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‘IMPASSE’:

DISCOURSE:

TRANSITION:

Jesuit sees transition as time to examine nature of church

Cardinal accepts White House offer for conference

Cardinal: Secularism ‘weighing heavily’ in conclave

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Cardinal Levada: Communication, dialogue, leadership key pope factors RICK DELVECCHIO CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

A top candidate for the next pope will be a man of faith and prayer with skill in major languages and a record of leadership in a major archdiocese or Vatican office – ideally both, Cardinal William J. Levada said Feb. 25 as he prepared to leave for Rome to join as many as 116 other cardinals in a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Levada, during a press conference at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park, said that in a church that has beCardinal Levada come thoroughly globalized in the past 50 to 60 years the influence of cardinals from around the world “will have great impact.” “In regard to the needs to the church, the different cultural situations – Africa, America, Asia, the Middle East, those historic churches coming up from the time of Christ’s own generation – each has its own series of problems,” he said. “All of these things will play a part in this. Is the person we’re considering knowledgeable about those needs? Is he sensitive to them?” Cardinal Levada did not speculate on the background of any cardinal he thinks may make a top pick but played down the possibility of an American pope. “I don’t know what the Las Vegas odds makers are saying today but I don’t think it’s likely that we will see an American pope,” said Cardinal Levada, who served as archbishop of San Francisco from 1995-2005. “And I say that for this reason: It would be an additional complexity for an American pope to have to deal with the perception that some of his decisions might be perceived to be dictated by American governmental policy.” He said that perception could be a problem for the church in the rest of the world. “On the other hand, if an American pope is elected – provided it’s not me – I will give him my obedience and support any way I can,” Cardinal Levada said. Cardinal Levada, who said the prospect of the SEE CARDINAL, PAGE 21

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‘God is always faithful to those he calls’ Cecilia Carrier, left, a candidate for full communion in the Catholic Church, is pictured with her sponsor Karen McLaughlin at the archdiocese’s annual Rite of Election celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone Feb. 17 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Carrier and McLaughlin are from St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon. Typically performed on the first Sunday of Lent with those called to the church gathering with their sponsors and families, the ancient ceremony of the rite is a step in the process of Christian initiation. The days of Lent are the final period of purification and enlightenment leading up to the Easter Vigil and full initiation into the church. Forty-nine parishes participated in the Mass, with 159 catechumens and 255 candidates. More photos on Page 2.

Benedict to be ‘pope emeritus’ CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will continue to be known as Pope Benedict and addressed as “His Holiness,” but after his resignation, he will add the title “emeritus” in one of two acceptable forms, either “pope emeritus” or “Roman pontiff emeritus.” Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said decisions about how the pope would be addressed and what he would wear were made in consultation with Pope Benedict and with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the chamberlain of the church, along with others. After Feb. 28, Pope Benedict will continue to wear a white cassock, but it will be a simplified version of the papal vestment, mainly without the little white cape piece on the shoulders, Father Lombardi told reporters Feb. 26. Pope Benedict will leave behind his emblematic

red shoes, Father Lombardi said. Instead, he will wear brown shoes, beginning with loafers he was given as a gift last March during a visit to Leon, Mexico. The Jesuit said the pope has found the zapatos to be very comfortable. The safety of the pope emeritus will be ensured by the Vatican police, Father Lombardi said. Three hours before his pontificate ends, Pope Benedict intends to fly by helicopter to the papal summer villa at Castel Gandolfo. At 8 p.m. Feb. 28 – the exact moment Pope Benedict has said he will cease being pope – the Swiss Guards stationed at the main doors of the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo will withdraw and close the doors, Father Lombardi said. The Vatican gendarmes will take over. Pope Benedict also will give the College of Cardinals his “fisherman’s ring” and seal to be broken, as is usually done upon the death of a pope, the spokesman said. The pope will go back to wearing an episcopal ring he wore as a cardinal.

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Church continues welcome of catechumens, candidates The annual Rite of Election, performed on the first Sunday of Lent, is a step in the Christian initiation of adults and children. Candidates and catechumens gather with their sponsors and families in a milestone toward full communion with the church. Among the 314 who came forward at St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 17 were, above left, an unidentified young woman with her sponsor, and, below, two catechumens from Archdiocese of San Francisco seminarian Patrick Summerhays’ Rite of Christian Initiation for Children class at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Redwood City. Above right, Deacon Jim Shea of St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo, holds the parish Book of the Elect. The parish registered seven catechumens and 60 candidates.

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Jesuit: Transition a chance to address church at ‘impasse’ RICK DELVECCHIO CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Catholics’ contentiousness over Vatican II reflects not merely factionalism but a crisis of meaning at the heart of the church, said Jesuit Father Paul Crowley, Jesuit Community Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University and a visiting professor at Stanford. “Vatican II in the last 30 years has become the issue that, for various reasons, seems to be dividing the church into various factions, and it strikes me that the real issue is not Vatican II per se but someJesuit Father thing deeper than that, something Paul Crowley that Vatican II addresses, which is ecclesiology,” Father Crowley said in an interview with Catholic San Francisco. “It’s really the very nature of the church and how we arrive at consensus as a church.” Father Crowley, who is heading a spring quarter course at Stanford called “Vatican II: Catholicism Meets Modernity” and leading a March 9 symposium on campus called “The Legacy of Vatican II: Personal Reflections,” said the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI provides a historic opportunity to address the challenge. “I think that in the long run that’s a gift to us because it forces us to take a new look at the church and its governance and where we really are right now,” Father Crowley said, noting that when Pope Benedict began his papacy in 2005 he gave a sophisticated homily that described the limits of the office. “He really wanted to separate the office from the person,” Father Crowley said. “In that sense the resignation did not come as a great surprise, because I think he saw it this way from the very beginning.” Father Crowley sees the church as “at a state of impasse” resulting in part from what he called “a really unfortunate tendency” in the past 30 years to conflate the office and the person – precisely the op-

posite, he said, of what Pope Benedict described. “And one result of that has been the development of strong ideological factions in the church,” he said. “We’re at a state of impasse, certainly the church we experience in the United States, but we’re not alone. And it takes different forms in different places. It’s something that affects the entire church.” Father Crowley said he hopes the conclave gathering in Rome to elect a new pope, and the next pope, will meet the challenge of moving toward a period of listening for the church rather than from one interpretation of the council to another. “When (Pope) John XXIII came in he talked about opening windows to let the fresh air in, and I think we now need to open doors and let people into a space where they can voice their aspirations and hopes without fear that they are speaking to a brick wall,” Crowley said. Father Crowley said there was “great hope for a period of listening” from the end of the council in 1965 to Pope Paul VI’s issuing of his encyclical against contraception, “Humanae Vitae,” three years later. He said the period began to diminish during the papacy of John Paul II, with a renewed focus on the governance of the church and a weakening of bishops’ conferences. “One of the things our new pope should really be able to do is to look at how centralized our church has become,” Father Crowley said. “The church has adopted more and more of a modern bureaucratic model as opposed to a more decentralized model that was true of the church until the late Middle Ages.” He said he hopes church leaders “get the signal” that the church is at impasse and that there is a need to open doors. “We have a lot of existing mechanisms in place,” Father Crowley said. “They are not being used: pastoral councils, parish councils, consultations of that sort. That would be No. 1, to make use of structures that are already on the books that are not being used in many places, in most places.”

VATICAN II SYMPOSIUM, COURSE A ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM, “The Legacy of Vatican II: Personal Reflections,” will be held March 9 on the third floor of the Old Union on the Stanford campus in Palo Alto, starting at 9 a.m. A RELATED SPRING COURSE, “Vatican II: Catholicism Meets Modernity,” by Stanford’s Religious Studies Department, will meet April 1-June 3, Mondays 7-9 p.m. Scholars include Jesuit Father Stephen Schloesser on the historical context of the council and Marquette theology professor Bryan Massingale and Santa Clara religious studies professor Kristin Heyer on the church and social justice. The course website is www.stanfordvatican2.net. He also expressed hope for “cordial, frank conversations between bishops and theologians.” “The one thing I would hope that a new pope could do would be to neutralize any climate of fear that could exist,” he said. “In my view one of the big problems in the church is fear. So many people are afraid to say what’s really on their minds because they’re afraid they’ll be slapped down.” He said the church is at a momentous point in history but can approach the challenge creatively. “I personally find it, rather than threatening, in a certain sense kind of exciting to be living in times like this,” Father Crowley said. “There has to be a way the church approaches this without seeing it as a threat. “We’re in postmodernity: How do we engage in ways that are constructive? “One model is Christ against culture, which in some ways we’ve been witnessing a lot in the church,” he said. “There are other ways. Christ within culture – we work with the situation we’re given and ask how Christ can become leaven in the world we live in and how we can enter that with hope and with joy rather than with a sense of foreboding.”

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Eighth grade students at St. Veronica School put liturgy and 3-D together in dioramas showing how the sanctuary might look during the seasons and feasts of the church year. Jacob Barrera demonstrated Pentecost in his design. “I learned about Pentecost and how it celebrates when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and granted gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, Jacob Barrera fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord,” Jacob said in a note to this column. “During Pentecost many symbols of the Holy Spirit – dove, fire, the color red – are present. I think this year I will have a greater appreciation at Mass during Pentecost, especially when I altar serve.” Jacob’s proud folks are Matiana and Miguel Barrera. ROTARY GRANT: Erin Connolly, a science teacher at Notre Dame High School, Belmont, has received a $500 grant from the Rotary Club of Belmont that will go toward the $545 purchase of a life-size human skeleton model to be used in biology and sports medicine classes she teaches. Erin submitted a proposal to Rotary explaining how she would use the money to enhance teaching and learning. “With a life-size skeleton Erin Connolly in the classroom the students and I can easily refer to it during the lesson,” Erin said in a Notre Dame announcement of the grant. “It provides visual learners with concrete examples of what is being taught. In addition, a flexible skeleton allows me to demonstrate proper/normal posture and can quickly be manipulated to show the result of an injury or disorder.” While we’re at it hats off to Rotary Club of Belmont on this and the more than a dozen similar projects they helped fund recently in the Peninsula city. BARBECUE: It’s a tradition! St. Patrick’s Day chicken barbecue March 17 at noon: Dance Palace Community and Cultural Center, 503 B St., Point Reyes Station, benefiting Sacred Heart Parish, Olema. The day includes games, raffle, and a silent auction. Tickets are $12 adults and $6 children.

