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Awaiting Christ’s return in glory

The church, seen here in the assembly for the Easter Vigil at St. Mary’s Cathedral on April 15, keeps watch and celebrates the resurrection of Christ in the sacraments, awaiting his return in glory. This holy night, which is the turning point of the Triduum, marks the passing of Christ’s death into life. More photos on Page 3.

Career-minded young Catholic men and women in San Francisco who want to live Gospel values at work and share them with others will soon find support for both their professional and spiritual aspirations through an organization called Young Catholic Professionals. Amanda George, the new coordinator of youth and young adult ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, told Catholic San Francisco that Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone endorsed the formation of a San Francisco chapter of the nonprofit ministry for young adults on April 6. “How do you live an authentic Catholic life while pursuing your career, often in very secular environments?” said George, describing the dilemma that helped a group of young Catholics found YPC in Dallas in 2010. see ycp, page 2

Sisters of the Good Shepherd: 85 years of ‘zeal’ in San Francisco Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

The Sisters of the Good Shepherd, an international order with a legacy of offering healing support to women and girls who have been abused or exploited, is celebrating 85 years in San Francisco this year. A Mass of celebration will be held on May 7, Good Shepherd Sunday, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Agnes Church in San Francisco. Sister Jean Marie Fernandez, RGS, is one of four sisters in residence

provides a watchful view of 70 or more probably speak for all of the sisters at the order’s San Francisco hilltop in stating that she owes her salvation souls in the shelter’s drop-in center. convent in the city’s Portola neighborto those who have “countless times Many of the guests sleep upright in hood. She told Catholic San Francisco shown me the face of God.” folding chairs. “We look for the lost, about her community’s charism and The order was founded in 1835 in the ones that nobody wants. We seek fourth vow of “zeal” on April 20 durFrance by St. Mary Euphrasia at a them out and when we find them we ing a tour of the massive downtown time when girls and women in trouble homeless shelter where she works as a rejoice, as a shepherd would.” had no rights or resources for help. Standing in solidarity with others is case manager for St. Vincent de Paul. Some girls abandoned by their famiwhat defines being a Good Shepherd The operation is the largest shelter lies or orphaned turned to prostituSister. “Their journey is my journey,” in Northern California, feeding and tion to survive. she said. “I can only give to them if I housing more than 300 homeless men Earlier in that same troubled 17th understand God’s mercy in my own and women every day. A personal way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country. century, St. John Eudes, a missionary life. If I do not see my own wounds, I “Wherever we go, we want to bring If youof have received a flag honoring your loved one's military service and would like to donate it cannot reach out.” that shepherding presence Jesus,” the cemetery to be flown as part of anJean “Avenue of Flags" Memorial Sister said thatonshe couldDay, 4th of July and Veterans' she said from insidetoher office that see GOODDay, SHEPHERD SISTERS, page 7

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Archbishop Cordileone’s schedule 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

YCP: New chapter starting in San Francisco FROM PAGE 1

YCP inspires and empowers young adults in their 20s and 30s, single or married, to strengthen and witness their faith at work and through work. With guidance from the national office in Texas, local chapters host networking and social “happy hours” to help young Catholic adults build a local community, offer speaker events, spiritual direction, retreats, service projects, career support, monthly newsletters and more. San Francisco will become YCP’s 16th regional chapter following Austin, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Omaha, Orange County, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego and Silicon Valley. George, who lives in Redwood City, is on the leadership panel of the Silicon Valley chapter of YCP. She said that a central element of YCP is connecting young adults with seasoned Catholic peers who made the choice to live out their Catholic faith in all aspects of their lives and have a story to tell. “Executive speakers are at the top of their game professionally and they are also super serious about their faith,” she said. Members can learn how they got to where they are, the challenges they faced, and how, according to George, “we can take what we learn from their experiences into our own work lives.” According to the YCP website, the St. Joseph the Worker Prayer is read aloud at the conclusion of each chapter event, reminding members to see all forms of work as true Christian work. A YCP chapter in San Francisco meets a great need in the San Francisco business community, which George said is “not friendly to the faith.” She said this is especially true in the Bay Area’s tech community where, “many people around you will be atheist.” “For those who are practicing their faith, it’s a relief to be able to come somewhere and meet others who care about their faith and speak openly about it while also talking about your career,” she said. Because faith enters the conversation through the

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language of business, the YCP model can be an “approachable” re-entry to the faith for young professionals who, according to George, “may no longer be practicing their faith but still call themselves Catholic.” YCP’s low-key, social nature can be a vehicle for evangelization for non-Catholics too. Work colleagues of members are welcome at the monthly happy hours hosted at bars and restaurants in locations in the heart of each chapter’s business district and at speaker events. Catholic professionals with a vision for “business, politics and civil society working together for the common good” have been meeting for the better part of the past century. In 1931, a group of Catholic employers in Europe formed the International Christian Union of Business Executives on the 40th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical “Rerum Novarum.” The encyclical discussed the relationships and mutual duties between labor and capital and is considered a foundational text of modern Catholic social teaching. The San Francisco chapter of YCP, like the other 15 regional chapters, will operate under the direction of a local leadership team selected, trained and supported by the YCP national office.

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‘Let there be light’: Easter Vigil fire dispels the darkness

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Candles of the large assembly begin to break the darkness at St. Mary’s Cathedral on April 15.

The Easter Vigil is the turning point of the Triduum, the Passover of the new covenant, which marks Christ’s passage from death to life. The vigil begins with the Service of Light and includes blessing of the fire and lighting of the candle; procession; and singing of the Easter Proclamation (Exsultet). Pictures here are from the vigil at St. Mary’s Cathedral April 15.

Earth Day: San Rafael Dominican Sisters support climate action

In a statement released before Earth Day, April 22, the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael invited “all concerned citizens to join us in studying the issues of climate change in terms of its effect on all living things, the economy, national security, and future generations, to modify our own behaviors as we think appropriate, and to express our concerns to our elected representatives.” The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael belong to the national Dominican Sisters Conference, which released a public statement March 31 on President Trump’s executive order rolling back the Clean Power Plan. Visit http://dominicansistersconference.org/executive-order-rolling-back-the-cleanpower-plan/. As part of U.S. sisters’ commitment to the environment, in 2015 the conference commissioned four Dominican sisters as representatives at the Paris 2015 Climate Summit, COP21. “We stand with scientists and spiritual leaders of all faiths. Pope Francis has outlined our moral imperative in his document ‘Laudato Si’,” the conference said.

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My guess is that Gabrielle O’Neil is someone you’d be glad to have in charge of any ministry and none better than youth ministry. Gabrielle, HAPPY BIRTHDAY: All stops were pulled for Mary O’Rourke’s 85th birthday April 1 – no foolin’ – at San Francisco’s Irish Cultural an attorney and graduate of St. Center. “She was surrounded by her seven children, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren,” daughter Maureen Gardner told me Robert School, San Bruno and in a note to this column. “Thank you for being such a fabulous mom. We love you!!” Maureen said on behalf of everyone in the photo Notre Dame High School. Belshown here. Mary has been a parishioner of St. Paul Parish for 65 years. Please let me wish Mary well, too. She has been sending in a mont, has been junior high and Calendar notice for St. Peter School’s annual alumni Mass for years and never lets me mention her name. high school youth minister at St. Church Goods & Candles Dunstan Parish, Millbrae since Religous Gifts & Books “Youth ministry is important because it allows 2015. Gabrielle O’Neil our youth to explore their faith in an environment Gabrielle was “15 years into that is tailored specifically to them. It also provides a successful career as legal sales and training them with the opportunity to discuss the teachings representative” when she felt “something was of the church, as well as life lessons, in their own missing,” she told me via email. language.” Gabrielle said she networks with other Prior to law school, work as a grade school aide 5 locations in California youth ministers in the archdiocese. She has comhelped Gabrielle find “that working with young pleted Foundations Training and Youth Ministry Your Local Store: people was fun and fulfilling,” and after a family Specialization courses offered by the archdiocese. vacation, where with her husband, Kevin, she laid 369 Grand Av, S.San Francisco,650-583-5153 “They allowed me to meet and connect with leadthe plan for seeking a new profession, Gabrielle’s Near SF Airport - Exit 101 Frwy @ Grand ers and my own peers, and I would like to work on discernment began. developing these relationships a bit more.” “My parents and grandparents have played a www.cotters.com cotters@cotters.com large role in my own faith formation, so I began MEMORIES: Thanks to Allen Menicucci of Our praying on it,” Gabrielle said. “I feel that God heard Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame, for reaching my prayers for guidance, and answered them.” back and recognizing Sister Rita Marie Kropp as It was on a Sunday when her sons, Anthony and his principal of many years ago at Our Lady of Alexander, were serving at Mass that she picked up Perpetual Help School in Daly City. Allen said a bulletin to find “St. Dunstan Parish was looking that he and five of his sisters and brothers were for someone to revive its dormant youth ministry students at OLPH under the fine tutelage of Sister program. I knew right then and there that this was Rita Marie, a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange. Allen the sign that I was looking for.” and his family are descendants of the Excelsior Gabrielle said 18 youth are currently part of the District’s Arc Electric Company. “Some of us program. “Youth ministry allows me to get to know DRESS UP: More than 350 guests enjoyed “Run for the worked in the office but I liked it out in the field,” the young people in our parish on a personal level, Roses,” this year’s fashion show sponsored by the St. Stephen the now retired electrician said. Allen left me a discover their individual qualities and attributes, Women’s Guild April 1 at Olympic Club, Lakeside. “More than 100 phone message after seeing Sister Rita Marie’s and provide a safe and fun environment for them beautiful models graced the catwalk, donning their ‘Southern picture in the paper. “It is a good paper,” he told to enjoy with like-minded peers,” she said. “I am Sunday Best’ and showing their ‘Cougar Pride’!” the school said. me about Catholic San Francisco, “and I am an trying to grow their faith formation in a lasting Proceeds benefit St. Stephen School. Pictured are Shelly Lyon and avid reader.” Happy birthday to Allen, who will be way that goes beyond formal instruction, through Nicole Harlan, who chaired the event. 87 years old May 30. themed meetings and service projects.” Gabrielle retained her lawyer’s candor when I Email items and electronic piccards on the table: “If their parents don’t make the asked if youth were responding positively to the tures – jpegs at no less than 300 church a priority, then the young people don’t see a program: “Somewhat, but it seems to drop off durdpi to burket@sfarchdiocese.org reason to either.” ing their high school years.” Among the reasons, or mail to Street, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco St. Dunstan’s youth “enjoy attending family she said, are youths’ “being overly scheduled” and 94109. Include a follow-up phone number. Street is Mass” and “readily volunteer to do service projstruggling with “balancing school, extracurricutoll-free. 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Art projects are often associated with children. But at Catholic Charities Adult Day Services in San Francisco and San Mateo County and Catholic Charities OMI Senior Center in San Francisco, it’s seniors who are picking up the paintbrush. Through art activities like painting, drawing and crafts, seniors facing a broad spectrum of physical and cognitive challenges are able to embrace their talents, skills and wisdom through artistic expression. Clients work on different individual and collaborative projects every month, ranging from jewelry making, melting and painting old records, papier mache to more sophisticated artwork like creating 3D art, ceramic art pieces for the garden, and elaborate oil paintings. “We have seen the most profound transformations in many of our clients through the benefits of art activities – be they therapeutic or recreational,” said Patty Clement-Cihak, Catholic Charities Aging Support Services division director. “What is unique about art, is that many people don’t think they can do art, but we are able to find their hidden passions and talents. Art helps our seniors express themselves in ways they otherwise would be unable to do.”

