February 22, 2013 by Catholic San Francisco

Pope’s talk inspires clergy on Vatican II, evangelization CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Priests of the Diocese of Rome attend an audience with Pope Benedict XVI in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 14.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s walk down memory lane, recalling his participation in the Second Vatican Council, was an inspiration, reviving renewed zeal for evangelization in this Year of Faith, a number of priests said. Every year, the day after Ash Wednesday, the pope, who is bishop of Rome, meets with the priests in his diocese, including foreign priests studying in Rome. About 3,500 priests in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall listened to the pope’s recollections and interpretation of what the council fathers intended 50 years ago. Father Ben Jerson Canete of the Philippine island of Mindanao, who is studying biblical theology at Rome’s Pontifical Urbanian University, said his

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‘Objects of Belief ’ Vatican exhibit at de Young is first to focus on church’s collection of indigenous art VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The de Young Museum in San Francisco is hosting the first ever exhibit outside e the Vatican dedicated solely to the Catholic Church’s urch’s collection of indigenous art and artifacts. s. “Objects of Belief from the Vatican: an: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas” opened ened Feb. 9 at the museum in Golden Gate Park. k. From the Vatican Museums’ collection off 80,000 Vatican ethnographic objects, Ethnological Museum director Jesuit Father Nicola Mapelli chose 39 which represent the collection’s breadth. All are unique pieces and most have never left the Vatican before, he said. aid. “What is important for us is that at these objects are cultural ambassadors.. They can tell the story of the people who gave ave the objects to the pope,” said Father Mapelli, pelli, who since 2009 has traveled to Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America, Australia ralia and elsewhere to find descendants of the artists who sent objects to Rome. The exhibit “will show to the people eople of California the love and appreciation ion that the Catholic Church has for the cultures ultures and religions from all over the world,” orld,” Antonio Paolucci, director of all Vatican museums, wrote in a Jan. 22 letter to San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore vatore J. Cordileone. He noted that “for the first time since its beginning in 1692 … there re will be an exhibit outside the Vatican ican dedicated to this hidden treasure.” ” The Ethnological Museum sent many of its best known and treasured pieces to San Francisco. Among them, a Mexican stone sculpulpture representing the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl or “feathered serpent”; a bark mask crafted for

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the pope in Tierra del Fuego nearly 100 years ago; and a rare carved wooden representation of the god Tu sent to the pope in 1836 from missionaries in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. The exhibit includes Polynesia two pieces of Christian art. One is a bronze crucifix made by the people of Congo in the 17th Bakongo p The other is a wampum belt century. Th sent to the p pope in the 1830s from the Algonquin tribes near Quebec, Algonqu Canada. Canada Most of the objects in the Ethnological Museum collection, nol and most of the objects in the de Young exhibit, were given to Pope Pius XI for the Mission Exposition of 1925, an exhibit of 100,000 objects (PHOTO COURTESY THE VATICAN MUSEUMS) in 26 pavilions A bronze crucifix made in the Vatican by the Bakongo people City State in of Congo in the 17th Rome that drew century is one of two a million people, pieces of Christian art Father Mapelli in the de Young Museum said. In 1926, exhibit of Vatican treasures. Pope Pius XI founded the Va Vatican Ethnological Museum. “Racism was on the rise,” said Father Mapelli, and the e exhibit was a way to show the Church’s outlook to “all the world, Catholic Churc in appreciation of cultures all over the world, racism. That was very beautiful.” beyond any rac “It was one o of the largest exhibits of nonever held,” he said, a huge European art e undertaking w with “people carrying the crates then through the desert” as missionon canoes, the aries all over tthe world sent objects crafted by peoples. native peoples

OXFORD, England – Pope Benedict XVI was “exhausted and disheartened” well before his Feb. 11 resignation announcement, according to his German biographer, Peter Seewald. In an article, “Farewell to my pope,” in the Feb. 18 issue of Germany’s Focus weekly, Seewald said he had held several Vatican meetings with the 85-year-old pontiff over the six months while preparing a new biography. He added that he had “never seen Benedict XVI so drained of energy” and “deeply disheartened” as when he met him last summer. Asked what could still be expected of his pontificate, according to Seewald, the pope answered: “From me – not much now. I’m an old man and I’ve lost my strength. I think I’ve done enough.” The 58-year-old Seewald, a fellow-Bavarian and former editor of Germany’s Der Spiegel weekly, has published several interview-based books on Pope Benedict, including a biography in 2006 and the 2010 best-seller, “Light of the World.” He said the pope told him the third volume of his “Jesus of Nazareth,” published in November, would be his last book. However, he denied that the 2012 “VatiLeaks” scandal had been a reason for the pontiff ’s resignation and said Pope Benedict had merely voiced incomprehension at the decision of his former butler, Paolo Gabriele, to leak information. “It’s true the butler’s betrayal was a painful experience,” Seewald told the Munich-based Focus, which was launched in 1993 and is Germany’s third-largest weekly. “But it certainly didn’t influence his decision in any important way. In our 90-minute talk at Castel Gan-

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Archbishop celebrates anniversary Mass for 62 couples Adelaida and Homer Zuraek, pictured above with their family, marked their 50th wedding anniversary Feb. 2 and were among 62 couples who renewed their vows at a special anniversary Mass celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone that day at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Above left, Rachael and John Bertone, married 51 years; below left, Lety and Dominador Tomas, 48 years.

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‘ALMSGIVING: Love in a Troubled World’: ‘With 46 million Americans living below the poverty line, children as victims of violence, and global conflicts that wreak havoc on families around the world, what kind of almsgiving are we called to practice this Lent?’ asks Jill Rauh, outreach coordinator with the U.S. bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development. Read her article at http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com. SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN: Pope Benedict XVI “will certainly be remembered for his extraordinary reply and response to the very sad phenomenon of sexual abuse of minors by the clergy,” Bishop Charles Jude Scicluna, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Malta, told Vatican Radio Feb. 18. Msgr. Scicluna served as the “promoter of justice” of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith until October 2012. Listen to the interview at www.news.va.

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Pomeroy Recreation & Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as the Recreation Center for the Handicapped, is marking 60 years in serving the developmentally disabled – a story that includes a rich legacy of Catholic support. The center’s work began in 1952 when Hillsborough resident Janet Pomeroy started recreation programs for adults and children with developmental disabilities. She suffered from polio and recognized that there were members of the community who were underserved and under-supported. Pomeroy started her work in a oneroom space in the Fleishhacker Pool building. In 1972 the center moved to its current location nearby at 207 Skyline Blvd. in the Outer Sunset District – a campus that has immediate needs for building repairs and upgrades. The center serves more than 450 people with disabilities and 1,500 community members every week. Center facilities include a therapeutic swimming pool that is open to the public, a gymnasium, adaptive computer lab, kitchen, playground, theater and stage, and a garden with greenhouse. Members of the extended San Francisco Catholic community benefit the center daily with their time, talent and treasure. Catholics and Catholic institutions provide the majority of volunteer support. The Bay Area Knights of Columbus Foundation continues to support the adaptive computer lab they installed

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Father Frank Murray celebrated his 60th anniversary as a priest Jan. 27 with Mass at St. Gregory Church, San Mateo, and a luncheon at the San Mateo Elks Club. Retired San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn, retired Oakland Bishop John Cummins and San Father Frank Francisco Auxiliary Murray Bishop William J. Justice were present in the sanctuary. Father Vito Perrone was principal celebrant and homilist with more than 15 priests concelebrating. More than 200 friends and family were in the assembly. “We come together today because this priest – Father Frank the priest – became the sort of priest who understands that truly ‘the only things we ever keep are what we give away,’” Father Perrone said in his homily. Father Murray “radiates faith, hope and love,” Father Perrone said, “and is not only a priest to the flock but what we call ‘a priest’s priest.’” Father Murray is a former administrator of St. Kevin Parish, San Francisco, and has served as parochial vicar at parishes including St. Vincent de Paul, San Francisco; St. Charles, San Carlos; and St. Gregory, San Mateo. He has also served as chaplain to the Knights of Columbus and the Italian Catholic Federation.

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WASHINGTON – For a program that the White House has never officially acknowledged, the use of missile-laden drones to strike suspected Muslim militants hardly remains a secret. Even so, while pledging to protect Americans around the globe in his State of the Union address Feb 12, President Barack Obama never used the “D” word – or what the military calls unmanned aerial vehicles. “Where necessary, through a range of capabilities, we will continue to take grave action against those terrorists who pose a threat to America,” Obama said, offering no other details. Beyond the White House, however, the topic of drones is getting plenty of attention. From pointed questions from members of Congress to grass-roots resistance movements around the country, drone warfare in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia has come under increasing scrutiny.

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The widening debate has focused on moral and ethical concerns surrounding “kill lists” as drone strikes are planned by the Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency, the legality of drone attacks under international law when war has not been declared, and the expansion of executive power. “It’s a conversation the country needs to have,” said Morris B. Davis, assistant professor of lawyering skills at Howard University’s School of Law. “I think it’s been a real disservice by Republicans

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A tribesman walks near a building damaged in 2012 by a U.S. drone strike targeting suspected al-Qaida militants in Azan in southeastern Yemen Feb. 3. and Democrats alike (to fail to address drones). The only thing we’ve really found out about the drone program ... has been through leaks. It hasn’t been through the government informing us about what’s being done in our name,” Morris told Catholic News Service after a presentation on torture Feb. 12 at the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. Despite the president’s unwillingness to discuss the drone program, some in the administration have addressed it. “These strikes are legal, they are ethical and they are wise,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Feb. 5 after a Justice Department white paper outlining the legal argument for targeting U.S. citizens working in suspected terror networks overseas was leaked. In a series of interviews in early February before stepping down as defense secretary, Leon Panetta maintained that drone strikes are necessary to keep the country safe. As CIA director from 2009 to 2011, Panetta authorized about 200 drone strikes in Pakistan under rules drafted early in the Obama administration. “I think we had a responsibility to use whatever technology we could to be able to go after those who not only conducted that attack (on 9/11) but were

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Panetta, who is Catholic, acknowledged in an interview with National Public Radio that his task was not easy. “As a Catholic, suddenly realizing that I had a responsibility of saying we’re going to have to kill somebody was something I did not take lightly,” he said. “It’s a heavy responsibility.” Such decisions since 2004, the earliest days of the drone campaign, have led to thousands of deaths, innocent victims included. Although the administrations of Obama and former President George W. Bush have declined to release casualty figures, the New America Foundation has tracked drone strikes and the resulting loss of life. Through Feb. 11, the foundation said an estimated 351 strikes claimed between 1,944 and 3,263 lives. While the vast majority of deaths are believed to be suspected militants, civilians, including women and children, are included in the count. The findings show that drone strikes escalated rapidly under Obama after he took office in 2009. Under Obama 255 strikes have occurred compared with 48 under Bush, the foundation said. Charles Camosy, assistant professor of Christian ethics at Fordham University, advocated framing drone warfare as a pro-life issue. “It involves violence and violent killing. It involves the killing of the innocent in a way that doesn’t follow the church’s teaching. It’s an exercise of raw violent power in a way that I think should get pro-lifers really, really upset,” Camosy explained to CNS.

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Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International, suggested that drones have led to “a battlefield without borders.” “We have a global battlefield, which completely undercuts any possibility of talking about just war. There are no boundaries on this thing,” she said. Through its increasing dependence on drones the U.S. has set itself up to be engaged in a “perpetual state of war,” said Gerard Powers of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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Cardinals voting in conclave have students’ prayers CAROL ZIMMERMANN

The papal transition is a ‘great opportunity’ for Catholic educators to explain what a conclave is and what it involves as well as how students can participate spiritually.