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Reconciliation, violence prevention topic of cathedral Mass, conference LORENA ROJAS CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will celebrate a special Mass March 23 at 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral to support the archdiocesan restorative justice ministry, with a conference, “Healing the Broken Heart,” following the Mass. The conference, led by Father Moises Agudo, archdiocesan vicar for Spanish-speaking; Father Jose Corral; Father Manuel Lopez; and Father John Jimenez will focus on themes of pardon and reconciliation on the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of El Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero during El Salvador’s civil war. Bishop William E. Justice and Father Dan Nascimento will also concelebrate the Mass. The conference will bring together a remembrance of Archbishop’s Romero’s death, reflections on the coming Easter season and a remembrance of the names of victims of violent death in San Francisco. “Msgr. Romero was the victim of the crime 33 years ago, and that evil in different forms is manifested in the Bay Area,” said Julio Escobar, director of restorative justice for the archdiocese. The restorative justice ministry’s work includes visiting prisons for services of reconciliation between victims and offenders. In the coming months, the work will be expanded to include education in the schools and churches to prevent violence. The ministry is involved in various violence prevention projects, including the Mission Peace Collaborative Town Hall – a group of organizations in the Mission District that is working on a fiveyear plan to prevent violence. Earlier this year the ministry led a march through the Mission District, called the Walk for Peace. Marchers, including victims’ families, car-

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Resignation reminds locals of ‘loving’ cardinal’s 1999 visit VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation Feb. 28 sparked memories of his visit to the Archdiocese of San Francisco as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in February 1999. He gave rosaries and a blessing to the staff at Vallombrosa Retreat Center where he was the star attraction at a conference on Catholic doctrine, visited Ignatius Press where two little girls made him valentines cards, and impressed a priest for his instant connection with a visiting Buddhist monk. Cardinal Ratzinger came to the Bay Area for a meeting of Vatican doctrinal commissions at Vallombrosa, with representatives from the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Doctrinal commissions are charged with helping bishops’ conferences promote and defend Catholic doctrine. Cardinal Ratzinger held the position of prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1981 until his election as pope April 19, 2005. He also visited Ignatius Press, then located in a small house on McAllister Street near University of San Francisco. His former doctoral student Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio founded Ignatius Press particularly to publish Cardinal Ratzinger’s works in English. His visit was very exciting for the four small Dudro children, whose parents worked at the publisher. The family lived down the street in a flat and the youngest, Mary, 6, and Therese, 3, had made valentines and were waiting for Cardinal Ratzinger at an upstairs window, recalled Vivian Dudro. When his car pulled up they rushed down the stairs and out to the car to give him the cards. But he had no idea who they were, and neither did the handlers who brought him, Dudro recalled. “It was quite that scene out of the Gospel, where the Apostles tried to keep the children away,” Dudro said. “He said, no, no, let them come. He squatted down so

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Pope Benedict XVI’s rapport with children was apparent in images from many of his world travels throughout his papacy, including this scene of the pope embracing a group of children during his visit to a Franciscan-run drug rehabilitation center in Guaratingueta, Brazil, in 2007. they were at eye level, he shook their hands.” “It was one of those moments where you get a glimpse of the true nature of someone. There weren’t any cameras, there weren’t any paparazzi. It was one of those unguarded moments. He didn’t know who they were. It was heartwarming,” she said. Cardinal Ratzinger spoke on the relationship between culture, faith and reason, with thoughts on Blessed John Paul’s encyclical “Fides et Ratio” (“Faith and Reason”) at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University

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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ARGUES DENIAL OF SAME-SEX BENEFITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department, in a brief filed Feb. 22 at the U.S. Supreme Court, said a federal law that defines marriage as between one man and a woman, denying financial benefits to legally wed same-sex couples, is unconstitutional. “Moral opposition to homosexuality, though it may reflect deeply held personal views, is not a legitimate policy objective that can justify unequal treatment of gay and lesbian people” found in the 1986 Defense of Marriage Act, said the “amicus,” or friend-of-the-court brief, written by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. It was filed in the case of United States v. Windsor, for which the court will hear oral arguments March 27, a day after it hears oral arguments in another case weighing the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, Hollingsworth v. Perry. The second case is a challenge to California’s Proposition 8, a ballot initiative approved by voters in 2008 to ban samesex marriage. In the first case, Edith Windsor is suing over the Defense of Marriage Act because her same-sex marriage was recognized by the state of New York, but not by the federal government. Consequently, when her spouse died and she inherited her estate, Windsor had to pay $363,000 in federal estate taxes. Had her spouse been male, she would have been exempted from that tax. The Defense of Marriage Act recognizes marriage as only between one man and one woman for the federal government’s purposes, such as taxes and benefits. Last May, President Barack Obama said he now supported same-sex marriage, and later ordered the Justice Department not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. On Jan. 29, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops filed separate briefs in the two challenges facing the high court. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, has called for renewed efforts to strengthen and protect traditional marriage.

Cardinal welcomes meeting with Obama CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan in a letter to President Barack Obama accepted a White House offer to continue discussing the Catholic Church’s concerns about abortion, traditional marriage and federal rules governing implementation of the Affordable Care Act. “We accept your invitation to address these areas together, always with the civility we have both encouraged in public discourse,” the president U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in the letter Feb. 22. “We welcome specifically an opportunity to resolve the perplexing issue of the redefining of our religious ministries,” Cardinal Dolan wrote. “Surely we should be able to find some ground where neither of us is asked to compromise conscience.” In response to a call from Catholic News Service Feb. 26, a White House official said there was no immediate reaction from Obama to the cardinal’s letter. Recalling a meeting with Obama at the White House, Cardinal Dolan pointed to the president’s stated desire “to cooperate with us for the good of our beloved country,” particularly in the church’s educational, charitable and health care services. “The bishops of the United States cannot rest so long as the vital ministry the Catholic Church carries out – for people of all or no creeds – remains threatened due to an erosion or loss of the constitutional guarantee of the freedom to serve without violation of our faith,” he said. Cardinal Dolan said Obama’s second term “provides a special opportunity” to strengthen and promote marriage, family, churches and faith-based ministries of service in order to “keep the American dream alive and well for generations to come.” The letter also listed a series of issues in which the U.S. bishops are ready to work with Obama “for the good of all people who live in and love our nation.” Cardinal Dolan specifically mentioned the bishops’ support for: Reasonable regulation of firearms; increased attention to the needs of mentally ill people; immigration reform; access to comprehensive, afford-

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Latin Americans hope new pope knows their region EZRA FIESER CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – If numbers were used to choose the next pope, he might come from Latin America. Four in 10 Catholics live in Latin America, more than any other region, and it is home to the countries with the two largest Catholic populations, Brazil and Mexico, respectively. Yet, few Latin Americans are betting that one of the region’s 19 cardinals will replace Pope Benedict XVI in March when the papal conclave convenes. And few seem to mind. Latin American Catholic leaders, scholars, and laypeople told Catholic News Service that, more important than seeing one of their cardinals become pope, is having a pope that understands the region. Some expressed hope that the next pope would grant more autonomy to local churches and more widely recognize Latin America’s importance to the universal church – for both its size and for its contributions to church doctrine. Their sentiments reflected a sense of detachment from the Vatican, perceived as being Eurocentric and often out of touch with social issues that continue to trouble the region. “Independently of where the pope comes from, he will be the pope for all if he is able to understand the concerns of Latin America,” said Father Roger Araujo, a priest in Lorena, Brazil. “The people of Brazil hope the pope will understand the yearnings of the modern world,” he said. Across the region, Catholics are looking for a leader they can connect with in more meaningful ways.

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A woman prays during an Ash Wednesday service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Tijuana, Mexico, Feb. 13. “What Latin Americans seek is a pope who is more present, a warmer church,” said Osvaldo Luiz, a former seminarian and now editor Cancao Nova magazine, a monthly publication in Brazil. Bishop Raul Vera Lopez of Saltillo, Mexico, told Catholic News Service the next pope should be a person with a vision and knowledge for the church as a whole, along with the problems facing all parts of the world. He suggested the Vatican should “look to strengthen local churches.” Bishop Vera Lopez discarded the suggestion of a crisis in the region. The church “had a very good application of what is contained in the Second Vatican Council,” he said. Pope Benedict’s announcement of his resignation led to speculation that the next pope could come from Africa or Latin America, regions that make up the majority of church rolls, but that have proportionally little representation in Rome. “It could be time for a black pope, a yellow pope, a red pope or, also, a Latin American pope,” Guatemala City Archbishop Oscar Vian Morales quipped to local reporters after the pope’s resignation was

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announced. “It could be time for a pope from another continent.” The region presents a complicated picture for the church. Despite boasting around 432 million Catholics, Latin America is seeing adherents flee the church. In former strongholds like Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Central America, millions have left in favor of growing evangelical Protestant denominations or secularism. Poverty, while lessening, still plagues growing cities and urban populations. Youth are increasingly skeptical of the church and its messages. Evelyn Gonzalez was raised Catholic but left because she disagreed with the church on issues such as condoms and abortion. She described herself as unchurched. “I felt like I wasn’t being honest because there were things that I didn’t agree with that they were saying. But I kept going to church, I suppose because I was so accustomed to it,” Gonzalez said in an interview in downtown Santo Domingo, not far from Latin America’s oldest Catholic cathedral. Reaching people like Gonzalez should be a priority, Catholic leaders said, even if there is disagreement on how to do so. Some interviewed by Catholic News Service said they saw little need for the next pope to change the church’s approach to Latin America. Vanessa Ozelin of the Pantokrator Catholic Community, a lay association founded in 1990 in Sao Paulo, said she would like to see the next pope continue the work of Pope Benedict. “We hope the church continues with the same teachings and direction seen with Benedict XVI,” Ozelin said. “He is an inspiration to all of us.” Others interviewed suggested providing a greater role for laypeople. “The future of the church is in the hands of laypeople, particularly lay women,” said Father Pablo Richard, a Chilean theologian who heads a think tank San Jose, Costa Rica. Some observers have said Pope Benedict, who visited Latin America a year ago, failed to connect with people in the region the way his predecessor, Blessed John Paul II did. He did win over many, however, in part, by his special gestures such as donning a mariachi sombrero and speaking briefly in Spanish, said Bernardo Barranco, a newspaper columnist who follows the church. Mexicans “want to be loved, spoiled, taken into account,” Barranco said.

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Cardinal on church doubters: ‘We must prove them wrong’ CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 69, may have very little direct pastoral experience, but remarks he made to a group of U.S. bishops last year seem to show he knows the church has an image problem, and it’s up to the church to fix it. “Many people today have come to doubt that there is still holiness or honesty in the church and in the clergy. We must prove them wrong,� he told a group of Eastern Catholic bishops from the United States. “We can be a true community Cardinal Sandri of saints who shine as models of chastity and charity before a culture in great need of this witness,� the cardinal told the bishops, who were making their “ad limina� visits to the Vatican. As journalists and pundits began looking at cardinals likely to be influential in the coming conclave or for cardinals who might be considered candidates for pope, Cardinal Sandri’s name was mentioned frequently. He is Argentine, but with strong Italian ties; and as a member of the Vatican diplomatic corps and longtime Vatican officials, he knows how the Roman Curia works, so could perhaps address some of its problems. But some observers have expressed concern over his apparent ties to the Legionaries of Christ in the period before May 2006, when Pope Benedict ordered Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, the Legionaries’ founder, to stop exercising his priestly ministry publicly after the Vatican found evidence to support long-standing claims that he sexually abused minors. While he was not in a powerful enough position at the time to protect Father Maciel from Vatican disciplinary action, Cardinal Sandri frequently attended Legionaries of Christ events, and he presided over their ordinations in 2002. Since 2007, the cardinal has served as prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, which assists the 22 Eastern-rite churches in full union with Rome, as well as helping Latin-rite Catholic dioceses in parts of North Africa and throughout the Middle East. Addressing the Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization in October, Cardinal Sandri said that in their homelands, many Eastern Catholics face physical danger and threats to their religious freedom. Many of them seek freedom and safety for themselves and their families in the West, but have difficulty acclimating or maintaining their faith in societies that seem to have forgotten God exists.