Catholic Charities offers a safe, therapeutic, and caring environment for lowincome seniors with advanced physical and cognitive treatment needs. “Our services promote quality of life and enable seniors to live with safety, dignity and the greatest possible independence in the community, regardless of their economic, social or health circumstances,” Clement-Cihak said. Programming is structured and aimed at helping seniors prevent the worsening of chronic age-related illnesses, which are the result of strokes, age-related illnesses or dementia. Art activities keep aging adults and adults with disabilities stimulated, engaged and alert, all while allowing them to express their emotions creatively. “We believe seniors should be allowed to age in place with dignity,” said Jeff Bialik, Catholic Charities executive director. “Our Aging Support Services help not only seniors, but their caregivers. Thank you to everyone in the Archdiocese whose gifts of time, talent and treasure have made our work possible.” Learn more about how you can volunteer or make a gift at CatholicCharitiesSF.org. Catholic Charities Sunday is the annual second collection that supports Catholic Charities. This year’s collection will be on May 13-14. Last year, parishioners collectively contributed more than $221,683 to change the lives of our neighbors in need.

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St. Raymond School: First-in-nation tech initiative ‘Here is a Catholic school with strong faith formation, academically rigorous and it is also leading the way nationally in technological innovation.’ Ken Hawthorn (Courtesy photos)

Right, St. Raymond School fifth graders race the four-wheel electric cart they built from scratch – no projects at St. Raymond come from kits. Left, eighth graders work on a Linux/Raspberry Pi project. Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

St. Raymond School will be highlighted in a national video by Autodesk for its use of a professional level computer-aided design software – because it is the first elementary school in the nation to tackle the high-level software. Kellie Mullin, principal of the Menlo Park Catholic elementary school, is delighted, and says it is all part of the school’s mechatronics program developed and taught by Ken Hawthorn, a mechanical engineer who made a midlife career change to teaching and is in his third year at the school. “He is exposing our children to a different way of thinking during the school day,” said Mullin. Hawthorn brings tools into each classroom

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“The reason I am so proud of this school – I think parish schools are really known for faith formation and they are really known for character development, really known for English and history and stuff,” Hawthorn said. “I don’t think parish schools are the first school people turn to when it comes to leading edge technology. We are the first elementary school in the country to push eighth graders into professional cad (computeraided design) development.” The eighth grade’s mechatronics experience includes building their own laptop with computer components including the design of the plastic shell of the computer which is then produced on a 3D printer. Last year the school won a national prize and was awarded the second of two 3D printers so when students design models using the software, they can produce the components. This year the mechatronics program tripled in size from just middle school to grades one-eight. St. Raymond is embracing an educational vision that is a “21st-century collaboration based and rooted in technology and innovation,” but also rooted in faith and morality, Mullin said. “That’s what kids need today. “You can see by the joy you see in your students’ faces, and the joy is real,” Mullin said.

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Good Shepherd Sisters: 85 years of ‘zeal’ in San Francisco FROM PAGE 1

traveling through France witnessed the moral distress and exploitation of women and established a refuge for those who wanted to change their lives. He entrusted the women to some sisters and gave them a fourth vow of “zeal” for the salvation of souls. Today the order includes communities of sisters in 73 countries who live both apostolic and contemplative lifestyles with zeal. The first Good Shepherd Sisters arrived in San Francisco in 1932 to build a new school for girls involved in the juvenile court system or in social service agencies in Northern California. Until 1977 when public funding dwindled and federal standards for juvenile standards changed, University Mound School served more than 5,000 teenaged girls. The Sisters closed the school and looked toward other ways to serve vulnerable young women in need of safety and services. One of these ways was Good Shepherd Gracenter, a originally built in 1961 as transitional housing cottage for young graduates of the school who had nowhere to go. In 1987 recovery services for women without resources became the focus for the sisters and Gracenter opened as a 13-bed, licensed recovery residence. The program, led by Good Shepherd Sister Marguerite Bartling, offers a path to successful recov-

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Today, there are six Good Shepherd Sisters in residence in San Francisco. Top from left, Sister Anna Tram Nyugen, RGS; Sister Liz Schille, RGS; Sister Danielle Fung, RGS. Bottom, Sister Jean Marie Fernandez, RGS; Sister Marguerite Bartling; RGS; Sister Anne Kelley, RGS. Right, philanthropist Rose Kennedy is pictured in an undated photo from the 1960s with the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in San Francisco. ery and community reintegration by addressing the major barriers faced by many substance abusers – the lack of a safe home, spirituality, education and social skills. “It is a humbling privilege to accompany women in their life’s journey and I am gifted each day with God’s faithful love,” she said.

Good Shepherd Sisters Liz Schille, Anne Kelley and Anna Tram Nguyen joined the order 51, 49 and 15 years ago respectively, all serving Gracenter. “I look at those girls and realized they are just like me – two arms, two leg, two eyes,” said Sister Anne. “The only way I was different was the home that I grew up in and the opportunities I had.”

Sister Gloria: Late-life literary calling FROM PAGE 2

2006, Sister Gloria said that though her book is not distinctly a Catholic or religious book, the message of the story is. “I see Addie’s wish as a child’s prayer,” she said. She has faith that the ‘bright star’ upon which she wishes will hear her. She learns the virtues of faith, hope and charity and relies on them during struggles with her schoolmate antagonist, “Oliver.” Respect for life, family and forgiveness are the heart of the story. After nearly 50 years as a teacher, Sister Gloria said she was “guided by the Holy Spirit to do something I have never done or ever dreamt of doing.” In semi-retirement, she tutored children in reading and experienced a sudden “burning desire” to write poetry for each of her students – something she said she had never shown any interest in before. She began studying poetry and poets, taking numerous workshops for writers and keeping a detailed journal which she shared with family and friends. Her adult nephew Andrew, an author, urged her to consider writing a children’s book. Her niece, Dori, agreed to illustrate it. Like her aunt, she didn’t let her lack of artistic experience stop her. “I am hopeful that my story will inspire retirees to find a new direction for their lives or inspire any-

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Dominican Sister celebrates 100th birthday

Dominican Sister Mary of the Compassion celebrated her 100th birthday April 20 with her community of cloistered Dominican Sisters of Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park. On their website, the sisters called it “giving God praise for the gift her life … 100 years! Sister is (Courtesy photo) an inspiration to us for her fidelity and faithfulness.” Sister Mary Compassion has been in religious life for 65 years and entered religious life at age 32, often kidding the sisters said that she was a late vocation.

