April 11, 2014

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At St. Bart’s, ‘Coffee’s always on; door’s always open’

18-to-40 Catholics encouraged to attend listening sessions

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Homeless man awaits Easter baptism Finds faith after taking refuge in Tenderloin church CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

When Michael Riddle is baptized and confirmed Easter Sunday at St. Boniface Church, there will be no family members watching from the pews behind him. His mother and brother are both dead and the stepfather he was close to died two weeks ago.

But the 41-year-old Florida native who has wrestled with manic depression and drugs and spent much of his adult life living on the streets said that he “feels like he is part of a family” since starting the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program two years ago at the church in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.

“When you are homeless, your days revolve around searching,” said Riddle, whose polite speech and demeanor belie his rugged daily existence. “You search for food for the day.

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Michael Riddle discovered St. Boniface Church as a shelter from living on the street but it ended up opening his eyes to the beauty of the Catholic faith.

John XXIII, John Paul II changed the way church relates to other faiths CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II left lasting marks on the way the Catholic Church understands other religions and the way it interacts with believers of other faith communities.

Both popes’ outgoing personalities and personal experiences – especially during World War II – obviously came into play, as did the fact that the world around them and many of their own faithful, theologians and bishops increasingly sensed that respecting human dignity meant at least trying to respect that others also were searching for truth.

The impact each pope had on JewishCatholic relations is so strong, said Rabbi David Rosen, that “in Jewish eyes, there is a total logic to these two

being canonized together; in fact, many Jews probably think it’s because of the Jews that they’re being canonized together.”

Pope Francis is scheduled to declare the two popes saints during a Mass April 27 at the Vatican.

Rabbi Rosen, director of interreligious relations for the American Jewish Committee, told Catholic News Service that Blessed John holds “the copyright” for the modern Catholic Church’s respectful approach to other religions.

Adnane Mokrani, who teaches at Rome’s Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, said Blessed John “is not well known in the Arab world, except by those who are very involved in dialogue,” although “obviously, it is different in Turkey” where he served as apostolic delegate for 10 years before becoming pope. Still, he is a key player

in Catholic-Muslim dialogue because he convoked the Second Vatican Council, which formally set a new tone for the Catholic Church’s view of other religions and other believers.

Rabbi Rosen said he believes there is much truth in the assertion that “John XXIII’s recognition that the church had to reassess its whole relationship with the Jewish people – which was the inspiration for ‘Nostra Aetate’ (the Second Vatican Council document on relations with other religions) – was what led the church to begin to look at its relationship with all other religions.”

The Catholic Church “came to a more universal approach to dialogue out of its ‘rehabilitation,’ if you like, of its relationship with Judaism and the Jewish people,” the rabbi said.

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Pope John Paul II is flanked by Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and Muslim cleric Taysir al-Tamimi as representatives of the three monotheistic religions meet at Notre Dame Institute in Jerusalem March 23, 2000.

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A pear tree grows in Ross – a last living remnant of the mission days of glory and gore that predated California’s statehood.

Its shapely 16foot frame brushes against the Octagon House at the Marin Art and Garden Center, home of the Moya Library-Ross Historical Society and depository for archived mementoes Tom Untermann of a period that saw many faces and facets of Mission San Rafael Arcangel.

Over the decades, the landmark underwent ruin and reconstruction, based on recollections and drawings due to the “tragic” lack of photographs of the original structure, said Jocelyn Moss, librarian at the Marin History Museum.

It was a place of worship and war during a time of tranquility and tumult.

Its uses ranged widely: as California’s first sanatorium; the 20th of the state’s 21 missions; the headquarters of renegades battling Mexican authorities during the 26-day Bear Flag revolt; the current historic centerpiece of St. Raphael Parish in the Marin County seat of San Rafael.

The pear tree’s roots reach back to a thriving orchard planted by Franciscan friars shortly after the mission’s founding in 1817 as a convalescent hospital for Indians taken ill in the wind-whipped, fog-shrouded city across the bay.

“It certainly has the gene for longevity!” said Richard Torney, Moya Library historian. “That there’s an actual surviving relic of those days is amazing.”

Despite years of neglect that followed the 1834 takeover of the property by the Mexican government, the hardy 50 pear trees – as thick as four feet – kept producing abundant fruit long after the United States had signed a treaty ending the Mexican War and prospectors had discovered gold on the American River, hastening California’s admission into the Union as the 31st state on Sept. 9, 1850.

Dubbed “Priests’ Orchard,” the park-like plot became a favored spot

SAINTHOOD COMMEMORATIONS: A Mass marking the canonizations of Blessed John XXIII and Blessed John Paul II will be held Sunday, April 27, the day of the ceremonies in Rome, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Another Mass celebrating the sainthood of the former popes will be held Saturday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m. at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th Street and Dolores Avenue, San Francisco. An international procession of nations will precede the Mass at 10 a.m. and a reception will follow at noon in the school auditorium. For more information, call (510) 599-2244 or email caria4077@gmail.com.

HOMESCHOOLING CONFERENCE: The 2014 Northern California Catholic Homeschooling Conference will be held April 25-26, at Our Lady of Peace Church, Santa Clara. There will be a free workshop “Introduction to Homeschooling” at 6:45 p.m. April 25. Excellence in Writing founder Andrew Pudewa will speak on “Teaching Boys and Girls Who Would Rather Build Forts All Day,” “The Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing” and “Entrepreneurship Education – Why and How.” A Spanish homeschooling conference will be held Saturday, April 26, with Institute of the Incarnate Word Father Gustavo Nieto, pastor of Our Lady of Peace. Visit www. olopgiftshop.com for information and registration.

CORRECTION ‘VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANT, TECH ENTREPRENEUR FINDS CATHOLIC FAITH,’ APRIL 4: Andromeda Abushady was incorrectly identified as a founder of Edmodo. She was director of operations.

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The last vestige of an orchard planted by Franciscan friars nearly 200 years ago at Mission San Rafael Arcangel, this pear tree brushes against the Marin Art and Garden Center’s Octagon House in Ross.

Marin locals still enjoy pears genetically identical to those from trees Franciscan friars planted nearly 200 years ago. for locals to gather and harvest the tasty pears.

By the time the San Rafael City Council rezoned the area and approved a multifamily apartment complex in 1929, all but one of the trees had been cut down or had died.

“Before the site was graded and excavated, Richard Lohrmann, longtime San Rafael horticulturist and founder of West End Nursery, took cuttings from the last remaining pear tree, which were then grafted onto a hardy rootstock,” said Gary Scales, Moya Library trustee and docent at the Octagon House.

“This process preserved the genetic identity, ensuring the new tree’s fruit would be an exact replicate of the pears grown in 1817,” added Scales, who eats one “somewhat tart” fruit off the lone survivor each year for tradition’s sake.

Retiring in 1954, Lohrmann sold the nursery he had opened in 1909 to his nephew Karl Untermann.

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and gave them to a number of people,” said Tom Untermann, who took over the nursery upon his father’s death in 1999.

One of the recipients, Helen Horst Moya, in 1969 funded the renovation of the 1864 Octagon House and the planting of what has turned out to be the last mission pear tree in honor of her late husband, Jose Moya del Pino, a noted artist and co-founder of the Marin Art and Garden Center.

The tree produces a bountiful harvest in late summer, and Scales has spotted visitors picking up pears that have fallen to the ground, perhaps to make jams and jellies, and an occasional youth climbing the branches to get at the less-accessible fruit.

Cuttings from the tree could produce others, Untermann said, raising an intriguing possibility.

“Perhaps we could replant the original mission pear at Mission San Rafael Arcangel for the upcoming 200-year anniversary in 2017,” said Teri Brunner, former curator for the mission museum.

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St. Bart men’s group: ‘Coffee’s always on; door’s always open’ VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

There are two-and-a-half rules for the St. Bartholomew men’s prayer group: What’s said in the group, stays in the group; the one-hour Wednesday morning meeting ends on time – at 8 a.m.

And the half rule? “The unwritten rule – if you get a chance, take a cheap shot,” said Rich Bona, one of the founding members of a group that began in 1979.

“Coffee’s always on; door’s always open. This is barebones guys stuff,” said Bona. “Probably the most significant part of it is that guys keep coming back.”

“I don’t miss, I rarely miss,” said Jack Baumgarten, who first started coming to the group shortly after getting out of the Army in 1983. “I got myself in some personal difficulty and went to church on a whim” and ended up talking to Father Michael Healy, then associate, now pastor of the San Mateo Catholic parish.

“He said, ‘you need some support.’ He pointed across the parking lot,” said Baumgarten, who said the prayer group was meeting on Tuesdays at the time. “I wandered over” and joined the 10 to 15 men who said a prayer, “talked about things. Seemed like pretty good ideas. No demands whatsoever.

The coffee was there. No cost. I went back.”

The group over time has changed to double as a fourth-day Cursillo group but welcomes many who have not gone on a Cursillo weekend, a centerpiece of the Christian movement.

The St. Bartholomew fellowship and friendship has at times reached beyond Wednesday morning and included sitting at the bedsides of members who were dying, helping a young man find a job and get back on his feet.

Listening without judgment is also at the heart of their group, the men said.

“My whole life has changed,” said Dennis Mattocks, a retired police officer who found his life spiraling downward after the death of his wife of

(PHOTO BY VALERIE SCHMALZ/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Twenty to 35 men regularly attend the men’s Wednesday prayer group at St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo, a place for peers to gather in a spiritually significant way, said pastor Father Michael Healy. cancer at age 54 in 2010. “I was her caregiver with actually no faith. It was very difficult for me.”

Mattocks had a stroke three months after his Catholic wife died, then abused alcohol and prescription drugs for another year and a half, he said.

“I called the priest at St. Bartholomew because I thought I was dying. I flushed the toilet one night and I thought – this is my life. I called Father Mike and I pleaded that I needed help. Father said what you need to do is go Wednesday at 7 in the morning.”

“It’s a wonderful way that these men can live in the church and be with their peers in a spiritually significant way,” said Father Healy. “I think we are exceptional in that way at St. Bart’s.”

“Come in, spend some time with Jesus, go to work and try to live the way that Jesus taught us how to live,” said Bona.

“This is something the laity themselves has done, with the help of priests, of course,” Father Healy said. The group was founded during the tenure of late pastor Father Bill Lowery and every year the men’s group honors one of their members with the

Father Bill Lowery award, getting his name on a plaque for “something that would make Father Bill happy and proud,” said Bona.

There are about 110 men on the email list, including some who have moved away and come back for the Christmas party, but somewhere between 20 and 35 men attend each Wednesday meeting, said Bona, a retired police officer. The group has an annual retreat it runs for itself and uses the excess money to pay for coffee during the year. No one is asked to buy a raffle ticket or pitch in for coffee although many of the men are very generous with individual charities and projects on their own, said Baumgarten.

“I had come out of Vietnam,” said Baumgarten.

“Father Mike correctly assessed, this is a guy who needs to be around other guys.”

“We have some people who don’t have much and we have some people who have a lot,” said Bona.

“When you come through that door, you’re just a guy with the same problems every other guy has and the same solutions.”

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Reading fundamental to Redwood City Eagle Scout TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Eagle Scout Ryan Traynor was made part of scouting’s highest brigade March 16 in ceremonies in Redwood City where he is a member of St. Pius Parish. Requirements to be named an Eagle Scout include demonstrating leadership, conducting a service project and having at least 21 merit badges. The 14-year-old freshman at Mountain View’s St. Francis High School already has 30, has served as Ryan Traynor patrol leader twice and in leadership posts at the National Boy Scout Jamboree, and developed a literacy project that involved 70 volunteers and collected 17,000 books for public libraries.

The endeavor took 250 hours of personal volunteer work from Ryan. His crew of helpers provided 758 hours more. The project, in addition to the book drive, created a Youth Literacy Council of teenagers who have already met seven times. Ryan called the Eagle Scout honor “the highlight of my life so far.” He said scouting has helped him make friends, develop important leadership skills and have fun. He looks forward to assisting fellow scouts in the Eagle Scout journey. Ryan continues the literacy quest and has used a Disney grant of $500 planning classes for children in science, technology, engineering, and math. His parents are Martha and Stephen Traynor.

AT EASE: In March, surrounded by family and friends Archbishop Riordan High School senior Jericho Tamasese signed a letter of intent to attend and play football for West Point Prep, a yearlong program that prepares students for the academic, leadership and physical demands of the United States Military Academy, West Point. Jericho started on the offensive and Jericho defensive line for Riordan and was Tamasese named all league first-team. His parents are Lauina and Moegagogo Tamasese.

CONGRATS: Hats off to Convent of the Sacred Heart and Stuart Hall High School students named to the commended level of the 2014 National Merit Scholarship competitions: Kellie La, Nathan Praeger, Sasha Potapov and Brandon Leong all scored in the top 5 percent of the 1.5 million entries.

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FIRST PLACE: Congratulations to decathlon team students from St. Raymond School, Menlo Park, who finished first overall in Archdiocese of San Francisco decathlon events March 1 at St. Pius School, Redwood City. The team also took first place in the super quiz category. Individual first place honors went to Emma Connors, English; Lesly Duke, science; and Chelsea Dunleavy, fine arts. Sebastian Marshall took second place in current events. Team members from left are: Emma Connors, Margaret Leahy, Alexis Bundy, Christian Powell, Thaddeus Sison, Scott Nelson, Rebecca Latham, Sebastian Marshall, John Lonergan, Matthew Huo, Ronan MacRunnels, Matthew Smithers, Lesly Duke, Chelsea Dunleavy, Roger Ross.

COMING UP: St. Gregory Parish presents “Judas Iscariot,” a 45-minute dramatic presentation by Mark Price, Good Friday, April 18, 7 p.m. in the church, 2715 Hacienda St. at 28th Avenue, San Mateo. Admission is free, goodwill donations accepted. There will be time for questions following the presentation. Karen Elmore, (650) 345-8506, kselmore3@comcast.net.

LETTER PERFECT: San Mateo Pro-Life recently presented awards to winners of its essay contest. Pictured with contest coordinator, Jessica Munn, at the ceremonies, are, from left, second place winner, Chloe de Guzman, senior, Notre Dame High School, Belmont; third place winner, Andrew Jison, senior, Junipero Serra High School; and first place winner, Maya Goell, a freshman at San Francisco’s Ruth Asawa School of the Arts.