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Speaking on behalf of Eastern Catholics, but looking also at the reality of the wider church, he also told the synod: “Together we must recognize the problems, the divisions, the lack of fidelity to the Gospel, the occasions when we have mixed with power or sought economic security. We want to purify our spirits and pastoral activity together with our faithful.� Before being named prefect, Cardinal Sandri was the “substitute secretary for general affairs� in the Vatican Secretariat of State. The position is similar to a president’s chief of staff, placing him in charge of the Vatican’s day-to-day operations. In the last days of the pontificate of Blessed John Paul II, when the pope no longer had the stamina to read his own speeches, Cardinal Sandri became the voice of the pope. And it was Cardinal Sandri who told people gathered for prayer in St. Peter’s Square April 2 that the pope had just died. Born Nov. 18, 1943, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to parents of Italian descent, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires in 1967. After earning a degree in canon law, he entered the Vatican diplomatic corps in 1974 and served at the Vatican Embassy in Madagascar. From 1977 to 1989, he worked at the Secretariat of State, then was assigned to the nunciature in the United States for two years. In 1991, he returned to the Vatican for six years before being named an archbishop in 1997 and being sent to Venezuela as nuncio. In March 2000, he was named nuncio to Mexico, but six months later was called back to the Secretariat of State to take up the position overseeing the Vatican’s general affairs.

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VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church has long accepted the possibility of preventing ovulation in a woman who has been raped, but withdraws that option if there is a possibility that ovulation may have already occurred, said the president of Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life. A recent statement by bishops in Germany saying it was acceptable to use medication that hinders conception after rape reflects an “unassailable rule� that has been proposed by the Catholic Church the past 50 years, said Bishop Ignacio Carrasco de Paula. “To consider the possibility of using a drug whose active ingredient is a contraceptive in the case of a woman who has been raped seems acceptable to me,� he told “Vatican Insider,� the online news supplement to the Italian newspaper La Stampa. The church, however, refuses the administration of an abortive drug in all cases, he said on the sidelines of a workshop, Faith and Human Life, sponsored by the academy Feb. 22. “In the case of rape, one can do what is necessary to avoid a pregnancy, but you cannot terminate it,� the bishop said. Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities and a member of the pontifical academy, told Catholic News Service that “you are not violating the teaching on contraception by seeking to stop ovulation or fertilization.�

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Papal biographer: Fixing bureaucracy top job for next pope FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Threats to religious freedom around the world, the human costs of globalization, media transformed by the revolution in information technology – these are some of the challenges that the next pope is bound to face in leading the church. According to one highly informed observer, the next pope will also have an urgent task at home: reforming the Roman Curia, the church’s central administration at the Vatican. “The curia not infrequently caused acute embarrassment to (Pope) Benedict XVI, putting obstacles in the way of his evangelical, catechetical and pastoral efforts, and ill-serving the pope’s attempts to reframe the global agenda of debate on the crucial issues facing humanity,” writes George Weigel in his new book, “Evangelical Catholicism.” The author, a biographer of Blessed John Paul II and a well-known commentator on Catholic issues, paints a picture of an inefficient bureaucracy where incompetence often goes unpunished and all too many players serve their own ambition rather than the interests of the church. “Things are in fact worse now, in my view, than they have been in perhaps 40 years,” Weigel told Catholic News Service. “Everyone who does not have a vested interest in the status quo understands that a major task in the early going of the next pontificate is going to be not only to change structure but to change attitude.” Charges of mismanagement and corruption within the Vatican bureaucracy were spectacularly

documented in 2012, in the so-called “VatiLeaks” of confidential correspondence.

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Some of the most serious charges appeared in letters written by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, formerly the second-highest official in the Vatican City State. The archbishop wrote to Pope Benedict in George Weigel early 2011, warning of “corruption and abuse of power long rooted in the various departments” of the governorate and criticizing the “inexperience” of advisers whom he said had led the Vatican to lose millions of dollars in bad investments. Pope Benedict named the archbishop nuncio to the United States in October 2011, and he remains in that position today. “Archbishop Vigano is a hero,” Weigel said. “His description of the problems is a real and accurate one, and I hope that the next pontificate will address those problems which he’s described in a forceful way.” Part of the problem, Weigel said, is that the headquarters of the universal church is still dominated by the citizens of a single nation, Italy. “This curia needs to be thoroughly internationalized,” he said. “It needs to be detached from what has become, according to one of my Italian friends, a deeply rooted culture of corruption in Italy as a whole, which has a way of seeping over the boundary between Italy and Vatican City.”

Though much of the curial dysfunction is evident only to locals, it impedes the Vatican’s effectiveness in ways directly relevant to Catholics and others around the world. Weigel pointed to the widespread outrage that broke out in 2009 after Pope Benedict lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops in the Society of St. Pius X. The pope’s advisers had failed to warn him that one of the four, Bishop Richard Williamson, had a well-documented history of anti-Semitic statements and Holocaust denial.

Make Curia more representative

In his new book, Weigel lays out recommendations for restructuring the Curia to make it more representative of the faith and more effective in advancing the church’s mission. Among other measures, he suggests splitting the Secretariat of State into two bodies, responsible for internal affairs and external diplomatic relations respectively; and reducing the number of Vatican offices that issue public statements, to reduce the possibility of confusion over the pope’s views or church teaching. Such an overhaul is not something that the next pope can or should personally focus on, Weigel said: “It’s not the job of the pope to move slots around on an organization chart, but he needs to hire somebody, he needs to have a secretary of state, a chief of

staff ... who can take this on and will have his authority and his backing to do this properly.” Even more necessary than technical changes in administration, Weigel said, is a “change of curial culture and cast of mind.” While emphasizing that a “lot of good people work there who are dedicated to the church, who think of their service not in careerist terms but as real service to the church,” Weigel said that such people are under-represented at the highest levels. “The Roman Curia exists to give effect to the will of the bishop of Rome; that’s the only reason it exists,” he said. “The Curia should not be someplace to which you come to advance an ecclesiastical career. It’s a place to which you should come to advance the mission of the church, the evangelical mission of the church. “That requires, as far as is humanly possible, an attempt to bring people here to Rome who, in fact, in some respects don’t want to be here,” Weigel said, suggesting that the ideal Vatican officials are those who regard their time in Rome as a “sacrifice for the good of the larger church” and who “fully intend to go back to their local churches when their service here has ended.” A video interview of George Weigel is available at http://youtu.be/M2YPO4GESHs.

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Catholic leaders move cautiously to address Mexican violence DAVID AGREN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Pope Benedict: I am not abandoning the church FRANCIS X. ROCCA

The Lord calls me to ‘climb the mountain,’ to dedicate myself even more to prayer and meditation. But this does not mean abandoning the church.

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VATICAN CITY – In one of his last public appearances, Pope Benedict XVI told an overflow crowd in St. Peter’s Square Feb. 24 that his upcoming retirement does not mean he is abandoning the church, but that he will be serving it in a new way, through prayer and meditation. At noon, the pope appeared at his window in the Apostolic Palace to pray the Angelus, a papal Sunday ritual that will not be repeated until after the election of a new pope. Despite the blustery weather, turnout was several times the usual for such occasions – easily more than 150,000, with some estimates as high as a quarter of a million. The crowd filled the square, except where prevented by barricades, and spilled out into the Via della Conciliazione. Many groups held signs expressing gratitude and affection – “You are not alone,� one read – and national flags from countries as far away as Brazil. “Prayer doesn’t mean isolating one’s self from the world and its contradictions,� the pope said, in his commentary on the day’s Gospel reading (Luke 9:28-36). “Prayer leads one back to the path, to action. “Christian existence,� he said, “consists in a continuous climbing of the mountain for an encounter with God, in order to descend again

POPE BENEDICT XVI

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Siblings Balthazar Aguirre, Maria Rosario Aguirre and Magdalena Aguirre from Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Daly City, are pictured in St. Peter’s Square Feb. 24. They were among more than 150,000 pilgrims who gathered to hear the final Angelus prayer of Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy. bearing the love and strength derived from it, so as to serve our brothers and sisters with the same love of God.� If the relevance to his Feb. 28 resignation was not already clear, the pope made the connection explicit: “I feel that this word of God is directed in particular to me, in this moment of my life. The Lord calls me to ‘climb the mountain,’ to dedicate myself even more to prayer and meditation. But this does not mean abandoning the church; on the contrary,

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if God asks this of me it is precisely so that I may continue to serve (the church) with the same dedication and the same love with which I have done so till now, but in a way more suited to my age and strength.� Speaking these words, Pope Benedict was interrupted twice by applause, and afterward received an ovation 30 seconds long. He smiled broadly, thanked the crowd, and added, “Let us thank God for the bit of sun he has granted us.� The pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square

included Balthazar Aguirre of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Daly City. He and his two sisters, Maria Rosario Aguirre and Magdalena Aguirre, took time off from work to come to Rome for the pope’s last week as the head of the universal church. Balthazar said the thing he will miss most about the pope is how he was able to be “the rock: solid, strong and unwavering and yet kind and compassionate and loving at the same time.� Maria Rosario Aguirre said: “He’s stepping down not because he doesn’t love us, but because he is aware of his age and is prepared to hand the job down to another younger person. I think (his retirement) will be a second vocation for him. “He will have a hidden life that won’t be public, but his prayers will be a great help to the whole world,� she said. “We won’t see him, but he will still have a real presence and impact.�

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After tai chi class, Mary Howard demonstrated leg lifts for Antonia Perkins. Howard said she’s working hard to get her stomach muscles in shape.

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Linda Winkfield, in the green shirt, practices tai chi monthly at the Wellness Center. The mural depicts St. Vincent de Paul, a 17th-century French priest who devoted his life to serving the poor.

‘A PLACE OF GIVING’ DANA PERRIGAN

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On a cold day in early January, an unusual meeting took place at the St. Vincent de Paul Wellness Center on Howard Street. Eleven children, most of whom were 6 or 7 years old, sat down in a circle with 15 adults for an hour: The kids were second graders from Stuart Hall Elementary School; the adults – mostly men struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, poverty, depression and homelessness – were from the streets. Asked to commit their New Year’s resolutions to paper, one child wrote that he wished every homeless person would be able to find a shelter to sleep in at night – because it was really cold outside. The adults clapped enthusiastically. A few looked as if they were near tears.

“You could see that everyone knew what it meant to be really cold,” said Sister Jean Marie Fernandez, a licensed counselor and case manager at the Wellness Center. “They were all so touched.”

Commitment to ‘total well-being’

Normally, said Sister Jean, who belongs to Sisters of the Good Shepherd, the adults in this circle would be unable to interact with children. But at the 3-year-old Wellness Center – whose programs and services are designed to focus on the “total wellbeing” of its clients – it is a crucial component in the effort to revive the lives of the poorest of the poor. “It re-establishes community,” said Sister Jean. “And it really represents what the Wellness Center is meant to be. These people are unseen. They’re invisible, isolated.” At the Wellness Center, the small staff and larger number of volun-

teers – many of whom come from local schools and universities – are encouraged to interact as much as possible with those who walk through the front doors each morn-

‘You can remain anonymous on the street. But you cannot remain anonymous, and will not remain anonymous, at the Wellness Center.’ CHRIS CODY

Executive director, St. Vincent de Paul Society, San Francisco ing. They participate in the classes. They eat lunch together. “The sense of community is really important,” said Sally Rosen,

“because I think that’s what makes people flourish. They start to have hope.” As director of administration, Rosen is responsible for just about everything that goes on at the Wellness Center. There is a large clothing closet upstairs, where clients can choose from among the neatly arranged racks of clothing and shoes; a pantry, from which food is distributed; a kitchen, where hot and healthy lunches are prepared and then served in the nearby dining room. Meetings and exercise classes are held in a large room downstairs. A large bathroom contains showers. An artfully decorated meditation room serves as a peaceful sanctuary from the streets.

Yoga, spirituality and poetry

Designed to focus on the mind, body and spirit, the monthly calendar includes classes on yoga, tai chi,

Ted Stanton, who is studying to be a chef, volunteers as a cook Thursday mornings at the St. Vincent de Paul Wellness Center. He also takes part in the center’s meditation and yoga programs. “The reason I come here is because of the people,” Stanton said. “I’m a Buddhist. This is a mellow, ground-centered place.”

