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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 3, 2015

Bishops decry panel’s approval of SB 128 CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

A California Senate committee’s approval of a proposed law legalizing physician-assisted suicide is “sad and disappointing,” the state’s Catholic bishops said.

“We understand and share the concern for the dying expressed at today’s hearing,” Ned Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference, said in a statement March 25 following Senate Health Committee approval of SB 128 in Sacramento.

“It is a natural impulse for human beings,” he said. “But when someone asks for assistance in killing themselves, it is really a call for help, care and compassion during the dying process. California law already allows for patients to refuse extraordinary care, but that is a far cry from aiding a patient in actively ending his or her life. …

“In every jurisdiction where assisted suicide is allowed, we are witnessing a steady expansion of those eligible to end their own lives,” he said. “The ‘safeguards’ in SB 128 are illusory precisely because they are arbitrarily set, with no sound medical rationale.

In some countries like Belgium and the Netherlands, for instance, we are witnessing the expansion of assisted suicide to nonterminal patients, those with dementia and even children.”

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Holy oils to be used in liturgical celebrations in the archdiocese in the coming liturgical year are pictured in their shining gold vessels at St. Mary’s Cathedral during the annual chrism Mass on March 26. Right, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone adds balsam to the oil of the chrism – used in baptism, confirmation and ordination of priests – before blessing it and breathing upon the oils as he prays to the Holy Spirit.

Holy oils blessed for the liturgical year VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Many of us use olive oil in salad, and perhaps in sautéing vegetables, fish, or meat.

But, did you know that olive oil is also part of our Catholic sacraments?

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone celebrated the annual chrism Mass March 26, blessing the three types of oils to be used for anointing in the parishes and throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco in the coming liturgical year. At the evening Mass, about 175 priests of the archdiocese also renewed the promises they made at ordination.

Archbishop Cordileone was joined on the altar by members of the Council of Priests, Archbishop emeritus George Niederauer, retired Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel Walsh, retired Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius C. Wang and Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice.

In his homily, the archbishop, who enjoys cooking himself, reminded those gathered at St. Mary’s Cathedral that the oil of the catechumens, the oil of the sick and the oil of sacred chrism are all olive oil, created from crushed olives.

“The solemn use of olive oil is at the heart of our celebration,” Archbishop Cordileone said in his homily.

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In his homily, Archbishop Cordileone also asked for special mindfulness of Christians in the Middle East

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At the chrism Mass, the archbishop blessed the oils, contained in special shining gold containers called ampullae which were brought ceremoniously to the altar by three deacons.

The oil of the catechumens “is used to strengthen those” preparing for entry into the church to help them “to combat against evil in preparation for baptism,” the archbishop said.

“We bless the oil of the sick to heal those who are ill but also to prepare them for their final journey from this world,” the archbishop said. The sacred chrism oil is the only oil that must be blessed by the bishop of the diocese. The archbishop adds balsam oil to the olive oil before blessing the chrism oil and then breathes upon the oils as he prays to the Holy Spirit.

Chrism is used to anoint in baptism and confirmation, to anoint the hands of the priest in ordination, and to anoint altars.

“What is the source of the power of these oils to illuminate, strengthen, heal and consecrate and so bring us God’s peace and joy?” asked Archbishop Cordileone in his homily. “It is the Holy Spirit, the gift of the risen Christ.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 3, 2015

Once-homeless convert sponsors another, one year later CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Only a year ago, Michael Riddle, a homeless but recovering drug addict struggling with a mental illness, was sleeping in doorways in the days leading up to his Easter 2014 baptism at St. Boniface Church in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district.

This Easter, Riddle will walk up St. Boniface’s main aisle again, this time at the side of a 49-year-old convert, Cathy Goffner, who will be confirmed on April 4.

In the year since his baptism, Riddle, 42, has moved into a residential hotel in North Beach (thanks to the generosity of a Catholic San Francisco reader who responded to an article about him). He has settled into a routine of daily Mass and exercise, long hours of spiritual reading and contemplation of a Franciscan vocation.

He is also Goffner’s co-sponsor, in the parish’s Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program, along with Tim Gallagher, who leads Scripture studies there.

The pair, along with RCIA program leader Philip Danhken, have seen Goffner through a four-year journey of stops and starts that have delayed her entry into the church. In December, the latest: a cancer diagnosis.

“I knew something was wrong with me because I was struggling to get to class,” Goffner told Catholic San Francisco on March 29 after meeting with her sponsors in a room behind the church one week before her confirmation.

Her sponsor, Michael, was there on the day she had surgery.

“Michael held my hand the whole way,” said the Louisiana native, who was raised in the Baptist and Pentecostal traditions.

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RCIA candidate Cathy Goffner, left, “lost everything” but found faith and friendship at St. Boniface Church, where she will be confirmed at the Easter Vigil on April 4. Her co-sponsor, Michael Riddle, right, was confirmed last Easter at St. Boniface and is living a life of prayer and service after years of drug addiction and homelessness.

“I benefited far more than she did,” Riddle said.

The pair share a bond of faith and friendship found through grace and strengthened despite and perhaps because of the personal turmoil that led each to the church.

Goffner said her “happy life” as a wife, mother and library clerk seemed to suddenly implode in 2011 after the oldest of her six grown children died from complications of a tragic accident. The loss strained her 20-year marriage and she and her husband separated and in time moved out of the home they shared.

Goffner, who lived and worked in East Palo Alto at the time, said she found herself drawn to the Catholic Church. She drove past St. Francis of Assisi Church every day and thought about stopping. One day she finally did.

She returned often but left quietly. One morning, Father Lawrence Goode, the church’s pastor to whom she had never spoken, ran after her into the parking lot.

The priest asked Goffner if someone in her family was Catholic. She told him her grandmother on her father’s side had been Catholic. “That’s why you are so drawn here,” Goffner recalled the priest saying. “Your grandmother has very strong prayers. She’s been praying that her granddaughter would become a Catholic.”

Goffner said “that’s when I knew this is where I was supposed to be.”

She began attending daily Mass on Father Goode’s advice.

In time she found a job as a gardener tending the tulip gardens in Golden Gate Park and left East Palo Alto for San Francisco. But she struggled to find affordable housing and spent eight months sleeping in her car or on the street before she finally found an apartment on Sixth Street.

“I had never known what it was to go without, to miss a meal,” said Goffner, who began attending daily Mass at St. Boniface Church before her free meals at St. Anthony’s Dining Room nearby. She entered the parish’s RCIA program shortly afterward.

When she became ill a few months ago, Gallagher arranged an anointing of the sick for Goffner with Franciscan Father Tommy King. Gallagher, her sponsors and RCIA leader Danhken all attended.

“I knew everything was going to be okay,” she said, and it appears it is. Goffner’s doctors told her she is cancer-free, though radiation treatments continue until April 20.

Goffner said she already knows she is healed and forgiven.

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Pursue education as profession again?

‘Absolutely,’ St. Anne’s teacher says TOM BURKE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Pat Meek has been at the teaching wheel for 42 years, all at St. Anne School, San Francisco. “I have taught fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades,” Pat told me in an email. She has taught approximately 2,500 students during the four-plus decades.

Pat’s first grade teacher at St. Paul School, San Francisco, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Pat Meek Virgin Mary, was her inspiration to be an educator. “I wanted to be like her,” Pat said. “I remember how kind and cheerful she was as she welcomed us each day.”

Pat’s first grade teacher at St. Paul School, San Francisco, Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Bernadette Giles, was her inspiration to be an educator. “I wanted to be like her,” Pat said. “I remember how kind and cheerful she was as she welcomed us each day.” Sister Bernadette was a religious for 76 years and died in 2008.

A major influence on Pat’s approach to education was the late Noreen O’Reilly, a longtime teacher at St. Anne’s. “Noreen taught me how important each child is and how important it is to always find something about each one of them to praise. From her, I learned to strike the balance between giving students real responsibility and supporting them so they don’t fail.”

Pat has “loved” her time at St. Anne’s. “The moments I cherish most tend to be the quiet moments when I feel a spark of connection with a student or a small group gathered at my desk,” she said. “I have also loved being co-moderator of a very active Student Council, helping students to develop leadership skills that will serve them the rest of their lives. Another highlight for me is when former students return to visit. It is a joy to see how they have grown and how appreciative they are of the education and the love they received at St. Anne’s.”

Pat said teaching has changed but the kids remain the same. “I take as much delight in them today as I did 40 years ago,” she said.

Pat’s not sitting still when it comes to teaching technique. “As I have integrated technology with my curriculum, I have learned that sometimes getting out of the way is the best teaching technique,” she said. .

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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Presentation Sister Paschal Elvin celebrated her 102nd birthday Feb. 22. A community party of more than 30 sisters marked the occasion Feb. 20 at the San Francisco motherhouse. “Sister Paschal’s rich ministry history started in 1932, teaching fifth grade at Sts. Peter and Paul School, San Francisco,” the sisters said in a statement. When asked how she made it to 102, Sister Paschal said, “By being a good Sister of the Presentation!”

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More than 500 to enter faith at Easter VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

More than 500 people are expected to enter the Catholic Church in the three counties of the Archdiocese of San Francisco at Easter Vigil this year, as tens of thousands enter the church across the country.

A total of 195 catechumens went through the Rite of Election, mandatory to become Catholic, and they are slated to be baptized at Easter Vigil, said Laura Bertone, director of the archdiocesan Office of Worship. About 300 are expected to enter full communion with the Catholic Church, either as Catholics who are receiving confirmation and first Communion or entering from other Christian denominations, Bertone said.

Nationwide, about 100,000 people entered the Catholic Church in 2013, according to the 2014 Official Catholic Directory, the most recent year for which this data is available, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops reported in a Holy Week press release. Of those, just under 40,000 were catechumens and were baptized, confirmed and received first Communion and nearly 67,000 were received into full communion with the Catholic Church.