STRIKE: Thanks to Our Lady of Loretto Knight of Columbus Dennis Freeman for his note on a “hot stove night” earlier in the year with guest Bud Norris, a born and raised Marinite and now part of the Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher rotation. “During his talk Bud mentioned that Our Lady of Loretto was his parish and that his CCD teacher was his mother,” Dennis said. Bud’s folks Dave and Susie Norris were present for the fun. Jeff Craig, district deputy, had a big hand in organizing the event. Among the principal works of OLL Knights of Columbus is $8,000 in annual scholarships to Catholic high schools for OLL youth.

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Young adults encouraged to attend listening sessions TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Angela Pollock is staying true to her word. The director of young adult and campus ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco is listening. Pollock made the promise when she accepted the director position last October.

“The Catholic social teaching of subsidiarity which teaches that those most affected by a decision need to be a part of the decision making process taught me well to first listen to those you serve before investing a lot of time and money into things that may not be actually useful for those it is created and intended for,” Pollock told Catholic San Francisco in an email interview.

With that in mind, young adult ministry is hosting listening sessions across the archdiocese in the upcoming weeks. Young adults 18-40 years of age are invited and encouraged to attend, Pollock said, adding that all input is welcome including “experiences of church, what types of activities and experiences they would like to participate in, and how we can best serve them.”

Pollock said coordinating outreach to young adults had been in place even before her arrival and she is grateful for the work of a young adult task force made up of some 50 young adults. The group issued a report that recommended the archdiocese, specifically parishes and young adult ministry, focus on provide a leadership formation program which recruits, forms, catechizes, energizes and equips young adult leaders to form peer communities; create archdiocesan and

(PHOTO COURTESY ANGELA POLLOCK)

Young adult leaders recommended by pastors across the archdiocese gathered at Lake Tahoe in March with Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy and young adult ministry director Angela Pollock. parish environments where young adults are valued, and inviting young adults into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ; assist the diverse young adults of the archdiocese to discern their mission in the world and integrate that mission in their work, family and community life; and maximize the potential of existing and emerging technologies to reach out to young adults and connect them to one another and the church.

The work began with conversations with pastors across the archdiocese “asking them to recommend young adult leaders from their parishes,” Pollock said.

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“Young adult ministry can only be successful with the support of pastors. We are blessed to have such incredible support in the archdiocese from the archbishop, our auxiliary bishops, our pastors, and their staff,” Pollock said, noting that “there are so many that want to see this ministry succeed. We are off to a great start.”

The young adult office recently received a $4,000 grant from the National Federation of Youth and Young Adult Ministry to help it in its work.

Listening session schedule: April 27, 6:45-8 p.m., Notre Dame des Victoires Parish, 566 Bush St., San Francisco, parish hall; May 4, 2 p.m., St. Andrew Parish, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City; May 4, 6:45-8 p.m., St. Charles Parish, Borromeo Hall, 880 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos; May 18, noon, St. Matthew Parish, Ward Hall, One Notre Dame Ave., San Mateo; May 18, 6 p.m., St. Raphael Parish, Kennedy Room, 1104 Fifth Ave., San Rafael. For information or questions, contact Angela Pollock, (415) 614-5595; Pollock@sfarchdiocese.org.

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Outdoor Passion play a 34-year tradition for rural priest, town CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Even after 34 years as the producer of California’s largest and longestrunning outdoor Passion play, Father Philip Ryan speaks with excitement about the annual liturgical drama which opens, as tradition has it, on the third weekend of May each year in Lakeport, a foothill town of 5,000 in Lake County.

“You’ve never seen people so intense, so overwhelmed, as when they see Jesus and the Apostles come over the mountain,” said Father Ryan, describing the audience reaction to scenes from the passion, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ reenacted outdoors by more than 150 actors on the grassy shores of Clear Lake, a two-and-a-half hour drive from either San Francisco or Sacramento. “All around you can see faces with tears running down.”

The free, two-hour play follows the last days in the life of Jesus Christ in almost two dozen scenes on separate stages including the “The Last Supper,” the “Garden of Gethsemane,” “Herod’s Palace” and the “House of Caiphus.” A powerful sound system carries the dialogue faithfully drawn from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John over the 20-acre production site as grazing sheep serve as backdrop.

In the scene from the “Via Dolorosa,” the actor who portrays Jesus carries a 110-pound wooden cross up a 615-foot hilltop to the crucifixion scene site.

Of the estimated 1,500 people who attend the play each year, many drive hours to the 85-acre ranch where the play has been held since 1981. That was

The Lake County Passion Play features a cast of 150 and draws 1,500 people each year to a grassy hillside near Clear Lake. This year’s play is set for May 17-18 – the weekend after Mother’s Day. Left, Jose Angel Martinez of Windsor plays Jesus. Peggy Woodson of Lakeport has played Mary since the production debuted in 1981. when Father Ryan and Father Paul Moran, then resident priests of Lakeport’s St. Mary Church, conspired to produce a local Passion play. Both had been previously involved in the production of large-scale Passion plays, Father Ryan in Australia, and Father Moran in Brazil.

“Thousands of people assembled to scale the mountainside, while praying and singing the praises of the Lord,” Father Ryan said recalling Australia’s outdoor, “Way of the Cross” produc-

tion. He wanted to duplicate that experience in the outpost of Lakeport.

A devout local ranching family, Armando and Catherine Betramos, opened their sprawling property to the priests for the production with the stipulation that the production be free of charge.

The production relies entirely on donations, and the volunteer hours of a team of directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, architects, engineers, and of course, the actors who work throughout the year on the production.

This year’s Lake County Passion Play will be held on May 17-18, the weekend after Mother’s Day. The unconventional, after-Easter run date was a practical decision on the part of producers of an outdoor production: May sees less rain.

The production has become much more than a product of the local Catholic parish. When the property went on the market a few years ago, the local community raised half of the $400,000 to buy the property, guaranteeing the future of the play.

“The play has become a prayerful expression of the faith of all people involved,” said Father Ryan of the church and local community as well as the production’s actors, including Jose Contreras, who has played a Roman soldier, a temple guard, the Apostle, Judas and a musician at the palace of King Herod for 13 years.

“The Lake County Passion Play is not a spectacle,” said Father Ryan.

“Our vision was to create a way to bring the community together in an acknowledgement of the blessings bestowed on the world by the death of Jesus Christ.”

At the end of the performance, homing pigeons circle the sky, signaling the appearance of the risen Christ.

“You have to see it to believe it,” said Father Ryan whose primary task these days is the year-round caretaking of the ranch and its cast of sheep, horses and llama. “Your eyes will be on Jesus from beginning to end.”

Lake County Passion Play: May 17-18, Lakeport. For more information, visit www.lakecountypassionplay.org.

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Bishop urges ‘clear stance against torture’ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace said he welcomed the possible release of a Senate intelligence committee report that says the CIA used torture techniques in interrogating some terror suspects after 9/11.

“It is time for the United States to take a clear stance against torture. Release of the full report on Bishop Pates CIA interrogation practices will help our country strengthen its moral credibility,” said Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, in an April 2 statement.

His statement was released the day before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted to declassify the summary and key findings of a 6,200-page report and make them available to the public.

He also was responding to a joint statement from two committee members, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, who said they would vote for declassifying the material.

BEARING WITNESS TO LIFE INVOLVES SHARING GOOD NEWS, ARCHBISHOP SAYS

WASHINGTON – Bearing witness to life involves living and sharing the good news of Jesus, and reflecting Christ’s love to those around us, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori said in an April 1 talk at The Catholic University of America in Washington.

Archbishop Lori connected what Blessed John Paul II called the Gospel of life with the new evangelization, saying that when Catholics understand the God-given dignity of life in all its stages, they

Bishop Pates said Senate support for release of the report was needed to close a “shameful chapter” of U.S. history.

The bishop has sent numerous letters to the Senate committee urging the public release of its report. His most recent letter, dated March 17, said: “Only by acknowledging past practices can the United States move to regain the moral high ground as a protector and promoter of human rights.”

For Catholics, torture is “an intrinsic evil” and cannot be justified under any circumstance, he said.

According to The Associated Press, Senate investigators who prepared the report and CIA officials are at odds about its contents.

Collins and King said even if they did not endorse all of the report’s findings and “have some concerns about the process for developing the report,” they thought it was important it be released.

They said they “remain strongly opposed” to using torture techniques, calling them “fundamentally contrary to American values.”

Following the committee vote, President Barack Obama must formally declassify it, then it will be released to the public.

are called to joyfully witness to their faith and share it with their friends and family, and, on a wider scale, through new means like social media.

“We need one another, we need the church, we need the Lord if our witness to the Gospel of life is to bear fruit, to change minds and hearts,” he said.

Baltimore’s archbishop, who is supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, spoke on “Being Proactively Pro-Life in Today’s Society.” His talk was sponsored by the university’s chapter of the Knights of Columbus, which has 150 members.

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Atlanta archbishop will sell new residence at center of controversy CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ATLANTA – Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced April 5 that he will vacate the archbishop’s residence in early May and move into another available archdiocesan property.

He said that he has decided to sell the property and “invest the proceeds from that sale into the needs of the Catholic commuAtlanta nity.”

Archbishop The announcement Wilton D. was his latest action Gregory following public and media criticism about the new $2.2 million residence.

Archbishop Gregory issued a statement of apology in his March 31 column in The Georgia Bulletin, Atlanta’s archdiocesan newspaper, acknowledging he had received “heartfelt, genuine and candidly rebuking letters, emails and telephone messages” during the past weeks about the residence.

In the column he had said he would meet with archdiocesan consultative bodies to hear their assessment of what he should do about the new residence.

He convened the meeting the morning of April 5 at the chancery.

Afterward, a statement about his decision on the property was issued as a press release.

“I have decided to sell the Habersham property and invest the proceeds from that sale into the needs of the Catholic community,” the archbishop said.

His decision came after consulting

(CNS PHOTO/MICHAEL ALEXANDER, GEORGIA BULLETIN)

This photo, taken March 15, shows Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory’s new residence, which was built on land left to the archdiocese. Responding to criticism about the $2.2 million residence, Archbishop Gregory apologized in a column in The Georgia Bulletin. with members of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, Archdiocesan Finance Council and the Council of Priests, he said, “and hundreds of well-meaning parishioners of differing points of view – some who sent written observations – as well as my own personal reflection and prayer.”

He continued, “In early May, I will vacate the house. At this time we are considering a number of locations including another archdiocesan property, excluding the former residence.”

“I want to thank those parishioners whose prayers, counsel and concern brought this issue to light and ensured that their archbishop was properly attuned to the important symbolism of simple actions and the challenges faced by many of the faithful in the Archdiocese of Atlanta,” he stated.

The new 6,000-square-foot residence is located on property donated to the archdiocese from the estate of Joseph

Mitchell, nephew of Margaret Mitchell, author of “Gone With The Wind.”

In his will, Mitchell requested that primary consideration be given to the Cathedral of Christ the King, where he worshipped. The cathedral received $7.5 million for its capital fund and spent roughly $1.9 million to buy the archbishop’s former residence.

Cathedral officials had budgeted an additional $1 million to expand the archbishop’s former residence so its six priests can live there, freeing up space on the cathedral’s cramped campus. The cathedral rector, Msgr. Frank McNamee, asked Archbishop Gregory to sell the residence to the cathedral because it is in walking distance and parishioners strongly wanted their priests to be that close.

The sale funds were used to build the new residence. An additional $300,000 went toward making it handicapped accessible and including a larger chapel

than the one in the older residence.

Archbishop Gregory moved into the newly built home in January. Some local Catholics reacted unfavorably to the move and articles in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other media outlets were critical of it.

In his March 31 column, the archbishop wrote: “As the shepherd of this local church, a responsibility I hold more dear than any other, certainly more than any configuration of brick and mortar, I am disappointed that, while my advisers and I were able to justify this project fiscally, logistically and practically, I personally failed to project the cost in terms of my own integrity and pastoral credibility with the people of God of north and central Georgia.”

He said the “passionate indictments of me as a bishop of the Catholic Church and as an example to them and their children are stinging and sincere.

And I should have seen them coming.”

The groups whose counsel Archbishop Gregory sought on the issue represent various constituencies in the archdiocese.

A pastor who attended the meeting strongly praised the archbishop’s decisive action to sell the residence.

Even before he called the consultative meeting, Archbishop Gregory in his column acknowledged “there was a problem and he owned it completely,” said Msgr. Dan Stack, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Cartersville.

At the chancery meeting, “he listened, thanked us for our input and dismissed us. A few hours later, following the strong majority opinion, he made the decision to retreat from his recently completed home,” the pastor said.

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Annual Divine Mercy Novena and Celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday April 27th The Holy Name Society of Star of the Sea Church, is inviting everyone to join them in the Annual Novena and Celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. The Annual Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday April 18th right after our Good Friday Services (about 3pm).... Novena will be led by the HNS members in the Chapel. On April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday, we will have Mass and Devotional services at 3pm in the church with a formal Veneration of Divine Mercy Image and concluding the Novena as instituted by Blessed Pope John Paul II.

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Luther’s goal not schism but reform of ‘church he loved,’ says bishop CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW ORLEANS – It was the seminal event of Western Christianity over the past 500 years.

Martin Luther, a German Catholic monk, sent his “95 Theses,” or “Disputation on the Efficacy and Power of Indulgences,” to the local archbishop Oct. 31, 1517. And he set into Martin Luther motion the Protestant Reformation that four years later prompted his excommunication by the Catholic Church and laid the groundwork for denominational splintering that over the centuries has led to the formation of thousands of Christian churches.

Over the past 50 years, especially with the impetus provided by the Second Vatican Council, those divisions between Catholics and Lutherans have begun to heal and the pace of concrete efforts toward restoring unity has quickened, retired Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans told a recent ecumenical gathering at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Kenner.

“The international and national dialogues between Lutherans and Catholics in the last 50 years have yielded significant truth,” Archbishop Hughes said, prompting Catholics “to revisit the person and motivation of Martin Luther” in advance of the 500th anniversary in 2017 of the publication of Luther’s theses.