The unseen, the invisible, the isolated find community at the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s Wellness Center meditation, spirituality, substance abuse, stress reduction, mindfulness, relapse prevention, poetry and journaling. Health-related topics such as foot care and HIV testing are also available. The ethnically diverse clientele range in age from about 21 to 70 years of age. On a recent Thursday morning, about 15 clients were running through a series of tai chi postures. On the wall in front of them, a colorful mural of the Golden Gate Bridge with the portrait of St. Vincent de Paul superimposed upon it contained a quote attributed to the saint: “Relieve your mind of all that is troubling you; God will take care of it.” A video monitor behind them projected a quote by the poet Carl Sandburg: “Nothing happens . . . But first a dream.” In the kitchen, client Ted Stanton

seasoned a pot of vegetarian chili, to be served with cornbread and zucchini salad. “The reason I come here is because of the people,” said Stanton. “I’m a Buddhist. This is a mellow, groundcentered place.” Sweating over a large stainless steel sink, volunteer Andrew Nguyen washes dishes. The 37-year-old Nguyen recently began his seventh year of formation to become a Jesuit. “I was teaching in a private Jesuit high school,” said Nguyen, “but I wanted to do something more pastoral and I thought this was a good fit, being with adults who are broken. “It has been a wonderful experience. It’s been very transformative.” “I don’t think I could have picked a better service center,” said Vincentian volunteer Irina Pauda, who will start medical school in the fall. “The people, the clients are great.” A diminutive woman wearing a

Star Trek baseball cap, Zakie Khalil said she came to the Wellness Center several months ago after being beaten severely at a homeless shelter. “This is a place of giving,” said Khalil. “I’m half-Lebanese, halfFrench and I’m not that good in English, but I want to say I love it. In my country, we don’t have this.” After becoming more stable, Khalil, who now shares an apartment with another woman, began volunteering at the center.

‘With others, I forget my problems’

“To be a volunteer helps me take the stress,” she said. “When I help others, I forget my problems.” Christopher Cody, executive director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco, said there is a great need in San Francisco for the community building that takes place at the Wellness Center. Most of what the city of San Francisco is presently

doing with the homeless population, said Cody, is just warehousing. “You can remain anonymous on the street,” he said. “But you cannot remain anonymous, and will not remain anonymous, at the Wellness Center.” Since the center receives no government funds, he said, success depends upon community support and involvement. “It’s so important to have the students from the University of San Francisco and high schools, and volunteers, because that’s the only way an organization like ours is going to be sustainable,” he said. “And it gives the clients a whole different life experience. There is something for the students and volunteers as well. “It’s seeing Jesus in the face of the poor people,” he said. “And these children are blessed to be able to do that.”

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LETTERS Next pope should be strong administrator, humble Re ‘Imagine you’re a cardinal-elector,” Feb. 22: I would choose a candidate who appreciates that strong, and sometimes passionate, criticism comes with the position, but would see his role as a response to the call of the Holy Spirit. For that reason, he listens to the criticism with an open mind, knowing that the Holy Spirit speaks to all the faithful who listen prayerfully, his emphasis would be on respectful dialogue rather than control. Assuming that all my colleagues are holy men, I would start looking for a strong administrator. By that I mean that he could discern the toughest tasks in a diocese or in a responsible Vatican position and put my best resources to that concern, but not forget the other concerns. Then I would look for one who has reasonably happy lay people and priests in spite of having made unpopular decisions, like closing of parishes or schools. That takes sensitivity and communication skills, which my candidate must have. Any of my colleagues who have mismanaged the recent priest scandals in their own diocese would, of course, be eliminated. Even when this was a new issue, the response should have been protection of the children. Pastoral (like a shepherd) concern for his people will have equal weight on his policies with advice from his experts. My candidate can decide what is right in the present, rather than read what was right in the past. I would look for a cardinal who has both a respect for history and tradition and a vision for the future. Recent history is likely more important. The background for Vatican II, perhaps, is more important than the documents themselves. There was a pope who saw the need for reform, and started it on its way. Now I need to help elect a pope who can continue implementing the intent of the resulting documents. My candidate need not be a theologian. But he must have a history of respect for theologians and must have at least a few on whom he relies for expert opinion. These men and women should vouch that he listens to them and defends their rights, even their right to respectful dissent. We have recently had Italian popes, a Polish pope and a German pope. I must look for a candidate outside Europe, because his church must become sensitive to a universal world view with its great diversity of cultures. Then he can speak intelligibly in a language adapted to his hearers. I know that at least half of my 116 colleagues believe they fit my description, but I already know one who fits more than others. He is reasonably young, never wanted to be a cardinal, yet has performed well on all levels. His language is English, which has to be today’s mode of worldwide communication, has an Irish name and he is not part of the old guard. Best of all, he is known for his humility. Peggy G. Saunders and Alex M. Saunders, MD San Carlos

A God-given opportunity for reform Michael McDonnell was spot on when he identified the “Quiet Schism” taking place in the church in recent decades (“Papal transition and the ‘Quiet Schism,’” Letters, Feb. 22). What started with “Humanae Vitae” in 1968 continues in depressing sequence to this day with priestly sex scandals, cover-ups and the dubious, irrelevant priorities of the American episcopate: Can anyone say new missal? Miss the Fortnight for Freedom? But wait: In the midst of such gloom is there renewed cause for hope? Are we witnessing the workings of the Holy Spirit with this sudden papal transition? Preferring optimism in our tumultuous times, and buoyed by hope in change and reform, herewith a modest proposal from the pews for a job description of the new pope. He should be pastoral, having shared the joys and sorrows of ordinary peoples’ lived experience. He should be humble. We’ve seen enough church triumphant. He should be an active listener, exercising a preferential option for silence over declaration or imposition. He should be ecumenical in outlook, and admit the church does not possess a monopoly on suitable answers for our faith journey. He should be completely comfortable around women. He should not be a canon lawyer. He should respect and treat the lay faithful as adults.

Hoping for a pastoral pope who has shared the joys and sorrows of ordinary peoples’ lived experience. He should be true to the documents of Vatican II, and not to the restorationist mindset prevailing in hierarchical circles today. He should not fear change. He should preach the joy that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. By his lived example he should teach us to live to our baptismal promises. He should give us real reasons to once again believe in, and be proud of, the mission of the church. I hope the cardinals will elect a candidate with some, if not most, of these traits. Am I dreaming? No, more like praying. Robert Boguski Sausalito

A papal teaching moment The archdiocese has mostly applauded Benedict’s decision to step down. Circumstances of age, ability, fatigue and the concurrent demands of office played a role in his remarkable decision to do what no pope has done in centuries. His personal discernment to reject nearly six centuries of Roman Catholic tradition offers a hopeful example. His laudable rationale, doing what is best for the church while coming to terms with his evolving incapacity, might be applied toward a new compassionate view of the wisdom of “preconception contraception.” Last month in London, Archbishop Cordileone eloquently reflected on the scientific and spiritual truth that life begins at conception. He is right. Yet, across all practices of spirituality, tradition, thought and science, what is the argument that deferring life prior to conception is inherently wrong? Why are a wife and husband practicing prevention, not termination, in the best interest of their family remaining firmly in violation of traditional teaching? Balancing healthy human needs for intimacy to enrich love and commitment ought to be celebrated and ways found to relieve the consciences of those relationships. To deny intimacy through abstinence and roll-of-the-dice rhythm is not only antiquated, it is a cruel manipulation of graceful relationships. Future leaders take note of the compassion Catholics around the world have shown Benedict for his courageous decision. One hopes those leaders will exhibit courage by freeing parents from the imposition of unnecessary guilt. Benedict abandoned his church’s tradition, rose above ecclesiastical pomposity, and sought counsel from God and conscience while trying to do his best for our Catholic family. His enlightened acknowledgment of the fluidity of tradition is his legacy. John McCord San Francisco

Enduring because of Jesus Re “Church creates ‘false dualistic conflict,’” Letters, Jan. 18: Daishin Sunseri’s letter stated that “to follow the teachings of Christ people do not need a man-made organization, especially one led by very fallible and in some cases corrupt prelates.” This statement, I think, captures the essence of Daishin’s position. I will address the latter point first, namely, that prelates are very fallible, and in some cases corrupt. I do not know of any person who is not very fallible (Romans 3:23). If the perfection of its leaders was the criterion by which we would associate with an organized religion, we would each be a church of one. Oops – since I am fallible, I cannot join that church either! As said before by Groucho and others: “I would not want to belong to any club that would have me as a member!” So, no, our church leaders are not perfect, and once in a while there is a really bad one. But I wonder if Daishin gives due

credit for the many good, loving and selfless church leaders we have, and have always had? Daishin’s first point is the most important. As Catholics, we take Jesus at his word – that he established one church, his church, and he would guarantee that this church would always remain faithful and true enough to his teachings to continue to be his church. There would be no need for a “reformed” or “another” or a “new” church, because the first had gone hopelessly off the rails. This was Jesus’ point when he told Peter that Peter would be the first head of the church (the first pope), and that no one and nothing would prevail against that church (Matthew 16:18). In short, the church endures as Jesus intended not because of us, her members, but because of Jesus and despite us. So, if this is correct, then the church is not “manmade,” and we do need it to “follow the teachings of Christ.” Is it possible to obtain salvation without the church, or even without knowing of Jesus? The church teaches yes, potentially. If someone, through no fault of their own, genuinely does not know of Jesus or his church, and they genuinely desire to know and please God, there is hope for their salvation. Myles Kelley Pacifica

The pope – a farewell poem ‘Grazie, Santita’ The pope is retiring Oh, where to begin? “Selfishness” and “rivalry” Has distanced the faithful from within It’s shocking, dismaying, extraordinary at best But truth to be told His heart is in need of a rest The weight of the world He bears on his soul The path of power, he said, Is not his ultimate goal. So, grazie, Santita, Our grateful hearts go with you May God bless and guide our mother church With truth, love, and obedience anew! Noelle Martinez South San Francisco

We need a strong defense secretary The Department of Defense is the largest employer in the world, with 3.2 million military and civilian employees in 130 countries. The heroic combat experience of Chuck Hagel as a sergeant in Vietnam is not a qualification for secretary of defense. Nor is the former Republican senator qualified because his position on nuclear disarmament parallels the U.S. bishops’, as columnist Stephen Kent opines (“Why we need war’s witness now,” Feb. 22). In 1953 President Eisenhower had the moral courage to seek nuclear disarmament in his historic “Atoms for Peace” address to the United Nations. Russia and China rejected disarmament then, and they still do, as Iran and North Korea also do today. The U.S. needs our Catholic bishops with their moral obligation to call for nuclear disarmament. The U.S. also needs a secretary of defense with the moral obligation to recognize that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are increasing their nuclear capability that can destroy the U.S. and God’s planet Earth. The responsibility of the secretary of defense is to ensure the department can effectively implement orders of the commander in chief, with the advice of the four generals and an admiral on the joint chiefs of staff. They also have combat experience – like Sgt. Hagel. President Reagan had the moral obligation to increase the U.S. military, and the moral courage to demand, “Take down this wall.” He also had the moral leadership to remind every American: “Freedom is not ours by inheritance … every generation must defend it.” Mike DeNunzio San Francisco

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The rise of evangelical Catholicism

or more than 30 years it’s been my privilege to explore the Catholic Church in all its extraordinary variety and diversity. I’ve traveled from innercity parishes to the corridors of the Vatican; from the barrios of Bogota to the streets of Dublin; across the United States and throughout Europe, Latin America, Oceania and the Holy Land. I’ve spoken to Catholics of all states of life and stations in life, from popes and heads of state to cloistered nuns and campus ministers and literally thousands of clergy; with political activists of all GEORGE WEIGEL stripes and the wonderful people of the parish in which I’ve lived for almost three decades; with modern Catholic confessors and martyrs and with men and women who are troubled in their faith. The experience has been exhilarating, sometimes exasperating, occasionally depressing; I’ve been immeasurably enriched by all of it, in ways I can never adequately repay. But I’ve tried to make a small down payment on a large debt with the publication of “Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church” (Basic Books). In the book, I’ve tried to focus what I’ve learned in more than 30 years of Catholic thinking, writing and activism through two prisms: a new interpretation of modern Catholic history linked to a fresh proposal for how we should understand the Catholic possibility in the third millennium, and a detailed program of Gospel-centered reform that will equip the church for its evangelical responsibilities in a time of great challenge.