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Elena Villacorta will receive the sacraments of initiation into the Catholic Church at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Redwood City at the Easter Vigil. Her husband will be her sponsor. The couple is pictured with their daughter, a student at the parish school.

children, 7 to 12 years old, are being baptized on Easter Sunday, said Magdalena Hernandez, religious education coordinator.

Spotorno was an RCIA candidate himself about 15 years ago. He had been “raised on the fringe of Catholicism,” and connected with the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic community when his son, now an adult, was in the parish school’s kindergarten. He stayed to help with the team after receiving the sacraments and eventually was asked to take over, Spotorno said. “I find with RCIA, it’s not my time or the church’s time. It’s their time,” Spotorno said, noting that just as in a human relationship, the catechumens and candidates are in a growing relationship with God. Among those who will receive the sacraments at Easter Vigil is Elena Villacorta, who was born into a Catholic family in El Salvador and migrated here when she was 4, and received first Communion. But then,

Villacorta said, her mother and grandmother converted to another religion “hence all my Catholic pathways pretty much stopped.”

“When I met my husband, we were regulars in church, we wanted to get married in church, do everything right,” but she said they felt discouraged and ended up getting married by a justice of the peace. ”It wasn’t until our daughter was born that we went back to church, because we had something missing in our lives.”

Much later, after their daughter was enrolled in Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Villacorta found out about RCIA and finally enrolled in the fall. Her husband will be her sponsor when she is confirmed at Easter Vigil, Villacorta said.

“We want to teach and support our daughter, as well as each other and have that unity in faith that we have missing in our lives, this is why I am continuing to seek confirmation. It’s our base for our lives,” Villacorta said.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 3, 2015

Charismatic convention set May 22-24 in Santa Clara The Catholic Charismatic movement, Northern California Renewal Coalition, holds its annual convention May 22-24 at Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara. Archbishop

Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal celebrant and homilist of the event’s opening Mass and retired San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer presides at a healing Mass on Saturday.

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“Fan the flame of Pentecost with gifts of the Holy Spirit,” said Msgr.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 3, 2015

St. Rita School students, faculty in transition after closure announced CHRISTINA GRAY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

More than 100 St. Rita School students are unsure where they will attend school in the fall. Principal John Black announced in a letter to school families on March 23 that the nearly 60-year-old K-8 school in Fairfax will close effective June 2015. “Our current eighth graders will be the last class to graduate from St. Rita Catholic School on June 9,� wrote Black. “We know that while Catholic education in Marin County will carry on, it will never be quite the same without the spirit of St. Rita School.�

In the same letter Black said the school intends to reopen in August as The International School of Marin, an independent, nondenominational school implementing the International Baccalaureate Program launched by the school in 2013.

The school averted closure in 2013 over mounting debt and falling enrollment. It received a two-year reprieve after clearing its debt and introduced the IBP program in the hope of attracting new students.

In January, St. Rita Parish pastor Father Kenneth Weare and Black asked the archdiocese for a second extension, but Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone rejected the plan in February. According to Black, despite a balanced budget for the 2015-16 school year and a last-ditch appeal by Father Weare in March, the archbishop made a ďŹ nal rejection on March 19 citing a lack of reserve funds to protect against a potential enrollment decrease.

Superintendent of Catholic Schools Maureen Huntington told Catholic San Francisco on March 28 that she has urged the principals of the county’s other Catholic K-8 schools, including nearby St. Raphael, St. Patrick, St. Anselm and St. Isabella, to

take in as many St. Rita students, faculty and staff as they can. “Eligible St. Rita students will have access to ďŹ nancial aid from both the archdiocesan endowment and the St. Rita School endowment funds,â€? she said.

In a phone interview with Catholic San Francisco, Black conďŹ rmed that the other Catholic schools in Marin County are trying their best to accommodate those St. Rita students who wish to continue their Catholic education. “Most were waiting for the archbishop’s ďŹ nal decision to pursue other options but have now begun to explore both other Catholic and public schools in the district,â€? he said.

The International School of Marin can move forward if, according to Black, a minimum of 70 students enroll for the 2015-16 school year

by April 24. He noted that tuition has increased signiďŹ cantly from $8,500 a year at St. Rita School to $13,500 at ISM because the school would have to pay the archdiocese rent for the existing school property.

Faculty and staff are also holding on until then, hoping to transition to the new, independent school. “Most of our faculty and staff are hoping to remain,� Black said. “But I have encouraged all of them to have their own Plan B.�

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Pence stands by Indiana law; critics say it discriminates against gays BRIGID CURTIS AYER CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana residents of all faith traditions can be assured the government will not infringe upon their constitutional right to freely exercise their religious beliefs, Gov. Mike Pence said as he signed into law a religious freedom bill passed by the Indiana General Assembly.

“With the passage of this legislation, we ensure that Indiana will continue to be a place where we respect freedom of religion,” he said, “and make certain that government action will always be subject to the highest level of scrutiny that respects the religious beliefs of every Hoosier of every faith.”

Since Pence signed it March 26, critics across the state and around the nation have raised concerns that the Indiana law could be a vehicle of legal discrimination against gay people and others.

Some opponents have called for a boycott of the state. Many business leaders have publicly criticized the law. Sports figures have urged the NCAA Final Four scheduled for April 4-6 in Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium be moved.

Hundreds of opponents rallied outside the state Capitol in Indianapolis March 28. AP reported that Angie’s List, a national consumer review company, has suspended a planned expansion in Indianapolis, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will move its conference out of Indiana in protest.

“This bill is not about discrimination,” Pence said at the signing ceremony, “and if I thought it legalized discrimination in any way in Indiana, I would have vetoed it. For more than 20 years, the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act has never undermined our nation’s anti-discrimination laws, and it will not in Indiana.”

The Republican governor said he stands by the law, which is to take effect July 1. In a March 31 opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, he wrote that “despite what critics and many in the national media have asserted, the law is not a ‘license to discriminate,’ either in Indiana or elsewhere.”

“Indiana’s law contains no reference to sexual orientation,” he said, adding that it “simply mirrors” the federal law, known as RFRA. The 1993 law says that the government “shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion” unless that burden is the least restrictive means to further a compelling governmental interest.” It does not apply to the states, so with Indiana, there are now 20 that have passed such legislation.

In a March 27 post on a blog for lawyers called IN Advance, Indiana trial lawyer Matt Anderson called his state’s measure a “vague and just a poorly written law” that he said could be applied to disputes between private citizens. “You can defend yourself in a criminal or civil action on the very broad basis of ‘any exercise of religion,’” which is how it could be used to discriminate against gays and others, he argued.

However, Richard Garnett, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana, in an opinion column in the March 26 issue of the South Bend Tribune, called the state’s RFRA a “moderate measure” modeled after the federal law and those of several other states and said it “does not give anyone a ‘license to discriminate.’”

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BISHOP ISSUES PASTORAL LETTER ON MARRIAGE SACRAMENT

BISMARCK, N.D. – Marriage is a sacrament that allows a man and a woman to carry out God’s will in in the world, Bishop David D. Kagan of Bismarck said in a pastoral letter.

Citing biblical passages on marriage and the relationship between a man and a woman as well as church documents that uphold long-standing principles, Bishop Kagan outlined the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage and its importance in society.

Titled “And the Two Shall Become One,� the pastoral letter explains why the church considers marriage a sacrament and how marriage can exist only between one man and one woman.

Bishop Kagan wrote that he wanted

to address the issue of marriage in the period between last fall’s extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family in the context of the new evangelization and the upcoming world Synod of Bishops on the family Oct. 4-25 at the Vatican. “My hope and prayer is that all of you will ďŹ nd this pastoral letter a renewed and better understanding of our Catholic faith concerning holy matrimony,â€? Bishop Kagan wrote in the pastoral, released March 18. “Whether you are a young Catholic learning our faith or you are a young adult discerning if God is offering you the gift of a vocation to be a spouse or you are a spouse and possibly a parent or grandparent or you are a widow or widower or a chaste, single person, I ask you to read this letter and come

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WASHINGTON – U.S. millennials, born between 1980 and 2000, are predominantly religiously unaffiliated and not identiďŹ ed by any political party, are more ethnically and racially diverse than the general population and don’t like to be labeled as “pro-lifeâ€? or “pro-choice,â€? according to a study released March 27 by the Public Religion Research Institute.

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Joy comes from faith, not doctrine, pope says CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – God’s law is about love for God and for others, not cold, abstract doctrine, Pope Francis said at a morning Mass.

“It’s sad to be a believer without joy and there is no joy when there is no faith, when there is no hope, when there is no law, but only rules and cold doctrine,” he said at the Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae March 26.

“The joy of faith, the joy of the Gospel is the touchstone of a person’s faith. Without joy, that person is not a true believer,” he said, according to Vatican Radio.

In his homily, the pope pointed to Abraham as a model of faith, hope and joy in God’s covenant.

But such joy was absent in the doctors of the law described in the day’s Gospel reading; they threw

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“These doctors of the law didn’t understand,” Pope Francis said. “They didn’t understand the joy of the promise; they didn’t understand the joy of hope; they didn’t understand the joy of the covenant.”

The doctors of the law “didn’t know how to rejoice because they had lost the sense of joy that only comes from faith,” he said. Not only did they lack faith, “they had lost the law. Because at the heart of the law is love – love for God and for one’s neighbor.”

“They only had a system of clear-cut doctrines,” he said.

As “men without faith, without law and attached to doctrine,” they lived in a world that was “abstract, a world without love, a world without faith, a world without hope, a world without trust, a world without God. And this is why they could not rejoice,” the pope said. “Their hearts had petrified.”

He asked that people pray for “the grace to be jubilant in the hope” of knowing and encountering Jesus and for the “grace of joy.”

Pope Francis began the day’s Mass with a prayer to St. Teresa of Avila, asking for her intercession in the cause for world peace.

After lighting a candle, he prayed that “the fire of God’s love may conquer the blaze of war and violence that afflict humanity, and that dialogue may prevail over armed conflict everywhere.”