“His genuine desire to promote

renewal in the church cannot be denied,” Archbishop Hughes said. “The personal struggle that marked his life was severely complicated by the way in which authorities in Rome, during the papacy of Pope Leo X, treated him. A helpful place to begin is to note the need for both faith and repentance.”

Bishop Michael Rinehart, head of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, said there was “a spirit of ecumenical hospitality right now that we need to enjoy while it is happening.”

“Luther did not want to leave,” Bishop Rinehart said at the March 25 gathering. “He was bold, he was blunt, he was vulgar and mistakes were made, but he really didn’t want schism. He wanted to reform the church he loved.”

Bishop Rinehart said the 2017 anniversary naturally will elicit media coverage that may attempt to distill the reasons for the split and ask questions with a false premise: Why do Lutherans and Catholics hate each other?

“They don’t,” Bishop Rinehart said.

Rather than “drive a wedge in Christendom,” he said, the commemoration could be “an opportunity to have conversation and bury the proverbial hatchet.”

Luther had railed against the church’s practice of selling indulgences as a way of doing good works that would lead to salvation. A 1999 joint declaration by Catholic and Lutheran leaders on the doctrine of justification, which explains how people are justified in God’s eyes and saved by Jesus Christ, expressed a consensus that this is not an issue that divides the two communions.

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Pope: God upholds law, but forgives CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – When Jesus forgave the adulteress, he was not questioning the sanctity of marriage; rather, he helped her recognize her sin and commanded she go in peace and sin no more, Pope Francis said.

“God forgives, not with a decree, but with a caress, caressing our wounds of sin,” he said in his homily April 7 during an early morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

Pope Francis’ homily focused on the day’s reading from the Book of John (8:1-11), in which the scribes and Pharisees bring a woman “caught in adultery” before Jesus and press him to say how she should be treated.

They tell him that, according to the law, “Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” They asked to test Jesus, to entrap him and have some kind of charge to bring against him, the pope said.

“If Jesus had said, ‘Yes, yes, go ahead with the stoning,’ they would have told the people, ‘Hey, this teacher of yours who’s so good – look at what he has done to this poor woman!’”

“And if Jesus had said, ‘No, poor thing! Pardon her!’ they would have said ‘He’s not carrying out the law,’” the pope said.

The scribes and Pharisees cared nothing about the woman or adultery, “perhaps one of them was an adulterer. They didn’t care. The only thing they cared about was setting a trap for Jesus,” the pope said, according to a report by Vatican Radio.

Jesus instead sees the law “and goes beyond it. He doesn’t tell them, ‘Adultery is not a sin!’” but neither does he condemn her with it, the pope said.

He tells the crowd, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” And one by one, they go away, leaving behind just the woman and Jesus.

Jesus does more than forgive her sins, the pope said; he offers her “the mystery of mercy,” which “is something that’s hard to understand.”

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Holy Week and Easter Triduum Schedule 2014 PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13 Regular Weekend Schedule of Masses Saturday 5:30 pm | Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am (Gregorian chant), 11:00 am Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant (Cathedral Choir), 1:00 pm (en Español)

THURSDAY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER Thursday, April 17 7:30 pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant Silent Adoration at the Place of Repose (St. Francis Hall) Concludes at Midnight 11:45 pm. Night Prayer (NO Confessions and NO 6:45 am, 8:00 am or 12:10 pm Masses on Holy Thursday, April 17)

FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY) Friday, April 18 We continue to keep vigil 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross with St. Brigid School Students 2:00 pm Music in the Cathedral 3:00 pm Liturgy of the Passion and Death of the Lord Archbishop Cordileone, Celebrant (NO Confessions and NO 6:45 am, 8:00 am or 12:10 pm Masses on Good Friday, April 18)

HOLY SATURDAY Saturday, April 19 Our paschal vigil and fast continues throughout the day and night 9:00 pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant (NO Confessions and NO 6:45 am, 8:00am or 12:10 pm Masses on Holy Saturday, April 19)

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Sunday, April 20 Regular Sunday Schedule of Masses Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am Archbishop Cordileone, Principal Celebrant (Gregorian chant), 11:00 am (Cathedral Choir), 1:00 pm (en Español), 3:30 pm Easter Concert, 4:15 pm Easter Vespers

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‘Hardheaded’ pope tells young he has learned from his mistakes CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis told a group of young people to be honest with themselves and others and figure out what they hold dear: money and pride or the desire to do good.

He also told them he has made plenty of mistakes in life, being guilty of being too bossy and stubborn.

“They say mankind is the only animal that falls in the same well twice,” he said.

While mistakes are the “great teachers” in life, “I think there are some I haven’t learned because I’m hardheaded,” he said, rapping his knuckles on his wooden desk and laughing. “It’s not easy learning, but I learned from many mistakes, and this has done me good.”

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The pope spoke to six young students and reporters from Belgium, who were accompanied

by Bishop Lucas Van Looy of Ghent. They videorecorded the interview in the papal study of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace March 31 and aired an edited version on Belgian TV April 3. The young Belgians, including the cameraman, asked their questions in English, and the pope answered in Italian.

The Vatican released a written transcript of the full interview April 5.

When asked why the pope agreed to do the interview with them, the pope said because he sensed they had a feeling of “apprehension” or unease about life and “I think it is my duty to serve young people,” to listen to and help guide their anxiety, which is “like a seed that grows and in time bears fruit.”

The 25-year-old reporter operating the camera asked the pope whether he was happy and why, given that everyone in the world is trying to find joy.

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“Absolutely,” he smiled, “absolutely, I am happy.”

“I have a certain inner peace, a great peace and happiness that come with age, too.” Even though he has always encountered problems in his life, he said, “this happiness does not disappear when there are problems.”

When one young woman said: “I have my fears.

What makes you afraid?” The pope laughed and responded, “Myself.”

He said the reason Jesus constantly says, “Be not afraid,” is because “he knows that fear is something, that I would say is, quote, unquote, ‘normal.’

“We are afraid of life, of challenges, we are even afraid before God, right?”

Everyone is afraid, so the real issue is to figure out the difference between “good fear and bad fear. Good fear is prudence,” being careful and “bad fear” is something that “cancels you out, turns you into nothing,” preventing the person from doing anything, and that kind of fear must be “thrown out.”

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April 17, Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7:30 p.m.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11 p.m.

April 18, Good Friday: Reflections on the Seven Last Words of Jesus

by Fr. David Schunk from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Stations of the Cross at 1:30 p.m.

Liturgy- of the Lord's Passion at 2 p.m.

Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m.

Liturgy of the Lord's Passion at 7:30 p.m.

Morning Prayer / Lauds - 8:45 a.m.

Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7:30 p.m.

- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Church Lower Hall) until 11:30 p.m.

Morning Prayer / Lauds - 8:45 a.m.

Reflection: The Seven Last Words - at Noon

April 19, Holy Saturday:

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Easter Vigil Mass at 8:30 p.m.

Former Vicar for Administration / TV Mass

April 20, Easter Sunday: Masses at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 Noon

April 27, Second Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday: Sunday Masses at 8 a.m.; 10 a.m. & 12 Noon Confessions, Rosary, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at 2:00 Divine Mercy Mass at 3

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion - 2:30 pm -Veneration of the Cross & Holy Communion Confessions - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Community Stations of the Cross - 7:30 p.m.

Morning Prayer / Lauds - 8:45 a.m.

EASTER VIGIL - 8:00 p.m.

- Blessing of Fire & Easter Sacraments

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As a pontifical collection requested by Pope Francis, the annual Good Friday Collection offers a direct link for parishioners to be witnesses of peace and to help protect the Holy Places. When you donate on Good Friday, you are supporting Christians In the Holy Land.

Franciscans and others in the Holy Land are housing and feeding the poor. providing religious formation and education, maintaining shrines and parishes and conducting pastoral ministry. For more information, visit www.myFranciscan.org.

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Good Friday, April 18 12:00 to 2:00pm Three Hours English 2:00pm Solemn Liturgy English 5:00PM The Way of the Cross re-enacted on University Ave. in East Palo Alto 7:00pm Solemn Liturgy Spanish

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Easter Sunday, April 20 7:30am English 9:30am Spanish 12:30pm Bi-Lingual followed by Easter egg hunt

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Pope: Jesus can raise all from tomb of a dead, tired soul CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Come out from the dark cave of pride, sin and death and into the light of a new life with Christ, Pope Francis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take away the stone of shameâ&#x20AC;? that is keeping you trapped inside a life that is dead or painful and be raised up again

by Christ, he said in a homily April 6.

The pope also gave away thousands of copies of a pocket-sized edition of the Gospels, telling people to always keep a copy with them to read snippets every day while in line or while commuting.

But he said it was probably best not to read while standing in a crowded bus because it was better to keep an eye out for pickpockets.

The popeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks came during a late afternoon visit to the Church of St. Gregory the Great on the outskirts of Rome. Before he celebrated Mass, he met with young people, the sick and elderly and heard the confessions of a number of parishioners.

In his homily and during his Angelus address at noon with pilgrims gathered in St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Square, the pope spoke about the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gospel reading from the Gospel of John (11:1-45), which recounts Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.

When Jesus went to Lazarusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tomb, he asked that the stone sealing the entrance be taken away. He then â&#x20AC;&#x153;cried out

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Pope Francis greets the crowd outside the Church of St. Gregory the Great in Rome April 6. in a loud voice, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lazarus come out!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And the dead man came out,â&#x20AC;? the Gospel says.

Jesus is saying the same thing to people today, the pope said at the Mass, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all marked by deathâ&#x20AC;? and sin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of us have some areas, some parts of our hearts that are not alive, that are a little dead and other people have a lot of their heart thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dead â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a real spiritual necrosis!â&#x20AC;?

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Reconciliation Service: April 14, 7:00pm, Sacred Triduum Holy Thursday: April 17, 7:00pm, Vigil with Eucharist followed by Adoration until 11:00 pm Good Friday: April 18, Noon to 3:00, 7:00pm Stations of the Cross, Confessions 3:00 - 4:00pm Holy Saturday: April 19, 9:00am Morning Prayer, 8:30pm Easter Vigil Easter Sunday: April 20, 8:00, 9:30, 11:15am, No Evening Mass

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The parts of a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart that have died have become â&#x20AC;&#x153;tombs of sin,â&#x20AC;? he said, and some people become

trapped inside, either because they are afraid or embarrassed to come out or they have become â&#x20AC;&#x153;attachedâ&#x20AC;? to their sin and corrupted.

The pope asked people to think about what part of their hearts has died, that has become a dark tomb, and then listen to Jesus calling, like he called Lazarus: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come out!â&#x20AC;?

There is no limit to how much love and mercy God offers to everyone, he said.

At the parish visit and during the Angelus address, Pope Francis told everyone he was giving them â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as a gift â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a pocket-sized edition of the Gospels.

He said he knows he tells people to carry the word of God with them all the time so they can read it often and every day. But he said he got the idea of giving copies away after â&#x20AC;&#x153;I recalled an ancient tradition in the church of giving catechumens the Gospel during Lent.â&#x20AC;?

He told people that when they read the Gospels they should remember that â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jesus that is speaking to you in there!â&#x20AC;?

Palm Sunday, April 13 Masses: 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass; 7:30 a.m. Quiet Mass; 9:30 a.m. Family Mass; 11:30 a.m. Solemn Choral Mass; 1:30 p.m. St. Jude Pilgrim Mass in Spanish; 5:30 p.m. Mass with Contemporary Music; 9:00 p.m. Mass by candlelight.

The Sacred Triduum Holy Thursday, April 17 7:30 a.m. Tenebrae; 7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Supper

Good Friday, April 18 7:30 a.m. Tenebrae; 12:00 p.m. Seven Last Words of Christ; 1:45 p.m. The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord (Simple version); 3:00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. Confessions; 5:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross (especially suited for families); 7:30 p.m. The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord (Solemn version)

Holy Saturday, April 19 8:00 a.m. Tenebrae; 8:30 p.m. The Easter Vigil No confessions this day.

Easter Sunday, April 20 7:30 a.m. Mass with Easter Hymns; 9:30 a.m. Family Mass; 11:30 a.m. Solemn Choral Mass; 1:30 p.m. St. Jude Pilgrim Mass in Spanish; 5:30 p.m. Mass with Contemporary Music; 9:00 p.m. Mass by Candlelight. No confessions this day.

2390 Bush Street (at Steiner), San Francisco (parking available) (415) 567-7824; www.stdominics.org Palm Sunday Holy Week Reconciliation, Saturday 3:30-4:30pm Vigil Mass (Saturday) 4:30pm 8:00, 9:30, 11:30am & 6:45pm Masses during Holy Week (Mon., Tue., Wed.) 8:00am Holy Thursday (No morning Mass) Mass of the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Supper, 7:30pm Most Blessed Sacrament Adoration until 10pm Good Friday (No morning Mass) Stations of the Cross, 12:00pm Spiritual Reflections, 12:30pm Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord, 1:30pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night (No morning Mass or Reconciliation) Vigil Mass, 8:30pm Easter Sunday 8:00, 9:30 & 11:30 am (No 6:45pm Mass) Easter Egg Hunt following 9:30am Mass

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 11, 2014

Dutch Jesuit, 75, reportedly killed by attackers in Syria CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME – A 75-year-old Dutch Jesuit who refused to leave war-torn Syria, instead staying in Homs to help the poor and homeless, was beaten by armed men and killed with two bullets to the head, according to an email sent by the Jesuits’ Middle East province to the Jesuit headquarters in Rome.

Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt, who had worked in Syria since 1966, declined suggestions to leave because he wanted to help Syria’s suffering civilians – “Christians and Muslims – anyone in need,” said Father Giuseppe Bellucci, head of the Jesuits’ press office.

The email, reporting that armed men had taken Father Van der Lugt, beaten him and then shot him dead in front of the Jesuit residence in Homs, was sent to the Jesuit headquarters April

7, Father Bellucci said. “That’s all the information we have right now.”

In a statement published later, Father Adolfo Nicolas, superior general of the Jesuits, and the staff of the Jesuits’ headquarters expressed their sorrow “for the brutal assassination of a man who dedicated his life to the poorest and neediest, especially in Homs, and who did not want to abandon them even at times of great danger.”