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Nevada bishop, other panelists discuss prospect of women deacons Michele Jurich Catholic News Service

FREMONT – Almost a year ago, Pope Francis was asked if he would establish an official commission to study the question of whether women could be admitted to the diaconate. “I accept. It would be useful for the church to clarify this question. I agree,” he answered. The question was one of several asked of him by the International Union of Religious Superiors. The pope’s “I agree” and his subsequent appointment of seven men and six women to study the issue laid the foundation for an April 8 presentation on “Women Deacons? A Dialogue” at the Fremont motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. Bishop Randolph R. Calvo of Reno and Dominican Sisters Mary Peter Traviss and Gloria Marie Jones, made

presented to a group of 80 religious and laywomen – and a few men – for a panel, followed by questions. Bishop Calvo’s talk centered on “Women Deacons: What the Past Can Mean for Today.” His experience on the topic spans more than 20 years, he told the gathering. While serving as president of the Canon Law Society of America in November 1995, he sent a copy of an ad hoc committee’s report on “canonical implications of ordaining women to the permanent diaconate” to thenCardinal Joseph Ratzinger. His presentation drew upon the work of historians and scriptural scholars, who point to the presence of women deacons and deaconesses in the early church. “What we’re doing here today” is asking, “Where is the Holy Spirit calling us on this particular question at

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Bishop Randolph R. Calvo of Reno and Dominican Sister Gloria Marie Jones, answer questions from the audience during an April 8 dialogue on the prospect of women deacons. this particular time?” he said. Sister Gloria Marie said the question is “more significant than giving women more power or status, as some people may think.” “At the heart of this question is not just past history,” she said. “It is about our responsibility as church to be faithful to Jesus’ own mission that he passed on to all of us, baptized Christians,

baptized in Christ, to live in His spirit, to be bearers of His grace, to be about the mission of His life here and now.” Bishop Calvo said the question of women deacons “is still open. Ordination to the diaconate is not ordination to the priesthood, but to the ministry of service.” Just as the role of men deacons has changed over the years, the role of women deacons need not be limited to what it was historically. “Ordaining women to the diaconate would bring a certain consistency to the church’s practice,” Bishop Calvo said. “We’re not doing something that’s completely extraordinary or new. This is what women are doing now.” Such a change “would bring the gifts of women to the ministry” and would require, too, a “change of attitude and expectation,” he said. “But this change would be grounded in the sources of our faith, found in the early church, situated in the context of the role women have in society today.”

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After shooting, Fresno Catholics urged to be a light to community

FRESNO – After three men were killed April 18 in a shooting rampage in Fresno by a gunman who was captured and admitted to the shootings, the Diocese of Fresno urged the local Catholic community to “seize this moment as an opportunity to live as people of light not darkness by rejecting the temptation to hate the hater.” “Once again, our community is touched by darkness,” said the diocesan statement posted on the diocese’s website. “Family, friends, neighbors and the vast multitude of good and caring people in our community must now decide, once again, how we will respond to this senseless tragedy.” One of the three victims was shot at a bus stop near a Catholic Charities office and another was shot in the agency’s parking lot. The gunman, Kori Ali Muhammad, also was wanted in the slaying of a security guard in Fresno the previous week. All four victims were white. The Associated Press reported that Muhammad, who is black, fired 16 rounds in less than two minutes at four places within a block April 18. The Fresno diocesan statement urged Catholics to reflect on what they experienced, stressing that “anger and outrage are certainly a natural reaction; yet, these feelings must also be experienced as an invitation to prayerful reflection.” The statement pointed out that “in less than two minutes, three lives were taken for no apparent reason beyond an incomprehensible depth of hatred carried in the heart of one man.”

Chicago cardinal praises governor for pledging to veto abortion bill

CHICAGO – Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has taken a “principled stand” by promising to veto a bill to allow taxpayer money to pay for elective abortions for Medicaid recipients and state employees. Under the bill pending in the state General Assembly, the public money will come from Illinois’ Medicaid and employee health insurance programs to pay for the abortions at any stage or pregnancy. “Abortion is a controversial issue in this country, but using public money to provide abortions should not be,” Cardinal Cupich said in an April 19 statement. “The federal government prohibits the practice, and polls show a substantial segment of the American public reject it.” “I pray that this divisive issue will be put behind us and our government officials will now concentrate on the many difficult challenges facing Illinois,” he

Priests bike for vocations Three priests from the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, plan to ride their bicycles across the diocese, a trek of 350 miles, from April 24-28 to inspire prayers for vocations. The “Priests Pedaling for Prayers” are Fathers Tom Otto, Adam Cesarek, and Michael Pica.

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said. “Most importantly, our political leaders must find a way to cooperate and craft a budget that serves all our people. It is essential that we unite in this effort, and I stand ready to help in any way.”

´Pope names San Diego auxiliary

WASHINGTON – Pope Francis named Father John P. Dolan as an auxiliary bishop of San Diego. He is episcopal vicar for clergy in the diocese and a parish pastor. The appointment was announced April 19 in Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop-designate Dolan, who turns 55 June 8, is pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in San Diego. He will serve as an auxiliary to San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy. Bishop-designate Dolan was born in San Diego June 8, 1962, and was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of San Diego July 1, 1989. He has a master of arts degree in liturgy from St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park. After his priestly ordination, his first pastoral assignment was as parochial vicar of St. Michael’s Parish in San Diego. He has had several pastoral assignments around the diocese. He was director of vocations from 1992 to 1994. He has been episcopal vicar for the clergy and pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish since 2016.

Georgetown University, Jesuits apologize for roles in sale of slaves

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University and the Society of Jesus’ Maryland province apologized April 18 for their roles in the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals for the university’s benefit. More than 100 descendants attended a morning “Lit-

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urgy of Remembrance, Contrition and Hope” that the university created in partnership with descendants, the Archdiocese of Washington and the Society of Jesus in the United States. “Today the Society of Jesus, who helped to establish Georgetown University and whose leaders enslaved and mercilessly sold your ancestors, stands before you to say that we have greatly sinned,” said Jesuit Father Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, during the liturgy. “We pray with you today because we have greatly sinned and because we are profoundly sorry.” The event took place the day after the District of Columbia marked Emancipation Day, which celebrates the emancipation of slaves in Washington April 16, 1862. This year, the local holiday was moved to April 17 because the actual day fell on Easter Sunday. In early April, Georgetown announced plans for the liturgy and a renaming ceremony for two buildings on campus previously named for priests who sold women, children and men into slavery for financial gain in 1838. Jesuit Father Thomas Mulledy, as Georgetown president, authorized the transaction, and Jesuit Father William McSherry also was involved in the 1838 sale and in other slave sales. Mulledy Hall was renamed after Isaac Hawkins, the first enslaved person listed in the sale documents. McSherry Hall is now named after Anne Marie Becraft, a teacher and free woman of color who established one of the first schools for black girls in the District of Columbia. She later joined the Oblate Sisters of Providence. Sandra Green Thomas, a descendant of the slaves and president of the GU272 Descendants Association, spoke at length at the liturgy about the 272 enslaved people, her ancestors and her Catholic faith. “The ability to transcend the realities of this life in this country has been a necessary tool in the survival kit of my people,” she said. “For the 272, I believe that their Catholic faith enabled them to transcend. No matter how incongruous their existence was with the gospel of God’s love and protection, they clung to their faith.” President John J. DeGioia of Georgetown also spoke during the liturgy, saying that “slavery remains the original evil of our republic.”

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With influx of migrants, some Germans think their concerns are ignored Zita Fletcher Catholic News Service

REGENSBURG, Germany – Amid rising social unrest and an influx of Mideast migrants, German authorities – including Catholic Church officials – are facing criticism from ordinary people who believe their concerns are being ignored. “For some migrants, it is hard. For others, everything is easy,” said Maria, a Filipina Catholic in her 50s who works as a cook in a fast-food restaurant. She and others interviewed by Catholic News Service asked that they only be identified by one name. “We Filipinos work hard. We get education and training. We follow the rules and we don’t harm anybody. But all of the preferential treatment goes to the Middle Eastern migrants and the refugees,” she said. A spokesman for the German bishops’ conference said the church does not favor a particular group. “For the Catholic Church in Germany, all humans are equal. We stand near by our sisters and brothers in faith, but we don’t (give privileges to) anybody,” said Matthias Kopp, conference spokesman. Kopp said more than 100,000 Catholic volunteers in Germany are committed to the aid of refugees.

Germany has received more than 1.1 million refugees since 2015. With a sharp rise in violence and terror attacks in the months following the Berlin Christmas Market terrorist attack, the atmosphere in Germany has become volatile. A profound distrust has emerged between the public and the government. Media outlets run stories of terrorist insurgency, racism, blame and cover-ups. “Everything has changed. It is not safe in Germany anymore. Before the refugees came here, you could walk down the street drunk at 1 a.m. and nobody would bother you. Now, you have to be careful and watch out that nobody will hurt you,” said Schuster, a Munich resident. “We Germans are Christian. They (refugees) follow the Muslim religion, and they think it is OK to hurt people. That’s why there is all this violence. Bad things happen here all the time. But the police don’t report it. The government doesn’t tell you what is going on – they want you to think everything is OK. But it is not.” Schuster said although he believes many Germans feel the same way, it is difficult for ordinary people to voice their beliefs. “If we say any of these things out loud here, they call us Nazis,” he said. “That is how they dismiss us and what we say.”

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A Muslim refugee woman waits for a train April 11 in Heidelberg, Germany. Amid rising social unrest and an influx of Mideast migrants, German authorities, including church officials, are facing criticisms from ordinary people who believe their concerns are being ignored.

