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Missal calls Easter Vigil ‘mother of all vigils’ for a reason Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
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Capuchin Father Michael Mahoney, pastor of Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame, is accompanied by a donkey during the Palm Sunday procession at the family Mass on April 9.
Palm Sunday: Parishes commemorate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem Tom Burke Catholic San Francisco
A real donkey – 24-year-old Donna, in this year’s procession – is a regular visitor to Our Lady of Angels Church in Burlingame during the annual Palm Sunday re-enactment of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, usually at the 10 a.m. family Mass. “I have been doing the procession with the donkey for a long time,” Capuchin Father Michael Mahoney told Catholic San Francisco. “It began way back in the mid-‘90s with our children’s liturgy committee. At that time, we thought it would be a good idea to make the Palm Sunday commemoration of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem more real for the children that we should get a donkey. So we began the procession from the parking lot to the church with palms and music recapturing some of the spirit of the first Palm Sunday in Jerusalem.” Like the faith of which Palm Sunday is such a
part, Father Michael said the Our Lady of Angels procession, too, has stood the test of time. “I think it is still a good idea today, as children and families enjoy the event, and like to participate in the procession, he said. “The donkey stays until the Mass is over and the children love to go into the rectory garden and pet the donkey.” Lent and all of its high points remain pillars for Catholics today, Father Michael said. “The events of Holy Week have a very special place in the lives of parishioners. Anything we can do to make our commemoration of the historical events more real helps the people to understand and remember those crucial times in the life of Jesus.” The guest donkey is usually obtained from Tickle Me Pony Parties of Brentwood. Stacey Young is owner. The organization is fully insured and complies with “USDA federal requirements and standards for animal health, care and safety,” according to its website.
WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church pulls out all the stops for the Easter Vigil, the Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday. The Roman Missal, which spells out specifics of how the vigil is to be celebrated, describes it as the “mother of all vigils” and says it is the “greatest and most noble of all solemnities and it is to be unique in every single church.” That quote, “mother of all vigils” comes from St. Augustine’s Sermon 209, which is pretty old, since the saint died in the year 430. In other words, the tradition of the Easter Vigil and support for it, goes way back in the church. But there was a falling out over this tradition for a long time and only in the 20th century did the church recover what “got lost in the Middle Ages,” said Jesuit Father Bruce Morrill, the Edward A. Malloy professor of Catholic see easter vigil, page 12
French woman’s meditations highlight victory of love Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – A French biblical scholar not only wrote the meditations to guide Pope Francis’ 2017 celebration of the Via Crucis at Rome’s Colosseum, she also designed her own set of Bible-based Stations of the Cross. Pope Francis asked Anne-Marie Pelletier to share her reflections with the worldwide audience that follows the stations on the night of Good Friday. She is the first wife, mother and grandmother to author meditations for the papal service. In the past, writers chosen by the popes have used either the traditional 14 stations followed by pilgrims walking the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem or the 14 biblical stations used by St. John Paul II in 1991. The main difference is that Jesus falling three times and Veronica
Left, altar server Alexandria Cazar of Woodacre helps Father Cyril O’Sullivan, pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Nicasio, distribute palm leaves to parishioners after Palm Sunday Mass. Right, Mission Dolores Basilica pastor Father Francis A personal way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country. Garbo is pictured with worshippers If you have received a flag honoring your loved one's military service and would likesee to donate it at noon Mass on Palm Sunday. via crucis, page 10
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Need to know Archdiocese begins livestreaming cathedral liturgies: The Archdiocese of San Francisco has begun to livestream liturgies from St. Mary’s Cathedral. Archbishop Cordileone will be the main celebrant for the following liturgies: Holy Thursday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.: Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Good Friday, April 14, 3 p.m.: Liturgy of the Passion and Death of the Lord. – Holy Saturday, April 15, 9 p.m.: Easter Vigil Mass of the Lord’s Resurrection. Easter Sunday, April 16, 9 a.m.: Easter Sunday Mass. The livestream can be viewed on the archdiocese website, sfarch.org. This requires Internet access and use of a recommended web browser (Chrome, Firefox or Safari). The broadcasts are archived on the archdiocese YouTube channel, also accessible from the home page of the website. Livestreaming Mass is a way for those who cannot be present to remain connected to their parish and archdiocese communities of faith. The Sunday obligation is not satisfied in this way, for those bound by the obligation. Watch Catholic San Francisco for listings of future livestreamed cathedral liturgies, which will include upcoming deaconate and priestly ordinations. As the number of livestream volunteers increases, the archdiocese plans to expand the offerings of broadcasts from the cathedral, including Spanish liturgies. Adults who are interested in learning more about this service opportunity are invited to contact Jan Potts in the communications department, pottsj@sfarch.org (415) 6145638.
Clergy assignments announced Father Raymund Reyes, vicar for clergy, made the following announcement April 3, 2017. Father Reyes took particular note of Msgr. Michael Harriman, who will retire June 30, 2017. “I use the occasion of this announcement to thank Msgr. Michael Harriman for the remarkable service he has given the Archdiocese of San Francisco since his ordination in 1968, most recently through his work as pastor of St. Cecilia Church in San Francisco.” Msgr. Michael Harriman Appointments effective July 1, 2017 unless otherwise noted.
Canonical parish change
St. Monica-St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, effective Jan. 1, 2017 (pastor remains Father John Sakowski)
Pastor
Father Jose M. Corral, Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, Half Moon Bay; Father Juan J. González, SM, Notre Dame des Victoires Parish; Father Mark J. Taheny, St. Cecilia Parish, San Francisco; Father Jeong Gon Kim, St. Michael Korean Parish, effective Dec. 20, 2016
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Father James L. Garcia, St. Elizabeth Parish, effective Jan. 1, 2017-June 30, 2017
Parochial vicar
Father Juan Gonzalez, SM, Notre Dame des Victoires Parish, effective Dec. 15, 2016
Serving outside the archdiocese
Father David A. Schunk, assistant vice-rector and formation advisor, Pontifical North American College, Rome, effective Aug. 1, 2017
In residence
Father Gabriel Flores, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, effective May 1, 2017; Msgr. Michael D. Harriman, retiring; independent residence, Burlingame; Father Cornelius J. Healy, St. Isabella Parish, effective March 30, 2017; Father Roland A. Lajoie, SM, Notre Dame des Victoires Parish, effective March 1, 2017-June 30, 2017, to become parochial vicar thereafter; Father Edward Phelan, AlmaVia of San Francisco, effective March 1, 2017; Father Raul Rodriguez, LC, St. Peter Parish, San Francisco; Father Marco Galano, OFM, Immaculate Conception Chapel, effective Jan. 20, 2017; Father Rufino J. O. Gepiga, Star of the Sea Parish, San Francisco, while undertaking “extended CPE” studies at UCSF/ Parnassus, effective Jan. 1, 2017-June 30, 2017; Msgr. Edward P. McTaggart 3415 Pacific Blvd., San Mateo, CA 94403, effective Nov. 19, 2016; Father Michael Strange, PSS, St. Vincent de Paul Parish, effective Dec. 1, 2016
Sabbatical news
Father Charles Puthota, Intensive Spanish at MACC, effective June 1, 2017 and July 31, 2017 followed by Institute for Continuing Theological Education (ICTE), Rome, effective Sept. 1, 2017, followed by travel in India, effective December 2017, then returning to St. Veronica Parish, effective Jan. 1, 2018; Father Charito E. Suan, returning from sabbatical at East Asian Pastoral Institute, Manila to St. Elizabeth Parish
Departures
Father Rene J. Iturbe, SM, beginning a sabbatical; Father Martin R. Muruli, beginning a sabbatical
Archbishop Cordileone’s schedule April 17-20: Vacation April 21: Morning Mass, Nativity Parish; confirmation, St. Ignatius/St. Agnes April 22-23: Parish visits, St. Agnes and St. Ignatius April 22: Confirmation, Star of the Sea; Loaves & Fishes Dinner, Catholic Charities April 25-26: California Catholic Conference Advocacy Days, Sacramento April 27: Chancery meetings; Priest Personnel Board; Benedict XVI board meeting April 28: California Catholic Conference executive board meeting; confirmation, Our Lady of Mercy April 29-May 1: Parish and school visit, Our Lady of Mercy
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Easter is the high point of the church year, the culmination of the saving mysteries that Jesus has embodied. From what seems to be utter defeat, Jesus emerges as the victor. His humble self-sacrifice has been not a failure, but the fulfillment of his mission to save us. He has faced and vanquished our deepest fear, the fear of death, and he has made possible the fulfillment of our deepest desire, which is true intimacy with God Himself. At this holy time, we as a church journey through the darkness of the tomb and into the joy of God’s light. And we remember with special gratitude the Blessed Virgin Mary, to whom we will consecrate our archdiocese later this year. She bore our Savior, and in sorrow saw Him sacrificed. Imagine the joy and awe she felt at his glorious Resurrection. I wish you every blessing this Easter, and hope that you also share in the joy and awe of this saving moment.
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Deacon Mario Zuniga, Deacon Bob Leathers and Deacon Nes Fernandez carry blessed oils from chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral April 6.
Archbishop Cordileone blows on the oil after adding balsam to consecrate it as chrism. “It’s part of the prayers that he breathes over them. You’ll often see photos of the pope doing this,” said Laura Bertone, director of worship for the archdiocese.