“He always spoke of peace and reconciliation,” the statement said, “and he opened his doors to all those asking help without distinction of race or religion. ‘I don’t see Muslims or Christians,’ he used to say, ‘but only human beings. I am the only priest and the only foreigner in this place, but I don’t feel like a foreigner.’”

The Jesuits prayed that “his sacrifice would bring the fruit of peace and that it would be a further stimulus for

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Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt chats with civilians in early January, urging them to be patient, in the besieged area of Homs, Syria. silencing the weapons and setting aside hatred.”

Father Van der Lugt became known around the world after appealing for aid for the people of the besieged city of Homs in a video posted on YouTube in late January.

The United Nations supervised an evacuation of about 1,400 people from Homs in early February; arriving in

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Saints Peter and Paul Church 2014 Holy Week Schedule Palm Sunday Masses (April 13): English: Saturday Vigil 5:00PM, Sunday 7:30 & 8:45AM, 1 & 5:00PM. Cantonese: 10:15AM. Italian: 11:45AM. Masses on Mon., Tues., Wed. Of Holy Week: 7:30 AM, 9:00AM & 12:15PM.

Columbus @ Vallejo Holy Thursday • 7 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Lenten Penance Srvc. (with individual confession): Mon., April 14 at 7:00 PM Holy Thursday: Morning Prayer: 8:00AM; Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:30PM. Good Friday: Morning Prayer: 8:00AM. Stations of the Cross: In Italian: 12:00 noon; In English: 1:00PM. Liturgy of the Word & Communion: In English: 2:00PM In Cantonese: 6:30PM.

Good Friday Liturgy • 12:15 pm

Holy Saturday: Morning Prayer: 8:00AM; Solemn Easter Vigil: 8:30PM. Easter Sunday Masses (April 20): In English: 7:30AM, 8:45AM, & 1:00PM. In Cantonese: 10:15AM In Italian: 11:45AM. NO 5:00PM Mass.

Easter Sunday • 11:00 am

Confessions: Saturday, April 19 from 3-5PM; or by appointment.

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Saint Raymond Church 1100 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park (650) 323-1755

2014 Easter Week Schedule 2013 Easter Week Schedule Reconciliation Service SACRED TRIDUUM Sacred Triduum Holy Thursday - Mass of the Lord’s supper at 7p.m.

Holy Thursday Good Friday Service - Noon and 6p.m.

Good Friday Service Holy Saturday - 8:30p.m.

Holy Saturday Easter Sunday - 8a.m., 10a.m. and 6p.m.

Easter Sunday

St. Augustine Church 3700 Callan Blvd.

S. San Francisco, CA 94080

2014 EASTER WEEK SCHEDULE Reconciliation Service: Communal Penance, April 15th at 7:00 p.m.

SACRED TRIDUUM Holy Thursday Morning Prayer – 8:40 a.m.

Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 7:30 p.m.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight Good Friday Morning Prayer – 8:40 a.m.

Liturgical Services – 12 noon to 3p.m.

Evening Service – 7 p.m.

Holy Saturday Morning Prayer – 8:40 a.m.

Easter Vigil Mass – 8 p.m.

Easter Sunday Masses: 5 a.m. (Salubong) Sunrise Mass, 7:45 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m NO 5:30 p.m. Mass on Easter Sunday

Jordan, the refugees confirmed Father Van der Lugt’s accounts of people, especially young children, starving to death.

Speaking to Catholic News Service by telephone Feb. 6, the Jesuit had said: “There has been no food. People are hungry and waiting for help. No injured people have been allowed to leave. Families have been hoping to get out of the siege and out of the fighting between the two sides.”

“The wounded have not received proper treatment, so healing has been difficult. Newborns die very quickly because of a lack of milk,” he said.

“There have been cases of death due to hunger and starvation.”

In Syria, Jesuit Refugee Service announced it would close for three days after Father Van der Lugt’s death.

“Father Frans was a beacon for all of us; he did not only preach about love and reconciliation but he lived it out every day – in humility and with compassion for all – until the very end,” said Father Peter Balleis, JRS International director.

St. Anthony of Padua 1000 Cambridge St., Novato 415.883.2177 2014 HOLY WEEK & EASTER SCHEDULE Palm Sunday – April 13, 2014 Vigil – Saturday at 5:00 pm Masses at 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am Palms distributed at each Mass

Holy Thursday –April 17, 2014 Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 7:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00 pm in the Hall

Holy Saturday – April 19, 2014 Blessing of Easter Eggs and Food – 12:00 noon Confessions – 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Easter Vigil – 8:30 pm

Easter Sunday – April 20, 2014 Masses at 7:00 am, 9:00 am and 11:00 am 9:00 am and 11:00 am Masses in the Hall also.

Easter Egg Hunt for children following the 9:00 am Mass

Good Friday – April 18, 2014

Divine Mercy Sunday April 27, 2014

Confessions – 10:00 am to 11:00 am Youth Group Stations of the Cross – 12:00 noon Good Friday Service – 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross – 7:00 pm

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm – Confessions 3:00 pm – Recitation of the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet 3:30 pm – Veneration and Benediction

ST. BRENDAN CATHOLIC CHURCH  Rockaway Ave., San Francisco, CA  () - www.stbrendanparish.org

2014 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Holy Thursday April 17 7:00 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament follows

Good Friday April 18 12:00 pm - Meditation on the Last 7 words of Christ 1:30 p.m. Veneration of the Cross 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Confession 7:00 p.m. Journey of Our Lady of Sorrows

Holy Saturday April 19 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil (Note: No 5:00 p.m. Mass)

Easter Sunday April 20 Masses: 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.

Easter Egg Hunt follows after the 9:30 a.m. Mass

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 11, 2014

20 years after Rwandan genocide, pope urges reconciliation CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Just days before Rwanda was to begin a weeklong period of official mourning to mark the 20th anniversary of its genocide, Pope Francis urged the country’s bishops to be resolute in continuing the work of healing and reconciliation.

“Twenty years after those tragic events,” when as many as 1 million paeople were murdered in savage acts of ethnic violence, Pope Francis said, “reconciliation and the healing of wounds must remain the priority of the church in Rwanda.”

Meeting the country’s bishops April 3 during their “ad limina” visits to the Vatican, the pope offered his prayers for all Rwandans “without distinction of religion, ethnicity or politics.”

Forgiveness for what happened and “authentic reconciliation can seem impossible from a human point of view,” the pope said, but they are gifts people can “receive from Christ through a life of faith and prayer.”

“The path is long and requires patience, mutual respect and dialogue,” he said.

Rwandans began an official week of mourning April 7 to mark the anniversary of the genocide, in which mostly Tutsis and some moderate Hutus,

(CNS PHOTO/NOOR KHAMIS, REUTERS)

A woman holds a child during Mass at St. Famille Church in Kigali April 6, one day ahead of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. An estimated 1 million people were murdered in savage acts of ethnic violence. ethnic groups with a history of rivalry, were killed. Some massacres took place in churches; in some cases, entire congregations were murdered. Leaders of various Christian churches, including the Catholic Church, were implicated in the violence because of ties to one or the other ethnic group.

Pope Francis said the schools and hospitals the Catholic Church operates in Rwanda have an essential role to play in ensuring a future of peace in

The Paschal Triduum Holy Thursday - April 17 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 10:00 pm

Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Xavier Hall) Compline (Xavier Hall)

Good Friday April 18

Easter Sunday April 20

12:00-1:30 pm and 3:30-5:30 pm Confessions 12:00pm Meditations Upon the Passion 2:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Veneration of the Cross 7:00 pm Family Stations of the Cross

8:00 am 9:30 am

The Great Vigil

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St. Patrick Church 756 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103 • (415) 421-3730

Holy Week Liturgical Services • • • • •

April 17, Holy Thursday Only one Mass today – at 5:15 8:30 am Community Morning Prayer 5:15 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Transfer of the Blessed Sacrament Adoration until 10:00 pm 9:00-10:00 pm Parish Family Holy Hour

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April 18, Good Friday No Mass today 8:30 am Community Morning Prayer 12:00 pm-1:45 pm Seven Last Words Confessions 12-12:45 & 1-1:45 pm 2:00 pm Stations of the Cross 3:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Alleluia Christ is Risen Alleluia A Blessed and Happy Easter to All! The Priest and Rectory Staff St. Patrick Church

April 19, Holy Saturday • 8:30 am Community Morning Prayer • 8:30 pm Easter Vigil Mass (vigil candles will be provided) • Salubong immediately follows the Liturgy April 20, Easter Sunday • 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am (Latin) & 12:15 pm (no Mass at 5:15 pm)

ST. EMYDIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Holy Week at saint Cecilia

(De Monfort Ave. / 1 Block from Ocean Ave.)

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, April 13th Saturday Vigil Mass - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Masses - 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

(Solemn Procession at the 11:30 a.m. Mass) Palms will be blessed at the beginning of every Mass.

286 Ashton Ave. / 415-587-7066

THE TRIDUUM (APRIL 17 - 20) Potluck Dinner

EASTER LITURGIES

VISIT

There will be no 5:00 pm Mass on Easter Sunday.

Holy Saturday April 19 8:30 pm

11:00 am

Mass with Cantor Mass with Cantor and Choir Mass with Cantor and Choir

the country, but nothing they do can be as effective as Catholics being united in love and allowing “the Gospel to touch and convert their hearts.”

“It is important that, overcoming prejudice and ethnic divisions, the church speaks with one voice, demonstrating its unity,” Pope Francis told the bishops.

Pope Francis also encouraged the bishops to do everything possible to strengthen “relationships of trust between the church and state,” saying

that, too, would contribute to reconciliation in the country. “A constructive and authentic dialogue with the authorities can favor common works of reconciliation and the reconstruction of society based on the values of human dignity, justice and peace.”

The pope also encouraged Rwanda’s Catholics to entrust themselves to the maternal care of Mary, who appeared to three young Rwandan girls in the 1980s at Kibeho.

“The mother of Jesus wanted to show herself to your country’s children, reminding them of the effectiveness of fasting and prayer, especially the rosary,” Pope Francis said. “It is my ardent hope that you can make the shrine of Kibeho once again radiate the love of Mary for her children, especially the poorest and those who are wounded.”

Reciting the Angelus with a crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square April 6, Pope Francis asked all Rwandans to continue the reconciliation process.

“To all of you I say: Do not be afraid,” the pope said. “Build your society on the rock of the Gospel with love and harmony because that is the only way to generate lasting peace.”

Pope Francis asked those gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray with him to Our Lady of Kibeho and led the crowd in reciting the Hail Mary for the people of Rwanda.

Thursday, April 17 • HOLY THURSDAY

5:30 p.m.

at CYO Catholic Charities Fr. O’Reilly Center

Mass of the Lord’s Supper

7:00 p.m.

at CYO Catholic Charities Fr. O’Reilly Center

Vigiling in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament Until Midnight Friday, April 18 • GOOD FRIDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m.

Quiet Prayer in Church 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

Liturgical Service 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 19 • HOLY SATURDAY Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m.

Easter Vigil 8:30 p.m. (no 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass)

Sunday, April 20 • EASTER SUNDAY Salubong Mass Masses 8: 30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

(The Sacred Triduum ends with Evening Prayer)

6:30 a.m.

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Holy Thursday, April 17th 7:30 p.m. - Mass of the Lord’s Supper with Mandatum and Eucharistic Exposition until Midnight with Fr. Felix Lim & Msgr. Michael Harriman Good Friday, April 18th 12:00 -1:30 p.m. - Meditations on “The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ From the Cross”

by Fr. Felix Lim with our Adult Choir 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. - Solemn Liturgy - (The eighth graders will act out the chanted Passion; General Intercessions; Holy Communion and Veneration of the Cross) - Msgr. Michael Harriman Holy Saturday, April 19th 8:30 p.m. - Easter Vigil Mass - Msgr. Michael Harriman (with Choir and Orchestra) Easter Sunday, April 20th 7:30 a.m. - Msgr. Michael Harriman 9:30 a.m. - Msgr. Michael Harriman (Family Mass with Holy Spirit Music Ministry) 11:30 a.m. - Fr. Felix Lim (with Choir & Orchestra)

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 11, 2014

Pope: Christianity isn’t a do-gooder’s guide CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Christianity isn’t a philosophy or guide to survival, good behavior and peace, it’s a relationship with a real person who died on the cross for our sins, Pope Francis said.

“Christianity can’t be understood without understanding this deep humiliation of the son of God, who abased himself, becoming a servant to the point of his death and death on the cross” in order to serve humanity, the pope said.

In his homily April 8 during an early morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis focused on the day’s reading from the Book of

EASTER LITURGIES OUR LADY OF ANGELS CHURCH 1721 Hillside Drive Burlingame Capuchin Franciscans

2014 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

John (8:21-30), in which Jesus tells the Pharisees and the Jews that those who belong to this world and do not believe in him “will die in your sins.”

Jesus tells them, “When you lift up the son of man, then you will realize that I am,” the son of God, obeying God’s will.

“Christianity doesn’t exist without the cross and a cross doesn’t exist without Jesus Christ,” the pope said, according to a report by Vatican Radio.

The cross, however, “isn’t an ornament” that is just placed in churches and on altars, and “it’s not a symbol” of identification, he said.

If people want to find their sins, he said, they should look to the cross, to “the Lord’s wounds,” and it’s there that their sins will be healed and forgiven.

God’s forgiveness doesn’t mean “the debt we have with him is erased: The forgiveness that God gives us are the wounds of his son on the cross, lifted up on the cross, in which he pulls us toward him and we let ourselves be healed.”

Jesus took everything upon himself, “all of our sins, our pride, our self-assurance, our vanity, our desire to become like God,” the pope said. That is why “a Christian who doesn’t know how to glory in the crucified Christ hasn’t understood what being a Christian means.”

“Christianity isn’t a philosophical doctrine, it isn’t a guide to life for survival, for being well-behaved and for building peace. These are the results,” he said.

“Christianity is a person, a person lifted up on the cross, a person who abased himself to save us.”