Since December, the German bishops’ conference and local dioceses have made special announcements of activities and gestures in support of refugees and Muslim migrants, with catchphrases including the words, “unity” and “life together.” No special pastoral statements have been made

by church leadership in response to terror attacks in Sweden, London, Russia or in German cities this year. This has left some parishioners feeling frustrated. “I am sick of hearing the priests talk about the refugees in church. Every Sunday they make up something new. It’s become ridiculous,” said Barbara D., a German woman on a train after leaving Sunday services. “This time the readings were about the apostles drawing in fish. And do you know what the priest said? He said the refugees are like fish that we need to draw in. You cannot compare these people to fish – there is no comparison.” Asked by CNS to respond to terrorist acts committed by refugees in Germany, Kopp said: “The German bishops’ conference condemns every act of terrorism.” While he did not respond directly to questions concerning the German church’s support of Muslim immigrants, Kopp said the bishops’ conference feels obligated to assist Middle East Christian refugees. “They are our sisters and brothers in faith,’” said Kopp, noting that Pope Francis calls on all Christians to give concrete hope to people who have lost their homes. Migration policy remains an issue at the forefront of many people’s minds, as Germans across the country feel shaken and disturbed see germany, page 11

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Philippine archbishop rebukes faithful

The head of the Philippine bishops’ conference expressed concern over what he perceived to be a growing trend “of rebuffing church morals and doctrine” in his country. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of LingayenDagupan opened his Archbishop Socrates Villegas Easter message with a searing rebuke of the faithful in the Philippines. “How many of our Catholics openly and blatantly declare, ‘I am a Catholic, but I agree that drug addicts must be killed; they are useless. I am a Catholic but I am pro-death penalty. ... I am a Catholic, but I do not always obey my bishop, he is too old-fashioned. ... I am a priest but my bishop’s circulars are optional for obedience. ... I am a Catholic but ... I am a Catholic but ...,’” Archbishop Villegas trailed off in the published message. Since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016 on a promise to eradicate crime and kill drug dealers and addicts, the archbishop has been a vocal critic. Months later, more than 7,000 people,

most of them impoverished, have died in either police anti-drug operations or in unexplained killings. And in early March, Duterte’s allies in the Philippine House helped pass a measure reinstating the death penalty, with the primary goal of executing drug offenders. Although Archbishop Villegas’ criticism has grown more strident with the body count increasing and the latest steps toward restoring execution, Duterte remains popular and defiant. In his Easter message delivered at St. John Cathedral in Dagupan City, Archbishop Villegas said it has become “fashionable” to make priests and bishops “the punching bags of public officials to the glee of our parishioners. … Human life is cheaper than a gun. God’s mercy is disdained and scorned.”

Buddhists, Christians must help promote nonviolence, cardinal says

VATICAN CITY – Catholics and Buddhists must strengthen efforts to reject violence in all of its forms as well as to urge and educate people in a life of nonviolence, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. “Jesus Christ and the Buddha were promotors of nonviolence as well as peacemakers,” the cardinal said in a

message marking the Buddhist celebration of Vesakh. “May we actively dedicate ourselves to promoting within our families and social, political, civil and religious institutions a new style of living where violence is rejected and the human person is respected.” Each spring, the pontifical council sends its best wishes to Buddhists around the world for Vesakh, a feast commemorating key events in the life of the Buddha. The message for 2017 was released by the Vatican April 22. “While many religious believers are committed to promoting peace, there are those who exploit religion to justify their acts of violence and hatred,” Cardinal Tauran said. There is “global religious cooperation, but also politicization of religion; and there is an awareness of endemic poverty and world hunger, yet the deplorable arms race continues.”

said Father Richard Muembo, rector of a Congolese seminary firebombed earlier this year. “Anyone who uses modern technology nowadays is in some way using the blood of the Congolese people,” he said in an interview with the United Kingdom branch of Aid to the Church in Need, a pontifical foundation helping persecuted Christians. Fighting in Congo is being perpetuated by a struggle over access to such ores as coltan, from which niobium and tantalum are extracted, he suggested. The ore is used in the production of batteries for smartphones, computers and GPS devices. Catholic leaders have worked to end the violence between the government and the criminal gangs and armed groups, which sell the ores to buy arms, only to find themselves the target of attacks. The Seminary of Christ the King, of which Father Muembo is rector, was partially destroyed in a firebomb attack Feb. 18 after church leaders refused to allow it to be turned into a military outpost. On March 31, Catholic schools were burned and the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Luebo, near Malole, was desecrated by militia fighters.

Congolese priest: Demand for cellphone metals prolongs war

MANCHESTER, England – Global demand for metallic ores used in cellphones is thwarting efforts to end war and violence in Congo, said an African priest. Any person who possesses a cellphone or other electronic device with components derived from such “conflict minerals” is benefiting from bloodshed,

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Germany: Some citizens say their concerns about migrants are ignored FROM PAGE 10

by recent acts of terrorism and other assaults linked to Middle Eastern refugees. Hartmann, a hotel employee from Berlin, said German citizens who cannot afford health insurance are now paying higher taxes to provide free health care benefits to an influx of refugees. “I used to believe and agree with what Chancellor Merkel said, but I don’t anymore,” said Berger, a tour guide in her 40s from Bavaria. “I can understand why we should help people in a war. But there needs to be some checks and balances.”

Anna, a hairstylist in her early 30s from the Upper Franconia region, voiced her concerns about dangers brought by migrants and worried that German citizens will be misunderstood. “People hear these things and think that we Germans are racist. We are not racist,” she said. “What you are seeing is our upset feelings.” A Wurzburg resident and Catholic who identified herself only as Mrs. Beck said she believes religious conflict is the root of the unrest. She cited a recent debate about removing crucifixes from schools so as not to offend Muslim students. “Germany is a Christian country,”

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said Beck, a retired medical professional. “The problem is not that they are refugees. The problem is that they are Muslim and are trying to change things here to be for the Muslim religion. That is not right.” Beck said the country already had problems with the assimilation of migrants, but that it became worse with the arrival of the refugees.

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pontifical mission society Thank you to the following participating MCA – “Children Helping Children” The Pontifical Mission Societies schools and parish religious education programs: SCHOOLS Marin: Our Lady of Loretto, St. Anselm, St. Patrick San Francisco: Epiphany, Holy Name, Mission Dolores, Our Lady of the Visitacion, Saint Anthony – Immaculate Conception, St. Brendan, St. Brigid, St. Charles, St. Finn Barr, St. Gabriel, St. James, St. Monica, St. Peter, St. Philip, St. Stephen, St. Thomas More, St. Thomas the Apostle San Mateo: All Souls, Holy Angels, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Catherine, St. Dunstan, St. Pius, St. Robert, St. Veronica

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Representing the Archdiocese of San Francisco in the 2016-2017 MCA Christmas Artwork Contest: K-2: Aaden Eguilos (OLM), Devin Chow (OLM), Sophia Carrion (OLM) Grades 3-4: Hannah Arcilla (OLM), Evangelina Alba (All Souls), Bobby Gutierrez (Holy Angels) Grades 5-6: Beatriz Dimayuga (OLM), Faye Crow (OLM), Dominic Reyes (OLPH) Grades 7-8: Allanah Guevara (OLPH), Valerie Valencia (OLPH), Kiara Dioquino (OLM) Thank you to all who joined the Artwork Contest, and those who prayed, offered good deeds, and sacrificed for children in need. THANK YOU for participating in the MCA this year!

include the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Missionary Childhood Association, Society of St. Peter Apostle and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. These Societies gather basic support for more than 1,150 mission territories in Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, Latin America and some parts of Europe. This includes support for some 9,000 clinics, almost 10,000 orphanages, and more than 1,200 schools, where the poor receive an education, health care, and come to know the reason for all our hope. The Societies also provide support for some 80,000 seminarians and for the training of some 9,000 religious Sisters and Brothers. They receive no public funds to do their work and rely entirely on the generosity of individuals. Archdiocese of San Francisco Mission Office 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109 Office: (415) 614-5670 | FAX: (415) 614-5671 Email: missionofficesf@sfarch.org Genevieve Elizondo – Director, Mission Office Michael Gotuaco – MCA Coordinator Robert O’Connor – Admin. Assistant

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Sunday readings

Third Sunday of Easter ACTS 2:14, 22-33 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed: “You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you, and listen to my words. You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know. This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him. But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it. For David says of him: I saw the Lord ever before me, with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted; my flesh, too, will dwell in hope, because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence. “My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to this day. But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh see corruption. God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses. Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father and poured him forth, as you see and hear.” PSALM 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Lord, you will show us the path of life. Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge; I say to the Lord, “My Lord are you.” O Lord, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold fast my lot. Lord, you will show us the path of life. I bless the Lord who counsels me; even in the night

my heart exhorts me. I set the Lord ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. Lord, you will show us the path of life. Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices, my body, too, abides in confidence; because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption. Lord, you will show us the path of life. You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever. Lord, you will show us the path of life. 1 PETER 1:17-21 Beloved: If you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning, realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb. He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, who through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. LUKE 24:13-35 That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?” And he

replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place. Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive. Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.” And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the Scriptures. As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?” So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the Eleven and those with them who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!” Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

The way, the truth and the life

he Road to Emmaus, seven miles and 50 paces from Jerusalem, is the Road to Faith in the Risen Lord Jesus, Who is signified by the eighth mile, having inaugurated the Eighth Day of Creation by His Resurrection. “The disciples therefore as they walk and converse about the Lord had completed the sixth mile of their journey, for they were grieving that He who had lived without blame, had come at Father Joseph length even to Previtali death, which He underwent on the sixth day,” explains St. Bede. “They had completed also the seventh mile, for they doubted not that He rested in the grave. But of the eighth mile they had only accomplished half; for the glory of His already triumphant resurrection, they did not believe perfectly.” St. Cleophas is one of these disciples. He was Jesus’s uncle, the brother of St. Joseph, the husband of “the other Mary,” the father of St. James the Less and St. Jude Thaddeus, the grandfather of St. James the Greater and St. John the Evangelist. The other disciple is not named by St. Luke. St. Ambrose tells us his name is Ammaon. The two friends were deeply saddened by the death of Jesus, Who seemed to them a failure in the work of establishing an earthly kingdom of Israel. Jesus encounters them on the road, in the midst of their despair.