Sacramental oils blessed at annual chrism Mass The chrism Mass, where holy oils to be used throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco for sacraments in the coming year are blessed by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, was celebrated April 6 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. “In addition to the blessing of the oils priests renew their priestly promises to their bishop so it’s a good day to remember those promises they made on the day of their ordination and recommit themselves to service,” Laura Bertone, director of worship for the archdiocese, told Catholic San Francisco. More than 220 priests concelebrated the Mass, with more than 1,200 people including deacons, members
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‘Every year brings new insights and experience,’ cathedral music director says on 25th anniversary Tom Burke catholic San Francisco
The music program at St. Mary’s Cathedral has a proud history and an exciting future and for the last quarter century, Christoph Tietze has been overseeing both. 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Essay topics vary by age level and included questions and a primary issue entrants might want to discuss with 5 locations in California Chris played an anniversary concert at the the new president, and the best advice each of them has ever received. Pictured from left with Mike Amato are some of the winners: Your Local Store: cathedral April 2. “For my program, I chose to Francesco Spagnoli, Sts. Peter and Paul School, Christian Bustos, St. Thomas More School, Sophia McMaster, Burlingame High School and play Cesar Franck’s ‘Three Chorals,’ which are Krystal Cheng,369 UCLA. Grand Av, S.San Francisco,650-583-5153 some of my favorite organ repertoire. 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She attends gie is now 91 and “the matriarch of the Kelly famJohn Balka 30 years ago and continues weekly at 4 Mass daily and continues a ministry of community ily,” Susie said. Margie has visited Ireland several p.m. most Sundays. support.” times, has relatives there and loves her Irish roots. The reunion theme this year is “Let There Be CLASSMATES STILL: In just a few weeks, alumHAPPY EASTER from all of us at Catholic San Peace on Earth.” Contact martita@pacbell.net. nae from Notre Dame High School, San Francisco, Francisco. come together for an all-school get-together with HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Sister of St. Joseph of OrMass at Mission Dolores then lunch and talking Email items and electronic picange Rita Marie Kropp celebrated her 100th birthover the new and the old at the Spanish Cultural tures – jpegs at no less than 300 Center on Alemany Boulevard. Margie Kelly Dullea day March 20. 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Archbishop, religious leaders bless San Francisco’s tallest building Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco
In a remarkable event for the increasingly secular city of St. Francis, Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff invited Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and other religious leaders to bless the 61-story, Salesforce Tower, being touted as the city’s tallest building. “The invitation to offer this interfaith blessing speaks to the deep faith and commitment to philanthropy of the founder and CEO of Salesforce, Marc Benioff,” said the San Francisco Interfaith Council’s executive director Michael Pappas. Construction on the building is scheduled to be completed later this year. “You who we call holy has placed the earth and its fruits under our care, bless this magnificent edifice, the Salesforce Tower,” the religious leaders and members of the San Francisco Interfaith Council prayed, led by Pappas, and raising their hands in a gesture of blessing at the April 6 ceremony. Benioff said he hoped when people “look at this building” they will see it as “a reminder of giving back,” calling for “the importance of giving back to our city whoever we are or wherever we are. Each of us can do at least one specific thing.” Benioff spoke at the short but festive occasion of walking along downtown streets with his grandfather, a member of the San Francisco board of supervisors for 16
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Archbishop Cordileone prayed the Prayer of St. Francis to bless the new Salesforce Tower as part of a group of San Francisco religious leaders at the “Topping Off Celebration” April 6 at the site of the city’s new tallest building at First and Mission streets. years, as the Transamerica Tower rose to dominate the San Francisco skyline. The two would talk about eventually bringing the same business growth to South of Market. “That inspiration really gave birth” to the Salesforce Tower, he said. At the ceremony, Benioff announced the 61st floor with its open floor plan and views would be used by employees during the week but would be available to nonprofits and non-governmental organiza-
tions for events on weekends and at night. “And of course, we aren’t going to charge you for that because we know the most important thing is giving back,” Benioff said. “The Topping Off Ceremony” celebrated the placing of the final steel beam on the still to be completed building, one of three Salesforce towers in the location that will house 10,000 employees of the cloud software giant by the end of 2017.
A group prayer by interfaith representatives followed individual prayers and blessings that concluded with Archbishop Cordileone reciting the Prayer of St. Francis; a prayer which ends “For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” In addition to Archbishop Cordileone, the participants were Rabbi Ryan Baur, Congregation Emanu-El (Jewish); Rev. Tova Green, Assistant to the Central Abbess, San Francisco Zen Center (Buddhist); Imam Abu Qadir Al Amin, Resident Imam, San Francisco Muslim Community Center (Muslim); Bishop Marc Andrus, Episcopal Diocese of California; Sister Chandru Desai, West Coast Director, Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center (Hindu). Benioff and his wife Lynne have made a name for themselves as philanthropists mostly focused in the Bay Area. They donated $100 million in 2014 to the new UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay, but also contribute on a smaller level, for instance donating $250,000 in matching funds to Catholic Charities for the Star Home for homeless women and children in 2012. Benioff has implemented policies at the cloud software giant to ensure men and women are paid equally for similar jobs. He made headlines in 2015 by threatening to pull Salesforce out of Indiana after the state passed a religious liberty law.
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Catholic san francisco | April 13, 2017
SI teacher writes poetry book on Luke’s Gospel
Poetry has helped bring consolation and clarity to Paul Totah for almost all of his life. In “The Gospel of Everyone,” a book he says helped him “punch through the darkness to get to the light,” the longtime St. Ignatius College Prep teacher, administrator and media representative retells the Gospel of Luke to verse. “I chose Luke because, according to some traditions, he was a Greek physician, and his stories Paul Totah have a fascination with the physicality of the people Jesus meets and cures,” Totah told Catholic San Francisco. “There’s something tangible, earthy and immediate about his account that appeals to me. I found Luke the best doorway for me to discover the human Jesus.” An email interview with the writer tells more: Why poetry? “I wrote this in verse because poetry is the language of the epic. Even the Gospels are partly in verse.” Who is your intended audience? “I hope my poetry speaks to everyone, though there are brief references that might be inappropriate for the very young. I am writing this as much for the unbeliever as the believer, as I’d like people who describe themselves as atheists or agnostic to be reacquainted with the human side of Jesus and what he did and said that rings true no matter what degree of faith one has.” How long did it take you to write the book? “I spent a year doing this. I used a different technique to write ‘The Gospel of Everyone’ — the practice outlined by St. Ignatius of Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises. I let my imagination create
back-stories of the people in Luke’s account – mainly the minor players who appear once or twice and never again. I tried to tell the story of Jesus from their points of view. My hope was to lift these stories out of lifeless iconography so that readers could imagine real people in settings not far removed from our own. (I also wrote from the points of view of major players, as you’ll see below.) I also made this a real spiritual exercise by taking long walks as I employed meditation and contemplation – both aspects of the exercises.” What are your favorite accounts in the Gospels? “What struck me in my close reading of Luke were the stories that just don’t seem to be part of the Sunday Gospel cycles. The story of Joanna, for example, was one I simply don’t recall having read before. Knowing that three women accompanied the Apostles – Joanna, Susanna and Mary – gave me a sense of how this group successfully travelled from village to village. I imagined that these women were the mother figures of the group – something these young men most likely needed in order to succeed in their ministry.” Totah said he is “not preaching dogma,” or “correcting history” or arguing a theological position. “What I hope these poems do is lead readers to questions that help them understand more intimately their own loving relationship with themselves, with their neighbors (all of creation included) and with the divinity that links us all. In other words, this is my own attempt to live out the great commandment through poetry and to share that journey with my readers.” Visit www.paultotah.com for more information. Tom Burke
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St. Anselm students go paperless at lunch
Students at St. Anselm School were “going through paper plates and paper napkins like crazy,” longtime teacher’s aide and St. Anselm parishioner Pat Mennucci told Catholic San Francisco during a lunchtime visit to the Marin County school April 4. But that has changed since principal Kim Orendorff sent an email to school families early in the year informing them that the school’s hot lunch program was going paperless in an effort to reduce waste. Students now must bring reusable containers with lids to plate their food or borrow the lid from a friend. Most tote their own water bottles too, though paper cups and plastic utensils are available. “We saw all the trash we were creating at lunch and realized we had to do something about it,” said Orendorff. The school now produces one-quarter of the unrecyclable or non-compostable garbage it was previously.
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Parent-volunteer Rose Laston-Gaeta worked the lunch line on April 4, filling containers students bring from home with fresh fruit and vegetables. St. Anselm School eliminated the use of paper plates and napkins. Last April, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone urged all parishes in the archdiocese to respond to Pope Francis’ 2015 papal encyclical “Laudato Si’,” which among its many messages about “caring
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for our common home,” condemned the world’s consumer-driven “throwaway culture.” Orendorff expected a bit of resistance from some parents but was surprised she got none. “I just said this is the way it’s going to be and why and I didn’t hear one thing,” she said. There’s no fight from parents or students, she believes, because “they’re already doing this at home.” In Marin County, businesses and residents are working toward a “zero waste” goal by 2025 through a program called Zero Waste Marin. Parent and St. Anselm parishioner Rose LastonGaeta of Ross shrugged off the suggestion that the new paperless reality might be harder for parents, as kindergarteners Hudson, Colby and Poppy held out their trays for apples, carrots and cheese pizza. “Of course there was a little bit of a transition,” she said. The kids are adaptable, and the parents, “we know it’s important to teach our children not to be wasteful.” Earth Day is April 22. Christina Gray
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Actor embraced pacifism after Europe’s 20th-century war experiences Mark Pattison
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WASHINGTON – Actor Daniel Bruhl, one of the stars of the current movie “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” said he became a pacifist given his ancestors’ experiences with Europe’s 20th-century wars. Bruhl is part German and part Spanish. His German father was born in 1937, two years before the outbreak of World War II, and his mother hailed from Spain, which was already embroiled in a brutal civil war at the time. “My parents influenced us in that way,” Bruhl said of himself and his siblings. “I have embraced it ever since.” Talking to Catholic News Service from Budapest, Hungary, where he was doing location filming for the upcoming TNT drama series “The Alienist,” Bruhl called pacifism “something that I’m fond of, that I believe in and I want to believe in, especially nowadays when we seem to be going in a completely opposite direction.” In “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” which is based on actual events, Bruhl portrays Lutz Heck, a German zoologist who acquires military power after the Nazis overrun Poland in 1939 to start World
Actor Daniel Bruhl War II. He takes over supervision of the Warsaw Zoo and becomes smitten with Antonina Zabinski (Jessica Chastain), the movie’s title character, who runs the zoo with her husband. The Zabinskis helped smuggle more than 300 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto into safe houses over the course of the war. The Zabinskis are Catholic, although their piety isn’t flaunted on-screen. When husband Jan (Johan Heldenbergh) returns home after Antonina has given birth, their young son, Ryzsard (Val Maloku) tells him, “I named her Teresa, for the saint.” “I was fascinated by the story of the Zabinski family,” Bruhl told CNS. “That was an inspiring, an interesting story itself. Then I was fascinated by the character of Lutz Heck. I didn’t know anything about him at first. I was curious. I wanted to find more about him. As a German, I’ve learned and read a lot about World War II, as you can imag-
ine, and I’m amazed there are aspects of some characters, some stories that we didn’t know about.” This is Bruhl’s second film role as a Nazi, having played the fictional Fredrick Zoller in the 2009 movie “Inglourious Basterds.” “There’s certain questions that are always in our heads, growing up,” Bruhl said about the interior conversation he has about playing characters of his own ethnic heritage from such a dark era.