Holy Thursday

7:30 p.m. Mass of Lord’s Supper Adoration until Midnight

Good Friday

12:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross

Old St. Mary’s Cathedral/Holy Family Chinese Mission

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 1:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Word 1:45 p.m. Veneration of the Cross Communion Service 7:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross

2014 Holy Week Schedule

Easter Vigil Easter Sunday Masses

8:30 p.m.

7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m, 10:00 a.m. & 12 noon

Our Lady of Mercy Church

 Elmwood Drive,. Daly City, CA 

HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES 2014 April 12th - Palm Sunday Vigil Masses 4:00p.m. & 5:30 p.m. - Blessing of Palms/Mass

April 13th - Palm Sunday 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., & 12:00 p.m. - Blessings of Palms/Mass

April 17, 2014 - HOLY THURSDAY 9:00 AM - Morning Prayer 7:30 PM - Mass of the Last Supper, Presentation of the Oils, Washing of the feet, Procession to Altar Repose & Vigil up to 11:00 PM

April 18, 2014 - GOOD FRIDAY 9:00 AM - Morning Prayer 2:00 PM - Stations of the Cross 3:00 PM - Good Friday Liturgy: Word, Veneration and Communion 7:30 PM - Evening Good Friday Liturgy

April 20, 2014 Easter 5:30 AM - Easter Sunrise Service / Salubong with Mass @ 6:00 AM. Then Regular Sunday Mass schedule follows: 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM (Children’s Choir) 12 Noon (Parish Choir)

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a Rome rehabilitation facility for the elderly and people with disabilities.

He will preside over the Holy Thursday evening Mass and foot-washing ritual at the Father Carlo Gnocchi Foundation’s Our Lady of Providence Center on the outskirts of Rome, the Vatican announced April 8.

Last year, the pope celebrated the Holy Thursday liturgy at Rome’s Casal del Marmo juvenile detention center, where he washed the feet of young male and female offenders.

Moving the Holy Thursday evening ceremony out of either St. Peter’s Basilica or the Basilica of St. John Lateran marked a change in papal tradition, but it reflected the traditional practice of then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires. The future pope used to celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper – which reflects on the call to imitate Christ by serving one another – in prisons, hospitals or shelters for the poor and marginalized.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, had said in February that the pope would once again choose a “special situation from a pastoral point of view” for the setting of the April 17 Holy Thursday Mass, which will not be open to the public.

The Vatican said April 8 that patients, their relatives as well as the facility’s staff and directors would take part in the Mass and ceremony.

ST. DUNSTAN CHURCH

660 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO

Palm Sunday, April 13 5:00 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 8:00 a.m., 9:15 a.m.(Bilngual) & 11:15 a.m.

Holy Thursday, April 17 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 12:05 p.m. Communal Reconciliation Service with the Most Reverend Robert W. McElroy Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco 6:15 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8:00 p.m. Evening Prayer Good Friday, April 18 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 12:00-1:30 p.m. Seven Last Words 1:30 p.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion 6:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in Chinese

1133 BROADWAY, MILLBRAE

HOLY WEEK 2014 PALM SUNDAY 5:00 p.m. Saturday Palm Sunday Masses: 7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 5:00 p.m.

Blessing of palms at all masses.

HOLY THURSDAY 8:00 a.m.

Morning Prayer 7:00 p.m.

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper with washing of feet.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11:00 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY 8:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Morning Prayer Stations of the Cross Seven Last Words Solemn Liturgy and Holy Communion with dramatization of the Passion by our eighth grade students.

4:00-5:00 p.m. Confessions CONCLUSION OF ALL COMMUNAL LITURGIES HOLY SATURDAY 8:00 a.m.

Morning Prayer 3:30-5:00 p.m. Confessions

Holy Saturday, April 19 8:00 p.m. The Great Easter Vigil Easter Sunday, April 20 8:00 a.m. & 9:15 a.m.

11:15 a.m. Bilingual Mass (English-Chinese) followed by Easter Cake in the Auditorium

EASTER VIGIL 8:30 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY MASSES 7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. NO 5:00 p.m. Mass.

COME BE PART OF A WARM, WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE FAITH COMMUNITY

ST. TERESA OF AVILA CATHOLIC CHURCH

April 19, 2014 - HOLY SATURDAY 9:00 AM - Morning Prayer 8:30 PM - Mass : Blessing of Fire, Paschal Candle, Procession, Exultet, Sacraments of Initiation of RCIA Candidates.

POPE TO CELEBRATE HOLY THURSDAY MASS AT CENTER FOR ELDERLY, DISABLED

SERVED BY THE CARMELITES 1490 19TH STREET (AT CONNECTICUT) Palm Sunday, Saturday Vigil: 4:15pm Palm Sunday, 8:30 & 10am EASTER EGG HUNT FOLLOWING THE 10AM MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY PARISH OFFICE (MAILING ADDRESS)

390 Missouri St, San Francisco, CA 94107

EASTER TRIDUUM Holy Thursday, 7:30pm Good Friday, 12:15pm Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil, 8:30pm Easter Sunday, 8:30 & 10:00am Email: info@stteresasf.org

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PHILIPPINE CHURCH OFFICIAL: COURT RULING ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW PARTIAL VICTORY

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Supreme Court ruled a reproductive health law constitutional April 8 and declared it effective immediately.

But in rendering the decision, the court also struck down some provisions of “The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012,” leading an official of the bishops’ conference to call it a partial victory.

“The Supreme Court struck down a number of important provisions that were weakening the conscientious objections for Catholic hospitals, government workers, health care providers,” Father Melvin Castro, executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ Commission on Family and Life, told Catholic News Service.

He said the commission also was glad that the court ruled unconstitutional a portion that would require health care providers to give access to family planning to minor girls, who had already borne children or miscarried, without their parents’ permission.

The law mandates that family planning services and government-funded contraception be given to people living in poverty. It also calls for sex education for minors in middle through high school, with some exceptions. While abortion is illegal in

Saint Philip the Apostle Church 725 Diamond Street San Francisco, CA 94114 - (415) 282-0141

Holy Week Services 2014

Palm Sunday, April 13: The blessing of the palms (outside) before the 10:30 a.m. Mass, with procession into the church. (Masses: Saturday: 5:00 p.m., Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.)

Palms distributed at all Masses.

Holy Thursday, April 17: Soup Supper at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 p.m. Concludes with Eucharistic Procession and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00 p.m. (in the daily Mass chapel).

Good Friday, April 18- 12:00 Noon: A presentation on the Stations of the Cross by our choir and speakers including the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, which includes the reading of the Passion, Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion.

7:00 p.m. - The traditional Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday, April 19 Easter Vigil begins at 8:30 p.m. with the blessing of the Easter fire and lighting of the Easter Candle.

Easter Sunday, April 20: Masses: 8:00 and 10:30 a.m.

The Priests and Parish Community of Saint Philip the Apostle Parish wish you a Happy and Blessed Easter!

Holy Week Schedule Saint Robert’s Church 1380 Crystal Springs Road San Bruno, CA 94066 (650) 589-2800

3 new saints for the Americas Without a canonization ceremony, Pope Francis declared three new saints for the Americas, pioneers of the Catholic Church in Brazil and in Canada. The pope signed decrees April 3 recognizing, left, St. Marie de l’Incarnation, a French Ursuline known as the Mother of the Canadian Church; center, St. Jose de Anchieta, a Spanishborn Jesuit known as the Apostle of Brazil; and, right, St. Francois de Laval, the first bishop of Quebec.

this country, the law compels health care providers to offer services to women who have had abortions.

VATICAN SENDS BISHOP TO SCOTLAND TO INVESTIGATE EDINBURGH ARCHDIOCESE

VATICAN CITY – More than a year after Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien admitted to sexual miscon-

Palm Sunday - April 13 (Palms will be distributed at all Masses) Saturday evening Vigil Mass, 4:30 p.m.

7:30 am., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Holy Thursday - April 17 Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 pm

Good Friday - April 18 Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, 12 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Confessions 1:30 pm - 3 p.m.

Youth Passion Play, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Saturday - April 19 No Morning Mass Confessions 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Easter Vigil Mass 8:30 pm

Easter Sunday - April 20 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

5 pm Mass

EASTER LITURGIES HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH

2014

St. Monica Parish Geary Boulevard at 23rd Avenue, San Francisco

Easter 2014 Holy Week Schedule Palm Sunday, April 13

Saturday Evening Vigil - 5pm Sunday - 8am, 9am (Cantonese) 10:30am (Choir) (Palms will be blessed and distributed at all Masses)

Holy Thursday, April 17

Mass of the Lord’s Supper; Procession and stripping of the altars - 7:30pm (Veneration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10pm)

Good Friday, April 18

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion with Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion - 12 noon Confessions - 1:30pm to 3pm

WEEK

(415) 664-8590

www.holynamesf.org

39th Avenue & Lawton St. San Francisco, California

PALM SUNDAY MASSES in the Church: April 13, 2014 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (with procession from the One Body Statue), 11:30 AM and 5 PM Vietnamese

Holy Saturday, April 19

MONDAY, April 14, 2014 & TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 7:30 AM & 9:00 AM Masses in the Chapel

Easter Sunday, April 20

WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2014 7:30 AM & 9:00 AM Masses in the Chapel, AdoraƟon of the Blessed Sacrament aŌer the 9:00 AM Mass unƟl the 12:00 Noon Solemn BenedicƟon & ReposiƟon

No 5pm Mass Easter Vigil Mass - 7:30pm Including Saint Thomas Apostle Church Community

Sunday - 8am, 9am (Cantonese) 10:30am (Choir) No Evening Mass

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CHURCH 60 Wellington Avenue Daly City, CA 94014 Phone 650 755 9786

2014 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE ST. ROBERT’S PARISH Easter 2014

duct amid allegations by three priests and a former priest, the Vatican Congregation for Bishops is sending an investigator to the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh to collect testimony.

A statement distributed April 4 by the Scottish Catholic Media Office said Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, a longtime abuse investigator for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, had been appointed by the Congregation for Bishops “as its special envoy to listen and report on recent serious allegations of misconduct following a request from Pope Francis.”

“I am grateful to the Holy Father and the Congregation for Bishops and see the latter’s action as indicative of the seriousness with which this matter is being taken,” Archbishop Leo Cushley of St. Andrews and Edinburgh said in the statement.

The National Catholic Reporter, which originally published news about Bishop Scicluna’s appointment, said Archbishop Cushley had invited “past and present members of the clergy” to meet with and tell Bishop Scicluna about “any incidents of sexual misconduct committed against them by other members of the clergy.”

03/24 – Monday –After 6:30 PM Mass PARISH RECONCILIATION (Bilingual) PALM SUNDAY 4/12 – Saturday -7:00 PM Passion Play, presented by OLPH Youth and Young Adults 04/17 – HOLY THURSDAY 7:30 AM Morning Praise 7:30 PM Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Bilingual) 9:00 PM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Until 12:00 Midnight) 04/18 – GOOD FRIDAY 12:00 PM Reflections on the Seven Last Words 3:00 PM Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, Communion Service 5:00 PM Procession 7:30 PM Spanish Service 04/19 – HOLY SATURDAY 7:30 AM Stations of the Cross (Outdoor) 8:30 PM Easter Vigil Liturgy 04/20 – EASTER SUNDAY 5:30 AM “Salubong” and Mass 7:00 AM NO MASS 8:30 AM; 10:00 AM; 11:30 AM – English. 1:00 PM - Spanish

PARISH PENANCE SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2014 at 7:00 PM HOLY THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (No morning Masses) Mass of the Lord’s Supper : 7:30 PM in the Church GOOD FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 in the Church StaƟons of the Cross with Holy Name School students at 1:00 PM MeditaƟon on the Seven Last Words at 2:00 PM Good Friday Service at 3:00 PM Keeping Company with Our Lady of Sorrows in the Flanagan Center, Overnight Vigil from 5:00 PM on Good Friday to 11:00 AM on Holy Saturday Vietnamese Services: 5:00-7:00 PM Confessions, VeneraƟon of the Cross & Communion in the Church EASTER VIGIL, Saturday, April 19, 2014 Mass at 8:30 PM in the Church EASTER SUNDAY MASSES in the Church: April 20, 2014 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (with Easter Egg Hunt), 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM Vietnamese Mass

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 11, 2014

EASTER LITURGIES We Welcome and Celebrate the Mystery of our Faith at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church 3835 Balboa Street San Francisco, CA 94121 (415) 387-5545 HOLY THURSDAY: 7:30 p.m. Mass Good Friday: 12:00 Noon Living Stations of the Cross

by STA Students 1:00 p.m. Reflections on the 7 Last Words 2:00 p.m. Communion Service Easter Vigil Mass at St. Monica Church: 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass & 11:00 a.m. Mass No Evening Mass

The Parish of St. Catherine of Siena 1310 Bayswater Ave., Burlingame CA 94010 Holy Thursday, April 17 7:30 p.m.

Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel ending with Night Prayer at 10:55 p.m.)

Good Friday, April 18 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Stations of the Cross 1:15 p.m.

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 7 p.m.

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Holy Saturday, April 19 8:30 p.m.

