difficulty or in thanksgiving for prayers answered. The sidewalk in front of both churches was a

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NEED TO KNOW MERCY CENTER TALK: Awardwinning author Veronica Mary Rolf talks about her new book, “Suddenly There is God: The Story of Our Lives in Sacred Scripture,” Sunday, Nov. 10, 1-3:30 p.m., Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame. www.mercy-center.org. VETERANS DAY SERVICE: Holy Cross Cemetery hosts a prayer service to honor veterans, Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-noon, 1500 Mission Road, Colma. Msgr. Michael Padazinski and uniformed military chaplains from the archdiocese will lead the service, which will be held in the Star of the Sea veterans section. USF TALK: USF’s Joan and Ralph Lane Center’s “Women Shaping the Catholic Social Tradition” annual speaker series presents Kerry Robinson, global ambassador for the Leadership Roundtable, Nov. 15, 5:30 p.m., Fromm 120, Xavier Auditorium, USF campus. Complimentary parking available in the Koret Lot. CURSILLO RETREAT: Cursillo will offer an Advent retreat Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mission Dolores, 3321 16th St., San Francisco. The theme is “Four gifts for this Advent,” and will offer confession and Mass. Lunch will be provided. Marta Lorena (415) 368-5816. SALVADORAN MARTYRS MEMORIAL MASS: Nov. 17, 7 p.m., St. Ignatius Church, Father Donal Godfrey, SJ, presiding. A prayerful procession to the Martín Baró, SJ, and UCA Martyr Memorial on USF’s Lone Mountain campus follows Mass. Brian DuSell, bcdusell@usfca.edu.

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Most Holy Rosary Chapel at St. Vincent School for Boys is set amid green rolling hills on the banks of San Pablo Bay in San Rafael. The chapel is still used by the school, but popular Sunday Masses, with Msgr. Harry Schlitt currently presiding, draw worshippers from throughout the area. Leon Radamile, left, and Tom Cullen sell donuts and coffee after the 9:45 a.m. Mass.

Faithful drawn to historic chapel’s ‘special spirit’ CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

There are 16 parishes in Marin County. Most Holy Rosary Chapel is not one of them. On any given Sunday at 9:45 a.m., however, the historic church at the end of a long corridor of eucalyptus trees off busy Highway 101 in San Rafael is packed with local Catholics, many of them registered parishioners of other local parishes who come to Mass here for the exceptional beauty of the church, its gifted homilists, musicians and each other. “There’s a unique sense of community and fellowship here that I don’t get at any other parish,” Marx Cazanave of Kentfield told Catholic San Francisco after Mass Oct. 13. “The space itself teaches,” said Michael O’Smith, director of adult faith formation at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco, referring in part to the chapel’s spectacular stained glass windows and a porcelain-white, bas-relief version of a painting by Italian artist Lorenzo Lotto. The painting depicts St. Dominic receiving the rosary from the Virgin Mary in a vision in 1208. Most Holy Rosary Chapel is part of St. Vincent School for Boys, which opened in 1855 on 300 acres of land on the banks of San Pablo Bay. Architecturally reminiscent of Hearst Castle, the chapel was dedicated in 1930, replacing the original church lost to fire in 1888. Originally called the St. Vincent

Orphan Asylum of San Francisco following a Gold Rush-era cholera epidemic, St. Vincent School for Boys is the legacy of an Irish pioneer named Timothy Murphy, who deeded the land to the Archbishop of San Francisco. It became distinguished for the care of abused, neglected or traumatized boys. Today, St. Vincent School for Boys is a residential program of Catholic Charities of San Francisco treating up to 60 boys, ages 7-18. Though the church falls under the auspices of St. Isabella Parish, it does not share its pastor. In recent years, volunteer celebrants have celebrated the early Sunday Mass, including Spokane Bishop Tom Daly, former campus minister at Marin Catholic High School, and for the last eight years, Msgr. Robert Sheeran, Bishop Daly’s successor at Marin Catholic. An extraordinary form Mass is also held at the church at 12:15 p.m. In July, Msgr. Harry G. Schlitt, founder of God Squad Productions, which produces a weekly television Mass, began making the weekend trek from his residence at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in San Francisco. “They come early and fill up the front pews,” he said. “They come from many different communities and are there because they want to be here.” Debra Lewandowski and Elizabeth Toups, two St. Isabella School moms, said they have become regulars at the 9:45 a.m. Mass because of the inspirational homilies. “We’ve been blessed here with very

gifted homilists,” said Lewandowski, who added that the community who attends Holy Rosary Chapel is very supportive of the school, last year raising, she said, almost $300,000. Novato’s Tom Cullen, a retired military pilot, said he and his family discovered Sunday Mass at the Holy Rosary Chapel after moving to California from Massachusetts in 2004. They belong to Our Lady of Loretto Parish and attend Mass there as well. But he admitted they consider Most Holy Rosary Chapel “their home.” The homilies, the chapel’s beauty and the after-Mass fellowship outside on the large portico is a “tremendously uplifting experience,” he said. He acknowledged that some local Marin pastors feel that the Mass at St. Vincent is taking attendance away from their parishes. But he argues that he and others in the community feel “really fed” at the chapel. Leon Radomile of Rohnert Park attends Mass at the chapel after living more than four decades in its shadow. He said Msgr. Sheeran, and now Msgr. Schlitt, are key ingredients, but not the main reason he and his wife drive 35 minutes to Mass each Sunday. “The real reason,” he said, “is that the St. Vincent campus is a sacred place.” Michael Pritchard of San Rafael, a well-known stand-up comedian who uses his comic talents to inspire atrisk youth, summed up his longstanding attendance this way: “There’s a special spirit here.”

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‘I feel more freedom’: 31 couples affirm vows at St. Peter service LORENA ROJAS SAN FRANCISCO CATÓLICO

In 2012 Freddy Arroyo was ready to get married in the Catholic Church. At the same time, his own mother was tying the knot at a communal wedding at St. Peter Church in San Francisco’s Mission District. Unfortunately, Freddy later went to prison for six years and could not complete his plan. During his absence, his young wife, Julia, raised their daughter, Guillermina, on her own. Finally, last month, Freddy and Julia’s dream came true. Back at St. Peter Church, Freddy and Julia and 30 other couples joined in the sacrament of matrimony in a communal wedding ceremony. Freddy and Julia rejoiced visibly at having received the sacrament. Their joy was shared by other family members with them for the occasion, among them Guillermina Castellanos, founder of the Women’s Collective, a “conscientious cleaning service” in San Francisco and the mother of Freddy Arroyo. For Julia, her marriage in the Catholic Church provides a new beginning to their relationship and strengthens the basis of the union. She also feels that she “has to be an example in the community she leads.” She is now a professional Aztec dancer and the leader of a dance group. María Amaya, a Guatemalan woman, and her Mexican husband, Antonio Amaya, had lived together as a couple for 20 years. Their two children, Antonio and Casandra, were 18 and 12 respectively when they decided to marry at the communal celebration. The Amayas had always brought their Catholic roots and the importance of the sacraments into the life of their

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Thirty-one couples gathered at St. Peter Church in San Francisco’s Mission District Oct. 19 for a communal wedding ceremony. family and wanted their union blessed “by the law of God,” María said. “We had long thought about getting married ... and well, now we have a chance to get married today,” Antonio said. Another couple, Rocío and Carlos Rivera, parishioners at Mission Dolores, learned about the event through Carlos’ brother, who attends Mass at St. Peter. They saw it as their opportunity to receive the sacrament. Rocío said that she enjoyed the marriage preparation classes that all couples had to go through for seven months. “We thought it was more like, ‘we come, we get joined,’ but no!” she said. “We have felt a different kind of peace; they have explained to us how to cope with marriage and I am very happy.” She also felt liberated from something that had being oppressing her. “I feel more freedom,” she said, mainly because since her confirmation years ago she had not been able to receive Communion. Carlos thinks that there should be no

excuse for couples to deprive themselves of the blessings of sacramental marriage. He said he and his partner didn’t get married before out of sheer laziness, although Carlos’ father had begged him often to wed. “I wish my Dad was here today,” Carlos said, “but he is gone.” The communal wedding Mass was celebrated by Father Moisés Agudo, vicar for Hispanics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and pastor of the Mission parishes, with Father Rafael O. Bermúdez and Father Paolo del Carmen joining him as concelebrants. During his homily and referring to Genesis, Father Agudo spoke about men and women as creatures of God. “’Let us make man in our own image and likeness,’ God said, and do you know what happened? God created you, husbands.” Continuing with the story of Creation, Father Agudo quoted the passage when God caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep and by taking a rib from his

side, “you wives appeared.” When Adam first saw Eve – the first sigh and the first compliment ever – he said: “Ah, this is flesh of my flesh and bone of my bones.” “This is a great mystery and I am referring to Christ and the church,” Father Agudo said. “We have heard many times that two go in and one comes out. No! Two go in and three come out: the husband, the wife and Jesus Christ with you … the nature of the husband and wife is united in the same nature that is the nature of God, that nature of God, is love. “And I call on new marriages to love until it hurts,” Father Agudo said, quoting St. Teresa of Calcutta. Father Agudo concluded his homily by inviting the relatives and friends present to “rejoice in the church, rejoice with them for the sacramental grace that they are about to receive today, because God has not forgotten this world and has created 31 more couples.”