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WASHINGTON – Although the word “interregnum” might not be in too many spelling bees, the Latin term, which refers to the period between popes, will probably become familiar to Catholics in the upcoming weeks once Pope Benedict XVI officially steps down from office and the eligible cardinals in the conclave vote for his successor. Dominican Sister John Mary Fleming, head of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Catholic Education, called the papal transition a “great opportunity” for Catholic educators to explain what a conclave is and what it involves as well as how students can participate spiritually in the process by praying for the pope and the voting cardinals. Tim Uhl, principal of Juan Diego Academy in Tacoma, Wash., said the teachers at his school were looking at cardinals who might be in the running for pope, or the “papabili.” The teachers plan to write up a biography of the cardinal they choose and come up with a compelling reason for his selection as pope. “My hope is that it will trickle down to the students who will become educated about the choices and the meaning of each candidate and the implications for our church,” Uhl said in an email to Catholic News Service. The students at St. Henry School in Nashville, Tenn., are not just learning about the process but praying for those involved. The students in prekindergarten through eighth grade, as well as faculty members, were given the names of each of the cardinals eligible to vote in the conclave and asked to pray for them. As of Feb. 28, there will be 117 cardinalelectors. The names and the cardinals’ countries were put on a spreadsheet along with the students and teachers assigned to them. The cardinals

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Head of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Catholic Education will be getting multiple prayers since there are more than 700 students. Dominican Sister Ann Hyacinth, principal of St. Henry, came up with the idea in 2005 during the election of Pope Benedict. At that time she was principal at a smaller school so each student prayed for a different cardinal in the conclave without repeats. She vividly remembers how thrilled the student with the Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger card was when “his cardinal” was elected pope. Sister Ann Hyacinth views this exercise as much more than an interesting way to connect with what’s happening at the Vatican but instead sees it as a means to help students “not be complacent about what’s happening in the church.” She said the students clearly want their cardinal to win, but their priority is to pray for their cardinal to “be wise and open to grace.” The student body is saying a prayer to the Holy Spirit in their daily prayers at school, she added, praying for the cardinals to choose a “shepherd who would help the church to grow.” These prayer intentions also “broaden their view of church,” the principal said. As the students learn where these cardinals are from they come to realize the church is “not

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Expert: History may hold clues to resignation’s impact CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME – History might hold some clues as to what kind of impact Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation will have on the church and how to navigate a smooth transition, said a U.S. scholar. “All these problems surrounding how to treat Benedict, what to call him, how he will be dealt with in his life after the papacy, how his death will be dealt with, all of these are new” questions Joshua Birk, a fellow at the American Academy in Rome and expert in medieval Mediterranean history, said Feb. 15. Papal resignations are extremely rare with only four in the past 1,100 years, and in almost every case the pope was pressured to step down. Only the voluntary resignation of St. Celestine V in 1294, he said, can offer relevant parallels to help the church make sense of the free and willful resignation of Pope Benedict, Birk said. The case of Pope Celestine also resulted in some innovative changes that he brought with his decision to resign, he said. For example, Birk said, the principles behind Pope Celestine’s decision to step down and “how Celestine articulated the ability of a pope to resign are incredibly important,” as is the papal bull he issued establishing rules for an abdication. The late-13th-century pope also “established the ground rules for how papal conclaves will operate in selecting the pope,” said Birk, who teaches history at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Why not women priests? The papal theologian explains FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – In October, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dismissed Roy Bourgeois from the priesthood because of his participation in the invalid ordination of a woman. Since then, a Jesuit in Wisconsin has had his priestly faculties suspended after he celebrated a liturgy with a woman purporting to be a Catholic priest; and the Redemptorist order has confirmed that one of its members is under Vatican investigation for alleged ambiguities “regarding fundamental areas of Catholic doctrine,” apparently including the question of women’s ordination. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that only men can receive holy orders because Jesus chose men as his apostles and the “apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.” Blessed John Paul II wrote in 1994 that this teaching is definitive and not open to debate among Catholics. Yet some Catholics persist in asking why, as traditional distinctions between the sexes break down in many areas of society, the Catholic clergy must remain an exclusively male vocation, and what this suggests about the church’s understanding of women’s worth and dignity.

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According to Father Giertych, theologians cannot say why Jesus chose only men as his Apostles, any more than they can explain the purposes of the incarnation or the Eucharist. “In the mystery of faith, we need to be on our knees toward something that we received,” he said. Nevertheless, he said, theology can help illuminate the “internal coherence and beauty of the mystery which has been offered to us by God.” “The son of God became flesh, but became flesh not as sexless humanity but as a male,” Father Giertych said; and since a priest is supposed to serve as an image of Christ, his maleness is essential to that role. Reflecting on differences between the sexes, Father Giertych suggested other reasons that men are especially suited to the priesthood. Father Giertych acknowledged that a Catholic woman might sincerely believe she is called to the priesthood, but said such a “subjective” belief does not indicate the objective existence of a vocation. None of which means that women hold an inferior place in the church, he said. “Every baptized person, both male and female, participates in the priesthood of Christ through the sacrament of baptism, drawing the fruits of the paschal mystery to one’s own soul,” he said. “And maybe in some sense we could say that, in this, women are more apt to draw from the mystery of Christ, by the quality of their prayer life, by the quality of their faith.” Women are better able than men to perceive the “proximity of God” and enter into a relationship with him, Father Giertych said, pointing to the privileged role played by women in the New Testament. “Women have a special access to the heart of Jesus,” he said, “in a very vivid way of approaching him, of touching him, of praying with him, of pouring ointment on his head, of kissing his feet.” “The mission of the woman in the church is to convince the male that power is not most important in the church, not even sacramental power,” he said. “What is most important is the encounter with the living God through faith and charity.” “So women don’t need the priesthood,” he said, “because their mission is so beautiful in the church anyway.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The mystery of Pope Benedict’s missing encyclical FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s historic decision to resign at the end of February has astonished and perplexed the world in many ways, not least because of what might be called the mystery of the missing encyclical. In December, the Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, said that Pope Benedict’s fourth encyclical would be released in the first half of 2013. Treating the subject of faith, the encyclical would complete a trilogy on the three “theological virtues,” following “Deus Caritas Est” (2005) on charity, and “Spe Salvi” (2007) on hope. Then, on the day after the pope’s announcement, Father Lombardi announced that Pope Benedict would not issue another encyclical after all. The news was surprising because it suggested that Pope Benedict, a former professor who has placed a priority on his teaching role as pope, had abandoned the most prominent teaching project of his pontificate just before its completion. This, even though Father Lombardi said that the pope had pondered resignation for several months, and the Vatican newspaper reported

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Family violence against women seen as public health crisis women who might need it – in soup kitchens, parishes, markets, even on a crowded city bus. “There’s a lot of denial,” Velasco said. LIMA, Peru – Maria Velasco was married “Women don’t want to change the way they to an abusive, controlling husband for more live, because they’ve become accustomed to than 20 years before she realized she was a it.” victim of domestic violence. She felt that way until 2008, when a sign at “Even though I was a retired teacher, I her parish caught her eye and she attended knew nothing about the problem of violence” a talk about domestic violence. against women and children in the home, she “I found a group where people listened said. to me,” she said. “I gradually regained Her experience is mirrored in a new report the self-esteem I had lost and began to that reveals the extent of physical and sexual understand what had happened to me. I violence against women in Latin America also learned that I might be repeating the and the way in which it affects children. Now violence I had experienced.” Velasco tries to help other women and their Caritas launched a campaign last year children from becoming domestic violence in Latin America to raise awareness about statistics. emotional, physical and sexual violence “We’re just beginning to see this as a against women. Church leaders in several health problem,” said Velasco, an outreach (CNS PHOTO/HENRY ROMERO, REUTERS) countries have spoken out about high rates worker for the Chosica diocese. People demonstrate for an end to violence against women and girls at Mexico The Pan American Health OrganizaCity’s Monument to the Revolution on Valentine’s Day Feb. 14. The “One Billion Ris- of murders of women by partners or former tion report, based on surveys from a dozen ing” campaign organized women in countries around the world to call attention to partners, and Bolivia is considering making that a crime punishable by 30 years in countries over the past decade, highlights the statistic that one in every three women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. prison. the impact of domestic violence on women’s Many cities in the region have ombudsmen’s physical and mental well-being, as well as on their violence as a problem to be addressed through the offices for women and children and special police children. health system, said Alessandra Guedes, regional stations where women can report violence. But with More than half the women surveyed in Bolivia adviser on intrafamily violence at the Pan-Amerisuch a large population, the system is overwhelmed. in 2003 said they had suffered physical or sexual can Health Organization in Washington. Volunteer outreach workers like Velasco and Raviolence from an intimate partner at some point “A public health approach helps organize, idenin their lives. In 2008, 25 percent said they had tify magnitudes, risk factors and protective factors, mos fill the gap. They accompany women to police stations or court hearings and give talks in parishsuffered such violence within the previous year. which may differ between communities, even es, community soup kitchens and schools. Women Also in 2008, nearly 93 percent of women in El within the same country, and try to tailor intervenwho seek more help after the talks are referred to Salvador said they had experienced both physical tions to those risk factors,” she said. violence and emotional abuse within the previous Encouraging women to seek help when they often parish support groups. Most of the people who seek help are women, 12 months. blame themselves for the problem is a challenge, but volunteers recognize that men need to hear the Many women reported that their partners tried however. That’s where Velasco steps in. message, too. to control them by cutting them off from relatives She and other volunteers describe their minis“These men also suffered as children,” said Vioand friends, controlling their access to money or try as “becoming the word” for women who feel leta Infantes, who works with male prison inmates monitoring their whereabouts. trapped in abusive relationships. Trained by CariIncreasingly, public officials are seeing family tas, the Catholic Church’s humanitarian assistance and encourages them to rethink their relationships with wives and girlfriends. “We don’t judge them and development agency, they provide a ready ear, for what they have done.” encouragement and advice wherever they run into BARBARA J. FRASER

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VATICAN CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Speculation abounds about top candidates to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, but the true â&#x20AC;&#x153;papabiliâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; literally, pope-ables â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are likely to emerge only after all the worldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cardinals â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not just the 117 who will be under 80 and eligible to vote â&#x20AC;&#x201C; begin meeting at the Vatican in the coming days. Here, in alphabetical order, are 12 cardinals expected to have a major voice in the deliberations. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, 63: The extroverted, jocular New York archbishop charmed and impressed many in the College of Cardinals in February 2012 when he gave the main presentation at a papal meeting on the new evangelization. Cardinal Peter Erdo of EsztergomBudapest, Hungary, 60: He is a major figure among his peers in Europe, the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional heartland and the region of more than half the cardinal electors.

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Priests offer tips for Catholics long absent from the confessional MARK PATTISON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – After “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned” – even if they get that far – there are millions of Catholics who don’t exactly know what to say next. This is especially true for Catholics who have not gone to confession in years, or even decades. Despite parishes and dioceses inviting inactive Catholics to return to church at Lent, with the sacrament of reconciliation as an incentive, it is likely Catholics are afraid, bewildered or even intimidated at the prospect of returning to the confessional after such a long period away from it. A rote recitation of sins doesn’t seem quite right. Laundry lists, as some priests call them, are out. In fact, one advises, even devising a game plan before returning to the confessional is out.

Don’t overthink penance

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Father Kevin Regan of the Archdiocese of Washington demonstrates the granting of absolution that occurs during the sacrament of reconciliation. The priest, acting in the person of Christ, can absolve a person of their sins with their contrition, confession and penance.

“Just come. Don’t prepare. We’ll do it in there. I’ll help you with this. At the end of it, you’re going to think about things we didn’t cover. You can come again,” said Msgr. Richard Lavalley, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Winooski, Vt. “The more complicated it becomes, the worse it becomes. They (penitents) don’t know what to make of it and they become ashamed.”

The sacrament that can bring us closer to God and neighbor DAVID GIBSON

THE GIFT OF RECONCILIATION

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Will a person attempting for the first time to learn what Catholicism is all about discover that it considers forgiveness of the essence? The church regards forgiveness as a dynamic force able to change lives. The Catholic Church, of course, puts the forgiveness it considers so central into practice in the sacrament of reconciliation. It is no secret, though, that the number of people participating in this sacrament today is not what it once was. In a study released in 2008, 30 percent of adult U.S. Catholics said they went “to confession less than once a year,” and 45 percent said they “never do so.” Twenty-six percent participated in the sacrament “once a year or more often,” while just 2 percent participated “once a month or more.” The study was commissioned by the Department of Communications at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University in Washington.