His prayer was part of a worldwide initiative sponsored by the Order of Discalced Carmelites to get people of all denominations and faiths to offer an hour of prayer for peace March 26.

The prayer initiative was the order’s “birthday gift” to their foundress, St. Teresa, in anticipation of the 500th anniversary of her birth March 28; a series of celebrations began on her feast day Oct. 15.

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Pope says prayers, not ‘gossip,’ needed for successful synod on family CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – No matter how weary, wounded or sinful a family has become, the church will always do everything to try to help family members heal, convert and reconcile with the Lord, Pope Francis said.

The pope called on everyone to pray each day for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the family and for the church so that it could be even more “dedicated and united in the witness of the truth of God’s love and mercy for the families of the world, (with) no one excluded either inside or outside the flock.”

Prayers, “not gossip,” are needed for the synod, and “I invite even those who feel distanced or those who aren’t used to it to pray,” he said at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 25.

The pope dedicated his catechesis to the day’s feast of the Annunciation of the Lord and the 20th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s landmark encyclical on the value and inviolability of human life, “Evangelium Vitae” (“The Gospel of Life”). The day also marked the Day for Life in some countries.

Today was “a little special” in the pope’s series of general audience talks on the family as it represented “a break for prayer,” he said.

Special prayer cards with the pope’s prayer for the synod on the family were distributed to the more than 17,000 people who turned out in the pouring

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Rain falls as Pope Francis arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 25. rain for the audience.

“Perhaps it will be a little wet,” he said about the prayer card, asking people to keep it with them and recite the prayer as often as possible. He led the people both in the prayer on the card and in reciting the Hail Mary.

He said the Hail Mary touches upon “the beauty of this bond” between God and the family – the beauty of God wanting to be born a child into a real human family.

St. John Paul’s encyclical, Pope Francis said, explained the importance of the family as “the womb of human life” and as an institution blessed by God to be a community of love and life, entrusted with “the mission of procreation.”

In fact, Pope Francis said, “the bond between the church and family is sacred and inviolable” as the church “is sol-

emnly committed to taking care of the family,” which is a gift of God, in good times and bad.

“The church, as mother, never abandons the family even when it is disheartened, wounded and demeaned in so many ways,” he said, “not even when (the family) stumbles in sin or distances itself from the church.”

The church, he said, “will do everything to try to take care of it and heal it, invite it to conversion and reconcile it with the Lord.”

Given that commitment, the pope said, the church needs prayers that are “full of love for the family and for life” and a community of people who know “how to rejoice with those who rejoice and suffer with those who suffer.”

Pope Francis asked that prayers and the synodal process itself be driven by

Pope joins homeless people for private tour of Sistine Chapel CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – While enjoying a private visit to the Sistine Chapel, a group of VIP guests – homeless people who live around the Vatican – were surprised by a visit from Pope Francis.

The 150 visitors had just reached the Sistine Chapel at about 5 p.m. March 26, when Pope Francis walked through the door.

“Welcome,” the pope said. “This is everyone’s house, this is your home. The doors are always open for all.”

The Vatican Museums had closed 90 minutes early to allow the special guests of Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, to have the Sistine Chapel to themselves. Accompanied by professional guides, the visitors began their tour in the Vatican Gardens and the Vatican Museums.

Pope Francis thanked the archbishop for arranging the “little caress” for those who live on the streets of Rome.

“Pray for me. I’m in need of prayers by people like you,” the pope told them. He blessed them saying, “May the Lord protect and help you on the path of life and let you feel his tender, fatherly love.”

The pope greeted each of the guests individually, spending more than 20 minutes with them before they were served dinner in the museums’ cafeteria.

The Vatican press office said Pope Francis asked that no cameras be present during his meeting with the group. After he left, though, the guests posed for a group photo under Michelangelo’s towering wall fresco of “The Last Judgment.”

It was not the only photo taken; several of the guests had cellphones with cameras and they

Pope Francis thanked Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, for arranging the ‘little caress’ for those who live on the streets of Rome. took pictures of one another and of the pope.

Mauro, who speaks Italian and serves a spokesman for a group of Poles who sleep near the Vatican press office, told Catholic News Service March 27 that his favorite part of the Vatican Museums was the vintage carriage and car collection.

“I’m passionate about cars and what they have is great,” he said. “I had my picture taken there.”

Mauro said he and his friends always see long lines of tourists waiting to get into the museums, so it was great to see what all the fuss was about.

And they didn’t even have to wait in line or deal with a crowd; “it was just us,” he said.

“It’s spectacular,” he said. “It’s beautiful.”

The pope’s arrival, Mauro said, “was a big surprise. We applauded. Everyone was so happy.”

Dinner, he said, was an Italian pizza party: prosciutto ham, mozzarella cheese, suppli (stuffed rice balls), pizza, cola and water.

His friend Mario said he could not accept the invitation because he had nowhere to leave Cookie, a 5-month-old puppy he found abandoned in a dumpster. “He’s my baby,” said Mario.

As papal almoner, Archbishop Krajewski distributes charitable aid from Pope Francis and has made a special point of assisting the homeless who live near the Vatican. His office installed and manages the showers near St. Peter’s Basilica and recruited barbers and hairdressers to donate their services on Mondays.

“the compassion of the Good Shepherd for his flock, especially for people and families who, for different reasons, are ‘troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.’”

Prayers for the synod are for “the good of everyone,” he added.

After the general audience, the Vatican released a second list of delegates elected to attend the synod on the family. Pope Francis approved the bishops elected by members of 38 bishops’ conferences and the Syro-Malabar Church. In early February, the Vatican had released the first list of delegates, including those from the United States.

Most lists are expected in the coming months.

Pope Francis’ general audience celebration of St. John Paul’s encyclical on life was preceded by a Mass and prayer vigil, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Family. The event was March 24 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, with similar commemorations at the sanctuaries of Fatima in Portugal, Lourdes in France and Guadalupe in Mexico.

At the Mass in Rome, Msgr. Carlos Simon Vazquez, council undersecretary, said “Evangelium Vitae” echoes the Gospel revelation that God sent his Son so that everyone would have life and have it in abundance. Christians, he said, are called to live and to promote abundant life.

The church, he said, is often “alone” in its pro-life work, which means that it must be even more prophetic and creative in promoting respect for life.

Cardinal: Bishops’ conferences can’t go it alone on doctrine JONATHAN LUXMOORE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WARSAW, Poland – The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has advised bishops’ conferences not to take “doctrinal and disciplinary decisions” on issues that rightly fall under the magisterium of the church.

Cardinal Gerhard Muller said that while bishops’ conferences have authority on some matters, “they don’t constitute a magisterium within the magisterium, independently of the pope and out of communion with other bishops.”

His comments came in relation to claims at a recent news conference by Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising, president of the German bishops’ conference, that his church stood ready to “preach the Gospel in its own original way,” rather than being seen as “a branch of Rome” in relation to the possibility of allowing divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive the sacraments.

“An episcopal conference isn’t a special council, still less an ecumenical council, and its president is nothing more than a technical moderator with no magisterial authority,” Cardinal Muller said in a March 26 interview with France’s Catholic Famille Chretienne (Christian Family) weekly.

He explained that the idea of “delegating certain doctrinal or disciplinary decisions on marriage and family” to bishops’ conferences was “absolutely anti-Catholic” and failed to “respect the church’s Catholicity.”

“This type of attitude risks reawakening a polarization between local churches and the universal church which was overcome by the First and Second Vatican Councils. The church isn’t a gathering of national churches whose presidents vote in their head as a universal authority.”

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Homeless people rest in the pews at St. Boniface Church in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco as a ministry of The Gubbio Project. The project sees about 110 people at any given time, up from 65 five years ago. Homeless advocates say the city’s economic expansion into once-marginal neighborhoods, combined with tough laws against using public sidewalks to sit or lie, has forced more homeless people to congregate in the Tenderloin.

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The sanctuary of St. Boniface as the tabernacle of the suffering Christ

n ancient times, the tabernacle was the tent that housed the divine presence among the Israelites; today the word is used to describe the container that holds the reserved consecrated Eucharist in church.

Everyone in our city knows that several thousand San Franciscans are too poor to have homes – too poor to have anywhere of their own to sleep. And most of us know that there are not even half of the necessary shelter beds available at night. This is the tragedy that anyone can DOUGLAS PIERCE see simply by walking our city streets.

But there is another side to this tragedy that requires faith to grasp: Those who are poor and suffering are the actual body of Christ here in our presence today. Jesus said that how we treat those who are considered “the least” is how we treat him. Paul devoted much effort to raise money for the poor churches even though he thought Christ’s return was just around the corner. Much more recently Mother Teresa called the poor “Christ in his most distressing disguise,” and Pope Francis is asking the church to become, “a church for the poor; a field hospital that focuses on healing wounds.”

St Boniface Church in the Tenderloin created The Gubbio Project 10 years ago by allowing those in need, who were on the steps of the church and already coming in to get warm during

THE GUBBIO PROJECT For more information on, to donate to, or to contact The Gubbio Project: CALL (415) 861-5848 EMAIL gubbio@thegubbioproject.org STOP BY 133 Golden Gate Ave. in San Francisco VISIT www.thegubbioproject.org. the Masses, to simply lie down and rest. If you have ever come to daily Mass at St. Boniface you certainly have noticed that the back two-thirds of the church sanctuary is filled with over 100 women and men who sleep and rest even while Mass is celebrated at the front of the church. The unique thing that happens at Gubbio is that, in the poor, Christ transforms the entire sanctuary into a tabernacle for his presence.

Can you imagine the impact our local Catholic Church would have in our city and beyond if the parishes of San Francisco considered the welcoming of homeless people into the sanctuary of the church to be an important part of our Catholic identity? Christ is already sleeping at the doors and on the front steps of many of our churches – what keeps us from inviting him inside?