“At least my generation still was very much in touch with that chapter in history, just by talking to our grandparents’ generation and dealing with it at the school and talking about it with our parents, et cetera,” he added. “The crucial question is the one about guilt, and what would I have done at the time,” said the 38-year-old actor. “Would I have done something courageous like the Zabinskis? Would I have given in out of sympathy with the regime, or sheer fear? That’s what happened a lot. What would I have done if I were offered certain privileges like Lutz Heck, who is supported by the regime and given luxuries. Therese are universal, inherent questions that give these stories and this subject matter so much interest.”
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wiping the face of Jesus are in the traditional devotion, but not in any of the Gospels. Pelletier’s stations are a variation on St. John Paul’s Scriptural Stations of the Cross. She starts with Jesus being condemned to death, rather than with Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, and ends with the women preparing to anoint Jesus’ body in the tomb. Because the Stations of the Cross do not have a “binding form,” Pelletier told Vatican Radio, “I chose those moments that seemed particularly significant.” “I didn’t think about what I wanted to say or what I wanted to transmit,” she said. “Rather, my idea was to put myself on this path, to try to follow in the footsteps of Jesus as he went up to Golgotha.” The driving idea, she said, is that “love is stronger” than any evil. “The love that comes from God is victorious over everything. I believe the task of Christians is to give witness to that.”
In the prayer she wrote for the sixth station, ‘Jesus and Simon of Cyrene,’ Anne-Marie Pelletier asks God’s blessing for every act of kindness every person performs. In the third station, “Jesus and Pilate,” she said she felt it was important to show the “complicity” of Pilate and members of the Jewish Sanhedrin in condemning Jesus to death. In the meditation, which was to be read at the Colosseum, Pelletier wrote: “For all too long, Christians have laid the blame of your condemnation on the shoulders of your people Israel. For all too long, we have failed to realize the need to accept our own complicity in sin, so as to be saved by the blood of Jesus crucified.” She titled the fourth station, “Jesus, King of Glory,” and focused on the soldiers dressing Jesus in a purple robe and crowning him with a crown of thorns. Their actions show “the banality of evil,” she wrote. “How many men,
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“Deign to acknowledge them as the truth of our humanity, which speaks louder than all acts of rejection and hatred,” she prayed. “Deign to bless the men and woman of compassion who give you glory, even if they do not yet know your name.” The seventh station, “Jesus and Daughters of Jerusalem,” focuses on Jesus’ statement to the women, “Do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children.” “These tears of women are always present in this world,” Pelletier wrote. “They fall silently down their cheeks.” But women are not the only ones who weep, she said, noting the “tears of terror-stricken children and of those wounded on battlefields crying out for a mother.” She prayed that God would teach people not to scorn the tears of the poor, but rather “to have the courage to weep with them.” The French scholar’s reflection on Jesus being taken down from the cross highlights the “signs of loving care and honor” with which Joseph of Arimathea lowers Jesus’ body and how, in death, Jesus “is once again in hands that treat him with tenderness and compassion.” The attitude continues in the final station commemorating Jesus being laid in the tomb and the women preparing to anoint his body. “Lord our God,” she prayed, “graciously look upon and bless all that women everywhere do to revere weak and vulnerable bodies, surrounding them with kindness and respect.”
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Catholic advocates urge suspension of mother’s deportation
CINCINNATI – The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and a Catholic immigration advocacy group based near Washington called on the Trump administration to suspend the deportation of an Ohio woman they said is a devoted wife and mother and an “outstanding member of her church and community.” According to news reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents April 5 picked up Maribel Trujillo Diaz at her brother’s house and she was to be deported April 11. The archdiocese in an April 6 statement said Trujillo fled Mexico in 2002 and has been living in the United States since then without legal authorization. It said she currently has a pending asylum case “based on the situation that her family has been targeted by Mexican cartels because they have refused to work for them.” “Maribel has made a life in Ohio based on positive contributions to her church and her community,” the statement said. “She is a lay leader at her parish, whose members are surrounding her with prayers that she be permitted to remain with them and her family.” She is an active member of St. Julie Billiart Parish in Hamilton. Her four children, ages 3, 10, 12 and 14, are all U.S. citizens. Her 3-year-old daughter is a special needs child and suffers from recurring seizures. An ICE statement said Trujillo’s immigration case “has undergone review at multiple levels of our nation’s legal system and the courts have uniformly held that she has no legal basis to remain in the United States.” “We urge that prosecutorial discretion for Maribel be extended,” the Cincinnati archdiocese said in its statement. “We fully respect the Department of Homeland Security’s duty to enforce our immigration laws, and we recognize that this is not an easy task. “At the same time, it is clear that the common good cannot be served at this stage by separating this wife and mother from her family. Our community gains nothing by being left with a single-parent household when such a responsible and well-respected family can be kept together,” it said.
Arizona governor lauded for bill to expand school choice
PHOENIX – The Arizona Catholic Conference hailed the expansion of an Arizona school choice program that will allow any kindergarten through 12th-grade student to use state funds to pay for private school or other educational expenses. “Yesterday was a historic day for school choice in Arizona as we furthered our reputation as the national leader in school choice!” said the con-
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Cardinal, other pro-life leaders praise decision to defund UN agency
WASHINGTON – The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee and other prominent pro-life leaders cheered the U.S. State Department’s April 3 announcement that it would no longer contribute to the U.N. Population Fund because of the agency’s involvement in China’s Population and Family Planning Law, long known as the “one-child policy.” “This is a victory for women and children across the globe, as well as for U.S. taxpayers,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. “We are so grateful to the Trump administration for taking this important action to end U.S. support for UNFPA so long as it remains committed to China’s coercive abortion and sterilization programs,” he said in a statement released April 6. According to an AP report, the $32.5 million the U.S. is withdrawing from the U.N. Population Fund, known as UNFPA, will instead go to the U.S. Agency for International Development for maternal health and non-abortion reproductive health programs and efforts to end practices such as genital mutilation. Catholic News Service
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studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. The priest said the vigil’s origins were in the early fourth century, but by the late Middle Ages, the celebration moved from a nighttime vigil to a Saturday morning Mass. Also around this time, the church also placed more emphasis on infant baptism than adult baptism. It became the norm until the liturgical and sacramental renewal of the Second Vatican Council led to a revival of the ancient catechumenate with the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. But even before Vatican II, the move to revive the Easter Vigil began with Pope Pius XII in the 1950s restoring the celebration to the Saturday night before Easter and making additional changes. Father Morrill said documentation of the ancient church celebrating the Easter Vigil in Syria and North Africa notes that the sacraments of initiation – baptism, confirmation and first Communion – took place in a separate area while the congregation listened to words from Scripture and then the newly baptized were brought out to the congregation. “It was very elaborate,” Father Morrill said. “If you wanted to see the risen Christ, you saw him in the newly baptized.” And that symbolism continued after Easter. For the next eight days, the newly baptized were required to wear their white baptismal gowns to daily Mass where the bishop would give instructions about the meaning of baptism. And even though the newly initiated no longer
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wear their baptismal gowns for a week, baptisms remain a very key part of the Easter Vigil. “In fact, a vigil where no one is going to be initiated kind of falls flat,” the priest told Catholic News Service April 5, noting that all the readings lead up to it. The Easter Vigil is loaded with symbolism. It must take place after dark and begins with the lighting of the fire outside and the inside lighting of the Paschal candle, whose light is passed on to individual candles. There are eight Old Testament readings telling the salvation history, sung responses between readings and a sung proclamation called an Exsultet. The Mass also includes the baptism, confirmation and first Communion of catechumens who are joining the church, having prepared for this moment through the RCIA. Candidates, who are already baptized, receive confirmation and first Communion at the vigil to enter full communion with the church. Paulist Father Larry Rice, director of the University Catholic Center at the University of Texas at Austin, said the idea of the Easter Vigil, by its nature, means “staying up through the night waiting and watching for the Lord’s resurrection.” He said the first part of the vigil, gathering around the outdoor fire, is reminiscent of being around a campfire, telling stories, which in this case are the stories of salvation history. The congregation is “not waiting, shivering cold in dark” but is reminded by the fire that “God has always come to our aid.” And then during the Mass, the readings continue this story, from creation to the Israelites’ flight from Egypt and the message of a messiah from the Old Testament prophets.
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When Father Rice hears people say the Easter Vigil is just too long, he says it doesn’t matter if it’s two or three hours because it is so rich. Part of the reason so many people love the vigil, he told CNS April 6, is that it “hits us on a primal level.” Today, people rarely keep watch through the night, nor do they tell stories. He also said the vigil is a sensory experience with the smell and the crackling of the fire, the music between readings and the stark images of darkness and light. Father Morrill said the congregation at the Easter Vigil tends not to be “dressed in Easter finery” and is not the same as the packed church on Easter Sunday. Father Rice had a similar view, noting the Mass “doesn’t draw an enormous crowd,” but he said once people have experienced it, they usually want to come back because Easter Mass in comparison can “feel like the after party, not the actual party.” A vigil Mass that stands out the most for him is one he celebrated in Santa Susanna in Rome, an ancient church with no windows or emergency exits signs that light up in the dark. Mass began, he said, in complete darkness, but the light of the single flame was “enough to illuminate the entire church.” “That spoke to me so powerfully of the power of light to drive out darkness,” he said, in a way that he hadn’t experienced before or since. Father Morrill’s most profound Easter Vigil experience came from a student. When he was teaching at Boston College, the priest assigned his students to attend and write about two Sunday Masses or one Easter Vigil. One student wrote a 10-page paper about his experience at the vigil where he felt his broken life was renewed and he was given new hope. The student was moved right from the start with the symbolism of the fire lighting the darkness. Then he felt the readings were not just about what God had done but was still doing today. Father Morrill saved the paper and has kept in touch with the student. He said if no one else got anything from the experience, he would still “thank God for the privilege” of leading one person there that night. Catholics who attend the Easter Vigil “with an open mind and with a basic understanding” of what’s going on, will get it, he said, because the “deep symbolic meaning and the ritual come together.”