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When 19-year-old Nicholas Peters of San Carlos understood that his life would not be a long one, he decided to spend the days that might be left to him ministering to the forgotten and the hopeless on the streets of San Francisco. “Nicholas’ biggest mission was spreading God’s word and giving dignity to the homeless,” his mother, Becky Peters, said in a message she delivered at the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County’s annual awards luncheon in September. The organization recognized Nicholas’ legacy of Christian love by renaming its youth service award the Nicholas J. Peters Ozanam Spirit Award. The award, which recognizes service to the poor and needy by youth, pays tribute to Frederic Ozanam, a French university student who in 1833 founded of the St. Vincent de Paul Society to confront the dire poverty he saw on the streets of Paris. The Peters family belongs to St. Charles Parish in San Carlos. Nicholas and his sister Lauren attended St. Charles School from kindergarten through eighth grade. From January to July of this year, when Nicholas succumbed to the liver cancer he was diagnosed with at age 16, Peters said her son spent up to 40 hours a week or more with the homeless or homebound, volunteering at soup kitchens and homeless encampments. When he felt he had still more to offer, she said, he would head to the urban parks nearby afterward with soup kitchen leftovers. Nicholas’ reading of the Bible cover-to-cover 15 times over the course of his treatment, combined with the constant presence of an adult companion, Mel, hired by the family, gave the young man the spiritual and organizational

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Nicholas Peters, a 19-year-old former student at St. Charles School in San Carlos, spent the last six months of his life ministering to the homeless or homebound. Right, he is pictured with a homeless man, Joseph. Nicholas helped Joseph find a room and helped write his resume. support to make his mission possible. Nicholas and Mel headed out each day to “bring food and God” to those in need of both. “He had no time left, but all the time in the world” to be a presence to the vulnerable and the poor, Peters said. “I will never forget the morning I came into Nick’s room and he looked at me with the biggest smile on his face,” she said. “He told me he had the best sleep he ever had because he knew that a homeless man named Joseph was warm, safe and dry.” Nicholas and Mel had found a motel room for Joseph for the night. He spent the next week working on a resume for Joseph. And then there was Anabel, a

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colorfully festive scene. Music played as families gathered around vendors grilling meats or selling fruit and Hispanic foods and treats. Devotional items such as rosaries, St. Jude statues, prayer books and T-shirts were on every corner. Dominican Father Vincent Kelber, director of the Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus and prior of the St. Dominic Priory, told Catholic San Francisco about the Hispanic Catholic community’s particular devotion to the saint. “As the patron of impossible causes, St. Jude has been well suited to the peoples of Latin America who for so long have experienced upheaval of revolution, financial instability and migration of peoples,” Father Kelber said. “St. Jude is for us then, both a heavenly intercessor for the needs of this world, but also a beacon of hope that we too can find life eternal in Christ our Lord.” St. Jude Thaddeus, according to Catholic Online, was one of the twelve Apostles and a relative of Jesus Christ. It is believed he became known as the patron saint of seemingly lost causes because of a New Testament letter he wrote stressing the importance of faithful perseverance in harsh circumstances. Two devotional floats, one carrying a statue of the Blessed Mother surrounded by pink and red roses, the other, a large statue of St. Jude, were carried the entire distance by Dominican friars. After the statue entered the church to wild applause and song, it was placed on the main altar where pilgrims gathered expectantly for their turn to touch the saint or kneel before him in prayer. One barefoot woman traveled down

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Dominican friars carried a statue of St. Jude led pilgrims into St. Dominic Church in San Francisco Oct. 26 after a pilgrimage that began at Church of the Epiphany. the main aisle on her knees for her chance to approach St. Jude before the Mass celebrated by retired Bishop William J. Justice. A devotion to St. Jude is seen as a “concrete path to the Lord,” Father Kelber said. “St. Jude is an accessible and loving patron who has compassion on the devotee in his need,” he said, “but is also still the Apostle who proclaims the risen Christ to those who seek his aid.”

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Cardinal William J. Levada was remembered as a friend, family member, pastor and churchman who was present with Christ and others “to the core of his being.” Cardinal Levada’s gift of presence was evident in all he did but perhaps shone through most notably in the intense focus he brought to preparing the host at Mass, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Archbishop John C. Wester said in the homily at the cardinal’s funeral Mass Oct. 24 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. “I was struck by how he prepared the host, the look on his face,” said Archbishop Wester, a former San Francisco auxiliary bishop. “He was present to the real presence, and he was touching the face of the risen Christ, and he knew it.” Cardinal Levada, 83, who served as archbishop of Portland, Oregon, and of San Francisco before Pope Benedict XVI named him to head the Vatican’s doctrinal office in 2005, died unexpectedly in Rome on Sept. 26. Citing John’s Gospel, Archbishop Wester stressed that Cardinal Levada brought an incarnational approach to all his relationships, from the beloved “Uncle Bill” to his nieces, to the pastor tolerant of others’ flaws and aware of his own, to the hardworking global churchman willing to take on tough jobs and always with the integrity of the church’s communion in mind. Rooting the cardinal’s approach in John’s Gospel, Archbishop Wester said he approached Jesus’ love as tangible, not ephemeral. “And it’s love that has consequences in our lives today,” Archbishop Wester said. John’s Gospel is distinct from, but not opposed to, a more institutional, organizational understanding of the church, Archbishop Wester said. Archbishop Wester added that Cardinal Levada was “practical and authentic. If he was in the room, you knew it,” Archbishop Wester said. He said the cardinal had a “gift of seeing things from a different perspective.” Archbishop Wester quoted San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy, also a former auxiliary who served under Cardinal Levada when the cardinal was archbishop of San Francisco, on the cardinal’s “natural graciousness and optimism that could bridge barriers at key moments. He always found a way to bring people together.” Quoting St. Francis de Sales, Archbishop Wester said of Cardinal Levada, “There’s nothing so strong as gentleness and nothing so gentle as real strength.” “It was never about him,” Archbishop Wester said. “It was always about the church he loved so much. He was a humble man who always put others first.” In a written outline of his homily, Archbishop Wester said the cardinal “had an incredibly non-judgmental attitude toward all” and “was always ready to give people a second chance if they demonstrated their good will and desire to move forward.” Archbishop Wester noted the cardinal’s lifelong friendship with the late San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer. When young George transferred into the Southern California high school that Bill attended and was feeling adrift, Bill said, “I’ll be your friend.” Those attending the funeral included four cardinals – Chicago Archbishop SEE CARDINAL LEVADA, PAGE 7

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Cardinal Roger Mahony, retired archbishop of Los Angeles, blesses the casket of Cardinal William J. Levada on the plaza at St. Mary’s Cathedral after the cardinal’s funeral Mass on Oct. 24. The cardinal, who died unexpectedly Sept. 26, was remembered for his incarnational love for the church and in all his relationships. At Cardinal Mahony’s left are retired Philiadelphia archbishop Cardinal Justin Rigali and retired Washington, D.C., archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl.

Citing John’s Gospel, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Archbishop John Wester, pictured at left, stressed in his funeral homily that Cardinal Levada brought an incarnational approach to all his relationships, from the beloved “Uncle Bill” to his nieces, to the pastor tolerant of others’ flaws and aware of his own, to the hardworking global churchman willing to take on tough jobs and always with the integrity of the church’s communion in mind. The cardinal’s crypt at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma is placed between those of the archdiocese’s founding archbishop, Joseph Sadoc Alemany, and George Niederauer, who succeeded Cardinal Levada as archbishop of San Francisco and was the cardinal’s lifelong best friend.

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CARDINAL LEVADA: Present ‘to the core of his being’ FROM PAGE 6

Blaise Cupich, retired Washington, D.C., Archbishop Donald Wuerl, retired Philadelphia Archbishop Justin Rigali and retired Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony – 24 bishops; clergy and religious from the archdiocese; leaders of the San Francisco Interfaith Council; and the chief of staff for San Francisco Mayor London Breed. Family members in attendance included the cardinal’s nieces, Julianne Bancroft and Stephanie Herrera. Following a final blessing of his casket on the cathedral plaza by Cardinal Mahony with assembled prelates, clergy and family members, the cardinal was interred in the bishops’ mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. After the service, well-wishers shared memories of the cardinal with Catholic San Francisco. Judy Morris said Cardinal Levada was her “boss” at the chancery where she worked in communications until her retirement in 2008. “He was a very nice person to work for,” she said, remarking that he attended the funerals of both her mother and her brother. “He took a very personal interest in his priests and their families and all archdiocesan employees.” Lani Boucher was Cardinal Levada’s chef when he was archbishop. “He brought such grace and hospitality to the Archdiocese of San Francisco,” she said. “And he loved my osso buco.” A St. Mary’s parishioner on her way to the reception in the cathedral hall did not wish to give her name but said her husband, Isadore, once had his photo taken with Cardinal Levada. The men looked like they could be brothers. “My husband, who is Jewish, joked with the cardinal that if he ever wanted a stunt double to give him a call,” she said. Tuimatomona Tatola Samita, a Tongan native who lives in Gilroy and commutes to San Francisco to her job as a caregiver, sat alone in a line of others at the reception dressed in a sunny yellow dress. She normally comes to daily Mass at St. Mary’s but discovered the cardinal’s funeral underway. She did not know him but apologized for her bright apparel. “I would have worn my taovala,” she said, a traditional Tongan garment worn to show respect during formal occasions. St. Veronica Parish pastor Father Charles Puthota described his sabbatical year in Rome two years ago when Cardinal Levada hosted him and seven other visiting priests. “He was so gracious and a wonderful host,” he said, entertaining the group at his apartment and later out at a local restaurant. “He was so down-to-earth and affable.” In his homily at a prayer vigil for Cardinal Levada on Oct. 23 at the cathedral, Bishop Steven J. Lopes of