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A young man prays after receiving the sacrament of reconciliation. M. Dolan spoke about this situation in his November 2012 presidential address to the national meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops in Baltimore. “What an irony that despite the call of the Second Vatican Council for a renewal of the sacrament of penance, what we got instead was its near disappearance,” he said. The cardinal asked, “How will we make the Year of Faith a time to renew the sacrament of penance, in our own lives and in the lives of our beloved people?” The church’s current Year of Faith concludes Nov. 24, 2013. I know someone who stayed away from the sacrament of reconciliation for a long time but eventually returned. By “a long time,” I mean at least two decades. I am not at liberty to identify this person. And for my

Reconciliation, the sacrament, like all the sacraments, involves recognizing the limitations, even inadequacy, that we can see in ourselves if we are honest. And that means facing the future with hope rather than certainty. It is not about the past. It is about the future. It means being prepared to recognize a presence or value that goes beyond what anyone can imagine using ordinary human measures of worth. purposes here, this person’s complex reasons for seeking out the sacrament of reconciliation do not need to be known. It matters here, however, that this person very much wanted an experience of the sacrament that was warm, welcoming, insightful and forgiving. And for this person, as for so many others, that is just how the sacrament was experienced. Reflecting on this, I recalled Pope John Paul II’s 2002 Holy Thursday letter to the world’s priests. It is important that in the sacrament of reconciliation people “have an intense experience of the face of Christ the good shepherd,” the pope wrote. He stressed that those who seek this “ministry have already been touched by a mercy that works from within.” Then he added:

“Please God, we shall know how to cooperate with the mercy that welcomes and the love that saves.” Pope John Paul urged that in the sacrament of reconciliation penitents be led “to some grasp of the way in which God is mercifully reaching down to them, stretching out his hand, not to strike, but to save.” Catholic leaders today so often speak of forgiveness and mercy as powerful forces for good in our world. But would someone hearing about Catholicism for the first time, someone entirely unfamiliar with it, be impressed to learn that the church considers forgiveness of central importance?

‘Go first and be reconciled’

If from early childhood this person learned to honor

grudges and follow the ways of vengeance, he might be amazed to hear that Christians are instructed by the Gospel to: – Love their enemies and “pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). – “Go first and be reconciled” with a brother before offering a gift at the altar (Matthew 5:23-24). Possibly this person would conclude that Catholics are odd or that their faith fosters weakness. Yet, he might be relieved to hear that there is another way to live, one in which animosities or hostilities never constitute the last word. In any event, provided this newcomer is observant and visits communities at worship, that person will discover that forgiveness and mercy rank among the basics for Catholics. “More frequent confession will surely help to form consciences and foster reconciliation, thus dispelling various forms of fear and combating violence,” Pope Benedict explained in his 2012 exhortation on the Church in the Middle East. Sacramental forgiveness, then, extends beyond the given moment in which it is received by an individual and into the web of life.

The motivations for wanting to go back to confession can be many, said Jesuit Father Jake Empereur, a priest since 1965 and a parochial vicar at St. Matthew Parish in San Antonio. “It could be because of health issues. It could be because their conscience moves them to finally be able to participate in the church and the liturgy and Communion and things like that,” he said. “People get married. Sometimes it’s someone’s

not they’re married, personal relationships, issues in their life, whatever it might be.” “They don’t talk about a lot of non-sins, small things and so forth,” Father Empereur continued. “They have a couple of major things, relating to marriage – they got married outside the church, they had a bad experience with a priest, or so forth. Sometimes they’ll talk about taking drugs, adultery, perhaps, or sleeping around.

penitents, “I don’t bite, I don’t kick, I don’t yell and I don’t faint. So let’s start. Can I help you by going through the commandments? ... Is it easier for you to say yes or no with me?” And in doing that, he added, “I get what I need.” Father Empereur said he asks penitents whether they pray. “Usually they’ll say something like their evening prayers before they go to bed, or they pray before meals.

One priest said he learned his method as confessor from a brother priest. ‘He was so kind and so wonderful, and I never forgot the penance he gave me. He said, ‘Can you say the name of Jesus once? I’ll say it for you.’ And he did it without sarcasm.’ first Communion, sometimes it’s a wedding. It’s all sorts of different reasons.”

Sins large and small

And what they have on their mind – and want to get off their chest – can vary as well, Father Empereur told Catholic News Service. A few things stand out, he said. “Being in an irregular marriage, they gave up believing in God when they were in their early 20s and now they’re thinking about that. Each case is really, truly different,” he said, adding he tells penitents to focus on “what they came to say” because it “gives me further questioning on what I need to do (as a priest): whether or

Things like that might come up in the course (of a confession) – not the grocery list for things that happen more frequently.” Msgr. Lavalley said he tells penitents, “If you’re holding back because you’re afraid or you’re frightened or you don’t know what to do or how to say it, say ‘Our Lady sent me.’ I can’t tell you how many times that’s worked.” He recalled the time one man came into the reconciliation room telling him, “I’m supposed to tell you somebody sent me, but I can’t remember who it was.” He added he told the man it was Our Lady, and that “she sent me, too.”

Relax and trust the process

Msgr. Lavalley said he’s told

Usually they have not been going to Mass: ‘I say the rosary’ or things like that. “Then you can talk about participation in the Eucharist. So you have to kind of instruct them, helping them along,” he explained. “Encourage them. ‘Are you going to be more involved in the church? Are you going to go to Mass? Are you going to go to confession once in a while?’” “What’s prominent? What most outstanding in their mind? ... They have something on their minds. That’s why they’re coming in the first place. Usually I find my questions have to do with their relationships or to talk about their spiritual life a

little bit. After all, that’s the purpose of all this. I can’t say I’ve had two identical confessions.” Msgr. Lavalley, ordained in 1964, still remembers a confession from his first year as a priest. He was hearing confessions from students at the parish grade school, and one boy was among the last to be brought in. “This kid’s behind the screen. He’s not talking to me. He’s just breathing. ‘Do you want to go to confession?’ (No response.) ‘Do you want to tell me what your sins are?’ ‘No.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because you know what my sins are.’ ‘How?’ ‘Because I did them before.’” Just like that boy, Msgr. Lavalley told CNS, penitents are habitual sinners. “Everyone’s a habitual sinner, and so am I,” he said. “It’s not about sin, it’s about mercy and about God’s love.” Msgr. Lavalley remembers himself as a grade schooler making comparisons among the priests in his parish about which ones handed out sterner or lighter penances. But he recalled one experience with a priest that “made me the confessor that I am. He was so kind and so wonderful, and I never forgot the penance he gave me. He said, ‘Can you say the name of Jesus once? I’ll say it for you.’ And he did it without sarcasm. “That changed my life.”

Recognizing our limitations, filled with hope FATHER DAVID K. O’ROURKE, OP CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Many years ago I was trained and then licensed in California as a family counselor. Still, over the years, I have always made clear that I am a priest. The medical school training in counseling was an exposure to a wonderful and honored profession, as well as another useful lens through which to look at pastoral situations. But when local officials in a small town need help with troubled folks and you happen to be one of the available professionals in their community, they don’t always worry about which hat they see you wearing. This happens rarely, but for me it has included dealing with family court and social welfare officers.

Confession is not counseling

These experiences have made me more aware of the fundamental differences between counseling and the sacrament of reconciliation, or confession, as some know it. As an example, I think of a very unusual situation from the past. A man had been referred to me by the court. He was ordered to meet with a licensed counselor. The exact details are not that important, but he had

CONFESSION AND THE YEAR OF FAITH

When Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York opened the fall meeting of U.S. bishops late last year, he made a request to pay particular attention in this Year of Faith to the sacrament of reconciliation. Admitting that we are at fault is not about punishment, he said, but “leads to conversion of heart and repentance, the marrow of the Gospel invitation.” As we approach Lent each year, we are called to this conversion. But this year, we are asked to seek this conversion at all times. How we seek it is up to us, but heading to the confessional is a good place to start, Cardinal Dolan said. “This reservoir of our lives and ministry ... must first be filled with the spirit of interior conversion born of our own renewal,” he said. “That’s the way we become channels of a truly effective transformation of the world, through our own witness of a penitential heart.”

rolled destructively through the lives of people close to him and even some of his co-workers. The history of human pain he left in his path, if I recall, was the reason why the official ordered the meeting. Our meeting was brief. He made clear from the start that the only reason he was there was that it was me or a spell in the county jail. “Well,” I told him in short order, “you’ve seen me. Legally, you’re off the hook. So why waste each other’s time? I’m too busy to play games.” He seemed surprised.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

As I started tidying up my desk to leave for the day, I told him, “If you want to make some changes in your life, well, you’ve got my number.” To my surprise, he called me a few days later, and I ended up meeting with him several times over the course of a few months. It was clear that he was coming to me in my role as a priest, not as a counselor. Counseling is mostly about the past, about cutting loose from the destructive baggage and memories we can drag with us. The baggage that this man carried was heavy, but

as bad as it was, it also was familiar territory. He knew his way around it, its rules and its routines. Until his recent brush with the law, he could handle it.

It’s about the future

I told him at the start that I didn’t see much purpose in rehashing the past. What I wanted to know was whether or not he wanted a future. Did he want a life? That is where the sacrament of reconciliation (also known as penance) comes in. Penance is not about the past. It is about the future. In his case, if he

wanted it, it would be a future in very unfamiliar territory, and that scared him. Penance is not just a new or kinder set of rules, or a different and better road map for living. Many good and moral nonbelievers can and do live that way. Penance involves recognizing that there is much more to me and my life than what I or any human can see and know. It means being prepared to recognize a presence or value that goes beyond what I or anyone can imagine using ordinary human measures of worth. Reconciliation, the sacrament, like all the sacraments, involves recognizing the limitations, even inadequacy, that we can see in ourselves if we are honest. And that means facing the future with hope rather than certainty. All of that was completely new to him. He made clear that he finally wanted to stop the battling and to be rid of the past. The sacramental ritual seemed to support that hope, for it shifted the focus from where he had been and was to where he could be. Then he left. I don’t know what he did, but he seemed hopeful. DOMINICAN FATHER O’ROURKE is a senior fellow at Santa Fe Institute, Berkeley.

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A Lenten fast acceptable to the Lord he prophet Isaiah boldly challenges us to choose the way of fasting most acceptable to the Lord: “Releasing those bound unjustly … setting free the oppressed … sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless, clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning you TONY MAGLIANO back on your own.” If we honestly examine our conscience – a healthy Lenten exercise – many of us will come to the conclusion that we can do more – probably much more – to share our bread with the hungry, shelter the homeless and set the oppressed free. Excellent organizations like Catholic Relief Services and Bread for the World can help us improve our outreach. In his social justice encyclical “Populorum Progressio” (“On the Development of Peoples”) Pope Paul VI boldly wrote, “Let each one examine his conscience, a conscience that conveys a new message for our times. Is he prepared to support out of his own pocket works and undertakings organized in favor of the most destitute? Is he ready to pay higher taxes so that the public authorities can intensify their efforts in favor of development?”