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syrian Catholic leaders criticize missile strikes
WASHINGTON – Two prominent Catholic leaders in Syria criticized the U.S. missile strikes against their nation, wondering why they occurred before investigations into the origins of chemical attacks reported April 4. But U.S. President Donald Trump said Syrian President Bashar Assad “launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians” and “choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children.” “No child of God should ever suffer such horror,” he said April 6, announcing that he had ordered the strike against the air base from which he said the chemical weapons attack was launched. Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph Younan called the attack an aggression and told Catholic News Service: “It is a shame that the United States administration didn’t wait until an honest United Nations investigation was thoroughly made into what is said to be a chemical air strike in Khan Shaykun.” “The agglomerate media and the supremacist policy of the USA just want the killing and destroying conflict in Syria to continue, and this primarily to kill whatever attempt to resolve the bloody crisis,” added Patriarch Younan, who was born in Syria and served for 14 years as bishop of the New Jersey-based Diocese of Our Lady of Deliverance for Syriac Catholics in the United States and Canada. Bishop Georges Khazen, who serves Latin-rite Catholics in Aleppo, told the Rome-based Fides news agency that he was baffled by “the speed with which it was decided and carried out, without any adequate investigation into the tragic massacre with chemical weapons which took place in Idlib province.” He said the attack “opens new disturbing scenarios for all.” The U.S. launched 59 missiles from the USS Ross and USS Porter in the Mediterranean early April 7 local time. U.S. officials said they targeted Shayrat Air Base’s airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas.
Egypt’s attacks won’t stop pope’s visit for peace
VATICAN CITY – Despite recent and repeated terrorist attacks against Egypt’s minority Christian communities, Pope Francis will not cancel his visit to Egypt. “The pope’s trip to Egypt proceeds as scheduled,” Greg Burke, Vatican spokesman, told Catholic News Service by email April 10. The pope is scheduled to meet governmental and interfaith leaders during an April 28-29 visit to Cairo. “Egyptians are looking forward to Pope Francis’ visit, although the atmosphere at present is heavy,” Father Rafic Grieche, spokesman for the Egyptian bishops, told CNS April 10. “The pope’s mission is to be beside his brothers at the time of difficulty. Now is the real time that he can bring peace and hope to the Egyptian people as a whole and to the Christians of the East, in particular.” Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II was in the
Cathedral of St. Mark in Alexandria April 9 for the Palm Sunday service, when an explosion went off outside the church. Earlier, a bomb exploded 70 miles away inside the Church of St. George in Tanta, 50 miles north of Cairo, during its Palm Sunday service. Estimates say at least 44 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the two attacks.
Philippine bishops say they oppose Duterte’s policies, not the man
MANILA, Philippines – The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines assured the government that the country’s church leaders are not against President Rodrigo Duterte. “What we are against are issues, not the person,” said Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, president of the episcopal body. His remarks Philippine from an April 4 television interPresident view were reported by ucanews. Rodrigo Duterte com. “It is not the office of the president that we are attacking, so to speak,” said Archbishop Villegas, who said he and other bishops had a meeting with members of Duterte’s Cabinet in late March. “We assured them that we are not against the president and that we are for the success of the president.” In late March, Duterte renewed attacks against the Catholic Church, which has been vocal in its criticism against his anti-narcotics war, his plans to re-impose the death penalty and to lower the age of criminal liability. Ucanews.com reported Archbishop Villegas said he was surprised that Cabinet members agreed with the bishops on issues like the killings and the proposed revival of the death penalty. “They are pleading with us to continue dialogue,” he said. “We said we are open.” He said the church leaders would continue to oppose Duterte’s “anti-life” policies and proposed legislation, like executing suspected drug users and dealers. Human rights groups noted that approximately 8,000 people have died in drug-related killings since last July, when Duterte became president.
Report: Consider conditions in Central America before mass deportations
MEXICO CITY – An international organization that works to prevent conflict urged the United States not to institute mass deportations or harsh anti-migration measures without checking on the conditions in the Central American countries to which it is returning migrants. The report from the International Crisis Group also called for officials to reconsider crackdowns on criminal gangs in countries in the so-called Northern Triangle of Central America – Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – which currently register some of the world’s highest homicide
rates and alarming numbers of internally displaced people. “At a time when the prospect of mass deportations from the U.S. risks exacerbating social anomie and criminal activity in the Northern Triangle, establishing ways to defuse extreme violence and minimize the harms of (gang) activity ... is essential,” said the report, released April 6. “Repressive and militarized policies toward the gangs have proved not merely ineffective, but counterproductive,” said the report, titled, “Mafia of the Poor: Gang Violence and Extortion in Central America.” “Assorted crackdowns have not taken account of the deep social roots of the gangs – which provide identity, purpose and status for youths who are unaccommodated in their home societies – (and) failed to recognize the counterproductive effects of security measures that have given gangs prisons in which to organize and confirmation of their identity as social outcasts.”
study shows church growth will be in global South
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Most of Christianity’s future growth is likely to be in the global South, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the Christian population is relatively young, according to a new analysis from the U.S.-based Pew Research Center. The share of Christians worldwide who live in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase dramatically between 2015 and 2060, from 26 percent to 42 percent, due to high fertility in the region. At the same time, lower fertility and religion switching are among factors that will lead to a drop in numbers of Christians living in Europe and North America, according to Pew Research Center demographic estimates released April 5. Not only will there continue to be more Christian births than deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, but births will exceed deaths by larger numbers in upcoming five-year periods, it said. In recent years, Christians have had a disproportionately large share of the world’s deaths – 37 percent – largely because of the relatively advanced age of Christian populations in areas such as Europe. In Europe, Christian deaths already outnumber births, and this trend is likely to continue through 2060. In North America, the number of Christian deaths is projected to exceed the number of births by the year 2050.
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The power of the cross
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lessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890) – a theologian who came to prominence in the Victorian age – can help us check the church’s spiritual pulse in the postmodern 21st century, thanks to his prescient sense of the deep cultural currents shaping (and warping) Western civilization. Thus on Aug. 26, 1832, Newman preached a sermon, “The Religion of the Day,” that bears reflection during Holy Week 2017: “What is Satan’s device in this day?...What is the world’s religion now? It has taken the brighter side of the Gospel – its george weigel tidings of comfort, its precepts of love; all darker, deeper views of man’s condition and prospects being comparatively forgotten. This is the religion natural to a civilized age, and well has Satan dressed and completed it into an idol of the truth... (Those) fearful images of divine wrath with which the Scriptures abound...are explained away. Everything is bright and cheerful. Religion is pleasant and easy....” Judging from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, the temptation to reduce Christianity to a comfortable lifestyle option has been around a long time. Thus Paul insists that he did not come to Corinth to preach “with eloquent wisdom” – human cleverness; no, he came with a message inconceivable to sophisticated (or even not-so-sophisticated) ancients: “Christ crucified,” in whose cross is found “the power of God” (1 Corinthians 17, 20). Eighteen hundred years later, Newman found the perennial temptation to empty the cross of its power in the cozy cultural religiosity of his time. H. Richard Niebuhr, closer to our day, saw the same corrosive thing when he pilloried the liberal Protestantism that offered “a God without wrath [who] brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross.” Against these “idols of the truth,” this Christian happy-talk, the cross stands in stark relief. Attractive crucifixes in our churches and homes should not blind us to the fact that death by Roman crucifixion was unspeakably awful: A naked, flagellated, and bleeding body, nailed to rough wood so that the victim was forced to intensify his agony by pushing himself up on nailed feet in order to breathe. Death could take many hours, even days; finally, the crucified one’s continually weakened and painwracked body turned on the victim and asphyxiated him. This was the death meted out to the wretched of the earth. It was not a pretty business, nor was it meant to be. It was a hideous death meant for slaves, a warning of the dangers of challenging Roman power. Anglican preacher Fleming Rutledge concludes her reflections on the awfulness of the crucifixion with these challenging thoughts, which ask us to understand the cross in light of the horrors that human beings, under the power of Satan, have perpetrated in history: “Forgiveness is not enough. Belief in redemption is not enough. Wishful thinking about the intrinsic goodness of every human being is not enough. Inclusion is not a sufficiently inclusive message, nor does it deliver real justice. Only a power independent of this world can overcome the grip of the enemy of God’s purposes for his creation. [Thus] Jesus Christ…offered himself to be the condemned and rejected righteous one … At the historical time and place of his inhuman and godless crucifixion, all the demonic powers loosed in the world convened in Jerusalem and unleashed their forces upon the incarnate son of God. …” And the son, through the power of God, won the victory. For the righteousness of God the father vindicated the son’s cruciform obedience in the resurrection, restoring creation to its right order and inaugurating the kingdom of God, proclaimed by the church called into being by the experience of the risen one and empowered by the Holy Spirit. So the friends of the risen Lord Jesus can say, with St. Paul, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2.20). On Good Friday, many of us will sing of the cross, in the words of the old spiritual, “Sometimes, it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. …” It should. Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
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The empty tomb
elievers and nonbelievers alike have been arguing about the resurrection since the day Jesus rose. What really happened? How was he raised from the dead? Did an actual dead body really come back to life and step out of the grave or was the resurrection a monumental life-changing event inside the consciousness of Jesus’ followers? Or was the resurrection both, a real physical event and an event inside the consciousness of believers? FATHER ron Obviously nobody was rolheiser there to see what actually happened. Those who claimed Jesus was alive again didn’t see him rise and emerge from the tomb, they met him only after he had already risen and, immediately, believers and sceptics began to divide from each other, persons who claimed to have touched him and persons who doubted that testimony. There have been sceptics and believers ever since and no shortage of persons, professional theologians and nonscholarly Christians alike, who believe in the resurrection of Jesus as a faith event but not as a physical event, where an actual body came out of a grave. The faith event is what’s important, they claim, and it is incidental whether or not Jesus’ actual body came out of the grave. Was Jesus’ resurrection a faith event or a physical event? It was both. For Christians it is the most monumental event, faith and otherwise, in history. Two thousand subsequent years cannot be explained, except by the reality of the resurrection. To understand the resurrection of Jesus only as a literal fact, that his body rose from the grave, is to cut the resurrection off from much of its meaning. However, that being admitted, for Christians, the resurrection must also be a radically physical event. Why? First, because the Gospels are pretty clear in emphasizing that the tomb was empty and that the resurrected Jesus was more than a spirit or ghost. We see, for instance, in Luke’s Gospel where Jesus invites a doubting Thomas to verify his physicality: “Look at my
Was Jesus’ resurrection a faith event or a physical event? It was both. For Christians it is the most monumental event, faith and otherwise, in history. Two thousand subsequent years cannot be explained, except by the reality of the resurrection.