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Priests fill the pews as Cardinal Levada’s casket rests in St. Mary’s Cathedral at his funeral Mass Oct. 24. The cardinal’s priestly ministry “was very much a life poured out for the needs of the church,” Bishop Steven Lopes said in his homily at a vigil service Oct. 23. the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, said “out-poured love is the heart of vocation in the church and unlocks the mystery of priesthood. It is the standard of love by which Cardinal Levada will be judged.” He said the cardinal learned this love first in his family. “Losing his father so early, he was deeply devoted to his mother, and to his sister, and brother-in-law,” he said. “It’s a love that flowed naturally to his nieces Julianne and Steph and to their children. By the way and for the record: when he would take them to Legoland and said that it was ‘because they loved going there’... I don’t buy it. He loved that stuff.” The cardinal’s priestly ministry “was very much a life poured out for the needs of the church,” Bishop Lopes said. “He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Los Angles not by happenstance, but because he loved LA,” he said. “Now, as a pious San Franciscan I may think that odd, but there is no denying it. And so it was a real sacrifice for him to spend so little time there, his assignments in the church taking him seemingly farther and farther away. The good and needs of the church came first for this man of the church. Always.” On a lighter note, Bishop Lopes joked about the cardinal’s reputation as a backseat driver. “Those of us who have driven for the cardinal over the years have had to contend both with his chronic impatience and his near constant tendency to ‘assist’ with directions,” he said, “I actually feel that I have missed out in my relationship with him in one

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | NOVEMBER 7, 2019

St. Kevin altar shrine commemorates the departed CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

In Irma Moncado’s native Mexico, creating altars commemorating loved ones who have passed on to another life is part of an annual celebration known as Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). During the multi-day holiday observance from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, All Souls Day, families and friends gather to pray for and remember those who have died to support them spiritual journey. Creating colorful altars in homes and public spaces featuring photos with personal mementos of the deceased is part of celebration. On Oct. 31, Moncado showed Catholic San Francisco the traditional tiered altar she helped the parish construct in its sanctuary. The altar, which will on display throughout November, is dotted with orange and yellow paper marigolds, a flower known in Mexico as “cempasúchil,” and other personal mementos of the dead. Marigolds, or flowers in general, also represent the fragility of life. It is believed that the spirits of the dead visit the living during the celebration.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Gospel Jazz Mass: ‘Serving our brothers and sisters’ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The gospel choirs from St. Paul of the Shipwreck, Sacred Heart/St. Boniface, Our Lady of Lourdes, and St. Columba in Oakland, under the direction of Diane Crowther, joined together Oct. 26 at St. Mary’s Cathedral for the annual Gospel Jazz Mass. Crowther, the gospel choir director at Shipwreck, led a quintet of jazz musicians and a 30-plus-member choir. Retired Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice was the principal celebrant, joined by Father Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA, parochial vicar at Shipwreck; Deacon Chuck McNeil, pastoral associate at St. Dominic Parish, was homilist at the Mass.

“Perhaps the message tonight is this, brothers and sisters, that we keep the focus on ourselves, on our own need to change, on our own need to grow in faith, and on how we need to serve our brothers and sisters,” Deacon McNeil said. “Tonight, brothers and sisters, as we gather with our bishop for the Eucharist, we recognize that in this beautiful temple, we can only come to the eucharistic table in a humble spirit with a contrite heart,” he said. “At this altar you will see that there are no reserved places for anyone. No one is more important here than anyone else. No one is more deserving than anyone else. No one is more holy than anyone else.”

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Border conditions ‘heart-wrenching’ for northbound migrants, parishioner says CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Terry Sprague from Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame has just returned from a six-day Bay Area Border Relief humanitarian outreach to migrant families and children stranded in Matamoros, Mexico, where she said conditions were “heart-wrenching.” “Just when you think things at the border can’t get worse, they do,” Sprague said in an email to Catholic San Francisco. “After leaving their homes and enduring a long journey fleeing violence, asylum seekers are turned back from the U.S. to Mexico to await a court date. Families and children have only the clothes on their backs and perhaps a very few things they can carry.” Many of the migrants live in a makeshift tent city next to the bridge along the Rio Grande.

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BIDEN DENIED COMMUNION AT MASS DURING STOP IN SOUTH CAROLINA

FLORENCE, S.C. – Former Vice President Joe Biden attended the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony Church Oct. 27 and when he presented himself to receive the Eucharist was refused by the pastor. In a statement responding to the Florence Morning News, Father Robert Morey wrote “Holy Communion signifies we are one with God, each other and the church. Our actions should reflect that. Any public figure who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of church teaching.” At the heart of that teaching is Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law which states that holy Communion should not be given to two groups of persons: those who are excommunicated or interdicted, and those “who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin.” In 2003, the U.S. Catholic bishops formed a task force to examine the relationship between Catholic teachings and public policy. The task force said there can be no hard-and-fast national rule forbidding Catholic politicians from receiving Communion if they adopt public policy stands that are in opposition to church teaching on fundamental moral issues such as abortion or euthanasia or same-sex marriage.

WEST VIRGINIA BISHOP SEEKS ‘AMENDS FOR HARM’ TO CHURCH BY PREDECESSOR

WHEELING, W.Va. – Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston told Catholics in the statewide diocese he was working to have his predecessor “make amends for harm he caused during his tenure” as mandated by Pope Francis. The announcement regarding retired Bishop Michael J. Bransfield came in an Oct. 31 letter to West Virginia Catholics on letterhead Bishop Mark E. from the bishop’s office. Brennan The brief letter expressed how Bishop Brennan was “dismayed by the continued revelations concerning former Bishop Michael Bransfield’s misdeeds, as confirmed by the penal-

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cluding by instituting new ministries for lay men and women, the Synod of Bishops said. The final document of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon looked at ways the church can increase its ministry in the region, including by ordaining married men. But at the heart of the document was the need to bring the good news to the Amazon, a mission that includes safeguarding the indigenous people, cultures and land that are under constant threat of annihilation. “The Amazon rainforest is a ‘biological heart’ for the increasingly threatened earth,” said the final document, released Oct. 26 after synod members voted on it. The synod brought together 185 voting members to discuss “new paths for the church and for an integral ecology.” The focus of the synod’s final document was the call for the church to further its mission in proclaiming the Good News by uniting itself more to the people of the Amazon who, for decades, have suffered the consequences of humankind’s greed.

HHS ISSUES PROPOSAL ON FAITH-BASED AGENCIES’ ADOPTION, FOSTER PLACEMENTS

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration Nov. 1 announced a proposed rule to allow faith-based adoption and foster care agencies to follow their deeply held religious beliefs and not place children with same-sex couples. Under the proposal, announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, these agencies would not be excluded from certain federally funded programs for adhering to their belief in traditional marriage. The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ committees on domestic policy, defense of marriage and religious liberty welcomed the move that would overturn an Obama administration rule. “We commend the administration for acting to change a 2016 regulation that threatened to shut out faith-based social service providers, namely adoption and foster care agencies that respect a child’s right to a mother and a father,” the bishops said in a Nov. 1 statement. “To restrict faith-based organizations’ work by infringing on religious freedom – as the 2016 rule threatened to do – is unfair and serves no one, especially the children in need of these services,” they said.

POPE: CHURCH THAT DOES NOT EVANGELIZE WILL DECAY

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church must follow Jesus’ command to preach the Gospel to every person, otherwise it will not fulfill its mission of bearing witness to Christ, Pope Francis said. In an excerpt of a new book-length interview published Nov. 4 by Fides News Agency, the pope said the phrase he uses – “a church on the move” – is not meant to be a “fashionable expression” but a summary of the church’s mission. “The church is either on the move or she is not (the) church. Either she evangelizes or she is not (the) church. If the church is not on the move, she decays, she becomes something else,” he said. The book, titled “Without Him, We Can Do Nothing: a Conversation About Being Missionaries in Today’s World,” will be released in Italian bookstores Nov. 5. It was written by Gianni Valente, a journalist for Fides.

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U.S. Catholics Having Major Impact on Poverty Through Their Support of Educational Outreaches After 6-year-old Xuriyee Amaree’s father passed away, the little girl’s family faced incredible challenges. Life in Ethiopia is very hard under normal circumstances, but Xuriyee’s poor mother faced an additional hardship. She was an immigrant who barely understood the local language, making it nearly impossible for her to secure anything but occasional odd jobs. They all feared for their future. Fortunately, Consolata Missionaries learned about the family’s situation and made a home visit. “What they saw was shocking. Seven family members crammed into a small rented room. They were hungry and in urgent need of help. The Consolata Missionaries started by bringing them food,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach, a U.S.-based relief and development ministry that partners with Catholic missions worldwide. As important as the food relief was, other help was clearly needed. As a next step, Xuriyee and the family’s five older children were given help to attend school. This, Cavnar believes, will provide a path to an even brighter future. “Xuriyee has already been transformed by the Shambu Catholic Kindergarten. No longer fearful, she is now a confident and joyful child. She’s first in her class, excelling in reading and writing. The education she is receiving is allowing her to reach her full potential,” he said. “The family has also embraced Catholicism.” Education has long been a priority

of the Catholic Church, and it remains an important area of service for Cross Catholic Outreach. For many years, the ministry has supported Catholic educational programs in Haiti, Guatemala and many other developing countries by providing everything from teacher salaries and classroom supplies to food for lunch programs and medicines for school clinics. It has also built schools and added classrooms, libraries and lunchrooms to existing missions. To achieve its educational goals, Cross Catholic Outreach also invites U.S. Catholics to sponsor educational scholarships for children like Xuriyee. In addition to helping hundreds of poor young children gain a primary education, this scholarship program has a second beneﬁt: It encourages the priests and religious sisters who pursue educational outreaches in the poor communities they serve. “The priests and sisters who established these Catholic schools have made tremendous personal sacriﬁces to extend Christ’s love in the communities they serve,” said Cavnar. “When American Catholics step forward to help their schools, it is incredibly encouraging to them. It shows them that American Catholics are grateful for their work and want to help them in their noble cause of educating the poorest of the poor.” Why is the scholarship so important? The answer is simple. Without this support, children would go unschooled. Families subsisting

Sister Tereza has helped create an oasis of hope in a desperately poor area of Ethiopia, and the children who attend the Catholic kindergarten are blessed as a result. on only a few dollars a week simply can’t aﬀord the luxury of sending their children to school. “What is the alternative? We can’t leave a child illiterate and without hope. That isn’t an option,” Cavnar said. “Some will ask if there is a way to support the goal without funding a full $120 scholarship for a school year. The answer is absolutely yes! Donors who contribute any amount help us do more educational projects like this. Every gift, large or small, makes a big diﬀerence.”