scripture reflection

Jesus appears to His uncle and the other disciple under a changed appearance so that they could not recognize Him because the eyes of their souls could not yet recognize His Resurrection. He had come to reveal to them the Eighth Day of Creation on the eighth mile of their journey. Thus, He reveals Himself to their inward vision before He allows them to see Him with their eyes. And so, after rebuking them strongly for their unbelief, “beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He interpreted to them what referred to Him in all the scriptures.” “As if He said: Since you are slow I will render you quick, by explaining to you the mysteries of the Scriptures,” St. John Chrysostom tells us. “For the sacrifice of Abraham, when releasing Isaac he sacrificed the ram, prefigured Christ’s sacrifice. But in the other writings of the Prophets also there are scattered about mysteries of Christ’s cross and the resurrection.” The two disciples, having been taught by Truth Himself, now are full of faith in the Resurrection. Their inward eyes have been enlightened. Their hearts are burning with faith and love. This is the fruitfulness of the preaching of Jesus Christ. And so they beg this mysterious Preacher, a “prophet,” as they had described Jesus, to remain with them in Emmaus for supper. (Tradition tells us that St. Cleophas lived in Emmaus and died a martyr for His Divine Nephew there, as well.) As they sit at their dinner together at Cleophas’ house, Our Lord shows the reality of His Risen Body by eating with them. Then He transforms the bread into His Most Sacred Body and gives them Holy Communion. St. Luke relates that after they had eaten the Eucharistic Body of the Lord “their eyes were opened and they recognized

him, but he vanished from their sight.” St. Theophylact explains that this happened to show “that the eyes of those who receive the sacred bread are opened that they should know Christ. For the Lord’s flesh has in it a great and ineffable power.” The disciples, after receiving Our Lord sacramentally, recall how their hearts were burning within them as they received Him intellectually and spiritually in the interpretation of the Scriptures. The encounter with the Risen Lord related here is meant for all of us, to teach us that we encounter the Risen Jesus in the Sacred Liturgy and in the life of the Catholic Church. In the Liturgy, He is given to us spiritually as the Bread of our minds and hearts in the Liturgy of the Word and sacramentally as the Bread of Life in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. In the life of the Church, we encounter Him alive, truly Risen, in the spiritual sight given by the doctrine of the faith and the touching of His Risen Power in the sacraments. Jesus Christ is alive! We find Him in the truth of the Catholic Faith and the power of the Catholic Sacraments! St. Cleophas and his friend were transformed by this encounter. They ran back to Jerusalem – traveling dangerously the seven miles and 50 paces in the evening. They proclaim the Good News with great joy, only to receive the Good News themselves: “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!” Eventually they would give their lives for Him, as the ultimate witness to His Resurrection. This is our destiny, as well. This is what it means to walk the Road to Emmaus, the Road to Eternal Happiness. Father Previtali is administrator at Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, Half Moon Bay.

Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings Monday, May 1: Monday of the Third Week of Easter. Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker. Acts 6:8-15. Ps 119:23-24, 2627, 29-30. Mt 4:4b. Jn 6:22-29. Tuesday, May 2: Memorial of St. Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church. Acts 7:51—8:1a. Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 7b and 8a, 17 and 21ab. Jn 6:35ab. Jn 6:30-35. Wednesday, May 3: Feast of Sts. Philip and James, apostles. 1 Cor 15:1-8. Ps 19:2-3, 4-5. Jn 14:6b, 9c. Jn 14:6-14. Thursday, May 4: Thursday of the Third Week of Easter. Acts 8:26-40. Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20. Jn 6:51. Jn 6:44-51. Friday, May 5: Friday of the Third Week of Easter. Acts 9:1-20. Ps 117:1bc, 2. Jn 6:56. Jn 6:52-59. Saturday, May 6: Saturday of the Third Week of Easter. Acts 9:31-42. Ps 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17. See Jn 6:63c, 68c. Jn 6:60-69. Sunday, May 7: Fourth Sunday of Easter. Acts 2:14a, 36-41. Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6. 1 Pt 2:20b-25. Jn 10:14. Jn 10:1-10. Monday, May 8: Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter. Acts 11:118. Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4. Jn 10:14. Jn 10:11-18. Tuesday, May 9: Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter. Acts 11:19-26. Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7. Jn 10:27. Jn 10:22-30.

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500 years of misunderstanding

he heart has its reasons, says Pascal, and sometimes those reasons have a long history. Recently I signed a card for a friend, a devout Baptist, who was raised to have a suspicion of Roman Catholics. It’s something he still struggles with; but, don’t we all! History eventually infects our DNA. Who of us is enFATHER ron tirely free from rolheiser suspicion of what’s religiously different from us? And what’s the cure? Personal contact, friendship, and theological dialogue with those of other denominations and other faiths does help open our minds and hearts, but the fruit of centuries of bitter misunderstanding doesn’t disappear so easily, especially when it’s institutionally entrenched and nurtured as a prophetic protection of God and truth. And so in regard to Christians of other denominations there remains in most of us an emotional disease, an inability to see the other fully as one of our own. And so in signing this card for my separated Christian friend, I wrote: “To a fellow Christian, a brother in the body of Christ, a good friend, from whom I’m separated by 500 years of misunderstanding.” Five hundred years of misunderstanding, of separation, of suspicion, of defensiveness, that’s not something that’s easily overcome, especially when at its core there sit issues about God, truth, and religion. Granted, there has been much positive progress made in the past 50 years and many of the

original, more blatant misunderstandings have been overcome. But the effects of the historical break with Christianity and the reaction to it are present today and are still seen everywhere, from high church offices, to debates within the academy of theology, to suspicions inside the popular mind. Sad how we’ve focused so much on our differences, when at the center, at the heart, we share the same essential faith, the same essential beliefs, the same basic moral codes, the same Scriptures, the same belief in afterlife, and the same fundamental tenet that intimacy with Jesus Christ is the aim of our faith. As well, not insignificantly, today we also share the same prejudices and biases against us, whether these come from fundamentalists within other religions or whether these come from overzealous, over secularized, post-Christians within our own society. To someone looking at us from the outside we, all the different Christian denominations, look like a monolith, one faith, one church, a single religion, our differences far overshadowed by our commonality. Sadly we tend not to see ourselves like this from within, where our differences, more often than not based upon a misunderstanding, are seen to dwarf our common discipleship. Yet, the epistle to the Ephesians tells us that, as Christians, we share one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is father of all of us. At its most essential level, that’s true of all of us as Christians, despite our denominational differences. We are one at our core. Granted, there are some real differences among us, mostly though in terms of how we understand certain aspects of the church and certain issues within morality, rather than on how we understand the deeper truths about the

nature of God, the divinity of Christ, the gift of God’s word, the gift of the Eucharist, and the inalienable dignity and destiny of all human beings. Ecclesially, the issues that divide us focus mostly on church authority, on ordination to ministry, on whether to emphasize word or sacrament, on how to understand the presence of Christ in the Eucharist, on the number of sacraments, on the place of sacramentals and devotions within discipleship, and on how Scripture and tradition interplay with each other. In terms of moral issues, the issues that divide us are also the “red button” issues within our society as a whole: abortion, gay marriage, birth control, and the place of social justice within discipleship. But, even on these, there’s more commonality than difference among the churches. Moreover, today, the differences on how we understand many of the ecclesial and moral issues that divide us are more temperamental than denominational, that is, they tend to be more a question of one’s theology than of one’s denominational affiliation. Granted, classical denominational theology still plays in, but the divisions today regarding how we see certain ecclesial and moral issues, be that ordination, gay marriage, abortion, or social justice, are less a tension between Roman Catholics and Protestants (and Evangelicals) than they are between those who lean temperamentally and theologically in one direction rather than the other. It’s perhaps too simplistic to draw this up in terms of liberal versus conservative, but this much at least is true, the fault line on these issues today is becoming less and less denominational. Oblate Father Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas.