hands and my feet. It’s really me. Touch me. You can see that I have a living body; a ghost does not have a body like this.” As well, and very importantly, to cut the resurrection off from the literal fact that there was real physical transformation of a once dead corpse is to rob it of some of its important meanings and perhaps of the deepest root of its credibility. For the resurrection of Christ to have full meaning it must, among other things, have been a brute physical fact. There needs to be an empty tomb and a dead body returned to life. Why? Not as some kind of miracle proof, but because of the incarnation. To believe in the incarnation and not to believe in the radical physical character of the resurrection is a contradiction. We believe that in the incarnation the word was made flesh. This takes the mystery of Christ and the reality of the resurrection out of the realm of pure spirit. The incarnation always connotes a reality that’s radically physical, tangible, and touchable, like the old dictionary definition of matter as “something extended in space and having weight.” To believe in the incarnation is to believe that God was born into real physical flesh, lived in real physical flesh, died in real physical flesh, and rose in real physical flesh. To believe that the resurrection was only an event in the faith consciousness of the disciples, however real, rich, and radical that might be imagined, is to rob the incarnation of its radical physical character and to fall into the kind of dualism that values spirit and denigrates the physical. Such a dualism devalues the incarnation and this impoverishes the meaning of the resurrection. If the resurrection is only a spiritual event then it is also only an anthropological one and not also a cosmic one. That’s a way of saying that it’s then an event only about human consciousness and not also about the cosmos. But Jesus’ resurrection isn’t just something radically new in terms of human consciousness; it’s also something that’s radically new in terms of atoms and molecules. The resurrection rearranged hearts and minds, but it also rearranged atoms. Until Jesus’ resurrection, dead bodies did not come back to life; they stayed dead, so when his came back to life there was something radically new both at the level of faith and at the level of the atoms and molecules. Precisely because of its brute physicality, Jesus’ resurrection offers new hope to atoms as well as to people. I believe that Jesus was raised from the dead, literally. I believe too that this event was, as the rich insights within contemporary theology point out, highly spiritual: An event of faith, of changed consciousness, of new hope empowering a new charity and a new forgiveness. But it was also an event of changed atoms and of a changed dead body. It was radically physical, just as are all events that are part of the incarnation wherein God takes on real flesh. Oblate Father Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.
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Sunday readings
The Resurrection of the Lord Mass of Easter Day ACTS 10:34A, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.” PSALM 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.”
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This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. “The right hand of the Lord has struck with power; the right hand of the Lord is exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.” This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 Brothers and sisters: If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory. Sequence — Victimae Paschali Laudes Christians, to the Paschal Victim Offer your thankful praises! A Lamb the sheep redeems; Christ, who only is sinless, reconciles sinners to the Father. Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous: The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal. Speak, Mary, declaring what you
Faith means hope without ‘seeing’
oth great writers George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis affirm, “seeing is not believing.” Sight does not make faith. As humans, our reason desires a kind of satisfaction from seeing the truth, but seeing cannot make us believe. Faith means hope without “seeing.” When Mary Magdalene set out for the tomb on Easter morning with her companion, they were content to stare at the rock face and cry. The two Marys came to “see” the tomb, trusting in the presence of one they could not see. They knew they had not just buried a good dead man. They already believed. After the shock of an earthquake, the appearance of an angel, and his cry, “Do not be afraid!” ratifies that there is sister maria something greater here than catherine Jonah. The women’s faith toon, op gives them access to sight. “I know you are seeking Jesus crucified...he is not here... come and see…” Instead, “not seeing” him there became their joy and hope. Why was it the Marys who saw all this? If Christ died for all, wouldn’t the effect of his resurrection be all the more cataclysmic if it was witnessed by unbelievers? Wouldn’t it have been a greater miracle, and perhaps lead to more conversions if unbelievers had witnessed Christ’s resurrection? What if it was
the Roman soldiers who saw everything and ran to tell the Apostles? Wouldn’t Peter have believed them more, because the soldiers were not of their party? But this is not the case. According to Matthew, the soldiers “became like dead men.” They “saw” what generations of prophets predicted would come true; why didn’t they believe? A few short weeks ago, the Gospel reading from Luke 16, the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, gives us an insight. While he is burning with pain, Lazarus assures Abraham that if his family sees someone from the dead proclaiming the truth, they will believe the ghost and change their lives. Abraham answers in the negative, “They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them” (Luke 16:29). Sight does not make faith. Hearing is the beginning of faith. Hearing is what engenders faith in us. Hearing the Gospel passages each year that proclaim to the church and all the world how the Passion leads to Christ’s resurrection is essential for our faith to be enriched. We cannot truly know Jesus without this. After going through the trial of the Passion with Christ, the Marys were rewarded with sight. They receive signs they can see to augment their faith, not to prove to themselves that it’s all true. Sight confirms their belief and makes it sure. But it is Mary Magdalene’s witness to the risen Christ that leads to the faith of the other disciples, even if they doubted at first. See, go, tell; they become responsible for what they see and for passing it on. And so must we.
Pope: embrace kindness, not ‘mafia’ mentality
The “secret” to understanding this hope, the pope said, is that it is rooted in the paschal mystery of Christ’s victory over death. Our hope is not a concept nor a sentiment; it is not phone call or a pile of riches,” he said. “No, our hope is a person, it is the Lord Jesus who we recognize alive and present in us and in our brothers and sisters.” A person who lacks hope, the pope added, is incapable of giving or receiving the “consolation of forgiveness” and unable to make room for Christ in their hearts. St. Peter’s assertion that “it is better to suffer for doing good” than doing evil, he continued, doesn’t mean that it is good to suffer, but that suffering for the sake of good means “that we are in communion with the Lord.”
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VATICAN CITY – Hope cannot remain hidden within but must break free to overcome vengeful, mafia-like mentalities with mercy and humility, Pope Francis said. Christians must give witness to hope through their lives as Jesus did and make room for him in their hearts to fight evil by doing good to others, even their enemies, the pope said at his weekly general audience April 5. “The mafiosi think that evil can be overcome by evil. They take revenge; they do so many things that we all know. But they do not know what humility, mercy and meekness are. And why? Because the mafiosi have no hope,” he said. Continuing his series of talks on Christian hope, the pope reflected on a verse from the First Letter of St. Peter, in which the apostle calls on Christians to “always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope.”
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saw, wayfaring. “The tomb of Christ, who is living, the glory of Jesus’ resurrection; bright angels attesting, the shroud and napkin resting. Yes, Christ my hope is arisen; to Galilee he goes before you.” Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning! Amen. Alleluia. JOHN 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings Monday, April 17: Monday in the Octave of Easter. Acts 2:14, 22-33. Acts 2:14, 22-33. Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11. Ps 118:24. Mt 28:8-15. Tuesday, April 18: Tuesday in the Octave of Easter. Acts 2:36-41. Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22. Ps 118:24. Jn 20:11-18. Wednesday, April 19: Wednesday in the Octave of Easter. Acts 3:1-10. Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9. Ps 118:24. Lk 24:13-35. Thursday, April 20: Thursday in the Octave of Easter. Acts 3:11-26. Ps 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9. Ps 118:24. Lk 24:35-48. Friday, April 21: Friday in the Octave of Easter. Acts 4:1-12. Ps 118:1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a. Ps 118:24. Jn 21:1-14. Saturday, April 22: Saturday in the Octave of Easter. Acts 4:13-21. Ps 118:1 and 14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21. Ps 118:24. Mk 16:9-15. Sunday, April 23: Sunday of Divine Mercy. Acts 2:42-47. Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24. 1 Pt 1:3-9. Jn 20:29. Jn 20:19-31. Monday, April 24: Monday of the Second Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr. Acts 4:2331. Ps 2:1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9. Col 3:1. Jn 3:1-8. Tuesday, April 25: Feast of St. Mark, evangelist. 1 Pt 5:5b-14. Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17. 1 Cor 1:23a-24b. Mk 16:15-20. Wednesday, April 26: Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Good Counsel; St. Raphael Arnaiz Baron, monk. Acts 5:17-26. Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9. Jn 3:16. Jn 3:16-21. Thursday, April 27: Thursday of the Second Week of Easter. Acts 5:27-33. Ps 34:2 and 9, 17-18, 19-20. Jn 20:29. Jn 3:31-36. Friday, April 28: Friday of the Second Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chanel, priest and martyr; Optional Memorial of St. Louis Mary de Montfort, priest; Gianna Molla, mother. Acts 5:3442. Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14. Mt 4:4b. Jn 6:1-15. Saturday, April 29: Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor. Acts 6:1-7. Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19. Jn 6:16-21.
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The importance of speaking in the public square Here is an excerpt of a speech by Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, on March 25 in Belfast at the inauguration of the Northern Ireland chapter of the Iona Institute, a Dublin-based group that “promotes the place of marriage and religion in society.”
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very time I am asked to speak on this topic I find myself returning for inspiration to the story from the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 17) of St. Paul in the agora of ancient Athens – that great meeting place of government, commerce and ideas. Paul could see the city was full of idols, and Acts tells us his spirit was “provoked,” but still he held his ground and witnessed to Christ. His testimony was of particular interest to the philosophers, who enjoyed discussing all the latest news and fashionable ideas of the time. They brought him before Archbishop the Areopagus, where Paul eamon martin remarked on all the objects of worship he had seen in the city, including an altar with the inscription, “To an unknown god.” Paul proclaimed that what the Athenians worshipped as “unknown,” was in fact “the God who made the world and everything in it.” It is God that you are all seeking, he went on, God who is not far from each one of us; God “who gives life and breath to everything,” God “in whom we live and move and have our being,” God who created us so that we might seek after him! God calls us to repent, Paul added, and he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world by a man whom he has raised from the dead. At the mention of resurrection of the dead, Paul’s audience in the ancient public square immediately interrupted him. Some mocked him, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.” Acts concludes the story with these words: “Some joined him and
believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.” Two-thousand years later, when we speak in the modern public square we may expect a similar reaction. Some will mock us; some will want to hear more; others will believe and change their lives to join the flock of Jesus Christ. But how can they change unless someone challenges them? In another place, Paul writes (Romans 10:14): “But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?” Friends, today we are the ones who are sent to speak into the public square. This is our responsibility and our privilege.