This paper hits the pews on Good Friday – a day when it can really be hard to believe Jesus when he said, “My yoke is easy and my burden

is light.” Whether you are pastor or parishioner, the idea of opening your parish to the poor might seem overwhelming. Let us help. Gubbio stands ready to shoulder the logistical and staffing burden of opening parishes to the poor for “sacred sleep” and we are very much seeking partner churches to do the same as St. Boniface. What we need from you and your parish is the faith to see that Christ is truly present in those who are homeless and the courage to try a model of interaction with homeless folks that may be new to your parish, but is tried and true at St. Boniface.

The problem of homelessness, seen through the eyes of Catholic faith, is that Christ is present and suffering on the doorsteps of our churches and the sidewalks of our city instead of being ministered to inside our churches. Through many and varied social ministries, Catholics of this diocese have a long history of responding generously to the needs of the poor. The unique contribution of The Gubbio Project is to highlight our faith’s teaching that Christ is truly present in the poor and that Christ should be welcomed into our churches even when he appears in his “distressing disguise.” What happens at Gubbio is more than a clever use of space and a compassionate service to our neighbors on the street. At Gubbio, the sanctuary of the church becomes a tabernacle for the real presence of Christ in the poor. And we invite you as Lent comes to a close in 2015, to consider opening the doors of your church to the poor so that Christ may enter and find rest.

PIERCE is a member of the board of directors of The Gubbio Project and of St. Agnes Parish.

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Easter message of hope

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hat the world needs now is hope. There is evil all around us. The Islamic State, and other terrorists, have no regard for human life. Wars and other forms of violence abound. Innocent people are killed.

The number of refugess rises every day. Even the weather has SISTER MARGIE caused a lot of LAVONIS pain and distress. Places that rarely have snow have been inundated with it while in other typically cold areas, there are unseasonably high temperatures. Many people, especially children, go hungry and lack the other necessities of life. One hardly wants to turn on the television, radio or Internet.

Needless to say, it is understandable that many people are beginning to lose hope in the future. I often hear people ask where God is in all of this. Why does God seem to sit back and let it all happen?

But there is hope. Our faith in the Resurrection means that we believe good can come from suffering and evil; that love can conquer sin. This, of course, is not a popular stance in today’s environment. So many people and nations believe violence must be dealt with by force!

During this coming Easter season, it might be beneficial to reflect on

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The Easter Vigil begins and ends in darkness. It is a nocturnal vigil, retaining its ancient character of vigilance and expectation, as the Christian people await the Resurrection of the Lord during the night. Fire is blessed and the paschal candle is lit to illumine the night so that all may hear the Easter proclamation and listen to the word of God proclaimed in the Scriptures. our own attitudes. Do we feel justified by our desire to punish hatred with more violence? What are our thoughts about the death penalty (which is what Jesus received)? Do we ever pray for the conversion of our enemies or those who terrorize others? Are we able to forgive those who have hurt us, or at least pray for them? Or does our anger or bitterness eat at us?

Are we willing to go deeper and discover the roots of evil and use love to conquer it? What does our celebration of Easter really mean?

Hopefully it is more than new

clothes and chocolate bunnies or a biannual trip to church.

Do we really believe that violence can destroy evil? Has it ever really worked throughout history? Doesn’t love seem to be a better and more logical solution?

We have the Resurrection of Jesus to prove that it can happen. Jesus’ life conquered sin and evil. Does God continue to bring life out of suffering?

The sisters in our retirement community used the phrase – “the power of one” as their theme for Lent. It stemmed from their be-

On the other hand, schoolteachers are union employees with employee rights under California law. The labor law governing how an employer may regulate an employee’s off-duty conduct is complex and shifting, especially now with semi-public arenas such as Facebook posts.

Both these rights need to be considered in each instance of controversy.

Our faith demands no less.

Victoria Tedder San Francisco The writer is a member of St. John of God Parish, San Francisco.

much worse … it is heresy.” Well, sir, according to you, the pope is a heretic.

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lief that every individual good act makes a difference.

Just imagine what it would be like if every person in the world lived by the commandment of love for just one day. There would be no war, hatred or violence. People would ask for and offer forgiveness. The only news to report would be good.

The front page of newspapers would have life-giving stories. Everyone would have plenty to eat because people would share with one another. And so on and so on. … Wouldn’t it be awesome?

As Christians who believe in the resurrection, we must strive to be models of love and hope. Our good works of Lent must continue throughout the rest of the year. We have a call and a mission to make Christ known by our love. We must express our belief that, even in this gloomy, dark time, God will not abandon us. God will always be faithful just as he was to his son, Jesus, by bringing him to new life. Our world needs this Easter message! Go out and proclaim it to everyone in your world!

And, if current events make it hard for you to believe that God is somehow in all of this, ask God to deepen your faith and help you remember times when he brought you out of difficulties in your life or the life of someone you know. Easter tells us that God never leaves us in our pain and brings good out of evil!

Happy Easter!

HOLY CROSS SISTER MARGIE LAVONIS is a freelance writer living in Notre Dame, Indiana.

LETTERS Remembering Bishop O’Dowd In the March 20 issue of Catholic San Francisco there appeared an enlightening article on the ordinaries/bishops who were natives of the San Francisco archdiocese. I was disappointed with no mention of a native auxiliary bishop who made a deep impact on Catholic education after World War II: James T. O’Dowd. This auxiliary, who as Msgr.

O’Dowd was archdiocesan schools superintendent from 1941-48, had a short tenure as bishop before being tragically killed in a train accident in 1950. Today Archbishop Riordan High School stands as a monument to his legacy. The next high school built was named for him: Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, which was then part of the San Francisco archdiocese.

Brother William Bolts, SM (Marianist) Cupertino

Consider both sides I read a lot of one-sided statements in Catholic San Francisco about the controversy over our archbishop’s recent speech to Catholic high school teachers. Both sides need to be considered.

On the one hand, an archbishop has the right to insist that Catholic schools in an archdiocese teach Catholic doctrine. (Those currently preoccupied with homosexuality might ponder my friend’s consternation when, in the 1970s, her child brought home a Catholic school assignment: “Write an essay about your sign of the Zodiac.” She complained to her pastor.)

Perennial pro-life witness I have walked nine of the 11 years of the West Coast Walk for Life, including Jan. 22, 2015.

Thanks be to God that our Catholic Church makes a continuous effort to try to stop abortion. The evolution of the Roe v. Wade everlasting massacre of human beings is only in its infancy – 60 million human beings and counting.

I speak of the unborn child. No more oppressed minority can there be. Why is he denied his basic right?

Roy Petri Sonoma

Catholics and climate Re “Climate change and Catholic thought,” letters, March 20: Very little research on the part of the writer of this letter would have revealed that (1) George Soros is not a Catholic but an atheist and (2) not only are Catholic bishops pro-climate change but so is the pope. The letter stated “climate change is a fraud but

Media and the sprinklers The news coverage of the expose that St. Mary’s Cathedral had a sprinkler system that, like the rain from heaven, fell on anyone who stood under it, was a fine example of the old adage that news stories should be “the sum of the facts, not some of the facts.”

That coverage mushroomed when KCBS Radio reported that homeless people had been drenched (“Cathedral dismantles sprinklers,” Catholic San Francisco, March 25). The Chronicle ran with it, so did most everyone else, including The Associated Press, which meant virtually all news outlets got the AP story written by Olga Rodriquez.

Sounds familiar, I said to myself when I heard the story on KCBS. The story must also have jogged the memory of former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Or, perhaps, someone pointed out to the mayor that his hands weren’t clean. Whatever, Brown wrote a column in the March 22 issue of the Chronicle that

was headlined “this sinner can’t stone bishop over dousing.”

“As mayor, I ordered Market Street to be hosed down every night,” he wrote in his “Willie’s World” column. He said homeless advocates howled but he told them that street sweeping was best done “in the middle of the night.”

That takes care of Brown’s mea culpa. I have not, however, seen any indication that KCBS, or any of the other media that ran the story, found Brown’s confession newsworthy.

James O. Clifford Sr. Redwood City

Caring for the homeless Have you ever been homeless?

Putting up sprinklers that directly get the homeless wet is not caring for one another. Couldn’t you have hired some homeless people to clean the area? People trying to get out of the cold were wet all night. To me this is cruel. Couldn’t someone direct the homeless to shelters?

The water sprinkling right outside this great cathedral was not good example and might chase churchgoers away.

Kathryn Taylor San Mateo

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The Tenderloin’s China mission link This is one in a series of articles on the mission church in China, highlighting historic and current work by clergy, religious and laity from the San Francisco area.

Passionist Father Robert Carbonneau, who is executive director, of the U.S. Catholic China Bureau in Berkeley and resides with the De LaSalle Christian Brothers at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco, suggested the series “to encourage San Francisco Catholics to learn about and respect the contribution of Chinese Catholic identity.”

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t. Boniface Parish was abuzz in the summer of 1914 when it was announced that native San Franciscan Father Juniper Doolin was returning to the China missions. Born in 1880, ordained a Franciscan priest in 1904, from 1907 to 1913 he served as a teacher in Shaanxi province, China.

On furlough at the Golden Gate Avenue parish in the tenderloin he served as vicar assistant and provided fraternal support to the “Human Club.” Once renewed, he prepared for reassignment to China by going on the lecture and fundraising circuit in orFATHER ROBERT der to inspire Catholics of the CARBONNEAU, CP Tenderloin and San Francisco to offer prayer and support for the missions. On June 6, 1914, The Monitor – the San Francisco Catholic newspaper – urged that “Tabernacle Societies, churches or charitable individuals” drop by St. Boniface to “contribute altar linens, albs, or any other article available” that would help Father Doolin’s China mission.