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Men wait at the St. Francis Breadline outside St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13. Tony Magliano writes that the Lord who said, “For I was hungry and you gave me food,” calls us to meet the basic needs of our suffering brothers and sisters – no excuses. Increasing taxes, even for the destitute, is a tough sell anytime, especially during these difficult days. But the Lord who said, “For I was hungry and you gave me food,” is calling us to meet the basic needs of our suffering brothers and sisters – no excuses. Furthermore, this moral obligation to assist the vulnerable and poor to the best of our ability, is not only an individual duty, but is also a serious obligation for the nation, and the nation’s government. Here Pope Paul continues, “The same

Business needs to consider the common good or me, the concept of spirituality is not restricted to pious devotions. Everything we do reflects our spirituality, including the way we spend our money. The best economists in the world admit that they do not know exactly what is going to happen next when it comes to the economy. There are signs that the FATHER JOHN stock market CATOIR is steadily improving. Nevertheless, unemployment remains at a high level. A recent concern is the widespread use of robotic tools and its potential to reduce the labor force drastically. This may be inevitable, but it’s not in the best interest of the economy. Robots are influencing the cost of production, and even reducing the demand for cheap labor. Foreign labor will no longer have the powerful lure it once had. Companies in the U.S. will find that they no longer need to leave the country to maintain their profits. This is a good thing, but as robotic tools dominate the workforce more and more, they will end up costing men and women their jobs. Years ago, robots could not compete with the low cost of foreign labor, but today that is no longer so. As soon as profits reach levels where businesses will benefit financially from leaving places that produce a lot for very little, like China, they will take advantage of

tax incentives and transportation savings and return home. Unfortunately, while the companies themselves will be returning, the old jobs will not return with them. Labor unions will face a whole new set of obstacles. More and more men and women will end up on bread lines. Robotic tools will replace workers. It is that simple. I’ve been reading “Einstein on the Road,” by Josef Eisenger, which tells the story of how Albert Einstein, the greatest scientist of the 20th century, reacted to the political and economic problems of his generation. He scolded the businessmen of his time for increasing the use of machinery because it was putting more and more men out of work. The drive to increase profits, which is the norm for business executives, was working against the common good. As a result, millions of unemployed men and women were selling pencils on the street to put food on the table. Einstein’s ideas were thought to be naive, but he didn’t back down. He knew that for businesses to survive, they had to keep a sharp eye, not only on their margin of profits, but also on the common good. Einstein predicted that the economic depression of his time would engulf the nation for a long time, and he was right. If he were alive today, maybe he would demand that an increase in research and development be introduced to improve our economic policies so they would bolster the overall common good, and not jeopardize it. The American experiment is in decline, and we need to think ahead.

duty of solidarity that rests on individuals exists also for nations: ‘Advanced nations have a very heavy obligation to help the developing peoples.’” Yet, the United States and many other economically advanced nations, have slashed essential funds from domestic anti-poverty programs, and continue to provide only a very small percentage of their budget to life-saving projects which help the earth’s poorest people. The U.S. gives only about 0.6 percent of its annual budget for poverty-focused international assistance.

This is certainly not an adequate response to God’s call to share our bread with the hungry, to shelter the oppressed and the homeless, to cloth the naked and to not turn our back on our own. In 2005, James Morris, then executive director to the United Nations World Food Program, told a gathering in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, that about 18,000 children in the world die every single day from hunger and hunger-related diseases. And he added, “That doesn’t have to be.” He said if about $7 billion a year was put towards ending child hunger, it would end. No one, absolutely no one, should have to suffer from hunger. And wealthy nations – even the U.S. alone – could end this scourge upon so much of humanity. But can’t we at least feed every child? Can’t we at least muster-up enough compassion to demand that our government divert the relatively tiny amount of $7 billion from the bloated $1 trillion U.S. military budget, to end child hunger worldwide? But of course we can. The question is: Will we? “If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday” (Isaiah 58:10). MAGLIANO is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist.

LETTERS Papal transition and the ‘Quiet Schism’

Many people who have chosen to leave the church over the past few years have done so not because they are disillusioned with the teachings of Jesus or because of what is preached every Sunday by their pastors, priests and deacons. They have left over the embarrassing void in leadership, accountability and relevancy demonstrated by the Vatican. Over the past few years, for many American Catholics, this has resulted in what I term the Quiet Schism. Unlike the Great Schism of 1054, there are no noisy, protesting delegates and resulting excommunications. But, interestingly, like the Great Schism, differences are evident over how the flock is best shepherded between Rome and the church throughout the world. Nowhere does this seem more evident than in the way American Catholics follow or ignore the dictates from the Vatican in running their daily lives. The term “al a carte” Catholics has been used for years to disparage those who deviate in any way from strict views on doctrine, morality and behaviors as they flow directly from Vatican interpretation. Differences occur almost never on the fundamental teachings of Jesus and the teachings (if not the total letter) in the Old Testament. Strife occurs when strict dictums come down in areas

of human sexuality, roles of women and priestly celibacy. As noted above, many have sadly left the church over these issues. But many of us remain and prefer to work for change within the church as we believe it to be Christ’s body on earth. So, we have pews of the faithful trying to do the best they can to keep the church vibrant, raise their children in the faith and apply what Jesus taught to those around us. And, we have the true “latter day” saints of the Catholic Church – our local pastors, priests and deacons – caught in the middle. So, the Quiet Schism goes on and will go on. Catholics have watched the fragmentation and chaos of Protestant Christianity over the centuries. We don’t want to go there. Catholics revere being part of the original church founded by Christ, of realizing when they go to Mass that the same eucharistic celebration is being made tens of thousands of times around the world in many languages. Fundamental belief and trust in our Catholic communities is what makes Catholics strong and determined to work from within. Let us pray. Michael McDonell San Carlos The writer is a member of St. Charles Parish, San Carlos.

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The legacy of Benedict XVI t his election in 2005, some thought of him as a papal place keeper: a man who would keep the Chair of Peter warm for a few years until a younger papal candidate emerged. In many other ways, and most recently by his remarkably self-effacing decision to abdicate, Joseph Ratzinger proved himself a man of surprises. What did he accomplish, and what was left undone, over a pontificate of almost eight years? He secured the authoritative interpretation of Vatican II that had been GEORGE WEIGEL begun (with his collaboration) by his predecessor, Blessed John Paul II. Vatican II, the council in which the church came to understand herself as a communion of disciples in mission, was not a moment to deconstruct Catholicism, but a moment to reinvigorate the faith that is “ever ancient, ever new,” precisely so that it could be more vigorously proposed. He helped close the door on the Counter-Reformation Church in which he had grown up in his beloved Bavarian countryside, and thrust open the door to the Church of the New Evangelization, in which friendship with Jesus Christ is the center of the church’s proclamation and proposal. As I explain in “Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church” (Basic Books), Benedict XVI was a hinge man, the pivot on which the turn into the evangelical, mission-driven church of the third millennium was completed. He accelerated the reform of the liturgical reform, accentuating the liturgy’s beauty. Why? Because he understood that, for postmoderns uneasy with the notion that anything is “true” or anything is “good,” the experience of beauty can be a unique window into a more open and spacious human world, a world in which it is once again possible to grasp that some things are, in fact, true and good (as others are, in fact, false and wicked). He proved an astute analyst of contemporary democracy’s discontents, as he also correctly identified the key 21st-century issues between Islam and “the rest”: Can Islam find within itself

the religious resources to warrant both religious toleration and the separation of religious and political authority in the state? He was a master catechist and teacher, and, like John Henry Newman (whom he beatified) and Ronald Knox, his sermons will be read as models of the homiletic art, and appreciated for their keen biblical and theological insights, for centuries. As for the incomplete and the not-done: Benedict XVI was determined to rid the church of what he called, on the Good Friday before his election as pope, the “filth” that marred the image of the bride of Christ and impeded her evangelical mission. He was successful, to a degree, but the work of reconstruction, in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal, remains to be completed. This is most urgently obvious in Ireland, where the resistance of an intransigent hierarchical establishment is a severe impediment to the re-evangelization of that once-Catholic country. And the next pope must, in my judgment, be more severe than his two predecessors in dealing with bishops whom the evidence demonstrates were complicit in abuse cover-up – even if such an approach was considered appropriate at the time by both the counseling profession and the legal authorities. The church has higher standards. Joseph Ratzinger had extensive experience in the Roman Curia and it was widely expected that he would undertake its wholesale reform. Not only did that not happen; things got worse, and the Curia today is, in candor, an impediment to the evangelical mission of the pope and the church. A massive housecleaning and redesign is imperative if the church’s central administrative machinery is to support the new evangelization: which, for the Curia, is not a matter of creating a new bureaucratic office but a new cast of mind. (Evangelical Catholicism contains numerous suggestions for how that might be done.) And then there is Europe. The man who named himself for the first saintly patron of Europe tried his best; but like his predecessor, the best he could manage was to stir the flickering flames of renewal in a few parts of Catholicism’s historic heartland. Its re-evangelization remains an urgent task. WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

Aging pope’s timing just right hen Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope in 2005 at age 78, I was working at Loyola College (now Loyola University) in Baltimore. A local radio announcer, who was on the air during the late afternoon commute, telephoned me to discuss this breaking news with him on the air. “He’s a little old for the job, isn’t he?” asked the host, who had never met me before. “He’s exactly one month older than I am,” I replied. “Well, I have to say he looked pretty good all in FATHER WILLIAM white there on television J. BYRON, SJ when he stepped out onto that balcony,” the radio host remarked a bit defensively. “And did you know he was in the German army and a prisoner of war in the Second World War?” he asked. “I may have guarded him,” I said, just to pull the announcer’s leg a bit; “I was in the U.S. Army in Germany at that time,” although Ratzinger the soldier had slipped away from military service just before I arrived in his homeland as part of the Army of Occupation after Germany surrendered in 1945. I was happy to hear that Pope Benedict XVI decided to resign at age 85. He deserves some downtime after eight years in a terribly demanding job. And he is making an important point for all the world to see, namely, that the papacy is a function, not a person, and that an organization as large and complex as the Roman Catholic Church needs vigor as well as holiness and intelligence at the top.

The mission of the church, Pope Benedict often said, is to proclaim the good news. And that proclamation has to be not only faithful, but enthusiastic. Add to that the need for creativity and mobility in proclaiming the good news and you don’t have far to travel to reach the conclusion that, in this case, the timing is just right. When he addressed Catholic educators here in the U.S. in 2008, Pope Benedict noted a “reluctance” on the part of many moderns to entrust themselves to God. Entrusting oneself to God involves an act of the will, and this, he said, is a “complex phenomenon and one which I ponder continually.” Well, that pondering has brought him to conclude that it is time to entrust the church to new leadership and himself to the God who holds his destiny in his hands. If leading by example is still a worthy objective, and who would argue that it is not, we have here an instance of exemplary leadership for the whole world to see. History will, I suspect, judge Pope Benedict’s papacy kindly. His service to the church will continue now in unseen but not insignificant ways. And the cardinals who gather in Rome to size each other up with a view to papal succession, will do their church a great service if they remind themselves that servant leadership is what we need. It is the model given to us by Jesus, “who came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). JESUIT FATHER BYRON is university professor of business and society at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. Email wbyron@sju.edu. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Why we need war’s witness now he nation will benefit from having a secretary of defense who, for the first time, is an infantry combat veteran and one who advocates a sharp reduction in the number of U.S. nuclear weapons. Each is a perspective that has been sorely lacking for years among those responsible for committing America’s soldiers to combat. Chuck Hagel, a former senator from Nebraska, is President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Department of Defense. His position on use of military force is shaped by STEPHEN KENT his experience in Vietnam more than 40 years ago. Some disdain this as ancient history. However, for those who walked at the head of an infantry squad in Vietnam, the experience seems like yesterday. Hagel volunteered for the Army in 1967. A few months later, he was in Vietnam. His brother Tom was assigned to the same unit. The two brothers saw some of the most intense fighting of 1967 and 1968. Their squad once hit a series of booby traps. Some men were killed, others wounded. Hagel was hit by shrapnel. On another mission, he was in an armored vehicle that hit a land mine. The vehicle blew up. Though wounded, Hagel pulled his brother to safety before the vehicle exploded. Hagel returned from the war with two Purple Hearts, the Combat Infantryman Badge and a chest full of shrapnel. Combat experience overlaid with a strong support for an international movement that favors eliminating all nuclear weapons are strong credentials for the person who heads the nation’s military. Discussions of war, use of force and nuclear weapons often can be abstract. “It’s not an abstract issue for someone who has been in combat. It may be abstract to civilians and to officers back in the rear echelon area. But to someone who has had to carry your dead friends and look at dead enemy soldiers, it’s not an abstract issue,” said Tim O’Brien, author of “The Things They Carried,” a Vietnam-era book. “It’s an issue that goes into your bones, and I hope it has gone into the bones of Mr. Hagel.” Hagel’s position of nuclear disarmament parallels what the church has taught for years. During the 2010 debate on a treaty to reduce the numbers of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, Chicago Cardinal Francis W. George, then president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wrote: “The horribly destructive capacity of nuclear arms makes them disproportionate and indiscriminate weapons that endanger human life and dignity like no other armaments. Their use as a weapon of war is rejected in church teaching based on just war norms. Although we cannot anticipate every step on the path humanity must walk, we can point with moral clarity to a destination that moves beyond deterrence to a world free of the nuclear threat.” While possession of a minimal nuclear capability may deter the use of nuclear weapons by others, the church urges that nuclear deterrence be replaced with concrete measures of disarmament based on dialogue and multilateral negotiation. There have been conflicts between the present administration and church teaching. It is refreshing to find a highly placed nominee holding views consistent with our faith. During his confirmation hearing, Hagel said: “I saw it from the bottom. I saw what happens. I saw the consequences and the suffering and horror of war.” The view from the top has led the country into too many military misadventures. The view from the bottom is more welcome.