More than just politics
But, first, it is worth exploring what we mean by the public square nowadays. There is a temptation to confine the meaning of the public square to the realm of politics, which, in my view, is a rather narrow and impoverished view of the term. I imagine the public square to be more like the ancient Athenian agora and Areopagus – a place where ideas are developed and shared and tested. The media and entertainment world, therefore, has a claim to attention in the public square, and, if you’ll allow a “virtual” space, then social media has a major contribution to make. Important discussion also takes place in the boardrooms of business and industry. The arts, music and sport clearly influence the public agenda. From all of these emerge messages which shape our understanding of the truth and how we live our lives. So also, of course, does education, through academic research and discourse. So, if the voice of faith is to be heard in the public square, then people of faith must inhabit and contribute to all of these worlds and discussions, and indeed, to anywhere people meet to share opinions and ideas – the pub, the hairdressers, the dinner party and the staff coffee room.
The Second Vatican Council was clear that the church has a voice right in the center of the modern world, in the heart of the public square, in the hustle and bustle of people’s lives. The council fathers pointed out the duty of the church to “scrutinize the signs of the times and interpret them in the light of the Gospel.” The great Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes (“Joy and Hope”), famously puts it: “The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the (people) of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ.” But what message do we bring as people of faith to the public square? “Gaudium et Spes” again puts it well, “The future of humanity rests on those who are capable of handing on to the coming generations reasons for living and hoping.” Our interventions in the public square therefore draw from transcendent ideas of truth, beauty and goodness, and from an understanding of the human person that is rooted in the natural law and which strives for the common good. Ultimately everything we say is founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, our risen Lord, who calls people to repentance and conversion, and promises hope and everlasting life. We do not enter the public square simply to win arguments through the clever use of reasoning and debate. When we speak, we draw upon both reason and faith and upon an integral vision of the dignity and vocation of the human person linked to the common good. We seek to present in public discourse “a coherent ethic of life,” based on natural law, which includes for example, our teaching about the sacredness of human life and the dignity of the person, about the centrality of the family, about solidarity and the need for a fair distribution of goods in the world. Our vision is of a society marked by a culture of justice and care for all, especially the most vulnerable. see archbishop martin, page 17
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Archbishop Martin: Importance of speaking in the public square FROM PAGE 16
The difficulty for us, of course, is the tendency in public debate to relegate to the private sphere discussion about the nature of the identity of the human person and his or her dignity. Society nowadays is inclined instead to prioritize a limited conception of freedom, often understood in a reductionist and limited fashion which doesn’t always lead to human flourishing. The voice of faith or religion is not simply for the privacy of our homes and churches. The Gospel is meant for mission. It is not to be cloistered away from the cut and thrust of public discourse. Since Paul first stepped into the agora at Athens, many have argued that the transcendent moral norms presented by believing Christians have no place in the public discourse. There is little tolerance nowadays for the idea of absolute moral truths or for stable moral reference points – something is intrinsic to the content of Christian interventions in the public square. Archbishop Rowan Williams prefers to see the church as part of the “community of communities” that is the state. It is therefore up to us to be courageous enough to argue our case, to ask awkward questions when necessary, e.g., about the impact of economic policies on the most vulnerable or to point out contradictions of populism, all the while being careful not to become too sensitive to criticism or always claiming to be offended. We need a broad back in the public square and particularly so on social media where people of faith often have to endure insult or ridicule or even personal attack simply for being present in the public square at all. Of course, the Catholic Church in Ireland has seen great damage to its credibility on account of the child abuse scandals and other shameful episodes of our past. Many people feel they can no longer trust our message because they have been hurt and betrayed by their experience of church. The sins and crimes of sexual abuse in the church have not only had tragic consequences in the lives of victims and their families, but have also, as Pope Benedict XVI put it, “obscured the light of the Gospel.”
When we speak in the public square about the right to life of the unborn, some are quick to point to the child abuse scandals and to shameful stories about mother and baby homes and other institutions. In my view, however, the failures of the past must help us learn lessons for the present about where church and society might be similarly marginalizing the poor, stigmatizing the unwanted or failing to protect the most vulnerable. We in the church can tend to react defensively to criticisms – sometimes by denial, claiming unfairness, even conspiracy – rather than being thankful that the lid has been lifted on a terrible and shameful chapter of our history and at last giving a voice to those who for years had been carrying a lonely trauma. If it seemed at times that the church was being unfairly targeted or singled out, then so be it. In hindsight, this was a price that had to be paid in order to put the safety of children first. Despite all that has happened, the Catholic Church remains of great interest to the media and society today. The church is often countercultural and a sign of contradiction in the secular world, just as it was for the Athenians when Paul spoke. It is therefore an object of fascination to many, of bewilderment or curiosity to others, and of hostility to some. Our challenge is to find ways of presenting the beautiful, edifying and spiritually inspiring lives of people of faith which reflect the beauty and goodness of God. I believe that today, when so many people are tempted to despair, we need to rediscover the ways of lifting people up, giving them, as St. Peter put it, “a reason for the hope that lies within us.” With so much conflict, hatred and division in the world, it would do all our hearts good to celebrate more often the commitment of people of faith to peace and justice, love and understanding. A lot of Catholics, as members of society, find themselves easily drawn to support the liberal democratic culture and politics of the state. The politicians Catholics vote for, the media stories we like to read, are not unlike those that the majority of people in the public square seem to want or support. Catholics, precisely as Catholics, need to
allow their faith to influence their participation in society and the state. That is why we need opportunities to meet likeminded Catholics and Christians who have begun to question the superficiality of much of what surrounds us. Our faith has a lot to say about the nihilism and despair of a throwaway culture that has driven young people to self-destruction. Our church’s teachings would seriously question such a limited view of individual rights that would dispute the equality of life of a mother and her unborn baby. Our arguments in these debates must aim to balance charity and truth. They must be at once gentle and patient but firm and persuasive. Retrieved from originsonline.com, Catholic News Service documentary service.
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Healing the loss of a loved one
lost my mother unexpectedly last November, after having lost my father after a long illness eight years earlier. My siblings and I suddenly found ourselves “orphans” as we marked our first Thanksgiving and Christmas without either of our parents. Now we are anticipating our first Mother’s Day without mom. Sister We’ve spent constance the past few months dismanveit, lsp tling and selling my parents’ home of 50 years. It’s the only house we knew growing up, and it has continued to be our emotional hub as our adult lives have taken us across the country. As we bring closure to this phase of our grieving just in time for Mother’s Day, I feel drawn to share a few reflections on how my faith has supported me during this time of mourning. The loss of a loved one can engender intense and contradictory
I have found that the church’s 50-day celebration of Easter has offered me unexpected graces and consolations as my siblings and I mourn the loss of our mother. feelings; this is especially true with our parents, since our bond with them is so profound. We may experience an overwhelming sense of loss at a parent’s passing, especially if they were involved in our daily lives, or we in theirs. In all likelihood, we also mourn a combination of unexpressed sentiments, unresolved issues, unfulfilled hopes and plans, and family milestones that will never be celebrated together. In the case of my mother, I have also been deeply grieved by the suffering she experienced in her final days. So what do we do with all of these intense emotions? I have found that the church’s 50-day celebration of Easter has offered me unexpected graces and consolations as my siblings and I mourn the loss of our mother. Two Easter symbols have helped me to believe that in Christ crucified and risen all of our grief and pain – all our woundedness – can be healed.
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The first is the Paschal candle and the second is the Divine Mercy image. Despite participating in the Easter Vigil every year, I never really paid attention to the five grains of incense with which the Paschal candle is inscribed before being lit. These symbolize the wounds of Christ. As he presses the grains into the candle, the priest says, “By his holy and glorious wounds, may Christ the Lord guard and protect us.” In her book on the healing of memories, “Remembering God’s Mercy,” well-known author Dawn Eden observes “that it is only after these wounds are called to memory that the light of the risen Christ, symbolized by the ignited candle, shines forth and spreads its glow … The light of faith – the lumen fidei that shines upon us and gives us our identity as Christians – is the light of Christ precisely as wounded.” I found Eden’s words especially helpful in accepting my mother’s death. “When I unite my own wounded heart with the wounded and glorified heart of Jesus,” she writes, “his wounds heal mine.” In the Divine Mercy image revealed to St. Faustina, Jesus, though risen, reveals the wounds of his crucifixion and his pierced heart. In her diary, St. Faustina relates numerous occasions when Christ invited her to take refuge in his sacred wounds as in a safe hiding place. Christ also refers to his wounds as a fountain of life and mercy, and Faustina sees in them a sign of God’s great love. The image of the risen Christ still bearing the wounds
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of his passion is thus not morbid. It is consoling for me to realize that in his unfathomable mercy Christ embraces both my mother and myself, with all our human imperfections, hiding us in his merciful wounds. The Divine Mercy image and the Paschal candle remind me that it is in the liturgy, especially at Mass, that we are bathed in the waters of new life, fed with his living bread and healed of our wounds. It is also in the Eucharist that we are united with the communion of believers, including those who have passed on ahead of us. It is there that I can still experience communion with my parents – though in a manner quite different from our regular visits and phone calls. As our Catholic faith teaches in the catechism, the union of those who sleep in the Lord with those who are left behind “is in no way interrupted … [but] reinforced by an exchange of spiritual goods.” The catechism informs us that those who have gone before us to their heavenly reward do not cease to intercede for us. “Being more closely united to Christ, those who dwell in heaven fix the whole church more firmly in holiness.” By their concern, “our weakness is greatly helped.” In faith, I know that my bond with my parents is not broken by their passage from this life. I’m sure that my mother, who never gave up trying to direct her children – even after they had reached adulthood – rejoiced to find out that she could continue doing so from heaven. We, her children, are consoled to know that now she has the perfect vantage point! We are not really orphans after all. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Sister Constance is the director of communications for the Little Sisters of the Poor.