Readers interested in supporting Cross Catholic Outreach can use the brochure inserted in this issue or send tax-deductible gifts to: Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC01485, PO Box 97168, Washington DC 20090-7168. The ministry has a special need for partners willing to make gifts on a monthly basis. Check the box on the inserted brochure to become a Mission Partner or write “Monthly Mission Partner” on mailed checks to be contacted about setting up those arrangements.

Cross Catholic Outreach Endorsed by More Than 100 Bishops, Archbishops Cross Catholic Outreach’s range of relief work to help the poor overseas continues to be recognized by a growing number of Catholic leaders in the U.S. and abroad. “We’ve received more than 100 endorsements from bishops and archbishops,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach (CCO). “They’re moved by the fact that we’ve launched outreaches in almost 40 countries and have undertaken a variety of projects — everything from feeding the hungry and housing the homeless to supplying safe water and supporting educational opportunities for the poorest of the poor. The bishops have also been impressed by Cross Catholic Outreach’s direct and meaningful response to emergency situations, most recently by providing food, medicines and other resources to partners in Haiti, El Salvador and areas of Belize impacted by natural disasters.” Archbishop Thomas Rodi of Mobile,

Alabama, supported this mission, writing: “It is a privilege for me to support Cross Catholic Outreach. This organization funds ministries to our neighbors in need in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and the Pacific. Through the generosity of so many, the love of God is made visible to many who are coping with the most difficult of daily living conditions.” In addition to praising CCO’s accomplishments, many of the bishops and archbishops are encouraged that Pontifical canonical status was conferred on the charity in September 2015, granting it approval as an official Catholic organization. This allows CCO to participate in the mission of the Church and to give a concrete witness to Gospel Charity, in collaboration with the Holy Father. “Your work with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development is a strong endorsement of your partnership with the work of the Universal Church,” Archbishop

CCO’s Outreach Priests visit U.S. parishes to share what the ministry is accomplishing. Cordileone of San Francisco said. “By providing hope to the faithful overseas by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, delivering

medical relief to the sick and shelter to the homeless, and through self-help projects, you are embodying the Papal Encyclical Deus Caritas Est.”

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$120 Scholarships for Catholic Education Can Help Lift Impoverished Children Out of Poverty A door of opportunity is opening for impoverished children in Haiti and other developing countries, but whether that door stays open will largely depend on the generosity of American Catholics. The “door” in this case is an educational scholarship to attend a Catholic school, and it can only be offered if U.S. donors continue to fund the international outreach. “Cross Catholic Outreach established this scholarship program to fight illiteracy and poverty in Haiti, Central and South America, and parts of Africa. They help unschooled children aged 4 to 12 get a life-changing education,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of the relief organization, Cross Catholic Outreach. The scholarships — funded by U.S. donors at a cost of $120 — sponsor a needy child’s full year of Catholic schooling and typically provide a weekday lunch as well. Through the program, benefactors are able to fund a scholarship in their family’s name or to honor a loved one. “Mrs. Smith can create the Smith Family Scholarship, for example. Or Mr. Jones could establish the Mary Jones Scholarship in honor of his mother. Each $120 scholarship funded allows a boy or girl to attend a Catholic school for the full school year. The scholarships can also be renewed annually, keeping the gift going as part of a family legacy to benefit the poor,” Cavnar explained. “The impact is incredible because an education brings opportunities, new hope and dignity to a child.” How many scholarships does Cross Catholic Outreach hope American Catholics will sponsor this year? “We would love to have 5,000 Catholic school scholarships funded this year, but even having 500 kids benefit from the program would be a great victory,” Cavnar said. “In developing countries like Haiti and Guatemala, we see so many needy boys and girls ‘on the outside, looking in’ — they know the value of an education, but their families simply can’t afford to send them to school. They are thrilled to receive this scholarship because they see it as a blessing for the whole family.” The idea that one child’s education would impact an entire family may seem unbelievable, but Cavnar has seen it happen in countries such as Haiti, Kenya and Guatemala. This is because poor families are often held back by generational illiteracy, which limits their potential. An educated child is often the first family member to earn a good wage, and their income and education are often shared with siblings and parents. “In that sense, one child can break the cycle of poverty that has plagued a family for generations,” Cavnar said. “That’s the incredible, lifetransforming impact these scholarships

In Haiti and other developing countries, the poor often get trapped in a cycle of poverty fueled by illiteracy and hopelessness. Without intervention, these families rarely escape their plight. Fortunately, Catholic missions are using educational outreaches to break this cycle and transform lives. Cross Catholic Outreach uses scholarships funded by U.S. donors to empower this work.

help make possible.” To ensure its scholarship program is effective, Cross Catholic Outreach only provides the program through Catholic schools with excellent academic credentials offering sound spiritual formation, and once the program is in place, the schools are monitored regularly to ensure they continue to meet high standards. “We insist each school has a strong Catholic identity, hires a capable staff of teachers, includes spiritual teachings within the curriculum and provides students with a broad, practical education. It’s important that our scholarship students end up with a solid education — one that gives them greater opportunities in their communities,” Cavnar said. Some may wonder about the low cost of establishing a scholarship,

especially if they are familiar with U.S. college scholarships, which typically require thousands of dollars to launch. The difference, Cavnar says, comes down to the efficiency and frugalness of the Catholic school systems overseas. “The Catholic schools in developing countries like Haiti or Guatemala have few frills and work with bare-bones budgets, but they do an incredible job. The Catholic teachers often make great sacrifices too. Some work for a few dollars a day in order to ensure the children get an education,” he said. “That’s why we want to empower their work. The fact is, when Catholics focus their compassion on meeting a specific need, amazing things can be accomplished. I’ve seen it again and again and again.” Cavnar speaks highly of the power of Catholic generosity, and he has many examples of how Catholics in the U.S. have impacted lives and communities

worldwide through Cross Catholic Outreach’s ministry. Founded more than 18 years ago to create a stronger link between American Catholics and Catholic missions overseas, it has helped scores of Catholic priests and religious sisters feed the hungry, clothe the naked, provide safe water to the thirsty, house the homeless, protect the orphaned and — as this case demonstrates — educate the poor. “Of all the work we do, we consider educational outreaches among our most important and most eﬀective,” Cavnar said. “Why? Because a Catholic education has three critical beneﬁts to the poor. It solves the problem of illiteracy. It opens doors of opportunity, and — just as important — it communicates Catholic truths that transform lives and restore hope. That is why we encourage donors to establish these scholarships. Access to an education is one of the most valuable gifts a person can give to the poor.”

How to Help: To fund Cross Catholic Outreach scholarships for the poor, use the postage-paid brochure inserted in this newspaper or mail your gift to Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC01485, PO Box 97168, Washington DC 20090-7168. Write “SCHOLARSHIP” in the comment line of the brochure to ensure your gift is routed properly. If you identify an aid project, 100% of the proceeds will be restricted to be used for that specific project. However, if more is raised for the project than needed, funds will be redirected to other urgent needs in the ministry.

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SUNDAY READINGS

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 MACCABEES 7:1-2, 9-14 It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of God’s law. One of the brothers, speaking for the others, said: “What do you expect to achieve by questioning us? We are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors.” At the point of death he said: “You accursed fiend, you are depriving us of this present life, but the King of the world will raise us up to live again forever. It is for his laws that we are dying.” After him the third suffered their cruel sport. He put out his tongue at once when told to do so, and bravely held out his hands, as he spoke these noble words: “It was from Heaven that I received these; for the sake of his laws I disdain them; from him I hope to receive them again.” Even the king and his attendants marveled at the young man’s courage, because he regarded his sufferings as nothing. After he had died, they tortured and maltreated the fourth brother in the same way. When he was near death, he said, “It is my choice to die at the hands of men with the hope God gives of being raised up by him; but for you, there will be no resurrection to life.” PSALM 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

Hear, O LORD, a just suit; attend to my outcry; hearken to my prayer from lips without deceit. Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full. My steps have been steadfast in your paths, my feet have not faltered. I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my word. Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full. Keep me as the apple of your eye, hide me in the shadow of your wings. But I in justice shall behold your face; on waking I shall be content in your presence. Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full. 2 THESSALONIANS 2:16-3:5 Brothers and sisters: May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through his grace, encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed and word. Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may speed forward and be glorified, as it did among you, and that we may be delivered from perverse and wicked people, for not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you, you are doing and will continue to do. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of Christ. LUKE 20:27-38 Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? For all seven had been married to her.” Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise. That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called out ‘Lord, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

What if a woman doesn’t want to be his wife forever?

just came back from a “ladies lunch” with six parish women. Readers of a certain generation will smile at the notice, that of the dishes shared, there wasn’t a single molded Jell-O salad. One was remarried after divorce, and six of us were single – four as widows, one a divorcee, I a celibate – which is likely a gift to the men who didn’t marry me. But the fact is, women through years of heroically and silently supporting family members through crisis after crisis, ordinarily come to the wisdom of knowing they don’t have to wait until the next life to live without marrying or re-marrying. So the Gospel addresses a question men have: Who will be the owner of the female body? Is she reproductive propSISTER ELOISE to be seized and claimed? ROSENBLATT, RSM erty Margaret Atwood strung out this scenario in the dystopian novel, “A Handmaid’s Tale.” The Gospel – about the long-lived wife who outlasted seven husbands – is both hilarious and tragic. It’s usually read soberly as though it’s about living eternal life like sexless, childless angels, not an especially appealing prospect for some. The notation in the daily prayer booklet “This Day” says, “He is not a God of the dead, but of the living.” A theological affirmation, true, but this is not why the