KENT is the retired editor of archdiocesan newspapers in Omaha and Seattle. Email considersk@gmail.com. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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SUNDAY READINGS

Second Sunday of Lent Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my chosen Son; listen to him.’ LUKE 9:28B-36 GENESIS 15:5-12, 17-18 The Lord God took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.” Abram put his faith in the Lord, who credited it to him as an act of righteousness. He then said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession.” “O Lord God,” he asked, “how am I to know that I shall possess it?” He answered him, “Bring me a threeyear-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat, a threeyear-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” Abram brought him all these, split them in two, and placed each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut up. Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram stayed with them. As the sun was about to set, a trance fell upon Abram, and a deep, terrifying darkness enveloped him. When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch, which passed between those pieces. It was on that occasion that the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River, the Euphrates.” PSALM 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 The Lord is my light and my salvation. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom

should I fear? The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? The Lord is my light and my salvation. Hear, O Lord, the sound of my call; have pity on me, and answer me. Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Your presence, O Lord, I seek. Hide not your face from me; do not in anger repel your servant. You are my helper: cast me not off. The Lord is my light and my salvation. I believe that I shall see the bounty of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord. The Lord is my light and my salvation. PHILIPPIANS 3:17-4:1 Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change our lowly body to conform with his

glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord. LUKE 9:28B-36 Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But he did not know what he was saying. While he was still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They fell silent and did not at that time tell anyone what they had seen.

Humility opens our hearts to the Lord few months ago, I was driving in a fairly remote part of San Mateo County as I went to visit a friend. I had never been to my friend’s house before but felt it shouldn’t be too hard to find. My wife offered me the use of her GPS, but as a card-carrying male, I declined, knowing my DNA was hard-wired in such a way that I could never possibly get lost. After touring much of the county and enjoying parts I’d never even knew existed, I realized I had no idea where I was. I headed downhill, in an easterly direction, figuring I’d eventually hit San Francisco Bay. After a while, I was able to get my bearings. Chastened and humbled, though out of DEACON MICHAEL principle still refusing the GPS, I contacted my friend MURPHY and finally managed to locate his house. It was quite an adventure. As they say, pride goeth before a fall, and this little journey of mine really drove that point home. Think-

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

POPE BENEDICT XVI GENUINE CHARITY PROCLAIMS THE GOSPEL

VATICAN CITY – The Year of Faith is a good opportunity to intensify the witness of charity, and genuine charity is always a proclamation of the Gospel rather than merely material aid, the pope said Feb. 16 in a meeting with the Belgian branch of the missionary Pro Petri Sede association. “The Lord who transforms the heart and the eyes of man is indispensable,” he said. It is this “witnessing to God’s love for all our brothers and sisters in humanity that gives true meaning to Christian charity. It cannot be reduced to a simple humanism or an enterprise in human promotion.”

ing I knew better than everyone else, that I was in control and understood things perfectly, I set off and became utterly lost. It was a tad frightening and a little depressing, especially since I realized the whole predicament was my fault. If I’d simply listened to others a bit more, recognized my own limitations, practiced humility, I’d have done much better and reached my destination much more quickly. Of course this is true most of the time including when it comes to our spiritual lives. Whenever we’re convinced that we have a firm grasp of things; whenever we feel we’ve mastered those life-changing questions concerning God and our faith, it’s probably a good time to pause a moment and assess. We need to check that we’re actually moving toward our Lord and not allowing our ignorance, fear, or prejudices to take us in the wrong direction. This week’s Gospel makes it clear that our faith journeys are not always the smooth and easy trips we’d like them to be. We see Peter, John and James encountering Jesus directly, in all of his transfigured glory. You’d think that this would help them have a firm grasp on what it meant to be his follower, that they were now on their way to really understanding Jesus and his incredible message of faith, hope and love. Instead, in a very short period of time, we find the apostles being overcome by

sleep “not knowing what they were saying” and being frightened as they found themselves in an impenetrable cloud. And these were the men who knew Jesus the best. We should remember this whenever we begin to feel we have all the answers. If we find ourselves telling others what it means to really be Catholic; when we try to impose our religious beliefs on others; whenever we’re confident that we’re right and others are wrong, this week’s Gospel is telling us it’s time to slow down and start listening, to our Lord and to each other. While especially true for clergy like me, it’s something we all need to keep in mind. Rather than arrogance and pride, humility should always be our default position. Doubt, misconception and uncertainty are all part of any relationship including our relationship with God. If it’s true of the apostles, it’s probably going to be true of us as well. Yet rather than being fearful, we should celebrate as we become open to receiving him. As in the Gospel, humbled and silent, we’ll be ready to listen to our Lord, in all his wondrous glory, and maybe, just maybe, we’ll finally begin to understand. DEACON MURPHY serves at St. Charles Parish, San Carlos, and teaches religion at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25: Monday of the Second Week in Lent. Dn 9:4b-10. PS 79:8, 9, 11 and 13. Lk 6:36-38. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26: Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent. Is 1:10, 16-20. PS 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23. Mt 23:1-12. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27: Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent. Jer 18:18-20. PS 31:5-6, 14, 15-16. Mt 20:17-28. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28: Thursday of the Second Week of Lent. Jer 17:5-10. PS 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6. Lk 16:19-31. FRIDAY, MARCH 1: Friday of the Second Week of Lent.

ANNE LINE c. 1565-1601 February 27 Anne is one of three laywomen among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a. PS 105:16-17, 18-19, 2021. Mt 21:33-43, 45-46. SATURDAY, MARCH 2: Saturday of the Second Week of Lent. Mi 7:14-15, 18-20. PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12. Lk 15:1-3, 11-32.

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What does it mean to focus our attention on God? ome years ago, I was at a religious conference where one of the speakers, widely known and respected for her work among the poor, made this comment: “I’m not a theologian, so I don’t know how this plays out theologically; but here’s the base from which I’m operating: I work with the poor. Partly I do this out of my humanity, out of natural compassion; but ultimately my motivation is Christ. I work with the poor because I’m a Christian. However, I can go for two or three years on the streets FATHER RON and never mention Christ’s ROLHEISER name because I believe that God is mature enough that he doesn’t demand to always be the center of our conscious attention.” God doesn’t demand to always be the center of our conscious attention! Is that true? Clearly the statement needs some clarification and nuance. On the one hand, there’s a certain freeing-up inside of us that comes from hearing this said, given that most of the time God is not in fact the center of our conscious attention and, this side of eternity, will most likely never be. But, on the other hand, the consolation we feel in hearing this flies strongly in face of the clear challenge that comes to us from Scripture, our churches, and spiritual writers warning us against losing ourselves in the ambitions, projects, anxieties, pleasures and distractions of this world, of letting our focus on this life eclipse the wider horizon, God and eternity. Countless spiritual writers warn us that it’s dangerous to be so immersed in this world so as to lose sight of anything beyond. Jesus too warns us of this danger. And yet all of us know a lot of people who seem so immersed in this life, in their marriages, their families, their jobs, in entertainment, in sports and in their daily concerns that they don’t seem at all to have God as center of their conscious attention for any significant portion of their daily lives. Indeed, sometimes these people do not even attend church and often have very little in terms

Perhaps God wants us, in the famous words of Yogi Berra, to sometimes just sit back and enjoy the game.

of a formal or private prayer in their lives. But, and this is the seeming anomaly, they’re good people, people whose lives radiate a basic (and sometimes very generous degree) of honesty, generosity, goodness, warmth and healthy concern for others. Moreover they are often robust and witty, the ones you want to be next to at the dinner table, even as they seem to be living and dying merely as devoted children of this earth, not much given to abstraction or religion. A good family gathering, a win by the home team, a good meal or drink with a friend, and a healthy day spent working, are contemplation enough. Their default consciousness focuses on the things of this world, its joys and its sorrows. A shift in consciousness would need to occur for any explicit notion of God to enter their lives. How bad is this? Does this dangerously shrink one’s horizons? How badly does a one-sided focus on the things of this life choke out the word of God or render it shallow and extraneous? Are we going to hell in droves because we can’t give God more of our conscious attention and because we can’t be more explicitly religious? By their fruits you will know them! Jesus said that and it must be our criterion here: If people are living inside an honesty, generosity, goodness, warmth, health, solicitousness, intelligence and wit that is life-giving, can they be much out of harmony with God? Moreover, we need to ask ourselves: If we are born into this world with such a powerful, innate gravitation toward the things of this earth, if our natural (default) consciousness wants to fix itself more upon matter than spirit, and this seems to be the case for most people, how then do we read the mind of our Creator? What divine intelligence is manifest within the natural instinct to give ourselves over to this life, even as we carry a faith that gives us a vision beyond this world? Perhaps God is mature enough to not ask for, or want, our conscious attention most of the time. Perhaps God wants us to enjoy our time here, to enjoy the experience of love and friendship, of family and friends, of eating and drinking, and of (at least occasionally) seeing our favorite teams win a championship. Perhaps God wants us, in the famous words of Yogi Berra, to sometimes just sit back and enjoy the game. Like the woman whom I quote above, I also don’t know how this all plays out theologically, but it needs to be said. OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