Celebration of the Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday, April 20 Easter Sunday Masses 7:30, 9, 10:30 a.m. & 12 noon

St. Bruno’s Church

1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood & Thomas More Ways

San Francisco (415) 452-9634 www.stmchurch.com

One Day Mariapolis Event, April 5th 10am-5pm (with Vigil Mass) Live Stations of the Cross Indoors April 11th

Paschal Triduum

Palm Sunday, April 13th Regular Sunday Mass Schedule with procession of palms Holy Thursday, April 17th “Caena Domini” Washing of the Feet 7:00 PM English, 9:00 PM Arabic

555 W. San Bruno Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066 www.saintbruno.org Fax (650) 588-6087

2014 Holy Week Schedule

Holy Saturday, April 19th 11:00 AM Egg Hunt San Bruno Park 8:00 PM Ceremony of the LIGHT & Mass of the Resurrection, in English 10:30 PM Ceremony of the LIGHT & Mass of the Resurrection, in Arabic

Holy Saturday, April 19 8:30 PM VIGIL MASS OF EASTER Assembly at courtyard Asamblea en el patio (bilingual/bilingue) Easter Potluck Dinner follows

April 20th; Easter Masses 8:00 AM: Brazilian 10:00 AM: English (Followed by Egg Hunt after Mass*)

Easter Sunday, April 20 Sam, 10am (Espanol), 12pm &6pm Sprinkling of Holy Water at all masses Newly-blessed water in 2 oz. bottle available Agua bendita en 2 oz botella esta disponible

(Inside the Main Church)

April 19, Saturday HOLY SATURDAY 8:30 pm EASTER VIGIL MASS April 20, Sunday EASTER SUNDAY 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 am & 12:30 pm MASSES After all Masses Easter Egg Hunt

Parish Missions Monday, April 14th thru Wednesday April 16, 2014 Each evening at 7:00pm except on Tuesday it will begin at 7:30pm Confessions on Tuesday, April 15 at 10:00am & 6:00pm

Holy Thursday (Mass of the Lord’s Supper) Thursday, April 17, 2014 Mass at 7:30pm

Good Friday (Celebration of the Lord’s Passion) Friday, April 18, 2014 Children’s Liturgy from Noon to 1:00pm (Nano Nagle Hall Gym) Stations of the Cross at 12:00pm The Seven Last Words at 1:00pm English Reflection at 2:00pm Spanish Reflection at 7:30pm

Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) Saturday, April 19, 2014 Mass at 8:30pm

Easter Sunday (Resurrection Sunday) Sunday, April 20, 2014 Masses at 5:00am (Salubong), 6:30am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am (Spanish) and 1:00pm, no 5:30pm Mass

If you have any questions, please call the Parish Office 415.333.7630

Masses: 5 p.m. (Sat. Vig.), 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 noon (Span.)

Blessing of Palms and Procession from Auditorium to Basilica at 10 a.m. & 12 noon Masses 6:00 p.m. - Movie and reflection and light potluck

Holy Thursday - April 17th

6:30 p.m. - Seder Supper (tickets required - $10/5) 8:00 p.m. - Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper [Bilingual] followed by procession and adoration until 11 p.m.

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion - April 18th

(Around the Neighborhood)

5:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13, 2014 Saturday vigil at 5:30pm Sunday Masses at 6:30am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am (Spanish), 1:00pm and 5:30pm

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion - April 13th

2014 Holy Week Schedule April 17, Thursday HOLY THURSDAY 9:00 am – 4:00 pm "P A B A S A" (Passion) 8:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper 9:30-11:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Chapel) GOOD FRIDAY April 18, Friday 10:00 am – 12:00 noon "P A B A S A" (Passion) 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross and Communion Stations of the Cross

2014 LENTEN SCHEDULE

2014 Easter Week Liturgies

1571 Southgate Avenue, Daly City, CA 94015 (650) 756-3223

3:00 pm

EPIPHANY

Passion (Palm) Sunday

Holy Triduum Holy Thursday, April 17 7:00 PM MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER (bilingual/bilingue) 9:OOPM Adoration of Blessed Sacrament 11:45 PM: Benediction

ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH

OF THE

827 Vienna Street San Francisco, CA 94112

April 11, 2014 Every Friday after the 8:00am Mass

Reconciliation service: Saturdays 3:30pm - 4:30pm and every Sunday 30 minutes before each mass

Good Friday, April 18th 12:00 Noon: Live Stations of the Cross (Outdoors) 1:00 PM: Passion of Christ, in English 9:00 PM Passion of Christ, in Arabic

NO ARABIC MASS 8:00 PM English Mass with Salubong

HOLY THURSDAY - April 17 Masses: 12:05 p.m.

7:00 p.m.Tri-Lingual Mass of the Last Supper Procession to the Altar of Repose Adoration until Midnight GOOD FRIDAY - April 18 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. “Reflections on The Passion” 1:30 p.m. Liturgy of Good Friday (English) 3:00 p.m. Chinese Liturgy (Chapel) 6:00 p.m. Liturgy of Good Friday (Spanish) HOLY SATURDAY - April 19 8:00 p.m. Bilingual Celebration of Easter Vigil EASTER SUNDAY - April 20 5:00 a.m. In front of Church, Salubong: Meeting of Jesus and Mary Masses: 7:00, 8:45 (Spanish), 10:45 a.m., and 12:30 p.m.

3:00 p.m. Cantonese Mass (chapel)

Stations of the Cross

Good Friday, April 18 1:00 PM Stations of the Cross (courtyard) 2:30 PM Liturgy of Passion & Death 5:00 PM Via Crucis (patio) 6:00 PM Liturgia de la Pasion del Senor

*Parents must accompany their children.

One Notre Dame Avenue San Mateo, CA (650) 344-7622

CHURCH

(650) 588-2121

St. Thomas More Church

St. Matthew Catholic Church

Mission Dolores Basilica 16th & Dolores St., San Francisco 415-621-8203

www.missiondolores.org Rev. Arturo Albano, Pastor Rev. Manuel Curso, Parochial Vicar Jerome Lenk, Director of Music & Liturgy Maria Rosales Uribe, Director of Religious Ed.

12:00 noon - Stations of the Cross and Passion Play 6:30 p.m. - Liturgy of Good Friday [Bilingual] followed by Santo Entierro Procession

Holy Saturday - April 19th

3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Sacrament of Reconciliation 8:00 p.m. - Easter Vigil Liturgy [Bilingual]

Easter Sunday - April 20th

8:00 a.m. - Mass [cantor and organ] 10:00 a.m. - Mass [Basilica Choir – brass and organ] 12:00 noon - Mass [Spanish – Coro y organo]

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 11, 2014

CONVERSION: Homeless man in ‘search for peace’ awaits Easter baptism FROM PAGE 1

You search for a safe place to lie down at night. You search for peace.”

Unemployed since 2012, he lost the Tenderloin walkup that he said cost him 90 percent of the income he made at a lighting retailer in Oakland. He is now on a yearlong waiting list for another single-room occupancy unit that will cost him a third of his monthly $1,000 disability check.

Like dozens of other homeless city dwellers each day, Riddle entered St. Boniface for the first time for one reason: to close his eyes. The church’s Gubbio Project invites the homeless to sleep on its back pews between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. In the process his eyes were opened to the beauty of the Mass and the Catholic Church.

“I spent a few months just coming in to the church and resting and then stayed for the Mass,” Riddle said in an interview with Catholic San Francisco at St. Boniface where he attends daily Mass. A scapular is visible under his “Captain America” T-shirt as he tucks a well-worn, rubber-bandbound prayer book into the canvas pack that holds all his earthly belongings. All except a bike locked up across the street.

The Gospel often brought him to tears, he said. But it made him laugh sometimes, too. “It wasn’t that much of a stretch to see my own life in some of the readings.”

Riddle’s childhood was hardly perfect. His mother and stepfather abused alcohol, he said, but kept him “under an umbrella of love.” They sent him to a Christian Sunday school and planted a few seeds of faith.

Nothing “really terrible” happened

‘Maybe it’s his 40 days in the desert. He’s been able to turn something incredibly difficult around to find his faith.’

FRANCISCAN FATHER TOMMY KING Pastor, St. Boniface Parish

(PHOTO BY CHRISTINA GRAY/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Michael Riddle still struggles as a homeless man in San Francisco but says his “spirit is in a different place” since he discovered the Catholic faith. He will be baptized and confirmed Easter Sunday at St. Boniface Church. at home, he said, until the family moved from the tiny town of Palm City, Fla., to San Francisco, where he said some combination of “culture shock” and his escalating mental illness manifested in truancy problems in school, an increasing sense of isolation and the start of a drug habit.

He dropped out of both high school and a local trade school and discovered the professional roller speed skating circuit in Golden Gate Park.

“I did well in the skating scene,” he said. He toured the country and was a national competitor in the sport. “For a while, the city was my playground,” he said.

That playground turned dangerous with a drug habit that started first with crack and then escalated to speed, heroin and, finally, prescrip-

tion drugs. Riddle said his drug problem coincided with the progression of his mental illness, which by then was marked by unpredictable waves of darkness lasting six months or longer.

“The drugs actually caused the same symptoms as manic depression but I felt at the time that at least with drugs, those symptoms were in my control,” he said.

After what Riddle calls a “deep, dark decade” between the ages of 25 and 35, he weaned himself off his drug habit and changed his eating habits as well as his friends. He began doing what he describes as “more virtuous things,” like exercising and spending time in nature.

Riddle approached a nun after Mass at St. Boniface to help answer a question he had about a reading in the

missal. When she learned that he was not Catholic and had been receiving the Eucharist, she corrected him and referred him to the RCIA program.

“I didn’t know what was involved or what a sacrament was,” he said. On Sunday, April 20, he will receive both the sacraments of baptism and Communion.

St. Boniface pastor Franciscan Father Tommy King said Riddle’s sincerity, gratitude and spiritual focus is impressive considering the daily burdens of being homeless.

“Maybe it’s his 40 days in the desert,” said Father King. “He’s been able to turn something incredibly difficult around to find his faith.”

When asked what it was about the Catholic Church that drew him in, Riddle said that some things stand the test of time without losing anything and the Catholic Church has done that. He also credited the Franciscans he met at St. Boniface.

Riddle speaks with conviction when he says his homelessness is temporary and that life on the streets now is not as bad as it is for most other people.

“Don’t get me wrong,” he said. “I suffer physically in much the same way they do, but my spirit is in a different place now.”

POPES: J23, JP2 left lasting marks on how church relates to other faiths FROM PAGE 1

the Jews had a profound impact on both popes and on their relationship with Jews both during and after World War II. From 1935 to 1945, Blessed John served as apostolic delegate to Turkey, a country that remained neutral during the Second World War. His relationship with King Boris of Bulgaria, where he had served previously, his contacts with top Catholic leaders throughout Europe and with other diplomats based in Turkey gave him repeated opportunities to help Jews fleeing the Nazis receive the papers they needed to escape.

“He not only helped to rescue Jews, but was one of the first people to get information about what was happening,” Rabbi Rosen said.

Even before the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, in 1959 Blessed John ordered a change in a Good Friday prayer many Catholics and Jews believed contributed to antiJewish sentiments among Catholics.

The text offered prayers “for the faithless Jews” – in Latin “perfidia iudaica,” which often was translated into English as “perfidious Jews” rather than “faithless.”

Even more important, Rabbi Rosen said, was Blessed John’s meeting in 1960 with the French Jewish scholar Jules Isaac, whose wife and daughter had been killed at Auschwitz.

“I don’t know to what degree Roncalli (Blessed John) had internalized the systematic demonization of the Jew

(CNS PHOTO/REUTERS)

Pope John Paul II prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem March 26, 2000. Praying at the Jewish holy site was among the many “papal firsts” of his pontificate. within the church – I think very few within the church did – but he knew there was something wrong, he knew something had to change. To have it presented as systematically as Jules Isaac did, I think that was a strong boost for his resolve to address this whole relationship,” Rabbi Rosen said.

Blessed John “is the revolutionary,” the rabbi said, and everything later popes did built on his groundbreaking moves. “I think it’s quite striking: John XXIII starts the process and John Paul II takes it to new heights.”

Blessed John began the process that led to the Second Vatican Council’s recognition that the seeds of truth and even God’s presence could be seen at work in other religions; Blessed John Paul showed the world how seriously the church believes that by inviting representatives of all the world’s major religions – and several local

indigenous religions – to Assisi, Italy, in 1986 to pray for peace.

Blessed John Paul has a special place in the hearts of many Jews, and his efforts to promote Catholic-Jewish relations will be remembered as a hallmark of his papacy. He grew up with Jewish friends not far from what would become the Auschwitz death camp; frequently condemned antiSemitism as a sin; was the first pope, probably since St. Peter, to visit the Rome synagogue; and was the first to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, leaving amid its stones a note asking God’s forgiveness for Catholics’ past hostility to Jews.

“In the Arab world, Pope John Paul II is better known” than Blessed John, Mokrani said. “His speech to young Muslims in Casablanca (Morocco, in 1985) was an extremely strong moment of dialogue that had an echo

Blessed John ‘is the revolutionary,’ and everything later popes did built on his groundbreaking moves. ‘I think it’s quite striking: John XXIII starts the process and John Paul II takes it to new heights.’

RABBI DAVID ROSEN

Director of interreligious relations, American Jewish Committee throughout the Arab world. His visits to Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land were signs of brotherhood and peace.”

“Another important point is that at critical moments – especially during the war in Iraq – he was very adept at maintaining balance,” Mokrani said.

“His position against the war and in favor of peace on a spiritual, diplomatic and political level was very clear and helped overcome the tendency some people had to identify the West with Christianity.”

Both popes about to be canonized were living examples that “traveling, meeting people, learning new cultures and interacting with others every day creates bonds,” Mokrani said. “Personal, direct contacts are essential, fundamental for dialogue. Dialogue isn’t something you can learn at university, you have to live it.”

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Easter glory in a Roman jewel box

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ne of the many reasons to follow the Lenten station church pilgrimage through Rome is that, along that unique itinerary of sanctity, one discovers otherwise-hidden jewels of church architecture and design, created in honor of the early Roman martyrs.

Perhaps the most stunning of these is St. Praxedes on the Esquiline Hill, hidden behind the vastness of St. Mary Major.

As my co-author Elizabeth Lev puts it in Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches (Basic Books), “the little Basilica of St. Praxedes is a surprising treasure chest, its dingy portal GEORGE WEIGEL opening into an interior of dazzling mosaics.”

That dingy portal is one reason why a lot of Roman visitors, including the most assiduous tourists, miss St. Praxedes, for its exterior suggests nothing of the marvels inside. Indeed, I expect I walked right past St. Praxedes numerous times before entering it for the first time on March 24, 1997, Monday of Holy Week that year and St. Praxedes’ annual turn in the station church rotation.

We owe this aesthetic marvel to the labors of Pope St. Paschal I, whose brief pontificate in the early ninth century added immensely to the beauty of Rome, during what history is pleased to dub the Dark Ages. After noting that Pope Paschal rebuilt this church near a late fifth-century church dedicated to St. Praxedes, Lix Lev explains the intention within the pope’s design: “Paschal’s architectural aesthetic focused on light: thus the nave was lined with 24 clerestory windows through which the sun’s rays streamed before dancing off the small glass tiles of the ornamentation. The apse mosaic took its inspiration from the Basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian: Against a mesmerizing blue sky, a golden-robed Christ floats under the hand of God. Peter and Paul flank him, wearing senatorial togas; Praxedes and her sister Pudenziana, holding their crowns of martyrdom, are embraced by the apostles and guided toward Christ … .