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confrontation with resurrection-denying Sadducees appears in Mark and Matthew as well as Luke. It was an account, like a memorable parable, that “worked” to shake believers from their engrained conviction about male superiority: “What is a man entitled to demand from a woman?” This Gospel flips the question so the issue of human dignity and equality of persons can be heard from the woman’s side: “What is a woman entitled to be as a person?” What’s hilarious are the back-stories of the hypothetical. Imagine the parents of the seven sons. Hear the nagging. “When are you going to give us grandchildren? Then each son in turn fails them. They are distraught. The parents are relentless. They believe their sons are abundantly-endowed stallions. But each son, obedient in turn, trembles. Will I be spared the fate of my older brother? This woman is a black widow – every brother she beds dies. Did brother number six, after several months – or several years – start to suspect this woman is a clever poisoner? That suspicion proves useless. He dies anyway. Or are they mindless lemmings, mechanically following an older brother onto a path of inevitable self-destruction? What kind of idiotized parents would they have been if they’d had children? Lucky they were childless. Hear the wife’s parents: “We went to all this trouble to arrange a marriage into this wonderful family and provided you a big dowry. You’re our only daughter, so you have to stay with them, our honorable tribal kin, and follow levirate law for our sakes, or we’ll lose our investment. Have babies – that’s your duty. Keep trying.” So she does. She outlasts them all. But there they are, lined up, waiting for her

in the next life. The hypothetical ironically envisions that only the men have the right to claim her. What if the woman doesn’t want be chained as the foreverwife to any of them? What if she’s done with the whole system? The tragedy of the story is precisely this image: Men are lined up, competing to claim a woman as though she were property at an auction because each in turn has “had her.” The tragedy is that this wife who outlived seven husbands makes us think of 11year- old girls married off as fourth wives to 50-yearold men in Yemen; Thai, Chinese, Cambodian and Vietnamese girls lured, sold, resold and trafficked for the international sex trade; a woman gang-raped on a bus in India; Korean comfort women whom Japan refuses to acknowledge as victims during WWII; school girls kidnapped by ISIS in Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan, or Boko-Haram in Nigeria – then raped, threatened, carried off and assigned to be the wife-property of a fighter. And the American women imprisoned in U.S. jails, over 90% of them victims of childhood sexual abuse or rape before they were 16. The Gospel struggles for words to redeem the dignity of women from their debasement as men’s property. Affirming women’s integrity, individuality and autonomy, we can repeat the words of Jesus: “Women can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise.”

second Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great, bishop, confessor and doctor. Wis 13:1-9. Ps 19:2-3, 4-5ab. Lk 21:28. Lk 17:26-37.

the Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, apostles; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin. 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63. Ps 119:53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158. Jn 8:12. Lk 18:35-43.

ELOISE ROSENBLATT, RSM, is a Sister of Mercy and Ph.D. theologian. She is a litigator and family law attorney in private practice. She lives in San Jose.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11: Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, bishop. Wis 1:1-7. Ps 139:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-10. Phil 2:15d, 16a. Lk 17:1-6. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12: Memorial of St. Josaphat, bishop and martyr. Wis 2:23–3:9. Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19. Jn 14:23. Lk 17:7-10. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13: Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin. Wis 6:1-11. Ps 82:3-4, 6-7. 1 Thes 5:18. Lk 17:11-19. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14: Thursday of the Thirtysecond Week in Ordinary Time. Wis 7:22b–8:1. Ps 119:89, 90, 91, 130, 135, 175. Jn 15:5. Lk 17:20-25. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15: Friday of the Thirty-

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16: Saturday of the Thirtysecond Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of St. Margaret of Scotland; St. Gertrude, virgin. Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9. Ps 105:2-3, 36-37, 42-43. See 2 Thes 2:14. Lk 18:1-8. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mal 3:19-20a. Ps 98:5-6, 7-8, 9. 2 Thes 3:7-12. Lk 21:28. Lk 21:5-19. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18: Monday of the Thirtythird Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorials of

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19: Tuesday of the Thirtythird Week in Ordinary Time. 2 Mc 6:18-31. PS 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7. 1 Jn 4:10b. Lk 19:1-10. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20: Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time. 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31. Ps 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b and 15. See Jn 15:16. Lk 19:1128. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21: Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 1 Mc 2:15-29. Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15. Ps 95:8. Lk 19:41-44.

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LETTERS ‘Moral chaos’ not secularism’s fault

In the (Oct. 25) issue of Catholic San Francisco, we find a Catholic News Service article about Attorney General William Barr’s address at the University of Notre Dame’s Law School on the free exercise of religion. In this address he makes two statements that bear examination. I quote from the article as reported: “Religion has never been forced on nonbelievers in this country, Barr stated, but today “irreligion and secular values” are being forced on people of faith.” “He urged a greater emphasis be placed “on the moral education of our children,” called for promoting and supporting “authentic Catholic education at all levels,” and asked all to “be vigilant” to keep secularization from driving religious viewpoints from the public square and impinging “on the free exercise of our faith.” I would like remind those who are worried about “secularization … impinging on the free exercise of our faith” of these following facts: Over the three decades, the U.S. murder rate has gone from 9.4 per 100,000 people to 5.0. The robbery, burglary and vehicle theft rates have declined by two-thirds; larceny theft by half. You’d think the nation’s chief law enforcement officer might be aware of these statistics. Also, the U.S. divorce rate has declined from nearly 5% to under 3%. In other words, based on the most traditional moral standards we have, it’s hard to see the “moral chaos” in contemporary American society that Barr does, much less to blame secularism for it. One cannot be faulted to credit rising secularism with improving social morals. The rise of secularism shouldn’t be a problem under Barr’s idea of natural law, since all rational beings, even hard-bitten secularists, are theoretically able to arrive at the same moral standards. Jim McCrea Piedmont

Contradicting doctrine is unacceptable

Regarding changing Catholic doctrine on such teachings as contraception, priestly ordination of women and homosexual behavior, as John Henry Cardinal Newman pointed out in his “An Essay on Development of Christian Doctrine,” for a development of church teaching to be valid, it must not contradict sacred Scripture, the deposit of faith or the teaching magisterium of the church. Any contradiction would be a change and not valid church teaching. Contraception, women’s ordination and acceptance of homosexual behavior contradict all three. Therefore the church can never approve or change these teachings. But there is hope for those who desire these changes, there is a church that approves all of these, and it is the Anglican Church. Members are free to believe anything and everything. Good luck. Stephen Firenze San Mateo Editor’s note: Readers may be interested in Bishop Robert Barron’s 2018 YouTube video “Can Doctrine Ever Develop?” He cited Newman’s “An Essay on Development of Christian Doctrine” as a helpful resource. An Oct. 29 post on the Vatican’s news website, “Development of Doctrine is a People that Walks Together,” quotes Pope Benedict XVI’s comment in his 2009 “Letter of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the Bishops of the Catholic Church Concerning the Remission of the Excommunication of Four Bishops Consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre,” that postconciliar doctrine “cannot be frozen in the year 1962” but must “accept the faith professed over the centuries, and cannot sever the roots from which the tree draws its life.”

The men Jesus picked

So much has been said and written recently about clerical celibacy because of the Amazon synod. We do have married clergy already if you consider Eastern rite churches and Episcopal priest converts to Catholicism who are married men with families. When people argue that Jesus did not pick women to be disciples, it should be pointed out that he didn’t pick single men or “holy” men either. He didn’t go to places like the temple or Qumran to bring priests or monks of public virtue and formal educations. He didn’t pick any Nazirites; He and his disciples drank wine. He did pick men with wives, children, mothers-in-law, regular jobs.

Many in the early church were missionaries who traveled with their wives. “Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?” (1 Corinthians 9:5). Cephas is St. Peter, the first pope. Don’t forget the reading from the first letter to Timothy that we had lately at daily Mass. “Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife … keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way” (1 Timothy 3:2, 4). No one is suggesting that all the wonderful clergy that we have already committed to celibacy and its fruits have to go out and get married. However, seeing the growing shortage of vocations and the many parts of the world that are underserved by the church, we should not reject the notion of married clergy outright. There is room for both kinds of clergy. Even on this continent there are places without daily Mass or even sufficient Sunday Masses. Do you think our church will do better with more Eucharist or less Eucharist? Mary Salim San Mateo

Confirmation clarification clarification

The letter from Father Gagan is in regard to an announcement in CSF regarding the conferring of the sacrament of confirmation in the “Latin rite” at Star of the Sea Parish. I believe the reporter was referring to the Latin language as opposed to the Latin rite. Bev Rowden San Rafael Editor’s note: Msgr. John Talesfore shared the following addendum to his clarification in the Oct. 25 issue of the original error, the investigation of which was prompted by Father Gagan’s letter: “When I spoke of confirmations in the archdiocese that are not Latin rite, I included only Our Lady of Fatima and left out the Maronite Rite at Our Lady of Lebanon and the Ukranian Greek Rite at Immaculate Conception.” This settles the matter, we hope.

Trump’s ‘recipe for isolation and self-destruction’

Pope Francis meets indigenous people from the Amazonian region during the second week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 17, 2019.