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Oct. 15-26, 2017 Visit: Austria, Czech Republic, Poland
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Holy land with Fr. Shuan Whittington and Fr. Jerry Byrd
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Visit: Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Casesarea, Tiberas, Cana, Nazareth, Mt. Carmel, Bet Shean, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bethany, Jericho, Qumran, Dead Sea
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS / TOUR CONTRACT Pentecost Tours, Inc. is not a participant in the California Travel Consumer Restitution Fund. This transaction is not covered by the California Travel Consumer Restitution Fund. You are not With Joe Galang eligible to file a claim against thatFr. Fund in the event of Pentecost Tours, Inc.’s default. However, Pentecost Tours, Inc. does Oct.deposits 01 – 13,at2017 maintain a Trust account for tour MainSource Bank in Batesville, IN. $3088.00 plus $384 air taxes/round trip air,
4* hotel & tours* TOUR PRICE: Based on tariffs and currency exchange rates in effect on 11/25/2016 subject to change notice Visitand include: Spain & without Portugal should there be a revision in rates prior to departure of tour. Dep.is for $300 by Mayof01, 2017/final bal. Due The tour price based on a minimum 36 passengers. Should there be fewer, there could be surcharge. ona June 15, 2017
__________________________________ ACCOMMODATIONS: In first class hotels or better, based on double or triple occupancy with private facilities. Single-room supplement is $59 per night and based on availability. Requests for a roommate are assigned on a first-come, first served basis and are not guaranteed. The single-room supplement will be assessed if a roommate is not available when the group is finalized.
TIPS AND TAXES: Those normally appearing on hotel and restaurant bills as “service” are Fr. included, as are all governmenWith Engel Gammad tal and local taxes on hotels and meals. Airport fees, departure Oct. 14 – 23, 2017 taxes, and fuel surcharges are estimated on the original invoice and adjusted at ticket time. $2488.00 plus $700 air taxes, round trip air from SFO, 4* hotelincluding & tours* SIGHTSEEING: By modern motorcoach, services of English-speaking guides entrance fees to places included Visitsand include: Portugal and Spain in the itinerary. Masses at churches indicated are subject to availability.Dep. For $300 by Apr. 30, 2017/Final Bal. Due
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Departs July 21, 2017. Surround yourself with the stunning scenery of the Canadian Rockies. Start in of the terms and conditions this contract for transportation or Seattle and travel through theoflush Pacifi c Northwest to Glacier and Waterton travel services, all Parks. sums Cross paidthe to Continental PentecostDivide Tours, Inc. for services Lakes National enroute to Banff National not received by you will be promptly refunded by Pentecost Park. Visit and Lake Louise as youadvise journeyPentecost the famed Icefi elds Tours, Inc. toBow youFalls unless you otherwise Tours, where you’ll stop to enjoy an Ice Explorer excursion. Next you’ll visit Inc. Parkway, in writing. Jasper and Yoho National Parks, the Okanagan Lake Region, Kamloops and AIRVancouver. TRANSPORTATION: trip San Francisco/Dublin Return to SeattleRound for sightseeing to complete your tour. and Dublin/San Francisco on economy class jet via Delta or any other IATA member. on 6-day minimum/21-day maximum TravelBased with Father Frank Wittouck, SCJ advanced purchase fare,Rockies subjectand to participation ofTours. ten persons on both Autumn Leaves on entire flightCanadian itinerary. If cancellation is effected by passenger Your Chaplain will Father Wittouck, SCJ from Houston, Texas. Acomes after 7/23/2017, orbe after airFrank tickets are written, whichever retired Army Chaplain, he currently ministers for Magnificat House and in to first, 100% of airfare will be forfeited byhis passenger inwith addition 12th trips YMT the Cypress Assistance Ministries. This All will be 11th &are the penalties mentioned above. airfares subject to govwhere he continues to impress and inspire our Catholic travelers. ernment approval and change without notice. TRAVEL PROTECTION: Travel Protection is NOT included in Save the tour price. We highly suggest that all participants purchase $ offer a plan to help protect your trip and your investment. Plans benefits for trip cancellation/interruption, accident & sickness * perand couple medical expense, emergency evacuation & repatriation, more. You will be mailed a travel protection brochure along with a waiver form, in the event that you choose to decline coverage. The Plan Document will be provided, upon purchase. Read through this document carefully as it contains full plan and benefit details and exclusions & limitations. Please note that Medicare does not provide coverage outside of the United States. Check with your own insurance provider to determine whether or not you are covered outside of the U.S.
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Ireland
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Visit: Dublin, Downpatrick, Belfast, Giant's Causeway, Derry, Knock, Westport, Connemara, Croagh invites Kylemore, you to join Patrick, Galway, Graduate Limerick, Rock of Cashel & others Saint Meinrad Theology Programs and Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB on a 12-day pilgrimage to The Emerald Isle + $329 per person* from San Francisco if paid by 7-15-17
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Presentation Sisters celebrate jubilees Presentation Sisters celebrating jubilees will be honored at a community celebration April 30 at the Presentation Motherhouse in San Francisco.
Sister Catherine Mary King, PBVM, 60 years
Sister Catherine taught for nearly 40 years in Catholic elementary and high schools, including Presentation High School, San Francisco. She is a founder of El Proyecto de las Rosas, a literacy center for immigrants, in Tipton, California. Currently, Sister Catherine Mary is a volunteer tutor at Sacred Heart Nativity School in San Jose.
Sister Lucia Lodolo, PBVM, 60 years
Sister Lucia spent 35 years as a pastoral associate at St. Teresa Parish in San Francisco. She is a founder of The Lantern, a hospitality and education center for immigrants sponsored by the Sisters of the Presentation in the Mission District. Currently, she ministers with St. Anthony’s visiting residents of downtown hotels and at St. Anthony’s Dining Room.
Sister Helen Matosich, PBVM, 60 years
Sister Helen earned an undergraduate degree in education from the University of San Francisco and a Certificate of Training in Pastoral Ministry from the Dominican School of Theol-
Sister Catherine Mary King, PBVM, 60 years
Sister Lucia Lodolo, PBVM, 60 years
ogy, Berkeley. She taught elementary school for 14 years in Presentation schools in San Francisco and San Jose. She is also an artist working in the media of clay and collage.
Sister Rosemary McKean PBVM, 60 years
Sister Rosemary earned an undergraduate degree in education and an elementary teaching credential from San Jose State University before entering the convent and later a graduate degree from the University of San Francisco. Sister Rosemary taught in elementary schools in the Bay Area and Albuquerque, New Mexico including 28 years teaching children with special needs.
Sister Joanne O’Shea, PBVM, 70 years
Sister Joanne earned an undergraduate degree in education from the Uni-
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Sister Janet Harris, PBVM, 70 years
Sister Janet earned an undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco and a graduate degree in film from Loyola University, Los Angeles. Her thesis on Los Angeles gangs served as a catalyst for her ministry as prison chaplain and gang counselor. Work with gang members in East Los Angeles in the 1970s led to her being featured in People magazine and the Merv Griffin Show. Currently, she serves in the ministry of prayer.
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help wanted The Archdiocese of San Francisco CATHOLIC CEMETERIES Family Services Counselor Job Posting Purpose and Scope: A Family Services Counselor is a full-time “non-exempt” level employee who reports directly to the Family Services Manager. This position works collaboratively within the Family Services Department, combining ministry, sales and public relations. Working within a religious, not-for-profit environment, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package. This position is governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Family Services Counselor is a person of faith committed to Gospel values. He or she values service to the Catholic Community and helps the Cemetery Department fulfill its mission and purposes. Essential Duties: • Provides exemplary personalized customer service to families planning funeral arrangements • Educates individuals and families about burial, cremation and memorialization options within the context of Catholic teaching Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Knowledge and experience in funeral home and/or cemetery practices, preferred • High level of compassion and integrity; detail-oriented and professional • Excellent listening, written, oral communication, and interpersonal skills are essential • Bilingual English/Spanish, preferred Competencies and Education • Knowledge and experience in funeral home and/or cemetery practices, preferred • High level of compassion and integrity; detail-oriented and professional • Excellent listening, written, oral communication, and interpersonal skills are essential Hours • Tuesday through Saturday 8:30am – 5pm • Part-time position may also be available
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Requirements: B.A. in Theology and liturgical experience, or M.Div. or equivalent; active member of a liturgical faith community within the Roman Catholic tradition; familiarity with Church directives on Liturgy; ability both to administer the daily details required by the position and to articulate and execute a plan for improving parish liturgies. (Exempt E-4; part-time). For a full job description, go to the St. Ignatius website: http://stignatiussf.org/post/coordinator-of-parish-worship-cpw-job-posting To apply, send email to Sr. Theresa Moser, RSCJ (moser@usfca.edu) and attach your resumé and cover letter. Applications received by May 1, 2017 will be given priority consideration.
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Mike Mulkerrins, Jenny Leon, John Duggan, Terry Naiker and John Mulkerrins are pictured at the Catholic Charities CYO Hall of Fame 10th annual dinner on March 25.
John Duggan, John Mulkerrins, Mike Mulkerrins and the late Lynn Leon were inducted into the Catholic Charities CYO Athletics Hall of Fame at the 10th annual hall of fame dinner on March 25. The event was held at the Father O’Reilly Catholic Charities CYO Center in St. Emydius gym in San Francisco. The inductees were selected by open nominations from parishioners, CYO participants and CYO Athletics alumni in the archdiocese. John Duggan has been a staple of CYO Athletics at St. Stephen and St. Paul parishes for more than 50 years. He has coached at St. Stephen for nearly 20 years. Leon, honored posthumously, served as an athletic director, coach and board member with CYO Athletics for 25 years. John Mulkerrins has been a physical education teacher, athletic director, seventh grade teacher and coach during the past 26 years at St. Cecilia Parish. He has also coached at Holy Name and taught players from both parishes. Mike Mulkerrins has served as a coach, referee, athletic director and board member for the past 25 years at St. Cecilia. CYO Athletics also recognized four “Coaches in the Spotlight.” To earn this honor, a coach must show exemplary commitment to their program and team(s), serve as a model for other coaches to emulate, demonstrate respect for fellow coaches, parents, players and officials, exhibit concern for players outside of the game and promote the values of CYO Athletics and its mission. The honorees are Mel Abueg, St. Paul Parish; Robert Arevalo, St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception; Meaghan Delahunty, St. Brendan; Bill Sicord, St. Gabriel.