“This celestial gathering is surmounted by apocalyptic imagery: the Lamb of God, flanked by seven candlesticks and the symbols of the four evangelists.

Scores of white-robed figures offer their wreaths. Their procession concludes at the arch’s summit, where the apostles, Mary, and John the Baptist point toward Christ, flanked by angels. The entire work is an invitation to look through this world into the city of God.” In itself, that would be enough. But that’s not all.

For Pope Paschal also built here a funerary chapel for his mother, Theodora, the Chapel of St. Zeno. And while the basilica’s apse mosaic and triumphal arch are as magnificent as Liz Lev describes them, it’s the St. Zeno chapel that marks St. Praxedes as a Christian site not to be missed.

I’ve been in many spectacularly beautiful rooms over the years: the Painted Hall of Wren’s Royal Naval Hospital in Greenwich, England, the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, and the Sistine Chapel would obviously rank high on any such list. But I would happily enroll the tiny St. Zeno chapel in St. Praxedes in any contest for Most Beautiful Room on Planet Earth. Replete with wall-to-wall golden mosaics, the chapel is intended, as Liz writes, to evoke the experience of heaven: “Precious columns line the four corners, capped with golden capitals from which angels seem to reach to the vault’s summit, where Christ Pantocrator looks serenely down.”

And yet amidst this stunning beauty is a reminder of how and why Jesus is Lord and king. For a small, glass-enclosed reliquary to the side of the chapel houses a fragment of a stone column, long venerated as the pillar of the scourging that preceded the crucifixion.

The glory of the risen Lord, so magnificently displayed throughout the Basilica of St. Praxedes, is Easter glory. Easter glory is not without cost, for Easter glory follows the obedient suffering of the son on Good Friday. There, on Calvary, the son conforms himself to the will of the Father as he meets his messianic destiny on a cruciform throne.

Easter necessarily follows Good Friday. That lesson rings down the centuries, from Pope Paschal I to Pope Francis.

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

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John Paul II’s heroic soul

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ome’s chief exorcist shared in a 2011 interview that invoking the intercession of soonto-be St. John Paul II has proven particularly effective during exorcisms. “I have asked the demon more than once, ‘Why are you so scared of John Paul II?’ and I have had two different responses. … One, ‘Because he disrupted my plans.’… Another response that he gave me, ‘Because he pulled so many young people from my hands.’”

Karol Wojtyla (who became John Paul II) had experienced the full darkness CHRISTOPHER of the 20th century and of STEFANICK our frail human condition at a young age. The words of Isaiah the prophet about our Lord apply to him as well. He was “a man of suffering, acquainted with grief ” (53:3).

His big sister died before he was born. Growing up, he loved his mom like any little boy does. He would later call her, “The soul of home.” She died when he was 8. Karol loved and looked up to his older brother.

Four years after his mother, his big brother died.

People described him in sixth and seventh grade as being withdrawn and quiet (if you have a depressed preteen at home, he might become pope some day!).

His father became everything to him. He filled the role of dad, mom, mentor and friend. He not only helped guide Karol through the turbulent teenage years, but through the Nazi occupation of Poland when he was in high school, and soon after, the Soviet invasion. When he was 20, his father died. Later in life he reflected, “At 20 I had already lost all the people I loved, and even those I might have loved, like my older sister who, they said, died, six years before I was born.”

But a sad reality of our human condition is that great souls are only chiseled out from the rest of us by great trials. I wish I could become the saint who was best known for sitting on a beach, surfing, and sipping Coronas every day after morning Mass, but that saint won’t ever exist. Not that we Catholics shun the enjoyment of life! To the contrary, Catholic cultures are historically the perfecters of good beer, wine, coffee and art. But those aren’t the crucibles that forge heroic souls.

John Paul II didn’t become a heroic soul despite his suffering, he became one precisely because of it. His response to personal pain wasn’t to retreat

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Pope John Paul II displays his familiar smile during a 1980 visit to Paris. Whether at home or on the road, the Polish pontiff worked to be the church’s most active evangelizer. from the world, but to embrace it with the love of Jesus himself, whose Sacred Heart is simultaneously the icon of profound pain and perfect charity.

As bishop, Wojtyla’s heart was wide open to his people. He wrote that, as bishop, “Everyone had direct access to me at all times. All were welcome to my home.” His attention to the individual continued into his papacy. “I don’t like the word ‘crowd,’ which seems too anonymous,” he wrote, “I prefer the word, ‘multitude.’” To him every person was important, and somehow my generation knew that. Perhaps that’s why you could be in a crowd a million strong at a World Youth Day, a half-mile away from that white speck on the stage, and people around you were crying. They felt personally loved, and they were.

Throughout his ministry, his heart never recoiled in fear before the moral evils of the 20th century that risked bringing the human race to an end. He faced everything from communism, to the Cold War, to abortion to rampant materialism – all aspects of what he referred to as “the culture of death”– with an almost supernatural grin that said, “I know who wins.” His favorite phrase as pope was the one Jesus repeated more than any other in Scripture, “Be not afraid!”

Many things made Pope John Paul II truly great, but at the heart of it all is a man who maintained simple friendship, hope and love in the face of the deepest darkness. Few will be able to emulate him as a leader on the world stage, but that’s the kind of everyday heroism we’re all called to. It’s that kind of heroism that makes demons tremble in the presence of ordinary Christians.

STEFANICK’S column is distributed by the Denver Catholic Register, newspaper of the Denver archdiocese.

LETTERS Science shows us how God works

Father Robert Barron is absolutely correct when he says that the church and science are closely linked. Copernicus was encouraged to publish his heliocentric theory by Pope Clement VII and it was a priest, Father George Lemaitre, who came up with the big bang theory of the universe. However, he is wrong for criticizing those who see only the times that the church viciously attacked various scientists and their views. Unfortunately, the support that various popes and clergy have given to science is always gentle. The anger they have shown to scientific ideas has too often been vicious.

As Father Barron noted, when Father Giordano Bruno proposed that the sun was just a star, the Inquisition accused him of heresy and burned him at the stake. A few years later, Pope Urban VIII encouraged Galileo to publish his advances on Copernicus’ theory, but when the Inquisition prelates accused him of heresy and refused to allow that publication, the pope didn’t say a word. That has been the Achilles heel of Catholicism, those in power who refuse to accept change or to admit that previous knowledge was not perfect. We are still seeing it today, and it is one of the reasons that people are leaving the church. Religion should show us what God wants us to do. Science shows us how God works. To want to

hold on to previous ideas in the light of new knowledge is detrimental to both.

Denis Nolan Daly City

‘Cosmos’ a missed opportunity

Thank you for publishing Father Robert Barron’s column “‘Cosmos’ and one more telling of the tired myth,” April 4. Seth MacFarlane, well-known atheist and cartoonist, would never produce an antagonistic film toward any other religion but felt comfortable targeting the Catholic Church. Furthermore, many religious scientists, Catholic and otherwise, acknowledge that all matter in the known universe originated from a microscopic dot and has been accelerating away from that point for 13.7 billion years. Science alone will never be able to explain where all that matter came from before it was released in the big bang.

Dismissing the existence of the creator as a possible source of matter, violates scientific inquiry which is generally intended to be as objective as possible in order to reduce biased interpretations of results.

“Cosmos” could have been an educational opportunity for young people but instead was a biased history from the perspective of an atheist.

Alan J. Smith San Francisco

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SUNDAY READINGS

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Jesus cried out, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ The bystanders said, ‘This one is calling for Elijah.’

MATTHEW 27:11-54 At the procession with palms MATTHEW 21:1-11 When Jesus and the disciples drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tethered, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them here to me. And if anyone should say anything to you, reply, ‘The master has need of them.’ Then he will send them at once.” This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: Say to daughter Zion, “Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.” The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them. They brought the ass and the colt and laid their cloaks over them, and he sat upon them.

The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road. The crowds preceding him and those following kept crying out and saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is the he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.” And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was shaken and asked, “Who is this?”

And the crowds replied, “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

ISAIAH 50:4-7 The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.

Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. The Lord God is my help therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

PSALM 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.”

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Indeed, many dogs surround me, a pack of evildoers closes in upon me; they have pierced my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

They divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. But you, O Lord, be not far from me; O my help, hasten to aid me.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

I will proclaim your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you: “You who fear the Lord, praise him; all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him; revere him, all you descendants of Israel!”

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

PHILIPPIANS 2:6-11 Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself,

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becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

MATTHEW 27:11-54 Jesus stood before the governor, Pontius Pilate, who questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.” And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer. Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many things they are testifying against you?”

But he did not answer him one word, so that the governor was greatly amazed. Now on the occasion of the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wished. And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Which one do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus called Christ?” For he knew that it was out of envy that they had handed him over. While he was still seated on the bench, his wife sent him a message, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man. I suffered much in a dream today because of him.” The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus. The governor said to them in reply, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They answered, “Barabbas!” Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus called

Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!” But he said, “Why? What evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “Let him be crucified!” When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was breaking out instead, he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. Look to it yourselves.” And the whole people said in reply, “His blood be upon us and upon our children.” Then he released Barabbas to them, but after he had Jesus scourged, he handed him over to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus inside the praetorium and gathered the whole cohort around him. They stripped off his clothes and threw a scarlet military cloak about him. Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head, and a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” They spat upon him and took the reed and kept striking him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him off to crucify him. As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon; this man they pressed into service to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha – which means Place of the Skull – they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. After they had crucified him, they divided his garments by casting lots; then they sat down and kept watch over him there. And they placed over his head the written charge against him: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews. Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left. Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself, if you are the Son of God, and come down from the cross!” Likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. So he is the king of Israel! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he wants him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” The revolutionaries who were crucified with him also kept abusing him in the same way. From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about 3 o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “This one is calling for Elijah.”

Immediately one of them ran to get a sponge; he soaked it in wine, and putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink. But the rest said, ‘Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to save him.” But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit.

Here all kneel and pause for a short time.

And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many. The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus feared greatly when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, and they said, “Truly, this was the Son of God!”

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, APRIL 14: Monday of Holy Week. IS 42:17. PS 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14. JN 12:1-11.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15: Tuesday of Holy Week. IS 49:1-6. PS 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17. JN 13:21-33, 36-38.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16: IS 50:4-9a. PS 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34. MT 26:14-25.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17: Holy Thursday, evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. EX 12:1-8, 11-14. 1 COR 11:2326. JN 13:1-15.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18: Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday). IS 52:13-53:12. PS 31:2, 6, 12-13, 1516, 17, 25. HEB 4:14-16; 5:7-9. JN 18:1-19:42.

SATURDAY, APRIL 19: At the Easter Vigil in the holy

night of Easter. GN 1:1-2:2 or GN 1:1, 26-31a. PS 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 or PS 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 and 22. GN 22:1-18 or GN 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18. PS 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11. EX 14:15-15:1. EX 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18. IS 54:5-14. PS 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13.

IS 55:1-11. IS 12:2-3, 4, 5-6. BAR 3:9-15, 32-4:4. PS 19:8, 9, 10, 11. EZ 36:16-17a, 18-28. PS 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4. IS 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or PS 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19.

ROM 6:3-11. PS 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23. MT 28:1-10.

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Like Jesus, staying our ground despite the perils

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leave – and save themselves. The villagers, however, urge them to stay on because they couldn’t imagine their village without the benevolent monks. The monks discern, from among only sad options available, through prayer and honest dialogue, to stay on and serve, no matter the consequences. Their decision is born not out of naiveté but of faith and fidelity to God and the people they serve. On March 27, 1996, seven of the nine monks are kidnapped and on May 21 they are killed.

As we begin the Holy Week this Palm (Passion) Sunday, we journey with Jesus all over again and enter into the mysteries of his final days on earth – imaginatively, emotionally and spiritually. The Cistercian monks’ final days on earth dovetail into what Jesus experiences, feels, thinks, struggles with, prays about and discerns – in relation to his father’s plan for him. The word of God draws us into the depth of the mind and heart of Jesus.

In Matthew’s narratives Jesus fulfills Jewish prophecies. He is the Messiah foretold; the son of God. He rides a donkey to show he is a king of a different kind. He is ready to suffer as portrayed in the third servant song in Isaiah. Selfeffacing, he washes the feet of disciples and establishes the Eucharist. The an-

he inspirational and heart-rending 2010 movie “Of Gods and Men” is based on the May 1996 killing of seven French Cistercian monks who had lived and worked in the monastery Notre-Dame de l’Atlas of Tibhirine in Algeria. Those martyrs’ life and death were rooted in their Lord and master whose final days of ministry leading up to his death that we commemorate this Holy Week.

FATHER CHARLES The film capPUTHOTA tures the monks’ idyllic lifestyle of prayer, work, and service being shattered by the civil war. They love and serve their local village community. Their free medical clinic is much sought after. As threats to their safety mount, they wonder if they should stay or flee. Divided, they argue, but also pray about how to proceed. At first it seems obvious that they should

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

cient hymn in the Philippians celebrates Jesus’ self-emptying Incarnation and obedience unto death on the cross, resulting in resurrection and exaltation.

The word of God helps us to see ourselves in the life and death of Christ as it did the monks in Algeria. The monks saw their perilous situation, their terror and tragedy in the context of what Jesus faces at the end of his life. Following Jesus, they pray, discern, and even wish that their danger would go away either by itself or by their fleeing the scene, but they surrender like Jesus to the Father. Like their Lord, their lives end in betrayal, denial, humiliation, suffering and death. Jesus was their pattern and paradigm.

This Holy Week, as we commemorate Jesus’ redemptive, life-giving acts, we can see ourselves forever patterned on Jesus. Like those monks, we will

struggle through sadness and darkness about how to be faithful to God and the people we serve. We may be tempted to flee, but let’s stay our ground. Let us confront evil through love and fidelity.

Pope Francis has been inspiring people all over the world that our response to heartbreaking suffering, poverty, violence, and sadness is love, mercy, and compassion–-the divine qualities to be practiced in our simple lifestyle and generous giving of ourselves. The monks lived and died heroic lives by following Jesus in his ultimate sacrifice.