Let’s not make a deal … at least this deal

elping those who have broken away from the Catholic Church come back into full communion is a noble endeavor. But such reconciliations cannot be conducted as if they were the ecclesiastical equivalent of labor negotiations: You give a bit here, we’ll give a bit there. For the only church unity worthy of the george weigel name is unity within the full symphony of Catholic truth. Which brings us to the rumored reconciliation between the church and the followers of the late French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. While the Lefebvrists’ complaints about the postVatican II liturgy are often thought to be at the heart of their schism, the more fundamental break-points involve the council’s teaching on the fundamental human right of religious freedom and the council’s embrace of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue – including the conciliar affirmation that there are elements of truth and holiness in other Christian communities, and indeed in non-Christian faiths. Now, according to Archbishop Guido Pozzo, a senior Vatican official involved in discussions with the Lefebvrists, it may be possible to heal the breach Archbishop Lefebvre created by conceding that the teachings of Vatican II do

not have the same doctrinal weight. On this scenario, the Lefebvrists would be given a pass on the council’s affirmation of religious freedom, ecumenism, and interreligious dialogue, and would return to full communion through the mechanism of a “personal prelature,” the same structure that governs Opus Dei. This is a very, very bad idea. Vatican II did indeed speak of a “hierarchy of truths” within the one Catholic and apostolic faith. But that does not mean that some of what the council taught is more-or-less true (which would mean that some of Vatican II is more-or-less false, or at least more-orless dubious). To speak of a “hierarchy of truths” simply means that some of the truths the Catholic Church teaches are closer to the paschal mystery of Jesus Christ crucified and risen than other truths the church teaches. The church teaches the truth of the virgin birth and the truth of Mary’s Immaculate Conception; both doctrines are true, but the virgin birth is closer to the paschal mystery than the Immaculate Conception. Similarly, Vatican II taught that divine revelation is real and that religious freedom is a fundamental human right. The reality of divine revelation is a truth closer to the center of the faith than the truth that religious freedom is a right of persons that should be recognized in law; but both are true. Following the lead of Archbishop Lefebvre, the clergy of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X – the ordained members of the Lefebvrist movement – have long

claimed that what the council taught on religious freedom is false because it contradicted settled Catholic teaching – a claim that has more to do with the agitations of post-1789 French politics than with a serious account of the history of Catholic church-state doctrine. The ground of the SSPX’s rejection of religious freedom is of less importance than the fact of it, however. To restore SSPX clergy to full communion with Rome while letting them cross their fingers behind their backs on religious freedom (and ecumenism) when they make the profession of faith and take the oath of fidelity would, by a bizarre ultra-traditionalist route, enshrine a “right to dissent” within the church. And that would make for shipwreck. Such a “right” of “faithful dissent” has long been claimed by Catholic progressives. To make a deal with the SSPX and the Lefebvrist movement on Archbishop Pozzo’s premise – that this new personal prelature would be conceded a right to reject certain teachings of the Second Vatican Council – would be to make the symphony of Catholic truth discordant rather than melodic. It would validate even more dissent on the Catholic Left. It would reinforce the notion that doctrine is not about truth, but about power. And in doing all of that, it would immeasurably damage the new evangelization. Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

Letters Seminary concerns

Thank you for including my letter asking about the plans for the seminary in the issue for April 6. I worked many years there in the archives and the library, and because of the recent turbulence, I am concerned about its future. It was an honor to be adjacent to the column by Father Ron Rolheiser. Whenever he visited the seminary, it was a happy occasion. Thank you also for the article about the adoration chapel at Star of the Sea. It mentioned that the chapel was begun by Msgr. Walter Fleming. He was a cousin of my mother, so I have a family interest in the chapel. Stuart MacKenzie San Bruno

Shock and disappointment

What a shock and disappointment to see Jerry Heckert’s letter (“Shocking photo,” March 23). I disagree with Mr. Heckert’s premise that the primary purpose of the Womens’ March was to campaign for continued funding by the government for free abortions (which is not true). The March was planned after Mr. Trump’s election to protest the denial of women’s rights in general and to highlight Mr. Trump’s low estimation of women. The Presentation Sisters spoke up for social justice as they have done in the past. As a practicing Catholic and woman I am very proud to see these sisters carrying out Christ’s message. Jesus’ treatment of his mother, Mary and other women in the New Testament illustrates his profound respect for the feminine gender. Peggy Sullivan San Francisco

Commitment to mission will save church

The April 5 Catholic San Francisco included a front-page article suggesting church leadership is a joint effort (“Church leadership a joint effort”). The article indicated that the Catholic Church could suffer from millions of people walking away from it unless everyone joins to revitalize it, the author offers a number of suggestions, most of which have little relevance to the true Catholic faith. There is only one way the church can be revitalized. The hierarchy and priests must remember and act upon the fact that the mission of the church is to bring souls to Christ. They must continually and firmly instruct the faithful that heaven is their ultimate destination and that obeying the commandments and living a Christ-like life is essential. The clergy who spend their time working for immigration, drivers’ licenses, health care, climate change, welfare benefits, etc., are not following the mission awarded to them by Jesus Christ. The church in this country is failing because of this. Laurette Elsberry Sacramento

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Refugee crisis: Meaning in the face of suffering called psychosocial support. But it can also go to a deeper, even spiritual level. It can even take the form of pastoral care when those providing it have been appropriately trained to provide such assistance.

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Jesuit Father David Hollenbach, research professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and senior fellow at its Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, spoke March 24 at a Georgetown conference: “Theology Without Borders: Celebrating the Legacy of Peter C. Phan.” In recent decades the forced movement of refugees and internally displaced persons has been rising markedly, reaching 67 million displaced people today. This is higher than at any time since World War II. Many agencies responding to these crises are secular, working on the basis of a vision of universally shared human dignity supported by secular values. Faith-based agencies also play an important role in assisting refugees. The contributions of religious communities in response to the current crisis are both distinctive and substantial. The import of the faith-based contribution is evident from the scope of their work. For example, the largest religiously inspired humanitarian organization in the United States, the evangelical agency World Vision US, has a budget of approximately $1 billion annually, approximately the same as major secular organizations like Medecins Sans Frontieres and Oxfam, while Catholic Relief Services’ budget of more than $600 million is similar to that of the secular International Rescue Committee. Thus faith-based agencies provide a significant share of the assistance for people driven from their homes by war or other disasters. There is little doubt, of course, that religious communities are sometimes among the causes of forced migration when they regrettably generate interreligious conflict. Nevertheless, most religious traditions possess deeply held normative convictions that support action for peace and on behalf of displaced people. The beliefs of Jews and Christians lead them to see all persons as brothers and sisters in a single human family no matter what their religion, nationality or ethnicity. Every person has been created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27) and thus deserves reverence and respect. Pope Francis drew on this biblical vision during his recent visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, where he assured Syrian refugees seeking entrance into Europe that “God created mankind to be one family” and called Europe “to build bridges” rather than “putting up walls.”

Abrahamic tradition

The three great monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam all trace their origins to the patriarch Abraham, who was a migrant to the land of Canaan. Jewish identity is shaped by the story of the Exodus – a migration from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the land of God’s promise. The New Testament portrays the newborn Jesus as fleeing persecution as a refugee to Egypt along with Mary and Joseph. Muslims measure time from Muhammad’s hijra from Mecca to Medina, a kind of forced migration. Thus each of these major faiths has a forced migration across borders as one of its founding elements. Asian religions also insist that ethical duties such as dharma in Hinduism and compassion in Buddhism do not stop at national or religious boundaries. A similar sense of universal responsibility can be

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found in African traditional religion, where Bantu concepts such as “bumuntu” (humanness), “umoja” (unity) and “ujamaa” (solidarity) point to the interconnectedness of all persons. Religious belief also plays an important role is sustaining those afflicted by crisis and supporting the engagement of those seeking to help them. Wars and other disasters not only kill many people; they also fracture the framework of meaning provided by secular explanations of life’s purpose. Humanitarian crises can cause a kind of seismic upheaval on the spiritual level, a sort of spiritual earthquake that fragments the patterns of daily secular existence. Both the victims of humanitarian crisis and those trying to help them stand before a rift in the structure of meaning that sustains ordinary life. These emergencies destroy expectations about how life will normally be lived. They raise the question of whether evil and destruction have gained the upper hand in human existence. Humanitarian crises, therefore, point to two possibilities. Those forced from their homes by crisis can conclude that the rift in this-worldly meaning they face descends into an abyss where efforts to respond are pointless. This can result in despair. Alternatively, they may come to perceive, however dimly, a source of hope that goes deeper than the world that has been fractured by crisis. Jon Sobrino pointed to this possibility when he described how some of the people whose lives were turned upside down by a devastating earthquake in El Salvador saw the death of Jesus on the cross as a sign of God’s presence in the midst of their suffering. The cross pointed to God’s presence with them in their suffering, sustaining them and bringing them hope. Faith also invited other believers to work to alleviate the suffering. Faith can thus sustain both those whose lives have been shattered by crisis and also support the action of those who have come to their aid, even when the struggle is long and hard. This shattering of meaning by the crises that drive people from home means that displaced people have spiritual as well as physical needs. Jesuit Refugee Service tries to respond to these spiritual needs through a kind of response it calls accompaniment – a willingness to listen to refugees tell their stories and to assure them that they are not alone in their struggles. This is a form of assistance that is often

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At the same time, JRS, like nearly all faith-based humanitarian agencies, insists that its accompaniment and service are offered to all in need “regardless of their race, ethnic origin or religious beliefs.” In an analogous way, Islamic Relief states that while its mission is “inspired by our Islamic faith and guided by our values,” it also believes that “those in need have rights over people with wealth and power – regardless of race, political affiliation, gender or belief,” especially those facing the crisis of displacement. This points to a possible tension between the positive role of faith in responding to refugees and the need for religious nondiscrimination by faith-based agencies. This tension calls for a clear commitment to both religious nondiscrimination and to interreligious understanding and collaboration. Accompaniment of those from another tradition who are facing crisis means fully respecting their religious freedom and their religious convictions. It also calls for listening to their deeper questions about meaning and hope, and for respectfully sharing one’s own best insights on how to deal with these questions. This is not formal interreligious dialogue, but it is a concrete form of communication that can lead to a lively and practical interreligious understanding. This kind of interreligious accompaniment is a form of what Pope Francis has called “spiritual encounter.” It can be one of the important kinds of assistance faith-based organizations bring to refugees. Several marks of genuine interreligious exchange noted by theologian Catherine Cornille help clarify what is needed for this kind of accompaniment to happen. First, it requires humility. If one accompanies some of the Muslims driven from their homes by war today, one should expect to learn something – very likely something important about the meaning of life. Second, this accompaniment requires a certain level of commitment. One should be willing to speak about what sustains one in the face of the struggles and losses that arise in the crisis one is facing. Expressing convictions and doubts humbly and honestly can create genuine bonds between agency staff and those they aid, bonds that can help sustain both groups. Third, it calls for recognition of the mutual interconnection among those suffering from displacement and those seeking to aid them. Both the displaced and those assisting them equally share a common humanity that links them together. This means standing guard against any hint of condescension. Finally, the needed exchange will require a concrete, experiential empathy for the role of beliefs in the life of a person who is a member of another faith community. If these requirements for genuine accompaniment are present, we can avoid the false choice between an abusive proselytism and a secularism that sets aside deep issues of meaning as if they were unimportant. Retrieved from originsonline.com, Catholic News Service documentary service. Excerpted by Catholic San Francisco.