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St. Cecilia Parish and school, San Francisco: Archbishop Cordileone is pictured with Jim and Ann Marike Porter’s kids – Nate, Elizabeth, Dennis and Madeline – during his pastoral visit to the parish and school April 1-3.
Deacons’ wives gather for prayer: A group of deacons’ wives enjoyed some time of quiet prayer and contemplation April 6 while their husbands participated in clergy prayer and education in preparation for the night’s chrism Mass. Pictured are Diane Guiterrez, Cathy Boyle, Diana Rittenhouse, Mary Beaudry, Cathy Cunningham, Nancy Brumbaugh, Dolores O’Halloran, Carolyn Ghiorso.
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St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo: A hushed student body watched and prayed the Stations of the Cross on March 24 morning, as the sixth graders presented a Living Stations under the direction of middle school religion teacher Grace Urankar. The Living Stations were presented as part of the school’s Lenten observance and were the first in recent memory.
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St. Patrick Parish, San Francisco: Parishioners gather with Archbishop Cordileone on the church steps after Mass on March 26 during the archbishop’s pastoral visit to the parish. Father Roberto Andrey is St. Patrick’s pastor.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13 PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets second Thursday of the month except in December; 7:30 p.m.; Worner Center, 28th Ave. at Hacienda, San Mateo, new members welcome. Jessica, (650) 572-1468, themunns@ yahoo.com.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
DIVORCE SUPPORT: Meeting takes place first and third Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Parish O’Reilly Center, 23rd Avenue at Eucalyptus, San Francisco, Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese, drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu.
TRIDUUM AT CATHEDRAL: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant and homilist at Masses Holy Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Easter Vigil, Saturday, Archbishop 9 p.m.; Easter Cordileone Sunday 9 a.m., and will preside at Good Friday rites, 3 p.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. (415) 567-2020, www.stmarycathedralsf.org.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
SUNDAY, APRIL 23
GRIEF SUPPORT: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 10:30 a.m., for anyone who is experiencing grief of the loss of a loved one, free. Deacon Christoph Sandoval leads. Sister Elaine, (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.
DIVINE MERCY: St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1310 Bayswater, Burlingame; 2:30 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy and confession; 3 p.m. Divine Mercy Father George Mass, Jesuit Schultze, SJ Father George Schultze, president, St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, principal celebrant; 4 p.m. Benediction and veneration of Jesus’ image. Judy Miller. (650) 740-7147.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
SATURDAY, APRIL 22 REUNION: San Francisco Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae Mass and Luncheon, Mission Dolores Basilica, 10:30 a.m. with lunch immediately following at Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd., San Francisco, $45. Theme this year is “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” martita@pacbell.net. HANDICAPABLES MASS: Mass at
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‘COME AND SEE’: Sisters of Mercy, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, 9:30-12:30. Information morning on religious life. Open to Catholic women between the ages of 18-45. RSVP vocationministerburl@mercywmw.org or leave a message at (650) 373-4508.
SUNDAY, APRIL 23
GRIEF SUPPORT: Eight week closed session through June 11, St. Dominic Church, Aquinas Room, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco, 3:30-5:30 p.m., no charge. Not a drop-in, sessions are for those who have experienced a death in the last two years; pre-group meeting with the facilitator is required. Deacon Chuck McNeil, deaconchuck@stdominics.org, (415) 505-9114. REUNION: St. John Ursuline High School, San Francisco, all-school reunion beginning with Mass at 9:30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, St. Mary’s Avenue, San Francisco, followed by lunch 11 a.m. United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Avenue at Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco, $40. All information at www. sjualumnae.com. Theresa Keane, alumnae president, (415) 867-3575.
TUESDAY, APRIL 25 DON BOSCO: Don Bosco Study Group meets 7 p.m., Salesian Boys’ and Girls’ Club, North Beach, parking in the yard. Bishop Robert Barron’s DVD, “The Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Lively Virtues” and Matthew Kelley’s newest book, “Resisting Happiness” to be discussed; books $3 in church bookstore and at meet-
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TEKAKWITHA DINNER: St. Peter CCD Center, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica, 6 to 8 p.m. Join us for a typical Guatemalan menu and entertainment. Benefits educational programs for young women in Guatemala, $60 per person, table of six $300. Kay Sweeney, (650) 557-1591, missionguatemala@hotmail.com, www.kateri-fund.org. CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE: Morninglong look at reenergizing Catholic health care in the Bay Area, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, beginning with Mass at 8 a.m. followed by continental breakfast and workshops on cost sharing ministries, Catholic hospice and palliative care, and more. Registration fee is $20 and should be sent to Respect Life Program, Archdiocese of San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109. (415) 614-5533, Vicki Evans, evansv@sfarch.org. ALEMANY AWARDS: The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology presents William J. Cox, president, Alliance of Catholic Healthcare and Nancy E. O’Malley, district attorney of Alameda County with Archbishop Alemany Award for service to the church and society. Mass at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Tickets $200. Ian Brooks, (510) 883-2056; www.dspt.edu/alemany2017.
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After 30 years of practice in San Francisco Inner Child Healing is establishing its main office in the East Bay in El Sobrante. My new SF office is at 55 New Montgomery in the Financial District where I will continue to see my SF clients. I now see many clients in the East Bay in person and via Skype and even Face Time. Many thanks and best wishes to Catholic SF that helped me establish my practice with my first ad!
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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of March HOLY CROSS, COLMA Jack C. Aiello Giovanni S. Alas Marcela D. Ancheta Vincent Peter Ancheta Angela Armas Lydia Aromin Leonardo E. Aspiras Rosalia Crisostomo Ballelos Valente P. Baltazar Kathryn Barrett-Brown Marie McCandless Brennan Proculo Bualat Stephanie L. Buettner Jeanamay S. Cabrera Marie K. Caracciolo Nancy A. Cardona Leonila C. Casayuran Lyla Chamorro Lola M. Choy Chan Ivan J. Chiolo Fung Hing Chu Florence L. Clark David G. Clark Mary Lenore Collopy Samuel Counts Cornell Catherine L. Costa Madeline A. Cozzo Simon S. Danczak Alice L. Davis Nelson R. De La Cruz Alma A. Del Chiaro Raymond L. Del Portillo, Ph. D. Joyce Devine Madeline Louise Dickerson Maria S. Duarte Ramon P. Dychitan Pierre Jean Etcheverry Eddie Evans Amparo C. Fernandez Irma Flores Tiffany Flynn Kevin J. Fogarty Timothy Foley Holli Ann Ford Maria Rosa Franco Stephen Daniel Frangione Robert E. Gallicano Gerald “Gerry” C. Galvin Judith M. Garcia Thelma Garcia Patricia A. Ghilarducci Armando Senina Gonzales Ramon Gonzalez, Jr. Albert E. Gordon
Ruth Romero Guillory Patricia Harrington Josephine Susan Hart Herbert C. Haskins Joyce Annette Hill Rosalie L. Hintermann Leonard P. Hintermann Rev. Jose Isidro Maria Luisa Isola David Joseph Jeffrey D. Kahn Patricia Ann Keeley Olive M. Keller Louis V. King Lilliam S. LaBotte Joanne M. Laurino Jesus C. Lazalde Eric Jan Leopold Christopher Liang Rita F. Lille Corrynne M. Lococo Anthony Lynch Barbara D. Mahoney Remedios Torizo Maliski Herminia P. Manansala Margaret “Peggy” Josephine Mangin Fernando V. Manuntag Marie V. Marshall Douglas Martin Donna Marie Martinez Mary Frances Martocci Patrick Mc Nulty Carmelita C. McCormack Eileen Sterling McHugh Patricia Anne McMullan Robert J. Meagher John A. Meany Clara Lidia Monterrosa Angelina V. Montuya Christopher James Morrissey Xavier Nepo Lucille O’Canna Mae O’Connell Elisa Cervania Onia Ario Otton Maria L. Pacheco Herbert Alfred Palma Josephine Pantaleoni Barbara Jean McClure Peet Victoria Perez Martha L. Perkins Mary M. Petrovich Gaudencio Pinaroc, Jr. Ilia J. Ponte Ruth A. Preskar Teresita B. Quiguyan Diana P. Raggio
Jose Luis Reyes Gomez Steven G. Rice, Sr. Raquel R. Rodriguez Dante P. Sciandri Lawrence E. Shea Gordon James Sheppard Isabel Steinman John T. Theis Antonette Thompson Irene Marie Thordsen Dorothy C. Tompkins Dolores F. Valdez Constance Zita Van Perre Petra Villamor Varian Adoracion L. Vengco Lenore J. Verducci Ascencion Mary Walsh Norah M. Walsh Gloria Jean Washington Albertina Lourdes Xavier Nancy B. Yun
Holy Cross, Colma February Bernard Shanley
Mt. olivet, san rafael Robert John Curtin, Sr. Jennifer Alves Hampton Margaret Shearer Keating Dale A. Kelly Marie L. Kennedy Colin Edward Schreck
HOLY CROSS, menlo Park Jeanette A. Balzer Edward F. Dobbs Doris Marie Fleming (Hart) Robert P. Hess Uti Caven Z. Makasini Liduvina Palomares De Quinonez Cecilia Rose Tommei Luann Tuite Walter P. Weber
Our Lady of the PIllar Matthew G. Flores Angelo C. Giannini Greg Miller Maria Conceicao Pereira Jesus Rios
HOLY CROSS Catholic Cemetery, Colma first saturday mass – Saturday, May 6, 2017 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am Rev. Daniel Nascimento, Celebrant ~ Pastor, St. Anne of the Sunset
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Santa Cruz Ave. @Avy Ave., Menlo Park, CA 650-323-6375
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, CA 650-756-2060
Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 415-479-9020
Tomales Catholic Cemetery 1400 Dillon Beach Road, Tomales, CA 415-479-9021
St. Anthony Cemetery Stage Road, Pescadero, CA 650-712-1675
Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, CA 650-712-1679
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