This Holy Week, we could ask, like St. Ignatius of Loyola, by kneeling before the crucified Lord: “What have I done for you Lord? What am I doing for you Lord? What shall I do for you Lord?”

FATHER PUTHOTA is pastor of St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco.

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The Garden of Gethsemane

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everal years ago, Mel Gibson produced and directed a movie which enjoyed a spectacular popularity. “The Passion of the Christ” movie depicts Jesus’ paschal journey from the Garden of Gethsemane to his death on Golgotha, but with a very heavy emphasis on his physical suffering. The FATHER RON movie shows in ROLHEISER graphic detail what someone who was being crucified might have had to endure in terms of being physically beaten, tortured, and humiliated.

While most church groups applauded the film and suggested that, finally, someone made a movie that truly depicted Jesus’ suffering, many scripture scholars and spiritual writers were critical of the movie.

Why? What’s wrong with showing, at length and in graphic detail, that blood and gore of the crucifixion – which, indeed, must have been pretty horrific?

What’s wrong (or better, perhaps, amiss) is that this is precisely what the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ death don’t do. All four Gospels take pains to not focus on the physical sufferings of Jesus. Their descriptions of his physical sufferings are stunningly brief: “They crucified him with the two criminals.” “Pilate had Jesus

scourged and handed him over to be crucified.” Why the brevity here?

Why no detailed description?

The reason that the evangelists don’t focus us on what Jesus was enduring physically is that they want us to focus on something else, namely, on what Jesus was enduring emotionally and morally. The passion of Jesus is, in its real depth, a moral drama, not a physical one, the suffering of a lover, not that of an athlete.

Thus we see that, when Jesus is anticipating his passion, the anxiety he expresses is not about the whips that will beat him or the nails that will pierce his hands. He is pained and anxious rather about the aloneness he is facing, how he will be betrayed and abandoned by those who profess to love him, and how he will, in the wonderful phraseology of Gil Bailie, be “unanimity minus one.”

That the passion of Jesus is a lovedrama is also evident in its setting.

It begins with him sweating blood in a garden – and ends with him being buried in a garden. Jesus is sweating blood in a garden, not in an arena.

What’s significant about a garden?

In archetypal symbolism, gardens are not for growing vegetables or even for growing flowers. Gardens are for lovers, the place to experience delight, the place to drink wine, the place where Adam and Eve were naked and didn’t know it, the place where one makes love.

And so the evangelists place the beginning and the end of Jesus’ passion in a garden to emphasize that it is Jesus, as lover (not Jesus as king, or magus or prophet) who is undergo-

ing this drama. And what precisely was the drama? When Jesus is sweating blood in the garden and begging his Father to spare him having to “drink the cup,” the real choice he is facing is not: Will I let myself die or will I invoke divine power and save my life? Rather the choice was: “How will I die? Will I die angry, bitter, and unforgiving, or will I die with a warm, forgiving heart?”

Of course, we know how Jesus resolved this drama, how he chose forgiveness and died forgiving his executioners, and how, inside all that darkness, he remained solidly inside the message that he had preached his whole ministry, namely, that ultimately love, community and forgiveness triumph.

Moreover, what Jesus did in that great moral drama is something we’re supposed to imitate rather than simply admire because that drama is also ultimately the drama of love within our own lives, presenting itself to us in countless ways.

At the end of our lives, how will we die? Will our hearts be angry, clinging, unforgiving, and bitter at the unfairness of life? Or, will our hearts be forgiving, grateful, empathic, warm, as was the heart of Jesus when he

said to his Father not my will but yours be done?

This is not just one, major choice we face at the hour of death; it is also a choice we face many times daily.

Countless times in our daily interactions with others, our families, our colleagues, our friends and with society at large, we suffer moments of coldness, misunderstanding, unfairness and positive violation. From the indifference of a family member to our enthusiasm, to a sarcastic comment that is intended to hurt us, to a gross unfairness in our workplace, to being the victim of a prejudice or abuse; our kitchen tables, our workplaces, our meeting rooms, and the streets we share with others, are all places where we daily experience, in small and big ways, what Jesus felt in the Garden of Gethsemane, unanimity minus one. In that darkness will we let go of our light? In the face of hatred will we let go of love?

That’s the real drama of the “Passion of the Christ” – and the ropes, whips, and nails are not the central drama.

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In this leisurely paced dramatization, Chavez (1927-1993) works to organize his fellow field laborers. To do so, he has to struggle against the oppressive machinations of various farm owners, most prominently paternalistic Croatian immigrant and self-made-man John Bogdonovich (John Malkovich).

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aided in his efforts by activist Dolores Huerta (Rosario Dawson) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in partnership with whom Chavez founded the union that would eventually be known as the United Farm Workers of America in 1962. Chavez gains another ally, as well as an admirer, in New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (Jack Holmes).

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Chavezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single-minded dedication to achieving justice through nonviolence leads him, at one point, to undertake a prolonged, lifethreatening fast. Like his constant absences from home, however, this dramatic gesture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; designed to get his followers in the UFW to renew their commitment to an exclusively peaceful strategy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; exacts a toll on his supportive wife Helen (America

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During his fast, moreover, Chavez keeps his rosaries by his bedside, and his long suffering is brought to an end with the reception of Communion. (Surprisingly, the outdoor Mass at which this takes place is glaringly truncated; distribution of the host follows immediately after the words of consecration.)

This prominence of religious belief as well as the educational significance of Lunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picture as a whole, may lead some parents to consider â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cesar Chavezâ&#x20AC;? acceptable fare for older teens, despite the inclusion of the elements listed below.

The film contains some violence, racial slurs, a few uses of profanity, at least one rough term and occasional crude and crass language.

The Catholic News Service classification is A-III â&#x20AC;&#x201C; adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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ICA REUNION: Immaculate Conception Academy alumnae reunion, 11 a.m. social with lunch at noon, $50, Basque Cultural Center, 599 Railroad Ave., South San Francisco. Patricia Cavagnaro, pcavagnaro@icacademy. org.

CRUSADER COUNTRY: Archbishop Riordan High School’s annual event to support the school’s tuition assistance programs. Western attire or country casual encouraged. Tickets start at $150 per person, and event sponsorships are available. Reservations requested by April 1. www. riordanhs.org; (415) 586-8200, ext.

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LOAVES AND FISHES: CCCYO Loaves & Fishes: Catholic Charities CYO is proud to announce that Cecilia Herbert, Rita Semel and Maureen O’Brien Sullivan will be honored with the 2014 Loaves & Fishes Award for Faith in Action. The presentation will take place at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco during the 17th Annual Loaves & Fishes Dinner and Gala. Visit www.cccyo.org/loavesandfishes.

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Monday through Friday. EWTN is carried on Comcast 229, AT&T 562, Astound 80, San Bruno Cable 143, DISH Satellite 261 and Direct TV 370. In Half Moon Bay EWTN airs on Comcast 70 and on Comcast 74 in southern San Mateo County.

SUNDAY, APRIL 13 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 Msgr. Harry a.m. on KXTL Schlitt 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) 6145643; janschachern@aol.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18 ‘JUDAS ISCARIOT’: A 45-minute dramatic presentation of Judas Iscariot by Mark Price, 7 p.m., St. Gregory Parish, 2715 Hacienda St. at 28th Avenue, Mark Price San Mateo, admission is free, goodwill donations accepted.

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SF 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: 40 days of prayer to end abortion at Planned Parenthood, 1650 Valencia, San Francisco, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily through Palm Sunday. Ron, (415) 668-9800; (360) 460-9194; konopaski@yahoo. com. Visit www.40daysforlife.com/ sanfrancisco for vigil calendar and register to reserve times to pray at the vigil site.

SAN MATEO 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: 40 days of prayer to end abortion at Planned Parenthood, 35 Baywood Ave., San Mateo 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Palm Sunday. Jessica, (650) 572-1468; themunns@yahoo.com to reserve times to pray at the vigil site.

CONCERT: Organist Angela Kraft Cross, 4 p.m., Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th and Dolores streets, San Francisco. The recital is part of the Mission Dolores Basilica Second Sunday Organ Series to commemorate the Centennial of the Basilica. Free admission, donations encouraged.

PETER YORKE MASS: Palm Sunday Mass honoring Father Peter Yorke, 10 a.m., All Saints Mausoleum Chapel, Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Road, Colma. Sponsored by the United Irish Societies of San Francisco – Pearse & Connelly Fife and Drum Corps.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 GRIEF SUPPORT: Free monthly grief support, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, third Wednesday of each month, 10:30-noon, Msgr. Bowe Room, on the west side of the park-

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24 THEOLOGY CAFÉ: A speaker series at St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, 1100 Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City.

April 24 retired San Francisco Archbishop Archbishop John R. Quinn John R. Quinn.

Sister Norberta, (650) 361-1411, ext. 115; srnorberta@pius.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26 HANDICAPABLES MASS: Handicapables Mass and lunch, noon, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco.

Father Kirk Ullery is principal Father Kirk celebrant and Ullery homilist. All disabled people and their caregivers are invited. Volunteers are always welcome to assist in this cherished tradition. Joanne Borodin, (415) 239-4865.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 MARRIAGE HELP: Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi) has helped tens of thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. This program can help you too.

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BRIDGE PARTY: Join bridge players from all parishes on the Peninsula for a fun bridge tournament and luncheon with all proceeds benefiting St. Francis Center, Redwood City. Six rotating rounds will be played with prizes for the top three highest scoring pairs awarded after lunch, St. Bartholomew Parish Hall, 600 Columbia Drive, San Mateo. 9:30 a.m. check-in, 10 a.m. game time. $50 per person includes lunch, register by April 14.

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‘LITTLE MERMAID’: St. Pius Young People’s Theater, April 25, 26, 7:30 p.m.; April 27 2 p.m.; St. Pius Parish, 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City.

Special reserved seating performance April 24. General seating tickets are available at the door 45 minutes prior to performance, reserved tickets, Meaghan Brennan, x5brennans@ Yahoo.com. For more than 30 years, SPYPT has presented quality Broadway musical productions with children of the parish from third grade through high school. Karen Elmore, kselmore3@comcast.net.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26 ELDER CARE: Event focusing on maintaining healthier family relationships, 1-3:30 p.m., Epiphany School Cafeteria, 600 Italy Ave., San Francisco. Day sponsored by Epiphany Knights of Columbus and Alliance for Community Empowerment. www.allicekumares.com.

REUNION: Alumnae of Notre Dame de Namur High School, San Francisco’s 111th Mass and beginning with 10:30 a.m. Mass at Mission Dolores Basilica followed by lunch at Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd. Honorees are graduates from 1964, 1939, 1944, 1954, and 1974. Theme is 49er faithful so wear 49er gear. Katie O’Leary, (415) 282-6588; nuttydames@aol. com.

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tournament, no experience necessary, Orange Memorial Park bocce ball courts, One W. Orange Avenue, South San Francisco, check in 8 a.m., games start 9 a.m., limited to first 64 players, $30 entry includes coffee and donuts, lunch. Mike Dimech, (650) 922-2667; Mdimech7@gmail.com; www.stveronicassf.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 27 FIESTA: Our Lady of Manaoag in the Bay Area, St. Veronica Church, 434 Alida Way at Ponderosa Road, South San Francisco, 3 p.m., rosary, Mass, procession. Father Charles Puthota, pastor, and Father Mark Reburiano are among concelebrants. Our Lady of Manaoag statues and icons will be blessed. (650) 952-8238.

THURSDAY, MAY 1 DINNER: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County’s signature fundraising event “Eat Your Heart Out” dinner and auction, Viognier Restaurant, Draeger’s Market, San Mateo. Event benefits the poor and hungry served by SVdP. The society’s Peninsula Family Resource working to keep families housed is highlighted.

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FRIDAY, MAY 2 DIVORCED WEEKEND: “Beginning Experience Weekend,” Jesuit Retreat Center, Los Altos for divorced, separated and widowed toward closure, finding renewed hope to enjoy life with God, vitality and passion. $260 fee includes two nights stay, six meals and all materials. Scholarships are available. For information or application, (650) 692-4337; sjbeginexp@aol.com; www.sanjosebe. com.

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THURSDAY, MAY 22 THEOLOGY CAFÉ: A speaker series at St. Pius Parish, Homer Crouse Hall, 1100 Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City featuring topics associated with Vatican II and the church of today.

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HELP WANTED CHOIR DIRECTOR WANTED The Contemplatives of Saint Joseph are seeking an experienced Choir Director/ Cantor to work within and for our contemplative community in our Active Apostolate. Position supports weekday and weekend Masses, both in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Latin Mass. North Peninsula and San Francisco locations.

Position is responsible to direct and teach the Contemplatives of Saint Joseph and adult choir volunteers in Gregorian Chant - both in English and Latin.

Compensation commensurate with experience.

Please see our website for details. www.contemplativesofsaintjoseph.com

The Contemplatives of Saint Joseph 377 Willow, South San Francisco, CA 94080

CLASSROOM ASSISTANT POSITION OPEN St. Brendan Parish School is seeking to employ a classroom assistant for the 2014-2015 school year.

Qualifications: • Associate degree/Bachelors degree • Ability and willingness to assist the teacher and work under his/her direction. Ability to communicate well with the children.

• Preference given to practicing Catholics Reports to: Teacher Specific Duties: WITH CHILDREN ➢ Work with small groups or individuals under teacher guidance. ➢ Work in centers with small groups. ➢ Assist teacher during whole group instructions by working with individuals who may be experiencing difficulty in following directions and or understanding concepts taught.

WITHOUT CHILDREN When children do not require help or attention, classroom assistant will: ➢ Prepare materials for classroom projects and activities with direction from the classroom teacher ➢ record grades in grade book, file work papers ➢ help with classroom bulletin boards, ➢ assist with any other areas as instructed when necessary ➢ supervise yard duty on assigned day(s) Hours: 25 hours per week.

Wages: $16-$19 per hour worked. Benefits apply.

Please submit resume and references to Carol Grewal, Principal, at cgrewal@stbrendansf.com on or before April 14, 2014

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St. Brendan School, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at this school. St. Brendan School does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/ or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability in administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Likewise, St. Brendan School does not unlawfully discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of age, sex, disability, race, color and national and/or ethnic origin.