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atients who face serious illnesses are sometimes attracted to alternative medicines, also referred to as “holistic” or “new age” medicines. These can include treatments like homeopathy, hypnosis, “energy therapies” like Reiki, acupuncture, and herbal remedies, to name just a few. These approaches raise various medical and ethical concerns. An important 1998 article in the New England Journal of father tadeusz Medicine sums pacholczyk it up this way: “What most sets alternative medicine apart, in our view, is that it has not been scientifically tested and its advocates largely deny the need for such testing. By testing, we mean the marshaling of rigorous evidence of safety and efficacy, as required by the Food and Drug Administration for the approval of drugs and by the best peer-reviewed medical journals for the publication of research reports.”

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Beyond the fact that their clinical efficacy has not earned a passing grade using ordinary methods of scientific investigation, the basic premise behind some alternative medicines can also be highly suspect, raising concerns about superstitious viewpoints or misguided forms of spirituality motivating certain therapies. If we consider acupuncture, this technique does appear to provide benefit in certain cases of pain control. Yet similar results have been reported using “sham” needles – tapping the skin in random places with a thin metal tube. Brain scans have demonstrated that treatment with genuine needles, as opposed to the sham needles, does cause detectable changes in the brain. But, when researchers ignored acupuncturists’ recommended “meridian placement” of needles, and instead did random placement in the skin, the same brain effects were observed. Hence, it is unclear whether the results seen from acupuncture arise mostly from the well-known “placebo effect” or not. Further research should help resolve this question. Even if the observed effects are not placebo-related, acupuncture’s nonrational justification for its purported effectiveness remains a concern. It is based on energy principles that neither science nor faith affirm. Dr. Glenn Braunstein described it critically in the following way:

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operate “in the realm of superstition, the no-man’s-land that is neither faith nor science.” Scientific investigations of another new age therapy, the popular herbal remedy known as echinacea (taken early to ward off a cold) have revealed no difference between echinacea and a placebo in controlled studies involving several hundred subjects. While some herbal remedies may be harmless and inert placebos, others may have more serious health consequences if ingested above certain dosages due to ingredients of unknown potency derived from natural substances. Sometimes a remedy can be borrowed from Chinese, Indian or another medical tradition, but it should be chosen for its efficacy, safety, and reasonable mode of action, and not be in conflict with principles of sound medical science or Christian teaching. Health improvements that arise from alternative remedies may be due not only to the placebo effect, but also to the fact that patients are usually given more time, attention and focused concern by alternative practitioners than by traditional physicians. This can translate into modified habits and changed lifestyles, leading to various health benefits. see pacholczyk, page 18

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“Ch’i, the invisible nutritive energy that flows from the universe into the body at any one of 500 acupuncture points, is conducted through the 12 main meridians [channels] in (ideally) an unbroken circle. Meridians conduct either yin energy (from the sun) or yang energy (from the earth). All maladies are caused by disharmony or disturbances in the flow of energy.” Clearly, then, some alternative therapies, beyond the basic issue about whether they work, raise serious spiritual concerns as well. Another new age therapy known as reiki, developed in Japan in the late 1800s, claims that sickness can be caused by a disruption or imbalance in a patient’s “reiki” or “life energy.” Reiki practitioners try to heal a patient by placing their hands in certain positions on the body in order to facilitate the flow of reiki from the practitioner to the patient. A 2009 document from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops stresses, “In terms of caring for one’s spiritual health, there are important dangers” that can arise by turning to reiki. The document notes that because reiki therapy is not compatible with either Christian teaching or scientific evidence, it would be inappropriate for Catholics to put their trust in the method, because to do so would be to

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Modern medicine can be legitimately faulted for downplaying this dimension, so that, in the memorable words of pediatrician Jay Perman, “Doctors tend to end up trained in silos of specialization,” in which they are taught “to make a diagnosis, prescribe a therapy, and we’re done. But we’re not done.” The famous Greek physician Hippocrates once noted the same point: “It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.” Today’s physicians-intraining, fortunately, are seeking to incorporate more and more of these “patient-centric” and “holistic” aspects into their own traditional medical practices to improve patient care and outcomes. Father Pacholczyk is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and director of education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center, Philadelphia.

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St. Peter teacher named Mission school’s principal Sandra Jimenez, a teacher at St. Peter Catholic School in San Francisco’s Mission District, will serve as the school’s next principal starting in August, the school announced April 12. Jimenez has taught Sandra Jimenez at St. Peter for 15 years and her longstanding commitment to educating students in the Mercy tradition will serve her well as principal. She holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree

in education from UC Berkeley, as well as a multiple subjects credential. Jimenez grew up in San Francisco and is a longtime parishioner of Epiphany Parish, where she attended Mass and also attended Epiphany School from first to eighth grade. While attending Lowell High School and UC Berkeley, she wanted to keep connected to her faith so she taught catechism classes to third, fourth and fifth grade students. At UC Berkeley, Jimenez’s love for working with children drew her to study education. “My mother was a teacher in the Philippines and she really encouraged me,” said Jimenez,

who began her teaching career at Bret Harte Elementary School. At St. Peter, Jimenez has taught a mix of fifth and sixth grades as well as both kindergarten and first grades in the summer school program. She and her husband, Jason, have also been members of the parent community for nine years. Jimenez has three children enrolled at St. Peter this year in kindergarten, sixth grade and eighth grade. For the past two years, she has worked with fellow members of the parent community coordinating and leading the Madrinas Marketing group, the Community Builders group, and

the Campus Care group. “Through my work with the parent community, I want to increase involvement and partner with families in the education of their children. They are the first educators of their sons and daughters,” she said. Jimenez feels drawn to school leadership and will complete a second master’s degree in Catholic Educational Leadership from the University of San Francisco this May. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Peter School, a ministry of St. Peter Parish, has been educating the children of the Mission since 1878.

Joan and Robert P. McGrath give $10 million for USF education institute Joan McGrath, University of San Francisco MA ’69, and her husband Robert have donated $10 million to USF to expand scholarships for Catholic school teaching programs at USF’s School of Education, create a new multidisciplinary student leadership institute and endow scholarships for undergraduate students to enroll in international immersion opportunities, USF announced April 13. The McGrath gift represents the largest gift in history for USF’s School of Education, and will provide new opportunities across the university for both undergraduate and graduate students to engage in leadership programs and international immersion opportunities. “Joan and Bob have made a gift that will have great impact, giving students

access to global opportunities and furthering USF’s leadership in Catholic education,” said USF president Jesuit Father Paul Fitzgerald. More than half of the McGraths’ gift, $6 million, will endow scholarships for graduate education students in the new McGrath Institute for Jesuit Catholic Education, which reenvisions USF’s Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership. The institute will recruit teachers, counselors and administrators committed to working at under-resourced Catholic schools and provide scholarships for advanced degrees at USF. Coursework will focus on contemporary Catholic school issues, including school consolidation, management styles, finance and multicultural education. The gift will also support scholarly research.

The gift “will help us meet the needs of Catholic schools in developing strong, ethics-oriented curricula and provide financial support for Catholic educators,” said Michael Duffy, associate dean of the USF School of Education. “This is vital in this economic climate, and will help cultivate education leaders who can relate the complexities of the modern world to Catholic education.” The McGrath Center will also support USF School of Education student presentations at academic conferences, professional development workshops and Catholic educational gatherings in local school communities. The gift includes $3 million to create the “Change the World From Here” Institute at USF, which will fund scholarships for students who show leadership

potential, regardless of their discipline. USF’s University Ministry will also receive a $1 million endowment to provide undergraduate scholarships to international immersion programs. The Arrupe Immersion Program developed by University Ministry provides international and domestic experiences for students, faculty and staff to live, work and reflect in economically marginalized communities. Joan and Bob McGrath have a long history of leadership in business, Catholic education and service. In 1979, Bob founded the McGrath RentCorp, which rents modular buildings, industrial liquid storage tanks and electronic measurement equipment. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1955 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

UNITING CHILDREN WITH Mother’s Day and Father's Day events THEIR MOTHERS AND Archdiocese of San Francisco FATHERS IN PRISON Restorative Justice Ministry Office of Human Life and Human Dignity

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Get On The Bus brings children and their caregivers from throughout the state of California to visit their mothers & fathers in prison. Yes, I want to be a supporter for GET ON THE BUS in northern California: Event Partner: $2000 For more information contact: Bus Benefactor: $550 Ana Gonzalez-Lane Family Supporter: $350 (415) 731-4168, ana@getonthebus.us Child's Angel: $100 Other:________________ Please send your donations to Get on the Bus:

St. Ignatius Parish, 650 Parker Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118

Each child is provided a travel bag, a photo with his or her parent, and meals for the day (breakfast, snacks, lunch at the prison, and dinner). On the trip home, a teddy bear with a letter from their parent and post-event counseling. Get On The Bus is a program of The Center for Restorative Justice Works, a non profit organization (Not-for-Profit Tax ID # 68-0547196) that unites children, families and communities separated by crime and the criminal justice system founded by Sr. Suzanne Jabro.