A couple of additional thoughts to Mr. Morasci’s letter (“No, the president is not ‘cleaning house,’” Oct. 10: Trump claimed he will clean out the swamp in D.C., then filled his cabinet with corporate cronies who had no concept of public service. Instead, they tried to use their positions and our tax dollars for their own comfort. Second, he’s seriously corroded the U.S. position as a moral leader, not only by reneging on the Iran and Paris accords. His betrayal of our Kurd partners is another example of his continual efforts to erode our credibility as a trustworthy ally. More importantly, his decision is leading to genocide. Once more, he displays blindness to and lack of concern for the consequences of his acts. Trump apparently believes the US can go it alone in this interconnected world. He’s forgotten that no nation is an island ... that the U.S. would not exist except for the help of our ally France in the Revolutionary War as well as joint Allied cooperation in the two world wars that led to ultimate victory over despotism. To continually insult and/or abandon friends is a clear recipe for isolation and self-destruction. Wayne Lee San Francisco

‘Heresies’ of the Amazon synod

Remembering the priests of the state’s first parish church

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Re “Synod is a time to listen, discern, not despise, pope says,” Oct. 10: It is unfortunate that the questionable actions of the synod are ignored. The article starts with Francis rebuking those who criticized a feather headdress (when he himself had recently criticized the saturno). It then quickly breezes over the most egregious part of the entire synod. Separate from the heresies proposed in the working document, i.e., suggesting the church should change not just discipline but also doctrine and dogma, we witnessed the breaking of the first commandment at the opening tree-planting ceremony hosted in the Vatican gardens. Even those who deny this must see that the ignorance and ambiguity with which it was handled is at best a scandal on the pontificate of Francis. Offering sacrifices to a wooden personification in the guise of a naked woman full of menstrual blood and then bowing down and prostrating themselves to it, is anathema to the Christian reality. To tolerate this makes the entire synod a nonstarter. Reject this heretical synod. Cast it out like the brave souls who came to defend our faith and tossed the pagan images into the Tiber. Reject comments by clergy that Amazonians don’t understand the concept of celibacy (what an insult to their intellectual capabilities) and that the church needs to subvert the species for the Eucharist, while the same priests boast they have not baptized anyone. What interpretation is left but that the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church has been infiltrated. Lord help us. Viva Cristo Rey! Daniel Roddick San Francisco

Re “The arrival of refugees, old and new,” Father Ron Rolheiser, Oct. 24: Dear Father Rolheiser: Your recent article about refugees was excellent. And it contained information about St. Francis of Assisi Church in San Francisco that I’d like to share. I’ve learned it was California’s first parish church, its first Mass held in July of 1849. Drawings show it was little more than a wooden shack hastily constructed by soldiers from the Presidio and staffed by “two French priests” sent here from Oregon, who lived on the second floor. They arrived during the city’s Gold Rush, a boomtown of muddy streets and tents hosting argonauts from all over the world. Catholic men who wanted mass and sacraments walked a long distance to Mission Dolores when the only road there was planks of wood. Aware of the need for a local church, our Archbishop cast a net looking for priests to staff it. And, after reading your article, I gather that the Bishop of Oregon sent two priests from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Who else could it have been but members of your own order? Because St. Francis was my parish church, I’ve often thought about those two priests (names lost to history) who arrived during a chaotic time, speaking only French, who accomplished so much. What admirable men! The humble little building they called home is now the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, a city and state landmark. Thanks and blessings to them. And certainly, to you! Patricia Cady San Francisco

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The frustrating struggle for humility

t’s hard to be humble, not because we don’t have more than enough deficiencies to merit humility, but rather because there’s crafty mechanism inside of us that normally doesn’t let us go to the place of humility. Simply put, as we try to be selfeffacing, humble and nonhypocritical, variably we take pride in that and then, feeling smug about it, we become judgmental of others. Jesus gave us a wonderful parable on this but mostly we miss its lesson. We’re all familiar with the parable of the Pharisee and the PubFATHER RON lican. Jesus tells the story ROLHEISER of two men standing before God in prayer. The first man, a devout Pharisee, is a man who took the pursuit of virtue seriously and he thanks God that he’s devout and moral and also thanks God that he’s not as amoral as the Publican who is in the temple with him. The second man, a Publican, recognizes (honestly and without any rationalization) that he is amoral, that he is a sinner, and, within that recognition, humbly asks God to forgive him for his weaknesses. We know

As a Roman Catholic priest who has been hearing confessions for some 47 years, I can say without hesitation that people are at their very best when they are honestly confessing their own shortcomings. how Jesus assessed the two men. The Pharisee didn’t really pray while the Publican did. Moreover the parable highlights the internal blindness of the Pharisee in a way that’s impossible not to see. Everyone hearing this story cannot help but see his lack of humility. What’s challenging however is to examine our own reaction to the story. We instantly see the difference between false pride and genuine humility. We see how arrogant it is for the Pharisee to say: “Thank God, I am not like that man!” But, but then, I would venture to guess that 98% of us hearing that story spontaneously nurse this feeling: “Thank God, I’m not like that Pharisee!” And, in doing that, we are him! Exactly like him, we’re brimming over with our own sense of virtue and, because of that, begin judging others. Our prayer is in fact usually

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the opposite of the Publican’s prayer. We are not praying out of our own sinfulness, but rather praying: “I thank you, God, that I’m not as blind to self and as judgmental as so many other people are!” It’s hard to be the Publican. Our very virtue and humility invariably coil back upon themselves and make us proud and judgmental. What’s the answer? How do we break the vicious circle? There’s only one way and the Publican shows us that way. How? He prays out of his own sinfulness, for real. He’s a sinner and he honestly admits it. For our part, when we speak of ourselves as sinners mostly we don’t really mean it! We admit that we have our weaknesses and that sometimes we do sin, but then, like the Pharisee, we’re immediately thankful that we don’t have the weaknesses and sins of others. Mostly we think this way: “Admittedly, I have my faults, but at least I’m not as ignorant and self-serving as that colleague of mine!” “For all of my shortcomings, I still thank God that I’m not as narcissistic as my boss!” “I may not have much religious faith, but at least I’m not as hypocritical as so many of those church people!” “I may be a bit of a mess, but thank God I don’t have Jack’s faults!” Pride is forever sneaking around our defenses and keeping genuine humility at bay. But there’s one instance when it can’t do that and that is when we are genuinely acknowledging our own sinfulness. When we are truly standing inside of our own sinfulness, like the Publican, then we judge no one – not even our own selves. As a Roman Catholic priest who has been hearing confessions for some 47 years, I can say without hesitation that people are at their very best when they are honestly confessing their own shortcomings. When we are genuinely standing inside the recognition of our own sin, we judge no one. In that space we never think: “Thank God, I don’t have Jack’s faults!” We know that our own suffice. Our prayer then becomes honest and, according to Jesus, it’s then that it’s heard in heaven. And it’s precisely our sinfulness that we must existentially recognize and stand within. Our other weaknesses, our congenital and personal inadequacies, can be helpful in making us humble, but, since we aren’t personally or morally responsible for them, recognizing them doesn’t do the same thing for us as does recognizing our own sinfulness. We aren’t responsible for physical or psychological DNA. We aren’t responsible for our ethnicity or color. We aren’t responsible for the kind of family, neighborhood, and culture we were raised in. And we aren’t responsible for what happened to us in the playpen and on the playground when we were little. Yet all of these deeply impact both our weaknesses and our strengths. But since we aren’t responsible for these, ultimately we don’t have to be humble about them. But we do have to be humble about our own sin. OBLATE FATHER RON ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

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Judge William Orrick said “the claims and defenses in the case concern the strategies chosen and employed by the defendants.” He emphasized that the case is not about “whether plaintiffs profited from the sale of fetal tissue or otherwise violated the law in securing tissue for those programs. It is not about whether any plaintiff actually engaged in illegal conduct. Those issues are a matter of dispute between the parties in the world outside this courtroom.” In her opening statement, plaintiff’s attorney Rhonda Trotter told the jury that the case is about the defendants’ plan “to use any means, including illegal means, to try to destroy Planned Parenthood.” She said Daleiden’s goals were to defund Planned Parenthood and “ignite public outrage” against it. The vehicle for that plan was a

David Daleiden series of secretly recorded videos released in 2015 on YouTube that raised concerns about whether abortion clinics may be profiting from the sale of fetal tissue and organs. To make those videos, Trotter said, Daleiden created false licenses and names and registered a business in order to access abortion industry conferences and tape people without their knowledge. The videos made

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Planned Parenthood incur costs to upgrade security and provide employee protection, she said. Defense attorney Charles LiMandri, representing Daleiden, Center for Medical Progress and two other defendants, told the jury that Daleiden undertook as a “civic duty” an investigative project “to stop the unlawful practices in organizations profiting from the sale of fetal tissue.” Daleiden, he said, investigated three forms of criminal activity he suspected were facilitated by Planned Parenthood: selling fetal tissue and organs for a profit, altering abortion procedures to gain more marketable tissue, and whether “fetuses were actually born alive, after which time their tissue and organs were harvested.” Daleiden, who created and led the investigation, took the stand Oct. 21 as a witness for the plaintiffs. He testified for four days about his actions and

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reasons for pursuing a project that created nearly 500 hours of video. Under questioning, Daleiden testified that he had filled out legal documents with fake names that were being used in the investigation, registered and accessed abortion conferences under those names and signed confidentiality agreements at those conferences. He stressed, though, that he saw himself as a citizen journalist and tried to make sure he followed relevant laws and agreements. The pseudonyms, identification cards and tissue procurement company he formed, BioMax, were created to support an undercover investigation. “I did this project because I wanted to document and expose the plaintiffs’ in this case participation in the harvesting and sale of aborted fetal SEE TRIAL, PAGE 19

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Defense attorney Harmeet Dhillon expressed a similar sentiment in her opening argument, telling the jury that the case illustrates “what happens when a powerful, large corporation gets a little negative publicity that it doesn’t like and responds by hitting back at a small start-up company and a handful of individuals.” Planned Parenthood had not respond-

ed to a request for comment by press time for this article and has not commented publicly on the trial. A summary on its website posted soon after the investigation said Planned Parenthood “has been the subject of a widely discredited video smear campaign.” The trial is scheduled to conclude Nov. 8, although an additional week of court time has been allotted if needed.