A toxic environment

The challenge can be defined simply: Throughout the western world, the culture no longer carries the faith, because the culture has become increasingly hostile to the faith. Catholicism can no longer be absorbed by osmosis from the environment, for the environment has become toxic. So we can no longer sit back and assume that decent lives lived in conformity with the prevailing cultural norms will, somehow, convey the faith to our children and grandchildren and invite others to consider entering the church.

No, in our new situation, Catholicism has to be proposed, and Catholicism has to be lived in radical fidelity to Christ and the Gospel. Recreational Catholicism—Catholicism as a traditional, leisure time activity absorbing perhaps 90 minutes of one’s time on a weekend—is over. Full-time Catholicism—a Catholicism that, as the Second Vatican Council taught, infuses all of life and calls everyone in the church to holiness and mission – is the only possible Catholicism in the 21st century.

A future of radical conversion

The evangelical Catholicism of the future is a Catholicism of radical conversion, deep fidelity, joyful discipleship and courageous evangelism. Evangelical Catholics put friendship with the Lord Jesus at the center of everything: personal identity, relationships, activity. Evangelical Catholics strive for fidelity despite the wounds of sin, and do so through a daily encounter with the word of God in the Bible and a regular embrace of Christ through a frequent reception of the sacraments. Evangelical Catholics experience dry seasons and dark nights, like everyone else; but they live through those experiences by finding their meaning in a deeper conformity to the cross of Christ – on the far side of which is the unmatchable joy of Easter, the experience of which gives the people of the church the courage to be Catholic. And evangelical Catholics measure the quality of their discipleship by whether, and to what extent, they give to others what they have been given: by the degree to which they deepen others’ friendship with the Lord Jesus Christ, or bring others to meet the unique savior of the world. Evangelical Catholics enter mission territory every day, leading lives of integrity and charity that invite from others the question, “How can you live this way?” That question, in turn, allows the evangelical Catholic to fulfill the great commission by offering others the Gospel and the possibility of friendship with Jesus Christ. Having responded to the risen Lord’s call to meet him in Galilee, evangelical Catholics go into the world in witness to the Christ who reveals both the face of the merciful father and the truth about our humanity. Strong truths generously lived: That’s evangelical Catholicism.

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The power of saying ‘yes’

here are countless ways of living in holiness. Holiness is God living in you and your response to that divine presence. The degree to which we are able to turn our lives over to God will differ from person to person. Some are better at it than others. Pure prayer is one way of giving yourself to God as best you can. An outstanding example of holiness is found in the life of St. Therese, the “Little Flower of Lisieux.” On her deathbed, she said that everything she ever did was to make God happy. In other words, she FATHER JOHN tried to do what pleased the CATOIR Lord and one way to do this was to focus on the positive. Pope Benedict XVI praised this approach to holiness. He wrote, “The saint is the person who is so fascinated by the beauty of God and by his perfect truth as to be progressively transformed by it. Because of this beauty and truth, he is ready to renounce everything.” Holiness is a gift, but it is also a striving to give yourself to God in such a way that his good pleasure and happiness becomes your sole joy and good. When Jesus said he came so “that your joy might be full,” he was telling us that it makes him happy when we find our joy in him. Many Catholics emphasize the idea of not offending God to avoid the pains of hell, which, of course, is a good thing. However, it falls short of the higher good, namely that of striving to please God and to make him happy. We all depend on the grace of God to carry out our noble desires, desires that he put there in the first place. In Nehemiah 8:10, we find the secret of true dependence: “Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord is your strength.” The great foundation of the spiritual life is to give yourself to God. Giving is in the will, not in the feelings. The will has only one function, to say yes or no.

WEIGEL is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

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Clergy sex abuse: The darkness continues

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n 2002 the Boston Globe revealed in graphic detail the decades-long abuse of more than 130 children by former priest John Geoghan. As the Globe continued to disclose numerous other cases, victims across the country created an avalanche of reports of being sexually abused by priests. In the Boston area alone, more than 800 victims eventually accused 248 priests of abusing them as children. The crisis quickly threatened to engulf the entire Catholic Church, precipitating an apology in 2002 by John Paul II, American cardinals called to FATHER GERALD the Vatican for an emergency D. COLEMAN, SS summit, and the U.S. bishops establishing a National Review Board to examine the church’s policies regarding the protection of children. What gradually became clear was even more devastating: the fact that many bishops knew about the abuse and allowed it to continue. It has now been widely reported that Cardinal Mahony and Bishop Curry in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles shielded priests known to be sex abusers. According to files released Jan. 21, Cardinal Mahony and Bishop Curry (who was the archdiocesan vicar for clergy) discussed how to shield at least three priests from prosecution in a series of memos in 1986 and 1987. This revelation led Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez to take the unprecedented step of removing Cardinal Mahony from “any administrative or public duties” and accepting Bishop Curry’s “request to be relieved of his responsibility as the regional bishop of Santa Barbara.” New York Times columnist Frank Bruni wrote

that the files released by court order in January by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles “showed that Cardinal Roger M. Mahony’s impulse, when confronted with priests who had molested children, was to hush it up and keep law enforcement officials at bay.” In his defense, Cardinal Mahony wrote that when he first began to meet with victims in 2006, he did not grasp “the full and lasting impact these horrible acts would have” on children. He claimed that “nothing” in his “background” equipped him “to deal with this grave problem.” Numerous commentators have replied in astonishment: One does not need special training to know that the rape and psychological torture of children must be immediately stopped. Common sense dictates that a child molested by an adult, and in these cases a priest, is grievously damaged. The editor of conservative LifeSiteNews.com astonishingly names this cover-up a “scandal” which demonstrates “how very entrenched the ‘filth’ still is, and those responsible have still not yet been fully accountable.” February marked the first anniversary of a fourday symposium at Rome’s Gregorian University called “Toward Healing and Renewal,” an international summit on clergy sex abuse. During that meeting, Msgr. (now bishop) Charles Scicluna of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said that “it is simply not acceptable for bishops to fail to act when reports of abuse surface... (W)e need tools ... for the accountability of bishops.” Cardinal Mahony has been an outspoken voice for the rights of immigrants and was a tireless ally among Latinos when he was the archbishop of Los Angeles (1985-2011). Should this legacy be overshadowed by the way he shielded certain priest abusers of children? This is the same question as “the Lance Armstrong conundrum.” He used performanceenhancing drugs during the seven years when he

won the Tour de France. During the same period, he started Lifestrong, a cancer support organization. Can we separate his actions into free-standing fragments? He did good things (fighting cancer) and bad things (lying, cheating). Can good people do bad things? Can bad people do good things? In Armstrong’s case, the good and bad things are too interdependent to isolate. When assessing his career, everything has to matter. In the case of Cardinal Mahony and Bishop Curry, the same standard holds. We must not allow immigration commitments or any other compelling Christian concern to minimize sex abuse protectionism. In the Feb. 8 edition of The Tidings, Los Angeles’ diocesan weekly, Archbishop Gomez reflects on recent conversations he has had with Cardinal Mahony and Bishop Curry. He counsels that “we need to ask again for forgiveness for the sins of the past and for our own failings.” Archbishop Gomez is right in writing that “God wants us to be great.” Greatness in this case, however, calls for absolute transparency and honesty. Nothing so scars, violates and unravels the soul as does sexual abuse. There is no greater form of soul violence on the planet. Teenage suicide, the second leading cause of death among young people in the Western world, is 80 percent of the time the result of sexual abuse. Compassion is owed first and foremost to the victims. Healing must be our real preoccupation, not self-protection and security. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus told his disciples to “watch.” They fell asleep. They missed the lesson. Falling asleep by protecting priests who abuse children cannot be tolerated. SULPICIAN FATHER COLEMAN is vice president, corporate ethics for the Daughters of Charity Health System.

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SUNDAY READINGS

Third Sunday of Lent ‘But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish.’ LUKE 13:1-9 EXODUS 3:1-8A, 13-15 Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in fire flaming out of a bush. As he looked on, he was surprised to see that the bush, though on fire, was not consumed. So Moses decided, “I must go over to look at this remarkable sight, and see why the bush is not burned.” When the Lord saw him coming over to look at it more closely, God called out to him from the bush, Moses! Moses!” He answered, “Here I am.” God said, “Come no nearer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. I am the God of your fathers, “ he continued, “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. But the Lord said, “I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering. Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.” Moses said to God, “But when I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ if they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?” God replied, “I am who am.” Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you.” God spoke further to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the

God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. “This is my name forever; thus am I to be remembered through all generations.” PSALM103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 The Lord is kind and merciful. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. The Lord is kind and merciful. He pardons all your iniquities, heals all your ills, He redeems your life from destruction, crowns you with kindness and compassion. The Lord is kind and merciful. The Lord secures justice and the rights of all the oppressed. He has made known his ways to Moses, and his deeds to the children of Israel. The Lord is kind and merciful. Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him. The Lord is kind and merciful. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-6, 10-12 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, and all of them were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. All ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them and the rock was the Christ. Yet God was not pleased with most of

them, for they were struck down in the desert. These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did. Do not grumble as some of them did, and suffered death by the destroyer. These things happened to them as an example, and they have been written down as a warning to us, upon whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing secure should take care not to fall. LUKE 13:1-9 Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. Jesus said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did! Or those 18 people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them – do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener, ‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?’ He said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.’”

What is God really like?