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is currently seeking applications for Temporary Cemetery Caretakers to assist in providing seasonal work assistance during Spring and Summer. Duties: The Temporary Cemetery Caretaker performs jobs requiring mainly manual skills and physical strength. Performs tasks, such as cleaning and clearing cemetery grounds of debris, using power trimmers, shovels, rakes, blowers, weeding, mulching, etc. Work Schedule: You will be required to work 40 hours/week (M-F, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) Qualifications: • You must possess a valid California Driver’s License. • Must have the lawful ability to work in this country. • Must be able to follow written and oral instructions. For inquires please contact: kbonillas@holycrosscemeteries.com

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T he A rchdiocese 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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St. Brendan Parish School was founded in 1947 and currently has an enrollment of 310 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. We are committed to providing the highest quality Catholic education for each student. Combining deep-rooted traditions and current best practices, we are dedicated to educating the whole child so that he or she may be successful in the 21st century. We focus on teaching the child to be an active Christian, responsible individual, life-long learner, effective communicator, and problem solver.

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St. Brendan Parish, in partnership with our school, provides an opportunity for all people to find connection, prayer, healing, a deeper faith in Christ, and a desire to give back in service to our world. Our church is in the business of changing hearts and putting our love to work by serving others. We are a cozy, intimate, and welcoming community and constantly strive to grow in love of God and our neighbor and to devote ourselves to becoming the best disciples of Christ that we can be.

Our Principal - Position Summary:

Reporting to the Pastor, the Principal is the educational leader of the school, responsible for the administration, operation, and development of the academic, co-curricular, athletic, and faith formation programs of the school. S/he will lead and mentor a team of experienced educators. The Principal also will work closely with the Pastor, the faculty, staff, students, and parents to develop an integrated community of faith between the church and the school and bears the primary responsibility for the development of faith and opportunities for spiritual growth within the school. S/he provides day-to-day leadership at the school serving the mission and vision of St. Brendan Parish with integrity, energy, and balance.

Candidate Profile

Our ideal candidate will be a gifted teacher and a passionate leader with both demonstrated experience as a school leader, and a deep familiarity with Catholic education. S/he is a collaborative and relational leader who also possesses strong managerial skills. As a servant- leader dedicated to service of the community, s/he will have the ability and willingness to lead a high profile Catholic school community, as well as a demonstrated ability to confidently, articulately, and persuasively communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders across the school community. Additionally, s/he will have a commitment to the pursuit of excellence through evaluation and accountability across the community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Specific job duties of the School Principal may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: • Supporting, promoting and implementing the principles of Catholic education, as set forth by the Archdiocese of San Francisco; • In consultation with the Pastor, recruiting, interviewing, selecting, supervising, and evaluating faculty; • Directing the professional and spiritual development of faculty and curriculum planning, as well as overseeing scheduling procedures and teacher assignments; • In consultation with the School Advisory Board, the parish Finance Committee, and the Pastor, assisting in the preparation of the annual budget for the school and monitoring budgets for consistency with school goals, educational priorities, and good practice; • Developing a shared educational vision for the school, which is reflected in the curriculum, methods of instruction and assessment, utilization of technology, and in professional development programs; • Administering the contract and salary schedule, and maintaining personnel records, for faculty and school staff; • Maintaining effective communications and cultivating positive relationships with parents and other stakeholders of the school. Overseeing the timely communication of school information to faculty, staff, students and parents; • Maintaining overall responsibility for enrollment including the recruitment, admission, and retention of students; • Ensuring policies and procedures for a safe school environment and verifying that planned fire, disaster, and lockdown drills are conducted; • Working with the Pastor to ensure that the operation of school facilities supports the programs of the church and school; • Ensuring compliance with State and Archdiocesan policy, where applicable, in the operation of the school; and • Engaging in personal, spiritual, and professional development programs. APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW:

Applicants must complete an application and establish a personnel file with the Department of Catholic Schools. The application packet may be obtained by calling (415) 614-5668 (please ask for Ofa).

Materials may also be downloaded from the Department of Catholic Schools website, www.sfarchdiocese.org/catholicschools. The requested material plus a letter of interest should be returned to: Bret E. Allen Associate Superintendent for Educational and Professional Leadership Department of Catholic Schools, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109-6602 Applicants with personnel files already established with the Department of Catholic Schools should send a letter indicating an interest in applying for the position and contact Bret Allen by phoning (415) 614-5665 or by e-mailing at allenb@sfarch.org to update files.

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SISTERS OF MERCY WEST MIDWEST: Sisters joined other Peninsula social justice advocates in a foot washing event aimed at “support for a state bill limiting local law enforcement’s involvement in deportations” April 12 outside the San Mateo County sheriff’s office. Pictured from left at the event are Franciscan Sister Norberta Villasenor, Mercy Sister Joan Marie O’Donnell, and Father Tom Martin,

parochial vicar, St. Pius Parish, Redwood City. Over a dozen faith leaders were in attendance among the 50 demonstrators.

assessor/recorder. Teams went against more than 20,000 students worldwide in recent Wonder League Robotics competitions. “The Wonder League is a growing, worldwide network of elementary coding and robotics clubs using Wonder Workshop’s allinclusive program to inspire an early love of coding, computer science, tangible learning and STEM education,” the school said.

ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE SCHOOL, San Francisco: Students from school’s three Tomcat robot teams with Father John Sakowski, principal, Judith Borelli and Carmen Chu, San Francisco

CYO adult basketball tip-off in June Before you put your sneakers too far back in the closet, Catholic Charities’ CYO Athletics has announced its Adult Co-Ed Basketball League beginning in June. The league was started in 2012 “to provide a recreational league for the adults to compete, have fun, and stay active,” Roland Tianco, assistant manager of CYO Athletics told Catholic San Francisco. You have to be 18 and out of high school to sign up and the league is open to parishioners from anywhere in the archdiocese. “There is no maximum age, however participants should know their limits and capabilities to participate in full court organized basketball games,” Tianco said. “The league has always been fun and competitive. The different teams in the past have consisted of friends, members of a specific parish, families, and work colleagues,” Tianco said. Some teams

“After the end of the regular season, we take the top teams from the standings and place them in a playoff bracket,” Tianco said. “This will all lead up to a championship game where the winners receive championship T-shirts.” The goal is a minimum of eight total teams with about 10 players on each.

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Catholic Charities’ Adult Co-Ed Basketball League action, pictured here in 2015, begins again in June.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 29 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. Contact Ian Brooks, (510) 8832056; visit www.dspt.edu/alemany2017.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 ‘WORKING IN SUDAN’: An evening with Mercy Sister Marilyn Lacey founder of “Mercy Beyond Borders” working to alleviate poverty in areas including Sister Marilyn South Sudan Lacey, RSM and Haiti, 7-8:30 p.m., Dominican Sisters Center, 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael. RSVP CommunityRelations@sanrafaelop.org; (415) 453 8303.

SATURDAY, MAY 6 PEACE MASS: All Hallows Chapel, 1715 Oakdale Ave., San Francisco, 9 a.m. Father Dan Carter, pastor, principal celebrant and homilist, (650) 580-7123; zoFather Dan niafasquelle@ Carter gmail.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 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.

THURSDAY, MAY 4 ST. PEREGRINE MASS: St. Gregory Church, 28th Avenue at hacienda Street, San Mateo 7 p.m. with sacrament of anointing for the infirm. St. Peregrine is patron of all suffering from cancer, AIDS and incurable illness. (650) 345-8506.

FRIDAY, MAY 5 2-DAY TAIZE RETREAT: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive Burlingame welcomes youth and young adults 16-35, for “How Does the Gospel Challenge Me to Move Forward as a Person of Hope?” with registration May 5, 3 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. continuing through May 6 with closing at 9:30 p.m.; $20 donation for lodging and meals. Brothers from the Ecumenical Community of Taize will lead the two days of prayer, music and sharing with others. RSVP: BSoracco@mercywmw. org or visit http://mercy-center.org/ Flyers_2017/0505TaizeYouth/retreat. html.

FRIDAY, MAY 5 2-EVENING PRAYER WORKSHOP: “5 Keys to Freedom in Christ/Unbound Prayer Ministry Training,” May, 5, 6, St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, San Francisco. Chris, www. ReapAsYouSew.com/unbound-ministry.

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CHURCH TOUR: In honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary the docents of St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner San Francisco, will lead tour 10 a.m. highlighting the virtues and beauty of Our Lady in the altar and windows of the Lady Chapel. Meet outside in the parking lot by the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto. Everyone is welcome. (415) 567-7824

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