On July 23 the play “Shepherdess of Lourdes” was a fundraiser by the St. Anthony Dramatic Club at a local Knights of Columbus auditorium. The deci-

Franciscan Father Doolin is pictured in the traditional Chinese garb he had worn during his first missionary tour of duty in China. Image used with permission of the Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Barbara. Image from the Provincial Archive. sion of The Monitor to publish a photo of Father Doolin in his traditional Chinese garb which he had worn during his first tour of duty in China probably helped ticket sales. Even more it symbolized Franciscan inculturation: Father Doolin, China and the Tenderloin were all united.

The American accumulation problem

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arly Poppalardo had blisters on her feet when she drove home from an eight-hour session of professional organizing last Thursday, threw a bag of Trader Joe’s pre-cut veggies and simmer sauce on the stove, flipped on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and sank into the couch.

“I was high on adrenaline,” Carly said, “but I was so tired I could barely move.”

When she arrived at the client’s three-story house at 9 o’clock that morning, the situation hadn’t looked particularly dire. But she CHRISTINA and the mother of three, a CAPPECCHI Southern woman with an affinity for matching dresses, managed to fill two truck beds and an SUV: four car seats, five bouncy chairs and enough toys to stock a preschool room.

One of the ironies of our age of excess is how the littlest among us come with such outsized equipment. And then there is the strange reality that Americans pay to store the things we cannot fit in our homes, driving demand for more than 78 square miles of rentable self-storage – more than three times the size of Manhattan.

The burden of sorting the stuff under our roofs increasingly has become the work of a professional, an outsourcing of the most personal nature with a humbling implication: Help me manage my life. Until the expert arrives, the truth is we often don’t even know what we have. Carly once uncovered 27 spatulas in one home and, in another, seven jars of saffron.

“Clients tell me I’m kind of like a therapist,” Carly said. “As we’re getting rid of stuff, we’re talking about why it accumulated in the first place.”

The 27-year-old Catholic has no doubt there are spiritual ramifications to her work: a garage loaded with bulk items from Costco, a drawer stuffed with expired coupons, a give pile of clothes with tags.

“It’s a rabbit hole,” Carly said. “People are looking to fill other needs when they buy things, especially when they overbuy. Once they develop that awareness, there’s a mental shift and they can focus on the more important stuff.”

‘It’s a rabbit hole.

People are looking to fill other needs when they buy things, especially when they overbuy.’

CARLY POPPALARDO Hence, the statement on her Twitter profile: “I organize your life so you can live it.”

Carly makes a point to keep her own life in order, which is why you’ll find her at the 10:30 Mass at St. Agnes in Arlington, Virginia, in her family’s standard spot – right side, toward the back – for a weekly “re-grounding and regrouping.”

It was her trust in God that emboldened her to take the leap into self-employment at 23, turning down a job offer from a PR firm that once would’ve sounded like her dream job but felt more like a trap.

“I was miserable in the corporate world. The system didn’t make sense to me: The interns were working 7 to 7 because they wanted to move up to be an assistant account executive to work even longer hours.”

Since then Carly has successfully built up her business. Armed with bins, shelving and a label maker, there’s no basement she can’t conquer. She jokes about spotting the National Geographics – that recurring strip of canary yellow – and her 50 percent success rate of persuading the owner to recycle them.

Nearly all her clients hug her when she leaves, describing the weight lifted off their shoulders. It’s amazing how the sight of a bare counter can fill your lungs and clear your mind.

In this season of spring cleaning, of open windows and alleluias, of the pontiff who preaches simple living, now is the time to de-clutter – time to travel light, to give freely, to be empty-handed and openhearted.

CAPECCHI is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and the editor of SisterStory.org.

On Sept. 26, 1914, Father Doolin and novice missionary to China, Franciscan Father Edward Lunney (1870-1939) of Los Angeles embarked for China. Bidding them farewell at the San Francisco docks were members of the Human Club, Mr. Haus – postcard entrepreneur of the Sanborn Vail & Company on Market Street – and Mr. Philips, editor of The Monitor.

By January 1916 Father Doolin was back in California once again promoting the Franciscan China mission until he got his wish to be a military chaplain in France from 1918 to 1920. These same years Father Lunney lived at St. Boniface upon completion of his China posting.

After a stroke in 1920, Father Doolin returned to St. Boniface. As an assistant priest there from 1929 to 1932 one can imagine how his international experience of ministry must have precipitated fascinating conversations with the throngs of people seeking needs in Depression-ridden San Francisco. Other assignments followed until his death in 1960.

During the decade of the 1910s, Father Doolin dressed in Chinese attire symbolized his quest to inculturate in China. Whereas St. Boniface Parish provided him spiritual and financial support to undertake this mission to a “foreign” land such undertakings still speak to us today. St. Boniface Parish provides Mass and social outreach to English, Vietnamese and Spanish-speaking and those of the Tenderloin.

Zeal and compassion that once fostered Father Doolin and St. Boniface Parish to mobilize for China can still be found on Golden Gate Avenue. This Franciscan spirit of inculturation continues as a basic Gospel tenet. Moreover, it inspires all San Franciscans and especially reminds local Catholics of San Francisco how they are united with the universal church.

Visit the U.S. Catholic China Bureau at www.uscatholicchina.org. Email Father Carbonneau at director@uscatholicchina.org.

Spring is here and so is physical, spiritual beauty FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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s beautiful as winter can be, everyone who experienced heavy snow or extremely cold temperatures this year has been clamoring for spring.

Why is it we yearn for spring no matter winter’s beauty?

For many, winter’s shorter days of sunlight are one thing we have come to accept. But being deprived of light’s presence routinely can be difficult because light is essential for uplifting spirits and invigorating us.

I’m a violin player and during winter I practiced my violin daily. Some days during winter, my violin practice went very well and on other days, it went not so well. What was the reason for poor practice? The brutal cold had tightened my muscles, depriving me of the calmness needed to produce smooth soothing music on the violin.

As wisdom would dictate, the warmth, the looseness and the suppleness brought by the warmth are essential for success, not only in music but also in many endeavors we take up.

The sun does not just produce light and warmth; it also produces, along with earth and water, the vegetables and the fruits we need to survive. It is an important part of our life-giving horn of plenty.

Philosopher Bernard Williams enters into spring’s spiritual depths by observing that “the day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring.”

Spring brings hope for many and to hope is to look forward to a new type of joy. In the case of spring, many of us are prompted to look forward to the joys produced by God’s earth.

But even more so, as Christians, spring brings Easter and we look forward to a more joyful spiritual life that comes to us during this great and holy season.

Some say that spring’s array of colorful flowers is one way of reminding us of the dazzling marvels of God’s creation.

Poet Rainer Maria Rilke directs us to spring’s poetic nature: “Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems.”

Ah yes, spring is filled with poetry that prompts us to laud its magnificence! Blessed be God for spring.

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Rolling back the stones

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he Resurrection is the last and greatest in a litany of marvelous surprises that God has showered down on us as he courts us, seeking to persuade us that life with him in his Kingdom will satisfy our hearts’ deepest desires.

The nature of courtship is such that it only proposes; it cannot imFATHER MARK pose or demand DOHERTY an affirmative reply. So it is with God. Omnipotent as he is, he cannot exact consent from us. He has made us for himself, and we can never be satisfied apart from him, but he cannot coerce us into seeing and receiving the glorious gift of the Resurrection.

The evangelist’s mission to persuade his fellow man to see and receive this gift is challenging, but in my experience – especially as a high school teacher – I’ve been up against a more fundamental challenge, namely, the conviction many hold today that we don’t have eyes with which to see such things even if they were there. Our age is characterized by great advances in what we see of the world around us, but underneath the frenzy of these advances lies an ensconced pessimism.

In my years as a high school

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Perspectives from Archbishop Cordileone and guest writers

Our age is characterized by great advances in what we see of the world around us, but underneath the frenzy of these advances lies an ensconced pessimism. teacher, both in single-sex and coeducational schools, I have found that students maintain a pronounced skepticism about our ability to know, or to see. Having unwittingly been steeped in the tenets of the school of suspicion, they reflexively approach questions about “deeper” things, those things that cannot be put under a microscope or analyzed by a mathematical formula, as pertaining to the realm of unsubstantiated, subjective opinion, the euphemism for which is “my truth.” I have my truth and you have your truth and never the twain shall meet. In time skepticism about our ability to know the ‘deeper’ things brings forth the conviction that “deeper” things don’t actually exist.

I found out early on that if I was going to have any chance at helping my students to see and encounter the gift who is the risen Lord I would have to begin all my courses with demonstrating that we are in fact capable of seeing, of knowing things.

My students think they’re skepticism is a mark of being rational; I try to demonstrate for them that in fact it’s a mark of a certain kind of fideism, in their case an unmoored, unchecked “faith” in self-determination. So all of my courses incorporate a primer on epistemology, which is the study of how we know things (or, more accurately speaking given my audience – that we can know things), and a primer on metaphysics, the study of how things can be.

The primers make a difference.

They open a door to hope that can save students from walking down the path of jaded and studied disenchantment. For while a pronounced epistemological skepticism can blind us to the risen Lord standing in front of us it cannot wish away the deep-seated yearnings of the human heart for an encounter with unending, perfect, and superabundant love. But how can these yearnings of the heart ever be satisfied so long as I’m trapped in my own head, in my “own” truth, so long as I don’t think there’s a way out to something greater, to someone whose love is everlasting and perfect?

My high-school classroom is a place of hope. Every semester I witness stones being rolled back as kids rise to new life out of the confining tomb of suspicion and subjectivism. They step out from behind the shelter of “their truth” and are surprised to encounter the more compelling and satisfying Truth.

And not a few of them experience an encounter with the Risen Lord through the example of a devoted teacher or mentor, while on retreat with their classmates, on a service trip, or through good conversation.

Christ is risen, and he reigns yesterday, today and forever.

FATHER DOHERTY is a parochial vicar at St. Peter Parish, San Francisco, and a member of the faculty at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory.

Unholy political positions in the Holy Land

s the minds and hearts of Christians throughout the world focus on the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus, we naturally think of the Holy Land.