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o surprise that innocent people suffer undeserved disasters: The terrorist attack of 9/11; Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; Hurricane Sandy along the shores of New York; Newtown, Conn., where a disturbed, murderous gunman rampaged and killed 20 first graders. Some disasters are intentional acts of vengeful human beings; others, the blind forces of nature. In both, innocent people lose their lives. Jesus deals with such disasters. One was the intentional act of Pilate who massacred Jews during a festival at the Temple. This incident cannot be verified as to a particular day or year, but Pilate was known SISTER ELOISE his brutal treatment ROSENBLATT, RSM for of the Jewish population which chafed under Roman rule. For example, the Jewish historian Josephus reports that Pilate provoked Jews in Jerusalem by having soldiers march into the Temple carrying Roman insignia – a desecration and purposeful offense. Crucifixion was a common form of execution under his

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governorship, and he inflicted it on many Jews besides Jesus. Earthquakes caused buildings to tumble down. The collapse of a tower at Siloam, an area near the Jerusalem Temple, cannot be verified as to day or year. However, people dying in mudslides, floods and earthquakes were also a fact of life in the time of Jesus. So when “some people” tell Jesus about the Galileans who were murdered by Pilate in the sacred precincts of the Temple, what does Jesus mean when he says, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means!” In other words, neither entering the Temple, nor living a good life offers protection against the acts of a violent man like murderous Pilate, any more than death at Pilate’s hands was God’s punishment for sin. Jesus pushes the question of theodicy. Should God be held responsible when innocent people in the sacred city suffer unjustly? What about 18 people dying an accidental death when a stone tower collapsed? Were they guiltier than anyone else? Of course not. How should good people respond? By repenting. But how do good people repent if they haven’t done anything wrong? Jesus speaks particularly to people who wonder why they are “punished by God,” or so it feels, with a terminal illness, death

of a child, plunge from wealth into poverty, or betrayal by family members or friends who turn against them. Repentance here involves a revision of one’s assumptions about who God is. What is the meaning of the parable of the fig tree in this context? In Mark and Matthew, when Jesus finds no figs, he curses the tree so it will never bear fruit, and no one can ever eat from it again. The fig-tree passage is completely re-imagined by Luke as an image of God’s relation to humanity. Here, the estate owner wants to cut the tree down, but the gardener begs him to let the tree be spared and given more time to produce. The gardener is protective of the tree, promising to work harder so it can continue to grow. He puts off the idea of uprooting the tree, and by next year, maybe the estate owner will have forgotten all about it. The gardener is like a maternal God who is near, tending and caring for what the tree needs to thrive. This is the God Moses encounters in the burning bush – inviting, attractive, conversational, intimate, found in the middle of nowhere, in the desert of one’s life. This is the God the psalmist knows as pardoner of sins, healer, redeemer and abounding in kindness. Repentance means entering into closer relationship with this one, the true God.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6: Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent. Dt 4:1, 5-9. PS 147:12-13, 15-16, 1920. Mt 5:17-19.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8: Friday of the Third Week of Lent. Optional Memorial of St. John of God, religious. Hos 14:2-10. PS 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17. Mk 12:28-34.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7: Thursday of the Third Week of Lent. Memorial of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs. Jer 7:23-28. PS 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9. Lk 11:1423.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9: Saturday of the Third Week of Lent. Optional Memorial of St. Frances of Rome, religious; Feast of St. John Ogilvie, priest and martyr (Scotland). Hos 6:1-6. PS 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab. Lk 18:9-14.

MERCY SISTER ELOISE ROSENBLATT is a theologian and also attorney in private practice in San Jose. Email eloros@ sbcglobal.net.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, MARCH 4: Monday of the Third Week of Lent. Optional Memorial of St. Casimir of Poland. 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab. PS 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4. Lk 4:24-30. TUESDAY, MARCH 5: Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent. Dn 3:25, 34-43. PS 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9. Mt 18:21-35.

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Finding the trust to give up on fear

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friend of mine likes to jokingly pretend he’s the ultimate egoist and will occasionally crack this quip: “Life is hard because I have to deal with the magnitude of me!” Ironically our ultimate struggle in life is exactly the opposite: We are forever dealing with the insubstantiality of me! We are forever fearful that we have no substance, nothing of lasting value, no immortality. We fear that we might ultimately disappear. Jesus called this anxiety and frequently cautions us against giving into this fear. It’s interesting to note that, FATHER RON for Jesus, the opposite of ROLHEISER faith is not doubt or atheism, but anxiety, a certain fear, a certain insecurity. What, more precisely, is this fear? At one level, Jesus makes it clear: We are too anxious, he tells us, about our physical needs, food, drink, clothing, and shelter. As well, we are too anxious about how we are perceived, about having a good name and about being respected in the community. We see this in his warning about how we are to imitate the lilies of the field in their trust in God and his multiple warnings about not doing things to be seen by others as being good. But we’re always anxious about these things, all of us, and our fear here is not necessarily unhealthy. Nature and God have programmed us to have these instincts, though Jesus invites us to move beyond them.

More deeply, beyond our anxiety for our physical needs and our good name, we nurse a much deeper fear. We’re fearful about our very substance. We’re fearful that, in the end, we are really only, as the author of Ecclesiastes puts it, vanity, vapor, something insubstantial blown away in the wind. That’s the ultimate anxiety and you see it already in animals, in their irrevocable and often violent drive to get into the gene pool, nature’s form of immortality. We have the same irrevocable (and sometimes violent) drive for immortality, to get into the gene pool. But, for us, that takes on multiple forms: Plant a tree. Have a child. Write a book. In essence, leave some indelible mark on this planet. Guarantee your own immortality. Make sure you can’t be forgotten. We are always anxious about our substance and immortality and are always trying to create this for ourselves. But, as Jesus, often and gently, points out, we cannot do this for ourselves. No success, no monument, no fame, no tree, no child, and no book, will ultimately still the anxiety for substance and immortality inside us. Only God can do that. We see one of Jesus’ gentle reminders of this in the Gospels when the disciples come back to him buoyed-up by the success of a mission and share with him the wonderful things they have done. He shares their joy, but then, in essence, gently reminds them: Real consolation does not lie in success, even if it’s for the kingdom. Real consolation lies in knowing that our “names are written in heaven.” But because we are anxious and fearful we try, as St. Paul puts it, “to boast,” that is, to create for ourselves some immortal mark on this planet. Classical Protestant spirituality, following St. Paul, would say

that we are forever attempting to “justify ourselves,” to write our own names in heaven, through our attempts to immortalize ourselves. How do we ever move beyond this? Where can we find the trust to give up on fear and anxiety, especially to move beyond the ceaseless pressure inside us to create some kind of immortality for ourselves? Only love casts out fear. And our deepest fear can only be cast out by the deepest love of all. To give up on anxiety and on our need to create substance and immortality for ourselves we need to know unconditional love. Unconditional love, whether it comes from God or from another person, gives us substance and immortality. Gabriel Marcel once said that to love another person is to say to him or her: You, at least, will never die! But unconditional love, this side of eternity, is not easily found. God loves us unconditionally, but, most times, we are too wounded (emotionally, psychologically and morally) to be able to existentially appropriate that. Simply put, it’s hard to believe that God loves us when it seems no one else does and we struggle to love ourselves. No wonder we are habitually anxious and forever trying to in some way earn love through some kind of measuring-up or standing-out. So what’s the cure? What will cure our fear and anxiety is a deeper surrender to love, both in terms of our intimacy with those we love in this world and in terms of our intimacy with God. But that surrender requires taking a deep risk. What’s the risk? To be continued. OBLATE FATHER ROLHEISER is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

Helping others in their Lenten journey

Praying for the deceased

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For many, Lent means spiritual self-improvement through sacrifice. Many often talk about what they’ll “give up” for Lent. But Jesus’ 40-day fast in the wilderness was not for his own sake. It was all to prepare for his ministry, a ministry that brought light to those in darkness and healing for the afflicted. The early Christians followed Jesus in their approach to Lent. They fasted and prayed for 40 days before Easter to support two special groups of people who were pushing up against some serious obstacles. First, there were those preparing for baptism and struggling to break the bonds of sin and paganism. The second group was made up of penitents who had been away from the sacraments for many years. They were preparing for reconciliation and a return to Communion at Easter. Lent in the early church was not so much a time of personal growth as it was a time to focus on church growth. Rather than a time to look inward, it was about looking outward.

Call of the new evangelization

In this Year of Faith, we are being asked not just to deepen our faith but to share it. It is time to take seriously the call of the new evangelization and make it a part of our Lenten journey. There are many churchgoing Catholics who experience the practice of their faith more as a chore than a joy. There are an increasing number of Catholics who have been away for a long time. And there are many from other religious traditions and of no religious background at all who don’t know that they have a loving Father. Evangelization is not about pushing our ideas on people. It’s about letting them know the “good news” that they are loved and forgiven, that their life has more meaning and promise than they ever suspected. Several years ago, I called a cab to take me to the airport. I decided to make conversation with the driver who was obviously from the Middle East. “Where are you from?” I asked. “Iran,” he answered. “Are there many Christians in Iran?” I asked. “I never met one,” he replied. “So why do you have a cross hanging from your mirror?” Then he told his story. He had been an army officer when the Shah of Iran was overthrown and the ayatollahs came to power. They preached a harsh religion of intolerance and hate, he said. It made him hate religion. He left Iran and vowed never to

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A priest marks a cross on the forehead of a woman during Ash Wednesday Mass at Holy Family Minor Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 13. This Lent, writes Marcellino D’Ambrosio, let’s asks ourselves “Who needs to experience the love of God?” and reach out to them with prayer, fasting and hospitality. set foot in a mosque again. After years in the states, a neighbor invited him to his church. He decided to go, to find out about Christianity.

God of love and mercy

That Sunday, he said, he heard about a God of love, a God of mercy, a God who tells us to call him Father and who sent his son to die for us. This message moved him deeply. So, he kept going back to church and became a Christian. This Lent let’s pick up our heads and look around. Let’s look at those in our family, the neighborhood and the workplace. Who needs to experience the love of God? Pray and fast for them. Reach out to them. Listen to their story. Invite them to your home for a cup of coffee, a glass of wine or a meal. Invite them to your church for Mass or a Lenten mission. If they are not Catholic, invite them just to see what a Catholic church is like. No pressure. If they’ve been away, invite them to see what your church is like. Next time you are going to confession, invite someone to come with you. The Iranian cabdriver could have said no. But he had a right to know the truth about his heavenly Father. And his neighbor had a duty to introduce him. Thank God that his neighbor’s love was greater than his fear of getting a “no.” Maybe that’s a good thing to give up for Lent – the fear of rejection. D’AMBROSIO writes from Texas. He is co-founder of Crossroads Productions, an apostolate of Catholic renewal and evangelization.

It is a common practice of Catholics to request Masses for the deceased. How can the blessings of a Mass help a person who has died and presumably has already been judged? (New York) The Catechism of the Catholic Church records in No. 1032 that “from the beginning the church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God.” During the days of Roman persecution, the ancient Christians would gather in the catacombs to pray for the dead, and Tertullian in the early third century wrote that once a year, FATHER Christians would gather to KENNETH DOYLE offer special Masses for their ancestors in the faith. All of this is based, of course, on the theological doctrines of purgatory and of the communion of saints. In explaining purgatory, the catechism explains in No. 1030 that “all who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.” The communion of saints describes the spiritual relationship that endures among believers and produces mutual benefit. Those who have already attained heaven pray for us who are still on earth, while we can pray (and offer good works) for those deceased who are still undergoing purification. What that purification consists of, and how long it lasts, remains a mystery for us while we are still on this near side of eternity; but our prayers and Masses beseech the Lord to speed the process and soften whatever heartache it entails.

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Secularism ‘weighing heavily’ in conclave FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – The man cardinals choose as the next pope must be someone with the requisite energy and mastery of modern communications media to promote a revival of the faith in increasingly secular societies around the world, said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington. The cardinal, who will vote in the upcoming papal election, spoke with Catholic News Service hours after arriving in Rome Feb. 25. “The secularism that is just engulfing our culture,” he said, “will be weighing heavily on the hearts and minds in the conclave.” “Those people who think they know the Gospel and it doesn’t have any meaning for them, they’re the people we have to find a way to touch, to invite once again to the embrace of Christ,” he said. “That thought, that concern, that issue, is going to be something that we’ll all carry with us into the conclave.” Cardinal Wuerl, 72, said the same idea dominated the world Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization, which met at the Vatican in October 2012. As the synod’s relator, Cardinal Wuerl synthesized the remarks and recommendations of his fellow bishops in two speeches during the gathering, which he now considers a “providential moment,” since it brought together 52 of the 117 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope less than five months before the election.