We have been blessed with a wonderful pope hile cycling through southern Germany in the late 1970s, I met a young woman who was ecstatic about the exciting innovations of a priest by the name of Joseph Ratzinger. Little did we imagine he would become Pope Benedict XVI. This was my first time learning about him. Since then, I have followed his life and especially enjoyed his writings. One of Pope Benedict’s gifts is his clear writings and the depths to which he takes us. He thinks outside the box. He is a wordsmith who loves the derivation of FATHER EUGENE words. He humbly admits he HEMRICK doesn’t have all the answers and is refreshingly open. Unlike ecclesial writers who confine their writings to the theological domain, his writings are expansive. Having said this, allow me to share some of my favorite parts of his writings. In his book, “The Introduction of Christianity,” Pope Benedict writes that Christ came to this earth for us, and lived and died for us. As this defines Christ’s mission, it is a pillar of Christianity. In an address to newly ordained priests, he

reminded them not to be careerists. Their calling is to be shepherds, to be there for the people they guide, even if it means dying for them. Pope Benedict’s writings possess wonderful suggestions for our Lenten season. Referring to St. Luke in his encyclical “Deus Caritas Est,” he implores us to lose our sense of self if we wish to increase our love – to rid ourselves of selfishness and lust. During the Lenten season we are reminded repeatedly of the importance of almsgiving. Pope Benedict takes this counsel further, stating, “If my gift is not to prove a source of humiliation (to another), I must give to others not only something of my own, but my very self; I must be personally present in my gift.” Addressing where life truly begins, Pope Benedict writes that “only where God is seen does life truly begin. Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we know what life is. We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary.” We have been very blessed with wonderful popes in our lifetimes. Thank God for Joseph Ratzinger, who is one of them. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Working on the Sabbath, sign of cross My grown children often work on Sunday, and I believe that they don’t feel that it is sinful. Sometimes they ask me to babysit their children while they work – anything from farm work, remodeling their house, mowing the lawn, etc. Am I guilty of aiding and abetting them if I babysit, or am I exempt from guilt because they don’t think they’re sinning? (I’m a little scrupulous and worry a lot about this.) (Morrilton, Ark.) The church’s Code of Canon Law is rather general in its description of the Sabbath rest and leaves room for personal judgments. It says simply in No. 1247 that, in addition to going to Mass, Catholics FATHER should “abstain from those KENNETH DOYLE works and affairs which hinder the worship to be rendered to God, the joy proper to the Lord’s day, or the suitable relaxation of mind and body.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a bit more elaborate in No. 2184, saying that everyone should “enjoy adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social and religious lives” and in No. 2186 that “Sunday is a time for reflection, silence, cultivation of the mind and meditation which furthers the growth of the Christian interior life.” The catechism does make allowance in No. 2186 for people who need to work on Sundays because of poverty and No. 2187 for necessary public services. If I were you, I would be rather lenient in judging family. I am not aware of their economic situation or of the rhythms of life on a farm, but it may be that they view some of their work as necessary. It could be, too, that they find remodeling their house to be recreational and a welcome diversion. (I can’t say, though, that I’ve ever had a lot of fun mowing the lawn!) What you could do – although you needn’t feel obliged to – is to suggest sometime that you would be even happier to babysit for them on Sundays if they took part of the day off just to relax and enjoy each other’s company, since even God rested on the Sabbath. When I visit my mother in the town where I grew up, the priest there regularly omits what I think is an important gesture at the beginning of the Gospel reading. He does not use his thumb to sign himself with the cross on his forehead, lips and heart. Because the priest has foregone that important sign, his parishioners omit it, too. Has this gesture been declared optional now or perhaps dropped altogether? (City and state withheld) The General Instruction of the Roman Missal says in No. 134 that the priest, upon announcing which of the Gospel writers that day’s passage is taken from, then makes “the sign of the cross with his thumb on the book and on the forehead, mouth and breast, which everyone else does as well.” Note that the wording is ambiguous and could be taken to indicate that each member of the congregation should sign the Gospel book itself, but such has never been the practice and would be impractical. The congregation signs only their foreheads, mouths and breasts, and there is evidence that they have done this at Masses as far back as the ninth century. The fact that this gesture by the entire assembly was first mentioned specifically in the general instruction only in 2002 would seem to indicate that, far from having been dropped, there is even stronger reason to keep to it today.

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Living our Catholic faith in the postmodern world Second of 2 parts ast week I wrote about the relationship between “modernism” and “postmodernism” in order to raise the question of how we can practice our faith in the culture in which we live. The first point to be made is that, as Catholics, we do not reduce history into three distinct phases: pre-modern, modern, postmodern. Actually, the very idea of “modern” vs. “medieval” is itself an invenSALVATORE J. tion of the age CORDILEONE of modernism. In the Catholic perspective, we are all contemporaries; our ancestors in faith and in thought continue to walk with us today. We do not reject one epoch in favor of another, but seek to discern the best that each has to offer so we may make progress in knowing the truth and living lives of virtue. My basic invitation would be for you to see your Catholic identity as a noun, not an adjective. We must have a primary self-understanding which embraces and unifies the various strands of our personal, social, political, and cultural identities. And, if we take God seriously, he must have first claim on our love. The fundamental profession of faith in the Old Testament, that which is held sacred in the heart of every devout Jew, is the great “Shema Yisrael”: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:4-5). This absolute claim is repeated often in the New Testament, with the demands Jesus makes on those who want to follow him.

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While it is good to share our faith by discussion, and even healthy debate, argumentation to gain points or crush an opponent does not further the Gospel.

Real relationship makes demands

We hear many people today describing themselves as “spiritual, but not religious”: They welcome experiences of the numinous, but reject the demands of religion. This, in my opinion, is to reduce God to a source of our pleasure, not a personal being. Real relationships make demands: When we read the pages of the Gospels, we find Christ insisting that the disciple’s relationship with him must hold first place, and every other tie of family, tribe, or country must be understood in the light of that primary self-understanding of discipleship. If we do not give first place to God, religion becomes a hobby and the church becomes a club. Our relationship with Christ, lived out in the community of his body, the church, must hold our first allegiance. This means that we must nourish our faith. If we do not intentionally

and regularly pray, study, worship, and serve others as Catholics, the secular environment which surrounds us will have a corrosive effect. There are many inactive Catholics today, some in our families and among our friends. Most of them have not left the church, they have just drifted away. Other concerns and interests engaged their attention, and gradually the whole Catholic vision of life became something foreign to them. So I urge you to participate as much as possible in the liturgical life of the church, maintain a regimen of daily prayer, and involve yourself in the charitable works of the church. And read. Study the Scriptures and be inspired by the lives of the saints. Delve into the rich patrimony of Catholic writers, past and present, who have wrestled with many of the questions that the modern and postmodern worldviews raise. We have been blessed in our time with two popes who have brought keen philosophical and theological minds to their service to the church. The writings of John Paul II and Benedict XVI provide rich fare, drawing on the treasures of two millennia of Catholic wisdom and articulating it in a way that responds to contemporary issues and modes of thought.

something new to learn; but we can also assert that, while legitimate statements of truth can be complementary, they cannot be contradictory: Truth is one. The exercise of reason and the assent to revealed truth do not negate personal experience, they purify it. While it is good to share our faith by discussion, and even healthy debate, argumentation to gain points or crush an opponent does not further the Gospel. As the great orator and evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen used to say, “Win an argument, lose a soul.” Our finest argument by far is example. At the end of the New Testament era, St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote, while travel-

ing to Rome for execution: “Our task is not one of producing persuasive propaganda: Christianity shows its greatness when it is hated by the world” (Letter to the Romans, cited in the Office of Readings, Monday, 10th Week in Ordinary Time). Let us be, like Ignatius, witnesses to the truth that what was good news in the ancient world, and in the middle ages, and in the modern world, is, in our postmodern world, good news still. Excerpted from a talk by Archbishop Cordileone at the Brompton Oratory, London, England, Jan. 17. This is the second of two parts. The first part appeared in the Feb. 15 issue.

Catechism as teaching resource

A very helpful resource to foster this integration is the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The catechism brings together the essential doctrines of our faith; but more than that, by its organization it invites us to not only know what we believe, but live what we believe. The catechism follows a traditional four-part structure: 1) what we believe; 2) how we worship; 3) how we live; 4) how we pray. These four parts of the catechism are mutually related: what we believe shapes our worship; the grace of the sacraments strengthens us to live the mystery we celebrate and nurtures our spiritual life. The more we deepen our relationship with Christ and live that relationship in his body, the church, the more effectively we can share the riches of our faith with those around us. Contemporary society seems to be polarized between the exaltation of the individual at the expense of the common good, and the demand that the individual be sacrificed for the benefit of the collective – the individual has value only insofar as he or she can consume and, especially, produce. Our Catholic faith offers a vision of human society founded on the mystery of the Trinity, wherein each individual finds his or her identity precisely in relationship. Along with the polarization between the individual and the community, the contemporary world often creates false dichotomies: religion vs. science, objective truth vs. human experience. The Catholic faith proclaims the great “and”: revelation and reason, objective truth and personal experience.

Truth is one

If our most basic self-understanding is our relationship to Christ, we can welcome what nourishes that relationship in the modern and postmodern worldviews, and reject what weakens it. We can find common ground with the modern world in recognizing the importance of reason, and show how the faith does not contradict reason, but imparts truth beyond what human reason can attain. With the postmodernist, we can acknowledge that every statement of truth has something of a provisional element to it so long as we are on earth, for we always have

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The museum also includes objects from several other significant collections, including the 17th century collection of Cardinal Stefano Borgia. The provenance of all the objects is not known. Among the objects loaned to the de Young for the San Francisco exhibit are five wooden carvings from the Tairona people in northern Colombia brought to Pope Innocent XII in 1692 by missionary Fray Francisco Romero that are regarded by Ethnological Museum officials as the unofficial beginning of the collection, Father Mapelli said. A 2011 visit by the now deceased director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, John Buchanan, to Rome and to the Ethnological Museum led to the collaboration between the two institutions, which brings an unusual collection to San Francisco while, at the same time, focusing attention on the largely unknown collections of the Ethnological Museum, officials of both museums said. “With great, great pleasure these things have come to us. We want to make sure that the world gets to see these things outside of Rome,” said Diane B. Wilsey, president of the board of trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The two institutions plan further collabora-

ABOUT THE VATICAN EXHIBIT “Objects of Belief from the Vatican: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas,” de Young Museum, through Sept. 8. The museum is located in Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive. (415) 750-3600. deyoungmuseum.org. The museum is open Tuesday–Sunday, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m., last ticket 4 p.m.; Friday (March 29–Nov. 29), 9:30 a.m.–8:45 p.m., last ticket 8 p.m.

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Left, a rare treasure of the Vatican Ethnological Museum is a Mexican stone sculpture representing the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl or “feathered serpent.” Quetzalcoatl is “the one who taught good things to humanity” including reading, writing and to make sacrifices with flowers, not blood, curator Father Nicola Mapelli said. Right, one of the most famous African artifacts collection is a reliquary figure, kept inside a basket where the bones of ancestors were stored. The mbulu-ngulu comes from the Kota people of Gabon. In many African religious traditions ancestors were and are worshipped, the museum catalog notes.

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But “this was the first time for me to hear it from an expert who was there and who is a pope,” he told Catholic News Service. “His giving the proper interpretation (of Vatican II) is excellent for me,” he said, and it’s clear “we have to re-educate the people, go back to basics.” Clergy need to help lay Catholics see “the beauty and richness of the faith” and underline how there is “one revelation in the world” in sacred Scripture, said Father Canete. Proper interpretation of the past in light of revelation and then “education is everything,” he said. “Considering the past and looking to our roots will drive us forward, and it lets us see where we’re to head to,” he added. Father Canete said Pope Benedict has left a positive message, which the priest summarized as, “The church is not crumbling, we just need to begin anew.” By emphasizing in his talk that all Christians together make up the living body of the church, the pope is reminding priests how much support is out there, the priest said. “The whole church is with us priests, so we can’t be pessimistic. We need to move on and do something, and it starts with us.” Msgr. Marco Ceccarelli, chaplain at Rome’s LUMSA University, told CNS that the pope leaves behind “a great heritage as a scholar and witness of that season (of Vatican II) that still has to develop and mature.” “Today, 50 years on, we have to read these documents” because there is still much to glean from them, he said.

Father Albert Hemrom of the Diocese of Dibrugarh in Assam, India, said he was very impressed with the amount of detail the pope remembered about the council. “It shows his mental powers are still strong,” said the priest, who is working on a doctorate in canon law at Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University. He said Pope Benedict showed him how important it is to have a determined mind. “He shows that whatever situation you’re in, you have to face it and to do that you need to have a tough mind,” he said. However, the pope balanced that mental toughness with gentle humility, “combining both halves,” he said. Father Lucas Ongesa Manwa of Kenya’s Kisii diocese said he was very excited to hear the pope’s words of encouragement. The pope’s message was about renewal, starting with oneself, said the priest, who is studying dogmatic theology in Rome. “We need to be transformed internally, to change our attitude, our thinking, change our approach,” he said. Part of that new approach has to be church authority and the priestly ministry seeing themselves as servants, he said, adding, “We need to come to the people” and serve them. One example is to “take the Gospel to the people in their homes,” then use family values like dialogue and reconciliation as a model for the church in the new evangelization. Christians, especially priests, have the responsibility to implement Christ’s teachings; they are “commissioned by Christ to go out into the world and evangelize,” he said.