Throughout much of history, in the land where the world’s savior taught human beings to love one another as he loved us, inTONY MAGLIANO stead of experiencing love, Palestinians have often experienced the great suffering of injustice, war and foreign occupation.

And today the story is sadly much the same.

In the Occupied Territories of the West Bank in Palestine, Israeli government and military oppression is very real, and yet under reported by corporate owned U.S. media sources.

According to B’Tselem (www. btselem.org) – an Israeli human rights organization comprised of academics, attorneys and members of the Israeli parliament (Knesset) – tens of thousands of hectares of the West Bank including farmland, has been seized from Palestinians by Israel, so that hundreds of thousands of Israelis could populate more than 200 Jewish settlements established in the Palestinian West Bank.

The International Court of Justice ruled that these Israeli settlements are illegal. It also decreed that the Israeli separation barrier of walls,

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Bishop Kieran O’Reilly of Killaloe, Ireland, looks through a fence at the Cremisan Valley from the Salesian Sisters’ convent in Beit Jalla, West Bank, Jan. 13. barbed wire and trenches in the West Bank is also illegal.

This barrier – built overwhelmingly in occupied territory – effectively takes more land away from the Palestinians, and prevents many Palestinians from normal access to their vineyards, olive groves and fields.

A friend of mine, Dusty Tyukody, participated in an educational trip to the West Bank sponsored by Friends of Sabeel North America (www.fosna.org) – an ecumenical Christian peace organization. She emailed me a photo she took showing Palestinians herded like cattle into a narrow passageway where

they stood for a long period while waiting to pass through an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Another injustice according to B’Tselem is that Israelis living in the West Bank enjoy an unlimited supply of running water all year round, while Palestinians are allotted a small fixed amount, resulting in constant water shortages.

In many ways the situation in Gaza is even worse. With an Israeli land and naval blockade in place, Gaza is known as the world’s largest outdoor prison.

And last year’s Israeli military offensive against the militant group

Hamas in Gaza resulted in the deaths of 1,462 civilians, including 495 children according to the United Nations. This offensive also leveled much of Gaza, leaving many with little to no water, food, or habitable shelter.

The U.S. annually gives Israel approximately $3 billion – mostly in military aid – with virtually no conditions. Instead, the U.S. should demand Israel end all injustices towards the Palestinians, and commit to a timetable towards the finalization of a viable independent Palestinian nation and a secure Israel.

Please go to the “US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation” (www. endtheoccupation.org) and sign the petition.

And visit www.holylandprinciples. org and click “join the campaign.”

Also, kindly consider making a donation to help our suffering Palestinian brothers and sister by going to Catholic Near East Welfare Association (www.cnewa.org) and under “ways to give” click “Palestine.”

At the conclusion of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2009, he said “Let it be universally recognized that the State of Israel has the right to exist, and to enjoy peace and security within internationally agreed borders. Let it be likewise acknowledged that the Palestinian people have a right to a sovereign independent homeland, to live with dignity and to travel freely. Let the two-state solution become a reality, not remain a dream.”

MAGLIANO is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist.

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SUNDAY READINGS

The Resurrection of the Lord – The Mass of Easter Day Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.

JOHN 20:1-9 ACTS 10:34A, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”

“The right hand of the Lord has struck with power; the right hand of the Lord is exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.”

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

PSALM 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.”

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

EASTER SEQUENCE Victimæ paschali laudes Christians, to the Paschal Victim Offer your thankful praises! A Lamb the sheep redeems; Christ, who only is sinless, reconciles sinners to the Father. Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous: The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal. Speak, Mary, declaring: What you

COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 Brothers and sisters: If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.

saw, wayfaring. “The tomb of Christ, who is living, the glory of Jesus’ resurrection; bright angels attesting, the shroud and napkin resting. Yes, Christ my hope is arisen; to Galilee he goes before you.”

Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!

Amen. Alleluia.

JOHN 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.

Walking with hope toward the new risen life

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few years ago, there was a popular card that carried the greeting, “May you spend the rest of your life walking away from empty tombs.” At first glance, it may seem like an odd message, but on closer examination, we see that it is really a message of powerful significance.

The Gospel tells us that during the days following Christ’s crucifixion and death, the disciples were in a state of despair, grief, and fear. Deep grief can paralyze a person.

We are numb. We seem to be in a trance. We become unaware or indifferent to what is going on around us. We do not hear.

We do not see. After Jesus’ crucifixion, the disciples must have been paralyzed DEACON with grief. They had no hope FAIVA PO’OI and were very worried about what to do next. As the final sentence in today’s Gospel points out, “As yet they did

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In a homily after proclaiming the Passion according to St. Mark, the pope reflected on the plight of all those who endure humiliation because of their faithfulness to the Gospel, Vatican Radio reported. He called today’s persecuted Christians “the martyrs of our time.” He added, “They refuse to deny Jesus and they endure insult and injury with dignity. They follow Him on his way.”

The reflection came at the end of the pope’s brief homily, which was focused on the way of humility Christ chose to undertake for our salvation, Vatican Radio said.

not understand the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.”

How quickly an empty tomb shakes them from their numbness and listlessness and makes them run! We see the disciples doing the same thing that we do in our lives – looking for life among the dead.

When we anticipate a change that will threaten our future, do we experience fear? Are we anxious about the heavy burdens before us? Are despair, cynicism, anxiety, and fear about the future imprisoning us in old tombs? In this Easter season of hope, we are provided with an opportunity to reexamine those tendencies and become a witness to the risen Lord.

Listen to the words of Peter in the second reading.

Do you hear his passion? Can you sense his courage?

Is this the same Peter who only days before could not even admit to a young girl that he knew Jesus? Well yes, and no. This is the same person, but it is a different Peter. We meet a Peter who has been transformed by the appearance of the risen Lord. He is no longer paralyzed by his failings because the immeasurable forgiveness offered by the risen Lord has released him to serve again!

Today it is here, in you and me, where Jesus has risen. He is alive in his church. With all her faults, the

church is God’s salt and light in our world. The feast of Easter beckons us to allow the risen Christ to rise in our lives so that we, too, can become salt and light and a source of hope and love for others. Easter summons us to spend the rest our lives walking away from the empty tombs of death, despair, anxiety and fear.

We must roll up our sleeves and walk courageously among the living. We must speak and act boldly about the “good news” because we have been redeemed by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We can sing and shout with joy, “Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.”

Easter calls us to reach out for the extended hand of the Holy One and the comforting embrace of our Lord Jesus Christ. This new life and dignity is not something that can be measured, calculated or grasped. It is freely given to us by the One who has loved us from the beginning of time. This Easter, may the body and blood of the Risen Lord help us to walk with hope toward the new risen life. May God go before us to guide our footsteps. May God remain behind us to protect us. May he go beneath us to sustain us, and most importantly, may God go within us to give us eternal life.

DEACON PO’OI serves at St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR, DAILY MASS READINGS MONDAY, APRIL 6: Monday in the Octave of Easter.

ACTS 2:14, 22-33. PS 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11.

PS 118:24. MT 28:8-15.

MAGDALEN CANOSSA 1774 -1835 April 10

TUESDAY, APRIL 7: Tuesday in the Octave of Easter.

ACTS 2:36-41. PS 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22. PS 118:24. JN 20:11-18.

This foundress, lost her father at age 5 and was abandoned by her mother when she remarried. Choosing religious life over an advantageous marriage, Magdalen began a new community, the Canossian Daughters of Charity, in 1799 by bringing two poor girls into her own home.

Canossians minister today in the Archdiocese of San Francisco as well as Italy, Latin America and the Philippines. Magdalen, was canonized in 1988.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8: Wednesday in the Octave of Easter. ACTS 3:1-10. PS 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9. PS 118:24. LK 24:13-35.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9: Thursday in the Octave of Easter. ACTS 3:11-26. PS 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9. PS 118:24. LK 24:35-48.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10: Friday in the Octave of Easter.

ACTS 4:1-12. PS 118:1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a. PS 118:24. JN 21:1-14.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11: Saturday in the Octave of Easter. ACTS 4:13-21. PS 118:1 and 14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21. PS 118:24. MK 16:9-15.

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The Passion of Jesus

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he renowned spiritual writer Henri Nouwen shares how he once went to a hospital to visit a man dying of cancer. The man was still relatively young and had been a very hardworking and generative person. He was the father of a family and provided well for them. He was the chief executive officer in a large company and took good care of both the company and his employees. Moreover he was involved in many other organizations, including his church, and, because of his leadership abilities, was often the one in charge. But now, FATHER RON this once-so-active man, this ROLHEISER person who was so used to being in control of things, was lying on a hospital bed, dying, unable to take care of even his most basic needs.

As Nouwen approached the bed, the man took his hand. It’s significant to note the particular frustration he expressed: “Father, you have to help me! I’m dying, and I am trying to make peace with that, but there is something else too: You know me, I have always been in charge – I took care of my family. I took care of the company. I took care of the church. I took care of things! Now I am lying here, on this bed and I can’t even take care of myself. I can’t even go to the bathroom! Dying is one thing, but this is another! I’m helpless! I can’t do anything anymore!”

Despite his exceptional pastoral skills, Nouwen, like any of us in a similar situation, was left rather helpless in the face of this man’s plea. The man was

undergoing an agonizing passivity. He was now a patient. He had once been active, the one in charge; and now, like Jesus in the hours leading up to his death, he was reduced being a patient, one who is ministered to by others. Nouwen, for his part, tried to help the man see the connection between what he was undergoing and what Jesus endured in his passion, especially how this time of helplessness, diminishment and passivity is meant to be a time where we can give something deeper to those around us.

As Christians, we believe that Jesus gave us both his life and his death. Too often, however, we do not distinguish between the two, though we should: Jesus gave his life for us in one way, through his activity; he gave his death for us in another way, through his passivity, his passion.

It is easy to misunderstand what the Gospels mean by the Passion of Jesus. When we use the word passion in relationship to Jesus’ suffering we spontaneously connect it to the idea of passion as pain, the pain of the crucifixion, of scourging, of whips, of nails in his hands, of humiliation before the crowd.