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Father Stephen F. Pisano, SJ, emeritus professor of Old Testament exegesis and textual criticism at the Pontifical Biblical InstiSISTER LORRAINE THIBAULT, CSJ tute, Rome, died in the Jesuit Sister Thibault, a Sister of St. Joseph of infirmary in Rome Oct. 7 after Orange for 71 years, died Oct. a brief illness, according to an 7 at the community’s Regina obituary posted at jesuitswest. Residence in Orange. org. He was 73 and a Jesuit Born on June 10, 1928, Sister for 55 years, 44 as an ordained Thibault was raised by Canapriest. dian parents in San Francisco Father Stephen He taught at the “Biblicum” along with four siblings. She Pisano, SJ for 35 years, serving as well began her training to become as dean of the faculty (1997-2013), vice-rector a Sister of St. Joseph of Or(2013-2017) and superior of the Jesuit comange on Jan. 2, 1948, and she Sister Lorraine munity (1985-1992, 2014-2019). As teacher of was given the name, Sister Thibault, CSJ required courses, he had direct influence on Miriam Joseph. hundreds of students from around the world, Her varied career included teaching elemenwho later would teach in their home countries. tary school in California and Hawaii, and In addition to his scholarly activity, he was carrying out missionary work in Papua New a sought-after spiritual director and retreat Guinea, a country whose people she had a director. special fondness for. She was always ready to Father Pisano was born in New York City tell stories of her work on the islands of Buka April 16, 1946, and grew up in Burlingame, and Bougainville to whomever cared to listen. where he attended local schools. After graduSister Thibault also provided support serating from Bellarmine College Preparatory, vices for retreat ministries in Australia and San Jose, he entered the Jesuit novitiate at at the Center for Spiritual Development in Los Gatos in 1964. He graduated from Gonzaga Orange. University, Spokane, with a philosophy major In her later years, Sister Thibault’s strong in 1970, taught Latin, Greek and theology at St. relational ability and unfailing kindness Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco made her a welcome volunteer and a trea(1970-1972) and made his theological studies sured asset wherever she served, including in Lyon, France, and Paris. He was ordained a a homeless shelter for women in Orange priest June 5, 1975 in St. Mary’s Cathedral, San County and Queen of the Valley Medical CenFrancisco. ter in Napa. He is survived by brothers Daniel (Dee Dee) Her funeral Mass was held Oct. 17 at Sacred Pisano of San Mateo and Robert (Nida) Pisano Heart Chapel at the Sisters of St. Joseph of of Burlingame. Orange motherhouse in Orange. In lieu of Funeral services were held in the Church of flowers, donations to honor the life of Sister the Gesù in Rome. Thibault may mailed to 440 S. Batavia St., Donations in memory of Father Pisano may Orange, CA,Archdiocese 92868. The Requested Funeral Directors in of The Most Most Requested Funeral Directors in the the Archdiocese of San San Francisco Francisco

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members, including some Bay Area Catholics, from all over the San Francisco Bay Area, who collaborated with Team Brownsville, Mateo 25:35, Catholic Charities Rio Grande Valley and a local Matamoros pastor on the Oct. 19-26 mission. They helped prepare and serve four consecutive dinners to the encampment of 1,000-plus residents, with dozens more being returned to Mexico daily from Customs and Border Patrol Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These new arrivals are dropped off with only the clothes on their backs, many with young children in tow, Bay Area Border Relief said an announcement. Volunteers from nonprofits and religious organizations attempt to provide tents and basics, when available, usually transported on foot via wagon over the bridge from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros. The refugee camp was originally established in summer 2018, initially with 100-200 residents, but has grown significantly since summer 2019. Although Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, agreed to the U.S. government’s Migrant Protection Protocols, once the U.S. threatened tariffs, neither the government of the city of Matamoros nor the state of Tamaulipas are able to provide much assistance, the relief group said. The policy, also known as “Remain in Mexico,” forces migrants to wait in Mexico until their assigned court dates for their asylum case hearings. “A wait of multiple months wait is not uncommon,” the relief group said. “All are awaiting court dates and decisions on asylum claims. Many organizations and media have reported that conditions in the camp are deteriorating. Temperatures have ranged from blistering heat to extreme cold and these families with children are terrified to leave the plaza for any other shelter, as Matamoros is known to be a dangerous drug-cartel controlled city, with many kidnappings and a U.S. State Department Level 4 Travel Advisory zone. This is the highest advisory level due to greater likelihood of life-threatening risks.” The volunteers included University of San Francisco faculty and graduate students from the USF School of Education and Notre Dame de Namur University who are trained and equipped to deal with the stress, trauma and anxiety related to the migrants’ treacherous journeys to this border region.

MARIN COUNTY St. Anthony of Padua Church, 1000 Cambridge St., Novato, Mon-Sat after 9 a.m. Mass, 415.883.2177. St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Mon, 5 p.m. includes four mysteries, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, adoration; (415) 479-1560.

St. Patrick Church, 114 King St., Larkspur, Tues-Fri at 7:30 a.m. before 8 a.m. Mass. (415) 924 0600. SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY Corpus Christi Church, 62 Santa Rosa Ave., After the 8:00 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. Masses (Mon-Sat) 415.585.2991. Holy Name of Jesus Church, 1555 39th Avenue, weekdays and Sat, 8:35 a.m. before the 9 a.m. Mass in the chapel; (415) 664-8590.

National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 624 Vallejo St. at Columbus, Porziuncola Chapel, Sat, 2:30 p.m. followed by Chaplet of Divine Mercy; www.ShrineSF.org, info@shrinesf.org, (415) 986-4557.

St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf at St. Francis Xavier Church, 1801 Octavia Street, rosary in sign language, all Sundays except June/July /August, 9:45-10:15 a.m.; stbenz1801@gmail.com; www. sfdeafcatholics.org. 415.350.9527. St. Cecilia Church, 17th Avenue and Vicente, Mon-Sat, 8:35 a.m., 415.664.8481. St. Elizabeth Church, 459 Somerset St., Mon-Sat after 8 a.m. Mass; (415) 468-0820, www.stelizabethsf.org. St. Gabriel Church, 40th Avenue at Ulloa, Mon-Fri after the 8:30 a.m. Mass, 415.731.6161. St. Ignatius Church, 650 Parker Ave., Mon-Fri, following the 12:05 p.m. Mass; Sat, before the 8 a.m. Mass, (415) 422-2188. St. John the Evangelist Church, 19 St. Mary’s Ave., (415) 334-4646; every day after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. www. saintjohnevangelist.org.

St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., Fridays after 9 a.m. Mass, (415) 648-5751. St. Monica Church, 24th Avenue at Geary Blvd., Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. before 8:30 a.m. Mass. 415.751.5275 Sts. Peter & Paul Church, 666 Filbert St. across from Washington Square, second Sunday of the month in

Cantonese, parish pastoral center, 11:30 a.m., Kelly Kong (510) 794-6117; Wednesday, 7 p.m., English, http:// salesiansspp.org/.

St. Philip the Apostle Church, 725 Diamond, Mon-Sat after 8 a.m. Mass, Sunday after 10:30 a.m. Mass. (415) 282.0141 St. Stephen Church, 451 Eucalyptus Drive at 23rd Avenue, Mon-Sat following the 8 a.m. Mass. info@

SaintStephenSF.org (415) 681.2444.

Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd. (between 8th & 9th Aves); 1.415.751.0450, www.starparish.com;

Tuesdays at Holy Hour (7-8 p.m.); Sats after the 8:30 a.m. Mass (9 a.m.); Sats at 3:20 p.m.; Sundays after the 8 a.m. Mass (9 a.m.); every second Sunday for Priests and Vocations at 3:00 p.m., all rosary prayers in church.

SAN MATEO COUNTY Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, Mon-Fri following 7:30 a.m. Mass, Saturday following 8:00 a.m. Mass; Sunday 7 p.m. 650.323.7914 Holy Angels Church, 107 San Pedro Road, Colma, Mon-Sat approximately 8 a.m. following 7:30 a.m. Mass, (650) 755-0478.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 300 Fulton St., Redwood City, Mon-Sat, 7:50 a.m. before 8:15 a.m. Mass; (650) 366-3802; www.mountcarmel.org. St. Anthony of Padua Church, 1000 Cambridge St., Novato, Mon-Sat after 9 a.m. Mass. (650)366.4692.

St. Dunstan Church, 1133 Broadway, Millbrae, Mon-Sat, 7:40 a.m. before 8 a.m. Mass (650)697.4730.

St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, rosary in Spanish Sundays before 9:30 a.m. Spanish Mass; (650) 322-2152. St. Luke Church, 1111 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City, Mon-Sat following the 8:30 a.m. Mass 650.345.6660

St. Mark Church, 325 Marine View Ave., Belmont, Mon/Tue/Wed, 7:30 p.m.; (650) 591-5937; www.saintmarksparish.com.

St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City, Rosary for Peace in the Merry Room of Fr. Lacey Hall, Friday mornings at 9:15 am. www.stmatthiasparish.org 650.366.9544 St. Pius Church, 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City, Mon-Sat 7:30 a.m., Mon and Wed 4:40 p.m.; mary246barry@sbcglobal.net, 650.361.1411

St. Veronica Church, 434 Alida Way, So. San Francisco. Mon-Sat 7:50 a.m. (650) 588.1455.

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PRIESTLY DISCERNMENT: Discernment is not a solitary endeavor and involves listening to God, learning about yourself and seeking the guidance of others. Join a gathering for men discerning a priestly vocation from 5:458:30 p.m. at Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco.