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Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington celebrates a Mass of thanksgiving for the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Feb. 24. On that occasion, he said, Pope Benedict XVI outlined the “work ahead of us ... to address the needs today of the proclamation of the good news in a way that it will be heard. “Whoever is going to hold the see of Peter, whoever is going to sit in Peter’s chair is going to have to see the issues as Blessed John Paul did, as Benedict did, as the synod did, as I think most of the cardinals do, that is: that we are very, very much like the early church in relation to the world around us,” the cardinal said. “Christianity is no longer a dominant culture, secularism is the dominant force in the world

of culture. So the Holy Father is going to have to be a person whose focus will be on that.” “The task is going to require an enormous amount of physical energy” for travel and communication, which “may be one of the reasons” Pope Benedict chose to resign, said Cardinal Wuerl. “More important than the physical energy is the spiritual energy, but you do need a certain amount of physical energy to carry out the task. So I suspect that the next pope could be someone who would be perhaps younger than Cardinal Ratzinger was when he was elected and became Benedict.” Pope Benedict was elected in 2005 at the age of 78. “There’s a very real sense in which you could say that the (pope’s) ministry is becoming now so big, so heavy, so allencompassing that it might be challenging for an individual,” the cardinal said. An important challenge for the next pope will thus be “finding a way that the work of Peter can be carried out without the physical demands that currently are a part of it,” he said. “I believe it’s eminently doable, because today with electronic media, with the facility to speak not only to the whole world but to individuals around the world, I think we’re just seeing a whole shift in how this Petrine ministry is going to be exercised,” he said. “It may not have to be by getting on a plane and going somewhere. It may very well be that electronically you can be every bit as present.”

Pope accepts cardinal’s resignation CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien, 74, announced he would not participate in the conclave to elect Pope Benedict XVI’s successor because he did not want media attention focused on him instead of the election of a new pope. Pope Benedict XVI had accepted the cardinal’s resignation as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh Feb. 18, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman told reporters Feb. 25. The British newspaper The Observer reported Feb. 23 that three priests and a former priest had accused the cardinal of “inappropriate conduct” with them going back to the 1980s. Father Lombardi had told reporters Feb. 24 that Pope Benedict had been informed about the accusations and “the issue is now in his hands.” Cardinal O’Brien, 74, has denied the allegations and, according to his spokesman, is seeking legal advice. Father Lombardi said Feb. 25 that Cardinal O’Brien, who was required by church law to offer his resignation before his 75th birthday in March, had presented his letter to the pope in November. In accepting the resignation, the pope did not give any order about whether the

cardinal could participate in the upcoming conclave to elect his successor, Father Lombardi said. In a statement distributed by the Catholic Media Office in Glasgow, Cardinal O’Brien said, “I also ask God’s blessing on my brother cardinals who Cardinal O’Brien will soon gather in Rome to elect (Benedict’s) successor. I will not join them for this conclave in person. I do not wish media attention in Rome to be focused on me – but rather on Pope Benedict XVI and on his successor. However, I will pray with them and for them that, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, they will make the correct choice for the future good of the church.” Under the rules governing the conclave, all cardinals under the age of 80 “are required, in virtue of holy obedience, to obey the announcement of convocation and to proceed to the place designated for this purpose, unless they are hindered by sickness or by some other grave impediment, which, however, must be recognized as such by the College of Cardinals.” Including Cardinal O’Brien, there are 117 cardinals who will be under age 80 Feb. 28 and eligible to vote in the conclave.

Indonesian Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja, the 78-year-old retired archbishop of Jakarta, already has said he will not attend because of health. The allegations against Cardinal O’Brien came a day after the Scottish cardinal gave an interview to the British Broadcast Corp. in which he expressed his openness to a change in the discipline of mandatory celibacy for Latin-rite Catholic priests. “Basic dogmatic beliefs” that have a “divine origin,” like the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, cannot be changed by any pope, he said in the interview Feb. 22 with BBC Scotland. Other church practices, “for example, the celibacy of the clergy,” could change, said the cardinal. “There was a time when priests got married, and of course we know at the present time in some branches of the church,” including many Eastern Catholic churches and in the ordinariates for former Anglicans, “priests can get married, so that is obviously not of divine origin and it could get discussed again,” he said. The cardinal told the BBC he never personally thought about whether he wanted to get married, but “I would be very happy if others had the opportunity of considering whether or not they could or should get married.”

PRE-CONCLAVE MEETINGS MAY NOT START BEFORE MARCH 4

VATICAN CITY – It is possible the world’s cardinals will not begin meeting at the Vatican until March 4, and they cannot set a start date for the conclave until they have met, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, will send out letters March 1 – a Friday – formally informing the world’s cardinals that the papacy is vacant and calling them to meet at the Vatican. “It is likely they will not meet Saturday or Sunday,” he said, so the meetings are unlikely to begin before Monday, March 4.

TIMELINE OF RECENT PAPAL TRANSITIONS

VATICAN CITY – The last few popes have been elected and installed within a fairly short period of time after the deaths of their predecessors. – Pope John XXIII died June 3, 1963, and his funeral was held June 6. The conclave to choose his successor began June 19 and lasted two days. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, who took the name Paul VI, was elected on June 21. He was installed June 30. – Pope Paul VI died Aug. 6, 1978, and his funeral was held Aug. 12. The conclave to choose his successor began Aug. 25. A day later, Aug. 26, the cardinals elected Cardinal Albino Luciano, who chose the name John Paul I. He was installed Sept. 3. – Pope John Paul I died less than a month later, on Sept. 28, 1978, and his funeral was held Oct. 4. The conclave to choose his successor began Oct. 15 and Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected on the second day of voting, Oct. 16. Pope John Paul II was installed Oct. 22. – Pope John Paul II died April 2, 2005, and his funeral was celebrated April 8. Under the leadership of its dean, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the College of Cardinals entered into the conclave April 18 and elected the dean as pope the next day. He took the name Pope Benedict XVI and inaugurated his pontificate April 24. – Pope Benedict XVI announced Feb. 11 that he was resigning effective Feb. 28.

PENALTY DEFINED FOR AIDES WHO BREAK SECRECY

VATICAN CITY – In a major change to rules governing the conclave that will elect a new pope, Pope Benedict XVI defined the exact penalty incurred by support staff assisting the cardinal-electors if they break the oath of secrecy about the proceedings. The aides must swear to never lend support to or favor any outside interference in the election process. Under the old rules, the penalty for breaking the vow was to be determined by the future pope. Instead, Pope Benedict has rewritten the oath that staff will take, stating that they are “aware that an infraction will incur the penalty of automatic excommunication.” “The Holy Father wanted to make things immediately clear and not pass the burden of deciding the penalty on to his successor,” said Archbishop Celata. The penalty for cardinals who break the oath of secrecy, however, remains unspecified. The pope laid out the new rules in an apostolic letter issued “motu proprio” (on his own initiative) Feb. 22, the feast of the Chair of St. Peter. The Vatican released the document Feb. 25.

VATICAN DENOUNCES PRESS REPORTS ON TRANSITION

VATICAN CITY – Vatican officials released a pair of unusual statements Feb. 23 condemning some press coverage of the papal transition. A communique from the Secretariat of State called “deplorable” the “widespread distribution of often unverified, unverifiable or completely false news stories” intended to exert “pressures on the election of the pope.” Earlier in the day, the Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, delivered an editorial on Vatican Radio lamenting “pressures and considerations that are foreign to the spirit with which the church would like to live this period of waiting and preparation.” Father Lombardi denounced “those who seek to profit from the moment of surprise and disorientation of the spiritually naive to sow confusion and to discredit the church and its governance,” and accused such people of using “old tools, such as gossip, misinformation and sometimes slander” to influence the cardinals who will be voting in the upcoming papal election. Articles had appeared in the Italian press earlier in the week portraying the Vatican as divided among political factions, with some officials supposedly subject to blackmail for sexual misdeeds and suggesting a link between bureaucratic infighting and Pope Benedict’s historic decision to step down Feb. 28.

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conclave is “pretty challenging, pretty exciting,” contrasted Pope Benedict and his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. “John Paul II was unique,” he said. “He was an extraordinary person. There’s not a model for that.” The conclave “will look at the appropriate charisms and the balance” of men whose qualifications cardinals are considering for the papacy, he said. Cardinal Levada served Pope Benedict for seven years as prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office. In that job he met routinely with the pope for an hour every week and was impressed with his ability to listen, synthesize a response from various views and give credit to contributors. He also said the pope leaves an “immense patrimony” of homilies, catechesis, encyclicals and addresses. “I watched him learn how to be pope, but his gifts are more intellectual and, if you will, passive, not being so comfortable on the stage,” Cardinal Levada said. The cardinal-electors who will gather at the Sistine Chapel in the days following Pope Benedict’s Feb. 28 resignation will look for a mix, he said. “I think probably I will tend toward looking for a younger man who has better energies at least for a while to really be able to give himself completely to this,” he said, clarifying later that “youth is a relative thing.” Asked what he considers the most pressing issue the next pope will have to address, Cardinal Levada answered without hesitation: “Better ways of communication – better ways of presenting the beauty of the faith and its truth and what it offers to people. “I’ve talked before about the need to rekindle a solid, friendly apologetics for intelligent Catholics,” he said. Catholics catechized as children make great progress in their careers but less so in their faith, he said. “I think there’s a lot to be done,” Cardinal Levada said. “That’s one of the major challenges. Another would be what are the dimensions of this new evangelization we’re inviting people to think about and how to implement it. Can we be, and should we be, more active? How do we go about doing that?” He said the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, created by Pope Benedict, has expanded its role to include the religious education of lay people and is in a position to offer help to bishops. Asked how the new pope can address the issue of Catholics who are not listening to the hierarchy, he said the church could offer “some kind of way of insinuating these good ideas into people who are not hierarchs.” Would the hierarchy allow that? “Of course,” he answered. “We’d foment it.” Asked about the division between Catholic doctrine and some U.S. Catholics, especially

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Reporters interview Cardinal William J. Levada at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University Feb. 25, after the former San Francisco archbishop held a press conference to discuss his role in the conclave to elect a new pope.

Asked what he considers the most pressing issue the next pope will have to address, Cardinal Levada answered without hesitation: ‘Better ways of communication – better ways of presenting the beauty of the faith and its truth and what it offers to people.’ concerning the role of women, Cardinal Levada underscored the validity of the apostolic tradition but noted “there is some tension we need to be able to address.” Vatican II created opportunities for laity to participate in liturgy and in leadership through parish councils, he said. The laity also serve in their witness to society, through acts of charity and love, he said. “I hope that those opportunities for a greater sense of dialogue and ownership will be given greater prominence in the future,” Cardinal Levada said. “That’s been one of my hopes, and I worked hard as archbishop to try to implement that vision.” Cardinal Levada said he will be the first former archbishop of San Francisco to have the privilege and duty of helping to elect a pope. “To exercise it I will rely on the prayers of all the faithful in the church,” he said. “Jesus has assured that the prayers we fervently pray to God will receive a response. I ask as well the good

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CHINESE NEW YEAR BANQUET: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is pictured drawing a raffle ticket at the 22nd annual Chinese New Year banquet Feb. 1 in San Francisco. The archbishop’s greetings in Mandarin and Cantonese drew a roar of delight “up to the ceiling,” said organizer Canossian Sister Maria Hsu.

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PEACE PARADE: St. Finn Barr School concluded their celebration of Catholic Schools Week with a Peace Parade. The school was led through the Sunnyside neighborhood by the award-winning Archbishop Riordan High School marching band with escorts from the San Francisco police and fire departments.