The Passion of Jesus does refer to these, but the word asks for a different focus here. The English word passion takes it root in the Latin, passio, meaning passivity, and that’s its real connotation here. The word “patient” also derives from this. Hence what the Passion narratives describe is Jesus’ passivity, his becoming a “patient.” He gives his death to us through his passivity, just as he had previously given his life to us through his activity.

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Then we could take the section of the Gospels that we call “the Passion” and call that section: The Passivity of Jesus Christ. This would in fact help clarify an important distinction: Jesus gave his live for us through his activity whereas he gave his death for us through his passivity. Hence: Up until his arrest, the Gospels describe Jesus as active, as doing in things, as being in charge, preaching, teaching, performing miracles, consoling people. After his arrest, all the verbs become passive: He is led away, manhandled by the authorities, whipped, helped in carrying his cross, and ultimately nailed to the cross. After his arrest, like a patient in palliative care or hospice, he no longer does anything; rather others do it for him and to him. He is passive, a patient, and in that passivity he gave his death for us.

There are many lessons in this, not least the fact that life and love are given not just in what we do for others but also, and perhaps even more deeply, in what we absorb at those times when we are helplessness, when we have no choice except to be a “patient.”

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Jesus as exorcist

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gious extremists of every shade and hue whose war cry is “Convert or die.” Is this evil rooted in fallen nature of man or is there something else at play?

Pope Francis urges us to call evil by its name, Satan. There are approximately 25 Bible verses where Jesus casts out demons. Christians over millennia have come to identify the particular practices that open the door to the diabolical.

Cults in our culture are one of many ways in which a person may experience spiritual affliction. An estimated 5 million Americans have been involved in cults. In the U.S. there are 180,000 new recruits each year. The People’s Temple and the Church of Satan are well known cults in American history that have been a cause of tremendous human suffering and death.

How do we open the door to diabolical temptation, oppression, possession, infestation, disturbance and vexation?

We get an early warning in Deuteronomy 18:10-12, “Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord.”

nd Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with diverse diseases and torments, DEACON and such as CHRISTOPH were possessed SANDOVAL by devils, and lunatics, and those that had palsy, and he cured them.’ (Matthew 4:23-24) In recent times we have seen manifestations of absolute evil in the Christian genocide of men, women and children being beheaded, crucified and burned alive. Christian churches are desecrated, holy relics and tombs are defiled and churches are burned to the ground.

The world stands silent in the current global persecution of Christians who are hunted down as criminals by the Islamic State and Boko Haram and reli-

Our secular culture denies the existence of Satan and ascribes everything solely to mental illness with science as the only remedy. Pope Paul VI warned us: “The devil is a being that carries out dark actions … Penetrating the world and the church. He is our enemy and enemies hide; he is an actor. Evil is not just something lacking or a privation of good but evil is a living perverted spiritual being.”

As early as 315 Cyril of Jerusalem issued this teaching, “Flee every work of the devil. Do not listen to horoscopes or oracles of those who speak through magic filters or call on spirits. Avoid excess and sin. Do not use spells when sick. Go to the doctor and not the magicians. Do not spend too much time in doubtful places.”

There is one true deadly power in Satan’s artillery. Satan fights like hell to keep us sinning and to keep us away

from the Holy One who forgives sin.

The sacrament of reconciliation is truly the first exorcism. In this sacrament Jesus saves us from our sin and delivers us “out of the house of bondage.” The church inherits the mandate from Jesus to preach the Gospel, heal the sick and cast out demons in the church’s sacraments. We can be confident with the words of Jesus to Peter: “And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the hell shall not prevail against it.”

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“THE WAY OF SERENITY: FINDING PEACE AND HAPPINESS IN THE SERENITY PRAYER� BY JONATHAN MORRIS. HarperOne (San Francisco, 2014). 231 pp., $24.99.

In “The Way of Serenity,� Father Jonathan Morris examines the appeal and value of the popular “Serenity Prayer.�

Its words are familiar to many: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.�

Father Morris, a Catholic priest serving in the Archdiocese of New York, is an analyst for the Fox News channel and former program director of the Catholic Channel on SiriusXM satellite radio. He also serves in campus ministry at Columbia University and is the author of two previous books.

In his new book, he shares some profound insight about the simple three-line prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr, an American Protestant theologian.

He organizes the book’s chapters into three parts, each devoted to one line of the prayer. Within each, he discusses what a petitioner requests in the line, why it is important, ways to attain it and barriers to doing so.

He believes the prayer has appeal because it “strikes a chord that transcends the boundaries of particular religious experiences to touch something intimately related to our common humanity.�

Father Morris ďŹ rst became aware of the prayer’s power when he heard it recited by those at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. “It was a calm cry in the darkness of their own insufficiency to a greater power to whom they had attached their will and hopes,â€? he said. “It was the purest and most genuine act of self-abandonment to God’s will I have ever witnessed.â€?

The prayer soon became part of his spiritual practice.

In the book’s ďŹ rst part, he analyzes what petitioners must accept that they cannot change. He cites these as the “unchangeable realities in our life.â€?

These include “parents, siblings, education, talent (or lack thereof), traumas and tragedies, our good and bad choices and their consequences,� he says.

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“We are asking God for the serenity to let go of the reins when hanging on to them is doing us no good anyway,� he says. “If we let him, he will bring forth from our trial a greater good than anything we could ever imagine.�

This requires trust in God in “working out the drama of our existence� and patience, he states.

In the second part of the book, he focuses on the desire of the prayer’s petitioners for courage to change what they can. This process often means changing themselves ďŹ rst and “leading with mercy,â€? he says.

Father Morris explains what can prevent this from happening. “Discouragement normally shows itself when we stop looking at God (for whom all things are possible) and become ďŹ xated on ourselves (who can do nothing without him),â€? he reminds readers.

Finally, he examines the prayer’s line asking for the wisdom to know the difference between what must be accepted and what can be changed. “Wisdom is not really about knowing many things, but rather knowing (discerning) what is important,� he says.

Citing the advice of St. Ignatius of Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises, Father Morris says to “evaluate our present actions by considering what we will appreciate on our deathbed.�

This can be difficult to know, he says, because God reveals his desires in “whispers� to “our conscience.� But Father Morris asserts that wisdom ultimately means “to live for others, always� because “getting to heaven is what matters most.�

KILBY is a writer in San Antonio.

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PRO-LIFE: San Mateo Pro Life meets second Thursday of the month except in December; 7:30 p.m.; St. Gregory’s Worner Center, 138 28th Ave. at Hacienda, San Mateo. New members welcome. Jessica, (650) 572-1468; themunns@yahoo.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10 DIVORCE SUPPORT: “Healing the Wounds,” a divorced and separated Catholics support group, second Friday of the month, Tarantino Hall, St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon, 6:30-8 p.m., professional child care available at $10 per child. Karen Beale, (415) 250-2597; Amy Nelis, (916) 212-6120, Father Roger Gustafson, (415) 435-1122.

MARRIAGE HELP: Retrouvaille has helped thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. Program consists of a weekend and post sessions. For confidential inquiry or register for the weekend, (415) 893 1005; SF@Retrouvaille.org; www.Retrouvaille.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 ROSARY: Knights of St. Francis Holy Rosary Sodality meets Saturdays for the rosary at 2:30 p.m. in the Porziuncola Nuova, Vallejo Street at Columbus Avenue, San Francisco. Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at 3 p.m. All are welcome; www.knightsofsaintfrancis. com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4 CEMETERY REFLECTION: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma Holy Saturday reflection and prayer service led by Mercy Sister Toni Lynn GallaSister Toni Lynn gher, 11 a.m., Gallagher All Saints Mausoleum Chapel. (650) 756-2060.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 ‘GOD SQUAD’ BOCCE: Father Harry’s God Squad Bocce Ball Tournament and Picnic, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Marin Bocce Federation - Albert Park, 550 B St., San Rafael.

Jan Schachern, Msgr. Harry (415) 244-0771; Schlitt janschachern@ gmail.com. Breakfast, snacks, beverages included with paid registration. Players must be 18 years of age or older.

REUNION: San Francisco Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae Mass and luncheon at Mission Dolores Basilica, 10:30 a.m.

honoring classes of 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965, and 1975 with lunch following at the Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd. “Never Stopped Believing!” is theme so Giants attire is welcome.

Tickets are $40. Katie O’Leary, nuttydames@aol.com; (415) 282-6588.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12 DIVINE MERCY: St. Catherine Church, 1310 Bayswater, Burlingame, beginning at 2:30 p.m. with opportunity for confession and chaplet of Divine Mercy prayer; 3 p.m. Mass; 4 p.m. veneration and Benediction. Judy Miller, (650) 342–1988.

TV MASSES: EWTN airs Mass daily at 5 a.m., 9 a.m., 9 p.m. and at 4 p.m.

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

CATHOLIC TV MASS: A TV Mass is broadcast Sundays at 6 a.m. on the Bay Area’s KTSF Channel 26 and KOFY Channel 20, and in the Sacramento area at 5:30 a.m. on KXTL Channel 40. It is produced for viewing by the homebound and others unable to go to Mass by God Squad Productions with Msgr. Harry Schlitt, celebrant. Catholic TV Mass, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco 94109.

(415) 614-5643; janschachern@aol.com.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 ‘JOY OF GOSPEL’: Pray, read and

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PASTA LUNCH: Immaculate Conception Church, Folsom at Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, noon, with meal of all you can eat pasta, meatballs, $10. Beverages available for purchase. A tradition of the local church for more than 50 years.