FASHION AND FAITH: The Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco is hosting a four-month exhibition entitled: “James Tissot: Fashion and Faith.” Tissot was one of James Tissot the most celebrated artists of his time, capturing an era with his detailed paintings of the well-dressed ladies and gentlemen of the late 19th century. In the last 20 years of his life, the Frenchman expressed an intense Catholicism in watercolors illustrating “The Life of Christ.” The Legion of Honor Museum is located at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco. legionofhonor. famsf.org.

FRIDAY, NOV. 8 MISSION DOLORES CONCERT: The Slavyanka Russian Chorus at Mission Dolores Basilica, 8 p.m., 3321 16th St., San Francisco. $10 donation supports Basilica Parish Music Ministries. Missiondolores.org or music@missiondolores.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 8-10 MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND: There is space left in the upcoming Marriage Encounter Weekend at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. The retreat is designed to help enrich or revive marriages whether you’ve been married one or 50 years. Ken and Claranne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or (408) 782-1413, or visit sanjosewwme. org.

special preview screening of “Across: the Father Tolton Movie” and a performance by the Our Lady of Lourdes Men’s Gospel Choir, followed by a reception. 7-8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco. fic@stdominics.org.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 8-9 RISE! BAY AREA: A weekend Catholic conference for teens, parents and young adults committed to preaching authentic Christ-like love. Separate conferences for each age group. Our Lady of Peace Church and Shrine, 2800 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara. Rise.olop@gmail.com or riseba.org.

SATURDAY, NOV. 9 FATHER TOLTON: A celebration of the country’s first African-American priest, Father Augustus Tolton. Includes a

ALL-SCHOOL REUNION: Alumni from all classes from Immaculate Conception Elementary, St. Anthony School and St. Anthony Immaculate Conception School are invited to an all-school reunion, 6-9 p.m., at St. Anthony Immaculate Conception, 299 Precita Ave., San Francisco. $25 includes appetizers, drinks and dinner. RSVP Linda Haro at lharo@saicsf.org or (415) 648-2008. STAR PARISH GALA: Celebrate the 125th anniversary of Star of the Sea Parish, 4:30 p.m. at the school gym at 345 8th Ave., San Francisco. Includes

Mass, dinner, silent auction and speaker Patrick Coffin. Formal attire. 125gala@ starparish.com or (415) 751-0450. BURMESE MEMORIAL MASS: A special Mass for the faithful departed of the Burmese Catholic community will be held at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma. Celebrant Father Francis Htun. Holy Cross Cemeteries, (650) 756-2060.

SUNDAY, NOV. 10 ST. AUGUSTINE ANNIVERSARY: The parish celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2020 with the theme, “Reflect, Rejoice, Renew.” Help kickoff the Golden Jubilee preparation with a Mass of Thanksgiving, 9:30 a.m., 3700 Callan Blvd., South San Francisco. staugustinessf.org.

SUNDAY, NOV. 10 MISSION ORGAN RECITAL: Second Sunday organ concert at Mission Dolores Basilica, 4 p.m., 3321 16th St., San Francisco. Eric Choate, director of music, Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin. $10 donation supports basilica music ministries. Missiondolores.org or music@missiondolores.org. DRAMA OF SACRED SCRIPTURE: Award-winning author Veronica Mary Rolf will discuss her new book, “Suddenly There is God: The Story of Our Lives in Sacred Scripture,” which traces the complete arc of our life’s journey through the drama of the Bible. 1-3:30 p.m., Mercy Center Burlingame, 2300 Adeline, Burlingame. Free. Mercy-center.org.

THURSDAY, NOV. 14 MARIAN MOVEMENT OF PRIESTS: Father Richard Cortese, national director of the Marian Movement of Priests, will share his experience with fellow clergy at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425

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SATURDAY & SUNDAY, NOV. 16-17 HOLY ANGELS BOUTIQUE: Holy Angels Parish’s Annual Christmas Boutique features handmade articles and foods from many vendors and pictures with Santa. Saturday from 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Sunday from 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. in the parish hall, 107 San Pedro Road, Colma. Pictures with Santa. (650) 755-0478 or croller@pacbell.net.

SUNDAY, NOV. 17 MISSION DOLORES CONCERT: San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra at Mission Dolores Basilica, 5 p.m. at 3321 16th St., San Francisco. $10 donation supports basilica music ministries. Missiondolores.org or music@missiondolores.org. VALLOMBROSA CHOIR THANKSGIVING: A prayer service with the Vallombrosa Choir, a much-loved annual tradition. Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. $20 donation suggested. vallombrosa.org/ calendar. SPECIAL NEEDS: The Office of Faith Formation and the Knights of Columbus invite all persons with special needs to begin preparation for those sacraments every other Sunday from 2-3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco (Msgr. Bowe Room). Sister Celeste Arbuckle, arbucklec@sfarch. org or (415) 614-5650. CATHEDRAL RECITAL CONCERT: Free, 4 p.m. recital at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Elizabeth Dorman, piano. Freewill offering. smcsf.org.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 21 HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE PREVIEW: Preview gala for the Little Sisters of the Poor Auxiliary holiday boutique benefitting St. Anne’s Home for needy elderly. 6-9 p.m., St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake St., San Francisco. $150 per person, $100 under 30. Purchase tickets in advance at littlesistersofthepoor.org, or call (650) 756-5554.

SATURDAY, NOV. 23 HANDICAPABLES MASS: Monthly Mass, lunch and fellowship for the disabled and their caregivers. Noon in St. Mary’s Cathedral lower hall, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Date subject to change. RSVP to Diane Prell, (415) 452-3500. www.handicapables. com. MASS FOR HOMELESS DEAD: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will celebrate the second annual Requiem Mass for the Homeless Faithful Departed, 11 a.m., Church of the Visitacion, 655 Sunnydale Ave., San Francisco. sfarch.org/homelessmass or Martin Ford, fordm@sfarch.org. HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE: The Little Sisters of the Poor Auxiliary holiday boutique benefitting St. Anne’s Home for needy elderly. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake St., San Francisco. Free admission. Optional luncheon tickets can be purchased in advance at littlesistersofthepoor.org. Norma Libby at (650) 756-5554 or normal49@sbcglobal.net.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 29-DEC. 1 RECOVERY RETREAT: Thanksgiving, non-silent recovery retreat for women and men with Father Tom Weston, Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos, El Retiro, 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. Visit the center’s website at jrclosaltos.org for complete retreat information and registration. Jesuit Father Tom Weston has devoted most of his priestly life to counseling and retreat work with alcoholics and other adJesuit Father dicts. Father Tom Weston Weston sees the power of God working in people’s lives, but perhaps most acutely in his recovery work: ‘People get well. People come back to life. Families come back together,” he says. ‘It’s the Resurrection – and you see it all the time.’”

CATHEDRAL RECITAL CONCERT: Free, 4 p.m. recital at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Jin Kyung Lim, organist, with Amabilis Ensemble. Freewill offering. smcsf.org.

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SATURDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 30-DEC. 1

ART RETREAT: “Find God in All Things,” an artistic retreat with Katie Wolf, MFA. Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. vallombrosa.org/calendar.

ADVENT RETREAT: “Becoming the Christ You Were Meant to Be,” an Advent overnight retreat with Father Nathan Castle, OP. $140-150. Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove

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SUNDAY, DEC. 1 CATHEDRAL RECITAL CONCERT: Free, 4 p.m. recital at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Main Street Singers. Freewill offering. smcsf.org.

TUESDAY, DEC. DON BOSCO STUDY: The Don Bosco Study Group meets at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 7 p.m. Discussion of “Death Comes for the Archbishop.” Frank Lavin franklavin@comcast.net, or (415) 310-8551.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 ADVENT RECOLLECTION: A day retreat for women and men with Father Kevin Leidich, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos, El Retiro, 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. jrclosaltos.org.

FRIDAY, DEC. 6 CHARISMATIC RENEWAL: First Friday evening Mass each month at different parishes around the archdiocese. This month at Corpus Christi Parish, 62 Santa Rosa Ave., San Francisco. Celebrants include Father Raymund Reyes, Father Thomas Thodukulam, Father Jesse Montes and Father Andrew Igegbulem. Sfspirit.com or John Murphy, (650) 261-0825.

SATURDAY, DEC. 7 ADVENT GRIEF RETREAT: An Advent retreat for those grieving the loss of a loved one. Prayer and reflection with Sister Margaret Glynn, FSP, and

Deacon Chuck McNeil. Lunch included. RSVP required. Deacon Chuck, deaconchuck@stdominics.org or (415) 567-7824.

SUNDAY, DEC. 15 CATHEDRAL RECITAL CONCERT: Free, 4 p.m. recital at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Yvtenis Vasyliunas (Germany), organ. Percy Whitlock, sonata. Freewill offering. smcsf.org.

FRIDAY, DEC. 20 SF BOYS CHORUS CONCERT: The San Francisco Boys Chorus will hold its winter concert, “A Ceremony of Carols,” at 7 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church, 650 Parker Ave., San Francisco. Concert sells out early. Reserve at Eventbrite.com or contact stignatiussf.org.

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Please join with us on Monday, November 11, 2019 at 11:00am to honor our men and women in uniform... past, present and future Rev. Msgr. Michael Padazinski, Presider Chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Chaplain, Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) Uniformed Chaplains from the Archdiocese of San Francisco will conduct the memorial ceremony accompanied by the playing of Taps.

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 650-756-2060

Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1679

St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery 16 Horseshoe Hill Road, Bolinas, CA 415-479-9021

St. Anthony Cemetery Stage Road, Pescadero, CA 650-712-1679

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Santa Cruz Ave. x Avy, Menlo Park, CA 650-323-6375

Tomales Catholic Cemetery 1400 Dillon Beach Road, Tomales, CA 415-479-9021