Catholic San Francisco invites you

to join in the following pilgrimages

EASTERN EUROPE • Germany • Austria • Hungary • Poland

(PHOTO BY VALERIE SCHMALZ/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Oct. 8 - 18, 2013

Departs San Francisco 11-Day Pilgrimage with Fr. Chris Colman

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2,899 + per person

only $

659

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(Base Price $2,999 + $659* per person after Oct. 19, 2012)

Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Budapest, Wadowice, KrakowWawel, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Czestochowa *Estimated Airline Taxes & Fuel Surcharges subject to increase/decrease at 30 days prior)

ITALY Nov. 12 – 22, 2013

Basilica of St. Francis

Departs San Francisco 11-Day Pilgrimage with Fr.

Glenn Kohrman

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Visit some of the main Marian Shrines in Portugal, Spain and France! September 9-20 2013 Join Fr. Mike Lecia on this beautiful 12-day pilgrimage visiting Fatima, Santarem, Coimbra, Braga, St. James, Compostela, Leon, Burgos, Loyola, Lourdes, Hueca, Zaragoza, Monteserrat, and more!

Price: $2,895 pp, plus air taxes & surcharges Includes round trip airfare from San Francisco (other departure cities available), hotel accommodations, daily breakfast & 9 dinners, services of a professional tour escort, and medical travel insurance. Space is limited! For more information, call (800) 290-3876, Visit. www.catholicheritagetours.com/OLALC Or contact Lody Cura, Group Coordinator, at (650) 773-6105 or at lodycura1120@yahoo.com

FRANCISCAN FR. MARIO’S 2013 PILGRIMAGES HOLY LAND May 25 – June 5 • September 7-18

FATIMA, LOURDES, ST. JAMES OF CAMPOSTELA April 6-20

FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL IN TURKEY October 5-17 In conjunction with Santours (CST#2092786-40)

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only $ + $639 per person if paid by 8.4.13 (Base Price $3,199 + $639* per person after Aug. 4, 2013)

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Visit: Rome, Assisi, Cascia, Manoppello, Lanciano, San Giovanni, Monte Sant'Angelo, Bari, Naples, Mugnano del Cardinale

THE HOLY LAND

Nov. 12 - 22, 2013 Departs San Francisco 11-Day Pilgrimage with Fr. Mario Quejadas

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Visit: Tel Aviv, Netanya, Caesarea, Mt. Carmel, Tiberias, Upper Galilee, Bethlehem, Dead Sea, Jerusalem, Bethany & Bet Shean

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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. 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 legendary principal in the world of recovery. Members breakfast $8, others $10. (415) 461-0704 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Sugaremy@aol. com. 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 speak on “Uncovering the wellsprings of trust in God.” (650) 340-7400. www.mercy-center.org. 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 Fran-

fees, taxes, service charges, gratuities. (415) 452-9634.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5

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.

LENTEN SERIES: “War, Injustice and Local Violence,” with Mary Jo Iozzio of Barry University, St. Rita Church, 100 Miranda Drive, Fairfax. EveMary Jo Iozzio ning begins with soup supper at 6:15 p.m. Talk follows at 7 p.m. Talks continue on Tuesdays through March 19. (415) 4564815.

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

cisco, 6 p.m. Parking is available. Simple meal begins the evening. Stations of the Cross follow. Michael, dre@stdominics.org.

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 2 MISSION TOUR: St. Thomas More Parish one-day mission to San Juan Bautista, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad and San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo with vigil Mass that evening in Carmel. Bus leaves 7:30 a.m. from St. Thomas More, Brotherhood Way at Junipero Serra Boulevard, San Francisco. Tickets $75 adults, $55 children 12 and under, include luxury bus transportation, lunch, beverages at every stop, all admission

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SHAMROCK SHENANIGANS: Catholic Professional Women’s Club fashion show and luncheon, Irish Cultural Center, 45th Avenue at Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco, beginning at 11:30 a.m. $40. Gloria Pizzinelli, (415) 681-3733, gloriapizzinelli@ yahoo.com.

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LENTEN TALKS: St. Stephen Parish Lenten soup supper and talks March 5, 12, 19, 6:30-8 p.m., Donworth Hall, 451 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco. Series concludes with a Taize prayer service after supper on March 19.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 SEPARATED DIVORCED: Meeting takes place first and third Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish O’Reilly Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus, San Francisco. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu. 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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ROSARY: St. Vincent’s Chapel, One St. Vincent Drive, San Rafael, Mass and rosary for the popes, 9:30 a.m. liturgy, 11 a.m. rosary. Jtassone@ marincatholic.org.

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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.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 8 SUNDAY, MARCH 10 HUMAN TRAFFICKING: “Human Trafficking in our Midst� with Holy Family Sister Caritas Foster, St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City, Sister Caritas noon. RSVP Foster Mary Monihan, (650) 591-2496. Sister Caritas represents the Sisters of the Holy Family in Cross Bay Collaborative, a coalition of religious communities standing against human trafficking.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT: Evening benefits students of De Marillac Academy begins at 5:15 p.m. and includes reception and student exhibits, dinner and program, after dinner reception and dessert at the Westin St. Francis Hotel Union Square, San Francisco with Diane Dwyer of NBC Bay Area as emcee. Tickets are $150 and sponsorship level attendance is also available. Carrie Davis, (415) 552-5220, ext. 36. PRO-LIFE PRAYER: Prayer service for victims of abortion, 7:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 999 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco. Alpha Pregnancy Center will be honored for its work with pregnant women. Father Aris, (415) 584-4747, fr.aris@ yahoo.com. LECTURE: “Pearls, Prodigals, and Samaritans: Jesus’ Parables as Jewish Stories� with Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University, 4-5:30 p.m., St. Clare Room, Learning Commons, Santa Clara University. Free and open to the public. RSVP at www.scu.edu/ic/institute.

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: Conversation group on ancient philosophical texts, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Msgr. Bowe Room, 7:30-10 p.m. reynaldo. miranda@gmail.com. (415) 584 8794.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9 2-DAY SALE: St. Elizabeth Parish Flea Market, 490 Goettingen Street, San Francisco, March 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; March 10, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. VATICAN II: The Catholic Community of Stanford University is offering a free, one-day public symposium, “The Legacy of Vatican II: Personal Reflections,� 9 a.m.-4 p.m., third floor Old Union, Stanford campus. Speakers include Deacon Bill Ditewig, “Historical and Contextual Setting of the Council�; former San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn, “Church Structure and Governance�; Thomas C. Fox, publisher, National Catholic Reporter, “Role of the Laity Post Council.� ramonabascom@ gmail.com. (510) 657-2468. YOUTH FOOD FAST: Lenten retreat for high school students at St. Peter Parish, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica, 10 a.m.5:30 p.m. Join other students in fasting in solidarity with those who are hungry and learning more about how you can make a difference in the world. Catholic Relief Services speaker Deacon Steve Herrera will share about his work and there will be youth-led hands-on activities to teach about the causes of poverty and hunger. Suggested donation for CRS is $10. Sister Celeste Arbuckle, arbucklec@sfarchdiocese.org. BYZANTINE MASS: The Byzantine Divine Liturgy in English will be celebrated at 12:15 p.m. at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi. Members of San Francisco’s Our Lady of Fatima RussianByzantine Catholic Church will be in the assembly. Choral selections for the rite include work by Russian composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitry Bort-

niansky and Nikolai Kedrov with chant settings of Kiev and the Russian Imperial Court. This special liturgy is in memory of the faithful departed. All are welcome. www.byzantinecatholic.org. ST. MONICA AUCTION: “Moonlight Lounge,� evening benefiting St. Monica School, San Francisco, parish hall, 5950 Geary Blvd. at 23rd Ave., 6 p.m., live music from The Gerry Grosz Jazz Kitchen, silent auction, dancing, and cash raffle. The surf-n-turf dinner of marinated cold crab, tri-tip, dessert and wine and beverages, $60 per person. Visit http://stmonicasf.org/ parents/auction.php or email fundraising@stmonicasf.org

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 IRISH ENTERTAINMENT: “The Irish Variety Show� will perform at Mater Dolorosa Church, South San Francisco at 7 p.m. Doors open 6 p.m. This troupe is direct from Ireland with music, dance, and comedy and has performed in parishes on the East Coast for 25 years. Tickets $25 each and are available after Masses or calling (650) 583-4131. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Cathy Dunleavy Rosaia, cmrosaia@yahoo.com. www. irishvarietyshow.biz. WEEKLY CATHOLIC TV MASS: A TV Mass is broadcast Sundays at 6 a.m. on the Bay Area’s KTSF Channel 26 and KOFY Channel 20, and in the Sacramento area at 5:30 a.m. on KXTL Channel 40. It is produced for viewing by the homebound and others unable to go to Mass by God Squad Productions with Msgr. Harry Schlitt, celebrant. Catholic TV Mass, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109. (415) 614-5643, janschachern@aol.com. CONCERT: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 3:30 p.m., Christoph Tietze, organist. 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.

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ART SALE: “Celebrate HeART� is a fine arts sale and cocktail reception 6:30-9:30 p.m. St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake St., San Francisco, sponsored by Little Sisters Diane B. Wilsey of the Poor Auxiliary. Proceeds benefit St. Anne’s Home. Diane B. Wilsey, honorary chair. Event features the art of Frank Julian Brown and Frank Addison Campbell including more than 800 paintings spanning 70 years, 1930-2000. www.brownandcampbellcollection.com. www. littlesistersofthepoorsanfrancisco.org. Tickets $125. Marisa Mizono, (415) 751-6510), mizonom@gmail.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 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 noJim Ruane 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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HELP WANTED RNs and LVNs: We want you. Provide nursing care for children in San Francisco schools.

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Minimum 1 year acute care work experience. Send your resume to: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN, PHN Email: RNTiburon@msn.com Fax: 415-435-0421 Mail: Special Needs Nursing 1100 Mar West, Suite C Tiburon, CA 94920

European-born with 12 years exp. Honest and reliable. Doctor’s appt., complete laundry, light house-keeping, cooking. No agency fee.

Special Needs Nursing, Inc. YOUTH MINISTRY COORDINATOR St Gabriel Parish is seeking a Confirmation Program and Youth Ministry Director, the candidate should be a person willing to work as part of a ministry team. A 20 hour per week position.

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Residents’ Accounts Coordinator

Please forward resume to SEARCH COMMITTEE AT St. Gabriel Church, 2559 40th Ave., San Francisco, 94116 (415) 731-6161

St. Anne’s Home is seeking a Residents’ Accounts Coordinator to bill Medi-Cal, Medicare, and manage the residents’ trust account. Skilled Nursing billing and accounts receivable experience are required.

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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to fail. Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X). Say prayers 3 days. M.L.

St. Jude Novena May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved & preserved throughout the world now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude helper of the hopeless pray for us. Say prayer 9 times a day for 9 days. Thank You St. Jude. Never known to fail. You may publish.

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Please forward your resume to Steve Lewey, Little Sisters of the Poor, 300 Lake St., San Francisco, 94118 or fax (415) 751-1423

Administrative Assistant – Computer Experienced Salesian Provincial Office in San Francisco is seeking an experienced computer user preferably knowledgeable in Raiser’s Edge and MS Office software programs for full time position in its development department. Besides computer duties, position includes processing of the mail, answering telephones and other clerical duties. Send resume with compensation requirements to jacattalini@Salesiansf.org.

GRACE GALA

The Department of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is seeking elementary principals for the 20132014 school year. Candidates must be practicing Roman Catholic, possess a valid teaching credential, a master’s degree in educational leadership, an administrative credential (preferred), and five years of successful teaching experience at the elementary level.

Please send resume and a letter of interest by March 15th, 2013 to: Bret E. Allen Associate Superintendent for Educational & Professional Leadership One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, California 94109 Fax (415) 614-5664 E-mail: allenb@sfarchdiocese.org

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