POPE REFLECTS ON VATICAN II Here are highlights of Pope Benedict XVI’s Feb. 14 remarks about the Second Vatican Council. Speaking to clergy in the Rome diocese, he recalled his experiences as an expert consultant at the council, praised some of its major documents and lamented widespread distortions of its teachings. POPULAR UNDERSTANDING OF VATICAN II has been long distorted by its coverage in the press, which presented the council as a political struggle for “popular sovereignty” in the church. This “council of the media” was responsible for “many calamities, so many problems, so much misery. Seminaries closed, convents closed, liturgy trivialized.” THE ‘TRUE COUNCIL,’ which was based on faith, is today “emerging with all its spiritual strength.” ‘DEI VERBUM,’ on the interpretation of Scripture, is one of the council’s “most beautiful and innovative” documents, but “there is still much to be done to arrive at a reading of Scripture that is really in the spirit of the council,” because many scholars continue to read the Bible as a merely human book, without reference to faith or the church’s teaching authority. IT WAS ‘AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE’ to make liturgy, the adoration of God, the council’s first order of business. But celebrating the Mass in a modern language does not suffice to make its mysteries intelligible, and external participation by the laity in worship does not necessarily produce “communion with the church and thus fellowship with Christ.”

tion to bring objects from the Ethnological Museum’s Asian collection to San Francisco for an exhibit at the Asian Art Museum, Wilsey and Father Mapelli said. Most of the Ethnological Museum collection has been closed to the public but will reopen soon, said Father Mapelli. The objects were being restored and housed in climate- and moisture-controlled environments, Father Mapelli said. However, there are two Ethnological special exhibits open at the Vatican Museums, one of aboriginal art and another of 19th-century plaster sculptures of North American Native Americans by the German Ferdinand Pettrich.

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dolfo last August, the pope said he felt neither despair nor despondency. ... It was very important for the pope that the VatiLeaks exposure would ensure an independent judiciary in the Vatican – that there wouldn’t be a situation in which the monarch said he was taking the matter in his own hands.” Speaking to journalists Feb. 16, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, confirmed that Seewald had met the pontiff in August and late November, adding that he saw “no reason not to believe” the journalist’s account. The 66-member bishops’ conference in the pope’s native Germany, which will have six cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave, was to discuss Pope Benedict’s resignation at a Feb. 18-21 plenary in Trier. In a Feb. 18 interview with Germany’s Catholic news agency, KNA, the conference president, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg, said the plenary would also discuss the future role of women in the church and sexual abuse by priests, as well as formulating a stance on use of the morning-after pill by rape victims. “Benedict XVI’s successor can add new elements, unencumbered by such controversies as VatiLeaks and the crisis over the Society of St Pius X,” Archbishop Zollitsch said. “For our part, we want look at what’s coming up and discuss the future course of events. We think the principle of subsidiarity should be strengthened, allowing local churches to bring themselves into the global church while also retaining a certain variety,” he said.

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‘Sede vacante’

Dioceses are also called sees. The Latin for “when the see is vacant” is “sede vacante.” When the vacant see is the Diocese of Rome, all major church decisions, such as new legislation or the appointment of bishops, stops until a new pope is elected. Only ordinary business and matters that cannot be postponed can be conducted by the College of Cardinals.

Interregnum

The period between popes is called an interregnum – between reigns – even though Pope Paul VI set aside many of the regal trappings of the papacy and references to a papal “reign” gradually fell into disuse. Pope Paul inaugurated his ministry in 1963 with a coronation, then set aside the papal tiara. It was the last time a pope wore the beehive-shaped tiara, a triple crown.

Conclave

A meeting of cardinals to elect a new pope is a conclave. The word – from the Latin “cum clave” (with key) – means under lock and key. In 1268, cardinals couldn’t decide on a new pope. After nearly three years the people finally locked them up and cut their rations. The man elected, Pope Gregory X, ordered that in the future cardinals be sequestered from the start, and eventually the practice became normative.

Camerlengo

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, as camerlengo, or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, assisted by the vice chamberlain and a canonical adviser, is in charge of safeguarding the temporal goods of the church and its Cardinal Bertone temporal rights during the interregnum. The chamberlain heads a three-member commission that oversees physical preparations for the conclave and leads what is called a “particular congregation” – a group of three other cardinals chosen by lot – to conduct the minor day-to-day business of the Vatican until a new pope is elected.

Dean of the College of Cardinals

Cardinal Angelo Sodano is the current dean. As dean, he calls the cardinals to Rome and presides over their daily meetings before the conclave. Because Cardinal Sodano is over 80 and ineligible to enter the conclave, the dean’s duties inside the Sistine Chapel will be handled by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the top-ranking cardinal-bishop of those under 80. Inside the chapel, Cardinal Re will administer the oath of secrecy and preside over the conclave. When a candidate achieves a two-thirds majority vote, the dean – in the name of the entire college – asks the candidate if he accepts the election and what name he will take.

Cardinal-electors

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Countries with more than one cardinal elector ITALY .................... 28

INDIA ...................... 5

ARGENTINA ........... 2

U.S. ....................... 11

FRANCE .................. 4

NIGERIA.................. 2

GERMANY .............. 6

POLAND ................. 4

PORTUGAL ............. 2

BRAZIL .................... 5

MEXICO .................. 3

SPAIN ...................... 5

CANADA ................ 3

US CARDINAL-ELECTORS Here is a list of US cardinalelectors, from oldest to youngest, eligible to vote for a pope in a conclave. Cardinals who are under age 80 when the “sede vacante” begins Feb. 28 are eligible to vote. There will be 117 cardinal-electors on that date. JUSTIN RIGALI, retired archbishop of Philadelphia. ROGER MAHONY, retired archbishop of Los Angeles. WILLIAM JOSEPH LEVADA, retired prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. FRANCIS GEORGE of Chicago. EDWIN F. O’BRIEN, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. DONALD W. WUERL of Washington. SEAN O’MALLEY of Boston.

RAYMOND L. BURKE, prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature. DANIEL N. DINARDO of Galveston-Houston.

vote for a pope. Even if he is retired from other church posts, if a cardinal is under 80 he is considered an active cardinal for the purposes of the conclave. As of Feb. 28, there will be 117 cardinal-electors, including Cardinal Cardinal Levada William E. Levada, retired San Francisco archbishop.

General congregations

All cardinals who are able to go to Rome attend the general congregations, which are daily meetings in which the College of Cardinals prepares for a conclave, discusses the needs of the church and handles more serious church business that must be attended to between popes. Cardinals over 80 may participate in these meetings but they are not required to. General congregations end when the cardinals enter into conclave.

Particular congregations

Between popes, the church’s camerlengo and three other cardinals chosen by lot handle the day-to-day business of the Holy See in daily meetings called particular congregations. These continue while the cardinals are in conclave. Every three days three new cardinals are chosen by lot to assist the camerlengo.

‘Extra omnes’

The Latin command, “all outside,” orders everyone who is not authorized to be in the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to leave before the conclave starts.

Secrecy

Cardinals take two oaths of secrecy: not to reveal to anyone anything directly or indirectly related to the election of the pope. The first is taken the first day a cardinal joins the general congregation; the second,

at the start of the conclave. The few non-cardinals authorized to assist the cardinals while they are in conclave also take an oath of secrecy.

Scrutineers

These are three cardinals, chosen by lot at the start of a conclave, to oversee the depositing of the marked, folded ballots for pope into an urn. They shake the urn, count the ballots to assure the number of votes and voters matches, then open each ballot and record and read aloud the name on it. They add the votes cast for each candidate to determine if a pope has been elected and handle the burning of the ballots and any notes taken by cardinals.

‘Infirmieri’

Three cardinals, chosen by lot at the start of a conclave, to oversee conclave balloting by any cardinalelectors who are too ill or infirm to sit through the conclave sessions in the Sistine Chapel. On each ballot, after depositing their votes in an urn, they go together to the sick cardinals with blank ballots and a locked box in which the completed ballots can be placed through a slit. They return to the conclave and deliver the votes.

Revisers

Three cardinals, chosen by lot at the start of a conclave, to recount and verify each round of balloting for the election of a pope, whether a pope has been elected on that ballot.

White smoke, black smoke

The traditional signal, from a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, whether a pope has been elected: Black smoke, no; white smoke, yes. The smoke is generated by burning conclave ballots and notes with chemicals to make the smoke the right color. To avoid any possible confusion, the cardinals decided to have white smoke accompanied by ringing bells.

JAMES M. HARVEY, Milwaukee, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. TIMOTHY DOLAN of New York.

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VATICAN CITY – Top cardinals and canon lawyers are studying the possibility of beginning the conclave to elect a new pope before March 15, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, confirmed Feb. 16. Under the church’s apostolic constitution, cardinals in Rome “must wait 15 full days for those who are absent” before they can enter into a conclave and begin the process of electing a new pope. But the pope’s Feb. 11 announcement of his resignation and his planned farewell meeting with cardinals on Feb. 28, his last day, indicate that the constitution could be read “in a way, precisely, that would say there is no longer a reason to wait,” Father Lombardi said.

BISHOPS OFFER PAPAL RESOURCES, PRAYERS

WASHINGTON – To help dioceses, parishes and other groups pray for Pope Benedict XVI and for the selection of a new pope, the Secretariat of Divine Worship of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has provided liturgical and musical resources as well as specific prayers. Archbishop Cordileone has asked that all parishes on the morning of Feb. 28 celebrate a Mass for the pope in thanksgiving for his service and for a long healthy retirement. The resources and prayers can be found at www. usccb.org/about/leadership/holysee/pope-benedict-xvi/upload/ Pope-Resignation-Resources.pdf.

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Sister Mary Ann Shea, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, died Feb. 4, at Marian Hall, Dubuque, Iowa. She was 97 and a religious for 78 years. A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 12, in the sistersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chapel, with burial in the Mount Carmel cemetery. Sister Mary Ann was born in San Francisco and entered the Sisters of Charity, BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1934, from St. Paul Parish, San Francisco. She professed first vows March 19, 1937, and final vows Aug. 15, 1942. Sister Mary Ann taught at San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Holy Redeemer School for 10 years, St. Paul School

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for three years and St. Thomas More for two years. She also taught music in Des Moines and Emmetsburg, Iowa, where she was principal/superior; Lincoln, Neb.; Boulder, Colo.; and Butte and Missoula, Mont. In later years, she was a part-time Sister Mary Ann piano instructor in Shea, BVM Fremont and Union City, and a volunteer in Union City and Hayward. Remembrances may be made to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003.

Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice is principal celebrant of Mass before San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day parade March 16, 9 a.m., at St. Patrick Church, Mission and Third streets, followed by a reception. The Irish Festival at Civic Cen-

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11:15 ..............................Panel/Round Table Response Bishop John Cummins, Emeritus, Diocese of Oakland, Sally Vance-Trembath, PhD and Rev. Paul Crowley, S.J., PhD

NOON, BREAK FOR LUNCH 1:00 ...............................Role of the Laity Post-Council Thomas C. Fox, Publisher, â&#x20AC;&#x153;National Catholic Reporterâ&#x20AC;?

2:00 .................... Personal Experiences of the Council From a Lay Perspective Rosemary Ellmer, PhD, Sally Mahoney, M.S. and Rev. Mr. Bill Ditewig, PhD BREAK 3:15 .......................................................................... Q&A 4:00 ...................................................Mass in Sanctuary

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FRIDAY, FEB. 22 SOCIAL JUSTICE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Confront the Climate: What Can Parishes Do?â&#x20AC;? with Greg Bedard, CA Inter-faith Power & Light Group, St. Dominic Church, parish hall, 2390 Bush Greg Bedard St. at Steiner, 6 p.m. Parking is available. Simple meal begins the evening. Stations of the Cross follow. Contact Michael at dre@stdominics. org for more information.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23 HANDICABAPLES MASS: Father Kirk Ullery, chaplain, is principal celebrant of Mass at noon, Room C, St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral Event Center, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Lunch follows. Volunteers are always welcome to assist in this ongoing tradition of more than 40 years. Joanne Borodin, (415) 239-4865. Handicapables meets monthly except October.