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. Groups are part of the Separated and Divorced Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese and include prayer, introductions, sharing. It is a drop-in support group. Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf, (415) 422-6698, grosskopf@usfca.edu.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16 PANEL: Panel on Advance Directives, 6 p.m., St. Mary’s Medical Center, Morrissey Hall, 2250 Hayes St., San Francisco with representatives from the medical, ethics and faith communities, light refreshments will be served. To reserve a space or additional information, call (415) 750-5790 or email stmarysfoundation@dignityhealth. org. One in four elderly will eventually need someone to make end-of-life decisions about their medical care. Researchers have concluded that advance directives are important tools for providing care in keeping with patients’ wishes.

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HOME SERVICES O’DONOGHUE CONSTRUCTION

discuss Pope Francis’ teaching during presentations on Pope Francis’ new document, 7 p.m., Apr. 15, May 6; Dominican Sisters of MSJ Motherhouse 43326 Mission Blvd. entrance on Mission Tierra Place, Fremont; Dominican Sisters Ingrid Clemmensen and Marcia Krause facilitate. www.msjdominicans.org.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 3, 2015

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 HANDICAPABLES MASS: The first 50 years of this good work continues to be celebrated throughout 2015 with monthly Mass and lunch at noon in lower halls of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Gough Street entrance. All disabled people and their caregivers are invited. Volunteers are always welcome to assist in this cherished tradition. Joanne Borodin, (415) 239-4865.

CONSOLATION HELP: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, ministry of consolation training; tonilyng@aol.com; (415) 681-6153. For new ministers or those who wish a refresher; 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m...

Bring lunch. Requested donation $10.

IHM DINNER: “A Heavenly Affair,” themes Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish auction and dinner dance, 5:30 p.m., San Mateo Marriott Hotel, with dinner, wine and dancing until midnight, reservations required: (650) 593-6157 and ask for Gail.

Reserve online auction.ihmbelmont.org.

Proceeds benefit parish and school.

FASHION SHOW: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” fashion show and lunch benefiting St. Stephen School, San Francisco, Olympic Club, Lakeside; Tina Gullotta, breakfastattif@hotmail.com.

REUNION: St. Stephen School class of ‘65, Mass, St. Stephen Church, 4:30 p.m., tours and refreshments until 6:15 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m., Gold Mirror Restaurant, 18th Avenue and Taraval, San Francisco.

Katherine Moser, development@ststephenschoolsf.org; (415) 664-8331; Steve Laveroni, slaveroni@siprep.org.

YOUTH FOOD FAST: Archdiocesan Food Fast hosted by the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry and Catholic Relief Services, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., St. Peter Church, Pacifica. The event is free, although there is a suggested donation of $10 for CRS. The day will end with Mass at 5 p.m. and families and community members are invited. Registration

for the Food Fast is available at www. sforeym.org/node/303 along with the permission form that can be downloaded.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19 ‘TIME FOR TEA’: St. Robert Parish, 345 Oak Ave., San Bruno, 1:30-4:00 p.m. $ 20 adults, children 10 and under $ 8. Reservations required. (650) 5892800 by April 13.

REUNION: St John Ursuline Alumnae Luncheon and Golden Diploma Presentation honoring 1965 graduates, 9:30 a.m. Mass, St John Evangelist Church, San Francisco followed by a luncheon at the Irish Cultural Center, 45th Avenue at Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco. (415) 661-2700. 1965 graduates contact Margie Van Dyke Silva, ricsil@prodigy.net.

MONDAY, APRIL 20 GRIEF SUPPORT: St. Pius Grief Ministry is offering a facilitated nine-week support group session through April 20, 7 p.m., St. Pius Parish Center, 1100 Woodside Road at Valota, Redwood City. If you are in the early stages of your loss, or have not previously attended a grief support group, this program may benefit you. (650) 361-0655; griefministry@pius.org. Walk-ins are welcome.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 HEALING: Mindfulness meditation, April 22, July 15, Oct. 21, 10 a.m., Dominican Sisters of MSJ Center for Education and Spirituality at motherhouse 43326 Mission Blvd. entrance on Mission Tierra Place, Fremont; each session includes a spiritual focus and practice. Dominican Sister Joan Prohaska facilitator. Freewill offering accepted. www.msjdominicans.org; (510) 933-6335.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 EWTN HOST: “An Evening with Raymond Arroyo,” the long-of-EWTN host speaks on people he considers signs of hope including St. Padre Pio, EWTN Raymond Arroyo founder Mother Angelica, St. John Paul II, 7 p.m., Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd. at Eighth Avenue, San Francisco.

Admission is free. (415) 332-1765.

CHEF LUNCHEON: Mission Dolores Academy Top Chefs Benefit Luncheon, Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco featuring Charles Phan of The Slanted Door restaurant. Proceeds benefit the school; tickets $175 with tables starting at $3,500. mdasf.org/topchefs; development@mdasf.org; (415) 638-6212.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 EVENING PRAYER: Sisters of Mercy invite women to four Fridays of evening prayer and conversations about vocation, 7:30 p.m., Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, Mercy Chapel: April 24, “Walking Joyfully in the Spirit.” RSVP to Mercy Sister Jean Evans, (650) 373-4508; Jevans@ mercywmw.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25 MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER: Restore, rekindle, renew one-day Marriage Encounter, Saturday’s through June 6, Nativity Parish, Menlo Park, 7-9:30 p.m. (650) 366-7093.

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FRIDAY, MAY 1 MASS AND TALK: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club beginning with Mass at 7 a.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Bon Air Road, Greenbrae, followed by breakfast and talk by University of San Francisco president Jesuit Father Paul Fitzgerald. Members breakfast $8; visitors $10. (415) 461-0704, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sugaremy@aol.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 MERCY SF REUNION: Mercy High School, San Francisco, 4-7 p.m. in the school’s McAuley Pavilion with wine and hors d’oeuvres reception. $35 per person except, $25 per person young alumnae from 2004-2014. Audrey Magnusen, (415) 337-7218; amagnusen@ mercyhs.org.

FOOD FAIR: Food and fellowship at the St. Ignatius College Preparatory International Food Faire, 4-8 p.m., featuring 11 multicultural all-you-can-eat food booths, unlimited photo booth, live entertainment, and DJ dance party. Reserve early bird tickets at www.siprep. org/Food $15/adult, $10/student, children 5 and under free; $20/adult, $15/ student at door. Miriam Sweeney, (415) 407-1197; mimi@babyleodesigns.com.

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‘EAT YOUR HEART OUT’: Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County signature fundraising event, “Eat Your Heart Out” dinner at Viognier Restaurant, Draeger’s Market, San Mateo. This year’s Fund-A-Need will provide compassionate care and support for THE homeless through SVdP’s Homeless Help Centers. Jodie Penner, director of development, (650) 373-0622; jpenner@svdpsm.org; www. svdpsm.org.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | APRIL 3, 2015

SPECIAL NOVENA FATIMA PRAYERS Lucia dos Santos was one of the three children to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared at Fatima, Portugal in 1917.

Pray as Lucia dos Santos did for “miracles needed”.

Three Hail Marys and one Our Father TPW

USED CAR NEEDED Retired Senior needs used car in good condition, for medical appts. and errands.

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Private individual wants to buy a car, pick-up or SUV Willing to pay up to $15,000 PLEASE CALL GRANT AT 415 517 5977

HELP WANTED The position of DRE/Youth Minister at St. Denis Parish St Denis Parish is seeking a Director of Religious Education/Youth Minister. This is a full time position and is classi ied Exempt.

The DRE/Youth Minister must have strong leadership and administrative skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, good computer skills, ability to work with diverse groups, and experience in working with children and parents.

The DRE/Youth Minister is responsible for recruiting and training Catechists and Aides, coordinating the Religious Education and Youth Ministry Schedule, organizing effective sacramental preparation for First Communion and Con irmation, and supporting strong Catholic families.

The Youth Minister will direct and coordinate youth activities for High School age students in St. Denis Parish.

Academic Quali ication, Work Experience and Skills MA in Theology/Religious studies or related ield or experience is preferred.

To Apply: quali ied applicants should e-mail resume and cover letter to: Joseshaji.62@gmail.com Rev. Jose Shaji, Pastor St Denis Parish 2250 Avy Ave Menlo Park, CA, 94025

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HELP WANTED Parish Administrator STAR OF THE SEA PARISH Star of the Sea parish is seeking to hire a parish administrator. This full-time position will oversee financial controls and development, physical plant, human resources, communications, and information technology. A college degree in business administration or relative field, and some years of experience in business management, are preferred.

Please submit letters of inquiry and resume to: Fr. Joseph Illo, Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94118.

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Commencing July 1, 2015 St. John the Baptist School in Healdsburg Noted for its high student achievement and its actively supportive parent body, this Catholic, parish-based K-8 school is located in the heart of Healdsburg, a city with European charm some 75 miles north of San Francisco. Applicant must be a practicing Catholic, with five or more years of teaching experience, and in possession or pursuit of either an administrative credential or masters degree in Catholic school leadership. The deadline for applying is April 24, 2015. Applicants should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to Department of Catholic Schools, P.O. Box 1297, Santa Rosa, CA 95402. Access related information on-line at www.santarosacatholic.org, “Catholic Schools.”

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Pre-School Director Opening We are seeking candidates to fill a full-time, benefited, Pre-school Director position. This position is responsible for overseeing staff, including hiring, evaluating and fostering professional development. The director also manages the physical space so it is well maintained and in compliance with licensing guidelines. This position also requires instruction between 5 and 10 hours/week, continually evaluating the program providing recommendations.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Applicants shall have completed one of the following prior to employment: i High school graduation or GED and 15 semester units at an accredited college in specified early childhood education classes. Three of the required units shall be in administration or staff relations and 12 units shall include courses that cover the area of child growth and development; child, family and community; and program/curriculum and four years of teaching experience in a licensed center or comparable group child care program OR i Two years of experience are required if the director has an AA degree with a major in child development OR i A Child Development Site Supervisor Permit or Child Development Program Director permit issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation. The Archdiocese of San Francisco will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Send resumes to: Rev. Tony P. LaTorre

fathertony@saintphilipparish.org Fax: 1-415-282-8962