SPACE TALK: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, is offering a multimedia presentation â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Astronauts: Untold Stories of Exploration and Faith,â&#x20AC;? 10:30 a.m. in Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Hall. Michael Morison, (415) 388-4190, olmcpa@gmail.com. ANNIVERSARY AUCTION: â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Award Winning Nightâ&#x20AC;? benefiting St. Patrick School, Larkspur, at Marin Catholic High School, 6-11 p.m., celebrating schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 years. Auction items can be found at www.biddingforgood.com/ stpatrickschool. Contact Kealy Murray, kealyoco1@yahoo.com. CRAB FEED: St. Finn Barr Church, Goode Hall, 415 Edna St., San Francisco, 5:30 p.m. no-host bar, dinner 6:30 p.m., entertainment 9 p.m. $50, $5 kids meal, pizza, drink, movie. St. Finn Barr Church. (415) 333-3627. alguidry@ comcast.net. CIOPPINO: St. Thomas More School beginning at 5 p.m., no-host bar, evening includes appetizers, salad, antipasto, garlic bread, cioppino or a chicken entrĂŠe, dessert. $50. Linda Shah, lp1114@aol.com. Anarose Schelstrate, anarose0707@gmail.com.

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CRAB FEED: Most Holy Redeemer Parish crab feed benefitting MHR AIDS Support Group, Ellard Hall, 100 Diamond St., San Francisco, fresh crab, pasta and salad. Doors open 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets $50, tables of eight $375. Drink tickets sold separately. crabfeed@mhr.org. (415) 863-6259.

COLUMBAN FATHERS LUNCH: Event honors John Hickey and Mary Anne McGuire Hickey with proceeds benefitting the work of the Columban Fathers. No-host cocktails are at noon with lunch at 1 p.m. at United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave. at Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco. $40. Contact Pam Naughton, (415) 566-1936.

TURRISEBURNEA LUNCH: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hooray for the Red, White and Blueâ&#x20AC;? at City Forest Lodge, 354 Laguna Honda Blvd., San Francisco, no-host cocktails 11:30 a.m., lunch 12:30 p.m., $55, free parking in adjacent church lot. Afternoon includes entertainment. Proceeds benefit local charities including Project Rachel and shelters for abused women. Patricia Pendergast, (415) 731-1535.

CONCERT: St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m., Paul Chamberlain, classical accordion. All recitals open to the public. Unless otherwise indicated, a free-will offering will be requested at the door. Free parking. (415) 567-2020, ext 213. LENT RETREAT: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lent in the Year

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TUESDAY, FEB. 26 SEPARATED DIVORCED: Meeting takes place second and fourth Tuesdays, St. Bartholomew Parish Spirituality Center, Alameda de las Pulgas at Crystal Springs Road, San Mateo, 7 p.m. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu. ESTATE PLANNING TALKS: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tips, Traps and Solutionsâ&#x20AC;? with attorney Paul Hunt, 2-3:30 p.m., Morrissey Hall 2250 Hayes St., C level, St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medical Center, San Francisco. Call (415) 750-5790 or stmarysfoundation@ dignityhealth.org.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 1 MORNING MASS: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club, St. Sebastian Hall, Greenbrae, 7 a.m. Mass with talk following. Guest speaker is Jesuit Father Tom Weston, an iconic and Father Tom legendary Weston, SJ presence in the world of recovery. Members breakfast $8, others $10. (415) 461-0704 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Sugaremy@aol.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 TWO DAY SALE: Church of the Visitacion Mothers’ Club rummage sale, March 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and March 2, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in parish hall, 701 Sunnydale at Rutland, San Francisco. Choose among clothes, furniture, books, and a new items booth. (415) 494-5517. FIRST FRIDAY: The Contemplatives of St. Joseph offer Mass at Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Ave., South San Francisco, 7 p.m. followed by healing service and personal blessing with St. Joseph oil from Oratory of St. Joseph, Montreal. TAIZE: Taize Brother Emile, whose congregation started Taize sung prayer, at Mercy Center, 8 p.m. He will also

SOCIAL JUSTICE: “Stories of Immigration and Reform” with a panel of immigrants, lawyers, and Christopher Martinez of Catholic Charities CYO, Archdiocese of San Francisco, St. Dominic Church, parish hall, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, 6 p.m. Parking is available. Simple meal begins the evening. Stations of the Cross follow. Contact Michael at dre@ stdominics.org for more information.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 ‘BONANZA’: Our Lady of Perpetual Help School fundraiser in ‘OLPH Corral’ alumni hall, 80 Wellington Ave., Daly City. Tickets at $65 include barbecue buffet with wine and all the fixings, plus silent and live auctions and cash raffle. Tables of six and 10 may be reserved. , Ed Mahoney, EMah1965@aol.com. (650) 755-4438. Proceeds benefit school scholarships. MASS: First Saturday at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, 11 a.m. Father Brian Costello, pastor, Most Holy Redeemer Parish, celebrant and homilist. (650) 756-2060. 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Through March 24, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., 35 Baywood Ave., San Mateo. Meet other pro-life people, sing together. Event is peaceful, prayerful witness to change hearts and save lives. (650) 572-1468. 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Through March 24, 1650 Valencia between Mission

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Serving the Bay Area for over 30 Years

PUBLICIZE YOUR EVENT: Submit event listings by noon Friday. Email calendar.csf@sfarchdiocese.org, write Calendar, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109, or call Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634.

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HIBERNIAN LUNCH: San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane will be honored as Hibernian of the Year, Westin St. Francis, 333 Powell St., San Francisco beginning at 11 a.m. with no-host reception. Day includes traditional Irish music and eats. Lunch is at noon. Keynote speaker is Peter Casey, Emmy winning producer. $90. Proceeds benefit campus ministry in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Visit www.hiberniannewmanclub.com. (415) 386-3434.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 15

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TAIZE: Prayer around the cross, Good Shepherd Church, Pacifica, 7 p.m. (650) 355-2593.

Remodels, Additions, Paint, Windows, Dryrot, Stucco

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MONDAY, MARCH 11

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• Retaining Walls • Stairs • Gates • Dry Rot • Senior & Parishioner Discounts

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ST. MONICA AUCTION: “Moonlight Lounge,” evening benefiting St. Monica School, San Francisco, parish hall, 5950 Geary Blvd. at 23rd Ave., 6 p.m., surf-n-turf dinner of marinated cold crab, tri-tip, dessert and wine and beverages. $60. Visit http://stmonicasf.org/ parents/auction.php or email fundraising@stmonicasf.org.

ROOFING

O’DONOGHUE CONSTRUCTION

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FATIMA MASS: Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Avenue at Lawton, San Francisco, 9 a.m., Father Arnold E. Zamora, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist. zonia@zoniafasquelle.com.

CONSTRUCTION

HK Discount IRISH PAINTING Eoin Lehane Garage Door Repair Same price 7 days

VATICAN II: “New Easter” with Father David Pettingill, Good Shepherd Parish, Pacifica, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Bring your lunch. (650) 355-2593.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

TO ADVERTISE IN CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO VISIT www.catholic-sf.org | CALL (415) 614-5642 EMAIL advertising.csf@sfarchdiocese.org

PAINTING Discount to CSF Readers

and Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. (415) 613-8493, email sf40daysforlife@gmail.com or visit www.40daysforlife.com/sanfrancisco.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | FEBRUARY 22, 201 2013

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of January

HOLY CROSS COLMA

Catherine “Katie” Morley Dubrow Elvira Espiritu Jeremiah Patrick Flynn, Sr. Leanora Abela Mary Foran Helen Agius Enez Gapirio Jose Altamirano Harry W. Getchell Fresita Castillo Angeles Rose C. Giavia Anthony Arias Antonio Manuel “Manolo” Carmen E. Arias Gonzalez Deborah “Debbie” Armstrong- Noemi Mejia Gragasin White Jose A. Guaman Mary Ann Attard Patricia D. Guntren Edmund A. Bacigalupi Marguerite Hargis Marie Bacigalupi Lorraine Hargreaves Hope Rose Baird Lois K. Heim Gilbert M. Baliwag Henry (Jim) James Hermann, Jr. Rosina C. Banks Noneluna C. Herrera John Jerome Batbie Lanetta Marie Hill, M.D. Josephine Mae Kildsig Bezvoda Mary Holden Andres “Cuahtemoc” Bravo Dolores M. Holland Alice Buckley Angela Hornick Susan Marie Garrett Burnfield Karen V. Johnson Caridad M. Calderon Jo Alice Johnson Robert L. Cameron, Sr. Louise T. Kane Bruna Camilleri Nadine Kovac Harriet C. Carniato Joseph J. Lejarza Joseph P. Catania Estella M. Leon Eve Pierangeli Cendak Estella M. Leon Craig James Chester Manuel L. Lopes Lorraine R. Cirelli Maria Olivia Lopez Erma Clemente Antoinette Lubbe Daniel J. Colon Arthur E. Luhman Timothy P. Cook Patricia R. Macconaghy Alberta F. Cooney Shirley Ann Martin Leandra Allegrini Coturri Charles M. Mays Doris Darmanin Julia B. Mazzoncini Adelaida De Los Reyes Edward A. McDonnell Georgia Del Rosso Roberta M. McDonough Robert DeLano Ruth E. McMahon Stephen C. Dells Juanita Mersinger William V. DeLuze, Sr. Irma I. Miranda Florence E. DeMartini Flora Pucci Montalto Mary R. DeMartini William “Uncle Bill” Moore Giordano C. DiCapi David A. Moore Viola F. (DiVita) Burdick Edgar A. Morales Lorraine J. Dougherty Margaret E. Morgan

Mary Alice Mullin Soledad V. Noble Petra Nudo Sixto Nudo Madeleine F. O’Brien Rev. Joseph A. O’Connell Lawrence A. O’Connor June O’Connor Laverne P. Paff Miguel A. Paltao, Sr. Marie N. Pascone Paul W. Passelli Albert Patterson Anthony John Pavia Edgar Pennes Aurora Perez Carmen Pijuan Otilia Ponce Helen C. Pugmier Russell M. Pugmier Rosa H. Quintanilla Ronald R. Ramirez Guido J. Razzini Bernadette T. Reed Angelica Rodriguez Mary G. Ruane Domingo M. Salac Roger A. Santos Gloria Y. Santos Joan F. Schneider Marilyn L. Smith Philip H. Speck Normand F. St. Pierre Ethel L. Stewart Vincent W. Svedise Peter D. Tamulevich James T. Toal Zenaida “Zeny”Tomas William J. Toner Gloria C. Tricerri Teresita Tumakay Maria G. LaMacchia Veimau Constance Vetter Max F. Vigil Jeronima Villanueva Dorothy R. Vogel John Walsh

Rita Marie Walter James E. Welsh Marie Jo Willoughby Sheila Wilson-Cole Andres M. Zaldivar

MT. OLIVET, SAN RAFAEL Walter Antonio Rena Mary Bottarini Denyse Browaeys Felicia L. Brusati Vernon William Fostine Charles L. Hoffman, M.D. Robert (Bob) May Patricia Erlandsen Phillips Irma Pincini Rita Demartini Presley Lucinda Romaneck U.B. “Rubi” Rubiaco Josephine I. Slattery Siro P. Testa Yolanda Traverso

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Tenisia L. Ahofono Fausta Faye Mata DeLeon Eduardo Garcia-Velazquez Juan Gonzalez Andrew Jedrzej Lipinski Robert Jeremiah McSweeney Jorge Rios Ramos Vicenta Revuelta P. Paul Robbiano

OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR Walter Lindert Manuel C. Pacheco Alice Kathleen Salomone

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA FIRST SATURDAY MASS – Saturday, March 2, 2013 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am. | Rev. Brian Costello, Celebrant, Pastor of Most Holy Redeemer

88th Annual Mass Honoring Father Peter Yorke Palm Sunday –March 24, 2013 | All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 10:00 a.m.

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.